Chapter 1 – The Mission

Author's Notes:

First off, I don't really know any of the ages for the characters of the Star Wars series, so I will be taking estimated guesses with ages when I come to them. Also, I am making Ahsoko 16 years old for this story, one being I don't really know how old she is in the true story line and second, I want to do something with this later. Just wait and watch. Casholu and the new San' Shyuum are my OC. I also don't own any songs or books I may mention. Also, not really any action in this chapter, but there will be a little action in the next chapter.

Now, enjoy chapter 1 of "To Live For Those Who Can't."

Also, feel free to review what you think so far of this story and give me advice when you think it is needed.

After Battle of the Ark Timeline:

Many things have happened since the Battle of the Ark, the battle that decided the fate of the entire galaxy.

After the battle, the humans and the Sangheili set out to deal with any remaining Covenant Loyalists still at large. Before long, many of the members of the Covenant species discovered the truth from the Sangheili. That Truth, Mercy, and Regret had lied to them all. That the reason that the Prophets wished to wipe out humanity was not that they were all heretics to the Forerunners, but that they were the Reclaimers, the children of the Forerunners. This outraged many, for they had been told to kill the children of their gods, just so that the bloody Prophets could control the whole Covenant without fear. So, in response, many joined the human/Sangheili alliance to make the Covenant Loyalists pay for tricking them.

As the hunt went on for the remaining Loyalists, the former species of the Covenant discovered the truth about the Forerunners. That they were not gods, but mere mortals, and that there was no Great Journey, and that activating the Halos would kill them all. This was revealed to them by Thel 'Vadam "The Arbiter", who said this was revealed to him by the monitor of Installation 04, Guilty Spark, on both Installation 05 and at the Ark, where Spark's had revealed the human race as the Forerunners themselves. That the reason that the Halos were made was to save them all from the Flood and that the Forerunners had brought all of their ancestors to the Ark, where it was safe from the Halo Array, so that life would go on after they were gone. Also, something discovered was why they cared about all their lives in the first place. It was discovered from the ruins on Reach, that the Forerunners followed a philosophy, called the "Mantle", which was passed down to them from an even more ancient and advanced race called the Precursors. Though no translation has yet to be discovered, it is believed that this philosophy is what made them believe they had authority and a duty to protect all of the life in the galaxy.

When this was discovered, it sent a roar through all of the races. They decided to follow in the Precursors and Forerunners legacy. They set out to preserve all life within the galaxy, even to the cost of their lives. And for their first test, they would end the war that they had started and the Loyalists were continuing.

By 2563, almost all of the Loyalists were in prison, dead, or had joined the other races, which had decided to unite and be called the UANS, or United Alliance of National Species. With this alliance, all of the former Covenant and UNSC ships were upgraded with both Covenant technology, faster slipspace drives, and UNSC technology, better AIs and MAC guns. There were just a handful of Loyalist ships left out of what was once a mighty empire, run by rogue Jiralhanae and the rest of the San 'Shyuum race, who wanted their power back.

In the final battle in 2566, aid came from an unlikely and unknown ally. When a fleet of 250 UANS ships faced off against the remaining 500 Loyalists ships, the hope that the UANS was to survive this without heavy casualties had nearly died. But just then, slipspace portals appeared behind the Loyalists lines and out came 2,000 ships, 30 of them being of old UNSC design, 30 Covenant design, and the rest being of Forerunner and unknown design. The unknown ships looked between a mix of all three ship designs combined. When a transmission came from the unknown fleet, the UANS answered it and got the biggest surprise of their lives. The one leading the fleet was none other than Vice Admiral Preston Jeremiah Cole, who had somehow survived his "Last Stand" and had been out recruiting new friends against the Covenant. But, the identity of these friends was the biggest surprise to both sides, it literally left both the Loyalists and UANS forces speechless.

