*The report came to his desk, though he did not know why. Dejerk Makmeh, formerly one of the Republic's most promising archeologists but now nothing more than a crazy drunk who claims to be a prophet, recently returned from a dig with an artifact which he said would be 'very valuable' to the Supreme Chancellor. Cos had yet to find out what it was, as Makmeh was beng quiet about it. However, it was worth checking out. Before the Battle of the Jedi Temple, he wouldn't have had a second's thought. But, after all the strange things that had happened around the galaxy lately, he wanted them to bring the artifact to him. It could prove to be quite valuable. It was odd how he was concerned with stones right now, considering that his daughter had been kidnapped by the Dark Lord of the Sith, but there was something about these stones that called to him, almost as if they were searching for him.....*