"your highness" winter said as she walked up
"yes winter" i asked
"sir, a ship has just entered our space" she said my eyebrow raised
"it's a republican venator-class star destroyer your majesty, likely the jedi" dooku said being the usual wise council he was
"general would you meet our guests" i asked dooku he bowed low
"but of course your majesty, it would be an honor and a privilege to serve" he replied i smiled, nodding in thanks
dooku had waited at the docking port for the individuals to disembark
"ah obi-wan kenobi, i should have known you would be sent" dooku said
"count dooku, i thought you were with the separatists" obi-wan said in surprise
"the emperor opened my eyes, and i have served him faithfully since, welcome to lyrania, our new home" i said
"new home" a younger jedi asked
"and you are, i don't recognize you" dooku asked
"anakin skywalker, jedi knight" he replied
"Ah, as for your question, the people of lyrania are all from splintered war-torn nations who needed a new home, they rallied behind the emperor and he led them here where we have lived prosperously for the past two years, after a long hard journey, i joined the kingdom only a year ago, neither i nor my apprentice regret it, here we don't have to pick sides, there is no light no dark, no jedi no sith, it is quite peaceful" dooku said, his eyebrow raised
"you don't follow either code" he asked
"i follow the laws of the empire, and i experiment, that is what makes this nation great, innovation, everything you see, is old technology redesigned from the ground up by the emperor, the military, the cities, everything, and yes lyrania keeps an active military, the emperor calls the republic, complete idiots for not keeping a military as a precaution, and it is why you are having such problems with the war, are you not, is that not why you are here, you know at least in part of our recourses and the senate has asked you to come invite the kingdom" dooku asked knowingly, obi-wan nodded noticing his former master was as usual right on the money
"listen and listen well my former padawan do to our previous relationship i will give you a piece of advice, the emperor knows much of the senate, and this is something he has seen with his own eyes, he also knows much of the council again by his own eyes, do not attempt to trick him, do not attempt to dissuade him, be completely and brutally honest with him, if you don't not only will you lose all hope of receiving aid from the kingdom, but you will also likely insult the emperor, a very vindictive man, he is a benevolent ruler, but he doesn't like the jedi order, like myself he believes you are much to set in the old ways, and the senate is so corrupt, they turn to the jedi to protect them, because they have no one of their own that they trust" dooku said
"thank you master" he said, he knew that his former master gave him good and honest advice, he could just tell
"good, don't be a diplomat here, it won't help your case, the emperor doesn't care about pleasentries or platitudes" dooku said
"got it" he said
"good luck my former padawan, you will need it" dooku said as he led the way to the throne room, dooku bowed to his emperor
"general i assume you gave your former student advice on how to deal with me" i asked
"you know me well my emperor" dooku said
"i should hope so, i rely quite heavily on your council, so tell me jedi why should i help you" i asked
"because we are desperate the jedi order knows that they aren't winning the war as of now, we need help, trained help, our clone forces do not have the best leadership, we jedi are not generals we are peacekeepers" he said, i chuckled
"that much is true you jedi are not generals" i said
"YOUR HIGHNESS, YOUR HIGHNESS" an officer said as i bustled into the room
"what is it" i asked
"automated distress call from the hyperion-class carrier, valiant, it and it's escort have been destroyed by confederacy ships" the officer said
"WHAT" i roared out
"yes sir, we sent out an eternity-class the absolute vigilance to check on them and all we found was scrap from destroyed ships and vectors" the officer said
"oh dear" dooku said, this was very bad, his emperor would be beyond furious
"jedi" i said directing my attention to the jedi
"uh yes your highness" obi-wan asked
"where would our assistance be best utilized" i asked
"ryloth the twi'lek homeworld" obi-wan said
"dooku" i said
"yes your highness" he said
"take the 3rd fleet, i want the confederacy crushed allow none to retreat i want their entire force on that planet squashed is that understood" i asked, he bowed
"it is your majesty, your wish is my command" he said as he turned and began to leave
"jedi, get your ship and get out, i'll send someone to your council they can relay information to me" i said
"of course your highness" he said as quickly got on dooku's heels
"why is the emperor so angry, the loss of a few ships is hard, but he seems beyond that" obi-wan asked
"if they were just standard vessels, the emperor would not be so mad, those ships were a training fleet, ninety percent of the people on them were cadets, little more than children who had done nothing wrong, they at least fought the last, like any in the vanguard would" dooku responded, as obi-wan's eyes widened
"oh dear" he said
"yes the emperor is quite displeased, i have a fleet to gather, i would recommend informing your people to pull out very soon, my men will only look for twi'leks they will be left out of the fighting it is their home after all, everything else will die" he said gravely
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NGE: the fleet of the fallen
Fanfictionpersonal log - captain shinji 'adriel ikari' - commanding officer UNSC: eternity - february 8, 2560 i was right i was damn right, to harp my superiors about the eternity i said we haven't see the last of the covenant and here these banished bastards...
