Chapter 5- The Supreme Leader and his Knights

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Kylo Ren and his Knights were standing within the officer's hangar of the Supremacy, waiting to board Kylo's personal Upsilon-class command shuttle. Its vast wings stood out from the other ships, marking it as his command shuttle, appearing like a dark, grim bird of prey among smaller, more minor birds. This shuttle was designed to protect its valuable passengers by having advanced sensors and armour that other shuttles did not.

 This shuttle was designed to protect its valuable passengers by having advanced sensors and armour that other shuttles did not

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Like Kylo, his Knights were dressed in long black robes all with individual black and chrome style masks and weapons. Masks had been Kylo's armour, hiding his emotions and who he'd once been from the galaxy. His Knights; padawans who'd followed him from Luke's temple, had followed his lead in adopting and adapting their own masks. All were Force-sensitive, and when Kylo had brought them before Snoke, Snoke had been pleased, not appreciative. Only six out of the dozen who'd followed him had survived Snoke's requirements and subsequent training, if training is what you could call it. All went by their Knights of Ren name; the one they'd been born with dropped and forgotten as they'd forged themselves a place in the dark just as Kylo had. Each Knight had their preferred weapon. All the weapons had been customised as Snoke's Praetorian guards had been with electro plasma energy filaments for blades or vibro vogules to deflect sabers. Sabers could still fight against them effectively but couldn't merely slice through them as they could with almost everything else. Airez Ren was the Armoury, favouring a long metal staff but also carrying other weapons. His helmet was simple, with a single narrow slit for sight. Although his eyes could not be seen, the slit was so thin. Icesho Ren was the Monk; the vast cowl he wore went down to his knees, and he favoured his blackened Poleaxe. His mask, never visible, was a mould of his square, hard-featured face. Baxil Ren was humanoid, and his mask showed that by having a snout on the front. He favoured his massive double-ended club. Loccey Ren was the sniper, preferring a blaster and a bow. She was humanoid, but her mask hid that completely. It came down low over her neck, a checkered draughtboard faceplate, flat and except for the wide slit across the top for sight. The Rogue, Covex Ren, was humanoid, a Trandoshan, favouring a massive curved sword and a hood from which the mask was barely visible. Kylo knew, however, that the mask followed the lines of his reptilian face. Erdu Ren was best at hand-to-hand combat. He carried a wicked-looking mace and a blaster that had weighted tips so it could be used as both shield and weapon. The front of his mask jutted out into a point so that it could be used in hand-to-hand combat, rendering an opponent useless with one forward thrust of his head.

The Knights of Ren had been forced through Snoke's teachings to battle each other physically, meaning the remaining six, along with Kylo, were elite warriors. They, like Snoke's guards, had specialised in Melee combat, which was ruthless and persistent. None, however, were a match for their leader, Kylo, no one, which was why he'd been named the Master of the Knights of Ren above the others. The Knights were Force-sensitive but not Force users as Kylo was; they were an instrument of the dark side, and now they acted as his personal guard. Personal guard or not, Kylo knew these Knights were not necessarily loyal to him. They weren't faithful to the First Order either. Their only loyalty was to the dark side and whoever wielded it most. Unlike Snoke's Praetorian Guard, these Knights had a will of their own, and Kylo could not necessarily trust them.

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