For the unknown ships were all commanded and filled with a race that no one thought they would ever trust again. They were San' Shyuum ships. Vice Admiral Cole then went on to explain that these were not the San' Shyuum who had controlled the Covenant for eons, but the San' Shyuum that had remained on their home world of Casholu, the Stoics, who had wished to not study and trespass on the Forerunner ruins. He would later go on to explain that after the Reformists had left the world with the Forerunner Dreadnought and a big chunk of their planet, the Stoics had discovered the same truth that the UANS now knew and the Stoics knew what they had to do. They had to find a way to follow the Reformists and stop them from doing unspeakable harm, no matter how long it took to do it. Over the centuries, they never forgot and worked gradually to reach a point in technology based off their own and Forerunner, that they could head out and put an end to what should have ended long ago. They eventually reached a point in technology that allowed them into space, but not to get far enough to stop the Reformists.

Then one day, in the year 2543, Vice Admiral Cole's ship, the UNSC Everest, jumped from a random slipspace jump right above Casholu. The San' Shyuum immediately sent a message to the ship, hoping for peace. When Vice Admiral Cole received the message, he instantly recognized the race as members of the Covenant. Right before he ordered his men to shoot and kill them all, his comm officer translated the message and told Cole that they were asking if they had seen any others of their kind in space.

Cole became confused with this message, he then told his comm officer to send a message to the San' Shyuum requesting a meeting between the two. The two groups met on the Everest and gave each other all the information that the two groups knew. The San' Shyuum were divested by the news of what they had let the Reformists do to the galaxy and told Cole they could never be forgiven. Cole was equally shocked when he discovered what the Reformists had done and the power the Forerunners had. He knew right then and there that these Forerunners were the Covenant's gods and that the Halos were their key to the Great Journey, the journey to death. When this was done, they decided they must work together to stop the Prophets and the Covenant. The leader of the Stoics thought something was familiar about the human race and wondered why the Prophets would want them dead so bad.

The leader, Salousei, asked for Cole to come planet side to visit some Forerunner ruins. Cole agreed and left with the ship prepared just in case of a sneak attack. When they arrived at the ruins, Cole, Salousei, and all of their men present headed in and were amazed into wonderment. Cole mentally thought to himself that the runes on the walls somehow looked familiar, though he knew that he had never seen them in his entire life. They then reached a dead end, with a platform in the middle of the floor. Salousei then asked Cole to place his palm on the device. Salousei had a theory about why the Prophets wanted humanity dead, and he wanted to test it on Cole.

Cole did as he was told, not to be polite, but because somehow it felt right. As his palm touch the device, holograms appeared and started blinking. Then slowly the area they were in started lowering, revealing it to be an elevator. When it stop, both human and San' Shyuum gasped. Before them were hundreds of Forerunner ships and Sentinels. Salousei then yet out a laugh that surprised everyone, even the San' Shyuum there. Salousei then went on to explain this was why the Prophets wanted humanity dead. The humans were the Reclaimers, the children of the Forerunners. The other San' Shyuum then also realized this truth and agreed. They told Cole that though Forerunner technology could be reverse engineered in time, it would immediately activate with a touch from a Forerunner or a genetic descendent, aka humanity. This was why the Prophets were so determine to exterminate the human race. For, if the Covenant truly worshiped the Forerunners as gods, humanity, being their children, would rule the Covenant's loyalty, not the Prophets.

Cole immediately saw this as the truth and that it made complete sense. Cole and Salousei now saw a chance to end this. So, the two groups put plans into motion to help defend humanity and stop the Prophets. Using the Everest, some of the San' Shyuum ships upgraded with slipspace engines, and some of the Forerunner ships, the alliance set out to stall for time. While more of the San' Shyuum ships were upgraded, this small fleet dealt hell to the Covenant. They would surprise small patrols of Covenant ships, which were alone and/or attacking UNSC ships, disable them so that they could not escape or call for help. This would make the Covenant and the Prophets think the humans had done it, instead of this human/San' Shyuum alliance. When the ships were disabled, the San' Shyuum would then send a message to the Covenant ships to surrender and not fire on any ships present, while Cole contacted the UNSC ships and told them the same. When this was done, all of the ships would quickly jump back to Casholu. There, the UNSC ships were told about the operation Cole was undergoing and that they had to keep this a secret and play dead for a while. The San' Shyuum then also told all of the personnel on the Covenant ships the truth and presented them proof. The Covenant forces were outraged at how they had all been tricked by the Prophets and joined the alliance. Then, both new recruits would tell them of the current situation. The alliance also got news of the war by intercepting transmissions from both parties.

