"With all due respect, the ambassadors for the supreme chancellor wish to board immediately." The girl watched as the captain of a republic transportation spoke to Viceroy Nute Gunray. She was still aboard the Trade Federation Flag ship, having now donned black helmet, which looked reminiscent of helmets of the death trooper's in Rogue One. Her armour was also pitch black though it was Mandalorian in make, built of Beskar and able to resist both lightsaber's and blaster fire, with sharp blades extending over her elbows and knees. She had a blaster strapped to each leg, and she also stored a series of detonators in the pouches of her armour. Clipped to the back of her belt was a pair of collapsable electro-staffs, capable of electrocuting both organics and droids alike.
"Yes, of course." Gunray said, in a placid tone, "As you know, our blockade is perfectly legal, and we'd be happy to receive the ambassadors." The girl rolled her eyes, politics…
The Diplomatic transport flew directly into the hanger the Federation Flagship. The ambassadors, or maybe Jedi, were trusting enough to have any active defences as they going into the base of a potential enemy. A mistake on their part. But then again, if the Trade Federation were to attack, caution wouldn't help them.
Normally, both sides of the negotiation should be, well, negotiating, but Gunray appeared to have something else in mind. Instead of going directly to the ambassadors, Gunray first questioned the droid that welcomed them, who reported the ambassadors to be Jedi knights.
"I knew it, they're here to force a settlement." One of the Viceroy's advisers said, strangely afraid of the Jedi. To him Jedi are no different from Sith, seeing them both as freaks with lightsabers. Speaking of freaks, Gunray remembered the girl and turned to her, "You can kill them, right?"
"If I was capable of killing two of the best Jedi knights in this time period I wouldn't be here." The girl answered coldly, I would be conquering the galaxy, killing everyone who gets in my way. "I can protect you from their threat, provided you pay me enough."
"Oh, we'll pay you enough." Gunray said in a irritated tone, sighing when he remembered why he needed the girl, and she might be his last card against the Jedi and the Sith, so he decided to show some generosity. He nodded to the crew, who pressed a button on the control board of the ship. The girl heard clanking footsteps, and turned to see a commander battle droid with purple and yellow painting walking inside. The girl looked at Gunray in confusion.
"This is the commander droid of an army of 3000 battle droids." Gunray explained, "They are of the newest model and aren't controlled by a single computer, and they have been programmed to completely obey you. This is the first part of your payment, the second part, will be given to you once you've completed your part of the bargain."
The girl nodded and smirked under her helmet, "You will find my service worth the price you've payed." She nodded in satisfaction, "Now, what do we do about the Jedi?"
"Distract them. I will contact Lord Sidious." Gunray said, glaring at his advisor, fully expecting him to volunteer for the dangerous job.
"Are you brain dead? I'm not going in there with two Jedi!" The advisor said fearfully before he turned to a silver protocol droid, "Send a droid." The girl raised an eyebrow under her helmet at the advisor. Not because he was a coward, but because he literally insulted his boss.
The silver protocol droid left, the Viceroy and his advisor called the mastermind behind the entire plot against Naboo, Darth Sidious. The girl silently watched as Darth Sidious and Viceroy Gunray discussed their plan to invade Naboo and dispose of the Jedi. As the Sith Lord spoke to Gunray she just stood quietly like a good soldier, doing her best to not attract attention. It was unlikely that Sidious would notice one of the guards on the other end of the hologram as a force user, but if he by any chance did, he might see her as a potential threat. The girl had great confidence in herself and her ability to fight, but she had no intention of battling the one behind everything. At least not yet.
"Who are you? You don't belong here." Darth Sidious suddenly asked, turning slightly to face the girl. Sweat dripped off the girl's forehead as the surrounding became tense with the mere words Darth Sidious said, and the girl could feel an icy feeling in her chest, just like when had put a bullet in her chest. The girl while intimidated, was not defenceless. She had been in situations far worse than this, and she survived all of them.
"I am a mercenary hired by the viceroy to protect his safety. Name's Evelyn." The girl replied, taking a deep breathe and clearing her mind, she made sure to sound cocky and confident in spite of her nervousness. Fear would only make things worse. Sidious narrowed his eyes under his hood. As powerful as he was in the Dark-side, he is capable of radiating power and forcing other to fear him, just talking to the Sith Lord is intimidating particularly if you are able to sense his power in the Dark-side. He looked Evelyn up and down, noticing the brutal touches to her armour. "Her presence was unexpected, but shouldn't affect my plans in any way." Sidious thought to himself. "If she is truly a mercenary, then she may aid in the execution of my plan. If she did prove to be vexing, then Lord Maul would take care of her." Losing interest in Evelyn, Sidious turned back to Gunray and ordered him to kill the Jedi before cutting the transmission and ending the conversation.
Gunray first ordered a turret in the ship's hanger to destroy the republic transport that the Jedi arrived in, before ordering poison gas to be released into the room where the Jedi had been left to wait for the negotiations to start. Finally, believing the Jedi to be dead, he ordered a squad of security droids, along with three droids guarding the room, to go destroy the bodies. The first two parts went without problem, but the same can't be said for the third part. When the droids walked into the room, the transmission was suddenly cut out, suggesting the droids had been destroyed, which meant the Jedi had survived and were probably coming for the Viceroy.
"Have you ever encountered a Jedi knight before, sir?" An advisor asked. The first was sent away after he bravely questioned Darth Sidious.
"No, but I don't… Seal off the bridge! I want droidekas up here at once!" Gunray ordered. As the door closed, Evelyn silently put her hands on her blasters. She knew the Jedi didn't have enough time to breach the gate in the movie, but in a fight anything can happen. Actually standing here she started to doubt that they would come. Evelyn pulled out both her blasters and trained them on the door ready to fire if the Jedi made it through.
The doors were closed, but the glowing green blade of a lightsaber could be seen penetrating the door. The blast doors were closed, but that merely slowed the Jedi down. Fortunately, the droidekas arrived just in time to save the entire command crew from a humiliating capture. As soon the Jedi were gone, Evelyn flamboyantly twirled her blasters and slipped them back into their holsters. She clicked her tongue in annoyance that her first Jedi kills had been delayed.
"Order the army down to Naboo, We must start the invasion at once." Gunray said, slightly more confident now that the droidekas had arrived. A crew member nodded, Evelyn silently left the command centre during this brief exchange. She needed to inspect her new droid army and find out if they could be stored in her ring.