Before the 187th, 212th and the 501st departed for Ryloth me and Ahsoka were pulled to the side by our Masters and Master Windu, they explained to us that we'd be leading the enitial assaults which got Ahsoka fired up although I wasn't as thrilled. I immediately began scouring notes on Ryloth as well as adding my own knowledge on top of consulting with my eternal advisors who taught me the Twi'lek language and the basics of their customs, I learnt about the Climate and Geography. My Master found me going over Domino Squads equipment as they had been assigned to the main assault after the 501st broke through the Blockade, "How are you feeling Dankel?" I put down Hevy's DC-15A blaster rifle a bit too heavily making the Clones jump slightly, "I've had more visions Master, the Droids hold the Twi'leks of the village by our Landing Zone hostage next to their anti-air cannons... I understand that this mission is mine to lead but I refuse to put my own progression in the front of the lives of the innocent!" With a nod from my Master I went back to what I was doing which I quickly finished, my next order of business was to figure out how I launched myself in my duel against Master Windu and somewhat obviously figure out how to improve it so I can fly!
Luckily the floor of the training room is made of Durasteel, my flames average 1100°C to 1200°C similar to the flames from Earth given enough time and effort I could probably melt the floor but I don't plan on it. I want to figure out why my fire burns everything but me, after a couple of hours of calibrations D4 was able to scan my flames and whenever they come close to me their temperature drops down to only 10°C which makes zero sense to me at all but my body can apparently fight on its own while I'm unconcious so maybe its a mental barrier like how you can't bite through your tongue on purpose. I figured out how to launch a pressurised stream from my hand by creating a cone in which a vacuum is created that drags in air which hits an ignition flame (basically how a flamethrower works just with extra steps). The more I experiment with my Pyrokinesis the less I have to depend on my knowledge of Physics and Chemistry as the Force fills in for any issues I seem to have, "That is not how the Force or Physics works..." I mumbled to myself as I attempted to lift myself from the ground using two pressurised streams of fire from my hands, the most progress being to slow down my descent after I jumped, I was catching my breathe when Domino Squad walked past the training room arguing. Poking my head out I saw Fives holding a torn body glove the pressurised garment under their armor I walked up to them taking the fabric out of his hands my mind racing, "I'll need to get a replacement sir, I apologise for any trouble Commander." I authorised the order but kept the torn body glove a somewhat sinister smile appearing on my face scaring the poor Clones.
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I hoisted my backpack over my shoulder as I boarded the Gunship with Domino Squad as well as Waxer and Boil, I tried to get on Gunships with characters that I know make it to the ground and don't get shot out of the sky whenever I can. D4 showed us the scans of the Landing Zone, I made a note of the obvious choke point the Droids would be defending. "Cutup once we secure a base of operations I want you to take Echo and take up a defensive position keep an eye out for any droid recon," I turned to the rest of the Clones in the Gunship, "I'll give the rest of you your orders once we hit the ground." We took off and all I felt was excitement, the nerves I'd felt when I'd been told that I was incharge disappeared almost completely with encouragement from the Empires Wrath giving me tips on strategy as well as how to raise the moral of troops through strong leadership. "Don't forget to listen to your Master young one, he has been leading these men a lot longer than you have." The Hero of Tython chimed in with, I looked around at the men who placed their trust in me and smiled, as the gunships descended and began taking on heavy fire my heart began to race. The Clones notice me getting more excited the closer we get to the ground, "Fuck it, open the door!" I shouted the side doors opening revealing us just above the tree line, "I'll see you guys down there!" I jumped down landing on one of the branches before I began jumping between the trees, blaster bolts fly past my head as I sped to the front lines where my Master is taking cover next to Cody. I see the droids fortifications and step out of cover, "Cody you got a Thermal Detonator?" He passes it to me, Obi Wan looked at me before nodding as he wasn't incharge of this mission I was. I turn to Domino Squad and single out Cutup, "Reckon you can make that shot?" He pulls down his visor, "Maybe if I was higher up Commander." I laugh and threw the Thermal Detonator out infront of the Droid Gunner creating a smoke cloud, I jump up into the tree and lift up Cutup making a Barrier for him to steady himself on. It took one shot for him to hit the Droid and we all advanced quickly dispatching all the remaining droids in the area.
