61 Resequenced (2/2)
”So far we just took down the regime of the Tulpaa Tribe, one of the two majorly advanced factions within the Archipelago. There is a total of six remaining, what makes this easy though is they're loosely affiliated with one another. From what I've found is that the other planets had regressed technologically.” Valad explained some of what was going on to the Princess so she would get a gist of their plans.
They were take out the most advanced versions of the civilization out, then take on the smaller ones which would probably surrender faster since they lacked technology to fight back. Either that or the Rakata would never surrender and they'd have to wipe out the species to extinction for a second time.
”I...I see,” Rin Gan sighed softly as she leaned back in the chair. Her eyes noticing the little orange girl staring at her from across the table. She stared back at them, seeing their reflection. For some reason she felt as if there was some form of familiarity. ”What's your name?” The Princess wore a friendly smile and Ahsoka shared the same expression.
”My name is Ahsoka Tano, Force Sense extraordinaire!” The child joked aloud with a wide smile across her face.
Some of the other people at the table choking on their food from the joke as they went to laugh with their mouth's full. Valad instead choked on his own saliva after hearing her and continued to cough as he laughed.
Rin simply gave her a look before chuckled a little, looking over at Valad who was now red faced. ”So the people wearing white are force users?” She asked looking over at him with a brow raised. ”Why are there so many here?”
Valad simply smiled at her and tilts his head to the side slightly. ”We're forming our own order of Knights, our own Force Sect.” He said with a somewhat proud nod as he handed this information out to her.
”Wow,” her voice sounded kind of dry, she was surprised, but she didn't have much reaction to the news. She knew even in her verse, there was plenty of force organizations out there that weren't related to the Jedi, or were complete offshoots. However the Empire still wanted to dominate them all, either they served the Empire or the perished at the hands of their most lethal enforcer, Darth Vader.
”By the way... If the Calendar says we're ten years before the Clone Wars, does that mean Darth Vader isn't...?” She looked at him warily, not wanting to know that Vader was still a thing.
”He's dead. Killed him.”
A tingling sensation ran through her head, it really wracked her brain that he had killed one of the 'most' notorious Sith Lords of all times. She of course didn't know the true identity of the man, which meant she definitely didn't know he had killed a child to get this done.
Ahsoka felt a little disturbed overhearing the simple reply, sipping her artificial apple juice through a paper straw. Her big blue eyes stared at the man who had said this. ”Was it easy?” This question made Valad look at her with a frown which ultimately she understood.
It wasn't easy, not emotionally, to kill someone.
”How did you know who this person was?” Ahsoka asked curiously, blinking with a small smile across her lips as if anticipating a truthful answer.
Maddie frowned slightly as she was still listening to the conversation. If she heard this correctly, that meant her lover killed a nine year old boy? What could that possibly accomplish in the present? She looked over at him for a few moments only to see his face.
He didn't regret it, he didn't look guilty. However he did seem sorrowful, as if he had done something he had to do, and would do it again if he had to.
”He was a slave from the desert planet of Tatooine,” he yawned slightly. ”There were plenty of people who foresaw where he came from. Such as the Dark Woman who was actually trying to steer her former padawans away from the planet.” He snickered a little to himself, but it didn't seem like he was laughing about it. It sounded like someone's nerves were not enjoying the conversation.
”That's depressing,” Maddie contributed as she was munching on the plastic fork in her hand, her golden eyes flickering. Many of the younglings were looking at her, yet she was completely ignoring their stares. ”At least he isn't one anymore.” She shrugged as she leaned over, wrapping an arm around Rin Gan.
”Jedi are overrated anyway, they say they wish to serve the masses, but they serve a corrupt bureaucracy known as the Republic instead.” The whole cause of the downfall of the Republic was due to this corruption. Something which even plagued the Empire, but in a way which was accepted.
Palpatine's Empire was humanocentric compared to the Republic, but the Imperial Federation was going to be free of racial-centric politics. He wanted the people to love him, not fear him, unlike his enemies which he wished to instill a deep fear into.
”Tomorrow we begin our assault on the planet of Makatak. Once we remove them, the hard part will be over...” Valad stated as he leaned back against his chair a bit more than before and reached over to pat Rin's shoulder softly. ”I'll be counting on you,” he said with one eye closed.