Chapter 61

--- 127 BBY ---

A ship exited from hyperspace at the edge of Yautja territory. It was a small transport, not even the size of the Phantom. On board were two individuals and a lot of illegal goods.

"Shit. Who the fuck uses gravity generators?" the pilot complained

"I told you this was a bad idea," someone else said. "No one smuggles through the Yautja Empire."

"Shut up. We just need to turn around and we can use our hyperdrive again soon."

But as the pilot tried to turn around, they realized that they could not move the ship at all. Now, the pair began to really panic.

A slowly emerged out of nowhere, many times larger than theirs. The cloak around it slowly peeled away, revealing the true form of the ship. As soon as it revealed its form, several fighters exited the ship. Each was shaped like a crescent moon and piloted by a Pure Yautja. These Doom Scythes were the latest ship to be added to the Yautja Fleet with Cleopatra being the first to test them out.

"Disable your weapon systems and shields. Then, under the escort of our fighters, enter the hangar of the ship. Failure to comply will result in your immediate termination," Cleo told them over the comms

The ship truly had no choice. Just a single Doom Scythe alone was more than enough to kill. Over 10 of them plus the Mothership they came out of? It would have been faster to just shoot themselves in the head if they wanted to die so badly.

The pair did as they were told. Slowly being escorted onto the Mothership with weapons constantly targeting them. The moment they tried to do anything that the Yautja didn't command, they were fated to die. 

When the ship landed, the pair walked off with their hands above their heads. Both were humans, one male and one female. Neither looked to be out of their teens.

Cleopatra had walked down from the bridge and stood before the pair while dozens of Purebloods were all around. Purebloods were Yautja that Jial had genetically reproduced in order to create an army of them to act as the scouts and assassins of his forces. 

"Why have you come to our space, carrying illegal goods?" Cleopatra asked while holding one of her customer smart-discs in hand. 

"We apologize, great hunter!" the girl immediately bowed in apology while pushing her compatriot's head down as well. "We wanted to make quick credits and took on this job foolishly. We should have been more considerate when it came to interacting with the Great Empire!"

Cleopatra didn't respond immediately but she was smiling behind her mask. She enjoyed dealing with smart people.

"The usual crime is either enslavement for 5 years or branding your faces and hands with the mark of the Yautja to let others know that you have wronged us," Cleopatra informed them. "But luckily for you, I do not feel like dealing with any paperwork or having to go back to the planet since I am about to go bring some Unblooded on a Hunt. If you accompany us for the Hunt, you will be spared from both of the other punishments."

"Deal!" the young man said, not even giving the girl a chance to speak. She glared at him before turning to Cleopatra and nodding.

"Good. You may rest on your ship but you will be under constant watch. If you act up, only death awaits you."

And with that, all of the Blooded and higher-ranked members of the Purebloods disappeared into the air, leaving only the Unblooded to stand around and look intimidating. The ship began going to the Hunting Preserve in order to get their Unblooded their first Hunt. 

--- Yautja Prime ---

In the past 40 years, the mighty Yautja group had expanded tremendously. Every planet in the Karthakk Sector had become theirs truly, allowing them to build up a small empire. But unlike most who would have continued to expand, Jial refused to do so. He kept the empire small and began working inwardly. Constantly improving his technology and the way of life for his people.

Both of his remaining projects came to fruition. The Astartes Project was successful and allowed Jial to recreate the Astartes. But it also made him realize something. He was not a true Primarch. The stories about how Primarchs moved and battled made his current self seem like barely more than one of the current Astartes. That was when Jial realized that he was indeed not a true Primarch but something closer to a Primaris Marine. Someone who had all 22 Gene-Seed components but was not a Primarch. Which led Jial to one conclusion. 

'That hypocritical bastard used the Warp to create Primarchs. And I just cut that off from myself!'

But while Jial was unable to create true Primarchs, he was able to create Primaris Marines and just named them Primarchs. Beside himself, Mira, Nott, Boxe, and Suxon were all the Primaris Marines with them each having about 20,000 Astartes under them. But one thing that Jial could not change was that all of the Astartes were the same gender as their progenitor. So instead of having 80,000 grandsons and granddaughters created equally, Jial ended up with 60,000 granddaughters and only 20,000 sons, each a demi-god that got a boost with power armor. 

But even with the numbers skewed to one side, Jial was not worried. He was waiting on more premium companions that he could base a 2nd generation of Primarchs and Astartes on. He had even promised Sev'rance that she would get to become one of the new Primarchs. 

As for their development of Tau and Eldar technology, it went even better than Jial had expected. He had been able to nearly perfectly replicate Tau's tech while creating many items that mimicked Eldar's technology. But the weapons and armor that both groups had were provided to his foot soldiers and allowed them to become an intimidating sight with the ability to slay a hundred with only 10. 

Jial sat down at the original table with all of his most trusted members. Mira, Nott, Boxe, Suxon, Sev'rance, and Seviss with Cleopatra, Beta, Kroq, Sidon, and the droids being off-world. 

Mira and Nott had grown significantly since their changes. Mira had grown not only taller but even more muscular as well. Her tail had thinned out and resembled one of a tiger's instead of a wolf while her hair had become more of a grey color instead of silver. (Looks like Ghislaine)

Nott's change was even more stunning. She had lost all of her animalistic features while growing much taller with her skin and hair becoming red along with all of her daughters. But her most significant change that was brought on by Nott's Gene-Seed implant was her increased Force Powers. Jial calculated that she had around 25,000 Midochlorians per cell. 

While these two went through major physical changes, Suxon and Boxe did not. They both simply grew and got more powerful like what had happened to Jial when he first went through the changes. He ended up figuring that the twins were unique and exceptions to the rules.

"So..." Jial started "We have been asked to intervene in 3 different wars. Who wants to go?" 

Everyone shot their hands into the air immediately. There had been no wars since the last one which meant that most of them were bored out of their minds, only able to train and study. 

Jial threw them each a folder that had information on the wars they had been asked to intervene in.

"Read it, pair up with someone, and then let me know," Jial leaned back in his chair while watching everyone read over the documents, wanting to be the first that got to pick their battle