We are currently in hyperspace, en route to who knows where. Mookiee seems to know though. She is lead by some kind of Force beacon that few are able to perceive. Some sort of "pink" Force energy. She has tried to explain it to me, but it is different from every notion of The Force I have ever felt, used, or studied. I certainly can't sense it.

Which makes me curious. But I trust her...and her judgment.

I'm not so sure she will continue to trust me though.

I never kept it a secret, but I also never spoke of my new involvement with the Reconstructed Galactic Empire (RGE). I wasn't ready to let her in on that part of my life just yet. My Imperial Jedi Consular offices are still being set up.

But this situation has forced my hand. I made a call to an old friend. Crystal. She goes by Darth Athena now. And, oh yeah, she's Empress of the Empire.

I wonder if the irony of this situation has dawned on Athena? Back in our Academy days, she once joked she was going to rule the galaxy. We were being reprimanded for some sort of harmless mischief we caused. I don't remember what. We were always goofing around and getting in trouble. Nothing big. Extra push-ups was our usual punishment. Her "agenda" to rule was limited to the banishment of all push-ups forever. I probably would have laughed at the joke. But instead, I had an intense experience I'll never forget. The moment she jokingly mentioned ruling the galaxy, I saw it. Just a glimpse...along with an an intense emotion of dread that caused me to collapse for a second. Crystal thought it was from too many push-ups. I didn't know what it was then. I was not the Seer I am now.

After all these years apart, we still have that friendship bond. When I called to her in The Force for help, she sent it. A Super Star Destroyer, Athena's Revenge, is on the way. I don't know what we'll run in to when we get to where we're going. And I would rather be over-prepared than the alternative.

Especially if we are traveling to Vong Space in the Unknown Regions, which is where we seem to be heading.

If it was just me, I'd go alone. But there is Mookiee. And there is our child now too.

We hadn't told anyone of the pregnancy. Although some people must have known, especially when she really started to show. I imagine it wouldn't be too hard to figure out, with all the time we've been spending together.

It was just harmless work at first. PooBah Knight business. Not many know of the PooBahs. This is intentional. We are devoted only to seeking knowledge for knowledge's sake. But there is a lot of power in this knowledge, and we are selective in what we choose to share. Many knights have been killed, refusing to divulge potentially dangerous PooBah secrets. Mookiee has only recently joined our increasingly shrinking ranks, so she is not fully "in the loop" yet. She's been assisting me.

And we had fun while we worked and organized data. Too much fun. I should have stopped it before things got...more complicated. But I didn't want to. Although we certainly didn't plan to have a child.

But The Force has its own plans it seems.

The baby was not due for a couple weeks when they took it (I don't even know its sex).

I don't know who took it, why, or even how. They must have sedated her while she slept and performed the operation. She never felt a thing until she woke up. And her scar from the operation is almost imperceptible. Never seen or heard of such advanced medical technology.

She doesn't tell me much about the experience. Or the pain she feels, physically or psychologically.

But we are united in this goal, this mission to get back what was taken from us.

It's the only thing that matters now.

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