58 Tulpaa's Forge

"Master, com-scan has picked up a surplus of starfighters coming from the direction of the solar system's central star. Their Star Forge seems to be pumping out large enemy force." Riané reported over the loudspeakers through the ship. This pretty much allowed everyone to hear this, but this also allowed many to be informed on what was going on outside.

Ahsoka Tano and the rest of Clan Aku were on the bridge with former Jedi Master Fay. They were watching the death and destruction within the vacuum which surrounded them.

Many of them were wide eyed, some of them were afraid. When ships came for a strafing run against the bridge, they all flinched. Yet there was no damage to be afraid of despite the reverberations from the blasts.

Kana and Ahsoka seemed to be the most calm ones present other than the Jedi Master and the Apprentice to Valad. There was very little going on besides that.

If they were unable to sense the beings die outside, they would just assume it was bunch of exploding droid fighters. That was, until they started seeing body and body parts floating about.

Riané stared at the fighters which were attacking aimlessly across the hull at supposed assumed weak spots. The hull armor however was enough to keep the ship from gaining any damage no matter what they threw at it.

They were using old weapons and no matter how long they fired at one location, they weren't breathing through. "They're trying to concentrate firepower..." She scoffed to herself as the capital shields rippled from the cannon fire.

The Coreship had multiple bridges for different uses. Some of them were used for controlling the turrets while others were used for controlling the propulsion systems. This was so that if one bridge was down, the others were there to pick up the pieces.

This was something she had learned quickly when she had helped her Master originally take the Lucrehulk Freighter. She never imagined that the enemy would really try and attack them like this.

It was like being swarmed by flies.

Charging the Silencer Megalaser weapon, many of the fighters pulled back. They didn't know what kind of weapon was going to be used, or even if it was a weapon.

Suddenly a blue beam of light fired across the stars and ripped through several space stations over the planet. Crippling the planetary defense grid which would allow their own fighters to begin attacking the surface.

...

On board the Star Forge located over the main star of the Tulpaa System was the leader of the Tulpaa Tribe. One of the few individuals around responsible for the continued slavery on the planet and Rakatan traditions.

The direct descendant of Ruthic, a Warrior Priest. They stood within the viewing room of the Forge and overlooked the creation of thousands of star fighters. Some of them were automated to defend manned fighters. While entire squadrons were automated to fire on non-friendly vessels.

"We need more... More!" The Rakatan priest bellowed, watching as the ships were lost one after another as they closed in on the massive vessel. Their gaze narrowed however seeing the big glare of blue light. A line of energy ripping through entire hangar facilities and space stations above the planet.

The amount of resources that had been wasted on those facilities were now completely gone. The priest's heart shrank. Were they going to lose this fight? Who were these people!? They had been left alone for over twenty thousand years, and yet here they are? Fighting them?

Narrowing their eyes, they watched as the ship was turning their way. The ship was charing its megalaser again. "They're going to destroy the Forge? They wouldn't dare! Send more fighters! I don't care how many slave warriors we lose! They must not have the forge!"

...

Valad stood in the hangar as he could see the Star Forge in the distance. Both Maddie and him stared at it unrelentingly. "Why don't they create anything bigger?" He huffed slightly, as if he was embarrassed for his enemies.

"The current priest who controls it doesn't know how to bend all of its creations to his will. At often times, even his leadership is called into question." Maddie replied as she yawned, now somewhat bored as she stood up with him, from the ground she had been kneeling upon.

Maddie looked at him for a few moments, reading his eyes which were frozen upon the massive super structure. "You're thinking of taking it, aren't you?"

Valad gave her a slight glance of acknowledgement, nodding a few seconds later. "If I can't find a use for it, I have no problem destroying it. Though..." His eyes gazed upon the star which the Forge was feeding from. "It would be safer to destroy it."

[ Optional Quest: Destroy the T Star Forge. Package & Rinetta Gan Voucher. ]

[ Rinetta Gan is a Princess of a planet present in the Disney's iteration of the Star Wars Universe. While she was born between 32 and 23 BBY, this voucher summons the Princess as a year younger(15) than the summoner. This system makes Rinetta Gan a strategist parallel to Admiral Thrawn, though much less brutal and much more compassionate. ]

[ Optional Quest: Destroy the M Star Forge. Package & Tash Arranda Voucher ]

[ Tash Arranda was a Force-sensitive Human female from Alderaan who survived the destruction of her homeworld. This voucher however makes a fifteen year old looking clone of Tash Arranda devoid of memories, but has basic knowledge of the core force abilities. When she first appears, she will believe she has Amnesia. ]

Seeing this new information come into view, he would definitely like to have a strategist. Relying on himself was stressful and not exactly fun. Plus, it was another person to get along with. He could only wonder how this could turn out.

