Phantasy Star Horizon
ESKK: Well here we go the 9th Chapter of my Phantasy Star Clone Wars story. Now then you all know the drill read it, enjoy it, and review it before leaving. Now then let's begin.
Edit 1: Sorry had to repost this I forgot a few parts for this chapter that I had to put in. Now that those parts are in the chapter is now officially completed for you. So again enjoy reading people.
(Start Oracle Fleet Coruscant Space)
It was an odd sight to see Republic dreadnaughts and ARK ships hovering around each other as they kept on the lookout of Coruscant. Ever since the Blue Shadow Virus incident the Republic had been more than willing to provide aid to ARK's after they nearly lost one of their own due to the Virus in question. Adding the fact Klara was also on the Senate didn't exactly help the situation. Right now the Council of Six were having another meeting to discuss recent discoveries as of late.
"Well its official the Dark Falz Collective is back at full strength." Morgan said from her seat with her head resting on her fist and her free hand tapping her arm rest.
"Yes the Republic will no doubt start asking questions which at the moment we do not have all the answers for." Noto said from his seat with his head resting on his interlocked fingers.
"Well we need to tell them something." Yaga said as he sat with the Council seeing as he was the one who faced Elder after all.
"What can we tell them, already do to the use of Yozora, Eve, and Asura & Ifrit the Jedi are beginning to grow suspicious." Xect said as the Intelligence Bureau's head honcho was trying to get around this. "If they start growing too suspicious they might find something they shouldn't be looking into." Xect said knowing they could not let the Galaxy know that they were actually from another realm of existence and were inserted into their game Avatars.
"What about the core of the Mothership?" Noto asked as he looked to Xect with concern.
"So far its slow going, we know there is an Overseer but whoever they are they don't want to come out and reveal themselves yet." Xect said as they couldn't risk antagonizing whoever this Overseer was. Even more so they had to figure out just who it was and what their intentions for them was. The Isekai Ark's fleet could not have functioned this far without an Overseer aiding them from behind the scenes of their fleet.
"When the Overseer wishes to show themselves they will do so." Arthur said knowing full well there was a chance they may not be able to see her after all. "Right now we have bigger subjects to discuss." Arthur said and thus Xect nodded to this.
"I've begun intelligence gathering on the Republic and the Separatists. Call me paranoid of if you must but something about these Clone Wars simply are not adding up here." Xect said as he knew something was going on from behind the scenes of the war at large. "Currently I've already inserted agents in both factions to be the eyes and ears to help us put the pieces together." Xect said as he was giving his report off his Data Pad. "This is a complex puzzle and one that I feel would be in our best interest to solve quickly and efficiently." Xect reported as he looked to the group.
"Good keep close tabs on this counter intelligence is a slippery slope after all." Arthur said and thus Xect nodded.
"I have also begun increasing security around the Fleet now that the Separatists know we are allies to the Republic we can't risk any attempts from them to break in or worse." Noto said as he went over the security details. "I've also taken measures to work with the R&D Department to help set up counter measures against any Falspawn attacks on our fleet but to better this I highly suggest we begin colonization protocols as soon as possible." Noto said knowing full well that they were going to need an actual living place that doesn't run the risk of being dragged out into the cold unforgiving vacuums of space.
"Yeah Klara and I are working with the Republic but Colonizing protocols for them as well as said colonists joining the Republic is confusing and seeing as we already have our fleet it gives us an edge most other Colonists don't have." Yaga said after raising his hand a bit to get everyone's attention.
"Yeah but seriously all these guys talk about is the war, there is literally an entire list of stuff they need to talk about yet it gets pushed back because of the Clone Wars." Klara said as she was regretting taking the position as the ARK's representative to the Republic.
"No kidding and that's not even counting the times I just want to get some earmuffs and snooze through the meeting." Yaga added in knowing full well that these people need to get their priorities straight.
"Regardless." Arthur said as he looked to them. "Noto is right we do need to focus on colonizing a planet preferably one without any pre-existing lifeforms on it." Arthur said knowing full well if something goes wrong with the fleet they'd be sitting ducks at best and at worse dead.
"I've already been gathering Star Maps and I think we may be coming close to a planetary system to colonize." Xect said as he had been doing research of this Galaxies star maps for some time and adding them to the fleet's own navigational systems.
