The Story of forgotten Jedi Owen Sun
Chapter 5: The End of Solar?
Every diplomat in the House of Laws were terrified of what they would do, with The Sun Gods about to enter the building and the Jedi not yet arrived it seemed like all hope was lost until…
"Wait a minute!" shouted David.
"We can turn on the buildings protective shield" conjured David.
"What?" questioned Tergen.
"The protective shield you know, around the House of Laws, I can't believe I didn't think of this sooner" replied David.
This shield was used during the planets dry season to protect against their stars coarse rays, preventing erosion and inevitable collapse. Without it the awe inspiring structure wouldn't last more than a few years.
"But it would never hold up against their firepower" Tergen scuffed.
"Well we can try it can't we, it might just buy us enough time until the Jedi arrive" stated David.
Tergen and Kayla looked to each other nodding. "Alright, I guess we can try it" agreed Tergen.
With a short trip in the turbolift the three Senators made their way to the House of Laws control complex; all three had to activate the shield at the same time with special security keycards designed for it. With a thrust the cards went into the building's control panel and suddenly a large red shield appeared over the entire House of Laws.
Back outside in the capital.
Seth Solaris is overseeing the taking of the city from his custom designed, gold plated airspeeder Golden Chariot; his leading Officer Captain Torel came to give him news.
"Leader Solaris we have taken the capital with no resistance" the Captain reported.
"Good, what about the House of Laws?" asked Seth.
"It is within our grasp my Lea-" Seth's leading Officer then caught notice of the House of Laws.
"What is it?" questioned Seth angrily.
"The House of Laws my Leader, look" responded the Captain.
Seth and his men surveyed the giant red shield over the House of Laws.
"They're stalling, they know we can pierce the shield so why do they resist?" questioned Seth.
"What are your orders my Leader?" asked Torel.
"It's got to have a power source, send 5th, 6th and 7th squad to scan the building" ordered Seth.
"Tell the rest of the fleet to hammer that thing with everything they have, it won't hold for long" stated Seth.
Back inside the House of Laws the Senators were hatching a plan.
"So were in agreement then" settled David.
"We will send the Senate Guards to protect the generator powering the shield" David concurred.
"Yes" replied Kayla nodding.
"If it's the only way" replied Tergen.
They then relayed the orders to their bodyguards. "I'm sorry Senators I cannot, as Senate Guards our duty is to protect you with our lives and nothing else, protocol forbids it" informed the Senate Guard Sergeant.
"Well this changes things, you can't hold off the entire Sun God army by yourself" said David.
"Senators, you must be joking, my men aren't trained for this kind of thing" stated the Sergeant.
"We have little choice, you are the only ones with weapons and combat training" said Tergen.
"If you don't you'll be dooming us to certain death" stated Kayla.
The Sergeant thought for a moment looking to his squad. "Alright, we'll do our best"
"I will leave two of my men to guard you, this is none negotiable by the decree of the Senate" ordered the Sergeant.
The Senators agreed. "Good luck" said the three Senators as the Senate Guard Sergeant and his men left for the generator.
The generator was at the base of the building so Seth's men would have to find it first, the House of Laws then started to get hammered by heavy laser fire as the building began to shake.
In their distinctive blue Senate Guard uniforms the Sergeant and his men got to the generator and reported in, now all they had to do was wait, and hope The Sun Gods couldn't find the generator.
Back outside in the City of Light.
"Have you found anything yet?" the Captain inquired.
"No Captain, we are still looking" reported the Corporal on his airspeeders comm.
"You must find that power source Corporal or you will answer to Leader Solaris, now find it!" scolded Captain Torel.
"Y…Yes Sir, we will find i-" the Corporal stopped in mid-speech spotting something.
"Wait a moment, Sir we have found something at the base of the building, it appears to be a small structure, possibly a control room but it is also covered by the shield" the Corporal reported.
Captain Torel took a moment weighing his options. "Listen up Corporal, order 5th and 6th squad to hit that portion of the shield with the airspeeder blasters, then have 7th hammer it with all of their thermal detonators" he ordered.
"Report back in when the shield is down Corporal, you got that?" questioned Torel.
"Yes Sir" the Corporal responded.
The obedient Corporal relayed his orders to the other squads.
Back inside the generator control room.
The Senate Guard Sergeant was preparing for its defense, then out of seemingly nowhere the fireworks began.
BOOM!
The explosion was heard throughout the city.
Three of the Sergeants men fell to the ground as intense fire rained down upon them from the sky.
"What in space was that?" asked a Senate Guard.
"It's The Sun Gods, they found it" stated another Senate Guard.
"Blast it, get into position men" ordered the Sergeant.
The fire got more intense by the minute until finally with a loud explosion the shield covering the generator control room gave way.
"Sir, we have pierced the shield, it looks like some sort of generator" the Corporal reported.
"I want that thing destroyed Corporal, Leader Solaris is getting impatient!" scolded Captain Torel.
"Sir there appears to be men inside, possibly guarding it, do we take prisoners?" asked the Corporal.
"What do you think Corporal, now don't report back until that thing is destroyed, am I making myself clear!" ordered Torel.
