Hello, im back. I'm gonna start off by saying that I hope you all are doing well and are safe during this time. The next thing I'm gonna say is that this chapter is short, i know. I'm finding it difficult to think about how to write this story, but here you go.

Once again, I do not own Star Wars nor any of it's characters.

Here is Chapter 18 of Star Wars: The Story of Earth

Captain Jones looked out the starboard viewing port. They were tasked by the Terran authorities to search out the Unknown Regions aboard the TSS Letzer. They were to survey many of the nearby Star Systems. Assigned to them were a crew of Fifty Terrans, and a complement of ten Republic specialists. While the Terran Civil War raged on, this mission was deemed a priority. The group had started off with visiting the colony at Proxima Centauri, mainly to get extra fuel and to pick up a scientist who studied xenobiology.

All on the expedition preferred it to being on Earth. The battles going on were now so far away that it didn't matter. True, they kept up with the news, but they had more immediate things to worry about.

Right now, they were surveying the Trabbur system. It had ten rocky planets, all but three having their own moons. The only issue is that the majority of them weren't inside their stars habitability zone. One of them was too close, with the others too far. Of course, that was an old belief, one that assumed life needed water to survive. Most life did, but not all. Thus, with the ships air conditioning cranked up, and the viewing ports covered, they made their way to the first planet, Trabbur A. The group landed on the far side of the planet, so as not to risk being in direct view of their star, a Red Giant.

The first few steps were of course for ceremony. A camera was set up inside the ships unpressurised door. The first mate, Isaac Stewart, left the ship first. He wore an upgraded spacesuit. No fancy speech came from him, just an "Area is Clear".

The next person to come out was a human from the Republic. Isano Thrace. She was from the Outer Rim, and had done extensive studies on the Unknown Regions, which were right next to the Outer Rim. Her professor, who had contacts within the committee working on this mission, had recommended her. She gladly accepted the invitation, and here she was, exploring the Unknown Regions. This planet wouldn't take long exploring. It was just a desolate rock, only a few samples would do. After maybe half an hour of equipment unloading to take data, they moved on. An hour after they landed, they were once again off, off for the next planet.

The first planet, Trabbur A, seemed to be tidally locked with its parent star. No life was found, they even went to look under a microscope, but it was just rocks. They left an electronic beacon saying they were there, and the Terran flag was placed.

The Terran flag was made up of a dark blue background, with ten stars, one representing each of the seven continents, and three organized colonies in space, surrounding a yellow star, which represented the Terran Sun.

The same happened for the next planet, Trabbur B.

Unlike Trabbur A, Trabbur B had an was made up of mostly hydrogen, with some Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide. It also, was just a rock, as there was no life on it. The surface was very sandy, but otherwise unimpressive. Same thing happened. Flag was placed, raised, and a beacon was left to mark where they landed.

It was the third planet that caught everyone by surprise. It was strange it didn't show up on initial scans, but it was a water world, made up of numerous archipelagos. When deciding where to land, one of the republic visitors recommended a certain island spot as the ideal place to land. The surprises didn't end with the water, there was grass, or alien grass at least. It was green, and there were strange looking trees.

To be safe, they did atmospheric tests in the ship for around twenty minutes. It was a nice 27 degrees C outside; pressure was relatively similar to earth, while Oxygen and Nitrogen took up the majority of the atmosphere. If there was such thing as New Earth, it would be this. It seemed at first glance this was a paradise. There were two downsides though: one, the space around the planet was littered with debris of some kind, as if a massive space battle had occurred, and two, it was also realized within a few minutes after they landed that the planet was occupied by land squid creatures.

They were a strange alien species. They were around the height of a human, and had legs and arms, but a head that resembled a squid with short eye stalks coming from the side of their head. One of the Republic scientists tried to figure out the species using scans of it, but to no avail. They were intelligent, as all the ones they encountered wore clothes, but their language was unrecognizable. The creatures they ran across from this species also all seemed to be blood thirsty, adding to the issue of this prospective New Earth. Many carried spears, and few of the members of the strange species had to be killed to protect the crew and scientists.

After a few hours of collecting samples from the planet, samples such as dirt and leaves and seeds were taken, along with photographs and videos of the creatures. Also a few blood samples were taken from a deceased native who had attempted to kill a crewmate.

After that, the ship was once again in space, onto its next destination.

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Warren Grant, top General of the Terran Federation, had been captured during a surprise attack on Tranquility Base. After being placed under house arrest for a few days, he was moved into a cell, and today was given his final meal. He had asked for fruit salad, but instead was given pasta. Apparently they didn't have the mangos he had asked for, and just substituted the whole thing. Executions were technically banned in the Earth Confederation, same with the Terran Federation, but it seemed the government wanted to make sure Warren Grant stayed out of the picture. Today was to be his execution. He hadn't met with his brother since last week, but it seems he would see him one final time.

