Alright, everybody. Here we go. The last chapter.

I can't believe it's finally here. I never imagined when I first started this story how big it would grow, and how much I would love writing it. Admittedly, I originally started this as a side project to work on when I felt like it. I never anticipated loving writing it just as much as my MCU-Arrowverse crossovers. I also never anticipated it growing so extensive I would write a wiki for it. But wow. How this story has grown since I first started it last September. And I am so proud of it.

So, I'll save all the rest of the talk for the end. For now, let's get to the chapter.

Guest DCDGojira: It'll probably be posted sometime in the next few days. For the moment, Barriss will be looking for work until her probation is over, and after that, she may follow Ahsoka's example and go to college. And yes, Vader will have a grudge against Hall. Really, the ASAT team in general, but Hall in particular.

Kommander Kronk: May include that next story.

Guest 1: The 372 Vietnamese on Kashyyyk are just those that weren't able to get off Kashyyyk. There were over 1,000 Vietnamese that survived the battle and weren't captured, but 372 were left stranded on the planet.

Guest 2: Adams and Luke will definitely meet in the next story, and Adams may even tell Luke he tried to adopt him.

Sectrooper: May or may not include Versio.

Chapter 75- Moving Forward

(August 23, 1994)

High General Powell walks into the National Military Command Center deep in the Pentagon. Today is an important meeting.

As he walks into the room, he sees the other 11 men of the Terran Joint Command already seated around the table. Powell walks in silently and takes his seat.

Powell looks around the table at his colleagues, then says, "Well, gentlemen. The tables have certainly turned on us." This is met by nods around the table.

Powell then says, "It's clear that our relationship with the former Republic is gone. I think we can expect a war with the Empire sometime in the not too distant future. What I want to know is where we stand right now in our forces."

"We have the final casualty counts. We have confirmation that we lost about 27,000 men from the Republic's betrayal. However, we successfully captured 4 Venator class Star Destroyers and 2 Acclamator calss assault ships, as well as the three Venator class Star Destroyers brought to us by Lieutenant Colonel Yamazaki. I just received a report this morning stating that all clones brought to Terra have had their inhibitor chips removed, and have sworn to aid the Alliance. We also successfully captured a Separatist Providence class ship during our retreat, and its entire complement of battle droids have been reprogrammed to be loyal to us. This leaves our Starfleet with 27 total ships," Fleet Admiral Kelly says.

"This will leave us woefully unprepared for any attack by the Empire," General Eliyahu says.

"However, we do know that because of our efforts to defend the Jedi, and the loss of leadership, the Empire has been left in a bit of disarray. It will take them some time to gather the forces needed to attack us. At the same time, we have been preparing a stockpile of nuclear anti-starship missiles to use in the event of an attack, and according to the most recent report, we have 1,231 missiles in our stockpile, with more in production. Also, tomorrow I will be attending the keel laying ceremony for our first domestically built Star Destroyer," Kelly says.

Powell nods. "The next decade is what will be crucial. Once the Star Forge is up and running, we will be able to make up the difference in our fleet sizes," he says.

Powell pauses, then says, "Gentlemen. We may have lost this round. But next time will be different. Next time, we'll know who we're facing, and we'll be a power to be reckoned with. Vengeance will come, and the Empire will fall." The men around the table nod in agreement, looking forward to that day.

(Martinsburg, West Virginia)

Mace walks into the building, along with Plo Koon and Luminara. The building in question was formerly a public gym, but had been donated for use as a training center for the Terran Jedi Order while the Temple was under construction. Mace, Plo, and Luminara had just come from visiting the construction site, and had decided to come visit the center.

As they walk in, they see Kit kneeling on the ground in front of Miriam and another youngling, a German orphan boy named Axel, practicing blocking blaster bolts using training lightsabers. Kit sees them walk in and smiles. "Miriam. Axel. We have guests," he says.

The two remove the helmets covering their eyes. As soon as they the approaching Jedi, both of them break out in smiles. "Hello, Masters," they say.

"Hello," Mace returns the greeting.

