7/28/2017

  Today I finished chapter 6, which is the second of the four chapters introducing us to the main characters of the book.  In this chapter, we meet Ben Merrick, a Jedi Master who is active during the Sith Empire War.  He is the son of Jason Merrick, who serves as a replacement of Luke Skywalker during the Imperial Era (though not mentioned in this book, he is part of the lore I made for the Universe this is set in).  Ben is tasked by the Jedi Council to find a possible Sith base on the planet Arion.  His men can't seem to find anything, until a squad of troopers locates a base.  Ben and his men go to this base and Ben notices that the doors seem busted open.  Ben looks a little more deeper and finds out that this was recent.  He then felt a strange feeling in the force, as if something, or someone, is calling to him.  The sounds lead him to a mountain, where he goes looking by himself. 

  As he's going up the mountain, Ben notices some destroyed Protector Sentries, which he mistakes for droids (robots from Universe F).  He then hears noises, and rushes up the hill.  Once he gest to the top, he see's Agent N and Agent F fighting each other.  Just then, however, Agent N gets the upper hand and stabs Agent F through the chest.  Enraged, Ben ignites his green lightsaber, and the two engage each other in a fight.  Ben is able to hold his own thanks to his strong connection to the force, and manages to strike a blow to Agent N.  Enraged, Agent N traps Ben and uses his abilities to short out a New Republic warship, and pulls it towards Ben.  Agent N then leaves, and after breaking free from his trap, Ben uses all his power to stop the ship from crashing on him.  He manages to do so, but only for a short time.  As he's about to give out, he is teleported.  This is where the chapter ends.

  Before I end this update, here are a few interesting facts about this chapter:

*Originally, Jason Merrick (Ben Merrick's father) was meant to be the main character for Universe F.  However, as the story progressed, I thought it would be better to have the story take place after the Empire, when the Newly built Republic is facing the Sith Empire.
*The reason I chose to have this story take place during the Sith Empire War is because like Universe S, the New Republic's army could be enough to stop Agent N's plans.  But with a massive war going on, the New Republic would have to focus solely on that, and wouldn't be able to help the Protectors even if they wanted to.
*The destroyed base in the chapter is actually Agent F's Protector Command Center.
 *As mentioned in Chapter 4, Agent F is one of the Protector's who wasn't aware of Agent N turning evil, meaning that she wasn't able to prepare for him or enact her Contingency Protocol.
*Agent F is not mentioned by name in this Chapter
*Being able to stop a falling ship the size of the one Ben stopped would be impossible for any Jedi to do, as it requires someone to be very connected to the force like Ben.