6 - Albert McCallister (1)
Witteric of the West
ES ZEUS
Miami, Florida
{Albert McCallister, former Vice-President of the United States, retired from politics shortly after the 2020 Election. Being the Vice-President for John Matthews in 2018, he was present during the announcement of the Stargate Program. He was also in office when the situation in the Andromeda Galaxy was leaked to the public. Currently, he resides in Miami and spends most of his time on the beaches. We meet in a beachside restaurant that he is a regular customer of."
"The original report to the White House stated that we were at a point in time when we could still prevent the events of the saga. So the main priority of Homeworld Command was to figure out if the events were playing out closer to the newer continuity, or to the legends one. We also decided to allow Disney to keep working on their sequel trilogy[1] for the time being, given that there was no way that the following movie could endanger our operation in Andromeda.
Once we figured that we were working on the base of the legends continuity, our main priorities shifted. We needed to avert the matter with the Yuuzhan Vong, and we decided to secure the services of some specific individuals, or to ensure that they would not be a threat."
"You mean," I ask him, "Jango Fett."
The former VP nods slightly before continuing. "Yes, Mr. Fett was at the top of the list of individuals of interest, alongside one Dooku, Palpatine, Hego Damask, several senators, various members of the Jedi Order, and it was a great relief to us that the Skywalkers were already secured in Buyan. However, since we had no way to act against either Palpatine or Damask at that point, we focused on ensuring that our position in Tatooine would be secure, as well as keeping any possible threat coming from Andromeda contained there."
"Which is why President Matthews decided to go public."
"Exactly, this allowed us to allocate more resources to Planetary Security, even if it resulted in a short-term loss of apparent control over the situation. The fact that the five permanent members of the Security Council were already collaborating with us certainly made it easier. Of course there were inconvenients, such as the attempts of Kim Jong-Un to blackmail the world into giving him a Daedalus-class Battleship, or the Treaty of Seoul[2]. But by late '19 things were working fine, and President Matthews was confident of getting a re-election."
I look at him for a moment and ask him. "And then the leaked reports came out."
Again he nods. "The timing could not have been worse, For all that we had already managed to alter the way events would unfold in Andromeda, the Invasion of Naboo by the Trade Federation was beginning to get on track. This time however, we were aware that they were also planning on blockading Tatooine, and with it, our base. The Odyssey and the Apollo[3] were dispatched, and the Sun-Tzu[4], Piotr Velikiy[5], and Clemenceau[6] remained in Homeworld defense duty. We dispatched further reinforcements to Andromeda and prepared for a fight. When the Trade Federation attempted to prevent our ships from jumping into the system, they just jumped past them. We had just received the reports that we had defeated their blockade force with no casualties, President Matthews gave the order to prepare to aid Naboo, and then someone in CNN came out with the report.
God, the press was ballistic, although they claimed that the leak was an attempt to fool everyone. It took them a week or so before actually spinning it as what was actually going on. By then, we had offered Queen Amidala our aid in breaking the blockade. We also learned that the same two Jedi were sent to figure out the situation, and that the Corellians were sending someone as well. Apparently their newly elected Diktat wanted to take a more active role in Andromeda politics.
Now, one would think that, knowing what was going on, we would be greeted with support, I mean, we were offering aid to who were basically the good guys in a film! But no, some Democrats in congress, as well as some of the more radical Republicans[7] claimed that such an action was an unwarranted military intervention! Unwarranted my ass, the Trade Federation started with an act of war, we were responding to their actions. Of course, thankfully cooler heads prevailed, but that was quite chaotic.
"By the time things had calmed down, Palpatine was elected Chancellor, the Republic had been made to look like a bunch of incompetent buffoons, and we had successfully killed Darth Maul on orbit around Tatooine[8], as well as aided Naboo by smashing through the blockade ships while the Jedi secured the Viceroy of the Trade Federation. So at least it was resolved... favorably. However, that was not enough to get John to run again in 2020, and when someone brought up the idea to me, I declined. I definitely don't envy the man in the Oval Office, and I'd rather let some other poor sucker take the job."
[1] This actually hurt to write.
[2] Signed in February of 2019, the PRC allowed Japan, South Korea, and the ROC to have spaceships, so long as the tonnage of their combined space forces remained under half of that of the PLA's spaceships.
[3] Freed from duty in Pegasus after the peace of Sateda, signed in October of 2017 between the main collective of Wraith Hives, and a coalition of local humans and Tau'ri.
[4] Recovered from the Intergalactic Void
[5] Replacement for the Korolev, entered service in 2015
[6] Daedalus-class warship, France kept its spaceships under the Marine National, entered service in 2017
[7] Matthews surprisingly managed to win as an independent, part of the butterfly effect on the Stargate side.
