I don't own Star Wars the Old Republic or it's characters, this is only Fanfiction. Edited by Mandalore the Freedom.


As Shara and Mako with Jack landed on the Industrial sector, Jack gave Shara a set of Mandalorian armor that Braden had gave Jack when they met, it was made of beskar, Shara was thankful and she and Mako began walking towards the nearby bathroom. Shara needed to change into her new armor after all. The last thing they needed was someone recognizing her, so soon after leaving the accursed prison they call Shadow Town.

Mako just had to ask her one thing as she runs few upgrades on her armor, Jack had given her and Shara some paint if they wanted change color of their armor, "I know that genetics play a role, but how in the galaxy did you manage to have that great figure?" Mako couldn't help but notice how well in shape Shara was in, her breasts were bigger then hers by a few inches, and her body was both lean but held muscle to it, though Mako could say her hips has more curve then Shara's. Shara didn't even bother looking bothered by Mako's question. She simply said good diet, plenty of exercise and good sleeping habits.

"Though, it has become a pain dealing with perverts who eye my body." Shara scowl as she remembers some men and even women doing that, she finishes placing on the chest piece. She was greatly surprise how fit the armor was on her, she looked in the mirror, it looked good on her. She added green paint spray on it, she had heard green meant "duty" in the Mandalorian culture, green was her favorite color anyway.

Mako looks over Shara's armor, she had to admit, it looked good on her. "The armor suits ya, I felt the same when I put on this armor the first time." Shara turns to Mako, seeing she painted her armor in red and gold, she raise a brow. "Ceta told me red meant honoring a parent in Mandalorian, while gold meant vengeance. I figure it made sense given matters." Shara nodded, Thalia had told her about Tarro Blood.

The two got out and saw that Jack was looking at something on his arm terminal. "By the looks of this the shop our rivals use is deep in imperial held territory. Why would they set up shop there?" Jack turned to the two, raising a brow at Mako's new paint job, "I figure I needed a new paint job." Mako then answer Jack's first question.

"To obtain parts easier I would say, Republic shops don't have the same variety of parts they use after all." Mako said to him as Jack turned off the terminal display. Shara could only guess but the fact that they had entered the Great Hunt which is a Mandalorian tradition would also make them quite unpopular with the people of the Republic.

The trip towards the shop was actually quite relaxing, and the meeting with the sector officer was if anything very informing. The Jedi mind trick worked wonders on him. Jack learned that somehow his mother had actually made a secret vault in the very sector they were in and the defenses were powered not by one but three reactors across the sector.

"Well that was surprising to me." Jack admitted as they reached the lift to enter the shop. "Mother always used to tell me not to go overboard with things and that I was doing to much as she said of an overkill. Now I find she has defenses powered by enough reactors to power a small space station."

Shara also had to say that if this thing was indeed so valuable, it was stranger that they would ask complete strangers for help on this. The one thing she didn't understand is who was his mother. That was when Mako decided to drop the bomb on who Jack was talking about. "Jack is the adopted son of Darth Revan actually. I always find it strange that no one knows this. It would be registered in his personal data you would think."

Jack told her that it was registered but she didn't actually adopt him under the name of Revan. The name was a thing that she was called during the Mandalorian Wars. She was registered as his adopted mother under her birth name after all.

"I never even lived with mother when she had the title of Darth. That is a Sith title and she, me and my brother we were all Jedi at the time. Malak, my brother and I only reached the rank of Jedi Knight by the time I had to be frozen in Carbonite."

The two ladies figured that it would be better to change subject since this was obviously a painful subject to discuss. "I also must thank you for this armor. It is quite snug and very comfortable." Shara said to him with a smile, she tightens her glove, it was very advance looking, she could change the visor in different modes, she could even tell when someone was behind her with the helmet systems.

Jack was happy to hear her said that. "That is the armor a very dear friend gave to me when he became my mentor. Braeden gave me that armor when I first met him. It will help keep you safe. I am sure Braeden is quite happy to know it is keeping someone safe. I hope he and Jorry as looking at what we do and smiling of the things we done." Mako nodded in agreement with him.

They entered the lift and the shop. The sight was something that made them all feel it was quite funny. The Uggnaught clan had actually set up shop to repair old Droids. They actually were earning money to try to repair the battle Droid they rode in. "Yes, what can I do for you sir?" one Yggnaught asked as he turned around to face them, though he then become worried once he saw they were Mandalorians.

"You blithring idiot that is our rival, Jack The Reaper. Yes, you probably want us to surrender and quit the Great Hunt. Sorry but that ain't happening unless we have a good reason. Our clan has been insulted, abused, down right ripped off, and even used as unpaid labor. We need to win this Hunt to earn respect for our clan. So why should we give up?"

The obvious elder of the clan demanded to know a reason and Jack being the friendly guy that he was gave him one. "We already killed the Eidolon. Now you can quit and live or you can continue being my rivals and I will kill every single member of your clan. It is quite obvious you clan can't fight at this moment, so I will kill you rather quick and I will try to make it as painless as possible. So what is your choice elder?"

The elder heard that and knew what the obvious choice would be. "Alright, we quit. We will try again in the next Hunt. At the very least win this blasted thing. I don't want to imagine that corrupt bastard Tarro winning this thing. Also of you could buy something from us, we would appreciate it."

