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(I will wrap up Raed's epilogue in this post.)

On the bridge, Raed ordered. "Contact Aliit'alor Cassus' ship. I wish to speak with him."

The comms officer nodded. "Yes, sir."

In a few moments, the blue hologram of Cassus Fett in his Neo Crusader armor appeared. "Aliit'alor, good to see you back. While you were away, your Kando'alor commanded Mandalore's Fist admirably. Mand'alor has even seen fit to promote Te Nann to an Akaan'alor for our glorious victory against the Republic on Zeltros. Another Inner Rim system falls to the might of the Mandalorian Dominion." He said proudly.

Raed nodded. "Indeed, a glorious triumph, but that is not what I wanted to speak to you about. Cassus, I want to talk privately, face-to-face, here on my ship. We have much to disguss regarding Cathar." His tone was grim.

"Cathar. Why do you wish to talk about an nearly empty planet?" Cassus asked.

"It is important." Raed affirmed.

"Very well. I will go aboard the Indomitable in an hour." Fett said. He shut off the transmission.

The two Generals didn't speak much, only when they were discussing strategy during one of Mand'alor's meetings on his flagship. So this was a bit out of character for Raed to ask, however he needed to know the truth. It had bugged him all the way from Phindar and it would continue to do so until he heard it from Cassus himself.

He awaited on the Dreadnaught for Cassus to arrive, as he had stated an hour later his ship docked in one of the starboard hangars. The two Aliit'alor met in Raed's private chambers.

"What is this about?" asked Cassus, still in full armor.

Raed had removed his helmet and was sitting down when Cassus entered. "Tell me what happened in Cathar."

"What do you mean? You know what happened there. We won a great victory, captured the planet from the Republic. I lead the assault personally." The yellow armored Mandalorian stated.

"Was it a great victory, or was it a massacre?" Raed asked. He looked up at Cassus. He was disappointed that the Aliit'alor had his helmet on, because he wanted to see his face.

"A massacre...well it is true, we did kill alot of those cats. We cleansed the planet of any rebellious peoples and were able to occupy it without any cassualties." Fett admitted.

"Except one. Xa died on Cathar." Hull retorted. "One death, quite the oddity."

"She was killed by rebels. It was the catalist for us to purge the threat on the planet." Fett stated.

"As it? I didn't much question it before but after I spoke with that Jedi Master....she told me that Xa was killed by a Mandalorian blaster. Shot while she was trying to protect a Cathar child." Hull said, his voice concerned and saddned.

Cassus sneered. "You believe a Jedi? Foolish."

"I believed her because your story doesn't make sense. How can Xa be the only casualty if it was a rebel attack? And why did you leave her body behind for the Jedi to take her helmet afterwards?!" Raed demanded.

"What do you want me to say? That I purged the planet because those weak Cathar were of no use to the Dominion. That Xa Sorrul went against my orders and that is why she was killed, as a traitor to Mand'alor." Cassus snapped back, angry.

"Yes." Raed said.

"Well I didn't want to tarnish her name for her few moments of treason. Xa was in line to be the next matriarch of Clan Sorrul, her clan didn't want her to be remembered as a traitor so we changed that part of the story." Cassus Fett admitted. "Now you know, happy?"

"No. Clan Sorrul took me in after my clan was killed by the Republic following the Great Sith War. Xa was a close friend. She...she did the right thing for trying to stop you from killing the Cathar. They weren't rebels. They were unarmed men, women and children. You shouldn't have..."

"Give me a break. This kind of soft thinking will get you demoted Raed, or worse. You don't want to have your name erased like the Questioner. The Aliit'alor that went against Mand'alor's orders and after his desertion had his entire clan banished and his name erased from all records." Fett told him.

"If following Mand'alor's orders means slaughtering innocent people...then I don't think I want to follow them." Raed said.

"You...you will regret that decision, Raed. I'd shut my mouth if I were you." Cassus advised.

However, Raed didn't want to talk anymore. He grabbed his helmet and walked out. Committing such dishonorable acts were against his personal code. Even if it meant deserting...he didn't want to be a part of this and could not stand by while other Crusaders did such things.

Cassus didn't try to stop him, as the two were not close.

Raed Hull got on a shuttle and left the Indomitable, deserting.

(Since Bee is missing I think we should put the RP on hold for a bit. Once HG is over Zoor will likely join this RP and we can have the 3rd Story Arc take place. Zoor only didn't join this because he was already in two other RPs.)