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"Oh heel yes!" Scout laughed as he walked out of the ship and onto the Raxus Secundus ship landing zone. "That's what I call vacation job!"
"Stay frosty, maggot!" Soldier corrected him with a single arm chop, making him tumble down with painful squeal.
"Medic!" Scout cried, not recieving any attention as the others just passed him. "Erm, little help?" He asked, seeing Barriss connecting her medigun beam to him.
"Fair enough, but I want something in return." She responded as she picked himself up back into decent condition.
"What is it, love?"
"Do you know any good restaurants nearby?"
"Hmm, quite a scenery we have here." Spy said to himself as he approached the main table in the ball-shaped command room of the lone Lucrehulk that was being the blockade of the planet. "May I take the reports of what is the situation?"
"Sir! Contacted by our previous Commander Sib Canay bounty hunter called Greedo has manages to kidnap two daughters of Plutonian Chariman Papanoida prior to your arrival. All four of them are present on this ship as we wait for further orders." One of B1 battle droids responded, giving him a firm salute.
"And from whom these orders ar coming?" Spy asked him with dubious smile.
"Given the orders from Count Dooku... From him directly, Commander." Droid responded, correcting his stance. "But as for now both prisoners are kept on this ship while Greedo left after the successful mission towards Tatooine. Which means you are the new commanded of the blockade, Commander."
"Excellent." Spy nodded, as he activated the communications and connected to the Papanoida's Office at Pantora. "And also..." He said, waiting until the connection wa sestablished and Chairman Papanoida appeared on the screen. "Bring the daughters and previous commander to me here, gen-tly."
"Roger, roger!" Four B1 battle droids responded, leaving the room at once with the firm stride.
"Commander Spy, if I presume?" An elder Pantorian with white beard asked him, sitting on the chair behidn the desk with a plenar view at the city behind him.
"Indeed, it seems my reputation exceeds me." BLU Team member responded, making an official smile.
"And what is a premise of your connection with Federation's fleet above our planet, blocking my people from the rest of the world and holding my precious daughters?" Papanoida asked, making his hands into a pyramid.
"A way, with which we can solve all of these issues." Spy responded, just as the doors opened and the same four B1 battle droids entered with two very young Pantorian females under their guard. "But first, I need to inform you about something rather important."
"Which is?" Papanoida asked, having mixed feelings about the whole situation.
"That the debt of your planet can be paid in other way than a mere political loyality."
"By joining the Confederation I presume"
"Indeed!" Spy responded with enough enthusiasm to be looked at as if he just discovered something. "And while Count Dooku himself can't adress you directly given the current debates of our parliament about the possibility if peace with the Republic, he send me here directly to do it in his name. And besides..." He paused, briefly looking behind himself just in case. "I am not like Sib Canay who just happen to be the one who ordered the kidnapping." He ended just as the Neimoidian commander was brought in with handcuffs on his hands by two more battle droids.
"What is the meaning of this! I am from Trade Federation, not Separatists!" Sib Canay exclaimed, keeping his still posture despite the outrage in his tone.
"Trade Federation is the part of Confederacy for a very long time now, you don't even know who is your actual, highest superior?" Spy asked him, to which his jaw dropped down. "You see, my dear Chairman, I am not a monster like him. And neither is Count Dooku. However, we need you with us inside the Confederacy if we hope to make their lawless acts such as the one your great family and beautiful planet with it's hardened people been subjected to stop. We can't do it alone."
"Mhm, sounds very reasonable." Papanoida responded, rubbing his chin lightly. "But I may need something more for my people to accept it."
"On top of disbanding the blockade, releasing your daughters and yoru planet enjoying all rights and liberties of joining the Confederacy, I will also give you this Neimoidian criminal under your justice system on the rights Count Dooku gives to his fleet commanders." Spy respondsd without a while of thinking, making all people in the room weirdly impressed, each in a diffrent way.
"Very well then." Pantorian Chairman responded, smiling widely. "Now please land in out capital city, I still have to tell you some things given our new alliance."
