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At Satele's tower, both Satele and Sabine were standing outside of the escape pod that they escaped the Chimaera in as the Ghost and the Marauder both arrived with Hera and both Hunter and Tech piloting the ships respectively before they landed nearby with the Marauder's wings flipping upwards as both Mandalorians waved at them with smiles on their faces as the ramp to the Ghost lowered with Janus, Chopper and Hera walking down the ramp, while the door to the Marauder opened up as well with Cade walking down the stairs to greet Satele and Sabine.
"Satele!" Janus said, happily as he ran over to his girlfriend and her sister as he hugged Satele for a split second, "I was worried about you and Sabine at first till Galen told us that he helped both of you escape Thrawn's Star Destroyer."
"I'll always be here for you, Jan'ika, no Imperial will ever stop that," Satele assured her boyfriend, "And the same goes for Sabine."
"I'm just glad that you both are safe," Hera told Satele and Sabine before Chopper ejected both Satele and Sabine's lightsabers from his body's storage compartment as Janus grabbed them and handed them back to Satele and Sabine as they clipped them back onto their armor's belts before he also ejected their WESTAR-35s as Janus also handed them back to Satele and Sabine before they placed them back in their armor's holsters.
"Who are you?" Satele asked Cade as she noticed him.
"I'm Cade Skywalker also known as Captain Avenger," Cade answered, causing Sabine to gasp in shock.
"I studied your battles during the Clone War at the Imperial Academy on our home planet of Mandalore," Sabine told him.
"What's the material that your shield is made from, Captain?" Satele asked him.
"It's made from scales of a cloned Zillo Beast," Cade answered.
"Didn't a Zillo Beast go on a rampage on Coruscant during the Clone Wars?" Satele asked him.
"It did and tried to go after and kill the then Chancellor and now Emperor Palpatine, but it was killed by clones firing gas bombs at it with LAAT gunships," Cade confirmed, "But I personally wanted to see the two of you because I was told by Echo that besides being Jedi, you both are two of Revan's descendents."
"Why would you want to see us because we're descendents of Revan?" Satele asked him.
"I studied the history of him when I became a Padawan under the tutelage of Master Kenobi," Cade answered.
"You studied the history of our ancestor, Revan?" Sabine said as she and Satele looked at him with shocked and surprised expressions on their faces.
"Which part of his history do you find most intriguing?" Satele asked him.
"When his flagship was attacked by his apprentice, Darth Malak and met his future wife, Bastila Shan," Cade answered.
"And think it's time we depart," Hera stated.
"I think you're right, Hera," Janus said, agreeing with Hera.
"I agree," Satele muttered, agreeing with them.
"Me too," Sabine said, agreeing with her sister, Janus and Hera.
"All right, let's get out of here," Cade said as they walked back towards the Ghost and the Marauder.
Hera, Janus, Satele, Sabine and Chopper soon walked up the Ghost's ramp, while Cade walked back up the stairs of the Marauder's door before the ramp and door of both ships slid back shut as they took off and docked with each other as both ships were set on autopilot as Hera, Chopper and the Mandalorians entered the common room and saw Pryce with Ryder watching her as she stood near one of the doors, while Rex and Wolffe sat around the holotable, playing dejarik with Cody, Jesse, Appo, Howzer and his lieutenants standing nearby as Satele and Sabine looked at her with shocked and surprised expressions on their faces.
"What's she still doing here?" Sabine asked Hera and Ryder with confusion and disbelief.
"Yeah, why is Pryce still with us?" Satele said, agreeing with her twin sister.
"Because I promised her that I'll give her and her family back their mine that I took from them back when I was governor," Ryder explained.
"I really don't like that she accepted his offer," Hera said with distaste in her voice.
"Hera, you really shouldn't be angry at her because of what she did to Kanan," Sabine told the Twi'lek.
"Why shouldn't I, Sabine?" Hera asked her, "She killed him!"
"Because you might be able to see him again," Satele answered, causing everyone but Sabine to look at her with confusion.
"What are you talking about, Satele?" Ryder asked her with confusion, "He sacrificed himself, allowing you, Sabine and Hera to escape from the fuel depot after Pryce here ordered it to be fired upon to stop you three along with Kanan from escaping."
