Flynn Taggart                    Date: 10-09-1998 01:24

          Ro'lana sat bolt upright in bed panting and surrounded by sweat soaked sheets in a dark

room, it was all a dream, that was all it was, just a dream. She looked through the dark into the

direction of the door as she heard muffled foot steps walk by the corridor beyond. She reached

over and turned the rooms lights on  low and instinctively brought one of her hands up to shield

her eyes from the sudden change of light till they adjusted. She picked up her chrono and made a

note that it was still early morning. Picking up the simple brown jumpsuit she had been given

and quickly put it on and headed out the door and down the hall towards the medical ward.

Dr. Riswok cursed to herself as Ro'lana walked into the medical ward and glanced over at the

empty bed "Where is Jackbur?". The doctor turned to look at her "Lt.Goreran and his security

officers came and took him for questioning, against my explicit instructions not to move him.

His wounds are not yet completely healed, he is just about to due for his bacta wrap changed"

Ro'lana bit her lower lip as she thought back to her dream.

          Three hours later Ro'lana was sitting out side General Ma'cambo office. The secretarial

droid led her inside after she had sat waiting for about twenty-five minutes. As she walked

inside the office she noticed it did not look anything like the ferrocrete windowless one in her

dream, in fact this one seemed fairly lush. Off to her right as she entered the room was a small

briefing table with about eight or ten chairs around it. On the left was what appeared to be real

wooden shelves with stacks of data card boxes. Right behind the general's desk was a

transparasteel window that covered the whole wall. Out the window she could see a mountain

range off in the distance and a green carpet of local biba trees.

             The general stood up and leaned across his desk and shook her hand lightly "It is a

pleasure to meet you, Ms. Ro'lana. Quite some job getting that wounded man through the

amount of forest you did till our search parties found you. Any how, what can I do for you?" he

said smiling lightly.

            "Well it is about the man that came in with me, Jackbur, I would like to know why he is

being interrogated, I mean he has not done anything wrong in fact he saved my own life." She

said sitting down in one of the two chairs he gestured to on the opposite side of the desk. "I

assure you he is quite all right. This is standard operating procedure." He said as she frowned at

him "The first part is by suddenly taking him into custody we can sometimes spook out possible

spies, such as if he tried to run or became real fidgety as if he was trying to hide something.

Then we take his statement and correlate it to some of our data" he finished and she straightened

slightly in her chair which she found to be quit stiff and some what uncomfortable "and what

have your correlations found?" he leaned back slightly and Ro'lana saw some kind of fowl fly by

the window behind him

              "We are still waiting on certain aspects to be confirmed by some of our field agents."

Bringing her attention from the window back to him she looked him in the eyes "And why is it

that you did not subject me to any of this?"

             He leaned back ever so slightly more and interlocked his fingers in front of him "Quite

simple Ms. Ro'lana, we have been expecting you"...

Dewlanna                    Date: 10-09-1998 10:08

The guard closed the door to the interrogation room, leaving Jackbur alone.  Three hours of

intensive interrogation by Bothans and Shistavanens had left him drained.  His side ached,

throbbed.  He wished he were back in the infirmary, in the bacta tank.  He laughed at that

thought, wishing to be in a bacta tank, of all places!  His thoughts drifted back over the last few

days, from the garrison on Tatooine to the Rebel outpost on.....where was he? Dantooine?  Yes,

Dantooine, that was what Ro'lana had said before he blacked out in the escape pod.  He was on

Dantooine with Ro'lana. Warm memories of a near forgotten dream washed over him: Ro'lana,

beautiful Ro'lana..... He sat up straight with a jerk.  Ro'lana!? Was he falling for her?  Hold on a

minute there Lt., he told himself.  She's a Twi'lek, remember?  You know about Twi'lek

females and their effect on men, you learned all about that in basic training, remember the

holostrips about troopers on leave in strange places, what a young man away from home for the

first time needs to watch out for.  Ya, and those Twi'lek females were high on the list of dangers

weren't they, bucko!  They were reputed to have much the same effect on humanoid males as the

Feleen had on females of dozens of humanoid species.  "Watch out for them exotic alien

woman" Sargent Hansin had said, "They prey on young unsuspecting boys like youse guys,

Them aliens is all alike, none of'ems human, even the ones what looks human" Wait a minute,

Jackbur thought, that attitude is one of the reasons I left the Tatooine garrison.  Sgt. Hansin's

next words flood, unbidden, into his mind  "And watch out fer them local gals, too.  They'd like

notin' better then ta get their hooks inta some guy with a future, they're just as sneaky as them

aliens, and just about as far beneath an Imperial Trooper too, So stay away from the jail bait that

hangs around the camps.  And watch out for the local gov'ner's daughter too. All them

provincials want to get an officer...'  And that Jackbur thought, was the OTHER reason he'd left

Tatooine.......

