Topic: A Soldier's Journal

ShadowAshWarrior

Date: 2010-05-01 06:31 EST
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ShadowAshWarrior

Date: 2010-05-02 06:03 EST
Things have been looking up since I arrived on this world. Found me a contract to kill some local critters called Wyverns. A thousand credits a Wyvern, my benefactor is a Dragon called Icer. Seems she is a rather well-connected being. Could be promising if I do a good job for her, have a hundred of the things to hunt down. Thats One Hundred-thousand, almost can buy a new ship for that much. But I love my YT-1930 transport, StarShadow, she got me out of some nasty scrapes. So I will use the money to replace the engines, maybe some upgrading too.

Also met a nice lady, be the name of Fina, A human from a planet called Earth. Said her world was in this Galaxy, where this planet Rhydin is in as well. She's been helpful with some local customs, showing me around the place. Nice to talk to a pretty woman, don't get to see many on the Battlefield. Gonna teach Fina, or Mish'La as I call her about the Mandalorian way. She's eager to learn, be nice thats for sure to have a fellow Mandalorian on this rock. What's also nice is she and I have become friends, someone to trust on this planet. Whats a soldier without a buddy to watch your back and vice versa.

Can't believe this though, asked her to some Masquerade thing. Not much of a dancer, but what the Hell. Gives me a reason to break out the dress armor and uniform. Haven't worn the damn thing since the Academy Graduation on Mandalore. Hope it still fits, that was fifteen years ago. Oh well, if not, I can have it refitted in time. Well I better get some rest, busy day in the morning. Lots to do, lots to see.

ShadowAshWarrior

Date: 2010-05-04 16:37 EST
Fina, now as she is called Mish'la, her Mandalorian name, as I have begun to teach her the Ways of Mandalore. She is a fast learner and willing to learn all she can. A kind and sweet young lady, Mish'La or Beautiful in the Mandalorian tongue, or Mando'a. She has helped so much in my adapting to this world, so far from my People. She has a tenderness I have never known before in all the long years of War and Bounty Hunting.

And now I have a far greater desire to stay on Rhy'Din, to make this planet my new home. As well as to be by her side to watch over her. I have sensed with the limited knowledge of the Force I have learned, that Mish'La is saddened, yet she also has peace and happiness when she is with me. I feel the same with her..so I will do all I can to protect her and to teach her the ways of the Mandalorians so she can stand against any hardship that Life presents us.

I can say I have never trusted anyone that was not of my Family or the Mandalorians in general. Mish'La is the first I have been able to do that with. I have done many first things with her, like having our own private formal dance, as I promised her. Or enjoying a nice dinner with her at an Asian restaurant, enjoying the food of her Culture. I can see doing many more things that will be a first for me with her. And I don't mind at all. She has told me about a food called Pizza and I look forward to sharing some with her.

Life on this far away world is not going to be as bad as I had first thought when I landed here. And all thanks to Mish'la, whom I owe my new life to, my Angel that saved me from the Abyss.

ShadowAshWarrior

Date: 2010-05-05 15:30 EST
A most unexpected thing happened last night after showing Mish'La my ship that is under repairs as of now. Firstly though, she had gotten a job as a Reporter or Writer at some local Newspaper. She was so happy about it, and I am proud of her getting this job I hope she goes far with it. Well anyways I take her to see my YT-1930 Light Frieghter Transport, the ShadowStar my pride and joy. All seemed fine until I showed her my quarters, it was then a most unexpected, yet wonderful thing happened.

After seeing what her concern was, and sharing our feelings, Mish'La and I kissed, on the lips and we held each other in a sweet embrace. Things between us are changing and for the better. The feelings we have for each other, will make us both stronger. And for me this is the first time ever I have had something like this.

