#Grozchal Starkiller

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This is the first session of the Force Unleashed campaign for Star wars Saga edition. It starts with Grozchal Starkville, a Mandalorian being called to Coruscant by a contact of his adopted father. It turns out to be a Jedi named Master Alistair. He pretty much enlisted Grozchal into the Grand Army of the Republic and was given a squad of Clones. Royal Squad. Mand'alor, the leader. Ordo, the brawler and second in the squad. Gadget the tech specialist. Recon, the squad sniper. Heavy, the demolition expert. And Akaata, the heavy weapons specialist. They were sent to Ion 4 to destroy a weapon that would target clones. I believe it was a biological weapon. They crash land on the planet leaving the R2 pilot droid behind as they bailed out of the ship. They eventually take shelter with a farmer and his family though the farmer was reluctant about it. I believe they have a fire fight against some droids. They eventually find another farm house but everyone appeared dead. Grozchal explores the basement to find a person with a red lightsaber. But it actually was a white lightsaber made to look red from a red light behind the Jedi. She introduce herself as Padawan Helzi and thanks them for helping her. Grozchal informs her of his mission and she readily accepts. They make their way to the main facility and fight their way in. Grozchal split up the squad and faces of against the Transdoshan who was in charge of defense. He had gathered all the locals and was using them as a shield. Grozchal uses the Force, oh yeah I forgot to mention he's Force sensitive, and throws the Trando into the air where the AA guns target him and kill him. I personally thought it was funny. Anyway they evac the civilians and blow the facility. They liberate a separatist vessel and found the R2 and the wreckage in the hangar. Grozchal insist on bringing the droid back. The second team caught the scientist who created the bomb and brought her to the ship. I don't really remember how but she somehow gets out of her binds and tries to escape. Grozchal tries to stop her and she ends up hanging out the ship. She decides death is better than being a prisoner of the Republic so she drops down. Grozchal was upset that he couldn't keep her from dying but accepts it as part of war. He makes his report to the Republic and Helzi asks for him to be seen by the council. But not THE council. I made a lower council who he interacted with. And I'm pretty sure that's the end of the first session. I hope you enjoy it even if it is a bit sloppy.

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Starkiller Saga

44 BBY Chapter two part seven

A trip to Kashyyyk

It's been six months since I've seen the hooded figure with the orange lightsaber. I've heard from Bar Lar that he's been messing with the gangs of this area. Or at least someone with his description, lightsaber included. I've been training my force power and my body these last six months in preparation for this fight I've been sensing. He hasn't been messing with Gungan Cargo. Good, but strange. Maybe he doesn't see them as a threat? Or is it something else? Anyway, I've done ten jobs for Gungan Cargo. Giving me a total of 100k and accumulatively 75k for my crew. I get the feeling that I'm needed somewhere… and as soon as I feel that I'm getting a call on my helmet. I answer it and I hear a Wookiee yelling in my ear. Well not yelling per se, but she's just a loud Wookiee when she's excited. "Grandson Grozchal! How have you been?" I say "Hey… Grandmother… I don't know how to tell you this… but- "Don't worry kid. I already felt him return to the trees… I felt all of them. I've met Bendak and your mother before you were found by your father. How did they die? If it's too hard to repeat I understand." "No, it's alright." I recount what happened. Sparing her the details of the war. "I need you to come see me." She says. "Um… not to be disrespectful… but why?" "Have you forgotten life day yesterday? Not to mention your birthday is in three days!" "Well… I'll have to see if I'm not busy today…" "I know you're in the area Grozchal. Your power has gotten stronger and better to where it's not so easy to ignore. I hope to see you soon, Grandson. Bye bye now." And before I can respond she hangs up.

I take my helmet off and go to look behind me to see if Meris is awake and- *Chop* "When were you planning on telling me you not only have a Grandmother, but your birthday is in three days?" I say "I didn't even know she saw me as her grandson. And… Well, I haven't celebrated my birthday since I was eight." "Well you better tell everyone we'll be leaving soon." She says."Right" I reply. I put my armor on and I speak over the intercom. "Alright everyone. We'll be leaving soon for a few days. But we'll come back though. Just want to pay a short visit to my grandmother. I leave the Raven to talk to Bar Lar. "Ah, there's one of my favorite Mandalorians! We unfortunately don't have any jobs for you today. Not only have you taken care of our last problem last week, nobody is needing anything done because they're busy celebrating the aftermath of life day. But is there anything I can do for you?" "Actually yes, could you reserve this landing pad for me? I should only be gone for a few days at max." "I'll see what I can do." He says "Thanks Bar Lar." "Anytime Grozchal." I walk up the loading ramp and as it's closing I turn on the intercom. "Fire up the engines Fixer. We're ready to head out." "Aye aye captain." And not long after she says that we're up in the air. I go to the cockpit and I teach Fixer and Tech how to use the weapons. Unfortunately Karrstag is too big to use the main two gunner seats. But he can use the anti personnel cannon. So I teach him to use that. "hyperspace coordinates locked for Kashyyyk. 3 2 1." She pulls the lever and we go into hyperspace. When we drop out of hyperspace I get a call from that same Wookiee. "I knew you'd come! I'm not ready with some things. Land here and I'll meet you there."

