Dark Forces Chapter 2 (summary)

Outcasts Chapter VIII
Dark Forces Chapter II

War! The sinister Jawajuice Corp. has attacked the
UFP, marking the first major conflict in the galaxy
for 10 years. The UFP has already suffered major
losses due to the terrible betrayal of their droid
units.

Admiral Archer has organized the surviving UFP
forces into a resistance against the invading
Jawajuice Corp droid armies, but many fear that
the resistance could be overwhelmed if the
Hutt Cartel joins the war.

The fate of the UFP, and of the galaxy, now
rests on the shoulders of the DARK FORCES
squad, who alone in the UFP know about the
fatal design flaw in the Jawajuice Corp.'s
droids...

#### **Departure From Awerica**

Finally recovered from his injuries, Wesley asked Claire to spar with him. They had grown closer during their time together on Awerica and quickly dropped training in favour of kissing. Unfortunately they were interrupted by Drake, who told them to help prepare for their departure the next day. Wesley asked Drake if he and Claire could go into town for supplies, and Drake agreed on the condition that they take Stan to guard them.
The following day, Wesley, Claire and Stan hadn't yet returned and the squad was getting worried. At last they showed up, and after an angry argument between Drake and Wesley, Drake stormed onto their ship. As the others began to load Wesley's supplies onto the ship, Burtrom Dansen showed up. The squad reacted hostilely, aiming all their guns on him, but he assured them he was only there to talk. Burtrom asked the squad to work with him and his mysterious employer to defeat Jawajuice Corporation and destroy its droid armies.
Claire counterproposed Burtrom, demanding that he help them destroy a handful of the droids which they had seen nearby. Burtrom agreed to this, and they headed towards the Jawa Sandcrawler where the droids had been seen. Burtrom proved to be effective and violent, mercilessly killing the Jawas and destroying several droids. Wesley became angry with Burtrom over his brutal nature, and many of the others expressed doubt as well. Burtrom asked if the squad had found information about the droids, but Noname lied and told him they hadn't. Burtrom left, and the squad returns to Calren's home, where they met up with Drake who told them he had sneaked a tracker onto Burtrom's ship.
Feeling optimistic, the squad departed Awerica and headed to Nar Shaddaa to meet an 'associate' of Noname who might help them hack the Jawajuice droids...

#### **Betrayal On Nar Shaddaa**

The squad landed on Nar Shaddaa but conflict rose before they'd even left the ship. Wesley and Drake argued over whether or not to wear their armor. Wesley insisted that wearing the armor was a bad idea as it could be recognized, but Drake wanted the squad to be protected in case of trouble. They first visited a lower city bar where Noname went alone to meet his contact, leaving the squad outside. As they waited, Din noticed a suspicious sentry droid and went to disable it, but it opened fire on the squad and they were forced to destroy it. Noname returned and informed them that his associate would meet the squad but only in one of the safer upper city bars.
They went to the agreed location but Noname's associate hadn't arrived yet, so they dispersed around the bar to avoid suspicion. They couldn't help but notice that many droids were stationed around the bar as guards. Suddenly, Din recognized the bartender as Terennia, though she denied knowing him at first. They talked for a while, but Terennia had become indifferent to the troubles of the galaxy and just wanted to be left alone. Meanwhile, Stan and Drake had each gone to explore the city and gather information. Stan found a suspicious looking warehouse and gathered data from a terminal there, but was forced to hide when a squad of AK-50s began searching the warehouse. He escaped, and returned to the squad to warn them. Drake was ambushed by another group of AK-50s and when his comms cut off the squad assumed the worst. However, shortly afterwards Drake rejoined the squad along with Burtrom, who had rescued Drake from the droids. Wesley threatened Burtrom, convinced that the attack was connected to his appearance, but Burtrom revealed that he was following the squad from a tracker he had implanted into Drake when Drake had been a prisoner. Drake ordered Wesley to let Burtrom go, and Wes reluctantly obeyed. They left the planet, though they were unsure where to go next...

#### **Conflict in the Squad**

They traveled away from Nar Shaddaa but without having met Noname's contact they had no particular direction. Wesley became angry with Drake, blaming him for their lack of direction and for placing too much trust in Burtrom. Drake tried to control his fury and told Wesley to shut and obey orders, but lost his temper when Wesley accused him of only caring about rank. They brawled in the ships cockpit until Stan and Calren restrained them. Drake declared that Wesley was no longer part of the squad and told him to leave, to which Wesley responded that the squad had died when the UFP had turned against them, and that they were now nothing but outcasts which he had never wanted to be a part of anyway. Wes then went to pack his things, however he was interrupted when Claire came in after Drake told her what had happened. Claire persuaded Wesley to stay until he had calmed down, though he was still angry with Drake.
Din, Noname and Calren tried to persuade Drake to apologize to Wesley, but Drake refused, stating that Wesley was a traitor to the squad and that he had more important things to worry about. However, Drake's anger caused him to accuse Noname's associate of betraying their location to the droids. With no leads, he remained frustrated and went off to the engine room where he could think alone. After some time however, he ended up feeling guilty about what he had said to Wesley, and so decided he was no longer fit to the lead the squad. Stripping off his armor, Drake headed to the small docking bay and began preparing the fighter he had stolen from Jawajuice Corp.
Drake hesitated, secretly wanting the squad to appear and persuade him to stay. But only Stan and Calren appeared. Calren was distracted and paid little attention to what Drake was doing, while Stan said nothing. Drake departed.
Noname received a message from his contact, telling them he had gone to Zakuul to work for the IA. They travelled there, leaving Drake behind...

