Planet Ciutric, Pef Empire

20 BBY Two weeks later

The first Gauntlet tank regiment paid for itself in the first minute on Axxila, destroying a CIS droid regiment immediately upon landing. 100 tanks costing about 1 million credits, 1 million credits of B1 droids means about 2000 of droids. The next hour had them pay off 50 times more, blitzing the slow infantry lines and destroying 90% of the artillery droids at the back.

Instead of months, the invasion of Axxila took days, especially as more tank divisions began landing to support the regular B11 droids. Speed, armor, firepower.

Once you have all three...victory!

And now the same conditions happen here, on the capital world of Ciutric Hegemony.

On Ciutric, seven tank regiments, just 700 tanks, supported by armed gunships and some Droideka droids encircled and obliterated 3 million CIS droids, entrenched and expecting us with blasters and missiles. Trenches are so last year...if you can break and fall behind enemy lines.

Once I have a few million tanks...eh, that will take months. The production lines are just warming up.

Other Mountains and Meteors have moved to siege nearby planets like New Holgha and Binquaros , Ventress having a free hand to deal with the thousands of pirates on that system.

Not that pirates can handle a thousand Orion stealthed corvettes. It was a bit of a massacre.

Surprise! At the moon Distna we found a Ciutric Hegemony secret navy base, hidden inside the hollow moon, which we immediately claimed as a Pef naval base. Because, hollow moon? How cool is that!

ZIMM's cyborgs and the Black Ops both want jurisdiction over this base, seeing as its close to the Vong attack path. Meh, they can share it. All the cyborgs in my army can barely occupy a tenth of moon's inner volume.

Elsewhere in the galaxy, planet Balmorra is being besieged by the evil Imperials, and more rebellions start, to keep the planet from becoming a Sith dominion. And as the planet was a massive factory world for the CIS, the rebels have plenty weapons, even tanks and starfighters.

The rebels even have the proper codes to use the super SD-6 Hulk infantry droid to use against the poor stormtroopers. I have a bad feeling about those poor clones.

Planet Foerost has surrendered, once their shipyards and ships in orbit vanished in a single hour of jamming and confusion. Should have done that sooner, former superpower.

The Imperial Navy is still stuck in the North at Ord Martell, as somehow their hypermatter fuel and tibanna gas for turbolasers transports vanish without trace. Not taking my prize, that easy.

My Fade II frigates have gravity interdictors now, and can drop transports of hyperspace. Guess you'll have to organize convoys and escorts. Plenty of dangerous pirates in that area...

Also, for just 1 million credits, an enterprising Hyper Cartel engineer has provided us with a few secret hyper-routes, even the one to Ruusan. It goes through Belasco though, close to the Galactic Empire territory, so only our stealth ships can reach it undetected. Sad, but I do have thousands of cloaked ships...

We still have to find our own route, but in the meantime, droids and a few Servants can claim the system, and install defense satellites and a few minor outposts.

I can't wait too long here though, at Ciutric. The money prize is waiting.

Let's hack and slice and take over the CIS droid armies, execute the Hegemony leaders, with their own bodyguard droids.

Now, all the undressed B1 droids hold weapons above your heads, and march out, to be upgraded and dressed in proper uniform by your brothers in arms, the B11 droids of the Pef Army.

And done, let's jump towards Argazda . Soon, the galaxy will know who the real superpowers are.

Especially since there might be some Vong supermonsters in Slave Pits of Lorrd , on planet Lorrd nearby, which was a slave planet for the Argazdians for millennia.

Now, I doubt there were Vong Shapers around 4 millennia ago, but who knows?

A few hours later my fleet arrived at Argazda, surprising the CIS corporations and slavers with their pants down. In many cases, literally, either abusing slaves or reading stock reports on the toilet.

Now, do I wait for them to finish...?

Nope, let's end this farce right now! Guards, don't bother to arrest them. Just shoot, and rip their limbs off. Like that!

And let's take over the comm channels and announce the new laws, while our troops disembark with neural lessons for my new Imperial Servants.

All this wealth and stocks? Nationalized, to support the liberation.

And pay salaries and other costs.

You keep slaves? No autonomy then. You just proved you can't handle it.

I should locate that Doctor Raygar . Damn, my Black Ops are fast! 'No, don't kill him!'

He led an expedition to Yavin 4, and collected artifacts for Palpatine. But I bet he kept some. 'Have him brought to me.' I order calmly.

"You see, Doctor Raygar. You caused the new Sith Empire, led by Palpatine. Now kindly explain what you did, what artifacts you found, and what did Palpatine take" I asked softly, while recording the scared doctor relate his story. For me, and the rebellion, of course.

Almost like a Discovery channel documentary, sometimes using captured images of Palpatine and his office to point out an object or another.

"You mean, the very Sith Chalice, that many visitors saw in Chancellor's Palpatine office, was a Sith relic, recovered by your expedition?" I asked with the voice of a curious reporter.

"Yes, that and many other things, some even speaking to my mind, with evil voices." he confirmed, with professional outrage.

"And there you have, dear friends of the Argazda Historical News. A real story, of a man tricked by a Sith Lord to do his bidding, and plunge the galaxy into war. Sadly, the Pef Navy is approaching our system, and our transmission may be jammed..." And cut.

Ah, I could really host a number of Discovery Channels at once, about all the fantastic species and old relics of the galaxy.

Damn Jedi and Sith, keeping everything secret.

And done. A partition of mine will run non-stop documentaries from now on, with live images from battles and various remote planets.

The Holodiscovery Channel, bringing you the most amazing things in the galaxy, every day.

Planet Sernpidal, Pef Empire

Next week

The trip up the Veragi Trade Route was easy from here on, just clearing whatever pirates we found.

