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Starkiller Saga

Prologue chapter four part three

44 BBY The Battle of Galidraan

It's been five years since my right of passage. I've been gifted with a lot of Beskar for my efforts during the battle of Korriban. My helmet, my right shoulder, and my entire abdomen. I also have my mother's gauntlets and knuckle plates that I painted red. My armor's accessories include a stun blaster in the left forearm, as well as a grappling hook that I can repel up and down in the same arm. I even have a hidden compartment that has my mother's life savings. I have no idea how music on there, I don't think it's a good idea to look will these people around. A flamethrower in the right forearm and a hidden blade in both hand plates. My helmet has a range finder, and night vision, colored green, black, and some red. My chest and back are also green and black. I have a dark red Kama and a utility belt. I have those westar 45s I took from that Death Watch bastard that killed my mother. I painted one black with a gold Mythosaur skull on both sides, I named it Justice. And I painted the other one gold with a black Mythosaur skull on both sides, I named it Vengeance.

I never did find out who was talking to me at the Korriban system. Was I going crazy?... Or is it something else? We're on the way to Galidraan, and it's my 18th birthday. My brother said he had a surprise for me, and that he was going to get it now. Speaking of which, he's here. "Hey." I said. "What's behind your back?" He replies: "it's something father made." I then say: "How? Was it from befo-" He cuts me off, saying: "Yes, he forged it while we were on Dantooine. Saying that you were good with a sword." He hands me the long box, and I open it. It's a curved sword that looks like those toy swords I used to play with.

"It's an ancient type of sword that the Wookiee Shaman told father about. He carved you wooden toys so you could practice while you were young." The intercom powers on: "We are thirty minutes away from Galidraan. Make sure you're ready." "Hear that brother? You have thirty minutes to practice." I fasten it to the left of my belt, right above Vengeance. I nod at Bendak, and I run to the hangar which also has the training area. I hear my brother say behind me: "I'll join you in a few minutes!" I get there and I don't hesitate to start training. I'm not paying attention to the time and the ship exits hyperspace. I turn around and Bendak gives me two thumbs up, then we jump in the shuttles.

We dealt with the rebels, and Jango went to the governor's office and to talk about payment I believe? Anyway, I say to my brother: "Wasn't that a bit too easy?" He goes: "You're right, I've got a bad feeling about this." Just as he says this, Jedi of all things show up. They start accusing us of killing innocent women and children, as well as politicians. A woman speaks up and says: "If you resist arrest we will be forced to kill you." Fighting breaks out, me and Bendak are back to back, moving around as we need to. We separate a few feet, I hear a lightsaber cut something, I get a chill down my spine, I turn 180° and I see… no… it can't be! It's Bendak! Decapitated! I calm myself. I could get very angry and kill as many Jedi as I can and die myself… But my discipline kicks in. I take a sharp intake of breath through my nose… I holster Justice, and I duck under the horizontal strike from the Amethyst blade. Then I holster Vengeance and stand up and side step the vertical upward strike. They prepare an overhead strike. Too bad I already know where it's going. I grab their hand and I headbutt the Jedi. Yes! They let go of the saber! I then try to stab them in the chest… but before it connects I go flying to my right… what? A cliff? So I'm to die anyway… hopefully the hundred or so True Mandalorians can finish things… and go home… me? I'm dead.

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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 two part four

The silent type

As I enter the hideout, I tap into the force and I start sensing around for life forms. A trick I learned from the Wookiee shaman. I feel about nineteen life forms. I know exactly where they are, I'll do this silently. I then go down the corridor, and to my left should be someone, I was right, his back is to me, good. I grab him with my Duraplast arm and I snap his neck. Eighteen to go. Someone is coming down the corridor. I get behind the wall waiting for him to get closer, he says "where Is winta? She's not at her post… oh well. Guess I'll steal some of her food from the lounge. Hehehe…" I look at the door in front of me and it says "lounge", good. He'll come to me. I ready my vibro knuckle and he turns the corner and I stab him in the neck. His body goes limp, I catch him and pull him into the lounge as well as the other guy. Seventeen. I continue down the corridor, and the two at the end must be going to the lounge, because they're walking this way. I hide behind a locker and they walk right past me. I check to make sure nobody else is coming. Good, this'll be easy. I walk silently behind them, I tap their shoulders, they gasp in surprise and before they can do anything else I put both my vibro knuckle daggers in their throats. I shove them into the locker and I continue on. Fifteen.

