Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story other than the OCs I have created.

Summary: An average Imperial citizen is inspired by the propaganda of the Galactic Empire to join its military. Little does she know that her life will be changed forever from joining the ranks of the Imperial military.

Rating: T for violence and mild language


Chapter 2: Carida

Meras headed towards her small apartment in one of Coruscant's apartment complexes. After heading into her apartment, she put the crate down on a table in the living room.

As she headed off to bed, she remembered that the shuttle to Carida would be leaving sometime in the morning, so she set her alarm to an hour before the shuttle's departure time.

Meras awoke to the sound of her alarm the next day. She sluggishly got out of her bed. After making a light breakfast and preparing her things, including the uniform she was given the day before, she headed out of her apartment.

It was a quiet morning on Coruscant. Citizens were heading to work, Stormtroopers were actively patrolling the streets. These are the usual things one would expect on an Imperial world, especially the Empire's capitol. Meras looked for the nearest spaceport.

After eventually finding the spaceport, she headed inside. The interior of the spaceport was large enough to hold a fair amount of ships. Meras walked to a section labeled "DEPARTURES", and walked into a hangar. In the hangar, a shuttle was landed, already prepared for taking passengers.

As Meras headed towards the shuttle, she was stopped by a Coruscant security droid. "Halt. Identification required." the security droid commanded. Meras took out a datapad, and handed it to the droid. The information on the datapad wasn't anything special, as it gave her name, gender, and species, along with other information required when going off-world.

"You may pass." the security droid said after finishing the identification check.

Meras boarded the shuttle, and sat in a seat near the back of the shuttle.

She held onto the crate as if it were a valuable possession. A few minutes later, more people boarded the shuttle. Meras noticed that all of them held the same crate as she was holding. This could only mean that they too have volunteered to serve the Empire.

"Transport Shuttle 1138, you are cleared for departure." a loudspeaker echoed outside of the shuttle. The shuttle its boarding ramp, and its landing gear retracted into the ship. The shuttle hovered above the hangar floor, and its wings lowered into flight mode. The shuttle proceeded to head out of the hangar and eventually out of Coruscant's atmosphere, and into the regions of space.

Meras looked out of a small window where she was sitting, and saw the planet of Coruscant shrinking as they were moving away from it. She would move her eyes away from the window and back at the interior of the shuttle. She suddenly felt the shuttle moving fast, indicating that they have entered hyperspace.

The shuttle exited hyperspace, and what Meras saw next was unbelievable. Dozens of Imperial Star Destroyers, along with TIE Fighters, were patrolling Caridan space.

"This is incredible..." Meras said with awe in her voice.

"It's a truly amazing sight.", a voice next to her said.

Meras looked next to her, and saw another female sitting next to her.

"Feri Oslen" she said as she extended a hand.

Meras shook her hand as she told Feri her name.

"Meras Allectus" Meras replied to Feri.

"So what made you join the Stormtrooper Corps, Meras?" Feri asked.

"I was inspired by the Emperor's speech to join." Meras told Feri.

"I joined because I want to be part of the Stormtroopers. None of the other branches seemed interesting to me." Feri told Meras with a slightly cheerful tone in her voice.

After being granted permission to head to Carida's surface, the shuttle received an escort of two TIE Fighters. The two TIE Fighters broke formation from the shuttle as it neared the atmosphere of the planet.

As the shuttle made its landing on a large landing pad near the academy, the passengers aboard the shuttle were given instructions to form a single file line as they get off the shuttle. Meras and Fari held onto their belongings and the crate as they stood up from their seat.

Seeing that the other passengers have already started to form a single file line, Meras and Fari joined the line. As they walked off of the shuttle's ramp, they were escorted by a two Stormtroopers towards the gate of the academy.

The guards in front of the gate granted them access to advance further. After passing the gate, everyone was quiet on the way to the academy's main building. Meras and Feri felt excited, but at the same time they was nervous.

"So this is Carida..." Meras exclaimed softly to herself as she was walking with Feri and the cadets to the main building of the academy.

"Look at that building..." Feri told Meras as she looked up at the massive building of the Imperial Academy.

Meras, Feri, and the rest of the cadets would eventually walk inside of the massive building.

After making their way into the central hall of the academy, they were greeted by the academy's Chief Instructor, Massimo Tagge.

"Welcome to the Imperial Academy, cadets. I am Massimo Tagge, the Chief Instructor of this academy," Chief Instructor Tagge said calmy to each of the cadets.

He dismissed the Stormtroopers escorting the new cadets.

"Please follow me as I give a brief overview of this academy." Chief Instructor Tagge said as he had his hands folded behind him, walking towards the entrance of the academy's main structure.

"This academy is used for the training of Stormtroopers in the Stormtrooper Corps. It contains several facilities for cadets to use, such as firing ranges, simulators, and classrooms located throughout the campus." Chief Instructor Tagge explained to the group of new cadets as they walked behind him in rows of two.

Shortly after finishing his overview, he guided the cadets to the barracks.

As each cadet situated themselves in their respective barracks, Meras set her belongings on the floor next to her bunk. Feri set her crate on the other bunk.

She turned her attention to the crate she brought with her.

After examining it for a few short minutes, she opened it. Upon opening it, she found a cadet uniform made for new recruits of the Stormtrooper Corps. She proceeded to change into the cadet uniform, and as she did so, she discarded her civilian clothes. After finishing changing, she closed the crate and set it under her bed. Feri did the same.

"So where are you from, Meras?" Feri asked her newfound friend.

"I'm from Coruscant. You?" calmy replying to Feri's question as she sat on the bunk.

"I'm from Kuat." Feri told her.

"Attention all cadets, flash training will be held tomorrow." echoed the loudspeaker throughout the academy's structure.

"Flash training? Sounds interesting." Feri exclaimed to Meras.

"I bet it is, Feri." Meras responded.

It was getting late, and most of the cadets were asleep.

"I think I'll go to sleep. Gotta reserve my energy for tomorrow, Meras." Feri said with a sleepy tone in her voice.

"Likewise, my friend." Meras responded.

The two of them headed to their respective bunks, and went to sleep to prepare for the next day.