She gives me coordinates and I have Fixer follow them. We come to a wooden landing pad and I see her meditating on the floor in front of it. "You wanna come with me, vod?" He nods and Meris says "I'm coming with you. I want to meet the rest of your family." I say, "ok no problem." We walk down the ramp and she says with her eyes closed "Greetings my Grandson-" she looks up and looks past me to Karrstag and starts to tear up. "He looks like your father." "He does?" "When were you born?" She asks. "In three days, forty years ago. Why?" He says. Her eyes widened. "I knew of a Wookiee that was born forty years ago. I was going to pay him a visit but he disappeared five years ago. His mother died during childbirth. I was going to see if the rumors were true." "What rumors?" Karrstag asked. "That is if my son Karrstag had a child before he left for the Galaxy at large." Tears start to soak into her fur. "Look at him Grozchal! Does he not look exactly like your father?!" I look at him and I see it! "You're right! I don't know how I didn't see it before." "Maybe your eyes refused to let you see because of the pain of losing him." "Heh… we've been calling each other brother this entire time. While in reality we actually are." "I suppose now's a good time as any to ask." I cock my head to the left. "What do you mean?" Karrstag says. "So… I've been thinking… a lot, and I want to be a Mandalorian. If you don't-" I interrupt him with "Don't worry about how I feel about it, because I'm as happy as a loth cat getting fed and getting belly rubs at the same time! But think about what you want. It's a lifestyle, It's a culture, and a religion. There are some rules to being a Mandalorian. In no particular order, but all equally important. They consist of wearing the armor, speaking the language, defending oneself and family, raising your children as Mandalorians, contributing to the clan's welfare, and when called upon by the Mand'alor, rallying to their cause. I'll make you some armor out of durasteel. I hope we can get some Beskar and find a Beskar smith." He smiles and looks as happy as a Wookiee can get! Oh no… he hugs me and I'm dead. Never underestimate a happy Wookiee's hug. He puts me down and I then ask our grandmother what she wanted to show me. She points to the bowl in front of her and says "Sit, I have something to teach you." I then sit like she is. She says "I'm going to teach you healing. You need at least some medical knowledge. How much do you have?" I reply "I know the anatomy of every race in the Galaxy. And I'm not kidding." "I know you're not. This is good news. That means you can use this ability to its fullest potential. So, I need you to tap into the force." I do, and I wait for her instructions. "Now, do not pour too much of your essence into the target. Otherwise you may pour too much and die. You must also picture the flesh mending, the bone shaping, and the blood flowing correctly if you are to use this correctly. Now…" she grabs a ritual dagger and slits her wrist. "Dew it. You may want to hurry. I can only lose so much blood." I then reach out and I close it quickly. "I knew you would have! I think you're a prodigy Grozchal!" I rub the back of my neck. "I wouldn't go that far, but… "Oh you, always so modest. We need to go to the Shadowlands anyway. I think your present is ready. No spoilers!"

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Starkiller Saga

44 BBY Chapter two part six

Weird looking Acklay

As we land in the residential sector, I recall Bar Lar gave me his contact info before I left Gungan Cargo's warehouse and was told to contact him when I find the "cargo" and then when I subdue it. We walk not even ten feet and Karrstag tells me. "I smell blood! Follow me!" I then start running behind Karrstag, with Meris behind me. We see scratches in the metal of the floors and walls. And we start to hear fighting coming from this door. I open it and we're in this courtyard with a bunch of people hiding and ten people hold the Kkorrwrot down with ropes. Then I see six civilians approach with makeshift spears and I approach and yell "No! Don't stab it with those! Me and my crew will stun it and have it taken away! Please let us handle it! But we also need help from you to hold it down! But more people are needed for that to work!" The civilians drop their spears and run. I pull Vengeance and Justice and I say "set them to stun guys!" We start stunning and I text Bar Lar from my hud and tell him that I found it and I give him my location. He says "Very good, I'll have a transport ready for when you stun it unconscious." At this point we have twenty stuns in and it's slightly showing signs of the stuns working.

