Hello, everyone. I hope you are ready for a lot of action and immersion into the culture of the Mandalorian warriors, because this story is one of two that will provide each of those things. I'm doing this fanfic partly to honor the works that Karen Traviss created during her time as a Star Wars author, as her works were beyond exceptional in so many ways. They forced its readers to redefining the definition of classic good guys and bad guys, delved deep into moral issues set during the Clone War, and built up a fascinating culture that has developed a massive fan base across the globe, uniting people of all cultures through their love of Star Wars. Anyway, that's enough rambling on my part. Let's get started on making a legendary fanfic. May the force be with us all!
Hyperspace, Twenty Minutes from the Mandalore System
56 ABY
Edaan Palpatine sensed a great disturbance in the force as his ship, the Second Chance, rapidly closed the distance between the Mandalore system and the Second Chance. Even as he meditated in the Cockpit as Adari and Akku prepared to exit hyperspace, he could feel the death and destruction radiating through the force. Azzim's source wasn't kidding when the civil war was intensifying on the planet, recalling the briefing that Azzim and his bothan spy, Podo, had given him just before he, his crew, and Akku's thirty loyal Mandalorians, had started their four-day journey towards Mandalore. It had revealed that Boba Fett was leading a group of loyal Mandalorians against a splinter group called "Neo Death Watch" that had surfaced three years ago. Apparently, mandalorians Mirta Gev and Belok Rhal were commanders of the radical faction, which confused Edaan, as Mirta Gev was Boba Fett's granddaughter, and family was an essential part of Mandalorian society and culture. Unfortunately, Pobo could not identify the leader of the Neo Death Watch, but he had intercepted a transmission between Belok Rhal and the "Dragon Lord", the unidentified Sith lord that Vestara most likely served, about troop movements and weapons shipments in the Mandalorian cities of Sundari and Keldabe.
As neither Edaan nor Azzim could do anything with this intelligence, they decided to bring the intelligence to Boba Fett, in the hopes of creating an alliance between the three of them. Of course, that would mean that Boba would have to ally with the Jedi, with whom he bore a grudge against for the death of his father, legendary bounty hunter Jango Fett, as well as how former Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker sacrificed the lives of many Mandalorians during the Second Battle of Roche in order for then-Jedi Knight Jaina Solo to have a shot at killing her brother, the fallen Jedi Darth Caedus. Why can't anything about this quest ever be easy? Edaan idly thought to himself as he told Adari to pull the ship out of hyperspace.
As his girlfriend complied, he quickly sensed a death nearby, and yelled, "Get ready to fight our way to the planet! Akku, alert your men to be alert for any Neo Death Watch fighters." As Adari and Akku briefly acknowledged his orders, Edaan quickly made their way to one of the Quad-turrets, ready for a fight, but hoping to avoid one.
Well, that was an interesting chapter, to say the least. Now, if you're wondering what Mirta Gev is doing supporting the Neo Death Watch movement, don't worry. All will be revealed in time. If you have any questions about my characters, then read my first two stories, Jedi Odyssey: Escape and Jedi Odyssey: Recruitment. Oh, and if you have any other questions, the feel free to send me an email.
