Hello and welcome back for The 13th chapter of Star Wars : The Year of Earth

I do not own Star Wars...

As a quick recap of the previous few chapters. The planet Earth has come together under the Terran Union. Following the Terran-Republic War, and the peace treaty, the Terrans are sending ambassadors to The Republic and the Confederacy. Grant is coming to the Republic to work on fully finalizing peace, as the Terrans wanted to be sure the Republic would keep peace. The Terran ambassadors ship was set to ride along with the Republic Venator Star Destroyer with Obi Wan. Along the way, one of the ambassadors realized that peace is a terrible idea, and tried to stop them from arriving. After being caught, the ship continued it's journey out of the Unknown Regions to Coruscant.

A Month after the Republic had left Earth with the Terran starship on board.

The Republic Venator-Class Star Destroyer exited hyperspace, changing the long stripes of light into single points in space. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of other Star Destroyers lay in defense, surrounding what is most likely the most important planet in the galaxy. Supposedly, those Star Destroyers should be able to hold off any space and/or air attack on the planet, but so far, they have not been challenged. After saying their goodbyes to Anakin and Obi Wan, the remaining Terran Ambassadors, along with General Grant and the two Secret Service men following him, entered their Terran designed ship, and departed from the Republic cruisers hanger.

The ship did have a pilot, albeit most of the movements were done by a program designed into the ship.

"This is Coruscant Police, you do not have an ID tag, please state your intent for coming" The voice in the pilot's receiver said, what seems to be a man with a rough voice, likely transmitting to them from the surface.

"This ship is carrying ambassadors from the Terran Federation to the…" The pilot looks at his flight plan. "Landing Pad C in the Senate District"

"Terran Federation? Never heard of it"

"We came here with Generals Kenobi and Skywalker" the pilot said, hoping that would be proof enough.

"Let me check that" the Man said, clearly not believing them. Some faint sounds could be heard from the other end. "My apologies. You may continue your course to Landing Pad C"

Landing Pad C, Senate District, Coruscant.

For what started off as an average Coruscant day, with the traffic and honking, quickly became even louder, as the Terran spaceship flew towards the landing pad. The pilot was not told of any restrictions regarding travel from space to the surface, causing the spaceship to pass right by the lanes and fly straight to the intended landing pad. They likely would have been chased, but the Space Traffic controller added an Ambassador privilege to the ship, along with a basic ID. The Terran Spaceship was dark grey, with the big letters T.F. on it, along with a UN ship looked like a larger than average private jet. The wings also included thrusters to be used in space, and a type 5 hyperdrive. It wasn't the most convenient for hyperdrive speed, but JPL was still learning how hyperdrives worked. It was at least better to take a few days compared to a few thousand years with generation ships. As they landed, they were met with Senator Padme Amidala, Senator Bail Organa, Jedi Master Plo Koon and Jedi Grand Master Yoda. Also, there were two senate guards and two other unknown Jedi.

As for the Terrans that came out of the ship, was General Grant, who came to finish up negotiations for the Republic-Earth War. Although it had concluded previously, the Terrans still had to visit Coruscant to meet with the Republic Senate to finalize peace talks. There were also the two ambassadors representing the Terran Federation. The General Assembly had felt it was best to send three ambassadors, because they had decided that they wanted safeguards if one of their ambassadors had gotten a small dose of corruption, so one wouldn't have too much power when representing a whole planet. As such, for every future government that the Terrans would meet, it would be assigned three ambassadors, and those three must agree on decisions. Unfortunately, due to the "Isolationist Attack" by one of the ambassadors on the way to Coruscant, the responsibilities delegated to three was now on two. The first ambassador was Ambassador Kathleen Eddleston, a 38 year old British Woman. She had brown hair, and dark brown eyes. The second was an older, maybe 50 year old Chinese man. His name was Yongle Zheng, and had brown eyes too, but didn't have much hair.

The conversation between the Terrans and the Jedi/Senators was brief. They exchanged their hello's, and the rest of the conversation was those from the Republic thanking the Terrans for visiting, and how much it meant for them. Basic politics. After that, they were told how to get to their residences, and also they were given a list of stuff they would do throughout the next few days.

It had been decided that to accommodate the Terran representatives, the first place they would go is to their Senate apartments. Designed nearly two millennia ago, the tall apartment building housed guests of honor, ambassadors, and more. The trip from Earth was a little rough, and everyone needed to get some sleep.

