'The Kaminoans sure do work fast.'
It had only been three months and they had already perfected the first few implants using his DNA. Considering they have a much larger project to work on, in particular the clones, it makes sense that it would not take to long to complete something like this.
At least it didn't take long to complete the implants because the initial concept, outline and planning of the set of implants was already created.
Today of all days, he will be going through with them.
Some alterations were made to the process to make it easier and better to go through with the process. His medical droids, the ones that had been granted a living consciousness were now professionally trained and were fully capable of doing the surgical procedures needed.
"My Emperor, we are ready to start the procedure." A living droid said to Anakin as they stood within the Sith temple located beneath the Coruscant Jedi temple.
The shrine had been redecorated and renovated to fit what Anakin desired, it would be a great place to do surgery.
Hidden away from the rest of the world, and he had in fact been granted some leave. Some time to rest.
This combined with his own physical regenerative abilities should give him enough time to recuperate from the insertion on implants.
Anakin moving over to the specific part of the room that entails an entirely new entrance to another part of the Sith temple. Other medical droids that were not apart of living group also followed along so as to assist the living medical droids.
Before, Anakin could have left to go towards his shop that had a special room reserved for himself here on Coruscant but now he had a whole building he owned, well his mother owned but that is besides the point.
Now, he had moved everything from there to the shrine underneath because it provided greater security measures and above all else a better state of secrecy.
Other things had been renovated to better uphold the infrastructure so the place doesn't collapse on him or any of the droids working down here.
Moving on to the surgery and implants, there are a total of 19 types of implants but Anakin was only to have the first three introduced. There was obviously more to the lineup of implants and Anakin had felt it was incomplete.
So too did the Kaminoans.
"Lets begin." Anakin spoke as he had to align himself to the dark side of the Force while within the shrine.
He had noticed that if he does not align his Force signature with the dark side while being this close to the vergence located down here he would feel repulsed.
Laying down on the surgical table, Anakin awaits for the operation to start.
"My, Emperor. As many of these implants are neural in nature, it is important to note that for many of these implantations the subject must be awake for the surgery and the mind cannot be dulled by the use of painkillers." The living medical droid spoke of the pitfalls of the process.
"I know of the consequences and I am fine with the process."
Many of these organs are cultured in vitro from his modified cells, whilst others require that his modified cells be injected into his body and then grow into a new organ using his own physiological processes.
Anakin would use the modified cells organs to unleash and control the metabolic processes that would transform him from an ordinary mortal into a superhuman.
"First, I believe that this should be given an official name." Before the operation begins, Anakin decides he would like to start calling the modified cells through another name.
Deciding to be a bit narcissistic he says. "I will now dub this the Sky-Seed."
The sky-seed itself is encoded with all the genetic information needed to reshape ordinary Human cell clusters into the special organs he would possess in those instances where they are not directly implanted after being cultured outside the body.
The sky-seed contains genetically-engineered viral machines which rebuild the Human body according to the biological template contained within it and originally crafted by the combined scientific acumen of the Anakin, the Kaminoans and living medical droids.
Seeing the process is about to begin, Anakin stills himself preparing for the pain of the process. Now being put under the knife, Anakin starts to think about what these implants would do.
'The Secondary Heart is the first and least difficult of the 19 sky-seed organ implants I would receive to transform myself.'
It resembles a smaller version of the Human heart and is implanted in the chest cavity and connected to the rest of the neophyte's circulatory and pulmonary systems near the original heart. Its function is to enhance the performance by supplying more oxygen and nutrients to the muscles by increasing blood flow well-beyond that capable for even the most fit normal Human being.
'In the event of combat damage to or failure of the original heart, the Secondary Heart is usually capable of pumping enough blood through the circulatory system to maintain survival until I can be treated.'
The surgery was lasting a very long time and would take the entirety of the day to complete.
'The Ossmodula is the 2nd of the 19 sky-seed organs to be implanted.'
This implant, surgically placed alongside the pituitary gland at the base of the brain, thus becoming a part of the endocrine system, secretes a specially engineered form of Human growth hormone.
When the effects of this hormone are combined with a diet laced with microscopic ceramic-based minerals, they will act to synthesize the rapid growth of the skeleto-muscular system which results in superhuman strength and massive size compared to a baseline Human male.
'It was projected that two years after the surgery to implant the Ossmodula is completed, the my skeleton will be larger and exponentially stronger than a normal man's with growth having topped out at around 2.1 to 2.3 meters in height with an equivalent amount of skeleto-muscular mass.'
During this time the rib cage will fuse into a solid mass of bullet-proof, interlaced bone plates.
The resulting structure protects the organs from damage in a way the normal Human skeleton never could, though at the price of producing greater difficulties for the medical professionals when they must perform surgeries on his body cavity.
'The Biscopea is the 3rd of the 19 sky-seed organs to be implanted into myself.'
This organ enhances physical combat ability and survivability to superhuman levels should I live to become a fully transformed being. This organ is implanted into the chest cavity.
It is small, approximately spherical and, like the Ossmodula, its primary action is hormonal. The presence of the Biscopea stimulates muscle growth throughout the body, greatly increasing physical strength.
It can be implanted at the same time as the first two organs, the Secondary Heart and the Ossmodula, generally between the 10th and 12th standard human years of age.
The Nanosuit that Anakin had achieved symbiosis with had in fact not been a problem when the droids were hard at work operating on him, exactly because of symbiosis.
He could retract the armor, consciously and subconsciously he has complete control over its form over himself and most of the time it is hidden. If Anakin were to somehow go completely unconscious the suit would appear fully around his form.
