Jedi boot camp

As I descent down the jungle, I run across some Jedi hiding down there doing training. This secret location is perfect for Jedi - it's very difficult for people to get down to the jungle this far with so many dangerous creatures on the way. Also, the jungle is so dense, if impossible for the bounty hunter's tracking droid to seek out the mark. So, I joined them for some training - need to improve my Jedi skills, you know.



This turns out to be a secret training boot camp for Jedi Padawans - since I see a daily turn over of different Padawans. It's good to know, despite we're hunted relentlessly, we're growing each day.



A few very long days for intense training, I managed to master the skills in the Jedi Force Defence. At least, I can better protect myself now. There's no Jedi Master around to teach us, we practice and learn from each other, as well as from some rare ancient Jedi holocrons.



Someone brought news, that Imperial Empire will have a new Regulation 19 out, and ...

Kashyyyk

Finally arriving at Kashyyyk, this is a less traveled planet, the spaceport facility is more than a little run down.


Riding out of the spaceport, there're some traditional Wookiee dwellings. The design is very unique, and suitable for the local climate. And trees very where. I start to love this place already.



Wookiees are rebel sympathizer - well mostly, I've seen some Wookiees lured by greed joined the Empire and kill their own, as well as hunting Jedi. Anyway, their dissatisfaction are evident - small rebel outposts hidden away in the dense of the jungle, like this one I accidentally came across. The Wookiees also have very strong ties with Jedi, there's a less known fact that Chewbacca is a good friend of Jedi Master Yoda.



The jungle here is famous for it's dangerous creatures, the trees are hundreds of meter tall, and the Wookiees build their houses on the tree top, and rarely venture into the bottom of the jungle - a very very deadly place. The giant spider for example - Walluga Skullsmasher.



This is still pretty close to the top of the forest, I don't want to imagine what lies deeper.



Bloodclaw Mouf - a weired looking creature, stay away from this one.



Bolotaur - a big lizard, leave it alone, and you just might survive.



Jyykle, it reminds me of the Carion Spat found on Corellia, it's mostly harmless, untill you feed them. There were cases that tourists fed them some food, and they wanted more, so they started pecking people's pocket, just look at their beak, needless to say the result were quite bloody...



This one looks familar to me, I've definitely seen some on Yavin. They're NOT friendly, despite their cute look.



Finally, some harmless creature - Minstyngar, don't let their mean look fool you. They're actually quite tame, the big fang and horn are actually for scaring predators - just a self defence mechnism like those found on some species of butterfly with big round eye pattern on their wings.



OK, I was kidding about it, keep a big girth away from them - unless you consider death and clone, running with bad mechanical arm/leg is fun.



The view on the tree top is absolutely breath taking.



As I descent, it's getting darker. Colour changes from lush green to brownish tree trunks and branches.



This is the only creature I encountered that is not dangerous. Really, I'm not kidding this time.



Almost reached the bottom of the jungle, see how dark it is? Not, it's not night time, it's still daytime. With the forest so dense and trees so tall, the sun light never reaches this part of the jungle. And danger lurks at every corner. Now, there's no more path, I had to walk on branches and jump from one branch to another. One slip, you'll be a smear on the ground below ...



Webweaver - run for your life! This thing takes a team of professional hunters to kill. And they're very aggressive, razor sharp fangs, needle like hair on their back and legs, and deadly poison.



Well, the travel brochure says "... consult a doctor immediately", but let me tell ya, you won't last that long to consult a doctor ...

Travel among the stars

I'm a traveler, always wanted to go to distant stars and planets, explore the unknown. And I'm really tired of the Jedi training, and being hunted by the bounty hunters. I'm going to take some time off do some traveling. The first thing come to my mind is Kashyyyk - the home planet of our furry friend Wookiee.


So I jumped into my space yacht, did I mention I just bought it for my trip. The view from the bridge is breath taking.



The beautiful nebula ...



The astroid field near a small sun, crackling with lighting storms. Beautifaul and deadly at the same time. One misstake, and you'll be either smashed into atoms by the astroids the size of a ship or pulled into the sun vaporized instantly.

Knee deep in the ...

... XP hole. I did well the previous day, not only got out of my xp hole, but also earned enough exeprience and learned a new Jedi skill. So, yesterday, I went out hunting again. The group is lil disorganized, someone in the group constantly throwing grenade on the lair. I had to manage the group, heal members, chase down some Bol to save the members. In between these, I got incapacitated. Then a bounty hunter showed up, I didn't even realize, I thought it was still the bol was attacking me. After another incapacitation, I suddenly realized I've been attacked by a bounty hunter, but it's a lil too late already ... Another 240k down the drain, and made me 200k deep in the hole. After cloning, checked out my combat log, I was actaully dealing more damage when I hit the bounty hunter, but my health was so low when he showed up ... he got lucky. I really should pay more attention to the radar.

