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Who: Hera and YOU!
Broadcast: Video; fleetwide.
Action: The Marsiva hospitality deck.
When: January 4

[ Well, this is clearly a ship, in space, but it's not the Ghost, or any other ship she might be familiar with. It also clearly isn't an Imperial Star Destroyer - if Hera had been captured by the Empire, she'd be really obviously in a prison cell, or worse. Plus, there are no stormtroopers in sight. So, probably not Empire, but probably not the rebellion, either.

Other than that, it could be just about anyone holding her. And she needs to get more information on the situation. A number of possibilities present themselves - she could keep her head down, sneak around, and see if she can eavesdrop it. Or she could play the wide-eyed innocent, and use this handy-dandy video link she seems to be equipped with (seriously, who gives a captive a comm link anyway?)

The comm could be some kind of trick or trap, but Hera trusts her own resourcefulness, so eventually, she flips it on. ]

Uh, hello? I think there might've been a misunderstanding of some sort, here. I've lost track of my ship - were we supposed to go through some kind of inspection?

[ Hera Syndulla: Totally Innocent Freighter Pilot. ]

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[ A Twi'lek, here? Well, better than the Sith. It seemed his hunch about other people appearing from their galaxy was not far off. He's just relieved it wasn't any of their mortal enemies. ]

What was the name of your ship?

Very likely you already went through "inspection".

[ anakin skywalker: helping but not really ]

[ Well, that's certainly a face she's seen before, though she's never actually met the man. Just seen the holochron recording - an a memorable one, at that. She can't quite hide her surprise at the sight, because General Kenobi? Alive? Here? That just seems so impossible. ]

Uh, it's - the Ghost.

The Ghost? I'm afraid I haven't heard of it and most likely, it will not be present here. You are on the Marsiva. It's where us new arrivals start off before we're sent to another ship.

[ He shrugs lightly. ] Unfortunately, contacting your ship is out of the question for now.

[ Yes, very helpful, there. Hera can't really stop the slight twist of her lips - not directed at this man, just at the whole situation. She is needed elsewhere. ]

If it's done, then shouldn't someone be directing me back to my ship?

If there's been a misunderstanding, it's one everyone here shares.

[Leia's not so wide-eyed as Hera's playing at, but she's certainly interested. The influx of prisoners from--or who appear to be from--their galaxy seems unending.

She can't help but wonder just how this woman fits into the tangled web of all-too-familiar faces, if she is indeed from the same part of the universe.]

Where were you last headed?

[ That is not at all what Hera wanted to hear. If the Ghost isn't here, then where is it? And where, exactly, is here anyway? Somewhere she can talk to a long-dead Jedi Knight? ]

I have to say, I don't appreciate being kidnapped. What sort of place is this supposed to be, anyway?

Lothal. [ A lie, but her real destination is classified, and she can't say that because Innocent Freighter Pilots don't do classified. So, Lothal it is. ]

I guess at least I'm not alone, here. Are we all prisoners, then?

Well, you're a long way from Lothal. [The planet's name gives her pause--if anyone knows her rebel cells, it's Leia--but she carries on as though it doesn't.]

That's right. We're in another galaxy entirely, as far as anyone can tell.

[ He flashed a small sympathetic smile. ] Sorry. You might have went through inspection but I don't think your ship did.

If you're like the rest of us, you most likely won't be seeing your ship for a while.

[ a familiar species! but the twi'lek doesn't look familiar to him, and after a moment or two of consideration -- ]

Your ship's probably wherever mine is, which isn't here.

[ bullshittery, hera. it's total. bullshittery. ]

What kinda ship have you got?

Somehow, I'm not surprised.

[ A beat. ]

Except maybe by the different galaxy thing, that's - that's bizarre. Who's in charge? [ Are they, somehow, beyond the Empire's reach? ]

[ It's such bullshit, Han. ]

A light freighter. I call her the Ghost.

Great. That's just - great. And we're in a completely different galaxy?

I'm quite sure no one does.

Apparently it's some kind of holodrama that we've unexpectedly been signed on for.

[ That's what he's been saying all along! Sarcastically ]

That's what I've been told. I've tried my comlink; there's nothing going out or coming in.

[ freighter. han immediately looks more interested. ]

What kind of freighter? -- and I haven't seen anything called the Ghost since I've been down here.

A holodrama?

[ Okay, that - that makes her laugh. Just, really laugh. Of all the things she expected of this incredibly weird situation, General Obi-Wan Kenobi telling her that she's in a holodrama is possibly the very last thing. ]

Well, that's a new one.

Yeah, mine isn't working either, but I would've assumed it was jammed before jumping to the different galaxy conclusion.

Oh, it's a VCX-100 that I modified myself.

[ Can it be? Is there another competent pilot around these parts? ]

You would think so, but kidnapping people to perform for them isn't that novel.

[ A sad, but true fact. ]

Thankfully, it seems to pass on the more sinister implications of such a thing. I believe I have a document of sorts to explain the situation better. Sending it now.

[ And her communicator should have this now ]

I suppose that's true enough. Even I've had to perform for others once in a while.

[ Being a Twi'lek has certain... stereotypes associated with it, that's for sure.

But she soon sees the document he's sent, realizes what it is and how helpful it might be for her. ]

Thank you, General Kenobi. My name is Hera, by the way. Hera Syndulla.

[ He'd say he's surprised at being recognized so quickly, but that's hardly true. Syndulla. It seems lately, all he has been meeting, are the descendants of his past. ]

Hopefully, it won't be for very long. Am I wrong in guessing that you're related to Cham Syndulla?

[ That's precisely why she offered her surname - she thought maybe he'd recognize it, after her father's dealings with the Republic army during the Clone Wars. ]

He's my father. I was just a little girl during the Clone Wars, but I remember the assistance we received.

We tried our best. It was trying times for your people.

[ And sometimes, that was rarely enough. He remembers Ryloth clearly. ]

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