As we set up a base of operations I turn to Cody, "Teams of three, I want you and two others to check on the turbo lasers while another three search for the locals... If my visions are right you'll be finding them Cody but I have hope that some are still safe." Cody took Wooley and Fives with him while Waxer, Boil and Hevy explored the outskirts of the village. I pull up the Holomap of the area, I scroll through it all until Kenobi's hand falls on my shoulder, "You're restless Dankel, what have you seen?" I tell him that I have been seeing Master Windu's campaign not his, "Well that confirms our decision, after your duel Master Windu wanted to see how you fair in these situations first hand." I let out a sigh as I turn back to the Holo and smile as I point to the tunnels running straight under the settlement, D4 began downloading the map so I went to check on Cutup and Echo. "Nothing to report Commander, are you sure this is necessary?" I smile and nod, "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.... I know I'd scout out the enemy to see who is leading their forces to figure out their strategies, it doesn't take a tactical droid to figure out why that's a good idea." As soon as I finished saying that a probe droid flew along the outskirts of our encampment, "Told you so, happy shootin' boys." I jumped down from their perch and head over to the command centre where my Master and Cody were waiting.
"We'll travel above land until we near the Droid encampment then we'll split our forces, General Kenobi's group will free the Twi'leks while I lead a distraction... Any word from those three, I want everyone back for this.." When Cody failed to get through I pulled out my Sonic, I may or may not have placed trackers on the members of Domino Squad which vibrate at a frequency only the Sonic can pick up... In my defence half of them should be dead and the other half should be with the 501st making them anomalies in the story like me. "Master, I've got a really bad feeling about this... Ok change of plans, Master can you start moving our troops and I'll go check on those three!" I was already out the door before he could object, I should probably mention that those runs I did with Master Yoda did wonders for my stamina and I'm pretty good at pacing myself so it wasn't long before I found a house which was being attacked by several Gutkurr. I beeped my Sonic a couple times and after hearing the beep played back from Hevy's communicator I jumped down into the middle of the street and whistled, they are a lot bigger then I thought they were... I dodged between the fleas and created a wall of fire which I'm starting to think is a rubbish move cause they just walked through it, I jumped on top of one and looked towards the house where Hevy was holding open the door.
Fire surrounded me as I launched myself off of the Gutkurr, I ended up rolling through the door and smacking my face on the wall. "You couldn't have arrived at a more perfect time Commander, our blasters were useless." Hevy explained as I introduced myself to Numa and hoisted her on my back, "I mean I told you guys to find locals and you found Numa here so I can't be mad at you for this one just call in next time I would have gotten here quicker... Watch your step Waxer." The Clone narrowly avoided stepping in what can only be described as a pothole, I then begin to explain the plan to the three Clones as my Comms began to beep so I signal for them to climb up the ladder. Once they were up I just jump up with Numa on my back and smile at Kenobi who shoots me a look that Anakin knows all too well, "We have our plan so lets get to it... Master you'll take Waxer, Boil and Fives everyone else is with me while we distract the Droids understood." Numa went with my Master while D4 climbed back up my shoulder, beeping his disapproval of this plan, it wasn't long before I was standing alone at the entrance of the Droids compound. "It'd be so easy if I was a psycho, ignite the fuel or the ammunition of those tanks smile at the fireworks but I have to have a moral compass... HEY CLANKERS OVER HERE!" Igniting my Saber got their attention more then me shouting at them.
One thing you should know about B1 Battle Droids is that their accuracy blows, I deflect like two bolts the rest I just side step. The Clones are waiting until they push forward on my orders, if they where to join this little attack the Droids would have the advantage. B2's are a different story, their programming is a bit quicker not to mention those wrist rockets, I create a barrier to block one then launch the resulting explosion back into the droids. "D4 how long until those Tanks start moving to engage us?" I start deflecting more to give my lil' buddy cover when my body launches itself out of the way of a shell, "FOCUS IDIOT!" The Empires Wrath yells as I pat down the flames on my shirt, I nod and begin to retreat while deflecting blaster bolts. I stand in the middle of the street and smile as my left hand becomes surrounded with a mist, I'm creating water droplets which then becomes fog it won't last long at all considering Ryloth's climate but it'll be cool, once I'm happy with the amount I condensed down I launch it over the Droids heads then release my control over it causing a dense fog to fill the area where the Twi'leks are being held captive. I noticed Droids being re-routed so I shouted for the Clones to begin their assault, they quickly refocused on us.
