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A New Republic Baleen-class heavy freighter flew through the vacuum of space escorted by a Nebulon-B and a Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbuster. As they flew the Nebulon-B and the Bunkerbuster cruiser both fire back at an old Imperial II class Star Destroyer which fired at the three ships escorted by a Victory-II class and a Nebulon-K frigate. The Imperial II now branded with the logo of the First Order returned fire at the three ships as Tie-Fighters and Tie-Bombers flew in against the Heavy Freighter the Bombers performing a bombing run against the freighter. The Bunkerbuster fired at the Imperial II class Star Destroyer with the shots hitting off the shields before a squad of Tie-Bombers flew in and fired their proto bombs at the Bunkerbuster with one destroying the main gun. The Victory-II began to fire at the Bunkerbuster with the Star Destroyer as it also fired at the Nebulon-B with the Nebulon-K frigate.

Soon one of the star destroyer's turbo lasers hit the Bunkerbuster in the side and caused an explosion which knocked out the engines before it and the Victory-II class both continued to shoot at the Bunkerbuster soon destroying it. The Star Destroyer then fired two turbo laser shots at the Baleen-class getting two hits off the back.

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On the bridge of the Baleen-class heavy freighter the Captain a orange skinned Quarren wearing a New Republic shipping uniform grabbed hold her her chair in order to steady herself as the ship rocked from the shots. Sparks flew on the bridge as she looked around, "damage report!" she yelled.

One of the human officers. A male of Corellian decent with shaggy yet fine groomed hair wearing the same type of uniform of the Quarren Captain looked to his screen as it flickered before showing schematics. The ship rocked again and another explosion of sparks burst out, "shields are down to 56%. Hyperdrive is offline. The Bunkerbuster has been destroyed and the Nebulon-B is suffering heavy damage" he responded.

"Dank Ferric" the Captain screamed out with rage. She quickly pressed a button on her command chair, "come in, come in. This is New Republic Heavy Freighter Sunspot. We are under attack by the First Order we need assistance" she said.

Another one of the officers. This one another human with slightly darker skin with blue eyes and short black hair, "ma'am communications systems are offline" he stated.

The Captain let out an angry growl, "Get those communications back online. Try and keep us out of range of those cannons" she ordered.

"right away ma'am" the officer responded.

The ship rocked again before the first Officer looked back, "shields are down to 48%, engines have been reduced to half quarter impulse" he stated.

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The Nebulon-B fired at the Nebulon-K and the Star Destroyer. Two Tie-Bombers flew in against the rear of the Nebulon-B, one got shot down in its bomber pod and spirals down before exploding, however the second one manages to fire a photo bomb into one of the engines of the Nebulon-B. A volley of Turbo lasers from the Star Destroyer hit the Nebulon-B with one hitting the neck section causing an explosion that tore the ship in half.

The three First Order ships began to concentrate their fire upon the Baleen-Class heavy freighter which tried to avoid the shots however two shots from the Star Destroyer and one shot from the Victory-II class hit.

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Upon the bridge the Captain looked to the officer that had given her the damage reports, "Lieutenant Report!" she ordered.

The officer looked to her, "shields are down to 39% and are continuing to fail. They're not going to last much longer under this assault" he responded.

The Captain let out a sigh, "do we have the hyperdrive back online yet?" she asked.

"Negative Captain. Hyperdrive is still offline" the officer responded.

The Captain let out another sighed, "dank" she gritted, "we need to get that hyperdrive back online or we're in the bantha poodo" she stated. The ship rocked again and more sparks flew before some inner hull panels fell to the floor from the roof and some wirers fell.

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At that instant a Starhawk II emerged from hyperspace escorted by two Nebulon-C frigates and a Nebulon-B instantly they all began to fire at the First Order ships catching them off guard as the Starhawk II deployed twelve squadrons of T65 X-wings and one squad of T70 X-wings followed by four squadrons of Y-wings. Instantly the X-wings began to engage the Tie-fighters and Tie-bombers  as two CR90s emerged. The Y-wing squadrons split into two groups consisting of two squadrons. One went in and did a bombing run against the Victory-II whilst the other did a bombing run against the Star destroyer destroying one of the shield globes.

The Starhawk II and the other New Republic ships began to fire at the cruisers instantly the Starhawk two fired Ion cannon shots at the Nebulon-K and disabled it before the two Nebulon-C frigates fired at it and soon destroyed it. The Nebulon-B and two CR90 corvettes began to shoot at the Victory-II getting several hits on the ship as the Starhawk II began to fire at the Star Destroyer and the Victory II class.

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Upon the bridge of the Baleen-class the captain looked to the crew, "status?" she asked.

"A New Republic task force has emerged from Hyperspace Captain. They have began to attack the First Order ships they have caught them off guard" the first officer said.

"Captain we have communications back online. The Captain of the Starhawk II is hailing us" the other officer said.

The Captain gave a nod as she smiled, "put it through" she commanded.

The officer nodded before pressing a button and a male voice came over the speaker, "Sunspot this is New Republic Task force delta. We'll handle these Imperial remnants you get yourselves out of here" the voice said.

The Captain nodded happily, "thank you Task force Delta" she responded with gratitude.

The previous officer looked to her, "Captain the hyperdrive is back online. We're ready to engage" he said.

The Captain gave a nod of approval, "punch it. Get us out of here" she commanded.

The pilot nodded before quickly pushing the hyperdrive causing the freighter to jump into hyperspace.

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The New Republic Task force continued to fire at the First Order ships soon destroying the Victory-II class and causing the Star Destroyer to turn and begin to flee as the X-wings finished off what was left of the Tie-fighters and bombers.

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On Board the Starhawk II's bridge the Captain. A human male with pale skin, brown swept back hair, and green eyes wearing a New Republic Naval outfit looked through the window as the First Order fleet. The Imperial class Star Destroyer began to turn and flee away from the battle.

"Captain the Star Destroyer is fleeing. We think they are attempting to escape" one of the officers said.

The Captain looked, "They won't get far" he responded, "Fire the tractor beam and then target all Ion cannons at that ship" he ordered.

"Right away captain" the officer responded.

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Instantly the Starhawk II's tractor beam fired and caught the Star Destroyer before bringing it into weapons range. Instantly the Starhawk II fired its Ion cannons at the Star Destroyer disabling its main power.

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On the bridge of the Starhawk II the officer looked to the Captain, "Star Destroyer disabled captain" he stated.

The Captain smiled as he put his hands behind his back, "excellent work commander, open a communications channel to the Star Destroyer" he responded.

"right away captain" the officer replied before pressing the button to open the channel.

The Captain cleared his throat, "attention First Order Star Destroyer. This is Captain Alduurn of New Republic Task force Delta. Your ship is disabled, prepare to be boarded resistance will not be tolerated" he stated.

Just then another New Republic officer looked to Captain Alduurn, "Captain. I'm picking up a new signal off of our Starboard side" he said.

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At that instant a Resurgent class Star Destroyer emerged from Hyperspace escorted by two Imperial-II class Star Destroyers and an Imperial-I class. Plus several Carrack-class light cruisers and Nebulon-K frigates. All of them began to fire at New Republic task force Delta with the Resurgent class focusing on the Starhawk II.

As they all fired the Resurgent class and three Imperial class Star Destroyers deployed more Tie-fighter and bombers, plus some Tie-interceptors. However the Resurgent class deployed newer more advanced forms than the ones from the Star Destroyers including some squadrons of the Sf variants. All of which instantly began to engage the New Republic fighters taking them out as the bombers began to attack the New Republic ships.

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On board the bridge of the Starhawk II the ship rocked as it was hit by turbo lasers, "statues report, commander what am I looking at?" Captain Alduurn said.

the previous officer looked to the captain as the ship rocked again, "more First Order ships captain. Headed by a unknown variant of Star destroyer we've never seen one like it. Its shields and weapons systems seem more advanced then that of the others" he responded.

At that moment an explosion of sparks erupted on the bridge as the Starhawk rocked again, "damage report!" Captain Alduurn yelled.

"shields are down to 67%. Our hyperdrive is disabled. Fighter squadrons are down to 85%. One of the Nebulon-C's has been destroyed and a CR90 is suffering heavy damage" one of the officers responded. Another explosion rocked the ship and more sparks flew before the tractor beam disengaged, "they have just knocked out the tractor beam sir" the officer proclaimed.

"Dank. Send word to the New Republic base forward operating base on D'Qar" Captain Alduurn ordered, "tell them we have been engaged by an unknown ship and need..." he was about to continued.

"We can't captain they are jamming our communications" the first officer responded cutting him off.

"Captain shields have fallen to below 60%" the third officer said.

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The Resurgent class Star Destroyer continued to fire at the Starhawk II and the other New Republic ships. Two First Order bombers flew in and shot torpedoes at a CR90 corvette getting hits and soon destroying it. One of the Star Destroyers fired at the Nebulon-B with two Nebulon-Ks as the Carracks began to shoot at the New Republic fighters shooting down a Y-wing.

One of the T70 X-wings chased after one of the new Tie-fighters and shot at it only for the lasers to impact off a shield. That that moment another new Tie-fighter flew in and shot down the T70 X-wing followed by a Sf Tie-fighter shooting down one of the T-65B X-wings with its rear cannon.

The Resurgent class fired a pair of missiles into the final Nebulon-C getting two hits as it continued to focus most of its fire into the Starhawk II as it returned fire. A squad of Tie-fighter flew in and fired at one of the Starhawk II's shield globes and destroyed it before breaking off. One getting shot down by a point defence laser cannon as it did so. Two missiles hit the side of the Starhawk II as it began to turn and reorientated its before beginning to return fire. Trying to target the resurgent class Star Destroyer.

One missile shot against the neck section of the Nebulon-B resulted in the ship getting torn in two. Followed by the final Nebulon-C getting destroyed. The final CR90 attempted to flee however three Tie-bombers flew in and fired their proton bombs at its rear taking out a few engines and the top main gun. A Tie-interceptor flew in and fired at the bridge until it was destroyed taking out the CR90.

Now it was only the Starhawk II. The Resurgent class quickly broke away from the First Order fleet. It moved to broadside the Starhawk II on the port. The Starhawk II fired some shots into one of the Carracks and soon tore it apart. The Resurgent Star Destroyer moved into position and began to fire. As it did the three Star Destroyers moved into engage as well. The two Imperial-II class star destroyers went in to help the Resurgent whilst the Imperial-I class moved to broadside the starboard.

Before the Imperial-I could reach. It was hit by several Ion cannon shots and disabled. It was then destroyed in a volley of turbo lasers and concussion missiles. The Resurgent now assisted by the two Imperial-IIs continued to fire. Soon two hits created massive explosions.

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On board the bridge of the Starhawk II. The ship rocked as an explosion of sparks and fire burst out. The hull creaked and moaned as one of the crew members hoisted up an injured crew member. A cut on his head spewing blood. The crew member began to get the injured one away.

Captain Alduurn looked around, “damage Report!” He yelled.

The third officer looked to him, “we’ve lost the port shields. Primary weapon systems are offline. We got a hull breach on deck 2. And deck 3 is losing power. The ship can’t take much more of this sir” he responded.

The second officer looked to the captain, “engineering is reporting a leak of coolant and radiation. They have had to evacuate” he said.

Captain Alduurn let out a sigh, “Dank” he spat, “Inform all decks. Abandon ship” he ordered.

The crew members nodded before one pressed a button to sound the alarm, “attention all hands, all hands abandon ship” he said into a comm link.

As the Starhawk II rocked from another hit Captain Alduurn looked out the window as sparks flew, “I thought we couldn’t lose” he stated. The ship rocked again and more sparks exploded out as a console blew up. Killing the crew member stationed there. Quickly Captain Alduurn and the rest left the bridge.

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The Starhawk II began to explode as escape pods launched. The Resurgent class, Nebulon-Ks and Imperial-II class star destroyers continued to fire at the Starhawk II as its engines went offline. Within a final volley from the Resurgent class the Starhawk II was destroyed. Blowing up at the midsection and being torn in two.

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Upon the bridge of the Resurgent class Star Destroyer. General Pryde looked through the window at the destroyed Starhawk II. He let out a sigh, “in form the Carracks and Star fighters to find the escape pods. Destroy them” he commanded.

A First Order officer walked over to General Pryde, “General Pryde we are reserving a message from General Hux” he said.

General Pryde turned around and began to walk, “put it through Lieutenant” he commanded.

The officer nodded before pushing a button. A hologram of General Hux appeared before General Pryde. General Pryde stood to attention, “what is the report General Pryde?” Hux asked commandingly.

General Pryde stood stiffly, “The New Republic task force has been decimated. We are hunting down the survivors” he responded.

General Hux gave a nod, “excellent work General. Once you are done return to us. We will discuss further plans from there” he commanded.

General Pryde gave a nod back, “what of the Data breach? Have we found the traitor?” He asked.

General Hux looked to General Pryde, “we have tracked them to the planet of Jakku. The resting place of the old Empire. We have sent General Halder with the Finalizer to find and eliminate him” he explained.

General Pryde thought, “what if the traitor manages to give the data to the New Republic?” He asked.

“She has been given the order to capture the New Republic operative. Most likely they will still be there” General Hux replied, “now return to us quickly” he commanded.

General Pryde gave a nod before the hologram disappeared. He turned around and walked back to the front. Once there he stood to attention, “finish off the survivors and then set course to the main fleet” he ordered. A First order officer nodded before turning around and walking away.

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Down upon the desert world of Jakku a single T70 X-wing flew down to the ground and landed just outside of a small town. The cockpit canopy opened and a tanned male New Republic officer with dark brown hair and Brown eyes emerged and got out of the X-wing. As he did a small orange and white BB droid came out and rolled up next to him beeping as he did so. The New Republic officer threw on a jacket and adjusted it as he looked to the small droid, "Come on BB-8. The informant should be in this town" he said. BB-8 beeped in response before he began to follow the New Republic officer as he walked into the small town.

The New Republic officer looked around at all the people as they glanced at him. BB-8 let out a worrying beep as he looked around. The New Republic officer looked to him before motioning to a small cantina which the two of them entered.

Once inside the New Republic officer walked over to the bar and looked to the gruff looking blue skinned Twi-lek male. The New Republic officer looked to the barman as he put a cloth down and looked to him, "what do you want?" he asked his voice slightly raspy as he wiped his lips with the sleeve of his arm.

The New Republic officer sat down at one of the stools, "I'm wing Commander Poe Dameron of the twelfth New Republic outerrim defense fleet" he responded.

The Twi-lek looked to Poe, "can I get you a drink?" he asked, "I got a full barrel of Merenzane gold off the black market" he stated, "thought we also have Blue Citrus Mule" he added.

"I'm not here for a drink. I'm looking for someone" Poe responded, "some First Order deserter. Said to be in this town, you know him?" he asked.

The Twi-lek rubbed his nose before leaning forward, "we got many people who come into this town. But not many stay" he responded, "I can't help you" he added.

Poe nodded before a human male of Poe's age walked over though with black hair and whiter skin accented by a pair of glistening blue eyes. He wore a grey top that seemed to be little more than rags. A pair of light sand coloured cargo pants with a black belt fastened at the front by a silver buckle a pair of fine polished brown boots and a satchel. The man looked to him, "commander Dameron?" he asked.

Poe looked to the man, "yes" he asked.

"I'm Captain Killian of the First Order. I think your looking for me correct?" he asked.

"Are you the deserter?" Poe asked wondering.

Captain Killian nodded, "yes I am" he said before lookin to the bar tender, "get him one on me".

The Bartender nodded before turning around and getting Poe a drink. Poe picked it up before walking over to Captain Killian's table, "so. Form what your message said you have information on the First Order's new ship. The Resurgent class Star Destroyer correct?" he asked as he sat down.

Captain Killian nodded, "that and some other ships of theirs, plus locations of several major bases" he responded.

Poe gave a nod, "what can you tell me about the Resurgent class and the other ships?" he asked.

Captain Killian cleared his throat, "I was not able to get much. What I can tell you know is that the First Order have four Resurgent classes already built with a fifth scheduled for launch and a Sith one nearly finished construction it will be completed within the next two rotations. I have no idea where the ship yard is all I know is that its in the Unknown regions" he began. Poe nodded with understanding, "the Resurgent class is not the only thing however. I also got schematics for what they refer to as a Mandator IV dreadnaught, Its a siege ship armed with two heavy orbital bombardment cannons" he explained.

Poe gave a nod, "alright. Do you have this information?" he asked.

Captain Killian nodded before taking out a data chip and sliding it over to Poe who picked it up, "that chip contains the schematics of the Resurgent class and the Mandator IV siege dreadnaught. Plus whatever base and fleet locations I could get before I had to go" he explained.

Poe nodded with understanding, "right, thank you. Now please you'll have to come with me. We'll be heading to our forward operating base on D'qar. You can give us more information there" he explained. Captain Killian nodded with understanding as Poe's comm link began to beep, Poe took it out and activated it, "Dameron" he said into it.

"Commander have you made contact with the informant?" a voice said over the speaker.

"Yes. I'm with the Informant now. He'll need transport send one down" Poe responded, "I got the data chip" he added.

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Up in orbit an MC85 hung over the planet. Upon the bridge a human male captain with light skin. Thick brown hair and green eyes nodded, “copy that commander, we’ll send the a transport down now” he responded.

“Thank you captain” Poe’s voice responded.

The ship captain nodded before looking to one of the officers, “call a U-wing send it down to…” he said.

a female New Republic officer with soft ivory skin. Brown hair braided and brown eyes looked to the captain, “Captain I’m picking up ships emerging from hyperspace” she stated cutting him off.

The Captain looked right as a Resurgent class emerged from hyperspace. Followed by two Imperial-II class star destroyers and three lancer-class frigates.

The officer looked to the Captain, “first Order fleet moving into weapons range, they are locking weapons” she said.

The Captain looked at the ship, “we can’t take on that many vessels with just this ship. Pull back to D’qar” he responded.

“But captain. What about commander Dameron?” The officer asked.

The captain sighed before pushing a button to activate his comm link, “Commander Dameron. The first Order are here we do not have the fire power to deal with the fleet, we have to retreat. I’m sorry” he said

“Copy that Captain. There is nothing you can do here” Poe’s voice responded.

The Captain nodded before looking to the crew, “get us back to D’qar now” he commanded.

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The MC85 turned around as the First Order ships fired at it scoring a few hits though not enough as it jumped to hyperspace.

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Onboard the bridge of the Resurgent class Star destroyer a first order captain walked to General Halder. Her hair tied into a ponytail down her back, the brown now more faded and with hints of grey. The captain looked to her, “General the New Republic ship has retreated” he said.

General Halder glanced at him, “do we have the transponder signal of the traitor?” She asked.

The captain nodded, “yes General. He is located in a small town on the planet surface” he responded, “there is a single X-wing down there T70 type. Possible the New Republic have the intel” he explained.

General Halder nodded, “send word to Captain Phasma. Tell her to deploy ground forces. Find and kill the traitor. And capture the New Republic operative. We need to recapture that intel” she said.

The captain gave a nod, “yes ma’am” he responded before turning around and walking away.

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Four First Order transports followed by three Tie-fighters. Two older models and one of the newer models. All of them began to fly down towards the planet surface.

The four transports and the three Tie-fighters flew over the surface of Jakku towards the town. Poe ran forward followed by Captain Killian and BB-8. Poe looked through a pair of view finders at the approaching ships. He lowered them quickly, “you should go. Get that intel to the New Republic” Captain Killian said.

Poe looked to him and nodded, “alright, good luck” he responded. Poe looked to BB-8, “come on” he said before the two of them turned around and quickly headed away.

The First Order transports landed and opened the front deploying First Order stormtroopers who instantly charged into the town.

Captain Phasma designated by her chrome stormtrooper armour accented by a black and red cape. Stepped out of one and looked to the town, “find the traitor. Round up the civilians” she commanded.

The First Order troopers instantly swarmed through the town streets. Capturing and rounding up the civilians.

Poe ran towards his X-wing with BB-8 rolling along side him. Before he could reach it though the three Tie-fighters swooped in and shot at it until they destroyed it stopping Poe.

Poe watched as the three Ties flew past. He let out a sigh before looking to BB-8. He knelt down and took out the data chip and put it into BB-8, “go. Get that data out of here, hurry” he said.

BB-8 beeped before he began to roll away. Poe took out his blaster before running into the town.

At the town centre the First Order Stormtroopers gathered the civilians as three went into a building.

The three of them looked around. Captain Killian emerged from hiding. The lead Stormtrooper looked to him, “there he is” he said.

Instantly Captain Killian shot the lead trooper down. The lead stormtrooper stumbled back and fell into the arms one of he two behind him who looked to the lead one stunned for a second as Captain Killian aimed at the other Stormtrooper only for the. Stormtrooper to shoot him in the side causing him to fall to his knees dropping his blaster to the floor. The second stormtrooper called sat the lead Stormtrooper against the wall as he looked to the third as he walked over to Captain Killian, "FN-2107 come on" he commanded.

The second Stormtrooper looked to the third before motioning to the lead stormtrooper, "he needs medical attention" he responded.

'Leave him. He's already dead" the third Stormtrooper stated. The second Stormtrooper looked to the captain as he wearily raised his blood covered hand and touching him on his helmet before falling limp the trooper instantly got up shocked, "come on. Let’s get this traitor to Phasma" the third trooper commanded. The second one sighed before walking over and helping the third hoist Captain Killian up to his feet. Before dragging him out of the building.

The two Stormtroopers brought Captain Killian over to the center and threw him to his knees before Captain Phasma. I’m Phasma looked to Captain Killian, “Captain Killian you are a traitor to the first order” she said.

Captain Killian let out a chuckle, “is it treason if you were betrayed first?” He asked making Phasma go silent. Killian smiled, “yeah that’s right. I saw the file. I know the lies you have been telling” he proclaimed. The second Stormtrooper looked to Captain Killian, “how many of the Stormtroopers here believe they are doing this for a good reason? To bring order to chaos?” Killian stated, “how many have joined because you told them the New Republic don’t care and would gladly let their homes be raided?” He asked.

Captain Phasma remained silent for a second, “where is the data chip?” She asked.

Captain Killian chuckled, “in the hands of the New Republic. I gave it to the operative. He’ll be long gone by now” he responded.

“your so sure” Phasma replied arrogantly, “sergeant” she said looking to a Stormtrooper. The Stormtrooper Sergeant stood to attention, “execute one prisoner” Phasma commanded. The Stormtrooper Sergeant nodded before aiming his gun making the civilians scream. Ge shot down one of them. Poe watched from an alleyway between two buildings as the civilian fell to the ground. He looked to Captain Phasma as she looked around, "to the New Republic operative. The longer you stay in hiding. The more Civilians will be killed" she proclaimed.

Poe readied his blaster despite seeing that he was outnumbered and would be unable to defeat the Stormtroopers. At least he could possibly take down a few before they took him down or stunned him. He watched as Captain Phasma gave a single and the Stormtrooper Sergeant nodded to another Stormtrooper who instantly shot down another Civilian. Poe watched as the body fell to the floor and looked back to the First Order troops. Phasma gave the signal and another Stormtrooper shot down the bartender that he had met. At that moment he finally stepped out and fired two shots, the first one missing however the second one hit one of the Stormtroopers. Before he could fire another shot he was hit with a stun round.

Once he was down two Stormtroopers charged over to him and quickly pulled him up onto his feet as Captain Phasma looked to Captain Killian, "Captain Killian. For treason against the First Order. I sentence you to death" she proclaimed before shooting Captain Killian in the head killing him.

Poe was brought over and looked to Phasma, "so who talks first? Do you talk first or I talk first?" he asked.

Captain Phasma looked up and down Poe, "so your the New Republic operative that the traitor was giving the intel to. Where is it?" she asked.

"Sorry it's hard to understand you with all the..." Poe responded in a quip as he looked up and down Phasma mostly bringing attention to her voice modulator.

Phasma looked to the two Stormtroopers, "troopers search him" she commanded.

The two stormtroopers instantly began to do so one of them patting Poe down as the other one restrained him. Once the search was complete the Stormtrooper looked to her, "nothing sir" he stated.

Phasma glared at Poe, "where is the data chip? What have you done with it?" she asked. Poe remained silent, "take him onto the Finalizer and have him interrogated. Torture him if you must" Phasma commanded as she looked to the Stormtroopers who had him. The two of them nodded before taking Poe away.

Phasma looked to one of the Stormtrooper commander, "take some squads and search the outskirts of the town. See if he has berried the chip somewhere" she ordered.

The Stormtrooper commander nodded before motioning for some Stormtroopers to follow him as they leave. As they do the Stormtrooper Sergeant stepped forward, "sir. What of the civilians we have captured?" he asked.

Captain Phasma looked to him, "kill them all. And destroy this town" she ordered before walking away.

"Right away sir" the Stormtrooper Sergeant responded before looking to the other Stormtroopers, "take up positions" he commanded. The Stormtroopers all did so except for the one that had the bloody hand print upon his helmet, "FN-2187 take up position and aim at the civilians" the Sergeant commanded. The Stormtrooper reluctantly aimed at the civilians as they all began to scream, "fire" the Sergeant commanded all the Stormtroopers save for the one with the bloody handprint upon his helmet who did not fire for a second until he saw a child with dark skin, brown eyes, and short black hair. The trooper aimed at him hesitantly as he felt his hands shake.

Captain Phasma walked back to the transports as the red light of blaster fire flashed behind her. Two Stormtroopers followed on either side of her as several flame troopers began to burn down the houses and other buildings whilst Captain Phasma and the two troopers got onto the transport.

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Away from the town BB-8 let out a sad whistle of binary as he saw the black smoke begin to enter the night sky of Jakku. Seeing the flashes from the town centre for a moment before they stopped. BB-8 let out a somber beep before turning his head away and beginning to roll across the sand into the distance.

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Rey Padme Skywalker the youngest daughter of Luke Skywalker and Jyn Erso Skywalker being nineteen ten years younger than her brother and sister as well as her cousin awoke in her bed letting out a moan as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She tossed her quilt off before sitting on the side of her bed in nothing but the simple tanned top and underpants that she wore when asleep. She got up out of bed and quickly walked over to her wardrobe throwing it open and obtaining her Jedi robes. She grabbed a pair of trousers before getting dressed into her tunic and other pieces of Jedi robes before pulling on her boots and trying at the straps having to thrumble with the clip before she got it. Once done she threw on her belt and took her lightsaber, one that used to belong to her aunty when she temporarily trained as a Jedi. She equipped it before going over to a mirror and did her brown hair so much like her mother's into three buns down the back of her head.

Once she was ready she left her quarters and headed down the hallway towards the main living quarters.

As she did she heard the beeps and boops of R2. She turned to see R2 roll up to her, "hello R2" she said. R2 beeped and booped in respond, Rey let out a chuckle, "yes. I know I'm the last one up again. I'm going to get something to eat before I head for training" she stated. R2 beeped again before Rey let out another chuckle, "come on" she said before turning on her heels and walking through to the main living quarters.

There her mother Jyn was waiting for her. She looked to her youngest daughter and smiled, "Morning Rey" she said.

Rey looked to her mother. Despite Jyn's age being about fifty four. She still looked pretty good for her age, her hair was a bit greyer and she had some wrinkles but she still looked quite beautiful, "morning mom" Rey responded as she walked over to the table and sat down.

Jyn chuckled before turning to the counter and beginning to cook up some breakfast, "you looking forward to training?" she asked as she did so.

"As long as Cade isn't so harsh with it and remembers that I am still a Padawan" she responded.

Jyn chuckled, "don't worry Rey. Your father has decided to make Jane your master" she stated.

Hearing that made Rey smile and give a nod of gratitude. Unlike Cade who was quite intense when it came to training Jane took things much easier, "good" she responded as Jyn finished cooking up some breakfast before giving it to Rey as well as a glass of Blue milk.

Jyn sat down across from Rey and looked to her, "what do you have to work on?" she asked.

"Dad says that though my force pull and push are good. I still need to work on my lightsaber form and mind trick" Rey responded.

Jyn let out a chuckle, "I'm sure you will get used to it Rey. Don't worry" she said.

Rey gave a nod before beginning to tuck into her food, "what is dad doing right now anyway?" she asked wondering.

Jyn leaned back in her chair, "he's doing some meditation. He should be done soon" she responded. Rey gave a nod of understanding before she continued to eat her breakfast taking a sip of her blue milk to wash it down.

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Within one of the meditation rooms of the primary temple building. Luke meditated taking deep breaths, "father" he said.

"you have made a lot my son" Anakin's voice called to him. Luke opened his eyes and got up before looking to see the Force Ghost of his father emerge from the corner, "you have restored the Jedi order and made it better" he stated.

Luke gave a nod, "all I did was make attachments allowed. It means that we are less afraid of forming them and potentially falling to the Dark side" he explained.

Anakin gave a nod, "how goes the next Generations. Your children?" he asked.

Luke went silent for a moment, "Jane is pure with the force. She is tranquil and compassionate and gentle with the younger Jedi. Though she is also willing to fight and defend those around her" he began, "Cade is far more brash and willing to charge in to fight, but like you and me he is an amazing pilot. He doesn't use the force as much and is more willing to charge in with his lightsaber against enemies. Rather wanting to take direct action" he added, "but both are good Jedi" he finished.

"And Rey?" Anakin asked.

Luke went silent again as he thought. Trying to think about what to say, "She's a good pilot like Cade and skilled with the force like Jane" he responded, "but she struggles. She tries too hard to live up to the expectations of me and her siblings as well as her cousin, but this results in her being quite reckless" he explained.

"Rey will learn, you need to give her time" Anakin responded.

Luke nodded with understanding, "I have switched her to be the Padawan to Jane. She's less intense than Cade and could be very helpful. In fact it was Jyn who made me do it, she worried that Rey will get hurt" he explained.

Anakin nodded with understanding, "I'm sure she will make a fine Jedi as the others are. Trust me son" he said. Luke gave a nod of understanding before Anakin's force ghost disappeared. He let out a sigh before turning around and leaving the room.

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Rey left accommodation and began to head for the main temple building. As she walked she looked around at the other Jedi all training she began to walk down the path towards the main temple. As she did she saw Jacen Syndulla walk over to her. He was a knight in the Jedi order on the same level as her siblings and cousin, "good morning Rey" Jason said.

Rey gave a nod to Jacen, "good morning Jacen, I'm just heading over to the main temple to do some training" she responded.

Jacen smiled and gave a nod, "you nervous. We know that Cade is a bit rough with you. I'm not sure if that is just what it is like to have younger siblings" he stated.

Rey gave a little chuckle, "don't worry Jacen. My father switch me to be my sister's Padawan" she responded, "at least Jane is a little more soft with me" she added.

Jacen gave a nod, "well then Rey don't let me keep you. You best run along" he said. Rey gave a nod.

As she did Ezra walked over to them. He was a master on the New Jedi council along with Luke, Cal, and Kata. Ezra looked to Rey and Jacen, "Padawan, Jacen" he said.

Rey looked to Ezra and gave a nod, "Master Bridger. I was just going" she responded.

Ezra glanced to Rey and nodded, "I take it you got training? Don't let me keep you then" he replied.

Rey nodded before she continued to walk down the path as Ezra and Jacen began to talk to each other for a moment before they both began to walk over to some of the younglings who were training with the force.

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Rey walked up the steps to the main temple building and entered where she met with her father. Luke looked to her and walked over, "Rey" he said, "You made it. Good" he responded, "your sister has been wondering where you have been" he explained.

"Am I late?" Rey asked.

Luke shook his head, "no. your not late. In fact your quite on time. Come I will take you to the training room" he said.

Rey nodded before she and Luke began to walk through the temple towards the main training room as they walked Rey looked to Master Cal Kestis and his wife Merrin plus their adoptive daughter Kata all talking. Rey stepped over to them, "Masters, Merrin" she said with a slight tilt of her head.

Cal, Merrin, and Kata looked to Rey, "Rey. I see your off for some training" Cal said.

Rey gave a nod, "yeah. Dad is taking me to the primary training room, I've got a new master. I'm going to be trained by Jane due to her being less intense than Cade" she responded.

"well we best not keep you Rey" Kata said, "I'm sure you will be a good Padawan and partner to Jane. Despite how good she and my sister are" she added.

Rey gave a nod, "thank you Master Kata" she responded.

"Come on Rey. We do not want to leave your sister waiting" Luke called. Rey gave a nod.

"Good luck" Merrin said.

"Dad always says there is no such thing as luck" Rey responded motioning to Luke, "anyway I got to go" she added. Merrin gave a nod before Rey began to follow Luke towards the main training room. As the two of them walked Rey began to think, "Dad?" she asked.

Luke looked to his youngest daughter, "yes?" he responded.

"Do you think I will be a good Jedi?" Rey asked inquisitively, "I mean compared to my brother and sister, and Ben, and you" she added. Luke went silent for a moment as he thought, "I mean I am sure I can prove myself to you. If you give me a chance" she stated.

Luke looked to Rey and placed a hand on her shoulder as they walked, "Rey I do not ask that you prove yourself to me. I know you will be an amazing Jedi, as good as me, and as good as your grandfather" he said comfortingly.

Rey nodded, "I know. But I don't know if I can live up to these expectations, and I try I really do" she stated.

Luke stopped Rey from walking and looked to her, "Rey. I want to tell you something that I was told when training by a wise Jedi named Yoda" he responded, "he said...".

"Do or Do not, there is no try" Rey responded cutting Luke off, "Cade told me, you taught him that lesson when he was learning to become more entuned with the force" she explained, "he told me it when I was training by trying to do a handstand whilst trying to balance a small stone on my foot after I failed, twice" she added.

Luke gave a nod, "yes. That is it. Do or do not, there is no try. You will do it" he responded.

Rey took a deep breath before nodding as the two of them continued to walk down the hallway, "its not just you thought. Its trying to live up to Jane's example since she is the shining example of this order" she explained.

Luke sighed, "don't try and be like your big sister Rey. Just be yourself and you will succeed" he replied as they reached the door to the main training hall.

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Entering the main training room Luke and Rey looked as Jane took on Ben, Cade, and Erlina Kestis. Her fighting style a literal dance compared to that of the other three as she elegantly and effortlessly blocked and parried the attacks. The light above catching in her beautiful long golden blond hair that cascaded down her back as she parried another attack from Ben. She soon quickly force pushed Cade back causing him to lose his lightsaber and getting him out. Next he blocked another one of Ben's attacks before doing a move to disarm him.

Now it was just her vs Erlina, "just because your my friend doesn't mean I will go easy on you" Jane stated with a chuckle.

Erlina chuckled, "good. I don't like it when your easy" she responded before using her magick to form her sword that she usually duel wielded with.

Jane smirked before flourishing her lightsaber the warm pink blade slicing through the air. Erlina rushed in to do a strike that Jane instantly blocked, Erlina went in to strike with her magick sword only for Jane to block and parry the attack. Erlina performed a spin going with the momentum trying to get Jane only for her to block both attack before force pushing her back making her lose her magick sword. Erlina quickly rushed in for another attack only for Jane to block and counter before disarming her.

Jane flourished her lightsaber with a smirk before distinguishing it, "and I win" she stated.

They all jumped as they heard Luke clap his hands together as he walked forward. Jane, Ben, Cade, and Erlina all looked to Luke and Rey, "well done all of you" Luke said.

"Father" Jane responded as Ben, Cade, and Erlina picked up their lightsabers. Jane looked to Rey and gave a nod, "Rey" she said happily, "you hear for training?" she asked.

Rey gave a hesitant nod. Cade let out a sigh, "I can't believe I lost my title as being her master. I was doing so well" he stated.

Ben looked to Cade with a chuckle as he equipped his lightsaber to his belt, "you cousin were too harsh on her" he quipped.

Cade looked to Ben, "I was just a bit intense. So what she nearly lost her arm. No big deal" he responded.

"And that is why she is now my Padawan" Jane responded with a chuckle as she put her hand on her hip.

Despite being twenty nine, Jane still carried a lot of her mother's beauty. Just as much as Cade carried much of Luke's handsomeness. And the High Republic era robes that Jane wore really complimented her appearance really well. Ben was what someone would expect when combining the genetics of an Alderannian princess with the genetics of a scoundrel from Corellia. Erlina clearly showed that she was a hybrid of a Dathomerian and Human. Having pale skin that was not as pale as Merrin's but still paler than Cal's. She also had Dathomerian tattoos around her eyes and on her chin. Erlina also wore clothing that was a mixture of Jedi and Nightsister to go with her heritage and background of being a child of a Jedi and Nightsister.

Luke looked to Jane, "well then. I will leave you to it" he explained with a nod, Jane nodded back before Luke turned around and walked away leaving the room.

Jane glanced to Rey noticing the worry in her face and let out a chuckle, "don't worry sis. I will go easy on you" she said comfortingly trying to give Rey some confidence.

Cade looked to Jane stunned, "oh I get it" he responded motioning to Rey, "your going to go easy on Rey but not on us" he proclaimed.

Jane turned to looked at Cade, "well. She is our younger sister. Anyway. I did enjoy our little exorcise. But now could you three go. I got some training to do" she stated with a smirk.

Ben smiled and nodded before walking forward and tapping Jane on the shoulder, "you better go easy on her" he said.

"I will Ben. Do not worry" Jane responded. Ben gave a nod before he, Cade, and Erlina all left the training room as Rey looked to her older sister. 

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In space above Jakku. The Finalizer loomed with its fleet as two Tie-fighters flew in patrol.

In the hanger of the Resurgent class Star Destroyer Poe is taken off a transport by two Stormtroopers his wrists now cuffed in binders as he continued to try and struggle to break free from their grasp. He stopped for a moment to look around the massive hanger bay of the Resurgent class before being taken away.

The Stormtrooper with the bloody handprint upon his helmet walked over to the side where he instantly pulled off his helmet revealing his face. He was a dark skinned male with black hair in a buzz cut and brown eyes that carried the look of fear and shock behind them and a look of regret and sorrow upon his face due to what had transpired upon the surface. He looked to the bloody handprint upon his helmet as he continued to catch his breath, "FN-2187" he heard Phasma call to him. He turned to look at her not saying a word, "submit your blaster for inspection" Captain Phasma ordered.

FN-2187 looked away as he felt the sweat continue to go down his helmet, "yes captain" he responded trying to hide the shudder in his voice brought by the fear of what he had had to do.

"and who gave you permission to remove that helmet?" Phasma asked with a hint of demanding in her voice.

"sorry Captain" FN-2187 responded.

"Report to my division at once" Phasma ordered before turning around and walking away.

FN-2187 took a few shuddering breaths before putting his helmet back on.

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Upon the bridge Captain Phasma walked over to General Halder, "what is the report?" Halder asked as she looked out the bridge window.

"The prisoner has been secured in the detention level and awaits interrogation" Captain Phasma responded.

"and on the surface?" General Halder asked wondering.

Captain Phasma looked at General Halder, "we are searching in the vicinity of the town. We are trying to see if he has berried the data chip in the sand somewhere" she responded.

General Halder turned around to look at Captain Phasma, "very well. Continue. I'll lead the interrogation of the prisoner" she replied. Captain Phasma gave a nod before General Halder walked away, "I do not want us to head back to the rest of the fleet until that data chip is found" she announced as she left the bridge.

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Inside one of the holding cells. Poe is strapped to an interrogation chair as General Halder walked in escorted by two First Order Stormtroopers. Poe looked to her, "Halder. So I see you joined the First Order" he said.

General Halder looked to Poe, "it is better than being forced to work for your rebels. I happy that Thrawn got me that opportunity to get my family away from you and back with my people" she responded with spite, "and now I work to try and restore order to the chaos that you have brought" she spat.

Poe let out a sigh, "I'm not sure if you noticed this General. But we aren't the ones creating chaos and disrupting the peace, its you guys who are doing that" he responded, "like the new ship by the way" he added, "its pretty decent" he stated.

General Halder stepped to the side in order to not look at Poe, "this ship and the others like it will be our primary tool in liberating the Galaxy from you Rebels and restoring the true order" she proclaimed.

"You mean resuppressing the galaxy, I'm not sure if you have noticed but I'm pretty sure most of the people out there are much happier under the rule of the New Republic" Poe responded.

General Halder turned to look at Poe before walking over to him, "what have you done with the data chip? where have you hidden it?" she asked.

"I'll never tell Halder. I won't tell you where it is" he responded.

General Halder let out a sigh, "do you know that my mentor Alexander Vickers. High General of the Galactic empire and one of the head council members of this order taught me and General Hollas multiple way to get information out of someone" she stated. Poe listened, "tell me where you have hidden the data chip, or you will suffer" General Halder stated.

Poe shook his head, "my lips are sealed Halder. I am not telling you anything" he responded.

General Halder let out a sigh as she stood up straight, "very well" she said before looking to one of the troopers, "Captain activate the interrogation chair. single voltage" she ordered. The stormtrooper nodded before taking out a tablet and pressing a button which activated two prongs which jabbed into Poe and electrocuted him causing him to let out some screams. General Halder raised her hand to give the order to stop and the Stormtrooper did so, "tell us where you have hidden the data chip" she commanded.

Poe looked to her, "I will not talk" he responded.

General Halder stepped back, "I got time. Captain increase the voltage by one and shock again" she commanded. The Stormtrooper captain nodded again before pressing the button to activate the rods once more. They jabbed into Poe and electrocuted him more as he screamed.

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General Halder emerged from the holding cell and looked to one of the First order officers, “he is yet to talk” she said, “Keep interrogating him until he breaks and tells us where he has hidden the data chip” she ordered.

The first Order officer gave a nod, “it will be done ma’am” he responded. General Halder gave a nod before turning around and walking down the hall. The First Order officer entered the holding cell.

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Upon the bridge of the Finalizer. Phasma looked to a hologram of a Stormtrooper captain, “what is the report?” She asked.

“we have almost searched everywhere in the vicinity of the town sir. We have yet to find the data chip” the Stormtrooper captain responded, “he could have possibly hidden it in the town. If that is the case it was likely destroyed” he added.

“keep up your search” Phasma ordered, “the General has decreed that we are not leaving until we have found the chip or have conformation that it is destroyed” she stated.

The Stormtrooper captain gave a nod before Phasma turned off the hologram as General Halder walked over. Phasma turned to look at her, “what is the report captain?” General Halder asked.

“the troopers on the ground have yet to find the data chip in the vicinity of the town” Phasma responded, “they are continuing to search until it is found or confirmed destroyed”.

General Halder gave a nod, “either way as I said we are not leaving until this data chip is found” she stated, “keep the search up captain”.

Captain Phasma nodded, “there is a possible chance that he has hidden it within a droid. If that case it might be anywhere” she responded, “and we don’t know the droid type”.

General Halder nodded, “if that is the case we will have to extend our search. Send down more ground troops, dispatch some to trading posts. See if anyone has traded a droid” she command.

Phasma gave another nod, “right away General” she responded. General Halder turned around and began to walk away as Phasma went to follow out the order.

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Over at Luke's Jedi temple. Rey hit the floor of the main training hall, Jane looking to her, "try again." she said as Rey got up and grabbed hold of her lightsaber before looking to her older sister she ignited it and got into a guard position as Jane did a flourish.

Rey rushed in quickly switching to a reverse grip and tried to slash Jane only for Jane to dodge. Rey went in to try and strike only for Jane to block Rey quickly did a spin and tried to hit Jane again only for Jane to block again before parrying the attack.

Rey quickly looked to Jane as she flourished her lightsaber back into a normal grip she rushed in to do a swing only for Jane to parry with a hanging grip. Rey quickly did a force push pushing Jane back though only a little. Jane looked to Rey and did a flourish before she went in for a strike that Rey parried before trying to hit Jane with an overhead swing that Jane blocked before parrying making Rey do a spin before the two of them got into guard positions. Rey swung again with her blue blade clashing with Jane's unique pink blade of her High Republic era lightsaber that she found with her robes.

Jane pushed Rey off before going in with another strike that Rey blocked and parried before looking to Jane as she began to take a breather.

Jane looked to Rey as she lowered her lightsaber, "you tired?" she asked.

Rey wiped some sweat from her forehead before nodding, "yeah," she responded catching her breath.

"had enough?" Jane asked.

"Yeah," Rey responded with another nod.

Jane nodded back, "ok," she said as she distinguished her lightsaber followed by Rey distinguished her own.

Rey took in a deep breath, “You’re already better than Cade, He never let me have breaks like this,” she stated.

Jane smirked, “Yeah and that is why Dad switched you to be my Padawan,” she responded, "Anyway you want some food?" she asked, “I could really do with a bite to eat.”

Rey gave a nod, "Yeah, I would like some food. Especially mom’s signature Tauntaun stakes," she explained.

“Rey, you know I was talking about food from the Cantina,” Jane answered.

Rey went silent for a moment as she processed, “Oh,” she muttered as she blushed.

Jane chuckled before motioning, "Come on," she responded, "Hopefully some blue noodles with Corellian hot sauce."

Rey let out a chuckle, "Your addicted to those things," she responded.

"I can't help they are delicious," Jane responded as the two of them left the training hall.

In Luke's office in the temple he sat in the corner doing some meditation until he heard R2 beeping and booping.

Luke opened his eyes and stood up before looking to R2, "Yes R2?" he asked. R2 beeped and booped in response, "A message?" he asked.

R2 said something in binary, Luke nodded before turning around and going over to his holographic communicator and pushed the button to activate it.

The holographic image of Leia appeared upon it, "Leia, It’s been a while,” Luke said with a smile, “How is the Viscount coming along?"

“Very well,” Leia answered with a smile, “Main structure is complete, hull armour is in place,” she explained, “By estimation she’ll be ready to fly very soon, once the last piece is in place.”

Luke smirked, “You mean Jyn’s passion project?” He asked, “I know about Trinity, I’m her husband.”

Leia chuckled, “Well once Trinity is installed and calibrated, Viscount will be ready,” she explained, “We do know how long it will take though, Trinity is one of if not the most advanced pieces of tech ever developed. She’ll change the tech scales forever.”

Luke gave a nod, “I’ll tell Jyn that,” he said, “She’ll be glad to know her little brain child is nearly a reality,” he stated, “Though I take it that is not why you called.”

“You’re right there Luke,” Leia answered.

Luke smiled, “So what do you require?”

Leia cleared her throat, "The New Republic needs your assistance again," she responded.

Luke smiled, “I guessed it would be something like that,” he said, "So, What does the New Republic need from the Jedi order?" He asked, "Does it have something to do with the First Order?"

Leia gave a nod, "Yes, it’s first order related,” she confirmed.

Luke thought for a moment, “I knew it would be them, I’ve read the New Republic intelligence file on them,” he stated. He looked to Leia, “The last remnants of the Empire, established in the unknown regions following the Battle of Jakku. The largest remnant group, formed from the remains of the Imperial Remnants following the Thrawn crisis,” he explained, “What do you require from us?”

Leia held her head firm, “A New Republic task force has gone dark, this one was headed by a Starhawk" she stated.

Luke went silent for a moment, "How could the First Order have taken down a Starhawk?" he asked, “From what we gathered, their fleet is made up of old Imperial ships. The only one that isn’t is their Nebulon-K offshoot of the Nebulon line, the one with that combustion shielding,” He stated, “Either way, it’s only a frigate nowhere near powerful enough to destroy a Starhawk.”

"It would seem that they have developed a new ship. An informant said they call it the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer," Leia responded, "The informant planned to give us a data chip containing the schematics of the Resurgent-class as well as other important information on the First Order" she explained.

Luke gave a nod, "Do you need us to collect it?" he asked.

Leia shook her head, "No. We sent a New Republic operative. Wing Commander Dameron, he's Kes and Shara's son. He went to meet the informant on Jakku, however the First Order showed up and the Raddus was forced to retreat. But it has gotten visual evidence of the Resurgent-class, it is a new more advanced Star Destroyer. Poe hasn't reported in, we believe he has been captured," she explained.

Luke gave a nod, "do you need us to rescue him?" he asked.

"We'll handle that later. As of right now we believe he may have hidden the data chip within his droid, a BB unit named BB-8" Leia responded, "I want you to send a team of your Jedi to try and find this droid and bring him to the New Republic base on D'qar. I'll be heading there myself, Han is heading to you in order to pick up your team" she stated.

Luke nodded with understanding, "I'll put Ben in charge of this mission and have Jane and Rey go with him. I think Rey is ready for some in field training" he explained.

Leia chuckled, “My son and your two daughters,” she announced.

Luke smiled, “They’re the best operatives. Rey and Jane are Skywalkers and have Jyn’s blood in there two. Ben is a Solo and a Skywalker through you, best team you can get,” he said.

“Ben, Jane, and Cade more like,” Leia responded, “Is Rey even ready for field missions?” She asked, “She’s a Padawan, still in training.”

Luke leaned back, “I had Jane, Cade, and Ben on missions whilst they were Padawans,” he answered, “If they can do it so can Rey.”

Leia took in a deep breath, “Then I trust your instincts,” she said

"could you give us a description of this droid?"

Leia nodded, "He's coloured orange and white. That is all you need to know," she stated, "could you also send a Jedi to the New Republic base on D'qar as a liaison."

Luke gave another nod, "I'll get Cade to do that. Thank you Leia" he said.

Leia smiled, "thank you Luke, may the force be with you" she responded.

Luke nodded before turning off the holo-communicator before looking to R2, "come on R2" he said before the two of them left Luke's office.

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Outside the main temple Rey sat cross legged on a stone meditating taking calming deep breaths as she began to use the force to life a small stone and place it upon another stone. She then lifted another placed it upon the previous stone, she continued until she had a small pile of six stones with the largest on the bottom and the smallest on the top. She opened her eyes and looked at her small art piece with a smile before the rocks fell.

Rey slapped her legs with her hands, "dank" she said realizing she had lost her concentration, she let out a sigh before getting up and taking a deep breath.

As she did Erlina stepped over to her and looked, "Playing with stones?" she asked.

Rey looked to Erlina and rubbed the back of her head, "yeah" responded, "I had those six stones piled on top of each other but I lost focuses and well..." she said motioning to the stones.

Rey sat down as Erlina let out a chuckle stepping forward, "I'm sure it looked amazing" she replied as she sat down next to her.

"It was" Rey responded.

Erlina looked to her, "your struggling aren't you?" she asked.

Rey gave a nod, "yeah" she responded somberly, "I guess its having to live up to the expectations of my father's expectations, as well as living up to my sister's standards. Jane is literally the golden standard of the whole order. And the one in the running to be the next grand master after dad steps down" she explained.

Erlina let out a sigh, "do compare yourself to your father and sister. I don't compare myself to my sister or father" she responded. Rey let out a sigh, "look I know you feel like you got a lot of surface pressure and I understand. When I first joined this order I had a lot of pressure with the fact that. Well I'm half Nightsister, even before I joined the order I struggled with controlling both my force powers and magick. But now look at me, I can use them both. Because I trained and got the hang of it" she stated. Rey looked to Erlina, "you will do it Rey. In time" she added, "you'll make your father proud" she stated.

Rey exhaled, "my father single handedly took down Darth Vader and the Emperor during the galactic civil war" she said as she stood up, "not just that, my mother stole the plans for the First Death Star and helped in every major battle of the Galactic civil war save for Jakku because she had Jane and Cade" she added. Rey looked to Erlina, "do you really think I can live up to their expectations?" she asked.

Erlina chuckled as she stood up and placed a hand on Rey's shoulder, "you will Rey. Trust me you will" she responded. Rey gave a nod of understanding.

Jane walked over to Rey and Erlina, "Rey, Erlina. We're being called to the main meeting room" she said. Rey and Erlina looked to Jane before the two of them followed her to the main temple building.

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Rey, Jane, and Erlina all entered the main meeting room where Ben, Cade, Kata, Cal, Merrin, Luke, Jyn, Ezra, Jacen, and several other Jedi were waiting. Luke looked to them all as Jane and Rey sat with Cade and Ben as Erlina sat next to her older sister.

Luke cleared his throat, "attention everyone" he said, "I have received word from Senator Organa that the New Republic need us to find a droid belonging to Wing Commander Poe Dameron" he explained as R2 rolled up next to him beeping and booping.

"why are we looking for a droid?" Jacen asked as he leaned forward.

"This droid. A BB unit contains a data chip stolen from the First Order by an informant. It contains the schematics of the First Order's new Star Destroyer the Resurgent-class as well as other information pertaining to them. We need to obtains this information and take it to the New Republic forward operating base on D'qar" Luke explained. Everyone nodded with understanding, "I have detailed the information with Jyn" he stated nodding to his wife, "and she has complied a data pad with all the details of the mission" he explained.

Cal leaned forward, "I guess now its just selecting the mission leader" he responded.

Luke nodded, "I have already selected the mission leader" he replied, "Ben will be leading this mission to obtain this droid" he stated nodding to his nephew who looked at him with shock.

Cade nudged him in the side with his elbow, "your first mission as a mission leader. Congratulations cousin" he stated.

Ben looked to Cade and gave a nod, "Jane and Rey will be accompanying you on this mission," Luke stated making Rey look to him with shock.

Ben glanced to Rey and patted her on the shoulder, "don't worry you'll be fine, trust me" he said. Rey looked to him and gave a hesitant nod.

Luke looked to Cade, "Cade you'll be heading to D'qar with your mother to meet up with the New Republic forces there" he stated. Cade gave a nod before Luke looked to everyone, "that is all. May the force be with you" he said before everyone got up and began to go.

As they did Rey headed down towards Luke as he began to speak with Jyn, "hum father?" she asked.

Luke and Jyn both looked to Rey, "yes Rey?" he asked back.

"Are you sure I'm ready for such a mission?" Rey questioned, "I mean there are several other Jedi here more skilled than I am. Like Erlina. She and Jane are an amazing team, are you sure you shouldn't send her on this mission?" she said.

Luke let out a chuckle, "Rey. I believe that you are fully capable of this mission. All you got to do is get a droid and get it to the New Republic forward operating base on D'qar" he explained, "it’s simple."

Rey let out a sigh and gave a nod, "go on, you should go get ready. Good luck and may the force be with you" Jyn said tapping Rey on the shoulder. Rey looked to her mother and nodded before turning around and walking away. Jyn let out a sigh as she frowned.

Luke looked to her, "she'll be alright. She's got Ben and Jane looking after her" he explained.

"Rey is our youngest daughter Luke. I'm always going to feel a little worry for her" Jyn responded, "I just don't want her to get hurt" she added.

Luke let out a chuckle, "she won't, I believe in her. She won't" he responded, "anyway you should get ready to head for the forward operating base" he added. Jyn gave a nod before beginning to walk away. She soon stopped and turned to look a Luke, "she will be alright. Trust in the force Jyn, Rey will be alright" he stated. Jyn nodded before turning around and leaving. R2 let out a concerned beep as he looked to Luke, "I know R2. but trust me, I believe Rey will be alright. Especially with Ben and Jane looking after her" he said. R2 beeped again as he looked as Rey, Jane, and Ben left.

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Over at Ossus Luke sat within his office in the primary Jedi temple looking through the window to the landing bay as he saw Jane and Ben arrive there and begin to wait for Rey. He watched as Jyn walked over and provided Ben with the tablet containing the details of the mission. Luke watched as Ben began to read through it as he let out a sigh before feeling a shift in the force and turning around to see the force ghost of Master Yoda sitting upon his mediation poof.

Luke gave a nod, "Master Yoda" he said.

"Done well to rebuild this order you have" Yoda stated, "Sense worry in you but I do" he added as he pointed.

Luke sighed and nodded with agreement as he looked through the window, "its only a bit of worry master" he responded.

Yoda gave a nod as he let out a hum sound, "Worried for you youngest daughter you are. Yes, hrrrm?" he asked.

Luke nodded, "do you believe Rey is ready for such a mission? For such a test like this?" he responded.

"Ready for a mission no jedi is" Yoda replied, "Be ready for is doing the right thing what a jedi must" he added as he pointed to Luke.

Luke looked to Yoda again, "do you have faith that Rey will succeed at this?" he asked.

Yoda let out a hum as he looked to the ground, "Ready she is" he stated, "Be careful but she must" he added as he looked to Luke.

Luke raised an eyebrow, "how so?" he asked.

"Reckless Rey is" Yoda responded, "Trade her well you have. Yes. But even with all the training. Reckless still she is. To succeed as a jedi if she is. Get over her recklessness and want to prove herself to you she must. Hmm" he stated.

Luke looked to Yoda with determination, "she will not fail master. I believe in her" he added.

Yoda gave a nod, "as you should" he responded, "Hrrmmm. Learn to control her recklessness but if she does not. Then failure will follow her" he explained.

Luke shook his head, "Rey will not fail. I know she will not. I didn't have her taught to fail" he stated.

"First fail sometimes to learn one must. Because sometimes. The greatest teacher failure is. Yrsssss" Yoda responded, "Though your failure where you learnt to defeat vader and the emperor it was" he added, "as reckless as Rey is now back then you were. Too eager to go before you were ready you were" he stated. Luke had no choice but to nod in agreement, "cost you it did" Yoda added as he pointed.

Luke sighed, "I'm sure Rey will not make the same mistake I did" he responded, "I've made sure of that" he added.

"Ready even if you are. Still possible failure is. To succeed if Rey is. Give into her reckless behavior she must not. For if she does, she will fail" Yoda explained.

Luke nodded, "its not only her recklessness master. I have also noted that her skills with a lightsaber are not to the best of standards. She just doesn't seem to be able to get a hang of her lightsaber" he stated.

Yoda looked to Luke, " Her lightsaber it is not. Hand hand me down it is. More comfortable with in time she will fashion one that she is. Yes" he explained.

Luke nodded with understanding, "well. When that time comes I hope she will make one she is more comfortable with" he responded, "because she is going to need one if she is to fight and defeat the First order" he explained. Yoda let out a long hum, Luke looked at him curiously, "what is it?" he asked.

Yoda looked to Luke, "Fear the first order I do not. Who waits for the galaxy to be at its weakest what I fear is" he explained, "Coming luke something is. A threat greater than the first order. Be ready you must. For the sake of life and light. Yrsssss" he added as he looked to to the ground again before looking to Luke, "Hrrmmm. Be ready you must" he stated before his force ghost faded.

Luke thought for a moment before looking back through the window with wonder at what Yoda meant.

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Rey opened a chest and took out her training remote before putting it into a bag as R2 beeped at her. She looked to him, "I am a bit nervous R2" she responded, "this is my first official mission, but dad thinks I'll do alright" she explained as she put in a final few things into the back and picking it up. She is about to leave when R2 beeps to her, "what is it R2?" she asked as she turned back. R2 used one of his manipulator arms to present Rey's lightsaber. Rey let out a sigh and chuckled before stepping forward and taking her lightsaber, "thanks R2. I nearly forgot this" she stated before equipping the lightsaber to her belt and leaving her room.

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Rey walked over to the landing pad where Jyn was waiting for her. Rey looked to her mother, "I thought you were off the D'qar" she said.

"I got some time Rey. I did have to see you off though" Jyn responded. Rey gave a nod before Jyn moved up and adjusted Rey's jedi robes to make them a little neater before rubbing some bust off of them, "be safe ok" she said.

Rey smiled and nodded, "I will mom. Don't worry, I'll be alright" she responded.

Jyn nodded before kissing Rey on the forehead, "may the force be with you" she said. Rey nodded before Jyn let Rey got.

Rey walked over to Ben and Jane as Jane finished adjusting her cloak. Ben read through the data pad before switching it off and looking to Jane and Rey, "right so we are looking for a white and orange BB-series astromech located on the planet of Jakku" he explained.

"should be easy rollies are easy to spot" Jane stated as she folded her arms, "the only problem is the fact that Jakku is big and has very few settlements. Don't really find much there other than junk traders trading whatever they can get from the old Star destroyers crashed on the planet" she added.

"what is the climate of Jakku like?" Rey asked.

Ben looked to her, "its a desert world what do you think the climate will be like?" he responded.

Rey let out a sigh, "dank" she responded, "I hate sand, it gets everywhere" she stated in a slight wine.

Jane glanced to Rey, "dad and grandpa grew up on Tatooin. You'll be fine Rey" she responded. Rey let out a sigh before they heard the sound of engines approaching. The three of them looked as the Millennium Falcon flew down to the ground and landed upon the landing pad.

Rey looked to the YT1300 freighter, "I can't believe Uncle Han still flies around in this piece of garbage, like surely he could get a better" she stated.

Ben let out a chuckle as he looked to Rey, "you may say that this thing is garbage. But let me tell you that the Falcon is one of the best ships in the galaxy" he explained.

Rey looked to her cousin, "what because it made the Kessel run in fifteen parsecs?" she asked.

"Twelve parsecs" Han's voice called. Rey, Jane, and Ben all looked to Han as he walked down the ramp followed shortly behind them by Chewbacca who seemed to look no different to how he did before. Han on the other had was much older with his hair no longer black but grey. He walked up towards them, "not fifteen" he stated.

Rey smiled and gave a nod, "uncle Han" she said, "is that the same jacket?" she asked motioning to Han's jacket.

Han looked to it and gave a chuckle, "no. Its a new jacket" he responded.

"it still looks good" Jane replied with a smirk as she stepped forward and over to Chewy, "hello Chewy" she said as she gave Chewy a fuss. Chewy looked to her and spoke Shyriiwook back to her. The two of them began to talk for a moment.

Han looked from Rey to Ben, "Ben" he said with a nod.

"Dad" Ben responded, "we're ready to go" he said.

Han nodded with understanding, "so if I recall your going to Jakku of all places?" he asked.

Ben gave a nod, "yeah. I take it mom has told you everything?" he replied.

Han gave another nod, "yeah she did. Anyway we best get going so you can find that droid" he responded. Ben nodded before he walked onto the Falcon followed by Jane and Chewy, Han looked to Rey, "come on Rey. I can't believe your father is putting you up to this" he explained.

Rey looked to her uncle, "he believes I can do it" she responded.

Han smiled as he placed a hand upon Rey shoulder, "trust in the force Rey. It will help you" he explained as the two of them walked towards the Falcon.

Rey glanced to Han, "to think you used to not believe in the force uncle" she responded.

"That was before I learnt it was real. That all the stories were true" Han replied, "that is how I know it will not let you down. You will succeed and your father will be proud" he responded as the two of them walked up the ramp onto the Falcon.

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Once on board Han walked through to the cockpit as Rey walked into the main living quarter where Jane and Ben were both sitting on the couch. Ben looked to Rey as Jane messed with the Dejarik table, "you ready for this?" he asked.

Rey looked to him and nodded as she put her bag down and sat in a chair, "yep" she responded as she bent down to redo one of the straps of her boot, "I brought my training remote in order to do some training whilst we head for Jakku" she explained.

Ben nodded, "alright. Well. Good luck with that" he responded, "just remember to block the lasers" he added.

Rey let out a sigh right as the Dejarik table turned on, "there we go" Jane said happily before looking to Ben, "want a round?" she asked.

Ben smiled with a nod, "alright" he responded as he got ready to play a game of Dejarik with Jane. As they did the Falcon began to take off and fly away from the temple.

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The Falcon flew away from Ossus and into the vast blackness of space.

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Inside the Cockpit. Han and Chewy sat in their respective seats as Han finished doing some checks, "alright. Everything is set. Nav computer has the coordinates to Jakku" he explained. Chewy let out a roar and spoke in Shyriiwook. Han looked to him and let out a chuckle, "don't worry, we'll be alright" he said before looking through the cockpit window, "hopefully" he added before hearing the beeping of the nav computer finishing its calculations, "calculations complete" he stated, "Chewy punch it" he added. Chewy spoke some more Shyriiwook before pulling the switch to activate hyperspace. The Falcon instantly jumped away into hyperspace.

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In the unknown region. A Imperial-II star Destroyer flew through the blackness of space escorted by a Lancer-class and two Carrack-class. A Squad consisting of three Tie-fighters flew by the front one being one of the newer models.

Behind the Star Destroyer was a massive fleet consisting mostly of Nebulon-Ks, Lancer-class frigates, Carrack-class light cruisers, Dreadnaught-class cruisers, Victory-IIs and Victory-IIIs, Gladiator-class Star Destroyers, Imperial-I class and Imperial-II class star destroyers, Gozanti-class cruisers, Imperial light cruisers, four Allegiance-class battlecruisers, two Torpedo spheres, and three of the Resurgent class Star Destroyers. In the very center of the fleet escorted by the three Resurgent class Star Destroyers was an Assertor-class Star Dreadnaught. The flagship of the First Order dubbed the Palpatine named after Emperor Palpatine. Tie-fighters flew around with the fleet as it continued to move through space.

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Within the board room of the Assertor-class Star Dreadnaught. General Armitage Hux entered flanked by two First Order Stormtroopers wearing black armour. He walked over to his seat and sat down at the table where, General Pryde, General Hollas who now had hints of Grey in her brown hair, High General Vickers who had full grey hair and still wore his old white and black galactic empire uniform instead of the First Order uniform of the others, a hologram of General Halder, and other First Order Generals and Admiral.

Hux looked to them all, "now then" he said, "we can begin" he stated.

Pryde cleared his throat as he leaned forward, "the shake down of the Resurgent class Star Destroyer was successful. I now believe that we are ready to launch an attack against the New Republic and reclaim the galaxy" he stated.

"No" General Hollas responded brining her eyes to General Pryde, "a direct attack against the New Republic will be unwise. Even with the help of the Resurgent-class star destroyers and the Mandator IV which we have yet to deploy. The New Republic outnumber us thirty to one. A direct attack will only end in disaster" she explained.

General Pryde looked to General Hollas, "we are about to launch the fifth Resurgent class Star Destroyer and the Sixth is under construction" he responded before looking to Hux, "I suggest we attack one of the New Republic planets and capture it before sending a message out to the Galaxy to make them show who is in control" he stated.

High General Vickers looked to General Pryde, "did you not hear what General Hollas said. A direct attack against the New Republic will only end in disaster, the Resurgent might be able to hold against and beat a Starhawk. But we are outnumbered compared to them, and we do not have a superweapon like the old Empire" he explained.

Another General looked to them all, "and a majority of our forces are frigates" he stated, "the strongest ship we have is the Palpatine" he added as he tapped the the table.

General Hollas leaned back, "not just to mention that that traitor Captain Killian managed to steal a tone of documents on that data chip as well as the schematics of the Resurgent-class. If that falls into the hands of the New Republic they will be able to find a weakness in the Resurgent-class and exploit it" she explained.

Hux nodded, "speaking of that" he said before looking to the Hologram of General Halder, "Halder how goes the search for the data chip? Have you found it?" he asked.

General Halder cleared her throat, "I have tasked Captain Phasma with leading the search. We have the New Republic operative in custody but he wont tell us anything. I do not intend to return to the rest of the fleet until we have this chip or any conformation that it has been destroyed in our attack on the town" she responded.

High General Vickers looked to them all, "There is no way the chip as been destroyed. The New Republic would not let such valuable information be destroyed. He's most likely put it in a droid" he explained.

General Halder nodded, "that is what I am thinking. But the amount of Junk and droid traders on this world. It will take time. Especially since we don't know what type of droid we are looking for" she replied. High General Vickers nodded as General Halder looked to General Hux, "General Hux. I would like to request reinforcements to assist in this search" she explained.

Hux gave a nod, "I have an idea of a team who can assist you in finding this droid. I will contact them immediately and have them come here" he responded, "I will then send them through to you" he explained. General Halder nodded with understanding before Hux looked to everyone, "now then. That is all" he said.

Everyone gave a nod before they began to get up with the hologram of General Halder disappearing. General Pryde got up himself and walked over to Hux as he got up, the two of them began to walk, "I do not want to question your decisions Hux. But I do have to protest the use of these people" he stated.

"I see now reason in why we can't use them. They are elite warriors and will be able to help find this droid" Hux responded as he glanced to General Pryde.

General Pryde gave a nod, "but they're marauders. Do you really believe it wise to rely on them? I don't even see why we are so eager to find this data chip. If its lost then it is lost. We should be putting resources to the warfront" he stated.

"There is a chance that the New Republic will come looking for those schematics and if they find them they will be able to use them against us" Hux explained as they left the meeting room, "for that reason we cannot divert our resources from this search to fight the New Republic. Not just to mention a direct engagement will result in the destruction of everything we have built, we must choose our battles wisely as Vickers said" he stated.

General Pryde nodded with understanding, "I fight to see the Empire restored to the galaxy Hux" he stated.

Hux looked to General Pryde, "we all fight for that Pryde. But with the way things are we cannot launch a direct assault on the New Republic" he responded, "now that is all" he proclaimed before looking away and continuing to walk down the hallway.

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The Falcon emerged from hyperspace above Jakku and instantly began to fly down towards the surface.

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In the main living quarters, Jane and Ben played Dejarik whilst Rey trained with her training remove. Jane used her Mantellian Savrip to take down Ben's Ng'ok, "dank. I was saving him" Ben stated.

Jane looked to Ben with a smirk, "that is why you must always keep evolving your strategy" she responded, "plus did you forget that I am good at this game" she added with a chuckle.

Ben smirked, "I would call this an even match" he said before pressing the button to move his Kintan strider to Jane's Mantellian Savrip and having it attack by swinging its hammer hitting the Savrip in the head.

Jane let out a sigh, "oh how cute" she responded before pressing a button. The Mantellian Savrip picked up the Kintan strider before slamming it on the ground then bringing its hands down on it in a finisher making the peace disappear.

Ben hit the couch, "dank" he responded, "I thought he still had more health then that, I didn't know he was on his last hit point" he stated.

Jane leaned back with a chuckle, "always double check your pieces" she responded.

As that happened Rey kept focus on her training remote. It moved around before firing with Rey managing to block the hit, the remote fired again and she once again blocked in a hanging guard. The training remote fired again, Rey tried to block but was to slow and the shot hit her in the side making her gasp from the shock. Ben looked to her, "don't worry Rey your getting better?" he said.

Rey looked to him, "how do you know?" she asked as she distinguished her lightsaber.

"I don't" Ben responded, "I just think your getting better" he added.

"Thinking I'm getting better is different to actually getting better" she explained.

Ben gave a nod of understanding as Han walked in, "alright we have arrived at Jakku. We have to be careful though. There's a small First Order fleet in orbit in the north western side of the planet" he explained.

Jane looked to Ben and Rey, "as we were expecting" she stated.

Ben gave a nod, "where are you landing us dad?" he asked looking to Han.

Han motioned back, "Chewy is landing you near a small outpost. It looks like a junk yard, seems like scavengers who scavenged materials from the Starship graveyard trade their takings here" he explained.

Ben nodded with understanding before looking to Jane and Rey, "sounds like the best place to star looking" he stated. Jane and Rey both nodded with agreement before they all walked away in order to get ready.

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The Falcon flew over the crashed wreckage of Imperial Star Destroyers that littered the field where the battle of Jakku once took place. As it did some scavengers who were checking the remains of a crashed Tie-fighter looked to see the ship go past before getting back to taking whatever salvageable parts they could.

The Falcon flew over towards Niima Outpost flying over the junk yard trading post before finally landing and opening its ramp. Ben, Jane, and Rey all walked off of the YT1300 and looked to Niima outpost as Han walked down the ramp towards them, "I'll hold the Falcon here. You go look for this droid. You might find it in there" he stated. Rey, Jane, and Ben all nodded before they began to walk towards the outpost.

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Ben, Jane, and Rey all entered the outpost and looked around at the scavengers as they went around. Some of them cleaning whatever parts they had savaged from the field whilst others traded their takings with the takings of others. Whilst most of the places were trading junk, others were trading and selling what seemed to be ragged worn out clothing. Ben let out a sigh as he looked around, "right. Here's what we'll do, I'll talk to whoever's in charge here and see if anyone has traded an BB unit. You two go around and ask if anyone has seen it" he explained. Jane and Rey both nodded before they went their separate ways. Ben walked over to what seemed to be one of the few semi-permeant buildings in the outpost whilst Rey and Jane both began to walk around to try and find anyone who has a BB unit matching the description of BB-8.

Ben got into a line behind a scavenger as the one in front is given something for the takings he brought it. The scavenger walked off allowing the one before Ben to move up to the counter and looking to the man running the stand which looked to be a type of Concession stand manned by a Crolute. The scavenger opened a satchel and dumped out several scavenged items one of which seemed to be a component of a condenser, an Imperial data cube that looked to be a bit dented and rusted a little, and an Imperial N-S9 Starpath unit which had a slight scratch on the Imperial seal though the cog was still visible.

The Crolute picked up the Starpath unit and moved it to the side before looking at the rest of the junk, "this stuff together is worth. One quarter portion" he explained before picking up a packet and placing it on the table. He then looked to the Starpath unit and picked it up, "as for this in the condition it is. I would say two and a quarter portions" he stated before picking up another two packets one similar to the previous one whilst the other one seemed a little bigger. The scavenger nodded before taking his three packs and walking aside letting Ben step forward. The Crolute looked Ben up and down, "you are no scavenger" he said in his guttural voice.

Ben shook his head, "no I'm not" he responded, "are you the boss here?" he asked.

The Crolute glanced to Ben's side before looking to Ben, "That I am. I am Junk Boss Unkar Plutt" he responded, "now what do you want?" he asked.

Ben cleared his throat, "I'm Ben Solo. Jedi Knight" he replied, "I'm here on behalf of the New Republic" he added.

"A Jedi!? I'll have you know that what I am doing here is completely legal" Unkar Plutt responded defiantly.

Ben nodded, "I bet it is. I'm not here about that" he stated, "I'm here wondering if you have had a droid traded in" he explained.

Unkar Plutt thought for a moment, "I've had many droids traded in from parts of a B1. To an Imperial probe droid. To even a fully working Imperial Protocol droid. You'll have to be more specific" he responded.

Ben gave a nod as he leaned against the counter, "Astromech. BB series with a white and orange paint job. It belongs to a New Republic wing commander" he replied, "you had one like that traded in?" he asked wondering.

Unkar Plutt thought again before shaking his head, "I'm afraid not. I would have paid sixty portions for a working droid, but I haven't" he explained.

Ben gave a nod, "right. Does this place have a marshal or a constable or something?" he asked.

Unkar Plutt nodded past Ben, "the constable's hut is just outside of the outpost. Go there if you wish" he explained.

Ben nodded, "right. Listen, if you encounter that droid I would like to hear about it. We'll pay you sixty republic credits for its return" he responded. Unkar Plutt nodded with understanding before Ben walked away and he got back to work.

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Elsewhere at the Outpost Rey looked at one of the stalls. It seemed to be one trading all sorts of stuff whilst Jane spoke with one of the scavengers, the scavenger spoke in an alien language. Jane nodded, "alright you head on your way" she responded with the motion of her head. The Scavenger nodded as it spoke the alien language before walking away.

As the Scavenger walked away Rey noticed a pair of dark brown Po-Zu boots. She picked one up and held it against her foot seeing that it was in her size. The stall owner looked to her, "yohtaa, yohtaa, Yohgotta" he said.

Rey looked to the stall owner. She did not know what species he was wearing what looked to be a rusted welder mask over his face combined with a orange hood that was connected to the slightly worn poncho he was wearing. The only thing that gave her an idea of what the stall owner looked like was what seemed to be the hint of hello orange eyes through the eye slits of the mask, "what?" she asked.

The Stall owner pointed to the ankle high boot in Rey's hand before pointing to the other one, "Yohgotta, Yohgotta" he replied.

Rey tried to think as Jane walked over, "what's going on?" Jane asked.

Rey nodded to the stall owner, "what's he saying?" she asked.

Jane looked to the stall owner as he pointed to the boot on the desk, "Yohgotta, Yohgotta" he said.

Jane looked to Rey, "he's asking if you would like to buy those boots" she translated.

"oh" Rey responded, "umm how many credits are they?" she asked looking to the stall owner.

The Stall Owner shook his head as he waved his hand, "NoGat, NoGat. Yohmatta Ceeal matta" he responded.

Rey glanced to Jane, "he says they don't take credits here. Its either portions or trade" Jane translated.

Rey thought, "a portion?" she asked.

"Food. You get them from the junk boss at the Concession stand" Jane responded.

Rey looked to the Stall Owner, "how many portions?" she asked.

The Stall Owner looked to her, "Yohmatta, Yohmatta, Yokono. NoGatan Eilumman" he responded.

"twenty and a half portions. No less" Jane translated.

Rey looked at the Stall Owner stunned, "do you have to get the portions through trade?" she asked.

The Stall Owner nodded, "Yohgatta, Yohgatta, Yohdo" he responded.

Rey glanced to Jane who nodded to confirm, "what do they trade?" she asked.

"Yoko, Yoko. Ceeal matta" the Stall owner responded.

"junk. Nothing else?" Jane translated.

Rey looked to the Stall owner, "I'm not a scavenger" she said, "what about trade what can I trade for them?" she asked wondering.

Jane sighed and shook her head, "Rey we're here for a Droid not to shop clothes" she responded.

"come on Jane please" Rey responded. Jane let out a reluctant sigh before nodding. Rey looked to the the Stall Owner, "come on what could I trade for those boots?" she asked.

The Stall Owner glanced to Rey's feet and pointed, "Nota, Nota, Yeahmu" he responded.

Rey looked to Jane, Jane cleared her throat, "he'll trade you those boots for your boots" she explained.

Rey glanced at Jane stunned, "what? Can't we trade your boots? Yours are a lot nice" she responded.

"Rey I'm not going to walk around barefoot on this rock. So either you trade your boots for those boots or your not having them" Jane stated.

Rey sighed, "Yohgotta, Yohgotta" the Stall owner said.

Rey looked to him before beginning to undo the straps of her boots, "fine" she said before pulling them off and giving them to the Stall Owner. The Stall Owner nodded before handing Rey the other Po-Zu boot. Rey took it before she and Jane walked over to the side where she began to pull them on. Rey pulled her new boots over her bare feet though due to them being only ankle high in combination with her leggings ending just blow her knee meant that there was a gap between the end of her leggings and the start of the boots where her skin could be seen.

Jane looked to her and sighed, "I can't believe you got yourself new boots" she said.

"These look better suited for the climate we're in. I guess I'm going to have to get used to them now though since I traded my usual ones away" Rey responded.

Jane let out a chuckle, "you say that as if I'm not in heels over here" she responded bringing attention to the one an a half inch heel on her own boots with a tap of her foot.

Rey let out a sigh and nodded, "yeah well" she said before looking to the boots, "though I got to say. This do look good on me" she stated with a smirk as she checked out her feet in her new boots, "they're a lot more comfortable at least" she added.

Jane nodded before Ben arrived, "there you two are" he said. Jane and Rey both looked to him, "I've been speaking to the constable. They've had nobody come in with a BB series astromech. Which means that BB-8 is most likely out in the wastes somewhere. With some luck it could be possible that a scavenger has found him and might be bringing him here" he explained.

Jane thought for a moment, "should we go looking?" she asked.

Ben nodded, "you and Rey go out. I'll stay here and see if anyone comes in" he explained.

Jane nodded with understanding before looking to Rey, "come on Rey. Lets go see if we can find this rollie" she said. Rey gave a nod before they both began to leave.

As they did Ben looked to them, "oh and Rey" he said. Rey looked to her cousin with wonder, "I like the new shoes" Ben said pointing to Rey's new boots. Rey glanced to them before putting on a smile and nodding. She turned around and followed Jane out of the place before they began to go.  

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Over on the Palpatine. General Hux and General Pryde both walk into one of the massive hangers of the Assertor-class Star Dreadnaught, "General Hux. I still do not believe it is a wise idea to call it these marauders to find a droid" Pryde stated.

General Hux glanced at General Pryde, "I have heard a report form General Halder that the a YT1300 matching the description of the Millennium Falcon emerged from Hyperspace and flew down to the planet surface. Considering that the Falcon is registered as belonging to the New Republic it is most likely that they too are searching for this droid" he responded.

General Pryde glanced at General Hux, "I'm sure we are fully capable of dealing with one old freighter and whatever New Republic forces they have deployed" he responded.

General Hux gave a nod, "Yes, we could. However if the New Republic got the Jedi involved. Our forces will not stand a chance," he explained, "These people have had a run in with the Jedi before. They will be able to handle it if the Jedi do show up" he stated.

"They are a band of marauding cultists, worshipers of the force like the Jedi. What is the difference between these people and them?" Pryde asked unconvinced.

General Hux looked forward, "My father, Brendol Hux. Told me once that Palptaine himself was a wielder of the force, thee same type that they worship and the side their leader uses," he proclaimed.

Pryde nodded, "I am aware of Palptaine's powers. I know that he was a force user like the Jedi, but other than a name what is the difference in this power that is worshiped by so many?"

General Hux looked forward, "You will see Pryde," he announced, "You will see."

At that moment a modified Oubilette-class transport flew into the hanger and landed as General Hux and General Pryde stood to attention. The ramp opened and a group of seven men all stepped off. Six of the men all wore black clothing that covered their bodies with masks that covered their faces though they were all clearly humanoid.

All of them held their own weapons most of which were bladed melee weapons. Save for two, one of them held a blaster in his hands whilst the other held a custom made multi barrel sniper rifle.

The leader of the group stepped forward. He wore a grey helmet with black accents. A strange red symbol was located on the front of it in fact the symbol actually seemed to be made up of multiple some of which seemed to be aurebesh. The man wore no shirt leaving his chest exposed. Revealing that it was severely scared and burnt chest. His neck and arms also did not seem to be spared of the scaring. He was clearly human though and despite his age he looked to be well built.

The only clothing the man seemed to wear other than the mask that concealed his face was a black cape down his back. A single black glove upon his hand Black trousers that went up to his waist a small crossing of fabric above the trousers that formed a type of kilt and a pair of black boots. On the sides of his legs connected to the start of the kilt were what seemed to be pieces of armour.

The man Removed his helmet revealing his face. His face was quite spared of scars save for one that went through his right eye. Though he was not blinded meaning that he still had both his blue eyes. The scar clearly looked to be one made by a lightsaber. His skin was a light colour and his medium length slightly shaggy hair that went down the back of his head was a grey colour.

The man looked to General Hux and General Pryde, "Generals" he said with a slight bow of his head as one of the knights holding a massive two handed executioner style axe stepped up next to his leader.

General Hux stepped forward and cleared his throat, "I take it that you are the man known as Ren. Leader of the Knights of Ren" he responded.

Ren gave a single nod as he smiled. "That I am General. I heard your message, you want us to find a droid" he replied.

Ren and the Knights of Ren where a type of legend to the galaxy, an unknown band of dark side aligned Marauders who were similar to a cult in some extend. Their origin was unknown, believed to be a myth until they appeared late in the galactic civil war. Though their reputation was much older, with stories surrounding them dating back to even before the High Republic. A group of Dark side cult like Marauders who traveled around the galaxy, always in the shadows and reeking havoc where they went. Of course the Jedi of the time didn't believe in such things as a dark side cult that existed following the destruction of the old Sith Empire, neither did the galaxy until one day the Knights of Ren became real. Though even then when they did emerge as being real in the late stages of the Galactic civil war, there was little known about them. It wasn't even known what the species of the other Knights were, not one had ever seen their faces. All that could be know of these people were that they were humanoid.

Ren himself was somehow less mysterious yet also more mysterious than the others, for instance his true name was knowledge known only to him along with where he was from. He was no Sith, to call him one would be a lie. He knew how to use the force to some extend and wielded a lightsaber, but he was not a Sith nor was he skilled enough to be a Sith. He had gotten the title of Ren from a previous man who also had the name Ren, in fact it was most likely not a name more like a title held by one individual denoting them as the leader. For a new Ren to be created the previous had to die, though where the name originated from was unknow. However it could potentially be from the lightsaber that Ren held for it was known as The Ren, weather this was named after the first individual to hold the title or if the first Ren took the name from the the lightsaber was a mystery that had long since become lost knowledge.

