This is going to be a blast.
Naruto's Kom'rk-class jumped out of hyperspace and slowly approached Malachor V.
Malachor V was nothing more than a waste land of a planet. Once home to a Sith Stronghold, it was reduced to a cracked and twisted wasteland thanks to the Mass Shadow Generator that was used in the times of the Old Republic. Even with the planet, and the system as a whole, left in such a...dead...state, he could still feel the Dark Side of the Force oozing out of Malachor V.
He suspected that the planet being a second home for the Sith caused the planet to be bathed in the Dark Side, and the use of the Mass Shadow Generator, a Super weapon that Forced gravity to fold within itself, creating an anomaly so large it simply tore apart and smashed together the planet itself. left the planet in such a state. Korriban was just like it, only there was no Mass Shadow Generator. Because Korriban was considered the home of the Sith, it is far more powerful with the Dark Side then Malachor V. He was, however, looking for something else.
"There." He said in his mind as he spotted an old and decrepit heavily damaged Mandalorian battlecruiser. It was falling apart, but he was surprised to find it still in semi decent condition. Putting on his space gear, he opened the cockpit of his fighter and made his way towards the battlecruiser. Once entering it, he started to search the bridge all the while feeling the Dark Side trying to seduce him, but he ignored it as he kept on searching and then when he reached the bridge, he found what he was looking for.
"With this, Mandalore will truly be reborn." He thought.
After finding what he needed, he began to look around taking in the similarities between this warship and those of his time. After looking around for half an hour he surprisingly found a working data slate, taking it up and looking through its information his jaw dropped.
The Data slate held the cargo of this ship and multiple other ships around the planet, and what they held.
Would change the war. It would reburn that memory of the Mandalorian crusades into the mind of the galaxy.
Mandalore a few hours later:
"Sir, we have a problem." A Clone reported to the newly promoted Admiral Cunningham as he looked over the large fleet of former Droid and Republic Ships, they were now the 1st Mandalorian Fleet. The tip of the spear, the cream of the figurative crop.
"What's wrong?" Cunningham questioned. Everything was going well for now.
"Two Fleets had entered the System. One of Separatists and the second is the Republic, both are large." The Clone reported. Cunningham raised an eyebrow. Were the Republic and Separatists working as one to stop Mandalore?
"Have the Fleet take planetary defensive formation; we won't let a single troop transport through our defence." Cunningham stated as the two hostile fleets approached from two different directions.
"Enemy fighters are heading our way...there has to be about at least a thousand of them!" Another Clone reported as the swarm of fighters, mixed with bombers could be seen.
"Do not fear. Intensify the forward shields, launch our fighters. Order the fleet to slowly start to reverse into the planet's atmosphere, the planetary shield will keep us safe. We need to give the planetary guns time to fire." Cunningham ordered as all available fighters launched.
It was strange.
Since the start of the war, they had fought the Droid army, and now they were fighting alongside them. He watched as fighters from both sides began to engage each other as laser blasts were lighting up the dark space like fireworks. He noticed that the enemy fleets were getting closer and closer to him and to each other. Then, the Separatists were the first to snap their Fleet angling and opened fire at the Republic Fleet.
The Republic fired back, spurned by the idiocy of the separatists and soon they both started to engage each other. Throwing blasts back and forth.
"I guess we should count ourselves lucky, it seems like they've started to fight with each other. Have some of our Droid frigates take up a flanking position and hold. Bring the rest of the Fleet to a halt." He ordered as six Droid frigates began to move right of the Fleet. As the two Fleets got closer and closer, the six frigates started to appear as if they were almost behind the two Fleets.
"Good, now then, have the Fleet push forward, fire and will." He ordered as the rest of the Fleet began to head straight into the battle and began to unleash barrage after barrage of turbo lasers at the two Fleets. Some of the smaller ships tried to retreat, but the six frigates stopped them. The battle went on and on, and the hostile Fleets started to take heavy damage. Soon, the command cruisers began to turn around, a fraction of the troop transports held next to them.