I say "keep it up! It's starting to show signs of the stun working." It's at thirty five and it almost stabs a civilian. I look around and we're at a safe distance… I don't like that. I run up and I get under it, this should be more effective against it anyway. We get to forty and it's starting to get a little wobbly. I dodge many attempts of it trying to stab me with its legs. Fifty. I notice that it's about to fall. I say "everyone! Pull as hard as you can!" They do just that and I have to roll to not get crushed. I say "keep firing!" And as I say that it attempts to bite me, but I move out of the way.It finally stops moving and I call Bar Lar. "It's done. Are you almost here?" I hear wind on the comms and I hear Bar Lar above me. "Right on time Grozchal! We'll take it from here. The transport has a crane and a giant metal box which has air holes near the top. The people that came here are probably the contacts people. They look over the Kkorrwrot then give Bar Lar the thumbs up. They then hook up the Kkorrwrot and the crane lifts it up and puts it in the box and it closes up. Bar Lar turns to me and gives me 50,000 credits as promised. "Good work Grozchal. I hope to have continued business with you." I nod and we leave as well. As we walk back I give 10k to Karrstag and 15k to Meris totalling to 25k. In telepathy "Consider that paying you back some. Thank you, even though I told you it was ok not to." I get a feeling in my gut… someone is watching us. I look behind and for a second I see a hooded figure behind us. A civilian breaks my line of sight… did they have a lightsaber?! I put it out of my mind so I don't worry Meris.

We ride back to the Raven and we get up to the ramp but before I go up i get a chill down my spine, I look behind me and I see the hooded figure again. He's not escaping me this time! Especially not since he knows where we are! I run towards him as he draws his lightsaber and ignites it. It's orange. Nice color I guess. A cargo speeder slams on the brakes, almost hitting me. "Sorry!" I yell. I go past it and he's gone. "Damn it!" I yell. I wait till the cargo speeder drives off and I walk towards the loading ramp once again. "Are you ok?" Meris asks. "I'm fine." I say. "Not sure what I keep seeing." "Maybe you should get some rest. We'll let you know if you're needed." I nod.

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Starkiller Saga

44 BBY Chapter two part five

Meeting Bosses Nap Lap

Bar Lar says "The foreman sent word that you took care of the gang that was harassing them. As a bonus, on top of your 10,000 we're giving you an additional 20,000." He transfers the credits to my chit and as soon as I put it away there's an explosion coming from Gungan Cargo's warehouse. A speeder bikes zooms out and the driver has a box of some kind. I hop on my swoop bike and I chase after him. He looks behind with a cocky expression which turns to surprise. Before he can speed up, I pull him off his bike and I slow down so he doesn't get dragged too far and luckily I catch whatever he stole. I relieve him of any weapons, I call Karrstag to take the bike back to the Raven… but I see him running towards us. I say "Vod, can you take the swoop bike back to the Raven?" He nods.

We get back to Gungan Cargo and Bar Lar looks impressed. "I would like to ask your name. The foreman said something about a Grozchal Starkiller. Is that it?" I nod. He then says "if I were you, I would clean myself up. If you want to meet the Bosses. He wants to meet you." I hand him the box, and their new prisoner and I walk up the ramp. I walk into mine and Meris's bedroom and she says "holy shit! What happened to you?" I tell her what happened then I say "I need to clean this blood off then I need to shower. I'm meeting with the Bosses of Gungan Cargo." She goes "do you need any help?" I tell her "that would be appreciated. I don't want to keep him waiting." It only takes ten minutes. Then Meris is almost done and says "you can take that shower now. I can finish up here." "Thank you," I say. I take five minutes to shower and before I'm done Meris has finished with my armor. I put everything but my helmet on, I kiss her, I say "thank you" then I put my helmet on and I leave to meet Bosses Nap Lap.

