Another Galaxy but same Lifestyle

Disclaimer: I do not own Fallout New Vegas or Star Wars the Clone Wars, they belong to their respective owners.

I do own MY version of the Courier.

Criticism Okay I guess.

No promises on this being a good story.

OOC's (Out of Character) are to be expected.


Chapter 4: The liberation of Ryloth

~Ryloth~

*BOOM*

Were the sounds of a small explosion that had erupted somewhere around the large convoy of AT-TE that was on their way to the Capital as they were under attack by Separatist forces that's trying to slow them down or kill them. The leading walker way up at the front that was ferrying the Commanders pushed forward still until one AAT tank owned by the Confederacy had scored a lucky hit and managed to cripple the machine transport therefore halting the moving convoy.

The top hatch opened up to allow the ones that was inside of it to exit, and who came out first was Jedi General Mace Windu of the Jedi Order and current leader of the soldiers that was on their way to liberate the Capital, he was followed by a few soldiers who were exiting the destroyed vehicle. The last one to exit was one Howard Waller as he followed the clone in front of him "How the hell did we get into this mess?" he asked himself as he saw Windu get the pilot from the controls.

Howard jumped off of the AT-TE and rushed to the rest of the soldiers he was with and hid behind some cover that easily protected them from the enemy Tanks that was firing on their position endlessly, he turned his head to where the rest of the lined Republic troop transports were and saw a Clone trooper with brown markings on body and helmet and he knew who it was. "Ponds" he spoke as he had gently put his back against the rocky wall behind him.

"Commander Ponds!" came the shout from the Black skinned Human as he had an unconscious Clone on his shoulders "Yes General?" asked the Commander as he ducked his head when a stray bolt of energy had whizzed past the nearby AT, he immediately got an answer "Bring out the Lightning Squadron!" ordered the Jedi as he placed the pilot near Howard who was checking the Vitals of everyone else that was in the command Tank.

Ponds nodded as he was now speaking into his Communicator on his wrist while some of the others provided covering fire at the infantry since their weapons are proven useless against the armored vehicles "I want Lightning up here now!" he commanded. Howard walked to the edge of the cliff they were standing on and begin to fire his own Customized DC-15 carbine at the enemy whilst using his scope, since he wasn't a Clone he could use the V.A.T.S to help him score at LEAST a hit but the enemy was too far away so the chances of hitting was low.

Windu then ordered Ponds once more "Keep the injured back, I'm going to clear the road!" at this the leading soldier nodded and was prepping those who were injured or unconscious out of harms way. Waller heard him and began to fire single shots for better accuracy in the hopes that it will assist the Force-User to do whatever he did.

Needless to say that the Force is no joke as the Jedi used it to push back the Large AT-TE off of the cliff.

'If the Force can do THAT then what else can it do?' was the thought of the Courier as he then continued to suppress the opposite side even though he was technically exposed and that the said opposite was able to aim clearly for him, but luck would find him fortunate enough for a squad of Troopers with different helmets came up to the now leading ones riding a Vehicle that had one seat that was meant to carry one Pilot but it had a gun at the front of it, it's legs were similar to those of Chickens.

"So that's the AT-RT huh?" Muttered the Terran mortal as he looked at the All Terrain Recon Transport that was now being used by General Windu who was now ordering them "Order the men to push on while we deal with the Tanks" was all he said before going off to meet the threat hindering them, the brown colored Clone nodded and then gave out his next command "FORWARD!" he yelled pointing straight forward as it was the moment to take their objective.

A groan was heard near the Earthling as he saw the Pilot that was unconscious began to wake up from his slumber, "you are going to be okay" assured the blonde haired Human as he was now alongside the awakening driver. "It hurts" seethed out the man as he was feeling pain over his body even with his Armor on "where are you in pain?" questioned the Hero as he kneeled down in front of the Clone and was doing a medical assessment "everywhere" came the response from the injured.

The non-Republic soldier then pulled out a Syringe from his inventory and inched close to the injured "what is that?" inquired the AT-TE driver as he looked at the syringe and was curious as to what it will do in this situation, the blue eyed fighter chuckled "THIS little thing will help for a while" he then lifted up the left arm and injected the object into the exposed part that barely covered limb.

The Clone pilot that was feeling pain now had felt it lessen on his body but not completely, and to be honest it was surprisingly effective for such a minor thing. "What is it?" he inquired onto the one that had possibly saved him, he instantly got the reply "it's called Med-X and it helped your ass from feeling anymore pain but take it easy okay?" the Courier then handed the trooper a small blue box.

"Just to be safe take at least ONE pill after a few minutes, the Med-X may have helped you but it also has it's drawbacks" explained Howard as he realized that the soldier would be more intrigued by the Medical pain-killer but he had to at least warn him by telling him to take the Fixer and use it after the Five minute count since he doesn't know for sure if the Clones can become twice as addicted and may become Chem crazed but it's better to be on the safe side.

