I don't own Star Wars... Never have never will. Here's the chapter (and to all who are wondering... I have not given up on this story. Ive just been waiting fro today. More info on the bottom)

Two months after signing of Treaty of Coruscant

~The Terran News~

HEADLINE

-Evidence of Plague Spotted on planet of Ryloth-

An unknown visitor from the world of Ryloth contracted the bubonic plague after a visit to Earth, a major plague from our Middle Ages. Unlike humans, and due to their unique biochemistry, it may take from one to two weeks before symptoms occur in the Twi'lek Species, but the symptoms are quick, and are deadly. Civilian Travel Restrictions have been raised for Ryloth. Ryloth is in a State of Emergency, and have asked the Republic for medical assistance. Unfortunately, the Republic seems to be unprepared for this shocking turn of events, and it may take time to allocate the proper funding for this. That is why, after an emergency vote in the General Assembly, the Terran Government has created the Ryloth Initiative, an Administration designed to combat the Earth-born disease on the Planet of Ryloth. Two hundred million dollars has been allocated to support the Initiative.

Ryloth, a planet of 1.5 billion, is a desert. It is estimated 300 million are in hazardous plague zones… Continue of page 6

Three weeks later

The Ryloth Initiative had finished preparation and launch, with millions of Antibiotics being carried to the desert planet, along with thousands of soldiers and doctors being sent to make sure the bacteria is contained.

The leaders of Ryloth were initially hesitant to accept the Terrans offer to help, but after realizing the time it could take for the Republic to find a cure for it, and then make the necessary ingredients to mass produce it. By then, the outbreak would have likely begin to spread to other worlds and it would be too late.

Recently the Ryloth planet had been one of many of the victims of the ongoing civil war raging throughout the galaxy, and the already poor planet was decimated by the war, and could barely survive on the limited food available, and no money could be set aside to invest in researching the new and strange disease, which wasn't healable by either bacta or kolto. Along with that, the planet was beginning to show it's own form of civil war as many questioned the leaders of the world, who were known to horde the money. The Free Ryloth movement began to attract more and more people upset with the government, further destabilizing it.

The Republic too was in no position to put money into researching this very lethal bacteria, and thus had to appeal to the Terrans for help, much against the wishes of the Rylothian elite. The Terrans the other hand viewed this as an opportunity to improve their relations with many of the planets in the galaxy, with their humanitarian work likely going to be shared by many. Many expected this would be a humanitarian work in name only, with the Terrans going to profit off of those suffering, but many were surprised when they in fact did it at no charge to the local inhabitants.

The bacteria wasn't accidently spread to the Twi'lek. It was created. Preliminary research found that the bacteria was able to not only affect humans, but also those from the rest of the galaxy. It was supposed to be impossible, as the way humans from Earth are made different than those from outside in the galaxy, but at the moment, the Terrans have to stop an outbreak of an all out plague from inflicting mass casualties on the galaxy. This type of bacteria is new to the wider galaxy, and is unlike anything seen before.

It was also found that symptoms like coughing began early, and that too was intentional, so that more could be infected faster. It was still unknown who originally placed the disease in the alien, but the general public didn't need to know that it was created and not contracted randomly, so to not make copycats.

No one knew how big this plot was, whether their were elements on the planet also hoping to help it spread, so the security was taken to protect those doctors and nurses sent on the mission in the form of soldiers.

Landing Group thirty, near Lessu, the Capital of Ryloth

Twenty one people were placed inside each starship, and this one was no different. Four groups of people, groups A, B, C, and D along with a pilot. Each group was made up of two soldiers and three doctors. They were all assigned to collect the necessary supplies at hastily set up medical centers around the city, then distribute them at specified routes.

Necessary supplies included a number of bottled medication to pass out in the form of pills. The entire group was also required to wear hazmat suits so as to not be infected themselves, and possibly spreading the plague back to Earth. Bottled water was also handed out to the Terrans to help combat dehydration on the desert world.

