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==Meta==
Please see also "Meta". 
===Characters===
Please see "Characters". 
===Conventions===
* The story will be presented in the machete(?) order--451236.
* People's Force signatures are musical themes.
* Kaiju, Sith, Jaegers, and Jedi
** Kaiju are Sith: Tresspasser is Maul, Scissure is Dooku (which cuts out him being Yoda(?)'s apprentice but oh well.). The Crown Princess is responsible for their creation; possibly the Kaiju are semi failed experiments in midichlorian research and they just appear like things from legends or she dabbles in this every now and then. 
** Most Jaegers are Avatars and are also the Crown Princess's creation. They can manipulate a person's midi-chlorians, however they themselves are 100% inorganic. 
* Most Rangers are Jedi
===Parallels===
Over the course of the tale, two princesses get kidnapped. How do I make Kirra's rescue happen in Episode 5 or Min's in Episode 2? The characters had growing up to do in Episode 1 and since I'm cutting out a chunk of episodes 5&6 maybe I can shuffle things so there's room for growing up in Episode 4 (going to Dagobah, maybe?)
I had no one to play Bail Organa so I replaced Alderaan with Naboo. Simplifies things two fold, because there's legacy with the planet between the two trilogies now
===Worries===
Stardome is turning into Kirra's story which worries me a little. Whatevs, it does what it does.
I worry, too, that Mako's storyline isn't interesting/engaging enough; Tamsin is pushing her to be good enough to defeat Stacker pretty much the whole way through and that's what she focuses on.
Stacker's rage isn't manifesting as much as I'd like, and he may not have enough 'human' moments, but he kinda didn't in PacRim, so maybe that's okay.
* What I'm worried about with this story; Stacker's trial happens before(ish), Herc's is during the story. 
==Episode 4==
Please see "At the Start of Our Hope". 
==Episode V==
Please see "The Defense Corps Strikes Back". 
Crippling the Death Star is important because "The Empire Strikes Back" happens much sooner after "A New Hope"; Mako leaves to train on Dagobah (Chuck refuses to go), Hoth comes under fire and the rebels evacuate, the Danger is scooped up by a cruiser just like Kirra's ship was, Kirra and Chuck are taken prisoner, Kirra and Chuck escape, the rebels nearly beg Kirra to 'please go home and rest and not get kidnapped in the exact same fashion twice in six months please', so she does, chuck goes to Dagobah, and he and Mako get more than three days of training
The Millennium Falcon is fleeing Hoth with the rest of the rebels when an Imperial Cruiser swallows the ship--they go from Hoth to nom'd by an imperial cruiser: "Are you /kidding me?" rages Charlotte. Vader!Herc arrests her and Chuck for conspiracy, dumps the Danger/Falcon. 
Herc escorts Chuck and Kirra to the ship and sits them down; Kirra's been on that ship/similar ship she has a favourite seat and obnoxiously claims it. Herc sighs, Chuck grumbles. 
The cruiser starts its return to the Death Star, and Chuck eventually picks a fight with Kirra and they start arguing. 
Herc tells them both to settle down or he'll set the ship down on the nearest moon and make them walk: "So help me, if you two don't stop, I will put this ship down and make you walk." 
Kirra and Chuck both glare at him; the air ripples and the lights flicker
Chuck and kirra continue trying to kill each other despite the warning, so Vader!Herc sets the ship down on the first viable planet(oid) they find, says he'll be back when they've thought about what they've done, and leaves them there.
Kirra starts undoing her braids and Chuck /flips /out--she's doing her /hair at a time like this??--but she's taking out all these silver things and putting them together and calling an alliance ship for a pick up.
Once onboard, the rebels have a unanimous vote that, since Kirra's been kidnapped in the same manner /twice in the last six months, she should go home, rest, take a little vacation please and thank you we don't want to be worried sick about you for two weeks /please and everyone deserves a break from freaking out about that happening (again) (ie, a new hope and the empire strike's back are much closer together in time), so Kirra, Raleigh, Jackson, the Sashas, and Liu return to Naboo for a break. 
