Post by Valefor on Sept 13, 2024 7:12:14 GMT -8
Darth Astera - Project: LOCOMOTIVE
With the Sith Eternal continuing it's march toward power and conquest, Astera found her many responsibilities increasing at a similar rate to the number of ongoing projects she was having to oversee. Once again the Director of Technological Advancements found herself upon Kamino within the SE's exclusive Cloning Facilities. Today's visit to the cloners was a progress check on Project: LOCOMOTIVE, a program that the newly risen Supreme Leader had helped provide funding for. As such, the necessity for success was greatly increased for she did not wish to displease Valefor.
Astera made her way down a staircase between levels in one of the cloning halls as her gaze caught the many racks of cloning pods that were meant to replenish their ranks or held promise for the future. As she reached the bottom of the stairs she turned into another hallway and traversed it until she arrived to a fitness exam where Kaminoan Geneticist Lek Gusi was reviewing a shirtless subject...
Astera was still not sure how Dragus had learned of LOCOMOTIVE, she had made sure to keep the staff involved locked down and their communications monitored. She supposed having kept Lek Gusi around had been her mistake, since the Kaminoans seemed to have some loyalty to him. Though the bigger problem was probably those damned Ranats, around whom everyone seemed to speak quite freely. They seemed dim witted, but Astera suspected they had more smarts than many gave them credit for, even herself. Regardless, she had been unphased when she had arrived for the Project's kick off and found that Dragus had managed to organise the kidnapping of another Actor, this time Holo-Action Star Jason Momoa. The news had made mention of the disappearance, but she suspected this would not stop Dragus.
How many Holo-Stars did he have tucked away? how many more would he kidnap? Hopefully no overly curious Jedi would begin to investigate the kidnappings... The only saving grace was that she was pretty certain Dragus had not been abducting these poor souls himself. The fact these kidnappings had been a success also meant he had not been employing Ranats. Which meant some loose ends to deal with in the form of some third party. To be fair, he could have used a Nu-Jake to get Maggy, and then a Nu-Mags to get Mr Momoa. But that might have been giving the Deranged Draconian far too much credit.
Regardless of the method of acquisition, Astera had kept the source of the genetic material classified when she had passed it on to Darth Orvos for tinkering. The good doctor had seemed most intrigued and eager to lend his assistance to her on anything, and this seemed like an ideal project to get his help. What had already been an incredible physical specimen had come out in perfect condition with stronger muscle mass, greater immunity to a variety of toxins and poisons, and the ability to clot wounds closed faster.
The clone gave her a confident smile as Lek Gusi seemed to mark off several results which showed marked improvements over his previous results. Astera grabbed the clipboard and examined the data
How's it looking Director? Have I made the cut?
Your results a very impressive SDT696. I think you're top of the batch...
Wicked! Hey, Director me and some of the guys were talking... and we are grateful for our names, they give us a lot of pride. But we heard about the Nu-Jakes and Nu-Mags and were wondering...
She glanced up from the tablet and stared at SDT696, certain of the direction this conversation was going
You want a name like them as well?
Exactly! We were hoping to be the Nu-Momoas. We're better, stronger, faster... more handsome...
So long as you all keep passing your tests and make it into service, then fine... But do not mistake this indulgence for anything more than what it is. Failure will not be tolerated
You're the best!
Oh... I know...
Astera figured her indulgence of such a request would have very little effect upon the Clones. But in something of a surprise series of results, every single one of them improved across the board, with morale seeing the greatest boost. Their results were so good, that the first batch of Nu-Momoas was shipped off to the Necro-Forge ahead of schedule by a full month for their next phase of preparation
With the Sith Eternal continuing it's march toward power and conquest, Astera found her many responsibilities increasing at a similar rate to the number of ongoing projects she was having to oversee. Once again the Director of Technological Advancements found herself upon Kamino within the SE's exclusive Cloning Facilities. Today's visit to the cloners was a progress check on Project: LOCOMOTIVE, a program that the newly risen Supreme Leader had helped provide funding for. As such, the necessity for success was greatly increased for she did not wish to displease Valefor.
Astera made her way down a staircase between levels in one of the cloning halls as her gaze caught the many racks of cloning pods that were meant to replenish their ranks or held promise for the future. As she reached the bottom of the stairs she turned into another hallway and traversed it until she arrived to a fitness exam where Kaminoan Geneticist Lek Gusi was reviewing a shirtless subject...
Astera was still not sure how Dragus had learned of LOCOMOTIVE, she had made sure to keep the staff involved locked down and their communications monitored. She supposed having kept Lek Gusi around had been her mistake, since the Kaminoans seemed to have some loyalty to him. Though the bigger problem was probably those damned Ranats, around whom everyone seemed to speak quite freely. They seemed dim witted, but Astera suspected they had more smarts than many gave them credit for, even herself. Regardless, she had been unphased when she had arrived for the Project's kick off and found that Dragus had managed to organise the kidnapping of another Actor, this time Holo-Action Star Jason Momoa. The news had made mention of the disappearance, but she suspected this would not stop Dragus.
How many Holo-Stars did he have tucked away? how many more would he kidnap? Hopefully no overly curious Jedi would begin to investigate the kidnappings... The only saving grace was that she was pretty certain Dragus had not been abducting these poor souls himself. The fact these kidnappings had been a success also meant he had not been employing Ranats. Which meant some loose ends to deal with in the form of some third party. To be fair, he could have used a Nu-Jake to get Maggy, and then a Nu-Mags to get Mr Momoa. But that might have been giving the Deranged Draconian far too much credit.
Regardless of the method of acquisition, Astera had kept the source of the genetic material classified when she had passed it on to Darth Orvos for tinkering. The good doctor had seemed most intrigued and eager to lend his assistance to her on anything, and this seemed like an ideal project to get his help. What had already been an incredible physical specimen had come out in perfect condition with stronger muscle mass, greater immunity to a variety of toxins and poisons, and the ability to clot wounds closed faster.
The clone gave her a confident smile as Lek Gusi seemed to mark off several results which showed marked improvements over his previous results. Astera grabbed the clipboard and examined the data
How's it looking Director? Have I made the cut?
Your results a very impressive SDT696. I think you're top of the batch...
Wicked! Hey, Director me and some of the guys were talking... and we are grateful for our names, they give us a lot of pride. But we heard about the Nu-Jakes and Nu-Mags and were wondering...
She glanced up from the tablet and stared at SDT696, certain of the direction this conversation was going
You want a name like them as well?
Exactly! We were hoping to be the Nu-Momoas. We're better, stronger, faster... more handsome...
So long as you all keep passing your tests and make it into service, then fine... But do not mistake this indulgence for anything more than what it is. Failure will not be tolerated
You're the best!
Oh... I know...
Astera figured her indulgence of such a request would have very little effect upon the Clones. But in something of a surprise series of results, every single one of them improved across the board, with morale seeing the greatest boost. Their results were so good, that the first batch of Nu-Momoas was shipped off to the Necro-Forge ahead of schedule by a full month for their next phase of preparation
