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NA 1: This is a translation from Spanish. Before, I used to upload the translation from Google Translate, but I found this one and it seems better to me. Please comment to let me know what you think.
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NA3: También he publicado el original en español, ya pueden leerlo.
Star Wars Xión 8
As you guessed, Anakin was dragged into the Clone Wars. There he made a name for himself. The old Anakin was called the fearless hero, but he was called the one-man army, because he swept entire battlefields of droids by himself.
Away from the Jedi, and with the sporadic cooperation of a few allies, he was able to train with the Force as he pleased, though he never touched the dark side skills, as they were not needed. The Jedi skills were already OP on their own, they just had to be used properly.
Thus a year passed, in which he had retaken some planets for the Republic, while losing many others. The numbers of the Separatist armies were too many for the clone army, and their number of ships was double in almost every battle, so the Republic was forced to muster two fleets to take on only one of the Separatists, leading to the fact that most of the time it was the Separatists who decided the battlefields.
Anakin could wreak havoc with the droid armies, but those were short battles, as his power was not unlimited, and he only used it strategically. On the other hand, in space battles, he was very limited, for the ships he was assigned were standard, and he would not waste his time upgrading a ship that Palpatine could decommission. He was waiting for the right time to play his cards, and that right time was coming now.
Anakin knew this because after a year, he had finally identified an object from Xion's memories, and that something was a name: the planet Christophsis. It rang a bell, and he knew he had reached a point where his memories of the future would be useful to him, and also one where he could strike his second blow at Palpatine's plans.
The timing was also ideal, because in the face of the Separatists' numbers, the Senate, guided by Palpatine, wanted to increase the size of the military, manufacturing more ships and creating more clones. If he allowed it, Palpatine's power would increase, and so would his influence, because the center of this war was the neutral worlds that Dooku was invading to reclaim his forces, and the Republic had to run to confront them so that his army would not grow.
-General, is something wrong? Asked Admiral Yularen, a member of a wealthy family who had Palpatine's support and who, thanks to Palpatine, was assigned to the Venator-class destroyer as admiral.
Which did not mean that he was not efficient, because he had experience in command and was one of the few people who supported Anakin's way of thinking about the Republic and the need for a capable military, which would have prevented the Clone Wars.
People like Yularen saw in Palpatine the opportunity for a new order for the Republic, and so they approached him, duped by his words and his false political stance.
-Something is strange," Anakin said sincerely.
The situation he was in now, facing eight Separatist ships blockading the planet Christophsis, with three Venators, was common, and he saw it every day. It was very rare when they had an even battle. The strange thing about this was the enemy leader, which Anakin knew, because he kept abreast of the entire situation in this war. This enemy commander was also in Xion's memories, so he paid special attention to his story.
The commander in question was a humanoid spider, so he was an emblematic character in Xion's memories, making a great impression. The problem was that he didn't remember him appearing at the beginning of the story….
"The chronological order," the Force interjected. Xion's memories were not in the correct order, and some things happened earlier than he remembered and others much later. When Xion saw the story, he was a teenager and didn't pay much attention to this, but when he was older, he read that the series was not in chronological order.
Anakin blinked. He wondered if his goal would also be affected by this, because he couldn't wait, the time was now. If he waited any longer, Palpatine, who was in trouble because Padmé had so much political support, would regain his advantage and he would have nothing to support her…
Anakin shook his head in his mind, for the admiral already viewed him with concern. He would have to leave his plans for another time.
-Our opponent is Admiral Trench," Anakin said.
The humanoid spider was known for his efficiency and ruthlessness in battle, and Xion remembered that he survived his first confrontation. What he didn't remember was how Anakin defeated him. It seemed that more important to Xion was the character than his purpose or plot.
Admiral Yularen tensed. He had his own history with Trench, who was a war criminal.
-General, Admiral Trench cannot be underestimated. We must withdraw and wait for reinforcements," Admiral Yularen advised. Anakin smiled.