Within thirty minutes, the groups had entered the streets of the Capitol, and already, they stared in awe at the Aliens, many of which were the first time seeing them, only to realize the situation they were in. They could see the Twi'leks sitting on the side of the streets, groaning due to the pain the disease was causing, with many of the other doctors doing the best they could to distribute the necessary medicine, and helping those in much pain. It was a very sad place to be, with many of the infected knowing they wouldn't be able to survive till tomorrow.

A blaster bolt was fired into a nearby droid, then another, and then another. The Quarren known as Saquesh had since found new work since his team disappeared. He had enough time to get away from Earth, and get to Nal Hutta, and has since gotten another job to help pay off his ever increasing debt. It's been nearly two months, and even now, he still is confused as to how his former team had failed against the primitive planet. Little news came from that backward planet, but he didn't want to get anywhere near the Terrans anytime soon, so he still doesn't know if any of his friends got caught, or were killed. He had also hoped that if they were in fact beheaded, it was not gruesome or painful.

He has had to stick to simple smuggling jobs. This one was a simple collecting of some glitterstim from Kessel and bringing it to a buyer on Naboo, and right now, he was facing off against the protectors of the vault of the stuff. The protectors were in actuality low powered mining droids outfitted with blasters. They had terrible aim, and were doing a terrible job protecting. The One thing they had with them was numbers, but a well practiced, and a well armed Quarren could deal with any simple droid.

After another few shots, the remaining droids were all but destroyed by the smuggler, and he entered the large vault, slowly peeking around the corners in case anyone was waiting for him. No one was, and he looked at the prize in front of him. Crates full of Glitterstim. It was what some in the underworld wanted. The Glitterstim was likely waiting to be processed, but nobody was here to stop him, so he loaded them onto a cart, and for the next few minutes, he pushed them for the three hundred meters to his ship.

After loading it into the cargo bay, Saquesh went to his seat in the pilot's chair, and gave a sigh. Things just weren't the same anymore. The ship was empty, too empty. Either way, he had a job to complete, and three flicks later, the engine roared to life.

The ascent through the empty atmosphere was fine. Traveling through the narrow path of black holes wasn't too hard either. All he had to do now was wait till he arrived at Naboo to give his buyer the cargo.

The Terrans on Ryloth did all they could to help those on the planet. Hospitals on the world were crowded, overcrowded in some spots. New hospitals had to be built nearly every other day, and for the first time in decades, maybe centuries, the Rylothians began to use mass graves.

Team 34, Ryloth.

Made up of 2 doctors, and one guard. All wore hazmat suits.

The first doctor was Dorathy Stewart, and the second was Barbera Dix. The soldier, Private Peters was assigned to guard the two doctors was simply known as Mr. Peters by the people back home on Earth, and after being drafted, he wished to retain the "Mr. Peters" while around non-soldiers.

They had all read the basic guidelines for how to deal with the Aliens on this planet, and the two doctors were thrilled to be able to take part in this. They had read about the basic anatomy on the "Twi'leks" as they're called. A few parts seemed to be the same for humans, except for the placement of some bones and muscles. The thing that really stood out was the tails on the back of their head, "Lekku's" seemed to be extensions of the brain, and tampering with them could cause permanent damage to the mental state of the Twi'lek. Little else had been told to them to prepare the team for the planet ahead of them.

It took only five minutes to get to their first house. They got to drive in an air conditioned car, which saved them from having to walk half an hour in the heat. They had made it to their first house. It was a house of hard sand mixed with tar, with a metal door as the entrance. Mr Peters knock on the door, then calling out why they were here. Ten seconds later he knocked again, and someone opened it.

