Hello and Welcome to the next chapter in the Year of Earth series. Though it may look short, this chapter is the longest one word wise.
First things first, I do not own Star Wars, Lucasfilm/Disney do.
The Conmanw: as much as I enjoy Marvel, I don't see Marvel fitting in with this universe, and along with that I haven't seen every movie. Seeing Ironman fighting Vader would be interesting though...
Trickey Dickey: I can't wait for the Jedi to meet Earth either. I'm just imagining how it will turn out (not good for the Jedi).
w.m.simpson jr: I'm not totally sure whether or not Earth will split into a pro-Republic or pro-Confederacy civil war. It may happen, but it also may not. But I do feel when Earth becomes more known to the galaxy, people will fear Earth, at least those on the enemy side will.
JamesRosemary4: I don't think Grant has the power to do a Total War, though I am trying to inch my way toward total war, and thanks for the suggestion.
Jedi Temple, Coruscant
Obi Wan looked over at his former apprentice.
"Are you sure you are doing alright? You got pretty beat up in that last mission".
"I'm fine Master" Anakin replied. "Plus I had it under control the whole time".
"Except for that part where Ashoka had to save you, again". Obi Wan replied.
"As I said, It was perfectly under control".
Made Windu walked up to the pair. "Obi Wan, the council is meeting".
"I'm sorry Anakin, but the galaxy calls". Obi Wan said as he walked away towards the temples largest spire.
UN General Assembly, New York
The U.N. Secretary General walked up to the stand.
"Presidents, Prime Ministers, Kings, and the like. Three days ago, we learned that we are not alone in the universe. That question has been answered, but another one has now come. What will we do. We know a major galactic war is burning hot, and we have been thrown into it. That is why the Security Council has unanimously agreed that for the Earth to live through this rough period in history, the nations of Earth will have to be joined together to form a world government. You will all get to keep your positions, your governments will stay the same. They will just be reorganized into Provinces. The major changes are that there will not be hundreds of different army's, but a United Earth Military. Another is that every Human is allowed freedom of passage into any province. Multiple provinces will be grouped as regions, and regions will be grouped into Continents. Every province may keep its states or territories. They may be called as such. Another change; the world will be more centralized, and a capital has been selected. But first I should explain the Capital System. In this system, the capitol will be based on a rotational basis, changing every six years. The capitol will be chosen by the security council. The first capital that was chosen is London, Great Britain. The information of the new global government will be handed out right now, and in one week, the proposal will be put into a vote here in the General Assembly.
As he said that, men came down the aisles with packets, detailing how exactly the government will work.
The Secretary General continued. "We know a change like this will not be able to happen overnight, so if the vote passes through the general assembly, we will start a Two Year plan to start organizing Earth into one government. The full list of changes through the next two years are put inside the packet. The UN will meet again at another session in Two Weeks where you will vote for or against this change. If it succeeds, the changes will start the following week. Earth can not remain fragmented in the face of these Aliens. I hope you make the right choice."
With that the Secretary General walked off the stage, with most of the World Leaders clapping their hands, while a few remained silent.
As the Secretary General walked to a private office, he picked up his phone.
"General Grant, are you by any chance in New York?"
"Ok then, can you please take a flight over here, I feel that it would be best if the International Community got to know who is leading our defense".
"If something were to happen, you could lead from here".
"Ok then, see you in two hours".
The Secretary General put his phone down, still wondering if uniting the world was truly a wise idea.
Jedi Council Room
"Curious, I am, that Palpatine wanted to explore the Unknown Regions". Yoda told to the council. "Odd move that was".
Plo Koon replied "a dark presence I sense in the Unknown Regions. This mission doesn't seem very safe. I sense this mission has the chance to end the Republic".
Ki Adi responded "Or use as help against the Separatist".
Mace Windu spoke up. "I feel this mission was given to us by the force. Why else would The Chancellor ask us to do this. I do feel we should bring some more Jedi to help us defeat this enemy. Skywalker should go, this may help him learn control".
"I don't think that is very Necessary". Obi Wan replied. "He's been through quite a lot recently".
"Agree with Master Windu, I do. Good for Skywalker, this mission will be". Yoda decided.
"I will also go" Plo Koon decided. "Tano and I have a lot to catch up on".
"It is decided then" Windu said. "Master Plo, Kenobi, and Myself, along with Skywalker and Tano will go and find this threat and end it. Master Kenobi, can you please ask Skywalker and Tano to come up here please, but let us tell them, this mission should remain secret for now".
Obi Wan got out of his seat, and headed towards the exit of the spire.
Five minutes later, Anakin, Ashoka, and Obi Wan re entered the spire and walked to the middle of the chairs.
Yoda started speaking. "Skywalker, Padawan Tano, there has been a great disturbance in the Force, coming from the Unknown Regions. We all sense a great deal of darkness, more than what we sense from the Separatists. We feel that this darkness needs to end before it spreads".
Mace Windu added on. "The reason you are up here is you two are going to join Master Kenobi, Koon, and I to try to find this darkness".
