The Tides of History (an St/Sw cross over)

[Mike DiCenso]

Also at some point repost the story in it's edited, improved form.
-Mike

[Admiral Breetai]

that I'll be doing after i am finished writing the story

[Admiral Breetai]

sorry it took me so long to update I'll get another one out this week end probably I wanted to show some insight into the characters and well that typical upper crust imperial pride! The imps are being underestimated and it's about to come back to bite people hard, character development tried. the body count is rising and things are about to get truly brutal..but I promise a battle next chapter,

question to my readers though would you guys like to see some ham to ham combat between Sidious and a changeling?

Imperial base Malastare Dustig Sector 24 hours post invasion of the Chomell sector

Several imperial generals and Captains made their way down a sleek metallic hall all of them with worn stern faces, joining them with a very brisk pace was a series of commanders and technicians all of them began heading for door upon opening the automatic doors revealed a large open causeway making way towards a grand arena which was bustling now with thousands of imperial troops and various officers of varying ranks, a series of shuttles had begun descent by the time the main group had gotten out. Many of the myriads of crews had begun saluting or carrying off various gestures of respect. Making they’re way inside various rooms and concession stands now used as make shift desks and office spaces as Malastare now became the default head quarters for the empire in mid rims. Making they’re way towards the main part of the arena they entered what used to be the VIP lounges for the pod races, once the social elite of the republic sat here basked in opulence and luxury while the decrepit decadence of that faulty government starved many to death or kept many poor a status quo maintained a status quo that so righteously deserved to fall as it did then when Emperor Palpatine took over. A series of Imperial captains sat down as a dark skinned fierce looking man walked in, a series of scars trespassed along his features sun burned and wind weathered Admiral Rygellian Antarez eyed them all coldly the man had come out of nowhere serving under the “invisible Grand Admiral” Martio Batch one of Guylos closer allies. Several generals all regarded him stiffly matching the withering stare for a brief second before lowering their eyes. “The newly created council of Grand Admirals has ordered me to take command of the defense of the mid Rim territories” he began slowly “due to the sudden nature of the Dominion attack the empire was blind sided simply put for those of you who valiantly mustered the defense that lays before us that has halted Dominion penetration into Imperial territory I truly commend you, as it stands though Grand Moff Exian has surrendered to Dominion forces who had taken the Capital city after twenty four hours of intense fighting” he eyed them all “and in doing so spat on the very names of all the storm troopers who died defending imperial soil! He has been branded a traitor and if not executed by the Rebels or their dominion allies then when we reclaim Naboo we will toss him into her star!” he roared various generals applauded

Antarez eyed them all intently “by Imperial edict the council of Grand Moff’s will become now a secondary board under the direct command of the Council of Imperial Grand Admirals your orders when not issued by the Emperor or Lord Vader will come from the GA’s through one of they’re intermediaries or through the secondary council “he eyed them all “Malastare is now the capital of the Mid Rim territories and all imperial sectors within the mid rim “he said “now then reports!”

One Captain rose up “sir Captain Morlin charged with the defense of the Chomell sector held out for eighteen of the twenty four hours but after suffering a seventy percent fleet loss fell back to the Bright Jewell sector “he exclaimed “and has met up with remnants of local imperial fleets and picket forces he is choosing to make his stand there” “excellent what of the local Admirals?” “Serus has linked up with Thanagar and has not been seen since, Admirals Costure and Tornbaur are dead Imperial Moff Stavvel has been killed The Ado Sector has fallen as well a dozen others to Dominion occupation Rebel forces have with the help of local traitors captured six more which have surrendered”

Antarez nodded “many sectors have been assaulted simultaneously, we have been training for two decades now to fight the rebellion not an actual star faring power it shows “he said aloud before eying them all “Bright Jewel will be hit in the hard the second battle of the middle rim invasion” he said “when that happens we will use it as a means to strike hard at Rebel controlled areas”

“Sir but the Dominion!”

“is clearly shouldering weaker allies and must maintain the façade of a dedicated ally simply put harass their lines and allies and force them to commit forces to aid them in the middle of such a continuing battle it will open up new avenues to us” he said inserting a data crystal a holographic projection of a large Dominion fleet exiting a subspace vortex was shown opening fire on an unsuspecting imperial star base “they are not held back by conventional hyperspace based faster than light travel” he conceded “as such we can throw basic defense tactics out the window” he gestured to a series of battle plans now coming up “we’re going to let them sit fat on their conquered worlds harass their lines and hold them here preventing them from making any deeper roads into the mid rim territories we contain them”

“We aren’t going to drive them out?” “Not yet” he conceded “but believes me both the Council of Grand Admirals and the emperor himself have a series of very terrible surprises waiting for them”


Imperial capital Coruscant 40 hours after the invasion of the mid rim

The sun was rising over this particular hemisphere on the capital when dawn came the deep blue ocean of lights and cityscapes noises and cars gave way to beautiful reddish pink and blue that convinced Grand Admiral Guylos of the majesty of the capital world no other place existed in all the universe no other place was worth defending but at what cost?. Parting his disheveled dirty blond hair from eyes he set aside various reports from Endor and from Grand Admiral Declan the death star was sixty percent complete and they had mobilized a reserve fleet of star destroyers to reinforce Endor, the emperor had predicted that soon the Dominion would invade the bright jewel sector due to it’s status resources and the potential intelligence when that occurred they would move in Morlin had recently reconnected with bright jewel and over four thousand imperial vessels where waiting there, they’d be reinforced by Lord Vader and his fleet.

He sighed it would be a massacre a terrible and brutal slaughter hundreds of thousands of imperial personnel would be slaughtered no matter the out come it would be totally disastrous in an apocalyptic sense and worse still he knew it! Worse still he could do nothing, the power of the emperor meant he could not take arms against him directly his promotion and the creation of the council put the grand admirals almost directly in control of the empire and it was painfully obvious to him that it was a test, they decided to keep him close and keep an eye on him and this was the best way to go about it. The emperor likely knew some one was planning something but did not know who; he had a feeling that was all that was keeping him safe right now. Leaning forward he touched the bridge of his nose and sighed, he had to make a very hard choice now. Looking back to the days of his youth, young in the clone wars he had joined against his families wishes who desired to protect their son a noble from such direct service. He had served in several major engagements with Jedi Master Yoda and though he did begin to agree with the emperors plants about the decay of the galaxy the corruption the old master had always made a very profound impact on his soul an imprint in his memory that he believed defined him to this day. The old master was always stoic occasionally playing tricks and joking with him and the others but he always saw behind that calm a powerful torrent of emotions, every choice he made affected him and though he hid it well it was etched on his very being and Guylos upon watching him learned a very chilling but very direct lesson. Yoda was a great leader a mystic a sage and force users he personally believed to be wiser then the man he served now but Yoda had a critical flaw unwavering dedication, absolute unwavering service to the republic and to the Jedi code and he did so despite the corruption around him he did so using clone troopers that had come from such an obviously suspicious source it could of only spelled disaster (though he reasoned in hind site such things were always easier to see) the end came when he faced with his life being in shambles with the collapse of everything he fanatically defended and partially due to his own failing he choose to throw that wisdom and intelligence to the wind and attack the emperor directly. That mistake that waving of emotion that lack of personal mastery despite nearly a thousand years of emotional control had shocked him when he found it out Yoda had been and would always be a personal role model though no one would ever know this he would take it to his grave and he would have to thank his old friend for again teaching him something. Guylos truly believed in the empire in the beginning though he came from one of the wealthiest families in the galaxy, he had fought on many planets and many sectors and saw the rampant poverty and cruelty the extortion and abuse levied against humans and aliens alike and was truly disgusted if this Democracy then Democracy was a sham! Believing this he invested himself fully in the emperor’s plans and slowly rose through the ranks winning battle after battle nearly capturing Jan Dodona and bringing down a treasonous Grand General in the process had earned him his current rank and with it came access to knowledge, knowledge he wished he had never known about. The depravity the murders the mass enslaving all these things that had been wrong in the old order had become tenants of the new and it deeply disturbed him and the more he fought the more power he gained the more complacent he felt himself become, the more easily he found himself turning a blind eye and convincing himself that it was all part of the transition lying to himself endlessly he felt the rot take his soul and he realized he had become a farcical parody of the man he had admired. Disgusted he had begun his little plan to topple Sidious and Vader and try his best to stabilize the empire and if failing that he would use his wealth power and legions of fanatically loyal soldiers and captains to forge a new government. He disagreed with the rebels truly believing they to be nothing but the old guard resentful and trying to regain control and he reviled the thought of the old status quo returning to power disgusted him and he had seen nothing outside of Mon Mothma and Akbar to convince him other wise. He would not make yodas mistake he would not follow a dying government into failure and exile; he would rise and try to bring about the idealized empire he was promised so long ago.

