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Jocasta Nu: "Hello. I am Head Archivist in Training Jedi Master Jocasta Nu of the Jedi Archive's Artifact Retrieval Team. We are here to reclaim an artifact that was stolen from us a few years ago."

The other Jedi start handing out flimsiplast sheets to every Mandalorian present, including the other True Mandalorians that start arriving after noticing that something must be wrong with Jaster. One of the Mandalorians runs over to care for his wounds.

Jocasta Nu: "These Documents include a copy of Jedi Master Tarre Vizsla's last will, which clearly declares that their lightsaber - or as you call it, 'the darksaber' - is to be given to the Jedi Order upon their death, where it shall remain until the crystal calls to another Jedi. As that has not happened, your removal of it from our archives is unlawful."

Master Nu holds out her hand.

Jocasta Nu: "Please hand it over, so that we may return Master Vizsla's lightsaber where it belongs. If you do not comply we will have to use force."

Tor Vizsla scowls at the Jedi and signs to the, still very confused, members of Death Watch. They all drop their flimsiplast sheets and ready their weapons.

Tor Vizsla: "The Darksaber is mine. You can try to take it from me, but you won't succeed."

Tor Vizsla lights the darksaber and moves to attack, while Death Watch starts shooting.

Before he can even get close to her, Jocasta Nu takes the lightsaber rifle from her back and shoots him in the troat. Tor Vizsla drops dead. (So do some other Death Watch members that were cought by blasterbolts the Jedi reflected.)

Death Watch is stunned silent again.

Master Nu walks over to Tor Vizsla's dead body and picks up the darksaber. She brushes some dirt off of it, before returning to the other Jedi and dropping it into one of the pockets the Jedi presumably got all of their flimsiplast from.

The Jedi bow politely to the remaing group(s) of Mandalorians.

Jocasta Nu: "As we now have the artifact we came for, we will be taking our leave. If you have anymore questions or require assistance, feel free to contact the Jedi Archive's help-line. If you have any concerns or want to contest the retrieval, please contact the Jedi Temple's legal team and don't bother the archival staff. The contact information for both is included in the information booklet we handed out. May the force be with you."

The Jedi dissappear as suddenly as they appeared, leaving two groups of very confused Mandalorians behind.

The True Mandalorians, who had just been silently watching the exchange, take their chance and capture the remaining members of Death Watch.

Jaster Mereel survives and the True Mandalorians manage to defeat what is left of Death Watch in the Galaxy. Galidraan does not happen. Jaster annoys the Jedi Archive's staff, but he doesn't do anything that would allow them to ban him.

You're sick. You recognise the symptoms from your crew, you have radiation poisoning. The astrophages that were protecting you and powering the ship are gone. You couldn't find the leak in time to stop it. And now you're dying out here in space, alone.

The life support systems on the ship are shutting down. Everything is shutting down. Your planet will die– your entire star system will die. They'll never know how close you came to saving them.

You think about Grace. Is his ship dying too? Or is he on his way home, none the wiser to your fate?

Maybe you're fighting until the end, or maybe you've 'made peace' with it.

And then you hear knocking, on the outside of your ship. Furious, desperate banging on the window. Your friend, your lab partner, your first contact, has come back to save you.

"They come to my class every day. And they’re all going to end up in a Mad Max nightmare world if we don’t solve this problem. Yeah, I was wrong about the water. I don’t care about that. I care about those kids. So give me some gosh-darned Astrophage!"

project hail mary + book quotes 2/?

Thanks @rackiera for the idea

they: i dont understand

me: *explains in detail the difference between a fantasy setting w no misogyny n a fantasy setting where the creator just added women to the warrior class n put no further thought into it whatsoever*

they: *laugh* its a good fantasy setting, sir

For example: I can't read any ABO AUs set in England or France because while I can suspend my disbelief far enough for a gender trinary set up, I can't suspend it enough to believe those two countries would still be distinct entities in a alternate history where Richard the Lionheart could have impregnated Philip II.

If there was a viable dynastic future with Richard, Philip would have climbed him like an oak and dragged him to the altar if he had to. It's a match that makes perfect sense from both their points of view: Philip gets Aquitaine back under French rule, the best general in Europe on his council, and a powerful check on the Angevins... then unexpectedly (after Henry the Young bites it) the entire Kingdom of England for his Capetian dynasty. Richard meanwhile gets to stick it to his father, secure Aquitaine's prosperity, and gets the leverage to start pushing for his mother's release. Then when Henry kicks the bucket Richard doesn't actually have to be King of England in anything but name: Philip can run the countries and unify the Crowns and what not while Richard runs off to go Crusading.

Plus they also like, loved each other and stuff and being able to get to be together long term instead of being torn apart by politics would have been cool. But I'm mainly obsessed with the historical and dynastic implications.

In this AU, it’s unlikely that an Anglo-Frank union could last due to differences in succession laws between the two realms. What would happen if an Alpha died without an heir? Would Betas be treated similarly to Alphas for succession purposes? Could succession pass through Beta or even Omega lines? Succession laws were quite difficult to change, with modifications to royal succession often resulting in civil and/or international wars.