Chapter I
(Location: The Executor)
Aboard his personal Super Star Destroyer, Darth Vader stood aboard the bridge, elevated above the command pits. He checked in with admiral on his fleet's progress regarding the reconnaissance operation on a small rebel cell group, then left the bridge with haste. Vader wanted to see how his new Inquisitor was doing with advanced training.
Entering a large, spaced out room, he saw Inquisitor Venar practicing blaster deflection skills against about a dozen Imperial probe droids. Vader did not choose to reveal himself yet (Venar hasn't realized that he entered the room, as he was concentrating on the droids) but he watched Venar's talent with great interest. Focusing on Venar now, his stance was solid, resembling the Form V Shien/Djem So lightsaber form. He was well armored, wearing a more modern version of the Acolyte armor, giving him good protection against blaster bolts. Despite the bulky appearance of the armor he wore, Venar proved to be quite the agile Inquisitor, leaping up into the air and slicing apart two probe droids with his lightsaber, while deflecting the incoming shots from a third behind him. You could tell he was focused without seeing his facial expression-he wore an intimidating mask. Vader was impressed by what he witnessed…five probe droids all firing at once and Venar was capable of deflecting all of them…it wasn't impressive for him, though. Back in the Clone Wars, he was deflecting incoming fire from dozens upon dozens of battle droids, and with little effort, too. But this Inquisitor has only been under his mentorship for about a month, completing basic trials not too long ago, and now, he's already expressing proficient blaster deflection skills. For an Inquisitor fresh out of training it is an impressive feat. Vader began slowly approaching the center as Venar began taking down the rest of the droids. Venar, still not noticing Vader's presence, uses the Force to make two droids collide with each other, destroying them. One probe droid still remained. Venar began a Force-amplified sprint towards the droid, deflecting incoming shots, and leaped in the air, kicking off of one of the pillars in the room, and using his beskar-reinforced gauntlet to grab the droid and throw it to the ground, stabbing downwards with his lightsaber, straight through the droid's main systems, destroying it. Venar looked at all the wrecked scrap metal before deactivating his lightsaber.
Vader- "Well done, Inquisitor Venar. Your skills are increasing rapidly."
*Venar immediately turned towards the sound of his mechanical voice and kneeled*
Venar- "Lord Vader. I didn't notice you there."
Vader- "Rise. You only need kneel before the Emperor. You may bow before me."
Venar- "As you wish my Lord." *Venar rises*
Vader- "Come." *Vader motions for Venar to follow him out of the chamber, and Venar follows* "I have an important mission for you, Inquisitor. I know you are quite fresh, but I have faith in your abilities."
*As the two walked through the passageways of the ship*
Venar- "What is this mission that you wish for me to do?"
Vader- "We have been monitoring a small cell group of rebels for a while. We have reason to believe that these rebels contain some important information regarding the command structure of the Alliance, as well as contacts and sympathizers. They are located not too far from where we are…in the Chandrila system. I want you to go there and enter their compound. Eliminate any resistance. Interrogate anyone if necessary. Aquire what information you can find. And when you're done, destroy the compound and any evidence of your presence."
Venar- "If I may, how would I get there without being spotted?"
Vader- "Remember that this is but a small cell group. They do not have much supplies nor equipment like most large rebel groups out there. They're the only ones on this planet. We've been observing them for well over a month, so I believe we've acquired enough data on them in order to manipulate the situation to our advantage."
*They enter the ventral hangar bay of the Executor*
Vader- "Take one of our prototype TIE Advanced Fighters. They're fast, agile, and very difficult to track."
Venar- "As you wish, my Lord." *Venar hops into the cockpit*
Vader- "Don't fail me. I expect a good report of success when you return."
*Venar nods before taking off and departing the Executor*
*The admiral of the Executor comms in via hologram*
Admiral- "Inquisitor, I assume Lord Vader has already briefed you on the mission?"
Venar- "Of course, Admiral."
Admiral- "Very well. All of our reconnaissance data on the rebel cell group has been compiled and stored in your fighter's computer for your use. I'll let you be on your way."
Venar- "Thank you, Admiral."
