Yep. That's right.
I'm done. We're done. Story's done.
I wrote the first chapter for Sublight Drive pretty much two years ago, to chase down casual plot rabbit after rewatching the entire The Clone Wars show. Not sure what I expected then, probably just another SW fanfic slop to sate my creative urges, but it certainly wasn't a hundred chapters and one of the most popular SW fanfi...
Wroona Orbit, Wroona System
Harrin Secto
“For years, we fought. We bled. We sacrificed everything in the struggle against tyranny. The Republic sought to keep us shackled, to drain our worlds of their wealth, their strength, their future. They called us Separatists. Traitors. Dissidents. They lied. They always lied. All because we dared to demand the one thing they would never grant us: our freedom. We were never the betrayers...
2025-03-10 08:55:18 +0000 UTC View Post“There is a darkness at the centre of the galaxy.”
“It is a darkness nesting, growing, and feeding on the rot and slow decay of our once-great Republic. It is entirely driven by one man’s insatiable ambition. We have borne witness to its corruption, its betrayal of justice, and its descent into tyranny. We have pleaded for reason, for restraint, for a return to ...
2025-03-02 18:39:10 +0000 UTC View Post“Senators of the Republic, loyal citizens of our great democracy–”
“It is with a heavy heart that I convene this Extraordinary Session of the Senate tonight. The long war that has torn our galaxy asunder for the past three years should have ended yesterday. Our brave soldiers, the Grand Army of this Republic, had brought the Separatist threat to its knees. The final ...
Coruscant, Coruscant System
Corusca Sect
Empress Teta Orbit, Empress Teta System
Koros Sector
“And you are absolutely certain the distress signal originated from Coruscant!?” Commodore Vinoc demanded in furious pace as he marched through the passageways of the Koros Spaceworks.
“Affirmative,” the BD-3000 attendant droid replied, hijacked by Lady Lex’s programming, her st...
2025-02-09 16:43:19 +0000 UTC View PostToprawa Prime Orbit, Toprawa System
Kalamith Sector
“The Grievous Fleet is turning!” Captain Dymurra snapped towards the upper deck, “We’re getting sensor locks on the fleet!”
“Bow-and-quarter line, right wing forward echelon left!” I ordered at a blistering pace, “Execute upon receipt! Left wing line abreast, prod the enemy’...
2025-02-02 18:18:21 +0000 UTC View PostSerenno Orbit, Serenno System
D’Astan Sector
The skies over Serenno were ablaze with war.
The great, proud world hung like a wounded jewel in the void, its pale surface marred by the fiery streaks of falling debris and the brilliant flashes of battle, silver moonlight blotted out by great behemoths of steel. Above it, the black of spac...
2025-01-26 19:46:53 +0000 UTC View PostCoruscant, Corusca System
Corusca Sector
How are you going to weasel your way out of this one?
That was the sole thought running through Jedi Master Adi Gallia’s mind as she carefully observed the Supreme Chancellor. Palpatine’s gaze lingered over shoulder, and Adi itched to glance behind her to see for herself what was just
2025-01-19 18:30:55 +0000 UTC
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Serenno Orbit, Serenno System
D’Astan Sector
Contrary to expectations, Count Dooku’s fleet made the first move, with the Serennian Security Forces promptly lunging into action and leading the way for the rest of the auxiliary northern Separatists to follow. In rapid response, the flagship of General Mace Windu, Endurance, called for an immediate adva...
Coruscant, Corusca System
Corusca Sector
Where’s the Supreme Chancellor?
Senator Mon Mothma of Chandrila could only wonder as she took her place in the Grand Convocation Chamber. It was no ordinary session of the Galactic Senate. The occasion marked the end of Chancellor Palpatine’s third consecutive term in an office that only permits two...
Serenno Approach, Serenno System
D’Astan Sector
“Stars aligned,” Ahsoka murmured, “Master Plo was right–we’re here.”
Here. Serenno. An idyllic garden world, fostered and grown by Count Dooku himself. Lush rainforests and mountain ranges visible from orbit, as well as savannas, which gave way to mighty rivers that spilled into ...
2024-12-29 17:44:25 +0000 UTC View PostOrd Sigatt Orbit, Ord Sigatt System
Noonian Sector
Jedi Master Luminara Unduli’s face gave no hint of her inner unrest as she stared through the viewport of the shuttle. The shuttle’s cockpit was silent except for the low hum of its systems and the occasional crackle of the comm. Outside, the void was dominated by the immense silhouette of the Separatist superwe...
2024-12-22 18:20:11 +0000 UTC View PostBotajef Orbit, Botajef System
Belsmuth Sector
“Disable, not destroy,” Master Obi-Wan Kenobi commanded, “We’re not here as conquerors.”
If her Master’s words had any effect, Ahsoka Tano could not tell. The skies above Botajef were rife with thunder and fire, hundreds upon hundreds of warships exchanging death among the towering cables of ...
2024-12-15 17:48:16 +0000 UTC View PostTaris Approach, Taris System
Ojoster Sector
“Hit confirmed,” Gnifmark Dymurra announced, a slight frown on his face, “But it seems General Grievous still lives.”
