The Rise of Starkiller

Chapter 1

Prologue

Hello everyone, this is Darksawr here with the sequel to The Mandalorian Rebel. I present to you all THE RISE OF STARKILLER. That is right folks, the legendary Sith from The Force Unleashed Series is going to be making his mark in my stories, and you got to a taste of his capabilities in my first story now you will all see him in action!

A/N: This story shall be operated similarly to my original, the more reviews I get, the harder I work. And also, no flames please, in my last story there was a guest reviewer who wouldn't stop criticizing me for a few flaws I made, I removed his reviews. Constructive criticism is what got me this far, and I can tell the difference between the helpful constructive criticism and the slightly hurtful flames.

Another thing you guys should know, this takes place a few months after the events of my previous stories' final chapter. Ergo, I can make the difference in the characters (AKA their Season 2 appearances) not seem too sudden.

Disclaimer: My OCs are my property, and Yitzhak and Jacob belong to the Horned King. But the amazing Star Wars series is property of Disney and Lucasfilms.

Few months later…

Two figures in Mandalorian Armor, one female with colorful armor, and one male with dark black and dark purple highlights, were perched atop a building looking through Macrobinoculars and observing an incoming Imperial Convoy carrying a High Value Target (HVT). The female Mandalorian pulled out a light and flashed it on and off at an adjacent building.

A sniper wearing customized stormtrooper armor saw the light and responded with a flash of his own to signal he was ready. He aimed down his sniper sights at the Mandos, the male of the two nodded, and the sniper nodded back before shifting his sights to the leading speeder of the convoy guards. He hit a button on his wristcom and an ETA timer was synced to a female wearing custom Stormtrooper armor's wristcom along with the devices on his other friends' wrists.

In a pair of parallel alleyways, four speeders were parked each with a rider with a synced wristcom. One rider was wearing stormtrooper armor with black highlights and a yellow trim, another had a helmet with a retractable visor with red and black streaks painted like Felucian war paint. The third rider was female, and had a similar armor design to the first female Mandalorian, they were sisters after all. The final rider had a grenade launcher on his back along with an explosive charge in hand, he had armor that had some depictions of thermite and other pyrotechnics.

The person with the black highlighted armor signaled the demolitionist to set the charge, the said man complied and ran into the middle of the street and planted the charge into the ground. He gave his comrades a quick thumbs up before receding back into the shadows of the alleys and mounted his speeder like the rest of his friends. The supposed leader of the riders flashed his light towards the building with the sniper in it, but the signal was for the sniper's companion, a girl wearing custom armor of a stormtrooper with light purple coloring and dark red highlights. Said girl nodded and spoke into her wristcom.

"This is Shadow to Nightwolf, the convoy is on approach, over."

"Copy that Shadow, begin scan." The male Mando from atop the building replied.

"Commencing scan."

Shadow hit a button on her custom helmet's temple and began to scan the passengers of the convoy vehicles. It registered many files and at amazing speeds but didn't find a match until Shadow scanned the armored carrier that was just behind the lead one, said carrier was outlined in green on everyone's HUD now, confirming a match along with a picture of the HVT.

He was an Imperial officer with a few scars on his face and had a black Imperial officer uniform on him along with some ISB equipment. Lieutenant Major Vector Larmos.

"That is definitely him, Twister to Deadeye, do you read me?" Twister spoke through her wristcom softly.

"Loud and clear Twister, send it." Deadeye responded.

"Commence phase one of Operation: Interception." Twister ordered.

"Copy that, taking the shot."

As the center convoy vehicle was nearing the charge a plasma bolt when right through the forehead of the gunner atop the convoy vehicle. As the soldiers limp corpse fell onto roof of the vehicle, the Demo trooper activated the charge that flipped the leading armored vehicle over and rolling through the streets.

"Ambush, ambush!" an Imperial officer shouted over the imperial comlinks.

"Phase two, go, go, go!" Nightwolf shouted into his comlink.

The figures in the alleys mounted their speeders and zoomed into the streets and behind the rear convoy vehicle; two on the left and two on the right. The man with the black and grey highlights on his armor; codenamed: Excalibur, signaled the others to prepare to board. The four bikers switched their speeders to autopilot mode and stood up steadily and maintained balance as they came alongside their respective sides of the armored vehicle.

