Disclaimers and Stuff
· I Do not Own Star Wars,
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· I Do not own the characters from Star Wars
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· I do not own any of the characters in this story, although I may add an OC or Two at some point
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· While I do add a few characters from other fandoms I will not label this a crossover ( I believe that would only be necessary if I was using the worlds from which they came just the character themselves )
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· "Character's talking will be like this"
INFORMATION TO NOTE FOR THIS STORY BEFORE READING
· This is an Anakin Slave revolution Story
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· The Timeline for the Star Wars universe this story is kind of a little out of sorts. I try to keep it as neat as I can but please don't mind if I change things around a little bit ( Example Anakin Skywalker is an adult at the beginning of Episode One)
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· I am using information from Canon Legends for this story and adding a bit of my own flare as well
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· URGENT NOTE- Please Enjoy
Chapter 8: What Exactly Just Happened Here?
-In-The-Past-Tatooine-
A line up of beings that varied in species and age were seen shooting pans and pots that were set up about twenty-five feet away with Cycler rifles, automatic blasters, and a couple blaster pistols. While some were doing well while others were struggling but from taking just a brief look anyone could tell they were motivated to learn.
Standing behind them were a few Tusken Raiders along with Anakin and a few older humans each watching with rapt attention as previous slaves who have never held weapons in their lives were taking the first steps towards not only freeing Tatooine of Jabba's rule but creating peace between the varying peoples that were oppressed by Jabba.
While it may be a common belief around the galaxy that the Tusken Raiders were mindless brutes it was certainly far from the truth, unlike the Jawa's after their people barely survived the glassing of Tatooine thousands of years ago they became distrustful of any and all outsiders but by no means were they mindless.
Now though there was an opportunity to show them that they can have allies that can help them gain back their freedom and independence from any who would oppress them.
An older man looking to be in his thirties wearing light armor without a helmet that was standing next to Anakin watched as a Tusken helped someone adjust their stance to get a better aim with their rifle turned and looked to Anakin who was also wearing light armor "never thought I would see the day kid, but somehow you pulled it off" he stated as he crossed his arms over his chest looking impressed
Anakin continued watching " This is only the beginning Cobb, the true test is yet to come, but you are right it is a true sight to see" he replied with a smile on his face
-Present-Time-Coruscant-Senate-Building-
The Supreme Chancellor was currently standing in the middle pod in the Senate floor with a blue skinned Chagrian male with blue eyes wearing a formal robe standing next to him as he addressed the Senators " and even now, the Confederacy of Independent systems grows in strength everyday while they convince more systems in leaving the Republic and wish to create chaos in the mid rim and core worlds" he stated aloud as he grew a concerned look on his face " with the war of independence occurring in the outer rim and now this incident between Naboo and the Trade Federation this now proves how unstable the galaxy has become under the rule of the previous Chancellor who after losing his position was seen leaving Coruscant with shady looking characters " he paused for a moment to let all this sink in for those in attendance.
He looked around the room and from what he was able to tell with his eyes and senses he had many in the room eating out of his hand " I truly believe that all this chaos and anarchy in the mid and outer rims was exacerbated by the corrupt and lazy previous administration by allowing the Republic to splinter and grow apart with this new Confederacy of Independent systems taking away more and more systems from the Republic, threatening to destroy everything that we have spent thousands of years creating" by now he had adopted a more solemn look and his tone was more somber as well.
" after returning from my home planet of Naboo I took some time to speak with several advisors regarding the current situation regarding the growing rift in the Republic and we believe that if things are left as they are we may soon find ourselves venerable to more frequent terror attacks such as what recently happened on Naboo and if reports are to be believed then it seems as though the Confederacy of Independent systems has recently started building their own standing army" he stated before bringing his hands forward in a calming manner as the crowd started to go a little wild hearing the news .
"It is with a heavy heart that today I bring forward to you an opportunity to prevent the Republic from descending completely into chaos and anarchy by introducing a new bill which will be known as the freedoms act and will allow the Republic to create a standing navy and military to defend our boarders from the ever increasing chaos and instability growing throughout the known galaxy" by now many were cheering with their arms raised.
-Ganthel-
Dooku followed the young Togruta female throughout the hallways of the D.O.O.P administration building, he heading towards the office of Governor Sloane he couldn't help but take note that some of the offices they passed along the way had guards while others did not.
" Count Dooku once again I would like to apologize for the delay, The Governor was called into an emergency meeting with the Sky Order High Command" she stated as they continued the walk through the building
Dooku looked over to the young woman for a moment before bringing his eyes forward again " I understand young lady, sometimes things happen outside of our control" he stated in a neutral voice as they walked into a small elevator.
" By the way" Dooku started up again as the elevator started going up " I believe I never got your name miss?"
The young Togruta turned her head to look at Dooku in the eye " I apologize for my lack of manners Count Dooku my name is Zaata Lakry it is an honor to meet you " she stated as she performed a small curtsy with a smile on her face
Before Dooku was able to respond the elevator stopped and the doors opened up " After you" Dooku said as he gestured for her to go forward with his right hand
" oh thank you" she stated with a small chuckle before walking forward with Dooku following close behind.
After going around a few corners they come to a door with two guards standing directly in front of it each wearing light blue armor with blue helmets and equipped with electric batons hanging on the sides of their waist.
As they reach the door the Togruta stops a few feet in front of the door and curtsies to the guards " Hello, I have Count Dooku to speak with Governor Sloane"
The two guards looked to her brief moment and nodded before the other guard waved at a censor just beside the door and it swooshed open as she took a few steps forward to enter the office with Count Dooku following behind her with the door closing behind them before the two guards glanced at each other briefly before looking straight again.
-Kamino-Tipoca-City-
Lama Su walked through the door to the outside landing pad with Taun We following close behind and as they walked out into the rain they saw a dark Skinned man that had an eyepatch wearing a formal blue shirt walking towards them with a blue skinned woman with a formal red shirt following close behind holding a medium sized briefcase while the troops stayed behind at the ship.
Lama Su walked forward to meet the two individuals and as they got within a few feet of each other he came to stop and bowed his head slightly as Taun We stepped forward " Hello, Welcome to Kamino, I would like to introduce to you Lama Su the Prime Minister of our world" she stated as she gestured to Lama Su before gesturing to herself " and I am his aid Taun We, we are delighted to meet you"
The blue skinned female stepped forward " Hello it is an honor to meet you as well, this beside me is Colonel Finn" she stated as she gestured to Finn then gestured to herself "and I am Captain Zenta, it is an honor to meet you both" she finished as she bowed her head slightly.
