Star Wars CLOSED Between Episodes - A War of the Galaxies Story

Thychani Commander Zhast
Crimson Dagger-class Star Dreadnought Phalanx

The large, helmeted, fully armored frame of the Gen'Dai Sun Guard Zhast gazed out at the oceanic world that stood before him, and the chaos that still surrounded it.

At first the large vessel was unaccompanied by any other, but very quickly a large fleet would drop out of hyperspace flanking it - the Sun Guard Protectorate's Gladius Fleet.

The fleet consisted of:

Crimson Dagger-class Star Dreadnought Phalanx
10 Duellator-class Star Destroyers
20 Durame-class Star Destroyers
40 Wraith-class Corvettes
80 Serpentarius-class Electronic Warfare Vessels
50 Sun Guard refit Interdictor-class Cruisers

Immediately, without warning the Sun Guard started assaulting any remaining planetary defenses and readied landing craft, escorted by swarms of Solar Dragon-class Interceptors, both normal and Force User piloted Spec-Ops variants.

The assault craft both included the Reverie-class Assault Dropship, which would partake in bombing runs on planetary defenses before dropping its payload of Sun Guards to seize them, and Solar Pike-class Drop Pods that would come hurtling down to the planet below at terrifying speeds, slamming into buildings both underwater and above, using their hull cutting mandibles to deploy their 10 Sun Guard complements inside.

Within a very quick few moments, the planet had become swarming with invading elite troopers who only had one thing on their minds, and that was the return to a Sun Guard tradition of yore: conquest.

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IC: Darth Mascon
Silver Beacon, Yavin IV, exiting atmosphere

As Leonias, no, Darth Mascon ascended through the planetary barrier en-route to his flagship, he felt an unsettling churning in the Force. A churning warning of danger, both to him and his ambition. A sun, the very symbol of the Sun Guard, weaponized against them.

He boiled in rage. Melding with Beacon, he set out to put a stop to that, as much as he possibly could, in an act that would forever write his name in the history pages of the Sun Guard: In the years to come, the Sun Guard soon come to know him as the Sun Eater.

Using the Force Sensitive entity as a bridge between him and the Tho Yor in orbit, he set out to dominate and control it, and to seize its power for himself, for only then would he have the power to stop this impending catastrophe. He would not allow any more setbacks to his master plan.

In the process of his telepathic manipulations, what once was a silver glow coming from the crystal chamber aboard his Starfighter bled a sanguine red. The dominant mind of Darth Mascon had taken over, and with it came his Dark Side influence.

That influence would then find its way to the ancient Tho Yor, but only for a time, as it would become consumed by his wrath, his greed and his vanity.

The ancient relic would be drained up, and dissolved into nothing by the newborn Sith Lord, much like how he consumed the holocron of Tulak Hord. In exchange, while directing his interceptor craft into position at a rapid pace, would channel the power of tutaminis, fueled by both the meld between Beacon and the souls of all the Force Sensitives who powered the Tho Yor he so ravenously devoured.

In the process, he would drain the solar body of Yavin, leaving a dark void where it once was, and then moments later, directed through the weapons emplacements of the now Sanguine Beacon, torrents of electrical Force Energy spewed forth towards the Gas Giant and her moons.

They would become destroyed, but not without causing some collateral damage in the process. A good chunk of the Sun Guard fleet would still be destroyed, with the dreadnoughts Ebon Lance and Midan Spear being knocked out of commission, the former needing repairs in drydock, while the latter being completely destroyed. Additionally, 5 Duellator-class Star Destroyers would be either destroyed or disabled, and then there’s the damage to Mascon himself.

In the process of holding that much Energy, even just for the few seconds he did, he caused catastrophic damage to his body. His skin would grow tense and compress, leaving it looking semi-translucent as it attempted to stretch across his body. His nails and teeth would become brittle and jaundiced, yellowed with jagged edges and cracks. His hair and beard would become wispy and clear, as if they were fiber optic cables instead of hairs.

How ironic it was, that the self described Lord of Vanity would so soon into his career as Dark Lord be disfigured and turned from a fairly youthful and somewhat dashing looking Echani, to looking like death itself.