Later on, the UANS learned that when the fleet was almost complete, the alliance received news of the discovery of Reach and its falling. As time went on, they heard even more news that shook them. The discovery of the first Halo and the return of the Flood, the discovery of Earth, the second Halo, the Flood heading towards Earth, and the Covenant heading to the Ark. This news had nearly made them all give up. But, hope arrived that made them more determined then ever. The destruction of the first Halo and the Flood on it, the Great Schism, the deaths of Truth, Regret, and Mercy, and the eradication of the Gravemind and the Flood on the Ark by the firing of a new and weak Halo. But, the one thing that gave all of them hope were the Spartans. They all knew that most of the MIA Spartans had really been KIA and that they were keeping it a secret to keep morale up, but it still didn't stop inspiring them to continue with their plan. The one Spartan that encourage them the most was Master Chief Spartan-117. He who had stop the Flood and the Covenant on the first Halo, he who had destroyed the first Halo, he who had killed the Prophet of Regret, he who defended Earth and then went to the Ark to finish the fight. With his death, many would think the secret alliance would brake down and weep. But, instead, it became stronger than ever and the alliance increased their speed ten fold. They saw the Chief as a true descendent of the Forerunners and worthy of the title "Protector of Life". They built a statue of him in his honor on the site were the Reformists had left long ago. Soon they were ready to finish what he started. They set out on March 17th of 2560, to help in the fight with the Loyalists.

They had been on the opposite side of the Loyalists and the UANS, so they took care of any Loyalists they came upon, which were too far away from the rest of the Loyalists and the UANS forces to info anyone, so no one knew about them. Then when they heard the last of the Loyalists were fighting a last stand with a small UANS fleet that needed help, they came with aid.

After the basic information was exchanged and it was confirmed that the fleet that had appeared was on the UANS' side, they prepared for one of the bloodiest fights the galaxy had seen. The Loyalists saw that they were outnumbered, outgunned, and outwitted all at once, but they refused to back down. While a few decided to abandon ship and surrender, most of the Loyalists fleet charged the new fleet. Attacking all of the Loyalists ships that were charging, the UANS and their new friends obliterated the Loyalists within minutes, without losing a single ship.

The fleet then picked up the Loyalists that had surrendered and abandoned their ships. The combined fleet then jumped back to Earth to celebrate the end of the war at last. Several days later, the San' Shyuum official joined the UANS and the UANS became an official power in the Milky Way galaxy. The UANS decided that they would continue getting the UANS more organized after everyone's wounds had heal. Humanity decided first it had to reterraform all of the worlds that had been glassed back to what they once were. One of the first was Reach. But something happened that humanity did not see coming, every other race decided to help with the terraforming of the glassed worlds. Humanity accepted the help and soon all the worlds that had been glassed were terraformed back to what they were by the year 2572, with new worlds being discovered and being terraformed as well.

The races of the Milky Way had come to see each other in a new light. They had fought side by side in the darkest moment in their history and won. They had come to terms with each other and determined that they could not blame each other for the lies the Prophets had told them and the actions they had ordered them to do. Soon, on many worlds, the children of all the races were seen playing and having fun together as if they had always been friends. With this, the UANS, gave all the planets a little more freedom and allowed most worlds to make their own laws, as long as they stayed in contact with the UANS and acted fair to all races. The laws would be passed that affected the whole UANS by a small Senate of races with ten representatives for each race with one vote for each member, except with the Mgalekgolo, who had twenty representatives, due to bond brothers, with each two counting as one vote. Should a world or person have a problem about their world or another's, they would contact the Senate and an investigation would begin.