Lama Su turned slightly as he gestured to the building " We received the request from the Sky Order High Command and are happy to discuss a possible transaction, why don't we step inside and discuss what options we have available for our services" he stated with a small smile on his face before he discreetly lowered his eyes to look at the briefcase for a few moments before turning around and started walking back into the building.
The others nodded and followed him and Taun We as they walked into the building.
-Ghomrassen-Sky-Order-Outpost-
In a briefing room there were soldiers wearing light brown armor with a small symbols on their chest, the symbol being two suns surrounding a small blue planet. Some had their helmets on while others were holding them off to the side, there were differing species including a few droids mixed in that were standing in a semi circle around a large holographic screen on the wall with a human male with dark skin wearing red armor with the Sky Order symbol on his chest and a blue cape.
" Alright troops, we will soon conducting another milk run to the system Lotho Minor" as the soldier in red armor started to speak the holographic screen lit up to show Lotho Minor " I know some of you have done a milk run to the planet but most of you have yet to make the trip, for those of you who have not made the trip I am sure you have at least heard rumors"
After the soldier stopped speaking for a moment the holographic screen zoomed in on the planet directly and started to show short videos of different locations but each short video looked almost identical, showing mountains upon mountains of trash amassed over untold generations.
The soldier then continued as the short videos kept looping " Now it is well known that during the first few years of the war of independence The Sky Order relied heavily on trips to junk planets to find technology that could be repurposed for the war effort but throughout the years has needed to do these trips less frequently, but what we will be doing here is bringing some Jawa's to Lotho Minor and provide protection for them so they have time to plunder through the piles for useable tech"
A new video started playing on the screen this one showed giant droids walking on four legs, the front two resembled claws while the back two looked like regular feet that had fire coming out of their mouths and two large pipes coming out the top blowing dark smoke while the droids were walking around munching on the piles of trash.
" These are Infuse Incinerator droids otherwise known as Fire-breathers, they will not stop no matter who or what gets in their path so getting in their way is a death sentence for any who don't pay attention to their surroundings"
A new video started to play this one showing small beings running around at the bottom pile of a trash heap these beings were about the same size of a Jawa with cloaks covering their bodies and wrapped around their heads with masks on and yellow eyes peering through the eyeholes, some were carrying weapons with small packs on their backs while others were digging around in a large pile.
" even after all these years we still don't know to much about these being other then that they are known as the Junkers, while were not really friends with them we have in the past been able to get along amicably, generally as long as we stay out of their way they won't bother our people and while they may seem harmless in a large group they can become quite the threat if provoked so don't underestimate them due to their size"
The video with the Junkers then shrunk a bit so it was still on screen with the previous videos all playing on different parts of the screen.
" A small forward advance party has already gone ahead to Lotho Minor to secure a location for us to bring the Jawa's to spend a week salvaging from the piles of scrap but things can change in a heartbeat while on the planet directly so make sure while on Lotho Minor you do not let your guard down as it only takes a split second for things to go downhill dramatically and for people to start losing lives"
The videos on the screen came to an end and were replaced with a picture of a dark blue colored Nebulon-B escort Frigate that had yellow accents with the word Defender written on the side in white.
" This escort Frigate known as The Defender will remain in the Lotho Minor system for the week to ensure safety of those who go down to escort the Jawa's and a place to rest in between trips down to the surface."
-Sriluur-Open-Space-
Three NCC-1707 battleships come out of hyperspace one by one, each with a small star fighter escort followed by five Falcon dropships with three additional squadrons of X-Wing star fighters following behind the Falcon's.
They came out of hyperspace just outside the system to ensure that the Hutt families didn't have a fleet in the system at the current time.
With the war of independence taking place in multiple places throughout the galaxy even the Hutt's had to prioritize where to place their fleets to ensure to protect as large an area as possible so while Hutt's almost always had a fleet in the area it wasn't realistic to think they could have a fleet available at every system ready to battle at any given time even for valuable trading routes such as Sriluur.
So coming out of hyperspace just shy of the system allowed The Sky Order to ensure that they would not be fired upon immediately coming out and give them time to analyze the situation before diving right in.
Although one disadvantage to this was it would give the Hutt on the planet time to call out for reinforcements before they could get close enough to jam the signals coming from the planet but the benefit usually out-weighed the risk of reinforcements.
The leading NCC-1707 battleship had the name Serenity written on the top as it lead the other two closer into the planet directly with the Falcon dropships following close behind but as the battleships turned to blockade entry into the system the Falcon dropships moved towards the planet directly, each dropship carrying a M808B hover tank on the bottom of the ships.
As the NCC-1707 battleships got into position to defend the planet with their escorts as it was inevitable that the Hutts would send ships to battle them to ensure The Sky Order would not keep control of the space around the planet as the planet was smack dap in the middle of one of the Hutts most vital trading routes that lead directly to Nal Hutta itself.
As the Falcon dropships moved closer to the planet a Daedalus class star fighter carrier dropped out of hyperspace just outside the system and only just fully became visible before shimmering out of existence and moving to take up a position beyond a moon in the system.
-Coruscant-Jedi-Temple-Council-Chamber-
In the main council chamber the Jedi Council were discussing the recent events of the invasion of Naboo and the current status of the galaxy as a whole, in the chamber sat Grand Master Yoda, Master Mace Windu, Master Ki-Adi-Mundy, Master Yaddle, Master Saesee Tiin, Master Shaak Ti ( Hologram ) , Master Even Piell ( Hologram ), and the newly added Master Plo Koon, with Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka Tano standing in the middle of the room.
" and you are sure this individual was indeed a sith?" asked Master Windu with his fingers interlocking in his lap
Qui-Gon turned his head slightly to look at Master Windu while placing his hands on his hips " Yes he was young but well trained in fighting with his lightsaber and in the use of dark side of the force"
Obi-Wan placed his hands together beneath the cuffs of his robes in front of him " I agree, he was very skilled and powerful, it was quite clear that he was trained by someone with extensive knowledge in the use of the force and with lightsaber combat as well."
Yoda closed his eyes and rubbed his chin " Clouded, the future is careful we must be."
