And I am back with another chapter of Remnant Unleashed. Glad that so many people liked my last chapter and the amount of action I put into it. I think that when I write chapters that are ten-thousand plus words, they take longer to post then my thousand-word chapters. It could be for a lot of reasons, but I think those chapters are the ones I really put more effort into.
Anyway. Last time, Ruby was captured by the Empire, forcing Galen to reveal his true origins to the rest of his team along with Yang, Weiss and Blake in order to rescue Ruby from the clutches of the Empire, worked alongside the best soldiers in the galaxy, took out an Inquisitor and brought down an Imperial Star Destroyer before it could destroy Vale.
While the actions were just, this is only the beginning of things to come and a certain Dark Lord is now on his way to Remnant to investigate the matter personally. I can assure you; things are going to get much worse than they already are.
Now onto the reviews.
Luffy L Deathwalker: You can be sure that your something bad is coming.
Spartan-626: Thanks. In regards to Dust weapons and ammo working outside of Remnant, we can't be so sure since Remnant has no space travel capabilities so I'd figure I'd wing it, for the moment.
Jack Smith1: Thanks for those kind words. My friend's dad was a good person and I'll never forget him and all the times he's taken me and my friend to many places where we had some fun. Like you said, the pain of losing someone never does go away and I am sorry for your friend's loss. Now as to the Rebellion arriving on Remnant, I had something different in mind but maybe I can try and have a fleet of ships pull a Halo.
42: Like I said to Spartan-626, we can't be certain about whether Dust based weapons and ammo working off the world they come from, but keep in mind I did have several characters use captured Imperial weapons during the mission, since Stormtrooper armor is impervious to ballistic based weapons unless it's a large caliber bullet, like the .50 caliber or other heavy hitting rounds. I think.
Ok, reviews are done now onto the story. Disclaimers are the same as before so please enjoy.
Chapter 13: The Dark Lords Arrival
Normally, he would have gone right into training or preparing for his next mission, but after the incident he figured that he would take some time off and relax, much to the excitement of Ruby. Spending time with Ruby, Yang, Tai and their dog Zwei helped Galen relax and much to his surprise, Ruby trusted him after he told her everything. The kindness and trust that Ruby showed him was like nothing her had experienced in all his life. Still, Galen felt that something was different about Ruby, but he didn't know what it was.
"So, you saw your father killed right in front of you when you were only a year old and taken in by the one who killed your father who then trained you in the combat style and abilities that you use?" Tai asked Galen as the young Jedi helped Tai bring in several groceries he had picked up.
"Yes. I was too young to remember anything about it, so you can imagine all the lies I was told growing, I actually believed them and followed orders without question, as if I was some kind of droid." Galen admitted bringing in the last of the bags.
"And you lived on a planet populated by… what did you call them again?" Tai asked.
"Wookies." Galen replied.
"Huh, who knew other life actually existed outside of Remnant." Tai said surprised. "I've probably said this more than once already, but thanks again for saving Ruby." He added.
"I did what I had to do. Besides, I made a promise to… to someone close to her." Galen admitted, again not mentioning Summer's name. "But I don't think we've seen the last of the Empire."
"Why would you say that? You destroyed their ships and everyone was killed. I'd say we have nothing to worry about." Tai assured the young Jedi.
"I hope your right." Galen admitted quietly.
He was wrong. Dropping out of hyperspace and gazing upon Remnant was an advanced TIE fighter model known as the TIE Advanced x1. An advanced prototype starfighter meant to replace the current TIE Fighter, the TIE Advanced featured a set of 'bent-wing' solar array wings much like the bomber version of the TIE fighter called the TIE Bomber, which reduced the crafts profile compared to the original TIE fighter.
Its speed was far greater than the TIE fighter and compared to the original, the TIE Advanced was equipped with two twin P-s5.6 ion engines compared to the TIE's two P-s4 twin ion engines. It was also equipped with a class four hyperdrive, its hull was reinforced with durasteel alloy and equipped with a deflector shield generator compared to the TIE fighter which had a titanium alloy hull and quadanium steel solar panels.
In terms of fire power, the TIE advanced carried two L-s9.3 laser cannons mounted in a gimballed front-mounted position which had more firepower then the TIE's L-s1 laser cannons and unlike the TIE fighter carried a single cluster missile launcher carrying twenty missiles which were launched in a cluster of five.
It was not mass produced as many Imperial Navy strategists feared that it would give the bureaucrats an excuse to slash the orders for newer capital ships, combined with the cost of such a fighter so only a few of them were produced, many of them given to Imperial aces but the one that dropped out of hyperspace belonged to the Emperor's right hand, Darth Vader.
Scanning the planet that laid before him, Vader spotted the wreckage of a Star Destroyer which he promptly went to investigate. Flying through the vastness of space, Vader took notice of the amount of wreckage from the TIE fighters that were floating in before he noticed the wreckage of a Clone Wars era Y-Wing. "Y-Wings such as those were scrapped years ago after the Jedi's failed coup against the Emperor. How is it a fighter like this is still in use?" he said to himself before he landed his fighter in the wreckage of one of the wrecked hangers which still had power.
