Automated Security Transcript – Coruscant Bridge
Commander Jarro: Operations, give me a readout on that ship right now. Deepest possible scan.
Operations Officer: Aye, sir. Scanning now. The energy weapon is comprised of some kind of plasma energy, unknown energy signature, extremely powerful. I'm reading a targeting beam focusing on Akkadian Base. They're targeting the primary power core.
Commander Jarro: Tactical, charge weapons and raise all shields. Helm, assume an offensive posture and prepare for Attack Pattern Zeta Four. Prepare for evasive action.
Operations Officer: Sir, they're opening fire.
[WARNING: Massive surge detected in planetary atmosphere/ recommend evasive action/ surface impacted detected/ analyzing damaged area . . . . . Total damage area: 41.2km x 46.5km x 11km/ Total life signs detected: 0]
Captain Regis: By the Force . . .
Commander Jarro: Ops, I want a full scan of the surface and prepare a triage team. Have the shuttle bays prepare a rescue craft.
Operations Officer: No need, sir. The base is completely destroyed. I'm not reading survivors, any beacons, any sign of life whatsoever. That blast wiped out everything for a fifty-kilometer radius and left a crater eleven kilometers deep.
Commander Jarro: Just like Saccaris. Tactical, lock all weapons on the Borg ship and prepare to fire. Helm, engage Attack Pattern Zeta Four. We're taking these bastards down.
Helmsman: Aye, sir, engaging Pattern Zeta Four no- sir, the enemy ship is opening some kind of hyperspace conduit. I'm having trouble maintaining a sensor lock on them.
Tactical Officer: I can't lock weapons either, sir. There's some strange kind of energy grid surrounding their hull. Their shields are phasing in and out of hyperspace.
Helmsman: Sir, they're moving into the conduit?
Commander Jarro: Damn right, we do. Helm, you follow that ship into that conduit and don't let them out of your sight. Chief, can we take the stresses of entering that conduit?
Chief Engineer: I'm reading gravimetric shear in that conduit like nothing I've ever seen before, sir. If we try to enter that thing now with our standard shields, we'll be torn to bits in a matter of minutes.
Commander Jarro: What if we can enter it on the heels of the Borg ship? They appear to have shields that can withstand the shear. Would that work?
Chief Engineer: If we time it right, then it's possible but we'd have to time it perfectly. One slip-up and we'll all be atomized before we even realize that we [REDACTED] up.
Commander Jarro: Copy that, Chief. We'll do our best. Helm, can you do that?
Helmsman: I'll damn sure try, sir.
Commander Jarro: Good enough for me, ensign. All hands, this is your captain. Brace for extreme turbulence. Are they going into the conduit?
Helmsman: Aye, sir. They're entering now. Hang on!
[Enemy vessel entering unknown anomaly/ Estimated speed: UNKNOWN/ Matching velocity/ Anomaly entered/ Core Engine Temperature: CRITICAL/ Hull Pressure: CRITICAL/ Spatial Turbulence: EXTREME]
Commander Jarro: Report!
Helmsman: We're traveling at an unbelievable velocity, sir! We're riding in the Borg ship's wake, but just barely. according to my sensors, we've already traveled 0.5 light-years.
Commander Jarro: Can you tell me anything about our destination?
Helmsman: We appear to be heading back toward Saccaris, sir.
Captain Regis: I don't understand this, Jarro. We're practically eating their exhaust, so why aren't they attacking us? At this speed, one hit would be all it would take to obliterate us.
Commander Jarro: I don't know, but I have a theory. Helm, steady as she goes. Keep us in that wake and don't falter, or we're all dead. Tactical, power down all weapons and keep the shields on standby.
Tactical Officer: Sir?
Commander Jarro: Trust me, lieutenant. Power down the weapons, but have the crews stand ready to engage. Keep the shields at low power, but stand ready to take them to full power. Helm, speed?
