Good afternoon, everyone. How are you all doing on the warm day of March 28, 2018? I'm doing well, as I did some homework, mowed my parents' lawn, and planned to buy Injustice 2: Legendary Edition tomorrow. Hey, I just realized that I've written over three hundred pages, and over 160,000 words, in this story in under three months. I can't believe how much I've been inspired to write for a friend. By the way, I still want you to know that, over the next few weeks, I've got a lot of schoolwork to take care of, not to mention the load of work that I'll be getting in a couple of days, so my updates will be more sporadic than I would like. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but school and my job come first for me in life. Anyway, I'd better get started, as I have a lot of homework to continue tomorrow, and to prepare for my challenging four days of work that start on Friday. May the Force and Iluvatar be with me. Oh, before I forget, this chapter will have the RWBY characters appear, with many other forces appearing afterwards in order to aid the Shadow Alliance. Just a heads-up for those who haven't watched the show.

Two Days Later

Eighteen Days Until the Shadow Alliance Summit on Lah'mu

In the Lah'mu System

Onboard the Venerator-class Star Destroyer Tenacious

Former Imperial Navy Captain Dalin Denimoor could hardly believe the visitors that had appeared in front of the Shadow Alliance fleet. As of now, the fleet had been comprised of ship designs that he was familiar with from his time in the Republic and Imperial Navy. However, he did not expect to see a fleet of twenty capital ships that looked like various variations of advanced ground tanks, despite advance warning from Tau Palpatine and Viridian Mallory.

Recovering from his euphoria at seeing such strange ships, he motioned for his communications-officer to open a transmission, and he authoritatively said, "This is Captain Denimoor of the Shadow Alliance's navy. To whom am I speaking to?"

Immediately after, a holographic projection came into focus, and revealed a man with black spectacles and a cane, and a younger man with a lightsaber attached to his belt. The older man then politely said, "Greetings, Captain Denimoor. My name is Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy of Remnant. Jedi Knight Daniel Valo, who is in correspondence with his fellow Jedi, Viridian Mallory and Tau Palpatine, requested my delegation here. My group's head of security, Winter Schnee, is transmitting the required clearance codes now."

"Very good, Headmaster Ozpin." Denimoor cordially replied before his officer's aide came to him, and handed him a datapad with the Remnant delegation's security codes.

After a thorough examination that took about a minute to complete, he said, "Well it looks like your codes check out, sir. Proceed to the following coordinates, and please don't deviate from the assigned landing designation, as we have so many delegations arriving to this summit, that it's as if the Senate was attending this meeting. Plus, it's a miracle that the Empire hasn't found us over a week ago."

"Understood, Captain." The Jedi that Dalin assumed to be Daniel said as the projection ended, and the twenty ships slowly made their way down to the planet's surface, all the while being followed by several starfighter escorts in order to ensure the safety of everyone within the system.

Thirty Minutes Later

Just Outside the Erso's Hut

"Momma, look! More ships!" Jyn Erso enthusiastically said as she saw the twenty tank-like ships land a few kilometers from the Erso's home, while Galen and Lyra Erso, along with Partisan leader Saw Gerrera, looked on with concern and dread at seeing such military-like ships appearing at this summit.

"I see them, Jyn. It's best if we stay away from those ships, as they don't look like they're here to greet new people." Lyra cautioned to Jyn, who pouted in response, before she nodded in understanding.

"I don't like this, Saw. All of these various forces, plus these new arrivals, it all points to this Shadow Alliance expecting an attack from the Empire." Galen said to his friend, who nodded his head in agreement.

"I know. But, we need to hear what they have to say, and deal with this Tau Palpatine, before we leave the system, as we can't afford to have two Palpatines running amok across the galaxy." Saw said, which worried the Ersos, as they would not partake in murder of a man that they knew nothing about.

"How about, instead of conspiring to kill my boyfriend, you hear what I have to say first?" Said a voice that Saw recognized as the former Jedi that failed to save his sister from falling to her death after a Separatist Gunship knocked her off a cliff.

