Chapter 41 by Caesar25
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Into the vault
You invisibly pass every guardian droid and patrol along the path and get right to the main vault's entrance. It has a huge Beskar door, many meters thick, and seems perfectly impregnable. If anything, this was done well by the Banking Clan, they wouldn't be kidding when money was at stake. Nobody can get in or out, without an access code, maybe you can't even get in with one. There are a few super battle droids standing guard in the room, but they can't see you. You stand in front of the gigantic door, still invisible, waiting for Drek to open it for you.
Lana (whispering): Drek, are you opening the door or what?
Drek: On it, I just froze the cameras, so they wouldn't record the door opening all of a sudden. Alright, here it goes!
He activated the access code and the huge door began to open it's magnetic lock. The droids were looking at each other, not understanding why the door is opening when there's nobody around to open it. One of them activates a heat scanner, as the magnetic lock is still turning, and sees you, despite your invisibility.

Droid: Intruder! Open fire!
Lana (ending the invisibility): So much for stealth!
They open fire onto you, which you dodge as best as you can. You would counterattack, but you don't have any weapon on you.
Lana: Drek, can you turn these droids off?
Drek: Negative, they aren't controlled by the Banking Clan's systems, they must be run by a Trade Federation space station in this sector. Sorry, I can't help you from here!
Lana (still jumping from one place to the other to avid being shot): Wonderful! I hope you won't mind if I make a little mess here!
Drek: Just do it, I'll call the cleaner droids to clean up after you!
Lana (using **** lightning): Okay droids, your time to dance!
From all ten of your fingertips you release powerful lightning at all the droids nearby. The lightnings burn their wires and all the dozen super battle droids collapse around you. Just as the last one hits the floor, the opening mechanism of the vault finishes and the door opens.
Lana (going into the vault): You can send in the cleanup squad! Which safe am I looking for?
Drek: Number 9487.
Lana (upon entering the vault): By the ****, this place is enormous! I wonder how much credits and valuables might be stored in here!
Drek: That vault is considered the safest place in the entire galaxy, only the Core 5 knows the exact, or almost the exact, total value of what's inside.
Ranvi: And we don't want people to lose faith in the banking system, so hurry Lana! Anyone might see the droids outside!
Lana (entering the numbers to a search panel): I'm looking for it, don't worry!
Just as you were saying it, the floor under your feet has moved a little downward before hitting the enter. You look down and realize it's a pressure plate!
Lana: Drek...? We've got a little problem here!
Drek: Yes, I see, a pressure plate! If you step off of it it's going trigger the alarm! You must place something onto it instead! This particular one seems to be activated by the slightest of weight too, no need for anything heavy to keep it down.
Lana: Place what on it...? I'm not having any detachable weights on me! Not even my lightsaber!
Drek: Technically speaking, you have your dress...
Ranvi: Drek!
Drek: What? I have merely stated the most practical solution to this problem!
Lana: Do I really have to take me dress off for this...? Isn't there an other way?
Drek: I don't think so, besides, time is of the essence now. You must decide quickly!
Lana (pulling your dress off of your shoulder): I don't really have a choice now, do I?! I should have gotten used to it!
Drek (watching you on a camera): It'll be alright, I'll delete all the footage of the cameras inside!
Ranvi (with her hands on her waist): You should turn that one off too, which you are watching right now!
Drek (turning off the camera): Yes, of course, I was going to do just that...! Just wanted to make sure everything was fine before cutting our visuals on Lana, that's all!
Ranvi (suspiciously): Ah-ha...
Lana (thinking): It should provide a small amount of comfort, that nobody can see me in here. Though that's going to be all the comfort I'm going to get in here! Let's get that stupid datapad and begone!
You strip your dress off and place it onto the pressure plate, next to your feet. The air is a bit chilly in there, which is no surprise if you consider being in a huge safe, why would anybody use heating in there? You hesitate about stepping off of it, if the alarm is triggered, you might not have enough time to get out of the vault, or even if you do, you will have no time to get dressed before you are found and attacked.
Lana: Drek, your idea better work!
Drek: It'll! I have made the weight calculation three times while you were busy declothing yourself, it is going to be fine!
Lana (slowly stepping off of the plate, leaving your dress behind): Here goes nothing!
You lift both your feet, one after the other. Nothing happens, the plate didn't even move one bit. Time to go for Hill's safe, ASAP. You hit enter on the panel, a safe's light begins to blink in a second. Without being ashamed of your nudity this time, you just run to it and Drek open it with Hill's code. The safe contains some extremely expensive looking gems, piles of stocks, hoards of Aurodium, and a datapad. You take the transmission device from your hair and plug it into the datapad. By taking a quick look at it, Drek finds lots of information without any encryption.
Drek: You won't believe it! This datapad contains information about just beyond what we had hoped to find here! And nothing is encrypted! They sure weren't expecting anybody to get in here!
Ranvi: What's on it?
Drek: Secret transactions of millions of credits to Separatist agents, detailed methods to cover the inner corruption of the Core 5, secret droid factory locations and maps, blueprints of newly designed factories and weapons, a lot of transmissions between Banking Clan leaders and Dooku! It's just unbelievable! Next to these, the proof of smuggling fire droids to Kashyyyk is nothing! Lana, you must get that datapad out of there!
Lana: I won't be able to carry this out of here unnoticed! You should rather download as much data as you can!
Ranvi: Hurry up Drek, the next patrol is about to head towards the vault!
Drek: I won't be able to download everything, but I'll try to get as much as we can! Data transfer initiated!
Ranvi: The cleanup droids have finished, but the patrol will be there in a minute! Lana, you better get out of there soon!
Lana: Drek, how's the data transfer?
Drek: We have the factory locations, the proof about Kashyyyk, I'm transferring the new factory blueprints and coordinates!
Ranvi: You are running out of time!
Lana: Drek, that's as far as we got, I'm severing the connection!
Drek: Okay, fine, what we have is good enough already! I have sent a cleaner droid to stand on the plate, so you max get your dress back, but you won't have time to put it on inside! As soon as you are out of the vault, I'm locking it back up!
Lana: Don't worry about me, I'll get into the restroom invisibly and put it back on there.
Lana (grabbing your dress, becoming invisible): Okay, you can close it, I'm almost out!
You slide out of the vault on your back just in time, the patrol is just around the corner when the door closes. It made a loud cracking noise, which they heard.
Patrol droid: What was that noise?
Patrol droid: It was coming from the vault!
They run to the vault entrance and find the door locked, but no sign of the super battle droids stationed there.
Patrol droid: Where are the units assigned here?
You slip away with your invisibility, undetected and make your way back to the restroom to get dressed again. Then, you head to the grand hall, to formally attend the speech of the Core 5. The introduction of the five leaders has already been made, you were only a little late for it, and nobody notices anything suspicious.
Muun: ... And thus I have had the honour of introducing our fine leaders! May the Intergalactic Banking Clan ever prosper! Now, listen with care and uninterrupted interest to the Core 5 and their speeches!
Now the five members each make a fine speech about how the vow to uphold the balance of power in the galaxy and ensure the financial stability, so the war's economic recession will be minimized as much as possible.