I'm surprised that there aren't any cameras. Shit! Spoke too soon. It hasn't seen me yet. I need to take care of the communications room next. If only I had a port to plug into… no? Nothing? Damn. It works for the camera but not the port? Whatever. Then I see it… under the camera… It looks like I won't be seen by it if I time it right. Now! I silently move under the camera. There's a crate to hide behind as I jack into the port. First, I'll make this camera play on a loop, then I'll download the layout of this building. Loop is done aaaand, got the layout. Hm. Communication room isn't that far. Hehe… good thing I added a jack to my arm. Came in handy today. I have no resistance to the communication room. Strange. I get in the communication room and… that's not good. I see repeat recordings of me killing a number of their people. I sense them coming and I hide in the locker. Four men walk in, then a woman does next. She says: "Find the Mandalorian! He's killed so many of our people! If we can't kill him, we know where his ship is! We'll kill that Wookiee first, then the rest of his crew, save for the purple one. Even after we have our fun, she'll catch a high price for that unique color. Haha" I've never been so angry in my life! First she threatens my crew? Then threatens to rape and sell my girlfriend? I'll show these fools why it's not smart to piss off a Mandalorian!

I bust out of the locker with the force, sending shrapnel in all directions. I walk out and say nothing as I stare the boss in the face. As the other four raise there blasters, I pull them out of there hands and I begin to choke and levitate them. At the same time still looking at her dead in the face. "Where are your other ten crew members?" I know where they are. Just want to see if fear is going to make her tell the truth. She says "in the garage! Preparing to head to your ship!" I say "thank you." I crush their necks and I say "Mandalorians have a long memory, and a short fuse." Then I shoot her in the face. Ten. I run to the garage, and I see ten speeder bikes, and one swoop bike. Nice, I'll be taking that once I'm done slaughtering these fools. I take out Vengeance and Justice, I shoot a gunner that's on a cat walk and one who's working on a speeder. Eight. One is running towards me with a trandosian slug shotgun. Where have I heard something similar like that? Anyway I shoot him in the head. I've always wanted a slug thrower. I'll be back for that. Seven. There's two behind a crate with a fuel canister next to it. I shoot the canister and it blows up. Five? No. Four. Another person got caught in the blast. The other four jump on their bikes and try to flee. "It would have been better if you hid!" As the garage door opens, I pull them off the speeder bikes and I holster Vengeance and Justice and pull out my sword. They're scrambling to get up and before they can get up I already have two decapitated. Two. One actually gets a shot off but it bounces off my Beskar chest piece. I cut his belly and I slit the throat of the last one. Zero. I wipe the blood off with the clothes of the last person I killed. I grab the slug shotgun and all it's ammo and I hop on the swoop bike, damn the keys… are in the ignition? Dumbasses. I tap out and I head back to Karrstag. It has a big seat. Could hold two or one Wookiee. I land the swoop and Karrstag says "What's with all the blood?" I look down and see I am absolutely covered in it. I don't say anything because I'm still kinda pissed. Don't feel like repeating it right now. I open the door. There are people gathering around. The foreman says "Damn, that is one bloody Mandalorian. Did you go swimming in that stuff?" I say, "we're done here. Those thugs have been taken care of. All of them. Tell Gungan Cargo I said so." He says "Y-yes r-right away! What was your name again?" I tell him "Grozchal Starkiller." "Right away Mr Starkiller!" We hop on my swoop bike and we head to the landing pad.

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Starkiller Saga

44 BBY Chapter three part three

The first job

We leave the Raven and we walk up to Bar Lar and I say. "Hey Bar Lar, one more thing and we'll be ready. A Wookiee bowcaster. Would you happen to know where we could find one?" He replies with "There's a store we own down the street that should have what you're looking for." I thank him and we walk down the street to the store. We looked for a bowcaster and there's three of them. All in good condition. "I'll take the Wookiee bowcaster in the middle please." The droid says "1,000 credits please." I pull my credit chit out and I pay. Luckily it comes with a holster.