Shara asked him what in blazes were they trying to sell. "We bought an old Droid a long time ago and we have done some research and did major upgrades to his frame and added a lot of features to his central programing. The thing is the blasted, it refuses to turn on for anyone other than some person he calls Mistress Revan and her family."

Jack could not figure if this was luck or fate. He agreed to purchase the Droid immediately as he heard that last part. It was as he suspected his old friend HK-47 now 87 since he had been upgraded to that series.

Jack began to touch a crystal on his chest plate and sure enough the Droid powered up. "Happy Response: Young Master it is a joy to see you up and operational once again. It appears that you have freed me from this ham handed meat bags. I thank you for doing so. I await your orders, Young Master."

The Uggnaught elder didn't know whether to be happy to get rid of the Droid or feel insulted by it. "HK, return to the ship and do a self maintenance and possible systems check. I want you to be in perfect condition by the time I return to the ship. It is good to have you back my dear old friend. I want to hear everything that happened after I was frozen on a later date."

The Droid was more than happy to comply with his order and he too expressed much happiness at being with him once more.

After HK left, Jack looked at the Uggnaught elder and apologized for his friend's choice of words. "Don't take it personal elder, he called a lot of people meat bags because you happen to be organic sentients. It is nothing personal. Thank you for both retiring and helping my dear old friend."

The Uggnaught was confused as to why he held him as such. "The thing I don't understand is why did the blasted thing called you Young Master, it is unheard off and believe me we have seen other Droids like him in this shop." Jack explained that the HK series was first made and constructed by his mother. He knew him as a child after all his first childhood friend in fact.

After that, the group made their farewells and left the area. Mako couldn't help but comment about Hk, "So that's HK? the droid that made fun of Malak during Mandalorian Wars?" Shara raise a brow at this, this was something she hasn't heard about it. "Yep, I can see he has gone through quite a lot, wonder what happened to him since I was asleep?" Jack really needs have that talk with HK, so many questions need to be answered.

Jack and the others then made their way towards the reactor control by the Exchange, Jack made sure contacted Ceta to deal with the reactor control by the Republic, she took Lanie and HK for that. Jack figure HK would like that.

Jack and the others arrived in the area, seeing the reactor being guarded by Exchange thugs with a large battle droid with them, Jack was about to head in to do his usually way, but Shara stopped him. "Hold, let me take of this, I might as well prove my worth to you're team." Jack nodded, Shara actives her cloaking tech and heads towards the thugs.

Shara was glad to see the morons didn't notice her, she walks carefully towards the large battle droid, setting a thermal grenade under it, she sneaks towards the two Exchange guards. "Man this sucks, how come we always get the lame jobs around here." mutter the first thug, holding a blaster pistol, his fellow guard rolled his eyes. "Because you try sleep with boss's daughter remember?"

The thug looked gave a look to his partner, not noticing Shara was taking out her blade out. "Hey! can you blame me? that woman has one sweet as-GAH!" Shara stabs him right through his chest, she quickly blasters the other thug before he could do anything. She actives the grenade under the droid, destroying it. She shuts down the reactor, Jack and Mako were impressed by the time she gotten back.

"Huh, nice cloaking tech, that from the Imperials?" asked Mako, it looked advance compare some other stealth stuff she's seen. "It is, was able grab it before leaving, now let's get going to the other reactor, you're friends should by now taken down the Republic reactor." said Shara as she takes out her sniper rifle, loading a round into it, Jack nodded.

The others reported that they had succeeded in implanting the remotely trigger shutdown on their respective reactors. As they each had the remote control device, Jack and the others decided to go down to the level where the vault was located. They would have to fight against a horde of monsters, droids in various forms of disrepair and even some that went crazy because they didn't have routine memory wipes.

The combat was easy for them as they made it to the area where the vault door would be located. What they saw would make the most suicidal nutcase think twice before even walking near that door. The door was behind a five layered shield array and at each shield enough turrets and automated defenses to sink a dreadnought.

Mako pushed a series of keys on her terminal and the defenses shut down. "Now we have to hurry we got 30 seconds to make it inside or we will be burned to ashes by the defenses." this made the group run as fast as they could and they managed to get inside just as the shield powered back up.

Mako looked around, "OK, we made it inside. Now we just need to worry about the occasional Droid patrol. Just give me a second to catch my breath. I hope we find a security console in here or we are going to have a problem exiting this place. The communication lines between us and the other are effectively cut by the shield array."

Jack told her not to worry about it too much. If they made the security system, then they must have made a control system. Otherwise, his mother would have never made it back out. That made sense but the first thing they saw was a holographic record of a person who was the keeper for something they called the eternal engine, he was probably the most strangest alien Jack and the others had ever seen.

He was green skin, his mouth was where his forehead would be, his eyes were beside his chin, they were very red. "Master Revan has given us the task of maintaining and guarding the engine. It is clear this is an item of extreme importance. The master has told use that once the engine is complete, it will be able to make a home planet for us all. I don't mean to doubt the master, but how can a thing so small ever make an entire planet for us? I guess we will have to wait till the engine is big enough to do that."

Jack has no idea what the species was the person on the recording but it was clear he was under the orders of his mother. "Why would mother make these people look after this supposed eternal engine? And could an engine make a planet? This is very strange."

