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Rumors of a rogue Jedi cult are hiding out on Sullust. According to authorities, the rogue Jedi are taking justice into their own hands, striking fear in Sullustans. Investigate who is handing out their own justice and apprehend the rogue Jedi; hand them over to authorities when you capture them.
Pirin the third largest city on Sullust was rank with fear it embedded itself in the very fabric of the walls of the buildings and the bedrock of the vast caverns that opened up around the city's boundaries. The fear was cause by Jedi running amok, they had taken law into their own hands acting and judge jury and executioner dealing out violent reprisal to criminals leading raids against strong holds and butchering all occupants. They kept to the shadows their faces hidden they struck without warning and vanished like smoke before the local enforcers could track them down, their fearsome reputation was growing and as it did resentment towards the Jedi was growing in the population.
The Bith known as Rugess was running weaving through the narrow streets of Pirin with panicked looks over his shoulder he watched as a trio of figures appeared behind him whooping and jeering as they gave chase, he fled again twisting into a wide street market he he'd his way through the crowds as they closed on him. They landed at street level and started shoving and barging their way through the droids earning angry shouts and complaints from the market patrons, they were slowed as Rugess stirred the crowd in front of them and one of them growled drawing his lightsaber igniting the brilliant green blade of the weapon caused panic and cleared a circle around him, with a gesture from his hand he sent more patrons tumbling as his partners a Nautolan female and a Zabrak Male rushed through the gap they too used the force pushing patrons out of their way their own weapons now drawn one blade blue the other purple. Rugess broke from the crowd he entered a square and stopped grasping at his throat, his feet left the floor and he hovered above the ground for all to see.
The trio broke from the crowd a few moments later slowing the looked upon Rugess before turning towards the angry crowd gathering their weapons held ready against the deluge of angry shouts. A forth figure appeared from the other side of the square crossing the ground his hand raised in a tight grip. Three more Jedi emerged weapons drawn their faces hidden under hoods, the figure crossing the square reached up lowering its hood revealing a Kel Dor beneath he turned looking a round at the people gather his voice booming.
"This man is a criminal, a thief guilty of numerous armed robberies, so why do you resist us, we are here to maintain order in this new universe."
He turned to look upon Rugess.
"The Jedi Order is gone but Jedi still exist and we must appear strong or fall victims to the same fate as our brothers and sisters. You Rugess Bilith are guilty of your crime and I Jedi Knight Rath Paylon pass sentence."
He twisted his hand sharply to the right and was rewarded with a loud snap, spectators screamed at the sudden violence of the act, some wailed in horror at the murder as Rugess went limp his eyes glossing over as his life faded, Rath let his hand drop and the body crumpled, he turned from the corpse rejoining the Jedi around him and vanishing into the wailing and screaming crowd.
The Orders Retribution cut through the atmosphere of Sullust, the extreme heat of the surface setting off warning sirens in the cockpit of the ship, Jedi Knight Gol Erbeck snapped his hand to one side an silenced the warnings, he knew what the ship could handle and despite the groans of complaint as the hull came under extreme stress, he held the controls of the ship firmly his arms fighting against the turbulence.
His companions were in the lounge area behind the cockpit, Mac the droid that normally accompanied him in flight had remained at the temple undergoing repairs that he desperately needed, as the ship shuddered loudly plunging through a pocket of particular violent turbulence and pitched at an unusual angle he flicked the internal comms speaking calmly.
"I could do with some help from one of you levelling out. Otherwise we may just crash and die."
He pulled the pilots controls back with all his strength further fuelling himself with the force the ship started to level out but he needed someone else to work the controls gyrostabilisers, their destination was Pirin, they received word that the Jedi here had carried out a public execution in one of the cities market squares, they'd start the see what they could find and then the hunt would begin.