Our intrepid heroes gathered around the pieces of their slain master and prepared to face his murderer in combat. Once everyone was in position, Rutrow gestured with the Force and activated the blast doors. They shot open, revealing a roughly circular room with a central shaft dropping down towards orange glowing heat. The female Sith stood a little ways away, with clone troopers on all sides of the room.
Rutrow surged into the room, cutting the first trooper in half with his lightsaber. Odo-Kor followed, and gestured towards the Sith, attempting to cast her into the lava shaft. She wavered for a moment, but resisted the telekinetic push. Owen inspired his companions to greatness, but rather than charge in, Krussk stepped forward cautiously. The troopers all opened fire on the wookie, pinning him beneath an onslaught of blaster bolts. This served to distract him and make his next attack miss. The Sith gestured, and failed to throw Odo-Kor into the lava. In response, Odo-Kor used his Force Grip on her, choking her and holding her immobile. The troopers divided their fire between Rutrow and Krussk, hindering both of them as they attacked the choking Sith.
After a few moments of frantic defense against Rutrow and Krussk, she managed to break free of the Force Grip and retreat to the back of the room. The party continued to move forward, slaying a few more clone troopers. As they started to close in on her, she managed to hurl Krussk into the pit with the Force, where he struck some jutting equipment, and he just barely managed to hang on. He dangled precariously over the drop into lava while Rutrow slew another clone trooper. Odo-Kor and Owen advanced. Krussk barely managed to pull himself up to the edge of the pit as Rutrow closed with the Sith and engaged her with his lightsaber. Odo-Kor did likewise. She started to falter under the combined assault. Seeing the odds against her were hopeless, and that her opponents' anger had been raised, she deactivated her lightsabers and knelt before them, saying, "I bow before your superior power."
Rutrow swayed as if he had received a physical blow, and lowered his lightsaber rather than give in to his angry impulse. Krussk, just risen from the pit, dropped his force axe and drew his rifle in one swift motion. He thumbed the switch to 'stun' and fired a shot into her torso. This rocked her backwards, but did not knock her unconscious. From across the room, Owen took aim and fired another stunning blast, taking her full in the forehead. She fell to the floor, unconscious.
Krussk immediately aruged that master Ji-Lin had instructed them to kill every Sith in the base, no matter what. But Rutrow was not convinced. He searched his feelings, and found that to slay a helpless opponent was to turn to the dark side. Krussk contacted Bunb Dnu on his comlink, and asked him if he had any problem killing a Sith. Bunb seemed excited at first, but when he was told that she was unconscious and a prisoner, he quailed and refused the offer. Krussk continued the argument, and as he spoke he jabbed the Sith's fallen body with his stun baton several times. This provoked Rutrow to finally step forward, daring Krussk to harm her any more. Odo-Kor then stepped in and started to drag her away towards the ship.
Owen searched for and found a computer terminal, and determined that he could create a security breach that would allow Rutrow time to sabotage the generator. Rutrow devised a way to shut down the protective force field that held the lava at bay, and put it on a 5 minute countdown. He and Owen then called for everyone to clear out immediately, and everyone bolted for the exit.
The party loaded themselves onto the waiting ship, and as it rose they watched lava boil out of the openings in the mountain. The Sith training base had been destroyed.
It is recorded that this group fought many more battles against the Empire. They never turned their Sith captive from the dark side, at least not completely. But she became convinced that Lord Vader and the Empire had betrayed and abandoned her. She fought against the Empire for a while, before slipping off into obscurity.
In time, Owen was recognized as a full Jedi, but Krussk's bloodthirsty tendencies kept him on the fringes of that noble order. Rutrow and Odo-Kor became leaders in the nascent rebellion against the Empire, but the record of their deeds stops here. History may never know the full story of what happened in those early, dark years of the Empire. But it is known that the seeds of hope that our heroes planted eventually grew and blossomed, giving rise to the New Republic. We owe them a debt of gratitude.