The demo trooper known as Blitz, took out his grenade launcher and fired it at the door, busting it down with extreme prejudice. Blitz then chucked his launcher over the vehicle as Excalibur boarded it. The other male insurgent codenamed: Gearshift, caught the launcher and did the same through the vehicle's rear entrance.

Excalibur jumped into the entrance and shot one of the drivers, before he had the chance to shoot the other, a stormtrooper jumped on his back and attempted to ground him. Excalibur tried to throw the soldier off of his back but to no avail, and the copilot began to reach for the emergency blaster pistol underneath his seat.

Both the copilot and the trooper were shot in the heads cleanly by the female of the four bikers, codenamed: Flare. Flare gave a quick salute to Excalibur before removing the body from the pilot seat and began to bring the vehicle alongside the one in front of it.

The driver of said vehicle noticed this and ordered the Stormtroopers aboard to get to the roof and repel the attackers. The Soldiers complied without saying a word and climbed up to the top, a few were shot by Deadeye before they could reach the top; who relocated to maintain a visual on them.

"Nightwolf and Twister, you are clear for phase 3." Shadow stated; observing the battle and keeping her comrades posted.

Twister and Nightwolf activated their jetpacks on their backs and rocketed towards the intercepted vehicle; albeit it wasn't the target. They landed on their commandeered vehicle and Nightwolf and Twister drew their Double bladed red lightsaber, and Twin Blaster pistols respectively. Nightwolf activated the lightsaber's special feature and it began to spin at incredible speeds, deflecting blaster fire left and right and gave Twister excellent cover while she shot at the remaining soldiers atop the adjacent vehicle.

Once all the troopers were dispatched they jumped onto the adjacent vehicle and Nightwolf cut a hole in the ceiling, allowing Twister and himself to get in and kill the remainder of the personnel. Twister removed the dead driver from his seat and took the 'wheel'. Nightwolf pressed a button on his wristcom and Shadow's wristcom flashed green.

"Both rear vehicles have been hijacked successfully, marking friendlies." Shadow murmured as she marked the hijacked escorts with green and the remaining one containing Vector Larmos with orange, signifying the HVT was aboard that transport. Her HUD was then synced to her teammates' helmets.

Inside the target vehicle Vector was slightly fearful and curious as to what was going on, the officer that supervised the stormtroopers put his left hand to his corresponding earpiece and was apparently listening to a report. Whatever it was, it clearly was bad since the officer's eyes shot open in shock.

"Revert to alternate route!" the Officer barked to his subordinates; who complied without breathing a word.

"What is going on!?" Vector demanded.

"Lieutenant Larmos, our rear guards flat lined and have been presumably hijacked, we need to take an alternate route to the LZ." The officer explained as the vehicle hooked left and sped away.

"He's rabbiting!" Deadeye reported as he saw the HVT vehicle speed away.

"Seraph, this is Nightwolf," Nightwolf spoke into his wristcom, "The target is fleeing down the alternative route, be prepared to cut him off!"

"Warbeast and I are ready to intercept, have the escort vehicles been disabled?" Seraph's voice rang through the comlink.

"Affirmative sir, we have hijacked enemy vehicles and are proceeding to the extraction LZ." Nightwolf replied.

"Roger, Solar and Skyrazor will meet you there, good work team, we'll take it from here." Seraph said with a little pride in his voice.

"Acknowledged, Nightwolf out." Nightwolf stated before switching off his comlink.

Nightwolf then relayed the orders to his allies who in turn drove their vehicles off the streets and into the outskirts as well, but not to follow Larmos, just to meet their extraction team. After only fifteen minutes of cruising they came up to an empty field, or so it seemed, a ship uncloaked; codenamed: The Reapers' Claw.

Two Mandalorians, both male, one with green colored armor with yellow highlights with a special type of visor on his forehead; which could be pulled over his HUD at will, armed with a standard DC-15 blaster rifle with a grapple attachment. The other had grey color to his armor with maroon highlights with a dusty texture to it along with a pair of hollowed out reek horns attacked to the helmet's cheek areas, armed with a blade of steel that could retract back into the hilt at will along with a blaster pistol on his belt.