Exiting his fighter, Vader made his way over to the terminal closest to him and accessed the data. "It appears that these ships suffer sabotage from rebel spies before they launched and were undergoing repairs when they were attacked by…" Vader observed before his eyes caught something unusual. "It appears that a few Jedi are indeed alive. Plo Koon and Kit Fisto, it appears your skills as pilots have not diminished after all these years." Vader said with an amused laugh.
Continuing through the logs, he took notice of the reports of Clone Troopers, which much to his surprise included the names of several troopers he knew from the war. "Rex, I never once thought you of all people would remain loyal to the Jedi." He said with disappointment.
Once he had finished looking through the logs on the terminal, Vader returned to his fighter and before he could power up his ship, he sensed a few familiar presences on the planet and a darker and more evil presence coming from the planet below. Deciding to investigate the presence, Vader turned his fighter towards the planet with the shattered moon and headed for the surface.
Passing into the planet's troposphere, Vader soon found himself flying over a snowy wasteland. From what he saw it seemed that the planet had multiple terrains, yet the presence he was sensing was coming from the snow-covered terrain below him. "This presence, its not the force. It's something much viler." Vader said to himself before his fighter's sensors picked up several contacts approaching him from the west at a fast speed.
Turing his fighter towards the direction of the contacts, Vader looked to see a flock of large black avian creatures with frozen feathers and white patches. One of the creatures launched its feathers like as if they were missiles towards his craft, but Vader quickly rolled out of the way. "It appears that this planet's wildlife is more hostile than I imagined." He said to himself, increasing his fighters speed to full power and towards the unknown creatures.
Down below on the ground in the grips of oncoming snow storm, Atlas soldiers were patrolling the base perimeter keeping an eye out for both the Grimm and the White Fang. The base they were guarding housed several of the new Sabre and Sentinel fighters which were to be tested the following morning. Base commander Dominic McKenzie, a man who had no respect for the men under his command and one who would take credit for the accomplishments of his men, while also viewing the Faunus as nothing more than inferior species, was about to treat himself to some hot whiskey when some radar operators in the command tower had picked up an unidentified boogie engaging a flock of Grimm two hundred miles from the base.
Seeing this as a chance to boost his rank yet again, McKenzie ordered the launch of the Longsword's to intercept and destroy both the Grimm and unidentified boogie, much to the surprise of the other officers who believed that the boogie might be a bullhead. Ignoring the words of his fellow soldiers, McKenzie also ordered the deployment of the Goliath tanks and Mantis missile crawlers in case of ground attacks.
The doors to the hangers were quickly opened allowing the two dozen F22 Longsword fighter jets. A twin-engine, single seat, all weather, stealth-tactical fighter, the Longsword is an Air-superiority fighter but could also carry out ground attacks, electronic warfare and intelligence missions. With a top speed of Mach 2.25, the Longsword was not as fast as the Dagger used by the Galm Team, but like the Dagger had two internally mounted 20mm cannons both of which carried a total of twelve-hundred rounds of ammo for both guns, four under-wing pylon stations that could carry either dust drop tanks or five-thousand pounds of ordnance while its weapons bay carried a total of twenty missiles, including the new Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air missiles or XMAA which could target four hostile aircraft.
The pilots of these fighters belonged to the Atlas Air-Force 118th tactical fighter wing known as Mobius Squadron, the best of the best of the Atlas Air-Force many of whom felt that Atlas was the superior kingdom compared to the others.
But not all of them felt like that. Dante Gelé, callsign Mobius 1 and cousin of Weiss Schnee on her father's side finished the final checks of his fighter's systems before taking off and following the rest of his squadron. While he may share the same last name as his uncle Jacques, Dante was nothing like his uncle. At twenty-four years old with dark black hair, green eyes and fairly toned skin Dante valued serving his kingdom more than helping his uncle.
Long ago, Dante wanted to be a Huntsman but failed to gain entrance into Atlas's academy despite passing the entrance exams with flying colors. This was part of an oversight by one of those observing the exams. While he failed to get into the academy, Dante was still determined to serve his kingdom and decided to join the military. A natural pilot, Dante followed all his orders and completed his missions to the letter and never questioned orders, until the day he was ordered to attack a set of targets off the coast of Solitas.
His orders at the time were to attack a fleet of suspected White Fang supporter ships that were said to be transporting weapons to several other factions of the White Fang who believed in more violent methods. The truth was a closely guarded secret that only he and General Ironwood knew. The ships actually belonged to a rival Dust Company and that his squadron commander was actually doing a favor for his uncle. Dante could only watch as his squad commander and the rest of his squadron attacked the freighters without a second thought, even going far as to strafe the survivors from the ships with their cannons.
Knowing that he had to do something to save the remaining ships, Dante attacked his former 'allies', ordering them to stand down. They refused and Dante had no choice but to shoot them down. The surviving ships were able to escape while Dante survived albeit with his plane damaged critically before he returned to base. He then brought the news to General Ironwood, headmaster of Atlas academy and leader of the Atlas military, who knew that he couldn't do anything to bring Jacques in for questioning due to his role as the primary distributor of Dust to all of Remnant. This however didn't stop Dante from vowing to expose his uncle for this and all other crimes his uncle had committed for the sake of profit.
