Our story begins inside of a Providence class
cruiser floating not far from Utapau, but in dead space. The vessel was operable, but the support
fleet that was originally stationed around it was no where to be found. It was the only ship
in the fleet to survive the shutdown command, and the only reason that was, was because of the magna
guards. General Grievous was a warrior, he’d been through ship crashes and been forced to survive
endeavors that turned him from a fleshy being into the robotic monster he was now. The damages
he sustained from Kenobi were the worst of his life. The droids stationed to protect him didn’t
believe he would make it through the rebuilding process. There was so much damage done to his
organs, however because the fleet was stationed near Utapau the capital ship was outfitted
with supplies to assist General Grievous, if he was damaged. The medical droids got to
work, rigorously trying to restart his heart. His lungs had been charred and every other organ left
exposed by the damage done to his armor platting, were nothing but shambles at this point. The
heart was the only thing not damaged. Grievous’ brain was damaged considerably too, however they
would be able to replace some of the brain tissue. The medics had a regenerative bug that would be
placed inside of his helmet to replace the brain tissue and restore what had been burnt when
his head caught on fire. The process would be extremely painful for Grievous, being
that he would be brought back to life in the span of a couple hours. The repairs on
the other hand would take nearly 3 weeks. When Grievous was fully conscience he
was lost. He didn’t really have a wit about him. He knew he was one a warrior
general, and that his name was Grievous, but there wasn’t much more than that. The good
General would wander around his vessel for a couple hours, the Magna guards keeping a close
eye on him, just to make sure he didn’t fall apart. Grievous’ brain functions were at an
all time low, and it was entirely due to the damage he suffered and the weeks of torment
he endured while being put back together. All the pain made him delusional. He wasn’t
really able to get a grasp on anything, but when he finally did. After several hours of
wandering around and speaking aloud to himself, General Grievous was reborn. When he requested
for an update on the Separatist movement he would be shocked and disappointed. What was even
more alarming was the drastic change made to the Republic. It was no longer a Republic, it was
an Empire helmed by Darth Sidious.. How odd. Grievous was able to see holorecordings
of the Senate Sessions and truthfully, he had never been so upset. He realized at
that moment that his greatest enemy wasn’t ever the Jedi, it was the Sith. This obviously
didn’t mean he automatically forgave the Jedi for what they did on Kalee, but he was very
adamant that he would make sure Sidious died, even if it was the last thing he did.
Grievous told his crew of Magna Guards to prepare to move their vessel for
friendly territory. The entire purpose of this operation would be to rebuild
their fleets and stop this Empire. Grievous still hadn’t fully put two and two
together yet. This did have a lot to do with the damage he received during the Battle of
Utapau. The nasty little bug inside his brain was still going to work, and he would at some
point have all of his memories back and the ability to fully register what was going on. The
magna guards had already informed him that their ship was operable because of them. There were crew
on the ship that had since been turned back on, but the guard made it clear that they made the
selective decision to avoid the all shutdown command, because they had to save their
general. Grievous believed that he could restart all the Separatist fleets in the
area and even potentially secure a foothold in the mid or outer rim before making his
way to Coruscant. How wrong he would be. Despite his eagerness to get back at Darth
Sidious, every single Separatist fleet location was nothing but debris fields. Because
it took him so long to recover, the Empire sent out fleets of clones to destroy the remaining
fleets. There were some droid foundries left, but for the most part everything the CIS owned
was nothing but splinters in the sea of space. Sidious made it very clear that there would be no
rising rebellion in this new era. He cracked down on every former separatist fleet immediately.
Had Grievous been resurrected earlier and more efficiently, then perhaps he could’ve gotten
them back, but there was none of that. Aside from the Providence they were helming, there
were a couple other active Separatist crews in the galaxy. There was a location on Agamar
that was semi operational. It was a Separatist Supply Ship that crashed, but the crew for the
most part was operational. The other groups of Separatists operation were Providences or other
cruisers that were stolen by groups of pirates. Just as a way for them to try and stick it to
whoever challenged them. It wouldn’t do them well. Grievous was incredibly disappointed
with how this was going so far, and even began to doubt the potential of
a resurgence from the Separatist movement. But truthfully he cared about his
own movement more than the CIS. The Rage Grievous had for Palpatine couldn’t be
understated. Especially since he had Palpatine in his hands, he could’ve snapped his windpipe,
or driven his lightsaber through his chest, or anything. Sidious destroyed his life, and he
would have to pay. This obviously was Grievous being upset at his current predicament,
he wasn’t privy to the operation to crash his ship and almost kill him. Or the fact
that Dooku was in on the joke, or that they were never meant to win the war, no matter how
powerful Grievous was or what he did in combat. Out of all the locations Grievous went to he
could only find a couple remnant groups that were capable of fighting for his cause.
