#searching the galaxy

[rexxdjarin]

you know what though…Vader had no implicit reason to dislike the remaining clones in the galaxy, unlike a lot of the rest of the empire. in his mind, they were still his men. they helped him rid the galaxy of the Jedi (in his twisted mind he was ok with it being against their will as long as it served his, which is 😬) but imagine…

When Vader goes back for the 501st after the events of order 66 and revenge of the sith, Rex is absolutely no where to be found. He never returns from his mission on Mandalore. Neither does ahsoka.

We see at the end of the clone wars that Vader must’ve conducted some kind of search for them. That’s why he turns up on the moon where their ship crashed. In Ahsoka’s case, we should probably assume he was trying to hunt her down like the rest of the Jedi.

But in Rex’s case….Vader has no reason to suspect he would’ve “turned against him.” And now imagine him showing up on that moon and seeing the bodies of Torrent company buried in the snow, their helmets serving as grave markers for someone to mourn the loss of their individual lives. And Rex’s helmet just isn’t there.

Vader has to assume that Rex is the one who lived to bury his brothers.

And Vader very well might have spent the next hmm idk 30 years or so of his remaining life searching for maybe the only person that, in his mind, never betrayed him and was never his enemy (as far as he knew.)

And after hopelessly spending all that time looking for his clone captain he settles for continuously hiring Boba Fett because he is the closest Vader could ever come to hearing his last remaining friend’s voice again.

[dustykneed]

is this how tsfs went? i think this is how tsfs went. source? trust me bro. he chose the danger

unintentional coincidence but thinking about it this sorta reminds me of this post by @muirmarie! if you enjoyed the comic you should absolutely go read it. i'm insane about it

[chernobog13]

A size comparison of some Federation starships of note.

[ihardblack]

The Opte Project

[allanalightwood]

Bruce, a Grey Ghost fan, who just started dating Clark, a star wars fan who firmly believes there's a galaxy far, far, away, on a stakeout: *almost dies*

Clark, for the first time: I love you.

Bruce, who has not watched a single Star Wars movie, and is emotionally repressed: ... I know

Clark: ....

Bruce: *disappears*

Clark, on the phone: Ma, I think I'm gonna marry him

[dancingaura925]

As an experiencedTM danmei reader, I've come across many genres, and I feel like that the one genre that the SVSSS fandom needs to exploit is the interstellar genre. Why? Because it'd be fucking hilarious. Hear me out:

In the original work, Luo Binghe is - instead of part demon part human - is part zerg part human. Zerg, if you aren't familiar, is basically the interstellar genre's version of reallyyyyyy strong aliens, and depending on the author, can range from actual literal beasts to human-like creatures with insect features to just straight up humans with nice-ass wings, which can then have different degrees of autonomy due to this hivemind they've got with the Zerg Queen. Basically, nobody has any clue on what a proper Zerg should be, but nobody cares :D

In addition, these stories often have a human empire dedicated to fighting against these Zerg. This may include a main planet where the emperor lives and other planets with different nobles, territories, military bases, etc. It almost always has a research lab on the main planet that usually have some sort of dastardly scheme related to the main plot. On top of that, these empires are very militaristic, with mechas and combat and mental power and all sorts of interstellar travel

...

Do you see where this is going?

Once upon a time, Tianlang-Jun (perhaps the descendant from the Zerg Queen) and Su Xiyan (a researcher) fell in love with each other in the research facility. SXY was assigned to TLJ because the research facility wanted to know how to harness the Zerg Queen's power to once-and-for-all wipe out the Zerg race. However, once the two got together, they started to plot how to get out and along the way, LBH was conceived. OPM, the ex-head researcher got FURIOUS and badabing badaboom, you've got SXY on the run before sending LBH to another place to survive.

Fast forward a lot, LBH shows up at the Cang Qiong Military Academy, which is split up in different divisions under different commanders. For LBH, he goes to the Qing Jing division where he is led under General Shen Qingqiu, someone who often boasts of his own mental power and lies and takes other people's credit to get to the lofty position he is today.

When LBH is training, he starts standing out in unusual ways. His physical prowess is through the roof, but his mental power is abysmal, which is bad because that's kinda how you use mechas, and often, physical strength can be enhanced with mental power (kinda like cultivation). So LBH is bullied, harassed, etc, and all the while, SQQ is like "this dude is a beast/derogatory".

Insert a long few years, including a Zerg invasion with none other than Sha Hualing. You go, girl.

When the Empire's Military Academy Tournament (could not think up a name rn) shows up, he's sent to go and instead of being sent into the Abyss, he's sent through a wormhole to a Zerg-infested place, where he learns more and stuff. Wowee!

He comes back with revenge on humans and stuff and integrates both the humans and Zergs under his iron fist. The fight against the emperor takes up like a hundred chapters or whatever.