"Good keep everyone posted on this." Arthur said as he looked to the group and in turn they proceeded with the meeting knowing they needed to get their ARK's Colony set up sooner rather than later. After all there was no telling when the next Falspawn or Dark Falz attack may occur.
"Anyway I've sent out an ARK's wide alert on our combat policies and despite many of our Operatives dislike for it we've opted to return to using our old uniforms save for the CAST." Morgan spoke up on the Resources Department of ARKs. "We will need to keep to these uniforms during the battles against the Separatists and will also help the Republic tell them apart." Morgan said as she looked to her fellow Council Members. "We have also been contributing to the Colonization Protocols by developing blueprints to act as framings." Morgan said as she pulled up a holographic image of the prints. "Using the New Genesis Update I was able to make a blueprint for Central City and at least one coastal town with the second City still under development." Morgan said to which Arthur nodded seeing the work Morgan had put into this current plan.
"Good be sure to have a list set up for any resources that may be of use or that we will be in need of for this." Arthur said to which Morgan nodded to this.
In turn the meeting went on as normal as slowly but surely they were discussing the important matters of running this fleet. Once they have a planet to set down their roosts though they can move on from that checkpoint.
(Meanwhile with Yuvel Shopping Center)
Yuvel was exploring the shopping center checking his watch every so often as he waited for someone. He was sitting around the fountain as he continued to wait for who he would meet up with. Ever since they were all Isekai'd here many DIY crafters went all in in creating new equipment for ARK's to use. This in turn caused them to be recruited into the ARK's R&D Department where they were in turn constructing the AIS for them to use.
AIS development has of course been making stunning progress for all involved to the point that many were excited for the equipment to arrive. Despite this Yuvel wasn't all too interested in that seeing as right now he was sporting his old starter gear from PSO2. Of course modifications were made here and there making the outfit useful to any soldier on the field. He was giving it a test ride to work out the kinks but he would actually miss his go to Avenger Nox combo outfit. Though it was a bit nostalgic to be wearing the Close Quarters outfit once more.
Still the CAST were lucky not to deal with this so in turn Yuvel envied Reggie who he noted was missing. "Hey Yuvel." Came the voice of Laura as the Newman girl walked torts Yaga wearing what was clearly her old Force outfit from PSO2 with the headpiece to go with it bringing it all together. The Viola Magica outfit was famous as the starter outfit seen in the PSO2 opening theme song used by the still unnamed Newman Force class character. "Sorry I'm late this new uniform update takes a bit to adjust to." Laura said before sticking her tongue out playfully in response to it. She even had her old head piece and everything no doubt it was modified in some way for combat situation.
"It's ok honestly been waiting on Reggie and Zurna whom I'm guessing isn't too far away now." Yuvel said and in turn he heard movement from nearby causing him to smirk in response to this.
"And you'd be right of course." Zurna said from behind Yuvel almost surprising him there. Zurna was once more dressed in her old Eden Zellen outfit which was commonly used by the Deuman starter characters in PSO2. From the looks of it the outfit still fits like a sleeve for the Deuman girl here.
"Seems like this combat uniform thing is becoming mandatory." Yuvel said to which Zurna shrugged in response to this reaction.
"Well for starters we're not RWBY so yes and second of all we need to look as professional as possible." Zurna said while she shrugged.
"She does bring up a good point." Laura said as she agreed with Zurna with the need to look professional.
"I know." Yuvel said and in turn he then sighed in annoyance. "Ok he's taking too long where the heck is Reggie?!" Yuvel asked as he knew Reggie was normally here to meet up with them at this point.
"I have a hunch but you'll get annoyed." Zurna said as she had a pretty good idea where Reggie had run off to.
(Meanwhile with Reggie)
*Inserts Samba de Amigo OST: Vamos a Carnival
Reggie was in another ARK's ship as there was a huge crowd of people that were seemingly celebrating. He was among the many humans, Deuman's, Newman's, and yes fellow CAST celebrating something. As Reggie was jumping and just around about having a good time it was clear the entire street was closed for the festivities.
Reason for celebrating well ever since they all woke up here many of them had dined to stay connected with their past somehow. One of those were Hispanic holidays such as Cinco de Mayo in Mexico or Carnival in Rio. Reggie of course in his past had Hispanic heritage in him and had opted to take part in these things. This was the Third Annual ARK's Carnival and needless to say everyone was having a great time.