He also earned him the nickname 'The Ribbon Fighter' for taking down several elite White Fang pilots in their stolen F4 Wasp fighters before forcing the enemy to retreat. While Dante had a great respect for the Faunus, he didn't hold the current White Fang in high regards, especially since they had targeted his cousin many times but it comforted him to know that there were some in the White Fang who didn't hate humanity.
"Mobius 1, you are cleared for take-off." The control tower said over the radio.
"Copy that, control. Mobius 1, launching!" Dante said, pushing his fighters twin-dust turbo-fan engines to full power before taking off from the runway and raising his landing gear. Once his altitude restrictions were lifted, Dante quickly joined up with the rest of his squadron who were more than eager to show the unidentified craft the might of the Atlas Air Force. 'These guys are a bunch of human-superiority jackasses. They don't know the Faunus; not like I do. After all, I spend a lot of time down in mantle helping out those who work in my uncle's mines.' He thought.
It wasn't long before Mobius squadron arrived at the target location and began to scan for the intruding craft. It wasn't long before Mobius 12 called out that he had spotted the unidentified craft and was moving to engage the craft. Dante on the other hand had something different in mind and sped towards the target and tried to radio the unknown craft. "This is Dante Gelé, of the 118th tactical fighter wing to unidentified craft. You have entered Atlas military air-space. Change course immediately or we will use force. Again, change course immediately and we can avoid any unnecessary conflict. If you have sustained damage, we will guide you to base so you can make the necessary repairs to your craft." Dante said into the radio.
But there was no replay. "Mobius 1 to unknown craft, please change course or we…" Dante began again before Mobius 12 fired a missile towards the unknown craft once it was in range. "Mobius 12, cease fire at once! We're not here to fight!" Dante scolded his wingman but all he got was his radio being shut off.
Much to the surprise of Dante, the missile connected with the unknown craft but wasn't shot down. An energy field much like an aura enveloped the unknown craft before the craft pulled a half loop and fired its cannons down at Mobius 12, killing the pilot. "Mobius 2 to all planes, unknown craft is hostile. I say again, unknown craft is hostile. Take it down!" Mobius 2 shouted over the radio. The other Longsword's either fired their cannons or launched missiles at the unknown craft which either rolled out of the way or shot the missiles down with its cannons. Another burst of fire from the unknown craft tore through the frame of two Longsword's which exploded in mid-air.
"Mobius 3 and 6 are down!" Mobius 10 called out before he met his end much like his squad mates.
"All craft, fire all your missiles at the unknown craft! Take down Mister X!" Mobius 5 called out in rage. The rest of Mobius squadron fired all of their missiles at the unknown craft, emptying their weapons bays.
Dozens of missiles tracked the TIE Advanced, but Vader wasn't worried in the least. Increasing his speed to full power, he took his fighter into a dive heading for the snow-covered ground below as the missiles continued to track his fighter. "I sense much hostility and overconfidence from these pilots! Yet one of them is more cautious then the rest." Vader observed, pulling up from his dive just in time as several of the missiles launched towards him crashed into the ground, kicking up a cloud of snow.
The rest of the missiles continued to track him, but Vader was quick to turn his fighter around and shot the missiles down. The resulting explosions from the missiles created a cloud of smoke and the Atlas pilots believed that their target was down. They were wrong as Vader shot through the smoke and launched five cluster missiles which slammed into the nose of five Longswords, leaving their pilots little time to react before they were killed. "Mobius 5 to Mobius 1, get your thumb out of your ass and take down Mr. X!" Mobius 5 shouted. Seconds later, Mobius 5's plane was reduced to smoking remains as it crashed into the ground.
Mobius 11 managed to get behind 'Mr. X' and fired his two 20mm cannons. Every tenth round fired was an explosive dust type bullet which caused the shields of Vader's craft to flicker and take damage.
"Attention Mobius squadron! We've picked up multiple enemy craft approaching. They match the description of the same craft identified as Vultures, Hyena and Scarab types. Move to intercept them before they wipe out our base and head for the kingdom!" McKenzie shouted over the radio. "Failure to comply will result in court-martial!"
No sooner had the transmission ended, Mobius 11 was soon shot down and yet again there was no sign that they had ejected in time. "Mobius 1 to base! I'm the only one left! This unknown craft has taken down almost the entire squadron! Call for reinforcements!" Dante shouted urgently, dodging enemy fire by banking in either the right or left.
"You will follow my orders! Reinforcements will not be necessary to deal with this fool who has the nerve to attack the Atlas military! Move to intercept the incoming craft!" McKenzie shouted back to Dante, ending the transmission.
"Damn you, McKenzie! The entire squadron has been almost wiped out because of you!" Dante seethed with anger before he noticed that the unknown craft was right on his tail. "Shit!" he cursed and braced himself for the impending attack.
The attack never came as Mr. X broke off from Dante, leaving him perplexed. "Why didn't he fire on me?" Dante asked aloud before he noticed the direction Mr. X was heading in. "Mobius 1 to base! Mr. X is on a direct course to the base!" Dante shouted into the radio. But there was no replay. "Mobius 1 to base! Do you copy? Over!" he shouted.