"How is it going in politics?" Barriss asked, as she and Scout were finishing their meal at the plenar restaurant full of high officials with much more vain tastes than them.
"One group wants to make Republic gone and have us replace them, but second one says we have all we needed and it's time to make peace to avoid further damage." He responded, shrugging his arms. "Bonkers if you ask me."
"I think that too." She sighed, lifelessly resting her back on the chair. "We know for a fact that Darth Sidious isn't intrested in peace. And those who are on the Republic's side have treated our revelations on this topic as a mere war propaganda."
"And yet, some of our politicians believe in actual peace with them. How stupid."
"It's about the messeage, not the material outcome." A new female voice joined them, as an average-sized woman with brown hair approached them. "Republic's Senate debates right now a new law that de-regulates the oversight on the Banking Clan in order to increas their war funding.
"At least they are under pressure now." Scout snickered much to their suprise. "I mean hey, we get to show that we don't need to destroy civilian lives to win."
"But we still have to care about the people in the Republic, the ones who have their lives destroyed." The woman added, taking a seat at their table. "And for as much as I agree with the dual nature of Chancellor Palpatine, we can't just limit ourselves to calling him names."
"Then what do we do?" Barriss asked, visibly worried.
"Pass the offer of peace agreement throu Confederation's Senate, and then see what the Republic does." Woman responded, making her hands into a pyramid. "With a good luck, Palpatine might have to back down from this conflict for at least a while.
"And in addition business groups outside of democratic legisture aren't in position to make demands, so no sabotage will come from the inside." Engineer added, joining the trio with a wide smile.
"Commander Engineer? What news do you have?" Woman asked first, making Scout and Barriss suprised by their mutual familarity.
"A good one, Senator Mina." Engie smiled, taking his seat. "Spy has managed to peacefully persuade Pantora onto our side by cancelling the blockade."
"I knew this guy tries undirect approach!" Scout smiled, placing his hands behind the head.
"Will he come back to us soon with their designated Senator?" Mina asked him, visibly intrested.
"I'm afraid not, Miss Bonteri." Engineer responded, making a sour face. "It appeares Jedi want to be a sole peacekeeping force in the galaxy..."
"Very well then, onto positions!" Spy exclaimed with spare gesticulation as Pantoran guards and other people inside the corridor leading to Papanoida's office took their previously instructed positions.
"... May I see the Confederation's Commander, then?..." A familiar to him female voice came into the ears as the entreance doors opened and revealed Chairman Papanoida alongside a familiar blue Twi'lek Jedi walking into the room, where by now only the Spy was seenable from the entreance.
"Jedi Master Aayla Secura I presume?" Spy asked her with a condident smile. "Supruse to be sure, but a welcome one."
"Commander Spy, seems like we meet again." She responded with modest body language, leaving Papanoida behind and walking up towards him.
"At least we don't need to do it by fighting." Spy responded, also walking forward until they met at the halfway point. "That's a victory for both of us."
"Indeed, that's the preferable solution." Aayla nodded before Spy and Papanoida exchanged nods and the latter went back into his office and two dozens of guards went into their own directions.
"Excuse my suspisions. My experience didn't allow me to assume you wouldn't come with smuggled clone troopers." Spy said, explaining the abundance of hidden locals with weaponary.
"A reasonable choice, everyone has a right to defend himself." Jedi Master agreed, keeping her emotions down. "Mind if we have a talk?"
"Naturally. I am more than just a backstabing monster as some paint me."
"Heheheheheh, the spoils of war." Soldier laughed, just as he saw a new transaction for half a million of Galactic Credits being made from his private planet-based bread conglomerate called Zygerria onto the general war funds of the Confederacy. Much to the astonishment of the War Faction that banded around him.
"This will do the trick in perspective of further fights." Green-skinned woman with red eyes and horns on her head commented, looking with satisfaction at her newfound ally.
"Damn straight girl!" Soldier responded, hitting himself in the chest with pride. "Civilians have food, army has money, Republic has nothing! Hahahaha!"