*The hologram turns off*
*Venar sets coordinates for Chandrila and engages the hyperdrive, entering hyperspace*
(Location: Chandrila System)
Venar travels in hyperspace in his prototype TIE Advanced Starfighter, heading to Chandrila on a special mission for Darth Vader in order to target a small cell of rebels holding vital information on the Alliance. The young but powerful Inquisitor is eager to prove himself to Vader and help the Empire as well…
Venar- "Alright, closing in on Chandrila…according to this recon data it looks like their short range planetary sensors have a blind spot on the west side of the planet. I can get to the surface there, and their little compound is about 10 kilometers north of that blind spot…"
*He cuts back the sublight engines, exiting hyperspace within the Chandrila system*
*Venar's TIE Advanced flies towards the atmosphere of the primary planet, into the blind spot on the sensors so that the rebels won't detect him*
Venar- "So, it looks like from our recon missions, there can't be more than about two dozen rebels…only a handful of unarmed speeder bikes…mostly blaster pistols, few assault rifles, a couple slugthrower hunting rifles, judging from these images here…" *He closely analyzes the weapons seen in the images taken by Imperial agents from orbit* "Shouldn't be very hard…"
*He lands his fighter underneath the canopy of a group of thick trees, decreasing the chances of his presence being detected*
*He uploads all of the recon data onto his personal holopad in the case that he'd need more information on the way to the rebel cell group*
Venar- *Hopping out of the fighter* "Perhaps I could find some faster mode of transportation around here...looks like there's a lot of farms and small residences in this area…pretty sure one of them might have a speeder…"
After taking a look at some satellite images, Venar hears the sounds of some farm animals in the distance, as well as chatter from sentient life forms. Alien species, he thought, as the language they spoke wasn't Basic. Possibly immigrants from another system, as Chandrila was dominantly human. Venar headed towards the sounds, hoping he could find a speeder.
*He crouches under the foliage, slowly moving so his heavy armor doesn't give away his position*
Venar peeks above the bushes to see two Twi'leks talking in the doorway of a small house. Looking past them he sees a speeder bike- an old one, by the looks of it, but still appearing to be functional. All he has to do is get past the farmers. As he continues to head towards the building, some of the animals begin the smell his presence and become restless, some of them going towards the bushes.
Venar- *In his mind* "Dammit those stupid animals are gonna give me away!"
*He stealthily uses the Force on the animal, causing it to fly in the air and distract the farmers, allowing him to sneak into the building*
*Walking into the home he looks around for another doorway that would lead him to the speeder bike he needs*
Venar notices a wall-mounted case for a hunting rifle, although the case was empty. He didn't remember seeing the farmers with any weapons at first. Suddenly he hears shouting coming from behind him in an alien language. Venar turns around menacingly to see one of the Twi'leks aiming the slugthrower at him, the other one holding a child at the doorway.
Venar- "Well, no witnesses I guess…"
*He slowly approaches the farmer, his armor crushing the wooden floor beneath him*
The nervous farmer fires a shot at Venar's head, but the slug is caught in his gauntlet before the farmer even realizes it.
*Venar grabs the rifle and snaps it in two, proceeding to snap the farmer's neck, the other two aliens crying in the distance*
Venar remembers the Empire's brutality against non-humans, as well as Vader's own ruthlessness against them.
*Venar Force chokes the mother Twi'lek to death, and ignites his lightsaber and stabs the child in the chest*
Venar- "This is not what I had planned but it's for the Empire…"
*He deactivates his lightsaber and takes the speeder, racing off in the direction of the rebel camp*
After several minutes Venar closes in on the rebel camp. He stops the speeder bike and dismounts so they won't hear him coming. Pulling out some microbinoculars he sees about four rebels armed with blaster rifles, as well as one on top of the building with a slugthrower rifle.
Venar- "The rest must be somewhere inside…this shouldn't be hard at all…not sure why Vader implied that this would be somewhat difficult…"
*He sneaks closer to the compound, hiding behind a mass of crates (this may have been some more supplies shipped to them by the Alliance)*
*Out of the view of the guards, Venar concentrated on Force choking the sniper, providing a distraction for the guards*
*As the guards inspect the sniper's body, which has fallen from the roof, Venar notices a small satellite array on the side of the compound which was used for communications*
Venar- *In his mind* "Why do these rebels always have their vital equipment exposed?'
*He ignites his lightsaber and destroys the comms unit*
Venar- "Perfect."
*He suddenly hears yelling behind him as the rebel guard have detected him*
*Venar begins deflecting incoming blaster bolts from the rebels, cutting them down quickly*
*One rebel is left alive, his leg cut off*
Venar- *Grabbing the rebel and pinning him against the wall* "Tell me where the rest of your rebels are…"
Guard- *Scared* "T-they're…inside…"
Venar- "Thanks for your cooperation."
*Venar immediately plunges his lightsaber into the guard's chest, dropping him and proceeding to cut a hole into the blast doors of the compound*
*After cutting a small hole, compromising the stability of the doors, Venar uses a powerful Force push to blast open the doors and enters the compound*
*The blast doors flatten several rebels, and Venar steps inside and throws his lightsaber at 3 more rebels firing pistols at him, slicing through all three simultaneously*
As he storms through the rebel compound, killing rebels left and right, Venar confiscates some information regarding the rebel cell group's dealings with the Alliance, such as shipping manifests detailing the arrival of high tech supplies and weapons, as well as some security footage showing what appears to be important figures in the Alliance. Hacking into the mainframe of the compound he finds the rest of the rebels holed up in the conference room.
Venar- *Picking up a thermal detonator from one of the open crates* "I think I got a good idea to take them out…"
The rebels inside have their blaster pistols armed and ready, as they are already aware of the Imperial Inquisitor that has breached their compound. They immediately fire their blasters as the door suddenly opens, but no one is at the entrance. Unknown to them, Venar silently and discreetly rolls the armed thermal detonator into the room, and before the rebels know it, the entire conference room lights up in an explosion, killing everyone inside.
