answers to reviewers questions or statements:
DoctorWhoXX: You do realize that as connected most of the Galaxy is and was even in Peter's time, a giant cosmic being going around devouring planets would be noticed pretty quickly, right? Especially the rate he needs to consume planets? Half the galaxy would be gone in just a few decades alone, let alone three thousand years.
Jinero: Well, the Doomslayer probably won't even notice them at all, he barely seemed to really acknowledge humans outside of 'Their not Demons and aren't trying to kill me, so no killing them'. The League of course will be in a uproar for some damn reason and may even try to stop him at which point he than might notice them... and see if their filled with ammo or health too via chainsaw, bare hands or the BFG 9000.
Echo Five: Sidious will want to know if Peter's way is any different from his methods and may try to find a way to merge them, Mara might be disturbed as she's likely never seen such Dark Side abilities in person before and Vader likely won't give too much of a damn. Mainly because he's shown no aptitude or interest in such techniques.
Jason Chandler: I remember hearing about a supposed concept of a trilogy of books that would have people from Earth, either stolen by aliens or something get sucked into some wormhole and sent across the universe and into the distant past and end up on ancient Coruscant, hence the whole 'A long time ago in a Galaxy far, far away' but it never was made. But to answer your question, no, Earth does not exists in the Star Wars universe, humans, far as Legends and I think the New Canon is concerned, Coruscant is humanity's homeworld.
BrotherofaStudio: It's not a hybrid, but if you want to imagine that I wont stop you, it would be something that a Sith would make. At the moment, the Harem consists of: Mara Jade, Miranda Lawson, Emma Frost, Darth Talon, Ahsoka Tano, Elizabeth Braddock, Arihnda Pryce, Elektra, X-23, Riyo Chuchi, Guri, Viqi Shesh, Alema Rar, Elan, Nen Yim, Silri, and Kyrisa. Will more be added? Yes, but do know that not every woman listed may live to the end of the story. Some characters that died off later might die early or never at all, and some who never died might.
Hakuorofan7: Not necessarily, Peter might be amused by them enough to spare them, for a while at least.
Jebest4781: It won't be just Rebels that'll be altered in the coming years, a whole lot of shit is gonna get tossed up and mixed around.
superpierce: The Dancer's Corps is the public organization that Mara is a part of during her time as a Hand in the Empire. Basically it's like a sort of nationalized ballerina group, I think the Russians back when it as full on 'Communist' had something of that nature. In legends Mara posed as a dancer in a comic and even as one of Jabba's while on assignment, so I'm assuming she'd be good enough to join that kind of group and use it as a cover and something to keep her busy when she's not on assignment.
Hivedragon: I'm pretty sure Vader would've ended up killing both Pryce and Tua and several Imperial Officers for their incompetence. I mean it'd be hard to justify being outsmarted by a a couple of teenagers to him of all people.
Spidey's1437: Gee, I don't know why the guy is looking for the tomb of the person that he seemed to love more than life itself and was perhaps the only person he could ever really connect with on both a spiritual and emotional level. It should be obvious.
darthwolf: Originally he was, but I've decided against it, mainly because of where I'm gonna be taking this story.
josereyes121367: It seemed to easy to make Peter a Jedi, plus in a way it'd be a bit counterproductive given his character. Peter, like Anakin Skywalker, is a very emotional being. He feels thing deeper than most would assume. I thought of originally making him a sort of Grey Jedi before I settled on making him a Sith, more of an anti-hero or anti-villain in this than full on hero. Also by making Peter a Sith from an earlier era, I wanted to add a view of the 'Modern' Sith Order from someone that could see and both disagree and admire what it's accomplished. Star Wars has had ancient Jedi and or Sith make it to 'modern' times in Star Wars but they rarely ever really interacted with Bane's Order if at all. Thought it'd be interesting to have two similar but conflicting ideologies meet, Peter's Sith were more open with their abilities where's Bane's were more secretive in comparison. Physically speaking, Peter is around early thirties, but chronologically he's around 4,000 years old. We'll be finding out what happened to Felicia very soon.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel, Star Wars, or Mass Effect characters seen, mentioned or used.
There were three types of Moffs within the Empire.
