《Star Wars: Reborn In The Star Wars Universe》 Chapter 1 - Reborn Robert was walking down the street on his way back home from work, as he was crossing the street he noticed that it had suddenly become strangely quiet, stopping he started looking around when he noticed a truck speeding towards him! having noticed it in time he dove to the side dodging the truck, getting up off the ground while dusting himself off he screams at the truck speeding away. "ASSHOLE!", he shouted as he watched the truck drive away without even bothering to stop to see if he was ok. "WHEN I SEE YOU AGAIN I''M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!" On top of a skyscraper, a few blocks away a man steps out of a truck, walking to the back of the truck he takes out a briefcase. Mumbling to himself he complains about how difficult and unappreciated his job is. Opening the case he grabs pieces of a gun, quickly ?ssembling it all while people with cameras take selfies around him, clearly oblivious and unable to see him. Having ?ssembled his sniper rifle he props it up on a railing and looks down the scope, "KICK MY ASS WILL YOU! MAKING ME FALL BEHIND!", mumbles the unknown man as he takes aim, spotting his target he takes aim and shoots, his bullet passes between buildings and over people shoulders and between their heads before finally hitting the heart of his target. Robert walking down the street suddenly feels a sharp pain in his ?h?st, he doesn''t notice anything wrong and continues walking, when slowly his left arm starts to feel numb, continuing to walk he makes it a few more blocks before he falls to the ground, reaching for his phone he calls 911 and shortly after an ambulance arrives, while they have him strapped to a bed his vision starts going black, he can hear the ambulance people shouting, he can b?r?ly understand them but its sounds like they are saying he''s having a strange heart attack and is going into shock. They rip his shirt off to inspect him but they can''t seem to find any sign of physical trauma or anything else suspicious to explain the situation, as he lays there his vision slowly becomes even more blurry and in the background, he can hear a woman shouting something about losing him. Standing outside the hospital a man in a black overcoat is standing observing the hospital while smoking a cigarette, looking at his watch he mutters "a little bit behind but I should still be able to meet my quota" saying that he turns around and gets inside a truck that goes flying forward through a building but doesn''t cause any damage or make noise. He knows his target is dead and that the doctors won''t be able to find out the cause of his target''s death, his weapon is special, and to doctors, it''ll appear as if the boy had died of a sudden heart attack. Robert (POV) He suddenly finds himself walking down a path alongside a large group of other people, looking around he sees creatures from stories and myths, he spots creatures that look like the gods of various religions. As he walks he notices that they all seem to be doing various jobs and talking amongst themselves, all while ignoring the cries and pleas from the various souls walking down the path. Looking ahead he can see various creatures that look like angels, demons, and yokai. These creatures appear to be sprinkling powder on the various souls as they pass by, after they sprinkle them with the unknown substance the souls get a blank look on their faces and mindlessly walk forward, and no longer making a fuss, they all appear calm and just mindlessly walk forward. Soon it is his turn to have this unknown substance sprinkled on him, and soon after he can feel his mind becoming numb, it''s hard to focus, he feels like he''s losing himself and struggles to stay focused, suddenly he realizes that he doesn''t know where he is! wait! who am I? what was I doing again? he thinks, soon he doesn''t even question why he''s walking. He feels like he''s forgetting something important as he walks but his mind is fuzzy and he''s struggling to form coherent thoughts. Looking around he can hear various creatures talking about various worlds that need more souls, he feels like this is important but he can''t make sense of what that means, all he knows is that he has a strong urge to keep walking forward down the path he is on, like a natural instinct to head in that direction. As he keeps walking the path starts splitting into smaller ones and he notices that these strange beings seem to be herding people into various strange structures. After a while, it is his turn to walk through this strange structure and as soon as he does he loses all feeling, he can''t think or even move. He feels like he''s floating in an ocean, he can''t make sense of his surroundings and struggles to form any thoughts, he has a vague feeling like he''s forgetting something really important! but his mind is struggling to remember, soon he sees brief images of his past life but it''s hard to focus on them, it''s like trying to remember the details of a dream after a few weeks have passed, he can only vaguely make it out, he notices that the longer time passes the more difficult it is to remember his past, panicking! he puts all his focus on his past memories and struggles to not let them fade away. Struggling for what feels like an eternity while struggling to hold on to his memories, he occasionally hears people talking and comes to the realization that he is inside his mother''s w?mb, after another long eternity he can hear people shout something that sounds like "the baby is coming". 53-BBY Four years have passed since he was born (born 57 BBY), lucky for him his name is Robert Kalar, he has the same first name as his last life and he was also born as a human in what he quickly learned was the star wars universe after having recognized a few different alien races. He remembers some of his past life memories but has completely forgotten about what happened to him after he died. He knows he''s in the Star Wars universe but his memory is incomplete and he can only remember small bits and pieces about it from his past life, he knows that a war is coming and that many people will die, but he can''t remember the important players or important events. Having the brain of a four-year-old he struggled to make sense of his situation and the last few years were hell for him, he had to re-learn how to roll over, crawl, walk, and all other aspects of moving his body. A lot of people just ?ssume when you cross over to a new world that you''ll be just as smart as your last world but they forget that their new body is that of a baby. He had to make sense of his situation using a baby''s brain, not the best for forming complex thoughts. Despite having a baby''s brain Robert was able to make a name for himself as a gifted child and was praised as being a genius compared to the other children born around the same time as him. He learned faster than the other children and acted m?tur?d quicker. AN: After picking up where I left off after my long break (about 7 months) I''m going to say that the average mini-chlorian count for a Jedi is around 13,000, Yoda is around 25,000, and the average person is less than 500. I hope you guys don''t mind. Robert who had grown up with a new family couldn''t help feeling a little reluctant to leave them, but he knew that war was coming and that the Jedi temple was a place where he could be trained and able to make a difference, but in back of his mind he also had a feeling that it would also be dangerous for him to be there. Upon arriving at the temple he was sorted into a clan with other children and taught what was expected of him and how he should act at the Jedi Temple. Having a slightly more m?tur? mindset than the other younglings Robert couldn''t help trying to separate himself from the other children but that was quickly thwarted by a young female Togruta called Miranda Cabaril, a curious little child who refused to stay away from him, often asking for his advice or trying to get him to play. A few weeks after joining the temple he had once again gained a reputation for being a genius, compared to the other children he was more devoted to his studies and put in an almost fanatic level of love for training compared to his peers. Miranda being a Togruta couldn''t help her instinct and upon realizing Robert''s talent couldn''t help herself from competing against him. The two would often be seen training and studying together, but it wasn''t long before their group of two was increased to four when the other two most talented children besides Robert and Miranda joined theme, one was a human boy called Moradin Goran and the other was also a human boy called Obi-Wan Kenobi, the four of them were the most talented younglings in the temple (in their generation) and often competed against each other, pushing each other to new heights. The group became closer and closer together and could often be seen hanging out with each other and that was how the years passed for the young Robert, it wasn''t until the age of twelve that Robert was finally forced to spend less time with his friends, he had just passed his initiate trials and was chosen by his Master Senesha Dreiz to become her padawan, Senesha Dreiz was a female Togruta, known for her skill with the lightsaber, practiced Form Two Makashi, and rarely lost in lightsaber spars. She was one of the best in her generation and in her youth, she would often beat her senior peers, she had to prove that form two was the best and if she lost a duel she would train even harder and come back to challenge her opponent again once she thought she could beat them. It''s the year 44BBY, Robert has been a year since he started training under his new master, during this time he has started practicing form three Soresu despite his master''s complaints, Robert thought it was the best form for deflecting blaster fire which is what most criminals used, it was also good for fighting against multiple opponents, and it was the form that focused the most on defense (he had a feeling that if he wanted to live long in this new life he would need this Form) his master Senesha Dreiz protested that he needed to know how to use Makashi and forced him to also practice it. Robert knew that it took the average Jedi around ten years to start to get good at even one lightsaber form and that him trying to learn two at once would greatly slow him down but his master was very insistent and he couldn''t refuse her, he hoped with hard work he could master both forms in around sixteen years or at least be proficient in them. He wasn''t too upset having to practice two lightsaber forms at once because form two was the best at fighting other lightsaber opponents or that is what his master claimed, Robert thought all the forms had their strengths and weaknesses and that each one could be trained to such a high level to be unbeatable but he humored her and went along with the claim that it was the superior form. Robert was soon glad his master talked him into practicing Makashi alongside his soresu because the two forms made up for the weakness of the other, form three was too defensive early on in its practice before you mastered counter-attacks, while form two wasn''t designed to fight against blaster opponents, If he could master both forms he would have a good balance of offense and defense, or so he hoped. It was during a spar against his friends that Robert really noticed how strong combining form two and three was, in the past, the group would often spar against each other in a free for all, having fought each other often growing up they each kept pushing each other to new heights and refining each other lightsaber skills, during their last spar Robert found himself in the familiar situation where he was being attacked by two of his three friends during a brief moment of their spar, but thanks to practicing form two he was able to weather the blows and once he spotted an opening he was able to break away from the group and engage Moradin in one vs one fight for a few moments, Moradin expecting Robert to be using form three was caught off guard when Robert suddenly shifted to form two and was forced into a tough position, Miranda and Obi-wan seeing their friend struggling and noticing the smug look on Roberts face stopped their fight and moved to support Moradin. Having almost defeated his opponent Robert was feeling good about the fight when suddenly the force was telling him to dodge, trusting the feeling he jumped to the side right in time as a couple of blows landed where he was just standing, soon he was surrounded and after a long struggle was defeated under a flurry of blows from his soon to be old friends!!!! Miranda, Obi-wan, and Moradin after defeating Robert couldn''t help looking at each other, they were covered in sweat and all seemed to be silently agreeing to something. After teasing their friend the trio left and ran to their masters for more training. They had just teamed up to defeat Robert and yet after the fight, they were each exhausted, even with their combined might they struggled to land any blows on Robert. Over the next few months, Robert found it more and more difficult to fight his friends it seems they have gotten used to him switching between form two and three and have seemed to have gotten a bunch of practice fighting against those forms, this made Robert realize his form was strongest when his opponent didn''t expect him to switch between the two, he decided to only use form three from now on and would only use form two as his secret weapon when he switched from form three to form two it often took his opponents by surprise, hopefully, his friends wouldn''t go around informing everyone of his fighting style. Chapter 2 - Youth A tall skinny man with a body full of scars is currently running down an alleyway jumping over various obstacles as if he''s running away from something, as the rain and lightning flashes overhead he can spot the image of a shadowy figure behind him, running faster the man turns a corner but finds himself trapped in a dead-end, turning around he pulls out his blaster from his hip and immediately fires a few rounds at a robed figure charging at him, unfortunately for him, the robed figure activates a lightsaber and blocks his shots and continues to charge at him, the last thing the man sees is a lightsaber cutting his gun in half before the blade is swept towards his neck. Robert had just finished off one of the escaping targets and immediately starts sprinting again, a few moments earlier he, Miranda, and their two masters had just crashed a slave trade auction, the mission was going well at first, they managed to capture the various leaders of many slave organizations but they had underestimated the slavers, soon after capturing their targets a large host of bodyguards stormed into the area forcing the two Jedi Padawans and two Jedi Masters into a tough spot, they expected to be only fighting around a dozen men or so but were taken by surprise when over a hundred armed guards started rushing in, in the chaos a few of the slave leaders managed to break away and flee, the Jedi were forced to deal with the bodyguards before they were able to pursue after them but were forced to each split into different groups in hopes of catching as many as they could. Robert running on top of various rooftops soon met up with another roped Jedi, upon coming closer he noticed it was Miranda. "I managed to track a few down but they wouldn''t go down without a fight, I was forced to end them", said Robert. "Same, they likely knew what fate awaited them if they were caught", replied Miranda "I''m currently chasing another right now but this one is a bit strange... they seem to slow down every once in a while... almost as if they don''t want to lose us...", he said. "You think it''s a trap?", she asked. "Likely, we should just track them then wait until our masters to catch up with us before we move in" he replied back to her. "Too late for that!", she says as she slows down activating her lightsaber. The two stop and stare at their surroundings, they noticed that the area was filled with hostile people coming out of various buildings and alleyways. A middle-aged female Twi-lek came walking forward out of the group, " clap! clap! clap! WELL DONE! YOU ANNOYING JEDI HAVE MANAGED TO RUIN A VERY IMPORTANT DEAL FOR ME!". "How could you! you more than anyone should know the suffering the Twi-lek people suffer at the hands of slavers! how could sell your people?", shouted Robert. " Well! aren''t you the noble one! it''s for money of course!" answered the woman as she and the rest of her men started laughing. Miranda taking the chance to strike while everyone was busy laughing rushed into a group of the nearest men! Robert not wanting the female slave trader to escape rushed at her, blocking various blaster bolt fire as he advanced towards her, upon reaching her he swept his lightsaber over her weapon and then quickly followed it up with another slash severing the woman in half. Having made sure the women couldn''t escape Robert noticed that their situation wasn''t looking too good, they were both heavily outnumbered, fighting his way back towards Miranda, they fought back to back both deflecting blaster fire and cutting down their enemies, despite the bodies piling up around them their enemies never seemed to end, and before too long the two padawans were struck by blaster fire and had fallen to the ground! Robert clutching the wound in his gut crawled his way towards Miranda, there he noticed that she had taken a shot to her right ?h?st. Laying beside Miranda he soon coughed out blood, "It''s not looking too good for us... it''s a shame! I was finally gonna muster up the courage to ask you out on a date!", he joked. Miranda upon hearing what Robert said couldn''t help rolling her eyes "idiot...", she said under her breath while looking away slightly blushing despite the pain she was in. The group of men surrounded the young Jedies, furious with them for killing their leader. The pair could only helplessly lean against one another as the group approached, the group was about to finish them off when suddenly two figures jumped down from the building behind them, suddenly they all felt their as if they couldn''t move their bodies, and slowly they all started lifting into the air. "Sorry! we''re late! this city is filled with criminals, we were forced to clear out various small criminal organizations to hunt down our targets", said Roberts master as she slammed the various criminals into the ground using the Force. It wasn''t long before the battle ended. Helping her padawan up she helped him walk back to their shuttle. "So... a date?" said his master with an accusing look on her face. Robert Turning slightly red upon hearing this, "what! I thought I was going to die!" he muttered, he noticed that Miranda seemed to have heard him as her body slightly shook, he also noticed that Miranda master was sending him death glares, with a (you should know better) look upon her face. A few days later back at the temple Robert can be seen walking out of a room, he had just spent the last few days getting healed by the healers of the temple, they were very skilled in Force Heal and his wound had already closed and just needed a few more day before he would be back in top shape, he was sure that they actually could have healed him fully but he suspected that they wanted to him to practice his skills of suppressing pain and healing himself. Walking down the hallway he ended up meeting up with Miranda, they greeted each other and started walking down the hallway together, Robert felt as if this was the most awkward walk in his life! not sure of what to do he started talking, "you know back on the mission Miranda, you know I was just joking right?" He noticed that after saying this that Miranda had a slight frown on her face for a brief second, OH! GOD! thought Robert! secretly screaming inside his head. "Wait! that''s not what I meant!" shouted Robert drawing a lot of confused stares from the people around him, he could only helplessly watch as Miranda walked away, he swore he could hear another "idiot!" from her as she walked away. Not getting any help he decided to just go with the direct approach, he managed to find Miranda out on the temple grounds. "Hey! Miranda!" said Robert walking up to her. " I was wondering if you wanted to... perhaps... go out on a date with me? maybe we can go hang out in town... or perhaps we can go spar?" said Robert after finally building up the courage to ask her. Miranda just looked at him for a few seconds before laughing a bit "really! a spar? soo romantic!" she teased. Grabbing his sleeve she pulled him out towards the city. That night after returning back to the temple Robert made his way back to his room, upon arriving he noticed that his master was waiting for him. "have fun did we?" said his master once she noticed him. Robert having been caught knew that the next few days of training were going to be hell for him. It''s the year 41 BBY, now sixteen years old his master has started taking him out on more and more missions, if he didn''t know better he could swear that she was purposely trying to keep him and Miranda away from each other, despite that, he still made sure to make time for her whenever he returned to the temple, he knows that his master is just trying to look out for him and that she doesn''t want him to get into trouble, and that as a Jedi he is expected to act a certain way. He even once consulted with one of the leading members of the order, Grandmaster Yoda about his situations, he expected the master to scold him and forbid him from seeing her, but the old master was more understanding than he thought, he did warn him of the dangers of becoming too attached, and that many have fallen to the Darkside in the past after losing a loved one. This clearly wasn''t the first time that he has had this conversation with a padawan. Yoda suggested to the young Robert to go and explore the archives, to do research about the past of the Jedi Order, and he did. After sorting through many books and reading about the long history of the Order, he learned that the Jedi in the past did once allow their members to date and have families, but just as Yoda said, far too many had ended up falling to the Darkside, but he also learned that there had been many other great Jedi who had managed to become leaders of their time, despite the fact that they had families and had lost loved ones. Chapter 3 - They Need to Improve 40-BBY. In a courtyard of the Jedi Temple, a group of Jedi initiates can be seen sparring against one another with their practice lightsabers, unknown to them a robed figure is observing them from above. Robert stood perched high above a group of young initiates, looking down upon them, he can''t help feeling a sense of worry, he knows that a war is coming but has failed to convince any of the senior Jedi, he hoped that they would focus on increasing their numbers and start preparing for war but without any proof, all he accomplished was making himself appear as a warmonger ruining his reputation among many of the senior Jedi. Observing the young initiates practicing against one another, he couldn''t help noticing that many of them were practicing half-heartedly and were simply having fun. Knowing that his warning about a war coming wouldn''t be taken seriously, all he could do now was to help prepare the next generation of Jedi by increasing their fighting capabilities. Trained Jedi are already considered elite when viewed upon by the rest of the galaxy but Robert knew that they were paper tigers, peace had already defeated the current Jedi, all they had to be wary of at the moment were large groups of thugs or ?ssassinations attempts from bounty hunters, or the occasional dark Jedi, compared to the Jedi of the past they had lost their edge. Jumping down from his vantage point he landed while using the force, he pulled a couple of training lightsabers out of the hands of a couple of unsuspecting initiates, activating the training lightsabers he rushed into the nearest pair quickly disarming and sending them crashing into the ground! next he quickly went through each group, quickly defeating them all as he went. Having defeated all the young initiates Robert stood over them and waited for them to return back to their feet, pretending like this had been a planned test he berated the initiates for allowing themselves to be caught by surprise, then went about pointing out their various flaws and lack of motivation to train. Having