Star Wars - Jedi Rangers
The Jedi Rangers Part 3
Slate...
A large black cylindrical object drops to the ground hard as Ben watches from a distance. Ben grabs his holo comm. and orders everyone to regroup.
(Opening Song - Transformers Beast Wars II Movie Opening - SPACE DREAMER ~Haruka naru Beast Wars~)
Note: I don't own any of this.
The opening starts with a journey through hyperspace for coming out before the Star Wars logo before changing to the Jedi Rangers logo.
Cut to the Jedi Rangers ready to fight; Ben Skywalker drawing his lightsaber, Leida Mothma twirling her quarterstaff, Bradon Jenson swinging his vibrosword, Alice Ty throwing her disc blade, Bali Payton firing her energy bow, Gaile Gaze shooting fireballs from her hands, Damien Faro wielding his lightsaber and Zekk swinging his crossguard lightsaber.
A Starhawk-Class, the Unity, departs from Coruscant and jumps to lightspeed. On a forest planet, the Jedi Rangers travel on foot, marveling at the beauty before setting up camp. The almost shadowed Neo Sith Order members slowly walking away from a burning city, leaving behind death and destruction before Darth Pein raises his right hand and conjures a Force Storm.
The Unity charges and then fires it's orbital autocannon, before switching to a brief shot of a Spherical Holocron.
The Jedi Rangers are entering their starfighters and launching out of the Unity, before switching to a brief shot a black sword and white sword crossing.
Ben Skywalker stands over the cliff staring at the moon, seeing an illusion of Anakin and Luke in their glory days before seeing Anakin change to Darth Vader and Luke becoming disappearing, causing him to use the Force to cast them out out of anger and shame.
The Unity once again travels through hyperspace and visiting different planets.
The opening finally ends with Darth Pein and Ben Skywalker staring at each other before both sides ignite their lightsabers and clash, resulting in a powerful shockwave.
Much Later...
"Any changes?" Ben asks Bali, who is currently on the watch.
"The First Order on this planet has gathered everything they have to take out that thing and will attack soon.", Bali answers. "The object, however, didn't make a move, but I can sense something powerful inside."
"Ben!" Gaile calls out. "The girl is ready to talk."
The group watches the recording of Darth Cyber literally killing anyone in his path, even seeing him tearing a Stormtrooper in half with his bare hands. A Heavy Stormtrooper fires a rotary repeating blaster at Cyber, but the blaster bolts bounce off of him. Cyber picks up a glass plate throw it so hard that it decapitates the Stormtrooper's head.
"There is no being capable of such feat.", Bradon said.
"Yet, here is living proof that there is.", Ben said as he continues watching the recording. After Darth Cyber left, Basil and several troopers arrive and start collecting the corpses of Cyber's victims. "That explains the lack of bodies. Human bodies, at least. What they for, though?"
"I've overheard one of them saying something about rituals and forging.", the girl said, shaken from what she saw.
"Anything you can think of?" Ben asks Gaile.
"I've heard stories of a Sith Alchemy, which gives someone the ability to create and forge demonic and wicked creatures like Sith Spawns.", Gaile answers. "But I don't know any the require corpses of human bodies. Then again, most of the knowledge lost in the ages."
"Until now.", Alice said doing an autopsy on one of the Sith-Imperial Trooper. "This trooper has been long dead before he killed again. It's like a zombie, but with a bit more sentience and limited free will. A Reanimation."
"Can you tell us, why they attacked your planet, Miss...?", Ben asks the girl.
"Sali. My name is Sali Rab. I'm a journalist in training.", Sali said. "I don't know why that thing attacked my home, but he was heading for the First Order Planetary HQ. A prison is right next to it, as well."
Ben starts thinking about the attacker's goal as there are multiple reasons to break into the building.
"Guys, you might want to see this!" Bali calls out from her spot. Everyone hurries to where she is and sees the cylinder opening up and coming out of it is a massive droid. It is near twice the size of an AT-M6 and far more heavily armed.
The droid's chest opens up, revealing a massive cannon and fire a powerful laser beam cutting down anything in its path, before a chain of explosions follow. As the smoke clears, the group looks at the battlefield in shock and horror as the entire First Order planetary army, along with a city serving as a forward base, has been obliterated. The massive droid then walks away, heading for the nearest town.
Sith Worldcraft...
Darth Cyber, Michanikos, and Hakk could only watch in amusement.
"The Liberator has obliterated an entire planetary army with one shot.", Darth Hakk said, popping out a cork from a Mist-Cocktail bottle. "You've outdone yourself."
"Of course, I've designed and constructed it after all.", Darth Michanikos said. "But that's the beginning. There are some surprises in store."
"It's a machine, yet I can sense the Force within it.", Cyber said. "Is it being powered by a Force-Harvester?"
