//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: // Story: Star Wars: Knights of the Celestial Republic // by VinylScratch1382 //------------------------------// It started out as a normal smuggling run to Nar Shaddaa. Final Shot, a grey unicorn with a red-and-black mane,was hired to move stolen goods for the huts to the smugglers moon to keep the supplies safe from confiscation. Final dawned her black combat vest and holstered her Blaster pistol that was a prefect duplicate of her cutie mark. Final was used to being rather blunt and up front with her questions and her blaster.. Final had asked why the supplies would need to be moved since Tatooine was controlled by the Hutts but was only answered with a thousand extra credits to keep her mouth shut. Final was used to making runs to Nar Shaddaa by now she had done it a thousand times before but she felt uneasy not knowing why the extremely large shipment of Colto would need to be moved. It was Final herself who had brought the shipment to Tatooine in the first place. The trip to Nar Shaddaa wouldn’t take her long especially not in her ship the Ebon Hawk. Final had won the ship in a contest for the Hutts. A couple of skilled smugglers were invited to a contest to win the fastest ship in the Galaxy. Final had signed up right away when she heard she was invited to the contest. the contest consisted of stealing a rare gem guarded by fierce Kinrath. Most tried running into the cave guns-a-blazing or trying to slash their way through. Final had the sense to sneak around the Kinrath and take the crystal without them noticing. When she emerged from the cave Crystal in hand the Hutt immediately asked her to smuggle goods for him. Final having nowhere else to go chose to join the Hutt’s Exchange. Ever since she has been making runs for the Hutts. Gorga, the Hutt in charge of her sector told her everything about every mission every detail that would help her. Not getting that detail on this run she knew it must be extremely important. When she arrived in Nar Shaddaa she was immediately approached by the Pegasus dock master “You cannot dock here! The place is reserved,” said the Dock Master. “Yeah for me, you idiot. Now get out of my way.” Final said angrily. Bumping into the dock master as she walked past him. The truth was Final had no idea who had reserved the dock but she had the uncanny ability to make people believe what she said. From the second she left the dock she knew she was being followed. As she rounded the first corner into Nar Shaddaa she heard the heavy hoofbeats of armored ponies. Final walked into the main market, and headed over to the railing over looking the the heavily trafficked speeder highways. “You got a lot of guts coming here filly” said a deep voiced stallion from behind her startling her slightly. Final spun around instinctively drawing her blaster aiming it at the stallion who spoke. he was flanked on either side by two stallions both with quarterstaffs in their mouths. they both tensed as Final drew her blaster Final had been in enough bad situations to know where this was going to lead. “ And why is that?” said Final in a calm smooth voice. “We have no time for your silly games were on official business .” said the stallion “Then why would you be bothering me I’m a simple Unicorn making a living moving goods for people who pay me too do so.” Said Final still holding her calm composer even though as the seconds ticked away her fear raised. “because we saw what you did to the dock master, you used the force to persuade him to let you dock even though we told him we would kill him if he let anypony dock there other then a Sith warship” the Stallion said menacingly. “well he let me dock there and i don’t think i was in a sith warship.” said Final her voice quaking slightly as she spoke “exactly so now I’m going to let these two take care of you and go finish of that foolish pegasus myself.” said the stallion as he turned and walked away. The two stallions that were next to him tensed and readied for a fight. Final still had her blaster drawn and quickly fired two shots into the stallion at her right. one struck him in the jaw and the other right below his left shoulder. the stallion crumpled to the floor as his companion charged with his quarterstaff. Seeing the devastating power of her blaster on a pony was a new and Gorey sight. Final never truly needing to have killed sompony with the blaster only incapacitate them. She hesitated staring at the gory sight before re aiming her blaster. The second stallion capitolized on her hesitation. As the stallion raised his head to deliver a powerful killing strick down on her head a sniper shot hit him in the back of the head ripping it apart. The shot continued on its path ending next to Final’s left hoof. Final looked around to find the source of the shot and saw a Maredalorian sniper hefting her rifle on to the holster on her back. She started walking towards Final in a rather casual manner. The Maredalorian wore the normal heavy armor of the Maredalorians with a vibrosword holster on one side of her back with the massive heavy sniper issued to the most skilled Maredalorian snipers on the other side. The armored helmet covering her head blocked any signs of a friendly or aggressive nature.As the Mare approached Final she toke her helmet off. She was a royal blue pegasus with green eyes and a a white mane. She had a kind smile on her face despite the intimidating look her armor gave her. “There is no need to be scared you know. I saved you didn’t I?” she said. Final without noticing it was quivering with fear from the muscular mare in front of her.Final tried to form words to thank or greet the mare but couldn't think of what to say “I’m hear to help you know?” the mare said. Final managed a nod of the head to acknowledge the mare “My names Archangel, can you tell me your name?” Archangel asked “F-Final S-Shot” Final managed to tell Archangel. “Alright then Final were gonna go get that Sith who told these goons to attack you before he kills more people.” Archangel told Final. final shook her head again and they trotted off together in the direction the Sith lord toke.