Here you are, the first chapter. Taking place during the incident. I hope it's to your liking. And I apologize for taking so long.
Galen Auros, currently at 36, is known by many as an excellent Jedi. You could even say he was born to be a Jedi. He'd made quite a name for himself after spending much of his time since becoming an apprentice mastering the Vaapad form. During his youth, Galen had been able to connect with the Force Spirit of Master Mace Windu. Windu decided to pass his knowledge on to him, in order to restart the Vaapad form. He didn't slack in other lightsaber forms, but he heavily favored Vaapad. Though he was nowhere near lacking in the Force Arts either, he was primarily a lightsaber duelist.
At the age of eight, 0 BBY, he'd been found on Corellia after an freak accident destroyed his home and most of his family. The ones who found him were Galen "Starkiller" Marek, clone of the original Galen Marek, and Juno Eclipse. Marek had found him since the boy was strong in the Force. The boy had suffered a serious concussion, and could not recall his life memories, even his own name, but could still function normally. Marek and Eclipse took him in, retreating to the old Jedi Temple on Tython. Marek had been able to garner the boy's family name from the wreckage, Auros. He then decided to give him HIS first name, Galen.
From then till he was 19, he lived and trained with Starkiller and Juno, eventually seeing them as father and mother figures. Starkiller offered to try and help him reacquire his old memories, but Galen refused, stating that he, Juno, and even PROXY were his family now.
It turned out that Galen was somewhat of a Force Anomaly, similar to Anakin Skywalker and his immediate offspring Luke and Leia. He absorbed the training he recieved like a sponge, taking in everything. During his time living with Starkiller and Juno, Galen had become quite adept at meditation, and came into contact with the Force Spirit of Master Mace Windu. Windu then decided to teach Galen his own lightsaber style that had died with him: Vaapad. This eventually became his signature dueling style.
After Galen turned 19, sometime in 12 ABY, Marek's connections told him that Luke Skywalker was attempting to form a New Jedi Order. He decided it was time to reveal himself, and join this new Order. After locating Luke, he explained their story, and their reason to meet him. Leia "recognized" Starkiller from when she was rescued from the Imperials on Kashyyk, though Marek corrected her, saying he was a clone with the memories. Master Skywalker decided to allow them, giving Starkiller the official title of Jedi Master.
From there, Galen was taught by Luke and eventually became a Knight. And after certain events, was christened Master. Master Marek and Juno said they couldn't be prouder. He soon took on a young apprentice after that.
He was one of the best, but he was only one. Galen never claimed to be the best, ever. He just couldn't be bothered with it. That didn't mean he didn't think it from time to time.
Yet for all his skill, and all his talent...not him, or anyone at all would've been prepared for what happened to him.
Galen had been sent in command of a battle cluster lead by the NRN Ben Kenobi, a customized and retrofitted old Venator-Class Battlecruiser from the Clone Wars. It could kill anything it couldn't outrun, and outrun anything it couldn't kill . They were sent to a remote sector of space to investigate reports of some sort of secret Yuuzhan Vong experiment underway. Orders were to observe, and sabotage if necessary. The experiment turned out to be some kind of wormhole technology, and knowing the Vong, it had to be ended.
He had the battle cluster (consisting of the Ben Kenobi, and 4 Acclamator-Class Cruisers) engage the Vong. The Vong support ships were destroyed, but the experiment proceeded anyway. Only problem was, it didn't go off properly, and the wormhole superexpanded to ludicrous size. The 3 remaining Acclamators were safe, but the Vong Science Ship and the Ben Kenobi were caught in the wormhole's pull field/gravity well. The two ships tried accellerating as fast as possible, but it seemed the more they resisted, the stronger the pull. This was cemented in everyone's mind when the Vong Science ship made an attempt to jump to hyperspace...and tore itself apart.
"Well…" remarked Captain Don Tarber, as the explosion died. "There's THAT solution out the airlock."
"What the Hell do we do now?" asked one of the bridge officers.