I swore to Mish'la last night I would be there for her, no matter what, to stand at her side always. To look after her and to protect her. And I know in my heart she will be there at my side to face any challenge. Also I will do nothing to break her heart. It is funny I never expected this to happen in my life, I was always more concerned with War and survival. It was the Will of the Force that brought me here to this world. And it was the Will of the Force that brought Mish'La and I together. Of that I am certain, I never was much into believing this aspect of the Force. But having found Mish'la on this world, I am taking more Faith in what the Living Force wills.

ShadowAshWarrior

Date: 2010-05-06 15:22 EST
I saw Mish'la last night after her long day at work, she loves it at it seems. I am so proud of her to get this job, maybe I should ask her if she wanted to interview me. Not often one gets the chance to interview a warrior of the so called Clone Wars. I read up on it last night, I was to say the least not happy with the truth about the War. All those years of bloodshed and billions killed and all for what? A lie.. if only my Mandalorain Brothers and Sisters knew the truth. If only I could go back and warn them. But that is not possible, I am here now and I have my Mish'la to protect and to care for. She is what matters now, for the rest of my Life.

With all the good that has happened, finding Mish'la and her getting a job, plus the progress made on my ship. Or I should say, Mine and Mish'la's ship, it wont be long before the ShadowStar is up and running again. After Mish'la gets off of work today, I will take her shopping for some Armored clothing, a light blaster pistol and some items to put aboard the ship, so Mish'la will feel more at home. Seemingly she is alright with sharing my quarters with me on the ship. We will see in time how well it all goes. I am hopeful it will, its a lot for us both.

Oh yes I nearly forgot, I gave her a beautiful necklace last night, a silver one with a pendent, made of pure blue star sapphire, shaped as a heart. She loved it, for which I am glad, I never once gave any jewelry to anyone. Though there was one time I had been part of some smuggling group that had to steal and the smuggle a large quantity of Nova Gems off of Sarka prime. That was a very lucrative deal, its how I paid for the ShadowStar. I'll have to tell Mish'la that tale sometime, I think she would like it.

And yes one last bit of good news, I was able to secure a weapons running contract from some Hutt crime lord that is located in the nearby Chanos System, only 6 parsecs away. Apparently he has some of his agents on RhyDin, looking for a bolthole to store weapons. Met them at the Starport, spoke to the Hutt via Holonet, Turggo the Hutt. And with my dealings with Hutts over the years, I would say he is an old Hutt, a good 800 years old. But very smart and cunning, least thats the info I got from a contact I have at Stars End. Turggo must be desperate to get the pipeline going, I was credited 30000 credits on my credstick. That went a long way to getting the ship repaired. Luckily the Sublight engines are nearly done. Now its just a matter of getting a damn Hyperdrive engine and Motivator. That will cost a pretty credit, those are not cheap at all.

And to have to ship the parts from a system 3 light years away is pricy to say the least. There just is no Industry for making Ship parts on this planet, least as far as I can tell. Perhaps after I make a good amount of money, I'll open up a Ship parts manufacturing factory. At least for it to be on the side, oh well. I best go, time to check on how my ship is coming, then later on to see my Mish'la.

ShadowAshWarrior

Date: 2010-05-07 15:40 EST
Well last night was fun, saw Mish'la we went for a bit of Amror clothing shopping and blaster weapon shopping. She can make quite a bargain, I was most impressed, she's better then a Hutt at making deals. I told her next time I get a contract, I am bringing her along to negoiate the deals. Then after doing some of that, we went to a local Pizzeria as they are called on this world. We ordered a few Pizzas and took back to the ship, to have a so called Movie night. I am grateful my Holoscreen still works, I paid 8,000 credits for the damn thing.

I informed some ship remodelers to contact Mish'la at work so she can have quarters about the Ship. I'll have to have the crew quarters converted over to something better for her to have. She's was a bit apprehensive about sharing quarters with me. I can understand, as she just met me and we just started dating as the Humans of this world call it. I won't rush things, I am just happy to have her in my life and aboard the ship. It felt so empty and cold aboard that ship with just two droids to keep me company. But now that will all change with Mish'la. And besides its not like we won't be close, her quarters will be right next to mine.