Stealing himself he decided finally if the empire wanted a grand battle to end all battles at bright jewel they would get it but it would go very differently. He touched a holo pad and a being appeared standing erect , the creatures appeared old hunched slightly wiry frame standing with its old hands behind it’s back. Blue white hair was messy and loose over his features and sunken a sunken in face betrayed frailty of old age or the illusion of it, a slightly long bent nose that had been broken several times in the past showed and the creature seemed to be dressed in clothing from all classes of the galaxy, the poor the middle and very wealthy a grandfatherly smile that showed both weakness yet a deep compassion and sense of worth showed. Guylos smiled Vi’retess entire form was a lie a coiled snake hid behind that gentle pose an entire figure designed for propaganda everything about him screamed “easy to confide in every man” an “uncle” figure the people could trust and rally behind a compassionate yet firm man who loved his men and loved his gods the founders enough to fight openly for both. It was the appearance the visage of a man Guylos could respect a worthy enemy one that he could maybe trust to make a deal with. Had it not all been an absolute lie of the highest magnitude, Guylos may not have been a force sensitive but he was a strong judge of character. The old vorta’s deep blue gray eyed burned like a pair of blue giants! Such cold fury such a deep darkness that seemed to burn it all eyes that had been hardened by horrific battles and terrible losses conquests and expansion and eyes that had seen hundreds of years of battle. What stood before him was a monster a monster not unlike his master a monster that had to be removed from the galaxy at all costs.

“Admiral Antarez's idea is sound even if it did come from such a low born thug” the voice behind him belonged to Octavian Grant a man who could be counted as an ally in very loose terms yet Guylos did trust him implicitly that was to do exactly as he saw fit not for the sake of the empire but for himself and his own station a tactical genius the man seldom took direct action and maintained a very public media profile the man was often considered an idiot a fop who purchased his way into the emperors inner circle through wealth and connections. Guylos knew this was false that Grant had he not been such a selfish cold hearted man could have been at the forefront of all that was done, but Grant held back aware of his own limits and could be counted on to hold his own for his own sake. It was a power that he had that made him some one Guylos personally disliked but some one worth having along. “To bleed resources off the Dominion? It is true it would mean their allies and the rebellion would have to focus on us alone and I calculate openly they will not do well, well Akbar and that Garros aside” he said calmly

“The alien fish? And the man-child?” Grant asked with a tone of pure contempt. Guylos nodded “think about it Akbar was not seen until the invasion of the mid rim and he was given as an escort a full compliment of Dominion battle cruisers to “protect him” and Captain Garros has swiftly become the second in command of the join Dominion Rebel forces under that old fool directly” he said appealing to Grant’s hatred of aliens and commoners though both knew Vi’retess was no fool “to keep him close” he asked Guylos nodded “they breed clones we have no clue how long it takes them to do this yet though Data sent from Thanagars raid captured information and intelligence suggests several days” he said Grant raised an eye brow “how ever production of vessels is not that quick while their industrial power is great they do not control enough territory yet to be a major threat to the Galaxy at large, yet any ways”

“You aim to sow discord between the Rebellion and the Dominion then?”

“I believe so” he said calmly “I think the Rebellion truly has no clue the depth of these demons but we could make the information available” he said calmly. Grant raised an eye brow “but who would listen to us” he said “one of the commanders who defected with Dodona still lives” he said calmly “I can pass the information on to him Admiral Akbar will listen he may be a former slave but Tarkin taught him too well”

“of course he did” Grant said sardonically “it’s a wonder the fool didn’t find himself destroyed earlier then Yavin” he remarked Guylos rose up and handed him a holo chip Grant nodded “do you mind if I had something of my own to the program” he asked Guylos nodded Grant bowed before making his way out. Guylos eyed the holographic image of the old Vorta and focused on him “just what is your next move old man”

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Naboo same time

Captain Garros made his way along the capital palace, eying the various rebel troops that had deposited here, Jem’Hadar soldiers nodded to him others spoke with the Rebel troops, Garros wondered what conversation they could be having if the clones had decided to learn and understand if it was an order by Vi’retess or actions they themselves had chosen. Stepping into the royal office where many a queen and king had sat he saw both Vi’retess and Mon Mothma engaged in a discussion that seemed to be some what tense. He nodded entering the room and depositing the nearest reports. “I am sorry madam truly it was merely a matter of convenience while I understand your desire to put him on trial post haste we did what we did merely as a means of gaining intelligence he is after all a Grand Moff”

“And that makes him one of the more heinous war criminals of our Galaxy, offering him a pardon in exchange for information seems very contrary to your original message.” Vi’retess merely smiled “but you see all I did was promise him he would not be executed and would spend the rest of his days in one of our prisons” he said “nothing else” she paused eying him intensely “that is not what we heard” “it is understandable the reaction my dear lady” he said bowing his said submissively “that when hearing in passing such a discussion others may misconstrue especially after all the hurt that has been propagated here” he said She paused nodding “when dealing with critical sectors and leaders in the future you will discuss any such changes with myself or Admiral Akbar” “hmm was that an order?” he asked with an innocent and some what surprised face, Mon Mothma recoiled lightly before mastering herself “no of course not we are allies, but this is as you say a very sensitive matter and if our alliance and is to go smoothly things like this must be discussed wouldn’t you agree”

He smiled apologetically “you are absolutely right” he said softly “I am truly sorry if it does make you feel better we could hold the trials right here as Senator Amidala was one of your founders was she not” the rebel leader nodded “it is agreeable” she said “I know you have a meeting with Admiral Akbar soon”

“I do” he said “a military meeting but you are welcome to join if you wish” She shook her head “I will be attending to the requests to join the alliance and Dominion with your aid Viraz ““oh that is allot of traveling may it be stress free my lady” she smiled “may the war not wear your heart down old one” she said before departing. Garros shook his head it was amazing how the old man had the ability to become so familiar with you in so quick a time. “have you heard reports from our agents in bright jewel” Vi’retess nodded “most distressing “he said “The Dominion will have to hit that almost exclusively with our vessels to be of a chance” Garros frowned “with all due respect sir I’d like to tag along” Vi’retess shook his head “and loose you unlike me you cannot be resurrected “he chided lightly “but I suppose possible death in battle is preferable to paper work and politics to you isn’t it?’ he mused Garros nodded “my men want in battle and there are several imperial ships that have defected to our side that want to go as well” Vi’retess nodded “yes I heard can you trust them?” he asked “they are apparently all members of a separate rebel group one that has ties to the old CIS” he said “in that aspect I do believe they can be trusted to fight the empire but apart from that” the old Vorta nodded “thus keeping them close to you..and should they fall in battle it is at least not critical troops you know are truly loyal” that comment made Garros pause eying him intently it was an unusually cold thing to say but it was true deep down inside it was a decision he had made and that was one of the reasons “it’s not making the choice that bothers you it’s the reasons you have to consider” Garros nodded “yeah that’s it “he admitted both men made their way towards a series of holographic projectors Admiral Akbar holographic vision appeared “Vi’retess Captain Garros” he nodded both greeted him back “the casualty reports have come in on both sides” he began “We lost thirty vessels including several main cruisers” he took a breathe Vi’retess nodded “a major blow for you yes I’m aware” he said “our forces suffered the destruction of six thousand of our smaller craft and fifteen hundred cruisers allied forces lost close to forty percent of their assets” he said both Garros and Akbar turned eying him could the Dominion even continue after such losses? “that’s terrible” Vi’retess nodded “but it is to be expected” he said calmly his lack of concern was shocking “the Empire lost four times that number in star destroyers and twenty times that in escorts and frigates nearly forty percent total loss of all forces in the mid rim” he said calmly when he had verbally confirmed this something Akbar’s own sources had only hinted at and scuttlebutt had claimed to have it confirmed it sank into him. “they want to make a war of losses with us who can afford to sacrifice the most troops to win” he said calmly “I am going to do exactly that” they both looked shocked “then your going to do it you’re going to invade the bright jewel sector?” “yes” they both looked stunned but Akbar nodded “your plan hinges on your associates and our forces hitting the imperial forces while the vast majority of their remaining assets are concentrated on repelling you out of the remaining stronghold in this region” Vi’retess nodded “the sector is too crucial not to be defended to the last we can absorb the losses far better than the empire suspects “ he said “and given some of our newer intelligence hitting shipyards in the area critical bases and any territory you feel you can easily retake” he said Akbar nodded it would be a relatively massive assault by the Rebellions standards but it could be done, he would have to take the lead himself though. “if Bright Jewel falls we can go for Dustig and if that goes” “close to half the mid rim is ours” he said “it is a major risk if this fails we’ll be pushed back to the Chomell sector and the sectors around it “ “the most loyal” Vi’retess said “and the empire can keep us contained long enough for them to bring their industry to bare against us, yes it does seem an awfully ominous conclusion” he said Akbar added “so it would seem the fate of the war hinges on the next several battles “ he said “neither side can error”

