Dark realization

As it happened, it briefly felt as in a cloak and dagger holovid; Enkarn bought Tarn a glass of Aldiss Beverage and headed directly behind the bar toward the back rooms used for storage. The staff didn't seem to notice and Tarn wondered if he used a mindtrick or if he'd simply had paid the staff.

At any rate, he followed. In the dim light of the Bestine cantina, away from prying eyes and accidental eavesdropping, the two men sat and reported on their recent findings.

Enkarn started, the information he brought from Dantooine was most pressing and bore grave consequences. In the past weeks, he had observed Dark Jedi Masters along with their Knights and Acolytes nearby the Jedi temple ruins, until confronting some of them. As he explained, he brought a satchel to himself and delicately reached inside for carefully wrapped small items. In an instant all five laid in front of Tarn: minor Sith holocrons.

"The Emperor is looking for more of these along with some Jedi Relics" he added. The sentence tore into Tarn's reality. Although he had known for a long time, Enkarn's theory about the Empire being ruled by two Sith Lords, he somehow never believed the Emperor to be one, assuming instead that the Empire's leader had gone unfit to govern. But Enkarn was not one to make hasty statements and pressed for evidence, his flawless logic undermined Tarn's belief further. "Do you really think that the Emperor would not know of a recovery operation of that importance? Another Order is replacing the Jedi Order."

However disturbing and ominous this realization was, it somehow strengthened Tarn's resolve. For a time, he had been multiplying meetings with various underworld and criminal groups in order to acquire vehicles, weapons, safehouses and equipment for his Chapter of the Antarian Rangers. The wheels of prudent plannification were gearing into short term action...