During the speech, San Hill approaches you.
Hill: Master Jedi! Are you feeling better now?
Lana: Hill! What a surprise, to meeting you again...! Yes, thanks for asking!
Hill: Forgive my bad manners earlier, I didn't even have the opportunity to ask for your name!
Lana (lying): Oh, my name? Yeah, really... It's... Jacy...
Ranvi: What did you just say?
Drek: Well, that's one way of covering your tracks.
Ranvi: Or avoiding Hill finding you for more dates later!
Hill: Jacy! Ah, thank you for your time earlier, can I bring you an other drink?
Lana: Yeah, a Chandrillan champagne please!
Hill: Oh, you have a most excellent taste! I'll be right back with it!
Lana (whispering): Okay guys, I'm out of here, I won't wait for the end of this event!
Drek: Poor guy, will you just leave him like that without saying goodbye?
Lana: Of course, I'm not here to play nice with Separatist supporters!
Slowly you begin to move towards the exit through the crowd of people, while everybody is distracted by the speeches. Once out of the hall, you make your way to your ship and take off to leave Muunilinst. Just as you got out of the room, Hill returned with two champagnes, but didn't manage to find you, no matter how hard he was looking.
Hill: Oh man... I should have known reminding her about not asking for her name before seeing her naked was a bad idea! Now I totally lost her... But maybe she will call... Eventually... One day... Or perhaps I should try looking her up! I already have her name! And know she's a Jedi! That can't be hard now!
On the ship, you begin transmitting the data back to the Jedi temple and the Republic. The council is more than satisfied with your results, especially as you were taking a few days off, but still got entangled in a mission. The Republic officers promise to organize bombing raids on the locations you provided about the new and already existing droid factories. With the proof of Nix Card being involved in the Kashyyyk incident, he'll be removed from his office and exiled from Republic space for good. As for San Hill, the Core 5 has already been contacted about his actions, that violates the neutrality of the Banking Clan. To save face, they froze all accounts of Hill and retraced every transaction he made during the last month and recalled the sent credtis. {if Selfie = true}This however, meant that your 50.000 credits are also taken back, to your great displeasure.{endif} Soon, the Republic will start an official investigation about the Core 5's corrupt meddling in the monetary sector. Sidious upon learning of the news, contacted Dooku.
Sidious: The Banking Clan has been exposed by the Jedi. Our plan about the Banking Clan's takeover has been foiled.
Dooku: What? But how? We have taken great care not to leave any traces behind with our actions!
Sidious: The "how", does not matter now. What matters is the way we are going to solve the situation. We must completely expose the Core 5 and replace them with one, trustworthy puppet. The actions of the Jedi merely accelerates our planes.
Dooku: I already have a name in my mind, my lord! Rush Clovis, would make an excellent figurehead! He already own me a favour for not executing him, when he exposed the plans of a new droid factory to Senator Amidala.
Sidious: I knew I could task you with this task Tyrannus. See to it, that all will be arranged!
Dooku: All will be done, my lord!
Sidious: If Clovis will **** the Republic into an intervention against the Banking Clan once again, I will make sure the senate will take over control of the banks and transfer the power to the supreme chancellor's office. In the end, we will have the same results, with a different method.
Dooku: Only the ends matter, my lord!
Dooku (contacting Clovis): Clovis! I have an offer to make amends for your previous mistake...!
Clovis: Yes count, I'm all ears!

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Jedi Special Forces
Three gray Jedi, a Mandalorian girl, a Nightsister and a Human boy fight to protect the Order and the Republic
Three extraordinary padawans are chosen to serve in the special forces of the Jedi order. They are unlike the ordinary order members, still inexperienced, but they will be taking special missions to safeguard the peace of the galaxy.
Updated on Aug 5, 2025
by Caesar25
Created on Jun 17, 2022
by Caesar25
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