Hello and welcome back to Chapter 15 - The Heist

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Two weeks later

A small cruiser appears in Hyperspace, nearing Earth. It is a vessel with six crew. The captain is a Trandoshan, known as Gacht, with a Rodian as the accountant, a Mon Cala as a navigator, a Bothan as first Mate, a Quarren as the pilot, and an Aqualish as the muscle of the crew. It was a pretty nice group, if you gave them enough money, that is.

They were looking for an easy way to pay off their debts, and what better way than to get that money from a bank? Of course there are better ways, but that doesn't matter right now. The crew had a plan to take money from a bank. Simple as that. Since the Terrans are not part of the Confederacy, there is no extradition treaty. Meaning that after they take the money, they will be safe back in Seperatist space.

The group was very smart and tough. They had faced off and won against the Coruscanti Police, stolen from the well known group of pirates led by Hondo, and even managed to infiltrate CorSec, one of the best police agencies in the galaxy. They had no intention of failing this time. Plus, this planet was decades behind in the way of security and technology. Surely it would be easier.

The ship they had was small, it had a cockpit, with navigation and pilot seating. Behind that was a hallway to the communication room, and behind that was the engine and maintenance room. The ship was unarmed, per Republic treaty, or atleast unarmed to the eye. Turbolaser cannons hid behind closed doors, which could be opened any second if necessary. It even had enough shielding to survive being attacked by a small Capital Ship for a good five minutes.

Their onboard transmitter went off, showing an audio screen from the Terran Customs Agency. They couldn't make a scene, so they had to follow the law to get to their destination.

"You have entered Terran Space, please transmit your ID and destination" The female voice said.

"Will do" the Bothan said. He then motioned for the pilot to press some buttons, and they made their way down to their special place. It was known as the city that never sleeps… New York. They chose this destination because of all the people. While many wouldn't want crowded places to go to when they rob a bank, they had found it very useful. They could blend into the environment. His place had been open to tourism for two weeks, but surely other alien species had frequented this place before, so it shouldn't be that hard.

The ship landed at the spaceport, at a section off of JFK International. The first thing they did when they landed was make sure all their secret things onboard the ship were well hidden. It was the usual things, spice, illegal blaster models, a lightsaber they stole from a collector. They didn't want any paranoid boarding parties noticing anything out of the ordinary.

It took them five minutes to finally make their way out of the ship. They were met by a greeter. The male human was wearing a gray suit, and he spoke in a rough Core world accent.

"We thank you for coming to our planet. Please follow me to check in with customs".

They had expected customs to only take a minute, but apparently the Quarren forgot to bring his passport, which made them wait for maybe half an hour as the Republic embassy was contacted, who did not claim him. In the end, he wasn't allowed to leave the spaceport, but the others could. Just by chance, or maybe something greater, the alien who had forgotten their passport was the pilot. He had a transmitter with him, so he could be contacted if necessary. He went back to the ship.

The rest of the crew stepped out onto the cold streets of New York City. Much to their surprise, many people who passed by them were taking pictures, and causing them to attract a small crowd.

The flight home from Coruscant took about a week to complete, and thankfully, there were no viruses onboard the ship, and no tragedy befell either the crew or ship. Aside from General Grant onboard, there were the two Terran Ambassadors, the Secret Service agents, the pilot, and the imprisoned ambassador, who was scheduled to go to go on trial once they got home. As they neared Earth, they were told to land in New York, to meet with the Terran General Assembly.

When their ship landed, they were greeted by much cheering and applause, as people lined the streets to get but a glimpse of history in motion. It was a truly spectacular event, with many people having to be blocked off by the police, so they wouldn't intrude on the Representatives.

The ship landed with ease, with the ambassadors and General taking their first step back on the planet they called home, and briskly walked inside the Assembly room.

As they entered, a chorus of applause could be heard from all the delegates, as many showed their support for the latest achievement in Human History, comparable to the landings on the moon

The meeting involved the ratifying of the treaty set up by the ambassadors, but it was with an amendment that all research the Republic did in Terran Space was to be shared with the Terrans.

The meeting also included the Ambassadors giving their initial view on the Republic, and how the Terrans should deal with them. They explained that it was… a Republic, with a single legislative branch, and an Executive leader called the Supreme Chancellor. The government hasn't been in a major war in over a thousand years, and we happened to be found during this one.

They also explained their understanding of the Jedi, a group of magician monks, and their role in the war. They explained the Capital of Coruscant, a world that was one whole city, built up over thousands of years, with very little of the surface visible, aside from some spots in the North Pole.

The Alien group walked up to the bank, it was quite odd to see all the humans looking at them. This was likely going to be harder than they thought, but that wasn't going to stop them. They took a step through the doors, and took a look around the large hall they were now in.

The Teller looked in awe at the Lizard and fishlike aliens. It was the first time she had seen them in person. She was expecting them to want to convert between Republic Credits and Terran Dollars, so she searched up the rate in her only noticed they weren't here for that when the officers in the room were shot by their blasters.

The room went into a frenzy as the customers tried running with their hands flailing around, with more blaster bolts being shot around the room. Some of the customers who attempted to escape through the door were shot, being left with searing holes through their torso, causing them to slump next to the door, blocking more from being able to exit. It took a minute for the people to finally stop running and sit down, under the threat of death.

The teller pressed the emergency button once the firing had begun to happen, meaning backup would arrive any second. The Aliens demanded she turn in the money, which she, and another teller did. They didn't have enough time to finish gathering the money before more blaster shots went off, signifying another person had been killed, and that they needed to hurry. They each grabbed a handful of money and handed it to the aliens, who in return spared their lives, or at least that was the hope until the Rodian aimed his blaster at the Tellers.