It wasn’t much but a couple squads of B2, a number of destroyers, and more than enough
B1s. He couldn’t really stop the Empire with this amount of forces. But the General wasn’t
worried, he commanded less troops when he was a Kaleesh warrior. He would do just fine with
this group of droids. However, Grievous needed to find a way to stick it to the Empire. He knew
from what Dooku said, that Sidious was much more experienced than he. So head to head combat
with the Dark Lord wouldn’t be the way to go, instead Grievous needed to find a means to
destroying Sidious through an alternative method. Initially Grievous tries allied worlds, all
of which being Separatist ran, but he found one of two possible outcomes. He was either
straight up rejected for having lost the war, or he couldn’t even get close due to
Imperial presence. It was clear early on that this would be General Grievous’ most
trying time as a General. His entire life he had people rally to his cause. Whether it
be on Kalee or as the General of the CIS, he was always the head honcho and everyone was
ready to serve him. Now he was being thrown away, told he was no good for this new era of peace. The
former CIS worlds weren’t embracing the Empire, they were afraid of it. Imperial clone troopers
cracked down on Raxus, just as they did Sereno, Cato Neimoidia, and a conglomerate
of other Separatist fortress locations. This left Grievous with a predicament. While by
this point his mind was working fully once again, he needed to figure out how to get allies. He
was talented alone, but B1 battle droids were inefficient at the numbers they had currently, and
he didn’t have enough B2s, droidekas, commandos, or magna guards to do any real damage. He did have
a couple of the transforming maintenance droids, but Coruscant outlawed them after he
bombed the power grid at the beginning of the war. So he couldn’t really just bomb
the Emperor to hell. Grievous wasn’t stupid, and he was a great general for
a reason. Allies were needed, however there were few people in the entire
galaxy actively standing up to the Empire. Grievous did decide that he would try raiding
Imperial facilities. The purpose for doing so is so that he could gather schematics on Imperial
shipyards, production routes and so forth. Though he was most hopeful to find something in
Imperial servers regarding Rebel units. They picked an outpost on the far side of the
galaxy. It was currently being manned by the new stormtroopers, which in Grievous’ mind told him
that it was an up-to-date facility. It was close to Onderon, which was lost about a year before
the war ended. Grievous remembered the report from the planet. The fool who was put into power
was usurped by rebels or something. Those rebels would be Imperial loyalists by this point,
so no need to make a stop there. Grievous no longer had lightsabers, and with the Jedi
all but extinct, he was hopeful he could find a lightsaber or a Jedi during his trip into
the outpost. That was obviously a fever dream, but he took the magna guard staff and
went in with a group of Commando droids. Their mission was quick, they broke
in through the back entry point, killed the guards with their melee weapons and
continued through. Truthfully nothing felt better than snapping a man’s windpipe in his hands.
Grievous thought it to be even funnier too, because the stormtroopers were regular citizens.
They weren’t battle hardened like the clones, so their reactions were much more enjoyable. A
certain part of Grievous respected the clones, because they were warriors.
It was an honor thing for him, it didn’t stop him from slaughtering them.
Obviously this wasn’t a total respect, just the fact that they weren’t stormtroopers. These
civilian troopers were pathetic to say the least. Grievous continued through the facilities with his
elite units until they got to the communication room. There was a control panel and the few
droids with the General immediately plugged in and started pulling all the information. Stormtroopers
began trying to get into the communication room, and with steadiness and fierceness Grievous ripped
through the troopers. Their screams littered the halls of the facility as Grievous kept a close
eye out. The commando droids were doing the same. As the information was downloaded into the
Super Tactical Droid, there was another group of insurgents breaking through. They opened the doors
and immediately panicked. The group of Rebels were thrown backwards by the Commando droids who used
their vibro blades to push them back. There were no casualties, but Grievous stopped the droids
before they could kill the rebels who broke in. Grievous was adamant that they get allies, if
these fleshies were trying to fight the Empire, then they could be useful. The rebels who
were cornered by accident weren’t expecting to run into Grievous, and truthfully they
weren’t too happy about it. While Grievous wasn’t known for his ability to negotiate, he
wasn’t stupid. He knew how to play the game, and he made it clear to this man that he didn’t
want them to be adversaries. However it was difficult for Saw Gerrera. General Grievous was
apart of a regime that submitted his people, and killed his sister. He wanted no part of
this, however, Saw wasn’t stupid. The fight against the Empire was much larger than his own
personal disliking for the Separatist movement. If the Sepes could be mounted up against the
Empire, then it was more allies for him. Plus, Grievous didn’t need to survive, he just had to
be useful until his time was up. Saw looked up, and could hear more stormtroopers coming their
way, he smiled and told Grievous that their fight together could be everything for them.