-Move forward and open fire! -Anakin ordered.
The old Anakin nearly killed this spider in their first confrontation, and he considered himself a thousand times superior. There was no way he couldn't discover its weak spot. Anything the old Anakin could do, he could do better.
Two hours later, his three Venator cruisers needed repairs, and Anakin had a twitch in his eye as he looked at an arrow-shaped ship in front of him.
-Anakin, calm down. We'll deal with Trench later. The priority now is to deliver supplies to Senator Organa, who is trapped on Christophsis," Obi-Wan advised, sensing his anger, embarrassment and much humiliation.
Obi-Wan had arrived half an hour ago, bringing with him another Venator and this arrow-shaped ship that would serve them to break through enemy lines and deliver supplies and troops.
"Xion you freakin' freak, I shit on you! Fanboy, retarded, subnormal, how the hell could you forget about a ship that could turn invisible?", Anakin shouted in his mind in anger, shame and humiliation.
When he saw the ship appear in front of him in the cargo hold of Obi-Wan's ship, Anakin understood how the Anakin in Xion's memories almost killed the spider.
In no reality was there any chance that they would put a ship with stealth capabilities in his hands, and he would use it to deliver supplies. But he had spent over an hour racking his brain and feeling ashamed of himself at the thought that the dumb version of him could take care of the humanoid spider and he couldn't find a weakness. That had been the biggest humiliation he had suffered so far. Just now he felt twice as humiliated and twice as stupid as before.
Anakin took a deep breath and, with all the reluctance in the universe, pushed his emotions into the Force. He wanted to kill the witnesses to his humiliation, but he himself was the witness and could only cry and curse Xion for ignoring everything else by keeping an eye on the humanoid spider.
"Watch me crush your spider shit!" chided Anakin in his mind before releasing the last remnants of his anger towards the Force.
-I'm calm now," Anakin said calmly. -I'll take care of the supplies," he added.
-Anakin, I know you, you're planning something," Obi-Wan accused.
-Master, don't accuse random people, I assure you that those supplies will reach their destination without any problem. Keep in mind that as you speak, Senator Organa languishes on Christophsis," Anakin warned, beginning to give orders to load the supplies as quickly as possible.
…
-Anakin! -Obi-Wan chided as Anakin steered the stealth ship toward Admiral Trench's ship.
-We'll get as close to his bridge as we can," Anakin said after shutting down communications.
Admiral Yularen, who had decided to accompany him, sighed. This was not the first time they had worked together, and he was used to Anakin ignoring ninety percent of the Council's orders.
-General, the torpedoes we have won't be able to penetrate the shields of Admiral Trench's ship," Admiral Yularen warned. They also had a few cannons, but if the torpedoes didn't work, it was worse to mention the cannons.
-Right now, their shields are down, this is a surprise attack," Anakin explained.
-General, the shields will go up as soon as they see us, because to fire we will need to turn off the cloak," replied the admiral.
-We'll fire when we're within a few meters of the bridge. They won't have time to activate the shields," Anakin explained.
-General, if we do that, we'll die with the enemy! -Admiral Yularen exclaimed in alarm.
-We'll be fine, and we're not going to fire torpedoes," said Anakin and raised his hand to stop the conversation.
He began to plot a course to the bridge of the enemy ship, while R2, which Padmé had given him for saving her life on Geonosis and the reputation of the Republic, questioned his methods.
The admiral was busy thinking about what he planned to do if he wasn't going to fire missiles when, about a hundred meters from the bridge of the enemy ship, he blinked, looking at his back.
-What about his backpack?
Four energy beams were fired from the front of his stealth ship, hitting the enemy bridge: two vertically and two horizontally. The cut was clean and produced no explosion, it looked like the cut of a lightsaber. The humanoid spider and its bridge were split into four pieces, along with all the droids that were there. The decompression explosions began when his ship was already nearly half a kilometer away.
