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Mana: Harrow won't exactly seek the Empire's aid, for I have an idea for how they come to Xadia, but for the idea of independence, that idea could work.
Grima: Sarai is alive.
The Empire and the Mando
The streets were quiet as a figure walked down them. A black cloak with a gold trim covered her figure as she turned down a corner. She paid no mind to the pirates that glanced at her, preferring to instead progress in her current objective.
Turning another corner, she heard the sound of blades being drawn and blaster loaded. A group of pirates emerged from another corner ahead of her, each of them holding a blade or blaster pistol. "Where do you think you're going beauty?" One of the pirates asked.
She glanced up, a pair of violet eyes meeting his gaze, a grin forming upon her lips. "Ne shab'rud'ni, Chak'etii." She said, her voice dangerous and threatening.
The pirates chuckled. "A Mando. You hear that boys, we might have a fight on our hands."
She narrowed her eyes and struck first, punching the pirate in the nose before grabbing his hair and slamming his head into the nearby wall. "Copaani mirshmure'cye, vod?" She asked, leaning in with a dangerous glimmer in her gaze.
The pirate smirked. "Take her down boys!" He cried, pain echoed in his voice.
She quickly pulled back, avoiding the first pirate while grabbing another's wrist and pushing it back, causing the pirate to scream in pain before she kneed him in the face. She turned fast, punching another in the nose.
Stepping back, she eyed the rest of her foes. The pirates each stood ready, some held blades while others held blasters. Narrowing her eyes, she quickly dived to the ground, raising her left arm as she formed a small shield with her vambrace, several blaster shots were deflected into the walls.
Spinning fast, she fired a grabble from her other vambrace towards a crate behind a pirate. The pirate chuckled before the crate impacted with the back of his skull, a sickening crack echoed about the alleyway as she turned to face the other pirates. "Shabuir. Ray'ika, Ori'ramikad be aliit Ordo." She warned.
The pirates each backed up slightly as she walked forward. In a sudden movement, she had bent down and activated a small flamethrower from her vambrace, causing the pirates to scatter and find cover. She then turned, charging down the scattered pirates.
Leaping over a crate, she kicked two pirates in the head before using her grabble to draw in a third to which she punched square in the face. Standing up, she glanced behind her and dived to the side, avoiding a round of blaster fire. She smirked as she activated her shield and leapt around the side, deflecting the blaster rounds as she moved towards the remaining pirates.
The pirates quickly tossed their blasters to the side as they drew out several blades and charged forward. She ducked down, sliding on her legs as she fired a grabble towards a crate. Flipping back onto her feet, she pulled the crate in behind her, causing it to knock two of the pirates down.
Turning around, she walked forward as the remaining pirate stood, his eyes glancing over his defeated fellows. She stopped before him, a smirk forming upon her lips as she punched him hard, knocking him out before proceeding to make her way back to her objective.
She came to a stop before a Fang fighter, her lips parted as she placed a hand upon her fighter, The Moon's Secret. She gently tossed her cloak into the cockpit, revealing her form, dark teal Beskar armour with silver and aqua highlights covered her body. White hair and two horns with two tattoos below the eyes.
Getting into the cockpit, she started the engines and begin to take flight into the sky, leaving the crime filled planet behind. She had a mission to complete.
Above the rocky world of Nar Kreeta, an Imperial fleet blockade the world. At the front of the fleet, was an Imperial I Class Star Destroyer known as The Revenant, a man in a grey uniform stood tall before the holotable. His amber eyes locked upon the display of the Imperial blockade. A fine black moustache twitched ever so slightly as he breathed. His name was Waltheof Le Jumel.
To his right, stood a tall, lean female, her emerald eyes scanned the fleet's positioning. Her name was Harper Newman. "General Newman." Waltheof began, lifting his gaze to meet her. "Have you men discovered where this Mandalorian has gone?" He questioned.
Harper shook her head, her long blonde hair waving with the motion. "Unfortunately, they haven't Fleet Admiral." She replied, frowning as she eyed the planet closely. "But they did encounter a group of pirates who claimed to have gotten into a fist fight with the target." She added.
Waltheof crossed one of his arms as he placed a hand to his chin. "And the outcome of this skirmish?"
"Victory for the Mandalorian."
A frown formed upon Walthoef's features, one of his fingers stroked his chin. "Have a squad investigate the landing platforms, perhaps someone their knows where our target has run off to."
Harper nodded. "Right away."
Standing tall upon the bridge of her Imperial Star Destroyer. A female with brown hair and tan skin stood tall. Sapphire eyes locked upon the world before her small taskforce. Her name was Yashiro Sukomi, and she didn't understand why Fleet Admiral Le Jumel had sent her and a small portion of the Sixth Fleet to Bimmisaari.
She knew they were hunting down a single target. And it confused her as to why an entire fleet had been deployed to hunt down one person. A small light cruiser would've been more than capable of handling this task.
"Inform the Fleet Admiral that we have arrived and blockaded Bimmisaari as ordered." She said, turning around as she walked along the command bridge of The Huntress.
"Right away Commodore."
She walked silently along the streets; her eyes locked upon the sky above. Patrols of TIE Fighters flew above; they were after her. She knew that much. Turning a corner, she came to a stop and pulled out a small holoprojector. "Ar'nov Fell." She said, watching as the image of another Mandalorian warrior appeared.
"Ray'ika." He greeted. "Te je'aatir be hu'aatir?" He asked.
"Aaray'la." He replied, glancing to either side of the alleyway to ensure that she isn't being followed. "I think it's safe to speak basic." She added.
Fell nodded. "Alright. Things must be getting tough then."
She sighed. "The Empire's after me. I don't know why though." She replied.
Fell crossed his arms. "Knowing you, probably for something you did."
