Chapter 16: Shock and Awe
-[Republic Cruiser: Judgement]-
"Admiral?" Captain Calia called out, looking to the admiral. "Your orders?"
"Open com to all ships. Sith and Republic alike and ensure Revan hears it as well." Jane called out loudly.
-[Star Forge: Inner Sanctuary]-
"I understand Juhani. Do not harm them, just detain them." Revan said over her com, after hearing that Vandar's jedi had attacked her team after her first com transmission.
"Attention republic and sith fleets. I am Admiral Jane Callus of the Republic Fleet." Revan heard called out over the coms.
She turned around and saw a small holo of Jane on the panel she had used earlier.
"I personally served with Supreme Commander Revan during the Mandalorian Wars as captain of her flagship. She was a proud and honorable woman. She never left an ally behind, and always defended those who stood beside her with everything she had." Jane called out.
-[Republic Capital Ship: Odin]-
Vandar blinked seeing the admirals hologram listening to her talk.
"I left her side to return to the republic when she ventured into the unknown. I tried to return to my family. My baby sister and mother. When I got to my home planet I found it a smoking ruin. It was near the outer rim and no reports of it being attacked came. A Mandalorian Warship had broken off and attacked it. Nothing was left." She said, hanging her head down.
Vandar hung his head in sadness hearing what the admiral had to deal with on coming home.
-[Republic Cruiser: Judgement]-
Jane lifted her head back up. "I found out why my home was decimated, and on that day I regretted not following Revan. The republic had moved defence resources, such as fighters, cannons and even ammunition off world to another world that they deemed, 'more viable'." She said air quoting.
The republic soldiers and officers on the bridge of the Judgement looked aghast at what they were learning of the admiral and what the republic had done.
"I will admit, my world was small. We didn't do much for the republic, light trading of very select things, but is that any reason why my home should be left defenceless in the middle of a war?" She asked over the com.
-[Star Forge: Inner Sanctuary]-
Revan took a step back in shock at hearing Janes words. The woman had spoken of her family many times when they were alone together.
"Revan?" Mission called out, reaching a hand out to grasp onto the former siths hand. "What's wrong?"
"Jane... she always spoke highly of her family during the war. Always talking about bringing home a souvenir for her baby sister. She didn't find anything, but before she left the fleet to return home... I gave her something..."
"What?" Mission asked.
-[Republic Capital Ship: Odin]-
"On the day I left Revan's fleet she gave me a gift so I could bring it home to my baby sister as a souvenir for her." Jane said with a sad smile on the holo as she unbuttoned some of her republic jacket and reached inside. She pulled out the hilt of what looked like a vibroblade.
Vandar blinked when he saw the hilt of the vibroblade, confused. 'Why would that be a good souvenir?' He thought to himself.
"This... Revan took from Mandalore the Ultimate after beating him at Malachor V. He used this weapon against the supreme commander. She took it so when she showed it to people they would know, she bested Mandalore the Ultimate and think twice. Instead she gave it to me." Jane said over the holo.
Vandar gasped seeing Jane hold the hilt out...
-[Republic Cruiser: Judgement]-
Jane smiled hearing the entire bridge gasp as she ignited the proto-lightsaber she held in her hand. The blade was black with splotches of white. Instead of the normal round blade that lightsabers had, the one in the admirals hand was flat, identical to that of a vibroblade.
-[Star Forge: Hanger Bay]-
Due to the coms around the Star Forge, the crew of the Ebon Hawk were in shock at the sight of the black blade in the admirals hand, none more so than Canderous.
"It... it can't be..." Canderous said wide eyed. "Sh... she holds it... We thought it was lost on Malachor V when Mandalore fell."
Juhani looks to the mandalorian. "So... what she says is true? That it belonged to Mandalore the Ultimate?"
"Yes... I'd know that blade anywhere..." Canderous said, his words shocking everyone, even the Jedi.
"Years ago Revan had to fight against this blade, now though..." Jane said, pulling the blade up in front of her face. "I pledge, on this blade and my fallen family, to follow Revan. I've seen the corruption first hand with the death of my home. I call to all who would fight corruption, join Revan!" Her hologram shouted.
Juhani turned to the jedi. "What will you do? I know you can feel that Revan is not sith." She asked, turning to look at each of the four jedi. "We will follow Revan in her fight to end corruption, but what happens to you, will be your choice."
-[Star Forge: Inner Sanctuary]-
Revan looked down at the panel and blinked. Many republic ships were transmitting the code she sent, as were several of the sith. More than half of the combined fleet had sent the code and it had only been five minutes.
"This is Carth Onasi." A voice said as a hologram of Carth appeared.
"Where is this coming from." Revan sneered into her com. She heard beeps from her com as T3 replied. "The Legacy huh."
-[Republic Battleship: Legacy]-
"Do not listen to any of Darth Revan's lies!" He cried out into the hologram. "She will destroy the republic. All she wants is power. She doesn't care about anything except herself."
The officers on the bridge all looked at Carth in shock as he spoke. Moments later a hologram of Revan stood on the bridge of the Legacy.
"Carth... Why did I have a feeling you would be butting your nose into things that should have been let go?" Revan asked glaring at Carth.
"I will never forgive you Revan. Because of you many republic worlds are gone." Carth seethed at the woman.
Revan sighed and shook her head. "I never once destroyed a world when I was Darth Revan."
"Bull shit!" Carth hissed. "You bombed Telos and destroyed it."
"No I did not." She said, raising a hand. Moments later Malek's head appeared in the hologram. "He did. I never sanctioned destroying worlds. Why would I? Namely a world like Telos. Telos was a garden world that would have been a great addition to my empire back then. Instead Malek used it as an example." Revan explained, tossing the head away.
"You are still sith. So the republic will not follow you." Carth said with a grin.
