Welcome back to part number 2 of what if every Star Wars character received $10,000. Thank
you to those of you who watched the first part! To recap what happened in the first
part, in case you haven’t seen it, the increasing in credits had led to a hyperinflation across
most of the planets, and a mutiny had started between the old clones and new clones, leading
to Palpatine stopping production on Kamino. Now we find Asajj Ventress, who had been saved
from the wrath of Sidious by Dooku, and the apprentice himself felt betrayed by the pause
in production of the droid factories on Geonosis… Ventress successfully retreated from her loss
over Sullust, and arrived on Dooku’s home planet in her fan blade starfighter. Kneeling
in front of her master, Dooku reminded her how fortunate she had been to survive, but
now they would begin their turn against Sidious. Ventress was aware of the power of Sidious,
and asked Dooku to go to Dathomir and gather more Forces. Dooku agreed as he needed more
warriors to face his master, after the supply of droids had been cut off, and he set about
using his influence on the Separatist parliament. Appearing in hologram form in front of the
Separatist senate on the planet of Raxus Secundus, Dooku denounced the work of the secret Sith
Lord Darth Sidious, and proposed to inject most of the funds they had mysteriously received,
into restarting the droid factories, and the senators, believing that the recent death
of senator Mina Bonteri on Onderon to be the work of Sidious, had no choice but to further
participate in the Separatist war, fearing the same fate. The restart of the production
of droids could not hidden from the Republic, as Jedi master Luminara Unduli and Jedi knight
Anakin Skywalker had discovered from their investigations on Geonosis, so there was increased
pressure on Palpatine to continue producing clones. The secret Sith Lord cleverly stalled
matters, by diverting the attention to the Banking Clan on Scipio, and blamed them for
their extreme interest rates, causing all of their troubles. In the meantime, the angry
Sith Lord found his contacts on Geonosis, and began choking them all, until one revealed
that they had been decreed to by the Separatist parliament. Sidious felt fury at Dooku, and
knew that his order to eliminate Ventress had fallen on deaf ears, and tried to reach
his apprentice. To his disgust, Dooku had been nowhere to be found, and he wondered
if the Jedi could have something to do with the disappearance, and summoned Grandmaster
Yoda. The old Jedi could not answer for Dooku, and he shared their concerns that he had been
planning for a surprise manoeuvre. Yoda had been partially correct, as the Sith apprentice
had tailed Ventress to her home planet of Dathomir, and together, they bowed to Mother
Talzin, and asked for help in defeating Darth Sidious. The leader of the clan had a personal
vendetta against Sidious, for his abandonment of the Zabrak Maul, and gathered the most
powerful brothers and sisters, before casting various rituals over them to enhance their
strength and agility. Dooku had observed the activity from the comfort of Talzin’s lair,
and he himself had been overwhelmed by the green smoke, finding himself under the control
of the Nightsister leader. The first move for Dooku, was to deal with the Banking clan
on Scipio, and he decided to use senator Clovis on Scipio to try to and manipulate the finances
of the Republic. Unfortunately for Dooku, the confusing loyalties of the senator did
not help the apprentice, as he found himself contacting senator Amidala on Coruscant. With
her ties to the Jedi, she had benefited massively from their investments, and the transmission
from the senator was met by suspicion from particularly Anakin. The Jedi knight did not
trust the Banking clan representative, and ordered Padme to ignore the pleas of Clovis,
and they decided to react to Dooku’s next move. The Sith did not hesitate in making
this move, using the influx of droids from Geonosis to mount an attack on the planet
to force the Jedi to act. Obi-Wan is forced to abandon his control over the mutiny on
Kamino, and along side Anakin, they go to deal with the Separatist attack on the banks.
The Jedi deploy their improved fleet, gained from the money invested in off world industries,
and penetrate the blockade, then dive to the surface below. Waiting for their arrival had
not been Dooku, rather General Grievous and his droid army, and as he duelled the Jedi
master, Anakin reluctantly rescued Clovis, who they needed to infiltrate the main vault
fortress. Dragging the senator along the snow-covered floor, they are about to enter the main entrance,
when there is and order from Obi-Wan to run. The Jedi moved a lot quicker than Clovis,
and managed to leap onto a pass gunship, but Clovis was left stranded, as detonators that
had been secretly placed by Grievous, exploded the entire area. Clovis had been trapped by
an avalanche, and despite the best efforts of the 501st Legion, and the clone medics,
the life of the senator ebbed away, and with his final words, he muttered that Dooku had
more control over the economy than the Jedi ever realised. The core five in the building
of vault could never be charged with their crimes, as they had also perished in the destruction,
but the Jedi did at least know that Dooku had been hiding something significant from
the eyes of the Republic. The Jedi had no leads to follow Dooku’s motives, and before
his final killing strike, they need to go undercover.
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