Okay, I know I'm supposed to be working on Return right now but I've been having trouble with a scene in TiA: Spader and Loor and this plot bunny has been bothering me for a time now so I decided to write about it. I hope you enjoy it!

The Jedi and the Rider

Chapter I
Something Wrong with the NaviComputer

Anakin Skywalker was having a really bad day. The navicomputer was acting strangely and they were headed for the unknown regions. The last place he wanted to go.

So this is how it all started. He, Obi-wan, and Ahsoka were assigned to escort Senator Amidala and Duchess Satine to a peace mission at Bothawui. So Anakin punched in the coordinates for the system and made the jump to hyperspace then went to get a nap. When he came back an hour later, the ship was on a course for the unknown regions and not even in the general direction of Bothawui at all. He had tried everything to stop the ship and redirect their course but nothing seemed to be working.

"Blasted navicomputer," Anakin cursed.

"What did you break this time, Anakin?" Obi-wan asked, walking into the cockpit.

"This time it wasn't me," Anakin said. "There's something wrong with the navicomputer. It seems to be bringing us to the Unknown Regions."

Obi-wan went to check it and frowned when he saw that Anakin was telling the truth. "Have you tried resetting it at all?"

"About a hundred times in the last hour," Anakin answered. "Nothing works. Now I really regret not bringing Artoo along."

"I doubt he could do better than you did," Obi-wan said. "Have you told the Senator and Duchess?"

"I didn't want to cause a panic."

"Well, you might as well tell them. We're headed for the Unknown Regions, like it or not."

Anakin nodded and got up with a grunt and headed for the cabin where Padmé and Satine were resting. He knocked on the door and it was Satine who answered. "Is there something wrong, Skywalker?" she asked.

"Yes, milady. We have lost control of the navicomputer and are heading for the Unknown Regions," Anakin answered as calmly as possible.

"How did that happen?" Ahsoka asked. She was in the room with them, chatting. "You didn't break anything, did you?"

"Now what could I gain by doing that, Snips?" Anakin asked rhetorically. "Anyways, be ready for the worst."

"What else is new?" Ahsoka muttered.

The ship suddenly lurched as it was pulled out of hyperspace. The four of them rushed to the cockpit and found that they had exited hyperspace dangerously close to a star and were heading straight towards a planet. Anakin immediately rushed to the controls while everyone strapped themselves in. "Hold on!" Anakin said.

"Do we have a choice?" Obi-wan asked.

They rapidly descended into the planet's atmosphere and Anakin pulled hard on the yoke to get them level. Anakin spotted mountains up ahead and saw that there would be no escaping the crash that would happen in thirty seconds. He banked hard to the right and instead of plowing a crater into the mountain, the merely crashed into its side, digging a mile-long trench along the mountain range.