Moments later, as the fleet left the ruins of the Yavin system, with the damaged Ebon Lance and whatever Duellator-class Star Destroyers departing for the Shipyard at the Wild Space Sun Guard territory of Skalgyr, while what was left of the fleet departed for Rothana, with a very specific prize in mind.

But before that, Mascon, or rather Leonias, would address the Galaxy via hijacked First Order Holonet feed.

IC: Supreme Sun Guardian Leonias Colcha
Crimson Dagger, Throne Room

Atop a jet black cortosis laden Throne sat the figure of Leonias Colcha, this time unarmored, only adorned in the flightsuit that normally is worn underneath. The lighting is dim, concealing most of his features from afar.

He begins his speech, addressing the Galaxy with a changed voice, now coarse and gritty, as if he had just smoked an entire carton of cigarras.

"Just mere moments ago, an act of pure cowardice was attempted against my life... No, against the Galaxy."

"However, before I get to that, I feel that I must first elaborate, and explain what has transpired that lead to this."

"After the Sun Guard's triumph at Korriban, an ancient evil was loosed upon the Galaxy - the ancient Sith Lord Tulak Hord, attempting to cheat death like all Sith do. I tracked down Hord to the fourth moon of the gas giant Yavin, where I confronted and defeated him once and for all, damning his spirit to chaos where it belongs. Yet, where the Sith of the past are vanquished, the Sith Lords of the present, the ones you call your so called Leaders, will play."

"The act of pure cowardice was their act, one that attempted to eliminate me and my fleet, the only thing that stands a chance of defeating them, by attempting to ignite Yavin Prime. I was underestimated yet again, but not at significant cost to myself, and I was forced to perform a miracle of the Force just in order to mitigate the damage."

Pre-recorded footage taken from the Crimson Dagger's sensors is shown of the Sanguine Beacon absorbing the Sun, and then moments later unleashing it upon the system as streams of lightning, devastating everything in it's path.

The footage cuts back to the Throne Room, this time cutting even closer to Leonias' disfigured appearance.

"Performing this act has left me scarred and deformed, but if it means saving the Galaxy, saving you from the Sith once and for all, I will do it. Whatever it takes."

"I, Leonias Colcha am willing to swallow a sun to protect this Galaxy from the treachery of the Sith. What are you willing to do?"

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IC: Darth Mascon
Crimson Dagger, Rothana system

The 6 kilometer long havod plated warship exited hyperspace over the arctic planet of Rothana, joined seconds later by what currently made up Shadow Fleet.

20 Duellator-class Star Destroyers
50 Durame-class Star Destroyers
125 Wraith-class Corvettes
250 Serpentarius-class Electronic Warfare Vessels
500 Sun Guard refit Interdictor-class Cruisers

The fleet was cloaked, however, which would give the Sun Guard a chance to search for exactly what Leonias was looking for, and then seek it out discreetly.

What was he looking for, exactly? The plans for a ship that was never completed and thus never revealed to the general public, but one that had been planned by the Emperor for years before even his first death: The Sovereign-class Star Dreadnought. Such a ship the Colcha family only knew of by virtue of an unfortunate side effect of the Emperor’s mind controlling Sith talisman that could allow the controlled access to the controller’s thoughts.

While it did not always work, the connection between Kev-Mas I and his puppet master lasted for over three decades, which was more than enough time to uncover a few of his secrets, which he just so happened to share with Leonias during his training.

Needless to say, the one that stood out to him the most was the tales of how the Emperor had hoped to evolve the Empire even further, with new Star Destroyers that were over 10 times as large. He didn’t have much details to go off of for its description since it was based off of the Emperor’s memory rather than a computer readout, but he did know the name.

The name was all he needed. All data vaults of Kuat Drive Yards and their subsidiaries link to each other. Meaning, that if the data Leonias was seeking could not be found at Rothana, a direct uplink to another data vault that did have it could be found.

As the fleet was still cloaked, they would send down a couple of Serpentarius-class Electronic Warfare Vessels to the surface with slicing teams to retrieve the data.

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