#### **Stealth Mission on Zakuul**

The squad arrived at Zakuul and landed their ship on a small landing pad near the main city of the planet. They sneaked out towards the streets, but almost immediately found a squad of soldiers on guard duty. Claire told the squad she was going to distract the guards, but suddenly attacked them, killing several with her lightsaber before they could react. Several others opened fire, and Wesley fired back in response. Within seconds the street was in chaos, as the alarm was raised and civilians ran from the battle while more troopers ran towards it. Stan took the opportunity to mingle with the civilians and disappeared. The squad dragged off the body of a dead trooper and Noname quickly switched his armor to disguise as the trooper.
They separated, with Din and Claire each going alone to cause more 'distractions' while the others searched for Noname's contact. The situation only got worse however - the troopers evacuated the nearby streets and began searching thoroughly, finding the trooper's hidden body more quickly than they'd hoped, reducing the disguise's effectiveness. Unfortunately, just as Wesley, Noname and Calren met up to discuss what to do next, they were spotted by some soldiers. They attempted to run into a small alleyway, but suddenly hidden doors slammed shut around them, trapping them in. Frantically, Noname tried to hack one of the doors open, but it was too late. Gas flooded the alleyway and they all fell unconscious.
They woke up in a cramped cell. An Imperial soldier came in to question them, but Wesley demanded their release claiming that their imprisonment violated the IA and UFP peace treaty. This angered the soldier who left, but it got them no closer to freedom. Meanwhile, Claire and shortly afterwards Din were surprised when they were suddenly cut off from the force. The Imperials had set up a Ysalimari generator. Without the force, they were both stunned and taken to the same jail as the others...

#### **Prison Break**

Stan wandered the streets, looking for Noname's contact. Suddenly he met a squad of Imperials and prepared himself to fight, but to his surprise the Imperials assumed he was a civilian and their Captain offered to take Stan to the evacuation point, and Stan accepted assuming that he might find the contact there. Although Stan remained quiet, the Imperial chatted with him, expressing disgust at the "Sith terrorist attack", but also hoping that the recent events would allow for the IA to rise again to restore peace and order to the galaxy where the UFP had failed.
When Stan arrived at the evac point, he began to search for Noname's associate. Eventually he met a Gungan named Greggle who matched the description, and to his relief Greggle knew Noname, although he only knew him by Noname's real name Alamar. Stan then heard an announcement telling the civilians that the "Sith terorrists had been captured". Fearing the worst for his friends, he asked Greggle to lead him to the nearest prison. There, he met the same Captain as before, so Stan had no choice but to reveal that he knew the prisoners and tried to persuade the Captain to release them. He failed, and was taken into a cell himself after revealing that he had experience dealing with Sith before, which the Captain told him was now illegal in the IA.
Suddenly, shots were fired at the guards around the prison and several were killed. Heavier weapons were also fired, and the entrance to the prison was blown open in an explosion, disabling the Ysalimari generators. The squad took their opportunity to escape, though unknown to them they left Stan behind. Weaponless, they could do nothing but run as they were pursued by one of the attackers - an AK-50 droid! Suddenly, they found a dead end, but just as it was about to fire at them, Greggle appeared and used a device which disabled the droid. Mission succeeded, they headed back to their ship - only to find that the Imperials had taken it...

#### **A Mysterious Offer**

The squad split again, as Claire and Din wanted to find their lightsabers. Wesley lead the others through the streets, until they spotted the IA Military HQ, and they sneaked inside. They traveled in an elevator and arrived at a control room, which was empty except for a single man waiting for them.
The man called himself the Dman and told the squad he had been watching their movements for some time. He gave them an offer - join him in fighting the droids, or refuse and pay the consequences. After arguing among themselves the squad came to no agreement, so Wesley demanded proof that they could trust the Dman. Suddenly, Drake was brought in by Imperial soldiers. He told the others he had been captured by Burtrom and sold to the Imperials, and after being given a similar offer he had agreed to work for them. He also revealed that the Dman was actually the Imperial Emperor, at which point he was escorted out.
Reluctantly, Calren and Greggle agreed and walked out. Noname also walked out, and Wesley followed him, but outside they both agreed that they weren't actually accepting the offer. They met an IA Officer named Gen D'alf, who led them to where their ship was held. Greggle and Calren were already waiting there, but also to their surprise was Stan, who had been healed from his injuries in an IA hospital and had agreed to the same deal.
After searching futilely in the wreckage of the prison, Claire and Din ended up at the military HQ as well, and also met the Emperor. There, he persuaded them to also agree to the offer, on the condition of restricting their force usage. When they agreed, their lightsabers were returned, and they were guided back to their ship. Once everyone was together again, Gen D'alf revealed that Drake would be staying on Zakuul as their CO, and he would be replaced by Gen. Wesley immediately disliked Gen, but reluctantly accepted the new squad member... for the moment...

#### **Defense of Dantooine**

As they left Zakuul, Drake appeared as a hologram to give them their first mission working for the IA - they were to go to Dantooine, to test out Greggle's hacking abilities by taking down the relatively small attacking force. They headed out, and when they arrived Noname skillfully navigated their ship through the Jawajuice fleet blockading the planet. They landed near a small camp of UFP Soldiers who had set up a temporary based at the Kenta estate, however it had been overrun, and the survivors inside were barely holding out against the droids. Wesley split the squad into 2 groups - Stan, Gen and Greggle stayed outside with the UFP soldiers and destroy any droids they came across, while Wesley, Noname, Calren and Din went inside and rescued the trapped UFP soldiers.
Inside, they met Cora Kenta - the elusive Jedi Outcast who lived at the estate. She thanked them for their help, and discussed how to improve the estate's defenses in preparation for the next attack. However, outside Greggle and Stan had climbed onto the roof of the estate and spotted a large force of droids incoming. They and Gen went inside to warn the others, but there was a tense standoff when Gen and Cora met due to Gen's hatred of anyone who uses the force. This came to an end when Gen abruptly remembered the UFP camp outside and rushed to help them, but it was too late as many of them had already died to the droid attack. Gen and Stan helped the survivors retreat inside the estate, but the situation looked grim.
Fortunately, they came up with a plan - Greggle would use the estate's computers to track down the transmitter signal and hopefully disable it, shutting down the droids. While he did this, the others defended the estate, but even with their skills they were pushed back steadily by the endless waves of droids. Eventually, when all hope seemed lost, Greggle succeeded and the droids self-destructed, letting the squad live to see another day and another mission...