If they worked together then they could stop the empire. Grievous liked this deal, and so
the rebels quickly shuffled into the room. Gerrera saw Grievous as a short term
alliance, once he got what he wanted he was expendable. Grievous saw the same thing,
however, he knew of Gerrera. As a warrior, he could respect the guerrilla warfare
techniques used by the rebels on Onderon, truthfully it would be the perfect
way to combat the Empire. There were some discussions and agreements made between
Grievous and Saw inside the communication room, and then they broke off from each other. The
two of them agreed on a mutual location to meet up at. This was the beginning of their own
alliance. Saw had many more allies than Grievous, and truth be told, Grievous understood that
making friends would be especially difficult for him. So to have someone who was considered
an extremist but only known to be by a few individuals on his team, Saw would be extremely
beneficial asset for their collaborative effort. With a neutral location in mind, the new
allies set up a base. It was made clear that the Separatist battleship wouldn’t be able
to stand up to the might of the Imperial navy, there had to be something they could do.
Saw had some intel and with the data they recovered at the Imperial Outpost, they knew
exactly how to get their revenge on the Empire. Due to the data the Super Tactical Droid had
and the information & strategies the droid came up with, the rebels were able to figure out a
chain of plans. Turns out there were a number of Republic vessels being decommissioned. They
couldn’t be used for combat but they could be used for other purposes. Saw and his team went
to make sure they could capture at least one of the Venators under the decommissioned
banner. Grievous on the other hand, due to the data received was able to locate
a droid foundry that wasn’t destroyed. It wouldn’t be super beneficial but it was a
foundry that specified in the creation of droidekas and B2 battle droids. So perhaps
they could get some good use out of it. Despite Coruscant banning the maintenance droids,
planets like Eriadu and Naboo didn’t have the same bans, so the maintenance droids were sent to
Eriadu and ended up boarding a brand new Imperial Star Destroyer and obliterating it. Saw’s team
was also able to use a fairly operational Venator, fill it with explosives and then send it
to a shipyard at Kuat, and then having the vessel crash into said shipyard destroying it,
killing thousands of clones and stormtroopers, and also ripping apart prototype Imperial vessels.
The strategies were effective, Grievous and Saw were using their missions to create terror
through the Imperial ranks, however it worked against them. The Empire used the attacks made
by these rebels to turn them into villains. Saw and Grievous were doing nothing but helping the
Empire further the creation of their military. Months passed by, Saw was able to garner more
allies, though Grievous was making it difficult. Truthfully Gerrera wanted to distance himself
from the droid general, but he literally couldn’t. Grievous thrived on this level of combat. Sure
he was a brilliant leader for the Separatists, despite how often he retreated, but he was even
more effective with less. The tactics he and his tactical droid implemented helped the rebels
be successful at 99.1% of their missions. Many of these missions incurring few casualties.
Saw’s rebels were effective and they made a dent in the Imperial war machine. Destroying a
piece of the shipyards over Kuat was effective, but there was still much more that
needed to be done. Truthfully both Saw and Grievous knew that they needed to
kill the Emperor. If they could do that, then perhaps the system would cave in on itself.
It would just take them finding the proper means to destroying the Emperor. All of his movements
were deeply classified, and because there was a rising Rebellion, he had fakes take his shuttle
so that he wouldn’t be killed. But the deepest attack in the core happened at Kuat, and they
had been struggling to get back into the Core. During their preparations to make a move
into the core, which included more raids at Imperial facilities, raids on Imperial vessels
and detonating them, and a couple more extremist activities, Grievous got to have some fun. He
ran into a Jedi on the run, and in a fierce duel, Grievous was able to get himself a new Jedi
weapon. He preferred using a lightsaber, but now the good general would be able to
use the magna staff and the lightsaber. As it was made apparent by the Jedi, he was
on the run from some type of sith. Grievous assumed at this point that the Sith would be
bringing in new allies, however he was unaware that the Inquisitors and Vader were apart of that.
Shortly after gutting the Jedi, he found himself an Inquisitor, and similarly gutting them. It
wasn’t all that much of a challenge for Grievous, but now he was aware that there was a Lord Vader.
Using what he knew about Tyranus and Sidious, chances are Vader was Dooku’s replacement.
