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Alright well in this weekly update watch as I try and mostly likely fail to hit three thousand words! I'm kidding, self-doubt hasn't been a issue in this story since that one chapter that was really long and I forget which one it was but it was he one where Illontra stops doubting herself. As of the day after the last post no extra remarkable attention but eh it's been one day it'll probably change by the time I write the outro.
In Army of Tython Part II of V Illontra Ryz experiences the brutal warfare between The Tythonians and The Separatists on Balmorra, in a time of extreme distress Themis Wraith leads a charge of Chiss Clones directly into the Separatist Base, Lord Scourge and her forces are pinned down by Droidekas only to be saved by a old friend of Admiral Kayn, Tethys and Juno have their talk, and Anaka Skywalker continues her rapid spiral to the Dark Side.
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The Consequences of Forbidden Force.
Chapter IX.
The Army of Tython, Part II.
Illontra Ryz.
Master Thermosphere had finally deemed The Army of Tython ready to mobilize, I spent a year doing nothing except mastering Shien and despite my Master's wishes and I decided to start learning Juyo some could say I had full control over Form VII, master if three fours and leaner of a fourth. I not only felt like, but I was a above average Jedi, I felt amazing and now I could use that amazingness in actual combat.
Master Thermosphere, Inquisitor Gigantes, Lord Scourge, Xalek, and I where on the bridge of a unique ship that Admiral Kayn snuck into the order at Kuat, a higher tech and enlarged Interdictor II, called the Introspection-Class Capital Ship. Apparently Kayn was a fanboy of Thermosphere and made a ship named after her healing technique, my master decided to call it the "Introspection" because she claims that she will heal the galaxy from the Scourge of the Sith.
The five of us approached Ul Kayn, the Kel-Dor who had masterfully prepared the Clones for the Battle of Balmorra, next to him stood a woman that I had mistaken for a specialized Clone, up close I realized that it was Themis Wraith, the sniper who Tethys took back with her from Belsavis, I talked to her once or twice but she mainly kept to herself up in the old Master's Retreat.
"Master Thermosphere." Admiral Kayn saluted "The Introspection along with Interdictors Academy, Tythonian Knight, Black Bisector, and Sage are already on route to Balmorra, escorted by 2 Thrantas each. The Ascendency and The Instructor will follow once their escorts are ready. Four other Interdictors and escorts will be kept in reserve unless needed. The rest of the Fleet will be guarding Tython."
"Excellent Admiral Kayn." Juno replied before turning to us "Illontra and Xalek I am trusting you two to accompany me for the assualt on the Drive Yards, Tethys I want you to lead an assualt on Sobrik, the Separatist government will be based there, Scourge I want you to take the Balmorran Arms Factory, the Droids have enough guns and we could use some. Remember you will be leading Jedi along with Clones."
"Understood." was the reply.
The Introspection and Six Interdictors engaged the Fleet over Balmorra, 14 Thranta X-Class Battleships escorted us. The unexpected attack led to us causing devastating amounts of damage before the Separatists could counterattack. By the time that they fired their first Turbolaser they had lost two Capital Ships and several battleships. Though once they counterattacked the battle became much harder.
The Acedemy and The Instructor were taking damage but their shields were holding, The Introspection had top-of-the-line shields and a prototype regeneration technology, it would take much more than this Separatist Fleet to destroy us and they knew it, they knew damn well they would lose, they just wanted to destroy a few of are ships. The Separatists where essentially giving us the middle finger.
Master Thermosphere decided get on the Holoterminal and direct the battle herself.
"Acedemy, Instructor pull back and have your escorts advance, from the reserves I need the Warmonger and the Knight of The Republic advance with your escorts. The Dualsaber and the Dreadnought along with your battleships remain in the back. We will not lose a ship today!"
The Ships obeyed Juno's orders and eventually the entire Separatist Balmorran Fleet was destroyed, The Army of Tython's Fleet, our Fleet advanced.
As terrible as the situation was in orbit violence was much worse on the ground. Seoaratist Artillery bombed the forces of Jedi and Tythonian Clones, Tythonians fired blue lasers and the Separatists returned with red. Our battleships where low in orbit providing bombardment, the Capital ships were deploying and directing aircraft to the Drive Yards, we'll worry about repairs once the CIS is off planet.
After several minutes of gunfire and artillery the Droids began marching towards us, big mistake.
"Jedi! Charge the Separatists, Clones shoot down the Droids!" Juno yelled over the violence. I activated my yellow-green double-bladed Lightsaber and joined the charge of Jedi, Master Thermosphere's black-blue Lightsabers decimated the Droids with Juyo while i used a double-bladed variety of Vaapad to destroy any droids in my reach, Xalek charged her saber with Lightning which overloaded the cheap battle droids. I put my entire weight into a deadly spin, instantly bisecting my enemies, the Chiss Clones cleaned up after me.
