Star Wars fic: "Queen's Gambit" (13: These Violent Delights)

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Queen's Gambit (128934 words) by bedlamsbard
Chapters: 14/?
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Padmé Amidala, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Dooku (Star Wars), Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Mace Windu, Yoda, Bail Organa
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Parallel Universes
Series: Part 2 of Ouroboros
Summary:

Civil war threatens the galaxy. Hundreds of star systems have declared their intentions to leave the Republic and form a Confederacy of Independent Systems.

In the hopes of securing a quick peace, the Jedi Council has dispatched two Jedi to capture or kill the leaders of the separatist movement, Queen Amidala of Naboo and her lover, the former Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Into this period of conflict have come four refugees from another universe, fleeing a devastating massacre triggered by the death of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, secretly the Sith lord Darth Sidious, at the hands of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker…

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“Oh, come on!” Ani Skywalker protested. “I have a salvage permit! What’s Her Royal Highness going to do with a couple more dead vultures, anyway? She’s got to have a few hundred for her collection by now.”

The military cops staring him down didn’t seem particularly impressed by this argument, even after Ani showed them his salvage permit. “All enemy materiel is the property of the Crown,” said Tall, Dark, and Gorgeous, as Ani had mentally labeled the RNSF cop standing on the left. “Including the remains of these vulture droids.”

“I shot them down,” Ani pointed out, which even he had to admit wasn’t exactly the best argument. “I should get to keep them. They’re not dangerous anymore! Look at the size of the blaster holes in their heads!”

“Mister –”

“Captain.”

“Captain Skywalker,” said Short, Blonde, and Cranky, the RNSF cop on the right. “You can either hand the remains of these vulture droids over to us right now, or we can take them from you and throw you in prison. The courts should be running again in about a week or two and you can take up your debate about ownership with them then.”

“All you’re going to do with them is turn them into scrap!”