[8] Scimitar vs Jumpers... did you really expect a different outcome? Ancient tech is OP
{Albert McCallister, former Vice-President of the United States, retired from politics shortly after the 2020 Election. Being the Vice-President for John Matthews in 2018, he was present during the announcement of the Stargate Program. He was also in office when the situation in the Andromeda Galaxy was leaked to the public. Currently, he resides in Miami and spends most of his time on the beaches. We meet in a beachside restaurant that he is a regular customer of."
"The original report to the White House stated that we were at a point in time when we could still prevent the events of the saga. So the main priority of Homeworld Command was to figure out if the events were playing out closer to the newer continuity, or to the legends one. We also decided to allow Disney to keep working on their sequel trilogy[1] for the time being, given that there was no way that the following movie could endanger our operation in Andromeda.
Once we figured that we were working on the base of the legends continuity, our main priorities shifted. We needed to avert the matter with the Yuuzhan Vong, and we decided to secure the services of some specific individuals, or to ensure that they would not be a threat."
"You mean," I ask him, "Jango Fett."
The former VP nods slightly before continuing. "Yes, Mr. Fett was at the top of the list of individuals of interest, alongside one Dooku, Palpatine, Hego Damask, several senators, various members of the Jedi Order, and it was a great relief to us that the Skywalkers were already secured in Buyan. However, since we had no way to act against either Palpatine or Damask at that point, we focused on ensuring that our position in Tatooine would be secure, as well as keeping any possible threat coming from Andromeda contained there."
"Which is why President Matthews decided to go public."
"Exactly, this allowed us to allocate more resources to Planetary Security, even if it resulted in a short-term loss of apparent control over the situation. The fact that the five permanent members of the Security Council were already collaborating with us certainly made it easier. Of course there were inconvenients, such as the attempts of Kim Jong-Un to blackmail the world into giving him a Daedalus-class Battleship, or the Treaty of Seoul[2]. But by late '19 things were working fine, and President Matthews was confident of getting a re-election."
I look at him for a moment and ask him. "And then the leaked reports came out."
Again he nods. "The timing could not have been worse, For all that we had already managed to alter the way events would unfold in Andromeda, the Invasion of Naboo by the Trade Federation was beginning to get on track. This time however, we were aware that they were also planning on blockading Tatooine, and with it, our base. The Odyssey and the Apollo[3] were dispatched, and the Sun-Tzu[4], Piotr Velikiy[5], and Clemenceau[6] remained in Homeworld defense duty. We dispatched further reinforcements to Andromeda and prepared for a fight. When the Trade Federation attempted to prevent our ships from jumping into the system, they just jumped past them. We had just received the reports that we had defeated their blockade force with no casualties, President Matthews gave the order to prepare to aid Naboo, and then someone in CNN came out with the report.
God, the press was ballistic, although they claimed that the leak was an attempt to fool everyone. It took them a week or so before actually spinning it as what was actually going on. By then, we had offered Queen Amidala our aid in breaking the blockade. We also learned that the same two Jedi were sent to figure out the situation, and that the Corellians were sending someone as well. Apparently their newly elected Diktat wanted to take a more active role in Andromeda politics.
Now, one would think that, knowing what was going on, we would be greeted with support, I mean, we were offering aid to who were basically the good guys in a film! But no, some Democrats in congress, as well as some of the more radical Republicans[7] claimed that such an action was an unwarranted military intervention! Unwarranted my ass, the Trade Federation started with an act of war, we were responding to their actions. Of course, thankfully cooler heads prevailed, but that was quite chaotic.
"By the time things had calmed down, Palpatine was elected Chancellor, the Republic had been made to look like a bunch of incompetent buffoons, and we had successfully killed Darth Maul on orbit around Tatooine[8], as well as aided Naboo by smashing through the blockade ships while the Jedi secured the Viceroy of the Trade Federation. So at least it was resolved... favorably. However, that was not enough to get John to run again in 2020, and when someone brought up the idea to me, I declined. I definitely don't envy the man in the Oval Office, and I'd rather let some other poor sucker take the job."
[1] This actually hurt to write.
[2] Signed in February of 2019, the PRC allowed Japan, South Korea, and the ROC to have spaceships, so long as the tonnage of their combined space forces remained under half of that of the PLA's spaceships.
[3] Freed from duty in Pegasus after the peace of Sateda, signed in October of 2017 between the main collective of Wraith Hives, and a coalition of local humans and Tau'ri.
[4] Recovered from the Intergalactic Void
[5] Replacement for the Korolev, entered service in 2015
[6] Daedalus-class warship, France kept its spaceships under the Marine National, entered service in 2017
[7] Matthews surprisingly managed to win as an independent, part of the butterfly effect on the Stargate side.
[8] Scimitar vs Jumpers... did you really expect a different outcome? Ancient tech is OP