It had also been determined by many psychologists and Science Fiction writers alike, after being put in a room together, that it was necessary for the group to slowly transition into the new environment, especially if they had to get used to all the different faces… or maybe one should say species instead. The group was told by their medical staff that the biology of the "Galactic Humans" (the nickname for ET people) was wildly different than the "Homo Sapiens" that they were used to. For example, it wasn't even sure if the Galactic Humans had DNA remotely similar to Earth People. The Galactic Humans had DNA, but it seemed to act differently than Earth Human DNA. In other words, the only known similarity between Earth Humans and Galactic Humans was their appearance. Thus, it was unknown if the ambassadors would get sick along the way, as they didn't know if any diseases the Galactic humans had could overcome the Earth Human immune system, or even the exact opposite. Each person, though, was given Antibiotics to deal with any diseases they came across, as it was found that the galaxy did have bacteria.

The rest of the night, the group stayed in their apartments. The Ambassadors were going over the diplomatic protocols with each other for the millionth time for a good thirty minutes. General Grant, meanwhile, was now in shock. Culture Shock to be specific. You would assume that after reading many great works of Science Fiction, and being told everything you would expect, that you would do well. That wasn't the case for Grant. Many of the aliens he saw looked like gods, others looked like they came straight from a cardboard box. Then there were others that were just plain skeletons. It would take some time for him to get used to it. The rest of the night was spent trying to figure out he is in fact on another world, one that seems like Earth. He felt alone too, hundreds of light years away from home.

That Night, In General Grant's Dream

He was in a Desert. A hot desert. Grant looked around. He could see a tent, no, multiple tents, and people. There was one tent with people inside of it. It seemed important for some reason. The people inside of a tent were looking at a map. Grant walked over to the tent. He couldn't see what was on the map, but he could hear the people inside the tent.

Someone inside the tent said "Tell General Grant this information. Get to him as fast as possible, this could help end the war much sooner!"

A minor officer ran away from the tent, then went straight to Grant.

"Sir, there have been odd troop movements, you need to see this!"

Grant followed the person into the tent. On it was a large paper map of deserts, mountains, valleys, lakes and more. There were blue pins and red pins, blue for the United States, the army Grant was leading, and red was for the Enemy. Each pin represented hundreds, maybe thousands of soldiers. Grant didn't quite know who the enemy was, but it was obvious what they were doing. There were red pins spread out among the map, but a few were moving slowly around the blue pins. Grant looked curiously at that movement. He asked for a radio, in order to contact those blue soldiers being ambushed from behind. But there was static, only static came from the radio, meaning he was unable to contact them. Something must have been wrong. Were his radios being jammed, was the issue on his side or his soldiers side? Either way, those soldiers must be being slaughtered. The blue pins around the map slowly began to disappear as the red ones overtook them, and there was nothing he could do about it. They were too far out to send a messenger, and since they were being jammed, he couldn't send any reliable signals until someone is able to find a way past it. The enemy must have known which type of signal his army was using, meaning someone must have leaked the information out! He didn't care whose fault is was at the moment, hundreds, maybe thousands are dying. He needs to find a way to fix it, but he takes another glance at the map, and notices that nearly every blue pin is gone. The ones still around are quickly disappearing. They've lost. Someone runs up to him to inform him of a radio that is now on a different frequency, so he can now contact the troops. He sent the "Retreat" order to all remaining soldiers.

Grant then wakes up from his dream. Ever since the aliens have arrived, he has gotten many nightmares similar to this, especially since he was put in charge of the Terran Military.

"It's hopefully for the best" Grant thought to himself, thinking about his role in the terran military. As he goes back to sleep, he thinks about the way he got here. How the events that that dream came from pushed him into abandoning the Army, only for him to return to save humanity.

(Sidenote: if the pins on the paper map moving didn't quite make sense to you, it's ok. This was a dream, it's not real, or at least as real as you can get in a fanfiction…)

DAY 2

Today, and more like the next two days were put aside for acclimating to the new environment before any official diplomatic events happened. They had been told that it would rain later that day too, so they had to bring rain coats for wherever they went. One of the ambassadors joked about the inaccuracy of the weather prediction, but little did he know that when the weather was forecasted here, it was 100% going to happen without a doubt. The first place they were going to go to was the Jedi temple. They were told that most visitors only had only access to the visitors center, but upon special request from the Chancellor (to the confusion of the Jedi, and much to the dismay of Mace Windu) the Terran guests were allowed to be given a tour of the Temple. Jedi Master Yoda, the small green thing they saw yesterday at the landing pad gave the final approval, hoping it would be a training session for the younglings to learn of new species. There was also other… force related reason, such as the Terrans lack of their ability to be seen in it. The tour was to be given by Jedi Plo Koon, who wanted to give the Terrans a good second impression of the Jedi. It also was to benefit himself, to make peace with the enemy that blew up all his ships and some of his Clone friends. The tour was scheduled for 13:00, enough time for the Terrans to sleep in and hopefully adjust to Galactic Standard Time.

