Wampa attack!

As you turn around, all you see is this: a wampa roaring and striking you in the head.

Wampas are large, white furred icy predators, native to the planet Hoth. They are the planet's most dangerous carnivores, they approach their target silently from behind, to avoid an unnecessary chase.

Its hit sends you against the wall and onto the ground, while you are dropping the crystal from your hands. It didn't hurt you with this attack, it's only the shock of the sudden strike that put you on your shoulders. Before you realize what's happening, the wampa is coming for yet an other strike, but this time you manage to dodge his attack by rolling on the ground and get to his side and on your feet. You try drawing your blasters, but there isn't any time, as he isn't just strong but swift too. After a few more dodges you can pull a blaster out and take a head shot at him in point blank range. The wampa stops moving and collapses silently. Checking his life signs, you don't find any. After the initial shock, you think about what has just happened.

Lana: How did a wampa get here...? They only live on Hoth according to the galactic database!

Valare: No idea, but looking at your fighting style, if you keep this like that, you won't last for long!

Lana: I don't need you to judge my fighting skills, thank you! You should tell me more about that technique you were mentioning!

Valare: And why should I help you exactly? What do I get out of that, huh?

Lana (pulling Valare's sabre out): Weell... I could just happen to destroy this old Sith sabre... Who knows what dark sorceries might be in it...

Valare (angrily): Don't you dare...! If you destroy it, my very existence will be over!

Lana (teasing): Guess I just have to live my life quietly and privately afterwards, should that happen...!

Valare: You filthy little...!

Lana: Ooor, maybe I might just leave it here, surely this dark cave would serve such an old Sith entity well! There are visitors every now and then, you could haunt them or scare the little padawans that come here!

Valare: Very funny...! Why don't you just take that hilt and stick it into that dead wampa's ass, so that I will have to look at that for the rest of my days until eternity?! That would be a big enough insult, wouldn't it...?!

Lana (approaching the wampa): Now that you are saying...!

Valare (desperately): Okay, okay, stop! I'll tell you, there is no need to be uncivilized about this! You want your technique? You'll get your technique!

Lana: Now we are talking!

Valare (closing her eyes): Wait... I sense... More of these wampas... I'll tell you what you need, but you should get out of here!

Lana: Now, suddenly you sense more? I don't sense any! Why should I trust a dead Sith?!

Valare: Don't get me wrong, I don't care what happens to you, I just don't want to spend the rest of my days in this stupid cave! Our interests align, you want to stay alive, I want you to get out of here!

Lana: You know, you speak an oddly big amount of sense for a dead Sith!

Valare (rolling her eyes as she slowly fades away): Okaay joker Jedi, maybe you should grab your crystal pieces and get out of here already!

Lana (looking at the dropped crystal): Pieces...? What do you mea...? Oh...!

When you dropped your crystal it broke into two similar sizes pieces. They still aren't glowing, but at least now you solved the crystal cutting part. You put them both in your pocket and take your leave. On the way back into the temple, you too sense the wampas lurking in the caves. But not just them... There's somebody at the temple entrance. Readying your pistols you get back to the main hall of the temple but do not go out into the open yet. You no longer sense the presence you sensed earlier, though you are certain, your uninvited guest is still inside. With your back protected by a wall, you call out into the hall:

Lana: Whoever you are, I know you are there! It doesn't have to get messy, if you take your leave, I'll pretend I haven't seen you entering the temple!

No answer comes, so you must handle this the old fashioned way. You jump out of your cover and receive a sniper shot just a few centimetres off of your head. You get behind a pillar to block the attacker from making an other attempt. Looking at the power of the shot, it make quite the hole into the wall it hit. A shot of that strength might bash your armour too, you better be careful, not to get hit.

Lana (shouting into the air): Last warning! Lay down your arms and leave or I'll make you leave, but you won't like it!

? (female voice): You are very much welcome to try, Jedi! Most don't make it this far, I rarely miss my targets!

Judging by the angle of the hole on the wall, you can narrow down the location of the sniper. She's on the balcony above, if you are fast enough you might be able to dodge her next shot, then look and shoot at her direction to further narrow her position. With this plan in mind, you dash out of the cover of the pillar towards an other. Her shot narrowly avoids you again, but you don't have enough time to shoot back at her, only to look at your attacker. It's Aurra Sing, a bounty hunter!

Aurra Sing is a widely feared, ruthless bounty hunter, best known for her sniping abilities. She has a small **** sensitivity, for which she was taken into the Jedi temple for training. After failing at it, she became a hunter, using the **** to find her targets and hide her presence from them.

Lana: I know who you are, Aurra Sing! I have heard tales of your skills! But also, that you are a failed Jedi!

Aurra: Being a Jedi has never been my style. If you have heard of me though, you should know better than to try and escape me! Why don't you just come out and let me kill you, plain and simple?

Lana: You know, I have a better idea!

Aurra: What? Start chanting some old Jedi chants to gather the **** to help you? None of that's going to save you from me! I'll trample you as easily as I trample these little plants over here!

Lana: Hey, don't you dare touch them! Those belong to my friend!

Aurra (trampling on the lichen): Oh, really? Then you should come out quickly and defend the innocent plants, because I'm about to trample them all while you are hiding behind that pillar!

Lana (angrily as she hears Aurra's boot crushing Ranvi's plants): Ohh, okaaay, now you've done it!

Using the ****, you turn the light redirecting mirrors to send the light at Aurra's face, temporarily blinding her, then get out of cover and start barraging her.

Aurra (temporarily blinded and running for cover): Damn you, stupid girl! I'll double your holes with my rifle for this!

Lana: Too bad you won't be around long enough to even try!

While shooting at her, you hear something similar to a droid army's march. You pause the barrage and look around. The temple's guardian droids have been activated by your firefight!