Star Wars: Heart of Deception/ Chapter 1: Hidden Secrets

A Republic Acclamator assault ship took its leave from the planet of Corellia on its way to Coruscant. Aboard this huge vessel, was Sunstrike Battalion, a squadron of clone troopers along with Jedi masters Patrick Rahr and Agen Kolar. Also on board was Senator Padme Amidala. All were escorting a C.I.S. admiral named Two-Gun to be put in Republic custody for all of his war crimes. Null-class ARC trooper Brigadier Alpha stared off into deep space, contemplating things. Things that only he knew, no one else. Alpha was basically the clone of all clones - having trained the skilled Captain Rex, Commander Cody, and several others. He also trained Captain Fordo, who was also an expert of a clone. Over the course of the galactic war, those two grew a unique bond.

Fordo approached Alpha, who continued his staring session to space. "All good, Alpha?" Fordo asked, putting his hand onto Alpha's shoulder.

"Oh! Fordo," Alpha snapped out of his trance. "Affirmative, all is good." Fordo nodded and wandered off to his post on the bridge. Commander Neyo, who was manning the helm, noticed a transmission beacon that was going off on Alpha's comlink.

"Who's that, Brigadier?" Neyo asked, looking back towards him.

"Oh, no one, Neyo. Excuse me," Alpha replied and then walked away. Fordo took notice of this as Alpha stepped into the elevator, exiting the bridge.

While waiting for the elevator to get to his destination, Alpha contemplated to himself about conflicts and clones. How the two coexist with each other. ''How can this happen? Why does it happen? I cannot answer these questions right now, but I think that I'm about to find an answer very soon... one way or the other. ''Once the elevator door opened, there standing was Patrick Rahr. This caught Alpha off guard since he just entered the lower end of the ship, where all of the boilers and engine rooms were located.

"Hi, Alpha!" Patrick yelled, waving his fin in front of his helmet.

"What is it, Rahr? I'm busy," Alpha replied in his firm voice.

"Nothing,"

"Then quit bothering me," Alpha stormed off into the reactor room.

Patrick sensed through the force that something was up with Alpha. Ignoring it, Rahr just went to the commissary. Looking back to see if anyone else was there, Alpha pressed a button on his communications device on his wrist and spoke into it. "Okay, I'm here. What do you want me to do?"