《Spartan In Star Wars》 Chapter -1 - Timeline 33 BBY Diesel arrives on Naboo 32 BBY DIesel helps defeat the Trade Federation 31 BBY United Naboo Coalition takes Leadership of Naboo 31 BBY Diesel goes to Mandalor 31 BBY Death Watch Declares Civil War 31 BBY Sophia and Dom leave ONI on the Kraken 31 BBY Diesel becomes Mandalor 30 BBY Sophia and Dom arrive above Kamino and Jango finds them 30-27 BBY Diesel expands the military of both Mandalor and Naboo System. 27 BBY Sophia and Dom awaken 27 BBY Sophia and Dom begin training clones 26 BBY Jango Attempts to Lure Dom and Company to warring Natives 24 BBY The Official Creation of the 300th Battalion 24 BBY Count Dooku announces the creation of the Separatist (Confederacy of Independent Systems) -------------------------- 22 BBY Battle of Geonosis Chapter -2 - OG Characters Prologue: Spartan-016 Diesel - Main Character part of Valkyrie Team. Armor ability able to send vibration shocks through his armor, mainly used for sieging fortified areas. Head of Valkyrie Team. (Pure Black Armor with Dark Blood Red Shoulder plates and racing stripes down the helmet) Roughly 7ft tall Spartan-017 Dominick - Helped Diesel escape reach. He one of three Spartans in Diesels Squad. Part of Valkyrie Team. Has Railguns attached on this back, that can rest on his shoulders. Can shoot farer and stronger them the standard UNSC railgun. Mainly used for sieging fortified locations. (Pure Black Armor with Dark Ocean Blue Shoulder plates and racing stripes down the helmet) Spartan-015 Sophia - The only female member of Valkyrie Team. Her armor has a computer attached on the inside allowing her to hack from a distance. Was mainly used in assaulting resistance command centers. (Pure Black Armor with Dark Orange Shoulder plates and racing stripes down the helmet) Arc 1 Naboo: Ril''ah - A ex-Naboo Royal Guard joining the United Naboo Coalition becoming the Headmaster of Headmaster of Spartan Military Academy. Also, Diesels second in command of Clan Spartan. Sid - A ex-Naboo Royal Guard who was the one who pushed Ril''ah originally to give Diesel a chance. Later dying in the battle to retake Theed, earning him honors during the ceremony. Dith Uyarn - A Clanless Mandalorian who sought out Diesel for a chance of honor with Weniz and Ruray. Later becoming a Operations Commander of Clan Spartan. Weniz Pokuss - A Clanless Mandalorian who sought out Diesel for a chance of honor with Dith and Ruray. Later becoming a Operations Commander of Clan Spartan. Ruray Wran - A Clanless Mandalorian who sought out Diesel for a chance of honor with Weniz and Dith is also known as the brains of the three. She the only of the three to joining the newly created technology division becoming it''s head. Arc 2 Mandalor: Galactic News Boardcast: Jeffers - The main new anchor who has been covering Diesel/Naboo. Clones - * CR.-.1.873 Riptide (MIA in the Battle of Geonisis ) * Captain Waltz - 1st Captain of the 300th * Lantern and Jack - Scouts of the 300th (MIA in the Battle of Mimban) * Captain Titan - 3rd Captain of the 300th (Couldn''t Find the Suggester) * Captain Jackel - 4th Captain of the 300th (Couldn''t Find the Suggester) (Direct Clan Spartans are in Pitch Black with White accents) (UNC soldiers in a std black uniform) Mandalorian Clans Arc: Vegu Rau: Leader of the Mandalorian movement against the current Mandalor Diesel Special Thanks: Raver69 - United Naboo Coalition soresar - Clones Lantern and Jack KaoticHxnter - Clones Jackel and Titan --Spoilers-- Leys Pavond - Male Human La''sara - Female Twi''lek Rayath - Blind Female Miraluka Chapter 1 - Fall of Reach -WARNING THE BEGINNING (3 Chapters will feel Rushed) Spartan-016 Diesel was defending one of the last few places on reach, helping as many Soldiers/Civilians as remotely possible, Him and Spartan-017 Dominick with fighting off the Covenant when they finally received the orders to retreat. They boarded separate Pelicans and were making their way to the Pillar of Autumn. "Banshee''s Incoming!" "Evasive Maneuvers!" "They are firing!" The Pilot dodges the first 2 Plasma Cannons, narrowly getting scr.a.p.ed by the third. "Open the hatch now!" Diesel grabs a rocket launcher, as the hatch opens he locks onto the first banshee of the three, blowing it out of the sky. At the same time the second Banshee blows up from another rocket from the Spartan-017 Dominick. However, the third started firing the plasma shots (The little peashooter) into the back of Diesel''s Pelican killing many of the Marines who happened to make it that far, Diesel ended up closing the hatch before any more casualties could take place before finally blowing up to a third rocket shot done by Dominick. "Spartan! Those shots hit the console and threw us into hyperspace! I can''t stop the process! and the Hatch is sealed and won''t open!" "Where are we heading!" "Sir I have no idea!" "Quickly, send them to the other Pelican!" "Yes si..." Before the Pilot could say anything a big electrical surge blew up in his face killing the Pilot instantly. "Dom lock onto my hyperspace Coordinates immediately ...." With that the Pelican launches into hyperspace. Throwing Diesel into the void of the unknown. "Did you get those Coordinates?" "Yes sir!" "Good!" Chapter 2 - Arrival Spartan-016 Diesel had no idea where he was or how long it took, what he does know is that the rations that he made were getting to the limit. He only ate twice every 7 days but even then he lost track of how long it was. He hasn''t left hyperspace yet and with no idea of where he''s going he''s not sure what to even expect. He was alone, not even a marine survived that final banshee attack on his Pelican, with the death of the pilot he had no one. Days, Weeks, Months drifted by and he did everything he could to save any sort of energy he could. With the amount that passed Diesel finally left hyperspace and slowly drifting around aimlessly with what little resources he had left, he had no choice but to reroute any amount of power he could to signal a distress beacon. He then decided to use whatever he could to find his current location, but to avail, he was clearly in uncharted territory. Eventually after another few days passed Diesel felt like something had locked onto his ship and started dragging him in backwards, he tried looking out the front windshield but couldn''t really see too much. The only thing for certain is they weren''t hailing him on the Com''s so he knew they weren''t UNSC so he very quickly grabbed a battle rifle and took what little cover he could inside a small Pelican. As he waited for anything to happen he turned around and noticed he was descending, he stood up and again looked out the window and noticed a planet he had never seen before. "Where am i?" Chapter 3 - Spartan Meets Padme Finally, the hatch of the Pelican was being removed and sparks flew everywhere, Diesel got back into position aiming his battle rifle towards the hatch. Eventually he hears voices of what seems to be humans. "Back Up! It''s about to fall!" With those words being said the hatch plummets to the ground with an extremely loud bang revealing a close to empty with a Spartan aiming towards the crowd of people surrounding the disabled Pelican. "Are you Insurrectionist?" "Insurrectionist? No, We are Naboo." A small girl walks forward "And who are you?" Shortly After loud clunks were heard as a very large man walked towards the open hatch of the Pelican. "I''m Spartan-016 Diesel, I wish to get in contact with the UNSC!" Diesel noticed something was strange, all them had looks of confusion. "I wish to get in contact with the UNSC." again more looks of confusion. "Spartan, I''m sorry to inform you but we have no idea who the UNSC is. However, I''m known as the Padme Amindala." (One year before she becomes Queen Amindala) This was the beginning of a huge eye opener for Diesel, over the course of the next year he learns he''s no longer in a place where the UNSC or the Covenant exist but a place where hundreds of different races serve under the name of the Republic. He explained where he came from and what he was dealing with in hopes of finding a possibly returning home to fight the Covenant again. For now he decided to hide on Naboo, eventually serving as a guard for the newly elected Queen Amindala. Chapter 4 - Trade Federation Shortly after Queen Amidala was elected Queen of Naboo the Trade Federation decided it was time to make their first move because of their peaceful nature. In the end any peace deals that were offered to legalize Naboo''s Invasion were denied and eventually led to the landing of the Federation droids capturing the Naboos and her Queen. "Queen Amidala it''s time for you to sign the treaty." "I refuse to sign any treaty Viceroy." "Droids send her to Camp Four, we can talk about the treaty later when we get everything under control." P.O.V. Diesel Just before the capture of the Queen Spartan-016 Diesel was sent to another city with doc.u.ments to hand to the governor, When he received word of the invasion and capture of the Queen. He looked towards his small unit consisting of two palace guards and one pilot and towards the direction of Theed. "Turn the ship around we will save the Queen." "Sir, we are 4 people. How are we supposed to save the Queen against thousands of droids? "Where i come from, I''ve done nothing but fight against impossible odds against worse things then droids, I''ll handle the direct fire and bait out most of them you all focus on the cleanup of the enemies." P.O.V. Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn/Obi-Wan Kenobi "We will wait for them to reach....what is that?" He senses a ship approaching and watches as the hatch of that ship opens and a large man wearing a full body armor jumps out of the back of the ship crushing a droid under his heavy armor. He began firing what looks to be a modified version of a blaster rifle (Think of the Battle Rifle being changed over to fire blaster bolts). Instantly destroying 5 droids before they could even respond to the sudden appearance of the ship. "Obi-Wan it''s time." Both Jedi jump out from cover that they were behind, however they were way too slow to respond by the time they arrived at the actual scene of battle the large made and the two Security Guards who were firing off the overhead ship, have already wrecked havoc among the droid and saved the Queen. By the time they arrived from the Queen and the large man were looking over to him and his apprentice. "Jedi, I thought you were here to discuss peace talks with the Trade Federation?" "We were attacked immediately, and were forced to escape to the planet surface, may i ask who this man is? Is he a Mandalorian? Ah that was rude of me. I''m Qui-Gon Jinn and this is my Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi." The Princess looks towards the Spartan and nods her head. "Yes, this man is a Mandalorian we saved outside our planet''s atmosphere a year back, and he''s been serving the Naboo people in training and as a guard for me. However, we need to leave the planet and I a ship in the Hanger." "Queen Amidala, I''ll run interference to allow your escape to be easier. This should allow you to escape with the least amount of resistance." "Very well Spartan." "I''ve told you to call me Diesel Queen, we are no longer strangers as we were before." As he turns and starts walking towards the Communications Tower. "Are you sure that Mandalorian will be fine Queen? He is just one person fighting Hundreds of droids?" "Obi-Wan, if anything I would be far more worried for any droid that comes across that Spartan." Chapter 5 - Queens Escape 1 Diesel slowly made his way towards the Communications Tower, wiping out small patrols of droids here and there along the way. He sets up about one and a half blocks away from the tower, noticing that the tower has around one hundred droids standing nearby surrounding the front entrance. "Queen Amidala I''m in position, I will start my assault on the tower, drawing as many towards my location as possible." "Diesel please be safe and retreat if it becomes too much." "Go, I''ll be fine these droids are literally nothing compared to the Covenant trust me." Diesel ends up shutting off his communicator and notices in square a bunch of Civies and Royal Guards assuming they were the ones defending the tower. Thinking on how to handle the situation... "Sir we have received orders to help you with the tower by the Queen." Diesel looks up at his motion sensors and just realized that the two Guards who helped save the Queen followed him. "You should be helping the Queen escape." "Sorry Sir, Orders are Orders and honestly your fighting was inspiring and we both wish to follow you anyways." "Very well, are you able to lure the droids and I''ll take care of the tank." "Yes Sir!" Both guards make their way from building to building getting across the street from the first checkpoint that happens to be one block away from the tower itself. "Sir, Diesel they have around twenty droids and obviously the tank sir." "Let''s start." The two Royal palace guards opened fire on the unsuspecting droids instantly taking out two of the twenty droids before being fired upon themselves and slowly retreated. With the attention of the droids being focus on the guards Diesel immediately began sprinting towards the tank launching himself into the air landing upon the top of the tank. Diesel reached down on the latch tearing it open and dropping his last fragmentation grenade, taking out all the droids inside the tank. "You two wrap around and save the guards there are only five droids protecting them now. I leave it to you." "You sure Sir? We can help!" "Orders! Go!" With that being said Diesel falls back around the checkpoint forcing the droids to get as close as possible allowing for the two guards to get as much space as they can away from the responding force allowing for an easier time to save the hostages. As the force got closer, Diesel looked around thinking to himself 3/4 of a block will have to be enough. Chapter 6 - Queens Escape 2 As the droids near Diesel within a couple dozen feet, he turns around tucking his shoulders down turning himself into a bulldozer as he clashes into the group of droids taking out a half dozen droids. When reaching the center of the formation of droids he began tearing the inside of it. Using other droids bodies as cover dwindling their numbers at an astonishing rate. The two Royal Guards who followed Diesel in sneakily made their way behind the five droids who were guarding the captives. Luckily the Naboo Guards who were captured still had the awareness to notice them come up and nodded in confirmation that they would be able to help. With the back of the droids towards the guards were able to get close and able to take out two droids a piece while the captives were able to sweep the legs and hold down the final droid unit. Until the other two were able to finish him off. "Quickly grabs weapons so we can join the fight with Diesel." With that all guards and even a few civilians grabbed any weapons that they could begin firing from a safe distance behind. With the droids being pitched from behind being standard droids they collapse in confusion with no leadership. At this point the Queen and her new Jedi friends have left the planet discussing Diesel slim chances of escaping the Trade Federations. However, the confidence the Queen had in Diesel truly surprised the Jedi Qui-Gon in particular. "You truly think that the Mandalorian will be completely fine? He is facing thousands of droids alone in the city?" "Master Qui-Gon you maybe skeptical, but from what I''ve seen and from what I''ve heard a single Spartan would be able to crush a few thousand droids in a city without to many issues." "A Spartan? Not a Mandalorian?" Realizing she made too much of an emphasis on Spartan and in order to attempt to cover Diesel origins more she came up with a quick response. " Think of a Spartan like an elite of the elite, you know how you Jedi have Padawan, Knight, Master etc... A Spartan is a person that was born to wage war at a very young age they are trained as machines to fight against their enemies. They are someone who ranks above all else and should be feared. A Mandalorian Spartan is not a normal Mandalorian." Again everyone who was absorbing this information, if only the Queen knew what her words have done for her people just now. (Remember she has Handmaidens/Guards on the ship with her, so her words now were spoken quickly and unprepared she didn''t have time to time on what her people on the ship would do and the Jedi. She only did what she thought would protect Diesel "past" Chapter 7 - Sparks After the assault on the Communications Tower Diesel and Royal Guards attacked the inside of the Com''s tower. Sending all sorts of video evidence of the Trade''s Federation invasion. Diesel''s two Royal Guards even sent video''s of Diesel decimating the droids if anything they were more worried about Diesel''s image then he was. They knew the Republic had a certain annoyance with the Mandalorians and they felt they wanted Diesel to be properly represented during this crisis. After leaving the Tower they loaded up one of the vehicles of equipment Guns/Grenades/Camera''s whatever they could find by Diesel orders. Although the cameras were suggested by some of his guards and a reporter that was saved. (The video feed that the Guards sent was from the street cams.) P.o.V. Queen and the Jedi Finally, escaping from Naboo the Queen and the Jedi hoped to make their way to Coruscant, however as they were escaping they were forced into hyperdrive towards Tatooine. The only good news was the evidence supplied by Diesel of the illegal invasion. However, what caught the eye of the Jedi was the video sent by the Royal Guards labeled Diesel. "This is absolutely amazing, It''s like he has no fear of being shot. How does he fight like that and not get hit." "Obi-Wan watch the video again. He is being shot, as a matter of fact he is hit multiple times. It looks like he has a personal shield similar to those of a Droideka, Actually it seems even stronger than that." Obi-Wan stares and the video in complete awe as he watches Diesel rip open the hatch on the tank with pure strength finally looking over to the Queen. "Is this what you meant that you were more worried about the droids?" Even though the Queen understood that Diesel couldn''t be compared with common knowledge, she never expected him to be this extraordinary. "Yes, however I had no idea he was this strong." What the Jedi and the Queen didn''t know that this video alone would be the being of a park on Naboo, because it was not only sent to them but to the rest of the cities on Naboo. The people were outraged at the treatment they were receiving, lighting a spark inside themselves. Watching the lone Spartan fight against impossible odds for the safety of Naboos people. This alone was inspiring enough for them to find any way possible to arm themselves and make way toward Theed. Chapter 8 - Nute Gunray "Darth Sidious, there have been many unexpected complications." "Such as?" "First off as we already told you the Queen has escaped. Second, the people of Naboo are starting to fight back, there have been many instances where our droid patrols have been ambushed. Any sort of weapons have been stolen." "Enough! I can''t believe you can be this useless. How are you losing to civilians who can barely hold a gun!" "Actually Darth Sidious, our problem isn''t the civilians, it''s a Mandalorian, and it''s absolutely unbelievable! He took on Hundred droids and a tank completely by himself, luring more Droid to his location allowing for the Queen to escape by a less secure hanger." As he says that he turns on the video feed of Mandalorian completely decimating the droids. "Oh? This is truly interesting, I would never expect a Mandalorian could do such damage, I suppose they really have fallen compared to what they used to be. I may have to rethink my plans. What kind of information have you pulled up on him." "According to one of the Palace Guards we interrogated, The Queen Refers to him as Diesel and is said to be a Spartan." "A Spartan? Not a Mandalorian?" "According to what the Queen has told the guards is that a Spartan is an elite of the elite type of Mandalorian and they aren''t someone you can mess with." "So why is he on Naboo?" "That isn''t really clear sir, apparently he appeared roughly a year ago, and for the most stayed in Seclusion until about a month ago when he appeared as a guard for the Queen." P.o.V. Diesel and Crew After their escape from the capital, the Royal Guards brought Diesel to one of their bunkers hidden deep within the forest. With a base the Royal Guards became making plans to fight back against the Trade Federation. First they need weapons and the manpower to wield those weapons, second they need a leader in order to fight back. Most the guards turned and stared at the Spartan standing off in the distance "He won''t lead, he says he isn''t a native from Naboo so it shouldn''t be his right to lead. He also mentioned the Queen will be coming back with reinforcements so building up a resistance should be our main focus till the Queen returns. He also said a lot more lives would be protected." At this point Diesel walked over and scans the map on the table. "I suggest this one." Point towards the Naboo Royal Guard who has been following since he became a guard. "NO! I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE! I WILL FOLLOW NO ONE ELSE BUT YOU!" completely shocking Diesel and the rest of the guard, except for the other guard who has been following Diesel only for him to nod in agreement. Chapter 9 - The Change The constant attacks from the resistance was ruining the Trade Federations plans. What was supposed to be a quick and easy occupation, in a sense turned into a meat grinder. The Naboo began attacking small patrols, arming themselves with weapons. Those patrols turned into supplies convoys and finally saved their people from camps. Reality kicked in for most of Naboo''s people. That being completely peaceful and taking away your means of defending, leaves you open to be invaded with little means of defending themselves. Not all but most began questioning the current political agenda. In between raids many of the Royal Guards and Civilians began discussing reforms of Naboo political structure. Eventually, agree to forming a new party. (Insert future party name here meaning I want your opinions/comment on this paragraph) However, for now everyone waited for Diesel command as they hid outside of one of the last remaining prisoner camps in the area. "Wait till I knock on the door" "Diesel?!?! What do you mean knock on the door?" The group of resistance fighters all look towards Diesel with a confused look on their face. Only for them to watch him walk towards the small ship. "Go get into position." Still confused on what exactly Diesel meant by knocking on the door all of them got into position and ready themselves for the next phase of the operation. "Umm Sid, what do you think Diesel meant by knocking on the door?" "Ril''ah I''ve told you a million times just trust Diesel. He is by far the only person who has pulled off many miracles." "Diesel to all operatives await my signal." "What''s the Sig....." *Kaaaa-boommmm* Diesel took one of the hover-sh.i.p.s and equipped it with explosives, crashing it right into the gate, jumping out before it hit. Blowing up around 30 droids and disablingtwo tanks. "Nevermind, I think I got what he meant by knocking." The resistance fighters have officially begun charging the camp gate, while Diesel ran towards the gate jumping onto a disabled tank and directly onto the wall, the landing was enough to knock over the closest droids. Upon landing Diesel very quickly drew his gun and started clearing the walls, drawing as much attention as possible. Not even 30 seconds later did the resistance fighters reach the gate and fire onto the Inner Camp''s patrol droids. "Vehicle team get in position outside the gate right away, the walls are cleared" Diesel jumped down from the wall and joined his fellow fights and moved deeper into the camp as some of the Fighters released any prisoners they could. While most fled towards the vehicles, some decided to fight with the Resistance and grabbed whatever guns they could. From a short distance Diesel could hear multiple loud sounds slowly getting closer. "Droidekas!!! Take cover!" Those words alone launched many of the resistance immediately into cover. The more experienced resistance fighters already had experience against these droids.They all quickly learned to get into cover as fast as possible and to fire at them before they got their shields up. Unfortunately although they were able to destroy a couple of them, they were able to still rinse some of the less experienced resistance fighters. "Overload their shields! Use grenades!" Diesel looked over to Ril''ah nodding to confirm what he said, and ran to flank the Droidekas. Ril''ah and the other fighter tossed their grenades at them, taking down most of their shields. Those who''s shields were gone were taken down very quickly leaving two droidekas left. "Hold you fire." All fighters stopped firing at the remaining droids and watched as Diesel busted through a wall catching both of the droids off guard. He threw a punch that pierced right through the shield grabbing onto one of the Droideka completely shattering the head. He quickly spins dropping an axe kick completely destroying the droid shield and all. "Quickly, clean the battlefield of weapons and let''s get out of here." "DAMN! that never gets old!" Sid just looks over to Ril''ah and shakes his head "Let''s go Ril''ah" Chapter 10 - Arrival After a few weeks of the invasion of Naboo the fighting became a standstill. The Trade Federation was starting to believe they made a grave mistake. They never expected Naboo to push them back as much as they have.To make matters even worse for them Queen Amidala and her Jedi friends finally reached Coruscant. "Hello, Supreme Chancellor Valorum and Senator Palpatine." "Hello, Queen Amidala, Master Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan." "I''m sorry Chancellor and Senator we must get to the Temple right away. Anakin stay with the Queen for now we will retrieve you later." Finally noticing the boy Palpatine could feel that the force in him was strong. *It''s seem''s I have another interesting thing to ask the Queen.* "Very well, I wish you safe travels." Both groups head there separate directions towards their own vehicles. "Queen Amidala, what''s the situation of Naboo." After recalling the events that took place before her escape from Naboo and time on Tatooine. Palpatine decided to get the answer to the Spartan who was taking refuge on Naboo. "So these guards who saved you before meeting the Jedi, he stayed behind then? We must reward them. So who are they?" "Two of them are Royal Guards, the other is a Manadalorian." "A Manadalorian? Why did this individual protect you? They are mainly bounty hunters nowadays" "Senator, for his privacy I would ask for you to keep this between the three of us." Both the Senator and Chancellor nod "The short version is we received what we believed to be a distress signal. We found him on that spaceship along with another Seventeen dead. He refers to himself as Spartan-016 Diesel, an elite special ops unit of Manadalorian nature. They came across an unknown enemy and were forced to retreat; the battle caused damage to the ship and left him stranded over Naboo." "So why did he stay with you?" The Queen ponders for a minute before answering "Code." P.o.V. Swap Jedi Counsel Master Qui-Gon and Padawan Obi-Wan entered the meeting and began explaining the circ.u.mstances of the Naboo and the events that ended up taking place on Tatooine. "Meditate on this we will, you may leave now." "Master Yoda, I bring one piece of news I would like to share with you. As this might be the will of the force." "Mmmm?" "It would be easier just to show you." At this point Obi-Wan walks over to the center and places the video recorder in front of the Grand Masters. The recorder displayed Diesel destroying droids like he was a walking tank. "Interesting this is, who is this man?" "Master Windu, unfortunately we aren''t sure, according to the information that was given to us by the Queen is that he''s a Mandalorian." Before any of the Grand Masters could respond Obi-Wan stepped forward. "Masters, I don''t believe the Queen was telling the truth in this matter, when we were stationed on Mandalore during the Civil War, not once were these "Spartan''s" were seen or even mentioned. I believe that she was lying to defend him." "Spartan? More Information you have, please tell you will." P.o.V. Swap Senate One Day Later After Evidence Before anyone could even bother speaking they were mesmerized by the Diesel trashing the droids like they were toys. The video was amazing and absolutely unbelievable how a lone man could fight like that. "Who is the man that is fighting the droids in the video?" The entire refused to make a single sound, the only person who could was the Chancellor. "That would be Diesel. He is a Mandalorian fighting on his own accord for Naboo, and no before you ask he is not a Bounty Hunter." "Queen Amidala, as this involves our people now. Why is he fighting for your people if he is not a Bounty Hunter." This time the Mandalorian Representative took a step forward, they needed to show that they still had a neutral stance and were not providing support to the Naboo. "Two things: one we saved his life as he was drifting in space over a year ago. Second, he said Code. From my understanding he is from an elite unit called the Spartans." This caused the Mandalorians Representative to be stunned. Forcing them to sit back down reviewing the information they just received. They knew that this would eventually be viewed by the people. If a Mandalorian was able to fight such a battle and receive a large amount of "Honor" the old ways may return. This video alone could cause insurmountable damage to the current ways. This may change many Mandalorians. After the Senate continued to discuss the blockade of Naboo, Queen Amidala finally pushed the Notion *Vote of No Confidence* of the current Chancellor. Chapter 11 - Departure The outcome was too little too late for Queen Amidala. The Senate was forcing her to wait weeks and that was the time she didn''t have. Her being was dying and being held captive by the Trade Federation and she needed an army to defeat them and save her planet. She decided that she would rush to Naboo the next day, She already gave her evidence to the Senate causing her to waste weeks, she needed to return. The Jedi council heard the news from Qui-Gon on what the Queen planned. Master Yoda decided with the lurking Sith and the mystery Spartan that they would send Oui-Gon and Obi-Wan to ensure the Queen''s safety. P.o.V. Swap Coruscant Warehouse ???? Hidden deep in the underbelly of Coruscant was a warehouse that housed around twenty young aspiring bounty hunters who wanted to make a name for themselves. On the far side of the warehouse in the training arena sat two heavily armored individuals. They were watching all of these soon to be bounty hunters. Unfortunately, they were all without skill and would likely end up dead. That was when a third walked up and held the device up motioning them towards him. "I have something you both have to see." He lead both of them away to a private location and began displaying the video. "They are calling him a Mandalorian, and he''s not a bounty hunter, he is fighting to return the favor of saving his life. By saving a planet, his reason was the Code" Both of them looked at each other and nodded their nods. "Who is this? and where did you get this information from?" "This was leaked from the Senate building the other day, apparently the Trade Federation has blockaded Naboo. As for the man, I''m sorry but I don''t have that information. However, the Queen of Naboo is returning to the planet tomorrow. Although stupid, she is brave and has the courage to fight." "Is he alive?" "Well there''s one way to find out." P.o.V. Swap Queen Amidala and the Jedi on the docking platforms. The Queen and the Jedi met up at the Senate Suite, and made their way down to the docking platforms. Amidala was in a hurry to return to her planet leaving her unaware of her surroundings. Thankfully the present of the Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan noticed that the Platform was quiet, the guards were all gone and the Royal Guards who came with them to the ship were missing. "Queen Amidala something is wrong, everyone is missing" She stopped and took a second to look around her surroundings and finally noticed how bad the situation was for them. "We need to go now!" They turned around and saw two men dressed in full body armor. "Mandalorians..." "There is another one hiding, I can feel him with the force." Qui-Gon whispers for everyone in the group to hear. Then noticed that oddly enough the Mandalorian weren''t arming themselves and had their weapons holstered. "How may we help you?" Shocked by the Qui-Gon response the Queen tensed up. Obi-Wan looked over and slightly relaxed seeing the expression of his Master. "Don''t worry, all your guards are only knocked out and are in your ship, no one was injured. We just have a couple questions for the Queen." "We don''t have time for your questions, my people are in Danger!" She instantly rebuked the Mandalorian "That is exactly why we are here, who is the Mandalorian in the recording and is he alive." he signaled the Mandalorian who was hiding and he joined the other two on the platform. Queen Amidala takes a second to compose herself, she didn''t expect the Mandalorians would come searching for Diesel. "He''s name is Diesel, and he is fighting on Naboo at the moment. But he''s alive I''m 100% sure." "Load up, we are heading to Naboo. Queen Amidala we are joining your escort." Chapter 12 - Another Day For A Spartan After another few days after leaving Coruscant the Queen and her crew finally arrived in the Naboo System. Much to their surprise the amount of Trade Federation sh.i.p.s increased. Lucky because the Federation sh.i.p.s were much more focused on the planet below them they did not notice the ship entering the system and landed on the planet. Here the party decided to make a plan, the Queen and the Jedi would head to speak with the Gungans in hope to form a coalition. While Captain Panaka and the three Mandalorians would head towards the resistance camps gathering as much support as possible. Captain Panaka and the Mandalorian weren''t exactly sure where to start so they took the ship and landed near a city south of where the main droid occupation would be. Figuring they would be run into droids along the way. However, the occupation was extremely light in comparison to what they would originally think. They moved around silently checking on patrols looking to gain any information that they could. But other than the droids the city was pretty barren. The amount of people was extremely below their expectation. The Mandalorian kept their guard up the entire time feeling that the entire situation seemed suspicious. That was when they began hearing noising surrounding the area they were in, all four of them immediately got into position. "Are you Mandalorians?" A voice from inside a building yelled out. The group of four felt relaxed and figured they met with some members of one of the resistance groups. Captain Panaka stepped forward and was about to talk when one of the Mandalorians spoke. "Yes, we are Mandalorians other than this one here. We are here to see Diesel, we''ve seen the video of him saving the Queen and she''s brought us here to support him. The eyes of all the resistance fighters brightened up. "The Queen has returned? With Reinforcements? This is extremely good news! However, bad news for you Mandalorians, Diesel is surrounded right now the Federation Army has him and his group trapped at the underground bunker, around 100 miles north of Theed deep within the forest. We''ve been tasked with gathering and saving as many people as we can as they attack in the north." "Tasked? Who is leading the resistance right now?" This made Captain Panaka and the Mandalorians curious; these fighters clearly understood the things Diesel accomplished. "Well the leader in name is Ril''ah. He is a member of the Royal Guard, however he reports to Diesel because he does the majority of the fighting and basically anything he says goes. Diesel refused the leadership role because he wasn''t from Naboo. Everyone though knows behind the scenes he is the de facto leader." P.o.V. Diesel Outside of the Resistance Underground Bunker Two Hours Later "Diesel the Outer Perimeter has fallen, we are retreating back to the inner defense line." "Good bait them to Area Delta 4, and wait for them to get into the center. Then set off the explosives." "Sir! We have tanks entering the Center and pushing towards the entrance if they break through our defense will fall." "That''s why I''m here, Ril''ah let''s go we will hold the center. Inform me if there are any changes we will not let them get to the civilians." Diesel and his small troops composed mainly of Royal Guards, after constant shows of Diesel strength. The guards'' loyalty started to sway and many of the guards have already announced after the war they were gonna leave the Royal Guard. Diesel presence was slowly spreading among them and the populace. "Diesel we are heavily outnumbered, I don''t believe we can hold out too much longer." Diesel looks around, noticing the close to hopeless situation. Turning towards his allies. "This is just another day for a Spartan." Chapter 13 - The Beginning Diesel''s fighting style was slowly developing towards fighting these droids after weeks and weeks of attacks on the droids. He was able to time the shots it took for the tanks to reload in between shots. Also, understanding the weakness to the droidekas he slowly prepared the resistance to fight against the Trade Federation. Right now though the droids had Five tanks and two-hundred droids assaulting the center of the bunker. He stood in the center of hundreds of already destroyed droids, this current set would be the fifth wave they pushed back. His shields were nearly depleted at twenty percent. If he gave up and retreated here thousands of Naboo''s would perish and the promise he made to the Queen would have been for nothing. *FLASHBACK During Queen Amidala Coronation* "Diesel, I know you have a high sense of responsibility and wish to return the favor for me helping save your life. There just isn''t a need for it just live freely." "Denied. Ma''am I will make it up to you and your people." She shakes her head figuring out what she could say to such a stubborn man. "Fine, if me or my people ever need your help, come and protect us saving as many as you can." The words she said at the time. Changed Diesel instead of being a deadly super soldier whose only thought was killing the enemies of UNSC. He became more relaxed and eventually became a trainer for the Royal Guard increasing their overall abilities eventually earning him the right to be a guard. He isolated himself on the training guard where only a select few would participate. He felt the need to do whatever he could for the future. *Flashback End* "Ril''ah hand me that rocket" "BUT Sir, there are only two shots!" "Trust me, it''ll be plenty have the men focus on infantry." Reaching over grabbing the Rocket Launcher from Ril''ah. He turns back towards the five tanks putting the rocket onto his back before pulling out his Modified Battle Rifle and begins to sprint towards them. He began by destroying the front line of the droids, dwindling what little numbers he could, before taking continuous firing from the tanks, two of the shots completely missed while the third and forth were dodge by the speed of the Spartan. The droids have been fighting Diesel non-stop for the past few weeks, calculating the patterns he would use to dodge. They figured by baiting the first four shots they could use the fifth to land a direct hit on him and just like they predicted the first four all missed, and with the timing of the fifth it landed directly in front of diesel forcing him a few feet causing him to do a backwards barrel roll with him landing onto his feet. He immediately switches over to the rocket launcher firing both shots, knocking out a tank per rocket. He rushes behind one of the now destroyed tanks, lobbing his remaining smoke grenades over to block the tanks vision as much as possible. Suddenly, he jumps out of the smoke right in front of one of the tanks, forcing it to fire another round completely missing Diesel and landing on the other remaining tank on the other side of the smoke. Diesel turns and throws thermal detonators into the tube of another tank, blowing the tube completely destroying the barrel of the tank as it attempts to fire another shot. The last tank halts and starts to retreat, Diesel deciding it would be best to finish the last tank gave chase. At this point, a ship was coming into the view in the direction the tank was heading, popped open its hatch releasing three heavily armored individuals using jet packs. The three of them launched wrist rockets into the final tank. Stopping Diesel in his tracks as the final tank exploded in front of him. He looked at his shield, noticing he only had roughly three percent left. With the now retreating droid army the resistance decided to fall back to the bunker and await the arrival of its new visitors. Chapter 14 - Clanless Leading the three Mandalorians towards the bunker, Diesel looked ahead to where the ship had landed and saw that Captain Panaka was up ahead. Glancing back at the three mystery soldiers, now believing the story they told a little more than he did previously. He waved Panaka to join them while they entered the base heading into the command center. "First things first I''m Diesel. You three are?" "Dith Uyarn" "Weniz Pokuss" "Ruray Wran, the brains.'''' The other two turn towards her shaking their heads. " We are Clanless Mandalorians, the Mandalorian who took us in was killed in an ambush when he was training. In the end we never got the information of his clan. We were gonna become bounty hunters in hopes to gain honor for joining a clan until we saw your video." Diesel took a second and reflected on what she has said, remembering what he read about the Mandalorians before he joined as the Queen guard. "Very well your welcome to earn your honor here, However, since you''ve joined my battlefield my orders absolute, and before you say anything come." Diesel leads the Mandalorian, Captain Panaka, and Ril''ah to a completely empty room, telling everyone to stand to the side as they madeway to the center. "So who is first." Realizing what Diesel was doing now the Mandalorian had a hint of excitement. "I will." Dith Uyarn made his way to the center of the room across of from Diesel. "Again Dith Uyarn Clanless" "Spartan-018 Diesel" stunning Dith and the rest of the Mandalorians present. They began wondering if this man was clanless also. "Are you Clanless Deisel?" "My Clan is Spartan and 016 think of it like my acceptance right into the clan." "Interesting and where is the rest of your clan?" "If you win, maybe I''ll tell you." He motions Dith on as he takes a fighting stance. "Deal." Dith immediately rushes towards Diesel throwing a simple jab towards Diesel''s face in order to test the Spartan. Dith believed he would be able to react to anything that Diesel would be able to throw at him. Disappointed by the confidence of the Mandalorian Diesel grabbed the arm of the Dith yanking towards him, causing him to lose his balance. Diesel swipes his leg behind those of Dith and pushes down on his c.h.e.s.t slamming him into the floor. "You underestimated me far too much, your skills do not exceed mine, you''ve watched the video haven''t you? If I was remotely serious you could have died right there. Let me say this right now, I was by no means the strongest one in my clan, but you would still be the weakest. Dith gets up completely disappointed with his display of skills and getting called out on a weakness he had. His pride got in the way of his judgement. He wanted to compete against Diesel hand to hand, never expecting to be downed so easy. "Weniz Pokuss Clanless" "Spartan-016 Diesel" again Diesel takes a combat stance. Weniz after watching Dith get completely destroyed by Diesel decided a different approach he launched his grappling took around Diesel''s arm. Diesel on the other hand grabbed the line with his other hand and yanked however, he didn''t expect that Weniz wouldn''t budge. Once the pull was released Weniz activated his jetpack and launched himself around Diesel, tying him up in the wires. "I have you completely tied up, it''s my win." "Again, both of you have much to learn. You think cause I''m wrapped in this wire that I''m helpless? I noticed you turning on the Gravity Boots to hold yourself down to think I wouldn''t be able to pull you." Diesel starts lifting both arms, easily breaking all the wires wrapping around him, grabbing onto the one piece of wire that is still attached to the Weniz gauntlet. Again yanking the unsuspecting floating Mandalorian catching him completely off guard. Diesel sticks his arm straight out completely clothes-lining Weinz, with the jetpack still going the extra velocity, makes him spin a few times in the air before getting knocked unconscious. "Bring him to the Infirmary, he''ll need some time to recover." Ruray looks towards both of her fallen Mandalorian brothers and decides that because she is weaker than the both of them she wouldn''t duel him at this time until she has more of an understanding of Diesel strengths and weaknesses "I''ve seen enough, very well we shall accept your command. Chapter 15 - Decisions I don''t know how many people actually read the Author''s thoughts so I figured I place this here. I would like to thank everyone who has been supporting me and this FanFic. As such I would like to give back to you all even a little if I can. So please join the discord for more information! In the infirmary sat two people while another slowly awake from being knocked unconscious the day before. The two of them were discussing the topics that related to Diesel and his future plans on the Naboo blockade. With the odds looking very slim for the Naboos, however this was a huge opportunity for them. Diesel strength far exceeded what they expected, to be able to fight them and beat both of Dith and Weinz in a few seconds just proves that. When they finished the war, they would like to see what Diesel plans were. The Mandalorians could already see what the supposed peaceful people of Naboo have become. Of course not all the Naboo were fighting but this society has big looks of change. People were constantly in the training quarters, with attempts to get stronger. Others would look towards Diesel with the utmost respect, even the three Mandalorians are getting respect because they believe that they were a part of Diesel people. The feelings that we receive are amazing, even if their goal was originally coming here to recruit Diesel, stealing him from Naboo. "Dith? Ruray? What is going on?" Both of them looked towards their now awake friend and began to discuss the plans that the Queen and the Resistance came up with. The looks Weinz gave them was that they were absolutely crazy. "Who the hell came up with that plan?!?!" Ruray stops Dith from talking and steps forwards indicating that she was gonna explain everything that happened while he was asleep. "Well, the Jedi wanted to destroy the flagship and capture the Viceroy. Diesel agrees with the plan, However disagrees allowing the rest of the sh.i.p.s to escape. He has called the other resistance groups around the planet for any sh.i.p.s that could round up. The Resistance groups are gonna make an attempt to capture the remaining sh.i.p.s." "What about the other three!" "The real question would be. What about the other two?" "Diesel plans on taking a small team of his Royal Guards to board a third ship and steal a second ship. You two will be a part of the Resistance group one while me and Diesel will take on the third ship." "Okay, so what about the other two?" "The Gungans have started the fighting on the plains Diesel!" "Have all our ship crews on standby right now, we will lay down a distraction for the Jedi, and then make our way to space! The city defenses are already weakened thanks to the Gungan Army so push forward!" The resistance fighters who weren''t able to fit on the spaces all took place in the siege giving them a rough number of three thousand, this gave the resistance the numbers advantage over the thousand or so defenders. "The reports are right Diesel. All the tanks were moved to the frontlines to battle the Gungans." "Good that makes our jobs a lot easier! Focus fire on the walls, Mandalorians. I need you on those walls as quickly as possible. Everyone use the shields!" After a couple of encounters with the Droidekas, Diesel began getting ideas. He would always have the Resistance gather the remains. Diesel wanted a trump card, so he had some of the smartest Naboo''s to reverse engineering the shield the droidekas used. After many failed attempts he was about to scrap the project. However, with the addition of "the brains" the experiments began producing results. although they were inferior to the original shields, they could now form shields but only in front. But for a siege without tanks, that was all they needed. "The shields are holding! It works!" When the shield started to show their initial success everyone was getting extremely excited. However, all good things must come to an end. As long as the droids focus firing on the shield they would slowly deplete. This was demoralizing for the resistance fighters, but they knew they had to fight through this for the sake of their familys. The Mandalorians arrived on their modified speeders, all equipped with the forward shields. They rushed towards the wall crashing all the bikes into the gate. Using their jetpacks to land on the walls. Meanwhile, Diesel watched as the droids were now distracted allowing for the resistance army to close onto the wall. "Call in the sh.i.p.s, the walls will fall soon. Also, after they clean up the wall, have the Mandalorians return. It''s time we enter space. The Resistance fighters will be able to take back the town with the walls going down." Chapter 16 - The Resistance After the walls were cleared of any droids, Diesel and the other Mandalorians boarded their sh.i.p.s heading to space. Ril''ah was left on the ground to lead the ground forces to take