Mako theorized that maybe Revan found a way to turn energy into other matter and if she could do that. In theory, it would be possible to create a planet but it would require immense amounts of energy. Too much for current technology to produce.

Shara said that the creation of habitable worlds would allow the artificial increase in both population and resources to either the Republic or the Empire and thus it would be an absolute treasure for either side to possess.

Jack looked at it from a different perspective. If each planet had a few thousand people who were in fact force sensitive and they used these people to cross breed, it would create people with such aptitude to the force that they would be a major increase in power to either the Jedi Order or the Sith.

"It would be a potential breeding ground for force sensitive people and you know as well as I do. In the Empire, if you are force sensitive you must be trained to be Sith or suffer the punishment of death. The Jedi would not kill them, but they would still take the young from their parents using any number of means. The first being the Jedi mind trick."

Mako was shaking her head at this realization. "So neither one is truly a saint or a devil. The Sith may even say that they have to be trained for their own protection and those around them. The same argument that the Jedi would use I imagine. As a Jedi Master, did you take any child against their will from their parents?"

Jack had to say he would never do such a thing. He did bring several children but those had been from extremely poor families, the parents were actually relieved that their child would have a better life than they did. "It may hurt them but some parents do this in order to ensure that their child has a better future than they do."

Shara didn't have that experience, she told them that she and many others were born through a carefully controlled genetics eugenics program. "They basically bred me to be an agent of the Imperial Intelligence. This is my only chance to actually be able to live a life of my own choosing. You have no idea how grateful I am for this. I can now chose to live a life where I decide how I live my life."

This made the two of them pat her on the shoulder, to make her feel like she indeed had their support and this in turn made her feel very happy to have met them. The group continued to explore and found that unlike the outside, the inside had very few droids and even less automated defenses.

They found several more recordings. It seems that the reverence of the engine became a sort of religion. They treated the engine almost as a mother deity. Some even mentioned that they fed their dead to the engine and in return the engine provided for their every need.

Generations of these aliens worshiped this thing they called the mother engine. It was until they were a long way inside that they began to find recordings of Revan explaining that indeed she was interested in the possibility of creating more resource worlds.

"War in large is a fight for resources, be they people to materials. I've been using the technology of the Star Forge to try and create such worlds. The engine was produced by the Forge and thus it is still a mystery to myself and to the scientists on my fleet. The engine is a living thing, however most question how could something the size of a small fruit create worlds."

They continued, fighting through the last of the droids, and they found another recording. "It is obvious that this engine would need to be tended and looked after for generations. I have decided to lock a large population of an alien species in risk of becoming extinct in this vault. The droids will be there to protect and help them. This will allow them to tend to the engine without outside influences or interference."

Jack was smiling as he heard her say that. "Yes this is my mother, she was always looking out for others. I do hope one day I can meet with her again." Jack touched the image in an almost tender way and this made the two women find it quite a sweet gesture.

'He must miss his mother something awful if he still thinks about her. I am sure I would love if my son also loved me like that. Maybe one day I will also be able to tell her what a wonderful job she did raising him and tell her the reasons she should be proud of her son.' Mako decided to make a copy of the image and maybe be able to make a portrait for Jack. She had to admit it would make for a wonderful birthday present.

It was after a long trek that they found something they were not expecting. The alien species did not die out much like they had expected. In fact they were still tending to the engine, one of them notices them, he stands up and walks over to them to greet them. "Welcome to our cloister. If you are here it must mean that Master Revan has sent you to give us new instructions."

Jack told them that they didn't come for that at all. He explained that they actually were there to explore the vault. They never expected to have anyone alive inside it. "We are alive thanks to the mother engine. If you have come to take it from us, I am sorry to tell you but we must defend it. We depend on the mother engine for everything. We would die without it."

Mako asked if there was another alternative. After some discussion between them, they said that their was. "The mother engine has produced a seed to make another mother engine. If you promise to keep us a secret, we would gladly give you this seed. This would allow you too to benefit from the blessings of the mother engine and allow us to survive."

In the end, they agreed to the alternative the aliens provided they left as the aliens allowed them by turning off the defenses to the entrance to the vault and this allowed them to leave the place.

Just as they made it outside and unto the lift. Shara asked what he planned to do with it. Jack had a brilliant idea. "Mandalore is in business with the Sith for the survival of the Mandalorians. If we could somehow make new planets like mother had envisioned. This seed could be the key to the freedom of all Mandalorians. We would no longer need hire out ourselves to the Empire to survive."

Mako seemed to smile as she saw him come up with a way to one day allow the Mandalorians to have a way to obtain a way to even replenish their numbers from the losses they had in the Mandalorian Wars, even after 300 hundred years, they haven't gone back to their full strength, though they are still not a culture to mess with.

"Well, here's hoping you're Mandalore is willing wait, by the looks of things, it will take a long time before it can grow to create planets." said Shara as she looks over the seed, amazed how a little thing could do such wonders. The lift comes to a halt and they walk out, "I hope as well, come on, it's been a long day. Let's over to nearest bar, I could use a good drink."

Though Mako nodded in agreement with Jack, Shara wasn't too sure about drinking anything in a bar on Nar Shaddaa. They made their towards to the nearest bar in the area, it was on ground where both Republic and Imperials could go to, no fighting was allow between the two, though you are allow defend yourself. They found themselves a sit and started ordering drinks to their table.

