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Mr. G., You know what the problems with long-lasting stories are? Yes, the writers are coming up with the most ridiculous plots to stay original. I must say, your series lasted very long… I'll try to keep up, for free of course.
Previous:
We delivered a blow to the Sith, by eliminating Palpatine and his second, we created a power vacuum at the Sith, which enabled the Trade Federation to get out of their grip. That news was enough for hundreds of planets to join them, most of them from the outer and middle Rim. The poor Jedi were dragged into the conflict, they were too much integrated into the system to break free from it.
It is time to meet the other force users, some Mandalorians too… I have to ask Obi-Wan that he fucked that Mandalorian princess, or that my actions changed that.
17 Witch.
Well, we released three… Me's? I's? Alter Ego's? On this Galaxy, The Harry-Me took his job seriously and started integrating himself into the system, acting like some kind of Jarvis, Skynet… Well, a mix of those two, I guess, he is a reflection of myself, if I can't trust him, then I am paranoid to the extreme.
Harry streamlined the immigrants and divided them on the new planets, he balanced the construction of settlements with the inflow of new colonists and provided food and materials to help the colonists get through the first five years. Harry also supervised the start of the economy of those planets, often financing loans to start factories or farms.
It took a load off my girl's back, managing 20 planets was hard enough, now there are over a thousand of them. There is a shortage of pilots for cargo ships building up, so much so that we recruited them from our N2 squadrons.
Gendry-Me solved some of those problems by integrating the N2 Starfighter into a new kind of Cargo ship. It was a medium-sized ship, with extended cargo bays and automated loading and unloading droids. Being able to land on the planet, unlike the Heavy transports, they proved a welcome addition to our fleet. In case of an attack, an automatic defense activates, no, not like those stupid guns from the Millennium Falcon. Mr. Lucas saw too many WWII movies, and that Falcon reflected on that. Nope, ours have an automated targeting system, with decent guns and cannons. The N2 can even disconnect to engage in pursuit if the enemy does a runner.
Graxol, bro-in-law, did good business, he expanded his company and has currently fifty Heavy Transports flying for him. All of his pilots are Twi'leks from his clan, to be on the safe side, we provided him with Magic contracts to let him use the New Hyperdrives. His fleet focused on moving his people and cargo to their new planet.
Dad and Mum-in-law… the Twi'lek ones, retired and enjoyed the pampering from their servants. It must be nice, to retire without money trouble… At what age can I retire? Bloody Yoda is eight centuries old, how old am I going to be? What if I retire at 110 and I live up to 1100? Or, I retire at 110 and kick my bucket at 111? Note to myself, avoid interacting with buckets.
Tan, Shiri's and Aola's little sister, is hitting it off with Gendry, designing new ships for Obi-Me. My other in-laws you ask? Padme kept them busy, they were all active in the Government of the Coalition, each ruling over a section of the new planets.
Well, if you provide the means to travel to new planets, you have the right to claim them for your own. It gave Naboo a serious power boost in the coalition, We were not that greedy though, the other members received a number of planets to manage too.
Anyway, our expansion began to attract the attention of the Republic and Trade Federation, our secret of the higher Hyperspace got out, and soon demands of sharing this technology came from both sides. This started a new wave of immigrants that wanted to live on planets that the Republic and Trade Federation had no access to, more so, the slavers did not have access to our planets, making it a safe haven for small folks.
The downside is that it brought spies and infiltrators, almost every day some got arrested for espionage or sabotaging, soon some of the pilots lost control over their ship when they tried to sell it. The fail safe activated and the ship returned to Naboo, The pilot and buyers, if they were so stupid to seal the deal on the ship, were detained by the droids and delivered to the police force.
Several secret facilities blew up when they tried to disassemble one of our Hyperdrives, we blew the rest of those facilities up, no matter who protested, or where those bases were located. Padme's answer: "Our Hyperdrives are not for sale, and certainly not to be examined by anyone. We will destroy every base that tries to open our Hyperdrive."
That statement went down the wrong way. Soon, a fleet of two thousand ships made their way to Naboo. The Republic showed their new model of Star Destroyers, big mother fucking ships, although, the resemblance with WWII Battleships is obvious. The need to have a top and downside on a Starship makes it clear that Mr. Lucas designer of Spaceship models never made it into Space.
Xxxxx
Admiral Panaka contacted us: "President Amidala, Anakin, what is your view on how we deal with this attack? To be honest, we struck first by destroying their bases, even when they stole our technology, we attacked first."
Padme answered: "Let them arrive and express their intention, our planetary defense system can keep them off long enough for you to intercept them. Harry, Gendry, and Obi are here to act as a buffer."