I rushed a Tank... IT WAS AWESOME! I weaved through the Droids, cutting them down as I went, when I reached said Tank it aimed its main gun at me so I used the Force to jump up onto the barrel. I ran towards the cockpit, is it a cockpit if it's a Tank? Doesn't matter, I jumped as I sliced the main gun with my Saber and then I ripped open the hatch and filled it with a fire hot enough to melt the controls. It may or may not have exploded which launched me a few feet in the air, getting blow up wasn't on my list of things to do today but honestly it was fine other than the fact half my shirt burnt off. I checked around for D4 only to spot him with Hevy, clearly he didn't feel like attacking a Tank head on and you know what that is fair enough considering I was falling from the sky. I landed on top of a B1 Droid, "Sorry buddy, better luck next time!" I kept running through the skirmish, slicing through Droids as you do until I got fed up of my own plan. See, I could only see where a Droid was when it shot at me cause I managed to make the fog thicker then intended. Dear reader how would you deal with this isssue if you had powers like mine, if you said use the Force to push it away to somewhere else you'd be smarter then me. I elected to set it on fire...
See fog dissapates when temperature rises, my plan was essentially the same one I had for when I dealt with the Blue Shadow Virus. If you don't remember what I did there I basically made flash fire to burn away the infected water, I planned on doing the same here however I was dealing with pure water vapour here so what did I do? I fucked up is what I did, I turned the fog into steam... Those with any knowledge of burns can guess what I did, luckily I was the only person still in the fog as it rapidly turned to steam. I sat down biting my lip as my entire left forearm was left bright red with boils dotted over it, another note of what to add to what my Pyrokinesis will do or in this case won't do I guess. I raised my hand as a Clone Medic ran over to me, "Just a burn buddy, I'll be alright..." I took the bacta spray from him and got up to walk over to my Master but he was quicker as he arrived at my side, "Besides yourself there was no injuries or casaulties in your attack, all the hostages are safe... Your plan worked Dankel you should be extremely proud." I shake my head as I follow him to my transport which will take me to Master Windu's landing zone, "I still have much to learn Master, I was too reckless and I got lucky that I was the only one to pay for it... May the Force be with you Master."
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I exited the AT-TE as a energised shell hit the canyon wall above us, as I ran to the front of the convoy I made sure two bracelets where secured to my wrists and jumped to the front of the damaged AT-TE where the pilot was trapped behind a sheet of Transparisteel. Though weaker then Durasteel it's still pretty strong, I don't have Shatterpoint so I can't just shatter it like Master Windu however I can vibrate it as well as heat it up to weaken it. Cracks began to spread from where my hand was placed, as I quickly pulled it away the glass flew with it just as Master Windu reached where we were. I jumped up as he helped the Clone to safety however another shell hit the canyon wall launching me back, I made eye contact with Master Windu as I fell and quickly noticed time slow down as two figures floated around me. "Look I know what you're going to say but I've got a plan if you'd just leave me be!" I shouted as I started to spin and bring my hands together to release the locking mechanism on the bracelets as two pieces of fabric spread from under my arms, I took in a deep breath and shot my arms out and began to glide. That is right dear reader I made a basic wingsuit out of Fives' torn body glove, I have a basic track running from my wrists down to my belt which I worked into my shirt so it hugs my body pretty well. I took in a deep breath before breathing out a big enough plume of fire to rapidly create hot air which forced me to launch up as it caught in the my wings. I had to close my eyes as the wind and the dust from the explosions was making it too pinful to keep them open, flying blind doesn't make for good landings as I smacked straight into the side of an AT-TE.
"Fec, are you alright?" I heard Windu shout as he pushed the fallen AT-TE out of the way of our convoy, I gave a thumbs up before pressing a button on each bracelet which causes the wings to return to the track. I get lifted up and dragged to where Windu was taking cover, "What was that?" He questioned so I showed him and explained it to him, "If you created it then how come you couldn't land better?" I scratch the back of my head as I explain my forgetting about the wind that would be in my eyes but I could remedy that by wearing goggles or a helmet. He shook his head before ordering Lightning Squadron to engage to the enemy, I watched as he led the charge towards the enemy tanks and jumped on top of the leading AT-TE. I took a running jump as I opened up the wings again, I created another air vent by breathing fire under me and started to glide towards the tanks which were now focused on Master Windu which allowed me to glide without having to figure out how to steer myself. But Dankel what about the wind and dust I hear you cry well I just fought through the discomfort which wasn't that easy but oh well, when I got close enough I re-locked my wings and ignited my Saber just in time to slice through the barrel of one of the Seperatist Tanks, managing to stick the landing this time. I side step its secondary blasters as I click my fingers which sent a wisp of fire straight down the remains of the main guns barrel straight into the tanks munitions, which as you can guess led to an explosion.