The UANS decided that its main goal was to help keep peace with each other, but they also had other goals. One was to continue exploring the rest of the Milky Way, looking for more Forerunner ruins and other sentient races that had been saved and could join the UANS. There was one major act that the UANS committed that would shake all the races. Everyone wanted to know everything about the Master Chief and his Spartan family. When ONI refused to reveal anything, the UANS acted and discovered the truth, that the Spartan IIs had all been put into the program when they were children and had been kidnapped, as well as a secret Spartan III program, which sent weaker, teenage Spartans to their deaths in suicide missions, with nearly any ever coming back alive. After this was discovered, all ONI personnel who were involved and hid this truth were arrested and ONI was reorganized into the OAI, the Office of Alliance Intelligence, in the year 2575. OAI would one year later request to begin the Spartan IV project. While at first not wanting to see the same things as before again, the UANS eventually agreed, with the Spartan's having to be at least 18 years of age, volunteer on their on accord, and that none would die in the training or from the augmentations. The UANS would make sure to keep their eyes on OAI, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

But the most important mission of all was to look for the remaining Halos. If a Halo was found, the Chief Protocol was to be ordered. The Chief Protocol stated that when a Halo was found, no digging or opening of doors was to be allowed, to prevent the risk of releasing the Flood back on the galaxy. The captain of the ship must immediately contact the UANS senate and then go to the Halo firing room, with at least one human, to await the arrival of the monitor of said Halo. When contact is made, the human must ask if there is any Flood on said Halo. If there is, ask the monitor to destroy all Flood specimens. Another is to ask if it can disable Halo, so it can no longer be used as a weapon. If both are possible, UANS scientists will arrive shortly to begin study of Halo and Forerunner technology much better. If monitor will not comply, wait for higher personnel to arrive and hope that the monitor will listen to them. If there is a Flood epidemic or someone tries to fire said Halo, the ship must immediately use a Nova Bomb to destroy Halo. If ship does not have a Nova Bomb, wait for reinforcements with a Nova Bomb and hold off the escape of all Flood infested ships, or any ships approaching the Halo and not responding to communication attempts.

But now, I think it is time for the real story to begin.

Present day – UANS calendar 2600: 47 years after the Battle of the Ark

Place: On board the UANS Avery Johnson stationed above the UANS colony Zeus.

Time: 0350 hours, November 20th, 2600

The UANS Avery Johnson was lying quite. Most of its crew was asleep, leaving only a skeleton crew to look over the engines and other important positions on the bridge. There were a few others awake, due to numerous reasons, but other then that, the ship was as quiet as the great emptiness of space outside.

The UANS Avery Johnson was an experimental stealth frigate of the UANS. With being nearly 800 meters long, 230 meter wide, and 200 meters tall, the Avery Johnson was the best frigate class ship being made now. The Avery Johnson looked like the narrow gun barrel-like form of the old UNSC ships combined with the curved sides of the old Covenant ships, but instead of the ship being a gun gray or purple color, the ship was like all current UANS ships, a green color. It, like all of the UANS ships was made of a combination of Covenant metal and UNSC titanium, so that is was both durable and graceful at the same time. They also had the latest upgraded slipspace drive, shield and weapon systems, and the most advanced AIs, which could now live up to 50 years without going rampant, due to upgrades made by the UANS and by studying data collected from Forerunner outposts that were discovered. The UANS ships were still using a trick they had learned during the war. The bridge was still located in the center of the ship, so that if the front of the ship was hit, all the major personnel would not die in an instant.

But, the Avery Johnson had the best and brightest upgrades, personnel, shields, and weapons, making it the most prized frigate in the entire UANS. It was equipped with two MAC guns, multiple pulse lasers and point-defense guns that fired a combination of metal shells filled with superheated plasma, and several Vortex missile pods, which was a combination of Archer missile pods and Plasma Torpedoes. It also had the latest armory filled with the newest weapons and an extra large hanger with the newest military vehicles. The entire crew was a combination of all the races and they all were the best of friends. They were proud to be on the same ship together and wouldn't have it any other way. They were the true symbol of what the UANS was all about. On the ship right then was, a crew of about 900 members, who knew how to fight and defend to the death.