Helmsman: I can't believe what I'm seeing here, sir. We've traveled two and a half light-years since entering the conduit. Two and three quarters, three light-years . . . four light-years! We've gone more than a week's journey in just a few minutes. At this rate, we'll be in Saccaris within the next half an hour.
Commander Jarro: Keep me posted, ensign. Captain Regis, are you getting anything from them?
Captain Regis: I can hear them, but it's faint. It's like a loud party on the other side of the wall. I can hear the noise, but I can't understand what's being said.
Commander Jarro: Are you ready for this, sir?
Captain Regis: No, but what the hell? We're all in now. Let's see how the hand plays out.
Captain's Log
Commander Daren Jarro – Acting Commanding Officer
Time: 0935 hours
Date: CLASSIFIED
Today history has been made in more ways than one. A single ship has wiped out an entire squadron of Imperial warships and come out of the encounter practically unscathed, an Imperial base has been completely destroyed by a ship from an unknown species with a single hit, and now a brand-new Star Destroyer has broken the hyperspace speed record a dozen times over by following that ship into a hyperspace conduit. It's kind of funny, in a way. I always dreamed of doing something that would make history. I always imagined that it would be something to do with a military victory or some marvelous new strategy. I never dreamed that it would be anything like this. We are heading back toward the Saccaris system at breakneck speed, a faster speed than anyone in recorded history has ever achieved, and I have absolutely no idea why.
A few possibilities come to mind, and none of them are any good. Either the enemy ship is on a return course to wherever they came from, in which case we will have to find a way to exit this conduit before we pass into the Outer Reaches, the ship is returning to the site of their original attacks to conduct repairs and resupply (if they even require those), or, most frightening, they are returning to their original entry point to our space to await the arrival of reinforcements. That signal they were sending out into deep space . . . . . what if it was a call to the others of their species telling them that an invasion is possible? I can't imagine what would happen if an entire fleet of them entered our space. It would mean the end of the Empire, the end of the Rebellion, the end of the galaxy as a whole. We have one chance to stop this attack, just one, and I do not plan to squander it.
If this is to be my final log entry as the commander of this ship, I want it to be known that I have never been more proud of any of the men that I have ever served with. These men have served with more courage and distinction than any crew ever could under the same circumstances. My ship and my crew have done credit to the Empire and to the training we have given them. Should we survive this ordeal, I plan to put several of my men up for commendations and promotions. They have all earned it. Even if I am stripped of my command once we return to Inner Core, as I'm sure the admiral will insist upon, I will face my courts-martial with pride and resolution. All my life I have dreamed of serving my people and the Empire and I have done so, proudly, as have every man and woman under my command. In the event that we do not survive this, however, I want it to be known that we went to our deaths with full hearts and sound minds. May the Force be with us.
Automated Security Transcript – Coruscant Bridge
Commander Jarro: Operations, give me a sitrep.
Operations Officer: The Cube is slowing down, sir. We're approaching the Saccaris system. We should be there in the next few minutes.
Tactical Officer: Shall I raise shields, sir?
Commander Jarro: Not yet, lieutenant. Stand by for my order and keep the crews to their guns. Helm, are you ready to exit the conduit?
Helmsman: I am, sir. I'm watching their speed carefully. I think I can get us out of the conduit at the same instant.
Commander Jarro: You think?
Helmsman: Aye, sir.
Commander Jarro: Chief, what will happen to us if we can't exit at the same time as the Cube?
Chief Engineer: Well, sir, we'll all be atomized particles before we even realize that we've made a mistake. At this speed, the entire ship will be torn apart at the welds and anything organic will be reduced to the cellular level.
Commander Jarro: Good to know. Helm, steady as she goes. Anything, Captain?
Captain Regis: It's still garbled. I can hear the voices, but not the words. My head is pounding, though. I'll be fine. It must be the speed.
Helmsman: We're coming up on the Saccaris system, sir. The Cube should be exiting the conduit in three, two, one. Hold on!
