Chapter 18: Wrath of Endless Night
Braga waited within Salvations communications room with his eyes closed and arms crossed. Eventually, he was finally being called on causing the holographic image of Palpatine to appear in front of Braga. Hearing this, Braga opened his eyes halfway to see the Emperor of the Galactic Empire. Palpatine could not help chuckle at Braga's presence before he nodded his head.
"Dooku told me of your forces on Dathomir...but I had to be certain it was you rather than some remnant of the Confederacy left behind by my apprentice...you may have heard of him," Palpatine said with a snicker.
"Anakin Skywalker," Braga answered causing Palpatine to chuckle a little louder.
"His name is now Darth Vader," Palpatine corrected.
"To you, he is Darth Vader...but to me, he is and always will be Anakin Skywalker," Braga answered as his armor changed to blood red for a split second only to shift back to blue.
"Nonetheless, your deal...I see no reason in complying," Palpatine said sighing softly.
"Then the Night and all its wrath...will descend on your so-called Empire. You may think your Empire can withstand the coming Night...but make no mistake...no matter what you do...your army cannot stop...what they cannot see," Braga said glaring at Palpatine who only laughed.
"We will see," Palpatine said grinning as his image faded away.
"Brother Zero. Prepare the Night," Braga said closing his eyes and sighing heavily.
"What do you plan to do Brother Braga?" Zero asked.
"We are going to war. Have both squads meet in the war room," Braga said opening his eyes.
"I will notify Nightfall Squad and The Night Children," Zero notified.
-War Room-
Braga stood in the middle of the room with his arms crossed while he has his head lowered and waited with Nightfall Squad patiently waiting while Ventress and her group entered the room. The moment Ventress walked into the war room, Braga opened his eyes and raised his head with Nightfall Squad remaining still.
"I'm here Master Braga," Ventress said with a smile.
"Now that we are all here...I will hold nothing back. The planets under my protection are under threat," Braga admitted while looking at Ventress.
This caused the Dathomirian to widen her eyes while gripping her hands into fists. She could not help but sigh and shrug while crossing her arms under her bust.
"Nothing we cannot handle," Ventress spoke while tilting her head.
"Which is why I am going to station a Purgatory Carrier and four Limbo Battleships to protect your Home World. Mygeeto, Quarzite, and Mandalore will also have the same amount of protection. Nightfall Squad, I am going to station you on Mandalore," Braga announced looking between the two squads making Ahsoka blink her eyes.
"What about you?" Ahsoka asked looking at Braga.
"The Empire is making light of the wrath of the Night. As such I will be leading a campaign across the galaxy," Braga said looking at Ahsoka whose eyes grew wide.
"You would put the lives of innocent on the line because of the Empire taking light of your army?!" Ahsoka shouted gaining the attention of all of Nightfall Squad.
"The Night will not shed the blood of the innocent. Just the soldiers of the Empire. Their bases will be laid to rest...but that does not mean I will leave those planets undefended either. I know full well of the risk of a war and those caught in-between. Although I will not make a base of my own...I will leave a platoon of Assault Sentinels," Braga replied making Ahsoka ease her gaze and nod her head in understanding while taking a step back.
"What about my home? I want to make sure my Brother is okay," Pluma spoke with worry in her eyes.
"They are in good hands. Out of all the planets under my protection, Quarzite is the most well-defended seeing as there are only a few points that they can enter through which limits their advance," Braga explained.
"What...if they bombard Quarzite?" Pluma continued.
"They will have to get past Zeroes fleet first," Braga answered.
"Say we do as you say Master Braga...what action will you take?" Ventress asked with a raised brow.
"I will take what is left of the Army of the Night and deal with every Imperial Military base," Braga answered.
"If you plan on taking on the Empire by yourself, you'll need more than your carriers and battleships," Ventress commented.
"Salvation will also be taking part in this battle," Braga said looking at Ventress. "Ahsoka will be in charge of watching over the Jedi's and younglings on Ison. Lost Faith will take you there. I will station five platoons of Assault Sentinels and one platoon of Engineer Sentinels as well as a squad of Juggernauts to protect you,"
"Thank you, Braga," Ahsoka bowed her head before looking back up at him.
"What can Salvation do exactly?" Ventress asked.
"Salvation is a factory. In charge of constructing Assault and Engineer Sentinels... but it is also equipped with a powerful Ion Beam Cannon," Braga explained.