However as they talk about regarding their next mission, Jack couldn't help but over hear some fighting near their table. "Listen pal, am only gonna give you one last chance back down, leave the lady alone, if she doesn't want to dance for ya, then leave her be." Jack turned to where the shouting was coming from. Standing near where some Imperials were drinking, was a male tanned human in green and black mercenary armor, behind him was a red skin female Twi'lek who looked scared.

He was roughly 6 foot, he had braided long hair tiled back, there were few scars on his face, his brown eyes show no fear towards the drunk Imperials. One of the Imperials move towards him, "Stay out of this! we'll just looking for a good time, so beat it." however before his buddies could join in, Jack decide his seen enough.

"Alright, you moron, step anywhere nearer to them, is meeting the end of my lightsaber." Jack takes out his lightsaber, frighten the Imperials, but before they could try bring out their blasters, a blaster shot hits one of the Imperial's blaster, knocking it out of his hand.

"I suggest you follow his advise, that's my friend you happen to be picking a fight with anywhere." Jack turns to where the blaster shot came from as Shara and Mako take his side. Sitting on the table with his legs on the table, was a Mandalorian in blue and tan gold armor, his helmet was off, showing he was human with fair skin, short brown hair, a scar on his right cheek, and kin blue eyes.

He was putting a blaster pistol at the Imperial's direction, his other hand was resting on a beskad sitting on his lap. The tan human from before step towards the Imperials, taking out a blaster rifle. "So, you really want fight us now?" Jack could see the Imperials were giving up here. He was right as the Imperials quickly left the bar, not wanting face them.

"You know Corso, am starting wonder if you're gonna jump right in every situation when a woman is in trouble." said the Mandalorian as he puts away his blaster pistol, Corso raise a brow at his friend. "You're one to talk, didn't you and Bowdaar nearly destroy that one bar when that fat guy?" the man shrugged, he turns attention to Jack and the others as Corso helps calm down the Twi'lek dancer.

"Thanks for stepping in to help my friend vode. Am Bendak, Bendak Oryan, and you and you're lady friends are?" he scanned Shara, he couldn't help but notice her right away. Jack quickly got his attention away from Shara, "I am Jack Keldau of Clan Keldau, this Mako and Shara." Bendak looked surprised right there.

"Jack Keldau? so you're Jack the Reaper I've been hearing about from the Mandalorian Enclave. Sit down, I'll order the drinks over before those Imperials ruined our good time." Jack didn't see any problems with that and he and the others sat down as Corso joined them, the Twi'lek dancer joined them, she sat on Corso lap.

The others found it funny as they all saw Corso blushing up a storm as the Twi'lek sat on his lap.

Jack was trying to remain serious as he saw that. "Bendak, you wouldn't have any Mandalorians in your crew now would you?" Bendak actually was surprised by the question. He of course, had to ask why the question.

"While I was on Balmora, I came up with some information about the wrongful termination of a Mandalorian clan, I was hoping the lone survivor was with you. As a fellow Mandalorian, I feel it is my obligation to share this information with her. After all, our clans had a long standing friendship. My Clan and Clan Spar once made a mutual assistance pack in the past. This information would be needed by the survivor of that clan."

Bendak looked at Corso and without even waiting for a second opinion. He told him, "Corso go back to the ship and tell Akaavi I need her here and make it quick. I don't want her to miss out on this information. Jack, you have earned my thanks for bringing this up."

Corso seemed almost happy to go back to the space port. "I tell you that Akaavi can be one cold customer, but something about her just drives me wild sometimes. If I didn't know any better, I say I am falling for her. This info should make her a lot more pleasant to work with." Bendak didn't know why, but there was just something that made Akaavi different from any other woman his met.

Jack told him that he wouldn't count on it. It was not good news. By the time they finished their first drink, a woman that looked like a Zabarak came towards their table, she was wearing blue and gold armor, a tech staff was scrap to her back, her helmet was held against her hip. "I happen to know Clan Keldau is extinct, but you do speak true, we did have a mutual assistance oath. Tell me, who you are and why I shouldn't kill you for evoking a pact made with an ancient ally of my clan."

Jack stood up and introduced himself. "Jack Keldau of Clan Keldau. I know who it is responsible for the death of your clan. I talked with Bendak to see if you were with him." Akaavi didn't look surprised. "I already know how did it, it was an order signed by an Imperial liason." Akaavi's blood boil at thought of it, she was still very angry.

Jack told her to sit down. " I was doing a mission on Balmora for two other Mandalorians. I learned that your information is incorrect by the sound of what you said. It was a pack of scoundrels, present company excluded, they call themselves Clan Rook. They passed none of the trials to be accepted as Mandalorians."

Akaavi couldn't believe what she was hearing. If it had not been for Jack, she would have wasted a lot of time on a wild goose chase. "My guess is that this pack of scumbags only want to use the fear and intimidation that comes with having Mandalorians as opponents. They framed your clan since they would be a clan who would have challenge their claim of being a Mandalorian clan."

Akaavi found herself doing something she only heard her mother heard from old tales. She got up and made a fist and so did Jack as their fist hit each other she smiled. "I need a favor of you Clan Keldau. I need you to give some of my captain's crew the infamous two day hell march." Bendak raise a brow at Akaavi, "you sure about that Akaavi?" Akaavi nodded.

