"General," GreenFox said as I walked out of my ship. "Your presence is requested at the Chancellor's office. Immediately." I didn't bother to ask why as I knew it wouldn't be like Palpatine to say.
"Alright. Have some of your men take a quick look at my ship. We ran into a few asteroids along the way," I responded.
I'm on it, sir. I'm surprised you didn't crash," he said, only half joking.
I grunted and started toward my quarters. I had a personal hangar where I kept my starfighter and speeders. I had purchased a new airspeeder just before the last mission and hadn't had a chance to drive it yet.
The Senate Building was rather quiet. Not many speeders were in the parking area. I got out of my speeder, which gave me a rather enjoyable ride, and started toward the Chancellor's office. As I approached, I searched the Force for an indication of his emotions. He didn't seem on edge. He actually seemed quite happy.
"General Larsonator," the Chancellor said as soon as I walked into the room. "How good to see you. It's been a while since you left for Rhen Var."
"Yup," I simply responded. "But I'm sure I'm here for another assignment."
"Your insight serves you well," Palpatine replied. "There has been alot of unusual activity in the underworld. I was hoping you could... Take care of it."
I had heard that phrase before. "So you want me to kill innocent people."
"Oh, I'm afraid these people aren't innocent. They have been the ones killing. We've had everyone we can contact investigate, but we only found the name of one criminal. We have not yet been able to catch him."
"Alright. I'll get on it tomorrow."