The Revenants

by Morse333

The Galactic Civil War is over, but the fighting never ends. This is the story of The Revenants, a special forces team sworn not to fight for the Republic, but each for their own mutual hatred of the Empire. Though each has spent a lifetime at war, they find themselves fighting now to preserve a peace they may never live to see.

1. The Endless War

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The tale of the Galaxy is a history of endless war. Battles and bloodshed staining the Stars as far as the eye can see on the clearest of nights and continuing on through the ages. The horrors scar everyone and everything, leaving nothing but a burning hole in the hearts of the masses.

But the greatest falsehood in this tale is that war ends. People lie to themselves and say that wars one day stop. They hear about diplomacy winning the day, and calmer heads prevailing. They hear whispers of a dangerous word, peace, and they let themselves believe that it's real.

History has had innumerable moments where diplomacy seemed to win the day. The Galactic Constitution which ended a millennium of Chaos. The Surrender of Mandalorians that destroyed their Empire. The Nationalization of Trade Federation that put an end to the Clone Wars.

And now there is a Galactic Concordance, ending the Empire and this Galactic Civil War.

Wars don't end, they take momentary pauses in the public eye, but they never truly stop.

We know this because we are the Revenants, ghosts left over from forgotten battlefields.

It's not a love of the Republic and Democracy that keeps us fighting. It's not the sense of duty and honor that keeps us united.

It's our understanding of what war is, and the undeniable truth that the Empire will do whatever it takes to bring this galaxy down with it.

Because the Empire is being laid into their grave, and it'll be the Revenants that make sure that once they're dead, they stay that way.

- Kale Ramadi