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Plagueis, you were a magnificent planner. In many ways you are simply building upon what came before, but you did so in such an amazingly annotated manner. "Good," Sidious said aloud. "I will possibly be sending you an individual to serve as scientist for these experiments in Sith Alchemy. But you will still retain overall command of this facility under my orders. When I have decided on who to send, I will send you detailed instructions along those lines before he arrives." The prophets will be more help here than wallowing away in their hidden isolation.
"Understood, master, but I must bring to mind a caveat, a fact hardwired into my programming. This facility cannot withstand orbital bombardment for any length of time. It is secrecy more than anything else that has served us." For a moment its voice had shifted again to that of Plagueis.
"Do not lecture me, droid. I know all too well how vulnerable we still are," Sidious retorted with a scowl. "I will need to take some serious thought about how to make certain that Wayland's exact location remains unknown even to the individual I send to follow up on these experiments."
Again Sidious looked down at the three dead bodies on their tables, smiling at the excruciating pain their faces all showed. The pain and fear they must have felt still echoed in the Force of this room, and he drank in its heady tonic. But it was the notes on how pliable Sith Alchemy had made them which made them far more interesting. Like an individual doped up on 'Slaught and a hallucinogenic, but without any downside or visible effects, unless it is taken too far.
Sidious ordered the droid to give him a copy of the stages of the alchemic experiments for him to look over, and once the droid had done so he gestured back to the hallway. "Now, let us return to the cloning experiments."
"Yes, master." IG-42 led the way through the darkened corridors to the room nearest to the Sith alchemy room. This was the largest room on this level and contained thirty of the missing cylinders, lining the room.
Yet when Sidious made to enter, IG-42 held out a hand. "A warning, master: this cloning experiment was built around an effect from an animal which impacts the Force in a negative manner. You will feel some discomfort if you enter the room."
"I am Sith," Sidious said coldly. "Discomfort is nothing."
With that he pushed the droid's arm aside and opened the door, entering quickly, only to gasp as the Force, the Dark Side which fueled his body, which surrounded him at all times even when he was hidden under his Stealth, left him utterly. "What?! What is…?"
Stumbling back out the doorway, he felt the Force return, his strength and certainty likewise returning, and the Veil covering him once more. "What was that?" he said, looking to the droid who seemed somehow darkly amused by his reaction.
"I do not know how the master found them," IG-42 said. "That information is not in my archives. But do you see several little animals stuck on various trees in there?"
Sidious looked and spotted the animals in question. "I see them. And…?"
For a moment the droid fell silent, and then when it spoke again it had once more assumed Plagueis' voice. "These animals have a most fascinating ability to actually push back the Force. They are the first animal that I have ever discovered that use this ability. It is a truly astonishing find, though it is obviously an evolutionary necessity given that the dominant animal on their planet hunts via detecting the Force. I will have to return to that planet at some point for more in depth study.
"But more importantly, this ability has some implications, one of which I believe could be connected to the clone madness. The clone madness, as anyone who has studied cloning should know, is a symptom which clones that are grown too quickly fall prey to within months of being decanted. This is regardless of species. There has never been any real in depth study done on why this could be, as there is very little in terms of genetic code which would carry over between all the species who have attempted cloning in the past. But I have long believed that it was because of a connection through the Force from one clone to the original. If we can cut off that connection, it then supposes that we will be able to grow a clone from youth to maturity far faster."
At that Sidious nodded, once more remembering the conversation he'd had with his master on that score. The implications were huge, both for the war effort and for Sidious' secret projects.
"However, this will have a negative effect on indoctrination, both in efficiency and the amount. For example, this would probably not work on clones that must have secret orders," the voice said, dust dry, "or who are supposed to act independently beyond a certain point. However, for the purposes of this experiment, Yinchorri hunting packs could be perfect. And what better tools to use to send against Master Windu and remove him before he is able to influence the vergence?"
Seeing the Yinchorri young growing in the cloning cylinders, Sidious nodded, remembering the conversation he and his master had on that topic. While not as obsessed with the vergence as his master, Sidious knew that removing Windu, as he had Dooku, was a necessity in the long term.
Despite his interest in the Yinchorri clones, however, Sidious did not try to enter the room once more. That feeling of being disconnected from the Force was a terrible one. It made him feel normal, mortal, and fallible, and he had hated the very idea.
Then a small, sinister smirk came to him. "Droid, I am about to perform some experiments. Begin recording."
The droid accepted command, a small iris on one side of its head opening and a video recorder coming out. "Ready, master."
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