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Raleigh Becket (who, since the death of his brother, has refused to set foot on a flightdeck) can step onto Cloud City and greet his long-time friend, Tendo Choi
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Herc and Chuck have the 'I am your father' bit: 
“No,” Vader!Herc says sadly. “I’m your father.“ 
Chuck’s head shakes, face twisting. "I’m not–” Advances. “You /mons–”
Eyes wide, surprise, fear–
He lunges–
Chuck reaches–
"No!" 
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Jackson keeps trying to convince Kirra that's he's on their side and that she can rely on him, but she dismisses all his attempts. 
"What can I do to get you to trust me?!"
"Leave." 
So he gets the Danger ready to go, sends a flight plan in for approval, etc, and just as they're about to take off, an aide comes to inform him that the Princess would like him to stay. 
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===Pasta-throwing===
Episode 5/Episode 6 skips straight from Cloud City to the Death Star(?). 
* will have to figure out how to get Chako back to Dagobah. 
* except now how do I get Chuck to lose his hand and fall down that shoot and onto the Falcon? Maybe Herc comes for Mako--!!! Stacker comes for Raleigh because he and Yancy defeated a Kaiju and the Empire wants his DNA for the next generation of troopers. But I still need Herc to be there
** first draft: stacker arrives for Raleigh in cloud city, he hands him off to Herc. Problems: why are they in cloud city in the first place? How did a new hope end, when did they get to Hoth, did Luke leave for Dagobah after Hoth was comprised, does the MF crew then head to cloud city? 
*** Herc with Chuck, Kirra, and whomever else are flying back to the Death Star(?) (where do they interrogate Luke? Endor? The Death Star?) Herc threatens to put down the ship and does, and then leaves Chuck and Kirra on a rock. Chuck flips out and grumps and, when Kirra starts undoing her hair, rages about that except she's taking out these bits of silver and she puts them together like a sort of puzzle and is calling the resistance. "How do you have all this stuff?" "I'm not a princess, Mr Striker, I'm the resistance." Because of the argument between the two in the ship, Herc realizes Chuck's his son. They get picked up, Chuck gets dropped off on Dagobah, Kirra goes back to resistance-ing, and then Chuck picks up on his friends' distress and ... that brings us back to Stacker. Time paradox!
** draft two: they're flying away from Hoth and an imperial cruiser swallows the falcon. Kirra is justifiably pissed. Herc dumps them, then, realizing there's really no point in holding on to the others, lets them go. Maybe Mako's already heading to Dagobah with the triplets?
I over complicated things~
The Rebellion flees Yavin for Hoth, and when the Empire attack as (once they've set up shop on Endor), they launch an attack. The Rebellion scatters, Mako goes to Dagobah (but Chuck refuses), and the Falcon gets damaged and limps to Bespin where they fall into an Imperial trap. 
Vader!Stacker leaves for Corusant because Mako's not there, but Vader!Herc takes the Chucks into custody and lets the Falcon go free (because there's no Fett in this AU). The Chucks argue, Herc ditches them, they're picked up by a rebellion ship, they rendez vous with the Falcon and then on to Naboo for some R&T. 
The Rebellion can eventually reconvene on Naboo; that planet's 70/30 Rebellion/Empire because Amidala was more popular than Palpatine ever was. It's not like they can be attacked there--people from all over are sending envoys and gifts to the Princess while she conveleses, so the Rebellion would just be faces in the crowd. The Princess can also claim she invited them personally. If she's accused of having Rebel sympathies, she would point out she's in such a state because the Empire failed in its duty to keep her safe while the Rebellion saved her life, so damn straight she's glad they exist. (I believe one of the Empire's promises was better protection for the Outer Rim worlds, one of which is Tatooine where the Princess was captured by someone most definitely not affiliated with the Empire.)
