Luke Skywalker, the Last Jedi, faces his toughest challenge yet. After taking his Jedi vows, he assumes the misbelief that love has no place in his life. As a result, he denies the love he craves in order to establish the New Jedi Order and maintain...
All artwork in this chapter by the author, under copyright of S. A. McCaffrey, 2019.
In my story, the Jedi Order has two spacecraft at the beginning of the novel:
✈ Luke's X-wing fighter that was his pensioning out reward (like many of the pilots who were leaving the service—see Poe Dameron comic that indicates his mom Shara Bey received her A-wing fighter as her pension.)
✈ Vader's Lambda-class Imperial shuttle with which Luke escaped the Death Star.
Since the Jedi Order has no temple, no land, and no home, the shuttle becomes their home.
The Republic and the military hope to curry favor with the Jedi Order and offer a retrofit to something more suitable than the original 2 cargo compartments, 20 jump seats, and 20 bench seats for troops.
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First Retrofit:
✇ galley (kitchen) where the weapons locker used to stretch across the stern
✇ full refresher unit
✇ crew quarters that can accommodate 6 comfortably, more if necessary
✇ captain's quarters with office space and meditation area
✇ additional fresh water and oxygen tanks for long-term use
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Second Retrofit: (a few months after the first Padawan joins Luke)
✇ remove the original head
✇ remove the original head's aft and port bulkheads but keep the forward bulkhead
✇ install a washer and dryer
Up until this time, they had been taking their laundry to Zaxyn Base Laundry.
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