#### **Interesting Encounters**

Shortly after the victory on Dantooine, Cora Kenta left to go on a mysterious mission, and then suddenly an IA fleet appeared over the planet and began landing troops to 'fortify' the planet. The squad met Bemina, an IA General who was taking over command of the defense of Dantooine. The surviving UFP soldiers surrendered, seeing that resistance was futile.
Bemina met Gen and Noname outside the estate and demanded to be shown how Greggle had hacked the droids. Noname showed her to the computer Greggle had been working at, but destroyed it before she could access the data on it, blaming the damage on the droids. Bemina was frustrated with this and with the destruction of the droids, as the squad had been ordered only to disable the droids, however the squad did not reveal that Greggle had deliberately destroyed the droids to prevent the IA seizing control of them.
Shortly after Bemina had set up her base, another visitor arrived - a Jedi Master named Pite Tverlo. He met with the General and offered her the friendship of the Jedi Order 'as their new neighbours'. Bemina accepted the offer, though she didn't fully trust the Jedi. Pite then asked to meet with the squad, and was shown to a room where they were recovering from the battle. Pite was very curious about the squad and seemed to know a great deal about their activities. Although Wesley and Noname were reserved, unsure of whether to trust him, Din told Pite about their encounter with Nemo on the Jawajuice ship, which Pite was very interested by. They agreed that Nemo was being controlled somehow by the Sith.
Before Pite left, he asked the squad if he could take Calren with him back to the Jedi temple to question him on history. Calren agreed to this, and Din went with them as well as he wished to see a Jedi Master named Ken Ro at the temple. They left, and Gen appeared, telling them that Drake had left a message giving them their next mission...

#### **Offensive on Ord Mantell**

Drake gave the squad their next mission - to defeat the attack on Ord Mantell in the same way they had on Dantooine. They headed out, spending less time travelling than usual as Ord Mantell was relatively near. When they landed, they were met by soldiers of the Ord Mantell militia, and were escorted to the military HQ by a Captain named Kero. At the base they met General Tevran, who wanted them to prove themselves before she trusted them, so she sent the squad to clear the droids from an old junkyard they were using for repairs.
The squad had great success, clearing the junkyard quickly and without casualties, and they set explosives to destroy the materials the droids needed in an attempt to prevent the droids simply retaking it once they had left. Buoyed by their success the squad returned to the military base, but Tevran wasn't yet convinced and gave them another mission, to clear out a base near the South pole that the droids were using as a command post. Knowing that the area would be freezingly cold, the squad asked for specialized winter armor, to which Tevran grudgingly agreed.
They arrived at the base by boat, and sneaked up to the walls. There, each of them activated a special piece of equipment Kero had provided for them - a personal cloaking generator. The cloaks weren't perfect, but they were enough to allow the squad to enter the base undetected. They split up into 3 teams - Claire and Kero would deal with the droids on the walls and in the towers, while Wesley and Alamar, and Stan and Gen, would search the ground floors. Stan and Gen encountered a heavily guarded area and decided to explore around it until they found a barricaded building. Once they had dismantled the barricade, they went inside and found an elevator which they took. Wesley and Alamar sneaked past the droid guards and found another elevator, which they headed down. Now in position, they prepared to begin their attack...

#### **Outmaneuvered!**

Outside, Claire and Kero began disable the droids as quietly as they could. Stan and Gen reached the bottom in the elevator and stormed the corridors, destroying several of the droids before they could organize. Wesley and Noname did the same from their elevator, and quickly the two teams met up. Finished with clearing out the droids on the walls, Claire, Greggle, and Kero headed down one of the elevators to regroup with the others. All together now they worked efficiently to clear out the base. They discovered the main command center of the base, and Noname hacked into the terminal so that the squad could search for clues on the droids' attack plans.
Stan discovered that the droids had plans to attack the main city from which they had been operating. Kero immediately commsed back to base to warn Tevran of the attack, but received no response - the droids had a jammer nearby. Greggle, Claire and Wesley searched the rest of the base for the jammer, but they could only find the power generator of the base. Greggle hacked into it and disabled it, which fortunately also disabled the jammer. However, Kero still received no response, and the squad began to get worried.
Setting explosives, they returned to the surface but found many droids waiting for them. They charged through, and returned to their boat. As they sailed away, droids still shooting at them, they detonated the explosives.
When they arrived back in the city they found it under siege. They made their way back to the HQ only to find it had been taken by droids, who were setting explosives. They retook it, and defused the bombs, however there seemed little hope of winning the battle.
Greggle used the HQ computers to track down the transmitter, but it was on board on the Jawajuice ships. Fearing that the city would fall, Wesley, Claire and Kero stayed behind to defend it while Stan, Noname, Gen and Greggle headed up to the ship to disable the transmitter...

#### **The End of the Battle for Ord Mantell**

On the planet, Wesley, Claire and Kero quickly made plans for the city's defense. They knew that the droids planned to sabotage key areas of the city, but they didn't have the numbers to defend all of them. They decided to abandon the HQ and defend the main storage facility, and quickly headed over there. Behind them, they heard explosions as the droids finally succeeded in destroying the HQ. Initially, the defense of the storage facility went well, as the droids struggled to progress, but as the battle went on their ammo began to run low and the Ord Mantell militia began to suffer casualties. The droids struck a final blow by sending in specialized jetpack droids which surprised the defenders and quickly overwhelmed them. Both Kero and Wesley took injuries and Kero fell unconscious. The droids planted a bomb, so Wesley tried desperately to crawl to it to defuse it while Claire held back the droids. However, their time ran out and Claire just had time to use the force to push Wesley and Kero away from the blast as the bombs went off...
On the Jawajuice ship, things were similarly dire. Lost in the mazelike corridors, Stan, Noname, Gen and Greggle found themselves hounded by endless droids and they eventually retreated into a storage room. However, this meant they were trapped. Fortunately, Greggle noticed that there were deactivated heavy assault droids in the room, and hacked into one to control it. Using it, he blasted through the droids surrounding the room and the squad pushed towards the transmitter. Even with the new firepower however, the droids' defense was too strong and Greggle's droid was damaged. Abandoning it, the squad retreated until they found a control room. Gen suggested to Greggle that he activate the ship's self-destruct, and together with Stan they held off the droids long enough for Greggle to hack the computers. With that done, they fled back to the hangar and barely escaped in their ship...