Grievous believed that whoever it was, he could beat, however, that would come later,
his main focus was on killing the Emperor. Saw and his forces had been tracking
Sidious for a number of weeks. His ship movements were always odd to follow, but
they knew where he would be. He was inside one of the larger Imperial fleets,
but there was also something else, it appeared that Vader was traveling with
him. Grievous and Saw came up with a plan, one to rip the entire foundation of the
Empire apart. It was quickly set into motion. Their plan started with them securing an Imperial
shipment that was en route to Mustafar. It’s where Sidious and Vader apparently were. There were
rumors that Tarkin would also be present. Being that Mustafar was within Tarkin’s territory
it was entirely likely that he could be with them. There were a number of things happening
with the Empire. Tarkin was promising him the chances of Project Stardust, or in other words
the Death Star. Palpatine was interested. He also wanted Vader to wallow in his failures by
being so close to where he was when he lost to Kenobi. It was truthfully a pitiful loss,
but Sidious didn’t care, he made sure Vader knew he was a failure. There were imperial
officers coming on and off the destroyer. The rebels boarded one of these shipments and
rode the entire vessel into one of the adjacent destroyers in the fleet. When they exited,
it was silent. Saw and his men took Imperial uniforms and snuck into the destroyer,
Grievous and his battle droids split off, Grievous went alone. His objective was to draw
whichever enforcer was inside the fleet to this ship, and kill them. The Rebels initially
were to disable the entire ship, make it dead in space. Hopefully they could put the rest
of the fleet on edge. The purpose for this, is making sure they could legitimately escape
without being killed or captured by the other Imperials. Saw and his crew moved into the
reactor room, they avoided conflict by hiding in stormtrooper outfits. Inside the reactor they
killed the crew, and quickly shutdown the lights and the power inside the vessel. The gravity
was still active and so was the life support, but now the ship was just dark. Red lights
illuminated the halls and ships alarms began to blare. Stormtroopers were summoned from
their barracks to find the intruders and kill them. There was no real knowledge of someone being
inside the ship, but it was the assumption based on what was happening. The vessel also called
for aid from the other ships in the fleet. As the troopers ran through
the halls, they were stopped, the sound of claws clamored against the floors,
and Grievous laughed. He sped through the hall, igniting his lightsaber and cutting through the
stormtroopers. Their screams of terror could be heard throughout the ship, as he cut through the
hall, he de ignited the weapon and waited for more stormtroopers. He climbed across the ceiling
and when more troopers came down the hall, he was silent. They had flashlights on and they
looked everywhere, finding a dozen dead troopers, slain by lightsaber. They radioed up to the
bridge, which was semi operational and told them that there was a Jedi or something.
Grievous dropped from the ceiling, crushing a few clones with his claws and then
destroying those who tried to oppose him. His lightsaber skills were still remarkable and the
troopers began to retreat. As they did he dropped down on all fours and sped after them. When
he got the chance he got up and engaged again. The troopers were left in pure
terror as they ran for their lives, trying to avoid Grievous but there was no
escape. Their fight was over before it began, before they ever saw him. Inside the hangar bay a
vessel landed, out from it walked Grand Inquisitor and a couple of other Inquisitors. Behind them
was Lord Vader. He stood on the bay floors in front of the vessel as the Inquisitors fanned out,
some other Imperial troops also followed them. The halls of the ship were silent, and Grievous
was informed by a scout Commando that there were hostiles inside the facility. Grievous gave the
order to get a lock on one of them and kill them. So as the Inquisitors broke off from the clones
the commando sauntered down the hallway behind the Inquisitors. When they were totally alone, the
commando pulled the trigger and it went straight through Grand Inquisitor’s back, killing him
instantly. On the other hand the two Inquisitors ignited their weapons and turned around. Grievous
launched out of the shadows and blindsided them, cutting down the first Inquisitor only for
the other one to let out a horrid scream, Vader heard it and turned down the hallways. The
sound of the blades clashing brought Vader joy, he could kill another Jedi. When he turned
down the hall he could see the Inquisitor get hoisted up into the air, by one hand
as a red lightsaber was plunged into their stomach. Vader’s blinking suit made Grievous
turn over and he saw the outline of Vader. This would be fun, the Emperor’s enforcer made
his way over here to greet him. How pathetic. Grievous de ignited the blade, and Vader’s
breathing echoed throughout the hall. Vader’s lightsaber ignited and he marched forward,
demanding that whoever was in hiding come out and face him. Grievous told the enforcer that his
revelation would be the last thing he would see. Vader didn’t believe Grievous was a Jedi any
longer, as Grievous ignited his lightsabers he engaged the Sith Lord. Their blades illuminated
the dark halls. They pressed back and forth, and Vader very quickly realized that
Grievous had returned. There was no way this could be possible. Obi Wan defeated him.
The mere thought of Kenobi brought Vader more anger. The two of them should’ve honestly been
allies, killed and reborn because of Obi Wan, and now they fought for control over a battleship.
