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Pt.1 The Hunt for Mens Transgero

Deep inside the star destroyer Inquisitor a shadow lled room is lit

faintly y the glow of monitors in the a!"ground. #rand #eneral Mal!or

$rashin sits at the head of the steel tale% the grim !ontours of his fa!e !an

arely e oser&ed y the green !omputer lights. I ta"e it the !lone

!ontingen!y is still in pla!e he ar"s une'pe!tedly% surprising the other

shadow gures. (ne ner&ously stammers )*)es sir% our !lone te!hnology is

eing e'pressly reser&ed for the +mperor. If anything should hap* He is

stopped y the mere raising of Mal!or,s hand. The #rand #eneral sighs for a

moment then !lears his throat as though in preparation of a grand spee!h.

-e all "now why this !ommittee was formed !orre!t /re we here to

waste my time and the +mpire,s money -e are here to ensure that if

anything were to happen to our0 Ta"ing a moment to !onsider his ne't

words wisely nole leader% there will e !ontingen!ies in pla!e. ow% we

already "new aout the !loning !apailities% and if that were a perfe!t

solution this !ommittee wouldn,t e'ist. Mal!or pauses for a rief moment to

measure the attention of the gures. I want to "now what grounds we are

ma"ing for alternati&e methods% we need more than 2ust some !lones.

The tension in the room suddenly rises after the #rand #eneral

triumphantly e'!laims I want a report from whi!he&er one of you has a plan

if the emperor were to die tomorrow. The shifting of !hairs and small

a!"ground murmurs !an e heard as ea!h of the &ague military gures

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dis!uss with ea!h other. It is !lear that there is no !onsensus amongst any of

the groups as they silently i!"er and deate aout whether or not their plan

is e3e!ti&e yet.

/fter waiting for a minute the #rand #eneral pushes a!" his !hair%

thus silen!ing e&eryone in the room. $efore rising% he disappointedly states

-ell I guess the emperor will ha&e to !onsider dissol&ing this !ommittee% I

!an,t quite imagine what will e the result for ea!h of you Then% li"e a laser

last was shot at the #rand #eneral himself% a &oi!e inter2e!ts -e !ould

ensure the emperor,s life !ould e perpetuated past his own death. The

statement en!ouraged a myriad of emotions from e&eryone in earshot%

howe&er the only one that mattered was the interest of Mal!or $rashin who

returned to his seat. #o on% he slowly says with a fa!e that oo4es intrigue

and playful interest I want to "now how. The three te!hni!ians lean forward

to estalish who they are and a!quire the proper amount of de!orum. Ta"ing

a moment to hesitantly loo" at ea!h other they egin e'plaining their plan.

5ea&ing the dar" !onferen!e room almost all of the military gures

seem to e in diselief% one e&en waits outside the door to inter!ept the

te!hnologi!ally gifted presenters. The man waiting outside is a 6hiss named

Durian #rinn% he is a high ran"ing o7!ial from the Imperial Intelligen!e

/gen!y. The three men lea&e simultaneously% they too are dressed in their

empire "ha"i suits. Hey% you were the guys who 2ust e'plained the Mens

Transgero plan right inquires Durian. Two of the three mee" humans s!uttle

past him in the narrow hallway% a&oiding a response or e&en a glan!e. -hen

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the third% who is !lin!hing a laptop to his !hest with oth arms% tries to pass

Durian he is slammed on the wall. The man !len!hes the laptop e&en !loser

to his ody while he desperately hu3s for air.

Durian stares past the glasses and right into his eyes% Durian en2oys

the fear that he has instantly produ!ed. )ou see% I ha&e a few issues with

what 2ust happened in there. 8irst of all% I refuse to a!!ept that this insane

te!hnology wor"s. ow the te!h egins to star down to a&oid any

unne!essary eye !onta!t with the !ra4ed Durian. Durian leans intimately

!lose to the man,s e'posed ear and ne!". Durian runs his hand a!ross the

man,s !hest% feeling the !ontours of his ody. 8ollowing this% Durian lets his

hand rest on the Te!h,s hand% ta"ing time to feel the te'ture of the Te!h,s

s"in. 9nowing the fear that he is !ausing Durian !ontinues with hea&y

reaths that seem to linger on the man,s ody I don,t re!ogni4e you% I wor"

intelligen!e do you "now what that means -ithout ta"ing the time to let

the man answer Durian states I "now e&erything% aout e&eryone0

espe!ially when they are up to something.

Deeply inhaling% almost as though he were en!hanted or aroused y

the en!ounter Durian ends his feast of fear. $a!"ing o3 he seems to retra!t

a!" to the normal military gure that he was in the meeting. /lmost li"e a

di3erent person possessed his ody and lled it with a ra&enous sadisti!

spirit. Durian motions his hand to as though to say !arry on ut doesn,t

spea" a word. The mee" man re2oins the horried others as they seem to

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hurry down the hallway. Durian wat!hes them lea&e with a smir"% "nowing

full well that he had a gamit on them.