Vi’retess nodded “perhaps” he said in a calm voice before nodding “gentlemen how much time do you need to prepare your forces for this little dance” he asked “ten days” Akbar said Vi’retess nodded before rising “excellent then gentlemen “

“May the force be with us” Akbar said

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Constructive criticism: please remember to capitalize/use punctuation.

[Admiral Breetai]

tis a serious problem of mine..true enough

[Admiral Breetai]

well new chapter is up now, got some battle scenes some drama and of course a homage to a pretty awesome horror movie from the eighties (I'll give the gift of sacrifice to cthulu to who ever can guess what movie though i think it's obvious) sonoffccn asked me awhile ago if I could do a scene where a fighter group ramps a Dominion ship and their reaction? well I did lemme know what you think

on another note to Mike Preao sonoffccn Kor and khas and any one else who reads my work, I am thinking of having the empire BS to the near humans promising them near equal rights better financial situation and so on if they sign up to basically fight in rinky dink outdated hulls as essentially a gigantic canon fodder army to buy the real imperial troops time to really get the war footing going. I'm not sure if this idea is really bad or not on the one hand I can see the imperials doing this lying to them and using them on the other..their friggen aliens and such vermin are pretty much the definition of inferior in imperial culture so the idea seems like it would be absolutely appalling..basically I'm asking for some input here should I have Grant or Declann propose this or no?

any ways chapter up hope its good apologies for the bad grammar as always

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Hune Sector 5 days after the invasion of the mid Rim territories

Captain Roan “Dex” frell tightened the grip on his blaster silently gesturing to one of his squad members to move forward, silently the Imperial storm trooper slipped from one wall skidding his way along the ash covered torn street until he was directly behind another building. Slowly and cautiously he stuck his head out and made his way towards a clearing, Dominion troops had a personal cloak was the rumors across many battlefields, had they not seen it for themselves they would not have believed it! But the troops had stopped using them for some reason and had begun fighting conventional style, which lead to the terrific and violent stalemate that they had now. Hune Sector had been one of the last in a series of all out Dominion only offensives their forces using that unconventional FTL method had exited what ever they used away from the known hyper lanes and made a direct pass for the planets with the bulk of imperial assets off guarding those worlds and known hyper lanes they had been caught unawares and when they moved to reinforce the besieged imperial worlds they ships of various Dominion puppet states exited known hyper lanes catching them from behind in a trap, Imperial vessels fought well his CO had told them that the casualties had been terrible for both sides as entire fighter wings hurled themselves into command towers of the Vassals and ISD’s and Victories and Venator class vessels traded blows with Dominion heavy cruisers fighting and dying with honor. He scoffed at that he wished they had fought smart maybe if they did over forty thousand Imperial soldiers wouldn’t be stranded on some minor capital of some unimportant sector fighting a fanatically determined enemy. The Jem’Hadar had been fighting hard much harder than he had heard was the norm for a very tough species something about this other wise irrelevant sector was critical for the Dominion and they had committed an unusually hard resistance even for them to such a planet. He looked around seeing as the blue skinned Vermin were nowhere in sight he moved himself back and gestured to his unit to move forward, skidding past the remains of what used to be an AT-AT they crossed into what once was the financial district but now was a series of destroyed buildings, skyscrapers blasted open by surprisingly accurate fire with all manner of mangled creatures hanging out rotting in the sun while various exotic avian life forms began picking at the dangling carrion. Dex sighed as he lead his troops through the area, normally the Dominion maintained a façade of being the good guys but here they had just ordered the entire city no the planets population slaughtered, he had heard on two other planets orbital bombardment had completely annihilated the surface tearing huge chunks as large as cities into orbit in some cases. He dismissed this as mere rumor mill gossip and nonsensical one at that. No such thing was possible ships simply couldn’t do that kind of damage! To do that would take a dozen imperial ships several days of near constant fire yet it was said the same number of Dominion ships did it and did it inside of half an hour, that was utter nonsense of course, that wouldn’t stop him from not telling his men though anything that he had been privy too as a CO.


Near him was Taneth a hulking monstrosity of human, scars across his facial features depicted a struggle again the violent large desert demons on his home world of Tatooine he had been a very critical asset during several battles, wading into the chaos to save weapons and supplies, at one point killing a Jem’Hadar with his bare hands. Next to Taneth was Doctor Svarin an imperial medical specialist in bio warfare they had rescued from a facility that had been put to the torch he had been invaluable in patching his men up from that damn polaron weaponry which seemed to poison and force a man to bleed like some prey animal. Near the Doctor was Dex second in command rather current second in command Rainor, he was an older veteran a retired imperial officer who had moved out here to live a quiet life that was until the invasion any way. When that had happened the quick thinking and experience of prior battles had allowed him to survive kill many Jem’Hadar and link up with his unit. “Take point Astley” Dex ordered one of the newer recruits before sitting down “you hear ‘bout them storm troopers E-company found?” one asked getting out its meal Taneth shrugged “ya’been drinking coolant again? Them stories are every where now but they aint true” he said “and how would you know? Torn apart from the inside out one was! Then every one else was torn to shreds!” Rainor shook his head “saw something like that once during the clone wars” he said drinking some water from a dispenser that a field tech had set down “see told you!!” shouted one of the imperial officers “let me finish son” he said “it was one of those damned Jedi terrorists Dooku used to use” he said “using the force to rip a mans insides out and to tear up his colleagues to put a scare on the troops” he said “the closest thing to what the rumors describe any ways but I don’t believe they are true” he said “why not” Taneth asked “because between us regulars and the clones we killed every single damn Jedi in the galaxy that’s why” he said viciously before laughing “come on boys we’re in the middle of one of the longest battles in recent history and yer crying about ghost stories!!” he laughed they’re cheers got interrupted by the sound of vehicles in the distance. Every one crouched and began eying the road. A series of medium sized blue gray armored transports moved forward, gravity technology keeping them floating above the ground the appearance being unmistakable The Dominion used these as armored battalions though he often wondered why personal weaponry could take out AT-St’s with no trouble at all and there limited number of AT-AT’s had destroyed in the first several days of the invasion, in front of it walked about six Jem’Hadar soldiers with a train of about a half dozen behind each vehicle. A total of four moved slowly through the streets as Jem’Hadar scouted for enemy troops occasionally raking the rubble with their weapons. Dex motioned to his rear guard to move forward and prepare some missiles. Taneth eyed the armored group “get up to the top of those buildings “he ordered Dex nodded to his men to follow the mammoths orders before he himself began leading a dozen troopers in position directly to the rear of the convoy, preparing an ambush. Dex had noticed in the early hours of the battle that while these Vehicles had been built to handle the type of weaponry common to wherever the Dominion had come from pure kinetic weapons and missiles and blaster bolts did more damage to the cars than anything else. The Captain eyed the convoy closely the rest of his men taking points to the flank and front of the Convoy and began waiting each second seemingly more and more like a day until thunder! Missiles soared out of broken buildings two or three to the rear most and front of the Dominion war train smashed metal and power cores a violent explosion erupted as the remaining two Vehicles pinned down began opening fire in to the buildings scattering imperial troopers, Dex wasted no time opening fire from above raining death down against Dominion troops who began breaking for cover or running directly at the on coming fire, they died like flies torn to pieces by Imperial weaponry, one tank began soaking blaster fire though it strafed the position fire was coming from killing several of his troops.