The first type were ill suited sycophant's that believed themselves to be the greatest thing since the invention of the refresher and did everything they could to further the Empire's goals. The second type were the ones that were not only qualified to stand governor over a sector, but put the needs of it's inhabitants before there own and didn't abuse the power and resources they were given. The third type, which Miranda quickly discovered Arihnda Pryce to be, were Moffs who sought far more than their station will ever allow them and had no idea just how truly dark and muddy Imperial Politics could get.
She's read up on Arihnda's rise to power and will admit that the Moff has had her brush with the darker aspects of Coruscant's political arena, but the Lothal born and raised native had only scratched the surface.
'If she knew just what she'd have to give for Lothal to get the sort of recognition she wants for it, she's change her tune rightly fast' Miranda thought as said Imperial Moff more or less gave the Imperial Commander and her two Death Trooper escort a glorified tour of the Imperial Complex.
She wasn't sure wat level they were on or what the Governor was explaining, Miranda had long since tuned out the other woman's voice and the Death Troopers paid more attention to their surroundings than whatever Pryce was talking about. It wasn't until the group had arrived at what Miranda assumed was the complex's main operations room, where all Imperial Traffic was routed through and analyzed, when she noticed something on one of the terminals... a certain symbol that caused the genetically engineered beauty to pause and take a second look to be sure she hadn't been mistaken.
'You've got to be kidding me...' Miranda thought with some annoyance.
The symbol she saw on the side of the terminal was indeed what she feared... Cerberus.
Steeping back, she took note of the console it was attached to and saw that it wasn't standard Imperial hardware, but rather a typical terminal that was sold by one of Cerberus's many tech subsidiaries. Miranda sighed as she began to actually examine her surroundings and noticed a few bits of tech here and there that she recognized as being Cerberus owned and made.
'Great, now I'm going to have to go back and check the Death Trooper's cams to see if we passed anything else that's owned by Cerberus' Miranda thought as she followed Arihnda to the room's viewport and stared at the Capital City.
Governor Pryce seemed unaware of Miranda's thoughts as she continued to point out a few major landmarks in the city and their historical significance, where she hoped to build a more sophisticated Imperial barracks and training compound for Lothal's garrison, and other logistical buildings to help further develop Lothal. Butt as Miranda scanned the cityscape below, she noticed a few office buildings sporting signs and names of major subsidiaries that Cerberus owned throughout the Outer Rim along with a long six story building that displayed Cerberus's main symbol with a pair of shock troopers standing guard outside.
"I see that you've allowed Cerberus to establish quite a presence on Lothal" Miranda said with an unreadable expression on her face "And you've begun t replace some of the Empire's hardware with their own"
"Cerberus is a major player in Outer Rim business and have contacts to the regions closer to the Core that can benefit my sector" Arihnda said with a slight shrug "I'd be a fool to refuse them. And the Imperial Military does have a contract with Cerberus that allows me to purchase and install their hardware and software so long as it won't be utilized in any sensitive operations or networks"
"And all you have to do is give them a thirty percent stake in Lothal" Miranda said as she turned back towards Arihnda "Than eventually forty percent. Than fifty-"
"I'm aware of Cerberus' less savory methods of gaining economic and political control of worlds they invest in and I'm prepared for it, Commander" Arihnda said with a scoff "Their gonna find I'm not so easily intimidated or gullible as the rest"
"Somehow, I doubt that" Miranda said before she she heard her commlink go off. With a sigh, she reached for it and activated the device and was greeted to a small holographic projection of Takel "Yes Grand Admiral?"
"Commander, we uh, we have an issue" the Grand Admiral said with some uncertainty in his voice.
"Oh, and what's that?" Miranda asked with a notable frown on her face.
"It's the Executor's Nexu, Commander" the Grand Admiral said as he rubbed his hands together "It seems... well it seems that it's found a way out of his room and has... well it appears that it mauled several crewmen"
It was official, Miranda hated her life.
Miranda closed her eyes and mentally counted backwards from ten before she spoke to the Admiral in a clipped, frosty tone that made Hoth seem like a fiery wasteland in comparison "Has the Executor been made aware of this?"
"Uh, no Commander. We've been trying to contact him for some time now, but we've received no response. I had hoped he was with you" Admiral Takel said.