"Sir, a few of the enemy ships are warming up their Hyperdrive, they are trying to escape." A Clone reported.
"Let them go, we need to conserve our forces." Cunningham ordered as the few enemy command cruisers jumped away. The rest of the two Fleets tried to escape, but many of them were destroyed and some of them surrendered. The battle was over and the winner was Mandalore once again. He quickly began to order the Fleet back into formation and recalled the fighters. The enemy was broken and now would think twice when they attack Mandalore. Not to mention that the Republic and separatists suffered heavy losses.
"Sir, we have unknown ships exiting out of Hyperspace!" A Clone Officer yelled out, another attack again and so soon? Turning around to look out the bridge, he spotted about 50 ships jump out of hyperspace. They were a multitude of strange looking ships.
Some were about 800 metres long and looked very much like Republic attack cruisers. However, the difference was that the ship was split down the centre with two hangers in the end. Others however, looked more bulbous they were built vertically up and were shaped like the ancient letter P some he recognised as the hammerhead cruisers of the old republic while others were shaped like the CIS cruisers only larger and had a range of rings surrounded the rear of the ship.
"Sir, we have an incoming transmission from the unknown Fleet." A Clone Officer reported.
"Put it through." Cunningham ordered.
"Admiral Cunningham..." Naruto's voice echoed through the bridge as he bowed.
"My Lord." he said with a bow.
"Do not fear my friend. The Fleet before you is an old Fleet that once belonged to an ancient Empire as well as our ancient ancestors." Naruto said as Rommel raised an eyebrow.
"If I may ask my Lord, what is the class of those ships?" Cunningham questioned as Naruto nodded.
"These ships are all Harrower-class dreadnoughts" he pointed to the dagger shaped ships, "the others are old Mandalorian designs used in the great hyperspace blockade; They are old, meaning they are inferior to many of today's ships; however, modified and they will make for good hit-and-run tactics." Naruto explained.
"Really? It's like the Republic Cruisers are based off of their designs..." Rommel commented, their wedge-like shape looked very similar to Republic Cruisers.
"Within the Hammerheads there are some fighter schematics I took a look at, they're called xc-01-star sabres, high pursuit interceptors and they're as fast as anything we have now." Naruto told him, Cunningham's eyes flashing with the possibilities
"I found this old Fleet during my journey. The ships were abandoned, and many are in poor condition. They will need repairs before they are battle worthy." Naruto stated to which Cunningham nodded, those ships looked like they were going to fall any second.
"Wait, how did you get them all here?" Cunningham questioned. If those ships were unmanned, how was he able to get them all to get here?
"Simple, I was able to rewire their navigation computers to my personal ship and was able to control every ship manually through my ship. It was easy to do since the navigation computers on these ships are very simple as they are outdated by quite a bit. Speaking of outdated, we will also need to rearm these ships and modernise them." Naruto said as he nodded again in understanding.
"Very well, I shall have the ships sent to the appropriate shipyards to carry out the repairs and refitting." Cunningham said with a bow.
"By the way, why are there a whole bunch of destroyed ships floating around?" Naruto questioned as Cunningham sighed and face palmed .
"Well, you see..."
With the Republic:
"We sustained heavy losses. Most Our transports were wiped out, along with many of our Cruisers. A few of our Command Cruisers and a handful of our transports escaped." Anakin reported with a fallen look on his face.
The second battle to liberate Mandalore was by far the worst battle the Republic navy had participated in. Not a single enemy ship was destroyed or damaged, and the losses on their sides were massive.
"We lost well over 23,000 Clone Troopers. Not only that, but it appears the Separatists were also trying to take Mandalore for themselves, on the same day no less. They engaged us as soon as we were in range." Obi Wan reported as he stood next to Anakin.