At this time, Sangheili Shipmaster Clador 'Taluo was in his gravity chair on the bridge. He was going over the report of the last mission they had been on. It had been a successful mission. They were to save a bunch of civilians from a bunch of xenophobes that were going to kill all of the alien civilians that they had taken hostage at a TV station. The team he had sent in had completed the mission in half an hour, without the lost of one life, with all of the xenophobe crazies being arrested. His team was the best in the entire UANS and everyone knew that. That was why they had given him, his team, and his entire ship and crew a very important mission.

He pressed a button on his chair and activated the ship's comm system. "Attention crew," he began, "please report to the hanger for a debrief on our next assignment." After the message was broadcast he left the bridge, with a few crewmembers that already knew the assignment and the AI of the Avery Johnson, Athena, in charge till he got back. Athena was one of the best AIs in the UANS and Clador was proud to have her. He and the entire crew considered her as important as any one of them. They all trusted her with their lives and she trusted them with hers.

As Clador approached the hanger, he passed by open barracks with the crew just waking up. Now, with the new slipspace drives, cryo pods were no longer really needed, unless on long deep space missions or if someone was in need of critical care. The crew all gave the expressions of their races waking up from wonderful dreams and a great night's sleep.

Clador then reached the door to the hanger and it open slowly and there was to Clador's unsurprised face, his special ops team, Team Epsilon. He knew they would already be up and in the hanger training and preparing for the next mission. They were a miss match group of all the races that made up the UANS and they were the best that everyone could deliver. They were made up of: two Kig-yar, one being a Skirmisher, a pair of Mgalekgolo bond brothers, one Unggoy, one San' Shyuum, one Huragok, one Yanme'e, one Jiralhanae, two Sangheili, and one human. The human, Max, was the captain of Team Epsilon and also the youngest and best Spartan IV. He had volunteered for the Spartan IV project when he was 12 and after a while, the UANS had decided to let him in. After just three years, he had finished his training, in record timing, and survived new experimental augmentations that had a survival rate of 5%, without any problems. He was given the newest armor, a red armor called the Hayabusa Powered Mark VII Assault Armor, with a helmet that looked like some sort of ancient samurai helmet. He also had two rods magnetically attached to the center of his chest plate. They were an experimental new type of energy swords called the energy katanas. An old Sangheili friend of his, who believed that they suited him the best, and that they went well with the armor greatly, had given them to him. He was standing at attention at the front of the group near the hangar doors.

The rest of the team consisted of several very special specialists. First was Team Epsilon's second in command and assassin Special Operations Major Caltore 'Voltar, in his classic all-dark black armor, right behind his captain. Second was Minor Alue 'Vadam in her olive green/gold armor with runes covering some of it, the team's close combat and martial artist specialist, and the daughter of Thel 'Vadam. She may have been the Arbiter's daughter, but she did not rely on who her father was, she had her own legacy to make, and she was already making it. She was sitting on the ground, mediating, with her katana blade held in front of her and the blade pointed at the ground. Then there was the Unggoy, Major Heavy Lelek, the team's demo man, in his fire orange armor with black smudges all over it and the Huragok, Minor Just Right, who was the team's engineer and medic and who preferred to be called by his codename "Fixer", in his pinkish armor who were the best of friends. Up against the wall were the two Mgalekgolo bond brothers, Major Kalmar Haic Dalma and Major Jala Haic Spolau, in their blue/green-stripped armor and green/blue-striped armor respectively, they were the team's heavy weapons specialists. Sitting in a chair was a San 'Shyuum, Major Jalo Kialo, a former OAI spook, with a gray armor that protected his brain, neck, and chest mostly, reading a book. He was the team's spy and researcher. Clador noticed the book was titled "Brisingr". Also in the hanger was a Jiralhanae, Major Brutus, who had a thinking look on his face and who was lying on his back with his pure white armor on that had one skull painted on each shoulder plate. Up above was a Yanme'e, Major Diblo, in a shinning purple armor, with a device on his arm hooked up to the ship's systems. On a crate was a Kig-yar, Major Mok, in dark brown armor that was wiping down his grandfather's old Beam Rifle. In the corner, was a Kig-yar Skirmisher, Major Champion Dax, with a custom human hunter's outfit, a robotic left arm, and who was currently sharpening a Jackal Knife. They were the best of the best, and they were determined to prove it to everyone that met them.

