[LOTJ] Chapter I: The Unseen Thieves // 468.08 || Mission Report

[Safira]

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The Unseen Thieves

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Name: Sa-Fira Zeryyt
Rank: Padawan
Date(s): 468.08 ABY
Location: Kess
Members of the Jedi Order present:
Jedi Knight Nicole Vantane
Padawan Sa-Fira Zeryyt

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Public Information
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Level of Exposure: <None, Planet, Sector, Region, Galaxy>

• n/a

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Padawan Security Clearance
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• Jedi knight Nicole Vantane and padawan Zeryyt were sent to the investigate sudden disappearance of stockpile of Phrik, one of ores able to resist a lightsaber.
• No culprit was ever identified.
• Jedi have returned with Plant Manager (1) and Chief of Security (2) for further investigations. The two were cooperative through-out the entire deal.

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Knight Security Clearance
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• It was mentioned that loss of this amount could lead to finantial collapse of the entire sector.
• Facility was lacking roofing, making it possible for quick in-and-out with suitable ship. However, there were no marks of that happening, including lack of some marks of blasterfire or some other means of struggle or forced entry.
• Despite the stockpile being robbed, workers were present and expected to work like during their average shift. They were cooperative and looked overall satisfied with their jobs, payment and perks.
• All workers and management has been in their positions for years. There has not been any change in the workforce recently.
• The Plant Manager (Kel-Dor) was displaying some level of confusion or memory loss. Upon brief inspection, they were not having any signs of visible physical head trauma that I could identify.
• Only way to accoplish such heist would be using the Plant Manager’s access. Some workers seemed to have suspected them, upon further questioning were not able to provide evidence, or it could have been lost in translation.

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Jedi Council Clearance
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• While the Plant’s Manager’s long-term memory was altered, their inteligence, linguinistic skills and deduction abilities remained intack.
  The manager would struggle to perform easy task such as remember to bring safety gear, remember names of the workers, correct path to chose when leading Jedi to specific destination or the safety regulation they issued themselves hour back.
  They would mention inability to recall even everyday things, such as “life outside the work”.
  Problem seemed to ease slightly when not under stress.
  This memory issue seems to only be of the Plant Manager and/or the Chief of Security: other workers remained healthy.
  Issue would have appeared to come only recently: the workers were only now begining to pick up on it.
• Plant manager would be aware that performed heist occured during their shift, using their access, with all signs pointed at them. They would admit it. The memory issues don’t seem to be acted: if they were found to be aiding the heist, most likely their help would be unintentional or they would be unaware.

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Related Events
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Potential: n/a
Confirmed: n/a

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Summary and Actions
An opinion offered by the reportee and their recommended actions.
Shares with same clearance with the highest used section above

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In my opinion.. When we were sent, it was told to us it is likely too late to recover anything. To me, entering with that kind of mindset certainly eased a lot of pressure, offering better clarity of thoughts - that was needed.

At first, I held some major doubts to the Plant Manager. In my eyes, they acted suspissious: pacing around just close enough to hinder my questioning of the workers as they seem to chose their words around them (as their boss) carefully, yet just enough far away to make it seem like they were outside the reach or not meaning to listen in on the conversation.
They would frequently come and leave, only to return once more: almost as if paying close attention to us and what we were doing, as investigators - and what the workers were saying.

That led me to try lure them away with simple tasks such as bringing a safety gear for myself, which they would fail to perform.

That, their inability to recall workers and their names they were supposed to know for years, inability to navigate their workplace… made me catch signs of struggles I once faced.

Testing if the memory struggles are acted out or genuen, I decided to lure them on path they previously mentioned as too dangerous without the safety gear they previously failed to provide; and to see if we are being deliberately kept away from certain spot for some reason, disguised as “New Safety Policy”.
The Plant Manager failed to remember their own rule, making me drop all the suspissions.

Due to personal familiarity with such issues, I might be biased with my opinion on the matter.
Due to this, I believe I might be building up emotional investment in the matter. That would mean that if all of this really was a ploy, they would have outsmarted me and I could be possible safety-breach they could use for their benefit.

I believe that knight Nicole Vantane’s report will prove more useful then mine: I am aware there are things she knows and saw that she isn’t talking about. I suspect they are way pass my rank for her reasoning.


My recommendations are as follows...

• Ensure medical attention and rehabilitation for the Plant Manager (Kel-Dor) for possible head injury, drugs present in system or other means that might alter ones long-term memory; do testing of all the workers of the facility to see if there are more were victims (workers we met were different shift)
• If the sector is really about to collapse finantialy, be ready for migrations and tension surrounding it, including some possible relief missions to provide food, water, medical attention, fuel and other necesities.
  Due to low number of our own Medics, perhaps cooperation with different branch will be needed, unless more members of our branch are taught on how to provide basic first aid.
• With billions of credits woth of lightsaber-resistant material now lost, perhaps issue a warning of possible encounters of weaponry or armor including the alloy to other members of the Order; be on lookout for products including it on Black market - to possibly be able to track down its current location
• Preparing for encounter of lightsaber-resistant material: a reminder or classes on alternative means to disarm an oponent would be useful
• Make surprise-inspections to other a-like institutions to see if standard safety messures are ensured, eliminate potential theft using air, underground, water or other “hidden” means. If alloy was now lost, then possibly, next target could be means to recieve materials for granades, energy sources for blasters, ships for transportation of large number of warriors, …