"If that's the case, than Admiral, I want that thing stunned and secured in one of the Wrath's cargo compartments" Miranda ordered "Use droids if possible, I'd rather keep the casualties to a minimum"
"B-But Commander, it's the Executor's-" Takel began before a glare from Miranda stopped him cold.
"I will deal with his Lordship, just secure that damned Nexu before it mauls another crew member Grand Admiral. Surely such a thing isn't beyond your skill set" Miranda said before she cut the transmission before the man could get another word in.
Turning to leave, Miranda paused when she noticed the almost smug look on Arihnda's face. Miranda's beautifully sculpted face morphed into a frown as she stared down the Moff "Is there something you'd like to say, Moff Pryce?"
"Oh no, no, no, nothing at all" Arihnda said as she stepped aside to allow Miranda and her escort to pass "I do hope whatever issue is happening aboard the Executor's ship is quickly resolved"
"It shall" Miranda said as she brushed past the Governor "And you'd do well to keep whatever smart comments you have on the matter to yourself"
Miranda just knew having that damned Nexu aboard the Wrath was going to be a disaster.
'Over ten years of service and loyalty to the Empire and how am I rewarded? Playing glorified babysitter and secretary to a damned Sith from a bygone age!' Miranda thought with a snarl as she headed for the hanger at a brisk pace, a rather remarkable achievement given that she was wearing heeled boots.
With a frustrated sigh Miranda attempted to contact the Executor's comm but found that he had either shut it off or simply wasn't answering her call.
"Bloody hells pick up the damn thing already!" Miranda hissed in annoyance as she shut off the commlink as she and her Death Trooper escort arrived to see that the shuttle was already prepared for departure.
She made a mental note to thank her escort as she climbed the ramp and quickly made her way to a seat by the cockpit and strapped herself in.
"Pilot" Miranda glanced at one of the shuttle's operators with a look of mild annoyance on her face "Has anyone been able to contact the Executor?"
"No ma'am" the pilot, a Warrant Officer said with a shake of his head "We've picked up reports he was sighted over in the city's markets"
Miranda nodded at this before she closed her eyes and leaned back against her seat "Take me to the Wrath, and than come back down here and find that damnable man and let him know that his Fleet's commanding officer and XO would love to speak with him urgently in regards to his Nexu's recent behavior"
The pilot's response was a simple nod before he and his co-pilot slowly flew the shuttle out of the hanger and into the sky.
...
As far as remote Outer Rim worlds went, Lothal wasn't terrible.
True it's public transportation system was abysmal and sanitation wasn't exactly all that great but the natives were nice enough. No one was trying to either shoot Peter and rob his corpse, trick him into signing himself away into a contract of indentured servitude or outright slavery or sell him any drugs. The only real issue he's come to have with the planet was how... boring it was.
The planet itself was largely agricultural, similar to Dantooine but on a much smaller scale, Peter doubted any planet could quite rival it's output of crops, and the only real major export it had was a small mining operation that was pumping out a few tons of Doonium. Still, the climate was agreeable and the cites and towns weren't being razed to the ground by both Jedi and Sith forces as they contested for control of the world, like so many planets were that Peter visited in the past during the height of the War.
'I wonder if the people here even realize that their world was the sight of a minor skirmish between the Sith and Jedi during the Great War' Peter thought as he silently made his way through the surprisingly crowded streets of the Capital City.
No one seemed to recognize Peter which suited the 'young' Sith Lord just fine. As much as he loves receiving recognition for his efforts to ensure Sith prosperity, he wasn't exactly a fan of being swarmed by dozens, hundreds or Force forbid, thousands of admires. Mainly because such crowds made it easier for someone with less than benevolent intentions to approach him, something he's done to Sith Lords slated to be eliminated in the past on more than one occasion.
'Though I doubt I'll have to deal with a rival Sith Lord any time soon... if ever' Peter thought with some sadness.
Despite being made a Lord of the Sith, Peter was under no illusions that he and Vader may very well be the only Sith Sidious will allow to exists in the Galaxy for many years to come. The former Supreme Chancellor didn't strike the type to share power in Peter's eyes and only allowed Peter, a Sith outside of his Order, to remain because of the potential knowledge he had within himself.
Once he got it, Peter's days would be numbered.
"Unless I deal with him first... and probably his loyal lapdog... greeeeeat" Peter muttered to himself as he approached an intersection that housed a few stalls selling fruits, mostly local grown though he had no doubt there were a few imported goods on sale.