completed with this group of initiates he then went on his way to find another group. It has been a couple of months since he started ambushing the young initiates, he managed to talk his fellow padawans into helping him train the initiates, turning it into a sort of game and competition, they would compete to see how many initiates they were able to ambush and defeat at once. At first, the senior Jedi were concerned and tried to find out who was committing these deeds but after finding out that no one got hurt, and that it was just the work on kids, they just wrote it off as harmless arguments among the initiates. Robert was currently stalking a group of ten initiates, he observed that the group was much more vigilant compared to the past, it seems the ambushes were starting to have an effect upon the initiates, as usual Robert rushed at the group, using The Force he grabbed a couple of lightsabers and started pulling them towards him but this time they both stopped midway, with outstretched hand a pair of initiates were attempting to retrieve their stolen lightsabers from him, rewarding their efforts he allowed the lightsabers to return to their owners. "Looks like we''ll be doing this the hard way today", he said. With a slight smirk upon his face. Impressed with the initiates he waited for the other group to make the first move. The initiates quickly activated all their lightsabers and went about surrounding him. Next, they launched a coordinated series of attacks against him. Robert noticed that their skills with the lightsaber had improved slightly, but was pleasanltly surprised with how much their teamwork improved, using their smaller height against him Robert was often forced to flip in the air to dodge attacks aimed at his legs, the initiates not missing the chance to attack while their opponent was stuck midair launched attacks at him, using the Force Robert sent a pair of attackers slamming into the ground in order to escape, then he was forced to block and parry a series of attacks. Surprised by the improvement of the initiates, he decided that it was time to become more serious, he was about to launch a counter-attack! when he suddenly heard a series of footsteps behind himself, looking around he noticed that another group of twenty initiates had ambushed him. (unknown POV?) Observing high above the battle, sat a little green man quietly chuckling to himself about the misfortune of the man below him, this would teach him to mess with his younglings. (Robert POV) Having returned to his room after he fell ambush from a bunch of young initiates, his body was covered with minor burns and bruises, he had won but he had to admit that the initiates had ended up landing far too many blows upon him, if they weren''t using training lightsabers he was sure that left arm would have ended up having a deep wound on it. "HAHAHA! looks like I''ll have to try harder from now on!", laughed Robert to himself. After changing his robes and freshening himself up, he left his room and made his way through the temple, he was looking for a certain special Togruta, upon spotting her leaning against a railing observing a lecture that was happening in front of her, he quietly made his way towards her and positioned himself next to her, she allowed his arm to slide along the side of hers and his other across her lower back. Stopping the mischievous touching he stood leaning against the railing right next to her, their arms were almost touching and he could suddenly feel the heat of her body next to him, his heart skipping a beat in the brief instance when she leaned her body against him. Although it was only for a brief moment the pair were left breathless and flustered due to their forbidden public touching, both taking on a slight shade of red. Robert knew that their relationship was forbidden and that it was dangerous for them to form attachments, but he didn''t care about any of that, all he knew was that she was the most important thing in his life and that he would do anything to protect her.. As if she could sense his feelings, her arm moved closer towards him until they were finally touching, and that is how the secret couple stood silently observing the lecture enjoying the warmth of each other''s bodies. Chapter 4 - Funding 39-BBY Standing in a wrecked courtyard stood a robed figure that is currently being surrounded by a large number of criminals, observing as the group of men raise their weapons to fire, the lone figure suddenly jumped! causing the blaster fire to miss him and causing the stray various shots to end up hitting their own men instead. While in midair, the robed figure activated a blue lightsaber! deflecting back a couple of blaster fire shots that were directed at him, landing amongst a group of men the figure quickly swept his lightsaber around, quickly cutting down everyone around him! with an impossible speed the figure quickly dashed forward! becoming a blur to those observing him, rushing amongst the group of criminals the figure slashed at them as it passed, after a few seconds the group as if by magic all fell down at the same time, each having suffered fatal wounds. A low-level minion couldn''t believe his eyes as they lay dying upon the ground, in less than 5 seconds! over twenty of them had been cut down, without even being able to scratch their opponent. That was easy enough, master just had to leave the small fry to me once again while she gets to enjoy fighting the boss, thought Robert to himself as he lowered his hood, revealing his face. Having completed cleaning up the remaining members of a local criminal organization, that located upon a small backwater planet, he quickly made his way towards the center of the compound, he had a goal he need to finish fast. As he hurried along he could hear in the distance his master battle, she was clearly still battling it out with the boss of the organization, an insane amount of explosions could be heard and every so often the ground would shake. He was slightly worried for his master, tempted to go help but he could also sense that his master wasn''t in distress and was in fact experiencing a sense of excitement from the experience. Walking up to a terminal he quickly searched through it, his goal was to secretly steal as much money from the criminal organization as possible, he would have to give most of it to the Jedi temple or risk being caught but he was sure he would be able to steal at least of a few million credits without anybody noticing. Having transferred the credits to a secret account he quickly deleted his activity and records and then sent the rest of the funds to the temple. These last few years he had started to use the funds he seized from the various criminal organizations that he and his master investigated, he used the funds to help finance a number of small businesses he had created for himself, they were all under a false identity he created for himself. He''s currently the owner of a decent size farming company that has farm locations located upon several worlds, a small weapons factory, a private security/mercenary company, a small shipyard that creates and sells fighters, and he also owns a trading company that secretly sells various illegal goods. On the surface the trading company was a legit business but secretly it sold various illegal products, one of their most profitable goods were drugs, Robert wasn''t proud of it but he knew there was a lot of money in the drug trade and he needed the income and it was currently where most of his money was coming from. (Senesha POV) The Jedi Master was currently battling a large mechanoid robot, inside it was the leader of the criminal organization. "YOU DIE TODAY JEDI!", shouted the crime boss from inside his machine. His computer-guided system took aim at the Jedi, then fired a barrage of missiles and blaster fire at her. Senesha currently had her eyes closed, with a slight grin upon her face. She switched from the dueling stance of Form Two to the more defensive stance that was Form Three. Next, she lept and went flipping through the air! an insane amount of blaster fire was being fired from four mounted guns located on top of the mechanoid that was currently battling her. "Looks like I won''t be dying today", said the female Master. (Unknown to her in another timeline she had taken a shot to her leg and ultimately ended up dying here.) Opening her eyes, she slowly deactivated her lightsaber, then stowed it upon her belt, behind her, the burning wreckage of the mechanoid could still be seen. "I guess this form does have its uses", reluctantly said the Jedi Master as she walked away from the burning wreckage. As she walked a large number of bodies in the area can be seen laid out across the area, among the bodies were the corpses of various famous bounty hunters and ?ssassins that were hired as private security, she had made quick work of them. Walking back she could sense the emotions of her padawan, reaching out with the Force she could feel that he was having deceitful thoughts, closing her eyes she was able to tell that he was thinking about stealing a little bit of money, with a smug look upon her face she kept walking forward. She often visited her padawans living quarters and knew that he lived very frugality and owned very little his room only having the b?r? essentials, thinking back to when she was a young padawan herself she remembered a time when she had once stolen a couple of hundred credits so that she would be able to go into the city and have a little fun, sensing that he didn''t have any malicious intent behind his actions she decided to turn a blind eye to it. She knew that as he got older he would temper himself and move past such material needs, what she was really concerned with was the secret relationship that her padawan was having with the young Togruta female, it wasn''t uncommon for those who gave in to their emotions to ultimately end up seduced by the dark side of the force and end up becoming dark side users, it was one of the reasons why romantic relationships were forbidden. Far too often a Jedi would lose a loved one, and in a fit of rage and anger, they would seek revenge, ultimately falling to Darkside of the Force. Upon returning to the temple Robert made his way to his room, upon arriving he activated a secret compartment in his bed and out popped an electronic device, upon strapping it to his wrist a screen popped up in front of him, he started reading various logistics reports about the various problems that his companies were facing, as well as numerous updates about his security teams and smuggling operations, after responding to all of them and making sure to delete any records he next moved on to inspecting his bank account, he currently had 1.2 billion credits, the various businesses he had started making him over 20 million each quarter or around 80 million a year in profits. Most of his money came from illegal activities, despite knowing this he still decided to invest most of his money into his more legal businesses, he knew that there was a decent chance that his illegal activities might be discovered and that would be the end of his income from those sources, he made sure to leave as little evidence that would lead back to him, he wanted to make sure that if his illegal activities were discovered and shut down he would still have his legal businesses to provide him a source of income, ?ssuming that he wasn''t in jail or being hunted down. Upon completing his work he got up and left his room, he decided that he would go to the training courtyards and spar against some of the younglings to improve their combat skills, as he walked down the hallway and past many rooms he was suddenly grabbed by the hand and dragged into a room, the next thing he knew his lips were being viciously attacked by a young Togruta. "I missed you too!" said Robert as soon as he was allowed to breathe again. Not one to go down without a fight Robert made sure to attack in kind, his tung intertwined with hers, while they kissed his hands slowly explored her h?ps, eventually they slowly made their way up her back before finally ??r?ssing her s?ns?t?v? Montrals upon her head. Miranda couldn''t help letting out a soft m??n as he played with her body, wanting some revenge she playfully bit into his shoulder, she knew that this was secretly his weak spot that he enjoyed when she playfully bite and nibbled on him, a bit of p???sur? and pain. "I''ve missed you soo much!" ?r??n?d Robert as she nibbled on him. Robert not being able to wait much longer, wrapped his arms around her and lifted her up. "you''re in trouble now!" he said. "oh am I?" responded Miranda. Her legs wrapped around his waist as he carried her to the bed. Upon reaching it the ?ssault upon his mouth continued once again, his hand exploring her body and were attempting to get under her clothing as they went, before long they both had slowly removed the clothes off each other, slowly he positioned himself above her while she wrapped her legs around him, rubbing himself against her moist lips he could feel her body spasm responding to the stimulation, just as he was about to thrust in! the door to his room opened and an annoying voice could be heard. "hey I was wondering if you guys wanted to join us.....", came the voice of Obi-Wan. Suddenly in the hallway a few moments later, a body of a young padawan could be seen flying out of a doorway and crashing into the opposing wall, a bunch of numerous objects quickly following after, smashing into the poor padawan, repeatedly smacking him in the face. Chapter 5 - Battle of Naboo 32 BBY Inside the command bridge of an Arquitens-BTT stood Robert, his young padawan quietly observing him stood at his side, the Arquitens-BTT (Arquitens-Battalion Troop Transport) was a custom-built light cruiser, designed by Robert after he managed to acquire the rights to build it after purchasing a small shipyard that was struggling to make a profit. Upon acquiring the designs of an Arquitens-class light cruiser which cost 4,000,000 credits to build (was planned to become the cannon fodder of his fleet), next he then started researching new designs for the starship. The original design for the ship was 325 meters long, lightly armored and shielded, had four Turret-mounted twin light turbo laser batteries, four heavy port and starboard quad laser cannon batteries, four Missile/torpedo launchers, and Concussion missiles. It also wasn''t uncommon for it to be instead be seen with four Turret-mounted twin light Turbolaser batteries, 4 Missile/torpedo launchers, and one Ventral laser cannon. The original designs were very well balanced and allowed the ship to be used in multiple roles, despite this he wanted a ship that was capable of delivering a more destructive punch, so he ended up designing the Arquitens-Class Light Attack cruiser (or A-CLAC). It cost 40,000,000 credits, was larger, more heavily armored, and shielded compared to the original, to increase the ship''s damage he had all the old weapon designs removed and instead had them replaced with one oversized internal stationary Turbolaser, that ran from the stern of the ship to the bow of the ship, allowing it to fire on ships only in front of it. The weapon was slow firing and wasn''t great at targeting fast-moving targets, but it delivered devastating damage to heavily shielded and armored ships. It was a one-trick poney that was very good at its one trick, its lack of other weapons and point defense systems left it vulnerable to starfighter attacks and quick-moving spacecraft that could outmaneuver it. It was his attempt at shortening the gap between light cruisers and Venator class star destroyers which were currently illegal for him to build and easily cost over 60,000,000 credits. Although on paper he called it a light cruiser (A-CLAC) in fact it was more of a heavy cruiser, by bribing a few officials he was able to label the ship as an overpriced light cruiser. It could carry up to 600 infantry, 8 heavy tanks, as well as a large number of weapons and supplies. It was the only type of its class that was capable of landing on the surface of a planet, the sides and underbelly of the ship had been redesigned to allow many retractable ramps to be built into them, which allowed the ship to be fully unloaded in less than three minutes once lowered. It was equipped with an experimental cloaking device that allowed it to cloak up to thirty minutes leaving it invisible to the eye and enemy sensors. With a built-in jammer on board, it was able to disrupt enemy communication within a small area, not allowing them to communicate and coordinate their activities. He wanted a starship that was capable of doing stealth missions or surprise attacks on vulnerable enemy fortifications or defensive positions. "Sir! Ten Arquitens-class light cruisers, four fighter squadrons each with twenty fighters, two Arquitens-BTT and three A-CLAC are all reporting in and in position to engage the enemy", said a mercenary officer to Robert in a respectful tone. Even though he was officially on paper working on behalf of the queen of Naboo, serving as a private security force, he secretly knew that the Jedi Knight in front of him was, in fact, the actual owner of the fleet here, and is the one in charge of the security and merc company he was currently working for, this wasn''t the first time he had met the young Jedi Knight. "Sir! most of the enemy fleet is spread out to blockade Naboo, the enemy Droid Control battleship is lightly guarded, but multiple enemy ships are inbound", reported the officer. "We have friendly fighters inbound from the surface of Naboo! (Royal Naboo fighters) it seems the Gungans are also heavily engaged with the enemy, the capital is also struggling to hold back the enemy! and are requesting reinforcements!", reported one of the personal manning a computer station. Seeing the fighters coming to reinforce them, Robert knew that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan had managed to infiltrate the capital and had made it to the hanger, if everything went as planned they would have Viceroy Gunray in custody by now. *Flashback* ( Amidala POV) "Hello, your majesty! I am the Jedi Knight Robert Kalar", said the robed Knight upon entering the room, giving a slight bow to the queen. The queen, seeing the robed man enter her room quietly observed him, a small sliver of hope started to grow inside her. "Are the Jedi finally going to act? the Jedi should be more than enough to lift the siege of Naboo!" stated the young queen. "I''m... afraid not your majesty, the Jedi are not soldiers, the situation is more complicated than you think, there are far too many senators supporting the trade federation at the moment, not openly of course... but they are clearly slowing things down... it''s unlikely that anything will be done anytime soon", said the robed Jedi Knight. He slowly walked around her room, letting the weight of his words sink into the young queen. The queen upon hearing this slumped against her seat and stared vacantly off into space, all hope for her people it seems had been lost, by the time the republic had managed to end their debating and rallied their forces, her people and planet would have long been ravaged of anything of value, her people enslaved or worse. "It seems there has been a mistake, your majesty, I am not here today acting on behalf of the Jedi Council", said the Jedi Knight to Queen Amidala. "Then why are you here?", responded Amadala " I want you!", answered back the Kight. The queen upon hearing this couldn''t help slightly blushing but was also taken aback and slightly unnerved shortly after, the queen couldn''t help realizing that she was unarmed and alone with the young man, a slight bit of fear had started to grow within the young queen, if the young man wanted her, there was very little she would be able to do to stop him. "I''m sorry your majesty! but I''m currently taken", said the Jedi Knight after sensing the unease his statement caused the young queen. "What I want is your support your majesty!", said the Knight to clear up the misunderstanding. This took the young queen by surprise, her planet was under attack, she was completely helpless, how could she be of any help to the young man in front of her. "What exactly is it that you want?" asked Amidala. "What I need are warships your majesty! and lots of them, I have plans to build a large shipyard to mass-produce Arquitens-class light cruisers, the problem is that this needs to be done in secret, somewhere where I can create a large spaceport without others finding out about it, perhaps a planet in the Mid Rim one located near the Outer Rim, it would need to be a peace-loving planet where others wouldn''t expect to find a large military force", said the Jedi with his back turned to the young queen. "you wouldn''t happen to know of such a location would you?" asked the Jedi Knight to the young Queen. The Queen not believing her ears couldn''t help standing up! was the young man in front of her a traitor to the Republic! he clearly had plans to build more than just light cruisers! The Republic had long been at peace and currently had very few military starships, they both could be charged with treason for building such a place without approval from the republic first. Amidala with her strong sense of loyalty to the Republic couldn''t allow this! she made her way to the door to leave. Robert with his back turned to the young queen could sense her moving towards the door. "I can save your planet!", said Robert out loud. The queen upon hearing this couldn''t help stopping in her tracks. "I''m sure you don''t trust me! and I don''t blame you! I''m sure you want to know more about my character? you''re familiar with the Jedi called Obi-Wan? he is a friend of mine, go to him and he''ll be able to tell you about what kind of person I am and if I can be trusted or not", said Robert to the Queen. Robert turned and made his way to the door to leave. Upon reaching it he stopped. "time is of the essence, your majesty! I''ll be awaiting your response", upon saying this he raised his hood over his head and left. * Flashback End* Roberts (POV) "I want all Arquitens-class light cruiser and A-CLAC to engage the enemy fleet!", He commanded. "Target the enemies Droid controlled Battleship! I want Alpha squadron to engage enemy fighters around the target!" "Bravo Squadron will protect Charlie squadron as they make their bombing runs!" "Delta Squadron! I want you to form a defensive perimeter around the fleet!" "I want one Arquitens-BTT to support the capital of Theed! my command ship will personally go and support the Gungans!", Ordered Robert to his fleet. Robert personally wanted to come in contact with the Gungan people, the planet of Naboo was honeycombed with many underwater passages, if he was able to come to an agreement with the Gungan people they would make the perfect place to hide the construction of his shipyards from prying eyes. On the surface, he indeed planned on building light cruisers but underneath the surface of the planet he one day hoped to build his larger more powerful ships. (Battle in the Great Grass Plains) Gungans (POV) "Retreat!" Captain Tarpals had just ordered the retreat of the army, the enemy had made their way inside and taken out their shield generators, which were positioned on the backs of Fambaas. Their shield generators were so powerful that they could even hold against large starships bombardments from orbit, the enemy artillery wasn''t able to penetrate it, so they were forced to engage the Gungans in close quarters combat. After a long flight, the enemy was able to use their superior numbers and managed to take out the shield generators. The Gungan army was routed! with all hope for a victory here lost, they were forced to retreat north across the plains, towards a group of hills, they hoped that once they got behind them they would obstruct the enemies view and provide some protection against enemy fire as they retreated. As the Gungan soldiers crested the hill and started making their way down in front of them, out of nowhere a large ship decloaked! The walls of the ship suddenly opened and lowered down, becoming ramps! and outran a battalion of six hundred infantry! underneath the ship, eight ramps opened up and eight heavy tanks rode down them with infantry right behind them unloading various supplies and weapons. In a matter of moments, a small army ready for combat was standing in front of them. Tarpals seeing this was unsure of what to do, his men''s morale was already gone and all will to fight had left them, would they all die