"Base to Mobius 1. Sorry about the delayed response, we had a little 'problem' to take care of. We received your transmission and have ordered our troops to intercept the unknown craft. You just worry about the enemy craft." A voice replied over the radio, a voice that Dante didn't recognize and that made him concerned.
"Mobius 1 copies. Be advised, Mr. X is one deadly foe. I recommend extreme caution." Dante responded before changing his course towards the unknown craft. "That wasn't one of the regulars. Must be a new recruit." Dante thought to himself before checking his radar for the unknown hostiles. Soon enough, he found the enemy craft and they were on a direct course for the base. The odds were fifty to one, but nevertheless, Dante was determined to bring them down. "Mobius 1, engaging!" he said to no one in particular and armed his weapons.
(Aquilla starts)
Flying at top speed directly head on towards the enemy forces, Dante pressed the fire button and launched four of his XMAA's before braking hard left before the enemy units could even know what hit them. Four targets exploded into fireballs and plummeted towards the snowy ground below, forcing some of the unknowns to break off and go after their attacker.
"Mobius 1 to base, I've engaged the enemy forces and if you can send up any reinforcements, I would really appreciate it!" he shouted into the radio, but once again there was no reply from the base. 'Either the base isn't responding because they're under attack or someone knocked out the communications system.' He thought to himself before he started to take fire from behind him.
Two of the Scarab type fighters had managed to get on his six 'o'clock and started firing their cannons at him. Breaking into a hard-right turn, Dante forced the enemy craft to miss and allowing him to get behind the two fighters which he the destroyed with his cannons. Based on the intelligence that was gathered from other pilots who encountered these craft, the Scarab type had shielding much like Mr. X's craft, which reduced the damage done by missiles but not guns. Their armor was tougher than the Vulture and Hyena type craft, but were less armed then the other two. "Whoever made these metalheads obviously knows something about machines and the type of programming they use, not to mention their weapons." Dante said to himself before he turned back towards the other enemy units.
"Fox 3!" he shouted and launched another four XMAA's which homed in on their targets, blowing them to bits before they could even react. "Splash 4." He said to himself before maneuvering into gun range behind one of the Hyena type craft and fired. His twin cannons made quick work of the enemy craft which exploded in mid-air along with its payload. Dante than picked out a group of Hyena's, moving quickly into firing position but before he could even fire his weapons, cannon fire from a squad of Vultures from behind him streaked past his cockpit just as his craft shock. "Damn!" he cursed, broke off from the Hyena's and turned to engage the ones who had attacked him.
"Systems are still online, nothing to worry about now but there are just too many of them!" he said, assessing the situation he was in. Flying at top speed towards the attacking craft at from of him, he launched one of his short-range missiles at a target once he was close enough before firing his cannons at a second enemy unit. Two fighters were downed before Dante dived down towards the surface after taking a few more hits from the enemy craft. "Damn these things! If that stupid commander didn't send us all out with orders to shoot down Mr. X, maybe I wouldn't be in this mess!" he cursed, pulling up just in time to avoid slamming into the ground below, but his pursuers weren't so lucky. "If these things are machines, then they shouldn't be able to react quick enough. AK-130's and the ones the General is developing aren't anything like these." He said aloud.
Cannon fire flew past his cockpit, striking the ground just in front of his plane, forcing Dante to craned his neck and to his horror found that all the remaining hostile units were now converging on him, including the ones carrying bombs. "Great! They must have picked up my scent and are drawn to it like the Grimm are with negative emotions! Could this get any worse?" he asked himself before his radar soon picked up a contact coming from above directly ahead of him.
Looking up, Dante spotted an unknown and bulky looking craft diving down on him from ten 'o'clock high. This craft was different than the ones he was engaging as it appeared to be more on the lines of a transport but this transport had teeth. On top of the craft right in the center was a single quad turret of unknown origin while a pair of cannons were mounted in the gap between its two 'teeth'. "Great! These scrapheaps must have called for backup!" he growled.
He was wrong. Much to his surprise, the new craft fired a series of rockets which streaked towards his attackers, downing six of them before the unknown craft fired its cannons taking down two more attacking craft. "The hell?" Dante wondered before his radio crackled to life.
"Ke'sush' Mobius 1. This is Sedyn Merrick the 'Ghost of Mandalore' and CQC instructor at Beacon. I picked up your distress call to your base and changed course to assist. Form up on my wing so we can eliminate these fighters before they can get away." The pilot now identified as Sedyn Merrick said over the radio.
Now that Dante knew he had some support, he climbed to five thousand feet where he formed up on Sedyn's wing before both of them turned around and headed towards the enemy fighters which were climbing to engage them.
Inside the cockpit of the unknown freighter, Sedyn Merrick a Mandalorian Jedi of twenty-five years old wearing grey Mandalorian armor, a poncho and a black under suit gripped the controls of his freighter while a Clone trooper with armor much similar to Captain Fordo's armor sat in the copilots seat while another clone wearing airborne style clone armor sat in the gunners seat of the ships turret. "Stagger, keep your eyes on radar, we need to keep a close eye out for the Grimm. Ace, keep the gun primed and ready. Show no mercy on these clankers!" Sedyn instructed the two clones.