'Damn it! I don't have many left, when I get back my first priority is the CHEMS!' came the thoughts from the Human guest of the Jedi while the rest of the Republic Convoy were continuing their march towards their mission. He looked back at the battlefield and saw that Mace's group were successful as the threat that had stopped their assault for a brief while were now in ruins and smoldering remains.

"Damn, they don't mess around" he muttered once again as he saw Ponds get into a spare AT-RT and went alongside Mace Windu's side up ahead, he shook his own head as he was sure that they were discussing about the have suffered some amount of losses including the commanding AT-TE. What he and the others didn't know was that they were being spied on by a lone Separatist Recon Droid that was recording what the commander's were saying.


~Lessu, Command~

A T-Series Tactical Droid, similar to the one at Nabat, was standing near an alien that wasn't of Twi'lek origins as this one was tall and it's skin was green as the head was shown, a majority of it's face was covered by a metal that also covered the upper half of the torso whilst the lower half was long blue cloth that was similar to a fancy dress. This was Emir Wat Tambor of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the current commander of the CIS Occupation forces on Ryloth.

"The Republic is advancing faster than anticipated" spoke the Emir to his assistant droid and was a little bit worried with how the Jedi had removed his forces so easily, the Machine next to him spoke in it's monotone voice "I calculate that they will reach the main gates by morning, I advise that we prepare a retreat." And that was what the Emir didn't like to hear "I will NOT retreat!" he snapped back as his eyes returned towards the Jedi and Clone "that Jedi doesn't have the troops to take this city!"

But then the Recon bot turned to show that there was someone else who was with the Jedi, this human wasn't a Clone for he wore plain leather clothes but had a strange device on his wrist "who is that?" asked Tambor as he was sure that the Republic only used Clones but this was a something new that they were using 'I didn't know that the Jedi would be so desperate as to hire a Bounty Hunter' was his thoughts as he had now saw that the unknown soldier stopped in his tracks.

However he would be in for a surprise as he waited for an answer to who this individual is and maybe hire him to turn on the Jedi Forces by giving him exact information, the Tactical machine answered "Data unavailable, No known identity match" now THAT bit of information sent the Skakoan thrown into a loop as he was sure that they could have had SOME kind of Data on this new individual that was dressed as a Credit-Maker.

'Must be a new Hunter then.' he thought again for if they couldn't find him for even being one of the lesser known Mercenaries then he might have been a new one entering the Business but he would have to put him aside for now as he went back into his leader persona "Bring the Troops back into the city and Secure the bridge" he ordered his Second-in-command as he was forming a strategy against the oncoming Republic army.

The Robot nodded and walked out to relay the orders to the other machines, Wat Tambor stayed and looked at the Hologram of the other Non-Clone "I better report this to Count Dooku" he said to himself as he left the displayed imagery and went to Communications to do so.

But if he would have kept looking he could have seen the image be cut off as the appearance of the unknown man become larger as it signified that he was getting closer to the Droid before pouncing on it cutting off the image.


~AT-TE Interior~

Windu, Ponds and Waller are now inside one of the walkers and used it as the new Mobile Command Center, they're about to open up a communication link with the other Jedi and the Chancellor to report their progress on their end of the Liberation front. The holographic table hummed to life and the figures of Skywalker, Admiral Yularen, Yoda and Palpatine alongside what seems to be an overly large twi'lek that had a double chin and fancy clothes that signified that he was somewhat of nobility.

"What's your progress young Skywalker?" inquired the Political leader of the faction that Howard was working with, he received a response "we have taken control of the space around Ryloth and the Enemy fleet is on the run" that was the good news from Anakin's group of his own in this operation. Then it was the Jedi master's turn to give his own response as the image of Skyguy was replaced by the large round image of the planet that was Ryloth "Kenobi has taken the Jixuan Desert so the Southern hemisphere is ours"

While the Jedi was continuing with the battle plan with the rest of the meeting Howard was focusing on something else, he kept his ears open as he did not want to miss any words for they could prove useful no matter how small they were but his mind was too busy on something else. Yoda spotted the Courier have a distant look on his face and spoke out to get everyone else's attention "Courier, an opinion have you?" asked the small green alien.

The 24 year old wanderer nodded as he began to explain his idea and hoped that they would agree to it "yes sir" he said to the little holographic form of the wise Jedi Master who simply smiled as if knowing what he was going to say, "if I may sirs is that perhaps I could provide reconnaissance at the enemy base" he explained as the table had changed the screen from a zoomed in base to an normal view.