"Unacceptable, these losses are. Losing more troopers, we cannot afford." Yoda commented as everyone nodded. With portions of the Republic Navy and Clone army switching sides, the Republic was on thin ice when it came to manpower. As such, many smaller systems and worlds were abandoned, left to fend for themselves. Allowing either the separatists or New Mandalorians to snap them up.
"We have to retake Mandalore at all cost. We cannot allow former padawan Naruto to gain any more time than he has already achieved. If he is able to consolidate his forces and gain allies, he could become a threat greater than the Separatists." Mace Windu stated. He was adamant in regaining Mandalore.
"Master Windu is correct. Mandalore lies in a strategically important position, having access to many hyperspace lanes. We cannot allow the Mandalorians to use the hyperspace lanes for their own advantage. We must mount another assault on Mandalore. It is imperative that we demolish this new Mandalore before he can gain any more support. " Chancellor Palpatine stated as Kenobi shook his head.
"With all due respect, we have lost many ships and men, both of which could have been better spent on strengthening our frontlines. The largest enemy we have to face is the Separatists. I fear that they are growing stronger due to the Republic leaving many systems." Kenobi stated as they all nodded at that.
Separatists:
General Grievous growled as he slammed his fist onto one of his loyal Droids. The mission was a complete failure. The battle for Mandalore was lost before his ships could even fire a shot at the Mandalorian Fleet. Having been crippled by the republic fleet he'd engaged.
"Damn you Kenobi! GRAHH!" Grievous growled. If only that Republic Fleet wasn't there, then he would have crushed those Mandalorians!
"General Grievous..." If Grievous could still roll his eyes, he would have. He turned around to find the hologram of Dooku.
"Count, what do you want?" Grievous questioned. He was not in a good mood. Dooku narrowed his eyes and released a bit of his Force, the pressure pulling down on Grievous' large form. Grievous backed down. He was strong, but he wasn't foolish.
"How did the battle go?" The Count questioned as Grievous gulped, if he could have that is.
"We lost the battle." Grievous answered slowly as he could feel the building pressure. The Count was angry.
"How?" He questioned as Grievous gave him all the details about the battle. Dooku sighed. He wasn't expecting the Republic to attack at the same time.
"It doesn't matter for now. Your job now is to take the systems the Republic left. There are untold riches we can extract from them. Destroy and enslave, then we shall look again to Mandalore." Dooku said before he ended the transmission. Grievous growled once more. Indeed, Grievous wasn't a happy general.
With Naruto:
"I see..." Naruto trailed off as he stared into the nothingness of space. He closed his eyes and took in a deep breath. Stretching his mind into the force he began to strategize.
"The Separatist will try again, but not anytime soon. However, the Republic will try again. Therefore, we must put a stop to them. I have chosen the planet Taanab to be our first target. The Republic will defend this planet as it feeds countless core and mid-core systems. It is the source of trillions of inhabitants. Taking it will cut off the supply of food for many core and mid-core systems. The Republic and the Separatists will be forced to come to the negotiation table as many of their allied systems will revolt as a result of starvation." Naruto said as Cunningham nodded.
"It would bring a quick end to the war, not to mention that the Republic has lost much of its Fleet. I suggest we also start capturing or destroying trade convoys. That will speed up things. Not to mention the large fleet harbour at Ord cassus we can attack that and cripple the Republic's fleet arm in the Mid Rim." Cunningham suggested as Naruto nodded. He knew that Mandalore at its current state could not withstand a full-scale invasion from both sides. He needed to at least get the second wave of his forces
"By the way, did you find the armour?" Cunningham questioned as Naruto grinned a bit and walked away. Cunningham raised his eyebrow. Did he miss something?
With Naruto a few Hours Later:
Naruto had called for a speech as people gathered in the massive courtyard below the platform that he would stand on to give his speech. The warships defending Mandalore were filled with Clones and Mandalorians alike, looking at small screens, trying to catch a glimpse of the coming speech. Naruto however was dressing up, in the armour of his ancestor. Bo whistled as she watched him put on the gold and crimson armour.