After about 15 more minutes, the rest of the crew of the Avery Johnson arrived in the hanger. Clador walked to the front of his crew and looked at all their faces. They were all ready for their new mission and would follow his orders to the end. He was proud of his crew and could not think of any other crew he would like to die with. He then spoke in a calm, yet strong voice, "Alright people. The higher ups have given us a new mission. A little while back, a group of Forerunner researchers discovered the location of an unidentified planet in some Forerunner ruins. This caused are leaders to send a pod to the coordinates discovered and it sent us picks of a desert world in a galaxy just next door to our dear little galaxy. The pod also picked up strange energy readings before coming back to report. Our mission is to go to the planet, secure an area to land near the location of where the coordinates tell the ruins are, and then wait till a back up group arrives with Forerunner researchers to study them. We are going in hot people, due to the unexplained energy signatures and that we are the first in our mighty UANS to officially leave our home galaxy. We may come into contact with another race, so be prepare for all First Contact scenarios. If they want peace, we will show them how kind and peaceful the UANS can be. If they want war, we will show them how angry and powerful the UANS can be. Now let us set out and prepare for what ever happens. We will follow in the Forerunners and the Precursors that came before them. We will learn what they learned so long ago. For The Mantle!"

"For The Mantle!" shouted everyone in the hanger.

"We will arrive at the planet in two days, since it is on the very edge of the new galaxy. May our ancestors watch over us and be proud of us. Good luck and be prepared for when we arrive," Clador told his crew.

After that everyone left to do his or her own things. Some went back to bed to get a few more hours of sleep, but most were up and about. They were too excited by this news and were now trying to find something to do. Most were going to the training arena or weapons range to practice their skills. Some were staying in the hanger to work on the vehicles and making sure they were ready for action, just in case. While the rest went to the mediation/library to either read one of the many books the ship had or to mediate, relax, and clear their minds.

When Clador reached the bridge, he discovered he had been followed. Right behind him came Team Epsilon. "Come to see the show," Clador asked.

"Yeah," Alue answered.

Just then, a white slipspace portal appeared and the ship went through the portal. Then there was nothing but the black of slipspace.

Caltore then spoke what was on his mind. He asked, "So we head into the unknown once more, Max?"

"Yeah," Max replied, "Just another day at the office. Athena would you be so kind is to give us a little tunes?"

"Of course Max," came the sassy AIs voice. Then a song started playing that was titled "To The Sky: By Owl City".

Meanwhile, in another galaxy…

On a triangle shaped ship, the crew is about to receive a new mission as well.

General Obi-Wan Kenobi was at the bridge of his Venator-class Star Destroyer, the Spirit Adventurer, waiting for Anakin and his Padawan Ahsoka. They were to talk to the Jedi High Council and Chancellor Palpatine about the next mission that they were going to be assigned. Anakin had just finished making another reckless and dangerous stunt that had somehow left a gigantic crater on a moon of a nearby planet. And to say that the Council was angry was putting it nicely. They were furious, especially Mace Windu. Anakin just could not stay out of any trouble on any missions, even if he tried.