How Reggie snuck off to take part was anyone's guess but since CAST didn't need uniforms he took the chance. So here he was having fun as it everyone cheered and just about had fun. In fact there were even woman who removed their tops while retaining their bra's atop vehicles also enjoying the festivities. Some of the men and a few woman of the massive crowd of marry makers had their t-Shirts off and were seen spinning said shirts in the air in celebration. But still for those who knew the big guy… HOW THE HELL DID HE SNEAK OFF WITHOUT ANYONE SEEING THE BIG GUY AS HE LEFT?!
But let it be known for all to hear… Hispanics are well known to know how to properly throw one amazingly large party.
*End OST
(Scene Break Coruscant Senate Building)
The day following the meeting between the Council of Six found Yaga and Laura in the Senate Building with another ARK's Representative. No doubt he was there to keep an eye on Yaga and Klara to make sure the two didn't screw this up somehow. But that was beside the point because other than the meeting they were invited by Padme for a Lunch meet in her office. After the fiasco with the Blue Shadow Virus Klara had thankfully made a full recovery.
So we now find Yaga and Klara both dressed in more respectable outfits entering Senator Amidala's office. When they did Padme was the first to greet the two upon their arrival. "Yaga Klara." Padme greeted the two happily as they entered. Padme had been mentoring the two ever since ARK's had saved the Republic capital from the Falspawn and the Dark Falz Collectives attack on the world. "I'm glad to see you two had made it back." Padme said as she was also glad to see Klara was healthy once more.
"Yeah well we don't exactly live that far Ms. Amidala." Yaga greeted to which Padme sighed to this.
"Just call me Padme we're all friends here." Padme said and thus Yaga shrugged to this.
"So how is Naboo been doing since the Blue Shadow incident." Klara asked hoping the people were still healthy.
"Quite well actually all things considered." Padme said as she guided the two in. "The queen had contacted me informing me that her troops had managed to sanitize the bunker of any remains of the Virus." Padme said to which Yaga smiled to this thinking ARK's could use that place as an off sight base to keep Naboo protected from the Falspawn should they ever show up there.
Just then another Senator stepped up when the two entered the room. "I don't believe we've met. I am Bail Organa, from Alderaan." Bail greeted getting the attention of both Klara and Yaga on him. Yaga was able to see the man eye to eye in terms of height while Klara of course noticed how he dwarfed her in size. But all in all this man in the room had the presence of someone you wanted to impress.
In response Yaga proceeded to shake the man's hand. "Yaga of ARK's Rank Six of the Council of Six." Yaga greeted and thus smiled to Bail. "And as of recently the ARK's representative to the Republic." Yaga said and thus Bail smiled to the young man. "I'm the guys who handles our military based stuff in ARK's." Yaga said as it was hard to believe this happy-go-lucky fellow could be in charge of ARK's military.
Then Klara spoke up getting the attention of the room on her. "Klara Rank 5 of the Council of Six." Klara said boastfully as with her fists and her hips trying to look bigger than life. "I head up our Public Relations department." Klara added to which she was trying to be boastful.
"Yeah real accomplished now if only we can fix that haughty attitude of hers." Yaga said being a bit playful with the young girl.
"Watch it!" Klara threatened as she glared at Yaga causing a laugh from the group Yaga included being the cause.
"Anyway." Yaga began as he changed the subject. "I've heard a lot of good things about you from Padme." Yaga said as he grinned to the middle-aged Senator.
"All good things, I hope?" he joked to which Yaga had a counter joke for that one.
"Just that she had to carry you out after you had a public breakdown." Yaga joked and thus Klara heard this.
"Yaga!" Klara scolded as Yaga grinned to which Padme sighed to her old friend.
"As you can see he lacks a working off switch." Padme joked as Klara was going off on Yaga who smiled and laughed at his puns despite how terrible they tend to be at times.
After that small debacle the group proceeded to make their way deeper into Padme's office where they in turn met with two more Republic Senators. One of them was a woman by the name of Mon Mothma which Klara had to stop Yaga before he called her Mono Mothra. But despite this Mon Mothma had this motherly air around her. It was a wonder that the Senator before them didn't have kids already. The other was a Rodian Senator by the name of Onaconda Farr. From how Padme described him he was a close friend and confidant for the Senator of Naboo through many trying times during her political career.
Eventually lunch was served and Yaga was stuffing his face showing he was hardly a picky eater. "Pop always says eat everything on your plate never know when it might be gone." Yaga said offering pearls of wisdom from his father.
