The war was taking it's toll on Marach. His brown hair was now specked with gray and his proud bearing wasn't quite as tall. He wondered why he couldnt remember his battle with the Sith. It was unlike him to forget things. He went into his room to meditate but he could not concentrate. He opened a channel to the Jedi Temple. "Is Master Skywalker in?"

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Galidraan

Kar Shan walked across the courtyard of the citadel. She had infiltrated the resistances lines as an Galidraan officer. "Captain Zamfir!" Colonel Keio yelled accross the courtyard. Kar walked to Keio hoping that her cover was not blown. "Yes, Colonel?" Kar asked. "Walk with me to the command center" Keio said. "We have had new reinforcements to our cause" Keio told as they walked towards the comman center. "How many?" Kar asked. "Not many but please step in i will brief you all at the same time" Keio said and walked in to the room. All available officers and squad leaders were in the room except those who were on the field.
"Friends, Comrades as you see we are taking heavy losses on each front!" Keio started. "The GSF forces have outnumbered us and are quickly taking more and more ground" He continued. Kar sat down on the chair to listen more closely. "But feel no fear we have had reinforcements.." Keio said but was interupted. "Can we really trust the Mandalorians?" One officer asked. "They are here to help us and so far they haven't shown any signs of betrayal, so yes we trust them" Keio answered. "Still that ain't enough but the New Republic has promised more troops but for now it is up to us to defend Galidraan" Keio said.
"Now go and prepare your men for what is comming, we need to be ready if the lines fall" Keio said and left the room.

Mandalorians, what are they doing in here? Kar thought in her mind while she walked to her quaters.

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Galidraan

Cyrus looked down the barrel of his blaster. He and his men had sat quietly in the snow for the entire day, waiting for the GSF troops to approach.

Cyrus knew that the mountainous terrain would make it impossible for walkers and the harsh cold would make speeders useless. Cyrus counted on this as the first GSF snowtrooper walked into his sights.

"Unleash Hell" Cyrus said through the com-link in his helmet.

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Tatooine
Nahlia gripped her blade tight as the AT-ST continued to approach.

"Hold position" Nahlia said to her men.
"Commander Aalto, The Communications are down. Contacting Master Mundi is impossible!" The Twi'lek mechanic yelled.
"I have a plan" Nahlia whispered as the AT-ST approached still.
"Cover me" Nahlia said as she ran towards the large Chicken-Walker.

Nahlia's small squad of soldiers aimed at the AT-ST and opened fire as their Jedi Commander approached.

Blaster fire exploded next to her. Sending sand flying into the air as Nahlia ran to the AT-ST. Nahlia stopped once she was under the walker and stretched out with the force, jumping to the roof of the AT-ST and plunging her blade into the roof, pulling out both pilots.

Nahlia heard her men screaming as she tossed both pilots to the dune sea of Tatooine.
Two more AT-STs were approaching from behind her squad.
The young Jedi climbed into the pilots seat of the AT-ST and set the cross-hairs of the chicken walker on the AT-STs and opened fire...

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Orbit over Onderon aboard Silent Night


Grand Admiral Forn walked to the command deck of his flagship. His men were checking the functions of the ship from their monitors and watching the comm channels for any incomming messages. "Sir, incomming transmission from GR-75 medium transport called Trail" Communication Lieutenant said.
"Pass it trough lieutenant" Forn said. "Yes sir!" Lieutenant said. "Captain i think you have something that belongs to the GSF?" Forn started. "Yes Admiral i do, ship full of jedi younglings" Captain said trough the comlink. "I have sent you our location and i hope to see my payment soon" Captain said. "Oh, you will get your credits" Forn said. Forn closed the comlink and looked trough the window. "Take course to those location" Forn said. "Yes sir!" Flight Captain said. "You heard the Admiral prepare for hyperspace jump" he continued.

The ships hyperspace engine engaged and in one moment the ship was gone.

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young Moff and a psy
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Marach's transmission was transmitted to Master Skywalkers ship. "Master Skywalker, the area is secure, however I seem to be suffering from a mild case of memory loss."

Luke concentrated for a moment and then said. "I sense no darkness around you, pay it no mind, it may be revealed at a later time. Marach we have received information that the Olumar system will be attacked shortly. Take your men there an assist if you can."

Marach nodded. "Yes Master"

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Galidraan

Kar was watching to the mountains trough macrobinoculars. She could see smoke rising in the mountains and distant flashes of blaster fire. Kar tried to see signs of GSF soldiers or the mandalorians but couldn't see. Where are all the walkers, why don't they use them Kar said to herself. Kar took the binoculars of and leaned towards the wall behind her. She thought for a moment and then rushed down the stairs towards the speeder bikes, she jumped on one and drove trough the open gate towards the battle. I need to warn GSF about the mandalorians Kar thought while she drove towards the battle. It was cold and the wind blew hard.

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young Moff and a psy
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Galidraan

Cyrus and his men continued the seemingly endless rapport of blasterfire, cutting down the GSF stormtroopers as they approached.
"No Mandalorian dies, today" Cyrus said to his men as the GSF troops continued to advance.

The small band of Mandalorians continued firing as the first of the GSF troops began to break their line.

Cyrus drew his vibroswords and lunged at the oncoming attackers, slicing and maiming with each stroke of his blade....

Aboard the Solstice, somewhere in the Mid-Rim

Paktra Qwarr sat in the communications room, waiting for contact from a Jedi Knight who had sent a distress call nearly an hour ago, and has since sent no word.

