The Legion fleet that destroyed the firebase makes its way through the shadow sector of the galaxy, controlled by the Legion. This force possesses five planets out there and their main planet that is more fortified but not as powerful as Reach, planet Kronos a dark planet where the sun doesn't really shine upon it.
The fleet makes its way towards Kronos where a planetary blockade is protecting the planet from enemy threats, it stands as eight Gladiator-class destroyers all lined up watching the fleet of ships arriving on time, they let them through however the ships are ordered to stay in space while Mordred comes out of his ship in a fighter, flying his way down to the planet to meet his master who is waiting for a report.
He lands down on a pad attach to this large tower that is the tallest building in this city, at the top you can see the entire city stretch miles from here, this dark city with hundreds of lights and ships flying around the place protecting the citizens from danger. Mordred leaves his fighter where it is and when he looks to the door he sees two elite enforcers here to escort him to his master, inside he walks down a few corridors until finally he meets his master in the main room with the man who is the senator of Kronos wearing a blue noble clothing and short blonde/yellow hair.
Darth Thanatos was talking with the senator until the two looks back when Mordred enters the room, the two elites stays outside while he walks up to his master who has the appearance of an old sith named Darth Malgus, he was once student to Darth Sidious just like Maul was but now he lies here on Kronos here to create an army to battle against the Republic.
Mordred walks up to Thanatos taking out a data chip he got from his technicians about the base, he lends it to his master. "I hope this will do well master."
He takes the data chip and looks back "You have done well my apprentice." He said then looks back to Senator Blackwell to hand him over and see what they got.
Blackwell takes the chip then leans back to press it through a data port where it will show a screen in front of them showing information on some planets, their ships and future ships coming soon and even the Spartans. Five minutes later he responds after he looks through the data "There's nothing here about Reach... they don't have it either..."
"We will find it eventually... they can't hide from us forever... Reach will be found."
"Master if i may..." Mordred speaks "Just why are we focusing all resources on finding Reach anyway? If what you say is true then Reach is the most fortified planet out there in the galaxy, how are we suppose to break through that?"
"We are hoped to test one of our deadliest weapons on that planet." He said placing his hands on the table leaning on it while looking through the screen. "Once Reach is found we can use it against them."
"We are still busy completing that ship and your friend Darth Bhaal is still looking for that battlestation." Blackwell said
"That is why we must find Reach and then we can focus our resources on the weapons."
"It's also a problem when they find out... they already know were after Reach and the moment they know they will send hundreds of ships to stop us."
"I am well aware of that senator Blackwell" He moves off the table "That is why we are going to win."
"Well if there is nothing for me here master then i will return to my quarters and meditate." He turns back and walks off.
"Hold on Mordred." Blackwell stands up causing him to stop "I notice that you have lost three ships... care to explain this?"
He turns back and Thanatos looks back to Mordred as well. "We got attacked by the fleet, they attacked our ships and when we escaped they manage to destroy the other ones engines."
"So in a way you left a ship to the Republic!?"
"Yes..." He looks at Thanatos "I will not make any excuses about this, i will accept any punishment."
"Hmn... go to your quarters Mordred, we will discuss about this later."
"As you wish master." He turns back and leaves the room.
Thanatos looks back to Blackwell then back to the screen. "That boy... he's going to cause too much problem to the Legion... with that ship in their custody they now know where Kronos is!"
"They will not attack Kronos." He looks back to Blackwell "We will target Reach before they attack us."
"You seem to rely on your apprentice too much, Thanatos... he's just a sith lord just like the rest of them."
"Not really... however he does have a very strong will of the dark side and the light, he has justice inside of him and he will use that and his rage on one man." He moved his hand over the screen to scroll it, seeing something that caused him to lean his head back "What's this..." he presses the screen and it does a zoom up, showing this ship that is no Republic or anything.
"What is it?" he looks at the ship "I have never seen any ship like that before."
"I have... once... i can't believe they left it there."
"Is this good?"
"Yes." He looks to Blackwell "This ship is strong enough to destroy many of their ships and it's also having the co-ordinance of Reach."