Realizing that this meeting was inevitable, he sighed in defeat and said to the Togruta that walked towards the three friends, "Hello, Ahsoka. It's been a while."

"Good to see you too, Saw." Ahsoka sarcastically said as she introduced herself to the Ersos, and said, "It's good to meet you guys. My name is Ahsoka Tano."

"Ahsoka Tano? As in the former Jedi Padawan that left the Order after being falsely accused of bombing the Jedi Temple in the final months of the Clone War?" Lyra said, staring in shock at seeing a woman that deserted the Jedi during the Order's darkest hour.

"Unfortunately true, Mrs. Erso." Said a strong masculine voice that Saw recognized as belonging to Tau Palpatine, who then, after making his presence known, nodded his head in respect of the Ersos, and said to them, "Good afternoon. As you no doubt know, due to Saw's meddling and paranoia, my name is Tau Palpatine, and I am, to my greatest regret, the great-great-grandson of the current Emperor of the galaxy. But, to my credit, I am a Jedi Knight from seventy-two years in the future."

Before anyone could say anything at this absurd declaration, he added in praise of Ahsoka, "And, please don't say anything negative of Ahsoka, as I'm quite protective of my fierce girlfriend."

He then continued, "Is it okay if we go inside, as we have a lot to talk about regarding the summit, the Shadow Alliance, and, not to sound egomaniacal, me, as I imagine that you have so many questions about me and my lineage?"

"Perhaps that would be best, Jedi Palpatine." Lyra dully replied before she turned to Jyn, and said to her daughter, "Why don't the two of us go play with Vesse and the other kids, as your dad and Saw are going to be involved in a lot of grownup talk?"

Jyn pouted for a moment before she nodded her head in acceptance of the idea, and said," Okay, momma." The two female Ersos then went off to find the Tholothian/Human Jedi Padawan, along with the other children that were at this summit, leaving the four other adults alone to discuss critical matters.

"Well, what did you want to talk about, Palpatine? And, just know that I have over thirty men guarding us at all times, so, no moves that I don't like." Saw warned the young Jedi Knight.

"I'll give you props for honesty, Gerrera. But, I came to talk recruit Mr. Erso into helping our cause, as we need him to help sabotage the Empire's secret, and most lethal, battle station that's currently in construction over Geonosis. And, I came to convince you to rein in your more aggressive tendencies in order to keep the soul of the Shadow Alliance intact." Tau honestly answered.

Realizing that they had much to talk about, Galen began to head into his home, and said, "Come. We have much to talk about inside, if I am to join this organization of yours, Tau Palpatine."

Seeing that he had an opportunity to win Galen, and potentially, Saw, as well, over to his side, He nodded in gratitude, and said, "Of course, Mr. Erso." The couple then followed Galen into his home, with Saw coming in close behind them, issuing commands through his gauntlet, which Ahsoka, through her montrals, noticed, and shot a look at Tau, which he understood and subtly nodded in comprehension.

Meanwhile, Six Kilometers From The Erso's Hut

Velvet Scarlatina, a member of the Beacon Academy's Team CFVY, as well as a Faunus from the world of Remnant, took in the sights around her as the battalions of Atleasian Knights and Paladin Mechs departed their ships. She saw the various species and groups of the Shadow Alliance take in the new arrivals with curiosity and suspicion, which she understood, given the galaxy's aversion to what they considered the mechs to be battle droids, especially after the devastation that they unleashed upon the galaxy before their deactivation over four standard years ago.

As she and her team went to report in to Headmaster Ozpin for their assignments while on the remote world, she wished that her husband, Auron, a Miraluka/Human hybrid that was also a former Sith Apprentice of Vitiate's Sith Empire during the Galactic War, was with her, as she missed him dearly. She silently prayed to the gods, whether they were the gods of Remnant, or Iluvatar and the Valar of Arda that he was all right on the Sith world of Kesh, and that he was finding converts among the people there for his Light Side Sith Order that he wished to create.

