Imperial Entanglements

by Paul Andrew Young

On paper, Lux Bonteri is a member of the Imperial Senate, representing a system in the Inner Rim territories. Underneath the facade, he is also secretly a rebel agent assisting Rebel cells across the Galaxy. But when he is caught in the act, can Ezra and Sabine rescue him before the Empire punishes him or his people?

1. Prologue

Disclaimer: I (sadly) do not own Star Wars Rebels. Lucasfilm and Disney do.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...

The Onderon Spaceport

Despite it being 2 hours past midnight Galactic Standard Time, the Spaceport was still busy, handling the heavy starship traffic arriving and departing. Some were cargo ships but most were passenger transports, carrying citizens to and from places beyond and within the Onderon system

Among the citizens and droids scattered about the facility, a male human adult, roughly in his thirties and dressed in a black suit strolled towards Docking Bay 4. He waved to a few of the people and aliens who recognised him.

Senator Lux Bonteri had done this before. As far as Imperial starship movement records went, he was flying his personal starship on a 'private delivery' to Tattooine. Why he was going so late at night was not worth knowing as far as the Spaceport officer was concerned. As long as Imperial interests were not affected, no one important cared.

And Lux wanted it to stay that way. Truth be told, he wasn't planning to even go near the desert planet. As he boarded the Freedom, he walked past 5 crates full of medical supplies and food, something the Imps understood would be needed by Tattooine's inhabitants. It made his story much more believable. Lux was due to rendezvous with his contact in less than 3 hours, somewhere in deep space. And Lux was never late for a meeting.

He received takeoff clearance and flew Freedom out of Onderon's orbit and past a Star Destroyer. Lux: 'R5, power up the hyperdrive, I'll key in the coordinates' The green Astromech droid beeped back and moments later, Lux pulled a lever in the cockpit and Freedom jumped away into hyperspace.

Meanwhile, on the Star Destroyer...

Officer: 'Admiral, our tracker indicates that Senator Bonteri's ship has left the system'

Admiral: 'Good, set course to follow it'

Officer: 'Yes sir'

Just seconds after the Senator's ship left the system, Star Destroyer Peacekeeper also made the jump to hyperspace, in close pursuit.

To be Continued...