"The same thing like your right arm and Heavy Sentries Eclipse uses?" Ventress questioned while bringing her arms to her sides.
"Yes," Braga said in a soft tone.
"...you don't want to use Salvations weapon," Ahsoka commented gaining Braga's attention again. "If it's as powerful as it sounds then what is there to be hesitant about?"
"You're asking why I am afraid to use Salvations Ion Beam Cannon?" Braga asked facing Ahsoka who simply nodded her head. "Memories of the past little one. Dark ones at that,"
"So you're saying this is not the first time you used a weapon like this before?" Ventress pitched in with narrowed eyes.
"Yes. Although this is a weaker version of what I am used to," Braga said with a shrug. "But make no mistake...it is a force many ships will be unable to withstand,"
"Brother Braga. Everything is ready. We await your command now," Zero spoke appearing over the Forerunner's right shoulder.
"Are there any other questions?" Braga asked looking around before nodding his head. "Then everyone is dismissed,"
Braga watched as everyone left the war room to make their way to their respective destinations. Once Braga was the only one left, the three Zeroes appeared earning a nod from the Forerunner.
"You heard the plan. Once they leave Salvation...we begin our war against the Empire," Braga said gritting his teeth.
"What will be our first target Brother Braga?" Zero asked.
"Geonosis," Braga answered gripping his arms tightly.
-Geonosis-
Braga stood in Salvations bridge overlooking Geonosis as well as the Empire's defense formation. All that was present was Salvation against a small Imperial Fleet consisting of seven CR90 corvettes, five Arquitens-class light cruisers, and one Venator-class star destroyer. It did not take long before Braga was being hailed by the command ship which was the Venator. He sighed and swayed his hand causing a miniature version of a clone commander to appear.
"Unknown...Braga!" The clone commander shouted with rage in his eyes.
"I will warn you once. Leave or fall into the embrace of the Night," Braga warned with his arms crossed.
"The Emperor demands your execution!" The commander replied earning a disappointed sigh from the Forerunner who shook his head.
"Do you speak for all your men? Even those on the ground?" Braga asked narrowing his eyes seeing the clone commander stand true to his words. "Then the silence of the Night shall claim you and your men," Braga announced before ending the call.
As if on cue, the Empire's defense of Geonosis watched as a large Armada of Lucrehulks came out of hyperspace vastly outnumbering the Imperial fleet. Braga narrowed his eyes and waited as the Empire's fleet started to send their starfighters out. As soon as the hanger bay opened to release their fighters, Braga nodded his head causing a wave of assault sentinels to flood the hanger bay and slaughter any clone troopers inside. Working their way through the hanger bay and toward the bridge. While the main force of the assault sentinel was moving toward the bridge, the remaining forces made their way throughout the ship to eliminate all personnel while the Moth's outside of the ships was dealing with every Imperial ship's communication array.
Braga watched as the heat signature on the Imperial ships was disappearing one after another before eventually, the enemy fleet fell silent.
"Zero-Delta, send one landing craft for each Imperial ship and take over the bridge. I will have engineer sentinels sent to begin minor modifications of the ships," Braga commanded.
"It will be done Commander Braga," Delta-Zero spoke before sending landing crafts to the Imperial ships while being escorted by Moths.
"While the droids are dealing with the Imperial ships, we will continue our assault on Geonosis' ground," Braga started. "Prepare the ground forces. Scorpions upfront with Spiders behind them while the Hyena's go through the tunnel system of the factory,"
"Understood," Zero replied.
"Send a team of Jammer Sentinels out to scramble their communications. We do not want them to call for help," Braga commanded and watched from his holomap.
The team of Jammer Sentinels had three functions and nothing else making them the weakest sentinel within the armada of the Night seeing as it had no offensive capability aside from its self-destruct function to prevent itself from being captured like every other droid within Braga's army. As the four Jammer Sentinels surrounded the droid factory, they all activated their jammers which immediately scrambled Imperial communications. While the Jammer Sentinels were doing their part, Braga's landing craft finally touched the ground and started to release the army of the Night. The landing crafts released a battalion of Scorpions as well as seven Spiders with three companies of Hyenas being deployed allowing the army to get into formation; B2 super battle droids in the front and Spider droids set up in the back while the B1 battle droids activated their camouflage to make their way to the factory before descending toward the catacombs.
