Chapter 64

The war against Count Dooku and his Confederacy of Independent Systems known as the Separatist Alliance against the Republic was in full swing. General Grievous had already been introduced and had won several interesting battles, he fought against Jedi and won in their chosen favourite weapon. He wasn't skilled but he attacked in many different directions at once and overwhelmed his opponents.

The Jedi was in full battle mode. Jedi were given the rank of Generals and their Padawans had commanders. It didn't surprise me that the Jedi would use children as soldiers, they had been doing it for thousands of years. Anakin was a full battle-harden soldier at this point. A scar over his eye and a fake hand that came with the duel with Count Dooku.

The Clones had been completely integrated into the army and fought hard for their Jedi masters. I felt a little wary whenever they were around me. The stories of loyalty and bravery meant little to me as I knew at the drop of a hat they would turn on the Jedi and kill them. I didn't want them around me.

With the war continuously taking lives and destroying starships I joined the war as a privateer. I became a Dreed Pirate that would snatch whole starships and disappear without a trace.

My first mate called out "Sir, there are three Separatist ships transporting materials to the Cybot Galactica and Industrial Automaton"

I looked over to the young boy. Boba Fett had lost his parent on Geonosis and was alone when I found him with his father's armour. I picked him up and made him my first mate as the Dreed Pirate. He would become an instrumental piece in the future. I also picked up the Kaminoan, they did great work creating the Clones and their data made the Carosite medical species dance with glee. Both of the species would do wonderful work together and a whole water planet was given to the Kaminoan in the Grove to protect them from the war. This would make Darth Maul very happy as he had spent the last couple of years hobbling in anger about how his legs and waist were attached back but not perfectly. There was no doubt in my mind that with these two species working together and with the dark powers of the force, they would fix Maul almost new.

"How many escort ships do they have" I asked my first mate Boba Fett.

"Two, sir" answered Boba.

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Three transport ships being protected by only two escorts, very fishy "What messages are they sending to each other"

A droid answered "None, sir"

Very fishy. The fact that they might be running silent right now was a possibility but there weren't even incoming messages to the brig. It was a trap.

"Good, detonate the mines on the far side of the moon as they pass" I ordered.

"But sir, that won't do any damage" replied Boba.

"Just do it" I ordered.

"Yes sir" called out the droids.

The explosion caused a ripple that washed over three of the transport ships and both escort ships.

"What are the comms saying" I asked

"Nothing, sir" replied the droid

There was no message calling for help or telling the ships to continue, stay or regroup.

"I'm calling a full-on retreat to position five quadrants 6" I ordered

"But sir" Boba pleaded "They are easy prey"

Boba Fett wasn't the only one he thought that they were easy pickings. An expensive Republic Battlecruisers position them selfs to take advantage.

Boba slapped the counter he was at in frustration.

"Control yourself first mate" I yelled "I want at least double the distance from them"

The Republic Battlecruisers released a barrage of focus fire on the escorts disabling them within moments.

"How is our stealth" I asked.

"Complete sir" answered a droid.

I wouldn't be a Dreed Pirate captain without my stealth ships. I might be an extremely powerful force user but I wasn't the best pilot, I had to put my life in other more capable hands and that wasn't enough for my liking, stealth was the bare minimum if I was to do this.

A vast shock wave of light caused the viewer's screen to blank out in white.

"Turn to infrared and electromagnetic wave length screen" I ordered

The screen flickered and then showed a devastating scene. One of the three transport ships had exploded and damaged the Republic Battlecruisers. The Battlecruisers was floating at an odd angle but I could tell it was still salvageable but not after the second transport ship rammed into the Battlecruisers and exploded taking out a third of the ship.

Unfortunately for the many lives on the Battlecruiser, separatists don't take prisoners. The third and last transport ship carefully positioned itself to cause the most damage it could and exploded destroying the Battlecruisers and everyone on board. For the low cost of five dirt-cheap ships, the separatists were able to destroy a much more expensive Battlecruisers.

I doubt that there was anyone on those transport ships because of the lack of coms and it was properly filled with extremely powerful explosives that could damage the Battlecruiser.

I didn't want to watch anymore. I ordered the navigator to take us away. The only noise the brig made as I walked away to my office was the slow hiccuping of Boba Fett and the soft clacking of droids fulfilling their orders.

Death wasn't something I shied away from but I had to walk away and check on a message I just received from Jabba the Hutt. He was calling in the favour I had given him. He didn't laugh in his usual way, the message was simple, to the point and very serious. Jabba the Hutt wanted his child back.