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It has been eight years since Marcus gave his speech on the planet of Jakku. During these years Marcus has not been idle and amassed quite an Armada.

(A/N: I've looked and Looked but I simply can not find an accurate number to represent for the sheer amount of ships the Republic had so I'm going to roll with my own.)

5,000 Harrower-class dreadnought's. (Image)

4,800 Terminus-class destroyers. (image)

6,720 Interdictor-class cruisers. (image)

10,620 Gage-class transports (Image)

However, Marcus decided to halt the construction of Star Ships to begin working on his new personal Flag Ship. This action resulted in two years being devoted to it, Even then his Flag Ship was still incomplete.

At most, the Super-Star Class Dreadnought was only capable of moving and had less than 3% of weapons being operational. (Image)

To build this monster of a ship Marcus had to mine countless amounts of asteroids and a few uninhabited worlds.

Besides the manufacturing of Star Ships, Marcus has also expanded his influence across multiple Star Systems within the Unknown Regions. He encounters primitive species as well as 'Modern' ones.

Modern being referred to his Earth's level of technology if not slightly higher or lower. His adventures discovered multiple 'Xeno' species in which he has never seen within Star Wars before.

An example being a Jellyfish like being who was capable of floating on land. This species was capable of conveying vita brainwaves or simply Telepathy.

Marcus had no use of such an entity and decided to put them to work as well as seeing if their Telepathy could be beneficial to his Empire.

Another Species he came across had a shocking resemblance to humans. The only difference being that their skin was pink, with solid black eyes, and had pointed ears.

Everything else was simply human, life expectancy was about the same, Hands and feet were identical, organs were similar, and so on.

Marcus and his Empire made contact with this race which called themselves 'Ions' and began exchanges.

He would allow this race into his Empire but they would be referred to as 'Abhuman' instead of 'Ions'. He also granted them a select few technologies, however, they would have to disband their governments and be subjected to his Empire's laws and such.

Marcus heard the news a week later stating that the 'Ions' would comply resulting in the planet becoming united as one under his banner. Soon enough this Race was welcomed into the Empire as Marcus already 'brainwashed' his citizens making it so his words were absolute.

The citizens of the Imperium grew into the habit of outright hating anything that did not look human and with the younger generation being grown in such an Environment it would only do so more.

The citizens from Jakku especially, Their Archon terraformed their wasteland of a planet into a wonderful world. They were the first to be 'saved' and they knew that.

Besides this, many citizens began working their way up the Class system which gave them more privileges within Imperium space. They would gain access to advanced education which they happily used to better the Imperium even more.

Among the older generation who were unable to comprehend the subjects taught in the schools, they soon gained the opportunity to enlist within the army.

To top it all off, Marcus constructed secret research and development sites deep within the unknown regions. Within these sites, he created and experimented with biological weapons alongside normal military-grade weaponry. The staff consisted of autonomous machines to limit the spread of disaster in case of containment breaches.

Regarding Marcus's combat training, he was more than capable of taking on a full squad of Mandalorians without suffering injuries and began a more tactical simulation in hopes of becoming a greater 'commander'.

But at this current moment, he ignored all of his development and examined a report presented by SN-21.

"I knew that I would eventually make contact with the republic but I still wanted to remain an unknown for a bit longer..." The report came from an Interdictor-Class Cruiser which was patrolling within a star system under his rule.

The Imagine's attached showcased two triangle-shaped starfighters capable of housing a single passenger alongside a port for an astromech droid to dock in.

The report stated that during a routine patrol two unidentified starfighters dropped out of hyperspace and upon noticing the opposing ship they began to attempt communication.

Due to not receiving clearance codes immediately alongside the unknown Transponder codes, the Interdictor fired ion cannons and quickly subjugation the starfighters.

Marcus knew that these ships were Jedi Starfighters and looked back to SN-21.

"The report did not indicate any losses. Did a struggle not take place?" SN-21 nodded her head in a 'no' manner and spoke.

"That would be a negative commander. The inhabitants within the Starfighter surrendered upon seeing the Armed droids and soldiers waiting for them. Inventory logs that everyday objects alongside the 'lightsabers' we're confiscated. Shall we set a course to the cruiser?" Marcus nodded his head signaling the go-ahead as he returned his focus on a particular helmet.

During his off time, he found a hobby of recreating Ancient armor sets. aligned within a wall which was covered by a glass panel housed three sets of armor being worn by mannequins

The first of the set held Darth Malgus's Armor Set. (Image)

The second being the Knights of Zakuul Armor set. (Image)

While the final in which Marcus was painting the helmet held Jace Malcom's Republic trooper set. (Image)

After pressing a button on the wall the glass panel retracted allowing Marcus to place the almost completed helmet where it belongs. He then began his way towards the bridge with a thought surfacing in his mind.

'How should I deal with those Jedi? If they are human I could show my people their heretics and if they're not... The people would probably kill them anyway. They are infected with a parasite anyways... War is upon us.'