==Episode 1==
The planet Naboo is under siege by the Trade Federation. Two Jedi, Lady Luna and her apprentice, Tamsin, are sent in to help with negotiations. When the ship comes under fire, its avatar, W31, sends out a trio or a pair of repair droids.
Vanessa, is a champion pod racer, and then Scott got her pregnant. Their owners squabbled about it and agreed to have the kid brought to term if Scott's owner paid Vanessa's a portion of the winnings Vanessa wouldn't be earning, and then buy the kid when it's born. 
Herc was being groomed for podracing, and Master Pentecost leveraged his win for his 'contract' and the pod, as QuiGon did with Anakin.
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"Who was the father?" asks Luna. 
Tess smiles ruefully. "I thought I was--I /knew I was sterile." Sighs. "After Scott, they treated me, and there was no way--" Huffs, eyes bright. "And there was no way I could have gone all these years if I wasn't." 
"And yet." 
"And yet," she agrees. "My little Hercules." 
"The Cytherian God of strength?" 
She nods. "I don't know a lot about any sort of religion, but I knew that much and after what happened ...." Deep breath. "There was an accident, and he was born far too early to survive. The doctors could incubate him, but they can only recover so much time and it wouldn't have been enough."
"What did they do?" 
"Nothing." Tess looks away. 
Luna sips. 
"Our owner at the time didn't think he was worth the treatment. Worth trying to save. Wouldn't survive anyway, they said." Wipes her eyes, chuckles. "My little baby boy didn't survive. He /thrived. He fought and he grew and he never ever gave up." 
>gets rid of the creepiness I always got from Shmi's recounting (like, what if she had been date raped?)<
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Herc wins, Scott tells Vanessa: 
Guess what?" greets Scott. 
"What?" asks Nessa. 
"Herc's leaving."
"Leaving?" 
"He's free. He's fucking free, Nessa."
Nessa's mind whirls--
"And he's going with that Ranger." >unless I'm calling them Jedi<
"This changes everything," she murmurs. 
"Nessa?" 
She brightens, straightens, smiles as best as she can. 
Scott beams back. 
"I am so, so happy for you." 
Scott grins so widely it hurts and he swoops to her side, kisses her stomach. "You hear that, kid? Your cousin's getting off this rock for good."
She's like, 'o reaaallly', and makes plans to get the baby out of her and out of slavery. When it's time for them to leave, she drags Scott away and tells him if he doesn't help her deliver the baby /now she'll do it herself:
"Nessa! What're you--" 
"Delivering this baby." 
"But--"
"It's almost to term and we--/I won't have another chance." 
"So you're cutting yourself open?" Scott feels a little dizzy. 
"If you don't help me I'll do it myself." 
"But Nessa, your value--" 
"You think I give a rat's ass about my /value?" 
"I--"
"This baby will either be killed or sold and I will die before I let that happen."
Scott's heart pounds in his throat.
"Well?" 
He swallows. "What do you want me to do?" 
>switch to Vanessa's POV<
I haven't figured out who the doctor is that helps them or if it's just TY-F00N, but Charlotte's delivered a week premature via c section, and then smuggled to the ship in Herc's things when Scott offers to pack his bag and takes the opportunity to tuck Charlotte in, too:
"Did you get your favourite blanket?" 
"I didn't think--well, there wasn't room--" Herc's eyes fall to the floor. 
"I'll make it work," promises Scott, gesturing for Herc's bag. 
"Thanks," he mumbles, handing it over. 
Scott saunters from the room. 
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Luna doesn't notice as they're being attacked by what appears to be a Sith, but that can't be right, they've been extinct for centuries.
They get to the starship, Luna debriefs the court, and Herc's bag begins to cry. The queen offers to take custody of Charlotte, and the handmaidens are absolutely beside themselves with 'omg so cute!!!!!!!!!' and channel all their nervous energy and stir craziness into childcare. They'll bring her back to Naboo where she's formally adopted by the ruling house which is how Kirra eventually becomes Princess of Naboo, Avatar of Theed Palace. 