"Glad to see you guys aren't late to the party, where's Larmos?" the Reek armored Mando known as Solar asked.

"He fled, Warbeast and Seraph are preparing to intercept, we need to swing back around and pick up Deadeye and Shadow from the rooftop vantage point." Twister answered.

"Alright, let's go." Skyrazor stated, "Star Eagle will be on standby to extract team two."

The armored transport cruised through the outskirts of the city with haste. Two figures mounted a speeder with a rotatable seat for the gunner, a rather bulky figure with striped grey fur, mounted the turret. The bulky figure was a Lasat wearing a spec ops mask, with red optic eye areas with a retractable mask function, allowing it to fold up into pocket size with the push of a button (imagine Starlord's mask but with a more Safari color theme), with a Bo Staff strapped to his back.

The second figure was tall and slender, wearing a helmet with a silver blast plate shielding the face but didn't obscure vision thanks to a harmonic pulse optic inside the helmet that allows the wearer to see right through almost any metal (look up the Jedi Knight Armor of the old republic and you will know what I mean.) He had a blaster pistol clipped to his belt and two pieces of a lightsaber, one on each side of said belt. The thin figure mounted the speeder's driver seat and took off to intercept the vehicle.

"Lieutenant, we have an unidentified speeder on approach, presumably hostile!" the Driver reported to Larmos.

"If it is hostile then shoot it, you imbeciles!" Vector snapped; he was not in the best of moods.

The mini turret atop the carrier came online and lined up the speeder in its sights before opening fire. The pairs of red laser fire were easily dodged by the speeder driver. The gunner shot at the carrier's rear thrusters causing a tiny explosion in the back of said vehicle.

"What happened!?" Vector shouted.

"They took out our rear thrusters, we are losing speed!" the driver said as the carrier began to slow down, but it didn't stop.

"Take out that darn speeder!" the officer ordered.

"Don't have a clear shot, he is too close to us!" the driver replied.

"Send the men out to deal with it!" Larmos demanded.

Just as one of the troopers opened the side entrance, he was grabbed by the bulky Lasat and was tossed out of the moving vehicle.

"Open fire!" Larmos shouted to the two remaining soldier; an officer and a stormtrooper.

No blaster fire came from the imperials.

"I said open fi…" Larmos repeated before turning to see that the two imperials were being levitated; guns on the ground.

The two soldiers were then slammed into the wall as Seraph entered and shot the driver, his corpse landing on the autopilot controls.

Warbeast then quickly restrained Larmos.

"I don't know who you think you are, you are attacking an imperial office…" Larmos protested before being injected with a powerful sedative by Seraph, knocking him out like a light.

"Star Eagle, this is Seraph, we have the HVT and are ready for extraction!" Seraph spoke into his wristcom.

"Roger that, coming in hot." A female's voice came through the com.

The two then climbed onto the top of the carrier, Warbeast had an unconscious Vector Larmos slung over his broad shoulder. A cargo frigate came in from the sky and hovered at a fixed altitude above the vehicle. Two more men grappled down on separate cables, onto the vehicle with blasters at the ready. Seraph held onto the man with Mandalorian Armor depicting a shark-like alien, as he was retracted into the frigate. Warbeast was too big to hitch a ride on the other man's back.

The other man had a stocky build, he had a mask similar to Warbeast's but with a plain black color instead of the Safari color Scheme, he wore light pieces of armor on his chest, leg, and arm areas. Not as protective as Mandalorian armor but it allowed more maneuverability.

The stocky man signaled for his comrade to throw down another cable. The cable for Warbeast was bigger and stronger to support his weight. As soon as Warbeast was aboard and Larmos was on the floor the frigate infamously known as the Ghost ascended to the skies and closed the boarding ramp where the hijackers entered with Larmos.

"Nice work!" HK-51 exclaimed.

An astromech known as Chopper gave out a series of beeps and electronic frequencies.

"TIE fighters on our tail, can't say I'm surprised." The stocky man in light armor stated nonchalantly.