"Is that how you can eat certain… questionable foods?" Klara asked as Padme chuckled at how much a picky eater Klara could be here.
"Among other things." Yaga said with his ever present smirk. Of course Yaga and Klara knew better both Xect and Padme had coached the duo on such small gatherings. They were meant to be opportunities to rub elbows and negotiate bill amendments. Thus in turn the duo of ARKs leaders began to mentally prepare themselves for what was to come.
"Bail, how's your wife?" Padme asked, taking a sip of water.
Bail smiled at the question always happy to speak about his wife. "Wonderful, thank you for asking. We talked just this morning. She's on her way to Coruscant as we speak." Bail informed them giving the group an update.
'Huh?' Klara mentally wondered as this was not what either Padme or Xect coached them on.
"That's good to hear." Padme said before she turned her direction to Mon. "Mon, I heard your daughter got into the academy she applied for," Padme continued revealing that Mon Mothma did in fact have kids.
The older senator nodded to that no doubt still proud of her daughter. "Yes, she starts next week. She said your recommendation letter really helped. Thank you so much for writing it." Mon said to which even Yaga was starting to get confused about this meeting.
"Of course." Padme responded unaware that both Yaga and Klara were lost on such information. The duo blinked for a moment seeing the whole exchange going on. Klara even noted that she hadn't even touched her food yet with his stuck she was on the conversation.
This was not a meeting of the nefarious minds that either were expecting. Where all these Senators actually friends? If that was the case then Yaga and Klara were going to give Xect a piece of their minds depending on how Padme will explain this later.
"So, Yaga Klara. I've heard some things about the two of you from Padme, but how about you tell us about yourself," Mon encouraged as she looked to the duo.
Seeing as they weren't being all evil minded politicians Yaga began to relax some. "Well not much to tell, before I was an ARK's operative I lived in Ship 51 near the swamp biome." Yaga explained as he held his drink. "I Enlisted into ARK's and eventually rose through the ranks enough to join the Council of Six." Yaga explained as he didn't see it as much of an achievement despite it being lies with slivers of truths mixed in.
"So why did you two both enlist?" Bail asked as he was honestly curious.
"Well pops always says that it takes a strong man to stand up for himself but it takes a stronger man to stand up for others." Yaga said as he took a bite out of his food. "The Falspawn and the Dark Falz were a threat to ARK's and all its people Operatives and Civilians alike and I couldn't sit by and let it happen." Yaga said while eating his food. "So first chance I got I enlisted." Yaga said and thus Klara spoke up.
"Your father sounded like a wise man." Padme said to which Yaga laughed.
"Assuming he wasn't drunk out of his mind." Yaga laughed to which the group got worried there. "Don't worry he wasn't an angry drunk he was more of the funny guy drunk during that time. My pop was a guy who liked to party with his friends." Yaga defended as he could remember the times he had to help him get home. "Every morning that he wakes up with a hangover he looks at me and says 'thanks for getting me home son,' and then I just give him an ice pack and let him sleep it off." Yaga said to which Klara sighed to this.
"As you can see Yaga comes from a family of oddballs." Klara said to which she then got to the nitty gritty of it. "My story on the other hand is different." Klara said as she sat there with the gathered group of friends. "I was exceptionally gifted both academically and with my Photonic Powers." Klara said to which everyone grew interested. "Thanks to this I was granted the benefit of enlisting into ARK's." Klara said as she spoke the story. "Of course early enlistment required parental approval and/or emancipation I was lucky or in some cases unlucky not to have parent due to a Falspawn attack on ARK's and was able to enlist." Klara said as she sat with the Senators. "Joining ARK's was always my ambition even before learning of my ability and after serving for so long I made it as Rank 5 of the Council of Six." Klara said to which the Senators were impressed and a bit worried for the young girl.
"That's most impressive for one so young." Bail said as he knew Klara was gifted but he also knew such gifted children seem to forget to slow down a lot.
"Yes but Klara just try to remember to slow down every once in a while, I was the youngest Queen of Naboo to be elected so I know how it can be like to go about life to fast." Padme said as she was grateful to have her family back then which Klara wasn't so lucky in this regard here. The Falspawn could not be negotiated and it's clear the Dark Falz who command them are forces of destruction from what Anakin said about both Dark Falz Elder and Apprentice. Still how can sentient creatures only desire destruction and death as a Dark Falz does?
