Information Gathering for Personnel Security Operations.

Dear Datapad,

For information gathering for personnel security operations, there's one person responsible: 'Agent of the gathering'.

Information gathering is delegated to his team, in three phases:

- gathering information about protected personnel,
- public opinion gathering: research, intelligence & counterintelligence (counterobservation),
- reconnaisance in places visited by protected personnel, determining danger points, observations of protected places.

-- Ateeno, Jedi Shadow & Slicer.

Retreat.

Ateeno & Tharan, retreating.


Dear datapad,

i've decided to retreat, due to lack of contact with Base, no support, and too great opposition.

-- Ateeno, Jedi Shadow in retreat.

Lightsaber Practice (Mental Poison's Tale).

Red Crystal Lighstaber in Sith Academy.


Dear datapad,

I've practiced with real Lightsaber, then went walking with it to showoff in Sith Academy. I won't last there much longer anyway.... with my new orders.


-- Mental Poison, sith student with Red Crystal Lightsaber.

Lightsaber (Mental Poison's Tale).

Dashade, Khem Val, on Knees.

[.... or perhaps Dashade is Other Monster .... ?]


*Ahem*

How to start wrting in a datapad? Perhaps from an introduction ....


I am Susanne Laei-Sen, but friends call me 'Mental Poison', or worse ....


.... Years at the Academy can go excruciatingly slow, my energy is spent this night.


I just passed Trial for a Lightsaber, fighting monsters and bypassing traps on the way.

Dashade's lair was most impressive and harsh...

He threw me on floor twice, not killing. I bled from my mouth and released training sword, to gather my inner force later and rise and attempt again. Then again. Then i retreated to gather allies, equipment and recover. I returned partly succesful and threw him on the knees. From now on he serves me, we'll see for how long.

I hate tortures... even if they save lives. Perhaps he won't fail me.

Next monster wasn't easy to kill, even with his aid. But it went smooth and i rescuciated him, Dashade, Khem Val, succesfully afterwards.


Shuttle arrived, some politickal bickering at the Sith Academy and after a reward of a new tool that is Lightsaber and new orders.


I'll rest then continue, dear datapad, for this night i must depart to my sleeping chamber. Perhaps i'll reedit this file later.


-- Mental Poison, spent sith student.




.... Other Monster.

Awaiting for Team Members.

Dear datapad,

We are hiding, recovering from wounds, scavenging for food, scouting and resting. We had no strength to call for our team, and knowing the war rules - it would be a garbled transmission anyway.

We'll prepare then call a Team, Base knows of our situation.

They will arrive when we are ready, enemy suspiction is quietened and situation scouted properly. We have to keep reporting though in a case of another Terror or Enslavement attempt.

-- Ateeno, Jedi Shadow, on position.

Operation 'The Mandalorian Terror', phase second.

Moving on position.

Dear datapad,

Orders arrived.

We have to do second phase of rescue captives from Mandalorian Terrorist Slavers, which is killing their leader.

We've moved on position.

It was not so easy as it seemed, for we lacked credits for arranging transport to destination.

We used our creativity to do a minor bug hunt and resource gather.

Then we flew to destination, and being hidden under cloak we've penetrated deep into enemy territory.

Then we've scouted enemy, few times, almost dying during that recon.

Now we're awaiting for rest of our team.





Not enough.




Fund raising approach.




Transport.




Transport arrival.




Enemy Territory.




On position.




Scouting.

Orbital Station Balmorra.

Ateeno and Tharan, awaiting for orders at Orbital Station Balmorra.

Dear datapad,

On Orbital Station Balmorra, awaiting for orders.

-- Ateeno, Jedi Shadow.

Force Balance.

I've succesfully added 'Jedi Resistance' to my Force Powers. It's only basics, will be improved.

Working toward 'Focused Insight', this requires more focus in 'Balance' category of Force Powers.


-- Ateeno, Jedi Shadow.

108 000 Credits.

Over 108 000 credits were gained and almost all used.

Mostly on Lightsaber Augmentations (better Crystal, better Alacrity Augmentation), but also on Alacrity Augmentation for our Prototype Ear Graph.

Alacrity Rating on my stats during training rose from 70 to 80 points, due to higher quality Augments. 80 points Alacrity is faster reaction time by 3.74%, thus also speed in combat. At least at this moment, for technology and warfare changes.

It's less trouble to use high quality Augmentation Modules - due to modular design of cybernetic / nano interface - they were smartly exchanged without need of surgery.

-- Ateeno, Augmented Jedi Shadow.

Stronger Lightsaber.

My skill with lightsaber melee combat improved noticeably.

No longer rushing to kill opponents one by one in turns, engagements seem 'fluid' and 'coordinated' 2 / 3 of the time. I focus on melee combat, that's why.

Need to follow with better equipment soon (once i 'earn' 108 000 credits). I do not know what it will be, perhaps lightsaber crystal or few.

I'll keep practicing melee as long as i need, and will return to it occasionally. For now i can handle it adeptly, better than beginner, less than master. But war with stupidity is much more than melee, training or not.

-- Ateeno, Jedi Shadow.

Approach routes.

Once cloaked, it's important to find scouting point and analyze which approach route (for lightsaber assault) is best, safest, quickest. Considering terrain, enemy arms and positions, perception exposure.

Then to execute it properly, deciding when and if to activate kinetic ward (most often last), when and if to deepen cloak (usually first), when and if to rush with speed (usually second).

To coordinate it well it is also a skill.

Later i'll consider other options and maneuvers, i have much to train.

-- Ateeno, Jedi Shadow in training.

Movement and preparation.

Dear datapad,

On Balmorra.

i've started to include movement and preparation to my style.

Running from shadow to shadow can't hurt, especially if you are cloaked.

Then activating kinetic ward as you close into assault.

-- Ateeno.