General Hux nodded back in response, "Yes. I have heard of you skills in records left over from the Empire, I do hope that the legends are true that you are the best martial artists in the galaxy," he stated.

Ren let out a chuckle, "Do you wish for a demonstration General? I'm sure one of my Knights will be happy to show their skill. I am willing to show mine if you wish" he asked charismatically.

"Then will not be necessary if the legends of the Knights of Ren are to be believed" General Hux responded, "we do not want to keep you from your mission" he explained.

Ren smiled and let out another chuckle, "what do you require of us General?" he questioned.

General Hux cleared his throat, "we require you to locate a droid located on the planet of Jakku" he explained.

"you call us here to find a droid?" the Knight known as Ushar asked, "what importance does this droid have?" he added.

General Hux looked to him, "the droid contains a data chip holding important information about the First Order. If it falls into the hands of the New Republic it will be bad news" he responded, "I am hoping that I can rely on you Knights to find this droid and capture it for us" he explained.

Ren put on a smile and nodded, "it shall be done General" he responded, "Kuruk, prepare the Night Buzzard and set course for Jakku" he commanded. The Knight with the sniper rifle gave a nod before turning and entering the starship that they had arrived in. Ren put his helmet back on as the other Knights boarded the Night Buzzard.

"Once you reach Jakku. Rendezvous with the Finalizer and General Halder" General Hux commanded. Ren looked back and nodded before walking onto the Night Buzzard. Instantly the ramp closed and the modified Oubliette-class transport took off before leaving the hanger by of the Palpatine.

Over on Jakku. Jane and Rey move across the sand in a rented speeder that they managed to get, luckily this was one of the only things at the Outpost that seemed to be hired for credits. The speeder was not really anything too special. It was an X-34 landspeeder modified with two extra engines on either side of the front. The speeder spluttered as it moved and sounded as though it was going to fall apart. It was actually shocking it was not falling apart. Jane soon stopped the landspeeder once the two of them arrived at the starship graveyard.

Jane and Rey both got out and began to look around, "you sure the droid might be here?" Rey asked looking to her older sister.

Jane gave a nod, "it might be. I don't know" she responded, "but that is why we are looking" she added.

Rey nodded before the two of them began to walk and look around. As they did Rey's foot hit something on the ground. She bent down to find a piece of debris berried beneath the sand. She reached down and picked it up to see that it was what seemed to be a type of thrown together quarterstaff made of savaged materials with what seemed to be a the stap of a type of backpack in the middle allowing it to be carried over an arm.

Rey looked at it for a moment before throwing it over her shoulder and following Jane.

Jane looked to Rey with the quarter staff, "What?" Rey asked, "It could be useful and it doesn't seemed to be owned by anyone."

Jane sighed, "Alright, But be careful with that" she responded pointing to the quarterstaff.

Rey gave a nod before the two of them continued to search for the BB unit.

The two walked for a while looking around until they arrived at a crashed AT-AT. Rey took the moment to let out a deep breath and lean her back against the hull of the downed AT-AT taking off the quarterstaff in the process. She took out a little waterskit and took a drink before equipping it to her belt. She opened a pouch and took out one of her rations giving it a bite.

Jane looked to her before letting out a chuckle and walking over leaning her back against the AT-AT as she took out one of her rations.

"This droid could be anywhere" Rey stated.

Jane let out a chuckle, "trust in the force Rey. We will find it" she responded. Rey nodded with understanding as she looked to the waists of Jakku, "what is it?" Jane asked.

Rey let out a sigh, "sorry its just I got a vague feeling of familiarity of this place" she responded, "not like the force, I mean as in. I feel like in a previous life I may have lived here" she responded, "kind of glad I don't. Don't really fancy having to climb about in those crashed Star Destroyers salvaging whatever I can in order to get food" she explained.

Jane smiled and let out a chuckle, "well. Whatever it is. You don't have to worry about it" she stated.

Rey nodded before the two of them heard the sound of binary and they looked, "sounds like a droid" Rey said. Jane nodded before the two of them began to run over to the sound of Binary, Rey picking up the quarter staff as she did so.

The two of them ran up onto a ridge where they could see a green-skinned small creature riding a Luggabeast across the sand. They both looked to see that in a net was a BB unit matching the description of BB-8.

"That looks like our rollie" Jane stated before the two of them ran over to the green-skinned creature, "Hey, Hey you" Jane called.

The green-skinned creature looked to them and began to speak in a language. Jane responded in the same language asking the creature a question which the creature respondedz

"Teedo?" Jane asked in basic before motioning to the droid and speaking in the language of the creature named Teedo.

Teedo responded in the same language.

"Well you can't have this droid Teedo. It is New Republic property. I'm sorry, we've been sent to collect it" she stated.

Teedo said something in his alien language though soon Jane took out her lightsaber and ignited it. Not to attack just to send a message, she then spoke in the same language as Teedo.

Teedo relented and responded in his language sticking his hands up and nodding.

Jane gave Rey a nod and Rey used her lightsaber to cut to net off of BB-8. Jane then motioned for Teedo to go as she turned off her lightsaber.

Teedo said an insult in his language before continuing on as Rey looked to BB-8 turning off her lightsaber, "you ok little buddy?" she asked.

BB-8 beeped in response making Rey nod.

"I'm Rey Skywalker. This is my sister Jane. We're with the New Republic, we were sent to retrieve you. Our cousin Ben Solo is at the outpost near here." Rey explained.

Jane looked to the two of them, "well we found the droid. Now we need to get back to the outpost" she stated.

BB-8 began to beep and whistle making Jane look to him before looking to Rey.

"Rey your better at understanding binary. What's he saying?" she asked.

Rey glanced to BB-8 as she stood up listening to him beep before looking to Jane, "He says he wants to see if his master is alright. Poe Dameron" she explained.

Jane sighed, "We don't have time to wait for him. We got to get back to the outpost before it gets too late, the First Order could find us at any moment. We need to get this droid to D'qar" she responded.

BB-8 let out a wine and beeped a little, "Hey, I'm sorry little one. But we have been given orders. I'm sure your master will be alright" she explained, "now come on" she added.

BB-8 beeped before following Rey and Jane as they began to head for the speeder.

As they walked Jane took out her comm and activated it, "Ben, come in. We found the droid, we're heading back" she said.

"Copy that. Dad is currently refueling the Falcon. But once that is done we should be able to head straight for D'qar" Ben's voice said over the comm.

Jane nodded with understanding, "copy that" she responded before turning off her comm. As they went past the AT-AT Rey rushed over to a whole in the side door and looked inside before quickly taking something that seemed to be a slightly dented and rusted data cube, "what are you doing?" she asked.

Rey looked to Jane, "what. I could probably use this to get some food at the outpost" she explained as she put the data cube into one of her pouches. Jane let out a sigh and nodded before the two of them continued to walk with BB-8 following them.

Chapter Text

In space above Jakku the finalizer loomed with its escort fleet. Two Tie-fighters flew by and landed inside the hanger.

On board the finalizer. The Stormtrooper designed FN-2187 walked down the hallway of the detention level. He arrived outside the door to Poe’s cell and opened it to see Poe still strapped to the interrogation chair. He walked over and pushed the button to release Poe who fell to the floor before getting up.

FN-2187 helped Poe up before the two of them left the cell and began to walk down the hall. As they did Poe looked to FN-2187, “where are we going?” He asked.

FN-2187 glanced at him, “to the hanger. We’re getting out of here” he stated.

Poe looked to the stormtrooper confused, “what?” He asked.

FN-2187 sighed before bringing Poe into a side corridor. He looked to Poe and took off his helmet so his eyes could meet Poe’s, “listen. I’m getting you out of here” he explained, “now come on” he added.

Poe nodded, “wait why?” He asked curiously looking at FN-2187 with wonder.

FN-2187 looked to Poe, “it’s the right thing to do, after what I have seen” he explained. Poe thought for a moment with wonder, he was about to speak, “look I’ll explain later” FN-2187 stated. Poe just gave a nod.

Poe nodded back, “yeah ok” he responded.

Poe was about to go when FN-2187 stopped him, “wait can you fly a Tie-fighter?” He asked.

Poe looked to FN-2187, “my mom taught me to fly anything. I’m sure I can fly a simple Tie fighter” he responded.

“I’m not just talking about a simple Tie-fighter, I’m talking about one modified with a rear gunner seat, heavy shielding and a hyperdrive” FN-2187 stated.

Poe smirked, “well. We’re going to find out” he responded. FN-2187 nodded before they both went with FN-2187 putting his helmet on again.

.   .   .

The two of them entered the hanger with Poe acting like his hands were bound. FN-2187 walked behind him acting as an escort. The two of them walked until FN-2187 nudged Poe before motioning to one of the SF Tie variants in its rack. The two of them quickly rushed towards the Tie-fighter in order to board.

They both got inside and Poe activated the all the systems booting up the Tie-fighter. The engines fired up and the Tie fighter began to launch. However it was soon stopped by the still connected refuelling pipe.

.   .   .

Within the hanger control one of the Jr. officers looked to his terminal, “we have an unscheduled Tie departure at rack 3” he said turning around to look at a captain.

The captain looked through the window, “order troopers to secure that fighter” he commanded.

.   .   .

Poe struggled to free the Tie-fighter, “hey. You said this thing has a rear gun. Use it to target the fuelling pipe and free us” he said.

FN-2187 nodded, “on it” he said before using the guns to target the refuelling pipe. Quickly he shot it out freeing the Tie-fighter.

Poe began to fly the Tie-fighter. As he did he saw several Stormtroopers rushing into position, “We got some of your friends coming in, try and deal with them” he said.

FN-2187 nodded before beginning to shoot the Stormtroopers. As he did he ended up hitting the hanger control destroying it and killing the officers inside. Poe instantly flew the Tie-fighter out of the hanger as FN-2187 shot at the Stormtroopers.

.   .   .

On the bridge of the Finalizer the alarm blared. General Halder stepped forward, “what is happening?” He asked in a commanding voice.

One of the officers looked to her, “we have a Rogue Tie-fighter deployed from hanger 2” he responded.

General Halder looked to another officer, “call in response Ties send them after that Rogue fighter” she ordered.

“General, we have a report that the prisoner Poe Dameron has escaped. It is most likely he is the one in the Tie” another officer stated.

General Halder thought for a moment before looking at one of the consoles. She checked the information, “he stole a Special Forces variant. Those ones are made for two people, and he couldn’t have escaped alone” he said. General Halder turned around, “check the ship barracks. Check all barracks, see if any personnel have failed to report in” she commanded.

a third officer nodded, “ma’am” he said before doing so.

.   .   .

The stolen Tie-fighter flew out of the mid section of the Finalizer before flying up underneath the ship. As it did two guns began to fire at it.

.   .   .

Poe looked to the two guns, “we got to take out those two guns. I’ll take left you take right” he said.

FN-2187 nodded, “got it” he responded before priming his gun.

.   .   .

As the Tie-fighter flew towards the guns. Poe fired the front cannons taking out the left gun before flying past. Doing so allowed FN-2187 to shoot down the right gun.

.   .   .

In side the two of them let out a cheer, “did you see that? Did you see that?” FN-2187 asked.

Poe nodded, “I did good shot” he responded, “I’m Poe. Poe Dameron” he added, “what’s your name?” He asked.

“FN-2181” FN-2181 responded.

Poe glanced at him, “What?” He asked wondering.

FN-2181 glanced at him, “FN-2187 that’s the only name I got” he responded.

Poe sighed, “well I am not using it. FN huh? All right Finn. I’m gonna call you Finn” he said. He glanced back to Finn, “you like that?” He asked.

Finn thought, “Finn. Yeah Finn I like that” he replied.

Poe nodded, “alright. It’s good to meet you Finn” he said.

Finn smiled, “good to meet you too Poe” he responded.

Poe smirked, “So Finn, how did you end up with the First Order?” He asked as he flew out from under the Finalizer and began to head for Jakku.

Finn was about the respond when the Tie shook, “what was that?” He asked.

Poe looked, “hang on Finn. It’s the lancers they’re trying to shoot us down. I’m going to try and get us out of weapons range” he explained. At that moment he heard a beeping and looked, “we got Ties on our six. You handle them” he added.

Finn nodded, “on it you work on getting us out of here” he responded. Poe gave a nod back

.   .   .

Poe flew the Tie-fighter dodging the shots from the lancers as they are pursued by two Tie-fighters. Finn instantly began to return fire with the rear gun as the two fighters chased them. He soon managed to shoot the first one down.

Quickly he began to aim at the second one and shot at it clipping its wing with a laser. The Tie spiralled out of control before exploding.

The Tie-fighter began to get out of range of the Lancer class’s firing range. As they do however the finalizer fires an anti-fighter missile which began to follow the Tie-fighter.

.   .   .

Inside Poe heard a beeping and looked, “we got a missile in bound. It’s locked on can you shoot it?” He said.

Finn looked to him, “can’t we just go?” He asked.

Poe shook his head, “we’re not going yet. We need to get my droid” he responded.

Finn looked to him, “a droid?” He asked.

Poe nodded, “yeah BB unit. It’s important we have to get him” he explained.

Finn thought, “what is so important about a droid?” He asked.

Poe continued to fly trying to shake the missile, “because that droid has Captain Killian’s data chip inside it” he explained.

Finn shook his head, “oh you’ve got to be kidding me, out of everywhere you could have put it you put it in a…” he said before being cut off by the missiles hitting the Tie-fighters wing.

.   .   .

The wing was destroyed and the Tie-fighter spiralled down towards the surface of Jakku.

Chapter Text

Upon the bridge of the Finalizer Captain Phasma and General Halder both looked at a hologram of Finn’s file. Phasma looked to General Halder, “FN-2187 reported to my office before being sent to reevaluation” she explained.

General Halder gave a nod, “it’s clear that he has deserted” she responded. She looked to Phasma, “they were also heading for Jakku. Which means they were probably going to get the data chip. Which means it is possibly in a droid” she deducted.

Phasma gave a nod, “what do you wish me to do ma’am?” She asked.

General Halder thought for a moment, “send a team to find the wreckage” she ordered.

Phasma thought, “but what of the search for the droid?” She asked.

“I’ve had a report from command that a team is on their way here to help find this droid” General Halder responded. Phasma nodded, “I’m also scrambling a fighter team to head to the outpost where the YT1300 is” she added. Phasma nodded before turning around and leaving.

On the surface of Jakku. Finn got up having managed to hit his ejector seat. He looked around but did not see Poe. He then saw the car crashed Tie fighter and Poe’s jacket. Dank he must have not ejected. He thought before running over, “Poe, Poe!” He yelled.

He arrived and picked up Poe’s jacket before trying to see into the Tie-fighter. Before he could get a good look he heard a creak. He backed away as he watched the Tie-fighter wreckage sink into the sand. He let out a sigh before turning around and walking away. Before he could get too far he jumped as the Tie-fighter exploded sending the sand up.

Finn let out a sigh before continuing to walk. As he did he began to strip off the Stormtrooper armour leaving it behind. Once it was off he threw on Poe’s jacket as he continued to walk trying to find civilisation. He soon reached a sand dune where he looked to see a small junkyard outpost. He began to walk towards it.

In Niima outpost. Rey stood in line with BB-8 next to her. BB-8 looked to her and beeped making her look to him, “I’m getting some food” she said. BB-8 beeped some more making Rey chuckle, “my rations are more like snacks, not really a meal” she stated.

The person in front of Rey moved and Rey stepped up to the concession stand and looked to Unkar Plutt who looked to her, "what can I do for you Jedi?" he asked.

"Umm" Rey said before taking out the data cube, "what do I get for this?" she asked placing it on the ground.

Unkar Plutt picked up the data cube and looked at it, "hum. A data cube in this condition is worth" he said, "one quarter portion" he stated before placing a single quarter portion on the counter.

Rey looked to it, "could you not do..." she said as she went to wave her hand.

"Do not think you can wave your hand and use your magic on me" Unkar Plutt responded cutting Rey off, "I am strong minded" he stated. Rey let out a sigh, "Though if you want better. I could give you sixty portions for that droid" Unkar Plutt said nodding to BB-8.

Rey glanced to BB-8 the back to Unkar Plutt, "sorry but the droid has valuable information for the New Republic" she responded.

Hearing that made Unkar Plutt look to BB-1 intrigued, "valuable information?" he said with wonder, "how much would this information be worth to the New Republic?" he asked.

Rey shrugged, "I don't know. Maybe about twenty million credits maybe more. Would surprised me if they paid like two hundred million credits" she responded, "anyway. Thanks" she added before taking the quarter portion and walking away.

Unkar Plutt watched her go before picking up a comm link and opening it, "follow that girl and get me that droid. If that information is a valuable as she says then we could ransom it to the New Republic. Then I can leave this pathetic job of trading food for junk behind" he said into it before putting the comm away and looking to a scavenger.

.   .   .

Rey walked over to Ben and Jane with BB-8. Ben was leaning his back against the pole whilst Jane was sitting on a piece of junk that acted as a chair.

Rey walked over and showed the quarter portion she got, "well. I traded in that data cube and all I got was this" she said.

Jane let out a sigh, "what did you expect?" she asked.

Rey nodded with understanding before sitting down and getting a dish over to her. She poured some water into it before opening up the portion and tipping the pounder into it before mixing it in.

Instantly the pounder and water turned into a type of muffin which Rey picked, "I swear that guy at the Concession stand is swindling people" she explained.

"He is" Ben responded, "giving them little food for what they bring in. But that is what you would expect in a place like this" he added.

Rey nodded as she ate some of the muffin, "he tried to get me to sell him BB-8 to him" she stated nodding to BB-8 as he rolled up next to her and beeped, "but I told him that I can't sell the droid because he has valuable information inside him" she explained.

Ben and Jane both looked to each other with concern, "did he ask how valuable this information was?" Jane asked.

Rey went silent for nodded, "well yeah. I told him it would be probably about two hundred million credits" she responded. Ben let out a sigh as he facepalmed, "well that was the best estimate I could think of. I don't know how much top secret First Order intel is worth" Rey explained.

Ben shook his head as he looked to his cousin, "its not that Rey" he responded, "it the fact you told him the New Republic is willing to pay for the intel. The kind of guy he is as well means that he would possibly try and steal BB-8 in order to get that intel to ransom it to the New Republic" he explained.

Rey went silent as her cheeks blushed with embarrassment.

"Look I get it Rey. You have never left Ossus. Or the temple. And the times you have you have only really been to Chandrilla or Naboo. The furthest you have been out is to Batuu" Ben said, "So I get it your not very street wise. But you do still have to be aware."

Jane looked to her little sister, "He's right Rey. You shouldn't have told that Crolute the information is worth something" she stated.

Rey sighed, "all right. I'm sorry. I made a mistake," she responded.

Jane and Ben both nodded with understanding before Rey looked to Ben.

"How long left until Uncle Solo has finished refueling the Falcon?" she asked.

"About another few minutes. Once its done we will be ready to go" he explained. Rey gave a nod before continuing to eat her muffin.

Finn walked through the outpost out of breath before finding a water trough where a Happabore was drinking. Finn went over and fell down next to the trough and using his hand to cup some of the water and drink it before letting out a cough as the Happabore let out a noise. Finn got up and looked around for a moment before he began to walk around the town. It did not take long before he looked to see a group of light skinned people. Two twenty nine year olds and a nineteen year old. One of them a man with black hair whilst the other two were girls the twenty nine year old one having blond hair whilst the nineteen year old had brown hair.

They clearly did not look to be locals of this planet having fair skin and not cuts, bruises, or burns. As he looked at them he noticed that they all had lightsabers. He also took note to the fact that the older girl was wearing white and gold robes beneath her brown cloak. The other two were wearing robes with the younger girl wearing tan coloured robes and the man wearing tan and brown robes.

As he looked he noticed a small BB unit next to the foot of the younger girl. He instantly thought of what Poe said about his droid being a BB unit and he stepped closer slightly wondering if that was the droid. At that moment he saw as two thugs seemed to approach one with a net.

One of them lunged in only for the older girl to whip out her lightsaber and ignited a pink blade that accented the white and gold hilt instantly she slashed the thug as the second thug rushed in and threw a net over the BB unit. Instantly the younger girl whipped around and force pushed the thug back. As a third thug rushed in.

The man took out his lightsaber and ignited it before decapitating the thug as the second thug and a new thug rushed in only for the younger girl to ignite her blue lightsaber similar to the one of the man and quickly slashed the two of them down before removing the net from the BB unit.

The younger girl said something to the unit that Finn failed to catch before the BB unit responded with a beep. Finn continued to watch as the BB unit turned its head to look at him and let out a sound.

The girl and the other two both looked to him before the BB unit began to whistle and beep to the younger girl, "what him?" he heard the younger girl say before the BB unit beeped and whistled looking to her.

The girl then to the man who began to walk forward turning off his lightsaber, Fin began to back away as the man entered a job before a run. Finn instantly turned and ran as the man and two girls followed him with the droid following behind them.

Finn continued to run and run glancing back to him seeing he was being pursued by the man but not the two women and BB unit. He quickly rushed into a tent only to be hit in the chest by the younger girl who now wielded a quarter staff. She quickly knocked him to the floor.

Rey pointed the end of the quarter staff at the man who BB-8 had pointed out. She did not know what it was, all BB-8 said was something about the jacket this man was wearing.

Jane and Ben both joined her with BB-8 and she looked at them, "nice work" Jane said in compliment.

Rey quickly caught her breath, "I told you this quarterstaff would be useful," she responded. Jane nodded with understanding as Rey lowered the quarterstaff.

Ben walked up and knelt down to be at the man's eye level, "Why were you running?" he asked.

"Look. I was just acting on instinct ok" the man responded, "I do not mean any harm" he added.

Ben nodded as BB-8 beeped and whistled.

Rey looked to him then to the man on the floor, "That Jacket where did you get it?" she asked, "This droid says it belongs to his master."

The man looked to the droid, "your master. Was his name Poe? Poe Dameron?" he asked.

BB-8 rolled back with a beep as Jane stepped forward, "how do you know about Wing Commander Dameron?" she questioned.

The man let him escape, "I helped him escape from the First Order. He was imprisoned on the flagship of their small task for. A Resurgent-class Star Destroyer named the Finalizer" he explained, "we escaped in a Tie-fighter but got shot down. I ejected. But I don't think Poe made it" he stated.

Hearing that made BB-8 let out a somber wine, "don't worry buddy. I'm sure Poe will be alright" Rey said comfortingly.

The man sighed, "I'm sorry. I'm Finn by the way" he responded.

Ben stood up before helping Finn to his feet, "nice to meet you Finn" he said, "I'm Ben Solo. These two are my cousins Jane and Rey Skywalker. And umm. The droid is called BB-8" he explained.

Finn nodded with understanding, "so you freed Poe from the First Order. Which means your either New Republic and they launched a rescue mission or your a deserter" Jane stated. Finn looked to her, "which one is it?" Jane asked.

"deserter. I was a Stormtrooper" Finn responded as he looked to them.

Ben folded his arms, "how did a guy like you end up with the First Order?" he asked wondering.

Finn looked to them all, "I was taken in as a kid. My parents were killed in a pirate raid. We did not see it coming this band of pirates just attacked our home village and slaughtered without mercy. The First Order showed up and took them into custody. Then told us that the New Republic does not care for us and said that if we sign up to the First Order we can help make the galaxy better" he responded.

Rey, Jane, and Ben all listened. Though Jane began to think.

"I know now that that statement should not have been as effective as it was. But at the time I was so young that it was," Finn stated.

Jane thought before shaking her head, "That can't be right. The New Republic are the best Pirate hunters around. The New Republic Rangers are designed specifically to deal with pirates. They have about fifty fleets designated to hunting down pirate gangs, there would have been no way a pirate gang could have attacked your village," she stated.

Finn sighed and nodded, "well they did" he responded, "But I chose to desert for reasons" he added before going silent as he seemed to process the next words to speak.

Rey looked to Finn with wonder noticing a look of horror and trauma in his eyes like nothing she had ever seen before, "what happened?" she asked.

Finn took a deep breath, "we were sent here to deal with Captain Killian. Poe said that BB-8..."

"Has a data chip inside him with intel about the first order. We know that is why we are here to get that chip" Ben said cutting Finn off.

Finn nodded, "well. You see we attacked this town and captured Killian and Poe" he explained, "but during the raid. I lost a close friend, a guy from the village I'm from. We joined and the same time, we were close. But the First Order did not care. But that was not the only thing" he continued, "after the raid and Poe was taken away we..." he said before being cut off.

Jane raised her hand to shoosh Finn, "what's that?" she asked. They all began to listen.

As they listened they heard the clear screeching sound of Tie-fighters approaching, "dank, Ties" Ben stated before rushing out of the tent they were in. Rey, BB-8, Finn, and Jane all following him.  

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Ben, Jane, Rey, Finn, and BB-8 rushed out and looked to see three Tie-fighters. The lead one being one of the newer First Order Tie-fighters. The Tie-fighters flew in and began to do a strafing run. Quickly Ben looked to Rey, Jane, Finn, and BB-8, “move quickly” he commanded.

Quickly the run and dodged as the tent behind the was hit by laser cannons. They all got up and dusted themselves off before Jane looked to Rey, “you ok?” She asked.

“I’m fine” Rey responded with a nod.

Ben took out his lightsaber, “now we’re in trouble” he stated as he nodded to a small squad of Stormtroopers. They walked in as the scavengers began to scatter. As the Stormtroopers looked around.

Jane looked to them and pulled out her lightsaber, “shit! troopers” she stated as she took out her lightsaber.

Ben glared at her, “watch your language Jane or I’m telling your father” he responded.

Jane glanced to him, “I’m not a kid” she replied.

“Can we focus!” Rey yelled taking out her own lightsaber.

The Squad of Stormtroopers looked around until they saw Ben, Rey, Jane, Finn, and BB-8. The squad leader pointed, “look there” he stated.

Ben and Jane both ignited their lightsabers as the Stormtroopers fired. Quickly they began to block, “Rey, me and Jane will handle these guys. You get this new guy and the droid out of here” he said.

Rey nodded before taking off the quarterstaff and handing it to Finn, “here you’ll need a weapon” she said. Finn nodded before taking it, Rey ignited her lightsaber before motioning, “come on” she commanded.

Rey, Finn, and BB-8 all quickly rushed away as Ben and Jane went to engage the troopers. One of the troopers began to shoot at Rey, Finn, and BB-8. Rey quickly used her lightsaber to block the blaster bolt.

Rey and Finn both ran with BB-8 following them. The three of them rushed into another tent. Once there Rey and Finn began to catch their breath as BB-8 let out a beep. Finn looked to Rey, “why are we hiding I thought you were a Jedi” he said.

Rey looked to him, “I’m only an apprentice, the only reason I’m here is because Jane is my master” she stated.

Finn looked to Rey, “wait you’re still training?”  He asked stunned. Rey nodded, “how skilled are you?” He asked.

Rey looked to him, “I…Don’t actually know” she replied. Finn was about to speak when they heard the sound of the Tie-fighters approaching. Rey looked to Finn and BB-8, “move” she said before they rushed out right as the Tie-fighters performed another strafing run. Luckily avoiding it.

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Ben and Jane both quickly began to cut their way through the Stormtroopers, Jane deflected two blaster bolts before force pushing two Stormtroopers back. One of them hit what seemed to be a moisture evaporator. Ben used his lightsaber to slice through the barrel of a Stormtrooper before slashing him across the chest.

Jane slashed down another Stormtrooper before looking to him, “you good?” She asked.

Ben nodded, “yeah you?” He asked. Jane gave a nod, “right let’s push to the entrance and get out of here” he said.

Jane nodded in agreement before taking out her comm, “Rey come in. Push for the entrance, meet up with us there” she commanded.

“copy that. We’re on our way” Rey’s voice responded.

Jane nodded before putting her comm away. She looked to Ben and they both nodded before they rushed the entrance.

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Rey looked to Finn and BB-8, “come on. We need to get to the entrance and meet up with my sister and cousin” she stated.

Finn nodded as BB-8 let out a beep, “look there” they all heard a Stormtrooper say. The three of them looked to see three Stormtroopers, “blast them” the same Stormtrooper said. The two in front raised their blasters and shot. Rey quickly stepped in and used her lightsaber to deflect the shots.

The two Stormtroopers shot again and Rey blocked and deflected the shots back at them. Rey looked stunned and began to smile with joy, “I did it, I actually did it” he proclaimed with excitement.

Finn looked to her, “umm Rey!” Finn yelled before pointing to the third who threw down his plaster before taking out a Z6 riot control baton as well as a shield. The Stormtrooper stepped forward spinning the baton as he did so before lunging in with a swing.

Rey instantly blocked the strike and parried before going in with her own. The Stormtrooper blocked the strike with the shield before swinging again. Quickly Rey blocked before the Stormtrooper swung again for another strike. Rey again blocked and parried.

The Stormtrooper swung with the shield and Rey dodged by stepping back. The Stormtrooper made the baton spin again before going in with another strike this time overhead. Rey blocked but the Stormtrooper managed to force her to the ground.

Rey’s back hit the ground and she felt the wind knocked out of her. The Stormtrooper raised his baton ready for a finishing strike and swung down. Rey rolled out of the way as the Stormtrooper tried to hit her. The Stormtrooper raised the baton again ready to strike. Rey raised her lightsaber ready to block.

Only for Finn to step in and swing the quarterstaff hitting the Stormtrooper in the head. Staggering him to the side. Finn quickly switched to hitting the Stormtrooper in back with the quarterstaff getting him to the ground. Instantly Rey got up and stabbed her lightsaber through the chest of the Stormtrooper killing him.

Rey caught her breath as BB-8 rolled over with a beep as he looked at Rey. Finn looked to Rey as well, “you ok?” He asked.

Rey nodded, “yeah. That went better in my head” she responded. Finn nodded before giving Rey back the quarterstaff. Rey took it with a nod, “thanks” she said.

Finn nodded, “don’t mention it” he responded.

Rey nodded again, “come on let’s go” she said. Finn nodded before he, Rey, and BB-8 began to run towards the entrance of the outpost. Finn picking up a blaster as he did so.

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Ben and Jane arrived at the outpost and took down two more Stormtroopers as Finn, Rey, and BB-8 arrived. Finn shot down two Stormtroopers as they all met up, “you three ok” Ben asked.

Rey nodded, “fine” she responded.

Jane looked to Rey back noticing grains of sand, “why is there sand on your back?” She asked

Rey looked to her older sister, “I got into a bit of a scuffle. I took care of it” she responded, "after Finn helped me out" she added nodding to Finn.

Ben and Jane both let out sigh as they glanced at each other. Instantly they heard the screeching sound of the Tie-fighters. They looked to see the three Tie-fighters flying towards them. Ben raised his lightsaber ready to engage as the lead fighter began to shoot at the ground preparing for a strafing run. However it was soon hit by lasers getting destroyed and causing the other two to break off as the wreckage from the lead Tie-fighter went flying and soon smashed through the top of the arch leading into Niima outpost. Finn, Ben, Jane, Rey, and BB-8 all looked to see the Falcon fly over and landed.

The ramp opened and Han ran out, "Get in here!" he yelled to them.

Ben glanced to Jane, Rey, Finn, and BB-8, "come on" he said before they instantly began to run towards the Falcon.

Han looked as Jane, Ben, Finn, and BB-8 got onto the Falcon with BB-8 letting out a beep as he rolled past. Han looked to Rey as she began to run on, instantly he noticed the quarterstaff that she had, "Rey what are you doing with that piece of junk!?" he asked as Rey ran onto the Falcon.

Instantly Rey looked back to Han, "what are you doing with this piece of junk uncle?" she asked back raising her arms out to imply the Millennium Falcon. Han let out a sigh before running on and closing the ramp.

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Once inside Rey threw down the quarterstaff and equipped her lightsaber to her belt after turning it off. Han rushed onto the Falcon behind her and headed for the Cockpit, "Chewy hit the engines and get us out of here!" he called as he ran into the Cockpit with Chewy letting out a roar.

In the main living quarters Rey took a seat and instantly began to strap herself in ready for take off, "hold on tight" Ben called to her, Jane, and Finn. BB-8 let out a beep as he looked around.

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The two remaining Tie-fighter joined back up and began to fly towards the Falcon beginning to shoot at the Falcon's engines activated and the YT1300 began to take off. The lasers flying past with a few hitting though luckily getting deflected by the shields as the Falcon did a turn and flew away. The Tie-fighters beginning to chase after it as they continued to shoot.  

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The Falcon flew over the sands of Jakku being pursued by the two Tie-fighters as they continued to shoot at it. Most of the lasers missing though some of them did land as the Falcon flew over a dune towards the Starship graveyard. The two Tie-fighters continuing to shoot, the Falcon flew over the crashed remains of an Imperial Star Destroyer followed by the Tie-fighters. The two Tie-fighters continued to fire at the Falcon with another two lasers hitting though getting deflected off the hull.

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Inside the ship rocked with Rey having to grab hold of the wall as she tried to prevent herself from falling over. Quickly she rushed through to the cockpit where Han was flying the YT1300 as Chewy flicked some switches on the console. Han glanced back to Rey as the ship rocked again, "Rey can you boost the power to the rear deflector shields" he said. Rey looked around confused for a moment, "right console. Upper left switches" Han guided.

Rey looked to the console and quickly took a seat before placing her hand on some of the switches in the upper left, "these ones?" she asked.

Han glanced and shook his head, "no the ones below those ones" he responded. Rey nodded before moving to the switches below the previous ones and she flicked them all up.

As she did Finn. Ben and Jane all entered with Finn taking a seat as Jane discarded her robe, "what's going on?" Finn asked.

Han glanced to him, "I'm trying to lose those two Ties in this graveyard. Or perhaps try and add them to it" he responded.

Finn nodded with understanding before Jane looked to Ben, "Ben" she said.

Ben looked to her, "what?" he asked.

Jane motioned back, "lasers" she stated.

Ben nodded, "oh right" he responded before he and Jane both quickly turned around and ran back down the hallway.

Ben and Jane both rushed over to the entrance to the upper and lower quad laser cannons, "I'll take the top, you take the bottom" Jane said with Ben nodded before Jane quickly headed up to the upper laser followed by Ben heading down. Instantly they both got into the gunner seats and primed their laser cannons.

"You guys better hurry and get those Ties off of us" Han said through the comm as Jane and Ben put on their headsets.

"you just focus on flying uncle. We'll handle the Ties" Jane responded before moving the gun to target one of the two Tie-fighters she began to shoot as the two Tie fighters flew past. As they did Ben instantly did the same shooting at one of the Tie-fighters as it flew past.

Jane instantly reorientated her gun and began to shoot at one of the Tie-fighters as it moved in and shot at the Falcon missing some of the shots before getting two hits onto the Falcon as it flew back. Instantly  Ben swiveled his gun around and shot at it as it began to fly around for another pass.

Inside the hallway BB-8 was bounced about as the Falcon flew around he continued until he shot out multiple cables in order to keep himself from bouncing around. BB-8 let out some beeps and boops as he looked around.

Jane instantly swiveled her gun around and shot at one of the Tie-fighters as it shot at the Falcon getting some hits on the hull. She quickly swiveled around returned fire and managed to clip the wing and destroying it. The Tie-fighter went spiraling down and crashed to the ground with a roll before some scavengers rushed over to it to see if they could get anything from the wreckage. The other Tie-fighter flew in and shot at the Falcon again getting another two hits off of the hull that luckily deflected off the shields.

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In the cockpit of the Falcon activated the comm, "Ben, Jane. hold on. I'm going to try something" he said.

"Copy that Uncle" Jane responded.

"you got it dad" Ben replied.

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The Falcon continued to fly as it got chased by the remaining Tie-fighter which continued to move. The Falcon instantly did move and flew into the engine of the crashed Revenger followed by the Tie-fighter which continued to shoot at them. Instantly Ben swiveled the lower quad laser cannon at the Tie-fighter and shot at it managing to get a hit in the center of the fighter and destroying it.

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Inside the lower gunner seat Ben let out a sigh, "Dad. The final Tie-fighter is down. Get us out of here" he said.

Inside the cockpit Han nodded, "copy that Ben. I'm getting us out now" he responded.

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Han flew the Falcon out through a hole in the hull of the revenger and began to head up to space.

The Falcon broke atmosphere and began to fly away from Jakku.

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Inside the cockpit a rapid beeped began to ring out. Rey looked to the terminal, "uncle. Got a set of four Tie fighters coming in at us fast. Plus a Star Destroyer and two Lancers" she explained, "I've never seen a Star Destroyer like this one" she explained.

Finn looked to the console as well and saw that it was the Finalizer, "that's the Finalizer" he stated before looking at Han, "keep us out of range that thing has some powerful anti-air weaponry" he stated.

Han nodded with understanding as he continued to fly. As he did he activated his comm, "Jane, Ben, take down those Tie-fighters. I'm going to being to make the calculations for a jump to lightspeed" he ordered.

"You got it uncle" Jane responded over the comm.

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The four Tie-fighters one of which was a newer type ones. The four Tie-fighters flew in and around with two of them one being the newer one shot at the Falcon as they flew by, Jane and Ben both orientated their guns and returned fire as the Tie-fighters flew around. The Tie-fighter continued to fly around and shoot at the Falcon as it continued to fly away, one of the Tie-fighter flew in and performed a strafing run against the Falcon until it was shot down by Jane.

Ben quickly swiveled his gun around and managed to shoot down the second Tie fighter. The third older model Tie-fighter flew past shooting at the Falcon in a strafe as it did so, Han instantly used the frontal guns of the Falcon to take down the Tie-fighter. The final Tie-fighter flew in and instantly Jane swiveled her gun to shoot though she missed her shots as the Tie-fighter flew by shooting at the Falcon as it did so. Instantly Ben swiveled his gun and shot down the Tie-fighter.

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Ben let out a deep breath as he leaned back and turned on his comm, "Dad, final Tie fighter is down" he stated.

Han nodded as he activated his comm, "well done. Ben. You too Jane. I'm finishing the calculations, give me a moment" he responded.

At that moment another beeping began and Rey looked to the console, "we got another ship coming in. Its not a Tie-fighter this time its some type of transport. Heavily armed" she stated.

The Night Buzzard flew in and began to pursue the Falcon.

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Inside the cockpit of the Night Buzzard Kuruk sat in the pilot seat moving in against the Falcon moving into weapons range. Ap'lek and Cardo sitting in two of the gunner seats as Ren watched on from behind the pilot seat.

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The Night Buzzard began to fire at the Falcon getting some hits off of the YT1300 freighter.

Inside the cockpit the Falcon rocked from the hits and Han let out a grunt as a light began to flash, "rear deflectors are beginning to fail. Uncle get us out of here" Rey stated.

"In a second. final calculations are coming through" Han responded.

Rey activated her a comm, "Jane, Ben, try and target that ship and get it off of us" she said.

Jane activated her comm, "Copy that," she said before swivelling her gun.

As soon as Jane saw the Night Buzzard she froze as she felt her body tense up at the sight of the ship, "Jane. Jane why aren't you shooting?" she heard Rey's voice come over the speaker.

She did not respond as her eyes fixed on the modified Oubliette-class transport. She began to feel her breathing increase to a near hyperventilation as her eyes widened.

"Jane. Jane" she heard Rey's voice come through the comm though it was being drowned out as she looked at the Night Buzzard. Her mind instantly went into a flashback.

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In 19ABY Jane, Ben, Luke, and Lor San Tekka had encountered a group known as the Knights of Ren on the planet Elphrona. A group of marauding Dark side cultists led by a mysterious man named Ren. The group had fled following the confrontation on Elphrona and had not been seen since.

Not until nine had passed, Luke had tasked them with hunting the Knights of Ren. They’d returned to Elphrona and found Ren’s helmet. Based off of something Ren had said about him, Ben put on the helmet and feigned wanting to join. Making up a story of Luke betraying him, leading to him destroying the Jedi temple and killing the Jedi.

It appeared to be a cleaver enough ruse, and enough to make Ren reveal the location of the Knights. Stating how they were present on Varnak. The three Jedi then headed there planning to set up an ambush.

It was going to be easy.

They had Skywalker blood in them. Jane and Cade being direct children of Luke Skywalker, Ben having it from his mother Leia. So the three of them had legacy behind them and they were going to be fighting a group of Dark Side cultists.

It was supposed to be easy as most of the Knight despite being force sensitive were untrained in the force and therefor their powers were stunted.

The only two who had the force were Ren the leader, a mysterious human male of unknown origin. Know to have lived in the time of the Empire and seemingly having taken the name from another man of the same name, meaning 'Ren' wasn't a name but a title.

The other was Kuruk though he could only really use telekinesis. Kuruk was the pilot of their ship and was somehow even more mysterious then Ren, his species unknown and nobody knew what he looked like beneath his helmet. All they did know was that he was a sniper, a pilot, and humanoid. Nothing more.

It was the same story for the other Knights, their species and origins unknown. All that was know was that they were male and humanoid. Most of them with the exception of Kuruk and another one named Cardo used melee weapons, only Ren used a lightsaber which was either named after him or he was named after it.

Ren was also no Sith, the Sith died when their grandfather threw Palptaine down the reactor shaft of the Second Death Star at the Battle of Endor. Ren was nothing more than a mere Dark side worshiper who had some control over it, but nothing compared to three fully trained Jedi Padawans.

Jane herself personally being the Padawan of her father Luke Skywalker and already a shining example of the New Jedi order, even getting nicknamed by Cade and Ben as the Avar Kriss of the modern galaxy or the new Avar Kriss of the new Jedi order. Or on rare occasions Cade and Ben would call her the Princess of the Jedi Order and though Ben and Cade weren't on her level, they were still the second and third most powerful Jedi of the New Jedi Order.

For their comparisons of past Jedi Cade Skywalker would be the Elzar Mann of the New Jedi Order, and it was unclear who Ben Solo was a comparison to though most likely Obi-wan Kenobi. Making Ben the only one who didn't have a High Republic Jedi comparison.

It was meant to be easy.

When they arrived on Varnak, Jane and Cade hid as Ben kept up his ruse. Managing to get close to Ren, at that moment was when Cade and Jane jumped out. Ben instantly dropping the facade and capturing Ren, holding him at lightsaber point.

They thought that would be it, that they would’ve defeated the Knights. They had their leader at lightsaber point, Ben could easily run his blade through Ren’s throat if he tried anything. Though of course it wasn’t that simple and they realised that all too late.

Turns out the Knights had expected the ruse, knowing that Ben hadn’t truly fallen. It still didn’t stop Ren offering him to join, to become something more, something greater. Though when Ben refused was when the Knights struck.

It started with Ap’lek releasing one of his smoke canisters, blinding the three and allowing Ren to get away. Instantly Ren ignited his lightsaber and went it, Ben having to block his strike as the others attacked.

Their lightsabers clashed with intensity sending sparks flying as Jane continued to block and parry the attack that Ren threw at her. Soon however he did a move she did not expect. He swung his blade and clashed it with hers with such strength that he knocked her off balance.

Following that he grappled her and forced her around before slicing his lightsaber up her back causing her to scream in pain as she felt the tip of the blade against her spin. Jane fell to the floor as she heard Cade scream his name.

She saw as he force pushed Ushar back before rushing in and saving her from what would have been a killing blow. Quickly Cade got into a swift duel with Ren and soon managed to get a hit in. knocking off Ren's mask and leaving a scar through his right eyes. Though not deep enough to take it out.

Cade would have killed Ren if it was not for Kuruk using his sniper to push him back allowing Ren to reclaim his helmet before ordering the Knights to retreat.

Cade and Ben had the option to chase after them but instead they chose to help Jane getting her back to the ship before leaving Calduurn heading back to Ossus and the Jedi temple.

Jane was instantly rushed into the medical wing and placed into a Bacta tank which she had to spend some time in. Even after that she still had to spend a little time in a flexpoly bacta suit to allow her back to heal.

She for a moment thought she would be paralysed after a lightsaber strike up the centre of her back. Luckily though she was not. Though she was bed ridden for two days and required a little bit of physiotherapy for three days and could not train for a week until she was fully better.

After she was permitted to get back to training she trained extra hard to make sure that it never happened again.

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The Flashback ended as Jane continued to look at the Night Buzzard flying towards them shooting. Instantly she saw as some shots returned fired from Ben for a moment before she heard Han's voice over the comm.

"Alright. Calculations are set. Making the jump to lightspeed."

Within the cockpit Han looked to Chewy and gave him a nod before Chewy hit the hyperdrive switch and sent the Falcon the hyperspace.

On board the Night Buzzard Kuruk looked to Ren, "the Falcon has made the jump to lightspeed" he said.

Ren nodded as Cardo looked to him, "we're getting a message from the Finalizer" he stated.

"Put it through" Ren responded. Cardo nodded before pressing a button and the holographic image of General Halder appeared, "General. The Falcon managed to escape but they have sustained damage. They will have to stop off somewhere to repair the ship before they can continue" he explained.

"Is there a chance they can make it to a New Republic base?" General Halder asked.

Ren shook his head, "no. They will be able to make it to New Republic territory, but not to a base" he responded.

"What is your next move Ren?" General Halder asked wondering.

"We know about Captain Solo. We know that he knows people. Give us time we will analyse all the potential places he knows that are within their travel range" Ren explained.

General Halder nodded with understanding, "get to it" she responded before her hologram disappeared.

Ren looked to Kuruk, "pull up a star map of all the potential locations where it is most likely for Captain Solo to go" he ordered. Kuruk gave a silent nod before beginning to press some buttons.

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Rey walked down the hallway of the Falcon towards where Ben and Jane had came out of the gunner seats, "what happened?" she asked looking to Jane with wonder.

Jane looked to Rey as she took a deep breath, "I hesitated" she responded.

Rey shook her head, "you don't hesitate" she stated. Jane glanced to Rey as she tried to think of how to explain what happened, "what happened. What was that ship?" she asked wondering as BB-8 rolled over having detached and pulled his cables back in.

Ben let out a sigh, "that ship was called the Night Buzzard. Its a modified Oubliette-class transport" he stated, "we've encountered it before" he added. Rey looked to Ben with wonder, "it belongs to a group of Marauding cultists who call themselves the Knights of Ren" he stated.

Rey thought for a moment, "who are the Knights of Ren?" Finn asked having entered the hallway as they all talked. Rey looked to him before looking back to Ben wanting to also know who the Knights of Ren were.

Ben took a deep breath, "well like I said they are a band of Marauding cultists. Little is know about of where they came from but their story goes back decades even to before the Imperial era. They would go around to world and completely pillage them leaving a trail of destruction in their wake" he explained.

Rey and Finn began to listen.

“By the Imperial area a group of masked men appeared out of the blue saying that they were the famed Knights of Ren from the stories,” Ben explained, “Their first appearance was when Crimson Dawn made their reemergence, though they soon betrayed Crimson Dawn and ended up allying with Emperor Palpatine. Though following the death of Palpatine and the collapse of the empire the Knights of Ren went dark.”

Jane looked to Rey and Finn, "That was until a mission that Dad, me, and Ben took to the planet Elphrona. There was a High Republic era Jedi outpost similar to the one where I got my robes from as well as my lightsaber hilt" she stated, "The Knights attempted to fight Dad but he defeat them all."

Ben cleared his throat, "Nine years later. Me, Cade, and Jane were sent on a mission to try and take down these Marauders. We caught them off guard but it went south. It ended up in us having a fight with three of the members with Jane getting struck in the back by their leader, which is how she got her back injury" he explained.

Rey looked to Jane stunned, "Why didn't you tell me. Why didn't you tell me that it was these marauders that were the reason for your back injury," she stated.

Jane let out a sigh before looking to Rey, "You were too young to know Rey, we were worried of what you would do" she explained.

Rey let out a sigh and nodded with understanding.

Ben cleared his throat again, "anyway. Following that and the Knights escaping. We haven't seen them since" he stated.

"Hold on you said they were cultists as well" Finn stated, "Cultists of what?" he asked wondering.

Ben looked to Finn and Rey, "they follow what they call the Shadow. What we call the Dark side of the force" he responded.

Rey looked to Ben in shock and awe, "the Dark side is real? I thought it was just something that existed in those stories that mom told" she stated.

"No" Han called making them all look at him as he walked in, "No the Dark side is just as real as the rest of the force" he explained, "When I was younger I thought that it was all a myth. But it true, its all true" he stated.

Rey thought for a moment before looking to Ben and Jane, "so are the Knights of Ren? Sith or are they Sith acolytes?" she asked.

Ben shook his head, "no. They may be Dark side practitioners but they are not Sith. In fact their skill with the force is quite stunted for most of them at least. All but two that is their leader and one of them known as Kuruk. Their leader who the group seemed to be named after, he is probably no stronger than you are. And Kuruk only has telekinesis, but his force powers seem to be more based around his marksmanship" he stated.

Rey gave a nod of understanding, "what do we do about them?" she asked wondering.

Jane looked to Rey and pointed to her, "you don't do anything about them. If we encounter them again leave them to me and Ben don't try and fight them" she stated.

Rey shook her head and shrugged, "I could beat them" she replied, "I managed to take down four Stormtroopers on Jakku. Technically three but still" she added.

Jane nodded as she pointed to herself, "and I took down fourteen" she stated before nodding to Ben, "Ben took down eighteen" she added, "But Stormtroopers are nothing like the Knights of Ren. These guys are dangerous. After I was beaten I trained for days and nights so that what happened would never happen again" she explained. Rey went silent, "and I don't want you to get hurt. Mom doesn't want you to get hurt. Do you know what she would do if you did?" she added. Rey did not respond as she looked to the floor as she began to twist her foot in her boot, Jane let out a sigh and nodded, "We'll leave it at that Rey" she stated.

Rey sighed and gave a nod, "Ok" she responded.

Han cleared his throat, "Anyway. The Falcon took some damage whilst escaping from Jakku. We're going to have to stop off somewhere before we can continue to the New Republic base on D'qar" he explained.

Finn looked to Han, "Are we going to be heading for a New Republic controlled station or something?" he asked wondering.

Han shook his head, "No. There are not any nearby" he responded, "Luckily I know somewhere where we can stop off and get the ship repaired. The planet isn't in the New Republic but it is in New Republic space. The First Order would be foolish to follow us there," he explained, "It’s the planet of Takodana" he stated.

Ben looked to his father and folded his arms, "Maz?" he asked wondering.

Han nodded to confirm, "Maz."

Rey raised an eyebrow, "Who is Maz?" she asked.

"Maz Kanata. She's a pirate queen. But a good one. She owns this castle on the planet, she uses it as a bar" Han explained.

Rey nodded with understanding as she folded her arms.

Ben stretched and put on a smile, "well. Its been a while since I last saw her" he said before looking to BB-8, "hopefully after this pitstop we can get you to D'qar so we can drop off that intel" he stated making BB-8 beep and whistle.

Han glance to the small droid, "I heard this intel you got is schematics for that new Star Destroyer of theirs. Plus other things" he explained.

BB-8 whistled and let out a beep before using his projector to project and image of the Resurgent class Star Destroyer with all its schematics labelled out. Carrying compacity. Weapon systems shield strength. Everything about the ship. Finn nodded to it, "all this is correct. I was originally maintenance and sanitation before being made a Stormtrooper" he stated.

Jane looked through it before shaking her head, "I don't get it. From the looks of it this ship is barely a threat" she responded.

Finn glanced to her before pointing to the Resurgent-class star destroyer, "One of these was able to destroy a Starhawk. And the First Order have four of them. Well its soon going to be five" he explained, "How is it not a threat?" he asked.

Jane looked to him before presenting the image of the Resurgent, "The Starhawk isn't even our strongest ship now. The MC90 is the strongest. And saying that is going to be outdated by tomorrow because the Viscount is going to be launched" she stated.

"Viscount?" Finn asked.

Ben glanced to him, "the Viscount-class Star Defender. Dad came up with the name Viscount I came up with the name Star Defender. It’s the first Dreadnaught class ship built by the New Republic, and will be the crowning jewel of the New Republic Navy. We put a lot of work into this, the pinacol of combined construction from Mon cala, Corellia, and Fondor," he explained. He shrugged, "There hasn't been a project like it since Starlight Beacon from the High Republic era."

"It’s going to be one of our most powerful and advanced ships," Jane spoke, she folded her arms and smirked, "Especially with the special weapon that mine and Rey’s mother suggested," she stated, "You've probably heard of my mother she's famous. Jyn Skywalker, Wife of Jedi grand master Luke Skywalker."

"Haven't really heard much," Finn responded.

Rey stepped forward, "She's pretty famous within the New Republic, just as famous as our father," she said, "She was the founder and leader of Rogue One, who went to Scarif to steal the plans to the first Death Star. She was the only survivor of that whole team, escaping from in a stole Lambda class shuttle when her original plan to transmit the plans went wrong because the dish was destroyed," she explained, "From there she fought through the whole galactic civil war along side our father, our aunty Leia.."

"Along with me and Chewy," Han chimed in.

Rey gave a confirming nod, "Yeah," she confirmed, "She attainted the rank of major shortly before the battle of Endor, joined the Endor strike team which is where Jane and my bother Ben were conceived, helped in the battle of Endor, and went all the way through to the Valshaan campaign to take out High General Vickers," she explained.

"She had to resign from military service because of being pregnant with me and Cade," Jane announced, "But she did return to it for the Thrawn crisis," she stated, "And following that she and Leia were able to convince the galactic senate of the New Republic we needed to militaries," she said, "And its a good job we did with the First Order, we are more prepared," she explained.

Finn gave a nod, "Yeah that really did damage to the First Order I have to admit," he agreed, "Early in my time as a Stormtrooper, I heard about how the First Order council were planning to convert Illum into a base housing a super weapon," he said, "It was going to be a new advancement on project Stardust from the Imperial era but on a larger scale, using the power of the sun to send out a powerful kyber enhanced laser across the galaxy to wipe out an entire Star system. Hence the name Starkiller base," he stated, "Unfortunately with the New Republic high militarization and crackdown on Imperial remnants they were never able to finish it and had to scrap Starkiller base for keeping a mobile home fleet, nor where they able to finish their talked about mega star dreadnought the Supremacy. Hell even the Resurgent-class launch had to be pushed back because we couldn't get the parts," he explained. He looked to them all, "And now your about to launch a dreadnought with a new weapon on it."

Jane gave a nod, "Yep, we were planning Dreadnoughts for a while," she answered, "Starting with the Mothma but we eventually switched for the Viscount," she explained, "Mine and Rey's mother soon came in and had this idea for a new weapon to add to it, something cooked up by her and the New Republic weapons research division."

Ben chuckled, “I don’t know what it is going to be, but I hope it’s as good as your mother says,” he responded looking to Jane.

Jane smirked, “It will be Ben, trust me,” she stated.

Finn glanced to them both, “What is this weapon?” He asked.

Jane looked to Finn, “We don’t know like Ben said. All we know is it’s called ‘Trinity’ but that’s it," she answered, "But from what they say it is going to completely change the technological landscape of the galaxy for generations to come," she announced.

Finn thought, “What else can you tell me about this thing?” He wondered.

Jane thought before looking to BB-8, “BB, pull up a hologram of the Viscount Class Star Defender. Clearance code 37757-42,” she ordered.

BB-8 replied in binary before projecting the hologram of the Viscount class Star Defender. The great new flagship of the New Republic, Finn looked to it awestruck and amazed.

Jane waved her hand to it, “As you can see; it’s 17,000 meters long, armed to the teeth, has three separate shield layers all of which can regenerate, an auto-repair system. And of course there will be Trinity, whatever Trinity is,” she explained.

Finn thought for a moment. He looked over the Viscount for a second, looking at the schematics. His eyes went to Jane.

"But that means you have a new Dreadnought and all we have for a flagship is the Palpatine," he stated, "And that ship is old its an Assertor class Star Dreadnaught. But if you have your own dreadnaught and if that thing can take on a Resurgent class and win. The First Order will not stand a chance" he explained, "they'll lose" he stated.

Ben, Jane, Rey, BB-8, and Han all looked at each other before they all heard a beeping sound, "we're approaching Takodana" he said before turning around and walking away back to the cockpit. Everyone looked to each other before they left as well.

Inside the main room of the Night Buzzard the Knights of Ren all looked at a holographic map of several planets, "there are all the planets that are in range of where the Falcon can get to" Kuruk explained as he looked to Ren.

Ren looked to them all, "One of these Han Solo will go to in order to have the Falcon repaired" he stated as they all looked to the planets.

Just then Trudgen pointed, "this one. Takodana" he said, "the Pirate queen Maz Kanata has a castle located there. Han knows her. He will most likely take the Falcon there" he explained.

Ren gave a nod, "Kuruk. Set course for Takodana" he ordered. Kuruk gave a nod before turning around and heading into the cockpit of the Night Buzzard as Ren looked to the rest of the Knights, "once there. We must confirm the presence of the droid before contacting the First Order" he explained. The other Knights all nodded with understanding before they went off allowing Ren to turn off the holographic map before leaving himself.

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The Night Buzzard flew it its jump point before jumping to Hyperspace heading for Takodana.

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Over at the First Order home fleet. The Finalizer emerged from hyperspace with its small escort fleet. A First Order personal transport launched from the Finalizer, it was basically an old lambda class shuttle painted black with the cockpit window made red.

Once on board the Palpatine. General Halder walked through to the main meeting room where General Hux was waiting. General Hux looked to General Halder with wonder, "General Halder. What is your report?" he asked.

General Halder cleared her throat, "General I have to report that we tracked down the droid. Its a BB unit" she responded, "unfortunately it escaped with the help of a traitor, three Jedi and Han Solo" she explained.

General Hux let out a sigh, "then the New Republic are one step ahead of us. We cannot allow that information to fall into their hands" he stated.

General Halder placed her hands behind her back, "the Knights of Ren are currently tracking them. They will be reporting to us once they are found" she explained, "they have damaged the ship so they will have to stop off somewhere" she added.

"Hopefully they do not stop off at a New Republic controlled world" Hux responded.

"The damaged sustained to the Falcon means they will not be able to get to a New Republic world" General Halder replied, "the Knights are currently trying to deduce the world Han Solo will most likely take them where he can repair the Falcon" she added.

General Hux nodded with understanding, "thank you for telling me General Halder. Your dismissed" he responded. General Halder nodded with understanding before turning around and walking away leaving the meeting room.

The Millennium Falcon emerged from hyperspace and flew down toward the surface of Takodana where it flew over the trees before landing in a clearing near Maz Kanata's castle. Once it had touched down the ramp opened and allowed Han, Rey, Jane, Ben, Finn, BB-8, and Chewy all disembark.

Once off Han looked to Chewy, "all right Chewy. We'll be heading to Maz's castle to see if we can get her to send some help. You star the repairs" he said. Chewy spoke in Shyriiwook in response before he turned around and walked back onto the Falcon. Han looked to Rey, Jane, Ben, Finn, and BB-8 and motioned for them to follow before they headed towards Maz Kanata's castle.

The six of them arrived at the castle located on the shore of a lake and began to walk toward the entrance. The Castle was quite big with a large statue of Maz Kanata in the center of the courtyard. Multiple flags decorated the outside of the castle. They all walked up to the door leading into the main hall and entered.

Once inside the main hall they all looked around to see multiple people inside most of which were aliens. Looking around they soon saw the Pirate queen Maz Kanata, an ancient four foot tall alien with orange skin and and brown eyes that looked huge beneath her glasses. It was unknown what Maz's species was.

Maz was at the bar of the main hall though she turned around to look at them, "Han Solo" she said as got off of a stool she was standing on to reach the hight of the bar and walked over. Maz was ancient by the looks of her. Very ancient. She stepped forward and looked to Han, "where is my Wookie?" she asked.

Han nodded back, "Chewy is fixing up the Falcon. We took some damage we were wondering if you had some people who cold help" he explained.

Maz gave a nod of understanding, "I'll get some of my best men on it" she said before looking to Ben, "oh and young Ben. My how you have grown."

Ben let out a chuckle, "hello Maz" he responded.

Han nodded to Jane and Rey, "these are my nieces Rey and Jane. They are lucky enough to actually carry the Skywalker name" he explained.

Maz nodded before looking to Finn, "and you?" she asked.

Finn pointed to himself, "I'm Finn" he responded.

"We picked him up on Jakku. He deserted from the First Order" Jane explained.

Maz nodded before looking to them all, "come, you must want refreshments after your journey" she said, "have them on the house" she added with a nod. Maz looked to Han, "I'll see about getting some help on repairing your ship before joining you" she explained. Han nodded before he, Rey, Finn, Jane, Ben, and BB-8 went to find a table whilst Maz walked away to inform some of her men to help with the Falcon.

The Night Buzzard emerged from hyperspace above Takodana and flew down towards the surface.

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Inside the cockpit Kuruk flew the ship over the trees towards Maz Kanata's castle as Ren stood behind them, "take us down near the Castle. But not to close" Ren ordered. Kuruk nodded with understanding before flying the Night Buzzard towards a clearing near the castle.

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The Night Buzzard landing in the clearing and its boarding ramp opened before letting the Knights disembark. Ren looked around before looking to Kuruk, "Kuruk. Go ahead to the castle, infiltrate it and see if you can spot them. Then contact me" he commanded.

Kuruk nodded, "it will be done" he responded before heading forward towards Maz Kanata's castle as Ren and the other Knights waited.

As they did Ushar looked to Ren, "this planet is in New Republic territory. I may not be part of it but the New Republic will notice if the First Order come here" he explained.

Ren looked to Ushar, "it is a risk that must be taken. They need to claim that data chip before it can be handed to the New Republic" he responded. Ushar gave a nod before the other Knights of Ren got back to waiting.

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Within Maz's castle. Han, Rey, Finn, Ben, and Jane all sat around a table with Maz, BB-8 on the floor next to Rey. Maz looked to Finn, "so you left the First Order?" she asked wondering. Finn nodded to confirm, "tell me. Why?" Maz asked.

Finn went silent for a moment, "because it was the right thing to do" he explained.

Maz nodded, "that is not an answer" she responded, "that is a broad term. Doing the right thing has many meanings. Those of the First Order believe that they are doing the right thing, as do those of the New Republic" she explained. Finn listened as Maz lifted her glasses revealing her very tie eyes as she looked directly at him, "I can tell that you left because something happened. Something drastic. Something that shook you to the core. A regret, a guilt. You did something that you wish you didn't, and now your running" she stated. Finn went silent as he thought for a moment.

Rey looked to Finn with wonder, "what did you do?" she asked. Finn looked to her and she could instantly sense the unease within him. The force told her that he wanted to tell them what happened but at that moment he could not put it into words, "you clearly did something and it was something drastic" Rey stated, "but why? What did you do?" she asked wondering.

Finn let out a sigh, "I want to tell you but...I can't I just can't" he responded, "I can't find the words to explain what I did on Jakku" he stated. Finn let out a sigh as he leaned back, "but Maz is right. I'm running. I'm trying to run away to somewhere I don't have to think about what I did" he explained.

Jane looked to Finn as she put her drink down, "why don't you tell us?" she asked, "we could help you" she stated.

Finn looked to her as he continued to try and think of what to say, "I can't" he responded.

Ben leaned forward, "you killed someone didn't you?" he asked making Finn look to him, "I got this ability of mine. I'm able to read thoughts. You killed someone that you regret" he stated.

Finn let out a sigh as he looked to the table, "who did you kill?" Rey asked, "Finn who did you kill?" she added.

Finn exhaled, "it was a kid" he answered somberly. Sadness filling his eyes as the whole table went silent after hearing that, "I killed a kid" he stated as he looked to them all.

Outside the Castle Kuruk moved quickly and stealthily towards the castle wall. Once there he put his sniper rifle onto his back before beginning to scale up the side towards the ramparts. He hoped over the side of the wall onto the ramparts and looked around before heading toward the door leading into the main building of the main hall. The soft soles of his boots muffling his footsteps. He quickly opened the door before slipping inside.

Inside Finn looked to them all as he began to tell his story, "it was during the raid on the Jakku town. The civilians were rounded up in the center. After we had captured Poe and executed Captain Killian. Captain Phasma gave us the order to destroy the village and execute the civilians" he explained. Finn let out a sigh, "at first I didn't. I hesitated for a moment until I saw a kid. No older than I was when I lost my parents. But this kid he looked a lot like me when I saw his age. I didn't want to but I ended up pulling the trigger and putting a laser right through the kid's chest" he stated. Hearing that shook Rey who let out a shudder, "Ever since then it haunted me. Made me question my loyalties" he explained.

Jane let out a sigh, "anyone would question their loyalties after doing that. I understand why you feel guilty. But after doing something like that, you can't escape it no matter what you have done" she responded, "that is the kind of thing that follows you forever" she stated.

Finn nodded with understanding, "the worst part is it felt like I saw shooting myself because of how much that kid looked like me. But it was not just the kid. It was the other civilians being executed. First with Phasma killing them one by one to get Poe out. Then ordering us to kill them all" he explained. Everyone listened again, "I joined the First Order because I thought that we would be protecting people from those who wished to harm them. Because I thought the New Republic did not care for the people and only cared for themselves and would allow people like me suffer" he stated. Finn sighed and shook his head, "but then. At that moment I saw people I was hoping the protect get slaughtered by those I thought were fighting for them" he announced, "and that is why I left" he added.

Rey shuddered as she looked to Finn, "why didn't you tell us that sooner?" she asked.

Finn looked to her with sorry, "I wanted to. But we everything we did not have time. I'm sorry" he explained.

Maz looked to Rey closely, "Finn isn't the only one holding a secret" she stated, "there is something within you as well. A secret that you are hiding that you do not want to let them know" she explained.

Rey looked to Maz with wonder, "what are you talking about?" she asked wondering, "I'm not hiding anything" she responded.

Maz let out a sigh as she got up onto the table and crawled over to look into Rey's eyes, "It is said that you can tell what is on someone's mind by looking into their eyes" she stated, "I see a woman who is worried. Who is afraid. Who is worried that she will not live up to expectations set" she explained before crawling back and into her seat before lowering her classes back over her eyes. Rey went silent at how much Maz had just revealed about her, she knew it was all true.

Jane looked to Rey stunned, "you worried?" she asked.

Rey looked to her older sister, "yeah of cause because I'm worried I will not be as good as you. Your the shining example of the whole new Jedi Order. I'm worried I will not live up to the expectations or the expectations of dad, I'm worried I won't be able to live up to the name Skywalker" she explained.

Jane let out a sigh and shook her head, "Dad doesn't want us to live up to his legacy. He wants us to form our own" she explained. Rey looked to Jane, "and I know I am the shining example of the Jedi order and in the running to be the next grand master. But do you not think that I'm worried as well" she stated.

Rey glanced at Jane, "how are you worried? Your never worried" she responded.

Jane shook her head, "Rey I was terrified when dad told me that I am going to be your master. I haven't trained anyone before you. I'm worried because I feel like I might fail you" she explained.

Rey looked to Jane stunned, "but you never show it" she responded.

Jane sighed and placed a hand on Rey's shoulder, "because I have been trained to control my fears. To not let them dominate me, that is something you need to learn Rey" she explained. Rey let out a sigh and nodded with understanding, "I know you can do it Rey. You will do it" Jane stated. Rey looked to her older sister and gave another silent nod as BB-8 beeped and whistled as he looked to her. Jane smirked, "see. BB-8 also thinks you will do it and you have only known him for a short time" she explained. Rey chuckled and nodded with understanding.

At this point Chewy walked over to them and Maz looked to him, "ah there is my Wookie. How are you Chewbacca?" she asked wondering. Chewy roared in Shyriiwook in response.

Han looked to Chewy, "how's the Falcon?" he asked wondering. Chewy responded in Shyriiwook. Han looked to Rey, Finn, Jane, Ben, and BB-8, "Falcon is fixed if you are all ready to go" he explained.

Ben nodded, "lets finish up are drinks before we get going to D'qar" he stated. Everyone nodded before they continued to drink up.

Over at the Stairwell Kuruk peeked around the central newel into the main hall. He took out his sniper rifle and looked through the scope at the room until he saw, Ben, Jane, Han, Rey, Maz, Finn, Chewy, and BB-8. He lowered his rifle and went right into cover. Quickly he activated his comm, "I see them contact the First Order" he said.

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Ren nodded, "copy that, try and get that droid" he responded before turning off his comm and looking to the other knights, "Cardo. Contact the First Order" he commanded. Cardo gave a nod before turning around and walking into the Night Buzzard. Ren looked to Vicrul, "Vicrul with me" he commanded. Vicrul nodded, "the rest of you stay here" Ren ordered to the other Knights, the others all nodded with understanding before Ren and Vicrul began to head for Maz Kanata's castle.

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Kuruk primed his sniper rifle and looked through the scope as he aimed for Finn. He wrapped his hand over the trigger and readied he pulled the trigger and fired.

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Instantly Ben got up igniting his lightsaber and swung it deflecting a laser bolt as everyone in the main hall called. Rey and Jane both got up themselves grabbing hold of their lightsaber and looking in the direction as people began to panic. Instantly Kuruk peeked out of hiding and aimed his sniper rifle before firing. Instantly Jane ignited her lightsaber and pushed Ben out of the way as she deflected the blaster bolt. Finn and Han had flipped the table they were sitting at and now hid behind it with Chewy, Maz, and BB-8.

Kuruk stepped out of cover with his sniper rifle and switched to rapid fire mode before shooting into the main hall hitting a few of the people inside as they ran around screaming in a panic trying to find cover. Jane and Ben both deflected the laser shots as Rey darted into cover behind the table before igniting her lightsaber. Han took out his blaster as Chewy readied his Bowcaster. Han peeked out from behind cover and aimed at Kuruk before shooting.

Kuruk instantly ducked back into cover before beginning to head back up the steps, "That was Kuruk" Jane stated.

Ben took a deep breath, "looks like the Knights followed us here," he stated.

Rey got out of cover and was about to go to the stairs when Jane stopped her, "No Rey!" she said.

Rey motioned, "But he's getting away!" she stated.

Jane shook her head, "he's a Knight of Ren Rey. Your not skilled enough to deal with him, leave him to me and Ben," she responded.

"But I'm a Skywalker like you, I can do this it's in my blood," Rey announced

Jane sighed, "Rey, I know that like me your a Skywalker, but don't run into something recklessly to prove your legacy," she replied, "You've only been in real combat once and you don't know these guys like I do," she said, "Me and Ben will handle it," she explained.

Rey sighed reluctantly before nodding.

Ben looked to Jane, "come on," he commanded before the two of them rushed over to the Staircase and headed up it after Kuruk.

Rey let out a sigh as she watched her cousin and older sister race up the stairs after Kuruk before she looked to Han.

Han placed a hand on her shoulder, "come on. We need to get to the Falcon," he explained.

Rey nodded again before she, Finn, and BB-8 followed Han and Chewie as they headed for the entrance.

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In the stairwell Kuruk switched to his pump action mode before quickly turning around. He fired off three shots that Jane and Ben managed to dodge before he continued to rush up the stairs with Ben and Jane following. Kuruk exited onto the rampart with Jane and Ben following behind him.

Ben and Jane both rushed onto the rampart only to be met by Ren who looked to them both, "ah. Ben Skywalker, its been some time. How long has it been since our last meeting? The offer is still open you know," he said as he stepped forward.

"If you knew anything Ren, I made my decision long before that mission," Ben responded.

Ren let out a chuckle as he looked to Jane, "oh and Jane as well, Luke Skywalker's little Avar Kriss of the New Jedi order," he muttered, "Tell me how is your back?" he asked. Clearly smiling beneath his helmet.

Jane put on a smirk as she flourished her lightsaber, "its much better thanks. Nothing a bit of Bacta can't handle" she quipped sarcastically, "and I have trained a lot since then. Its not going to happen again" she stated.

Ren let out a chuckle, "well that just makes it much more prefect when I beat you again" he responded before taking out his lightsaber which held the name of The Ren. Named after himself or after someone else before Ren, again it was unclear.

Ren ignited it and let out a chuckle before Ben and Jane rushed in to engage him. Ren blocked Ben's strike before pushing him back in order to block Jane's and parry her he then switched the blocking Ben again before parrying him and doing a spin in order to block Jane's lightsaber. Ben rushed in again and Ren parried Jane's lightsaber away instantly countering Ben's lightsaber with a block before pushing him back.

Despite Ren's advanced age being possibly around the same age range as their fathers if not older, he was still quite a formidable fighter with immense speed and skill capable of holding his own against two Jedi. It was possible a result coming from his mild connection to the dark side of the force, though he still had enough to be exceptionally good as a fighter. Especially when compared between Ben and Jane.

Jane rushed in with a strike that Ren blocked before moving her lightsaber to block a strike from Ben's lightsaber before pushing them both back. Jane rushed in again and did a swing which Ren blocked and parried. Jane went in with another strike but Ren blocked and did a spin to get around behind her. Instantly he went to strike Jane at the back only for Jane to block his blade.

Ren let out a chuckle, "you really have learnt" he stated.

Jane chuckled herself, "told you" she said before parrying Ren's attack and doing a spin around to face him. Now Ren as between her and Ben. Ren looked to them both as they rushed him. Quickly she blocked Jane before using his lightsaber to move her blade into the path of Ben's before dodging and doing a spin trying to slash at Jane's side only for Jane to dodge the strike. Ren slowly began to back up as Jane and Ben rushed in and the three of them continued their clash.

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On the ground Rey, Han, Chewy, Finn, and BB-8 all rushed out only to look and see Vicrul holding his annealed phrik scythe in his hand. Rey stepped forward with her lightsaber and raised it into a guard position as Vicrul looked to her, "I know what your want if you want to get to this droid you have to go through me" she stated.

Vicrul let out a chuckle as he flourished his scythe, "stand aside girl. Your not match to me" he responded.

Rey gave her lightsaber a flourish as she remained in her guard position, "Rey, stand down" Han called.

Rey shook her head, "I can't uncle" she responded, "I'll handle him you get BB-8 out of here" she stated.

Han sighed and shook his head, "you can't beat him" he yelled.

Rey looked to Vicrul, "I have to try" she responded.

Vicrul chuckled as he began to step forward, "you have made your choice" he said as he walked forward, "Now suffer your consequence" he stated before rushing in to his first swing.

Rey ducked and dodged before Vicrul did his next swing with Rey blocking with her lightsaber. Vicrul moved in and did another swing that Rey blocked as he pushed his attack constantly swinging with Rey blocking until he got her back against the wall where the two of them entered a bind. Vicrul moved in for another swing with Rey ducking and dodging to the side causing Vicrul to strike the wall. Quickly he looked to her. Rey rushed in to do her own swing that Vicrul parried. Rey went in for another as she continued to back up. Vicrul instantly parried her attack again, Rey went in for another this time an overhead swing.

Instantly Vicrul blocked before pushing Rey back causing her to stumble slightly trying to not fall over. Vircul flourished his scythe in his hand before going in for another strike which Rey blocked. Vircul continued to push his attack he went in to swing again and Rey dodged to the side as she continued to step back. Vircul looked to her and walked over fast going in for another strike Rey blocked the strike before she tried to go in with her own that Vicrul blocked and parried. Rey went in to a spin and tried to hit Vircul only for block again as they got into another bind. Rey quickly dodged with a spin to get out of the bind as Vicrul looked to her.

Vicrul swung his scythe again with Rey blocking the strike before Vircul went in with another strike. Activating his scythe's ultrasonic vibro setting. Rey went to block however the Vircul managed to get past it and get a strike on Rey's should making Rey scream as the blade rends a little of her flesh as it cut the side of her shoulder. Vicrul removed his scythe and looked to Rey as she looked to the bleeding cut on her left arm. Luckily her arm was not completely severed and she could still use it and luckily her dominant hand was her right hand. Vicrul went in for another strike and Rey blocked it as their duel continued. Though Vircul clearly had an upper hand.

At the castle entrance Finn stepped forward as he saw the duel continue only for Han to stop him, "no kid. There is nothing you can do you don't have a weapon" he stated.

Finn looked to him, "can't you shoot him?" he asked.

Han shook his head, "I can't do that or I might risk hitting Rey. I also think seeing this guy he might be skilled enough to dodge it" he explained.

Finn motioned to Rey and Vicrul's fight, "Rey isn't skilled enough to fight that guy. We need to help her" he stated.

Han looked to Finn, "how do you expect to help her?" he asked.

At that moment Maz stepped out, "I know how. Come with me I got something" she stated. Han, Finn, Chewy, and BB-8 all looked to her before rushing into the castle.

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Up on the ramparts Jane blocked and parried a strike form Ren before force pushing him back. Ren went flying back before sticking his lightsaber into the floor and using it to slow himself to a stop. At that moment they heard Rey scream and looked to see her fighting Vircul with. Ben let out a sigh, "I thought we told her not to engage" he said annoyed.

Jane sighed and shook her head, "you go help her out. I'll handle Ren" she responded.

Ben looked to his cousin, "you sure you got this?" he asked.

Jane nodded, "don't worry. We're not getting a repeat of last time now go save your younger cousin" she called to Ben. Ben gave a nod before running and jumping off the side of the ramparts. Jane looked to Ren and flourished her lightsaber. Ren looked to her as he began to approach he quickly raised his lightsaber into a swing with Jane ducked. Ren went in for another strike that Jane blocked and parried before moving in with her own attack which Ren blocked with his blade. Jane went in for another strike that Ren parried before going in with his own swing that Jane blocked.

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On the ground Rey continued to block Vircul's strikes until he went in for an overhead swing. Rey moved to block and parried into a spin as she tried to strike Vircul only for the Knight of Ren to block the attack before moving in with his own. Rey instantly moved to block before Vircul moved in for another strike which Rey blocked again though this time Vircul kept pushing his strike and managed to disarm Rey before headbutting her to the ground. Vicrul paced to Rey's side as she recovered form the headbutt.

Vicrul knelt down and pressed his leg onto Rey's leg before letting out a chuckle, "as I said. Now you suffer the consequences for your choice" he stated.

Instantly he activated the the ultrasonic vibro mode on his scythe before raising it and slowly lowering it towards Rey's leg right were her skin was exposed between the end of the tanned pants she was wearing and her new boots she had gotten from Jakku. Rey began to panic as she reached out to her lightsaber on the ground using the force to try and call it. Her lightsaber slowly began to roll in her direction but not fast enough. Rey let out a scream as she felt the scythe begin to cut into her flesh the ultrasonic mode rending it as it cut deeper and deeper towards the bone. Vicrul was going to slice her foot off.

Before Vicrul could move the scythe any deeper he looked and instantly got up and moved back as Ben thrusted his lightsaber forward. Ben performed a swing that Vircul dodged before Ben went in for another swing that Vicrul blocked. Ben instantly used the force to push Vicrul back as Rey sat up and placed her hand over the cut in her leg as she winced with pain.

Ben looked to her, "We told you to not engage" he yelled.

Rey glanced at Ben, "What were you expecting me to do? He was in our way" she responded.

"Me or Jane would have come in to engage him when we saw him," Ben announced, "You should have retreated into the castle where it was safe" he lectured.

Rey let out a sigh as she tried to stand up only to let out a scream of pain and fall to the floor with tears in her eyes. Vicrul instantly got up and rushed in with a yell. Ben instantly went into to block his strike before he continued to engage with the Knight of Ren. Vicrul went in with another strike that Ben managed to block before parrying into a spin as he tried to strike Vicrul only for Vicrul to block the strike as the two of them got into a bind. Vicrul withdrew before going in for another strike that Ben parried.

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On the ramparts Jane and Ren continued to clash blades. Ren performed a swing that Jane blocked and parried before going in for her own strike that Ren blocked. The two of them locked into another bind and Jane managed to push Ren Lightsaber over to one side and into the turret of the rampart before he put his strength in and managed to bring hers over onto the turret on the other side before withdrawing his blade and going in for a strike that Jane blocked and parried before going in for her own. Ren dodged with a quick step back causing Jane's lightsaber to slice through a flagpole with the flag falling to the ground.

Ren went in for a thrust but Jane instantly blocked and knocked Ren into a spin. He tried to get in a strike on her left but Jane blocked with a hanging guard before she parried Ren before force pushing him back and over the side of the wall. Instantly Ren rammed his lightsaber into the wall and slid down before stopping and leaping off with a backflip as he landed on the ground. Instantly Jane rushed in and leapt of for an overhead strike that Ren quickly dodged before rushing in to perform a swing that Jane quickly blocked. Ren went in for another attack but Jane dodged with a spin before going in with her own sets of strikes that Ren continued to block.

Jane slowly pushed Ren back until she met up with Ben who continued to fight Vicrul. Jane blocked another strike form Ren before parrying it and going in with her own that Ren blocked meanwhile Ben rushed at Vicrul and went into a powerful spin attack going with his momentum. Vicrul dodged by stepping back before rushing in to do an over head swing that Ben quickly blocked before parrying. Vicrul instantly went in with another strike that Ben blocked. Jane rushed in with a flourish of her lightsaber into a spin leading in for a strike that Ren blocked. Ren quickly parried it before going into his own strike that Jane blocked and parried before going in with a powerful swing that Ren tried to dodge however Jane managed to nick a strike on his chest adding another scar onto his already extremely scared and burnt body.

Ren quickly recovered from the hit almost as if he had just been hit with a feather. It was unsurprising that he would not feel the pain considering how he looked, he quickly went in for his own strike that Jane blocked and parried. Ren went with the momentum of his parry to enter a spin and tried to strike Jane in her other side only for Jane to block it before force pushing him back. At the same time Ben used his lightsaber to deflect a strike from Vicrul before force pushing the Knight of Ren back. Vicrul and Ren both got up and looked to Jane and Ben before Kuruk burst out of the trees with his sniper rifle set to rapid fire mode and shot at Jane and Ben. Quickly the two Jedi knights switched to blocking the lasers as they flew at them.

Ren looked to Vicrul and Kuruk and switched off his lightsaber, "pull back" he commanded before the three of them rushed into the trees.

Once the three of them were gone Jane and Ben turned off their lightsabers before rushing over to Rey who was still on the floor wounded. She still clenched the cut on her lower leg in pain. Jane instantly stepped forward as she put her lightsaber on her belt and knelt down next to her sister, "hold still" she said before placing her hand on Rey's wound and letting out a deep breath as she closed her eyes. Instantly the two cuts healed, Rey let out a sigh as Jane helped her to her feet, "are you ok?" she asked.

Rey looked to Jane and gave a nod, "yeah. I almost forgot you can do that" she explained.

Jane let out a sigh, "force heal was the first thing I got when tapping into the force. Its a convenient little trick. did still have to study a lot of Holocrons and texts to get this good at it" she stated, "but you be glad that I am able to do that" she stated. Rey sighed and nodded with understanding, "Rey we told you to not engage the Knights of Ren. That was a stupid thing to do engaging Vicrul like that. He nearly cut off your foot" she stated, "I can't force heal a severed lime" she explained.

Rey looked to her older sister, "I'm sorry. I made a mistake. I should have listened to you. I underestimated his skill" she responded, "I won't do it again" she added. Jane gave a nod before Ben picked up Rey's lightsaber and handed it to his younger cousin. Right as they all hear the sound of Tie-fighter's approaching.

Ben let out a sigh as he pulled out his lightsaber and ignites it, "well. This is where the fun begins" he said as Jane pulled out her lightsaber. Ben, Jane, and Rey all ignite their lightsabers ready.