"Brother Braga, the army is ready and awaiting your orders," Zero responded.
"Have the Hyenas enter the catacombs and prepare to assault the base from within. While they are making their way through the catacombs, have the Scorpions and Spiders move up. Assault Sentinels will be in charge of dealing with any air units while all Carriers and Battleships are to prevent all enemy ships from fleeing," Braga called out while narrowing his eyes.
Braga watched as the battle played out as he expected with the Scorpions taking the lead and making a wall of hard light shields while the Spiders fired at the heavy artillery at the Factory. As hard as the Empire tried to hold their position, it did not take long before the Hyenas came from behind their lines and started to wipe them out. Once the factory was taken over, Braga nodded his head while checking the scanners to see no response was sent out for backup.
"Bury the dead with honor. Once we finished this task...we will move to the next planet.
Once the troopers were buried with honor, Braga called all his forces back seeing as he did not have to use the Juggernauts in this fight. Even with the base silent, Braga left a platoon of Assault Sentinels behind to monitor any Imperial forces that may arrive to reclaim the base. As soon as everything was prepared, Braga nodded his head and made his way to the next planet but instead of the Mid Rim, he placed all his focus on any Imperial planets in the Outer Rim. Before he went out to deal with other Imperial bases, he had all his forces retreat into the Outer Rim while sending out Assault Sentinels to as many planets as possible to gather information on their base layout. Such a recon lasted only a month before Zero ran through all the information given to him before handing it over to Braga.
Braga did a quick skim of the many Imperial bases and groaned at how simple their layouts were. With a heavy sigh, he swayed his right hand forward calling a meeting with all the Zeroes before crossing his arms again.
"Send one Purgatory Carrier and Limbo battleship to each planet occupied by the Empire. Each pair will be assigned to a set of plans. Capture all Imperial spaceships and eliminate all Clone troopers. After every battle, bury all enemy soldiers with the respect and honor they deserve," Braga spoke looking between all the Zeroes.
"Certain planets will be dealt with in a certain way such as ocean or gas planets will be handled a certain way to keep efficiency at its maximum," Braga started while swaying his finger revealing the Shark droids as well as the Kraken.
"The shark droids and Krakens will be the only ones to be used on ocean worlds while Assault sentinels will deal with any bases in gas planets," Braga announced while narrowing his eyes.
"What about their communications?" Zero-Eta asked.
"I will have a team of modified Jammer Sentinels to deal with their communications just like on Geonosis if they would be in the sea," Braga answered facing Zero-Eta.
"Understood Commander Braga," Zero-Eta replied.
"Any other questions?" Braga asked looking around at the screens getting nothing but silence in return.
"Then let us continue. All Zeroes will have free rein of their invasions. So long as my conditions are met and no innocent lives are in danger," Braga spoke turning and making his way to the communication room. "I must check in with The Night Children and Nightfall Squad,"
"We will handle the invasion of the Empire," Zero announced just as Braga left the war room.
As Braga was making his way to the communication room, he sighed while bringing his arms to his sides in thought.
"How much more sacrifices must be made before the Emperor gets the message," Braga spoke closing his eyes.
-Communication room-
Braga stood in the center with the holographic image of Ventress, Ahsoka, Krismo, and Eclipse appeared around the Forerunner.
"How is the situation with your locations?" Braga asked looking around himself.
"Dathomir is fine. There have been some Imperial ships trying to invade but fail with the help of the Night," Ventress answered with a smirk.
"The same with Quarzite. They have tried countless times but were repelled by your fleet," Kirsmo said with a shrug.
"Mandalore is under heavy assault but nothing we cannot handle," Eclipse spoke earning a nod from Braga who turned to face Ahsoka.
"The Jedi and I are doing well Braga. There is no sign of the Galactic Empire knowing where we are," Ahsoka said bowing her head.
"Good," Braga said looking around slowly. "Do any of you need reinforcements?" Braga asked stopping at Eclipse who nodded his head. "I will send three Limbo Battleships to Mandalore now,"
"You have our thanks, Commander Braga," Eclipse said bowing his head.
"How goes the invasion of this new...Empire?" Ventress asked with a raised brow.
Braga did not answer but simply stepped back to cause a holographic screen to appear revealing the battles taking place around the galaxy. All space battles were handled swiftly By Zero and his copies before the Imperial ships were boarded and hyper jumped away. This raised some questions from Ventress as she chuckled.