Blackwell sits back down then leans close to the screen "It says it's on Yavin 4, but is this ship good enough to waste my ships to retrieve?"
"This ship is a survivor of a powerful force that came here long ago, that force was defeated by the Republic however their next target... was Reach." The screen closes. "I need that ship."
"Fine then i will give seven ships on the hunt for that ship on Yavin, but that apprentice of yours better take responsibility for the men and women who died on those ships." He gets up off his chair then started to walk out of the room while Thanatos does the same, both head off elsewhere in the citadel.
Thanatos goes to Mordred's quarters but someone else was waiting for him there, standing near his door was Darth Bhaal, another apprentice of Darth Sidious and has the armour and appearance of another old sith named Darth Revan, standing there with his arms crossed leaning against the wall looking over to Thanatos.
"So what's the word around here Thanatos?" He said coming off the wall and walks over to him.
"We have discovered a covenant ship that's still operational."
"Covenant? I thought they were destroyed long ago."
"They were destroyed but not all ships are removed, there are three or four are still operational but are hidden on planets. We may have found one."
"Well you can go after that one; i am still busy with something else."
"Are you still trying to find the knowledge of another powerful race out there?"
"It is fascinating to see how powerful these races are and they always end up leaving some stuff around for the taking." He slowly takes off his helmet showing he's human, having short blonde hair and green eyes and has a scar on his left side of his face by a Lightsaber. "Once i find this weapon then the Republic and the Jedi will be destroyed."
"We need three powerful weapons to destroy the UNSC, that ship from the covenant, our new class ship still in development and finally that battlestation you keep talking about."
"I know." He walks past him then taps on his shoulder "Don't forget about the Jedi we brought here." Then he walks off.
Thanatos looks back to him then he heads inside to speak to Mordred who sit on the bed on his knees having his eyes closed not wearing his armour, he wears black robes a sith would wear and has black long hair that reaches over his ears and a bit of red strikes through it, he has his eyes closed but when Thanatos enters the room he reveals his red eyes to him. When Thanatos enters the room the door shuts behind him standing there while Mordred gets up off the bed and stands in front of him.
"You have given us information on a covenant class assault carrier and you are going to find that ship and bring it to me."
"Understood master... and my punishment?"
"No." He turns back "You have a job to do." He walks out of there "Find the ship and bring it to Dromund Kaas."
"As you wish master."
"Oh..." He turns back "You will be accompanied by another sith." He then leaves and goes off elsewhere.
He lets a deep sighs then started to get ready, Thanatos makes his way to another room coming to this large one for him and all the Jedi he had taken from that citadel. All of these Jedi's will soon become sith but they can't really train here on Kronos, they will soon go to a sith temple where they will become full blown sith because they have no choice, if they are found by the Republic then they will be killed or sent back to the citadel. Thanatos enters the room causing some of them to turn their heads to him, seeing some practicing their Lightsabers but they lowered them when Thanatos enters the room, knowing that something is about to happen.
Thanatos stands there looking at them all while they look back at him, he stares at them all thinking which one to bring out of this room until he stops and points at a female who is a Twi'lek who served the Jedi for four years until she was casted into the citadel with the rest of the Jedi. She is a red Twi'lek named Ardana.
She walks up to Thanatos "What do you need master?"
"I have a job for you."
Outside on the hanger where Mordred placed his fighter he was preparing to leave, placing his helmet back on as he walks to the fighter but he turns back seeing Ardana walking up to him. "Darth Thanatos ordered me to assist you on this task to find the Covenant ship, is there going to be any problems?"
"No." He shakes his head
"Well good." She walks past him "I am looking forward on helping you on this matter."
He looks back then walks with her on the fighter getting him in pilot while she stays co-pilot, taking flight and flying back into space again avoiding this Imperial-class Star Destroyer that comes flying over the citadel. Mordred flies back to their ship where they will prepare to make a jump to another planet, this ship and three more Gladiator-class destroyers and two Imperial-class destroyers who comes flying into space to join the fleet, they will make the jump to a planet called Yavin 4 where they will begin their hunt for a Covenant Capital Ship 'Shadow of Intent'.
