of a rogue

Flying up to the balcony and taking a peek inside, the room looks empty. You go in, blasters in hand, searching the place for Gar. You activate your helmet's heat sensor and follow his footsteps deeper into the skyscraper. Quietly sneaking through the corridors to find your man, whom you spot in an opening, kneeling and reloading his jetpack with a new rocket, while mumbling to himself. He hasn't noticed you, you sneak closer and prepare to surprise him.

Gar (angry and quietly): That monkey lizard girl! Why can't she just die already?! If I miss her again, I better not even return to my clan... If it's so hard to kill her, how will I handle Pre?! That miserable Bo-Katan always lingers around him anyway, like a puppy...! No wait... Rather like a, pussy! Haha, yeah, that was a good one Gar!

Lana (as you fire at him from above): You are one hell of a comedian!

Gar (rolling to dodge): Blast!

While running from your sweeping gunfire, he quickly attaches his jetpack to his back and jumps off onto a lower level, firing the freshly loaded rocket from his jetpack to blast a door open and runs through it.

Lana: Oh, that's one slippery son of a Hutt!

You jump down and follow him.

As you get into the deserted room, which is a small stockpile, you don't see him anywhere. That's because he lured you into an ambush. He had flown above you onto a small beam over the blasted door, having turned your back onto him, he starts flamethrowing at you, which you counter with your small energy shield built into your wrist.

Gar: And you wanted to have yourself called Mandalore?! You are a weakling!

Lana: I never said I wanted to be Mandalore! But even without being one, I'll kick your ass!

Gar: At least you have the spirit of a Mandalorian, if not the strength! I will take that mask for myself and rule us all!

Lana: You wish!

The shield can't hold the flames off for long, but nor needs it. Instead of trying to incinerate you, he jump kicks you by your shield against a wall, dropping both your blasters during the impact.

As you get up on your feet, he's a mere meter in front of you, attempting to stab you with his vibroknife. There's no time to pull out your lightsaber, so you try to handfight him and avoid his knife stabbing you. Following a few dodges, kicks, and punches, you manage to knock the knife out of his hand, forcing him to fight you on equal terms, barehandedly.

He might be physically stronger, but you have a trick up your sleeve he can't counter. You are a Jedi. After both of you have landed a few punches, you **** push him away from you, he tries to activate his flamethrower again, but before he manages to do so, you send a bolt of **** lightning at it, igniting his pressurized gas storage on his wrist, causing a detonation, which blows his left arm off immediately, Beskar armour or not. He drops to the floor, groaning and cursing vividly, you grab and ignite your lightsaber and point it at the man on the ground.

Lana: It's over! You are beaten!

Gar (trying to hide his pain): Arrrgh...! You think you have won...? You haven't won anything...!

Lana: What's your aim? Why all this trouble of going rogue just to kill me?!

Gar: I just wanted to ensure Pre wins that duel... So that a worthy Mandalore would lead us! When that plan failed, I came up with a new one, why not take the title for myself? But you see how that one ended...

Lana (shaking your head): Only one without honour cannot understand the wrongness of his immoral actions.

Gar (groaning): So, that's what I am? An honourless, immoral, eh? Not as if that mattered now... You are merely delaying the inevitable...!

Lana: What do you mean?

Gar (grabbing something from his pocket): You'll know soon enough! You won't kill me... I am the master of my own fate...!

He activates a thermal detonator and sets the timer to almost 0.

Lana (caught off guard): You are insane!

Gar (proudly and closing his eyes): See you in hell! For Mandalore!

You instinctively **** push him with the detonator in his hand away the moment you can react, gaining as much of a distance as possible in just a few seconds before it explodes. You contain much of the explosion through the ****, effectively keeping yourself unharmed by the detonator's blast. After the flames have gone out, you go and check on what's left of Gar. Mostly nothing, his armour molten, becoming unrecognizable, his body nothing but a pile of burning ash. You silently nod as a show of respect for a fellow Mandalorian, even if he tried to backstab you for power twice. Still, he was a Mandalorian, almost like family. But a silent nod is all he deserves at best, you turn around and return to the battlefield outside. From the balcony you came in, you scan the surroundings with your binoculars. You don't see Rantar, suggesting Ursa has kept her word and taken him away from the fighting. You also see the Mandalorians breaking through the defenders and heading towards the palace. Yet, a new element is added to the equation: Obi-Wan signals his clone troopers, who were hiding in the nearby buildings up until now, to descend upon the unsuspecting Mandalorians on the streets. Suddenly, hundreds of rifles open fire on them, catching them off guard and forcing them to flee behind cover if they don't want to drastically increase the number of holes in their bodies. Some gunships also enter the fray to rain hell onto those staying in the open and bring further reinforcements.

You fly over to the next building, where a clone captain is organizing his troopers.

Captain Vaughn (pointing their weapons at you): Oh, it's you! Lower your weapons, she's on our side! General Ordo, we didn't expect to see you here! I'm CT-0292, known as Captain Vaughn, General Kenobi is awaiting you at the royal palace!

Lana: Why didn't he call me?

Captain Vaughn: Our transmissions are being jammed by the enemy, and only very short-range communications are working.

Lana: I see. Best I be off. May the **** be with you troopers!

Captain Vaughn: Good luck general! We'll ruin their day, you can count on that!

You fly off towards the palace and leave the clones behind to occupy the invaders. They engage in a fierce melee, vibroblades, pistols, detonators, all are freely used by both sides to gain any momentum.

As you reach the palace, you find it surrounded by Pre and Bo-Katan's contingents. They are being held outside by the Royal Guard of Satine, but due to their small number, they won't be able to hold out forever. You enter the palace through yet an other balcony, which was left for you to find. You rush to the throne room to find Obi-Wan and discuss your next move.

Obi-Wan (frustrated): Lana? Were have you been?! I have sent at least a dozen men to find and contact you to return here as the duchess is in grave danger!

Lana: I had been... Compromised.

Obi-Wan: Compromised...?

Lana (sarcastically): I got caught up in the middle of the fighting, met my father and the man who interrupted my duel with Pre, long story... I have almost died a few times, the usual war staff.

Obi-Wan: Well, having so many things that kept you busy without being killed, at least you weren't dying of boredom!

Satine: Obi-Wan... That's no time to be joking about the deaths of so many!

Obi-Wan: Okay, so, Lana, we are going to have to be the last line of defense! The enemy's vanguard surrounds the palace, we will have to fight them soon! Are you ready?

Lana: I was born ready, master!

Satine (hugging Obi-Wan): Be careful, please! Don't you dare die on me now!

Obi-Wan: Don't worry Satine, I wasn't planning to!

A loud explosion coming from the entrance shakes the palace.

Obi-Wan: Lana, it is time!

Lana: Right.

He puts his helmet on and you two rush to the entrance.