“Observation: no explosion was detected,” Augur said, “The Devastation’s main artillery may have been temporarily disabled, but we have failed to eliminate the drea...
2024-12-08 18:16:17 +0000 UTC View PostSomewhere in the Cathar System
Quelli Sector
“Observation: the Expeditionary Fleet is crossing the Bandomeer-Harloen axis,” Augur tracked the progress of our quarry.
“So they’ve finally entered Serenno space,” I kicked back, resting my head against my hands, “What about Admiral Trench?”
The super tactical droid swiped ...
2024-12-01 16:51:39 +0000 UTC View PostBandomeer Approach, Bandomeer System
Meerian Sector
The Jedi Expeditionary Fleet swept through Bandomeer’s orbit, a great mass of thrust plumes and durasteel that cut through the beleaguered planet’s magnetic field. Venator-class Star Destroyers took the vanguard, their hulls glinting in the pale light of Bandomeer’s distant sun, flanked by a lattice of esc...
Phindar Approach, Phindar System
Demetras Sector
One of the original hurdles the Confederacy of Independent Systems had to overcome was its decentralisation. At the outbreak of the war, the Confederacy was split into four different theatres, none of which possessed direct hyperlane connections with each other. As Raxus Secundus blundered through the opening stages o...
2024-11-17 18:13:44 +0000 UTC View PostCoruscant, Coruscant System
Corusca Sector
“Report,” Jedi Master Adi Gallia’s footfalls were frantic in her march to the central turbolist of the Jedi Temple.
“With the help of Republic Intelligence,” Jedi Knight Iskat Akaris started first, her long strides easily keeping up with the hasty Tholothian, “We have narrowed down the location ...
2024-11-10 17:28:17 +0000 UTC View PostWroona Orbit, Wroona System
Harrin Sector
“Commander…” Lieutenant Commander Fajinak’s voice stirred Scout awake, the young Jedi feeling the distinct coolness of polished metal on her cheek as she pulled herself upright, “We’ve got an urgent transmission from Jurzan.”
Scout rubbed her eyes, grit scraping against her lids as she forced t...
2024-11-03 13:33:26 +0000 UTC View PostWroona Orbit, Wroona System
Harrin Sector
Scout once thought that the Battle Hydra would be the most terrible enemy she ever had to face, that the Grand Army of the Republic would ever have to face. The Warlord of the Perlemian who crushed fleet after fleet and Jedi after Jedi in his relentless advances across the height and breadth of the galaxy, in whichever direc...
2024-10-27 18:13:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Columex Approach, Columex System
Vorzyd Sector
There was a battle fought here, now over a year ago and honestly a distant memory, but the largest battle the galaxy had ever witnessed in the last one thousand years nonetheless. There was also little to no physical evidence it ever took place anymore, however.
No more debris fields, no more scavengers an...
Geonosis, Geonosis System
Arkanis Sector
As the warship plunged into the arid atmosphere of Geonosis, Asajj Ventress struggled to shut out the staggering cacophony of sensory input and focus on finding her centre amid the chaos. Not from the turbulence, no, for the faux-freighter was solid of form and build and there was hardly a shudder as they whipped through a...
Raxus Secundus, Raxus System
Caluula Sector
It was raining on Raxus Secundus, harder than usual. Not enough to deserve the name of a storm, but not light either. The winds had come up, rolling clouds gathering over the prairie beyond the city outskirts. Like an encroaching thunderhead, Sev’rance Tann mused, a foretaste of the carnage to come. ...
Coruscant, Coruscant System
Corusca Sector
Barriss Offee returned to that hidden courtyard in the Room of a Thousand Fountains, immersed in the life energy of the Force, brimming and trembling in the air. It didn’t seem all too long ago that she took her first true steps against the Republic, infiltrating a GAR satellite, then engaging in unauthorised talks with t...
2024-09-29 16:42:51 +0000 UTC View PostRaxus Secundus, Raxus System
Caluula Sector
Loyalist propagandists often painted the Outer Rim as a lawless, untamed expanse, far removed from the stability and order of the Republic. In their crafted narrative, it was a region where the light of Coruscant barely reached, a frontier on the edge of civilization. The populations of the Outer Rim were depicted as backw...
2024-09-22 18:26:33 +0000 UTC View PostCoruscant, Coruscant System
Corusca Sector
Having suffered through all four hours of Palpatine’s post-crisis address to the Senate, interrupted likely a half dozen times by thunderous standing ovations, Jedi Master Adi Gallia was not inclined to hear one more honey-dripping word from the Chancellor’s mouth. And yet, she must, as she watched the sun-kissed spires...
2024-09-15 18:29:45 +0000 UTC View PostCoruscant, Coruscant System
Corusca System
“Bode, Barriss, I want you two to keep an eye on PRIESTESS. If Palpatine communicates with Dooku, I want to hear it.”
“Copy that leader.”
“Understood, Master.”
Plotting a scheme to depose the most powerful man in the galaxy was no easy...
2024-09-08 19:11:21 +0000 UTC View Post