Juno nodded at me and Xalek, we put are Double-Bladed Lightsabers horizontal, allowing Juno to use her Lightsabers to use ours as a springboard, she jumped directly into the mess that was recently a Droid battalion and unleashed a blast of Force energy, me and Xalek cleaned through the survivors of that group. We had split they Separatist rank in two and the three of us were able to attack the battalion from behind. Eventually the Droids were destroyed.
"Tythonians! To the Drive Yards!"
With a battle cry the massive force of Jedi and Chiss Clones charged Into the Separatist's last line of defense, by now Kayn had deployed tanks and walkers to help us out, the artillery hit right before we did. The combo of artillery and Jedi obliterated the Droids and finally reached the Drive Yards, at the point two Thranta-Xs dropped into low orbit and dropped two massive Walkers, each armed with massive electrocannons, I remembered something that Kayn and Master Thermosphere talked about, Project Lightning. These walkers must be it.
"Tythonians, witness Project Lightning!" called it, bolts of electricity destroyed the Droids by the battalion load, the Walkers where truly massive, literally towering over the factories. The Kuat Drive Yards of Balmorra where taken.
Themis Wraith's perspective.
Tethys Gigantes lead me and the Chiss Clones to Sobrik, the shielded city returned with artillery, Super Battle Droids, missiles, and constant blaster fire yet we stood are ground, as day turned into night Thranta X-Class Battleships and Interdictor IIs slowly blasted through the city's shield, I had a plan to charge the Clones into Sobrik once Kayn's armada bombarded it, during the open explosions we could easily take the city, the risk was high but so was everything we did here, Tethys would cover us.
The hours dragged on, The Tythonians were entrenched in the ruins outside Sobrik but the Separatists kept firing, Kayn's forces kept firing on the shield, I kept sniping at the Droids advancing on us, we were doing everything in our power to advance but just like I predicted, we couldn't move until the shield wore out.
"Commander, here." a soldier had handed me a outdated but powerful sniper rifle, it had two barrels and a vibrobayonet, it was black with a lot of sand on it, they must've dug it up. I took a few shots at the droids and they went down hard, this sniper was much more powerful, I fired a few more green lasers at the Super Battle Droids, emptying a magazine. This rifle would do nicely.
At sunrise the shield finally broke, I put my new sniper on my back with my old one, I grabbed a assualt cannon from a deceased Clone.
"For Tython!" I lead the Clones of my ancestor into Sobrik, Kayn had kept the Turbolasers off the main road, he knew we were charging, I was in the very front shooting explosives at the Droids while to my left Tethys shot Lightning them, the Clones behind us fired walls of blue at the droids and eventually we reached the old Imperial Command, the Spearatist leaders must be in there.
"I've killed people in here before, brings back pleasent memories." Tethys quipped before she grabbed a grenade off my belt and threw it in, the Thermal Detonator caused a mass explosion and seemed to give the Thrantas up ahead an idea to shoot at the building. The ones inside ran out before the battleships could blow them up, only to be gunned down, they where all shot by the Chiss Clones behind us, shot to the point that they could be identified. The entire Imperial Command structure, all three buildings blown to bits.
"To the Space Port, finish off any survivors." Droids and Separatist Commanders alike retreated to the Space Port, The Introspection itself was firing down into the circular Hanger, demonstrating why the design is no longer used, nothing could escape if fire was concentrated into the hole.
The Clones marched in and opened fire on all the Droids and Separatists in the Space Port, it was a massacre of a enemy that well deserved it, they spent an entire night exploding my friends.
I shot my assualt cannon at every enemy I saw.
Lord Scourge's perspective.
Tythonian Walkers and Tanks wrestled Separatist Armor and Artillery for the plains between us and the Balmorran Arms Factory, a Interdictor and it's Thranta escorts assisted us but the Droids were pushing us back. Skywalker's former Padawan, Ashoka Tano was near me, she was struggling to deflect the heavy blaster fire, the problem was far from exclusive to her, I myself was using my Rakghoul Green-Black Lightsaber instead of my vibrosword, the sword was extremely powerful but only a Lightsaber could deflect blaster bolts.
"Fall back to the old Imperial Camp, we can't fight like this!" I gave the order and the troops started moving until artillery exploded behind us, we couldn't move back and we couldn't advance, I decided that we should reposition ourselves behind a destroyed Ancient Ship, the Interdictor above us just released bombers, we'd advance again once the Separatist Forces were thinned out.
Unfortuantely the Droids just kept coming, the Arms Factory must be the source.
Just before the Droid reached us something unexpected happened, four orange Lightsabers with Black Cores were thrown into the Droids, a figure black and orange robes covered by a white cloak leaped in, he was dual wielding white Lightsabers and controlling the other four with the Force, he was destroying Droids and me and my Jedi took the opportunity to join him, Chiss Clones started firing blue blaster bolts into the Separatist line, eventually we made progress out of the plains and into Ancient Military Installations. The man with a white cloak wore a solid black Mandolorian Mask.
The figure didn't say a word, he lead us to the Balmorran Arms Factory, I was right about it, the Factory was making droids.
