"So who do we watch out for?"
"Both, Senator Organa might make us pay with a surprise training session while Senator Amidala...well who knows what she could come up with"
"We're in trouble aren't we?"
"Most likely, for now though lets set up a schedule to watch that droid factory"
"Generals, we want to help too"
"No Waxer you've been on constant state of alert since Tano was captured if I guess correctly you need actual rest, not two hours or less"
"Yes sir"
The Jedi then went into Force communication. None of the Jedi had a bond like the group that was sent from the past especially the original three but it had been decided once the war started that all Jedi would have a new type of bond called a war bond, this bond could easily be dismissed or gained easily through a group meditation whenever a mission came up. Even then it was a choice between all Jedi on the team not just the team leader, and the team leader made the suggestion depending on several factors about the mission they had
*The only thing I'm worried about is the bond Senator Organa has with Kenobi and Skywalker*
*There's also the fact that Senator Amidala is married to Knight Skywalker and she might try and do something crazy if she finds out about this and he's not rescued by that time*
*Padawan Tano did have good ideas though, but they might not have been hers if she contacted her Master through their training bond*
*Who knows, for now though we do need to set a rotation up and allow Tano's men some rest*
*Agreed*
*By the way does anyone know if Senator Amidala has a bond to the others or is it just her husband?*
*Actually as far as we know there's no bond between any of them, something about the timing*
*Then that means we don't have to worry about Senator Amidala feeling the pain of the others, Senator Organa however is another matter*
*That means he might already know, now then rotation schedule, now*
The next three days were spent observing the droid factory, and the only reason why Vos upped it up to three was because of unusual activity in the daytime during the second day so Vos wanted to make sure that they were prepared for any potential fall out of the activity
"Okay here's the plan for the factory"
Vos lays out a plan and it actually works to perfection. Once the factory was done they waited a day or two to find out what might happen to the hostages now and discovered that they were still safe for the moment
"All right, now then I'm sure you've noticed a few Jedi missing, don't worry they're following up on Commander Tano's plan of making the clones part of the planet's security forces, we're going to see if she succeeded at all and if they'll allow a couple more clones, not that many or it would be suspicious but one or two more wouldn't, besides we'll need the rest of the clones with us to make other plans that I thought of yesterday"
"General Vos, when will we know how Commander Tano's efforts went?"
"Hopefully by tomorrow, but it could be another two days, the Jedi have orders to report back to me every two days so that I know they're still safe"
"Understood General"
It would turn out that Ashoka's efforts worked, she had actually managed to get her clones a job with the security forces of the planet and the offer was still open even after having discovered that Ashoka was captured. They had simply waited for a chance to try and find the clones to let them know, but a Jedi team finding out was better in their mind, and they would allow two more clones to join but that was it only two
"Okay, the original team plus...Hunter, Shooter, you're going with, as far as I know they don't have sniper teams and you two are some of the best snipers we have here"
"Understood General"
"What about the rest of us General?"
"We're going to scout for any potential execution places and make plans for each, remember they have to be flexible enough to change at a moments notice but solid enough to actually be called a plan"
"General, why hasn't there been any further announcement about executing our people?"
"Who knows, either it won't be public like we thought or they're waiting a bit longer to dash people's hopes of rescue"
"So how are we going to combat that?"
"Simple, we make people know that there is still hope in various ways, the factory was a good start, but that might have been suppressed"
"Which is why you requested someone record what we did, so that we can have proof that there is still hope and that there are people fighting the Separatists"
"Exactly, now then we're going to have to wait a few more days until we release the video until we know exactly why things are still relatively quiet, once we know the full situation if need be that's when the video will be released, so that the people still have hope"
"So when exactly does this all happen?"
"Those that are supposed to be part of the security forces are to go to these coordinates and make sure you're there by nine in the morning. The rest will split up for a bit so as to make it harder for the enemy to know where we are, once that happens we meet back here, if not possible go to the secondary rendezvous point and remain there for three days"
"And if we're not all together by then?"
"I honestly don't know, we'll have to think of something though"
While all of that was going on things on Coruscant were relatively routine, Bail's security chief had returned having completed the mission he had been assigned and was very glad to be by his Senator's side once more. Most of the time he was just outside the door just in case of trouble unless Bail was with Senator Amidala, but there were times when they were at the Jedi Temple for various reasons, one of which just happened to be the fact that it was their escape place from politics of the war. They had also had a long discussion/argument about Bail sending John away but they eventually resolved that issue and things were fine, until three days after Obi-wan, Anakin and Ashoka left for Corellia
"Senator, there's trouble heading our way"
Bail looks up from the report he was reading and sees what John was talking about, three assassins that currently had their weapons hidden but since John and Bail were high value targets (John making that distinction after surviving the assassination attempt on Bail and the other Senators) they were taught to recognize assassins quickly and thus John discreetly making sure he was ready to fire while Bail was doing the same. Bail also sent a brief emotional message to Yoda knowing he was the only one close enough to do anything about it. Soon enough the fight was on and it was epic, Bail managed to take out one of the assassins while the other two managed to last long enough for Bail to have to bring out his staff and use it with an efficiency most were surprised about. Fifteen minutes later though it was all over but the paperwork and Bail and John were being forced to the Jedi Temple, not that it took much forcing on Bail's part but John himself simply wanted to go to Bail's secure quarters and stay there for the rest of the day, but he was eventually convinced that the Jedi Temple would be much safer
"Do we know what these assassins wanted?"