"What she means is that the last remnants of Kanan is training to retain his consciousness after death by our ancestors, Tarre Viszla, Revan, Bastila and Satele Shan from the cosmic Force," Sabine explained.
"And once he's finished with his training, we're certain that you'll be able to speak to him again, Hera," Satele added.
"What they're telling is true, Hera," Janus told the Twi'lek, "Their Jedi ancestors told us when they appeared to us after Kanan sacrificed himself."
"Well, then, at least I'll see him again," Hera said with relief in her voice.
"Maybe she could give us some insight on some Imperial projects," Sabine suggested, "She was an Imperial governor after all."
"You do have a point, Sis," Satele said, agreeing with her twin sister.
"I also agree, she probably does have some insight on an Imperial project that as far as we are aware, the rebellion doesn't have knowledge of yet," Janus stated, agreeing with his girlfriend and her sister.
"So, Arihnda, are there any Imperial projects that the Empire is working on that we don't know about?" Ryder asked Pryce.
"Well, they've been transferring shipments of Doonium from all sorts of locations within the Empire including Lothal to a secret location for years," Pryce answered.
"And what's all this Doonium for?" Sabine asked her.
"I'm still unsure what all the Doonium is for," Pryce answered, "But I'm almost certain that Thrawn knew as he and his friend Commander and formerly Ensign Eli Vanto went to stop a rebel agent from halting those shipments to allow them to continue again before Commander Vanto left the Empire soon afterwards."
"It could be a superweapon," Satele suggested to Sabine, Janus and Hera.
"You might be right, Sis," Sabine said, agreeing with her sister, "What do you think, Janus?"
"I agree with the two of you," Janus told them, "What do you think we should do with this information, Hera?"
"I believe we should inform Senators Mothma, Organa and Bonteri about this in case she is telling the truth," Hera answered, "But Satele and Sabine, can I speak to you both privately? I want to tell you both something."
"Sure," Sabine answered.
"Where should we go so we can talk in private?" Hera asked them.
"How about our room?" Satele suggested.
"Good idea, Satele," Hera told her as they left the common room.
"Hera, what is this all about?" Sabine asked Hera as they entered her and Satele's room.
"What I wanted to say is that I'm pregnant with Kanan's child," Hera announced.
"Congratulations, Hera," Satele told Hera.
"Yeah, congratulations, Hera," Sabine said, agreeing with her sister, "I'm sure Kanan will be happy once he finishes his training and comes back to the living Force as a Force Ghost."
"Anyway, I can't help but notice that I haven't seen Gregor since we left for the Chimaera," Satele told Hera as she noticed that Gregor was missing.
"Yeah, where is he, Hera?" Sabine asked Hera, agreeing with her sister.
"I'm sorry to say this, girls, but he's dead," Hera answered.
"How? When?" Satele asked her.
"Yeah, when did he get killed?" Sabine said, agreeing with Satele.
"Just before the Purrgil arrived," Hera answered, "And he was shot by an Imperial Technician while he, Kallus, Cody, Lyste, Omega, Wrecker, Jesse and Appo were trying to turn the Imperial Complex's planetary shields back on."
"Maybe I should give Rex, Wolffe and the other clones their condolences," Satele suggested as she left her and Sabine's room.
"I'll go with you," Sabine told her sister as she left their room as Hera left their room as well and walked over to the Ghost's cockpit.
"Rex, Wolffe, Cody, Howzer!" Satele called out to the clones as she and Sabine entered the common room and saw that Stark, Taser, Shield, Arrow, the Bad Batch and Cade had joined them with Echo and Cade talking to each other.
"What?" Rex, Wolffe, Cody and Howzer asked them as they turned to both Mandalorians.
"We're both sorry for your loss," Satele told them.
"It's no big deal," Rex assured her, "We lost a lot of our clone brothers during the Clone Wars and one of them was killed by another Clone under the orders of the then Chancellor and now Emperor Palpatine as he ordered Commander Fox of the Coruscant Guard to execute one of my fellow 501st troopers named ARC Trooper Fives after he uncovered a conspiracy that the Emperor was involved with and had to do with our inhibitor chips."