back the city. The siege suffered caused the resistance to receive many losses. However, with the walls completely under the control of the resistance the rest of the city should fall without much problems. The resistance had around two thousand fighters left on the ground, Ril''ah broke them in three groups of Six hundred for each of the main streets. Leaving One-Hundred and Fifty for reinforcements, for any of the three main groups. He gave the remaining fifty their own mission to complete. Staring one last time at the map, Ril''ah believed he made the final preparations and ordered the attack on the Palace. The battle in the side streets went extremely smooth, however the battle for the center was very gruel-some. The remaining droids far exceeded the reports, thankfully the Shields that they created for the battle have prevented the fighters from being quickly overrun. Forcing Ril''ah to deploy the extra 150 relief fighters, much earlier than he expected. This greatly slowed the advancement towards the palace. No one side could over push in fear the droids would flank the side, with the numbers from the reports being wrong. They didn''t want to make a mistake that would cost the siege. Looking at the map again Ril''ah needed to do something that could affect the battle and allow the center to gain the much needed moral. "Are they in position yet?" "Yes, Ril''ah. Are you sure this is gonna work?" "No. I think it''s time to increase our odds of winning." Having watched Diesel for an extremely for over a year now. He knew people would move when someone was setting an example. Diesel has been giving people hope fighting on the frontline, taking the lead in every battle. Ril''ah decided he was gonna be the Diesel of this battle. "I''m heading to the center, wait for my orders and then we will supply the trap." Arriving at the front, Ril''ah grabs any extra shields he can and any extra ammo and grenades he can. He looks at his friend Sid. "Will you follow me to my last stand?" "Of course." Both of them ready behind one of the shields. "Attention all Resistance fighters! This is your current ground force leader Ril''ah, the center is being pushed back, I''ve decided to move to the center and help forge a path! Do not quit! Do not give up! This is our planet! Diesel has given us a chance to fight! Diesel has given us hope! WHO ARE WE TO SURRENDER THAT HOPE TO A BUNCH OF DROIDS! FOLLOW ME MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS! WE SHALL CREATE A NEW FUTURE! NOW FOLLOW ME AND DESTROY OUR ENEMIES!" The speech made all the Resistance Fighters to pause before looking to notice that Ril''ah indeed joined them on the front line. He activated his shield on a small floating platform and began forcing his way forward. The closer he got to the droids the more fire Ril''ah would take, the gunfire caused his shield to completely deplete, Luckily Sid was ready and immediately activated a second shield. Both of them began sprinting, swapping our shields anytime the previous one would get close to deplete. Knowing that he wasn''t Diesel, Ril''ah crashed them into the left side of the formation leaving their backs to the wall. "Sid you in charge of the shield do not fail or we will die!" "I KNOW!" Ril''ah began tossing smokes and thermal detonators over the shields that were depleting extremely quickly at this point. Ril''ah was causing extreme damage and confusion in the left side of the ranks of the Droids. Every detonator taking out multiple droids, even if he was thinning the left ranks, the amount of fire that was focused on them never relented. Resistance Fighters began noticing the fire they were facing was beginning to lessen and seeing the amount of smoke coming for the left side of the droids was completely shut-down. "Shield Units pushing on the left, all units throw smokes!" Those orders caused hundreds of Smokes to be thrown and cover the entire middle of the street. This small opportunity caused by Ril''ah and Sid was exactly what they needed. Every fighter pushed hard and threw the smokes using the shield as protection. "NOW!" Most of the street in the rear of the droids exploded, completely decimating the rear army of the droids. The large explosion caused most of the droids to halt, giving the resistance a small window. Shortly after the explosion, roughly fifty Resistance Fighter poured out of the hole and began taking out the droids from behind. Shortly after the ambush the resistance meet up with Obi-Wan and the queen. They heard the news of the death of Qui-Gon at the hands of a Sith Lord, another loss that they would have to mourn later. The Joining of the Queen and the resistance however, did represent the winning of the ground battle. Now, they awaited the news from space. Chapter 17 - On A Board! Author Note: I really wasn''t sure what to expect when I started this story. Now that I''ve arrived at a space battle I''m fairly concerned about the quality of the whole scene. So I''m gonna write it as is and if people have suggestions and fixes on this I would love to hear them. Please let me know if you like it! The battle overhead was going by extremely smooth, the first couple phases went by with zero problem ship. Diesel and the Mandalorian boarding parties landed without a single problem. The Queen space fighters destroyed the Trade Federation Capital ship. "Suit up we are on the inside, stay behind me and never look back." When the hatch opened Diesel immediately jumped out and began opening a path for the twelve others to leave the ship. Thanks to Diesel being able to handle most of the direct fire the other twelve were able to set up their force fields and take defense positions. Allowing them to clear the room of all droids presence. Having these portable shields, made the lives of the normal soldiers much easier and they all knew this. The only reason they even have these shields were because of the Mandalorians.It was their idea to reverse engineer the droideka''s shields. How many deaths have been prevented from these alone. The Royals (I''m gonna just refer to the Royal Guards as Royals) followed closely behind Diesel and anytime that they would come across droids they conditioned themselves to throw the shield down on both sides of the hallway. Thankfully, because of the droids being droids they just lined up in the hallway allowing for the Royals to fire randomly into the pack of them. Diesel knew it was only a matter of time before they would arrive at the Command Center. Deciding it was time to end this battle Diesel looked back.. " Do your best to keep up." Ruray was assigned with Diesel''s boarding party. She didn''t really understand why, but they all agreed they would follow his orders after the duel. In the end she wanted to see how Diesel would lead a small strike team and from what she saw completely surprised her. His awareness, speed, tactics were perfect. Then she heard do your best to keep up. The words kinda confused her, she thought they were already moving at a fast speed they had no losses, things were going smooth. Why speed up? "WHAT?!!?!" Diesel took off crashing into the droids pulling out his energy sword, slicing droids in half. What surprised her even more was how quickly the Royal responded. As soon as Diesel said those words they ready themselves. One Royal lifted each shield and chased after Diesel, the other Royals followed right behind the shields. She had no clue what to think, they were punching and kicking. It was like watching a father teach a bunch of kids how to fight, except they were working as a team while Diesel single-handedly was destroying them. One Royal would sweep the feet when a droid got to close while another would shoot the Droid in the face. The scene was burning into her eyes, it just didn''t seem real. These people knew nothing of fighting but were fighting better than most groups out there. Her eyes wandered to Diesels back. Who can instill such drive into such peaceful people. Realizing she was falling behind she then rushes forward joining the rest in the brawl. Dith was leading the resistance fighter on the other ship, as they had much larger numbers they were able to clean the ship faster, however they were still incurring losses. Weinz was leading a group of fighters in a less inhuman way then Dith, Weinz would force situations where they were surrounded causing casualties. Dith on the other hand was similar to Diesel, leading in the front drawing most of the fire. Dith still had casualties but not nearly as many as Weinz. Essentially, both boarding crews cleared both sh.i.p.s. Meanwhile, the remaining two Trade Federation sh.i.p.s, got word that the ground battle was over. They already lost one ship and the Viceroy, two of their sh.i.p.s were boarded and slowly falling to the enemy. The ship''s leaders have already ejected from the sh.i.p.s and joined them on their sh.i.p.s. Before they incurred any more losses they retreated into hyperspace, ending the space battle. All that was left was finishing capturing the two boarded sh.i.p.s. "Message to all Resistance Fighters the Trade Federation is engaging the hyperdrive and leaving!" Chapter 18 - Aftermath (Short/End of Naboo Arc) -Middle of the city of Theed- "Before we begin. I would like to mourn the loss of all those who choose to stand against the Trade Federation. One of the earliest to join the resistance and a member of the Royal Guard Sid." After, going through some of the more prominent names in the resistance. The Queen had everyone take a moment of silence to show respect for those who died. "Now, people of Naboo I would like to announce an alliance between the Naboo and the Gungan people. Without their help distracting the main force of the Trade Federation Army it would have been too impossible for everyone else to retake the City of Theed." The crowds go wild knowing they have an extra blanket of security and a new alliance partner. This small alliance would bring the people of both cultures benefits. "I would also like to thank the Mandalorian''s who came in our time of need. They help create the forward shield that saved hundreds of lives. During the siege of the Theed they were the first ones to clear the walls allowing for our resistance fighters to enter the city. They also lead the capture of one of the two federation sh.i.p.s! Ruray. Dith. Weinz thank you!" The three of them coming here were extremely pleased. They could clearly see from the people''s eyes and cheering that the three of them were well respected for their contributions. After going through a few more names on who people deserve thanks. People began to wonder when Diesel''s name was gonna be called. Finally, noticing that the man was not on the platform with the rest of those who were getting the honors. The people were getting anxious. Where is the hero of Naboo, Where is the one who took charge of the resistance, where is the god of the battlefield. The people weren''t having it. Everyone knew who the real hero was, and they weren''t allowing him to escape without honors. "DIESEL! DIESEL! DIESEL!" The chants interrupted the speech of the Queen, shaking the entire city. They wanted the planet''s hero and they wanted him now. The Man left such an impression on everyone in such a short span. He gave them hope, he gave them a future P.o.V. -Galactic News Broadcast- "It seems that the speech has been interrupted! Chanting the name Diesel, we must not have all the information" "Who is Diesel? What did he do? It looks like the Ceremony came to a standstill because of the chanting. Oh What''s this? Sounds like we received from recordings." "What the hell is this? Is this Diesel? It must be! No wonder, Everyone is chatting about the man''s name. P.oV. Back at the City of Theed Queen Amidala looked up to the building behind her knowing that Diesel was hiding up there. pleading for him to come down. Remembering his words. "I''m a Spartan, I was Breed for war, I don''t need the honors." She started pleading to him, the crowd noticed the Queen stare, realizing that she was more than likely looking at Diesel. The chanting became louder, until he finally showed himself to the public. jumping from the three story building landing on the ground below the platform. The cheers exploded! P.oV. Swap ??? "What do you guys all think?" "We should invite him and the other three to join our cause." "What happens if they choose to decline?" "Isn''t it obvious? His actions will inspire many of the Clanless to seek him out. If he declines, kill him." Chapter 19 - United Naboo Coalition --One year after the Invasion of Naboo-- -- Nine years before the Clone Wars-- Clanless Mandalorians from across the universe started to gather on Naboo, there were no bounty hunter associations or anything for them to earn fame. They all gathered for one goal and one goal alone and that was to meet Diesel. It seemed like Diesel would never leave the Palace unless he was at the newly formed Naboo Military Academy. Many of the Mandalorians end up taking drill instructor roles for the chance to meet him. Being a part of the Naboo Military many people felt it was an honor. They were able to be instructed on battle. Getting a chance to learn from Mandalorians themselves made them feel so much closer to Diesel, their hero. Slowly the Military adopted most of the Mandalorian Creed. They had to accept that the Naboo weren''t Mandalorian although they were all eager to become Mandalorians. They knew they wouldn''t serving Mandalor, but Naboo. The Mandalorians still took the training seriously on the off chance that the Naboo could be a worthy adversity in the future. Ril''ah stood in the highest point in the military academy looking over to his Mandalorian friends. "It''s been a year now hasn''t it? Naboo has gone through many changes, the UNC (Title) has taken over and started building a military and space fleets. Many Mandalorians have now settled here in attempts to build a future." "Let me remind you we were still having problems with the Death Watch spies, ever since we''ve all declined their invite they are sometimes coming and cause havoc." This was causing Dith to get irritated, wondering how they may solve this problem. "Ruray, how are the background checks going right now?" "Pretty good, we''ve caught a couple Death Watch spies, but it seems like they are starting to get a little more serious. What do you think Diesel?" "I think it''s time we visit the Duchess and see if we are allowed to take care of the problem. Dith you and Weinz will take Five Mandaloriansto Mandalor find out any information you can. Ril''ah you will take another five and provide overwatch. Ruray will protect Padme, our ambassador, both the duchess and her lean towards pacifism. We should be able to use this to our advantage. Make sure you grab Five Mandalorians and Five people from the Coalition Army." The group decided to head their separate ways to prepare for the trip. Diesel makes his way towards Padme''s house (Just in case people don''t know Ex-Queen Amidala). He knocks on the door awaiting for her to answer. "Diesel?" "We need you for talks with the Duchess of Mandalore." "Haven''t you done enough damage? We were peaceful people, you''re only bringing us to a future with more violence!" "Have you not realized the future you seek is impossible, you''ll end up in a situation like the Trade Federation Blockade. We are merely preparing for the future, and your people agree. If the blockade never happened none of this would of happened" "Diesel! How can you say that! I ask you to protect our people, not make a military!" "Queen, I mean Padme what''s done is done. But we need you, the Death Watch has been attempting to cause trouble on the planet." "Death Watch?" "Short version is that they are a terrorist organization that has been causing problems for the people of Naboo. That why we must go to Mandalor and flush them out for their safety." "I''ll arrange for it." "Thank you." Having done what he set out to do, Diesel returned to Spartan Military Academy to meet up with the others and the new recruits. ---One week later at the platform about to leave towards Mandalor--- Diesel brings the five of them together saying he had something he wanted to talk about. "I wish to ask the four of you an important question but before that. I have no idea if I''ll ever see my old clan again, most have died while others might still be alive. So today I''m here to say, I want all four of you to be the first members of Clan Spartan, I use the name to honor my fallen brothers and sisters and those who may still be alive." The four of them look at each other and finally smile. "Diesel, we''ve been waiting for you to ask us that for close to a year now. Of course we will join you." "First, order of business then. Ril''ah will be my second, Ruray will be our Head Technology Specialist, Dith and Weinz will be our Operations Commanders. Now tell the men that you recruited after this mission they will be the first official members. We shall call them JetTroopers for now, when the Trade Federations sh.i.p.s are adapted I will change the name to ODJT. I''ll explain later." -End- Chapter 20 - Negotiations P.o.V. Duchess Satine "When does the Naboo Ambassador arrive?" "According to the reports, she will arrive on the planet in roughly an hour. Also, Duchess her escort is mostly Mandalorians." "The Naboo have changed so much in the last year. If only the Trade Federation didn''t attack them. I don''t know how true it is, but lots of Clanless Mandalorians have moved to Naboo and joined a Military Academy becoming teachers." "Do you believe that is what this visit is about?" "We shall see." P.oV. Padme --A few hours after landing-- When the Ambassador Padme landed on Madalore, the teams immediately went to do their jobs. Diesel and Ruray stayed with Padme escorting her towards the Madalorian Palace to meet the Duchess. "See Diesel, this is what pacifism brings!" As those words were said explosions were heard in the distance. People were running around and security forces were seen heading in the direction of the sounds. "Your right Padme, pacifism makes you unprepared for things, allowing for others to take advantage of such weakness. This is why the Death Watch exists, the Mandalorian people became pacifist . Someone saw this as an opportunity and now they are running loose with no one stopping them." "Diesel! Why do you always fight me on this!" "Because...You don''t want another Trade Federation blockade." Padme and the rest of the group arrived at the palace being ushered inside by the Duchess man. They were led to a large room, with a Holo image of a room with a table in it. "You are allowed to bring two people with you, the rest will stay here and be able to watch through this. The only thing is you won''t have access to sound but you''ll at least be able to see what''s happening." Padme ends up taking Diesel and Ruray with her. "I see you have hired Mandalorian to protect you on your visit here, Ambassador Amidala. Do you not trust my people here?" "No, Duchess Clan Spartan has officially settled on Naboo; they are not hired. They are the owners of Spartan Military Academy where the new Naboo Military will be training in the future. "What? The Naboo have allowed for a Military Academy owned by a Mandalorian?" Ambassador Padme took the time to explain the entire situation to the Duchess, how she found Diesel to how they defeated the Trade Federation and how the United Naboo Coalition now rules Naboo. "Anyways none of that is why we are here today, so let''s get back onto the main topic. Death Watch, they have been sending people to our planet causing a lot of trouble. We propose that you allow our to take care of them." "Denied, I will not allow your people to run freely investigating whoever or whatever you want. What kind of leader would I be if I allowed such a thing to happen." "You misunderstand Duchess. I was suggesting an alliance against a common enemy. Are you gonna allow your people to suffer because you lacked the initiative to wipe out a terrorist organization when an opportunity arose." "Do not test me Ambassador! "Trust me I''m not here to test you. I''m here to help solve a problem that is plaquing both of our planets. Join us Satine, let us destroy the Death Watch." "I have a request then, I want you to save my sister Bo-Katan Kryze, she''s currently being misguided by the Death Watch." ---Diesel Rant--- When those words were said Diesel stepped forward putting his hand in front of Padme. "Allow me, terrorists are nothing but sc.u.m of the universe and such sc.u.m should be annihilated before it can grow any further. My brothers and sister were born to fight terrorists and I will not allow my family to be endangered because you failed to protect yours. This isn''t a game. When we find the location of them I will go there personally and utterly destroy the very core of their existence. I will not allow more of my kind to be killed for the sake of fake peace. The amount of pain we''ve received, the torture we had to endure, because someone didn''t take a terrorist group seriously," --Diesel Rant End-- Everyone in the room was left completely speechless, not one person expected such an outburst from Diesel. He was always calm and collected. This just proved what terrorism meant to him. The Duchess sat for a few minutes in silence before finally speaking again. "Just like you I have family too, we may not agree on everything but I''ll do what is needed to protect her. So if you want permission to enter our land and search for the Death Watch, Then you''ll have to agree to our terms." "Then you will be the one leading this operation and take complete responsibility for anything that happens after. If we fail to wipe them out then it will be on our shoulders not ours." "You just better hope I don''t run into her before you do." '' Chapter 21 - Chain Reaction --Death Watch HQ-- "Vizsla our spies are telling me a Naboo ambassador has arrived, and looking to coordinate with the Duchess on how to stop the Death Watch." "Naboo coming here changes nothing,send a team to put an end to this farce." "Sir, there might be some complications then, Naboo has sent Diesel and a small squad of Mandalorians protectors. Excluding Diesel there are Six Mandalorians and 5 Naboo Guards. "Send twenty five men, and get the job done. Should be more than enough to stop them." --Shortly Later Bo-Katan Resident-- A heavily armored girl rushes into Bo-Katan Resident. "Bo! I have news!" "What is it Khae? "A Naboo ambassador has shown up in the Palace. They talked the Duchess into taking down the Death Watch! Vizsla, is going to send a hit squad to kill the ambassador." "Khae how does that affect us?" "Diesel is there, and she''s being escorted by other Mandalorians, who have settled on Naboo. That isn''t even the crazy part yet! They formed a Military Academy on Naboo with Mandalorians as teachers! "What is Naboo planning? Do they think they can deter Death Watch with threats? I have much respect for Diesel after watching the recordings, but why serve a pacifist regime." "OH I TOTALLY FORGOT BO, Naboo is no longer under that regime during the next election a party called Naboo United Coalition was formed and they now rule the planet!" "Why is it called the Naboo United Coalition? The name doesn''t make any sense?" "From the reports it''s because of Diesel. He united the people of Naboo with the Mandalorians and the Gungans." "I see, go warn Diesel of the ambush lets see what they''ll do." Diesel, along with Ruray and Padme sat down and began to discuss the events of the day. Eventually, Padme asked him what happened with his outburst; it was just so unexpected. Diesel really wanted to explain it to them, as they were the closest things he had to family in this area. The indoctrination really started taking effect and he did his best to fight it off. Only to look at them. "I wish I could tell you. Maybe sometime in the future. Lets just say I was raised to fight terrorist and its left a scar on my life" The group decided that they would head to bed and await the next day to start their investigation in the Death Watch. Hoping Dith and Weinz would be able to up any information. That night though someone came to their door, delivering them news that the Death Watch were making plans to assassinate the Ambassador. This enraged Diesel, The Death Watch planned to assassinate her under his watch. Who in their right mind had the gonads to do something like that. He was a Spartan, we drove fear into terrorists. Diesel already had enough of these terrorists. He''ll stomp them out if it''s the last thing he does. "Call Weinz and Dith back tomorrow, have them provide overwatch and seek out any hidden elements. Ruray, make sure Padme doesn''t leave your site. If we are attacked make sure nothing happens to Padme. I''ll handle them myself." P.o.V. Ril''ah and crew Ril''ah served under Diesel along with Sid since the time he was saved from his ship. At first he took his job very seriously making sure he kept an eye on him. Sid would tell him stories that he heard from Diesel about the Spartans. The stories at first seemed extremely far fetched but after watching Diesel during Invasion he soon fell in love with them. After the invasion was finished Ril''ah left the Royal Guards, later joining the Naboo United Coalition. He suggested that the Naboo create a Military Academy to honor the Spartan. Later becoming the Headmaster of it. Behind the scenes everything he was making plans to help Diesel. When Ruray and the other Mandalorian came to help. He made plans on keeping them there and wanted to use the Academy as a way to lure more. "It seems like the Death Watch have completely pissed Diesel off, they should have never threatened him. Make sure you bring the Holocorder. We can use this to promote propaganda against the Death Watch dishonorable actions and use this to promote Diesel''s Military Academy." Chapter 22 - Mistakes (I think were good now, good ahead and read!) --Streets of Mandalore the following day-- Diesel and company went into the city planning on starting investigation the following day. They planned to take a trip around the city exploring the sights of Mandalor. Rather that''s what they wanted everyone in the lobby to think before they left. Today, they wanted to lure out the Death Watch assassin team. Diesel, understood from the pass that assassins would often attack when the target seemed most vulnerable. He needed Padme to look like she was having a good time without any worries. The day slowly passed, nothing really happened, not much movement. Diesel began to wonder if the information they received from the last night was correct. He kept his head on straight, he wouldn''t let anything happen. "Diesel, were seeing a lot of movement on the rooftops" "Alright, keep your eyes peeled and make sure it''s Death Watch before you engage." *Ka''boom* The street in front of Diesel became a ball of fire, making it impossible to pass and the streets behind was blocked by a loading truck. The side of the truck opened up revealing eight Death Watch. While another seven landed with jetpacks on the fire side of the street. On the rooftops another ten Death Watch members revealed themselves. The Death Watch wanted to use this a moment. They wanted to make the Naboo Mandalorians show weakness. Deterring more Mandalorians from settling on Naboo. They wanted to force them to surrender the ambassador to them. Later killing them all. One of the Death Watch took a step forward to make the demands. "Destroy them. Leave no survivors." Instantly the Naboo guards deployed the upgraded forward shields completely surrounding Padme. While Dith and Weinz squads appeared behind the Death Watch on the roofs engaging them. Ruray and her five engaged the group of seven on the left. Death Watch was caught completely off-guard. They never expected an immediate reaction to their attack. Before he could even speak, he was completely crushed into the ground by Diesel. The firefight on the roof didn''t last very long either. The Death Watch being outnumbered twelve to ten and being caught off guard quickly dropped their numbers by half. Dith and Weinz launched themselves forward with their jetpacks crashing into the unsuspecting Death Watch members killing another two. The battle below for Ruray was a bit more difficult; she wasn''t as talented in the art of war like her two brothers. She could hold her own, while protecting her fellow squad-mates. But, She knew she wouldn''t win in a straight up fight being outnumbered. So figured she would try out her new invention, she named it remote shield distributor or RSD for short. Pulling out an odd shape weapon, pulling the trigger towards two Death Watch, it launched a pellet. That pellet turned into one of her forward shields. Knocking and pinning both of them in the fire. Giving her squad the overall advantage of the fight now. After crushing the Death Watch member Diesel, look up at the remaining seven. "You''re all gonna regret coming here. Terrorists don''t live very long. This will be your very last mistake. Now come." The remaining seven charged at him with blades and pistol drawn. One of them took a swing at Diesel, only for him to grab a hold of the blade lifting into the air and over his head slamming him into the ground. "AHH UGHH" (just imagine a very loud in pain sound). Immediately turning and punching another completely caving in the man helmet, killing the man on the spot. Another tried to overhead slash Diesel with his vibroblade only for it to be busted and to be grabbed by the head. He was completely lifted off the ground and used as a shield from others who filled him with blaster bolts. In a matter of a few seconds the number of Death Watch Diesel was fighting dropped down to four. Two of the remaining one tried to use their hooks to slow Diesel, only to grab the wires and smash them together in the air. Pulling out his Modified Battle Rifle (MBR) he finished out the two. "Honestly, Death Watch is much weaker than anyone is led to believe. This is pacifism." He turns towards Padme walking away from the last two. They figured they would be let go. Instead two shots rang through the battlefield, killing the remaining two. "Good Job, Ril''ah you''ve pass." --Galactic News Broadcast-- "Welcome back! I''m Jeffers here to bring you the latest news! Again our Hero from a year ago Diesel makes the front news! Naboo who apparently has been plagued with constant attacks from the Death Watch decided they would meet with Duchess Satine to form an alliance to get rid of them! I know right unbelievable!" "That isn''t even the crazy part yet! Death Watch openly attacked the Naboo Ambassador in the middle of Mandalor. They were completely owned by the Naboo escort! Here''s the recording!" *Flashback recording* "Honestly, Death Watch is much weaker than anyone is led to believe. This is pacifism." *Flash back cuts* "UNBELIEVABLE, this Clan Spartan is just to much! And that line at the end, is this the beginning of change for another planet?!" Chapter 23 - War --Months around the ambush-- The influence that the Death Watch once had in the main city began to fade. Fear that once scared the civilians disappeared. Mandalorians new and old started fighting back, reports from across the city flooded the planet''s police force. Death Watch activities have been announced dishonorable and cowardly. The biggest name to date Diesel himself, called out Death Watch. All sorts of leads appear out of nowhere and most seemed to come from the same person. A "war" on terrorism has been called. Warehouses, hideouts, everything was destroyed. It was then the leader of Death Watch announced himself. "Hello, people of Madalore, I''m Concordia''s Governor Pre Vizsla Leader of Death Watch. I''ll admit Death Watch activities haven''t been received the greatest by the public. I did what was needed for the sake of our people. The current pacifism government has allowed for our ancestors to be dishonored! I shall not allow it! I present to all Mandalorians out their the Dark Saber represent the leader of the Mandalorian. I''m Mandalor. I call all warriors to return and take back our home! Our History!" --Mandalor Palace-- "Oh no..." Satine was in shock, she couldn''t believe her people would more then likely go into another Civil War. "Duchess Satine, this happened because you took too long and allowed the Death Watch to grow, even allowing your sister to join." "Diesel! This happened because all of you came here!" "How senile are you? You really think they wouldn''t have done this later? All that happened was us expediting the war. If you dont respond soon though, it''s gonna be even worse. Padme, we will help Duchess Satine bring down Death Watch. Contact Naboo, from the sounds of things our sh.i.p.s are done, they''ll be a huge asset. "Sh.i.p.s?! You will not use sh.i.p.s on our worlds!" "Duchess you completely misunderstand, we are not gonna attack anyone using them we will be tactically deploying troops." "Tactically deploying troops? What does that mean?" "The short version, using the sh.i.p.s to deploy troops in strategic locations." "Sir. If I may?" "Go ahead Ril''ah" "We should have both you and the Duchess be present at the speech, the Duchess having you as a backer will deter some from joining Death Watch side. Also, if i might be so bold in stating yourself as the Mandalorian candidate." "HIM!?!" "Of course. In return you''ll be allowed to run Mandalor how you see fit, of course things will have to change. As we don''t wish for another civil war. Obviously, Naboo and Mandalor will become permanent allies, Unless you have someone else that can completely crush a man in full armor? With Diesel you''ll have your peace sooner rather than later." The room got extremely quiet, and many things were discussed. If one did not wish to partake in war they were not required to. Other than war things like technology, economics, and medical were discussed. Ril''ah even wanted more Military Academies to be built. The pacifist would be allowed to express their opinion on daily life and would not be allowed to stop possible military matters. These talks continue on until they needed to make the announcement the rest can be cleaned up on a later date --Shortly After Satine/Diesel making the announcement-- *Duchess Satine* "People of Mandalore, I''m Duchess Satine. Please don''t allow Pre Vizsla speech influence you, He has led Death Watch to kill innocents! He claims honor yet, all he has done is Dishonored the people mindless killing. He''s nothing but a fake. A true Mandalorian would never harm the innocent, there is no honor in killing someone who can''t fight." "I bring you someone who has been fighting against all odds, with recent huge victories! Diesel of Naboo, Of Clan Spartan! He hasn''t led innocents to their death, He rallied a peaceful world to fight Separatist invaders." **Diesel** "Hello, my fellow Mandalorians! I''m Diesel, I come today to become Mandalor; it has not been my goal. But recently because of the Death Watch it has become my duty for not only my Clan but for my people. How can a man who hid from the public''s view be trusted as a leader of his people? Just because he has some dinky sword? What has he done other than hide from the public''s eye?" "Remember your history, Remember your creed, our culture. Just because you''ve been leading peaceful lives doesn''t make you weak. The bounds you''ve created the beliefs you may have, the creed that we share. It is ever evolving, just like our weapons, our lives, our culture. Remember the days, when we were nothing but a small tribe. We are born to fight, we are born to evolve to adapt to change! Remember that! It''s time for us to protect our birthrights and not become slaves to a false Madalore. NOW FIGHT WITH ME." --Bo-Katan residence-- "Bo what do you think? Honestly, I much prefer Diesel over Vizsla." "Khae it seems my sister is stepping up, She knows she cannot compete as Mandalor, so she''s using Diesel as a replacement. They both are right, Diesel is much more of a proper Mandalorian then Vizsla is. Pack up let''s head home." Chapter 24 - Remembrance News spread around the galaxy very quickly. A new Mandalor, this frightened many worlds near the Mandalorians star system. The two candidates vastly differed one was a man who was secretly behind a terrorist group. While another saved a planet from being taken by the Trade Federation. Nearby worlds began openly supporting the New Mandalorians'' claims for Diesel as the new Mandalor. --Galactic News Broadcast-- "This man cannot stay out of the news! He has basically appeared nowhere, saving Naboo. Now he''s stepping up to prevent Pre-Vizsla from becoming Mandalor. Truly a Hero vs Villain moment! There hasn''t been this much excitement floating around for a long time now! This is Jeffers and we will see you next time!" --Naboo-- Eventually the news arrived on Naboo. When the Naboo heard that their Hero was involving himself in another war. This time to help his people, from the clutches of a terrorist. The people began to feel motivated again. It was their turn to return him a favor. The United Naboo Coalition began a call of volunteers, ex-resistance fighters began signing up immediately. Diesels Military Academy was temporarily closed down and all teachers have begun preparing. The support from the planet was unnaturally high. The United Naboo Coalition told the people they would be sending out their two newly outfitted Naboo Space Droppers. This would be the first live-field test for them. (Just in case people are misunderstanding, Diesel is not the actual leader of Naboo. Although, it sounds like it with the way he talks. The people of Naboo just have an extremely high respect for him, and the current party existence is because of him.) --Back on Mandalore Diesel-- "How are the preparations coming along Duchess?" "We are mostly ready. Obviously since this was such short notice we weren''t exactly prepared for this." "Padme, how is Naboo coming along? Was there any complications?" "Actually, no the planet was overwhelmingly supporting you and Duchess Satine. We actually have to turn away volunteers." "Ambassador what do you mean I thought Diesel told them that they were coming to support." "Duchess I think you misunderstand, Diesel isn''t our leader although his words are heavy. Everything will be completely done with volunteers. Other than his Military Academy, he doesn''t have his own powerbase. Think of it like this, he is Naboo''s Mandalore right now. We take care of ourselves until he calls." Both girls look towards Diesel. "So what''s the actual strategy, it seemed to us that the main focus on this is the Naboo sh.i.p.s." "I''ll let Ruray explain the exact details to you, but we are gonna use the sh.i.p.s as a way to pinpoint insert troops deep into enemy territory . The main force will hold the defensive line, while elite special op teams hit strategic targets behind enemy lines. It''ll be extremely dangerous for them, but it''ll cripple the lines of Death Watch." "What we do know is that Pre-Vizsla shouldn''t be able to fight a prolonged war unless he was a huge backer. In that case he should be pretty aggressive with his battles, so I believe your theory sounds correct." "Thank you Duchess, being realistic they most likely have a backer. Otherwise they wouldn''t suddenly decide to declare war." "And I''ll give you the locations of the Death Watch warehouses, and strategic locations, on the condition Mandalor gets to have its former glory back." From the balcony a girl with red hair walks in with two others wearing the signature armor of Death Watch." "Bo-Khan! What are you doing here!" --Death Watch HQ Pre-Vizsla-- "The amount of aid we can give you is limited. The shipment of weapons and other resources will soon arrive." "Soon I''ll rule over all of Mandalor. When I take what''s rightfully mine we will help you defeat the Republic." "Let''s not underestimate Diesel again, both you and the Trade Federation have done so in the past and both suffered humiliating defeats. Prove yourself to be far more useful than them and I promise you''ll have the honor and war you dreamed of. " Chapter 25 - Reversal The civil war has started with many Mandalorians joining both sides. The fighting grew more bloody everyday, the attacks by the Death Watch were constant and relentless. It seemed to everyone that they had the upper hand. The overall individual skill of the soldiers heavily weighted in the favor of the Death Watch. Although this did not deter the New Mandalorians, they knew they had reinforcements, they knew they had a job to do. The nearby planets who were paying attention to the fighting were getting concerned, everyday the New Mandalorians were losing group. They couldn''t help to voice their opinions on the matter. Some even decided to withhold their support. --Forward operating base on Concordia-- Ril''ah stepped forward relaying the statistics "The Casualties are slightly more than expected, but the overall plan shouldn''t be affected. The Naboo Space Droppers are ready to be deployed whenever." He then looks over to Bo-Khan. "If your information is correct Clan Spartan will put a devastating blow on the Death Watch." "All information is verified, they have been using the mines as a way to hide for a long time. The locations that I gave you will be his main warehouses." "Diesel, everything is ready and in place for your descent." --In Space On the Naboo Space Droppers-- The leaders of the Clan Spartan stood in front of an army of Mandlorians. "Today I bring all of you a chance to not only earn your right to join my Clan, But to fight against the terrorists who have plague our planets. You all represent the beginning of the true descendant of battle. We shall lead the charge. Because you are Orbital Drop Jet Troopers Lock and Load." Every single Mandalorian entered into their pods. "This is Admiral Panaka, all target locations are selected. Prepare for combat. 3 2 1 all pods are a go." Thousands of pods launched from both Space Droppers. Death Watch guarding these locations didn''t expect that the Naboo would be dropping men deep into enemy lines from space. The pods landed all around their location, doors popping as soldiers sprinted into Death Watch fire. Locations across the enemies rear lines began to fall. Diesel and Ruray both ended up being dropped in a heavily fortified mine, with a dozen or so other ODJTs, Their latches popped and the ODJTs immediately took an offensive position, surrounding the entire area. The Fifty some defenders were stunned, men just came from the sky. The Death Watch was not ready, with a Diesel crushing them one by one mostly falling without resistance. --Defense Battle Line-- Dith and Weinz dropped with roughly Five-Hundred others in the frontline of the Death Watch. Not every drop landed without troubles. Some landed on Death Watch soldiers completely crushing them. Naboo drop-sh.i.p.s landed the regular military to join on the defensive line shortly after. Although the Naboo soldiers weren''t as strong as a normal Mandalorian, the forward shield they brought changed things. Death Watch''s offensive was totally halted. With Naboo''s forces joining the fight the roles were reversed. --Death Watch HQ-- "Mandalor, we are losing bases deep within our controlled territory. It seems that the Naboo are attacking our rear bases." "How are they getting past our lines! We are pushing them back, they shouldn''t have the Strength to launch a large scale attack!" "Remember sir the Naboo brought two large sh.i.p.s . They have reinforcements now." "We have not recorded any sh.i.p.s entering the atmosphere, other than those at the front!" "According to the reports, they came from the sky in small pods. I don''t completely understand but from the sounds of it they are being launched from space." "Launched from space? What the hell?" --Forward Command Ril''ah-- "The ODJTs are reporting success according to the board, we''ve destroyed a big part of their supply lines. We are safe to assume that they''ll be falling back in the next couple days." "Ril''ah can I ask you a question?" "Of course can Bo-Katan" "From what everyone is saying you''re one of the first to begin following Diesel and you''re not a natural born Mandalorian why are you following him." "Easy, he deserves recognition for his deals, and I will not allow him to be cheated like in the past." "Cheated?" "Maybe one day you''ll know." Chapter 26 - Traitors The war started favoring the New Mandalorians and the Naboo, leaving the Death Watch on the losing end. The addition of the Naboo military on paper didn''t seem to make a big difference. However, the Naboo got used to fighting aggressively because they fought alongside Diesel. The shields just helped enforce that type of fighting. Most Naboo teams worked in cells of three, two "gunners'''' one "Shieldman." The forward shields now came in three formats. The Mark I which would be the Standard shield and most widely currently used. The second format would be the Mark II otherwise known as the wrist shield, this one covers the entire body of the user and is slightly wider. Allowing for multiple people to be relatively safe, the carriers of these were the military troops called the Shieldman. Whose primary goal is to protect it''s gunners, they also carried blaster pistols rather than the now widely used MBRs. Unlike the Mandalorian counterparts who''ve been trained in all sorts of combat. The Naboo Military focused heavily on Medium Range. This seemed to be extremely counterproductive given that they were pretty aggressive. The only troops that trained in any close quarters were the Shieldman. Gunners were mainly focused to be firing on the move, and to use cover effectively. When a Run and Gun situation would happen they were to use the Shieldman as cover and firing while moving. The Mark III was in testing and has only been used by Ruray. During the Death Watch ambush. She referred to this as the Remote Shield Distributor. These small technology advances allowed the New Mandalorians to be on the offense. Returning the lines officially back to the starting point they were in the beginning of the war. Diesel who was fighting deep behind the enemy lines, took out another supply depot. "Ruray what is the news from the front line?" "Ril''ah says the lines have returned and we will start gaining ground tomorrow. Should we return to the front line Diesel?" "No. We head to the Capital. Send word to any ODJTS behind enemy lines. Meet up at Concordia, engage hour thirteen day three." "You''re having us attack the Capital?!" "Of course Pre-Viszla should be rerouting troops to the frontline soon, if they keep losing ground. It''ll be the best chance to get him, otherwise we risk him escaping." --Two years ago ??? Base-- "Here are the coordinates that were recorded after Diesel''s ship entered hyperspace. Is it possible we can get a lock on them and send a ship after?" "What was the state of damage on his ship Dom?" "It wasn''t in the best shape, but passable sir." "So Doctor, where do these coordinates bring us." "Commander, I don''t know these aren''t recorded anywhere in our known universe." --One year ago-- "How is the ship coming along? Is the Hyperdrive able to make it to those coordinates." "It can, but it''s an extremely small ship and can only hold a few people on it. However, the project is being shut down. Diesel will now be listed as MIA. I''m sorry Dom, they no longer can afford this project." "HE''S STILL ALIVE I CAN FEEL IT. IF THEY WANT TO GIVE UP FINE, BUT I WILL NOT." "Dom calm down, I understand how you feel but you can''t orders are orders." --51 weeks so- "We have rouge Spartans! All troops to the containment bay! Stop those Spartans" "Doctor what is their goal?" "They are after the Kraken." "Why are the Spartan after the Kraken! That project was shut down a week ago!" "Cause family, lets go they aren''t gonna stop two Spartans." "Doctor did you know this was gonna happen?" "Of course I did, Diesel and Dom have been together since the beginning of the Spartan II program it was just a matter of time. Load this data into the Krakan for Dom, make sure not a single person knows. I''ll delete all the data from the computer." "That is treason Doctor!" P.o.V. Swap Spartan-017 Dominick and ??? "Hurry Sophia start the ship. We need to leave now!" "Don''t worry Diesel we''re coming for you." The Spartans started the Kraken and took off into space. Launching the Hyperdrive to the coordinates last used by Diesel. "Hey Dom, I think the Doctor left us a going away present." "What do you mean?" "She destroyed all the data for the Kraken and left us some information for us, just in case we run into any problems." "What exactly do you mean Sophia?" "Basic augmentations information, and data for the Kraken and a few other things." "I don''t think the Doctor expects us to come back, she is signing her own death." "We can worry about all that later, let''s hop into cryo. Once we leave slip-space, we should automatically leave cryo." Chapter 27 - Knock Knock --Forward Command Post-- "He is what?" "Settle down Duchess, Diesel said he''s leading a direct attack on The City of Concordia." Ril''ah went back to looking at the frontline map."What we need to do is make a major push, I''m just not sure where would be the best location for that." "Must we make a push? If you''re that confident in Diesel, shouldn''t we wait for his success." "No. This is war Duchess what we want is for the Death Watch to be completely crippled. We do not want them to have a lifeline. Or would you rather them come back in a few years. Once they surrender, we will do a clean-up and finish off any surviving members." "Ril''ah you seem to be quite capable, as a military leader, I would''ve never guessed that you were just a guard on a peaceful planet just over a year ago." "Diesel has taught me everything I needed to know, to conduct an operation. I believe we should push towards the City of Concordia and draw as many enemies to our location as possible." "That will lead to a lot of casualties." "Duchess, your thinking is too straightforward. No one said we would be committing to this location, we just need the enemy to think we are." "And how are we gonna do that?" "Simple, we make a strong push and when all help seems to be lost we retreat, giving up our location." "How does that help us?" "Basically we are baiting Death Watch, once they take its position. We will make use of detonators, blowing up the area.This should kill most in the location, after they explode, we will have an open path to clean up the location." --Outside of the City of Concordia-- "Attention all units. Careful of Civilians targets, groups 1 and 2 will hit the military factories. groups 3 and 4 will take care of the supply warehouse. Everyone else will join me on the attack on Pre-Viszla." "Diesel, are you sure this is the right decision, our casualties will be pretty high won''t they?" "More than likely, but a faster end to the war, will mean much less casualties. Begin the attack." Diesel had the group of ODJTS spread around the outside of the city. Closing into the city they were able to get in with little resistance, but the overall operation was kept silent. ODJTS moved to their respective targets killing unsuspecting guards. Diesel and Ruray moved toward the palace of the Pre-Viszla. Realizing that this could no longer be handled stealthily. Diesel placed two hands onto the walls. "These walls are extremely thick. I''m gonna need you to step back." "Diesel, we can just go around to another location. Wait what are you gonna do?" "My primary goal when being created was heavily attacking Heavy Fortified locations. Let''s just say my armor is equipped with the ability to heavy vibrations through my hands." As he finishes that, the entire wall begins to vibrate."This allows me to manipulate the integrity of the wall. This is extremely useful when assaulting places with the need for explosives. According to the Doctor, this would be extremely effective against insurgents." Cracks begin to form on the wall allowing Diesel to pull back. "Now that the wall is weakened we can enter through here." Diesel leans his shoulder down and busts the wall down walking crumbling down behind him."It seems we might''ve made the correct decision coming here." Reaching over grabbing the knocked over Death Watch member. "I''m gonna ask nicely and you''re gonna tell me what I want to know. Where is Viszla?" "He''s in the main room, they turned it into a makeshift command center." "Good. Ruray lets go." Diesel pulls out a dagger off his t.h.i.g.h slicing the Death Watch throat. "Was there a need to finish him off like that? We got the information we wanted." "Dangerous elements are needed to be eliminated during a mission, otherwise the effects could be astonishing." --Pre-Viszla Command Room-- "Mandalor we are losing communications throughout the city. There''s a possibility that people are starting to desert." "No. They are here, they''ve been using those pods things from space to get behind our lines. According to the reports from Naboo, Diesel will more than likely want to push straight into the heart. They will be in the Concordia, have the troops increased in size and check our supply points!" Death Watch began running around relay the orders of Viszla, close to emptying the room. *Knock Knock* "Room service." Chapter 28 - Duel "Maid Service?" The door opens and Diesel and three come into the room. "I don''t believe we''ve officially met, I''m Diesel and I''ll be taking the right of Mandalore from a fake such as yourself." "You will not take my birthright! My ancestor was Mandalore and it''s only my right, The DarkSaber is enough to prove my right as Mandalore!" Viszla ignites his saber, and gets into position to fight Diesel. "If you are who you claim you are, then a duel to the death! Announce to everyone to put the fighting on hold! We will decide the victor here and now!" Ruray and Viszla second in command make calls to the respective fronts in the war calling for a complete halt in battle. The Heir to Mandalore is being born today. The winner of this duel will become the official leader of the Mandalorians. Battles across the planet of Concordia came to an end. Diesel takes out his Energy Sword, noticing its close to depletion. He quickly enter Viszla''s range. Visla could see the amount of force behind Diesel''s swing he quickly dodges not even attempting to block. "I can see why you can be a nightmare for most Mandalorians, the amount of Strength you can apply to your swings are definitely scary." Viszla turns and swipes towards Diesel''s right arm only for it to be blocked." "Viszla aren''t you overestimating yourself to me?" Pushes Viszla back with ease and tries a roundhouse kick on Viszla however, his strength knocked Viszla back to far allowing him to miss. "I''m not use to holding back, Sorry but this is over." Diesel quickly enters melee and stomps his foot releasing the a shockwave from his armor, shattering the ground Viszla was on. He stabs Viszla right though the Torso Lifting him into the air. "The fake is dead! I''m Mandalor, All fighting must stop." --Few days after the Battle Of Mandalore Duchess-- "To the People of Mandalore and to all the Mandalorians out in there. Today I bring you Mandalore, the new leader of our people Diesel!" *Diesel* "Hello, my fellow Mandalorians today I''m here to bring you news. The Death Watch has been completely eradicated. All forms of leadership have been destroyed and any original surviving members either been redeemed of will be caught! Today the people of the Mandalorian System and the Naboo System will have an everlasting alliance. We are now family as we are friends! I ask any experienced Mandalorians to return and join our future Military Academys. Become instructors and lead our future generations." "Our Culture does not die, our Creed does not end, Our Code enforces us. Now come we know how to adapt! We are a people of change let''s show the galaxy why we are called Mandalorians. Now come! We have a future to build!" "Our focus in these coming years, will be a time of peace! We rebuild anew, and our first start is the Spartan Academy''s. You will be taught the way of the ODJTs, the one''s who dropped from space. As well as any other future tech our specialist to bring us," --Galaxy News Broadcast-- "Big news today! The Mandalorian had another Civil War that ended in a few months! This time though they have a New Mandalore. Diesel the hero of Naboo! He announced to everyone, that the Naboos and the Mandalorian will have a enteral alliance." "A new Mandalore? A new Alliance? Could this turn into a huge war? No! Diesel, already said they''ll be focused on peace and development but what could this mean for the future? Should the republic be prepared? Diesel has been fighting for the "good" guys so I doubt he''ll turn towards domination.