We walk over to the landing pad and Bar Lar is already walking towards us with a data pad. He says as he hands me the data pad "it's a bodyguarding job. You have to protect some workers trying to rebuild a residential area. Here's the rest of the information." I walk up the loading ramp and I walk over to Meris. I ask her "would you like to join me and Karrstag in a bodyguarding mission?" She replies "no. I think I'll stay here." She hands the data pad back to me. "Alright, I'll be back tonight." "You'll get something good if you do." She winks. I walk away and we go to the residential area. We meet the foreman and he says "Ah! Gungan Cargo must've sent you! I'm the foreman. I think we'll be well protected with a Wookiee AND a Mandalorian." I say "Of course, you can count on us. As long as you and your workers stay in there you will be fine." "Trust me. We will. It's basically a hallway with a bunch of doors lined up. If you're anything like Kalolus Torka, I know my men will be fine." I ask "Who's Kalolus Torka?" You mean you've never heard of him? And here I thought all Mandalorians knew each other." "Well we don't. Don't all Rodians know each other?" I retort. He scowls and says "Point taken."

It's been a week since we started this job, and it's been very quiet. You'd figure a few gangsters would've shown up by now. Karrstag turns to me and says "can we get something to eat when we get back to the Raven? I'm starving." Before I can answer, twelve gangsters: 6 Humans, three Zabraks, two Gamorreans and a Twilek. One of the Zabraks say "holy shit! It's Kalolus Torka! I thought he left nine days ago?" The human in charge says "No you dumbass. This one has different weapons and armor. It's not him." Karrstag already had his bowcaster out, eager to test it out. He shoots a Zabrak dead in the chest and ducks into cover. I have my sword drawn and slice open the belly of the Gamorrean that approaches me with his axe overhead. His guts spill all over the floor. I point at the leader and say "kill everyone but him!" "Right." says Karrstag. I run at the other Gamorrean and decapitate him then I slice open the Twilek's stomach and I start getting shot at. But Karrstag turns to shoot the humans doing it and kills one as they run for cover. I swipe with my sword to get the blood off like my father taught me to do, I put it in its sheath and I draw Vengeance and Justice and I start shooting back. The Zebraks are on our right, and the humans to our left. I shoot the first human to poke her head up and I get a headshot on her. As they keep losing fighters I can tell they're getting antsy. And Karstaag just killed the Zabraks with an explosion. Turns out his bowcaster had a hidden feature. I see the humans trying to run. I shoot them one, two, three and the fourth one gets my grappling hook around his ankles. He tried to shoot me but it bounced off my Beskar helmet. I look all around, there's nobody around here. I tell Karrstag "watch this vod." I tap into the force, and I subtly make it look like he throws his blaster. I tap out of the force. I point my blaster at him and say "Take me to your hideout. You should stay here vod. Just in case any more thugs showing up. If any of our crew contact you, tell them I went comm silent." He nods.

We get into a two person speeder. I have Justice drawn and in my lap. I say "Try anything and you're dead. If the door person asks why I'm here. Say I helped you kill the Wookiee that killed the rest of your fighters and I want to join. If you say anything else you're dead. Do you understand?" "Yes!" He said quickly. We get to the hideout we land next to the door. We get out and I have Justice pressed against his back. We walk up to the door, and a small window in the door opens up, the woman says "Boran? Where's the rest of your guys? And who's the Mando?" Boran says "He helped me kill the Wookiee that killed the rest of our men. He wants to join us." "Come on in then Mando, let me get the door for you guys!" I walk in behind Boran, then I shoot the door girl, then Boran.

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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 four