"There's your spider shit, you brainless freak," Anakin insulted, as a thought came to his mind, reminding him that he was just one spider of a whole species. Anakin had a small twitch in his eye, but dismissed his feelings forcefully, he was in no mood to fight. He activated communications and called Obi-Wan.
-"Master, we've had some technical problems and lost control of the ship, which was headed straight for the bridge of the enemy flagship. Fortunately, I had been prepared and integrated my four death stars into the hull, so we were able to get rid of the obstacle without any mishap.
"Don't worry, we'll bypass the blockade without a hitch and won't lose a second in turnaround time. By the way, unfortunately, the enemy admiral was on that bridge, so he has passed away," Anakin explained. The hologram of Obi-Wan put his hand to his face.
-Anakin, just deliver the supplies and return to bring reinforcements," he said in a depressed tone. There were still seven Separatist ships blocking the way and they only had four ships.
The remaining ships had also seen what happened to the spider and would not lower their shields as long as his fleet was still there. That was good for them because they could wait a couple of days and attack them when their shields had discharged. The attack on the spider had done a hundred times more damage to this blockade than the original Anakin, as it should have.
As Anakin pulled away, the Separatist ships fired their blaster cannons all over the place looking for him, but hit nothing. From the beginning, the ships' aim was poor, and Anakin had proven it with his own ships, which missed seventy percent of the shots. The targeting system on the capital ships was garbage, and Anakin had already come up with his own system for when he got his own capital ship.
…
Anakin dropped off supplies and then returned with reinforcements, taking out Senator Organa, who was leading the defense to stop the Separatist invasion and was replaced by him and Obi-Wan.
…
A day later, Anakin frowned as he found himself in another situation that Xion remembered that was again happening earlier than it should have according to his memories. It was another story that was not in chronological order and was also occurring on this planet. Anakin wondered how many events that Xion remembered were occurring on this planet.
Anakin opened communication with Obi-Wan. They had landed reinforcements, broken through the blockade and deployed their forces on the planet thanks to the stealth ship. Now they were preparing an ambush for a battalion of droids, but as he watched them leave and observed the tower where Obi-Wan waited, a memory came to his mind, along with a warning of danger from the Force.
-Master, it's a trap. There's an army of droids moving up to your floor. Get out of there," Anakin reported.
Obi-Wan asked nothing and left his post, climbing with his clones to the roof of the building while he called for an aerial rescue. Anakin wasted no time and broke the glass of the building where he was, throwing wires and being followed by the clones to Obi-Wan's building to accompany him to the roof and escape from the place when his rescue arrived. A few droids began to come out onto the rooftop and watched the ship move away in confusion.
Obi-Wan sighed and then grimaced as he looked at Anakin.
-Someone gave away our ambush," Anakin explained. He knew it was a clone, but he didn't know which one, and these ones were pretty good at hiding their emotions, so he would have to concentrate to look for him, though it wouldn't be a difficult thing to do now that he knew what he was looking for either.
Obi-Wan frowned as Anakin looked at the clones and exerted the Force over their minds.
-Anakin! -Obi-Wan warned, indicating to him that this was going outside the Jedi rules. It was not forbidden, but it was close.
-Master, I'm reasonably certain that one of the soldiers with us has given away our position," Anakin said. As Obi-Wan blinked and the clone troopers tensed, Anakin reached out and stopped one of them with the Force. He only assumed the traitor was with them because in Xion's memories, one of them was wounded in the interrogations.
-Slick," Anakin said with a grimace. This sergeant had accompanied him on several operations and was an outstanding soldier. Slick growled and let his hatred show.
-The Jedi are just slavers, and you are no different from them," Slick snarled.
-Slick! -Anakin raised his free hand to interrupt Rex, and stop any conversation.
-Rex, cuff him and take him to a cell as soon as we get back to base," Anakin ordered, and three clones restrained Slick. No one said anything for the rest of the trip, and Anakin went to meditate as soon as they reached the base.
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