Requiem

[SotF]

"You know, Commander," Rex stated as the star destroyer entered hyperspace from Utapau, "I understand him now."

A pause as the other clone considered this, unsure what his subordinate was meaning.

"Some of us are different enough to learn this, it proves we're more than they planned for us," the captain stated, "More than they can handle."

"What do you mean?"

"After what just happened, it was a revelation about our brothers," the tone was almost mournful, "And I realized that only a few of us were anything but puppets."

He reacted in an instant as the clone commanders eyes widened, quickly kicking his superiors helm across the room.

"And you know something, while we were made for loyalty," anger flashed through his eyes as he drew his blaster, "I realize now that we can give it to who we want to, and the Republic, or rather this Empire that it's become, has proven that it betrays such loyalty in what we were ordered to do, what you ordered and did back there."

"Our orders came from the Chancillor himself!" the other protested.

"Orders aren't everything, General Skywalker proved that several times since I met him, and I betrayed what he showed me back there by not at least trying to stop it," he paused for a breath, "I won't do so again, even if I die because of it."

A flash as he fired the weapon point blank into the clone commanders head, directly between the eyes.

"Slick was right," he added as the man fell to the deckplates before him, "I won't live a slave, but my squad cannot abide by this insanity taking over the Republic."

A moments pause as he watched Cody breathe his last.

"And if I must betray our brothers to free the ones I can from the Empire," a moments sadness as he pulled his helmet into position upon his own head, "Then so be it."

He turned away, exiting the room and into the corridor, a half dozen clones waiting for him and recieved a nod.

"Fives, Echo," he ordered, "Your with me, we'll take the bridge with what we can."

"Denal, take the rest and," he added, signaling the remaining troopers, "Vent the atmosphere from the environmental controls."

"Those of our Brothers who are with us are in position elsewhere, the ship will be ours," he stated with a tone as calm as he could manage, "And may the force be with us."

Heading off, he breathed a silent prayer, hopefully there would be enough of his brothers who could be free of this madness enveloping the GAR to help him rescue Ahsoka before those loyal to the Empire could get to her.

 

[Prince Charon]

Interesting. Very much so.

More soon, please.

 

[SotF]

I'm not really sure where I could go with this.

The image of Rex hijacking himself a Star Destroyer and going rogue with those he views as loyal would be fun for a setup, and as it is this is one that could be canon or not already as we have no idea the fates for Ahsoka or Rex, or even Cody and the rest of the named Clones.

 

[Reader458]

I like it. I would also like more.

Hmm, also made me think about a story that had Vader (minus suit) being a clone while Anakin had not been turned to the dark side but fled with Padme. (Goes of to read.)

 

[Prince Charon]

I like it. I would also like more.

Hmm, also made me think about a story that had Vader (minus suit) being a clone while Anakin had not been turned to the dark side but fled with Padme. (Goes of to read.)

Link?

 

[Reader458]

:hmm: I can't find it. I't s not on any of the authors saved in my favourites. Hmmm. I have a vague memory of one of the authors I had there deleting the stories and vanishing. Maybe that was one of theirs. Pity 'cause I liked it.

 

[tahu1809]

:hmm: I can't find it. I't s not on any of the authors saved in my favourites. Hmmm. I have a vague memory of one of the authors I had there deleting the stories and vanishing. Maybe that was one of theirs. Pity 'cause I liked it.

It in ideas. Not sher ware thou.

 

[Reader458]

:hmm:? I can't find it. I't s not on any of the authors saved in my favourites. Hmmm. I have a vague memory of one of the authors I had there deleting the stories and vanishing. Maybe that was one of theirs. Pity 'cause I liked it.

It in ideas. Not sher ware thou.

:jawdrop: Here? *Scrambles to search*

 

[Reader458]

:hail: tahu1809 :yay: Thank you!

It was here. In This thread by Drakensis.

 

[tahu1809]

:sweat: No problem. Now give me a cookie and no one gets hurt. :evil2:

 

[DhampyrX2]

Makes me think of Vader tracking Rex down only to tell him where Ahsoka has been stashed and ordering him to protect her.

EDIT: I remember a fic where they found the real Anakin in stasis on Coruscant after the OT and discovered that Vadre as an Anakin clone because the real Anakin refused to turn during the fight between Palpatine and Mace. Or the stasis Anakin might have been the clone they seemed to be building toward finding out before the fic was abandonded. Too bad I lost the link for it.

 

[Deathsheadx]

Makes me think of Vader tracking Rex down only to tell him where Ahsoka has been stashed and ordering him to protect her.

