#commander malarus

“It’s about saving your galaxy. The one within your reach. You choose right over wrong. When it’s dark, you try to bring some light. You end your journey knowing you made things brighter.” -- Poe Dameron

Cover art for Star Wars: Poe Dameron #031, “The Awakening - Part VI”

Multi-chapter fic. Incomplete 3/5. Chapter Word Count: 5,289. Story word count: 14,406

Characters: Commander Malarus (Star Wars), Casper Guffin (OC), Rey (Star Wars), Amid Ozan (OC), Unkar Plutt, Protectorate Gleb, Gideon Hask, minor OCs

Ao3 Tags:  Rey’s parentage, Jakku, post battle of jakku time period, not as angsty as my other stuff, being on jakku is really tough, Time Skips, Theory based fic, Palpatine contingency plan, a lot of OCs, New Republic era, early First Order, post Cinder Vardos, Angst, Dramatic Irony, Imperial POV

Palpatine had created a Contingency plan in case of his death. The most loyal parts of his empire would leave the galaxy in shambles and retreat to the Unknown Regions to return when it was time. But Palpatine’s Empire was a Sith Empire and he needed to ensure a Sith would rule the new empire created from the old one’s ashes. So he created an heir, using the force and cloning, and sealed her away in his Observatory. But when the mantle to lead the First Order fell to Sloane, that part of the plan was lost with Gallius Rax. And so the heir became a child name Rey, one with a very different destiny.

Chapter Summary: Malarus and Casper are off Jakku, although one leaves with regrets, but now what?

The ship, a small shuttle, floated in the space above Jakku. It was a small, very fat, triangular ship. The main area, a hold, combined with a cockpit was about the size of a U-wing. Other than that, it had two small rooms branching off it. One barely fit a single bunk and the other had a refresher Malarus wasn't sure worked.

Casper had slumped down in the co-pilot seat, still thinking of that stupid girl. While Malarus was at the controls, her eyes drinking in the stars. She hadn't seen their true glory in so long. The black expanse of space, with no atmosphere to block out their light. She supposed stars were one of the few things she was sentimental about, since she didn't see them growing up.

But now was not the time to be sentimental. They were finally free. And the fool beside her didn't realize that she had saved him. But she didn't know where to go. It had been so long. She didn't know what planets could give some spacers work. If they were part of the Republic or anything. All she knew was that the Republic still stood, and even that information could have been inaccurate.

Malarus checked the navicomputer. It had been last updated 20 years before. That wouldn't help them at all. And she had no idea which planets would welcome them.

"Could we reach Vardos?" Malarus was surprised to hear Casper speak.

From Star Wars: Poe Dameron #023, “Legend Found, Part IV”

Art by Ángel Unzueta and Arif Prianto

From Star Wars: Poe Dameron #022

Art by Ángel Unzueta and Arif Prianto

“I’m not Poe Dameron. His time will come. My name is Commander Malarus. I’m with the First Order. All of you are about to die.” -- Commander Malarus

Cover art for Star Wars: Poe Dameron #023, “Legend Found, Part IV”

Multi-chapter fic. Incomplete. 1/4. Word Count: 3,910

Characters: Commander Malarus (Star Wars), Casper Guffin (OC), Rey (Star Wars), Amid Ozan (OC), Unkar Plutt, Protectorate Gleb, Gideon Hask, (most of these are showing up in planned chapters, not the chapter that is out now)

Ao3 Tags: Rey's parentage, Jakku, post battle of jakku time period, not as angsty as my other stuff, mild TLJ spoilers, being on jakku is really tough, Time Skips, Theory based fic, Palpatine contingency plan, a lot of OCs, New Republic era

Palpatine had created a Contingency plan in case of his death. The most loyal parts of his empire would leave the galaxy in shambles and retreat to the Unknown Regions to return when it was time. But Palpatine's Empire was a Sith Empire and he needed to ensure a Sith would rule the new empire created from the old one's ashes. So he created an heir, using the force and cloning, and sealed her away in his Observatory. But when the mantle to lead the First Order fell to Sloane, that part of the plan was lost with Gallius Rax. And so the heir became a child name Rey, one with a very different destiny.

Shortly after the battle of Jakku- Jakku, the starship graveyard

Carva Malarus blinked. Her head pounded and it felt full of medical gauze. Where was she? It all came rushing back to her. She had been assigned to the Eviscerator  (her, a navy ensign working for an ISB Admiral, what a sorry state the Empire was in). Counselor Rax said that he had gotten enough factions to agree to make a last stand on Jakku. Then the Eviscerator had been heavily damaged in the sub-orbital atmosphere, forcing an evacuation. She had managed to get into an escape pod with a stormtrooper.

From Star Wars: Poe Dameron #019

Art by Ángel Unzueta and Arif Prianto