"You still have a chance, Warren". Scott said, as he walked into Warren's cell, guards surrounding him.

Warren decided to take a bite of the pasta. "This pasta is undercooked, maybe you should execute the chef as well" He said dryly.

"You will go by electric chair in an hour. Please cha…"

"I will not turn against the Federation. You of all people will know that".

"And I will stick with my country. If you do not change, then I will see you in an hour" Scott turned and walked out the cell, his guards following him, leaving Warren to contemplate the temperature of the pasta.

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The Terran government, though, had known of the attack as soon as it had happened. Almost immediately, contingency plans had been drawn up to deal with the possible capture of their General. They outlined that a team of three expert agents would be assigned to go undercover to rescue General Grant. The tools it was thought they would need aside from a hand gun, would be a small republic blaster if they ran out of physical ammo, a radio, and most importantly, a Stealth Field Generator.

Stealth Field Generators were gadgets used by the Republic millennia ago, but had fallen into disuse after the Ruusan Reformation, an event that marked the end of the last great war before The Clone Wars. Stealth Field generators made the wearer difficult to notice by disturbing the senses of those who were looking in the wearer's direction. Once noticed, though, the effect would no longer take hold of the enemy, and would be able to see the wearer just fine. The design wasn't perfect, as they could still be spotted if an enemy was wearing goggles or was looking through a could see the wearer just fine, adding another layer of difficulty if any CIS droids were stationed on Earth.

Their mission goal would be to rescue General Grant before he is able to be executed and hopefully not die in the process. This mission would be of the utmost secrecy, and none outside of intelligence and the president's office would know about it.

General Grant was not a person they could afford to lose.

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In the days since the Civil War had begun, a few minor skirmishes occurred. A battle had taken place on what was the Belarus and Polish border, with another one happening in the Caribbean Sea. The Korean Peninsula had become a hotspot of troop movements. No side had yet attacked, but they were all prepared. The DMZ soon was to become one of the largest engagements in the war.

Republic starships had been deployed to aid in the defense of Earth after there were reports of CIS activity. In the meantime, much of the world entered Total War, where the majority of an economy focused on providing materials for the Civil War.

Cars manufacturers started making tanks, farms sent food directly to the government for rationing, and other businesses played their part in the war.

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The TSS Letzer, after about fifteen minutes, had gotten into space. They had finally found a planet with life amidst this strange region. Still, they had more planets to explore. Preliminary scans of the next planet showed it had major tectonic activity, causing much of the magma inside to come out to the top of the world. It was so warm there that it seemed like a direct opposite of the world they had just visited. Lava oceans with small islands of rocks jetting out among the landscape.

Alas, it wasn't to be. An hour into the trip, there was a shaking heard in the ship, then another, and another. They were being attacked by what seemed like pirates. Or rather, a single pirate ship. It had no markings of who it was from, but it was attacking them with lasers, and following that a missile. The science ship, being neither armed nor highly maneuverable, they chose their final option, they exited for Hyperspace, but not until a final blast had hit their hyperdrive.

They were now in hyperspace, but once they exit, there was no going back into it. Wherever they exited, they had to make sure it counted.

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Welp, that was the next chapter. Im gonna add right now that in the chapter "Aliens Again?" that detailed the raid on Area 51 in my story (Bc i thought it was funny to right about, still glad no one got hurt), I had referenced Thrawn being at the end. In fact I had mentioned it a few times in future chapters. Well, i decided to scrap that. Chapter Im keeping, and the alien is still a Chiss, but specifically thrawn... nah. After some thinking, I realized that I wouldn't be able to explain why or how Thrawn got to Earth, so i'm going to simply pretend that he's not there and am now changing it. The Chiss I plan on being an important part of the story in the future, or atleast a part.

Ok, here are the reviews since February 14th

Guest1: All those points are good on the guns over blasters. The one downside to guns is the reloading time and, well, the need to reload every few times you use it. In general, though, I try to have most humans from earth use guns unless the situation calls for something otherwise.

Guest2: Very true, definitely a possibility

Jayhawks: I haven't seen the clone wars in a while, so if you have any reccomendations, fell free to send them (Arent Tiplee and Tiplar dead, or am I just making stuff up? Idk, maybe one of them was killed)

Aizen Sosuke-Sama: You are right, and I think you'll enjoy next chapter if and when it comes out

Gues3: Quite Possibly, although it's been around 3 and a half months since i last posted, sooo... atleast you didn't wait 6 months?(It definitely felt like 6 months)

Welp, hope you enjoyed this.