I do apologise for the excessive wait...

Running log #006...

This was it. The last stand. The final culmination of several years' worth of Mandalorian victories, countered by Revan's involvement, thus causing a sudden fall in the amount of success we had, eventually driving us back here. Malachor V. We would have rather fought the Ani'la Akaan anywhere else, but the simple fact of the matter is that there was nowhere else to go. Revan's forces had us hemmed in. It was either take the fight to Malachor or surrender to the Republic. And Revan knew our reluctance. He knew it and used it to his advantage. But ancient taboos so old that most Mandalorians couldn't even remember their origins had no place in this war, so we tried to ignore our feelings on the location and simply put up the best damned fight we ever had.

We now know that it was a mistake to go to that place, not because of any tradition or anything, but because at the time we knew nothing of Mass Shadow Generator. With hindsight, it seems obvious now that if Revan didn't have a weapon of mass destruction ready to obliterate our entire fleet at his command, then he would've sent a far, far larger force in against us.

To this day I still think that Revan denied us a fair fight in that battle, using secret weapons and the dark power of the planet itself to give him and his Jedi soldiers the edge. Without the Fore Nexus that was the Trayus Core (yes, I know of the Sith artefacts held on the surface of the planet) he would never have been able to kill Mandalore the Ultimate, and without the MSG, he never would've been able to take down our fleet.

It was really the death of our leader that marked the turning point of the battle. It stripped us of absolute coordination, forcing myself to take tactical control and Canderous to lead the forces in combat. It felt like we were leading another early battle, except we didn't win. And I blame mainly Canderous for it going so rapidly downhill. He wasn't fit to lead in that battle. He was a good fighter, that can't be denied, but he was one of those who were still apprehensive toward fighting on Malachor. I honestly didn't care about the location, as long as all of us gave it our absolute best and made the Republic fear our might even in death. And there is no place in command for people who don't want to fight.

Still, we fought on as best we wanted to. Then the Mass Shadow Generator was powered up, when Revan realised we weren't going to give up before dying. It was a coward's tactic. To send your own troops to their deaths purely for the purpose of defeating the enemy. Regardless of what people say about sacrifice and all of that osik, there is no honourable way to kill off your own people and make it look like an act of courage.

The action did its job perfectly, it must be said. It killed most of us, and the rest surrendered. I didn't, however. I took my chances, running the Republic line when they least expected it and making the jump to hyperspace as soon as I could. I hit Nar Shaddaa, taking my personal strike team with me (I'll tell you about them later) and getting lost in the crowd.

I think that's enough. My actions after the war will follow when I get round to recording it.

END OF LOG #006

I do hope it's been worth the wait.