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Onderon, Deep in the Jungle
Crosshair and his elite squad had finally managed to track down Saw's militia. There had been several sightings and after a week of tracking, they were able to find the militias ship. They set up a plan and got to work. Crosshair climbed a tree and got a vantage point. ES-03 and ES-04 came across the back end of the ship, they would be able to flank the militia and take them down quickly. ES-01 and ES-02 worked perfectly as always and opened fire from the treeline. Their two shots killed two militia members instantly. The militia fired back but eventually they were overrun. The pilot tried to take off but, Crosshair fired through the cockpit and into the pilot's chest. After the firefight was over the squad came together to question the other individuals present. Only one militia member and three civilians were left alive. The militia member walked over with her hands up as Crosshair walked over to her; he had his pistol aimed at her chest. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where's Gerrera?" The militia member glared and said, "I don't know but, I wouldn't tell you if I did."
She let out a gasp as a blaster bolt whizzed through her heart. Crosshair put his pistol down and said, "I believe you." He looked at the civilians and asked, "Do any of you have anything you would like to share?" The civilians cowered in fear at the callous behavior and a male stuttered out, "We don't know anything. We were promised transport off world, that's all." Crosshair raised his pistol and said, "Then you're of no use to the Empire."
Suddenly ES-01 held put his hand and asked, "What do you think you're doing? Gerrera's fighters are dead, these are civilians. We should bring them in." Crosshair glared at the man and said in a menacing tone, "Those weren't our orders." ES-02 piped up in defense of her husband, "Forget our orders, this is wrong." Crosshair narrowed his eyes at the couple and asked, "So your not going to comply?" ES-02 said, "No, none of us are." ES-01 turned to ES-03 and ES-04, he then said, "We signed on to be soldiers, not an execution squad. We're going to detain the prisoners and bring them in." Crosshair looked at ES-01 and asked, "You want to know why they put me in charge? I'm willing to do the things that need to be done."
As he reached for his pistol, ES-02 fired a stun bolt and knocked Crosshair out. Realizing what had to be done, ES-01 fired two stun bolts and knocked out ES-03 and ES-04. If the Empire caught them then they were dead. In just one mission they realized the evil the Empire was capable of. They quickly dismantled their teammates weapons and swiped ammo, money, and supplies. They got on board the ship and told the civilians to climb on board. They could take them somewhere far from the Empire and hopefully they could find a new home and life together.
N.G.R. Polis Massa, War Room
Currently, Mace Windu thinking of the next step in this war against the Empire. He had sent Cody and a few of his men from the 212th on a supply run to various former Separatist controlled planets. Obi-Wan had reported success and he was bringing Jaybo back with him. Cody and his men from the 212th were instructed to bring back weapons, supplies, and all sorts of various droids. Especially, super tactical droids and commando droids. After they had a decent army that could protect free worlds; then Saesee Tinn could work on building fleets of venators. It seemed like Anaxes had a myriad of supplies, venators, starship, ammo, and fuel. If they could capture and hold Anaxes then they could take control of their former shipyard and force the Empire to build elsewhere. Luckily, they had more than enough money to fund this new war. Only approved Jedi could access their accounts and over the Millennia that their order had been around, they had established a large amount of wealth. As Mace was lost in thought, Plo-Koon walked in. He went up to Mace and said, "You need to come to the East landing platform. Someone important is finally returning." Mace had an idea of who that was but followed nonetheless.
N.G.R. Secret Base, Eastern Landing Platform
Plo-Koon and Mace saw a familiar Delta-7 slowly lower and finally land. A teen Togurta female jumped out and walked over. Ahsoka beamed a smile at her mentors and said, "Koh-to-yah, Plo." Plo-Koon walked over and embraced his daughter in all but blood. He could feel her happiness and said, "Koh-to-yah, Little Soka. I have missed you very much." Ahsoka smiled and said, "I have missed you all as well. Where is Master Kenobi and Skywalker?" Ahsoka could see the look of sadness come over Mace's face and she could feel the sadness coming from Master Plo. Plo-Koon gently grabbed her shoulders and started to steer her toward his private chambers. He said, "I have something difficult to tell you and I want you to hear it from me, Little Soka." She looked worried and confused but allowed herself to be led down the hallway. The entire time her mind was swirling with confusion.
Coruscant Underworld, Cad Bane's Apartment
Cad Bane had seen a lot of change in the past few weeks. According to the Chancellor, those pesky Jedi were traitors. That was good news because that meant those do-gooders were finally out of his hair, so to speak. The problem was the clones. After the Chancellor had reformed the Republic, the clones had become colder and borderline sociopathic. He had seen holo footage of them arresting some fellow bounty hunters and their emotions seemed to vanish. This might be a problem, as he was contemplating this his holo-communicator went off. He walked over, clicked the anti tracking software, and answered it. Admiral Yularen's image appeared and spoke, "Is this the bounty hunter known as Cad Bane?" Bane growled and said, "Who's asking?" Yularen raised an eyebrow and said, "Quite. I am in need of your services. There have been several instances of clones either being ambushed or going AWOL. I want you to find out why and report back to me." Bane smirked and said, "My going rate is 250,000 credits." Yularen grunted and said, "Acceptable, contact me at this number when the job is done and tell me what you find out." Bane smirked and called out, "Todo, we've got a job to do, it's going to be very interesting." Bane chuckled slightly with a malicious gleam in his eye.
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