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So You're a Fugitive From Justice, Tuesday, 3rd Period
"Good afternoon," Zayne said to start things off. Normal classroom today. It was going to be a discussion class! "A few weeks ago, I mentioned a situation where I turned myself in to Republic forces. I'd like to talk a little more about that and, hopefully, get us to a point where we talk about when the best thing is to stop running."
"I should probably start off by mentioning that I had actually turned myself in twice. The first time was just a few days after I started running. I realized that I had ruined the lives of the crew I'd put together by suddenly putting big targets on their backs for helping me. So I tried to spare them by giving up," Zayne said. "And then they came back and rescued me from my masters. So let that be the first lesson. The right time to stop running is not when you still have friends and options."
"The second time was different. This was when Gryph and I were working at the restaurant that eventually became Goodvalor's. Really, it was a mess ship in the middle of a Republic Navy staging area and we, well, stole it. And because we were really with the fleet at that point, we couldn't easily escape," Zayne shook his head, but smiled. "It was miserable. I was washing dishes and serving food more than half the day because we kept making more and more money. And the worst part was that I wasn't doing anything toward clearing my name."
"But that became a secondary concern pretty quickly. I don't know if any of you have any kind of precognitive visions." Well, besides the Jedi. "I'd only had a couple small ones up to that point. But I had one while I was on a break and it was horrible. I could clearly see the Mandalorians firing a barrage of nuclear missiles large enough to basically destroy the planet. And it was so clear that I knew it wasn't just some weird dream or something like that." Honestly, he still had some nightmares about it, but he wasn't going to mention that.
"And in my vision, it was clear that there was no warning. The Navy didn't have any chance to react," Zayne said. "At that point, I think there are three options. You can stay where you are and hope it doesn't come true. You can use the advance warning to run away. Or you can try to convince somebody that the fleet was in danger. Somebody who probably wants you arrested at best, dead at worst."
"I don't know that I could fault anyone who just ran. But I couldn't. I'd already experienced the destruction once, I couldn't let it happen if there was anything I could do about it. So I convinced a friend in the Navy to give me a ride up to the flagship in orbit around the planet and tried warning the Admiral in charge."
Zayne let out a small sigh. "The Admiral didn't believe me. He thought I was a murderer or a Mando spy or just a complete lunatic. He couldn't seem to decide. When the Mandalorians started the assault, firing right past the flagship to hit all of the ships planetside, he watched thousands of his men die. That's when he threw me in the brig, at least in part, I think, because he couldn't deal with the fact that he'd made the wrong call."
"I learned later on that my friend in the Navy figured it couldn't hurt to act on my warnings and he did what he could to set off warnings that would force people to hide in underground shelters. Not many people were saved, but every life that was saved mattered," Zayne said.
"So. I turned myself in for a futile purpose, but I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if I didn't try. I also turned myself in to spare my friends, but they didn't let that one stick," Zayne said. "So the basic question is, could you see yourself giving up for any reason if you were on the run? Would it have to be the literal end of the world, or could you see yourself doing it for smaller reasons than that? If not, why? And if not, feel free to call my choices into question. I promise, I can take it."
[OOC Warning: Seriously, in this class, Zayne talks pretty plainly about the deaths of thousands of people in an orbital nuclear bombardment. IC or OOC non-participation is understandable.]
"I should probably start off by mentioning that I had actually turned myself in twice. The first time was just a few days after I started running. I realized that I had ruined the lives of the crew I'd put together by suddenly putting big targets on their backs for helping me. So I tried to spare them by giving up," Zayne said. "And then they came back and rescued me from my masters. So let that be the first lesson. The right time to stop running is not when you still have friends and options."
"The second time was different. This was when Gryph and I were working at the restaurant that eventually became Goodvalor's. Really, it was a mess ship in the middle of a Republic Navy staging area and we, well, stole it. And because we were really with the fleet at that point, we couldn't easily escape," Zayne shook his head, but smiled. "It was miserable. I was washing dishes and serving food more than half the day because we kept making more and more money. And the worst part was that I wasn't doing anything toward clearing my name."
"But that became a secondary concern pretty quickly. I don't know if any of you have any kind of precognitive visions." Well, besides the Jedi. "I'd only had a couple small ones up to that point. But I had one while I was on a break and it was horrible. I could clearly see the Mandalorians firing a barrage of nuclear missiles large enough to basically destroy the planet. And it was so clear that I knew it wasn't just some weird dream or something like that." Honestly, he still had some nightmares about it, but he wasn't going to mention that.
"And in my vision, it was clear that there was no warning. The Navy didn't have any chance to react," Zayne said. "At that point, I think there are three options. You can stay where you are and hope it doesn't come true. You can use the advance warning to run away. Or you can try to convince somebody that the fleet was in danger. Somebody who probably wants you arrested at best, dead at worst."
"I don't know that I could fault anyone who just ran. But I couldn't. I'd already experienced the destruction once, I couldn't let it happen if there was anything I could do about it. So I convinced a friend in the Navy to give me a ride up to the flagship in orbit around the planet and tried warning the Admiral in charge."
Zayne let out a small sigh. "The Admiral didn't believe me. He thought I was a murderer or a Mando spy or just a complete lunatic. He couldn't seem to decide. When the Mandalorians started the assault, firing right past the flagship to hit all of the ships planetside, he watched thousands of his men die. That's when he threw me in the brig, at least in part, I think, because he couldn't deal with the fact that he'd made the wrong call."
"I learned later on that my friend in the Navy figured it couldn't hurt to act on my warnings and he did what he could to set off warnings that would force people to hide in underground shelters. Not many people were saved, but every life that was saved mattered," Zayne said.
"So. I turned myself in for a futile purpose, but I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if I didn't try. I also turned myself in to spare my friends, but they didn't let that one stick," Zayne said. "So the basic question is, could you see yourself giving up for any reason if you were on the run? Would it have to be the literal end of the world, or could you see yourself doing it for smaller reasons than that? If not, why? And if not, feel free to call my choices into question. I promise, I can take it."
[OOC Warning: Seriously, in this class, Zayne talks pretty plainly about the deaths of thousands of people in an orbital nuclear bombardment. IC or OOC non-participation is understandable.]
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If you're feeling clever, maybe turn the tables on Zayne a little and ask why he was willing to do anything he could to prevent his vision from coming true, but his Masters were wrong for trying the same with their vision.
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Whether that was time healing some wounds or the fact that he'd seen even worse things was up for debate.
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So he would sit here, looking sympathetic, and little else.
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Well. Not quite ignoring, since he'd still been training. But he'd thought about them less since spring break.
Not anymore.
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Anakin was still very firmly possessed of his sacrificial-heroic notions. He raised his head and set his jaw.
"Yeah, I would. Definitely."
To be fair, he was also very firmly possessed of the idea that he could break himself out, no problem.
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