A Fight to Protect

I wake up to the sound of sizzling. Is she cooking? I notice that my crotch is still wet, as well as my chest. How long was she down there? I follow the noise and I see that big purple- no, I need to focus. She turns to me and says, "Good morning handsome. Wish we had time to have a bit of post breakfast fun. But we need to get ready soon. I'm not hungry, but you can eat. I'll eat something later." "Nonsense" I say. "Wait a minute and you'll be hungry." I begin gathering ingredients. A pan, two eggs, salt, pepper and some bacon bits. As the pan heats up, I eat the egg she made. "This is good, thank you." I finish it quickly, and start cooking. Five minutes go by and I bring her an egg sandwich she'll never forget. "No way! Damn! You better win dude. I need a man that can cook." I take my gear into the bathroom. She says: "Do you need any help?" "No thank you. I got it covered." I say as I immediately close the door. I use the force to put everything on. I leave my belt unbuckled and as I leave the bathroom I buckle it. I see the most glorious sight, two purple moons before they get put away- damn it! Not again. "Done already, or trying to get a sneak peek?" She turns around with a smirk, then a frown: "I was joking… have you seen my shirt?" "I uh… oh… it's under my shoulder plate." I take my shoulder plate off, the shirt falls to the floor. I pick it up and hand it to her. She goes: "thanks. Wait. Have you touched my boobs yet?" I nod no. "You wanna?" I reply: "Are you sure?" She nods. I look at my left hand, then my right… "Can I use this one? It has feeling in it." She replies: "Not too hard." I go to grab her left boob and I gently squeeze. "A little cold. Not too bad." She says.

She puts her shirt on and she grabs her blaster. Before we can leave the room, an explosion rumbles through the entire station. We nod and we run to the Crimson Raven. "Does this station have no defenses?!" "You ask me like I'd know the answer!" I see it through the hangar window! A CR-70 and six starfighters! "This will be a little more difficult." "Oh. Getting cold feet, Grozzy?" "No. Just stating that a Corvette and six fighters will be more difficult to take down than a Freighter and four fighters." I tap into the force as we get to the hangar and Meris pulls out her credit chit. The Rodian from before says "Don't worry about that! Take me with you!" We look at each other and shrug. She pushes the remote control to open the loading ramp. "This is yours Captain!" She hands it to me. And we board the Raven. "Meris! To the top gun! Uh…" "Redah!" "To the cockpit with me! On the anti personnel cannon and switch it to ion!" I power on the engines and I get us into space. Before we get out of the hangar, Meris says over the intercom: "I'm here, I'll fire on whoever I can." "What do I do captain?" Redah speaks up. I tell her, "fire the ion rounds into their shield. And make sure the shield is holding up. Especially around the top gun." "You like her, don't you captain?" "Focus Redah. We can talk later." "Aye aye captain!"

The space battle begins as Meris and a starfighter trade blaster shots. Luckily, the starfighter blows up. And we don't. "Captain, their shield is weakening." Redah says. "Good, let me test out these canons the good Baron was so proud of!" I squeeze the triggers and… nothing?! What the fuck?! Before I can say anything, it fires with a loud DOOM DOOM! Two big green bolts fire towards the Corvette. Before they hit the shield, it fails and it hits the hull! "Good work Redah!" "That was only due to your quick thinking and outstanding orders, captain!" Meris turns on the intercom "Meris here. Got three fighters left! How're the shields?" Redah replies: "Wait. 95%? It was at 92% before we got hit! How is that possible? 96%?!" "We'll deal with that later. We have a space battle to win!" I fly back around to shoot them with the Ravens cannons. It seems I have to hold it for three seconds before it will fire. I fire it again. All the while Redah keeps shooting it with the ion gun. Not doing much damage, but keeping the shields down and messing with systems. It hits, and it looks to be in terrible shape. One more should do it! It looks to have a five second cool down. No matter. "How's it going up there Meris? Meris?" She appears behind me and says: "Starfighters are done for. When you blow those fuckers up you'll kiss me right?" "Uh… why?" I say confused. "Because you're going to be my boyfriend after- DOOM DOOM! "dank ferrik that's louder down here!" I get up without looking at the trajectory of the lasers. "Redah. Can you fly us back?" "Yes captain" I take my helmet off and hang it on the headrest of the pilot seat. I walk up to Meris. I lightly grab her chin with my index finger and my thumb. She has stars in her eyes. I go in for the kiss and as soon as our lips touch, the expected explosion lights up the cockpit. Timed. Perfectly. We're there for six seconds, then we separate our lips and she says: "I think that might have been the best kiss I've ever had." "Oh really? How about another?" I then pull her in for another kiss. This time she puts her arms on my shoulders and I put my arms around her waist. I couldn't keep track of the time we were there for. But it was amazing. Our kiss is interrupted by cheering. We look out the cockpit and we see Buggs, the receptionist from the hotel and a bunch of civilians and workers alike. I hear Buggs yell: "I knew it!" "We should go down there."

