So this is something totally different than my normal writings, this is a collab between me and RyuTheWeredragon. I must say, this is an interested process, we are doing a lot of research to make this just right. So...star wars fans, here you go!!!

As usual, a disclaimer: Star Wars belongs to Disney, I do not own it or any characters, I'm just playing in their universe. and per usual PDF provided. I encourage using the PDF a lot easier to read.

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Star Wars Legends: Enlightenment
By born2beagator and RyuTheWeredragon
Episode 1
Dash Rendar was a hero of the Rebel Alliance. But no one would ever know. The climactic battle at Xizor's skyhook had been a victory, but Dash and his droid, Leebo had had to make a blind jump to escape the fireball. They had no idea where they were going and the hyperdrive had somehow locked them out. They were stuck until the ship decided to disengage itself. Still, it did nothing to diminish Dash's cocky attitude.


"We fried that green lizard didn't we Leebo. I'm sure that once we return to the Alliance there will be a nice, fat credit chit waiting for us." Dash laughed.

"Of course, that's provided that they actually pay corpses. Or that we end up somewhere friendly, what with the blind hyperdrive jump. That is, unless you WANT us to be stranded, which is perfectly fine too." Leebo sniped.

Dash shot a glare at him. "You know, I'm tempted to reprogram you sometimes. Or talk to my food synthesizer. I'd get more respect from it." He shook his head.

Suddenly the console beeped, they were coming out of hyperspace after what had seemed to be days. "Stand by." Dash said.

The otherworldly blue tunnel of hyperspace faded back into realspace. In front of them was a beautiful green planet. Interspersed with what was clearly jungle was a fair amount of bodies of water.
But most apparent was the shining cities...and hovering above it a fleet of ships.

"Uh oh. Leebo? What do you think?" Dash asked.

"That round ship is 900 meters, there are 24 turbo lasers, 24 ion cannons, 12 concussion missile launchers and 12 tractor be-"

"So what you are saying is, we should stay away from it." Dash quipped, cutting off the long technical jargon filled rant. "What can you tell me about the rest of the system?"

"Unknown. No data at all. I'd say we should keep away, but, knowing you..", Leebo started.

Dash gave a sardonic smile. "You know me too well Leebo. But we are in the unknown regions. We have no idea where the next planet is, so we might as well find a place to set down and at least see what we are dealing with here. Come on, we've blasted up an Imperial starship on our own, not to mention taken on the personal guard of a crime lord. This is nothing."

Leebo set it down in a clearing in the jungle by a large mountain. The reason he didn't land the Outrider closer to the city, he explained, was that they had no idea who or what was living there.
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"Prepare to fire." Admiral Ivpikkis ordered. The two meter Ssi-ruu did not like uninvited guests to Lwhekk. "Prepare swarm droids to examine the wreckage." Sure he was of the red scaled military caste, but he did not agree with the Shreeftut's growing expansionist policies. Taking over planets and enteching the population was a good way to make more enemies than the imperium could handle. "On my mark!" He raised a claw.

"Admiral wait!!!" The sound of of pounding claws echoed down the Shriwirr's deck.

"Sh'tk'ith?" Ivpikkis did not like this blue-scale. Being of the noble caste, he already had an ego. But he was at the forefront of the entechment program. Entechment was a brutal process in which the victim's life force was literally sucked out of their body and used to power a machine. It was only suitable for lower life forms...namely, non Ssi-ruuk. This made Ivpikkis dislike him even more. Although entechment was an easy way to grow their forces, it was sure to bring the people of the larger galaxy crashing down on them when they finally emerged from their star system.

"Do not fire on that ship. Track it. See where it goes." The blue-scale said.

Grudgingly, Ivpikkis agreed. "If it's the precursor to an invasion, on your head be it." He lowered his claw and went back to his brooding. The noble had better know what he was doing.

Sh'tk'ith had his reasons for not wanting the ship blown out of the sky. The people of the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium were growing restless. While his had always been a deeply spiritual race, there had been murmurs that they were following a lie. These had of course reached the ear holes of the Shreeftut, and he had tasked Sh'tk'ith with finding proof of their religion.

