Meanwhile, back on Tuliara, Faith is now nursing little Rose, Kyle and Riaca while Phasma is keeping guard since Mantisa and Tylan are taking their nap now and she says "Hux just called me on my holopad, they are heading back now and Kylo knows that Rose, Kyle and Riaca were born and is very anxious to meet them and also spend some time with you Faith." And she replies "Thanks Phas." Moments later, two of Kylo's knights from the Knights of Ren, Thena Kenten and Tanda Fel who have also been assigned to guard Faith come into the room and Thena says first "Miss Faith, can we meet the new additions to the First Order before Ren gets here cause I highly doubt he will let many visitors in to see them until they are a bit older once he gets here." To which Faith says "Of course you can Thena and Tanda, come see." Then Thena and Tanda come over and Tanda says kindly and softly "Aww Miss Faith, they are so precious, just wait until they find out how important they are to our cause!" To which Faith replies "I know Tanda, speaking of, will you send a message to Trinna Klusto (Faith's stand in for the Senate who is also a Knight of Ren and lets Faith know what is going on in the senate when she is not around) and tell her that she will have to cover for me for a few days and also at some point that I need to hear her daily report of what is going on in the Senate and if there are any issues I may have to look into once I find time for it or find someone or a few people who can care for and watch the babies for me while I am away because if I did go on a mission to help a system it would be too dangerous for them and Kylo would not be too impressed if I took the babies with me." Then Tanda bows as she heads to do as Faith asked and Thena says in a whisper "What are your babies names Faith? And she replies as she gently points to each one of them (they are laying on the bed at the moment so that Thena can see them) "Well, the oldest girl is Rose, the boy is Kyle and the last little girl is Riaca, named after mine and Sophie's mother." To which Thena replies "You picked beautiful names for them Miss Faith, I am sure Ren will love them too." Then Faith and Thena hear Faith's monitor (she has one to watch for ships so she knows who is coming) go off and turn to see Kylo's shuttle heading in to land next to The Ripple and Thena says "Well, that's my cue Miss Faith, feel free to let me know if you ever need something when Ren goes on battle missions because I will probably be stationed here on Tuilara unless Ren gives me other orders." And Faith answers "I will Thena, maybe sometime once I get a bit of time to myself or wish for some we could get lunch with the other Knights stationed here on Tuilara or something like that." Then Thena answers "That sounds good, just let me know when and we certainly could, probably sometime when Ren is away and you are pretty much by yourself, except for with the babies of course." After this,  Faith nods as she says "Bye Thena." To which Thena replies as she bows before leaving "Goodbye Miss Faith." Then she leaves and not long after, Kylo comes in and Faith says "Kylo!" As he gently embraces her since she is holding the newborns again before he says "You know you could have told me you were in labor Sweetheart." After this she answers back "I know but number one I knew the mission was more important and number two I was stressed out about it to begin with and I didn't want to stress you out too." Then Kylo turns his attention to the little triplets who all have their cute little eyes on him as he says "So these must be our precious little additions to the First Order themselves." And Faith replies to him as she giggles "Yes Ky, meet little Rose, Kyle and Riaca, I named Riaca after my mother." Then Kylo replies as he gently holds her close to him "I think the names you picked are perfect." Then Faith giggles as she replies "I figured you would my love." After this Kylo says "So how are things going in the senate Sweetheart?" To which she replies "Well Trinna has been keeping me posted and she said that things are going well and so far their are no issues that need my immediate attention as of now so as far as I am aware there are no problems in the Crescent Galaxy we need to help with." So he says back "Good because for now I do not want you going off anywhere since Rose, Kyle and Riaca will need you and because we haven't discovered the dangers that might be waiting us here." Then she responds as she gently wraps her arms around his neck "Kylo I wasn't planning on going anywhere, you have nothing to worry about." Afterwards, Faith puts Rose, Kyle and Riaca down for a nap so Faith and Kylo can have a little alone time and discuss Kylo's next move against the Resistance and once the triplets are asleep, Faith creeps out of their room with Kylo already waiting and she says "So, what's your next move Ky?" To which he answers "Well, Hux got information about a system called Lubriea (another system I made up for this story btw, there will be more to come as well) and apparently the system is very supportive of the Resistance and their cause. In about a week we will be leaving to go and try and "change" their opinion on their alliance matters." To which Faith says "Change their opinon, how are you going to do that my love?" So he tells her "I arranged for one of our new officers to become their new ruler, after they are nicely addressed that is." Then Faith says "Wow, Kylo, Kylo Baby I don't think that is the best way to go about it." To which he says "What do you suggest my little Commander?" So she responds "I suggest that you peacefully negotiate with them and not take over by force, place a new senator there or something once you have won their trust, someone who doesn't have to be in charge of the system but someone who could oversee it and make sure they stay allied with us." Kylo then says realizing she is right "You are right Sweetheart, that is no way to negotiate with a system, however if we must we will use force." Afterwards, Faith replies "Only use force as a last resort, or if the Resistance shows up." Once she says this Kylo responds "Anything for you my Dear." Before Faith gets her daily update from Trinna and she says "Kylo, could you give me a minute?" And he nods as heads out for a bit of fresh air while she answers and she says "Hello Trinna." To which Trinna replies as she bows "Greetings Lady Faith, so today Kandra Folen informed me that a few other systems wanted to join us." Then Faith replies "That's wonderful Trinna, what systems are joining us?" And Trinna replies "Well the systems are Jestyke, Ciomia, Veshara, Astilia, Haeria and Ealia." Then Faith says "Thank you Trinna, send a message to the senators from the new systems at tell them we will hold a meeting in the senate the middle of next week to welcome them to our cause and also send Ariel Athzaria, Selena Caco and Jair Sekel (more Knights of Ren) out to those systems to speak with the new senators in person, it would be wise to have a few Knights check out the systems for us and have a few representatives of the First Order to bring them here to Tuilara." To which Trinna replies "Yes Commander Stormrider." Afterwards Faith says "Is there any more news you wish to share with me Trinna?" And Trina says "Yes Lady Faith, senator Akela Dimmias from the Foxdia system told me that there is an issue on Foxida that she wanted to talk to you about, it seemed quite urgent." After this, Faith says "Alright, tell her to meet me after the senate meeting next week, I will speak with her then." After this Trinna nods and says "I will Lady Faith." Afterwards, Faith and Trinna say goodbye after Trinna respectfully bows again to Faith and not long after Kylo comes back in and says "So, any news?" To which Faith replies "Yes Ky, very big news in fact, six new systems in the Crescent Galaxy have joined our cause, Jestyke, Ciomia, Veshara, Astilia, Haeria and Ealia." And Kylo says just about as happy about this as Faith is "That's wonderful Faith! Our new little empire in this galaxy at least is growing!" As he again holds her close to him as she says "Yes it is, that is pretty much it, I told her to send a few Knights out there to meet the senators and explore the new systems a little bit." And he replies in agreement "I agree my love, it would be wise to check out our new systems." About five hours later, it is pretty late and Faith decides to go to bed with Kylo not far behind and after they get into bed Faith says "Hey Kylo Ky?" To which he answers "What is it Sweetheart?" So she says to him "Can you put me to sleep using the force like you sometimes do when I can't sleep? I missed that while you were gone a lot." Then he replies "Of course I can darling." Then after they give each other a good night kiss, Kylo gently uses the force on Faith and puts her to sleep with a small wave of his hand and not long after, Faith falls into a deep sleep with Kylo holding her close.

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