"Yes sir!" Both troopers replied before they watched as Mobius 1 launched another four XMAA's taking out four more enemy fighters before launching his second short-ranged missile taking out another enemy fighter.
"Sir, we've got Hyena's on our tail! Damn, they've launched concussion missiles!" Ace shouted from his position before turning his gun in the direction of the missiles and fired the quad cannon, taking down all the enemy missiles and two of the Hyena's. "Missiles down and splash two droids!" the trooper called out.
"Outstanding work." Sedyn said to the trooper before firing the YT-1300's forward cannons, blowing four fighters that crossed his path to bits of scrap metal. "Where did these droids come from? I thought the droid army was shut down shortly after the empire was formed?" Sedyn questioned, banking his craft to the left avoiding a pair of missiles fired from a Vulture that he missed. "Any thoughts on this, Commander?" he said, turning to Stagger.
"Wish I had the answer for you sir. I'm just as confused as you are, but it might have something to do with those reports about the droids that were encountered in Vale. But that still leaves a lot of unanswered questions." Stagger answered, just as Mobius 1 flew past the cockpit of their freighter tailing a pair of Scarabs and firing his cannons at the now identified Scarab Droid Starfighters. "Commander Stagger to Mobius 1, the enemies attacking us are Vulture, Hyena and Scarab class Droid Starfighters!" the commander shouted to Dante.
"Droid what? I knew these things are machines, but what's a starfighter?" Dante questioned.
"We'll explain everything later, right now we need to destroy these clankers before they overwhelm us!" Stagger shouted back.
"Understood. Be advised, I used up all my short-range missiles and have only my guns and eight XMAA's left." Dante informed them over the scroll that Sedyn had in his cockpit.
"Understood. This will be over in three minutes!" Sedyn stated before he pitched the freighter over into a nose dive, getting behind six Vulture's which both he and Ace downed with their cannons. "Commander, give me a count on the remaining enemy fighters!"
"Eighteen contacts left." Stagger reported.
"Alright then, lets give it to them." Sedyn said with a smirk and went after another group of vultures.
Dante fired the last of his XMAA's, taking out four of the Hyena droids before he spotted group of six Vultures heading directly for Sedyn's craft. Not wanting to waste anytime in warning the 'Ghost of Mandalore', Dante banked his craft to the left before he climbed to ten-thousand feet, nosed over and targeted the enemy fighters. His twin cannons roared to life, raking three of the enemy fighters with cannon fire and forcing the others to break away. "No, you don't." he said and sped after the enemy craft, getting into gun range and destroying the enemy fighters with his guns. "Splash 6!" he called out.
(End song)
"I see now why they call you 'The Ribbon' fighter." Sedyn said impressively as he pulled his craft along side Dante's Nevermore. "Looks like you suffered some damage. Think you can make it back to your base?"
"That's a negative. I've lost all contact with the base. Somethings wrong. I'll need to head back to Atlas and inform the General about this." Dante replied.
"You'd better do that. Listen, I need to return to Vale so I can't accompany you but if you could keep my involvement a secret, I'd appreciate that." Sedyn asked.
"I'll do that. I don't like lying to the General, but I think I understand why you are asking me to do this." Dante answered before he pulled away from the freighter and headed back to Atlas.
Meanwhile, back at the base fires raged from destroyed buildings, tanks, spider droids and missile crawlers while the bodies of Atlas soldiers and AK-130's laid on the ground slashed into scrap metal or dead. Many of the vehicles appeared to have been crushed into a pile of twisted metal while blood from the vehicle occupants spilled out of the wreckage, indicating that the occupants were crushed to a pulp. McKenzie, for the lack of better words was for the first time in his life was showing fear as his base was being wiped out by a single individual with a weapon unlike anything he had ever seen before.
"Deploy all remaining soldiers and knights to the central hanger. Have all non-essential personal board the transports and for the love of the gods, someone fix the communications and get in touch with Ironwood!" McKenzie shouted.
"Sir, we've tried to reestablish communications but nothing seems to be working! Either the systems are infected with a virus or they've been destroyed!" one of the officers shouted in response.
"Then get out there and fix…" McKenzie began before someone tossed a grenade into the command room. The grenade exploded, killing most of the officers while the others reached for their side arms only to be slashed and stabbed by an unseen attacker who had tossed in a smoke grenade, blinding them. "Damn it! You bastard! Why don't you come out and fight like a man!" McKenzie shouted, firing his pistol into the smoke only to find himself soon holding his throat as blood dripped down.
Gasping for breath as he slowly died choking on his own blood, McKenzie looked up to his attacker and noticed the scorpion tail. "You… damn… Faunus!" McKenzie said before he died shortly later.
"Oh, her grace will certainly be pleased with my success. Though, it is a shame that Mobius 1 is still alive." The Faunus said before looking out to the rest of the base and watched the unknown figure proceed to the central hanger. "Yet, I feel that my task is not done." He said with glee before leaving the main compound.
