SoftWare: A little surprise for you guys.

Gakowa: Gee, this'll be so much fun.

Katooni: Huh?

Chapter Five

Out of Time

(EV Apollo, Naboo system, several days after Operation: Comeback initialized)

Gakowa walked onto the bridge, noticing the phenomenon ahead of him. It was not natural for the Naboo system. He faced his helmsman. "Prep a fighter. I'm going to get a

closer look." "Yes, sir." Soon, Gakowa was flying towards the phenomenon. He got closer, and prepared to take images of it, when something happened. The phenomenon came

closer to him. "Fighter 5 to Apollo. It's coming closer to me." As he said this, it enveloped him, catching him off-guard. The next thing he knew, he was floating in space, and

noticed a nearby cruiser. It looked like a Gaia-class cruiser, so of course, Gakowa flew over. Since its systems appeared to be down, he used his fighter's lights to see what the

ship's was, as the Leto was the only ship of that class to his knowledge. His lights found the name writing, and the ship's name got his attention. EV Apollo II, OG-07-A.

Curious, he flew into its middle starboard hangar, and landed the fighter in the bay. As he did so, the power in the ship came online. Suspicious, Gakowa ignited his lightsaber

as he left the fighter. Holding his blade in a defensive angle, he walked forward. "You won't get answers in that way, Gakowa." He turned to face the speaker, and found an adult

Tholothian female facing him, a lightsaber at her hip. He recognized the design. "Katooni?" She nodded. Gakowa shut off his lightsaber, and approached her. "What happened?'

She sighed. "The phenomenon you were surrounded by was a temporal vortex. You were sent forward in time." Gakowa narrowed his eyes. "How far?" She sighed. "125 years."

With that information, he faced her in shock. "HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?!" She sighed again. "I'm not. You're talking to a hologram designed for three purposes. One, to

inform you of the situation, Two, to tell you how to fix it, and Three, to say my last goodbye." That got his attention. "Last goodbye?" She nodded. "When the Apollo II returns to

your time, the hologram will shut off, permanently. You'll have to explain everything to Master Tano of what I'm about to tell you. Shortly after you disappeared, a Centennial

ship attacked us. We managed to escape, but only in the Eagle. The rest of the crew didn't make it. The Apollo I was destroyed, and we managed to escape and rendezvous with

the Leto. The Artemis was the second ship that the Centennials attacked. Sakowa and her crew didn't make it." Gakowa sat down, and tried to keep control of himself. "Master

Tano completed my training. I became a Knight, and President Trump gave me the Apollo II, He ordered me to destroy all Centennial warships. Master Tano went ahead in the

Leto. Master Ti was with her. I was supposed to meet her at Kiros. We didn't make it in time. When we arrived, we found the wreckage of a Centennial cruiser, and of the Leto.

We searched the planet for survivors, but didn't find any. Aisha remained on Earth for that voyage, as she was pregnant with your first and only child." That got Gakowa's

attention. "I was going to be a father?" She nodded. "My last message from her stated that she had given birth to a healthy baby boy. She named him Nogati." Gakowa nodded.

"We made it our mission to finish off the Centennial warships. The last two had separated, and that made it easier for us to defeat them. We took out the first one with no effort,

and then attacked the second one. The Apollo II did a very good job. It destroyed that cruiser, but it was almost too late. The only world they had not attacked was Shili. They'd

been preparing to jump when we attacked. Shili was the only world that survived the Earth-Centennial war. Earth itself was never located by the Centennials, and therefore was

not affected except by the losses of those ships and their crews. When they were defeated, President Morgan decommisioned the Apollo II and ordered the crew to abandon it.

He was going to destroy it. I couldn't allow it. Without permission, I boarded the ship without being noticed, and waited for them to detach it from Spackdock. When they aimed

the stations cannons at it, I activated the hyperdrive. I emerged in a corner of the Milky Way, then relaunched for Coruscant. Here, the ship has remained intact, until you would

reappear. When you reappeared, you triggered the activation of this hologram. The temporal vortex will appear soon. Get the ship to Naboo, and enter it. When you arrive, the

Apollo I will already have been destroyed, and the Eagle will be running from the Centennial cruiser. Fire the saber cannons until the ship is destroyed, and report what I told you.

It is the only way to save this galaxy." Gakowa nodded. He made it to the bridge, and Katooni gave him the instructions he needed to fly the cruiser, and fire the weapons and

raise the shields. As he arrived at Naboo, the temporal vortex opened, and Gakowa flew the Apollo II into the vortex. Once he arrived, he armed the saber cannons, and raised the

shields. The Centennial warship ahead of him faced him, but Gakowa fired the first shot. The Centennial's shields were reduced to 90%. He continued firing, until the ship was

destroyed. The Eagle appeared on his scopes, and he opened the starboard middle hangar, knowing what he would have to do next.

A/N

SoftWare: Surprise!

Sakowa: Another Gaia-class?

SoftWare: You got a better idea?

Katooni: He got you.

Computer: SoftWare, offline.