The second Danny's duplicate dispersed many light years away, the original one received all the information. He had a week and a half to prepare his subordinates for the open conflict. Danny managed to transport the slaves from the shipyard without revealing his main trump card - teleportation. All this time he was continuing to train both the newcomers and the older ones, also learning about some races' abilities which can be useful.

After all recent additions Phantom counted 101 men and women who were able to fight. At least Danny could say that he had more than hundred soldiers. There were also 26 old, young or weak people. Thankfully, the cave was very big and fit all of them. And the admiral, whose name Phantom hadn't bothered to ask, generously lend them enough food, water and weapons.

The grenades served different purposes, ion grenades disrupted electronics and vehicles, thermal grenades were normal ones, just blowing up everything around themselves. Even light grenades, which blinded the opponents. Danny made his soldiers learn how to aim with grenades by throwing stones in the drawn target, they couldn't waste their weapons.

There was something else, though, blaster weaponry. Haseas told him about the effects of the weapons Danny took from pirates. From his tone Phantom guessed that piercing through isn't what the blasters are supposed to do. No one complained about it, but that was still unusual. Most probably the technologies were different in two ends of the galaxy.

Danny studied the weapons made by yuths, and the technology was indeed different. For one thing, it hurt. He shouldn't have asked to shoot him in the hand. It became motionless and numb for two hours. And it just had to be his writing hand. It shocked everyone that he healed at all, much less so fast. Phantom found the main difference in the weapon structure, instead of battery like in pirates' ones, this blasters had ammo, namely a few capsules full of gas. The weapon sent small charges of electricity and the gas became able to cause harm. The blaster shot with small amounts at the target. It was inert gas, since it didn't mix with the air the second it was released.

The most confusing part was how it was able to harm him. Danny had suspicions, ectoblasts and laser were a focused light, so they had a lot in common. The electrified gas was different, so the harm was understandable. But as long as his core wasn't severely damaged, Phantom will heal from any wound, even if his body will be completely unable to move because of injuries.

But as the others trained, Danny was getting stronger, too. Force abilities were pretty simple to learn because of his enormous potential. One of the exercises was covering his eyes with a piece of clothing and trying to deflect the stones being thrown at him with a stick. He was getting better in this, the Force guided his every movement, but this ability was useless without the lightsaber. Phantom considered making one, but he had a feeling that it wasn't the time. Maybe when the rebellion succeeds he will venture to Ilum to find the cyber crystal, the main component of the lightsaber, as well as the other details.

Phantom also learned some Dark side powers. He even mastered the more advanced form of Force choking, which allowed him to puncture inner organs of his victim by clenching his fist. Danny used it only on the predators who attacked their hideout. It was exactly when he learned that power. Danny decided to use it only in the most dire situations. He wasn't the fan of torture, since he went though one. He didn't like this, he didn't like when people feared him. He wanted only two people scream at the mere sight of him.

Maybe he will use it against his former parents, who knows.

There were also his ghost powers. It was something Danny had to learn by himself. He trained on the planet's moon so he won't reveal where their hideout was. The wail is not working in vacuum, so it was pointless to try. Danny's main objective was to learn the powers Vlad and Dan had. If they could do that, then so can he. On his list were:

Teleportation without the portal, it can be useful a lot, even during the battle.

Increased power of the ectoblasts (Dan could obliterate tanks with a single shot).

Becoming a cloud of gas like his future self wasn't a priority for Danny at first. It can't help against blasters, so he deemed it useless. Then Phantom recalled that by using this ability Dan was able to go through the blasts from ectoweapons, which was thought to be impossible before. And since the ectoweapons and laser weapons were so much the same, Danny definitely needed to learn it.

He felt like a kid in candy store. So much to explore, so much to discover, he felt excitement each time he made a small success in training or research. Besides teleportation, he almost lost his thumb finger once. It was much harder than training with the Force. Maximum distance of his teleportation was five meters, and even then it felt like he was stopping the truck by himself.

Danny made more progress in turning his body into gas. At least one of his limbs at a time, which could be useful, too. What looked pathetic is how he made his leg an ectogas, as Phantom so originally called it, before stumbling on only remaining leg and floating out of the moon's surface because of weak gravity.