The Large Jedi Knight folded his arms across his chest and impatiently waited.
The silence in the room was finally broken by a scattered transmission.
"Emergen- ode-913 N- Co---ct on a-y F----ency. In or--- nea- " The transmission cut-out.

"Paktra, I recognize that voice. Thats Wii Minea" Boto Apse said.
"She was assigned aboard a transport en route to Olymp 4, it's carrying younglings" Paktra finished.

Paktra ran to the command bridge and set a course for the location of the last transmission.

"Hang on, young Jedi. We are en route" Boto Apse said as theSolstice launched into hyperspace...

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Galidraan

Kar stopped in to the forrest near the battle and continued her way on foot. Quickly she arrived on the edge of the forrest and saw the battle ragin. She laid down and put her rifle in front of her. Trough the scope she saw how the GSF troops were advancing and breaking the mandalorian lines. It seemed to Kar that the mandalorians didn't take even one step back and one of them even had drew his vibrosword. Kar zoomed in to that mandalorian to get a better look. This mandalorian was handling his blade with a skill, with skill that Kar hadn't seen before.

Aboard GR-75 medium transport Trail

"I hope that someone hears that message" Wii said after sending the message. She continued to the younglings chambers, locking doors behind her. "Wii where is master Ropa and Saucer?" One of the younglings asked. "They are busy" Wii said quickly trying to cover her tears " I need you to go in the storage room and stay there, quietly" Wii said. "Why?" the same youngling asked. "Just do as i say, please" Wii said and opened a big door. "Everybody hide behind that big crate over there and stay down" Wii instructed. "And don't speak, i will lock this door" Wii said locking the door behind her. Wii didn't know what to think or what to do. He couldn't beat them all by herself and if the captain spoke the truth there would soon be GSF troops on this ship too. Her only hope was that someone heard the message and was going to rescue them.

Wii ran to her chambers to get her lightsaber and other usefull belongins.

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an old admiral
young Moff and a psy
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Rhen Var

Rann landed the Talon II near the tomb of the legendary Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma and walked down the landing ramp, with Joe and Orlo following him.
Rann pulled the hood of his cloak over his head and stepped onto the snowy ground. The snow crunched underneath Rann's boots as he approached the large stone doors that had kept the ancient Jedi Knight's final resting place secure.

The young Jedi pressed on the doors as they slowly opened.

The tomb was simple, as a Jedi Knights should be. There were no elaborate decorations, no advanced technology, only one large door.

Rann's ears rang out, as if someone had hit a tuning fork within him, he recognized the feeling, and the presence of Ulic Qel-Droma.

::Only you, Sordona may venture further. It is your destiny, and I sense the darkness in your companion. They are not welcome:: Ulic said through the force.

Orlo tried to open the door, to no avail.
"Only you can open it, Rann" Orlo said.
"Before you go in there, Qel-Droma was the best. He almost singlehandedly ended the beast wars, but he fell. Be careful in there." Orlo finished.

Rann walked into the tomb, alone.
::The spy is right, I did fall. The end of the story however was different. I know your destiny because I was your destiny. I was once the greatest Jedi in the order, a beacon of light a pillar of the Jedi's strength.Being a Jedi will involve making life and death choices. You'll have to face terrible ordeals. It is very easy to become trapped into a corner with nowhere to go. Heed my warning and you will prevail.
My brother, Cay. He was my ally, he was my family. I loved him. The Dark Side drove me to destroy him. I struck him down in rage, in anger. He tried to save me, redeem me. And I killed him for it.

The Dark Side will grant you a quicker, easier path to what you desire. Your duty, however, must come first. You must defeat your brother, Ekken. You can set the force back into balance.
The fate of the galaxy is on your shoulders.::

"Master Droma, The Sith have returned. They are seeking the Dark Reaper, that is the reason I am here. I know you hold the knowledge to destroy it. How, how do we do it?" Rann asked.

::I cannot tell you, young Jedi. The last Jedi I bestowed such knowledge upon turned on the Jedi. Skywalker...the betrayer. You must find that knowledge yourself young Rann. Heed my warning Jedi. May the force be with you::

"NO!" Rann yelled.
"I didn't ask for this destiny. The Sith have to be stopped!" Rann screamed.

::You can defeat this machine. I have seen it. It is the will of the force...::

Rann walked out of the room, his held slung low.
"We have to go to Raxus Prime. We have to defeat this machine before The GSF can finish repairing it" Rann said, walking back into the cold.

"Rann, I searched the galaxy for you for the last two years to tell you the rest of the prophecy. Your grandfather was a friend and a trusted friend. It's time we spoke about this, dammit!" Orlo yelled as the three walked onto the Talon II.

"Duty before desire. That is the Jedi way, Captain Voscag. I know you were once trained at the Jedi Temple, though it may have been years ago, try and keep what little training you have in mind" Rann replied.

Rann climbed into the cockpit.

"The prophecy is one that I didn't ask for, Orlo. I know that there's still good within Ekken. That much I know, I won't kill him. Not until I know theres no bringing back my brother." Rann said as the Talon II lifted off.
"Rann, its your destiny. You can try and fight it, but you know it'll catch up with you" Joe added, sitting at the co-pilots seat.
"With my grandfather gone, Darth Rin is the only family I have left. I have to try" Rann finished as the Talon II launched into hyperspace, en route to Raxus Prime.

Orlo walked into the cockpit as the Jedi finished their conversation.

"I have two operatives on Raxus Prime. I can have a team of SpecOps there in an hour." Orlo said.
"An ambush?" Joe asked.
"There are going to be to many to take on in a straight fight. Not to mention the Sith lord commanding the GSF there. Its the only way" Rann finished....

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