The next time Herc sees the baby, she's in a nest of bedding and clothes on the queen's bed, wearing a scrap of [fabric] worth more than his life--except he doesn't have a worth, anymore, he's--he swallows--he's free. (It's supposed to be a twist on Anakin's first few hours on the Naboo cruiser after leaving Tatooine)
Introduce the empress and the future emperor at the same time (episode one; they share the same box as Angi). We meet him when we first meet Palpatine, waiting for Amidala in her quarters in ... the capital and with him is the Crown Princess of a planet I have yet to pick. 
Dr Whatshisname has some political ambition, but it's really only so far as he gets funding and to build nifty stuff (like battle stations!)
==Episode II==
>it's quite a mess still<
i'm stretching out the prequels a little bit, too (specifically episode 3) because i want mako to be able to run from stacker and if her parents die the night of the purge and she's of a similar age to Chuck who's born within that week, that can't happen as she's a newborn
so there's five-six years between ... im not entirely sure yet.
Also they're being squished a bit so Kirra's ages match up with what I want them to be. 
anywho. one thing i can say for certain is that joseph whatshisname, the guy who, in Pacific Rim, proposed the giant robots, was inspired to do so by his kid who was playing with toy robots and toy dinosaurs
in "Stardome", he plays the emperor (that we see, anyway!), and toddler!Kirra is playing with ball that, when spun, catches whatever light's around and throws out these colourful beams. (it's a fan/tastic toddler's toy). jasper whatshisname's like, hey, that's a nifty idea for a battle station!
The Kaiju that precipitates the need for Herc's Vader suit is Scissure and it heralds Herc's fall (find out when Palpatine started grooming Anakin). Possibly: its the same one that burns Min. 
The crown princess gets kidnapped in Episode 2, and this sets off a lot of the conflict in that episode--I never quite understood the Separatist thing
Herc, Stacker, and Tamsin are tasked with rescuing her
* How does Padme get to Geonosis? 
They've locked the Crown Princess in a dungeon in a refinery, and her cell is beneath the waste system of an acid bath. Every once in a while, an exhaust vent blows across the channel, raining acid onto the cells below. She's in quite unresponsive when they arrive but she's breathing (albeit very shallow) and she has a heartbeat, and she's chained in such a way she can't make it to a corner that would provide some shelter.
They get her out, and Herc feels quite awful. 
While she's recovering, Herc's visiting a lot, he's so, so sorry, if he hadn't been so wrapped up with Ang--if he hadn't been so wrapped up, they could've gotten there sooner—
The Crown Princess assures him these things happen but he's worried about something else and why are his eyes so sad when he speaks of Angela?
Herc confesses he's been having nightmares of Angi dying in childbirth. 
The Crown Princess (who comes from a planet/system sister to Naboo (maybe)) promises to do all she can to avoid that future, she'll dedicate her best physicians to Angela when the time comes and do everything in her power to ensure nothing befalls her or the baby. In the meantime, she'll dig through her library for other solutions, and 'have you read this book, 'in the shadow of the dawn'? (I made up the book) there's an anecdote about an ancient Jedi who could defeat death.'
Some time later, she summons him and gives him access to all these centuries old manuscripts on Force wielding, and never once does he think to ask how she got ahold of Sith documents. Silly herc.
Some way or another it's shown that the Crown Princess is overseeing the creation and deployment of the Sith/Kaiju. 
===Ficlets===
"I don’t need any help!” shouts Stacker. “Help Angi!" 
Angela twists herself around. 
Tamsin gets to work on his manacles. "You need help.”
“But–”
“Trust me, she’s on top of things."
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"I’ll catch you!” calls Stacker. 
Angi leaps. 
Stacker catchers her, tumbling backwards. 