Name: Khabarakh                    Date: 10-09-1998 23:00

     Ro'lana stared at the general in shock. "How did you know I was coming? I didn't tell

anyone!"

     "Captain, you are a highly valued member of the Alliance. How would we have NOT

known?"

             "I'm not part of the Alliance! I came here to join it, though"

             "Captain, if you don't remember, I advise you to have the medics check you out."

             "Fine, I'll go see them."

Flynn Taggart Date: 10-10-1998 03:23

           "But first what do you mean by 'valued member of the Alliance'?" she said across the desk

at him somewhat perplexed by the sudden events

            "Well Captain you and your ship and crew have run a number of key supply runs for the

Rebellion, in fact you were on one  about four weeks ago hauling some VERY important cargo

when we received a faint distress signal from your ship and that was it. We have failed to find

any trace of your ship, our cargo, or even yourself and crew for that matter, till now," leaning

back forward the General put both hands, still interlocked, upon the top of his desk and leaned

forward ever so slightly, "Tell me Captain, WHAT DID happen?"

             Completely taken back by what he just said, Ro'lana replied, "I,- I, don't  know, I can't

even remember the events you described."

             He frowned over at her "What is the earliest thing you remember from the past few

weeks?"

             She furrowed her brow for a second as she thought back "walking down the streets of

Mos Eisley just a couple days ago"

             "And how is it you arrived there?"

             She looked at him skeptically "Well in  a ship of course!"

            "What ship?"

             "MY ship!"

           He picked up a data pad off his desk and punched in a few items "Funny, we have

no records of any ship landing in Mos Eisley in the past few weeks that even comes close to

matching your ship.  Are you positive?"

         She thought back, thought back hard and was taken back by the fact that she wasn't sure,

she wasn't positive of just how she got there "No, I am not, I am not sure of anything anymore,

all I knew was that I had to get back to the rebellion." He looked at her and could read the loss

and frustration in her face...

Name: MIP Date: 10-10-1998 16:41

: "....Far away from Dantooine, a female Rodian in a long, dark cloak hurried silently into a

small building. 'Another day, another kill,' she thought to herself with a slight shudder. She knew

it seemed a cold, harsh  statement, but that was what her life had become...and she was good at

it.

 She was even beginning to make a name for herself among certain circles...Cheeram the

Assassin. She cautiously looked around for the man she was supposed to meet there, her blaster

at the ready. For a moment she thought he was late, but then a tall, dark figure stepped out of the

shadows. His cold voice asked, "Were you successful?" Cheeram nodded, hoping she would

never have to face Bortes after a failure..."

Name: Neelah Date: 10-10-1998 17:13

Back on Dantooine

     "Look," said Ro'lana, "I am very tired and I can't remember the events you are talking

about. I'm sorry but please let me go and I will think about what you have said."

            "Look," exclaimed the General, "I'll let you go back, but I want you here tomorrow

morning at 0800 hours, sharp! We really need to know what happened" he leaned forward,

"Maybe we could discuss it over dinner sometime,"

           "Thanks but no thanks General," exclaimed the shocked Ro'lana...

     She ran out of the room without saying good bye. She ran straight to her room and

collapsed on her bed. She was so tired. She felt so drowsy and lay down and once her head hit

the pillow, drifted off to a dreamless sleep. She woke up, but she closed her eyes again because

of the blinding light and she screamed as she felt a hand on her arm...

Jedi Turner                    Date: 10-10-1998 22:50

           : ... Coming fully alert after being grabbed Ro'lana looked up into the face of Dr. Riswok.

"Doctor Riswok, what are you doing here?" asked Ro'lana as she wiped away the last lingering

sleepiness.

     "I have come to tell you that your friend Jackbur has gone into a coma.  Because Lt.

Goreran had him in interrogation room for so long and Jackbur missed having his Bacta

Bandages changed," began Dr. Riswok, "a rare type of bacteria infection has caused him to go

into a coma. We are doing everything we can for him. I just thought you would like to know. I

am sorry for disturbing you," said Dr. Riswok as she began to leave.