Bored, curious and a little hungry, Peter made a slight detour towards one of the stalls where he noticed a pair of Imperial Officers, one of them he recognized as the Commandant from a few hours earlier and a man dressed in a similar green-grey officer's uniform and seemed to be a few meals over the physical stands of most Imperial Officers, talking to a Gotal. Though talking might've been too generous a word given the look of distress on the Gotal, the presence of three Imperial Stormtroopers and the fact that the Commandant and his fellow officer seemed to be talking down to the alien. He wasn't sure exactly what the problem was, but it seemed connected to the fruit the man was selling, jogans, if he wasn't mistaken.
"Your identification, now!" the heavyset Imperial next to the Commandant said with a smug look on his face.
"I'm just trying to sell a couple of jogans here" the Gotal said in a confused and scared voice.
"All trade must be registered with the Empire" the Commandant said with a tone that just screamed superiority complex.
The Gotal shot the Imperial Officers a annoyed look "I remember what it was like before your ships showed up. Before you Imperials ruined Lothal like the rest of the Galaxy"
This caused the Imperials to balk at the Gotal and just as the stormtroopers stepped forward while the commandant reached for his commlink, Peter loudly cleared his throat, drawing the entire group's attention.
"Is there an issue here?" Peter asked the Imperial Officers while the Troopers and the heavyset Officer snapped to attention.
"My lord!" the Commandant said as he stood straighter at the sight of the Sith Lord "This is unexpected. I was simply telling this-"
I asked if there's an issue Commandant, not a step by step replay of your life" Peter said dryly before he turned away from the sputtering officer and towards the Gotal "These men giving you issue?"
The Gotal blinked at Peter with wide eyes, as did a number of nearby citizens that had stopped to watch the scene before them. When the Gotal didn't answer, Peter hummed and turned towards the Imperial Officers and quirked his head slightly.
"Am I gonna get an actual answer from anyone here, or do I have to resort to more... unsavory methods?" Peter asked, causing the two officers to pale.
"N-No my lord!" the Commandant stuttered "I-In fact, we were just leaving. I-I'm sure the merchant here has learned his lesson!"
"Not just him I hope" Peter said with a snort as he turned towards the Gotal and tossed him a credit chip "I'll take a jogan please"
The Gotal fumbled in his attempts to catch the credit chip before he quickly retrieved a fruit from his basket, likely the best he could find to avoid risking Peter's anger. After taking the fruit and giving it a brief once over, Peter nodded to himself and turned to leave before stopping and turning his attention back towards the two Imperial Officers.
"Word of advice gentlemen, if you want the Empire's occupation of a planet to run smoothly, might wanna try acting more courteous to it's inhabitants, yeah?" Peter said before he turned and left the two officers to contemplate on his words.
It was times like this that Peter wondered how in the Sith Hells that Sidious expected to maintain control over the galaxy when his subordinates were pissing everyone off. Admittedly once a planet is conquered and it's populace is less than willing to conform to living under Sith rule examples have to be made, but even the most blood thirsty of Sith warriors knew that constantly provoking the populace would only lead to more uprisings which in turn would lead to more resources being wasted trying to quell the upset citizens instead of being directed towards the destruction of the Jedi and it's corrupt Republic.
'Problem with ruling with fear all the time, eventually the people are gonna stop being afraid' Peter thought with a frown as he passed a number of Lothal's natives, going about their daily lives.
Peter wasn't sure how long or how far he had walked when he suddenly heard the distinct sounds of explosions going off somewhere nearby. Peter paused and listened while the people around him began to panic as blaster fire could now be heard. Curious, Peter quickly leaped up to one of the roofs of a single story building and quickly raced across the rooftop and leaped to another building, in the direction of the commotion. Peter didn't get far before he heard several speeder bikes race by below, causing him to slide to a stop and look to see one of the speeders, clearly Imperial made and owned, was being manned by what seemed to be a blue haired teenager.
Even without having to concentrate, Peter could see that the boy was Force-sensitive. Not the most powerful Peter's felt, but still enough of some recognition.
"Hmm, something tells me that he may have a hand in this" Peter said to himself before he sensed something that caused him to pause.
It was a Force signature... A Jedi's Force signature.
