Chapter 38

The Hutts as allies were reliable but only in that they would serve their own best interests. In a war, they would ally them selfs with the strongest. That would be the black suns and yet, they knew that I wouldn't lie down and take it but instead dish it out. My revenge was well known to them and they wouldn't want to chance it. Instead, the Hutt council would play dumb and be slow to act. They would wait to see who would win and take action at the last second.

The Black Suns would likely take advantage of bribed politics but I would see that coming from miles away. I monitored the cash politics earned. With a little investigation, I would find exactly what was going on but that also meant the politics wouldn't risk their necks for me against the black suns.

The Jedi might be a good idea as an ally but I had to keep this quiet in case the future Empire gets a taste of my power.

There was an answer. One that was both risky and yet would get amazing results. I could ally myself with the Sith. In a certain point of view allying myself with the Sith and expecting future Sith not to know who I was and maybe target me was stupid. Palpatine would hear about me through the Sith masters and I didn't want that master manipulator to set his eyes on me.

And yet, it wasn't that simple when it came to the Sith. Ever since the rule of two came to be established by Darth Bane, there were always two. One master and one apprentice. But it wasn't like that anymore.

I made sure to follow the rise and fall of each new Sith Master using my connections. Darth Bane was killed by his apprentice. Darth Zannah was replaced by Darth Cognus and she had a failed apprentice who just disappeared. At this point, the rule of two was broken as there was no more Darths anything.

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But the force finds a way. A human male mining director who found a dark side waypoint had immersed themself in the dark side, his name was Darth Vectivus. He was an unusual Sith as he had worked hard to shut down the mining colony to protect the normal people being corrupted by the dark side and despite the negative side of the force and with his strong and shrewd principle Darth Vectivus was able to keep his mind under control.

Darth Vectivus hadn't passed the test to become a full-fledged Sith master and I reached out to help. I bought the mining rights and mining company and handed it over, to show good faith. What I wanted from him was the unique ability that he had gained.

Darth Vectivus could summon phantoms. If I was going to fight an underworld and its army then I would need an army. The reason I was willing to accept Darth Vectivus as an ally was he understood that killing wasn't always the best answer but he also understood that killing one to save many was needed as well. He basically did no evil, stayed in his dark side hotspot and just learned. He could control the dark side's negativity, didn't want to control the galaxy and had a high work ethic. So, it was me and my droid army and Darth Vectivus with his ghost army. A good start.

This isn't going to be like a war between two armies but a guerrilla war. I don't know for sure how many resources the black suns have and I won't know how they choose to use them. If I were them then I would attack the trade routes I have set up. Bomb from orbit the stand-alone Eden ships that aren't protected by my world shields. Pirates could be hired to take my ships and cargo and bounties could be issued to anyone connected to me. It was a defensive game that I couldn't win without losing something.

So, a defensive game was off the table. An offensive war was going to be hard as there wasn't a typical army to attack. The worst thing was I couldn't wipe them out. I mean I could find every Vigo of the black sun and send hundreds of Asura droids to destroy my targets but that would change the future I know.

During the clone war, Darth Maul would somehow ally his shadow collective with the black suns and cause numerous underworld syndicates to unify under his banner. Later, the Emporer will weaken them but still use it as a tool.

The butterfly effect could be disastrous. If I were to destroy the heads of the black sun a different more competent syndicate could take its place or even worse, when the Empire looked for an underworld organisation and the black suns weren't there then he may pick on me.

Dealing with The Black Sun would need both the carrot and the stick.