The Last Leaves
Posted by Thragg Craghorn on Year 5 Day 230
From the Mine in city RMC Mining City 1 on planet Lekua IV.
The RMC icon appears on your holo screen as it cuts through the regular broadcast, a message slowly then fades onto the screen
'The views and events expressed in the following message are that of the individuals and in no way express the views or Opionions of Republic Mining Corporation'
The screen fades to black and then fades in an extravagent photo of a Crimson Rose
Screen fades from the extrvagent photo of a Crimson colored rose to the face of a familiar face to some, and a stranger to many. Corran Terrik, former officer, than leader of the Crimson Fleet. He sits in his usual oil stained engineers vest. His yellow shirts collar bucked out from uner the vest and his usual jacket hung on the coat hanger in the corner of the room. He grins a twinge of his Corellian charm and begins to speak.
"Sentient equals of the galaxy. I am Corran Terrik and i come before you today to explain my actions. I will start off by telling you how everything happened. The Crimson Fleet of the past was lead couragesly by not just one great women. It was lead by a series of many sentients, all very respectable and noteworthy. Ulysses Darklighter was my friend, along with his wife, Padme. I met them during my employment with the Wraiths while drinking one night at the bar. Liking what they had to give, i left the Wraiths and had a personal meeting with Mintaka Kyuzo. We spoke and being the old greedy bastard that i was, i told her i was pretty much only in it for the money. But I had the skill of a noteworthy pilot, having a few months as an Imperial Bomber Pilot under my belt, and Mintaka being Imperialy aligned herself gladly took me in and made me head of Recruit training and a Squadron Commander.
"I fell in love shortly after my joining day. I met Rik'kula Rosom the Dreamweaver as i was moving into my quarters. As the story goes, we fell in love and were later married in her fathers house with only 2 witnesses. The infamous Tara Tylger and her Defel body guard and my good friend, Ammaran Therain. Due to her many love intrests in the fleet, and Ulysses's love and compassion for the Fleet, he was sick of failed relationships costing the Fleet. Drunkenly one night, we had a quarrel and he threatned my life and Rik'kula's wife. I myself fled cowardly from him still only truly in it for the money. However my wife stayed true to her leader and helped create the group many of you may know, IREC. She later died and i went into hiding, going from place to place trying to find my worth in life. I soon got the chance i had wanted for so long.
"To bring back what i had worked so hard to find. My family. I was robbed of my best friend due to Jealosy and rage. Robbed of my wife by her best friend. And robbed of my life, with the loss of my wife. Bobb Hall asked me to rebuild the Crimson Fleet with him. I dropped everything and fled to him, and together we got the Fleet back to a small pirate association. But it wasn't the same. I didn't have those people that I loved. I naivly thought that this would make me happy, to try and rebuild a lost dream.
"I hereby resign as the Director of the Crimson Fleet, and i give control of the Fleet to Director Archie Ball. May he lead the fleet into a prosperous future. But the ideals of the Fleet have no longer appealed to me, it is no longer the ideals of those young men and women who created and put forth there blood sweat and tears and i can't be apart of something that i was not and am not. To Mintaka Kyuzo: You have been my leader since the first time we met. I will always be a faithful friend of yours.
"Krysyanyia Ikron-Rainer: You are a beautiful young women, and I will still always be there for you.
"I'm sorry to those that i have dissapointed, to those that i have hurt, and to those that do not like me. Im sorry for whatever it was i have done. I'm taking my time now, as an old man, to make up for what i have done. Ulyssess, wherever you are, i did not want any of this to happen. Our egos were to much for each other, and you paid for it, i truly do hope you are out there staying low for a while.
"Kilgarth and Xanather, You follow the wrong ideals of an animal. You only know the wrong ways of which Ulysses thought. His true side, his human side saw true compassion. You are nothing but Rage. Ulyssess was a good man, all i have to say for you two is catch me if you can."
Corran blows a kiss to the camera and it reverts back to that of the crimson rose, spinning, it than shrinks and moves across the screen to a corner. Another larger picture of a wraiths symbol rotates and it repeats the same process except the next picture is an Imperial Logo. The screen fades to black.
