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"Yeah, I'd probably start a revolt there," Harry muttered, scratching at the scar on his forehead sheepishly.
"As amusing as this discussion is, I believe that we need to discuss this one," Dooku said, a flick of his hand encompassing the unconscious Falleen.
Master Fay looked at him, her lips twitching almost into a scowl. The amount of arrogance she had felt off this one during her earlier telepathic assault had astonished her.
"Master Fay, will you join me in the interrogation? I feel we need to get as much as we can out of him as quickly as possible just in case he has anything we can use to shut down further criminal activities," Dooku stated. "Knight Vos, I will need you as well for this. Your knowledge of the criminal element may allow us to better direct our questions."
"Done," Master Fay said briskly. "I can tell if he's lying, and I can also use my abilities to Force him to be more complacent and compliant without any undue physical or mental stress. Knight Vosa, can I trust you to continue to organize the ground work here while the medical teams get to work?"
"Of course, Master Fay," the younger woman said briskly,
"The space fortress also has a unregistered Holonet emitter, which we will be using to contact the Jedi Order shortly. After that," Dooku said thoughtfully, "I'm thinking of having it dismantled and stored for us on one of the Wookies' ships. I'm certain I can find a use for that later."
The Order, of course, had several small Holonet emitters, but they were few and far between because they were expensive to build and also technically illegal. The Republic controlled the Holonet relay system. It was one of the main sources of its income as a body, as well as it its power to control communication galaxy-wide. Even the Jedi Order would get in trouble if anyone knew they had those emitters, though tracing them, of course, was an issue.
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Master Ranicisis looked up from his meditation. he had not left the High Council's room for several days, preferring to eat and drink what little he needed here for a time as he got used to the workload of becoming Master of the Order. His respect for Master Windu had tripled in that time, as the amount of paperwork and organization that went into this position simply astonished him. He had begun, however, to slowly re-mold the position already, forcing other Council members to take up some of the position's paperwork and oversight of the Councils of First Knowledge, Reassignment, and Reconciliation.
Handling the council of First Knowledge Master Yoda and Yaddle were remarkably well-suited for, though both, of course, also had other jobs. He had also tasked Master Gallia to oversee the Council of Reassignment, so that further missions like the one Padawan Secura had been on would never even be considered without numerous and multiple backups in place.
Ranicisis was meditating on a few other mission requests coming from the Senate directly to him rather than to said Council, when the signal of an incoming Holonet call roused him. When the holographic screen in the center of the room popped into place, he saw Master Dooku on the other end in a very primitive holographic device, showing that it was not a full signal array.
Immediately upon seeing the old human master Ranicisis began to speak. "Master Dooku, I have a report here that you and the Chancellor were working together on some kind of project recently? Is this what this call is about?"
"That particular objective is actually finished, but it landed us a lot of information that I think the Order needs to follow up on. It seems that the Black Sun is not nearly as dead as we could hope, and powerful players within it are trying to reform it under their banner."
Master Ranicisis listened as Master Dooku went into detail on the interrogation of the man they had captured. His name was Dorset, and he was very high up in what was becoming known as the Falleen crime family. As Dooku said, they were trying to take over all of the Black Sun's disparate, splintered groups. As one of their highest members and one who supplied them all with material and slaves, Dorset knew everything about them: every contact they had, everything, including a lot of their illegitimate businesses and the number of senators who were on the take. There were even a few entire governments who were implicated in Dorset's information.
This was without a doubt the largest windfall of knowledge in terms of the criminal underbelly the Jedi Order had seen in the past thirty years. Ranicisis knew it, and knew they would have to act on it quickly. "Very well. And you say Knight Quinlan Vos will be arriving here on Coruscant with a full readout of the report soon?"
"Knight Vos has already left, so he should be there within a day at most."
"Excellent. That gives me time to talk with the Chancellor and free up enough Consulars and Sentinels to move on the planets you have mentioned in groups of three or more."
Dooku's eyebrow visibly rose in the pickup despite the poor quality of the image. "Truly, that large a force?"
"Indeed. When you have pulled one thread, you don't stop until the entire spider web is pulled apart," Ranicisis said solemnly. "The Consulars will grab everyone's attention before we actually arrest the individuals involved. The Sentinels will get to work on figuring out their contacts and hacking into their computer systems to follow that specific threat to more. Indeed, given the number of threads you have given us we might need help on that aspect, hence my need to meet with the Chancellor.
"Well done, Master Dooku," Ranicisis said after falling silent for a moment. "I had concerns about the original concept behind the attack because you allowed so little information out before launching it, but it has definitely served your purpose and ours." He nodded his head at the far younger man, who bowed his head formally, his hands pressed together in front of his chest.
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