"I have to say, I have only known about that armour through its legend, but actually seeing it, well, it looks a lot more frightening and powerful." She commented, dressed in her own Mandalorian battle armour. She was his personal bodyguard and that was shown through the red and black colouring of her armour.
"Yes, when I found it, it was shrouded in Dark Energy. This armour is not your average armour; it is a symbol, a symbol that represents the might of Mandalore and the Mandalorian people." He spoke. He was about to put his helmet on but was stopped by Bo. He looked at her as she smiled and closed in for a quick kiss.
"For luck." She said as she let go of his hand. He nodded with a small smile and put on his helmet. Bo followed his example as she slid her helmet on. With that, the two proceeded to walk out on to the large platform, where many other guards waited for them. Naruto walked forward. The crowd silenced themselves and waited for their leader to begin his speech.
"People of Mandalore..." He began, his voice altered a bit due to the mask.
"For too long you have been shunned, oppressed, and conquered by those who feared you! We were once proud people! Our warriors, the best of the best. our people the bravest of the brave but look at us now! Reduced to nothing more than peace loving fools that would welcome the enemy rather than resist! You all know of the Death Watch, a group of fanatics who seized power to rule over you with an iron fist! They existed and they were allowed to exist due to the Duchess!" he paused for a moment the sun reflecting off of his golden armour, making him seem almost Godlike.
"At one point, our ships blocked the Hydian way, the republic feared and respected us. The Jedi could not compete, and what did they do? They bomb Mandalore itself, they tear our planet apart reducing us to living in domes like a group of rodents."
He spoke as people murmured and nodded alone. Why was Death Watch not eliminated? The old government was well aware of them.
"Are we so weak that we allow other powers to push us around? Have we not been humiliated enough in the many centuries that have passed since our fall from glory? How much of our territory was stolen away from us, given away to other systems to prevent Mandalore from becoming a great power?! When will you rise up and say no more?" He questioned as people began to shout and agree with him. Mandalore had suffered enough from the major powers and neighbouring systems! He took a while, looking at the crowd of people. Then pointed towards his armour.
"This armour was once a great symbol of power, one that rallied the many Mandalorian clans and species of the galaxy to forge the greatest culture and warriors the galaxy has ever seen! Where are those warriors now?!" He questioned as everyone knew what he was talking about; Mandalore had fallen from its glory days long ago.
"I extended an offer for peace to the Republic and their answer? A Fleet sent to eliminate me, you, the people of a proud warrior race! The Republic cares little for peace! They want nothing more than absolute control over ever system in the galaxy! To govern them as they see fit! Who are they to say what is right and what is wrong?" Naruto questioned as many shouted "down with the Republic" or "Death to the Republic ''. The crowd now fully with their leader.
"The Separatists are similar; they seek to conquer and rule. They care not if others suffer. My people! Sons and daughters of Mandalore, it is time we rise! It is time we take up arms! It is time we retake what was rightfully ours! It is time that Mandalore is reborn into the Mandalorian Empire! If the Republic and the Separatist can say what is right and wrong, then so can we! We shall unite the galaxy under a single banner! A banner that will be the beacon of hope for those who have lost it! It shall be a deterrent for those who have no other recourse! It is time we push on the offensive and tell our would-be conquerors that the days when Mandalore would bow to them are long gone! This is a new Mandalore, a Mandalore that will be forged in blood and steel!" Naruto said as the people began to chant for Mandalore.
They had a new leader now, one who was willing to use force to protect his people. This wasn't just your average government change; this was the beginning of a revolution that would bring about an Empire that would last for thousands of years to come.
As the speech concluded hundreds of fighters flew overhead, drawing the awe of the public, they watched as screens began to show the fleet above. Naruto's bodyguards including Bo herself stepped forward surrounding their leader as he raised fist in the air.