"I agree with Rex," Jesse told Satele and Sabine, "But thanks for your condolences."
"Yeah, thanks for the condolences," Appo said, agreeing with Jesse.
"I also thank you both for your condolences," Echo told both Mandalorians, "But I knew Fives more than anyone in this room as me and him trained together on Kamino as part of Domino Squad."
"Me, Khan and Spinner also want to thank you for your condolences," Howzer told both Mandalorians.
"And it's thanks to him that I removed my inhibitor chip and lost my entire squadron called the Wolf pack during the Clone Wars," Wolffe stated.
"We also thank you for your condolences," Hunter told Satele and Sabine, "But we found about them from Tech and Echo here but learned more about them from Rex when we reunited with him a few weeks after the Republic became the Empire just before we had our inhibitor chips removed."
"I want to thank you for the condolences as well," Cade said as he looked at Satele and Sabine with a smile, "Me and him knew each other when I fought with him, Master Kenobi and Cody in the 212th."
"Yeah, thank you both for the condolences," Cody told them, agreeing with Cade.
"We also thank you for the condolences," Stark said as he looked at both Mandalorians, "Although, we wish we had gotten to know him."
"Me too," Taser told them, agreeing with Stark.
"As would I," Shield said, agreeing with Stark and Shield.
"I also wish I knew him more rather than an enemy," Arrow told them, agreeing with his fellow Purge Troopers.
"I wanted to speak to you both as well," Rex told Satele and Sabine, "The Empire won't let us keep this planet. We need to prepare for how we're going to fight back."
"Maybe I can stay here and train the civilians in case the Empire comes back and try to retake Lothal," Wolffe suggested.
"That's a good idea, Wolffe," Cody said, agreeing with Wolffe.
"Anyway, I have a feeling that a few of us will be promoted for freeing Lothal," Rex stated.
"You are probably right, Rex," Satele said, agreeing with him, "You'll probably be promoted back to commander, I'll probably will be promoted from lieutenant commander to commander and Cody, you'll probably be promoted to general by Senator Mothma."
"If we do, I'll probably become the first clone who ever became a general," Cody stated when Chopper suddenly reentered the common room, grunting at everyone.
"What is it, Chop?" Sabine asked the astromech droid.
"A message from Colonel Yularen?" Rex repeated with surprise, "Why don't you just play it, Chop?"
"Wait, let's get Hera, Janus, Zeb, Jai, Mart, Ketsu, Kallus and Lyste in here before he plays the message," Satele told the clone before speaking into her wrist's communicator, "Hera, get everyone in the common room, Yularen has a message for us."
"Will do," Hera replied on Satele's wrist communicator before she, Janus, Kallus and Lyste entered the common room a few moments later, "All right, Chop, play us the message." Chopper then grunted a response as he projected a hologram of Yularen with his holoprojector as he had his arms to his side.
"I heard about you guys liberating Lothal," the message of Yularen said as Satele placed her right hand inside one of her armor's bags and touched the holorecorder that Galen gave her and Sabine just before they escaped the Chimaera as he went to stop Thrawn from escaping when the Purrgil arrived, "So, I congratulate you all for liberating the planet and I might be found out as Fulcrum in a few days, so I'll be officially defecting from the Empire and joining the Rebellion in a few days. So, this will most likely be my last transmission as a secret rebel informant. Colonel Yularen out."
"So, it seems that Yularen is officially defecting and joining the Rebellion," Hera muttered with a smile on her face.
"Yeah, it seems so, General," Kallus said, agreeing with her.
"I think we should head to the cockpit," Satele told them.
"Why, Teal'ika?" Janus asked his girlfriend as she pulled out the holorecorder that Galen handed her before she and Sabine escaped the Chimaera in an escape pod.
"That's the holorecorder that Galen gave you before we escaped Thrawn's Star Destroyer, Sat," Sabine stated as she looked at the holorecorder in her twin sister's hands.
"I know, Bine," Satele told her.
"What did he put on that holorecorder?" Hera asked them.