Panaka nodded: "We can do that, That leaves the big question, Are there Jedi on board of those ships? And if so, how do we deal with them? We helped them in so many ways, Lord Skywalker did more for the Jedi than the Republic ever did, their presence in that fleet would be a slap in our face."
"If they are here to negotiate," I sighed, "we can tolerate their presence, if they are here to fight, they will find out that they haven't learned one percent of what I know. Shiri, contact Aayla Secura and ask her what position the Jedi takes in this conflict."
I looked at Padme and commented: "This could be a prophecy coming to an end, the chosen one, me, being to cause to bring balance in the Force, sadly enough by destroying the Jedi. I hope it won't be, being a chosen one sucks balls.'
"We have five hundred defense platforms in reserve," said Rabé, "we can deploy them before the fleet arrives. With those extra platforms, we can keep that fleet under control even without the help of Admiral Panaka. I even suggest that Admiral Panaka moves his fleet to Coruscant, and arrives at the same time as the Republic fleet arrives at Naboo." Suggested Rabé, my, she has a mean streak, doesn't she?
"That is actually a good idea," said Padma, "It will send a strong message, what are your thoughts, Admiral?"
"It can go both ways, President Amidala," answered Panaka, "It depends on the timing of our arrival, I think between twenty minutes to an hour after the Republic Fleet arrives at Naboo. That will give them time to open negotiations, if they are here to talk, we can continue in Hyperspace and pass unnoticed over Coruscant. If they open fire, we can do a counterattack on the fleet that is stationed at Coruscant, even fire some at the Senate, to make our point."
"While you are at it, if the Jedi are involved in the attack, a few blasts to the building of the high council of the Jedi will send a message too," I added. Attack us you do? Kick your ass we will."
"Aayla answered me," reported Shiri, "The council is divided, most of the traditionalists are for supporting the Republic, to maintain stability in the Galaxy they say. Most of them are on the Fleet that is on the way to Naboo. The Jedi that are for change relocated to their new planet and the Agri Corps planet. They are taking a neutral stance though. She did promise to negotiate with the traditionalists to avoid a conflict with the Coalition."
Padme sighed: "I call for a meeting with the leaders of the coalition, and propose these solutions. These are decisions we can not take alone, we have four days time before the fleet arrives here, so two days to come to a decision. Panaka, prepare the Fleet just in case. We will deploy the defense platforms, also just in case."
Xxxxx
Our backdoor diplomacy failed, Aayla could not convince their Masters to change their view. Well, we tried.
The Fleet arrived at Naboo, I must say, a hundred Galaxy Class Star Destroyers are a sight to behold. The leading Admiral of that fleet is Jace Dallin, a war veteran with several battles on his name, with his Jedi Minders Mace Windu and Plo Koon. The fleet formed into formation and entered the solar system.
Padme contacted the fleet: "Good day, commander of the Republican Fleet, can you tell us the purpose of this unannounced visit?"
Admiral Dallin responded: "Good day, President Amidala, We came here in response to your attacks on our science facilities. As compensation for those attacks, we demand the new Hyperdrive technology that you developed."
Padme raised her eyebrow: "Ah? And you need a Fleet of two thousand ships to ask that? Well, we are sending the technology to you now."
Ten minutes later the Admiral came back: "President Amidala, these data are not for the New Hyperdrive. We demand the proper ones!"
Padme answered: "Admiral, you should be content with what you got, these plans of your own Hyperdrives were improved by our future husband Lord Skywalker. It will increase your speed by 10% and reduce fuel by 25%. Our own Hyperdrives, however, explode when someone tries to open them up. To make certain our Hyperdrive stays our secret, we destroyed the base of those thieves…"
Padme looked puzzled: "Admiral? Are you suggesting that your government stole our Hyperdrives? We assumed that we destroyed pirate bases. If we knew the Republic were the thieves, that stole our Hyperdrives, instead of some stealing scum, we would have protested first. We didn't know that the Republic lowers themselves to become some common thieves."
She shook her head: "I honestly thought the Huts were behind it and tried to frame The Republic. Tell me Admiral, what are your orders? This is just a big misunderstanding after all."
That took the wind out of his sails, Dallin looked embarrassed aside to Mace Windu for support, Mace said: "Those new Hyperdrives create an unbalance in the Force, sharing this technology with us will bring the balance back. A small minority possessing superior technology will cause envy and eventually wars. It is in the best interest of the Galaxy to share it."
I held my hand up and interrupted: "So, Master Windu, when are you going to disband the Jedi? After all, you are a minority with superior power, compared with the common people you are in possession of something that causes envy and wars. The Jedi bring unbalance in the Galaxy, don't you agree?"
Before they could answer, Padma asked: "So, Master Windu, do we have to share this technology with the Trade Federation too? For keeping the Balance of course."