Coruscant where the Spirit of Fire and that captured ship makes its way to the planet to a location where they can land that destroyer to the surface, the team on the ground are already prepare to escort the prisoners off the ship and to also help assist the technicians on collecting the data on the consoles on the bridge, both Anakin and Obi-wan walks off the ship making their way to the Jedi temple so they can take a break from this however Spartan Thorne got contact, getting new orders then started to run after the two Jedi to let them know.
"Skywalker! Kenobi!" he shouts when he runs up to them making the two turn back. He takes off his helmet before saying anything else. "We got new orders... we're going to the chancellor."
"Really?" Anakin asks
"It's about the next mission."
The two looks at one another then back to him "Guess we won't be taking a break anytime soon." Anakin said
"And i thought you finally wanted to get out of the temple."
"Yeah but i didn't expect stuff like this all the time."
The three will get picked up by a pelican that flies down near the destroyer, here to escort them to the chancellor. The three sits on board with a few marines as well looking at one another not saying a word to one another until Anakin finally decided to say something about something that got him curious.
"I have to ask... Is the Legion causing real trouble to the UNSC?" He asks Thorne
"We may have lost many firebases but it will take more than that to destroy us." He response "They're just removing outposts so they can move through undetected."
"Isn't this because what you guys did long ago?"
"We... were not allowed to speak about that Anakin... that book of classified and i don't really know much about what really happen out there in the shadow sector."
"I am not judging you Spartans or the UNSC for what you did." Obi-wan said "But i heard the UNSC did destroy a city because of that..."
"Look it's not exactly what happened..."
"Then what happen out there on Taiko?" Anakin asks then looks out seeing the hatch opening up.
"Touchdown in two minutes."
Thorne stands up grabbing his helmet standing by the hatch looking out at the view. "All you have to know is that we had no choice."
They touch down and Thorne walks off of it and so does Anakin and Obi-wan afterwards, the pelican flies out of there while the two walks to the front entrance seeing two blue Spartans standing there and four more comes through the door with Mace Windu in front of them, here to see them and escort them all back to the chancellor Palpatine who is waiting for them and even captain Del Rio of the UNSC ship Infinity.
"Congratulations on capturing one of the Legion ships, the UNSC have lost the firebase but at least we got what we wanted." Palpatine said looking at the group. "Soon the co-ordinance on Kronos will be found."
"Thank you Excellency but what seems to be the problem now?" Anakin asks
"We may know what they are after." He presses something showing a hologram of the covenant capital ship.
"What is that?"
"It's a covenant capital ship." Del Rio said walking closer to the table standing next to Palpatine looking at it. "We looked through the data on what that firebase had and this ship could be something the Legion want. This is one of the few lost ships of the Covenant Empire after the war ended."
"I thought the Covenant was destroyed fifty years ago." Obi-wan said
"They were destroyed... but not all ships got taken out." He moves back "Reports saying that there are only four Covenant class ships left out there in the galaxy, we couldn't really find them but we decided to leave them be."
"And you bring this up now..." Mace said "You seem to be hiding alot of information from us."
"I am well aware of all of that master Windu." Palpatine said "I know what you're talking about and i am also aware about the situation of the UNSC especially the whole accident that happen on Jedi temple."
"The Legion was the real problem on what happen to the temple especially what happen on Taiko, we simply finish what the Jedi could not finish." Del Rio said
"What exactly happen on Taiko anyway?" Anakin asks
"It's not important right now." Del Rio replied "All you have to know is that we know that the Legion is after this ship, if they find it they can unlock its secrets and maybe it will show them what they have always been looking for."
"The location of Reach." Said Palpatine
"The way things are going its like Reach will fall if they know of it." Thorne said
"That is true but we shouldn't underestimate an enemy Spartan Thorne." Palpatine said "What reports could be true that the sith are in league with the Legion however we don't have any good proof about that yet, right now we should focus on protecting our military force against the Legion."
"Sounds like Reach is about to get into the middle of this war." Obi-wan said
"Reach will never fall i can guaranty that." Del Rio said "Now then can we finally look back to this. This ship is located on a planet called Yavin 4 so if we make our way there we could stop them before they can commandeer that ship, it will take them some time for them to actually get it operational so we have time to get to that planet and destroy the ship, it's the only way to stop them from using it."