She rolled her eyes. "Very funny, Count Fell." She responded. "But I have found some information that could lead me to my parents."
Fell smirked. "So, angering the Empire was worthwhile then it seems."
She narrowed her eyes in annoyance. "What is it with you, are you trying to annoy me?" She asked.
"My dear Rayla, I wouldn't dream of it." Fell said with a grin. "But I suppose you should seek out this lead you have." He replied.
Rayla nodded and quickly ended the call. "Shabuir." She muttered, making her way out of the alleyway.
Waltheof Le Jumel sighed as he stood silently. "General Newman, deploy troops to the surface and force the Mandalorian from hiding." He ordered.
Harper nodded. "As you command Fleet Admiral, but if I may offer my own input, we don't know if the target has ally's planet side." She said.
Waltheof nodded. "True, true. We don't know if she has ally's planet side. We should proceed with caution, and inform Commodore Sukomi to increase TIE patrols, we wouldn't want the target to escape the planet surface."
"Right away Fleet Admiral."
Callum stood silently as he eyed the planet below them, the world of Boz Pity stood silently in the wind. The large graveyard world was one that many housed the dead of many different races. "Admiral Renna, if one were to hide a key to a prison, where would one hide it so that it wouldn't be found?" He asked.
Renna bit her lower lip. "I would find an isolated location close to the borders of the Unknown Regions." She answered.
Callum nodded. "Indeed, yet something tells me that King Avizandum didn't want to hide it too far from reach in case he ever needed to find and move it to another location for protection." He walked forward, coming to a stop. "Hence why we have stopped at Boz Pity first."
"I feel that you had another motivation for stopping here as well, my prince." Renna added.
"Indeed, I wanted to investigate some of the tombs of the Gargantelle." Callum replied, turning around as he walked forward. "Oh, and before I forget, inform Kazi and Ahshala to meet me in the forward hangar bay." He added.
Kazi glanced over the massive bone remains of what she could only describe as giants. The size of a humanoid skull that rested before her had a single eye hole. The many other bones were littered across, six limbs that she could make out as arms rested about the ribcage.
"Fascinating isn't it. That our ancestors had contact with the Gargantelle people before their extinction." Callum said, walking up to her side as he eyed the skull. "I believe the males of the species had a single eye while the females had two." He added, bending down to take a closer look at the skull.
Kazi glanced over the others. "Who would eradicate an entire race though?" She wondered.
"The Hutts wanted to enslave the Gargantelle people, when they failed, they turned to genocide. Heartless murders." Ahshala said with disgust, watching the bones of the Gargantelle with a sad gaze.
Kazi nodded. "A shame, I wonder what medical tricks I could've learned from them." She replied.
Callum stood tall as he glanced over the others. "We should move on and search more of the planet. With luck, we'll be able to sense the presence of the key when we get into range." He said, glancing at Kazi. "Oh, and according the history records we have of the Gargantelle, they ate those they didn't like.
I enjoyed wirting this chapter, the characters I introduced work well. A few notes though. When it came to the Mando'a, the list on Wookipedia was limited in the amount of know words which meant I had to make use of a creative solution. Luckily, it did give a description on how the Mando'a is structured. Using that, I was able to create a few words.
Ray'ika is the Mando'a name I created for Rayla. The ika part was taken from Ad'ika meaning kid, lad, boy, sweetie, darling, son, daughter or child.
Chak'etii is the Mando'a word I created for pirate, the first part of it, chak, is taken from Chakaar meaning thief, petty criminal, scumbag, a grave robber. Typically a term of abuse. The final part of the word, etii was taken from Aruetii meaning outsider or traitor, typically a non-Mandalorian.
Ar'nov is the Mando'a word I created for guardian. Ar is taken from Aran meaning guard and nov is taken from Ara'nov meaning defence.
Je'aatir is the Mando'a word I created for uncover. Je was taken from Jehaatir meaning lie and untruth while aatir was taken from Hukaatir meaning to cover.
Hu'aatir is the Mando'a word I created for truth. Like the above word, I too it from Jehaatir and Hukaatir.
Aaray'la is the Mando'a word I created for painful. I used Aaray which means pain and added la to make it an adjective.
As for the canon words I used, here are their translations.
Ne shab'rud'ni is the Mando'a phrase for don't mess with me. It's an extremely strong warning that is most likely to be followed by violence.
Copaani mirshmure'cye, vod is the Mando'a phrase for are you looking for a smack in the face, mate.
Shabuir is an extreme insult meaning jerk, though much stronger.
Ori'ramikad means supercommando,
Be, believe it or not, is the Mando'a word for of.
Aliit means family, clan or tribe, here I used the clan meaning.
Te means the.
Of course, Mando'a isn't meant to make sense when translated to basic, so Te je'aatir be hu'aatir? translates to the uncover of truth?. Doesn't exactly make sense, but in Mando'a, it makes perfect sense.
Now the characters, when it came to create the Empire's characters, I wanted to do something different with the ranks. I didn't want to use a Grand Admiral as they gets boring real quick, so after some quick research into the Imperial Ranking system, I settled for the rank of Fleet Admiral, it allowed me to keep the massive fleet as it was the only thing that would be able to stand against the Elven naval forces. So for names, I wanted to take a different approach and base them upon our own cultures. I decided to give Waltheof Le Jumel a Viking like name while Yashiro Sukomi was given a Japanese name, meanwhile, Tobias Koss was named with a sense of Danish origin while Harper Newman was based upon an Australian name.
Then comes the worlds. I wanted to have this story take place as far form Xadia as I could, as such, we've travelled quite a distance with the this chapter taking place around Hutt Space. As for the Gargantelle people, to help give an idea for age and everything, they were wiped out somewhere between 15,000 and 9000 years before the events of A New Hope.