EDIT: I remember a fic where they found the real Anakin in stasis on Coruscant after the OT and discovered that Vadre as an Anakin clone because the real Anakin refused to turn during the fight between Palpatine and Mace.? Or the stasis Anakin might have been the clone they seemed to be building toward finding out before the fic was abandonded.? Too bad I lost the link for it.

DAMMMMMMMNIT. :headbanger:




i want to read that story

 

[SotF]

Note: This is the same universe, but at least a year later after Rex has managed to start gathering the jango clones that left the Empire for various reasons, not to mention those who rebelled because of Order 66 and earlier. He knows a lot of what happened, but wants to know the rest and more importantly the why of it.

xXx

Rex hated Geonosians due to the deaths of his brothers their clankers caused during the war, but his true brothers had been gathering in secret under the banner he was providing while concealing it from the Empire and the bugs weren't his enemy anymore.

No, his enemy was the twisted remnant of what he once served with honor.

But the Empire had lost what honor the Republic held dear, and any enemy of the Empire was a possible ally.

Besides, they needed the help.

The lone Victory-class Star Destroyer that was the centerpiece of the small fleet he was gathering, mainly formed of Acclamator-class and a pair of Venators and a mix of corvettes and smaller craft, was already waiting for a restocking when they took it after Utapau. Of course, with the source of most of those ships being those the Empire had abandoned for newer ships left them all a little worse for the wear and needing some repairs.

He had ordered the fleet to Mustafar in order to find out what happened to Skywalker after finding Ahsoka left for dead, and well, nearly actually being dead, he had begun looking for the remaining Jedi he had served under and he was officially listed as murdered there by the Confederate leadership while acting as bodyguard for Padme Amidala who was to engage in peace talks of some sort.

Whatever had happened before that was apparently highly classified, and he couldn't figure out why.

Commander Gizor Dellso, the self proclaimed last-commander of the confederacy, was already on the planet, and he had little in the way of the manpower needed for what he wanted while Rex needed the technology the geonosian had and the materials for repairs, not to mention what information he could find on the platforms records.

"Denal," Fiver yelled from across the landing platform, "General Skywalker was here, his fighter is still on a landing pad on the other side of the facility."

He nodded in response as his mind whirled.

If the senator was here, then why the hell would Skywalker have used his fighter.

"Call the ship, have them send a pilot down to retrieve it," Rex ordered before turning to face the Slicer, "Is Artoo in his slot?"

"No sir."

He nodded, "Make sure to look for the astromech or his remains, he may have been a droid, but he was one of ours."

"Yes sir."

He turned back to face the bug.

"Commander, then we'll do this, you help us repair our ships and we'll help you get his hunk of junk back online."

 

[SotF]

Note: This is set shortly after the first one.

xXx

The shuttle dropped low, the black paint visible along the hull of the Lambda class as it surveyed the landscape below.

Ryloth was bringing back memories as he glanced over at the similarly painted duo of ARC-170's in escort positions on either side as the shuttle skimmed the cliffs as they surveyed the landscape of the band of habitable space between the fire and ice of the sides of the planet.

It had taken three days to reach planet, leaving their Star Destroyer, now named the Twilight after a smaller craft that remained in his memories, hidden out of the system and taking a smugglers route in to search for Ahsoka Tano.

He remembered the orders that had sent her there to recover while Anakin was sent to Nelvaan with Obi-Wan, Torrent being assigned to remain on Coruscant and ending up in the battle there.

The Togruta had nearly been killed shortly before that, and had apparently recovered with plans to be picked up by Open Circle on its way back to Coruscant from Utapau.

He'd managed to get his hands upon the records covertly while the ships codes still worked with the holonet, technically they still could access it, but the more they used it, the greater the risk of the Empire believing that the Twilight wasn't destroyed as it was currently believed.

Tano was declaired dead, a supposed traitor to the Empire, but there had been no proof given as the squad sent after her while she wandered around the exterior of the city hadn't remained to check with their armor not designed for the local environment, only a group of shineys who were taking on an unarmed and injured Jedi.

Cowards and betrayers.

"Sir," he heard the voice of Slammer from one of the fighters in escort, "My astromech has found one lifesign nearby, its weak, but it's in the right place for where she was reported as being downed."

"Understood," he responded, flipping the switch to raise the wings into landing position and moving to settle in.

He turned as the craft touched down and the hatch began to open.

"Bring her in," he ordered the others with him.

