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On a barren speck of rock in the Outer Rim, Prospecting Team 1001 waited for back-up.
Specifically, the three-person prospecting team was waiting for the back-up promised to them by their parent corporation, Banvhar Combine. The mining company paid for them to be here and certain protections and assurances had been made when the contracts were written. One of the clauses that had been written into the most recent contracts took into consideration something that most people didn't encounter even once in their lives; The Force.
With a renewed Sith Empire and Jedi running amok across the Galaxy, people and the companies they worked for realized that the Force was as real as anything else in the Galaxy - and contract lawyers made sure it was included. Waiting within the prefabricated hanger bay that had been set up on the barren planetoid, the three-person team waited with varying degrees of patience. The Gran surveyor, Lanowen, muttered angrily to himself as he paced up and down, always keeping an eye on the doorway at the rear of the hanger bay.
The double doors, closed and tripled locked, and still such a source of anxiety that he couldn't help but turn all three of his eyes towards them at least once every few moments. Sitting atop a crate as he checked something on his datapad, Ezzo Skeck did his best to ignore his Gran companion's muttering and pacing even as he worked. In the end he was only partially successful and turned off his datapad in frustration.
"I can't access the systems of any of the excavation or security droids from here." he reported to the group, eying the last member of the team specifically as he did so, "You're our 'Force expert', Chirzo. Are you really sure we needed the company to call in Sith AND Jedi to try and deal with this?"
Chirzo, a hooded Mirialan currently peering out the hanger bay entrance into the vastness of space, hummed a little bit. Her right hand idly played with something that hung from a cord around her neck, out of direct sight of her team members. She seemed to think on it for a moment longer before turning back to Ezzo and Lanowen.
"There is something down there of considerable power - something that feels inherently unstable. If it is, we will need Jedi and Sith to keep it under some form of control. Without them, it could warp our minds just by its very presence... unfortunately with their interference it might do the same anyway, just in whatever direction they intend."
There was silence for a moment before Lanowen snorted and spat to one side.
"Which is why the company also put out the call for indies - to protect their investment."
The team were all very much aware that they didn't count as part of that investment. No, the company was far more interested in their excavation and security droids - hell, they were much more interested in the team's small shuttle than they were in them. It was unspoken but the team knew that their only hope for escaping the planetoid with their minds intact was the inbound contractors, the Jedi, Sith and others on their way to help them unearth, truly, just what it was that sang such terrible songs into their minds deep within the confines of the mines below.
- Banvhar Combine - The Company sponsoring the prospecting mission and a mining corporation well-known throughout the Galaxy. They are not the largest but they are successful.
- Location - The planetoid is currently listed as Object N51920. It is without a sector of the Outer Rim largely unknown to the Galaxy and can be reached only through the assistance of Banvhar Combine due to the only safe routes through hyperspace to Object N51920 being charted by their Prospecting teams.
- Prospecting Team - Lanowen the Gran Surveyor, Ezzo Skeck the Rodian droid technician and Chirzo the Mirialan Force 'Expert'.
- The Call for Help - While investigating the planetoid and beginning probing mining operations, Chirzo reported back to Banvhar Combine that there is a strong presence in the Force that seemed wild and unpredictable. The reports grew more urgent as the team dug deeper until the team has refused to dig further until the company hires actual Jedi/Sith to investigate further. Chirzo believes that the presence she is feeling is incredibly powerful but also unstable.