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During the mission update with Master Yoda, the Chancellor and Senator Orn Free Taa it's explained that the Seperatists have picked a nearly inpenetrable stronghold and that is when I see him look at me. "Padawan Fec... I believe you have a way of getting over the Canyon?" I freeze slightly before chuckling to myself and nodding, "As Master Yoda is aware I like to invent things and well I made this," Out pop my wings much to the suprise of everyone, "Well, I got the idea when I was reading about Hawk-bats... They glide through the Coruscant pipes riding thermal currents, making hot air to glide on is extremely easy with my Pyrokinesis... This is the closest I could get to flying with my ability, anyways I could glide over the Canyon undetected and take control of the bridge operating room no problem but trooper wise I don't think we'd be able to take the city..." The rest of the conversation went as it does in Canon with Master Windu going to recruit General Syndulla while I stay with the Clones keeping them moving on schedule, I wish I could say my job was a simple one however I was meditating when the Seperatists bombed a village we were passing. "Commander keep moving.. I'll catch up..." I walked through the burning village looking for survivors, putting out fires as I went, once I saved enough survivors were they could help each other I prepared to leave. A grieving mother came to me with her childs toy, I told her that revenge wasn't the way of the Jedi but I'd liberate Ryloth so no other child suffers. Once I walked far enough away from the village I let my anger rise, I was alone for the first time since coming to this Galaxy I could finally vent, tears streamed down my face as I began to run.
I wanted to do more for them, the twi'leks, but I have a responsibilty to the rest of their planet... I doubt they'd understand, if I saw someone putting out fires with their mind do the bare minimum to help you I'd curse him if I was in their situation. I had to be there to help in the Battle of Lessu right? I slowed down and looked back at the village, fires still raging, I then look down at the toy in my hand and tighten my grip before opening comms with D4. "Send your coordinates buddy..." I began running again this time however I was moving much quicker, I was still angry but it was directed into each step. Fire flashed across my skin as I let my anger rise to a burning point, in most forms of media fire is the element of emotion and that appears to be the case here as well. I stopped on the top of a hill looking down at the Convoy where the Twi'lek resistance and the Clones joked as they marched towards battle, I fell to my knees catching my breathe, looking back I saw scorch marks which quickly died out along the path I'd ran. I sat down and wrote out the equation for air resistance, by creating what was effectively fire armour I caused all the air infront of me to quickly rise reducing the overall resistance which hindered my speed. I then tried to work out how the hell I was breathing because if I was burning away all the air then that means there wouldn't be any for me, I blasted away the formula with a Force push and pulled my Sonic off of my belt and beeped it twice. A couple minutes passed before a Clone arrived with a Walker, "You actually managed to catch up Commander? Some of the boys thought you'd sit this one out." I took his hand and perched on the back of the Walker, chuckling slightly. "Sorry to disappoint~" I promptly took a well deserved nap.
As I went over my equipment again, trying to shake away the thoughts that I'm making the wrong choices... I mean I can see the future and have all this power right so why aren't I taking the fight to Palpatine? All I'd have to do was fill his office with Carbon Monoxide or create a bomb, we're at war it would be easy to get away with... It's the same with Grievous, I could have stabbed him in the back on the Malevoulent or just not told him about blowing up the Rishi Outpost. A pat on my shoulder pulls me from my head, I turned expecting Master Windu but instead I'm met by Cham Syndulla who hesitantly smiled down at me. I leant back slightly as he kneeled down in front of me, "I wanted to thank you personally for helping that village, I'd heard rumours of Jedi kindness and seen it in person but for a child your age... My daughter is seven, I couldn't imagine Hera fighting in this war..." I nod, letting him vent his frustrations about the war, I stand up and offer my hand to him. "That's why I'm here... Don't worry General Syndulla, we'll kick those Seperatists outta here!" I wasn't expecting to talk to him but it cleared my head for a minute ready for this mission.
"Remember Dankel, you just have to hold the bridge control room until our forces can reinforce it... Are you sure you should be taking your Droid?" I secured D4 to my harness which I was borrowing from one of the freedom fighters, I nodded as I made sure everything was stored on my belt properly. "Someone has to stop them from turning it off remotely or stop them from diverting power from it once they realise what's happening while I fight." I hop on the back of Cham's mount while Windu climbed on a walker, we ran along the edge of the Canyon while the rest of our forces moved into position. "Don't worry General, I'll try get you people out the way after all I'm here to save Ryloth not leave it ruin." We stopped roughly halfway between the bridge and the mountain that covered the rear of the city of Lessu, I hopped down and lifted the goggles up over my eyes; yet another gift from the freedom fighters. I walked away from the edge as Master Windu walked closer to it, "Have you two done this before?" Cham asked, both of us said nope, "Is this 'wingsuit' tested?" I shrugged which filled his face with worry, "Master Jedi you can't be serious, the fate of my people and this boys life hang on a piece of untested tech!" I laughed as I started running, wisps of fire surrounding my feet as I jumped, I almost yelled out when I felt Windu throw me. When I started to fall I deployed my wings and started to glide, having goggles definetly helped, I started to gain speed which wasn't good.