It was what seemed like a middle age, Twi'lek male. He had yellow skin, and a lime green, sleeveless shirt. He thanked the Terran for coming, and said how much he needed them. His house was simple. Open air windows and a small cot in the back. His son was laying down on that cot, and had a bad fever, with some small buboes starting to appear on his left arm. The doctors quickly gave him the medicine to deal with it, and was prescribed an antibiotic for every day for the next week. The father was very grateful, and wanted to give the doctors something for the saving of his son.

At the next house, they were met by an older female Twi'lek. She seemed to be holding a cane to help walk, and thanked the humans for coming. She motioned them inside into what seemed like a living room. In it was a bench, with a younger, male twi'lek, lying down, whom she said was her son. He had contracted the disease, with the buboes covering nearly every part of his body. He wouldn't make it. He couldn't make it. The disease had already taken its toll, and he was too far in. He wouldn't be able to last another day, maybe not even to tonight. The most the doctors could do was give him some pain medication to make the death less painful, and let the disease take its unfortunate victim. They had to tell the mother, who was very upset, but thanked them for making it easier for him to bear.

In general, the rest of the rounds done by the group found a few others who were dying, but each time they had to tell the news, let's just say it wasn't easy. That had its effects on the doctors, who felt the guilt of knowing they couldn't do their job. Back on earth, they generally would succeed in saving lives, and occasionally some could die, but not on this scale...

The Ryloth Initiative had also been given money to help those who lost loved ones due to the disease two weeks of psychiatric help. Of course, giving tens of millions of twi'leks psychiatric help wasn't cheap, so the Terrans had "persuaded" the Ryloth Government to chip in. the Ryloth government wasn't interested at first, but the Terran reminded the government how many troops were stationed on their planet. They agreed pretty quickly after that, and "donated" a few million credits.

Surprisingly, the Republic decided not to notice the Terrans "suggestion" to the Ryloth gov, and more or less supported the Terrans for being generous to their citizens. The Ryloth government also also becoming more and more unpopular with the average citizen. The government's own inability, or lack of interest to help their citizens made many begin to dislike them. Many of them began to look at the Terrans as examples to follow, as they were the only ones who actually went out of their way to help, with no obvious benefit to themselves.

Despite the terrans best efforts, the disease was still spreading, but the antibiotics were working. The mortality rate began to steadily decrease in many areas, with some sections having the plague fully removed within days. It also helped the populace that many soldiers were reassigned to exterminate all rodents they found, and also bug spray was being shipped in, and passed out to help combat the insects, who were carriers of the disease. Overall, thousands died from the disease by the time it had been wiped out, but the Terrans had shown something not even their own government would. They showed them that they would go out of their way to do it. Whether it was truly that they cared, or political motivation, they did it, and every Twi'lek was grateful. Grateful that their, and their family members lives had been spared.

Earth, Moscow, underground bunker.

A large ovalish, wooden table had been arranged, but with only two seats. In place of the other seats were large metal boxlike things, with dark glass covering their top. It was a compact, boxlike, human made holocommunicator, nearly twelve of them aligning the sides of the table. Their were two physical seats on both the front and back of the table. At exactly 19:00, the holo communicators came to life, with faces and the upper parts of torsos appearing above the machines.

The two physical seats were occupied by men, both wearing black suits. This meeting was for the formation of the Confederation of Earth. All those who are participating in this event were leaders who had decided to throw their backs on the Republican style government, and turn to something new… something different.

The recent formation of the Terran Federation had impacted many countries, with the tying of each countries currency having wide ranging effects on the population. The Federation seemed to also be gaining more and more power to itself, and taking more of it away from each of the former countries. Many of the previous authoritarian and highly liberal countries feared that their way of life would end, with some authoritarian countries like North Korea having to end many of its practices by force from the Federation.

Other countries like mainland China, who had initially supported the new government had been starting to feel some of its citizens advocating for a more democratic way after the province was no longer allowed to stop the peaceful protests, who were protected and authorized by federation troops.

Also, many countries began to feel that the government was starting to favor the Westers ideals, and not the Eastern ones. That is why many countries decided to start preparing for war, despite the existence of the Federation had not even lasted a year. This meeting was to unofficially begin preparations for the future war.