"HK-51, man the bottom gun! Chopper I need you in the cockpit!" Star Eagle's voice rang through the coms.

The HK unit nodded and went to man the gun.

"Agent Kallus, we have a visual on the insurgent frigate, they have captured Lieutenant Major Larmos, orders sir?" The TIE fighter Pilot asked a hologram of the sideburned agent.

"Bring it down." Kallus said dryly.

"No disrespect sir, but an Imperial officer is aboard that…." The pilot explained a bit uncomfortably.

"Did I stutter!?" Kallus shouted.

"No sir."

"I don't care if an officer is aboard that ship, I wouldn't even care if there were children aboard, bring it down!"

"Yes sir!" the pilot complied, "All TIEs open fire!"

HK was gunning down any TIEs that got too close, and the ship would occasionally shake a little if a TIE managed to land a hit.

"By the looks of things they don't care if Larmos is dead or alive." Star Eagle stated; she herself wore a mask just like Warbeast except with Twi'lek battle paint on it, she also had two green Lekku protruding from the back of her head.

"How low can they go?" Warbeast asked sarcastically from the top turret.

"I don't think they'd care if they went so low that they were kissing the ground, they ain't pulling any punches, because I got six more airborne signatures coming our way." The stocky man replied.

"I can't ascend until those TIEs are destroyed." Star Eagle exclaimed over the ship's intercoms.

"This is Reapers' Claw, looks like you guys could use some help." Solar's voice came through the ship's holocommunicator.

"We got multiple TIEs on our six, can you take care of them?" Star Eagle asked with a laugh of relief.

"Roger that, engaging."

The Reapers' Claw emerged from the clouds behind the TIE fighters and opened fire, gunning down as many TIE fighters as it could see. Skyrazor was controlling the front turret with skill and finesse, unlike the Ghost, the Reapers'Claw had turrets that were operated remotely from the cockpit via terminal. It didn't take long for the Ghost's and Claw's efforts to eliminate the Imperial TIEs. Said ships were proceeding to ascend and punch in coordinates for the rendezvous point with the other rebel cell they were securing Larmos for, and jumped to hyperspace, leaving Christophsis behind.

Aboard the Reapers' Claw…..

The saboteurs all stood at attention in the cargo bay of the ship, all were waiting for the report of the mission and whether or not they succeeded or failed. Nightwolf walked up to them, Twister by his side.

"Team, mission: Success!" Nightwolf announced.

The soldiers cheered and removed their helmets and exchanged gestures of praise and of course the traditional fist bump.

Twister removed her helmet to reveal Sabine Wren, now with completely blue hair, her boyfriend Leonidas AKA Nightwolf, thought it was a good look for her. Nightwolf removed his own helmet to show his scarred, grinning face, he was proud of the cadets, their training had paid off tremendously. Sabine kissed him on the lips, just like they after every successful mission; their bond was strong, but the only thing they ever disagreed or argued on was the battle plan, but even then they learn to trust the other's decision.

They weren't the only ones who shared a strong bond.

Ezra removed his helmet along with Rosa, the two were beginning to grow closer, they even hug each other after a mission, but Ezra had yet to muster the courage to ask Rosa out; not wanting to risk their friendship. No one could blame him though, asking the girl you like out is tougher than battling ten terror troopers at once.

"Nice work down their Ezra." Rosa complimented the young Jedi with a playful slug in the shoulder; similar to what her sister did with Leonidas.

"I just busted down the door to the transport, you did the real work when you hijacked it." Ezra said modestly.

"We all contributed Ezra, don't put yourself down." Rosa said with a soft smile, "We succeeded because we all worked together, that is what's important."

"I guess you're right." Ezra said softly with a smile.

"Of course I'm right." Rosa said jokingly and slugged Ezra's shoulder again.

Ezra laughed at Rosa's free spirit, the similarities she and her sister Sabine shared weren't limited to just appearance. If it wasn't for Rosa's hair; which she dyed completely red, and Sabine's two years ahead of her, one could mistake them for twins or even clones!

Alena and McCoy; AKA Shadow and Deadeye, also shared a strong bond. Alena hadn't brought up the kiss McCoy planted on her forehead after the events of the Terror Trooper ambush a few months earlier, and McCoy has been taking things slowly with her, their relationship was beginning to bloom steadily.