Jedi Temple, Coruscant.

The Terrans walked up the steps to meet with Master Koon. Being that Koon was formerly a deadly enemy of Earth, they approached him with caution. The Secret Service happened to be present, and one of them glared at the Jedi Master. The mask that Plo Koon wore was… a little scary to the Group, but they continued up to him anyway.

Plo Koon was the first to talk, looking at General Grant, he said "I see that you have finally made your way here"

General Grant simply nodded, not knowing if the Alien would pull any tricks on him. He was, of course, likely still a threat that should be watched.

"I didn't exactly wish to head this tour, but I hope we can find a way to peacefully exist in the same room"

"Agreed" Grant said.

The first place visited was the Temple Library. There was a reason behind that being the first place, as there were many unanswered questions about the two species, mainly that they are similar, but very different on a cellular level, and that they speak the same language, but have never met. Unfortunately, there was no evidence in the entire Library as to the answer to the questions. Keywords such as Earth and English didn't appear, but there was a single reference to "Greek" in the catalog. It was in a book by the Jedi turned Sith, turned Jedi again Darth Revan. Apparently he had been cataloging his travels in the unknown regions in the search for the Sith Empire, and stumbled upon a planet where he met a civilization that spoke Greek, or that's what he called it at least. That is all that was said, and it is now assumed that meant they had been visited by Earth. Possibly, many of the Greeks Gods, and maybe even ideas, including Democratic Athens, came from Revan. Of course, there is no evidence to support this except for that one passage, and even then, it could be a whole different planet he's talking about.

After that, the tour continued into the training halls, where the younglings were being trained by Jedi Master Yoda.

"Master Yoda" Plo Koon said, interrupting the Grand Masters teaching session.

Knowing that Plo was here with the Terrans, Yoda invited them into the training room.

"Children" Master Yoda said. "Visitors, we have" he said to the younglings. The younglings turned their lightsabers off, and turned curiously to look at the visitors. The visitors were humans, but something about them seemed off, but they didn't know what. The men in the Secret Service stood back, so as not to frighten the kids.

The younglings were obviously from widely different species. While most were human, some were lizard, and one even looked like a strange type of baby bear. Later it would be learned that species was called "Wookie".

Yoda spoke. "From far away, these visitors have come. The Unknown Regions, their home is"

An audible "wow" could be heard from a few of the students. A few of them stared blankly at the Terrans, not knowing what to say. Same for the terrans. There was a moment of silence between them until Yoda broke the silence. He knew full well that the terrans couldn't use the force, so he decided to let them sit in on a mission.

Yoda then directed the students to put their masks on, and to activate their lightsabers. The students did as told, and almost immediately, the gray orbs flew into the air, poised to send low voltage lasers at the younglings. The younglings masterfully deflected the bolts, showing their skills in deflecting the bolts, even though the spherical droids were likely on easy mode.

"Their parents must be proud" Ambassador Eddleston said to Plo Koon, surprised by the capabilities of the students.

"Yes, I am sure they are" he responded.

After about 30 seconds, Yoda called for the lightsabers to be turned off. He then faced the Terrans. "Enjoyed watching our lesson, I hope you have"

As the Terrans and Master Koon walked away, one of the younglings asked Yoda a question

"Master Yoda, why can't I sense them in the force?"

"Strange beings, those humans are. Wonder the same thing, I do"

The rest of the tour was simply walking around the building, with the Terrans asking how the Jedi Order began, and things similar to that. Ambassador Eddleston decided to ask a very interesting question, which was "how does one apply to become a Jedi". It was a pretty straightforward question, but the terrans didn't like the answer that was given. How the parents would willingly give the children to the Jedi, only for the children to never see their parents again. There would even be rare occasions where the child would be taken from the parents without consent, even though the parents did no wrong. This was rare, but since it was written into the Constitution of the Republic, there were many questions about the legality of slavery in the Republic. The next hour of the tour didn't make it any better. They soon started wondering what the difference between this and witchcraft was. People moving objects with the wave of their hand. Being able to think what others were thinking. It just seemed so unreal and creepy. They were told, though, that something about the terrans as a species made it so they couldn't be felt in the force. That helped them relax a little, but for all those people in the streets, none of their innermost thoughts were for sure private with a Jedi around. People could begin to be punished for simply thinking something, making it seem like this "Republic" has the possibility of becoming dystopian.