Realizing that all she could do was hope and pray for Auron's safe return, she resolved herself to survive the coming battles for the Shadow Alliance, and found her inner fire to protect herself and her loved ones from all of the dangers across the galaxy.

One Hour Later

Within the Erso's Hut

Saw slammed his fists on the table in rage, cracking the stone finish as he growled out, "Damn those Imperial war mongers! How can they even conceive of weaponizing kyber crystals in order to build a station that's capable of destroying entire planets?! Are they that blind for their lust for absolute power that they can't see that they'll run the galaxy right into the ground?" He and Galen had just spent the last hour discovering that the Empire, under the rule of Darth Sidious, the Sith that masterminded the Clone War, was building superweapons that could destroy planets. What truly horrified them the most infamous of them, the first Death Star, was used to destroy two worlds, the Imperial penal colony of Despayre as a trial run, and the second and final time was used on Alderaan in order to send a message to the Rebel Alliance, before its destruction above the jungle moon known as Yavin IV.

"They're being run by two Sith, whose order is based upon mockeries of life and the Force since before its foundation." Tau said, sharing Saw's disgust with his ancestor's depravities, but keeping a cooler head.

He then saw Galen looking as pale as his ship, and consolingly said to him, "Hey, don't blame yourself, Galen. You couldn't have known the scope of Sidious's mad designs. And, what matters most is this: When you and your wife learned what the Empire was trying to do with the crystals, you left the Empire behind to look after each other."

"Krennic must have known about the Death Star's full capabilities, but he doesn't care. He's so blinded by his lust for power and authority, that he's abandoned all pretense of morality and ethics, and is willing to kill anyone to achieve his goals." Galen whispered, as the full scope of his former friend's web of lies became clear to him.

"And it's up to us to stop him, and my insane ancestor, before it's too late. We have a plan to destroy the Empire's entire arsenal of superweapons, but, Galen we need your help in order to do so." Tau replied, fearing that the former leading galactic authority on crystallography and energy enrichment would decline, but hoping for the best.

Galen then offered his hands in defeat, and asked, "What can I do? I don't know how the Empire's utilizing my research, or I'd help you find a weakness in it."

"That's where you're wrong, Mr. Erso." Ahsoka said, capturing both Saw and Galen's attention, before she continued, saying, "In Tau's timeline, you instilled a fatal weakness in the first Death Star that the Rebellion exploited in order to bring it down, along with Grand Moff Tarkin and a lot of Imperials, giving the fledgling Rebel Alliance a real chance at defeating the Empire. We need your help in order to do it again, because we need to destroy the Sith in order to take control of the Empire before the real war begins."

"'Real wars'? What in the blazes are you talking about, Ahsoka? Isn't the fight against the Empire and its rulers enough of challenge for you?" Saw incredulously asked, before he and Galen were each given datapads that carried information on every threat that the Shadow Alliance was aware of.

As both men scrolled over the files, they slowly became more and more horrified with the attacks that were coming, and, after they finished reading about the Celestial abomination known as Abeloth, and the fallen Maia that was dubbed "Sauron", Galen fearfully said, Are all of these threats that you mentioned genuine, Jedi Palpatine?"

"Those and so many more, Mr. Erso. The Yuuzhan Vong that are at this summit represent the bulk of the defectors within our ranks, and, in my time, the full might of the Yuuzhan Vong armada wrought such devastation and death across the galaxy, that the death toll by the end of their four-year war was at approximately 365 trillion sentient beings." Tau sadly said, before he continued, saying, to him and Saw, "That's why we need your help in sabotaging the Death Star, and Saw's help in building an army in order to overthrow the Empire so that a true Galactic Alliance can be born."

"Okay, this is just crazy. Are we honestly expected to believe that an actual descendant of the Emperor is a Jedi Knight that was sent here from the future by a Celestial in order to effectively defend the galaxy against the actual apocalypse itself? That's something out of s child's tale." Saw dismissively said, not willing to believe what he was being told about by the two Force-sensitives.