`` --Naboo The People-- "Diesel would never aim for domination, what does this reporter think he''s saying." "Yay, what the hell! Diesel fights for the weak!" "Diesel! Diesel! Diesel!" --Somewhere hidden in the known galaxy-- "This Diesel, seems to be affecting our plans, we will have to rethink everything." "Master, I don''t think this should affect the overall plans right? We should be roughly eight years away?" "Yes, everything is on track it''s unfortunate we lost the Death Watch, but everything should still be on track." "Should we do anything about Diesel?" "No, Tyranus everytime we interfere the stronger his armies have grown for now we let them be. Just might need to modify the Clones slightly." "Any news on the ship that Jango found near Kamino?" "No, but let''s focus on the more important things." Chapter 29 - Aftermath 2 (Short/End of The Mandalorians Arc) Diesel had Military Academies being built across the Naboo and Mandalor Systems. Recruiting many Mandalorian instructors. After a few years those academies were built up enough for them to hold System-wide tournaments. Obviously, the experiences of the Mandalorians were far superior to those of the Naboo. In the three years the tournaments were held they haven''t won once. It soon became tradition that the winner of the tournament would be scouted to join House Spartan, while the others were recruited into other houses. If they choose not to join they opted to join the ODJTs, the current highest honor unit within the Mandalorian forces. On Naboo changes kept happening the planet kept evolving, the people who were peace loving soon came to enjoy their new foundations. The United Naboo Coalition won the next few elections by a landslide. Using Diesel as an icon for Naboo, the next three years happened in a flash. The forces that Diesel had under this command had expanded and his space fleet that had only two Orbital Drop Space Droppers. Is now ten and a another twenty Federation style Battlesh.i.p.s modified to be much bulkier and carry many fighters. Ruray has been doing wonders in these last five years, she basically became the closest to Diesel, other than Ril''ah. Constantly attempting to create new technology. Later becoming known as the Shield Queen. The amount of shield tech she has been developing is on insane levels. She created the Mark IV which was a complete Bubble shield similar to the droideka except it was only made to be deployed. The MBRs have officially been mass produced and given to both Naboo and Mandalorians Gunners. The Shieldman unfortunately are still only capable of using the blaster pistol. Diesel, decided to give his basically depleted energy sword to Ruray in hopes of creating a sword unit in the future. Overall, things have been completely looking up for the two systems and they both seem to be thriving. "See Padme, things have become extremely stable over the last three years. Being prepared allows us to quickly take care of any problems that may arrive. By the way I''ve noticed you and that boy have been getting close. Is there something I should know about?" "What!? Me and Ani are just friends, we don''t have anything going on! What about you and Ruray? You two are always together!" "Ruray? She seems obsessive really and her main focus is tech advancement. These peaceful times are almost unfair. While I''m here relaxing my squad is fighting. We were finally released from Cryo roughly eight years prior to the time I''ve arrived here. Did you know Padme, I''m technically forty. However, my body because of Cryo makes me twenty-five." "Diesel, you''re overthinking things. You deserve to be happy just as much as the next person just because your body has been modified doesn''t make you undeserving. You don''t need to answer that now. But please think about it, you''ll only live once and love isn''t a bad thing." --Far Reaches in The Galaxy-- "Lama Su what have we found out on the shuttle?" "Not much, this data doesn''t make too much sense, any applications have completely failed. Maybe we should release those two in Cryo." "Your right, but Jango said we shouldn''t open them. If they are anything like the one he knows of, they could completely destroy this place with little effort." "Have he informed the Jedi?" "I don''t think he has plans too, when we told him the capabilities of this data. He didn''t seem like he wanted the Jedi to know. Anyways, this might not work on the clones. The genetics don''t seem to match well." "Are we sure it''s the genetics or the accelerated growth?" "No way of telling without a test subject, you think Jango would be interested?" Chapter 30 - Awaken 27 BBY (Five years before the Clone Wars) Currently Sophia and Dominick were still in Cryostasis located on the planet of Kamino. The last few years they have done nothing but sleep. The data that they brought with them has been mostly taken from the ship, but the Kaminoans haven''t had any success. At most they''ve found that the data contained a way to strengthen the body. But they weren''t able to uncover any of the finer details. Most of the chemicals, metals, equipment were all terms they were completely unfamiliar with. Not to mention the enhancements they attempted with the accelerated growth rate would immediately kill the clones. Eventually, the Kaminoans after a few years of trying to decipher the work of the human gave up on the project. They decided that they should talk to Jango and see if he would allow the two who came with the data to be woken up. They wanted to see if by the off chance they could get any of that information. After hearing what the data contained, Jango didn''t want to walk after without getting a hold of some of these enhancements but the death rates concerned him. As Jango was a Mandalorian he''s heard some of the stories of Diesel.Some of those stories were Diesel history that was spread around. A Mandalorian of a clan who people were kidnapped and eventually trained as soldiers for war. Most of his brothers and sisters would die during their training or would be killed in battle. After thinking of these stories and the test results from the Kaminoans.He starts thinking about his past. Of when his sister was taken and killed by the Death Watch. The man responsible for the destruction of them was none other than Diesel. "Okay Lama Su, I''ll release them from Cryo." "Very well I look forward to possibly working with them." "Oh, and just to be on the safe side have the clone''s on standby." Jango brought the Cryo containers into an open room. The clones surrounded the containers aiming their guns toward them. Jango moves forward and presses the button on both before quickly moving back a safe distance away. "Do not fire unless told" The containers dispersed allowing for them to open up releasing them from the inside. Two large Spartans leaned up absorbing in their surroundings. They noticed they were no longer on their ship, meaning a couple things. They were captured by ONI since they were all human. That was when they discovered a large Alien like creature. Both immediately got out of their containers and reached for weapons that they did not have. "Covenant?? and Humans? Insurgents then?" "Sophia I''ll take the ones in front you get the ones in the back." Jango noticing the quick turn in atmosphere launched into action. " Woah woah woah settle down we mean no harm! We are just taking precaution for our safety!" Right after those words were said the two Spartans sprinted those the crowds of enemies and was within second of engaging both groups. "DIESEL! I KNOW DIESEL STOP!" both Spartans came to a halt stopping dead in their tracks. "Diesel would never work were traitors who sell themselves to the Covenant! They attacked Reach. Our Home and killed many of our fellow Spartans!" "Slow down! I don''t know what the Covenant is. But Diesel is a huge looking guy in black armor and red stripes running down both arms and the top of his helm! He became Mandalor the leader our people." Again Jango noticed something odd. Both of them didn''t react toward the name Mandalor. It was like the title didn''t exist to them. Jango decided to apply more information to them and attempted to get as much as he can from them. "Aren''t you two Mandalorians? Shouldn''t you know what Mandalor means to the Mandalorians?" "We are not Mandalorians, we are Spartan''s. What is Mandalor?" That was then Sophia realized they may have made a mistake. Was Diesel posing as being a Mandalorian? If that is so then then we may blow his cover or worse. She reached over to Dom and nudged him. "Dom, Classified." Then it hit him, if it wasn''t for Sophia he could have totally ruined the things Diesel has built or done. Dom was totally disappointed in himself, he realizes he wasn''t supposed to give information out. But he did so without hesitating cause he heard the name Diesel. "I can''t give you anymore information, anything else is classified." Jango didn''t attempt to pry anymore. He knew now that they noticed. Any attempt to get information from them would be pointless. That they would completely shut down anything useful.. "Sophia! The Kraken!" Chapter 31 - Clones "Sophia! The Kraken!" Both Spartan immediately take defensive postures. "Where is our ship?" "It''s in the hanger and before you freak out we took a look at some of the data. Don''t worry though most of it didn''t make sense to the Kaminoans so the data is safe. All we got was something about enhancements." "You got nothing else about it? How do we know you''re not lying?" "Because we released you, and told you we did it." Dom relented a bit. "Meaning you released us to get that information? Dom and Sophia kept there guards up making sure they kept scanning the room in case anyone were to make any movements. "I''m Jango Fett, a Mandalorian bounty hunter. This is Lama Su the Kaminoan Prime Minister, your currently located on the world of Kamino in one of there Cloning Facilities." This time both Spartans were surprised more information they received that didn''t make much sense to them. "Spartan-017 Dominick of the UNSC" "Spartan-015 Sophia of the UNSC" The standoff lasted for a good hour before people began to relax a little. Dom and Sophia learned a little bit of where they are located. The promise of getting in contact with Diesel from Jango helped smooth things sightly. Although Dom would keep his guard up the entire time. --Arriving on Coruscant Diesel-- Five years after arriving in this universe, Diesel has been doing nothing but expanding his influence thanks to the efforts of Ril''ah. Ril''ah did whatever he could to get Diesel''s name in the news. Naboo, Mandalor, and now these Military Academies. He''s here to convince the Senate to allow him to build one of his Academies for the younger generations on Coruscant. This Academy would focus on the kids who are homeless or in an orphanage. The main problem being the Republic had a history with the Mandalorians and it wasn''t a good one. The Senate was afraid of him gathering too much power. Diesel had Padme and Duchess Satine express support on his behalf. They stated that this would be just everyone and be useful for everyone to have military training. He wanted to give everyone a fair shot. This would help get some of the kids off the streets. The Academies nowadays have expanded in many different areas. Military (Ground), Navy (Space), Technology, Engineering. Most of what they learned would be the basic military knowledge. This would allow for people in the Republic to be more knowledgeable in case anything happens. However, the Senate did everything in their power to limit the amount of influence that the Mandalorians had in other systems. --Back on Kamino-- "Dom is it? As of right now I''d suggest leaving Diesel alone, he is doing everything in his power to build something up. Adding fuel to the fire may set off a chain reaction. I mean I don''t know about you two but his combat prowess compared to most is insane. Having three of you would definitely make others worried." "We cannot return home. What do you suggest we do?" "Hello, I didn''t properly introduce myself. I''m Lama Su. I know the data isn''t sometimes your gonna be willing to share. But if you''ll allow us to research your ship, you may stay here. If you wish you may take a look at our clones." "Clones? I remember you mentioning that before. What are you cloning?" "Come take a look." "If you''re gonna check out the Facility I''ll return to my quarters." "Thank you Jango." After parting ways with Jango, Lama Su led the two Spartans around the facility showing them a magnitude of things. Clones everywhere, this completely stunned the two Spartans. If they are able to create clones on this scale that were remotely decent at fighting. How would the Covenant fair? Would they be able to win? "They are all modified to be loyal to the republic and will always follow orders. They are the perfect soldiers. There are many types of specialized units also expanding from underwater to space. There is nothing they cannot do." Lama leads to the training ground and shows a squad of clones completing a course. Dom watches them intently. He wanted to learn more about them and this new place. The area was a long stretch with a couple guard towers on it. There were many practice droids walking across the long area. The clones move from place to place slowly making their way to the goal. Once the clones finished a timer was displayed at the 8:57 seconds course record. "Lama Su, may we try this course?" Chapter 32 - Crash Course Dom and Sophia set up on the course that the clones ran and waited for the timer to begin. Once the singal flared, both Spartans sprinted down the course completely shattered the practice droids. "Dom! The turret!" "I''m on it!" He crashes into a small wall covering breaking off a large chuck of the wall. He spins grabbing onto the broken chuck and flinging it towards the turret. Knocking it completely off the stand. Without the turret in the way, Dom rushed to the bottom of one of the towers with his back up on the wall. "Sophia go!" She took off towards Dom, jumping towards him with her feet down, he grabs the bottom of her foot flinging her into the air. She grabs the side of the tower and swings herself up and tears the head of a droid in the tower, before knocking the rest out of the tower. Meanwhile, Dom takes off dodging the fire from the side wall mounted turret. She runs to the side and kicks off the wall leaving behind a deep footprint. He reaches grabbing the turret and the barrels yanking it clear off the wall. Not even twenty seconds later both Spartan finishing the course. The timer displaying a time of 1:33. --Clones on the side-- "What the hell was that CT-7567." (At this point they didn''t have names) "I''m not sure. But if they are clones we are way behind." --Sophia/Dom-- "Dom what was earlier your slip of the tongue could of costed Diesel!" "It''s fine Sophia, we need to have them lower their guards, as we currently know Diesel is completely fine and we have no means of finding him. As for everything else before I went into cryo I removed most of the data from the sh.i.p.s system and placed it on this chip." He pulls out a chip from behind his helmet revealing it to Sophia. 95% of the data that was given to us, is safe on this chip. so I already knew what they had access to. As for the rest, what the hell are they gonna do? We''re so far from home and they never heard of anything about our universe. A slip of the tongue is nothing if it lowers there guards." "Okay, so what''s the plan then?" "Information gathering, we can''t search without knowing nothing. Besides this place interests me, and could be vital in the future. Think about it. Alright, just follow my lead." Both Spartans return to the viewing platform. "Lama Su, the course is too easy. I suggest increasing the difficulty if you want the clones to evolve a better understanding of learning. They need to be challenged and forced to think of other options." "Thank you Dom. We shall take it into consideration. So what do you think of the facility overall?" "I think it''s well done and the cloning look''s good. The combat training needs to be redone. It''s weak and doesn''t force them to think individually. The course shouldn''t be the same every time. It needs to evolve as the clones evolve further improving their capability. Otherwise, most of the clone''s abilities will become stagnant. Now can I ask a question? We arrived here looking for a friend named Diesel where can we find him." "I don''t know anything about someone named Diesel, but Jango would. Most of the time we Kaminoans stay to ourselves and don''t venture out in the universe. I would seek Jango for your answers." "Very well, may we meet him again. We can talk about the clones again another time." Lama Su leds the Spartans back to Jango''s quarters. He opens and lets both inside as Lama Su walks away returning to his work. "I''ve been expecting you two here, I''m assuming your after this then." He opens up a recorder revealing the scene of Diesel fighting off the Trade Federation droids and later an image of the Mandalorian speech. "Your man has been busy. He is currently leading both Naboo and the Mandalorian people as Mandalor. He has been doing a lot of good for them." After a short discussion about Diesel and the things he has been up to Dom decided to test the waters a little more. "I see, are you able to put in contact with Diesel?" "Not right now, but I''ll see what I can do for you." "Thanks Jango, Lets go Sophia." Both Spartans leave the quarters of Jango and walk down the hall meeting up with an escort droid who brings them to their quarters. Both Spartan look around the room looking for any sort of devices that could be used for recording or listening. Not finding anything. "Sophia before we went into cryo did you make sure you set the remote linking for your suit and the ship?" "Of course, I did it immediately after we left." Sophia takes a few minutes scanning the data from the ship. "Did you find anything out of the ordinary. Not really, doesn''t seem like they cracked much, they got into the files you''ve mentioned. It looks like they removed the Cryo pods roughly two-three years ago. It also seems like they corrupted some of the data. Will you be able to fix it?" "Of course, anyways be careful of that Jango guy, he''s hiding something and trying to keep us here for something. The Kaminoans on the other hand, I''m having a hard time reading them. They seemed very proud of their work and wanted to express that to us. Kinda like they were advertising. Like hey! Were cloners! Buy our work!" "When do we go get Diesel?" "Once we figure out where he''s at." Chapter 33 - Reveal For the next couple weeks the two Spartan, would roam the facilities and gather whatever information they could. Sadly, like Lama Su had said all the stuff that the Kaminoans had related to either themselves or their research. The only source of outside information was Jango and he was tight lipped and they had no idea why. He always talks well about Diesel and the things he does, but refuses to let them mee or even talk. Creating excuses as for why they can''t Dom decided that something else was probably going on that kept Jango so closed off. "Sophia, the next time we are roaming the facilities I want you to hack into the security and spy on Jango." "I already have. I haven''t spotted anything unusual. But I''m keeping an eye out." "Good, I''m gonna go visit the clones. Keep working on invading the systems." Dom gets up and starts walking toward the clone training hall. The clones again were practicing drills of all sorts. To the far left was a target range, to the right is something similar to earth. Breaking and entering the clearing room of enemies. Dom kept walking and eventually arrived at an area where there were clones in different color armors. One of the clones noticed the presents of Dom and walked over. "Sir, I''m CT-7567 are you a clone?" The reason CT-7567 assumed that Dom might be a clone was because he saw him last time running the siege course. What he witnessed amazed him, how could two people totally shatter a group of ten clones, who were built for war. Dom looks over to the clone shaking his head. "I''m not a clone, I''m a Spartan." "A Spartan sir?" "Maybe one day you''ll understand, if you ever met a Spartan you better hope they are on your side." CT-7567 sits there for a few moments thinking about what Dom has mentioned. "So in your opinion would a clone be able to fight a Spartan." --Dom-- "Impossible, as you clones stand right now you have no individualism. Because to that it makes you very predictable. Fighting a battle or a war is more than what you see on paper. A single moment or a single person can change the course of a battle." "Think of it this way CT-7567. In battle nothing is absolute but if you hesitate you may lose your life. Always fight without hesitation. (I know this isn''t really canon for clones, because early/before the clone wars it was recorded if clones were thinking with too much individualism they were considered defective and were taken into process. Anyways, I''m pushing individualism forward.) "Also, CT-7567 you''re more than just a number. I''m Spartan-017 the name is Dom. How does Rex sound?" "Rex? What do you mean?" "I mean I''m giving you the name Rex. Like I said, you''re not just a number." "I''m Rex then? "I''ve accelerated your process ahead of schedule, the result for some clones will leave for satisfying results." "Why would giving them a name change anything?" "It''s the mental state of an individual, it helps them develop a sense of belonging. If I belong here with these people> I would fight harder to protect them. For Example." --Rex returning to his squad-- "Welcome back CT-7567, what were you talking about with him?" "The name is Rex, he explained some of our shortcomings as soldiers and gave me a name. Also, he isn''t a clone." "Rex? That''s your name?" "Correct." --Sophia-- The clones were ordered by a Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas who wanted them to be built for the Republic. Unfortunately, the man died out on a mission. So the project was taken over by Tyranus, once he took over there were slight modifications and requests made to the creation of the clones. It look like they were implanted with a *inhibitor chip*. This made Sophia curious, she opened the recorded data for the inhibitor chip and read its contents. "Clone Protocol 66 : Labels all Jedi as traitors to the Republic and are sentenced to on-site execution." Sophia decided she needed more information on the chip and found that it was impossible for the clones to resist as it erased biases and their beliefs. It forced the clone to view Jedi as a threat to be eliminated at all cost. Sophia decided it would be best to download all the data about the inhibitor ch.i.p.s. They could decide what to do later after Dom sees the data. Chapter 34 - Outcome -Rex- Roughly, three weeks ago two large heavily armored people showed up on Kamino. The first time Rex got to see them was during a training exercise. The two of them shattered the record they set previously. At first Rex was very proud of his squad and what they accomplished in the training. But, when those two destroyed their time by roughly seven minutes, he was disheartened. A few days later Rex got to meet one of those new arrivals and had a chance to speak with him. During the conversation he became the first clone to be named. Thinking of what Dom said Rex returned to his squad and began giving names to the other clones. The names soon spread across Kamino and close to every clone received a name in a few weeks'' time. Like the Spartan, Rex would introduce himself similarly after seeing Dom doing it. "Clone CT-7567 Rex". One of the days Rex caught Dom alone he asked how a Spartan fought in battle because as of now all the clones shinies (A term used in the animated series for clones without battle experience). Dom ended up thinking for a few moments and ended giving Rex the recorder of Diesel. Rex ended up taking the recorder and that night he watched it before heading to sleep. "What the hell!" Rex ended up saying it so loud he woke other clones in the area around his bunk. "Rex, why are you being so loud?" "You guys know about the two really tall black armor people. Well there is another one, anyways you should watch this and you''ll understand" Rex gets out of bed and places the recorder down showing the entire room the battle of Naboo. "Did he just tear the hatch of the tank completely off?" "Not only that, he used it to destroy a few droids after that." "Who are these people? And how do you know they are different." "The two at the base are completely black one with blue accents and the other has yellow. Now if you pay attention to the video the one has red accents." "Rex you have a good eye." --Next Day-- "Dom who is the one in the recording?" "Ah, that is Diesel, our leader, probably the best Spartan at sieges." "Sieges?" "I can''t give you too many details, but the short version is that the three of us specialize in certain fields. Diesel just happens to be sieges." "Do you think you can train my unit?" This actually caught Dom off guard for a second. Rex was pretty straight forward man. "Why do you want me to train you?" "The things I saw between the training course and this video, proves to me that if I wanna be strong on the battlefield I must train with the strongest. Besides, our trainers do not compare to you." "I''ll see what I can do then, no promises." After a short chat both of them split up and went there separate ways. -Dom- *Radio Sounds* "Dom return to our quarters immediately. I''ve found some information you''ll want to see." When Dom arrived Sophia explained the details of what she found to him. Eventually, arriving at the Inhibitor Ch.i.p.s explaining the function and the history of the clones." "So, what you''re telling me is that a Jedi created a hidden army for the Republic and that Jedi died. So, this Tyranus had these ch.i.p.s installed in these clones that''ll make them kill the Jedi? I really wish we had more access to information on what this universe is about. For now change the command line from execute to capture, until we know more let''s keep things simple." "What''s your opinion on the situation Dom?" "I''m not two sure yet, but something big will be happening soon. We will stay here and train the clones, we will ask a group to be assigned to us. For now we will split the group two to one." "For Diesel then?" --The following day-- "Lama Su, we will be staying here for a while until we figure out what we are gonna do. Is it possible we can train a batch of clones? It''s better than freeloading, and when we find Diesel we will have him speak to you for possible services." "Very well. The arrangements will be made for you. How about we set about one hundred to be trained under you?" "Make it one-hundred fifty and you have a deal and we can keep some as our own unit." "I cannot allow that. These were all made for the Republic and I cannot fail our order." "Although, I''m disappointed I understand. Have the batch meet me tomorrow in the training course, oh and make sure Rex is there." "Rex?" "CT-7567." "Is there something that catches your eye with this one?" "Yes, he has the ability to acknowledge his shortcomings and take steps to improve himself. Rex will make for an excellent leader one day." Chapter 35 - Training One-hundred and fifty clones were gathered to meet their new trainers. The only one who had an idea of what was happening was Rex. When two black armored individuals walked into the room, most of the clones were confused. They''ve seen the two roaming the facility but didn''t think they would ever be involved with them. "Rex front and center." Rex moves to the front of the group of clones and takes a place next to Captain Waltz. "From now on you''re promoted to Captain. Captain Waltz Captain Rex split the unit into two immediately and when you''re done come see me." Both clones Captains did what they were told without question, assuming that these two were much higher ranks then they were. When they finished they returned to Dom and in sync. "It''s been done Sir." Dom walks back to the now two units of seventy-five and takes place in the front. "Good Job, I''m Dom and I''ll be your Acting Commander and trainer and this is Sophia also your Acting Commander. Captain Waltz will be under her command." Captain Waltz steps forward and asks to speak. "Sir, May we know what''s happening." "We will be training you to be elite units known in the future as Phalanx. You''ll undergo the most intense training you''ve seen in a while. But first, you''ll use these modified rifles" The Kaminoans enter the room with a bunch of rifles all containing paint bullets. The Spartan used these when they were doing mock battles on Reach. "The kickback is gonna be stronger than what you''re used to so make sure you adapt." After the clones all grab their new training rifles. They returned there units. "Now, we are gonna have a mock battle, if you get hit your dead and you''ll be moved off the battlefield. If caught firing when dead, let''s just say your entire unit will suffer. --Sophia to Dom-- "Dom I discovered information about Diesel, we should be able to connect to him soon. I was able to hack into Jango''s ship and intercept a transmission to Tyranus." "What kind of information did we get?" "He''s usually in the Naboo Sector so that''ll be our best bet. But I believe they feel threatened by him. They mentioned that he''s interfering with their plans, not to mention he has worked with the Jedi in the past." "Alright, we should edit Order 66 again. What do you mean by them?" "Well, I''m not exactly sure yet. I''m still digging into that." --Clones Captains-- "Captain Waltz what do you think of our Acting Commanders?" "They are Big but that''s it but Orders are Orders." "Wait till you actually see them in action." --Training Field-- Both units lined up across each other. The battlefield was a long and wide open area with a bunch of covered platforms. Walls were scattered throughout the course. This would be the very first mock battle of many for these future Phalanx clones. Dom sat in the viewing booth very disappointed in the clones. They were good, they had tactics but they were so by the book it was extremely predictable. Not one side out performed the other. Other than a select few clones like Rex. The rest were just above average soldiers. In the end the winner of the battle was Captain Rex because of his overall personal skill. After the short battle Dom pulled everyone together. "I thought you all would at least meet my expectations. But I''m utterly disappointed, you have the training to be good but you all limited yourself. If it wasn''t for Captain Rex individual skill, this would be a total waste of time. You step forward, what is your name." A random clone was selected from inside Captain Waltz unit steps forward. "Clone CR.-.1.873 Riptide." "Why do you think your unit lost?" "Sir, we lost because we weren''t able to adapt to the individual skill that Captain Rex displayed." "Incorrect you lost, because your only plan was to defeat the opposing team. Both sides figured this was to just defeat the other team and win and exercise your all wrong. Normally, I''d run you to death but this is your first learning experience. Now take a seat. Let me show you why one of the reasons Rex was the best one out there." Again, Dom plays the video of Diesel for the clones. He stops at certain parts explaining some of the choices that Diesel made mid fight. The Advantages, disadvantages the use of terrain, anything that one could normally think of. That video training session went on for an extremely long time. The skills and knowledge he displayed mid fight encouraged the clones. "Let me remind you all. He can do most of these things because he is a Spartan. You are not him. What you need to do is understand your strengths and weaknesses. Use them to turn an unfavorable fight into a winnable one." (Give me individual names for the Phalanx units!) Chapter 36 - Clones vs Spartans A week has passed for the clones and the amount of training after the video was shown was intense. To the point they were barely able to walk by the end of the day. They would grab their food and fall asleep instantly. The training regime changes took time for the clones to get used to. The rate of improvement was quick, Dom felt he was training themselves when they went through "Spartan School." Dom had every single clone with weights plastered on their armor. He wanted them to develop a stronger overall body. He couldn''t train them out in the forest, so he just increased their workload. These Phalanx would be the future of the clones. The death of one would be a huge loss of resources and would have to be used strategically. Over the course of the next couple months the armor of the Phalanx changed. The excess weight soon became easier for the clones to carry. Their armor could now take a couple extra laser shots because it was thicker. It was no longer white, but black like the Spartan with green accents, they have waist dr.a.p.es that carry extra equipment. "Jango, I have a favor and a question for you." "What do you need?" "Is there somewhere out there where we train these clones, even another planet will do.Being held up in this facility will slow their growth." "Just a little further deeper into the outer rim, there is an inhabitable planet, with no natives. You should be able to train them there." "Are you able to show us the way?" "What''s in it for me?" "When we get word from Diesel, we will reward you some credits." "25,000" "10,000 you''re just escorting." "20.000" "15,000 and not a cent more this is an easy job that requires you to do nothing." "Fine." --In Flight towards the new training grounds-- "Dom I''m inside everything is working as planned." "Good work Sophia." All the sh.i.p.s that left towards the planet were forced to temporarily connect for their communications. This small opening allowed for Sophia to completely break into Jango''s ship and steal information. They finally were able to get a star map, and even the contact number for a certain Tyranus. "I think I found us a way to contact Diesel! I have a tracking number of Ambassador Padme. She was the one Diesel supported in Naboo right? If I use this tracking number I should be able to find her contact information and bingo." "Put it through." "Hello, May I ask who''s... Diesel why are you calling me on this line?" "I''m not Diesel, I''m called Dom. Is there a way for you to connect me to Diesel. Our ship isn''t built for this type of thing so I''m not sure how long it''ll last." "Dom?!? One second." Padme quickly dials out on another holophone. "Yes Padme?" "Diesel I got news for you." "Hello, Diesel." "Dom!? What are you doing here?" --Landing on the Inhabitable planet-- "Dom what do you think of Diesel orders?" "Doesn''t matter what. We will do as he says. Now we weren''t caught were we?" "No." Both Clone Captains came up to the Spartans and to seek orders. Dom turned and told them to set up base camp. They were forced to build with limited resources and limited equipment. For the next month they''ll be forced to live here off the land. The makeshift base they built was set up and training began shortly after. In full gear they were required to run for four straight hours. Having to do hundreds of push-ups and crunches. When they heard what they were gonna be doing. They thought the training was gonna be easy. They all had regrets of thinking that. Everyday the amount of training was increased and the amount of time they were required to finish it was lowered. Every two days, the clones were forced to fight both Dom and Sophia in combat within the forest of this planet. So far they''ve only lost, with every loss there was more training. Captain Rex''s group of clones was the first to land a hit on the Spartan. The sad truth was they still weren''t trying. "Units one and two, lure AC1 to alpha, Units three and four bring AC2 to Beta." Dom who was AC1 was led to alpha by a group of clones. He knew he was walking into a trap but he needed to play his role within the training. Upon being "tricked" into alpha, Captain Rex ordered his ambush to be set off. Although it was by an unconventional means Captain Rex started employing any tactics that were possible with his limited resources. "Now!" Series of tree''s attached to ropes fell from the trees. Only for them to be easily dodged by the Dom, however, that was only phase one of Rex''s plan, the trees were forcing him towards pitfalls. Only for them to be noticed. The ground looked like it was offSo, Dom just leaped over them. Not only was he dodging trees and pitfalls he was firing on the clones as he did so. At the end of the course sat Rex blending in a Black covered tree. Dom dodged another incoming ambushed to be forced underneath that black tree. Rex fired down. Making him dodge again, seeing Rex at the end Dom figured the ambush was done. Only for another clone to pop up from under a bunch of leaves firing grazing Dom''s shoulder. "Excellent, although I wasn''t trying very hard you all finally grazed me. I would call that a win for the day. Gather your wounded and get back to base, we have much to discuss." Chapter 37 - Unexpected Dom and Sophia would go over the things that the clones would do well and the things they needed to work on. The casualties were far too high anytime they fought the Spartan. The Spartans wanted the clones to understand that every plan could be improved. Causalities can be expected but that doesn''t mean you cannot find a way to minimize them. Anytime the Clones would fight the Spartans they were experiencing an 80% causality rate. Dom would think back to some of his brothers and sisters that were lost. He didn''t wish for the clones to experience the same thing. But he was a soldier and losses were expected. Diesel explained to Dom the feelings he felt, when they lost the 4th member of Valkyrie Squad to a Covenant Space Cruiser. They were returning from the space station above Reach, when the Covenant appeared in space above. They went to be recorded as MIA but the feelings that Diesel expressed were frightening. All Spartans to him were important, they were his family and he would do everything to protect them. Dom was the closest thing to Diesel as an actual brother, they both knew each other before they were kidnapped. Everything that happened during the selection process the Doctor took in account. Although Diesel wasn''t involved in the other seventy-five the selection process. He still viewed them as family. Dom wanted the clones to evolve from cannon fodder to true warriors. Over the course of the next few weeks. The clones'' causality were steadily decreasing as their success rates would increase. "Captain Rex you and your man have been over performing. Although you have much to improve on, your overall performance has improved. It was good that I choose you as a Captain. Captain Waltz you''re still trying to go by the book, and that''s costing you a lot of time. You need to expand your field of vision and work towards completing the mission as your priority. During his discussion with both Captains a clone came up to him signaling that a problem may have occurred. "Commander Dom, sensors have been picking lifeforms after the base. I sent Jack and Lantern out to gather intel. I believe we are being watched sir." "Do we know by what or by whom?" "Not yet, they are hiding just outside the sensor range and only appear for a few moments on the radar when they do enter. It''s like they are testing out perimeter Sir." "So whoever we are facing has some sort of intelligence. I thought we were supposed to be on this planet alone. Make sure the men are ready to go at any time just in case. We should keep Jack and Lantern just outside of the radar to make sure nothing sneaks up on us." A few days have passed and nothing has happened. Dom had the clones proceed as normal but kept at least ten scouts patrolling outside of the radar. Sophia started appearing less during training period and connected her suit to the sensor array to make sure they would be safe. Sadly, all good things must come to an end when Lantern reported that a large number of humanoid creatures were spotted heading in their direction. Dom really didn''t want to waste resources on fighting a battle against an unknown enemy that they didn''t need to fight. Thanks to the warning he was able to order the retreat of all the men. Eventually, leaving the planet Dom wasn''t completely blind to want was happening. He knew Jango lied to him about the planet and expected him to fight the creatures. He was being tested and he didn''t like it. --Jango planet surface-- "It seems they were able to retreat extremely quickly without deaths. He has trained them well, that is surprising. I would have at least figured them getting caught in battle." "Jango, how did it go? Were you able to get them to fight?" "No. It seems they retreated immediately before they even entered the perimeter." "All that work provoking them to attack was for nothing then." "We have to wait for another chance to kill these Spartans, before they meet up with Diesel. Keep them from contacting each other Jango." --Sophia and Dom-- "Dom why didn''t we just fight them? I figured that would be what you would''ve wanted to bathe the troops." "I''m not sure why, but I feel like that''s what they wanted us to do. So instead of fighting I choose to retreat. It wasn''t a battle that we needed to do or a battle that was required for us. It had to be a trap." "Trap or not, it''s not like it is possible for us to lose. That''s not the point, we need to know what we''re facing. Remember what Diesel said our first mission is to uncover who is behind the scenes. They are a threat." "Yes, I know but I''ve been itching to fight something all this sneaking is unsatisfying." "Our time will come." Chapter 38 - 24 BBY (Three years after Sophia/Dom awakening. Two years before the Clones Wars) The amount of Clones that the Spartan ended up increased from one-hundred and fifty to three hundred. Officially being named the 300th Battalion, the name would become a signature as this battalion would consist of only three-hundred troopers. They would all be specially equipped and trained. The two Captains now became four, each commanding a brigade of seventy-five soldiers including themselves. (Just in case it''s confusing) 300th Battalion - Three-hundred total soldiers One Captain - Leads a brigade seventy-four soldiers The training that the clones were receiving was relentless, and was only increasing in difficulty as the days passed. They never complained they did their job faithfully and without question. Today was supposed to be just another day of training before Sophia intercepted a transmission from Tyranus to Jango. *Transmission* "How is everything progressing on your side?" "Not well they are highly alerted and any attempt I try on them is thwarted without much of an effort. Without taking a direct approach I believe it would be impossible to end these Spartans." "I see. We are moving on with the plan announcing the creation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems." "Did you need me to finish those assassination contracts then?" "Yes, finish the ones relating to the Trade Federation and the Banking Clan. Make these ones your priority. After, those I want the Techno Union so they can officially join our cause." --Sophia, Dom and Diesel-- "Trade Federation? It''s very possible then that Tyranus is the one responsible for the blockade of Naboo." "What should we..." The door behind Diesel is opened and Ril''ah enters. "Count Dooku, has announced the creation of the Confederacy of Independent Systems or CIS for short. The Trade Federation is one of the leading members of it from the information we gathered." (Not formally accepted until the Battle of Geonosis according to my research.) Diesel turned towards the holo image of Dom and Sophia. "It seems the Confederacy has had a hand in these clones then. Change the deliverer of Order 66 to be issued only by the command of Mandalor just in case the Chancellor is in the pockets of the CIS." "Do you wanna leave the Jedi''s to be captured?" "Yes, the insurance policy would be very good to have. I hear it''s very easy for a Jedi to fall to the Dark Side during times of war. The History of this universe is quite vast even with most of it being lost." "Diesel what should we do?" "Stay training those clones. Is it possible to use the enhancements in this universe?" "Nothing even close to what we are. But we could increase the overall strength