Open rebellion

Steela as the newly elected leader of the rebels led them in a new open offensive.

"We have to get the population's attention and show them that we're the good guys."

She waited on the roof for the convoy. The two soldiers had been pulled out. Now the rebellion was on their own. The two of them were needed to convince the republic to assist in their efforts.


At the same time Crytek was sitting in a container. The Black Sun had taken Mandalor. As he listened to the sounds outside the doors were suddenly opened. "We are Death Watch. We are here to rescue you." Crytek used the time to look around. His training with the UST Lieutenant had sharpened his sense of surveillance. No Black Sun had been shot down. They all surrendered.

"You have my gratitude, soldier." Stressing the last word he turned his unit's attention to the matter. Their weapons and shields were placed in front of them. "We are Mandalorians. No one takes our homeplanet." the Death-Watch-trooper said.

Crytek decided to play along. "Let's first clean the trash out of here."


"Onderon needs our help." Rex explained. As one of the soldiers planetside he was called in to explain the situation to the senate and the jedi council. "Unfortunately we cannot do that. We have to secure our own borders." Rex was close to simply kill the arrogant senator. Erik put a hand on his friend's shoulder.

"If you don't want to be involved so borrow us a Consular-Class-Ship. The 13th Platoon will move out. We are not bound to your decision. Onderon requested help and we will give them that. "

The senator wanted to know why the soldier wanted a republican ship. Erik simply explained that at themoment no terran ship that was fast enough was on Coruscant. The only ships large enough to transport the platoon and still fast enough to reach Onderon in the next two days were the consular-ships.


Time skip


Steela took cover. This had changed into an all-out-civil war. The separatists gunships were tearing into the rebels' lines. She was about to sound the retreat when suddenly turbolaser bolts shot out of the sky and obliterated the droids. Looking up she saw a republican ship hover above the ground. A stream of soldiers fast roped down and engaged the droids. A woman disengaged and ran to the cover Steela and Ahsoka hid behind.

"Commander Tano?" Ahsoka nodded as a reply. "Lieutenant Winston is waiting on board the ship. You are ordered out. The 13th Platoon will take over for you." Ahsoka nodded. She hugged Steela for the last time. "Watch out for Lux. He's your luck in this galaxy." She whispered before she jumped up to the ship which zoomed away. Steela looked after her before the soldier pulled her behind cover again.

"We haven't met yet. Second Lieutenant Angeles. I'm leading the US Rangers here. We'll help you taking this planet back."

The new reinforcements were too much for the droids. Strykers cut through the lines wile the heavy tanks tore the MTTs and the AATs apart. In less than ten minutes the ambush was re-ambushed and destroyed. Suddenly the AA-Tanks received a new signature. "Ma'am! Three gunships heading for the camp!"

Steela panicked. "The king!" Lieutenant Angeles didn't waste time. "Strykers, move out! Leopards hold the line! Apaches, look if you can buy us some time!"

Above them Chopper nodded. He pulled his combat helicopter around and rushed towards the camp. His gunner spotted the droids and began firing the 20mm. Laser bolts cut through the droids but the gunship block it with its ray shield.

"Missiles away!" Chopper shouted as he fired. The Hydras managed to penetrate the shield but the armor was too strong for the small rockets. With a flick of his thumb he switched to the stronger Hellfire missiles. Together with his wingmen he fired at the droids. This time the rockets drilled into the gunship and destroyed them from within.

On the ground the Strykers broke through the lines of deployed droids. Laser bolts hammered against the shields but they were still holding. One made it through to the king and stopped right next to him. In the cover of the bulky vehicle he and his guards climbed into it.

"All units! Retreat! Move to the green zone!" The green zone was another cave system on the other side of the forest. Tanks had already been moved to protect it.

Erik greeted Ahsoka on board the ship. "Commander, you have been rerouted to lead the gathering. It should have been Skywalker's turn but he has to attend a security meeting. Apparently General Kenobi got a message from Duchess Satine. A coup d'état on Mandalor. So you have to fill in to teach the younglings how to build their lightsabers."

Landing at the Jedi temple he left the ship to meet with the Mandalor Infiltration Team. Obi-Wan waited for them. With him were Rex and the two ARCs Echo and Fives. Obi-Wan wore his bounty hunter gear.


The Twilight lowered itself on the platform. Obi-Wan went first to lure the mandalorian into the ship. "I think I have left them in the ship." Going in first the mando followed him. As the soldier entered he was overwhelmed by the troopers. Stripping him of his armor they outfitted their General with the iron.

Bo-Katan watched from her elevated position as a Sith-Trooper left the ship. One of her night-owls readied her weapon but her leader stopped her.

Erik turned to the clones. "Okay. Rex, you try to find Captain Crytek. Try the ATF-office. Fives, go with him. Echo, you and me will contact the resistance."

The teams split up. "You think it's a good idea to parade in republic gear?"