"What CAN we do?" said another. "The pull of the wormhole obviously gets stronger with the more force you use against it."
"It's pulling us in too fast. We won't be out of range long enough for escape shuttles and pods." said Tarber.
"Some would need to stay aboard to delay the pull long enough." said Kaira Tashak, a young Togrutan (19) abd apprenice to Galen. Who also bore a strange resemblance to one Ahsoka Tano.
"A team, to operate the bridge and keep the ship steady. Pretty good number of people." said Master Auros.
There was a deafening silence on the bridge, as everyone contemplated how fucked they were.
"Well now…" started Tarber. "I volunteer to lead the team. Anyone who wishes to stay, speak up now, we nee-"
"NO." interrupted Galen, stepping forth. "I will do it…ALONE."
"WHAT!?"
That was the reaction from all the bridge, but Kaira was louder than them all.
"But, Master…you can't! Besides, you need a team to-"
"I can and I most definitively WILL." he said sternly. " I can utilize The Force to keep the ship from going in too fast." he turned to the Captain. "Sound the evac."
"Sir," interjected Tarber. "We should really think this throu-"
"NO! The longer we spend debating is the less time to escape. Sound. The. Evacuation. NOW."
"I…yes, sir." Tarber backed down. The Jedi had made up his mind, and there was no way to dissuade him at this point. He went for a specific console nearby, flipped open a cover, and pressed the switch.
The alarm system went off. Tarber then sent a message over shipwide comms. "This is Captain Tarber, we're abandoning the Ben Kenobi. All hands abandon ship. Repeat, all hands, let's get the frack out of here."
The bridge staff, and the rest of the ship as well, rushed orderly to leave. They all saluted Galen along the way. Soon, only he, Tarber, and Kaira were left.
"I didn't think it would turn out this way" said Tarber. "I thought it was just another routine mission."
"Yeah, they always seem like that, don't they?" remarked Galen. "Well…May The Force be with you, Don."
"And you." Tarber then saluted. "It's been an honor, sir."
Galen smiled, and mirrored him. "Likewise, my friend. Now go."
Tarber, complied, and he was soon gone from the bridge.
Now it was just him and Kaira. She approached Galen.
"Master, PLEASE, let me stay and help you." she pleaded. "Whith the two of u-"
No, no, no, a billion times no." Galen persisted. "You are my apprentice. You still have your whole life ahead of you. Granted, I still have half of mine ahead of me, but that's beside the point." He grasped her by the shoulders. "Go. Live. I was able to pass my legacy to you. I am content."
She backed down, and then began to tear up. Then she rubbed at her eyes. "I'm sorry. I'm supposed to be a Jedi. I need to be stoic in the face of-"
Suddenly, Galen embraced Kaira tightly.
"Have I taught you nothing?" he said half-seriously. "Emotion is what makes us who we are. It's what Jedi feared in the Old Republic. It was their downfall. Emotion needs to be controlled, not suppressed. But this time…just let it out."
She started to sniffle a little. "MASTER!" she cried, succumbing to her sorrow. Galen went ahead and wept with her. Eventually, they parted.
"Now go, hurry!" said Galen.
"Okay." Kaira said weakly, wiping her eyes. "May The Force be with you, Master Galen."
"And May The Force be with you, Kaira Tashak."
She then turned and hurried off the bridge. Galen turned as well, walking towards the viewport.
"Alrighty then...let's get this show on the road." he said. He took a deep breath in, then out. Then he extended his arms out to either side, palms flat. Then he clinched his fingers.
The ship jerked to a halt, then started to slide ever so slowly toward the wormhole, jerking as it went.
The main hangar opened up, and a single shuttle scooted out. The wormhole didn't affect it. It seems the pull truly was relative to the force against it, along with size. The rest of the escaping ships then shot out of the hangar in a swarm. The escape pods launched as well. Galen continued to hold position, even though the cosmic power of the wormhole was straining him badly. He felt himself start to black out more than once.