The funniest training was shooting practice. There was plenty of space junk floating around, and they made perfect targets for blasts. It was awesome and Danny had a lot of fun blowing up all the stuff like in fourth of July. It was hard to determine were the blasts becoming more powerful or not. They weren't made of steel or titanium, so he couldn't compare it to anything yet. But Danny managed to blow them in pieces, if it said something.

There was one interesting observation he made. The ectoblasts differed in power, with their colors showing their levels. Blue blasts were the weakest, the only one who used it was Box Ghost, well, at least the only one who Danny met. Green blasts were most common, no need to explain that it was a middle class. Vlad had pink colored ones, stronger than green, but not as much as the last ones. The only person who possessed red ectobeams was Pariah.

What Danny didn't get is why nor he, nor Dan seemed to have red beams as well. Probably not enough practice, but Dan's blasts were just as powerful as Pariah's. It was just another riddle to solve.

No one knew where Phantom went, even Haseas, and many didn't like being left out. He just went somewhere without warning and appeared just as suddenly. They were completely unaware of their leader's doings and plans, except the times he sent someone on a mission, and tried to the people showed their displeasure whenever they could. Danny's decision of temporary alliance with the admiral caused an uproar and ignited split the group in two parts.

"You boys got to wake up," one of the disagreeing said dryly, making a gulp from the glass full of liquor.

They had alcohol and for many it was the only free time activity, when they weren't on missions or daily trainings.

"Phantom sold us out! I joined this organization to fight the empire, not work for them!" She continued.

"Everybody, simmer down," Haseas interrupted, "We trusted the commander before, we should trust him know."

"You are only saying this because he saved your son and put you second in command."

"You can't trust this kid," Thonor got up from his seat, shaking slightly, which spoke about high amount of alcohol in his body. "Phantom is nothin' but a spinless bantha."

"Oh, and what about you?" Haseas rolled his eyes. "You have been on only one mission, don't you think Daniel knows that you were useful only once and even then only because of your race's abilities. All you were doing besides that is poisoning yourself and causing mess."

Haseas was brave enough to say it to the 6.5 feet giant of a man. Especially the one who was drunk. Thonor had a big physical strength, and he easily lifted Haseas by the edge of his clothes.

"The sooner you figure out the simple..."

"Enough of this."

The entire room fell silent as they all turned towards Phantom. They had almost two months to get used to him suddenly appearing out of nowhere, and yet they didn't. Thonor tossed Haseas to the side and looked at the leader.

"You got em all fooled don't ya, Danny? At the first sign of trouble you'll just deck and run. That's everything you can do, make holes to get out of danger."

That hit the sore spot dead on. Phantom kept neutral face and didn't respond, but many came to realize that Thonor was doomed. But Thonor himself wasn't one of them.

"Don't you have anything to say? Usually you have a lot of promises, that's all you are good for...ANSWER NOW!"

"Maybe when you are sober," Danny responded nonchalantly.

Thonor's eyes blazed with fury, before he picked up the nearest big rock and threw it at Phantom with a roar. Danny rolled to the side before anyone could register what happened. Thonor then ran at him and tried to pin him to the wall, but Phantom sidestepped and Thonor hit the wall. He spun around and started to throw punch after punch, but it proved to be fultile as Danny avoided each of them, Thonor was drunk and his punches were sloppy and ineffective. In the end Danny elbowed him hard in the stomach, then in the knee using his leg, and when Thonor bent over in pain, he kicked him in the face, making him fall on the fround.

Danny looked up from the man and on Haseas, wiping the blue blood from the fist with his shirt. He previously hit Thonor in the nose and caused it to bleed.

Danny looked at the stunned crowd. No one had seen him in the real fight before, and while some were awed, others were terrified.

"You think he is telling the truth?" Danny asked them.

"Commander, you got us working for the empire now," the woman who started the whole conversation said, trying to help Haseas get up. "Making us to fight for some old man who wants to take over the planet and enslave us again."