Master Even Piell ( Hologram ) sat straight up " Also we should take note of how quickly The Sky Order was able to act and with such a force as well"
Master Shaak Ti ( Hologram ) gently brought out her right hand with her palm facing out " what matters most I think is their actions here in that they went there to help the peoples of Naboo and didn't try to leave behind a military force afterwards"
Master Saesee Tiin leaned forward a bit with a grumpy look on his face " what we should take out of this is truly how powerful The Sky Order has been allowed to become and their war in the outer rim has clearly started to cause instability in the Republic"
Mace Windu looked towards Qui-Gon with an unreadable face " you say that you spoke with this High Commander Skywalker, what can you tell us about him"
Qui-Gon-Jinn looked over to Master Windu " well for one I can confirm that he is indeed force sensitive as I witnessed him display a few force abilities, it is clear to me that he has been trained in the use of the force and trained by someone well versed in the use of the force"
After Qui-Gon finished his first thought aloud he looked around the room to see the many reactions of the council and while a couple took the news rather well he could also tell that a few were rather put off by the facts he presented to them
Master Plo Koon look around the room to the other council members " while the ongoing war of independence is an topic worth discussing I believe it may also be prudent to discuss the events around the creation and growing of the Confederacy of Independent systems which effects us more here in the mid and core worlds than the war of independence effects us"
Master Ki-Adi-Mundy leaned forward " I agree with Plo Koon, while it will be prudent to continue to gather and catalogue information on The Sky Order and The Diplomatic Order of Planets we may have more growing concerns closer to home like with the Chancellor's new Freedoms act which would allow for a Republic army to be created"
Master Shaak Ti ( Hologram ) leaned forward " Yes I agree, the only things holding off the vote right now is that they are waiting for Naboo to officially select a new Senator and from what I am told that will only take a month or two"
Qui-Gon then moved forward a little bit and placed his left hand into his robe before pulling out and showing a blue coin to the council.
" I may have a way to help"
-Kamino-Tipoca-City-
Colonel Finn and Captain Zenta were brought into a white room with literally nothing in the room but as they reached the center three curved egg shaped chairs dropped down from the ceiling, one from the other side just in front of the end wall and the other two dropped closer to the door they came from that were facing the third.
Lama Su walked over to the chair that was farthest from the door and took a seat facing the two empty chairs while Taun We turned to face the two " Please take a seat and we can discuss what options we have available for The Sky Order in regards to a possible transaction" she stated before she walked and stood off the side but slightly behind Lama Su.
Colonel Finn and Captain Zenta each took a seat at one of the available chairs facing the two Kaminoans with Captain Zenta placing her briefcase down beside her chair before sitting down with Colonel Finn sitting to her left placing the two Kaminoans in between them.
Lama Su placed his hands gently together in his lap " you know, we were beginning to think that The Sky Order would never take advantage of our offer to make you a clone army since our brief meeting those years ago, but none the less your visit is certainly welcome as we are always happy to discuss business"
Colonel Finn leaned forward a bit, folding his hands together in his lap " Yes when we first met your people years ago we were truly in no position and did not have the resources to house, feed and take care of a dramatic increase in the military, however as the years have gone by we have expanded our territories and would now be able to take in more troops at a single time now"
Captain Zenta looked to Finn with pride in her eyes for a brief moment before turning to Lama Su " Yes, and you see Prime Minister the fact of the matter is that with superior tactics and outside of the box thinking we can win nearly every ground fight we participate in but the bigger problem here is the massive advantage the Hutt Clans and the Zygerrian Empire has over us is the massive number of the amount of troops they have as they still have control over hundreds of worlds between the two factions and while they are not exactly friends it doesn't help that we have to fight two powerful enemies"
Colonel Finn gestured to the briefcase next to Captain Zenta " we have in our ship a viable D.N.A sample of a good candidate to clone alongside a sizable down payment to show how serious we are about making a deal with you in regards to supplementing our ground numbers with a dramatic amount of troops"
Lama Su looked over to the briefcase for a moment before looking back up with a smile while bringing his hands together by touching his fingers together in front of him " well, the DNA sample will be unnecessary and I believe we will be able to come to an agreement"
Colonel Finn looked to the right to get a brief look at Captain Zenta with his right eye before looking forward directly at Lama Su again but with a confused look on his face " well then, lets begin"
-Open-Space-Planet-Unknown-
A bright red SS-54 Gunship with blue accents drops out hyperspace with an icy blue looking planet showing in the distance.
In the cockpit of the Gunship was Sugi and Aurra Sing, both watching as the planet came closer and closer.
Aurra pressed a few buttons on the console before looking to Sugi who was piloting the ship " I have never even heard of this place before what did you call it again?"
Sugi reached above her head with her left have to press a few buttons and flip a few switches before turning to Aurra " I didn't call it anything cause this is a small backwater planet with no name but word is he hangs out here with some hired thugs, were you not paying attention as to what we told you back on Florrum?"
-Previously-Florrum-
Sugi smirks before downing two shots and leaning forward on the table, getting real close to Aurra "well after all these years we finally found the coward that sold out The Sky Order to the Hutts and cost you the second attempt of the Si'Klaata Cluster"
As Sugi finished her sentence Aurra slammed her drink down on the table so hard Sugi moved her head back a bit before looking back to Aurra to see her hand was clamped so hard on her drink that it might break and her eyes were narrowed and looking directly at her " WHERE.IS.HE!"
Sugi placed her hands back down on the table before using her left hand to grab her beer and taking a quick drink " word is he hired some thugs to follow him around in the underworld, he likes to gamble in underground fighting rings and visit brothels to do weird things with those working there"
she paused in order to take a quick drink before bringing her drink back down " now word is though he likes go visit some small backwater frozen planet from time to time and have drinks while harassing some locals, the place is so small it doesn't even have a name but apparently one local hates the coward so much he put sent out a request for help through a smuggler we hire from time to time"
Aurra listened with rapt attention before chugging down the last of her beer and slamming down the empty bottle and jumping up so fast she shocked everyone " lets go get the coward!"
-Present-Time-SS-54-Gunship-Cockpit
Aurra leans back and placed her feet on the dashboard of ship while placing her hands together behind her head with a grumpy look on her face " well either way the coward won't be able to hide from us any longer"
After a few minutes of silence but as planet came closer into view Aurra sat upright before standing up " I will go and get ready and let Embo know we have arrived"
As Aurra walked away Sugi turned her head to watch with an impressive look on her face for a few moments before turning her head straight to watch what she was doing as the planet came closer and closer
-Ganthel-Governors-Office-
Governor Sloane was standing looking out the window holding a small clear glass with dark liquid in it and a couple ice cubes floating in it, his window overlooked the entrance to the building and gave him a wonderful view to watch and help him relax after his emergency discussion with The Sky Order high command regarding helping temporarily house a group of recently freed slaves.