by roughly 10%." "Send me the data, it''s time for us to start preparing for a war. When the war starts send me your Captains." Cutting the holocall Diesel got up and called for his close clan aids. When they all arrived he announced they would all receive basic enhancements. Nothing that would even compare to the Spartans but enough for them to be the strongest standard soldiers in the universe. A total of thirty Mandalorian would end up receiving basic enhancements leaving twenty of them under Dith and Weniz command. After receiving the enhancements they spent the next few months training to allow their bodies to adapt to the 10% increase. Although they hailed in comparison to the standard Spartan. The amount of equipment that they carried would allow for them to put up at least a little resistance. Before being beaten lasting at max only a minute. "Damn, Diesel, your strength and reactions are seriously not a joke. The fact we can''t use and walls or anything as cover really hinders our chances. Not to mention that vibration wave your armor gives off is extremely brutal to any foundations." "It''s mainly used for sieging heavily defended area''s. Each member of Valkyrie squad armor provides a unique aspect in attacking strongholds." "Really? So if you''re sieging what about the other two?" "I cannot give you that information. That being said I''m gonna need you to start increasing the recruitment." --Jedi Order-- (I''m changing cannon slightly here again, like after a little research I found out that Dooku announced the creation of the CIS and they weren''t just there. So I figured they must of had a discussion about Dooku at some point) "Sad to see it is." "Yes, what do you think he plans to do Yoda?" "Fallen he is, act we cannot. For war there will be. Acting for his people he is." "The universe is moving as we sit still." "Meditate on this we will." --Darth Sidious-- With plans moving forward Sidious decided that it was his time to move forward without his master. That night he decided it was time, to murder his master in his sleep. The death of Darth Plaguis would set him as the Master with Dooku being his apprentice. "It''s near." Chapter 39 - Obi-Wan (End of Kamino Arc) Two more years went by in a flash. Padme was on Coruscant handling her affairs in the Senate. She was currently with her Mandalorian bodyguards and Anakin. They were doing their whole lovely dovely scene. When Obi-Wan Kenobi ended up showing up things were quickly turned serious. "Anakin, you should remember such attachments lead to the dark side." "Attachments? We were meeting up to discuss the things Diesel has been up to. It seems they are expanding the military again." "Again? Padme, is he preparing for a war?" "I''m not exactly sure, but he received a call from an old friend, and ever since then he''s been rapidly expanding his military." The three of them began discussing the details of the actions of Diesel. That was when one of the Mandalorian noticed outside that the lights that were normally on the surrounding buildings were all shut off. The whole area was pitched black except for their building. That was when he saw a glow in the distance, he immediately leaped towards Padme covering her from any incoming attack. "We''re under attack!" Thankfully, he noticed in the nic of time. A bolt broke through the glass landing onto the back of the Mandalorian guard. He lived but was extremely injured. The rest of the guard surrounded Padme not allowing another shot to get pass. While the two Jedi drew their blades and took a defensive stance. "You two should go after the assassin. We will protect Padme and take care of the wounded." Both Jedi ran onto the balcony leaping onto the roofs chasing after the assassin. With both Jedi leaving. A few minutes later more assassins appeared. Padme''s apartment turned into a battleground. Luckily for her the Mandalorian guards assigned to protect her were from Diths squad. Each one of them has received the basic enhancements. They engaged the group of assassins immediately not allowing them to get the upper hand. The Mandalorian were able to make quick work of the assassin as they didn''t stand a chance against the superior abilities of the guards. The Jedi would end up returning long after the battle has ended. The assassin that he chased was killed to cover whoever planned this trail. --P.o.V. Obi-Wan-- Obi-Wan was assigned to discover the whereabouts of the origin of a dart that was used to kill the assassin. He visited a local canteen of an old friend. "This is the work of the Kaminoans, it''s been ages since I''ve seen their work." "Kaminoans?" "Yea, they are cloners and damn good ones two." --Obi-Wan''s Arrival on Kamino-- "Hello, I''m Obi-Wan Kenobi a Jedi Knight." "We''ve been expecting you." "Expecting me." "Yes, would you like to see your army?" "Yes please." Lama Su brought Obi-Wan across the facility, showing him how the entire process of the clones were made. The conversation ends with Lama Su introducing Obi-Wan to Jango. After a short conversation a battle would ensue. Causing Jango to leave the planet. Lama Su and Obi-Wan would eventually meet up again and discuss some of the other advantages of using the clones and learning the origin. That was when two extremely large people began strolling up. "Su the 300th needs another round of paint pellets for the training course." "Of course Dom." "I''m sorry did you say your name was Dom?" "That is correct, and you are?" "Obi-Wan Kenobi." "A Jedi then? What business are you here on Kamino for?" "Lama Su may I talk privately with these two?" Lama Su ends up walking away leaving Obi-wan with the two Spartans. "I was here tracking an assassin who was looking to take Padme''s life." "That must be why Jango suddenly left again so soon." "You know anything?" "Not exactly, other then I believe he''s apart of CIS who leader is Tyranus." "Are you two related to Diesel in some manner?" "Of course. But thats all you get to know on that now follow me." Dom leads Obi-Wan to the training grounds of the 300th Battalion. "This is the most elite unit that exists in the clone army. We''ve been training them harshly for three years. They have the knowledge and the skills turn a planet upside down. Of course they still can''t beat us." "Elite? They can''t beat you?" "Obi-Wan let me explain something to you. A Spartan life is worth thousands if not hundreds of thousands of lives. Our existence is the peak of humanity. AH that was a little c.o.c.ky of me. Sorry being stuck here has opened my mind a little too much at times." "I must talk to the Jedi Council it seems. Thank you for your time." Chapter 40 - Alliance Obi-wan Kenobi ended up leaving Kamino to chase after the bounty hunter Jango Fett. In turn Dom ended up calling Diesel letting him know of the events that transpired after Padme''s assassination attempt. Diesel had Dom and Sophia prepare for war. He knew that the Republic would likely seek out the clone army soon. His blood began to boil because the feeling of war was near. Not too long after Kenobi left the planet Jedi Grand Master Yoda appeared on the planet of Kamino seeking the usage of the clone army. During Yoda''s quick visit to Kamino he ended up meeting with Dom and Sophia. "Mandalorians, I see. Training you''ve done. What you seek?" "Diesel, has heard of the recent disturbance. He believes that since Kenobi has found evidence that the one wished to take Padme''s life. That we have the right to know what''s going on." "Capture you see, Kenobi is. Save we will." "Diesel would like to offer our assistance." "Help I see, alliance we can." "Very well, we will pass the message on to Diesel, However we have a request for the clone army." "Request you say?" "Yes Master Yoda, we would like control of the 300th Battalion. We''ve been training them for almost four years. We know their capabilities best." "Request can be granted." Having Master Yoda agree to the plans of Diesel, made Dom''s life much easier. With the control over the 300th Battalion officially handed over to the Diesel. They can start preparing in other ways. Receiving the news of the battle Diesel prepared his men and ship and immediately embarked towards Geonosis. He would not allow the newly weds to be killed in the hands of the Trade Federation (Not the CIS). They should show up a little later than the Republic and may not be needed but it was a risk he wanted to take. Another positive note was how willing the Jedi were to pass on the 300th Battalion over to him. They were an extremely elite unit, if they were born as Spartans they would likely be comparable. If only they weren''t born as clones they would be able to receive ample enhancements and body chemicals changes to become similar. "Message to all units. Our Ambassador Padme was recently plagued with a assassination attempt, I call forth everyone forward to honor my call. We shall make those regrets ever attempting to assassinate one of our people. It''s time again for the universe to know our might. My fellow Mandalorians! My fellow Naboo! It''s War!" Cheers erupted across the fleet. The Mandalorians who are superior to the Naboo have garner respect toward them. The Naboo in recent years have fought more big battles than anyone else and came out on top. Ril''ah training really pushed the Naboo to their limits, gunner units may not look impressive but are incredibly resilient. (If you don''t remember what those are, it''s the two gunners and a shieldman.) --Grandmaster Yoda / Mace Windu / Dom-- "Do you think it''ll be alright trusting him?" "That I don''t know, the force is void, troubling it is two more have appeared." "Two more?" "Spartan you see, The force feels taken. It''s there but not." "Why was it not mentioned before?" "Kenobi was young you see, Only on Naboo did I know and now Kamino." "When we return we should meet these Spartans" "We should, Now go ahead you will, Jedi strike team you will take." *beep beep* Mace walks over, activating the communicator Dom wishes to know the plans that the Jedi have. "Yoda we will move ahead also. Diesel wishes for us to take part in the rescue." "With so many we will surely be noticed." "Mace this isn''t up for debate Diesel orders are absolute and we will move forward as planned. If your goal is thinking they will surrender you are blind as you are dumb. They would not go through all this trouble just to surrender." After insulting the Jedi master, Dom shuts the communicator off and relays the information to Diesel. " Be prepare after your arrival. We should only be a hour behind, so begin your operation immediately." -Petranaki Arena- "Obi-Wan out of respect for your master this will be your final chance to cast away the Jedi Order and join me." "I will not listen to your lies." "It''s a shame. Bring the rest of them out." Chapter 41 - The 300th --Petranaki Arena-- Anakin watched the situation that seemed to be hopefully he turned to his master seeking advice on what he should do. Only for him to get a weird response, he flips his head towards Padme who was on top of the pillar. Believing she was safe he returned his focus on the three horned beast. He ends up escaping having the beast rip his chains from the post. While Kenobi''s upper chains were cut by the Mantis looking beast, leaving his hands chained together. Anakin on the other hand saves Padme after she receives a scratch on her back by the wolf looking beast, by crushing it with the tamed horned one. (1) The small battle went on until wolf was killed. Leaving Kenobi to the Mantis while Anakin and Padme were riding the horned beast. Having enough of the situation Count Dooku, sent Droidekas in surrounding them. *Swish* Turning around Count Dooku sees Mace Windu. "Master Windu, how pleasant it is for you to join us." "This party is over." Jedi all across the arena began igniting their lightsabers, "Brave but foolish my old Jedi friend your impossibly outnumbered" "I don''t think so." "Well see." Battledroids began appearing all over the area, with some appearing behind Mace making him lose focus and start protecting himself against blaster fire. With Jango returning to the fray, Mace was forced to join the rest of the Jedi down below inside the arena. The battle slowly started putting the Jedi on their back foot. "Time is why the Jedi should have just listened to me. Surrender? What a joke, 300th Battalion it''s time to save some clueless Jedi. Captain Cross and Razer take your units to the South wall and hold clear it we will have Jedi retreat that way. Captain Rex and Waltz, on use we will engage, No casualties are allowed." Very quickly the Brigade of the four Captains descended from the upper levels from the south of the arena clearing the droids extremely fast. The efficiency they used to clear out the hundreds of droids on the southern upper levels was insane. Saving a couple Jedi who turned and jumped towards the Jedi in the center to help relieve the blaster fire. Reaching the Arena wall Rex and his men began repelling down with little to no resistance. The Clones above provided enough cover for them to reach the bottom unharmed. Dom and Sophia just leaped from the top jumping all the wall down. The sounded echoed far louder then and blaster sound causing a momentary lapse in the gunfire. "Shield units to the front! Phalanx Forward!" Sixty-four clones raised tower shields connecting themselves in a line. while another sixty-four took positioning in between the shield placing their guns in the small holes created by the shields. The two Spartans alongside both Captains walked behind cleaned up any droid or flying Geonosian. They left a path of destruction in their wake even killing the remaining beast." Sophia give Diesel our location." (2) Meanwhile, as the southern part of the arena was being taken care of by the clones. Mace Window was engaged by Jango Fett. A duel between two noteworthy people took place. With the jetpack, Jango was allowed to keep his distance from Mace and he was able to put up a good fight. Even with the force Jango was talented enough to stop any killing blows. (3) Noticing that his shots weren''t having any effect on Mace and were being deflected. Jango began aiming for his limbs to prevent. His shots to be deflected and hoping to have the Jedi make a mistake. The rest of the Jedi were slowly being pushed back. Almost being completely surrounded if it wasn''t for Dom and his clones. The numbers of the Jedi dwindled but they still had enough to be a force. "What is it Captain Rex?" "Commander permission to speak freely?" "What have I said when you''re in the middle of a battle." "Sorry, Sir the Jedi are in the way. Permission to move them? They are in the way." "Go." Captain Rex moves forward with the help of a couple other troopers. He heads towards the Jedi crescent moon. "Jedi move behind the wall! You''re in the way!" Some of the Jedi Masters were insulted by the actions of the clone. But gritted their teeth and moved towards the Clone wall taking to the sides. The only Jedi that remained in the fray was Mace Windu who was stuck in a duel with Jango. "Dom we''ve arrived." "Land north of these coordinates X:125 Y:198 you have breathing room for X:4 Y:8" "I''m coming down." (1)(Reference the movie) (3)(Jango died because he didn''t realize his jetpack was destroyed by the beast, but with the beast dead it works.) Chapter 42 - United "I''m coming down" "Hold all fire and hold position." All of the clones held their fire. Count Dooku looked at the actions of the clones wondering what they were doing. Even the clone Captain was slightly confused by this action. "Why are we not firing back!" Dom stood there silently and looked at the sky. This caused everyone grouped around Dom to look towards the sky. Thousands of dots appeared in the sky falling in their direction. A few seconds later those objects slammed into the ground releasing Mandalorians. Many of them immediately activated their jetpacks and took positions around the arena quickly destroying droids around them. "This isn''t good." Count Dooku turns to escape the arena disappearing into the darkness of the tunnel. A pod landed in the center of the arena near the duel of Jango and Mace. This brought the duel to halt. The door popped open and Diesel walked out. Jango took the chance to fire onto Diesel thinking he had an opportunity to take out the new Mandalor. Diesel simply dodges all the shots, returning his with his own taking out Jango''s jetpack. "Jango Fett, I believe this is our first time meeting. I suggest you surrender to us and live. Or die leaving your kid alone." Jango takes out his viroblade and runs at Diesel. "I will not surrender to you!" Diesel reaches out, catching the viroblade in his hand, lifting his leg kicking him in the c.h.e.s.t sending him flying back a few feet. "For a famous bounty hunter you''re kinda weak. Ruray tie Jango up and bring the kid. What are you all waiting for finish the droids off we have work to do." The battle kicked off right away at the words of Diesel. The clones were stunned; they never thought Diesel would basically be able to one shot Jango. They were based off that man and he was nothing compared to Diesel. "Yoda, the situation at the arena will be taken care of in a few minutes. I''d suggest gathering everyone here before we push further in." "Very well, land we will." A bunch of LAATs land in the general vicinity of the arena. Jedi''s and clone troopers unload from the LAATs and begin cleaning the outside of the arena of any droid stragglers. Mandalorians launched over the top of the arena with their jetpack landing outside joining the fray. With the battle around the arena finally settling down the three sides met up in the center of the arena. The Jedi walked in following a small green creature. The clones of the 300th followed Dom and the Mandalorians followed Diesel. "It''s a p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e seeing the three of you again." Diesel looks towards Sophia, Dom and the green creature. " Master Yoda, what is the Jedi''s plan of attack? "The droids are advancing here while our troops and holding the line here, no major advancements have occurred anywhere. The Jedi will make an attack here." Mace Windu takes the initiative to answer for Yoda pointing towards a wide open arena. "That is absolutely the dumbest thing I''ve ever seen. Your plan is to just charge god who knows how many droids in an open field? You''re wasting military resources and men. Nevermind forget I ask. You Jedi will do what you''re told, this is enough for me to realize how much actual experience in war you have." The clones were all stunned and happy at the same time. They knew the plan that was given to them was terrible. But they were programmed to follow orders and had no choice but to listen to it. The Mandalorian leader though crushed that plan in an instant. A newfound respect was formed with the few clones'' presence. Most of the Jedi were extremely annoyed that the plan was shot down in an instant and the power they had was stripped from them in just moments. "What gives you the right to make a judgement on our plan! You people are nothing but warmongers." "Shouldn''t that be exactly why you should listen to us. Your plan will involve an extremely high death rate. Do you want the responsibility for all those deaths? I would imagine you rather most here to live rather than die. Your plan is utterly terrible, If this is the plan you''re using we will leave. We will not partake in the slaughter of our troops." "Permission to speak freely." Diesel looks over to a clone that just stepped forward. "Permission granted and you are?" "I''m Captain Rex of the 300th Battalion. Master Jedi we clones are also against this plan, for the good of my brothers and yourself I would suggest listening to the Spartans." This moment would set a precedent for all clones in the future. They had the right to stand up for bad plans. The regular commanders of the clone army took this moment and recorded it to the back of their heads. Master Yoda noticed the slight change in the clones behavior as this one took a step forward. The force flew enveloped Yoda telling him of a future disaster. Although the details were extremely vague he knew he needed to make a change here. Chapter 43 - Wise "Change we will. Common enemy we share. Separate we should not. You plan we shall hear. The force says." The Jedi Masters all turned towards Master Yoda. They all felt the slight fluctuation in the force but they couldn''t tell the meaning. "Master Yoda are you sure you want to do this?" "Will of the force it is." --Diesel-- "The main thing everyone needs to notice is we are extremely outnumbered. The first thing we should do is aim at the sh.i.p.s. We have the range so there is no need for us to get too close too quickly. We will take them out and use the dust they create as a smoke screen. This is where our Naboo Shieldman will come into handy. Infantry will advance behind allowing for use to have multiple points of cover." "Secondly, there is zero use for you being a dead man. The shields will save your life. Use them. Also, since we are prepared, Ruray supply some to the clones with shields. We will use the ODJTs to attack key locations. The Jedi and the Mandalorians will be used to assault from the front and the ODJTs from behind." "I''ll be giving direct command over the clones to the commanders except the 300th Battalion. Each Spartan will take a brigade worth of the 300th and push the enemy lines. With bait and switch tactics, The Spartans will be the decoys while the 300th provide covering fire. You''ll be supported by my Clan members. Dith you be with Captain Waltz. Weinz with Captain Jackal, Ruray with Captain Titan. These will be the assigned groups. The droids will be completely outmatched." "The Vehicles will be to be focused by your walkers, currently our vehicles are lacking so will trust the clones with this. Is that alright commander?" The clone commander and commandos just shake their heads. That will be the basics of our strategy everyone is gonna have to make the on the move calls." "Permission to speak!" "Go ahead Captain Rex what about my brigade sir?" "According to Dom and Sophia I''m told you hold an extreme amount of promise. So you and Rilah will be following Skywalker in assaulting here." Diesel points down towards a map with his finger on an extremely large droid factory. "Master Yoda, you''re in charge of the Jedi, apply them to teams. You''ll be mainly in support roles. Unless the battle become a melee, have your stronger Jedi good in deflecting take forward positions. The less skilled one should mainly focus on any support role that is required of them." With this Mace was getting annoyed he felt the Jedi were being extremely underestimated that he didn''t appreciate being treated with such little respect. "Aren''t you underestimating the Jedi far too much? We have been the guardians and peacekeeper of the Republic longer than you''ve been alive." "That maybe so, but according to the books you''ve not fought in a war since the last Sith attack, I can tell by your last strategy you have no idea how to be a commander. Your lack of insight when not wanting to even think about taking my advice. I''ve clearly fought many battles and the experience to back it up. Yet you the Jedi played peacekeeper with little to no actual war experience. After this battle I would strongly suggest joining the Military Academy." "We are peacekeepers not soldiers!" "And that''s exactly why you need to shut up and do as you''re told. It''s no wonder how Jedi fall to this Dark side. Even when there Masters can''t control themselves." This greatly upset one of the Jedi there and they quickly moved to defend Master Windu. Moving into a position where they can engage Diesel. Diesel turned his head toward the now aggressive Jedi."Restrain him." The clones and the Mandalorians quickly moved to restrain the Jedi. Just as they were able to disable the Jedi Master Yoda forced lifted the Jedi in the air. "Sorry, we are. Orders we shall follow. Punish this one we will. After the battle it''ll be handled." --Shortly After Jedi Masters-- "Master Yoda the Mandalorians are becoming too powerful. If the clones choose to follow them, It could spell for a disaster for the Republic." "Experience we do not. Learn we will. The force leads the way. After this Military Academy we visit." "We are supposed to be peacekeepers not soldiers Master Yoda." "Mace stagnant we are. Growth is needed. Learn we will. Prepared we must. Mediate after we will." --Spartans-- "Diesel how did it go?" "Not good enough, I should''ve pushed them harder. But we got full control of this battle now so I''ll take this as a win for now." "The Jedi are far too untrustworthy. Do we tell the clones?" "Not yet. We need something to happen before we can come out with the truth. Captains I promise you, we will free your brothers from their curse. But for now we need to protect our homes." "Yes Sir!" Chapter 44 - Might of the Spartans The battle for Geonosis has finally begun. Republic forces have moved into positions. Dom and Sophia took their spots on the flanks of the army. While Diesel entered the center of the formation. "Dom Sophia shows everyone the might of a Spartan." All three Spartans rushed into the droid army. It was like watching three freight trains plow through droids. It didn''t matter what the droid was if it stood in the path of the Spartans it was instantly demolished by Spartans. The Mandalorians who were used to this behavior because of Diesel moved to keep the flanks of Spartans covered. The 300th on the other hand had their first experience of seeing a Spartan in a live battle. Even with their programming the display of three Spartan forming plowing holes in the droids formation.Made them pause for a few seconds before engaging onto the droids. Realization kicked in across the battlefield of how superior these Spartans were. They were fighting a massive army without a care in the world of their surroundings. It was like they knew nothing could touch them here. The droids did everything they possibly could in an attempt to slow down the Spartan charge. The pressure was just way too immense, with the support of the 300th and the Mandalorians the droids kept falling over like dominos. The droids commanders decided it was time to end this. They sent Hailfire Droids to the locations of the Spartans in an attempt to hinder or even kill them. However, thanks to the tactical meeting they had before the assault the clone commanders were able to react accordingly and take out two of the Hellfire droids on the flanks without any problems. The third was able to break through the fire of the walkers heading right towards Diesel. "Don''t worry I''ll handle this. Focus on the Infantry." Diesel started moving towards the Hailfire Droid, jumping up and landing on top of it. He activated his Gravity boots attaching himself to the droid. He concentrates his fire on the head of the droid. The blaster bolts couldn''t puncture the armor of the Hailfire droid. Diesel decided to move to plan B activating his armor abilities sending violent vibration from his feet. Setting off a chain reaction on the inside of the droid. The missiles started to rapidly fire, Diesel turned and punched the launchers facing them towards the wheels erasing their existence from the intense missile barrage. In order to dodge the explosion Diesel deactivated his gravity boots flipping into the air landing on the ground. Returning to finish the droids that entered his arena. The three Spartan groups focus on keeping the droid lines in shambles. This lowered the intensity of the fire on the Jedi and the clones allowing them to work in ease. The intensity of blaster fire for the Mandalorians and the 300th was on another level. They were forced to keep up with the three Spartans. The organization of the three was like a machine. Punch the frontlines and back out. They repeated this process over and over. Though their jobs were a lot less dangerous then the Spartans and weren''t forced to enter the middle of the formations. For now they were able to keep the deaths at zero. The injuries however slowly started to envelope them. More and more were forced to retreat the battlefield and receive medical support. The number of "kills" that the Spartan were racking up was entering into the four digits individually. Another set of Hailfire Droids made their way towards the Spartans. Dom moved into position in front of the oncoming Hailfire and used his armor ability. Two Modified Railguns that were attached on his back popped on both of his shoulders. He turned his body to brace for the impact. Firing both shots into the "leg" of the Hailfire detaching it from the wheel. This causes the Hailfire to spin out and crash into the nearby droids before finally bottoming out. --Jedi/Clone Command Center-- "I''m glad these Mandalorians are on our side. The amount of damage they are outputting is stunning." "Dangerous they are. Left in check they need." "Master Yoda?" "Nothing Commander. Focus we will on the nearest sh.i.p.s." "Aim at the nearest ship! Have the Naboo gunner troops advance on the smokescreen!" The commander turns to walk away for a minute to a troop nearing the end of the platform. Pulling him to the side. "Send Silent Squad to keep watch over the Jedi, inform me of any ill movement." "Sir?" "Our job is to watch over the Republic. This is a mission private." Chapter 45 - Skyguy Kenobi and Anakin were sent to a large factory a couple hundred miles to the South of the current battle. Diesel wanted them to take out a big factory to limit the amount of droid reinforcements. The small strike force of Rex''s Brigade and the two Jedi arrived near the location of the droid factory. "Anakin we will strike the factory from the left side pushing past the gun emplacements. Rex stay behind us, we will provide as much protection as we can." "Pardon me Sir, as right given to me by the Spartans we will refuse those orders. We are not expendable soldiers who will charge blindly into a heavy fortified arena.Sadly, Diesel was right that the Jedi are blind to a real battle." "What do you mean?" "Master Kenobi after the tactical meeting Diesel decided the Jedi were lacking in every aspect of war. He believed the Jedi would try to brute force their way into winning battle rather than think tactically avoiding deaths." "Isn''t that what they do? Charge in blindly?" "Is that how you see it Anakin? They have provided us with ample cover in every battle. For example in the arena, you would of charged blindly into those droids trying to save the others. While they gave us a shield and a protected formation." "Isn''t your loyalty to the Republic not the Mandalorians? Shouldn''t you be skeptical of the order coming from them?" "No, this battle is being fought for the Republic. There was no prior chain of command when entering this battle. Meaning Instructor Dom would be the higher rank then the Jedi are currently and with Diesel being his commander naturally it falls to him. Beside the Jedi agreed that the 300th would stay under the Mandalorians command. Experience outweighs everything that is something the Jedi do not have." "Then what does the 300th plan to do?" "Isn''t it obvious? Lantern how close is that cliff to the factory? "From the wall roughly 200 feet sir!" Rex wanted to enter the facility quietly so he had the Jack and Lantern with a couple standard provide over watch as the rest launched grapples into the base. Sliding down into the factory. "Lantern to Rex the droids in the tower have been neutralized, haven''t been spotted yet." "Good, Squads 2 and 3 clear the buildings. Keep things quiet." The Jedi followed the clones and watched them expertly dispatch droid after droid without being noticed. There was no need for the Jedi to be here. They were bringing nothing to the table except mindless chatter. Captain Rex and the two Jedi entered the main building and were moving along one of the corridors. Eventually reaching a room with a few Geonosians with a holo image of Count Dooku. Captain Rex signaled two clones to apply detonators to the walls of the room and began moving. "Another couple thousand droids will be ready to enter the battle in a few minutes Count." Slowly the voices in the factory started fading out. Reaching the main reactor. The group began placing charges all over the reactor readying it to blow. "Lantern to Rex, they know you''re there! Get out of there fast!" Almost like the droids were listening they began appearing all over the reactor room. Trapping the clones and the Jedi in the room. The clones took defensive positioning around the reactor in hope that the droids wouldn''t fire towards it. This allowed them a few moments of freedom. Anakin took a position at the front and held the bridge from the approaching droids while Kenobi provided cover to the rear. The droids numbered seemed endless. Luckily squads 2 and 3 were able to break through the droid blockade opening a path towards Kenobi. Forcing the clones to retreat towards the exit. It didn''t matter what corridor they turned down; they were forced to fight their way out. Nearing the exit of the factory another group of clones were being held down by the droids thankfully Lantern and Jack were covering them from above. Giving them some breathing room. Slowly the clones fought their way out. That was when one of the clones finally took a hit . "RipTide! Grab him we got to go!" "No Sir! I will not allow any of our brothers get killed because of me! I''ll hold them here go!" Riptide reaches up taking away the switch for the detonators. Chapter 46 - Contempt Rex troops were allowed to retreat at the cost of Riptide''s life. The very first official lost to the 300th Battalion. His loss would end up saving many of their brothers in the future. The clones looked back at the now destroyed factory honoring him. The moment of silence last only for a moment until the Jedi spoke without a care in the world. "Good job we destroyed the factory. This will make our lives much easier." The clones all turned and looked at the Jedi for disrespecting the loss of Riptide. Of course they were taught that casualties were bound to happen. They were still taught that every life mattered. Every loss of life should be honored and treated as an equal. The years the 300th spent together in hardship brought the clones extremely close together. Every moment of the training they spent together, working towards the same goal beating there Instructor Dom. Each one of these clones were comparable if not superior to an ARC trooper. Rex could only mourn the loss of his good friend. The plain disrespect that the Jedi showed angered the clones and the Jedi could sense the atmosphere turn with the force. "Is something the matter?" Both Jedi would turn towards Captain Rex with expressions of worry. Kenobi would take the imitative to try and start a conversation with Rex. Captain Rex could only grit his teeth. "Nothing." Across the ongoing battlefield the contempt the Jedi were seeing was growing, The casualties of the clone under the command of a Jedi far exceeded those of the one under the Mandalorians. This was becoming painfully obvious to everyone on the battlefield. Droids, actually began focusing on areas where the Jedi were at rather than the areas of Diesel forces. The combined forces of Spartans, Mandalorians, and the Naboo, were two hard for the droids to penetrate. They found it much easier to heavily focus fire on the Jedi''s. The clones would watch as the Mandalorian forces would constantly be giving commands and changing to the situations. They were always adapting on the fly. The ODJTs were on another level compared to the Naboo and standard Mandalorians. They would be dropped in pods from space in the middle of large groups of enemies. This would slow the push of the droids. Many of those ODJTs would die under the heavy fire of the droids, but those would live fought bravely and eventually would make way to safety before engaging the enemy again. If it wasn''t for them the amount of casualties the clones would receive would be incredibly higher. The three Spartan''s on the other hand there were no words that could be used to describe the thoughts going on in the clones'' heads. Strong. --Count Dooku-- "These Spartans are going to be much more of a problem then we originally thought. We cannot treat them as normal infantry. I''ll have to be prepared to face them next time." Although, the plan to begin the war with the Republic has finally happened and he was happy about it. The actual outcome was deemed a failure, the droids were being slaughtered. The clones weren''t in full suicide push mode. like they thought the Jedi would end up doing. The Mandalorians were a huge factor in this battle. Skill, tactics, and leadership were just way superior to the Jedi. Dooku only wondered what he would have to do to counter such individuals. Maybe start simple and create droids to combat them. If there was a single Spartan, there wouldn''t be a need for major concern. But three that''s a different story. What happens if there is still more out there. Dooku had to have countermeasures. He just wasn''t sure what could compete with the strength and speed on them. For now it was time to escape. Plans have already gone wrong, no need to risk anything. If it was just the Jedi he wouldn''t have any problems. Chapter 47 - Victory With Count Dooku making his escape from the planet, the Separatist forces began to crumble. The droid factory was constantly being hit falling one by one. Their numbers began to thin. When the rest of the 300th Battalion rejoined the frontline with the Jedi. Diesel decided it was time to make a heavy push. "Operation Victory is a go." Thousands of drop pods descended from the skies landing around key positions among the frontlines. Anti-Air turrets immediately became vacant opening a path for the LAATs escorted by starfighters appeared on the horizon. "Focus fire in the heavily contested zones. Leave the stragglers for us. All walkers focus fire on the Vehicles." Key Separatists locations began to fall. The remaining leaders decided that it would be hopeless to continue finally deciding to surrender to the Republic. -Forwarding Operating Base- *Diesel/Yoda/Mace/Clone Commander* "What is the casualty tally for everyone?" "Out of the 212 Jedi that were sent here our numbers are at 61 deaths." "37,000 deaths, 2300 wounded and 4123 seriously injured sir." (An estimated 30 Jedi were told to have survived. 12,000 seriously injured, 8,000 walking wounded, and 72,000 combat-fit troops estimated for the clones.) "What of the Mandalorians?" "ODJTs 1234, 1748 Naboo Gunners, 89 Mandalorians. We lost more than I thought, It looks like I''ll have to retrain my troops." "Sir? More than you thought? Those are beyond good numbers sir. You were all when in the middle of the fighting and had less casualties than we did." "It''s to be expected Commander, the clone''s training isn''t meant for fighting overwhelming odds. The training you were given is Mandalorian warrior training. It''s more for small scale fighting." "Sir?" "Did you notice a difference between my troops and yours?" The clone commander thought a little harder. He couldn''t think of anything, he thought it was simply because they were more skilled in combat. *Diesel* "My troops used cover effectively. Pay attention to how many of your brothers advertise their body to the enemy. Without being rude, the basic clones need to be retaught, exposing your entire body and leaving you vulnerable. This will only increase the death count of your troops." "That said Jedi you need to start using your brain, retrain your Jedi in deflection. Running head first into the droids will only ensure the death of your troops. Either you or the clones are Spartans, remember that." "Since you put it that way. What is a Spartan?" "Similar to the clones, but our only purpose was for war." The clone commander turns towards Diesel with a questioning look. "Are you saying clones aren''t made for war?" "No, according to what the Kaminoans have told us. The clones were made for multiple purposes. Law and order, war. Each clone has an identity of who they are and each clone is different. Anyways, please refrain from asking more on Spartans." "Diesel question I have." "What purpose do the Mandalorians have mmm?" "To return home." "Mandalor?" Diesel looked at the little green Jedi Master. "If I tell you, I''ll have to wipe the Jedi from existence. If you want me to declare war on the Jedi, please by all means ask again. Because I''ll tell you right now the Jedi will lose. Now out of goodwill I suggest the Jedi send people to our Academies to actually learn what war is." "Consider we will. Another war we do not." "Good what''s the current situation look like?" "Count Dooku escaped sadly even under the blockade. Many Separatist leaders were captured. The Geonosian have completely surrendered and we are currently giving our terms." Diesel sits in deep thought for a minute before finally stepping forward. "We will be leaving as soon as the cleanup is finished and returning to our system. We are gonna start preparing for future conflicts." "The war is over, what conflicts are we preparing for?" "Don''t be blind. You really think this is the end of the war. You''re gonna be sadly mistaken." Diesel turns leaving the command center. "Call the fleet we are returning, and get me Ruray we have to start preparing." "This is Ruray, how can i serve Mandalor?" "I have a deep feeling we are gonna be having a few more battles. We are gonna need our own vehicles, weapons and sh.i.p.s. Also, we are gonna equip the 300th better." "Why the 300th aren''t they clones?" "No they are future Mandalorians." "Yes, sir I''ll start preparing right away." Chapter 48 - Advancement Diesel walks into the room with Sophie and Ruray in front of all of her technology staff. "Okay, taking the last battle on Geonosis as an example we are gonna need to expand our military land based vehicles and sh.i.p.s. This is how we are gonna do it." Diesel takes out a couple blueprints placing them on the table. Light: Warthog - Has a couple Variants, Blaster, Gauss, and Rocket Modified to be faster (similar to a speeder bike hovering just not as quick.), it would also be heavier armored able to take blaster fire. Medium: Cobra - Anti-Vehicle/Fortification Artillery Modified with two different firing modes blaster and projectile, projectile to attack through shields, while the blaster can be used on face to face confrontations. Heavy: Mantis - Bi-pedal Walker Modified to be quicker with more armor. Would be used for infantry and light to medium equipment. Kodiak - Long Range Siege Tank Kodiak and the Rhino are upgraded versions of the Cobra, much stronger in firepower and range. Rhino - Long Range Plasma Cannon Space - Sabre - Space Fighter Our bread and butter, much starter then the Republic fighters in all term armor, firepower, maneuverability. Added a scatter rocket that''s able to hit multiple enemy signatures. These will be our core fighter planes. (If your curious about any of these, just reference Halopedia - Vehicles) The technology department looked over the blueprint up and down, trying to find flaws and or improvements. Many were in awe of these designs especially the warthog, it was a highly versatile vehicle that could be changed depending on the situation. The team split into multiple teams and began working on mass producing this war machine as quickly as possible. In order to keep up with the demands of the war. Diesel would involve all the planets under his command and hire those private contractors. In a month they would finally be able to produce them for the war. --Republic Senate/Clones-- Things were starting to get heated in the Senate. Many still opposed the creation of the clone army and wanted to go with the diplomatic route. While the chancellors'' supporters heavily supported the clone army. Stating things like the Separatists and Mandalorians as emerging threats, while the other insisted that the Mandalorians were allies that helped with the Geonosians. It would soon pass electing the Jedi as the generals because they were the Republic''s peacekeepers. The news would soon spill over to the clones, angering some. They did not wish to be commanded by the Jedi as they were view incompetent during the Battle of Geonosis. Many wished for the Mandalorians to be the leaders of the army. When they heard that the Mandalorians could even possibly be enemies this greatly upset some especially those who worked close to them during the battle. The only clones that weren''t affected by this piece of news were the four Captains of the 300th Battalion. Everything played out exactly how Diesel predicted. As the only clones who have already had their ch.i.p.s removed. They were already forewarned about the details of the chip. Diesel admitted he wasn''t sure who exactly was involved but it somehow tied the Jedi and the Republic together. The four clones felt lied to about the entire thing they were growing up, Betrayed they felt the so-called "cause" was just a fabrication. The four of them had one goal and one goal alone, and that was to save as many brothers as they can from the Republic. It''s just right now they are powerless to do anything. For now they agreed to work in the 300th as a way to protect their brothers. Sadly, the 300th has already received their first casualty (Riptide) and it would have been worse if it wasn''t for the Mandalorians. Soon the entire Battalion would be free and in order to get to the rest they would need to earn soon achievements. According to Sophia they were able to reset the Order 66 and change it. She supplied them with all the data that she found as proof of the accusation. They still felt a little insulted that the Spartan changed it without saying anything. But they did appreciate the truth being told and being helped at a chance of true freedom. Even if they were able to get to everyone at least no one will make the mistake of killing someone who truly didn''t deserve it. Overall, the four agreed this would be the best course of action and they wanted to play their parts. With the goals being set the clones went to free the rest of their brothers in the 300th. They all stamped a Logo on their c.h.e.s.t TF. (The Spartan were able to reprogram the clones but didn''t have access to the actual implantation of them. Just to make sure everyone is clear.) Chapter 49 - Separate Ways Diesel got together with the clone trooper Captains. They began debating on a small recruitment plan, for name Captain Rex would be stationed with Anakin and the 501st. Captain Waltz would be sent to visit Commander Cody and the 212th. So on and so forth, the Mandalorians planned to stay out of the war until 21 BBY until their army production can be set for war. Captain Rex had a rocky start in the 501st, he was sent to Arantara where he would almost lose his life. His inexperience in war is still too fresh. His squad from the 501st wasn''t as skilled as the 300th and he overestimated their abilities. Thankfully, Rex himself was a highly skilled combatant and able to hold off the enemies temporarily His squad of twenty clones was almost wiped out. Rex and eight other clones were fighting heavily outnumbered and struck in a long ditch. Roughly, two-hundred droids were barreling down on his position. The clones already destroyed around a hundred droids but being outnumbered and outgunned they were forced to retreat, losing men along the way. Like Diesel told him the clones needed retraining, they exposed their bodies way too much resulting in heavier casualties. Rex instructed the remaining clones to fight using cover and reprimanded them for not properly fighting. At first the clones were stunned by the suddenly outburst but quickly adapted to Captain Rex instructions. The Combat reflectivity quickly rose as the clones were able to hold their ground. Still being outnumbered though the remaining clones numbered down to three. Noticing his dwindling numbers, Captain Rex realizes his time might be coming sooner rather than later. Regretting he wouldn''t be able to follow through on his promise to his three other brothers. This moment became a turning point for Rex. A sudden motivation thinking back to his promise and his still imprisoned brothers. He quickly began thinking of possible options. "Think Rex! Think!" scanning the area around for anything he could use. "Cross! Do we have any Thermal Detonators?" "I have two sir! Rancor has one!" "Give me them! Search the bodies for more! Quickly! We don''t have much time!" "Yes Sir!" The two clones immediately checked the bodies of their fallen brother finding another eight detonators handing them over to Rex. He had both clones hold slightly longer as he placed the detonators just below the rim of the valley. After placing them he ordered the clones to run. they began sprinting in the opposite direction with the cover of the valley ridge; they were safe until the droids would get closer. That was when the two of them realized that Captain Rex wasn''t with them. They turned and noticed that the Captain was still holding off the droids and wasn''t running with them. Both clones turned and wanted to rush back towards Rex. However, Rex noticed this and sent orders over the coms. "Go this is an order! I will hold them back!" Both of them hesitated but eventually turned and ran (Still early in the war they aren''t "immune" to some orders yet). It was only Rex at the valley now fighting around a bunch of explosives. He knew his chances of making it out were slim but he wasn''t going to give up. As the droids got closer the shorter amount of time Rex could be out of cover shortened. He began to fall back from the valley edge allowing for the droids to stack and slide down the ridge. That was when he tossed one of the remaining detonators into the crowded area lighting up the whole ridge. The explosion went off and destroyed all the droids. However, just as the explosion went off Rex''s toss exposed his body enough for a droid blaster bolt to land a shot onto his shoulder. While a rock from the explosion flew towards his find a place on his head knocking him temporarily unconscious. Rex would later awake to Anakin standing over top of him with the two clones that he sent back. This surprised him; he didn''t think the Jedi would come for a fallen clone, much less cared what would happen to them. "I''m sorry Rex I should have been in this fray instead of you, a leader should always lead from the front." (The next few chapters will be of Captain Rex.) Chapter 50 - Mud Jumpers For the rest of the Battle of Arantara Captain Rex had to recover from injuries. He would later recover and join the 501st and the 224th Mud Jumpers in the Battle of Mimban. This