Before the Battle of Naboo, the Jedi Council’s extended period of peace and comfort, was
interrupted by a conflict of interests amongst their members. The Jedi master Sifo Dyas foresaw
an enormous conflict, and sought to build an army to counter the threat, but deeming
this to be too extreme, the Council removed him from his position. After his demotion,
Sifo Dyas was secretly given a mission by the Supreme Chancellor at the time, Finis
Valorum, to negotiate with the growing threat on Oba Diah, where the Pyke syndicate was
controlling spice trading. The Jedi master and Valorum’s aide Silman, are forced away
from their intended destination, by the Jedi Council, who instructed the master to go to
Felucia, but this would be his last journey. The Pykes were paid by the new Sith apprentice
Tyranus, to kill the Jedi master, and his body is taken away by the Felucians. Only
Silman survived, but he was killed before he could reveal the secrets, that the Sith
had shielded from the Jedi. But what if Sifo Dyas had survived? Could he have stopped the
eventual fall of the Jedi? As you are about to discover, the survival of the Jedi master,
could have changed the outcome of many events… In the Jedi T6 shuttle 775519, Master Sifo
Dyas was seated with Silman, conflicted about diverting to Felucia, when the Jedi felt a
disturbance in the Force. But before he could turn the shuttle, they are struck by several
cannon blasts, from a nearby interstellar range Pyke gunship. As the shuttle started
to plummet to the closest moon, Sifo Dyas tried to use the Force to stabilise the engines,
and his effort enabled them to slide to a painful stop. The Jedi master could feel the
pain from the crash, and crawled to his commlink to relay a signal, which he hoped would be
received by the Jedi. On Coruscant, the Jedi allowed the signal to pass through, and after
confirming that this was not a trap, they dispatch Plo Koon to go and save the Jedi
master. The Kel’Dor Council member was one of the best pilots in the Order, and approaching
the moon where the signal had been transmitted, he needed all of his skill, to avoid the Pyke
gunships blocking his path to the surface. The blustering wind that greeted him upon
his landing, did not help him in his race to find Sifo Dyas, but reaching out with the
Force, he negotiated the violent sandstorm to the sight of the wreckage. Plo Koon pulled
out the two passengers from their location, but before he could lift them to safety, they
hear the blaring from several Pyke patrol ships. The Council member ignited his blade,
and protecting the wounded passengers, he began to deflect the blaster shots from the
Pyke patrol unit. The spice dealers did not stand a chance, but the Kel’Dor master soon
sensed a familiar darker presence in the Force, and after one powerful telekinetic attack,
he escaped before it arrived. Arriving back at the Temple, Sifo Dyas and Silman are taken
to the Jedi halls of healing, and Plo Koon reported what he had found. The Jedi are curious
that the Pykes would have wanted to kill Sifo Dyas, but they are more disturbed by the revelation,
that there was yet another Sith who was able to elude them. Grandmaster Yoda walked to
the infirmary, and there he was able to discover that the Jedi master, had been on a mission
from the recently deposed Chancellor Valorum. But before he could travel the short distance
to the home of the former politician, Master Windu revealed the disturbing news, that the
Pykes were preparing to avenge those who had been killed on the moon of Oba Diah. The Jedi
gather themselves for a way to deal with the threat, and knowing that the Pykes were motivated
by credits, they consider discussing the idea with Palpatine. Yoda quickly shuts down the
proposal, as they could not be seen to be dealing with crime syndicates, and all they
could do was wait for their move. In the office of the new Supreme Chancellor, Palpatine was
growing concerned that his apprentice had not retrieved the body of the Jedi, and ordered
him to repair his mistake. Making the journey to Oba Diah, Dooku knew that it had not been
a good idea to entrust the Pykes, with such a difficult task as killing a Jedi, and as
he walked to their fortress, their leader Lom Pyke, declares that they were preparing
an attack on the Jedi. The Sith apprentice was prepared for such an encounter, and gathering
the most powerful warriors of their faction, he transported them all to Coruscant, aboard
a Republic cargo freighter. Dooku laid out the schematics of the Temple, and having examined
the crash site on the moon of Oba Diah, he knew of the injury to Sifo Dyas, and decided
to try and infiltrate the Temple’s halls. The slender frames of the warriors helped
them crawl through a network of vents, and bypass the Temple guards, but to their surprise,
the Jedi master is nowhere to be found. The alarms soon begin to trigger around them,
and attempting to leave through their entrance, they are blocked by the Jedi. The Pykes realised
that they had just been betrayed by Dooku, and they debated whether they should help
the Jedi. That is it for part 1 of what if Sifo Dyas
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