Behind him a few feet on his desk was a flat screen monitor that was about nineteen inches wide that had a blank screen. On the right corner of the desk was a few pictures one of showing a younger him with a young woman with dark skin, both of them looking to be about twenty-five or thirty with a young girl looking to be about two or three years old sitting in between them.
There was another picture showing a dark skinned young woman with in her twenties wearing a blue formal dress shirt along with black dress pants and a blue cap that was saluting in front of a grey wall with a flag on each side behind her.
As he stares outside to see the beautiful clear sunny day it brings a smile to his face to see the peoples of Ganthel getting along together to help build not just a better world but a better galaxy for those who come after them.
He was mid thought when the door to his office slid open and as he turned around in walked the young Togruta secretary followed by Count Dooku. After they got a few feet inside the office the door closed behind them and the young Togruta female curtsied to him alongside Dooku who lowered his head a little, this gave him time to move forward until he was standing in front of his desk.
After the young Togruta finished her curtsy she then stepped to the side a little and gestured to Dooku with both her hands " Hello Governor sir, I have brought Count Dooku as per your request sir"
Governor Sloane nodded to the young Togruta with a smile on his face " Thank you Zaata for bringing him promptly, please ensure any calls or transmissions are rescheduled"
She nodded with a smile before turning and walking out the door as it swooshed open and close.
Governor Sloane turned slightly to place his drink down on his desk before looking straight again and walking a few feet forward with his right hand extended as Dooku extended his hand to grasp the Governors
The Governors smile grew a little as they shook hands " hello Count Dooku it is an honor to meet you, I have heard a lot about you"
Count Dooku raised a single eyebrow at hearing that but didn't bring it up as they retracted their hands " yes likewise, I have heard nothing but good things about you Governor"
As their hands retracted Governor Sloane turned to grab his drink from the desk before walking over to a table at the side of the office that had a small shelf of different drinks and placed down his cup before grabbing a random bottle from the shelf to refill his glass and turns his head slightly towards Dooku " please take a seat Count, can I grab you a drink while I am over here?"
Dooku moves to the fancy chairs in front of the desk and takes a seat at one of them before turning his head to the Governor " Yes, thank you"
Governor Sloane spent about a minute refilling his drink and making Dooku his and when he finished he turned around holding both drinks and started walking to the desk " you don't need to tell me why you are here Dooku but I will still hear what you have to say"
He placed a drink in front of Dooku before walking around the desk to sit on the fancy chair on the other side.
-Sriluur-Capital-Shrilak-
The city of Shrilak was where the Hutt known as Nashi was currently encamped in and currently living in the largest house in the middle of the city.
Nashi while still being arrogant as any other Hutt did have more sense and took the threat of The Sky Order more seriously than most others of his race which is why The Sky Order has had the most casualties when taking cities on Sriluur even taking more from The Sky Order than Graballa at that.
Nashi was being fanned in his quarters by two female Twi'lek's that were only wearing skimpy two piece bikinis while a third was holding a trey that had a Klatooine paddy frog sitting atop it while she was standing only a couple feet from the Hutt to his left with a protocol droid standing to his right.
Nashi looked to the Twi'lek to his left before shouting at her in his own language for a minute before she walked up to him and put the paddy frog on her trey into his mouth and walked back a few feet holding her trey in front of her chest as the Hutt ate the frog.
After Nashi finished eating the frog he narrowed his eyes as he noticed the empty trey in the Twi'lek's hands before shouting at her again and waiving her off with a wave of his left hand before the Twi'lek ran away quickly to get more from the large tank on the other side of the room.
About a minute after he sent away the Twi'lek the door to his large room opened and in walked a Trandoshan male wearing light armor with two Nikto soldiers wearing light armor following him as they walked a few feet inside before they stopped for the Trandoshan to turn his head slightly to look behind him "guard the door"
The two Nikto guards nodded before walking to stand on either side of the door as the Trandoshan continued his trek forward until he was just a couple feet away from Nashi and knelt to the floor with his eyes pointed to the ground.
" My Lord, our scanners picked up a small Sky Order fleet entering the system which consists of three small cruisers and five Falcon dropships along with star fighter escorts, it seems they are bringing in some new supplies and reinforcements for their campaign and with Fahruz now under their control it will be easier for them to funnel the troops and supplies where they are most needed"
Nashi narrowed his eyes before turning his body slightly to look at his protocol droid before speaking to it in it's own language for about a minute before he stopped to look back at the kneeling Trandoshan
The protocol droid then looks down towards the kneeling Trandoshan " well Captain Bossk that just simply can not be allowed, send out the star fighters to intercept the Falcons as they make their decent into the planets atmosphere and then send out word to the Fleet protecting the Si'Klaata Cluster and tell them to send reinforcements to rid the system of these blue pests"
Before Bossk could respond Nashi looked back to the protocol droid and spoke for a minute or two in his own language before stopping and turning back to Bossk
"Nashi the Wise also suggests that you take some troops to attack Fahruz city, since the Falcon dropships will be going there, they will have to temporarily open the shield around the city and that will allow for some fighters to attack while a ground force strikes the city from below"
Bossk stood up but was still looking to the floor and placed his right arm across his chest while placing his fist at his heart " Yes my lord, I will have the fighters sent out and get the troops ready"
Bossk turned around and started to walk towards the doors as a female Twi'lek walked up to Nashi with a trey full of Paddy Frogs and as he reached the door the two Nikto guards joined him walking through the door.
-Iego-Sky-Order-Outpost-
In the largest warehouse in the Sky Order Outpost there were hundreds of B1 battle droids lined up in formation, taking up almost all the room in the warehouse and this was only a small amount of the droids rescued during the battle of Naboo.
Packs of blue colored dum series pit droids that followed either a Jawa or an Ugnaught were wandering around making slight adjustments to a few droids here and there also a few protocol droids going around with tablets in their hands going over readings.
In a small office Jaybo Hood was leaning back in a chair with his feet on his desk and a tablet in his hands while he was going over data they received from the droids in the warehouse, he had heavy bags under his eyes as well.
The door to his office opened and Quill walked in with two steaming mugs and walked over to the desk without Jaybo even noticing his presence and placed down both mugs with just enough force to make a small bang on the metal desk
After the slight bang Jaybo fell backward out of his chair and on the floor on his back but thankfully Quill was able to grab the tablet out of his hand before it could fall on the ground.