is where he meets up with Captain Titan, one of his fellow Captains from the 300th. Captain Rex was stuck training the Mimbanese Liberation Army when they had down time. In addition to the clone being there Representative Jar Jar Binks was there to act as a liaison for their people promising them freedom when the war ended. --Battle of Mimban-- Captain Titan was serving General Laan Tik and the Mud Jumpers being assigned as the Captain of the unit temporarily. Right now it was stuck in a battle deep within the jungle of Mimban. They were being overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of the droids. Constantly being pushed back further into the jungle. Captain Titan against protocol sent a distress signal to Captain Rex because the General refused to call for reinforcements stating they could handle it. Thankfully, having the ch.i.p.s removed from them Titan decided it would be best to call for his own reinforcements. This would only prove that the Jedi lacked insight of actual battle and displeased the Captain even more of the Jedi. Rex would send a message out that he would be coming to reinforce the position of the General with the 501st. Only to be denied. Thankfully, Captain Rex used the influence that Jar Jar had to get permission for the mission. Before arriving on Mimban, Rex requested from Diesel that the scouts Jack and Lantern be assigned to him. Recalling the events from Arantara Rex requested that each Captain be given five men to support them. Each of these men obviously had the ch.i.p.s removed to better support the Captains and agreed with the goals of them. The 224th numbers were being depleted forcing General Lan Tik to be a lot more aggressive deflecting blaster bolts. With the numbers of the 212th falling in battle. More pressure would be applied to the Jedi. He was slowly becoming overwhelmed, finally receiving a blaster bolt to the c.h.e.s.t killing the General instantly. For Titan this was honestly the best possible outcome. When he learned what happened to him and his brothers he grew to dislike the Jedi. Now being forced to serve under an incompetent one. His dislike turned into hate, General Lan Tik constantly forced his men to fight impossible battles with little to no actual strategy and anytime he offered to help. He was basically turned down. for whatever reason the Jedi preferred fighting head on causing thousands of pointless deaths of his brothers. Titan would call Rex telling him of the events, Rex would tell him to fall back and get picked up. "General Laan Tik is dead. Grab his body and fall back!" His face turned ugly having to force his men to grab the one who ordered the death of many men. But Titan had to play his part as a soldier for now. Captain Rex and Hardcase of the 501st were discussing their option as they approached the LZ. With Jar Jar in tow they needed to evacuate him from the battle. Rex convinced himself to save his brothers first from the battle landing at the marked LZ and getting his brothers onboard. Before leaving Jar Jar would exit the craft and pay respects to the General body. Rex and Hardcase would yank Jar Jar back on board loading the body. They escaped back to the next defensive line leaving returning to safety. A few days would pass and the Battle would only keep getting worse for the Republic and its allies. The General decisions left the clones in a rough spot. The moral was low. Hardcase, Captain Rex and Captain Titan were all in the room with their current "General" Jar Jar, none of them had faith in their current General. But at least he was one that would listen to the clones opinions. Shortly into the meeting Jack and Lantern returned from their deep jungle scouting with new information on the enemy. Roughly, three clicks out was a shield generator that the Seppies were using as a base of operation if they could somehow take out that shield generator they could Orbital Strikes their location bring an closer end to the battle on Mimban. Rex really hoped that he had the 300th with him during this battle, however he did not. With Captains Titans men they would have a total of twelve units. The 300th unlike other units weren''t able to just replace men. Every loss would matter. However, Rex didn''t have a choice: the lives of a few or the lives of many and a planet. He made Hardcase stay back and ordered him if they failed, to retreat from the planet as it would be lost. After turning towards the door with Captain Titan. "It''s time to assault a Seppies shield generator." Chapter 51 - Tunnel The squads from the 300th Battalion consisted of twelve total clones. Both Captains and the two scouts huddle up discussing plans on how to assault the shield generator. While the eight other clones watched the surrounding to make sure they wouldn''t have any uninvited guests. "Jack, Lantern give us the facts. What are we facing." "It''s not looking good sir. They have roughly a thousand droids guarding the walls on all sides. They exchange positions with some on the inside every six hours. So I would assume they would have another four thousand inside at the very least. I would estimate roughly five thousand sir." "Captain Rex, those odds are even worse than we originally thought. Are you sure you want to still do this." Titan would turn towards Captain Rex, although he could see his face he knew that Rex was internally struggling. He knew how much he cared for his brothers. The 300th and the rest of the clone army is his family. He wanted to protect as many as he could. "Rex I shall support your decision." "Same Sir." Both Jack and Lantern were smiling under their helmet. They both thought along the lines of Rex. Actually, all the clones of the 300th wanted to save their brothers in the other parts of the Grand Republic Army. They just know they were currently powerless to do so. One of the problems for the 300th though was when one of them died from there. There was no one to replace them. A death in the 300th was a loss to the whole Battalion. With this being a mission losses are gonna be expected. The clones need to make a perfect plan. A plan with zero possible losses. "Okay we will do this. I need every bit of Intel you can give up. No messing up. I want a completely perfect operation." "The best time would be when they are exchanging guards. This location here would allow us to use the underground pipes as an entry. Point K is completely open for roughly one minute, it''ll be their only blind spot as far as we can tell." "Where does the passage lead then?" "No Idea sir. All we can say is that it doesn''t go all the way through, so somewhere on the inside." "Are there any patrols in the tunnels that you can tell of?" "No." "Okay, we will move as quietly as possible, enter through the tunnels, we will need to improvise after we get inside. Titan I want you and your men to hold the tunnel while we enter the base. You''re our only hope to escape if something goes wrong." The group came up on the south side of the towering complex. Opposite side of the ravine from it. They awaited the patrol switch patiently. Once the droids began covering back across the bridge exchanging position from the oncoming droids the clones launched from the cover of the forest. Immediately shooting grapple guns across the ravine and jumping like a Tarzan all the way across. The walls on the bridge sat five feet tall providing enough cover from the bridge. The clones look across to the way where most of the droids were sitting hoping that none of them would spot them. Thankfully, with the swapping they were clear all the way across. All twelve clones latched themselves to the walls and began scaling towards the tunnel entrance. "Alright boys, so far so good..." Rex turns and notices the tunnel had mounted turrets towards the end of it. His mood suddenly worsened. By now everyone was already inside the tunnel and was about to move. "It seems like we may have to adjust our plans." Chapter 52 - Turrets Rex stared at the turrets at the end of the tunnel he knew they had to get past them or find another way. The clones quickly debated on how they wished to handle it. Rex took a moment and remembered what Dom''s and Sophia displayed back on the first day they met. Completely crushing course, he steps forward looking at his fellow brothers with a grim look but confident look. "If I die here today, know that everything I did was for our brothers and our future." With those words he took off towards the turrets with his dual DC-17 pistol. He knew he couldn''t slow down and aim. He had to use his training to perfectly time the shots. A moment of hesitation would be the end of his life. "I just can''t catch a break." Rex whispers under his break as the lasers bolt fire down the hallway towards him. He skillfully dodges the oncoming fire, it was then Rex began to realize everything seemed to move at a much slower pace. Or maybe he was faster. Ever since he was forced to return from his injuries from the previous battle. His senses seemed to have sharpened. These lasers were nothing, then he remembered the words Diesel spoke when he awoke from the Bacta tank. "It''s the injuries healed nicely, oh and it looks like the enhancements don''t even show. Congratulations." At the time I didn''t understand what he was saying. So Rec just assumed it had something to do with the recovery process. Rex''s progress down the tunnel stunned his fellow clones. They all looked at him in awe wondering how he managed to keep dodging the laser bolts. If it was any of them they would have 100% already been killed. He made it look so simple. Eventually Rex reached the turrets, sidestepping and spinning he fired both of his DC-17s into the first turret quickly disabling it. Right after Rex takes out the first one he turns into a barrel roll, and flips onto his knee, firing another two rounds right into the barrels of the second. He stands up and begins walking deeper into the tunnel, waving the men forward. "We are falling behind. When did Rex become so good." Lantern says at the nameless clone who asked the question. "Captain Rex although might be the 2nd Captain of the 300th. He is the one closest to the Spartan''s. It''s because of Rex that we are standing here today as the 300th. According to Captain Waltz, Rex will become the forefront of the clones in the years to come." "Forefront? What does that mean." Jack quickly stepped forward from behind the group of clones. Taking over the conversation. from the nameless clone. "Meaning he will become the Leader of the clones. Or in similar terms, the highest ranked clone. One of the reasons the Captains are being sent to the front lines was to build support for them when the ch.i.p.s get removed from the others." All the nameless clones looked toward the back of Captain Rex in awe. They will be witnessing the birth of history with the 300th and they were the ones taking a part of it. Captain Titan stopped and turned around wacking all the clones back into shape. "Stop daydreaming we have a job to do. If we fail those dreams won''t come true." --Naboo Academy-- "Diesel do you think it was a good idea to give the clone the basic enhancements?" "Of course Dom, I''m betting on Captain Rex becoming an icon of the clones. Beside they are the same enhancements the Clan has received it''s not like they are game breaking. I don''t wish to kill anyone. Ril''ah how are the projects coming along?" "Mainly, we are missing the money to forgo the projects. Between the two star systems, we are still ending up relatively short." "I see, get some of our men to run bounty hunter missions. On Naboo, how is the shield production going? Will the Republic buy some? The ones we sell make sure you add an anti-theft option to them. This will slow down the chances of it being stolen. Also, increase the food production, these are times of war we will need every advantage we can get even if we sell the extra''s" Chapter 53 - Seppies "Count Dooku, the Jedi leading the clones, has been killed. They''ve been holding their position and have been slowly falling back further from the beginning offensive line. We are preparing to advance in another day." "It seems things are going better than planned. There are reports that the Mandalorians have been staying out of the battle for now. This is good news as long as we keep pushing the Republic there will be nothing the Mandalorians can do. Good work." "Thank you Count." Count Dooku shuts off the hologram with the Separatist leader and turns towards another facing his Master Darth Sidious. "Master it seems the battle is going better than expected. Even with the reports of the 300th joining the battle it looks like they can''t do anything without the Spartans." "Don''t be blinded. Feel the Dark Side of the force, the whispers tell us the truth. The Battle has just started. Do not underestimate the 300th clones." "You think the clones will change the tide sir?" "It''s possible without the Jedi to hold the 300th back, They will be able to take matters into their own hands. Take a look at the battles they''ve taken place in. Even without the entire 300th the small units doing incredible damage." "Very well it shall be done." "Tyranus don''t underestimate Diesel. He should be the top focus in battles. Failures will not be tolerated." With that Darth Sidious disappears, leaving the Count to analyze the battle of the 300th. --Jedi Temple-- "How goes the replacement for Laan Tik?" Windu became disgruntled with the loss of another Master in the war. "Replacement we do not. To the force we must trust." "Representative Brinks is on the planet. It is not a good idea for us to leave him there." "We are stretched thin already Master Windu." "Master Plo Koon what would you suggest then?" Bringing his hand to his chin, giving a moment to think he looked up, turning back towards Master Windu. "Isn''t the 300th on Mimban right now? The ones that we offered to the Mandalorian to seek their help in the war? Couldn''t we use this as a war to bring them back into the war early?" "The help of the Mandalorian would be good, sending Obi-Wan and Anakin would be a good idea. They are currently at the Academy after the last battle is that correct?" "Interfere we do not." All the Council turned towards the Grandmaster seeking an answer. "The force has spoken." "Master Yoda did you receive a vision?" This is what all the Council wanted to know. Master Mundi took the incentive to ask first. Master Yoda kept quiet only to shake his head answering with only one word. "300th." --Spartan Academy-- "Diesel looks like the Jedi leading the Battle of Mimban has died leaving Jar Jar as the current leader. Should we not send help? The loss of Captain Rex would be a huge investment sunk." The three Spartans stare at Ril''ah burning holes into him with their visors. Feeling the stares Ril''ah began to sweat wondering if he said something that offended them. "Ril''ah it''s not an investment into Rex, the clones will become apart of our people once we figure things out. We will become the home they are awaiting to return to. An investment this is not, but we must protect our people." Ril''ah now realizes his mistake. The Spartan didn''t consider the clones as clones or expendable resources. But they viewed them as Mandalorians, they viewed them as people. Ril''ah made sure he made a mental note of this. He could use this. Diesel was amazing in his own right, but the views, the ideas, the vision. Is what makes this man so incredible to him. He tookly adjusted and made another pitch towards Diesel. "Diesel, our man is trapped on a Mimban with very little support. I suggest we send help to lessen the burden of those who are already lost. Twelve 300th troopers will not be able to win that war without loses." No one could see it but Diesel had a small smile on his face. "There will be no need to send help. According to the information I received slightly prior everything will end in a few days." "The information you received?" "I sent the ghost to watch over the Captains. They''ve been relaying updated information. It seems Captain Rex and Titan have entered the Separatist stronghold with plans on taking out the shield generator. Without it the battle is as good as done." "I''m sorry Sir what are ghosts?" "The new unit that Dith is now leading, a special ops team. Their main goal is information gathering and sabotage. It''s still in the trial stages." Chapter 54 - Sniper Wars Captain Rex and the eleven other clones made their way through the tunnels. The clones felt pretty lucky the small battle with the turrets didn''t set off any alarms. The rest of the trip was relatively quiet. With only a couple small patrols here and there. Each patrol was taken out quickly and as silently as possible. At this point they wanted to keep everything under wraps. The small group neared the exit noticing they are on the opposite side of the base from the shield generator. This slightly demoralizes the clones realizing the job just became that much harder and the risk of losing another man or men from the 300th greatly increased. "It''s two far without a distraction. We will never make it to the generator. Captain what do you think we should do." "I''ll make a distraction over there. When I do that I want the rest of you to escort Captain Titan to the generator and make sure it''s finished." "No Captain, leave it to us. You are the future of the clones, there is no need for you to die." At this point both Jack and Lantern sprint off towards what would look to be a communications array tower. Before anyone else could argue with them. Captain Rex resigned and lead the rest slowly towards the generator before stopping to wait for the distraction to take place, "Can''t believe you volunteered us for a suicide mission what were you thinking Jack." "Well to be honest with you I was thinking what was best for the rest of our brothers. I believe keeping Captain Rex alive is better than us." Lantern only stared towards Jack grimly before moving on. Shortly after leaving they arrived at the vehicle depot the two scouts began setting up detonators. Luckily other than some patrols most of the droids seemed to be deactivated. They would easily dispatch them and quickly move to the next. "Jack look! I believe that is a supply room at the back. We should take a look." "I agree let''s get inside." They enter into the back room of the vehicle depot full of supplies. Ammo, replacement parts, anything one could think of to keep the vehicles running. "Lantern! Detonite Barrels! We can use these and cripple the vehicles!" Walking over, placing his hand on his brother''s shoulder he looks over. "I think we have our distraction and a good one at that. Let''s get going they are waiting." Rex and the other tens clones patiently waited for them to give them the signal of starting the distraction. One of the clones was getting pretty impatient. It''s been ten minutes since the scouts left to create a distraction but still nothing has happened. "What the hell are they doing! Should we just start Captain?" Titan started to become somewhat squirmy waiting. He was the type to fight head first against multiple people and hold his own which earned him the name of Titan. It was right about now that Jack and Lantern finished setting up the armory to explode and made their way towards the Com Array again. They kept dodging large formations of droids. To them it felt like a miracle they ran into like no resistance so far. If they didn''t know better they would have believed they were walking into a trap. As soon as they arrived at the bottom of the tower they started showing why they were considered the best scouts in the Grand Army of the Republic. They both set split and found suitable locations to begin their ambush. Getting settled in Jack told Lantern he would begin their operation. That was when three Neimoidian exited the tower. At this point only Jack could tell only one was a HVT(1). Noticing he had a huge opportunity here Jack took this chance and pulled at HP(2) round and edited the setting on his Sonic Rifle that the Ruray made for him and Lantern. He waited for the three of them to move and line up. When they reached a position to kill he fired, killing the front most Neimoidian, however because he used the HP round it pierced right through him killing the second one also. Hearing the signal to fire, Lantern fired, killing the third one with his own Sonic Rifle. Chapter 55 - Heated The leaders of the Separatist dead. It left the droids in charge, it took a few moments to register the deaths. This gave Jack and Lantern some extra seconds. While Lantern focused his attention on the droids that finally responded to him after killing a couple more. Jack had to change out his rounds to the blaster bolts. After Jack was able to change out, he and Lantern were able to rotate turns to confuse the droids. Sadly, the base had thousands if not ten of thousand droids at some point the two clones will be overrun. However, this did not slow them down; they both destroyed around twenty odd droids and steadily retreated through the enemy base. The fighting slowly awoke the entire base allowing for Captain Rex and his group to move towards the generator now. "Jack! I''m being cut off. I''m gonna have to fall back towards the Vehicle Deport." The blaster fire around Lantern came blaring over the coms making it almost impossible to hear. With Jack and Lantern being scouts allowed them to pick out the sounds, words, and any slight changes in the environment they previously crossed. "Same here, I believe they are trying to funnel us there." Jack kept an eye out and noticed destroyed droids that weren''t previously there when they first started this operation. But he couldn''t stop and investigate. He needed to buy Rex as much time as he could. He quickly sniped another four droids who were in front of the horde and then turned to the Vehicle Depot. Lantern on the other hand took a second and took a look at the fallen droid that he knew either one of them killed. This ended up being a mistake because as soon after he stopped for more then five seconds the droid''s were actually in range. A blaster bolt grazed the side of his helmet tearing off the lower portion of it. It wasn''t life threatening but it was definitely something he was gonna need some time to recover from. Both clones finally met up at the depot and took cover on the inside. Four-thousands droids waited outside completely surrounding the building. The current droid commander wanted to make sure they wouldn''t have an escape route. With that in place they began marching into the depot. Each clone took a position that covered at least three entrances. Of course they couldn''t handle them all themselves but they would at least be able to slow the advance slightly. *Radio* "Jack the Charges are set, retreat if you can!" "It''s been a p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e serving with you Captain. Don''t blow them until you hear our signal." "We are coming for you. Hold on." "Rex! Go! We are completely surrounded, and will be taking roughly thousands of droids with us. Just remember us." "Jack. 300 strong." "300 strong sir." *Radio ends* "Lantern we are on our own. Are you gonna be alright with that wound?" "Not that it matters! Focus." Lantern returned his focus on the droids entering from the main vehicle entrance. Destroying ten droids before flipping towards another laying waste to a few more. Seconds past what felt like minutes. The sea of droids kept pouring into the deport. Sounds from behind could be heard. Lantern took note that the droids were climbing the cat walks. Both clones stopped focusing on the ones coming from the front and now change to cover the hallways from behind. In another thirty seconds the clones would be completely trapped. Jack looked towards his partner and nodded. Lantern pulled out a small blinking device and prepared to click the button. They turned and retreated to a dead end hallway to buy any second that they could. They awaited for the droids to turn. "Goodbye Brother." "Thanks for everything Jack." Lantern clicked the button setting off a chain reaction in the hanger of the vehicles. "For Freedom...what?" Rex saw a massive chain explosion happened just before they entered the tunnels. He took a glance offering a few moments of silence to his two brothers and turned to escape through the tunnel. "Set it." Another explosion burst into flames as the generator went off but none of the clones celebrated and quietly moved towards the exit. Although Solemn and filled with regret they absorbed this moment and pushed forward. They will fulfill the wishes of the fallen. Rex took it the hardest. Both of them served with him in his original unit on Kamino. Angry at his weakness, he needed strength to push forward. Chapter 56 - 297 (End of Clone Wars Part 1 Arc) The end of the battle of Mimban came to a close when the GAR destroyed the shield generator. This allowed them to threaten with space bombardment because of the presence of zero Jedi. The remaining Separatist leader did not wish to end up like the three who were sniped. He watched from the window horrified, freezing him in place until the explosion spooked out of his daze. Later surrendering to the Republic forces. Back in at Republic command the clone commanders were congratulating Captain Rex and Captain Titan on the successful mission. As it would cost two lives from the clones. Although the commanders were saddened by the loss of brothers they understood that this is what they were supposed to do. Die in battle for the Republic. Everyone was celebrating that they would be able to leave the planet. Except for the Mud jumpers, they were going to be stationed here to train the people of this planet. Captain Rex and the three clones under his direct command were not happy. They are the only brigade in the 300th who have lost any troopers. Riptide being the first and now Jack and Lantern being the second and third. They were clearly the best two scouts in the GAR capable of fighting extremely outnumbered and eventually winning. He thought back to his training with the Spartan back on Kamino and some of the stories they were willing to share. "A Spartan never dies, they only go MIA." He decided to make this a thing for the 300th no clone had to die. They will live forever in the 300th. --Sidious and Count Dooku-- "Master it seems we were too late with the reinforcements the base of the surface had fallen. Everything happened like you predicted." "This is a disappointment they were supposed to be able to last another few months at least. We will be forced to modify the plans slightly. I sense that the Mandalorians will be returning to the battle soon. We need to increase production." "So we still have a little time for project Goliath to finish. Anti-Jedi droids are being made and sent to General Grievous. Now it''s just to wait for our Anti-Spartan Weapons to be finished." "Dooku don''t underestimate them, the droids are nothing in front of the Spartans. We need to make sure there are only three of the tall black ones. Send some spies out and gather as much information as you can on them." "Very well. It shall be done." Dooku smiled and shut off the communicator with Darth Sidious turning towards the construction of the three Goliath units. "Even if you can''t win, you need to be able to injure them." The three towering 8 feet tall Humanoid robots looked menacing. The ages and legs had pumps allowing for quicker movement. The entire droid was laced with engines and restraints proving protection and destructiveness. They wouldn''t be slow. They were armored and had cushion impactors to allow them to absorb heavy impacts. --Naboo Spartan Academy Ril''ah and Diesel-- "Dith missions with the Ghost on Mimban went without any problems sir. Are you sure this is how you want to handle the integration?" "Ril''ah. It''s not about integrations, it''s about teaching Rex. If he cannot grow as a clone mentally and physically he will not have room to be the leader of the clones. How has the anti-aging progress gone?" "Ruray says we have another year sir." "Good work. In a few more months we will be returning to the front lines and showing them that the Clan Spartans aren''t to be trifled with." This was the moment the Ril''ah wanted to see again. He''s been having someone record every battle. Although, against military law in the GAR they couldn''t stop the Spartan from doing what they wanted. Ril''ah has had a backlog of recordings that he will release. Ril''ah was the happiest one could be. He has fully embraced the Mandalorian way. Ever since Diesel has arrived he has followed closely. Although, in the beginning he despised him, he slowly came to respect the man. Chapter 57 - Rilahs First Year 1 of 2 Ril''ah P.O.V. A year ago I was just a regular guard for the Amidala Family. Well to be exact I was a guard for Padme. Her ideals were for an ultimate peace, no wars, no corruption, just an everlasting peace. Honestly, I don''t believe in peace but this was a Job that my close friend Sid got for me. I''ve always heard the stories of the "old Mandalorians and there warring culture." I found them fascinating. A race that was built into a undying culture. No matter as long as one remain the Mandalorians can rebuild they have no limits. Their history alone was truly amazing from Conqueror to Ultimate to Lesser to Destroyer. Everyone one of the Mandalor had a history no matter how long or short the reign was. As a poor boy in the city of Theed I would never have much hope to amount to anything in my life. Thankfully, I had my friend Sid who got my job. Otherwise who knows what could have happened to me. Anyways, I sometimes took my job too seriously and that would get me in trouble. I would over-search visitors. Would double or even triple check our route when we went out causing a delay. I wanted to be the best I could at the job I was given. Panaka took his job seriously but I would always be yelled at because I took it to the next level. "We are peaceful people." I would hear this over and over again until my ears bleed. At some point I began to hate working with the guards for Padme and was close to quitting. I was actually walking to Panaka office to turn in my resignation letter. When we picked up a distress signal in space. One of our Pilots was on the way back and came across the signal and sent a message back to Padme. Of course being the peace loving idiot she was she decided to save whoever she could. I decided I would wait until after the job of saving people and making sure She was safe before moving on. So I grabbed my gear after putting the letter away and made my way to the hanger. I gather around the hatch of the weird spaced ship and prepare myself as the hatch falls. "Are you Insurrectionist?" (Refer to Chapter 3) Listening to everything that was being saved, my distrust in this individual only grew. It felt like a man who was trying to hide things. EVERYTHING WAS CLA.S.SIFIED. I don''t think I''ve ever heard the word classified used so many times in my life. Reality was though I slowly fell in love with the work. All we really found out was that he belonged to a world called the UNSC or rather a system of worlds called the UNSC who were fighting Insurrectionist and a race called the Covenant. Panaka was extremely wary of this individual called Spartan-016 Diesel. This made me happy, finally something that was to do. Against his protest Padme decided that she would allow him to stay and arranged for a place for him to stay. I quickly volunteered to be his guard and my friend Sid decided to follow suit. IF anything were to happen I wanted to be the first one on the scene. At first things were extremely simple, he didn''t talk much or even do much he stayed in his armor the whole time. Honestly, I don''t think he ever slept even though me and Sid were forced to rotate throughout the night. I mean we eventually got used to it but dang did that suck for the next few months. Anyways, after a few days he started roaming around and eventually making it towards the guards training grounded where he watched. Again he never said anything. He just watched. Eventually, Captain Panaka got annoyed at the constant presence of Diesel. Lets just say, Panaka never complained again. Eventually after a week or so He finally spoke. "You know, this training is highly ineffective." This enraged Panaka after another "Sparring lesson." Diesel began training these guards. The training regime increased and it got incredibly harder. This was around the time that Sid started becoming a fan of Diesel and loyally started following him. I had to admit though My thoughts slowly started to change as we started training. Everyone of the guards were trained in close combat and started to massively improve. That was when I asked "Is this how Mandalorians train?" He would tilt his head like he never understood what I said. only replying. "No, this is the basic training of the UNSC. What is a Mandalorian?" At this point we both started to truly understand the situation we were in. Chapter 58 - Rilahs First Year 2 of 2 (Short and End) Ril''ah P.O.V. After about eight months Diesel began opening up to us. Meaning me and Sid. Diesel also began talking more telling some of the stories he had to put up with back from where he came from. It seemed after studying some of the "history" books he learned he was in a completely different place with no way of currently returning home. After a while he just seemed happier but you could tell he didn''t like the peaceful nature of this planet and always brought up his concern to the now Queen. At some point Diesel began showing different positioning and angles of shooting that would help improve my accuracy. Honestly, the training on Naboo seemed completely incomplete. I just felt so incomplete as a soldier and wanted to improve myself to be a warrior falling completely into a trance for training and taking advice. It was then I started sharing stories of the Mandalorian Culture to Diesel. Diesel decided he wanted to adopt this culture, he had no home and no place to currently return to. The descriptions that I told him made him feel connected to a warrior race that had no real requirements except for their code. Interesting enough, he still felt indebted to Padme for saving him from starving in space alone. He would wait for his time and make his way to Mandalor. I didn''t want to break the news to him that the Mandalorian people were peaceful people and the Mandalorian of old hardly existed. Padme was listening to the entire story with her Handmaiden Sabe. Here we officially decided on him taking the identity of a Mandalorian. As the training progressed with the guards the presence of an extremely tall man in Black and Red armor was rumored to be in the palace. He became a guard of the Queen and trained the current Palace Guard. Most people didn''t believe the rumors at first until he was shown in a Press Conference. It completely bought the conference to an halt, who was this man in black and why is he by the Queen side. Queen Amidala never said anything and after that conference he became just a rumor again. Everything that shrouded him was a mystery to the people. Our goal or rather the Queens goal was to create a story for him and well constant talks with the Trade Federation that story would begin much faster then we wanted. The Queen never thought that the Trade Federation would set up a blockade let alone try anything that the Senate would find any disapproval in. Of course that stupid Queen was wrong. The worst part about it was that Diesel after listening to the message that they sent one month before the invasion. Warned the Queen that this sounded like an excuse and they will find a way to make their demands come true. Man even I was mad at the Queen at the time and supported Diesel. At the time I couldn''t believe it. I went against the Queen openly and supported Diesel. I wasn''t sure exactly when but I started believing in him more then the Queen. My eyes began to open. I''d rather follow Diesel. For the next month Diesel started training me on war strategies. He was pretty sure something would happen in the next year and wanted to start preparing for it. I was amazed at how many different strategies there were or rather how many there could be. It was mind blowing. I took this very seriously because I wanted to stand next to Diesel in the future as a Mandalorian and not cannon fodder. I started seeing how naive I was and how unprepared I was going to be. I decided at this moment my goal was to watch someone with the potential raise above a single world or star system. Someone who could bring a culture back into the light. Chapter 59 - Battle of Christophsis --Republic Headquarters-- "Me and Anakin will head behind enemy lines and see what else we can dig up. While you two search the base for a possible traitor." "Yes Sir." Both Anakin and Kenobi were about to turn and leave the command room when a transmission beacon went off. "Cody go ahead and play the Transmission." "Master Windu, How can I help you?" "I have received word that the Padawan you requested is on her way." "That is good news but I already knew that? Is something else the matter?" "Diesel is coming." "I thought they weren''t a part of the war?" "Anakin, don''t be naive. They''ve been a part of the war since the beginning. Not just supplying intel either. As you already know Captain Rex and his men are in the 300th supporting you." "Of course I know that! I mean why is he coming here?" "According to the reports he will be arriving with the Padawan and the rest of 300th." Both Jedi looked towards Master Windu and gave him a respective bow before closing off the transmission. Before Kenobi turned towards the other three and declared they should begin work towards finding the spy before they arrived. *Time Skip to the Arrival* Diesel and the 300th were joined by a Padawan on a few LAATs heading towards the planet of Christophsis. She was currently in a different LAAT then Diesel. At first she believed that he was just another clone of the GAR but after boarding the vessel with some clones of the 300th she learned otherwise. She quickly learned that these clones were different. They were like their own people, she could feel it in the force. She took a moment and tried to focus on the vessel across from her and try to feel Diesel. The reaction she received was voided like endless space. It was like the being she was feeling nothing, no emotions or anything. Just commitment and fulfillment. Nothing else. Ahsoka stopped and scanned the troops again and realized the differences again. It wasn''t just in the force that made them different from the other troopers. The way they looked was completely different they wore pitch black armor. With 300th stamped on the shoulders in gold. The armor seems to be thicker but easier to move in. The way they handled themselves and spoke were completely different from the standard clone trooper. She wondered who these troopers were. "Ms. Ashoka is something the matter?" Snapping back to reality the young Padawan turned towards the clone trooper quickly fixing the puzzled look on her face. "Why are you so different compared to the other clones?" The concerned clones looked towards the little padawan and laughed. "We are the 300th and serve under a Mandalorian named Diesel. One of the greatest warriors in the Galaxy." The Jedi Order limited the amount of information a Padawan would receive although she felt like she heard the name Diesel before it. It didn''t stick and just believed that the Jedi would still be able to beat the so called greatest warrior. "Wouldn''t you rather serve under a Jedi, protectors of the Galaxy?" Every single clone turned towards the young Padawan and a slight anger arose from them. Luckily the one in charge raised his hand to settle the troopers down. "Not in the slightest." The anger was felt by the young Ashoka and it threw it off slightly as it was unexpected. From what she knew the Clones should be willing to serve under a Jedi. Or rather should be proud to serve under such a historic figure. Before she could speak out on her fellow Jedi''s the ship landed and they were to exit as the sh.i.p.s opened the doors. "Anakin go pick up the Padawan. She is going to be your new apprentice. I''ll go meet Diesel." "What?! A Padawan? I don''t need a Padawan, it''ll only slow me down." "You''re a knight now. This is a chance for you to expand your horizons and lead the future generation. This is an opportunity to pass on your knowledge. Anakin I believe you are ready." "Fine. But I don''t approve of this." Clearly upset Anakin started walking over to his new Padawan. "I hope this is for the best." Kenobi only shakes his head and begined heading towards Diesel with Captain Rex and his five other troopers in tow. --Ahsoka''s Landing Craft-- Ahsoka looks around and notices Anakin standing alone as she dismounts from the LAAT and moves towards him. "Ahsoka Tano your new Padawan." "Anakin Skywalker, your Jedi Master. But enough of this we have to get moving lets go. We can handle the introductions when we meet up with the rest." He turns and walks towards Kenobi who was now speaking to Diesel. "Master where are we heading? To meet up with General Kenobi and Diesel." This time Ahsoka kept quiet and turned towards the now following 300th clone troopers and then at the 501st and 212th troopers standing near Kenobi. Then she noticed six of the 501st troopers were handed a set of armor similar to the ones that the 300th were using. "Why are they receiving new armor, Master?" "They are a part of the 300th but have been serving the 501st temporary. Now I''m going to need you to be quiet and listen." Just as he finishes they both arrive in front of Kenobi and Diesel. "You''ve grown Anakin. Is this the new Padawan Master Kenobi was telling me about? Make sure you train her well." "She is. And I''ll try my best. Now what are you doing here? I doubt it''s to deliver armor to Captain Rex and his men." Ahsoka finally took a good look at the pitched black armored Spartan with Red stripes going down his helmet. Her first thought was he is massive reigning close to seven feet tall. "That is correct. The 300th and myself will take part of this battle and end it quickly. I''m here to see my men in action with the new gear. Also, I was telling Master Kenobi I''ll be watching both of you and seeing how effective the teaching at the academy has done for you." Ahsoka began to wonder who exactly this man was and why he was so confident in his and his troopers actions. Why didn''t he bring any other Mandalorians with him. The questions kept piling up and she couldn''t understand why he was able to speak to the Jedi as an equal. Diesel looked at the now three Jedi. He couldn''t help but feel disappointed. On his way over he read the reports from his Ghost. Even with his help they weren''t to push the Separatist back. Instead they kept being pushed back slightly, Looking at the report the battle could have gone and finished in so many different ways. The tactics they were using were obviously being shared to the enemy. If it wasn''t for Captain Rex and Cody stepping up and finding the traitor. Diesel considered having the two Jedi go back to the academy. To be honest to Diesel all the Jedi reports he received ended in disappointment they were far too selfish and which led to far too many deaths. He felt it was time for them all to remember him and engrave in their minds. That the simple run in brainless isn''t a valuable strategy. At some point they needed to learn. The Jedi aren''t Spartans, even then it''s only the Spartan in the front while the rest of the troopers have been fighting tactically. It was then that the Separatist began attacking again. Chapter 60 - Hammer ---Separatist Headquarters-- "Ventress I''ve received word that the Republic forces have got some reinforcements." "They will not be a problem." "You misunderstand me Ventress, these are no simple reinforcements. It''s the Mandalorian Diesel. I''m sure you''ve heard of him?" "I''ll handle it Master. He cannot change the outcome of this battle." "Don''t be no sure." The communicator cuts out leaving Ventress standing alone staring at her wrist. A forceless will be no match for me." -- Battlefield-- A long street stretching all the way across to the Separatist stronghold became the battlefield as the Republic forces were slowly being forced back. Diesel and all the 300th stood back and watched as this was happening. "What is this madness that I''m watching? Why are you trying to face the enemy forces without any real plan?" No wonder you haven''t won this battle yet. You cannot with a war with just feeling it out. Use your head." "Diesel what do you mean? This is the only way towards the Separatist stronghold!" Anakin gets slightly heated and raises his voice towards Diesel. "You misunderstand what I''m saying Anakin. I thought I explained this before, the clones shouldn''t be treated as cannon fodder and you''re only sending them to their deaths at the moment. You could be setting charges along the path while you slowly retreat. Setting them off could totally cripple the droids lines depending how far you go. Also, one of the two of you should be down there supporting the clones." Diesel could only stare at the two Jedi in disappointment. He had no way else to explain to them that this war isn''t just a war you can throw lives at. Diesel thought back to the days in "Spartan School." No matter what the objective HAD to be completed the loss of lives meant nothing. A Spartans life meant more than an entire battalion of soldiers. But more often than not it was for those soldiers that a Spartan gave their lives up for. How many times has a Spartan been sent on a suicide mission. The longer Diesel was away from his home. The more he felt he was "raised" wrong. However, UNSC drilled loyalty so deep into his soul that at times he felt he was in autopilot attempting to complete a mission. He wanted to hate the UNSC but he couldn''t. His brothers and sisters were out then and the UNSC is what brought them together and he has to thank them for that. Being left in this unknown region of space has awakened Diesel to feelings he never thought he would have. Naboo, Mandalorians, Clones, and Clan Spartan he now has a home and he will defend it. "I can''t watch this any longer." "What do you mean?" all three Jedi turned and looked towards the Spartan in confusion. "Just watch." Diesel jumped down from the overlook, landing on the ground next to his men he started moving towards the frontline in an imposing manner. Captain Rex moved forward and started walking next to Diesel. "Sir? What''s the plan?" "Captain Titan and Captain Waltz will take their men and take the buildings on the respective sides of the road. We will call for a retreat when we are into position. This will force the droids in-between completely revealing the center formation. When they reach Point K we will collide with the frontline completely cutting off the frontline of the droids. Our only issue will be the tanks and spider droids. If done to perfection we should have zero casualties." --Jedi-- "Masters, I don''t understand. Why didn''t either one of you say anything about us. Why, didn''t he show any Jedi respect? It felt like resentment?" "That is Diesel the leader of the Mandalorian people. In other words Madalor. His Battle record actually speaks for itself. If you want to know more just search for him. He is widely known. If it wasn''t for him many Jedi would have died in the Battle of Geonosis. "What do you mean Master?" "Well...." --Battlefield Ventress-- "It doesn''t seem like they''ve made their move yet. Do we have any other movements? The 300th is here now in full force; they should be making a move shortly." As Ventress finished what she was saying to Loathsom her communicator started buzzing with a Tactical Droid appearing. "The Republic Forces are retreating, I''d suggest the probability of an ambush being 2.96890453%." "What if you add the 300th to the equation?" Sneering at the droid Ventress loudly demanded an answer. "The 300th would raise the probability to 80.58751678%. Most instances involving the 300th are fast engagements, heavily ending in our defeat. Our chances of victory would be close to .1% if they are involved in any manner." "Have the droids retreat! It''s a trap." Before the orders could be relayed explosions could be heard over the communicator. "Loathsom retreat with what we can." Chapter 61 - Wake Up Call --Separatist-- Loathsom proceeds to order the retreat to regroup the Separatist forces completely abandoning the frontline of the droids. In this situation the arrival of the 300th and Diesel showed that the entire plan and strategy needed to be reformed. A new tactic had to be formed. Luckily for Ventress when her Master heard that the Spartan was coming he sent over one of the biggest and strongest Separatist units to date. Arriving back at the Headquarters Ventress sent a communication to Count Dooku. "Master made a decent push until the 300th showed up and completely overwhelmed the frontline. I called for the retreat to rearrange some plans." "Good. It''s best to not make the mistakes with this one. Anyways I sent you an MM-00 from project Goliath. Use this to test Diesel, if this project succeeds we will make the adjustments that are needed and mass produce some." imgbin.com/png/EwLtMgFi/robot-mecha-png Ventress turns to the container and watches it unseal. When opened the 9 foot droid walks out from the container. In awe at the sheer size of this droid compared to the others she has seen completely stunned her. "Master are we sure this will be able to handle Diesel?" "MM-00 of the Mammoth Series reporting in. My creators said I''m a Spartan killer." "According to the scientist on Mustafar, It should have more strength than the Spartan. Its only flaw is that it''s slightly slower. We uploaded the combat loads and data from every video that was shown and taken of them." "Can I have one?" Listening to the explanation of the droid the more she fell in love with it. This thing can cause havoc and she wanted to be the owner of that. She could only smile wickedly. "MM-00 will be under your command as long as you don''t break it. This one can be yours." P.O.V. Swap Republic Forces The 300th set positions along the road and ordered the regular clones of the 501st and 212th to retreat from the frontlines allowing for the droids to advance considerably. Diesel stood at the forefront of the retreating clones along with half of the 300th. Watching the droids approach he waited patiently. "Sometimes I wonder if the armies here actually know how to fight. Everything just seems extremely unrealistic." Rex took a slight glance towards Diesel wondering what he could have meant. "Sir, What exactly do you mean?" "These battles are far too straight forward. Even the Covenant who massively outnumbered and outgunned us wasn''t this stupid when fighting wars. This is child''s play compared to my homeworld." This confused the Captain even more. Child''s play? A war of this caliber is nothing compared to what he has fought before? Captain had always wondered where the strength of the Spartans came from. --Jedi-- "Master are you sure this idea is wise? We completely lost the frontline now. How are 300 troopers supposed to fight what thousands couldn''t?" "Every known battle that has involved the 300th has ended in victory not to mention this battle also includes him." crossing his arm he points towards the Spartan standing still in the forefront of the two brigades worth of 300th trooper just waiting for the droids to make their way to the kill box. "But Master." Obi-Wan steps forward placing a hand on Ahsoka''s shoulder. "Not all battles are won by logic. A battle is like chess: you make plans ahead of time and adjust your strategy as the battle progresses. Although, I don''t understand what chess is. But the basic concept makes sense." "In that case what is the plan here?" Ahsoka still showed a worried expression on her face as her eyes scanned the massive army approaching them. "Ahsoka just watch. This will be a good learning experience to see. These are the finest troops within the army." "Yes master." --Diesel-- The explosion''s signaled the troopers using the buildings to launch attacks from the sides while a Fifty of them landed behind the cut off frontline of droids. Meanwhile. the frontline was being completely decimated by the troopers who stayed on the bridge. Not even one whole minute passed and roughly two thousand lay scr.a.p.ed on the ground. Diesel eventually met up with the troops who cut off the enemy knowing they would be in the most danger from being attacked from behind but by the time he arrived the droids were long gone. He silently just thought to himself. "I suppose not everything is going to go as planned." Diesel wanted to make a much heavier blow to the Separatist. With the short battle being completely finished Diesel and the 300th returned to the HQ to cheers of many Clone Troopers. Diesel scanned every single clone trooper in the huge crowd. "We will free you." Chapter 62 - Incoming P.o.V. -Galactic News Broadcast- "Yooooooooooooo! It''s Jeffers! Your favorite Galactic News Reporter! I am here WITH BIG NEWS! Guess who has returned to the scene again! YUP! You guess it! Diesel has returned. Again he shows the federation who is the king!" *Jeffers turns to a screen to his right pointing that is now playing the battle that took place a day prior.