The Galactic Republic is in a state of decline. Corruption is rampant and political infighting is at an all-time high. A number of outlying systems in the Outer Rim have been beset by a mysterious famine.
The Senate, under the able leadership of Chancellor Parateus, is hosting a conference on the gas giant Erysia to broker a deal that will break the greedy Trade Federation's monopoly on agricultural shipping.
A class of Jedi Padawans who have not yet taken a master are en route to observe the historic conference and see the fabled arboretums of Erysia...
Session I 45BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin)
The Padawans included seven-year-old Neomah and thirteen-year-old T'aan Devos, along with Zavra, a girl eventually bound for the Med corps (quite reluctantly). Tagging along is an eight-year-old grease monkey named Jaden Reece. He is a non-Force Sensitive ward of the Jedi temple and has a friendship with Neomah.
Jaden has been in secret long-range communication with a mysterious youngling who wants to escape from some sort of captivity. Jaden, being young and naive, lets slip the youngling timetable on when the field trip to Erysia is to take place, in an elaborate plan to spring the youngling from his captors.
Accompanying the younglings are two Jedi Masters, the great Master Dooku and Master Leonidus, a cathar (lion-headed biped). Dooku is rather disappointed at the assignment of 'babysitting' when matters of galactic importance are at stake, and Leonidus gently chides him on doing his duty. After landing, the younglings are taken on a tour through one of the arboretums, and Jaden wanders off looking for his contact--all part of the master plan. Neomah follows out of a young sense of adventure. Shortly follows T'aan, noting their absence, hunts them down to protect the young ones from their own impetuousness. Upon meeting the youngling, a force-sensitive changeling (clawdite), the foursome is set upon by some wild dinkos that had gotten loose. It is also noted that plants seem to bend toward T'aan, and, given his likelihood of not obtaining a master, inadvertently earns the nickname 'Agcorps.'
Shortly after the fracas with the vermin, a real threat appears. Ships attack the conference--the tech savvy Jaden recognizes them as Arakyd Vipers--Ashton Wiesel (the clawdite) tells the Padawans it is a disruptive attack to collect youngling Jedi. Leaving the arboretum, the kids run afoul of thugs bent on their capture, spying Masters Dooku and Leonidus fighting to protect dignitaries.
T'aan proves a brave and able defender, and the clawdite a bit dark and eager for the fight. Neomah, driven behind a fountain and intimidated by the snaggle-toothed attacker leering over her, unleashes her fear with the force and hurls three of the thugs to their death (dum dum dum dum de dum, dum de dum). A few rounds and a dark side point later, the foes are dispatched. The conference secured, their clawdite companion is determined to be the subject of a program of tortured training and so the Jedi take him to Coruscant to be rehabilitated. Impressed with their performance in such a dangerous situation, Leonidus takes T'aan as his Padawan learner and Dooku takes the powerful but passionate Neomah as his.
T'aan Devos 375 Jedi 1
Neomah 375 Jedi 1
Jaden 375 Scoundrel 1
Ashton 375 Scoundrel 1