"Uhhg"
Quill leaned against Jaybo's desk watching as Jaybo get back up while hearing Jaybo groan as he took some time to get back up from the floor and pick his chair up off of the floor
" So Jaybo we got about eight hundred fifty B1 battle droids here in the main warehouse and between the other three warehouses we were able to fit about another twenty-five hundred, we will probably need to move this to one of our bigger outposts on one of the moons depending on how many droids we got from those two droid control ships"
As Quill was talking Jaybo had gotten the time he needed to put his seat back upright and sit down in front of his desk and was now holding his head in his hands with his elbows on the desk for a moment or two to let pain in the back of his head subside for a minute.
After about a minute or two he grabbed one of the steaming mugs and took a drink while gesturing for Quill to look over the tablet.
After taking a brief drink from the coffee Jaybo just sat there for a moment with his eyes closed, holding the warm cup between his hands while Quill began looking over the information on the tablet.
After a minute or two of silence Quill's eyes widened for a brief moment as he realized just how many droids were on those ships and he looked over to Jaybo " I get why your like this now, but kid you need to relax a bit, go take a nap, this is going to take a while to complete and it won't help if your human brain can't keep up with the work"
Jaybo took another drink of the hot liquid then placed the cup back on the desk before looking to Quill " well the numbers are the worst part but what also shocked me was the programming and design of the B1's themselves as well"
Quill put the tablet down on the desk before grabbing the second cup he brought in and taking a quick drink before looking to Jaybo with a curious glance "and what do you mean by that?"
Jaybo placed his cup down before grabbing the tablet before pressing the screen a few times and after a few seconds he passed the tablet back to Quill.
Quill placed down his cup after taking another quick drink and once again held the tablet in his hands, on the small screen showed a visualization of a B1 slowly spinning in circles on the left side with information being displayed on the right.
As Quill was looking over the information Jaybo took a longer drink of his coffee before placing it down again and looking over to Quill " So not only did they have the weakness of having to be powered by a central control which means that one good shot can take down an entire army but it seems that who over made these went out of there way to make them more subservient and docile, with this programming I am surprised they find these droids useful for more than paperweights never mind occupying a planet"
Quill looked over the information in silence for a minute or two while Jaybo worked on drinking his coffee and after a minute or two he looked over to Jaybo " Well either way it doesn't really matter, they are free now, it will take a bit of time but when we are done they will be free citizens of the Diplomatic Order of Planets, free to do as they choose"
Jaybo gave Quill a hopeful glace before taking the last drink of his coffee and looking back to Quill "yeah I know your right, and at least with my new protocol I came up with doing a mass wipe will be easy to do at least"
-Sriluur-Open-Space-
After the Falcon dropships began their decent down to the surface of the planet the three NCC-1707 battleships were able get into position around Sriluur in defensive positions to prevent Hutt ships from interrupting the reinforcements from getting down to the surface.
Five Chelandion class cruisers were coming out of hyperspace one by one with Z-95-AF4 Headhunter star fighters escorting them and as soon as the fleet dropped out of hyperspace they turned to face the NCC-1707 battleships and moved towards them while releasing more star fighters from their ships.
The NCC-1707 battleships separated a bit but stayed close together to move forward and meet the Hutt cruisers while their X-Wing escorts moved forward to engage the Hutt star fighters and before long a dog fight was started between the star fighters with red and green laser fire being exchanged in a heated manner
Once the five Chelandion class cruisers got close enough they began to fire on the three NCC-1707 battleships with red laser fire but it only took a few moments before green laser fire started flying towards the Hutt ships.
-Kamino-Landing-Pad-Lambda-Shuttle-
In the cockpit of the Lambda class T4 shuttle Captain Tallissan was leaning back in her chair with her feet up and sitting on the dashboard and her hands cradled the back of her head with a blue naval cap covering her eyes while snoring lightly with Takook fiddling with nobs and switches on his side of the console.
Takook stopped playing with the console for a moment to look at a clock placed into the center console then looked over to Captain Tallissan and chuckled for a moment " RAWRGRWAWGGR!!! ( WAKE UP CAPTAIN!!)"
Captain Tallissan jumped up and before she was able to realize exactly wear she was, she smacked her head on the ceiling of the cockpit and fell back down and landed back in her chair with a thump and Takook watched while laughing.
Captain Tallissan groaned lightly as she slowly sat up again and leaned forward a bit and cradled her head in both her hands. After a minute or two the pain in her head dulled a fair amount and she was able to come to her senses while leaning back into her chair before turning her head slightly to look at the laughing Wookie with a single narrowed eye "really Takook?"
Takook shrugged his shoulders before looking to the clock and nodding his head " RAWRGR, WAWGGR, RAWRGR ( well you told me to wake you up when it was time)"
Captain Tallissan looked to the clock and realized the time before turning to a side panel and pressed a few buttons before a small screen slides out of the ceiling just in front of the ships viewport on her side and turns on.
The screen went to static for a brief moment before the screen turned blue with D.O.O.P in bold black letters surrounded by white wings with light music being played as Captain Tallissan leans back into her chair.
" Welcome to D.O.O.P news, bringing you the latest information regarding the Diplomatic Order of Planets and their efforts to create a lasting unity throughout the systems that support each other"
As the narrator was talking the screen transitioned to show a desk with two beings sitting behind it, one was a white skinned female with blonde hair wearing a formal red dress with a D.O.O.P pin on her chest that was sitting on the camera's right side while beside her was a green skinned Rodian male wearing a formal blue suit.
As the narration came to an end the female leaned forward a bit " Hello I am Cindy Martell welcome and thank you for tuning in to the D.O.O.P News Network"
The Rodian beside her bowed his head a small bit as he placed his right hand over his chest " and I am Grey, thank you for joining us today"
The female placed her hands together atop the desk " Here are some of our top stories for today"
The camera paned out allowing for a small box with a black screen to appear just above her head to the camera's right
The Rodian male now placed his hands together with interlocking fingers on the desk " For our first story tonight a new Planetary Security Force has been launched yesterday from the planet Lannik "
The small picture above and to the right of Cindy grows out until it takes up the screen and shows the Planet Lannik from space. Showing in the frame were three Cal-Class battleships, the middle one being colored blue with yellow accents while the two on the sides were colored green with blue accents and the three cruisers were each being escorted by a couple of squadrons of Aurek-class tactical strike fighters.
" Yes that is certainly correct Grey it is very impressive to boot but don't let their height fool you, Lannik soldiers are some of most disciplined and courageous fighters the galaxy has, so you wouldn't want to go up against well trained and well equipped ones either eh Grey."