Jack looked at her with a serious look on his face, "The hell march is not something someone requests without expecting a great deal of pain. It has been known to kill full grown Mandalorians. Hence why is it called infamous. Sadly I can't do it here."

Akaavi asked him the reason. Jack told him that he was missing the stimulus adrenals and the gravity chamber. Akaavi smiled at him and took a large disk from her inventory. "I have the adrenals and this is a portable gravity amplifier. We just need an empty warehouse and I just know the one."

Jack looked at the disk and saw that it had her clan markings on it. "Very well who am I training? Corso and Bendak?" Akaavi said yes, but also a Wookie by the name of Bowdaar. "I trust that you will put them through the normal regime."

Jack promised that he would. The group got up and walked over to a nearby warehouse, rest of Bendak's crew shown up. "Shara, Mako go back to the ship. I will not be able to move from here for two days. Before you ask this, a request form an ancient ally of my clan. I can't refuse it."

Mako just asked him to be careful and come back safe and sound. "I will Mako, you don't need to worry about me. You should worry more about these three."

Jack walked up to them and told for each to take a single stim." The training consists as follows for every five minute you do five push ups, sit-ups and jumping jacks. The number doubles after the exercise is done. And this continues for 48 hours. The stims you took will stimulate stamina recovery, healing and curb your hunger and fatigue. The stim will only last for two days."

He walked over to the unit on the floor. "Fail to do the number required in the five minutes you start at zero again. This will increase gravity every five minutes one time a the natural level on this moon. "

He cracked his knuckles and got into starting position. He began working out and the others mimicked what he was doing. "Well, this is something new." grunted Corso as he does his push ups with Bowdaar, do to being a wookie, he wasn't having as much as trouble as Corso. "Eh, should be a good, we need the training anyway." said Bendak as he does his push ups as well.


However as Jack and the others have their workout. In a bar on Dromund Kass, Tarro Blood and Sedyn Kyne were sitting in the dark end of the room, Tarro did not looked very happy. "That adenn naast is doing too good in this hunt Sedyn, if we don't do something. That dar'jetii will be the victor, it can't be allow!" Tarro slams his fist onto the table in rage, almost spilling their drinks.

Sedyn takes his drink and takes a slip before speaking. "Calm down, raging over it won't do us any good, besides, his next target is Tyresius Lokai, no way his getting that slippy bastard." Sedyn had heard about how Tyresius Lokai was able break free and get out in almost in any kind of trap, his been running away to go down easy. It calmed Tarro a little, he still needed time to think.

"Still, we need time so I can alert Tyresius of Jack. Can you get Rellu to leak about the Great Hunt? draw the attention away." Sedyn nodded, making sure no one was around to hear, "I'll see what I can do, I'll make sure to tell Rellu to not have to be trace to us." Tarro nodded and Sedyn left the bar, Tarro took time to enjoy his black ale, enjoying the stinging feeling it came as it went down his throat.

Oh yes, he couldn't wait to kill Jack and his team.


After two days Bendak could have sworn his aching muscles had aches on top of aches. Corso was breathing hard on the floor and Bowdaar looked like he was took a bath in the ocean, he was not enjoying this, he hated getting wet.

Akaavi enter the warehouse, she walked over to Jack as Corso and Bowdaar returned to their ship, Bendak nodded to Akaavi as he leaves. She sat down and was smiling for some reason. "So will you now tell me why did you want me to test Bendak? Or is it like I suspect?"

Akaavi couldn't help but to laugh as she heard Jack. "I will not make an excuse, it is what you're thinking. I need to know if Bendak would survive the way of our people. Seeing that he made it made me think that maybe I should pay more attention to this attempts to woe me. So how did he do?"

Jack was quite happy to tell her that indeed they passed the first level of the hell march and in good condition to boot. "This will make it a lot easier for you, I think he is going to be sore but after he gets over it. He should be stronger and faster. Like I said, our clans are friends and allies for generations. You need only ask and I will come to your aid."

Akaavi asked him why he didn't wear the clan mark? Jack looked at the ceiling and began shaking his head. "I am the only one left, it would cause a division between me and the others. I don't need that. I have enough trouble with the Great Hunt."

She didn't like to hear this one bit. "What kinds of problems? My clan is also friends and allies with yours and you do well to remember that. Tell me what can I help you with?"

Jack told her if she ever heard the name of Tarro Blood. She was shaking her head as she heard that name. "So basically your problem is much like Bendak's, a scoundrel is trying to make your life difficult for some sort of sick enjoyment. Tell you what I will do. Bendak has quite a few contacts in the Republic and some are in the SIS. I will dig up what I can in incriminating evidence against that bug. It's the least I can do."

She got up and began to walk towards the door. "Why aren't you a trainer in the Enclave? Your clan is well known to be some of the best trainers of our people." Jack got up from where he was seated.

"To be a good trainer, I have to master the training regimen and I never passed the last levels of the Keldau training regiment. The last levels of the diamond head and heaven's fall always elude me."

Akaavi looked at him and nodded as she left. "The diamond head you just need good gloves which you have, and the heaven's fall a good set of armor. I finished mine barely and that was years ago. You should consider becoming a trainer. I think Mandalore would benefit from having the Keldau clan's backing."

Jack nodded and walked out of the warehous, he made it back to where Shara and Mako were at, they were apparently had been waiting for him. "Good work out? I hope so, because you have kept me waiting for my workout for two days. Now let's go report the Bounty to Crysta and let's see where are we headed next."