Venar- "Big boom." *Chuckles*
As he enters the smoke-filled room, Venar hears some coughing, finding out that one of the rebels is still alive, but barely.
Venar- *Grabbing the rebel and throwing him onto the table* *Pointing his lightsaber at the rebel's chest* "I know that some important Alliance people have been visiting your compound…give me some names…"
Rebel- "I'm not telling you a damn thing, Imperial scum!" *The rebel coughs some blood*
*Venar pushes him off the table and places his armored boot on the rebel's chest, applying some painful pressure*
Venar- "For your sake, I think it'd be wise to do so…you don't have much time left to live…"
Rebel- *Wincing in pain from the boot crushing his chest* "Okay, okay I'll talk! Just stop hurting me!"
*Venar temporarily removes his foot from the rebel's chest*
Venar- "Speak, then…"
Rebel- *Coughing* "There's…some important women who regularly visit…one of them I think is the Princess of Alderaan…the other…I only got her last name…Mothma…"
Venar- "You've been very helpful…now I will put an end to your suffering…"
Unknown to Venar there was an armored Jedi who had appeared suddenly in the doorway, preparing to attack.
*The rebel begins laughing*
Venar- *Lowering his lightsaber* "Fool what are you laughing about?"
Rebel- "Hehe…you're gonna die, Inquisitor!"
*Immediately after Venar kills the rebel, the mysterious Jedi lunges out at him*
Venar- "What the hell?!"
*Venar ducks the incoming lightsaber strike and counters with a strike of his own, clashing against the Jedi's lightsaber*
Venar- *Shockingly* "A-a Jedi? But Order 66! You're all supposed to be dead!"
The Jedi was wearing a worn brown cloak over a suit of durasteel armor, similar to Venar's Acolyte armor. He had a strong stature and his face showed age and some battle scars from war. His lightsaber had a green blade, its hilt resembling a Jedi's lightsaber from the Old Republic.
Jedi- *He laughs* "Ha! Not all of us were destroyed! Now, Inquisitor, you will die!"
*The Jedi kicks Venar in the chest, Force pushing him through the wall of the compound*
*As Venar gets back up the Jedi lunges again with a downward thrust*
*Venar rolls to the side to dodge it, retaliating with a slashing movement, singing a part of the Jedi's cloak*
Venar- "I thought Jedi were supposed to be good people, peace-lovers, pacifists…"
Jedi- *Throwing some crates at him with the Force* "We surviving Jedi have learned from the weakness of our fallen Order. We will destroy the Sith and the Empire at any cost!"
*Venar ruthlessly cuts apart the crates, leaping into the air and landing behind the rogue Jedi, thrusting his lightsaber behind him*
*The Jedi starts to relentlessly attack Venar with all of his might*
*Venar struggles to block every fast-paced strike, and eventually gets caught off guard, allowing the Jedi to strike at his leg, making a gash in his armor*
Venar- Agh, dammit! *He falls to the ground, clashing again with the Jedi*
*As the blades start to close in towards his face, Venar kicks the Jedi in the gut, using all his power to Force push him into a crate of thermal detonators, causing the explosives to go off, destroying the entire compound as a result*
*Hoping the Jedi to be dead, an injured and exhausted Venar limps back to his stolen speeder, when he hears some crumbling rock*
Venar- "No…that's impossible…"
*He looks around to find the Jedi still alive, stepping out of a Force shield*
Venar- "Who…what are you?"
Jedi- "I am Jon Mykel…I have vowed to destroy all of the Sith!"
Venar- "You will fail!"
*The Jedi starts dashing at Venar as he takes off in the speeder*
Arriving back at the spot he hid his fighter, Venar reflects on his encounter with the rogue Jedi. Up until now he thought that all of the Jedi were killed during Order 66. When he got back he would inform Vader of the Jedi, and hopefully Vader would take him out.
*He gets back in his TIE Advanced and takes off into space, jumping into lightspeed towards the location of Vader's fleet*
*Hours later Venar exits hyperspace and eventually docks with the Executor*
*As he lands he sees Vader waiting for him*
Vader- *Noticing Venar's injuries* "I hope the rebels weren't too much trouble for you…"
Venar- *Exiting the craft and bowing to Vader* "No my Lord…they were merely pests…but…there was a Jedi there…"
Vader- "A Jedi? I thought I hunted down the last of them that survived Order 66 already!"
Venar- "He was quite powerful…I barely made it out…"
Vader- "That is weakness I hear, Inquisitor…you must train more."
Venar- "I shall, Lord Vader…"
Vader- "I hope so, for your sake…"
*As Vader leaves, Venar is approached by an Imperial intelligence officer*
Officer- "What information did you acquire from the rebel camp?"
Venar- *Handing him the holopad* "It's all on there…shipping manifests and security footage…"
Officer- "Very well, Inquisitor. Well done."
*As the officer leaves, Venar heads to his quarters that Vader left for him*