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TROOPS: NEW YORK
Delivery of the Force
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
SEPTEMBER, 2017
Padme had returned to work after hearing that Galen and Erica were forced to resort to "aggressive negotiations" with the Banking Clan. She was also annoyed with the Imperial Commander in that sector and demanded he appear in New York for a conference to discuss what had happened. According to the Banking Clan, the commander, a General named Hux had fired the first shots and accused Galen of provoking hostilities. Galen claimed that Hux had opened fire on Banking Clan ships within minutes of arriving in the system and had clearly decided on that course of action without talking to anyone. Anakin suspected Hux was a bold-faced liar, but couldn't prove it with a written copy of a transmitted report Wanda was equally annoyed about the whole thing. Getting both sides of the dispute to a table was hard enough and now Hux had undone months of work. Wanda walked into Padme's office where Padme was tending to Rachael.
"They grow up so fast. Shouldn't Anakin be taking care of her?" Wanda said.
"Ani's been very busy lately between training Josh and digging up dirt on General Hux so Davin can bust him down the ranks and have him court-martialed for the unprovoked attack." Padme told her and burped Rachael.
"I want Hux out of the military and locked away somewhere. If we don't keep our own people in check, the Republic will. And who's to say that Hux wouldn't attack Republic ships if he's clearly willing to attack civilian ships that didn't do a single thing to him. I remember when he was under me. He attacked a space yacht for no reason other then the pilot was a woman. I stripped him of that command when I found out. How he made General I do not know." Wanda explained.
"Ani said he probably conspired to get there or it was a promotion for a favor by someone else. It would probably trace back to that attempt to kill you." Padme said as she burped Rachael.
"Galen's report also included a P.S. that said he would discuss a few matters when he got back. I'm thinking we have a much bigger problem then an officer that should be relieved of his command."
OCTOBER, 2017
"They're calling themselves the First Order. They claim to be the legit heirs to the Old Empire. Although, they are way too late to make that claim. We didn't see him, but Hux claims being able to recruit one of Lord Vader's grandchildren to his cause enhances his claim on what's left. Personally, I'd give Hux the discharge Klinger is seeking." Galen said to a room that included Erica, Wanda, the Skywalkers, Obi-Wan, Davin Felth, Tevin Felth, Michael Myers, and Admiral Piett with Admiral Pellaeon attending via hologram.
"Which one of my grandchildren joined this fool?" Anakin asked.
"If you put your mind to it, you will find your answer. But, I suggest you deal with your new addition to the family first." Obi-Wan said as Rachael began crying. Anakin quickly darted out of the room carrying the baby in his arms.
"There are three seats of government this so-called First Order could target. Bastion, Earth, or Coruscant. My theory is that they will try to remove the Republic first then try to reunify the Empire into what they consider a whole." Pellaeon said.
"Plus the Yavin Jedi Academy could be a target." Piett added. At this moment Anakin returned with Rachael.
"What did I miss?" He asked.
JANUARY, 2018
The threat of the First Order had seemingly grown to the point that the United Nations had taken an interest in its activities. Anakin and Padme had been joined by their granddaughter Jaina who Anakin said was very much her father after her suggestion of smuggling a group of Jedi onto a First Order ship in a Corellian freighter.
"And what would we do once we got onboard this ship?" Anakin asked.
"Make it up as we go along." Jaina replied.
"Like many missions that involve the Skywalker Family." Obi-Wan said.
"We're a crazy family which does include the in-laws when you think about it."
"Except my side." Padme added.
"Most of the in-laws." Anakin said.
"Anyway, Dad said he'd bring Chewie and the Falcon if he needs to, but Mom wants him close in case they try anything against Coruscant or Yavin." Jaina said trying to bring the conversation back to the pressing topic.
"How serious does Leia think they are?" Padme asked.
"She sent me here. She has Ackbar on alert. The Rogues are doing training exercises in the Outer Rim. More to the point, she wants someone to knock some sense into Jacen and she thinks someone who has been there is the best man to do that. She's also sending a fleet here to avoid any friendly fire incidents caused by having TIEs tangle with TIEs."
"We'll need pilots." Obi-Wan said.
"We can find them. I'll pick the ones with the questionable psych profiles. You know the ones on the verge of getting Klinger's discharge because they've pulled a few stunts with TIEs that make Fimus wish he really did go down at Endor when Max isn't." Anakin said as Jaina played with Rachael.
"Anakin, what would make you select crazy pilots for this?"
"Because you'd have to be crazy to fly with our family. We have flown ships into asteroid fields on purpose before." Jaina said.
"Of course." Sighed Obi-Wan.
"I'm going to put Rachael to bed before you guys start planning a war." Padme said and left carrying Rachael.
The next two months brought more surprises as Rachael began to crawl and speak. In addition, the First Order attacked an operation of the Mining Guild and survivor reports indicated that the First Order had repanted their TIE Fighters black as well as adapting new Stormtrooper armor and helmet designs. These moves perplexed everyone at first. Anakin also found out that his grandson Jacen had been given the Sith name of Darth Cadeus and was now rumored to be in league with Darth Sidious whose age was clearly making him senile as everytime he pulled a stunt, The Force pulled one back.
"This makes no sense. I thought Sidious was afraid of Michael." Obi-Wan said to Anakin one day.
"I want to know what bill of goods he sold my grandson." Anakin added.
"Maybe it's a case of sibling rivalry gone overboard. Jacen was jealous of Jania for some reason and we both know what sort of an opportunist Sidious is. Either way, he came back and did something he shouldn't have done. The Force will send someone here again. Luke is not the only person to say no to Darth Sidious and live. During my exile on Tatooine, I met a boy who had nearly fallen under the influence of Sidious' first apprentice Maul. Sidious offered this boy a chamce to reunite with his dead parents by opening some sort of portal. The boy who had found a surrogate family basically spit on Sidious' offer and destroyed the portal before disappearing with Grand Admiral Thrawn to points unknown." Obi-Wan explained as a C1 series astromech droid rolled by the doors to so-called Jedi Chamber emitting what could be considered a string of curses.
"I think I know him, he was with Ahsoka and another survivor of The Purge when I encountered him. Thrawn returned some time after the Battle of Endor, but nothing of the boy unless he died and came back as a Huttling since Jabba the Hutt was one of his aliases." Anakin giggled at the thought of a small boy trying to impersonate a Hutt before turning serious.
"This really isn't funny since Sidious is messing with my family again." Anakin said as the same C1 droid rolled by the door again this time laughing and followed by an angry officer promising to have the droid dismantled..