Prologue: First Chapter And First Step

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22 BBY 2 month since start of the war

/ Prologue/

So ummm… I'm not exactly sure how to start it. This is my first time writing something other then plain military reports or old style letters, It is harder when I know this books will probably be the most important thing I will ever write.

I'll start by introducing myself. My current name is Tharn Stargazer, newly appointed Captain of Venator-class Star destroyer named Champion and I don't want to brag bat also owner of fortune that allowed me to buy noble title on relatively smaller world near core worlds, I promise this will help me explain things later.

As to who you are, I have couple guesses. You may be historian that is interested in this era of galaxy, believe me I know that next couple decades will be very interesting in very bad way. My next guess (and little bit of hope) is that you are navy recruit that was forced to read this book and study military strategies that I will describe in this book. You may simply be looking for nice book to read about ships battling it out in space or you reading it because of inevitable scandal that this book will create around me. But above all I addressed this book to people that my actions or rather inactions will hurt, to people under my command I will use, to people around me that I will be lying for stars only know how many years , to my ,,friends'' that I'm not sure if they wereever my friends or simple tools. 

You see I'm force-sensitive, not on the level of Jedi knight, I will never be able to throw people around with my mind. But I have couple talents that help me a lot, for example I kinda have minor foresight ability, when you can fell where your opponent will strike before he strikes you can also feel which stock will rise. I swear I do not brag about my wealth it will help me explain things later.

I wasn't indoctrinated into the order because my people never had good relationship with the Jedi or galaxy at large, which is ironic since later Jedi helped me lave them, but I digress. Concealing my midichlorian count later wasn't that hard especially when I was able to afford my personal medical droid (I swear I do not brag).

I will change the topic because I'm revealing to much of my backstory that isn't really important to the purpose of this book. This book isn't my recollections of my great victory's, it isn't lesson for future generations and it shouldn't put me on some kind of pedestal. Purpose of this book is to explain my actions, to let each and every one of you judge if I'm a monster or not and mainly it is my desperate cry for forgivnes. 

Again, I'm force-sensitive and I possess foresight abilities, but when I was but a child I've seen a vision, a big one, bigger and more clear one then Jedi see, probably the biggest that was ever seen and ever will be seen. I've seen an occupation of Nabo, Palpatin rise to power, start and end of clone wars, rise of Empire and Dart Vader, destruction of Alderan, start of galactic civil war, and I have seen what will happen after Empire fall, Empire remnants, establishment of New Galactic Republic and it's decay.

And you may ask what did I decided to do with all that knolage? Minimise losses, not prevent them no… I could, it would take some time and efort but I could expose chancellor for who he is, dark lord of the sith and mastermind of this war. But my foresight reached further then even fall of the empire, I'm not sure what exactly I've seen there but I know that from unknown there shall appear enemy that current galaxy wont be able to survive. I, burdened by all that knowledge decided to sentenced millions to death and slavery for the sake of the rest of galaxy.

I'm sorry, and I beg for your forgiveness. 

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Tharn POV

So this is it, my first chapter, my first step to telling them the truth. I can feel the anxiety in me, in the last 20 years I understood that this world is no longer a fiction to me, it is living breathing universe and I will sentence millions to death with my inactions. And despite it all I still can't…

,,Master"

Unmistakably robotic voice stopped me from my contemplations and the train of thought that I would rather not revisit right now.

,,What's the matter Sally?"

I asked not redirecting my eyes from my datapad on the Droid.

,,Jedi are to arrive soon, you should probably move to the bridge, sir."

That finally made me move my eyes on Sally, fairly standard LAP personal servant droid completely painted in Gray, but I never could call it that for me it will always be a bunny droid.

,,Finally, did they decided to at least send their identification."

,,No sir, they did not."

I grimaced, great I don't know my orders and they won't even inform me about my Superior before I met them. I at least hope it will be one of the cool ones like Plo Koon or it could be Shaak Ti it would be nice to meat her again.

I stood up and handed Sally my datapad.

,,Store this file in your internal database and encrypt it, the highest level of security and delete last five minutes of your memory."

,,Acknowledged" I waited several seconds for the process to end after which droid asked me ,,anything else, sir."

,,Yes, how do I look?" I presented myself and my uniform to the Droid.

,,You look great sir, are you worried about your first impression?"

,,No Silly, I'm worried they are sticklers for the rules.''

,,Okay, I'm off wish me luck, Sally."

I took one deep breath and stepped out of my cabin, taking my first step in my new life.