[WARNING: Speed reduced 127%/structural integrity weakening/rapid deceleration is not recommended/speed drastically reduced/structural integrity:74%]
Helmsman: We're clear of the conduit, sir. The Cube is returning to their original position in the system. They're assuming orbit of Saccaris Beta.
Comms Officer: Sir, I'm reading the same transmission as before coming from the Cube. They're transmitting it into deep space.
Captain Regis: Ahhhh!
Commander Jarro: Captain?
Captain Regis: I can hear them! Ahhh! They're saying . . . they're calling for more . . . a queen . . . . they're reporting on us . . . weak . . . assimilation . . . ahhh, I can't take it any more!
Commander Jarro: Stay with it, Captain. Comms, can you get a fix on their frequency?
Comms Officer: Scanning now, sir. It's highly encoded. They're operating on a frequency that I've never seen. I'm isolating the signal, cleaning out the bandwidth . . .
Captain Regis: Delta . . . Delta Quadrant . . . something about . . . a collective. They know! They know I'm listening! I can hear her voice! She's in my mind!
Commander Jarro: Comms, work faster. Tactical, stand ready.
Comms Officer: I'm reading a second transmission, captain. It seems to be a reply to the original transmission. I can't isolate a source.
Helmsman: I'm reading a second conduit, sir. It's massive. I'm reading multiple signatures, all with the same propulsion profile as the Cube. It appears to be five, no six . . . eight . . . twelve signals, sir.
Commander Jarro: That has to be their invasion fleet. We're out of time. Comms, get me that signal! Tactical, charge all weapons and raise shields. All hands, general quarters. I repeat, general quarters all hands to battle stations. Tactical, target the Cube's primary shield generators and all the weapons you can find. Proton torpedoes, full spread.
Tactical Officer: Targets locked, sir. Firing. Good effect on target, sir. Their shields have been disabled, weapons unaffected. We're being targeted! Brace for impact!
[impact: dorsal shield grid/shield strength: 78%]
Tactical Officer: Shields are holding, sir. All batteries continuing to fire.
[impact: ventral shield grid/shield strength: 62%/impact: dorsal shield grid/shield strength: 54%]
Commander Jarro: Report!
Tactical Officer: We're doing damage, but not enough. Their shields have reactivated somehow. Their armor is just too strong.
Commander Jarro: Keep at it. Helm, evasive action. Captain, how are you doing?
Captain Regis: They're . . . they're in my head, Commander . . . they're trying to lock me out.
Comms Officer: I've almost got a fix on the frequency, sir. Got it! I have the –
[impact: dorsal shield grid/ shield strength: 0%/ hull breach detected, sections 34-38]
Tactical Officer: Multiple hull breaches! We have casualties on decks 24 and 26. Shields are down!
Operations Officer: Sir, energy surges detected! They're coming aboard!
[INTRUDER ALERT! Intruders detected: all decks]
Commander Jarro: Arm yourselves! Stormtroopers to the bridge!
[SECURITY ALERT! Weapons fire detected: main bridge/ weapons fire detected: all decks]
Colonel Tanon: Give 'em hell, boys! Captain, get down! Come on, you sons of bitches! Come on!
[cancel intruder alert/ intruders no longer detected]
Commander Jarro: Report!
Tactical Officer: Main power is offline, both shield generators have been destroyed, engines are gone. We're at sub-light speeds only.
Colonel Tanon: I'm getting casualty reports. I've got sixteen dead, 86 wounded.
Operations Officer: We have 124 dead, 76 wounded, sir. Reports of dead Borg on decks 84, 27, and 14.
Helmsman: Commander, they're coming about again. I'm reading no weapons locks.
Commander Jarro: They're watching us. They know we're a sitting duck. Chief, is there any way we can manage lightspeed?
Chief Engineer: Maybe one short burst, sir. The engines are fried and the manifolds are overheated. Anything more than a few seconds and the main reactors will blow.