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Several squadrons of Tie-fighters both new and old variants escorted Tie-bombers towards Maz's castle as First Order landing craft land and began to deploy Stormtroopers which instantly rushed into fighting. Ben, Jane, and Rey all deflect the laser shots as several of Maz's goons rushed out and began to shoot at the Stormtroopers. The Tie-fighters flew in and took some shots at the fortress followed by two Tie-bombers fired torpedoes at the castle hitting the tower connected to the main hall sending some rubble down causing several of Maz's goons to have to get out of the way as the rubble hits the ground. The Bombers continued to shoot at the castle causing more of the castle to rumble. One of the Tie-fighters did a strafing run that Rey, Jane, and Ben as the lasers went by and hit the statue of Maz destroying it. Rey, Ben, and Jane all got up and continued to fight the Stormtroopers with Jane sending to laser shots back into two Stormtroopers.

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Inside Maz's castle Maz, Han, Finn, BB-8, and Chewy all head down a hallway as they hear an explosion that made the castle rock as some dust fell to the floor from the roof, "hurry. Hurry" Maz said looking to them before entering a room with a chest.

Han, Finn, Chewy, and BB-8 all enter with her as they hear the sound of another explosion. Maz opened up the chest and took out a Lightsaber before turning around.

Han looked to it and instantly recognized the hilt being Luke's old lightsaber that he lost on cloud city, "take this" she said.

"where did you get that?" Han asked.

Maz stepped forward, "a good question. For another time. As of right now I have not time to explain" she responded, "now take it" she ordered.

Finn instantly took the lightsaber and looked to it as they heard the sound of another explosion followed by the sound of collapsing.

"Hurry quick" Maz commanded before they all left the room.

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Outside the Tie-fighters and Tie-bombers continued their strafing runs shooting at the castle and causing more of it to collapse. Instantly Rey had to dodge some of the falling rubble before quickly getting up and deflecting some of the lasers even sending a couple into the stormtroopers who had fired them. Soon another Knight of Ren arrived this one being Cardo he quickly aimed his arm cannon and fired off three plasma bolts into some of Maz Kanata's goons.

He switched modes to the rapid fire repeating blaster and shot down several more goons before taking out his blaster and shooting down another two as he looked to a squad of Stormtroopers.

"keep pushing" Cardo commanded.

It did not take long before the bombing and strafing runs from the Tie-fighter and Tie-bombers to destroy the whole castle. Rey, Jane, Ben, and the other defenders quickly rushed into the ruins and used the rubble as cover as they engaged the First Order troopers. Jane looked and soon saw Cardo, "I'm seeing Cardo!" she yelled to Rey and Ben.

Rey looked to Cardo before glancing to Ben next to her, "I think we can take him" she responded.

Ben looked to her, "no Rey, leave him to me and Jane" he replied.

Rey nodded to Cardo, "he's only got a blaster and that arm cannon. I could take him" she explained.

Jane looked to her, "that arm cannon is custom made. Three weapons in one. a rapid fire blaster, a plasma bolt launcher, and naphthex gel flamethrower" she stated, "just leave him to me and and Ben" she added.

Rey let out a sigh before reluctantly nodding. Quickly she deflected another shot from a stormtrooper.

Maz, Han, Chewy, BB-8, and Finn all emerged form the now exposed staircase as the battle continued to rage Han instantly began to shoot down several of the Stormtroopers.

He soon looked to see Ben, Jane, and Rey all fighting, "come on Chewy!" he yelled before they rushed forward to assist them chewy responded in Shyriiwook before following.

BB-8 let out a beep as he looked to Han, and Chewy before rolling after them letting out more beeps. Finn and Maz both exited as a Tie-fighter did a strafing run taking down some more of the defenders followed by another one. Finn looked around.

Han and Chewy rushed over to the three Jedi with Chewy shooting down one of the Stormtroopers, "well this escalated" he stated.

Ben looked to his father before looking to BB-8 as he arrived, "Rey, get BB-8 to the Falcon" he commanded.

Rey looked to her cousin stunned, "what about here?" she asked.

Ben looked to her, "just do it. Me, Jane, Han, and Chewy will handle here. The First Order are after the droid so get him out of here" he stated.

Rey sighed and nodded before looking to BB-8, "BB-8 come on" she said with a motion.

BB-8 whistled and beeped before following Rey as she sliced through two Stormtroopers she deflected another blaster bolt into another Stormtrooper as she continued to run with BB-8 following. The two of them quickly managed to get out of the ruins and ran into the woods in the direction of the Millennium Falcon.

Cardo looked and managed to get a glance. Quickly he activated his comm, "this is Cardo. I have spotted the Droid heading east" he stated.

"Copy that Cardo. You continue at the Castle. I'll grab that droid" Ren's voice responded over the comm.

Cardo nodded before getting back to the fight. Shooting off another plasma bolt from his arm cannon.

As he did he looked to the Stormtroopers, "some of you go after that droid" he commanded.

The Stormtroopers squad commander nodded before motioning to his squad. They all turned and quickly began to head after Rey and BB-8.

Maz watched and looked to Finn as he continued to look around and avoid lasers, "Rey and BB-8. They need you" she said, "now go" she commanded.

Finn looked to her, "I need a weapon" he stated.

Maz grabbed his wrist and raised it to show the lightsaber, "you have one" she responded.

Finn looked to the Lightsaber and pushed the lightsaber to ignite the blue blade. Elsewhere Han shot at some of the Stormtroopers who hid behind cover whilst Jane and Ben deflected more incoming shots away. Chewy let out a roar as he shot down another Stormtrooper. Han got into cover as a Stormtrooper fired at him.

Han watched as Chewie blasted down another Stormtrooper, "hey" he said making Chewy look at him. Han pointed to his bowcaster, "can I try that?" he asked.

Chewie spoke in Shyriiwook as he handed Han his Bowcaster. Han instantly aimed at some of the Stormtroopers and blasted them away.

He looked to Chewie as he raised the Bowcaster, "I like this thing" he said.

Ben looked to Han, "I'm glad you like that thing Dad, but you do know we are in the middle of a battle right" he responded as he deflected another laser bolt.

Jane looked around, "they just keep coming. They must have a ship in orbit" she stated. Han, Chewie, and Ben all nodded in agreement.

Elsewhere in the fight. A First Order stormtrooper shot down another one of Maz's goons before turning around and getting impaled by Finn using Luke's old lightsaber.

Finn looked at the now dead trooper, "traitor" he heard another Stormtrooper yell.

Finn looked to see the Stormtrooper throw down his blaster and shield before taking out a Z6 riot control baton and activating it. Finn raised the lightsaber into a defensive position as FN-2199 charged him with the Z6 baton. The two of them instantly clashed with FN-2199 doing swings that Finn blocked. FN-2199 pushed is attack making Finn continue back blocking and dodging the swings of the Z6 riot control baton.

Finn took a few steps back before going in with a thrust only for FN-2199 to block. Finn went in with another swing that FN-2199 blocked before the two of them got into a bind. FN-2199 instantly pushed off Finn before spinning his Z6 riot control baton before thrusting forward and hitting Finn in the stomach knocking him back and to the ground. Finn slowly recovered from the hit as FN-2199 stepped forward he raised the baton ready for a final blow only to get blasted back by Han holding Chewy's bowcaster.

Han and Chewy ran over with Han giving the Bowcaster back to Chewy as Finn got up with Han's help, "you ok big deal?" he asked.

"thanks" Finn responded.

"Don't move" A Stormtrooper ordered as he and a squad surrounded Finn, Han, and Chewy, "TK-338 we got targets in custody" he added. Before they could do anything though they were all force pushed away, "What the!" the Stormtrooper said as he got up only to get impaled by Jane who quickly pulled her lightsaber out of his torso and turned to deflect a blaster shot back to another Stormtrooper as Ben rushed over having just done the force push.

Han looked to Ben, "thanks kid" he responded.

Ben nodded, "anytime Dad" he said.

Jane rushed over to them, "there are to many of them and I think I saw a squad start going after Rey" she stated.

Instantly a squad of Stormtroopers formed up and began to shoot forcing them all to quickly rush into cover with Jane and Ben blocking and deflecting the shots as they became pinned down.

As they did Ben looked to Finn and noticed the lightsaber in his hand, "where did you get that?" he asked.

Finn looked to him, "is this really the best time?" he responded with his own question.

Jane looked to the lightsaber, "that's my father's old one. The one that belonged to grandad" she stated.

Ben glanced to her, "yeah I know. How is it here?" he  responded.

"Maz had it" Finn replied, "but can we seriously talk about this later?" he asked.

Jane looked as the First Order Stormtroopers led by Cardo continued to push forward, "they're pushing in" she stated.

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In space two First Order Imperial-II class Star Destroyers loomed in orbit escorted by three Lancer class frigates and a Victory-II class.

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On the bridge a male First Order officer with pale skin thick black hair and blue eyes stood with his hands behind his back, "statue report?" he ordered.

One of the other officer's his rank identifying him as a Lieutenant looked to him, "our forces on the ground have pinned down some of the people in the remains of the fortress captain" he responded.

The Captain nodded with understanding, "order them to be captured" he commanded.

Just then one of the other officers looked to the captain, "Sir. We're picking up multiple Hyperspace signatures" he stated.

The Captain looked forward as two Starhawk IIs emerged from hyperspace followed by three MC85s, four Nebulon-Bs, and two Nebulon-Cs emerged followed by an MC90. After the ships emerged several squadrons of fighters emerged from hyperspace consisting of T70 X-wings, T85 X-wings, E-wings, Y-wings, B-wings, and A-wing mark IIs. The New Republic capital ships instantly began to fire at the First Order ships with the MC90 instantly vaporizing one of the Lancer-class frigates. Three squadrons of the T70 X-wings flew down toward the surface. The two Starhawk IIs began to fire at the Imperial-II class Star destroyers getting hits upon them causing them to rock as the Y-wings and B-wings flew in escorted by the E-wings and T85 X-wings.

The Captain looked to the crew, "scramble fighter!" he ordered as the ship rocked form getting hit.

Another officer looked to him, "they're all engaged on the ground sir" he responded.

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A two of the Nebulon-Bs and one of the Nebulon-Cs all fired at another Lancer and instantly crippled it as the Y-wings and B-wings began to do bombing runs against the Imperial-II class Star Destroyers and the Victory-II class Star Destroyer. One of the MC85s fired a salvo of Ion cannon shots into the Victory-II and disabled it as the MC90 fired a volley of torpedoes into one of the Star Destroyers before firing its turbo lasers at them both.

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On the ground the T-70 X-wings instantly flew into engagement beginning to skim the surface of the lake making the Stormtroopers and Cardo look to them, "we got in coming at point 2846, move, move, move" one of the Stormtroopers said as other quickly tried to move into positions.

Han, Ben, Jane, Chewy, and Finn all looked, "its the New Republic" Han stated as the Tie-fighters instantly flew into engage.

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Within the Cockpit of one Poe sat still alive and having escaped Jakku, "go straight at them. Don't let these thugs scare you" he said.

"copy that" the sound of a young female pilot said over the comm.

"We're with you Poe" another one said.

"Alright Zay. I know your just new from the academy and this is your first mission but make your parents proud" Poe stated, "form up on my left. Huyshie you take my right" he added.

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Zay Versio sat in the cockpit of another T70 X-wing, "I'm on you Poe" she responded into her comm as she adjusted the controls of her targeting reticule.

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The T70 X-wings instantly flew in to engage the Tie-fighters as they began to fire. On the ground Stormtroopers began to take fire at the X-wings as well. The more advanced T-70 X-wings began to make short work of the unshielded older Tie-fighters. Even taking down the a few newer variant Tie-fighters. One of them began to pursue an SF variant as its rear gun shot at it. Another T-70 flew in and shot down another of the Newer Tie-fighters. Soon a two squads of A-wing mark IIs flew down with one of the T85 X-wing squadrons which instantly outflanked the Tie-fighters and began to overwhelm them.

On the ground Cardo shot his blaster pistol a few times as he made his way out of the ruins of Maz's castle before quickly rushing into the trees retreating. Another Tie-fighter got its wing shot off and it spiraled down crashing into the lake before Poe, Zay, and the other X-wing pilot flew in with their X-wings and did a strafing run. Blowing up a peace of wall that three Stormtroopers were using as cover. The explosion catching a fourth and knocking him to the ground as well. One Stormtrooper instantly shot at one of the T70 X-wings only to get shot down followed by three others.

Han, Finn, Chewy, Ben, and Jane all looked around as the First Order troopers got taken down, "well. They could not have shown up any later" Jane said.

Ben nodded before his eyes widened, "oh Dank Rey" he said before quickly rushing away in the direction of the Falcon slicing down to Stormtroopers as he did so.

Han, Chewy, Finn, and Jane all looked around before Han motioned, "quick" he said with Chewy letting out a roar before they rushed out of cover.

Han and Chewy both shot at the Stormtroopers as Jane deflected blaster bolts and used her force powers to push some back and into a wall.

Finn quickly grabbed hold of an F-11D blaster rifle and flicking its safety off he then aimed and shot down a Stormtrooper before turning around and shooting down one coming off of a transport. Two of the A-wing mark IIs shot down another Tie-fighter which spiraled and crashed into a First Order transport taking it out as Finn began to get up and looked to see a Tie-fighter moving in for a strafing run only to get shot down by Poe's T70 X-wing. Poe's X-wing instantly flew around shooting down another six Tie-fighters before moving in and doing a strafing run against three Stormtroopers taking them out in an explosion before doing a loop and shooting down another Tie-fighter. Finn ran and shot down a Stormtrooper as he looked at the X-wing recognising the flying style as he watched it take down two more Tie-fighters.

Finn let out a cheer, "yeah" he cheered as he watched Poe's X-wing fly overhead, "that's one hell of a pilot" he yelled.

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Inside Poe's cockpit. Poe let out his won cheer as he flew in and shot down another Tie-fighter.

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Several U-wings soon came down and landed deploying New Republic foot soldiers as well as Cade who came out of the U-wing igniting his lightsaber before rushing in deflecting blaster shots before slicing his way through the Stormtroopers.

Soon meeting up with Jane who looked to him, "so what did I miss?" Cade said walking over to his sister.

Jane smirked and chuckled as she deflected another laser blot back into a Stormtrooper, "oh not much. Just me holding my own against Ren" she responded.

Cade looked to her, "Ren!?" he asked, "The Knights of Ren are here?" he asked.

Jane nodded, "well. Cardo was. But I think he ran off" she responded.

Cade let out a chuckle as he looked around, "where's Ben at?" he asked.

Jane nodded to the woods, "he's gone off the help Rey.

Some Stormtroopers went off chasing her. She has the Rollie with her. The one that contains the Intel relating to the First Order" she responded. Ben nodded before the brother and sister duo both went in and helped Han, Chewy, and the New Republic foot soldiers take down the First Order Stormtroopers as the X-wings focused in on the air taking down the Tie-fighters and Tie-bombers. 

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Rey ran through the woods with BB-8 rolling along side her. One of the Stormtroopers ran up behind her and fired. Rey gasped as the laser flew by. The Stormtrooper fired again and Rey blocked the shot before deflecting the next laser back into the Stormtrooper. She looked to BB-8 and crouched down to look at him, “go get to the Falcon hurry” she commanded, “I’ll hold them off” she said. BB-8 beeped before rolling towards the Falcon.

“look over there. Blast her” a Stormtrooper said.

Rey looked to the Stormtrooper squad and raised her lightsaber. Instantly the Stormtroopers began to shoot at her and Rey instantly began to block and deflect the shots. Sending two back into two of the Stormtroopers. Two Stormtroopers charged at her but Rey slashed them both down before deflecting another blaster bolt back into a stormtrooper before doing it again with the squadron leader. The final Stormtrooper charged in but Rey cut him down.

She took a few deep breaths before looking around. Just then she felt a slight weak shift in the force. She looked to her left right as Ren stepped toward her. As he did he looked to her, “Rey Padme Skywalker," he announced, "Luke's youngest," he stated, "It would be wise for you to run," he said intimidatingly. Rey stood defiant as she got into a guard position. Ren looked her up and down analyzing her stance. He laughed and shook his head, “No wonder Vicrul defeated you so easily. Run along little girl. You’re just an apprentice and no threat to me!” he mocked.

Rey shook her head, “No. I will not let you get the droid!” she stated.

Ren sighed before raising his lightsaber blade, “This is going to be easy” he said. Rey instantly rushed in with a swing and Ren simply raised his blade to block. Rey moved in for another sing and Ren parried with ease. Rey went with the momentum to spin and try and strike Ren only for Ren to block and deflect her blade before force pushing her back.

Rey let out a scream as her back hit a tree and she fell to the floor with her lightsaber clattering to the floor before her. Ren stepped forward as Rey scrambled to get her lightsaber. Ren did a flourish and went in to strike only for Rey to ignite her lightsaber and block. Rey managed to parry and Ren stepped back as she got up.

Ren looked to her before flourishing his lightsaber again. He stepped in again and pulled a swing with a yell. Rey quickly blocked the strike before Ren went in with another. Rey managed to deflect the strike before going in with her own. Ren effortlessly blocked before using his strength to push Rey to the ground.

Ren let out a chuckle as he looked at her, "I expected more from a Skywalker," he said, "Especially one who is the child of Luke himself, unlike your cousin Ben Solo." He pointed his lightsaber at her, “give up little girl” he commanded. Rey glanced at the blade before quickly using a force push. Though all she did was move Ren’s cape as if a slight gust had just hit it. Ren let out a sigh as he chuckled, “as I said. Just a mega apprentice” he stated.

Ren raised his lightsaber ready to strike only for Ben to arrive and force push him back. Ren quickly dug his lightsaber into the ground and skidded to a stop before looking and getting back up straight. Ben ignited his lightsaber and stepped in front of Rey, “how about you pick on someone your own size?” He asked.

Ren let out a light and smiled beneath his helmet, “don’t blame me. Blame her for trying to be all heroic like her father” he responded. He tilted his head to look at Rey, “I can’t believe she calls herself a Skywalker” he proclaimed. Rey looked to the floor in disappointment and sadness.

Ben flourished his lightsaber. Ren chuckled before Ben rushed into engage with a swing. Ren instantly raised his lightsaber and blocked. Ben quickly moved in for another swing and Ren parried before force pushing him back. Ren quickly turned around and ran.

Ben recovered from the force push and began to chase Ren with Rey following once she was back on her feet. She ran with a limp slightly have twisted her ankle a little when she fell but she was still able to stand. The two of them ran chasing Ren however. However Ren soon got to the Night Buzzard and got onboard before it took off and flew away. Rey and Ben both watched as it went.

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The Night Buzzard flew into space as the New Republic fleet destroyed the final Star Destroyer. Two E-wings flew toward the Night Buzzard and began to shoot though they missed as the ship evaded.

Inside the main bridge of the Night Buzzard Kuruk quickly hit the hyperdrive and brought the ship into hyperspace.

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The New Republic soldiers secured the area as Jane and Cade helped out survivors from the initial, Jane using her force heal to heal some of the injured. Several First Order stormtroopers had been secured and loaded onto a transport. The castle was completely ruined. Reduced to rubble. Han and Chew looked around at the destruction. Finn walked over to him, “you ok kid?” Han asked.

Finn nodded, “yeah. What about you two?” He responded.

Chew roared in Shyrrwook as Han nodded, “I’m all right” he responded before walking past Finn.

Finn looked to Han before looking forward to see Ben and Rey arrive. As he looked to Rey he noticed a slight limp in her step. He quickly ran over to her with concern, Rey looked to him, “are you ok” Finn asked.

Rey nodded, “yeah” she responded. She placed her hand on a bit of wall before lifting her left leg to rub her ankle, “just twisted my ankle slightly. Luckily it’s not sprained” she explained.

Finn nodded before looking around, “where’s BB-8?” He asked.

Ben motioned to the forest, “at the Falcon. He’s alright” he responded. Finn nodded with understanding before Rey moved over to sit down on some rubble. She pulled off her left boot in order to give her ankle a better rub as Finn and Ben talked.

Han and Chewy both walked over to where a U-wing landed. The door opened and several New Republic soldiers got off followed by Leia. Leia now wore a more practical outfit consisting of grey cargo pants, black boots, a light grey top and a faded light purple jacket.

Chewy walked over to her and gave her a hug before Han looked to her. At that moment C-3PO stepped between the two of them, “my goodness” he said, “Han Solo. It’s me C-3PO” he stated. 3PO raised his right arm that was now red, “you probably didn’t recognise me because of the red arm” he said.

Han looked to the droid, “3PO” he replied.

3PO turned around to look at Leia before looking to Han, “oh” he said, “forgive me. I am sorry” he stated embraced before stepping aside.

Han stepped forward, “thanks for the assist” he said.

Leia smiled and nodded, “we picked up the First Order ships as soon as they came out of hyperspace” she said.

Han nodded with understanding. Jane and Cade both walked over to them. 3PO looked to Jane, “my goodness Jane. You look as beautiful as your mother did at that age” he said.

Jane smirked and chucked, “thanks 3PO. It’s been a while” she responded.

Ben and Rey both walked over. Rey having put her boot back on. Leia looked to her youngest niece and she stepped forward, “Rey?” She asked.

Rey smiled and nodded, “aunty” she responded.

“my you have grown. You look so much like me when I was your age” Leia said, “you take on from your grandmother clearly” she added.

Rey chuckled, "and mom" she responded, "don't forget that I also take on a lot from my mom" she added.

"and Dad" Jane stated. Rey looked to her and smiled before giving a simple nod.

Leia sighed "anyway. We should head back to the forward operating base on D'qar so we can check those schematics" she explained, "but is the droid safe?" she asked.

Rey stepped forward, "don't worry he's on the Falcon" she said.

Leia nodded with understanding, "then lets head off" she responded before turning around and walking away.

Cade looked to Jane and Rey, "come on. You two. Mom is waiting at the base. I'll ride with you in the Falcon" he said. He looked to Han and smirked, "don't worry uncle I won't fly it this time" he quipped before chuckling.

"good. You still bad from last time you tried to fly it" Han responded before he and Chewy both followed Cade.

Ben, Jane, and Rey all followed the three of them and soon met up with Finn. Han looked to him, "come on kid" he said Finn nodded before following along as they all left the ruins of Maz's castle as the New Republic troopers all began to head for their transports.

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The New Republic fleet emerges above D'qar. The T-70 X-wings, T-85 X-wings, and U-wings all head down to the surface with the Millennium Falcon. The ships all arrive at the New Republic forward operating base and headquarters of the twelfth New Republic defence fleet. New Republic soldiers rush around as the maintenance crews begin to check on the X-wings that landed. The Falcon landed on a pad big enough for it at the end of the air strip. Han, Chewy, Jane, Ben, Cade, Finn, Rey, and BB-8 all get off.

Cade glances to Rey before glancing to her new boots, "like the new shoes. They kind of suit you" he said.

Rey let out a chuckle and smirked, "they are actually starting to really grow on me now. They're a lot more comfortable than my old boots, they don't hurt my feet as much" she responded, "I think its just because these have a flat heel whilst the old one had a lightly elevated heel" she stated.

Jane looked to her, "Rey I'm in heels and you do not see me complaining about my feet hurting" she explained, "plus remember mine go into a slight point whilst your were flat on the bottom" she added.

Rey glanced to her older sister, "well your boots are padded on the inside. Mine weren't" she responded, "but seriously despite being sad at having to sell my old boots these news one are really growing on me" she explained. Jane just let out a sigh and rolled her eyes as she continued to walk.

Cade looked to Rey, "one thing I don't get was what is with that piece of junk on the Falcon. Jane said you found it on Jakku and apparently its a quarterstaff" he said.

Rey nodded, "yeah. I found it whilst we were looking for BB-8. Thought since it seemed to have been abandoned I would take it" she explained. Cade nodded with understanding before looking forward to see Jyn walking over to them. Rey looked to Jyn and smiled before walking over, "mom" she said giving Jyn a hug that she returned.

Jyn looked to Rey and smiled, "are you alright?" she asked. Rey nodded to answer, "how was your first mission?" she asked wondering.

Rey let out a chuckle, "it was ok. Plus it was a success since we got BB-8 here" she explained.

Jyn nodded before looking to Ben, "well done on your first command. And for keeping your cousin safe" she said.

Ben smirked and nodded, "well. I only needed to save her twice through the entire mission. So that is a good thing" he responded.

Jyn nodded before looking to Rey, "anyway we should really head in. You must all be hungry following the mission" she said looking to them all. Everyone but Finn nodded before going.

BB-8 looked to see Poe's X-wing land before Poe got out. Finn looked to Poe as he went over to one of the younger pilots wearing a New Republic pilot suit as she took off her helmet. She rubbed her fingers through her dark hair. Finn also noted that this girl had slightly tanned skin. Poe went over to her and patted her on the should before saying something that made the young female pilot smile. BB-8 let out a beep and a whistle seemingly with joy before rolling over fast to Poe who looked to him happy before crouching down, "Hey buddy. Your alright" he said.

Finn jogged over slightly, "Poe" he called out. Poe looked to Finn with shock and smiled before the two of them hugged, "your alive!" Finn said.

"So are you" Poe responded as he broke the hug. He looked to the young female pilot, "Zay this is Finn. He helped me escape the First Order at Jakku" he said. The young female pilot nodded with understanding and a smiled on her youthful face. Now up close Finn could tell that this woman was only in her early twenties. Possibly only really four years older than Ray, "Finn this is Zay Versio, Daughter of Iden Versio and Del Meeko members of the New Republic spec ops division," he said.

Finn nodded to Zay, "hey" he said.

Zay smiled and gave a nod, "hey" she responded.

Poe looked to Finn, "I was just congratulating her on how well she performed back there. She's only just came out of the flight academy on Corellia trained under Wedge Antilles himself" he explained. Finn nodded with understanding as Poe looked to Zay, "again well done. Anyway I've kept you long enough you're dismissed" he responded.

Zay nodded with understanding, "thank you commander" she responded before turning around and walking away as she unzipped her pilot jump suit.

Finn looked to Poe, "what happened to you on Jakku. I thought you were killed" he explained.

Poe looked to him, "I ejected at the last minute. woke up at night. Managed to contact the New Republic with my transponder and they got me here. After I got back I was instantly told about what was happening at Takodana and well. I led the ground assault" he explained. Finn nodded with understanding before looking to Finn wearing his jacket, "is that my jacket?" he asked.

Finn glanced down remembering he was wearing Poe's jacket, "oh. Right sorry" he said as he was about to take the jacket off.

Just then Poe placed his hand on Finn's shoulder and shook his head, "no, no" he responded, "its looks good on you" he stated. Finn nodded with understanding, "anyway come on" Poe added motioning to the primary building of the New Republic base.

Finn nodded before the two of them walked over with BB-8 following behind them. The two of them walked into the main building and into the main control room of the base.

The two of them walked over to Leia, "Senator Organa" Poe said. Leia looked form two New Republic officers to Poe and Finn. Poe motioned to Finn next to him, "this is Finn. He's the First Order defector I was talking about" he explained.

Leia looked to Finn and stepped forward, "that was a brave thing you did standing up to the First Order like that" she said.

Finn smiled and nodded, "thank you Senator" he responded.

Leia chuckled, "please call me Leia" she replied. Finn nodded with understanding as Leia looked to Poe, "anyway. Poe I see that you got the droid back. Does it have the information?" she said.

Poe nodded, "yeah. All the information that Captain Killian managed to get on the First Order plus the schematics of the Resurgent class and their Mandator IV dreadnaught" he responded, "its all inside BB-8's memory bank" he explained.

Leia nodded with understanding, "we'll plug him in and then download the information. This will be amazing value to the New Republic" she responded. Poe nodded with understanding, "come on" Leia ordered before the three of them walked away with BB-8 following.  

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Two Vigil class corvettes fly past the Palpatine slightly in front of an Allegiance class battlecruiser which itself was being escorted by two Modular task for cruiser and a Nebulon-K frigate. A First Order Tie-fighter and two older Imperial Tie-fighters flew past.

On board the Palpatine. Hux entered the main briefing room with Ren, General Pryde, and General Halder, "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD BE SO INCOMPITANT!" Hux spat with anger.

General Halder looked to Hux, "the Republic was one step ahead from the start. I did not know the type of droid I was looking for. Presides I was not expecting them to call on the Jedi to sort it out, my troopers were not equipped for that" she responded.

Hux looked to General Halder and General Pryde, "Its not just the droid. Its the fact that our ships entered the Takodana system. Which is in the Tashtor sector which is owned by the New Republic!" he responded.

General Halder nodded to General Pryde, "that was General Pryde's choice to send those ships from his battlegroup" she stated.

Pryde looked to General Hux and put his hands behind his back, "I was only following the order you gave me. Which was to dispatch a fleet to the position give to us by Ren" he explained nodding to Ren as he stood to the side.

General Hux stepped forward, "only if it was not in New Republic territory. Not only that you ordered for them to attack the planet" he stated.

General Pryde looked at General Hux, "I thought it would be alright considering that Takodana was not a Republic controlled world. I was not expecting the New Republic to respond" he explained.

"The plant may have not be part of the New Republic but it was still in New Republic space and there for under their protection" Hux responded angrily. General Pryde went silent as Hux stepped forward, "you have just given the Senate more reason to see us as a threat. They will not appreciate this incursion on their space and they will retaliate" he stated.

General Pryde motioned to Ren, "well if Ren and his band of Marauding knights were able to capture the droid then I wouldn't have had to send my ship and..." he responded before stopping with a gag as he grabbed at his throat feeling a tight pressure around it he began to chock as his eyes began to go bloodshot.

Ren stepped forward with his hand raised using the force to chock General Pryde, "do not blame us for failing to get that droid" he said, "we underestimated the Jedi" he explained.

General Pryde fell to his knee as he continued to chock and claw at his throat. General Hux looked to Ren, "that's enough" he commanded and Ren stopped chocking Pryde as he began to gasp for breath now free of the force chock, "there is also the fact that the New Republic now have access to the intel that Captain Killian stole. They will know every move we have made of the past 29 years" he said as he eyes came to General Pryde and General Halder.

General Halder cleared her throat as she stepped forward whilst General Pryde got up, "what do you wish for us to do?" she asked.

General Hux thought as General Pryde stepped forward, "I suggest that we attack now. Launch a quick assault on the New Republic before they have a chance to retaliate. We take as much territory as we can. Show the Galaxy the might of the First Order and make them bow to us" he explained.

General Hux looked to Pryde, "No Pryde. We have already agreed that a Direct attack will be unwise. The New Republic have both a tactical and numerical advantage. If there is to be a war we need to think tactically" he responded.

General Pryde stepped forward, "But we have the Resurgent class. That ship is powerful enough to take on the Starhawk and win especially when backed by a task force" he explained.

General Hux nodded, "yes. But that does not make it invincible. We still need to be careful. Because who knows what the New Republic has managed to build of the past twenty nine years" he responded. General Pryde and General Halder both went silent as Hux looked to the both, "we must wait and then make our move" he explained.

General Halder and General Pryde both nodded before turning around and walking away. As they did Ren looked to General Hux, "in the state that you are in. There is no way you will be able to defeat the New Republic in open war" he said.

Hux nodded, "which is why we will have to pick and choose our battles" he responded, "no do something to drastic" he explained.

Ren nodded with understanding, "me and my Knights are ready to help out where we can" he stated, "so what will our first move be?" he asked.

Hux thought for a moment, "if it is to come to war. We will first have to attack the New Republic's outposts on their outer regions. Then move on the attack their shipyards and agricultural worlds. Then we can turn them to our advantage" he explained.

Ren nodded, "it might be wise as well to incorporate tactical retreats if the need arises. Especially if a Starhawk shows up" he responded.

Hux looked to Ren and nodded, "we will do that. We will slowly whittle chip away at the New Republic slowly. Take away their resources and starve their people, make them lose hope. All the while we will treat the people of the planets we have conquered benevolently. Build support for the First Order. The Republic's greatest weakness is its people. So we will take that from them then in the end crush them" he stated.

Ren smiled, "that is a good plan General. Me and the Knights will help you carry it out" he explained. Hux nodded before letting Ren go. Ren put his helmet back on before heading out of the briefing room. General Hux let out an exhale before leaving himself.

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In the command room of the New Republic forward operating base. Leia, Poe, and Finn all stood around a central holotable. Han, Chewy, Ben, Cade, Jyn, and a few other officers stood with them. BB-8 was plugged in and the intel began to get downloaded.

Leia pressed a button on the table and it began to boot up, “right let’s see what intel we can find about the First Order” she said.

Han looked to Leia, “perhaps we should first look at the main thing. The Resurgent class Star Destroyer” he replied.

Leia nodded before pulling up the file on the Resurgent class Star Destroyer. Everyone looked to it with some of them in shock, “that thing is much bigger than the Imperial class ones they use” an officer said.

“how can they build a ship of that size?” One of the Mon Calamari officers asked, “especially in the unknown regions” he added.

Finn looked to them all, “the Resurgent classes are being constructed at a shipyard located somewhere in the Unknown regions. Though I do not know where it is” he explained

Han looked to Finn, “what do you know about the shipyard?” He asked wondering.

Finn looked to Han, “nothing much other than a nickname that it has been given” he responded. He looked to all of them, “the guys in the FN corp call it the sun forge. Or sometimes the Sun forge ship yard” he explained, “It uses components from the scrapped Starkiller base project.”

Cade thought for a moment, “sun forge ship yard. Sounds like a place you would…” he said.”

“build a sun” Ben added making Cade nod in agreement, “but there has got to be a reason for that nickname” Ben stated.

Finn looked to Leia, “there is also something Jane said. She said something about this ship being no match for a new ship your building. I think she called it the Viscount” he said.

Leah nodded, “she’s right. The Viscount class Star Defended. And from the looks of this. The Resurgent class is going to be no match for it. Not even a match for the MC90” she stated.

Finn nodded with understanding.

"Speaking of that," Han said before looking to Jyn, "Jyn, have they finished with that Trinity thing yet?" he questioned.

Jyn looked to him, "Trinity's development is coming along well Han, don't worry. When the Viscount is ready for launch Trinity will be ready," she answered, "And it is going to be the most revolutionary piece of military technology the galaxy has ever seen," she announced.

"What exactly is Trinity mom? You and Dad talk about it a lot and all that, hell even with Uncle Han and Aunty Leia but you haven't told us what it is." Cade said.

Jyn let out a chuckle, "You see when the Viscount is launched," she stated.

Finn looked to it, "Well whatever it is if it's as revolutionary as it says then I believe the First Order won't stand a chance," he deduced.

Jyn shook her head with a smile, "They won't. Trust me they've been working on Trinity for the past six years, it's going to be amazing," she responded. 

Poe looked to Leia, “can we keep looking through?” He asked.

Leia nodded before they continued to look through.

Jyn looked at the intel for a moment before noticing something, “wait what’s that?” She asked. She pressed a button and brought up a new file.

Everyone looked at it and Finn’s eyes widened in shock. Poe looked at the information speechless, “oh my gosh” he said. Cade looked at the file and began to read.

 Recruitment Plan

Deploy a First Order team in the disguise of Pirates to an isolated village to raid and cause havoc and disorder. When enough has been done a second team will head in and pretend to fight and take down the first team. This will make the people believe we saved them and make them support us. Next round up all the orphaned children as they are the easiest to persuade. Tell them that the New Republic does not care for them and offer them to join to bring order to the Galaxy.

Finn let out a sigh, “it was all a lie. The Pirates were part of the First Order” he stated.

Han looked to Finn and sighed, “I’m sorry kid” he said in response.

Leia looked to them, “either way. Now that we have this intel. We can use it against the First Order” she explained. Everyone nodded with understanding before disbursing.

Poe looked to Finn with sorrow, “I’m sorry. That must be hard for you to learn” he said.

Finn looked to him and nodded, “I can’t believe they lied like that. But not just to me but to the other Stormtroopers” he stated.

Poe nodded before tapping Finn on the shoulder, “don’t worry. We will make them pay for that crime” he stated. Finn looked to him and nodded with understanding before the two of them left the control room.

Once Finn and Poe were gone only Jyn and Leia were left in the control room, before they both left themselves Jyn brought her eyes to look at her sister-in-law, "It's probably wise that we have this information sent to Chandrilla so that they can insert it into Trinity," she explained, "Give her time to analyze it and adapt to it."

Leia nodded, "How long will that take?" she questioned.

"Only 0.3 milliseconds," Jyn answered, "The Military Research division confirmed that," she stated, "She is literally going to be the greatest piece of technology ever developed in the galaxy."

Leia thought for a moment, "To be fair with how advanced she is," she spoke, "I don't even know if we can call Trinity a piece of technology, I think more accurately she should be considered an entirely new lifeform."

"Perhaps," Jyn agreed, "We'll just have to wait and see."

Leia nodded before the two sister-in-laws left the control room to get on with what they needed to do.

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Rey’s back hit the ground as her lightsaber clattered to the floor. Jane looked to her younger sister as she caught her breath. The two of them had opted to skip out on the analysis of the intel for more training. Rey knew she needed it, luckily as well Jane was not as force full as Cade. Allowing Rey to take her time. Rey got up and looked to Jane, “your ready for another round?” Jane asked.

Rey picked up her lightsaber and gave a slow hesitant nod. She ignited her lightsaber and took up her guard position. Jane took up hers before Rey rushed in for a strike. Jane dodged both the first and second before Parrying the third. Rey went with the momentum to spin and try and strike Jane. Only for Jane to block the strike.

Jane parried the attack before lunging in with her own strike. Rey quickly raised her lightsaber to counter. Jane quickly moved in with her next strike that Rey managed to block just in the nick of time. Rey went into another swing of her own but Jane countered before doing a flick of her wrist and disarming Rey. Rey let out a gasp as she stumbled back tripping over her feet and falling onto her back.

Rey let out a sigh as she sat up. Jane looked to Rey and shook her head, “Rey you’re not going to get any better if you keep letting me win” she stated.

Rey looked to her older sister as she got up, “but you’re my older sister. And literally labelled the shining example of the order” she responded.

Jane sighed, “my reputation means nothing. It took me twenty five years to get this good Rey. I wasn’t always the best in the order” she replied.

Rey picked her lightsaber up, “you were Knighted at eighteen. Same as Erlina” she replied.

Jane nodded, “I know Rey, but still remember. Even with that skill I was beaten by Ren” she said. Rey sighed, “I might be the shining example of the Jedi. But I haven’t been the only Jedi to hold that. Avar Kriss was considered the shining example of the order in the High Republic. Our Grandfather was the shining example in the Clone wars” she added.

Rey exhaled, “all right” she responded.

Jane let out a sigh before extinguishing her lightsaber, “do you want to do some force training?” she asked. Rey looked to her, “just a bit of meditation. I know you struggle with that” she added.

Rey nodded, “all right” she responded as she equipped her lightsaber to her belt. Jane smiled and nodded with understanding.

Rey slowly sat down cross legged and placed her hands on her knee caps. Jane looked to her, “close your eyes. Breath. Let the force flow through you” she instructed. Rey took a deep breath before closing her eyes, “keep focus” Jane commanded, “concentrate. Then reach out, but stay calm” she added.

Rey took another deep breath before feeling a chill run down her spine. She saw a flash in her mind of something. A small Republic fleet burning. First Order ships in the sky flying through the sky line of a city. She saw a flash of Han dead on the floor. The vision did not stop. It showed the Knights of Ren one after the other starting with Cardo and ending with Ren himself. Then it flashed to something else. A New Republic fleet attacking a First Order fleet. Though there was something else. Something she could not sense. Something unregistered in the force. Something waiting.

Rey’s eyes flew open and she let out a gasp, “what did you see?” Jane asked.

Rey looked to Jane, “saw a planet being attack by the First order. I think it was Hosnian Prime. It looked like Hosnian prime” she responded.

Jane thought for a moment, “you had a vision. A vision of the future” she explained.

Rey looked to Jane, “I saw Uncle Han. He was dead” she stated.

Jane sighed and shook her head, “the future is not always absolute Rey. It’s only absolute when you make it” she said. Rey looked to her, “that is something dad learnt” Jane stated.

Rey let out a sigh, “will Uncle Han die?” She asked.

Jane stepped forward and knelt down next to Rey, “everyone dies eventually Rey. Whether through battle or old age. Everyone dies in the end” she explained.

Rey shook her head, “this death was not natural. He’s going to die in battle” she said.

Jane sighed, “you don’t know that Rey. You just had a vision. Don’t always trust visions is what dad says” she explained.

Rey sighed and nodded with understanding before Jane helped her up. Rey looked to her sister, “what now?” She asked.

Jane folded her arms and thought, “I think we have trained enough for today. Come on” she said. Rey nodded before the two of them left the training room.

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General Pryde walked down the hallway of his Resurgent class Star Destroyer. He entered the bridge and placed his hands behind his back, he glared to one of his officers, “Major are the ships ready?” He asked.

The First Order Major nodded, “yes General. This will be going against Hux’s orders” he responded.

General Pryde looked forward through the window, “Hux is being cowardice. We want the galaxy to see the might of the First order” he stated. He glanced ti the major, “set cause for the Hosnian system. Have all ships ready” he ordered.

The Major nodded and gave a salute, “yes sir” he responded before walking away.

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General Pryde’s Resurgent class Star destroyer flew into position. Escorted by three Imperial-Twos and four Imperial-ones as well as four Victory-II class, two Victory-III class, two gladiator class star Destroyers, four Lancer class frigates, five Nebulon-Ks, six vigil class corvettes, three Carrack-class light cruisers, and three modular task force cruisers.

The fleet was a massive invasion force all flying in a formation. The Three Modular task force cruiser sticking in the back protected by an Imperial two and two Imperial ones. The two gladiators held to the centre near the Resurgent class Star Destroyer. The Victory-IIs and IIIs sticking to the outer flanks with the Lancers, Vigil class, and Nebulon-Ks, the Carracks and remaining Star Destroyers protecting the Resurgent.

The fleet got into position and jumped into hyperspace heading for the Hosnian system.

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Above Hosnian prime. An MC85 held in formation flanked by three Starhawk IIs. The rest of the defence fleet was made up of three Nebulon-Bs, two Nebulon-Cs, four MC80s two liberties and an MC80A. Six CR90 corvettes, and two Free vigilance class bunker busters near the centre. Two T85 X-wings do a fly by patrol.

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On the bridge of the MC85 the ship captain. A white Mon Calamari male walked over to the rear Admiral in command of the defence fleet. The Rear Admiral a female with light skin and red hair in contrast to her blue eyes turned to look at the captain, “what is the report?” She asked.

The Captain cleared his throat, “nothing to report Admiral. The defence fleet is holding position” he responded.

The Rear Admiral nodded with understanding, “thank you captain” she responded.

At that instant another officer. This one a human male with brown hair and green eyes looked to her, “rear admiral Shelby. We’re picking up multiple hyperspace signatures” he said.

Rear Admiral Shelby glanced to him, “where Edison?” She asked.

The male human officer looked to his screen, “just ahead. They’re coming out now” he responded.

Rear Admiral Shelby looked forward right in time to see General Pryde’s Resurgent class Star Destroyer emerge. Followed shortly by its fleet.

The male human officer looked at his screen, “First Order fleet. Looks like they got one of their new Star Destroyers” he said.

Rear Admiral Shelby looked to the Captain, “Captain deploy all fighters. Inform the fleet to move into defensive positions” she commanded.

The ship captain nodded, “right away Admiral” he responded before going to carry out the order.

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On General Pryde’s Resurgent class Star Destroyer. General Pryde looked at the New Republic fleet. The Major walked up, “General we are in position. What are your orders” he asked.

General Pryde stood tall rigidly, “launch all our fighters. Target the flagship. Maximum fire power” he commanded. The Major nodded before going to carry out the order. General Pryde looked to one of the communications officers, “inform the Victory-IIIs to use their flack guns to screen off the New Republic fighters. Tell all other ships to remain out of weapons range for now” he ordered. The communications officer nodded before going to do so.

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T85 X-wings, T70 X-wings, E-wings, Y-wings, A-wing mark IIs, and B-Wings deployed and flew towards the First Order fleet. The First Order fleet deploying their Tie-fighters both the new and old ones, Tie-bombers, and Tie-interceptors, as well as swarms of Tie-drones.

The two fighter squadrons instantly flew towards each other and began to engage. Both sides taking losses. Though the First Order had a very clear number advantage. As the battle began the First Order ships instantly moved into position and began to engage the New Republic ships. Instantly vaporising a CR90, two Nebulon-Bs and a Nebulon-C.

Two turbo laser shots from two of the Imperial twos hit the MC85 as it returned fire. The Resurgent class fired at one of the Starhawks and managed to get several direct hits on the midsection. One final hit from a missile tour the Starhawk in half. Two Imperial twos and one of the Modular task force cruisers shot at one of the Free vigilance class bunker busters as it returned fire. Though soon one of the First Order Tie-fighters soon destroyed its main gun in a fly by.

two Tie-interceptors and a SF variant Tie-fighters chased a T-85 X-wing and shot it down. Causing it to crash into an E-wing. Three Tie-bombers did a strafing run against an MC80A as the battle intensified.

Two Victory-II class, an Imperial one class, and three Nebulon-Ks shot at one of the other Nebulon-Cs and soon destroyed it. Another volley of turbo lasers hit the MC85 as two Tie-fighters chase an E-wing.

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On board the MC85 Rear Admiral Shelby looked to one of her officers, “report?” She asked.

The officer looked to her, “30% of our fighter wings have been wiped out. Shields are down to 53%. One of the Starhawks is taking heavy damage and is reporting hull breaches. One MC80 is crippled. We won’t be able to hold out for long ma’am” he responded.

Rear Admiral Shelby let out a sigh, “call in reinforcements. Now” she ordered.

“comms are being jammed ma’am. We can’t communicate” the officer responded. The ship rocked again from being hit and some sparks flew, “shields are down to 47%. Deck for has lost life support in section three” he added.

Rear Admiral Shelby sighed, “dank ferric” she gritted through her teeth. She looked to the First Order fleet as it continued to shoot at them taking down another Nebulon-B and two CR90s. Rear Admiral Shelby exhaled, “target firepower onto their flagship. Maybe we can take it down” she ordered.

The officer looked to her, “ma’am if we do that the other First Order ships will shred us” he stated.

Rear Admiral Shelby looked to the officer, “I’m aware of that commander. But we have no choice” she responded, “as long as we can take down the flagship we should stand a chance” She explained. The officer nodded before looking to his terminal.

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Two tie-bombers flew being escorted by three tie-interceptors. They flew by a Starhawk with the tie-bombers performing a bombing run. Two First Order Tie-fighters shot down a Y-wing as the First Order fleet began to close in.

Two Star Destroyers and a Modular task force cruiser engaged one of the remaining MC80 liberty type. As they do the Resurgent class an Imperial two class Star destroyer and the other two Modular task force cruiser shot at the MC85. Landing all their hits.

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On the bridge of the MC85 sparks flew with Rear admiral Shelby looking around, “damage report!” She asked.

The commander looked to her, “our shields are close to collapsing. We won’t survive much longer here ma’am” he responded.

Rear Admiral Shelby let out an exhale, “can we make the jump to light speed?” She asked.

The commander looked to her, “negative ma’am. Hyperdrive is offline” he responded. Rear admiral Shelby nodded with understanding. The ship rocked again from a hit, “ma’am we have lost the shields. We got a hull breach on deck two” he said.

Rear Admiral Shelby sighed, “inform all personnel to evacuate the ship. Now” she ordered. The commander nodded before sending the message. Rear Admiral Shelby and her bridge crew quickly began to leave.

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Several escape pods launch from MC85 and head down to the surface of Hosnian prime. The MC85 exploding as they fly towards the planet.

One of the tie-drones flew in and shot down an T70 X-wing. It continued to fly until it was shot down by an E-wing. Though it was clear the First Order was winning.

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On the bridge of Pryde’s Resurgent class Star Destroyer. General Pryde looked through the bridge window. One of the female First Order officers looked at him, “sir. The New Republic flagship has been destroyed” she said.

General Pryde nodded, “push in the fleet. Destroy these insignificant rebels” he commanded. The First Order officer nodded before she looked to her console.

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The First Order push their attack destroying what was left of the New Republic forces. With the Resurgent class destroying the final Starhawk.

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On the bridge of the Resurgent class. General Pryde looked to the destroyed New Republic forces. The Major from before stepped forward, “sir the New Republic forces have been decimated” he said.

General Pryde did not look to the Major. Instead keeping his stern gaze on the window, “being to deploy ground forces into the main city. And prepare to open communication to the galaxy” he commanded.

The First Order major nodded before turning around and walking away to carry out the order.

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Over at the New Republic forward operating base on D’qar. Jane and Rey both walked into the main command centre. There Han, Leia, Cade, Jyn, Ben, Finn, and Poe were all standing around a holotable. Jane and Rey both walked up and joined them, “right” Leia said, “now we can discuss our move” she explained.

Rey looked to them all, “we got to deal with the Resurgent class” she stated.

Leia nodded, “from the schematics we have seen. We can deduce that the Resurgent class is no where near as powerful as the Viscount” she explained.

Jyn looked around, “and the Resurgent is finishing up its final checks. Then it will be launching” she stated.

Rey looked to her mother, “then we can use that to take out the Resurgent class” she stated. Jyn nodded in agreement.

At that moment a blond haired brown eyed female New Republic officer walked over, “Senator Organa” she said.

Leia looked to the female officer, “what is it Lieutenant Connix?” She asked.

Lieutenant Connix placed her hands behind her back, “we’ve picked up a message. It’s on all frequencies. It’s from the First Order” she responded.

Leia looked to the other before looking to Lieutenant Connix, “put it through” she replied. Lieutenant Connix nodded before walking away. Leia looked to the holotable and pressed a button. Instantly a hologram of General Pryde.

General Pryde stood with his brow furrowed as he stared with intent, "this is General Pryde of the First Order to the galaxy. We have just taken the planet Hosnian prime from the treacherous rebels that call themselves the New Republic. We are here to restore order to the galaxy. Now I send this message to you and to the New Republic. I order you to surrender now and obey the First Order or you will suffer the consequences" he said. At that instance the hologram switched to showing a visual of Hosnian prime right as a volley of turbo lasers were shot from the many First Order ships blockading the planet all of them heading down towards the surface where they saw multiple explosions. The First Order ships fired about seven volleys of Turbo lasers before stopping. Following the final volley the hologram switched to General Pryde once more, "this is your warning. Surrender now or this world and others will suffer at the might of the First Order" he spat before the hologram switched to a hologram of the First Order logo.

Leia switched off the holotable and looked to everyone, "does he seriously think that the New Republic will surrender?" Jane asked, "he must be a fool in that case. The New Republic aren't going to stand for this they'll launch a counter attack" she added.

Cade looked to Jane, "but still he's going to be bombarding Hosnian until we submit to his terms" he stated, "or perhaps he may send down troopers to attack the planet surface" he explained.

Leia looked to them, "the senate is not going to accept this. We're going to need to retaliate immediately" she responded.

Ben cleared his throat, "we'll go to Hosnian. The Falcon will be able to fly past that First Order blockade with ease. Then we can help out on the ground" he explained.

Leia glanced to her son and nodded, "very well Ben. You go with Rey, Jane" she responded.

Ben nodded with understanding before looking to Han, Han looked to him and nodded, "we'll get you there" he said before looking to Finn, "Kid you used to be with the First Order. You know their tactics. Can you help?" he asked.

Finn looked to Han and nodded, "yeah. I'll help out" he responded, "don't worry" he added.

Ben smiled and nodded with understanding, "General" Leia said looking to Jyn, "get some forces to go with them. They'll need assistance" she explained.

Jyn nodded with understanding, "you got it Leia" she responded before turning around and walking away to gather some forces. Once Jyn was gone the rest of them disburse in order to get ready for the mission.

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On the bridge of the Palpatine General Hux finished watching General Pryde's message. Ren and General Halder standing behind him, Ren no longer wearing his helmet and flanked by Ap'lek and Cardo. Hux let out a sigh before turning around and beginning to walk down the bridge. General Halder, Ren, Ap'lek, and Cardo following him, "the fool" Hux stated, "he thinks that the New Republic will obey and surrender because he has taken Hosnian Prime" he stated.

General Halder looked to him, "Hosnian Prime is one of their most important worlds. Plus it is a core world and is in a very good tactical position" she explained.

"yet he still attacked the planet against my order" Hux responded, "the New Republic are going to retaliate. And they may bring in the Jedi Order" he stated.

General Halder glanced to General Hux, "they already have. They brought them in at Jakku in assisting at getting that droid. There is a high chance the Jedi will go to Hosnian prime to assist in defending the planet" she explained.

General Hux nodded in agreement, "if they are going to do that" he said before nodding to Ren, "then we'll have to send you in to assist our forces" he stated.

Ren gave a single nod, "me and my knights are at your disposal General" he responded.

General Halder looked to Ren, "what if they send in the children of Skywalker?" she asked wondering.

Ren glanced to her, "Jane, is the only concern in that case. Cade, well he’s Cade. As for Luke's younger daughter Rey, she is inexperienced and reckless," he responded.

General Halder thought for a moment, "what of the other?" she asked.

Ren smirked, "Ben may be good. But again Jane is more powerful than him. Still not as powerful as her father but more powerful than she was during our last engagement from what I have learnt on Takodana" he responded, "but it is nothing that me and my Knights can't handle" he added.

General Hux looked to Ren, "prepare your Knights then head for Hosnian prime. Deal with the Jedi" he commanded. Ren nodded before looking to Cardo and Ap'lek, he motioned for them to follow before the three of them walked ahead of General Hux and General Halder. The three of them continued to walk until they left the bridge.

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On D'qar Jyn walked over to one of the room and activated a holoprojector, a hologram of Luke emerged on it, Luke looked to his wife, "Jyn what is the situation?" he asked, "I heard the message from the First Order" he explained.

Jyn nodded, "I assumed that you would have. Ben has volunteered to lead a team consisting of him, Jane, Rey, Han, Chewy, a new guy named Finn who formally worked for the First Order, and a few New Republic forces that I have assembled to assist Hosnian prime" she responded.

Luke nodded, "listen I have assigned Master Kestis to look after the Jedi temple. I'm on my way over with some more assistance" he explained. Jyn nodded with understanding, "tell Rey and Jane to be careful. And Ben" he added.

Jyn looked to Luke, "I will. Especially since the First Order have hired Ren and his Knights" she responded.

Luke looked at Jyn stunned, "those marauders haven't been seen since...".

"Since Varnak. I know" Jyn said cutting Luke off.

Luke nodded, "I still remember how you would not leave Jane's side as she recovered and you helped her when she was going through her physiotherapy" he explained making Jyn nod with understanding.

"it was the best a mother could do for her daughter" Jyn responded, "especially after an injury like that one" she added. Luke nodded again, "anyway we'll see you soon" Jyn stated.

Luke nodded again with understanding before turning off the hologram. Once it was off. Jyn turned around and left the room. 

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Rey had made sure to get ready. She picked up her lightsaber and equipped it to her belt. She dusted some dirt from her boots before taking a deep breath. She got up and stretched before hearing a knock on her door, “its open” she said. The door opened and Jyn walked in. Rey looked to her mother, “mom” she said with a nod.

Jyn walked over to her, “I just came to see if you were ready for your mission” she replied.

Rey smiled, “I’m ready mom. I’ll be alright” she responded.

Jyn nodded with understanding, “once your father is here. We’ll be coming, hold until then” she said.

Rey nodded with understanding, “we’ll hold mom. Don’t worry” she responded.

Jyn gave a nod before walking forward and adjusting Rey’s robes a bit, “may the Force be with you Rey” she said.

Rey nodded, “thanks mom” Rey replied before Jyn kissed her on the forehead and let her go.

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Rey headed out of the main building of the base and hurried over to Jane who looked to her, "there you are. Come on" she said. Rey nodded before the two sisters began to walk over to the Falcon to join up with Han, Chewy, Finn, and Ben. As they walked over to them Jane looked to Rey, "when we get Hosnian Prime. Stick close to us, don't try any heroics" she ordered.

Rey looked to Jane, "look. I made a mistake ok, I did not know the Knights of Ren were so powerful" she replied with a slight undertone of annoyance at getting lectured by her older sister.

Jane stopped walking and stepping in front of Rey before pointing to Rey's foot that was almost cut off, "you almost lost your foot to Vicrul if Ben did not save you" she stated before point to herself, "I may have the ability to force heal Rey. But even that power is limited" she added, "I can't heal a severed limb" she finished as she shook her head.

Rey sighed with annoyance as she shrugged, "I said it was a mistake. I'm sorry" she responded, "I won't make the same mistake again" she added.

Jane took a deep breath and sighed slowly, "look I'm sorry for snapping like that" she said, "its just as your older sister and your master I have a duty and a responsibility to protect you. I promised our father and our mother that I would keep you safe and not let you get hurt" she explained.

Rey shook her head, "you don't need to protect me like this though" she replied, "I'm nineteen. I can handle myself" she said, "but I'm sorry I engaged Vicrul, I was just trying to do the right thing" she explained, "and..." she added before pausing for a moment, "I just want to live up the the standards that have been set by you, and Dad's legacy" she stated chocking up as she did.

Jane gave a nod before placing her hand on Rey shoulder, "Rey I have been in that exact position. Before I got my reputation, when I was a Padawan" she responded, "I wanted to live up to dad's legacy, to granddad's legacy before he turned into Darth Vader" she explained. Rey looked to Jane, "but when you try something like that your prone to recklessness. And that is what happened to me when I fought Ren, and you saw what happened to me because of that" she said with a nod as she rubbed Rey's shoulder, "I don't want you to make the mistake I made. I may have only suffered from a slash on the back, but you could suffer worse" she finished.

Rey let out a sigh and nodded, "alright. Alright. I understanding" she replied, "its just being the daughter of Luke Skywalker and the Granddaughter of Anakin Skywalker. Holding that name, it means a lot" she responded.

Jane sighed, "Skywalker is just a name Rey. There is nothing special about it. The Chiss Ascendancy call their navigators Skywalkers" she replied.  Rey looked to her older sister, "I know it means a lot to you. But in the end its just a name" she added, "don't think that just because of who our father and grandfather are that we have to live up to that. Don't try and be something your not" she added.

Rey exhaled slowly as she looked to the floor again for a second, she looked back to Jane meeting her eyes, "I do still want to live up to dad's legacy though, to be as good as him. To be as good as you" she responded.

Jane rubbed her hand to Rey's arm, "you know. After my First encounter with Ren, midway into my physiotherapy. I told dad that I wanted to be like him. That I did what I did because I was reckless and tried to live up to his legacy" she said, Rey looked to her sister quietly, "then after I told him. He took me to the side and told me thank he did not want me to live up to his legacy or be as good as him, he wanted me to be better" she explained, "and that is what I am going to say to you. Don't try and live up to dad's reputation, or my reputation. Or try and be as good as me, be better than me" she said.

Rey nodded with understanding, "ok. I'll try" she replied.

Jane sighed, "No Rey. Remember again. Do or do not. There is no try" she said. Rey sighed before giving a nod. Jane smiled before the two of them continued to head for the Falcon.

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Over by the Falcon Finn looked to see Poe walking over with BB-8 rolling next to him. Finn looked to him, "good luck out there Finn" Poe said followed by BB-8 letting out a beep before speaking binary.

Finn nodded, "thanks Poe" he responded.

Poe nodded back, "once General Skywalker has arrived and we are ready. We'll come and assist" he explained.

Finn nodded with understanding, "we'll hold as best as we can until you arrive" he replied.

Poe smiled before tapping Finn on the shoulder, "that jacket really does look good on you" he said, "again good luck. And may the force be with you" he added.

Finn smiled back before tapping Poe on the shoulder, "may the force be with you" he responded.

Poe cleared his throat as he removed his hand, "anyway. I've got to prepare the squadrons for the battle" he explained. Finn nodded with understanding before Poe turned around and walked away, "come on BB-8" he called to his droid. BB-8 beeped with understanding before rolling after Poe.

Once Rey and Jane met up with them Han looked to them all as well as the several New Republic soldiers that had been assigned to the mission, "alright everyone. Lets move out" he commanded.

One of the New Republic soldiers stepped forward, "lead the way General Solo" he commanded. Han nodded before they all boarded the Falcon. Before Rey stepped on she looked back to see Jyn watching her. Jyn gave a nod to Rey to say may the force be with you. Rey nodded in response before heading onto the falcon as the ramp closed. Jyn watched as the Falcon took off and flew away from the base.

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The Falcon flew into space and away from D'qar.

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Rey entered the cockpit where Jane, Ben, Chewy, and Han were all waiting. Jane moved to the side letting Rey enter and look through the window, "alright. We're in position. coordinates are set. Chewy, punch it" he said glancing to his co-pilot. Chewy roared in Shyriiwook before pulling the switch to enter hyperspace. Rey looked forward as the black star filled void of space parted to the swirling blue-silver of hyperspace. Her eyes fixed upon the blue-silver swirling of hyperspace.

Ben glanced to her, "don't look directly at hyperspace for to long Rey. You do not want to get hypermadness" he said.

"that's only a legend Ben. Hypermadness isn't real" Jane responded before looking to Rey, "but seriously don't look directly into hyperspace for to long, it hurts your eyes" she stated.

Rey nodded with understanding, "yeah, yeah. I know, I know. Don't worry" she replied glancing to Jane for a second before looking to hyperspace.

As she looked at the blue swirling of hyperspace the world around her turned to a darkened void. Rey looked around before hearing the echoing sound of footsteps approaching from behind. She looked around just in time to see Ren walking forward his lightsaber ignited and the crimson red blade humming. Rey was over come with an immense feeling of fear as she began to back away reaching for her lightsaber only to find it gone. She looked as Ren let out a yell as he lunged back with a swing. Rey gasped as she stumbled back and fell.

Instead off hitting a solid ground she heard a shattering sound as the darkness from beneath her broke away like shards of glass and she fell. She only fell for a second hitting what felt like water, water that enveloped her. She could not see the water, all around her was darkness her hair became loose as she continued to sink into the water. Instantly she heard her name called, she tried to look around but could not see anything. Her vision was overcome with flashes as she continued to sink into the ethereal water. Multiple flashes of faces and places she knew followed by places she did not know, as it happened she heard the sound of lightsabers clashing followed by getting a flash of Han. Instantly her vision was taken by a flash of red for a second before now she saw Han on the floor dead, standing over him looking down at her Ren.

The vision became blurry right as Rey finished sinking and landed on her back within the black void thought in her ears she heard an inaudible distant whisper that that continued to repeat. Rey got up quickly as she looked around at the dark void looking for something. Just then from within the darkness she got flashes of the Knights of Ren's faces or at least their helmets. Starting with Cardo's and ending with Ren's. Though soon Ren's helmet turned into his full body as he stepped forward igniting his lightsaber right as the vision changed to what seemed to be a corridor of sorts. One that seemed to be the maintenance corridor Rey slowly backed down the hallway as Ren continued to walk forward. The world around her seemingly had a strange dark blue haze to it.

Rey continued to back until she exited onto a catwalk outside of a building. She looked around the area noticing it as the area from Cloud city where her father had once fought her grandfather whilst he was still Darth Vader. The area of their first duel where her father lost his hand. When she looked back Ren had somehow teleported right in front of her with his lightsaber raised. Rey stumbled back raising her right arm and covering her face right as the blade swung down. As soon as the red blade connected with her wrist the Catwalk blow her seemed to break and she fell once more.

Rey landed this time in a pool of murky water. She looked around for a moment her ears still filled with the sound of the whispering. Still inaudible though now closer. Rey continued to look around as she swam up right before hearing the sound of something grown next came the sound of a roar she looked right in time to see a massive sea monster rushing toward her. It roared as it opened its mouth. Rey tried to swim away but it was no use as the creature closed the distance fast. Before it could eat her thought Rey shot out of the water and found herself on the shore of an island beneath a storm. The rain hitting her face. Rey got up quickly as she looked around until she saw a cave. She looked at it for a second before the creature from the water burst out of the water with a roar. Instantly Rey ran as the creature tried to swallow her.

Rey entered the cave and turned to look at the creature as she back away. All the while she continued to hear the whispering in her ears. Close than it was before though now she could make out one of the words, 'We.'

Rey continued to back away as she looked to the mouth of the cave. Just then she fell off of what seemed to have been a drop in the cave and fell even more she landed yet again as she looked around she noticed the hull seemed to be that of an MC85 star cruiser. She looked around as the alarms began to blare and a voice came over the speaker, "mayday, mayday we're under attack by..." it said though the last bit seemed to be blocked by muffled static.

Instantly the ship rocked as Rey heard an explosion that nearly knocked her from her feet. At that moment she heard another word of the whisper again. It was getting closer and clearer, 'We Are...'

At that moment Rey heard the sound of explosions. She turned around to see and explosion coming down the corridor. Rey gasped and covered her face right as the explosion was about to envelope her. But as she did the floor gave away and she fell once more.

Instantly Rey found herself landing this time in an unknown location. It looked to be a hallway lit by a yellow light coming from above. It seemed to be a type of cave structure made of brown stone which had a coral like texture to it. Rey looked the strange hallway though as she did she heard the constantly sound of the whispering, 'We Are... We Are... We Are...' Getting louder and louder until Rey had to cover her ears.

Just then it stopped Rey uncovered her ears and all she could hear was her heart pounding and her breath. But then she heard one word, "Coming."

Rey's eyes widened that was not a whisper that was a voice. A voice behind her. Instantly she turned around to see a humanoid figure standing behind her. One wearing dark grey armor that Rey at first assumed was made of a type of metal.

As she looked at it she realized that it was not metal but was instead a type of organic carapace like thing. Rey quickly looked to the face of the figure and her eyes widened when she saw that this thing had a skull like face the skin looked to be hard and a sickly yellowish type color, The eyes were black, The forehead sloping, the creature was bold save for a few strands of black hair. The creature glared at her with its teeth as it snarled. She watched as the creature again spoke those words.

"We are coming!" the creature growled.

Within that second of Rey seeing the creature she noted something. There was something missing in this creature, something absent. Though she did not have time to figure it out as the creature roared at her causing her to stumble back once more and fall.

Instantly Rey let out a scream of fear as she sat up which was instantly switched to a yelp of pain as she hit her head against the roof of the bed in the Falcon's main room. Rey placed a hand upon her forehead, "ah, dank ferric" she spat before yelping again as she fell out of the bed and hit the floor. Instantly Rey began looking around though she was somewhat blinded by the light and still recovering from hitting her head.

"Rey, Rey" she heard the sound of Jane's voice call to her.

Rey's vision came back to see Jane looking down at her. Rey let out a grown as she placed a hand on her head, "well she's alive" Rey heard Ben say.

"Ben that is not helping" Jane called.

"Sorry" Ben responded.

Jane helped Rey to her feet. It was only then that Rey realized she was not wearing her boots, though she soon noticed them at the foot of the bed. She was also no longer wearing her outer robe instead now in just her tanned grey sleeveless under top, "are you alright?" Jane asked.

Rey rubbed her head, "my head is killing me" she responded.

"well maybe don't smack it into the top of the bed" Ben said.

"BEN!" Jane yelled.

"Sorry" Ben responded with a smile as he folded his arms.

Jane looked to Rey, "other than that are you alright?" she asked.

Rey nodded, "yeah. I'm fine" she replied, "what happened?" she asked.

Ben stepped forward, "I think you started into hyperspace to long and it made you pass out" he explained.

Rey went silent for a moment, "I...I had a vision" she responded.

Jane and Ben both looked to each other for a second before they looked to Rey, "what did you see?" she asked.

Rey tried hard to remember, "I...I saw..." she said trying to think, though the vision was beginning to fade. The only thing she could remember from the vision was that thing, that creature. More specifically the absence of something inside it. Something that should have been there. Rey looked to her sister and brother, "I can't remember" she responded.

Jane and Ben both sighed right as Han walked in, "ah finally I see Rey is back on her feet" he said. Rey looked to her uncle, "get ready kid. We're going to be exiting hyperspace in the hour" he explained. Rey nodded with understanding before let out another sigh.

Jane looked to her, "will you be ok?" she asked.

Rey nodded, "I'll be fine" she answered.

Jane nodded before she and Ben both left. Rey walked over to the bed and sat down before slipping her feet back into her boots for a short second she remembered that creature she saw. And the whispering. The wording, We Are Coming. Then there was the other thing. The thing that was absent from the creature, something that should have been there but was not. Rey got up and reequipped her lightsaber before beginning to head out. It was only as she headed for the Falcon Cockpit that she realized what was missing from the creature, what as absent. It was the Force, the Force was absent from the creature.

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Jane, Ben, Finn and Rey all entered the cockpit where Han and Chewy both doing the final checks before exiting lightspeed, "alright. Everything is good" Han said before looking to Rey, "you ok Kid?" he asked with wonder, "after that little faint of yours" he added.

Rey for a moment wondered if she should tell them about her vision, though in the end she kept it silent, "I'm fine Uncle" she replied. Despite wanting to tell them about what had happened, she thought it was better she did not mention it. She knew to not always trust visions through the force as they were not always what they seemed, so she was not going to fall for that trap. Plus they had a mission that they had to do and could not let one force vision compromise it, though she did still wonder what exactly that creature was. She quickly shook her head getting herself back into focus, whatever that thing was she needed to find out later or what exactly it meant by 'we are coming'. They were questions for another time.

Han looked to Chewy and gave a nod, "alright Chewy get ready because this is going to be risky" he explained.

Jane glanced to Han with wonder, "risky? why?" she asked.

Han glanced back to her, "because I've shut down the Falcon's hyperspace safety measures whilst you were taking care of Rey following that little faint of hers" he explained.

Ben raised an eyebrow, "why did you do that dad?" he asked with wonder.

Han looked to him, "because if we come out normally, the First Order will see us and send countermeasures" he responded, "so I intend to jump us out of hyperspace within Hosnian primes atmosphere" he explained.

Finn looked to Han stunned, "your going to exit hyperspace in a planet's atmosphere that's crazy" he said, "the odds of that working are beyond calculation even for a protocol droid" he stated.

"Never tell me the odds kiddo" Han responded before doing the final check, "alright Chewy take us out...now" he commanded. Chewy roared in Shyriiwook before pulling the switch to take the Falcon out of hyperspace.

The swirling silver-blue of hyperspace vanished as the Falcon came out flying straight towards a skyscraper of the main city. Instantly Han pulled on the controls to the right and the Falcon jolted tossing Rey, Jane, Ben, and Finn about as they attempted to grab hold of something to stop themselves from being thrown to the floor as the Falcon narrowly avoided a collision with the skyscraper. Ben and Finn both grabbing hold of chairs. Jane grabbing hold of the door frame and Rey grabbing hold of Jane, "ow" Jane screamed before looking to Rey, "Rey you stepped on my foot!" she yelped.

"sorry" Rey responded, "you alright?" she asked.

Jane nodded, "I'm fine but watch where your stepping" she responded. Rey nodded with understanding as Han began to fly the Falcon down toward the ground.

As Han continued to fly down toward the ground a beeping came from the console. Ben looked at it, "we're getting multiple New Republic distress beacons. First Order are launching a full ground assault on the planet" he explained.

At that instant a Tie-fighter flew past the Falcon making them all instinctively duck following the Tie Fighter came a T85 X-wing shooting at the Tie-Fighter. The Falcon passed through a cloud and instantly found itself in the middle of a Dog fight.

The Falcon rocked from an explosion, "dank ferric!" Jane spat out as she looked through the cockpit of the Falcon.

T70 X-wings and T85 X-wings engaged with First Order Tie-fighters both the old imperial era and the newer more advanced versions. They could also see A-wing mark IIs flying about shooting down any First Order bombers that attempted to conduct bombing runs against the Anti-air defences that were shooting down Tie-fighters left right and center. Several First Order transports flew down from the sky and heading for the ground were some fires were visible, it was a full scale war. One of the First Order Tie-fighters shot at the Falcon getting a few shots that she shields luckily deflected.

Han instantly moved into range before shooting down the Tie fighter, "dad we got one distress signal three clicks to our left. Looks like some New Republic escape pods" he explained, "can you land us down there" he added.

Han nodded, "sure thing. Hang on tight. We're going into landing" he responded before moving the Falcon into position.

The Falcon flew through the chaos of the battle in the air one of the First Order transports got shot down by a single A-wing mark II and it spiraled down to the ground with it's engine aflame. Han shot down one of the other Tie-fighters as one of the Special Forces Tie-fighters flew by being pursued by a T85 X-wing shooting at it as the Tie-fighter SF variant returned fire. The Falcon continued to fly through the air until it found its way to the location of the distress signal where they saw several New Republic forces fighting against First Order Stormtroopers. Instantly Han flew the Falcon in and did a strafing run against the Stormtroopers taking out several of the First Order Stormtroopers as well as an old AT-ST.

Inside the Cockpit Han looked to Rey, Jane, and Ben, "I can't land here it's to tight. Can you three jump down?" he asked.

Jane nodded as she took off her outer robe and tossed it over one of the chairs, "we can uncle. You find somewhere to land the Falcon" she explained. Han nodded before Rey, Jane, and Ben all went to leave.

As they did Finn looked to Rey, "Rey" he called. Rey turned to look at him, "may the force be with you" Finn said with a nod. Rey smiled and nodded, "good luck down there" Finn added.

Rey smirked, "I don't need luck Finn. I'm a Jedi, and I have Skywalker blood in me. I can do this" she responded. Finn nodded with understanding before Rey turned around and left the cockpit following Jane and Ben.

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The Falcon's boarding ramp opened and allowed Rey, Jane, and Ben to all jump out and land on the ground. Whipping out their lightsabers and quickly igniting them as they looked at the First Order stormtroopers as the Falcon flew away being chased by two Tie fighters. The Stormtroopers began to fire at the three Jedi with Rey, Jane, and Ben all instantly beginning to block the lasers sending some of the bolts back into the Stormtroopers. Instantly Rey, Jane, and Ben all quickly rushed forward and began to slice their way through the many stormtroopers.

One of the Stormtroopers brought out a Z6 riot control baton and activated it and gave it a spin before charging forward with a yell Jane looked at it and instantly raised her lightsaber to block to strike and parried the attack.

The First Order Stormtrooper let out another yell as he performed a swing only for Jane to parry the attack once again before moving in with a single strike and slashing her blade through the chest of the stormtrooper. Jane gave her lightsaber a flourish before blocking another blaster bolt with the laser back into the stormtrooper.

The First Order AT-ST walked forward and began to fire at the three Jedi only for Ben to deflect the blaster bolts back into the AT-ST. Instantly it fired a set of thermal detonators only for Ben to use Force stasis to slow the world around him before using the force to send the thermal detonators back into the AT-ST. The detonators exploded and the AT-ST went with them, the AT-ST fell down crushing a few of the Stormtroopers. Rey deflected another blaster bolt back into a Stormtrooper before rushing in and impaling another, the final stormtrooper charged her only for Jane to rush in and do a jump flip over Rey's back before using her lightsaber to slice down the Stormtrooper.

Once the Stormtroopers were dealt with Ben, Rey, and Jane all regrouped before looking to the New Republic forces from the escape pod which included rear admiral Shelby of the MC85 star cruiser that had headed the defence fleet.

She looked to the three of them, "Jedi. We weren't expecting you" she said.

Ben rushed over to her, "what is the situation here?" he asked with wonder.

Rear Admiral Shelby looked to him, "The First Order attacked with that new ship of theirs. They smashed the defence fleet and now they are launching a full scale ground invasion of the planet" she explained, "They have also been conducting minor orbital bombardments but we're glad to have you here now" she added.

Ben nodded with understanding, "What should we do now Admiral?" he asked.

Rear Admiral Shelby let out a sigh, "We need to regroup with the rest of the New Republic force and try and repel this assault. Unfortunately with the First Order blockade they'll be able to constantly keep resupplying their forces down here," she answered.

Ben let out a sigh and began to think for a moment, "Could we get the planetary shield up?" he asked.

Rear Admiral Shelby shook her head, "unfortunately no. they specifically targeted it during their orbital bombardment. Took out the generator and the shield emitter" she responded.

Ben nodded with understanding, "Then the best thing we can do is try and link back up with the main military command on the planet" he stated, “follow me.”

Rear Admiral Shelby and her crew all nodded with obedience.

"We'll try and also help out the other escape pods as we go" Ben stated before they all began to head off in order to join in the rest of the fight against the First Order invasion.

Jane, Rey, Ben, Rear Admiral Shelby and the other survivors rushed through the streets fighting through whatever First Order forces were in their way as they did what they could to save other New Republic forces from their crashed escape pods. With Jane using her force heal ability to heal any injured. Ben used his force stasis to slow down the First Order stormtroopers before swiftly taking them down with Jane and Rey’s help. All the while trying to link up with the main New Republic force at the main military command base.

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Han managed to find a place to land. Luckily at a New Republic command post near a star port that had some pretty good anti-air defence. Han, Finn, Chewy, and the New Republic soldiers got off the old YT-1300.

One of the New Republic officers rushed over to him, "General Solo" he said, "Thank goodness your here. We did not expect anyone to come, the First Order have been jamming our communications" he explained.

Han nodded with understanding, "We learnt about this because the First Order sent a message" he responded.

Chewie confirming in Shyriiwook as he nodded.

"Don't worry. More reinforcements will be on their way. As of right now we need to hold off this invasion" Han continued.

The New Republic officer nodded with understanding, "Very well General. If that is what you say" he responded.

Han glanced to Finn, "Kid, your know First Order tactics. You can help us on the ground" he stated.

Finn nodded before looking to the New Republic officer, "Can you give me some soldiers?" he asked.

The New Republic officer nodded, "I can" he said, "How many do you need?" he asked.

Finn thought for a moment, "just a single squad" he explained.

The New Republic officer nodded with understanding but there was a hint of confusion behind hid eyes.

"The First Order use old imperial tactics, so your tactics should be enough to defeat them" Finn explained, "they focus a lot more on overwhelming and brute force" he added.

The New Republic officer nodded again with understanding before turning around and heading away to gather a squad for Finn to take in order to assist in the battle. As soon as the New Republic officer returned with a squad of about twenty soldiers.

Finn looked to them before taking out a blaster and motioning them to follow, "Come on," he commanded before he and the soldiers rushed out of the New Republic command post in order to join in with the rest of the battle.

Instantly they began to charge the First Order forces, a First Order AT-ST began to approach however soon also came a New Republic TX-200 assault tank which instantly fired its main gun and destroyed the AT-ST. The New Republic forces cheered as they continued to push forward as another TX-200 arrived along with a AAC-3 hovertank which quickly fired missiles into the First Order forces, blowing them to pieces and taking out another First Order vehicle. Finn and the New Republic forces instantly began to charge further along with the assistance of the three vehicles. 

In space the First Order fleet had set up a blockade over the main hyperspace root. Tie-fighters continued to fly in patrols with a First Order transports flying down toward the surface of Hosnian prime escorted by Tie-fighters. Some X-wings flew up into space with Y-wings and B-wings however Tie-interceptors flew in to counter with the Victory-IIIs, Vigil class corvettes, and lancer class frigates providing cover from them with the Victory-IIIs managing to shred through the New Republic fighters using its flak guns. The Nigh Buzzard soon emerged from hyperspace and began to fly down toward the planet surface.

.   .   .

Upon the bridge of the Resurgent class at the center of the fleet one of the First Order lieutenants looked to General Pryde, "sir. The Night Buzzard has just emerged from hyperspace" he stated.

General Pryde glanced to the lieutenant before looking through the window seeing the Night Buzzard flying down towards the planet. He quickly turned around and walked over to the holographic communicator nodding to the communications officer to send word to the Night Buzzard. He looked forward as a holographic image of Ren appeared, "Ren. We were not expecting you or your knights" he said.

"we were sent by General Hux. You disobeyed his order" he stated.

General Pryde went silent for a moment, "what I do is for the First Order Ren. That is all, but do not worry. The New Republic can do nothing to help this world" he explained.

Ren looked directly to General Pryde's face, "do not underestimate the New Republic General" he replied before the hologram went off. General Pryde let out a sigh before turning around and walking back over to the bridge window and glaring through it.

.   .   .

The Night Buzzard flew through space and into the atmosphere of Hosnian prime flying down toward the ground. Kuruk shot down several X-wings and A-wings as he moved to ship down to the ground where he landed the Night Buzzard upon the ground at the primary First Order landing zone. The main boarding ramp opened allowing Ren, Cardo, Vicrul, and Ushar all emerged.

Ren gripped his lightsaber in hand as he looked around before looking to the three Knights, "Move out and assist the First Order forces, kill all New Republic soldiers in your path" he commanded.

The three knights all gave a nod of understanding before heading away to assist the First Order soldiers. Cardo using his arm cannon and blaster pistol to fight through the New Republic soldiers. Ushar using his two handed mace weapons to smash through the New Republic soldiers and Vicrul using his vibro scythe to slice through the New Republic soldiers. Ren looked around before gripping his lightsaber tight and igniting the crimson red blade before heading forward to join the battle.

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Jane, Ben, and Rey continued to lead rear admiral Shelby and her crew through the war torn city streets, taking down any First Order Forces and in their way. As they went they could see a Tie-fighter crashed into the side of a building, fire surrounding it. They also passed a couple of crashed First Order transports, as well as some X-wings and Y-wings. They could also see where an AT-ST had been shot down, its head exploded.

As they continued to walk through the streets rear Admiral Shelby let out a sigh, “we may be able to hold down here. But with the First Order fleet in space, they’ll be able to keep a constant supply flowing down here,” she explained.

Ben glanced to her, “First Order won’t be able to keep up this siege forever, we have just got to outlast them,” he responded.

Rear Admiral Shelby nodded, “hopefully we’re able to,” she replied “But they’ll have consumables to last quite some time,” She announced, “So I hope we’re able to.”

Jane glanced to her, “We will Admiral, trust in the force. Because through the Force, hope grows” she responded.

Ben chuckled, “Leave it to Jane Skywalker to quote her own father,” he stated cheekily.

Jane sighed, “it’s a good piece of advice Ben ok. Remember the force is a powerful ally, if you trust in it. Then you will prevail in any battle,” she explained.

Ben smirked, “Explaining yourself with another of your dad’s quotes” he replied, “look just because you were his favourite Padawan doesn’t mean you have to constantly quote him.”

“Umm. Can we get back to the mission?” Rey asked.

Jane chuckled, “Sorry Rey, I got a bit side tracked” she replied, “Ben you’re leading where are we?”

“I got no clue,” Ben answered.

Rear Admiral Shelby looked at them, “we’re coming up on one of our forward command bases. We should be able to link up with a garrison to there” she explained. Ben nodded with understanding before they kept going.

Once they arrived at the forward command base they found it under siege. Thought they swiftly moved in and engaged the First Order forces, swiftly bringing them down and breaking the siege.

Once the siege was broken Ben, Jane, Rey, rear admiral Shelby and the other survivors linked up with the garrison at the base. A new Republic Major rushed over, “thanks for your assistance, we did not know how much longer we would last” he said.

Rear Admiral Shelby stepped forward, “What is it situation here Major?” She asked.

“First Order forces are continuing to push against our forces. With that fleet they have up in orbit, they can constantly keep supplying their forces” the Major explained.

Rear Admiral Shelby thought, “Have we managed to fix the shield systems?” she asked with wonder.

The Major shook his head, “No, the place has been totally destroyed. It will take us months the fix it,” he explained.

Rear admiral Shelby sighed and gave a nod, “We don’t have months,” she gritted. She took a deep breath, “Right. Then we best we can do is delay them until reinforcements get here,” she said, “Luckily with the Jedi here this should be easy.”

The Major nodded with understanding right at that moment a New Republic officer ran over, “Major,” he said.

The Major looked at him, “what is it Captain?” He asked.

The New Republic Captain caught his breath, “we had reports of a new First Order ship, looks to be a modified Oubliette-class transport,” he stated.

The Major thought for a moment, “That’s a ship designed for Prison transport and patrol. Why bring in one of those?” He asked.