"Yes, but this Force Harvester drains the Force from the planet is it currently on.", Michanikos said. "I was unable to replicate the original fully, but this method is better."
Slate...
A surviving AT-M6 fire the main cannon on the Liberator, but a deflector shield meant for capital ships efficiently stops the shot with ease. The Liberator raises its right arm, which is a heavy dual turbolaser, and fires a shot destroying the more massive walker.
"It's getting worse by the minute.", Ben said, seeing the Liberator approaching another city. "We have to take that thing down!"
"How?! I mean we can't even get close to that thing.", Bradon said.
"I don't get it! That thing just wiped out most of the First Order Forces in this planet, and no demands of surrender have is called.", Leida said.
"You're right! Slate can barely put up a resistance right now, but the thing is still attacking.", Ben said before spotting civilians fleeing the area. "Wait! Why are the civilians still evacuating?! That should've been done a long time ago!"
"It's because they haven't even started evacuating.", Sali said. "Those fools believe that the First Order has everything under control and that they're safe, but now look at what's happening."
The First Order forces that didn't participate in the attack open fire on the Liberator with everything they have followed by an air assault from TIE Fighters and TIE Bombers, yet the Liberator shrugs off everything like nothing. The Liberator then fires homing micro proton torpedoes from its shoulder, hitting anything in its path., from First Order personnel to fleeing civilians.
A Resurgent-Class Star Destroyer releases an orbital bombardment on the Liberator. Still, the massive droid remains unharmed and fires its main cannon splitting the enormous ship in half followed by a chain of explosions.
Several more TIE Fighters fly in and fire on the Liberator along with two TIE Silencers. Suddenly the Liberator launch two fighter drones from the back, which then engages the TIEs. The fighter drones were not only fast and small but also contained the skills of the most excellent pilots in history within its brain.
One of the fighter drones halts it's engine allowing the pursuing TIEs to pass it, allowing the drone to shoot it down. The other drones use maneuvers much resembling Kylo Ren's and effortlessly destroy the two TIE Silencers. The two fighter drones then return to the Liberator's back to recharge. Seeing the city devastated, the Liberator leaves for the next one.
Two AT-STs in front of it fire on the Liberator but crushed under the foot of the massive droid.
Worldcraft...
"Impressive," Cyber said. "The Liberator carries its own fighter support. However, you do know that at this point, the planet population will be attempting to escape."
"Where do you think the Liberator is going anyway?"
"Look at these people. Stripped of their decadent nests and cast into the cold world.", Hakk said, casually drinking his cocktail.
"To rid this galaxy of lies and corruptions.", Darth Cyber said. "Balance must be restored through the blood."
Pein's chamber...
"I thought I'd felt a disturbance in the Force. So Luke Skywalker is dead.", a cloaked female said through a holo to Darth Pein without his helmet.
"Do I hear a hint of sadness coming from you?" Pein asks in amusement. "I seem to recall that your relationship to Luke was mostly due to you having a thing for his father, although that was before you found out about his condition, loyalty to Padme, and the fact that he's old enough to be your father."
"We may be enemies, but back then, our love was genuine.", the woman said.
"As were several other ladies who had a thing for Luke, but Mara Jade was the one.", Pein said.
"Ah, yes. The Emperor's favorite.", the woman said.
"How are the twins?" Pein asks.
"They are progressing exceptionally well.", the woman said. "Along with my child. Their powers exceed my expectations and may rival that of Rey or Ben Skywalker."
"Kylo Ren would've made that list, but his inner struggle strips him of that honor.", Pein said.
"Which reminds me, why are you attacking Slate of all places?" the woman asks. "It holds no value in strategic means and only provides basic resources."
"True, the map now reveals that one of the Celestial Relics is on this very planet. My agent is already there to retrieve them.", Pein said. "Plus, I find it fitting to test the new Liberator and teach the decadent populace a lesson that they'll never forget."
Slate...
Several ships take off from the spaceport as more evacuees hurry to the next ship available.
In one of the ships, nearly all of the evacuees are shaken and traumatized to the core over what happened. Children were crying over the death and destruction they have witnessed, while parents struggle to comfort them. It all came to an end when the ship explodes.
The Liberator fire its Dual Triple Barrel Rotary Cannons onto the fleeing ships while firing micro-proton torpedoes onto the ones still grounded.
"This is the Planet Slate! We are under attack! Requesting assistance! I repeat! Reque...", the comm. Officer cries out before the Liberator crushes the communication tower with its hands.
The remaining populace watches helplessly as the Liberator approaches, but to their surprise, halt its movement. The Liberator then walks toward the mountain.
Worldcraft, some minutes ago...
"Looks like the show is over.", Hakk said, finishing his drink. "Computer, what's the damage?"
"10% of the planet population survive.", the computer responds.
"You mean, spared!" Darth Cyber said. "And permanently scarred."