He signaled the second group waiting there, one of the commando pods picked up, "Thetas, you have your orders."

"Yes sir," they responded, the black armored figures exiting beside the medical team he'd brought.

He hated being forced to give the order, but those responsible for his friends injuries or death would have to pay.

And betrayers were no longer among those called brother.

The added benefit of being able to acquire the new armor design the Empire had handed out for their own insertions would let them rescue the brothers imprisoned by the Empire.

 

[DhampyrX2]

I can really see the possibility for a plausible early redemption for Anakin here. For good or ill he's always been defined and controlled by his heart. His caring for Padme and Palpatine's manipulations turned him. His caring for Ahsoka, Rex, and the rest of the original 501st, none of whom have attacked and betrayed him like Obi-Wan did, could possibly save him.

 

[SotF]

I can really see the possibility for a plausible early redemption for Anakin here. For good or ill he's always been defined and controlled by his heart. His caring for Padme and Palpatine's manipulations turned him. His caring for Ahsoka, Rex, and the rest of the original 501st, none of whom have attacked and betrayed him like Obi-Wan did, could possibly save him.

Anakins reaction to Rex and his forces who view themselves as basically the last holdout of the Republic would be interesting.

I'm trying to keep things as close to canon as I can until the Clone Uprising on Kamino where the Empire will notice their intervention there when they come to the rescue.

 

[SotF]

The humm of the engines signaled the five armored forms to let out a barely contained breath.

Theta squad was not a standard Clone Commando pod for various reasons.

The first is that they formed the squad themself from the remains of a half dozen pods after a horrifically failed mission.

Kren, a world they spent four years on, was a disaster for them.

A traitor let the seps know they were coming and their insertion ended up with three transports being shot down across the planet with seven survivors from the commandos and a single clone pilot.

They'd hidden their fallen brothers and stockpiled the equipment they carried.

Alec Thorne joined them there, he'd been a Jedi once, or rather a youngling shipped off to the medcorp before the war broke out and the seps took the planet only a week after Geonosis.

He'd left the hospital there and never looked back.

At first he was loyal to the Republic, but never to the Jedi.

He'd found them hiding out and decided to help.

When the hospital was bombed, he started helping more than just patching them up.

When two more of the commandos died during a mission they plannet to take out the hyperdrive construction facility, the others decided to give him one of the stored sets of armor since his identity was discovered by the CIS forces.

Eventually, they'd created a plan to escape the planet, taking out the communications systems of the world before hijacking a light freighter in the process, but losing another commando on the way out.

Four years on the planet and five clones survived them.

They'd decided on Theta for their name from the only Pod to be completely wiped out during their insertion, a tribute to the fallen.

They'd managed to obtain a transmission of a Republic attack on Utapau and chose it as their course.

That was an hour before Order 66.

They arrived after the remaining Star Destroyer was purged of "traitors" and agreed with Rex's views.

Ryloth was their first actual chance to complete a mission since the disaster that left them behind.

Four commandos and someone they viewed as if he were one of them from the beginning.

Alec had landed the Memory of Kren, the same HWK-290 transport they hijacked to escape the planet they'd fought on for years and prepaired for the other four to infiltrate the city before suiting up in the armor he'd claimed so long ago and positioned himself to cover them.

A running blaster battle through a twi'lek city was harrowing, but doable as they hijacked a load lifter to steal the shipment of stormtrooper armor the local garrison had been sent.

It was the star destroyers arrival in orbit that let them slip out and into the freighter to make the run for orbit without pursuit.

 

[SotF]

"Brand," came the call over the comms, "We have incomming, multiple vectors."

"Stay with me Slammer," he responded calmly as he brought his fighter around to join the other members of Bravo flight on CAP, "What do we have?"

"Corvette and a half dozen TIEs."

"Lance, Thorn," he ordered, "Form up."

The dark paneling of their new fighters gave him a grin.

Their alliance with part of the Geonosians had paid fruit in the form of some serious upgrades to their fighter compiment, taking the ETA-2 design to an entirely new level.

"Twilight," he stated, "We have incomming traitors, request ARC support to deal with their cap ship."

"Are you sure you can deal with the fighters without help?" Rex's voice came through clearly.

"Four on six," Brand stated, "They'd have to be pretty lucky to keep up in those flying caskets of theirs."

"Understood, deploying ARC's to deal with the corvette."

"Roger that," he grinned, "Bravo, lock S-foils into attack positions and accelerate to attack speed."

"Understood bossman," Thorn responded as the wings of the four fighter extended.