Ben, Jane, and Rey all looked to each other, “The Night Buzzard” Ben proclaimed.

“Ren is here,” Jane stated.

Rey looked to her cousin and sister, “what do we do?” She asked.

Jane looked to Rey, “What you are going to do is not make the mistake you made last time. Leave Ren and his knights to me and Ben,” she responded.

Rey uttered a sigh before giving a nod of understanding.

“Come on,” Ben said, “We got to assist with the battle,” he added.

Jane and Rey both nodded before quickly heading out to help the rest of the New Republic forces.

.   .   .

Finn and the squad he was with had linked up with another squad of New Republic soldiers. Together they shot at the First Order soldiers soon taking them out.

“Let’s keep pushing” Finn called before quickly rushing forward with his squad.

As they went they shot down the First Order Stormtroopers. As they went however they stopped when they saw an AT-ST approaching.

It fired at them and they all quickly dove in to cover. Quickly one of the New Republic soldiers aimed a bazooka at the AT-ST and shot it down. Once it was gone they continued to push forward. Continuing to fight through the First Order forces.

Soon the AAC-3 moved up and into position, it began to fire its laser cannons, decimating the First Order troopers. A laser plot flew at it but got deflected by its shields, it soon raised its dual missile pods and fired a salvo. The First Order Stormtroopers instantly began to pull back, as they did the two New Republic TX-200 assault tanks moved up firing.

As they went they soon encountered Rey, Ben, and Jane. Finn looked to them and quickly rushed over, “Rey!” he called.

Rey, Jane, and Ben all turned to look at Finn as he ran over. As the two TX-200 assault tanks took up defensive positions with the AAC-3, soon also being joined by a couple ARS-14 combat speeders.

“Finn, how are things holding?” Rey asked.

Finn took a deep breath, “We’re trying to push back against the First Order, but they keep coming” he explained.

Rey exhaled and nodded, “there is no way we can break this siege with the First Order fleet in orbit. Which means we got to hold until reinforcements arrive” Jane responded.

Finn nodded with understanding, “we’ll do our best” he replied.

That that moment two First order Stormtroopers arrived and fired. Jane swiftly deflected the shots before force pushing the two Stormtroopers into a wall.

Just then another Squad of Stormtroopers arrived led by Cardo. Instantly Finn, Rey, Jane, Ben and the New Republic soldiers rushed into cover, right as Cardo fired a shot from his arm cannon. The Knight of Ren whipped out his blaster and began firing with the First Order Stormtroopers.

The New Republic forces returned fire as Rey glanced to Cardo, “that one only has a blaster, I can take him,” she stated.

“No Rey,” Jane responded.

Rey looked to her older sister, “but he’s only got a blaster and that arm cannon” she responded, “I can handle him” she added.

Jane glanced to Rey, “I said no, leave Cardo to me and Ben. You and Finn try and flank around and head for the main First Order landing zone. We’ll hold here” she responded.

Rey let out a sigh before giving a reluctant nod. She looked to Finn and motioned for him to come. Finn nodded before giving a hand gesture to his squad to move. Instantly they rushed over to Rey before they all went moving.

Once they were gone Ben and Jane rushed at Cardo and the First Order Stormtroopers. Cardo quickly turned and retreated as he shot back before heading around a corner. Jane and Ben began to slice their way through the First Order Stormtroopers as they went.

.   .   .

Rey and Finn both led their squad around and soon linked up with another New Republic squad. Instantly they merged and rushed against the First Order forces. Rey deflecting the laser shots with her lightsaber as she went. She fought up front with Finn next to her as they continued to push.

As they continued to push Finn and Rey got into cover. Rey took the moment to catch her breath, “you doing ok?” Finn asked looking to Rey.

Rey looked to Finn and gave a nod as she caught her breath, “I’m fine, but what I would give to get my feet out of these boots” she responded.

Finn looked to Rey confused, “I thought you liked those ones?” He asked.

Rey glanced to Finn and smirked, “more comfortable than my old ones” she added, “but gosh my feet are hurting, it’s all this running around” she explained.

Finn nodded with understanding right as a First Order Stormtrooper rushed around the side only to get blasted. Rey and Finn looked to see Han and Chewy, Chewy having just shot the stormtrooper. Han headed over, “you two kids ok?” He asked.

Rey nodded, “I’m fine uncle” she replied.

“I’m getting through” Finn said.

Han nodded before motioning, “come on you two, no time for restraint. You can rest after” he responded. Finn and Rey nodded with understanding before heading out and helping the fight.

They rushed against the First Order troops with Rey slicing through them with her lightsaber. She continued until she looked up and her eyes widened as she saw Ren approaching, taking down to New Republic troopers with his lightsaber.

He looked to Rey and let out a chuckle, “We meet again daughter of Skywalker,” he said. Ren flourished his lightsaber as he paced to the side.

Rey slowly began to back away remembering what Jane had said.

Ren sensed Rey’s unwillingness to fight. He could sense the fear coursing through her vanes like blood, it made him smile beneath his helmet

“Oh what’s wrong little girl? Scared? How can you call yourself a Jedi? How can you call yourself the daughter of Luke Skywalker?” he stated mockingly with a chuckle.

Rey looked to Ren before raising her lightsaber and got into a guard position, "You think I'll show fear to a creature in a mask," she gritted, "Your right I am the Daughter of Luke Skywalker, Granddaughter of Anakin Skywalker. I am the legacy of the Skywalker bloodline and if my father could defeat you then so can I," she proclaimed.

Ren let out a chuckle, “This will be easy” he said.

Rey flourished her lightsaber, “I was holding back last time. This time you’ll have a challenge,” she spat.

Ren smirked beneath his helmet, “We will see,” he replied before stepping into a swing.

Rey quickly parried the strike and then the next before the two of them got into a bind.

.   .   .

Jane and Ben both took down the final few Stormtroopers, the two of them regrouped afterwards, “That’s these ones down” Jane said.

Ben nodded as he looked around, “Now we got to go find Cardo” he stated.

Jane nodded before sensing something, “do you sense that?” She asked.

Ben looked and nodded, “Yeah, Ren” he answered.

Jane shook her head, “Not just Ren, Rey!” she announced. She let out a sigh, “I thought I made myself clear that time,” she stated.

Ben nodded, “Come on” he said.

Jane looked to him.

“We got to save her before she gets herself into trouble” he explained.

Jane nodded with understanding before the two of them quickly ran to go and help out Rey.

Ren threw another swing that Rey blocked and parried before going in with her own strike. Ren quickly deflected the strike, sending Rey into a spin. Rey ends with a thrust that Ren dodged and blocked. Rey quickly used the force to push Ren back slightly.

Ren let out a chuckle as he looked at Rey, “I think I’m starting to believe your statement” he said, “But it will not help you.”

Rey flourished her lightsaber, “We’ll see” she responded before lunging into an attack that Ren blocked.

Rey withdrew and through in her next strike that Ren deflected before using the force to push her back.

Rey looked to Ren as she recovered from the force push. She flourished her blade again as Ren looked to her.

“You impress me. For a Padawan, not many of your class have been able to stand against me” he complimented, “you’ve lasted longer than your sister on her first engagement with me” he said ending with chuckled.

Rey looked to Ren, “I’m the daughter of Luke Skywalker. His legacy flows through my vanes, and with that I will defeat you!” she stated.

Ren laughed as if told a joke, “Then I shall let you live up to that legacy” he respected before lowering his guard.

Rey got ready to rush in right as Jane and Ben arrived.

Jane looked and her eyes widened, “REY WAIT!” She screamed, but it was too late.

Rey lunged in with a swing. Ren timed himself perfectly making sure to step to the side causing Rey to over swing, he raised his lightsaber and swung down. Rey froze up upon realisation, she barely had time to react.

One moment her right hand was there, the next moment it was gone and replaced with a searing pain. Rey let out a scream as she fell to the floor tears swelling in her eyes as she clutched the nub where her hand once was. It had been cut off at the wrist.

Rey looked to Ren as he let out a chuckle, “as I said, now you live up to your father’s legacy” he spat.

Rey began to hyperventilate as she felt her body begin to shudder, she felt herself flying into a minor panic attack. Only it was amplified by the siring pain of her severed hand.   

“what a pity it was so short lived” Ren proclaimed.

Ren raised his lightsaber for a final strike Rey’s eyes widened, “Rey!” Han called as he rushed forward.

Ren swing and Rey closed her eyes only for Han to instantly step between the two of them and take the strike. Rey opened her eyes and looked in shock and horror. Ren stepped back as Han fell limp.

“DAD!” Ben called before igniting his lightsaber and rushing in.

Ren looked to him and instantly blocked the strike.

“You’re going to pay for what you did Ren,” Ben gritted.

Ren chuckled, “Yes, let the hate flow through you, give in to your anger” he said.

Ben pushed Ren back, “I think you underestimate how much I can control my emotions Ren,” he replied, “But either way you’ll pay for killing my father and harming my cousin!”

Ren chuckled before Ben rushed in though Ren instantly blocked before parrying the next attack.

A U-wing landed with the hanger of the Viscount, the New Republic home fleet and the planet of Chandrilla in the background. The door of the U-wing opened allowing for Luke, Jyn, Cade, and Erlina to emerge. A New Republic officer walked forward to greet them.

The officer nodded, “Generals,” he said.

Luke stepped forward, “Captain what is the status of the Viscount?” He asked, “Is she ready?”

The Captain took a deep breath, “We’re 99% done,” he proclaimed, “We were hoping for a shakedown,” he said.

Luke nodded, “Your about to get one,” he announced, “We’re taking her into combat,” he stated.

The Captain nodded, “Luckily the ship is combat ready General,” he said.

“What about our special weapon?” Jyn asked, “Is Trinity ready?”

The Captain looked to her, “She still being calibrated,” he answered, “You got to remember General that this is no droid brain. This is a fully autonomous hyper intelligent artificial being, the likes of which the galaxy has never seen before,” he explained, "Research and development of an AI like the one we've designed for Trinity became stagnated because of the Clone Wars, now we're literally developing one that is going to have near organic levels of intelligence that has been educated on galactic warfare."

“But will she be ready for when we arrive to the Hosnian system?” Jyn asked.

The Captain nodded, “She’ll mostly be ready, not one hundred but she will be,” he confirmed.

Jyn smiled, “That will be enough,” she proclaimed, “As long as Trinity is combat ready, that is all that matters,” he said.

The Captain nodded before Luke motioned for them to head for the bridge. As they went Luke looked to Cade and Erlina.

“Cade I want you and Erlina on the ground so wait here,” Luke ordered.

Cade nodded and gave a salute, “You got it Dad, you and mom enjoy the bridge,” he replied.

.   .   .

On the bridge of the Viscount Luke and Jyn entered. They could see Wedge over at one station and Luke smiled before walking over.

“I see they got you out Wedge, being an instructor got boring I guess,” he spoke.

Wedge smiled, “I wouldn’t miss this General,” he announced.

Luke nodded before he walked over to where Jyn was standing. Jyn looked around the Bridge for a moment.

“Leia really outdid herself here,” she complimented.

Luke smiled, “One of her best works,” he proclaimed, “Now let’s get this thing moving,” he announced.

The Captain looked to the two of them, “We got green lights across the board, everything is ready Generals,” he announced.

Luke nodded, “Then take us out,” he commanded.

The Captain nodded before turning and walking away.

.   .   .

Outside the Viscount the engines fired up with the blue glow of an ion pulse. The docking clamps released and the Viscount began to fly out of its dry dock. As it flew several Star Fighters flew into the hangers ready. Other New Republic ships flew into formation.

.   .   .

On the Bridge the Captain looked upon a console. His eyes went to Luke and Jyn as he smiled, “Launch complete Generals, all systems are go,” he announced.

Luke nodded, “Set course for Hosnian Prime, have the fleet primed and ready,” he ordered.

The captain nodded with understanding before continuing with his work.

.   .   .

The Viscount moved toward the hyperspace route it needed to take, its fleet forming up. Instantly all the New Republic ships jumped into hyperspace, in route to Hosnian Prime.

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Ben and Ren continued to clash blades with ferocity. An intense epileptic dance of red and blue sizzling through the air, making sparks rain as they clashed.

Rey slowly slid over to Han’s body with tears in her eyes, “Uncle, uncle please” she said as she shook Han.

Chewie looked and let out a roar of sadness and pain, Rey began to cry as she rested her head upon Han’s chest.

Jane rushed over to Rey and knelt down next to her younger sister, “Rey. He’s gone, there is nothing you can do” she stated.

Rey looked at Jane tearfully, “Can’t you force heal him?” She asked.

Jane sighed and shook her head, “It’s too late Rey. Force heal works by transferring a person’s life energy” she responded, “If I were to do that with uncle Solo, it would use all my power. It would kill me” she explained.

Rey let out another sob as she cried mournfully.

“I’m sorry,” Jane muttered.

Rey continued to cry resulting in Jane pulling her into a hug, Rey berried her head into Jane’s arm as the tears flowed down her cheeks.

Jane looked around, “come on, we got to get you to safety” she explained.

Jane helped Rey to her feet as Rey pulled the nub where her right hand used to be to her chest.

Rey looked to Jane, “what about Ben?” She asked, her eyes still full of tears. Her voice reflecting her sadness.

“Ben can handle it, don’t worry,” Jane responded, “Right now we need to get you medical assistance” she explained.

Rey nodded as Jane looked to Finn.

“Finn I need your help over here!” Jane called.

Finn quickly rushed over and saw the state of Rey. He looked to her severed hand, “What happened!?” He asked with concern.

Jane sighed, “Rey lost her hand, we need to get her to the command post” she responded.

Finn nodded again, “Where is Ben?” He asked looking around.

Jane looked to Finn, “He’s fighting Ren. Now come on and help me,” she replied.

Finn nodded before quickly help Jane get Rey away as Han walked over and picked up Han’s body before carrying him. The four of them quickly began to retreat to the command post.

.   .   .

Ben parried Ren’s attack before dodging the next and force pushing Ren back. Ren quickly stabbed his lightsaber into the ground and slid to a stop. He looked to Ben as he pulled out his lightsaber.

"My deal is still open Ben, you could be a great Knight. Accept it now and I'll let you live," Ren announced, "I had the perfect name for you, Kylo," he proclaimed.

Ben shook his head, "Never Ren! I would never join the Dark side. I would never betray my family” he stated.

Ren chuckled, “Even after what I did to your cousins? Nearly paralyzing Jane and taking Rey's hand. Even after I killed Han, your father? You still do not give into the Dark side of the force?” he spat.

Ben looked to Ren, "You will pay for doing that Ren, but you’ll pay through the laws of the New Republic” he announced.

Ren smiled beneath his helmet, "Why through their laws? Why should you, the great grandson of Anakin Skywalker. Follow the rules," he spoke, "Come on Ben, there is a reason I chose you. I could sense the conflict in you. I could see that you had the potential of striking me down and taking my place, to take the title of Ren as your own. Think of the name if you combine it with the name I had planed for you. Kylo Ren, the greatest warrior the galaxy has ever seen. The scourge of the New Republic," he proclaimed.

Ben smirked, "Kyle Ren?" he questioned, "Sounds lame," he announced before flourishing his lightsaber, "You are right Ren I did have conflict, but no more. Jane helped me get through that. Now I have no conflict and I will never fall to the Darkside!" he announced.

Ren uttered a sigh, "You will not join me," he said, "Then you will die as a Jedi!" he spat.

Ben got ready to fight however instantly had to switch to blocking lasers. He looked to see Kuruk had gotten into a sniper position and was now using his rapid fire mode. Ben had no choice but to retreat when a squad of Stormtroopers shower up.

.   .   .

At the New Republic main forward command centre. Jane and Finn both arrive with Rey with Chewie not far behind carrying Han’s body.

Jane and Finn had Rey over to some New Republic soldiers, “get her to medical now” Jane commanded.

The New Republic soldiers nodded before quickly taking Rey to the main building. Jane and Finn both looked back before Jane ignited her lightsaber. Finn quickly took out Luke’s old lightsaber and ignited it as well. The two of them got into a defensive position right as Ben returned.

Ben got into a defensive position himself, “First Order are making a push with everything they got” he said.

Jane looked to her cousin, “with their fleet up in orbit they have a constant supply coming down” she said, “we need to do something about it.”

Finn looked to her, “There is nothing your ships can do against that Resurgent class Star Destroyer. It compelled decimated your fleet,” he explained.

Jane sighed, “We need those reinforcements now,” she stated.

Ben looked, “we got troopers coming in” he proclaimed.

Quickly he, Jane, Finn, and the other New Republic soldiers began to make a final stand, soon assisted by Chewie who fired with his bocaster.

.   .   .

On board the Resurgent class Star Destroyer, General Pryde continued to watch the fight unfold.

One of the captains looked to him, “General. Our forces have engaged the New Republic at their forward command base” he said.

General Pryde tilted his head towards the captain, “target the forward command base with our guns and fire” he ordered.

The captain nodded and was about to carry out the order when another First Order officer looked General Pryde, “General Pryde! we’re picking up a hyperspace signature, Republic” she stated.

General Pryde looked forward, “New Republic Reinforcements. Nothing to worry about, they’ll feel the power of this ship” he responded.

At that instant they watched as the Viscount emerged from hyperspace. The massive 17,000 meter long New Republic dreadnaught gleamed against the blackness of space, a shining beacon of hope and light across every inch of its streamlined Mon Calamari ship inspired hull. It flew into a combat position with all its guns and weapon systems across its Starboard side locking target onto the First Order fleet, most of which aiming at the Resurgent-class star Destroyer. Soon two MC90s and three Starhawk IIs emerged from hyperspace taking up defensive positions around the Viscount. Soon came some Nebulon-Bs and Cs as well as CR90 corvettes. All of which took up positions ready to engage the First Order fleet.

General Pryde looked to the Viscount stunned, “Lieutenant what the hell am I looking at?” He asked.

The female First Order officer shook her head, “I don’t know General. Unidentified New Republic ship, by the looks of these readings it's a dreadnought class warship,” she responded.

General Pryde looked to her, “run down tell me what their armaments are” he ordered.

The First Order Lieutenant looked to her console, “two thousand heavy turbo lasers, two thousand standard turbo lasers, two hundred assault concussion missile tubes, three hundred ion cannons, five hundred point defence laser cannons, forty tractor beam emitters, fifteen torpedo launchers” she listed. She looked to General Pryde, “we’re outgunned, sir” she announced.

"Defensive systems?" General Pryde asked hesitantly.

The First Order Lieutenant looked to her console and tapped a few buttons, "Advanced Primary, secondary, and tertiary shields. Plus a full auto-repair system," she listed before looking to him.

General Pryde looked back to the Viscount class Star Defender trying to hide his worry. There is no way we can defeat that thing. General Pryde glanced around at his crew still keeping the face of a brave leader in the face of this danger, though he knew there was possibly no way of winning. We can't afford to lose this Resurgent class. He looked back to the Viscount as he kept the worry and fear bottled up, but he knew there was no way to win. That ship was a dreadnaught, the Resurgent class was a battleship and was dwarfed in comparison. engagement would end in quite obvious destruction.

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General Pryde looked at the Viscount through the bridge window, “General orders?” A First Order major asked.

General Pryde let out a sigh, “full retreat, we must rendezvous with the rest of our main fleet” he responded.

The Major looked at him, “but sir what about the forces on the planet?” He asked,

General Pryde glared at him, “there is nothing we can do Major, full retreat” he replied.

The Major nodded before looking to another First Order officer, “full retreat get us out of here” he ordered.

The first Order officer nodded before looking to his console. The whole bridge shuddered, “what’s happening?” He asked.

The First Order officer checked his console, “they have us caught in their tractor beams sir. Three of them all latched on, we’re not moving sir” he said.

General Pryde looked to the Viscount concerned.

.   .   .

On the bridge of the Viscount Luke Skywalker stood with Jyn next to him. One of the New Republic officers looked to them, “sir, ma’am we have the Resurgent latched in our tractor beams” he said.

Jyn looked to him, “how is the ship running?” She asked.

“Like a dream, she’s handling very well” he responded.

Luke nodded before clearing his throat, “now let’s save this planet.” he announced, "Is Trinity online?" he asked.

The New Republic officer nodded to confirm, "Yes sir, we're still calibrating her voice so she can't speak yet. However she can still do all her other functions such as weapon control and controlling the auto-repair system, not that we'll need the auto-repair," he answered.

Luke nodded before looking up, "Trinity, focus fire on the Resurgent class Star Destroyer. Use the Ion cannons to open a whole in its shields then fire a torpedo into that spot. Can you also control the point-defense, 50% of the turbo lasers, and 12% of the concussion missiles," he commanded.

Several Binary beeps and boops similar to that of an astromech respond to Luke's request.

Jyn smirked as she looked to Luke, "Whoever chose to create Trinity deserves a raise, wouldn't you say Luke?" she said with a cheeky wink to her husband as she nudged his arm.

Luke glanced to his wife, "Jyn. I not giving you a raise for suggesting to Leia that a hyper intelligent AI integrated into the Viscount would be a brilliant tactical advantage," he replied. He looked to another New Republic officers, "Put all other weapons on manual control and have them target the rest of the First Order fleet. If you require Ion cannons request Trinity target that ship," he commanded.

The New Republic officer nodded, “On it, sir” he obayed before going to carry out the order.

Jyn looked to Wedge, “Wedge send word through to Poe and the others in the hanger, tell them to launch” she ordered,

Wedge gave a nod, “Right away Jyn” he responded. Wedge instantly activated his comm, “Come in all flight wings, this is flight chief marshal Wedge Antilles. All units go” he ordered.

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Poe sat in his cockpit and gave a nod, “Wedge this is wing commander Dameron, we copy” he responded, “Alright all flight units let’s move out,” he ordered. BB-8 let out a beep.

Several squadrons of T70 X-wings, T85 X-wings, A-wing mark 2s, E-wings, Y-wings, B-wings, plus four of the MG-100 star fortresses all deployed and began to move in to attack.

As they did the Viscount fired an Ion shot followed by a Torpedo. The Ion shot hit making a hole in the shields, the torpedo then hit and caused an explosion. The Viscount continued to fire more shots all getting hits.

The rest of the First Order fleet moved to protect the Resurgent class. Instantly the Viscount and other New Republic ships began to fire. The Viscount and two Starhawk IIs fired Ion shots at one of the Victory IIIs instantly disabling it before the Viscount fired a volley of turbo lasers and concussion missiles at the Victory III destroying it.

The New Republic fighters instantly flew in and began to engage the First Order star fighters. As they did another New Republic fleet consisting of an MC85 escorted by two MC80s, four Nebulon Bs and Cs. And eight CR90 corvettes emerged. Followed by two fleets of the same ships. They all began to engage the First Order fleet vaporizing a Carrack class followed by a Vigil class corvette.

One of the Lancer class tried shoot at the New Republic fighters though soon was hit by ion torpedoes fired from two Y-wings. Following that one of the T85 X-wings flew in and shot out the bridge finishing with two torpedoes. The X-wing performed a barrel roll as it shot out two of the lasers, before breaking off as the Lancer exploded.

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Poe looked as the Lancer exploded and turned on his comm, “Nice work Zay well done, your parents would be proud of you” he said.

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Zay sat in her X-wing as she adjusted an instrument, she smirked at the comment as she gave a nod, “thanks commander” she replied.

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Zay flew her X-wing over the Resurgent class shooting down two Tie-fighters. Poe flew in with his X-wing and shot down another before the two of them regrouped with their squad.

As they did two Nebulon-Bs and a Nebulon-C fired upon a Nebulon-K. Soon turning it to space dust. The Viscount took down another Star Destroyer before concentrating its fire onto the Resurgent class. Hitting it with a barrage of turbo lasers, concussion missiles, and torpedoes. All hitting where the Ion cannon opened a hole in the shields.

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On board the Resurgent class the alarm blared as the lights turned to red. Sparks flew as the ship rocked, General Pryde grabbing hold of the console in front of him. He looked forward, “damage report?” He asked.

One of the First Order crew members looked to his console, “they’re using their ion cannons to make a hole in our shields. We may as well be fighting with them down. Hull integrity is at 86%, Shields are at 83%” he Responded.

General Pryde looked to the Viscount, “we can’t hold against that ship. We got to get out of the tractor beams” he spat.

The First Order officer looked to him, “even if we got out of them, we can’t do anything because they’ve disabled the hyperdrive” he responded. The ship ricked from another volley and an explosion erupted on the bridge, “we got a hull breach on deck 2, deck 4 sections five, six and nine are losing life support, deck 3 section four has lost power” he explained.

General Pryde let out a sigh, “evacuate those sections, concentrate fire on that New Republic dreadnaught” he ordered.

Another First Order officer looked to him, “sir our weapons are no match against those shields” he replied.

The First Order officer looked up, “General engines are beginning to fail” he yelled.

General Pryde looked to him, “don’t lose engines or we’ll be done for,” he responded.

The ship rocked again from another hit, "Shields are at 75%, Hull integrity at is at 80%, Deck 5 section three is losing oxygen. I've never seen targeting like this before it's near perfect," The First Order officer stated.

"Why are they using to target us? Droids?" General Pryde asked.

The First Order officer looked to him, "Negative sir, droids are good but they're not this good. They must have a built in AI system, but far beyond any I've seen. It has near human level intelligence," he responded.

General Pryde looked to the Viscount as his eyes widened in both shock and awe, "What has the Republic created?" he shuddered, "We need to fix up that hyperdrive and break that tractor beam before getting the hell out  of here,"  he stated. He looked to the crew, "Have our forces try and cover us from their fire!" he ordered as he looked back to the Viscount, the worry continuing to creep up inside him.

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On board the Viscount. Luke and Jyn analyzed the battle going on, “we need to get the fortress bombers on that Resurgent class” Jyn stated.

Luke nodded, “commander, order E-wings to escort the MG-100s to position over the Resurgent class” he ordered.

“On it, sir” a New Republic commander called back.

"Trinity, keep target on that Resurgent class," Luke ordered.

The beeping and booping of binary returned though soon switched to a feminine voice with a slight Coruscant accent, "I'll continue focus fire on the Resurgent class and attempt to take their down their engines," the voice said.

"Looks like her voice is calibrated," One of the New Republic officers called with a smile.

"Yes and I will say that the vocal choice you given me is adequate and good enough for the functions I'm required to partake in," Trinity proclaimed.

Luke smiled, "Glad to have you aboard Trinity," he said.

"Thank you General," Trinity responded, for a moment Trinity goes silent, "We have three Tie-squads moving in to attempt to engage us. Switching point defense to counter," she stated.

Luke nodded before getting back to assisting Jyn in commanding the much larger battle going on, leaving Trinity to continue her standard duties of defending the ship and focusing attention on the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer. 

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The four MG-100 Star fortresses flew toward the Resurgent class. Escorted several E-wing squadrons which easily decimated any Ties that attempted to get to close.

Once the Star Fortresses were in position they opened their lower bays and dropped their bomb loads hitting the Resurgent class with them before breaking off.

As that happened, Poe flew in with his X-wing and shot out three of the starboard side guns. BB-8 ducking with each explosion as Poe flew through them. Poe quickly broke off and jolted his X-wing up to shoot down another Tie fighter.

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Inside the cockpit of the X-wing Poe flew in to engage another Tie-fighter shooting it down before hearing his commlink go off, "Poe, this is General Jyn Skywalker. How is it looking out there?" Jyn's voice spoke through it.

Poe smiled, "Nothing but the rain out here General. The Resurgent is taking heavy damage, I don't think it's going to last much longer," he answered.

"Copy that commander. Keep up the work," Jyn's voice replied.

Poe nodded before adjusting one of his instruments and moving in to engage another Tie fighter.

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Poe flew in his X-wing and took out another Tie-fighter before doing a barrel roll into taking down another and finally doing an up and over loop before flying down and taking out a Tie-Interceptor that was chasing a Y-wing before he flew in and grouped up with his squadron and they flew against a lancer-class shooting at it and soon taking it down with two photon torpedo shots. 

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On board the Resurgent class more sparks and explosions erupted on the bridge. One of the First Order officers looked to his monitor, “we’ve lost our shields, hull integrity down to 64%” he said.

General Pryde looked through the window, watching as the shots tore through the hull. Another First Order officer looked up, “we’ve lost engines, weapons are down to 52% and failing” she yelled.

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One of the Imperial IIs was hit with several Ion cannon shots. Instantly one of the Starhawk IIs used its tractor beam to crash the Imperial-II class Star Destroyer into the Resurgent class. Taking off a large section of the Resurgent’s upper hull plating.

An X-wing shot down a Tie fighter that crashed into the hull of the Resurgent. More explosions erupted across the ship as the New Republic pushed their attack. Two MC85s taking down a Modular task force cruiser.

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On the bridge General Pryde looked through the window. Watching the First order fleet get torn apart, “General what are your orders?” The Major asked.

General Pryde held his head high, “Abandon ship Major, order the fleet to retreat” he commanded. The Major nodded before sounding the alarm to abandon ship. General Pryde let out a sigh, “I thought we couldn’t lose” he said before turning and evacuating the bridge.

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First Order transports left the Resurgent class aa it exploded. Flying over to one of the Imperial Star Destroy, once they were gone the remaining First Order ships turned and jumped to hyperspace. Not before another Lancer got destroyed though.

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On the bridge of the Viscount Luke and Jyn watched as the First Order fleet retreated and both smiled. Luke looked to one of the officers, “have fighters assist the ground air forces, and inform Cade that he and the ground reinforcements can deploy” he commanded.

The New Republic officer nodded, “right away General” he said before walking away.

Jyn looked to her husband and smiled, “let’s turn this tide” she said. Luke looked to her and gave a nod of agreement.

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The X-wings, A-wings, and E-wings all flew down towards the planet. As they did U-wings and landing barges deployed from the Viscount. Other U-wings flew from the other New Republic ships as GR-80 transports emerged from hyperspace and headed down too.

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The First Order soldiers on the ground continued their push against the New Republic forces, slowly taking more ground as they did. Jane, Ben, Chewy, and Finn continued to defend the forward command center with the assistance of the New Republic soldiers Finn using Luke's old lightsaber to deflect the laser shots almost as effectively as Jane and Ben. Ben looked to Finn and gave a smirk, "your pretty good with that, I'm almost starting to think your force sensitive" he said.

Finn glanced to Ben, "really?" he asked. Ben gave a nod with a smile, Finn smiled back and gave a nod before continuing to block the blaster bolts flying in.

At that moment one of the New Republic soldiers pointed, "look!" he yelled. Everyone looked as a squadron of X-wings came down and did a strafing run.

"Looks like the reinforcements have arrived" another New Republic soldier stated to the cheers of everyone.

The X-wings, A-wings, and E-wings flew in and began to engage both ground and in the air, as they did the landing craft all flew to the ground and began to deploy more forces as well as armoured vehicles. One of the U-wings landed at the New Republic base allowing for Cade and Erlina to get off and rush over to assist Jane, Ben, and Finn. Cade ignited his lightsaber and deflected a laser bolt sending it into a Stormtrooper as Erlina ignited hers whilst also summoning her magick sword as they met up, Cade glanced to his sister and cousin, "do not worry, cavalry has arrived" he said with a smile upon his face and a wink.

Ben looked to him and smiled, "glad you made it to the party cousin, I thought you were going to miss it" he called back.

Cade let out a chuckle, "cousin I would never miss out something like this. And hey Dad brought Erlina along to" he responded.

"actually I volunteered" Erlina responded.

Jane glanced to Erlina and smirked, "yeah I can believe that" she replied making Erlina glance at her, "its not like your actually here just because you could not bring yourself to think of me getting all the fun" she added.

Erlina sighed and shook her head before letting out a chuckle, "umm...Sorry to interrupt but we are mid battle here and we talk after?" Finn yelled. The four Jedi nodded before Cade and Ben both rushed into position to assist in the battle.

Cade glanced around for a second, "where's Rey?" he asked.

Jane looked to her brother, "in medical" she responded.

Cade let out a sigh, "do I even want to know?" he asked.

Jane shook her head, "probably not, but it will become obvious when you see her" she replied. Cade nodded before he and Jane continued to deflect the laser shots as more New Republic soldiers came down. Now the First Order were the ones out numbered and getting pushed back, "now's our chance come on" Jane yelled.

Jane, Ben, Erlina, and Cade all quickly rushed out of cover and charged the First Order troopers as they deflected their blaster shots. As soon as they were close enough they began to slice their way through them with speed. Erlina using both her lightsaber and magick sword against the First Order soldiers as they continued to move forward. Finn looked to the New Republic soldiers, "come on!" he yelled, he and the New Republic soldiers began to rally charging at the First Order soldiers and pushing them back.

From behind the First Order lines Ren watched as the New Republic forces charged, he brought his eyes to look at Jane, Ben, Cade, and Erlina. He started at them for a short while before turning around and walking away as he extinguished his lightsaber, as he walked back Cardo joined with him, "what do you command sir?" Cardo asked as he began to follow Ren.

Ren merely glanced at Cardo, "contact the other Knights, tell them to retreat to the Night buzzard. This battle is lost we're getting out of here" he said. Cardo nodded with obedience before going to do so.

The New Republic forces began to continue their push against the First Order forces regaining their territory that had been taken. Another New Republic transport landed and deployed another squadron of troops as well as Jyn who instantly whipped out her blaster before going in to join in the fight. She accompanied the soldiers as they instantly went into battle against the First Order soldiers as they continued to pull back. Slowly they began to break and pull back realising that they were no match against the New Republic now.

Ren and his Knights all met up at the Night Buzzard and quickly boarded before door closed and the ship took off flying up and away from the fight. Two X-wings flew in to attempt to shoot down the Night Buzzard however they were out maneuvered by Kuruk's piloting skills before being shot down by the rear guns of the ship.

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The Night Buzzard flew up into space and away from Hosnian prime before jumping away into hyperspace retreating.

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What was left of the First Order troopers quickly tried to retreat however were either eliminated or captured. Those that did manage to escape to the transports and took off were either gunned down or actually managed to get into atmosphere and jump into hyperspace. Though it was very few with most of the First Order troopers getting taken down or captured, the final few First Order soldiers threw down their weapons and raised their hands, "we surrender, we surrender" they all said as they placed their hands upon their heads allowing the New Republic to surround them, bringing the battle to a swift end.

Jyn made her way over to Jane, Ben, Cade, Finn and Erlina as the New Republic soldiers rounded up the First Order troopers, "you all alright?" she asked with wonder right as another transport landed and Luke disembarked with several other New Republic troopers.

"we're fine Mom don't worry" Jane replied as Luke walked over.

Luke looked to Jane and Ben counting heads, "where's Rey?" he asked.

Jyn looked to Jane and Ben with concern as they both went silent glancing at each other, "she's in medical from what they say" Cade replied.

Jyn instantly looked to Jane and Ben, "what happened, tell me now" she said in a slight panic.

Jane glanced to Ben for a second right as Chewy headed over and let out a soft but mellow roar. Luke looked to Chewy before noticing something else, "what happened to Han?" he asked. Chewy let out a roar of sadness with both Luke and Jyn understanding instantly as they looked to each other with widened eyes.

Jane stepped forward, "Rey is fine" she said with a slight tremble in her words, "Han saved her but..." she added before going silent trying to think of the words.

Jyn stepped forward, "but what happened to Rey. Why is she in medical Jane?" she asked. Still panicking. Jane and Ben both glanced to each other once more before also looking to Finn.

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Jyn and Luke both rushed into the medical room at the New Republic forward command base followed shortly by Jane, Ben, Finn, Cade, Chewy, and Erlina. Jyn looked around until she saw Rey sitting up in one of the beds, the nub were her hand once was in a bandage as she held it close to her chest, "REY" Jyn shouted in shock before running over. Rey looked to her mother as Jyn looked at the state she was in, "Your hand" Jyn said in shock as tears filled her eyes. Rey remained silent but she could feel her mother's sadness and could only feel the same as Jyn went in and pulled her into a tug, Rey returning it with her remaining had.

Luke looked at his wife and younger daughter for a moment before looking to another bed that Chewy walked over to, this one containing the body of Han. He let out a somber sigh as he lowered his head in mourning as Finn walked up next to him, "I'm sorry" he said.

Luke glanced to Finn, "it's not your fault kid" he replied.

Finn gave a nod before looking to the lightsaber in his had. He sighed before handing it to Luke, "here" he said, "I think this belongs to you" he added.

Luke looked to his old lightsaber for a moment before taking it in hand and looking it over, "my dad's old lightsaber" he said, "I haven't seen this thing since Cloud city, where did you find it?" he asked looking to Finn.

Finn let out a sigh, "I was given to me by Maz Kanata, I thought you should have it" he responded.

Luke glanced back to his old lightsaber for another moment before looking to Finn, "thank you" he said, Finn gave a nod before Luke looked to Rey as Jyn proceeded to check the nub where Rey's right hand once was. He let out a sigh as he continued to feel his old lightsaber in his hands.  

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Upon the Palpatine General Pryde walked down the hallway escorted by two First Order Stormtroopers into the main meeting area where General Hux, Ren, Captain Phasma, and Ap'lek all stood waiting. As soon as General Pryde was brought in the four of them looked to him.

Hux stepping forward, "General Pryde your actions have cost the First Order greatly" he spat with anger as he placed his hands behind his back.

"I was only doing my part to restore the Empire. We needed to do a strike at the heart of the Republic in order to show the galaxy that they are weak" General Pryde responded.

Hux held his head high, "instead all you did was the opposite, you've shown the galaxy that the New Republic will retaliate and defend their worlds. And it came at the cost of a Resurgent class Star Destroyer" he spat as he clenched his fist.

General Pryde stepped forward, "I was not expecting the New Republic to have built a Dreadnaught" he stated, "if I had know they had built such a vessel if we monitored them better and had better intel we...".

"Enough!" Hux yelled, "General Pryde you have failed the First Order. And for this failure you are sentenced to death" he stated.

The two Stormtroopers stepped forward and pushed General Pryde to the floor before lowering his head, "what I did was for the Empire" Pryde said.

Hux said nothing and just gave a nod to Ren who then motioned to Ap'leck. Ap'lek stepped forward with his axe he stepped up next to General Pryde before raising it and executing General Pryde on the spot.

General Hux let out a sigh as Ren looked to him, "this Dreadnaught of the Republic is going to cause problems" he stated.

General Hux looked to Ren, "we will think of something Ren, do not worry" he responded before they all left the main meeting room. 

Rey sat in the medical bed as a medical droid did final checks on the new robotic hand she had been given, as it did Jane walked in and watched as she leaned her shoulder against the wall. Rey took a glance to her before glancing to her mechanical hand hidden beneath the artificial skin, the medical droid tested Rey's reflexes by first pricking her fingers making them flinch. The droid finished by doing it to the centre of the palm making Rey flinch her fingers once more.

The medical droid looked to her, "all tests complete" it said in a monotone voice.

Rey nodded before closing the flap to hide the circuitry, once it was closed it completely blended in with her skin. She flexed her hand a bit as she looked at it, continuing to as she got out of the bed.

Rey slipped on her boots before getting up taking another glance at her robotic hand. She wiggled the cybernetic fingers hidden beneath the artificial flesh before flexing her hand again as she walked over to Jane.

Jane smiled as she stepped forward, “looks just like your old hand” she said.

Rey let out a sigh, “looks like it” she responded in a monotone voice, trying hard to hide her misery and disappointment.

On top of that however, she was trying to hide her guilt. She had failed, she had been reckless and now it cost her as she continued to flex her cybernetic hand.

Jane sighed before stepping forward and placing her hand on Rey’s shoulder, “you’ll get use to it, don’t worry” she replied.

Trying her best to get her younger sister to cheer up. Rey looked to her before letting out a sigh and glancing to the floor for a second. Jane patted Rey’s shoulder before motioning for her to follow. The two sisters then left the medical room.

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Jane and Rey both joined up with Ben, Cade, Erlina, Luke, Jyn, Leia, Finn, Poe, Chewy, and several other people who had gathered around as Han was burred with military honours, everyone stood in silence with their heads bowed. Rey trying to fight the tears from entering her eyes as she flexed her robotic hand once again before wiggling the fingers, she let out a sigh as she glanced up as Han's coffin was lowered into its hole.

Jyn looked to her daughter and placed her hand upon her shoulder, "it’s not your fault Rey" she said.

Rey let out a sigh, "it feels like my fault" she responded, "if it wasn't for me being so stupid uncle Han would still be alive" she added.

Jyn let out a sigh as she looked to the whole once more.

Luke looked to Rey before looking to Ben. He tapped him on the side and Ben looked to him, Luke handed Ben his old lightsaber and nodded to Rey.

Ben looked to his young cousin before looking to Luke and giving a nod before going over to Rey, "Rey" he said. Rey looked to him, "here" he added as he handed her Luke's old lightsaber. Rey looked to the lightsaber before taking it, “we know you lost yours in the battle” Ben explained.

Rey looked at her father’s old lightsaber and she turned it in her hands. She looked to Ben shaking her head, “I don’t deserve this” she proclaimed.

Ben sighed, “you may not think you deserve it, but your father believes you do” he responded.

Rey looked to her father’s lightsaber before glancing to Luke. Luke gave her a nod of approval and Rey nodded back, she held Luke’s old Lightsaber in hand as she looked to the whole where Han’s Coffin had been laid.

Her hands trembled as she thought of the legacy that she now held in her hand. It was her father’s old lightsaber, the one that belonged to her grandfather. Now it was hers her tightened her grip around the hilt gently. She took a deep breath and breathed out slowly. She closed her eyes and tilted her head.

Rey let out a sigh until she began to hear something in the back of her head. I small voice getting louder and louder, getting closer and closer. First it was a mumble, the it was a murmur.

Then it became clear as the voice from before, saying the same thing, “We Are Coming”. Repeating over and over in her mind.

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At the New Republic forward Operating Base on D’qar, Luke, Leia, Jyn, Jane, Rey, Ben, Cade, Finn, Poe, and Erlina all enter the control room. They all gathered around the central holotable. Once there Luke looked to them, “right, the First Order are going to be coming. We meed to defend against them” he explained.

Poe looked to him, “with that new Viscount class. This should be easy” he responded.

Luke nodded before looking to them all, “and the Jedi will also be here to help” he explained. Luke glanced to Jane, “Jane. I want you, Erlina, and Rey to return to the temple” he said.

Rey looked to her father stunned, “but what about the war, you’re going to need us out here” she explained.

Jyn looked to Rey, “yes but as of right now you’re grounded until you are ready to fight” she explained. Rey looked to Jyn with shock, “so until Jane has given you a bit more combat training” she added.

Rey looked between her mother and father, “but I can fight, I just made a few mistakes. You’ve just got to give me a chance” she Responded.

Jyn glanced to Luke, Luke glanced back before looking to Rey. Luke let out a sigh, “we know you can fight against Stormtroopers. What we are concerned about is if Ren shows up again” he explained. Hearing that made Rey flex the fingers of her new robotic hand, she quickly grabbed it by the wrist. She glanced to the floor as she began to rub around her wrist, finding the exact point the artificial met the organic. Luke gave a nod, “so as of right now, stay at the temple” he commanded.

Rey let out a sigh as she tilted her head to look away, “alright” she responded.

Leia looked to them all, “we all know what needs to be done. Let’s get to it” she said. Everyone except Rey gave a nod before beginning to leave.

Rey walked out of the control room and leaned her back against the wall. She could not believe she had been grounded whilst her brother and cousin got to do fighting. She let out a sigh as she placed her hand on her forehead only to bring it away. It was her mechanical hand, she gave the fingers a wiggle. After she wiggled her fingers she flexed her hand before feeling it, she rubbed her other hand over the artificial flesh. Though she knew that beneath that it was nothing but circuitry and metal, hidden beneath artificial layers of skin and mussel.

She sighed once more as she lowered her hands to her knees and closed her eyes. She began to try and use the force, try and see where she went wrong. She had to learn from her mistakes, learn as Jane had done so she does not repeat them. She took a deep breath and tried to focus in on the battle. Tried to focus on where she went wrong, she needed to. If she learnt from her mistakes she would be able to do better. She took a deep breath and focused harder. But her thoughts were soon interrupted when she heard those voices again. Chanting those three words over and over again, “we are coming” they chanted.

The chants getting closer by the minute, as she continued to approach. Rey could see in the shadows of her mind that figure approaching, the chanting in the background. As she watched it get closer she noticed it reach one of its skeletal hands to its waist. She noticed it grab something that looked to be a whip before it began to approach her. As it got closer it raised its arm and hand holding the whip. But as it did Rey watched as the whip shaped and stiffened into what seemed to be a long stick or sword. Though when it got closer she noticed that it was not a whip or a sword. It was some type of snake or eel like creature, covered in jointed scales like a type of exoskeleton and coloured orange. The creature let out a snarl as it swung.

Rey shot her eyes open with a gasp and collapsed to the floor, she began to slowly catch her breath as she felt her heart race. She looked to see her mother Jyn looking down at her, “are you alright?” Jyn asked.

Rey took a few deep breaths for a moment as she sat there upon the floor. Trying to process what she had seen, she took the moment to close her eyes for a second but this time saw nothing. She opened them and nodded, “I’m fine” she responded.

Jyn tilted her head and raised an eyebrow, “you sure?” She asked.

Rey shook her head, “no really. I’m fine” she replied.

Jyn nodded before sticking out her hand to help her youngest daughter up. Rey went to grab her mother’s hand only to realise Jyn was reaching with her left. She sighed and hesitated for a moment before using her right hand, her mechanical hand. She grabbed her mother’s gently before being pulled to her feet. Jyn glanced to Rey’s new hand in hers and began to stroke it gently caressing the artificial skin. Rey noted the clear look of sadness within the eyes of her mother, a frown upon Jyn’s lips as she massaged her hand. Rey pulled her hand away freeing it from Jyn’s grasp.

“Mom it’s fine” Rey said as she grabbed the wrist of her artificial hand.

Jyn looked to Rey with a sigh, “sorry it’s just. I always knew that one of you would lose a hand. Your father and grandfather lost theirs” she began, “it’s just I did not want it to be you” she added. Rey remained silent, "you know why your father is doing this right?" Jyn asked.

Rey looked to her mother, "I know. He wants me to have more training before I get back onto the battlefield" she answered. Jyn nodded to confirm, Rey let out a sigh, "look. I made a mistake, I understand that. Perhaps could you speak to dad for a moment, tell him to give me a second chance it won't happen again" she said.

Jyn sighed and shook her head, "you're father isn't going to change his mind Rey. But don't worry this probably won't take to long, just a little bit of combat training. Then when Jane believes your ready, your father will probably let you turn to the battlefield" she explained.

Rey sighed and nodded with understanding as Jane exited the room and looked to her, "come on Rey. We need to get back to the temple" she said. Rey looked to her older sister and gave a nod of understanding. Jane looked to Jyn, "bye mom" she added with a nod.

Jyn smiled and nodded back, "I'll try and get back as soon as I can. You two be careful. And may the Force be with you" she added.

Jane and Rey both nodded before turning around walking down the hallway, as they did Rey glanced to her robotic hand once more and flexed her fingers. Jane looked to her as she did so, "you'll get used to it" she said, "you may actually forget that its mechanical" she joked.

Rey let out a sigh, "I don't think I will. No matter how good prosthetics have gotten over the years, its still never going to be as good as the real thing" she responded. Jane let out a sigh and nodded with understanding as the two of them turned a corner in order to leave the base.

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A New Republic transport flew through hyperspace on root for Ossus. On board Rey sat in silence reading a holonet news report on a tablet. The report was talking about the events that occurred on Hosnian prime and the declaration of war on the First Order. Rey flexed her robotic hand once more as she looked to it. She took a slight glance at her hand for a second right as Jane walked in.

Jane looked to her younger sister before stepping over, “you want to do some meditation?” she asked.

Rey glanced to her older sister for a moment before shaking her head, "no" she responded as she looked to the tablet.

Jane uttered a sigh before folding her arms, “what’s wrong Rey?” She asked.

Rey took and deep breath as she put down the tablet, “it just isn’t fair, Ben and Cade get to fight whilst I’m stuck at the temple training” she replied. Jane went silent as Rey got up and walked over toward the window to look out into the swirling silver blue of hyperspace, she closed her eyes and had a deep breath before turning around and looking at Jane, "I want to fight. I want to prove myself, show that I am worthy of my name" she blurted.

Jane thought for a moment before looking to Rey and let out another sigh, "you'll get your chance, one day you'll prove to mom and dad that you are worth of the name Skywalker" she responded as she walked over to Rey and placed a hand upon her shoulder, "I know you will" Jane uttered.

Rey glanced to the floor for a second as she thought of what she had been told. She brought her attention back to her sister, "when?" she asked.

"When the force decides it" Jane responded, "I can't tell you" she stated.

Rey let out a sigh as she glanced to the floor, "why did a part of me know you where going to say that?" she said before glancing to her sister.

Jane sighed, "I'm just telling you the truth" she answered.

Rey nodded silently before a moment, "its easy for you to say isn't it?" she asked. Jane looked to Rey with a raised eyebrow, "being the shining example" Rey uttered before walking past Jane and back over to the seating area where she had been sitting, "I'm expected to live up to your example" she stated before sitting down with a huff.

Jane went silent as she thought for a moment. She walked over to Rey and sat down next to her, "it took me time to get to that position Rey. A lot of time. I wasn't born the best in the order" she began, Rey looked to her older sister, "I had to face hardship, failures, my own ego and recklessness. I had to face all that and study every single Jedi text, and I had to push myself" she declared. Rey began to ponder as she looked away, "nothing comes easy Rey. The galaxy always wants to challenge you" she uttered as she placed a hand upon Rey's shoulder. Rey took the moment to close her eyes and take a deep breath, she knew Jane was right, "and you want to know something, my failures came from the exact same place as yours" Jane proclaimed making Rey looked to her, "I used to want to live up to the Skywalker name, I used that as my guiding force. Defined myself around that" she continued, "and that is how I suffered a lightsaber strike to my back, and that is what caused me to realize I had become reckless and go into a situation without fully processing it" she explained.

Rey continued to ponder for a moment, she glanced to her robotic hand for a moment and wiggled the fingers before flexing her hand, "I still don't feel use to this thing" she uttered.

Jane let out a chuckle, "don't worry Rey you will get used to it. Trust me" she responded.

Rey thought for a moment as she closed her robotic hand into a fist before opening it and moving her other hand over the artificial flesh for a second. She lowered her hand and closed her eyes before taking a deep breath, "you know what" she said before looking to Jane, "I think I will do some meditation" she announced. Jane smirked before motioning for Rey to follow her, the two sisters got up and headed out of the room they were in.

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Ben and Cade both walked over to a U-wing, "You know I cannot wait to step onto that Viscount class Star Defender" Cade said looking to Ben with a smile upon his face. Ben let out a chuckle as Cade looked forward, "and to be fair after seeing what it did at Hosnian Prime. It is definitely one of our strongest ships" he declared.

Ben glanced to Cade a smirked, "my mother put a lot of work into it. Making sure that it's a ship that will prove a point to anyone who tries to challenge the New Republic" he responded, "and well. The First Order are currently trying to do that. So this ship is going to be doing a lot of work" he announced. Ben smiled and gave a nod of agreement as they walked up onto the U-wing. As soon as they were on board the doors closed and the U-wing took off.

The U-wing flew up into the air and eventually through the upper atmosphere of the D'qar into space. As soon as it was up in space the U-wing began to fly towards the Viscount class Star Defender as it loomed escorted by two MC90s and three Starhawk IIs. The U-wing flew through into the gargantuan hanger of the Viscount where it landed on the upper rack of a three rack U-wing landing area. The doors opened and allowed Ben and Cade to step off of the U-wing. The two of them took the moment to look around and the massive ship hanger seeing a full rack area for the X-wings, A-wings, Y-wings as well as landing areas for the E-wings and B-wings. They could even see an entire area designated to an auto repair area.

The two of them headed down the steps onto the main flight deck of the hanger as they continued to look around seeing not only fighters but area for vehicles where they saw several New Republic heavy tanks waiting to be sent on a mission.

Ben let out a gasp of awe and amazement, "mom has really outdone herself with this" he declared as the two of them walked through the hanger in order to get to the bridge.

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The two of them walk through the doors leading to the hanger and toward the Turbo lifts. Looking around at the Viscount's interior with astonishment at its beauty and practicality, they were so distracted that they almost walked right past the Turbo lifts. Quickly the two of them walked over to one and pressed the button for it. The door slid open and the two of them stepped inside.

The door closed behind them and the two cousins began to look for the control panel, "where in the force is the Turbo lift control?" Cade asked.

At that instant they heard a beep, "Greetings, where would you like to go?" Trinity's voice spoke over the speaker.

Ben and Cade both looked around, "Who's that?" Ben asked.

"I'm Trinity. The Viscount's onboard AI assistant. I handle all the automated features upon this ship and work in conjunction with the crew. I control the ship's auto repair systems, turbo lifts, hyperspace navigation, and if needed ship weapon systems able to control," Trinity explained.

Cade chuckled, "So your what man had been cooking," he said.

Trinity went silent for a moment, "I don't understand your meaning behind General Jyn Erso Skywalker cooking me, I am not a Tauntaun stake or a food meant for cooking," she replied. Trinity went silent again for a moment, "Or were you speaking metaphorically using cooking as a placement for creating me because if you mean that then technically yes even though she didn't really help with my development about coming up with the general idea, she didn't actually do any of my programming," she stated.

Cade glanced to Ben before looking up again, "I was speaking metaphorically," he responded.

"Forgive me then, I am sorry that I did not truly understand the metaphor," Trinity said, "I am still...calibrating my systems, I've only existed for like...a day. So it is understandable that I'll not yet fully understand organic meanings even though I've been programmed with 76% of galactic dictionaries, the information is still processing," she explained, "Anyway enough of that. Where would you like to go?" 

Ben and Cade looked to each other before nodding, "alright Trinity. Can you take us to deck one, then to the bridge?" Cade asked.

"On it commander. Though I can’t take you to the bridge, you’ll have to use transit or walk" Trinity responded.

Cade gave a nod, "Got it Trinity," he said.

"Anyway taking you to deck one," Trinity responded before the Turbo lift began to move up toward deck one.

Ben put on a smirk as Cade looked to her, "Well she seems pretty nice" Cade complimented.

Ben nodded in agreement as the two of them continued to wait for the lift to move up.

“Thank you,” Trinity said over the speaker, “Your compliment is much appreciated.”

Cade smiled, “Your welcome,” he replied.

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The turbo life arrived at deck one and the door slid open. Cade and Ben both stepped out, "Thanks Trinity" Ben called.

"your welcome Master Jedi" Trinity responded as Ben and Cade continued to walk down the hallway.

The two of them walked through the ship until they found the built in transportation system. A repulsor monorail train that seemed to travel from the bow to the stern of the ship. Ben and Cade both boarded the one in bound for the bridge and took some seat before the repulsor train began to move. Ben and Cade both waited as the train had to stop to allow people to get on and off. Though soon it arrived at the command section of the Viscount where Cade and Ben both headed off of the train before heading toward the bridge.

As soon as the two of them found the bridge door the two of them entered into the massive room that was the bridge. They took the moment to look around the bridge in astonishment. They walked over to the main central area of the bridge where admiral Hawk stood. He looked to the two of them as they approached, “ah good you’re here” he said.

Cade stepped forward and folded his arms, “dad said you wanted to speak to us” he replied, “what do you need?” He questioned.

Admiral Hawk cleared his throat, “we got a mission that needs some Jedi touch” he stated. Cade and Ben both nodded with understanding, “there is a First Order outpost close to New Republic space. We need it dealt with” he explained.

Ben folded his arms, "where is it?" he wondered.

"Northern region of the galaxy. West of Dantooine" Admiral Hawk explained, "I would suggest that you meet up with our forces at the Dantooine base" he added.

Cade put on a smile, "don't worry Admiral, we'll head there right away" he responded with a nod before looking to Ben, "lets go Ben" he said giving him a jab of the shoulder. Ben glanced to him and gave a nod before they both turned around and headed for the door.

As they left Admiral Hawk turned back around, "Trinity what is the report of the rest of the Galaxy?" he questioned.

"New Republic forces are mobilizing a defensive line along the New Republic-First Order boarder, First Order forces are gathering ready for an assault" Trinity began.

Admiral Hawk gave a nod, "how long will it take before we get the second Viscount built?" he questioned.

"Following the successful shakedown of this vessel. More resources are being diverted to build more, by my estimation the next Viscount will be ready within the next four rotations and we'll have four of these ready by the end of this year" Trinity explained.

Admiral Hawk smiled and gave a nod, "thank you Trinity, that is all" he responded before walking over to the rest of the crew.

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Over in the Viscount's hanger. Ben and Cade walked in and began to head for the U-wings. As they did they ran into Finn and Poe, the two of them looked to Ben and Cade before giving a nod, "hello you two" Ben said.

"How's Rey?" Finn questioned.

"She'll be alright Finn, don't worry" Cade answered.

"well she'll be alright when she gets used to the new hand and improves her lightsaber skills" Ben stated with a smirk.

"Ben" Cade yelled.

"But it is true Cade. Look I regret what happened to Rey but she is young and has to deal with her recklessness" Ben responded.

"I'm sure Jane will be able to teach her to deal with her recklessness" Cade replied, "remember Jane herself was quite reckless when she was younger before she became Dad's star pupil" he explained.

"Well then lets hope that Jane can help Rey get over hers then" Ben stated.

"She will don't worry, trust in the force Ben" Cade responded. Ben gave a nod as Cade looked to Finn and Poe, "anyway me and Ben are heading on a mission. Do you two want to come?" he asked.

"I'll give me something to do" Finn responded.

"I'll help as well" Poe said. Cade and Ben both gave a nod before they headed for the U-wing in order to head for Dantooin and the New Republic base there.

As they walked Ben looked to Poe and Finn, "have you two met Trinity yet?" he questioned.

"Is she the voice that keeps talking in the elevator and around this ship?" Finn asked.

"yeah that's her" Cade answered.

"yeah we've met her" Poe responded, "she's cool, fun to talk to as well before coming here I had an entire conversation with her about the Clone Wars. She can even make the boring parts sound interesting" he said.

"thank you" Trinity replied with a happy sounding mood at the compliment.

Poe slightly jumped at Trinity suddenly jumping in, "that is her one problem she can come out of nowhere" he explained.

"Sorry commander I did not mean to startle you. I just wanted to say thank you for the compliment" Trinity responded.

"well your welcome" Poe replied.

"thank you" Trinity said.

"Well either way she'll probably be a big help. Especially on a ship of this scale and size, of course there would need to be some automation. I'm just amazed it took this long before someone decided to put an actual sentient AI into a ship. At least one on Trinity's level" Poe explained looking to Finn, Ben, and Cade.

"Not even the First Order have something on Trinity's level" Finn announced.

Cade looked to Finn and Poe, "either way I'm glad to have her. She'll be very useful, and if we're going to have more of them on her scale in the other Viscounts then these ships are going to be powerful" he explained, "either way we need to get onto this mission" he added. Ben, Finn, and Poe all nodded before they walked up the steps onto the rack that contained a U-wing and entered one.

They all took their spots as the U-wing pilot and co-pilot took up their position before taking off flying out of the hanger and heading toward a jump point before initiating a hyperspace jump heading for Dantooine.

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Over at Ossus Rey sat in her quarters looking at her robotic hand. She held it by the wrist as she continued to wiggle and flex the fingers, she closed her hand into a fist before using her other hand to feel the artificial flesh that covered the metal and circuitry protecting it from the elements. She got up and walked over to her connected bathroom before entering. Walking over to the sink she turned it on and filled the bowl with water before turning off the tap. Slowly she lowered her robotic hand into the water fully submerging it before bringing it out and looking to it as the water dripped off some of it hitting the cloth wrapping around her arm, she wiggled her fingers testing to see if the hand still worked before giving them a flex. It still worked, there was no water damage. Rey did not know why she had chosen to test her robotic hand against the water to see if it could get damaged, considering the fact that water damage to technology was sorted out thousands of years ago before even the days of the Old Republic.

Rey shook some of the water off of her hand before using a towel to wipe off the rest and headed out of her quarters. As she did she heard someone knock at the door, she looked to it and uttered a sigh, "come in" she called. The door opened and Jane walked in, Rey gave her older sister a nod, "Jane. Is it time for more training?" she questioned.

Jane gave a nod, "it is Rey. Come on" she responded. Rey gave a nod of understanding before walking over to her boots and stepping into them, using her hand to pull up the back of her right one. Once done she walked over to her sister and left her quarters before following Jane down the hallway, "Ben and Cade are on their way to Dantooine. They're going to be dealing with a First Order outpost close to the New Republic boarder" she explained.

Rey nodded with understanding, "I wish I could be there with them, actually helping" she responded with a slight undertone of annoyance.

Jane looked to her younger sister, "don't worry Rey, in time you'll be back out there. But right now mom wants you to do some more training until your ready" she said.

"But I am ready. I made a mistake, I was to quick to act it wasn't my fault" Rey replied stopping in the middle of the hallway. Jane looked to her, "it won't happen again" Rey promised.

Jane uttered a sigh, "you won't make that same mistake because I'm going to be training you in order you don't" she explained. Rey glanced to the floor, "look Rey. I know how you feel, you want to live up to the legacy of dad and Granddad. I was like that when I was your age, but I realized that living up to a legacy isn't something that comes straight away. It comes when the time is right" Jane said. Rey looked to her older sister, "give it time and you'll be able to live up to dad's legacy" Jane stated.

Rey though for a moment before taking a deep breath, "ok" she responded before walking on. Jane watched as Rey went past before beginning to follow her.

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As the two of them headed to the main building Jane looked to Erlina speaking with Merrin. The two of them looked to Jane and Rey as they went and walked over, "hello you two" Merrin said before looking to Rey, "how is your hand?" she questioned.

Rey flexed her artificial hand, "its...ok" she responded.

Erlina folded her arms, "you know I always thought Jane would be the one to lose her hand" she said nodding to Jane, "but no, instead she got her back sliced" she added.

"It was still painful Erlina" Jane explained, "and remember how long I was bed ridden with mom think I was paralyzed. Hell I thought I was going to be paralyzed and never walk again without assistance" she added.

Erlina let out a chuckle, "well your not. That is lucky" she responded, "it could have been worse" she proclaimed.

"Yes I know it could have been worse. But it was still painful" Jane replied.

"Anyway are you two going to do some training?" Marrin questioned.

Jane gave a nod to confirm with Rey giving a more reluctant nod, "I do wish I was out there though, on the war front. Helping out against the First Order" Rey spoke up.

"In time Rey" Jane responded glancing to her sister.

"To be fair I want to be out there. But I'm not, I'm stuck here and Dad took Kata out for a mission" Erlina said as she placed a hand upon her hip.

Merrin looked to her daughter, "your father can't take you on all the missions" she explained.

"yeah mom, I know. But it is more fun than being here" Erlina responded.

Rey sighed, "but that is different to my situation. You its because your father took your sister instead of you. For me its because my mom and dad have practically grounded me because I lost my hand" she replied.

Erlina looked to Rey, "look I know the reason for me being here is not the same as the reason for you. But I still understand how you want to be out there helping people. But there are more way of helping than fighting, we are peace keepers and well. Who knows your mom and dad may let you go out to deal with minor things going on" she explained.

Rey uttered another sigh, "when you say that it means they'll most likely put me on dealing with disputes and negotiations" she said as she folded her arms.

"Someone has got to do it" Jane responded, "look I know its boring but Dad took me to an inspection of the Viscount and there was nothing interesting there" she added. Rey let out a sigh, "anyway we need to get going" Jane said before looking to Erlina, "I'll talk to you later".

"See you around Jane" Erline responded before looking to Rey, "hang on is it ok. If before you go I talk to Rey about something?" she asked. Jane gave a nod before Erlina motioned for Rey to follow. Rey gave a nod before the two of them headed somewhere to talk. Rey looked to Erline with curiosity, "look. I know why your troubled. Your disappointed because you failed and you want to have a go at a second chance" she explained.

Rey sighed, "yeah. I mean I know my mistake now if they let me. I could do better" she responded.

Erlina looked to Rey, "look. Everyone fails at things Rey" she said, "you may be surprised to know but my father and mother went to Dathomir and my father had to partake in a trial. It was a Dathomirian tradition for mating. Back when the Nightsisters were a thing, one would have the Nightbrothers partake in a trial, the winner would mate with them" she began to explain.

Rey looked to Erlina with wonder, "what does this have to do with anything?" she questioned.

Erlina glanced to Rey, "well. My father had to compete in this trial against the Nightbrothers with the reward being my mother. It was actually this trial which was the reason for that mission, the winner would proceed to mate with my mother" she explained.

Rey folded her arms, "considering that you were born I take it your father won" she responded.

Erlina smirked, "actually this may shock you but he didn't. It was a Nightbrother who won, he won and got to mate with my mother. I was conceived on the Stinger Mantis in two ABY. nine years after this trial took place" she said.

Rey looked to Erlina in disbelief, "you’re making that up" she replied.

Erlina shook her head, "I'm not. It actually did happen, in fact I'm actually my mother's second child. Her first was the Son conceived with the Nightbrother following that trial" she explained.

Rey shook her head, "no your making that up. There is no way that is true" she responded.

Erlina smirked and let out a chuckle, "believe what you want to believe Rey. But that did happen and I do have a half brother on Dathomir" she replied, "but that just goes to show. Even if you think your the only one here who has failed something. My failed at that" she explained. Rey thought for a moment, "then there is also your sister who well. You know, got her back sliced. Your not the only one who has had to suffer a failure" Erlina explained, "now speaking of your sister, you should not keep her waiting" she added.

Rey gave a nod, "I still don't believe that story, there is no way that actually happened. Because I have heard of Nightbrother trials and they are to the death, your dad is still alive" she responded.

"The trials are to death or until a yield, or of course until the opponent is disarmed. Then its up to the victory if they spare them, that Nightbrother chose to spare my father out of respect" Erlina replied, "now go on hurry" she said.

Rey gave another nod before turning around and heading back over to Jane and Merrin as Erlina followed behind her. Once back Rey went off with Jane toward the main temple building in order to get in some training.   

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The U-wing exited hyperspace above the planet of Dantooin. A Starhawk II hung in orbit with a fleet of New Republic ships. The U-wing flew past and down towards the planet. It entered the atmosphere and began to fly down towards the New Republic base.

The Dantooin base had been built around the remains of an old Jedi outpost that predated the High Republic era during the Old Republic. This one had been a major player in old Jedi-Sith war, it was abandoned some point during the late High Republic era. Around the same time most of the other Jedi outposts were abandoned. This new base had been established during the  Thrawn and Imperial Remnant crisis in 9 ABY. It had been operating ever since as one of the many New Republic forward operating bases.

The U-wing landed at the primary landing bay and allowed Cade, Ben, Poe, and Finn to exit. The four of them stepped off and Finn took a look around, “how many of these bases do you have?” He questioned.

Poe looked to him, “well including this one and D’qar about 46 forward command bases” he responded.

Finn nodded with understanding as he looked around. At that moment they heard a voice call to them, “hey, over here” it said.

The four of them looked to see Iden Versio walking over to them. Cade stepped forward and gave a nod, “major. It’s been some time” he responded.

Iden looked to Cade, “your father us you were coming. I decided to come and meet you” she said, “I served under your father near the end of the Galactic Civil War” she explained. Cade smiled and nodded, “come, Del is inside” she announced. Cade, Ben, Finn, and Poe all cave a nod before beginning to walk. As they did Iden looked to Poe, “so how was Zay? I know she’s been eager to actually do some fighting” she said.

Poe smiled, “she’s a good pilot. Not as good as me but she’s still good” he responded, “give her enough time she’ll be in Rogue squadron before the end of the week. Or maybe even Pink squadron if she’s lucky” he added.

Iden let out a chuckle, “I would say Rogue Squadron is the harder one to get into” she replied. Poe just gave a nod as they all began to enter the base.

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Once inside they headed for the main command centre where Iden’s husband Del Meeko was waiting. He had grown a slight beard over the years. But all it did was make him look more like a seasoned soldier. Del looked to them before walking over, “you know when General Talia asked for some help. I doubt she was expecting Jedi” he said.

Ben chuckled, “well that is the trick with us” he responded.

Cade stepped up next to his cousin, “to be unexpected” he announced.

Del gave a nod before looking to Poe, “Commander, how is our…”

“I already asked” Iden said cutting Del off, “she’s doing fine” she added.

Del nodded before looking to Finn, “and I take it your Finn, the new guy” he said.

Finn gave a nod, “yes sir” he responded.

Del looked to Ben, Cade, Finn, and Poe, “General Talia is going to want to speak to all of you. You better not keep her waiting” he said.

Cade gave a nod, “Hawk already told us about the mission. Something to do with a First Order outpost” he responded.

Iden looked to him, “yes but General Talia is going to give you the full briefing” she proclaimed. Cade gave a nod before they all went to see General Talia.

General Talia was over by the holotable at the far side of the commander centre. She was a younger officer only being in 4ABY shortly before the battle of Endor. Child of a love affair between the daughter of an imperial officer and a Rebel soldier. She was originally raised by her father as her mother was married to the son of an Imperial Admiral. Though they were reunited after the collapse of the Empire.

General Talia had the silk brown hair of her mother and the soft green eyes of her father. Her skin was a slightly tanned colour of the same tone as Iden’s. She turned around to look at Iden, Del, Ben, Cade, Finn, and Poe who all gave her a salute. General Talia saluted back as she brought her eyes to Cade, “Cade Skywalker, glad to see you. You look a lot like your mother” she said. Her voice soft and not what someone would expect from a General.

Cade smirked at the comment, “actually I look more like my dad. My Sister Jane is the one who looks like mom” he responded.

General Talia gave a nod, “you know. Your mother was my mentor, she taught me a lot about being a General” she announced. Cade gave a nod of understanding, “how is Jane anyway? Where is she” General Talia asked.

“She’s training Rey on Ossus” Cade responded.

General Talia nodded with a smile, “and how is Rey? last time I saw her was at the New Republic fair back when she was thirteen” she asked.

Cade sighed, “well. She’s just recently got her hand cut off. And she lost her lightsaber. But now she has dad’s old one” he responded.

General Talia uttered a sigh, "oh I'm sorry" she replied, "is she alright now?" she wondered.

Cade gave a nod, "she should be. She's got a robotic hand now and like I said. She has Dad's old lightsaber now" he answered.

General Talia, "gosh thinking about the New Republic fair brings back a lot. I do also have to say Jane looked beautiful in that dress, where did she get it? Because I'm pretty sure it was from Naboo" she said.

Cade smiled, "it was. It was one of our grandmother's old ones. Our aunty gave it to her, she said it would look nice on her especially for that gala" he replied, "anyway enough about that. We have a mission to do General" he said.

"yes, yes of course" General Talia responded, "Let me give you the debrief" she said. Cade, Ben, Iden, Del, Finn, and Poe all gave a nod as they got ready to hear about the mission.

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General Talia walked around back of the holotable before pressing a button to show a hologram of a First Order outpost. Cade, Ben, Iden, Del, Finn, and Poe all looked to it before looking to General Talia with Talia looking back to them, "this is the First Order outpost located on a moon two systems away from this one, about three parsecs away" she explained. Cade, Ben, Iden, Del, Finn, and Poe all gave a nod of understanding, "in orbit above the planet is a single old Imperial II class star destroyer guarded by two Victory IIIs. The outpost itself is protected by a shield that our weapons cannot penetrate. Which means that even though we have the firepower to get through the fleet. That outpost will be able to outlast a siege" General Talia continued.

Cade leaned his hands on the holotable, "so I take it you want us to head down and disable the shield?" he questioned.

General Talia gave a nod, "yes. Once its disabled we want you to activate a beacon then we'll send in our fleet to destroy the First Order fleet. We'll then send down some soldiers to occupy the outpost and hold it" she responded.

Ben thought for a moment, "how do we get past the First Order fleet?" he wondered.

"we have a black-ops U-wing prepared. Your probably full well aware of how black-ops U-wings work with their radar jamming and advanced stealth tech, it'll allow you to pass the First Order fleet without being noticed" General Talia explained, "you'll have to land on the outskirts of the outpost then walk towards it" she added.

Iden looked to the hologram of the First Order outpost, "how exactly do we get it?" she questioned.

General Talia tapped a few buttons and the hologram raised slightly before revealing a sprawling complex of tunnels leading into the centre of the outpost, "this complex of tunnels all like the the base's primary coolant tunnel for their main reactor. One of these tunnels" she explained as she tapped a button turning one of the longer tunnels red, "leads to just outside of the shield. We need you to find the entrance into this tunnel then follow it up toward the central coolant shaft then climb into the base" she continued.

Ben folded his arm as he looked to the other, "shouldn't be too hard. Heading up a simple tunnel and climbing up a coolant tunnel into an outpost" he said before looking to Cade, "I'm sure your mother has done something like this during the last war" he added.

Cade smirked and looked to Ben, "my mother may have been part of the Rebel special forces during the galactic civil war. But she has never done something like this" he responded before looking to Iden and Del, "though you two must have done many missions like this. Both whilst part of the Empire and part of the New Republic in the latter days of the Galactic civil war" he proclaimed.

Iden looked to him and put on a smirk, "we have actually" she responded before bringing her attention to General Talia, "there are most likely going to be sensors in the tunnels and the coolant tunnel. We'll have to avoid them" she explained.

General Talia gave a nod, "since you and Del are skilled in this type of situation. I'd like you to accompany Ben and Cade on this mission" she said before looking to Finn, "new guy. I've heard you used to be part of the First Order. A Stormtrooper, I'd like you to go with them as well" she added. Finn gave a nod of understanding as General Talia brought her attention to Poe, "Captain I want you to accompany the fleet and lead our fighter squadrons" she commanded.

Poe gave a nod, "I'll do it General" he responded.

General Talia nodded before looking to them all, "right. That is all. Good luck and may the force be with you all" she said.

Cade, Ben, Iden, Del, Finn, and Poe all gave a nod before they turned around and began to walk away. As they did Iden glanced to Del, "you should inform Shriv. We'll want to bring him on this mission" she said.

"you got it Iden" Del responded before splitting from the rest of them.

Cade let out a sigh as he stretched, "shame. Jane is going to be missing out on this" he announced as he looked to Ben with a smirk.

Ben chuckled as he looked back to Cade, "she's training Rey. So that she doesn't wind up in the same position she was in at Hosnian Prime" he explained. Cade gave a nod of understanding as they continued to walk.

Finn looked to Poe, "well I guess I can only wish you good luck" he said.

Poe brought his attention to Finn and smiled before giving a nod, "good luck Finn. May the force be with you" he responded. Finn gave another nod before he and Poe split and went their separate ways with Finn following Cade, Ben, and Iden.

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After a short bit of waiting outside the Black-ops U-wing Del arrived with Shriv. Shriv looked to Cade and Ben, "ah hello you two. Cade my have you grown" he said.

Cade smiled and gave a nod, "thank you Shriv. How long has it been since we last saw each other?" he wondered.

"I think the last time I saw you was the New Republic fair twelve years ago" Shriv responded. Cade smiled and gave a nod, "I didn't actually encounter you at the others ones but I did encounter your sister at that one six years ago" Shriv added, "it was actually kind of hard to not to notice Jane in that dress she was wearing" he added.

Cade let out a chuckle, "it was one of our grandmother's dresses and since our grandmother was the senator of Naboo during the Clone wars of course she had quite a few stunning dresses" he explained.

"To be truthful I did not even recognize her in that dress. The only reason I knew it was her was because she had her lightsaber concealed beneath the skirt" Ben stated glancing to Cade. Cade looked to his cousin and gave a nod of understanding before motioning for them to get onto the Black-ops U-wing. Once they were all on board the U-wing began to take off and fly up into the atmosphere.

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Flying away from Dantooin the Black-Ops U-wing jumped into hyperspace toward the moon where the First Order outpost was located.

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Jane walked down the hallway toward her personal quarters at the Jedi temple. She had spent most of the day doing mediation with Rey and trying to strengthen Rey's connection to the Force, she arrived at the door to her quarters and she opened it before stepping in.

Jane's quarters was quite modest as was Cade's and Rey's own room, it was not as modest as her parent's room but it was good enough. To one side of the room across from her bed was three shelving units which contained her collection of precious stones, rocks, and crystals that she had collected over the years and all came from across the whole galaxy. Though they were from different worlds from here on Ossus to Koboh, there was one thing they all had in common, they all had a connection to the Force. Especially the crystals which seemed to have the strongest connection to the Force out of all of them, especially the ones from the crystal caves here on Ossus.

One of her favorite crystals was one that she had gotten as a birthday gift from her aunty Leia. It was a white crystal that seemed to have a shimmery rainbow coloured core in its centre, this crystal also had one of the strongest and purest connections to the light side of the force. As for the rocks her favorite had to be a white stone she had managed to collect during one of her training sessions to a distant world, it like the rainbow crystal seemed to be quite pure and strong in the force though not to the same extent as the crystal.

In the corner of her room she had a small water fountain that contained singing stones and was inspired off of one a feature in the quarters of the previous grandmaster of the Jedi order and mentor of her father, master Yoda. The feature emanated the beautiful soothing hum as the water trickled over the stones gently, irradiating a peaceful aura that Jane loved. It helped calm her when stressed and did wonders during her recovery period following her first fight with Ren that resulted in her back injury. She had lost count of how many times she had meditated before the feature as she recovered, even now despite the injury being long gone she still did mediate before the feature every now and again. It was also the only way she could speak with force ghosts as she was still not adept enough with the force to do so without the assistance of the fountain or one of her stones or crystals.

Jane removed her robe and tossed it over the side of her bed before stretching and sitting down to take off her boots. As she began to unstrap one she heard a knock on the door and looked to it, "come in" she said. The door opened and her father stepped in, Jane looked to him as she began to pull off her boot. She gave a nod before she spoke, "father".

"I just came to tell you that Cade got into contact. He and Ben are on their way to the First Order outpost with Inferno squad and Finn" Luke explained.

Jane gave a nod as she began to unbuckle her other boot, "I do I could be out there with them. But I've got to teach Rey" she responded. Luke gave a nod as he walked over and sat down next to Jane as she pulled off her other boot before uttering a sigh, "I let her down" she proclaimed. Luke looked to his daughter with wonder, "Rey, I let her down" she explained.

Luke let out a sigh of his own, "you did not let Rey down Jane" he responded.

"I'm supposed to be her master. You assigned me to teach her how to be a Jedi" Jane responded bringing her eyes to meet her father, "I should have made her more ready to face the situations she may have to face in the galaxy" she explained.

Luke shook his head before placing a hand on Jane's shoulder, "it was not your fault Jane. It was mine" he stated, "I should not have sent you and Rey out on that mission. I did not give you enough time to teach her" he announced, "it's my fault she lost her hand, not yours" he added.

Jane gave a nod as she thought for a moment looking to the floor, "why did you switch Rey's master from Cade to me?" she asked bringing her eyes back to Luke, "because at first I thought it was because Cade was going to hard on her. But its not that is it? There's something else" she explained.

Luke gave a nod, "I thought you would be a better master for her because in truth your and her are not that different. I don't just mean because you both have Skywalker blood in you but because you used to be as reckless as Rey when you were younger" he answered. Jane though for a moment as Luke began to rub his fingers down her back specifically across her spin which was obviously to make her think about her injury, "I believe that you can teach her to overcome her flaw and be a better Jedi" he proclaimed.

Jane looked to her father, "do you think I can do that?" she questioned.

Luke smiled, "your my star pupil Jane" he announced, "I know you can do it".

Jane gave a nod, "I'll try" she uttered.

"Jane. Remember my first lesson to you. Do or do not, there is no try" Luke responded. Jane blushed with embarrassment slightly at the fact she had forgotten that before Luke got up and began to head out.

Jane stood up herself, "dad do you have an idea on what I should do to teach Rey?" she asked.

Luke turned to look at her. He took a quick glance at her rock collection before looking to her, "maybe try giving her a swimming lesson" he suggested. Jane glanced to her rock collection before looking back to her father and giving a nod. Luke turned around and left Jane's quarters with the door closing behind him.

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The Black-Ops U-wing emerged from hyperspace and flew toward the Moon where the First Order outpost was stationed. The flew by in its stealth mode managing to slip past the First Order fleet unnoticed. Once it had passed it flew down toward the planet surface.

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The U-wing landed on the outskirts of the base just beyond the shield edge. Ben, Cade, Iden, Del, and Finn all got off and looked around. The moon was quite desolate, nothing of real interest upon it. Luckily it had an atmosphere and the air was breathable. The five of them headed for their entry point into the outpost.

Stealthily they headed over to the designated entry point. Keeping their heads low as to not trip any sentry sensors. They did not have to worry about the Black-ops U-wing being found as it had flown off as soon as it had done its task.

They all stopped and dove into cover upon hearing the sound of something approaching. Ben took a peek and saw some type of Scout walker, a little smaller than an AT-ST bigger than an AT-PT. The walker seemed to have a single red eye in the centre of its body, it was armed with what looked to be two light repeaters.

The Walker looked around for a second before running off upon its two legs. Finn glanced to it, “sentry droid” he announced.

Cade glanced to the others, “we do not want to be seen by that” he uttered. He motioned, “we needed to get to that entry point” he announced. The other four nodded before they continued toward the location. Keeping an eye out for sentry droids or any other perimeter defence the outpost had.

Soon they managed to arrive at the entrance to the tunnel. There they saw it was protected by a great across the front. Before dealing with it however they took a quick peek out for sentry droids, luckily seeing none. They were possibly patrolling a different section.

Iden looked to the grate covering their entrance, “We need to get that thing off. But Dio doesn’t have anything to cut that off” she announced.

Ben stepped forward, “Allow me” he responded before taking out his lightsaber and igniting it. Quickly he performed two slashed across the grate and it fell off.

Cade looked to his cousin, “BEN!” He yelled in a whisper.

Ben looked to him, “What? It worked didn’t it?” He responded.

Cade nodded, “Yes” he replied, “But I wanted to do that” he announced.

Iden looked to the two of them, “Will you two stop bickering and come on” she commanded.

Cade and Ben looked to her, “Major. We’re cousins” Cade said.

“Bickering is what we do” Ben added finishing Cade’s sentence. Iden just rolled her eyes before heading in to the tunnel, Del following behind her.

Finn looked to Cade and Ben, “Let’s go” he said before heading in.

Cade glanced to Ben, “after you” he announced motioning to the tunnel.

Ben shook his head, “Oh no. After you” he responded doing the same. Cade chuckled before he entered the tunnel followed by Ben.

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Inside the tunnel it was near completely black, them being barely able to see more than five feet ahead of them. The only light they got being from the entrance they had made. Iden looked around, “I can’t see a thing” she uttered.

Cade and Ben both grabbed their lightsabers, “hang on” Cade called. The two of them ignited their lightsabers providing them with a an adequate amount of light. Enough to allow them to see through the darkness.

Del glanced to them, “you know those lightsabers of yours make excellent flashlights” he announced.

Ben smirked, “We know. Now come on” he said motioning for them to follow. The five of them began to head up the tunnel.

The tunnel itself was very quiet with the only noise being the soft hum of Cade and Ben’s lightsabers. They kept their eyes peeled for any types of sensors that could be used to scan them. Luckily finding none as they made their way through to the central coolant shaft.

They looked through a grate into the central coolant tunnel. Finn stepped forward and looked around, “This is the coolant tunnel. There should be a switch or something that allows us to open this grate” he proclaimed.

Cade looked to Finn, “how do you know?” He asked.