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Deren Yun and his particular group of storm troopers who had taken position beside the burning wreck of the first Dominion siege engine had only the experience of this battle fresh from the academy and having seen almost no action they had been thrown into a hellish battle the likes of which he had never desired to fight. But his training had served him well fear killed many of his comrades and he quickly learned to keep a cool head, though of the more dense newer recruits had survived he prided himself on being a cut above such nonsense while many troops had reacted emotionally to the technology of the Dominion he had remained calm firing at the Xeno scum but now, he had to fight to suppress a gasp. They had manage to damage one who kept itself in the fight by shutting down and releasing it’s passengers, angry Jem’Hadar and some green skinned lizard men who were quickly cut down to pieces the last vehicle how ever began to rise from the ground slowly but surely into the air. Private Yun didn’t know they could do that when they got angry, if he had he would have never gotten so close he would have never brought his group this close! The armored monster began peppering his men and the ground with pulses of polaron based weapons killing his men by the dozens, one of his men a young more clumsy trooper jumped out of the way of incoming fire and nearly fell into smoke and debris, he how ever managed to stumble his way into a good position and began opening fire on the underbelly of the vehicle. Yun nodded “excellent!! Hold your ground and return fire! Now!” he yelled, he watched as Taneth lifted up a Jem’Hadar in the air over his head roaring the slogan of his division he snapped The poor creatures back hurling him into his peers before unloading with his blaster killing all that stood in his way.

From his position above Dex watched as the damn tank lifted itself off the ground and began killing his men! Bastards! It was bad enough that they laughed in the face of conventional warfare and made a fight of it! Now they had to use some damn flying walk analog! He had , had enough and quickly pulled out his side arm opening fire at the construct and hurling out a flurry of curses the vehicle turning towards him opened fire, he managed to jump out of the way but one of his men had been vaporized near him Rainor grinned “I found some Thermal detonators! “ “Really?” Dex asked the older soldier nodded “aye sir permission to give them one?” “permission granted!” he said taking aim as Rainor armed one and sent it flying Dex shot it just as it came near the enemy vehicle the explosion ripping a hole into it’s insides sending the machine crashing down nearly crushing the younger officer smoke and fire spewing out of it as it’s insides exploded. The stench of sentient flesh filled the air as Dex rose up eying the scenery.

Yun stood upright moving to collect the remainder of his group. One Storm trooper was coughing violently his helmet off by his side. Deren growled under his breath walking up to him “what did they teach you at the academy damn you” he yelled “never take your helmet off!” “Then why the hell is it off!!” “it got knocked off sir” he coughed again “you need medical attention?” he asked “no sir” “then shut up stop acting and put it back on” he snapped before walking over to Dex Taneth and Rainor, he saluted “Sir I’ve lost six men but the rest are uninjured” he said Dex nodded “excellent” he said Doctor Svarin came out from under cover with several storm troopers he eyed A group of Jem’Hadar bodies “get them up I want to perform an autopsy “ he said “Doctor with respect this is a battle field” “and we know very little about what makes this enemy tick! I would know more the emperor would know more” Dex sighed “very well we’ll make camp in the ruins of that building there” he said




Jalor Sector five days post invasion of the mid rim.

Commander Jareel Enzu ducked and weaved around weapon fire with his TIE fighter as he maneuvered around the beam weapons of a Dominion bug, the large vessel began rapidly gaining on him as he and his wing man lead the bug towards a Victory class that was torn wide open in space half of it was floating several meters apart from the rear fire still burned in some areas, the dominion craft where fast and powerful as evidence when a lancing polaron beam tore into one of his fighters vaporizing it then destroying the second one in short order. It began to sweet his remaining fighters ducked heading directly for the ruined ship the drone fanatically following suit as the fighters began nearing what looked like crew quarters at the last minute pulling up causing the dominion ship to try and course correct immediately only for it to plow itself head first into the dying imperial capital ship, fire erupted again the rear burst apart as fragments of both vessels hurled themselves around smashing into various dead vessels. Enzu grinned “we have to remember to give thanks to their gods for making them so stupid” he said as they made their way back to the main battle. Remnants of the imperial picket forces of this sector reinforced by dozens of old vessels hurled out of moth balls at the last minute had been engaged in a five day long running battle all across the Jalor sector with imperial troops falling back farther and farther making stops to fight over critical worlds only to do little more than destroy as many Jem’Hadar ships as possible. Rebel forces had taken several neighboring sectors under Crix Nadine but this had been an almost exclusive Dominion operation, something that the higher ups thought was weird, this had been a rather minor sector even the rebels had little interest in this Sector but The Dominion for some reason really wanted it. Moving between two ISD’s that had just cut a Dominion battle cruiser in half with the help of a suicide run by a Venator his fighter group dropped a series of proton missiles right into the Nacelle of a Dominion ship as it took heavy turbo laser fire, the result was a very pretty but deadly explosion. His fighter was knocked around smashing into another one of his own men the force driving his wingman’s TIE right the hull of an ISD, Enzu felt something shatter inside him, he coughed violently blood sprayed out and into his mask, he wheezed and leaned back “son of a Twi’lik whore” he mumbled “stupid blue bastards” he groaned “listen men fall back to the ship” “but Commander” “that’s a damn order” he said taking his ship on a collision course with the largest nastiest Dominion vessel one that was at present tearing apart several star destroyers. He looked to the side of his cockpit, there was a small little fury doll in the shape of some cute animal he wasn’t sure if it was supposed to be a baby wookie or something else. His youngest daughter had snuggled it constantly it was her good luck charm and protected her from the monsters in the night, when she learned her daddy would be flying an imperial fighter against the evil space monsters from another Galaxy she gave him her toy, to keep him safe to protect him. He smiled it had gotten him this far, he thanked her reaching out to clutch at the toy before accelerating into a dangerously fast spin setting the weapons to over power he ran across the massive bluish pink ship towards the bridge section, turbo laser fire erupted around him and white flames countered firing back he ran the length of the ship speeding towards the target. Dominion vessels often completely ignored fighters seeing them as not a major threat! He laughed they’d pay for that arrogance!

He may not live to see his daughter grow up in this new order but he would make sure she still had a galaxy to grow up in! His ship spun out of control and violently slammed into the window of the main commander center shields rippling as fire and debris slammed against it only to be repelled.

From within the Dominion command ship a younger Vorta with loose hair and a red silk coat eyed the useless display of fire and death that roared across his viewer he had moments earlier ordered the holographic projection of the main screen turned off and watched through transparent aluminum as some random and unknown fighter pilot tried in vain to take his mighty ship down. The Vorta turned to his guest an imperial Admiral and two Captains, in the initial invasion several imperial battle groups had defected to the Dominion most of them were killed by their own men for their treachery (something he found himself actually admiring) in exchange for being made over seers and governors of the local sectors when the invasion ended. This was consummately rare due to the feeling of righteous indignation among the Imperial troops but personally Iyun was glad for it, if they wished to rule next to a Vorta and get fat and greedy off betraying their own people he was fine with it, it was easier to run the place with complacent locals any ways and at the end of the day they answered to the Vorta any ways and The Vorta answered to their gods and cosmic order was fulfilled. “Why did this man do this? What possible point could this have served? Even if he was ignorant of our shield capabilities to do this was simply pathetic” His human colleague shook his head “you misunderstand, why do Jem’Hadar die for uncaring gods?” he asked “because they are made to do so” “exactly, these soldiers die for uncaring leaders not because they have nothing else but because it is for a higher cause than merely us, because they truly believe” he said eying the floating wreckage a slightly burned toy floated in the vastness, he gestured to a technician who quickly transported it aboard. “this one had progeny, yet he abandons them to death “he remarked with scorn the traitor simply laughed “you really don’t understand humanity do you?” he asked The Vorta squeezed the little creatures mid section, it giggled in an very offensively cute manner and then did something surprising it reached around gripping his thumb and spoke with a child’s voice “I love you daddy come home” he eyed it with cold eyes that seemed to soften slightly before putting it in his coat pocket “I think I am beginning too and I have far less regard for your species for it” he said with a cold smirk “of course you do “ the traitor said grinning sarcastically, Iyun ignored him merely eying the battle several star destroyers broke up under his leviathans power he wondered idly how many more children he was leaving with out fathers this day.