Kit walks towards them a few steps, then looks back at Miriam and Axel and says, "Continue your practice younglings, while I speak to the Masters."

Miriam and Axel slide their helmets back into place and continue practicing, while Kit turns back to three Jedi.

"How go things? Are you all settled?"

"Yes. We all moved into our new homes here in Martinsburg yesterday," Mace says.

"Good," Kit says. He then turns looks back at the two younglings. "We have quite the path in front of us, my friends," he says.

"We do indeed. Training a Jedi Order here on Terra will not be an easy task, especially given the changes to the Code that the Alliance insisted on," Luminara says.

"Perhaps that is a good thing. It is our strict adherence to the code that led to this whole situation. Had we been more open minded, and had the code not been so restrictive, perhaps Skywalker would have never felt the need to keep mis marriage secret, and this whole situation could have turned out much differently," Plo says.

Everyone is quiet. Finally, Kit says, "I guess time will tell. But, I have a good feeling. I feel that we will have great reason to be proud of the Terran Jedi Order in the years to come, and that one day, they will play a great role in bringing down the Sith."

"Indeed," Mace says. The four Jedi look at each other, knowing that they have a long journey ahead of them.

(August 24, 1994, Pentagon)

"So, what did they want us here for?" Echo asks.

"I'm not sure. Only that they needed us for something important," Fives says, wearing his Mandalorian armor he was wearing on Coruscant.

Echo looks around the room. Also in the room are Jesse, Hardcase, and the Bad Batch. All of them had been asked here by the Terran Joint Command.

Suddenly, the doors open, and High General Powell walks in, followed by several aides. As he walks in, all eight clones snap to attention and salute him.

"At ease, soldiers," he says. The eight all ease up.

General Powell looks among them and says, "You have served valiantly throughout the Clone Wars, putting your life on the line for the Republic many times over. You deserve rest after all you've been through. However, the Terran Alliance has a request for you."

"As you know, all clones that have come to Terra have been given the option of continuing their service as part of the Terran Alliance Armed Forces. However, of you eight, we at the Terran Joint Command have a special request. All eight of you have proved yourselves in combat many times over. For that reason, me and my colleagues ask you to join the Terran Alliance Armed Forces as an elite clone special operations squad," Powell says.

Everyone is quiet for a moment before Fives speaks up and says, "You can count on me, sir."

"And me," Echo says.

"Me too," Jesse says.

"You can bet I'll say yes!" Hardcase says.

Hunter turns to the rest of the Bad Batch. "What do you think?" he asks.

"You bet!" Wrecker says.

"I will as well," Tech says.

"Sure," Crosshair says simply.

Hunter turns back to Powell. "We're in," he says.

Powell says. "Very well. From now on, you all are a part of Clone Force 5," he says.

Fives smiles a bit at the name. He then says, "We won't let you down, General Powell."

(Norfolk, Virginia)

"I declare this keel well and truly laid," the Mayor of London declares.

Admiral Kelly smiles as the crowd in attendance cheers wildly. Today, construction is the equivalent of the keel laying ceremony for the Terran Alliance's first domestically built Star Destroyer, TAS London. The Terran Joint Command had decided to name domestically built Star Destroyers after cities. A competition had been held to decide the name of the first of Terra's new class of Star Destroyer, and by extension the name of the class, and London had won the competition. Construction is estimated to take 4 to 5 years, and will be the second biggest priority in the Terran Alliance after the construction of the Star Forge. Her power will greatly surpass that of any Imperial ship known to be in service.

Now, Admiral Kelly makes his way to podium. Tapping the microphone to make sure its working, he says, "Our path ahead will be greatly uncertain. But one thing we do know is that we will not give up or give in. This ship will be just the first in a generation of new vessels that will carry the mantle of our world's defense for years to come."

Everyone cheers, and Kelly smiles, looking forward to the day when fleets of ships just like the London will be in service to the Alliance.

(University of California, Berkely California,)

Ahsoka smiles as she walks onto campus with Lindsey, a backpack on her shoulders with one of her textbooks she needs for a class today as well as her notepad.

"Well, are you ready for school?" Lindsey asks.

