Star Wars: Anakin Si c18

~~~~~~Coruscant, Jedi Grand Temple~~~~~~

“A bad feeling, I have,” Yoda said with a frown. 

“This can’t be a coincidence,” Mace Windu said as he tried to use force to sense this elusive being who was playing the Puppet Master.

The Jedi realised that something was odd. The raid on Sollust resulted in several deaths and the destruction of the infrastructure of Sollust’s Capital City.

“Whoever it was, the raids were calculated attacks,” another Jedi Master said, as they felt a strange feeling that the Galaxy was becoming unstable.

The Sith are gathering forces in the Northeast of the Galaxy. On top of that, another thing is ravaging the South East. All of the actions are happening around Outer Rim.

Just like it always was with all the conflicts to this date. It starts in Outer Rim.

“Vigilant, stay we must. Send, scouts, we will.” Yoda added with a small nod.

“...I will go myself,” Mace said with a pondering look.

He remembered what that child had said. It was embarrassing for his Jedi to have Sith in the heart of their power.

“Then go.”

After the meeting, the Jedi Master took a Jedi Diplomatic vessel to Mandalore.

~~~~~~Meanwhile~~~~~~

Far away from the Galactic core, a pair of black-robed learned about the attack on Mandalore…

“This is going far enough! We are made fools by that brat!” Darth Sidious exclaimed with fury.

He feels like someone is constantly bullying him!

“Calm yourself, Sidious.” Darth Plagueis reminded his apprentice to calm himself.

“We shall investigate. I want you to find out where those Lucrehulk vessels are coming from. As well as Droids…

There could be an unknown shipyard and factories we could claim for ourselves.”

The Dark Lord comments, which makes Sidious calm a bit.

“As you wish, My Master.” 

With a nod, the Sith Lord walked away. He needs to find out what is going on!

It's embarrassing getting out schemed like this!

The pair of dark and light side users are beginning to move as Anakin's obnoxious moves are starting to affect them.

Not that they realise that they are too late.

The Chosen One already has the key things needed to begin prepping for the Great Galactic War.

~~~

Providence Class Dreadnought left the hyperspace right above the Scarif.

The warship returned from Concordia, and Anakin will soon get his Mandalorians to work.

The Mandalore walked to the hangar bay, where the band of Mandalorians were waiting for him.

“Now, let's discuss how we are going to progress from here.” His voice, while not loud, has touched everyone.

The Mandalorians spread out in a proper formation as they proceeded to listen to what he had to say.

“What I do have is resources, warships, droids, wealth. But what I do not have is a proper military.

That is about to change.” 

The warriors giddily waited for his explanation as they all knew what was coming their way!

And that is the Mandalorian Crusade!

Even if it was thousands of years ago, the stories remain of the great Mandalorian Crusades!

“That is why you will split up in groups, visit fringe worlds and recruit people to our cause,” Anakin explained to his soldiers.

“But before that. We will hold a contest for my honour guard.” 

The Mandalorians perked up. They all got fired up.

“Now, let's board the shuttles. We will find out who is best at the planetside.”

With a hand motion, everyone rushed to their gauntlet starfighters.

~~~

Bo-Katan Kryze frowned as she realised that some Jedi kid no older than her had become Mandalore…somehow!

However, she can’t deny the skills or military power he possesses.

From somewhere!

“What does the Navi computer say?” the girl asked the pilot as they flew to the surface of a planet with little to no land.

It was a world full of water and a bunch of archipelagos.

“Hmm, it’s malfunctioning. It says that we are in an unknown system. I would need to recalibrate before we could even manage to do a hyperspace jump.”

The girl frowned even more.

‘So there are even more mysteries around him…’

Regardless, all she could do was gnash her teeth and let him lead.

They landed in a cleared area on one of the bigger islands. There was some infrastructure there already. 

Everything is run by those Trade Federation droids, from mechanics to maintenance. All of them were B1…

After leaving the transporters, they walked to what looked like training and battleground.

“Go and prepare what I requested.” The Mandalore said to his droids.

“Roger, Roger bossman.”

The droids saluted and swiftly walked away.

A few short moments later, even more droids went and prepared the arenas for fighting.

“One thing for sure is that they are good for such menial labour.” 

The Mandalorians don’t respect them much, but they can accept that they are useful in such a situation.

“As they are doing their thing, I want you all to register so that I know who is who.” 

As the droids were doing their thing, Anakin brought some data pads, and everyone started to fill up their data.

Sure enough, the mini-tournament started to happen.

Such an event was nothing new. They are constantly fighting among themselves to increase their combat prowess.

“For this one, I only want to see hand-to-hand combat. The gear is not necessary.” 

The girl nodded after hearing that, and her eyes went to the Mandalore. From somewhere, he got a throne… he was already sitting there.