Meanwhile, inside the main hanger the remaining Atlas soldiers and AK-130's took up defensive positions behind any useable piece of cover they could find, training their rifles on the door while others set up machine guns. The pleas of their comrades on the other side of the door through their scrolls told them that those who didn't make it to the hanger in time were being slaughtered by the mysterious attacker.
(Vader's theme, Battlefront 2 starts)
The hanger door was soon ripped off its track and Vader stepped into the hanger, lightsaber in hand. "OPEN FIRE!" one of the soldiers shouted and every single soldier fired at the dark lord. Blocking shots with his lightsaber, Vader reached out with the force and sent dozens of enemy soldiers flying back into several containers, the impact killing them while AK-130's charged towards him.
Vader made quick work of the AK-130's reducing them to scrap metal as several Atlas soldiers charged towards him with guns blazing hoping to end his life. Their lives were ended instead as Vader cut down soldier after soldier without any mercy. "We're not stopping him!" one of the soldiers shouted in panic before attempting to run away from the fight. Instead, the soldier was grabbed by the force and pulled towards Vader who quickly impaled the soldier with his red blade.
"This is nuts! We have to retreat!" another soldier shouted only to meet the same fate as their fellow soldiers and pilots.
"You are no match for the power of the dark side!" Vader said as he continued to slaughter every single hostile that got in his path. Some of them tried to rush at him with collapsible swords only to be cut down before they could even land a hit on Vader. "It appears that there is no one who is worth my time." he said to himself.
He was wrong. One soldier drew their sword after throwing down their rifle and pistol before charging towards Vader and soon clashed blades with Vader. "You are either brave or foolish too challenge a Sith Lord." Vader said impressively.
"You'll regret attacking this base!" the soldier spat, identifying themselves as a woman. "As a soldier it is my sworn duty to protect my kingdom and if you attack us then that makes you my enemy."
"Then you will die braver than most." Vader said, locking his lightsaber with the soldier's blade again which much to his surprise wasn't destroyed. "Tell me, where did you acquire such a weapon that cannot be destroyed by my lightsaber?" Vader questioned.
"I'll never tell you anything!" the soldier spat and broke the lock before swing her sword in a style much like it was a lightsaber which amused Vader to an extent. "I'm sure General Ironwood will want to question you about your intentions and your affiliation." The women said before knocking Vader back a few feet and leaping into the air preparing to bring her sword down on her opponent.
Much to her surprise, Vader moved out of the way before grabbing his foe with the force and slammed them into the side of the Sabre E fighter that belonged to McKenzie. "Perhaps I was wrong." Vader said as the helmet of his foe shattered and revealed her light brown eyes. "It can't be." Vader said in shock as the women he fought shared the face of the former Senator of Naboo, Padme Amidala and the wife of former Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker.
(End song)
"Go ahead and kill me. As a huntress, I am willing to die for my kingdom." the Padme look alike shouted and closed her eyes as blood trickled from the wound on her head, ready to accept her fate. Much to her surprise, Vader deactivated his lightsaber and knelt down to the women's eye level. "What are you doing? Go ahead and kill me!" she demanded.
"No. I will not." Vader said, surprising the soldier.
"Then you'll take me prisoner? Fine then, all I ask is that you spare my family. Please, don't make my children suffer because of my actions!" the soldier begged.
Well, something inside Vader made him hesitate for a brief moment before he made his choice. "Can you pilot this craft?" Vader asked the soldier, who nodded their head albeit confused. "I will spare your life so you can deliver a message to your General Ironwood. Take this craft and leave this place. Do not make me regret this action." Vader demanded.
The wounded soldier nodded and was more than eager to do as Vader said but before they could even climb into the cockpit of the Sabre, they were stabbed from behind by a sword that pierced right through her armor and before her Aura could even recharge. "No!" Vader shouted as the woman fell into his arms.
"Please, don't… let… me… die…." The soldier said before she died in Vader's arms. Putting the women to the ground and closing her eyes, Vader turned to the man who attacked the wounded soldier as his rage and anger built. The man had with pale skin, golden eyes, brown hair put into a pony tail wearing a white sleeveless jacket with leather straps, white pants and leather boots with knee guards. From his backside was a scorpion tail.
"Oh, that was so boring! Dying is so much better for one of those military types, wouldn't you agree?" the man asked.
"Who are you!?" Vader demanded.
"Why friend, my name is Tyrian and I was assigned to destroy this base by her grace. But you, you beat me to it." The now named Tyrian explained, readying his gauntlet weapons. "I will say that choosing to spare this women's life was pathetic, so I decided to end her life personally." He added, not even realizing that Vader's rage was building. "Oh, you seem upset. Afraid that I delivered the final blow?"
"You enjoy killing. I only kill my enemies. She was no longer a threat. I don't like the way you do things. Now, I will show you the full power of the dark side!" Vader declared and ignited his lightsaber once again.
Much to his surprise, Tyrian reached into his jacket and pulled out a lightsaber of his own this one with a red blade. "Oh, what fun, now I finally get a chance to use this weapon. I'll look forward to taking your life!" Tyrian said with a sadistic pleasure and charged towards Vader.