"Why are you capturing Imperial ships? Are yours not as capable?" Ventress questioned.
"Surprisingly...the ships in the Empire's hands are powerful. Although the modified Lucrehulks can hold their own...we are able to gain victory through a lack of information and tactics. Knowledge is power...with information, you are able to control the events of your battle," Braga explained while looking at the screen. "...they will join the Armada of the Night just like many others...willingly or not,"
"So you are strengthening your armada by taking from the Empire?" Ventress asked with a chuckle.
"Yes," Braga answered bluntly before looking to Krismo.
"If I am no longer needed, I will go back to my duties as the leader of Quarzite," Krismo spoke bowing his head in thanks before his holographic image faded away.
"I still cannot see how you two are related Pluma," Ventress commented as she looked to where Krismo was before facing Braga. "I will also take off...someone has to keep an eye out for Mother,"
With that said, Ventress also faded away with a smirk leaving Ahsoka and Braga left.
"You have questions Ahsoka?" Braga asked looking at the Togruta who looked at the ground worried.
"The clones that you've killed...what did you do with them?" Ahsoka asked gripping her hands into fists.
"...buried them with honor and respect. It is not their fault that they are acting as they are right now," Braga answered causing Ahsoka to raise her head and look at the Forerunner. "Sadly, there is nothing I can do about it,"
"So you know what's causing them to...follow orders?" Ahsoka said the last part with disgust.
"Yes. Chips found within the base of their neck," Braga answered with narrowed eyes.
"Would you be able to remove the chip?" Ahsoka asked with hopeful eyes only to watch Braga shake his head slowly.
"No. As advanced as Zero and I are...our experience is many things but...surgery is not one of them," Braga said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"...I understand...than I will leave you be. Even though I am not a Jedi...I want to help them in any way I can," Ahsoka spoke earning a nod from Braga.
"Do what you must," Braga said watching as Ahsoka faded away allowing Braga to sigh heavily.
"Is the surgery to remove the chips from the Clones that difficult?" Zero asked materializing beside the Forerunner.
"Yes. Our focus right now must be solely on those under our protection. The clone troopers are under the leadership of this Empire and thus fall under their protection...however cruel that sounds," Braga answered not even turning to face Zero.
"I understand," Zero replied as he faded away while Braga made his way back to the war room.
-War Room-
"Give me footage of the invasion of the Night," Braga commanded causing multiple screens to appear around the Forerunner seeing the fights were lasting mere hours before their fleets were taken, and bases were laid to silence.
"The number of ships we have captured thus far are high in number," Zero answered with a soft chuckle.
Braga narrowed his eyes and unfolded his arms to sway them in front of him to see his listings of ships he owned. He has fifty Lucrehulk carriers with only one loss for his battleships with them numbering forty-nine since they came from the Trade Federation and were no longer being built. As he scrolled down, he finally saw his new ships that were currently being modified by Engineer Sentinels. The ships he saw were a hundred CR90 Corvettes, ninety Acclamator -class cruisers, a hundred-fifty Arquitens, and thirty Venator-class Star Destroyers.
"Brother Zero. Make more copies of yourself to take command of each different type of ship. Just like the Lucrehulks," Braga said looking at the four new ship types within his armada.
"Please give them a title Brother Braga," Zero spoke earning a nod from the Forerunner.
"The corvettes will be given the title, Serenity. Acclamator-Class Cruisers are Tranquility. Arquitens are Nirvana and the Venator-Class Star Destroyers are Perditions," Braga listed before turning to his left seeing Zero over his shoulder.
"I have finished my multiplying Brother Braga. Gamma will be linked into the Serenity Corvettes. Iota will be linked to the Cruisers. Kappa will be linked into the Light Cruisers and Sigma will be placed into the Star destroyers," Zero reported while his eyes were flickered as he listed his copy's names.
"How long until they are online?" Braga asked looking forward slowly crossing his arms again.
"It will take a whole week before they have connected into the Imperials ships mainframe, Brother Braga," Zero answered looking to the Forerunner now.
"Very well. Have them stay by Salvation for now while we continue our war against the Empire and build our forces," Braga spoke narrowing his eyes.
