Chapter 18

(Since y'all were asking for it so much and did well the last chapter, enjoy this bonus chapter!)

Dropping out of hyperspace above Tatooine in Kahl air space, Moka and everyone were able to see a notable difference between Kahl space and the rest of Tatooine. The biggest difference was, in the few months that Moka has been on Naboo, his territory was the only area in all of Tatooine that had so much vegetation, you could see it from space.

Moka had been experimenting with terraforming technology, and since Tattooine still had an atmosphere and miraculously still a magnetic field, Moka found it to be the perfect test planet. Seeing promising results, Moka knew the same could work for the devastated homeworld, Mandalore, which could go a long way to helping his claim as Mand'alor.

Landing in the Casino base's hangar, Moka was able to see all of the ships he stole from the Trade Federation, already done with their retrofits. As they walked out of the Tempest, Moka called Shmi to him. Shmi not wanting to disappoint the man who freed her and her new lover, rushed to Moka's side, not yet used to the new, fancy clothes he gave her to wear. When Shmi got to him, Moka looked her over as this was the first time that he saw her since he bought her new clothes to wear. Shmi definitely cleaned up into a total milf. Moka reminded himself to have a nice private conversation with her later.

"Shmi, I'm done playing around with these guys. Get in contact with Jabba the Hutt and ask how much he wants for all of Tatooine. Express to him that I'm not one to take no for an answer, but I won't let him screw me by overcharging me either for this dust ball. And make sure to explain that we're buying ALL of Tatooine, which includes the air space, sector space and anything pertaining to it." Moka said to Shmi as she nervously got everything down on a holorecorder. Seeing how nervous she was, Moka let out a soft chuckle as he stopped to turn to her.

"Shmi, there is no reason for you to be nervous, as I won't ever let anything happen to you. After Tatooine is mine, I plan on making you Ambassador of Tatooine and you will hold an important position within our government. I cannot stay and run Tatooine forever, so since you know this planet better than I, you will run it for me and act as my Liaison." Moka said as he gently rested his hand on Shmi's shoulder, causing her to blush slightly.

When Shmi heard this, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. A few months ago, she was just a lowly slave, and now she may become an Ambassador of a whole planet, all thanks to one man. She swore to herself again that she'd do whatever she could to make Moka happy, no matter what he asked of her. After assigning a squad of droids to watch over Shmi, Moka continued on to the ships.

Abbela came running into the hangar, jumping in excitement from seeing the biggest ships in her life. Moka split everyone into teams to do checks on the ships, then assigned each ship to every member of Dragon Squad, each one becoming a Captain of their own ship, except it's new youngest member, Abbela, for now. Abbela was to stay on the Tempest with him as she was too young and inexperienced to run her own ship, and Moka felt as though she may be too distracting to Emiry, who was re-entering the battlefield after so long.

After Shmi made contact with Jabba, the negotiations got pretty heated, as Moka was adamant about his price range, and wasn't afraid to kill Jabba if he needed to. The only reason Moka didn't kill Jabba before was because Jabba still had control of the kill switches on the slaves, which would've put Emiry and Abbela in danger. He also didn't want to start another war while he was still in a heated war with the Trade Federation. Now that the Naboo Crisis was over, all Moka needed was a reason to end the whole Hutt bloodline.

The Federation is the only reason Moka didn't mind paying for the planet as the money the Trade Federation had to shell out as compensation to both Naboo and House Kahl was astronomical. Luckily, Moka's reputation grew considerably, along with his funds after the whole Naboo incident, so Jabba didn't give Moka too much trouble for the worthless planet, but his relationship with the Hutts were now over, as Jabba was livid being forced to sell Tattooine. Now with full ownership of the planet, Moka sent his droids out once again to make the announcement that all of Tatooine was his, and no one was allowed to operate there without his permission.

Moka got a slight pushback from this move, but after sending out his droids to do some "cleansing", the rest quickly fell in line. Moka completely overhauled the development of Tatooine and in the process, found out a horrible fact. Everyone knew that Tatooine was once a lush, beautiful planet, but didn't know that it was in fact the Hutts who were the cause of the planet to dry up.

