let's talk about ... sith and grand admirals, baby? :| [FINISHED]

[sonofalderaan.livejournal.com]

As usual Tycho had arrived at the designated meeting place at the debriefing room in Rogue Squadron's headquarters a little ahead of time. There was nothing for him to prepare really, but he'd called the meeting, so it was still good for him to be there first.

The room contained a semi-circle of chairs which faced a projector screen, and Tycho sat himself in one of them, looking something over on his datapad as he waited for the others to arrive. Someone who knew him well would see that his jaw muscles were tight, the only outward sign he was showing of how seriously he took this. Deciding what they were going to do about Darth Vader was a Big Deal.

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[mercjedi.livejournal.com]

Kyle arrived a little early as he usually did to meetings. Quickly he snagged a chair, and made himself as comfortable as he could. He glanced over at Tycho noting the signs that told him it was all serious business right now. This was fine as even Kyle didn't really feel like joking about tonight's subject.

[sonofalderaan.livejournal.com]

Tycho looked up at the Jedi's entrance, a smile crossing his face. "Kyle." He put his datapad away, getting up to go sit next to his friend. "It's been quite the podpop hasn't it. We should talk after this, catch up."

[mercjedi.livejournal.com]

If Tycho wanted to talk about the good things that had happened Kyle was more than happy to oblige him. It wasn't repressing it was...um positive thinking? Yeah, that sounded good.

"It really has. Damn good to have Mara around again. Though I'm sure she'll make me regret those words in about a week." Hadn't he promised himself no jokes? Well it was Mara so it would probably end up being true anyway. "Still in shock about most of it. I don't think I got to meet even half the people that showed up."

[sonofalderaan.livejournal.com]

Tycho nodded. "I saw Leia, Hobbie, and Winter ... haven't seen Mara in person yet, though I talked to her on the coms. Luke and Ben must be happy." An understatement.

"I'm a little in shock myself," Tycho admitted with a rueful, but happy, smile.

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Luke was right on time. When he'd held Council meetings, he'd tried to get there a little early--as it seemed Tycho had--but this time, he'd broken tradition.

Luke took a seat a couple over from Kyle Katarn, so there was room for Mara.

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

Mara wasn't far behind her husband and as she breezed past Katarn, she flicked his head. Just to say hi.

She sat next to Luke, crossed her legs and scooted around a bit to get comfortable. She glanced at her husband and murmured under her breath, "You know this is going to be you against them all, right?"

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Luke moved his hand over on the arm of the chair so she could grab it if she wanted, and sighed. "I know," he replied, just as quietly. Seeing his father hadn't exactly been the most reassuring moment, either. "I just hope I can get them to understand that he can be turned. I've done it once already, I know it can happen."

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

"But he was already--" Mara broke off, not wanting to make his father sound bad in front of him. She just sighed and took his hand. "I believe you can do it."

[mercjedi.livejournal.com]

Kyle swung his head around at the flick, but he already knew who it was. It was her traditional way of hello to him after all. Smirking he leaned back in his chair, and chuckled to himself. It was good to have her back, and things were just a little more right with the multiverse because of that.

[yubyubcommander.livejournal.com]

Wedge arrived shortly and aimed for a seat near the middle of the semi-circle. He slid quietly into the chair, intent on something he's reading on his omnicomm. After a moment, he finally glanced up at Tycho with a grim nod.

"Tycho. How are you feeling?"

[sonofalderaan.livejournal.com]

"Wedge." Tycho ran a hand through his hair as he contemplated Wedge's question. "Like a man who's spent the afternoon talking to Grand Admiral Thrawn. So, kind of ... odd."

He gave Wedge a look he was sure Wedge would understand. A 'how is this our lives?' look.

[yubyubcommander.livejournal.com]

"I can understand that." Wedge chuckled. Sort of. It was the kind of laugh that indicated nervousness and anxiety rather than true amusement.

"I spoke to him at length...but I'll wait to share that with everybody." He looked back at Tycho, gave a small shrug. Who knew? It was just what they had to deal with, right?

[favoredfire.livejournal.com]

Leia entered and took a seat near the end of the semi-circle.

She didn't have many nice things to say.

[ttly-shot-first.livejournal.com]

Han sat on her left, arms crossed.

What a day. After being in Leia's arms again Han felt like he could take on the universe...which technically is exactly what they'd be doing on Stacy.

There was a lot of information to process tonight. If Thrawn was such a big deal that they'd had to organize a meeting for him AND Vader, he'd get serious as soon as the situation call for it.

[favoredfire.livejournal.com]

Leia looked up. "Hey," she smirked. "You ready for this, General?"

[goodofthegalaxy.livejournal.com]

For some reason Jacen had a bad feeling about this meeting. But bad feelings about things usually ran in his family so he attempted to shrug the feeling off as he wandered in and made his way to an empty chair, seating himself in it and resisting the urge to spin around in it. He told himself mentally that he was too old for that now, but there was something inside of him just begging to do it.

Jacen settled with absently shifting the chair back and forth. Not full circles, but it would have to do.

He glanced to his mother, who was a couple empty seats away and then looked back to the table. He figured he'd already scared her enough for now.