He began to explain his plan "with your permission sirs I would like to go to the enemy base just outside of it and act as some form of Scout so I can relay whatever information I have found back to you" he had proved to create a sound plan but of course there was problems, "you know the enemy will send out patrols to secure the perimeter right? Not to mention going by yourself will be difficult considering your tech". Howard internally sighed as he knew that his Pip-boy was advanced but not THAT advanced by Galactic standards.

"You should take at least one or two ARF troopers with you" suggested Skywalker as he was liking the idea. If they could get eyes on their target's location they would get much more accurate and proper estimation of how many Droids, bombers, armor there is and not to mention where the Seps command center was located. The blond 24 year old nodded and saluted "sir" he was given the OK by Skywalker which wasn't that much surprising if you think about it.

The purple lightsaber wielder then formed his own plan "while you are scouting the potential of enemy forces I'm going to enlist the help of local freedom fighter leader Cham Syndulla" he then activated a holographic image of the aforementioned Freedom Fighter and what the Earthling assumed to be a profile they found on him, but another thing he has to do when he goes back is to understand other languages. "That's actually a great idea Mace" said the blue eyed human as he was liking the idea.

However an overly large twi'lek wasn't that agreeable "he cannot be trusted! I know Syndulla seeks to gain power, we were political rivals once before the war" stated the politician with certainly that this Cham person was still looking for political power, this just made the Courier a bit disappointed as he thought that this Senator was still on edge about the past "you handle the Politics Senator but I'm going to do what I can to help these people" replied the General as he was intent on freeing the people.

It was at this time the Chancellor decided to step in "perhaps we can send you reinforcements instead" he said it like he was a bit worried about enlisting the assistance of the Freedom Fighters, 'why is he refusing help from the people who know this part of the planet?' thought Howard as he was curious as to the reasoning of rejecting the thought of requiring assistance.

Then Yularen replied to the Chancellor's suggestion "there are no reinforcements available Chancellor" he was right they were the ONLY group within the system to liberate Ryloth. "We may have armed and trained Clones but it's the Freedom Fighters that have the knowledge of this region and we need their help to get around the area since it IS their home" at these words they all came to agree.

The connection was cut and soon it was just the people within the AT-TE "so how do you plan on finding them?" asked the Jedi Guest as he knew that Syndulla's group would be difficult to track since they aren't in one place all the time, he received a response "I'll handle that young Courier but for now how are YOU going to get to Lessu without being spotted early?" he had a point since no doubt that the CIS has a couple of spotters that could easily detect unknown forces. It was Waller's turn to answer "let me worry about that" he then began to prepare for his trip.


~Lessu, Outskirts~

Three individuals were 4000 ft away from the Capital that was currently being occupied by the opposite side, these three were two ARF troopers and Howard as they got off of their AT-RTs although with the latter having a bit of trouble since it was his first time piloting one and trying to not give away their position.

"You guys remember why we are here?" questioned the 'Leader' for he hoped that these two were debriefed on what their current mission is and he received a response in a nod from both of them, then the three of them made their way onto the top of the plateau that overlooked the entire area and the city that they were sent to scout.

Down below they all saw the great capital of Lessu where not only were there pockets of Droid patrols and Vehicles but they also spotted a lot of tents just outside of the city's walls, Howard pulled out a pair of binoculars and brought them to his eyes so he can see in the distance. What shocked him however was when he looked at the control center where the higher-ups would be he spotted a Tactical Droid, an Alien with a dress and a Holographic projection of an old wrinkly man and they seem to be speaking.

"Who's that?" asked the blonde as he pointed his finger at the small tiny transmission figure that was having a conversation with the alien and robot, "well I'll be, that's Count Dooku!" exclaimed one of the clones with him as he pulled out a pair of Electrobinoculars himself and spotted what or rather whom his leader was referring to. "He's the leader of the seps and from what rumors are saying is that he was a former Jedi who became corrupt" explained the other ARF trooper as he looked at the Courier.

Howard looked back at the tower where the command center is and began to think about how someone like him became the leader of these assholes. "Incoming droid patrol!" warned the first ARF as he spotted a group of droids marching towards their way. "Good" muttered the Hero loud enough for the other two to hear him, "what the kriff do you mean 'good'?" asked a gobsmacked clone as he was thinking that the guest WANTED them to be captured.

The said man brought out a bag from his inventory and showed them the contents of it "droid poppers?" said one of the two soldiers as he picked up one of the poppers before looking at their designated leader. Howard began to explain "I figured that they might send in at least a patrol or two to look for anyone that is NOT a part of their army, so I decided to bring in the Poppers with us to deactivate them." he stopped so he could see if his two men were following, which they were, but still a bit confused.

"Yeah they'll only temporarily shock them for a while before they reactivate" retorted the 2nd trooper as he was a bit disbelieving what he was hearing. "Not if I'm able to hack into the Droids before they do" he formed a large grin as he knew now what his troops own faces were under their helmets, his plan was coming into effect but now all that was needed was time.