The members present were China, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, North Korea, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Belarus. These countries had their qualms with the increased westernization of their country, and felt that since they willingly joined (at least most of them), they felt they had the right to leave also. They had attempted to advocate for a "Easternization" to combat westernization in the general assembly, but the bill was struck down. They had also attempted to block efforts to reduce communism, but that failed too. They felt they were being secluded, so they felt it was in their best interests to leave.

The meeting went on for an hour and a half, and discussed things like how they should run their government, how strong it will be. Military. It had occurred to them that if they did go to war with the Federation, a treaty would have to be created to stop the sending of nuclear warheads at each other, otherwise they would all live in a barren landscape. North Korea didn't like that idea, but China and Russia were all for it. Other things involved language. They would use English as a trade language still. They also drew some lines on a map that they wanted to control. A land connection to Iran would have been nice too, so Kazakhstan decided to claim most of Central Asia, most of the Stan's. Pakistan wanted some of them too, so one was given to it.

The next thing to discuss was Aliens. China, Iran, and Russia wished to be strictly anti-Alien. If war broke out or the exit succeeded, they would force the aliens to leave… dead or alive. They feared the influence that would be gained from having Alien visitors, which could create new issue for them to deal with. Either way, this new nation would not be kind to Aliens.

Now what is this new nations name? The Confederation of Earth.

Gacht, the captured Trandoshan woke up in the hospital, arms chained to the bed.

"The lizard finally woke up" a nearby human said. Gacht looked around. He was pretty well stuck onto the table.

"Whatt happened tooo me?" Gacht asked, not really remembering how he got here.

A police officer supposed to keep watch on him told him. "You were part of a robbery and have been caught. You will pay for your crimes in court after you get out of here"

"How mucch will I have to pay. I have many creditssss. And what happened to my crew?".

"That is the court's decision, not mine" the officer responded.

"But, what of my crew" the trandoshan said, starting to remember what happened."And when is this court thing anyway".

A nearby scientists looked at Grant, who nodded back at him. The scientist took out a blue syringe from his lab coat, and began to walk to the trandoshan. The Trandoshan repeated his question, but halfway through saying it, he noticed the scientist with the syringe.

Gacht began to try to fight his chains, and nearly broke them, but not before the substance was poured inside his body.

"The court case already happened. Welcome to the land of the speedy trial".

Now for reviews...

albus potter-greengrass - Thanks for the idea, ill try to find a way to include her

WHiteRosehipper - I agree it is very overdone... So ill give it a taste and spit it out because something big will happen revolving around aliens on Earth, but I have absolutely no intention of having the "anti-xeno" subject around for very long, maybe only three or four chapters. PM me if you want me to go into more detail on the subject. Also keep in mind if someone "claims" that everyone will agree on something, they are more than likely wrong.

MatbeK01 - You'll see within the next chapter or two...

Tanner - Thanks!

Thrawn Fanboy - Sure thing! Im glad you like it

w. jr - Possibly...

Guest (First one) - Exactly! Im glad you figured out those events

Guest (Spanish language i think) - The reason I didn't post a chapter was one, because it generally takes me two to three weeks to release a chapter, but I will keep that in mind if I feel the chapter is taking too long to be released. Thanks for the reminder though!

Big Ounce - Thank you for pointing that out! I'll go and fix that.

teras - Great Idea! I will keep that in mind for future chapters. As for your other comment, here is the answer to your next one.

So an update... Today (as of posting this GMT, Dec 24) is the one year anniversary of my posting of this story. I will do the mandatory thank you all for reading and spending time on this story, even though im pretty sure most of you simply found a partially interesting story and stuck with it till you got to the end, and then proceed to forget about the story... I do the same thing, but either way, for those who have managed to get here, thanks for deciding to read this story, and spend atleast half an hour on it.

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