* "Look at him! Who are these troops in these troops in the black armor! Don''t they look amazing! It''s like they are immune to Blaster Bolts! Completely outnumbered and not a single causality." "This is the Galactic News Broadcast Jeffers! And I''m Outaaaaaa here!" --Republic Forces Jedi only Command Center-- While the new broadcast was going off the battle in Christophsis was really starting to rile up. The Separatist has a huge detachment of reinforcements get dropped off and they are forcing the Republic forces to slowly retreat from most battle lines. Even with the support of the 300th and Diesel things were looking rough for the Republic Forces. What seemed to be a desperate push by the Separatist forces was actually a feint used by them to force the 300th in the frontline. Not allowing them to pull off any crazy maneuvers. They were constantly throwing random waves throughout the frontline forcing the 300th to move from one battlefield to the next. Lucky for the 300th they weren''t through training with Dom so they had the stamina to push themselves to the limits but eventually they would need to rest. "What are they doing? They keep making big pushes that seem extremely random throughout the front lines?" "Anakin, I''m not sure exactly yet? There seems to be no reason to make these types of pushes throughout the frontlines." "Are they probing for our weakest spots before making a final push?" "I don''t believe so. With these patterns it doesn''t seem they intend for this battle to end anytime soon. Sadly enough, They had complete space supremacy at the moment with all the reinforcements that showed up." "Are they trying to wear down the clone troopers?" "Originally that''s what I thought two. But Diesel has told us not to be so narrow minded. Let''s see they never used this type of tactic before. So when did it start." "When the 300th arrived right?" Ahsoka looked at the both Jedi''s and then at the map. She seriously debated on what she should do. She wasn''t sure what she was seeing just yet. But she closed her eyes and began thinking of everything that happened since she boarded the spacecraft with the troopers. Greatest warriors, plan, use head, cripple. Not in the slightest? Not in the slightest? Why is that ringing a bell? The force starts to flow through the young padawan, like it was making her remember. Greatest warrior, peacekeepers, not in the slightest. Put them together. When Diesel arrives they change their thinking why? Battle without a plan! Jedi are peacekeepers not warriors. Their aim is Diesel! How are they going to do that? She stares again at the map. They push, Diesel responds, stop and push somewhere else. They are trying to isolate him? They are using the pushes to figure out how he is gonna leave and arrive. They are planning on attacking the 300th while in transport. "Master?" "One moment Ahsoka." "But Master." "Ahsoka one second! We need to figure this out." " Ahsoka was quietly hushed and began frowning. They refused to listen to her. She stood quietly for a few minutes. She wanted to help but wasn''t allowed to. "They are making another push on Alpha one two!" Quick relay the information to Diesel. Ringing him on this communicator. He finally answered. "Diesel they are pushing onto point Alpha one two. We need you to head over there and assist!" "I see. Have you done enough thinking to figure out what the Separatist are thinking yet Master Kenobi?" "Not yet? The patterns are not making sense to me. It''s like they aren''t trying to win this battle right now." "At least you are correct on that front." Anakin quickly turns towards Diesel slightly annoyed. "Do you know more?" "Of course I do. I''m just surprised you haven''t been able to figure it out. I''m leaving the 300th on point zero three and heading to Alpha one two." You can seek Diesel entering a transport ship leaving the current battlefield. "Diesel..." Almost ending the call with the Jedi, Diesel looks up towards Ashoka. "Yes Ahsoka?" Ahsoka slightly flinches because you could hear the tone of voice change from him. Like he was expecting something serious. "I don''t know if I''m right but you shouldn''t move alone." Again you could hear his tone change to be far more serious. Like he was demanding an answer from the padawan. "I think they are trying to target you." "It''s amazing....." "INCOMING!" Getting cut off a rocket hits the transport ship in the wing. Diesel quickly turns off the transmission and begins to brace for impact as the ship crashes into a nearby building. Chapter 63 - Mammoth-00 Note: Sorry it took so long to get this chapter out. A lot has happened but here it is! If there are problems with anything just comment and let me know! I got to get back to work. I''ll fight it later! "Cody! Send some troopers to the last known location of Diesel right now!" --Crash Site-- Diesel slowly gets up from the impact of the crash and scans the surrounding of the ship. Finding out the pilots were killed in the crash. Diesel slams his fist into the glass completely shattering it. Crawling out of the crashed transport ship Diesel notices that the droids are enclosing onto his position completely surrounding him. In the front of the droids was an oddly dressed boy glaring at him. Upon a closer look he figured it out to be Ventress from the reports. (R I P Ventress) "Diesel people seem to rate you pretty highly. It''s a shame you''re gonna have to die." Refusing to respond to Ventress, immediately open fires on her. Ventress however, using the force to deflect the blaster bolt with her saber. The bolts return towards Diesel, only for him to stick on his hands stopping the blaster bolts mid and throwing them into the ground. This caused Ventress to stop in her tracks and she was completely unsure what had happened. In order to attempt to figure out what she has just seen. She orders the droids to fire upon Diesel. However, this time he began dodges and fighting back. He retreated back away from Ventress, believing this couldn''t be a simple trap. Any droid that he came across quickly dismantled. --Ventress-- "Trapped like a rat. Master was completely wrong about him." She watched from a distance as the Pure Black armor Mandalorian with his blood red stained shoulders walked out of the crashed transport ship. Seeing him scan the surrounding standing there doing nothing she assumed he would surrender. But the closer they got she saw him removing the gun off his blast immediately firing two shots at her. Being a being of the force she quickly deflected towards him. She could only stand there in amazement. Thinking to herself how could one deflect blaster bolts with his hands. She decided to test him and ordered the attack. Heeding her masters word she wanted to use the droids to tire him out. Watching him move and destroy droids she could tell how little effort it was for him to do that. She pursued at a distance watching him stop and deflect blaster bolts with his free hand at times. One of the times he stopped she noticed two beams launch into the ground. Not able to get a good look as the pursuit kept going she glanced at the holes and noticed holes were deeper and a lot wider then should have been. The cause? The next time he stopped she immediately went in to engage him. She would not allow him to keep up with deflecting bullets. --Diesel/Ventress-- Seeing Ventress finally engaged on him, he drew his new energy sword crossing swords with the Sith Assassin. Once the blades were he returned to firing into the droids with the other hand. Obviously angering Ventress she quickly began wailing strike after strike on Diesel, dodging or locking her into a deadlock. Diesel mainly focused on removing any droid obstacle he could. Maneuvering around Ventress using her as shield against at least one side of the droids at a time. Ventress was having enough being toyed with and rolled back and attempted to force push him away. Again, Diesel stunned Ventress by not being thrown backwards by the force push. He just returned to destroying droids with ease. She quickly woke from her daze and reengaged onto Diesel. This time applying more force into her push she noticed Diesel slightly stumbled. Causing him to reassess the situation he turned his attention towards Ventress and firing at her limbs making it harder for her to deflect the shots. Having seen his first encounter with a force wielder ended up with her simply deflecting the shots he read the situation noticing how easy it was to make it hard on a force wielder. No longer viewing Ventress as a non-threat, he kept his focus on their limbs. Ventress on the other hand was no longer having fun. Her opponent was far too accurate and his shots weren''t deadly but they were crippling. Getting hit once would end this fight. The longer the fight went the harder it was for her to focus if it was for the Droids slowing him down she would definitely be severely injured. A small Separatist ship zoomed in causing the entire fight to halt for the droids except for Diesel. He continued pouring bolts into the Sith Assassin. "Finally, it''s here." *Boom* Something jumped out of the small ship landing on the ground between the two. Diesel couldn''t make it out yet, as the dust slowly settled he noticed an extremely bulky droid staring at him. Chapter 64 - Revitalize Diesel instantly fired into the droid without hesitating and immediately began deciphering the new droid. He noticed that it was much taller and bulkier, the armor was much more blaster resistant considering the bolts did nothing. Not even slowing down the droid. He began quickly thinking of possible weaknesses. *Diesel Thoughts* Blasters ineffective? Front? Impossible two much armor. Hunter? Back? Where though? It must be slow. *End* According to every recording that the Mammoth-00 uploaded into its system the Spartan was far more likely to attack him from the front completely overestimating its ability to fight completely head on. However, It quickly realized that that wasn''t the case the Spartan slid right under the legs of the it and was firing underneath all of the forward plates completely bypassing the bulkier portions of the armor. Finishing his slide Diesel turned his focus back onto the Ventress who was allowed a moment to recover. Deciding he should focus on the enemy leader over a droid. Sadly, he made a mistake. The Mammoth unit was much faster than he anticipated. He saw the shadow appear behind him. So he attempted to return his focus back to the Mammoth. Before he could he was clocked on his side launching him into a group of battle droids. Although he was sent flying by Mammoth-00 he was able to flip back onto his feet sustaining very little damage. The only good thing about this outcome was that both Ventress and Mammoth-00 were on one side and he was caught between the two of them anymore. Being completely surrounded no longer being able to run. He completely focused on destroying every possible enemy he could; any battle droid that was unlucky enough to cross their path on their way back to each other were erased from existence. Meanwhile, Ventress sat and watched attempting to recover. She watched as the Spartan was fighting the Mammoth on equal grounds. Actually, watching a little closer the Spartan seemed to have the upper hand. Like he knew that where the weakness of the droid was from the very beginning. The reaction speed and learning speed of Mammoth allowed him to keep going. For each failed attempt to block the Spartan it was returned with knowledge for Mammoth this would only make the Mammoth unit stronger. Eventually, Mammoth began landing hits onto Diesel and each hit felt like a truck hitting him. Diesel has been fighting for almost 20hours straight with minimum rest. Ever since he was surrounded he was using any excess stamina that he could. If not for his training as a child he would have been killed already. Ventress rejoined the fighting, making Diesel life even harder. He had to focus on blocking the saber over everything else. Reigniting his energy sword he blocked attack after attack from Ventress while receiving death blows from Mammoth-00 that would kill anything that it hit. Again he was knocked back a few feet. Ventress tried to take this opportunity and launch a quick strike on Diesel, but he was able to catch his balance and deliver a sweeping blow knocking her over. This allowed Diesel and a few seconds to dodge an incoming blow from Mammoth wrapping around to its back. He deactivated his Sword flipping to his MBR and placed the battle right into the back of the Mammoth finally breaking through the armor. Although it was disabled it was now damaged. It was then that the Republic forces finally were able to catch up. Transport sh.i.p.s by the dozens appeared on the horizon and destroyed the perimeter that the droid had set up. Black troopers launched from the transports joining the battle right away their goal was to draw as much attention as they could away from Diesel. The Transports began landing, releasing the Jedi and the standard troopers. Ventress noticed all this happening and ordered the droids to turn towards the troopers and began engaging. Looking towards Mammoth she ordered it to retreat from the battlefield so both her and the Mammoth unit turned in an attempt to leave the area. Diesel, wasn''t gonna have it and immediately began chasing after her but being forced to fight battle droids along the way they slowly were able to escape the battlefield. He turned and returned his focus towards the battlefield. He began cleansing it from any remaining droids. *A couple hours later* "Diesel are you okay?" Turning towards Kenobi he kept his mouth shut and began walking towards one of the transport sh.i.p.s holding the 300th units. Getting on he ordered the return to HQ. "Master, why did he refuse to answer the question and was rude to Master Kenboi." "Ahsoka, why do you think? He was left fighting for two hours before anyone arrived to help. While he fought that entire army by himself. Yet we were still forced back on the frontlines." "How is a Non-Jedi able to fight like that? I don''t even think a Jedi can fight like that?" "I don''t know, all I can tell you is that he''s one of three Spartans that we know of and each one I wouldn''t wish to fight." Chapter 65 - Enough (End of Clone Wars Part 2 Arc) I think I''m gonna be trying a new format for my chapters in general will have a chapter a week. While a bonus chapter will be shown in the discord. With that said this will be the "Promised Chapter next week." Diesel made his way back to the Republic HQ where he sat waiting for all three Jedi to return along with summoning all the 300th Captains. The three Jedi arrived together with Commander Cody and newly promoted Captain Jesse. Upon entering the room they stared at Diesel and took positions around the Command table. (If you watched the Star Wars "Attack of the Clones" it''s the table with the Holograms on Geonosis.) "How is it that the enemy can attack on multiple fronts and prepare an ambush and not a single line was pushed in return. The real question here is are you all trying to win this war? Or are you planning on throwing the lives of clones away. The longer this goes on the many more lives will be lost. This also goes for you Clones I know for a fact you understand tactics and strategy. Why the hell are you sitting back and allowing for this to happen. Speak up and offer suggestions!" Everyone in the room listened attentively. The man speaking to them right now was not someone they could offend. They saw what Diesel had to put up for two hours without any help. Every single one of them sat there and listened. "Now enough rambling about all your failures. The only one with any idea going on was the padawan. How does this come to be when they don''t have an ounce of training. They have extremely limited combat knowledge. Your all lucky I already knew that an ambush was going to happen and that I was the one being ambushed." The room grew even more quiet as everyone but the padawan was ridiculed for their lack of effort in the war effort. The Jedi took it the hardest they realized again they are lacking in proper combat knowledge and strategic capabilities. "If I may Diesel? I believe I have a plan that could push this battle heavily into our favor. Actually, it''s pretty similar to the battle of Mimban where Captain Rex changed the course of the battle." Diesel takes a moment to think recalling the event of Mimban into his mind and nods in the direction of Anakin. "This was already a possibility I was thinking of. But remember this plan cannot work every time." --Ventress/Count Dooku-- "Master, we have failed the ambush but I got the requested data from the Mammoth-00 unit so upgrades can be applied later." "I''m disappointed in our failure. It''s good you were able to retrieve the data." Ventress grits her teeth before pushing further in. "Master I have worrying news about Diesel and possibly the other Spartans." "Oh?" Count tone turns slightly curious after only expecting the limited information. So the extra info made him secretly happy. "The force didn''t or rather barely worked on him. Like it was a minor inconvenience." This caused Dooku to flinch slightly not expecting this piece of offsetting news. Leaning in slightly more making sure he heard correctly. "Explain. If I find it compelling. I''ll remove the punishment for failing this time." "I attempted to use force push on him to knock him off his feet but he didn''t even budge. Surprised in the failure of anything happening, I attempted to use a lot more of the force and tried again to make sure I saw correctly. It caused him to barely flinch. So when Mammoth arrived I was forced to recover temporarily before reengaging into the fight. Watching closely I noticed something that I found kind of interesting other then the fact he outmatched the Mammoth unit." "Ventress, get to the point." Causing her to flinch again she looked up toward her Master. "He probably weighed a whole lot more then we would suspect. Obviously, a normal person would weigh somewhere between 180-500lbs. Going by the amount of force I had to use he could weigh upwards to 1000lbs. I mean even the punch of the Mammoth just launched him a few dozen feet and that can put holes in steel walls." "You''ll escape punishment this time. It won''t happen again. Now return with the unit." Ventress communicator flicks off. She gets up and boards the nearest ship leaving the planet. Concord Dawn System Representatives - Here Ordo System Representatives - Here Vorpa''ya System Representatives - Here Mandalor System Representatives - Not including the Mandalor itself. "Hello, today I called this meeting together with the expectation of Mandalor itself because of the rise of the one who''s taken the mantle of Mandalor. Otherwise known as Diesel, although I respect his recent accomplishments against the Trade Federation and the Death Watch. The Duchess allowed this man to completely take over the sector. I''m finding this completely unacceptable with a proper . Even the Naboo are being lumped with our great culture. I''m calling for an crusade against a false Mandalor." "And who shall lead this so called crusade?" "Vegu Rau" Chapter 66 - Uprising *Author Note* Chapter 67-68 has been released on my discord if people are interested to see ahead of time but as of right now. I do ask if you do read ahead of the date if you still come here and give me some loves. I''m putting them on discord because I wanted to reward my readers a bit. I''m sure you may ask why I''m not posting here but the real is simple, Things may change and I may need to return and edit things here and there. So I like keeping 1 or 2 chapters ahead. P.O.V. Sidious/Dooku "I''ve made a breakthrough with the Mandalorian Clans. This should keep them out of the war for a while." "That''s good. What about the other thing?" "It''s working out perfectly. It doesn''t seem like they suspect a thing yet. We will have to dispose of him later" P.O.V. Republic With the exit of Ventress and Mammoth-00 the Battle of Christophsis, the Republic army had a much easier time dealing with the Separatist army. This allowed Diesel to relax slightly and personally train the three Jedi and the high ranking clone officers for the next couple weeks. The Republic avoided decisive battle temporarily in order to ensure proper training of tactics could be implemented keeping the casualties at an all time low since the start of the battle. Eventually, watching the battles from behind as the Jedi started commanding with their heads rather than the Jedi Code. Diesel finally brought everyone together to form Anakin plan. The battle of Christophsis would come to an end with the success of Anakin''s plan. Diesel and the 300th would board some transports and leave the system returning back to Naboo. P.O.V. Clan Spartan Ril''ah calls for an emergency gathering of Clan Spartan in the Academy on Naboo. Ril''ah: "First off I would like to announce Diesel has finished the Battle of Christophsis and will be returning back to Naboo. Second, during the battle he was targeted by the Separatist in an ambush. Normally, I would say we don''t have to worry but.." Ril''ah turns and plays the battle on the hologram on the center of the table. "As you can see Diesel is clearly much stronger than this so-called Mammoth unit. However, as the battle plays longer you can see the Mammoth unit is learning and getting much stronger as the battle goes on. I would say as of right now we have nothing to worry about in particular other than we are unsure of the exact capabilities of this unit. However, this is the most worrying piece of news we need to talk about. The Ghost unit came across this in the Concord System." *The meeting went off without a problem. Most of the Mandalorians clans have agreed with the sediments and we will take this chance to overthrow the False Mandalor and bring back the true Mandalorians to the throne.* "As you all can see Anti-Mandalor Sediments are becoming a thing throughout the sector. Most don''t believe that Diesel has earned the right to call himself Mandalor and lead the people on a Journey. As for who he is talking to. We are currently unsure but we believe it to be someone who fears what we might become in the Republic Senate. According, to the Duchess there''s a lot of people in the Senate who fear the Mandalorian becoming powerful again." The atmosphere in the room becomes a tense silence for a moment before smiles start spreading across the faces of the current commanders of Clan Spartan. Ruray makes a motion that she wishes to speak and stands bringing the room''s attention onto her. "As we can see we will need to start preparing for a Civil War on our people. In order to bring out the max effectiveness we need to start increasing our recruiting harder. My first suggestion is to search for neutral clans and find any clanless Mandalorians and bring them to our cause. Recall the Ghost operatives from the republic lines and send some of them deep in the Mandalorian sector." "Don''t worry, Ruray I already had Dith send Jack and Lantern in search of clans on Ordo. Hopefully bringing the Rally Masters under our wing will increase our power enough to deter some Neutrals from joining the enemy." *Rally Master was a term during the Neo-Cursader days of the Mandalorians. It was often linked as a figured of authority similar to an officer in a normal military. They were often seen training new recruits and acted as drill sergeants. Although, since those day the position has been devalued as the requirements to become one was easier.* P.O.V. ??? "It''s a shame on how many lives are going to be lost. But without sacrifice, we shall only be strangent. If we don''t have a strong enemy I only need to create one." The man stares at a particular spot on the wall. He reaches up and touches it. "Don''t worry I''ll make it happen." Chapter 67 - Plans Posted this in the wrong order sorry this is the new chapter P.O.V Jedi Temple The Jedi masters gathered again to discuss the topics that transpired on Christosis. After receiving the report from Master Kenobi they decided it would be best to share some knowledge. "Hello, fellow Masters. We just finished our battle on Christophsis and I come with some disturbing news. One of the captured tactical droids we received after assault the Separatist HQ contained some information from Count Dooku. It seems they are creating specialized droids to combat the Spartans. At first we figured it was a new unit we just haven''t seen before but it''s outfitted with a learning program when facing a Spartan. Meaning every new unit we see will be much stronger then before. etc...." Master Windu shuts off the hologram message and addresses the room. "It seems the enemy has decided the Spartans are a higher level threat then us Jedi." P.O.V. Mandalorians "Is this intel correct?" "Yes, the battle has just ended and he should be returning shortly." "We should be having a couple more weeks, we are gonna have to push our plans forward now." "They are sending men to Ordo and Nar Shaddaa to gather whoever they can in preparation for the war." "How accurate is this information?" "Inside information sir." "Contact the Hutts, we need to slow them down even slightly." P.O.V. Ordo Jack and Lantern arrived to Ordo much sooner than expected and were able to enter without any interference. This allowed them to hide their ship and between searching and scouting the clans on the planet without the risk of them easily being spotted. First, they would meet with a contact that Ril''ah set them up. "Hey Jack why are we getting involved with their problems shouldnt we be returning to the unit?" "They saves our lives it''s the least we can do. Captain Rex can handle it without us for a little while. Beside, the faster we help them. The faster they can return to helping us." "I see but wasn''t this a little too easy and fast? It was like they were prepared for this?" P.O.V. Naboo Academy Returning from his trip to Christosis Diesel heard about the news from Ril''ah. The two of them began making plans on how to handle the current situation. A real civil would be taking place this time and not just a faction war. Experience taught Diesel one thing when it came to fighting insurgents, there is always a higher power hiding behind them. In this case he wondered who would want to undermine the Mandalorians to such an extent. Between the ch.i.p.s found in the clones and a huge war between the Separatist and the Republic. It just felt like there was a higher power hiding. For now though he had to handle the situation that was brewing in his territory. Basically l, the entire sector was turning into Rebellion other than a few individual planets. Thankfully, he had the help of the Naboo Sector. "So other then sending people to Ordo do we have any concrete plans?" Diesel slowly scans the room and everyone looks toward Ril''ah to step forward. "Before your arrival this was the only plan we could come up with to limit the number of enemies. That being said our prototypes have been finished across the board and we should be able to handle most situations." "That is at least better than nothing, what have we figured out with the neutrals or the Clanless?" "I believe sending a Spartan to the Hutts territory would be a good start in finding some of these men. As we already know most fighters found a line of work in being bounty hunters." "Dom head to Nar Shadda and see what you can find. Take one squad of Mando''s with you also. Sophia and Ruray I need you two to step up on the development and creation of our technology. Dith and Weinz will go behind enemy lines and search for the true mastermind behind this." Both of them looked slightly confused. Dith finally took a step forward. "What do you mean the true mastermind? Isn''t that Vegu?" "After conducting an investigation with my intuition. I believe there might be a larger power at work hindering us." The tone of Diesel''s voice sounded serious. Thia only reinforced to them how important this task was, leaving them with no room of failure. "What would you have me doing?" Ril''ah looked excited with this he had another chance of increasing Diesel fame. Hoping for another tool in creating a legend. "You and your men will follow me to the Concordian system to apply pressure. For now we will refrain from attacking but in the worst case will begin ODJTs operations across the planet. Everyone is dismissed." Everyone cleared out of the meeting room except for Ril''ah. "everything seems to be going as planned we will initiate the next step of our plans." Chapter 68 - Learners I posted this chapter in the wrong order the new chapter is before this one (plans) P.O.V. Unknown Padawans Learners Deep in the depths of Nar Shaddaa three Padawan''s were tapped in cages cut off. There lightsabers removed from them they could only sit and watch. Each of these Padawan''s were roughly 14-18 years old. First, was a human male with short black hair weight roughly 180 lbs he had a fairly toned body but obviously lacked nutrients. He was 14 years old and was named Leys Pavond. The second Padawan was La''sara was a average looking average size female Twi''lek she was 15 years old. The last however, was someone of a rarer species she was 18 years old with the skills of a Jedi Knight. She was a Miraluka a species of force s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.es with a extremely rough history. She was standing about 6 feet tall with curves in all the right places. (A Miraluka tended to have tanned brown skin, gray or white hair but did not possess eyes. Example would be the 10th brother.) "Hey, Rayath I''m sorry it was because of us you were captured. If we didn''t get tricked you wouldn''t have been caught." Little La''sara face began to contort and tears began to swell into her eyes. "It''s okay little La''sara. Sit and meditate. I feel the force is calling and we will be freed from our bindings." Crossing her legs and placing her wrist onto your knees, She begins to mediate silently Leys who had been captured for the longest time started fidgeting around. "Rayath, how come you''re not a Knight yet? You seem wise and talented from what we see. Did you fail your trials?" "Mmm I''m not exactly a Jedi you see. Or rather I used to be a Padawan when my Master died in his search for Sith Artifacts. My master was kicked from the Jedi order because his ideals didn''t match theirs. As his Padawan I followed in his footsteps until his death five years ago. I''m now in search of the voids in the force that appeared a few years ago." At this moment Rayath felt a jolt in her body like the force was crying. It began to tear into her soul slowly creeping deep into her mind. She began to sweat as it drew near. Her breathing became irregular as objects and cages began to float in the room. "Rayath what is happening to you!" The two kids shouted worried at the sudden change in behavior. Everything came crashing to the ground as Rayath focus returned to her from being shouted at. She turned towards the Padawans staring intently. "One of the voids has landed on Nar Shaddaa. We will be leaving shortly." P.O.V. Dom and his Mandalorians Landing Pad on Nar Shaddaa Landing in Nar Shaddaa Dom and his crew of Mandalorians exited the ship and for the first time got to experienced the crowded city of Nar Shaddaa walking off the platform Dom ordered two of his men to stay with the ship although they hesitated at first two of them stayed back. They finally escaped the training and felt they were ready to experience real combat. They soon came to realize they may not even have a chance but were promised they would be summoned if it happened. "What''s a couple of Mandalorians doing here? In order to enter this area you must pay a protection tax." A smaller member more hidden in the back, ran forward and began to whisper in the ear of the one of the thugs. "It''s them." The thug who was doing most of the talking turned towards the whisperer with a smirk on his face. "Go ahead and let them know." Turning his attention back towards the Mandalorians. "I''m sorry I didn''t know you were members of Clan Spartan. We''ve been expecting you. If you would be so kind and follow us." Without speaking Dom grabbed the thug by the neck lifting him off the ground. "You were expecting us? How can one expect us when they shouldn''t even have known we were coming." The rest of the thugs drew their weapons and aimed them at the Spartan. However, they couldn''t fire in fear of hitting their comrade. *Pew* A blaster bolt landed in the back of the now grabbed dead Black Sun member. "I''m sorry for the actions of our fellow member as he is dead now please forgive us. He misspoke, we weren''t expecting YOU exactly. But more like our leader wishes to meet Clan Spartan to set up possible trade routes." Sensing there was a whole lot more to the story Dom agreed to meet the leader of the Black Sun''s in order to find out exactly what they were planning. Chapter 69 - Black Suns (Fixed) This should be the only chapters this week, but I should be writing two more to catch up back to where I want to be. They will of course be posted on the discord. On a side note I''m back working again and will be writing again the goal this week is to write 3-4 Star Wars (1 down the rest will be on discord) and some Confused Summoner (Should be posted in 2 weeks time) (Oops made a booboo and its fixed my bad xD) During the Clones Wars the Black Suns have been able to slowly expand its networks becoming a prominent criminal syndicate. The expansion was able to happen because the Jedi Order had its focus elsewhere between training and the war. With the growing strength of the Black Sun the more aggressive they became eventually with them being able to get their hands on three padawans. Even then they didn''t want to mess with the Mandalorians but seeked an alliance of sorts to keep expanding their business. Or rather they wanted to use the Mandalorian Territory as a trade route. Dom and his guards walked into the Black Suns base and stood in front of the current Nar Shadda leader. Staring at the large slug like creature Dom could only tilt his and stare not staying a word. Knowing how the Hutts and the Black Suns were he stayed on High Alert and awaited for the slug to speak. "De wanna wanga. Coona tee-tocky malia" The Mandalorians looked at each other unsure how to respond to a language they never spoke. As Dom was about to say something a protocol droid stepped forward and became translating for them. "Welcome, What took you so long." The two sides spoke about a few things eventually going to the topic of the few Mandalorian bounty hunters that were scattered around. Eventually coming to some sort of agreement, they were sent to the Bounty Hunters guild. P.O.V. Rayath "He is near." The female Miraluka stood and walked to the end of the cage pulling out a key from her clothes. Unlocking her own cage she walks towards the other two padawans and begins making their escape from the warehouse. Rayath would have the element of surprise if she came across any Black Suns as they escaped. The closer to the exit they got she could sense her lightsaber. Making adjustments to her plan to escape she would reroute her escape to also retrieve her saber. She had the two padawans wait for her placing them into a room, while she detoured for the lightsaber. Finally, coming across two Black Sun members blocking a door that possibly held Rayah''s lightsaber she decided she had to be decisive. Although, it''s not the Jedi way she must do what she can for her goals. Scanning the area around the door for anything possible to use to slay them. Rayath decided she needed to separate them first. She used the force to rattle the shelfs to the left of them causing one of the two guards to move towards it. When he reached the shelf it came barreling down on top of him. The other guard quickly moved to support him noticing that there wasn''t anyone behind it. Seeing the back turn of the other Black Sun member Rayath quickly moved behind them grabbing a pistol from his belt. "Hey do you mind if I help you?" causing the Black Sun member to quickly snap back to a blaster pistol in his face. Rayath pulls the trigger immediately ending the man''s life. She then looks towards the other one who is being crushed by the shelving. He looks at her with pleading eyes. "Help...I won''t do anything!" Smiling Rayath walks towards the shelf kneeling before him. "Sure." She leans down placing the blaster pistol. She grabs a piece of tape taping it to the ground. She then attaches a string to the trigger and then the shelving unit. "May the force be against you." She stands up and walks away from the crushed man turning towards the door. As she walks she focuses on the force around her while opening the door. *pew* "Mercy is for the weak." P.O.V. Swap Meanwhile, Jack and Lantern were having the time of their lives scouting the planet Ordo. They haven''t had any Skirmishes yet but have been able to make many contracts. The only weird thing going on was they felt like they were constantly being watched ever since they arrived on the planet. Since they arrived it was like they were being watched like a hawk. Although no one made a move yet it was becoming obvious that this party didn''t have good intentions. The entire time they had to keep being on high alert. "When do you think they''ll make a move Jack?" "No Idea. Just keep your guard up." ------ *They are advancing to point Niner-Niner, heading towards Clan Ridet. What does the spy say about them?" "Expert scouts, extremely deadly with Snipers Rifles and that they were a part of the 300th of the Clone army. Now they are a part of the Clan Spartan''s ghost. Basically extreme badasses." "Quite the targets this time. However, if that''s true I''d suspect they already know we are following them." Chapter 70 - Truth Just in case the chapter 68 was posted twice under different names. It is now fixed and chapter 69 is now posted correctly. As an apology here is a bonus chapter. Deep inside the depths of the jungle of planet Ordo Jack and Lantern decided they wanted to return the favor to their new favorite stalkers. Both of them took sides and set their rifles to stun and waited to make an ambush. Shortly, after finding a good location the three people who were following them showed up and were very quickly neutralized. The lackl.u.s.ter ambush left the two clones questioning, they were supposed to be on a Mandalorian planet. Yet, these "Mandalorians" were easily neutralized without an actual fight. Searching the belongings of the Mandalorians left the two clones shocked. These stalkers were not native to this planet. They weren''t even natural born Mandalorians; they were Academy students. This mission they were on was supposed to be a test. However, it wasn''t supposed to be a simple test either. Their mission was to kill the two clones. The files they had were extremely detailed and concise. Whoever had the hit on them had information on the clones and their mission. The main problem being they were members of the Ghost. Very few people are even supposed to know about the Ghost. Even knowing that the two clones were even alive as they are listed in KIA during the battle of Mimban. "There is a traitor in the Ghost." Jack sighed and shook his head. Although he knew at some point they had come across internal problems. He didn''t expect it to be so soon. Let alone that the traitors wanted the clones dead. But why? What have the two clones done to deserve death from traitors? Jack could only wonder. "Are we sure it''s a traitor in the Ghost? Not many even in the Ghost know of our mission?" Lantern looked slightly worried as he kept scanning through the belongings of their now captives. *Goans* two of the captives started waking up from the stun blast realizing that they were captured they became worried and struggled to free themselves. However, they were expertly tied up and were unable to move. P.O.V. Diesel Diesel was standing on one of the new fitted Mandalorian Battleship SS-Avenger. Waiting just inside a neutral zone of space between the two soon to be warring factions showing that they were prepared for battle. Scanning through the files of the current mission objectives of the squads he sent out. Diesel received a call from Jack. "Sir, I believe we may have a spy in our inner network. On our mission we encountered a group of what we thought were Mandalorians were easily captured without a fight. After going through their belongings we realized that they were academy students sent on a mission to kill us." *beep beep* "Here are the files we found with the information containing detailed information on the operation and us. I''m not exactly sure what the goal is. All I can say is that we were their targets." The stoic expression on the clones face gave Diesel an idea on what the clones line of thinking was. "Keep this information to yourself and don''t spread it just rest. After gathering whatever other information you can kill our captives to prevent any sort of leakage and we will use this information to find the traitor. I promise to right now. We have no use for traitors and they won''t be shown mercy." Shutting off the projector Diesel pondered for a few moments on who the traitor could be. At least for now the answer wasn''t obvious. Diesel knew at some point they would make a mistake. Traitors always make a mistake. Diesel gathered the data copying the file before changing the contents of the original, before sending it back to Ril''ah. Chapter 71 - News News from Ordo reached the Academy about possible spies in Clan Spartan. Although only a few people were actually informed on the matter it would eventually be leaked to the rest of the Mandalorians. A few of the main leaders of Clan Spartan were worried at what actions Diesel would take to strike the spy. However, his actions surprised most; he did nothing and only started a single thing. "Clan Spartan is strong, No matter if we have a spy among us we will stand above them and anyone who they are working with. We destroy anyone who gets in our way. If they have to use a spy against that just proves they fear us. And that fear will be their destruction." The leaders weren''t shaken but looked in awe on how little he cared for the possibility of deception. Instead took it as an opportunity to strengthen his grip on those you were already loyal to him and shake those who were not. However, behind the scenes Ruray and Sophia were already at work trying to figure out who the spy was. However, everything Ruray would dig further in, she would always end up in a roadblock. In Ruray''s eyes this was confusing there should be no one with the skills in computers that could surpass her in Clan Spartan. What made the matter even more troublesome was the fact that the more she dug into it the more she believed there were more than one spy. The spy had to have connections to the Mandalorian in some sort which every few would have unless you were a warrior. But everyone in Clan Spartan were newer to being "famous." Her brother in arms were only Clanless Mandalorians until they joined Diesel so they would have no reason to turn on him. As a matter of fact they were two stupid to block her in anything computer related. Ril''ah was constantly finding ways to improve Diesel''s image no matter the cost. Dom is constantly training and or out on missions so he wouldn''t be able to do anything. Sophia is constantly helping me develop things and is the only person who has the computer skills to block me. She should have no connections other than us though. Ruray took at the list of every Clan Spartan Officer in thinking the only possibility would be a newer member who would attempt to sabotage Diesel. "Ruray, could you stop and get back to helping us develop these?" "Sorry, Sophia I was trying to narrow down on the spy!" "Any luck?" "No." "I see, then focus." P.O.V. Spy "The blocking attempts obviously worked and prevented any extra information from spreading. Ruray will stay clueless for a while. However, she is extremely smart and will figure it out eventually." "I''m sure, as of now our plans have been going smoothly without issues." "This war will be a building point, our deaths will not be in vain." "For the future." "For the future." Meanwhile, on Nar Shaddaa the Black Suns were running around the city searching for the three pawadans that escaped. Of course with Rayath leading them they so far have been able to escape capture again. They were constantly running for their lives attempting to find a way off the planet. Eventually, the three would arrive at a Republic Starport and two of the padawans would board the ship and be shipped back to the temple on Coruscant. Although, the two of them didn''t wish to leave Rayath on the planet and wanted her to return with them to the temple. She stated she had a mission to complete that was left to her by her master. With the two of them gone Rayath turned and went back into the city. Knowing her chances would be slim in finding the void. She began hunting down Black Sun members, through the force she could feel the void on the Nar Shaddaa. She could sense they were in the Black Sun territory and if she could cause enough mayhem that void would show itself. She would openly attack the Black Sun members making her presence known. Soon forces all around began hearing that the Black Sun members were being hunted. Although the details were pretty sketchy this left an opening for other criminal organizations to attempt take advantage of this situation P.O.V. Black Suns "Boss, we''re being hit on multiple fronts from multiple organizations. We will not be able to hold out." "Call Clan Spartan I think it''s time we form an alliance through other means." "Oh! Great idea! What about the padawan?" "Keep the details hidden for now, she will eventually cross the Mandalorians if they agree to help us." Chapter 72 - History Aboard the Mandalorian Flagship Trinity Sitting in the Admiral Chair overlooking some of the crew. Diesel looked out into the endless darkness of space. His gaze never leaves the direction of the new Mandalorian "Rebellion." Thinking back to a few years after his arrival to this apparent galaxy his thinking slowly changed. From a just Super Soldier, to the leader of the Mandalorian. Although, it was never his purpose to be Mandalorian. He now had another goal. The protection of his "people." However, his thoughts kept lingering into the past taking another look at some of the crew of Trinity. Diesel sat in his chair leaning back closing his eyes behind his helmet. He was supposed to be a Spartan that UNSC made behind Dr. Halsey''s back. Similar to Black Team. However, even unlike Black Team who served directly under the UNSC. Valkyrie served in special operations under the woman called The Doctor. Apparently, she started the ORION Project Generation II with Dr. Halsey but during the selection process, they didn''t see eye to eye. Dr. Halsey selected seventy-five kids out of the one hundred and fifty that met her personal standards. The Doctor, however, had her own standards and she wanted to select fifteen others. A fight happened and the two doctors split ways. In the end The Doctor convinced the UNSC that she would take fifteen of her own kids and raise them as soldiers herself. In the end, both doctors'' way of thinking was completely different and both wanted to accomplish different things. Dr. Halsey wished for the advancement of the human species as a whole. While the doctor, although brutal with the training, treated us, like family. In the end, only three of the fifteen lived. During the next few years after the augmentation, they began receiving all sorts of brutal training. But no matter how dangerous the training was, The Doctor would always treat the three of them as her own kids. The four of them began closer after augmentation because they were constantly "checked" on. The longer they were together the closer they became. Eventually, Diesel became the favorite of the three and naturally became the leader of the group. Diesel