Star Wars: Anakin Si c14

Four B1 brought over the Core of the Star Forge and placed it in the main chamber of the future Starbase.

After that, the whole chamber was brought to the Lucrehulk freighter.

As the ship was flying towards the sun, Anakin installed the brain and the construction of the first construction bay.

The bay will be used to make Star Forge’s other parts. On top of that, it will produce fuel and more labour B1.

It's a cycle of creation which only grows bigger.

With everything ready, the ship arrived above the sun. Reflectors and repulsors were deployed first after them, the generators. B1s brought over something akin to a platform above the sun. It's a space version of the construction site.

Once all that was in place, the shuttles brought down the core chamber and the first Construction Bay.

Anakin descended as well. He was the one who would start the heart, after all.

As the B1s set up everything, Anakin used the force and made the core slowly spin inside its container.

At first, the core used Anakin’s Force to start its draining capacities as energy was needed; once the critical point was reached, a portion of the shielding retracted below the platform, and the heat from the sun began to be pulled into the core chamber by the heart of the force.

Anakin swiftly left the core and went over to the control console.

He watched how the percentage started to rise, and soon enough, the construction platform and the heart could sustain on its own.

The Construction Bay came online seconds later, and with light similar to force lightning, a group of B1 labour workers was created.

The new batch walked out from the bay; there were 50 of them. Then, in the next few seconds, another 50 were created by the bay!

‘This is not construction. This is spawning! Holy fuck…’ Anakin looked at this with pure shock. He never expected the sheer power of the Star Forge!

“Boys, you have the schematic. You know what to do.”

“Roger, Roger! Leave this to us!”

The new droids saluted him.

And just like that, the construction work rapidly started to progress. By rapidly, this was like an RTS game! The bay produces the parts needed, and the droids just put them together.

By the next day, the droids constructed the secondary bay, and the station's underbelly was put together. Solar energy focusing lenses were turned on, allowing better and faster energy absorption.

With this finished, the mega shipyard bay was next to be put together.

That didn't even last a few days! As a bay which can put together massive ships several kilometres long, it was put together in a matter of few days by the growing amount of droids!

With the ship bay done, Anakin went over and checked the schematics.

“Hmm. Let's see.” He proceeded to make another Lucrehulk.

The reason? He needs it for his operation to steal the schematics. This lucrehulk will operate as if it's under the Trade Federation. They will blockade Sullust while Jango and his boys recover data for him from the planet below.

The plan is simple and confusing. The guilt will be on the Trade Federation and Mandalorian Bounty Hunters. None of them will be on or even related to him.

Even if it's Lucrehulk who went missing months ago, this Lucrehulk will have a different ID number or even no number to speak of.

The droids on board this ship will even think they are with the Trade Federation.

Regardless, Anakin planned to build this operation so that no one would trace it back to him.

The Lucrehulk is far too massive to be built on from the get-go, so first, it was the command module, then the storage areas.

In just a few short days, he had a second freighter. With the freighter done, it was time to fill it up with Vulture droids, the B1, Droidekas and a few HK units!

On his side, the preparations were done.

~~~

Anakin pulled out his holographic device and called the Mandalorian.

“Jango, I got a spare Lucrehulk with droids for diversion. How it's on your side.”

“I have four Mandalorian Bounty Hunters. But I don't think it's enough.”

“I could provide several HK units. Would that be enough?”

“That could work. That is if you want to use those as a distraction on the planet side?”

“That can be arranged. On top of that, I can give you some Droidekas, too. They are suitable for perimeter control.”

After pondering for a bit, the Bounty Hunter agreed.

“Fine. Setting up coordinates for the rendezvous point.”

Second later, the Chosen One got his location.

“Set the course to this location.” He handed over the comms device to the droid, who started to input numbers to the location.

“Roger, Roger!”

As the droids set up the jump to hyperspace, Anakin walked towards his temporary room in this new Lucrehulk freighter.

It was identical to the one staying in the Scarif system.

Thinking for a while, he pondered on the next move. This lucrehulk was expandable, and he made it go boom after his mission.

However, Sullust has defences as it's a shipyard. They have local defences for protection against the pirates and other filth.

So he equipped this Lucrehulk with Kyber crystal turrets. He programmed the droids to attack the moment they enter the system.

The surprise factor is paramount. Once the orbit is apparent, then the droids can start distracting.

There will be another distraction on the land as well. He has HK-47 and Droidekas for that.

As Anakin pondered on the mission, he ended up in the room and dressed up in the robes he had made for himself.

Lastly, he picked up the Mandalore’s helmet and inspected it. The helmet took him quite a while to create just from the mask. He used Sorcery and alchemy. Now, it is made from force-sensitive material to enhance vision, hearing and even perceive several seconds into the future when needed.

And most importantly, the T-shape of the helmet doesn't interfere with vision. He can wear it and doesn't feel any discomfort.

As he placed the helmet on his head, there was a hiss as the helmet pressurised. Now, he doesn't need to worry about getting spaced. His robes have built-in oxygen tanks.

“Not bad!” The Chosen One inspected himself in the mirror. He can finally live in his ‘Inner hooded Sith’!

“Oh, right!” Anakin swiftly placed his hood on. Now, he looked like a royal version of Darth Revan with that golden Mandalore’s Helmet.

After inspecting himself, he motioned for his lightsabers to fly over. Once he got them, he placed them on his belt.

“Done. Now let's see what Mandalorians Jango got for me.”