Anyway, I just got up and continued my hunting, at the end of day, I actually got out of my hole, and 24k positive. WOW! Lucky me ... I would have learned another Jedi skill if it wasn't for this untimely death ... such is life ... of a Jedi ...

Rebel scum

... I can't stop cursing. I know, it's typically used by Imperialists for addressing Rebels, and I'm a Rebel myself. However, afte yesterday's encounter with a Rebel soldier, I have some new perspective ...

Yesterday was my first time hunting using Jedi skills after I was killed by a bounty hunter. After an hour of intense hunting, I returned to the Argo Outpost for some rest. A rebel bounty hunter walked up to me, and he told me that there's a bounty on my head, and I'm his mark. Hmm, that was fast ... Anyway, he said he'll forget the whole thing, if I pay him the bounty. We're BOTH rebels! I was shocked! Many Jedi padawans would have met the demend. NOT ME!

"It's not going to happen." I replied politely.
"Then I'll have to kill you, and you will face the heavy consequence!".
"So be it." Retaining my composure, I cocked my rifle, released the safety, activated personal shield generator and bowed to him.
"You're not using your lightsaber?" He looked surprised.
"Guess not, now."
"Err, well, I'll get you ... but some other time." He walked away.

I wanted to kill him right there, but, it's not the Jedi way, and certainly not the rebel way.

Minutes later, another rebel came up, "Hey, dude, careful, you're wanted by the Imperials." He saluted me, and walked off. I heard him saying "... now I got to find an Imperial Jedi to hunt ..." as he was walking away. Now, this is a honourable rebel, who's not lured by credits to hunt one of their own. The rebels are not all the same, some are good, yet some are not to be trusted ... Now I have to watch me back even from the rebels, sad ...

Guess....

... what I've been doing? Busy myself with Rifle training! I reached the Master Rifleman again! Plus some Carbine skills in the Marksman. Now, I'm lvl 80, again! But I'm not sure how long it will last ... Enjoy while I can ...


I've also aquired an Imperial Test Prototype Personal Shield Generator (I tell ya, with all the Imperial crack down, it's hard to come by even if you got the credits, unless you have some darn good smuggler connections - this one comes from Booster), that will help me take a few hits, plus some high grade Instant Stim D when my force healing runs low. Bounty hunters ... bring them on!

Nerf herder!

I've been nerf herding the recent days, well, not exactly ... I've stopped Jedi training, not kidding, really! On the day the bounty hunters hunted me down, I consolidated my Jedi skills, and ended up with 40+ skill points. I've been so paranoid lately that I think everyone I met is a bounty hunter ... And I just can't seem to pick myself up to practice Jedi skills, it's so discouraging - I'm still 100K in the hole ...

So, I started training up my long forgotten Rifle skills, it's only been a short while, but, I'm already getting quite rusty - I think I can only remember half of them now. It's been slow, hard to find a hunting group. All my friends seem to dispeared as well, Jedi and non-Jedi alike. I also had this strange feeling keep nagging in my head "... grown old, the hamster has ...", hmmm, what does that mean?

Rumor has it that there's a new Imperial Regulation 18 in place since yesterday. But, I have seen far too many regulations that are disruptive instead of improvement, I'm not really looking forward to it.

Bol evolution?

Despite all the Bol hunting on Dantooine, there's still a big population explosion. It seems the more you hunt them, the more they breed, hmm, kinda makes sense - otherwise they would have gone extinction by now ...

Came out of hiding

After a few days of hiding, I finally came out of my hiding place to run some errand - getting some much needed supply of food and drink, and some rare material to make a better lightsaber. I went straight for a Fourth Generation Double-Bladed saber, since it provides more damage. This one come up with a 201 DPS(damage per second), a big improvement from my old CDEF saber of 89 DPS.



To compare the difference between the sabers, I also made myself a Fourth Generation single-handed saber, I used exactly the same materials, but this one gave me a whooping 210 DPS, even more than the Double-Bladed saber. But, there's no conclusive evidence that a single-handed saber is better than a double-bladed saber. Even though my new sabers have higher damage, but it's still a far cry from the other weapons I use.


For example, the Laser Rifle I'm using now, has a damage range of 507 to 997, it's on par with Chiv's beloved T21 if not better. It beats my CDEF lightsaber for sure ... Guess I still shouldn't count on the saber to defend myself, it's still a glorified exotic glowstick.



Testing out the new saber on a Darkside Savage, I shot him a few times with rifle first to soften him up, so he won't hurt me too badly when I pulled my saber on him. It was satisfying, but not as satisfying as slicing up a bounty hunter ... One day, I'll have my satisfaction.