As I leave the Raven, Bar Lar is there waiting for me. "Ah. That is more presentable. Right this way." Then he leads me into the warehouse. There's a bunch of worker droids moving cargo and droids cleaning up the aftermath of the explosion. We come to a door and Bar Lar knocks then opens it. I follow Bar Lar in, and I see a purple Gungan sitting at his desk with a cigar. "Welcome. You must be the new Mandalorian I've heard so much about." I take off my helmet and say "Yes sir. My name is Grozchal Starkiller. It's a pleasure to work for you." He takes a hit of his cigar then puts it out and says "Bar Lar has told me what you have done. And I would like to offer you a job personally. A business associate has contacted me and said they need our help recovering some cargo of theirs. That's where you come in. Given your appearant skills and associates, you should have no problem with this job." I say "Of course. We can handle that. Only stun rounds." I do a little bow then I put my helmet on and leave. I walk up the ramp of the Raven and I hand Karrstag the data pad and I ask. "Do you want to do this job with me?" He responds with "We have to capture a Kkorrwrot? This should be fun!" I excitedly say "I'm happy you agree vod!" I say over the intercom "Anybody want to help me and Karrstag capture a Kkorrwrot?" Meris says over the intercom "What the Hel is that?" I reply "Basically an Acklay from Felucia but purple, very intelligent and from Kashyyyk. And to top it off it uses ambush tactics." "Damn. You know what? Sure. I was wanting to show you how good I am with a blaster. How much are we getting paid?" "50,000 alive and well. 1,000 if it's dead." "Good. Stun only would make sense. How much are you giving me?" "Both you and Karrstag will be getting 10k upon completion." Karrstags eyes widen. "Speaking of which vod, show me your credit chit that I bought you a few days ago." He pulls it out of his bag around his waist. And I give him 8,000 credits. "Your cut from our last job." "Thank you Brother. I'll spend it wisely." I then go to the cockpit and tell them to show me their chits. They look confused but pull them out anyway and I give them both 2,000 credits for a total of 4,000. "But why captain?" "It saves me the trouble of having to worry about paying you when we need to go somewhere. Also because I just wanted you guys to have a bit of spending money." They look at each other and smile. "Oh! Captain! We found something out. I just hope nobody saw…" what do you mean?" She's about to say something, but is cut off by Redah. "Captain! Captain! My stars, I can't believe it myself!" "What is it Redah?" I ask. "You won't believe me! But we have a stealth drive!" "Uh… we- we do?... What were you gonna tell me, Fixer?" I turn back to her and she looks like she's pouting. "Way to steal a girl's thunder, Redah." She says "Oh… I'm sorry…" "It's cool." Fixer says. "While you're here Redah, show me your credit chit." She pulls it out and I give her 3,000. "3k?! What's this for, captain?!" She asks "for working on the ship and freeing our crewmates" I say "You're a very generous and kind captain! Thank you very much!" I nod then I go to the loading ramp and wait for Meris and Karrstag to get ready… they're already here… anyway. We hop on the swoop with Meris on my lap because there not enough room and she'd rather sit on mine than Karrstag's. Understandable. To the residential sector!

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Starkiller Saga

44 BBY Chapter three part two

New location, new problems

I found us a place to land. I bring us down and drop the loading ramp and I say, "let's go you two, we should meet the people who own this pad." Redah says "I think I'm gonna stay behind on the ship captain. I've been here before and don't like it very much. Plus I can look after the ship." "Alright. Very good." Me and Meris walk down the loading ramp and we're greeted by… Gungans? "Greetings Mandalorian, my name is Bar Lar. You are docking at Gungan cargo. What is your business here?" A cargo company? This is Nar Shaddaa... I say, "I'm looking for work. And would you know the location of a slave auction?" He says "Certainly. We can help you with a job, as for the slaves, go to Andy's Slave Auction down the road that way." I bow and say "Thank you. I'll be back later for the job." "Word of advice: you look young and inexperienced. Do NOT cross the Yin family." "Thank you. I'll keep that in mind." We then go down the road and enter the slave auction. We walk up, the Slaves are lined up on a stage. Not many people here. Good. I see three female Twileks, a male Zebrak, a Wookiee, two Rodians, a female Devaronian and two male Twileks. Meris whispers "why are we here?" "We need pilots. If we don't get a pilot here, we at least have loyal crew members." The only blue female Twilek speaks up, "Me and my boyfriend, the Zebrak next to me, are pilots! Please bu-" she's interrupted by her collar shocking her" the ringleader says "shut it you dumb Twilek! Merchandise don't speak, remember?" I say with authority. "Enough! She can't be bought if she's burnt to a crisp!" He lets go of the button. And bows to me and says "of course sir, my apologies. 250 credits off for the damage. Would you like to buy her?" "Yes, as well as the Zebrak and the Wookiee." "Well now! Big spender over here Mando! With your small discount, you'll be paying 74,750! A Mandalorian like you should have no problem paying this!" My stomach sinks… I don't have enough. Meris puts her hand in mine and whispers "don't look at it, just pay." I take the credit chit, and I pay. "Let me get your slaves for you Mando! And if I may say so, your slave is a lovely shade of purple!" He lickes his lips. And that gets me livid! I'm about to take a step towards him and Meris grabs my hand and whispers "it's not worth it. Please. I know you're curious how I know but please ignore him! You told me your secret. I'll tell you mine." I nod. He brings me our new allies on Lazer leashes. We put this place behind us and we go back to Gungan Cargo's landing pad and as we pass Bar Lar I say "When I get back out I'll take that job."

