Outcasts Chapter 1: United (summary)

#### **The Hunters Part 1**

Curt Maverick and Drent, 2 bounty hunters were paid to hunt for a criminal group named the Black Shade. They went to Tatooine and met a Jedi. They tracked the gang to Naboo and met Mara who had a specially made datapad. Suspecting her, the hunters knocked her out and started interrogating her on their ship. With the help of Dave mind tricking, they learned that there was a Black Shade base in Nar Shadaa. Mara leads them to a trap and captures Drent, leaving it to Curt and Dave to find the base and rescue him...

#### **The Hunters Part 2**

After Drent got captured, Curt and Dave were met by a Jedi, who informed the council of what was going on. Curt and Dave looked at the datapad and saw info, leading them to Bespin. After assaulting the Remnant base at Bespin, they were caught by a Star Destroyer. At the Destroyer, they met Mara again, who told them that the Black Shade and the Remnant were working together as part of a deal. They fought their way, saved Drent and got out of the destroyer safely. They got paid 25000 credits by the Republic and were offered 50k to investigate Remnant sightings in Yavin.

#### **The Hunters Part 3**

With their new mission, the 2 mercenaries wasted no time and got to Yavin. Drent also wanted revenge and was searching for Mara. The 2 mercs were met by Juno Jyll and Cor Magnus. Curt looked around for sightings when Drent secretly got in and took important Jedi archive data. Juno grew suspicious, eventually realizing and got them out of the temple. Magnus secretly sneaked on to the Curt's ship however because Curt and Drent suspected him of being a spy they forced him out of an airlock, which killed him. The remaining 2 mercs put the Remnant datapad in their ship and started searching through the data.

#### **The Hunters Part 4**

The Jedi brother and sister, Juno and Rorik Jyll were sent to investigate on Dantooine. The mercenaries Curt and Drent were also there to continue their mission. The Jedi and mercs met and decided to team up and split as 1 Jedi and 1 merc. On their way, Rorik and Curt found Mara. Mara got away and the two Jedi chased. The mercs soon went after them wanting to kill Mara. Then Curt made a deal with the Jylls to get Mara after the Jedi investigate. After that, Curt explained Drent his idea for a "ysal-exosuit" which would allow the wearer to create an aurora that would keep them safe from force powers. The two went to Coruscant to get paid and fueled their ship and then to Myrkr to hunt for Ysalamir...

#### **Remnant Activities**

The Jylls were sent to investigate a Remnant base. They met Curt and then took data from the Remnant terminal. Later, Dave Sidewind found out that there was a base in Mustafar and went there with Luke Cridil. They were also met with Curt. They met a Reborn who said that their master was planning something. With nothing left, Curt took another saber to add to his collection and the Jedi left back to the temple.

#### **Jedi and Mercs**

The Jyll's and Dave went to interrogate Mara and called in the Hunters. After going in, the Jedi made a deal with Mara but Curt and Drent thought it was a waste of time and left. Drent thought that Mara was working for the Imperials instead and the Black Shade was selling weapons to the Remnant to get ready for a war. Mara escaped and contacted her master. Drent secretly got in and took data from archives to learn about the Reborn but was caught by Rorik. Curt activated the prototype ysal-gun to disable his force powers which allowed Curt and Drent to escape in their ship

#### **The Hunters Part 5**

After evading the Jedi, Curt and Drent decide to work on the ysal-suit. They realized that they need a small but strong generator which the Imperials might have so they investigate two Imperial mining facilities. Drent's leg was injured in an encounter with a Reborn. Back on the ship, they theorize that the Remnant are planning for war as Mara was trained by a force user and the Reborn appearing. However they realize that the Master might instead be a Sith. They decide to be with the Jedi in case that they're facing Sith and inform Dave to tell the other Jedi. After that, Drent finds out about Shadowtroopers and the force crystals which give force powers and tells Curt to find one. Curt went to a mining facility in Artus where he encountered Mara. Mara attempted to kill Curt with a thermal detonator, but it went off in her hands killing only her. Curt found 2 force crystals and left back onto their ship.

#### **Mysteries of the Sith**

Rorik was mad about Mara and the Hunters. Juno tried to calm him. Curt found talked to Juno, explaining her everything. Juno said that there would be a spy among them if Mara knew them so well. They found a secret remnant base and Sith burial beneath the temple where Remnant troopers were. Curt offered to go to Korriban and the Jedi accepted. Rorik apologized to Juno and the Jylls, Dagen, Zarch and the mercs entered the ship. Inside the ship, with the help of a new Training and Protocol Droid, CT-42, Drent's leg healed and the they arrived at Korriban. After landing, Jylls and mercs found the Sith office with a terminal containing planets of interest for the Sith. Zarch found a library with a terminal. The Jedi and Mercs faced 2 Sith and defeated them, who had keys for the terminal but Drent found out the files were strongly encrypted. Drent and Zarch waited at the terminal to decrypt them while Jylls and Curt went back to Yavin...

