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Star Wars: Retribution

Star Wars: Retribution is a purely fan made novel based on Star
Wars; it was inspired by a group of friends that met up together on
the internet. All historical stories and events of the novel are based
on the timeline established by the Project Team. All characters
created
belong
to
their
reprehensive
and
respected
owners/creators. All work done on this novel belongs to the
members of the Project team. Special thanks to all our great friends
who contributed and to your great personalities and imagination,
may our time we spent never be forgotten.....................







- The Novel Team


Novel-Team

Writer: Liam O’Druma

Editor: Vincent Lee

Illustrated by: Jordan Frye

Published by: Vincent Lee

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Chapter Index

Prequel – Exodus...........................................................................Page. 1
Chapter 1 – Reckoning...............................................................Page. 20

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

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Revolt! The Galaxy is in peril, Chaos erupts everywhere. Order 66 has
been given following to the fall of the Galactic Republic and the
Birth of the new Dreaded Galactic Empire. Jedi all over the galaxy
are being hunted, a new Resistance is born as countless star systems
join to preserve the Old Republic in a fight against the Empire.

Outnumbered and outmatched, word reaches the resistance of a
kaminoan-clone rebellion against the Empire. The leader of the
Resistance, Max Stratos accompanied by a group of clones loyal to
him boldly travels to kamino, the center of the former production
facility for the military might of the Republic in hopes of re-
establishing a new cloned army to counter against the Tyranny of
the Galactic Empire.

Betrayed by the very leader they once served, a former Separatist
Admiral, Illidan Septimus poised on revenge and determination to
keep the confederacy alive is caught in a deadly ambush. As
countless others across the known galaxy from the former Galactic
Republic to the Confederacy of Independent Star Systems begin to
mobilize and rally their remaining forces in a common goal to fight
for their existence. The Galaxy is once again plunged into War,
Leaving the fate of the Galaxy and its countless worlds into the
unknown future, a new Era Begins....................................

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Exodus
Part I

- Mos Eisley, Tattooine

The twin suns glared down over a bustling desert town, raking light over
the dusty streets brimming with chattering crowds, the monotonous chatter was
pierced by a single shot. The groups of people cried out in fear and fled,
revealing in the middle of the market square a squad of Imperial stormtroopers.
The troopers proceeded towards a nearby space dock, unhindered through the
empty streets, the only sound being the crackle of the captain's helmet as he
barked
“Weapons free squad, remember what we're here for, you see a Jedi, blast
him!”
The troopers advanced at a cautious pace, yet barely a few steps before the
captain heard the snap-hiss of a lightsaber and the cry of a trooper, he wheeled
around to see two of his troopers on the floor with smoking holes in their chests, a
tal robed figure held a blue lightsaber in a high grip, the captain didn’t hesitate
and fired a burst at the Jedi as his remaining troopers spun around and fol owed
suit, the Jedi swiftly batted back the bolts and danced graceful y between the
barrages, spinning around to decapitate one trooper and whirling his saber in an
arc, slashing through the abdomen of another. The captain cursed to himself as
he paced backwards firing as he did, the Jedi simply caught the bolts on his
blade and deflected them into the face of the last trooper, advancing on the
captain, the Jedi twirled his saber and slashed at the captains rifle before whirling
around and shearing his helmet off, the captain staggered back, his face
identical to a once famous bounty hunter, he spat at the Jedi and fumbled for his
pistol, but not quickly enough as the blade slid into his heart, he col apsed without
a sound. The Jedi barely glanced at his fallen foe before shutting off his saber
and departing the square, quickly walking to the space dock, he proceeded
down the long hal way before reaching dock 32, he flicked his hand and the
door slid open, revealing a battered and aged republic shuttle. The Jedi
removed his hood, revealing a grim, heavily set and battle scarred face.

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Tantus Patronus had not always been forced to travel as a fugitive, but since
the emperor's infamous Order 66, his kind had been ruthlessly persecuted, hunted
down and murdered in cold blood, so many of his friends had fallen at the
temple, he had always regretted not being there at the time, but Tantus had
vowed to survive the purges and continue forth in the name of the Jedi order.
One day, his kind would return, even if they had to wait for mil ennia. Tantus had
been a general in the clone wars, he had fought hard alongside his men and
never doubted their loyalty, he had never liked fighting, but he knew that
sometimes the Jedi were forced to do unpleasant things to ensure peace and
prosperity. It was only after those dark days he had questioned his effectiveness
as a Jedi, he had left the republic worlds seeking solace, yet for the past few
years he had come to realise there was no peace in hiding and fleeing, now he
had decided to rebuild the Jedi, even if it cost him his life.