     "Wait for me Doctor, I will come with you to Med Bay," said Ro'lana as she slipped on

her boots.

                   Just as Dr. Riswok and Ro'lana enter Med Bay, one of the nurses called out "Code

Blue, in room 3", Jackbur's room number.

     "What is the matter!?" demanded Dr. Riswok as she entered Jackbur's room.

     "Patient is in Cardiac Arrest," said the nurse.

     "Are we going to lose him Dr. Riswok?" asked Ro'lana from the doorway....

Flynn Taggart Date: 10-10-1998 23:47

          ... that is when she noticed that he was not the only one in the room. In the bed next to him

was what looked to be a short heavy set man with grey thinning hair on the top of his head. She

let out a sign of relief as a voice sounded behind her "ms please get out of the way."  As she

turned around and stepped to the side of the doorway,  a nurse quickly rushed by pushing a cart

full of medical equipment. As the nurse past she peered back into the room to see the doctor

issuing orders.

     "I want 10cc of cario'utin, Carm, hook the fib electrodes up and bring the charge up to

two-thirds."

      "Yes doctor," one of the nurses said while another one took out a hypo and injected it into

the man on the bed.

     "Ready doctor."

           "All right, CLEAR!"

            Ro'lana watched as the man's whole body convulsed in time with the shock and

extremities flying every which way

     "No response doctor."

             "All right 20cc of neuctone!"

            "But doctor.."

            "DO IT! NOW!"

            "Yes doctor," the nurse said, picking up a different hypo, changing an adjustment on it

and injecting it into the man.

            "All right prepare to fib again, CLEAR!" The man's body convulsed again only this time

one of the machines in the background started beeping rhythmically. The doctor let out a sigh,

"All right, give him 3cc of aulicon every hour for the next three hours. Keep him on the

ventilator for now and monitor his stats regularly."

           "Yes doctor" the chorus of nurses responded.

             She then stepped out of the room into the hallway and saw Ro'lana standing there. "Just

a moment more please," she said pulling a comlink out of the medical coat she was wearing.

She spoke into it, "What is the current status on our shipment of medical supplies?"

     From the comlink came a voice, Ro'lana could not determine the type of speaker on the

other end. "The one with the standard Bacta tank doctor?"

           "Yes that is the one."she said back into it.

            "Last check in had them at an ETA of five and a half standard hours."

            "Ok, thanks," she said back into it, shutting it off and sliding it back into her coat. She

leaned up against the wall letting out a sigh of relief, pulling some strands of hair out of her face

and tucking them behind her ears. Ro'lana stepped up next to her and she turned to look at her

       "Oh yes, terribly sorry, you were wanting to know about your friend, right"

          "Please."  Ro'lana said.

          "Well the initial reports seemed very strange so I am currently having the medical droid

run a toxicology scan on a sample of his blood, but as you can see, we don't have much in the

way of medical equipment.  That is what that transport I was talking about over the com is

brining in. Do not worry we will make sure he gets good attention."...

: MIP Date: 10-11-1998 01:32

     "...Dr. Jaynoel Riswok sat down in her office with a sigh...it was good to get off her feet for a

change She almost never had the time to just sit in her office.....but now, with the patients

stabilized, and the medical supplies en route, there was not much she could do but wait. Still, it

was impossible to relax....sitting gave her time to think....and in her situation, thinking could be

depressing. The outlook was not good for the patients in her ward, nor was it good for the entire

Rebel effort. Dr. Riswok looked up to see her friend and colleague, Dr. Davies, enter her office.

      "Jay, I have some bad news..." he began, "No, don't stand up! I think you'll want to be sitting

down for this..." Fear gripped Dr. Riswok's chest, and her throat suddenly went dry. Dr. Davies

pulled another chair up next to hers and sat down.

       "Tom, what...?" she began, but her voice cracked. She could see the pain in his eyes as he

placed a hand on her arm.

             "Jay, I'm very sorry that I have to tell you this. I just received word: Your brother was

murdered."

            For a moment Dr.Riswok just sat there...'No,' she thought to herself, 'there has to be some

mistake.....Ben has always been there to lend an ear or give me moral support...he convinced me

to join the rebel effort in the first place...he can't be gone.....' Tears welled in the corners of her

eyes. Dr. Tom        Davies waited. Finally she spoke. "Killed...why? By whom?"