A few minutes later, the first rounds started, and Anakin could observe Mandalorian fighting styles.

~~~~~~Later~~~~~~

“Hoh… to think that you are as strong as most adult Mandalorians… Bo-Katan Kryze.” Anakin was surprised to see that the red-haired girl, who was around his physical age, was already a strong fighter.

The girl removed her helmet and looked at the Mandalore with a frown.

“Will that be a problem?” She asked him.

“Not at all. More or less, we can use it to our advantage.” He shakes his head while standing up from his seat.

Only five Mandalorians remained. He has recalled some of them.

From what he can tell, they will be loyal to him until he loses in a fight. That much, he is certain. The only issue is the girl. 

Anakin can sense that she is suspicious of him. 

But that is fine. She will change her tune once they have Mandalore. He will rebuild that wasteland.

“...Oh?”

“Indeed. People will look down on you because they think you are just a child.” He snorted while saying that.

At that moment, he removed the mask, revealing how he looked.

Bo-Katan eyes slightly widened as her hunch that he was around her age was right!

‘Damn…what kind of freak is he?’

Part of her is worried that if he is that powerful now, what about the future? 

Will he have a stranglehold on her people?

Well, whatever…

As she is part of his honour guard, she can watch him and if he does something to endanger her people which kill him!

Or she will try, at least.

“As you can see. I am as gifted as you are. But now, let’s talk about the military hierarchy.”

He pulled out the datapad. By this point, there was a large holographic display the droids brough over next to the training grounds.

“Because of our numbers, for now, we will split into three groups.

Each of you will have a commander—”

Anakin proceeded to explain. The Mandalorians quickly got excited to see that they would have actual cruisers to support them.

Not only that, but he also had an idea about their structure. Unlike the main army, his Mandalorians are meant to be Commandos.

That means their groups are small, and they operate as cells.

This is how he is planning to operate until the reveal of his faction.

His men swiftly realised that they still operated in secrecy, even if they were collecting people in fringe worlds.

The reason for that is that Anakin can sense that Sith and Jedi are on the move as well.

The less they find clues, the better it is for him in the future.

“Now let me explain the warships you will be using as your bases.” 

Picture of Providence Class Dreadnought appeared.

“You will have these as support, and if necessary, we can deploy large freighters of these to deploy more droids to assist.”

An image of Lucrehulk appeared.

The Mandalorians looked surprised, but then they realised that.

‘He is the one who attacked Sollust!’

“We have the firepower to declare war. But, we don’t have quality; that is why we will spend several years recruiting people to join our Mandalorian cause.”

As he said, a shade began to cast on their location as Mandalorians looked up and saw their new ‘toys’.

Their warships have arrived.

“Now, I want you to pick your ships.”

~~~

After everyone got their ships, Anakin explained how they would move in and out of his home system. 

As someone who is very protective of Star Forge, not everyone can enter the Scarif system.

He won’t allow what happened to Raven to happen to him. 

In this situation, the Star map is useless as it leads to Rakata Prime. Instead, he designed special Navi-computers that reveal Scarif's location after a special signal is received.

In the future, he will improve the security further, something like a middle system that could act as a decoy.

After all, when you have Star Forge, the only thing you need is time. That is why something like a decoy would be perfect.

Once all the explanations are done, the Mandalorians are away on their first mission.

Now, giving away actual warships is a little bit dangerous, as such power could get into their heads, and they could try rebelling.

For that, he is prepared. The droids can easily ‘vent’ all of the bad elements out of the Dreadnoughts.

After all, those warships are designed with droids in mind. People are just extras. If something happens, they can:

Ventilate rebelling people, eject them to space, or if they resist, those warships will blow up.

One thing he doesn’t lack is resources.

“And what we will do?” Bo-Katan looked at those warships leaving the planet before jumping into hyperspace.

“Us?” 

He turned to face her.

“Train. I will put around 4 to 5 thousand years of Sith and Jedi martial culture into you guys.

By the time you see a person walk, you can tell if he or she is a hidden Jedi or Sith.” 

As he said that, he motioned for the five to follow him.

“Aren’t you afraid we can use that against you?” The girl casually commented, making the other four grimace at her comments.

“Hahaha, amusing one, aren’t you? Did you ever consider that I already considered that before offering this training to you?”

The new Mandalore chuckled before replying to her.

The girl snorted before replying.

“Very well.” 

Though the other four grimaced, they felt the shift in the air. It appears they will suffer…

Anakin went into his house and changed his clothes into regular ones.

Once he was out of his armour, he went to the training ground where the five honour guards were waiting for him.

“We are going to start with a basic one.” He casually began to speak as he pointed at the girl.

“We will start with the smart mouth over there.” Anakin motioned for her to come over.

Bo-Katan sighed as she realised that he would be picking on her…

“One of the most common things about the Jedi is that they prefer to speak over combat. That is the most general idea. But that can change depending on the circumstances.

Regardless, I will show you how a Jedi Mind Trick works.” As the Chosen One said that, he waved his hand in front of the red-haired girl.

“You don’t want to fight me.” 

The moment he said that the Mandalorian girl’s eyes dilated, and she looked spacey.

“I don’t want to fight you.” The girl repeated his words.

She turned into a zombie-like state.

“When Jedi do that, they either incapacitate her or run away. Depending on Jedi, it can last for a moment or a while. So be on guard.” 

After explaining, he used his right hand to slap her aside.

Bo-Katan dropped to the ground as she immediately grabbed her cheek. It was red.

“Mandalorian lesson number one. Always have your helmet on.” Anakin teased her as she looked angrily at him.