#### **The Breaking of the Fellowship**

As the Jawajuice ship exploded, Stan, Noname, Gen and Greggle watched in horror as parts of it fell out of orbit to smash into the planet's surface. Gen had been badly injured in the fight and was carried by Stan to the medbay. Although he administered bacta, Gen's condition only improved slightly. Back in the cockpit, they received a comms call from Drake. They told him the bad news - that Wesley and Claire had been left behind on the planet and were now MIA, likely dead. Drake was deeply upset by this, and asked the squad to return to Zakuul so that they could reconsider their plans in light of the disaster. At first, Noname wanted to return to Ord Mantell to search for Wesley, Claire and Kero, but eventually he accepted that they were gone and they needed to move on before Jawajuice made its next move.
On the planet, Wesley dragged Kero through the crumbling city until they reached the military hangar, where luckily they found a small ship. Wesley took the ship and crammed Kero into it, and they took off. Unsure of where else to go, Wesley set course for Awerica, hoping to get help from Calren's family. However, when he arrived he found out that the ship had been damaged and he lost control, crashing in the middle of nowhere. Determined not to give up, Wesley carried Kero until he came across a small town. Unfortunately, as Wesley explored the town he discovered that it seemed to be abandoned. He dragged Kero into an empty building and began to tend his wounds.
He was interrupted when some Mandalorians came in, lead by Burtrom Dansen. With no other choices and Kero dying, Wesley struck a deal with Burtrom that he would give them the data on the Jawajuice droids in exchange for their help in fighting the war. Burtrom's friend Drango took Kero to their medbay. Burtrom invited Wesley to become a Mandalorian, and Wesley at last accepted, as he assumed Claire and the rest of the squad had died on Ord Mantell...

#### **Revealing the Jedi Killer**

While others had left Ord Mantell, Claire was still stuck under the building that had exploded. Fortunately she survived but only to find herself in a wasteland with only a few survivors. Yet, even droids survived but lost connection to their base and were shooting down any survivors. Claire searched around, wanting to learn what happened and to get out of the planet alive. Encountering a survivor resistor, Claire was told that a ship had crashed on the planet, causing the explosion but not before the survivor was shot. Continuing, she finds a hurt soldier, who helps her to a near building to find the hangar and a ship but not before clearing out the droids that were both outside and inside. Trying to lock the place down, they hear a noise. Something on the panel was accidently pressed, revealing a huge droid. Feeling unease, they approach it and with a touch, the Prototype awakens. Reading the first file in its system, it analyzes Claire and targets her as its main objective, throwing her out of the window and then taking the soldiers weapon and shooting him with it. Following Claire outside, Claire tries to strike back with her saber but is countered by the droid revealing 2 more arms which also reveal long batons that can stand up to sabers. Claire, being beaten down, decides to run away and as the Prototype searches, she takes it by surprise and cuts off the batons. The Prototype then grabs Claire and stabs her with a tracking device and throws her away but to her luck, she ends up near a ship, which she quickly gets into and flies away quickly to Awerica...

#### **A New Life**

When Wesley made the decision to become a Mandalorian he decided to cast his old life away and make a fresh start, so he renamed himself to 'Bison' and refused to acknowledge his old name. Burtrom took Wesley and Kero, who had now recovered, to their hidden armory, where Kero upgraded his armour and Wesley chose an entirely new suit.
While they were there, Drango's uncle who managed the armory told them that their supplies were running low. Burtrom suggested that they should stage a raid on a Jawajuice ship to steal their supplies, so Wesley, Burtrom, Kero, and Drango headed out to a nearby Jawajuice ship which was scouting the system. The raid was a success, as they took down many droids and several Jawas without any casualties. When they had stolen all their ship could carry from the ship's stores, they left, and Burtrom planted a seismic charge in the hangar bay which severely damaged the ship, preventing them being pursued.
They returned to Awerica, but realized that they would not win the war with small raids. Instead, they made plans to attack Tatooine, hoping that an assault on Nemo's homeplanet would draw him out of hiding. They left with a fellow Mandalorian named Faz Rashbee, and when they arrived they made plans to bomb several storage depots in one of the major cities. Initially the plan was a huge success, as each attack allowed them to steal weapons and ammo which left them better prepared for the next attack. However, they lost contact with Drango who had been scouting the area, and as they were retreating they were suddenly attacked by a new type of droid they hadn't seen before. The droid seemed to take no damage from their weapons so they had no choice but to run. However, the droid caught up and caused the tunnel they were in to collapse, burying Burtrom. It also wounded Drango, but Faz sacrificed himself in order to destroy the droid with a bomb. Wesley and Drango returned to Awerica...

#### **Meeting with the Jedi Council**

On Dantooine, Din was summoned to speak with the Jedi Council. Master Pite Tverlo pointed to the recent Imperial occupation of the planet as further proof that the Jedi needed to take a more active role in governing the galaxy, and several of the other council members agreed, but Master Ken Ro strongly disagreed. Master Dum'Aas expressed his distrust of the Dark Forces squad that Din had been travelling with, and asked Din to spy on them.
Pite then revealed what he had learned during his meeting with the squad - that Nemo and the Jawajuice Corp were secretly being controlled by the Sith, and that the Dark Forces squad possessed a weapon capable of destroying - or taking control of - many droids at once. Pite's secret ally, Master Vorgran, then suggested that the Jedi should be in control of this weapon, as he feared the Imperials might seize control of the droids and turn them against the Jedi. Pite urged Din to use his friendship with the squad to find out how the weapon works so that the Jedi could use it instead of the Imperials. Din reluctantly agreed.
Afterwards, Din and Master Ken Ro met alone, and discussed how they were worried about the Council's recent actions. Din made preparations to leave, and as he said his last goodbyes, he and Ken Ro kissed.
Back in the Council chamber, the others discussed their worries that Din's feelings towards Ken Ro and the squad might be inappropriate for a Jedi. They made preparations for the days to come, with Master Dum'Aas being sent to Zakuul to infiltrate Imperial command. Meanwhile Pite would force mind trick General Bemina into supporting the Jedi, and Vorgran would spy on Din and the squad from a distance. Lastly, Masters Blabo Kentowi and Opatia Smert would travel the galaxy to raise support for Jedi rule. As they were leaving, Ken Ro returned and demanded to know what she had missed. Pite remained behind to 'discuss' matters alone with Ken Ro...