here today? he thought. Droid Army (POV) One-third of the droid armies attacking force was currently chasing down the enemy forces, as their army crested a hill and started making their way over it, into their view came the sight of a large army ready and waiting for them, with the Gungan army fleeing towards this unknown force. Soon, the enemy opened fire upon them! the droid army chasing after the Gungan was now outnumbered, if they could halt the attack and regroup with the rest of the army, they would have more than enough numbers to deal with this force. A droid in command of this leading attack force attempted to contact the command center and update them on this situation and request a halt to the attack but unfortunately, they were unable to establish a connection. The highest-ranking droid leading this ?ssault, now helplessly watched as one-third of the droid army deployed here, start their attack upon this new larger force, without new orders from the command center their army could only follow the previous orders to attack fleeing Gungans. Returning fire as they advance the droid army marched towards the enemy suffering many casualties. Soon the second wave of the droid army caught up and started making their way down the hill further escalating the battle. The droids finally started making some headway when suddenly their tanks started suffering heavy casualties. It seems a couple of Jedi were among the enemy ranks and were cutting into their tanks and taking out the crews from the inside, to make matters worse! the enemy now also had tanks! alongside a landed starship that could easily knock out any vehicle that made the mistake of getting too close to it. Gungan (POV) The Gungan''s as they fled couldn''t help looking back and watching this new force stand their ground and engage the droid army! Tarpals, seeing that this new force was not hostile to them, actually managed to rally many of his surviving men and moved to support this new force. Together, the two forces were spearheaded by a couple of Jedi and actually managed to start pushing the enemy back! cutting deep into the enemy lines as they advanced. Theed (POV) The Royal security force of Naboo had managed to reclaim part of the city and even managed to secure the hangar and capture the viceroy. Taking various parts of the capital was easy! holding it was going to be another matter entirely, soon droid reinforcement landed and started pushing their lines back. Their battle lines were starting to break! small pockets of droids were breaching their lines in multiple locations. They were about to lose the capital once again. The Royal security forces were about to retreat when all of a sudden they got reinforcements! large groups of civilian vehicles filled with local militia came to reinforce them! Backed by Naboo militia the Royal security force was able to somehow keep their lines from being breached. Eventually, they had to start falling back street by street as the enemy forces started to overwhelm them. In the temporary command center for the Naboo royal security force, a general overseeing the battle of theed received an urgent report from the front lines. "SIR! OUR LEFT FLANK IS BEING OVERRUN! WE CANT HOLD ON!" shouted an unknown soldier reporting their status to the command center. "SOMEONE PLEASE HELP US! THE MILITIA IN THE CENTER HAS BEEN CUT OFF! WE NEED REINFORCEMENTS NOW!" came a communication over the coms, explosions could be heard in the background. "PLEASE NOO! WE SURRENDER! WE SURRENDER! (BANG! BANG!)", they could no longer hear anything shortly after, besides the occasional sound of gunfire in the distance and the subtle sound of many marching droids. "Sir! this is the right flank! we are under heavy attack and are fallen back! most of the militia has been wiped out, we are no longer combat effective!" "Requesting coordinates to where we can rally with the rest of the army!" said a soldier updating command about the situation over on the right flank. The general after receiving all this information was just about to order the total evacuation of the capital when suddenly he received an incoming communications report from the troops stationed in their rear holding the south side of the city. "Sir! we have received reinforcements!" "I REPEAT! WE HAVE RECEIVED REINFORCEMENTS! THE QUEEN HAS DONE IT!" "We have friendly troops moving towards the center of the city from the south! do not fire upon them! I repeat! do not fire upon them!" Finally, a bit of good news thought the general upon hearing this, a couple of friendly Bombers could be heard overhead making their bombardment runs upon the enemy droid forces. Fighters could be seen dogfighting in the skies above. It wasn''t long before friendly forces reached his position and he was able to send them out to the front, to provide relief to his tattered lines and pockets of resistance. The Naboo forces holding the front were in trouble, most groups could only hold small pockets of fortified positions, the droids were advancing on them from all sides, droid tanks spread out all over the battlefield were inflicting heavy casualties on them. The droid tanks were causing chaos all over when they suddenly started getting destroyed all across the battlefield. The Naboo military started to cheer as allied fighters and tanks entered the battle. All over the city, heavily armored troops could be seen pushing the enemy lines back, these new soldiers fought their way towards isolated allies cut off behind enemy lines. Space battle over Naboo (POV) "This is alpha squadron! we are heavily engaged with droid fighters! we have more enemy contacts inbound! we''ll hold them off for as long as possible!", came an update from Alpha squadron. "Reporting in! this Bravo Squadron of the Naboo Royal Security Force, our bombing run has proved ineffective! our proton torpedoes cannot get past the enemy shields!", came an update from the Naboo fighter squadron leader. "Copy that! we have that covered!", came back a reply. The squadron leader of the Royal Naboo security force had just received the reply when shortly after three shots fired from the A-CLAC''s hit the enemy ship, the first two shots didn''t manage to get past the shield and inflict any damage but the third shot managed to get through, immediately after the three shots landed, Charlie squadron timed their bombing run perfectly and moved in! scoring many proton torpedo hits upon the enemy ship. "This is Charlie Squadron! our attack run has been successful! from the looks of it four more bombing runs like that and we should be able to take out the enemy''s reactor!", reported Charlie Squadrons'' leader. The enemy fighters upon realizing the threat of the A-CLAC''s and bombers started focusing on them. They attempted to engage the bombers but were intercepted by a squadron of fighters guarding them. The same thing happened to the fighters engaging the A-CLAC''s except the fighter that did manage to get through, next had to deal with the Arquitens-class light cruisers that were acting as escorts for the A-CLAC''s. The A-CLAC''s seemed to lack any point defense but that wasn''t the case for the Arquiten light cruisers, escorting other ships was clearly their main purpose as they were able to effectively keep the fighters at bay making them work hard to land any hits upon the A-CLAC''s. Just as the fighters were starting to break through and engage the A-CLAC''s a new force of fighters entered the battlefield. "Sorry, we''re late boys! my bombers! don''t worry about the A-CLAC''s instead join the ?ssault upon the droid command ship!, my fighters have the A-CLAC''s covered", said Miranda A couple of squadrons of fighters joined the battle under her command. The bombers ignored the fight and instead headed towards the enemy to join in on the ?ssault. Quickly after joining the battle, Miranda started shooting down any fighter that made the mistake of coming too close to her. There sure are a lot of them she thought after shooting down her tenth fighter, shortly after she thought that an A-CLAC was destroyed! A squadron of bombers had managed to land a successful attack run upon it. A large number of fighters and new starships entered the battle, they were the starships ?ssigned to blockade Naboo. "Come on girls! let''s show them how to properly protect these ships!", said Miranda. A warcry coming from her female-led squadrons answered her in reply. "yea...", came a half-hearted reply over coms from her male padawan, who jokingly wasn''t as motivated as the rest. Roberts (POV) Robert was currently leading a charge upon the droid army, along with his padawan Aria Endeel, they had managed to cut their way through the enemy army all the way to their command center, after eliminating the enemy leadership the remaining droids fled the battlefield. "Master! why did we waste our time helping the useless Gungon''s? the enemies control droid ship is a far more important target!", questioned Aria to her master. "In the short term, yes! ignoring the Gungons would have been the wisest decision, but one day in the future you will understand how important this battle really was", responded Robert to his padawan''s question. His young padawan clearly wasn''t happy with his response but she decided to not question him further. Robert knew that the Gungons were one of the few races that would be able to provide him with portable shield generators with no question asked, and wouldn''t report the trade to the Republic. Saving their army here would also leave a favorable impression upon the Gungan leadership, making it easier to negotiate with them later. The Gungan people were seriously underestimated, they had managed to develop a shield generator capable of withstanding tremendous orbital bombardments, portable handheld shields that could withstand blaster fire, small spherical balls called boomers that when thrown with just the arm! were powerful enough to take out a droid soldier, with larger versions capable of disabling tanks. The boomers were made of some type of substance that caused havoc on electronics. He hoped they would also be effective against large starships as well. Overall the battle of Naboo was very profitable for him, he was able to test out his ship designs, seven of his Arquiten class light cruisers survived the battle, two Arquiten BTT survived, and two A-CLAC''s, unfortunately over three-fourths of his fighters were shot down. He had lost many good pilots in this battle, he would need to develop proper emergency ejection devices for his fighters, of course, the pilot''s suits would need to be upgraded as well, they need to be able to survive an extended period in the vacuum of space while they waited to be recovered after the battle. He invested far too much time and money into training his forces to just allow them to die pointless deaths when they didn''t need to die. Right now he could only b?r?ly support his fleet thanks to the many companies he has, training new soldiers and keeping them equipped with good gear was costly. At the moment he couldn''t afford to lose them, and training replacements would take a long time. He was presently surprised by the effectiveness of the Arquitens class light cruisers as escorts, they had managed to keep two of his A-CLAC''s from being destroyed by enemy fighters and the enemy starships. Of course, Miranda and her fighters also played a large role in keeping the A-CLAC''s alive as well, her squadron actually managed to shoot down the most enemy fighters despite joining the battle late. Although they did have a Jedi Master, the other squadrons didn''t have anything to be ashamed of. His ground forces had suffered many casualties! many of his mercs and private security forces were killed during the battle, the fact that they were heavily outnumbered in every battle proved how good their training was. He felt a lot of pain thinking about the cost of replacing and training new soldiers were going to be, hopefully, the queen would keep her part of the deal. After the battle ended he was saddened to learn that Obi-Wan Masters Qui-Gon Jinn had fallen in battle, he was defeated by a sith! Obi-Wan had managed to survive the fight and ended up killing the sith! avenging his master. A Jedi Master and his padawan would often become close like family, he would never admit it but Robert was sure that his friend was grieving right now. He regretted not arriving sooner, perhaps he could have prevented the death, he knew Obi-Won wouldn''t blame him but he still felt a bit of guilt for not arriving sooner. He knew Qui-Gon had already fought the sith before, he had often trained with Obi-Wan and knew he was skilled in Form Four Ataru just like his Master. Form Four was aggressive and was good at fighting a single opponent. He thought that with Obi-Wan alongside Qui-Gon that they could handle the Sith easily. Qui-Gon was one of the most skilled fighters of his generation and Obi-Wan skills were also strong due to his master teachings and him constantly sparring with his friends. Qui-Gon''s death shocked him! he knew Obi-Wan already had the skills to become a Jedi Kight and yet even with his Master at his side they had almost lost to the Sith fighter. If the Sith were this strong he strongly hoped that there were not a lot of them still left alive. Robert had managed to keep his end of the bargain with Queen Amidala, he had managed to hold back the enemy ?ssaulting her capital, destroyed most of the enemy upon the plains outside the city, and managed to destroy the enemy fleet in orbit, now he just hoped that she would keep her end of the deal. He had managed to establish communications with the leadership of the Gungan people and negotiations seemed to be going well, the Gungans were not as stupid as everybody thought, upon learning about his plans to create a shipyard they immediately started negotiation for favorable prices and exchange of technologies. The Gungans being amphibious had great potential at becoming amphibious ?ssault troops if equipped properly, he hoped to establish a military academy on Naboo to help train troops and individuals for leadership roles. Now all he had to do was report back to the temple, officially he was here to guard and support the queen alongside Master Qui-Gon, now that Jinn was dead he would be expected to provide a report about the situation on Naboo, he was sure the Jedi would want to know how the Queen managed to recruit such a large force on her own. Chapter 6 - Chancellor Darth Sidious (Palpatine) was currently standing staring out the window of his new office, quietly observing the city off in the distance while deep in thought, behind him was a mountain of work and various reports that needed his attention, having been elected as the new chancellor of the Republic as the result of the invasion of Naboo and his skillful manipulation of the young queen Amidala to move for a "Vote of No Confidence", he was now Chancellor and along with the position came a huge amount of work that needed to be completed. Behind the scenes, he had orchestrated the blockade and invasion of Naboo, by using the conflict and having gathered many senators to his side is wasn''t difficult to secure himself the position of Chancellor. Now that he was Chancellor he was able to position those loyal to him in important positions within the Government, holding a huge amount of power within the government of the Republic he now needed to spread his influence to the almost non-existent military side of the Republic. Yes, his plan had worked perfectly, the only drawback was the loss of his pawn Darth Maul, it seems five Jedi were involved in the battle and despite Maul being able to beat the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jin, it seems he had failed to beat the young Jedi Padawan named Obi-Wan Kenobi. He was greatly disappointed with the performance of Maul, despite having a larger military force he still failed to protect the Viceroy, lost the capital of Theed, allowed their army to be beaten by a tribe of savages and mercenaries! he also lost a large number of ships and fighters! and ultimately lost control of the planet! With a great amount of control Darth Sidious managed to stop himself from destroying his office, he had plans for the planet of Naboo, it was rich in resources, and by allowing the planet to fall into enemy hands he could use its occupation as an excuse to increase the size of the Republics military, with him being able to position those loyal to him in vital military roles. Turning around he walked back to his desk and started reading a report, it seems the young queen of Naboo had started the construction of a spaceport and a shipyard. To many of the Galaxy, this act of building up their military was seen as an act of turning their backs on the Republic, and them unofficially seceding from the Republic. To others, their act of building up a fleet was justified, the Republic had failed to respond and defend one of its members, as a result, the peaceful planet of Naboo had to rely upon itself to repel the invaders, in their eyes Naboo is justified in their actions! now many planets were secretly starting the construction of their own military fleets. If the Republic couldn''t protect Naboo, what happened there could happen to them as well. Although this caused a headache for the chancellor it also justified his calls to increase the size of the Republic fleet. Reading up on the situation with Naboo, the chancellor was particularly interested in the young boy found by Qui-Gon, he would need to replace his old pawn and the young boy with a high midi-chlorian count would make a good replacement, the boy would be trained as a padawan at the Jedi Temple. Being the chancellor would allow him to safely monitor the boy and he was sure that in the future he would be able to interact with him, it wasn''t uncommon for the Jedi and chancellor to interact to solve the various issues of the galaxy after all. Moving on, he started reading a report about the death of Sifo-Dyas, Sidious had worked hard to influence the Jedi into creating the clone army in secret in a way that wouldn''t be linked back to him, after the Jedi had commissioned the Kaminoans in secret, he no longer served a purpose and was eliminated, Sidious couldn''t leave any loose ends, although he did respect the Jedi, he couldn''t allow his feeling to get in his way. Despite being a useful pawn, sadly Sifo-Dyas needed to die, Sidious made sure that the ship he was traveling on was shot down. After spending a few hours reading through various reports and meeting members of the senate, Sidious received a secret message from the Trade Federation, after a brief conversation he started reading a more detailed report about the battle on Naboo. It seemed that once the queen failed to request help from the Republic, she next turned to mercenaries and a private security force, they managed to gather a large enough force to retake the capital and completely defeated their ground force, they also managed to shoot down most of the Trade Federations fleet over Naboo. Yes, the Trade Federation starships were not built for war and were quickly put together but still, he was surprised with how easily they were defeated, they did outnumber the Naboo forces. Despite the defeat over Naboo, his plan was still largely unaffected, now all he had to do was sow the seeds of rebellion, once war broke out he would be able to gather more influence and power, then he would create the greatest empire that the galaxy has ever seen! his empire would go down in history as one of the most powerful and prosperous empires to ever exist. The only thing that could get in his way was the Jedi, Darth Sidious wouldn''t make the same mistake as past Sith and underestimate the Jedi, no, he already put in place, safety measures against the Jedi. Once the time was right, he would use the very same army that was built by Sifo Dias to protect the Republic, to instead be the final blow against the Jedi! he would wipe them all out at once. With his arms folded behind his back, Darth Sidious made his way to the window and peered out across his empire, he couldn''t help a small smile from forming on his face. Chapter 7 - Training and Preparations 31 BBY (Jedi Temple) Robert stood still while facing off against his padawan, he decided that he would start off by using Form Four Ataru against her, activating his blue lightsaber he sent a series of blows and feints against her, being more aggressive than usual he ended up locking blades with her, using his superior physique he brute-forced his way through her guard! causing her to become off-balanced. Aria was in trouble, in order to avoid her masters'' blow she decided not to fight while off-balanced, instead, she did a backward dive while flipping through the air to dodge her master follow up attack, upon landing she understood that her master was being more aggressive than usual, she decided that it would be best to use Form Three Soresu as it was more defensive. She would weather the storm of attacks, and wait for an opening to strike back. In order to conserve energy to outlast her opponent, she focused on more tight blade work, subtle dodges, and keeping up constant blade movement to build up momentum and minimize energy expenditure, parrying and blocking attacks in one fluid motion. Her blocks, parries, and counterattacks were becoming more fluid-like and have started to flow more naturally. Robert was impressed with the defensive form of Aria, he could tell that she had been working hard on her training. His Master would have murdered him if he didn''t teach his padawan Form two Makashi and having been the one to have taught her Form Three he knew that she was waiting for an opportunity to attack. Wanting to see how far her Form Two had gotten, he started to slow down his attacks as if he was tiring, and then he started to leave more openings for his padawan to exploit while he attacked. His padawan not missing the opportunity to exploit a weakness started her counter-attack. Attacking using a series of lunges and feint attacks while utilizing her footwork to outmaneuver her master, utilizing precise fluid motions she mixed in a few light jabs, kicks, and cuts to attack her master. *Clap! Clap! Clap!* Senesha having decided to watch the spar between her old padawan and his padawan, couldn''t help herself from applauding the efforts of the young Aria, she was a skilled lightsaber duelist, but she noticed that her Form Two Makashi was slightly inferior and behind her Form Three Soresu. Form Two focused on One vs One lightsaber combat, and was weak against ranged wielding enemies, as most of the galaxy used blasters, form two has largely gone extinct in the Order! it was taught at the temple but few chose to specialize in it. Wanting to revive her favorite Form to the greatness it once had, during the sith wars! she couldn''t allow her padawans padawan to not be skilled in the Form. "Your spar was impressive young one", said Senesha to the young Aria. Aria with her strong sense of justice couldn''t help herself from becoming excited after receiving a compliment from one of her favorite Jedi Master in the Order. Senesha and her Padawan had made a name for themselves within the Order, after hunting down many criminal organizations throughout the Galaxy, although Aria preferred more peaceful solutions to conflict and aimed to become more of a diplomatic Jedi, she still couldn''t help slightly fangirling over the presence of one of the most skilled duelists in the Order. "Thank you! Master", responded Aria to the praise of Senesha. "I hope you don''t mind if I have a spar with you as well?", asked Senesha. "Of course not Master", quickly responded Aria. Despite having just finished a spar she suddenly found a new wave of energy and excitedly got into position. AN: Jedi addressed any Jedi Master as "Master" even if they are not their padawan, as a sign of respect. As Senesha sparred against the young padawan, she couldn''t help thinking back to the times when she would spar against Dooku. Sadly, he had left the Order in 42BBY alongside Sifo-Dyas to his ancestral home to reclaim his title of count. Now it seems he was becoming more involved with the politics of his homeworld. It was a shame, she had often lost more often than she had won against Dooku, now it seems she wouldn''t get another chance to spar with him again. 