A/N: This is only if an O/C team of clone commandos entered when Shepard and team arrive at the Citadel from Virmire. Also assuming the Mako is able to carry six people/ because in ME 2 squad characters from ME act like they were with you on Ilos even if your transfer game didn't use them. Another assumption is that Star Wars' Basic language is similar to Earth's English language.

This is mostly from the commandos' side so the fights have ME characters fighting but will not go into detail about Shepard's fighting. This uses the "Paragon" Shep. Later on there will be one part, at least, where people will definitely yell about it but I say whatever...it is a story sometimes things don't have to make entire sense just make it work for yeah. Thoughts

Review, comment and criticize but do be respectful. Not my first fanfic, just the first one posted.

P.S. Yes my username and Titles suck. Story writing I can do; name creation I cannot.

Update: Domenion I fixed the grammar issue you spotted for me and I will spread it to the rest of my work.

I'm going though every chapter and fixing more things I found inconsistent, and putting the Mandalorian translations at the bottom of each chapter...


Intro

The Clone Commando unit, Sigma Squad, prepared for another mission for the Republic. But unbeknownst to anyone, this mission would turn very odd. The clones were trained by Vhonte Tervho, a Cuy'val Dar handpicked by their genetic donor Jango Fett. Some of the clones trained by her would call her mother or buir. The team in many ways was similar to the infamous Delta Squad. Sigma's leader, RC-2473, Araniik, could match Boss in both strategy and hand-to-hand combat. RC-2472, Beviin, was second-in-command and also equal to Fixer's hacking skills. RC-2433, Prudii, was one of the best snipers Vhonte has ever trained and he might be able to beat Sev in a competition but Sev's sadistic view would always keep the two at a distance. And finally RC-2445, Rang, was their demolition expert and medical chief; the one thing Scorch couldn't boast about being, medically proficient.

Vhonte gave them these names to tell them they were not just one of millions of clones created but specialist that could do their job better than the rest. Even though she was their drill sergeant for these four and others, she treated them as if they were her children even if she didn't show it like a normal mother. Vhonte could best be described as something between the strict Walon Vau and the caring Kal Skirata; she showed that she cared about them by training them to be the best and taught them how to survive alone and as a team. Araniik in Mando'a meant cordon, Beviin meant lance, Prudii was shadow and Rang translated to ash. The only reason most of the Republic knew Delta and not Sigma was because Delta was the first unit to have custom paint on their armor to identify themselves easily; the elimination of Sun Fac on Geonosis, continuing the mission of the mostly destroyed Theta Squad; destroyed a droid factory deep within the Geonosian catacombs, and to top that off, they also destroyed a Separatist core ship, stole the launch codes and the team never lost a member. Delta was good - but Sigma was just as good.

It has been over a galactic standard year since that fated day on Geonosis but it seemed that Sigma had caught a break. Their current mission involved a simple 'find and extract' objectives. Scans of a remote Mid Rim world revealed unusual energy signals that not even the Separatist use. They were to find it and secure it for transport, but Sigma knew nothing was ever that simple.

Gearing Up

Araniik carried all of the armaments that one would expect a clone commando to carry but he also wore a kama with a pair of DC-15s and underneath the kama hid a pair of ACP repeaters he 'relinquished' from some Trandoshan thugs on Coruscant. He had worked with Beviin to fix the overheating problem the ACP's are well known for having. Araniik's DC-17m had all of the available attachments. The armor he wore has been painted in honor of his teacher, Vhonte Tervho; a dark red covered most of the armor and black lines going down the middle of his body and legs. Araniik had also added a black Mythosaurs skull on his right shoulder guard and was given Jaig eyes for his dedication and saving his squad and gunships his squad use on multiple occasions. He carries thermal detonator tape in his pack for Rang while he carried most of the heavier explosives. Sometimes his brothers would call him Aran for short. Aran's chest had four dots on his left chest plate like Boss, to signify he was in charge of them. Araniik attached the warrior helm to the sides of his helmet; he had a warrior shield on his left shoulder guard and blaster pack around his right leg.