Klara nodded to this while Yaga elbowed her playfully grinning at the girl with him. Lunch in turn continued and talk was shared between the groups. Klara and Yaga both found that despite their first assumptions, the duo actually did have more people on their side here than either thought.
All was going well and everyone was enjoying themselves at least until desert arrived. They were talking about past trade deals with opposition leaders when a Padme's communicator went off from her desk. The fact her communicator was going off was causing her to raise a brow in response to the call. Padme rose up before the Naboo Senator grabbed her communicator from her desk. Once she did she answered it wondering who it was.
"Hello what is it Captain?" Padme asked to which a Guard Captain was heard on the other end of the call.
"Pardon the intrusion Senator Amidala but I have someone here wishing to speak with the ARK's Representatives posthaste." The Captain said to which Yaga and Klara looked to each other with some surprise there.
"Well can you send them away I'm currently?" Padme began until Yaga cut in there.
"Nah let him in, see what the guy wants." Yaga said to which Padme was a bit worried but then sighed.
"Send him in." Padme relayed wondering what Yaga was planning to do here. After all it's never a good idea for new Senators to meet with more experienced ones. It runs a huge risk of the new impressionable one would very well be walking into a political trap with no escape bar resignation or to employ more underhanded tactics.
Just then a Representative walked into the office looking oddly smug somehow. "So any idea what this is about?" Yaga whispered to Bail causing Bail to look at Yaga in shock.
"I thought you knew." He responded to which Yaga smirked to this.
"Hey heard you wanted to meet with me and Representative Klara right?" Yaga greeted as he let the man into Padme's office. "Well we were just having some lunch but sure I'd be happy to talk, seems all I ever do is talk sometimes." Yaga said with a smirk on his face. Despite Yaga's approach with a smile method feel-good mood in the room moments before had evaporated. Mon, Onaconda, and Bail all took their places behind Padme with stern looks on their faces. They were ready to jump in on her behalf at any moment. The Four Senators presented a unified front that, at least to Klara, was a little intimidating.
"So what can I do for you?" Yaga asked as he looked to the Senator.
"Well aren't you the… ray of sunshine." The Senator greeted as he looked to Yaga who with Klara represented ARK's. "I heard that you two will be participating in your first official Senate meeting today." The man said to which Yaga smiled to this.
"Yeah I'm shaking in anticipation." Yaga said to which the Senator in question gave Yaga a skeptical look but obliged him.
"Well be that as it may our last few meetings had been about the War and of course the Falspawn crisis." The Senator said as he looked to Yaga no doubt trying to gauge Rank 5 of the Council of Six. "Some debates and arguments have been back and forth over ARK's involvement so to have the ARK's representative here will put these matters to rest." The Senator said no doubt leading on to something.
"Sorry if this is rude but is there a point to this?" Klara asked but she already knew what this was about.
"Simply saying if you wish to ensure ARK's stays afloat and continue as allies to the Republic to finally find a planet to set your roots then having allies in the Political Arena would be most… beneficial." The Senator said to which Yaga and Klara saw how this was going to play out.
"You don't say." Yaga said as he then looked closely to the Senator making him a bit uncomfortable. "Hey I know who you are, right Klara?" Yaga said as Klara nodded to the group.
"Yeah didn't we save you and the other Senators when the Falspawn attacked the planet?" Klara asked as she looked to the Senator who was surprised the young duo recognized him.
"Yeah he is, I guess since we helped him out back then he wants to return the favor right?" Yaga asked as the Senator then saw what the duo were doing here. In fact every Senator and a few guards here saw what Yaga and Klara were both doing.
"Isn't that just nice of him, repaying the rookie Senators for saving his life in the past and I hear an honorable Senator is one people will tend to follow a lot." Padme said to which the Senator saw his game was turned around on him.
"Oh shucks I was honestly nothing at the time." Klara said with a smile that hid her true intent well. "Just doing our job as ARK's both on and now off the battlefield." Klara added to which the Senator knew he'd been had right now.
Though he had to give these two credit where credit was do. They played this card expertly but it could also amount to being beginners luck on their part. For now he will play their game at least until it runs its course. "Of course just wish to let you all know that I'll be more than happy to offer any assistance I can for your heroics during the attack." The Senator said playing along for the time being.