"Not yet, but it seems like you're being targeted frequently Senator, this is one of the more blatant attacks on you, other attacks were never noticed by you or your security team because of the fact that we Jedi took care of them first"
"Master Windu, there's no way Palpatine knows about how much I support you and though the greater evil is probably manipulating things as well I get the feeling there's more going on"
"Are you sure you're not Force sensitive enough for training?"
"Yeah, once I remembered I had myself discreetly tested"
"Well looks like we're doing the test again because who knows the bond you have with the others might be affecting your midichlorian count unknowingly, like Senator Skywalker's marriage to Knight Skywalker"
"Speaking of which, Bail how are things with the bond?"
"Silent, but that's to be expected, unless something major happens we try to keep the bond as closed as possible whenever they're on a mission"
"So at most all you can do is tell if they're alive?"
"Yep"
"Another thing we need to discuss with the bond is how you can tell if they're in a Healing trance or not, because let's face it Senator, if you're unsure about their health you neglect yourself"
"I talked with them shortly before the Corellia mission and so far we can't do anything to the bond safely"
"That's just great, fine then we're going to be establishing some rules then in regards to your health and if something happens to them again"
"Master Windu I'm surprised that you mentioned strengthening the bond though, I could have sworn Obi-wan told me that he explained that the bond can't be strengthened before, right after John went down"
"He did, but not only did I forget about that conversation to be honest I really think it would be a good idea if the bond can be strengthened"
"What makes you say that?"
"That's the thing, I'm not sure it's just...this bond seems so useful yet at the same time it's not, at least not for you"
"Master Windu the thing is, I think part of the reason why the bond is different for me is because of the fact that I'm not Force sensitive enough to train. Obviously the Force wants us to have this bond for a reason but it should be different for me because of the fact that quite frankly if it was like a regular Jedi bond my mind wouldn't be able to handle it properly, but I will have the midichlorian test you wanted just to see if they've gone up any since the bond"
Bail then quickly switched to sign language so that the younger Jedi who weren't old enough to be Padawans didn't know what was going on due to the sensitive nature of what he had to mention next
*Windu we also need to discuss Tython with the rest of the Council and soon, because I have something on my planet to do that might effect things that Alderaan currently is doing for the Jedi*
Windu simply nods in acknowledgment so that Bail knew his message had been received and understood then Windu made a surprising suggestion
*Would you be willing to do a test on us soon?*
*What for?*
*Those old enough to fight have been on high alert for a long time now, but at the same time we still think we're safe at the Temple so I was wondering if you would be willing to test and see if we can catch intruders in our Temple, whatever they do so long as it doesn't truly hurt anyone is fine but if they're caught by...sundown then they've failed the test*
*Why sundown? I would think they could enter at any point in time*
*The reason why is because we're giving you a restriction this time, no one is to enter until at least after the noon meal, our hyper awareness seems to be the worst before noon meal and at night though we don't exactly know why*
*Okay I'll let my men know that then*
*In the meantime I'll see when we can convene a Council meeting and you can talk to us then*
*Works for me, oh do you know where Senator Amidala is? I've been trying to catch her at the Senate but I can't seem to be able to*
*Oh that, we sent her to Tython for a bit after a threat on her life while she was on Naboo happened, she should be back soon though*
*Does Anakin know about this?*
*Yes, he was the one who suggested Tython in the first place*
*OK just so he knows, you do not want to get between those two, though I won't and can't get into the reasons why*
*I think I understand why though, Master Kenobi and Knight Skywalker finally gave us the full story of what they remembered shortly before the war actually started*
*Which means you know exactly what happened to the Jedi last time*
*Yes as soon as we discovered that we understood in full why you always looked slightly sad and nostalgic whenever with a Jedi, we also finally understood just why Knight Skywalker was so vigilant in teaching the younger ones about the dangers of the dark side whenever he was in the Temple*
*Not to mention it would have explained the habit those three have and have had since this whole thing began years ago*
*Exactly, we never understood why they activated the rules that stated no one could enter unless invited unless it was an emergency long before they were needed until we fully understood what they were remembering. I actually think Knight Skywalker was slightly worse off than Master Kenobi due to the fact that at least Kenobi got a slight break on Tattooine while Skywalker had zero breaks*
*That's not actually correct Master Windu, even though he might not have been under threat he had to remain vigilant because he never knew exactly when the enemy would show up, it's just lucky it wasn't until Luke was old enough that the Empire found them through the droids I took care of for years*
*Did you really wipe the memory of C3PO?*
*Yes, he's too talkative and in that time line it would have been too risky for him to remember the truth*
*What about this time around?*
*Hopefully all of you will either be on Tython or Ossus so that won't be a problem*
*Makes sense*
They headed to the sparring room because Bail admitted to needing a chance to blow off steam and actually bumped into Plo Koon