Knox: And he shall be known as Lord... Vader...

King: Don't confuse them. Wrong movie.

Knox: But he is playing the big guy.

King: Yes, but after that moment/era. Now, let's do this. Hope you all enjoy this one~

Inspiration: Star Wars Rogue One

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Next round. The screen came to life again.

The scene opened to a transport ship flying over a field of lava and rocks. The ship flew up the side of a volcano and to a massive, very foreboding castle at the top.

Blake read enough novels to guess who would use that. "Oh boy… This can't be good."

The ship landed at a pad and a ramp opened with a hydraulic steam release. Cardin Winchester descended the ramp, dressed in a white military uniform with a matching cape over his shoulders.

Ruby groaned, "He does not deserve a cape…"

Cardin took a breath and walked to the automatic doors in front of him. The doors opened, revealing another layer of doors behind them. It was a way to best control the heat within the castle. After a few turns and halls, he found himself in a large room, the meeting chamber. It was massive, with the only floor being two ramps to two exits and a large circular platform in the center. Cardin took to a breath to calm his nerves again. He didn't like coming here. He didn't lie meeting with…

His thoughts were interrupted as the wall opposite him opened up, allowing the light behind it to fill the room. The camera's angle showed a shadow of the man standing in the opening. He was tall and armored, a cloak over his form. Then, they heard him breath. A mechanical apparatus mixed with the sounds of his breathing. He sounded intimidating on a level few could truly reach.

Everyone felt a chill run up their spines. This could only end well.

The shadow shrunk as he approached Cardin. When he finally met with the man, they saw his black armor, helmet, and a feint red glow within the eyes of his mask. A long black cape hooked at the base of his neck and over his shoulders. He stood over Cardin with an authority and power. He looked down to Cardin, his voice reverbing through his mask. "Director Winchester…"

Cardin swallowed a lump in his throat. "Lord Arc."

Nora froze up a second, "That's Jaune?"

Jaune groaned, "Well, that's unnerving…"

Velvet saw something a little different, "But… Cardin looks afraid of him."

Jaune stepped to the side, "You seem troubled." He looked out to the side and through a large opening/window. Before them was a land of magma and fire.

"No. Just… pressed for time."

"My apologies…" It was clear he wasn't actually sorry. "You do have a great many things to explain."

Cardin was getting a bit exasperated at his situation. "I delivered the weapon Empress Salem requested! I deserve an audience to make sure she understands its remarkable…" He was caught off guard as Jaune moved toward him. He shook a bit in fear of this man, Salem's second in command. "…potential…"

Cinder huffed, a little annoyed some brat was the second to Salem. Especially a Salem that sounded more in tune with the version she was familiar with.

Yang nodded, "Okay, so Jaune is Cardin's boss… That makes sense then."

Jaune's voice cut him down faster than any blade, "Its potential for causing problems has been established. A city destroyed and an Imperial facility attacked?!" Jaune moved passed him again.

Cardin turned, trying to explain himself. "It was Governor Fall who ordered the test!"

Cinder raised an eyebrow with a smirk. So she was part of this still, and apparently high in command.

Jaune turned back to Cardin. "You were not brought here to grovel, Winchester."

"No… I just…"

"There is no Death Star. The Imperial Senate has been informed that Shion was destroyed in a mining disaster."

Cardin hung his head. "Yes, my lord."

"I expect you not to rest until you can assure the Empress that Marcus Black has not compromised this weapon in any way."

Mercury clutched into his chair's armrest in fury. He hated his father to no end after what he went through. Just hearing his name pissed him off.

Jaune turned again and walked back to his ramp.

But Cardin just had to open his big mouth. "Does… that mean I'm still in command of the project?"

Jaune stopped, a few steps onto the ramp.

Coco grinned, "He messed up now. Probably get chewed out for overstepping."

Cardin continued, "You'll speak to Empress on my behalf?" They could hear something in the background. It sounded like a build up before suddenly closing shut. Cardin's words suddenly caught in his throat. He pulled at his collar before brushing at his neck, trying to grab something that wasn't there. He fell to his knees, his breathing failing him.

Jaune turned slightly back to him, his hand held up a bit with his hand seemingly clutching around something. "Careful not to choke on your aspirations, Director." He dropped his hand and Cardin took in a very needed breath. Jaune turned and walked away to let him pick himself up off the ground.

Coco tugged at her own collar, "Yikes…"

The fact that Jaune could do something like that scared them. Sure, it wasn't there Jaune, but it was the idea that scared them. And his crack did not help matters.

As Jaune walked back to his side of the room, the wall closed behind him. A man in a black robe kneeled down as he walked passed, "My lord, the Empress has requested your presence in the Scarif system."

"No doubt to clean up Winchester's mess."

"She, uh… didn't say."

"Ready the Destroyer. And alert the 501st."

"Yes, my lord." The man bowed his head low before the mighty Sith Lord.

"Sith?" Jaune's head tilted a bit.

Ruby closed her eyes with a hand to her chin, "That sounds familiar…" She tapped her head trying to remember it, what was it?

Jaune walked on as his soldiers scrambled about to prepare for their journey. Many were in black military uniforms. Others were in white full-body armor.