"This is Darth Talon. I've found an ancient temple where the Celestial Relic located, but it is sealed shut, and I can't cut the doors with my lightsaber. It appears to be Beskar.", Talon reports from her comm. "Also, the entire temple is a mountain."
"Understood, I'll send the Liberator to take care of that.", Michanikos said, sending new commands to the Liberator.
Slate...
Gaile creates multiple Force Bubbles around the fire, putting them out by stripping it of oxygen, while Bradon and Damien pull anyone alive out of wrecked vehicles and vessels. Alice and Bali use the ability in the Force to heal the severely injured. Zekk is busy with crowd control, mainly on the pompous types demanding treatment first. Zekk punches one of them unconscious knocking off some teeth, after seeing him pushing an orphaned child to the ground.
"How can we ever beat that thing?" Leida asks Ben, who is sitting down on a boulder. "The First Order and this planet's military did nothing against it. Not even an orbital bombardment scratched it."
"That thing is built to lay and withstand sieges. Our best bet to take it down is to get inside it and destroy its power source.", Ben said. "However, I highly doubt that the one who created it would leave it unguarded. How bad is it, by the way?"
"Much worse than we initially believed.", Leida said. "Not only have Slate's population been reduced to 10%, but practically everything they need to survive are gone. No food, no water, no transports, no homes, no power, no hope. Just total despair."
"Still why is it still here?", Ben asks. "It completed its mission, yet is heading towards that mountain over there."
"Perhaps Sali will give us some details.", Leida said as they both approach Sali tending to her grandparents, who survived the attack. "Sali, do you why that droid is heading for the mountains? It must be essential to the point that it stopped attacking."
"Well...", Sali said.
"Don't tell them anything!" one of the rich folk shout out. "They're Jedi, and if the First Order finds out that we've been helping them, they'll wipe us out!"
Leida walks over and grabs the rich man by the throat.
"Listen, pal; I've had enough you First Order sympathizers! The attackers don't care who you side with and are powerful to do this much damage with just a few men.", Leida said in anger as her fingers charge with electricity. "You've got a count to five to back off! One... Four..."
"I'd listen to her.", Ben said.
"The mountain is a temple that houses our protector. A Guardian is known as Solat.", Sali's grandfather said. Leida drops the rich man to listen. "It was built by a Celestial to protect our planet from danger."
"Then why did it not come to your aid now?", Ben asks.
"Because we have lost our way and faith. The attackers have even labeled us as traitors.", Sali's grandfather said.
"Traitors?" Ben asks.
"Before the attack, the Sith name Darth Cyber and a squad of troopers appear before us.", Sali's grandfather said.
"My master, Darth Pein, the avatar of Bogan has judged your planet as corrupt and filled with heretics.", Darth Cyber announce to a group of people. "So much to the point that your very own guardian has abandoned you. However, we are not heartless."
A trooper walks to Darth Cyber and hands him a datapad.
"The names I call out are those allow to leave this planet, but those who wish to remain even when called.", Cyber said. "May Ashla and Bogan bless your souls."
"Hold on, what gives you the right...", one of the men protests only to have his upper body vaporized by an optical blast from Cyber as he starts calling out the names.
"So you are one of the few that remain?", Ben asks.
"The me and my family are the only ones that choose to remain here.", Sali's grandfather said. "If we are to be judged by the proclamation of an Avatar of the Dark Side, then perhaps it is right and proper that things from hell should rise to wipe us out."
"Yet I still sense hope within you.", Ben said.
"Every time I sleep, a voice calls out to me.", Sali's grandfather said. "Telling that Salot will awaken."
Inside the mountain, a pair of green glowing eyes momentarily open, just as the Liberator stands in front of the temple gate and fires its main cannon.
(Ending Song - Transformers Beast Wars II Ending - Yume no Iru Basho)
Note: I don't own any of this.
The ending comprises of each Jedi Rangers sleeping in their rooms with Ben Skywalker, the only one awake, standing in the ship bridge staring out to the vastness of space.
Leida Mothma's room is Chandrila theme with some Naboo and Alderaan architectures and a holo of Mon Mothma holding an infant Leida next to her bed.
Bradon Jenson's room resembles a blacksmith workshop with multiple primitive weapons like bows, swords, and axes hanging on the wall.
Bali Payton's room is a Dathomirian theme with a cauldron in the center of the room, some desks holding tools, and multiple ingredients stored on shelves.
Gaile Gaze's room resembles a library with scrolls, books, and Holocrons scattered all over the floor. The ceiling is a star chart—paintings of different wars hanging on the walls.
Damien Faro's room is a Corellian theme with many decors formerly belonging to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.
Zekk's room is a Coruscant theme filled with many rich and luxurious decorations.
Alice Ty's room resembles that of Yoda's hut with simple basic needs and nothing more.