#### **Master and Apprentice**

After returning, the Mando Trio were met by Ralter, who got furious and attacked Curt. He explained that he didn't like Mando's because his parents were taken prisoner killed by them. Curt explained that only Death Watch would do that. Ralter apologized but just then the Sith troopers attacked the Academy. The Jedi and Curt defended the temple until the Sith retreated. Concerned, Rorik took Yeira to a safer place but Drent didn't respond to Curt's comms. The Jyll's sent a Republic team to investigate. Meanwhile, the 3 sith, Zone, Zorn and Zen were introduced to Surect, the Master's apprentice. The 3 attacked Korriban and found Zarch. Drent was captured. The Jyll's, Ralter and Curt arrived to defeat the Sith. Meanwhile, Surect, the former student of Zarch duled with him where Surect lost. Zarch offered him redemption however. Surect activated his saber and killed him. Curt found a voice recording left from Drent and then all of them escaped as the palace crumbled.

#### **Birth of a Team**

Curt listened to the voice message and learned that someone in the Remnant is specifically hunting for them. With both him and Jyll's mad at their home planet being attacked, Curt developed the prototype ysal-tech and they went there to fight back. They defeated the Shadowtroopers and the Jedi learning to work together. Rorik was then accepted back into the Jyll clan and Curt was finally accepted back as a Mando'ad...

#### **Finishing the Job**

Drent arrived back in an Imperial shuttle and claimed he had escaped. Curt showed him the ysal-suit and Drent said that they needed a better power source from Remnant. They traveled to Coruscant where  a Star Destroyer blockaded the planet and their ship got caught in its tractor beam. After sneaking out, Curt found spare Stormtrooper armor and changed into it for a disguise. He escorted Juno as a prisoner while Drent explored the ship on his own. They reached the prison cells but Curt had to shoot the guards in order to free Juno. They narrowly avoided Darth Zen and Darth Zorn by escaping through a garbage chute. Meanwhile, Drent had found the power generators and inserted a special key to try to hack the system. When Curt arrived, he intended to bomb the generators but Drent persuaded him to wait while he removed his key which had cracked the encryption. They made for their ship, howevera battle broke out in the hangar bay. Curt was able to stop the Sith temporarily by using the Ysal-suit, buying them enough time to escape. Drent flew the ship down to Coruscant, hoping the planet's defenses would keep them safe for a while. Curt realized that he had not recollected his suit before they left the Star Destroyer and so was forced to keep using the Stormtrooper armor. When they landed, they all went to a bar, but Drent asked Mon Mothma to meet them there. When she turned up, Drent shot her, killing her. Curt, feeling betrayed, ordered his droid to imprison Drent on their ship while he and Juno figured out what to do.

#### **The Traitor's Escape**

Curt was devastated by Drent's betrayal. While trying to think through what to do next, he encountered Haltar Rialer, a selfish mercenary who killed a Mandalorian and wore his or her armor. He found Rorik and with Haltar taunting them, the two fought her and defeated her, causing her too flee. With the two Jylls and Curt back together on Curt's ship, Curt attempted to interrogate Drent, however it became clear that Drent held no secrets. As Curt's frustration built, the interrogation turned into a fight, with both parties venting the frustrations they had built up over the years. Curt was driven over the edge when Drent brought up his hatred of the Empire, and when Curt realized he was no longer in control, he ended the interrogation. The Jylls requested to take part in the interrogation but Curt denied them. They jumped to the Yavin system, however as they approached Yavin IV they realized Drent had escaped from his prison into the Imperial ship he had borrowed after accepting the Sith's mission. Curt raged over the comms at Drent, and refused Juno when she asked to speak to Drent. Drent warped to hyperspace out of the system before Curt could pursue him. He landed on Yavin IV and the Jylls chose to leave, as they were angry with both Curt and Drent for how they had acted. Curt immediately left to pursue Drent.

