38 The silence before the storm (1/2)

The Arrival Killmorger 41010K 2022-07-20

During this last five years Jack had tried to stick to as much as the time line had he could. However he knew at this point he had shifted things far too much for everything to go as they had in the movies. So about a year before he had given up on just using Jango Fett's DNA for the clone army and decided to take a pool from all of the best warriors he had on New Mandalor.

So as it stands the first 5 million clones are Jango's lot and the next 5 million are a mix from the best Mandalorians in the galaxy. Mostly the Demon Dogs and Spartans. Jack had also decided why stick to strictly star wars technology when the star Forge had already provided things from the Halo universe. Like the MAC cannons and super solider serum.

So Armored Core like Mechs had begun production for ground invasion. They had also begun the research in the jump drives from Battle Star Galactic as well as Battle Star class ships. Nothing was off the table at this point. The only real issue that Jack was facing was the fact that he was not sure what would set off the war between the CIS and the Republic at this point.

Chancellor Valorum was in his last term however the was almost no chane that Palpatine would come out of the shadows to try and run for the office. Especially now that there is a bounty out for his head curtsey of yours truly. This however would not stop some easily corrupted fool from gaining the office and undoing all the work that had been done. On top of this problem the jedi order on Coruscant was seeming more fractured as the day go on.

They have more than enough problems to deal with on their own let alone trying to keep the Republic United. It was while Jack was in his thoughts about the many problems he had to deal with that he felt his Master unleash a tiny portion of his power. This put a smile on his face as he remembered his masters one golden rule. In the face of true power nothing can stand in it's way.

With that rule now in his head Jack knew what he had to do. He knew the war was coming but could not predict how it would start and that would not matter. All that matter was that he made his people so strong that it would not matter what Palpatine would try. His people would just steamroll any of the sith lords plans by sheer strength alone.

After he felt his Masters power reseed Jack came up with another idea. Why did he have to wait for the enemy to star the war. When he could just do it him self. Jack quickly sent messages to Sharia, Triss, Keith and the rest of the Mandalorian clan elders for an emergency meeting that would take place in two days on Earth. After finishing this he headed to find his lover as he was sure she would be on for a trashing for the next few months of his Master had anything to say about it.

On one hand the war side thoughtslined up much like what Jack's had. It made more sense to control the star seeing how in war that's about the only thing you can control. However the no involvement side also made a good point. In a few more years there would be no force that could come close to them atlest in this galaxy. They didnt have to even get involved with the war let the two side fight it out then kill off the winner and take control our selves.

Though many would see this kind of behavior as dishonorable even some of the traditional Mandalorian would see it that way, but the earth born Mandalorians would not. In war there is no such thing as honor only winners and victims. If you didnt win then you became a victim.

However both options also had draw backs. Starting a war unprovoked would cause the Galactic Senate to turn on them and that would have negative consequences in the long run, and it would be the same with doing nothing when the war happened only it would be worse if some how the Republic won and the Mandalorians turned on them.

While the Mandalorians clan leads where busy with their war council. A black ops team lead by one Obi-Wan newly minted Jedi knight was currently entering the system of Geonosis. It had come to the attention of the Council that Count Dooku had taken some of the members of the jedi order that had chosen to leave to this system. Under normal circumstances they would have left these jedi to their own devices, however these jedi had tendencies that leaned more to the darker side of the force.

So it had been decided that this group would be watched for a few years until it was determined that they would not cause harm to the republic. Things however did not go as planned. Only a week after they had been released the group had dropped of the map. The only clue they had were B1 battle droids that had been seen near their last known location.

The battle droids had marking that were only native to Geonosis which is what brought the jedi black ops team here. Obi-Wan and the other 5 jedi knights slowly made their way into the star system. Keep their fighters em signatures as low as possible to maintain stealth. These tactics would have never appeared in the training methods of jedi just years before.

If it had not been for the Mandalorians Obi-Wan had encountered in his padawan days he was sure the jedi would not even have a black ops team let alone an intelligent network. Things had been changing of late in the jedi order. Past teachings that had be thought too dangerous when now being openly shared.