Beviin had taken two Geonosian force pikes as trophies after taking down his first kills alone on Geonosis. Both pikes were the electrically charged variant so they could do a number on either droid or organic opponent. The pikes are also collapsible for easy transport. Like Fixer he has three dots on his left chest plate to represent he was responsible for three lives, which included his own. Unlike Fixer though, Beviin had bonded more socially with his brothers of Sigma. Beviin's slicing skills were on par with that of the 'legendary' Fixer, as some of the other commandos viewed him back on Kamino. Rang would sometimes use the name Bev for him when he's joked with him. Beviin had no preference with his DC-17m but he was normally seen with the blaster attachment on with the blaster pack on his leg like Araniik. Beviin had a thermal scanner on his left shoulder, his backpack had a comm. pack attached to the top and his left arm carried a holo emitter. Even with everything Bev had he still carried a knife strapped to his left leg saying he would rather have one and not need it then need it and not have it. Bev had painted his armor with patters of light blue. Most of the designs do not have any particular meaning unless you asked Bev.

If Rang, Scorch and Sev were in one room together, by the end of that day the three of them would come out as good drinking buddies. Rang kept track of his kills for a mission and compared it to his brothers. Only Araniik openly entertained Rang by playing along every now and then but Beviin and Prudii tended to ignore him. Sometimes, on rare occasions, Beviin would also join in this 'fun'. His backpack was filled with any explosive the squad might need. Rang has found the 'perfect' system, as he called it. His pack was filled with so many explosives most of the crew from the Acclamator Atonement, the ship he and his squad were currently stationed on, were worried that half the ship would blow up if he ever got bumped into. Rang called it perfect because even if he started to use anything in his pack, no matter how much he moved the explosives will be unmoved somehow. Rang favored the anti-armor attachment for his DC-17m with extra ammo around his right leg. Rang's favorite weapon outside Republic standard was the LJ-50 concussion rifle with an EMP bayonet. Rang's left arm held a bacta pack for immediate medical use. His right shoulder has the trooper guard accessory, the helmet had the airman shield and Rang also had a pair of conc tubes attached to the sides of his backpack. Rang's armor was patched with dark orange color. He also had blast marks and carbon scoring all over his armor. Rumor amongst the clones is that the marks were what were left of experiments of Rang's gone awry.

Prudii was always quieter than his brothers. Prudii always had his DC-17m's sniper rifle attachment and basic blaster attachment with him, a modified Wookiee Bowcaster and the reliable DC-15s in a holster on his right leg. The bowcaster had that special cocking mechanism necessary for anyone other than a Wookiee, due to the tremendous strength normally required to pull the quarrel back. Prudii added a strap so he could just hang it around his neck resting the bowcaster on his chest. He had the bowcaster set to a single-fire mode because of his sniping tendencies and his hate for wasting ammo. Prudii wore a bandoleer across his left shoulder that carried his DC-17m ammo but mostly carried quarrel packs just for his bowcaster. His backpack was usually filled with the normal supplies along with a special attachable scope and a pair of recon droids. When the Night Ops Armor first became available, he jumped at the chance and was one of the first commandos to get this new, improved black armor. After getting the armor, he modified his gauntlet vibroblade having it extend about eight centimeters more than his brothers and adding a second one for his other gauntlet. Prudii also painted his personal bowcaster black to match. He added an electrobinocular visor to his helmet and sniper pack on his right shoulder guard. The rest of the squad was content with their basic white the new Mark III Katarn-class armor came with adding their personal paint jobs.

The Briefing

In the special stealth gunship the squad got a briefing from their clone advisor displayed on a holo. "All right Sigma, Intel says that you're not expecting any Seps but you and I both know that whatever Intel says expect something worse." Despite being just a clone advisor CC-05/371 had become an unofficial Sigma member and learned the rules the Mandalorian Cuy'val Dar had taught the commandos. "Remember squad, just get in there and find the energy source. If you can extract it without heavy lift then call for immediate evac, otherwise hold position. This system has had reports of Separatist activity so the fleet will wait at the edge of the system if you need assistance. K'oyacyi, Sigma."