"Nice shooting down there." Alena said; making conversation with the sniper.

"A sniper is only as good as his spotter." McCoy stated with a smile and wink; making Alena blush slightly.

"We all did a great job, we all played our roles very well and we succeeded, as the old saying goes 'There is no 'I' in team'" McCoy continued.

"An old saying, but a good one." Alena agreed.

"We coming up on the rendezvous point now." Cortez reported, "I have a visual on the Ghost, Larmos is secure and ready to be interrogated."

"Nice work team." Leonidas complimented the other three Mandos of the crew.

"Thanks, I wish we could have been down there fighting alongside you guys." Maximus stated.

"I'll see to it that next mission you boys get to be on the ground." Leonidas told his companions, "That's a promise."

"I'll be holding you to it." Maximus said with a chuckle.

"Trust me, you boys won't have to wait long, with the Rebel Alliance expanding, we'll have a mission in a few hours." Sabine said with a smirk; the Mandos enjoyed the thrill of battle, it was in their heritage and blood after all and this war has given the Mandalorians plenty of missions to keep busy.

The Ghost and Reapers' Claw docked at the central command platform (similar to the Medical station that the Malevolence targeted in the Clone Wars) and walked to the center of the docking bay. Only a few of the crew had to come out to transport the HVT to the Rebel leader: Fulcrum AKA Ahsoka Tano. Leonidas; always wanting to do the maximum amount of work was one of the crew members who would attend the transfer. Johnson, Maximus, Sabine, and Cortez were the only other ones even interested in going, the cadets wanted to rest, and no one could blame them. The Mandalorians of the cell met up with Zeb, Hera, HK-51, and Chopper, who were transporting Larmos to meeting point; after taking away all of Larmos's weapons and communicators and cuffing him of course.

The short trip was silent; all the rebels too focused on the task at hand, the only one who was making noise was Vector Larmos, spouting off tons of empty threats and demands.

"This is worse than Maximus's snoring." Johnson commented; breaking the silence and induced a little bit of laughter from the rebels.

"I'll be sure to prove you wrong." Maximus commented inducing some more light laughter; it was good to laugh and unwind after a mission, non-evil laughter was something that was scarcely heard nowadays for obvious reasons. Soon they came upon the command room of the station where the Togruta Jedi was waiting for them.

"Master Jedi." The Mandos saluted her and the others gave a bow of respect.

"No need for titles." Ahsoka said with smile, "I see you have successfully captured Vector Larmos."

"You Jedi Scum, the Empire is the future of the Galaxy, it is the …." Vector was gagged before he could continue his rant.

"He likes to hear himself talk." Hera said with a sigh.

"Let's hope he still does when we extract the Intel from him." Ahsoka stated.

This induced some more laughter, lightening up the mood has proven to be a valuable trait, it alleviated stress quite nicely.

"So, why was this 'Fancy Buckethead' so important?" Zeb spoke what was on his mind since they began the mission.

Ahsoka's face became serious, "He is one of Darth Vader's key men."

"The Emperor's apprentice?" Cortez asked.

"Yes, the Emperor must really consider us a threat, based upon the Imperial com chatter Vader is coming to join the fight along with a deadly force user, the identity of this force wielder is classified, his own identity is unknown to almost every Imperial in the Empire, he has been kept under wraps for a long time. And based upon what you have told me about this Dark Assassin, we have every reason to believe that this Force wielder is Starkiller." Ahsoka explained.

"So we got a Sith Lord and a Sith Assassin in the fight, lovely." Hera sighed.

"I think we all know that we won't let a few Sith stop us from freeing the galaxy." HK – 51 spoke in his usual emotionless voice as Chopper gave off a few robotic noises to communicate, "And according to Chopper here, he agrees too."

"We all agree HK-51, but it isn't Vader or this Starkiller that bothers me", Ahsoka sighed, "It is the amount of lives they claim before we stop them is what worries me."

"With all due respect, Master Tano", Maximus spoke up, "This is war, lives will be lost."

"I know that, Maximus." Ahsoka replied, "But I don't want innocent people to die because we couldn't protect them."