"Believe it or not, Saw, you need to help us, because the only chance that we have at surviving the darkness that is coming is through working together, and we need everyone in the galaxy working together if we're going to survive what is to come." Ahsoka said, not willing to take no for an answer from her former Clone War comrade.

"You stay out of it, Tano! Why should I believe anything that you and your boyfriend are saying, especially after how you Jedi failed to save my sister, and lost the Clone War?!" Saw angrily shouted, his anger reaching a boiling point, and then was directed at Tau, saying, "And you! You probably grew up in the Jedi's precious temple, and never knew what it was like to have a real family, or lose everything that you held dear!"

At the mention of Edaan's family, Tau nearly lost it here and there, but, by remembering how Edaan dealt with his murderous anger, breathed in the anger, and let it go through an exhale. He then calmly said to Saw, "You're wrong, Saw. I do know what it's like to lose family, even though I'm just a lowly clone of a great Jedi Master of my time."

"You're a clone?" Galen disbelievingly said to Tau, who only nodded his head in confirmation of this declaration, before he said, "How? I thought that it couldn't be done? My friends in the cloning industry said that a Force-sensitive clone couldn't be cloned due to the psychosis that they developed."

"Not in this time, Galen. But, suffice it to say that, through a combination of Rakatan artifacts and lost and highly-advanced Imperial cloning technology, I was grown in a matter of days, before being saved from eternal servitude to the Sith of my time by my brother, Edaan Palpatine. He…" At this point, Tau was struggling to hold back the tears in his eyes, and said to both men, "He was the one who redeemed my ancestor's family name in our time, as he saved the galaxy from the Sith, and so many other threats, and I'm just trying to fight in order honor his memory as best as I can. I was programmed with all of his memories, including him losing his immediate family to the Sith and Abeloth during their occupation of Coruscant, and how he struggled tooth and nail in order to save someone from herself afterwards for the next thirteen years. Not to mention that I've been sent back in time to before even Edaan was born, so, aside from my crew, I have nothing left of the only people that considered me family. "

By this point, the tears were flowing freely from his eyes, and he angrily said to Saw, "So, don't you dare say that I don't know what it's like to lose family, Saw, because at least you've still got your home planet to save, while I'm just a wandering nomad, with my ship as my home."

Saw, after considering what Tau had said, said to the cloned Jedi, "Tell me about him."

Tau, surprised at what Saw said, astonishingly asked, "What?"

"Tell me about Edaan. What was he like? How did he fight? And, did he accomplish what he set out to do?" Saw asked, which Tau looked to Ahsoka and Galen in confusion, both of whom merely shrugged their shoulders in reply.

Tau, then realizing that this was his chance to get Saw and his Partisans on their side, he nodded his head in agreeing to tell the rebel leader onto his side, and began to speak, saying, "Well, he was always a kind and gentle soul, who always tried to bring out the best in people, even before he joined the Jedi Order of my time. He was also a very prodigious student of anything that he put his mind to, especially since he had the spirits of five Jedi teaching him the most advanced skills that most Jedi could only dream of wielding. But, he had the wisdom to know when or not to use it. He was a great leader and warrior, who… he was a beacon to the galaxy. Like so many others, he didn't just save people; he made them see the best parts of themselves, and helped them become not what they were, but what they could be. That is what drove him on, in order to save someone who inspired him when he reached his lowest point, after his family was killed by the Abeloth's ground quakes. He, like Revan and Meetra Surik before him, trained harder than any Jedi of their time, and, like Qui-Gon Jinn, used his powers, which were strengthened by Jacen Solo's esoteric knowledge of other Force traditions, to rally the entire galaxy to his Shadow Alliance against the Sith and their minions, just like Tau did against the Rakata when they invaded the Tython System at their apex of rule. And, in spite of all that he endured, he even fell in love and married a warrior of a woman, formed a family among a group of misfits, and helped save the one who saved him from his own despair."

"So, in essence, he was a saint." Saw said, not betraying any emotion when he spoke, but Tau could sense something akin to respect and… possibly envy, forming within the tan-skinned human.