The ramp of the shuttle squeaked as it lowered to al ow Tantus entry, he
ascended and made his way to the cockpit before slumping in the pilot's seat
exhaustedly,
“Tattooine is definitely not a place to be if you’re not a black market crook” he
thought to himself as he reached for the holoprojector and flicked it on,
The projector flickered before flashing as a man in clone trooper armour
stepped into view,
"Master Patronus, it is good to see you again" the man said jovial y,
"And you captain Dergo" Tantus replied, "It seems you were right about the
outer worlds, the empire has even thrown it's pawns into the scum sectors!".
"It was rather expected at Tattooine don't you think?" the captain asked wryly
"I suppose it was rather foolish to think i could bring the padawans here" Tantus
admitted,
"Not to worry, I’m not the only trooper that hasn't been brain washed, you
should come to Kamino" Dergo replied enthusiastical y,
"Dergo, have you lost your mind? Kamino is practical y the Empire's left lung!"
Tantus exclaimed;
"Do me a favour Tantus, come to Kamino, i think you wil find the natives aren't
too happy with the Emperor, plus there's someone at Kamino you should see".



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"Who?" asked Tantus, surprised,
"Our company leader, Stratos, he's decided we're going to hit back at the
Empire, we've got the cloning tanks, it's our chance now" grinned the captain,
"I'm on my way!" Tantus smiled.


- Tipoca City, Kamino
Republic Remnant base, Stratos’s base of operations

The endless storms lashed the metal buildings with a ferocious amount of
rain, the wind shrieked as the underlying seas rol ed back and forth. Upon the
metal platforms in the planet's capital sat aged cloning facilities. In an
observation tower, two clone troopers manned a mounted turret whilst huddled
under the scant protection of a tarpaulin, whilst overlooking a group of clone
troopers making their way through the storm towards them; one of the troopers
reached for his comlink and flicked it on.
"Captain, Alpha 2 here",
"What have you got for me Alpha 2?" asked Captain Dergo,
"General Stratos and his men are here" replied the trooper,
"Excellent" said Dergo happily, "anything else to report?",
"Nothing out there sir, just freezing rain" the trooper complained,
"Now, Now, we can't have that, i need you nice and alert in case the Empire
arrives" the captain rebuked, "Dergo out", Dergo pocketed his comlink and
turned to greet the General.

Max Stratos cut an impressive figure in his battered Arc clone armour, he
looked the part of a soldier, and was known for it, he had served alongside the
famed Arc Troopers and Republic Clone Commandos during their tour of
Geonosis and had earned himself a huge amount of recognition and respect
from numerous campaigns against the CIS during the clone wars, he was loved
and well respected by his men. Stratos was a valiant and strong hearted warrior
who would always be at the forefront of his men in battle, he had sworn to
uphold the republic's values during the war, it was hardly surprising to Dergo, that
after the formation of the Empire Stratos had broken away from the military and
had promised to do al he could to destroy the Empire and it's accursed master;
now he and his men had come to kamino after hearing the kaminoans

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denounce the empires actions, in an effort to gain favour with the locals and re-
create the clone army, loyal to the Republic.