Grievous’ blue lightsaber was cut out of his hand due to Vader’s anger, so he backpedaled and pulled
the magna staff from his back and ignited it. The two of them continued, Grievous, despite the
darkness was able to analyze Vader’s fighting patterns and so he used it to his advantage.
With the electro staff, Grievous could beat Vader. It was difficult for the new Sith Lord,
it hadn’t been a full year since becoming Vader, he still wasn’t the most comfortable individual
with his suit. He was doing everything in his power to try and beat Grievous, but because
Grievous was full of cybernetics, just like Vader, he could handle the strength that the dark
lord had to offer. Without the brute force of his strikes providing him an advantage, he was an
inferior duelist at the moment against Grievous. Their duel continued as stormtroopers tried to
find the source of the action. Grievous slid his staff forward and smashed it into Vader’s
chest piece, crippling him and forcing him backwards. The combined hit to his chest and
electric shock was more than enough for him. As Grievous seized the advantage, he lost it
when a bundle of troopers came around the corner. Though, because they couldn’t see who was holding
the lightsaber they started to open fire. Grievous ducked out of the way, as Vader defended himself
from his own men. His rage couldn’t be understated and he reached out with the force to crush their
bodies. As he did, Grievous ignited his weapon and swiped up, Removing his entire forearm,
before bashing the blade against his chest and disappearing again. Vader fell to the ground,
and Grievous was able to kill the troopers. By the time this was finished Saw was ready, the
engines were back online and the Imperial fleet was splitting up. The percaution made the capital
ship an easier target, as the engines were boosted with some Coaxium. Grievous and Saw quickly got to
the shuttle Vader arrived in & stole it, taking it out of the vessel and watching the star destroyer
collide with the Emperor’s flagship. The explosion rocked the fleet over Mustafar, and with the fleet
out of position, the rebels were able to jump to hyperspace, as all the officers focused on trying
to stop the other destroyer from it’s collision. There was a celebration inside of the Imperial
Shuttle as it made its return to the Rebel base. Grievous felt so much pride because he
defeated the Emperor’s enforcer in a one versus one. That was something he prided himself in, even
collecting Vader’s lightsaber while he was at it. Obviously the death of Sidious would create
ripples across the galaxy. It was a year into the empire, but Mas Amedda had a grip on the
senate, he could secure himself control over the Empire. However there were already
rumors circulating in the mid rim of a separatist revival. This separatist revival
was something Grievous was entirely in favor of. With Imperial expansion to mid rim worlds
and states of martial law being established the former Separatists wanted to exact revenge
against the Empire for what they had done to them over the past several months. Though what
held back the separatists was the assurance that they could have themselves a military leader.
Grievous made it very clear to his droids that they weren’t meant to be indefinite allies with
Saw and the rebels. Grievous was informed by his super tactical droid that there were
movements brewing, it was now or never. The only reason Saw would
never be informed of this, is because the Super Tactical droid and the
rest of the battle droids were contained in their providence over the outpost. They
weren’t supposed to interact with the rebels, because it could scare away potential allies.
But now that the Empire was without the Emperor, Grievous believed he should make a case to the
Separatist aligned worlds that he could be their leader, but he had some terms of engagement. So
he sent out his commandos to Separatist worlds and gave them holograms with Grievous on it.
He expressed his desires to bring victory to the former Confederacy. This time they would
not be helmed by a Sith, this time they would not be restricted by Dooku or Palpatine, and
this time they would win the war. The clones were being phased out and the stormtroopers
weren’t prepared enough to fight back. The only issue was the Imperial Star Destroyers,
but if related family members to Gunray, Tambor, or any of the other former separatist
council members were interested in restoring their wealth, then it could be done through
the funding a of a new separatist military. Saw Gerrera on the other side was just as
excited there were allies clamoring to him to support his movement. He was really exited to
see his rebellion growing. There was a genuine movement within the mid rim to support him. It
was former Republic worlds who were affected negatively by the rise of the Empire. Now with the
Empire weak there could be realistic change. But aside from a Rebellion and potential separatist
movement, the senate was having its own issues. Because Palpatine gave so much
control to the corporate sector, Mas Amedda was able to utilize the Corporate
Empire to submerge the Senate into silence. He could buy a good number of members, but not all
of them were bought. On the other side of that, the New Imperial Moff program was