The Hutts used chemicals to affect Tatooine's atmosphere and then made the moisture farms after they bought the destroyed planet, to make a profit and help control the populace. Moka was infuriated when he thought of the countless people who died without even getting a fighting chance thanks to those shitty slugs. There was no Honor in the way the Hutts stole this planet. This was just another reason Moka planned to rid the universe of the Hutts.

With all of Tatooine now his, Moka expanded his terraforming operation to span the whole planet and used the black market channels of the planet to purchase a weather machines, and used it to create the very first rainstorms in centuries on Tatooine. The people flooded to the streets, marveling at this miracle, swearing in their hearts to forever follow the miracle worker who gave them this amazing blessing, Prince Moka Kahl.

Moka also ordered a space station to be built above Tatooine and commissioned fleets to be made, including one to protect Tatooine. The whole renovation of Tatooine took just under four months, but when it was done, the planet was almost unrecognizable. Thanks to Moka converting the weather machine equipment into a full-blown atmosphere generator, Tatooine went from a desert wasteland to a lush, temperate planet with roaring oceans and different biomes. The large space station also was positioned in a way which helped block the oppressive sun.

With all business on Tatooine done, and a temporary government set up with his lover, Shmi, as it's leader, Moka was finally ready to leave. Though Moka was excited to continue his adventure, he would definitely miss having his secret "meetings" with Shmi. She wasn't the mother to the Chosen One for no reason, but he was worried that he might have had too much fun and may have gotten her pregnant, but Moka decided to cross that bridge when he came to it.

With Tatooine handled, and money already racking in, it was time for Moka to leave. The Tempest along with the 6 Lucrehulks and their full complements of protective starfighters, have been completely retrofitted. They wore a reflective black paint job with gold accents. The sigel to House Kahl was also displayed on every vessel. But there were two very important changes that Moka made.

The first big change was fixing the Lucrehulk's biggest flaw, the linking of it's two reactors. It wasn't until Moka inspected it that he remembered that was how Little Anakin blew up the ships in the movie. With that done, Moka picked one of the Droid ships and made it his new Command Ship, giving it extra modifications such adding sharp prongs on either side of the doughnut shaped ship.

Moka also fortified the bridge of the ship, so that it won't become such an easy target. Moka also upgraded the interior and made it much more lavish than it needed to be. Moka also made some of the massive storage space into a residential/training area. Moka planned on liberating and conquering a lot of planets, so he knew that he would need plenty of space. This was to be the start of his future "Liberation Fleet", that will strike fear in all of his enemies.

Making his way to the bridge of the ship took a while, but when he arrived, he found all of Dragon Squad there waiting for him using the holotable of their ships, only Abbela was actually there. "I haven't made the official announcement yet, but welcome Emiry and Abbela to Dragon Squad as our very own Force users who will be known as Templars of the Templar Order. Emiry shall become my master teaching me the force from this day until my training is complete, so try not to give her too much trouble." Moka said as they gave a small cheer to welcome the two new additions.

Emiry and Abbela were both already wearing their brand new beskar armor that Moka had made special for them, including a new helmet design to protect their leeku and tendrils. Knowing that war was coming soon, Moka had a foundry installed on the ship along with an Armorer from Mandalore to man it. That was one job Moka wouldn't give to a droid as the position is sacred to Mandalorion culture. Moka hadn't met them personally yet, but planned to when he had the time in the future.

"As I said briefly before, we are heading to Kazarak to launch our first strike against the Cooperative, and to add to our funds and personnel. As you can imagine, this will start a chain reaction which will lead to a messy underworld war, but it will also be our first steps to securing a real foothold for our own faction. R4-V3," Moka said as he turned to the new astromech he built.

It looked similar to the R2 series, except it had a much faster processor, ability to speak unlike the past models that just chirped, and had more of a rigid, conical head as opposed to the rounded domes of the past models. It was painted black and silver with hints of green. "Your new designation will be Rave. Rave, enter the coordinates to Kazarak and issue the order for the whole fleet to follow us. It's time for war." Moka said as he went to go to his quarters, followed by Abbela.