#### **Return to Zakuul**

The squad arrived at Zakuul and they were immediately taken to the hospital, as Gen's wound had become infected and needed treatment. To their surprise, when the others tried to leave the hospital they were told by the Imperial guards that they were not allowed to leave the building, so they instead went to the hospital's waiting room and awaited the doctors' return. Instead, the Dman showed up to speak to the squad in person along with Drake. The Dman told them that they were being punished for their failure at Ord Mantell. Drake objected to this, but backed down when the Dman reminded him of his tenuous position. The Dman left, leaving Drake to discuss plans for the squad's next mission. Before he could do much however, the doctor came in and asked for Stan.
When Stan left, he was taken to the room where Gen was being treated. The doctor explained to Stan that Gen was close to death and that none of their conventional treatments would be much use at this point. Instead, she wanted to use an experimental treatment using Stan's DNA to transfer his 'unique features' to Gen. Stan agreed to having a sample of his blood taken in order to save the life of his friend. He then returned to the waiting room.
Noname had noticed that the blueprints of the droids they had stolen showed that the droids were programmed to not attack each other. He proposed that they could use this to their advantage by capturing droids themselves and remote controlling them, similar to what Greggle had done on board the ship over Ord Mantell. Drake agreed to this, but pointed out that they only had one stolen droid which was already damaged. The squad made plans to steal some of the droids in a raid, and Drake decided that Taris would be the best place for the raid. However, with Gen, Calren, Wesley and Claire unavailable Drake was afraid that the squad might not succeed, so they waited impatiently for news of Gen's condition...

#### **A Desperate Situation**

Bison returned to the Mandos on Awerica and rushed Drango to the medbay. He met Drango's uncle, and finally decided that they could no longer fight the war alone, so Bison decided to go to Zakuul to ask the Imperials to help them in an attack. When he arrived on Zakuul, he asked to see the Emperor and surprisingly was given permission, though he had to surrender his weapons in order to do so. When they met, the Dman revealed that he somehow knew that Bison was Wesley, but when Bison protested, insisting that Wesley was dead, he acquiesced and accepted Bison's new name. The Dman agreed to help Bison, but did not specify how. Pleased with this, Bison left, and went with an Imperial soldier to the hospital, where he was to meet his 'new' squadmates.
When Bison was introduced to his old squadmates he was shocked, as he had assumed them all dead. However, he had made his decision and did not reveal to them who he really was. Drake and Stan came in, with Drake wearing his old armor, and informed the squad that he would be replacing Gen for the mission, as although the experimental treatment had been a success Gen still needed time to recover. Drake quickly briefed Bison on their plans, but Noname interrupted him saying that Din had made contact, asking them to pick him up from Dantooine. They got in their ship and set course for Dantooine.
On the way there however, Noname and Stan expressed their concerns about Din, telling Drake that they were worried Din's stay with the Jedi might have changed him for the worse. Drake protested, insisting that Din was their friend until Noname revealed that Din had asked for knowledge about how Greggle was hacking the droids, which Noname thought was suspicious. Drake still objected, but both Stan and Noname told him he was being too trusting. They arrived at Dantooine and landed with apprehension...

#### **Terror on Taris**

The squad reunited with Din, though only Drake seemed particularly happy about the reunion. They set off for Taris, and easily landed in a deserted part of one of the streets. They paused for a few minutes to make plans - Drake proposed disabling the planet's main power generator in the hopes that it would also shut down the droid transmitter. They didn't know where that was however, so first they wanted to get a map of the city from the local library. Drake wanted to charge in guns blazing but Noname and Bison suggested the squad use stealth instead. This idea was cut short however, when a droid scout spotted Stan and raised the alarm.
The squad rushed into the library, and Noname quickly hacked into the terminals there, providing the squad with a map. Bison and Stan defended the entrance as droids tried to attack them. Looking at the map, Drake and Noname figured out where the local power generator was, and they headed out. Clearing out the last of the attacking droids, they quickly moved on before more appeared.
The power generator was heavily guarded by droids, but the squad's coordination helped them destroy all the droids without casualties. There were more droids inside, and their progress was slow. They split into 2 group, with Bison, Noname, and Greggle arriving at the generator controls first. Noname and Greggle argued over what to do, as Greggle wanted to find the transmitter but Noname disagreed. When Drake arrived, he ordered them to stop arguing and shut down the generator. While they were arguing, Din decided to cut some wires to the power generator.
Immediately they realized something had gone wrong as the generator began sparking. The squad ran quickly from the building, but Stan had disappeared! Drake and Bison turned back to rescue him, but a huge explosion came from the building. Drake was hit by the blast and was knocked out. They carried him back to the ship, leaving Stan behind...

#### **Why Does Everyone Want To Go Back To Jakku?**

Noname and Bison argued over where to go next. Noname believed that the squad had failed their mission, and feared that the IA would treat them harshly as a result. Bison insisted that whatever the consequences, they would be worse if they didn't report back. Eventually they decided to go to Jakku, as it was a safe place from the IA which was along the way back to Zakuul, which they could use as an excuse if necessary.
Din treated Drake's wounds, and Drake woke up when Noname came in to check on him. Drake was disoriented at first, and clearly didn't remember what had happened. He discovered that he couldn't feel or move his legs, and quickly sank into depression as a result. Noname got angry, as he knew Drake would need to go back to Zakuul to be treated. As Drake began to remember more of what had happened, he became very angry with Din and ordered him out. When Bison came in, Drake blamed Din for the disaster. Bison calmed Drake down until he began talking about how Bison reminded him of Wesley. Drake wanted to return to Taris to look for Stan, but Bison persuaded him not to.
When they arrived on Jakku, Drake remained on the ship to recover. They realized that they had still succeeded in the mission - Greggle had hacked into a pair of droids on Taris and sneaked them on board the ship. Now all they needed was a second ship to send the droids to Coruscant. They began searching, but found Imperial soldiers everywhere. Bison found a junk shop where a young boy was working and, believing him to be a slave, he placed a bet on the podrace the boy was going to participate in the next day. As they needed money for a ship, the squad also bet all their savings on the race. Knowing that they would need an advantage, the squad offered to help the boy, named Sharr Eck or 'Shruk', build his podracer. They worked long into the night...