beginning to rally together to grow a more militaristic empire, similar to what
Tarkin was suggesting. Both sides ended up turning against each other and their
turn became the split in the Empire. The first strike came from the Corporate Empire,
as they bought out an imperial shipyard and pushed an Imperial Moff from control. The
Moff then retaliated by striking back, and killing some of the corporation managers in
a hostage takeover. The breaking point came with the addition of clones supporting the Corporate
Empire and stormtroopers supporting the Imperial Moff Confederation. The Corporate Empire could
supply the clones, despite having agreed to phase them out under Palpatine’s rule. The Imperial Moff
Confederation was much more loyal to Tarkin’s rule and plans. So they supported the usage of
Imperial Stormtroopers. With a disorganized Empire turning from a Cold War to a full scale
Civil War, the Separatist movement was reborn. All of this took months to organize, and
by the first celebration of Empire Day, it was clear the Empire was too fragile without
Emperor Palpatine. What formed in the wake of this was the Separatist Realignment, and at the
same time a Rebel Alliance was born, however, its leader would have his own issues. Because
there was a growing Separatist movement, Saw was prepared to kill Grievous, but the droid General
wasn’t going to lose this time. No one would win, the only victor could be the Separatists, so
Saw requested for Grievous to meet with him, and naturally Grievous’ capital ship orbital bombarded
the rebel base and killed everyone involved. Grievous abandoned the destroyed outpost
and setup with some diplomats and family relatives that were apart of the Trade
Federation, Techno Union, and Commerce Guild. They had the power to undo what the
Empire had built. Unbeknownst to Grievous, there was a fleet of Lucrehaulks not far from the
former outpost, the only thing is, the fleet was damaged. It was scavenged fleet, they had been
rebuilding it in the wake of the Imperial reign. There was one key distinction here for General
Grievous. He wouldn’t have a massive army or fleet like he did last time. This entire endeavor would
be reliant on his skills as a military leader. If he couldn’t be successful on the battlefront
then this Separatist Realignment would fail. There was a lot of meticulous planning that went
into the military movement for the Separatist Realignment, however Grievous’ focus would
be elsewhere. He couldn’t theoretically do anything aside from play on the side lines, so
he made what he had work. Using commando droids he furthered the divide between the Corporate
Empire & Imperial Moff Confederation. Commandos could change their voice modulators so
they impersonated Imperial officers, clones, commanders, and Moffs to continue
forcing the Empire to implode upon itself. Despite it actually working there was so much
more that went into standing up to the Empire. Months of conflict would erupt, the stalemate
between both Imperial Factions would force many into the Rebel Alliance which was growing
considerably, even without Saw Gerrera. Due to such a stalemate the entire Imperial Senate
would be disbanded, not by Mas Amedda’s word but a senate bombing due rise of the other Imperial
faction. The two faction war was secretly a four faction war. The Separatist Realignment was more
well known but the Imperial Moff Confederation was striking up issue with the usage of CIS battle
droids and battleships, so despite Grievous’ strategy, there was little he could do when
a fleet of two or three ISDs rolled into his territory and engaged. Separatist fighters were
in a way more elite, but without support ships or frigates to hold their own, they couldn’t sustain
long fleet battles. The few engagements Grievous had been in were overwhelming defeats and routes.
However, Grievous, as a strong and prideful warrior was able to see these tactical defeats
as lessons. And truthfully, due to the trust the former CIS had in Grievous, the Realignment was
much more willing to continue supplying Grievous. The foundries were creating commando droids more
than anything else, because it was the only way the Realignment could be apart of the conflict.
Grievous had another plan though, with the new star tech, he utilized the conflict between
the Imperials to get data on future vessels and blueprints of how to build them. Instead of just
building star destroyers, Grievous and a number of engineers forced into creation a vessel similar
to a Mon Calamari Cruiser, with the aesthetic of a CIS warship, but the firepower of a star
destroyer. The only issue, was the energy to power said vessel. Thanks to the Trade Federation, it
could be done. They’d been powering overly sized vessels for centuries longer than the Empire.
All they needed was time, and a facility. Due to the Empire shrinking back up, they Realignment
utilized Geonosis and Hypori, two worlds at the outer edge of the galaxy. However the struggles
in this warring galaxy didn’t end there. With four factions already involved
a fifth one was born in the Outer Rim. The Galaxy was more divided than ever
before and Darth Maul wanted to seize the opportunity with a lack of Jedi and Sith.
