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But he also believed that the training vessels allowed for far too much insular education. Without continually connecting to the rest of the Jedi Order and the Council of First Knowledge differences between the clan in question and the Order could arise which might lead to later friction and conflict.
"How damaged is the Explorer?" asked one of the other Masters, pulling them all away from that side topic back to the reality. "And who do you wish to send to aid Master Tholme?"
"Three teams I feel will be needed for this task. Master Tholme, lead the search team he will, able to pick its members he will be. Master Dooku, the land assault team will lead. Closure, Dooku needs."
Yoda sighed, his ears slumping as he thought of his former padawan, one of his best students and one of the three best swordsmen in the Order. He had begun to chaff under the Order's connection to the Senate of late because of a series of missions where the Jedi Order took losses because they were not given all the facts going in or worse had been set up to take the fall like the Mandalore Debacle.
The loss of his own most recent Padawan, who had somehow tricked her way onto the mission against the Bando Gora several months back, had only exacerbated that belief. She had been one of over a dozen Jedi who had died on that mission because the Bando Gora had been ready for them. The death worshipping cult's drug-induced ability to ignore pain, speed up their bodies and numbers had surprised the Jedi sent on that mission and the mission, despite ostensibly being successful had cost the Order badly
"Hmm… I am uncertain I would agree, but cannot say who would be better to lead the land combatants that could be spared." Master Windu's lips twisted wryly. Since Yoda was not on Coruscant at present he, as Master of the Order, could not also take his leave, not just as a matter of appearance but as a matter of organization. "And the third team?"
"Master Tiin," Yoda said, looking at that Master, a middle-aged Ikotchi master with massive shoulders hidden under his robes and deep-set eyes. "Available are you to provide your expertise?"
"Of course," said the horned Ikotchi promptly. He was one of the top five pilots in the Order, and was a natural choice for that aspect of this mission, especially if they expected to face real resistance in space.
"Leaders, choose their own teams they will be able to, assemble at Denon you will. A staging ground it will be." Yoda said nodding his head gratefully to the other Master.
Tiin nodded prompt understanding. "Master Tholme will find them, and then he will call my team and Dooku's in to help smash them. A simple and excellent plan, though we might wish to consider liaising with the nearest known navies. The Order lacks capital ships after all, and we can't expect to be able to call on the Republic Navy that far away from the Core Worlds. They have few enough ships there, they have no presence beyond a few Colony sector Ord systems."
There were some wry smiles around the room at that. Master Tiin was one who believed in smashing through problems, he was a guardian through and through, who very much preferred the brute force approach to any solution, but there was nothing wrong with his mind. Especially when given a clear cut strategic problem.
"Will Master Fay stay there, you think? Or should we send a new Master and a few knights to take over the education of the children aboard the Explorer?" asked Master Plo Koon. One of the most recent elevations to the High Council, the Kel Dor master was often a voice of common sense among them, and a firm friend of Micah Giiett.
"Stay here I will, but Fay, stay here also will she, and Micah. Master Saa, take over the position of Master here she will, missed teaching she has as Sector Jedi. Another Jedi, sent to the Ryloth Sector, will need to be."
There was some staring at that. Yoda wanting to stay was obvious, but the fact that Master Giiett would stay as well was interesting, as was Fay's presence, far more so. She was known to be moved only through the Force, and many there wondered if maybe the Force was telling her to stay aboard ship for a reason, one they were not privy to this far distant.
They all looked at Yoda, but could read nothing in his wrinkled expression, nothing except certainty, which was telling in itself. After a few moments Mace nodded. "Very well, we will send three of the younger knights who have expressed interest in teaching to join Knight Brandon and Tule. They will help take over the training as much as they can, but that will need to wait a few weeks at best. I have a few in mind, but they are out on assignment at present."
"Trust in your judgement I will." Yoda said, staring into Mace's eyes, so much so that it almost felt as if Yoda was present on Coruscant rather than on the Explorer thousands of lightyears distant.
After another pregnant pause Mace nodded once more before leaning back, steepling his fingers in his lap. "And what else do you have planned in the short term Master Yoda?"
"Move the Explorer to Ord Madrast we will," Yoda said firmly. "New shielding this ships must have, new armor installed, repairs made. Master Zeltesh will oversee the repairs when we get there."
Ord, or ordinance/regional depot systems, had been systems designated as naval bases thousands of years ago during the expansion era, and the shortened version had stuck since. Highly industrialized and with massive defenses and orbital platforms, the mostly human planets tended to be centers of industry for the sectors they were in even now, when the Republic Navy was but a fraction of what it had once been and no longer kept patrols out beyond the Colony Region.
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