We leave the ship and an old human greets us. "Hello there. Thank you for stopping the destruction of my station. Please, accept my deepest gratitude, and this gift of 20,000 credits. I just wish that we knew who they were and why they were hel bent on killing us all." Meris looks sad. I know why. "I would like to know that as well." As I say this, Meris looks a little happier. Good. His secretary brings me a credit chit, and sure enough, 20,000 credits. Everyone around us is thankful too. Buggs states that any and all food if free for as long as I'm alive. The receptionist says room 69 will be reserved for me and Meris. The head mechanic says my fees for the work that was done yesterday are waived and he'll replenish my ammo and feel free of charge. As well as a freebie for anything needed done usable only once and a permanent 25% discount. Redah walks up to her boss and they walk away. I hope she's not in trouble. They come back and both of them show signs of… crying? She approaches me and sniffles. "Well captain. I'm ready to go if you guys are!" Shit! I forgot my helmet! Anyway, I thank everyone for their gifts. I bow to them, and then I turn around, and board the Crimson Raven locked arms with Meris. I sit in the pilot's seat and I power on the engines and we lift off and go Into space.

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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 two part one

A new face

*One and a half months later* I've been rationing my rations. Been doing well I think. I've had my distress beacon going this entire time. But this bucket of bolts only has fifty feet of range! You would see the damn ship with your eyes before you got my beacon. Well… no use getting worked up. Will only starve faster. I'm eating my last ration. My stomach roars like an angry Wookiee. Then I see it… or rather them. A regal looking Mandalorian woman atop a majestic golden basilisk war droid. I'm in awe. I've never seen one, let alone expected to! The Republic made the Mandalorians of the old Republic dismantle their basilisk war droids after the Mandalorian wars! She says: "I have a gift for you, Mando'adeika open loading ramp. I don't hesitate to do so. I close all the doors so I don't depressurize my ship. I go to the ramp and open pull the lever, lowering it. She pushes a box of rations, a case of fuel… and a credit chit? I bow to her "I'm very grateful to you… um… who are you?" She doesn't turn around and says: "if we meet again, I will tell you. If not, it doesn't matter." Then she jumps towards her basilisk, and says: "you are powerful in the force, careful to not let it consume you." She grabs onto her basilisk and points to a space station. "Your destiny lies there. If you hurry, you may find what you're looking for." Then she flies off.

I finish refueling, and I fly to the station. "What I'm looking for? What does she mean by that?" I'm being hailed by the station, and I press answer. "Unidentified ship, state your business or be on your way." I reply with: "I'm low on fuel and I may need some repairs and replenish my ships ammo." Some time passes before they say: "go to hanger 4-D, unidentified ship, you may want to name your ship while you're here. Other places won't suspect you're a pirate or smuggler." I dock with 4-D, and I get out. Before I can go anywhere else, a rodian in a jumpsuit with grease and tools around. She says: "Greetings Mando, let's get that docking fee out of the way, shall we?" I pull my credit chit out and hope that Mandalorian put enough on it… "five hundred credits and you're free to explore or whatever you want." It transfers to the mechanic. My new total is… 4,500? Damn. Thanks mystery Mando! I tell her, "Could you also paint my ship? With a black Mythosaur skull and red on the top of the ship and 80% red and 20% black on the bottom of the ship? And I would like to name it The Crimson Raven." "Right away Mando!" She says with a smile.

I walk away and I see three dudes harassing a purple twilek. I hear her whisper "help me" the big dude in the middle says: "nobody's gonna help you girl, not a single person has the balls to mess with us or-" his rant is interrupted by the sound of durasteel hitting the fork in between his legs. He falls and I say: "and you don't have any at all" and before the others can pull their blasters out of the holsters, I shoot them dead in the head. Then without looking, I shoot the big one on the floor. I holster both Vengeance and Justice, and I ask a very important question: "Are you alright?" The Twilek answers: "Yes, thank you… you should get out of here… their friends will be here soon." She says with a sad face, looking at the floor. I say: "Then it seems like you're not saved yet." She looks surprised and says: "Wait what?" "I said-" my stomach growls "can we talk over some food? I'm quite literally starving. Is there a restaurant on this station?" She says: "Yeah… follow me. And keep your eyes up! Not that I can see them" I reply with: "Of course, lead the way." We come to the restaurant, and the Twilek says: "I don't know what it says. But the food is good." "I look up and it's in huttese. "Bitchin Buggs' Bar." I say. "Really?" She looks confused. "Yeah. It's in huttese." She just shrugs her shoulders and we walk in.