29BBY (Planet Naboo) Robert had decided to move his private security corporation (GSC) to the planet of Naboo, the GSC (or Galactic Security Corporation) over the last few years had built a large central headquarters upon the planet. Robert had been expanding his legal businesses while slowly removing his illegal ones, he couldn''t risk them being linked back to him and was slowly getting rid of them. Robert had invested a lot into the planet of Naboo and was now secretly visiting to see how things were going. Passing by the beginning phases of a spaceport in orbit over the planet, his shuttle went down to the surface of the planet, landing he first went and visited the GSC where everything seemed to be running fine. While he was there he was updated on the various happenings involved with the business and met with many of his important staff members that ran the place. Having inspected the GSC he then ventured near the Capital of Theed, where he had built a large shipyard, walking through the shipyard, he observed various machines kicking out parts for the various Arquitens models. He quietly observed the construction of the ships, as he watched a staff member would inform him about the various process of its creation, issues they faced, fighter types they were currently building, information about various vehicle designs they wanted to try out, and other suggestions they had to improve the facility. He was glad to learn that they were incorporating the various tech from the Gungans into his ship designs. The Gungans had a blue plasma from the oceanic core, they pressurized it into a shell, it was great at destroying droids and vehicles because the plasma was electrified and acted like an EMP, its weakness was that it didn''t do much damage to enemy shields but once a ships shields were down it would burn through the enemies armor and cause havoc upon the electrical instruments inside thanks to its EMP effect. He made designs to have them used as broadside weapons and as point defense against enemy fighters. In shipyards deep under the Oceans of the planet, were secret shipyards being built that were capable of building larger starships. With help from the Gungans, its construction was coming along nicely. Now that his Shipyard was up and running, and kicking out his Arquiten spaceships, he knew that he would need capable crews to man them, luckily he had foreseen this problem and had invested into the creating of a Military Academy upon the surface of the planet. There they would train recruits to fill the various roles required for his fleet, they would learn military tactics, officer training, logistics, engineering, etc. Padme and talked him into supporting these children''s education, and after they grew up he could employ them inside his various corporation or recruit them into his fleet, serving as engineers or hopefully other jobs that were not as dangerous as becoming a soldier. The people of Naboo having suffered under the invasion a few years prior were eager to attend this academy they wouldn''t allow themselves to become victims ever again, even the Gungans were attending the Academy, they had largely been isolationist to the rest of the galaxy, and after being beaten back on the plains of Theed they now jumped at the opportunity to learn new knowledge and tactics. Having made sure the investments he made into Naboo were going well, he now had to return to the temple, he had arrived here in secret and couldn''t be gone from the temple for long. Chapter 8 - The Visit 28BBY Having been summoned to the capital Queen Padm¨¦ Naberrie (Padm¨¦ Amidala) had to defend herself against the accusation of treason against the Republic, there had been charges filed against her, it seems that some senators were claiming that she was planning on rebelling against the Republic! and that was the reason why she was currently building up Naboos military fleet. Thanks to having many supporters and sympathizers within the galactic senate the debate on what to do with Naboo and her had largely stalled, some wanted to make an example of her, others feared such actions would cause a war with Naboo, the Republic currently didn''t have a large military force and didn''t want things to escalate, they had failed to protect Naboo and many were still surprised that Naboo hadn''t already left the Republic. Padme was tired after debating and defending herself to the senate, largely the trip here had been a waste of time, she had refused to dismantle her fleet and the senate was hesitant to force the issue. Having finished her business for the day she just wanted to return to her room to rest, making her way back she was escorted by two Jedi who was acting as her security and also making sure she wouldn''t leave before the Senate finished their debate. Thankfully, the two Jedi escorting her were ones she already trusted as they were the ones who had helped her in her time of need (Robert and Miranda). As they walked they soon were joined by a young Anakin who was eager to meet her once again. Now a Padawan he was eager to show off his new skills. "I would like to thank you once again for saving my planet", said the queen as she stopped and faced Robert. "It was no problem, your majesty it was my p???sur? to help", responded Robert. Hearing his response, she once again couldn''t help her heart from fluttering, quickly she turned away and started walking once again. Ever since the time she was alone with the young Jedi, she struggled to look the man in the eyes without a slight blush forming on her face. She couldn''t help thinking about his words he said to her that day "he wanting her!" (She clearly got the wrong idea). The man before her had saved her planet, he was the hero of her people. Before she hit the ground! she found herself being held in someone''s arms before she could understand what was going on, she suddenly felt her ?h?st being fondled! The rouge! he had taken the opportunity to fondle her ?h?st! panicked and unsure of what to do she fled down the hallway. Having run a fair distance she ending up finding herself lost, not sure of where she was she suddenly heard a sound behind her, turning around she came face to face with the man she had just fled. She was now alone with the man! as he got near her, he suddenly pushed her against the wall! his mouth locking with hers! she could feel his tung briefly roaming within her mouth! she couldn''t believe how bold the man was! ?ssaulting her in public like this! "No! we mustn''t do this! at least wait until we''re in private" squeaked the queen in a quiet voice. Before the man could respond to her, Padme heard the activation of a lightsaber, and before she understood what was happening the young man in front of her was flying through the air! Anakin (POV) He would finally be able to see her again! He had waited for this moment for a long time! he imaged that the next time that they would meet would be when he was older, then she would see him as a man and not as a boy. Still, he was glad that she was here. He thought that she would glad to see him! but all she did was pay attention to the Jedi next to him! he could see the way she looked at him and understood what that meant. Suddenly the queen had fallen and ended up in the arms of the Jedi Masters! seeing this the boy couldn''t help feeling a sense of jealously and anger rise from within himself. The queen seemly embarrassed ran off alone, quickly chasing after her he soon caught up, but what he saw further angered him, he watched as Robert approached his woman! in a fit of rage he gathered the force to himself and reached out to the rug in front of the Jedi, wanting Robert to embarrass himself in front of Padme, Anakin aimed to trip the Jedi, it was a harmless prank and he doubted the Force would consider it an attack and warn the Jedi. Sadly his plan had worked too well! and he watched as the man ended up falling into Padme. Miranda (POV) As she escorted the queen, Miranda couldn''t help noticing the flirtatious looks that she kept sending towards her man! before she had known it she had reached out with the Force and pushed the young queen causing her to trip. Luckily for her, she had managed to restrain herself at the last second and ended up turning her push into a harmless nudge instead. With a smug look, she watched as the queen ran down the hallway embarrassed after having tripped. Slowly walking after the young queen she started to feel bad and had planned to apologize for her action when she suddenly turned a corner and saw her Man embracing the queen passionately kissing her! Angered! she activated her lightsaber and without knowing it she had reached out to the Force one again and picked her lover up into the air! and sent him flying into a wall! Robert (POV) Having heard that the young queen of Naboo was arriving at the capital, he utilized his connections to secure himself as one of her escorts, he had hoped to meet with her secretly in private to discuss the various happening on Naboo, sadly fate seemed to have other things planned instead, as he walked and talked with the young queen he suddenly noticed that she was falling! as he caught her, his hand seemed to have grabbed ahold of something soft. Having been ?ssigned to escort and protect her, couldn''t leave her side and quickly followed after her, as he finally caught up to her, he suddenly felt the Force fluctuate behind him and he was suddenly caught off guard and came crashing into the young queen! For a brief moment, their lips had touched! quickly pulling himself off her! he was about to explain himself when he once again felt the Force fluctuate behind him, he was unsure of what happened next! as he had lost consciousness soon after. Padme (POV) The young queen was unsure of what to do, she was currently in her room nervously watching the door! Would the young man visit her this night! thinking back on the day she couldn''t help hiding her red face into her pillow! the rouge and groped her ?h?st and stolen a kiss after ?ssaulting her in the hallway! luckily for her, the other Jedi had managed to restrain him before he could go any further, having sent him flying into a wall knocking him out. Robert (POV) For some reason he suddenly found himself waking up in his room, he swore he had just been escorting the queen of Naboo. Slowly getting up he suddenly felt that his body was sore all over as if someone had repeatedly punched him over and over again. This was such a strange day for him, to make matters worse Miranda was giving him the cold shoulder and kept snapping at him! any time he tried to talk with her. Chapter 9 - Prison 27 BBY In a training yard of the Jedi Temple, a young 14-year-old teen could be seen sparring against his fellow classmates. As they dueled it quickly became clear that the boy named Anakin had a higher skill level compared to the rest of the students. Anakin (POV) He was currently sparring but as the fight went on he felt like there wasn''t much of a challenge so he decided to taunt a couple of his fellow classmates, his plan worked and now he was fighting 1 vs 3. This is much better he thought, they are at least making me work a little bit now. As his opponents attempted to surround, him he suddenly launched himself forward! Targeting the strongest of his three opponents he quickly took her out! sending her flying across the floor! having defeated one of them he next had to block and evade a series of attacks for his other two opponents that had caught up with him. Having defeated one of them already, Anakin made short work of the remaining two soon after, having defeated them he went on to challenge another group. As he fought he couldn''t stop his mind from wandering. *Flash Back* A few weeks back, Padme had once again returned to the planet, the now 14-year-old Anakin was thrilled to be able to see her again, soon after she had landed, Anakin had gone to meet her. At first, she was glad to meet him and they discussed many things but the longer they talked the more Padme started asking about Robert! Being young, he couldn''t help himself from becoming jealous and would always answer her questions by trying to paint Robert in a bad light, hoping he could leave a negative impression of him on her. A few days later the young Anakin would spot her at Temple walking next to the man he now hated! Secretly he watched her, he watched as she blushed and laughed while talking with him! he could clearly see that she had fallen for him. *End of flashback* Thinking back on the look that Padme had on her face while she talked with Robert caused something in Anakin to break! Gathering the Force! he pulled two of his opponents into the air! sending them flying away soon after, their bodies crashing into a wall! next, he bombarded his last opponent with a series of vicious blows! leaving him badly beaten upon the ground. Realizing what he just did! Anakin looked around at the stunned faces of his peers. Storming off! Anakin ignored them, walking down the hallway in a fit of rage. As he walked his anger and hate only grew, without even noticing it, he had started coming up with a plan to remove Robert from Order! and planned to separate him from Padme! There was a slightly famous smuggling organization that was quickly on decline, they would be perfect, he would use them for framing Robert. Robert (POV) He was casually walking down a hallway when suddenly he sensed that there were multiple hostile presences around him! quickly advancing upon his location! activating his lightsaber he waited a few seconds, quickly multiple Jedi surrounded him! seeing that they were fellow Jedi he allowed himself to be taken into custody. Robert was currently shackled to a wall of a prison transport ship, on his way to a maximum-security prison. A few days ago he was brought in front of the Jedi council to receive his punishment! It seemed they had received a tip that he was in fact the leader of a smuggling organization. At first, the tip they received seemed fake, with the clear attempt to ruin the reputation of the accused Jedi, despite this they were obligated to investigate. They expected to find nothing, but after raiding one of the main bases of the organization they managed to capture one of its leaders! who quickly broke under their interrogation. He provided them with secret video footage of Robert that he had collected. He had planned to use this against the Jedi if he ever turned on him. The video clearly showed that Robert was in fact the leader of the organization! and he could be seen giving orders to various personal and receiving reports on the various shipments that they still had left to deliver. Having collected all the proof they needed, they stripped Robert of his rank! and banished him from the Order! they also charged him with a 20-year prison sentence. Due to him being a former Jedi, they couldn''t hold him at any old normal prison, so they were forced to send him to a maximum security one. Robert (POV) He should have disbanded all his criminal organizations sooner! he only had a couple of smaller ones left to help him smuggle any illegal goods he needed, he planned to have it completed shut down in the next couple of years, but one of his higher-ranking employees had seen the writing on the wall and had gathered evidence to use against him, just in case he ever needed it. Arriving on some unknown planet, Robert was beaten! and dragged down a series of hallways, the guards here were very loyal to the republic and vented their anger out on him. They were furious that a Jedi would abuse his power and become a leader of a criminal organization! the guards that had lost family members to slavers and other criminals, used this opportunity to get at least some sort of revenge! taking every opportunity they had to abuse the former Jedi. (Sidious POV) Unknown to Robert, the Chancellor had managed to find out more about his involvement with the battle over Naboo. Sidious didn''t like the Jedi, he had managed to ruin one of his plans already, he wouldn''t allow the Jedi to grow even more. No, he would place some loyal men in this prison and they would make sure that if the Jedi ever did manage to leave this place that he would never be a threat to him again. He had the guards inflict hidden wounds on the Jedi, they would break his bones! and they would use machines to quickly heal him. They would of course make sure that the bones wouldn''t heal properly. Especially the ones they inflicted upon his spine! it would leave the Jedi with slight nerve damage. He could kill the Jedi any time that he wanted, but he knew that Anakin would want to flaunt his victory over the Jedi in the future when he eventually fell to the Darkside.. No, he wouldn''t rob his future apprentice of the satisfaction of killing the Jedi himself. Chapter 10 - In his absence Aria (POV) Aria was training in the temple courtyard when she was approached by temple guards, they took her to a room where they questioned her for many hours about her master, they asked about missions, and any meetings that she knew about. A few days later she was released and learned that her master had been banished from Order! now she was alone and due to the reputation of her Master, nobody wanted her as their padawan, if nobody excepted her soon she would be forced to leave! or if she wanted to still serve the Order she would be allowed to join the service corps, likely farming providing food for the Jedi Order. A few weeks had gone by and still, no Jedi Master or Knight had accepted her, resigned to her fate, she was preparing to leave the Order. Having gathered her few belongings, she was prepared to leave, making her way toward the entrance of the Jedi temple she was suddenly approached by a Jedi Knight named Moradin Goran, who accepted her as his new padawan! she was saved from leaving the Order! it turns out that he was a friend of her old Master! Her new master was skilled in many forms of lightsaber combat, instead of focusing on just one form and mastering it, he instead decided to practice all forms equally, he claimed that yes, practicing one Form would allow him to gain strength quickly! but mastering all forms! would ultimately make him the strongest later on. He used grand master Yoda as an example of one who had mastered all forms of lightsaber combat. It had taken a long time for Yoda to truly master all the Forms of Lightsaber combat, but eventually, he became so powerful that few could beat him. The few times that Yoda lost a spar, Moradin wasn''t entirely sure that he didn''t deliberately lose the fight to help motivate the other Jedi. As the weeks went by, and as she trained with her new master, she quickly learned that his attacks weren''t as fierce as other masters, that his defense wasn''t as sturdy as her former masters, but his ever-changing combat forms had their own strengths. Switching between Forms, often changed the pace of the duel! it wasn''t uncommon for her to get lost in his tempo during the fight! anytime she started getting used to one combat Form, he would suddenly change Forms again! changing how he attacked and defended, it was like fighting an entirely different person. *Time skip* A couple of months have passed, Aria was currently sparring against other padawans in the training courtyard when she overheard a young man badmouthing her former master! Confronting the padawan named Anakin! she challenged him to a duel, after a hard-fought duel she managed to beat the boy. Not wanting to allow the boy to catch up with her, she went to train with her master, not only that, she sought out her former master''s master, and asked her to help train in Form Two Makashi. She was determined to not let Anakin surpass her! if he trained one hour then she would train three. As she fought against Anakin, she was shocked to learn how fast he could improve! he was the type that would come back even stronger after they were beaten. She finally had to start avoiding the young man, or he would soon surpass her and use her as his stepping stone to becoming stronger. She decided that she would never show her true strength while fighting him or would just make him become stronger faster. Miranda (POV) It has been a few months since her lover had been imprisoned and banished from Order. Currently, she was starring at her wall, her mind was a chaotic mess! her days were passed in misery and she was just blindly going through the motions. the only source of comfort she had was when she would train her padawan, despite her depression she made sure to not neglect his training. It was after a training session with her padawan when she was sitting down and they both were meditating, that she suddenly for just a moment! she had sensed her lover! he was very far away and in pain! he needed her! Padme (POV) Sitting on her throne, she was attending a meeting with her governors and military leaders. After she had fended off the invasion of Naboo without the help of the Republic, many of the governors and military leaders had demanded that Padme become the permanent queen of Naboo! Only under her leadership did they feel secure. With many in the military wondering when they would break out her future king from prison! As she Listened to her advisor''s speak she had a large headache! ever since Robert was imprisoned, she had to deal with an increase of responsibilities, many on the planet knew that they jointly constructed the shipyards on the planet and are equal business partners. After his imprisonment, Padme was approached by the Gungans and multiple mercenaries and business organizations that Robert controlled! They were all aware that whenever Robert visited the planet or whenever she visited the Jedi Temple! that the pair would often be seen together. They had often seen the love-struck look upon her face every time they were together, with many just ?ssuming they were a couple! the fact that many would often ask her when they were planning on getting married didn''t help her situation. In the past, she would neither deny nor acknowledge their relationship, leaving others to just ?ssume Robert wasn''t ready to leave the Jedi Order yet, and that they still needed to keep their relationship a secret. Now that he was no longer around, and because of how often the pair were seen together, many naturally just ?ssumed that she was now in charge! for she was technically the leader over the battle of Naboo, many of Robert''s legal businesses had their headquarters on her planet, and he had even made her an equal partner in the construction of the spaceport and shipyards. She had to deal with merk leaders updating her on their missions. The Gungans kept reporting on the construction of a completely secret shipyard! that she knew nothing about! under the surface of the planet! of all places, hidden deep inside hidden water passages. There was a military academy that had to be seen to. Large corporations on the planet kept updated on the states of their businesses. The most surprising of all was the secret Jedi Temple he had built on the planet! This whole time! she found out that Robert had been collecting force-sensitive children and ?du?ts! and had been training them and providing them free education at his academy. If they couldn''t find a way to get him back she wasn''t how long she would last.. Many of her military leaders kept asking her to rally the fleet and risk war with the Republic! just to bring him back. Chapter 11 - Break Out Miranda (POV) Guided by Force, she had made her way world by world across the galaxy, for brief moments she could only sense him, it was in those moments where she was able to adjust her heading, slowly she made her way towards him. Finally! she had arrived at an unknown world, by day the surface of the planet would burn with fire while in the direct sunlight! at night the planet would freeze! it was a hellish world without life, this is where the republic built one of their most secure secret maximum security prisons. The prison was built upon a tall mountain with steep cliffs on all sides, the only way off was by a small troop transport that visited every so often, it had many armed guards, anti-air cannons, watchtowers, high walls, and electric fences. If you managed to get through all that! the troop transport wasn''t allowed to take off until all prisoners were accounted for. If it left while unauthorized the anti-air cannons would automatically shoot it down! on top of this, the transport itself was rigged with explosives and would automatically detonate after a certain distance if it didn''t receive the all-clear signal from the prison. Observing the prison, she knew she would need help breaking in. Sighing, she only knew one place where she could get it. *Naboo* Shortly after arriving on Naboo, she was stunned to hear about the wedding of Robert and Padme! at first, she thought it was just a rumor but