Staring at the rewards though, he noticed that not only did he get the girl, but he also got the packages that were promised? He stared into space for a few moments before walking over to the comlink attached to a wall beside the door.

On top of this, it seemed he also got something else if he were to destroy the other forge as well. The idea of getting Tash was nice, it would be another force sensitive, but what bugged him was this one was devoid of memories. Did this mean she was going to have a dull personality? Events and environmental noise is what shapes a person.

However this also meant that he would have additional cloning material later on. It started to sound like an even more appealing idea.

Maddie followed him curiously, she saw the change in his demeanor almost immediately. "You're not going to keep it now?" She asked curiously, wondering why he suddenly changed his mind. Was he going to get something out of destroying the stations, or was he not up for the risk of being corrupted.

"Riané, do you have the target locked?" There was a short pause before she acknowledged.

"Yes, Master. The Silencer is still charging. It'll be about fifteen minutes," She replied with a nod before tilting her head to the side. "Didn't you originally want to keep it?"

Letting out a soft sigh, he had just been questioned by both of the girls whom were close to him. At least Vaylin wasn't there to question him too. He almost whined at the thought of everyone asking him questions.

"Change of plans. It's too dangerous, we gain more should we destroy them. Plus, I don't think it'll be healthy for the star." He pointed out something which was dreadfully clear. The Star Forge was called a Star Forge because it used the Star's energy as fuel and substance to create massive ships and droid armies.

"Understood Master, standing by."

Maddie stared at the back of his head. She couldn't wrap her head around it. Even if it was to feed off of the star, it wasn't like the star would go supernova all of a sudden, would it? She glanced over towards the structure which was on top of the massive lump of burning atoms and energy.

Like a swarm of locusts thousands of starfighters poured down upon the massive vessel. TIE predators went out to great them and once the hangars were all but empty, they closed their blast doors to keep the enemies from landing within.

Droid manned hostile fighters pulled suicide runs filled with explosives into the hull. Yet there was barely even a scratch. The ion cannon turrets immobilized starfighters, while Megamaser batteries ripped them apart.

The battle was entirely one sided and if it hadn't been for the Crystalline Armor of the vessel, there would have been no way of getting close to this star forge. If anything, without it they would have already perished once their shields were down. But their shields weren't going down either, being powered by the Star Core Mk II.

Within fifteen minutes all the predators outside have probably been destroyed, as well as the droid pilots which had been flying them. However at the same time the massive vessel had squashed more than three quarters of the fighters sent out to intercept it.

The death toll was still climbing for the Rakatan remnants of the Tulpaa Tribe.

"Firing," Riané shouted out over the loudspeakers. A blue beam was let out from the vessel, from directly above the central hangar.

The Warrior Priest only had enough time to curse before the entire Forge began to explode. Its systems all failing at once as power had been cut from the destruction. A clear hole remained where the megalaser had hit, splitting the station in half and causing it to be sucked down into the sun's surface.

That wasn't all as the continuous beam destroyed the viewing platform as it crumbled into the star. The Rakatan warrior priest was now dead, the Talpuu Tribe was now leaderless. The massive vessel began to turn towards the planet as the remaining fighter crafts were going towards it.

They were all retreating, fear could easily be sensed from them. Were they going to be blasted to bits too? However the weapons of the Imperious all stopped firing as it made its way towards the planet of Talpuu.

The planet itself was almost a mirror image to the planet of Lehon. It had been terraformed into that of a Tropical World. It was a virtual paradise with massive grass plain continents and islands dotting the surface.

They sent out a general order to the remnants of the Rakatan Tribe on the world, Surrender or be Exterminated. At the same time they invited the slaves to join them, the surviving force hounds as well.

When the Rakata species refused to surrender their sovereignty, their slaves revolted. The Force Hounds turned on their masters. It was a momentary civil war amongst the people of the planet. Ones who wanted to survive and those who simply wanted to die with power in their greedy little hands.

Many of the Rakata Descendants died fighting their own slaves which outnumbered them ten to one. They were quickly beaten down by the beasts they kept, especially those of the Wookie race.

The Imperious loomed above the world, listening on as the world became more tranquil. The people's populace had been freed from their oppression. Slave soldiers were no longer forced to fight for their dark prejudice masters.

It was an end to slavery, but it was only the beginning of the War, a beginning of an Empire.

[ Quest Completed: Voucher Rewarded. Foundation Pack I Rewarded. ]

[ Quest Completed: Empire Foundation Pack I. Rewarded ]