"Clones! Destroy everything useful for building Droids, we need to stop this factory!" all night Jedi and Chiss Clones destroyed everything in that factory, the mysterious man helped us every step of the way. By the time the Factory was destroyed Tethys reported that Sobrik was taken. The Drive Yards were taken yesterday, The Balmorran Arms Factory was destroyed, and Sobrik had fallen. Balmorra was now part of the Army of Tython.
Juno Thermosphere's perspective.
On the Bridge of the Introspection Illontra, Tethys, Xalek, Kayn, and I were waiting for Scourge go arrive, the former male Emperor's Wrath walked in with a large armored figure, at first I thought this figure was a man but I noticed that it was a she in heavy armor under robes, the figure was my height and a very similar build.
The figure saw me and without a word she shedder the armor she wore, revealing that she was actually much smaller, Illontra's size. Based on Scourge's expression she believed this figure to be a man.
Underneath the armor and black robes was a young Cathar Jedi in brown robes. She also disposed of the Lightsaber she was using, instead strapping a blue Saberstaff to her belt. The whole thing was a elaborate ruse. The small Jedi made herself look like a threatening man, the only thing threatening about her was her astonishing connection to the Force.
"I am Rhani Zatao, and I would like to join the Army of Tython." she bowed slightly before me, I didn't think that I was so obviously the leader, I didn't seem like anything specially, was it my connection to the Force or did news spread about my speech last year at the Temple on Coruscant.
"Your little show down on he surface was pointless Rhani, we would've let you join anyway, afterall we have history." Kayn replied.
"Elaborate." I requested.
"Rhani was kicked out of the order for experimenting in Dark Side techniques, I stumbled upon her in my smuggling days and she accompanied me, disguising herself as a male smuggler, I think that's where she got this blasted idea from." Kayn gestured at the armor.
"You were a smuggler?" Illontra asked.
"I was quite the adventurer before Kuat."
"In any case Knight Zatao I think that you would be a excellent candidate for my General, I want you to serve directly under me, Tethys, Scourge. My Padawan Illontra Ryz and Tethys's apprentice Xalek have equal authority with you, do you accept this position?"
"Of course Master Thermosphere.
Tethys Gigantes' perspective.
I finally managed to corner Juno in her quarters, we would have a very important conversation whether she wanted to or not.
"So a year ago you kissed me and to this day you refuse to acknowledge it, why because I used to be a Sith? I gladly serve this Army of Tython, you know that I'm simply a Dark Sider, you know that I'm not a Sith any more!"
"It's not that it's...it's because I've never felt like this for anyone before." she whispered.
"Look at me." I asked, seemingly forgetting who I was talking to.
"Naturally impossible." She smirked.
"Look let yourself feel this, you wanna feel this and I'll be with you every step of the way, just give yourself what you want, and I know you want-" I was stopped mid sentence by her kiss, it felt amazing, I felt Ashara and Tesalla in my head agreeing, the other spirits I already got annoyed with and I stripped them of their power before releasing them, effectively destroying them, a Force Ghost can't survive without the Force.
Eventually the common need for air ended the kiss.
"Well what do you say about a relationship?" I asked pushing my luck.
"Well I have some terms." That kinda worried me "Nothing sexual unless I feel comfortable with it, nothing public about this, and no sleeping in my bed...unless I want you to." I smirked the perversion was coming out no matter how much she repressed it.
"Well do you want me in the same bed? I'll be the big spoon." she looked confused "It means I'll cuddle you in your sleep." she simpy nodded, this is gonna be fun.
Anaka Skywalker's perspective.
I looked down n Padme's sleeping form and thought very carefully about what me and The Chancellor talked about, he said that the Dark Side would make me stronger, he didn't have any idea what he was talking about but considering what Tethys did to Tesalla Je last year he did have a point.
During the last year the Clones where failing and now hundreds of Jedi, including Ashoka had left the Temple for Tython, maybe I should take the Clones and eliminate The Jedi, the Temple was nearly empty and once the Council was out of the picture me and Chancellor Palpatine could save The Republic, we'd be heroes.
But currently the Army of Tython were the heroes, they pushed the Separatists off Balmorra and would soon be ready to liberate the other Core Worlds under Separatist Controll, maybe I should join them.
In any case I had one priority above all others and that was protecting Padme, when the time comes I will do whatever it takes to save her.
Okay do I've gotten my second review and The Consequences of Forbidden Force has or is about to hit two thousand views, you have no idea how grateful I am to each and every person that reads this story. Seriously thank you all!
In Army of Tython Part III, Master Thermosphere and General Zatao lead the Tythonian assualt on Corellia where they have a unfortunate encounter with the Grand Army of The Republic, Tethys and Scourge's rivalry returns while they direct the Army of Tython against the Separatists on Alderaan, Juno tasks Illontra with rescuing Republic Clones as a peace offer to the hostile troops, Xalek battles a very hostile hive of Killiks, and The Tythonian Command prepares for a assualt on Naboo and the Midrim.
After that its Army of Tython IV and V before Order 66 amd the grand entrance of a powerful fourth faction. Read, Review, and Enjoy!
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