Finn glanced to him, “before becoming a Stormtrooper they had me on maintenance and sanitation” he responded. He nodded to the tunnel, “I’ve spent a lot of time in tunnels like this” he explained.

Ben uttered a chuckle, “your a pretty good shot for a janitor” he joked. Finn nodded before continuing to look for a switch. Ben, Cade, Iden, and Del all began to do it as well.

Iden looked and soon found a droid port, “I haven’t found the switch but I’ve found a droid port. Could we splice it?” She questioned.

Finn looked to the droid port, “can your droid splice it?” He asked.

Iden turned to look at him, “Dio is an ID-10. He has a built in Scomplink. He can slice it” she responded. Finn gave a nod and pointed, “Dio, Slice it” she commanded.

Dio beeped as he came off of her back and flew over to the droid port. He quickly inserted his scomplink and began slicing. The grate soon slid open and he returned to Iden’s back.

Cade and Ben both extinguished their Lightsabers and peeked out before looking up the main coolant tunnel. Cade let out a whistle, I half feel sad Jane is missing out on this” he proclaimed with a smirk.

Ben glanced to him, “I’m not sure she doesn’t really like climbing much” he responded.

Cade chuckled and glanced to him, “but still. It’s still sad she’s missing out on this adventure” he replied. Ben chuckled back as Cade looked up the shaft, “either way. Come on” he said before beginning to climb. Ben smirked glanced back to the others, he motioned for them to follow and they all began to climb.

The five of them carefully climbed up the side of the wall. As they did Iden activated a commlink, “Shriv we are inside the outpost. Send word to command” she announced.

“Copy that Iden. I’ll send word to command” Shriv responded over the comm.

Cade took a deep breath before looking down to Ben, "Actually Ben, I think you were right. Jane would not like all this climbing" he responded.

"Well yeah. She isn't the best climber to begin with, unless its a ladder" Ben replied. Cade nodded before uttering a deep breath and continuing to head up the main coolant shaft until they found their way to a catwalk that linked to a door. Cade climbed over the railing and onto the Catwalk before helping Ben, Iden, Del, and Finn onto it, "I can't believe Shriv chose to remain on the U-wing whilst we're having all the fun" Ben proclaimed.

Iden let out a chuckle, "I don't think he liked the idea of having to climb up that shaft" she responded nodding to the shaft they had just climbed up, "now then. Where to next?" she questioned.

Cade nodded to the door, "through this door should be a maintenance corridor that we need to head through to access the rest of the base. I think" he replied before glancing to Ben, "is that right?" he questioned. Ben simply shrugged, Cade glanced to Finn next, "is it through there?" he asked. Finn nodded to confirm, Cade nodded back before motioning to the door, "yeah we go through that door to access the rest of the base" he explained. Iden and Del both nodded before the five of them continued to head for the door, Cade looked to the control panel before looking to Iden.

"Dio slice it" Iden said to her droid. Dio came off of her back and flew over to a small circular vent covered by a grate, Dio used his scomplink to hack into it and open up. Dio then proceeded to fly up into it. Ben, Cade, Del, Iden, and Finn all waited for a second before the door opened revealing Dio on the other side. The five of them slipped in and Dio returned to his position upon Iden's back hold for him.

Ben let out a chuckle before glancing to Iden, "I'm amazed a droid that old can still do so much stuff" he stated.

Cade turned to look at Ben, "R2 is older than Dio and he can still do a lot of things" he responded.

Ben chuckled and smirked as he folded his arms, "yeah but R2 is R2" he chuckled.

Cade let out a chuckle, "come on" he said with a motion of his hand before the five of them began to head down the maintenance corridor in order to get deeper into the base. Iden, Del, and Finn all raised their guns and began to scan the corridor ahead keeping their eyes peeled for any threats. Ben and Cade both led the way through the corridor until they found the next door that would lead them into Outpost. Ben pressed the button to open it and they all slipped in, luckily without setting off any form of alarm or tripping any sensors.

Once in the hallway they took the moment to check for any signs of First Order troopers luckily finding none. Cade raised his hand and motioned for Ben, Finn, Iden, and Del to follow him before they began to stealthily make their way down the hallway in order to get to the main control room and shut down the shield.

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Cade, Ben, Iden, Del, and Finn all continued to sneak through the hallways of the First Order outpost, keeping their eyes peeled for any First Order soldiers. They both quickly hid in cover as two Stormtroopers walked down the hallway completely missing them.

"You heard about that New Republic ship, the new one?"

"Yeah. Did it seriously obliterate a Resurgent class?"

"From what I've heard. It and the whole escort fleet it was with"

"What happens if it shows up?"

"Then we're in the poodo. I'm sure command will find something to do about it"

"Do you think the Palpatine can take it on?"

"The Palpatine is an old ship. It may be an Asserter but its still old"

"Well. Lets just hope that it doesn't show up"

The conversation faded as the Stormtroopers got further away. Cade, Ben, Finn, Iden, and Del all emerged from behind cover and slowly began to head down the hallway continuing on their route toward the command centre.

As they moved through the hallways they soon noted two First Order Stormtroopers. Cade glanced to Ben and nodded to them. Ben gave a nod before the two of them snuck up behind and swiftly used their lightsaber to take them down. They extinguished their blades before motioning for the others to follow. Iden, Del, amd Finn all gave a nod back before heading down the Hallway joining up with them. The five of them continued down the hallway soon reaching the door leading to the control centre.

Once at the door Iden noticed a droid port and quickly pointed it out to Dio, “Slice it Dio” she said. Dio came from her back beeping and booping as he flew over to the droid port. Quickly he used his scomplink to hack in and open the door. It slide open and he returned to his holder. Ben, Cade, Iden, Del, and Finn entered, causing the First Order force inside to turn around and look. Before they could react Cade and Ben took out their Lightsabers

“Alright listen up here. Surrender and we won’t hurt you” Cade commanded.

“Also could you please kindly lower the shield thank you” Ben added.

The First Order forces looked to each other. Instantly the they tried to whip out their blasters only for Cade to use Force Repulse on them. Sending them all flying back and knocking them out.

Ben looked to his cousin astonished, “when did you learn that?” He asked.

“Dad taught me it when I was twelve” Cade responded. Ben gave a nod of understanding, "He tried to teach Jane but she can't do it" Cade explained with a smirk before walking over to the main terminal and began to tap several of the buttons to bring up the primary control systems for the shield.

Ben stepped forward, "Do you know what your doing?" he questioned.

Cade glanced to him, "umm no" he responded as he looked across the screen, "I'm looking for where it says drop the shield" he responded.

Finn stepped forward, "here let me do it" he said. Cade stepped aside and Finn looked to the screen before looking to the terminal.

Ben flipped about to look at Iden and Del, "you two guard the entrance" he commanded.

"Go it" Iden responded before she and Del got into position guarding over by the door.

Finn tapped a few buttons upon the terminal accessing the shield control and shutting it off. The image upon the screen showing the Outpost with a circle around it representing the shield which quickly began to fade. Finn turned around and looked to Cade, Ben, Iden, and Del, "Its done" he said.

"Great" Cade replied before igniting his lightsaber and stabbing it into the terminal.

"Oh come on I wanted to do that" Ben stated.

Cade glanced to Ben and smirked, "I wanted to do the grate" he responded glancing to Ben with a smirk.

Ben sighed and uttered a chuckle as he shook his head, "ok you got me there" he replied, "anyway its time to send word to the fleet" he announced.

Cade nodded before flipping about to look to Iden and Del, "Iden, Del. One of you send word to Shriv" he said.

"On it" Iden responded before taking out her comm, "Shriv this is Iden. Inform the fleet that the shield is down and we are ready for their attack" she repeated.

"Copy that Iden, I'll send word now. Get ready" Shriv's voice responded over the comm. Iden gave a nod as she put her commlink away.

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In orbit above the moon the Starhawk II battleship and its escort fleet emerged from hyperspace with several New Republic fighters instantly flying into engagement against the heavily outnumbered First Order defense fleet.

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Poe sat in an X-wing and flipped on his comm, "alright all groups check in this is Black leader" he said, "Red group flank left, Blue group go right, Grey group with us. We're going up front"  He commanded. BB-8 let out a beep and spoke in binary as he looked around. Poe let out a chuckle, "I know buddy. Don't worry" he responded before activating his comm again, "All squads begin attack, lock S-foils into attack positions" he commanded.

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The New Republic fighter squadrons which mostly consisted of T-70 and T-85 X-wings, Y-wings, and E-wings flew in against the First Order fleet as it began to deploy mostly old imperial Tie-fighters, but also the newer First Order Tie-fighters. The two fighter squadrons began to engage as the New Republic cruisers moved into position and began to fire at the First Order fleet. The First Order fleet beginning to return the shots as a space battle instantly began to take motion. The Starhawk II doing most of the work for the New Republic fleet.

Poe flew his X-wing, two of the X-wings of his squadron one being a T-70 the other being a T-85 like Poe's following behind him. The three of them moved through shooting down Tie-fighters and making a hole for the Y-wings.

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Within the Cockpit of the second T-85 X-wing a red headed female pilot sat, she activates her comm, "Black leader this is Black three. We're punching a hole through" she announced.

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Poe glanced to his comm, "copy that Black three" he responded before switching channels, "Grey leader, we've opened a hole for you to fly through" he said.

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Grey leader sat in the cockpit of his Y-wing, "Copy that Black Leader" he responded before switching the channel, "All Y-wing groups form up on us and move through the hole. E-wings give us cover" he commanded.

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Inside the cockpit of an E-wing a male pilot with brown hair beneath his helmet nodded, "Grey leader this is Green leader. We got your back" he replied.

"Copy that Green leader" Grey leader responded over the comm.

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The E-wings flew in and engaged the Tie-fighters making effortless short work against the Imperial ones though struggling slightly against the First Order ones but still managing to keep them off the Y-wing squadrons as they flew through. The Y-wings managed to fly through and instantly flew toward the Imperial II star Destroyer.

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Grey Leader activated his comm, "Grey group form up. Prime Ion torpedoes and fire, and watch the flak from those Victory IIIs" he commanded before activating his targeting computer.

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The Y-wings of Grey group flew in against the ISD II as it began to shoot at them whilst the other Y-wing squadrons flew in to attack the other First Order ships. One of the Grey Squadron Y-wings got its wing clipped by a turbo laser and it began to spin out of control going down.

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"I'M HIT!" The Pilot of the Y-wing yelled as his cockpit was taken up by fire and his Y-wing exploded.

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"All of you stay on target" Grey Leader commanded.

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"We're getting a lot of fire" Grey three responded from within his Y-wing.

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"Keep on target we're nearly there" Grey Leader replied. He kept his eyes on his targeting computer until it reached its point, "Fire now" he commanded.

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The Grey Squadron Y-wings fired their Ion torpedoes at the Imperial II class Star Destroy with each shot hitting and disabling the vessel. Instantly the Starhawk II activated its tractor beam and used it to move the Imperial II star Destroy into the path of one of the Victory IIIs causing the two ships to collide and destroy each other. The remainder of the First Order fleet was swiftly taken out by the New Republic fleet shortly after the destruction of the Imperial II star Destroyer. The First Order fighters swiftly begin taken out not long after.

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BB-8 beeped and booped as he spoke in binary. Poe smiled before activating his comm, "This is Poe Dameron to the Dawn maker. Deploy U-wings toward the Outpost" he said.

"Copy that Dameron. We're deploying them now" a voice responded over the comm.

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Several U-wings flew out of the hangers of the New Republic ships and began to head down toward the moon whilst the Black-Ops U-wing flew into a hanger of the Starhawk II. Several of the X-wings and the E-wings began to fly down toward the surface of the Moon escorting the U-wings.

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Inside the main control centre Cade looked to Ben, Finn, Iden, and Del, “they’re gonna need our help out there” he proclaimed as he took flourished his lightsaber. Ben, Finn, Iden, and Del all gave a nod before rushing out to assist in the fight.

Quickly exiting into the hallway and running down it a short bit they encountered First Order Stormtroopers. Quickly the troopers began to engage, firing at them only for Ben and Cade to deflect the lasers back. Iden, Del, and Finn all got into positions where they began to return fire. Quickly they took down the First Order stormtroopers and pushed forward. Fighting through any others that attempted to stop them.

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Outside the Sentry droids began to move into a defensive position and fire at the New Republic troops. Though the New Republic forces were unwavering and pushed forward, especially with the help of their air support. The light armour of the Sentry droids was practically useless against the lasers from the E-wings above. The New Republic managed to push through their defence and made their way toward the Outpost.

Several Sentry guards on the outside of the Outpost quickly rushed to a defensive position and started shooting. As they did a commlink went off, “Attention all forces the New Republic have troopers inside the base” an officers voice came through.

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Inside the Outpost Ben, Cade, Iden, Del, and Finn all continued to push through the base heading for the entrance. Their intention to link up with the New Republic forces outside before pushing to take the whole base. Cade glanced to Ben, “Though She would’ve not liked the climbing. Jane would’ve loved this part” he announced.

Ben chuckled, “Yeah, she would love this part of the mission. But alas she got a Padawan to deal with in the form of your younger sister” h said.

“True” Cade chuckled a smirk on his lips as he deflected another laser. Sending the bolt back into the Stormtrooper who’d fired it.

Cade and Ben both got back into fighting as they all continued to push toward the main door to the Outpost, soon reaching a hallway that was filled with Stormtroopers which instantly began to shoot at them. Cade, Ben, Iden, Del, and Finn all took cover around the corner, "You three stay here. Me and Cade will handle them," Ben stated. Iden, Del, and Finn all gave a nod before Ben looked to Cade, "Lets do this Cousin," he announced.

"Lead the way cousin," Cade said with his own nod before the two of them charged out of cover using their lightsabers to deflect the lasers and as soon as they were close enough they began to slash through the Stormtroopers taking them out instantly. Cade used the force to send three Stormtroopers back as Ben decapitated another Stormtrooper before the two of them rushed forward continuing to take down the Stormtroopers with ease.

Iden glanced to Del and Finn and motioned for they stepped out of cover and began to shoot at the Stormtroopers taking out the ones not taken down by Cade and Ben. Soon the two of them managed to break through the Stormtroopers before continuing to head for the main entrance of the Outpost. Quickly they arrived and took down the Stormtroopers inside before quickly pressing the button to open the door. Cade and Ben both stepped out as Iden, Del, and Finn took up position inside the entrance so it could not be retaken. Cade and Ben both quickly outflanked the First Order forces outside hacking and slashing through them and assisting the New Republic forces outside allowing them to push forward and it did not take long before they joined up.

The New Republic forces charged in and from there it did not take long before they managed to fully take over the First Order outpost with the final few First Order soldiers surrendering.

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Following the Outpost takeover. Cade, Ben, Iden, Del, and Finn all arrived in the hanger of the Starhawk II battleship where they met up with Shriv who walked over to them, "Well it seems that you didn't need me down there after all" he announced.

Cade smirked as he stepped forward, "Well. It is pretty easy when you have two Jedi in a team" he proclaimed as he folded his arms and let out a chuckle.

"Anyway now that this is done we should return to the Viscount and inform Hawk that the Outpost is ours" Ben stated glancing to his cousin.

Iden looked to Cade and Ben, "Can we come?" she questioned, "I'd love to see the new ship. Plus me and Del haven't seen our daughter in a while, we do want to congratulate her over her graduation because we were to busy to attend it," she explained.

At that moment Poe walked over, "Well like I said at Dantooin, She's doing pretty good," he said, "But if you do want to come then that's alright."

Iden nodded, "We'll have to infrom our command first. But ok" she said. Poe gave a nod of understanding before Iden and Del both left to send word to command.

Shriv let out a sigh, "Well," He said looking to Ben, Cade, Finn, and Poe, "Thanks for your help and may the force be with you," he announced.

Cade smiled and gave a nod, "Thanks Shriv. I hope to see you again later" he said, Shriv gave a nod of understanding before he walked away. Cade, Ben, Poe, and Finn all looked to each other before they headed away to rest up before having to head back to the Viscount.

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A U-wing emerged from hyperspace and began to fly toward the planet Toras.

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Inside the cockpit Jane flew the U-wing whilst Rey sat in the co-pilot seat leaning back in her chair with her feet up on the console and her arms crossed. Jane was still in a contemplation of if she should take her father's advice and give Rey that test. To see if Rey could take a rock from the bottom of the lake. It wasn't that Jane didn't have faith in her little sister's ability to do it, it was if Rey actually believed she could actually do it herself. Believe that she could pass that test. But that was something She'd have to figure out in her own time, right now they were on this mission that their father had assigned them to. Mostly because it was somewhat safer than having to fight the First Order, especially since their mother had essentially grounded Rey from any dangerous mission until she was considered more capable of handling them.

Rey glanced to the side looking as what seemed to be someone's own private Yacht flying past slowly. It was a nice looking Yacht with white hull plating, about four decks with the top most of seemingly having an observation lounge at the front. The whole thing being about a kilometre long and propelled by what seemed to be six massive ion engines at the back allowing it to effortlessly glid through the blackness of space. Rey knew it was a Yacht meant more to be a status symbol rather than anything actually practical, just some Rich baron showing off what he had.

She let out a sigh and flexed her robotic hand for the billionth time before looking forward, "I can't believe Dad is having us do this for a mission," she uttered.

Jane glanced to her younger sister, "Jedi are meant to be peace keepers Rey," she said, "I know this is not how the New Republic usually have us uphold peace but in the past before the Clone Wars this was how most of the Jedi peace missions went" she explained. Rey rolled her eyes, "Its just a bit of negotiations" Jane proclaimed waving to Rey with her one hand, keeping the other on the control.

Rey gave Jane a side eye, "Its boring. Negotiations are for Senators," she announced. Jane just chuckled, Rey huffed as she looked to Jane directly bringing her feet off of the console, "I mean do you even know how to run a negotiation?" she questioned.

Jane smirked, "Aunty Leia gave me a crash course in it. Said it might be useful one day," she said, "It shouldn't take to long either. We've just got to make sure that this planet is loyal, we have reports that some of the barons on this world and potentially the Duke in charge are in cahoots with the First Order. Or at least do dealings with them" she explained.

Rey sighed as she looked to the planet before them, "Why does it not surprise me that it would be this planet out of all planets?" she asked.

Jane shrugged, "Look. I know Toras do not have the best reputation to the rest of the Galaxy. But they do have nice food and architecture. And lovely mountain ranges in the southern hemisphere" she answered, "We're are just here to make sure they remember that the New Republic is in control and will not hesitate to crack down on this planet" Jane proclaimed.

Rey gave a nod as she leaned back in her chair once more and began to think. Her brow raised as she brought her eyes to Jane, "During the Clone wars, didn't the Duke of this planet force grandma Padme to marry him?" she questioned. Jane glanced to her, "Like didn't he do that under the guise of saying he'll stay in the Republic and not join the CIS if he was allowed to marry Padme, but was in fact a double agent and was actually working for Duke to secretly sabotage the Republic just so he did not need to pay the Republic tax?" She explained, “Rex told me about it when I was younger, the marriage of Senator Padme Amidala of Naboo and Duke Sulras Valduras of Toras. Happened late 20 BBY early 19 BBY, Padme was married to him for about five days. Then it came out Duke Sulras was secretly backing the CIS, led to the siege of Toras led by are grandfather Anakin.”

Jane remembered the very story herself, it took place a few weeks after the Carida incident and before and the next sighting of Savage Opress and Darth Maul. Rex had told the story to her Cade and Ben when they were young about ten years old and two months before Rey's birth, Rex sat the three of them down within the main building of the temple to tell them another one of his Clone wars stories about their grandfather Anakin along with their Grandmother. All of which were from first hand experience, for he was there for every battle as Anakin's second in command. Of course some of them were made up fictional stories or completely exaggerated like with the stories about Luke in the galactic civil war, though Jane knew with a 67% accuracy when one story was true, one was exaggerated, and one story was completely made up. Like there was one mission she heard from Rex about Ahsoka in 21 BBY where during a battle in a swamp she lost her boots and had to continue the rest of the mission in nothing but her leggings covering her feet, she completely ruined them with black mud and eventually had to switch outfits but it was fine.

But that was a completely different story. This story about their grandmother Padme Amidala being put into an arranged marriage to the Duke of Toras was one of the many stories Rex had told, and one of his more interesting ones as it was far more political focused. Cade and Ben were bored out of their minds with the exception of the Battle of Riksaan where Ahsoka's Delta-7B was nearly torn apart by Buzz-droids and the siege of Toras at the end where Dooku literally abandoned the planet, other than that the rest they found boring as they did with every other political story. A complete contrast to Jane who thanks to Leia did have a fascination in the political side of the Clone war, knowing full well that it was more than just massive battles consisting of thousands of clones vs thousands of battle droids.

Toras, this outer rim planet known for its ship building industry and manufacturing of key ship components was never good at judging who they should side with. That was noticeable even back during the High Republic era were they were secretly trading parts to the Nihil for independence, that was even before the planet joined the Republic which the Duke at the time had possibly only done just to keep his throne. During the Clone Wars Toras was close to slipping into the fingers of the C.I.S and the only way to keep them in the republic was to let Duke Sulras marry a Republic senator from a different world, he just so happened to select Padme Amidala who unknown to the galaxy was secretly married to Anakin Skywalker. Though under the threat of having to reveal this, Padme unwillingly went through with the marriage. The wedding happened, it was consummated, and Padme was made the Duchess of Toras. Little did the Republic, Padme, and the Jedi know Sulras was secretly supporting the C.I.S and secretly talking with Dooku.

Eventually Padme discovered this and managed to secretly through the help of her handmaid Sabe get the information to the Republic before Padme was arrested for treason against Toras, the siege of Toras happened led by Anakin Skywalker and a large fleet of Republic vessel outnumbering the defending fleet 4/1. Sulras had asked Dooku for assistance as he had been lent several legions of battle droids on the ground he needed assistance in space though as his forces would be unable to hold off the Republic, all the while he tortured Padme in an attempt to make her submit to being his wife which failed. Dooku did send space forces though they were small and easily destroyed by the Republic, on the ground however was where the droids outnumbered the Clones. Though through careful strategy and planning, the Republic managed to negate the numerical disadvantage though a well crafted plan using AT-TEs, AT-APs, and SPHAs along with multiple AV-7s to basically bombard the defenses of the capital city. Plus precision orbital bombardments from the Venators in orbit and bombing strikes from Y-wings to managed to weaken the defenses and enemy forces enough to the point where the 501st could easily launch a full assault and take the city, Anakin rescued Padme who then went on to kill Duke Sulras.

Following this Padme and Anakin took a week long holiday away from it all to get over what happened, Padme would later share her experiences with Rex. About how she felt objectified, something meant to be seen and not heard. She didn't go into much detail about what Duke Sulras did to her but she did feel comfortable to say he wouldn't let her wear anything whilst sleeping in bed with him and even kept her barefoot most of the time in the day, to the point it felt liberating once she was free from him.

The story was emotional to listen to and hear about what happened to their grandmother, though Jane was pretty 94% sure that it was not true and was instead one of the many that Rex had made up not actually a real event from galactic history. She did know that Anakin and Padme were involved with Toras in some way and there was a battle on Toras though she doubted that it was about Padme being made to marry the Duke Sulras of Toras, mostly because there were no records of the event happening. Padme was a famous senator, there would have definitely be something on her being married if it did happen. The reason her marriage to Anakin wasn't on record was because it was secret, until recently where it became public knowledge.

Jane thought over the question for a moment before taking a deep breath, "I don't actually believe that to be true Rey. I think Rex made that one up, I can't remember" she said, "I would ask him but...You know..." she uttered. Rey glanced to the floor and gave a nod of understanding.

"At least it was of old age," Rey spoke glancing to Jane, "And at least he went peacefully" she proclaimed. Jane smiled and gave a nod, "I loved hearing his war stories" Rey muttered.

Jane chuckled, "So did I" she said, "Especially the ones about Grandpa. He made him sound so heroic and courageous" she announced, "It makes me question how in the universe he wound up turning into a man like Darth Vader," she stated with a shrug.

“You know you could always ask him,” Rey uttered giving Jane a glance, “Considering that you and Dad are the only two who can communicate with Force Ghosts.”

Jane smirked and stifled a snicker, “I can only communicate with Force Ghosts if I have one of my stones” she said. Rey looked at Jane fully, “I know I’ve training since Dad built that temple. But I’m not strong enough to communicate with the Jedi of the past naturally,” she explained.

Rey nodded before looking back to the world they were flying towards. She rubbed her eye with her hand as she uttered another sigh. She looked out the cockpit window again and watched the ships go by.

Jane cleared her throat, “Anyway. It’s time to…” she paused in her words. Rey looked to her older sister, “Land. It’s time for me to land,” Jane announced.

Rey smirked, “Just remember. A lake is not a landing pad,” she joked.

Jane rolled her eyes, “Alright, alright smart-ass. Look I know a crashed into the lake…twice. But you don’t need to rub it in,” she said.

"You've crashed more than twice," Rey chuckled with a slight hint of a snarky undertone.

Jane glanced to Rey, "That third time doesn't count. Because it was not a lake".

"You still crashed it" Rey proclaimed, "And that one was even funnier because the reason you crashed was because you forgot to lower the landing gear" she laughed.

Jane sighed and rolled her eyes before shaking her head, "Well this time I'll remember to lower the landing gear," she assured, "And I won't crash into a lake," she added, "I've actually been getting pretty good at flying lately" she proclaimed.

"Yeah, because R2 is the one who does the landings" Rey muttered.

Jane just smirked before taking a deep breath, "Anyway we're breaking atmosphere now" she announced. Rey gave a nod as she resumed the her position from before, leaning back in the chair and gazing out the cockpit window as the deep black star filled void of space transformed to a blue cloudless sky.

The U-wing began to fly toward the main capital city of Toras, as it did Rey continued to look to the landscape. Seeing a vast mountain range in the distance, the tallest of the mountains capped with a blanket of snow. As she continued to watch she saw other ships flying past both going to space and heading back to the ground.

As she watched however she heard the sound of the ships comm system go off, "attention New Republic transport, this is Toras flight control. Please transmit your clearance code," a voice spoke over it.

Jane pressed the button to activate her side of the comm system, "This is Jedi Master Jane Skywalker of the New Jedi Order representing the New Republic. Transmitting the clearance code," she replied before pressing the button to send the code through.

After a a short while of waiting in silence the commlink went off, "Master Skywalker you are clear for landing at landing bay twelve," the voice from before announced.

"Copy that we're heading for landing bay twelve now," Jane said before glancing to Rey with a smirk, "See easy" she announced.

Rey smirked as she glanced back to her sister, "The communications part was easy," she said, "The landing part is the bit that'll be hard."

Jane only rolled her eyes at Rey's quip and shook her head before heading for landing bay twelve. Flying over to it she began the landing sequence and planted the ship gently down in a designated landing zone.

She let out a chuckle as she looked to Rey, "See easy," she announced, "Peace of cake" she added.

Rey just chuckled as she took her feet down and unfolded her arms before standing up with a stretch. Jane chuckled again before getting up herself straightening out her robes before she and Rey began to head for the ramp to leave.

As they walked Jane glanced to Rey's feet and the ankle high boots she wore, "I still think you should've put on some more professional looking boots. Not those ones you got from Jakku," she proclaimed.

Rey glanced to her sister, "Well I can't help the fact that I traded my most professional boots away," she announced.

"You could have borrowed a pair of mine," Jane suggested.

"To be fair I've gotten used to these so it's fine," Rey proclaimed as Jane pressed the button to lower the ramp.

Jane looked to her younger sister and gave a nod, "If you insist then fine," she said, "Now come on," she added with a wave of her arm. Rey nodded before the two sisters stepped down the ramp.

Walking off of the ship they could see ahead of them an ambassador of the Duke standing with two guards on either side.

Jane glanced to Rey, "I'll handle this," she announced.

Rey gave a nod as the two of them approached and gave a bow.

"Greeting. I'm Jedi Master Jane Skywalker, daughter of Luke Skywalker grand master of the Jedi order," she said. The ambassador gave a nod as Jane motioned to Rey, "This is my younger sister and Padawan learner Rey Skywalker," she announced, "Thank you for coming to meet us," she finished.

The ambassador gave another nod as he returned with his own bow, "I have to say we weren't expecting Jedi" he said as he stood back up straight, "We were expecting a Senator, or an ambassador of some type," he proclaimed.

Jane folded her arms, "We are the ambassadors" she retorted, "And I'll have you know that I've had a crash course in being a Senator from Senator Leah Organa," she announced. The ambassador gave tipped his head with understanding, “Now could you please. We must get on with our investigation,” Jane said.

The Ambassador looked to her, “What investigation is that?” He asked.

Jane stepped forward, “Don’t act like you don’t know,” she answered, “Toras specialises in the manufacturing of key components for ship building. We are just here to make sure that those parts are not going to the First Order” she announced. Stepping forward putting on a furrow demeanour.

The Ambassador glanced to his guards before looking to Jane, “I can assure you Master Jedi that all ship parts manufactured here go straight to New Republic ship yards” he said.

Jane stepped forward, "Is that so?" she questioned. The Ambassador gave a nod to confirm, "You are aware of what happened at Hoznian Prime right? With the First Order's new ship," she said.

The Ambassador gestured with his eyes as if he were remembering, "Umm...Yes Master Jedi. I am aware, well done on that" he answered.

"Well. Some of our men were sifting through the recharge of the components from the hyperdrive stabilizers to the reactor coils came directly from this planet" Jane announced causing the Ambassador to go silent for a moment, "Could you please explain to me how that has happened?" she ordered.

"They must've been stolen. The only explanation," The Ambassador answered.

Jane raised her brow, "Either way we do need to investigate and make sure that the barons of this world are not openly supplying the First Order" she announced.

"None of the Barons on this world are supplying the First Order I can assure you Master Skywalker" the Ambassador said.

Jane stepped forward, "Need I remind you of this planets history since the Clone wars. During the Clone war you secretly traded with the Separatist Alliance and also gave the Republic components that were designed to fail after a short time of use, you cost them a lot of credits" she proclaimed, "And need I remind you that after the collapse of the Empire at Jakku for six years still told your people that the galaxy were under the control of the Empire. Then when Thrawn returned you pledged your allegiance to him and called him a liberator" she added.

The Ambassador went silent for another moment as he glanced to the two guards. Jane loosened her stance as she looked to him waiting for his reply, "Well. Very well. If you'll kindly follow me I'll take you to somewhere you can stay, the best accommodation in this city. Then I'll go and talk to the Duke about this," he said with a slight whimper.

Jane smiled and bowed her head, "Thank you. Kindly lead on."

The Ambassador gave a nod before motioning for them to follow him. Jane and Rey both nodded before they followed the Ambassador and his guards as he led them away out of the landing bay and into the city.

.   .   .

The Ambassador led Rey and Jane through the city and to a hotel. Booking them a penthouse suite at the very top of the massive building. Once booked a porter led them up to the room in a turbolift. The door slide open and they stepped out with the porter opening the door allowing Jane and Rey in.

The room beyond the door was massive and luxurious, not as if the Hotel itself was not already a high end one. The living room of the hotel itself was very spacious, containing a couch a tv built into the wall and flanked by water features. There was a small table with two chairs at either end, and what seemed to be a table with a built in communicator.

Across from the door was a massive wall length window allowing a full view of the city all the way to the Duke’s palace. Though this was just the living room, there was a door that led to the joint bedroom and one that led to the bathroom. It was a really a very extravagant room that seemed more like a private apartment than a hotel room.

Jane and Rey began to look around the room as the porter cleared his throat, “All expenses are on the house,” he said. Jane looked to him and gave a nod, “The private spar is also open for if you wish to relieve yourselves after your journey,” he added.

Jane smiled, “Thank you. We’ll have a short rest before beginning our investigations,” she said with a tip of her head.

The porter nodded before hearing a beep and checking his data pad, “Your luggage has just arrived. I’ll go and get it,” he announced.

Jane smiles before watching the porter go. As he did Rey walked over to the door for the bedroom. She opened it and stepped inside, finding it to also be quite lavish and lightly furnished. There were two single beds, both of which had bedside tables, a larger table next to the door with a caf machine on top of it. This room also had a wall length window facing the palace. And on the opposite wall was a door leading to a walk-in wardrobe.

Jane removed her Jedi cloak and placed it to the side as Rey walked over and tested one of the beds. She was about to lie in it when Jane looked to her, “If you want to lie in that bed. Take your shoes off first,” She said.

Rey glanced to her older sister before glancing to her boots. Slowly she placed her toes on the heels of her boots and slid her feet out of them one by one before clambering onto the bed and rolling onto her back.

Jane smiled and gave a nod, "We'll have a rest, pack away what stuff we need. Then we'll start our investigation. Making sure that the Duke and the Barons are not secretly supporting the First Order," she explained.

Rey nodded with understanding, "Got it," she said as she rested her head on the exceptionally comfortable pillow.

Jane walked over to the walk-in wardrobe and pressed the button to open it and stepping in. Jane looked inside to find two white bathrobes and slippers as well as racks meant for other clothes. Specifically the clothes brought by the visitors, Jane knew she'd definitely knew she'd be hanging up one of the dresses she'd brought in here. It like the other formal dresses she owned once long ago belonged to her Grandmother and were passed to her aunt before being given to her, she'd brought them along on the off chance that one of the usual Toras parties wound up happening or if she and Rey were invited to dine with the Duke. Jane did want to look formal for the occasion.

"So umm...Where should we examine first?" she heard Rey call.

Jane stepped out of the wardrobe to see Rey sitting cross legged in the bed, "We'll check out one of the Barons. Mostly just check their shipping manifest for any anomalies," she explained. Rey sighed in disappointment as she glanced to the beautiful clean white sheets of the bed, "Look I know it's not exciting Rey. But we have to do it," she announced. Rey looked to her sister and nodded, "But again that comes after we've settled down and had our rest," she stated. Rey sighed before falling back in the bed and sighing.

.   .   .

Over in the main throne room of the palace Duke Taldurn looked to the Ambassador with widened eyes, "What? What did you safe?" he questioned.

"The Republic sent two Jedi. Both of them the daughters of Luke and Jyn Skywalker," he repeated.

Duke Taldurn went silent as he furrowed his brow. He glanced to his wife as she stood next to his throne, he looked to the Ambassador, "Thank you for informing me. This changes things," he said. The Ambassador gave a slow bow of his head as he waited with patience for Duke Taldurn to continue, "They're going to want to talk to me, I've got to look presentable" he announced, "I can't look suspicious" he proclaimed. The Ambassador nodded with understanding, "You may go. And again thank you for informing me" Duke Taldurn said waving his hand to dismiss the Ambassador who bowed before turning around and walking away.

Duke Taldurn's wife Duchess Fiora looked to him. She stepped from his side to in front of him the heels of her white glass shoes clicking against the marble floor, "This could be concerning for you if they find out the truth" she announced.

Duke Taldurn looked to Duchess Fiora, "It'll be hard to hide it from Jedi. Those wizards can just wave their hands and force us to confess, I cannot allow the Republic to find out what we are doing here or they'll put a crack down on us" he explained.

Duchess Fiora folded her arms, "I did warn you that supporting the First Order would be a bad idea. The New Republic have shown their strength we've heard about the Viscount" she spat, "The Jedi will find out that we traded with them giving them parts in return for slaves of the First Order," she explained.

Duke Taldurn uttered a sigh, "They do not know though. And we can't let them know. The last thing I want is a New Republic fleet in orbit of this planet and their soldiers marching through the streets" he announced.

"As if that did not happen when the Empire ruled," Duchess Fiora announced.

"The Empire were the true rulers of this galaxy. These New Republic people are just invading terrorists playing at being a government," Duke Taldurn proclaimed, "The First Order will bring back the good days for the galaxy, the days of peace and security."

"You mean the days that allowed you to force me into marrying you," Duchess Fiora responded, "Then you married our daughter to a First Order officer when we both knew she wanted to marry that New Republic senator's son" she added.

Duke Taldurn glared to Duchess Fiora and stood up, "When the Jedi get here you better keep your mouth shut about that. I do not want the New Republic pocking around here. My father tired everything in his power to keep them away," he said. Duchess Fiora went silent as Duke Taldurn turned and left, once he was gone she let out a sigh and walked away herself.

Chapter Text

Jane and Rey both headed to the main headquarters of one of the ship building businesses owned by one of the Barons. As they approached the building Rey looked to Jane, "Do you think we'll get anything different from this one?" she asked.

Jane glanced to her younger sister, "Look all we need is to get the a list of the shipments over the past three years. Then we'll be checking them for any anomalies," she explained.

"The managers of the previous four seemed rather confident that everything was fine and that nothing was amiss," Rey said. Jane went silent and glanced to Rey again, "You don't believe them do you?" Rey asked, "You believe they were lying," she stated.

Jane exhaled as she looked fully the Rey, "The force gives us the ability to tell when someone is lying," she answered, "And I could tell that they were hiding something. That is why I asked them if we could have the shipping manifest for the past three years, that will reveal the truth," she explained. Rey thought for a moment, "So we'll get the manifest from this place, then go back to the hotel room. And from there we'll check them compared to the times the New Republic got supplies from this planet," Jane proclaimed.

Rey thought for a second, "You know that these people could've deleted any supplies that would not add up. You know...times when they potentially would have sent supplies to the First Order," she announced.

"Those are the anomalies we are looking for, as well as anything that seems forged." Jane explained.

"Forged how?" Rey asked.

"Basically showing shipments that were said to be going to a New Republic ship yard but never arrived or were never ordered," Jane answered, "That is the kind of stuff we have got to look out for," she explained.

Rey nodded with understanding as she looked to the four data pads in her hands. The data pads they'd received from the previous four, "I still can't actually believe that they gave us these if they know it has compromising information on them," she stated in disbelief.

Jane sighed and almost let out a chuckle, "Rey did you forget that we can trick the mind with the force?" she asked.

"I thought that only worked on the weak minded?"

Jane could not hold back her laughter as she smiled, "And those managers were weak minded. Quick shocking really you'd expect them to be a little stronger in the mind, but..." Jane shrugged, "I guess even I can be surprised every now and again," she explained. Rey gave a quiet nod as Jane cleared her throat, "Anyway back to business. We can't allow them to think we suspect anything" she said, "Come on," she added. Rey nodded again before the two sisters walked up and into the headquarters of this ship building corporation.

Entering into the main lobby the two of them walked over to the reception desk where a green skinned Twi-lek female sat tapping some buttons on a data pad. Jane and Rey stepped forward and the Twi-lek's eyes flicked to meet them. She placed the data pad to the side before placing her hands on the desk and looking to the two Jedi, "may I help you?" she asked, her voice in the traditional Twi-lek accent it went to when they spoke in basic but had not fully gone out of the accent.

Jane cleared her throat slightly, "I'm Jedi Master Jane Skywalker, daughter of Grand master Luke Skywalker. This is my sister and Padawan learner Rey," she introduced, "We are here on behalf of the New Republic to investigate allegations that the Baron who owns this business is secretly supplying the First Order," she explained.

The Twi-lek female went silent, she shifted in her chair for a second as she looked to be choosing her next words, "Umm. Give me a second, I'll call up the manager," she responded.

Jane gave a nod allowing the Twi-lek female receptionist continue. The Twi-lek stood up out of her chair adjusting the suit jacket she wore before neatening up her skirt.

"I'll not be long," The Twi-lek added before turning around and walking away through the door behind the reception desk, disappearing into the hallway beyond.

Rey glanced to Jane, "Considering that this place has a Twi-lek working here means that this place my not be secretly working for the First Order," she stated. Jane gave Rey a glance, "Since the First Order follow Imperial doctrines and views, you know from history how speciesist the Empire was to all none human species. Even going as far as to scratch off Kashyyyk's name," she explained.

"Are you assuming just because we've seen an alien in a position that isn't just a factory worker doesn't mean that this place isn't secretly working with the First Order," Jane responded. Rey looked to her older sister with curiosity, "You don't know what I'm getting at do you?" Jane questioned glancing the Rey. Rey promptly shook her head, "What I'm getting at is just because that Twi-lek woman is a receptionist, doesn't mean she is not essentially mean she is not technically slaved to this job," Jane explained.

Rey looked to her feet and began to tap her toes against the floor right as the Twi-lek female returned, not through the door behind the desk but from a door to the side.

Following behind her was a human male who clearly reeked of wealth from his fine custom tailored suit, to the amount of gel in his swept back black hair. Around his neck a lanyard with a managers badge on at the end holding his name upon it, but Jane and Rey did not need a badge to tell who this man was for he had made it very clear who he was.

The manager stepped past the Twi-lek receptionist and looked to Jane and Rey, "Welcome Jedi," he said trying to make his voice sound confident as he gave them a light bow, "My receptionist has told me about why you are here," he explained. Jane smiled and bowed her head slightly as Rey looked about, "Though I do believe this is unnecessary I can assure you," he said, "All ship components we craft here go straight to the New Republic," he added.

"We'll be the judges of that," Jane responded placing a hand on her hip.

The manager gave a nod, "What do you require?" he asked.

"Just a manifest of your latest shippings and possibly some time to talk to your workers," Jane answered, "Just to make sure none of them are being forced work without pay. You know the New Republic laws when it comes to slavery, if this factory is using a slave work force it can be shut down,".

The Manager nodded, "I can assure you that all the workers here are loyal to the New Republic and are paid well under New Republic law," he said.

Jane gave a nod, "We'll still talk with them," she said before subtly waving her free hand, "Whilst you get us a shipping manifest of all shipments over the past three years."

The Manager gave a nod, "I'll get you the shipping Manifest for the past three years whilst I have my secretary take you to speak to the work force," he said.

Jane smiled and gave another nod, "Thank you," she replied. The Manager nodded back before turning around and walking away to go and get his secretary before getting the shipping manifest. The Twi-lek receptionist turned around and walked away in order to head back behind the desk. Jane smirked as she glanced to Rey, "See easy," she whispered before letting out a chuckle, Rey just gave a nod of understanding before the two sisters began to wait.

They did not have to wait a to long before the Manager's secretary, a human female with blond hair drip died at the tips and wearing an outfit similar in that to the receptionist though with the skirt switched out for pants and the heels upon the feet switched out for boots.

Jane and Rey both looked to her as she walked over to them with a clipboard data pad in her hand, the Secretary looked to the two of them as she gave a nod, "Hello there. The Manager has tasked me with taking you to speak with some of the workers, if you'll kindly follow me," she said.

Jane and Rey both nodded before following the secretary out of the lobby and further into the building itself.

As they walked the Secretary glanced to them, "The Manager is also in the midst of bringing up the shipping manifest you requested.”

"I'm glad to hear that," Jane walked next to the Secretary, Rey trailing slightly behind the two of them though still keeping pace.

.   .   .

Entering the factory section of the building, Rey and Jane looked to the many workers as they built starship components. Components of all types from hyperdrive stabilisers to ion converters, all of which would be shipped off to a ship building world where they’d be put to use.

The Secretary looked to Jane and Rey, “I take it you’ll be able to handle things on your own from here?”

Jane glanced to her, “Yes. Thank you.”

The Secretary gave a nod before heading away. Jane glanced to Rey and motioned for her to follow before heading down onto the worker floor. They walked through looking at the works, trying to find someone who was not busy doing something. Their eyes soon fell upon a yellow skinned Rodian worker to the side apparently having a break.

Jane glanced to Rey before she motioned for her to follow. Rey nodded before they both walked over to the Rodian worker. Both of them looked to him as he finished eating what seemed to have been a ration stick. The Rodian brought his blue eyes to look at the two Jedi before him, “Excuse me. I’m Jedi Master Jane Skywalker, this is my Padawan Rey Skywalker. Do you mind if we ask you some questions?”

“I do not speak basic,” The Rodian responded in his native tongue.

Jane tapped her head, “Oh I’m sorry,” she said, “Do you mind if we ask you some questions?” She asked in Rodian.

The Rodian gave a nod, “Sure thing. Ask away.”

“how long have you worked here?” Jane asked as she folded her arms.

“I’ve just entered my fourth year working here,” the Rodian answered.

“You’ve been working here for four years. Tell me do they pay you?” Jane questioned.

The Rodian went silent for a moment. He glanced around, “What is this about?”

Jane stepped forward, “We have belief that this world is secretly supporting the First Order,” she uttered, “We know the Empire was very against none-human species.”

The Rodian worker glanced about for a second, “There is no problem here Master Jedi, all is fine.”

Jane glanced to Rey for a second, “Is that true?” She asked.

The Rodian worker gave a nod of conformation, “Yes. Everything is fine,” he assured.

“Are you treated like the human workers? Are you payed the same, given the same amount of off days?” Jane questioned.

The Rodian glanced around again for a second, seemingly slightly on edge. He put on a strong demeanour, “I am master Jedi,” he said with a bow.

Rey finally spoke up, “Umm excuse me. What are you two talking about? Considering I can’t speak Rodian,” she said.

Jane looked to her, “Sorry Rey. I was just asking this worker if he’s being treated like the others,” she explained.

Rey gave a nod of understanding as Jane turned back around to address the Rodian worker. She readjusted her stance as she folded her arms and looked to the Rodian with intensity.

"So everything is alright?" Jane asked in the native tongue of the Rodians.

The Rodian worker gave a nod, "Yes Master Jedi. Everything is alright," he answered.

Jane nodded before glancing to Rey and motioning for her to follow as the two of them began to walk away from the Rodian worker. As they did Rey looked to her older sister and noticed a look within  her eyes, "What is it?"

"Did you catch how that Rodian was acting?" Jane asked.

"No. He seemed pretty normal."

Jane let out a sigh as he looked to Rey, "Did you not use the force?" she asked, "I could sense a slight tone of hesitancy in his words. Plus the way he acted shows he was on edge."

Rey thought for a moment, "What are you getting at?" she questioned as she folded her arms.

"What I'm getting at is that he was lying," Jane announced, "Similar to several of the none human works and a few of the human workers at the other factories."

Rey looked to her sister shocked, "I didn't even notice that," she muttered.

"And that is why you must use the force to make sure the person your talking to is telling the truth," Jane stated. Rey let out a sigh and gave a nod of understanding before Jane gave a motion, "Come on. We need to ask some more people and this time focus, make sure they're telling the truth."

Rey nodded before the two sisters continued on heading for the next worker they planned to question.

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Rey and Jane both entered their penthouse, Rey carrying the several data pads in her hands trying not to drop them. They’d just finished investigating the final factory and once again Jane had noted that the non-human workers and some human workers seemed to be lying when asked certain questions.

Rey placed the data pads on a table before looking for Jane as she caught her breath. Jane looked to her, “Oh come on Rey. Those aren’t that heavy,” she chuckled.

“It’s not the data pads Jane. It was the amount of walking we had to do. My feet are killing me,” Rey responded.

Jane let out a chuckle, “Listen. You look through those Data pads, see if can find anything,” she ordered.

“What are you going to be doing?” Rey asked.

“I’m going to the Spa,” Jane said, “If you want to talk To me. Make sure to knock,” she added.

Rey nodded with understanding before Jane left the room. Rey picked up the first data pads and began to look through it.

She sat down upon the floor as she looked through the first shipping manifesto, analysing each shipment that had gone out and making sure that everything added up to when the New Republic received supplies. She found nothing of interest in the first one and placed it aside, there was a low chance they all shipped to the First Order, if they did support the First Order it was probably more subtly like subscribing to their ideals.

Rey went to pick up the second data pad, though as she placed her fingers on it she quickly palled her hand away. She looked to it comparing it to her other, looking to them both. They both looked normal on the surface a normal left and right hand, though she knew that only one was normal the other being nothing more than a replica.

She lowered her none mechanical hand as she brought her attention fully back to it. She wiggled the fingers, gave them a flex, then closed and opened them. She wiggled her fingers once more, it worked like a normal hand. It looked like a normal hand, but take off the artificial flesh and nails and one would see only the cold metal and mechanics that made it work.

She sighed before picking the data pad back up with her normal hand. She’d never told anyone but she had yet to actually get used to picking stuff up with her mechanical hand. That also went for her lightsaber, she’d started using her other hand to hold it. Though of course since it wasn’t her dominant hand it was hindering her from improvement.

She sat back down and began to read again, again finding nothing of interest and having to switch to the next one. As she looked through the data she noticed something slightly odd with the numbers. Specifically the Number of parts made compared to the number of parts the New Republic received. They didn't add up, this place was producing seven times more the actual amount of parts required. She quickly checked the payments going out as well and realized something else that was off. The payments going out would've only covered the number of human workers at the factory and even still only those who were moderately wealthy or middle class, figures she'd only seen when studying the Empire and their work ethics. She knew what the New Republic work rates and wages were she'd been thought to understand those for this very reason, Rey didn't think she'd need them until now. Quickly she got up fast still clutching the tablet turned around and hurried out.

She exited the hotel room and walked over to the spa quickly bursting into the entry room. Quite a moderately sized one with a desk to the corner next to a door leading into the spa itself, the desk being manned by a reception droid. Rey quickly hurried over to the door and was about to step in though as soon as she crossed the threshold an alarm began to sound and a rayshield raised in front of her.

The reception droid instantly shot a look to her, "Remove all footwear before entering the Spa," it demanded.

Rey looked to the reception droid with wonder as she stepped back, "I'm not here to stay I'm just here to show my sister something. She said she'd be here, you know Jane Skywalker," she replied.

The reception droid looked directly at Rey, "She is inside, but you must still remove all footwear before entering. We do not want our floors to get dirty," he explained.

Rey uttered a sigh and nodded before looking to where Jane’s boots rested. She slid off her boot and left them to the side before heading into the spa area.

Walking into the spa the first thing she was hit with was the clear sent of aromatic fragrances, designed to help relax nerves. As she went to take another step she felt a warmth against her bare soles, the floors were headed to a lovely satisfying temperature. Rey continued to step forward looking around, as she did she saw several relaxing pools and hot tubs, feet baths and doors leading to steam rooms.

Rey walked around looking for Jane but couldn’t see her. Soon she saw a spa droid and walked over, the droid looked to her.

”Welcome to the spa, what can I do for you?” The droid said.

Rey cleared her throat, “I’m looking for my sister, Jane Skywalker daughter of Luke Skywalker. She’s pretty famous. Do you know where she is?” She replied.

The spa droid motioned to one of the door, “She is relaxing in that heated pool room,” it explained.

Rey smiled and nodded before heading over to the room, she quickly opened the door, “Jane I…”

Rey stopped as Jane jumped and flipped around, she wasn’t wearing anything as she sat in the pool. Quickly Jane threw her arms over her breasts as she lets out a scream.

“REY!” She yelled causing Rey to instantly slam the door shut.

Rey took a few deep breaths of composure as she heard the splash of Jane emerging from the water. She wanted a few more seconds before hearing Jane’s voice.

“It’s ok now Rey, you can come back in.”

Rey opened the door with a look of embarrassment, Jane was finishing up tying her spa robe. Surprisingly despite the situation and Rey catching her complaints naked, Jane had no signs of embarrassment upon her face unlike Rey.

“For goodness sakes Rey knock before entering, you nearly gave me a heart attack,” Jane scolded.

Rey looked to her older sister, “I nearly gave you one?” She asked, “You nearly gave me one, and now I’m never going to get that out of my head,” she stated. She uttered a sigh, “Seeing my older sister naked isn’t a sight I want to see,” she announced.

Jane sighed, “Rey look at where we are, do you really believe I’d wear my clothes a spa?” She said.

Rey went silent as she glanced to her bare feet upon the warm heated floor. Slightly blushing with embarrassment at the sight of seeing her sister like that, luckily all Rey saw was her sister’s bare back and nothing too explicit.

“Anyway what is it?” Jane asked folding her arms.

Rey presented the tablet, “I was checking out the data on this and I found something,” she said.

Jane stepped forward and grabbed hold of the tablet and looked at the data, as she looked at it for a second she quickly noticed the exact same thing as Rey. Her eyes shot back to her younger sister and she smiled.

"Do you see it?" Rey asked.

Jane nodded to confirm, "Yeah. It is pretty easy to spot when data doesn't add up Rey, mom made sure that we know everything we need to about data analysis," she answered.

"Yes, I know," Rey replied.

Jane raised the tablet, "either way according to this. There has been more production than what is needed, and it would also seem that this place has not been paying all its employees," she stated before looking at Rey, "And I bet you that we'll find similar intel like this inn other data pads as well," she added with a smirk.

"Is this enough evidence to go and confront the Duke of this planet?" Rey wondered.

Jane shook her head, "No enough to implicate that he's backing the First Order, but it is enough evidence to prove that some of these companies are supporting them," she stated. Rey nodded with understanding as Jane handed her back the data pad before she motioned, "Go back to the hotel room. I'll get dressed and join you,  then we'll continue on from there," Jane instructed.

Rey nodded before turning around and leaving the spa, making sure to put her boots back on in the process.

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After waiting for a bit Jane returned now fully clothed in her jedi robs though the image of her being naked was still in Rey's mind, and the longer it remained in there the more embarrassed Rey felt. Jane looked to Rey as she walked over.

"Right, so as we are aware some of these companies have been secretly supporting the First Order. No we need to see if the Duke of this planet is trust worthy or if he too is supporting the First Order," Jane explained.

Rey nodded with understanding, "How are we supposed to get to him?" she wondered.

"We're jedi Rey. And we are the daughters of Luke Skywalker, just having ties to the Skywalker family and that bloodline is enough credentials we need to see some very powerful people."

Rey nodded with understand just before they hear the sound of a knock at the door. The two sisters looked to it before Jane headed over and opened it to find an official of the Duke standing there, he gave her a respectful bow before stepping back.

"Jane Skywalker, I have come on behalf of Duke Taldurn to inform you that he has invited you to a dinner at his palace tonight. This is a special occasion to go with the fact that you and your sister are daughters of Luke Skywalker and Jyn Erso Skywalker, both veterans of the galactic civil war," the official said with a smile upon his face.

Jane smiled back and gave a nod, "Thank you. Tell the Duke that we are grateful for the invitation and we'll see him tonight," she explained.

The official nodded and left as Jane closed the door and turned to look at Rey with a smile.

"As I said. Our heritage can get us into some good places, especially with upper class people," Jane explained, "We'll probably have to put on some good outfits for this. We'll be dining with a Duke and Duchess after all," she stated.

Rey looked to her base outfit, the usual outfit she wore, "I think I'm ok as I am Jane," she uttered.

Jane chuckled before letting out a sigh, "If you insist Rey, but I'm still dressing up to look formal. Remember I do have a few of our grandmother's old dresses curtesy of aunty Leia," she replied.

Rey nodded before Jane walked away into the join bathroom possibly to have a quick hyper-shower and freshen up before tonight. Rey uttered a sigh as she shook her head, Another gathering with upper class people great. She let out another sigh before walking over to the window and looking out across the skyline of Toras's capital city, her eyes fixing onto the palace of the Duke as she readied herself for whatever would come next. 

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As Rey had said she’d do, she remained in her regular Jedi clothing. Though not the most formal or regal looking the practicality was beneficial, that was good enough for her. She paced around the room waiting for Jane to show up and soon she did, though she almost looked unrecognisable as Rey looked to her.

Jane was wearing one of their grandmother’s dresses, one of her Naboo ones. A backless gown that clasped around her neck with a silver piece. The dress itself coloured yellow, pink, and purple from collar to hem. Upon her feet a pair of ornate heeled shoes of a silver colour. Her hair done up in a more regal look to what she usually went with, though still in a ponytail.

Despite Jane taking on more from her mother, when wearing one of those dresses. A part of her seemed to reflect more her grandmother’s appearance in, an oddity as it was well known that Rey was the one out of the two of them to reflect their grandmother’s appearance. Though Rey had only ever seen images of her grandmother, mostly ones saved into R2’s memory banks.

To think she was related to not only the greatest Jedi in the form of her Grandfather Anakin Skywalker, but she was also related to the greatest Senator of the Clone Wars era republic Padme Amadala. Like her sister and brother, and whilst Jane wore that dress, her Naboo heritage really shone through.

“You really had to go for that one?” Rey said.

Jane looked to her sister a smiled, “You know full well Rey that this one is my favourite,” she replied.

Rey sighed as she looked away. Jane was right that dress was her favourite, and the one she wore to most occasions like this. Though mostly for the day time, she’d usually wear one of the purple dining dresses at this time.

“Anyway, we best get to the palace. Come on,” Jane said, “Unless you want to put on a dress,” she chuckled.

Rey shook her head, “I’m fine as I am Jane,” she stated.

Jane nodded before the two sisters began to leave. The heels of Jane’s shoes clicking with each step. Rey glanced to Jane before looking her up and down slightly.

“I hope you don’t plan to fight in those shoes. Yes you have heels on your boots but they are slightly lower and made for combat.”

Jane looked to Rey, “Do not underestimate me Rey,” she chuckled, “If we do get to fighting I’ll show you just what I can do,” she proclaimed.

Rey just nodded as she followed her older sister down the hallway.

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The two of them arrived at the small landing pad where a transport awaited to take them to the palace. Jane and Rey entered and took their seats before the transport took off and flew toward the palace. As it flew Rey looked to the other cars and buses flying about, she even noted a hover train flying through the sky.

Jane looked to her younger sister, “I know your worried Rey. Try and relax, we’ll be fine,” she assured.

Rey looked to her sister and nodded with understanding though didn’t speak. She turned her head to look out across the city skyline, trying to mask her worry of what could potentially happen.

“Just focus on the mission of seeing if the Duke is acting suspicious. With that we can prove he’s supporting the First Order,” Jane instructed.

Rey nodded, “Alright,” she replied.

Soon the two of them arrived at the palace with the transport landing. Jane and Rey both got out and looked as an ambassador droid walked over to them, the droid which seemed to be a newer model protocol droid with a chrome paint job gave a nod.

“Welcome I am FC-333 and on the behalf of Duke Taldurn I bring greetings noble Jedi,” the droid said. The voice feminine sounding and refined.

Jane and Rey both gave a bow of respect to the ambassador droid, as they stood up straight again. Jane looked to the protocol droid directly.

“I’m Jane Skywalker,” she introduced before motioning to Rey, “This is my sister and padawan Rey.”

FC-333 looked to them both, “We are aware of who you are. Your reputation proceeds you, as does the reputation of your parents,” she replied.

Jane smiled and gave a nod, “The Duke has invited us to a dinner. Are you here to take us?” She said.

FC-333 gave a nod, “I am Master Jedi. If you’ll please follow me,” she answered.

Jane nodded before she and Rey followed FC-333 into the palace. The ambassador droid taking them to go meet with Duke Taldurn, as they walked through Jane glanced to Rey with a smirk.

“So far so good” she uttered.

Rey looked to her older sister and nodded before the two of them continued to follow FC-333 into the palace. The first room they entered being the vast throne room, though they didn’t have much time to explore. FC-333  led them through a hallway and into an adjacent hallway which led deeper into the palace.

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It didn’t take long until FC-333, Jane, and Rey arrived at the vast dining room of the palace. Several windows to the right side from the entrance looked out to a distant mountain range, massive curtains on either side of each window. At the head of the table sat Duke Taldurn, his wife Fiora sitting close to him.

Duke Taldurn looked to Jane and Rey before standing up with a smile. He walked around toward them sticking his arms out, he bowed his head slightly with respect.

“Welcome noble Jedi” he said respectfully.

Jane and Rey both bowed to Duke Taldurn, “Thanks for your invitation Duke Taldurn,” Jane responded.

Duke Taldurn looked to Jane and smiled, “It is a pleasure to finally meet you Jane Skywalker. Your father’s legacy precedes you, and you are as beautiful as the rumours say,” he spoke.

Jane smiled as she gave a nod at the compliment, “Thank you for the compliment your highness,” she said.

“Of course when both your grandmother and mother are beautiful in their own right. It is very easy for that beauty to fall upon you,” Duke Taldurn stated.

Jane smiled and gave a nod before motioning to Rey.

Duke Taldurn looked to Rey, “Welcome as well Rey Skywalker, I see your mother and grandmother’s beauty has passed to you as well,” he explained.

Rey nodded accepting the compliment though didn’t say anything in response to. Duke Taldurn looked to them both as he kept a smile upon his face.

“Come, take a seat. I’ll call up the meal prepared,” Duke Taldurn announced.

Jane and Rey nodded before they both headed over to take a seat across from Duchess Fiora. Duke Taldurn walked over to two people at the side and looked to them both.

“Go tell the chefs to have the food sent up,” Duke Taldurn commanded.

The two people nodded before leaving as Duke Taldurn walked back to his seat. He sat back down and looked to Jane and Rey.

“We’ll talk once food has arrived,” he said.

Jane gave a nod, “Very well,” she replied before they began to wait.

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The food arrived and it was quite the meal prepared for them from what Rey could tell. Four massive platters filled with different meats, fruits, and other food from across the galaxy. Most of which Rey had barely seen outside of high end parties and banquets not a simple dinner like this. All of it had been cooked to perfection by clearly well trained chefs and it was delivered to them by several pink skinned Twi-lek women who wore very high end dresses though with their midriff exposed, despite that however Rey hadn't noticed anything suspicious about Duke Taldurn, or at least anything that would implicate him as supporting the First Order. It would seem they'd have to wait for the actual moment of questioning him which would come after a bit of eating, the food itself was also very delicious and full of flavour, clearly prepared with different exotic culinary spices to boost the flavour.

As they ate some of the food Jane used a napkin to wipe her lips before looking to Duke Taldurn, "Anyway, I'm sure you are aware of why the New Republic have sent us here," she said.

Duke Taldurn looked to her as he finished eating some of his food before giving a nod, "Yes Master Jedi I am aware of the reason for you being here," he answered, "And I can assure you that none of us are supporting the First Order," he added.

Jane glanced to Rey, "Are you sure about that?" she asked looking back to Duke Taldurn.

Duke Taldurn nodded to confirm, "I would know if my people were betraying the New Republic. And plus why would I support the First Order when I know full well that they'll lose, we've heard about the Viscount class Star Defender," he explained.

Jane nodded with understanding, "We'll that isn't what we've found," she announced.

Duke Taldurn glanced to Fiora as she tensed up slightly though managed to hide it behind a strong face, what she couldn't hide though was the slight readjustment of posture she performed in the seat almost as if hesitant about something. Duke Taldurn looked to Jane and Rey, "What do you mean?" he questioned.

Jane glanced to Rey, "Do you want to explain?" she asked.

Rey looked to her older sister before looking to Duke Taldurn, "Well umm. I was analysing some data pads and well...I found some evidence that some of the companies on this planet may be supporting the First Order," she explained.

"In what form is this evidence?" Duke Taldurn asked curiously raising his eyebrow with wonder and waiting the response of the Jedi.

Jane spoke up again, "We discovered that the data of products being created compared to products required doesn't add up. Some of the factories are producing more products then what is required and those parts are being shipped out, we also noticed that the data in payments doesn't add up. They are only paying human workers of mid to upper class, all alien workers and lower class workers are not being paid. There is also the fact that I sense that several of you Alien workers were scared of something but wouldn't say what," she explained.

Duke Taldurn looked to Jane and Rey going silent as he processed what Jane had just explained, he glanced to Fiora for a moment before clearing his throat and looking to the two Jedi once again. His face clearly showing that he had no idea what to say in response.

"You are aware that this is how Imperials operated in their factories right? A majority of their workers were slave labourers and were forced into doing it under threat of severe punishment," Jane continued.

Taldurn gave a nod of understanding, “I am aware of the crimes committed by the galactic Empire,” he replied.

“Then I’m sure you are aware that this type of treatment is illegal under New Republic law,” Jane announced.

Taldurn glanced to Fiora for a moment before looking to Jane and Rey, “I am aware and I can assure you that we will deal with these traitors,” he said.

Jane nodded, “But what about with you? How can we tell that you’re not working for them.”

Taldurn looked to Jane before glancing to Fiora once again.

“This planet as you possibly recall doesn’t have the best of reputation remember,” Jane stated, “You openly supported the Empire and continued to even after its fall. Since the First Order is the successor state to the Empire, we need to make sure that you are not supporting them,” she added.

“I am not Master Jedi,” Taldurn stated, “I will not betray the Republic.”

Jane gave a nod before they all continued their dinner. Not saying any more words as they continued to eat.

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Following the dinner Rey and Jane both began to head out of the palace, as they walked Jane looked to Rey.

“Did you sense that coming off of Taldurn?” She asked in a whisper.

Rey glanced to her older sister with curiosity, “What?” She asked.

Jane glanced to Rey, “He was lying. I could sense it, you could also see it in his actions and with the actions of his wife,” she explained.

Rey looked to Jane in shock, “I didn’t sense anything, I know he was acting strange but I thought nothing of it,” she said.

Jane smirked, “You still have much to learn Rey, but we still need to act,” she stated.

Rey nodded before the two of them hurried away back to their hotel.

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Within the palace Duke Taldurn paced around as Fiora looked at him, “You know they could probably sense your lying,” she stated.

Taldurn shot a look at her, “I do,” he responded.

“Then you know you’re in trouble, they’ll be back to confront you. They’ll know everything you did and the Republic will do a crackdown,” Fiora explained.

Taldurn glared at her, “Do not call them a Republic. They’re rebels playing at Government, we are working to restore the true order,” he reprimanded. He uttered a sigh, “We must be ready for when these Jedi terrorists return,” he stated.

Fiora shrugged, “What will you do?” She asked.

Taldurn released a sigh, “I need to contact Hux and have him send someone to help,” he announced before walking away.

Fiora uttered a sigh as she shook her head in disappointment before walking away.

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Jane switched back to wearing her regular Jedi robes as Rey sat upon her bed. As Jane emerged from the room where she had gotten changed she looked to her younger sister.

“It’s time we get moving. We need to confront Duke Taldurn,” Jane announced.

Rey nodded before standing up with a stretch she then followed Jane as the two of them left the hotel room. Quickly the two of them hurried down the hallway to exit the hotel and immediately upon exiting they began to head for the palace.

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Arriving at the Palace Jane and Rey got off of the transport and headed for the throne room. They burst in through the door and instantly walked over, looking to Taldurn as he sat upon his throne, Fiora standing to the side.

Taldurn stood up and looked to them, “Jedi, what I can do for you?” He asked.

“You really thought you could lie to us? Did you not think the force gives us the ability to sense when someone is not telling the truth?” Jane responded as she folded her arms with intensity, authority seeping into every word.

Duke Taldurn went silent as he glanced to Fiora standing next to him. His eyes went back to Jane as she stepped forward to emphasis what she was about to say.

“Why do it Taldurn?” Jane demanded, “Why back the First Order?”

“Because they are the ones who should be in control! Not you rebels!” Taldurn spat confessing to the crime he was accused of.

Jane looked to Taldurn as she took another step forward, “You are aware that the order they are trying to reinstate enslaved countless individuals, and exploited thousands of worlds,” she snapped.

“But they also gave people like me power and control, they brought security and protection,” Taldurn growled.

“The Republic also brings that, but we also bring individual freedoms and democracy, to all sentient life!” Jane announced. She shook her head as she took a slight step back, “We do not just provide power to those who crave it.”

Duke Taldurn went silent as he glanced around seemingly waiting for something. Jane slowly reached for her lightsaber as she glared at him.

“I’ll give you a chance to come peacefully and but if you refuse me and my sister will have to use force. By the order of the New Republic Senate and as a Master of the New Jedi order, I’m placing you under arrest.”

Duke Taldurn remained silent as he continued to wait. Jane began to take a step closer ready, and at that instant Taldurn screamed out.

“Now!”

At that moment several guards and Stormtroopers burst out of hiding. They all took aim only for Jane to use a force repulse, sending all the guards and Stormtroopers flying back. Instantly she took out her lightsaber and ignited it as some of them got up, they began to shoot but Jane effortlessly blocked each one.

Rey quickly grabbed her lightsaber and ignited it, she’d still not gotten used to the feel of her father’s old lightsaber. Though she ignored the thought as all she needed to focus on right now was fighting. She looked to Jane as she quickly took down one Stormtrooper, her sister fighting elegantly and effectively.

One of the Stormtroopers looked to Rey and quickly went to engage her, Rey quickly began to block though wasn’t used to using her left hand. Luckily however the Stormtrooper of course had their usual bad aim, though that was until he managed to get a hit in at her arm.

Rey let out a grunt as she fell back. Instantly Jane rushed in to protect her younger sister effortlessly taking down the Stormtrooper. Within the next moment Jane took down all the final Stormtroopers and guards.

Upon taking down the last few Stormtroopers Jane looked to Taldurn and flourished her lightsaber. She stepped forward looking to him with intensity, watching as he slowly began to shrink.

“This is over Taldurn!” Jane declared as Rey got up, “Surrender!” Jane ordered.

Taldurn uttered a sigh as he fell to his knees and raised his hands in defeat. Fiora stepped out from her hiding spot and looked to him.

“I told you this was a bad idea,” she uttered, “You’ve failed and betrayed your people my husband, and now you must face your consequence," she announced before turning to look at Jane and Rey, "Just to let you know I have always supported the Republic. I didn't even want to marry Taldurn it was only through the empire and their supporters which is the reason for me being here," she explained.

Jane looked to Fiora and gave a nod of understanding, "Well lets see if you can rule this planet better," she stated.

Fiora nodded before motioning to Taldurn, "He has also forced our daughter into a marriage with a First Order officer to strengthen our allegiance, could you see about liberating her?" she said.

Jane smirked, "We'll see what we can do Duchess," she replied.

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By the next day New Republic forces had arrived to Toras in order to secure Duke Taldurn for transport so that he could be taken to pay for his crimes. Fiora had also officially been made the new primary ruler of the planet and already began a crackdown on the factories that had been supplying the First Order, with New Republic soldiers helping out. Rey and Jane both oversaw the transition of power with Jane having also healed up Rey's arm.

As the two of them stood upon the balcony watching as Taldurn was taken away Jane glanced to her younger sister, "You did well today," she commented.

"I didn't do much," Rey replied before looking to Jane, "You did most of the work," she explained.

Jane chuckled, "It was still a team effort Rey, you know that," she replied, "But our work is done here and we should be heading back to the temple," she added, she looked to the capital city of Toras, "I'm sure the New Republic armed forces and Fiora have this handled," she stated.

Rey nodded before the two sisters turned around and began to walk away ready to head back to the temple.

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Arriving at the landing pad where their transport back to Ossus awaited, Jane walked over to speak to one of the New Republic officers as Rey watched from the side. She wasn't listening to their conversation in full though, she was too busy just waiting to get back home to the temple and hoping that the next mission would be better. Though yes it turned out that this mission that she thought would be boring turned out to have a little thrill at the end, it wasn't really what she wanted to do in order to prove that she was worthy of the name Skywalker. If she were Han and Leia's daughter then she would've been a little better with doing missions like this, but as a Skywalker she wanted to do more.

As Rey thought more her mind drifted to Han and she remembered the fact he was no longer with them, he'd been killed during the Battle of Hosnian Prime shortly before the arrival of the Viscount which was untimely their key tool in winning that battle. Though even with that victory Rey still felt the pain within her chest at the loss of her uncle and even thought she'd been told countless times it wasn't her fault, it still felt as though she was somewhat responsible. If she hadn't been so reckless then Han would still be alive. She shuddered as she flexed her mechanical hand slightly trying to not think about it, she sighed before closing her eyes and taking a deep breath.

Though in that moment she felt something tingle around her, a vision washed over her. A black starless void stretching out into infinity, and traveling through an armada of ships flying through the darkness. Though they looked strange, they didn't look like normal ships. There were no mechanical parts or signs of machinery across their hulls, in fact they didn't even look to be metal, they looked organic with some of which fashioned of coral of either a beige or orange color. All of them flying towards the location, though through no form of usual propulsion, it seemed more like they were being pulled along by gravity.

Instantly within her mind she again heard that voice echoing, "We are coming," it repeated over and over.

Before Rey could see where the ships were heading she felt a tap on her shoulder and turned to look, Jane was looking at her with curiosity.

"What's wrong?" she asked raising an eyebrow with wonder.

Rey uttered a sigh and shook her head, "Nothing, don't worry about it," she replied.

Jane nodded before motioning for Rey to follow and with that the two of them headed for the transport in order to head back home to the Jedi temple.

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Above the planet of Andiluran in the mid-rim near the edge of New Republic space a First Order fleet consisting of a Resurgent class, six Imperial-IIs, four Imperial-Is, Several Lancer-class frigates, Carrack-class light cruisers, Nebulon-K frigates, Victory-Is, Victory-IIs, and Victory-IIIs engaged a New Republic fleet, the New Republic having a MC85, three MC-80s, and a few Nebulon-Cs and CR-90 corvettes. X-wings, A-wings, E-wings, Y-wings, and B-wings flew around engaging Tie-fighters, Tie-bombers, and Tie-interceptors as the capital ships of both fleets exchanged fire with each other, lasers flying through the black star filled void of space. A Victory-III exploded, followed by one of the Nebulon-Cs.

Though the battle seemed to be quite evenly matched the First Order were clearly beginning to win it as the Resurgent class took down another Nebulon-C, then two CR-90s, and finally with the combined efforts of the Imperial-class star destroyers taking down an MC-80. It continued to fire its weapons with several hits impacting against the shields of the MC-85 star cruiser leading the New Republic fleet.

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Upon the bridge of the MC85 star cruiser several sparks flew with the captain of the ship having to quickly avoid them as alarms blared, he looked around as he took several deep breaths. The MC-85 rocked again from another set of hits with more sparks flying.

"Damage Report!?" he yelled.

A blue skinned Twi-lek officer turned in her chair and looked to the captain, "Shields are down to 56% Captain," she replied.

The Captain looked to the First Order fleet ahead of them, "We need to focus our firepower onto that Resurgent-class. Target it's weak points!" he ordered.

The crew members on the bridge nodded before quickly getting back to work doing their best to try and defeat the First Order fleet as it continued to engage them. Several more shots hit and rocked the MC-85 as another crew member, this one a human male looked to his command console.

"We've lost another Neebulon-C and two more CR-90s!" the human male officer announced.

"Shields are down to 48%" the female Twi-lek crew member stated, "We can't keep taking hits like this!" she proclaimed as she turned in her chair to look at the captain.

The captain took a deep breath, "Dank Ferric," he gritted, "We have no choice. We need to pull back now!" he announced.

The crew members all nodded until one of the human female ones noticed something on her console, "Captain! I'm picking up New Republic hyperspace signatures!" she said.

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Two Starhawk-II class battleships emerged from hyperspace followed by four MC-90s, next came a few Nebulon-Bs, Nebulon-Cs, CR-90 corvettes and finally came the Viscount emerging from hyperspace instantly emanating it's aura of hope to the New Republic forces. Instantly it took up a position and prepared to engage the First Order fleet.

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Upon the bridge of the Viscount New Republic Grand Admiral Ackbar stepped forward placing his hands behind his back as Commander Zias stepped up next to him.

Ackbar looked to the first order fleet before looking to Commander Zias, "Commander inform all fighters squads to deploy and engage," he ordered

Commander Zias nodded with understanding before saluting, "Right away Admiral," he replied before turning around and walking away.

"Trinity report!" Ackbar called.

"Reporting Admiral, all systems ready and primed. I'm awaiting your orders," Trinity's voice replied with her usual optimism and charm.

Ackbar nodded, "I want you controlling all frontal weapons, target that Resurgent-class Star destroyer, we'll have gunner crews controlling the other weapons. Command the point defense as well," he ordered.

"Right away Admiral. Selecting my weapons now and locking onto my target," Trinity's voice obeyed.

Ackbar turned around and walked back over to the tactical table where he proceeded to bring up a holographic image of the battlefield, he looked as the Viscount finished moving into position and the rest of the escort fleet moved in the assist in the engagement. He watched as the star fighters began to deploy the fly into engagement positions, the X-wings and B-wings locking their S-foils into attack positions.

Ackbar looked to the crew, "All guns fire!" he ordered.

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The guns of the Viscount began to fire with all of the frontal weapons under control of Trinity targeting the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer each shot hitting with the typical precision expected from an AI on her level. The other weapons upon the Viscount under the control of the gunner crews targeted and fired upon the other First Order ships, all of them getting multiple hits in as the star fighters flew in to engage the First Order ones.

Upon the next volley of weapon fire from the frontal guns the First Order Resurgent class broke off and proceeded to flee as quickly as it could whilst its escort fleet got decimated by the Viscount and its Escort fleet, plus thee final few remaining New Republic ships they'd been engaging previously.

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On the bridge of the Viscount one of the other crew members looked to Ackbar, "Admiral, the Resurgent-class is pulling back," she declared.

Admiral Ackbar gave a nod, "Trinity, can you lock tractor beams onto the Resurgent class?" he asked.

"Negative Admiral, the Resurgent has gotten out of range of the tractor beams," Trinity's voice responded.

Ackbar uttered a sigh, "Never mind about Trinity. As long as we can take out the other ships of the First Order fleet," he announced.

"Very Admiral. Would you like me to target the other First Order ships?" Trinity's voice asked.

Ackbar nodded, "Proceed Trinity!" he ordered.

"Right away Admiral, switching target to the rest of the First Order fleet," Trinity's voice responded.

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The Viscount and its escort fleet continued to engage the First Order feet as it tried to retreat from the battle. Several First Order ships got latched in the tractor beams of the Viscount and Starhawk-II battleships. The other New Republic ships shot at the trapped First Order ships taking them out one by one.

The Resurgent-class star destroyer and which ever of its escort were not trapped in tractor beams all escaped to hyperspace, though it was very obvious they were all majorly damaged. It didn’t take long before the final of the First Order fleet was wiped out.

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Upon the bridge of the Viscount Ackbar watched as the final ship of the fleet exploded into debris.

“Report?” Ackbar asked.

“The First Order fleet has been eliminated, though nine ships have escaped including the Viscount,” Trinity answered.

Ackbar nodded, “Thank you Trinity,” he replied, he looked to Commander Zias, “bring our fighters home,” he ordered.

Commander Zias nodded before turning to his command console and going to perform the order. Ackbar looked forward to what was left of the First Order fleet as he placed his hands behind his back.

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General Hux slammed his fist down upon the holotable, anger blazing in his eyes as he glared at General Halder, "We've lost another battle!" he spat with fury.

General Halder stepped forward, "From what we've heard yes, the New Republic deployed the Viscount and snatched a win from what would've been a defeat," she explained.

Hux let out a grown as he threw his hands into the air with anger, "Do we have any ships that can match the Viscount?" he asked glaring at her.

"No sir," General Halder replied, "The Viscount is far more advanced than any ship we have, even the Resurgent-class our most advanced ship is nowhere near the Viscount-class star defender," she announced.

General Hux uttered a sigh as he brought up the whole First Order fleet roster. Despite the loss of the one Resurgent-class taken from them at the battle of Hosnian prime by the Viscount class, they'd managed to still replace it quickly with the usage of the Sun Forge which still remained hidden, they'd also managed to luckily produce another one quite quickly after upping the production of the Sun Forge brining their full number of Resurgent's up to five and hand now began a full production line of the new Star Destroyer covering four different docks across the Sun Forge. Though it was still not enough as a majority of their fleet were still based around old Imperial-era warships.

He slammed the desk again, "At least with the Sun Forge ship yard we can still produce a vast number of Resurgent class, but the production line is still too slow we need more," he stated.

Halder nodded with understanding, "It took us six years to create that Sun-forge, and we've diverted too many resources into producing the Resurgent-class and keeping up our fleet demand. And now the New Republic have their new flagship and have four more being developed and that will fully be operational by the end of this year," she replied.

"And once that is done. They'll be able to crush us with ease!" Hux announced with annoyance in his voice, he sighed as he shook his head, "What about the other ships we have? The Mandator-IV siege dreadnaught and the Sith-class?" he wondered.

Halder uttered a sigh, "The Mandator-IV is ready but we haven't had a chance to deploy it yet. And the Sith-class is still under construction, it's had to be slowed due to the divergence of Resources constructing the Resurgent-class," she stated.

Hux took a deep breath before looking to Ren, "I was hoping that you and your Knights would be more helpful in this war!" he announced.

Ren looked to Hux and smiled, "Me and my Knights are focusing mostly on the Jedi, we've managed to eliminate a few of their members but they were only untrained Padawans and low ranking knights. None of the major ones like Cade Skywalker and Ben Solo," he replied.

Hux nodded with understanding, "We need to do something to give us an advantage against the New Republic," he stated looking to the table. He looked across to General Halder, "Halder you were an aide and apprentice to Vickers during the Galactic civil war, do you have any ideas?" he asked.

General Halder stepped forward and brought up a map of the Galaxy before motioning to one planet, "This planet here has a New Republic outpost located on it. I say we could use it as a test for the Mandator-IV siege dreadnought," she explained.

General Hux nodded with approval, "Then make it so General Halder," he ordered before looking to Ren, "And you. Keep work at trying to deal with the Jedi, I don't want them messing things up for us," he announced.

Ren gave a bow, "Very well General," he replied before picking up his helmet and walking away. As he did he placed his helmet on and activated his commlink, "Kuruk, prepare the Knight Buzzard. We got work to do," he said.

"I'll have it ready sir," Kuruk's voice replied over the speaker as Ren continued to walk down the hallway of the Palpatine.

Over at the Jedi temple on Ossus. Rey landed back first on the floor of the training are of the primary training area, she took a few gasps as she looked to Jane standing over her. She uttered a sigh as she sat up and grabbed her lightsaber.

"Again Rey, you'll get this," Jane encouraged.

Rey nodded as she stood up and placed her lightsaber into her left hand causing Jane to sigh and almost roll her eyes.

"Rey, your right handed stop trying to use your left."

Rey looked to her older sister, "Sorry," she uttered before switching to her right hand, "It's just..." she said before stopping.

Jane  raised an eyebrow and looked to Rey curiously, "It's just what?" she asked.

Rey sighed as she looked to her older sister, "It feels off," she stated making Jane go silent. Rey looked to her right hand wiggling the figures, "I know it looks like my old hand but...Knowing that beneath this flesh its metal and mechanical parts, it...it feels strange whenever I try and hold something in this hand," she explained.

Jane sighed as she extinguished her lightsaber and stepped forward, "Rey, are father has a mechanical hand. Our grandfather had a mechanical hand, they both got used to it," she responded.

Rey sighed and nodded, "I guess," she muttered before looking to Jane, "But it still makes me remember that I failed to defeat Ren. I should've listened to you and Ben and stayed back," she announced, "I just wanted to prove myself worthy of the name Skywalker."

Jane smirked as she placed a hand on Rey's shoulder, "You'll live up to it Rey, trust me as your sister I know you will," she assured.

Rey chuckled, "Easy for you to say, you've already lived up to the legacy of the name Skywalker," she replied.

Jane smiled and gave a nod, "Yeah, I guess I have," she answered.

At that moment the door opened and Luke stepped in, Rey and Jane both turned to look at their father as they placed their lightsabers away and gave a nod.

"Father, what is it?" she asked.

Luke looked to his two daughters before brining his attention to Rey, "First of all Rey. I've agreed to lift your grounding, you can go back to the Warfront but be careful," he said. Rey gave a nod of understanding before Luke looked to Jane and Rey, "Second of all. Your mother has received word from Cade and Ben on the warfront, they're starting to miss you and want your help there against the First Order," he announced.

"How is Ben doing after Han's death?" Rey asked hesitantly.

Luke brought his gaze to her hiding the pain within his eyes, "He's handling it well after all he has a good support network in the form of you two and Cade," he explained.

Jane stepped forward, "We are sorry father. We know that uncle Solo was a good friend of yours," she uttered.

Luke looked to his older daughter and gave a nod, "It's alright Jane," he replied before looking to them both, "You two should get going. We have a transport to take you to the Viscount," he announced.

Jane and Rey both nodded, "Is it the Falcon?" Jane asked.