/oard a small shuttle ship lea&ing the Inquisitor the three te!hni!ians

from the !ommittee egin to rela'. /fter lea&ing the do!"ing ay the all

reathe a sigh of relief and loo" at ea!h other. The lead te!hni!ian who is

seated at the pilot seat loo"s a!" at the others and nods. :lowly one y one

they ea!h press a utton on their suits re&ealing that they were $othans

from the :pyet. The Pilot% a righteous type named ;ash"% he a!ts as the

leader of the operation. /nother male $othan named

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:pyet memer -e will ma"e sure that we gi&e a full report% we ha&e to lay

low for a while. Don,t try to !onta!t us rother.

;ash" loo"s ehind him while trying to pilot the ship How did it go

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monoliths of !ode ll ea!h s!reen% the le'i!on is already far too !ompli!ated for

anyone ine'perien!ed with the highest le&el of programming. The warmth of the

s!reens wraps itself around her% pulling Tres" deeper into the entanglement of Mens

Transgero. The !ode appears to ha&e a personality now% taunting yet

restrained. Mens Transgero wants to e sol&ed% ut !an,t help ut see the fun

in allowing the ha!"er to sla&e o&er the pursuit. Maye the program has

grown a personality% maye that was its ma2or defense@ a !ons!ious

defensi&e me!hanism. Maye Tres" was 2ust !aught in a spell from loo"ing at

the same !ode for years% day in and day out hopelessly sear!hing for answer

that 2ust wasn,t there. Tres" wasn,t going to stop until she "new how they

!ould use this !ode% how they !ould a!hie&e immortality.

Pier!ing the ear of Tres"% a small $othan !an e heard saying I thin" I

see a sailoat% yeah there is a sailoat in there. Prolem sol&ed= Tres"

smir"s and turns to see her son% Talama" standing proud eneath her. Tres"

"new that Talama" always tried to ma"e her laugh% he !ould see the torture

she was in. Mom% I ha&e this great idea Talama" professes at her% she

dedi!ates full attention to him. If we !an get inside one of those ig ships

then we !an ha!" the !ontrols and Ay away from here0go to one of those

planets where you !an wor" and we won,t ha&e to do this he announ!es

while gesturing toward the !ode% as though it is the penultimate root of e&il.

Tres" was only somewhat listening% mostly she was loo"ing on in appro&al%

no matter how mu!h Talama",s plan a faBade0at least was she "new that he

wanted to see her happy. Talama" wanted to see something he hadn,t e&er

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in his life% 2oy in his mother,s eyes. Tres" "new that Talama" wanted the

impossile% to ma"e her laugh. This eing an impossile tas" sin!e she was

mute.

Talama" is using his o&er e'pressi&e storytelling when ;ash" and

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The empire0.they are !oming% they "now where we are. #rinn has

sent s!outs% we too" !are of them ut their fate was indi!ati&e enough. ow

he shifts ehind Tres"% "eeping his hand !emented on her shoulder while he

non!halantly slide,s his other hand her e'posed shoulder. 8eigning !on!ern

for her safety he says grimly I e'pe!t #rinn to e here in a matter of days.

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it was the rst month after she started wor"ing. ;ash" as"ed her what was

wrong% she wrote down on her !omputer what she really felt. :he had lost

the will to ght for Mens Transgero% the will to li&e. That was the day that

;ash" "new she was too wea" for her own good% he "new that he would ha&e

to gi&e her what she needed and nothing more. :o he ga&e her what she

needed% something to ght for% something to lo&e% a son.

;ash" remo&es his hands from Tres",s shoulders tearing o3 the faBade

of empathy. /nd so you propose that she goes and we lea&e years of wor"

here to e ta"en y the +mpire while you and I die=

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when ;ash" appeals to

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if I gi&e you our ha!"er ;ash". #rinn smir"s in self*satisfa!tion as he murmurs (f

!ourse

Inside Tres",s hut the young Talama" lays under a ed with a small datapad in

his hand% ;ash",s words still e!hoing inside of his head This was written y your

mother% read it on!e e&erything is settled o"ay There is silen!e in the hut% Tres"

smir"s as she thin"s aout the way Talama" always tried to ma"e her laugh e&en in

times li"e this. The fari! door that !o&ers the entran!e is pushed open ut no

one appears to e there. ;ash" has his hand on his laster pistol when all of a

sudden two shadow trooper,s remo&e their !loa"ing to re&eal laster,s pointed at

Tres" and ;ash". Two more storm troopers mar!h in and separate to ma"e room for

#rinn. #rinn pushes the fari! aside and mar!hes in as though he were a "ing and

these were his peasants. )ou $othans are su!h a fun ra!e to play espionage with

his road &oi!e ooms out of his lue fa!e.

:lowly wal"ing throughout the small hut he utters ;ash"% I ha&e got to gi&e it

to you. I ne&er would ha&e predi!ted this all wor"ing

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wor"s e!ause its !reator had defe!ted and ran away% that,s when I got in tou!h

with your pal ;ash"

;ash" didn,t ta"e pleasure in this% though he !ouldn,t elie&e it was nally

happening. )ears of de!ei&ing Tres" and

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He !an see her loo"ing refreshed and healed. Holding him as they wal"

through a usy shopping area. They wouldn,t e royalty% ut the spynet would gi&e

them enough !redits to get uy on a ni!e planet. :he had all day to spend with

young Talama"% ta"e him out to where&er he wanted to go. Hold him% and ma"e him

"now that no matter how horrile this whole uni&erse !an e she was there for him.