"This isn't about the empire or the rebellion," Danny outstretched his hand, which Haseas took, and helped his second in command to get on the feet. "Our purpose was, is and always will be about saving lives. Have I not interfered, the admiral would have bombed an entire planet and killed thousands. I have a plan, I always have. You can follow me or go away, you know where the entrance is. The choice is yours, just like it's always been."

And with that Phantom turned away and turned over the beaten man.

Haseas had a smug grin on his face. "Now satisfied? Let's get back to work, guys!"

And while the others tried not to look at Phantom and walked out of the 'room', Danny looked straight into the giant's eyes and lowered his head.

"You are a lucky one, you know? Last ones who called me a freak ended up torn apart. Keep this in mind next time you decide to call me that," he whispered.

-Later-

"Everyone here?" Phantom asked.

They were inside one spacey place inside the cave, which could fit all hundred soldiers. It was perfect for briefing them all at the same time.

"Ninety four...ninety seven...yep, everyone is here," Haseas confirmed.

"Good, then we shall proceed. As you all know, our next step is incredibly daring. Apparently, her majesty decided to send her sorcerers," this earned surprised looks from the others. "That's right. Apparently, she starts to lose faith in the governor. Taking those two down is my concern, don't worry about them. But Scaball may attempt to escape. Try to keep him alive, I have special plans for him."

"We need to secure our presence on the planet, but we are outnumbered and lack any vehicles. That's why we will borrow some from the army and take everyone by surprise. A small parade," Danny coughed, before looking at the newspaper on his PDA. "'To show our people that they are safe, and that we will protect them from any terrorist threat', is going to transpire, and it will be very sad if not the imperial soldiers but us will be sitting inside. It will take the imperials by surprise when their machines turn against them."

"Eastern outpost is the least protected because most of the soldiers are in the city preparing for the show off. In order to keep the attack in secret, we'll need to jam the communications. Our only advantages are the element of surprise and numbers superiority."

At this word the hologram had turned on, showing the image of the military base.

"I got an information from our...unvoluntary ally, that there is about forty men inside the base. Don't let the number fool you, they are trained much better. And the com station is guarded heavily, one wrong movement in front of the cameras and everything is lost. Our ally will be able to turn them against the army, he will communicate with you and guide through the building."

"First group must secure the communication station," the needed building glowed red. "But you must NOT destroy it. Any damage will be noticed. You need to take the operator hostage, so he will tell the center that everything is fine. Under the blaster pointed at him."

"The next step is to eliminate the soldiers who are supposed to drive tanks and walkers. Again, we will use our advantage in numbers and attack from different sides. Barracks are located in this building, but from that posts they will notice you too soon. Take care of them first, thankfully we have good snipers. Then approach the base, the ally will open the gates. Avoid destruction as much as possible, use only grenades I give you. After you are done, dispose of the bodies and put on their uniforms."

"You must accomplish all of this on your own. There will be no point in training if you don't have real practice. I can't always be there and use my powers to fix everything, no offense to any of you. Now. Any questions?"

Everyone raised a hand. Danny sighed, rubbing his temples.

"Any questions EXCEPT who this ally is?"

99 people dropped their hands. Danny let the one of the two remaining ask her question.

"How do we know that the cameras are turned off?"

"They will nod," Danny responded curtly. "But to be certain, they must give a sign at ten am. Wait for it. Next question, please."

"How can we drive the vehicles? It's not like we learnt how to do it."

"Driving tractor is much harder, believe me. All of you know basic words on Yuthanean and how they are written. You don't need more, the controls of their machines are very intuitive, I give them that. Don't worry about shooting at each other. The squad you must replace has black colored vehicles. Each squad has own color sheme. Shoot at any tank which isn't black and DO NOT leave the main square, otherwise you will be caught in a trap of mine. You are dismissed."

-Later-

Danny wasn't going to just stand and wait until the others do their tasks. He will observe and watch over so they won't fail, assist them, but not much. Phantom had a similar job, only bigger. If the entire country learns about the attack, then they will have an entire armada above their heads. If Danny cuts off the primary communications, reinforcements won't come and they shall succeed. Just a normal day of his afterlife.