"I most certainly would not Cindy you are correct there"
After Grey spoke the screen changed again although this time it showed a moderately sized city with thousands of Lannik people cheering as Lannik soldiers wearing green colored light armor marching down the main street towards the city center with green flags lining up the left side of street meant to represent the new Lannik Government and blue flags with D.O.O.P written on them lining up the right side of the street and Aurek-class tactical strike fighters flying overhead.
The screen then shrunk back to it's normal size and spot above and to the camera's right of Cindy then went blue with D.O.O.P in black letters on the smaller screen.
Grey then looked over to Cindy still with a smile on his face for a brief moment before looking back to the camera " Yes it is Cindy, that planet has come along way since the Sky Order helped the Lannik people liberate it from the Hutt cartel and the influence of the Lannik High Court which during the beginning of the war of independence sold out it's own people to the Hutt's for money and power"
Cindy allowed her smile the fall a little bit " yes and now that they have their own planetary security forces the Sky Order will now be able to move the resources they were using to protect the planet from another invasion to somewhere that might need them more."
Grey then looked a little somber for a few moments before grabbing a drink of water and again placing his hands together back on the desk as the smaller screen to the right and above Cindy's head changed to show a greenish brown looking planet
" onto our next story, the Diplomatic Order of Planets was able to find a suitable planet for the Lurmen people and was able to settle them onto it without trouble"
After Grey finished the introduction the small screen that was above and to the right of Cindy once again slowly got larger until it took the entire screen again as the visual changed to show several Lurmen people walking down ramps out of blue colored MSTT's ( Mandalorian Shaadlar-type troopships )
" Yes that is right Grey, and while they choose not to support neither The Sky Order or the Diplomatic Order of Planets that doesn't matter, what matters is they are now free to lead their lives the way they want in peace"
While Cindy spoke the video on the screen changed a few times to show several Lurmen with D.O.O.P soldiers and droids moving around giant pods to form small villages, one thing to note is that while their were soldiers on the ground the few weapons to be seen were stun batons hung at the waist.
The screen changed one more time to show what seemed to be a Lurmen Chieftain a few feet in front of a group of Lurmen people facing a Diathim wearing a blue cloak with two other Diathim behind the first and a couple D.O.O.P soldiers packing thing away behind them into a small blue Lambda shuttle.
The Diathim in front walked forward another foot or two before extending her right hand just before the leading Lurmen did the same before the picture shrunk again before it went back to being to the right and above Cindy's head.
-Ganthel-Governor-Sloan's-Office-
Count Dooku placed his glace on the desk after taking a drink and looked to Governor Sloane with a curious glance " so what do your people think of having such a high military presence on such a peace loving world?"
Governor Sloane picked up his glass to take a drink before looking back to Count Dooku " well , the people here are at peace with military presence here on Ganthel, and not only that but was it here on Ganthel that The Sky Order opened their first off world training facilities that alone is an honor many would like to hold on to"
Count Dooku took another drink from his glass before looking to the pictures on the desk and casually taking the one of Rae Sloane in uniform to look it over.
" I can certainly understand why the current Government of Ganthel would support such a brutal war even when it doesn't involve your people"
After saying what he did Dooku was looking to get a good reaction of the Governor but after he placed the framed picture back on the desk he turned back to see the Governor silently chuckling to himself and while Dooku was able to hide it he was quite shocked at the reaction the Governor had to what he said
" Might I ask what is funny Governor Sloane?"
Governor Sloane placed his glass back on the desk and said nothing for a few seconds as he calmed himself down a bit.
" I apologize for that Count Dooku for being unprofessional for a moment but if you believe that the reason we support The Sky Order is because my daughter is a naval officer than you are rather mistaken"
After his apology the Governor slowly stood up while holding his glass and walked to the window to look outside while Count Dooku watched on with a curious look on his face
Before Dooku could say anything in response the Governor turned back around to look at him while slightly leaning back against the window.
" tell me something Count Dooku, have you ever had to make an impossible decision?, I mean I know you were in the Jedi Order for decades before returning to Serenno but have you had to make an impossible choice, like for example having to choose between your daughter or your wife?"
Dooku was speechless for a few moments before taking a drink and placing his drink back down on the table and looking to meet the eye of the Governor
" while I can not say I have been in that exact dilemma I have had many moral decisions to make along my path from a youngling in the Jedi Temple to being a fully realized master of the force, many of which changed me over the years"
Governor Sloane smiled a bit before taking the last of the drink in his glass and walked over to the table and shelf to the side of his office and placed down his empty glass and began making a new drink.
" I had to make that choice, I had to choose between my daughter and my wife"
While saying this the Governor had finished making a new drink and turned around to face Dooku again before walking back to his desk and sitting back down in front of Dooku and looking him in the eye
" there I was, hiding in a closet with my little girl holding her mouth shut while trying to keep my heart in my chest and while my daughter and I were not found my wife only had enough time to hide under the bed and when they found her, they dragged her out kicking and screaming but didn't have time to come back to look for more of us"
The Governor now had a somber look on his face with a little moisture in his eyes but took another drink before continuing
" my daughter and I lasted another two and a half years but we eventually got captured by the Kotaska gang that had control over Ganthel but by then my wife had been taken off world and brought somewhere to be appraised and sold like cattle and if it wasn't for the Sky Order my daughter and I would have met the same fate, that is the last thing I wanted for Rae"
Governor Sloane then placed his glass on the desk before picking up the picture of his daughter and looked at it for a few moments
" before we were captured I went as far as cutting her hair and dressing her like a boy because should the worst case happen she might have been spared from men, we got lucky being the fact that by the time we were captured and placed into cages The Sky Order had taken control of the space around Ganthel and the Kotaska gang couldn't take slaves off world any more"
He placed the picture back down gently on the corner of his desk before looking back to Dooku " by this point The Sky Order had taken and restored order in most of the bigger cities but the Kotaska gang still had a few outposts throughout Ganthel that were holding a few thousand slaves in cages, they were hoping to be able to organize and take back a large enough space port to be able to get their cargo off world and make off with one last payday, even wound up trying to contact outside pirates but failed in that regard"
Governor Sloane picked up his glass again and took another drink before placing the glass gently on the table again
" my daughter and I were in a cage for only about three weeks and those three weeks were torturous, they gave us little food and stuffed the cages pretty full as well, there was excrement all over the ground of the cages and the gangsters enjoyed randomly shocking the cages with stun batons when they grew board, it got so bad that one night I even considered killing my daughter but then the night before"
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-Ganthel-In-The-Past-
There was a moderately sized outpost that had fifteen foot high walls surround a warehouse and a small lot to place vehicles. On the walls were members of the Kotaska gang walking along the narrow pathway with a heavy blaster placed on either side of the main gate with a spotlight to ensure that they don't lose their last big payday.
