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originally posted in:The New Dojo
11/13/2016 3:58:15 AM
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*She realizes who this was, as she also had seen this face multiple times back at base.*
"a clone? cuyir gar inhibitor chip even su inside gar?" She asks, as the bartender arrives with her whiskey. Upon closer examination, you can see makeup on her, along with red hair, a blue streak across the middle of her hair.
[spoiler]A clone? Is your inhibitor chip even still inside you?[/spoiler]
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"Chip? How do you-" His eyes fall on the Republic patch. "Oh shab." He stands up, taking a step back. "Your not taking me back to them." He begins to panic, reaching for his blaster. "I'm not going back to that dar'yaim Manda forsaken place! Not again. Never again!"
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"Wait...where exactly did you come from? Order 66? What the hell happened to the temple? And what the hell are you talking about "going back"? Last time I heard, Kamino is a VERY long distance away from here." She responds, trying to calm him down.
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He lowers the blaster, not completely trusting her l. "The Empire didn't send you to bring me back? And what do you mean by chip?" He still looks absolutely terrified, his hands shaking uncontrollably.
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"Who the hell is this "Empire"? I do remember the clones back at base left Coruscant just as they saw General Skywalker with the 501st... but that was about the extent of what they saw before they jumped orbit." She says. There's truth within this statement.
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"You don't know what the Empire is? Wait, what's the last thing you remember from before you ended up here?"
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"Mustafar. Sent out on a mission with my squad and two other destroyers to hunt down Nute Gunray and the remaining Separatists. I was the only one who lived, I think. Got flung here, landed in cryogenic sleep and crashed." She responds.
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The clone's eyes widen. "Vod... There hasn't been a Separatist sighting in 8 years. Not since Palpatine took over the Republic and reformed it into the Empire. He steamrolled right over all the little kriffers like a hover train." He drops his blaster back into it's holster.
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"Why would a Chancellor even do this? I mean, sure, he looks like a rotting body and bones, but I wouldn't think the Chancellor would betray the Jedi; wouldn't the Jedi like Master Yoda already know and activate Order 65?" She asks, definitely confused.
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"How would I know? One day me and my commando squad are on Felucia scrapping clankers, the next moment the we get his voice in our comms telling us to execute Order66. Next thing we know our brothers turn into talyc zombies and open fire on the Jettise. We tried to escape in the chaos. Two of my vode got away, I was stuck in the Imperial Commandos for weeks. The things they made me do... Oh kriff... They made us march on the temple..." He looks shaken up.
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Edited by A Stormy Dio: 11/13/2016 4:52:07 AM"The clones back at base saw the 501st march up on the temple. They didn't know what they were doing, and jumped away before they had a chance to find out...what did they do to them in there?" She asked, genuinely worried that the worst had happened in there.p
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"Vod... They killed them. All of them! Even the children! Skywalker lead them. I... I couldn't do that. I left as soon as I could, so did my squad. I hate the Jetti more than most, but killing little kids? That's so kriffing wrong. No self respecting Mandalorian would do that. They... They followed us to Manda'yaim. My clan... Oh Manda..."
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"They..." *She was at a loss for words. There was nothing, NOTHING she could say to describe how much confusion and horror she had just heard come out of the commando's mouth. She had so many questions pop up in her head...although one remained.* "What...what happened to Mandalore?" She asked, tears slowly forming in her eyes.
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"Same thing that allways happens. We fought. Fenn Shysa was able to unite most of the clans. Others pulled a ba'slan shev'la. The we were fine for a few years. Shysa sold some mining rights to them in order to buy us time to unite. We were fine for the first few years, and then the Empire decided limited mining rights weren't enough. They came in force. Star destroyers, stormtroopers, new walkers. We were slaughtered. The shabuire burned half of Keldabe to the ground! Sundari is completely gone! Shysa escaped with some of his men to continue the fight in the woods. The Imps have outlawed us. Turned slavers lose to kill our warriors and sell our children. My clan was holed up on Concordia when the Empire hit. I stayed behind to slow them down... They decided to take me alive because I'm a clone." He takes a deep breath to compose himself. "They were slaughtering unarmed children, vod. And the worst part? They wouldn't even come down to face us head on. Just sent bombers to flatten the villages and then attacked with walkers and tanks." He slumps over, his eyes starring into nothing as he speaks, his voice breaking.
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*Now...now she truly had no words. This 'Empire took everything away from both of them...their friends, family, home...all gone in a blink of an eye.* *However, she...well, didn't believe it and pulled her own blaster pistol out from the only pouch on her waist, pointing it straight at Cannon, tears running down her face.* "LIES! You tell lies!" She yells, trying to deny this outcome.
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Cannon stares her in the eye, his face a mixture of pain and defiance. His ate the eyes of a man who has been through hell and back. "It's the truth. Ori'haat. I swear it on my honour. If you don't believe me I have proof back on my ship." [spoiler]translation: no bull.[/spoiler]
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*She sighs, pulling down the blaster.* "Show me." She responds, putting the blaster back in its pouch.