(Jedi's fury starts)
Vader was quick to block Tyrian's attack with a successful counter attack before quickly grabbing the man with the scorpion tail with the force and threw him out of the hanger. Tyrian slammed into a wrecked Mantis missile crawler before he brought his own saber up to block the attack. "Oh, now this is going to be fun!" Tyrian said with a smile before firing his guns at Vader.
Vader sliced the bullets with his blade, only for Tyrian to jump behind him and used his stinger to stab Vader in the chest, but much to the Faunus man's surprise his stinger didn't break through the armor. "What strange armor you wear. I can think of one individual who would love to examine this armor." Tyrian said with a smile.
"You will find that my armor is not for show, murderer." Vader growled, utilizing Form VII and channeling his anger into his attacks. Even if the women that Tyrian killed wasn't Padme, he was going to make the man who killed her suffer for what he did. Calling on the force, Vader sent a powerful blast of Force energy towards his foe, dazing Tyrian and leaving him open to an attack.
Vader was quick to dash towards his opponent and with one swing from his saber, he sliced off Tyrian's arms before calling the madman's fallen lightsaber to him and held both blades by Tyrian's neck.
(End song)
"Now, you shall die for what you have done." Vader said and was about to slice Tyrian's head off when he sensed another presence from behind him. "Show yourself." He demanded.
Stepping out from behind one of the wrecked tanks was a tall and muscular middle-aged man wearing a leather coat over his two-tone olive-green coat and black shirt. Black pants with pouches strapped to each leg and brown boots kept the lower part of his body warm. The man had dark skin and dark brown hair. "I would like it if you would release that man immediately." The man demanded.
"Hazel! What took you so long!?" Tyrian demanded in rage.
"I was completing my objective, which is more than I can say for you." Hazel stated. Hazel then turned to Vader. "You'll have to forgive my 'associate'. He has a tendency to go overboard when it comes to completing a certain mission, especially when it gives him a chance to increase the amount of people he can kill." Hazel explained.
"He killed the person who was meant to deliver my message to one General Ironwood. A person I assured that she wouldn't die. He killed her in cold blood, now I will take his life for the women." Vader stated, keeping his blades right by Tyrian's neck.
"You already disarmed him. No one else needs to die today and you've already wiped out this base. Sure, they attacked you first but you helped us with eliminating most of the military equipment that was being tested here. I see no reason to kill him, he's already suffered a crippling defeat. Let him go, and I will deal with him myself." Hazel offered.
The cold wind blew before Vader deactivated both his saber and the one Tyrian somehow managed to acquire while several battle droids arrived and picked up both Tyrian and his weapons and placed them aboard the bullhead that brought Tyrian and Hazel to the base. "I get that you have no reason to trust me, but I am sure my leader would like to meet you. All I ask is that you at the very least hear what she has to say and then you can decide what you wish to do." Hazel said to Vader.
"Very well then. I will listen to what your leader has to say." Vader agreed. "Only on the condition that your droids do not touch my ship or attempt to kill me." He said giving his own deal.
"Agreed." Hazel said and before the two knew it, both Vader's TIE Advanced and the Bullhead were soon flying over a dark wasteland which was riddled with the wrecks of old starships of various types. They soon came to a castle surrounded by black pools with dozens of Grimm surrounding the pools as more Grimm came out of the pools.
Landing at one of the castles landing platform, medical droids took Tyrian away while Hazel led Vader to a large conference hall where a woman with deathly white skin, white hair, red irises and black sclera's was waiting for them. The woman wore a short-black sleeved robe which covered her feet from anyone's view. Sitting beside her was a tall middle-aged man with dark skin, a thick mustache and black hair which showed signs of greying wearing a blue overcoat, covering a yellow dress shirt. The last induvial wore a black cloak to keep their identity hidden. "Lady Salem. I have returned." Hazel said, taking a seat at the other end of the table in the conference hall.
"And it seems you've brought someone with you. I must say that I am quite fascinated by your armor. Tell me, where did you acquire such an interesting piece of technology?" the man in the overcoat asked.
"Maybe you should tend to Tyrian before you start to admire our guests' armor, Arthur." Hazel said to the doctor with a glare. "He's been injured."
"How?" Arthur asked, but Hazel only motioned to Vader. "How could someone best Tyrian?"
"Your 'associate' Tyrian is a skilled fighter, but is no match for the power of the Dark side of the force." Vader answered. Immediately, Arthur was tempted to pull out his revolver but the women who Vader identified as Salem raised her arm.
"Watts, tend to Tyrian's injuries." Salem instructed the doctor who left to do just that before she turned to Hazel. "I take it you have failed your mission?" she asked.