Luke smiled and gave a nod to confirmed, Jane and Rey both nodded with understanding before beginning to head out thought before they could Luke stopped Jane.

"Have you put Rey through that test yet?" Luke asked.

Jane shook her head, "Not yet dad," she uttered.

Luke sighed and nodded, "You have to put her thought it. It might be the only way to build her confidence and allow her to mold into the Jedi she is meant to be," he explained.

Jane nodded with understanding before she began to head out herself following Rey as they headed for the landing pad and Falcon.

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Arriving at the landing pad the two of them met up with Chewy as he roared and spoke in shyriiwook looking to the two of them with happiness.

Jane and Rey both smiled, "Hello Chewy," Jane said tapping Chewy on the shoulder with a chuckle, "How have you been?"

Chewy responded in Shyriiwook.

Jane smiled, "I know Chewy. It is strange not having uncle Solo around," she sighed, "I guess Ben as his next of kin is getting the Falcon. Or is Leia getting it?" she asked.

"Well that answer is pretty simple cousin," Ben's voice came from the ramp.

Jane and Rey both looked as Ben know wearing an outfit similar in appearance to his father's. Even wearing the Jacket that Han wore during the Galactic civil war over the top of a white shirt that contrasted with his black trousers and boots.

Jane uttered a chuckle, "You stole your father's style I see," she stated.

Ben smiled as he gave Jane a hug, "I've missed you cousin," he announced before looking to Rey, "How is the new hand?" he asked.

Rey flexed her cybernetic hand with hesitancy before looking to Ben, "It's good," she replied.

Ben chuckled as he gave a nod before motioning for his two cousins and Chewy to follow, "Come on. Cade is on the Viscount with Finn and Poe, lets not bore them," he announced.

Jane and Rey both nodded before the two of them and Chewy all got onto the Falcon. The boarding ram closed and soon the Falcon began to take off flying up into the sky and up into space, as soon as it was far enough away from Ossus it jumped into hyperspace.

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The Falcon emerged from hyperspace above Chandrilla. The Capital of the New Republic and it began to fly through the defense fleet heading for the Viscount which loomed in the center of the fleet, it continued until it landed within the hanger of the New Republic's new flagship.

The boarding ramp of the Falcon lowered and Ben, Jane, Rey, and Chewy all stepped off and into the hanger. Rey took the moment to look around at the Viscount's interior in amazement at the wonderful merging of beauty and practicality, she soon heard the beeps and boops of an Astromech and looked to see R2 rolling over. She quickly smiled and ran over to him kneeling down to look at him before rubbing his dome.

"Hello R2. How have you been?" she asked with a smile.

R2 replied in binary.

Rey chuckled, "I'm glad to know that Cade has been treating you well," she stated.

"That I have," Cade's voice called.

Rey looked and stood up as Jane, Chewy, and Ben stepped up behind her. Cade walked over to the three of them and looked to Jane and Rey.

"Welcome my sisters, to the Viscount."

Jane smiled as she folded her arms, "How have you been Cade?" she asked, "I hope you and Ben haven't been causing too much trouble," she stated.

Cade smirked, "We haven't," he replied before looking to Ben, "Have we Cousin?" he asked.

Ben shook his head, "Nope, none at all," he replied.

Jane nodded before looking to see Poe, Finn, and BB-8 all coming over to meet them. When Rey looked to them she ran over and gave the two of them a group hug which they both returned.

"Oh I've missed you both," Rey uttered.

Finn and Poe both looked to Rey, "We've missed you as well Rey," Finn said, "We've also been busy fighting the First Order. Trying to keep the Republic safe," he explained, "What have you been doing?"

Rey sighed, "Either training or diplomatic missions, probably nothing as good as what you've been doing," she answered.

Cade let out a chuckle as he walked up next to Rey and placed an arm around her, "Well now your here," he stated. He raised his finger and circled to the Viscount, "This is one of the most advanced ships the Republic has did you know?" he asked.

Rey nodded, "Yes. I've seen it mentioned on the holonet," she answered.

Cade smirked before tapping Rey on the side, "And gosh just wait until you meet Trinity. She is amazing," he announced.

"Thank you Commander," Trinity's voice replied causing them all to jump.

Cade chuckled as he scratched the back of his head with a smirk, "I completely forgot she could do that," he stated.

"Well of course I can Commander. Did you forget that I am literally integrated into the full ship?" Trinity announced.

Jane pointed up, "Is that the AI system that mom suggested the development of?" she asked.

"You'd be correct Jane, your mother Jyn Skywalker was the person who suggested me," Trinity answered, "As your brother has said. I'm Trinity, the AI assistant of the Viscount. I oversee the auto repair systems, the hyperspace navigation, internal ship systems, and if needed the weapon systems. I essentially boost effectiveness of this dreadnought and take a lot of the stresses away from you," she explained, "And I have been developed with the knowledge of every single war throughout galactic history including missions that are not on record, all so I can analyze and adapt to it."

"So that means your one of the most advanced droids the galaxy has ever seen," Rey stated.

"Actually I'm an AI, but yes your right there Lieutenant," Trinity responded.

Jane nodded with understanding before looking to Cade, Finn, Poe, and BB-8, "Anyway. I do think we should be heading for the bridge now," she explained.

Cade smiled before motioning, "Follow me. I'll lead the way," he said.

Everyone nodded before they followed Cade as he led them out of the hanger and through the ship toward the bridge.

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Arriving upon the bridge Cade, Ben, Chewy, Finn, Poe, Jane, Rey, R2, and BB-8 all looked to Grand Admiral Ackbar and Commander Zias who was busy doing something on the holotable. Ackbar stepped forward as he cleared his throat and looked to Jane and Rey.

"Welcome aboard," Ackbar announced with a nod.

Jane smiled as she gave a nod to Ackbar, "Thank you Admiral," she replied.

"Now first off," Ackbar said before turning around to look at Commander Zias, "Commander what are you doing?" he asked with curiosity.

Commander Zias glanced to Ackbar for a moment before looking back to the screen of the holotable, "I'm optimizing Trinity's projectors so that she can project herself," he explained.

"Oh well that's good. Though I'm ok with being a disembodied voice, I would much appreciate having a body for you all to look at," Trinity's voice announced.

Ackbar nodded with understanding, "Are you done yet?" he asked.

"Nearly," Commander Zias answered before tapping a final few sets of keys, "And..." Commander Zias tapped one more button, "There," he announced.

Instantly to the left of the holotable a hologram of a human woman appeared with long hair that went down to her midback, a very lean and slender build, a rounded face with a rather petit nose and an elegant mouth. Of course her body was the usual holographic blue and semi translucent. She was about 5'3 in height with well crafted curves. Commander Zias picked up a tablet and walked over to the hologram.

"Alright Trinity lets see if you are working," he said as he tapped a few buttons upon the tablet screen, "First of can you move your eyes to look at me," he commanded.

Instantly Trinity's eyes flickered to look at Commander Zias.

Commander Zias smiled, "Alright now can you move your eyes to look at Grand Admiral Ackbar," he ordered.

Trinity moved her eyes to look at Grand Admiral Ackbar.

Commander Zias nodded, "Ok yep. We got eye movement," he commented, "Can you say your name and designation," he ordered.

"My name is Trinity, Designation number 001. I am an AI assistant designed to help with ship board functions such as the auto repair systems and if necessary weapons. My primary function is to make sure the New Republic never falls and its people are not threatened by any invaders," Trinity said, her mouth moving with each word.

"Mouth movement working," Commander Zias said before turning the tablet around revealing a red dot. He held it slightly to Trinity's left, "Can you move your head to look at the red dot?" he asked.

Trinity turned her head to look at the red dot upon the tablet. Commander Zias moved it to above her and Trinity turned her head to look at it again. Commander Zias moved the tablet to her right and Trinity again turned her head to look at it. Finally Commander Zias moved it lower and Trinity continued to follow. Commander Zias did a few move head movement test seeing if Trinity could look from down to up and from up to down and from left to right and right to left, once finished he turned the tablet around and looked to it. before tapping more keys.

"Head motion working," he announced. He looked to Trinity, "Can you move your arms and legs?" he asked.

Trinity looked to her arms and slowly began to move them raising them up and even giving her fingers a wiggle before beginning to move and shake her legs and wiggle her toes.

Commander Zias smiled, "motor functions working," he announced before placing the tablet down, "That is everything, Trinity is now now fully operational."

Trinity looked to her holographic body and did a twirl on the spot as she checked herself out with a smile. She looked to the other as she folded her arms, "This body is adequate," she said.

"Well yes all fine and good that Trinity now has a...sort of physical form," Ben said, "But one quick question. Where are her clothes?"

Commander Zias looked to Trinity and his eyes widened before he rushed back to the control console on the other side of the holotable, "Oops, sorry. I forgot to implement her clothing," he announced.

Ben sighed and shook his head, "Yeah, can you please put some clothes on her," he said.

Trinity looked to Ben and smirked as she placed a hand on her hip, "Oh, really, Commander? And here I was thinking you’d be thrilled to see me naked." she replied.

Ben shook his head, "It's not about like Trinity its about modesty," he explained.

"Alright commander," Trinity replied with a chuckle.

Commander Zias tapped a few button, "And there," he announced.

Instantly a full body skintight jumpsuit branded with the New Republic on the right shoulder and a high collar that was open at the front appears on Trinity's body, the front zip of the jumpsuit not fully done up leaving a rather prominent bit of cleavage. The jumpsuit was combined with a pair of knee high boots with an elevated heel.

Trinity looked to her new appeal and gave herself a quick check out before smiling and holding her arms as she looked to the others, "This clothing is adequate," she announced with approval.

Grand Admiral Ackbar cleared his throat, "Anyway," he said before looking to Jane, Rey, Finn, Cade, Ben, Poe, R2, and BB-8, "I'm sure you are aware of the current situation of things in the galaxy. I know that six of you are."

Jane nodded as she stepped forward, "Yes Admiral, me and Rey have been keeping track of the current climate of things," she answered.

Trinity placed her hands before her back as she stepped up slightly and turned to face Jane and the others, "The First Order have been working at trying to break through the New Republic defense line. Though they have been successful in some battles, they have failed in others. Th New Republic navy outnumbers them by three-to-one, giving us a numerical advantage and with with innovations like myself; we have a technological advantage too," she explained.

Ackbar glanced to Trinity, "Thank you Trinity," he replied.

"Your welcome Admiral," Trinity responded.

Jane cleared her throat, "So, what is there that you need us to do?" she asked glancing to them both.

Ackbar looked to Trinity, "Trinity," he ordered.

Trinity looked back to Ackbar and nodded before walking over to the holotable and waving her hand to bring up a hologram upon it, "The First Order are attempting to attack us on all fronts. Luckily though we are currently able to hold them off, though we are aware of them producing more ships specifically of that Resurgent-class which though being effective against most of our ships is nothing against the Viscount," she explained. Trinity looked to them all, "Our best bet is to figure out where they are producing them, as we've learnt from the intel provided by Captain Killian and brought to us shortly before the battle of Hosnian prime and confirmed by Finn. The First Order are producing these new Resurgent-class Star Destroyers at the Sun forge ship yard. According to the intel that has been rightly uploaded into my systems the Sun Forge is a massive shipyard built around a star somewhere within the Unknown region, the technology seems to have been based off of Old Rakatan technology. Specifically technology used in a legendary space station dubbed the Star Forge capable of using the power of star to produce an infinite amount of ships and weapons, the Sun Forge is a lessor version of this Superweapon only able to produce ships."

Everyone nodded with understanding. Cade stepped forward, "Then there is Ren and his knights who are working for them," he announced.

Trinity looked to him and nodded, "Correct. Ren and his Knights are known associates of the First Order, they were also known associates of Emperor Palpatine back during the galactic civil war. They are a group of Darkside worshiping marauders who refer to the Darkside of the force as the Shadow. Their leader Ren is not a Sith and more of a Darkside follower who has access to it, Ren is also not his true name and is seemingly a title passed down. The origin of the name is unknow weather it came from a Sith of the name who passed it to an apprentice or left the Sith order, or if the name is tied to something else. Ren's lightsaber also carries the same name which possibly means that the name my come from it, though who made the lightsaber is unknown," she explained.

"Thanks for the recap Trinity," Cade said with a smile.

"Your welcome Commander," Trinity replied with a nod of her head.

Rey stepped forward, "So what is the plan?"

Cade let out a long hum as he thought for a moment, "I'd say the best thing we as Jedi can little sis is focus our attention on the Knights of Ren," he announced before looking at Grand Admiral Ackbar, "And if I can suggest Admiral you focus on fighting the First Order," he added.

Ackbar gave a nod before looking to Trinity.

"I believe that Commander Cade Skywalker's strategy is the best one we can go for Admiral. Allow the Jedi to deal with the Knight of Ren whilst we focus our attention of fighting the First Order and locating the Sun Forge ship yard before taking it out," Trinity agreed.

Ackbar nodded again before looking around, "Then we'll do it," he announced.

Everyone nodded with understanding before Ackbar dismissed them.

Poe looked to Rey and patted her on the shoulder, "Well. I guess I should wish you good luck out there, and be careful," he said.

"I will be Poe, don't worry. I guess I should also wish you and Finn luck as well," Rey replied.

Poe nodded before walking over to Finn as he did Cade walked over to Trinity and looked her up and down as she brought her attention to him and folded her arms.

"Commander?" she asked.

Cade cleared his throat, "Trinity I just wanted to say you are beautiful looking," he complimented.

Trinity smiled as she placed her hand upon her tight, "Though I appreciate and accept the compliment commander I do unfortunately have to remind you that I am a digitalized consciousness given a physical form and you are an organic being thus we are incompatible. Mostly because even though I have been designed to be anatomically correct I do not actually have a reproductive system or gentiles, I also cannot be physically touched as my body is merely just a hologram," she replied.

Cade's mouth dropped as Ben burst out laughing and had to steady himself on the table. Cade flipped around to look at his cousin the shock still in his face as he glanced to his sisters who were both attempting to stifle their laughter.

"You just got rejected by an AI," Ben laughed.

Cade sighed as he walked away over to Rey, Jane, and Ben, "Come on you three. Lets get a bit of a family outing going," he said.

Jane smirked as she looked to her brother, "Sure. It will also help you forget that you got turned down by an AI," she stated.

Cade just sighed as he shook his head, "R2, Chewy. We're going to need you," he announced.

R2 beeped and Chewy let out a roar before the two of them followed the four Jedi as they left the bridge ready to head on their mission.

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As Jane, Rey, Cade, Ben, R-2, and Chewy all left the bridge. Finn and Poe both stepped forward, Admiral Ackbar looked to them.

“Right you heard Cade’s plan. Whilst they deal with the Knights we need to deal with the other First Order forces,” he announced.

Finn and Poe both nodded as BB-8 let out a beep and whistle.

“Our best option is to probably attack a First Order forward base located here,” Trinity stated waving her hand to bring up a hologram of the warfront. She waved her hand again and zoomed in on a plant protected by a small First Order fleet. She looked to Finn and Poe, “The defenses are light, we won’t need to use the Viscount. If we take down the defenses fleet we can launch a ground assault,” she explained.

Poe looked to Trinity and smiled, "You don't know how helpful it is to have you around," he explained.

Trinity smirked as she crossed her arms, "I have been programmed to assist the New Republic in war times and keep their people safe from the threat of invasion," she stated, "I bet if the old Republic had me they wouldn't have fallen well under the influence of Emperor Palpatine, but alas they didn't have me," she explained, "Not their fault of course, Palpatine was a very good manipulator. Of course as well there was the whole separatist crisis which prevented development of artificial intelligence like myself, so it makes sense they wouldn't create something like me," she finished.

Poe nodded with understanding as he smiled, "Well, that is true," he replied, "But the Clone wars is in the past now, and having you around is definitely going to give us an advantage," he added.

Trinity smiled, "Thank you for the comment Commander Dameron. I'll remember it," she replied.

Admiral Ackbar stepped forward, "Your plan is good Trinity, we'll put it into action," he stated.

Trinity looked to Ackbar and gave a nod, "Very well Admiral," she said, "Is there anything else you require of me?" she asked.

Ackbar nodded, "Yes there is Trinity. If you could I would like it if you helped me design an adequate invasion force," he requested.

"Well I can already tell you that the Viscount isn't needed for this," Trinity responded with a smirk as she crossed her arms, "I'd say all they'd need for a flagship is either just an MC-90 or a Starhawk II battleship," she added.

“Very well, I’ll send in an MC90 escorted by three Starhawk IIs” Ackbar announced.

Trinity nodded, “I’d say that is pretty adequate. Though we’ll definitely need a few more ships, maybe some Nebulon-Bs and Cs, some corvette, and maybe some other cruisers,” she explained.

Ackbar nodded back, “Come, we must discuss further,” he added.

Trinity nodded before Ackbar began to walk over to the front of the bridge. Trinity’s hologram disappeared and then reappeared at the front of the bridge.

Poe looked to Finn, “You better be on the ground, I’ll help in the air,” he stated.

Finn looked to him, “Alright,” he replied, he looked forward to Trinity, “I got to say she’s pretty helpful,” he stated.

Poe glanced to Trinity and crossed his arms, “Yeah, Jyn definitely made the right call with having a hyper intelligent AI integrated into the ship,” he said.

Finn nodded as he uttered a sigh, “We best get ready for our mission. We do have to defeat the First Order,” he responded.

Commander Zias looked to the two of them, “I’d suggest we wait a bit for Ackbar and Trinity to be done. You two can’t take on the whole First Order alone,” he explained.

Finn and Poe both looked at him and nodded with understanding. Finn looked back for a moment his face full of wonder and a slight hint of worry.

“Something wrong?” Poe asked.

Finn looked to him, “Just a bit of worry about Rey. Remember she lost her hand at Hosnian,” he stated.

Poe sighed, “I wouldn’t worry too much about her. She’s a Jedi and has her brother, Sister, and Cousin with her. Luke she’s the daughter of General Luke Skywalker and Jyn Erso Skywalker, veterans of the Galactic civil war,” he explained.

“It didn’t help her much when fighting Ren,” Finn proclaimed.

Poe patted Finn on the side, “She’s still young Finn, she still has that Padawan braid and it might be some time before we see it cut,” he responded.

Finn nodded with understanding right as the hologram of Trinity appeared where she stood before. Finn, Poe, and Trinity looked to the artificial intelligence given form as she looked back to them.

“I just have to report that me and Admiral Ackbar have finished assembling the attack fleet,” Trinity announced. She looked to Finn and Poe, “You’ll have a decent amount of forces backing you, enough to help you break through the First Order defence fleet.”

Finn and Poe nodded, “Right,” Poe said, “Before we go deal with that, what is the status of the rest of the galaxy right now?” He asked.

Trinity waved her hand to bring up a map of the galaxy, “Well as we’ve already established right now the First order are trying to push into our territory. Thought they’ve made little progress,” she explained. Trinity waved her hand to focus in on another area, “Though they aren’t in our territory. We have still reinforced defences at key locations.”

Poe looked to the map, “I see we’ve sent some reinforcements to At Attin,” he proclaimed.

Trinity chuckled, “Yes of course. Since At Attin is a mint we want to make sure it’s safe, make sure the First Order don’t try and raid the credit vault. We are also doing the same for our other Mints,” she explained.

Poe nodded with understanding, “Right well,” he said looking to Finn, “Come on we best get on with our mission,” he explained.

“Lead the way Poe,” Finn responded.

Poe nodded before the two of them went to leave the bridge so they could do their mission.

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Entering the hanger of the Viscount Cade flipped around to look at Rey, Jane, Ben, Chewy, and R2. He cleared his throat as he backwards walked.

”Ok if we are to find and deal with these Knights, we’re going to need to find there they are hiding,” he explained.

Ben smirked as he stepped forward, “Well that can be easy. We know that Ren and his knights are acting as Super Commandos for the First Order, perhaps if we infiltrate a base we can find out where any are located,” he explained.

Cade thought for a moment, "That could probably work. We'd need to find where there is a First Order base thought," he stated, "Which is going to be pretty hard," he added.

Jane glanced to Ben and smirked, "Umm Ben. You do realize that we have Trinity right?" she said.

Cade went silent as he glanced to the floor, "Ah," he uttered, "Right," he added.

At that moment Trinity's hologram appeared, Trinity carrying a cheeky smile as she folded her arms, "Did you just forgot that I was here?" she asked.

Cade looked to Trinity, "I thought since your holoprojectors were on the bridge you'd be restricted," he answered.

Trinity chuckled before stepping forward and placing a hand upon her hip as she smirked, "Commander, I spoke to you in this hanger before I had my holoprojector and multiple times before. And like I said..." Trinity presents her body, "This is just so you have something to look at," she contained, "Now anyway as for First Order bases I do know the location of several small outposts on the boarder with the New Republic territory that could potentially have information on the Knights. One of them is on the planet of Kestral Minor," she explained.

Rey stepped forward, "What is Kestral Minor?" she asked.

Trinity looked to them all, "Snow planet similar size to Hoth. The outpost is a First Order communications relay probably the best place to find information on the Knights of Ren and their movements," she explained, "Not really much in the way of lifeforms on the planet apart from the Kamaran ice-worms, which are nasty will try and crawl into places you don't want them to go but are surprisingly eatable," she said.

Rey thought for a moment, "Where do they go?" she asked.

Trinity smirked, "Oh into the ship systems and nor on the wires," she explained.

Rey exhaled, "Oh thank goodness for that," she responded, she looked to Trinity, "For a moment I thought you were going to say they would go up my..."

"Rey," Jane yelled cutting off her little sister.

Rey glanced to Jane, "What?" she asked with a shrug.

Jane sighed and shook her head, "Anyway is this the best type of First Order outpost for us to attack and take out?" she questioned looking to Trinity.

"I would suggest it is adequate enough for your purpose," Trinity answered.

Jane nodded before clearing her throat, "Right, then first we'll need to probably make a pitstop at Ossus so I can get a change of clothing if we're going to be on an ice planet," she explained looking to the others.

Ben glanced to his cousin with wonder, "Why do you need to get changed?" he wondered, he nodded to Jane's High Republic era Jedi robes, "You wear those robes every other time," he explained.

Jane smirked as she looked to Ben, "Well yes Ben but out of me, Cade, and Rey. We all know I'm the most presentable Skywalker child," she responded.

Ben uttered a sigh, "Alright fine we'll go to Ossus so you can get some new clothing, then we'll head off to Kestral to investigate the First Order communications outpost and see if they have the information we need," he explained.

Jane nodded, "Thanks," she replied.

Trinity looked to them all, "We'll I won't keep you, good luck on your mission. And may the Force be with you," she said before her hologram vanished.

Jane glanced to the others before motioning for them to follow and they headed for the Millennium Falcon. Once they had all boarded the Falcon took off and flew out of the Viscount's main hanger.

.   .   .

The Falcon flew away from the Viscount and the New Republic home fleet protecting Chandrilla before jumping to hyperspace heading toward Ossus.

.   .   .

Inside the Falcon Jane and Cade were in the middle of a game of Dejarik, one that Jane seemed to be winning. Rey was busy practicing with a training remote, wearing a helmet with the blast shield down preventing her from seeing the remote itself. She remained steady, ready for when the remote fired its shots. R2 watched her beeping and whistling with wonder, though Rey tried to ignore him, she tried to not get distracted. The remote soon fired and Rey blocked the shot, it fired again and she blocked the next one. She continued to block each shot actually getting surprisingly better with each one, the force was allowing her to see where the remote was and where it was going to fire from. She could feel the force flowing through her, she could feel its energy around her, she could feel...

Just then everything changed, a chill ran down her spine. An immense feeling of dread washed over her body, Rey looked around to see that she was in a darkened area. For a second she reached up to try and grab the helmet assuming it was to do with the blast shield, but when she went to grab it she only felt the skin of her face. She looked around some more trying to see anything around her only to then hear something in the back of her mind.

"We are coming."

It was that voice again, still speaking in that exact same tone. That almost whispering tone that grew louder as time went on.

"We are coming."

Rey quickly began to look around for the source of the voice and soon she saw it. Another one of those creatures standing to the side, it's back turned to her. Slowly she began to approach it, wanting to ask a question but her voice had disappeared. The creature let out a snarl as it turned around slowly, it's black nearly obsidian eyes drilling into her. Rey continued to get closer her eyes scanning up and down the strange humanoid creature, it breathed in a type of dry heaving motion, it's breath hot against her face as she slowly felt the urge to touch the thing. Slowly Rey raised her hand and placed her palm upon the grey organic looking armor that the creature wore, the armor that looked as though it were made of the exoskeleton and shells of large insects. As soon as her palm touched the creature she gasped as she was it with flashes of visions.

The first one was of a world, a beautiful world. It seemed to be one comprised of vast jungles and seas, above visible through the nearly cloudless sky she could see the clear sign of rings. She could see cities inhabited by these unknown creatures, but they looked different to how she saw them in her vision. They didn't look as scared or mutilated, they almost looked peaceful. Then the vision changed the creatures were running around screaming as a fleet of unknown ships hung in orbit, dropping bombs upon the planet. Bombs that disintegrated all organic life. Upon the ground were giant war machines traveling over the landscape. Though as Rey focused on them she began to realize they weren't war machines but rather droids, massive droids with two arm that ended in claw like hands, they traveled around on treads and had large bulky bodies. They seemed to have been built from savaged parts, with none looking entirely the same.

Rey watched unable to help as the droids invaded the planets, ravaging the worlds beauty tearing down the trees as they went. Some of the droids seemed to be using a type of repulsor life to hover over the water, with Rey noting the bumbles of something boiling. Bombs continued to drop over the world turning everything organic into dust but leaving the buildings and industry intact. When it was over the planet was ravaged, a wasteland of twisted trees and polluted waters. She watched as the droids marched the creatures of this world into large factories that now dotted the landscape, black soot-filled smoke pluming out of large chimneys, poisoning the sky of this once beautiful world.

The vision changed again to now another battle, the droids from before fighting what seemed to be another droid species. This new droid species were spherical with a red dot like eye at one end and seemed to hover over the landscape, Rey watched as these new droids transformed into combat modes and fought off the other droid spices. Eventually managing to push them off the planet only for them to then enslave the creatures of this world, all to build their war machine.

The vision continued to show the two droid races fighting over this world, sometimes repelling the attacks, sometimes losing the world to the other. All the while the world became more and more ravaged to the point it was practically uninhabitable. It was only then she witness this enslaved race take up weapons, not forged through machinery but rather grown organically and began to fight back pushing both races of their ravaged ruined world. A moment of happiness for any other race but for this one, it was only the beginning.

Rey watch in horror as this species now freed from the rule of the droid races began to mutilate themselves with looks of glee upon their faces like they were enjoying the pain, black blood oozing from their self inflicted wounds. Blood that they started to use as war pain, brandishing themselves with tattoos as they snarled and cheered with a thirst for war. They'd changed from a peace loving species into one of violence, built from the years of oppression by those two other species.

She watched as the species now in that more familiar look she knew began to board ships created from coral, those ships she'd seen before in a previous vision. She watched as they flew up into space a massive fleet of organic ships unlike anything she'd seen before gathered around a giant station and they began to mobilize flying away, pulled through space by gravity. A mass exodus away from their ruined planet through the vast void of space, traveling by similarly ravaged planet. All continuing until they started to leave their galaxy, flying out into a great empty void where not even starlight shone, traveling through it to an unknown destination.

Again within her mind she heard the voice, the voice of these creatures. Their chant getting louder and louder.

"We are coming!"

Rey let out a gasp as her eyes shot open and she felt her body jolt, she looked to see Jane, Cade, and Ben looking at her. And R2 of course, him beeping and whistling with concern.

"Are you ok Cous?" Ben asked

Rey uttered a sigh, "Yeah," she muttered, "I'm fine Ben," she said looking to her cousin.

Ben nodded, "Alright," he responded as he rubbed the back of his head.

"What happened?" Rey asked.

Jane stepped forward and looked to her younger sister, "You fainted during your training, it's alright," she explained.

Rey nodded with understanding as she shifted to sit on the side of the bed. As she did Chewie walked in and roared in shyriiwook looking to Ben, Cade, Rey, and Jane. Ben looked to Chewie and gave a nod.

"Alright Chewie," he said before looking to his three cousins, "We're approaching Ossus, you may want to get ready," he stated.

Jane, Rey, and Cade all nodded with understanding before Ben turned away and walked away with Chewy to the Falcon's cockpit. Cade glanced to Rey and gave a nod before heading there himself, R2 looking to him for a moment before looking to Rey and Jane, he looked to Rey and beeped with wonder.

"I'm fine R2" Rey assured, "I'll be alright," she added.

R2 beeped and booped with understanding before turning around and rolling away. Jane looked to Rey and stepped forward.

"What did you see in your vision Rey?" she asked.

Rey looked to her older sister, "It's nothing Jane, don't worry," she answered.

Jane uttered a sigh before sitting down next to Rey, "You know you can talk to me about this stuff Rey, I'm your sister. I'm here for you," she said.

Rey sighed before looking to Jane, "I've had visions like this before, I see these things. Humanoid creatures, I don't know what they're called but...they seem blood thirsty and hungry for war. They mutilate themselves and take pleasure in the pain, to the point where there is an emptiness in them. Like I couldn't sense the force within them," she explained, "My most recent vision that I had showed them being invaded by two droid races and eventually freeing themselves, but now they've been twisted and warmed in these blood thirsty creatures and them beginning to travel. Travel to here, to our galaxy from theirs. Because every time I have these visions it's accompanied by a chanting saying that they are coming."

Jane began to think quietly, "Are you saying that your witnessing an intergalactic species mobilizing through the void between galaxies coming here?" she questioned.

Rey nodded, "Yeah, that is what I'm saying but...Intergalactic travel shouldn't be possibly should it? I mean I know that Master Bridger took Thrawn to Peridea which is in another Galaxy, and they both returned but...So did Sabine and Ahsoka. So we know it is possible but...do you really think someone can move a fleet like this?" she responded.

Jane went silent for a moment, "You are right about Peridea Rey, but for something like this...I can't say for sure," she answered, "What can you tell me about these creatures though?" she asked.

Rey sighed, "Their skin is a sickly yellow, their foreheads are kind of sloped, and their eyes are an obsidian black. Their blood is also black and they smear it on them like war paint. They don't seem to use any form of artificial technology," she described, "Have you any ideas?"

Jane thought for a second before sighing and shaking her head, "I don't know Rey," she answered, "As of right now though. I'd suggest we focus on the task at hand and hunt down the Knights of Ren," she explained.

Rey exhaled and nodded before the two sisters got up and began to walk toward the cockpit of the Falcon.

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The Falcon lands on Ossus and the ramp lowered, Jane, Rey, Cade, and Ben all step off and are met by Luke Skywalker who approaches them.

He looked to the four of them, “I was informed you were looking for the Knights of Ren,” he said.

Cade smiled as he looked to Luke, “We are Dad, but Jane wanted a change of clothing because we’re heading for an ice planet,” he explained.

Luke chuckled before looking to Jane, “That is just classic you isn’t it?” He asked.

Jane smirked and shrugged, “I can’t help it Dad,” She answered, “We all know that I picked up grandma’s need to be ready for all occasions, always having clothes for when they are required,” she explained.

Luke nodded before letting Jane and Ben go. He brought his eyes to Rey, his eyebrow raised with curiosity as he looked to his youngest daughter.

“How have you been Rey?” He questioned.

Rey looked to Luke, “I’m fine Dad, don’t worry,” she answered.

Luke uttered a sigh, “Rey, you can talk to me. You know that,” he said, “So tell me, what is on your mind?”

Rey exhaled before flexing her mechanical hand, she curled each one of her fingers as she thought for a moment. Luke waited patiently for her to speak, not trying to pressure her into speaking. Letting her tell him in her own time.

Rey looked deeply into her father’s eyes, “Am I doing good?” she asked, “Am I living up to the family legacy?”

Luke tilted his head, “Yes Rey, even if you don’t see it. You’re living up to the family legacy,” he assured.

Rey nodded with understanding, “Am I?” She asked before looking directly at Luke, “Or are you just trying to encourage me because I’m your daughter?”

Luke sighed as he looked to Rey, “It’s because your my daughter why I know you will live up to the Skywalker legacy Rey,” he stated.

Rey took a deep breath as she looked to her father, Luke placed a hand upon her shoulder for a moment and patted her. Rey nodded with understanding before walking past her father and toward the main living area of the temple, Luke looked to her for a moment.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

Rey glanced back to her father, "I'm going to speak to mom for a bit," she responded.

"Your mother is working, she's at the New Republic base on Onderon right now. She won't be back until your finished here," Luke responded.

Rey sighed and nodded, "Then I'll just go to my room for a moment or perhaps go by the lake, see what I can do," she said.

Luke nodded again as Rey turned back around and began to walk toward the main living area, as she did thought she continued to think about that creature that she saw in her vision. Those humanoid monsters, how they mutilated themselves and used their own black blood to make tattoos upon their skin. The looks of glee and joy upon their faces as they did it like they worshiped pain, then there was the fact there seemed to be no sight of the force within them like they'd been banished from it somehow or cut off from the force. Whatever it was she couldn't be sure, all she knew was what she had heard. They were coming.

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Elsewhere Jane walked toward the living quarters herself. As she did she spotted Erlina and her father walking over to her. Erlina spotted her and smiled before breaking into a little jog, Cal slightly behind her as she hurried over.

"Jane," Erlina said with joy, "What are you doing here, I thought you were on a mission."

Jane chuckled, "We are, but I came back here because I need to get some clothing before continuing," she answered.

Erlina nodded with understanding, "Well me and my dad are going to be heading onto a mission ourselves. Heard about some First Order activity near Kafrene, we need to investigate," she responded.

"It's shouldn't be anything too bad," Cal spoke up, "We'll handle it," he added.

Jane smiled and let out a chuckle, "Well. Me, Ben, Cade, and Rey are going to be hunting down the Knights of Ren," she announced.

Erlina looked to Jane with worry, "Again?" she asked.

Jane chuckled, "Don't worry, my skills have doubled since then," she said, "I'm not going to be nearly crippled by a lightsaber strike to my back again," she announced.

Erlina chuckled as she and Jane continued to walk toward the main living area. As they do Jane looked to Erlina and smiled.

“Anyway. I hope you enjoy your mission,” she said, “May the force be with you.”

Erlina nodded with understanding before she and Cal both went their own separate way, heading off possibly so they could finish getting ready for their mission. Meanwhile Jane continued toward her main living space. Arriving she quickly entered before heading for her personal quarters.

once inside she walked over to her wardrobe she looked to the wall mounted control panel next to it. She proceeded to tap one button to bring up a holographic visual of her clothing inside the wardrobe. She then went through until she found her cold weather outfit, she tapped on it and then opened the wardrobe up.

She looked as the clothing she chose was brought forward and shown to her. Jane looked it up and down as she smiled.

The outfit used to be her mother’s. A blue-grey jumpsuit with a tanned sleeveless jacket and almost thigh high tanned boots. A pair of brown fingerless gloves and a tan coloured hat with goggles which used to belong to her mother.

Jane quickly took the outfit and began to strip off her regular Jedi robes before changing into the new outfit. She fastened the belt around her waist before equipping her lightsaber to the side. Once done she closed her wardrobe and began to head out of her room, now fully ready for the mission ahead.

.   .   .

Elsewhere at the Ossus temple Luke meditated, his eyes closed as he sat upon a rock. He felt the force flow through him and soon he felt another presence, that of his father. He opened his eyes and looked to see Anakin’s force ghost.

“Father,” Luke said.

Anakin gave a nod, “Luke, there isn’t much time,” he replied.

Luke looked to his father with wonder, “What is it father?” He asked.

Anakin went silent for a moment, “I’m sure you’re aware of Master Yoda’s warning,” he said, “That the First Order isn’t the only threat, that something is coming.”

Luke nodded, “He did tell me that,” he confirmed, “Though what it could be I don’t know,” he announced.

Anakin sighed, “What do you know of intergalactic travel?” He asked.

Luke shook his head, “Nothing other than the fact that Ahsoka did it, so did Ezra and Thrawn,” he answered. He raised an eyebrow with wonder, “Why do you ask?” He wondered.

Anakin let out a sigh, “Back during the Clone Wars, some time before Ahsoka was kicked out of the Jedi order,” he spoke. He looked to Luke, “We had an encounter with a species that seemed to have originated from outside the galaxy, we don’t know what they were called. We just know they were a scouting party,” he explained.

Luke looked at his father with curiosity, “Why are you telling me this?” He asked.

Anakin looked at Luke intensely, “Because you need to prepare Luke,” he announced, “Because if what Master Yoda sensed is true, they are coming back. Though this time it won’t just be scouts,” he added.

Luke nodded with understanding, “Thanks for the warning father. I will inform the New Republic,” he replied, “Right now though my kids are dealing with a different mission, hunting down the Knights of Ren,” he announced.

Anakin nodded, “How are your kids?” He asked.

Luke let out a sigh, “They’re doing good,” he answered, “Jane and Cade are alright. Rey…has lost her hand,” he stated.

Anakin sighed, “Like you and me,” he said.

Luke confirmed with a nod, “She’s holding out, doing ok,” he replied, “Though I don’t know if that is true.”

“She’s struggling to live up to the family name,” Anakin deduced.

Luke gave another comforting nod, “Me and Jyn have tried to tell her that the name isn’t everything. Even Jane to some extent, but it’s not helping her,” he stated.

Anakin stepped forward, “Give Rey time, she’ll learn to live up to the name Skywalker. I’m sure of it,” he explained.

Luke sighed, “She doesn’t think she can,” he responded.

Anakin thought for a moment, “Perhaps, instead of trying to live up to it. She should try and carve her own story, or find what makes her a Skywalker,” he suggested.

“Maybe,” Luke answered.

Anakin gave a nod before his force ghost faded. Luke let out a sigh as he closed his eyes and got back to meditating, though as he did he continued to process Anakin’s words. And of course that warning about outsiders coming back.

.   .   .

Rey sat in her quarters, crosslegged as she meditated. Trying to increase her connection to the force, or maybe see a vision of that creature again. Though try as she might she couldn’t, no vision would come.

She jolted as she heard a knock at the door, she looked to it as she stood up.

“Yeah?” She asked.

“Rey it’s me, I’m ready,” Jane’s voice called, “It’s time to go.”

Rey sighed and nodded before walking forward and opening the door to her room, there on the other side stood Jane. Rey looked to her older sister as she raised her hand and motioned for her to follow.

“Come on,” Jane said, “Ben and Cade are at the Falcon with Chewie and R2,” she explained.

Rey nodded before leaving her room, she began to follow Jane as the two of them headed down the hallway. As they walked Rey looked to Jane’s outfit and let out a sigh.

“Did we really have to pitstop so you can put that on?” She asked.

Jane smiled as she looked to Rey, “Well yes, we’re going to a cold planet. I want to be ready for the climate,” she answered.

Rey sighed and shook her head, “You are always the one to want to be ready for everything,” she stated.

Jane chuckled, “Well I did kind of puck that up from mom,” she said.

Rey just sighed as the two of them continued to walk down the hallways and toward the exit so that they could meet up with Ben, Cade, Chewie, and R2.

.   .   .

At the landing bay, Cade and Ben both stood outside the Falcon boarding ramp. As they did Ben looked to his cousin with curiosity.

“If you could any Jedi from the past, who would you say is the best description of Jane?” Ben asked.

Cade looked to Ben and smiled, “Avar Kriss. That is an easy question cousin,” he answered.

Ben laughed, “That is on me. I set the bar too low,” he replied, “It’s too easy to draw comparisons between Avar Kriss and Jane,” he proclaimed.

Cade nodded in agreement with Ben’s statement, “Well yes,” he said, “I mean they’re both the shining examples of their orders. Every Jedi strives to be like them. It is very easy to see the comparisons,” he explained.

Ben nodded as he smiled, “No wonder we call her the New Avar Kriss of the New Jedi Order,” he announced.

At that moment Jane and Rey arrived. Ben and Cade looked to them with a smile before Cade stepped forward.

“Sisters,” he said looking to them both, “You both ready to go hunt some Knights?” He asked.

Jane presented herself, “Well I’m ready,” she proclaimed.

Cade nodded before looking to Rey, “What about you Rey?” He asked.

Rey hesitated before answering, “I guess I am,” she muttered.

Ben chuckled, “That is good enough,” he said, “Time to go,” he added motioning as he did so.

With that the four of them all headed onto the Falcon. With the boarding ramp closing behind them.

.   .   .

Ben entered the Cockpit and sat down next to Chewie. Chewie looked to him and roared, Ben looked to him and nodded before flipping some switches.

“Alright,” Ben said, “We’re taking off and are on route to the designated planet,” he announced.

Chewie roared again as the Falcon’s engines began to power up and the ship took off. The Falcon quickly began to head into orbit.

.   .   .

Flying away from Ossus the Falcon instantly made the jump to hyperspace heading for the designated planet of Kestral Minor in order to do their mission at finding the Knights of Ren and eliminate them, taking away some high class First Order Commanders.

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The Falcon emerged from hyperspace above Kestral Minor and began to slowly and stealthily make its way down toward the surface. Carefully it broke atmosphere and began to head down, flying low over the snow covered mountains before gently beginning to make its way toward an area where it could land. Landing in a small area hidden by the mountains where it was out of sight.

The boarding ramp lowered allowing Jane, Ben, Cade, and Rey to all step off with R2 and Chewie. They looked around and the area for a moment before Rey let out a shudder like gasp as she felt the ice like cold nip at her like dead fingers pinching her flesh, she quickly grabbed her arms and began to rub them to stay warm, feeling her body tremble in the process. She had only been on this planet for a few seconds and already her skin felt like it had turned to ice. Jane looked to her and let out a chuckle at her little sister's predicament.

"And that is why I wanted to change my clothing," she said, a smile spreading upon her lips.

Rey looked to her older sister and let out a sigh, "I should've brought my robe," she muttered.

Ben cleared his throat to grab their attention, "Yeah anyway," he announced before looking to Chewie, "Chewie stay with the Falcon, make sure none of those worms that Trinity mentioned on the Viscount get into the piping," he ordered before looking to his three cousins, "You three with me, we'll go to the First Order base," he explained.

Rey, Jane, and Cade all nodded with understanding as R2 rolled forward and let out a beep and whistle looking to Ben as he began to speak in Binary. Ben brought his attention to the little astromech droid.

"We'll want you to come with us R2," he said, "You can hack into the First Order systems," he explained.

R2 beeped and booped with understanding before he began to follow the four Jedi as they all headed for a ridge between two of the mountains, getting up onto it they looked down to a massive, frozen, snow covered valley. They're eyes looked over the area until they saw the First Order base, Jane quickly took out a pair of view finders and looked through them at the First Order base.

"What do you see?" Cade asked.

Jane let out a sigh as she scanned the First Order base, "It's definitely a communications outpost," she replied, "I'm seeing a massive amount of comm-dishes, they must have range across the surrounding four eight sectors," she deduced.

Ben looked to his cousin, "What do the defences look like?" he asked.

Jane brought her sight to the defences of the base, "I'm not seeing any patrols, though it does look like they've got some type of pylon on the perimeter. Defence pylons by the looks of it," she explained. Jane lowered her view finders and looked to Cade, Ben, and Rey, "They look like the ones we have on our Tatooine outpost, the one in the dune sea," she explained, "You know, that one the New Republic established during the Thrawn crisis that we also used on our crime syndicate crackdown," she stated.

"I know the one your talking about," Ben confirmed, "And if I'm correct, those defence pylons around that base send out a frequency that keep the Krayt Dragons away," he said.

Jane nodded, "They do," she said, "And that begs the question," she muttered before nodding to the First Order communications outpost, "If those Pylons are the same, then what are they keeping out?" she asked.

Cade shook his head not knowing, "This planet is mostly uncharted from what I read on the way over here, most of the information we have is from what Trinity told us," he said, "And the information she had is based on what is in her data banks, basically even though she is the greatest innovation in artificial intelligence. Even she has limits," he explained.

Ben looked to the First Order base, "Hang on. I think I see something," he announced.

Jane brough the viewfinders back to her eyes and looked until she saw what Ben had seen. It was a First Order AT-HS slowly patrolling around the edge of the perimeter, though not going past the pylons. She lowered the view finders and looked to Rey, Ben, and Cade.

"Its an All Terrain Heavy Scout," she proclaimed.

Cade glanced to her, "You couldn't have just said AT-HS?" he asked.

Jane rolled her eyes and shook her head, "Ok AT-HS. Either way it's patrolling the outer area of the base just beyond the pylons," she said. She looked through the view finders again and her eyes soon fell upon a set of Stormtroopers almost blending into the snow, "Hey I see Stormtroopers, they're beyond the Pylons," she announced. She watched them for a moment noticing them beginning to head back toward the base when they all stopped for a moment.

The sound of something moving began to ring out, something that sounded like ice being pushed out of the way. Jane scanned the location until her eyes fell upon what looked for whatever was causing it but saw nothing. Whatever it was, it was clearly underground. She looked back to the Stormtroopers as they quickly began to run toward the base fast, though some seemed to be making it others looked like they area lagging behind. Specifically one Stormtrooper who was lagging behind the others who quickly got past the pylons. Instantly the clear otherworldly sound of ice cracking and breaking got louder, Jane looked to an area just behind the lone Stormtrooper as the snow seemed to slightly sink before it burst up. Instantly a massive ice-worm like creature burst out letting out a roar as it opened up its peek like mouth, letting out an intense roar as it shot into the air. A pair of glistening sharp insect like arms protruded from the front. Its body seemingly covered in layered natural armoured plates.

The creatures mouth opened in a four way split, it instantly moved down fast toward the Stormtrooper who turned and fired at the creature. The blaster bolts hit but only bounced off of the creature's armour as it brought its mouth down on the Stormtrooper swallowing him whole as the creature went back underground.

"Ok," Rey said, "Now we know what those pylons are for," she stated.

Jane let out a sigh as she lowered her viewfinders, "We've got to try and get into that base and avoid that thing," she explained looking to the mothers.

"How do you expect us to do that?" Rey asked.

Ben exhaled, "Well the First Order have All Terrain Heavy Scouts patrolling the outer area, and that massive ice worm under the ground," he stated.

Jane thought for a moment, "What is the chance that there could be tunnels heading under that base," she said.

Cade glanced to Jane and smiled, "There is a high chance that those worm things have created some tunnels under where that base is located, First Order might use them as natural coolant tunnels," he replied, "We could use those to get in there. Though the only problem is we'd have to deal with that worm," he explained.

Jane glanced to her brother, “We’d have to be careful then when going through those tunnels,” She responded.

With agreement they all nodded before quickly moving off the ridge so that they could find an entrance into the tunnels made by that gargantuan ice worm, they also knew that because of that think lurking down beneath the ice they were going to have to be extra careful when moving past it. As they looked around the small area near where they had landed the Falcon it didn't take long before Ben found the entrance to a cave, he quickly flipped around to look at his three cousins with a smile as he raised his arm and waved.

"Over here!" he called.

Jane, Cade, and Rey all made their way over to Ben who motioned to the cave. Cade smiled as he looked to Ben folding his arms in the process as he gave his cousin a nod.

"Well done Cousin," he said.

Ben chuckled before glancing to Jane and Rey, he stepped to the side as he presented the cave entrance, "Ladies first," he announced.

Jane let out a sigh as she shook her head, "You just had to say that didn't you," she muttered before she headed into the cave brining out her lightsaber in the process. As she did she motioned for them to follow her as they went in.

Cade and Ben looked to each other before chuckling and heading in with Rey following behind then. The three of them taking out their lightsabers in the process as they stepped down into the cave following behind Jane. The four of them stepped slowly, careful not to make too much noise under fear that it attracts one of those giant leviathan worms. As they got to the bottom of the incline they were faced with a T-junction in the tunnel. Jane looked to the right before motioning for Rey, Cade, and Ben to follow her as they began to slowly approach the First Order listening outpost. Keeping their eyes peeled for that giant worm creature, as they walked they heard the distant sound of a roar. Most likely made by that very ice worm, though from the sounds of it, it sounded far off and no where near them. Though it still caused Rey to shudder slightly.

Jane glanced to her younger sister and placed a hand on her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her, Rey looked to Jane and gave a nod to her before they all continued to head for the First Order communication outpost. The four Jedi all kept their eyes peeled as they looked around the underground cavern, though they couldn't see anything. They heard another roar from deep within the tunnels coming from the gargantuan ice-worm and soon heard a noise like something large shifting through a tunnel causing them to all freeze, they all remained there as they heard what seemed to be a snarl. The worm was definitely moving around, it let out a roar and they heard another from somewhere else. There was more than one worm. Cade raised his hand and motioned for the others to follow him, the other three nodded and they kept walking down the hallway.

"Do we know how that thing hunts?" Rey asked.

Ben glanced to his youngest cousin, "Maybe through vibrations in the floor," he suggested, "Vibrations based around footsteps," he explained.

"Isn't that similar to how a Krayt dragon hunts on Tatooine?" Cade questioned.

Ben shakes his head, "I don't know," he answered, "I mean that is how we lured that one out," he announced, "All because someone wanted a Krayt dragon purl," he stated glancing at Jane.

Jane glanced to Cade and Ben, "Hey. A Krayt Dragon purl necklace was the best thing I could get aunty Leia for her Birthday," she responded.

Ben smiled as he looked to Jane, "And my mom appreciated receiving it," he stated, "but you could have done something to help," he said.

"I was negotiating with the Sand people, how was that not helping," she announced.

Cade looked to Jane, "You could've help us fight the thing," he responded.

Jane smirked, "You both looked like you had it," she said, "And plus we got some nice meat out of it. I got to say Krayt dragon stake with Chandrillan seasoning is probably the best foot dinner I've ever had," she proclaimed, she glanced to Cade and Ben, "And hey the Krayt dragon eggs made some pretty good omelettes," she stated before glancing to Rey, "Would you agree Rey?"

Rey glanced to her older sister, "I couldn't finish mine," she answered, "I was too big," she added.

"Size matters not," Cade said, "As master Yoda said to Dad when he was training."

Rey sighed and shook her head, "That is not what that phrase means," she explained, "I highly doubt Master Yoda had a Krayt dragon omelette in mind when he said that," she stated.

Cade just chuckled as they all heard the sound of the giant ice-worm roaring again followed by more sound of shifting and what seemed to be the sound of ice breaking and moving to the side, a sound that was getting louder and louder like it was getting closer by the minute. They all looked to each other as the sound continued to get louder, soon another roar burst out which caused Rey to flinch and cover her ears as it bellowed through the halls. All their faces went pale as they all realized the same thing, the worm was coming. And it was coming fast.

"RUN!" Ben yelled.

Quickly they all began to run down the hallway, the sound of the ice breaking getting closer with another roar soon following. Rey glanced back right as a wall of ice burst away and the giant ice-worm emerged letting out a roar as it looked to them and began to slide after them, Rey quickly looked forward as she continued to run after them. The four Jedi all continued to run down the hallway trying to escape the wall before soon reaching a dead end, Jane stepped forward and rubbed some snow off of the ice wall. She looked through a slightly more clear part of the ice being able to see the tunnel continue on the other side.

"The tunnel continues on the other side!" she called back looking to her two siblings and Ben.

Cade looked to her as he brought out his lightsaber, "Cut through it!" he commanded.

Jane nodded before taking out her lightsaber and igniting it. She stabbed it into the ice wall before beginning to bring it in a circle cutting through the ice, meanwhile Cade and Ben ignited their lightsabers and turned around. Rey grabbed hers ready as she took several deep breaths, though she didn't ignite hers straight away she did hold it tight in hand. The sound of the giant Ice-worm approaching began to fill the tunnel, it let out another roar as it continued to move. Ben and Cade both got into ready stance though luckily Jane managed to cut a hole in the ice wall and looked back.

"It's done, get through! she called.

Rey quickly turned and got through followed by Cade and Ben with Jane getting through last right as the giant-ice worm turned the corner and began to charge forward toward them. It let out a roar as the four Jedi continued to run down the hallway, the giant ice-worm itself soon burst its way through the ice wall as it continued it's pursuit. Ben, Jane, and Cade all turned around ready to face the worm as it slide toward them, however as soon as it was ten feet away from them it recoiled as it let out a screech of pain. It slide back before bursting through a side wall in order to turn around and head back down the tunnel. The four Jedi all began to take deep breaths, Cade, Jane, and Ben all extinguishing their blades as they did so.

"We must be within the First Order defence perimeter," Ben deduced, "The worm won't go any further," he explained.

Jane looked to them, "Then we should head into the base now. It shouldn't be too far," she answered.

Cade, Ben, and Rey all nodded before they all continued down the tunnel until they reached an area where the ice was merged with metal. They all looked to it for a moment before Cade stepped forward and looked back to them all.

"This must be part of the base, we could probably enter through here," he stated.

Ben, Jane, and Rey all nodded with agreement before watching Cade ignite his lightsaber and stab it into the metal section of the wall and begin to cut their way in. Once done he moved the section of wall he'd cut out away and looked to what lay beyond, which turned out to be a shaft of some sort. He looked back to the other three.

"It looks like a coolant shaft, we should be able to get into the base through here," he explained, "It's a bit of a clime thought," he announced looking up the shaft before looking back to the other three, more so at Jane, "You think you can climb it Jane?" he asked with a chuckle.

Jane rolled her eyes, "Yes I can climb it," she responded.

Cade chuckled, "Just checking," he joked before beginning to climb up.

Ben entered through the whole himself and began to go after Cade, climbing up the side of the coolant shaft. Jane went in next followed by Rey, both of which began to climb up toward after Cade and Ben as they all began to infiltrate the First Order communications outpost.

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Cade cuts a hole in the wall allowing for him, Ben, Jane, and Rey to all enter the First Order communication outpost. The four of them look around at their surroundings noticing that they seemed to be in some type of maintenance closet full of heating equipment and other devices used to keep this outpost functioning, Cade raised his hand and motioned for the other three to follow him as they began to make their way over to the door. Before opening it Cade listened to make sure there was no one on the other side, when he was sure it was clear his pressed the button to open the door and the four Jedi emerged from the Maintenance closet into a hallway. Slowly they began to make their way down the hallway but quickly stopped when they heard the sound of footsteps approaching, quickly they all ducked into cover as a couple of Stormtroopers walked past.

"Did you hear about that new ship that the New Republic have?" one of the two Stormtroopers said.

"What the Viscount?" the second Stormtrooper asked, "How could I not have heard about it, that whole ship became known to the galaxy following the battle of Hosnian," he continued.

"I've heard a rumor they've got an integrated AI system onboard that ship," the first Stormtrooper stated.

"Do you believe that?" The second one asked.

"I don't know," first answered, "Again it's just a rumor from and I only heard it from survivors of General Pryde's team," he explained.

"I don't think General Pryde deserved what he got," the second one stated, "Did General Hux really have to execute him for that blunder?"

"You know that blunder put us into a war now?" the first one proclaimed, "A war we were not fully ready for, we where hoping to have a few more Resurgent classes ready before we launched a full on crusade against the New Republic," he said.

"The New Republic would've had the Viscount ready by then," the second one responded, "And they're working hard to get the next one out, the more they get the harder it will be for us," he explained.

The two Stormtroopers continued to speak as they walked down the hallway and rounded a corner. Cade, Jane, Rey, and Ben all emerged from hiding and quickly headed down the hallway in the opposite direction before continuing on their way toward a control room, keeping their eyes peeled for any Stormtroopers or other First Order forces who could try and stop them.

As they walked Jane let out a chuckle, "I wish we had Erlina with us," she muttered, "Her nightsister magic could make us invisible and we wouldn't have to sneak around," she stated.

Cade glanced to her, "Jane, remember Erlina is only half Nightsister so her magic doesn't last as long as her mothers," he replied.

"Yeah, but I would still like to have been on a mission with my friend," Jane said, "It's been so long since the last one we shared," she explained.

"Oh come on your on a mission with us," Ben chuckled, "We can be just as fun as your missions with Erlina. Especially since me and Cade are here."

Jane smirked, "Ben, I much rather not be on a mission with you and Cade together," she announced, "You two are literally chaos incarnate when on a mission together," she stated.

"That is called two cousins having fun Jane," Cade responded.

Jane chuckled, "Yeah but your fun usually ends with something exploding," she said.

"Umm can we keep it down?" Rey asked, "We don't want to give away our position," she explained.

Jane glanced at Rey, "Sorry Rey," she muttered before looking at Cade and Ben, "She's right boys we don't want to give away our location by talking," she announced.

Cade and Ben both nodded as the four of them continued to walk through the hallway as stealthily as possible until they found the control room they were looking for, Ben peeked in to see some First Order officers working. He quickly glanced back and motioned it to his three cousins, Cade stepped forward taking his lightsaber from his belt and gave Ben a nod. Ben nodded back before taking his own from his belt, the two of them ignited them before bursting into the room and quickly taking down the First Order forces. Jane and Rey both entered after them and looked at the work done by Cade and Ben.

"So much for the stealthy approach," Jane announced.

Cade looked to Jane, "How were we supposed to approach this stealthily?" he questioned.

Jane went silent as she looked around for a moment before sighing and shaking her head, she walked over to the main terminal and tapped a few buttons. She looked to the main screen as she let out a sigh.

"And this is the moment where I wish we had brought R2 in here with us," she stated.

"How do we get an astromech in here?" Ben asked.

Jane glanced at him, "We would've found a way," she answered, "After all our parents usually found a way," she explained.

Ben nodded before walking forward and looking at the main screen before helping Jane hack into the system, Jane looked at the main screen again as Ben continued to hack until he managed to get into what they needed. Jane instantly began to look at the locations upon the screen, her eyes darting around until she saw the location of the Knights of Ren.

"Alright we got something," Jane announced.

Ben, Cade, and Rey all stepped in looking at the locations of the Knights of Ren, seeing that they were all scattered about at different First Order bases and outpost. Jane analyzed the locations of the Knights before clearing her throat.

"Right we can't find Ren," she announced, "However the others are listed down," she stated, "It looks like Cardo is at a First Order base near the Ring of Kafrene, Ap'lek seems to be commanding one of the First Order combat fleets from a Resurgent class, Vicrul is at the First Order outpost on the moon of Aldero, Ushar is commanding another fleet, Trudgen is at a First Order outpost near Narkina, as for Kuruk he's most likely with Ren," she explained. She looked at Ben, Cade, and Rey, "Who do we want to go for first?" she asked.

Cade glanced at the main screen for a moment before looking to Jane, "I think Cardo is a good first choice, we can land a the Rings of Kafrene then get some intel on the First Order base before going to infiltrate it and taking him out," he stated.

Jane looked to him and nodded with understanding before the four Jedi were about to leave, however as they do a First Order officer entered with two Stormtroopers instantly noticing them and pointing.

"Hey!" he called, "Stop them!" he demanded.

The Stormtroopers stepped forward as Jane, Cade, and Ben all ignited their lightsabers. The Stormtroopers instantly began to blast at Jane, Cade, and Ben as the First Order Officer quickly hurried away. Jane, Cade, and Ben all began to use their lightsabers to deflect the blaster shots as an alarm began to sound, it didn't take them long before the three Jedi took down the three Stormtroopers. Jane instantly looked to Ben, Cade, and Rey.

"They know where here now," she announced, "It's going to be hard to escape," she stated.

Ben thought for a moment, "We could get out if we have a distraction," he announced.

Hearing that Rey looked to the main terminal and quickly went over to it, she brought up the base defenses and looked to the perimeter defenses instantly noting the pilons that were repelling the ice-worms. Quickly she activated the controls and deactivated them before taking her lightsaber out and igniting it, she stabbed it into the control panel making Jane, Ben, and Cade look to her.

"Rey what did you do?" Jane asked.

Rey looked back, "I caused a distraction," she answered.

Jane looked to the main screen seeing what Rey had done as the perimeter pilons flashed red showing they were disabled, she looked back to Rey in astonishment, "You know that means nothing is keeping those ice-worms out right?" she asked.

"Yeah, that's the point," Rey responded.

Ben took a deep breath, "I think its time we get going now," he said, "Before the Ice-worms get here," he announced.

"How do we get out?" Ben questioned.

Jane looked to him, Ben, and Rey, "I suggest we get to the roof and call in Chewie to pick us up," she announced.

Rey, Cade, and Ben all nodded before beginning to follow Jane as they quickly left, though as they went out of the control room they saw more Stormtroopers. Jane quickly ignited her lightsaber and rushed them as they fired at her, instantly Jane began to block the blaster bolts as she closed the distance and began to slice her way through the Stormtrooper squad. Ben and Cade both ignited their lightsabers before charging in to help, Rey quickly doing the same as they all cut their way through the Stormtroopers and began to go.

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Outside one of the First Order's AT-HS's moved along the inner perimeter of the Pilons, several First Order Stormtroopers walking near its feet. Just then they heard the cracking sound of ice being broken by something moving below. The First Order Stormtroopers looked as the snow began to shift and the roar of an giant ice-worm emerged, followed by several others. They looked as the ice-worm got closer and closer realizing all to late that it wasn't stopping, they looked to the pilons only then noticing that they were offline. Instantly the AT-HS turned and began to fire the Stormtroopers joining in firing at the approaching Ice-worm as it began to slowly emerge from the ice letting out another roar.

As soon as it was close enough it burst up letting out a roar as it arched and began to go down toward the Stormtroopers and the AT-HS. One of the Stormtroopers looked at it as it opened up its jaw letting out a roar.

"Oh shit," the Stormtrooper muttered before the giant ice-worm came down on him, his squad, and the AT-HS swallowing them all whole before continuing toward the base with several other giant Ice-worm.

The Giant Ice-worm begin to attack the First Order base taking out the First Order forces and causing them to scatter about as they try and fight back against the beasts that were now tearing through the communications outpost.

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Rey, Jane, Cade, and Ben all fight their way through the main building of the First Order communications outpost as Jane took out her commlink, "Chewie, we need a pick up head to the roof of the First Order communications outpost," she ordered.

She heard Chewie let out a roar from the other side before she put her commlink away and continued to fight through the First Order forces with Rey, Cade, and Ben. Quickly they all got up to the roof of the main building and looked out across the communications outpost as the Ice-worm tour through the First Order forces stationed there.

"That is quite the distraction my little cousin," Ben said looking to Rey.

Rey looked to Ben and nodded before they all looked to see the Falcon approaching and the ramp lowering allowing them to all quickly get on. The ramp quickly closed before the the Falcon began to fly away from the First Order communications outpost being destroyed by the giant ice-worms.

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The Falcon flew away from Kestral Minor. Within it R2 rolled over to Jane, Rey, Ben, and Cade before letting out a few beeps and boops, Rey looked to him and smiled, "We're fine R2," she replied, "Can't say the same for the First Order communication outpost," she chuckled.

"Well yeah they're getting torn apart by giant ice-worms," Cade stated.

Rey let out another chuckle as Ben walked over to Jane and folded his arm, "What is our next move?" he asked, "Do we head to kafrene or do we head back to the Viscount and tell them about the destruction of the outpost?"

Jane looked to Ben as she took off her hat, "Well first off I'd want to get changed out of this outfit so we'll be going back to Ossus for a moment, then I suggest we head right for Kafrene," she announced, "We need to hunt down the Knights of Ren, starting with Cardo. Then from there we'll go through one by one," she explained.

Ben nodded with understanding before walking away to join Chewie in the cockpit, as he went Rey looked to her older sister, "Do you think I'll be able to take on Cardo?" she asked.

Jane looked to Rey and smiled, "Cardo is one of the easy ones as all he has is a blaster and his arm cannon. He is much easier than the melee ones," she explained.

Rey nodded with understanding before walking away over to the bed and laydown on it for a moment having a rest, she let out a sigh as Jane looked to Cade.

"I'm going to send a message to the Viscount and tell them about what we're doing," she explained.

Cade nodded with understanding as Jane walked away undoing her hair in the process to let it fall over her shoulders, as she did Cade walked over to the seating area and sat down giving himself a rest before hearing Rey gasp and shoot up in the bed almost hitting her head against the top.

Cade looked to her with a raised eyebrow, "Something wrong sis?" he asked.

Rey brought her attention to Cade before letting out a sigh, "No," she muttered, "It's nothing," she answered before taking a deep breath and laying back down.

Cade uttered a sigh before nodding with understanding and getting up before walking away toward the cockpit leaving Rey alone to let out a sigh as she rested her head upon the pillow of the bed, thinking about the fact that this mission had only just started whilst also trying to process that vision she was having. She let out another sigh before closing her eyes and having a nap as the Falcon jumped into hyperspace.

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The Falcon emerged from hyperspace at the Rings of Kafrene and began to fly toward the station, landing at one of the ports. The ramp opened allowing Jane now back in her regular High Republic era Jedi robes, Ben, Cade, Rey, and R2 emerge from the ship, Jane looked to Cade, Rey, Ben, and R2.

"Alright," she said, "We need to find information on the First Order base that is near this location," she explained.

Ben stepped forward, "We know that Cardo is there," he replied.

Jane nodded, "Yes," she replied as she brushed some of her hair back, "But we still need to find information on this base before we can move in, such as if there is any blind spots we can use so we can enter the base," she explained, "And more about its actual location," she added.

Cade stepped forward himself standing next to Ben, "Do we know if the First Order frequent this stop?" he asked, "After all Kafrene isn't in New Republic territory,"

"It's very likely," Jane agreed, "We'll have to be careful," she stated.

Ben smirked, "Maybe you shouldn't have switched to those Jedi robes of yours, your going to be pretty noticeable," he said.

Jane looked to her cousin and folded her arms, "Ben," she replied, "This is my primary outfit, and we both know that I can't play a scoundrel as well as you can," she announced.

Ben stepped forward and leaned in to look at Jane, "That is because I'm a Solo, and you are a Skywalker," he responded.

Jane let out a chuckle, "Anyway," she said, "We need to get to looking about," she explained, "Ben you got with Cade, I'll go with Rey," she ordered.

Cade stepped up next to Ben, "Well me and Ben are usually an amazing team together," he stated before looking at Ben, "Isn't that right Cousin?" he asked.

"You are correct Cousin," Ben answered before he and Cade fist bumped, "Lets go," he said, "Solo and Skywalker together," he added before the two of them walked away toward to do their investigation.

Jane looked to Rey, "You coming?" he asked.

Rey nodded, "How are we going to approach this?" she questioned.

"We ask around," she answered, she looked to R2 as he let out a beep, "And hey, we got R2 with us," she added.

Rey looked to R2 and patted his head, "Well, true," she answered.

Jane motioned for Rey to follow, "Alright, lets get this thing started," she said before looking to R2, "Come along R2," she added.

R2 beeped and booped before rolling after Jane, Rey let out a sigh before beginning to follow her older sister and the astromech as they walked into the trade port of the Rings of Kafrine. As they went Jane looked around at all the people walking around, some of which were aliens she'd never seen before. She recognized some Rodians, twi-leks, Zabraks, Besalisks noting that one of them had a robotic arm replacing one of its four arms, which caused Rey to flex her cybernetic hand. She also noticed a couple of Aqualish, a few Duros, a devaronian, and three Dugs. Though other than them the other species she didn't recognize, she looked around as at the aliens. She noted some aliens that looked like humans though with very smooth bald heads and wide mouths, some purple skinned humanoids with black hair, some white skinned humanoids with their faces looking like they were made of smooth round pebbles though it was clear it wasn't stone but flesh, and finally she noticed a group of reptilian looking aliens.

At that moment she felt Jane tap her on the side causing her to look at her older sister, "I'd advise you not to stare Rey," she said, "Some of these species do not like it," she explained.

Rey gave a nod of understanding, "Sorry," she replied.

As they walked they noticed one of the trading posts which seemed to be selling gems and precious stones, the stall being manned by a Beige colored Dug. Jane looked to Rey and R2 before motioning for them to follow her, they all then approached the stall where Jane looked to the Dug.

"Excuse me sir," Jane said.

The Dug looked at her taking a quick glance at her outfit, "Your a Jedi," he replied, "I'll have you know that nothing here is stolen," he announced.

Jane raised her hand, "That is not what were here about, were hear on New Republic business dealing with the First Order," she responded.

The Dug let out a hum, "The New Republic?" he asked, "They have no presence here, this is independent territory," he explained.

"Yes but there is a First Order base near by," Jane said, "We want information about it," she stated.

The Dug thought about what Jane had said, he rubbed his hand-like feet together, "I could give you some information," he muttered, "For a price."

Jane let out a sigh, "I got several New Republic credits if that will work," she replied.

"New Republic money is nothing out here," the Dug responded, "I need something that is really worth something," he explained.

Rey stepped forward, "The credits will do fine," she said as she waved her hand.

The Dug chuckled, "Nice try Jedi," he responded, "But that trick only works on the weak minded," he announced, "And my mind is strong," it proclaimed.

Jane glanced at Rey before looking at the Dug, "What kind of money would you take?" she questioned.

The Dug thought, "Well, again anything that is worth something out in places like this," he answered.

Jane reached into her tunic and pulled out a kyber necklace that once belonged to their mother, "Will this do?" she asked, "Pure kyber," she stated as she took it off.

The Dug looked at it as he let out a hum, "That will do," he replied.

Jane smirked before giving the Dug the necklace to Rey's shock as she looked to her sister, R2 letting out a beep in amazement at what Jane was doing. Jane stood up straight and folded her arms as she looked to the Dug with intent.

"Now," she said, "Tell us what you know."

The Dug leaned forward, "I don't know about the base itself," he replied, "Though I have seen some First Order folk frequenting this little cantina near Sector nine," he explained.

Jane nodded with understanding, "Thanks," she replied before looking to Rey and R2, "Come on," she said as she motioned with her hand.

Rey nodded before she can R2 began to follow Jane as they headed for the cantina that the Dug had suggested they investigate at.

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Elsewhere on the Ring of Kafrene Cade and Ben walked looking through the crowd, looking at all the people for anyone to question. Their eyes soon locked onto a single human manning one of the stalls. Ben and Cade both looked at each other for the moment, they both gave a nod before approaching him.

Stepping up to the stall the human male looked to them both, Ben and Cade put on a smile as they looked at him.

“Hello there,” Cade said.

“I’m Ben Solo,” Ben introduced, he then motioned to Cade, “This my cousin, Cade Skywalker,” he continued.

“We’re here on behalf of the New Republic and New Jedi Order,” Cade stated.

“Mind if we ask you some questions?” Ben asked.

The stall owner looked at the two of them, “I’m not in trouble am I?” He wondered.

Cade shook his head, “No, you’re not,” he answered.

“It’s questions about First Order activity in this region,” Ben announced.

“There is a base near here,” Cade stated, “It’s being overseen by someone we’re looking for.”

“Do you know anything about it?” Ben questioned.

The stall owner looked at them both, “I know nothing of First Order activity, but I do know of a Cantina where you might find something,” he answered, “Near sector nine.”

Ben and Cade both put on a smile and gave a nod to the stall owner before Cade spoke up.

“Thank you sir,” he said.

“It was a pleasure doing business with you,” Ben stated.

The stall owner nodded before Cade and Ben both walked away, as they did Cade looked to Ben and leaned in.

“Where is Sector nine?” He asked.

Ben shrugged and shook his head, “I got no idea,” he answered, “I guess we’ll have to find it,” he stated.

Cade smirked before patting Ben on the shoulder, “Then let’s go find it cousin,” he announced.

The two of them then continued to walk away beginning to look for Sector nine and the Cantina.

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Jane, Rey, and R2 continue to walk before finding the small Cantina the Dug stall owner had pointed out to them. Jane and Rey looked to each other before Jane motioned for Rey and R2 to follow, the three of them then proceeded to head into the place. As they did Rey noticed what seemed to be droid charging docks causing her to smirk, she glanced to R2.

“Look at that R2, a lovely place for you to charge up whilst we investigate,” she chuckled.

R2 let out a beep before rolling over to a charging dock and entering. Jane and Rey both continued on walking into the cantina, entering through the second set of doors. Instantly their ears were filled with the music of a cantina band, they looked to see a stage in the corner where the band stood. The band consisted of two human males both of which were on a guitar, a bith using a kloo horn, a pink skinned female Twi-lek in a rather revealing outfit that was not too revealing mostly only having her midriff, a long skirt that exposed her leg at the side and silver open-toed stilettos who seemed to be lead singer, plus two other background singers, one being another Twi-lek with green skinned female and in an outfit similar to the lead singer’s outfit, the other was a female Zabrak who was a little more covered up. The song they were singing was a rendition of Jedi Rock.

Looking around the rest of the cantina most of the people who none-human or near human with few full humans around. Noting some of the aliens there were other Twi-leks, some Myykians and Ortolans, a few Rodians, some Roonans, a couple of Talzs, a small group of Shistavanens, some Devaronians, several Falleens, some Crolute similar looking to the Jakku junk boss, and of course other species that Rey didn't recognize. As Rey continued to scan around she also noticed a small group of blue skinned humanoids with red eyes that she instantly recognized as Chiss, quickly she looked at Jane and tapped her on the shoulder.

"There are some Chiss over there," she muttered.

Jane looked to the group of Chiss before looking to Rey, "Its rare to find Chiss this far out of the Unknown regions Rey," she stated, "Other than Thrawn the only other Chiss I know is Rothlay," she explained.

Rey nodded, "Yeah I know about Rothlay, the archivist back at the temple," she answered, "It's strange though, I thought that Chiss lose their force sensitivity after some time," she stated.

Jane let out a chuckle, "Actually in truth if they continue to train with it they can maintain it, that is what happened with Rothlay she joined the Jedi order and got trained so she got to keep hers," she responded.

Rey nodded with understanding before looking around the cantina again as the song being played by the bad finished with several of the patrons of the cantina clapping, the band began to play a new song as Jane looked to Rey and motioned for her to follow. Rey gave a nod before the two of them began to head over to the main bar, once there Jane looked to the man behind the bar who appeared to be an Aqualish. The Aqualish bar tender was busy wiping down the counter for a moment before looking up at Jane and Rey, he placed the bar cloth to the side.

"What can I do for you?" the Aqualish asked.

Jane leaned against the bar, "I'm Jane Skywalker," she introduced, "This is my sister, Rey," she stated as she nodded to Rey who was standing slightly behind her, looking around like she was standing guard as Jane continued to talk with the Aqualish Bar tender, "We're here on behalf of the New Republic and New Jedi order," Jane explained.

The Aqualish let out a hum as he looked at her, "Why would the New Republic be interested in a place like this?" he asked.

"Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we have reports of First Order activity near this location, and we were told First Order people do frequent this cantina," Jane responded.

The Aqualish bar tender looked around, "You are right about the First Order, frequenting this place. We seem them a lot around Kafrene, strutting about like they own the place," he explained, "We don't tolerate them but there is little we can do," he stated.

"Why don't you inform the New Republic?" Jane questioned.

The Aqualish bar tender shook his head, "We are outside of New Republic territory," he said, "And there are those on this station who wouldn't appreciate having New Republic law enforcement walking about, for obvious reasons,"  he explained.

Jane sighed, "Look, we're not here about if any of the traders here are doing shady stuff behind the scenes. We're here because we learnt that there is a First Order base nearby, do you have any information about it?" she questioned.

The Aqualish bar tender let out a sigh, "Unfortunately I do not," he answered, "Though I do know that there are some people who do know about it," he announced, "Some will be coming in at any moment," he explained, "Would you like me to get you something whilst we wait?" he questioned.

Jane nodded before looking to Rey, "We'll have something to drink," she answered.

The Aqualish gave a nod, "What would you like?" he asked.

Jane pointed out a drink that the Aqualish then got for her as Rey stepped up and looked to the drink that Jane had gotten before looking at the bar tender.

"I'll have the same," she uttered.

The Aqualish gave a nod before taking out another of the drink before glancing to the door, "The people I was talking about are here," he announced, "One usually comes to the bar, the other usually watches the band," he explained, "Mostly so he can try and chat up S'adile, the lead singer of that band. Tries to get her into a back room for some fun, but she always blows him off she already has a fling with one of those two guitarists," he stated.

Jane and Rey both glanced back at the two people who'd just entered, both of them male humans with dark hair and looked completely unassuming when it came to allegiance. They didn't wear First Order uniforms but they didn't do well at hiding the fact that they were part of it, they walked around with pride holding their heads high looking as though they owned the place. Of course the two men split up, one coming toward the bar and the other going toward a small round table near the stage where he could get a clear view of the band his eyes fixing on that Twi-lek lead singer. The once who came to the bar instantly took a seat and looked to the Aqualish.

"You there, Aqualish," he said in a pompous sounding voice that was clearly fake, "Get me a cup of Merenzane, now," he demanded.

The Aqualish looked to him, "Will you be paying for it this time?" he asked.

"I told you before I'll pay when I think its worth my time," the man said.

The Aqualish let out a sigh before turning around to get the man his drink, as he did Jane looked to him.

"Merezane Gold," she spoke getting the man's attention, "That's quite an expensive drink," she announced, "And heavy too, very few people can drink it can stay on their feet," she explained.

The man looked her up and down, "What's a pretty girl like you doing in a slum like this?" he asked.

"What is a man like you doing in a place like this?" she questioned, "Sure if its a slum someone like you would want somewhere high end," she stated.

The man chuckled, "This is the only place here where you can get a decent drink, unfortunately I can't say the same for the service," he answered.

Jane nodded as she looked him up and down, "You here for a drink with your buddy over there?" she asked motioning to the other man sitting at the table.

The first man looked back at his buddy for a moment before looking back, "I'm here for a drink," he answered as he got his drink, "My friend over there is here for the Twi-lek," he announced.

Jane let out a chuckle, "Hate to break it to him but I don't think she's interested," she responded.

The first man brough his eyes back to Jane as he took a sip of his drink, "Give it time," he muttered as he put the cup down upon the counter, "He'll get what he wants," he announced.

Jane let out a sigh before taking a sip of her drink whilst listening to the song end and the band began to get off the stage, the Twi-lek leads singer going over to one of the two guitarists and the two of them have a short talk before she turns around and walks off of the stage. As for the guitarist he turned around and walked back stage to do something and once he was gone the second man looked to the female Twi-lek, he got up before walking over to her a greasy smile upon his lips and his eyes filled with a sick look. He grabbed the Twi-lek by the wrist causing her to look at him.

"Hello beautiful," he said, not using a fake pompous voice like his friend who was sitting at the bar, "You have quite a beautiful voice, how about you and me go into the back so I can hear it more privately?" he questioned.

The Twi-lek lead singer pulled her wrist free of the man's grip, "I told you once that I am not interested," she responded, her Twi-lek accent clear in her voice.

Rey watched as the Twi-lek lead singer tried to move away only for the man to grab her again and turn her to face him, a disgusting look upon his face as he looked directly into her eyes.

"Oh come on," he said, "What's wrong beautiful, come on it. I'd love to listen to your voice in private," he stated, "Tell me, is there anything else you can do with that wonderful mouth of yours?" he questioned.

The Twi-lek lead singer tried to pull away, "Let me go," she demanded, "I already have someone for me," she announced.

"Oh I'm much better than some guitar player," he proclaimed, "You'd be better off with me over that Nerf Herder" he stated.

At that moment Rey stood up and walked over causing the man to look at her, "Hey, she said she's not interested in you," she said, "Let her go," she demanded.

The man released the Twi-lek lead singer letting her back away from the man as he turned fully to look at Rey, "You got a problem little lady?" he asked.

"All that I was saying is that she isn't interested and she told you that she's already got someone," Rey responded.

The man stepped up to her, Rey looked at him seeing that he was about two inches taller than her. She needed to look up to meet his eyes as he looked down on her.

"I'd suggest you mind your own business little lady," he muttered.

At that moment Jane stood up and walked over looking at the man, "Forgive my sister, she means no harm. She's just look out for people," she explained.

The man looked to Jane as the first man got up himself and began to walk over to stand behind Jane and Rey in a type of sign of intimidation.

"You should listen to my friend and mind your own business," the first man said.

Jane glanced to the two of them, "Look we're not looking for any bad blood," she announced, "Though I do have to ask some questions," she stated.

"What kind of questions?" the second man asked.

Jane looked at the two of them, "Do you two know anything about a First Order base near this location?" she questioned.

The two men looked to each other as Jane looked between then, Rey slowly began to step to the side as she looked to the two men. The two men brough their eyes back to Jane as she looked between the two of them, subtly reaching for her lightsaber. At that instant the second of the two men pulled out his blaster and went to point it at Jane only for Jane to instantly take out her lightsaber igniting it and cutting off his hand causing him to let out a yell and stumble back, the first man who'd about to pull out his blaster stopped in shock at Jane's performance as she did a spin and flashed cutting off his hand that had been reaching for his blaster causing him to scream and fall to the floor. Jane flourished her lightsaber as she looked to the two men as Rey took hold of her lightsaber and removed it from her belt. All the patrons looked at what had happened for a moment in silence before instantly getting back to what they were doing. 

"You two ready to talk now?" Jane asked. The First man looked at Jane as she looked back at him, instantly Jane pointed her lightsaber at him, "Tell me about that First Order base," she demanded.

The second man looked to her, "It's on a small moon east of this station," he announced.

Jane looked to the second man as Rey stepped forward, "And is there any way we can break into the base? Air vents or anywhere like that?" she asked.

"One vent, it's a cooling vent," the first man answered as he gasped.

Jane glanced at the first man and put on a smile as she turned off her lightsaber, "Thank you," she answered, she looked to the two men, "I'll let the two of you go, but do not return to that First Order base. Leave this sector and go somewhere else," she commanded.

The two men nodded before getting up and running. Jane extinguished her lightsaber and put it upon her belt before looking to Rey with a smirk, watching as Rey placed her lightsaber back upon her belt herself.

"Well we know where the base is now," Rey said.

Jane nodded before hearing a voice, "Well, well. Look who it is," the familiar voice of Erlina spoke from behind Jane.

Jane instantly flipped around to see Erlina Kestis and her father Cal Kestis walking into the Cantina, a smile upon Erlina's face as she walked up with a chuckle. Jane smiled herself as she ran over and gave her friend a hug.

"What are you doing here Jane?" Erlina asked.

Jane let out a chuckle, "We learnt that one of the Knights of Ren is at a First Order base near here," she answered.

Cal stepped up, "That explains the First Order activity here if they have a base nearby," he stated, "We've been trying to get information but we didn't get much," he explained.

Jane nodded as Rey stepped up next to her, "Well we know where the base is and a way to get in," she answered, "Could you possibly help us?" she asked.

"Yeah we can help," Erlina answered before looking at Cal, "Is that alright dad?" she questioned.

Cal looked to her and nodded, "Sure," he answered, "It will help out a bit with our mission as well, after that we can send word to the New Republic about the base," he explained, "Have it destroyed," he stated.

Jane and Rey both nodded with understanding before the four of them prepared to go only to see Ben and Cade both entered the Cantina and looked to Jane, Rey, Cal, and Erlina.

"You two are late, we've already found out where the First Order base is," she announced.

Ben let out a sigh, "Oh come on," he muttered, "We only just found this place and you've already located the First Order base," he stated.

"You work fast sis," Cade chuckled.

Jane let out her own chuckle, "Erlina and Cal are going to help us deal with Cardo, it will also help with their mission as well," she explained.

Cade and Ben nodded with understanding as they looked to Erlina and Cal, "Well having a half Nightsister will be quite helpful," Cade muttered.

"Yeah, anyway lets get going," Jane said before looking to Erlina and Cal, "You two got a ship or were you dropped off?" she asked.

"We got the Mantis," Erlina answered.

Cal stepped forward, "We'll follow you guys," he stated, "Unless you want us all to use the Mantis?" he asked.

