Almas, Approaching the Ancient Temple
1517 local time
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
More and more frequently, Soleil had been coming to Almas to research the native life and collect samples. He even had Aadya's backing for the expedition, which meant he had a degree of Imperial funding. Well, technically it was actually an array of borrowed equipment, but still. The Kaluthin grass that covered much of the planet and gave it its golden, glowing hue from orbit was a major point of it. But there was still yet more.
This planet, forgotten in some bit of the galaxy in the same system as Dorumaa, had an esoteric history that most writing only hinted at. Other expeditions found other little secrets, but there was one especially strange feature that stood out among the rest. It was neither subtle nor secret- any native in town knew about it, really- but no one wanted to go anywhere near it. A great, black shape jutting out of the earth, around which no grass would grow. Locals knew of it but refused to speak in any detail.
Naturally, that meant Soleil had to go himself. And this time he had a Champion who'd volunteered for the journey to go along with him. His freighter had a little research camp built up around it near the edge of where the Kaluthin grass stopped growing, overlooking the dead area around the temple itself. Several droids milling about moving things here and there. The Champion, Amira Din, should arrive in her own ship pretty soon. Sol wanted to make sure everything was in order.
Also, she shared a surname with Altair, which was interesting. Did he have a bunch of family in the Sith or something? Whatever it was, she'd signed on to help an Acolyte with his expedition, so he was optimistic. Something told him this temple wasn't going to be a simple thing to figure out.
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