"Oh, not even close, Saw." Tau admitted while chuckling in amusement at Saw's comment, before he continued, passionately saying, "He had great bouts of anger on occasion, and skirted the edge of the Dark Side on several occasions, many of which were justified, but still risky. He even defied the Jedi Council in order to pursue his mission of redemption, and nearly killed defenseless, but very wicked people, nonetheless, when he learned of the atrocities that they committed. But, in spite of all of his flaws, he was a truly exemplar man and Jedi, and that is the example that which I look up to, even if I cannot be him."

"Well, sounds like you have a lot to live up to, Tau." Saw said as he seemed to come to a realization, and then said, "How do you plan to take care of your ancestor, Tau, as I doubt that we can hold the most dangerous Sith Lord in who knows how long?"

"Oh, don't worry, Saw, we know that." Ahsoka said, grimly smiling as she continued, saying, "We're going to kill Sidious, and banish his spirit into the void where all dark souls go when they die, as Sidious has contingencies in place in the event that he dies."

"'Contingencies'? How is that possible, Ahsoka? Death is supposed to be final, and even a Sith Lord can't escape the grip of death." Galen said, not able to comprehend the supernatural that was being casually discussed by the two Force-sensitives.

"Not for the Sith. They've got a way to transfer one's consciousness into another body after their original one dies, and Sidious all but perfected the art of essence transfer through a massive supply of mindless clones of himself." Tau said, perplexing the two older men.

"Right… Well, regardless of the supernatural, I assume that you have a plan on how to take over Sidious's empire while reforming it into a force for good." Saw said, eager to get the matter back on track to the matter at hand.

"We have agents within the Imperial High Command, along with several rising stars that are sympathetic to our goals. For obvious safety reasons, we cannot say who they are, but, I'm sure that you'll eventually meet them, after we defeat the Empire in three weeks." Tau explained, catching the men's' attention with his last statement.

Saw, beginning to like this man more and more, smiled and said in realization, "You brought all these groups together in order to deal a blow against the Empire when they attack, didn't you?"

"Yes." Tau simply said, which horrified Galen that his family would soon be caught in a war zone. Before he could panic, the Jedi said, "Don't worry, Mr. Erso, your family, along with all of the noncombatants, will be prepped for evacuation before the battle begins. And, if our plan works like a cinch, the civilians will survive the battle in order to spread the word of the Empire's massive military defeat across the galaxy, along with the Shadowfeed networks that Berch Teller's cell are going to reactivate."

"Well, if you have a plan for these threats, and you can trust these agents of yours, then I can't afford to have you as an enemy, Tau." Saw said, earning a nod of gratitude from both Tau and Ahsoka.

Galen, meanwhile, was at a crossroads, as he wanted to help the Shadow Alliance keep the Empire from using his research for terrorizing the galaxy. On the other hand, he did not wish to leave his family in order to do so. He then said to Tau and Ahsoka, "I need to speak with my family about this. Give me a week to make my decision."

Ahsoka, who nodded in understanding, sympathetically said, "Take as much time as you need, Galen. This is a decision that your family should be a part of, as it will impact them as much as the galaxy."

"Thank you." Galen gratefully said before he got up from his seat in order to go find his wife and daughter, and tell them of the decision that he had to make. The three allies of his followed him, and, once they left the hut, they saw Lyra watching Jyn playing with several children and their parents that were among the various groups, including a formerly deceased Tholothian Jedi Youngling who was named Vesse Mallory, and was the daughter of Jane Mallory and the late Elie Mallory. The demented Clone Trooper Keen killed her, before Iluvatar resurrected her after the Battle of Erebor, which then led to the defeat of the forces of Sauron and his remaining loyal Yuuzhan Vong on Arda.

Everyone, even the grizzled Saw, smiled at the kids having fun before they were all going to be caught in the middle of a war zone. Jyn then saw her father watching her, and she said, "Papa!" she then ran towards him, and enveloped him in a fierce hug, one that he eagerly returned, and, upon seeing her father's sad eyes, she worriedly asked, "What's wrong, Papa?"