As they two made it back to the ship and reported that the Eidolon was no more. Crysta didn't seem that happy to hear it. "Jack, We have a problem. You have to return to the Enclave. This is too important for interstellar communications. We need you to come back as quickly as possible. Just be warned, you are not going to like it one bit."

Jack nodded, he turns off the holo and set the ship to travel back to Dromund Kaas and he did the swiftest route possible. "Somehow I get the feeling Tarro is involved. That bastard seem to take a perverse joy in messing with me." the others, HK was getting feeling he was gonna enjoy blasting this Tarro Blood to pieces.

As the ship landed, he, Mako, and Ceta made it back to the Enclave, they were told to go towards the place he fought in the final melee. That is where he saw Lek and his handler. "We have a major problem Jack, we don't have a lot of time so I'll be brief." Jack didn't like the worry look on Lek and Crysta's faces.

"The sanctity of the Great Hunt has been compromised. Some skilled slicer was able get the files of our Great Hunt bounties and took them all, the slicer plans to auction those files to the highest bidders." Crysta took over, "something like this would ruin the Great Hunt, every scum in the galaxy will be able ready themselves against our hunters."

Jack could now see this was seriously, so did his friends. "I need this dealt with quickly and discretely." Jack nodded, "me and my crew are professionals, this will be done without anyone knowing." Lek nodded, Crysta smiled. "That's the spirit! we were hate to have to place you on Great Hunt list if you didn't accept." Jack actually thought it be interesting, though Mako seem to have different thoughts.

Lek took over. "We need you to find the slicer and find out how he got his hands on that data, we need to be ready just in case. Also, collect any bounties on every scum bag that shows up on that auction, no survivors." he gives a serious look to the three, they nodded.

"Don't worry vode, the Great Hunt is in good hands." said Ceta, Lek and Crysta nodded, happy to know that the Huntmaster picked the right choice. "Good, the Huntmaster picked you for a good reason Jack, his instincts are rarely wrong. Nem'Ro's paymaster, Juda, told us about this auction. She's on Nar Hutta waiting for you, she will tell you more."

Crysta then gives a serious look, something Jack and Mako were not use to seeing on her usually cheerful face. "The Great Hunt rests on you're hands, remember that, good luck."

By the time they made it back to the ship, Jack knew deep down Tarro was involved with this somehow. It was a gut feeling that seemed to tell him this was the case.

They set course towards Nal Hutta and Jack decided to have the conversation with his old friend, he heads in the room that HK decide take as his. "HK, I need you to answer a few questions for me. There has been many things that happened since I was frozen in Carbonite. I need to know what happened to mother and my brother."

HK looked at him and decided to tell him everything. "Remorseful Response: Young Master, your brother betrayed the Mistress and did so in order to steal her title as lord of the Sith. I know this from my brief time fighting alongside her during the time period that is now referred to as the Jedi Civil War."

Jack didn't like the sound of this, that did not sound like Malak. "HK, it makes no sense, my brother was the second most loyal member of our fleet. We fought through so many horrible situations and you are telling me she was betrayed by her student?"

HK understood his confusion. "Sympathetic Response: Yes, Young Master, it to it would not have occurred to me that the worthless meatbag would do such a thing. I was away on an assassination mission at the time. I would have ended his life functions myself had I been present."

Jack asked him what caused such a tremendous change. HK looked at bit like he was in deep thought. "Hypothetical Response: I would think it was the fact that you became ill, young master. Your meatbag brother became somehow convinced that if he had been stronger you would have never contracted that illness."

Jack didn't want to believe it, but he knew that the drive for more power had sent more than a few Jedi down the path to the Dark side, HK decide give more info. "It had become worst after you were place in carbonite, when your mother was Darth Revan, she made sure to keep civilian loses very low as possible, she didn't go out and destroy every planet, she only attacked worlds with promise that would boost her army."

HK's dark orange eyes then darken here, Jack didn't like it. "Disappointing Response: You're brother however become very ruthless and cold, he started destroying and butchering anyone in his way, he become very easy to anger and he used fear to blind his men and enemies the way he wanted. It started fights between him and your mother, finally when Darth Malak nearly destroyed Telos, that was the final straw Darth Revan could take."

Jack frown, this really didn't sound like his brother. "Joyful Response: Darth Revan had sliced Darth Malak's jaw off, leaving quite a mess on the bridge, that kept him in line for a bit before Darth Malak nearly killed your mother when a Jedi strike force attacked her ship, luckily your mother lived." Jack was quiet, having a hard time keeping this in, so much has change since he woke up.

"... Thank you, HK. I hope that one day I can meet with mother and maybe she can tell me why did he feel so guilty." Jack left the room, with much to think about.

The ship landed and he looked at the crew. "For those that believed that Nar Shadda was horrible. I have something to tell you. Nal Hutta is even worse. We shall set down on a small town controlled by Nem'Ro the Hutt. Mako and Laine, you come with me. I have a feeling we are not going to like what we will find."

He looked at Ceta and Shara. "Ceta, Shara and HK, I need you to scout for a possible meeting point for a clandestine auction. Chances are Juda will not tell us much either out of fear of reprisals or at worse she could be the one that organized the auction. We need to be ready just in case."