I close the loading ramp, I say to Meris "can you get Redah and bring her here?" "Of course" she says. I look at the lined up Slaves and the girl says "so you're our master now… right?" I take the shock remote, I place it on the ground. I stomp on it till it's in pieces. "Nope. I'm your captain. Unless, that is, you guys want me to take you somewhere safe? I could take you to Kashyyyk or wherever you want to go. Or, you could work for me. You said you two were pilots?" "Yes!" She exclaims. "My name is Fixer! And this is my boyfriend Tech! I'll be your pilot." And Tech says "I'll be your copilot." I say "And what's your name, big guy?" "Big guy?" Fixer says "Should we be calling you that?" She chuckles "How tall are you anyway captain?" "I'm 6'5" the Wookiee speaks up, "that's about as tall as a Wookiee. Though I doubt you can understand what I said." I reply with one word. "Shyriiwook." "I'm here captain, what do you need?" She looks concerned. "These collars off. Starting with the big one." As she's picking the lock of the collar the Wookiee asks "What is your name?" I tell him my name. "Grozchal Starkiller." His eyebrows raise, because he knows what my name means. His collar drops to the floor. Redah says to Fixer "Well little lady. It's your turn." The Wookiee walks over to me. Starring me in the visor, piercing through into my eyes, and his is filled with determination. He raises his right hand into the air. I say "you're not-" He cuts me off and says. "I, Karrstag, swear to protect and defend Grozchal Starkiller as if they were my biological brother. I promise to sacrifice my own life to protect theirs and to honor the sacred Wookiee life debt." "Thank you Karrstag. I by no means want to disrespect the Wookiee life debt-" Redah chimes in: "that's what that was? Nice captain. Congratulations to you guys!" She gets Techs collar off and he hugs Fixer then they share a kiss. I follow Meris to the captain's cabin. I could tell she was getting impatient. We walk in and I hand her back her credit chit. "Thank you Meris. I'll pay you back." She says Thanks, and you don't have to pay me back. Only her mouth doesn't move. "Uh… I must be tired or something…" I say nope. Think about it. Why is my mouth not moving, yet you can hear me? I say- don't say anything. Just think. Think? Yes. I'm taken aback. Telepathy?! Yes. We'll talk more later, for now, you have three starving allies to feed. I take my helmet off and I kiss her. I leave our bedroom and I say loudly "who's hungry? The cargo hold is also our kitchen and dining room. Meet your captain there immediately."

I walk there and both men run and both women walk. I walk into the cargo hold and they are all sitting at the same table. Leaving the other two empty. I went over to the cooking area and decided to make pancakes. I look into the freezer, and there's Bitchin chicken patties, burger patties, fries. ooh! Frozen blueberries, strawberries, chocolate chips. Perfect. I say "we're having pancakes. Who wants chocolate chips?: everyone raises their hands but Karrstag. "I don't eat chocolate." He says. I pull out two pans and I say "I'll tell you how I know later. But Wookiees need around 6,000 calories a day, berries are a common food source, and they like spicy food." He looks astounded and says "How do you know all this?" "Well vod, my father was a Wookiee." He says: "wait… Wookiees can be Mandalorians?" "Anybody can be a Mandalorian, vod." "You said that word again… what does that mean?" He asks. "It means brother in Mando'a." He looks happy and says "was?" I look at the pan and I say. "I might as well tell you guys everything. It started on Dantooine, with my mother being stabbed to death by Death Watch." You didn't tell me that. I know, it's not a detail I like repeating. I then continue off to tell them everything. They get fed, and then me and Karrstag will get this job done.

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Starkiller Saga

44 BBY Chapter two part two

Making a new friend

We enter the restaurant and we walk up to the bar. It's rather packed apart from the bar, thankfully. We sit down, and I say: "So who were those guys anyway? Oh, my name is Grozchal Starkiller by the way." "Meris" she replies. We shake hands and she continues: "just some thugs." I say: "They don't scare me. If Anything, they should fuck off if they know what's good for them. I doubt they've even fought a true Mandalorian." As soon as I say that, the news pops on and the news anchor says: "The battle of Galidraan has concluded yesterday. True Mandalorians vs the honorable Jedi Knights led by Jedi Master Dooku. Sadly the Jedi lost eleven of its members. Be on the lookout for these two Mandalorians still at large. Jango Fett and Silas." He continues to explain what we were accused of while showing the armors of both Mandalorians as well as their faces.

I look at Meris and before she cuts me off as if she knew I was about to speak. "Did you actually do it?" I nod no. "Then tell me what happened when we leave the his station. I believe you. Why would you kill those innocents, then turn around and help me not knowing if you're getting paid or not?" I reply: "Menus are here." I take my helmet off. She just looks at me. And still stares at me. The bartender goes: "Hehehe this your first date? Or is he that stunning all the time?" We both blush at the same time. And we say in unison: "It's not a date!" "That's what they all say. Haha! Anyway, ring the bell when you're ready to order." As I look through the menu, I say: "When will they be here? What class of ship? Numbers?" "Two and a half rotations. Freighter and about four starfighters. Thirty I believe, give or take." "Do you know how to use that blaster well? What other skills do you have?" With a look of confusion she says: "I'm a gunslinger. I can shoot it fast and accurately. I'm good at hacking and I'm good with explosives. Why?" I say "My payment. I want you to join my crew. What better way to protect you then if we're always together?" "I don't need you to protect me Grozchal!" I retort: "Aren't you hiring me to protect you?" She's visibly embarrassed. I just wanted to see what she would say. I'm actually offering my help. She says: "Fine… I can't turn down protection like that. How much do I pay you?"