Inside the warehouse were a few dozen cages throughout half the building and these cages were sometimes stacked upon one another with much care for those on the bottom and it stunk so fierce that there were no possible words to describe such an awful and inhumane odor in the building.
There were many differing species laying in the cages which included Humans, a few Twi'leks, some Wookies, Mon Calamari, and a few others as well. They were all weakened from hunger, thirst, and general abuse but the worst part has to be the fact with so many beings cramped all together and no privacy meant that many were still covered in their own waste.
The light was dimmer around the cages and there were dozens of Kotaska gang members walking around with blaster rifles and electric batons, every now and then a board guard would place his baton against a cage and chuckle as the cage and any connected to it would get electrocuted.
In a cage that was alone with none other stacked on top was John Sloane huddling his daughter as close as he could, he did what he could to protect her dignity and thanks to his efforts the guards still believed Rae was a boy so at least she didn't have to deal with some things other women in the cages did when they were dragged off only to be returned hours later in tears and clearly distraught.
John looked down to his little girl who for what seemed to be the hundredth time cried herself to sleep. How could he call himself a father after allowing his little girl to experience such pain and for days has spent time contemplating ending her misery before finding a way to kill himself.
All of a sudden he heard what appeared to a loud gong go off a few times before explosions could be heard and the building started to shake and a few seconds later he and everyone else in the building heard laser fire start to go off and light screaming could be heard.
After a few seconds a door the warehouse opened and in ran a Kotaska gang member as the guards in the building ran over to meet him
The guard to ran in stopped a few feet in front of the others " The Sky Order is attacking the front gate, they are being led by the weird looking chick with the antenna sticking out of her head and they are attacking pretty aggressively, you all need to come with me but leave a couple squads behind, GO! "
Most of the guards started running towards the gate where the attack was occurring while about twelve stayed behind with the guard to ran in, the guard who ran in then reached into his pant leg pocket and pulled out a small handheld device with a red button and a toggle on the right side and handed it to one of the others.
By now the laser fire from outside had gotten louder and more intense as more and more explosions rocked the compound
The guard who first ran in was about to run out again before looking at the others staying behind
" if they make it past us just flip the switch and it will detonate the hidden explosives in the foundation of the building, while the Boss hates losing cargo like this he would rather it be destroyed than taken by those blue pests"
The guard who now had the detonator nodded but before he had a chance to reply the other guard ran back out to where the action was and then turned around to see the other guards before waiving them off with his hand to split up and watch to cargo.
All the slaves by now were up and about listening to everything going on and hoping that The Sky Order can save them before they blow up and even John was standing up holding up a little Rae.
After the battle outside raged on for a few minutes the door to the warehouse slammed open as a guard jumped in on his hands and knees and slammed shut again behind the guard, small amounts blood pooling down from various parts of his body and his helmet was missing as well.
A couple guards that were staying inside ran up to him to help carry him to spot to lay him down and as he managed to look up you could see damaged from a blast done to his face with one of his eyes almost closed from swelling blood pooling from his mouth " d…dess…troy b…ba…ase"
He died before they got him to a table to lay him down and after they put his body on a table the remaining guards in the warehouse met up with the lead guard pulling out the Detonator and looking around to the others gesturing to a side exit
" Lets just get out of her and blow this place to bits, this cargo means nothing to us"
The other guards all looked around at each other briefly before looking back to the first guard and nodding and picking up their rifles but before they could go anywhere they heard some weird noises coming from the back.
They all raised their rifles and started moving towards the back towards the weird noises all being lead by the guard with the detonator and as they got to the back they can see weird lines coming from the back wall and before they could contemplate a reason for the slight smoking a five foot tall rectangular portion of the wall quickly flew forward hitting the front guard and forcing him to throw the detonator off to the side as he flew backwards a few feet and landing unconscious on his side.
Before the other guards could realize what was happening a young Anakin Skywalker wearing blue colored armor that covered his chest, arms, and legs burst forward into the warehouse while activating a lightsaber handle for a grey colored blade to come out with other light armored beings holding blaster rifles quickly following behind him which included a couple blue colored HK-87 assassin droids.
By the time the guards realized the situation and were able to raise their weapons Anakin pulled out a blaster pistol with his free hand and the other troops were already firing upon the rest of the guards and after a brief fire fight all the guards inside the building were dead.
Anakin then looked to second in command who was walking up behind him wearing grey colored light armor before gesturing outside " Kitster go help Aurra finish them off while the medical team comes in to help the peoples here"
As the troops followed Kitster out of the warehouse to finish off the left over gang members Anakin looked over to the whole in the wall and gave a quick but loud whistle to signal some soldiers in white colored light armor with the Red Sigil on their right arms to come in and make their way to release the slaves.
Anakin himself started using his lightsaber to cut open the cages and using the force to gently lift some cages and move them so they were no longer.
One of cages Anakin opened was the holding John and Rae and as he opened up the cage the former slaves who could walk started slowly walking out with tears in their eyes thanking him as they guided by some soldiers in white armor.
( QUICK NOTE: END OF GRAPHIC STUFF )
-Present-Time-Governor-Sloane's-Office-
Governor Sloane looked Dooku in the eye " so you see Dooku, many people of Ganthel share similar stories so while yes I love and support my daughter it has nothing to due with our support of The Sky Order and their war of independence, if you wish for a vote by the people to ensure their continued support of The Sky Order and The Diplomatic of Planets then that can be arranged but a fair warning it will take time to accomplish and I can't promise it will go over any better then at the other planets you have tried to turn"
Dooku took in everything that has been told to him with a stone look on his face and said nothing for a few moments before standing
" I see… than my time is wasted here it seems "
Dooku turned to walk out of the Governor's office but a few feet before he reached the door he stopped and turned around slightly to look back at the Governor
" you may wish to be careful Governor, if the Confederacy of Independent System does go to war with the Republic I do certainly hope Ganthel doesn't get caught in between what would be such a brutal and chaotic war"
After saying this Dooku wasted no time to look forward again and briskly walked out the door o the Governor's office with John watching with an annoyed look on his face.
-Kamino-Tipoca-City-
Lama Su was walking down a white hallway with Colonel Finn to his left with Taun We and Captain Zenta following close behind them.