"No, ma'am. I did as you instructed and destroyed the prototype fighters that Atlas was developing. As expected, Mobius Squadron was deployed, but not to deal with units the Doctor sent out to distract them. They were deployed to deal with the fighter of our guest here. Fortunately, he destroyed all but one of the squadron before he attacked the base himself. Tyrian disabled the communications systems as instructed, but before we could leave, he decided to kill the entire base and proceeded to slaughter everyone at the base. By then, our guest here had landed and destroyed more of the base personal with his weapon and his powers. He killed the last of the base personal and took on the Huntress at the base and defeated her with ease. From what Tyrian told me, he was going to let the huntress go so she could deliver a message to Ironwood before Tyrian killed her. As a result, our guest here attacked Tyrian and cut off Tyrian arms and would have killed Tyrian had I not intervened. Naturally, I decided to bring him here, his abilities rival that of the 'Wandering Huntsman' and his weapons are similar." Hazel explained.
"I see." Salem said impressed. She then turned to her guest. "Tell me, stranger. What is your name and what brings you to Remnant?" she asked.
"I am Darth Vader, a Sith Lord and apprentice to Darth Sidious, the Emperor of the Galactic Empire." Vader began. He didn't notice the man in the cloak clenching their fist at the mention of Darth Sidious. "As for why I have come to this planet," he continued and tossed a holo-projector onto the table which then activated and showed his former apprentice. "I seek my former apprentice, Galen Marek. A Jedi and traitor to the Empire who tried to assassinate the Emperor. He is a dangerous fugitive and has no doubt already formed an alliance with the surviving Jedi and Clone Troopers who are hiding on your planet." he added.
"So, you are acquainted with the Wander Huntsmen? I must say, I am surprised. I know of the Jedi and Sith, but I never thought I would see another of your kind in again." Salem said, again impressed. "Perhaps we can help each other with our goals."
"How so?" Vader asked.
"I have an associate in Vale who is in the middle of preparing for an attack on Beacon Academy and the Kingdom of Vale. I am told that is where Galen Marek is, perhaps our combined forces will be enough to complete both our objectives." Salem offered.
"If you believe that your forces are a match for the Jedi than you are underestimating his abilities." Vader countered.
Salem chuckled before a jellyfish like Grimm appeared behind her and placed down a holo-projector of their own and showed the recording of Galen's fight with the imperial forces that came to the planet. To Vader's surprise, he saw multiple Clone Troopers he knew from the war and a familiar Togruta. "I have been monitoring young Galen since he arrived on Remnant. While he may have allies, he no doubt believes that the Empire has left Remnant. I take it that you have an interest in this world?" Salem asked. Vader said nothing. "I assume that you do. So, I propose an alliance. If you're master is willing to assist us in destroying Beacon and its CCT tower, we will help you destroy Galen Marek, his allies and the surviving Jedi that have taken refuge on this planet. In return, you can take whatever you want from this planet and use it for your Empire." Salem offered.
"How can I be assured that you will not turn on me?" Vader countered.
"You don't. But if this boy is as powerful as you say, then its in both our interests that he is killed." Salem answered.
Vader thought for a moment before he told Salem that he would need to speak with Darth Sidious about this and left the conference room. He returned sometime later and placed a holo-projector on the table and standing tall in holographic form was Darth Sidious, the ruler of the Galactic Empire and Sith Lord. "I have spoken with Lord Vader about your proposal, Lady Salem." Sidious began. "The boy is a threat to us both and I believe that our combined efforts will be enough to destroy him and his friends. Together, we will show Remnant the might of the Empire and you will have what you desire." Sidious added.
Salem smiled. "Then, I will inform my associate in Vale about this new development and if possible, I would be most grateful if you could send several of your soldiers to Remnant to assist in our plan." She said with a devious smile.
"Very well then." Sidious said in agreement before vanishing. Collecting the holo-projector, Vader was about to take his leave when he turned around and looked towards Salem.
"The Togruta in the recording you showed me. I want her brought to me alive, she and I are old friends." Vader told the Grimm women.
"Agreed." Salem said and watched as Vader left the conference room before turning to the cloaked man. "Do not worry, you will have your revenge against your former master and Vader will fall."
"We will need to be cautious." The man said before he removed his hood, revealing the face of a Zabrak man who desired vengeance against those who took much from him. "Sidious is a powerful foe and he killed my brother without mercy. But, with young Cinder's training, she will be more then ready to handle herself against the likes of Vader and Sidious." The man said. "I owe you my life for taking me in after I crashed on this planet and I intend to repay you."
While Salem and her associate talked, Vader exited Remnants atmosphere and quickly contacted a Bounty-Hunter he knew off before his craft jumped to Hyperspace.
At the same time, Galen, Ahsoka, Zett, Serra, Aayla, Plo and Kit felt a disturbance in the force, telling them that something was coming.
And done. So first off, Dante Gelé is a character I came up with and is this stories Mobius 1. Second, the F-22 Longsword is the F-22 Raptor which like the F15 Dagger has several changes to the aircraft's weapons. Third, Vader has arrived and singlehandedly wiped out an entire Atlas military base, fought Tyrian and severed the mad-mans arms. Fourth Sedyn Merrick along with Ace and Stagger were given to me by ComparedDread12.
Now Vader and the Empire have made an alliance with Salem and her forces and it appears that the cloaked man is a Zabrak male. Anyone want to guess who it is?
Anyway, please read and review this chapter and I'll see you all next time and I wish you all an early Happy Halloween.