"You pay me? You'll be working for me. I'll be paying you. Anyway, are you ready to order? Go ahead and get what you want." I ring the bell. The bartender comes out. "And what can I get the two lovebirds?" "I'll have a big bitchin chicken sandwich, with a blue cheese burger with no tomato, three baskets of bitchin fries, one seasoned, as well as a large lemonade and whiskey." Meris orders: "I'll have a spicy bitchin chicken sandwich and salad with a cherry spice." "Of course! Right away. I'll need to call Bessie up here to take orders. She's my bartender droid. I estimate about forty five minutes, for the food, I'll have her get your drinks right away."

We eat our food, and with a tip it costs exactly 100 credits. Nice. I say: "is there a hotel on this station? I would like to sleep, it's been a long day. "There is." "Good. I'll get myself a room, wake me up if something happens." "Well… what if I want you to join me in my room?... better to protect me if we're together right?" I say "good thinking! Plus it's a good way to get to know each other." She whispers: "exactly what I was thinking." I act like I don't hear her. We get to the hotel, she signs in and says: "it's this way." I follow her, room 69. We walk in, and I see a recliner. I go to sit in said recliner.

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Starkiller Saga

44 BBY Chapter one part two

A Titan Felled

It takes me two hours to reach the hunters, the baron gave me a hover cart to carry the head back with. I see them next to a cave mouth, I wave at them, and they see me. I get to the opposite side of the cave mouth, hopefully they understand sign language. More quiet that way. I sign: "What's the situation?" They pull one from the back and she signs: "The baron said you needed the head? That's fine if we get the rest." I sign back: "agreed" I continue with: "does anyone have remote charges?" One hunter raises his hand. I sign: "good, go get some herbivore or something, and when you get back, cut open its belly and stick a remote charge in there. You'll press the button to make it explode and we can all go home." They all give a thumbs up, the woman I was signing with points at another man and he goes off. He returns an hour later and places it on an x I drew in the dirt. He cuts it open, places a detonator inside of its belly, and we wait.

It's not long before the Rancor stirs in its sleep and wakes up to the smell of blood. Hungry, it walks out and walks towards the deer. It picks it up, puts it in its mouth, and before the Rancor can swallow the hunter detonates it. They cheer and congratulate each other. I draw my sword instead. I annoyingly say: "How're you supposed to kill a Rancor without the bomb in its stomach?!" I speak from experience. I've watched so many holovids of my mother and/or father killing Rancors. They were like tutorials for me and my brother. I miss them all so much… the hunters go from happy and cheering to terrified. Two of the five hunters don't duck in time and get squished into the rock. The other three start shooting. I go in and I slice the Achilles tendon. It falls on one knee, I roll out of the way of the Rancor's fist. No amount of Beskar would have saved me from that giant fist. When I come out of the roll, I slice the back of its knee. It's now on its hands and knees. I jump up and run up its back. I slice at its neck three times. It falls off, next to the cart. Convenient. The other three hunters help pick up the head and put it on the cart. The leader of the Hunters says: "Thank you Mando! We wouldn't have survived if not for you. What's your name?"

"Grozchal Starkiller." And I take my leave. It takes four hours to get back to the Baron. The gates open. I'm told to leave the head here where I am. I'm then escorted to the hangar and the Baron meets me halfway. "This ship has been in my family for fourteen generations. I've taken the liberty of putting the armor you left in the cockpit for you. Trust me, it's there. If it's not, feel free to search my estate. Anyway, you have a month of rations and enough fuel to get you to the next system. The previous Barons, who are all in my family, have modified it here and there. I like guns and whatnot. Speaking of guns, I gave the gunner seats quad lasers instead of dual. The anti personnel cannon can swap between regular lasers and ion lasers. Ah! Finally, we're here." A hanger door opens up to reveal a… no way… it's a Dynamic Class Freighter! That's my favorite ship. Hehe… lucky…

"I hope it's to your liking." I play it cool and reply: "it'll have to do. Thank you Baron." I walk up the loading ramp. I close it, and as it closes all the way, I jump with joy. My favorite ship? I must be the luckiest Manda-fucking-lorian in history! I calm myself. I tap out of the force. I haven't been tapped in for that long since I was a baby. I was so on edge I forgot. Anyway, my stuff better be in the cockpit. I know the layout of this ship. I've seen holovids of it so many times. Me and Bendak talked about finding one and traveling the galaxy on it… anyway I found them in the cockpit like the Baron said I would, in a bag apparently. I sit in the cockpit, I power on the engines, and I put this awful place behind me. I get to my destination rather quickly. Strange… and the engines aren't responding… Great. I'm out of fuel. He DID say I had enough fuel to get to the next system. What a funny guy.