As for the ship itself, another two days on the arrival of the Hyperdrive parts, and the Sublight engines are nearly done. The 20,000 credits I put down on the repairs went a long way in getting the ship mechanics moving fast. Now as for the other 10,000, well..9,000 of that went to buying that necklace for Mish'la. I won't tell her though, she might freak about that so that stays with me. The rest I am using to get around with on this world. Just glad they take standard credits in general.

That is all for now, oh except I was asked by Turggo's people here on Rhy'din when I was getting the repairs done on my ship. I told them soon, I really don't care for people pushing me on a deal, I do it my own way as any Mandalorian would. They just best not threaten me or Mish'la, as I am sure they know about her. I have the feeling I am being watched, I do however know well the ways of the Underworld of Criminals. having both worked for some and going after some. Its a damn dirty business but it pays well. All the same if Turggo's men try something, I will make a point of never threatening a Mandalorian or those a Mandalorian cares about. Blood is sure to follow soon enough in such matters.

ShadowAshWarrior

Date: 2010-05-11 15:46 EST
Updating the past two days...I have been away dealing with Turggo's damn lackeys. The bastards came after me at the Stars End Spaceport, tried to ambush me. Two of them died, gutted with my double Vibro-ax, another got fired with blaster fire. I let the fourth one, some young human male live. Not out of mercy, but to make a point, never screw with a Mandalorian. Prehaps now Turggo will get the damn point, blasted Hutts. I wish I could just Space him and get it over with, but he has a lot of friends in low places. Last thing I need is a huge bounty on my head and every damned Hunter in the sector hunting me and Mish'la down. She doesn't need that kind of heat.

I had to go off planet to lay low and not draw any attention to Mish'la. She's a sweet young lady, and she means more to me then anything in my miserable life. And I'll do anything to protect her, even if it means doing all I can to draw off a bunch of Gangers and Bounty Hunters. I hope she is ok, I know she can take care of herself, still I worry. Wondering how she is doing with the Blaster pistol practice? She's a sharp girl, smart and very adaptable to her situation. She'll make a damn good Mandalorian and Partner. I already trust her with my life, first time outside of Home I ever felt that way. And certainly a first with someone that is not a Mandalorian.

I'd do anything for her..and I intend on keeping that promise to her.

ShadowAshWarrior

Date: 2010-05-11 16:01 EST
Came back home to Rhy'Din yesterday, and thankfully found Mish'la was just fine. A bit scratched up, said she got into some accident, but I felt she was holding something back. I told her she can trust me with anything, just is going to have to take time on that aspect of what we have. I found her at the Glen, practicing with the Blaster pistol I bought her. She is pretty damn good with it, a natural, and as I found out, she has alos been working on defensive hand to hand manuevers. I found out the hard way when I snuck up on her. She didn't pack too hard a punch, but she got me good. Completly unexpected, but I was proud nonetheless, Mish'la as I have said will make a damn good Mandalorian.

To celebrate my return home and her success at the Local paper, I showed her the new quarters for her abroad our ship. She was happy with it, her own sanctuary from the world. And she can board the ship at anytime, I gave her an access keycard. Its our home away from home. I then took her to the cockpit, fired up the Engines and we went for a spin around the system, showing off what the ShadowStar can do. My pride and joy has brand new engines, upgraded weapons and sensors. I spared no expense on that 20,000 credits.

Had to take up a side job when I was off planet, when not being chased down by Turggo's thugs. I won't mention what happened while I was gone. No need for Mish'la to see that side of things about me. At least not yet, I trust her, its just I don't want her to hate me for things I have to do to survive. Then again I don't think she would ever hate me. We then went off out of System to a nearby system, to have what her people call a Picnic. I have been reading up on Earth Culture, even taking the time to learn some Mandarin Chinese. All to help make our relationship stronger, after all Mish'la has been taking the time to learn the ways of my people, so, I will take the time to learn the ways of her people.