Erik nodded. "The people are under the control of the Sith-troopers. We look nearly like mandos."

Echo kept watch of his scanners as he noticed three fighures following them on the roofs.

"Erik." "I know." The Lieutenants turned into a dark alley. Staying in the shadows they waited as the three mando women jumped down to them.

"The Republic?" Erik nodded. "I know you saw Kenobi. This is ARC-trooper Echo. We are here to help."

Rex entered the police station. Hitting the registration desk lightly he got the secretary's attention. "We want to talk to Captain Crytek. Tell him Cobra need his help. He'll know what it means."

The whole station turned silent. Then movement was picked up again. The two troopers were pushed into an office.

"What can I do for you gentlemen?" a man, apparently Crytek asked them.

"Erik needs your help." "Ah, is it because of his snake again?" The man asked overly loud while he wrote something down. Can't speak openly. Bugs everywhere in this station.

Fives took over. "Yeah. He lost it again and send us to talk to you." Rex wrote down: Kenobi is attempting to free the Duchess. Erik is seeking the resistance. We need prove for a republican intervention.

Crytek nodded as he stood up. Searching through a shelf he said: "I heard his sister has a fun group to keep herself entertained while he is taking care of his pet."

He placed a file in front of them. My unit is with you. But half of this station is corrupt. Can't count on the other police departments Just us ATF. Fives took the file. "Thanks. Know we know the places we don't need to search."

Erik followed Bo-Katan to her secret safehouse. "Do you have a secure line?" The woman pointed at a holo-table. Erik typed in a combination and waited.

"Lieutenant Winston. Captain Tally. You wish?"

"I need Jango Fett ASAP."

"Patch him through Tally. Excuse her. The new femtroopers are kind of impulsive."

"I noticed. Anyway. We need you here on Mandalore."

Erik explained the whole situation with inputs from Bo-Katan.

Jango didn't want to believe. Sith had taken his homeplanet and most of Death Watch were cowardly enough to join them. He had known the Vizsla Clan always lusted for power but that they were stupid enough to collaborate with the sith.

"Tally, set course for Mandalore. Call all Cur-val Dar units."

Echo worked on the Night Owls' comms. "Can't fix it to our encryption as fast." "We only need one per group. See if you can relay the signal."

Erik cut the connection to Jango. "Reinforcement is on its way."


Rex coordinated with the ATF. Crytek went to the palace. Under the cover of a potential terror attack he placed his men around the plaza. Rex and Fives returned to the docks only to find the Twilight in pieces. "Erik, General Kenobi has been captured. We're tailing them."

Lieutenant Angeles was overseeing the loading process. The war has been won. Again the separatists had retreated with their tails between their legs. Good citizens had lost their lives before the Rangers broke into the city. Steela and Lux were the new favorite couple on the planet. The king had announced the plante's independence. However they will be represented in the senate by Senator Bonteri with Steela as his protection.

But the quiet before the storm was in the air. She had just accepted the king's blessings and was now boarding the USN Carrier Cherno. They had received a distress signal from the jedi academy cruiser and were slowly tracking the signal. As soon as they got a bead on them they would go and help them.

"Maul must really want you dead." Bo-Katan said as she saw the war. True mandalorians were battling the remains of Death Watch everywhere. Even the citizens had grabbed their old gear and joined the ranks of clones in Phase-I-Armor.

"You have no idea." Obi-Wan said. They hurried along the Plaza towards the Palace. Storming through the main entrance they were met by blaster fire of the corrupt Secret Service and Sith-troopers. They took cover behind the pillars while the Night Owls engaged their counterparts in the air. Rex, Erik and Fives were the front line and kept the Black-Ops-Mandos from coming through the stairs and engage them. Back behind them Echo engaged a Mando in a fist fight. Blocking a kick he threw one of his own which connected to the head, sending him flying. In the next second someone crashed into him. Turning around he faced a red mando who he shot at point blank. Turning back to push himself up he found himself lying on Bo.

"Mind to get up now?" The woman hissed.

Echo jumped up and engaged the enemy again. "Echo, stop flirting and get over here!" Rex shouted from the other side of the hall. Fives fired precise shots at the remaining Sith-troopers while Erik kept the suppressing fire on the stairs up. Behind them Kenobi had cleared a guard room.

"Clear, we can move up!" he shouted.

Crytek had his exact timing. When the True Mandalorians began to attack he and his men charged from the guard room against the Secret Service. The traitors were surprised from the ambush and didn't put on any resistance. As they pulled back into the throne room The ATF-unit and the Night Owls kept Sith-troopers from reclaiming it.

Obi-Wan charged through the mass of people. His light sword met a red one as Maul blocked his strike. "So eager to die, Kenobi!" he spatted. Behind him Savage prepared to strike. A figure crashed through the glass. Ventress jumped down and smoothed her fall with a roll. Her twin light sabers blocked Savage's double-sword. The four engaged in a furious duel.