The last ship to leave was Galen's personal ship. A custom retrofitted AEG-77 Vigo Gunship called the Ebony Warhawk. It was known by this name partly for it's distinctive shiny black hull plating. Well, distinctive when not in Steath Mode, that is. No doubt Kaira and Tarber were aboard.
As soon as the Warhawk, and the others, were clear, he succumbed to his exhaustion, releasing his hold on the ship, which began to move anew.
He sat on the floor, lying back against a communications console, catching his breath. That had taken everything he had. And that was saying something as he was relatively a juggernaut.
"This is the Ebony Warhawk to the Ben Kenobi, come in." came Tarber's voice over the comms. "Master, you still there?" came Kaira's voice.
Galen reached up and switched on the comms. "Yeah, I'm still alive." He glanced out at the rapidly approaching wormhole, and chuckled. "For the moment."
"Everyone is clear, Master. We're headed for the Acclamators now." came Kaira.
"Good. Good…." He know he was forgetting something. Something VERY important. Then he had it.
"Kaira. I just remembered something."
"What is it?"
"There's probably one or two regrets I have thus far. First being I didn't find someone to share my life with. Secondly, That I won't live to see you become a Knight."
"Well, we know that."
"No, you aren't getting it. You're ready to face the Trials. The Council told me you will, and after this mission, I was to tell you!"
There was a long pause.
"But Master, I..."
"Don't worry Kaira. I KNOW you can pass the trials. I've taught you well. You'll make an outstanding Jedi Knight. I'm...so very proud of you. I've always been so very proud of you."
"M-Master..." He could tell Kaira was begining to cry again.
He saw the ship start to vanish into the wormhole. And he felt himself slipping into unconsciousness.
"Go now. Do not mourn me long. By the way, I want you to tell the Vong something from me..."
"Of course, Master, what is it?"
"Interception. Now our side's got the ball. Sorry."
Kaira giggled to herself a bit. "Heh, sure thing."
"And one more thing..." He felt himself about to lose his battle to stay awake. "Tell...Master Marek...and Captain Eclipse...tell Father and Mother...I'm sorry I couldn't make it back."
Kaira was stunned silent, as was Tarber. In all the time they'd known him Master Auros had never directly refered to Master Galen Marek and Captian Juno Eclipse as his parents. This cemented the reality of the situation and made them cry all the more
Then the Ben Kenobi vanished completely into the wormhole, which lost it's stability, and the event horizon collapsed in on itself.
Galen woke up, and blinked a few times. He saw where he was. Still on the bridge of the Ben Kenobi, still propped up against the console.
"So...this is what happens when I become one with The Force?" Galen wondered aloud. He scoffed "Yeah, as if."
He knew he was still alive. He felt sore, that's how he knew. He got up, and looked out the viewport.
"Still in outer space." Galen commented. "Good thing Life Support is still on."
He then adopted a thinking pose. "I wonder how long I've been out?"
A number of beeps and various electronic noises went off.
"That long, huh? Ah well, thanks Ar-" Then he took in what just happened, and whirled around. Behind him was his astromech companion, R6D8.
"ARSIX? The Hell are you doing here? Why didn't you leave with the others?"
A series of beeps and boops. (I have no idea how to write for an astromech droid)
"Well, thanks for caring, little buddy. I think we can solve this new problem together."
"*Beeps and squeaks*"
"Of finding out where the frak we are."
Well then, that's the first chapter, and more will come. I'm trying to contact someone who wrote a fantastic 'insert Jorge-052 into Mass Effect' story, and starting a sequel, but both vanished' to get some advice on how to introduce Galen to the Human Alliance. If you guys have any suggestions, feel free. BTW, he arrives in the ME-Verse pre-ME1. And to Talon5Krrde, I planned an astromech before you suggested, but thanks all the same. PLEASE LEAVE REVIEWS, I eat them for brain food.
Update: Revisory of chapters 1 and 2 complete. Change of lines, and a bit more backstory for Galen. Don't criticize me too hard over it. We have no idea what happened to Starkiller (Clone) and Juno after Force Unleashed II. There you go.
Live Long and Prosper
SM
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