~~~

As the Slave I approached the Lucrehulk, Anakin’s droids opened the hangar doors, and the spaceship flew in and landed.

Seconds later, the Mandalorians exited and walked over to where Anakin was waiting with four Light Silver droids. They had distinctive heads and were holding high-calibre rifles.

“Jango was right! This kid has Mandalore’s mask!”

“Heh! True. I hope you know the traditions, kid! As I am challenging you for that mask!”

Before Jango can intervene, Anakin steps forward and stops his HK units.

“Do you think you can carry this helmet? The helmet of Mand’alone? I accept this challenge; if I win, you shall serve me until you are dead.” Anakin spoke in Mando’a.

“Indeed! Now, prepare yourself!” Before the green-armoured Mandalorian could do anything, he flew like a ragdoll into Slave I’s hull.

“...”

“...”

“...”

“...”

The other Mandalorians looked at this perplexed, not that anyone could notice with their helmets.

Anakin proceeded to stroll towards his opponent, and with a hand motion, one of his lightsabers flew into his hand; a black and green blade appeared with a button press.

The Mandalorian slowly stood up and started to shoot at the Chosen One with blasters.

With lightsaber swings, all blasts were cut in half instead of being deflected.

As he was getting close, the Mandalorian used his flamethrower at him.

But with a hand motion, the flames compressed into a ball above Anakin’s palm. He then simply squeezed, and the ball of fire ceased to exist.

“You are no Mandalorian! But a Jedi!”

Instead of answering, torrents of golden lightning rammed into the armoured bounty hunter. The pain made him drop to his knees.

“Does a Jedi do anything like this?”

He used it for a moment before stopping.

“I can ask the same thing. What is the difference between a pirate and a Mandalorian? Hmm?”

“It's tradition! Honour and the code of Mand’alore!” Chosen One slammed the Bounty Hunter back at the other Mandalorians.

“The same is applied to Jedi. I do not follow their rules or teaching! Your people had a Mandalorian Jedi before.  Are you saying that there can't be Force-Sensitive Mandalorians anymore?”

Instead of replying, the Bounty Hunter slowly stood up.

“I guess you are right. Mand’alore.” The beaten-up Bounty Hunter replied in standard language as he proceeded to bow respectfully.

“Good. Then we can return to the mission at hand.”

~~~

“Our mission is to acquire schematics for capital ships from Sollust. The archives hold the schematics for all the vessels owned by Sollust and their shipyard companies. It's a tower in their capital city.

To do this, we will create a two–fold diversion.  First, this spaceship will act as a vessel under the Trade Federation. Second is the HK units and Droidekas on the planet’s surface.”

Anakin explained his plan to the Mandalorians. Jango was thinking similarly, but he was not interfering and instead listening to what he would do.

“Not bad. But we need a window of time. To get in, download the plans and leave. The Shipyard world, like Sollust, has a lot of defences.”

“That's why we have this Lucrehulk full of Vulture Droids.” He pointed at stored droids.

“They are all ordered to self-destruct once their time runs out. After doing the initial run to destroy ships in orbit, the Vultures would descend to the planet and wreak havoc. We will use this moment to get schematics and the research on the heat sink technology I wanted.”

“And the Schematics? Which ones should we take?” Jango asked with a serious look. The plan was reckless, destructive and deceptive.

He can get behind all of this. The other bounty hunters were similar. This raid was the closest they would get to a full-scale war at this moment.

And that is what the Mandalorians live for.

“Here is a memory stick. Insert it in the central console and let it do its work. It will take a few minutes.”

“..And escape? I assume we enter with my Firespray. I can't leave it there.”

This question made Anakin smile at Jango.

“Then I think it's time for me to upgrade your Firespray.”

“Free of charge?” The Mandalorian asked with a slightly questioning look.

“Are you still worrying about funds?” Chosen One deadpanned at him.

“Old habits die slowly.” The blue-armoured Mandalorian shrugged without care.

“Yes, well, it's free of charge.” Anakin threw something at Jango.

“Place it on your wrist gauntlet. It's fragile, so cover it with your Beskar.”

Jango caught the small piece of tech.

“Is this how you summon your starship?”

“Yes. Now, let me tinker with your Firespray. I need to upgrade your ship’s software.”

“Sure.”

Having the ability to call his ship like this sounds convenient!

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As Anakin was tinkering with Jango’s ship, the other Mandalorians looked at the four droids standing afar. They noticed their guns. The barrels were huge, and the metal!

“...Those droids.”

“...Holy…”

“Is that Beskar!?”

“No fucking way! My armour is only 80% Beskar, but this Mandalore has droids from Beskar!?”

“Statement: This HK-47 is made from pure Beskar. My performance is expected to be over 300% of the original parameters.”

One of the droids responded with quite a smug voice.

“Delightment: We expect a sea of blood in our next assignment.”

“...Damn, to think that this kid has Old Republic Era droids. Weren't they all destroyed way before the Mandalorian wars?”

“Yeah. That's what people say. But here we are. With four original HK units.”

Oh, how little do they know how many HK units will be returning!