Narrowing his eyes, Peter turned in the direction the signature was coming from just in time to see a man, also on a Imperial speeder bike, followed by a Lasat, race by below. With a growl Peter quickly followed after them, using a combination of Force augmented speed and his psi-webs to keep up with the trio of speeders. Thankfully the narrow streets and close proximity of buildings forced the apparent thieves to race through the streets at a much slower pace than they'd likely prefer. Seeing that they were nearing the edge of the city, Peter quickly reached for one of his lightsabers and prepared to activate it and throw the blade towards the Jedi's speeder when he suddenly sensed several blaster bolts flying towards him.
Peter slid to a stop, snapped the crimson blade of his weapon into existence and turn to deflect several blaster shots. They didn't seem to be very powerful, at the very least they wouldn't have penetrated his armor and killed him had they made their mark. Peter looked around for the source of the blaster shots and noticed a lone figure on the other side of the street, a teenager, dressed in what had to be the most atrocious colored Mandalorian armor he's ever seen in his life.
"What in the hell is she wearing?" Peter said to himself as he saw the Mandalorian teenager, wielding two small blaster pistols, fire off several more shots at Peter before he deflected them all back towards the stylishly challenged girl.
He could sense surprise and a bit of fear as the Mandalorian did her best to avoid the blaster bolts before she made a run for the edge of the building she was on. Peter considered following her for a moment before he shook his head and returned to chasing after the Jedi he sensed. They had already reached the edge of the city and were currently speeding down the highway, following close behind the child that Peter noticed earlier. Seeing he had no chance of even thinking of trying to catch up with them, Peter used his helmet's built in binoculars to observe the trio as a pair of Stormtroopers followed after them on their own speeders, firing off short bursts of bolts from their bike's cannons.
The Jedi and his Lasat accomplice responded with shots from their own blasters while the blue haired Force-sensitive teenager did his best to keep ahead of the conflict, clearly wanting no part in it.
"And here I thought that this trip was going to be boring" Peter said to himself as he watched the spectacle with a faint grin on his face.
It was a pity that the Mandalorian girl, who was clearly an ally to the Jedi and Lasat, had distracted him. He'd very much like to see if that Jedi would be able to put up more of a challenge than the five from several weeks ago could.
...
Several hours later, long after the unknown child, Jedi and Lasat had escaped aboard some sort of ship and destroyed a detachment of TIE fighters sent after them, Peter returned to the scene of the theft of Imperial crates. The area had already been lock downed and numerous Troopers were standing guard around the perimeter while a handful of forensic officers and investigators examined the scene closely.
There wasn't much to investigate in Peter's opinion, a few speeder bikes were destroyed, a few troopers were hospitalized and a few crates of blasters had been stolen.
"So... what are your plans Agent Kallus, was it?" Peter questioned the ISB agent in charge as he kicked a piece of destroyed speeder bike away, ignoring the dirty look one of the forensic officers shot him "Wait for them to hit again and hope your fast enough to get there and catch them?"
"No..." the ISB agent said with a shake of his head as he stood at attention before the Sith Lord "I will have them come to me instead my lord. I've heard rumors that someone has been asking around for information on a transport moving labor material and prisoners of war to the Kessel Spice mines. I intend to leak the location of and route of this ship. If these Rebels are the same as the ones looking for this transport, they'll come running, where I'll be waiting with a full detachment of troopers to either arrest or more likely execute them"
It sounded like a pretty solid plan to Peter, if a hunter wanted to catch his illusive prey, set some bait and wait for them to show up. It was a pretty common tactic by the Sith during the Galactic War, spread rumors of Jedi who were thought dead but were actually captured being moved to some prison or work camp and wait for the Jedi and Republic to come and 'rescue them'.
'And if the Force is with me, than that kid might be there too' Peter thought with a confident nod before a dark grin appeared on his face 'Along with the Jedi'
"Well Agent Kallus, I don't see how that could end up backfiring on us" Peter said after several seconds of silence between them.
"'Us' my lord?" Kallus said with some confusion.
"I'm gonna help" Peter said with a slight shrug "Don't worry, we'll still use your plan and you'll get full credit and everything, no matter the outcome. I only have one stipulation to my assistance in this endeavor"
"And that would be?" Kallus asked with a frown as Peter used his suit's built in commlink to contact Grand Admiral Takel and have him select a ship to use for the upcoming mission.
