Mirrthful

Operation Storm-Door [CLASSIFIED]

Following the failure of the Onderon Peace Summit due to the withdrawal of Republic delegates in the wake of an Attack on Coruscant, the perpetrator of which was swiftly identified as Admiral Dua Ningo, the galaxy has been spurred once more towards the flames of war. 

The drumbeat of propaganda has only amplified on both sides, drowning out any hopes of reconciliation with unrelentin...

Chapter 45

Nanth’ri Orbit, Nanth’ri System
Kurost Sector

“This is the star frigate Repulse,” TF-1726 spoke, “We are seeking clearance and a berth. Standby for clearance code transmission.”

Nanth’ri. A green-blue, rather unremarkable–even borderline backwater world–whose only call to fame was the lending of its name to the Nanth’ri Trade Route. ...

Chapter 44

Onderon, Japrael System
Japrael Sector

The first name that came to mind was General Grievous.

That robot bastard was the only person I could think of with the ability to attack Coruscant–but there were several issues with that. First, I didn’t know how Grievous reached Coruscant in Revenge of the Sith. It was the end of the war by then, and...

Chapter 43

Onderon, Japrael System
Japrael Sector

Padmé Amidala hoped she looked more composed than she felt as she and the rest of the Republic delegation followed an aide into the great hall of Ov Taraba–Onderon’s largest and oldest university. History seemed alive in these walls, with a gentle breeze whistling through carved stone arches like wandering spirits. Murals a...

Chapter 42

Onderon, Japrael System
Japrael Sector

There was a sight, from a hill not far from a small monastery, overlooking a forested valley. It was the sight of the magnificent Kira Fortress, melded into the side of a three-spire mountain, aglow with the golden lights from thousands of tall arches sculpted into the stone that served as windows and the hundreds of balconies that sprang...

Chapter 41.5

Onderon, Japrael System
Japrael Sector

It felt like nary a handful of hours before dawn was climbing over the rooftops again, and streets already busy with the morning life of the markets. Scout was still rubbing the sleep from her eyes as she strode through the Onderonian palace’s stone corridors, with Ahsoka hurrying to keep up beside her. It was the first offici...

Chapter 41

Coruscant, Coruscant System
Corusca Sector

It was not long after the departure of the senatorial delegation did Yoda receive peremptory summons from the Office of the Supreme Chancellor.

The reason for the summon was without explanation, but conveyed all due urgency with the lack of protocol-approved language accepted and expected for such communications. Regardless, it ...

Chapter 40

Onderon, Japrael System
Japrael Sector

Saw wasn’t stupid. He wouldn’t deny that Steela has always been the clever one between the two of them, but that didn’t mean he was dumb. Saw and his sister, they were raised as hunters, and you don’t survive for weeks in the wilds if without learning quickly. Steela planned the hunting, and Saw did the hunting. But impro...

Chapter 39

Coruscant, Coruscant System
Corusca Sector

“Isn’t it remarkable, that one can have all the power in the galaxy… and yet, the words of a single senator can sway the thoughts of trillions?”

The Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic was standing by the vast transparisteel window behind his desk, soberly gazing at the endlessly complicated ribbons of t...

Chapter 38

Onderon, Japrael System
Japrael Sector

Scout expected it to be colder. Well, she honestly didn’t know what she expected–she had never ridden a dragon before, after all. Steam curled from the warbeast’s armoured hide, every powerful beat of its wings like a climbing and descending an entire mountain in the span of seconds. She snuggled herself into an uncomforta...

Chapter 37

Onderon, Japrael System
Japrael Sector

In the shade of low-hanging eaves, Steela Gerrera only had a single thought running through her mind; we were too late. Or rather, they were supposed to have more time. For the first time in four-thousand years, the skies above Iziz were made darker by the smog of war. Brutal Separatist cruisers hung from the clouds, ju...

Chapter 36

Onderon, Japrael System
Japrael Sector

Iziz. The oldest, largest, greatest, and perhaps the only city of Onderon, as far as the galaxy was concerned. But there were more–many, many more–hiding away in the impenetrable wilds of the planet. Most were Beast Rider settlements–descendants of criminals who were exiled from the walls of Iziz. Most perished in ...