After a few seconds, another hologram appeared on the bridge of the Legacy. Admiral Jane Callus stood on the bridge of the battleship the proto-lightsaber still in her hand, but the blade faded.
"Who on the ship believes in Carth?" The admiral asked, her voice reaching the entire ship.
"Your a traitor Admiral. To both the republic and your fleet. As captain of the Legacy I hereby..." Carth begins to say before the admiral cuts in.
"As admiral of the republic fleet, I hereby revoke your rank and status." Jane said leaving Carth stunned.
"You have no right to do this traitor!" Carth screamed.
"Officer." Jane says as one of the officers come up to Carth. "Throw him in the brig. I will deal with him myself later." She says as her hologram disappears.
-[Star Forge: Inner Sanctuary]-
Revan openly laughed watching Carth get surrounded by three officers and pulled away from the hologram.
"Revan, the Legacy just sent the code." Mission said looking at the panel. "Sixty seconds remain."
Revan nodded and pressed the com. "Sixty seconds. I ask you to at least send the code as a surrender if nothing else. What happens if you don't will not be pleasant." She said cutting the coms. "Status?"
"Eighty-five percent of the sith fleet has sent the code. Sixty-five of the republic." Mission said sadly.
"You know what we have to do if they don't comply right?" Revan asked, looking towards Mission.
"I do."
"Republic Fleet, this is Admiral Jane Callus. If you will not join Revan at least send the code for surrender. She will spare your lives, but if you try to fight... I will guarantee you will die." The admiral said over the com.
"Eighty percent of the republic." Mission said looking up at Revan. "Times up." She said moving over next to Revan.
Revan pressed the com. "Thank you for all of you who sent the code. As for all of you who refused to even accept surrender... you will die... knowing the face of she who killed you." She said, her hologram appearing on every ship.
Revan reached up and pushed her hood off allowing her red hair to be seen, before removing her mask, allowing her scars to be seen clearly, even on the hologram.
"I am Revan." She said, placing her mask on the hook of her belt. She turned the com off and turned to Mission. "Ready?"
Mission nodded her head as the two went to an open spot on the platform so they had a clear view of the fleet.
"Remember... Allow me to guide it. I can feel each ship, and I won't have one destroyed by mistake if it has surrendered." Revan stated raising her hands towards her girlfriend.
Mission nodded her head, mirroring Revan's stance, her hands towards the scarred woman.
"What are you two doing?" Bastilla asked seeing them face each other.
Revan and Mission took a breath as one, both closing their eyes, before white lightning arced from Revan's fingers towards Mission, while a sky blue lightning arced from the twi'leks towards the halfbreed.
As the two force lightning collided, they coiled around each other forming a small orb. As a few seconds passed the orb grew in size until it was bigger than a small fighter ship.
"Now!" Revan called out, her and Mission's eyes snapping open at the same time.
Both women moved in perfect sync as if they were looking in mirrors. Revan lifted her left hand up while Mission raised her right, the orb growing even larger. After a moment Revan brought her left hand down as Mission brought her right down as Revan's right hand and Mission's left both shot forward towards the window and the fleet.
In the moment they moved the orb of lightning crackled before sending a mass of arcing white and blue lightning out the view window and into the void of space.
-[Republic Capital Ship: Odin]-
Vandar stood in shock seeing a massive storm of lightning extending from the Star Forges upper portion. He watched in horror as the lightning twisted around one sith ship, missing it entirely, before slamming into a republic batteship. After only a few seconds the engines of the ship exploded destroying the ship entirely as the lightning continued on its way.
-[Republic Cruiser: Judgement]-
"By the force..." Captain Calia said watching as the lightning split apart into several waves, destroying multiple ships, republic and sith alike but twisting and missing others.
"This is Revan's power. In one altercation in the Mandalorian Wars, she used the force to crush a mandalorian ship's engine from our ship's bridge." Jane said stoticly, watching as ship after ship was destroyed by the lightning.
The admiral watched as one of the waves of lightning headed towards the Judgement, the entire crew starting to freak out, before it twisted around them only to impact a different ship away from them.
-[Star Forge: Inner Sanctuary]-
Bastilla watched in awe as the two women controlled a much greater command of the force then she thought possible. To control lightning in the void of space and with such precision she believed to be impossible, until now. Not even Malek had such control of the force.
-Lost Memory-
Revan blocked a mandalorian vibroblade with her blue saber and pushed him away before striking out with her viridian one cutting the man's arm off.
"Master!" Meetra called out rushing up to Revan's side her silver dual-blade ignited. "There are too many, we have to retreat or we will lose to many people." She cried out, deflect blaster fire with her saber.
"If we retreat this planet is lost." Revan countered deflecting fire herself.
"Your apprentice is right Revan. If we stay everyone will die." Alek called out, his red jedi robe billowing in the wind, his blue blade deflecting fire. "We weren't prepared for this."
Revan gritted her teeth. "Meetra, Alek. Cover me." She said, turning her blades off and returning them to her belt.
The two jedi covered Revan as she took a deep breath. As they deflected blaster fire they could hear Revan speaking softly.
"Force... I call to you in this dark time. You called me to the wars to aid those in need, and now I need your help. Please... grant me the power to stop this." Revan called out, raising her hands into the air as if calling to the gods.
A moment passed before bright blue lightning shot from her fingers into the sky. Once the lightning stopped she brought her hands down. She stepped forward pushing Alek aside.
"FOR THE REPUBLIC!" She screamed out pushing her hands out in front of her, bright blue lightning arcing from her fingers. The lightning traveled along the ground twisting around republic soldiers and impacting mandalorians sending them to the ground fried.
Meetra and Alek stood in awe, watching as the jedi master used the force to fry an entire mandalorian battalion.