The crew understood why he was being so careful. As the ship landed and they separated into two groups, Jack and his group went to meet with their supposed contact. The walk out of the space port was uneventful, the only problem was when an idiot tried to mug him.

"Your credits or your life!" Jack looked at the guy and he had all the signs of being a junkie. He decided to do away with him in a quick and effective way. He used the Jedi mind trick, "You must be wishing you had some spice aren't you?"

The guy dropped his knife and had a glazed look on his eyes. "Yeah, it has been so long since I had some of the good stuff." Jack pointed at a trash incinerator that was nearby. The hatch was open since they were burning garbage at the moment.

"I happen to know that there is a whole stash of primo good stuff in that room over there. Why don't you just jump in and have yourself some of it. There is so much, they won't miss it." The guy hearing this ran like he was truly happy to hear this, he jumped into the incinerator and was burned to ashes.

"One less piece of garbage. Come on, we got a meeting to get to." Laine and Mako walked towards the palace and as they made it to the palace they saw a familiar looking green skin female Twi'lek.

Juda smiled soon as she saw Jack and the others. "Jack, happy to see you are alright. They sent you to take care of it didn't they? I am sorry but I told the Mandalorian Enclave everything I know. I can only guess that the auction is taking place out in the swamps. I know there is only one place remote enough and big enough to hold the auction."

She gave them a rather crude looking map. "Don't worry, I will take care of everything. I will be back when the situation is resolved. Tell Nem'Ro I said hi."

Jack and the others walked out and as soon as they were out of time, he got a message from the others. The map was actually for a place on the opposite side of the swamp. "I guess this answers one question. Mako, Laine, we are to kill every crook in there. Don't hold back. If they are their to bid on the auction. They die, and believe me not many will morn their deaths."

The group found the place quickly enough and as they entered they began hearing a few people already making bids for the list. "Juda is going to have much to explain to us. Had I not sent Shara, Ceta and HK, we would have never found this place in time if we used that map." mutter Jack as he and the others walked towards where the talking was going on, keeping a close eye on the people within the room.

There were three people within the room, one heavily scared Black Sun human in black sun armor, another a pink skin male Twi'lek in a fancy Cartel uniform, and last a male Kaleesh in light combat armor. Standing front of them was a skinny human, fair skin, clean cut orange hair, Lanie could see this man was cowardly and greedy. "Look, you ain't listening! I don't want the whole list, I just want know if my name is on there."

The Black Sun man looked like he was under heavily stress, the Twi'lek next to him agreed. "An excellent point, what if we'll only interested in certain names, hmmm?" while the talking was going on, Mako was using her cypernets to look up on each of three people within the room. Seems the three before them are quite wanted and are packing lot of credits on their bounties, luckily, the posters wanted the targets dead.

The human gave a business smile. "Am sure we can come under some agreement, this is what this auction is for afterall." Jack already disliked this man, the tone of his voice shown he was very greedy, Lanie was already resting her hand on her honor sword, already telling this will not end well. She was right as the Black Sun man was already having enough of this.

"How about I slice you're throat and let you bleed on the floor, while I take the data from you're cold dead hands." the greedy human become slightly paled, he didn't like the look of Black Sun's curved sharp blade. Jack however stepped in, he needed the greedy human alive anyway. "I suggest you back off, I need this ginger head alive." the man insulted there.

"HEY! am not ginger.. it's just lightest red." everyone him gave a deadpan look, before the Black Sun gave a look to Jack. "You talking to me Mandalorian? I don't think you realize who you're dealing with, you think you Mandalorians are so hot shots? well look around." he waves his arms to everyone else within the room, who were taking their weapons out.

"You're standing in the room full of galaxy's most wanted killers, anyone here can rip you limb from limb." Jack scanned everyone in the room, Mako was already planning use the big explosive tank near most of the killers were at, Lanie narrow her cat eyes, tighten her fist around her sword. The greedy man quickly try take over here. "Look, let's try remain civil here, if you're not here bid, please leave."

However the Black Sun man finally had enough. "I say we kill this worm and get another slicer to crack the pad!" the Twi'lek smirked and takes out a blaster pistol, "suits me just fine." he tries shoot the coward, to his credit, he was quite fast. "AH! NO! please, no! AH!" he screams like a little girl as he runs away to hide, however before the Twi'lek could shoot more, Jack uses the force to grab a hold of him.

Everyone gasps once Jack uses the force snap his neck. "Case you didn't notice, me and my friends are bounty hunters, and all of you, have bounties on you're heads." Mako quickly shoots where the tank was at, killing quite a few of the killers and thugs within the room.

The Black Sun try charge Jack, however Lanie stops him with her honor blade, he glared at Lanie. "You want dance Mando? alright, let's dance!" he swings his blade at Lanie, however she ducks and cuts his stomach right open, he falls to the ground as his organs spilled out. "Sorry, but you're a terrible dancer, my boyfriend is a hell lot better then you."

The Kaleesh tries keep his distance from them, however Jack uses his jetpack to lift himself in the air, he slams his crushgaunt into the Kaleesh's face, breaking his jaw. Before he could recover, Jack then lifts him up, before he then slams into the terminal near him, his body shook from the shock, before he went limb.

Jack turned to see Mako and Lanie were already mopping up the rest of the killers, he turns to the coward, he walks towards him and places his blaster at his head. "Start talking! how you got this list?" the coward weakly got up, looking scared as hell, the blood spat from Kaleesh on Jack's helmet made him look very scary.

