Several months have passed since Kew'ilaä has been imprisoned. He did not have his hearing as of yet and it has been pushed back every time. However, due to the supporters of his former master his restrictions were partially lifted. He now has some time to work in a mechanic workshop. There he is allowed to assist the mechanics with droid repairs and other technical issues. This made his time more bearable and got him in touch with some of the prison's staff members and his influence seems to be growing day by day. Now let's see what our protagonist has been up to.
(Kew'ilaä's POV): The last couple of months have been fruitful as I was able to build my connections with influential former senators from various planets. Among them were a couple from the unofficially known core worlds. Of course there are also former prominent members of the Jedi order that did not share the same vision as the council and key members of the multiplanetary crime organisations. Each was sharing information about themselves, such as why they were imprisoned and some even shared their plans for when they got out. Others believed that the voice was just an inner voice so they tend to overshare details that I rather not mention.
To be specific, a former senator named Damian Alde from one of the most noble families on Alderaan. He has been betrayed by his younger sibling called Charles Alde, it was heartbreaking to hear that it was the one person that he trusted most. He explained the political landscape of the core worlds and Alderaan in particular. It helped me in understanding the underlying issues at the center of the republic.
I believe that he will play a crucial role in the long run as his family is known to be one of the oldest and even founding families on Alderaan. It has strong ties with the other great houses on Alderaan. His political savviness and noble upbringing could help me in understanding the inner workings of the noble factions. Moreover, he could be a strong ally in the republic that could make sure that I will not be targeted by the republic. With the exception of the most extreme cases.
Other interesting inmates were the nobles from the Nalju and Demici families from the D'Astan sector. Their noble houses have been the most influential on the planet and there has been a family on the rise called Serenno, which orchestrated their kidnapping and this led to their current predicament. As for their names I am still working on it as their trust issues make them wary of sharing personal information.
For now I will stop with the update on the other inmates. There was pivotal information that I could gather from interacting with the inmates, such as the guards' routines and which people were susceptible to bribes. To clarify, most of the guards were outsiders hired by the Jedi order as the members of the order were responsible for protecting the temple and other official business.
Moreover some parts of the prison were guarded by droids and my new found ability to manipulate droids was useful to control these parts. For now they are just operating as per usual, but I already override their programming. According to the inner voice the force ability is called mechu-deru. It binds the mechanical construction to the user by imbuing the mechanisms with the force. It also helps with the understanding of the droids.
Depending on the amount of force used, I was able to change the droids from basic operations to having an operating brain similar to a human. I even managed to change one of them to become a powerful force user with artificial intelligence. This droid came in for repairs at the workshop. It was destined to be on the frontlines at the unofficial civil war on Coruscant. I only gave it one mission: to save as many Taungs as possible and gather allies to create its own power base on the planet.
I named him Keanu as this name had a special meaning "cool breeze over the mountains". Which was the meaning for its creation to become the wind of change that will lead to a better and brighter Coruscant, free of the Zhell's and the republic's corruption. However, this will be a long term plan as it is one of the most important planets for the republic. I was not sure how I got to know the name and its meaning, but I felt a weird connection to it.
The ongoing war on Coruscant was far from over as it had not escalated to a full out war and it remained scuffles at the moment. The Zhell's were winning, but that is mainly due to them being unified in comparison to the tribal factions of the Taungs.
The new inmates helped me solve the gaps in knowledge on the current happenings in the galaxy. Most things were still the same, but the republic became more daring. Shifting from their former approach of allying with other systems and planets and inviting them to join the republic to outright strong arming them into joining.
My intuition was telling me that the shift in the republic and the Jedi order were not merely a coincidence. It was definitely correlated, but the cause still eludes me. The more information I gathered the less clear their intentions became, as some of the actions contradicted the supposed goals of these organisations. Furthermore, I noticed that both organisations seem to be working together but had their individual goals and this is a gap that I might be able to exploit.
For now I will have to focus on finding a way to free the imprisoned people. I know that I can escape on my own, but that would defeat the purpose of my work....
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