Kelly hold her rifle at the man's head. "Lower your weapon." she said. The pirate had no choice but to comply. His companions were lying dead in the wreckage of their tank and their speeders. The shot had come out of nowhere. Then Armored vehicles had rolled onto the plateau. The mass driver cannon on the Stryker unit had processed the pirate tank to scrap metal. Now the Rangers were dealing with the surviving pirates. Stripping them of their weapons they scared them away.


Obi-Wan fought as furious as a Jedi could without turning dark. Especially Ventress being there calmed him down a lot. He was able to hold off Maul's enraged attack when she maimed Savage and left him to rest in pieces. It wasn't until she joined him and Maul had to split his attention the odds were evened.

Crossing the sabers their faces were close enough to bite the other but in the next moment they were separated again. Obi-Wan and Ventress stood back to back. Despite the situation both had to admit to like the slight brush of the other against them.

On the other side of the throne room Echo and Bo kept the Sith-troopers from entering. Some used their jetpacks to jump over the line of ATF-Officers. The two of them fought back to back. Bo had to admit that the clone fought like a real mandalorian. She cursed her period. She didn't like distractions and at this moment her haywire feelings were distraction. As a grenade landed at her feet she didn't think. She simply grabbed the clone and used her jetpack to propel them out of the blast radius. This time she landed on him. "You must really lust after me, don't you?" Echo teased her. "Just shut up and keep blasting." She said threateningly but her face betrayed her feelings. She cursed that she had lost her helmet back somewhere.

Echo fired his CS-6 over her shoulder to save her from a sword wielding Sith-trooper. "We need a long and private talk after this."

Next to them Rex and Fives kept shooting. Fives fired his sniper-version of the CS-6 at the mandos. Rex switched to his twin blasters as he needed to take care of multiple enemies at the same time.

"GUYS! OVER HERE!" They turned around. Erik stood at a door and waved at them.

Obi-Wan threw his lightsaber after Maul. He succeeded in taking a mechanical foot off but the Sith still managed to get into the shuttle. "Damn it!" Obi-Wan shouted angrily. Just as Ventress consoled him armored boots clanked against the platform. Multiple rockets soared past them as the Clones fired their PLEX-launchers while Bo fired the rocket from her jetpack. Erik switched his rifle into overcharge-sniper-mode and fired at the breach the rockets created. The damage from the attack sent the ship spinning towards the ground.


Jango looked up from his fight to see the royal shuttle crashing into their battlefield. He quickly disposed of his enemy and went to the wreckage to investigate. Just as he was about to open it a red lightsaber cut through.

"Get back!" he shouted to his clones. The troopers retreated back into their positions and concentrated on the sith-troopers.

Just then a part of the wreckage was kicked open as Maul emerged from it. Jango immediately ignited his jetpack and opened fire on him. He kept in mind that this one was a sith who rivaled Kenobi. Just then a sith-trooper crashed into him and tackled him down. Preparing for his end a red lightsaber cut through his opponent. Ventress reached down and helped the former Mandalor up. "Thank you." he said. "You're welcome." Both resumed the fight against the sith-troopers as Obi-Wan engaged Maul again. Block, Block, Strike. He entered a meditative state and let the force direct him. Let go of the anger and find your inner peace. He remembered Qui-Gon's lessons. Left, Right, Strike. He found a rhythm. Pushing Maul back and back until the sith's back hit a wall. One strike and his other leg was use less. Another sweep and the already crippled leg was cut off. One turn and the lightsaber fell in pieces. But as he moved to the last strike he stopped. He remembered the slaver: A jedi won't kill an unarmed man. He thought about the code. Many rules had already been broken: He loved Ventress. They had a strong relationship. He cared about his men. Cody was his best friend. Anakin didn't count as he saw him as a brother. He even accepted Ahsoka as a part of his family.

But there was one thing he wasn't: a cold blooded killer. He had seen clones fighting sentient beings. Most of them coped with it quite well but especially the newer seeked his guidance. Even if this one killed his former love. Even if he caused death. He, Obi-Wan couldn't do it. A hand rested on his shoulder. He looked up. Bo-Katan looked at him. Behind her the clones and Erik covered them and kept Sith-troopers at bay. The fight had come to an stop. Maul as the supreme leader of the Sith-trooper nearly beaten had his men watching. Mandalorians were always following the one who beat their leader. Obi-Wan shut his lightsaber off. "I'm not the only one who is in line of revenge for you." Bo raised her weapon. The same smug smile on her face when she had threatened Savage. "This is for chocking me and for killing my sister." she fired her weapon into Maul. One shot into his chest and one into his head. To be completely sure he was dead she placed a chip-bomb on him before she left the corner. As the place blew up she hugged Echo. "It is done." He patted her back and consoled her as the mando-woman let her tears flow freely.