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- Sorry this part is so short, but it felt
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- Fox
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- TIE Fighter: Predator Pt XVI
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- After my ordeal, 66 led me all along the "off-duty" deck of
- the Predator. I had so many questions to ask, so many things I
- wanted answer about what I was doing, about the order. As we
- walked along the wide avenue, I got my chance to ask her.
- "Why does Commander Brood hate me ?" I asked.
- "Not many people have the gift, Fox," she answered, "Those who
- do are fiercely jealous and secretive of it. You would be well
- to do the same."
- "I don't understand," I said, "This is a great thing the
- Emperor has given us. Shouldn't everybody know about it ?"
- "Fox," she sighed, "You've only scratched the surface of your
- abilities. How would Romulus or Vladimar respond if they knew you
- could read your thoughts?"
- "Read thoughts? What are you talking about ?"
- She sighed again.
- "Did you hear what Brood said as he left the training room ?"
- "Yeah," I replied.
- "That was a thought," she said.
- No it wasn't--I began to say, but I thought about it. The more
- I did think about it, the more I realized she was right. He hadn't
- said anything.
- "Can everyone in the order read thoughts ?" I asked.
- "No," she said, "Most don't have the Emperor's 'gift'. A lot of
- them get neural enhancements, but even those number only in the
- thousands; and the entire military is made of millions."
- "Then how does the order work ?" I asked.
- "We are placed in key positions. We have the confidence of
- Admirals, Fox. And a lot of the pilots and other troops usually
- don't need too much 'motivation' to follow our orders."
- I had seen their 'motivation' before. Once, on my old ship the
- FRG WOLVERINE, a fellow pilot hadn't complied. He was thrown in
- the brig on some trumped up charge and deported to Star's End for
- thirty to forty years.
- "Even if we didn't have their cooperation," she continued,
- "the Order itself is highly effective. A handful of the Emperor's
- Gifted could reduce a legion of troopers to dust."
- "The gift is powerful ?" I asked.
- "Oh yes," she smiled.
- "Do we even need the neural enhancement ?"
- "It is helpful. Especially during the awakening period, such as
- you," she responded.
- We fell into silence as I brooded over my thoughts.
- "I truly am special--powerful. I could really go far with this.
- Maybe even challenge Commander Brood himself."
- "Don't say such things," 66 whispered darkly, "The neural
- package in your head-- the communication and sensor system are
- hierarchical."
- "What does that mean ?" I said perplexed.
- "It means people above you can see what you see and hear what you
- hear."
- "Brood," I said horrified, "How far up does this go ?"
- "Nobody knows," she answered. But I wondered, who did Brood
- answer to? Lord Ravrax? Lord Vader?
- "What about thoughts ?" I whispered, "Can he hear our thoughts?"
- She nodded.
- "He is very strong with his gift. Perhaps even enough to be the
- Emperor's favoured, but Lord Ravrax eliminated him from the high
- ranks."
- Then we were disturbed. A pair of Storm Troopers approached us.
- "Is that an illegal weapon ?" he clicked, pointing his blaster
- at my lightsaber.
- 66 perked up immediately.
- "We have Level-four clearance," she said.
- I looked at her wide eyed. I only had a level 10 clearance, and
- I'm sure that medical officers didn't have a level 4 clearance.
- What are you doing???? I thought.
- [Calm down, Fox, and do what he says.]
- "Alright. Let's see your clearance, wiseguys," he clicked.
- She held out her wrist-comm and I nervously did likewise.
- The Storm Trooper held his scanner in front of it, which made the
- clearance level show up on the comm.
- It was a 4 !!!
- "Sorry, sir!" he clicked.
- "Get out of here or I'll have you transferred to Star's End,"
- she threatened.
- "Yes, sir !" he clicked and motioned for his companion to follow
- him.
- I watched stunned, then looked back at my comm to verify my new
- clearance. It was 4, then flickered and change to 10.
- [Security program. Comes in handy ] she smiled.
- How do you do that anyway? I thought to her.
- [You're doing it right now ] she responded.
- "Let's go try out your new TIE," she giggled.
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