Skirmish at Sinkhole Station

The Skirmish at Sinkhole Station was a minor conflict during 43 ABY, during the events of Fate of the Jedi: Abyss. This skirmish marks the first time in galactic history that representatives of the New Jedi Order, as well as representatives of the Lost Tribe of the Sith who were on a mission to recover Ship and kill the Skywalkers, met and fought. This skirmish was instigated by the Sith Meditation Sphere, Ship, as well as the dark being Abeloth, who wanted to imprison the Skywalkers, for reasons unknown. At the time of the fight's opening minutes, there were at least fifteen members of the Lost Tribe, notable members including Vestara Khai, Lady Olaris Rhea, Lord Yuvar Xal, and Apprentice Ahri Raas. The only Jedi present were exiled Grand Master Luke Skywalker, along with Ben Skywalker. The minor battle ended in a decisive victory for the Skywalkers, who had allowed Vestara Khai to live, only to have her serve as a tracking beacon, so that Luke and Ben could find the hidden location of this new organization of Sith.

Opening Moments

Upon returning from the "Beyond Shadows" realm of the Force, Luke and Ben Skywalker had begun nourishing their weakened bodies, due to the fact that while Ben had spent a week in the realm, Luke had been out of his body, Mind Walking, for weeks. The Skywalkers then proceeded to question Mind Walker guide Rhondi Tremaine about the validity of their trip, questioning the existence of the ghosts of fellow deceased Jedi Anakin Solo, Mara Jade Skywalker, and fallen Jedi turned Sith Lord Jacen Solo at the Lake of Apparitions. From this, they also began to draw theories about the sickness befalling Jedi Knights, Force Psychosis, as well as the mysterious being who might be behind all of this, Abeloth. Ben suggests that Masters weren't affected because adult Jedi have too many defenses to be vulnerable to that kind of mental manipulation; also stating he did not fall ill either because he had closed himself off from the Force during his duration at Shelter Base during the height of the Yuuzhan Vong War. While discussing this, a detonation was heard not too far away, at the location of where Ben had locked up Rolund Tremaine. As Ben was stating his course of action, a scarlet Lightsaber impaled the skull of Rhondi Tremaine, upon when Ben and Luke realized that a group of enemies were attempting to gain entry into the hatch the Skywalkers currently resided in.

The Battle

As four red lightsabers were cutting through the storage hatch, Luke was attempting to cut open an exit from where they currently were. Upon leaving the room, Luke made his intentions known to Ben that he would be attempting to take hostage one member of this Sith strike squad, to learn all there was to know about this new enemy. Attempting to make a run for their yacht, the Jade Shadow, Luke and Ben hid in an equipment cabinet room, positioning a gas cylinder, laden with azetal gas, for the purpose of killing the attackers. Luke then gave the order to Ben to hide his Force presence and wait for his signal. The next trip mine then detonated, but with no obvious signs of casualty of the squad's side. As the attackers neared the Skywalkers' position, an unnamed attacker attempted to subdue Luke with a concealed parang, upon which Ben pounced, and attempted to impale his father's attacker, but to no avail. Instead Ben used the Force to hold out his attacker's hand, which instead of catching the parang, was cut off from her body. After dodging several attacks, Ben and Luke were flanked by Sith pelting the room with blaster fire. As the Skywalkers retreated, they plunged the gas canister down the hall, and opened fire on it, which effectively subdued three of their pursuers.

Endgame

Vestara Khai, Baad Walusari, and Ahri Raas were hiding at a junction chamber that the Skywalkers would have to pass in order to reach the Jade Shadow, planning an attack with stun and fragmentation grenades. Anticipating betrayal at the hands of Yuvar Xal and Raas, Lady Rhea had instructed Vestara to use stun grenades first, then kill the Skywalkers, instead of Xal's plan to imprison them, return to Kesh as a hero, and gain a higher title in Sith hierarchy. Seeing their targets approach, lightsaber and blaster in hand, Khai, Walusari, and Raas tossed their grenades at the Skywalkers and paralyzed them. Vestara, under the impression that Xal had approached her to kill her, unsheathed her Shikkar blade and, using the Force, hurled the blade into Xal's solar plexus, then broke off the hilt and watched Xal die, screaming in agony, the death of a coward, not a true Sith. Once this was dealt with, Vestara and Baad then resorted to using fragmentation grenades to finish off the stunned Skywalkers. Luke and Ben, who faked their bodily reactions by pretending they had been stunned in the previous attack, instead used this ruse to get closer their attackers and kill them. Walusari was paralyzed by a storage hatch that had clamped down on his arm, and Ahri was impaled at the spine by one of the Skywalkers' lightsabers. Luke then approached Khai, and mocker her of her ignorance of Jedi, stating that they can resist stun grenades. Khai then lashed out with her blade, and managed to cut him across the cheek and nose, a strike Luke intended, so that her could track her, using  a Nightsister blood trail. Luke then knocked her out with a blow to the face, and took her with him and Ben, Khai becoming the prisoner Luke had wanted.

Luke and Ben were scurrying through the vast network of Sinkhole Station, quickly approaching the Jade Shadow, when they ran into more attackers, which they responded by pouring blaster fire in their direction. He managed to kill several more Sith, who either lost pressure in their vac suits, or were vaporized. As they approached the hangar, Vestara managed to free herself, and along with Lady Rhea, quickly boxed Luke in and began fighting viciously, determined to end the Grand Master's life there and then, assuring their return to galactic power. After several minutes of fighting, Luke managed to gain the upper hand when both Sith were distracted by a show of light nearby, which was Ben opening fire on Ship from the Jade Shadow. Luke seized the opportunity by cutting off Rhea's leg and arm, quickly followed by a decapitation. Upon killing the elder Sith, Luke immediately anticipated a counter attack from Vestara, who, realizing the battle was in the Jedi's favor, saluted Luke with her scarlet lightsaber, of which Luke responded with a courteous nod, and departed in a dilapidated yacht, fleeing the Maw as quickly as she had come.

Aftermath

Luke had allowed Vestara to retreat so that he could recover, and follow her at his own pace, now have a tracking beacon on Khai in the form of his blood. Ben and Luke concluded their talks with Ben stating that their attackers were of the Sith, his evidence being that Ship was in the installation at the time of the ambush. Luke and Ben then plan to track the mysterious Sith apprentice to her next location, and have a chance of uncovering this new strain of Sith, Abeloth, Jacen's downfall into Darth Caedus, and the mysterious illness plaguing the Knights.

Vestara was now ready to contact Kesh again, and inform Lord Vol of the mission's failure, so that the Sith could plan a proper uprising against the Galaxy, the Jedi, and the Galactic Alliance.