"Couldn't be more," Ahsoka says with a grin, trying to avoid noticing all the stares of students around her.

"So, did I hear right that you're going to other colleges as well throughout the year?" Lindsey asks.

"Yeah. Some universities have reached out to me to ask me to come give guest lectures or forums on the history of the Republic and Jedi. I've already made agreements with four universities so far this semester: the University of Arizona, Brigham Young University in Utah, the Air Force Academy in Colorado, and Harvard University in Massachusetts. I've also been asked to give a guest lecture at MIT about how a lightsaber works," Ahsoka says.

"Well, that'll be interesting. I wish I could go with you," Lindsey says with a smile.

"Well, I'll tell you all about it. But, maybe I'll make it a condition that my assistant has to come," Ahsoka says with a grin.

"Hey! I'm not your assistant!" Lindsey says, and the two share a laugh.

Lindsey and Ahsoka make their way to one of the buildings on campus, as both of them have the same first class. They walk through the halls of the building until they finally find the lecture hall and make their way in, taking their seats. Ahsoka opens her backpack and takes out her notepad. As other students file in, they stop short at Ahsoka's appearance before moving on to take their seats as well.

Finally, the professor walks in. After setting up what he'll need, he looks out at the class and says, "Hello, class. My name is Professor Clark. Welcome to Geography 101. I hope you all are ready for an exciting semester. Now, a little about myself…"

(New York City, Terran Alliance Assembly Hall, several hours later)

President Bush walks up to the podium amidst rounds of applause. He's known this day would be coming since Palpatine's betrayal, and he can't remember when he was more excited to give a speech.

Bush looks out over the audience, while knowing his speech is being broadcast to the entire world.

"For the past two and a half years, the Terran Alliance has been engaged in the Clone Wars. For two and a half years, our brave men and women have given their lives in the struggle against the Confederacy of Independent Systems."

"However, none of us could have been prepared for the betrayal waiting in the wings. As many of you have by now heard, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the Galactic Republic has been, in secret, the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious. From the beginning, this was engineered by Darth Sidious to give himself more political power and push the Republic further into the dark and towards more militarization. At the same time, he was behind the creation of the clone army, engineered from the beginning to obey an order from Sidious that would cause them to turn on the Jedi Knights."

"Today, I stand before you to confirm that the Clone War is over, and the Jedi Order is broken. What few survivors we were able to save have brought to Earth or remained in hiding in the Andromeda Galaxy, and Darth Sidious has declared himself Emperor of the new Galactic Empire."

Bush pauses, then continues, "As of now, our alliance with the Republic is dead, for the Republic is dead. However, I can assure the public that, according to our best intelligence, Earth is not in any immediate danger from the Galactic Empire."

"This was has cost us much. Almost a million citizens of Earth have died in the pursuit of victory of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, but it turned out all to be for a lie. Emperor Palpatine betrayed us and the Jedi Order."

"However, the fight is not over. We have rescued some Jedi Knights, and some clones of the Grand Army of the Republic have defected away from the Empire and joined us. With their help, we will bounce back from this."

"We will continue forward. The Terran Jedi Order will grow in size and strength. Our armies and Starfleet will grow. And we will prepare. For one day, the time will come for us to exact revenge for the betrayal we have suffered, and for the brave men and women of Earth who lost their lives because of Darth Sidious' hunger for power."

"On behalf of all of the Terran Alliance, I say this now: Emperor Palpatine, you have not broken us. You have given us something to fight for. We will wait until we have grown in strength. And one day soon, justice will come to you, and we will have our revenge!"

The hall erupts in cheers at Bush's words. As Bush looks out over the crowd, he finds himself praying that he will live to see Palpatine meet his end.

(Terran Jedi Temple construction site, West Virginia)

Adams slowly makes his way through the construction site, looking up at the walls of the Temple, finding himself looking forward to the day that it will be complete.

"Sam!"

Adams turns around, and sees Rommel standing a few yards away.

"Everyone's here," he says. Adams nods simply, and he and Rommel make their way around to another part of the construction site, which has been set aside for a monument meant to be dedicated to all the Jedi killed as a result of Order 66.