But it was his duplicate's job. Phantom preferred something more interesting. He knew that overconfidence is the biggest step towards failure, it was something what helped him win against most of his enemies, even the ones who were stronger than him. And such, he needs more support and firepower. It was obvious that the slaves and even a good amount of middle and low class citizens are ready to join the cause, they just needed a small push in the right direction.

The rebellion needed them. Its members may be trained a little, but they were only slaves weakened by years of servitude. Danny spent all week and a half carefully approaching and talking to people who seemed like a good addition. Slave owners obviously must be avoided. Phantom actually spent most of the time observing the populace. Using all psychology knowledge his sister had forced inside his mind, Danny created his agenda even the rest of rebellion didn't know about.

It may sound like Phantom didn't trust them, and partially it was truth. He didn't want an information leak out during tortures. On the missions his men either died or managed to return, but it didn't mean that Danny was going to let his guard down. He also assigned some of his men inside the city, so they could give fire support from the roof.

The day before, during the night, Phantom walked around the city, preparing special traps in case reinforcements arrive. They will be greeted with a nice show. He had developed special mines, which can be triggered only by antigravity tanks. The mines send electrical current, enough to knock the soldiers unconscious without killing them, who knows, maybe some of them might want to join them. The mines are also disable weaponry, including the tanks themselves. The current is targeting only durasteel, used only in yuthanean army, which means that civilians won't be harmed. With the addition of a small amount of ectoplasm taken from his body, Danny could make them invisible with a little to none energy usage.

He just needs to make sure his men won't step into this trap.

Meanwhile the rebels put his plan into action. Just as Danny said, at 10:00 the cameras moved up and down, signaling that the path was clear. They proceeded inside, after splitting in two groups, following their leader's command.

The first group managed to get inside pretty easily. They found the required building, and while two men stood on watch, the others went inside. Outnumbering the soldiers inside (it was twenty against five), they easily secured the place and took them hostage. One attempted to press the alarm button despite the threat, but was taken care of with a shot from a gun. The soldiers got the warning and did as was told.

Haseas looked at the building through electrobinoculars and recieved a sign that everything is clear. He raised his hand and clenched the fist, and immediately the snipers shot the guards on watchtowers. Nice and smooth. Haseas gestured to his subordinates that it was time to charge. Three groups approached the base, and once they were near the gates, they opened, letting them go through.

Six soldiers were in patrol near the main entrance and immediately noticed the trespassers. They hid behind covers and started to shoot from there, taking the lives of four men immediately. Being on the bare ground, the rebels were in disadvantage and were at loss at first, but supporting fire from the window of communication station helped them out. Now, when the soldiers were under fire from two sides, they had a hard time.

One remaining soldier managed to hide behind a crate and turned on the communicator.

"Alert, the rebels are ambushing us! Repeat, the..."

He didn't have time to finish before being blasted. Communications were jammed, so everything the others could hear was a rustling of interference. But that was suspicious enough, so they needed to be prepared for standing against strong defence. Suddenly Haseas heard his com turning on.

"Alright, Haseas, was it? The soldiers seemed to notice your presence. Some of them are in their common 'bedroom'," an unknown voice sounded through it. Haseas guessed it was their mysterious ally. "They are getting armed. There are two corridors to that room. Take positions in side rooms and hide there. When they are locked between you, throw grenades and shoot the rest. Same order for the second corridor, inform the third group, they are walking through it right now. The fourth group must stand still, there is too many of them inside the cafeteria. Wait until someone comes out."

Haseas turned off the communicator and then informed the others. A group of soldiers ran out of the room in the end of the corridor. About nine of them. Once they were in position, where they were locked from forward and behind, one of the rebels threw a grenade from behind. The soldiers heard the sound of the grenade hitting the floor. They turned back and started to shoot, retreating back.

But this action caused them to turn their backs towards the rest of the rebels. Haseas and the others started to shoot at them, locking them in tight grip, before the grenade detonated and blew the soldiers up. Electrocuted them, to be exact. Danny gave them grenades which can kill, no need for loyal imperials to wake up when unneeded. Phantom warned his subordinates not to wear durasteel. And looking at how the electricity jumped from one soldier to another, but didn't touch themselves, the rebels understood why.