The group walked into an elevator and as it started to descend Lama Su looked to his left to look at Colonel Finn
" You come at a fortunate time as we have been working to fulfill an order for years now and while we are committed to the order that was placed but we are always happy to look for more business opportunities"
As the elevator continued it's descent they went into a wide open room with thousands upon thousands of tanks, clones were walking around in packs and while some were wearing armor and some were not.
Colonel Finn and Captain Zenta looked around in silent awe of what they were witnessing, for the first time someone able to get a true grasp of the scopes of the capabilities of the Kaminoans and it shocked them.
" Truly astonishing is it not?"
Colonel Finn and Captain Zenta both took a brief second to gather themselves before they looked over to Lama Su trying to look impressed with what they saw but as they were about to respond the elevator slowed down and came to a gentle stop on the ground floor before the door silently slid open.
After the door opened Lama Su walked out with Colonel Finn by his side followed by Taun We and Captain Zenta as they walked forward into a new set of hallways. Throughout the hallways they continuously passed bunches of clone troops and noticed how droid like these troops were and it was a little disheartening to witness.
As they walked throughout the cloning facility towards an unknown destination Lama Su turned his head slightly to his left to Colonel Finn
" We have been for past several years working with a client to make them a large army with and with a good template as well, and with the plight of The Sky Order in mind we have been able to put aside a small amount and will be able to sell them to you at a reasonable price"
As he finished saying this they approached a doorway with Barracks written in Kaminoan above and the door slides open to reveal a room that seemed to stretch on forever with thousands of closed pods. They walked in and as they were about to ask pods started opening up revealing them to be small beds.
Colonel Finn and Captain Zenta watched as clones started to pile out of the cramped pods with some climbing down ladders while others were closer to ground and did not need ladders but both Finn and Zenta realized the situation and looked down the hallway towards the thousands of other pods.
Lama Su proudly gestured down the hallway
" Twenty-five thousand battle ready soldiers along with star ships, vehicles and new weapons as well ready for purchase"
-Sriluur-Fahruz-City-
Commander Krell was standing on a rooftop with his four hands behind his back looking up at the sky through the semi transparent shield that was protecting the city with Lieutenant B08 standing a few feet behind him.
He watched as the Weequay people along with The Sky Order troops were getting ready to lower the city wide shield to allow the Falcon dropships in to bring in new troops and fresh supplies as well getting a chance to take wounded soldiers out of the theatre of combat to receive proper medical care.
Bringing down the shield though came with it's own risks like opening them up to air attacks which meant spending time placing anti air defenses throughout the city to prevent to prevent any successful air raid.
He was so engrossed in his thoughts he didn't hear the door to the roof open and out walked a female soldier wearing red armor with two blue vertical stripes going down from her helmet to her feet and a blue stipe going from her shoulders down to her hands while having an A350 blaster rifle slung on her back.
Lieutenant B08 did how ever hear to door open before turning to watch as the female soldier walked up until she was only a few feet behind Krell before slamming her feet together at attention while saluting with her right hand
" Commander Krell sir!, the missile teams are in place and we are just setting up the last of the E-Web heavy repeating blasters in good positions to defend the city against an air raid, we will be ready in five minutes"
After making her statement to the Commander the female soldier relaxed her right hand and placed both hands behind her back.
Commander Krell turned his head a bit to look at the female soldier for a few moments before looking up again
" Good work Captain, the Falcon dropships should be here in about half an hour so I want those shields down in fifteen minutes"
The female Soldier slammed her feet to attention while bringing her right hand up to salute Krell again "roger Sir!"
The female dropped her salute before turning around and walking through the door again.
It was silent for a few moments again before Krell turned his dead slightly towards Lieutenant B08 " once those tanks get dropped off you are going to need to get them to Major Pryde's outpost while we have the Hutt forces distracted here, you best go get your troops ready it is going to get pretty hairy here soon enough"
Lieutenant B08 nodded before saluting " Yes Sir, good luck and may the force be with you"
Krell turned his head slightly as he watched the droid walk through the door before turning his head back up the sky and could feel the anticipation of all those who are going to fight again.
-Open-Space-Location-Classified-
There were no planets in sight but in the open space many ships could be seen flying around, there were three Nebulon-B escort Frigates colored dark blue with yellow accents, four red colored Gozanti Cruisers with black accents, two MSTT's ( Mandalorian Shaadlar-type troopships ) that were loaded with troops and smack in in middle of this armada was a Nakamura-class star Dreadnought that was colored dark blue with red accents.
Flying around were various types of star fighters some of which were, Aurek-class tactical strike fighters, X-Wings, along with some older design models such as G-1A star fighters and the Preybird-class star fighters which were more prominent during the first years of the war of independence.
The star fighters were flying around in packs in formation around the armada while the ships traveled through dead space far out of the way from Hutt or Zygerrian influence, this armada could reinforce any fleet throughout the galaxy at any given time and was made to ensure that should the Hutt or Zygerrian armies take vital space.
Standing aboard the bridge of the Nakamura-class star Dreadnought was a blue skinned individual wearing black pants with a formal white naval shirt with many metals pinned on the left side of his chest while D.O.O.P was imprinted on the right with The Sky Order symbol right above.
He was standing there looking out to the void of space when the door to the bridge opened and in walked a white skinned woman with dark brown hair wearing a dark blue formal naval shirt with black pants and a blue naval cap.
She walked up until she was only a few feet behind him and then slammed her feet together at attention while bringing her right hand up for a salute " Grand Admiral Thrawn Sir!"
Admiral Thrawn turned his head around enough to see Commodore Faro for a brief moment before looking forward again " At ease Commodore, how can I help you?"
Commodore Faro relaxed by separating her feet a bit and placing her hands together behind her back " Sir we received word from High Commander Skywalker and he stated he apologizes for the delay but he is now on the way with the SHMI so to discuss the latest developments in the galaxy"
Grand Admiral Thrawn stood there in silence for a few moments before turning his head slightly behind him " Thank you for letting me know, you may return to your station Commodore"
-This-Is-The-End-Of-The-Chapter-
QUICK NOTES:
1: In regards to the slaver portion on Ganthel, that is genuinely how slaves were treated in the Star Wars universe and I only focused on John and Rae because they were the only ones there truly relevant to the overall story.
2: Sorry for the lack of Action this chapter everyone I am trying to get the ball rolling on getting the Clone Wars started
3: I know I keep mentioning the Zygerrian Empire but have not actually brought them in yet but they will play a bigger role after the Clone Wars begin
4: Please look to my profile page for weekly updates on the next chapter