As they walk up, Adams sees Hall, Wilson, Stasevich, Ivankov, White, Paton, Peretz, Mofaz, Han, and Yamazaki all standing in a circle, waiting for them. Adams and Rommel walk up and take their place in the circle.

The twelve men look around at each other for a few moments before Adams says, "This is the first time we've all been together in one place in almost three years. I expected the next time we'd all be together to be in celebration of victory, not in the face of defeat."

His statement is answered by several nods around the circle. Then, Paton speaks up and asks, "Sam…did Skywalker really do everything we've heard?"

"Yes, Harry. Everything," Adams says.

Paton just nods once, his face solemn. Adams feels for him. Paton personally knew many of the British soldiers Anakin and the clones killed at the Jedi Temple.

"I wish there was something we could do. I mean, if all of us…" Peretz starts.

Adams cuts him off. "Don't even bother, Shaul. Palpatine has beefed up security to ridiculous levels. The Alliance doesn't have the force needed to get us close enough. We won't be carrying out any assassination attempts on them for a long time," Adams says.

Again, silence reigns in the circle for several moments before Stasevich asks, "So. What do we do now?"

Adams looks at Stasevich, then says, "I watched Padme Amidala die right before my eyes. She died because of Palpatine's manipulations, and left her two children without parents. When I saw her die, I swore that I would avenge her, and everyone else who's died because of Palpatine."

Adams looks around at the team and says, "I'll tell you what we're going to do. We are going to keep training and pushing ourselves to the limit. We will prepare for the day we are called forward. If need be, we will train the next generation of the ASAT team. But above all, we will work to avenge all who have died because of Palpatine."

Adams draws his lightsaber and ignites it, its purple blade shining brightly in the darkness. Adams hold its out into the middle of the circle. "Gentlemen, are you with me?" he asks.

The rest of the members of the team catch on to what Adams is doing. One by one, they draw and ignite their lightsabers, laying the tips of their sabers in the middle of the circle like knights of old.

"Men, I swear, on my honor and on my life, that I will continue my duties as an ASAT commando, and will not stop until our fallen brothers are avenged, the Empire is destroyed, the Republic is restored, and the Sith are destroyed! Do you swear?"

"I swear!" the team echoes as one.

"For Terra!" Adams shouts.

"For Terra!" the rest of the team shouts, and as one, the 12 men thrust their lightsabers into the sky with a crackle as the blades run along each other. The blades of the 12 lightsabers shine in the darkness, their glow as strong as the ASAT team's determination to destroy the Sith.

And, with that, this story comes to a close.

I hope you liked this chapter. If you have any questions about if, leave it in a review, and I'll either answer in my author's note in the first chapter of the next story.

Everyone, I hope you have enjoyed this story. Really, I couldn't have had the motivation to do what I've done with this story without your support. You all keep me going.

So, this is just the first story of this series. The next one is already in the works. I will post the first two chapters on the same day, as they are actually already finished. I will start the second story within the next week so you guys don't have to keep waiting, and maybe even within the next few days. I will post an update to this story to announce when it's up. I hope you guys will continue to read this series.

Also, I am announcing a bit of a competition. In the next story, I will create a character based on myself, at least in terms of some of my places I've lived, education, and career. I also want to reward my readers for keeping loyal to this series by offering to base a character on one of my readers. Or, two rather. I will base a Terran Jedi on one of my readers, and a person in the Terran Armed Forces will also be based on one of my readers. If you are interested, please leave a review letting me know, as well as which of the two you'd like to be based off of you (or both if you don't mind which one). I will then do a drawing and announce the winners in the next story. Now, I will only accept users, as I will be contacting the winners afterwards for what information about them they'd like me to use for the characters, and I will only do that over Private Messenger, to keep information private. Keep in mind I won't ask you for all your personal information or life story, just some things like where you've lived, your schools, your career, or anything else you might want included in the character. So, when you leave a review for this chapter, if you are a user and not a guest, tell me if you'd like to be entered in this competition.

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