Artifacts

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"Do you like them?" Garoche asked his brother, who was observing and fiddling with the artifacts found on (First Light) Dryden's Yacht.

"His collection is very impressive . I'll be taking the Mandalorian armor , the crystal skull and this Holocron. The rest is all yours", william replied flatly , his attention seemingly focused on the Holocron now in his hand.

"An impressive collection indeed, I'll be taking a few things myself, but the rest will be returned back to the ship. It's now Qi'ra's ship after all" said the admiral

William looked at his brother for a second getting a frown from the admiral, before he tore away his gaze and continued to stare at his Holocron.

"You've taken a liking to her". William said again flatly while looking at his holocron.

"There's no sense in hiding things from you, so yes, I admire her, she has courage and a very strong will and a pretty face to add to her many other hidden qualities".

"The first time meeting the woman has made you so infatuated , if I didn't know any better I'd say she put you under some spell", william retorted.

"Infatuated ?, I said I admired her but it doesn't mean i'll be lead astray by her looks" Garoche stated.

"Whatever you say Admiral; but your feelings lay bare to me and they tell a different story, "William Mocked.

"Damn you and your force tricks William, you won't be fooling me this time", Garoche grumbled.

"I already have brother, I already have" , the young tarkin Quipped.

"Hmpf", Garoche huffed.

"Enough of the woman, lets talk business. What's our next step? seemingly as we're going after the former sith , how should we confront him ?" asked Garoche while Staring at his brother , who still held his gaze on the pyramidical shaped Holocron.

"Allies brother , we'll get allies. Maul has something belonging to the Mandalorians…, and they'll want it back" William stated.

"The Dark saber", Garoche muttered in realization.

"Yes , indeed. We'll give the Dark Saber to Fenn Rau of clan Rau, a good and honorable warrior , one that shall be loyal to us if we return such a priceless weapon to his people . He'll be able to unite many Mandalorian clans under his banner with the saber at his side and also with our backing he shall rule Mandalore. And in return we'll have more allies within the outer rim and you can personally present the Zabrak's head to to the emperor , I don't doubt he'll promote you to Grand Admiral , it is long overdue anyways." Said william.

"If he's as Honorable as you say, then he he won't accept the saber unless won through a duel, so how can we guarantee he'll accept".

"He will accept the saber. Passing the weapon on has been done before and it will be done again". William replied

Garoche nodded in contemplation then gave his brother a reply.

"Then we'll proceed as you say."

The next day …

Concord Dawn .

"Sir sensors have picked up four ships in the system, All of them imperial by the looks of it." Reported a Mandalorian sensor officer.

Fenn Rau clearly frowned. Why was the Imperial navy here with such a fleet, he thought .

"Sir were receiving a transmission from one of the ships". Reported the sensor officer.

"Put them through" Rau ordered and a blue image of Admiral Garoche appeared before him , hands firmly clasped behind his back as he stood straight and disciplined as any imperial officer would.

"Fenn Rau , leader of the protectors of concordia and ally to the empire , I greet you. My name is Admiral Garohe Tarkin , commander of Shadow Command , appointed by the Emperor and Grand Moff Tarkin to hunt down enemies of the state and dissident rebel groups." Garoche spoke first.

"Shadow Command" , he whispered softly. He's heard stories of their exploits within the outer rim but , why were they here ? What did the protectors of Concordia do to warrant a visit from this renowned fleet? or maybe he was overthinking things, he thought.

"Ah, greetings Admiral, what can the protectors of Concordia assist you with?". asked Rau

"It's not what you can assist me with, leader Rau, but what I can do for you . Can we speak personally... and in private perhaps?"

Rau had a contemplating look on his face before he spoke again.

" If what you wish to divulge is of such importance, then we may speak on the surface , I'll send you coordinates to make your landing".

"Good, then I'll see you on the surface leader Rau" said Garoche as his blue image vanished out of sight.

Fenn rau gave out a visible sigh of relief as the image vanished.

"Send them the coordinates to make their landing !", Rau order.

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"So you wish for me to join you in exchange for the the dark saber?" Rau asked with a scowl.

Getting a nod from William , Commodore Shale and Garoche simultaneously.

"Tch, the way i see none of you have the dark saber, you wish to exchange and I'm supposed to believe a bunch of imperials who appeared out of nowhere saying they know where the weapon is, do you think I'm that gullible?" Rau grumbled.

"Believe what you wish Fenn Rau, but we approached you because we find you to be honorable more so than your other counterparts of clan Saxon, and we did not travel over millions of miles to tell you a lie, with the dark saber you can unite some of the Mandalorian clans under your banner , but in exchange you will owe your loyalties to us and the empire second, what do you say Mr Rau do you accept." said William as he stared the Mandalorian leader in the eye.

Rau had an frown and a contemplating look on his face.

"Think about it Leader Rau , with the saber in your possession and with our backing the Mandalorians will rise like never before ", shale added.

Rau looked at his Mandalorian fellows behind him who gave him a nod of approval, then he turned around and looked at the three imperial Officers and spoke. "Then I Fenn Rau of clan Rau pledge my allegiance to shadow command and Admiral Tarkin", he said as he gave what looked like a Mandalorian salute.

"Then welcome to shadow command Fenn Rau", said Garoche as he offered a handshake which Rau shook.