#### **Nemo Meets His Master**

Nemo met his master, an ewok named Jeev Jeev Malmatino, and discussed their plans to go to Endor. Nemo then revealed that he had captured Burtrom and brought him to kneel before Jeev Jeev. Nemo and Jeev Jeev agreed that they would use Burtrom to lay a trap for the Imperials. They sent him away and Nemo asked Jeev Jeev to teach him more of the force. Jeev Jeev showed him how to use Force Lightning, and they fired lightning bolts around the chamber while laughing maniacally, thinking about the future...

#### **The Day of the Race**

Shruk was against 5 other racers, but his chief rival was Zedron, who had once been his friend. Shruk almost got into a fistfight with Zedron due to his taunting, but Bison stepped in to prevent the fight. They all lined up at the starting line, and then they were off. Quickly 3 of the racers were left behind, leaving Zedron in 3rd place, Shruk in 2nd and Urmom Gae in 1st place. By their 2nd lap, Zedron had fallen quite far behind, but despite all his efforts Shruk had only managed to keep up with Urmom.
Towards the end of the lap however, rocks suddenly tumbled down, causing Urmom to crash, and Shruk to go out of control, and he only regained control by bringing the podracer to a complete stop. When he had restarted the engine and got back into the race, Zedron had overtaken him. Shruk raced as fast as he dared, and slowly caught up to Zedron. It was only on the final stretch, just when Zedron had begun prematurely celebrating his victory, when Shruk overtook him, and crossed the finish line in 1st place.
Shruk got out of his pod to celebrate, but Zedron turned his pod around and attacked Shruk, trying to shoot him with a hidden blaster on the pod and run him over. Luckily, he missed and instead crashed his pod, barely making it out in time before it exploded. Shruk went to help, but Zedron was hostile to him, complaining that he had been promised to win. Zedron rushed off.
After the victory celebrations, Bison took Shruk to see their ship. Shruk was enthusiastic at first, but started having second thoughts when Bison told him they couldn't bring Wonc Key, Shruk's best friend, as well. Shruk decided that instead he would prefer to stay on Jakku. However when he returned to Watberg's shop, Watberg told him that Wonc Key had been kidnapped. Watberg persuaded Shruk to leave Jakku for a brighter future, so Shruk sadly returned to the squad's ship...

#### **Saving Private Ryan**

Gen woke up on Zakuul and demanded to see the Dman. The Dman told Gen that the squad had gone to Taris for a mission, which had gone badly, and that Stan had gone missing. However, he revealed that he had reason to believe that Stan had survived. The Dman introduced Gen to a new squad, and their mission was to find and rescue Stan. They set off immediately.
When they arrived at Taris they landed on the Lower City, as it had suffered less damage. There they found many droids, but they dealt with them quickly and effectively. They couldn't get up to the Upper City through the elevators as those were damaged, so instead they headed in the sewer system, where they found more droids which seemed to be searching for someone. Eventually, they found a ladder up which arrived at the military base of Taris. The base had been damaged, but they were still able to restock weapons and ammo from the armory after destroying the droids guarding it.
When they reached where the Power Generator had been all they found was rubble. They searched for a while with little hope until one of the soldiers found a helmet which Gen recognized as Stan's. They also found a trail of blood, so they followed it, but they were ambushed by a new kind of droid which used jetpacks. They barely managed to destroy the droids, and followed the blood trail into a building. They split up to search for Stan, but shortly after, Gen's group received a transmission from the others that they were under attack and needed help. They rushed back and after defeating several droids, they found that one soldier was dead and another injured. The last Imperial decided to carry the injured man back to the ship, leaving Gen alone to search for Stan.
Eventually, Gen found Stan in a hangar area, but he was severely injured. Gen carried Stan towards the exit, but suddenly a strange droid appeared which wielded lightsabers. Suddenly, Din appeared and fought the droid, allowing Gen to escape...

#### **Infiltration of the Jawajuice Ship**

The squad arrived at Coruscant and disabled the ships systems to avoid detection, sending the second ship with the droids over to the Jawajuice ship. When the droids arrived their IDs were checked, but they passed and were allowed access to the ship. They went first to the escape pod controls, hacking into them and overloading them to permanently disable them. Then they found the transmitter, where some Jawas were working. The first stolen droid shot the Jawas and started a firefight with the Jawajuice droids, while the second stolen droid hacked into the transmitter, and sent the self-destruct signal to all droids on the ship. Both droids were irreparably damaged in the process.
The squad boarded the ship, shooting any Jawas they saw. They went towards the transmitter to secure it, but they were intercepted by a new type of droid which hadn't been destroyed by the signal. The squad destroyed these droids, but when they entered the transmitter room they found a Jawa. They initially thought they had captured Nemo, but in fact the Jawa was named Bojo, and he taunted them saying that their victory was meaningless. Bison began to torture Bojo for information, but Bojo held out until he was rescued by a new type of droid, the RJ-08. It was a skilled fighter, injuring Bison with a sniper shot and then fighting Noname and Greggle. Bojo escaped in the confusion and Noname chased after him. RJ-08 went to Bison and, recognizing he was a Mandalorian, it removed his helmet to shame him before it killed him.
Suddenly an Imperial fleet appeared and attacked the fleet of Jawajuice ships, including the one the squad was on. Greggle disabled the RJ-08 while it was distracted, and Noname helped carry Bison back to their ship in the hangar. They flew out, then from a safe distance turned to watch the battle while they figured out what to do...