Obviously, it had been fruitless up to this point, and he was desparate. What he truly wanted was to find the mythical fourth egg denoted in the G'nnoch, the sacred text of his race. In the beginning, there were four eggs. From the first had come two creatures. The first was Ssi. The second creature was P'w'itthki. Ssi's children, the Ssi-ruuk hatched from the second egg. While P'w'itthki's children, the P,w'eck, came from the third egg. Eventually the father of the two species fought, Ssi defeated P'w'itthki. He allowed the defeated saurian's children to live on the condition that they serve the Ssi-ruuk for all eternity. But what Sh'tk'ith really wanted was the fourth egg. That egg was rumored to be the conduit to the Ssi-ruuvi afterlife, and of course, had not hatched. It had never been found. Sh'tk'ith had a hunch that he should let this stranger explore a bit.

"Keep her warm Leebo. I want to be ready to be in space on a moment's notice." Dash said as he lowered the ramp. Drawing his blaster he set foot on the alien world. It was clearly a jungle planet, moisture hung heavy in the air and Dash could barely see through the dense vegetation. He closed the Outrider ramp. He cued the commlink. "Leebo? Give me a scan of the surrounding area, give me a direction."

"There's a cave to the east, and the city is back towards the north. I'd advise not going that way, even if running right into obvious danger is your usual choice." Leebo snarked, "However, the cave is possibly dangerous as well, so don't let your guard down."

"Leebo come on, I've fought a giant dianoga while underwater. At least here I can breathe. You know you think you are funny...droids aren't supposed to do that." Dash said.

"Most droids don't have to deal with you.

"Most droids don't have the pleasure of dealing with me you mean." Before he could reply, Dash clicked the comm off. He set off into the jungle towards the cave. There was no signs of intelligent life.
The only things he saw were strange, six-legged lizards. He shooed them away as he came into a clearing. A dark cave was ahead of him. "Leebo? Give me a scan of the cave."

"There thankfully doesn't seem to be any major lifeforms beyond you and what seem to be many small lizards. But, there seems to be a large power source of some kind...", Leebo noted, "Investigating it may be dangerous, but that's not going to stop YOU of all people."

"Remind me to have your memory wiped. I'm going to replace your personality with that of an Ithorian." Dash smiled as he clicked the comm. He did love that droid. As he ducked into the cave, the first thing he noticed was the heavy musk hanging over the place. It smelled, for lack of a better word, like many alien reptiles he had encountered before. The cave had no turns, but the walls were covered in strange drawings. Dash held his glowrod up. It appeared to show a saurian species, and with them, four eggs. The fourth appeared with rays around it that made it look as if it was shining.
"Leebo??? Is there anything about what I am seeing here on the holonet?"

"No. There is no data on any of this," Leebo replied.

"Thanks for nothing you lippy tin can." Dash muttered.

"Human...you have proven worthy. My name is Ssi. I am the father of the Ssi-ruuk."

Dash drew his blaster. The melodic voice had seemed to come from everywhere at one. "Show yourself so I can put a blaster bolt between your eyes!" He yelled.

"Who are you yelling at now?", Leebo asked.

Dash clicked off the comm. "Look, disembodied voice. I've taken on the armies of the most powerful military in the galaxy. I don't scare easily."

"Yes...definitely a black scale. You are to set in motion the events that will save the Ssi-Ruuk and the P'w'eck. They are on a path towards destruction. T
he entechment that they have fallen in love with may be useful for expanding the Imperium. But it will bring the races of this galaxy crashing down on their heads. Lwhekk will be destroyed."

"What the...Leebo are you getting any of this? Do any of these names mean anything to you?" Dash called as he felt a tingling in the back of his mind...it felt...cold.

"What names? Dash, you should probably get out of there if it's affecting you so badly." Leebo called.

The cold feeling spread over his body. Then he felt a presence in his mind. Strange thoughts began to surface. Thoughts of crystalline towers. Thoughts of strange, saurian aliens. They came in a variety of colors and wore no clothes over their scales, only a bandolier. They stood on two clawed, digitigrade legs and walked with a slight hunch balanced by a long, muscular tail. The head rested atop a flexible, serpentine neck. Finally, the muzzle ended in a beak-like crushing jaw. But the strangest facet of these beings was the two, forked tongues that seemed to come out of their...noses?

"What in the galaxy..." Dash started. But he trailed off when he caught sight of the large egg in the center of the room. An unearthly glow was coming from its multi-colored shell. The cold feeling turned icy and Dash found himself walking towards it.

"Take the fourth egg, black-scale. Take it to your new race. They will assist you in correcting your form."

"Yes Father Ssi." Dash said in a shaky voice. He felt incredibly strange as he picked up the egg and carried it out of the cave.