Chapter 15

The beginning the Senate meeting was the same until Padmé presented her evidence, which caused all hell to break loose. "P-padmé, where did you get this footage and why didn't you tell me about it?" Palpatine asked, trying to calm his troubled nerves. Palpatine was genuinely shocked to see the footage of him in his Sith Lord persona, but thankfully his face was hidden.

"I'm sorry, but I am not at liberty to reveal my sources, and I couldn't reveal these files earlier, least we risk being compromised." said Padmé, her mind flashing to a certain teen in an armored suit. Much to Palpatine's frustration, Padmé refused to answer to where she got the footage, but in the end, the authenticity of the video was called into question and subsequently thrown out. The major difference was, out of frustration and the warnings of Moka, Padmé didn't call for a vote of no confidence like she did in the original, angering Palpatine, but Old Palpy had a back up plan and one of his minions called for the vote instead, resulting in the same chaos.

Frustrated by the Senate's inaction while her people were in danger, Padmé stood up, gaining the attention of the entire senate room. "Due to this Senate's uselessness and lack of care for the lives of my people, Naboo will be leaving this corrupt Republic, and entering into an alliance with House Kahl of Kahlua. Already, they are on Naboo doing far more for my people than you sad, sorry old men!" Padmé said as she stormed off, leaving the entire Senate and Republic as a whole in an uproar.

Never before has a planet left the Republic so openly. The officials tried to stop the news from spreading until they could figure out what happened, but it was too late. By the time Moka and the others made it to the landing ports where their ships were, the entire Republic knew of Naboo leaving the Republic and coming under the protection of the infamous House Kahl.

As they almost made it to their ships, Moka had a bad feeling, and sure enough, his holocom rang, only to reveal a very angry Aunt Roz. "What the hell did you do?! I let you go out and adventure for 6 months. 6 months! And now I hear you're involved with a war on Naboo, own part of Tatooine, made dealings with those disgusting Hutts, and the worst part, you somehow convinced the Naboo queen to leave the damn Republic and enter an alliance with House Kahl! Do you realize how embarrassing it is to be yelled at about trade deals and alliances you have no knowledge of? Huh??" Aunt Roz yelled, making the entire spaceport feel sorry for Moka.

Moka had really stepped in it now. He meant to tell his aunt, but got kind of caught up in the moment. "I'm sorry Auntie. Everything happened so fast, I didn't have time to call. But I stand by my actions, as my Oath wouldn't let me see those atrocities and do nothing. I'd bring shame to our House if I did otherwise." Moka said simply. He had no excuse for his actions and knew that his aunt liked getting straight to the point. Roz wanted to be angrier with Moka, but she had a weak spot when it came to her precious nephew.

Roz let out a heavy sigh and continued. "Fine, but next time you start a damn war, at least invite me next time. You know how bored I am stuck in this damn palace! I'll meet you at Naboo with part of our fleet. If we're going to enter our first alliance, we're definitely going to make a good show of it!" Roz let out a hearty laugh as she cut the transmission. Everyone who heard the call at the space port was shocked. War was coming and it didn't look good for the Trade Federation.

Sweat dropped from Moka's face as fear nearly took him. There was only one person who scared him in this world, and now she was going to be let loose against the Trade Federation over Naboo. Moka was scared for them and his potential new assets. Wanting to rush back to Naboo before his aunt destroyed everything, Moka and everyone rushed to their ships, but unknowingly to them, several spies heard the loud conversation and set many wheels in motion. This war was about to become ten times bigger than it was in the movie.

In just 5 short days, thanks to them rushing, Moka and the others could be seen dropping into Naboo space from hyperspace, and he was pleased to see that things went somewhat as planned. The Infiltration teams have already taken over the ships and communications for Naboo were back open. Unfortunately, the Trade Federation found one of the infiltration teams on the droid command ship, and disconnected the already deployed droids from the ships mainframe, preventing and easy victory.

Not wanting to lose his new ships in the confusion, Moka sent them straight to his territory on Tattooine to be retrofitted for his future purposes. With that done, the two ships quickly made their way towards Moka's fort. Droids as far as the horizon converged on Moka's fort. Taking the lead to give the Nubian a chance to land, the Tempest begins doing carpet runs, dropping what seemed like an endless supply of bombs. And if that wasn't enough, Rain opened the back ramp of the ship, launching both her whistling birds and shooting her repeating rocket launcher while she laughed manically. After making a few rounds, Moka finally landed the Tempest next to the already landed Nubian,but not before taking some damage from the forces outside the forts walls.

