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Fuck.

That is all Anakin Skywalker could think as his cruiser took another blast from the Separatist dreadnought trailing behind them. It is not like himself to curse and as a matter of fact he abhors the use of foul language, but that was all that could come to mind as Skywalker was grasping the reality of the situation.

The Open Circle Armada had been tasked with reconnaissance on the possibility of the development of another Malevolence style cruiser near the Maw of the galaxy. The Separatists were becoming more clever with hiding their large projects, but thanks to a spy on Kessel that caught wind of the large construction project, the Republic knew that they couldn't afford to allow this massive battleship to become operational if it in fact existed.

With that in mind, the Republic has decided that the best course of action was to send one of its more cunning generals to lead the mission, Anakin Skywalker. Granted, Skywalker may be brash and has a tendency to be quick to combat over stealth. However his on the feet thinking is a skill that is greatly needed especially transversing the Maw with three Venator Class Star Destroyers.

It is because of this decision to rely on Anakin for this reconnaissance mission that the other two Destroyers were able to escape the ambush without serious damage. The same cannot be said for his ship as it faced the brunt of the onslaught. He was extremely thankful that he was able to evacuate a good portion of the crew as his more loyal troopers stayed behind, practically the entire 501st Battalion on the ship. Snips was thankfully not around to claim how this was another "fine mess he had gotten themselves into."

Looking back, Skywalker realized he probably shouldn't have attacked the station as they were in fact building a Malevolence style cruiser. But that being said, he can't take full responsibility as who else could have predicted that there was ANOTHER Malevolence style cruiser hidden behind the rogue planet the station was orbiting.

Perhaps I should have let Yularen finish that scan of the area before engaging… Going to definitely have to apologize to him once I get out of this mess.

As if fate heard him, the ship rocked once more but this time with a large crash emanating from somewhere in the ship. The blaring red lights then began to pulse even quicker.

If I survive. If I survive then I will apologize.

"Reeeeex what was that."

Captain Rex who was standing amongst the crew that stayed behind to pilot the ship looked up at Skywalker after inquiring the same thing moments earlier from his brothers.

"It's not looking good sir, they hit the main reactor of the hyperdrive. While we can still use it, the stabilizers are offline and we have approximately 2 minutes before the damage shuts down all systems."

Another blast rocked the ship. This time however, a large whirring soon followed once the rocking stopped followed by the red lights of the alarms immediately changing to yellow and seeming louder.

"SIR! WE ARE ABOUT TO INITIATE AN UNCONTROLLED JUMP" Rex screamed over the alarms and immediately grabbed the microphone that connected to the PA system in ship. "ALL HANDS, REPORT TO SECURED LOCATIONS. PREPARE FOR UNCONTROLLED JUMP. I REPEAT PREPARE FOR UNCONTROLLED JUMP."

With that, everyone on the bridge braced for jump as without the stabilizers, people could go flying across the room with the speed they will be traveling at. Anakin grabbed onto a nearby railing preparing as he heard the familiar whirring of the hyperdrive preparing to make its jump.

By the Force, please guide this ship true so that we may live to see another day.

With that, the separatists dreadnoughts chasing the ship halted fire as they saw the once smoking ship disappear into the depths of space. While they were already calculating routes to pursue the damaged ship, no navigation computer nor the Super Tactical Droid could calculate a safe or survivable route as they jumped towards the heart of the Maw where there are numerous black holes.

However, what no computer could ever calculate for is the will of the living force that has decided a different fate for the crew aboard Anakin's cruiser. While the Force cannot directly interfere to the point where the ship makes a 90 degree angle to safety, it can position the black holes to move about a way that instead of the ship crashing head long into them, the black holes move to position themselves in a way that the ship will be traveling along the event horizon but not enough to be caught in the gravity. Granted, they will be slingshotted thanks to the extra energy from the black hole that accelerates their velocity, but it is better than dying by being crushed.

With that being said, the last thing Skywalker could remember before releasing the railing and being knocked out as his head slammed into the wall was seeing that the navigation controls were going haywire. All he could think before succumbing to the darkness was hoping that at least his crew will be able to survive. Little did he know, they were about to find themselves soon on a world teaming with life both indigenous and wild.

Author Note:

Hallo, I am huge fan of sci-fi, especially space ones, not really for wrap ups at the end of story so on to the next page:D