I hadn't figured out how to slow down as I made it across the valley so I retracted the wings, as I approached the ground I created a Force Barrier to land on and ignited my Saber. As the Barrier started to slide I stabbed my Saber into the ground as a makeshift Anchor, all the air was knocked out of me when the Barrier shattered and I went rolling. I grabbed a hold of D4 to protect him from any damage, I lay there for a good minute before getting up and hopping on the comms. "I made it, coulda stuck the landing a bit better but oh well." Do you guys remember whn I had that broken healing ability? Yeah I miss that, I winced as D4 smacked my back before beeping something along the lines of 'yep that'll bruise' before scanning for a way for us to sneak into the room so we can chuck some Droid Poppers in and sneakily take over the Control Room without the entire Droid Garrison coming down on our heads. I shot an ascension cable up over the wall and began to climb, the pain in my back reduced to a small stabbing pain once I reached the top. I spotted a vent cover and luckily I fit in thanks to this body's smaller frame, D4 led the way as he moved completely unhindered the lucky asshole.
I had to refrain from humming the Mission Impossible or James Bond themes quite a few times until I had a sudden realisation, I looked down at my belt and audible cursed as my Lightsaber was nowhere to be found. "Psst D4, slip past me and see if my Saber is back along the vent!" I whisper, my trusty Droid companion called me a few words I won't repeat here as he scurried back along the vent. I agree with the word choice when he comes back empty handed, I never picked it back up when I dropped it to catch D4. "Dammit... Ok we keep going... If we time it right we won't have to do too much fighting." We arrive above the bridge control room, I beep my communicator twice which should signal the attack and sure enough I hear the Driods panic about turning off the bridge so I smash open the vent and throw a Droid Popper which did its job. I watched the Republic Forces close in on the Bridge and turned to the door with the only thing close to a weapon being the second Droid Popper I had on me, D4 plugged in to stop any forms of external interference, two Clones joined me and I made a choice. "You two stay here with D4 while I join Master Windu on the front lines." I threw the last Droid Popper just in time to catch the Commando Droids that were going to storm the room which was really lucky this time as one of them had a Vibro Blade which I quickly picked up.
I rushed towards the landing pad where a Droid transport was flying from, I used the ascension cable as well as my ability to jump to scale the wall which allowed me to arrive before Master Windu. Throwing the Vibro Blade straight into the face of a B2 Battle Droid took one of Tambors guards down pretty easily, the other one didn't last long against me setting fire to its inner wiring. I pulled the Blade to me while Tambor tried to negotiate but I pushed him to the floor, fire licked across my skin as I stared at him, "WHO ORDERED THE BOMBINGS HUH?" I threw the Childs toy onto his lap, the fire burnt hotter as he tried to crawl away from me saying he was just following Dooku's orders. "Padawan Fec stand down now!" Mace shouted, I raised the Vibro Blade and threw it past Wat Tambors head it embedding itself in the floor. The flames down as I looked up at the bombers flying towards the city and watched as Anakin destroyed them all, "I'm not a killer..." That is the answer as to why I didn't kill Grievous when I had the chance, why I don't kill Palpatine... I've fallen victim to the very trope I hate, the killing them makes me just as bad as them trope in this Galaxy where ones actions and emotions are so linked to ones powers I don't want to fall to the Dark Side. I walk away to where I left my Lightsaber, if I had brought it with me would I have killed him?
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Dankel Fec: Current Ability Level
Duelling - Significantly above Padawan Anakin Skywalker
Hand to Hand Combat - Significantly above Clones
Connection to the Force - Slightly Stronger
Force Abilities - Telekinesis, Pyrokinesis, Force Sight (Advanced), Force Healing (Passive), Force Projections, Force Scream, Force Barrier.
Current mastery over the Abilities on a scale of 10;
- Telekinesis = 3.5
- Pyrokinesis = 6
- Force Sight (Advanced) = 3.5
- Force Healing = -0.9
-Force Projections = 0.1
-Force Scream = 0
-Force Barrier = 2.7