"We do this the easy way, pare them down with missiles, then we go guns."

"Let's show these bastards why they can't match us!" Lance howled.

"Cut the chatter Lance," he ordered, "We can have that later without letting the traitors get close."

He glanced over his shoulder at the silver and black dome of his astromech, "You ready buddy?"

A whistle in response as he brought his targeting computer online and armed a pair of concussion missiles while bringing them up to dual fire mode.

"Bravo lead," he stated with a grin, "Locked on the closest bandit."

The other three echoed his chime as the first flashes of turbolaser fire from the twilight flashed through the stars while the droid chimed in that the heavy support was launching from the underbelly.

"Bravo flight," he ordered, "Unleash hell."

Eight iridescent streams of flame burst into existance as the concussion missiles rocketed through the void at the enemy in a flash they could barely track.

"Switch to cannons and clear the survivors."

"Roger."

The nearest TIE took a missile straight in the cockpit window and the warhead jammed in, its thrusters sending the fighter into an erratic path as its systemsattempted to compensate for the dud weapon only to have its right panel slam into its twin ripping the fragile craft to pieces in a blast of debris and flared fuel before burning out just as quickly, a momentary star in the sky.

Another broke, trying to evade the weapons homing in like firaxin sharks after a bleeding fish, only managing to move enough to be hit dead on in the side.

One managed to make it around and make a run for it by pulling behind another, letting that fighter take the missiles intended for it as well as the ones aimed there, vaporizing plasteel blossomed in its place before Lance's first shots severed one of the panels and sent it out of control.

"Split by pairs," Brand ordered in an instant, "I've got the one on the left."

Affirmatives flashed from the other three as they broke, each passing cleanly through the gaps in the sheets of cover fire the star destroyer gave.

"Bossman," Slammer stated, "I've got green."

"Take the shot," he responded in a flash while flaring vertical to let his wingman take the lead and fire burning streams of energy that cut through the enemy fighter as easily as a lightsaber through tinnies.

"Good," a grin under the helmet as his eyes flashed across the horizon to track the remaining TIE and his sqadmates in pursuit only to catch it heading right towards his partner, "Slammer, hit the deck."

Bursts and flashes as the shields flickered.

"Well, the bugs do good work," Slammer chuckled, "In the 2's I'd have been droid bait."

Lance and Thorn split, one under and one over to pass Slammer and converge their fire on the last one, shots ripping it apart in the mixed streams of energy bursts.

"Alright boys," Brand ordered, "Now move to cover the ARC's, they've got a big boy to down, then we go home."

"Understood."

 

[Thorn]

Yaaaaaaaay! I'm in this story!

That being said, great story Sotf, it's given me an idea for a SW story of my own.

 

[Rooster455]

Great story, but did you have to kill Cody? He was my favorite...

 

[SotF]

Great story, but did you have to kill Cody? He was my favorite...

For it to work, Cody had to die.

 

[Rooster455]

Great story, but did you have to kill Cody? He was my favorite...

For it to work, Cody had to die.

:blue:

I can accept it, but I developed a liking for the clone who shared my name.

 

[SotF]

Lamus was a lush world, teaming with life and yet no significant presence from the galaxy at large.

One relatively small settlement near a large lake was the only detectible sign of civilization beyond the beacon they detected nearly opposite it.

An emergency beacon from a Republic medical ship, one with an ID code he remembered from the war for a damn good reason.

A friend and an enemy were each on that ship when it vanished after Boz Pity.

They had found the Bright Flight.

The small number of life signs there was comforting actually, a sign that the dark jedi sent off on that ship hadn't killed everyone onboard when it crashed.

Adding Theta to the landing team would work as they had the closest thing to a jedi his fleet had, and a LAAT/i was useful in making sure that he wouldn't have unleashed her on the galaxy again.

He could smell the vegetation while leaving his helmet on the hook inside the gunship, face to face was the easiest way to do things.

Footsteps caught his attention and he signaled the commandos with him to prepare for a possible fight.

The familiar face he'd remembered from the battlefield came into view dead ahead.

One word escaped his lips, one word with so many meanings with how he said it calm, cold, and as casually as he could force it through his lips.

"Ventress."

 

[DhampyrX2]

The sad part here is Ventress is essentially neutral in the grand scheme of things at this point. I'm interested to see how you play it.

 

[SotF]

The sad part here is Ventress is essentially neutral in the grand scheme of things at this point. I'm interested to see how you play it.

Except that to the Empire, there are no Neutral force users so that's a big reason for her to end up helping