as she walked down the streets she would often overhear many people gossiping about it. "I wonder when he was planning on telling me about his wedding!", Said Miranda out loud. Storming her way through the streets she made her way towards the palace! upon reaching the main entryway she forced slammed the guards into the surrounding walls! Gathering the Force she blasted through the main doors leading into the palace! In a matter of moments she had already reached the throne room, a trail of wounded and battered bodies could be seen behind her, slowly she approached the queen! She confronted Padme about who would be marrying who! and soon a fight broke out between the pair! Padme was obviously on the losing end of the fight but she had secretly been training alongside the others at the academy and her combat power had drastically improved! She was determined to no longer be the damsel in distress! a weak person who always needed to be protected! Throughout the catfight she had managed to get a few good blows in, of course, the fact that Miranda couldn''t really kill her also helped her survive longer than she should have. The military quickly responded to the distress signal from the palace, and within moments they had landed a few troop transports outside the palace. They quickly moved through the courtyard and then proceeded to storm their way through the broken doors of the palace to reinforce the forces inside. Upon arriving in the throne room, they witnessed several broken chairs and tables! the throne itself was neatly cut in half! as if someone had attempted to cut the queen in half as she sat upon it. The walls had various blaster holes embedded in them as well, several burn marks from a lightsaber could be seen here and there, small holes likely from small explosions could be seen spread out over a small area. Immediately after observing the surroundings, they spotted two individuals rolling around on the ground beating each other! A group of politicians and maids could be seen cowering behind a pillar not too far away, clearly shaken by what they had just witnessed. A few of them looked like they had accidentally got caught or were too close to one of the explosions. *Two weeks later* Inside a troop transport sat two women, both were starring daggers at each other! They had both come to an understanding, Padme constantly being hounded by her people and military staff to marry (which she wasn''t really opposed of doing). She needed to rescue Robert, her workload had become too much! she had to handle all his affairs on top of her own duties during his absence, and certain factions on her planet desperately wanted him back. Miranda needed Padmes fleet and authority, so after a couple of rounds of destroying the throne room! they came to an agreement, they both needed him. Padme would marry him first and Miranda would marry him after becoming his second wife. The Arquitens-BTT upon reaching prison maneuvered next to it, upon pulling up beside the wall of the prison the Arquitens-BTT walls on its sides opened up and ramps came crashing down! Soon, explosions came shortly after creating many entryways inside, after the ramps came down many troops waiting inside the Arquiten-BTT stormed out into the prison. In the courtyard, landing platform, and the roof of the prison, many troop transport landed. The fighters and troops quickly took out the anti-air cannons, within moments the outside of prison had been overrun and secured. Miranda upon exiting the transport quickly made her way inside the prison, she cut down every one or anything in her path! Force blasting her way through any security doors that they used to try to stop her made the troops behind her make mental notes to never piss her off! Miranda could sense him! he was near! Cutting through one last door she saw him! hanging on a wall from chains, covered in wounds and bruises! hanged Robert! they clearly weren''t providing him proper treatment. "hahaha... about time you got here... was starting to think you had forgotten about me", said Robert. Angered! she used the Force to rip his chains off the wall and caught his body as he fell. "It''s ok now, everything going to be ok", said Miranda as she hugged his battered body. Padme standing in the doorway was shocked by what she saw! How could the Republic allow this! They were clearly torturing him. "QUICKLY HE NEEDS TREATMENT! GET HIM TO A MEDICAL CENTER NOW!", shouted a soldier. Chapter 12 - Chancellor Ambition *Chancellor office* Darth Sidious sat at his desk looking through various reports on the state of the Republic, it seems that different factions within the senate had already started making moves against their enemies, small newly constructed fleets from the various world''s already started moving to expand their borders. For now, it was just isolated moons of planets, and asteroid belts that were rich in resources that were being taken over. None of the worlds doing this had officially withdrawn from Republic as of this moment, but he knew it was just a matter of time before they did. He was suppressing any news of these incidents from leaking to the rest of the galaxy, he didn''t want the Republic to fall completely apart just yet! he wanted to extract as many resources from the various planets for as long as possible before full-blown civil war broke out. In a few years, his clone army would be ready! on the surface, he was slowly building up the Republic fleets but in secret, he was shifting resources around to build many massive fleets in secret! Although the scale of war to come was suddenly much more difficult and larger than he expected, he still felt comfortable with his preparations. He planned to force the Jedi into a situation where they would lose many of their gifted masters early on in war only to be rescued by his new clone army! Where the Jedi had failed his troopers would not! not only would they rescue the helpless Jedi survivors but would also push back a larger military force! of course, this would all be planned and arranged beforehand. To the rest of the galaxy, his clone army would be viewed as superior to the Jedi and more reliable. It was one step in his plan to make Jedi seem unneeded to the rest of the galaxy. Reviewing one report after another he came upon one that was about various planets requesting emergency aid, it seems the taxes and the mass exportation of resources from these planets were starting to put a strain on these planets, many were complaining of food shortages and lack of supplies. Sadly, these planets were expected to fall once the Republic fell apart, being situated outside the borders of his new planned empire he wasn''t going to waste resources on them. Instead, he was going to try to take as many resources as he could before these planets fell into enemy hands. He''ll let the new owners worry about fixing and rebuilding those worlds after they conquer them. So... sadly there request for aid and resources would have to be declined and instead, he would go about taxing them more instead. As he moved on to a new report he was surprised to learn that Naboo had officially seceded from Republic! They had closed their embassy and called back all their ambassadors, and he was no longer receiving updates from the spies that he had stationed on the planet. Although he was worried that it would encourage others to leave the Republic, it ultimately was a minor inconvenience. He knew that many worlds were already preparing to leave the republic. He wasn''t worried for he had already started the construction of many secret Venator-class Star Destroyers, they would make short work of Naboo fleet! if the young queen was foolish enough to challenge him. The fact that the queen of Naboo had fallen out with the young skywalker had also greatly pleased him, he could feel the raw emotions of hate and jealousy within the young man! It was now far too easy to corrupt and turn him to the dark side of Force! the boy would make a powerful Sith in the future. He was gleeful with the idea of turning the Jedis "CHOSEN ONE" against them! His future apprentice would be very powerful! he of course wouldn''t be able to handle all the tasks that Sidious would require of him, so he already started to secretly train a group of Force-sensitive children in the ways of the dark side. Of course, would never become Sith but would become powerful pawns in the future hunting down any Jedi survivors for him. Looking out the window he couldn''t help a smile to spread across his face. In a few short years, he would become the most powerful man in the galaxy! no force would be able to stop his rise to power! Chapter 13 - wedding *Naboo* Robert was currently surrounded by a large number of people all discussing with Padme about the various wedding preparations that needed to be done, he listened as they discussed what type of flowers they should have, where they should be placed, who should be invited, and from what world''s, who should they invite to help strengthen their bond with other world''s, or who couldn''t be trusted with keeping their marriage a secret from Jedi Order. Every so often Padme would lean against him cuddling herself into his embrace and would ask his opinion about various matters, such as what food should they serve, what did he enjoy eating, should they serve their guest food, or was it better to let them choose for themselves from a large selection of various dishes more of a buffet style. She asked him what type of music did he want to be played at the wedding and did he know how to dance, and what date did they want to have the ceremony. Robert seeing her in such a happy mood didn''t want to spoil the day for her and answered the best he could but being a former Jedi he wasn''t quite prepared to handle this type of situation, in fact since Jedi didn''t marry, he had no clue of what would be appropriate suggestions, lucky for Miranda she was just as clueless as he was but was able to flee the area after coming up with an excuse about being needed at the academy. Padme quickly learned that he was pretty much useless in this situation but still did her best to include him in the decision-making, but would often make changes based on suggestions from many of her female friends and planners that they had hired for the occasion. After he had mostly recovered from his injuries, Padme rarely had time to spend alone with him, they both had many duties that needed to be seen to, so she was thrilled to be able to spend this time together with him, she had dreamed about the perfect wedding and wanted everything to be perfect, although she never imagined that the man she would marry someday would also be marrying another woman at the same time. After spending time with Padme on making preparations for the wedding he was ushered off to another part of the palace without her, where he was sentenced to the torture of having to try on many different types of clothing to wear for his wedding, this lasted hours before he was finally allowed to leave. He decided that he would head back to his room to rest after this and then figure out what he was planning on saying for his wedding vows. *Time skip* It was finally the day of the big wedding! guests from all over had started to arrive at the palace where the wedding was to take place. Over the last couple of days, the palace had undergone many changes to prepare for the wedding, decorations and flowers could be seen all over, the grand palace had only become even more majestic and festive once preparations were finally done and subtly in the background you could hear heavenly festive music being played for guests. The ceremony was grand and large in scale! with trustworthy guests from all over attending. Robert silently watched as the flower girl and ring bearer made their way down the aisle. Soon the music swiftly changed and he was stunned as his two brides made their way down the aisle, they wore stunning white bridal gowns, as his heart skipped a beat he swore they were the most beautiful things he had ever laid eyes on. *Vows* Robert (POV) "I Robert take you Padme to be my wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to have and to cherish, as long as we both live" " At my darkest hour, you were one of the few that were there for me, when I was down and out, you didn''t abandon or forsake me, instead you shouldered my burden and took it as your own" "I vow to you now, to love you and cherish you, to respect you, to care for you and protect you, your enemies will be my enemies, your victories my victories, your defeats my defeats" "I vow for all eternity, to be your faithful and loyal husband". Said Robert to Padme. Padme (POV) Padme hearing Robert vows now gave hers. " I Padme, take you Robert to be my husband, my partner in life, my one true love" " I vow to cherish our union, to love and to respect you, to support and to defend you" " when all hope was lost, you were my beacon of hope in the dark, the savior of my people" " I swear to you now, to love and respect you, to be your faithful wife, to be at your side through the good times and burdens, to be your light in dark" " I give you my hand, my heart, my love, from this day forward for as long as we both shall live". Now turning to Miranda. "I Robert take you Miranda to be my wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to have and to cherish, as long as we both live" "You are my friend, my lover, and soon my wife" "In my darkest hour, when others had forgotten and forsaken me, you were there" "I vow to you now, to love you, to cherish you, to respect you and care for you, to protect you, your enemies are my enemies, your victories my victories, your defeats my defeats" "To you I now vow, for all eternity, to be your faithful and loyal husband," said Robert to Miranda. Miranda (POV) " You are my friend, my lover, my soul mate, I would search across vast stars for you, take blows for you" "I vow for all eternity to love you, to be your faithful wife, companion, and friend" " I will be your sword against your enemies, a shield that protects you" " Even against a thousand foes, I will remain at your side" "You have my heart and my love forever" Said Miranda to Robert. Robert (POV) Turning to face his two brides he kissed them both and they were declared married. Now that they were married they were expected to mingle with their guest, Robert talked with local governs and leaders from other planets, he drank and danced. After a few hours, he and his brides were ushered outside and climbed aboard a moving platform. In front of them was a long line of performers, bands, dancers, and soldiers. They all slowly started making their way through the city. The sidewalks were packed with people celebrating their wedding, the city was decorated with many colorful ornaments to celebrate. The performers, dancers, and band performed wonderfully in entertaining the crowds. Chapter 14 - Alone at last 18+ WARNING! Sex scene, skip now to next chapter if uncomfortable with it, thank you. *Villa on outskirts of Theed* The three after a long day finally arrived at their destination, a private home that the Padme family owned far off into the countryside, as the sun started to set it only increased the already breathtaking view of the area. The group upon arriving quickly went about putting their belongings away. Padme quickly rushed off alone, Robert finally took the chance to relax and rested in the living room area while Miranda explored the place. Padme (POV) Rushing to the bathroom she quickly viewed herself in the mirror, she thought she looked fine but it was such a special night that she wanted it to be perfect. She decided to start by shaving her legs and trimming the hair on her body, making sure every strand was trimmed, presentable, or it was shaved off. She followed this up by cleaning her body with a long soak in the tub, making sure to brush her body thoroughly especially in her more s?ns?t?v? areas, she would literally die if he thought she smelled funny. Just to be safe she made sure to use her best shampoo, conditioners and body wash, her body would smell heavenly after this. Drying herself off after her bath she moved on to trying out different outfits, finally picking one she thought was good she turned her attention to her und?rw??r, blushing she went deep into her closet and pulled out a fancy piece of lingerie, it was a s?xy crochet lace bra top and p?nt??s, while out shopping with her friends they jokingly convinced her to buy it, in front of a mirror while laying on her bed she posed into as many s?xy positions as she could, she wanted to look the best possible for the first time he laid eyes upon her. Finally, she moved back to the bathroom to apply her makeup. Robert (POV) After a long day, he decided to take short rest, waking up a couple of hours later to the subtle sound of music, surprisingly he also found a sleeping Miranda cuddled up to his ?h?st resting peacefully. He tried getting up as quietly as he could without waking her but failed as she let out a soft m??n unpleased with having her beauty rest disturbed, he watched as she shifted into a more comfortable position on the couch. Making his way towards music he arrived at a lightly lit room filled with candles, stopping in the doorway he was stunned, for on bed laid Padme waiting for him. Almost nude his eyes eagerly swept over every inch of her body. Soon as if by instinct he found that he had climbed onto the bed, slowly crawling on the bed towards her until her blushing form was underneath him. His erection was hard and he was eager to take her now, but first, he would start with her lips. Before she had a chance to say anything his eager tung was intertwined with hers. His hands delicately ??r?ssed her and they slowly explored her every curve, before finally moving to remove the rest of her clothes, for the briefest of moments Padmes hand clutched at her p?nt??s as he removed them before finally allowing them to be taken off, her face was crimson red. After thoroughly enjoying the sight of his new n?k?d wife his stiff ???k couldn''t wait any longer, slowly he positioned himself over her, spreading her legs he let his d??k slowly rub against her ???t, getting a subtle m??n from her in response. Slowly he pushed himself into her wet puss?, subtly his h?ps thrust back and forth at first before increasing their pace, the next moment Padmes legs locked around him as her body slightly shook as she ?r??smed. It was at this moment he hears a noise behind him and was stunned to see Miranda standing in the doorway with a conflicted look upon her face, finally as if steeling herself the look on her face changed, she had come to a decision and slowly walked towards them removing her clothes as she came. Robert was next pushed onto his back and she stroked his hard ???k, Miranda after giving the shyly blushing Padme a passing glance proceeded to straddle him, moving her hand she positioned his ???k under her lips before sitting down on to it, causing him to m??n in p???sur?. Padme not wanting to be outdone quickly joined in, soon Robert''s erection was hard again at the sight of Padme being teased under the tung of Miranda, he watched as she slowly trailed her tung down Padmes body before becoming lost between Padmes th??hs, causing her to loudly m??n in p???sur?. Positioning himself behind Miranda who was currently bent over on her knees he grabbed her by the waist and swiftly entered her, shortly after he once again felt ready to ?r??sm but this time it would be Padmes''s turn. He instructed the pair to switch spots, he needed to be quick for he couldn''t hold it for very long, grabbing Padme by the waist he slammed his rock hard p?n?s into her, mercilessly he pounded her wet puss?, resulting in her squealing under his rapid thrust, the sound of her ?ss clapping against him greatly increased his p???sur? and soon he was unable to hold his ?r??sm any longer, clamping down on her h?ps he slammed her into him one final time before locking her in place, instinctively trying to push himself as deep inside her as he could! before finally collapsing on bed beside his two new wives. Chapter 15 - Unrest Robert (POV) Sitting in bed, Robert read from a holographic projector that was being displayed in front of him from a mechanism attached to his wrist, not wanting to disturb his two resting wives sleeping on either side of him he quickly checked to see if he was disturbing their sleep before becoming engrossed with the information displayed in front of him. All across the galaxy it seems small skirmishes were starting to take place, peaceful protestors had started to have enough with the current state of things and were slowly turning into resistance fighters against the Republic and their local leaders, the Expansion Region and beyond had been too heavily taxed, also do to the extreme exportation of food and supplies from these areas to the Core World''s was causing the local prices to skyrocket, the poorest of these world''s populations were struggling to live, now parents were starting to have to watch, as their children went hungry. For a time the population requested aid from their local government''s but after repeatedly being ignored they started to become more desperate, it wasn''t long for local food stores and marketplaces to be raided whenever a large protest broke out. His mercenary forces were also seeing a lot more contracts lately, due to them being secretly funded by him, their equipment was a couple grades above the rest of their peers and competitors, they flew better fighters, were better supplied, and he made sure the organization had their own private trainers to improve their teamwork and tactics. The fact that his mercenary organization was contributing to the unrest of the Republic didn''t seem to affect him as much as he thought it would. Growing up in the Jedi Order he had spent his entire time preparing for war, his goal was to save the Order and the Republic, now having been exiled, tortured, and discovering the state of the world''s, in and past the Expansion Region, he wasn''t so sure what his goal was now. The Core Worlds and colonies were prospering at the expense of the rest of the galaxy. With so many sectors already preparing for war, was it still possible to save the Republic? what should he do with Jedi? what role should Naboo play in the conflict? should they side with Republic? perhaps they should create their own Empire? Padme (POV) She couldn''t ignore the plight of the people across the galaxy any longer, after convincing her husband to provide her with financial support, over the last few weeks she had started excepting refugees from across the galaxy, expanding housing, greatly increasing the number of farms, investing in infrastructure such as roads, bridges, airport, schools, emergency shelters, hospitals, etc. After the first refugees arrived she was horrified to see the condition of some of the children, some were extremely malnourished or missing limbs. The stories she heard after meeting them broke her heart, many families in acts of desperation had sold their family members into slavery, slavers were buying massive amounts of slaves at low costs but at least they were wealthy and their families wouldn''t starve, they figured being a slave was better than being dead, many at first refused but after watching their own children die of hunger or watching the dying children of other families eventually forced many families, leaving them no choice but to sell their children or themselves into slavery. Bandits and criminals had also started becoming bolder, raiding entire villages and small towns, raiding merchants and visitors in space. The women often suffer great hardships as a result. The Republic in a poor attempt would send small fleets to areas farther away from the Core Worlds but would soon quickly leave broadcasting to the rest of galaxy of their great accomplishments, and shortly after leaving the bandits and raiders would simply return. The Republic of course would collect their taxes and supply quotas before leaving the planets, more often than not taking away far more food than the raiders did. If they were lucky one of the few extremely rare Jedi would arrive, they would be able to stabilize a small area of a planet, and with their influence provide emergency aid, bring supplies and food. Even on planets with a Jedi, how much help could they really provide, most Jedi were in charge of multiple planets, with far too many large cities for these Jedi to inspect, not to mention the many smaller towns and villages. Sadly more often than not the Jedi would never arrive, their planet''s