They arrived in the dead of night repelling down the gunship. The team carefully and slowly advanced through the forested area to their destination making sure there were no droids or Separatists allies hiding in the bush. When they were about eight hectometers from the target, the advisor gave them a heads up. "Sigma, Dagger did a fly by scan and it doesn't look good. Multiple hostiles are moving in on the energy source."

Araniik asked, "How many and where?"

"Everywhere. You're surrounded. It doesn't look good Sigma; I'm detecting a mess of B1s companied by Supers and at least four Destroyers. Wait I missed at least three Commando Droids, damn things were masking their energy signal. Careful squad, the scan was for active droids only so expect the possibility of droid dispensers, Geos…or worse."

Aran copied, "Thanks for the warning, Dag. Alright boys, you heard the man let's move it. Double time!"

When they reached the site they found an unusually large and smooth looking device with a blue core with two metal rings revolving around it. The sphere was surrounded by a stationary metal piece that extends out to points that don't connect. Rang noted, "Now that is one scary looking thing. Hey Bev, think this thing is a weapon?"

Beviin ignored Rang as he was trying to hack the thing. I can't slice it, I don't see a command console of any type and I don't see a way of getting under the metal. Those antennas might be of some sort of significance here. As Beviin contemplated the situation, Prudii quietly removed one of Bev's force pikes and jabbed it into a small crack he spotted.

No one noticed until Prudii started grunting as he was having trouble with removing the panel. With Araniik's help, the two commandos made an opening. With luck, none of the droids heard the metal plate as it slapped the muddy ground. Handing Beviin his pike back, Prudii told him, "Open. Analyze." Prudii then picked up the metal sheet and handed it to Rang, "Test what will destroy it." After Rang took the piece, Prudii was spotting the forest with the DC-17m blaster. He turned off his lights and looked at Araniik, "Scouting," entering the forest alone. Prudii wasn't going to be too far, but if the droids were coming he wanted to give his brothers a sign before it's too late.

Araniik had to report what they had found. "Dag can you hear me?"

Their advisor answered, "Loud and clear, Aran. What's the situation down there?"

"We found our odd device and it's truly alien. It's not like any design the Kaminoans or Cuy'val Dar taught us. And it's big. Sending feed now." Araniik pressed a few buttons on the side of his helmet.

It was a few minutes before Dag responded. "Your right Araniik. No database has any information about…that. Hang tight, we'll be coming in about twenty minutes for extraction. Expect Jedi reinforcement."

Araniik turned off his communicator and turned to his second. "So Beviin, what did you find out about our new toy."

"If the data is correct, then we're looking at a very advance mass accelerator capable of…theoretically…sending a ship from one point to another. But the catch is, this thing needs a 'partner' that will slow down whatever goes through. No data on how it ended up here or who built it though. But the data indicates that it was recently activated and it was activated at least one other time, roughly 50,000 years ago, give or take a few hundred years."

Aran then asked, "Rang, what can you say about the material it's made out of?"

"It's durable, that's for damn sure. Been trying not to draw a crowd, not like the blue hue wouldn't do it, so I've used the base chemical compounds to…" Rang looked back at Araniik, who even through his helmet, didn't want to hear the details, "Right, sorry about that. Anyway if you want this thing gone, I'd have to use every explosive I have. But I'm not including that blue stuff. I ain't touching that stuff even if I had five hazmat suits over my armor and one of those isolation boxes with the push in glove holes. But saying that, the blue junk looks unstable to me. So I might just need enough to set a chain reaction to leave a large crater here. My only concern, Aran, is that you asked and we might not be able to out run the blast in time, even if the gunship could get us out."

Aran quickly said, "Set a change then."

Rang was shocked, "I…I…I'm sorry sir, but WHAT?"

Bev also didn't like the ideal either, "Sir, he's right. This thing could be one of the Republic's biggest scientific finds in history…"

"Or the Seps could learn to use it against us. If Atonement or the other ships don't get here in time, then we have no choice but to blow this thing…and us included." Araniik regretted saying that last part but it was a fact none of them could escape. Suddenly the radio pinged. It was Prudii. He normally was radio silent, even during mission debriefings. "What's wrong, Prudii?"