#### **The Imperials Join the War**

Noname helped Bison to the medbay, before asking for an explanation, as he could now see that Bison was in fact Wesley. Bison refused to answer, and Noname allowed him to keep his secrets, telling Greggle and Drake that Bison didn't want to be seen yet. Back in the cockpit they watched as the battle ended, with the Imperials narrowly winning. The squad were very angry about the Imperial fleet arriving, as they had succeeded in their mission to capture a Jawajuice ship only to have it destroyed in the unexpected attack. Drake decided that they should go back to Zakuul to demand answers, so they headed there and as soon as they arrived they went to see the Dman.
The Dman was initially disappointed that they had failed their mission, but when the squad explained about the Imperial fleet and demanded an explanation he became puzzled and told the squad that he had not authorised the attack. Noname wondered if there could be a rogue faction in the IA responsible for the attack. The Dman told the squad that he had no choice but to declare war on Jawajuice. He decided to attack Corellia first, where there was a large Jawajuice fleet, and he ordered the squad to join in the attack, but he told them to visit the hospital before they left.
At the hospital, they found Stan alive but in critical condition, and Gen who was watching over him. Then Din arrived and Noname joked about other squad members 'coming back from the dead'. Suddenly Stan's heartrate stopped, and they all panicked. Gen rushed over to Din and begged him to save Stan, so Din used Force Heal on Stan and his heart began beating again. Amazed by the miracle, the doctor made a report to Dman, and Din was summoned to see him. However, the Dman told Din he had broken the law by using the force, and sent him to prison.
Stan woke up, and managed to get up on his own and walked over to the window. The squad watched as Imperial soldiers prepared for the attack on Corellia...

#### **Battle For Corellia**

Battle For Corellia
The Imperials launched their assault on the Jawajuice fleet at Corellia. Drake gathered together the members of Dark Forces squad and asked them to pilot fighters to take down as many turrets and enemy fighters as they could, to try to make it safer for Greggle when he was sent out to the transmitter to disable it. In their ships, the battle was a terrifying experience, with many Imperial pilots being shot down around them. The squad did their best to identify and destroy the turrets, but in one of their attacks Stan's ship was hit and he was forced to make a crash landing in the hangar of a Jawajuice ship. On board the ship, he managed to take control of a heavy tank and caused huge destruction until they were able to disable the tank, at which point he continued to fight through the ship on foot.
Gen, seeing Stan crash, quickly assembled a small squad of Imperials and went to rescue him. However, all of Gen's squad members died, and when Gen found Stan he was wounded. Suddenly a new type of droid appeared, which appeared to be some kind of prototype for the JK-7 droids, as it used short blades attached to its arms, along with a deflector shield. Gen attacked it with a sword, but was beaten and wounded. However, when the droid went to finish Gen, Stan moved behind it and wrenched its head off.
As they were now both too injured to escape from the ship, Stan and Gen collapsed. Stan took off his helmet, and after some hesitation Gen took off her helmet as well. Gen realized that they might be able to locate the transmitter from the ship, and asked Greggle for help over comms. With his help Gen was able to discover that the transmitter was on the planet's surface, and Stan pointed out that it seemed to be in the old UFP base.
The rest of the squad escorted Greggle down to the planet's surface to disable the transmitter...

#### **Assault on the Old UFP Base**

Greggle, Bison, Kero and Noname landed near the Imperial front lines on Corellia. They pushed towards the old UFP base, but faced heavy resistance. Eventually they made it inside, but waiting for them were several of the JK-7 droids which slaughtered many soldiers. The Dark Forces squad ran deeper into the base, hoping that the Imperial soldiers would distract the droids long enough for them to disable the transmitter. However, one of the droids followed the squad, and attacked them with a high powered concussion rifle which nearly killed Greggle. Noname was able to place down tripmines behind them however, so as the droid pursued them it set them off and blew up.
Lost inside the base, they found their way to the prison cells, where they found 2 prisoners - a young man named Philip Tucker, and one named Jack Idontcarewhatderposcharacterslastnamewas. They let the 2 out, at which point some Imperials appeared, lead by a huge man known only as The Mountain. He seemed angry at the squad for being distracted from their mission. The squad quickly left to resume their search for the transmitter, and they found it, however the room was locked with a fingerprint scanner which Greggle and Noname failed to hack. The Mountain reappeared, and got angry at their delay, threatening to kill the 2 prisoners, but to their surprise Philip was able to open the door. They went inside and quickly disabled the scanner.
As they returned to their shuttle they saw that the battle was clearly over, however suddenly they were ambushed by a squad of jetpack droids. Several of The Mountain's soldiers were killed, and he charged, ripping apart droids with his armored fists. Bison noticed that one of the dead Imperials had dropped a datapad, and picked it up. They retreated back to their shuttle and returned to the capital ship to report their success to Drake...

#### **The Victory Celebrations**

With the transmitter disabled, many of the Jawajuice droids shut down, and the Imperial fleet achieved a decisive victory, capturing or destroying most of the Jawajuice ships. Although Jawajuice still had several fleets they were all much smaller, leading the Imperial Officers to believe that the war was as good as won. So when Greggle, Bison, Noname, Kero, Philip and Jack returned from Corellia, they found Drake celebrating the victory with all the other officers. Bison and Noname disapproved and headed to the firing range for practice rather than joining in with the celebrations. Drake told Jack to seek out the quartermaster to get hired as a new recruit. Philip and Drake had an awkward reunion - although they had met before in the UFP, Drake did not seem to remember Philip.
Bison investigated the datapad he had taken from the dead Imperial on Corellia, and found that it was filled with UFP data on Stan. Realizing that they hadn't seen either since Stan had crashed, Bison and Noname went to the medbay to look for their friends. There they were surprised to find out that Gen was in fact a woman. Bison asked the doctor if she knew why the Imperials were so interested in Stan, but the doctor didn't know anything, so he went to confront Drake instead. Drake and Bison argued about it, as Bison believed the data was intended to exploit Stan and his inhuman strength and stamina, whereas Drake insisted that the data was harmless and was probably intended to help Stan overcome his trauma to become mentally stable.
When they arrived at Zakuul, they reported their success to the Dman. He brought in Burtrom, who told the squad that Nemo was at Endor, with only a small fleet for protection. They quickly made plans for an assault there, with the sole objective of capturing or killing Nemo to end the war once and for all...