-A week later-
Braga stood within the War Room with his arms crossed and watching as the progress of his invasion on the Empire in the Outer Rim ran smoothly. For every planet he captured, it was marked as pitch-black while the Empire planets were crimson red. Even though some of the planets were recaptured, it was not too long before the Night took it back. With each capture, his forces grew in number, at least for the Night Armada while his ground forces were still on a steady pace growing thanks to his factory. Sadly, his production speed was much slower than he expected and thus needed to build a second Salvation which would only be used for production purposes such as Assault Sentinels or even Hyena's.
Suddenly, an Engineer Sentinel flew in front of Braga before casting a holographic image of Eclipse. This caught Braga slightly off guard as Eclipse bowed his head in thanks.
"Commander Braga. I am requesting reinforcements immediately," Eclipse voiced out. "My scouts are picking up a mass of Imperial ships gathering at the outer rim of Mandalore's moon Concordia,"
"Show me," Braga spoke gritting his teeth while gripping his arms tightly.
Eclipse nodded his head and faded away while a map of Mandalore's moon appeared. Behind the moon were hundreds of Imperial ships consisting of twenty Venator Star Destroyers, ten Acclamator Assault Ships, five Arquitens-class light cruisers, and five Consular-class cruisers. Seeing the size of the fleet, Braga's eyes grew wide with Zero appearing over the Forerunner's shoulder looking at the navy building up to invade Mandalore.
"...call back all Purgatory Carriers and Limbo Battleships that are currently invading Imperial planets to defend Mandalore. Have the Night Children return to assist the defense of Mandalore as well," Braga commanded. "Leave the new ships behind for now...we do not want the Empire to know we are taking their ships...yet...as such Salvation will take part in this battle,"
Zero faced Braga for a few seconds before nodding his body and looking back at the map.
-Mandalore: Space-
Braga now stood at the bridge of Salvation with his arms by his sides with most of the Night around the base.
"Prepare Salvations Ion Beam Cannon. Limbo Battleships will make their way to the sides and provide cover while Purgatory Carriers start launching all Moths. Zero, take all the Assault Sentinels and take them downward. Your task is to wait for my signal. Once given...storm the Imperial Armada from behind and destroy their thrusters,"
"Will we be capturing their ships, Brother Braga?" Zero asked while assembling his physical body while rolling his shoulders back.
"No," Braga answered bluntly. "We will bring silence to every Imperial ship,"
"Very well. Permission to take Jammer Sentinels?" Zero asked looking at his brother.
"Permission granted," Braga answered earning a nod from Zero before he turned and left the bridge.
"Master Braga! Why did you order me to defend this world and not my own?!" Ventress questioned.
"With how many ships they brought in...the Night Armada will be unable to stop their ground forces. Join up with Nightfall squad in defending the capital city," Braga explained. "They are going to hit Mandalore the hardest. Just in case, the fleet I stationed over your Home World was left there,"
"...very well. The Night Children will do as you command," Ventress answered before ending her communication.
"I will take direct command," Braga said narrowing his eyes while swaying his hands out enlarging the Imperial Armada that was massing. "And bring absolute darkness..." He whispered as his eyes flickered crimson red for a split second.
-Hours later-
Braga stood in the Bridge watching as the Imperial Armada began to move in with Salvations entire structure started to emit an orange glow within its halls as well as outside. On the outside, it looked at Salvation as a small sun while Limbo Battleships moved in front while Purgatory Carriers shifted themselves behind the base. The Imperial ships continued to move forward while releasing their fighters allowing the Moths to immediately engage the enemy ships. As the fighters shot one another, the larger Imperial ships continued to move forward in an attempt to stop Salvation's unknown attack.
"...fire..." Braga whispered.
As the command was given, Salvation shot a concentrated laser beam of pure raw energy which not only obliterated any Imperial ships in its path but also caused their remains to dissolve into orange energy splitting the enemies armada in two. Once the Imperial armada was split, Zero took this chance to lead the assault sentinels to flank behind the enemy fleet to begin their attack on their thrusters. While the sentinels were dealing with the larger ships' thrusters, Zero raised his hands and started to gather energy from his shoulders creating a large black sphere that was almost as large as Eternal Zero himself before he threw it at the nearest Star Destroyer. The moment the black sphere touched the back of the Star destroyer, it started to tear it apart but only barely before fading away.