hardships were being kept a secret from the rest of the galaxy, the Jedi were spread too thin to be able to personally inspect every planet in every sector. Miranda (POV) For a brief moment, she knew that he had left Naboo and upon returning his new lightsaber was now yellow compared to the previous blue. It seems his time in prison had changed something in him. She now knew that she was the strongest weapon he had and that later her skills would be greatly needed, if he decided to declare war on Republic then she would be his sword, if Jedi wanted to hunt him down, then she would become his shield. Naboo had officially left the Republic, the Jedi technically no longer had any authority here. Finishing her workout she next went on to teach her class, Robert had been recruiting force s?ns?t?v?s individuals, as well as those who had failed to become a padawan in the Jedi Order, the ones who then went on to leave the Order or joined service corps. Many from the Service Corps belonging to the Jedi Order still had dreams of becoming stronger and wanted to continue their training. For now, Robert and she were taking turns teaching large groups of students each, they would also have the students attend classes at the military academy learning tactics and various leadership positions, pilot training, officer courses, etc. The number of students was growing and it was becoming more difficult to train them, they needed more help, after talking with Robert they had decided on requesting help from their old friends at Temple to see if they would join them. There had to be some there that were not happy with the direction the Republic was heading. They were sure that some were also not happy with the state of the Jedi Order as well, many of their rules were hundreds of years old and were too restricting. (Jedi Temple) Miranda had reached out to their former allies at Jedi Temple, sending each of their old friends a message requesting them to join them, to leave the Order, and head to Naboo. Aria had mixed feelings, she deeply trusted her old master but she was also loyal to the Jedi Order, it was their home and they were the protectors of the galaxy, she was unsure of what to do, she needed to speak with Moradin before deciding. Senesha had been in her room meditating when she saw a vision of her padawan in a great battle! there was fire and bloodshed all around him, she observed as her padawan faced a large mettle door, soon a red lightsaber appeared piercing through it. Her former padawan bravely fought his opponent but the robed figure unleashed a horrifying scream and quickly struck him down soon after, the robed man then walked away. Next, she saw images of the galaxy and untold mountains of corpses as far as the eye could see, and there stood once again, the robed man, she wasn''t sure but she thought he might have looked slightly different this time, something seemed familiar about him. Suddenly! he turned to face her! quicker than she could react! he had reached out and grabbed her by the throat! "Oh! it seems not all the Jedi were as useless after all!", calmly said the robed man. It was at this moment that she recognized the bodies and broken structures around her, they were bodies of Jedi, old and young, the Temple was completely destroyed and in ruins. It was then that she noticed that the robed man wasn''t alone, not too far away were in fact other robed figures, they moved about as if they were not aware of her presence here. Shocked! she opened her eyes breaking out of her meditation, covered in sweat and panting hard she was horrified with what she has just seen! it was at this moment when she had received a message from her old padawan asking her to join him. Moradin after receiving the message had quickly made up his mind to leave the Order, he was sure a couple of his former and current lovers would be happy to leave as well, he was eager to no longer have to hide their love from others. Obi-Wan had just finished reading the message but he was greatly conflicted, he wanted to help his friends but he also had a responsibility to train Anakin, the boy was the Chosen One! the one who would bring balance to the Force, there was nowhere better to train the boy than here at the temple. Here he had the help of other great masters such as Yoda, who would help impart their knowledge to the young man.. He wanted to help his friend but he had greater responsibilities and couldn''t leave. Chapter 16 - Defeat Defeat Defeat * Flashback, Jedi Temple* Anakin was very happy, he managed to remove his love rival from the Order, to top it off he furthered ruined the reputation of Robert by spreading as many rumors and taking every opportunity to bad-mouth the exiled Jedi. It was during one of his rants about the exiled Jedi that a young padawan challenged him to a match, the ever ???ky Anakin wasn''t one to back down from a challenge, accepted it. Many of his peers were already aware of his skill with a lightsaber at this point and fully expected him to win the match, him included, so it came as a huge surprise to everyone when he was defeated. He usually lost a few times a day but that was when sparring against his Master or other senior members of Order, he rarely lost to his fellow peers these days, this loss greatly shocked him. His pride wouldn''t allow him to accept defeat and after increasing his training he challenged her once again, after a furious battle he had almost managed to win against the female padawan named Aria. He knew that he b?r?ly lost that match so once again he increased his training when he felt he had improved enough he sought the young woman out, he expected to defeat the woman named Aria once and for all after this match, but it seems that her strength had greatly improved and he was once again thoroughly defeated, causing many to believe that she was just the better fighter. So, unable to accept this he started a cycle of training, then challenges, resulting in many defeats, as time went on he started hounding the young woman to spar against him a few times a day! soon it wasn''t uncommon to find the young Anakin pestering the poor girl during their meals to train with him or to discuss various things about the Force. Obi-Wan often told his Padawan that he was spending too much time with the girl and to make sure to not form any attachments, for it could be dangerous for him to do so, but despite his many warnings, his young foolish padawan wouldn''t listen to him, so he decided to accept a mission from the Order that would likely keep them off-world for a couple of months. *Time skip* Anakin had just returned to Temple after accompanying his Master after a very long mission, they were sent to investigate a number of worlds and that were being raided out past the colonies, their investigation led them to a large smuggling operation dealing in slaves and stolen goods. Unfortunately, they were too bold and ended up falling into an enemy ambush! and were forced to fight their way out, during this time many senior members of the organization had already fled, resulting in a long pursuit. During this mission, he had experienced many life threatening experiences but ultimately they had completely destroyed this particular smuggling operation. He now felt that his strength had grown enough to defeat Aria and he was eager to test his new strength out against his rival, he was confident that he was the more experienced fighter now. (Unknown to him, Aria had already fought on a large battlefield already) He was sure that his experience gained during his mission helped to further sharpen his skills and it would give him an edge in their next spar finally allowing him to defeat her. Eagerly he searched the Temple for her. Unable to find Aria he was surprised to learn that she alongside other fellow members had decided to leave the Order! there was a rumor going around that they had left to join the now-disgraced Jedi Robert. It seems that around twenty Jedi knights had actually decided to leave as well, most taking their Padawans with them if they so choose to accompany them. Enraged upon learning this! he consulted with his Master about the rumor but only got vague answers from him, his Master also didn''t seem to be surprised about the situation, as if he already expected something like this to occur. Upon returning to his room having just met with his master he sat down to meditate, he could feel his emotions ready to explode, failing to suppress his feelings he decided that he needed a walk, perhaps he would go and visit his new friend at the senate, he would often guide him on any touchy issues that he had. Late in the evening he returned to the Jedi Temple having just gone to meet his friend for advice, he had hoped the meeting would calm him down and help him take his mind off things, it was during their talk that the chancellor had jokingly poked fun at him saying that it seems he was destined to always lose against the exiled Jedi, losing his crush and now his rival to that man. Now alone in his room, he couldn''t stop his anger from rising, needing to vent he made his way to the training courtyard to find a few unlucky partners to spar against. Chapter 17 - Legendary Fay *Naboo* Robert stood staring up into the clouds high above the capital of Theed, today was the day that his master would be arriving at the capital, it seems she was arriving with his former padawan as well as a few Jedi knights accompanied by their Padawan''s. It didn''t take long before he spotted the ship and moved to greet them. "Master! I''m glad you could make it", said Robert. Glad to be able to see his master once again, both sharing a hug. "I hear you have been slacking in your training! we''ll have to work on that" said Senesha giving him a grin. Suddenly! a young girl came crashing into him! giving him a big hug. "Don''t worry I''ve kept an eye on your padawan in your absence", chuckled Moradin. Moradin as he walked past could be seen holding hands with another gentleman at his side. A small group of paired couples following quickly behind him eagerly talking amongst themselves, clearly excited to be here, free from the Orders'' strict rules. He wasn''t surprised, he had seen her talents early on, she was one of the most gifted children amongst her generating and she even became a padawan a couple of years before her peers as well. "Your welcome!", said Senesha winking at him. He started leading the large group to his newly constructed Temple located not far from his military academy when suddenly a new ship started to land behind them. Fay (POV) In a far-off corner of the galaxy, legendary Jedi Master Fay who was centuries old but stilled retained her youthful appearance, appearing as a young teen even after all this time, being a peace-loving Jedi she was here helping the struggling people far away from the core worlds. She had always been more of a lone Jedi, she was constantly in the field, helping out across the galaxy. Perhaps besides Yoda, she might be one of the most experienced Jedi Masters of this era. Even Yoda might not be able to rival her when it comes to her connection with the Force, she constantly let it guide her actions. She had always had an intensely strong connection to the Force and would let it guide her actions, it had guided her here on this planet, where she had managed to save many people, she had become particularly close to a small female Twi''lek child named Yam''dori, but now she has suddenly felt a strong impulse from the Force to return to the Jedi Temple. She had left the Temple a very long time ago to become a wandering Jedi Master shortly after becoming a Jedi, refusing to teach a padawan, she felt that her abilities were better suited to helping the residents of the galaxy. She was a very peaceful person and didn''t like using a lightsaber, in fact, some claimed she never used one, with none ever seeing her use one since she became a Jedi Knight. Unknown to them was that the few who forced her to use it never lived long enough to tell anyone. If they were a threat to the people of the Galaxy she shouldn''t hesitate to cut them down, for others, her talent in the Force was usually enough to stop them. Guided by the Force she had arrived at the Jedi Temple on coruscant and made her way towards the council chamber. Upon arriving, she quietly observed as her fellow Jedi Masters debated about what to do with Naboo. Who they knew were secretly housing the escaped Robert. After a long debate watching the council, she pondered to herself the reason why the Force would want her here at this moment. *Naboo* Her ship had just landed at the capital of Theed, it seems the very man she was interested in meeting was near. Walking down a ramp she was soon in front of him. The man never having met her before was clearly nervous, she could feel his uncertainty with the Force, it seems he couldn''t decide if she was an enemy or not. She couldn''t help chuckling when Master Senesha slapped the young man on the back of the head when he attempted to question her. "Master Fay! for what reason do we owe the honor for your visit?" asked Senesha. Everyone could clearly see that she was fangirling over the Jedi Master. Robert (POV) He was stunned with how honest the Master was in front of him, she was clearly a spy sent her on behalf of Order, yet she didn''t try to hide this fact, he couldn''t tell if she was crazy or was she simply strong enough to not need to worry about it. Regardless his Master quickly shot down any of his attempts at questioning the Jedi Master, going so far as to invite her to stay at the palace! Despite being considered a possible enemy of the Jedi Order and the king of Naboo, he didn''t want to argue with his Master and could only helplessly agree with his master''s decision. He quickly prepared a room for her and then was stuck following the pair around the capital of Theed. As a padawan he had never met the legendary Fay, only hearing rumors of her deeds. His master was clearly a fan and demanded that he allow her full access to anywhere she wanted to go. To his horror she wandered all over the capital then made her way around the planet, visiting many forbidden areas and even inspecting his secret shipyards inside the planet. She went straight to each location as if she had been there before, if he wasn''t sure of the security measures he put in place, he would have definitely betted that she had been there before. After a while, she started asking him various personal questions about himself, clearly judging his character and his responses. Every so often she would get a far-off look in her eyes, before shortly snapping too and continuing to bombard him with another series of questions. Finally, after a long day, she claimed that she had come to a decision! she didn''t consider him the threat she was worried about! and that she would spare his life, then she went to go relax in her room. Chapter 18 - Updating the Jedi Council *Naboo* Robert was currently looking at a large ship being built, it was an A-CSD (Arquiten Class Star Destroyer), cost 60,000,000, was in the same tier as a Venator star destroyer. The length was 1,100 meters, Heavily armored, had two oversized internal stationary turbolasers running stern to bow, and 80 point defense cannons to fight off enemy fighters. It was basically an upgraded Star Destroyer class A-CLAK instead of a Heavy Cruiser version. Next to it was another ship being constructed, an Arquiten Class Carriers or A-CC, which carried five squadrons of fighters (20 fighters = 1 squadron). It was a modified Arquiten, designed to carry fighters, its sides, and underbelly had entryways for fighters to land and take off from. He was about to head back to his office when his master came and pulled him aside to train, she wasn''t happy with his current strength and after witnessing him dying she told herself that she would make sure that he would train harder. He already had various meetings and work that needed to be done for the day, being the leader of multiple organizations, teaching at the temple, under seeing the construction of his fleet, and his work at the academy. It all had him extremely busy. Reluctantly he agreed that he would at least put aside time each day to train for a couple of hours. Fay (POV) An image of Master Fay was currently being displayed to the Jedi council members. "As we suspected Naboo is already preparing for war and has amassed a fairly large fleet", said Fay to the Jedi council. Fay was saddened by the fact that the peaceful Naboo will be joining the war. "Continue your search Master Fay! we must find this Sith Lord you saw! before he has a chance to destroy the Order!", commanded Mace Windu "Are you sure you fully understood your vision, Master Fay? none of us have received a warning from the Force about the fall of Republic and Jedi Order!", asked Master Ki-Adi-Mundi. His comment received several nods from other order members. "I am... certain of it Masters", simply responded Fay. "For a second I thought they felt similar but after spending time with him I am sure he isn''t the one we are looking for", said Fay. "I have also seen this Sith Lord in a Force vision!", spoke Master Senesha to the council, her image showing up next to master fays. Surprised Jedi Master Yoda urged her to continue. " Next, I suddenly found myself surrounded by the dead bodies of fallen Jedi, that is when he saw me!... he then grabbed me! forcing my vision to end!" "I believe I was only able to see this because of my connection to my padawan, being able to witness his final fate", responded Master Senesha. She stood and then wiped away makeup from her neck revealing a handprint. "He was able to touch you!?" asked Fay. Master Fay made her way to Senesha and inspected her neck. "Whoever he is, he intended to kill you!" "You would have slowly died if this was left unattended!", gasped Master Fay. She could feel a powerful dark force ability clinging to Senesha. Closing her eyes she spent the next few moments cleansing the area around the handprint, it greatly exhausting her. Yoda after pondering for some time commanded Master Senesha to stay and help train their former members on Naboo, if the Order truly was destined to fall, he wanted at least some of the Jedi to survive. Senesha gladly agreed, she wanted to be there when the Sith came for her padawan. Mace Windu wasn''t happy, their enemy had already planned out their destruction and they were still unable to find this hidden foe! although now it seems certain that the sith lord Obi-Wan defeated was likely the apprentice and not the master. He would have to further stretch out their already thin forces spread out across the galaxy to search even harder to find clues about their unknown enemy. What should we do about the state of the galaxy? already it seems certain that over two-thirds of worlds will leave the Republic!", asked Master Shaak-Ti. "What can we do! this is not a dictatorship! membered worlds are allowed to leave at will!" snapped Mace Windu. Sadly, clearly, not all members agreed. In fact, the Senate was currently debating this current topic, in response to Naboo and other world''s already seceding from Republic. Fay not wanting to involve herself in the debate excused herself and ended the call.. Nodding at master Senesha as she left her room. Chapter 19 - Training Day *Space above Naboo* Robert was currently sitting in a fighter watching various pilots train and practice, he had 30 squadrons performing various maneuvers, mock battles, large formation movements, (1vs2) & (1vs3) dog fights, mock bombing runs, and survival scenarios. He had produced enough fighters to form two Wings. Each Wing was composed of five squadrons (four fighter squadrons and one bomber squadron) Each squadron was made up of four Flights (Flight was made up of five fighters). So one Wing had a hundred fighters/bombers neatly organized. Most of his attention was focused on Wing One performance, they had the most senior pilots and were with him longest. They were currently performing a mock battle. Wing One (POV) Syala Hamne was the newly formed Wing 1 Commander and also Squadron One leader, she was currently having her Wing practice a bombing run. "This is Wing Commander Syala and Squadron One Leader! requesting all squadrons to check in!", commanded Syala over comms from her fighter. "Gonna have to disappoint you, Charlie squadrons going to stealing the show on this one!", said Ikar. A male Mon Calamari, Charlie''s squadron leader (Bombers). " This Bravo squadron reporting in! and don''t worry I''m sure there are plenty of them to go around!", Said Bib''vida a male Twi''lek and Bravo squadron leader. (Fighters) "This is Delta reporting in, awaiting Orders Commander", said Bria Enif, Delta squadron leader, she had blue skin, red eyes, and dark blue hair. (Fighters) "Our mission, squadron leaders! Is to destroy as many supply depots on the surface of the planet as possible, the likely new recruits from the academy will be acting as our opponents and have set up multiple dummy supply depots all over the area, our weapons have been replaced with training ones and our ???kpits will turn red if you are fatally hit! That means you are dead! and must leave mission area", said Wing Commander Syala. "After entering the atmosphere I want Charlie squadron to split your bombers into four Flights, one for each squadron" "Each squadron will quickly split off and quickly escort your bombers to your targets in these areas!", said Commander showing a map of the area to everyone''s helmet display. "We will quickly eliminate our targets before enemy forces can arrive! Next, we will all head North slowly forming back together and hitting every depot in our path, then high tailing it out of there! before the bulk of the enemy fighters arrive", said the Commander. This got a round of serious acknowledgments from her Squadron Leaders. Miranda (POV) This exercise was set up to help train the new academy personnel and pilots to quickly identify incoming enemy fighters, quickly warn the base, and then launch fighters to engage the enemy. Her squadron was composed of her hand-groomed Ace pilots, they were the best squadron in the fleet. They would be setting an example for all new fighter pilots fresh out of the academy. None of the pilots were told what time the attack would begin or on what day, and so they just had to nervously wait. Finally, they got the enemy''s incoming attack signal and they all rushed to their fighters. Miranda''s squadron was the first to arrive and launch, even before many of the other pilots even arrived, causing many of the new pilots to be stunned with how fast they were. As soon as she got into the air she got an update on the enemies'' movement and adjusted her course to intercept them. It wasn''t long before she spotted the enemy fighters in front of her, her squadron quickly moved to engage the enemy fighters, all the work and training she put them under trying to outfly a Jedi had greatly improved their strength. In comparison, the enemy fighters in front of them when compared to the Jedi, made them all appear extremely weak and unskilled, her squadron was easily able to land lethal hits to over half of them in a matter of moments! Alpha squadron (POV) They had managed to reach their first target unhindered quickly taking out the dummy supply depots in the area, causing her Squadron to celebrate, they were soon moving on and heading North. Jynna couldn''t believe what she just witnessed, one enemy fighter had actually managed to land lethal hits on four of her fighters on just its first pass through her squadron formation. She soon heard over half her squadron complain over comms about being hit and having to leave the battlefield. "This is Alpha squadron!" "We are heavily engaged with enemy fighters!" "requesting immediate support!" "We''re being slaughtered over here!", broadcasted alpha leader over comms. "Negative! you are to engage the enemy! Keep them distracted for as long as possible!", Came back the response from the Wing Commander. "Alpha squadron do you copy?" Unfortunately, Jynna couldn''t respond. She had received multiple fatal hits, her ???kpit was glowing red and she had no choice but to leave the battlefield. Her squadron had managed to take out fifty fighters before the rookie pilots caught up, her Squadron suffered few casualties and still had over half their fighters. "We''ll let you guys handle the rest, we''ll hang back and observe for now", said Miranda before breaking off from the formation, her squadron quickly went with her. The rookie pilots were left stunned. Her squadron had taken out soo