Jane thought for a moment, "We'll use the Mantis," she answered before looking to Ben, "Ben can you inform Chewie and have him take the Falcon back to the Viscount, after we're done we'll meet him there," she said.

Ben nodded, "Will do," he answered.

Jane smiled before looking at them all, "Right then, lets get going," she said before they all left the Cantina in order to head for the landing bay of the Mantis.

As they left the Cantina R2 came out from the charging station and began to follow them with a beep and boop as he rolled down with the two of them. Rey looking to him with a smile as he continued to beep and boop.

"Yes we got the location," Rey confirmed. R2 beeped some more asking a questioned, "No, R2 we're going to be going there in the Mantis," she responded, R2 let out another beep causing Rey to chuckle, "Come on," she muttered.

They all then continued toward the landing bay where the Mantis was docked.

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The Mantis flew carefully toward the location of the First Order outpost where Cardo would be located, doing it as stealthily as possible. Within the cockpit of the Mantis Cal flew the ship in close, Erlina sitting next to him as Jane walked in. She placed her hand upon the chairs and looked to them both as Cal continued to fly in close on the First Order outpost.

"How are we doing?" Jane questioned.

Cal glanced at him, "We're coming in close to the entry point," he answered.

Erlina smirked and put on a smile, "If my mother was here we could make the ship invisible," she chuckled.

"You know you can do that yourself Erlina," Cal muttered.

Erlina looked to Cal, "Dad I'm only half Nightsister, Mom is a pure blooded one," she responded.

Cal smiled and as glanced at her, "You can still make the Mantis invisible if you wanted using your magika," he stated.

"But I can't sustain it for that long unlike mom," Erlina said.

Jane let out a chuckle as she looked at Erlina, "Trust me Erlina, we're doing fine," she announced.

Erlina nodded as Cal looked forward, "Alright Jane, heads up we're approaching the location of the drop off," he proclaimed, "Beginning landing sequence," he said as he began to bring the Mantis into land near the First Order base, though not too close to it. Once the ship was down Cal and Erlina got up out of their chairs, "Alright, lets get this going," he stated.

Jane nodded before the three of them began to head out of the cockpit, as they did Erlina looked to where BD-1 stood. The small droid let out a deep before Erlina stuck her hand out to him, BD-1 let out a beep before quickly scuttling up her arm and taking up a position upon her back. Keeping his head looking over her shoulder as he let out another beep and a whistle. Jane, Cal, and Erlina looked to Rey, Ben, and Cade who all sat around the table waiting. Thee three of them looked up as Jane stepped forward looking to each of them.

"Come on, we're here," she said, "We got to find Cardo," she announced.

"Right away," Ben responded as he stood up with his two cousins.

The six Jedi all then proceeded to leave the Stinger Mantis and began on their way toward the First Order base as stealthily as they could be, making sure they weren't seen by any types of century defenses that lined the perimeter. As they got close Jane raised her hand to stop them before motioning for them to go into cover, they all quickly did so as a single First Order probe droid flew in letting out a few beeps as it looked around clearly doing a perimeter check. As it got close to where the Jedi were hiding Erlina instantly ignited her lightsaber and cut the probe droid in half, she looked back with a smile before motioning for the others to follow. They all then continued toward the entry point they would use to break into the First Order outpost, reaching it quickly whilst making sure nothing saw them.

Once there Jane used her lightsaber to slice her way in, and once there was a hole inside their designated entry point they slowly went inside carefully still making sure to not be seen as they entered. They went through the cooling vent until they found themselves in the perfect spot where if one of them were to cut the foot they'd be in the base, something that Ben did slightly too eagerly before looking to Cade and giving a nod. The two cousins then leapt up into the main First Order base, followed by Jane, then Erlina. Cal looked to Rey before motioning.

"You want to go up next?" he asked.

Rey nodded before taking a deep breath, she felt the force flow around her. Recalling what she had been taught about performing a force jump like this, she felt the force swell beneath her feet and jumped. She released the force downward toward the ground using it to shoot up into the main base itself and landing on the floor, next to Erlina. Cal came up behind her and landed elegantly as she stepped forward, looking around the First Order base as Jane stepped forward.

"Right," she said looking to Cal and his daughter, "You two should do something about the base defenses, make it easier for a new Republic attack to happen. Me, Rey, Cade, and Ben will handle Cardo," he instructed.

Erlina smiled as she folded her arms, "Are you sure you don't want me to help you out?" she asked, "I mean my father can handle his side of things himself," she explained.

Jane chuckled, "No," she answered, "You have your mission. We have ours."

Erlina nodded before she and Cal both headed down the hallway toward the main control room. Jane turned around to look at Rey, Cade, and Ben.

"Alright," she said, "Lets find Cardo," she announced. Then we can handle him."

The three Jedi nodded before the four of them headed down in the other direction so they could see about finding wherever Cardo was located, they knew he was in this base somewhere though were exactly was a different story. They needed to find him before he had a chance to escape, because if he was able to escape then it would be very hard to locate him again. As they walked through the base they kept their eyes peeled for First Order forces though saw none, that was until they saw a pair of Stormtroopers down a hallway in a talk.

"You here any news from the western front?" one asked

The second Stormtrooper gave a nod, "Yeah, the Mandator blew an entire New Republic outpost off the face of a planet. Those orbital bombardment cannons really are something," he answered.

"Unfortunately the New Republic managed to evacuate the base and took out the Mandator's escort fleet," the first one stated, "Now they're going to be searching around for it," he explained.

The second Stormtrooper thought for a moment, "You think it can take on the New Republic flagship?" he wondered.

The first Stormtrooper shrugged, "I don't know," he replied, "We'll have to wait and see."

Just then a First Order officer walked over placing her hands behind her back, "You two," she said, "With me."

The three of them walked away down the hallway, with that Jane, Rey, Cade, and Ben headed down the hallway before continuing to look around for Cardo.

Elsewhere Cal and Erlina both continued to walk another hallway, Erlina using her magika to conceal them both as they headed for the main control room of the base. It wasn't long though before they found the door leading to the control room right in time before the magika invisibility that Erlina was casting wore off. Quickly they took out their lightsabers and burst in Switchfly igniting their blades as Erlina used her magika to form a sword, together the father and daughter duo slashed their way through the First Order force before they had time to fight back. Though one officer was able to tap a button to sound the alarm before pulling his blaster and turning to fire, shooting two shots that Erlina blocked before sending a third back into the First Order officer.

Once the First Order troopers were dispatched Erlina flipped around and hurried over to where Cal was at the main console as Erlina came over to her.

"Alright lets lower the defenses," he said.

Erlina nodded before glancing to BD-1, "BD," she called.

BD-1 let out a deep before quickly heading off of Erlina's back and leaping onto the desk, using his scomplink he hacked into the base's systems and lowered the defense grid of the whole base. Once done he turned back around and got back up onto Erlina's back as Cal used his lightsaber to destroy the console. Erlina looked to her father.

"What should we do now?" she questioned.

Cal looked to her, "Contact Jane, tell her that we've done our mission," he said.

Erlina nodded right as some First Order stormtroopers arrived and began to shoot, Erlina and Jane both quickly had to start blocking the blaster bolts as Jane activated her comm.

"Jane, this is Erlina. We've completed our mission, what should we do?" she questioned.

Erlina waited a moment for Jane to respond, which didn't take long before Jane's voice came clearly through the comm, "You and your father get to the Mantis, with the defenses down then you can probably land it in the hanger," Jane responded, "Contact the New Republic as well, have them come here and deal with this outpost."

Erlina nodded before she looked to Cal who clearly had heard the whole exchange, the two of them quickly pushed against the First Order troopers and they slashed their way through them before quickly beginning to make their way out.

Elsewhere in the base Jane, Rey, Cade, and Ben all continued down a hallway of the base, the alarm blaring. They all had their lightsabers in their hands now and were keeping their eyes peeled for Stormtroopers, when they saw a group of them however they instantly ignited them and began to fight their way through as they continued through the base. It wasn't long before they could see Cardo who seemed to be beginning to evacuate, possibly having learnt that the base was under attack. Quickly they began to go after him chasing him as he went through the hallway toward the hanger of the based.

In side the hanger Cardo began to head for a First Order transport but stopped when Jane's lightsaber zoomed past him and struck the engine of the transport taking it out. Cardo turned around as Jane recalled her lightsaber and held it tight in her combat stance, Rey, Ben, and Cade all rushed in with their lightsabers ignited.

"Surrender Cardo!" Ben demanded, "Its over!"

Cardo let out a laugh as he primed his arm mounted cannon, "We'll see about that," he responded before aiming and shooting.

Quickly the four Jedi had to dodge the strike before Cardo took out his blaster and began to shoot at them, Jane rushed in and went to perform a strike that Cardo dodged before aiming and shooting at her. Jane quickly deflected the blaster bolts as Cade charged in at Cardo's right. Cardo quickly aimed his arm cannon at him and fired causing Cade to dodge before Cardo's eyes were brought to Ben charging in from the other direct. Quickly he aimed his blaster at him and fired a few shot that Ben dodged before Cardo was forced into dodging a strike from Jane, by this point Rey had gotten up from getting slightly knocked over when dodging Cardo's first strike and looked to the fight.

She raised her lightsaber and charged into assist with Cardo looking to her and shooting, Rey blocked the first to strikes before dodging the third. Before she could full close the gap though some Stormtroopers arrived and began to shoot, distracting Rey and giving Cardo an opening to shoot her in the arm causing Rey to yelp as she fell to the floor.

Ben and Cade quickly rushed in to deal with the Stormtroopers as Jane charged Cardo. Cardo glared at her and started shooting at her, he primed his arm cannon and fired it only for Jane to dodge and force dash toward him, deflecting a final shot from Cardo's blaster before slicing off his arm and carrying the momentum into a spin before stabbing Cardo through the chest. Cardo fell to the floor before Jane finished off with a slash that decapitated the knight of Ren. Killing him dead.

Once Cardo was down Jane rushed over to Rey and quickly used a force heal to her arm, allowing Rey to pick up her lightsaber and give a nod before the two sisters stood up and went in to help Cade and Ben deal with the Stormtroopers. Another squad charged in only for them to be gunned down by the Mantis as it flew in through the hanger door using the guns to take down the Stormtroopers before landing. Earlina rushed forward with a smile as she ignited her lightsaber.

"Come on, lets get going!" she called as she deflected the blaster bolts with her lightsaber.

Jane, Cade, Rey, and Ben all quickly hurried back before getting up onto the Mantis's ramp and into the S-161 "Stinger" XL luxury Yacht, once all where on board the ramp closed and several Stormtroopers tried to blast at the Mantis only for the lasers to deflect off the shields. The Mantis turned around and flew out of the hanger before starting to fly away, though a pair of Tie-fighters launched from behind began to chase. The Tie-fighters began to shoot at the Mantis as it avoided and weaved the laser bolts.

Inside Erlina walked into the cockpit and took a seat as Cal adjusted some instruments, "Fighters are incoming," he announced, "I'm maximizing rear deflectors."

Erlina nodded with understanding as she looked through the window seeing the flashes from the lasers burst from out beyond the transparasteel window, the Mantis rocked as several lasers skimmed past narrowly avoiding a hit.

As the Tie-fighters began to draw in closer, a New Republic Starhawk emerged from hyperspace followed by three Nebulon-B's, two Free Virgillia-class bunkerbusters, and four CR-90s along with a squad of T-85 X-wings, two squadrons of E-wings, and a squad of Y-wings came out and flew in toward the First Order base. One of the T-85 X-wings shot down the two Tie-fighters as several more squadrons of fighters emerged mostly T-70 and T-85 X-wings, along with more E-wings. They all quickly began to fly toward the First Order base as they began their assault. The Mantis flew toward the jump point before instantly jumping away from the location, leaving the New Republic forces to deal with the rest of the base.

In the main living area of the Mantis Jane looked to Rey, Ben, and Cade before taking a deep breath, "Well," she said, "That is one Knight down."

Ben smirked, "five to go," he added.

Cade looked to him, "You know we still have Ren to deal with as well?" he questioned.

Jane glanced to her twin brother and chuckled, "We'll get to him when we get to him Cade," she announced, "Right now we may need to see about who to go onto next."

Ben leaned forward, "Possibly Kuruk," he suggested, "Take out the two ranged members first," he explained.

Jane looked to her cousin and smiled, "That could be good, though he's more than a sniper. He's a pilot as well," she responded.

Ben motioned to Cade, "Well Cade is a pretty decent pilot, as I am," he said, "And you to some extent," he announced, he glanced to Rey, "Not sure about you cousin."

Rey glanced at him, "Never really been much of a flyer," she muttered, "Your the ones who got Grandfather and dad's piloting skills."

Cade gave a nod, "A part of me wants to do Vicrul next," he announced, "I know Kuruk is good, but I do believe he could also do him. I want to actually fight one who knows some melee combat."

Jane, Cade, and Ben continued to speak as Rey remained silent, placing her hands together and letting out a sigh as she looked to the ground. Just then she feels something wash over her, causing her to place a hand upon her head and let out a moan as she slowly rubbed it. Just then in her mind she heard that whispery aggressive sounding voice.

"We are coming, we are coming, we are coming."

Rey took a deep breath before hearing Jane's voice, "Rey?"

Rey brought her eyes to her older sister noticing how she was staring at her with curiosity, not just her though as Ben and Cade were both looking at her as well. There was a clear sign of concern within their eyes that was impossible not to notice.

"Is everything alright?" Jane questioned.

Rey took a deep breath trying to think of what to say, "It's fine," she muttered, "If you don't mind I think I'm going to have a lie down," she stated.

Jane nodded before letting Rey go, watching as she got up and walked toward the rear of the ship where the sleeping quarters were located. As Rey walked down the hallway though she let out a grunt and stumbled slightly, catching herself before she could fall over. She placed her hand upon her head as she got flashes of something in her mind.

Something that looked like organic ships floating through the black void of space, some seemed to be woven of orange-brown coral others seemingly fully organic creatures that moved through space with elegance.

We are coming.

The chanting continued in Rey's head as she got flashes of that planet again, seeing its history from before its invasion, to it being invaded by those droids, to seeing the planet ravaged and stripped of all its beauty, to see that species begin their voyage into the vastness of space in those organic ships. Then she got another flash, one that looked like it took place during the Clone wars.

What she saw was some type of building carved in rock, seven of those creatures around a table that had someone on it. Someone that looked like her grandmother, Padme Amadala; strapped down upon the table and stripped of her clothing. What looked like tendrils or something approaching her, she saw her grandmother struggle against the organic looking restraints. It looked like they were about to dissect her when a door exploded and in came Anakin Skywalker, her grandfather along with several 501st Clone troopers including Captain Rex. They shot down the humanoids about to slice up Padme for whatever reason, possibly for scientific reasons. Then Anakin rushed over to Padme and freed her from the table.

Then from there the whole vision ended causing Rey to regain control, she took a few deep breaths before shaking her head slightly to regain composure but that chanting still remained lingering in her mind. Quickly she continued toward the sleeping areas. Once inside she got her boots off and laydown in the bed letting out a sigh before closing her eyes, hoping to forget about what she'd heard, though try as she might she couldn't. In the back of her mind she still heard those chants.

We are coming.

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Poe and Finn both walked into the hanger with BB-8 rolling across the floor along next to them, they could see the Falcon taking off and flying out of the hanger. Rey, Jane, Ben, and Cade all heading off to do their mission hunting down the Knights of Ren, Finn uttering a sigh as he watched the old YT-1300 fly out and away. Poe looked to him and tapped him on the shoulder with a smile.

"Hey," he said, "It's fine, they're doing their mission," he stated, "We've got to do ours."

Finn looked to Poe and gave a nod, "Alright," he replied. He looked around, "So, what are we going to take?" he questioned.

Poe glanced to one of the U-wings and nodded to it, "We'll use that to transport over to one of the MC90, then we can go toward the First Order base," he explained.

Finn nodded before they walked over to the U-wing and both of them boarded it, the U-wing took off and it flew out of the Viscount toward the MC90 which had gathered with the three Starhawk Mark IIs in escort positions, a few Nebulon-Bs and Nebulon-Cs as was selected. Along with two MC85s and three MC80s all primed and ready, there were also a three Dreadnought class heavy cruisers decorated with the New Republic logo upon the nose, and two Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbuster designed to be used in artillery purposes. The U-wing flew into the MC90's hanger and landed letting Poe, BB-8, and Finn disembark where they quickly headed toward the bridge.

Getting to the bridge they saw Admiral Hawk walking over to them causing Poe to put on a smirk as he walked over and let out a chuckle, "Nice to see you again Admiral," he said, "I see they gave you this MC90," he chuckled.

Admiral Hawk gave a nod, "Its good to see you as well Commander," he responded, "Anyway, I've been informed of the mission. Our force here are going to be launching into attack the First Order base," he explained.

Poe stepped forward, "Me and BB-8 will be ready in the hanger," he said, "We'll be ready to launch on your command."

Admiral Hawk gave another nod before motioning to let Poe leave, Poe and BB-8 both turned around before heading to the hanger leaving Finn and Admiral Hawk on the bridge as another officer walked over.

"Admiral we're ready to head for the First Order outpost," she announced.

Admiral Hawk nodded with understanding, "Excellent work Captain. Hit the Hyperdrive, lets get this assault underway."

The New republic captain gave a nod before she turned on her heels and walked away to give out the order.

Fleet broke away from the primary New Republic defense fleet around Chandrilla before the hyperdrives activated and all the ships leapt into hyperspace heading for the First Order outpost.

The New Republic fleet emerged from hyperspace at the location of the First Order base, the base itself located upon a small moon at the boarder between the unknown region and wild space. Guarding the moon was an Allegiance class, two Imperial two class Star Destroyers, four Gozanti class, six Nebulon-Ks, and four carrack-class light cruisers. Instantly the First Order fleet began to deploy fighters in the form of Tie-fighters, S/F Tie fighters, Tie Drones, a few squadrons of Tie bombers, and a few squadrons of Tie interceptors. Instantly they all began to fly toward the New Republic fleet as it proceeded to deploy its own fighters.

The New Republic fighters consisted of both T-70 X-wings, X-85 X-wing, E-wings, A few Y-wing squadrons, and three squadrons of B-wings. They all began to fly toward the First Order fighters as the fleet took up attack positions.

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Poe leads the charging fighter squadrons within a T-85 X-wing, BB-8 let out a beep from the astromech spot as he looked around doing a slight hop as he whistled. Poe adjusted some instruments as he switches on his comm.

"Alright all wings check in this is Black Leader," he said.

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A human male pilot in an T-70 X-wing activates his comm, "Red leader standing by."

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Another human male sat in the cockpit of a E-wing, "Grey leader standing by."

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Another human male sat in the cockpit of a T-85 X-wing, "Blue leader standing by."

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A Sullustan male pilot sat within the cockpit of a Y-wing, "Yellow leader standing by," he said in his native language.

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A human female Pilot sat in the cockpit of a T-85 X-wing, "Pink leader standing by."

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Back in Poe's X-wing he listened to the final of the squadron leaders check in. Once done he activates his comm once more, "Alright all teams lock S-foils into attack positions," he ordered.

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The X-wings and B-wings all lock their S-foils into attack positions as they continued to fly in toward the First Order forces. Upon the bridge of the MC90 Admiral Hawk walked over to the main holotable were Finn stands looking at the holographic showing of the battle that was just starting, he looked to the First Order fleet as Admiral Hawk arrived and looked to him. Finn brought his eyes from the holotable to Admiral Hawk and pointed to the Allegiance class star destroyer at the center of the First Order fleet.

"I suggest you focus fire on the Allegiance class, its the most powerful ship they have out of all of those."

Admiral Hawk looked to the holotable instantly drawing his eyes to the Allegiance class and giving a nod, "I was planning on having a primary attack on that cruiser," he explained, "It will be a lot easier to take it out. I'll have the Starhawks move in to focus fire on it, and have two X-wing squads move in to attack the shields," he stated. He looked to the New Republic Captain as she walked over, "Captain Natalia, are the new prototypes ready?" he questioned.

Captain Natalia gave a tilt of her head as she placed her hands behind her back, "Yes Admiral," she confirmed, "We have two squadrons of them ready in the hanger," she explained.

Admiral Hawk smiled, "Deploy the K-wings," he ordered.

"Right away Admiral," Captain Natalia responded with a salute before turning around and walking away.

Finn looked to Admiral Hawk with wonder, "What's the K-wing?" he asked.

Admiral Hawk glanced at him and smiled, "Its a new bomber type," he answered, "Its a faster type heavy bomber, that way we don't always have to use the Star-Fortresses," he explained.

Finn gave a nod of understanding as he looked to the battle as the first shots were fired between the starfighters.

The fighter squadrons flew in. Poe shooting down one Tie-fighter before doing a barrel role into shooting down a SF/Tie-fighter. One of the Pink Squadron X-wings flew in and shot down a Tie-fighter followed by a Tie-interceptor. Three Tie-Fighters flew in behind an E-wing and began to shoot at it.

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The E-wing pilot looked behind twice, "I got three on me!" he announced, "I can't shake them!"

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One of the three Tie-fighters shot and got two hits off the back of the E-wing and upon a third hit the E-wing exploded with the three Tie-fighters flying past the explosion until another E-wing flew in and avenged the one shot down, before doing a drift into shooting down another. The final Tie-fighter quickly broke off and flew away with the E-wing instantly switched to pursue the remaining Tie-fighter shooting at it. Another X-wing flew in and shot down a Tie-interceptor that was chasing one of the Y-wings, an A-wing flew in and shot down a Tie-bomber before moving in and shooting down another Tie-fighters.

By this point a squad of the new BTL-S8 K-wing assault starfighter flew out of the hanger and began to enter the battle flying through as a squadron of E-wings moved into escort position for the heavy bombers, the E-wings shot down the First Order fighters that flew in close. The K-wings began to also join in shooting down the First Order Tie-fighters as they flew through toward the First Order defense fleet, one of the K-wings fired off a pair of advanced homing missiles which instantly locked target onto a Tie-fighter and chased it before impacting.

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Inside the cockpit of the lead K-wing an older human male adjusted his instruments before activating his comm, "Black Leader this is Blade leader, we're moving into engage," he announced.

"Copy that Blade leader," Poe's voice came over the comm, "Move in against that Allegiance class."

Blade Leader gave a nod, "Copy that Black leader," he answered before switching to communicate with the rest of the squad, "Prime Ion bombs and concussion missiles," he commanded, "Gunners begin charging your turbo lasers, Bombardiers drop ion bombs only once we're over the target then gunners fire on those points."

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A Twi-lek pilot sat within the cockpit of one of the K-wings having just heard the order, "Copy sir, we're ready and waiting," she responded.

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A human male pilot adjusted his instruments, "Systems primed, maximizing forward shields."

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The K-wings flew in escorted by the E-wings as they shot down the Tie-fighters as they went, soon the E-wings broke off as the K-wings flew in on their attack run against the Allegiance class which locked gun and began to fire. The K-wings maneuvered to dodge as they stayed fixed on the target, soon getting in close enough and beginning to fly over the dorsal side of the Allegiance class and began to drop their ion bombs, as they did the lower quad ball turret turbo lasers moved to lock target on where the Ion bombs hit and they fired. The turbo-lasers impacting off the hull, a pair of concussion missiles get shot off before toward one of the shield globes destroying it. Two of the K-wings use their turbo-lasers to take down the second shield globe, taking the shields away from the Allegiance class.

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Blade Leader activates his comm, "This is blade leader to command," he said, "We've taken out the Allegiance class's shields," he announced.

"Copy that Blade leader, move in to perform another pass," Admiral Hawk responded.

Blade Leader gave a nod before he and Blade Squadron moved in to perform another run against the Allegiance class.

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The K-wings flew in on another attack run, some of them fired their guided missiles as they went in. The missiles flew through space and impacted off the hull of the Allegiance-class, as the K-wings flew over the full of the ship they began to drop proton bombs as the gunner fired turbo laser shots into the hull, specifically targeting the weapons and destroying them. As they finished up their attack run a pair of B-wings flew in and fired at the Allegiance themselves, doing even more damage to the ship.

The New Republic fighters continued to fly around shooting down the First Order fighters and quickly gaining an upper hand, allowing the bombers to go through and attack the First Order cruisers and other ships. The K-wings no longer had to rely on just engaging the Allegiance-class switching the engage the others, using their bombs and turbo laser turrets to attack the Star Destroyers. As they do the New Republic assault fleet moved into weapons range, the Starhawk IIs instantly engaged the tractor beam and latched it onto the Allegiance-class before using its Ion-cannons along with another ion bombing run from the K-wings to fully disable the Allegiance-class.

The New Republic cruisers all began to fire their weapons off, the Starhawk IIs and the MC90 instantly began to target fire directly at the Allegiance-class cruiser. Their turbo laser pounding into the hull of the Star Destroyer, this combined with another bombing run from the K-wings destroyed the Allegiance-class cruiser. As it exploded it sent a section of debris into one of the Star Destroyers causing sever damage, another section of debris went straight into the side of a Carrack-class and sliced it in half.

Following the destruction of the Allegiance-class it didn't take long before the First Order fleet began to crumble eventually fully breaking, one of the Imperial II Star Destroyers, two of the Carracks, three of the Nebulon-Ks, and a single Gozantis managed to escape into hyperspace. Another Nebulon-K attempted to flee however before it could jump to hyperspace three of the K-wings flew in and fired their ion bombs into the Nebulon-K disabling the engines, they then flew over and dropped a pair of proton bombs into the hull of the Nebulon-K before a Nebulon-B and two Nebulon-Cs moved in and began to fire at it instantly destroying it.

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Once the fleet was dealt with Poe activated his commlink and opened a channel to the MC90, "Admiral the First Order fleet is toast, begin deploying ground forces. We'll provide cover," he said.

"Copy that commander, I'm having them sent down now," Admiral Hawk responded.

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Admiral Hawk brought his eyes to look at Finn as he turned off the commlink, Finn looked to Admiral Hawk patiently awaiting for his orders.

"You know about the First Order," he announced, "Can you help our forces take this base?"

Finn nodded, "I can Admiral," assured.

Admiral Hawk gave a nod, "Get to the hanger and head down to the surface, capture that Outpost," he commanded.

"Right away Admiral," Finn responded.

Finn quickly turned around and ran out of the bridge in order to head for the hanger, as he did Admiral Hawk turned around and turned on the comm.

"K-wings and E-wings return to base. The rest of you head down and begin your air raid on the First Order base, try and weaken the defenses for our ground teams," he ordered.

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The E-wings and K-wings broke away from the fight and flew back toward the New Republic fleet, the X-wings split into two teams. One team engaged the remaining Tie-fighters with the assistance of A-wings, a few of the E-wings that had yet to return, and some of the CR-90s, Nebulon-Bs, and Nebulon-Cs. The other group of X-wings flew down with the Y-wings and B-wings to begin performing an air raid against the First Order outpost.

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The New Republic fighter squadrons flew down toward the First Order outpost, an alarm began to sound as the anti-air guns began to charge up and target before firing the New Republic fighters quickly began to maneuver to avoid the shots. BB-8 looked around at the midair explosions, he let out a beep as he began to look forward.

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Poe gave a nod, "I know buddy," he answered before activating his comm, "Alright fighter squadrons, move in and target those anti-air batteries. Bombers move in for an attack run against the Outpost, do as much damage as you can," he ordered.

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"On it," one of the Y-wing pilots responded as she adjusted an instrument.

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Poe nodded, "Alright lets do this," he said, "Black squadron form up on me, Pink squadron you come in with us," he commanded.

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Pink leader gave a nod as she adjusted her X-wing's instruments, "Roger that Black leader, we got your back," she answered.

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The X-wings flew in hard and began to perform strafing runs against the First Order ground defenses, targeting their weapons primarily at the anti-air turrets instantly taking out several and giving the Y-wings an opening to perform a bombing run against the outpost. Instantly the outpost deployed several squadrons of Tie-fighters into engagement, the Tie-fighters instantly began to fly toward the New Republic air forces to engage.

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One of the X-wing pilots looked to see the Tie-fighters approaching, he activated his comm, "This is Black three to Black Leader, I'm seeing Tie fighters," he announced.

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Poe looked to the Tie-fighters as they approached, "I see them Black three," he responded, "Pink, Red, and Blue squadron move in to engage. Gold, Silver, and Emerald squadrons keep engagement against those Anti-air defenses."

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Pink leader gave a nod, "Copy that Black Leader," she answered, "Blue Squadron, Red Squadron. From up and lets handle those Tie-fighter," she commanded.

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Pink Squadron, Red Squadron, and Blue Squadron broke off and went to engage the Tie-fighters instantly getting into an engagement meanwhile Black Squadron, Gold Squadron, Silver Squadron, and Emerald Squadron continued their attack against the anti-air defenses whilst the Y-wings continued to do bombing runs against the other defenses of the outpost. A squadron of B-wings flew in and instantly began to perform a strafing run against the main building of the outpost, as they did several U-wings and GR-80 transports began to fly down toward the ground. The GR-80s all of which were carrying four AAC-3 hovertanks, some deployed T5-B heavy attack tank, some deployed NR-ATX heavy assault tanks, others deployed ARS-14 combat speeders, two GR-80s deployed a SR-9 mobile siege platform, finally a few other GR80s deployed TX-200 assault tanks. Finally a few others deployed AT-TE II, other GR-80 deployed ground troops along with the U-wings. One U-wing landed and released its squad of soldiers along with Finn, Finn took in his surroundings before looking to the first Order outpost.

He brought his eyes to one of the New Republic field commanders, "How many troops do we have?" he questioned.

"We have to 30,000 troopers all ready and waiting," the field commander, "Plus about 10,000 ground vehicles all ready to launch the assault against the New Republic outpost."

Finn gave a nod before stepping forward and looking to the First Order outpost using a pair of view finders, he analyzed it carefully. He brought his attention to looking over the air assault, watching as the New Republic fighter squadrons engaged the anti-air defenses and the Tie-fighters along with the New Republic bombers performing their attack runs. His eyes flickered to the outpost defenses, some had been damaged in the bombing runs though he could still see some of the anti-personnel and Anti-vehicle turrets were active. He looked to see that the First Order forces were beginning to mobiles outside in order to counter the New Republic ground forces, his eyes instantly darted to the massive hulking First Order AT-M6 noting three of them slowly beginning to march forward along with a few AT-ATs and AT-STs as well as a four AT-MAs. He also instantly noted several Light Infantry Utility Vehicle, he quickly lowered the view finders and looked back to the New Republic field commander.

"Right, this is what we need to do," he said, "Use those siege platforms to attack the base," he instructed, he turned back around and pointed to the AT-M6s, "Do you have anything that can deal with those?" he asked.

The field commander looked at the AT-M6s, "The concussion missile launchers on the AAC-3s maybe," he answered, "Why are those walkers the most dangerous?"

Finn nodded, "I've heard about what that MegaCaliber six turbolaser cannon can do," he stated, "You'd want to focus them down first," he explained.

The New Republic filed commander nodded with understanding, "We'll target it, if we can get some air speeders down it'll be quite easy."

Finn shook his head, "If you mean using harpoon and tow cables, those will work against the AT-ATs but not against those AT-M6s," he responded, "They have specialized blades on the lower leg to prevent them from being tripped by tow cables," he explained, "Other than that our tanks should be able to handle the First Order vehicles."

"Do we move in to attack?" The field commander questioned.

Finn gave a nod, "Being the attack run, move the tanks into a good position," he ordered.

The New Republic field commander gave a nod before activating his comm, "Move in the TX-200s get them into attack position," he commanded, "Have the AAC-3s take up position behind and send in the combat speeders to handle the enemy infantry. Have the Heavy assault tanks begin their assault on the base and enemy vehicles along with our mark II Tactical enforcers," he continued, "Siege platforms move into weapon range and strike that outpost."

The New Republic vehicles moved forward the SR-9 mobile siege platforms moved forward into weapon range before beginning to fire their dual artillery cannons into the outpost, they seemed to fire specialized shatter artillery slugs ones that broke apart midair and released a scattering of explosives across the base doing damage assisting the Y-wings and B-wings in doing damage. The SR-9s also used specialized missiles to target the ground forces of the First order, two missiles downing an AT-AT. The TX-200s formed a line and used their primary long ranged T-400 bunker buster turbo lasers to attack the First Order vehicles as the AAC-3 hovertanks moved into position and raised their missile pods before beginning to fire, they also used their laser cannons to deal as well to attack the First Order forces.

The New Republic ground forces engaged the First Order forces in ground combat, all of them in a loose formation to make it easier to dodge. The New Republic combat speeders zoomed around using anti-infantry guns to take down the First Order ground troops, the T4-B assault tanks helped engage with one being destroyed by the MegaCaliber six turbolaser cannon. Though one of the other T4-B assault tanks managed to shoot off and destroy one of the First Order infantry support vehicles. One of the AAC-3s targeted an AT-M6 and fired its concussion missiles, the missiles flew through the air and slammed down into the AT-M6 instantly destroying it and sending it down. The NR-ATX heavy assault tanks took up position and began to engage sending in heavy laser shots into the ranks of the First Order forces, some shots managing to even hit the outer perimeter of the outpost. The AT-TE IIs moved in with the main gun shooting into the ranks of the First Order forces, even destroying vehicles as the anti-personnel laser cannons shot into the ranks of the First Order troopers.

Finn looked over the battle for a moment as he watched the air attack, instantly locking onto Poe's X-wing as it flew around getting ten kill before firing two photon torpedoes into the side of an AT-AT's neck bringing it down. Poe's X-wing did a drift as the lasers fired taking down another Anti-air gun, he then boosted forward and shot down another Tie-fighter that spiraled down and crashed into the base. Finn brought his attention to the New Republic field commander.

"Do we have any commando units?"

The field commander gave a nod, "I got 20 New Republic commandos waiting in reserve," he answered, "Do you need them?"

Finn nodded before looking to the base, "I'm going to lead an infiltration mission into the First Order outpost," he announced, "Can you keep up this assault?" he questioned.

"That I can," the Field commander answered, "Good luck, and may the force be with you."

Finn gave a nod before quickly heading toward where the New Republic Commandos were waiting for their moment to enter the battle, they looked to him as he got close. The captain of the squad stepped forward and gave a salute.

"Are we required?" he asked.

Finn nodded, "I want to launch an infiltration mission on the base, see if we can do any damage from within,"  he announced.

The New Republic commandos gave a nod before they primed their weapons and began to move into a position where they could flank and get into the First Order outpost, they made sure to be careful as to not be spotted by the First Order forces. Though that was pretty easy in truth as most First Order forces of the garrison within this outpost were out fighting the New Republic forces, quickly they found their way toward a side door of the base. One of the New Republic commandos quickly hacked into the main control panel and the door slid open before two of the commandos went in to scan inside.

"It's clear," one of them announced.

Finn and the rest of the commando team entered the main building of the outpost and slowly began to make their way through, they kept their eyes peeled as they moved through the hallways of the outpost. It wasn't long before they encountered a small squad of Stormtroopers and swiftly moved to engage them, Finn and the New Republic commandos instantly took down the First Order stormtroopers before continuing. As they did they felt the whole base shudder as it was hit with another barrage of the SR-9s artillery cannons, followed by the feeling of the outpost rocking as it was hit by another barrage of bombs from the Y-wings bombing runs.

They all continued to hurry down the corridors before eventually found their way to the main control room having to fight their way through the First Order defenders as they went, once at the control room for the base they broke in and swiftly took down the First Order officers stationed within it. The Captain of the Commando squad looked to Finn.

"What now?"

Finn looked to the controls, "Now we're here we can shut down the Outpost defense grid, that will give our forces a little more assistance in the engagement," he said.

The Commando captain gave a nod before he looked to the squad's hacker and giving a silent signal for her to do what she needed to. The hacker ran over to the main control panel and began to hack into it, quickly bringing up the defense grid before shutting it down and destroying the console.

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Outside the remaining anti-air turrets and other defenses the outpost had all shut off, Poe noticed it as he flew in his X-wing and smiled.

"Looks like some of our guys got in there and shut down the defense grid," he announced, "Alright now lets finish up these fighters and then help the ground teams," he commanded.

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Instantly the New Republic air units moved in and took down the last of the Tie-fighters before switching to help the ground teams, some of the Y-wings flew in and performed a bombing run against the First Order ground troopers as one of the AAC-3s fired another salvo of missiles into a second AT-M6 destroying it. One of the AT-AMs got obliterated by one of the TX-200's main cannons, one of the NR-ATX heavy assault tanks fired off a pair of missiles which exploded and brought down an AT-AT. It didn't take long before the New Republic forces started overwhelming the First Order forces and it wasn't long before the New Republic had captured the First Order outpost sustaining light casualties in the process.

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Following the capture of the First Order base the New Republic began to march the surrendered First Order forces to transports so they could be taken to stand trial for what they did, other New Republic forces counted the dead both First Order and New Republic. Poe had landed his X-wing and now walked among the crowed of New Republic soldier as BB-8 rolled along at his feet looking around as he let out beeps and whistles, he soon looked to see Finn stepping out of the main building and let out a beep before rolling over to him. Finn looked to the small astromech droid and bent down to greet him before looking to Poe as he walked over, Finn smiled before running over and the two of them shared a bro hug.

"You made lad you actually did it," Poe said as he broke the hug, "I spoke to the field commander he told me about what you did, leading a commando unit into the outpost to shut down the defenses."

Finn gave a nod, "And now the base is ours," he said.

"How many kills did you get?" Poe questioned.

"forty-six I think," Finn answered, "Yours?"

Poe smiled, "I think about one hundred and seventy four," he answered.

Finn let out a chuckle, "Your good," he said, "Well done."

Poe smirked as he folded his arm, "Your not to bad yourself buddy," he replied, he pats him on the shoulder, "Come on," he said, "We're going to have to see about what our next move will be," he explained.

"Before we do that, have you got any idea about how Rey's mission is going?" he questioned.

Poe shook his head, "Don't worry about her," he assured, "She'll be fine she's a jedi remember, and she has her brother, sister, and cousin with her. Along with her being a Skywalker by blood, I'm sure Rey will be fine."

Finn gave a nod, "I hope she's alright," he answered, "Well I mean the force is with her," he stated, "And hey, at least I got you with me," he joked.

Poe smiled before letting out a chuckle, "And I'm glad to be with you on this as well Poe," he responded, "I still think you look good in my jacket."

Finn adjusts the jacket as he smiles, "Thanks," he answered, he took in a deep breath, "Anyway, come on," he said, "We need to speak to the Admiral, see what our next plan is," he explained.

"I was about to say that," Poe chuckled.

"Well I said it first," Finn responded, "Now come on," he motioned.

Poe nodded before the two of them walked away to talk with Admiral Hawk upon the flagship, BB-8 let out a beep before beginning to roll after them.

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Upon returning to the flagship of the assault fleet, Finn and Poe both entered the bridge with BB-8 rolling along side them letting out beeps and whistles. Admiral Hawk stood at the holotable looking over a holographic map of the warfront, Finn and Poe both stepped up and looked to it as well. The New Republic were on the offensive, pushing against First Order space in the southern and western reaches of the galaxy. The First Order forces were clearly on a back foot, barely making any major pushes into New Republic territory. Not that they weren't making pushes, they were it was just their win to lose ratio was about 2/4. Every one battle the First Order won they'd lose three others, the war wasn't going well for them which was very obvious. After all the First Order needed to use their Resurgent-classes to win a battle and they only had a handful of those, not just to mention that any battle that the Viscount was in was a guaranteed victory for the New Republic. 

Admiral Hawk brought his eyes from the table to Finn and Poe as the latter two stood to attention, "Well the outpost is ours now," he said.

"What do are we going to do now?" Poe asked.

Admiral Hawk adjusted his posture, "I'm sending a message through to Grand Admiral Ackbar," he answered, "Tell him that we've captured the outpost and that the K-wings are pretty effective, then we can have them put into mass production," he explained.

Finn and Poe both gave a nod, "When will you be doing that?" he asked.

"About now," Admiral Hawk responded.

Finn and Poe nodded again before Admiral Hawk stepped around to where Finn and Poe were standing, he tapped a few buttons before a hologram of Ackbar appeared across from them along with a hologram of Trinity to the side.

"Admiral Hawk," Ackbar said, "What is the report?"

Admiral Hawk stood to attention, adjusting his posture to stand firm, "I have to report that we've captured the First Order outpost, and that the K-wings shown their worth," he reported.

Ackbar gave a nod, "Excellent," he responded happily, "Now we can put the K-wings into full production and eventually phase out the Y-wings, they are useful but are starting to show their age. Their model is from the Clone wars so it is best to get a new type of bomber."

"We can't fully replace the Y-wings yet, they are still going to be needed," Trinity spoke up, "It will take some time before they are fully replaced."

Admiral Hawk gave a nod, "What are our orders now?"

Ackbar stood to attention, "Hold there for a moment until we send some more ships to defend that planet and make sure the First Order don't retake it, then return to the main fleet," he commanded, "I also want to inform that the Chancellor has elected Senator Organa to do a speech from here on the Viscount," he announced.

Admiral Hawk gave a nod of understanding, "Very well admiral," he responded, "That is all."

Ackbar gave a nod before the holograms of him and Trinity both disappeared, Finn and Poe both turn around and walk away to rest up after the battle with BB-8 following them.

Elsewhere deep within the unknown region the Palpatine flew escorted by three Resurgent-class star destroyers along with two Allegiance-class battleships, within the main meeting room of the Assertor-class star dreadnought General Hux stands with High General Vickers, General Halder, Ren, and a hologram of General Hollas. They all looked at a holographic map above the table showing the warfront, General Hux let out a sigh.

"The New Republic are smashing us!" General Halder announced.

General Hollas let out a growl, "This is all the fault of General Pryde, his eagerness to rush into engagement has made us vulnerable!" she grumbled, "And every time they deploy that Dreadnaught of theirs, we lose a battlefield. None of our ships can handle it, we're losing and its all Pryde's fault!" she spat.

"We cannot blame Pryde for this," High General Vickers announced, "Even if he didn't rush in and attack Hosnian, the New Republic would've still deployed that new Dreadnaught. We'd be in this situation anyway even if we did stick to our original plan."

General Halder looked to Ren, "What are you and your Knights doing to help us?" she questioned.

"We're doing what we can to assist, but we're mostly affective against the Jedi," Ren responded, "And we're spread out right now commanding on different fronts."

The door to the meeting room opened and soon in stepped Captain Phasma, the light of the hologram reflecting off of her armor as she walked forward. The generals and Ren all looked to her as she stood to attention holding her blaster firmly in hand.

"Generals, I have to inform you that the New Republic have taken another outpost, we've also got reports that the outpost on Kestral Minor was destroyed following an infiltration mission," she announced.

General Halder let out a cry of anger, "Another one down!" she spat, "And the loss of Kestral means that one of our sectors has lost its communications," she stated, she brought her eyes to General Hux, "We need to retaliate now! We can't hold being on the defensive, we need to push our attack!"

"General Halder is right," General Hollas announced, "We need to push our own offensive against the New Republic, strike one of their outposts as payment for the ones they've taken from us!"

General Hux thought for a moment before looking to High General Vickers, "Vickers, do you believe that it is an ideal moment to deploy our own dreadnaught?" he asked sternly.

High General Vickers smiled, "The Mandator VI siege dreadnaught is ready," he said, "I believe we should now deploy it to show off our power, it might even the playing field a little. The New Republic have their new Dreadnaught, we have ours."

General Hux gave a nod before looking to Captain Phasma, "Phasma, go and inform Captain Canady to report to the Fulminatrix," he ordered.

"Right away General," Phasma responded before turning around and walking away to carry out the order given.

Hux brought his eyes to the hologram of General Hollas, "General Hollas I want you to lead the attack," he commanded.

General Hollas gave a nod, "I'll gather a fleet and inform Captain Canady to rendezvous with me at the Astara system, I'll then head for the New Republic outpost on Andralia," she stated, "Then we'll see if the new orbital autocannons are as powerful as they say," she announced before her hologram vanished.

General Hux looked to the remaining people inside the meeting room, "That is all," he said, "Your are dismissed!"

High General Vickers and General Halder both give a nod before turning around and leaving Ren and Hux on their own, Hux looked to the leader of the Knights of Ren as he switched off the holographic map of the warfront.

"I do hope that your Knights can keep the Jedi preoccupied and away from the war," he said, "We cannot handle them, they're too powerful for us."

Ren folded his arms, "You need not worry General," he assured, "We'll make sure the Jedi are dealt with," he stated before turning around and leaving.

Hux gave a single slow nod as Ren left the room before taking a seat and turning on the holographic map of the warfront before looking it over some more.

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A pair of Tie-fighters flew over to the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Fellfire as it was escorted by three Allegiance-class battlecruisers, Four Nebulon-Ks, three Lancer-class frigates, and two Imperial II class star destroyers, it soon meets up with two more small battlegroups made up of Imperial II class star destroyers escorted by two Imperial Light cruisers, three Lancer-class frigates, three Carrack-class light cruisers, several Victory-IIs and Victory-IIIs and finally two Nebulon-Ks.

Upon the bridge of the Fellfire General Hollas stepped forward placing her hands behind her back, she looked to the ships captain, "What is the status?" she asked.

The Captain turned around to look at her, "Our fleet has gathered ma'am and we've heard word from Captain Canady, he's brining the Fulminatrix to meet with us. They'll be arriving any moment now," he answered.

General Hollas gave a nod before looking out of the bridge window as the Fulminatrix emerged from hyperspace followed by three Imperial II class star destroyers all three of them being escorted by two Imperial Light cruisers. General Hollas admired the Fulminatrix from where she stood upon the bridge of her Resurgent-class, admiring the immense size of the 7,669.71 meter long Mandator-IV siege dreadnought. She glanced to the captain of the Fellfire.

"Captain, give me the rundown of this siege dreadnought," she ordered.

The Captain looked to her before bringing his eyes to the Fulminatrix he stepped forward, "Its 7.669.71 meters in length, 4,121.02 meters in width, and 770.85 meters in height. Six deflector shield generators, twenty-six dorsal mounted point-defense anti-air cannons with all of which are quad barreled, six tractor beam projectors, and of course the two ventral mounted Orbital autocannons," he announced.

General Hollas smiled as she stepped forward, "Perfect," she said, "This ship will help us show the New Republic and Galaxy that we are a threat to be taken seriously."

At that moment one of the communication officers walked forward, "Ma'am," he said, "Captain Canady is hailing us."

General Hollas gave a nod, "Put him through," she commanded. General Hollas turned looked as a hologram of Captain Moden Canady appeared before her, he looked to her with striking eyes as he stood to attention, "Captain, is  your ship ready?"

Captain Canady gave a nod, "Yes General," he answered, "All decks are standing by. We've been waiting to use this vessel against the New Republic since it emerged from the Sun-forge's drydock," he explained.

A smile formed upon the lips of General Hollas, "Well that day has finally come General," she announced, "Form up with my fleet and set coordinates to the planet Andralia," she commanded, "We'll decimate it and whatever other settlements are upon the planet!"

"Right away General," Captain Canady answered with a salute before the hologram disappeared.

General Hollas looked as the Fulminatrix formed up with the rest of her attack fleet, she brought her eyes to the Fellfire's helms officer and cleared her throat, "Helm set course for the Andralia system, prepare for hyperspace transit!" she commanded

"Yes ma'am," the helms officer replied before looking to his controls, he tapped some buttons as he set the coordinates and began hyperspace calculations.

General Hollas brought her attention to the communications officer, "Send word to the fleet, defensive perimeter around the Fulminatrix," she instructed, she brought her eyes to look through the bridge window, "Have all ships jump to hyperspace on my command."

The Communications officer gave a nod, "Right away Ma'am," he responded.

General Hollas gave a slow nod as she waited, though it didn't take long before the helms officer looked to her.

"General, the course is laid in all systems ready."

Next to speak was the Communications officer as he turned around to look at General Hollas.

"Fleet is awaiting your orders ma'am."

General Hollas stepped forward and pressed a button upon the main terminal before standing with her back straight, "This is General Hollas to the fleet, engage hyperdrive!" she ordered.

With that the Fellfire, Fulminatrix, and the First order fleet jumped into hyperspace heading for the planet Andralia.

Above the planet of Andralia within wild space on the boarder between New Republic and First Order territory, a small New Republic defense fleet led by an MC85 hung in a defensive position. The defense fleet also consisted of three MC-80s, six Nebulon-Bs, nine Nebulon-Cs, and eight CR-90s, all of which were holding position around the MC85 star cruiser keeping it defended along with the planet as well. Two defense stations also loomed in orbit behind the defense fleet, both being marked with the New Republic logo.

On board the bridge of the MC85 a white-blue Mon Calamari stepped in and looked to a female Pantoran, "What is the report Lieutenant?"

The female Pantoran turned in her chair and looked to the Mon Calamari, "Nothing to report Admiral," she answered, "It's all quite admiral?"

The Mon Calamari admiral gave a nod, "Thank you Lieutenant," he said.

Just then an alarm began to sound and the female Pantoran quickly looked to her terminal, "Hyperspace signatures, First Order!" she announced.

"Raise shields, have the fleet form into defense positions!" the Mon Calamari admiral commanded.

The Admiral looked forward right as General Hollas's fleet emerged from hyperspace, the Fulminatrix emerging last at the center of the fleet. Its alarm rang out as it lowered its two ventral mounted orbital auto-cannons.

Upon the bridge of the Fellfire General Hollas stood glaring through the window at the New Republic defense fleet as a First Order officer walked up next to her.

"General, the fleet has emerged from hyperspace," the officer said, "The Fulminatrix is preparing its main weapons," she explained, "Captain Canady is waiting for orders on what he should target first?"

General Hollas stood with her back firm as she glared out of the bridge window toward the New Republic fleet, "Tell him to target the New Republic flagship first, then the base when he has an opening," she commanded, "Have fighters deploy and move into attack position, have them target the defense stations."

The First Order officer gave a nod, "Yes General," she responded before turning around and walking away to carry out the order.

Several squads of Tie-fighters, S/F Tie-fighters, Tie-Interceptors, Tie-Bombers, and Tie-drones flew out of the hangers of the First Order ships and instantly began to fly toward the New Republic fleet that was quickly scrambling T-65 X-wings, T-70 X-wings, two squads of T-85 X-wings, Y-wings, A-wing mark-IIs and B-wings plus a couple squads of E-wings. The fighters began to fly toward each other Both sets of fighters flew toward each other with intensity, their weapons began to fire as they flew against each other. Slowly the Capital ships began to move into engagement positions, locking weapons with each other. The Fulminatrix moving into a position where it could use its two main cannons, slowly moving them into position to target the New Republic flagship.

On board the Fellfire General Hollas glared at the New Republic fleet as the First Order fighters engaged with the New Republic fighters the Victory-IIIs moving into positions to use their flak cannons to screen against the fighters. The communications officer looked at her.

"Ma'am," he said, "The New Republic ships are attempting to send out a distress call for reinforcements," he announced, "What do you require we do?"

General Hollas barely took her eyes off the battle, looking through the glass of the bridge windows sternly. Her face could as stone, "Jam their comms," he commanded, "Don't allow them to get any word out to the other rebel scum pretending to run this galaxy."

The communications officer gave a nod before turning back to his terminal and quickly carrying out the order jamming the communications of the New Republic fleet, as he did a different communications officer looked to General Hollas.

"General," he began, "We got a report from the Fulminatrix," he stated, "They've locked onto the New Republic flagship and are moving into firing range, they'll be in it within the next thirty seconds."

General Hollas gave a nod though still stood like an unmoving statue, never turning away from the bridge window as her eyes locked on to the explosions happening just beyond it. Watching as a Tie-interceptor got turned to slag before three Tie-drones flew in and shot down a T-70 X-wing, she watched as it exploded into a ball of fire that spiraled downward and crashed into the hull of a Nebulon-C causing the shields to flicker slightly.

"Give him the order to fire," she commanded.

The second communications officer gave a nod before turning back to his terminal.

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Upon the bridge of the Fulminatrix Captain Canady looked through the bridge window, his hands behind his back and his head held high as he glared out the window at the New Republic fleet defending the planet. He watched as the Fulminatrix's anti-star fighter guns fired at any New Republic ship attempting to get too close, as he continued to look he saw several MG-100 StarFortress bombers slowley attempting to approach. He looked to one of his crew members.

"Send word to our fighters, have them target those StarFortresses," he commanded.

The crew member gave a nod before quickly turning to his terminal and beginning to carry out the order, Captain Canady looked back to the battle happening beyond the window of the bridge watching as three Tie-Interceptors flew in and began to shoot at the StarFortresses. Several E-wings flew in to defend and took down one though not before one of the three Interceptors could shoot down a StarFortress.

"Captain," the Fulminatrix's communications officer said looking to him, "We got word from the FellFire and General Hollas," he announced, "They've given us permission to fire upon the New Republic Flagship."

Captain Canady looked toward the MC85 star cruiser at the center of the New Republic fleet, "Are we in range of that ships yet?" he asked looking to the helms officer.

"Yes Captain," The Helms officer responded, "In range and ready!"

Captain Canady gave a nod before glaring at the MC85 star cruiser, "Fire main guns!" he commanded.

The Fulminatrix's two ventral orbital auto-cannons charged up, the inside of the barrels glowing a bright red before they fired in an unsynchronized volley of six shots the first coming from the left barrel and the last coming from the right barrel. The six bolts of super charged red plasma flew through space toward the MC85 star cruiser and impacted into the ship, the first three shots crippling the shields allowing the final three to do immense damage to the hull the final one landing mere inches away from the main bridge.

On board the MC-85 star cruiser's bridge the crew all quickly had to grab hold of something as the ship rocked with intensity, sending some of them to the floor. Sparks exploded around the bridge as screens flickered, an alarm began to sound as the emergency lights flickered to red. The Mon Calamari admiral stood back up straight as he looked around at the holotable, as it flickered slightly. He looked up and around the bridge.

"Damage report!" he yelled.

One of the New Republic officers turned to look at the Admiral, "Shield's are offline!" he responded, "We got hull damage across the dorsal side, hull integrity is at 74% and we've lost main power on decks three though six!" he announced.

"What did they hit us with!?" the Mon calamari Admiral asked.

The Pantoran lieutenant turned in her chair to look at him, "Those shots came from the dreadnought," she responded, "I've never seen weapons like that before, best I can describe they're a more powerful variant of the ones on the old Onager-class Star Destroyer from the Imperial era."

Another New Republic officer looked to the Mon Calamari Admiral, "Sir, the bridge can't take another hit like that. We'll lose it!" he announced.

The Mon Calamari Admiral looked through the window, "Are they charging again?" he questioned.

"We believe so Admiral," the New Republic officer answered, "What are the orders?" he questioned.

The Mon Calamari Admiral let out a sigh, "Evacuate to the secondary bridge, that one has more cover," he commanded, "Have a skeleton crew man this bridge, try and get our shields back up!" he added.

The Bridge crew nodded before the Mon Calamari Admiral, Pantoran lieutenant, and most of the bridge crew quickly abandoned the bridge leaving a skeleton crew of six to continue operations. One of them quickly went to try and get the shields back up, two Tie-bombers flew in against them and fired a pair of proton bombs into the hull of the MC-85 star cruiser. Both of which hit causes the whole ship to shake again as more sparks exploded out, the Skeleton crew upon the bridge continue with their work trying to keep the ship together.

Upon the bridge of the Fulminatrix, Captain Canady glared at the MC-85 star cruiser seeing the impact areas of the orbital auto-cannons. He could very easily see the carbon scoring across the hull and even a point where a minor bit of plasma was beginning to vent into space.

"Report?" he asked.

One of the crew members looked to him, "That first volley has done considerable damage to the MC-85 star cruiser," he responded, "They're shield systems are fired, and there is hull damage across their top side. Their bridge has also sustained heavy damage, several of their decks are down to auxiliary power."

Captain Canady gave a nod of understanding, "Prepare the second volley, target their main bridge!" he commanded.

Another crew member nodded before turning to his console, he began to adjust the targeting of the orbital auto-cannons to target the bridge of the MC-85 star cruiser. As he did Captain Canady continued to look through the bridge window witnessing as an Nebulon-B frigate got decimated by the intense fire power of Fellfire. The crew member soon looked back to Captain Canady.

"Captain," he said, "Main guns are locked and ready to fire on your order," he announced, "The MC-85 is attempting to get its shields back."

"Don't give them the chance!" Captain Canaday responded, "Fire main guns now!"

The Orbital auto-cannons fired again at the MC-85 sending out another volley of six, all of which impacted around the bridge of the MC-85 star cruisers with the final shot destroying it.

Inside the second bridge of the MC-85 star cruiser the remaining bridge crew all grabbed hold of something as the ship rocked again, sparks exploded out across the bridge and even a fire started though was quickly sorted out by a red and white R2 unit using its fire extinguisher. The Mon Calamari Admiral looked to the crew as the ship stopped rocking.

"Damage report!" he said.

One of the New Republic officers looked at him, "They're destroyed the main bridge!" he answered, "We've got a hull breach and structural damage on deck one, main maneuvering thrusters are offline and navigational systems are inoperable!"

"We've got a report of a radiation leak in engineering!" The Pantoran Lieutenant responded.

The Mon Calamari Admiral let out a huff, "What is the status of the reactor core?" he demanded, "How is it holding?"

One of the crew members quickly turned to his terminal and tapped a few buttons to bring up internal comms, "Bridge-2 to engineering what is the report down there?"

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On the engineering deck several engineers were quickly scrambling to get on radiation suits, repair droids were busy fixing what they could most of which was attempting to seal up the radiation leak. Sparks burst out all over the place as a pair of Besalisk engineers, one brown the other orange were using their four arms in an attempt to move some of the debris. The chief engineer, a black haired human male from Onderon walked over to one of the consoles and activated it.

"This is engineering here!" he said before coughing, "Shield systems are fired and weapons are on half-power!" he answered, "We've lost the starboard power couplings and we're losing the containment field on the hypermatter storage, if it fails then the Coaxium will destabilize and explode!" he explained.

"What is the statues on the reactor?" the voice of the New Republic officer came through, "Is it holding?"

The Chief engineer gave a nod, "Right now it is," he answered, "Though its taking all our personal to keep it destabilizing, we're trying our best but this radiation leak is coursing problems. We've already got six engineers who are suffering from radiation sickness and twelve suffering from full radiation poisoning!" he announced, "Repair droids are attempting to patch it."

Just then an explosion of fire and sparks burst out and a white mist began to spray out, the chief engineer looked at it for a moment before looking back to the commlink built into the console.

"Coolant leak!" he yelled, "Bridge we have a coolant leak in engineering, I've got to switch personnel to patch it or we'll lose reactor containment and it'll blow!"

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On the bridge the New Republic officer gave a nod of understanding as he continued to look at his console, "What is your estimation until the reactor breaches?" he questioned.

"We're estimating about five minutes until the reactor goes critical, we'll try our best," the Chief engineer responded over the comms.

The New Republic officer took a deep breath, "Try and patch it," he ordered before looking to the Mon Calamari admiral, "Sir, the ship can't take much more of this," he said, "We've got a coolant leak, and the containment field on the Coaxium is failing!" he announced.

"We can't take many more hits from those auto-cannons Admiral!" The Pantoran Lieutenant stated.

The Mon Calamari admiral glared at the First Order fleet, "Send word to the rest of the defense fleet, order all ships to target that Mandator-IV dreadnought!" he commanded.

"Admiral the Mandator-IV is beginning to fire again!" Another New Republic officer announced.

The Mon Calamari admiral looked to the Fulminatrix as it fired another volley of six shots, "Brace for impact!" he yelled.

The Bridge crew all quickly braced themselves as the shots impacted onto the ship causing it to rock, sparks burst out across the bridge as the screens flickered. Soon an explosion erupted near the back of the secondary bridge causing the R2 unit to let out a scream as it got blown to pieces, following that another explosion of spark burst out from a console causing a member of the bridge crew to let out a yell as he is thrown back out of his seat and lands on the floor with a thud. The Pantoran lieutenant gasped before getting out of her seat and running other to the crew member as he lay on the floor, blood and burns covering his face. She knelt down next to him and looked to him before checking his pulse, only to feel none.

"No," she muttered as tears filled her eyes and she began to cradle the body.

The Mon Calamari admiral glanced at her for a moment before looking back to the rest of the crew, "Report?" he asked.

"Hull integrity is failing!" one of the crew members responded, "We can't take another hit like that!" he announced, "Weapon systems and main propulsion are offline. We've got hull breaches on multiple decks!"

Just then the comm system when off, "This is engineering to bridge," the chief engineer's voice came over it, "We can't contain the coolant leak, we're now down to 3 minutes before the reactor goes critical and blows!" he announced, "But we may not have much time to worry about that. Containment on the hypermatter has failed, I'm estimating no more than 2 minutes before the coaxium destabilizes and blows the whole ship apart!" he stated.

The Mon Calamari admiral let out a sigh before activating his commlink, "All hands abandoned ship, I repeat all hands prepare to abandon ship!" he announced.

The bridge crew all began to leave with one of the having to help the Pantoran lieutenant get away from the officer she was cradling, she did so reluctantly before they all began to leave. Another volley of turbo lasers from the Fellfire impacted upon the hull of the MC-85's hull causing the ship to rock slightly again as more explosions rang out.

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The crew of the MC-85 quickly got into escape pods and quickly launched them away from the ship, other crew members got into New Republic shuttle craft to get away from the ship and begin to head toward the planet surface. The last one managing to get away before the MC-85 exploded.

Upon the bridge of the Fellfire, General Hollas glared out of the window as the MC-85 exploded into a massive fireball. One of the First Order officers instantly looked to her.

"The fleet's flagship has been destroyed," he announced.

General Hollas smiled, "Excellent work," she said, "Now decimate the rest of this fleet and inform Captain Canady to begin targeting the New Republic outpost upon the planet surface," she commanded.

The First Order officer gave a nod before turning around and going to carry out the order, General Hollas continuing to watch the battle her face like stone as she watched another New Republic ship exploded. No remorse within her eyes as she watched it burn as it went down, uncaring for all the lives lost upon that ship. They're all just rebels in the end, and they will fall to this new order. She said to herself as her eyes remained fixed upon the battle happening beyond the bridge window.

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Above Andralia the immense battle continued, General Hollas stood upon the bridge of the Fellfire watching as another New Republic ship exploded into flames as the turbo-lasers of her command ship tore through the hull plating. three X-wings flew in against the Fellfire and began to open fire, they fired their torpedoes all of which hit the ship causing the shields to flicker slightly. General Hollas looked to one of her bridge crew, for the first time taking her eyes off of the battle.

"What is the statues the ship?" she asked.

The crew member brought his attention to her, "Shields are holding at 78%," he responded, "Weapon systems are at full, keeping fire on the New Republic fleet."

General Hollas gave a nod before turning to glare at the New Republic forces, "And what is the status of their fleet?" she questioned.

"New Republic fleet is in disarray," Another officer responded, "With the flagship destroyed they don't know what to do," she explained.

General Hollas continued to watch as the Fulminatrix fired another volley of six shots from the orbital auto cannons into the hull of a Nebulon-C frigate, instantly destroying it. She soon brought her eyes to the battle as a whole, analyzing all the aspects and little detail. She went back to not even glancing at her crew members as she addressed them, her posture returning to its signature lectured and rigid stance that she'd been taught from her days as a Colonel in the Empire along with Halder. She still remembered those days when they were both the Aides to High General Vickers, even during the time of him being a regular general. She recalled all the missions they'd been on since she was first assigned to him, from the insurgency on Valo to the battle of Hoth were the two of them had to take over from General Veers after he got wounded when a T-47 crashed into the cockpit of his AT-AT during the assault on the Rebel echo base.

She even when as far as to remember her final battle as a member of the Empire, the Battle of Valshaan which started with the rescue mission to save Chelli Lona Aphra. That mission to save her led to the Valshaan campaign where it was them vs Luke Skywalker and Jyn Erso, well technically Jyn and Luke were married by that point as from what she'd heard their wedding took place after the battle of Endor. She still remembered how they'd lost that campaign, the Rebellion pushed through all their defenses and breached the inner city before taking Vicker's main command building. Hollas was ready to sacrifice her life for the empire only for High General Vickers to surrender and let them live, which was a good thing because she got to live and become part of the First Order in this fight to restore the true galactic order.

"Do we have a hole in the New Republic defense lines?" she asked.

One of the First Order officers looked at her, "We'll have an ideal hole if we takedown another two cruisers," she responded.

General Hollas gave a nod, "Send word to the Captain Canady on the Fulminatrix, tell him to begin targeting the New Republic outpost upon the planet surface," she commanded, "Then send a message to the rest of the fleet, tell them to increase firepower to maximum," she continued, "Once we have an ideal hole, give Captain Canady the command to fire. Remove that rebel outpost from the face of this planet!"

The First Order officer gave a nod before turning to her console and going to carry out the order, General Hollas continued to glare out the bridge window of the Fellfire watching as the New Republic fleet continued to get bombarded by the weapons of the First Order fleet. As she looked her eyes fixed upon a heavily damaged Nebulon-B frigate, she pointed to it.

"Lock our guns onto that frigate!" she ordered, "Maximum firepower!"

One of the crew members gave a nod before looking at his console and pressing a few buttons, he locked onto the Nebulon-B before beginning to shoot.

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The guns of the Fellfire began to shoot, the turbo-laser bolts flying through the blackness of space before impacting into the hull of the Nebulon-B frigate. Explosions erupted across the ship as it took heavy damage before its mid-section broke and the ship was destroyed, as it did the Fulminatrix slowly moved into position. Once the Fulminatrix had reached the new position its alarm began to sound as the orbital auto-cannons began to lower more to target the New Republic outpost upon the planet surface, several X-wing squadrons flew in escorting Y-wings in an attempt to stop the Mandator-IV class siege dreadnought however a combination of Tie-interceptors, Tie-drones, and the Fulminatrix's own anti-starfighter laser cannons provided optimal protection for the Fulminatrix. Its orbital auto-cannons soon locked onto the New Republic outpost upon the planet below.

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Upon the bridge of the Fulminatrix Captain Canady walked up to the front and gazed out across the battle, watching as a pair of Victory-IIIs and an Imperial-II class Star destroy moved into protecting it. His eyes drifted past the First Order ships and toward the New Republic fleet, watching as a set of Tie-bombers performed a bombing run against one of the MC-80s. One of the First Order officers looked to Captain Canady.

"Captain, we've locked onto the New Republic outpost," he announced, "There is a CR-90 corvette however in our way between us and it."

Captain Canady didn't even turn to look at the First Order officer, "Command Tie squadrons to converge upon that ship, destroy it!" he responded.

"Right away captain," The First Order officer said before turning back to his console and going to carry out the order.

Captain Canady continued to watch as the battle unfolded, they were very close now to completing their mission and demonstrating the power of the Mandator-IV siege Dreadnought. The Fulminatrix had not only destroyed a single MC-85 on its own but it was very close now to destroying a New Republic outpost, as he continued to gaze out the window it became apparent to him that this battle was going to end in victory for the First Order.

"Captain, main guns are ready," The First Order officer announced.

Captain Canady didn't look at him, he kept his eyes fixed upon the battle happening beyond the bridge window. The explosions and laser fire reflecting in his eyes as he spoke, giving one simple command.

"Fire!"

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The signature red glow of plasma began to emanate from within the barrels of the Fulminatrix's orbital auto-cannons as they charged ready to fire, the CR-90 corvette in their way would do little to stop them. It couldn't even if it wanted to as a pair of Tie-bombers flew in and dropped proton-bombs into the hull of the CR-90 before a Tie fighter flew in and fired its laser cannons into the bridge destroying it and causing a chain reaction down the ship, the CR-90 exploded as the Tie-fighter flew away right as the Fulminatrix fired its orbital auto-cannon shooting off a volley of six shots. The red bolts of plasma flew down toward the planet surface straight toward the New Republic outpost.

They flew into the atmosphere and down past the clouds toward the New Republic outpost all six shots impacted creating massive devastating explosions with each hit, instantly destroying the base in immense balls of fire. They were so big that it was possible to see them from space.

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From on board the Fellfire General Hollas glared out the bridge window at the explosions upon the planet surface, one of the bridge officers turned from his console and looked at her before speaking.

"The New Republic outpost has been decimated," he said, "It is nothing more than a smoldering creator and burnt twisted metal."

General Hollas didn't take her eyes off the planet, her eyes remined fixed upon the explosions and the carnage of the battle that had taken place. There was near to nothing left of the New Republic defense fleet only a single Nebulon-B, two Nebulon-Cs, one MC-80, and three CR-90s, all of which showed heavy signs of damage across their hull. She knew they could stay and clean up what was left of the New Republic defense fleet, however she chose to instead leave them there as she held her head high. Destroying the New Republic outpost upon the surface was enough of a victory to satisfy her thirst, and gain vengeance for the First Order outpost taken by the New Republic.

"Recall all fighters," she ordered, "Prepare to jump to hyperspace."

The First order officer gave a nod before turning back to his console and instantly going to follow out the order.

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The Tie-fighters all returned to their ships and once they were inside the First Order fleet broke off their attack and moved to jump into hyperspace, exiting the battle and leaving the few remaining New Republic ships spared in some showing of mercy.

Within the bridge of the MC-80, it was a clear mess, sparks exploded from exposed wiring and fires burnt. Quickly being put out by R2 units and crew members armed with fire extinguishers, spraying fire suppression foam onto onto them. The Mon Calamari captain looked to where the First Order fleet had been, emergency lights flashing red around him as an alarm sounded. He glanced to his crew.

"Damage report?" he asked.

Another Mon Calamari crew member looked back at him, "We've suffered major damage to the outer hull, shield systems are offline and the navigational systems are inoperable. Decks three through seven are losing life support, two has lost main power is section three and all power in section six. Engineering is reporting radiation leaks in sector five and containment field four on the Coaxium storage is damaged, they are also reporting a major coolant leak that they are hurrying to patch up before we lose reactor containment." he answered.

The Mon Calamari captain let out a sigh as he looked to where the First Order fleet had once been, "Do we have communications back?" he questioned.

A different Mon Calamari crew member brought his eyes to look at the captain, "Long range communications are offline, our best bet is to send word to the New Republic base at Black spire outpost on Batuu."

"Do it now Lieutenant," The Mon Calamari captain ordered.

The Mon Calamari Lieutenant gave a nod before turning back to his console and beginning to carry out the order, quickly sending a major distress call to the New Republic base on Batuu and telling them what had just went down here at Andralia.

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A U-wing landed in the hanger of the Viscount, the door opened and allowed Finn, Poe, and BB-8 all step off before walking toward the elevator so they could head up to the bridge. As they walked through the hanger they looked at all the crew members doing their own thing, some were fixing up fighters such as T-85 X-wings or a couple A-wing mark-IIs. Other crew members were filling up the fuel of the fighters, they saw a hover transport truck carrying a set of proton bombs to be loaded into a Y-wings. Finn actually noticed a that a squadron of K-wings was being loaded off into the hanger as they were walking through toward the door, of course if they were going to be replacing the Y-wings it was understandable that the new flagship of the New Republic navy would have a squadron or two of them loaded and primed.

As they went they also noted the Millennium Falcon return, though only Chewie got off of it, not Rey or the others she'd gone with. Finn looked to him with curiosity, questioning where Rey and the others were before slowly walking over to Chewie.

"Chewie?"

Chewie looked to him and let out a roar before speaking in Shyriiwook as he walked over and gave Finn a friendly hug, Finn looked at Chewie with wonder as the hug broke. He looked around before Chewie for a moment wondering if Rey and the others would emerge, though they didn't. Poe and BB-8 came up next to Finn as he brought his eyes back to Chewie.

"Where's Rey and the others?" Finn asked.

Chewie responded in Shyriiwook, Finn glanced to Poe for translation.

"He said that they met up with Cal and his daughter Erlina on Kafrene," Poe translated, "They've gone to deal with Cardo."

Finn gave a nod of understanding before looking to Chewie and nodded with understanding, "Right," he answered, "Well we've got to go and report our victory at the First Order outpost we attacked to Grand Admiral Ackbar," he explained.

Chewie gave a nod and spoke in Shyriiwook before letting Finn, Poe, and BB-8 leave and head for the door leading to the hanger bay. As they did Chewie turned around and started to do some work on the Falcon.

The three of them all exited the hanger bay and headed over to one of the turbo lifts where they promptly entered, "Trinity deck one," Poe said as he and Finn stood next to each other.

"Right away Wing commander," Trinity's voice responded over the intercom.

The turbo lift began to move upward toward deck one, as it did Poe glanced to Finn before speaking again, "We'll inform Grand Admiral Ackbar of our success, then its over to waiting for Leia's speech," he said, "That is going to be fun."

Finn nodded, "I can't wait to hear it," he replied.

Poe chuckled, "You know I'm going to be telling them about the brave thing you do to help us take that outpost right?" he asked.

Finn glanced at Poe, "Of course you are," he answered, "But to be honest with you Poe, I'm only doing this because it is the right thing," he explained.

Poe gave a nod of understanding before looking to the deck numbers as they continued to ascend toward deck one, Finn did the same for a moment before he began to think about something. He glanced to Poe with curiosity.

"Do you think Rey is doing good on her mission," he asked.

Poe looked to him, "Rey is a Jedi, and she's with her older brother and sister, and her cousin," he answered, "Not just to mention she is a Skywalker, daughter of Luke Skywalker grand master of the Jedi order and Jyn Erso the person who stole the plans of the first Death Star from Scarif at the cost of her whole team. They are both very legendary people and war heroes of the Galactic civil war, kind of like my mom to be fair, and my dad."

"Where are you from?" Finn asked, "I never got to ask you before but where were you born in the galaxy?"

Poe glanced at him, "Yavin IV," Poe answered, "2 ABY," he said, "Grew up with stories of the Galactic civil war and the feats the rebellion had to pull to bring the New Republic and free the galaxy from the Empire, and let me just tell you it was amazing to hear all these stories of bravery from people like Cassian Andor, Luke Skywalker, Jyn Erso, and others. My mother herself was even a bit of a legend, really the one who got me into flying."

Finn gave a sign, "When I was growing up within the First Order nursery, they constantly told stories of these imperial war heroes who fought against galactic terrorism. They praised people like Tarkin, Thrawn, High General Vickers, even the emperor himself. Whilst also constantly slandering the New Republic and rebellion, telling us that it will be our jobs to restore Galactic order," he explained. He looked to Poe, "All of it was meant for was to brain wash it, they even went as far as to make up stories to try and paint the New Republic in a bad light."

Poe patted him on the shoulder as he put on a smile, "It's alright buddy," he replied, "At least you broke away from that, and now your fighting on the good side," he explained.

Finn gave a nod right as the door to the elevator opened, BB-8 let out a few beeps and boops before rolling out of the trubolift. Finn and Poe both chuckled before following the small droid out and beginning to head for the bridge.

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They arrived to see that Grand Admiral Ackbar was near the front along with Trinity, both seemingly going over something on a terminal. Finn, Poe, and BB-8 all stood waiting near the central holotable with Commander Zias. Grand Admiral Ackbar and Trinity both looked back before Ackbar began to walk over, Trinity simple just switched holoprojectors making her hologram disappear from near the front before reappearing next to the holotable. Ackbar stepped up to the opposite side of the holotable and looked to Finn and Poe.

"Well done you two on your mission," he said, "Admiral Hawk has been filling me in about the victory."

Poe gave a nod, "We're just doing our duty," he responded, "And most of the victory is Finn's doing, he helped command the ground forces and even led a commando team into the outpost to take down its primary defense grid."

Ackbar looked to Finn, "Well done Finn," he said, "For your heroic actions I am officially as Grand Admiral of the New Republic Navy hear by granting you the rank of Lieutenant in the New Republic army," he announced.

Finn smiled and gave a nod, "Thank you Admiral," he muttered with gratitude.

Poe patted Finn on the back, "You deserve it buddy," he said, "Perhaps you should see about joining the New Republic Marines, with your skills you'd fit right in."

Finn let out a chuckle as he glanced at Poe, "I think I'm ok with where I am right now," he responded.

Poe gave a nod before the two of them looked to Grand Admiral Ackbar, "Anyway where is our next mission?" he asked.

"First off," Ackhar said, "Trinity, what is the tactical report right now?"

Trinity looked to him, "Well with the outpost captured by Wing commander Dameron and Lieutenant Finn, we now have another entry point into First Order territory," she began, "Then is also the report from General Luke Skywalker that Lieutenant Rey Skywalker, Commander Jane Skywalker, Commander Cade Skywalker, and Commander Ben Solo have destroyed the First Order outpost on Kestral Minor," she explained.

"How is their mission going?" Finn asked.

Trinity glanced to him, "They've tracked down Cardo to the Rings of Kafrene, last I heard the Falcon has departed from the Jedi Temple on Ossus heading there now," she answered before looking to them all, "As for the rest of the warfront, the First Order have launched three incursions onto the western ridge and have started an invasion of the planet Kazdran the eleventh defense fleet has been dispatched to counter," she explained.

"It seems that everything is going well," Ackbar stated.

Trinity looked to him, "Its most likely something to do with the fact that the First Order's invasion plan was compromised by General Pryde when he attacked Hosnian Prime, it gave us the motivation to mobilize our force and launch a counter offensive," she explained.

Just then a New Republic officer walked over to them, "Forgive me for interrupting Grand Admiral but we have a report from the New Republic defense fleet at Andralia," he said.

"What are they saying?" Ackbar asked.

The New Republic officer looked to them, "Well here is the thing, its not coming from the flagship of the defense fleet. It's coming from on of the MC-80s, and its being transmitted not from the ship directly but rather through the communications relay of our forward operating base on Batuu," he stated.

"He's got that right," Trinity announced, "The communication is definitely being forwarded to us through the comms relay of forward operating base Alderaan."

Finn looked to them all, "Wait you named one of your forward operating bases after Alderaan?" he asked.

"Yes Lieutenant," Ackbar answered, "That one was actually opened by Leia herself," he looked to the New Republic officer, "What is the message?"

The New Republic officer looked to them, "We haven't analyzed it yet, I thought you'd want to see it," he answered as he handed a data pad to Commander Zias.

Zias looked at the data pad and his face went pale he instantly shot a look up, "The First Order have attacked the outpost on Andralia!" he announced.

"What!" Ackbar responded.

Zias glanced at him, "They attacked the planet and destroyed the outpost," he explained.

"Well that isn't a very tactically smart decision," Trinity responded, "It would've been better to capture the outpost instead of outright destroy it, the planet is still in New Republic territory so we can build a new one," she explained, "Plus we have six outposts on Andralia, plus a forward military base just on the outskirts of the Andralia's capital city."

Zias looked to the data pad, "Well according to this," he said, "They attacked the primary outpost and destroyed a large portion of the defense fleet."

"So they didn't even attack a major base," Trinity announced, "That is another tactical blunder, unless they just wanted to prove a point."

Zias gave a nod, "Looks that way," he answered before bringing his eyes up look at them all, "Because we got a report that the Mandator-IV siege dreadnought was present at the battle and that it single handedly destroyed the flagship," he explained.

"The Mandator-IV?" Finn asked.

Poe glanced at him, "Do you know about it?"

Finn thought for a moment, "I know it was one of the First Order's many planned construction jobs," he answered, "I thought it got scrapped along with the Supremacy and Star killer base, though it seems to not have been. I never got to read too much into what the First Order were building, other than the Resurgent class I didn't get to know about much given the fact that I was a janitor to start off with before being made a Stormtrooper."

"Well it seems this one they managed to complete," Trinity announced, "It is in the information that Captain Killian had managed to get to us," she explained, "It looks to be an advancement of the Mandator line of Dreadnaughts which started with the Mandator and Mandator II from the Clone wars, then the Bellator and the Asserter class dreadnoughts of the Galactic Empire. Though unlike those previous four this one seems to be more developed around planetary siege rather than fleet engagement, meaning that it is more like the Onagar-class star destroyer meant to break planetary shield and primed for orbital bombardment."

Commander Zias handed the data pad back to the New Republic officer as he stepped forward and tapped a few buttons of the holotable and brough up a holographic image of the Mandator-IV siege dreadnought appeared.

"This image is from Captain Killian's data chip, according to it the First Order have only got one of them. Its called the Fulminatrix," he said.

Ackbar, Finn, Poe, and Trinity all looked at the image of the Fulminatrix upon the holotable, the large triangular shaped ship that was quite smooth on the top side and had the bridge located near the back near the middle section there was a circular dip down that formed some type of dish or something.

"The information we have from the data chips says this," Trinity spoke up, "It is 7,669.71 meters or 25,163.09 feet in length, 4,121.02 meters in in width, and 770.85 meters in height. It has 4 main sublight and hyperdrive engines, and 6 maneuvering engines. It has 6 shield generators. For armament its primary weapons are a pair of ventral mounted orbital autocannons, for defense it has 26 dorsal mounted point-defense anti-aircraft cannons, other than that it has 6 tractor beam protectors," she listed. She looked to the image of the Mandator-IV, "As we have seen the primary role of this ship is orbital bombardment, which is why its primary weapons on on the underside of the ship. Though this is also a tactical weakness, as I said the point-defense weapons are only on the dorsal side leaving the underside vulnerable to attack," she announced.

Poe thought for a moment, "So the underside is the weakest point to attack?" he asked.

Trinity looked at him, "I don't know," she answered, "Though what I do know is that we need some more information relating to this dreadnought and find a way to attack it, though our best plan is to target the ventral side. Specifically target the orbital autocannons, if we destroy them then it might cause a chain reaction and destroy the whole ship."

Poe gave a nod, "We'll have to see about implementing that," he said, "This is going to be a top priority target," he announced.

"What ships do we have that could take this thing on?" Finn asked.

Trinity glanced to him, "Well obviously the Viscount, though I'd also say three Starhawk-IIs can do it as well," she answered, "Though I'd suggest we get some more intel on the ship, possibly through a reconnaissance battle. Send in a squadron of X-wings, E-wings, and Y-wings with the assistance of a small fleet. Possibly an MC-90 escorted by Nebulon-Cs and Nebulon-Bs, I'd say four Nebulon-Cs and three Nebulon-Cs. Along with six CR-90 corvettes for fighter suppression."

Admiral Ackbar gave a nod, "I'll have that fleet sorted out right away," he stated before looking at Poe and Finn, "As of right now we have Leia's speech coming up and I want you two to have first hand witnessing of it," he explained.

Finn and Poe both gave a nod before turning around and beginning to walk away to get ready, BB-8 followed them both letting out beeps and boops as he looked at Poe. Poe glanced to him and smiled.

"Don't worry bud," he said, "We'll be able to deal with that Dreadnought in time," he assured.

BB-8 let out another few beeps and boops as the three of them left the bridge and began to head away in order to get ready for when Leia arrived on the ship to give her speech to the galaxy and show that the New Republic will be there for them. 

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The Stinger Mantis emerged from hyperspace above Chandrilla and flew over to the Viscount where it proceeded to doc with one of the airlocks as the ship was unable to fit into the Viscount's hanger despite the size of the New Republic's crowning flagship. The airlock door opened allowing for Cal, Jane, Ben, Cade, Erlina, Rey, and R2 to exit, BD-1 came out as well riding on Erlina's back, looking around as he beeped slightly. Jane and Erlina were both talking as they walked similar to what Cade and Ben were doing, Rey walked behind them all slightly in silence, Cal soon slowed to follow her pace as he brought his eyes to look at her.

"Something you want to talk about?"

Rey shook her head, "No," she answered, she flickered her eyes to look at Cal, "It's nothing Master Kestis, don't worry."