and Dom were extremely close like how brothers would be. Sophia on the other hand was still more of a loner of the three. More often than not she was studying computer things off on her own when they had some rare time off. Advancing her knowledge as much as possible. She really became the brains of the group through her efforts. Later on in training you could tell things were becoming different from her. She kept pushing all the credit onto Diesel. While Diesel wanted to share the credit, she kept saying things like "You''re our leader, our priority is following your orders." It was like her thought process was changing as she grew older. When on a mission she was like another person, and would do anything to complete the mission to the point of almost losing her life a couple times. She understood that they served the UNSC first and everything else was second. But for Diesel he considered the Spartans as family and would do what any family member should do. "Protect one''s family above all else." Looking back on things is a prime example of thatwould be Samuel from Blue Team. In order to allow Kelly and John to escape he stayed behind so they could escape. This catapulted John in being a much better leader as a result of Samuels sacrifice. When Samuel died in the beginning of the Human-Covenant war the doctor learned that Dr. Halsey created the Mjolnir Armor. After learning of the designs from ONI it was agreed if the three Spartans performed heavily dangerous OPs they would be allowed to the new designs for the new armor.. Soon three sets of Customized Mjolnir Armor were created by The Doctor. Diesel''s "Siege Weapon", Dom''s "Assault Weapon", and Sophia''s "Cyber Weapon". The three variants were created to be the perfect Sieging team. They were finally ready to be deployed when they were called to Reach to defend it from the oncoming invasion. Author''s Note: The death of my step father took a much bigger hit on the family then we expected. Although, I''m unsure how much this will affect the story I at least want to give a warning. Money may become a issue and I might have to look for a new job. As some of you may know I mainly write in my free time at work. SO, the obvious thing is a new job could mean no more free time. Of course I''ll give a proper heads up at the time but I want everyone to be aware if anything changes in the near future. Chapter 73 - History 2 Sorry ahead of time here is a chapter, if you see a correction let me know and I''ll get to it but here''s a chapter. -----Spartans II----- Diesel watched as one hundred and fifty were awoken by a large speaker phone. Most of the kids couldn''t remember what happened or how they got to where they were. One by one they awoke Diesel found himself next to another kid who later he learned his name was John. Shortly after, the speaker phone woke everyone up. A lady voice calmly demanded they make their way towards large doors. Diesel watched as kids were being scanned. In his mind he felt something strange was happening but he kept following what the voice said. Eventually, after some basic tests the group of kids found themselves in a "resting" room. It was here that seventy-five kids were selected and hauled away. Although the remaining kids stayed and waited we found out we "failed." Weeks passed as kids began wondering when they were gonna see their parents. Diesel started to realize the possibility of meeting his parents again were extremely slim and began to focus on what was at hand. Whatever reason they were taken here has now become their life. However, shortly after arriving half of the kids failed. Even as a kid Diesel was two aware of his surroundings and began to connect the dots. He believed that they were going to "tossed" away. However, his worries became naught when a lady walked into the room and selected another fifteen kids including himself. The fifteen of them followed the lady down a long lonely corridor. Arriving in a room she sat us all down and began speaking. "Welcome, today you were selected to become Spartan''s. You will train, eat, breath in the way a elite soldier will do. From now on the fifteen of you will work together and achieve a goal alongside your other brothers and sisters from the first group. The Safety of the Human Race..." In the end Diesel toned the lady out and scanned the area around him looking at each kid. "Brothers and Sisters?" -----Augmentations----- Diesel laid down onto a table and was injected with a needle into his neck. This needle was supposed to sedate him and numb his entire body. The chemical felt foreign and him and his entire body attempted to resist. He fought and fought the numbing and the exhaustion that slowly overwhelmed him. Diesel for the first time ever felt completely hopeless. Ten minutes after the shot was injected into him the Augmentations began. Diesel watched as machine''s brought over more chemicals and felt as they pierced his body. Diesel couldn''t even scream the shot from earlier and fighting it off completely exhausted his body . He could only scream internally as more and more shots were stabbed into him. Eventually, on top of the exhaustion the pain finally forced Diesel to pass out. "Doctor it seems only three of the kids lived." -----Rejects---- As time passed we were drilled with military training. exciserse, guns, strategy. It was literally non-stop from the rise of the sun to sundown. As we grew older the training got harder. We were constantly ragged to the point the three of us grew resentment towards the trainers and the Doctor. At Some point we began learning to be more specialized and heavily focused in certain areas. Like Sophia learned computers basically becoming the actual brains. It was because of her our resentment caused us to hack into the UNSC files on this little project. Honestly, we learned far more than what we wanted. All how we were all kidnapped and replaced with clones that slowly died. Sophia just kept digging, finding out more "Beyond Classified". She had to be completely careful not to trigger anything or leave any traces. Finally, finding the "Spartan II" section she learned that the fifteen that were selected were all Spartan II rejects. People who were considered failure and were meant to die. The more they read they learned the Doctor wanted them to consider her choices for possible subjects. The UNSC finally agreed to the Doctor''s request and got fifteen of her own kids to begin the Spartan Program with. But these Spartans were supposed to be directly linked with the UNSC Secret Intelligence. Memories upon memories kept appearing in his head.... -----Reach----- The Insurrectionists were becoming more bold by the day, constantly setting off bombs or attacking lightly protected UNSC bases. The constant attack forced Doctor Halsey''s Spartan''s to be summoned. Although the Insurrectionist stood no chance against the Spartan''s, they heavily outnumbered them and could hide anywhere. As the Spartan presence slowly began to dwindle on the planet because of an emerging enemy called the Covenant. The attacks were even becoming bold as larger attacks on UNSC bases were taking place. At this time it was decided that the Noble Team would head the defense on the Insurrectionist groups on Reach. While the other Spartans prepared for a bigger mission. The Doctor was ordered to send her Specialized Spartan''s to Reach''s front in order to help Noble Team. Chapter 74 - Final History Diesel''s were making their way to Nobel Teams location. "Valkyrie to Nobel actual, we are five minutes out." "Roger. We arrived on-site and moved to point A-2. Upon arriving we met some Civies saying they spotted monsters in the fields." "Diesel what will they think when a team of Spartans show up that they know nothing about?" "Dom you worry too much..." "We are under attack! Banshee''s!" "Pilot focus on driving we will handle it! Dom opened the latch! Sophia grab the Laser." Sophia quickly grabs the Spartan Laser and tosses it to Diesel. Catching the Laser he immediately turns already putting the trigger warming the Laser up a red powerful beam launches out of the gun hitting the closest Banshee. Without a moment of hesitation he pulls the trigger again lighting up another Banshee. Shortly after dispatching another two Banshees leaving one left. "Sophia, Dom move to join Nobel Team." As Diesel speaks it glances towards the remaining Banshee and sprints out the back of the Pelican launching himself at it. Noticing the flying Spartan, the Elite flying the Banshee was shocked, stunning him for a second, before attempting to dodge. Making a barrel roll the Elite feels the weight of the Spartan grabbing onto the wings of the Banshee. In a quick judgement the Elite decides to shake his border but is surprised when he is grabbed foot....... "Sir, you have a message from Nar Shaddaa." Attacking another Black Suns base, Rayath counted roughly twenty Blacks Suns roaming the premise. Making a plan to finish off another location of Black Sun''s Rayath she moved herself behind some explosive ship cells that they were beginning to load up. She waited for a group of Four to walk towards a nearby ship. She used her Force Push to send the barrels towards them. She takes a pistol she stole in one of her raids and fires a shot into the cells. A large explosion occurs and engulfs the four immediately killing them. One of the barrels caused a chain reaction hitting the ship setting the entire platform ablaze. This allowed for Rayath to hide in the shadows again. She watched from a distance as Black Sun members showed up to the scene to put out the fires. She counted fifteen she took this time and made her way into the base. She searched for the communications room. As she ventured slightly farther into the base she came across another three. Taking out a Viroblade to keep things quiet as possible she instantly slices one of the Blacks Sun in the neck dragging him around the corner. "Mhm?" He turns to the location of the place where Rayath killed. "When did Aearath leave?" "Maybe he went to the scene, you know how he is." "I guess your right...hurry though before everyone returns we....." "What the hell are you spiting on me for you idiot." Reaching up and wiping the spit off the back of his neck, he looks at it and shakes. "Blood..." As he speaks an immense amount of pain appears through his body. Steadily looking down he notices a viroblade piercing his stomach "Why..." "Revenge." P.O.V. Swap Dom and the Mandalorians "It seems the information about the attackers is wrong Dom. From what we can tell there is only one attacker. Outside, only four dead for now. What are your orders Sir." "We were lied to, so we will wait until the Black Suns are wiped out and then move into the base. It looks like the goal of the attacker is to take out the com''s. What else have we learned on this attacker?" As Dom spoke the Mandalorians heard the com''s get cut off and stare at the base from a safe distance. "Well considering the intelligence so far was false I doubt it''s true but it''s supposed to be a rival gang hitting them." "I see. I suppose we will find out ourselves. When facing the attack set everything to stun and if by chance we cross any Black Suns leave no witnesses. We arrived to late am I clear." At this moment a lone individual exits the base and charges towards the Black Sun''s and begins combat. Instead of using the Viroblade she drew her Lightsaber and began combat instantly taking out Four members of the Black Suns. Hearing combat the sentries left their post and rushed to the scene of combat. Not even thirty seconds later. Did another twenty Black Sun''s show up putting their numbers to thirty-one. Author''s Note: Sorry about the long post.... Things happens and things change, So I''ve been focusing on other things lately. I don''t want to sounds rude to any of you... Between work and family and my Guild Wars 2 friends writing right now is at a low. I will still keep writing for you all and get a chapter out when I''m able to. Just remember I''m doing this as a past time and not a "job" so don''t bully me please! Although you won''t! But Thank you all for being patient with me and staying strong. Chapter 75 - Downfall Rayath looked around her and watched as members of the Black Suns slowly surrounded her, leaving her with no path of retreat. She could only smile. She knew her time was coming, although she couldn''t complete her Master task, crippling the Black Sun would allow others some time to breath. Not to mention she has got some satisfying revenge on them destroying a few bases and killing quite a few of them. She takes another deep glance into the eyes of the nearest person. "In the end, Death goes to the victor." Fueling the force through her body to the bottom of her feet. Rayath propels herself toward him and flips in the air in a somersault immediately slicing the guys head off. Landing back onto her feet and scans the faces around her. "So who''s nest? Do you wanna make a line?" Some of the Black Suns shook in their boots and were momentarily stunned. Luckily someone in their ranks was either intelligent enough or brave enough to take control bringing them back to their senses. "What are you guys doing! WE''RE THE BLACK SUNS. WE ARE FEARED. Don''t let one tiny blind girl scare you!" Listening to the now Leader of the Black Sun''s they all buckled down and began fighting together. "Rotate your shots! Aim for the limbs! Don''t let her deflect your shots! Overwhelm her! Keep your distance!" Rayath scorned she hoped to be able to kill at least a quarter of the enemies before they regrouped enough to fight back. She knew she wasn''t getting away unscratched but she wanted to take most if not all the enemies down with her. But that plan became impossible with the emergence of a capable leader. She quickly adapted to a defensive stance (Soresu) and allowed the force to engulf her surrounding area so she could begin to fire from the blaster''s bolts. Thirty Blaster bolts began firing at Rayath in succession. Although, they had a capable leader the Black Suns were still a stupid group of people and immediately killed fellow friends in a cross fire. "You Idiots! Check your fire and Position yourselves away from the crossfire! Being forced to clear a side of their encirclement they opened slightly and kept fighting blaster shots at her making her slowly retreat in the direction of the now opened direction. Still having twenty-seven people left they were able to force her back, Rayath gritted her teeth and kept doing what she could, although she wasn''t the strongest of Jedi she kept her own but she was slowly starting to lose focus. Her concertation with the force was at an all time high and it was slowly draining her stamina . Thankfully, they would make a mistake here allowing her to deflect a couple bolts back at them killing another two Blacks Suns. Quickly, checking her surroundings she noticed an opportunity. She adjusted her slow backpedaling allowing herself to entrap herself to a comm''s array tower. She quickly uses a pillar to catch her breath for a second. "Do you think this will save you? We''ve been ordered to kill you on sight. You''re not needed." "Shit. Scatter!" The Black Suns attempted to scatter but with the force enabled tower the speed in which it fell increased immensely, crushing into the group of twenty-fiveish remaining Black Suns. Feeling completely drained she collapsed onto her knees and stared in the direction of the tower feeling the destruction of the Black Suns. Sadly, enough a few lived and began getting up and walking into her direction. She could only smile. "This is the end." *Thud Thud Thud Thud* Shocked, Rayath tried to expand her "view" noticing a few more people approaching, unable to decipher the how many due to the small void feeling. "It''s the void but not the void, it''s too weak." Exhausting her force powers she collapsed onto the ground. "Cuff her and let''s go before the rest show up." *Transmission* "Halo Team to Manadalor, captured a Jedi under the control of the Black Sun''s what are your orders." "Just a moment... Sir you have a message from Nar Shaddaa." Chapter 76 - Ripples (Short) P.O.V. Jedi Master''s of Coruscant Sitting inside the temple of Coruscant the Jedi Master''s were sitting discussing the war. Master Yoda sat in silence and watched as the others Masters. He could only think to himself that the Order is not meant for war. He kept thinking of Diesel''s actions during the battle of Geonosis. Slowly losing himself in thought a sudden wave. Or more accurately a blast of the force swept through the room. Waking himself and the other Masters. The blast was so powerful and so much hate was felt that it put the Jedi''s on their guard. Most immediately took defensive stance preparing to be attacked. The emotions that the force has lingered in the room. Dread, anger, hate, revenge, turned into fear, loneliness, and despair. The dark side. It felt like eternity passed before the blast flows completely through the room. The Masters stared at each other before coming to their senses. "What was that? So many emotions could be felt." Yoda stared at the random Master before interrupting the rest. "Not now. Check the others we must. Later we will discuss. Now go and check everyone." As Yoda finished the entire room cleared and the Master scattered searching far and wide across the temple making sure everyone was okay. "The dark side grows stronger it seems." P.O.V. Swap Dooku and Palpatine "The Mandalorians will be distracted with their Civil War. This will give us some more breathing room and allow us to keep moving forward." "The Jedi will grow weaker making them blind to the future. Those who see the future will not be trusted and they''ll be forced to make a decision." "Master what will we do about the Mandalorians when they rejoin the war. The Goliath project did well but I don''t believe it''ll be able to kill the Spartans." "It doesn''t need to kill them. They are the perfect for wasting resources and stalling this war. Keep making them and expressing how much we need them to defeat the Spartans...." The force blast finally reached Palpatine and Dooku. Both got lost in thought for a moment before Dooku spoke. "No. It seems another surviving Sith has entered the battle or rather a Sith has been born." --Galaxy News Broadcast-- "Yo Yo Yo Jeffers is back with another BIG UPDATE on the war between the Republic and the Seppies! It seems that the Mandalorian are staying on the sidelines and focusing on themselves! IT''S INSANE! We just want more BADA.S.S Spartan on Seppie action! Someone get me Diesel''s number and get this goinggggg. You know what I mean? BEFORE I forget the Nar Shaddaa Black Suns seem to be getting in some trouble. Bodies piling up all over. Anyone have some pets? Free food laying all over..." P.O.V. Swap ???? "Diesel and his Mandalorians are still preparing for the battle. If we want this to be played out like we want shouldn''t we push Diesel before his men return with reinforcements? We need to give up more information so they set a trap for him." "Yes, I know." "I''ll get in contact with Vegu. Do your best to not get caught. The security is getting tighter now." "Who do you think you''re talking to." (A little shorter chapter be here you get to see the affects of Rayath being taken by the Mandalorians.) Chapter 77 - Void Theory P.O.V. Rayath Slowly waking from her over use of the force. Rayath used the force to scan her surroundings, before realizing she was cuffed and locked in a small room. Expanding her vision she started searching beyond the walls and learned she had four people watching over her only exit. The further her vision reached the more people she realized that were around. She could feel the sheer number of people watching over her. She counted fourteen people. Four at the door, another four at the end of the hallway and ten scattered around in various nooks. She quickly realized she was no longer being held captive by the Black Suns. She decided to use caution and expand her search beyond the reaches of the ship. The amount of people and sh.i.p.s in the nearby area were astounding. The deeper her search the more dangerous her situation seemed. She could feel over hundred thousand living beings and hundreds of sh.i.p.s. Finally, she reached the biggest ship and froze. "It''s here. My search will end." She felt nothing. In a singular spot within the fleet she found the void. The pure nothingness. The Force is supposed to be everywhere and in everyone. Yet she could feel how its completely void of this individual like the force is doing everything in its power to stay away. She could finally complete her task. The task her Master started. She relaxed for a few minutes and began thinking of how her capture led to this. However, she suddenly realized she already felt the Void. A weaker one. She shot up and immediately used the force to search the entire fleet again. She could feel three different ones scattered throughout the fleet. She panicked and quickly thought of the possibilities. Maybe the void master was searching for wasn''t just a singular thing but a race of individuals? Maybe they were searching incorrectly this entire time. If it''s race why haven''t they been discovered before? Or maybe they have and haven''t been recorded. Wait. If it''s a race why isn''t everyone voided? She quickly used the force again and searched the nearby individuals. She used the force and searched the entire person finding out everything she could about them. They were cladded in heavy armor. Some varied in race, however they all had one thing in common pride and heavily equipped for battle. "Mandalorians. Diesel?" The more she thought the more the possibilities linked towards him being the void. When he appeared the visions became stronger. The bigger his name became the more overwhelming they were. If that was the case why haven''t the Jedi done anything and instead stayed on the sidelines? They should know of its existence. Grandmaster Yoda even visited Naboo. Is it fear? Is it the unknown? The order knew of her Masters mission and gave the go ahead. In the end he died. Did the order betray her and her Master? They never responded to her distress signal. Never came to her rescue from the Black Suns. Maybe The Order didn''t want her to find them? Maybe they knew from the beginning. In the end she was held hostage by the Order, Stolen from her family. Left to die with her Master. She could only feel anger with the Order. They knew... Everything was their fault. How much time was wasted. They are no different from the Black Suns. She would seek revenge...but how? The Void? Authors Note: Chapters may return to 600ish words for the time being. To allow for better release. Chapter 78 - Ordo Jack and Lantern for the most part kept to themselves while scouting around on Ordo searching for possible clans to join them against the traitors. However, word kept getting out that people of Clan Spartan were here recruiting clans for the upcoming war. Many clans were slowly beginning to choose sides because of the actions of the two. "Hello, Rhonx Rukaiss of Clan Rukaiss we are from Clan Spartan and looking for your support in the upcoming war." Both clones stood firm with their hands behind their back. Showing respect for the other side. "Why should Clan Rukaiss help the fake Mandalore?" Rhonx could only look at the both of them with contempt because of their lack of Mandalorian traditions towards the rising of a Mandalore. Just because he has defeated a fake doesn''t mean he can become the true Mandalor." "Then let me ask you this. Do you think any Mandalorian can defeat Mandalore? Who here can possibly beat Clan Spartan? With or without you Clan Spartan will win this war. Completely destroying the opposition. This is your chance and the others at a shot of glory of a rising Mandalor at truly uniting our people again. These traitors are nothing and are stepping stones to his rise. So I''ll ask again will you join us on our path of glory, or be completely destroyed. We are not asking you because we need you. But because you need us." Jack spoke in a firm and domineering voice to instill a sense of pride and loyalty to his Mandalore. For the next few moments the steady and eerie sound in the room grew cold and uncomfortable for Clan Rukaiss. Their warriors grew wary at the silence and slowly became taking offensive stances towards the two clones. All ten warriors placed their hands either on their viroblades or blasters. While the two clones stayed unmoving with conviction. Seconds passed, the laughter of Rhonx resonated throughout the room. "You think you can come here and threaten me? Promising us fame and glory? Guaranteeing victory before it''s even won? Who do you think you are!?!" The laughter slowly turned in anger as he spoke pointing towards the clones. Both clones looked at each other and then back at Rhonx. "Clan Spartan. There is not a single clan out there who can fight us on even grounds. Now I''ll ask again either you join us for a chance of glory or die a forgotten death." "YOU THINK YOU CAN THREATEN ME! IN MY HOUSE MY LAND! KILL THEM!" Rhonx anger filled the room as he stood commanding his warriors to kill the clones. Immediately the room lit off with Blaser fire. However, Jack and Lantern didn''t even flinch; they watched as warriors poured into the room. No one could see it but both smiled as Blaster fire poured in their direction. Both Stood unharmed. "Last chance. With or death?" "How?" Without a moment to spare. Rhonx demanded his warriors. "End this farce and burn them alive." The warriors changed from blasted fire and surrounded the clones lighting them aflame with their flamethrowers. No one could see what was happening underneath those flames but everyone could tell they weren''t reaching the targets as the flame with splinting in different directions hit something. However, they wouldn''t stop pressuring the clones. They kept trying to roast the clones alive. Suddenly, they could hear voices inside the vortex of flames. "Kill the traitors." The emotion in Jack''s voice was empty. No remorse could be heard when he spoke. He had things on his mind. Saving his brothers and serving Clan Spartan after this saved his and Lantern lives. If it wasn''t for the Ghost saving them with a shield they would be dead during that explosion at the vehicle depot. He has no time to waste on those who couldn''t see the light. Warriors from Clan Spartan stormed the area and immediately took out every warrior in the household. Clan Rukaiss warriors attempted to fight back, but the surprise and the prowess of the Spartan warriors completely overwhelmed them. "We are Clan Spartan." Very quickly he reaches for his Blaster, pulling it out and fires a bolt into the head of Rhonx. "Let''s move." Chapter 79 - Mandalor the Behemoth Deep within the Mandalorian sector a battle wedged against Diesel''s Mandalorians and the "True Mandalorians." Battlesh.i.p.s from the Diesels Faction were Superior to the true Mandalorian faction battlesh.i.p.s however unexpectedly the true Mandalorians heavily outnumbered them. Every few hours the True Mandalorians would receive reinforcements from other parts of the sector. Ri''lah came up behind Diesel and stood behind him. "It seems the Mandalorian people are not happy with your ruling to be the new Mandalore. What is our plan here?" "It is to be expected. Although the battle has started earlier than planned. We should have no issues. Have the rest of our force regroup." "Yes, Mandalore." Leaving the command area Ri''lah walks towards the Science lab where Sophia is located. "He''s recalling our forces. Should we let them know?" "Yes, Inform the true Mandalorians right away. Have them retreat back to their home territory." *Bzzzzzz* (Sound of a announcement/microphone turning on) "Forces of Clan Spartan! This is your leader Diesel speaking. And forces of the make believe True Mandalorians." The echoes of the broadcast reached across the battlefield and nearby sectors. Causing the battle to come to a standstill neither side was exchanging fire anymore. Everyone froze and listened. "It saddens me to see such a battle to happen between our own people, Instead of fighting amongst ourselves we should be striving to destroy our exterior enemies. Not enlisting the help of them. I will become the one who will show our people what it means to be a true Mandalorian. I will lead our people to victory. In ten days Clan Spartan will end this war. I''m Mandalor the Behemoth your destruction will be my beginning." The battle came to a complete halt as Clan Spartan sh.i.p.s left the battle. While the enemy sh.i.p.s froze. Diesel rose to Mandalore after the battle with the Death Watch. He has avoided the mantle of Mandalore. This is his first time openly announcing his rise. All sorts of speculations began to appear. "Why wait till now?" "Is this a cleansing of the Mandalorian population?" "Is his d.e.s.i.r.e for battle much stronger than anyone thought?" They became endless. Even his own Clan began to wonder why he waited. The chance of this war happening would have been slim if he took the mantle much earlier in his campaign. How much is going on behind the scenes. P.O.V. Swap Galactic News Broadcast P.O.V. Swap Jedi Temple "It seems he grows stronger. We have waited long enough. How do we know that he isn''t a Sith we are searching for." Windu started to grow impatience as well as the other masters in the room. "No force do I sense mmmm. Hard to read he is. Patience we must have I think. "Master Yoda history shows that the Sith use the Mandalorians as tools for their conquest. We must not let this happen again. They could be using this war to gather strength and distract us from their force growing. At the very least we must send someone to investigate." Even though he was a Jedi master you could see the visible concerned Mace was expressing. Although he was to jump up and immediately end this threat he knew without proof he could do nothing. "Meditate on this we will, Clearer picture we will get." P.O.V. Rayath "The Jedi are coming." Locked deep within the fleet of the Mandalorians her anger from her betrayal shifted. She could only smile that her opportunity would be coming so soon. Chapter 80 - Day-0 Diesel had his forces retreat to the edge of the enemy mandalorian space and waited for his forces to return from their missions. No longer would they allow the enemy to rest in peace these ten days would be torture awaiting the enviable. Sitting in his Captain''s chair he stared into enemy space before turning towards Ril''ah. "Bring the Jedi here." P.O.V. Swap Vegu Rau "What do you think their plan is announcing when they will attack?" Vegu scanned the table of his advisors in hope of getting some solid advice. "We currently have no means of telling what they are thinking. According to the battle history of the Spartan they have a high tendency to lead from the front. It should be pretty easy to bait them into a trap. Second, We should avoid a direct confrontation when facing them on the ground. No offense to anyone here. But it''ll be almost impossible to face them directly." "You honestly think we have no chance in a direct fight? Who do you think we are! We are the strongest among our Clans!" A random angry Mandalorian stood up firmly slamming the desk. "Strongest or not. You stand zero chance." Another calmly stared at the angry Mandalorian. "You don''t seem to understand what''s happening here at all. And that goes for the rest of you two. Clan Spartan is using this as a rite of passage to unite all the clans under one banner. This declaration is key to that. By announcing that they will end this in ten days is them showing everyone they are clearly the strongest clan. I wouldn''t be surprised at this point if they orc.h.e.s.trated this entire rebellion." Everyone at the table was completely dumbfounded at this new realization. Some began to wonder how all the information they''ve been receiving was coming about. How the CIS was completely in favor of helping them and everything. The room grew eerie as doubt started to flow throughout the room. Vegu quickly grasps the situation in the room. "Traitor. Your sowing discontent among our ranks. It''s literally impossible for them to plan such a large war. Besides, we have our own secret weapon. A Spartan. And to top it off we also have the Goliaths that the CIS are giving us." The room quickly got louder and murmurs filled the room. P.O.V. Swap Rayath Rayath sat on the floor in her room, legs crossed in a meditating position when her floor opened and twenty pitch black with white accent Mandalorian stood outside the door. Four of them opened the door and tightly grabbed onto her arms cuffing her hands and ankles. "Diesel wishes to see you. You will comply." The Mandalorian who seemed to be leading this squad finally spoke in a very authoritative way. "We are only following proper procedures, we hope you understand." Although he sounded pretty aggressive when he spoke, one could tell he meant well. Rayath nodded. " No worries, I completely understand and have been wishing to meet your leader as soon as possible. If this is what it takes to meet him. I''ll be glad to comply." Listening to Rayath speak, the other Mandalorian loosen their grip and lighten up their attitude towards her. Although they were being kinder they still were following all proper procedures when escorting the prisoner. *EXTREMELY TINY TIME SKIP* The doors open to the cabin of the meeting room, Rayath was put on a chair at the end of the table. Finally coming to a stop she felt her surroundings and could feel a void nearby. The more she sensed the deeper she felt her connection fail. Ever since her master was left to die she finally smiled. "You''re the void I''ve been searching for. I''m Rayath. May I know the honor of whom I''ll be speaking to?" "First off, I''m not a Jedi...I was a padawan within the order and was under a Master until he was left for dead by the order. I was later captured by the black suns on my quest to find the void which happens to be you....Etc..." Rayath went on explaining everything from beginning to end from her love of her training with her master to the betrayal she felt by the Jedi Order. Her emotions were clearly visible and unstable as she spoke. Although, No one in the room knew of the force they could see the darkness in her heart when she spoke of her betrayal. Diesel sat still and listened to every word and clearly took in everything he experienced from his conversation. "So your Master''s dying wish was to find me? Then instead of returning to the Order and exacting revenge you should follow your masters wishes and serve under me. I cannot teach you how to use the force. But in return I''ll teach you how to control your emotion and increase your battle prowess in combat. I''ll make you the strongest magic user in the universe." "Magic user? It''s called the force. I''ll indeed follow my master wishes and serve under you." "Then when speaking to an officer of a higher rank you address them as Sir. Also, you''ll be my first Force-Valkyrie then." "Force-Valkyrie?" *I''m gonna try and get the 10 days done over the course of the next two week, although I can''t promise it hence the word try." Chapter 81 - Day-1 *Thud* "Get up, If this is the best you can do then you have no right to serve under me." Towering over Rayath Diesel stood staring down at the fragile Miraluka. "You are gonna be a Force-Valkyrie and begin to act like one." "Yes Sir." Disgruntled on how easily she lost to the Spartan she got back up and took up a battle stance. Originally, she didn''t believe that the Spartan would put up much of a fight against a force user. Sadly enough, most force abilities didn''t work on Diesel. Shove and push are rarely effective for multiple reasons like weight and some gravity boots that the Mandalorians wear. Force speed was pointless because his reaction speed is amazing. To think a normal person could keep up with me. *Bam* Rayath launches a few feet back and lands roughly on the ground. "Stop losing focus in a fight. One must always be aware of their surroundings while keeping an eye on their opponent. Everything and anything can be used as a weapon. One must remember the Mission takes priority. "Yes Sir." Again Rayath gets up and immediately starts attacking the large Spartan only to have every attack to either be blocked or dodged. "If an enemy is evenly matched with you, add variety to your attacks; however do so while sticking to your strengths. The worst you can do is underestimate an opponent and lose, ultimately failing your mission." Diesel grabs onto Rayath wrist and spins her around, tossing her across the room like a rag doll. "Again." "Yes Sir." Using her speed she quickly begins to launch multiple attacks against Diesel. Only for him to kick sweep right from under her. "What did I just say? I said attack with strength''s Stop pretending to be something you''re not. I''m a Spartan, you are a Magic-user. Again." Rayath attempted to get off the floor this time but to no avail she collapsed back to the ground. "It''s a force user." She murmured under her breath. "Can''t get up? It''s only been a few hours and you''re already tired. Get up. We have another three hours to go." Rayath struggled to her feet but finally managed to get back to her feet. She couldn''t help but regret coming all the way out here to fight this man head on. She lamented the idea to have to consistently fight him over and over again. However, she couldn''t fail the mission her Master gave her on the first day in. *3 hour timeskip* Laying on the floor in a pool of sweat Rayath laid. Her breathing was extremely ragged. After taking a few moments to regain what little stamina she had to sat up and started meditating, "Yes Sir." Entering the meeting room Rayath sat down among many other Mandalorians. While Sophia was in the front teaching the basics. Rayath scanned the room and watched as the Mandalorians sat and listened. She never saw such well behaved Mandalorians. She then looked at the third Spartan she met. Taking a moment to sense another void in the force similar to the first one she met. Rayath could help but wonder where they all came from. "Going way back in time. One of the most famous people in teaching strategy was Sun Tzu. Some of the basic things are gonna go over today is 1. Learn deep insights about your enemy before engaging in battle. 2. Understand the logistics of battle, not just the fighting. Supply routes which must support a campaign are critical. 3. Build knowledge of previous encounters. ... 4. Shatter enemy morale by being ruthless. etc... The more Rayath listened to the more intently she listened to Sophia. Although it was impossible for her to learn everything right away she absorbed as much as she could. The way of battle fascinated her. The hidden knowledge that these Mandalorians showed was amazing. As soon as her class ended she rushed to the room they supplied her and began reviewing everything she went over in today''s lessons. "Variety, Strengths, Knowledge, insight..." Chapter 82 - Day-2 Sitting in the middle of the training room Rayath meditated before her training began anew. She attempted to heal any bruises or muscles she had. When she awoke for the first time ever she felt like she couldn''t move. Her body was incredibly sore and stiff. She never realized before how sore her body would be after yesterday. Of course, she felt sore before when training but nothing like this. She sat and slowly used the force to treat her muscles. The longer she sat the deeper her grasp in the force she got. She felt like she was living a million lives. She watched the slow downfall of her people, the numbers dwindling over the years, Every war it felt like millions of Miraluka''s lives were lost. She felt their connection to the force. Their lives tickled the light side of the force. The longer she listened to the force the more emotions she felt. The more she felt the Jedi were responsible. It was then the force showed her a planet. This Planet was called Katarr. She could feel the millions of Miraluka lives on the planet living peacefully; she could only smile. However, a fleet appeared over the planet and a massive spike in the dark side of the force encased the planet. All over when the lights were taken away until every ounce of the force was stripped from the planet living it completely lifeless. She focused on the vessel sensing the individual who devoured a Miralukan planet. The individual locked his eyes onto the "force spirit" raising his hand. A/N: Miralukan were usually sided with the Jedi after the Sith destroyed the colony planet of Katarr.. "Devour." A/N: Lets see if anyone gets the reference P.O.V. Swaps Remaining Living Miralukans Most Miralukans lived in isolation in the universe, keeping away from society. Almost every remaining Miralukans felt fluctuation in the force. They could feel someone calling them, they felt someone had found a new home for their people. They felt the draw... P.O.V. Swap Rayath collapsed to the ground feeling exhausted from her meditation that was only supposed to be a slight healing. She felt Diesel and other Mandalorians training around the room. "It looks like you''re out of your trance, we''ve called for you many times." "Sorry Sir, the force was calling, however, I think I''ve made some strong improvements." Although she was exhausted from using the force she still spoke. "Improvements? How so?" Skeptical at first Diesels tone was still slightly assertive but remember all he has learned of the Jedi he remembers sometimes they made breakthroughs in the force when mediating. "I believe I''ve learned a new ability that my people call Field Detection. And Sir I sense some sort of energy field surrounding you." She grew curious of her newfound ability. An ability that is unique to the Luka Sene. A/N: Luka Sene was basically an order for the Miralukan similar to the Jedi and Sith Order however, it was more educational then it was in controlling the lives of its members. Diesel was deep in thought of Rayaths new ability, understanding the basis of what she was saying as he looked at his armor. "Interesting and what does it do other than detect." "It seems like I''ll have to rethink how magic works." "Sir, it''s the force. Also, I may have done something by mistake sir." Even without seeing her eyes Diesel could see a slight change in her facial expression. "I believe, I''ve called my people to come here." "Called your people?" This time Diesel was confused there was no word of any communications leaving the ship. "Yes, My race is highly s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e to the force, and through the force when I was meditating our homelands. A signal or pulse if you will was released calling everyone that I''ve found a new home." Chapter 83 - Day-3 P.O.V. Diesel and Clan Spartan Sitting in the conference room Diesel and his direct subordinates watched the video feed from the training room. Replying on loop watching Rayath for any abnormalities. After some time passes Diesel turns towards the group. "Today, I''m officially creating a new force called Force-Valkyries and this will be there future leader." After his declaration the room grew quiet. Every Mandalorian knew that the Jedi have always been an enemy of the old. History has always shown they eventually end up on the losing end of such wars when the Jedi finally get involved. A sense of uneasiness filled the room other than four individuals. The Spartans and Ril''ah saw this as an opportunity. "Mandalore, If I may ask why are we allying ourselves with the Jedi? We have always been fighting them." The Mandalorian grew anxious waiting for an answer; a few even leaned forward hoping for a response. "The answer is simple: if we don''t evolve as a people, how are we expected to win. If we don''t accept that we are indeed weak as history states we cannot move forward and get stronger. We Mandalorians have lost battles with the Jedi, and as time passes we grew stronger and developed tactics to fight against them. The last time we lost we grew peaceful and lost our chances to grow stronger again. This time we must make expectations and speed up our progress of improvement. What better way then to recruit the enemies to our ranks. The more Magic users we have, the easier it will be for us to train against them. Would you rather us to sit and do nothing, and allow the Jedi to get stronger throughout the war. Read the history, understand it, and use it to make yourself stronger just like the Jedi did before. Search Darth Revan at the Great Library, you''ll be surprised at the length some Jedi will go to find peace in the galaxy. " Turning back toward the screen Diesel played the video again and began speaking. "I''ve been fighting wars against impossible odds and in the process of those wars, I''ve watched as brothers or sisters die, instead of staying still and waiting for the enemy, we evolved and got stronger as a race." Again the room grew quiet as many Mandalorian thought back on the strength they''ve seen of Diesel. They wondered what kind of trials one must have to go through to get as strong as him and the other Spartans. P.O.V. Swap It was only day three of her training but each day that passed her training only got more difficult. The kept struggling through basically collapsing and instantly passing out to fall asleep at night. When she ate she would watch other Mandalorians train trying her best to pick up any pointers. She has had barely any time to actually practice her force skills. However, through mediating and healing her skills have increased and expanded her available force abilities. Even finding new applications on how to use the force. Although draining it could be extremely effective when fighting outnumbered catching the enemies off-guard. Every training session increased her capabilities, every classroom meeting increased her knowledge. Every Mediation increased her force skills. For the first time never, she never felt so much improvement. Is it because she has direction? Or... *thud* "Time to get training 1500 push-ups, sit-ups and 15 miles are to be done in the next two hours." Startled because she was so focused thinking to herself she quickly got up and began running. Not even thinking twice about the order she was given. "Yes Sir." "Mandalor, don''t you think you''re going easy on her?" Ril''ah turned and stared at the Diesel wondering what his full plan was this time. "Maybe, but she is weak, and we don''t have the proper equipment for training. We need to make more training equipment." "Training equipment sir?" Slightly confused Ril''ah sat in silence making notes in his pad. *Need to increase the amount of training equipment on our sh.i.p.s and make NEW equipment for improving trainees.