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- Kira Carsen was an apprentice to Hero of Tython
- Characters interacted with each other (dialog)
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| CeraDid you notice anything about the number of rakghouls in that pipe? I think it's more than most places, right?GartheOh, not that nonsense again....VoidhoundYou sound like there's something more on your mind.CeraOkay, this'll sound crazy - but there's more rakghouls at our grave sites than any of the Republic target zones.GartheThey're just drawn to the noise and the smell of flesh.CeraWe're not any noisier or... fleshier than a platoon of soldiers. I think they're protecting their ancestors.Hero of TythonAncestors?CeraI'm not saying they discuss it over tea, but I think something is driving them to defend these grave sites. They were human once, you know. The first ones, anyway. It's a disease that turned them into monsters. And we still don't understand how it works. All we know about rakghouls right now is they have a disease that can turn people into monsters, and they've taken over all of Taris. But if my theory is correct, it'll be our first insight into how they think. This could be a first step toward taking the planet back from them.MeteorUnderstanding your enemy is the key to defeating him.CeraExactly. Right now, rakghouls are like something out of a nightmare. We never know when or where they'll attack.Hero of TythonOnly if we look through their eyes can we understand what they see.CeraI kind of hope they're really the beasts they seem. Imagine if there's still a sentient person, trapped inside....VoidhoundCan you prove it?CeraThe salvage team can't get to the main bombardment sites...GartheYou're not sending them to the bombardment site, are you? That place is so thick with rakghouls you can see them from orbit!CeraDon't you interfere! We know what you think of the people of Taris. I'm right about this. Why else would they be so determined to guard the bombardment sites? Why so many rakghouls at the bombardment sites unless they're staying near their human ancestors?GartheI told you no one cares about your crackpot theories, Cera. Stick to counting bones. Let someone else do the science.CeraShut up and wait to be arrested.Really. I think I can prove it... If you could get samples from both the rakghouls and the skeletons at one of the main sites, we could see if they're related.MeteorDo you have details? What exactly are we talking about?CeraThere probably isn't a way to get a rakghoul to volunteer a genetic sample, so, um, I guess you'll be killing them. Then we'll compare their blood samples with genetic material from corpses in the same area.VoidhoundBy tomorrow, you should be able to answer this question once and for all.GartheThe bombardment site is chock-full of salvage no one's ever managed to get to-CeraYou never change, do you? Those are important archaeological artifacts, not some kind of... pirate treasure.GartheThis is ridiculous. Are you really going to take up more of their time with your crazy theories?CeraLet them decide if it's worth it. Please don't let Garthe discourage you. This is important. And I don't think there's anyone else on this planet willing to brave those rakghouls to find out. I'll be waiting to hear what you find. |
- Cera, Garthe
- Republic Operatives killed a number of Rakghoul
- Characters interacted with each other (dialog)
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| CeraThe Republic sent a unit to retrieve our team's bodies. They said to thank you for your help.GartheYou're not going to ask if they went after your pet project?CeraWhy do you always try to ruin everything? Do Sullustan moms not hug their children or something? Um... did you get to the bombardment site? I don't see a scratch on you.VoidhoundThe rakghouls didn't want to give up their blood, but we convinced them.CeraI'm sure you can be quite... persuasive.GartheAw, is that hero worship I see there?CeraJust let me see the samples. I've got a portable scanner that can give us preliminary results right.... Now. That's amazing. There's over a fifty percent correlation. Genetic drift usually means a much less marked connection even in a normal population after so many years.MeteorWhat does that mean? They really are defending their ancestors, then?GartheIt means we just made one of the most important discoveries in Tarisian history.MeteorDoes that give us any insight into how to defeat them?CeraIf we know they defend a territory, then we know where to avoid... or even how to draw them out.GartheBut consider what you're saying! This means rakghouls have remnants of sentience. We can't kill them.Hero of TythonThey cling so desperately to their lost humanity.CeraIt could just be geography, remaining close to their initial infection site. We'll need a xenobiologist out to study this--GartheDon't just dismiss it now! This is an incredible find!CeraWhat? Where's the cynical disbelief?GartheYou can't dispute the numbers, Cera. You're right. This is amazing. If rakghouls have enough rationality to remember people and places that matter to them, we can't keep treating them like mindless animals.Barsen'thorIf they can think, maybe someday we can make peace with them.GartheExactly. We need to cancel our operations in these grave sites. We can't keep antagonizing them.CeraBut if we know they come to the defense of certain territories, we can bait them, draw them out so the Republic can send in troops to exterminate them.GartheNo! If they're sentient, we can't just keep murdering them.CeraI'll contact the Reconstruction Authority. Do you have an opinion on this?Barsen'thorIf there's any way to coexist peacefully with the rakghouls, we should take it.CeraI- I guess it's a virtue to forgive, right? At least this way, maybe we can avoid those kinds of attacks in the future. I'll give the Republic your recommendation. Thank you again for all your help. |
- Cera, Garthe
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This event took place during the Taris Resettlement Initiative | Taris Resettlement InitiativeEventCold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY) |
on the planet Taris | TarisPlanet |
.After operatives.jpg) | Republic OperativesOrganizationTemporary Unions |
confirmed the death | The Corpse Counters(Taris Resettlement Initiative)EventCold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY) |
of several archaeologists | ArchaeologistMiscellaneousRoles |
at the hands of rakghouls.jpg) | RakghoulCreatureNon-sentient |
, Cera | Cera(Human)CharacterMinor Characters (TOR) |
asked for their help in one more matter. She noticed that there were more rakghouls at the the graves sites they discovered than in any of the Republic | Galactic RepublicOrganizationGalaxy-Wide Organizations |
's target zones. Since rakghouls were once human and disease turned them into monsters, Cera thought they were protecting the graves of their ancestors. Despite Garthe | Garthe(Sullustan)CharacterMinor Characters (TOR) |
's objections, she asked operatives to take samples from both rakghouls and skeletons at one of the main bombardment sites around the ruins of the Dynamet Hospital to see if they were related.While fighting off rakghouls, including unusually large specimens, the operatives collected blood samples from the rakghouls they killed, as well as genetic material from human skeletons around the ruins of Dynamet Hospital, and returned them to Cera.After analyzing the samples with a portable scanner, Cera declared that there was over a fifty percent correlation, proving that the rakghouls were indeed related to the remains at the grave sites they protected. Cera saw this as an opportunity to lure out the rakghouls so that the Republic could send troops to exterminate them. But Garthe, who had changed his heart and was sure that the samples meant that the rakghouls had some remnants of sentience, voted against killing them. Before contacting the Reconstruction Authority | Taris Resettlement AuthorityOrganizationPlanetary and Sector |
, Cera asked the operatives for their opinion, and they concluded that if there was any way to coexist peacefully with the rakghouls, the Republic should take it. |
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