"On here is the explanation for why he defected," Satele answered before she exited the common room as she began heading towards the Ghost's cockpit with everyone but Ryder and Pryce following her.
"Chop, play this holorecorder's message," Satele asked Chopper as they all entered the Ghost's cockpit before she placed Galen's holorecorder inside Chopper's storage area below his holoprojector as a hologram of Galen was projected from Chopper's holoprojector as the former Inquisitor's message began to play.
"Satele, Sabine and your rebel friends, if you're listening to this holorecording, then I gave it to you Satele and stopped Thrawn from escaping the Chimaera," the hologram of Galen said in his message, "So, let me tell you the reasons for my defection from the Empire. One of them was when I was tasked to hunt down the rogue Jedi and rebel leader, Rahm Kota."
"He's right. We were there," Arrow stated, agreeing with the hologram of Galen.
"Were were sent to detain and arrest him," Stark added.
"We weren't planning on him taking his own life instead," Shield stated with regret in his voice.
"And it was there that we slowly began to see the Empire for what it really was," Stark told them.
"Me and my Purge Troopers were sent to arrest and detain him, but instead he killed himself near the end of our mission when we wounded him and told us that we were fighting the wrong battle and that the Empire was using us for their own gain," the hologram of Galen went on, "At the time I didn't realize how right he was as afterwards I slowly became disillusioned with the Empire's ideals."
"No wonder he was acting somewhat differently after that mission," Stark muttered to himself.
"But what made me fully defect and question the Empire was when Vader sent me and my Purge Troopers to capture the two of you with Appo and soon after we met, I watched as Governor Pryce destroy the ore crawler that your base was and saw that she would do anything to have victory rather than thinking of the moral consequences," the hologram of Galen stated as he looked down with regret on his face, "Whatever you have planned, Satele, I hope that I see you, Sabine and your friends again one day."
"I promise you, Galen, we will see each other again," Sabine assured the hologram of Galen as his holorecording ended as the hologram of him dissolved as Chopper ejected the holorecorder from his storage unit.
"Yeah, we'll see him again, Sis," Satele said, agreeing with her sister as she took the holorecorder from Chopper and placed it back in one of her armor's bags.
"Not to kill the moment, but the Empire won't let us keep this planet," Rex stated as he crossed his arms, "We need to prepare for how we're going to fight back."
"Yeah, how will we fight them and keep this planet part of the Rebellion?" Janus asked, agreeing with the clone.
"Perhaps the Rebel Alliance will see our victory and finally send support," Kallus suggested.
"We took Lothal without them," Zeb reminded him, "We can keep it without them."
"Or maybe I can stay here and help train the civilians to fight back against the Empire," Wolffe suggested.
"Commander Wolffe may be right," Lyste said, agreeing with the clone commander, "I believe he should help train the people of Lothal to fight against the Empire."
"You three may be right. Listen," Hera told them as everyone in the room looked out the Ghost's viewport as the VCX-100 light freighter flew over Capital City as there were crowds of people cheering on the streets and rooftops as a group of civilians being led by a human female with light red hair and light skin wielding a blaster pistol and aimed it at two stormtroopers with orange pauldrons, stormtroopers and an Imperial officer exiting the hangar bay of the Lothal Imperial Academy before they pulled their arms up.
"Looks like the people are with us, General Syndulla," Kallus stated with a smile as he looked at Hera.
"Yeah, they are, Alexsandr," Lyste said, agreeing with the former ISB/Fulcrum agent.
"Lothal is now free from Imperial hands," Satele added.
"Yeah, it is, Teal'ika," Janus muttered, agreeing with his girlfriend.
"Yes, it is," Hera said, agreeing with them, "And if the Empire wants a fight, we'll be ready for them."
"After we drop off Wolffe, let's head back to Yavin," Satele told them as she looked at her sister and boyfriend as the three of them had smiles on their faces as the people of Lothal cheered and applauded them.
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Look out for the sequel to this story called 'Tales of the Mandalorian Civil War,' which will mainly be about the Mandalorian Civil War with Satele, Sabine and Janus rejoining the Mandalorian resistance.
Also who else has seen the ninth episode of the second season of the Bad Batch?