many enemy fighters. Miranda watched as the rookie pilots moved to engage the leftover enemy fighters, they were quickly being taken out of the fight! but there was soo many of them that they were still slowly taking out the enemy fighters. She also noticed that too many of them were falling for the distractions of the enemy fighters to divert attention away from the bombers. Eventually, the rookies managed to win the battle, forcing the surviving enemy fighters to flee, it wasn''t a complete victory, many of their dummy supply depots had been taken out. They won the air battle but failed to stop the enemy from achieving their objectives. Robert (POV) He watched the recruits struggle over the course of battle but it was expected, that''s what these mock battles were for. they would slowly become more efficient pilots over time. Wing One had managed to complete their mission but suffered over 90% casualties. Each one of those pilots was skilled enough to become squadron leader! but each refused, all claiming they wouldn''t leave until they were capable of defeating Miranda in a 1vs1 dogfight. Did they realize that Miranda was a former Jedi!? her reflexes and connection to Force gave her a huge advantage. He honestly just thought they liked the respect they got from being in her squadron, they were known as the elite of the elite fighter pilots. Next, he observed Wing Two''s training, he watched as pilots were stranded in space and practiced on surviving. Each fighter had emergency supplies for repairs in their cargo hold. The pilots were stranded in space around the remains of a mock battlefield with a limited amount of time and air to make emergency repairs to fix their crashed fighter, if it wasn''t possible they trained to survive for as long as possible in hopes of rescue. Aria (POV) She was training with the Second Wing today, having received the scenario of ejecting from her fighter she now had to survive in space or fix her fighter or one nearby. She was currently floating in space, around her was the remains of destroyed fighters and starships simulating a battlefield, quickly she made her way to her supposed fighter with the help of boosters, she opened a rear cargo hold and inspected it for supplies, unfortunately for her, the fighter had a large hole in it and its cargo hold was completely empty. With a dwindling oxygen supply, she scanned the battlefield, it wasn''t before long that she spotted a few downed fighters far away, making a quick decision she boosted over to one that looked the least damaged. She hoped one of the fighters had the supplies and tools she would need. Marking the position in her heads-up display in her helmet she made her way to another downed fighter. Over the next several hours she salvaged any supplies she could and started repairs, she has gotten the ???kpit repaired and sealed off enough to handle the stress of travel, hopefully... if not she would quickly die trying to enter the atmosphere of a planet or jumping to hyperspace. She was just about to complete her repairs when she received a signal on her heads-up display saying she was dying due to the lack of oxygen. Groaning she was soo close to repairing the fighter. Later she was told that if she survived just another eight hours they had her scheduled to be rescued by an allied pilot.. If only she found a little more air, she would have rescued herself. Chapter 20 - Naboo military *Naboo* Robert (POV) He stood staring out across the vast planes located near the capital of Theed. After becoming the king of Naboo he alongside Padme had started recruiting from the local populations on the planet, Naboo had a population of over six hundred million but after the queen started accepting refugees, the population increased to over eight hundred million and growing. They had already managed to recruit over a million people for their military. Having recruited so many, he decided that it was time to reorganize the military and divide it into different sections. First, was the smallest section. A Fireteam: led by a Corporal, consisting of four other individuals, or a total of 5 soldiers. Squad: Led by a Sergeant, four fireteams, 21 soldiers. Platoon: Led by Lieutenant, four squads, 85 soldiers. Company: Led by a Captain, four platoons, 341 soldiers. Battalion: Led by a Lieutenant Colonel, four companies, 1,365 soldiers. Regiment: Led by a Colonel, four battalions, 5,460 soldiers. Division: Led by a Major General, four Brigades, 87,365 soldiers. Corps: led by a Lieutenant General, four Divisions, 349,461 soldiers. Armies: Led by a General, had two corps, 698,923 soldiers. General rank is also determined by the number of stars they have, highest is three stars. Army Groups: led by a Commander, two or more armies, 1,397,849 soldiers or more. Rank is further determined by the number of stars they have, having four stars is the highest rank. The recruits over the last few months had been trained into proper soldiers, they were more skilled than fresh recruits right out of boot camp. They were now doing large scale exercises out on the plains near the capital city. Robert watched as two armies (around 1,400,000 soldiers) moved about on the plains, practicing different army formations, building temporary military encampments, fortifications, etc. He watched as two battalions faced off against one another in a mock battle, he had been waiting for this moment, it was one of the reasons why he was here today. The mock battle started and both sides were evenly matched, Robert sat down while closing his eyes. In contrast, the other side had a feeling that they would win! morale skyrocketed, they felt like they had endless stamina! and they all started working together as if they were one entity. What followed next was a massacre, one side completely dominated the other. Robert opened his eyes after the battle and was pleased with himself, he had been working on his Battle Meditation, which allowed him to increase the strength of his allies while weakening the enemy. He could only use this ability on around two battalions, but as the Commander in the future, he hoped to be able to help different army groups fighting on the ground, and help the battle happening in space at the same time. He was pleased with the military and the space force, they were becoming powerful. Besides the Republic, trade federation, and Huts, he was sure that Naboo had one of the strongest militaries at moment. That would soon change, the separatist movement was growing and it was clear now that many worlds would either be joining them or attempt to expand their own planet''s borders. Naboo had gotten a small head start compared to these planets but he knew that right now the Republic, Huts, and Trade Federation were the real major players at the moment. Separatist worlds were spread out all over the galaxy and their military fleets were quickly growing, the Huts were slowly massing fleets near two major trade routes near Hut space (the Perlemian Trade Rout and Corellian Run), It seemed certain that parts of these two highly traveled routes would be secured by the Huts. If the Huts managed to also secure the Hydian Way, then the Republic would basically be cut in half, they clearly couldn''t allow this and were already massing forces near the area. Of course, their high population also meant that the planet required a large number of supplies to be shipped to the planet. His goal was to avoid the conflict as much as possible, but he was sure that either the Republic or separatist would turn their eyes on Naboo, if not one of their neighbors, they might try to invade the planet to expand their borders once the conflict broke out. Chapter 21 - Nute Gunray 25BBY It had been seven years since the invasion of Naboo, the Trade Federation back then had high hopes for the planet. They knew the planet was rich in resources and had hoped to strip the planet of whatever they could after the invasion, sadly their army and fleet were beaten, causing them a considerable loss. Nute Gunray had been amassing a fleet and now hoped to retake the planet, it was widely known that Naboo had built many shipyards upon the planet''s surface as well as a spaceport. If he could retake the planet and capture those shipyards he could use the planet''s own resources to build himself a decent fleet and get some revenge on behalf of the Trade Federation at the same time. The Trade Federation had secretly taken control of the planets around Eriadu and even had a fleet stationed in the area. He would use this fleet to invade Naboo. The Trade Federation already had small fleets all over the galaxy, this was one of them, they planned to save this fleet to control this portion of the Rimma Trade Route once the war broke out. He was told to not have his fleet fight, the Trade Federation planned to aid the separatist once the war against Republic broke out. Despite this, once he captures Naboo he knew he would be able to replace any destroyed starships and would be able to expand this particular fleet a few times over before the war started. As long as he quickly rebuilt his fleet he wouldn''t have a problem keeping control of the Rimma Trade Route. *Naboo* In the space above Naboo, a large space battle was taking place! "Alpha Squadron! keep those bombers away from the fleet now!" shouted Syala as another A-CLAK was destroyed. The 200 friendly fighters of Wing One and Two were battling around her. The Wing under her command was holding their own at the moment while Wing two with newer pilots was struggling a bit. His bombers could be seen flying away from their destroyed target. "THIS IS BRAVO SQUADRON! THERE ARE TOO MANY OF THEM! WE CANT HOLD OUT MUCH LONGER!", desperately shouted Bib''vida. His Squadron was currently being swarmed by many enemy fighters, less than half of his Squadron was left. "Delta! ?ssist Bravo squadron!", commanded Syala. "Roger!", replied Bria Enif. Her squadron hadn''t suffered any casualties so far, quickly they moved to support Bravo Squadron. Bib''vida was currently being chased by four enemy fighters, his fighter had been hit multiple times! and was b?r?ly flying, suddenly he was hit again! and he went flying out of control. Luckily his fighter didn''t explode and he managed to stabilize it and came to a stop drifting amongst the wreckage from the battlefield, sadly it seems the enemy wasn''t going to take any chances and he could only helplessly watch as they moved back around to finish him off! They were closing in on him fast! when they suddenly broke off! he witnessed friendly fighters engaging them shortly after. "Delta is here! hold on Bravo squadron!", spoke Bria over the comms. He was standing in the command bridge of his ship watching the battle unfold, almost half his forces were engaged with the enemy fleet over Naboo, they were winning but the enemy fleet was larger than he expected and he would surely suffer more casualties than he initially thought he would. Still, after he won the battle he would be able to replace his losses with help of the shipyards on Naboo. Robert (POV) It seemed the Trade Federation hadn''t given up on Naboo. They had arrived with a large fleet and ground Force. From the looks of it, they wouldn''t risk a ground engagement until after they delt with his forces above the planet. They didn''t want to risk losing their ground forces if the droid control ship was destroyed again. To be safe they brought more than one this time, but still, they wouldn''t invade until they were sure there was no fleet in orbit to threaten them. Noticing his forces were struggling he sat on the ground and closed his eyes. Soon the battlefield started to change, his forces started to become more organized, and quickly started pushing back the enemy fleet. Seems the enemy wasn''t happy with this and quickly brought their reserves into the battle. Robert smiled and then commanded his fleets hidden inside the planet of Naboo to join the battlefield. He had been waiting for this moment! he wanted the enemy fleet to fully engage him. Once they did, it would make retreating harder. He didn''t want the Trade Federation to run here, if they spread out and started fleeing it would make tracking them down a lot harder, it would be even worse if enough of them survived and managed to link up with the rest of their forces spread out across the galaxy. He needed to secure his section of the Rimma Trade Route, once he did he would be able to trade with other worlds and move unhindered to the local area, he could control the number of supplies entering or leaving the area. If Naboo ever wanted to expand their borders they must take control of their section of the Rimma Trade Route. Nute Gunray (POV) The battle had been harder to win than he thought, the Naboo fleet had caused him to suffer many casualties but finally, they had them on the run, a little bit longer and their fleet would be destroyed. "SIR!" "We are picking up incoming ships from the surface of the planet!" said a droid. Soon many large ships joined the battle. At first, he thought they could handle these new ships but he quickly realized that the enemy fleet coming from the surface of Naboo was massive and they just kept coming! Where had they managed to hide all these ships! He was horrified to discover that the fleet above the planet was just the Vanguard, it was just around 1/10th the size of the military fleet he was witnessing leaving the planet and heading toward them! "ALL FORCES RETREAT!!!", this battle was over thought Nute Gunray. Quickly he had his fleet retreat. He had nearly suffered 80% casualties in this battle. It was just one of the Trade Federation smaller fleets but this loss would greatly weaken his standing in the Trade Federation. He would need to spend a lot of money to keep his influence from falling within the Trade Federation, his rivals would also likely take this opportunity to attack in any way they could, in hopes of securing themselves his position by replacing him. He doubted he would be able to secure the Rimma Trade Route, his fleet was mostly destroyed and the rest were in serious need of repairs. Chapter 22 - Expanding 25 BBY Robert on the command bridge of an A-CSD observed a large number of starships around him. On his ?h?st, he wore four shining stars showing his rank of being a four-star commander, the highest rank possible in the fleet. He had made Miranda and Padme into three-star Commanders, just one rank below him. He had split his fleet into three, he would command one while Miranda and Padme would command their own fleet. Naboo was located in the Galactic South in the Mid Rim. To the Galactic West of Naboo laid the southern part of the Hydian Way Trade Route. To secure their part of the Hydian Way he first had to control Darknell, it was where he was currently at. Both fleets under him and Miranda were quickly securing the system. The Trade Federation had a small presence in the area but had quickly fled, he now had full control of this part of the Hydian Way. His next step was splitting the fleet in two, his part of the fleet would head more to the Galactic North to the Malastare System, it was one of the most developed systems in the Region of Naboo. Due to being closer to the Expansion Region, there was a greater chance that he might battle either the Republic or the Trader Federation forces. Once he secured it he would head North once again and take over the Pax system. Then he would secure the Kira system to its Galactic East, It was a system that he had to take. If he failed to secure Kira then the Kalinda system was the only thing between it and Naboo. In the future, if the Republic decided to declare war on them, they would likely have to invade from Kira! as it was the shortest route. They could head farther to the Galactic East but would risk encountering the Hutt forces if they choose to invade Naboo from that side. Separatist loyalists were currently trying to convince other systems left in the Republic to leave and join their cause, he figured they had less than a year before the full-blown war would erupt between Separatist and the Republic. The second half of his fleet would be led under the command of the now three-star Commander Miranda. From Darknell she would head to the Galactic South West and secure the Eriadu System located along the Rimma Trade Route with the Hydian Way intersecting it. Despite being located in the Outer Rim, a lot of trade still passed through this area. From Eriadu Naboo would be able to trade with the systems further to the Galactic West. With Hutt space to the Galactic East of Naboo and the Republic to the Galactic North, that left them no choice but to expand their borders to the South. They would have to expand south farther into the Outer Rim, and to the West to secure part of the Mid Rim. Padme was also a three-star Commander and would stay on Naboo overseeing the creation of new starships. Once he and Miranda secured their objectives, she would command her own fleet once it was ready and would start securing the local system near Naboo, then she would start expanding south. While his and Miranda fleets held their strategic locations, Padmes fleet would be allowed to expand safely farther east, a lot of these systems had been neglected by the Republic and she hoped that they would be willing to join us without a fight. Her fleet had just entered the Eriadu System, it seems that the Trade Federation was waiting for them! since they had split their fleet her fleet was left more vulnerable, the Trade Federation decided that they would attempt to stop them from securing this part of the Rimma Trade Route. If the Trade Federation could win here, they knew that they would eventually get reinforcements. The Trade Federation had a smaller force but had waited in ambush! as soon as her fleet entered the system they had opened fire upon them, catching them by surprise. She made the mistake of not sending a smaller scouting fleet ahead of her main force. As the Commander of the fleet, Miranda had to take command of the forces and lead them. She wanted to be in the thick of the action fighting inside a fighter but her duty was to stay and command the fleet from here. The fleet didn''t need a skilled fighter pilot, it needed a commander to lead it. From her command center inside an A-CSD, she started commanding her fleet to target the enemies'' largest starships, once she took them out! the threat to her fleet would be greatly diminished. Soon the chaotic battle started to become more organized and the A-CLACs started synchronizing their fire alongside the fire from the A-CSD. The Arquiten light cruisers started forming screens for the A-CLAC and A-CSDs, and the A-CC moved further back in the fleet to safely launch all their fighters. The fighters and bombers had now regrouped, they started picking off incoming enemy fighters and organized attack runs on the enemy fleet, their bombers were quickly picking off vulnerable targets. Miranda watched as the enemy launched one last desperate attack, a large barrage of enemy fire was being directed towards her starship. Watching a massive wall of enemy fire heading towards her! there wasn''t much she could do. It seems the Trade Federation wanted to at least take out her command ship before the battle was lost. Right before the enemy barrage hit her ship! she noticed that an Arquitens-class light cruiser had fired its engines to the maximum! Moving to intercept the enemy fire they clearly planned to sacrifice themselves to shield her command ship. "Don''t worry commander! we have you... *static*" The communication was cut short as the Arquiten was bombarded by enemy fire! a large explosion occurred and the ship was violently ripped apart. The crew of the command ship, could only silent salute their bravery! and watch, as the Arquiten was ripped apart in front of them. Miranda observed a nearby screen to see if any of the crew on that Arquitens had managed to get to the escape pods. As she observed the screen she could tell that none had made it off the starship, the enemy attack had happened too fast! leaving them only moments to act in order to save her command ship. The rest of her fleet was angered by the attack! and made quick work of the remaining enemy fleet ending the battle. How many children on Naboo would never see their parents again! how many parents would learn that their children would never return home! This was the first time that she was experiencing the horror of being in command of such a large force. Her mistakes had cost the lives of many people! their deaths would always haunt her, thousands of lives had been lost here. She knew that she couldn''t stop here, she had to move her fleet North along the Rimma Trade Routh to secure the Sullust system. It was the next important system heading north along the Rimma Trade Route, with the trade federation beating here, this would be the easiest time to secure it. After that she would attempt to head farther North, to secure Vondarc, which was located to the southwest of Pax. With it secure, Pax could only be attacked from the North. Resolving herself, she ordered the fleet to move. She couldn''t mourn for the dead yet, she still had work to do. For their new empire! they had to secure these systems now! Leaving behind a few ships to look for survivors, the rest of the fleet moved out. Chapter 23 - Dark Times 24 BBY Over the last year, the Naboo Fleets had managed to expand their borders, They had secured all the systems to the Galactic south of Eriadu along the Rimma trade route. They had avoided spreading farther west from Naboo to avoid coming too close to Hutt territory. Instead, they had expanded farther south and had captured all systems between Naboo (in the Mid Rim) and Karazak ( in the Outer Rim). As well as all the systems leading to Cotellier and Kal''Shebbol had also been conquered. Their forces had managed to conquer these territories and had faced very little resistance from the local rulers and governing bodies. Most of the conquered planets were almost in ruins! many worlds had a lot of infrastructure in desperate need of repairs, and the local industries were b?r?ly holding on. Most of the planets were not producing enough food and had been steadily robbed of any local resources, leaving them with very little to barter with, making it difficult for these worlds to trade for other goods like food and medical supplies. Seeing the state of these worlds they were forced to halt their expansion farther west of the Rimma trade route. In order to stabilize these planets to were forced to spend large amounts of money on importing food and supplies from the Inner Rim, usually at unfair prices. Many planets couldn''t employ all their citizens, resulting in most of the planet''s population becoming unemployed. Unable to support themselves many were forced to commit crimes and other shady activities just to earn a living. Crime rates were climbing fast and hospitals were constantly overcapacity if there even was a hospital. Many couldn''t get enough supplies or pay their employees, the few still running was only thanks to the volunteers who chose to remain. Due to a lack of food, they had to greatly and swiftly expand the number of farms on these worlds, repair transportation routes so that goods and people could travel more easily, hospitals needed to built and schools as well. The one good thing was that the worlds in the Outer Rim were the hidden resources hidden within the planets. They hadn''t had all their resources mined out in the last thousands of years like the worlds located closer to the colonies and Core. At the moment they lacked the facilities or the equipment in place to mine properly, but they could convert some of their factories to produce the required equipment that they need, if they trained and hired workers they would soon have brand new mines up and running. Darth Sidious (POV) Sitting in his office he was currently attending a virtual meeting with other politicians from within his faction, they were discussing the various state of their planets and the systems located near the Galactic Core. Their faction now controlled all the planets located in the deep core and the colonies, they had access to some sections of all the major trade routes now and would be able to quickly shift around their fleets if needed. They could tax any trade that ran through their territory. He had built a few dark side temples to train the various force-sensitive individual from across the galaxy, in the future he would use them as attack dogs to sniff out any Jedi survivors. Due to the Rule of Two! there could never be more than two Sith at any