#### **Attack on Endor (Part 1)**

Burtrom suggested that the Dman send an all-out attack on Endor to prevent Nemo from escaping, and Bison agreed to this. However, Drake insisted that they attempt a stealth mission to assassinate Nemo first, to which Bison reluctantly agreed. Burtrom left to organize the Mandalorians, with the intent to send an assault himself if the squad didn't accomplish their mission quickly enough.
When they arrived at Endor they found an old Imperial base guarded by droids, however the entrance was covered with rubble. They split up, leaving Stan and Gen to clear the rubble and enter that way while the others looked for another entrance. However when they found the second entrance, they met a mysterious Sith cultist who began attacking them with the force. Despite all their efforts they were unable to wound him. They saw Nemo watching them fight and attempted to shoot him, but he dodged their attacks and the Sith blocked their way into the building. Suddenly, Stan and Gen appeared, and as soon as he saw them the Cultist ran away. They charged after him but Claire appeared, and they realized she had been corrupted to the dark side when she attacked them!
Bison told the others to go on without him, so they left him behind to face Claire. They chased Nemo and the Sith however they boarded a shuttle and escaped before the squad could stop them. They called in the reinforcements and the Imperial fleet jumped in to attack the Jawajuice fleet. However, more Jawajuice ships appeared and trapped the Imperial fleet. Suddenly Burtrom appeared, and revealed that he had betrayed them. Stan grabbed him and wrenched his helmet off but Burtrom activated his jetpack and bashed Stan against a tree. Burtrom fled, but rather than chase him the squad turned back to help Bison. Claire had wounded him, but he had taken off his helmet to reveal he was Wesley, and strangely Claire stumbled and fell unconscious. They carried her to the ship and set off to pursue Nemo...

#### **Attack on Endor (Part 2)**

While they chased Nemo in their ship, Gen and Bison had an argument, as Gen wanted Claire to be locked up but Bison insisted that she was safe now. Before they could make a decision they had arrived on a Jawajuice capital ship. They exited their ship and were almost immediately attacked by droids, but they managed to destroy them. As they traveled through the ship, they fought more droids, some of which were clearly prototypes which used different weapons with varying degrees of effectiveness - some even used lightsabers, but they were not as deadly as the JK-7 class droids. They arrived at a control room, where they fought and killed several Jawas.
Suddenly a hologram of Nemo appeared, and he watched as they were attacked again by the Sith cultist. Several droids came in as well, focusing on Stan to keep him distracted. Gen through a grenade, but the Sith sent it back at her and she was knocked unconscious by it. The rest of the crew fought on, until Noname managed to sneak behind the Sith and stab him. Nemo came in, just in time to see the Sith fall, apparently dead. He immediately ran, leading the squad on a chase to the ship's bridge where he turned and fought them. The fight was tougher than expected, as Nemo was too quick for them to shoot, however he was not very skilled at combat and failed to injure any of them. At one point Nemo shot lightning at them, which was very effective against everyone except strangely for Stan. Even Nemo was shocked by Stan's resistance. Eventually he was cornered and began to beg to his master to save him. A shadow appeared in the room, just as Gen arrived with several Imperial reinforcements...

#### **The Evil Ewok**

An Ewok stood in the bridge, which Gen identified as Jeev Jeev Malmatino, a failed Sith experiment like Stan, which had somehow gotten loose. Jeev Jeev tortured Nemo with lightning for his failure, but seeing the squad advancing he grabbed Nemo's lightsaber and attacked them. Jeev Jeev was very fast, very aggressive and very strong in the force. Although they could see their blaster shots hitting him, he seemed to not be injured by them. Quickly he killed all of their Imperial reinforcements, and then he moved between each of them, cutting each squad member before moving on. He laughed as he fought, making them realize he was merely playing with them.
When Jeev Jeev realized Stan's strange resistance to force powers, he simply used his lightsaber more, wounding Stan severely. He also wounded Bison, then Noname, then Gen, and then Greggle, until they were all struggling to stay on their feet. In a final effort, Stan threw himself at the Ewok with a thermal detonator, which blew up and sent Stan flying. However, when the smoke cleared they saw that the Ewok lay on the floor unmoving, and Noname limped over and shot it several times to make sure.
Suddenly, Nemo got up, and when he saw that they were all injured he rushed over and asked if they were alright. Stan crawled over to him, intending to kill him, but hesitated. He explained about Jawajuice and their droids to an increasingly bewildered and horrified Nemo. It appeared that Jeev Jeev's dark side aura had corrupted the force sensitive Jawa, just as it had done for Claire, but now it was dead they were both free again. Nemo immediately ran to the comms panel to order his forces to surrender...

#### **The End**

Imperial reinforcements arrived at the Jawajuice ship, led by The Mountain. Nemo surrendered to them, but the Mountain knocked him unconscious and ordered his troops to carry the Jawa out. Other Imperials came to give the Dark Forces squad members medical aid, and then carried out them out as well. As they were leaving, they saw the Sith cultist who was still barely alive. He begged for forgiveness and surrendered, however when the Mountain realized that he was a Force User he killed the Sith with his bare hands. They left for Corellia...
2 weeks later... Once all of the squad had recovered, they were summoned by the Dman. He and Drake congratulated the squad on their success in defeating Nemo, and told them that the remaining forces of Jawajuice were surrendering. Drake then informed them all that although Jawajuice had been defeated, peace had not been restored to the Galaxy - the Jedi had declared themselves an independent faction from the IA and many systems had joined to support them. The Dman then revealed that the Imperial fleet which had mysteriously appeared to mess up their plans over Coruscant had been the forces assigned to Dantooine. He told them that he suspected that the Jedi had mind tricked the Imperial forces into their suicidal assault.
Drake suggested a retaliatory attack, but Gen pointed out that if the IA declared war first it would only give evidence to the Jedi and their supporters that the IA was no different from the Empire, which would result in more systems joining the Jedi. Drake then reminded them all that Calren had been taken by the Jedi, and pointed out that since he was still technically an Imperial soldier, if the Jedi refused to return him it could be considered reason for war.
The Dman dismissed the rest of the squad so that they could celebrate while he discussed plans with Drake and Gen. They headed to a nearby bar, but Bison said farewell and left them, possibly forever...