Admiral Dallin got his wits back online: "This Hyperdrive is a danger for the Republic, we demand to hand it over or we use force to get it. We don't like to use force but we will if we have to. Please don't force our hands, President Amidala."
Padme looked at me and sighed: "It looks like we have to deal with it the hard way, Ani."
I shrugged: "What can they possibly do? Admiral Dallin, contact Coruscant, our own Fleet must have arrived there yet, you better ask for new orders, because if you attack us, your Senators won't like the results."
Admiral Dallin smiled: "We anticipated a counterattack, President Amidala, we are prepared to go all out. Now, this is your last chance to comply. No? We will speak later, President." The tosser disconnected.
Padme spoke up: "Did you hear it Panaka? Go for it. Harry, Gendry, Obi, you may engage the enemy."
That started a surprise attack, on every Galaxy Class Star Destroyer, two or three Gundams uncloaked when they opened fire on the bridge. They sneaked inside the force fields when the Star Destroyers came out of Hyperspace and before they raised their shields. Preparation wins wars, of the hundred Galaxy Class Star Destroyers 84 got their bridge blasted to pieces, as I said, Those Starships resemble Navy Battleships too much, why do they need a bridge that stands out like a zit on a pretty face?
Anyway, we did our homework, and stole their shield frequencies, I know, accusing someone of stealing and doing it ourselves? We didn't get caught, they did. After a bit of jamming and our Gundams pushed Foton Torpedoes up their ass, that took care of the rest of the Galaxy Class Star Destroyers.
My alter ego's got in action, Gendry's newest invention is already paying off, Inspired by the TV show SG1, he adjusted the Photon Torpedoes to fade out of this dimension until they hit their target. What was left was a turkey shoot. A Gemino spell on the torpedoes gave an unlimited supply of ammo, launching it in stealth, always on the move, made it seem as if the ships exploded on their own.
The enemy launched their Starfighters to intercept Harry, Gendry, and Obi, half of the force made a run to the planet, to break through our defense and have a chance to turn the tide. The moment three-quarters of the fighters got in range, the defense platforms got in action, more than twenty thousand Starfighters found out the hard way what our defense platforms are capable of. The only ones that got through were the Jedi, fifty of them made it to the Theed.
Harry broke his attack off and rushed to Naboo's capital City Theed, while Gendry and Obi mopped the rest of the fleet up. The Gundams and my alter egos made a scrap yard of this Fleet, relentlessly they tore through the formation. With nothing to target, the enemy made potshots, hoping to hit something, while their numbers dwindled down fast. Ten minutes later, the last two hundred ships made a run for it, abandoning their Starfighters.
In the meantime, Harry folded his Space gear away and landed at the city square in front of the Jedi, you know the Hero pose? On one knee and a fist making a dent in the concrete? Thor does it all the time, and it looks awesome! Harry made a big impression too.
"Master Jedi?" He asked, "Why are you here? Don't tell me you want to storm the palace to force my Mistress to hand over our Hyperdrive?"
Mace Windu lighted his saber: "It is the only way to keep balance, droid, now, move aside or get dismantled."
Harry gave his darkest chuckle, he trained it especially for these occasions: "Foolish idiots, do you really think my Mistress is in the Palace? Or even on this planet? But," as he lighted his own light sabers, "I am curious how good you are with those glowing sticks. Come at me and try to dismantle me. Mind you, the ones that try to pass me will die."
That started an impressive battle, Harry radiated an Anti Force field that negated all the Force powers, but nothing worked on him, while he mowed one Jedi after another down with brute strength, without killing them, only the ones that avoided the fight to invade the castle got shot down.
"Not bad at all for Meatbags," taunted Harry, while he broke some ribs with a kick, "You have to trust the Force more, that would have told you that resistance is futile… nope, that is the wrong franchise… Meh, it works here too. It would have told you to stay the fuck away from my Mistresses!"
Mace Windu growled: "The force needs balance! That is why we are here! The Force told us so!"
"Aye, I suppose it did." Harry said, "Which probably means that you have to die here to get that balance. Be honest, Meatbag, Your fleet is done for, the battle is lost, what the fuck are you fighting for? Did you forget Geonosis? Master Anakin saved your asses there and this is how you repay him?"
That moment, Gendry and Obi did their Thor entry, Harry commented: "Dudes, you ruined my style! I already did entry nr1! You should have used Entries 2 and 3.
Obi grumbled: "I said Dibs on Nr1 Harry, so you can not complain about it, and you should have gone easier on the Meatbags, you know how fragile they are, now there are not twenty left for us."
"Yeah, scram, and make room for us," added Gendry, "We want to have fun too… hey! I recognize you! The black one without hair, Hammer Wind, isn't it?"