"Yes Sir, fully" the Corporal responded.
"Alright squads you know what to do, on my command fire" ordered the Corporal.
Receiving moderate fire from the Senate Guards the Corporal waited for just the right moment…
"FIRE!" he yelled.
With the order all squads opened up on the generator, after several seconds of firing finally the generator exploded and the shield to the entire building was destroyed. Absolutely nothing could be done now to repel The Sun Gods from advancing into the House of Laws.
"It is done Sir, the generator has been destroyed" reported the Corporal over his comm.
"Well done Corporal, we saw the explosion from here, are there any survivors?" asked the Captain.
"No Sir, we see no signs of life" the Corporal relayed.
"Excellent, now report back to the fleet immediately we are about to take our victory" ordered Captain Torel.
"Yes Sir, we're on our way" answered the Corporal.
The generator control room had been completely destroyed and the Senate Guard Sergeant and his men were killed instantly. They had no chance as The Sun Gods had all but taken the House of Laws.
Back inside the House of Laws giant Deliberation Hall.
David Sun tried frantically to contact the Sergeant and his men as they now knew the shield had failed.
"Sergeant respond, Sergeant what has happened to the shield generator, are you and your men alright!" David plead into the comlink.
"David, we know what's happened, it was a valiant effort but it was hopeless to begin with" accepted Tergen.
"We must surrender before they kill us all" yielded Kayla.
David stood up and shouted. "Never, I will never surrender, Solar will not be ruled by those racial fanatics!" Every eye in the House of Laws was now fixed on David Sun. "When they arrive I will tell them what will happen" stated David
"No David, we do this together" replied Tergen.
"You are right, they will kill us but we represent all of Solar and it is our duty to resist" said Kayla.
They looked at each other with grim hope in their eyes. "Maybe the Jedi will come?" optimized David.
"We can hope, it's all we have left" replied Tergen.
Just then outside the glass walls of the House of Laws.
The Sun Gods and their fleet became visible, surprisingly they backed away from the building but then the reason became abundantly clear as the lead airspeeder opened fire spraying glass everywhere. After the smoke and glass cleared the lead airspeeder Golden Chariot set itself inside the Deliberation Hall and out came the Leader of The Sun Gods Seth Solaris.
A hushed silence came over the house as Seth slowly looked around taking it all in with his loyal bodyguards providing his protection.
"So this is the mighty House of Laws" scuffed Seth.
"I am unimpressed" he stated.
"No matter, it will make a fine place for us to start my reign" said Seth.
The only two Senate Guards left were easily cut down by Seth's more heavily armed bodyguards. "A pity the Galactic Republic couldn't provide you with more capable protection" said Seth as he stepped over the deceased Senate Guards.
"Now, I want the three brave Senators who have been a thorn in my side all this time front and center, now!" demanded Seth.
The crowded hall went still as no one responded.
Seth took out his daunting long sword and held it to a diplomat's throat. "Shall I make this man the first to be killed today" he stated.
"Reveal yourselves, now!" demanded Seth.
David stood up. "You've already killed first today Solaris"
"The blood of those men is on your hands" stated David obviously referring to the now dead Senate Guards.
"David don't" worried Tergen revealing himself.
"Ahhh there you are, both of you get down here now" demanded Seth.
"But wait there is one more of you, why don't you save me the trouble and come down yourself" ordered Seth.
Slowly Tergen, David and eventually Kayla made their way down to Seth from the slanted seating of the Deliberation Hall.
"Now that everyone's here we can start" began Seth.
Seth looked each Senator over. "Hmmm Senator David Sun, you have been a formidable adversary"
"And you must be the spineless Tergen Just" Seth recognized.
"And finally who could forget the lovely Senator Kayla Fortuna" he observed.
"Listen to me carefully every one of you, you are all enemies of The Sun Gods and will submit to my wishes or die!" stated Seth.
"Firstly, you will relinquish your government of Solar over to me and I will be made Ruler of Solar" Seth firmly stated.
"Second, my forces w-" Seth was cut off.
"You will receive nothing" stated Tergen uneasily.
"What…ha-ha I see Senator Just has gained some courage" chuckled Seth.
"We stand together Solaris and you will receive nothing from any of us" stated David.
"We will not allow you to take our government apart, we have worked too hard for democracy and to become part of the Republic" stated Kayla.
"We are all in agreement Seth, you will get nothing from us" said Tergen firmly.
"Very well, I see you have already made up your minds, I didn't want to kill you but you've left me with little choice, I'll just have to do everything myself" said Seth.
Seth walked over to his bodyguards. "On my command you will fire"
Seth's bodyguards raised their heavy blasters.
"On the count of three" ordered Seth.
"One, Two, Thr-" Seth was interrupted by a distraction from above.
Before Seth could finish his count two figures burst through the glass ceiling of the House of Laws, they landed right in between Seth, his bodyguards, and the three Senators. It was the two Jedi that the Republic promised would come, Master Arca and his Padawan Anna Arress, Arca drew his commanding green lightsaber while Anna drew her dual pink sabers.
"Your fun ends here Solaris" stated Arca.