They were originally designed by his 'parents', against ghosts, of course. And since Danny always tried to learn as much as possible about the weapons which can harm him, it wasn't so hard for Phantom to reverse engineer them and alter a bit.

"Phantom is a damn genius," one of them whispered in a mix of awe and horror.

"Won't argue on that," Haseas agreed. "Thankfully this evil genius is not against us," he added sarcastically, before putting a hand on the com in his ear. "Second squad, what's the situation?"

"Not good, sir..." loud blasting sounded through the com. "They figured our plan out! They are trying to ambush us!"

"Use grenades!" Haseas ordered. "They kill soldiers in armor!"

"They aren't wearing any."

"Ah, damn it, hold your position, we are coming!" Haseas turned off the com.

The squad consisting twenty men ran for it, right through the clean and comfortable looking barracks. They could see how the soldiers tried to hold the hallway, and immediately attacked. Unprepared for attack from behind, they retreated behind the covers, namely they threw over the furniture and hid behind them, after losing some men. Suddenly Haseas' com beeped again.

"What?" Haseas shouted into com.

"Order fourth group to attack, otherwise you will be dead," the ally said calmly. "They heard everything and are coming here."

"You said there was too many of them!"

"Yes," a blast rang through the com. "Now there is a lesser crowd. Order them to attack from the eastern corridor. The soldiers will be pressed outside and shot down by the snipers."

"Roger that."

Haseas then communicated with the fourth group and retold the order, which the squad accepted and hurried to accomplish it. The group attacked, and since the corridor was empty, in order to save their lives the soldiers started to retreat back, right on the street. Immediately they were killed by the snipers' narrow shots.

Another two groups meanwhile finished the rest of the soldiers. And as the last one was down, Haseas turned on the communicator again.

"Is everything clear?"

"Almost."

Everyone turned to direction of the sound. It wasn't coming from communicator. The rebels pointed their guns at one lonely yuthanean soldier who raised his hands almost mockingly. He took off his helmet. It was a twenty years old  young man with literally red hair and brown eyes. He was smirking slightly.

"Honestly, when I heard that the kid is going to attack I thought he was joking."

"Who are you?" Haseas raised his eyebrow.

"Rufus Pax, first squadron, 201st legion."

"Are you one of commandos?" 

"So you heard about us," he muttered with a small amused smile. Before being punched in the face by Haseas. "UGH, what was that for?!" Rufus exclaimed.

"Your squadron killed my wife, you asshole!" Haseas grabbed the younger man by the edge of clothing in the armor. "How do I know it wasn't you?"

"If you hadn't noticed, old man, I'm on your side right now," Pax deadpanned, making Haseas want to punch him again even more. "I deflected for the same reason you want to turn me in a bloody pulp. I don't support what the empire does, either. And I don't kill women, so to say, unless, of course you mean that it wasn't actually 'wife'..."

Haseas punched him again, before letting go Rufus grudgingly. "I am watching you, punk."

"No doubt about that," Rufus muttered. "Alright, how many of yours died?"

"Ten on our side."

"Eleven."

"Four."

"So, quarter of the entire rebellion is dead," Pax said sarcastically, before sighing. "I hope Phantom is as strong as he says. We need to hide the bodies. There is a trash dispenser, throw them there."

"Hey, what makes you think you can give us orders?"

"Oh, let's hear YOU out then," Pax crossed his hands in challenge, throwing daggers at Haseas.

"What about our friends' bodies?" Someone asked.

"Dunno, throw them there, too?" Pax shrugged, earning multiple glares.

"Oh, no, they will be buried as they should!" Haseas exclaimed.

"What do YOU offer then?"

"Leave them here for now. And say that they are the only rebels to attack."

"There is not enough. Only twenty against fourty? Too stupid and reckless."

"Then we will say that the others retreated," Haseas smirked, clearly proud of his idea.

Pax shrugged. "That might work."

"Then let's get going."