Now inside the fort, Moka called for an immediate war meeting and met everyone in the conference room. When everyone was settled, Moka turned to Rust for a status report. "All Naboo civilians are safe and well fed, though if this war lasts any longer, we may have to start rationing our supplies. We were able to push the droids back a good distance until a Jedi with a red lightsaber showed up, forcing us to give up ground and retreat back into the fort." Rust said with a gruff voice.

Hearing this, Qui-Gon let out a heavy sigh as he suspected the Sith might show up there. Qui-Gon was still frustrated with the Council for the denial of the Sith and refusal of Anakin. Qui-Gon decided when this was all over, he would have a serious discussion with Moka about his previous offer. "That is no Jedi, he is a Sith. He is a strong fighter that even me and Prince Moka had trouble fighting together." Qui-Gon said in a gloom tone.

Seeing the mood grow dark, Moka decided to get the meeting back on focus. "The Sith is of no concern at the moment as he will be unable to enter this fort with our defenses up. Our main concern now is the battle in space that will soon be coming. I got word that a huge fleet of enemy ships are heading this way to meet my aunt with her fleets in battle above Naboo. If this happens, all hell will break loose as my dear aunt doesn't know the meaning of restraint and this war will be a messy one. The fastest way to end the war will be to take out their leader, Viceroy Nute Gunray, who my scout drones have marked him as being inside the Queen's palace, using it as his own. The issue is he has a few Naboo government officials who couldn't get away in time, including Governor Bibble. They also have a few Gungans along with their leader, Boss Nass. The Viceroy is using them as hostages, so we'll have to be very careful here." Moka said, showing the layout of the queen's palace where the Viceroy is hiding.

Hearing this, the mood in the room grew rather somber as the war just became that much more complicated. Noticing the mood change, Moka decided to pull everyone back. "I said that we'll have to be careful, as in we can't just bomb the place to hell like I'd like, not that it was impossible. Get your heads in the game! I already have a plan, I send my infiltration droids in with SK-8 as the lead. While they're securing the Viceroy and the hostages, Rain and Jona will take our army and lead a frontal assault of the enemy, drawing their attention so that the palace teams won't have so much heat on them. The next team will be me, Rust, and the two Jedi leading a small strike team to take out that Sith and whoever he has with him. That red bastard is tough as hell, so I don't want to leave anything to chance. Emiry, Abbela, and the Queen will stay in the fort to watch over the civilians and keep them safe and calm. With this, we'll be able to finish this war with minimal casualties and in record time. Is everyone clear on the plan?" Moka asked in a serious tone, giving off the aura of an unquestionable leader.

As Moka looked around the room, he received nods of affirmation, which was just what he wanted to see. This will be his first large-scale war, and he was damn sure going to make sure he won. "In that case, everyone, roll out! We don't have much time so be quick about readying up and moving out!" Moka yelled out, lighting a fire in everyone's heart. Things moved fairly quickly after that. With Rain and Jona commanding the front lines, they began their attack on the front lines, making all surface to air missiles and tanks their priority.

With the air space becoming less dangerous, the palace teams used that small window of opportunity to launch their ships, managing to leave the fort only losing one of the droid ships. The flight to the palace didn't take long, and when they arrived, the infiltration team and the strike team split apart to handle their own missions.

Moka, using the cloaking systems of the Tempest, landed in the Royal Hanger, out of the way of the mustard yellow Naboo starfighters. As Moka exited the now decloaked Tempest, him and the rest of the strike team were met with shots from a group of B1 droids and several Droidekas. Once again, Moka regretted that he did not have his own lightsaber, as he raised his rifle, using the force to land effective shots while he and the rest of the group ducked behind cover.

Things went differently than the canon as Anakin was not here to hop in one of the ships and blast the droids. There was also no need to use the starfighters as Moka had already taken the federation ships and sent them away. Though much to Moka's annoyance, the prideful and determined Padmé insisted on joining his group as a handmaiden while the "queen" stayed behind, and would not take no for an answer.