I can hear the voices now of old comrades telling me I was a fool, but so what. I do all of it and much more for my Mish'la Ka'ra, my Beautiful Star. Oh yes and one last thing, I found out that she will interview me for the paper, the fifth person to be interviewed. Fine with me, I'll tell her all she wants to know, its about trust, and I trust her with anything now.

Thats all for now, signing out..

ShadowAshWarrior

Date: 2010-05-18 15:44 EST
Updating the past four days I have been gone from Rhy'Din and my Mish'la. I was away conducting my first weapons run to a system 400 light years away. It was a fairly big haul, at least for my ship, 50 tons of blasters, energy pulse rifles, the usual stuff. Seems that some opposition group on some world wants to fight the Government of their world. Well I don't care about the politics, I just care about getting paid. I am not in for a Revolution, just the money. And of course I was smart enough to take it in standard hard currency credits. No credsticks for this Merc, too easy to track down.

Ran into a bit of trouble in a neighboring system, some 20 lightyears from where I was to deliver the weapons. Damn Pirates, good thing I had the weapons on my ship upgraded, took out three of the bastards, the other two ships ran. Good thing they were just small snubfighters, I would have been toast if they had a capital ship or two. After that little incident I decided it was high time I get some backup crew, just for when Mish'la is not around. I paid out 10,000 for an upgraded LOM-3 droid, with silver-grey finish. Made sure it had the skills to fly a ship, at least in non-combat situations. And if in a fight it could act as a gunner. Though it of course could never replace my Mish'la.

Headed back to Rhy'din now, I picked up a very pretty little bracelet for her, I hope she loves it. Maybe I should tell her soon about how I feel, that I do love her and want to be with her. Anyways, nearly home now, going to let my LOM droid take over while I get some rack.

ShadowAshWarrior

Date: 2010-05-18 15:52 EST
Returned home to Rhy'din today, went to see Mish'la..At first things went fine, but well, after I gave her the bracelet, it started to get a bit hot and heavy. Hell I had'nt seen her for four damn days, I missed her. Well it didn't go so well, infact we got into a fight. I called her some mean things, she said some harsh things. I left..thing is when I went back to the ship to get ready to leave to never come back. I mean after all at that point I had no reason to stay. Even though I told her I loved her and wanted to be with her.

But I left, and she well, she made her way to the Spaceport. And after some talk, some very intense talk, as I was about to leave, she said it, she said she loved me. And that was such a joy to this old soldier's ears. So I stopped everything, and just embraced her, kissing her. We made up and went to our date spot, well at least one of them. We talked things over and decided to go on a trip. To Earth, to see her Parents and for us to get to know each other. I hope this works out, I have been reading about Earth, at least the Earth she is from. It will be one Helluva ride thats for sure.

I'll just be glad when its over and Mish'la and i can look into gettting a place together. Its one of the things she and I will be talking about. Prehaps after we get back, maybe during. All I can say is I have a bad feeling about this.

ShadowAshWarrior

Date: 2010-05-24 16:25 EST
Updating for the past four days I have been gone. Mish'La and I returned from her Earth, it was to say the least an interesting visit. I was at first treated like some costumed Roleplayer as the Humans on her homeworld refered to me as. That is until they saw the special metal bracer I had to wear as proof I was a Non-native Alien. Damned thing felt like a binder or handcuff on my wrist. And the paperwork just to get me on planetside was oppressive as well.

We saw Mish'la's home city, the Capital of the Nation she called the United States. I was given a tour by her to all the major sites, I will say this, the city was impressive. She also introduced me to the Cultural aspects of American culture, such as Movie theaters and Nightclubs. It was also quite fascinating to meet her rather peculiar friends, one of whom I found out was infact an Android. It is quite obvious that her world is rather advanced. Then again her Earth has faster then light travel capable ships. So an Android would not be much of a challenge for their technology. If thats the case I wonder what the weapon tech is like? I'll have to look into that sometime.