"Good to know buddy, hey when you have free time let's talk lunch see what we can do to better keep good relations between both ARK's and the Republic." Yaga said and in turn the Senator nodded and was escorted out of Padme's office by Yaga.
Once the Senator was gone Yaga and Klara smirked as they gave each other a high-five for their expert play. In turn Padme spoke up getting everyone's attention. "Well, I'd say you handled that well," Padme said to which Onaconda had to voice his peace.
"Congratulations, you made your first enemy." Onaconda said to which the group smiled to this.
"Guess that's normal around here." Klara said with a smirk on her face for this. "So I guess we'll finishing up lunch and then move onto the meeting Senate meeting." Klara said to which the Force was corrected on this.
"Well let's finish desert need a full stomach for that meeting." Yaga said and thus they were all ready to finish up on their meal.
(Scene Break Later Senate Meeting)
Yaga and Klara as well as their observer from ARK's were given their own hover platform in the building as the Senate meeting began. This was where all their tutoring in Senatorial duties would come into effect. It wasn't that different from being on the Council of Six… it was just a larger political council. It was no secret that the Falspawn and Dark Falz were a problem to the Republic. It wouldn't be long before they would turn on the Separatist once they ran their course against the Republic. Informing their new friends of this it was agreed ARK's was the best if not the only ones suited to combat the Dark Falz Collective.
Lucky for them they had a plan on how to approach this. With the Clone Wars raging many were concerned about ending it one side wanted to annihilate the Separatists while the other wanted to make peace with the Separatists. It was the same old stuff from what Padme had informed the two which was not ok in her mind.
It started small and simple that it almost looked like it would be a peaceful session for Yaga and Klara's first time. But of course after a while things went downhill from there turning their first session into a trial by fire for the duo. Long story short it's about supporting the war against the Separatist and the Falspawn Collective. Already they had lost several worlds and the Falspawn have already begun to move inward torts the core worlds. The Senate had been arguing tirelessly on how to approach the matter. They can't produce enough clones to handle both the Droid army and the Dark Falz Collective at the same time. What made it worse was their weapons were hardly doing enough damage to the Falspawn to leave a lasting effect on them.
"Senators please calm yourselves!" Palpatine called out as the arguments continued.
"We need more Clones we're fighting a war on two fronts and we can't afford to lose any more ground to the Separatist nor those monsters they've allied themselves with." A Senator yelled out as he glared about the politicians.
"Our Generals inform us that troops in the field continue to perform valiantly what we cannot afford is to be irresponsible fighting a battle on both counts have pushed us near bankruptcy." Bail Organa called out as the Senate were arguing about this big time.
It wasn't until one of the more influential members of the war mongers factions whom Padme despised with a passion spoke up. "If I may Senators." The being spoke as he approached the matter. "I truly understands the desire for a peaceful resolution to this conflict and also the desire to eliminate the enemy in this war. But the clone troopers simply are not equipped to deal with the Falspawn whom have already proven the quiet powerful." The Senator said showing he had done his research. From what Klara and Yaga saw they noted that the Senator from before was smirking do doubt playing his cards now. "Should we not discuss this with those whom are apparently experts in dealing with the Falspawn?" The Senator said and thus all eyes fell to Yaga and Klara putting them on the spot.
"Well…" Yaga said as he regained himself. "He's right ARK's weapons utilize the lifeblood that fuels it called Photons." Yaga began as he stood there when he got the Hover Pod to float about to get everyone to better pay attention. "The Falspawn hate that stuff, not denying that Plasma does some damage but it's just not enough to deal lasting damage to them." Yaga said to which all who saw the battle knew Yaga made an excellent point on this.
"Are you suggesting we simply leave the war effort to your Operatives?" A random senator asked to which Klara spoke up.
"Not exactly right now we don't have the all the numbers to spare, some of those in the ARK's fleet are Civilians whom don't even have the ability to use Photons like the Operatives of ARK's." Klara said as she looked to the group. "Sure you all can create a weapon that can actually hurt the Falspawn but even if you manage to get them killed you still have to contend with their rulers the Dark Falz." Klara said as she then showed the images of the Dark Falz adding Elder to the list.
"Dark Falz [Apprentice] the Vernal." Klara began to list off as the image of Apprentice showed up for all to see. "Dark Falz [Elder] the Gargantuan." She continued with Elder's appearance now on screen. "Dark Falz [Luther] the Fallen." She said as Luther appeared on screen next. "Dark Falz [Gemini] the Duplicate." The Twin children that made up Gemini's human form surprised many when they appeared on the hologram image. "And finally their leader Dark Falz [Persona] the Masked." Klara finished off as many of the Senators began to whisper among themselves.