While Braga was focused on dealing with the armada in space, the Imperial had sent down ground forces on the capital city with Nightfall Squad and The Night Children prepared and ready. Pluma was taken to a good sniping point with the help of a male Mandalorian who served under Bo-Katon while Nighthound prepared himself upside down on a tower. Ventress, Eclipse, and Blackout also prepared themselves with over a hundred heavy sentinels place about the city as well as a swarm of scouts and hunters were placed around the city lying in wait. As the Imperial landing crafts started to come into view, Blackout merged his arms together and started to charge his cannon while Nighthound started open fire hitting one of the landing crafts thrusters and making it crash into another destroying both landing crafts.
"Now this is where the fun begins," Ventress spoke with a grin while bringing out her energy sabers.
Eclipse stood at the ready while clapping his front hands together to construct his energy rod while four scout sentries merged with the Magnaguards foldable arms.
"Fire when they are in range Blackout. My Heavy Sentinels will follow," Eclipse notified causing the B2 Super Battle droid to nod his body.
Once they were in the range of Blackouts incineration cannon, he opened fire followed by Eclipse's many Heavy Sentries that focused their fire on one landing craft per three Heavy Sentinels. As much fire as they threw out, more and more landing crafts descended onto Mandalore with thousands of Clone troopers making their way to the capital. Eclipse flicked his left hand causing all his hidden scout and hunter sentinels to rise up and begin to shot at the closest clone trooper. Sadly, it did not last long as his scouts and hunters were dealt with swiftly.
"Send all Juggernauts around the capital along with Spiders," Braga commanded as he clicked his teeth.
Every single Lucrehulk fired every last Juggernaut they had around the Capital City of Mandalore before rising from their zone and started to attack the clone troopers. Some Juggernauts stayed in their ball form to run over any Clone Troopers in their way before the Republic started to drop off AT-TE. Due to the Imperials heavy vehicles dropping in, the Juggernauts focused on the AT-TE allowing the Clone troopers to move around and continue toward the city.
"Commander Braga. The city is about to be overrun," Eclipse announced as he was shooting down any Clone Trooper close enough to be hit by the bolt shots while Blackout was unloading his Razor's Edge at any enemies watching as they exploded if enough projectiles hit them.
Suddenly, a large explosion took place in front of the city as if a comet crashed down kicking up debris. As the debris cleared, it revealed it to be none other than Braga himself holding his energy rod while he had his eyes closed. This caused Ventress to widen her eyes at the display of stupidity as the Clone Troopers nearest to Braga opened fire. Instead of connecting with his armor, the bolts fired at him bounced off and hit another trooper. A second passed before Braga opened his eyes and started to twirl the energy around himself slugging any trooper within a five-foot range of himself. An At-TE walked up and fired at Braga only for a Hard Light shield to appear and reflect it towards a handful of Clone troopers. It did not take long before iron comets were seen flying down around the battlefield and crashing revealing the Forerunners Spiders had finally entered the battlefield which started to focus on the Imperial Heavy Vehicles. Thanks to the Spider5s, the Juggernauts all started to bring their focus back to the Clone Troopers.
The battle in both land and space continued for what seemed like hours on end before it finally ended seeing the Imperial armada fleeing the system with only two percent of their fleet still intact. Ventress panted heavily along with Bo-katan while Eclipse and Blackout surveyed the landscape for any surviving Clone Troopers. Braga walked up to Ventress and Bo-Katan seeing the Mandalorian scan the Forerunner's body which was unharmed and smiled.
"Glad you are on our side," Bo-Katan commented while Ventress sheathed her energy sabers away.
"If it were not for your armor you'd be dead!" Ventress screamed while walking up and bringing her hand to Braga's stomach in an attempt to push him but failed.
"All squads are to return to Salvation. We must count our losses," Braga commanded earning a glare from Ventress before she nodded her head and went to collect her team along with Eclipse.
"Braga," Bo-Katan spoke up gaining the Forerunner's attention. "I want to ask a favor..."
"What is it?" Braga asked narrowing his eyes.
"Take one of my men...I am sure he will be of great use to you," Bo-Katan offered causing Braga to look over to where Ventress was to see Pluma standing beside a Mandalorian. "His name is Vit Dorin. I hope he serves you well,"
"That is for Ventress to decide...not me," Braga replied before turning and walking off to the battlefield littered with dead bodies.
"A powerful ally indeed," Bo-Katan whispered with a smirk.
\\To be continued...