The rodian was about to fire until a bullet sprang through the glass on the top of the wall, and hit the alien squarely in the chest. More glass broke as the entire room became a firefight, as hidden soldiers and police fired upon the aliens, with the Aliens firing wildly into the air.

The Aliens began to make their way behind desks so as not to be hit by the seemingly invisible ammo from the Terran, and they fired back.

At one point, a brave guard made his way into the bank, and tazed the Trandoshan, knocking him unconscious, but was killed by the bothan, who shot him in the head.

At one point, the Bothan attempted to stop the firefight with a threat by saying "Stop firing your blasters, or else I will kill another person!" He waited for five seconds, but apparently nobody hear him. Annoyed, he fired his blaster at the civilian.

After a full minute of guns and blasters firing, it finally stopped. All the aliens were dead, save the Trandoshan, who had been tased, and was currently unconscious. There was just one issue left… their ship.

The ambassadors and General had to deal with the conference meeting, and all the political hassles of explaining the wider Galaxy to the General Assembly. David, the pilot, on the other hand, took it easy… for about an hour. You see, the government didn't reveal all the photos he had taken, due to moral and public opinion. The Republic war with the Terrans was still fresh in the mind if some, and showing off the greatness of the Republic would surely put a dent in public opinion for the home government.

David had been expecting this, but that didn't mean all the photos were kept from public view. Many of his favorite ones, including the pictures of the Senate Building and the Jedi Temple at night were attracting much attention, as critics raved about the sculpting of the buildings, the unique edges that they had, and more.

Many companies and memers alike used the pictures as slogans, or as jokes. One major beverage company even used the slogan "Dew It" with a picture of the Senate building in the background, with much success, as it boosted their sales by ten percent.

Of course, there was that other job David did, and that one was of the utmost secrecy. Nobody, not even the Terran President knew of it. The order had come straight from the Intelligence wing of the government, and it had been a resounding success.

The Republic had strong firewalls, but with enough experts working to bypass it, it was able to be hacked within a few days. The Terrans now had access to many things within the Republic government. Cameras, security doors, even a long list of 150 Clone Orders that was under strong security for an unknown reason. Everything was visible to the Terrans, and the Republic had absolutely no idea.

There were safeguards if the Republic had somehow figured out someone was looking through its files. They had used a code name of "Crusader", meaning if they were somehow found, the first place the Republic would likely look is Mandalore, due to their infamous Crusades thousands of years ago.

It was all a complete success, their only hope is that they would never have to use it as enemies.

The Quarren began to figure something was up when Soldiers surrounded the vessel. Someone using a loudspeaker told the Quarren pilot to leave the ship. He had no intention of doing that. He turned on his loudspeaker, but began preflight setup at the same time.

"What happened?" He asked, seemingly oblivious that his crewmates had broken the law.

It didn't phase the military people, who repeated their statement again, but adding "You are herby under arrest for collaboration in murder and theft of government property. Due to a provision by the government, you will have the right to a trial by jury. Attempts to resist will cancel this provision".

After five seconds, he said "I'm coming out"... except he wasn't. A few seconds later, an auto turret on the top of the ship spun around and started firing at the Terran Soldiers, causing them to hide behind crates randomly lying nearby, and some starting fire back, with the bullets bouncing harmlessly off the ship. The ship began to lift off, heading up, and pointed towards the horizon, undamaged by the bullets fired by the Terrans.

The next three minutes he thought he was fully out of trouble, but his ship found three spaceships in his flight path. One of them, the craft known as the ISS was especially large, and was likely the most dangerous. The Quarren fired some of his spare missiles at the craft, but they were intersected by space to space missiles. It was enough of a distraction for them that he was able to find a vector to go into hyperspace, and hit the lever.

He sat back into his seat, and wondered what he was to do now.

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One month later, Secret bunker near Pyongyang, East Asian Territories

An Ithorian was tied up to a wooden chair, it's head covered by a black bag. A human walked slowly around the it. That human was none other than the final President of the former Russian Federation, Yuri Smeltz.

Yuri spoke to someone, someone who was covered by darkness "We found this Xeno walking around Seoul, and took him here for you to see".

"These beings threaten our very way of existence if they continue their coming to our planet. They have already begun to influence the people in ways no one could have thought" the strange voice said.

"What are you suggesting?" Yuri replied.

A firearm discharge came from the direction of the strange voice, and the Ithorian slumped over in the chair, dead.

"We must eradicate them from our planet, and keep them from coming".

Yuri looked at the now dead Ithorian "What of General Grant. Surely he will be an issue for us"

"He follows the will of the people, and when the people turn to us, he will follow suit"

"You know I will follow you into this noble crusade, but as long as he is against us, he has the possibility of unraveling all of our plans before we even know it" Yuri said.

"Then we will not fail. Gather all our allies, and tell them to start preparing… to start preparing for War".

Now - Reviews

iZuikaku - Exactly!

masterkenobi25 - Welp, here it is!

w. jr - I haven't thought about how the Terrans will deal with the Empire just yet. It is possible the Terrans will secretely be in an arms race with the Empire, just like the US and Soviet Union. Except instead of Atomic bombs, the Terrans may try to build things with the same power as the Death star, but just not that big.

Ryan Bellamy - 1 Thanks! 2 Thanks for the thought! I will keep that in mind

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