-hen he was ready she would tea!h him more !oding and e&entually show him how

to e a memer of the spynet. :he would gi&e e&erything to ma"e this dream a

reality% ut she "nows this !ould ne&er happen. The gala'y isn,t a pla!e for these

"inds of thoughts. Tres" didn,t !are to e rememered as a &illain or a hero% she 2ust

wanted to de!ipher Mens Transgero and ensure that she would ne&er ha&e to see

Talama" die. Her reason wasn,t politi!al% it was personal. Tres" only lo&ed one thing

in the gala'y% and now it is his turn to try and nd his way. Talama" !an feel it now%

the warm hug she wanted to gi&e him. #rinn,s oot lands on her head% e'ploding

her s"ull into disproportionate pie!es. The smile is gone% Talama" is now loo"ing into

one of the dislodged eyealls. In it he !an still feel the sadness of a mother who

!ould not lo&e her son. In her eye Talama" !an see that there was no more room for

lo&e% if this is what it rings. Tres" has gifted Talama" the only thing he needed to

a!hie&e his goals% without Tres" Talama" had no one to !are aout. o one for him

to worry aout% no one to 2udge his path. ow Talama" !an sear!h for Immortality%

and his only amition will e to nd it@ ;egardless of whether he is a hero or a

&illain.

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man from the ship. /n epiphany o!!urs within

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was night time now% ut no one on this planet !ared to !he!" on the $othans who

li&ed in the hut on the edge of town. Instead young Talama" !rawled out from

underneath the ed% still staring at Tres",s ody. Talama" loo"ed down at the

datapad and de!ided to turn it on and egin reading.

Dear Talama"%

)ou might not understand this till you are older% ut the faster you do

the etter your life will e. I "now that you ne&er got to hear me spea"% ut

now you !an read my words in full. My life was torture% I li&ed to ser&e a man

whose allian!es are &ile. I ne&er got to !hoose whom I lo&ed% or what I !ould

do with my life. Instead those with power !hose for me. ow% I sit here

waiting for the empire to !ome. Maye they will "ill us all% maye they won,t.There is only one thing that I ha&e made sure of% and that is that you will e

ne. )ou see% there was a man named #rinn who dis!o&ered who we were

and what we had een doing for a long time. I "new that ;ash" had most

li"ely een wor"ing for him% ut as to why #rinn didn,t atta!" us sooner is

e!ause of me. I fed information aout the spy net% and Mens Transgero to

#rinn. )ou might hate me for that% ut "now that no one in this world is

good or ad. These are lines we draw dependent on who we ha&e

eneted from most re!ently. /t this moment% ;ash" would ha&e "illed you if

the ;eels !ame so they were not useful% thus they weren,t good. Instead I

had to use the resour!es I had% whi!h was dire!t !ommuni!ations to the

+mpire. #rinn a!!epted the information on the promise that he would spare

my !hild% who was a harmless $othan that was too young to e of any use.

#rinn% eing a man of many !hara!teristi!s de!ided that he would honor said

agreement% pro&ided that I gi&e myself to him. /nd so that is what I plan to

do% I ha&e informed him that he !an wal" right in% and "ill me. I won,t put up a

ght% I won,t !ry% I won,t s!ream% in fa!t I will laugh. $e!ause I "now that this

is the ultimate lesson for Talama"% and with these words that I am typing he

will understand the morale of the story. Talama"% the only thing that matters

to you now is staying ali&e. #rinn ga&e me an opportunity% #rinn ga&e me a

way to let you li&e. This made #rinn good% morality is dened y you. There

is only one thing that I !ouldn,t stand the thought of% and that was you dying.

:o they only thing I fought for% was your life. 9eeping you ali&e is why I

de!ided to "eep wor"ing on Mens Transgero. Mens Transgero is a programthat will transfer someone,s !ons!iousness to a !omputer% if this !omputer is

on a networ" then the !ons!iousness !an spread. -hen spreading% the

!ons!iousness will then e ale to hide in whate&er !omputers it !hooses.

;epli!ating itself and spreading further. This Talama"% this is the way that you

will e immortal. I don,t "now where the Mens Transgero !ode will e after I

die% ut I "now that the empire will ha&e it. /ssuming that no one !an

trans!rie it they will lea&e it somewhere unimportant. $efore my death I had

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heard that #rinn had een ta"en o3 the pursuit of the !ode e!ause it was

deemed an unreasonale allo!ation of resour!es. Meaning% they didn,t

e'pe!t to get results with the program. Talama"% you must learn !ode and

understand it li"e no one efore you. )ou% my only !hild% you will nd this

!ode and use it. #etting there will e a !hallenge% and there will e loss ut it

will e worth it. 9now that no one is here to 2udge your a!tions% or your

means of getting to this goal. Through fame% glory% or infamy you will otain

immortality.

5o&e%

Mom