            "Well, they're not sure, but they believe it was because of his rebel connections. His

assassin has not been captured, but they have a witness who said he was killed by a

Rodian."......."

Jedi Turner Date: 10-11-1998 01:56

:      ... As tears started to slowly and steadily stream from her eyes thinking about her brother

Ben, Dr. Jaynoel Riswok's attention is brought back to the present by the sound of a metallic

voice. "Excuse me for interrupting, Dr. Riswok and Davies, but this is the toxicity report that

you have been waiting for," said the Too-One-Be Medical Droid.

          "Thank you Too-One-Be," said Dr. Riswok as she accepted the report. ..

 Flynn Taggart                   Date: 10-12-1998 00:05

...sitting back in her chair and examining the report Dr. Riswok studied it very closely, then read

through it a second time to make sure it was right, "Well this is interesting."  Ro'lana, sitting in a

chair across from the doctor's desk, the only one that did not have datacards or medical supplies,

she looked at the pad and then up to the doctor.

               "What have you discovered?"setting the data pad down the doctor glanced over at her

                "Well, it appears that there are minute traces of a very rare substance in Jackbur's

blood. It is from the Charita' system, the natives used it as a form of capital punishment. It would

induce a coma and if the criminal came out of it then they were deemed forgiven for their

crimes."

               Ro'lana looked back at her "Well, is there any cure?"

     "Well, as I said it was used as punishment so they never bothered to try to make one, at

least not that I know of, and the plant it is made from is extemely rare, and there was no

evidence of it when I ran the last set of tests, which was just after his last bacta treatment." The

doctor leaned back and sighed. " I am afraid we can rule out an accident. As for a cure, right now

our best bet is to keep him closely monitored and soon as our main shipment of medical supplies

gets here..... In the mean time I will send out some quires to some other doctors I know."

     Ro'lana stood up and thanked the doctor, "Umm thanks, you will let me know if anything

happens?"

             "Of course.  Was there anything else I could do for you?"

             "Actually yes, I seem to have been having these headaches, and it seems that I may be

having some recollection problems as well." at that  time the doctor saw Tom Davies walk by

and caught his eye.

             "Dr. Davies, could you run a full neuroscan on Ms. Ro'lana please?"

              "Right away doctor" he said glancing over at Ro'lana, "if you will follow me please."

 With that Ro'lana followed the young intern out of the doctor's small office...

Dewlanna 10-13-98 13:30

     "May I come in, Gen. Ma'cambo?"

     "Of course, Dr. Riswok.  My door is always open to you.  My condolences on the loss of

your brother.  A terrible blow for the Rebellion as well."

     "I'd like to thank you for sending Tom--Dr. Davies, to tell me instead of some RAIA

agent."

     "Dr. Davis was in my office when the word came in,  he volunteered.  You've known

him for some time?"

     "Yes, my brother and I went to med school with Tom.  We lost touch when Ben and I

went back to Crytonex and Tom went to Corusant to specialize in, as Ben put it, 'treating rich

dowagers for nonexistent aches and pains'. "

     "Ah, so THAT is  what he was doing.  No wonder he needs so much training in field

medicine.

     "Actually, General, I came to see you about Lt. Goreran.  Nelson Jackbur may or may not

be an Imp spy.  That's beside the point.  He is MY patient!   Goreran's delaying of Jackbur's

Bacta treatment is criminal!  Worse! It's Imperial!"

     "Calm down, doctor.  Lt. Jackbur got his treatment on time. I, personally sent a corpsman

to change the bandages.  Corp. Nukkubacca!"

     Dr. Riswok smiled. Corp. Nukkubacca (please pronounce this New koo bac ca) was a

two and a half meter tall black furred Wookiee.  Best corpsman in the outfit, with Wookiee

healing technics she could only guess at.  But he had the bedside manner of a wounded rancor.

He was Gen. Ma'cambo's corpsman of choice when treating Imp defectors.  More than one

Imperial infiltrator had fled at the sight of Nukkie with a hypo.

     "So, how did Lt. Jackbur respond to Nukkie?"

     "A little startled, but no real fear, no xenophobia.  I'm almost persuaded that Jackbur is

genuine. I can tell you are, but-" A light flashed on the general's desk. "Ah, the interrogation

team is here with their reports.  You will be staying, doctor?  We will want a full medical

report."