"And that is how you do it lad!" Demoman cheered happly, joining the group with a wide grin and brand new royal robes from Geonosis, making it clear who he came to represent.
"Demo! You came to aid the democratization of whole Galaxy after all!" Soldier greeted him with a widely spread arms, almost as if he wanted to hug him.
"O-Oh Yeah! I assured ya' lad that this will be a close one!" Scottish Cyclops responded with a drunken laugh, also giving the more sane politicians with them a sight of Geonosian war effort being increased to a new level. "In case ya' lads didn't know, Geonosian forces, weapons and vehicles of war will be soon seen all across the galactical fronts! And they will be so strong that Republic will actually consider peace!" He added, after which a whole gathering went bursted into triumphant laughter.
" Hmph, wankers." Sniper cursed, observing them throu a scope on his sniper rifle alongside at least a hundered of BX-series commando droids that were learning more subtle learnings of precise aim with him on the top of city's skyscrapers. "Now then, how about we observe this Republican shuttle up there?"
"You won't sway me away from The Order." Aayla opposed, as she and Spy were on a civil, yet tense walk around the Pantora's capital city parks.
"And you won't sway me from. Confederacy, so we're even." Spy responded, giving her a tense look from basically never taken off bacalava. "Even though I could really use it..."
"Use it, you say?" She asked him, now suddenly intrested. "How come? Your BLU Team has a reputation as the undefeatable Separatist force."
"We always go about the problem in a way that has no way of working, but in the end just does on a spectacular scale." Spy responded with slight annouance brealing throu his elegant tone. "And just so you know, I am the least insane of my team as we came before our first operation. The right to talk with someone who knew how to read and write before adulthood is a true blessing."
"... And you feel dragged behind by them?"
"Well, yes. If not for these fools you would be in a way worse situation than now."
"You seem to be very confident in your abilities. But that self-assurance will be your downfall."
"There is no hope for anyone to outsmart me. Besides, who are you to teach me?"
"A friend?"
"You play a dangerous game right now, but... I'll take it, and play with you gently..."
"I bet zhe hundered credits that something in Coursant will blow up during the Senate debating the peace treaty." Medic informed, passing a block of Credits to the smiling customer droid behind the table at the local bookmaker.
"Haven't expected a Confederate military leader to be a gambler." One of the humans present in the building commented, walking into the room.
"Oh, that's nothing to be suprised of in current times." Medic smiled, standing up from the table and turning around to the small, sparse crowd. "After all, as a fellow madman focused on personal intrest I can assure you that Chancellor Palpatine will do something stupid. Especially since we all know his general plans for the future." He added, stepping aside so other people could make their bets. "Besides, money grants all sorts of things I desire, such as medical equipment and organs!"
"This planet is making me so sad." Heavy sighed, looking down at the recent news from the galaxy, beer in hand and eyes focused on leaked informations about Padme's arrival at Raxus Secundus.
"Get used to it mate, our own is no better." Sniper added, pointing behind himself at Soldier and Demoman bribing senators left and right with ridiculous ammounts of Galactic Credits. "Even if these are under obligation to be invested into represented planets rather than real estate, these wankers have no issue with that bullshit."
"Da." Heavy nodded sadly, looking up at the marvelous view of the city. "But what we can do?"
"Hmhmhm... Well..."
"Spy, are you alive?" Engineer asked, taking a connection with his teammate.
"Unfortunately yes. We just took a regulated break to report our overlords the current progress." A french groan came from the other side.
"Cool then pardner. Jedi like her aren't very agressive, so play nice and don't dominate her."
"I know what I'm doing, you don't need to school me on my expertise." Spy responded before abruptly ending the call.
"... Son of a bitch." Engineer rolled his eyes under the goggles before turning around and seeing Scout on a walk in the park with Barriss. "Well, at least one of us is happy." He said to himself before looking further away and seeing already told about Lux Bonteri and a familiar face of a Torgutan Jedi coming towards them. "Aw, hell..."