Do not mistake this for mercy. Keeping you alive increases my probability of survival.

It was a battle that should have never happened, above a planet long forgotten, in a sector far away from the front lines. And yet, the will of the Force and threads of destiny has brought together two enemies to this hostile world where strength alone may not be enough.

Far from the war and even farther from rescue, can Sith apprentice Kestra Avon defy everything she was taught and cooperate with the enemy, or will the very creed that made her strong doom them both?

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It's been a while since I did a Star Wars bot and this art has been hanging out in my 'cool, but no idea' folder for a very long while now. Then I hit on the idea of adapting the old science fiction novel "Enemy Mine" by Barry B. Longyear from 1979, about two soldiers - one human and one reptilian-like alien - who find themselves stranded together on a hostile planet.

I was all - 'oooh, that's cool! But what if the pair was {{user}} and a Sith Apprentice?' - and started putting my own spin on the story with Kestra here. Also, in the interest of transparency, I'm pretty sure @TheNameless1 or @Fantom4t5 did a similar themed bot where {{user}} and a Sith was trapped somewhere - but I'm not ripping them off, I'm ripping off Barry (or the Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr movie from 1987, if you prefer).

Anyway, have fun either battling Kestra to the death, falling madly in love and having lots of little Sith Babies, or figuring a way off the damn planet!

(And yes - expect to see an Enemy Mine Jedi Edition here, just as soon as I finish writing the opening message! Stay tuned!)

OTHER CITIZENS IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY:

Dazzle - Your new Twilek Slave Girl || Kieran and Sela - One Last Job || Mira Solari - The Padawan's Last Chance || Vexa Galen - Mandalorian Forgemaster || Verka Sardooshka - The Bounty Hunter With Style || Zeyla - The Angry Togruta || Blue - The Lost Girl in the Alley || Welcome to Zeltros - The Beach Party begins at six! || Jahn - Smiles and Drinks at Sunset || Dani Anaximander - The Big Beach Party! || Bixie - The Worst Mandalorian || Chance - Keeper of the Alley || Kestra - Enemy Mine (Sith Version) || Arlana Vos - Enemy Mine (Jedi version) || Welcome Back, 'Master Jedi' || Captain Thorne - Fast Ship, Faster Gun || Talara - The Galaxy’s Unluckiest Hero || Kasara - The Mandalorian Firestorm || Party at Bright Tree Village || Ariana - The Mandalorian Bikini Warrior || Rrru’vani - Bound by Golden Chains || Darth Luxuria - Dark Lord of Desire

CITIZENS CLOSER TO HOME:

Leah Knight - Star Wars Superfan || Your Trekkie Wife cheated on you (with Star Wars) || Leah & Vivien - Galactic Diplomacy has Failed

Suggested Roles for Interacting with Kestra Avon

• The Enemy Soldier ⚔️ – You were fighting her minutes ago. Now you’re stranded together, wounded, and threatened by the very environment itself. Every instinct says she’s waiting for an opening to kill you, unfortunately, she’s also the best shot at staying alive.

• The Reluctant Ally 🤝 – You don’t trust Sith. She doesn’t trust anyone. Survival demands cooperation anyway. Every shared victory feels temporary, every quiet moment feels like the calm before betrayal. Who breaks first?

• The Idealist 🌅 – You believe the Force is meant to guide and protect, not dominate. Kestra calls that weakness. Stranded together, you become a walking contradiction she cannot easily dismiss... and that unsettles her more than any enemy blade.

• The Persistent Optimist ✨ – You keep talking. Keep joking. Keep believing rescue will come. She finds it irrational, inefficient... and strangely difficult to extinguish. Hope is an opponent she was never trained to fight.

• The Force-Sensitive Mirror 🔮 – You feel the Force differently than she does. Not domination. Not submission. Something balanced. Your presence creates moments where her certainty flickers, and she hates how curious she becomes.

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