Their foreheads knock. 
Angela cringes. “I’m sorry!" 
"Nothing a Jedi can’t handle." 
"Right, uh, thanks. For that." 
"It’s noth–” Stacker puffs a stray lock of Angi’s hair from his face–
She squints, blinks it from her eyes. 
“Uh, sorry.” Stacker brushes it from her eyes, behind her ears. 
“Thanks." 
"You’re welcome." 
"I should, uh–”
“You don’t have to–”
Angi pinks. 
“"Stacks!”“ hollers Tamsin. ”“Should I call the doom squad?”“ 
"It’s fine, Tams,” Stacker calls. 
“Sorry. Again.” Angi pushes up–
Stacker sits up–
Angi’s nose gives under his forehead–
“I am so sorry–”
Angi meeps, clutches her face. 
==Episode 3==
The Avatars all turn on their Jedi.
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"All of you," orders Angi. "In here." 
The younglings file by, squeeze in. 
"Do not come out for a clone, understand? Only a Jedi."
They nod. 
"Good." Angi takes a deep breath. "I'm going to lock the door now." 
They nod again--
"Good luck, Senator!"
"Good luck! Good luck--!"
"Thank you!" 
"Thank you, thank you!"
Angi smiles. "You're very welcome, guys. Stay safe." Seals the door. 
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Yoda's played by Lightcap except where Yoda goes off to his Episode 3 battle, then Sergio , playing Mace Windu (ack, white washing, I know >__< ) takes that battle while Lightcap goes up against the emperor, loses her hands and gets knocked out the window, but gathers her wits enough to land okay
Sergio probably kicks it, though.
I'm not sure where Lightcap's lightsaber (lol) ends up; possibly with Kirra? Otherwise I think it would just end up in the trash somewhere--unless the First sends someone out to get it
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the questions are, does Angela give birth to Chuck, leave him with Tamsin, then grab her ship to go smack some sense into her husband and their partner, and then die when one of them, thinking its Tamsin at the helm, destroy it, or does she quietly start the resistance from Naboo where she and a governess care for Charlotte (who I also refer to as 'Kirra', if I ever do that)
I was thinking maybe Hermann took Chuck, but Hermann's already on Tatooine because of Vanessa. Then I was thinking Deitrich, but then j remembered ObiWan's 'he's got family on Tatooine' line, so, either I finally cast the emperor by using Lars or I pick a different emperor (Sergio because equals with Lightcap (Yoda; but Sergio doesn't seem to have that much ambition to me) or Joseph because I don't like him (but people have to respect the emperor and what he's done, and I don't like respecting this guy). 
Angela gives birth to her son, leaves him with Tamsin/ObiWan, storms off to her starship intending to hunt down her idiot of a husband and knock some sense into him, only to find that her starship is a smoldering pile of slag because it was already on its last legs from the trip to mustafar (or wheverever), then tearing back to the nearest decent health facility fried what was left of its systems
tamsin coaxes her into not spending the rest of her life on the landing pad of a backwater planet, and angi decides to return to naboo to start the resistance
but she can't take her baby with her, it just won't be safe enough
this is how princess charlotte becomes leader
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Herc unlocks a door--"What're you lot doing in here?" 
"Senator Angi told us to stay in here, Master," explains a youngling. 
"Did she now." 
"She said not to come out for a clone, Master, only a Jedi."
"What's going on?" 
"Why're you upset?" 
"What should we do now?" 
Herc forces a smile. "There're some bad clones in the good ones," he explains, "so it's good you waited for a Jedi to come get you." Holds open the door. "I'll bring you back to the dormitory." 
They follow him back, a line of ducklings following him through the temple. 
He holds up a hand as they near a branch; they stop. 
He hurries to the enterance of the new hall, stands across it, makes himself as big as he can. 
Younglings shuffle. 
"Keep your eyes on the floor and don't look around."
Younglings duck their heads and hurry forward. 