"Hey, hang on…" Coco tapped her chair trying to recall the world. "This is like the other world where Jaune was that Jedi thing."

Ruby slammed her fist into her other hand, "That's where we heard that before!"

Jaune looed toward the two, "Um… what?"

"It was… the fourth world we saw? I think. It was a while ago. I don't remember the specifics…" Ruby blushed a bit in embarrassment, "I was kind of distracted about the lightsabers…"

"The what now?"

Now Ruby was able to gush, "Oh! It's so awesome! It's a sword, but its blade is made entirely out of light! I can cut through metal like it's nothing!"

Coco chimed back in, "But the armor here is different. They look more modern, but also kind of worse… It's hard to explain."

As Jaune approached a smaller transport ship, several of the armored soldiers lined up on either side with weapons leaned up against one shoulder each. At the ramp were two guards in red cloaks with strange helmets, the Imperial Guard meant to defend his castle. Technically they were to defend his person, but he didn't actually need them for that. As he walked inside, his soldiers began to march in from the end up to the ramp. As the ramp closed, the ship started to fly up into the air and toward a massive ship in the upper atmosphere. The camera caught a lens flare from the nearby sun that blinded the scene.

This allowed for a transfer to another planet in the galaxy, the world of Scarif. Floating in its orbit was a large dark grey moon. A large circular crater seemed to be formed on a large section of the surface.

Ozpin felt a shiver run up his spine. It was too spherical to be a natural creation. "That's no moon…"

Sure enough, it was a space station. Project Stardust, commonly known as the Death Star. The 'crater' started to glow slightly green. After a moment, the green energy focused through the outside area of the crater. All the energy gathered in the center before a large bolt of energy fired into the planet below it. The explosion was massive, dust and earth flying into space. It put any explosion they'd ever seen to shame.

This shook everyone to the core. Even Cinder was in shock. Unlike the atomic bomb, Cinder recognized the unholy terror such a weapon could unleash. Then again, she didn't have a space ship or viable option of secondary living in space, so she was kind of stuck with what she had. So, using that on Remnant would only hurt her plans overall. So, there's that.

But the Empire was too little too late. A nearby cruiser had received a transmission from the planet of Scarif. Within were the plans for the Death Star. If they got out, either the Imperial Senate could attempt to overthrow the Empress, or the rebellion forces could attempt an assault on the base. And then, Jaune's transport appeared from the side as it approached the cruiser, flanked by strange (but rather iconic looking) fighters.

Jaune groaned, "I have a bad feeling about this…"

The scene transferred to the inside as soldiers in blue and black uniforms with white helmets. One ran up next to the man at the console, "Hurry!"

"Got it!" Once the download was down, the soldier grabbed the disk and started to run down the hall to a faster transport docked nearby. The soldiers reached a large blast door and tried to open it, only to have it jam without enough space for them to escape through. A few tried to open the doors, but to no avail. The power was cut into the hall and they had no way to get through. One of them tried to pound on the window to get someone's attention. Then, they heard something off.

They all turned to the darkened end of the hall. The alarms were the only thing they heard. Metal strained before them. Then… breathing. Mechanical and imposing. With a twisted hiss, a red blade formed before them, washing the hall in its glow. It revealed Jaune as its wielder.

Yang let out an impressed whistle, "That's a pretty cool shot."

Velvet took a breath to calm her nerves, "Looks like we get to really see why Cardin's afraid of him."

The soldiers were face to faces the Empress's right hand. The only appropriate reaction was desperation. "Open fire!" They fired blaster bolts toward the Sith Lord.

Jaune just swung his blade, each action was deliberate and controlled. Every bolt that got close to him was deflected away from him into the walls around him. As he marched forward, he sent two bolts back into the soldiers, killing two of them with their own blaster fire.

Everyone was silent, unable to speak as a result of the scene.

As Jaune approached, one of the soldiers pounded on the window of the door even harder, "HELP US!"

Jaune deflected another bolt and held his hand out toward one of the other soldiers in front of him. The man was now held by his power over the force, dropping his gun and unable to move. Jaune slammed his hand into a fist and the soldier rose up to the ceiling. As he passed the man on the ceiling, he swung back and into the man's gut, leaving a sickening burn along with his death. Jaune thrust his hand back out and ricocheted a bolt back and killing another soldier. Bringing his hand back, he disarmed what was now the front line. He marched forward, decapitating the first soldier he passed. When another tried to grab a dead soldier's gun to fight back, he raised his hand and choked the man, lifting him into the air with the Force. Jaune slammed the man into the wall, leaving only one soldier live in the hall.

The soldier was able to get someone on the other side of the door. He passed the disk through. "Take it! GO!"

As the disk passed, Jaune impaled the man and the door in front of him. As the door finally unjammed, the blade melted through the metal as the soldier ran to the other side of the short pressure lock. The door closed and the ship forced a launch into space. Jaune stood in the hanger with blade still ignited. He disengaged the sword and he watched as the ship started to fly off.

The viewers heard a militaristic march playing in the background. Then, the music and the scene cut out and to black. The last thing they heard was Jaune's mechanical breath.

Jaune shook in his seat, "Well… that was unnerving."