* "We''re almost to the point where the force is telling us about a day out. We will soon find a new home my friends." A small fleet of 5 sh.i.p.s carrying roughly about hundred Miralukans moved swiftly through hyperspace. Finally excited that the force called upon them to find a new home. Chapter 84 - Day-4 P.O.V. Random Miralukan "We should be leaving hyperspace at any moment and be at our new home friends....." As he was speaking they left hyperspace ending up dead center of the Mandalorian fleet. His smile dropped instantly as the Mandalorian sh.i.p.s surrounded the sh.i.p.s he immediately ran hailing the vessels to not fire. "Please don''t fire! We are a Miralukan refugee ship. Repeat we are a Miralukan refugee!" Panic was sweeping across the faces of some of the less experienced Miralukans while some of the older and far more experienced ones kept calm. "This is Viper 1 from the Spartan Assault. You are to follow us directly to the main ship for debriefing." Listening to the voice, the Miralukans chose to comply as they were surrounded. Although they were natural force users they were aligned more so towards the light side of the force. They didn''t wish to fight the Mandalorians. Landing onto Leviathan, Diesel personal vessel the Miralukans were mesmerized by the sheer size of the interior not to mention the orderly fashion the Mandalorians showed. They were moving like a well oiled machine. After disembarking they felt a force signature they haven''t met before. "Miralukan?" Stepping forward Rayath stood near Diesel and began to speak. "That is correct, I''m Rayath." Although they couldn''t see every single Miralukian could feel the force radiating off her. "I''m sorry about the fluctuation in the force, training has been exhausting." "I''m Nupaek. Are you the one who called us here? The call was about finding us a new home? However....This doesn''t look like a home." Although skeptical, he kept scanning the area paying attention to their surroundings in case people were planning something. "No need to be so vigilant, we have nothing planned. But to answer your question, the call did indeed come from me. However, I did not call you. The force did, and it only called you when I met this man." turning around facing the emptiness in the air her body motion indicated someone was there. "Diesel, in other words Mandalore." Standing proud Rayath took an military stance and saluted. "A Mandalorian? Please give us a few minutes here." Nupaek turned and went back towards the ship with the Miralukan who followed. P.O.V. Swap Nupaek Gathering the leaders from the sh.i.p.s the meeting was displayed for everyone to see. Nupaek began to discuss the things that were over with Rayath. Before finally sitting back down. "So what does everyone else think?" "The Mandalorans are untrustworthy and a war loving race. We should not have to abide by their rules." "The force has brought us here for a reason. When has the force ever lied to us?" "We know nothing of this man? Are we just gonna accept servitude?" "I mean hasn''t the force called us here for a new home? Maybe servitude is the wrong word, that Rayath doesn''t look like she''s being held as a slave or anything." The Miralukan discussion slowly grew heated as an hour very quickly passed. They all looked towards Nupaek finally coming to an agreement. P.O.V. Swap Jedi Temple "We must move quickly. Investigation must be sent!" Mace Windu''s voice sounded very demanding. "Calm we must be. Investigation we will. Obi-wan will go." P.O.V. Swap Darth Sidious "He will not interfere with my plans! Absolutely not! Send the Goliaths in! All of them!" Chapter 85 - Day-5-8 A couple days passed quickly as the Miralukans quickly got used to their new lifestyle within the Spartan''s fleet. Many who became interested joined Rayath in her intense training regime, constantly fighting the Mandalorians. They quickly became better at fighting. As the days passed the Force-Valkyrie''s grew from just Rayath to ten Miralukans. Rayath constantly sought to get stronger, even after all her physical training she turned back to her mediating wanting to learn more. She would use her Force Detection on the ship to learn as much as possible. However, she mistakenly used it on Diesel when he passed by and she felt a strong energy coming from him. She couldn''t make it out, is it a personal shield? Is it the armor? She sat wondering what it could be. "The next sparring session!" The next day rolled around, and many Mandalorians and Miralukans gathered to watch the daily spar between the two individuals. Entering the sparring arena both stood across from each other until the bell rang signaling the start of the match. Both launched from their starting spots and collided slightly shaking the room. Rayathw ho was much weaker than Diesel, faced him head on only for her to be knocked back a few feet quickly got back on her feet. She knew he was holding back in an attempt to not hurt her, but every exchange she felt bruises built up. Baiting a leg sweep, Rayath jumped into the air using the Force to not only increase her height but the speed on her jump landed behind Diesel and attempted to strike him from behind with the opening she created. She went for the strike slightly above the waistline from behind and made a hit onto Diesel. Feeling excited that she got a hit she let her guard down and went flying into the crowd of onlookers. "Very good, you''re improving quickly, however you shouldn''t let your guard down. That is really the only disappointment in this trade. You might eventually make me have to try." Diesel slightly teased Rayath and then returned to his normal domineering attitude. "Now get up." "Yes Sir." The spar continued Rayath kept striking the same areas, although 98% of the time she failed in even hitting her intended target. After two hours of sparring she laid on the ground panting. "Much better, it seems like you formulated a plan and attempted to carry it out. However, if you make a plan and make the execution too obvious it''ll make it very easy for the enemy to counter it. Now tell me why you were focusing on those areas." Diesel stood firm and clearly wished to know why she was focusing on certain areas. Rayath hesitated for a moment and scanned the room looking at the hundreds of people watching. "May we have a few moments alone. I don''t wish to share the reasoning Sir." "Clear the room." Very quickly everyone left the room some pouting because they couldn''t hear the reason while others became intrigued. "Now?" Waiting for the last person to leave the room, only the two remained in the room. "I have a rare ability called Force Detection. It was telling me the weak points in your armor." She didn''t want to explain every detail because she still wanted to hold a slight advantage. Every little advantage she could hold she needed if she wished to beat Diesel while sparring. "I see." P.O.V. Swap "Count Dooku, I have important information on Diesel! The man looked extremely happy and excited to pass on the information to the Count, although he tried to refrain from showing too much disrespect. "Oh? And what type of Information do we have? I thought we told you to keep contact to an absolute minimum." The Count kept calm but was very interested in this information for the spy to reveal himself so early. "He''s making an army of...." His voice cuts out. Leaving a slight pause before the Count speaks. "You cut out an army of what?" "I''m sorry Count but the information you seek, is no longer available. Thank you for finding one of the spies." With that the transmission cuts. other direction. into each oterh Chapter 86 - Day 9 (Short) A/N: I would like to inform everyone after the next chapter, this series is gonna be on hold for a while or a hiatus. For some reason I want to try another story style for a bit and see if I like it. Also this chapter will be shorter while the other one will be much longer. I hope it will be somewhere around 1500-2000 words after everything is said and done wrapping up this arc. The ninth day of the declaration came by and went by in a flash. The Mandalorians who were generally carefree. Well carefree in a Mandalorian kind of a way. We''re now hyper focused and ready to go into battle at any time. It was like a switch was flipped when everyone woke up in the morning. Orders were being thrown out everywhere as people were making the final checks on everything before the faithful battle. Today, the Miralukan were gathered and moved onto a Mandalorian civilian ship. They were to be a part of the battle. The Force-Valkyries are another story in Diesel''s opinion it was time for him to show one everyone that a new force has appeared in the galaxy. "Diesel, I know you said we were attacking today but we still haven''t been informed of the plan exactly." "Ri''lah, the only thing everyone is to know is move forward, the enemy is going to thing we came up with some plan because of the declaration but the reality of it all we are going to do is completely overwhelm them in the beginning. They are gonna be scared to commit to many force in the beginning. Just tell everyone there goal to destroy every ship on the way." "A war of attrition sir? wouldn''t that take too long?" "Incorrect. Like I said, the enemy is gonna be scared to commit anything in the beginning so the force in the beginning will be smaller than it should be. Just eliminate every ship and every enemy possible." "Sir, is that really a good idea?" Although Ri''lah wanted this battle he was concerned if they took a battle of attrition things could get dicey. "We have nothing to worry about, even if the trade federation joins the battle our men can easily take down triple our numbers. Our shields are highly superior to the enemies." "Of course Mandalore." P.O.V. Swap Ri''lah Leaving the room, Ri''lah went to his quarters and hopped on a hidden communications panel. "It seems we can style with the original plan, although we do have to make slight alterations now. He somehow recruited some force users he''s calling the Force Valkyries. Although small they could be dangerous if not handled properly." "He has force-users now? This is not within our expectations! This could completely ruin it. This is no longer a good idea." The man over the coms sounded somewhat panicked. "Stop worrying about slight altercations, force users or not, they are gonna come right up the middle and destroy everything in their path. Just make sure the Goliaths get on Diesel''s ship. Literally nothing else matters." "I''ll inform Vegu then." The transmission flashes, turning off, as Ri''lah walks over to a window showing the mass of Clan Spartan''s fleet. "Everything''s coming together nicely, very soon everything will be ours." Chapter 87 - Quick Info the final chapter has been finished and is being edited should have it done soon/day or so. Chapter 88 - Discord News I recreated a discord covering every Novel/FF that I''m currently writing (3). Here people can ask questions or see the currently schedule for novel releases. This discord will even have an area where you can support me outside of . discord.gg/He36T28K8z "He36T28K8z" Chapter 89 - Side Story 1: (Short) - Teaser After the death of Supreme Commander Rho ''Barutamee of The Fleet of Valiant Prudence his Lieutenant Shipmaster Kantar ''Utaralee took over the scatter Fleet Until reinforcements arrived. Supreme Commander Thel ''Vadamee and his Fleet of Particular Justice quickly took over the battle eventually leading the Covenant to victory in the Battle of Reach. Noticing fleeing human vessels he quickly ordered the destruction of them allowing the "Pillar of Autumn" and a small vessel to escape "Diesel". Two ships escaped in different directions one being the "Pillar of Autumn." Where he ordered every ship under his command to pursue after the Pillar while ordering the remnants to chase after the smaller vessel. ------Years past------ Chapter 90 - Returned From Grace Taking a look over the information that he received from Ri''lah. Diesel took a few moments to devise a few different plans. It seemed to him that Ri''lah handled a lot of the lighter details of this operation preplanning by sending the ghost and weapons to help support the Twi''lek resistance. "It''s time to go hunting." The Spartans (The Clan) around the room immediately began preparing for battle." P.O.V. Swap "The space battle between the Separatist and the Republic has started. How do you wish for us to proceed?" A small group of Mandalorians watched hidden in the distance preventing either side from detecting them. "Keep watching. We don''t want to intervene until our forces are properly in place. The ground forces were able to land without being spotted and Mandalore will be arriving in the sector shortly with reinforcements." Dith grinned because after becoming an Operation Commander with Weniz the both of them were having the best times of their lives. Many of the ?ssaults on the droid factories were planned and operated by them in some sort of manner. Not to mention this battle. He was finally able to fight alongside Diesel again after so long. "Commander Dith the republic forces have been defeated with one heavily damaged cruiser. While losing another It seems that one of there squadron attempted a suicide run and failed. I think the attack on Ryloth will be postponed." "Who is the space commander of the Republic Forces?" Dith knew by finding out who the commander of the space forces on how the Republic Forces would react. "According to the data the commander of the space battle should be Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ashoka Tano." On the other side of the Communicator the Mandalorian could hear the Commander laughing. Confused at first he understood shortly after why and returned with a smile. "Nevermind, Commander, I see my mistake." "Good always keep in mind who the Commanders of the forces are. They might be your enemies someday." Making sure he quickly disciplines the Mandalorian. Dith quickly gazes over the soon to be battlefield of Lessu. "Get the Men in position and prepare for battle the Republic forces should be breaking through soon. We may have to start the battle without Mandalore. "Squad One in position at Nabat." "Squad Two in position around the Twi''lek Resistance forces." "Squad Three In position hidden inside the Lessu. Prepared to surprise the enemies whenever." "Squad......." Listening to all the squads call out and that they''ve remained hidden Dith was excited because he knew that he would be taking a bath in droid oil tonight. (F-Me this line was so lame.) "Relay the information to Mandalore." P.O.V. Swap Diesel Diesel sat upon his chair examining the intel that the force on the planet had received. For the most part he understood that this battle would be an easy battle. The Separatist had no way to receive reinforcements as well as the Republic. Even without his interference. The Separatist weren''t going to be able to hold on. However, the goal of this operation wasn''t to take back Ryloth but to send a message to both sides. We can appear wherever we please and when we do if you''re our enemy we will completely annihilate you. Diesel waited just outside the sector for the battle of Lessu to begin. When they entered the battle he planned to end it within a few minutes. "Diesel, Intel from the front lines it seems like Master Windu and Master Obi-Wan are making pushes upon the enemies at Nabat and Lessu. Everything seems to be proceeding as predicted. They should enter the affective battle range in an hour." The Mandalorian quickly relayed the intel knowing full well what the plan was; he wasn''t going to be the reason they arrived later to show their strength. "Operation Blitzkrieg is a go." Alarms began blaring across the ships as ODJTs prepared themselves into pods. As well as Diesel''s newly acquired Valkyries. Diesel could clearly see the seriousness and smiles upon the faces of his Knights. Everyone was excited for this battle of strength. P.O.V. Republic Forces Anakin Skywalker. "Commander! We are detecting ships in Hyperspace roughly 10 signatures!" The clone trooper sitting at the radar quickly panicked. If the enemy had another 10 ships ready to appear on the battlefield they were in trouble. Anakin quickly ran over and checked the Radar and passed the information to the ground forces.. Before turning towards everyone on the bridge. "Prepare for battle! We will begin firing as soon as they leave Hyperspace!" Chapter 91 - How? P.O.V. Anakin Skywalker The Republic forces waited patiently for the new forces to arrive from hyperspace. Even though they were heavily outnumbered in this situation they at least had to buy a little time for the forces that were on the ground. "Get ready to fire!" Anakin Skywalker stood at the bridges determined to buy Obi-wan and Mace Windu as much time as he could. Even if he couldn''t win the fight he could at least delay them and hopefully destroy or cripple a ship or two on their exit. "Sir, we are receiving a message. It''s Mandalorian!" The clone controlling the coms was excited to find out the Mandalorians were here. Assuming they were here to help. "Patch them through." Anakin grinned at the possibility of reinforcements. "This is Ri''lah from Clan Spartan we are here to help. We will begin our ?ssault immediately please sit back and enjoy the show." Not even allowing Anakin to answer Ri''lah ended the transmission and the Spartan fleet appeared from hyper launching their drop pods thousands of pods entered the atmosphere of the planet within seconds of the Spartans entering the system the Republic Forces had no time to react. It was the first time anyone from the Republic personally got to witness this scene. P.O.V. Swap Obi-Wan "Anakin! What is happening here! Are they launching an attack from space!" Obi-wan was panic not understanding what was happening just yet. "I''m not sure yet! They''ve cut transmission and are not answering our calls!" Anakin himself was understanding what exactly the Mandalorians goals were. "Both of you relax, I believe this is the Mandalorians drop pods, it looks similar to what the recording from the Mandalorian Civil War looked like. Everyone moved on like planned." "May the force be with you." Obi-wan left the transmission and prepared to land at Nabat. "Keep external damage to a minimum, no rockets or detonators. unless absolutely necessary" Obi-Wan forces began landing on the outskirts of Nabat to take out the Cannon''s to allow the larger transports to begin landing.. As his forces approached the city outskirts he already heard gunfire ahead. He quickly ordered his men forward ?ssuming the battle was the Mandalorian forces that landed with drop pods. However, upon arriving at the outer wall Obi-Wan only saw the Mandalorians on the wall defense. Noticing his presence the a Mandalorian Jet-pack down landing next to Obi-Wan. Saluting Obi-Wan as a Commander of the Republic forces he showed his respects. As a member of Ghost Company he naturally respected those in a higher position then himself. "Commander Obi-Wan Ghost Company from the Mandalorians have secured this position, you and your forces may enter and relax. The battle will end shortly." "We will help support your men, what are the current enemy positions here?" Obi-Wan was happy the battle was going well and that the Mandalorians thought they would win easily. "Oh, my fault I should have explained better. The City of Nabat is completely void of droids, When I say battle I was referring to the Planet being retaken from the Separatist. I cannot tell you the details yet. But we planned to have the planet captured by the end of the day." The Mandalorian sounded completely confident in himself. "How do you expect us to help if we don''t know how you''re attacking the Separatist?" Obi-Wan was now slightly concerned as well as his Clone behind him. "We don''t expect you to help, as we speak right now Diesel and our elite forces are attacking Lessu. There just isn''t a need for you to do anything. I would expect it to fall in a few hours if not less." As the Mandalorians were speaking he received a message from his fellow forces. "Actually, I take that back it should end in a few minutes we''ve just captured Tambor" "How?" Completely stunned at how quickly everything just happened in front of him he couldn''t exactly process what exactly was said to him." Chapter 92 - Operation Failure If the droid army could panic they would be right now. Without a proper commander in both the Tambor and the tactical droid TA-175 and enemies appearing all over there formations. Friendly fire was becoming a common theme within the droid army to this point. Most Spartan Mandalorians adopted the same approach as Diesel, completely brute forcing their way through the droid army. Especially those who wore Beskar armor. With the combination of Beskar and Shielding technology at the Mandalorians fingertips they became practically invincible to any blaster fire unless they were completely overwhelmed. However, at this moment that was literally impossible with what was happening. Diesel was using this armor to destroy tanks and walkers without a problem while stream rolling any and all droids in between him and the next tank. While also being escorted by Rayath and a couple other Valkyries outfitted in a much lighter version of an Mandalorian outfit. Colored in pitch Dark Red lining with deep blue stripes flowing down the arms. The suit covered most of her vitals basically alloying her to move at high-speed leaving there joints exposed. However, with the force they could easily deflect anything that was to be shot in their direction because of the limited amount of vulnerabilities they had. Most of the Valkyries wore Mask rather than full helmets however they carried the standard T in the middle of them. If one didn''t know better their outfits could easily be mistaken as a Sith one. Today, the Valkyries were going to make their very first public appearance to the Republic and most Separatist. Nothing was able to stand in between the Spartans and victory at this point. Their push finally entered the city where Diesel destroyed the last remaining tank he sat down. With his escorting Valkyries surrounding the tank. He turned towards the upper platform where his Ghost would be basically showing the world there was nothing they could do to stop him and his growing power. P.O.V. Swap Ri''lah "How is the intel gathering going? Everything must be stolen and revealed to the public. This is our chance to show everyone." Ri''lah stood confidently upon Leviathan, the mothership of Diesel''s fleet. Scanning the logs of Tambor he could see the fallback plans he made if he were to ever lose the world. For example, him bombing nearby villages. The plans were countless and would soon be seen by the public. Instead of being feared by the populace they would be heroes. *Short timeskip* The Resistance fighters didn''t even have a chance to make it to the battlefield before the Spartan made it deep within the city. Cham Syndulla the leader of the Resistance fighters walked up to Diesel who sat upon the destroyed tank giving him a respective bow before speaking. "I thank you on behalf of the people of Ryloth. I don''t know how we could ever repay you. The amount of lives you saved and protected is something no other faction could possibly do. May I know how many men the Spartans lost for retaking out planet." There was a long silence from Diesel who never turned towards Cham Syndulla, this caused him to think he offended the man originally. However, he finally turned and spoke. "One." The answer was extremely short and cold. But the number was absolutely insane, how could they score a flawless victory like this and only lose one person. A newfound respect was given to these Spartans. However, he could tell in the tone of Diesel''s voice he was unhappy. Why? They only lost one person. Did they expect a perfect victory? Cham saw this as an opportunity for his people if he could show favor towards the Mandalorians; maybe they would help protect them from both the Republic and Separatist. No more occupation needed. "I''m extremely saddened by the loss of a valuable member to your Clan. If you enlighten me on the details of this man. I''ll make sure he receives a statue in Lessu to honor his death for the defense of our homeland. It''s the least we can do for people who are asking nothing in return." These words caused many nearby Mandalorians to halt and turn towards Cham.. Honor after death is what every Mandalorian wishes and Diesel has been the first to deliver this true honor to them. Chapter 93 - Jedi Mindset A/N: Not sure why but I feel like this is one chapter is one of my favorite ones. Please comment and tell me your views on this chapters and many things that could be improved on. Or if you enjoyed this one like myself. "We must take action now! The Sith have been hiding in the mask of the Mandalorians again! Shall we let history repeat itself?" Mace Mindu was the first to act in the meet amongst his peers and fellow Council members. "Patience we must, ?ssume we cannot." Yoda attempted to reason with the fellow Master however he could see his attempt to reason with Mace weren''t very successful. "Are we sure they are Sith? They don''t wield any Red Lightsabers? In fact most if not all are wielding yellow?" Master Plo Koon quickly joined on the Grandmasters side, noticing the simple flaw in this discovery of new force-wielders. "They wear outfits similar to those recorded in archives. This matter must not be overlooked." Sighing, Yoda felt a little disheartened by the way his fellow Masters were acting. However, he pressed forward. " Meet you Must. Talk we will. Now go. Obi-Wan will ?ssist you. Anger you must not." Cutting the transmission off from both Obi-Wan and Windu, Yoda scanned the room of his fellow Masters. "Trouble times we are." Faster Forward to the P.O.V. Swap Outside of Lessu Master Obi-wan Shortly after the battle two RTTs were allowed through the Mandalorians lines. Both landed near the temporary headquarters where Diesel and Cham were sitting discussing the outcomes and future plans of the battle. Both Mace Windu and Obi-Wan exited their RTTs and began making their ways towards Diesel. For now they were instructed by both the Council and Chancellor to keep angering the Spartans. Everyone saw the might of the Mandalorian for now it wouldn''t be smart to force themselves on a third front of the war. "If you wish to pass this point, the troopers and your weapons will be taken until your meeting is over." Obi-Wan could sense the Force within these two and it was strong. They were at the very least upper tier Jedi Knights of the Order. "The trooper will stay however the Lightsaber will not be taken by possible Sith." Mace Windu left no moment for Obi-wan to respond and he could only shake his head in response. This however didn''t sit well with either the Valkyries or the Mandalorian forces; the feelings of disrespect was clearly felt from both Valkyries. That the Jedi felt disturbance within the both of them. "How dare you call us Sith. you have no idea what the Sith have done to our people." Many of the surrounding Mandalorians began to surround the Jedi and the Clone troopers that followed. With several additions of resistance fighters who felt the Mandalorians earned help with whatever appeared. Obi-Wan quickly saw the situation getting out of hand and attempted to step forward before being interrupted by a newcomer. "Their Lightsabers can stay by the orders of Mandalore, but the Clone troopers stay." Both Valkyries who stood in front of the Jedi cleared away and bowed respectively to the newcomer. "It seems like the Council is still all talk. You must realize you''re here under our terms and if we wanted to we could destroy the Republic''s presence here without fail. Not like your Lightsaber will even touch Diesel." Obi-Wan watched the surrounding area and how once this Valkyrie showed most of the Mandalorians began relaxing. This person must be someone in the higher part of the Force-Wielders Order. "Hello, I''m Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi Master of the Jedi Order." He attempted to ease the tension even slightly. The Valkyrie looked back towards Obi-Wan. "Yes, I know both of you. You are one of the few remaining clear headed Jedi left, while most of the rest are slowly being brainwashed by your Order." This one sentence angered Mace Windu to the point he began walking forward to confront this one. "Who are you to judge the Jedi Order? We''ve kept peace within the Galaxy far longer than you''ve been alive." "Yet, you''ve been outplayed by the Sith since they appeared on Naboo. Also, considering until recently I was in the Jedi Order I believe I have the right to make a judgement after you left me and my Master to die.." The lone Valkyrie reached up, removing her mask revealing her face. She smiled although you could tell from her face the smile was forced and that she was hurting inside Chapter 94 - Notice Sadly half of my department has caught covid and out so ill be running double time for the next couple week if there is a chapter great if not im sorry i promise ill attempt to get out some if i can Chapter 95 - Shaken Part 2 P.O.V. Dith''s/Weinz Ghost Companies "Dith it seems the battle has begun on Ryloth we need to hurry and complete our mission before they finish." Weinz ushered Dith to quickly begin their mission. "I know! Let''s go!" Both Companies of roughly ten Mandalorians began Operation Lockdown. This mission was given to them directly from Ri''lah and completely unknown by Diesel. Ri''lah constantly used the two of them for undercover ops. These missions usually include ?ssassination''s, seek and destroy, important information gathering mission. The three of them came to an understanding early on that they would support Diesel from the shadows while he handled all the direct confrontations. The two companies were quickly moving across the streets and the rooftops on Coruscant, keeping to the shadows as much as they were allowed to. Most people who noticed the Mandalorians were either smart to completely leave the area or were killed on sight depending on the situation. When they arrived near their destination. Weinz went over the information they had received from their scouting reporting days prior to the operation. "The Senator has two Jedi bodyguards. If possible we can neutralize the two without killing them. Keep your thoughts hidden. This is a hit and run operation when you arrive, kill the target and leave. You are not to overstay and fight." The tone was calm, yet sad they weren''t able to confront the Jedi directly as long time enemies he wished to be able to fight them. Even with the recent additions of the Valkyries his drive to fight the Jedi grew. He had a deep respect towards Rayath who became Diesel''s direct apprentice. Her determination to grow as a fighter was better than most Mandalorians who couldn''t last against Diesel; she kept fighting and Dueling him everyday for hours. She was quickly becoming the best fighter in Clan Spartan. He felt the Jedi lost a strong potential member to their order. They even left her to die, which angered him greatly. As the Mandalorians drew closer both begun the attack immediately not even allowing the other to take up positions. This way the attacks would be harder to predict using the force. The attacks were swift, Dith and Weinz quickly went in and began attacking the Jedi. One carried the DarkSaber while the other carried the Plasma Sword that Diesel arrived with, Although, they didn''t have force abilities their combat effectiveness was better then both Jedi combined. They overwhelm the two Jedi''s before they were ambushed and hit with tranquilizer darts. As the bodyguards of the Senator fell one after another the Senator grew angry and worried. "Do you know who I''m! I''m Senator Orn Free Taa! I''m a Senator of the Republic." The fat blue twi''lek who fancied his riches over his people began stomping his feet. "In the new era trash like you isn''t allowed to exist." Dith gritted his teeth and slashed the Senator killing him on the spot. As he fell to the group the group of Mandalorians began to hear a massive amount of people beginning to show up. "Quickly Scatter and return to point Alpha-Niner-Three, If your followed you know what to do." P.O.V. Jedi *fastforwarding* "It seems they have begun making their moves on the Republic now. Sadly, we don''t have enough information on them to pin it on Clan Spartan. How does the Battle of Ryloth proceed?" Plo-Koon looks towards his fellow Masters in hope to receive at the very least a small amount of good news. Mundi sighed "It seems they move faster than we thought. They already interfered in the battle of Ryloth and completely annihilated the Separatists forces. Commander Cham Syndulla even signed an alliance agreement with Clan Spartan and released Tambor to the Separatist for war crimes." Mundi could only helplessly shake his head. "He released Tambor to the Separatist? For the charge of war crimes? Why would they do that?" Plo-Koon was finally intrigued by this action. As the Jedi Knights were killed or injured this meant they were trying to pick a fight with the Jedi but were looking toward the Republic. Does this mean the Mandalorians have a problem with the republic but not the Jedi? Plo-koon quietly sat and thought to himself. "I believe we pay him a visit." "Him?" All the Masters in the room or on the call looked towards plo-koon wondering who he was referring to. "Diesel." Chapter 96 - New Techs And Ahsoka A/N: This was a lot harder to write then I figured it was. Sorry about the delay. P.O.V. Ruray and Sophia "Sophia we did it! We successfully augmented shielding to Beskar armor! Which this we can increase the combat capabilties of all our Mandalorians warriors." Ruray was extremely excited one of her long time goals over the pass few years have been completed. She just created her own version of Spartan Armor. Although, the shield was still weaker then the true Spartans it would decrease the amount of deaths overall. "Good. Our technology is slowly surpassing everyone elses. Soon we will be able to reveal everything. If only our production could be increase. If it wasn''t for our advance training and equipment we could be overwhelmed." Sophia only shook her head, while she stared at the intel that was provided by the ghost on each faction. The Separatist droids were slowly improving in capabilities and the overall production has increased by ten-fold. Even with them constantly striking factories it''ll be impossible for them to keep up with the numbers. Taking a moment Sophia began attempting to reverse engineer the droideka she was working on. As long as the individual core has been left intact she would be able to narrow down another factory. However, this time she was stumped it seems the Separatist have been increasing the security measures within the droids to prevent hacking. However, if she could break this code although it wouldn''t affect every factions within the Separatist. She could at least neutralize any droid from the Techno Union. Meanwhile, Ruray return to her work in augmenting equipment, She finally completed her work on the armor, now she needed to apply it on there vehicles. Her mind was literally one-dimensial at this point everything was about increasing how effective her shielding technology could be. P.O.V. Swap Jedi-Knight Ahsoka Tano Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka were able to get a little free time from the frontline and both took some time to visit Naboo. Anakin had her check out the sights and visit Spartan academy to get some insights on how the Mandalorians worked and operated. Her visit was arranged by Padme so the instructors would be able to give her a proper tour. "Master, why must I visit the academy when your out enjoying yourself!" "Snips. This is an opportunity for you to learn, we took this trip for you to experience another side of this war. This will be a perfect place for you to learn. A lot of the more effective commanders right now have visited one of the Spartan Academies. Take this time to learn so things like what happened at Ryloth don''t happen again. " Figuring this would be enough to convince Ahsoka Anakin brought up her recent failure at the battle of Ryloth. Losing her entire squadron at the battle was a big hit to her pride. Slightly sulking, Ahsoka understood what her Master meant. Even if she misunderstood his actual intentions. Being led by one of the instructors, he first came across an open area where Mandalorians and people from Naboo were sparring; most of them looked young, probably between the ages of 12-16. However, she could tell they were more than capable of fighting droids. Next she was brought to what looked to be people shooting at objects in the distance. (Think of a gun range) She couldn''t understand the thought process about that. Why shoot at objects that do nothing. "You seem confused Jedi, and like most Jedi they don''t seem to understand the process of what''s happening here. Be it a Gun or Detonators no one is immediately good at them. Normal people don''t possess the force or rather control it like the Jedi do. So without practice we cannot improve. However, if we practice enough force or not we can be a force to be reckoned with." The Instructor seems to be excited explaining to a Jedi that they could still fight without force powers. "It sounds like you believe a normal person can beat a Jedi?" Ahsoka felt a little offended. A normal person shouldn''t be able to overtake a trained Jedi Knight. "Do you think the Mandalorians are able to beat the Jedi?" The Instructor looked at Ahsoka and smiled. "Even without the Valkyries I''m sure we would be able to beat the Jedi. There is literally not a single Jedi who would be strong enough to hold back Diesel. In his words there are only a few races out there that can hold back a True Spartan full strength." Leading Ahsoka into a room full of screens, he had her sit down and began watching videos. The first video was Diesel literally busting through walls in his Naboo and Mandalorian Civil war days, completely expressing his battle prowess. The second video that was played was ~Black Listed~. "This video is what we call classified according to the higher-ups. I''m supposed to show you this however, you are in no means to share this information with anyone. Not even your Jedi Order." "Why are you sharing this with me then. " This confused Ahsoka. Why was she permitted to see this video? The video began playing showing massive creatures she never before, hundreds of ships not known to her. Guns of different shapes and sizes firing things she knew she couldn''t deflect from his Lightsaber. "What is this!" "Clan Spartan''s true enemy. I don''t know the details but this is coming from the top." The instructor walked over and handed Ahsoka a letter. A/N: I''m sure you all know, who likes pulling strings xD Chapter 97 - Quick Update After the Holidays I came down with Covid and began thinking a lot of the things I can to slightly help myself a little. After a lot of reading in my down time I came to the realization that, A lot of fan fic writers are doing "bonus chapters" for *******. So, now that I''ve been feeling better I''ll be creating a ******* (which is done). That will at some point support 20 Chapters ahead of time and have a two chapter release weekly on Tuesday and Thursdays adding a bonus Chapter every 25 patreons. However, this will take a little time to set-up so I''ll begin with HOPEFULLY by this week have ONE chapter released on and FIVE on the *******. and once the twenty Chapters are set-up I''ll move to two weekly release. Please go ahead and post any comments and concerns here or at the discord, I will get back to them as soon as I can. For any early supporters: *******.com/ObsidianRain ---Currently one chapter that will be posted by Monday (Goal) With five more on here. paypal.me/Quickrain ---Direct Support can be applied here discord.gg/s7wBugWhPZ --- For my discord Twitch.tv/Carminie ---For streaming purposes (been doing a lot of extreme-savage ff14 content) Chapter 98 - Quick Information Dump Just to be clear on what I mean and what I''ll being doing with *******. So currently the goal is to be 20 Chapters ahead of the release on . Depending on how successful it would be I might increase it the amount of chapters but that would be for another time. So the format until the ******* is set up is For every 5 every released 1 chapter will be released on so that would mean. Chapter 97 being release would mean I have 5+ chapter possibly completed on Pateron Chapter 98 being released would mean I have 10+ Chapter 99 being released would mean I have 15+ Chapter 100 being released would mean I have 20 So the story would be on Chapter 120 when the ******* is completed For any early supporters: *******.com/ObsidianRain ---Currently 5 Chapters ahead will be working on making it 20 paypal.me/Quickrain ---Direct Support can be applied here discord.gg/s7wBugWhPZ --- For my discord Chapter 99 - Hoth OMG IM SO SORRY I FORGOT TO RELEASE THE CHAPTER! This was suppose to be released yesterday. I''m incredibly sorry! Good news tho! 6 More Chapters until we have a release schedule that will be proper, And one more chapter until we have hit officially 100 chapter release! Thank you all for the support. A/N: Good news is we are now officially 15 chapters ahead on ******* and working towards 20! (Chapter 114) Six more to go until the novel will receive proper updates again! For any early supporters: *******.com/ObsidianRain ---Currently 15 Chapters ahead Chapter 114 paypal.me/Quickrain ---Direct Support can be applied here discord.gg/s7wBugWhPZ --- For my discord Twitch.tv/carminie ---For streaming purposes (been doing a lot of extreme-savage ff14 content) Planet of Hoth 50 kilometers Southwest of Mining Base Alpha "Why of all people were we sent here!" Lantern looked over to his long time partner Jack. "They wanted some professional scouting the regions near our Mining camp. Just in case we meet some unexpected vistors." Jack could only frown under his helmet. He understood the frustration if Lantern. They were met to be elites selected from the 300th to help support there clone brothers who were still in danger of falling under the Sith. "I know! But the agreement we had for joining the Ghost were that we would like to support the 300th and our fellow clones from the shadows! Not coming to some dump of a wasteland in search of nothing!." Lantern was clearly showing he was dissatisfied. Jack knew their was slightly more to that then just not being allowed to help his brothers. Of the two Lantern was the most excited to join the Ghost even before them explaining the agreement. Diesel was like an idol to Lantern and he wanted to fight beside his idol. "Man lets just move towards our next scouting point. Delta Zero Four, should be roughly 10 kilometers to the north of here." Lantern could only sigh while looking at the map. He turned back towards the two speeders they used for scouting before a hand landed on his shoulder indicated to keep silence. Both clones quickly went into kneeling. While Lantern followed Jack other hand pointing out into the wasteland. A large group of roughly 25 bipedal creatures appeared running across the empty wasteland roughly about a half of kilometer out. They were moving roughly 90 kph and a little behind that were two pedal creatures that were standing 3 meters tall. "What are those things?" Jack kept to a low whisper. "The one in the herd is called Tauntaun. As for those larger br??st I''m not sure they don''t seem to be in our current database." Lantern kept scanning the intel in order to find any sort of information on the tall furred beast. "My guess would be they are on top of the food chain in this area considering how quickly the Tauntaun are running. We should avoid them for now and see if we can retrieve any intel about them." "We need to follow them and find their dwellings, if they are indeed on top of the food chain its very possible they will show up at our mining base at some point." Jack attempted to be as logical as possible. They did have to little info on this beast however the safety of there fellow soldiers back at the base should be first. "Jack...Our orders are just suppose to scout and keep out of danger. Its very possible if we follow those beast we could end up in trouble." Lantern although he was very upset about this ?ssignment tried to keep it to the book as possible without disobeying his orders directly. Sighing, Jack knew Lantern was correct but he felt the need to know the location of there dwellings would be very important in the future in case anything happens. "We should at least find there home and leave as quickly as possible preventing any dangers." Planet of Hoth 55 kilometers Southwest of Mining Base Alpha Near Wampa Mountain Dwellings Lantern wasn''t very happy being convince into following the creature into the mountains. He felt it left them very exposed. As they didn''t know how the terrain as well as the beast would. Not to mention he wasn''t even sure if they wasn''t going to be more of them. "Jack we should turn around now. If we head any deeper its very possible to be surrounded." Jack stopped to consider the option before moving forward. A hand grabbed onto his shoulder and yanked him into the show. "What did I just tell you! Look at your motion tracker!" Lantern quickly check his motion tracker and noticed three red dots that appeared what could only be above them. He quickly glanced up and seen one of the three dots walking down towards them. "Shit we need to get out of here now. I messed up. activate our beacons just in case." In case of emergency each member of the ghost were equipped beacons and motion trackers that were supplied by Sophia. Both Jack and Lantern moved out back towards the bottom of the mountain. Hoping they wouldnt catch the sight there sight. What they didn''t know was they just outside of there motion trackers another five of those creatures watched them. "Fuck! Jack! I told you this was a bad idea! We need to report this immediately." Lantern was furious. He could only hope nothing bad would come out of this. Chapter 100 - 100 - Hoth 2 Friends we did it! We finally made it 20 chapters ahead of the release here! ******* is finally set up! Please come visit and get chapters early if you wish! Starting next week we will begin releasing chapters on Tuesday/Thursday and bonus chapters for every 25 patreons if we ever make it that far! For any early supporters: *******.com/ObsidianRain ---20 Chapters ahead paypal.me/Quickrain ---Direct Support can be applied here discord.gg/s7wBugWhPZ --- For my discord Twitch.tv/carminie ---For streaming purposes (been doing a lot of extreme-savage ff14 content) Planet of Hoth Alpha base Communications Room Both Jack and Lantern quickly escaped from the mountain and returned to the base to report their finding to the base General who relayed the information to Ri''lah. "Commander Ri''lah our scouts reports a species of beast hiding in the mountains we don''t have the exact details or location. The scouts said the situation was quickly becoming serious and retreated from there. We believe they are possibly on top of the food chain in this area. Not to mention the locations that is reported is were our scanners detected many resources." Silence filled the room as Ri''lah took in the information. "The scouts did a good job. However, They will still need to be punished for not following orders. Keep it light and prepare to send a proper party to the region. We will send another thousand soldiers to help with this." "Thank you Commander Ri''lah." The unnamed general bowed his head. "For the future." This phrase made Ri''lah smile as he knew this general was loyal to his cause. So in response he returned with the same exact phrase. "For the future." The Communication cut off leaving the General, Jack and Lantern all in the same room staring at each other. Both Jack and Lantern looked down knowing what was coming to them for not following orders directly. For they still haven''t learned the severity of their actions. Mandalorian Sector aboard Ri''lah personal transport shuttle. On his way towards the meeting between most of the leaders of Clan Spartan and the planet representatives Ri''lah calmly looked at a large map of the outer rim. "It seems like most of the plans are coming out perfectly." As someone who''s been working behind the scenes creating an organization beside Clan Spartan with the attempt to raise Diesel fame to another level. He has done many things most people wouldn''t even consider. Like being a spy for the enemy in an attempt to cause a Civil War. "Sir, we still need to get the mining operation completed on three more planets if we want to properly support our military and our possible new allies." Ri''lah turned back towards his attendant and placed a hand on his shoulder. "No worries. We have a lot of time still, we should be running at full capacity by the end of the month. Planet of Hoth Alpha base 24:00 Hours Jack and Lantern were both fast asleep when sirens started blaring. Both of them jumped out of their beds and quickly began dressing in their proper attire. If the sirens were going off that would mean an enemy attack was coming. "Enemy attack! Numbers unknown! Prepare for Combat! They are inside the base!" The loud speaker was going off. But there was no direction of what was happening. They didn''t have a defense point or even direct orders. After the two of them got into their gear they immediately started on the local channel to get any information they could. "Where are the attackers at? Do we have information on who it is yet?" Jack Yelled on the radio and mostly received static as sirens kept going off with the repeated message. Jack knew this base didn''t have a lot of military personnel and were mostly civilians. This made him frown because getting proper information and orders were going to take slightly longer then normal. "We are pinned down near the inner hallway at section D. We have three beasts here. They don''t have any weapons but can definitely take a few shots! Just focus on bringing them down a couple at a time and we should have no problems!." This was music to Lantern ears, the enemy seemed to be just a beast and should easily be taken care of. "Help! Section F we are being overrun! We have men down and are in need of support!." This stunned Jack for a moment. They didn''t have any weapons. How are they being pushed? "We are moving to support. How many enemies?" This time there was radio silence. "Section F, what are we looking at!" This was bad. This meant they were mostly likely overran. Both of them picked up their pace and turned into the hallway only to see blood splattered on the floor and walls with no bodies. "Ghost to base.. they are taking the bodies to prepare to fight to the death." Chapter 101 - Hoth 3 Bonus Chapter For any early supporters: *******.com/ObsidianRain ---20 Chapters ahead paypal.me/Quickrain ---Direct Support can be applied here discord.gg/s7wBugWhPZ --- For my discord Twitch.tv/carminie ---For streaming purposes (been doing a lot of extreme-savage ff14 content Planet of Hoth Alpha base Under attack by beast The radio finally started going off as the beast kept overwhelming positions inside the base. The main problem was they were even leaving any corpses. Every position would be hit and then the beast would take moments to take away any bodies. "This is Ghost Actual all remaining survivors head to the hangar and prepare defenses." The order seemed a little out of place since the hanger was taken without much of a fight however, after each moment of silence this would allow most of them to make it to the hanger. Everyone who was alive quickly made their way towards the hanger and began strengthening the defenses. Lantern who was already mounted a couple chain guns and had others weld some of the door making it harder for them to be surrounded. "Lantern we have roughly 100 hundred left. 40 Soldiers and 60 civilians." Lantern took another moment to consider his options. "Jack gets about 20 civies to help take arms while the other 40 run ammo and equipment from each position. Make sure there are other loaded guns there so we can maximize our fire rate. Hopefully keeping the pressure on the beast they''ll struggle pushing forward. "Roger!" Jack quickly ran back towards the area and got a people''s arms and situated. They had to prepare the best they could. "Open the hangar doors slightly, we need to bait them the best we can. Don''t allow them to choose the fight by their own means. We must decide the direction! They are beasts! We are Members of Clan Spartan!" "Oo Rah!" Echos sounded throughout the hanger as people got into their positions. "Make sure we have men on those rafters. They can fire at them from behind in a safe location. Lantern pointed towards the area above the hanger doors." Five people quickly volunteered and headed to that location. Not even a few minutes after the men moved to the rafters the first creature entered the open hanger door. "Hold fire! Wait till we can bait a couple more in!" The creature roared and shortly after another five beast entered the hanger and spread along the open door. "Fire!" The chain guns immediately fired into the most forward beast tearing it apart. While the others focused the second beast quickly downing it with focused fire from the forward units. The Soldiers on the rafters who were closer to the beast focused on the third and quickly down him from behind. With a proper formation and proper strategy the beast was quickly being dispatched. The remaining too beast quickly sprinted towards the soldiers in front after watching two of there clansmen die. "Roarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" another ten beast entered the hanger while the two beast in front were quickly ripped apart by the concentrated fire on the two beast charging them. Eight of the beasts charged right behind the two now fallen beasts while the other grabbed some boxes or equipment scattered near the hanger door and tossed them directly into the rafter knocking down two of the soldiers. Both landed on the floor, most likely breaking some bones. They were quickly finished off by the beast. While there other Clansmen were being torn apart. Noticing the things were pretty hopeless the two remaining beasts quickly fled out the door. Lantern watched as the remaining eight beasts were being killed.. "Get the spreaders and chase those two down! Do not let them escape!" Five soldiers near some of the speeders mounted the speeder and went flying out of the hangar to hunt them down. "Revenge for our fallen!"