There was no one that could fight him, and he could use Crimson Dawn’s resources
to push for Imperial Territory on the outer edge of their control. It wouldn’t be
much but he knew with a fragile system crumbling he could capture some much needed
resources for himself and his new empire. General Grievous’ Realignment was struggling
but it was the middle of the pack, the Corporate Empire had all the power in this war, but the
Imperial Moff Confederation had the territory. The Realignment had territory too, but not enough
to fight the war, while both the Rebel Alliance and Crimson Dawn were nothin but individuals
trying to garner some sort of control in this war. Grievous had more struggles, his war
effort was fledging, and it wasn’t due to poor strategy. He was struggling because
both Imperial factions were so well supplies, and he had to win with strategy alone. It
also didn’t help that some of his supporters began rallying together with the Alliance or
Crimson Dawn. It wasn’t a lot, but his lack of visible production made his cause look less
viable. The thing with Grievous’ Realignment, is that it wouldn’t be very noticeable on the
surface level. His entire plan was built around what happened when the Empire collapsed. The
Separatist Realignment could win over the hearts of the Imperial Citizens, especially because
this little Empire experiment failed. All of Grievous’ behind the scenes work was inspired by
what Sidious did to him, the only difference is, Grievous didn’t control either faction,
he just had to hope what he did worked. New commando droids were created and used for
these tasks. Each of these units became more and more effective, at the same time they were
unrecognizable from the other variants. Their work continued to put both Imperial
factions into disarray. Some of their efforts would even thwart troop movements. But
the Empire at one point was able to retaliate, they were able to develop software that could
destroy the commandos once they plugged in, however there were bugs to it. The system
would reject anything, whether it be Commandos, astromechs, or even the troopers who manned them.
It was really buggy. On top of that The Corporate Empire was facing some of its most challenging
issues. Due to their support of the clones, they were slowly but surely running out of a
fighting force. The faction promised the clones a plentiful life on the other side of this conflict,
and the clones knew they were fighting for more than just the Empire, but their lives, however
their numbers were decreasing. The Confederation could very easily replace their stormtroopers,
the clones on the other hand no longer had Kamino. Grievous thought he could take advantage of
the war torn galaxy but it wouldn’t work. The foundries were only now catching up to the quota
he wanted fulfilled. The shipyards were also doing a solid job, but they just couldn’t match what
the Imperial shipyards produced, even with them split the way they were. So Grievous despite his
nature targeted Mon Calamari, brokering a deal with them and the Trade Federation to help
produce the new Separatist ships. They were basically an enlarged version of the Providence,
just with more firepower and shields than a star destroyer. It would be a force of nature,
and due to how Super Tactical droids worked, they would be integral in the construction
process. Since the Tactical droids knew how the weapons worked, they would be able
to master the controls on them optimally. Because the Civil War was going on longer than
initially anticipated both Imperial Factions dug into their respective territory. The divide was
then filled by the Alliance and Crimson Dawn, but the Realignment made sure they captured
all the foundry worlds. This added to their production and with the assistance of the Mon
Cala workers and engineers the Separatist fleet was able to grow. The war itself would continue
for years, and it would take over the galaxy. People were getting sick of the Empire, and with
a very low percentage of Separatist victories, there was little hope that a non
Imperial faction would take over. Though to the nature of war, factions must
upgrade their weaponry to stay competitive and the Corporate Empire did just that. Their funds
bought them more than what the Moffs could amass, and in a critical strike towards the
center of the Confederation’s lines, the Separatist Realignment struck back. They moved
directly for Coruscant and defeated a very weak defense fleet. The Corporate Empire was content
leaving a small defense fleet behind, because after the years of conflict, the clones
were proven to be superior fighters. The Moffs were on their heals, and when all
seemed right, Grievous swooped in like a champion. Ripping apart a defense fleet and
taking ahold of Coruscant in one fell swoop. Grievous was under a strict contract with the
Separatist Realignment. He could conquer as much as he wanted but he needed to avoid being
a monster like he was in the clone wars. This conflict required him to be more approachable.
Instead of being the warmonger Palpatine and the Jedi made him out to be, Grievous needed to
show off that he was the opposite. Initially, especially early on during the conflict, he wanted
to do the opposite, but he realized he could be championed like he was on Kalee. As a warrior
it was never about the charity of celebration, it was about being forged in the fire of
combat. With a chance to go to war against a multitude of factions he could live the
life he wanted, while also restoring a sense of balance to the center of the galaxy,
something he really didn’t care about. With Coruscant secured, Grievous went to the now
barren senate building and played a holorecording from the Separatist Alignment. It was a message
suggesting that who they were, what they strived for, was never what the republic painted them
as. The message was hopeful and inspiring, and so Grievous left the senate building and
joined his fleet over the city. It wouldn’t be long until he was driven from the city
world when the Corporate Empire returned in full force. Grievous was able to defeat a good
portion of the fleet, but his retreat, while it may have looked weak, was strategically sound
and would assist the Realignment in the future. When Grievous and his fleet returned to their
home world, they were approached by leaders of the Rebel Alliance. They wanted to realign.
