Evasive Action: Recruitment

Evasive Action: Recruitment is, as of August 2005, an ongoing daily webstrip on Star Wars Hyperspace that takes place shortly after Revenge of the Sith. It is written by Paul Ens and illustrated by Thomas Hodges.

Plot
Shortly after the declaration of the Galactic Empire, Emperor Palpatine utilized thousands of workers to build a fortress on Byss. Byss was a dark side conduit, able to give its inhabitants great power in using the Force. Along with the power of Byss, Palpatine slowly fed on the life energy of his workers, to lengthen his own life.

Palpatine and Darth Vader brought a number of captured Agricultural Corps survivors and other Force adepts to the planet in order to train them into powerful servants. Vader was ordered to select worthy pupils, and dispose of the rest.

Vader initally selected four of the best pupils, a Jedi named Tremayne among them. The others included: Sarcev Quest - who later became an Emperor's Hand and Halmere - who, like Tremayne, became a High Inquisitor.

Vader trained them personally in his palaced in the Imperial City.

The main characters Drake Lo'gaan, Ekria and Zonder are all Jedi padawans that have by, some miracle not specified, managed to escape the purge. They are hiding in the lower levels of Coruscant hoping to escape the notice of the Sith.

Drake is first seen gambling in the Uscru District to make some credits. However the Nalle triplets realised that he was underaged and called in the stormtroopers to have him removed. Drake, afraid of being captured, made a daring escape with the help of his friends Zonder and Ekria.

Inside their small apartment the three friends had an agrument about the moral wrongs of gambling and Ekria persuaded Drake to get a legitimate job.

Drake decided to join COMPNOR as they were lauching a special recruitment campaign for their SAGroup. He applied under the alias "Jodd Sonta". While at the lauch party Drake heard a speech by Inquisitor Tremayne. Unfortunately Tremayne sensed his presence in the force and ordered a full background check on everyone present in at the party.

Tremayne informed Darth Vader of the presence of Jedi on Coruscant at his training session. Tremayne talks to Vader as he fights off the other three apprentices. Unfortunately Vader becomes angry with his lack of concentration. Tremayne immediately succeeds in disarming in other force-users.

Characters

 * Darth Vader
 * Palpatine
 * Sly Moore
 * Tremayne
 * Halmere
 * Drake Lo'gaan
 * Zonder
 * Ekria
 * Nalle triplets
 * Onnelly Praji
 * Elan Sleazebaggano
 * Sarcev Quest

Locations

 * Byss
 * Coruscant
 * Uscru District