Cal gave a silent nod before walking away to catch up with the others as they continued, R2 stopped as he looked to Rey and began to beep and boop asking a question in binary. Rey glanced to him as she stopped walking down the hallway.

"Its nothing R2," she answered, "Really, you don't have to worry about it."

R2 beeped some more before letting out a saddened sound, Rey exhaled and shook her head as she folded her arms. For the next moment she thought about what she'd been seeing in her visions, those creatures. Then there was her latest vision, the one of Anakin and the 501st saving Padme from getting dissected by the creatures. At least it looked like they were going to dissect her, she was strapped down onto that slab like table by those organic tendrils and deprived of her clothing. They were clearly going to do something to her, and dissection seemed like the most logical thing. Though of course Rey couldn't be sure if that was it...unless. She brought her eyes back to R2.

"R2 you spent most of you time with my grandfather right?" she asked, "You were his primary droid," she announced.

R2 let out a whistle and a few beeps to confirm, which caused Rey to smile. This could potentially give her answers to the question upon her mind, though she didn't see R2 in that vision. Either way R2 was Anakin's most trusted droid, so there could be a high chance that even if he wasn't in the vision of her grandfather saving her grandmother from those creatures. He could probably even give her some idea of who these guys are, she took in a deep breath before continuing to speak.

"R2 do you remember any mission of Grandad saving Grandma from unknown Aliens?"

R2 began to look around as if he were trying to remember something, Rey waited for the moment R2 would answer the question. She was hoping as well that his answer would provide an even deeper answer to the questions upon her mind, allowing her to know who these creatures were and what they wanted. R2 looked back to her and her response caused Rey's smile and hopes that she'd find some answers to fade, her lips dropped at what she'd heard.

"You don't know?" she questioned in absolute shock.

R2 let out another set of binary ending with an apologetic whistle. Rey uttered a sigh as she heard the sound of someone approaching, she turned around to see Jane walking over to her. Jane tilted her head as she raised an eyebrow.

"Rey?" she asked, "You going to be coming along?" she stated, "Finn and Poe are on board, I thought you'd be wanting to speak to them."

Rey went silent for a moment, glancing to R2 for a moment before brining her eyes back to Jane, "It's nothing Jane," she answered, "Don't worry about it, I was just talking to R2," she stated.

Jane placed a hand upon her hip, "About what?" she questioned.

Rey shook her head, "It was nothing too important," she responded, "Sorry," she uttered.

Jane gave a nod before motioning for the two of them to follow her, Rey exhaled before walking up next to her older sister with R2 following behind the two of them. As they walked down the hallway Rey remained silent, thinking about the fact that the one person she'd thought could answer her question had no idea. Though she made sure to not reveal this to Jane, after all she wasn't looking for a lecture about how to not trust all force related visions. Especially since when it came to the ones she was having, she knew that there was no way these were just her paranoia. They were too real, yes all force visions felt real but not to this scale. It was like these visions were trying to warn her, tell her something. Though what she didn't know.

"We'll have a quick rest and then see about continuing the hunt for the knights," Jane stated, "You ok with that?" she wondered.

Rey gave a nod to respond, though in truth she wasn't really listening that much to what Jane had said. She knew there was the mission at hand, but at the same time Rey was too focused upon the visions and their meaning. How could there have been an encounter with these creatures that involved my grandparents, yet R2 my grandfather's most trusted droid don't know about it? Rey continued to think for a long while, but then thought of something else. Wait if it was a mission, then there should be records of it. That caused Rey to perk up slightly realizing there was still a chance, though of course there were that many missions from the Clone Wars that it would take her a while to find it. Especially since she didn't actually know the name of those creatures, and she couldn't just simply look up on missions where her grandmother had been captured. There were quite a few of those and it would take a while to find the right one, just then she thought of something else. Trinity would know, she's been programmed with all the missions partaken from the Clone Wars. She'll definitely have something in her data banks.

Rey looked to Jane and cleared her throat, "Jane if you don't mind I need to go do something," she said.

Jane glanced to her and smirked, "What is it Rey?" she questioned.

"It's just something," Rey answered, "Don't worry about it."

Jane nodded before continuing to walk. Rey took a deep breath before beginning to head toward the bridge, she knew she could just talk to Trinity from anywhere on the Viscount however she did want to keep this thing private. Though to make sure she could she'd have to ask Trinity personally from the bridge, and that was what she was going to do.

Walking through the hallways of the Viscount toward the bridge, she noticed Jyn giving some orders to two New Republic soldiers. Both of the New Republic soldiers gave nods as Jyn finished before they began to walk away, Jyn turned as they went instantly noticing Rey and walking over to her with a smile upon her face. As she stepped up she placed her hands behind her back and gave a nod to her daughter.

"Hello Rey."

Rey gave a nod back to her mother, "Hello mom," she answered, "What are you doing here?"

"I came here to help with commanding the New Republic military force," Jyn answered, "Your father is commanding the Jedi missions against the First Order, you know your siblings and cousin aren't the only ones who need to do things," she explained, "What are you doing?"

Rey shrugged, "Not really doing much," she lied, "We've just delt with Cardo and now me, Jane, Cade, and Ben are having a short rest before we go after a different Knight of Ren."

Jyn nodded with understanding, "Well you have a good break," she answered, "I have a lot of work do so I'll leave you to it," she stated before walking away.

Rey gave a nod as her mother walked by before continuing on her way toward the main bridge, turning to one of the turbo lifts and entering.

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Entering the bridge Rey looked to see Trinity at the front of the Viscount's bridge standing next Grand Admiral Ackbar and Commander Zias, she stepped forward looking around at all the bridge crew going about doing their own thing. After a bit she brought her eyes back to Trinity and clearing her throat.

"Trinity?"

Trinity turned around and looked to her before her hologram vanished, it reappeared next to the holotable where her holoprojector aimed. She looked at Rey as she placed her hands behind her back and held her head high standing with her back straight and firm, standing to attention.

"Yes Lieutenant?" Trinity asked, "What can I do for you?"

Rey glanced about for a moment, "I was wonder," she uttered, "Could I talk to you in private?"

Trinity smirked as she folded her arms, "Sure," she responded, "It’s not like they can’t run the place without my dazzling presence," she proclaimed, "Am I after all mostly meant to assist in combat situations, and I can easily multitask my other function whilst speaking to you."

"Alright umm..." Rey answered, "Do you know where we can speak somewhere privately?" she questioned.

Trinity unfolded her arms, "We can speak in any one of the quarters," she stated.

"You have access to the quarters as well?" Rey asked.

Trinity chuckled, "Well considering the fact I'm an artificial being integrated into the ship," she said, "Yes, I have access to the quarters," she answered, "So just go to any one and ask for me."

Rey gave a nod of understanding before turning around and walking away, leaving the bridge and quickly heading to the nearest vacant quarters. Once she found one she quickly walked around before entering, she glanced around make sure the room was truly vacant before clearing her throat.

"Alright Trinity, I'm here."

Trinity's hologram appeared behind Rey, "So what do you need?" she asked causing Rey to jump and flip around to look at her.

"You have a holoprojector in here!?"

Trinity gave a nod, "Yeah," she answered, "Its just encase I need to come in here myself," she explained, "Anyway, what do you need?"

Rey took a deep breath as she went silent for a moment, preparing herself for what she was about to do. She was about to reveal her vision to another, even if that other person was Trinity. An artificial intelligent developed by her mother and the New Republic Military Research division, she was still going to be revealing something personal to her. Though she focused on the fact that she needed answers to these questions, and Trinity may be the only one who has answer to this.

"I've been having these visions," she began, "Visions brought through the force."

Trinity let out a sigh, "Rey," she responded, "I'm a hyper intelligent artificial being given human form via holograms with no connection to the Force, I cannot help you with visions like that," she announced, "Why don't you speak with your sister Jane, or your brother Cade, Maybe your cousin Ben, or perhaps even your father?"

Rey shook her head, "No its not about that," she uttered, "Its about something I saw in one of these visions," she announced, "I was wondering if you may have any information about it," she explained, "Cause you've been programmed with the knowledge of every single mission ever partaken in every war in galactic history up until this point," she stated.

Trinity thought for a moment, "Your right about that Lieutenant," she answered, "But I'm not sure how I'll be able to help you with a force vision," she explained.

"Look its not if you can help I just need confirmation," Rey responded, she took a deep breath, "Do you have any files relating to a mission partaken in the Clone wars where my grandfather Anakin Skywalker saved my grandmother Padme Amidala from an unknown Alien race that used organic technology?"

Trinity went silent as she glanced to the side for a moment, possibly checking her data files. It didn't take long before her eyebrow raised with curiosity, she glanced back to Rey with wonder, "Your having force visions of this, yes?" she asked.

Rey gave a slow nod to confirm, something about Trinity's tone of voice brought a peculiar unease to her bones. Trinity placed her hand upon her chin as if she were thinking of something, trying to process something before speaking again.

"There is a file in my data banks," she said, "A file relating to a mission that you describe," she stated, "Its quite obscure really, in truth I think it was just accidentally uploaded to my data banks. Mostly because the New Republic military researchers who designed me did really check the files before adding them to my database," she explained.

Rey smiled as she nodded with understanding, "Alright," she answered, "Can you tell me everything about this file."

Trinity went silent for a moment, "Here is the thing Lieutenant," she uttered.

Rey's short feeling of joy instantly faded as Trinity spoke, she should've expected this to not be that easy. Though she now knew that the mission she'd seen in her most recent vision was real, which made her wonder what else about her visions were real. It slightly caused her to shudder, especially when thinking about that one phrase that always repeated in her visions. Those three simple words.

We are coming.

It caused Rey to shudder slight, though right now she was too focused on what Trinity had said and what the catch was. She looked to the AI with wonder, "What is it Trinity?" she asked, "Why can't you tell me about what's in this file?"

Trinity looked at her, "The file is classified," she announced, "Clearance level: Omega."

Rey raised her eyebrow with curiosity, "Omega?" she asked.

Trinity nodded, "Its the highest level of classification used by the G.A.R Naval intelligence division in the Clone Wars," she explained, "Unauthorized access will result in a Class-1 treason and immediate execution without trial or jury," she announced, "Its the only file in my data banks to have this classification, I don't even think this classification level existed until this mission."

Hear that caused Rey to go pale as her blood ran cold, a chill ran down her spine as she processed what Trinity had just told her and in her mind came a new question. Who the hell are these creatures if it results in a new classification being made just for a mission relating to them? It was a question that burned in Rey mind greater than any of the other questions she'd had up until this point. It also made her start to question just how dangerous this was, how dangerous these creatures her if they had to have an entire classification level made just for the file relating to them.

"I take it then. I don't have the access level to see this file?" she asked.

Trinity nodded, "Unfortunately yes Lieutenant," she answered, "You don't have access verification for this file, if you want to see it you need permission from someone who has access."

Rey thought for a moment, "Alright who has access to this file?"

Trinity folded her arms, "The people who have access are General Anakin Skywalker of the G.R.A, Senator Padme Amidala of Naboo, Admiral Wullf Yularen of the Republic Navy, CT-7567 aka. Captain Rex of the 501st clone legion," she answered.

"All of them are dead Trinity," Rey responded, "Who else has access?"

Trinity thought for a moment, "The only other person who has access is labelled as the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic," she answered.

"Dank," Rey gritted looking to the floor and stamping her foot in anger, she took a deep breath before looking to Trinity, "Are you saying the only other person who has access would be the chancellor of the Clone Wars era Republic?" she asked.

Trinity raised her hand, "Technically," she responded, "Though it is a stretch," she stated, "Supreme Chancellor Lanever Villecham should have access," she announced, "If you want to get access it'll have to be through him."

Rey let out a sigh as she shook her head, "But that means having to go through political shenanigans in the senate," she stated.

"It shouldn't be too hard for you Rey," Trinity responded, "After all your sister Jane is very good with politics, and your aunty Senator Leia Organa Solo is quite influential in the senate."

Rey shook her head, "It's not about that Trinity," she said, "Its about the time it'll take to get through all the proper channels to get clearance for this file," she explained. She thought for a moment as she glanced away for a second before looking back to Trinity, "Can you as the first and as of right now only New Republic tactical AI, give me access. Since you should have access to these files by default?"

Trinity thought for a moment, "Well I do have permission to access it, it is part of my data after all," she answered, "But I don't have the ability to grant access to others,"

"What if we keep this secret?" Rey asked, "Just you give me temporary access to view this file," she said, "Please."

Trinity went silent, she took a deep breath, "We'll thought it is against my programming to grant full authorized access," she muttered, "I can give you temporary, though we'll both have to keep this secret."

Rey took a deep breath, "Thank you," she uttered, "I don't know how I can repay you for this."

"Just don't reveal to anyone that I gave you access," Trinity announced, "Anyway lets get this over and done with," she said, "G.A.R Navel Intelligence file, Republic archive designation: First contact. Security clearance code: V-Research/Null-37," she stated, "Temporary access granted. Bringing it up now."

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Republic archive: First Contact

Rey looked over the file reading every single bit of information she could, all the stuff put by the G.A.R Navel Intelligence and Republic archive along with the little addon from the I.S.B and Imperial Navel intelligence filed by I.S.B Colonel Wullf Yularen. At least she read all that she was able to, a lot of the information had either been blacked out, redacted or purposefully expunged or destroyed. Though Rey could still read a large amount of the information relating to the document whilst she had the chance to, she didn't know how long it would be before her access was denied once again. Though she took in all the information she could, once section specifically seemed to relate to her most recent vision. And what was listed caused Rey's stomach to churn, it would seem that what she had originally thought was meant to be a dissection of her grandmother was much worse.

These creatures, the 'Unknown Aliens' as the document listed them weren't going to dissect her Padme if the title listing was anything to go by. What they were going to do to her was much worse than dissection, in fact, from how it ready these Unknown Aliens were going to artificially impregnant her grandmother. That was what the thing was going to do, not dissect her but impregnant her possibly by force and without her able to protest or prevent it. And what was even more horrifying was the fact that the unknown Aliens had done this exact operation on a pair of Twi'lek females and succeeded, though all information on the offspring was redated or expunged.

Then there was the section where it mentioned about what happened to the base where the aliens were located, how it was destroyed in a rather violent asteroid storm. The whole moon and all the secrets of that base were gown before the Republic could even start the research on this stuff, and the aliens themselves had all killed themselves in a ritualistic suicide possibly to prevent their secrets from becoming revealed. What was even more terrifying is the fact that the file mentioned what appeared to be a scout ship of sorts, one that was thought to have been an asteroid before. And the worst part was that it had escaped and flown away, never to be seen again.

As for the added imperial section at the end, there was no extra information to be gathered from it. All that it was about was the possibility of the unknown Aliens being the Grisk, which was proven to be false by Grand Admiral Thrawn and the Chiss Ascendency. Despite all that though Rey did have some answers to her burning questions, though at the same time as she got a few answers she was also left with more questions. Though there was one clear answer that she had gotten, these unknown Aliens that she'd been seeing in her visions had once been here before. And what that implied almost caused Rey to shake in her boots with fear.

She glanced from the file to Trinity, "Is this everything on the file?" she asked.

Trinity gave a slow nod, "Everything that can be seen," she answered, "Of course you have the blacked out stuff, along with the redacted and expunged data which I can't even access and tell you what it could be."

Rey gave a nod as she passed around for a moment thinking about what she'd read in the file, she looked to Trinity with curiosity, "Asteroid storm?" she asked.

Trinity folded her arms, "They're a dense cluster of asteroids that fly through space," she said, "Very dangerous to ships and cause a lot of damage, they are also a common factor in the closure of hyperspace lanes and..."

"No," Rey uttered cutting Trinity off, "I know what an asteroid storm is Trinity," she stated, "I've just never heard of one that has the power to destroy a moon."

Trinity gave a nod, "That is because it should be impossible," she announced, "Though there are some particularly dense asteroid storms, there has never been a documented account of one dense enough or long enough that could've destroyed that small moon and the base," she explained. She then thought for a moment, "There is also the fact that despite the fact that asteroid storms are frequent in that region of space and the system where the moon base was found is frequently hit by them which is why its so hard to colonize, there are no documented routs that take any in the direction of that small moon."

Rey gave a nod of understanding before beginning to think for a moment, "Are you saying that it could be artificial?" she questioned.

"There is a chance," Trinity responded, "Given the fact that these unknown aliens seemed to be masters of gravity manipulation, and that there was a minor gravitational anomaly detected shortly before the asteroid storm began," she explained, "So there is a chance that it was not natural but rather some form of self destruct system, brought about by the scout ship being near there. Weather it was that scout ship that did it or if it was something in the base, its unknown."

Rey took in a deep breath, she glanced to Trinity, "Other than what is listed in this document, what else do we know about this race?" she questioned.

"Everything we know about this race is in this is in this document," Trinity stated, "The only known encounter was this one in 19 BBY, and there haven't been any other since," she explained, "If there was any other information it has been destroyed, the G.A.R were very throw with making sure that all this information was left classified."

Rey thought for a moment, "What about those two Twi'lek girl?" she asked, "They were literally artificially impregnated and birthed a hybrid, they went through what they were going to do to my grandmother," she announced.

"All information about the hybrids has either been expunged or redacted," Trinity answered, "As said in this document."

Rey glanced at her, "But surely those Twi'lek would speak about this," she said.

"They were given a large number of credits in compensation," Trinity announced, "Then they were sworn to never reveal this information, along with all the other prisoners."

Rey sighed, "So they really did cover it all up," she responded.

"I'm sorry if it disappoints you," Trinity answered as she closed the file, "I wish I could do more to help, but even with how advanced I am my programming is still limited," she explained, "For instance like I said, me being an AI I have no connection to the force. I unfortunately can't help you with that."

Rey thought for a moment, "What is the chance that if I reveal my visions to Jane or anybody they'll believe me?"

"You talking statistically or logically?" Trinity questioned.

Rey though, "Just what is the chance that they'll believe me?" she asked, "Cause I know that I can't trust all force visions but with this information I know now that it is real, the race from that file is coming back and they're coming in force," she explained, "We're distracted by the First Order, pulling our resources to counter them when there is an intergalactic threat approaching."

Trinity thought for a moment, "I can't answer that Rey," she responded, "I know that what your talking about is real because I've seen this document, but trying to convince the Republic will be hard. Especially since we're talking about information within a restricted file that you shouldn't be allowed to access, I just showed you it because I gave you temporary access," she explained. She folded her arms, "Which, before you ask, was a one-time thing. And guess what? You’ve officially used it up. No more peeks at the classified goodies."

Rey sighed, "Right," she muttered, "I'll have to think of something then," she announced, "Thanks for you help Trinity."

Trinity gave a nod, "Its was my pleasure Rey," she stated, "Now if you don't mind, I need to get back to my main duties," she said, "Need I remind you I’m the AI assistant here? My priority is keeping this ship flawless—and, oh yeah, making sure we stomp the First Order in fleet battles," she explained, "And you have a mission to hunt down the Knights of Ren, unless you want to have front row seats to see your aunt's speech."

Rey sighed before giving her own nod in response, with that Trinity's hologram vanished. Rey thought for a moment before turning around and heading out of the quarters, entering into the hallway she began to walk down the hallway so she could find Jane, Cade, and Ben before continuing their mission. She was unsure about watching Leia's speech, it would be up to what the others wanted to do. Though as she walked down the hallway she began to slowly think about what she'd just learnt, her visions weren't about a new threat they were about a threat that had been here before. A scout force had been in the galaxy during the Clone wars, doing scientific research and intel gathering. It was then as well she realized that the message that she'd been hearing, she had only heard the first three words of that chant.

The chant wasn't, We are coming. The chant was much worse then that, the full chant. The full complete chant, the full message was enough to cause a chill to run down Rey's spine. Her lower lip quivered as she realized it, the full chant was, We are coming back.

And this time it was going to be a single light scout ship, this time it was going to be a full invasion force to conquer the galaxy. For whatever purpose, Rey could not yet at this moment know. Though she knew full well from what the file had read on these unknown aliens, it wasn't going to be good.

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Arriving at the main cafeteria of the Viscount, Rey looked around and soon noticed Jane, Ben, and Cade all sitting around one table having a bite to eat. Rey took in a deep breath before walking over to where she could grab a plate of food, she was feeling hungry herself after all, though all the while she did still think about what she'd learnt from the file Trinity had shown her. Instantly her mind began to wonder to the fact that there was an extra galactic race travelling through the void of space toward the galaxy, getting close with every second and that only she was the one who knew it. The New Republic was completely unprepared for this, they were too focused on the First Order and dealing with the last remnants of the Empire. Though it was a good thing that the New Republic were dealing with the First Order, removing the last remnants of the Empire from the galaxy. It was still a problem when it came to the fact that it was going down whilst an extra galactic alien race was approaching the to invade, she didn't know how to tell them or what to tell her siblings and cousin.

Her thoughts were broken when she looked to the man behind the window of the cafeteria that let her see into the kitchen beyond, the man behind the counter was a blue skinned Twi'lek male with pink eyes. He looked to her and began to wait for her to make an order for food, Rey glanced to the food holders on the overside.

"What can I get for you?" He asked.

Rey let out a hum as she looked at all the food on offer, "What would you suggest?" she questioned.

"Well the seasoned rancor stakes are pretty nice," he answered, "Or the tauntaun nuggets, those are pretty good as well."

Rey thought for a moment, "I'll have a seasoned rancor stake with Corellian Crispers and Corusca Ember Sauce," she said.

The twi'lek gave a nod before quickly whipping up the meal onto a plate and handing it to Rey, Rey took in before going over to the drinks machine and getting herself some corellian soda. Once she had everything together she walked over to where Jane, Cade, and Ben were sitting and sat down with them. The three of them looked to her and gave a nod, Rey simply nodded back as she took a sip from her drink.

"Where are Erlina and Master Kestic?" Rey asked putting her drink down and going to pick up her knife and fork to eat.

Jane looked to her, "They went back to the temple," she said, "Mostly so that they can see if Dad has any new missions for them."

Rey gave a nod as she began to eat her food, starting off with the seasoned rancor stake. As she did Cade brought his eyes to her, "Me and Ben where in the middle of discussing which Knight of Ren to go for next," he said, "I want to go for Kuruk and show off my flying skills," he explained.

"I want to go for Ap'lek because he is commanding a Star Destroyer," Ben said, "Which one do you want to go for?"

Rey began to think for a moment, it was a hard decision because she didn't really have the skills to take on either of them. Unlike her siblings she was a mere Padawan, she didn't have a clue as to which one to go for. Jane glanced to her for a moment before looking to Cade and Ben.

"We'll make that decision in time," she answered, "Right now lets enjoy our food, rest up for a bit. Then we continue this mission," she explained.

Cade and Ben both nodded before they went back to their food, as they did Jane glanced to Rey with wonder. She uttered a sigh before she continued to speak.

"Rey, listen. I know how you feel and I understand that all this is hard for you, but don't worry we will be getting through this together," she said making Rey look at her, Jane raised an eyebrow, "Is there something wrong?" she asked.

Rey hesitated a moment before beginning to speak again, "No, its nothing," she lied.

Jane uttered a sigh, "Rey," she spoke, "If there is something bothering you, you can talk to me about it. I can help you." she explained.

"It's nothing Jane, really," Rey answered, "I'm fine."

Jane exhaled, "Rey I just want to help you if there is something on your mind," she stated.

Rey thought for a moment before uttering a sigh and looking to her sister, "It's just, I've failed for the third  time at fighting a Knight of Ren," she announced, of course that wasn't her main concern.

Her main concern was the unknown Alien threat that was coming to the galaxy, though she knew full well that it might be better to if she said that it was to do with the knights of Ren. Even though she knew full well that she could trust Jane, and that the knowledge was necessary. More people had to know, and Rey was the only one able to warn them. Though every time she wanted to she couldn't, like it was being held back by something. Most likely what was holding her back was her fear of not being believed, after all she'd been told quite a few times that visions were never real unless one tried to interfere with them which usually resulted in what was seen in the vision become real. That is what happened with her grandfather when he became Darth Vader, he had visions of their grandmother dying and in his attempt to save her he became to one to kill her.

It was for that reason as to why Rey worried that if she brought it up, she’d get lectured about it. And given the fact that the evidence to prove her visions were real was locked behind a classified document, one she shouldn’t have even been given permission to see. It meant she couldn’t even show the evidence to prove she was right, even if she wanted to.

Cade clapped his hands together as he leaned back, "Right well I think once we're done here we should get back to the hunt," he announced.

"You don't want to stay around for my mother's speech?" Ben asked.

Cade glanced to Ben and smirked before leaning forward, "That thing is going to be getting broadcast to the whole galaxy Ben," he answered, "We can watch it over the holonet," he stated, "What we need to do is come to an answer on who we got for next," he explained.

By that point Jyn walked over to them, "Hello all," she said placing a tray of food down upon the table.

"Hello mom," Rey replied giving a nod as she dipped a Corelian crisper into the pot of Corusca Ember sauce.

Jyn gave a nod as she sat down, "So what are all you talking about?" she asked, "I'm getting it has something to do with your mission?"

Ben gave a nod, "It is aunty," he answered, "We're trying to think of where we should go next," he explained.

"The decision is either Kuruk or Ap'lek," Cade stated, "We're wondering which one to go for."

Jyn let out a chuckle, "Well naval intelligence has reported that the First Order seems to be plotting an attack on New Ghorman," she answered, "Wouldn't be surprising considering that New Ghorman has a high concentration of minerals that the First Order could use," she explained, "Which makes sense as to why they'd want such a planet."

"How does this help us make our decision?" Ben asked.

Jyn looked to the two of them as a smile formed on her lips, "Well, from what intelligence we've gather one of the First Order Battlegroups put into the invasion fleet is commanded by Ap'lek," she announced.

Cade and Ben glanced to each other, "Well I mean if we do that we can go to New Ghroman again and we can take out Ap'lek," he stated, "Jane can also get herself another dress," he announced.

"I already have two dresses from New Ghorman," Jane announced, "I even have a dress from old Ghorman," she stated, she then thought of something for a moment, "Though I wouldn't mind another one," she chuckled.

Cade smirked and looked to Jyn, "Well then mom, we'll be going for that one," he announced.

Jyn smiled and gave a nod, "Alright," she answered, "You all going to be going there or only two of you?" she questioned.

Cade thought for a moment, "hum," he uttered, "I don't actually know," he answered, "I mean me and Ben can easily handle Ap'lek ourselves," he announced, he looked to his two sisters, "What do you two want to do?"

Jane thought for a moment before looking to Rey, "What do you want to do?" she questioned, "You want another go or do more training at the temple?"

Rey gave a thought for a second, "I think I'd much prefer doing some training at the temple," she muttered, "Since I'm going to be pretty useless against Ap'lek," she explained.

"Oh come on don't be like that Rey," Jyn spoke comfortingly, "You will get better I'm sure of it," she answered.

Rey looked to her mother, "Are you sure?" she asked.

"I'm positive," Jyn answered, "Perhaps your father could give you some advice though," she suggested, "That is the best I can say."

Rey gave a nod before Cade took in a deep breath, "Right," he spoke, "That is settled, me and Ben will go to New Ghorman and help defend the planet whilst you two go and do some training," he explained before taking in a deep breath and beginning to wonder, "I understand that New Ghorman is resource rich but I wonder what they want with it?"

"I just hope for the sack of the Ghormans the First Order don't want another mineral that is so far down that mining it could geologically destabilize the planet," Ben quipped.

Jane glanced to her cousin, "That isn't funny Ben," she lectured, "More than half the Ghorman population died in that massacre, and the Empire essentially made it that anyone who was Ghorman or related to a Ghorman were enemies to the galaxy. A lot had to go into hiding, and it took twelve years after the end of the Galactic Civil war for the surviving Ghormans to recover from that," she stated, "All just so the Empire could get their hands on some Kalkite," she explained.

"I know it was bad,"  Ben responded, "I'm sorry."

Jyn looked to them all, "You know during the galactic civil war, one of my earliest missions after Scarif and Yavin-IV was rescuing some Ghorman refugees," she announced, "It was so hard seeing and hearing about people being prosecuted just for being from a certain planet, but it reminded me of why we fight."

Cade gave a nod, "Anyway, we best finish up and then get to doing those missions," he announced.

Everyone gave a nod before they began to continue eating their food.

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After finishing up in the Viscount's cafeteria. Rey, Jane, Cade, Ben, and R2 returned to the hanger where Chewy was busy doing repairs on the Millennium falcon, he looked to them and let out a slight roar as he spoke in Shyriiwook. The five of them walked over to where Chewy stood as he finished was he was doing.

"Alright Chewy," Ben said, "First thing to do is we got to drop Jane and Rey back off at Ossus, they want to get some more training in."

Cade glanced to Rey and uttered a chuckled. "Considering she needs some," he joked

"Cade," Jane said.

Cade looked to his twin sister, "What?" he asked, "I'm not wrong about that."

"I know but can you keep those kinds of comments to yourself," Jane responded.

Ben looked to Chewy, "Yeah, anyway," he said, "Then me, you, and Cade will be heading for New Ghorman to help counter the invasion there," he explained.

Chewy let out a roar of understanding before speaking in Shyriiwook, he then began to walk into the Falcon in order to warm up the engines ready for the journey. As he did Jane glanced to Ben and Cade before putting on a smirk.

"So do you want me to give you a few quick rounds in Ghroman or will you be fine?" she asked, "You never know it could be helpful to know a few words."

Cade looked to Jane, "Jane, we know your fluent in like several languages," he responded, "Don't just keep rubbing that in, it's not my fault me and Ben focus more on the action side of things rather than your way of handling it."

Jane snickered, "Well I can't help the fact that I'm the type to try a diplomatic solution before moving to aggressive negotiations," she teased, "I always took on a lot from grandma's side, you always took on from Grandpa," he announced, she glanced to Ben, "I'm surprised you aren't more of a negotiation type."

"I can't help it," Ben responded, "I'm a Solo by blood and name," he stated, "Plus like you said I also take on a lot from Grandpa," he motioned to Cade, "And the only reason Cade is the way he is, is because he takes on a lot from your mother."

"And dad cousin," Cade responded glancing at Ben, "Anyway we're wasting time, we got things to do."

Just then as they were about to move a New Republic diplomatic shuttle flew in and landed within the hanger of the Viscount, looking to it they watched as the ramp lowered and C-3PO stepped out looking around at the interior of the massive New Republic flagship.

"Oh my word," he said, "This place is as big as they said it was."

Rey instantly stepped forward and waved to C-3PO, "3PO, over here!" she called.

C-3PO looked to them and began to walk over, "Oh, Mistress Rey," he said, "I'm glad to see that you are all better after what happened at Hosnian Prime," he announced.

Rey flexed her cybernetic hand upon hearing about the battle of Hosnian, the whole event was still fresh in her mind. The battle in the streets against the First Order ground forces, her fight with Ren. How Ren tricked her into a strike that resulted in the loss of her hand and the reason for her cybernetic one, and of course the death of her Uncle Han Solo which still haunted. Haunted her just like the visions and that chant coming from the Unknown Aliens, the thought of them coming back still caused her to feel a slight ting of fear deep within her bones. She was distracted when R2 rolled up next to her looking to C-3PO and letting out several beeps and boops.

"Well someone has to help Mistress Leia with everything and let me tell you it is much better than being on the front lines" 3PO resounded. R2 let out a few more beeps and spoke in binary, "Well of us finds fighting the First Order exciting," 3PO said, "I for one am much content staying here and far away from the frontlines, where it's much safer."

"Well your clearly an opposite of me then," Trinity's voice called out.

C-3PO almost jumped, "Oh my word," he gasped, "Who send that?"

"I see you haven't met Trinity yet," Jane answered as she folded her arms, "She's the Viscount's AI operations and tactical assistant," she explained, "And despite the fact she has a hologram she chooses to not use it."

At that moment Trinity's hologram appeared, "I know I had my body," she spoke folding her arms, "But I thought it'd be better for him to comprehend by just hearing my voice first, before seeing that I have a humanoid form." she joked, she looked to C-3PO, "Didn’t realize you were so jumpy. Oops, totally my fault… kinda."

C-3PO looked to Trinity enamored, "Oh my word," he uttered, "So your what Mistress Erso Skywalker was developing," he announced.

"Technically General Jyn Skywalker came up with the idea of me," Trinity answered, "Its was the republic navel research division that were the ones who created and developed my programming and everything."

C-3PO looked Trinity up and down, "Oh, a fully articulated body," he uttered, "Remarkable, truly amazing if I may say so myself," he said, "Truly you are a brilliant and rather beautiful piece of technology."

Trinity let out a chuckle, "Hate to break your barrier 3PO," she said, "But your a Protocol droid and I'm an artificial conscience given a holographic body, and we are thus incompatible," she responded.

Ben chuckled, "Yeah," he spoke, "She's like that," he announced.

"Yeah like how I had to tell you the same thing about our incompatibility with me being an artificial consciousness and your being an organic begin," Trinity answered making Cade snort and giggle, "We are very much incompatible."

Ben took in a deep breath, "Can we get going please?" he asked.

"Your not planning on leaving without speaking to me a little first are you?" Leia called from the side as she walked over.

Ben looked to her and gave a nod as he put his hands behind his back, "Mom," he said.

Leia put on a smile, "You look good in one of your father's jackets," she announced.

"It's my way of honoring a fallen war hero," Ben responded, "Plus dad did say that if he ever died I get the Falcon and his entire wardrobe."

Chewbacca let out a roar before speaking in Shyriiwook causing Ben to look at him.

"Alright," he said, "he gave us two the Falcon," he corrected himself, "I haven't forgotten that you got half of it Chewy."

Leia let out a chuckle before looking to Jane, Rey, and Cade, "Hello you three," she muttered.

"Aunty," Rey said.

Leia looked to Rey, "How's your training coming along Rey?" she asked.

"It's coming along well," Rey answered, "Or as well as it could be," she stated, "I'm sorry I lost your old lightsaber during the battle of Hosnian Prime."

Leia chuckled, "Don't worry about that," she assured, "I did give it to you after all," she explained, "And now you have your father's old one, the one that once belonged to your grandfather."

Rey looked to the Skywalker saber at her hip, she glanced back to Leia and gave a silent nod before Jane stepped forward.

"I'm taking Rey back to the temple so she can get some more training in," she said, "Then Cade and Ben will be heading to New Ghorman to deal with Ap'lek," she explained.

Leia gave a nod before looking at Cade and Ben, "You two boys be careful alright," she spoke, "I know what happens when you two are put together, don't get into trouble."

"Don't worry aunty," Cade responded with a smirk, "We're always careful," he announced.

Ben smirked as he folded his arms, "The only trouble we're going to get into mom," he pointed to Jane, "Is getting her another dress from New Ghorman."

Leia let out a chuckle as she looked to Jane, "Well you can't come back from Naboo or New Ghorman without getting her something," she answered, "So you better get one for her."

"Yeah and it better be a nice one as well," Jane stated, "You know my tastes," she announced.

Cade gave a nod, "Yes we know," he answered, "We just have to take a single look at the dresses you got from grandma to know your tastes," he explained.

"Well considering how expensive the dresses owned by Senator Padme Amidala are with Naboo silk and whatever imported material brought, combined with the expense of New Ghorman silk and the color. Along with the tastes of Commander Jane Skywalker," Trinity spoke up, "Your going to need about 10'600 credits at minimum to buy one adequate enough for her expectations."

Cade looked to Trinity, "How the hell do you know that?" he asked.

"Maybe it’s the whole feminine personality thing. Or maybe it’s just that I know Jane’s tastes a little too well," Trinity commented.

Jane chuckled, "That is probably the best explanation," she answered, "But if I may make a suggestion, we should probably get going."

Cade and Ben both nodded before heading onto the Falcon, Jane following behind them with R2 letting out a few beeps and boops before rolling after her. Rey glanced to them before looking to Leia and C-3PO.

"Bye you two," she said.

Leia nodded, "May the Force be with you Rey," she responded.

Rey gave a nod before quickly heading onto the Falcon followed by Chewy, once the ramp was closed the Falcon took off and flew out of the Viscount's hanger. It flew away from the Viscount and the New Republic fleet around Chandrilla before making the jump to hyperspace heading toward Ossus. 

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The Falcon emerged from hyperspace and flew down toward Ossus, the Falcon flew over to Luke's Jedi temple and landed at the landing pad. Once it landed the boarding ramp lowered allowing Jane, Rey, R2 and Ben to get off. Cade remained on the Falcon with Chewy, Ben looked to his two cousins and R2.

"Well you three enjoy yourself," he said, "Me, Cade, and Chewy will be heading for New Ghorman to assist," he explained.

Jane gave a nod before motioning to Rey, "I'll be training Rey whilst your doing that," she stated.

Ben glanced to Rey as she spoke to R2 for a moment, completely unaware of Jane and his conversation. He glanced back to Jane for a moment, "You know I think she can really do with achieving something," he explained, "I think that'll help her a lot," he stated, "She needs something to boost her confidence."

Jane looked back to Rey and thought for a moment, specifically the thing her father had told her about putting Rey through that test that he'd put her through when she was younger. The challenge which started her interest with collection those rocks and crystals, she wondered if Rey could actually do it. Though she also knew that there was no way to find out unless they try, unless she puts Rey up to that challenge. She looked back to Ben and gave a nod.

"Thanks for the advice," she answered, "You know I'm amazed you haven't gotten another Padawan yet," she said folding her arms.

Ben chuckled, "Well you never know, I could one day get one. Not sure if they'll be able to defeat my previous one but still," he stated, "Anyway me, Cade, and Chewy got to get over to New Ghorman and help out there," he announced.

"Good luck against Ap'lek," Jane responded.

Ben smirked, "We don't need luck, cousin," he quipped.

Jane gave a nod before backing up to watch as the Ben headed up onto the Falcon which then proceeded to take off and fly away, she turned around to see Luke walking up to them with his arms folded. As he approached he looked at the two of them.

"Hello," he said, "What brings you three here?"

Jane stepped forward as R2 rolled over to Luke, Luke patted his old astromech upon his dome. Glancing at him for a second before looking to his two daughter.

"Me and Jane wanted to do some training..." Rey spoke, "I've been lacking on it since this war started and we believe its a wise decision to get back to it," she explained.

Luke gave a nod, "I understand," he said, "And Rey, don't worry. You'll be an amazing Jedi," he stated.

Rey nodded as Jane stepped forward, "Cade and Ben are heading to New Ghorman with Chewy," she explained, "They'll be dealing with Ap'lek, whilst I give Rey her training."

"Right well," Luke said, "I'll leave you to it," he stated.

Jane smiled, "Alright father," she answered.

Rey began to walk motioning for R2 to follow her and went past Luke, as Jane began to walk and went to pass Luke he looked to her, "What will you be doing," he asked, "For her training."

"Ben suggested I should do something to boost her confidence," Jane responded, "Give her something that can be seen as an achievement," she explained. She brought her gaze to her father, "I'm going to be giving her that by doing what you suggested," she announced.

Luke gave a nod of understanding, "Alright," he answered, "Well I believe she can do it."

Me too dad. Jane thought to herself before giving her own nod in response, she turned around and began to follow Rey. Walking after her little sister she soon caught up with Rey and R2, as they continued Rey glanced to Jane with wonder.

"So what do you want me to do?" she questioned.

Jane thought for a moment, "Follow me," she answered.

Rey complied before following Jane toward the lake, R2 himself rolling along behind them looking around as he beeped and booped slightly. As they began to approach the lake they noticed a single young Jedi night who appeared to be in her early twenties no older two years older than Rey at the age of 21, she had long blond hair down her back and blue eyes that complimented her fare light skin. She wore a mint green tunic with white pants along with a black belt, she was not wearing any boots leaving her feet completely bare. Jane and Rey both looked over to her as she turned to look at them both, she put her hands behind her back and gave a nod.

"Master Skywalker," she said with a respectful nod to Jane, "Padawan," she added giving the same gesture to Rey.

Jane gave a nod back as she stepped up forward, "Knight Veila," she replied.

Jedi Knight Tahiri Veila was from Tatooine and had actually once been a member of a tribe of Tuskan raiders who'd done a unique thing of adopting her, mostly because they'd found her in the wreckage of a downed cruiser. She was the only survivor and was found within the cabin that her deceased parents were staying in, no one actually knows why the Tuskans had chosen to keep her alive and adopt her but she was brought into their tribe. She was found when she was ten years old during a mission the New Republic were conducting to deal with an Imperial remnant group that had taken up position on Tatooine, Luke oversaw the operation of taking down the Imperial remnant group and it was there where they met Tahiri.

Jane remembered the moment quite well, she was eighteen when the mission was going down. She remembered it was one of the first times on a mission where she had to use negotiation, at least the first time she was doing something without the assistance of Leia. Though it also showed her immense education that she'd taken in, not just as a Jedi but in a diplomatic role as well. She was one of the few people able to communicate with the Sand-people, communicating with them via sign language. Eventually at their tribe village she and Luke met Tahiri and eventually found out about her force sensitivity, especially after she used the force on a Krait dragon which allowed for it to be taken out. That caused her to get a small blue Krait dragon purl which she eventually put within her lightsaber when constructing it, giving her a unique core for her lightsaber. She eventually chose to join Luke and Jane becoming a member of the new Jedi order, when she reached the age of fourteen she became Ben's Padawan and he trained her into knight hood.

"What brings you here?" Tahiri asked.

Jane motioned to Rey, "Me and Rey are going to be doing some training," she said, "I hope we're not disturbing you."

"Not at all master," Tahiri responded, "I'm all done here so I won't be in your way," she explained, "I haven't seen you much by the way."

Jane gave a nod, "We've been busy dealing with the First Order," she answered, "What have you been doing?"

"Not that much Master," Tahiri sighed, "I've been helping in the war, but not on the front lines," she explained.

Jane gave an understanding nod, "Well, its still helpful either way," she responded, "Anyway we wont be keeping you Knight Veila."

Tahiri smiled before bowing her head and walking away, leaving Jane and Rey alone at the lake. Rey glanced as Tahiri left before looking back at Jane with wonder, slowly she began to look around as she scratched the back of her head.

"So..." she asked, "Why are we at the lake?"

Jane turned to look at her, "You know my collection of rocks and crystals?" she asked, "The one I have in my quarters."

Rey gave a nod, "Yeah I know about your fascination with collecting stones and crystals along with all that," she answered, "Is this about that one story of your first rock being from the bottom of the lake?" she questioned folding her arms.

"That is correct Rey," Jane answered before discarding her outer Jedi robe before undoing her belt, "take off your belt and your boots and leave them on the bank," she said as she bent down to undo the straps of her boots.

Rey hesitated a moment before undoing her belt as she slid her feet from her boots, luckily with hers unlike her old ones they could easily slide on and off. She put them to the side as Jane finished stripping down to her most basic sections of clothing, a pair of brown under shorts and a sleeveless tan-grey crop-top that gave a mild view of her midriff. Rey removed her outer clothing until she was in her simplest underclothing, though she had less skin showing than Jane with only really her arms being shown in full. She wasn't as confident as Jane was in showing off her body or at least when it came to showing much skin, which is why she made sure to keep quite covered up even when in under clothing.

Jane looked to her as she finished putting her Jedi robes to the side, "follow me," she instructed.

Rey gave a nod before following Jane into the water, she dipped her foot into the water and instantly gasped as she stepped back. She looked to Jane who was already nearly waste deep in the water, watching as her sister turned back and let out a chuckle.

"It's not that cold Rey."

Rey shook her head, "Speak for yourself Jane," she responded.

"Just get into the water," Jane said, "Come on."

Rey gave a nod before stepping into the water, feeling the cold dampness against her bare feet. The two of them continued to walk deep into the water and soon began to swim, swimming until they reached near the center. Jane looked to Rey and gave a smile.

"It's been a while since we last did this, hasn't it?" she asked.

Rey nodded slightly, "I'm still amazed I'm so good at swimming," she answered.

Jane uttered a chuckle, "Now," she said, "Your aware of what the challenge is," she stated, "I want you to swim to the bottom of the lake and pick up a rock from the lake bed," she explained.

Rey sighed, "Jane," she answered, "Come on we both know that you didn't really do that, this lake is too deep," she stated, "There is no way I can reach the lake bed and pick up a rock."

Jane chuckled, "The lake is not as deep as you believe Rey," she responded, "You just have to swim down and you'll see the truth."

Rey thought for a moment, she looked to the water, "But it looks so deep," she announced, "I can barely see the bottom."

Jane took in a deep breath, "Right," she uttered, "How about I show you," she said before taking a deep breath and disappearing beneath the surface of the water.

Rey waited for a moment wondering what Jane was going to do, just then she let out a gasp as she felt something brush against her foot causing her to quickly swim to the side slightly and looking back. Instantly her eyes locked onto Jane as she burst out of the water with a gasp, she looked to Rey as she brushed away her dampened hair.

"Why did you do that?" Rey demanded.

Jane chuckled, "To show you how deep the water is," she answered.

"All you did was just swim under me and brush your finger against the bottom of my foot," Rey responded, "How is that supposed to tell me that this lake isn't as deep as I think?" she asked.

Jane smirked, "Because if I turned around and stuck my army fully out I would touch the lake bed," she answered.

"Really?" Rey questioned.

Jane gave a nod, "Yeah," she answered, "Now it's your turn, go down to the bottom of the lake and pick up a rock," she instructed.

Rey glanced to the water and took in a deep breath, "Alright," she uttered, "I'll try."

Jane smirked, "Don't try Rey," she replied, "Do," she announced, "There is no try."

Rey gave a nod before composing herself for a second and taking in a deep breath, she submerged herself beneath the waves though it didn't take her long before she panicked and shot herself back up out of the water taking in several deep breaths. She shook her head slightly.

"I can't."

Jane smiled warmly, "You can do it Rey," she answered, "I know you can do it," she said.

Rey gave a nod before composing herself and taking in another deep breath, she dived once again beneath the water. She tried not to panic this time as she began to swim down toward the lake bed, though she could barely see it within the darkened water. She looked to where Jane was floating for a marker of how deep she was, seeing that she was just below where Jane. Rey looked ahead and stuck her hand out, trying to feel for the lake bed but couldn't. Her air was running out and she quickly had to retreat, swimming back up to the surface and letting out a gasp as she resurfaced. She took a few deep breaths as she glanced to Jane, the clear feeling of defeat within her.

Jane swam over to Rey with a smile upon her face, she raised her hand and placed a hand upon her shoulder, "You can do this," she muttered, "I know you can."

Rey gave a nod before taking in a deep breath, she submerged beneath the water's surface and began to swim down to where she was before. She reached out again trying to feel for a stone but couldn't, she was about to panic again and swim back up to the surface before giving up. Though she stopped herself, she closed her eyes and calmed her body. Slowly she felt the force flowing around her, as if it were the water itself. She reached out again, focusing hard and soon she felt something grace her fingertips. Something smooth and round that seemed no bigger than her palm, quickly she grabbed hold of it and held it tight as she swam upward toward the surface. She burst out from the water letting out a gasp of breath as she brushed away her dampened hair from her face which had came out of her regular triple top knot hair style, the water having loosened her three buns and caused her hair to loosen and fall over her shoulders.

She took in a few deep breaths as she looked to her hand, seeing that she now held a small white stone no larger than her palm within her hand. She brought her eyes to Jane as her older sister smiled with clear joy.

"Well done," she answered, "Come on."

Jane and Rey both began to swim toward the lake side and got out onto the bank, once out of the water they both sat down near their clothing to allow the sun to dry them. Jane glanced to Rey as she looked at the rock she'd just grabbed from the bottom of the lake, she smiled as she nudged her arm.

"You did very well," she complimented, "And if you want to know, it took me much longer to get my first rock," she stated.

Rey brought her eyes to Jane with wonder at what she'd just said, "How long did it take you?" she asked.

"It took me two days to get over my fear of going under the water," Jane answered, "Then it took me another two days before I managed to reach the bottom of the lake and pick up my first stone," she explained, "In fact what I did to you by tickling underside of your foot is something mom did to me when I was trying."

Rey looked to Jane in shock, "You mean you actually did get a stone from the bottom of the lake?" she questioned.

Jane smirked, "I'll leave that as something for you to decided," she answered, "But at least you managed to get a stone from the bottom," she stated, "And let me tell you something else, these stones are actually very helpful in allowing you to talk with force ghosts. Like Granddad," she announced.

"Really?" Rey asked.

Jane gave a nod, "Yeah," she answered, "It helps me a lot, I'm not as in tuned as dad when it comes to talking with force ghosts," she said, "And these rocks along with a few of my crystals help me strengthen my connection to the force and communicate with force ghosts."

Rey brought her eyes back to the stone thinking of something, "Right," she muttered, before putting the stone down to her side and looking to Jane, "Once we're dry what do we do?" she asked.

Jane thought for a moment, "Well," she uttered, "How would you like to do some more lightsaber training?" she asked, "It could do you good," she said giving Rey another nudge in the arm.

Rey gave a nod of understanding before looking back to her rock and picking it up once more, she fluttered her eyes over it for a moment as an idea formulated within her. Something relating to the unknown Aliens, a way to talk to someone who had been present during that incident of First Contact. Her grandfather had led that mission to save her grandmother from those unknown aliens, perhaps from him she could get some more information about them.

"Something wrong Rey?" Jane asked.

Rey glanced to her older sister, "No," she answered, "I was just thinking," she said, "It was nothing important."

"Right," she uttered, she took in a deep breath before looking to their clothing, "We should be dry enough to get our clothes on," she said.

Rey gave a nod before she and Jane began to get dressed, once they were back fully in their clothing. Rey glanced at Jane as she finished strapping up her boots, once she was finished she looked to Rey and motioned for her to follow. Rey gave a nod before the two of them began to walk toward the main building, Rey picking up her stone as she did so. As they went Rey glanced at Jane for a moment.

"Should we be getting some food before moving onto lightsaber training?" she asked.

Jane looked to Rey, "Probably just a snack," she answered as she adjusted her outer most robe.

Rey gave a nod as the two of them continued to head toward the main building of the temple with R2 who'd been watching from the side following behind them, as she did Rey looked to the stone within her hand the idea still firm in her head. She knew what she was going to do with this stone as one she was alone, she was going to attempt speaking with the force ghost of her grandfather. Though that would come after some lightsaber training with her sister, though once that was done she'd talk with her grandfather about the unknown aliens and see what else she could learn about them.

Above New Ghorman the Falcon emerged from hyperspace and flew over to the defense fleet consisting of an MC-90 escorted by three Starhawk-IIs, six MC-80s, four MC-85s, seven Nebulon-Bs, six Nebulon-Cs, five Free-vigilant bunker busters, and several CR-90 corvettes. As the Falcon flew toward New Ghorman two T-85 X-wings flew into escort positions on either side of the Falcon.

Inside the Cockpit Ben flew the Falcon as a light began to flash, Chewy let out a roar before pressing a button to activate the comm.

"This is Jedi master Ben Solo commanding the Millennium Falcon," he announced, "We wish for clearance to reach the surface of New Ghorman."

"What is your business here?" a voice came over the comm.

"We're just here to assist in the defense of the planet," Ben answered, "You know against the First Order attack, also because the commander of this invasion force is a target that the Jedi order wishes to deal with. A member of the Knights of Ren."

The voice on the other side went silent for a moment, "Copy that commander," the voice responded, "You have permission to land."

"Thank you, heading down now," Ben replied.

Cade looked to him, "So which one of us will be buying Jane that dress?" he questioned.

Ben glanced to him, "We'll figure that out after we've killed Ap'lek," he answered, "Though I think because she's your sister, you should be the one to get her it."

Cade chuckled, "Yeah right cousin," he responded.

Ben let out a snicker before continuing to fly the Falcone down toward the surface of New Ghroman. After breaking atmosphere Ben flew the Falcon toward New Palmo, quickly flying toward one of the New Republic naval and military landing pads and settling the Falcon down, after the Falcon had landed and the boarding ramp lowered. Ben, Cade, and Chewy all walked off and looked to see General Wilmon Paak of the New Republic military, a veteran from the days of the Galactic civil war who'd served in the Rebel army following the battle of Scarif and someone who'd seen the Ghorman massacre. Following the Galactic civil war he'd helped build up New Ghorman along with his wife Dreena. Both now served with the New Ghorman defense force section of the New Republic military, Wilmon being the garrison leader.

"Welcome to New Ghorman," Wilmon spoke as he put his hands behind his back, "I have to say we thought the only Jedi assistance we'd get was from the Jedi outpost here, didn't think Grand master Luke Skywalker would send in two of his best operatives."

Cade let out a chuckle, "We're here because we learnt that Ap'lek, a member of the Knights of Ren is going to be commanding the invasion force," he answered, "We're currently on a mission to hunt down the knights and eliminate them," he explained.

Wilmon gave a nod, "Follow me," he commanded.

Cade, Ben, and Chewy all gave a nod before following Wilmon as they walked toward the primary military headquarters of the New Republic garrison upon New Ghorman, as they did Ben looked at Wilmon.

"So what are the defenses?"

Wilmon glanced at him, "We've got some reinforcements coming in," he answered, "Pretty sure we're also brining in the Mothma," he announced. Wilmon tilted his head, "I know she's an older ship and isn't as powerful when compared to the Viscount, but she'll do."

"Well the Mothma is the first New Republic built dreadnought, and is technically the prototype for the Viscount," Cade responded, "So even with her age, she'll still do."

Wilmon smirked, "I mean if we could we would've brought out the Lusankya," he announced, "It served us well during the Thrawn crisis and after, though sustaining a full Super Star Destroyer is not the easiest thing to do," he explained.

"Well that is why we designed the Mothma and later on the Viscount," Cade responded, "The Viscount is possibly even more easier to use thanks to Trinity."

Wilmon let out a chuckle as they all walked into the primary headquarters building of the New Republic military base.

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More New Republic ships had arrived to assist in the defense of New Ghorman, including the Mothma. A 13'000 meter long dreadnought which worked as the prototype to the 17'000 long Viscount class star defender. This vessel was immense in both firepower and hull strength and had the typical Mon Calamari shielding, for its time it was one of the most powerful ships in the galaxy following the Thrawn Crisis essentially being a merger of a MC-80 and an Executor class star destroyer. It had half the guns of the Viscount and of course didn't have an integrated AI assistant like Trinity, though it was still powerful enough for its primary function as a capital ship killer. It had arrived with an additional number of Starhawk-IIs, C-80s, MC-90s, MC-85s, Nebulon-B's and Nebulon-C's, and CR-90 corvettes all of which had taken up defensive positions ready to meet the First Order force. The Mothma took up a position near the center of the fleet so it could operate as the flagship.

Down on the planet surface Ben and Cade where in the main command center of the New Republic base with General Wilmon, looking over a holographic map showing the locations of the New Republic fleet and the position of where the First Order fleet will emerge. Wilmon glanced to the Cade and Ben before he started to speak.

"Do you have anything on our defensive positioning?"

Cade looked back to him and smiled, "I don't have anything to say General," he answered, "Just as long as we keep the Mothma protected, we should win this."

General Wilmon gave a nod of understanding, "So when this attack happens, your going to be boarding Ap'lek's ship to take him out?" he asked.

Ben gave a nod, "That is the plan," he answered, "Take him out and weaken the First Order even more."

"Understood," Wilmon responded, "You know," he said, "You two remind me of Cassian," he announced, "I wish I'd chosen to join him on the Scarif mission, but Dreena wanted me to stay," he stated. He took in a deep breath, "Cassian has been a good friend of mine ever since Ferrix," he explained, "He would've loved to see the fall of the Empire, see the dawn that it brought."

Cade glanced to him, "I'm sorry," he answered, "You know my mother she spoke highly of Cassian, despite not knowing him that long."

"You mother reminds me a lot of Cassian herself you know," Wilmon commented, "I know I've not been on many missions with her, but I could tell she was an amazing person."

Cade gave a nod before an alarm began to blare throughout the building, the three of them all looked to it as the lights started flashing to red.

"Looks like the First Order have arrived," Wilmon announced, he turned to look at Dreena, "Dreena send word to the defense fleet."

Dreena Paak gave a nod before activating the comm, "Attention defense fleet this is command, First order forces are emerging from hyperpsace," she announced.

Ben looked to Cade, "We best get up there," he announced.

"X-wings?" Cade asked.

Ben smirked and gave a nod, "X-wings," he answered.

The two cousins instantly turned and ran off to get ready to help defend the planet from the First Order invasion right as the first few ships began to emerge from hyperspace. The first ships to emerge were several Imperial I and Imperial II star destroyers, all escorted by Victory-IIs, Victory-IIIs, Nebulon-Ks, Carracks, Imperial Light-cruisers, and Raider IVs next to emerge were a pair of Torpedo spheres escorted by gladiator-class star destroyers, and finally a Resurgent-class emerged escorted by two Allegiance-class star destroyers.

Instantly the New Republic fleet above New Ghorman moved into defensive fleet instantly began to move into position, forming up to counter the First Order force as they started to deploy fighters. Sending out squadrons of T-65 X-wings, T-70 X-wings, T-85 X-wings, A-wing Mark IIs, E-wings, B-wings, and Y-wings. Cade and Ben's X-wings flew up into orbit and joined up with the other New Republic Starfighters, instantly began to fly toward the First Order forces. Several MG-100 StarFortresses flew in and took up formation behind the New Republic defense fleet, waiting for the ideal time to fly in and perform their bombing runs.

The First Order fleet began to deploy its fighters, from the old Imperial era Tie-fighters, the newer First Order Tie-fighters, the Tie S/F Tie-fighters, Tie-interceptors, Tie-bombers, and several squads of Tie-drones. The Tie-squadrons instantly began to fly toward the New Republic forces, all of them ready to engage.

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Within the cockpit of Cade's X-wing he activated the commlink, "Ben, you there?" he asked, "How's your systems looking?"

"My systems are fine," Ben's voice responded over the comm, "Tell you what, whoever gets the least kill has to buy Jane that dress."

Cade smiled and let out a chuckle, "Oh it's on," he announced, "Watch as I get up to 46 kills."

"You get 46 kills, I'll be getting 65," Ben responded.

Cade let out a laugh before hearing another voice come over the commlink, it was the voice of Dreena from the ground control, "Attention defense force, this is ground control," she said over the comm, "Begin the attack, we're charging up the ground based ion cannons."

Cade pressed the comm, "Ground control this is Cade Skywalker, can you try and target that Resurgent class?" he requested.

"If we get the shot we will," Dreena's voice responded, "As of right now you and Ben focus on dealing with those Tie-fighters."

Cade gave a nod, "Copy that ground control," he answered before switching comms, "You heard it Ben, let's handle those Tie fighters," he announced.

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Ben and Cade both flew in with the rest of the New Republic fighters as they began to engage the First Order fighters, Cade and Ben both taking out Tie-fighters left right and center as they flew through the chaos of the battle. All the while the two fleets began to fly toward each other, their guns primed.

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Upon the bridge of the Mothma, Admiral Constance stepped forward toward the bridge window. He looked to the First Order fleet before bringing his eyes to the Resurgent class star destroyer, next he glanced to one of the New Republic officers.

"Lieutenant Aura," he said, "Have main guns target the Resurgent class, we may not be the Viscount but this old girl has still got some strength to her."

Lieutenant Aura gave a nod, "Right away Admiral," she answered.

The Communications officer, a Mon Calamari with white skin looked at Admiral Constance, "Admiral Sir," he said, "We're getting a message from ground control."

Admiral Constance gave a nod, "Put it through," he commanded, the communications officer instantly did so, "This is Admiral Constance commanding the Mothma, what is it ground base?"

"This is ground base," Dreena's voice responded, "Do you have any idea what ship is most likely being commanded by Ap'lek?"

"That'll most likely be the Resurgent class," Admiral Constance responded, "We'll try our best to disable it so the Jedi can board," he explained.

"Copy that Admiral," Dreena's voice answered, "The Ion cannons down here are ready, we're beginning to target," she announced.

Admiral Constance nodded with understanding, "Copy that," he answered, "Fire at will ground team."

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Three Ion cannon shots fired from the surface of New Ghorman, all hitting an Imperial-II class Star destroyer and disabling it. An MC85 and a pair of Nebulon-bs instantly began to engage the disabled Imperial-II class Star destroyer, sending in barrages of turbo lasers into the hull of the ship and destroying it. The Mothma flew into position and began to fire its weapon systems as the lead Resurgent class star destroyer gaining a few hits as it began to return fire, as it did a squadron of X-wings flew in to engage beginning to shoot down several of the weapons as a pair of Free-vigilant bunker busters, three Nebulon-Cs, and a MC90 flew into engage firing at the Resurgent class.

Cade and Ben flew through the battle within their X-wings, shooting down Tie fighters as they went. Cade flew into engage one of the Tie-drones shooting it down before moving to shoot down a Tie-bomber taking out it's bomb bay pod and sending it spiraling before it crashed into the back of an Imperial Light-cruiser.

Two squadrons of Y-wings flew against one of the allegiance-class with, a squadron of B-wings following behind. They all flew in and engaged it, doing an attack run across the hull ending with the destruction of one shield globe, a MC85 flanked by two MC80s flew in and assisted the engagement as a squadron of E-wings and A-wing mark 2s flew in to escort the Y-wings and B-wings as they moved into position to do their second run. The MC85 and two MC80s began to fire at the Allegiance class gaining a few hits as a squadron of T85 X-wings flew in and fired at the weapon systems of  the Allegiance taking down a few of its turbo lasers

Another barrage of ion cannon shots came from the surface of New Ghorman, all of them hitting one of the Victory-II star destroyers and the other hitting one of the Allegiance-class leaving the two ships disabled. One of the Starhawks quickly moved in and used its tracktor beam on the Allegiance class before guiding it downward to smash into the Victory-II and then into a Victory-III before finally into an Imperial-II star destroyer. It then began to fire its turbolasers and missiles along with one of the other Starhawks, all their guns going right into the hull of the already heavily damaged Allegiance-class destroying it.

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Upon the bridge of the Mothma, Admiral Constance looked through the bridge window to the battle ahead. His eyes scanning the battlefield before locking onto the Resurgent class star destroyer, he glanced to one of the New Republic officers.

"Status on the Resurgent?"

One of the officers, a Twi-lek male looked at him, "It's shields are down to 74%, and they're getting into range of the planet's ion cannon," he responded.

"Are our ion cannons in range?" Admiral Constance asked, glancing to Lieutenant Aura.

Lieutenant Aura looked back at him, "Yes Admiral, frontal Ion cannons are in range," she announced, "They won't be enough though to disable the ship, if we were broadside it would be different," she explained.

Admiral Constance gave a nod, "The planet side Ion cannon would be enough to disable it," he stated, "Fire ours and try and disable what you can," he commanded.

"Fire frontal ion cannons sir," Lieutenant Aura responded.

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The Mothma fired a few shots from its frontal ion cannons following up with a barrage from its turbolasers along with a set of missiles, all the shots impacting off the hull of the Resurgent class which instantly slowly began to turn and get out of range. However before it could more New Republic ships emerged from hyperspace in a flank, with an MC90, three Starkhawks, four MC85s, and a few escort ships beginning to engage the Resurgent class causing it to have to move again, getting into the range of the planetary ion cannon.

Quickly the planet side ion cannon fired a volley all of which hit and disabled the Resurgent class star destroyer, the flanking New Republic forces proceeded to use the opportunity to disable the engines of the Resurgent class with a few barrages of turbolasers and concussion missiles.

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Upon the bridge of the Mothma the Twi-lek officer looked to Admiral Constance, "Admiral, the Resurgent class has lost engines and hyperdrive," he announced.

Admiral Constance glanced to him before looking to the communications officer, "Send word to Cade and Ben, tell them that they can move against the Resurgent and board it," he commanded, "Give them some assistance with marines."

The Communications officer gave a nod before looking to his console and beginning to follow the order.

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Within Cade's X-wing, Cade finished listening to the message and gave a nod, "Copy that," he said before switching comms to speak with Ben, "You heard that Ben?" he asked.

"I heard it," Ben answered, "I'll race you there," he announced.

Cade smirked, "See you there Ben," he responded before boosting toward the Resurgent class.

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The two of them flew their X-wings through the chaos of the battle shooting down any Tie-fighter in their way as they raced toward the Resurgent class, a pair of New Republic U-wings flying in themselves to assist in the attack on the Resurgent class.

As they did the other Shield globe of the Allegiance-class being attacked by the Y-wings and B-wings leaving it defenseless, the ship itself then proceeded to get destroyed by the assault from the New Republic ships. This giving a clear path for Cade and Ben to make their way toward the Resurgent class, continuing to shoot down any Tie-fighters or other Tie variants that got into their way. Eventually reaching the Resurgent with Cade getting in first followed by Ben and finally the New Republic U-wings carrying the marines.

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Inside the hanger of the Resurgent class an alarm blared as the lights flickered in low power mode, Cade got out of his X-wing letting out a laugh as he looked to Ben getting out of his. He walked over to his cousin with a smile upon his face.

"Look like I won that race," he announced.

Ben looked to him, "Well," he answered before motioning to the New Republic Marines getting out, along with two Jedi that had been sent in as well commanding the marine squads, "I bet them here, so  technically I'm second."

Cade chuckled, "Yeah, well," he responded, "We got to go find Ap'lek," he announced.

Ben motioned with a smirk, "Lets go get him," he said before looking to the others, "You lot with us," he ordered.

The two Jedi and the New Republic Marines gave a nod before beginning to follow Cade and Ben as they began to head deeper into the Resurgent class to find Ap'lek, instantly engaging a squad of First Order Stormtroopers and having to fight their way through them.

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Within the hallways of Ap'lek's Resurgent class star destroyer, Cade and Ben hurried through with their team as alarms blared. Every now and again the ship would rock as it was hit with turbo laser and concussion missile blasts, they all stopped for a moment as they balanced themselves.

"Is that the Mothma doing most of this work?" Ben questioned.

Cade looked to him and smirked, "Cousin it is the only other Dreadnaught the New Republic Navy have," he answered, "Of course most of the damage this ship is sustaining will be coming from it," he stated, "She may be an old girl but she has still got the firepower, even if the Viscount beats her out."

Ben chuckled, "Well true," he agreed, "And hey at least the Mothma doesn't have a hyper advanced AI with sass, some how even more sass than 3PO," he joked.

Cade looked to Ben and let out his own laugh, "You take that back about Trinity," he responded, "She is amazing and you cannot deny that, my mom did very well in developing her."

Ben took in a deep breath, "Yeah I guess your right about that," he answered, "And I mean she is practically one of the reasons we're winning so many battles," he explained, "Anyway we do have a mission to do cousin, you know Ap'lek."

Cade gave a nod, "Right you are cousin," he responded, "Lets go kill that son of a bitch."

"Language cousin," Ben joked.

Cade chuckled before motioning for Ben and the rest of their team to follow, they then all continue down the hallway soon encountering a squad of Stormtroopers accompanied by a few First Order officers, they looked and instantly began to fight. Cade and Ben leading the attack along with a pair of Jedi liaisons to the Republic Marine core, this being a blue skinned male Twi-lek Jedi and a female Ghroman Jedi with brown hair and blue eyes who wielded a double bladed green lightsaber. The other Republic Marines took up position and used their blasters to shoot down the Stormtroopers and First Order officers from range, whilst the Jedi handled them up close.

They swiftly deal with the team before continuing through the hallways of the Resurgent class, fighting their way through whatever resistance came in their way. Soon they encountered a squad of Stormtroopers accompanied by a pair of Frist Order Stormtrooper executioners both wielding a BL-155 Laser ax, The New Republic Marines instantly began to engage the First Order Stormtroopers along with the two other Jedi. Cade and Ben both quickly rushed into engage the Executioners, quickly getting into a duel with using their lightsabers to block the swings from the laser axes. It wasn't long before Cade and Ben swiftly took down the two Executioners before assisting the rest of their squad to take down the remaining Stormtroopers before continuing down the hallway.

As they continued down another corridor heading toward where Ap'lek most likely was, the Resurgent rocked again before an explosion burst out from a terminal followed by a splutter of sparks. The sound of systems beginning to shut down echoed throughout the ship, Ben instantly looked to Cade with a smirk.

"That sounds like the weapon systems shutting down," he announced, "The ship is defenseless."

Cade nodded in agreement, "It may be defenseless Ben, though we do still have a mission to do," he proclaimed, "We got to find Ap'lek and take him down," he stated, he turned to look at the New Republic Marines, "Can you guys handle getting to the primary reactor room and planting some charges onto the reactor?"

"We can do that," the lead Marine announced, "We'll you be able to handle Ap'lek?"

Ben smiled as he stepped up next to Ben, "Oh trust me, we could handle him with our eyes closed," he responded with a chuckle.

The New Republic Marine's nodded before heading away, leaving only the two Jedi liaisons there looking to Cade and Ben. The Ghorman Jedi stepped forward looking to them both.

"We'll help you both out against Ap'lek Masters," she said.

Cade gave a nod, "Follow us," he commanded, "Lets go get him."

The two Jedi nodded before following Ben and Cade as they hurried through the hallways of the Resurgent class star destroying, fighting their way through any First Order forces that attempted to stop them. Though they were no match against the four Jedi as they continued through the corridors until they found their way through to a command room within the Resurgent class where Ap'lek was most likely stationed, glancing to each other they all gave a nod before quickly bursting in. Quickly going in against the First Order Stormtroopers and two officers within, they locked eyes onto Ap'lek standing at the far side of the room flanked by four Praetorian Guards all of whom prepared their weapons.

"Master Cade Skywalker," Ap'lek spoke, "And Master Ben Solo," he continued looking to the two of them, "I can see you both chose to come and face me yourself."

Ben, Cade, and the other two Jedi got ready for a confrontation looking at Ap'lek with intensity, "Surrender Ap'lek," Ben commanded, "And tell your fleet to stand down."

Ap'lek let out a laugh as he grabbed his beskar vibro-ax, he slowly looked to the four Jedi, "That won't be happening here Jedi!" he announced, "Praetorians attack!" he commanded.

The four Praetorian guards stepped forward preparing their weapons, one had a Bilari electro-chain whip, another had an Electro-bisento, One held a pair of Vibro-arbir blades, another held an electrostaff that it activated. The four Praetorian guards rushed into combat with their weapons with Cade, Ben, and the other two Jedi quickly moving into engage them. They fought hard against the four guards and got in a good few strikes however they were easily deflected by the lightsaber resistant armor they wore.

The Praetorian guard with the pair of Vibro-arbir blades performed a spin into trying to strike Cade with one, only for Cade to black. The Praetorian guard attempted to strike him across the chest with the second one only for Cade to dodge into a spin pushing away the first Vibro-arbir blade, he switched into a strike connecting with the back of the Praetorian guards helmet which did little due to the armor. The Praetorian flipped around and was about to rush into an attack when Cade force pushed him back and into a wall, he hit the wall before falling to the floor and slowly beginning to get up.

Ben avoided the attacks from the one with the Bilari electro-chain whip as he waited for a moment where he could go in and strike, the Praetorian guard threw another swing with a lot of force. Ben dodged it before charging in as the Praetorian went with the momentum of the swing causing his back to become exposed, he went in and struck the back of the guard only for the armor to hold against the lightsaber strike. The Praetorian instantly swung around for another attack against Ben forcing him to quickly dodge and do a reverse commando roll to get some distance between himself and the guard, Instantly the Praetorian guard with the Electro-bisento charged in and attempted to strike at him. Ben swiftly dodged before countering the next strike.

The Praetorian with the Bilari electro-chain whip that Ben had been fighting previously was about to move in and assist his comrade with fighting against Ben when the Twi-lek Jedi rushed him, going in with an attempted strike that the Praetorian dodged before swinging his whip at the Jedi. The Jedi dodged before the Praetorian performed another attack that the Jedi quickly countered however it did cause his lightsaber to be caught within the whip, the Praetorian guard proceeded to draw the Twi-lek Jedi in closer. As soon as the Twi-lek Jedi was close enough the Praetorian attempted to attack with his fist only for the Twi-lek Jedi to dodge and yank his lightsaber, causing the Praetorian guard to lose his weapon that unraveled from the blade.

The Twi-lek Jedi instantly used the butt of his lightsaber to hit the Praetorian guard's helmet disorientating him before doing a spin into a strike right at the neck of the guard and decapitating him, the body instantly fell to the floor. The Twi-lek Jedi looked seeing Ben was facing the Praetorian with the Electro-bisento, The female Ghorman Jedi was busy fighting against the one with the Electrostaff, Cade was busy continuing his fight with the duel Vibro-arbir blades. He quickly looked to Ap'lek standing with his Vibro-ax, he looked back as the Twi-lek Jedi moved forward and instantly went into an attack Ap'lek who instantly blocked the attack before the two of them began to engage.

Cade continued with his duel against the Praetorian guard wielding the dual Vibro-arbir blades, blocking each strike thrown at him and soon managing to disarm the Praetorian guard of one blade after he sliced it in half at the handle. The Praetorian instantly went in with frenzied swings with his remaining Vibro-arbir blade, soon overswinging and allowing Cade to dodge into a spin looking to the guard as he exposed his back. He moved in with a slash strike that got repelled by the lightsaber resistant armor, however before the Praetorian guard could react or turn around Cade went in with a thrust. He managed to just barely managing to put enough energy into it to allow him to penetrate the armor and impale the Praetorian guard in the side, unfortunately not in a fatal way. He withdrew his blade as the Praetorian fell to his knees, giving Cade the ability to deliver a finishing blow decapitation.

Cade took a look around quickly locking eyes on the Ghorman Jedi as she continued her duel with the Praetorian guard wielding the electrostaff, he glanced to Ben as he dueled the one with the Electro-bisento. He glanced to where Ap'lek was seeing him locked in an engagement with Twi-lek Jedi, the two of them fighting ferociously in an intense duel of blocks, parries, and spins plus the occasional dodge. Their fight a practical dance of intense moves and strikes followed but by a counter and into another strike.

Cade brought his focus back to the Ghorman Jedi and rushed in to assist her in her duel with the Praetorian guard wielding the electrostaff, the Praetorian swung for a strike that the Ghorman Jedi dodged by quick stepping back. Cade leapt in for a strike forcing the Praetorian to attempt to dodge however he did still get hit in the shoulder luckily his armor managed to shrug off the attack, the Ghorman Jedi rushed in to a spin attack forcing the Praetorian into blocking her first strike before she parried into using the rear blade of her double bladed lightsaber for a strike. The Praetorian guard quickly dodging it as Cade hurried in for another strike off his own, the Praetorian quickly avoiding it again before moving in on his own attack against Cade.

Cade looked at the strike coming before blocking and parrying the attack, the Ghorman Jedi then rushing in to do her own strike managing to connect it however her strike was countered by the armor. She elegantly span her lightsaber into striking with its second blade only for the Praetorian guard to block the strike. Cade went in for a thrust attack only for the Praetorian to push away the blade of the Ghorman Jedi and move into dodged Cade's attack, he went in for his own attack that Cade quickly blocked and parried into a spin. He quickly transferred the motion of the spin into a slash attack that the Praetorian dodged.

Ben continued to duel the Praetorian guard with the Electro-bisento blocking each strike thrown at him before he force pushed the Praetorian guard back, the guard quickly used his Electro-bisento to stop himself before looking to Ben and charging in. He swung again only for Ben to dodge the attack and send in his own strike against the back of the Praetorian guard, only for the strike to be repelled off the armor. The Praetorian guard went in to strike again only for Ben to dodge it again and move in with a strike that he used to disarm the Praetorian by hitting it right where the pole ended and the blade began, the Praetorian staggard back slightly before reach to his side and drawing a blaster pistol to shoot at Ben. However, Ben used his lightsaber to effortlessly block each blaster bolt as he went in, quickly closing the gap and using his lightsaber to slice off the barrel of the blaster. Before the Praetorian could react Ben performed a spin and used the momentum of it to strike the Praetorian in the helmet smashing the front of his helmet as it broke causing the guard to grunt as he staggered. Ben instantly switched to a thrust and plunged his lightsaber through the center of the guard's chest, killing him.

Ben quickly looked to Cade and the Ghorman Jedi as they dueled the final Praetorian guard and rushed in, leaping into a strike that managed to connect with the shoulder of the guard staggering him. The Ghorman Jedi charged in and did her own strike to the back of the Praetorian causing him to stagger again before Cade force pushed the guard backward into the wall, the Praetorian hit the wall with a thud before falling to the floor.

Cade, Ben, and the Ghorman Jedi all looked to Ap'lek as he and the Twi-lek Jedi continued their duel, Ap'lek soon using the handle of his vibro-ax to hit the Twi-lek in the face staggering him before he rushed into a spin activating the ultrasonic vibration mode and striking the Twi-lek Jedi with the ax killing him instantly as he ax sliced him in half diagonally from the shoulder to the hip. Ap'lek turned his attention to the three remaining Jedi as he stood up straight.

"That is going to be the last Jedi you kill," Cade announced.

Ap'lek held his head high, "We'll see," he responded.

Instantly Ap'lek used released the smoke canister from his hip, letting the room be filled with white smoke that blinded the three Jedi as they looked around ready. They glanced about before Cade heard Ap'lek let out a yell, he quickly dodged as Ap'lek came down with a strike. Quickly he moved in for his own that Ap'lek dodged as the smoke cleared giving Ben and the Ghorman Jedi the ability to see, they quickly turned and rushed in to assist. Ben throwing the next strike that Ap'lek parried before switching focus to the Ghorman Jedi as she moved in to a spin that led into a strike, Ap'lek quickly dodging the attack. The Ghorman Jedi moved in to use her second lightsaber blade in a strike that Ap'lek blocked and parried before quickly moving in to counter Ben's next attack, Cade rushed in next as Ap'lek pushed Ben back.

He switched to Black the strike from Cade and parried before having to dodge the attack from the Ghorman Jedi, Ben rushed in for another attack that Ap'lek parried using the momentum to enter a spin as he attempted to strike Ben. Ben quickly dodged the attack as the Ghorman Jedi rushed in to send forth her own attack that Ap'lek blocked before pushing her back and switching to counter a strike from Cade.

By this point the final remaining Praetorian guard had gotten to his feet, he picked up his electrostaff and activated it before rushing in to try and strike the Ghorman Jedi. Quickly the Ghorman Jedi dodged before sending in her own strike that the Praetorian guard blocked and parried. His eyes fixed to Ap'lek and Cade right as Cade blocked a strike from Ap'lek before parrying it to throw Ap'lek off balance and causing him to expose his back, Cade took the momentum of his parry into a spin before moving to strike. The Praetorian guard instantly rushed in and used his electrostaff to block Cade's lightsaber strike and parry it, he went in for another strike only for Cade to block it as Ap'lek recovered and moved in.

Again he activated his ultrasonic vibro mode as he moved in to strike Cade. Cade quickly glanced at him as he locked into a bind with the Praetorian guard before parrying away his weapon, he quickly grappled the guard by the arm and forced him in the way of Ap'lek's strike using him as a shield. The blade of Ap'lek's beskar vibro ax instantly cut through the armor and the Praetorian guard himself, instantly killing him and sending him down.

The moment slightly distracted Ap'lek for a second as he looked to the final Praetorian guard falling to the floor before looking to Cade as he went to strike, Ap'lek quickly blocked and parried the attack before looking to Ben as he rushed into a spin to build up momentum for a heavy strike. Ap'lek moved to block however the immense force of the strike knocked him off balance slightly leaving him open for the Ghorman Jedi to move in and perform a slide attack using the rear blade of her lightsaber to strike Ap'lek in the side, this caused Ap'lek to scream out in pain as Ben rushed in and performed a second strike to slice off Ap'lek's primary hand resulting in him dropping his ax. Ben then rushed into a spin using its momentum to build up power as he launched his attack, slicing the blade right through Ap'lek's head killing the Knight of Red. The three Jedi watched as Ap'lek's body fell to the floor and they all took in a deep breath.

"And now that is two down," Ben said, "four more to go."

Cade looked to him, "Four more and Ren, Ben," he corrected.

Ben snickered as he looked back, "Four more and Ren," he said.

Cade laughed before taking in a deep breath, "Well, I hope the Marines have finished their job," he announced.

Ben glanced to the Ghorman Jedi and gave her a nod, she nodded back before taking out a communicator from her belt and activating it.

"Come in, this is Jedi Knight Alaya Analda to Captain Meendo, come in," she said.

A voice soon came over, "This is Captain Meendo," the voice of the Republic Marine leader spoke, "What do you need?"

"Have you finished your mission in the reactor room?"

"We've planted several explosives upon the primary reactor section of the Resurgent class," the Republic Marine leader answered, "It's ready to blow on your command."

The Ghorman Jedi gave a nod, "Return to the hanger, lets get out of here," she commanded.

"Copy that," thee Republic Marine leader answered, "Heading there now."

The Ghorman jedi looked to Cade and Ben before giving them a nod, the three of them then all quickly began to rush out of the command room. Instantly beginning to head back to the hanger fighting their way through squads of Stormtroopers and First Order officers, eventually managing to linkup with the New Republic Marines. They all then began to head for the hanger of the Resurgent class fighting their way through until they reached the hanger.

Once back in the hanger, Cade and Ben both got into their X-wings and began the take off sequence. The Ghorman Jedi and the New Republic Marines all instantly got onto the U-wing which instantly closed up before the X-wings and the U-wing take off and fly out of the hanger, leaving the Resurgent class the outer hull showing immense signs of damage with the glow of venting tibanna gas littering all over the ship like fire, Cade and Ben both protected the U-wing as they began to fly back toward New Ghorman. Shooting down any Tie-fighters that threatened them, eventually managed to reach a point where a Squadron of E-wings joined up and assisted them.

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Cade looked to the damaged and practically disabled Resurgent-class before activating his commlink and speaking.

"This is Cade Skywalker, detonate those explosives now!"

He waited a moment before hearing the voice of the Ghorman Jedi, "This is Knight Alaya to Master Cade Skywalker," she answered, "We're detonating them now."

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Explosions erupted across the Resurgent class as the explosives destroyed the reactor of the Resurgent before the whole ship exploded, its debris destroying another of the two remaining Allegiance-class that got caught up in the blast radios and severely damaging the other to an almost critical degree. A pair of guided concussion missiles impacted its hull followed by a volley of turbolasers, causing multiple explosions to erupt across the hull.

It wasn't long before what was left of the First Order fleet turned around and instantly began to jump to hyperspace, save for a few ships that had their hyperdrives disabled during the battle. Though ships ended up surrendering as the Republic ships closed in.

With that the Republic fighters began to return to their ships save for the ones that were busy rounding up the remaining Tie-fighters that had been unable to return to a ship and were thus left behind when the rest of the fleet had escaped.

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Upon landing back on the surface of New Ghorman at the main military base Cade and Ben both got out of their X-wings and walked over to each, Cade putting a smile upon his lips as he folded his arms.

"I hope you got some credits," he said, "Because you owe my sister a dress made of Ghorman silk and you know how expensive those can be."

Ben looked to him with wonder, "How many kills did you get?" he questioned.

Cade chuckled as his smile turned into a smirk, "Well, my final kill count on this mission," he said, "43."

"Then your the one who owes Jane a dress," Ben answered, "My end kill is 46."

Cade let out a huff, "Damn it," he spat, "I really thought I got more than that."

Ben shrugged as he stepped forward, "Well Cousin," he responded before tapping him on the shoulder, "You know it isn't that big of a deal, I'll buy Jane whatever she wants next. I promise."

"Because you keep all your promises," Cade joked.

Ben let out a laugh, "Anyway, before we go and do some dress shopping for Jane," he said, "We got to inform General Paak of our success."

Cade nodded before motioning for Ben to follow and the two of them walked away in order to tell Wilmon of their success in repelling the First Order from New Ghorman.