#### **Hunt for the Traitor**

Curt eventually caught up with Drent on the Utapau system, where a secret Imperial factory was located. The Jedi Val Tor had infiltrated the base, and Drent had used this as a distraction to sneak in as well. Curt enlisted a mechanic named Kreddrell to help him locate Drent in the base, however he encountered Haltar Rialer inside. As they were both bounty hunters, they formed a temporary alliance to track down Drent. They discovered him in a data room, where he had executed several Imperial officers and was stealing data. Haltar attempted to shoot Drent when he refused to surrender, but Curt intervened. They began a 3-way gunfight, with Haltar at an advantage due to her heavy weaponry. Drent discovered that Haltar had sealed the entrance of the base and so was forced to agree to Curt's terms in order to team up to take her down. Together, Curt Drent and Kreddrell managed to trap Haltar at the entrance, but she blew it open with rockets and then attempted to destroy the facility with explosives. Drent tackled her to prevent her setting the explosives off, and they began a melee duel. Curt rushed to help, wielding a lightsaber, however his inexperience with the weapon caused him to drop it and instead he had a fistfight with Haltar. Drent was torn between escaping or helping his friend, but ultimately he chose to flee through the now open entrance. Haltar managed to stab Curt with her vibroblade, however it caught in his armor and he managed to throw her off the platform into the darkness below. Wounded, Curt was helped by Kreddrell back to his ship.

#### **The Last Stand**

Zorn, Zone and Zen came to Surect for a meeting and decided to begin the assault on Yavin Jedi Academy. The 501st Legion Stormtroopers ambushed and began shooting around, the Jedi were devastated as they didn't expect the attack. Many Shadowtroopers assaulted and ran around, killing Jedi. Stormtroopers went in their rooms to execute them. Only a few handful of survivors escaped. Juno, Rorik and Val were the last who remained. Then they saw Curt's ship coming and quickly rushed and escaped together. The ship was piloted by Kreddrell while the badly wounded and bleeding Curt directed him. The Jylls then, after passing out for a bit then came to the cockpit and saw Curt bleeding. Rorik tried to save him but he was bleeding and passed out. Rorik used all of his power but passed out. After all hope was lost, Val continued Rorik's healing and after a while, Curt came back to himself... Rorik decided to then go to the secret base of his wife, Yeira. The surviving Jedi in Curt's ship, Curt and Kreddrell settled inside, thinking and planning on what to do next.

#### **Jylls Hideout**

Curt worked on his suit to be more stable and allow for more momentum and weapon spots. He took it out on a test and went into a bar where he met up with Juno and Rorik. A mercenary at the bar tried to collect the bounty on the Jedi but failed. The fight caused the bartender to call Hutt guards, however mistaking their intentions the Jedi attacked them. Curt left on his ship while the rest went back to their hideout.

#### **An Uncertain Reunion**

When Curt got back on his ship, he found Drent waiting for him. Though the two had parted with hostile words, neither was aggressive. Drent revealed that he had been hiding on board Curt's ship all along, and that his 'escape' on the shuttle had been a decoy. Curt was willing to give Drent a second chance, but made sure to secretly plant a tracker and a shocker on Drent to prevent him doing anything similar in the future. Drent revealed that the data he had stolen from the Imperials revealed how to refine force gems into an unrivaled power source, and immediately started work on the process so that they could finally finish the Ysalsuit.

#### **Reunited Buddies**

Back on Tatooine, when the Jylls and Raltar went to a bar for a drink but unfortunately, the Imperials sent soldiers and a Shadowtrooper to inspect the area. When reinforcements came the Jedi were forced to escape. Back in their ship, Curt and Drent had settled their differences. While Drent worked on the suit, Curt and Kreddrell landed in Bespin and investigated the Remnant area. After finding out that the Remnant were sending reinforcements to planets such as Tatooine to slowly take planets. The mercs took off to Tatooine and Curt and Kreddrell met the Jedi again while Drent remained hidden on their ship. After telling them about Remnant bases, the Jedi and mercs decided to split up and took off from the planet.

#### **Retaking Naboo**

While Drent was working on the ysal-suit, Curt found out that the Remnant were assaulting Naboo. After landing, Curt, Kreddrell and Ralter got out only to be met by Stormtroopers. After a rough fight, Kreddrell hacked into the Remnant base and through the data, along with Curt, found out that the Black Shade was involved, selling them weapons and mining crystals such as Kyber and Force Gems for the Remnant. After roughly escaping through the exploding building, Curt sent a distress signal to the Republic and Naboo Guards and escaped on his ship with Ralter and Kreddrell. Later, Naboo guards arrived, clearing Remnant forces and arresting some. After a while of troubles, the first victory against the Remnant has been won.