"But won't the Seps notice one of their patrols missing?" asked the 2nd ARF for he was now being nervous about the three of them being detected and the idea of this Jedi guest hacking into enemy bots. Howard merely smiled "If I'm quick enough then I should be able to rewrite their main pathway when they awaken so that we can still be hidden and the Seps machines will continue on their mission like nothing ever happened." he detailed as he was waiting for said group to pass by.

The 1st trooper that was on lookout saw the droid group and warned the other two with him "we've got incoming, 50 meters, eastern side and approaching" and so the plan began to take into effect. "Wait until they're on top of us before using the poppers" ordered the earthling as he and the other two grabbed a couple of poppers before they waited with baited breath for the enemies to appear.

They didn't have to wait long though...

As soon as the droids turned they were surprised. "Clones!?" said the B1 bot with yellow markings as it looked at two clones and one non-clone in shock as it was not expecting them to be here at all, "NOW!" shouted Howard as he activated his poppers and threw it at the enemy that was now readying their blasters at them. "Uh-oh" spoke a machine that looked down at the small spherical objects at their feet before it went off.

*CLANK*

The sounds of metallic bodies hitting the ground followed by a small cheer made by the two ARFs that were now in a bit of disbelief. "I can't believe that it actually worked" said the 1st clone as he looked at the downed machines that lay before them, "now I better get to work and fast before they wake up" said Howard to his team as he began to get into the droid's circuitry and do his magic.

While he was doing that the two brothers walked towards the edge and used their electrobinoculars to see what the enemy base was up to. "Now let's see what they are up to" muttered ARF 2 as he looked through his device and saw the base and something he didn't like. There was a dozen or so vulture droids standing tall and they were being loaded with large explosive "that's not good" said the 1st to the 2nd as they both saw the same thing.

"When the bombers are loaded send them out and target the nearby inhabited villages first. Like what Dooku said, this will be used politically as it will show the cost of a Republic victory" came the transmission from behind the duo as they turned and saw the Courier but his face was shadowed by his hat. Then without any warning the head of the B1 commander droid was ripped off from its shoulders before being tossed aside.

But they understood the anger the man had "we've got to warn the General" said the 1st clone as he looked at his partner, they had to deliver the news as fast as possible if they were going to save those twi'lek homes before the bombers could do any damage. "Tell commander ponds to relay the information back to Skywalker, the General will be notified once Anakin has been warned" ordered Howard as his face was still darkened but the clones could swear that there was a single glint in his eyes and it showed that of a madman.

They didn't question it as this was serious, "Commander can you read me? This is broker! We've found intel that the enemy is preparing to bomb nearby villages, I repeat this is Broker with information on enemy tactics." he hoped that the leader was receiving this or otherwise those innocent civilians will be lost all for naught...


~AT-TE, En route~

"Sir we've got a transmission" said an operator as he informed the current commander of what he received, "there can only be one group that could be sending that. Patch it through" said ponds to the communications expert as he knew who it was and soon they received audio from the transmission.

"This is Broker with information on enemy tactics, please respond for this is an emergency!" came the voice of their brother and the tone with it brought alarm to the whole room inside the walker. "This is commander Ponds, what sort of information do you have Broker?" if it was an emergency then it must be important to do this.

"This is Howard Waller. The enemy is planning to have their bombers carpet bomb any nearby villages that have people in them, Ponds you have to relay this information back to Skywalker and then Windu, after that you have to evacuate as much civs as possible." came the voice of the Courier as he had decided to take over and give the intelligence to the commander. Ponds nodded and proceeded to do so, however he had some concerns.

He looked at the speaker before speaking a problem "we will contact them when we're finished but I don't know if we'll be able to reach those towns in time before those seps have a chance to blow them up" it was true as they were quite a distance from the nearest civilian home and they won't be able to reach in time, he received an answer "just do what you can Ponds and we'll see if we can provide anymore information." and with those words the transmission cut.

Not long after that the group of clones did get into contact with the 501st leader, but this time instead of audio only it showed the Holographic forms of Skywalker and Tano. "Sirs" said the clone to the Jedi as he saluted to them, "we are receiving you ponds. What's the emergency?" asked the Chosen one as he was curious as to what was happening, he got a response "General we have gotten intelligence from our scouting party at Lessu; the droids have started to begin a firebombing campaign soon. We're trying to get to the closest village as fast as possible but I don't think we'll be able to reach them in time".

Anakin stroke his chin as he began to think about this while the padawan had a look of shock and fear on her face. "We still are trying to mop up with the rest of the Separatist fleet here in space and some of our own fighters are refueling as we speak" spoke the elder Jedi as he gave his own answer, but he wasn't done yet "I'll have to speak with the Admiral, see if we can't spare a few fighters to deal with the bombers. Until then you'll have to get as many people out as fast as possible" with that Ponds nodded "yes sir" before the communication ended.