Also, launching thousands of stealth satellites, and keeping an eye open for Vong ships or asteroids with weapons.

But we did find a present, for myself. On planet Seline, on a deserted starport, we found a Sekot ship, dead. But its two hyperdrives engines were mechanical and more advanced than anything I seen till now.

And, as the robust tech in this galaxy takes a million years to die, the engines are almost fine. A bit dinged up, but nothing internal is broken.

Normal modern tech, not some fractal intersection of dimensions like the Kwa or Rakata do things, but so finely tuned and crafted, it can obtain 0.5 speed, or maybe even 0.4. This is what I needed!

The sad thing, it's only good for a large starfighter or a shuttle, maybe a Corellian freighter.

And I'm not sure I can make a reverse-engineered one, at this femto-scale of quality.

I'll try of course, since it costs me just time and patience.

"My patience too. When are we blowing things up again?" Ventress asked a bit annoyed.

"You just massacred like 5000 innocents pirates, poor guys only praying on commerce, like their forefathers, for generations." I answered politely.

"Gah, why are we building a hundred bases and factories and 5 planetary shields here?" my dark maid asked rhetorically.

She knew, but was just bored. "Go talk to the locals, Asajj. See if they saw anything funny. And organize patrols and checkpoints. The Vong should feel blank, like the force can't touch them, so easy to spot."

"Sure, prisoners or...?"

"It's to give you something fun to do Asajj. Old Daka found them very amusing" I said softly, and squeezed her bottom tenderly.

"Ah... I could indeed. I do feel a little frustrated..." she acknowledged, and went to put her power armor on.

Heh, I already spread a dozen types on nanoviruses down on the planet, testing for genetic markers.

A small number failed to register, an exact 144 number. Just like on Bimmiel.

I could just collect the Vong with some droids, but Ventress needs...

'Sigh. Just direct me to them. Hunting is no fun with you around' my maid complained over the bond, as she was about to land.

Yea, just because most force abilities wouldn't work, that didn't mean mechanical means would fail.

Guess I should start a bioweapon partition for the Vong as well. The Shapers will catch it and counter it, eventually.

But I might be able to deter them from using their own biological plagues, with the threat of my own.

Now, let's send orders for a few Explorers to search towards Helska and Belkadan.

There are some 50 known planets nearby and then the planet Asation, which forms the gateway to Gree space.

That's where I think Ray is. My Findsman abilities are not sure, either due to her crystal nature, or to some Gree distortion over their whole space.

They may have devolved somewhat, since the Rakata defeated them and forced them to retreat, but those gates on Asation must be powered by something.

Sadly, there are more pressing matters. 100 Meteors and 1 Mountain will remain to fortify this system, while the rest will begin the advance towards Dubrilion. While the world is rich and high tech, even more important are the asteroids and the Destrillion planet in that system. I can make a large shipyard there, and extract tibanna gas.

Perfect location for a forge world, close to the access point of the Vong.

Planet Artorias would help as well.

'Hey Pef, guess what?' Asajj asked, from the planet.

'You killed them all?' I guessed.

'In 144 different ways! They're not so hard to kill...' she complained, with a disappointed tone.

Heh. Soldiers trying to pass as locals? Without bio armor and weapons, and support from the yammosk?

Sure, just meat and bone. And you have a T-800 power armor, worth 800 million credits.

Almost comparable to a Meteor in cost and durability. I even tested proton torpedoes, and barely scratched it.

The Meteors that were repaired after Lianna had holes almost 1 kilometer deep, and a few even more.

That armor may be thick, but is not as durable as durasteel or cortosis...

I can cover them with alchemy inscribed plates though. Those Sanctuary people can start doing some work, with all the skills they learned. Maybe even boosting comms and sensors and engines.

' You heard that Dora?' I asked with some amusement.

'How can I not, most beloved Emperor. We'll start with the defense fleet, and let you know if the alchemic sigils work, and by how much' my twi'lek Voice sent with an adoring tone.

Maybe too adoring. Hey...is that?

'Almost certain Pef. A son of a son' she replied, a bit too happy.

Well done Peffy! 'It is Peffy, right?' I wondered a bit concerned.

'Stupid droid. Go back to your war!' I got in response.

Right. Don't ask, don't tell. Maybe.

"Can we jump already, Father Emperor?" my captain asked, a bit annoyed. Ah, talking out loud.

"Engage hyperdrives Captain. Let's go to war!" I replied heroically.

Planet Mandalore, Pef Empire

Charming Castle, Tower 7N

Natasi Greyshade hid behind a pillow, as Avatar began dressing up.

"Something bad happened? You need to fix something?" my newest wife asked, a bit confused and scared.

"Nothing bad, my love. My first kid. I kinda want to see. Make sure Dora is fine, and everything" Peffy said gently, then kissed the red-headed Major for goodbye.

"Oh, another wife, another planet huh? You sure have your life mapped out then. Wives and kids everywhere, and you run around to see them..." she said, a bit amused.

"I'll try, but this won't be possible too much. Only during calm times like these" I mused, waving the armor to open up for me.

Technopathy was barely working, unless I used the biochip in the brain.

Better than nothing, but...

Anyway, I had living force and precognition.

And I should go see Lidia too, then Zero and the Dathomirian sisters...well, future wives.

And teach Zero agelessness. She was getting too slow...or maybe I was too fast.

I will let the Avatar's body grow naturally for a few years more though. Maybe 2 more centimeters in height will appear somehow.

Kriff, that sarlacc was 15000000 centimeters long ! Come now dear Force, let me get to 180 centimeters!

A man should be tall and strong, my mom told me that! And I was stronger than him, if not whatever millennia old the worm was.

It wasn't fair!