"Clankers." His voice was calm and quite when he talked. A series of blaster fire exchange can be heard in the background. Prudii was smart enough to know when he was out matched but until then, the team doesn't have much time left to prepare. Rang began making that special explosive with a detonator but if they all die before any of them could use it, he also set the charge to a monitoring device that would self detonate once the last vital sign goes flat. Rang hoped he doesn't have to rely on that. Beviin was still going through the systems in an attempt to find a 'deactivation code' or 'shut off protocols' or something in hopes of keeping it for the Republic. Sadly, even with all of his technical know-how, Beviin was coming up empty. There was no way of hiding the shine from the blue object and Araniik was wearing himself out as he moved stones and fallen trees for cover, using the device as a shield for their back. With Araniik and Rang finished setting thing up, Prudii came back on the radio. Blaster fire can be heard louder than ever and it was becoming visible to the squad, "Falling back."

The three of them took cover behind the makeshift defenses, ready for a fight. Prudii saw the placement and slid behind one of the trees. He was exhausted, his helmet may not have produced any sounds but his chest was heaving heavily. Quietly, Aran called their advisor, "Come on Dag, where are you?"

Their advisor answered them, "Sorry Sigma, but we've run into a droid blockade. They must really want the device. Do you think you guys can hold out for another twenty minutes?"

Rang replied, "Dag, I don't think we even have eight minutes."

Beviin shouted, "Here they come."

Looking at Rang, Prudii just said, "Sixty-four."

Rang had to ask, "What?"

Prudii repeated, "Sixty-four."

Rang then suddenly understood, "Oh. Well looks like I have some catching up to do then, huh?"

Prudii remembered Dag's number count and gave his brothers a rough update, "Eight Supers. One Commando. One Droideka. Fifty B1s."

Prudii had always counted the number of kills he got and by type, he just never had a reason to talk about it. He figured if this was going to be his last mission with his brothers, then he was going to at least tell Rang his kill count thus far.

They all remember the strength and weakness of each droid type; B1 used numbers to over whelm opponents because they are relatively weak individually, B2 or Supers were powerhouses that take more of a beating to put down however were sometimes impeded by their own size, Droidekas or Rollers had shield generator that protected them from conventional weaponry yet they can only use the shield when they stood up and it took about five seconds before they deploy their shield when shifting forms and Command Droids were created in response to the Clone Commandos; smart, quick, tough and deadly accurate, these droids were the worst, especial with the voice changing feature and bodies that can don humanoid armor, although they aren't normally used because it cost the Separatist a lot of credits just to build one. The first droids were the B1 and they could easily be taken down with a single shot. Out of the shadows the last two Commando Droids appeared. Both of were using two B1s that were destroyed as shields to soak up the fire. It would have worked to, if Rang hadn't tossed an EMP grenade at their feet just before it detonated, leaving the droids no time to react. Even when the Supers started appearing, Sigma was holding just fine until the Droidekas joined the fray. The droids unfolded and activated their shields behind the tree line.

Araniik didn't like the situation, "Damn it! Rang, are your explosives ready to go?"

Rang took cover to answer, "Yeah, but I don't think it the best time to…"

Before he could finish, Prudii shouted, "Bugs!" He took down the first Geonosian he saw with a well-placed shot between the eyes.

Aran asked, "Prudii, do any of them have sonic blasters and are there any Elites?"

Prudii answered, "None yet," focusing his fire on the incoming bugs.

Aran ordered, "Keep them away from here. Rang now would be a good time to set it up."

Rang joked, "Right, let's make the Seppies even madder than before. Too bad I'll probably be dead before I see the reaction of the rust-bucket leader losing a new toy." Rang was placing the explosives as close to the blue stuff as he wanted. He covered it with one of the downed B1's backpack.

Aran requested a status report, "Bev I hope you know how this thing works."

"In theory, but without its 'partner' there's a good chance we'll die."

"We're dead if we stay here." After Rang got back into the action, Bev began to figure out how it worked. Araniik called their gunship pilot, "Dagger, are you still with us?"

"I'm here Sigma. What's up?"

Aran said, "We're in deep here. We need air support."

Dagger asked, "Do you want an evac?"

