ENCRYPTED HOLOTRANSMISSION From: Leia Organa-Solo, Jedi Academy, Yavin To: COL Floyd Clarke, Alliance Counter Intelligence A hologram shimmers into existence. Princess Leia Organa-Solo is seated in a blue upholstered chair looking straight at the transmitter. "Colonel Clarke, I'm sending you a datacard with information provided by one Persis Devyani who has approached me about smoothing her way to attend the Jedi Academy here. "The difficulty is that Ms. Devyani is an Imperial citizen. What is more is that her current employer is Regional Governor Thromm. "She assures me that she has no intentions upon coming to Yavin other than to learn to use her Force abilities, but she has requested that we supply her with a promise of amnesty for anything she may have done in the past against the Alliance and New Republic. Now, based upon the background check that my aide, Winter, has performed, I can see no reason why Ms. Devyani would require such amnesty, despite her employment. However, this is a condition she requires to be filled before she will enter territory of our control. "She has also requested that she be able to live on Yavin under an assumed name (Jenefer Moranne) to protect her from persecution upon her return to the Empire. Now, I admit that I am not happy about her stated intention to come to Yavin to study with us and then to return to the territory of our enemies once her training is complete or she chooses to leave the Academy, but I am inclined to think that once she is in the Academy environs, she will discover that she does not want to go back, and will hopefully leave her former political alliances behind. "If you would be kind enough to investigate Ms. Devyani as quickly as is practicable, I would appreciate it. Once clearance is obtained, Master Skywalker will be sending a Jedi Master from the Academy to escort her here, and to perform an initial evaluation of her Force skills beyond that which I was able to do when I first met with Ms. Devyani. Upon her arrival, she will be sequestered at the Academy, and restricted from going elsewhere, particularly to the NR government onworld offices or the military bases, without appropriate permissions and escort. "Thank you for your time and efforts on this matter. I look forward to hearing from you soon." Leia reaches out and the holo fizzles into nothing. END TRANSMISSION -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ENCRYPTED MESSAGE From: Col. Floyd Clarke, ACI To: Leia Organa-Solo I have begun a back ground investigation in to Persis Devyani, and have enlisted Alliance Intelligence resources to gather information. I will contact you as soon as I have a complete report. I must admit that I am concerned about this person coming to train with us and then leaving to return to the empire taking such training and then using it against the Alliance. While it is not my place to make decisions on such things, it is my opinion that allowing her to enter our space would put us at great risk, considering that her avowed intent is to take the knowledge gained here and return with it to the empire. I will send you my full report in a few days. Yours in service to the Allied Armed Forces of the New Republic Floyd Clarke END TRANS ENCRYPTED MESSAGE From: Leia Organa-Solo To: COL Floyd Clarke, ACI Colonel Clarke, Thank you for looking into this matter. In a discussion with Master Skywalker last night over the issue of Ms. Devyani, the point came up as to whether the Jedi Academy could deny a student on the basis of political affiliation. Such discrimination appears to go against the tenets that the Academy was founded upon and will need to be discussed. One suggestion that came up was that the assigned Master would NOT bring her to Yavin but remain at the neutral site and do the testing and training there. We will continue to sort out alternatives and will keep you posted on the decision. Respectfully yours, Leia Organa-Solo END TRANS TRANSMISSION From: Leia Organa-Solo To: The Jedi Council As a relatively new full-time student at the Academy, I may be presumptuous to bring up the topic of this communication, but I do feel that it is something that needs to be discussed and a decision made about it. You may be aware that I was contacted by a prospective student who desires to train at the Academy. The difficulty lies in the fact that this student is an Imperial citizen and has stated that, while she in no way intends to use her sojourn on Yavin for anything but training of her Force abilities, she does intend to return to her former home and employment. The question arises whether an individual who petitions to train at the Academy may do so regardless of political affiliation. While one would hope that exposure to Jedi training and all it entails and the philosophy behind it would eventually direct such an individual to abandon their former (and unfortunate, from some points of view) political allegiance, do we have the right to say that political affiliation determines the right to attend the Academy? I bring this up now, because if the current state of affairs between Alliance and Empire continues, we may be faced with more students in the future from the "other side." It would behoove the Council to have a policy in place when that occurs. Respectfully, Leia Organa-Solo END TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION TO: Leia-Organa Solo FROM: Nicolai Rionni I do not speak on behalf of the other council members...indeed we have not had the opportunity to convene since you have sent this transmission. I regret the state of affairs we are in politically. A student from the Empire should be welcome. The difficulty lies in our security. If we accept this student and they return to the Empire how much of our security is compromised. If we accept the student and they remain, there is no issue. In these circumstances however, that is not the case. Even if this student intends us no harm, we have seen the information ripped from the minds of others before. The other concern we must address is once she is trained and has a firm grounding in her abilities and the light side, we have effectively assisted her in signing her own death warrant if she returns to the Empire. How can we allow this to happen? Has this student gained proper clearances to enter Alliance territory? END TRANSMISSION
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