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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

44 BBY Chapter one part one

New life, new arm

I land on my right arm and I have a sharp pain in the middle of my right bicep. I then start sliding down a slope and I roll and roll until I hit a tree with the force of a Rancor's punch in my right arm again. Then I fall off *another* cliff, but this time I won't fall again! I turn to my back as I fall, and launch my grappling hook. It connects! I slam into the cliff against my back. I lost feeling in my arm… please don't be… please don't be… I look down and my arm is completely severed. Fuck! I survived the fall only to die due to blood loss? DAMN IT! It's only being held together due to the fabric of my jumpsuit. Then it rips from the weight of my Beskar. I guess I'll go find it, might as well die with my stuff.

I repel down and a glint to my left catches my eye. It's that lightsaber! I move over… it looks like it works. I turn it on… I mute my audio output. I need to do this quick! No hesitation! *Shwoom* I scream so loud. Never have I screamed as loud as that. The lightsaber shudders then turns off. I look down at it, and it seems I crushed it when I cauterized my arm. At least I'll live, I put it under my Kama, I find my arm, then I head in the opposite direction of the battle. After five hours, I come across a walled little estate. Hopefully they don't hate Mandalorians. I see that some guards are staring at me. One is talking in a comlink, maybe his boss?

He waves at me and says: "Hey Mando! We need help with something!" I keep walking. Looks like my first job is here. They open the gates, and what looks like the captain greets me, and leads me up a bunch of stairs to the estate. I am led to a door down the hallway after we enter. "The baron is inside. Please be respectful." The captain says. He looks at my severed arm that I'm carrying, and he opens the door. "Thank you" I say. He just walks away in silence. "Hello there" I say. Without looking up he says "please close the door Mando we have business to discuss." I tell him: "Look at me and tell me how I'm supposed to do that." He looks annoyed and looks up, the look changes to surprise and he says: "What the fuck? Nobody told me you had a severed arm!" He says frantically: "Quickly! Follow me to the med bay!" We leave his office and I follow him to a med bay that's only a few doors down. How convenient. I sit on the med bed. There's already a doctor here. He uses a comlink to talk to a mechanic and he asks them to bring their gear. "So Mando, how did this happen?" He asks. "I'd rather not talk about it." I reply. "That's alright. I think durasteel for the "bone" and Duraplast armor would suffice, yes?" he asks. "That's fine. We can talk business here, right?"

"Of course. Productive I see." He grabs his datapad, then he goes: "We need you to kill a juvenile Rancor." "Rancors aren't native to this planet. Who's pet am I killing?" He looks annoyed, he says: "Some lesser noble trying to appease me by gifting me a Rancor. Sadly some brigands raided the convoy but they bit off more than they could chew, and the Rancor escaped and killed them all. It's made its den in our forest to the east." He continues: "We sent hunters to track it, they have a tracker so you can find them easily. About your payment-" I interrupt him with: "I don't want your credits. I want a way off this planet, I don't care what condition the ship is in, it just needs to be able to fly away and go through hyperspace. As well as a backpack to store my Beskar from my right arm." "Good." he replies. "I'll have it ready by the time you're done." I nod. The mechanic walks in, she gets to work and the doctor is patching me up. I'm to hunt the Rancor in two days.

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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

52 BBY Prologue chapter four part one

The Korda Six Ambush

I don't know what's going on down there.

Many True Mandalorians went down to the planet in Meteor class drop ships, my brother and father included. They are helping some fighters who are pinned down somewhere. I hope they'll be ok. What am I saying? Of course they'll be fine. It's been forty minutes since they left… I make my way to the mess hall to make myself something to eat. I don't think anyone will mind, right? 20 minutes go by, and people start walking into the mess hall. I hear somebody say: "Something smells good! I'm starving!" Another Mandalorian speaks up: "Did you see what that Wookiee did? He is such a badass!" The other replies "Yeah man, he's the only reason we got away." Hell yeah he's a badass, you're welcome, I think to myself. "It's a shame what happened to him" I drop the ladle I was holding on the floor and I weakly say: "What…?"

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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.