So that's the OG version. Now, let's insert a millenial mess that is SY as SQQ and see how he handles being in the military. He better put to use that military training Chinese kids are put through.

On the other hand, if you wanted to take a completely DIFFERENT direction, have LBH be a test subject in the lab and have SY transmigrate into a researcher. LBH was supposed to be a human weapon, designed from intentional breeding. SY, knowing LBH will break out and cutely demolish the human race, tries to befriend him, teaches him everything. LBH, despite being a weapon designed to destroy the Zerg race, falls in love. And then he breaks out. Cue drama and kidnapping.

[blabbershere]

[chambersevidence]

Square Military Rank Insignia Militaries: you really think it's reasonable to invade in secret any foreign planet, much less one in a different universe, much less one in the oldest universe, much less one you don't even have accurate locational references to, such as star charts or maps? If you have square military rank insignia know that you come from outside this cluster of galaxies (The Bright Cluster of Galaxies), and are especially not from even any instance of this galaxy, referred to now as the Milky Way galaxy. Pictures of galaxies available through Google or Google Images or elsewhere on the Internet can easily confirm this; if you have images of your galaxy from the exterior. And we have incredible numbers of images of galaxies viewed from outside easily accessible via the internet or any computers connected to it or referenced on it. This level of technology on this planet in no way relates to your level of technological sophistication.

[starheirxero]

*hands over a star*

⭐️

ouh..... finally......... i'm gaining enough stars to earn my starheirxero swag.........

[nellasbookplanet]

Getting into andromeda after spending the last few weeks replaying the original ME trilogy is so funny, I feel like I've stepped from a hardcore military sci-fi straight into a young adult adventure coming of age story

[superdogbiter]

No i don't know why a white washed remake of wrath of khan scored so high but lets hope nobody votes for it

Also Galaxy Quest totally counts as a star trek film

[dutybcrne]

Me making a HSR verse for my oc: Hmmm so the plan on this one could maybe be a bad end for her tendency to fuck around and find out—

My brain: So anyways, make her whole deal a fucken horror story-

[markantonys]

sometimes i regret reading the wot books because boy, show-only markantonys had some GREAT takes

[wantonlywindswept]

fox kills palpatine ficbit idea

The worst part, Fox thought, was the boredom. 

It wasn't that his entire existence was now confined to the Jedi Temple and about five feet outside of it: the building was absolutely massive, a city unto itself that he still hadn't explored the entirety of, and it's not like he went many places before.

It wasn't even the slave collar around his neck, a reminder of both his classification as dangerous property in need of regulation and a reassurance to the displeased natborns who would have preferred he be decommissioned.

No, the worst part of his new life was definitely that the Jedi, in their infinite wisdom and absolutely useless naivete, recoiled from giving him anything that could even remotely be considered orders, acting like if they tried hard enough, they could believe that he wasn't their property to use as they saw fit.

At least Palpatine--may he rest in the fucking pieces Fox left him in--gave him something to do.

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so i'm not going to continue this, bc it would involve more politics and morality discussion than i have the energy to write, but the gist would be that fox kills palpatine, and the only thing that keeps him from being executed/decommissioned by the senate is the jedi desperately going 'hey, we paid for the clones, that makes him our property/responsibility'. so he gets confined to the Temple under guard, and the jedi are all very sorry like 'we didn't really mean that, it was just to keep you from being killed' and he just kinda shrugs, because. it's not that much different from his life before?

he can't go anywhere he's not allowed to without being punished, he has to obey whatever orders are given to him, everything he does is monitored, there's always the threat of being killed hanging over his head. the only difference is that now he has an explosive collar and actually gets 8 hours of sleep at night.

and with fox now having the trappings of a slave, the jedi have to actually face the fact that the clones are slaves. and the clones have to face the fact that they're slaves, too. because loyalty and believing in the cause are all well in good, but they were literally created to fight and die for the republic, and they don't actually have any choice in the matter.

and there would probably need to be other things, palps' death making waves that may or may not end the war, him being a sith may or may not actually matter to the senate because a clone still killed someone in power and that's Not Allowed. the clones may or may not actually get their freedom. (probably, i'm a sucker for good endings)

but that is way more emotional investment than i currently have the energy to put into a story, so if anyone wants to run with the idea, feel free.

...also everyone should go read Sailing the Stars by @esamastation.

[mosylufanfic]

In the Braid by glorious_clio

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Andor (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Leia Organa, Bail Organa, Leida Mothma Additional Tags: They Are Not Friends, Child Marriage, space tradwife, Chandrila Summary:

A two strand braid is one Leida is familiar with, and she is ready to be bound.

Leia is less sure about the idea of Leida's marriage, but her mother provides a gift to bring to her contemporary.

[tatonslice]

other friends(?)