#### **Destroying Facilities**

The Jyll's went to Raxus Prime and after a hard battle and a face off against a Shadowtrooper, were able to plant explosives and escape on their ship while destroying the facility. Meanwhile at Mustafar, Curt told Kreddrell and Ralter to stay together. Ralter hesitated to stay but after telling Kreddrell his backstory, he was convinced to stay. While on the way, Curt met Koppo Kav, a Jedi who has escaped and hid from the Remnant. Curt tested him and was convinced that he was a Jedi. The two went into the facility and found out the weapons were fake. They encountered Shadowtroopers and barely made it out. Kappa engaged in a duel and was defeated but Curt saved him and he welcomed him into his ship...

#### **Imperial Business**

Rorik went to Ord Mantell to investigate Sith apprences and found Liam and Ralter. After getting together, they find out that the Sith aren't acting hostile. Ralter doesn't get it and constantly lashes at the Sith, causing Rorik to take his saber. After getting his saber back, Ralter and Liam went into a bar. Meanwhile, Zone found out and killed the Commander who smuggled drugs and make a 10k deal with Haltar to capture Rorik. She led him into a trap and captured him with the Sith's help. Surect arrived and then questioned Zone's actions. Zone explained and then Surect confronted Haltar, telling her to bring them Curt for 5k or her life would be taken. Zone was annoyed and angry at Surect. Juno, realizing her brother was gone, decided to rescue him but couldn't stand up against 3 Sith and was also captured. Raltar also was captured. Luckily, The Hunter group, Curt, Drent, Kappa and Kreddrell came to their rescue and got the Jyll's and Raltar out and went back on their ship...

#### **Kenta**

Taking place at exactly the same time on the nearby plant of Taris, the young Jedi Padawan, Cora Kenta's situation was dire. Having only narrowly surviving a Remnant ambush, she found brief refuge in the sewers of the lower-city. Dealing with her injuries and fatigue, Cora questioned how she would survive. That was before fellow Jedi and childhood friend Threll Kast found her, he too had been ambushed and was able to evade Remnant forces. They made their way to upper-city but it wasn't long until Cora began to sense that they were being followed. She was right as the were engaged and defeated by an elite Remnant Unit, with Cora in their possession and Threll's whereabouts unknown, The Remnant returned to their base and proceeded with their plan. TP-616 saw the Admiral torture Cora to near death. Thinking that this was a bad move from him, he and another trooper knocked him out and put him in cells. After Cora woke up, TP gave her a bacta and talked about their different points of views and then helped her get out. Threll and Cora reunited and escaped from the planet...

#### **Kenta Rescued**

After escaping on a ship, Cora and Threll's ships were attacked by a fleet. Cora was able to make it out with injuries but Threll was captured. Cora's ship was picked up by Curt's and she was found and put on to the medical bed to heal. Thanks to data gathered from Ord Mantell, not only did they learn about Operation Takeover but also about the bigger and more powerful Imperial Fleet called the "Eliminator". Drent had also finished the fully working ysal-suit. With everything set, Curt decided to choose their next target. He informed everyone that they should get ready to retake the Yavin Jedi Academy...

#### **Retaking the Academy**

The mains disguised and went into the temple. With the help of Drent and Kreddrell, the security system was fully corrupted and in time, the Republic fleet arrived to help the retaking. While Remnant forces were eliminated, the Jedi took on Darth Zen and killed him. Unfortunately the Remnant arrived with the Eliminator and took out the Republic fleet. It was about to blast down Yavin IV. Cora quickly went there to "negotiate". Drent, surprisingly, with no other choice left, went and destroyed the ships laser and sacrificed himself... This was their only shot at beating the Remnant and the mains took the chance of Drent's sacrifice and went to the ship.

#### **Finishing the Job**

Curt, while depressed over Drent's untimely death, was determined to finish the job and blow up the ship. The mains got in the Eliminator and went around. They faced and defeated Zorn, killing him. Cora ran to the bridge, only to be met by Surect, who quickly beat her. The other Jedi rushed to her help and attempt to beat back Surect. This proved to be futile, he was too powerful, Cora made the dection to try and buy time for the others to escape and fought Surect with all she had left but was disarmed, Surect readied his blade to kill her but then his apprentice Vann suddenly ordered his ships to fire on the eliminator's bridge. With everyone defeated, the Jedi and Curt left the Eliminator on spare Remnant ships. The job was done...

#### **The Ceremony**

Everyone but Curt went to the ceremony to get the medals while Curt was reminiscing about old times with Drent. Juno couldn't keep herself and left. After the ceremony, the group bid farewell to each other. Juno went to their hideout on Tatooine, Curt and Kreddrell went with their ship and Kappa and Ralter went to the rebuilding of the Academy...