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Starkiller Saga

49 BBY Prologue chapter four part two

Battle over Korriban

My father died heroically, saving many true Mandalorians. He also took out five of those death watch bastards with him. I just wish I was there! If I was old enough… maybe he wouldn't have- my thoughts get interrupted by the Intercom: "we have thirty minutes till we arrive at the Korriban system. You all better be ready." Bendak and I were playing and singing Rage of the Shadow Warriors, as we always do before a battle. "Grozchal, are you ready?" "As ready as I'll ever be Bendak. I'll cover you while you're in that Starfighter." I say. Bendak replies, "Make sure you give them Hel little brother. I'm gonna go now, you should too." Many foundlings are given a chance to prove themselves by firing turbo lasers and helping in the battle. Mine is… A-D. I'm heading there now. I'm walking slightly fast, it might be a Corvette, but I want to get there on time. Exactly thirty minutes later, we come out of hyperspace.

"Shit!" I yell. The Death Watch's ship is right in front of us! They begin firing immediately, as do we. Both sides launch fighters and the battle commences. It's a good hour and Jango Fett orders everyone to focus fire on the Death Watch Corvette. I keep hearing something… like it's on the edge of hearing. Then I hear it perfectly: "Cover the bridge! Now!" I've got a bad feeling about this. I turn to the bridge and there's a Death Watch fighter trying to kamikaze the bridge! I immediately start firing on the fighter! One, two, three shots. It explodes into space dust. This Is my fifth one. "Whew. That was a close one!" I say. I hear Jango over the intercom: "Death Watch has jumped to hyperspace. Turbo Lazer A-D, Give me your name." He says. I say, "Grozchal Starkiller sir." He replies. "Really? You hear that boys? Another heroic Starkiller. Somebody give this boy a right of passage. He deserves it"

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Starkiller Saga

54 BBY Prologue chapter three

You killed my mother! You bastards!

The three of us roar in unison: "You just killed her! You bastards!" We arrive at the scene where eight Death Watch jumped my mother. She was able to kill two, we'll be killing the rest. Father is running full sprint to catch them. As are we, but his blood rage is active. And Wookiee's run faster anyway, we begin firing and father lands a headshot, having both helmet and head fly clean off. One tries to fly away with his jetpack. But father is already upon them, he jumps up and grabs her by the leg and yanks her backs down. Slamming her into the ground, and making her jetpack explode which kills her.

Bendak is the second to get there and slits the throat of one that was about to shoot father. He then uses him as a shield and blocks the blaster fire, shooting a whistling bird at him, killing him instantly. I run towards one of the last two Death Watch members: "Fine! I'll just kill your foundling then!" As I hear the ripping and tearing of flesh and screams to my right, I can only assume my father is disarming his opponent. I then use my Wookiee magic to pull his blasters out of his hands and into mine. "Westar 45s. Nice" I say. "What the fu-" he's interrupted by my father beating him to death with his friends arms.

After all is said and done, we just stand there. Winded. Father begins to cry. Then me, followed by Bendak. After five minutes I speak up: *sniffle* "Can I have her gauntlets?" I ask. Father says: "Yes Grozchal, I'll reforge them so they'll fit you when you're older. Would you like anything else?" *sniffle* "Her… vibro dagger?" I ask. "Of course, son." Father says "Take what you want Bendak and meet us back at the ship. We have things we need to do. The Death Watch won't be terrorizing the galaxy for much longer." Father grabs her hand plates and her gauntlets, he starts moving and I follow behind him.

We arrive at the ship, and 3C-FD greets us like normal. "Welcome back master Karrstag and young master Grozchal! I've- Is… everything alright? I can tell by your body language that… something is amiss. Has something happened?" We both stay silent, then Bendak comes in and says: "we lost someone very important today. Let's leave it at that 3C." He says with pain in his voice. 3C-FD replies: "Oh my goodness! I can't believe my audio receptors! I just can't!" *She begins sobbing* Father cuts in. "Coordinates set, everybody strap in. We're going to meet Jaster Mereel.