Captain Regis: Orders, captain?
Commander Jarro: There's only one thing we can do. All hands, this is Commander Jarro. Abandon ship. I repeat, abandon ship.
Captain's Log
Commander Daren Jarro – Acting Commanding Officer
Time: 1138 hours
Date: CLASSIFIED
This will be my final entry. I have saved all data entries into the secure servers in the shielded databanks. I'm sure this record will survive. All hands have been ordered into the escape pods and I have given the order to abandon the Coruscant. The conduit we detected remains open, drawn by the signal being transmitted by the Borg ship. We have damaged them, but not severely enough to disable them. They could destroy us at any moment, and yet they hold back. I don't know why. I doubt that I ever will.
I have ordered my staff to transfer all controls of the Coruscant to the computer and to the Operations console at the Helm. I have told them all to leave the vessel, against their protest, and I believe that they have followed that order. Captain Regis protested the most. He is a good man, better than many that I have served with. Imperial Intelligence has a lot of thing wrong about him. I hope that whoever reads this will take that into account if he is brought to courts-martial.
I have ordered my men to the surface of Saccaris Beta. The planet has a temperate atmosphere, a good climate, plenty of resources. They will be able to survive once they reach the surface. That is, if I can hold off the Borg and their fleet. An entire fleet of those Cubes? The very thought turns my stomach. If just one ship could do this to us . . . what kind of damage could an entire fleet do? Catastrophic is the best word that comes to mind. If we fail here, if I fail here, then the galaxy as we know it will cease to exist. We must be successful here. I have enclosed with this log several recommendations for my crew for various citations. It is my last wish that they be honored by the Admiralty. That is a formal request. If my remains are recovered, I ask that they be scattered near the Jedi Temple on my native Coruscant. My father had always hoped that I be trained there. I had the Gift, he said. I suppose that explains a lot. Had the Emperor not come to power, I suppose my life would have been much different.
If this record survives, then I know that I have succeeded. I ask nothing for myself. I ask that my crew be honored and decorated for their service in this, one of our darkest hours. They have performed their duties with unflinching efficiency and have been an example that should be admired by every serviceman in the Imperial Forces. May the Force be with them.
Commander Daren Adara Jarro, Imperial Navy, formerly Colonel of the Stormtrooper Corps, signing off.
Recommendations for decoration:
Colonel Tai Tanon, Stormtrooper Corps – Imperial Medal of Valor
Lieutenant Abron Moros, Helmsman ISD Coruscant – Imperial Medal of Valor
Ensign Idris Orlano, Operations Officer ISD Coruscant – Imperial Service Cross
Ensign Taron Kenobi, Tactical Officer ISD Coruscant – Imperial Service Cross
Captain Jared Regis, Commanding Officer ID Vindicator – Imperial Medal of Valor
26 additional recommendations . . .
Automated Security Transcript – Coruscant Bridge
Captain Regis: Welcome to the bridge, commander.
Commander Jarro: I thought I ordered you to the escape pods. You too, lieutenant.
Helmsman: We thought you could use a hand, sir. We're not about to miss this fight.
Commander Jarro: Technically this is mutiny, but I thank you all the same.
Captain Regis: So what's the plan, boss?
Commander Jarro: Simple, Captain. We're going to take down that ship. I have a plan, but I don't know if it will work.
Captain Regis: I can work with that. Whatever we do will have to be done fast. You know the Borg will go after those pods as soon as they launch.
Commander Jarro: I do. We're going to do all we can for them, but I'm afraid they're on their own. Gentlemen, I want you both to know that it has been an honor to serve with you.
Helmsman: Sir, speaking for myself: the honor was mine.
Captain Regis: Likewise, commander.
Commander Jarro: Very well. Lieutenant, give me all the engine power you can and plot a course for the Cube. Prepare to make the jump to lightspeed.