"So you're sending us?" Anakin looks at Mace then to Palpatine
"We will be going to the planet, we will try to take the ship and make sure... that we don't cause another catastrophic out there again." Mace looks at Del Rio then to Thorne.
"I have full faith in you Jedi and Spartans to team up like the old ways, together you can stop the Legion before they bring the war across the galaxy."
"We will get right on it." Thorne turns back and places his helmet back on.
"Well i guess i should return to my ship, we will be leaving in ten minutes." Del Rio also leaves the room looking at Mace as he walks past the Jedi.
The three bows to Palpatine before they take their leave, the three Jedi will take their leave walking down the corridor both Mace and Obi-wan talks to one another while Anakin stays behind them, he looks at Del Rio while he was talking to Thorne then he looks back to the two.
"You seem to dislike the UNSC." He looks at Mace
"They don't seem to go well for us although it's hard to trust them today."
"It's because of that terrorist attack from a rogue Spartan." Obi-wan said
"I heard about that, three years ago it happened in the temple right?"
They stop and looks back to him "A Spartan are super soldiers fit for war and to take care of any enemy threat to the Republic, to be honest they are like a Jedi but instead of bringing the peace they bring the war and remove hostile threats."
"Isn't that what were suppose to do? Isn't that what were going to do when we meet the sith again?"
"That is true Anakin but a rogue Spartan has never happened before, this black Spartan ended up blowing up part of the Jedi temple, fifty Padawan are dead and a couple of Jedi were injured in the blast. This isn't the first time the UNSC has cause many problems to the Republic."
"But master Windu they have helped the Republic." Obi-wan said "Without them the Covenant Empire would continue to glass more planets, they helped us and since eighty percent of the Spartans are all asleep in those pods."
"I know... that's why it's best to know your ally well." He looks to the side at Del Rio walking past them with Thorne and other Spartans. "But they are very protective against alot of stuff; i don't really trust their military strategy."
"Taiko happened because there was no other way, it had to come to that and if the senate chose the Jedi then this war would continue then."
"Yes..." he started to walk off.
They soon do the same thing, making their way back outside where Gabriel Thorne stands there loading his assault rifle by a pelican, looking back seeing Anakin and Obi-wan coming out walking up to him. As they keep walking Anakin stops and looks up seeing the Infinity flying over this city, seeing how big that large ship is then looks back and catches up with Obi-wan and Thorne.
"That's the Infinity?!"
"Yeah." Thorne said looking over to him "Beautiful isn't it?" He walks forward then looks up at it "It has been in major wars... we almost lost it once... but we still have it."
"You should see the other Infinity warship." Obi-wan said to Anakin
"There are two of those?" He looks back to Thorne
"There were three of them but one was destroyed during the Covenant war, the other one is still in development on Reach." He looks back seeing Mace is nowhere to be seen. "Where's Windu?" He asks Obi-wan
He looks back "He will be coming soon."
Soon Mace Windu appears rejoining the group. "Sorry i am late." He said when he walks up to the pelican "I needed to clear my mind."
"It's cool." Thorne said "Welcome back to the UNSC." He turns back and walks back inside the pelican. "Let's get on board."
The three make their way inside and the hatch closes up, they sit down together while the pelican makes its way to the infinity, seeing it slowly moving up in the sky preparing to leave the city and go into space. Many pelicans make their way to the hanger of the Infinity before it had a chance to leave, in space it will be accompanied by four Venator-class Destroyers all aiming outwards into space.
Captain Del Rio looks out at the view when they come into space, looking at the Venator destroyers then looks back seeing the three Jedi entering the bridge. "Welcome aboard the Infinity." He looks to Laskey "Lieutenant Laskey prepare to jump to Yavin."
"Understood sir."
The fleet of ships started to fly out into space then soon they all make the jump out of here, getting the Infinity to jump into slip space last. With both sides making their way to one planet only one force will make it out of there and it will not go well for either side as this will reveal the sith are finally with the Legion, working together to take on the UNSC and the Republic.
