Despite the longer trip to the planet, Thrawn was impressed by the fact that there wasn't just one Star Forge orbiting the planet, but five of them. One was clearly larger than the others, meaning it was either an original construction or it is Grand Star Forge. Such things from an age so far gone was impressive but this wasn't as impressive as was the young Harry Potter's enthusiasm upon entering the grand machine. The Star Forge thrummed with some unseen energy, as it powered up its once cold heart.

The power of this machine was amazing, indeed, it may be the one thing that could help fight the First Order. Of course, the others were being awoken from the young man's meditation in the Force after the group had entered the construction. The others activated and slowly started waiting for orders from the biggest Star Forge, meaning these were extensions of the Original.

Intriguing as it was, Thrawn was busy pouring all the information on every blueprint and plan of every droid, ship and weapon into the massive Star Forge from the deck of the Chimera after leaving the Star Forge. It was impressive that the computers, after so many eons, could hold so much information.

"Grand Admiral Thrawn," The soft voice of the new scanner officer spoke up, her gaze on her monitor, "The Interdictors are reporting hyperspace activity through the Gravity Well generators."

"Send me the visual data, Officer Gillion," Thrawn ordered, taking his seat on the deck.

As she did, Thrawn thought about the possibilities of using the Star Forge to help produce the clones. Though, he did remember that the Kaminoans were still a valid option if the Star Forges couldn't do so. Unless the First Order found them first and forced them to create their army of emotionless troopers.

Refocusing on the data, Thrawn noticed a steady repeating pattern in the wavelengths. High, low, high, repeated over and over. This continuous rhythm made the Chiss Grand Admiral stand up immediately.

"Prepare the Chimera, Devastator, Rampage and the Imperator ready for combat! The First Order is going to arrive just beyond the three Interdictor cruisers range, call them back immediately upon the arrival of the first wave!"


General Hux was almost sent flying off his feet as the massive Mega Star Destroyer, Supremacy, was forced out of hyperspace along with the rest of the escort fleet. No single Gravity Well generator could produce enough to pull the mighty MSD out of hyperspace without tearing itself apart. Then the reports came in, three Interdictor cruisers were fleeing towards the supposed safety of SSD Imperator and it's escort.

He grinned evilly before the next report came in.

"General Hux, Sir! Our scanners are picking up five huge ships orbiting the planet but all are of the same design! But the power is off the scale!"

"Show me!" Hux hissed, marching up to the officer.

On the monitor was the objects, all of them of legendary design.

"Sir?"

"Put the scan on a portable holoprojector, the Supreme Leader needs to know!"


Darth Vader stood on the bridge of the Imperator, having conversed with his son before having the SSD turn so the mighty ship was tilted and ready to give the First Order ships a nice welcoming surprise. What caught him off guard was the Force whimpered as he looked at the massive ship, but way it sounded was painful. The ship held the new Sith leader, but his powers were hurting the Force.

"Prepare the long range cannons for action, get Thrawn on the holocom!" He barked as the SSD bridge crew quickly rushed into action.


Harry looked over the many blueprints that were going through the mega computer of the Star Forge, until he was able to look up at the AI of the Star Forge.

"Master," It said, clearly feminine but childish, "The enemy is here! What should I do?!"

"Calm down ok?" Harry smiled a little, nervous since he was with Rey, Fleur and Penelope in the brain of the mighty creator.

"How about we let the Star Forge do what it does best? Create?" Rey asked, looking at the semantics of Tri-Fighter Droids.

"I can do that! Beginning scan of all files for best outcome in this battle!" The AI all but cheered, picture rushing across the many screens until it settled on the brain of the Tri-Fighter Droid and the builds of the TIE Fighters of different builds and designs.

"Preparing to create!"

Harry could feel the thrumming grow as the ancient forge began to create an army of TIE-D fighters, all under its command. The three girls pulled up random data from the computer, looking at the creation times and other data.

"First squadron should be ready in 5 seconds!" Fleur commented as the AI giggled.

"Activating siblings, creation of specialized fighters, Bombers, Anti-fighters and regular fighters beginning!" She all but sang, clearly the Star Forge was all too happy to create for her new master.


It didn't take long for the first thousand squadrons of newly created TIE-D fighters scream into combat, rushing the oncoming First Order fleet without fear. Their computer brains having been upgraded so that the TIE-D fighters shared a hive mind, but the hive mind was only to share information. The rest laid in the tactics that were programed into the ships, using battleplans and weak points of current models.

The Supremacy was clearly taken aback as the first wave of TIE-D fighters reached it, green fire crossing the hull, exploding as the green beams found a target. The TIE/FO and TIE/SF rushed into combat as the Anti-fighter laser emplacements were unable to handle the overwhelming numbers of regular TIE-D fighters. Then the second wave hit, TIE-D variations of the TIE Defender screamed past the regular TIE-D lines. The next three waves of TIE-D fighters arrived and the Supremacy's hull looked like it was made of water, rippling and waving.

The hull may be able to handle the onslaught but the ship was unable to scan past the wall of TIE-D fighters as it gave Thrawn enough time to make a plan of counter attack.