Order 66: Felucia

Conradin and Barriss were assigned with Aayla Secura to go on one last mission as Victory was assured and the Clone Wars were about to end.

One last mission to Planet Felucia.

Then....everything went wrong.

Even though Conradin rescues the terribly wound Jedi Knight Barriss Offee from Order 66, he has come to realize that a new terror has gripped the Republic and the Jedi.  He also realized the Clones under Lieutenant Galle will not stop hunting them until they are dead.....

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The scene takes place in my version of "Revenge of the Sith", written before TCW and was originally following the Prequel Continuity.



(Scene cuts to-The Southern Cross Fleet over Felucia.  They are suddenly engaged in terrible toe-to-toe combat with a detachment of the Separatist Omega Fleet under Shu Mai's command.  On board the Republic Command ship, Moenia, Hadranus conducts battle over his tactical table with several Clone officers.  The ship vibrates from the laser cannonfire of droid ships moving past.  Despite the chaos, the ship holds together)

Hadranus: Captain Anaxi, it's time for your squadrons to break their left flank.  GO!

Anaxi: Yes sir!

(Anaxi exits down the hall.  Commander Ramses passes him.  They give a knowing glance.  The signal has been given, and Hadranus will be the first to fall)

R5: Whiirrrrr Reep!

Hadranus: What, R5?

(R5-D4 frantically bumps the table repeatedly, whistling and beeping.  The Clones at their stations start looking at each other, anxiously)

Hadranus: Signal coming in?  Where?

R5: Beedle-ROOP!

Hadranus: Is there a signal from Coruscant, Lt. Babel?

(Communications officer Babel does not look away from his scanner)

Babel: No.  The droid is mistaken.

(R5 spits out irritated noises, then whistles loudly)

Hadranus: R5, I don't have time for this!

(Several vulture fighters blow up near the windows of the bridge as fighting becomes furious outside.  Clone Commander Ramses approaches the entrance of the bridge, followed by a dozen armed guards.  R5 sees the Commander and Immediately calculates a terrible threat.  He plugs himself into the tactical table.  A blue projection of Sidious' shadowy image appears)

Sidious: Commander Ramses, the time has come......initiate order 66!

Voice: Yes sir!

(Hadranus freezes when he sees this.  The hairs on his neck prickle up.  He turns to see Ramses and the guards leveling their guns at him.  In a heartbeat, he springs up into the air.  His lightsabre is on.  The guards openfire, wildly missing him.  Several bridge personnel dive for cover, some get blasted out of their chairs by accident.  With about five or six swift strokes, Hadranus has cut down his would-be assassins.  Ramses lays in a pool of his own blood, both hands severed at the wrists.  Hadranus grabs at the officer's armor collar)

Hadranus: What is this??  HUH??!!  WHAT IS ORDER 66??!!

(Ramses has never been particularly fond of Hadranus because of his previous involvement with the Separatists.  Despite his fatal wounds and blood seeping from his mouth, Ramses savors the moment)

Ramses: It is the end of the Jedi, and the beginning of a New Galactic Order.  Palpatine's new order.  You'll never leave this ship alive.....

(The ship's klaxon alarm goes off.  The bridge personnel open fire on Hadranus with their side arms.  R5 and Hadranus jump out past the front door.  R5 plugs into the door panel, sealing in the bridge crew, a temporary fix.  Hadranus looks at R5 quickly)

Hadranus: I've got to go.  Activate the droids in storage, Transfer power from the ship's computer to reboot them!  tell VGR to take the ship!  And see if you can STOP THAT SIGNAL!!!

(He runs for the hangar bay.  R5 continues to work with the door panel to send a signal to the droids in storage.  Southern Cross fleet was originally to take the droids to Geidi Prime as useless scrap.  They made the mistake of not dismantling the droids.  A new signal courses to the droids.  VGR-001 awakens, along with hundreds of others in a deep storage chamber)

VGR: Soldiers of the Emerald Fleet, Our Chosen One has given new orders!!!  TAKE THE SHIP!!

(They snap to attention in a synchronized moment.  They bust through the door through sheer determination and begin assaulting clone troopers at every turn.  The Clones are taken by suprise.  Hadranus fights his way to the open hangarbay doors, slashing several clones blocking his way.  Commander Anaxi is there with his squad mates.  They aim their guns at Hadranus as he enters the hangarbay.  VGR blasts his way through a nearby door.  Droids come pouring out)

Hadranus: VGR!!

(The droids overwhelm the surprised clone pilots.  VGR points several squads to the door to go take the bridge)

VGR: We've taken the engineering sector and are working our way to the bridge.

Hadranus: I need to take one of the transports!  We've got to get to the planet's surface NOW!!

(VGR and his squad hijack a clone gunship along with Anaxi's fightercraft.  VGR and Hadranus quickly fire up the engines and fly out the hangar with their escort.  The RSS Moenia opens fire with their laser batteries to harass the gunship on its way to the planet surface)

Hadranus: R5, can you stop that signal?

(R5 beeps in on his commlink with a sour negative attitude)

Hadranus: Keep trying!