"No, Gendry, it is Mace Windu," commented Harry, "Well guys, have fun, I'll take the stragglers."
Gendry and Obi played with the Jedi until they were exhausted, unnoticed I came closer, when only Windu was left standing, I stopped the fight by turning his saber into a rubber chicken, that gag never gets old. Panting, he stood up and looked defiant at me.
I shrugged and said: "Very brave of you Master Windu, fighting to the last man, tell me, how many of your friends would have survived this fight if you surrendered when Obi and Gendry joined the fight? Ah, I understand, you don't have friends, do you?"
With a gesture, all the Lightsabers flew to my side: "I suggest not to resist, Windu, so our medics can put your underlings in Bacta tanks. Although I am surprised Yoda didn't come along, where is he? Did he finally understand the balance, or is he still sucking Republic dicks? Well, maybe you have to die to get balance in the force."
On my sign, the medics rushed in, from the fifty Jedi, 38 were still alive, four or five won't survive transport, do I feel guilty? Not one bit, if he surrendered when it was hopeless, then only a few would have died.
Xxxxx
Panaka encountered more resistance, the defense fleet expected his arrival and went all out on his ships, the Gundams that were attached to the outer hull detached and went into Hyperspace, after a micro-jump, they turned and Jumped at the back of the enemy fleet in full stealth. The concentrated fire took care of twenty ships, although with such a big Fleet, those numbers are minimal.
Gendry only had time to upgrade the Photon torpedoes of the flagship of Admiral Panaka, ten Torpedo launchers, spit a torpedo out every five seconds, focusing on the heavy hitters. The results were devastating, every torpedo was targeted at the engine section, and an explosion inside a ship is worse than one outside against the armor plating. Hence, every five seconds ten ships kicked a bucket.
Both fleets released their Starfighters and engaged in close combat, six of ours sneaked to the planet and delivered their message, The roof of the Senate was blown off, so was the meeting room of the Jedi Council. This caused a massive panic, it was centuries ago that an attack on the Senate succeeded. Moreover, they broke the attack off and showed they were merciful, they could easily destroy both buildings, that they didn't was a sign of strength.
The enemy Starfighters had it hard, their targeting system couldn't lock on, and once they were in pursuit of one, they broke their attack off and went into full stealth. Then the process restarted, sneak up on an enemy, blast him to pieces, and stealth again. It was not as easy as it looked like, doing a dogfight with invisible Spaceships is dangerous, the copilot had to watch out for friendly fire and collisions.
The hit-and-run tactics paid off, the enemy fighters got decimated, although they could not give up, doing so would deliver the planet to our mercy. Not that we wanted that, on Panaka's command, half of the fighters collected the escape pods of the shipwrecks. When every life sign was out of the shipwreck, focused explosives destroyed all the classified technology.
Panaka sent a message to the other flagship: "We are retreating, stop your fire or we stay until every ship of yours is done for, then we will pay a visit to the planet. Your choice."
Ten seconds later the fighting stopped. Panaka collected the survivors of the lost ships, the Starfighters did the same, including destroying the broken-down N2s.
Panaka gave the Senate and the Fleet Admiral a last message: "If you try to steal our secrets again, we will destroy the facility, no matter who or what you are. We don't want this to escalate, it is only helping the Trade Federation, but we will not bow down to anyone. Goodbye."
Xxxxx
It was a crushing victory, a total of 3210 Fleet ships destroyed and countless Starfighters. We captured fifty Jedi and gave the Republic not a slap in their face, but an uppercut that they will remember for a long time. We lost about 150 Ships, 50 of them could be towed with us. Losing ships and men hurt, but compared with the Republic Fleet, we were spotless.
Yoda contacted me: "Destroyed the fleet you did, what happened to my fellow Jedi, I know not. Feel them in the Force I do. Prisoners of you they are?"
I nodded: "In the Bacta tank they are, fighting like mindless droids, they did, causing the death of ten Jedi, they have. Idiots they are. Judged by my fiancee they will."
I glared at Yoda: "This is the last time, little green man, once more and your order will cease to exist. You overstayed your welcome with this stunt of yours, now fuck off."
Padme made quick work of the Jedi, they got dropped off on a planet close to their new one, just that it only could be reached through higher Hyperspace. Dropped without Lightsabers and without any technology with food for a year and tools to farm, they can play Agri Corps. Yep, situations like these start Adam and Eve legends. A few defense platforms will keep the baddies away... The male-to-female ratio is kind of fucked, four males to one female… Meh, they are monks, if not, they can go bugger themselves.
Xxxxx
Obi reported: "I have news about the Dathomir witch Ventress, She is dabbling in the Dark side, I'd better fetch her. We can't depend on Canon anymore, still, she can be useful if I remember it right she has some Sith Holocrons.