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Starkiller Saga

58 BBY Prologue Chapter Two

Teaching a Legend

It has been four years since I've adopted my son Grozchal into the mandalorians. Turns out he has special powers. I went back to my clan two years ago on Kashyyyk to see my Shaman for guidance, and hopefully training. It also turns out that he's a quick learner. I don't understand it myself, but I guess he's learned to "tap out of" or "tap in to" the force. It's a Wookiee technique used to conceal your force energy. And when she said "this is dangerous to learn", I got worried. But I knew my boy could handle it. I also taught him how to use a sword and a blaster. He's especially interested in swords for some reason. What kind of father would I be if I didn't teach my son to do the things he wants to do? He's really good at both already. There was something scary that happened. But I don't want to think about tha-

My thoughts are interrupted by our protocol droid 3C-FD: "Sir your wife is calling! Shall I put her through?" "Yes 3C. Thank you." I replied. She's a bit early. A holographic screen appears out the dashboard. I see my oldest son Bendak, but not my wife. "Hello son, where's your mother?" I ask. "She's in the bathroom I think?" He says that while looking behind him. He looks back and sees Grozchal. "Who's that father?" Looking a little excited. I lean towards Grozchal and I whisper: "Watch this. I'm about to make your mother appear out of thin air." I continue at a normal volume: "he's a foundling. Your little brother."

He makes the best surprised face and yells: *I have a little brother?!" Sure enough, my wife Storms in. "What's this about a little brother Bendak?" He points to the screen. *She sighs* "You were supposed to wait until I was done cooking Bendak. But I understand that you miss your father." She looks to Grozchal. "Aww, why don't you take your helmet off and show me you cute little face huh?" He looks at his feet and starts swinging them under the copilot seat. "It's ok Buddy. You don't have to." I pat the top of his helmet to reassure him. "Why don't you tell them your name?" He looks up and he says: "Groz… Chal…" then he looks back down. "Awwww, such a… wait! Does that translate to burning shadow?!* She asks angrily. "Y-yes?" I nervously reply. "Karrstag, you're telling me why that's his name!" "Of course… but we're at the edge of the system, we have coordinates locked for Dantooine. We should get going so we can get there faster… hehe… see you at the picnic… love you guys." "Don't forget Karrstag!" She says quickly. "Trust me my love, I've been waiting to tell this story for four years." I say.

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62 BBY The Starkiller saga

Prologue Chapter One

A Legend Found

I've finally arrived at Onderon, though I won't be docking in the city of Iziz. The jungle is similar, in a way to my homeworld of Kashyyyk. One of my contacts said he's lost contact with a beast rider tribe. Don't know why he cares. All I know is I'm going to be 1,000 credits richer.

Before I get there, I get a faint smell of smoke and burning flesh. "I've got a bad feeling about this…" I draw my bowcaster. I pick up the pace a bit while crouching slightly. As I close in, I see a gruesome sight. Everyone is dead, either hung up, gutted, burned alive or beheaded. I roar. "Damn it!"

"Was that a Wookiee?" I hear to my left, I aim my bowcaster. And a Trandoshian speaks up: "That would get us a hefty set of credits on the black market." I hear footsteps closing in as the trandoshian speaks up: "Try not to mess the pelt up too much!" He makes a hearty laugh.

I see two Trandoshians, one has a slug shotgun, the other with a vibro dagger. I Immediately turn to shoot the slug wielder, he gets thrown backwards, and hits a tree. The other charges at me, I just stare at him in confusion... Why charge at me like this? When he gets close I thrust my bowcaster into his gut. I continue with the momentum and aim at the sky, I fire my bowcaster and he goes flying in the air. Heh, I love it when that happens. I begin to hear a baby crying.

I hear the third Trandoshian say: "Damn those two! They were useless anyway! If I can't open this thing, I'll just take it with me." As he says this he begins to run. I roar: "Get back here you dumb lizard!" I holster my bowcaster, and I launch my grappling hook. Good thing I listened to my wife's advice. I wouldn't have had this a month ago.

I move over to the Trandoshian who is begging for his life, like he's done nothing wrong. I see blood on his hands, still wet from the murders he and his fellows committed. I draw my bowcaster "I don't care for a coward's pitiful pleas for mercy." I shoot him as I say this. I walk over to the cradle and as I do, the baby stops crying and it opens. I'm surprised at this. Because the Trandoshians couldn't even open it, yet it opens as soon as I approach it. I walk closer to see a baby human. Surprised there. I open a comm with my contact and immediately he says: "So Karrstag? What's the situation?" I tell him: "Everyone is dead. It's gruesome. The buildings are burning and the Trandoshians who did this are dead." He pauses for a moment and sighs. "That's terrible. Are you sure there are no survivors?" He asks. "No." I replied. "I'll take my payment now." He quickly replies with: "Of course. 1,000 credits as promised. Plus 500 extra for taking care of the ones who did this." He says. "Good. I'll take my leave then" I end comms with him before I walk closer to the cradle. I notice that the child has been staring at me in silence this entire time. I put my finger out for the child to grab. And it does, I pick it up out of the cradle. He's blonde and has the brightest blue eyes. "Hmm… he needs a name." I look at his former home. Groz… Chal… in my tongue it translates to burning shadow. Grozchal. For the burning shadow of his former home that I found him in. I put him in his cradle. And we put this place behind us. We board my ship and we leave.