It was known by many within the alliance that Grievous slaughtered Saw Gerrera, which is what
created a divide between them in the first place, but with the speech left behind by Grievous on
Coruscant, the Alliance believed it would be beneficial to align with a power that could
assist them in the run for control over the galaxy. Ironically, if it weren’t for the
early relationship between Saw and Grievous, the Alliance wouldn’t have been
able to get off the ground so early. While the hope seemed lost for a non Imperial
Regime, territory under the control of both the Corporate Empire and the now broken Imperial
Moff Confederation, turned on their forms of Government. The experiment had failed, the Empire
was a complete bust. The Separatist Government was efficient during the war, perhaps they would be
useful now. Grievous was gifted more resources and his war against the Empire became a focused one
against the Corporate Regime. The Confederation was dying off, and they were continuing to be
beaten back. Grievous strategically split his forces to capture important production worlds
under the control of the Confederation. It was difficult, but the B1s and other battle droid
variants were able to bring peace to the worlds, as well as inspire efforts to
continue growing the war effort. The Alliance was a very important part
to this process. Despite how Grievous felt about the rebels, he knew he wouldn’t be
able to continue his conquest without them. General Grievous continued forward,
waging war against the Corporate Empire, but his assaults continued to fail. Belief
in his leadership was continuously shrinking, but the noise didn’t get to his head. His
determination wasn’t phased by the outsiders, he would achieve victory. At a costly point in
the war between the factions, Grievous struck at the Core. The Confederation backed out and was
about to surrender, all it took was a Separatist victory and they would submit themselves over to
the Realignment. Everyone expected the Realignment to target the Confederation, but instead, General
Grievous sent a shadow fleet to the remaining fleet for the Confederation, one led by a couple
rebels meant to take force the Moffs to surrender, which they would. But being that the Corporate
Empire didn’t expect an attack, they were blindsided by a daring move made by Grievous. The
strategy was risky, but Grievous understood that if he wanted to win this war he would have to pull
out all the stops, it just wasn’t the right time. The battle over Coruscant, would be the third one
in 4 years, and it would last for several hours. Both sides locked in gridlock, reinforcements sent
for both sides, but being cutoff. Grievous having used an interdictor on a nearby system on the
hyperspace lane to rip Corporate allies out of hyperspace. It was a vile game, and the Empire
paid the price for it. The movement continued with an Alliance task force that wiped out a
number of clones on the ground. The battle in space was accompanied by a General Grievous
broadside, and boarding, which included the mass murder of clones and officers inside
the capital ship of the Corporate Empire. Grievous enjoyed his conquest, and what followed
would be nothing but a bore for him. He was heralded in as the leader of the resurgence of
democracy. There was finally a warrior who could give the people a true victory. Obviously not
everyone was welcoming of this, but on Coruscant, people were especially tired of extreme
space battles. As was true with many people, they have short memories, and they can easily
forget the past due to discomfort in the present. Grievous would be paraded as the liberator of
the Galaxy, but his own work wasn’t done yet. Grievous would depart for the mid and
outer rims to continue the conquest he was promised. While being a leader interested him, he didn’t want to be a political leader.
He could have his thrill for the hunt, and his conquest would lead him to former worlds
of the Confederation and current worlds of Crimson Dawn. The new central government, which
would be called the Galactic Commonwealth, would begin its construction. It would take time
to build it, but the people were determined to find their peace. 7 consecutive years of war
was enough to force the galaxy to work together. Grievous would spend the next few years
hunting down Crimson Dawn and Imperial Remnants. Destroying them, and making them
suffer all in the same process. He would enjoy his life as a conquerer, and when it
was all done he was a decorated General. The Commonwealth would see him as a hero. The irony
of people with short memories was their ability to selectively forget that for the first three
years of conflict he was the villain. The birth of the Galactic Commonwealth would be pioneered
by an alliance driven force, but due to Grievous’ expansion into the Outer Rim, the Galactic
Commonwealth actually lived up to its name. Grievous had the choice to live a rather peaceful
life, but he decided to continue being his own leader. Instead of just battle droids he
was gifted the command over elite units, and an actual put together fleet, which was a
conglomerate of the best each faction had to offer. With the Jedi all but extinct he wouldn’t
ever have to see them. For Jedi that did survive, like Kenobi, he would have to accept that his
greatest rival during the war was now a hero. The Skywalker twins would receive their Jedi
training, but the resurgence of a Jedi Order would go under the radar, especially as
neither twin would take up an interest in becoming full time Jedi, despite their
training. Those who survived the purge and the war would attempt the rebuilding of their
order but it would never come to fruition, despite Grievous never having any interest in the
Jedi, simply due to him assuming they were dead. While the war cost more lives and more
destruction, Grievous’ bond with Saw Gerrera would be the stepping stone to building a
society free from the political influence of force wielding religions, and devious corruption.
The commonwealth had a chance to start fresh, it would be determined by them if they could
sustain the peace they worked so hard to acquire. And that my friends is our story …. Again special thanks to GalavantGaming,
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