He then ordered them to contact the General of their own group.

"What is it Commander Ponds?" inquired the voice of Jedi Master Mace Windu as he was now answering their call. "Sir we've gotten a report coming from our Scouts at Lessu; the enemy is going to start a firebombing campaign soon on nearby villages, though we are close to one I don't think we'll be able to reach them in time when the attack starts" answered the commander to his higher ranking officer as he was worried about the casualties of war.

Windu pondered before turning to a person that couldn't be seen by the troops but they can hear the voice, "first they occupy our lands, now they are planning on destroying our homes. This cannot stand" Windu agreed with the other as it would have seemed to show the freedom fighters that the Republic's assistance is needed. "Commander Ponds, relay information back to the Courier in his mission to continue giving us updates on the enemy and prepare a few men to evacuate any nearby settlements." the clone saluted "SIR!" and the comms were cut.

"You heard the General, we need a few troopers out there evacuating. And inform the courier that his team is to continue to update us on any new information" he ordered as he would not let civilian die on his watch.


~Meanwhile, Lessu Outskirts~

"Orders received sir, we'll keep you updated on what we can find" said Broker as he had just got the mission statement from the CO and was now going to tell his team. Behind him was a total of 5 battledroids standing on their legs and were still deactivated with one of them having a back panel open, "and that SHOULD do it" the Courier said as he closed the panel and looked at his work on reprogramming the bots.

It wasn't that long ago that he had a mini-outburst and ripped off the sergeant droid's head, but he calmed down and worked on the others like he said he would. "I just hope that this doesn't backfire" he muttered to himself for the wiring and programming of the bots were a bit more complicated for him and he had a bit of faith that his plan would work.

He turned and looked at his teammate "so what's the word Broker?" he wanted to know what their next objective is, "we have to provide them information onto what we can find" came the answer. "Well we can't exactly get a good detail from our distance and it doesn't help that the buildings are large" said Howard as he turned and looked at the capital city again as if to prove his point, the sun was starting to set and from what the other clone could see is that they're slowly preparing their bombers.

"If there was something else we could do to at least reduce the amount of droids there" said the 2nd ARF for he is starting to let his emotions take control, the blond of the group sighed and patted the man's back "I know what you mean my friend, but there's only so much we could do. And this is war, civilian casualties are to be expected" his words were harsh but they were also true. "But it doesn't mean I have to like it" "no you don't have to, but you have to accept the fact".

Waller then decided to change the mood "SO! Now that we're alone how about we get along?" he suggested as he knows it was best to know who he was working with for better efficiency, and to make sure he isn't confused due to the fact that he is surrounded by look-alikes.

"I'm Broker" said the clone with the transmitter as he was now kneeling down next to his brother, speaking of whom introduced himself "and my name is Jun" he looked through his electro-binoculars still keeping tabs on the Separatists on the other side of the gorge. "I am Howard Waller or Courier if you prefer" he gave them that info about his identity.

"So Courier, I heard that little gadget on your arm can do things" said Broker as he would look at the forearm object on the human's wrist. The human blonde nodded* "yep it can do all sorts of things but I can play us some music for us if you want, don't worry I can control the volume so we won't be heard" he said as he inserted a holotape into the device and music began to play and not long after a cheery kind of sound erupted from the small wrist object.

"Huh so it does play music, anything else it can do?" asked Jun as he handed the binoculars to Broker who took a turn and began to see from the distance, Howard replied "it's basically a mini-armory as I have a shit ton of weapons and armor stored in this thing but keeping them all maintained and up to date is kind of hassle" he said as now he realized it would be difficult to keep his weapon maintenance since he's in a different galaxy, he could find some parts but don't know how effective they will be.

"Yeah? If only the Republic had such a thing we'd be winning this war before it even lasted" said the 2nd ARF as he imagined them also having something similar that could provide such a boon for the Galactic Republic, there'd be no hassle but just everything one could ever need on the go and ready to pull out but alas that was not the case, the blue eyed male laughed "ha! Sorry but not even I don't know about this for it was a gift to me from someone who I owe my life to" he would say as he remembered when he first woke up from being shot in the head.

"Still can't help but imagine just how useful that thing will be for the Republic" Jun continued as he looked at Howard. The sun was slowly setting and it was becoming dark soon, the voice of Broker broke (he he) the silence "hey sir? Your reprogrammed droids are returning back to base, I think there's gonna be trouble" at that the other two would quickly join the clone in observing the enemy base from their position.


~~Lessu, front entrance~~

"Halt!" ordered a B1 as it saw a patrol returning from doing its assignment, but what made it stop them was the lack of a commander it was suspiscious "where's your sergeant?" it asked the group. One of them answered "OM-491 slipped on the sand and fell down into the gorge" was the immediate response as it looked at the guard, said guard just shrugged "oh well that sucks, okay you can go and report back to the commander and better do it soon, I think the bombers are about to go"

It was responded by several "roger roger"'s from the group as they marched into the capital managing to fool the basic B1 battledroid.