Chapter 35

Orbit of Vorzyd V, Vorzyd System
Vorzyd Sector

The Harbinger was a beautiful ship. Scout watched as Master Skywalker lingered under the viewports–a rare, unguarded expression gracing his face as he trailed his gloved fingers along each and every shiny and flat surface of his flagship’s bridge. The surfaces Scout had slaved away every night since her assi...

Chapter 34

Boz Pity, Boz Pity System
Halla Sector

Boz Pity; a nondescript world just north of the western horn of Hutt Space. In this frontier region between Republic, Separatist, and Hutt Space, borders were more of a suggestion than a rule, and most star sectors acted more or less as bookkeeping labels, as most planets were self-governing or lawless. While many astrographers colour thi...

Chapter 33

Raxus Secundus, Raxus System
Caluula Sector

“This session has been convened today to debate and decide on the confirmation of the Sovereign System of Onderon’s nomination for the office of the Supreme Martial Commander of the Separatist Armies.”

Bec Lawise’s ritual opening statement was a calm spell that descended on the Separatist Senate, mellowing out otherwise...

Chapter 32

Columex Approach, Columex System
Vorzyd Sector

Columex’s hyper-junction is going to be inoperable for weeks, if not months.

That was what I thought. There was probably enough scrap in the star system to build the Death Star from scratch. Scrappers were already laying into the thick of it, like vultures and rats. Sanctioned scrappers, of course, who were only a...

Battle of Columex Infobox

And here is one for the Battle of Columex, which was in the last two chapters. Below is, again, a wiki infobox of the battle. Each marker represents around 50 ships. Casualties are inclusive of both destroyed/killed and captured/POWs.

Battle of Centares Infobox

Just a little something for you all as thanks for sticking with me all this while. Below is a wiki infobox  of the battle for your convenience. Each marker represents around 20 ships. Casualties are inclusive of both destroyed/killed and captured/POWs.

Chapter 31

Somewhere in Hyperspace
Auril Sector

Sev'rance Tann watched the swirling chaos of hyperspace dance beyond Negotiator’s viewport impassively. How many times has she seen this exact view before? The sky-walker knew, better than anyone, of the beauty of hyperspace. And the horrors. The horrors of travelling off the beaten path, most especially. She could almost see the...

Chapter 30

Columex Approach, Columex System
Vorzyd Sector

“Oh kriffing shit,” Counter Admiral Diedrich Greyshade of the Commonality Joint Defense Fleet said to himself very, very quietly as the claxons howled around his ship. The sandwich in his hand had disintegrated inside his fist, plates left half-eaten on the mess tables as his crew stared up at the wailing si...

Chapter 29

Orbit of Columex, Columex System
Vorzyd Sector

Diedrich Greyshade had made an oath of duty, to serve Columex, and the greater Commonality, to the best of his ability. Simon Greyshade, on the other hand, swore no oaths other than to himself, in his relentless pursuit of personal power.

That said, Diedrich had never considered them to be at odds. He, however, was under no ...

Chapter 28

Orbit of Columex, Columex System
Vorzyd Sector

The was a large luxury liner orbiting tightly around Columex, named the Salin Mariner. The poor thing was on one of its routine itineraries from Salin to Botajef to Lianna and back when it found itself commandeered by the Joint Security Forces while transiting through Columex on its return journey. Mostly because there wa...

Chapter 27

Centares, Centares System
Maldrood Sector

I handed the tablet back to hare, feeling a sense of perverse satisfaction. But that was the reality of this galactic order, that not even the idealism of the Separatist Alliance could cure. Politics will remain corruptible–if not always with money–no matter in the Bronze Age or Space Age. Nobody can fix it. Least I could do was ex...

Chapter 26

Jeyell Departure, Jeyell System
Roche Sector

In the deep abyss of space, starry eyes watched the pair of droid destroyers lurking like leviathans beneath the solar plane, silent as death itself. There was a herd of twenty-seven supply cruisers 300,000 klicks above them relative to the solar plane. Old and slow, with engines so weak they had to travel out much further to escape...