…….
Hune Sector 5 days after the invasion of the mid Rim territories


Dex leaned back against some rubble removing his helmet for the first time in two days wiping sweat from his face he poured some cold water over his face and hair letting out a relaxed sigh before eying the group of storm troopers that arrived, he rose up and saluted a rather firm looking man in standard imperial officer uniform “General Briggs” he said the man was one of the frontier generals Grand Admiral Thanagar had told him to come to one of these sectors it appeared either Grant or Guylos had a sinking suspicion they’d be critical and he wondered absent mindedly if they could predict the future, “General sir it’s good to see your alive” he looked at the older man who wasn’t in uniform and smirking “sir this is!” “I know who he is “Briggs said “this is Theosis Rainor! Dragon of the outer rim sieges” he grinned embracing the older man “my god you’re still alive! “Briggs asked Rainor nodded “yeah still alive and fell in line with these kids! Been another wise boring retirement” he said Dex was shocked “wait you’re a retired general? Why didn’t you?” “First rule of war son if the chain of commands got a good work’n system don’t get in its way” he said “I aint ‘bout to get yer men killed on account of them having to adapt to a new XO” he said Dex nodded Taneth eyed the old man pleasantly surprised “we read about you in the academy you General Jaxor and General Briggs” he said “General Jan Dodona as well” he said which came with a bit of hesitation the man had become a great traitor since the rebellion broke out. Briggs nodded before eying Dex “so what have you?” “We rescued an imperial biowarfare specialist he’s conducting an autopsy of several of the enemies soldiers!” he said “ah excellent” Briggs said “that’s what I wanted to hear son” he made his way towards the make shift “morgue” at the news where Svarin was currently with his hands inside the torso of a dead Jem’Hadar, he looked up nodding to the general “excellent you’re here” he said “I have found something disturbing” he said

“What?” “Well near as I can tell with the equipment available we’re looking at a beast no more than several months old at the most” he said disturbed “excuse me?” Briggs asked “how can that be?” “From what I can gather these soldiers all have very similar genetic make up” “clones?” “yes, and no while they all indeed likely came from the same group of individuals and I estimate maybe six or more they do have, distinct genetic make ups well some what distinct they’re cloned copies but not clones” “your not being simply enough” Briggs said annoyed the Doctor nodded “sorry sir, more like a mass produced species rolling off assembly lines like droids. They don’t they don’t even have an intestinal tract or well a waste production system at all they’re kept alive by this narcotic near as I can tell” he said both Briggs and Rainor frowned at this and Briggs began thinking gears working in his head “so they’re just gobbling up any system in their wake simply because they can afford to loose their men?” he asked Rainor shook his head “you said their dependent on this narcotic, thus the number of troops they can affectively field depends on how much of the drug they can produce yes?” Svarin nodded “exactly and at first I thought they came here for our research but since it was destroyed so carelessly the facility I mean” he thought about it “right!! Hold on” he took one of the chemical vile containing the narcotic and began running an analysis on a small machine “right well most of these chemicals are hard to come by but not impossible and given their replication tech what little I’ve seen of it saying they couldn’t produce that is silly but this” he said “is based off a primitive ancient moss that is very rare in this galaxy” he said “but the moons of this planet and at least ten worlds in this sector do actually produce naturally gargantuan quantities of this vital component” he said Briggs eyed Rainor and Dex “we need to get a communication out to the council of Grand Admirals” he said “agreed” they had just discovered a dangerous strength and a potential weakness of the enemy and Briggs was going to make sure it was well used.

……


Yun patrolled with his men several klicks out of the makeshift base Dominion activity was quiet right now though he surmised that likely had allot to do with the huge counter offensive one of the commanders was trying to pull on the other side of the planet. It was doomed to fail but maybe it could take the pressure off his own forces and give Briggs time to recover his losses and make his next move. At least that was the reason he explained he didn’t have the officer shot for disobeying a direct order. it was a real hot day today and while his suit did provide him protection it was still unbearable at times mid after noon like this and it was really bad, near him several soldiers began discussing the new speeder models and women he chuckled wondering how many of them would survive the war, near him sat the private he had yelled at earlier for loosing his helmet mid battle. One of the troopers passed him “ey, Jastur you lived on a tropical world right? Does it always get this hot?” he asked the trooper said nothing just shook a little “eh? What’s wrong pal?” he asked Yun laughed “leave him alone he breathed in some Dominion stink and hasn’t felt right sense then” he joked hitting the young trooper shoulder he had been a little hard on him and was attempting to make amends the trooper barely responded only let out a soft grown and coughed hard blood ebbed from under his mask “what the hell Jastur!” he yelled the trooper fell over convulsing immediately the trooper group surrounded him holding him down “get the medical kit” roared Yun one of the soldiers ran with it forward they took out an industrial strength laser and slowly cut his suit off, Jastur’s body was pale thin like his skin seemed to rest on his bones almost and muscle pulsed along his torso “what the fek?” one hissed

“no idea” another said the machine warned him that his heart was not beating and he moved to jump start it setting a device down over his chest he pushed only for skin to tear open revealing of all things a hideous mouth that clamped down on the young troopers arm he howled in agony as his limb was chewed off,

“WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS” Yun didn’t respond he merely ran towards his blaster another trooper did the same skin tore loose as an amber color ooze shot out assuming the form of several sharp spikes impaling many soldiers through the heart and gutting others Yun felt a sharp pain in his side as his kidney and muscles where torn into by what felt like a cold metallic spike, he rounded one of the less wounded storm troopers eyed it, Jastur’s head began twisting and turning taking a ghastly looking as the amber like ooze manipulated nerve and sinews to produce a sick smile as it produced a sound akin to hideous laughter as it slowly “pushed” Jastur’s head off his torso Yun suppressed the urge to vomit and opened fire relentlessly as did a now dying storm trooper the creature made a sound like a howl of agony and seemed to contract into itself turning into amber colored sludge before explosively shifting into a bird like creature and flying off laughing.

Yun gripped his side struggled up and took off as fast as he could he had no idea what the hell that thing was only that it was pure evil, that it turned his comrade into a flesh puppet and then used it as a weapon against his men and that it needed to be killed no matter what!
As he ran off into the distance the bird flew some meters ahead and perched on a bench before slowly transforming into a small child the girl grinned wickedly.

The ancient one had ordered the younger changelings who supported him to join the fray to get an education away from the ignorant dogma of the cowards who hid in the great link and the Ancient one was right this was going to be so much fun!

The founders had arrived in the Galaxy and it was time to begin their work

[sonofccn]

Brilliant as always, loved the Imperial broadcast just loved it.

Thank you for the Tie scene...I was excepting just a cheap laugh at the eggshell that is a Tie but...again that is how Imperials die! Great Work.

Lastly for your homage I thought for a moment you were doing Predator what with the "mutilated" soldier bodies being discussed but then when the soldier got sick I was thinking okay maybe a zombie flick then bam! You got to be F-@#$ kidding me, he just splits open and chomps the guy. Came right out of left field and actually made the founders scarey, just a pity you didn't do the spider-head scene.;)

[Admiral Breetai]

Brilliant as always, loved the Imperial broadcast just loved it.

I was thinking about adding every now and then scenes like that culminating eventually in a public debate between Sidious and Vi'retess or something thoughts on the matter?