~Back with he scout team~

"I can't believe they fell for that" said Howard as he is genuinely surprised that the guard was fooled by what he programmed into that droid, the other two were also nodding "yeah B1's aren't very smart and are stupid they only follow programming, by the way sir what did you do to those droids?" asked Jun as he stared at the team leader. Howard simply smiled "oh nothing but let's change the channel shall we?" he would turn a knob on his pip boy and it buzzed before several high pitched voices spoke.

"Careful with that payload! One drop and you may blow us all up!" "Sorry sir!" "Roger roger" both Broker and Jun's eyes widen as they heard the voices of B1's were heard as they stared at the Courier, "you hacked into their systems and listening on their conversation?" asked the 1st ARF trooper stupefied by what he's hearing.

The human nodded "yep now we can't risk getting found out and now we can gain much more information than just seeing what they're up to, pretty neat huh?" he looked at the two stunned Clones and felt pride at himself for doing that, but he honestly wasn't expecting his work to actually pull off and he originally thought that they were going to be found out by the guard.

"Okay the ordnance is prepared and ready to go sir!" "Roger that send out the bombers to neutralize the nearby villages, Wat Tambor's orders!" "Roger Roger" "Roger Roger" were the voices heard, at this information the clone with the transmission pack would quickly try and contact the commander "Ponds! Commander Ponds please respond! We have new info for you!" not long after the other voice responded.

"Go ahead Broker what do you have?" the clone answered "the seps are sending out the bombers right now, have you evacuated any villages yet?" he hoped that they did otherwise the war may be costly, the response came back.

"We've evacuated 3 villages so far, mostly women and children with few men but there's a few villages that are too far that we can't reach" it was both good and bad news, good because there are some that are saved and bad that some aren't saved at all and will be at the mercy. Howard decided to but in "has Skywalker given you any info about those fighters?" they couldn't save everyone but they should at least be able to bring down some of those bombers out of the sky.

"Yes but only 2 squadrons are available" at hearing that the courier nodded "two are better than none, can you ask Yularen or Anakin if they can send them now?" the response was almost immediate "they're already on their way to intercept but due to the darkness they won't be able to see clearly" the Terran native would grin "I have something that will work" he said as he would go into his pip boy and would find something that should work, but while he was doing so the bombers were already on their way.

"Hurry sir they're already gone!" ushered Jun as he spotted the last bombers leaving the capital, the normal human would give a shout as he found it he then aimed it at the bombers and fire, the weapon wouldn't do any damage but it would paint the targets so the pilots have an easier time getting them, he didn't get them all but he got a few of them. "Okay got them, now all we can do is just pray the fly boys get there in time."

Both clones nodded accepting that they can't save everyone but at least they can protect those who are left "may the force guide them to the afterlife" spoke Broker as he gave a prayer to those who will die by the actions of the Separatist bombers.

Now all the 3 can do is wait and continue until Windu is able to come back with Rebel reinforcements.


~Lessu, Leader transport~

"There's a couple of vehicles carrying items from our southern base, should we leave without them?" asked a droid towards the Skakoan as the mentioned two transports were the last of their loot, however this didn't please Wat Tambor "No! I will have everything before I leave" at that the B1 nodded "Roger Roger" it then left leaving the commander alone. However he would be stopped by the voice of the CIS leader "Emir Tambor why haven't you left Ryloth? You were supposed to leave before the Republic caught wind!" Dooku demanded as he looked at the general of the Lessu occupation.

"Uh the escape strategy is taking longer than we thought" he said trying to convince Dooku that it was a form of problem but he only wanted the loot his droids stole from the Twi'lek people, it only manages to convince the separatist leader to an extent "I want you out of there before the Republic army arrives!" his hologram then would vanish as the T-series Tactical droid would stare at the greedy green person.

Wat Tambor would order the droid "we are not leaving until we have EVERYTHING, I will NOT abandon what I have taken" he wasn't very fond of leaving things he could have his hands on, but the droid would respond "we have our orders Emir" it then turned and walked away forming strategies about the incoming republic assault since the bombing last night would give away their position but when the Bombers returned there was few than those that left.

However nearby a B1 droid would be watching the event before it proceeded to leave and go about its business.


~Scout team~

"Well someone's greedy as fuck!" said Howard as he and the other two were on their cliff and overheard the conversation, it sounded like Dooku was desperate for Tambor to leave the planet in a hurry but the commander seems to be a greedy bastard, Broker nodded "that's Wat Tambor for you I heard he's the greediest of the Techno Union" Jun also agreed but still to hear that alien's greed from their spies.