"It-it was some guy! one of you're people, he gave me the codes to break in and take the list. He said I could sell the names and make a fortune off it!" Jack didn't believe him, he press his blaster further in his head, "you expect me believe that? just that one of my people would give you the codes and say "get rich"? what ain't you telling me?" the man try make Jack see reason.

"It wasn't an handout! there were conditions to be made, I got the money and he well... am not actually sure what he got. He said targets assigned to Tarro Blood were off limits, I guess he had money on Tarro winning this?" that made Jack believe this was Tarro's work, it sounds like it. Mako agreed as she came over to them.

"Really? did the Mandalorian say his name? was it Sedyn Kyne? did he had a black mohawk or wearing greenish armor with different other colors?" Jack and Mako remembered the other disgrace Mandalorian that was with Tarro, the one that killed Braeden. The coward shook his head, "no, he didn't say his name, he was black, had a nasty scar on his face, wearing some kind of purple advance armor with blue lights on it."

Jack narrow his eyes, that sounded like the Mandalorian Seeker armor, he heard a Mandalorian in the Enclave, but it was only given to Mandalorian soldiers, how many friends could Tarro Blood have? the coward then try to see if he was gonna live. "Look, I told you everything, please let me go! I won't tell anyone, I swear!" Lanie then joined them, having just finish readying the bodies be collected for their bounites.

"Hold on, who else knows the contains of this list?" asked Lanie, keeping her Cathar Honor sword ready, the coward quickly explained it was Juda. "She helped me arrange the auction! she has the another copy, I agree spit the money, fifty-fifty! even fact, with everyone here head, she is the only one else who knows about the list! now can you please let me go?"

Jack shook his head, he sign Lanie to use her sword. "You were willing to work these scum bags for money, if anything, I bet ya Juda had more reasonable goals as to why she wanted the money, you on the other hand was just being greedy." before the coward knew it, Lanie sliced his head off. Jack and the others made sure to alert Nem'Ro about the bodies, making sure to destroy all proof of the list for no one to find.

"Come on, Juda needs explain herself." Jack and the others left the building, finding Adenn outside with the rest of Nem'Ro's men. "Hey Jack! I see you become Mandalorian, welcome to our brother and sister in arms vode." Jack shared a Mandalorian shoulder clap with Adenn, happy to see he was doing alright.

"So, you and you're men be sure transfer the credits to my ship?" Adenn nodded as Nem'Ro's mercenaries moved in, "we be sure to, good thing Nem'Ro owed you a favor to not ask what was going on here. Be seeing ya." Jack nodded as he let Adenn do his work. They made their towards Nem'Ro's palace, heading towards where Juda was waiting for them.

She was happy to see they were okay. "Your back! I was getting worried, was everything... taken care of?" Juda become little uneasy once she saw Jack was frowning at her behind his helmet, "you thought I wouldn't know that you had another copy of the list? start talking, why didn't you tell me and my friends the truth." Juda quickly explained her actions.

"It's not like what you're thinking here, I swear. Am the one who called you're people remember? I didn't know about the Great Hunt list. All I knew was that greedy ginger head had valuable information and needed help finding buyers." Mako frown when she saw some tears making out of Juda's eyes.

"He gave me a taste! said we could spit the profits! I didn't know the list until later, that's when I decide contact the Mandalorians." Jack shook his head at how native Juda was being here. "You should have realize there was more to it." said Lanie, shacking her head, Juda nodded slowly, tears still coming out of her eyes. "Yes I know, I just needed the money so bad! my mother is deadly sick, she become sick with the Blue shadow virus, she's already not doing well."

That made Jack and the others feel sorry for Juda, the Blue shadow virus was a new but very fatal virus, it has already killed an entire colony in Outer Rim. "There were some top bounty hunters were willing go after the cure for it, but they wanted a lot of credits to do so, it is very dangerous it get it." Juda handed Jack the copy she had with her.

"This is the only other copy that I know of, if anyone was left alive in that auction, then no one else no. I will try make this right, just keep my name out of it, please!" pleaded Juda, she still wanted help her mother, however Jack surprises her when he rested his hand on her shoulder, letting a smoothing feeling to her. "It's alright, you were only doing this for family, I would do the same for my friends and my family." Jack looks to Mako, she knew where this was going.

Mako hands her a datapad, containing the credits from bounties from the auction, they were transfer to them on the way to the palace. Juda couldn't believe this, "That's over 50,000 thousand credits there Juda, more then enough to pay for the job. Just try stay out of trouble next time." said Mako, though she feel the money could have came in handy for the Great Hunt, Juda needed it more then they did.

Juda looked up to the three and surprises them when she grabs them for a group hug. "Thank you so much! no one has ever done this for me and my family!" she lets them go, giving them a nod. "I hope you win the Great Hunt Jack, please, stay safe out there." Jack nodded and he and the others leave the room, leaving a very happy Twi'lek behind.

Mako was smiling at Jack. "You know, most people would have not do that, you're one of a kind Jack." Jack smirked, "my mother taught me right, besides. Juda needed that money more then us, something tells me the future bounties will be more then able pay most of that." Lanie smiled as they head towards their ship, yep, she made a good choice of joining Jack's crew.