"Negative. We plan on blowing this thing to hell and back. All we need is more time to figure out how it works and to detonate."

The comm. was silent for a moment. Then Dagger responded, "Copy that, Aran. It has been an honor to fly with you guys since Geonosis." Dagger got off the comm. and looked back into the gunship. "Alright crew, let's show Sigma what we can do and send them off with a bang."


Rang was fighting hand to hand against a duo of Geonosians, "Bugs with pointy sticks, very pointy sticks!"

"Keep it together Sigma. Bev, status report!"

Beviin was trying to finish, "Just…about…got it! We have to input our mass and run for the base here to the two prongs for it to propel us. We'll have to go in a specific order because each of our masses are different."

Aran understood, "OK then, Rang goes first."

"What? Why am I always the test subject?"

Aran simply answered, "Because you're the one with all the explosives. Bev's next, then Prudii. I'll detonate the thing…and hope I can make it though."

The advisor contacted Sigma Squad. "Aran, what the fierfek are you planning down there? I'm getting reports that you're going to try and blow it up."

"That's the plan, Dag. Best to destroy it, than let the Seps get their grease cover hands on it."

Dag was quiet but soon answered, "Good luck Sigma… Ni su'cuyi, gar kyr'adyc, ni partayli, gar darasuum: Araniik, Beviin, Rang, Prudii. Re'turcye mhi!"

The stealth gunship had just arrived and it was doing a number on the droid forces. With its prototype armor and paint, the droids were having a hard time getting a lock on it. The bugs didn't have a problem but the sonic blasters were not strong enough to affect the gunship or its crew. That distraction had given Bev enough time to enter their masses. "Aran, it should be ready now!"

"Ori'jate Bev! Rang go!"

Taking a deep breath, Rang ran alongside the thing, "Fierfek this is going to hurrrrttttt…"

"Your turn Bev." Without whining like Rang Beviin was shot through. "Prudii hurry."

Prudii shouted Vode An, Brothers All, while running through. The droids had stopped trying to take out the gunship and were now focused on the sole commando.

"Dagger I need time for a good run and preferably not have to worry about a stray shot hitting me."

"Roger that Aran. Missiles away." The missiles had blow the forest line back a few meters along with the crossing craters in the ground.

"Thanks Dagger. Now get out of here! I'm going to blow this thing soon."

"Copy that. We'll see you on the other side someday."

"Yeah well, that day better not be today." Aran waited for the gunship to at least start to leave the planet before he pressed the detonator. Aran was running when he pushed it and tossed the detonator behind one of the rock they were using. Seconds after Araniik was sent off, the pack exploded. Rang was right about the blue stuff because once the explosion made contact, it was like shooting a blaster in a fireworks warehouse. The blast's radius was massive, as it destroyed all Separatist forces on the planet and one-third of the continent it was on.


A/N: I finally split this huge chapter into 3. I was lucky that it fit my '3000 word per chapter' preference.

Mandalorian Translation: Cuy'val Dar- "Those who no longer exist"

Araniik(ah-RAHN-eek)- cordon(a line of people, military posts, or ships surrounding an area to close or guard it)

Beviin(BEH-veen)- lance

Prudii(proo-DEE)- shadow

Rang(rahng)- ash

K'oyacyi(Koy-AH-shee!)- 1. "Cheers!" 2. Can also mean: "Hang in there" or 3. "Come back safely." Literally, a command; "Stay alive!"

Ni su'cuyi, gar kyr'adyc, ni partayli, gar darasuum.(Nee soo-COO-yee, gar keer-AH-deesh, nee par-TIE-lee, gar dah-rah-SOOM)- I'm still alive, but you are dead. Daily remembrance of those passed on "I'm still alive, but you are dead. I remember you, so you are eternal." Followed by repetition of loved ones' names.

Re'turcye mhi(ray-TOOR-shay-MEE)- Goodbye - lit. "Maybe we'll meet again"

Ori'jate(OR-ee-JAH-tay)- Excellent

Fierfek- Huttese slang for poison, adopted by clone commandos as a curse word

Vode An(vohd-ay ahn)- Brothers All, also the name of a song taught to some of the clones by the Cuy'val Dar