==Episode 3.5==
Herc makes Stacker promise they won't hurt any of the children, but Stacker still chases down Mako after he kills her parents, and would've killed her, too, had his former mentor, Master Tamsin Sevier, challenged, "if you really are a Jedi, face me like one." 
Stacker sends storm troopers after Mako under orders to take her prisoner, and then faces Tamsin and gets his ass kicked. 
Herc puts him back together again, sighing, 'I told you not to go after the kids, Stacks.' 
When Stacker is up and about again, he tells Mako he will be taking her in as an apprentice. This relationship works out quite well until she goes away to school (the Jaeger Academy equivalent). 
Tamsin has a way to reach her there, and tries convincing her that Stacker is no longer a good person. 
Mako explains she knows that quite well, thank you, and that she plans to kill him. 
Tamsin offers to help sigh that, and when Mako accepts, spirits her away to Tatooine and stashes her with Chuck.
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Does Vader!Herc halfheartedly try the 'the dark side has cookies' line on Kirra? Yes. Does it work? No, Kirra doesn't like cookies. The list of food Kirra likes, actually, includes oatmeal, applesauce, and not a whole lot else as she has no back teeth. (Neonates and spaceflight, something was bound to develop weird ())
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Allison, Liu, and Kirra (age 9) are on Coruscant; they're in a maintenance bay and Allison is discussing the ships for some reason I haven't learned yet, and Kirra hears ... something. 
Liu attends. 
Kirra moves away. 
Liu gets Allison's attention, she gives them leave to wander, and Liu follows Kirra. 
Her midi-chlorian colony's in a right state. 
"It's so /loud," she says. 
"Where's it coming from?" 
Kirra walks more quickly, eventually to a pile of scrap, and picks something up. 
Grandmaster Lightcap's long-lost lightsaber. 
"What's this?" asks Kirra. 
Liu kneels. "It's a necklace." 
"It doesn't look like a necklace." 
"That's because it's still in its case." Asks for it. 
Kirra gives it to Liu. 
Liu tucks it away. "I can assemble it when we return home." 
Kirra nods absently, says, "It's so /loud." 
Liu brushes a lock of hair from her eyes, injecting a chemical message/sedative through her forhead to the colony to 'CALM DOWN'. And it does! "Is that better." 
Kirra nods. 
>except ... Windu dies/Yoda escapes at the end of Episode III around the same time when Luke and Leia are born. If Kirra and Chuck have 9 years difference in ANSK ... what was the problem, again? was it that Kirra was originally 7? maybe it was that if Kirra's born in TPM which is 13 years before RotS<
They return to Naboo; Liu separates the lightsaber into its component parts and rebuilds it, and soon presents Kirra with the Chain of the Avatar of Theed Palace. 
==Episode VI==
Herc and Chuck have a cribbed 'your sister' bit (but it's about Chuck's /cousin, Kirra).
Stacker and Mako have their "Aishitemasu, Sensei" moment: 
It's the final showdown, Mako has dueled Stacker into a corner--
Mako strikes–
Stacker blocks. 
–and strikes–
Stacker blocks, steps back. 
–and strikes and strikes–
Stacker hits the wall. 
–and strikes again–
Stacker deactivates his lightsaber with a tired but proud smile–
–and str–suprise, panic–stabs the control for hers, stumbles–
Stacker steadies her.
Mako remains guarded. 
Stacker’s hand glides over her shoulder, her neck, her jaw, caresses her cheek. 
The line of Mako’s shoulders smooths. 
“I am so lucky to have seen you grow.”
Her eyes warm, her mouth almost turns up. 
Stacker’s eyes crinkle. 
“Aishitemasu, Sensei.”
Stacker’s robe crumples to the floor.
>or does Stacker die protecting them? It could be that Mako sends Chuck for help, Chuck gets Herc, 
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When the Death Star tried to fire again, this time on Yavin, absolutely nothing happens.
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