Chapter 1: Elite Hunter
Emperor's Wrath Bellator-class Dreadnought
Orbiting Lothal
Among the Imperial Navy, the Emperor's Wrath was the only one of her kind. Being the largest ship in the Imperial Armada, the Emperor's Warth held upon thousands of fighters, bombers, and other vehicles. The only problem was, the ship was only crewed by less than two thousand men and women. However, what the ship loses in number, it makes up with experience.
This was due to the captain of the Emperor's Wrath, Grand Admiral Ryval Hardscale.
Hardscale was an older gentleman in his late 60's and a veteran of the Clone Wars. He was assigned to the Emperor's Wrath for being a brilliant tactician during the Clone Wars. He was also an old friend of both Moff Tarkin and Emperor Palpatine, all three had their own group with two other high-ranking officials. This group was known as the Dark Council, a group of high-ranking officials that plan new goals and projects for the Empire.
Due to this group, Hardscale found himself on the bridge of his ship, overlooking the backwater world of Lothal. Hardscale had just sent out a squadron of his elite pilots on a test flight with a prototype fighter.
The starfighter was designed to be cloaked assault starfighter, making it be the top fighter in dogfights. Due to it having a cloaking shield, Hardscale named his prototype fighter the TIE Phantom.
Hardscale watched as three of the fighters flew passed the bridge of the dreadnought towards the planet.
"Contact Abyss Squadron and tell them to patrol the Captial City," Hardscale said, to his comms officer.
"Right away, Admiral." The female ensign said, before tunning the comms channels to the right frequencies. "Abyss Leader, this is Emperor's Wrath. The Admiral wants you and your team to patrol the capital until further orders."
"Copy, H.Q." An older man's voice came through. "We will patrol the city for a few hours and then land for a drink. Abyss Leader out."
'Laike may be a great leader, but he can't follow orders for anything.' Hardscale thought as he slid back dark hair back.
Four Hours Later
Black Saber's Cantina, Captial City
Inside a local cantina, Black Saber's Cantina, a group of elite Imperial soldiers were sitting at a table in the back corner of the cantina. They were dressed in Imperial Special Forces armor.
The armor was similar to those of Imperial TIE pilots, with the exception of the chest piece. The chest piece was similar to those of a stormtrooper's, but still retaining the life support system from the pilots. Their helmet and right sleeve of their uniforms had blue markings and a blue Imperial emblem with the head of a Vornskr on it.
This was the uniform worn by infamous Imperial Abyss Squadron, a three-man squad. The squad was in middle of drinking, as one of the squad members was telling a story.
The man who was telling the story was around in his early 20's. His short brown hair was kept short and neat, ran his gloved hand through his hair. His name was Jaster Zuss, a lieutenant from the core world of Corellia.
Sitting next to Jaster was Captain Ailyn Siegax, a purple haired woman with a scar over her right eye. She only rolled her eyes at the story told by Jaster but kept a small smirk.
The last person in the group was the commander, Major Laike. Like Grand Admiral Hardscale, he too was a veteran of the Clone Wars. However, there was a slight difference, he was an ex-Clone ARC Trooper during multiple battles. Due to his acts in the war, the Emperor and Hardscale allow him to be in charge of the security detail for the Emperor's Wrath.
"Come on, Jaster. You can't believe that I would be into you taking down a pirate convoy of that size." Laike said as he took a sip from his Fox Beer.
"It's all true!" Jaster laughed, as he took a sip from his drink. "Son of a Sith harlot! That Alderaan Whiskey tastes like bantha dung."
"What do you expect from a backwater planet like this?" Ailyn asked, her smirk forming into a large smile. "Hey, Major. When are we post to return back to the ship?"
"After this drink," Laike answered, before slamming his drink down. "Okay, let's go." Laike then grabbed his helmet, as both he and the two others got up from their seats.
The three head out of the cantina and back to the Imperial hangar where their TIE Phantoms were being stored. As they were on their way, some random kid bumped into Ailyn.
"Hey, watch where you are going!" Ailyn growled at the kid.
"Sorry, ma'am." The blue haired teen apologies, keeping his head down and continuing on.
However, he has soon stopped again, when Jaster put his hand on the teen's shoulder. The boy stopped in his spot and looked up at Jaster.
"Hand it over," Jaster said, with taking his hand off the boy's shoulder.
"What are you talk-" The boy was soon cut off by Jaster.
"The comms link and the credit chip." Jaster said, sticking his hand out."How did you-" Jaster cut off him again.
"How did you-" Jaster cut off him again.
"I lived on Corellia for most of my life. I know a few tricks here and there." Jaster gave a small smirk to the teen. "Now, the credit chip and comms link?"
The teen let out a sigh, before handing over the stolen items to Ailyn. Once they were handed over, Jaster let the boy go, who ran off towards the outskirts of the city.
"So, you were a thief when you were younger?" Ailyn asked Jaster.
"Yep, but that was long ago," Jaster answered, as they arrived at the hangar.
Laike showed his identification papers to the stormtrooper commander in charge of the hangar. The trooper accepted the ID and allow the squad to grab their fighters.
As Jaster was entering his TIE Phantom, the radio of his helmet started to blow up with noise.
"All units in the area, we have an unknown cargoship with stolen Imperial crates!" The voice over the radio shouted. "You are to pursue and eliminate them."
"Do we help them out, Major?" Ailyn asked over the comms.
"Affirmative," Laike answered.
Okay, boys and girls, I do hope you enjoyed the first chapter of Abyss Squadron. If you haven't noticed they are kinda similar to Inferno Squad, except for having a badass dreadnought and TIE Phantoms. If you guys like to see other starships and/or prototype fighters tell me, either by PMing me or leaving it in the review section. Another thing if you have any ideas of OCs, leave it in same two areas. The same goes with ships as well. Until then, I'm out of here.