(He activates his wrist communicator to try to contact General Secura.  His signal is weakened by Palpatine's stronger one.  Commander Bly, Secura's aide, recieves Palpatine's signal)

VGR: Sir, we will be in the atmosphere in two minutes-

Hadranus: We've got to go faster or people are going to DIE!

VGR: Yes, sir.

(VGR puts the proverbial "peddle to the metal".  The gunship starts glowing light orange as it breaks into the atmosphere at less-than-safe speeds)

Hadranus: Damnation!  My communicator can't reach them.  VGR, can you signal all droid forces to attack?

VGR: Sir?

Hadranus: We've got to distract the clone troopers!

(VGR quickly tunes the gunship frequency to the CIS fleet and ground forces, coordinating the space fleets counterattack AND a ground assault with some effort.  Hadranus sets his communicator to locate Barriss on the other end of the main Felucian continent)

(Cut to- Barriss with her platoon.  Lt. Galle rides an armored AT-TE behind her in the dense fungal forest.  They follow a large stream towards Shu Mai's toxic producing facility when her wrist communicator buzzes to life.  Hadranus' shaky image begins gesturing and speaking as punctually as he can)

Hadranus: BARRISS!  CAN YOU HEAR ME?

Barriss: What?  Is everything alright?

Hadranus: GET OUT OF THERE!!  IT'S A TRAP!!

(Barriss becomes distracted by enemy droids.  She does not notice her troops receiving Order 66)



(CU of Barriss, in the middle of repelling the droid counterattack, she senses something wrong, and turns to face her troopers)

Barriss: Galle?

(CU of Galle.  It is torturous slow motion.  At the last second, Lt. Galle's AT-TE walker opens fire several times with a laser turret at Commander Offee.  It is too late.  CU of Conradin, who feels as if his heart has burst in two pieces.  Everything becomes blurry in that moment.  He cannot bear to think or talk.  His soul has endured a final, crushing blow.  All hope is gone.  He covers his face)

(POV watches the Gunship, piloted by VGR, land)

VGR: Sir, we are here.

(It is enough to hear those words.  Hadranus springs to life, leaping out of the gunship.  He is now in a calm, self defense mode, striking down troopers in the vicinity.  When he sees Galle's walker approach, however, rage fills his soul.  It takes all his senses to keep him from falling fast into darkness in his heart.  He leaps up, avoiding Galle's laser blasts.  He Force punches his way into the driver's cockpit, grabbing Galle out the walker,  through the glass shielding.  He proceeds to smash the vehicle  with his sabre.  He cuts through the legs, the guns, armor until the large walker is a hulk of burning metal.  His face was wet with tears.  He throws his sabre away while releasing a fierce berserker yell and proceeds to punch Galle, knocking his helmit off)

Hadranus: WHY??  Why did you DO IT??

(He throws the clone trooper to the ground.  The droid soldiers secure the area as the medic droid goes to where Barriss had stood just moments before.  Galle remains unemotional, but has a look of pity that makes Hadranus even madder as he grabbed the soldier's armor)

Hadranus: She never deserved this!  She saved your life!  TWICE!  Why did you do it!??

(Galle wiped the blood off his mouth, but stayed calm)

Galle: Orders.

Hadranus: She was your commander!

Galle: She had been declared a traitor.  Traitors MUST DIE.

Hadranus: YOUR DUTY WAS TO PRESERVE THE REPUBLIC!!!  TO PROTECT US!!

Galle: MY DUTY IS TO THE CHANCELLOR!!

(Hadranus looks shocked.  He couldn't fight that logic.  Galle looked at him like a parent looks at a child who doesn't understand the world)

Galle: You can't understand.  We soldiers DO respect the Jedi.  You are all great warriors.  But we also knew that THIS DAY WOULD HAPPEN.  That's why we made this quick......and as painless as possible.  If it weren't for General Secura and Commander Offee......we would have died uselessly on this planet.  They DID make a difference, but their time IS OVER!  A new era has come.  The Will of Palpatine demands it......duty is all we have.  It's all we've ever known.....

Medic: She's alive!  Just barely.

(Hadranus gets a lump in his throat hearing this, and wastes no more time.  He summons his lightsabre)

Hadranus: Get her on board!  We're going back to the ship!

(The droids carry her to the gunboat, he follows quickly.  Galle gets up and goes near him in a nonthreatening manner)

Galle: There's no place to run.  No place to hide, General Hadranus.  All Jedi are now enemies of the State.  I would not wish ill will to either of you......but she may as well die now.

(The ship prepares to lift off.  Hadranus and Galle look at each other with a silent understanding for a second)

Galle: If we ever meet again, I will kill you.

(Hadranus contemplates this as the ship lifts up)

Hadranus: If Barriss dies......then I promise you, Lt. Galle, we WILL meet again.......

(The gunship flies away.  Galle watches before walking back to his HQ.  Cut to-Int view of the Gunship as the droids hook up Barriss to medical equipment.  VGR flies like a metal demon up into the atmosphere to get back to the command ship.  Hadranus watches helplessly as Barriss lays on the stretcher, not moving)