"These guys can look just like anyone else but trust me they are not your friends." Yaga said and soon they saw images of the damage and chaos the Dark Falz had caused. Images saw Elder during his battle against Yaga. Following it up was Apprentice as she floated in the air and pointed her insect based Falspawn down upon a Republic outpost. Next came Gemini as the two in one Dark Falz were seemingly playing with demonic looking toys. It seemed innocent at first until they noted how the two were in a battlefield and were slaughtering troops and laughing through it all. What made it more horrifying was when Gemini used their mouth like sleeves to eat the nearby Clones causing many to turn green to the sight.
Then came Luther as he was reading a book while Troopers came upon him from behind. What the Clones thought would be an easy victory proved to be not as all of a sudden Luther closed his book and following it the troopers were all skewered on golden blades. Luther scoffed to this before he began to walk away with his hands in his pocket showing even more clones had instantly perished by his hands. Then to top it all off was Persona who was clearly in the middle of the battle against scores of Jedi during the Dark Falz sacking of the Jedi Temple.
"For all those who are aware of the ancient conflict between the Jedi and the Sith for ARK's you can possibly compare our conflict with the Dark Falz similar to that of the one between the Jedi and the Sith." Klara added surprising many and thus a Senator opted to speak up.
"So are you implying these Dark Falz are here because of ARKs?!" A Senator yelled out to which Yaga sighed and looked to him.
"Nope these Dark Falz came about long before anyone from ARK's started exploring the cosmos." Yaga said as he made sure the Senator accusing them understood that.
"We're not exactly sure where the Dark Falz even came from to begin with. All we know is that the Photons that give us strength was corrupted somehow to create them." Klara said as she made it sound like the Dark Falz were the result of some incident. "And in all honesty I doubt anyone in ARK's truly knows where the Dark Falz originally came from but they seek to destroy everything in their path so we have to stop them." Klara said showing that it didn't matter where the Dark Falz originated from. They were a threat to all life in the galaxy so thus they must be defeated.
"And how do you propose we do that?" One of the Senators asked and thus Yaga smirked. "Easy we have our ARK's Operatives to team up with Jedi and their Clone Battalions so if and when the Falspawn attack you guys have Photon using soldiers to take them on." Yaga said as this got a round of relief from the many Senators in the room. "I get it honestly your worried and distrusting but the Falspawn and the Dark Falz… their like a swarm of locus going through the cosmos consuming everything in their path and corrupting whatever is left behind." Yaga said as he looked to them. "But can't you guys swallow your pride and desires and join forces with ARK's so you can look to the future and tell your children, your grandchildren, and their children that you all took part in standing against what may be a Universal size threat in the Dark Falz Collective?" Yaga said as he was pulling an Arthur for this one speech.
Many of the Senators began to whisper amongst themselves over what to do. As much as many of them hated to admit it the rookie senator made an excellent point. "With this information on hand as well as young Yaga's passionate speech, I hereby ask you to vote on whether or not that those of ARK's should be allowed to aid us against the Separatists and in turn we aid them in defeating the Dark Falz Collective." Palpatine said to which many of the Senators were silent in response. Thus one by one each Senator began to cast their votes; some were disheartened by their choice, some others, who had the thought of profit, were proud of their choices. Others who believed in ARK's values made their votes with confidence.
(Scene Break Later that Evening)
After many hours the Session ended and both Yaga and Klara were quick to leave. Padme figured they deserved it no doubt seeing as they wish to report the news to the Council of Six. Once more Yaga and Klara were in the meeting room with the rest of ARK's as they looked to their fellows. No doubt they all read the reports already but still it was shocking to say the lease.
"Well." Morgan began as she broke the ice. "Do not leave us in suspense did you do it?" Morgan asked to which Klara cleared her throat to speak.
"We're in." Klara said as she was in shock at their first major victory. "Yaga gave one of Arthur's speeches and we were welcomed into the Republic." Klara said and in turn Arthur laughed a hearty laugh of joy.
Even Xect was joyful judging from the small smile he had. "This is good that means we can begin the ground work for our Colonization Protocols." Noto said to which this was good news for all of them to hear.