Dergo saluted to the General, who nodded appreciatively,
"How's it going captain?" Stratos asked,
"Pretty good sir" the captain smiled "The Kaminoans have given us use of these
cloning facilities since you last spoke to them, our technicians have got it figured
out, plus it turns out the locals kept a little private army for themselves",
"Have they indeed?" Stratos raised an eyebrow, "that is most good news",
"It gets better sir", Dergo replied with a grin, "Your old friend, Master Patronus is
on his way to meet us".
At that, Stratos cracked a wide smile, for he had been a close friend of Tantus's
during the clone wars and had remained in contact with him even after order 66,
"Even better captain" Stratos chuckled.
At that moment, a large boom deafened the troopers in the room as the
ground rocked,
"What was that!?" shouted Dergo,
"The Empire" Stratos replied, a glazed look in his eye, "captain assemble the
men, get whomever you can outside and ready to repel the imperial forces, and
someone get the holo to the Kaminoans" commanded the general,
As his men scurried outside he fol owed whilst un-slinging his own DLT-20A long-
range rifle from his back. A grim scene met the troopers at the entrance, shards
of twisted metal lay scattered over the platform, along with fragments of the
armour of the two troopers who had formerly manned the observation tower, the
men hurried along a connecting bridge whilst loading up their DC-15A blaster
rifles, some cursed as TIE fighters screamed overhead, fol owed by Imperial
dropships. Stratos and his troopers reached the central platform and took
positions behind the low barriers as the dropships reached the far end of the
platforms. Through his sights, Stratos could see white figures advancing across two
different platforms in an attempt to flank his men, noticing the dropships rising,
Stratos smiled to himself and took aim at the cockpit of one, as the storm troopers
began to engage his men, he took a quick breath and pul ed the trigger, he
needed no confirmation of a hit as the dropship swung downwards and smashed
into the midst of its own troopers, tearing through the bridge and plummeting to
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quickly put down by the powerful rifles of his men, more troopers poured across
the remaining bridge, their blasters spitting angry lasers at the clones, Stratos
ducked his head as a salvo of lasers crashed against the barrier and flashed by
the space his head had been, he quickly popped back up and let rip with his
rifle, the powerful lasers making short work of the Imperials armour, from within the
advancing cluster shot out several shoulder fired rockets, they screeched towards
the middle and right of the barrier, exploding with such force his men were flung
black, some in pieces.
"Blast!" Stratos cursed,
The lapse in defence al owed the stormtroopers to draw far too close for
comfort,
“They’ll break our lines if they get any closer!” yelled a clone trooper,
Stratos realised as he and his remaining troops forced the Imperials to take
cover with suppressive fire, some were not quick enough to take cover and were
promptly shot through the barrage of lasers. Al of a sudden a hail of lasers
flashed from the platform adjacent to the stormtroopers, cutting them down with
ease, the remaining troopers panicked and attempted to pul back to safer
ground where more Imperials were now massing,
“Stratos laughed to himself”, 'cowards' he thought as he shot a trooper carrying
a rocket launcher, the trooper fell and the launcher blasted it's rocket into a
nearby power unit, the unit let out a colossal explosion that ripped apart the
platform, shredding the Imperial troopers as the platform col apsed into the sea.
Stratos then ordered his men to pul back to the facility, making use of the space
between them and Imperial reinforcements.

Upon their dash back to the front of the cloning facility they were met by other
Clone troopers in shining phase I style armour with green stripes, Stratos nodded
to the Commander of the group,
"Thanks for the help; I take it your the kaminoans troops?”
The commander gave a single nod in response, his helmet crackled as he
spoke "Sir perhaps it would be best if we hunker down here, the Imperials wil be
massing for a final effort at this facility, we have portable turrets, rockets and
plenty of ammunition",
Stratos agreed and gave his thanks as the troopers set about taking positions
once more; he turned to one of his lieutenants,

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"Where is captain Dergo?" he asked.
"Sir, Captain Dergo was kil ed in Action by a rocket assault while attempting to
flank an imperial position sir" the trooper replied angrily,
Stratos cursed "We always avenge our brothers, the Empire wil pay for the good
captain's life, and for betraying us, let his death not be in vain".

Lightning flashed as the final barriers were erected, more stormtroopers
appeared on the platforms firing at the troopers, the clones checked their rifles
and took aim, Stratos stood at the front, rifle poised at the head of a storm
commander,
"FOR THE REPUBLIC!!" Stratos yelled and led the charge,
The troopers roared in unison as a hail of lasers and rockets poured from the
republic troopers at the Imperials, rockets blasted apart their turrets as lasers cut
down swathe after swathe as countless imperials were torn apart and blown to
shreds by the overwhelming fire power of the republic forces. The Imperials were
forced back by the ferocity of the defence, more of them being cut down with
every shot as they struggled in vain to avoid the deadly hail of fire from the
Republic troopers.
Stratos then yelled out a command “Now!!” as the notable Arc Troopers burst
through with their deadly weapons and agile speed gunning down and
overrunning the imperial defences. The tide was now turned as Republic Troopers
moved on the offensive and pushed ever closer to the imperial lines, as deadly
Clone Assassins rushed from the republic fronts at lightning speed bringing quick
death to the helpless imperial forces, whom were unable to even get a sight of
them until they were at the mercy of their blades.

Hundreds of stormtroopers fell to the courage and accuracy of the clones; they
began to attempt to retreat back to their dropships. Stratos al owed himself a
smal amount of satisfaction as he shot straight through the helmet of a
stormtrooper, the helmet exploded in a shower of gore as clone rockets blasted
apart the dropships. The remaining stormtroopers desperately shot back in panic
and disorder, a few lucky shots pierced the armour of 3 clones, who were quickly
carried out of harm's way by their fellow troopers, in only a few minutes, the last
stormtrooper col apsed clutching at a hole in his chest. Silence reigned for a few
moments, then fol owed up with loud cheers from the republic troopers as the

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