Thank you for the Tie scene...I was excepting just a cheap laugh at the eggshell that is a Tie but...again that is how Imperials die! Great Work

I wanted to do a cheap joke though you'll have those moments too but I thought showcasing Vorta moral and how imperial brass balls affect it heh

Lastly for your homage I thought for a moment you were doing Predator what with the "mutilated" soldier bodies being discussed but then when the soldier got sick I was thinking okay maybe a zombie flick then bam! You got to be F-@#$ kidding me, he just splits open and chomps the guy. Came right out of left field and actually made the founders scarey, just a pity you didn't do the spider-head scene.;)

I've been setting it up for awhile what with that scene with the detective on Curoscant I'm glad I could surprise you your right about the spiderhead but he got shot up because he botched skewering yun lol

I never understood why they never did stuff like that in series Trek has no problem going gory as that episode with the parasites shows and then Grandpa Sisko's idea about the founders grabbing random joes and sucking their blood out was pretty cool so I ran with it, I do plan on trying to make the founders as scary as I possibly can

I was thinking of having Sidious and vader confront one to have an "monsters vs monsters' type moment

[Admiral Breetai]

new piece is out here kinda boring but hopefully not too much! both sides lick their wounds though this an empire heavy chapter merely showcasing what they are doing and the extent of the founders influence in the area. imps are making head ways in beating Dominion tech

hope you enjoy




Corporate Sector five days post the invasion of the mid Rim



Grand Admiral Martio Batch stalked his way long the orbital station, he disliked leaving his post and his own research station quiet and away from the secret toys he had been tinkering with under imperial order and of course under the orders of his little group. Batch was joined by Grand Admiral Tyrell a man who had little use besides administrating this bloated sector and keeping it placid. Batch never understood the need to violently deprive this place of it’s liberty it had been essentially an independent thrall of the emperor, but this war was so sudden and much of his majesty’s choices since then had been shall one says suspect? Tyrell joined him nodding slightly before they stalked towards the hangar bay, as many storm troopers as could be spared had assembled themselves before the hangar deck as a white shuttles doors slowly opened Batch stood erect the fat Grand Admiral eying the occupant, a vast night time black cape billowed in the steam from the shuttle the figure of a seven foot tall mammoth loomed over him as Darth Vader Sith Lord and second most powerful man in the galaxy exited bad mood radiated off him as he did so and Martio Batch made a mental note to count how many officers Tyrell lost before the day was over.

Tyrell bowed “my lord” he said Batch noted with mild amusement on how Vader side stepped the bloated drug addict of an Admiral and made his way towards him “Lord Vader, I trust your flight went smoothly” “you may dispense with the pleasantries Grand Admiral I am here for an inspection “he said coldly “good” Batch said before turning to follow him.

Grand Admiral Tyrell rose to his feet eying the two men that departed rage gripped him; he had just been humiliated in front of his own men by that arrogant walking wheezing corpse! How he hated that man that arrogant Force practitioner! Always disrespecting him they always did! The Grand Admiral made a mental note to make them all pay one day soon. Every one thought he was merely a fop who purchased his way to power! Oh how badly they underestimated him. Issuing orders to the troops he quickly made his way towards his quarters he needed a hit of spice before he could proceed with work;

Vader and Martio Batch stalked along silently until entering the hallway towards the viewing section. As a general rule Vader despised the Grand Admirals and resented his master essentially handing virtually uncontested authority to them, he saw Nial Declann as a potential rival and The Chiss and the two nobles Grant and Guylos seemed to be misplaced fools belonging in the republic he helped destroy than any time now. But Vader tolerated Thanagar and Batch as well as Seras chiefly because they all seemed far more obsessed with duty than anything else, Batch’s own sarcastic reply was a common thing, the Admiral hated being diverted from work and shared Vader’s distaste for any false pretenses he was efficient and rarely failed and when he did it was simply because the avenue taken allowed for no other out come that competence kept him alive and made The Dark Lord consider him among the least annoying of the group. Guylos suffered from the same problem Thrawn did a true believer with a unique and effective method such a thing was too contradictory for the dark lord’s tastes. No matter he had a feeling soon the emperor would be dead and he would at last be free to do with this galaxy as he pleased, protect it as he promised Padme he would so long ago. “Grand Admiral Seras and her teams work on Dominion craft has been extremely forth coming” he began “ on her recommendation we’ve begun construction of a smaller lighter faster version of the standard star destroyer” he remarked Vader nodded “one that I trust is well armed and armored” he remarked the construction of this new fleet was bleeding considerable assets away from the death stars construction “indeed five of these will escort a star destroyer” he began “they will supplement fire power , in the mean time we have been digging deep into mothball and junk yards out fitting old clone war era vessels and sending them against the enemy”

Canon fodder Vader thought likely piloted by near humans who had been lied too about their own freedom “they are a cheap and easy method to spare more valuable vessels my lord” he said before pushing a button thick metal doors gave way showing a series of long cylindrical arms and dozens of small vessels being constructed some nearing completion others merely skeletons “Turhain is also completing an experimental Super Star Destroyer on our orders one I think you’ll find quite remarkable when it is finished” he began Darth Vader nodded “what of the hammer” he asked Batch grinned “the first sixty are ready for deployment in battle in bright Jewell “

Vader nodded “excellent” he turned “the emperor will tolerate no failure in this time of war, so far you have performed exemplary see that this changes not” he said before storming away.

Batch let out a sigh before shaking his head what a waste of time! He no doubt thought the sith lord felt the same way but all the same it was an annoyance ill afforded in war!

Imperial capital coruscant same time

Grand Admiral Seras had fallen into a deep sleep in her office, the first time in almost four days that she had been able to get more than two hours if that. She had been working nearly all week to crack the secrets of the databases of the capture Dominion ships from the Byss Disaster, something she was still reeling from. The vessels databases where so alien to her that it had taken her and her closest aids several days to just begin scratching the surface, while research into weapons and power generation was yielding remarkable results. But the databases themselves had been a virtual nightmare to navigate when sleep finally took her she drifted out of thought and mind and slept deeper then she had since childhood. When she awoke though it wasn’t to the smell of moms home cooking it was to the sound of an alarm warning her some one wanted in her to office. Lazily she rose washed her face some before heading to the door once it opened she saw an older man standing there her aid Messir he and twenty five droids had been working nonstop to crack the more sensitive parts of the databanks, he looked pale “Grand Admiral we cracked their data base the action triggered a self destruct type virus” Seras growled “and!” “Well we managed to prevent it from spreading to our computers but it took our droids I did manage to save a great deal of Data how ever” he said she grinned good old Messir, when Seras was appointed to spearhead the research and development department alongside Declann and Batch she had requested one person to serve as her personal aide. An old hacker who was sentence to life in prison towards the end of the clone wars he had breached both the republic and CIS data banks and learned things that no one else alive was privy too such things that allowed him life in a luxury cell as opposed to a light saber to the face by Vader must have been deep knowledge. All the same when it came to developing a method of information warfare or just the obscure this man was her go to guy. She was handed a pad “I think you should look at that Madame” Seras frowned and began examining it her other wise cold emerald orbs widened intently “did you show any one else this?” “No ““do you have any other copies?” “just the one that’s in the database” he said She nodded “delete that from the records obtained from the Dominion ship and do not let this get out under any circumstances!” he nodded “agreed” he said she stalked off towards her private quarters “get my transport ready! Notify Grand Admiral Guylos I’ll be there within the hour!” she yelled

Dustig sector mid Rim same time



Admiral Antarez made his way along the corridors of the former pod racing arena as more and more officers and crew arrived labor vessels carrying slaves to begin building all manner of defensive craft while many stopped here on the way either to Crimson Shield or to Bright Jewell to assist in the construction and preparations for a battle that would come in either of the stations. He had finished a briefing with various commanders who had just now managed to safely evacuate the areas of the most intense fighting, many of which had abandoned storm troopers to their fate one of the Commanders had abandoned General Briggs! Antarez had the man shot on the spot for such treason, as he made his way down the corridors he was joined by a commodore who had returned from the Ado Sector and reported the Treason of his admiral and the regional governor Antarez promised the man they would return and publically impale them alive for such heinous treachery! Commodore Galo had come from a rather uneventful sector and had an uneventful career but like so many others in his place when the fires of war came he was more than sufficient to man up to the task, while others around him died or ran he had held firm and fought hard destroying a number of craft that belonged to Dominion Thralls this impressed the scarred Admiral enough to give him an assignment as his second the actions he would take in the coming weeks would define the way the war went both men knew full well the pressure he was under.

Entering the main office, they all sat down before a holographic projector, a star map appeared near him an image of Nial Declann “report” “heavy fighting has finally died down across the invaded regions” one commander said “but heavy fighting has continued in the Jalor and Hune sector, reports of some massive Dominion heavy cruiser operating in the area as well” “any confirmations?” “No sir” “then don’t give me speculation!” Antarez rose “the fighting in the Hune Sector makes little to no sense the worlds most heavily contested are backwoods and remote and contain very little of value” he said “the only thing we know of, of any value out there was an imperial research station into biological warfare but that was destroyed accidentally in the opening hours”

Declann thought about it “there is something they want” ‘’”I agree sir but to what” Declann nodded “keep preparing for a possible invasion send out scout ships to the contested areas and find out what they are after!!”