Death of a Jedi Padawan

One Rebel bounty hunter tracked me down on Dantooine, but when he found out that I'm also a rebel, he wished me good luck and left. He told me, there's a big bounty of 98k credits on my head, and there're other bounty hunters want to collect that.


However, my luck finally run out. When I was hunting in a group, a another bounty hunter came, but he's no rebel, and he's much higher level than me. I tried engage him, but I was taking heavy damage, and had to Force Run for it. Just as I started to run, a member of my own hunting party turned on me - he's a bounty hunter in disguise!



I put up quite a fight, but in the end, the two of them got better of me. As a result, I lost 196k of experiences, that put me in the negative experience ... Trust nobody ...

Feeling anxious

It's been a few days, a week to be exact, since I last hunted. So, I hooked up with Chiv, and a few eager adventurers went out to hunting. It was good, albeit a little short. Still no sign of bounty hunter ... yet. I was very careful went I left home, peer through windows, making sure no bounty hunters are outside trying to ambush me. I earned enough experience to learn Force Synergy 2, that will allows me to channel Force energy - convert my physical health and strength into the form of the Force. Quite a neat trick...

Jedi bounty

Become a snail, I have. Now I carry a fab house in my utility belt, so I can build a house spend the night and among a few other uses, I'm always very fond of water, so, I spent this night outside of the Argo Poston Dantooine.



Force Healing, I'm usually on the receiveing end, but now, I've become the one who gives the healing. People are very appreciative of this, whenever I heal their damage and wound.



Getting a ride in a hunting expedition. I'm the one in the back row, next to the right window. You can see the lightsaber in my hand. It's a little slow, but far more comfortable than the swoop.



Bought a new vehicle for myself, it's AB-1, with one passenger seat. This will be my Jedi-get-away vehicle for whisk away any Jedi in trouble.



My new look. Many new Padawan wear their Padawan robe to show off, but that attracts bounty hunters. Since, my understanding of force is still very low, and I have to put a lot of training in learning the Jedi skills, my rifle skill has suffered quite a bit. So, what I do is try to blend in, attract less attentions. I even stopped wearing the hooded robe that Jedi typically wear over their official Jedi robe. Now, I look no different than any other traveler.

Another thing, the cloth I wear, aren't the typical clothing average folks wear. I bought these from a hunting store, my pants, shirt and bandolier all have build in defence protection. Although they lack the force enhancements that're found in a Jedi robe, but the defence protection in a Jedi robe is non-existence. And I'm way too low in Jedi skills to make good use of those force enhancement anyway. So, these cloth are the best for me now.


This is the sort of enhancement I'm talking about.

Finally, a Padawan friend told me, there's a bounty of 103k on his head. Since we become Padawan just about the same time, I guess there must be one on my head as well ... I'm more adapted in Force than he is, so my bounty will also be higher. I must be very very careful from now on ...

Double bladed saber

Yesterday, I learned how to use a double-blade saber - like the one used by Darth Sidious' first apprentice Darth Maul, and picked up 2 skills in that saber style, however, my CL dropped to 58 from 65, feeling naked again ...

Out and about

Out hunting all day long ...



Doh! I didn't feel that disturbance, I have yet much too learn.



When I was getting some rest and a cold drink in the cantina - yeah Jedi need rest too, I noticed one traveler has some very unusual hand weapon. I used to be an avid Teräs Käsi Master weapon collector as well as a Teräs Käsi Master, however, I can't recall I've seen it before. It must be the rumored legendary Knuckler of Katan! But, I have no more use of it now...

No pain, no gain

I've been working VERY VERY hard the past two days with very little sleep. I've gain tremendous understanding of the way of the Force, and learned many Force skills. During the past two days, I've transitioned from CL80 down to CL59, and back again at CL65 - it made me feel naked at such a low level ...

Now I have these skill sets:

    Defender: Tier 1 @ 200k x 2 = 400k
    Enhancer: Tier 1 @ 200k x 2 = 400k
    Enhancer: Tier 2 @ 400k x 1 = 400k
    Healing:  Tier 1 @ 200k x 2 = 400k
    Healing:  Tier 2 @ 400k x 1 = 400k
    Saber:    Tier 1 @ 200k x 2 = 400k
    Saber:    Tier 2 @ 400k x 1 = 400k
    Novice:          @  20k x 5 = 100k 
    unused xp:                    500k 
-----------------------------------------------
    Total XP:                    3400k (3.4M)

3.4 million! 3.4 million xp! 3.4 million Jedi xp! That's a lot for two days! But, I have a feeling that things will start to progress MUCH slower from now on ...

I've also got a bad feeling that somewhere out there, there's a bounty on my head ... It makes me very anxious whenever someone passes by while I was hunting or traveling, there's someone lurking around the corner trying to kill me ... I'm not afraid, I'm not going down without putting up a big fight! When he comes after me, I'll give him hell!