Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Lady and her Paladin. Enjoy the 900-Word chapter. I don't own Star Wars. Disney and Lucas Arts do.

(Coruscant, 4BBY)

Karland bowed before Vader while the Sith Lord slowly crossed the room, looking at Karland while he looked around the room.

"There hasn't been a single disturbance around the planet, I'm ready for another mission, my lord." Karland said, Vader was silent a minute.

"We have discovered a group of pirates within the Outer Rim sector which terrorize an imperial shipment the Emperor himself wishes to keep safe." Vader said, Karland said nothing, he nodded all the same and turned and left.

He questioned why he hadn't heard from his brother, but he pushed it to the other side of his mind.

"The Empire's survival must not be undercut… As much as I do not care to keep them alive… Let us see what these pirates care so much to go after to get what they want." Karland said before he walked towards a custom TIE Interceptor.

All Royal Guards, shadow or otherwise, were given Tie Interceptors which were designed for them and them alone, both with shields and hyperdrive.

"Let's see what these Pirates want and if their worth the time." Karland said as he boarded the TIE interceptor and flew it into the sky before hyperspacing out of the system.

(Felucia, Outer Rim)

The figure moved faster then the eye could see, it was clear that the figure wasn't human.

It was none other then Shaak Ti, the Togruta which was part of the Jedi council which led the Jedi.

She landed in a crouch with a few Felucian warriors, they looked to her for guidance which she pointed into the jungle.

"You saw another Star Destroyer pass through the system?" Shaak Ti asked, a grunt and a few nods before she sighed and crossed her arms.

"Stay in hiding and wait for when the Empire arrives. They don't know we're here and we're surrounded by creatures that don't take too kindly to the Empire to begin with." Shaak Ti ordered, she turned to another group behind her.

"And you said a non-marked frigate crashed with soldiers from the Rebel Alliance?" Shaak Ti asked, a nod from the rest of the group.

"Take me to them." Shaak Ti ordered, they nodded and rushed away while the Togruta Jedi Master followed them.

She wouldn't let the planet fall to darkness; she'd be damned if the Empire took over her planet.

(Tatooine, Tatoo System, Arkanius sector)

Karland's TIE Interceptor dropped out of hyperspace to see a burning Star Destroyer, an Interdictor- Class Star Destroyer was trying to hold off a Dreadnought-Class Heavy Cruiser, 2 Squadrons of V-Wing fighters, another squadron of Cloakshape fighters and 4 DP20 Frigates.

"Commander, I'm Karland, Lord Vader sent me to deal with these pirates…" Karland said while he piloted his fighter into the battle. He looked at the Hutt fleet and realized Jabba or another Hutt had ordered an attack on the Empire.

"Finally, reinforcements! I thought Lord Vader was going to leave us to die!" The Commander said, Karland sighed and fired a V-Wing vanished into a fireball from his canons while he angled to get a better shot at the cruiser which was moving in to board the destroyer.

"Commander." Karland said, he had no real interest in the battle, he already knew he had reinforcements arriving which would tilt the battle in the Empire's favor.

Vader had already made plans to visit the system anyway, he'd just be speeding things up.

Karland did briefly wonder why the Hutts would attack the Empire… Though he clearly chalked that up to credits and a bad call on the Empire's part.

You give someone a Star Destroyer and their think themselves unstoppable.

"I am aware of the rabble trying to board my ship, pilot, you are just keeping the pilots alive…" Karland heard and he sighed and felt his fighter shake from a blast by a V-Wing, he swung his fighter around the damaged destroyer and shot one of the Cloakshape fighters down.

"Yes, I'll just kill the pirates who easily disabled your destroyer and who's giving both an entire squadron of fighters and an interdictor a hard time… I'm the idiot here… Blasted fool should be executed for what he did." Karland muttered, he was glad he hadn't keyed the communicator built into the fighter.

"Guardsmen, what is your situation?" Karland heard from the holo and remembered that Vader was the one who sent him at the moment.

"The Admiral is making my job harder and causing problems, Lord Vader… I'm currently dealing with the pirates at the moment… The Hutt fighters have disabled the destroyer and the interceptor that was dispatched to help has been stalled at the end of the system by a cruiser…. The Hutts expected our reinforcements." Karland said before he watched 3 TIE Fighters fall to the Hutt fighters.

"I will be there in a minute… Stall them." Vader ordered, Karland sighed in annoyance.

Author notes.

Phew, another chapter done! Yes, I know it's a short chapter, next chapter will be longer. I also want to point out Karland's brother isn't important to the story as you think. Next chapter will be on next, next Monday or so, and will show Karland finishing his mission and build on his deflection from the empire. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!