Coruscant several hours later


The six figures who made their way down the hallway of the old senate building met in secret every few days since the onset of the war, they had been monitoring events in the shadows gathering all possible data to assist in the formulation of a strategy, hyper paranoid all of them, those people who filled their public office roles were merely distractions doubles incase of assassination these six men where the real heads of imperial intelligence.

All of them met near a pillar as they often did lighting up a smoking pipe they passed it between them, old cruel withered faces that had survived the fall of the republic and served a master more worthy of their attention. Sadistic and vicious figures that hid a cruel poisoned snake in the form of simple old men long enjoying a retired life “it is done” one said calmly “if the corpse discovered on Naboo is any indication we cannot trust the regular military for this” he began “nor the emperors hands to be as they are” “indeed, and thus it falls on us” “agreed” all of them nodded “the coordinates are confirmed” he asked “indeed” “we have assembled a fleet of fifteen star destroyers and sixteen Dreadnaughts all commanded by our operatives” “they will not know what hit them we will end this war before they can fully prepare themselves “ “agreed” “agreed”

Six men who knew ancient and deep secrets six of the most powerful men in the galaxy

At least two where founders


Hune Sector same time.

General Briggs and newly reactivated imperial General Rainer sat next to Dex as they finished a card game the three of them had by now accustomed to the heat of this world the fires around them had died down and Jem’Hadar troops had moved to the southern continents to focus on the civilians and forces held up there it had given them all a much needed break from the fighting, time to forage to gather weapons to establish communications with home and figure out the next move. “It’s been awhile that upstart Yun and his group aint returned” Rainor said “they must have been picked off by the Jem’Hadar patrols that remained.” Dex said “or those demented mines” he spat those had claimed two storm troopers earlier and maimed about a dozen who had been put into medical care and would be unable to fight for several days the time it took to grow another one of those damned blue skinned monsters. “This War aint gonna be like the last one”

“no” Briggs acknowledged Dex shrugged drinking some ale ‘’ no matter we fight we die we live all in the name of the empire” Briggs nodded Rainor chimed in “aint that the truth” Briggs rose up “To Lord Palpatine Emperor of the galaxy!” he declared ‘may he live for ever!” “Here, here!!”

No sooner had they said that then six storm troopers ran in carrying Yun on a stretcher came into makeshift tent Dex turned eying the boy’s bloody armor and glared “report “ he ordered “Sir, it slaughtered my men, that thing it! It tore him open like something out of a horror holonovel! ‘he shouted frantic between the drugs to numb the pain the shock and the side affects of the stimulants Dex was convinced the man was suffering from battlefield dementia “get him outta here” “no wait” Rainor said “hold on don’t dismiss it” Briggs rose up and walked towards him setting a firm hand on the boy “say that again slowly” he said “Jastur died sir, something inside him I think a weapon of some sort maybe, it used him like a flesh puppet and sir it made a mouth form in his chest it tore off the arm of one of my soldiers than created metal spikes which injured me and killed my men” “a weapon you say?” “Aye sir, ever since the battle with Dominion troops he breathed in smoke from that downed vessel and” Briggs nodded “not a word of this ya’hear? Not until we can figure out what it is” he said “Rainor will be along shortly give him a more detailed report” “aye sir”

…..

Imperial star base Crimson Shield

Turhain set down some brandy a familiar site now a days to his command staff, he been drinking more and more since the war began, though outwardly to all who saw him he obeyed Imperial orders to the letter and had gone the extra mile and turned out imperial production increasing it by seventy percent in the local region, many new recruits poured in and civilian technicians had been drafted to assist he had turned a horrendous defeat into a bastion of order and efficiency. He couldn’t be more nervous though the fear of a summary execution by lord Vader or an invasion by the Dominion the conclusion that had dawned on him early on that he was not as well liked and respected as Suroc that the forces in his sector were not fanatically loyal to him. He saw enemies everywhere and at times would not sleep alone nor eat for fear of poison. He was falling apart but all this was ignored and would continue to be ignored as long as he did continue to maintain an image of efficiency that was making up for his previous dreadful error, the sectors around him where well defended and the Dominion had bypassed the region entirely their blasted star drives not needing to obey the conventions of hyperlanes. Oh, their allies fought and fought well raided the base and outlying sectors every now and again to keep up appearances fighting and dying the dead hulks floating in space offered new research materials and raw materials to be hurled into processing to be refined to produce the vehicles that would later deliver the final blow against the Dominions war machine.

One large behemoth exited the shipyard it was a Super Star Destroyer the first one fully completed as per the orders issued by Thanagar and Guylos, two more would join her this one was loaded with spare parts supplies and over a thousand construction droids, weapons a skeleton crew and only old Venators and run down early Star Destroyers for escort. it would be heading towards Thanagars outpost in the outer rims for what he suspected was going to be an invasion into the vassal territories of Dominion space, the other two would head straight for Endor while a dozen newly constructed Star Destroyers would leave the yards next week heading for various fleets in the expansion region. One of the things Turhain had managed to come up with since the first battle based off data and now obtained wreckage was a new type of neutron based beam weapon that could be mounted two to an ISD the charge time was slow but a recent raid show it had no problem tearing apart those plate like vessels used by Dominion puppets though he was met with acclaim for it the work had partially been done by GA Seras’ technicians and as such credit was shared and he was once again very nervous having ordered recently his forces to begin working on a way to crack Dominion weaponry to negate the ease with which is tore into his vessels, with that taken care of Turhain truly believed the war would turn in the empires favor



Bright Jewell sector same time.

Captain Filus Morlin entered the command tower of his star destroyer eying the ocean of stars surrounding him literally thousands of imperial vessels lined the sky, patrolling it relentlessly waiting watching for Dominion action waiting as it was , he noted was the most stressful part of war. His aid gestured to the large man who entered the individual appeared to be your stereotypical “fat” “purchased” officer an imperial place holder who weaseled his way into power and was given sector command over the region in the wake of Vader making off with the over sector fleet making it his own personal battle group. “Captain Morlin is it” he said “yes sir” “I am Admiral Talwyn “he said “I hear Exian surrendered to the Dominion” he remarked Morlin mentally frowned that had been rubbed in his nose more than once lately as if the actions of his former commanding officer some how translated into an action he’d take! It irked him to no end, Morlin nodded “aye sir he did “Talwyn nodded “oh well that was stupid of him Rebels make show trials then execute captured moffs” he said then nodded “you held out eighteen hours against the Dominion forces?” he asked Morlin nodded some what surprised the man didn’t immediately mock him for that “I did our admirals were taken out so I took command of the fleet and fought for as long as we could”

“Excellent than you’re the most experienced officer in the fleet when it comes to leading against the Dominion in battle “ he said nodding “tell me Morlin what’s the run down on their ships” “well they all look alike sir I mean in the individual classes of which there seems to be only three” he thought about it “some we can engage and fight and trade blows with evenly or at a two to one advantage and win rather quickly but others have stronger weapons punch through our armor much easier, it’s harder to fight them off I think it’s that they are new ships whereas the others are older ones refitted it seems and not fully up to par, these make up the large majority of the forces arrayed against us” he said Talwyn nodded eagerly “excellent it seems like either their industry isn’t fully primed for war yet and rather than build new craft their simply going the easier route and refitting older material” he thought aloud Morlin was surprised his opinion of the man changed drastically in these few moments.

“if this is the case then one or two well placed raids can likely break their momentum or two especially hard battles can force them to stop expanding and buy us time” he eyed Morlin “I want you on my command staff boy you know the enemy better than my commanders “

“it’s an honor sir” he said honestly Talwyn shook his head “don’t be so sure I’m not in the habit of handing out promotions you’re young and certainly not as well versed in the intricacies of command especially of large groups but you did function as a poor mans admiral so, consider it a special battle field promotion to commodore with all the privileges therein, when the war is over you may loose it” he said “aye sir” Morlin replied the paycheck that went with it would dissolve his families debt issues in months that was all that he could hope for! The rest was just icing on the cake he’d be glad he wouldn’t have to deal with any politicking and backstabbing. “They’ll come here eventually when it does I’ll depend on you over these useless fools” he said walking off


………..