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Anakin was many things, most if not everyone he had meet would call him kind by nature. Compassionate in wanting to do something, to create actions that brought about change for the better.
But, there was the other side of him. His possessiveness, his greed, his lust for things, people, power...
Most of this ambitious nature to seek out perfection, comes in line with the Sith code. His passion, his drive, everything about him radiated that there was more to the universe then what anyone could possibly hope to imagine.
For Anakin though, just because there were more darker parts of his personality did not mean he rejected these aspects and threw them away.
No he embraced it. Fully.
Which leads us to the current situation, where Anakin had sent some droids into a system that was quarantined. No visitor, no one was allowed to come here, for if they do only death would seek them back.
The Lehon system.
Once referred to as the Rakata system or Star Forge system, was the system in the Unknown Regions containing the planet of Lehon and the Star Forge.
"Statement: We are here. The Emperor had said he wanted to locate the remains of the Star Forge." HK-47 said as he was in command.
Abo, the star of the system, was feeding the Star Forge, built by the Rakata and placed close to the sun. The system afterward became part of the Galactic Republic. Following the Battle of Rakata Prime, the wreckage of the Star Forge and the vessels lost during the battle made the system difficult to navigate.
After the Jedi Civil War, the Republic made the entire Lehon system a protected historical site and dictated that it was not to be entered without permission. This lasted until the Republic Dark Age, when the crumbling government could no longer protect the location.
"Sir, we have arrived. Current location, Lehon system, Unknown Regions; Tempered Wastes."
"Inquiry: What planets orbit this star?"
"Reporting, that would be planets Iwar, Meldina, Taxiode, Lehon, Desten, Geraps Sule, Verla Klest and Ding Briar that orbit the star named Abo."
The planet Lehon, also referred to as Rakata, Rakata Prime, and the Unknown World, was the homeworld of the Rakata species and the secret capital of their Infinite Empire.
Looking towards their planet of interest HK-47 commands those on the ship they are on to descend. "Statement: Lets take a closer look."
"This planet's a technological graveyard." One droid says looking at the mass destruction caused by the great wars of the past.
The droids may not be all talk but sometimes they could not hold back from vocalizing their amazement at the wreckage. Even the lifeless could see the view is quite... something.
Lehon was a tropical world in a remote and relatively unknown corner of the galaxy known as the Tempered Wastes, a largely void area of space. Its surface was largely covered by oceans dotted by numerous clusters of islands and archipelagos.
It was the only habitable planet in the Lehon system, but it used to share an orbit around its primary star with the Star Forge, an ancient Rakatan space station and factory which drew its fuel directly from the system's primary star.
The planet itself was orbited by two small moons, but one of them was close enough to be visible from the surface during daylight, covering a significant portion of the sky.
"Statement: Go down, we are to recover the fragments of the Star Forge. The Emperor wants what is rightfully his."
Artificial intelligence is a weird thing, especially within the galaxy here. The technology can imitate life, where droids could have personalities of their own but were not considered fully living, sentient, and sapient beings.
The droids created by Anakin to live could be considered alive, but not in the biological sense.
With the Star Forge Anakin would be able to do so much more, to further his powers within the Force, his understanding of creation and the process of transference of power.
'It is lamentable that the Emperor would be unable to acquire Darth Ravens Sith holocron.' HK-47 thought to itself.
Landing safely and secure, HK along with the droid battalion it had come with started to explore the islands and the archipelagos surrounding it.
Everything, all of the bits and pieces of the Star Forge had been sunk deep beneath the oceans of Lehon.
The Star Forge was a giant automated shipyard, designed to create the most powerful army of all time. It was constructed by the Rakatan Infinite Empire five thousand years before the rise of the Galactic Republic.
The Star Forge drew energy and matter from a nearby star which, when combined with the power of the Force, was capable of creating an endless supply of ships, droids, and other war material.
The Rakata, also known as 'The Builders,' constructed the massive space station through the use of slaves from many subject worlds including Belsavis, Corellia, Coruscant, Dantooine, Drall, Duro, Kashyyyk, Manaan, Selonia, Sleheyron, Malastare, and Tatooine.
This technological marvel came at a terrible cost, as the Rakata were by nature a cruel and savage species; the Star Forge began feeding off these negative traits inherent in its creators. As a result the Star Forge became an immense tool of dark side power.
The Star Forge, now a fusion of technology and dark side energies, began corrupting the Rakata in order to gain the immense power it required to operate itself and ultimately caused the collapse of the Rakata Empire.
HK-47 feared what may come if his Emperor wanted to reconstruct such a dangerous artifact, but its better judgement is clouded by its devotion to his Emperor.
'But certainly, my Emperor, to want this marvel of technology means he has a means or method on controlling it.' HK-47 than realizes why his Emperor is so bold. 'He could use Mechu-Deru.'
The Star Forge may have been semi-sentient at once, but has now dies and if his Emperor were to imbue himself, his energy into a newly constructed Star Forge created out of the previous Forge's remains it should be under control.
If his Emperor could control millions of droids and ships surely he would be capable enough to mantle such an abyss of the Force.
HK started to realize his heretical thoughts. 'Oh no! I have detected heresy within my programming!'
All jokes aside, Anakin would not have been a good leader if he did not allow those beneath him to think for themselves as they could help him make up for his failures.
"Statement: We wont need to modify the terrain but will need to secretly bring in more transportation ships to go back and forth between here and Tatooine."
"Command: You there, get to work on this while the others will set up base." HK-47 then continues. "We need to start construction of powerful submarines capable enough of salvaging the wreckage."
"Roger, roger." A group of droids replied.