Helmsman: Aye aye, sir. Course laid in, engines standing by. All weapons at your command.
Commander Jarro: Engage course, lieutenant. Lock all weapons and commence fire.
Captain Regis: Well boys, it's been fun. See you on the other side.
[WARNING: PROXIMITY ALERT!/ current course carries danger of collision/ destruction imminent]
Security Transcript, Encrypted Transmission – ISD Executioner to Imperial Residence
WARNING! LEVEL RED CLASSIFIED!
Please Enter Clearance Code: ***************
Darth Vader: What is thy bidding, my master?
Emperor Palpatine: I have been informed that you have located the remains of the Coruscant.
Darth Vader: I have. It would appear that Commander Jarro and his crew used the ship itself to ram and destroy the Borg vessel. Our sensors are showing the presence of lightspeed emissions and damage to hyperspace in the area. We have recovered the secured servers from the Coruscant as well as most of the wreckage from the Borg ship.
Emperor Palpatine: Have you recovered any of the primary systems of the Borg vessel? Weapons, shields, perhaps components of the engines?
Darth Vader: Most of the primary systems appear to have self-destructed upon the destruction of the ship. We did manage to recover several components of their main weapon. We believe it is the same weapon that was used to destroy Akkadian base and several of the ships in Admiral Tarkin's fleet.
Emperor Palpatine: And the admiral himself?
Darth Vader: He has been recovered from the surface of Saccaris Beta, along with several of the Coruscant crew. Rescue efforts are underway to retrieve the rest.
Emperor Palpatine: Cancel any further efforts.
Darth Vader: My lord?
Emperor Palpatine: My friend, this is a most sensitive matter. An alien force has penetrated our space, destroyed our colonies, and defeated our forces with ease. It took the sacrifice of a Star Destroyer to destroy a single ship. We must use caution in dealing with this situation. I want all related files and records pertaining to this incident to be erased, all crucial information deemed classified. Our eyes only. Send the materials you have collected to our research facility on Eadu for further study. The Borg weapon is of particular interest. We may have use for it in our current project. The shields and armor may be of use in the future. Arrange to have the wreckage of the Dauntless and the Vindicator brought to the Saccaris system. Scatter them throughout the system and mingle them with the debris of the Coruscant. I want the records to show that the Coruscant was destroyed in a battle with the two Rebel ships. Tarkin's fleet will be lost in an ion storm.
Darth Vader: And the survivors of the Coruscant?
Emperor Palpatine: I think you know the answer to that. They have seen far too much. We must not have a panic spread across the galaxy. If the public were to learn that we were nearly undone by a single ship, our war effort would collapse and the Rebels would gain a rather large advantage. The admiral can be silenced. Give him a post and a position that guarantees his silence. All non-essential personnel are to be disposed of.
Darth Vader: Yes, my master. Understood.
OFFICIAL REPORT – SACCARIS INCIDENT, DESTRUCTION OF ISD CORUSCANT
ISD Coruscant was dispatched from Alderaan base to investigate a mysterious signal emanating from the Saccaris system. En route, ISD Coruscant discovered that the Imperial base in the Akkadian system had been attacked and destroyed by Rebel ships Vindicator and Dauntless. ISD Coruscant tracked the Rebel ships to the Saccaris system and discovered a Rebel communication hub. All colonies in Saccaris system destroyed.
ISD Coruscant engaged and destroyed Rebel ships Vindicator and Dauntless in Saccaris Cluster, suffering catastrophic damage in the process. Captain Leonidas Barron is believed to have scuttled the ship when it was discovered that Rebel reinforcements were en route. Debris from all three ships was discovered by Admiral Tarkin of ISD Geonosis. Imperial forces dispatched to search for survivors.
ISD Coruscant was lost with all hands. Captain Barron posthumously decorated with the Imperial Medal of Valor. Current status of the Saccaris Cluster has been deemed Classified: No Traffic Zone. This restriction will remain in effect until further notice.
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