Hune Sector two hours later

Briggs and Rainor sat silently with several squad leaders waiting for Dex to return from the makeshift infirmary each man stared into the fire watching flames flicker, the idea of some weapon that could be transferrable through smoke disturbed him it spoke of biological engineering on a level unheard of one more unknown in a war against an enemy that reminded the older soldiers too much of themselves for their own liking. “Its suicide fight’n yer reflection” Rainor said Briggs frowned he would have spoken up but Dex had returned sitting down “so?” “Svarin examined him nothing, we found the bodies and nothing what was left of Jastur was merely skin and bones it looks like what ever it was hollowed him out and took the form of internal organs and nerves reconnecting and basically using what was left as a human flesh puppet” he remarked Briggs and Rainor frowned “it’s not some kind of Virus” “no and Yun mentions it turning into some kind of bird and flying away “ “what could possibly do that” “legends of shape shifting species that can do that” “disproven most of them can barely take anything other than humanoid shape” Briggs nodded to Rainors confirmation “yeah” “but we are dealing with a different species from another galaxies” “it could just be a manufactured weapon” “that behaves like that? And fucks with your head?” Dex asked Briggs nodded “alright I’ll take it under advisement” he turned to another squad leader “your boys able to established contact yet?” “No sir but we have succeeded in isolating how they jam and we’re working on a way to get around it.”

“Good, we need to get this information out”

Coruscant same time
……………


Grand Admiral Seras made her way briskly down the corridors to the Command center of the war, she tore in with the speed of a storm and the suddenness of her arrival startled Grand Admirals Octavian Grant and Guylos who had just finished an evening meal with various Grand Moff’s and Admirals, she paused taking a breath before correcting her posture eying them all sharply “am I interrupting anything?’ she asked coldly the seated guests took the hint and rose up while Grant merely eyed her with contempt and sipped his brandy, all of them saluting the ice queen before leaving. She made her way to the table taking a seat “they have a comprehensive dossier on us, on our government they’ve been chronicling the empire since it’s rise “both men eyed her shocked “are you sure” “they’ve been here since the clone wars at least sir in one form or another” she said both of them nodded this changed things “they also have a very comprehensive dossier on humanity” she said
“Well of course they do!” Grant said loudly “they’ve only been spying on us since you where a child!!” he said in frustration “we need to change our tactics rethink everything now” he said Guylos nodded “no you don’t get it” she handed them both data pads “they have a complete dossier on us our physiology our psychology and such things with a great deal of modern updated annotations” she said both of them began examining the data pads and their skin began to pale visible “the kind of information one gleans from fighting a violent and protracted war against a bitter enemy” she said “against humanity”

“they have never fought us before” Grant said reading their psychological profiles and analysis “go to the history section” she said “they have, some humans calling themselves Terrans who lead something in their home Galaxy called a “united Federation of planets” Both Guylos and Grant quickly profiled the information and took a breath “who else knows about this?” she gave them both a stern look “no one”

“Destroy it this cannot get out!” he said “I agree” she turned to leave before pausing “if this is true”

“It changes nothing” Guylos said firmly “yes sir”


Hune Sector same time

Several imperial storm troopers began sifting through the rubble for any survivors and supplies, they had been ordered on a scout mission to see if they could scrounge up enough equipment to make a long range communicator, it was late the men where tired the heat made it worse. As they stumbled along they found a series homestead one of the troopers picked up a signal of a still working personal terminal accessing the holonet, when they entered they saw one of the bloodiest scenes of the whole battle. The family had been torn to pieces by Dominion troops scarcely acting like sentient beings and more like animals blood was splattered along the wall like macabre art show limbs hewn from their sockets a wide eyed look of fear on the faces of two of the children caused one of the soldiers to vomit

The only survivor of the group was a blood stained frightened little girl huddling in the corner

[Praeothmin]

Youch, the ending is a bit violent...

Dominion bastards, I hope the Empire deals with them...
Perhaps an alliance with the Federation? *wink-wink, nudge-nudge* Ey?

[Admiral Breetai]

Youch, the ending is a bit violent...

that little girl is basically a rather demented young changeling eager to prove itself and learn about humanity first hand expect it to be..R rated

Dominion bastards, I hope the Empire deals with them...
Perhaps an alliance with the Federation? *wink-wink, nudge-nudge* Ey?

well the federation no they could never ally with them, now the fleet of ships heading to the galaxy under control of an operative of section thirty one on the other hand?

well that's a horse of a different color!

[sonofccn]

Not bad, interesting that they've been keeping tabs on the Empire since the clonewars, assuming that wasn't a mistranslation, but at least the Empire now has a smidgen of an idea of how deep a hole they're in.

that little girl is basically a rather demented young changeling eager to prove itself and learn about humanity first hand expect it to be..R rated

Yeah it was suspicious, Jemmies, while fanatical and ruthless in combat, don't strike me as the sort to just rip a family apart for the kicks. Heaven help the Imperial's through once they bring "her" back. *Sits back, brings popcorn out* I know you won't disapoint.

[Admiral Breetai]

Not bad, interesting that they've been keeping tabs on the Empire since the clonewars, assuming that wasn't a mistranslation, but at least the Empire now has a smidgen of an idea of how deep a hole they're in.]

pretty much I'd have it that they arrived in force and began construction thirty years ago around the end of the Dominion war give or take half a year by my admittedly craptastic time line but the wormhole was found centuries ago the founders just ordered it suppressed for reasons I'll allude too later, The ancient one how ever has had his followers spying on the galaxy since Syfos Dyas death

mind you..your gonna find out that the Dominion hasn't been the only one watching..

basically you'll see the battle of Omarion Nebula if Tain had realized Lovak was a changeling early on..only with SSD's and ISD's and allot more balls to the wall desperation

every one is watching every one and every one is running game on every one lol

]Yeah it was suspicious, Jemmies, while fanatical and ruthless in combat, don't strike me as the sort to just rip a family apart for the kicks. Heaven help the Imperial's through once they bring "her" back. *Sits back, brings popcorn out* I know you won't disapoint.

I wont rewatched the first and second a nightmare on elms street gave some ideas

apart from that I've got a question for you guys..I've got a few chapters I am working over mentally and either or could follow this one with out disrupting the order too much. so what would you rather see more imperial news followed by some POV of ground troopers? or Thanagars raid into Dominion space followed by the SW version of the battle of The omarion nebula?

oh and for the battle of Bright Jewell pure ship to ship/ground to ground or would you like some live imperial news right from the battle?

[sonofccn]

apart from that I've got a question for you guys..I've got a few chapters I am working over mentally and either or could follow this one with out disrupting the order too much. so what would you rather see more imperial news followed by some POV of ground troopers? or Thanagars raid into Dominion space followed by the SW version of the battle of The omarion nebula?

I'll cast my vote for the ground troopers. I guess I haven't gotten my fill of watching Stormies die heroic but bloody deaths.

basically you'll see the battle of Omarion Nebula if Tain had realized Lovak was a changeling early on..only with SSD's and ISD's and allot more balls to the wall desperation

Sweet! Well I hope you don't make it too easy on the Imperials ;)

I wont rewatched the first and second a nightmare on elms street gave some ideas

Oh boy!!!!:)

Changling: I have watched every horror holo the human race has ever produced. Here, let me show you my favorate scenes.

[Admiral Breetai]

I'll cast my vote for the ground troopers. I guess I haven't gotten my fill of watching Stormies die heroic but bloody deaths.[

sounds good to me Vindiz and Miraz are due for a rematch any ways one..a bit longer to

Sweet! Well I hope you don't make it too easy on the Imperials ;)
]

no it wont be it's gonna hurt them but they wont end up with their spy service utterly crippled. I do plan on having Vi'retess and Guylos come face to face though well more like an suped up SSD and the flagship of the dominion armada (think one of those massive Dominion command cruisers but also suped up) nose to nose..staring each other down....in space with the fleets on both sides praying they don't get caught in the cross fire.

]Oh boy!!!!:)

Changling: I have watched every horror holo the human race has ever produced. Here, let me show you my favorate scenes.

damn that's good..can I borrow it? you gave me some ideas