"It's nothing. Don't worry about it, Stardust." Galen reassuringly said to his daughter, before he turned to speak to both her and Lyra, and said, "We just have to make some new plans, that's all."

Lyra, realizing that there was more to it than that, decided not to ruin the moment by asking what those three rebel leaders wanted with her husband at this moment. She then saw a Dathomirian woman with white hair walking towards them, and she immediately recognized her as Asajj Ventress, a former Dark Jedi and Confederate assassin that worked for Count Dooku during the Clone War before her supposed death during the Outer Rim Sieges.

Gripped by a sudden fear within her for her family, she raised her hidden blaster in defense, but the Dark Side user simply said in annoyance, "Please don't bother with that weapon. We both know that it's no good against me. And, besides, I'm on your side. I came in with the Remnant delegation for Tau's summit. Tau can vouch for me if you don't believe my words."

"Indeed I can, Mrs. Erso." Tau exuberantly said as he came up from behind her, along with Saw and Ahsoka, who each shared looks at disbelief at the woman that was standing in front of them all.

What shocked them even further was how Tau gripped Asajj's arm in a warrior's greeting, and then the latter said, "Well, I see that you've been busy, Tau."

"Heh. I could say the same of you, Asajj. How is Auron and his order doing? Oh, before I forget, how's Qrow doing? Did you finally get him to stop drinking?"

"Not yet, but he's getting there. And, Auron is making progress with his recruitment efforts on Kesh, but he's still got a long way to go. In the meantime, I'm leading his order in his absence, and it's a challenge, but a good one, nonetheless." Asajj said before he turned to see the flabbergasted faces of both Ahsoka and Saw, and said to Ahsoka, "Well, well. Ahsoka Tano. I see that you got yourself two replacement lightsabers, and are here for the summit. I take it that Tau recruited you for his Shadow Alliance, then?"

"That, and more, Ventress." Ahsoka cautiously said, before Tau walked up beside her, and she said, "What are you even doing here, as I thought that you were killed after the Battle of Boz Pity?"

"Long story short, I survived due to a Sith meditative trance, fled to the Unknown Regions with several Clone Troopers, and later joined up with several surviving Jedi and their allies in order to survive the threats there. Let me tell you, those guys, not to mention the friends that I made on Remnant, really changed me for keeps." Asajj explained to the Togruta woman.

"Okay…" Ahsoka said before Vesse walked up to her, and the she said in a cautious warning, "Careful, Vesse."

"Don't worry, Ahsoka. She's on our side. I can sense the change in her clearly through the Force." Vesse reassuringly said to her friend, while Saw muttered under his breath, "I miss the days when things were simpler, and not so wrapped up in the supernatural."

"Anyway… It take it that the other teams are all here, then?" Tau said, eager to move on to another topic, one that everyone could focus on instead of just gawking over Ventress's open allegiance to the Light Side of the Force.

"Yep. Teams DRAV, RANT, RWBY, SSSN, JNPR, CNME, CFVY, along with General Ironwood, Ozpin, Winter, and all of the battalions of mechs and soldiers are off their ships. So far, the other cells are pretty suspicious of them, but no one's made an aggressive move as of yet." Asajj said, making Tau breathe a sigh of relief at the small mercy that he had just heard about.

"Oh, thank Iluvatar for that small victory." Tau said in gratitude over the lack of hostilities, before he said, "Well, we'd better get over there in order to make sure that things stay civil." He then turned to talk to Saw, the Ersos, and Ahsoka, and said to them, "We'll see you guys later."

With that done, the two friends made their way to the Remnant camp, while everyone present, aside from Vesse and Jyn, mentally added yet another absurd event that occurred since either, joining the Shadow Alliance, or since this summit began.