A fist of revolution.
However, this was all brought to a halt as explosions began to sound out around the city, frightening those who weren't prepared, but exhilarating those who were. The civilians began to run to the pre prepared bunkers made especially for this event. Mandalorian protectors and crusaders gave aid to the running citizens keeping the evacuation orderly.
One of the Mandalorian Guardians rushed up to Naruto, his armour was white reminiscent of that of a clone trooper, however it was decaled with the symbol of his house, the white tree on a sea blue background, the man's helmet was coloured blue and fashioned with a white diamond in the centre flanked by two wings of white either side of his head.
The man was a comms expert as detailed by his extensive radio communicator attached to the side of his helmet. He snapped into a salute, "My lord, the traitors have begun their assault and are on their way now." Naruto nodded to him, thanking and dismissing him as bo katan handed him a new weapon. The EE3 blaster rifle or at least a modified version of the new creation, hefting it up and attaching a jetpack Naruto was finally ready.
He and his bodyguard could hear the fighting as they took to the air, cutting down any that got in their way. They landed where fighting was heaviest, roughly 400 Mandalorian traitors had gathered at the edge of a narrow causeway in which they were engaged in a brutal shootout with the Mandalorian crusader units, who held them in place and forced them back.
Naruto landed just before the traitors as the fighting slowed and then ceased, he could see which clans had rebelled against him knowing them by the singular house they followed. "Traitors, I give you one chance, join my side and help me rebuild Mandalore. Help me make a better tomorrow." Naruto called out as he removed his helmet/
Tarre vizsla stepped forward, his large bulk flanked by Gar Saxon and a vizsla super commando.
"I would rather die than cede myself to a whelp such as yourself, I shall kill you here and now." As he said that, he fired a flare from his vambrace, Naruto slowly looked up at the flare putting his helmet on as it reached its zenith.
Around him his soldiers had raised their weapons in preparation. Around them the sounds of jetpacks and the hisses of lizards was made clear, as from under the platform came hundreds of Clan wren commandos, with them came Trandoshan mercenaries. However, Gar had noticed something about the commandos and mercenaries.
They all wore gold and red vambraces.
"TRAITORS, THE LOT OF YOU" he roared as Tarre came to the same conclusion, the Clan Wren commandos and the Trandoshan mercenaries pointed their weaponry at the traitors, once again surrounding them and preparing them for death.
Naruto whistled. A loud and haunting sound, then a loud hum sounded.
The hum grew louder and louder and began to multiply.
"To me Kurama!" he shouted to the sky, confusing all around him.
Then confusion turned to terror and surprise.
For before the Mandalore landed a war droid thought to be destroyed millennia before. It was roughly 6ft in height and almost twice that in length. It carried two medium laser cannons on its shoulders, these rested above two massive mechanical arms which ended in four toed crushing hand tipped with nightmarish claws. The end of the droid resembled a sea prawn from the planet of Mon Cala. four smaller pointed feet came from its large body behind the large wings which rose and revealed two large engines.
The front of the droid was terrifying, its shoulder and around what posed as its head were surrounded by thick gold and red beskar armour, its apparent face was a gathering of wires and barrels which on either side was mounted targeting systems acting almost as eyes.
Tarre vizslas eyes opened wide, he knew what this was.
The hums that were once distant now grew louder as more and more of them appeared, each being ridden by one Mandalorian or two.
Basilisk war droids, terrors of the Old Republic. Only two things had ever stood a chance against these menaces, a Jedi and another basilisk droid.
Naruto rubbed his hand against the droid's apparent head and mounted it as it slowly rose into the air, its starship grade weaponry pointed directly at the Traitors.
"Come, show me what passes for fury among your misbegotten kind!"
That was a pretty decent chapter if I do say so myself, heavily modified to suit my needs but I think it's much better now, don't you?
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