Agent Kallus stood at attention, back straight and arms behind his back. Lord Vader was coming the Christophsis imperial command center where he was stationed whilst tracking the Rebels. Word also spread about an elite Sith Assassin trained by Vader himself, to those who have done their jobs to satisfaction and have earned respect; this was a great honor to meet a Darth. But to those who have failed many times and aren't 'Empire material' it was a waking nightmare, and it was no mystery as to what the Sith did to failures. Kallus gulped as a black Imperial Shuttle was beginning its approach, the symbol of Loyalty was painted on its fin.

"This must be the apprentice, looks like he got here before Vader." Kallus thought a little nervously; an Apprentice without his master is like a dog without a leash.

The shuttle's landing ramp lowered as it touched the ground, allowing Starkiller to walk out in his Sith Stalker armor; two Stalker troopers were behind him on either side. The dark apprentice approached Kallus, his breathing apparatus was heard as he got closer. Kallus waited for a minute for Starkiller to say something, but the Sith remained silent and his Guards remained as still as statues with blasters at the ready.

"You must be Starkiller, I have heard great things abou…." Kallus began; breaking the silence only to be cut off by Starkiller.

"I am not here for your praise, Kallus", Starkiller said calmly, "I am here because my master ordered me to."

"Apologies." Kallus said quickly; sweat was beginning to form beneath his brow.

"You seem nervous Agent." Starkiller continued, "Is it because of humid weather, is it because of my master's arrival, or is it because you have some failures you don't want us to discover."

Kallus was saved by the sound of Vader's shuttle approaching; which had the standard white paint job. As the shuttle's ramp was lowered, Starkiller and his men kneeled before it. Kallus did the same, wanting to avoid disrespecting a Sith Lord.

Vader walked down the ramp, his breathing was rhythmic to his steps, and up to his apprentice.

"My master." Starkiller stated.

"You may rise now." Vader said; allowing them to stand up.

"Agent Kallus, do you know why I am here?" Vader asked the ISB officer.

"Because of the Rebel cells in the area." Kallus answered nervously.

"And?" Vader pressed.

"Because I have failed to stop them." Kallus answered again.

"Precisely, it has come to my attention that you have pursued these rebels for many months." Vader continued as he began to walk towards the base's entrance with Kallus and Starkiller in tow.

"Yes my lord, with the utmost diligence and effort…." Kallus began only to be cut off by Vader.

"That diligence is only reason why your pathetic throat still draws breath." Vader growled.

"T-Thank you my lord." Kallus stammered.

"A Jedi is among them if I recall correctly." Vader remarked as they entered the base; Stormtroopers stood at attention as the Sith walked by.

"Yes my lord, but we have reason to believe that there is another Jedi." Kallus stated; making Vader stop in his tracks.

"Another Jedi?" Vader asked; not even turning around.

"Y-yes my lord." Kallus was slightly unnerved by Vader's sudden change in tone, "A Togruta if the intel is accurate."

"I see." Vader said as an officer brought him the data file on recent rebel activities; Vader then turned around and began to leave the facility not five minutes after he arrived.

After noticing that Vader had led them back outside, Kallus spoke up, "Leaving so soon, my lord?"

"Yes, there is an important matter that I must attend to, it has also become clear to me that you need someone to supervise and assist you on the field, Starkiller is in charge now, and you take orders from him now." Vader stated.

Kallus opened his mouth to protest but decided against it, he was lucky that his head was on his neck and not on the floor, no sense in jeopardizing his life any more than he already has. Vader boarded his shuttle again and took off without saying a word.

"I look forward to working with you Agent Kallus." Starkiller said with a chuckle, "Things are going to change."

"What are you talking about?" Kallus asked.

Starkiller merely pointed to the sky at an Imperial Star Destroyer descending on the planet, it was the Bain of the Phantasms.

Annnnnnd that's a wrap. Read review and Enjoy!

A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter. If you remember the cadets' code names then you should be able to identify who they really are in the beginning. Know this, I will be very busy, but reviews keep me going, the more reviews I get the harder I will work (knowing that I have some eager readers).

Glory to Mandalore