They reported back to Ponds and relay any info they found as usual, and like last time they were to only provide info until Windu entered the fray and from the sounds of it the General had managed to convince the rebels to fight "at least we don't have to wait anymore, but still I'm itching for a fight" spoke the earthling as he may prefer stealth but sometimes the wasteland provides no such thing and the only way out is through battle.

"Yep, say what were you talking about those things? Bighorners?" after their little info in the previous night and prayers to the villages the trio began to have a talk, with the Clones explaining the Republic and its origins to the Courier who in turn only talked about his home's threats "They're kind of like the bantha creature you guy's mentioned but only smaller and no fur, to be honest they're used as cattle for meat." he would say as he sometimes killed some but only on accident whenever he's in a fight with the Legion's assassins.

"I hope you three are talking about the mission" spoke a newcomer and yet familiar voice, the trio turned and saw it was Mace Windu arrived with the Clones and Rebels this surprised Howard as he's usually good at hearing thing's approaching "um... No we were talking about animals, to pass the time as nothing too important besides Wat Tambor waiting for two transports with loot to arrive" said Broker as he would get up and salute along with Jun.

The new alien Howard saw next to Mace gave a low voice "it's not enough to enslave and kill us but they want to steal our belongings too? Damn those Separatists!" growled the supposed Leader in the Courier's mind as he noticed how he seemed to form a hatred for the occupying faction "excuse me but I do not believe we have met sir, name's Courier" he said as he would be polite and introduce himself. The leader nodded "yes I must thank you Courier, without your warning my people would have suffered more, I am Cham Syndulla leader of the Ryloth Freedom Fighters" he shown respect in kind.

"Now that introductions are out of the way Courier, Troopers report what we're up against" said the Jedi General in an ordering tone as he wanted to know what they have found and what they're up against, it was Broker who spoke "sir we're dealing with a platoon of droids, primarily B1's and several B2's as well as a few Rollers. They have at least 3 tanks in there as well and they're planning on using civilians as a shield to block any kind of attack and from what we heard there's a team of Commando Droids as well." The spies they have on the inside were VERY useful.

However Mace Windu became curious "and pray tell how have you obtained this information trooper?" he had a feeling he wasn't going to like what he was going to hear, it was Howard who answered "well remember the plan I said I had back in the command walker? Well the plan was to actually reprogram a patrol and use them as spies for the Republic, at first I was nervous but it actually worked out pretty well and thanks to them we've managed to get VERY useful intel... You guys' should work on doing this more often you know" he said as he had a sense of pride at his job.

But the Jedi didn't seem to approve it "you could have been exposed and the mission could have been jeopardized!" he didn't like hearing that, but the two ARF's came to the Courier's defense "well sir it was a gamble but it paid off for now we have more than enough intel to know where to strike, what we're up against and how many. To be frank sir without the Courier's plan we might not have gotten so much information." it was true, without Howard's idea the village casualties would have been much higher.

"I do not approve but it has been useful no doubt about it, but you could have risked everything Courier! However right now we're gonna focus on saving the people of this planet, that's more important" the Jedi Master said as he did not like the non-republican do such a thing but it provided important information, right now their focus is to rescue these people from occupation.

"Sir! Two transports arrive, 11 o'clock!" shouted a trooper as they spotted a couple of transports, earlier Broker mentioned loot being carried in two vehicles and these two were the last being seen heading towards Lessu, meaning that it was the transport carrying the valuables "so how do we get in the base sir? Since the Bridge is activated by a control tower" asked Jun as he pointed to the tall tower with a glass showing several droids commandeering the bridge controls.

"We'll sneak in using the transports" said Mace as he already has a plan going on in his head.


~At the bridge~

A squad of B1 droids were using devices to scan for anything out of the ordinary since these was the last transports, one of them immediately picked up an anomaly "hold up!" it then approached the back side before ordering "open up!" and the back door proceeded to open up to reveal Mace Windu, two Clones and a strange clothed wearing guy "you're under arrest!" it said but then a purple lightsaber immediately ended it's life.

"We're under at-" a 2nd droid tried to warn but it didn't get to finish as its head popped off by the sound of a pistol firing, the shot came from Howard who carried [Shining in the Darkness] in his hand and killed the poor bot, the other two got off and would try and reach the other side of the bridge with Howard following behind them "get to the other side!" Windu shouted as he also ran towards the other end.

However the machines in the control tower saw this and would deactivate the holo-bridge, the Jedi general saw this and used force to push all 3 men to the other side, for Howard it would be a weird feeling "EEEE!" he would shout as his face collided with the ground "ow!" he would grunt and groan in pain as he slowly get back up and saw Mace Windu performing some moves he did with the force. "Lucky bastard" was all the Courier said as he saw the force wielder land safely on the edge with Broker and Jun getting up.