"There might be a kid with these Rebels whose caught my attention" Peter revealed as he waited for the admiral to answer "If what I sensed about him is correct, and it no doubt is, acquiring him could be far more rewarding than killing off a few Rebels and their Jedi leader"
Though if the child has been corrupted by the Jedi by the time they next meet... Peter will do what he must.
He'd rather not if he was being perfectly honest, children were largely innocent as far as Peter was concerned, unaware of what liars and hypocrites the Jedi were. It was to be expected that they'd be seduced by the 'noble' and 'heroic' image that Jedi made themselves out to be. They've had a good several thousand years to manipulate, control and tell the Republic what to say and write about it after all.
But Peter will be damned if he lets that accursed Order or it's members ruin another child's life.
Eventually Peter's hail to the Admiral was answered and just before the Sith Lord could speak, he was beaten to the punch by the sudden voice of Miranda Lawson.
"When in the Sith Hells have you been!?"
Peter blinked at this, taken back by the usually composed woman's anger and annoyance while a smart part of his mind was wondering why she had the Admiral's communicator to begin with "Uh, hello?"
"My lord, we've been trying to contact you for over six hours now!" Miranda snapped, her voice no longer loud and enraged, but still cold and very much crossed with Peter's apparent radio silence.
"Apologies Commander, I was busy with something" Peter said as he spared a brief glance at agent Kallus before he stepped away from the man so he could communicate with Miranda a bit more privately "May I ask what's become of the Grand Admiral?"
"He's currently inspecting the damages your bloody Nexu has caused to several compartments within the Wrath" Miranda revealed "And afterwards, he's heading down to the ship's medical wing to question the crewmen that she had mauled"
"Oh..." Peter said with a slow blink.
Even though Peter couldn't see her expression, he jus knew that the beauty was grinding her teeth in utter rage at his casual response of 'Oh'. Though how else was he supposed to respond with anything else other than slight bewilderment?
"Well, has the situation been resolved?" Peter asked.
"Yes, it has" Miranda said in a more composed manner "Your pet has been stunned and is currently lounging in one of the Wrath's storage compartments"
Peter hummed at this before nodding "Very well. When I return tot he Wrath, I'll see to her. Now would you be as so kind as to let the Admiral know that I will be taking a ship for a small little operation that one Agent Kallus has in mind?"
"Operation, what operation?" Miranda asked before suddenly a projection of her image opened in a small little window on his helmet's HUD, her face contorted into a confused expression.
"I ran across a Jedi who recently stole a few crates worth of blasters thanks to a Lasat and a Mandalorian girl with horrible fashion sense" Peter explained "He believes that their also looking for a band of Wookies that are being transported to Kessel and plans to set an ambush for them. I offered to use one of my warships to help him"
He kept the fact that there might be a Force-sensitive child involved as well, he had no idea just how much information Miranda was reporting back to Sidious and he'd rather not tip the Darth off that he may be looking for a... accomplice in the years to come. The look on Miranda's face however clearly said she knew that Peter wasn't being forthcoming with all of the information he had but knew better than to question him at the moment. With a resigned sigh, the woman nodded and explained that they had a Star Destroyer that was in need of a much needed shakedown for some of it's new weapon systems and would rendezvous with Peter and Agent Kallus when they were ready to proceed.
"What sort of opposition do you believe you'll be expecting for this operation?" Miranda asked "A Star Destroyer for a single ship seems a bit excessive"
"Let's just say that I prefer to err on the side of caution when it comes to Jedi, Commander" Peter revealed before a thoughtful look appeared on his face "And if you can, locate the woman Arden Lyn and let her know that I shall require her assistance in this endeavor. I'll consider it... worth buying her a drink in return. Or buy her a new cybernetic arm. Whatever she's feeling"
"Yes my lord" Miranda nodded before ending the connection.
With a satisfied nod, Peter turned his attention back towards the ISB agent and informed him to prepare the trap for the Rebels and the Jedi.
Now all Peter needed was some good news from Governor Pryce on the possible location for Felicia's tomb and Peter will consider this a perfect trip.
...
And done.
Next chapter, Mara Jade learns that she's not the only Jedi hunter on Talus...