One Day Later

Seventeen Days Until the Shadow Alliance Summit on Lah'mu

Onboard the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Retaliation

Grand Moff Trachta, along with Wullf Yularen and Captain Thrawn, listened intently as Shonn Volta have her report on the Shadow Alliance's growing armies and navies, and what they learned about this group from the Unknown Regions world that was dubbed Remnant. According to the admiral, this force was comprised of twenty capital ships, several teams of hunters, the equivalent of Jedi in the greater galaxy, several of Remnant's high-ranking leaders, and several battalions of droids and soldiers for the armies and navies of the Shadow Alliance.

Unfortunately, she had yet to recover a copy of the dossiers on each of the teams, but she reassured them that it would not be long before she did so, as she had the assistance of CT-7567, which astounded Wullf, given that Captain Rex was listed as KIA on Mandalore during Order Sixty-Six. But, the two former comrades could not take any time to speak, as they each had their respective missions to fulfill for the Shadow Alliance.

Once Shonn ended her transmission, Wullf said to his two conspirators, "Well, at this rate, the Jedi and their allies might stand a chance at winning this battle."

"Let us hope so, Colonel. Otherwise, there won't be anyone left of stopping Sidious's designs for the galaxy." Thrawn said in observation, before he continued, saying, "The fleet is at sixty percent readiness, and, the numbers are troubling." He then activated a holotable that was in the room, and it revealed an image of the still-growing Imperial fleet, which was comprised of twenty-two Imperial-class Star Destroyers, fifteen Victory-class Star Destroyers, twelve Venerator-class Star Destroyers, and thirty Imperial Light Cruisers in orbit above the Sith moon of Khar Shian.

"You of all people should know, Thrawn, that numbers aren't everything in a battle. After all, you managed to defeat the Vagaari and Master C'Boath through cunning and precision, not brute force, as Sidious and Vader are trying to do." Trachta instructively said, remembering how he and a vastly outnumbered team of prisoners from the Ghost Prison, along with Laurita Tohm and the two Sith Lords, managed to defeat General Ghentis and his army of renegade Imperial cadets.

"I know, Grand Moff. I am merely stating a truth that this will be a difficult battle for our allies to win. Still, the Jedi have a knack for pulling off miraculous feats, and these new allies are an unknown variable, especially these Remnant forces, as their military doctrine holds many truths and ideas that speak highly of their adaptability and innovativeness. So, the Shadow Alliance does indeed stand a chance of winning this fight." Thrawn said in acknowledgment of Trachta's point.

"Well, we had better get ready for our roles to play, because we can't afford to let anyone know of our plans, especially the clearance codes that I gave Tau and his friends for their mission to destroy that Sith shrine underneath the Jedi Temple." Wullf said, remembering how, according to the Jedi, Sidious was trying to use it to rewrite all of reality to his own ends, and how the Jedi and their allies had a plan to destroy it for good.

"Personally, I wouldn't mind if Pestage and Amedda died in their mission. Those two boot-lickers deserve worse for playing us all like game pieces for their master's plans." Trachta off-handedly said, which earned a chuckle from Wullf, and an amused smile from Thrawn.

"One can only hope, old friend." Wullf said in agreement, as the three comrades left the ship in order to carry out their responsibilities for their false masters.

Well, that ends another chapter of my story. What did you guys think? Were the characters believable enough, and did you enjoy the RWBY cameos, as well as Ventress's appearance? Oh, and I owe you an explanation for Saw. Yes, his sudden change of perspective is crazy, but, now that he knows about the Yuuzhan Vong and more supernatural threats, he is more amenable to the idea of an alliance. Don't worry, for now, he'll just have a more wait-and-see approach for how Tau and the others plan to overthrow the Empire, and what they plan to replace it with afterwards. So, did you guys like the big revelations in this chapter, such as Ventress and Vesse making an appearance, because those are quite the shockers? And, the summit is getting closer and closer, and the Empire is preparing for its attack. How it will go out is anyone's guess (Well, not for me and Squasher, but I'm sure that you know what I mean.). I guess that that's it for March 31, 2018, as I've got some homework to take care of, and so little time to do it in for today. May the Force and Iluvatar be with you all, and Long Live the Expanded Universe!