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He nods, picking up his helmet from the bar. "I keep all my helmet vid recordings stored in my ship. Follow me, I can show you every mission recording for the past 8 years. Palpatine's takeover, the march on the temple, the siege of Mandalore. All of it's there." He donns his helmet and exits the building, gesturing for her to follow as he sets off towards his ship.
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*She sets off toward the ship, hoping to find out what had happened in her galaxy since her absence.* "8 years? It only felt like half a year over here." She says, thinking about that's possible.
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The man shrugs as he leads her towards his ship's plaza. "Who knows. With all this karking magic and whatnot, are you really that surprised? I thought I'd seen it all when I served under a Jetti, boy was I wrong." They arrive at the plaza, where a somewhat ugly black L-shaped ship with gold highlights is parked. "Security system override, RC-3011/ Cannon Lok." He says into his helmet comms. The ship's boarding ramp lowers with a hiss. "Watch your step."
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"Um...why?" She asks, cautiously boarding his ship. "I mean, speaking of Tatakai, I've seen women that could shoot fire, experiments being broken out, and **** hitting the fan more times that I could imagine. But these people are nice..." she responds, blaster pistol out, thankfully not pointing at Cannon's head.
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Cannon shrugs as he leads her to the living quarters, which consists of little more than a simple table and a few chairs. "What I meant is this: with all this crazy magical osik, is time travel really that surprising to you?" He removes his helmet, plugging it into the holo-table. "What would you prefer to see first? The temple? The emperor's speech?" His voice drops. "Mandalore?"
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"Give me Mandalore first. Then the Emperor's speech. And end it with the temple." She firmly tells Cannon.
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"Ok. Here goes." He hits a few buttons and the holo-table flickers to life. [i][b]Battle of Norg Cin, 5/18/19 after Contingency Order 66- Press ENTER to view.[/b][/i] Taking a deep breath he hits the button to start it. The image changes to his helmet view, showing him in a trench beside a large number of other Mandalorians. "Alright vode, we trained for this. Serek, you're on the E-web. Tanga, your team is up front. Let's move people!" He shouts in the vid. "Sir, enemy transports inbound! Three minutes until contact!" The shuttles come flying in, met with a spray of rockets and blasters. A massive battle commences, lasting several minutes as the brave company of Mandos face off against wave upon wave of white clad stormtroopers. As the battle rages on, the Mandaloriansare gradually picked off one by one until only Cannon and a handful of others remain. "Fall back to the caves!" Cannon orders his men. For the next few minutes of video, the small unit falls back, finally arriving at their village, which is in flames. "Te Manda..." One of the troopers mutters. "Keep going." They retreat through the burning, bombed out village, passing the bodies of many fallen comrades as they went. Arriving at the cave system behind the village, they're met by a squad of stormtroopers. The troopers open fire, two of Cannon's men drop. Cannon charges them, his short sword drawn as he proceeds to hack through the imperials one by one, showing no mercy. "Fall back to the transports!" He orders, "I'll be right behind you, just need to set the charges on the entrance." He yells. His men file in one by one until only he remains, a company of stormtroopers closing in. The former commando's weapon clicks dry as he finishes setting the charges. As he rises, a stray blaster bolt strikes him in the side between his armored plates, causing him to slump over in pain. Attempting to rise, he's hit by several more bolts, knocking him to the ground as stormtroopers close in. Knowing he isn't outruning the blast, the hits the detonator. The words: [b][u][i]SIGNAL LOST[/i][/u][/b] Flash across the screen. "Oh gosh... I haven't w-watched that since..." Cannon chokes back a sob, tears beginning to form in his eyes as he blinks rapidly. "Kriffing shabla Imperial cowards!" He curses bowing his head and squeezing his eyes shut.
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*She simply had...well, nothing to say. Really, she didn't want to see anymore...the destruction of her world was more than enough for her to handle. She wiped away her tears, and simply put a hand on Cannon's shoulder.*
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"It... It didn't end there. I was captured by them. They... Well, I'd rather not think abput it. Total casualties were... roughly one million, nearly a quarter of the population. Thousands more were rounded up by slavers and sent into the beskar mines to work." He took another breath. "W-when I finally got out of prison, I found out Mand'alore Fenn Shysa had set up a resistance movement. He's been raiding Imperial prison camps across the planet. The remnants of my clan regrouped to keep fighting. We heard rumors of this Dojo, of the powers that reside here. The clan chief sent me to find it and, well." He shrugged. "Here I am. No hyperdrive. Stuck in the middle of who knows where while my clan is put there fighting for survival. But, as Mand'alore said, we're a tough people. We've survived worse. Far worse. And we'll survive more before they bring us down."