Then came the last couple of days, we went to visit Mish'la's parents. That was an exercise in patience from me. Her father was a very kind, accomedating man, a talented cook and a fine storyteller. He and I spoke for hours, though sadly Mish'la and her intolerant mother argured for hours. And they were quite loud about it too, I didn't understand it all, but some of it I got. I had been for some time now, learning Mandarin Chinese, a very difficult language to master. But like any good Mandalorian I will adapt. All for my beloved Mish'la, I woud endure another round of her Mother.

I suppose this all stems from the fact that I had no real family growing up, I was sent off to Military training at a young age. I never really connected with my brothers after I graduated from the Military Academy. Having gone straight into the Defense Forces, then as a Merc, until the start of the so called Clone wars. While on Earth I found that all of my Home galaxy and all the events that have happened there are infact a work of Fiction. Something called Star Wars, I found this both disconserting and strangly fascinating. To have all you have known to be real is on some world a bunch of Movies and a lot of books. Though I was glad to discover Star Wars is highly popular.

We returned home at last, Mish'la and I had something of an argument about her mother in general. I was unhappy and Mish'la was being stubborn. I really wish she could open up to me without it being a damn fight, she has the tenacity of a Mandalorian as well. But we talked things out, and all is good again. I had to leave though for a time, another weapons run, Mish'la had to stay on Rhy'din, her job at the paper. I don't see why she has to do that though, Smuggling is much more fun and much more profitable. Besides its her ship as will and I miss her when I am away on these runs. Its lonely on that ship when she is not with me.

Oh well, I am back home now, until another run, who knows when that will be. But for now I am home and hopefully Mish'la and I can talk about moving in together soon. I just hope we don't fight about it, for as a Mandalorian we have to aware that we could die in battle the next day, or the next week and life for the day. Time is short and life is uncertain, I hope Mish'la understands that.

Signing off now.

ShadowAshWarrior

Date: 2010-05-25 17:03 EST
The Gun running gig is working out well, I told Mish'la last night I made sixty-thousand credits on the last run. Though that damned Hutt, Turggo took fourty-thousand, his cut of the profits. In time I will be free of that Hutt and his lackeys. Found one of the bastards haging around my ship again this morning. Just because I work for Turggo does not mean I have to put up with his little minion lap dogs.

Maybe I should make another example of his men, he has plenty of them to spare. Just my damned luck there are Hutts on this World, and they have their fat fingers into everything. Including the local government, as I found much to my displeasure. I have friends in low places too, I hear quite a bit. Seems the Hutts are silent backers in some of the local strip clubs and a few of the low-life watering holes around the Space port. Greed is a constant in the Universe no matter where you go. They just better not try to make a move on Mish'la to take her as a Slave. Its one of the many reasons I am teaching her all I can.

This world, though far pristine then many worlds I have been to, is as corrupt as Nar Shaddaa or Mos Eisley on Tatooine. Its just better hidden and there are many other shadowy players. Some of the things I have heard, like Vampires, Dark Wizards and Demons. I can deal with Flesh and Blood crime lords, but some immortal Vampire Lord, not sure if I can handle such a thing. Sounds worse then a damn Sith, I even hear tell some are on this world. And I have met at least one, at least I think he was one. Could have been a Dark Jedi, not sure though.

Anyways to better thoughts and moments, Mish'La and I attended the local Boardwalk last night. I thoroughly enjoyed it, got my mind off of all the bad shit going on right now. And all the times I spend with her are times of Peace for my mind and heart. She adores the snake plushie I won her at the so called ring toss game. Though the Vendor was none too happy, even try to con a con that can shoot the head off a vornka at one thousand paces and hit dead on. All the same it was a great night, I missed her alot. Things are looking up for me on this backwater mudball the locals call Rhy'din.

Well signing off for now, hope to see Mish'la tonight, not sure what is going to be planned, all spur of the moment. Then again, I have no issue with that, as long as I am with my girl.