"Get that bridge back up!" he activated his lightsaber as the droids began to assemble to where the four were at, the two clones nodded "Sir yes sir!" and they quickly headed to the bridge control, the Jedi Master would look at Howard "Courier make sure Tambor does not escape!" he then proceeded to charge towards the oncoming droid defenses. Howard would stare at the jedi before he nodded and quickly went to try and find Wat Tambor hoping to at least prevent him from leaving even if it means serious injury.


~Escape Transport~

"That Wat Tambor is a fool" said the Tactical droid as it was now walking towards the same ship that the commander was going to use to escape, it then ordered the two b1's accompanying it "warm up my ship" they nodded and went inside of the ship, far but still close behind the machine the green greedy Techno Union member would look at the droid in shock 'just what are you doing with my ship?!"

It responded "leaving, you're a fool for waiting for useless trinkets and objects" it would slowly board the ramp as the engines fire up, but the Skakoan would not take this betrayal too kindly "fire on that ship!" it ordered the two Super Battle Droids and they fired upon the now rising ship.

Up above them in the command tower Howard would exit and saw the commotion below him, he grinned as he saw the ship about to leave and wasn't going to let it get away that easily, he used his pip boy to pull out a large and bulky kind of launcher named [Annabelle] as he aimed it below and at the ship. After being careful not to kill him and anything below him he would fire as soon as it lifted off "Sayonara BIATCH!" and fired, as soon as he did the ship would start to fall back onto the ground in an exploding end and behind him the glass would shatter after the large backblast.

"I'm pretty sure this galaxy does NOT have the Geneva Convention, but if it does have something similar then I may have just committed a war crime, meh probably nothing living in it anyways" he said as he shrugged as he put [Annabelle] away and would proceed to go down to apprehend Tambor hoping he wasn't on the ship. Luckily for him he wasn't.

Back with Tambor after seeing his ship be destroyed by a rocket he would be shaken in fear but before he could leave the sound of parts hitting the ground were hear and he saw his two B2 bodyguards destroyed and in pieces, he turned and saw Mace Windu pointing his lightsaber at him "general Windu perhaps we can come to a compromise?" he suggested as he was now afraid of the Jedi.

However the Jedi Master would soon be joined by Cham Syndulla and his freedom fighters, if hey were here then it meant the holo-bridge was back up and if that happened meant his droid forces were eliminated leaving him the only Separatist alive, he had no chance of escaping since he's now at the mercy of the Republic "what are the terms for a surrender?" he asked hoping that he would have a chance but that was blown out of the water when the Rebel leader spoke "they're unconditional" he looked around and nodded "agreed".

Cham turned to the Republic General "thank you master Jedi, thanks to you and your army our people are free from occupation all of Ryloth thanks you" he would say as his people were now free, the Jedi general would nod "you've earned your freedom General, all of you" he said as he turned to all the freedom fighters present.


~Later, after liberating Ryloth~

It was a time for celebration as the Twi'leks were cheering and celebrating their freedom and victory from Separatist hold, they made a make-shift parade with the animals behind a little girl and a walker behind the riders. In the distance Ponds, Howard and Mace were staring at the parade with a smile before the latter turned to the human blonde "Courier your performance on the battlefield, is... Unique to say the least. You did not serve any military yet you took command of a squad when you could have done it yourself, both troopers Broker and Jun said good words about you. They're good ARF troopers and you earned their respect, but the report of you before when you were with Kenobi about scavenging the battlefield. It is frowned upon but the good outweigh the bad, you did well for your first warzone. Still though the Council will keep you in the Temple, however you'll be free to explore are your leisure now." said the man as he had spoke what he needed to speak.

Howard was smiling and now had more room, sure he has had a habit of taking things from the battle field and since he has so much things in his inventory he may have to sell those in the black market, he also had to work on the little science project he's working on, but he feels he could get used to this galaxy. He just hopes that nothing will be a pain in his ass.

Unfortunately for him the Galaxy has a few things in store for him.


Author's Note: *In abridged Vegeta's voices* I'M BACK BITCHES!

Back and at it again, this time for real. Possibly, maybe, who knows.

I finally got this shit done! WHOO! But now there's things that we all know shall come...

SUBJECT TIME WHOO HOO!

Subject 1: Yee so Ryloth is over, sorry if the last part seemed rushed but when I get close to the end of an Episode from the Clone Wars I kind of wanted to end it that fast

Subject 2: So next is the 'Hostage Crisis' episode but this time there's gonna be a difference, if any of you can guess what that is don't spoil it for others keep it to yourself.

Subject 3: Next we're gonna explore a little talk between Howard and certain characters.

Subject 4: So what kind of armor do you think Howard will use in the next warzone?

Final Subject: What will be the ending to the next chapter?

This is FantasyRider35 signing out and saying, YEEET.