The final part of the tour wasn't really planned, but they decided to go along with it anyway. The Jedi Council had asked for the Terrans to join them for private meeting. They didn't know what it was about, but they were curious.

They took the elevator to the highest point in the Jedi Temple, to the Jedi Council Chambers.

As they came out of the elevator, they motioned for the Secret Service to stand next to the elevator. The group saw a number of faces, a few they recognized, but most they didn't. There was the small green thing who spoke sentences backwards, Yoda. There was the Leader of the Republic force during the invasion of Earth, Mace Windu. He had a mixed look of disgust, but also curiosity as he looked at them. There was also Obi Wan Kenobi, one of the more friendlier generals following the Republic defeat. Plo Koon continued walking into his chair to sit down. The room in general was very bright. There were windows all around, where you could see the city traffic. In the background, you could see clouds, likely thunderclouds heading towards them, maybe an hour away.

"Enjoyed your stay, have you?" Yoda asked the group

"Very much" Ambassador Zheng said. So far they have been treated pretty well, but there were definitely some things they would have to get used too.

Mace Windu spoke next. "The Jedi Council would like to formally apologize for starting a war with your planet". That was unexpected by the Terrans, especially Grant. Of the times he had talked to Windu, especially following the battle, he seemed very stubborn, and didn't seem like the type to apologise, but it was his fault the war started, and it seems now he is, at least partially, accepting responsibility for it.

"A proposal we have for you" Master Yoda said to the Terrans. "After much deliberation, we have found that there are things we can learn from each other." Yoda then waited for another Jedi to finish his sentence.

"Yes" Mace Windu said. "Your world still can learn a lot from the technology we have here in the Republic, and we are sure you are curious about the wide variety of species. There are a few things that we also wonder about you, especially your people. That is why we propose the sharing of scientists in order to best study each of our species".

Ambassador Zheng replied, mildly interested in their proposal. "We will have to think about your offer and consult with our government about it".

"Understand, we do" Yoda said, finishing the short Council meeting. "See you again, we hope we will"

They were left on their own to find a way out of the Temple, and after twenty minutes, they succeeded in doing that. They went to it's main hanger, and took a Diplomat Shuttle to their hotel.

After the Terrans had left, the Jedi Council reconvened.

Yoda was the first to speak. "Learn anything about the Terrans, did we?"

Plo Koon responded to the aged Jedi. "I can tell you that the entire time I was unable to sense them through the Force".

Mace Windu responded. "It couldn't mean that they have no midichlorians. There must be something we are missing. It is impossible to live without midichlorians".

Plo Koon continued "Their planet has no mentions in the Temple Library, although there was a possible vague reference to a group that originated from that planet.

"Very interesting development, this is. Close eye, we should keep on these newcomers. Their future intentions, know them, I cannot tell".

MmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmM

Thanks for going through and reading the next chapter!

Review Reply time

(Note - The alien from last chapter was a Chiss by the name of Thrawn. I didn't specifically mention it, but if you go through again, it may make more sense. for those who wonder "who is Thrawn?" My response to you is that he is plikely the most strategic character in all of Star Wars. He made his first appearence in the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. He is also a main character in Star Wars Rebels. He is a pretty awesome character)

Now... Reviews

Peter Hong Kong - I decided to add it bc since I first heard it was a thing, I thought it was an interesting idea to put it in here, so I did

MatbeK01 - He just knew that the soldiers were coming.

SocietE - Good thing no one actually decided to try to raid the facility, but it makes you curious what if they would have found Aliens.

Darth Jacob 1 - That would be an interesting chapter to include

TrickeyDickey - Agreed... I fully Agree

w. jr. - He is a mix of working for us, but isn't really allowed to leave, at least that is what im thinking of at the moment. And at this point, the Terrans have not met the Chiss.

Anyway - because of multiple people asking, I have added a physical Description of General Grant. It is in the second chapter near the beginning. The chapters title is "Grant"

Also you get points for figuring out where the name "Yongle Zheng" comes from.

Feel free to give a review for the story, or Send a PM.