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notallofus) wrote2018-08-24 12:20 am
notallofus) wrote2018-08-24 12:20 am
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Star Trek AU – Mirror Universe
AU Background
In the 23rd century, the Terran Empire is the dominant power in the Alpha Quadrant. After acquiring Vulcan spaceflight technology the Terrans created Imperial Starfleet and conquered numerous worlds, subjugating and often enslaving their peoples. Among these worlds was Ryloth, from which Hera Syndulla was stolen in infancy and sold into slavery as a child. Those who were born to one Terran parent, such as Kanan Jarrus, could sometimes achieve some status in the Empire. Kanan was raised by his father, a Starfleet officer, and eventually entered Starfleet himself. His Betazoid heritage gave him telepathic senses, including the ability to perceive others' emotions, but also meant he was ostracized among Terrans, and would only be permitted to achieve limited rank within the Empire.
Still beyond the reach of the Terran Empire was the Chiss Ascendancy. The Chiss did not desire a war with the Terrans, but found their incursions worrying, and so covertly sent resources to anti-Terran rebels, including talented military personnel. Among these was Commander Thrawn, who worked directly with the rebels to assist them in planning and carrying out attacks against the Empire.
One of these attacks was a raid on an Imperial outpost. When the rebels reached the mansion of the outpost's Imperial Governor, they found the Governor and his family dead, guards and most staff and slaves having fled, and only two slaves remaining, one of whom was ten-year-old Hera Syndulla. Assuming the Governor and his family had been killed by a rival Terran faction, the rebels took in the slaves. With Hera's family since deceased, Thrawn raised her as his ward.
Thread summaries:
While she was still a child, Thrawn ensures Hera receives a thorough education, including engineering, piloting, mathematics, chemistry, combat, history, and tactics. Hera grows up to become an assassin for the rebels, assigned to high-ranking Imperial targets. Once she's an adult, Thrawn confronts Hera about the truth he had deduced but neither had acknowledged since she had been recovered from that Imperial outpost years ago – that she had actually been responsible for the deaths of the Terran family that had held her as a slave. She recounts that she had been in the household for five years before, over a period of thirteen days, she had planned and then carried out the murders of the Imperial Governor and his wife and son. She also shares what had triggered the act – that the Governor had forced her to watch while he tortured an Orion prisoner in an agony booth, and that she couldn't stand that she had been compelled to passively watch this brutality and serve the person causing it.
On a later assignment, Hera is detected by Kanan while she attempts to escape his ship after having assassinated his captain. She fights and overpowers Kanan, initially believing that he's Terran and letting him live as a witness to her act. Rather than try to flee what will certainly be a horrendous punishment at the hands of his Imperial superiors, Kanan still tries to pursue Hera to her escape point. Overhearing another Terran call him a Betazoid, Hera kills the Terran and stuns Kanan, deciding she can't kill a non-Terran without being ordered to do so, and that she won't allow the Terrans to kill yet another unlike them. She escapes with Kanan, and brings him back to Thrawn, who decides their best course of action is to attempt to turn Kanan to their side. Hera talks to Kanan, apparently convincing him that at the very least, he has no further place in the Terran Empire, but he could still have a place among the rebels. She promises both him and Thrawn that if this task doesn't work out, if she feels she needs to eliminate him, she will do it herself.
AU Background
In the 23rd century, the Terran Empire is the dominant power in the Alpha Quadrant. After acquiring Vulcan spaceflight technology the Terrans created Imperial Starfleet and conquered numerous worlds, subjugating and often enslaving their peoples. Among these worlds was Ryloth, from which Hera Syndulla was stolen in infancy and sold into slavery as a child. Those who were born to one Terran parent, such as Kanan Jarrus, could sometimes achieve some status in the Empire. Kanan was raised by his father, a Starfleet officer, and eventually entered Starfleet himself. His Betazoid heritage gave him telepathic senses, including the ability to perceive others' emotions, but also meant he was ostracized among Terrans, and would only be permitted to achieve limited rank within the Empire.
Still beyond the reach of the Terran Empire was the Chiss Ascendancy. The Chiss did not desire a war with the Terrans, but found their incursions worrying, and so covertly sent resources to anti-Terran rebels, including talented military personnel. Among these was Commander Thrawn, who worked directly with the rebels to assist them in planning and carrying out attacks against the Empire.
One of these attacks was a raid on an Imperial outpost. When the rebels reached the mansion of the outpost's Imperial Governor, they found the Governor and his family dead, guards and most staff and slaves having fled, and only two slaves remaining, one of whom was ten-year-old Hera Syndulla. Assuming the Governor and his family had been killed by a rival Terran faction, the rebels took in the slaves. With Hera's family since deceased, Thrawn raised her as his ward.
Thread summaries:
While she was still a child, Thrawn ensures Hera receives a thorough education, including engineering, piloting, mathematics, chemistry, combat, history, and tactics. Hera grows up to become an assassin for the rebels, assigned to high-ranking Imperial targets. Once she's an adult, Thrawn confronts Hera about the truth he had deduced but neither had acknowledged since she had been recovered from that Imperial outpost years ago – that she had actually been responsible for the deaths of the Terran family that had held her as a slave. She recounts that she had been in the household for five years before, over a period of thirteen days, she had planned and then carried out the murders of the Imperial Governor and his wife and son. She also shares what had triggered the act – that the Governor had forced her to watch while he tortured an Orion prisoner in an agony booth, and that she couldn't stand that she had been compelled to passively watch this brutality and serve the person causing it.
On a later assignment, Hera is detected by Kanan while she attempts to escape his ship after having assassinated his captain. She fights and overpowers Kanan, initially believing that he's Terran and letting him live as a witness to her act. Rather than try to flee what will certainly be a horrendous punishment at the hands of his Imperial superiors, Kanan still tries to pursue Hera to her escape point. Overhearing another Terran call him a Betazoid, Hera kills the Terran and stuns Kanan, deciding she can't kill a non-Terran without being ordered to do so, and that she won't allow the Terrans to kill yet another unlike them. She escapes with Kanan, and brings him back to Thrawn, who decides their best course of action is to attempt to turn Kanan to their side. Hera talks to Kanan, apparently convincing him that at the very least, he has no further place in the Terran Empire, but he could still have a place among the rebels. She promises both him and Thrawn that if this task doesn't work out, if she feels she needs to eliminate him, she will do it herself.