"You two did well." Xect praised the duo knowing that ARK's was now officially a part of the Galactic Republic. "But this is just the beginning we still have a great deal of work to do." Xect added and thus they were all in agreement on that important fact here. "Much work will need to be done but there is some good news." Xect said before he pulled up a map of the known Galaxy. "I have managed to locate a system for us to colonize and you all may wish to bear witness to this." Xect said as he showed the system in question. "Look familiar anyone?" Xect asked and in turn the group recognized the planets on the map.
"Those are, Haruktan, Lillipa, Amduskia, and is that Navareaus?" Klara said as she saw the planets in question.
"We thought so to but since the war with the Dark Falz didn't occur there calling it Navareaus is inaccurate." Xect said to which they all realized what this meant for them. "I've already drawn up papers and data to claim these planets before anyone else does so all we need to do is meet with the locals and convince them to side with us and in turn the Republic." Xect said and in turn Arthur.
"Then we will need a diplomacy group set up to meet with the locals as well as protection." Arthur spoke as he looked to his fellows of the Council of Six. "Just because they seem like the same planets does not mean they are in fact the same planets." Arthur added and in turn they were in agreement.
"Klara, Noto, and I will start getting a list ready and also gathering volunteers for this mission, but with the Clone Wars we can't exactly offer much." Yaga said and Arthur was in agreement on this information.
"It will have to do, Morgan." Arthur said before turning to his second in command.
"Already have crews ready, Central City will be constructed in record time." Morgan said confident the crews will get the job done no problem.
"Good it's only fair that the first city of our new home will be located in the Aelio Region." Arthur said to which Yaga laughed to this bit of information there.
"Going full New Genesis huh?" Yaga asked as he smiled at Arthur who chuckled in response to the Rank 6. "Once the city is built we're going to need to start getting leaderships working and that all depends on how many cities we plan to have anyway." Yaga said as he leaned back on his seat as Klara could almost picture it.
"For now let's just keep our focus on Aelio." Xect said getting everyone's attention on him. "We can send out scouting teams to check out the desert area of the Retem Region when we progress far enough." Xect added and in turn they were in agreement for this.
"So we all have our duties decided then." Arthur said to which everyone nodded in response to the Councils leader. He then stood up and spread his arms out to speak to not only the Council of Six but all of ARK's. "ARK's prepare to begin the Colonization Protocols at long last we found a home set course to the Oracle System!" Arthur called out and thus the group all got moving to begin their long awaited time to set down their roots. They've been traveling for so long… it was about time they finally had a long standing home to call their own.
But unaware to any of them the eldritch dark of the Dark Falz was not the only threat ARK's had to face in this galaxy.
(Scene Break Darth Sidious Lair)
Unknown too many Sidious had begun to reach out torts both the newly arrived ARK's and the Dark Falz Collective. He had eyes and ears everywhere and soon quiet soon Sidious would have those same eyes and ears within both ARK's and the Dark Falz. The power to command such creatures as these Falspawn was something the Dark Lord of the Sith could not pass up. Of course he shall be cautious of this and bide his time with them.
But thanks to the Blue Shadow Virus on Naboo and young Senator Klara being infected by it for a time he now had a method to access these Photons. In his hand was the genetic template of Klara and with it her ability to use Photons. It did not escape Sidious that these Photons were similar to the Force in many ways yet handled differently. The Jedi had no doubt detected it as well but with their forces spread thin they could not approach ARK's over such information.
From his sources it seems Persona has some sort of vendetta against young Skywalker and from what he saw Persona managed to give Anakin a challenge. This was not what he expected but Sidious was anything if not adaptable to such changes. From what he knew thanks to Dooku Dark Falz Luther was a bit of a cloner himself and given the proper equipment he could very well make his own Clones. If all goes well then access to the power of Photons will be his soon enough. All Sidious had to do was let the war run its course while carefully gaining more power diverted to him via the Senate. And once all was in place it will be time to at last Execute Order 66 and at long last bring everlasting victory to the Sith.
(TBC)
ESKK: Well here we go the newest chapter. Now than before anyone asks yes this was a filler chapter and yes after this we begin the Ryloth Ark. Now then as some of you may have noticed I've started to bring in more New Genesis stuff for this fic and hopefully I can fit more in as we progress through the story as a whole. Now then be sure to leave a review before leaving and as always folk's ja-ne.