Here's the next chapter!

I'm not very familiar with the Star Wars universe beyond what the movies and The Clone Wars shows us, so forgive me if I get any of the inner workings of the Alliance wrong. I simply don't have enough time on my hands to spend hours sifting through 40+ years of stuff.

Also, I'm making a couple tweaks to canon. Nothing major. Vader is still Luke and Leia's father and stuck in the suit, the Emperor is still a wrinkly slime ball. Just little things like Biggs is still alive and Han is closer to Luke and Leia's age by a few years. So please don't go correcting me on stuff left and right in the reviews.

I might bring in Fulcrum, I haven't decided yet. I haven't seen any of Rebels, but I know some basics about the show. It's on my to-do list, along with finishing the last season of The Clone Wars.

Obi-Wan (or should he start calling himself Ben?) was thoroughly impressed with the base. Even though it had been over two decades since he had given up the title of general along with the other Jedi, Obi-Wan still appreciated the efforts that must have been put into making this base. Many people were moving around, and each seemed to know what their place was in the organization and management of the base. A couple of them seemed to be interested in the group, especially since they weren't wearing the same clothes as everyone else, but upon seeing Luke, Leia, and Han, they looked away.

Ben found this interesting. What position did those three have in this group? If he didn't know any better, he would say that they were very high-up leaders. But that didn't make any sense, Luke and Leia were only 22, and Han didn't look much older than them, 5 years at most. Anakin became a general at 19 a voice told Ben. But that was a time of war, and they were desperate for any Jedi they could get.

Ben was pulled form his thoughts by the sound of a voice calling for the boy he considered a nephew. No, it's calling for this timeline's Luke.

"Hey Luke! You're back early, I thought you and Solo were on perimeter duty for another hour or so. Did you find something?" Luke just smiled at the young man who had black hair and a mustache.

"Nah, we just got an early relief from two newbies. They wanted to help any way they could and Han and I wanted a break." At this, the two boys laughed, and Ben could tell that they were long-time friends. The other man put his arm around Luke.

"So anyway, Wedge and I were wondering if the three of you wanted to join us for a game of sabacc tonight. Usual time and place." Luke, Han, and Leia looked at each other and seemed to come to a silent agreement. Then Leia smiled.

"As long as you don't mind loosing all your money, Lieutenant Darklighter." At this, all four of them laughed, and Darklighter began to walk away. Ben was amazed that the man didn't seem to notice the other members of the group.

"Ok, I'll let Wedge know. See you guys later!" To this he received a chorus of "See you later, Biggs!" from the other three before they continued their way through the base.

After this exchange, Ben tapped into The Force and felt the atmosphere of the base. While there was a large undertone of caution and awareness, the majority of the base felt lighter and at ease. This surprised Ben, who had expected a more reserved presence with a sense of urgency. He took this to mean that those on the base felt that they were relatively safe here, which gave Ben a small comfort.

As Luke, Leia, and Han led them through the base, Ben noticed another thing. The base itself almost appeared to have been carved into the ice, and the entire base also had a deep chill to it. He felt Anakin shiver next to him, and he smiled. Despite not having lived on a desert planet for more than three decades, his former padawan always got colder more quickly than anyone else in their group. Luke noticed this and smiled.

"I know what you're feeling, Aaron. When we first got here I was constantly running laps around the room to get warm. I believe Leia convinced R2 to take a holo of it once." At this the young man glared at the princess, but it was without real hostility. It was obvious to Ben that the three of them were very close.

"First things first. Han and I will take all of you to get warmer clothes, while Leia goes and contacts command. Are you hungry? I'm sure we can find you something to eat." At this, Padme (or Pam?) spoke up.

"What exactly do you mean, contact command? Aren't they here on this base? If not, who runs it?" Luke, Leia, and Han just looked at each other. Then Leia turned to them.

"I keep forgetting that you don't know anything about this timeline, nor about what sort of situation we are in. Technically speaking, Luke and I are in charge of this base and Han helps us. This is actually an outpost base, and there is not a main one as that would be too risky. Instead, we organize through extremely heavily coded transmissions." This surprised Ben, and he saw the same surprise on the faces of everyone else in the group. Leia (or Lucy? At some point he'd figure it out) spoke up at this.

"Wait, so they're putting this entire base in the hands of two 22-year-olds and their friend? Why? Is your organization that hard pressed for leaders, or are the three of you just that good?" Lucy's voice was filled with surprise, but also a small amount of awe. She was amazed that her counterpart was apparently in charge of an entire base of people. No one in their group though expected Han to burst out laughing.

"Just that good? Well you can say that. The woman who single-handedly delivered the plans of The Death Star to the Rebellion. The man who shaak-eyed a two by two meter target at 500 meters, destroying The Death Star. Without a tracking computer at that! To say that these two are "just that good" is like saying that the galaxy is big." Ben raised his eyebrows at this. As Anakin's children, his Luke and Leia had done some pretty amazing feats in their time as padawans. Nothing quite as extravagant as Han was describing, however. Luke was clearly very attuned to The Force, but he wasn't quite sure about Leia yet. He remembered that Luke had mentioned something about himself being on Tatooine with the boy. He would have to question them later, after they had spoken to command.

The others in the group appeared to be just as surprised as Ben. Anakin and Padme especially did not appear happy that their children appeared to have such hazardous lives. Yes, this timeline defiantly appeared to have a lot more hardship and conflict than their own.

Well, with Mon Mothma as the new Chancellor, with Padme and Bail being her main supporters, there is bound to be less conflict in the galaxy.

However, Ben took note, Both Luke and Leia seemed to brush off the extremes praise that Han gave them.

"The whole operation would have been a failure if Luke hadn't come and rescued me from Vader and Tarkin."

"And I wouldn't've even been on Yavin IV if you hadn't taken Obi-Wan and I to Alderaan..."

Again, their statements were received with raised eyebrows from those who didn't know the whole story (Ben had a feeling this was going to happen a lot).

The group continued through the base, eventually reaching a set of twisting hallways that split in two directions. Leia started heading towards the hallway to the right, while Luke and Han led the group to the left.

After the group was outfitted with much warmer clothing (which Anakin graciously accepted, to the amusement of everybody and the understanding of Luke), Han and Luke led them towards the barracks. They managed to find an empty pair of rooms together that were fairly close to where Luke Leia and Han were. After everyone was settled in, Luke and Han left the group to sit and discuss their next course of action.

This is sort of just a fluff chapter, to show our dimension jumpers that the time of The Empire is a hard one, and to establish Luke Leia and Han as the leaders that they are.

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