given time. At the moment there was only him and Dooku, but soon the young Skywalker would be ready to take Dooku''s place and join him as his new apprentice. The boy had so much potential! that one day his abilities in the Force would surpass his own! the thought of how far his future apprentice could grow in the dark side of the force! left eager to witness the times to come. It was in this moment, with him thinking about the future, that he felt the Force tug at the corners of his mind, his vision became blurred and the room slowly became pitch black. Suddenly! there was light! slowly approaching him from the darkness, it was a robed man, holding a light in his hands. Sidious watched as the robed man walked through what looked like a cave, he was steadily approaching him, The Force was warning Sidious! the young man in front of him was a threat! if only he could see the face hidden beneath the robe he thought. Gathering the Force to himself he sent it out towards the young man! it felt like it took forever for it to reach the Robed figure, it felt like the force had struggled to travel a very far distance. Sadly, by the time he managed to reach the robed man, his attack only had enough power behind it to send the hooded man a couple of steps back! luckily his attack had managed to knock the hood off the robed man. He was stunned by who he saw! he recognized the face of the individual. Angered by what he saw! he decided he would test this young man! he would find out how dangerous this individual really was to him! and he knew right where to find him! * A Few Weeks later* Palpatine ever being a man of peace, would come to the aid of these worlds and liberate them. The Republic fleet had just entered the Kira system and as soon as they arrived one of their starships exploded! "Cowards! how dare they fire on us!", shouted a high-ranking officer. For a moment the Republic fleet was in a state of chaos! one of their ships had just been destroyed and they couldn''t figure out where the enemy fleet was! "Sir! I am picking up a large Fleet!", said one of the bridge crew. "Fleet! Prepare for Combat!", ordered the high-ranking officer. His order was soon carried to the rest of the fleet, shortly after the Republic fleet started to advance. No one noticed that the enemy fleet was too far away to have launched an attack on them. They were too angered to notice. In their eyes, the enemy fleet had attacked them without even attempting to establish a dialogue with them. Sidious (POV) He knew that the attack was not carried out by the Naboo, but was in fact caused by him. The rest of the Galaxy would never learn of this, of course. No, they would only know that the Naboo fleet had ambushed them here. The people of the Galaxy would only be allowed to see that Naboo had conquered many star systems and worlds! ambushed a republic fleet! without even trying to negotiate. They would be led to believe that Naboo had murdered Republic citizens during their conquest and slain military personal. The once peaceful Naboo would be seen as warmongers to the rest of the Galaxy. From now on, the Republic citizens would hold a grudge against Naboo! Sidious doubted that the worlds and systems that the Naboo forces would try to expand to after this would allow themselves to be conquered soo easily from now on. As he thought about these things he suddenly felt a fluctuation in the Force, then he noticed that the battle happening outside had started to take a major turn! The Republic despite being outnumbered had been fueled by their need for revenge and had managed to hold their own against a larger force! but now they were starting to lose. The Naboo forces had become more organized and the Republic forces had a sudden realization that they were going to lose this battle. Sidious observed the battle happening around him. "It seems that someone has been practicing their Battle Mediation", said Sidious. Not bad he thought, they had potential but he could see that whoever was using this ability, still had a long way to go, before they mastered it. Closing his eyes he reached out to the Force, he allowed it to spread out around him and soon it covered the entire battlefield, he could feel every living person on both sides of the battle. The entire Republic fleet started acting as one unit! one entity! they were quickly covering for each other weaknesses and shifted their forces around the battlefield as needed. "I want fighters to converge on this starship!", ordered Sidious. His gunship, escorted by a large number of fighters soon made its way toward a particularly large starship. It wasn''t long before his ship was able to dock. Getting up, he slowly made his way outside alone. Robert (POV) He was currently kneeling on the ground, out of breath, his body covered with sweat. He had just used Battle Mediation to help his forces fight when he suddenly felt as if a huge force had started to push against him. He had tried to resist it, but every time he managed to push it back even just a little, it would suddenly grow in strength and force him back even farther. His mind felt like it was close to breaking and he was forced to stop using Battle Meditation. The rest of the bridge crew around him felt a sense of despair wash over them. It felt like a predator had locked its eyes on them. "Sir! a small enemy gunship has landed onboard", reported one of his bridge crew. He watched as the robed figure effortlessly fought its way through the ship, clearly heading in his direction. As the robed figure made his way outside the command center, one of the bridge crew closed the blast doors, blocking the robed figure from entering. The crew member let out a sigh of relief and started to relax when they suddenly stiffened, slowly looking towards the blast doors they saw the impossible. The blast doors were glowing red! after a short time they then started to shake! and then came crashing down! and in walked the robed figure! Activating his lightsaber Robert prepared to fight this robed attacker! he was about to launch his first attack when the robed figure suddenly unleashed an unbearable scream! and flung itself towards him! His mind upon hearing the scream had become cloudy, his body felt heavy and he could b?r?ly concentrate. He noticed that the robed figure was about to land a killing blow on him, in an act of desperation, he gathered the force to himself and flung himself backward! The enemy lightsaber had harmlessly slashed too short of him, but before his body even had a chance to hit the ground, he felt himself come to a complete stop floating in the air! The robed figure had grabbed him using the Force, locking him in place. Then, without being able to resist! his body was effortlessly flung into the ceiling! his body crashing hard into it! before he had a chance to recover, he was flung hard into the floor! next, his broken body was flung towards the door. His body was badly broken, he knew that at least one of his arms was broken, his ribs were on fire, and his spine felt weird, he struggled to move as he attempted to rise up off the ground. He could only helplessly watch as the bridge crew tried to defend him, despite their best efforts they were all quickly cut down, the fight only lasting a moment. Senesha (POV) The trip was mostly uneventful until suddenly, she could feel through the force that there was a battle happening around her. A sudden feeling of dread washed over her. With her eyes closed she felt out to the Force around her, that was when she felt a dark mass of hate! and anger! slowly moving its way about the ship! Opening her eyes! she quickly fled out of her room! fearing for the safety of her former padawan, she quickly made her way towards him. Upon reaching the command bridge she found his body laying on the ground! with a robed figure slowly walking towards him! Activating her lightsaber she flung herself towards the man! their first exchange had only lasted moments but she had almost lost her life several times! her opponent was strong! too strong! "YOU NEED TO MOVE!!! GET OUT OF HERE NOW!!!", she commanded her padawan. Her padawan knew that he was only in the way here and reluctantly fled. The robed figure as if amused by all this, allowed him to leave. They clashed against each other once again! She attempted to end the duel quickly while using Form Two Makashi, but quickly learned that it would be impossible! Even with the resolve to die with her opponent! she was unable to kill him. She had left herself open to his attacks and attempted to land a fatal blow on him in exchange for her own life! but her opponent it seems, wouldn''t be that easy to beat. Her opponent was too skilled, and soon she was struggling just to stay alive! completely on the defensive now she switched to Form Three Soresu. The fight has only lasted a minute! but she was already out of breath, and covered in sweat! With a sudden realization, she knew that her opponent was just playing with her, the robed figure was clearly amused with her desperate struggle to bide time for her padawan. In their final clash! they locked lightsabers together! the glow from their weapons illuminating their faces. Senesha was left completely stunned by who she saw! she just couldn''t believe who he was, and for just a moment, she had lost her focus. Sidious (POV) Slightly amused with the little warmup he just had, he casually walked over the severed head of the female Jedi Master. A look of disbelief could still be seen on her face. It seems that he was wrong about his ?ssessment, the young man was no threat to him, even his master had b?r?ly lasted a few moments against him. No, he would kill the young man and be done with all this. Gathering the Force to himself, he suddenly launched down the corridor to catch up with the fleeing man. Robert (POV) His master was dead! he was almost to an escape pod when he suddenly couldn''t feel her presence anymore! For a moment he was filled with grief, feeling a sudden burst of anger he almost turned his broken body around so that he could avenge her! For a moment he was blinded by his rage! then he heard her voice urging him to flee! For a fleeting moment, he thought he saw her place her hands on his shoulder while smiling at him, he felt as if all the rage he had was suddenly gone. As quickly as he could he made his way towards the escape pod, upon reaching it he noticed that the robed figure was hurling himself towards him! traveling at an inhuman speed! even for a Jedi, the speed was insane. The robed figure was quickly approached him, flinging himself into the escape pod he quickly pressed the launch bu??on. Under the sudden acceleration, his body was flung to the ground, after a short while his body adjusted to the speed and he was able to stand up. Attempting to take control of the ship he noticed that the ship AI had already calculated the most likely place for the escape pod and its inhabitant to survive. Its autopilot was already forcing the escape pot to enter the atmosphere of a nearby planet. As the escape pod entered the planet''s atmosphere it suddenly shook. Observing outside the window Robert could see enemy fighters pursuing him, their shots flying by his escape pod. The escape pod, upon almost reaching the ground, had started to automatically slow down.. The fighters, not missing this opportunity landed several shots upon the escape pod, causing it to explode into a fiery explosion hurling towards the ground. Chapter 24 - Uncertain Times With a loud crash! Robert could feel the escape pod crash into the ground. It slid across the ground for a short while before hitting a slope, the escape pod tipped as it slid down, causing it to roll and bounce! as it rolled down a large hill. Robert inside the escape pod was flung like a rag doll, smashing into the walls as it flipped. The crash would have already been hard to survive while being in a healthy state but with his already damaged he doubted he would survive. As his lifeless body was flung around the escape pod he hit his head several times, causing a large gash to appear on his skull. As the escape pod came to a sudden stop, blood flowed out of the wounds on his body quickly covering the area around him in blood. With his vision blurring, he was only vaguely aware of the burning wreck around him, if the blood loss didn''t kill him then it was highly likely that the fire would. Unknown Group (POV) The migrating tribe had witnessed a large number of burning objects enter the night sky for the last few days, they knew that a large battle had likely taken place and that the wrecked starships were being pulled towards the planet. If they were lucky they would be able to salvage some of the wreckage, perhaps they would find more cargo filled with supplies or other rare material or equipment. They had already managed to find a few hovercraft and speeders while searching through the various wreckage. As they moved from one wreckage to another, they tried to hurry, larger groups were also working in the area, and as time went by they would start competing over less and less loot, it wouldn''t be long before they started robbing each other for their loot. They had gathered enough today and were leaving the area when they came upon another crash site, deciding to search the area and they only found one badly hurt survivor. Binding him so that he couldn''t escape, they quickly left the area. If he survived, they might be able to sell him, if he died, they could still use his corpse to feed their livestock, they had a few hunting creatures that wouldn''t mind the fresh meat. ? (POV) Opening his eyes, he observed a large metal thing hovering over his body. "w-what are you?'' The droid operating on his body just ignored his question and continued with his work. W-who am I? where am I? thought the man. He couldn''t understand what was happening, all he could feel was a large amount of pain and the droid operating on his body wasn''t being gentle. Unable to bear the pain he passed out. "The human will survive, it has a split skull that will need to be operated on, its ribs are broken, and it has multiple fractures on its arms and legs", replied the droid. "how long before we''ll be able to get some work out of it?", asked the unknown man. "Hard to say... if I had better equipment, I could have him up and able to work within a few days! with the right injections of course. Without it and with proper rest, he should be up and ready in a couple of months", answered the droid. 23 BBY Bragra (Robert) was starring out of a cage, thinking back on the last year. Waking from his coma he couldn''t recall who he was. His captures named him Bragra and so that was who he was, he was the slave Bragra. Once his body had healed, he was forced onto a starship. Alongside other slaves, he spent the next few weeks locked inside a cargo hold, they b?r?ly fed the slaves. They fed them just enough, so that they wouldn''t die, but not enough for them to still have the strength to attempt an escape. Eventually, he ended up in a desert world. Sold to a Hutt slaver who ran a brothel. There he was conditioned to always follow commands and taught how to please the various races that frequented the establishment. The slaves that performed well and made money for the slaver, were treated better. The ones that didn''t, were sold off to one of the local mines. There they would perform back-breaking work for the rest of their lives until the day they died or were lucky enough to be sold again. He had started his day by serving a pair of Clabronians, an older couple who were visiting the establishment in an attempt to spice up their relationship, pleased with his obedient attitude and pleasant appearance, they decided to include him in their fun, they had him demonstrate his skill in the bedroom. The Clabronian couple ended the day by once again including him in their bedroom fun, he spent the last few hours of the day in their room pleasuring the pair, in whatever it was that they d?s?r?d. Having dealt many times with other Clabronians he was becoming very proficient in entertaining them. With his day was finally over, he was forced to remove his fancy attire so it could be cleaned and then he was instructed to cleanse himself. After bathing, he now sat quietly in his room, or should he say cage. It was better furnished than some of the other slave cages, he had warm blankets, and was provided with plenty of food and water. It seems the wealthy couple had indeed spent a lot today! his master must have been pleased with his effort, for the quality of food and drink was higher today. The envious gazes of the other slaves could be seen as he enjoyed his food and happily drank. While he was still new to this establishment, he had often been on the other side, silently forced to watch as others enjoyed themselves on a decent meal, while he ate cold hard bread with very little water. He had spent many nights like that, hungry and thirsty, but not tonight, tonight he would be full and he would sleep well. Asajj Ventress (POV) Her master Dooku, had sent her to Hutt territory in hopes of securing an alliance between the Hutts and the Confederacy of Independent Systems ( also known as the Separatist Alliance, or simply Separatists). Under Dooku''s instruction, she had become a commander in the Separatist droid military, with her status as a commander and as her Masters'' apprentice, she was more than qualified to represent the Separatist military. The talks were going well, it looks like she had managed to secure a nonaggression pact between the Hutts and the Separatists. Both groups agreed, not to restrict each other''s trade routes, and both sides would be allowed to import and export goods with each other. As both sides worked out the details, she couldn''t help noticing the presence of one of the slaves present, as he refilled her drink, she could feel the Force surround the man! As she coyly talked with him, she found him pleasing to the eye. Learning more about the man she discovered that he was quite skilled in the bedroom! and had been groomed to follow any command without hesitation. She could feel that the man serving her, was force-sensitive, and had the potential to become a strong Darkside user, she wanted to take him as her apprentice. As the talks turned to slavery, the separatists and Hutts agreed that if they ever conquered a planet, that they would offer to sell the excess population, as slaves to the other, and as a sign of good faith to Ventress they would allow her to purchase the slave here today. The slave owner was hesitant at first, but eventually, he was satisfied after he thought he had earned enough from the trade, he had made a lot of money off of Bragra, and spent a lot of effort to train him. Reluctantly, he couldn''t turn down Ventress''s offer, it was too good of a deal to pass up, especially for one single slave. Ventress thought the slaver was a fool, he had just sold a powerful Force-sensitive individual for such a small price. The man would become her apprentice and become a powerful dark side user.. In the war to come, he would become a powerful weapon for her, and from the sounds of it, he would also be useful in the bedroom as well. Chapter 25 - Her Test 21 BBY Bragra was running through a large and deep canyon! his master had taken away his lightsaber and she had unleashed a pack of wild beasts to hunt him down! they were fast and he had a long stretch of the canyon to go! he could see his master overhead flying off in the distance, she had a smug look upon her face as she waved goodbye. With the wild beast right on his tail and quickly gaining on him! Bragra gathered the Force to himself and used Force Speed! he accelerated quickly and was soon pulling away from the wild beasts hot on his trail! After quickly pulling far ahead of the beast, he decided to stop using the ability, it was draining him fast and he couldn''t exhaust himself or he would be helpless once the wild beast caught up to him! he could hear their growls quickly coming closer as they rushed to catch to him! With no choice he had to carry on, he had to reach the other side of the canyon! his master would be there waiting for him to pass this test. He kept running and soon found himself having to leap over a raging river! with no other choice, he once again used Force Speed while running at the River! right before he got there he used Force Jump! sending himself flying across the River and landing hard on the other side! it seemed he still needed to work on the landing. Behind him, the wild beast had caught up once again and had tried to jump into the River, they were swiftly swept downstream but Bragra would see that they were still able to slowly swim their way across! they would end up downriver but he knew they would soon catch up once again! What kind of canyon was this! it had a large River, a jungle in front of him! he could see that it had steep cliff on the sides and even farther ahead he thought he saw large streams of water every so often being shot into the air! Having crossed the River he now found himself running through a thick Jungle! for the last fifteen minutes he had managed to reach far into the jungle without much trouble but now the wild beast had caught up! in the jungle on either side of him, he could occasionally make them out briefly through the thick jungle brush! He suddenly was forced to leap high into the air and land on a tree branch above him! below a couple of wild beasts had just landed right where had just been! if it wasn''t for the Force warning him they likely would have successfully ambushed him! it seems the ones farther out in the brush had tricked him into paying attention to them, while a couple had managed to sneak close to him undetected. With ground unsafe, he had no choice but to travel by leaping from tree to tree! the wild beast seeing this had no choice but to follow after him and started climbing the various trees around as well. Bragra despite having to run while leaping from tree branch to tree branch was traveling at a quick speed! if he was only wearing all black and carrying a sword he would feel like a ninja! After taking a quick look back behind him, he was shocked to see many wild beasts hot on his tail! they were swiftly jumping tree branch to tree branch just like him! there were also a few running on the ground beneath him! what coordination! they were behind him, on sides, and below him! As he ran he suddenly found himself on the edge of the jungle and had no choice but to leap down from the tree, as soon as he landed a couple of wild beasts pounced on him! using the Force he managed to Force Push them away and sent them flying into the other wild beasts that had caught up. Not waiting around he quickly used Force Speed and ran away, he was traveling fast when out of nowhere in front of him! a large column of water shot out of the ground! he could tell that the water was scalding hot! then he noticed that the whole area in front of him had erupted with many columns of water! The area must be active with volcanic activity with a source of water running underground in the area as well! creating many geysers of scalding hot water to shoot out of the ground! As he ran through the minefield of geysers he noticed that the steam was becoming thick, he was b?r?ly able to see a few feet in front of him, the air was burning up and was making it hard to breathe! it felt like he was in a hot sauna, and his body was covered in sweat! Stunned! Bragra could only hear a fading roar as the beast was flung far away into the distance! every so often as he ran he could hear the howls of the wild beast around him as they were caught by a sudden geyser eruption! thanks to the warnings from the Force he was able to safely navigate through the minefield of geysers and reached the end of the canyon. Using the Force he lept into the air and landed into her aircraft! his master only chuckled to herself at the angry look on his face and handed him his two lightsabers! "well-done apprentice", she said. Asajj Ventress was extremely proud of her apprentice! what a find he was, Bragra was very gifted with a lightsaber and had taken to her teachings in Form Two Makashi, he was a very quick learner. In these last couple of years, he had soaked up everything that she had to teach. She was glad that he was like a clean slate and she was able to mold him as she saw fit, he was quickly becoming a powerful Darkside force user. The test her apprentice had just passed wasn''t easy for someone who had only trained a couple of years! she was deeply proud of him and started considering bringing him along on her missions.