But, if there was one thing that Obi-Wan did not need to be worried about, it was Ahsoka. Though she could be hyperactive at times, she had learned over the last 3 years of this war when to act that way, and the battlefield was not one of them. Her skill in the lightsaber and the Force had also improved greatly in this long war. She had also physically matured ever since she entered this war. Her lekku were just reaching their full length and her montrals were nearly full grown. She had also learned how to use her montrals for echolocation and help detect her enemies even faster. She still preferred to wear her own outfits and not Jedi robes, as she said it allowed her to move faster and freely in battle, and that cloaks got in her way. She had grown into a fine Jedi Padawan and Obi-Wan predicted that soon she would be made a Jedi Knight. Rex and the other clone troopers would always talk about how they thought that the Council had assigned Ahsoka to Anakin just for her to learn what not to be like, and Obi-Wan couldn't help but somehow agree with them.

Right then, both Anakin and Ahsoka appeared on the bridge. Anakin was walking up with a smile on his and Ahsoka had a tired look on her face, apparently she too did not like the last stunt her master had performed. As they gathered around the communications station, a transmission began coming in. Obi-Wan pressed a button and holograms of Master Yoda, Master Windu, Master Kit Fisto, and Chancellor Palpatine appeared.

Master Windu was the first to speak. He spoke in a voice that was strong and calm, but had the slightest hint of anger hidden in it. He said, "We have read the mission report and we are again a little disappointed with you Skywalker."

"I completed the mission, what's the problem," Anakin replied in his calm and humorous voice.

"The problem is that you ended up taking a whole chunk of the moon with you and it is causing some problems for the natives of the planet it orbits," Windu replied in a voice that was starting to show more signs of anger.

"I mostly agree with you Master Windu, but in times of war, things happen that can never be predicted and if it helps to end the war sooner, even if it leaves more problems for a later date, then it had to be done," replied Master Fisto. He then began his well-known smile.

"Agree with Master Fisto I do," spoke Yoda.

Windu then sighed and the matter was ended. Then Palpatine spoke. He said in his calm voice, "Well, if that is settled, I believe it is time to brief you on your next mission. The Separatists are making a move on Hutt space and as you might have guessed, this is causing the Hutts to rethink their neutrality in this war. There is a meeting currently taking place in Jabba the Hutt's palace on Tatooine, with all of the major Hutts attending. Rarely do so many Hutts gather together without wanting to take each other out for less competition. Senator Padmé Amidala is already in route to Tatooine to get the Hutts on our side and help end this war much quicker. You are to report to Tatooine to help protect the Senator and the Hutts till negotiations are complete."

"Understood Chancellor, we will do all in our power to help protect the negotiations," replied Obi-Wan.

"The Separatists may learn of plan. Be prepared for them. May the Force be with you," said Yoda.

"May the Force be with you," everyone answered. The holograms then turned off.

"How long till will reach Tatooine," Obi-Wan asked Captain Julian.

Captain Julian answered with, "It will about 4 days, 3 if we're lucky. The Senator will be there in about 2 days."

"Then let's head out," replied Obi-Won. Just then the bright light of hyperspace appeared and they were pushed forward hundreds of light-years in an instance.

Meanwhile, in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, the three Jedi Masters were preparing to leave, when Master Yoda suddenly stopped. Masters Windu and Fisto stopped and turned to the Grandmaster.

Kit was the first to ask, "What is wrong Master Yoda?"

Yoda replied in a confused tone. He said, "Don't know. Something new in the Force comes. Something strange. Be it good or bad cannot see. But, big changes are coming I feel."

Then all three Jedi Masters left for their own ways. But, all thinking of what Yoda had sense and trying to find out what it could mean, and all worrying what could cause such a change in the Force.

Now people, I am going to only say this once. So pay attention. This was just a background chapter to tell everything that has happened over the last 47 years in the Milky Way. The next chapter will have more background and a bit of action.

Also, I will upload my finished chapters whenever I finish them and look over them. They may be short or long chapters, and may be uploaded in a day or two, or a week or more. It just matters how soon I can think of the chapter, get them done, review them, and edit the mistakes. Just enjoy and wait please.

The next chapter will be "Chapter 2 – The Arrival"