Ashoka was very glad to be with Plo Koon for this mission, as was evident she was trying to hold in a smile.
Mace Continued. "This mission will be a whole armada. We would like for you to also include some if not all of the 501 legion to join us".
"Very Important, this mission is". Yoda added. "This mission is to remain confidential. Only the Chancellor, the people in this room, and leading commanders and captains may know about this mission".
Plo Koon asked a question. "When do we head out?"
"One Week" Mace responded. "Enough time to make sure that we have enough supplies for this mission".
UN, New York, Two and a half hours after The Secretary Generals talk.
Grant, finally done with the plane ride, and the following helicopter flight to the UN, and walks up to the Secretary General of the United Nations.
"General Grant, I am glad you could make it". The Secretary General said
"Yes, what would you like for me to do exactly?" Grant asked.
"To warn the leaders of the Aliens and also of what you have found".
"Ok then"
Grant and the Secretary General walked together onto the stage.
Speaking to the leaders, the Secretary General started speaking. "Once again, you have all heard and seen the aliens, but here we have the General whose success is the reason we're still here, and he is here to tell you all what is currently known about them. General Grant, the Emergency General of Earth".
Grant walked up to the microphone.
"Leaders of Earth, on April 1st, we met our first extraterrestrials. Found aggressive, a large number of Nukes were sent into space, destroying the single spaceship in the sky. The leader of that vessel, a alien general, had managed to survive the explosion and was taken prisoner. A couple days later, a rescue fleet came to retrieve him, and were subsequently destroyed. The General still managed to escape alone, but the destroyed rescue fleet gave us many answers. First, we are by no means alone, there are many major civilizations out there. The largest one, the Republic, is currently in the midst of a Civil War. The aliens we found were from the Confederacy, the group trying to break away. The Republic is made up of thousands of systems and protected by a Order called the Jedi. This Jedi Order seems to be unusually cruel, as they kidnap recruits, and they kill those they don't agree with. I should mention the Alien General said that. This Jedi Order seems to be made up of magicians and wizards that use plasma swords. Though they may sound crazy, they are dangerous. They are backed up by a army of clones, and they are trying to regain control of the Confederacy. The Confederacy on the other hand is made up fully of Robots with intelligent AI. We managed to find some of those robots and have figured out how they work. They use Binary for their Operating Systems, so we were able to hack into them. It is worth mentioning that we were found by accident, but have since been noted to be extremely dangerous, which is not good for us. Now, the aliens are many hundreds of thousands of species, but the biggest one, and I am fully serious when I say this, they look exactly like humans. The other major thing is their language. They speak fluent English, but their alphabet uses another kind of letters. The language they speak and write is called Aurebesh. A English speaker on earth could theoretically communicate with a alien speaker with little to no difficulty. Now, as for their weapons. The aliens use plasma ranged weapons, which are deadly, but are slow. They also use electricity in their weapons as a means to disable a robot, or temporarily stun a living being. Their spaceships use a type of fluid, that the scientists speculate, transport the ship to an alternate dimension to travel faster than light. We have yet to do more research, but the scientists are working around the clock, and finding new things quickly. It may be that this alternate dimension could be used as a source of power, which if we could harness it, could be used instead of natural gas and coal. The Aliens defense for their ships is an electric shield. Since much of the galaxy uses energy weapons, their shields are meant to counter that, but since our weapons aren't energy based, they can pass through the shield. For those that are wondering, are these aliens a threat. I will say that Yes, they are a threat. We seemed to have only seen bits and pieces, but if there happens to be a full scale battle, earth may not survive. If that ever happens, we should be prepared, as we speak, scientists are developing plans to create humanity's first ever starship. When we finish, we will send the designs to other countries in the hopes of being able to put up a defense in case we need to defend ourselves again. Finally, are there any questions?"
The president of France was called on.
"General Grant, as for the Alien humans, do you have any ideas if we are somehow related?".
"From what I could gather, there seems to be another part of the alien, all aliens as a matter of fact, that in their cell is a tiny organism called midichlorians. Their data seems to say that without the midichlorians, life couldn't exist. Since we don't have such an organism, I have to assume that we are two separate species".
The next to be called was the president of Australia.
"General, I know this is a tough question, but do you think countries should restart their Nuclear Program?".
"I feel that that is outside my bounds of decision, but I know a new weapon will have to be found, and in the meantime, all I have are reserve nuclear weapons".
After that, one hand was left raised, the president of China, which was then called.
"General Grant, what would your opinion be on a United Space Program dedicated to the defense of Earth and also to research?".
"Thank you for your question, I feel that would greatly ease things, and more research could be done with a United Space Program".
Nobody had their hands raised any more, surprising Grant, who proceeded to say his thanks and subsequently left the stage, glad the speech was over.
MmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMIf you haven't figured it out, I don't know how exactly the UN works, except the General Assembly and the Security Council. Also, the reason Grant flew from Area 51 to NY in two hours, its that he used a special plane. Some planes can fly from the Eastern US to the West in an hour, so a two hour flight for a very important person seems realistic to me.
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