[jediwiseass.livejournal.com]

Jaina slumps into the chair next to him, also doing her best not to crowd moms. She smirks as he shifts in his seat.

"Go on. You know you want to."

[goodofthegalaxy.livejournal.com]

He wouldn't. No, he wouldn't dare.

Jacen could feel the prodding from his sister, verbally and through their bond and tried his hardest to stay still. But it was no use. One super fast spin, coming right up.

Grabbing the edge of the table and stopping himself, he realized he counted at least three rotations before coming to a halt and he felt himself chuckling at this. For once since he had arrived, just once, something felt normal.

"Thanks," he mumbled to her, finally feeling somewhat relaxed. His eyes stayed on the table, hoping no one had really noticed what he had done.

THE REST OF THE ARRIVALS GO HERE

[sonofalderaan.livejournal.com]

Tycho looked up, nodding to the last of the arrivals as they filtered into the room and took their seats.

[icy-alderaanian.livejournal.com]

Winter slipped in. She'd never made a habit of being late to these things, but it had taken her a little longer than she'd hoped to get here. If she was annoyed, she didn't show it.

Her white hair was braided now - she'd cut it, but not as short as in her field agent days.

[sonofalderaan.livejournal.com]

She wasn't late exactly, it was just that most of the other people had already arrived. Tycho flashed her a small smile, glad that she was here.

[jedimacguyver.livejournal.com]

Obi-Wan returned the nod gravely. There was much to discuss.

SRS BZNS STUFF BEGINS~

[sonofalderaan.livejournal.com]

Glancing around the room, Tycho saw that everyone was here. Since it was technically his meeting, he might as well do this. Clearing his throat to draw everyone's attention, he stood.

"I'd like to thank everyone for coming so promptly," he said. He flashed a brief smile, but his face and voice quickly turned grave. "We've had a couple ... issues come up with the new arrivals this podpop, which I think it's pretty clear we as a group need to address before we take it to the rest of the ship. After all these are problems that come from our universe, and we're in a unique position to deal with them."

"Since I think it's the easier one, I'd like to start with the issue of Grand Admiral Thrawn. Several of us-" Tycho nodded to Wedge, Hobbie, Luke, Mara, Winter and Kyle, "had to fight the man directly. "Some of you," he nodded at Jaina and Jacen, "probably know him only by reputation, and history lessons. And some of you," and here he nodded at Leia, Han, Obi Wan and Revan, "have absolutely no idea who I'm talking about."

Tycho paused, and glanced down at his hands, trying to collect his thoughts. "Quite frankly," he continued after a moment, "I would rather fly against a dozen Death Stars than face Thrawn again at the height of his powers. With the Death Star, at least you have a straight-forward objective- you know what target you're shooting at. With Thrawn ..." he grimaced as he remembered the events of Thrawn's campaign. "It's like fighting a hydra. Every time you strike down a head two more appear. It's smoke and mirrors and shadows, and you're not even sure what you're fighting. To say that he's perhaps the greatest tactical genius the galaxy has ever seen is to undersell the danger he represents. He's a consummate leader, and he sees the big picture, and the Empire under his command was far more dangerous than the Empire under any one of its other commanders ever was. If a series of events hadn't lead to his untimely death ..." Tycho shook his head. He didn't like to think of that possibility.

Tycho paused again, eyes sweeping the circle as he let it sink in, both for those that this was new information, and for those that this was a reminder for. "That being said ..." Tycho took a deep breath. "He's here, now. And there's no more Empire vs New Republic, there's just ... us. Against the Ohm. And, as a military man, one who has vowed to fight the Ohm til my last breath ... I would not trust Thrawn as far as I can throw him, but ... if we can get him on our side, he might be the most powerful weapon we have."

Tycho paused again, considering, then nodded to Wedge. "Did I leave anything out, before we go into the conversations you and I had with the Admiral at the meat and greet, Wedge?"

Re: SRS BZNS STUFF BEGINS~

[yubyubcommander.livejournal.com]

"I don't have much to add, except perhaps for a difference of opinion. Like Tycho, I agree that Thrawn is dangerous. However, during my discussion with him I think that we agreed on something. That the Ohm are a greater danger and of greater importance than any differences we may have as Imperials and Rebels. I think we can trust him to put them before any plots he may or may not have against us. He's not stupid." Wedge paused and flipped through another page of notes.

"It's not in his interest to betray us. It's that simple. We don't have to get him on our side for this because he already is. Vader is another matter. He is vindictive enough and dangerous enough that we may need to do something about him. Get security to lock him up, maybe. There are other options, of course." Murder, for one. Not that he looked on killing Vader as murder. More like justice long overdue.

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Luke spoke up. "Vader is currently without his suit, disoriented, and in a weakened state," he said, slipping into the firm voice of a leader that he'd learned to use as Grandmaster. "When he inevitably regains that strength he'll be much more of a threat and then... yes, it might be a good idea to make sure he can't hurt the rest of the crew somehow." Luke took a deep breath. "But until that time I'll continue to talk to him." Luke smiled a bit. "I know that's not much of a solution, but some of us here know what happened on the second Death Star. I know there is still good in him."

He quieted, thinking of how their conversation had gone.

I have no son.

A stab of pain went through him, but he quickly let calm cover it. There wasn't any place for that right now.