Chapter 6
The faint stench of sparks snuck through the helmets filter's as he walked in the zero gravity state the bridge was in. Around him was floating all sorts of debris in the now destroyed Bridge command center. Around him were three bodies that were floating adrift, blaster bolts in their chest. Behind him, a Soldier called to him, beconning him to come and see what he found. He slowly moved over to him, grabbing objects that were around the bridge and used them to pull him through space. He looked at what the he was pointing at; A terminal still functioned onboard the ship. He observed as the Soldier pulled through the manifests and noticed the new orders linked to the Shipments; Authorised by ZSID. Nodding, he lifted his hand, motioning the rest of the crew to the terminal.
A Slicer plugged his device and downloaded the remaining information, security footage, access records, everything. The officer looked back at him, telling him there wasn't much to download anyway. He nodded and commanded him to continue. He looked to the others soldiers, who were carefully conducting their orders as they were trained to do. Silently they finished their work in the vacuum of space.
The comlink beeped in his helmet, "Sir, We pulled up one from the wreck." an emotionless voice said. He motioned the techs to him with his gloved hand, and they pulled themselves to the shuttle that waited patiently outside the Bridge windows that were shattered in the explosion. The door sealed behind them and the air quickly returned, pressurising the room. He walked into the cabin of the Shuttle. He took off his helmet and handed it to the nearest man, maintaining a hard stare at the man who was kneeled before him. His torso had a blot of dried blood. Taking off his gloves, he took hold of the datapad and read through the information.
"Senior Officer Darm." He said in a gruff voice as he continued to read through the datapad, although, he saw the Man look up, his face was Young, but experienced. "Graduated Zakuul Formal Officer academy and assigned to Defense sector five Dreadnaught Prime under Captain Carmari Corvin, with duties to monitor as well as assist in any means necessary." he lifted his eyes and looked down at the now disgraced Officer.
"Clearly," he spoke with contempt, "You failed in your efforts."
"Sir Please, I had tried to warn the Captain not to bring that Imperial on board, but he simply wouldn't have it!" Darm tried to explain, but he was hushed by the Man in front of him.
"Yes I see your report now." the Man said, looking to the next file on the datapad. He grunted in curiosity. "Our Imperial was a Chiss?"
Darm nodded hastily, "Yes Sir, she was. She shot me as I tried to Intervene."
"Hush now." he said as he finished the Datapad, which he then closed and handed to the nearest aid. He motioned towards the Onboard cargo bay. "Lock this one up." the guards nodded and as Darm said a quick no, one butted the rifle in the Officer's head, who then fell to the deck with a thud. The Man fixed his Uniform and adjusted his collar, his mind mechanically moving towards plans and conclusions at the Revelation that he had just heard.
"Inspector Corvin, One of our Moles picked up the Target." One of the Techs said.
The Man smiled. "We have them now."
The Mountainous terrain on Republic world Vespin was the perfect place to hide an Imperial base.
By official standards, Sophy'a corrected herself, the Republic had long ago abandoned this world, as well as the inhabitants.
The Cordona Blu landed in the camouflaged hangar bay in one of the shorter mountains. Inside crew ran to her ship to refuel and resupply. Sophy'a walked out. The Air was cool and crisp, Imperial sanitation standards made sure of that. Soon after Carmari followed after her, looking around wide eyed, which made her lighten her mood a little. After him Hongeir soon followed after. Sophy'a noticed that Carmari was receiving stare's from the soldiers that were nearby.
"Ma'am, The Empress demands a report." a Young Officer came up to Sophy'a and said. She nodded and the two looked at Carmari, who was getting a little too close to a piece of technology coupled up to the hanger floor.
She almost rolled her eyes, Was he raised in a Barn? She joked.
"I'll take it in the Conference room." Sophy'a said to the Officer. The Officer saluted and quickly walked away,
perhaps a little too quickly... Sophy'a turned to Carmari.
The two made eye contact, Sophy'a could see that a question was being sent by his eyes, the question of, What are you going to do with me now?
Sophy'a beckoned him over with her head, and he ran to her. "Hongeir," she said as he approached, still staring at Carmari, "Go ahead of me and to the command center, I'll catch up with you." the commander saluted and ran off. Carmari approached her excitedly, "Man, This is way better than the Dreadnaughts, it's almost like being in the Barn estate on Zakuul when I was little!"
Sophy'a groaned internally and and told him to follow her.
She walked over to a console inside a small dark lit room in the base.
"So," he begun, "Why did you want to stop here?"
Sophy'a continued typing on the console. "Resupply…" she said, almost hesitating.
"Ah" Carmari said, looking back down to the floor as he leaned on the door.
He is getting a little too nosy. Said Sophy'a, looking back at him. But on the other side, there's something else about him..something else...
Carmari walked into the room beside Sophy'a. He looked around at the Equipment the Sith Empire had in its Disposal. Just the mere fact it was different from Zakuul equipment excited him.
Definitely a big change from Zakuul
He looked at the faces of the Imperials that served in the base, something about them was different. Zakuul seemed to be run by robots, who commanded robots, but these Imperials, they seemed to have a bit of a jump in their step, They seemed to be alive. Their energy impressed Carmari. He watched as Sophy'a clicked on the Hologram in the conference room. Appearing in holographic form was a woman who wore regal robes and had her hair arranged in Gold.
"Cipher, a congratulations is in order, how was your mission?" the Figure said. Every one of her words had a certain weight to it, almost as if fear itself shadowed her every syllable. " the mission was a complete success. Shipments of Hyperdrive are being delivered to one of our Storage world's." Sophy'a paused, "We are one step closer to Victory."
"Excellent Cipher, I had utmost confidence in you from the start!" she said, elated.
It didn't take a Tactical mind for Carmari to figure out that statement had little to no truth in it.
"I require you back on Majesty flame. Do it Swif-" she stopped. Carmari was thrown in front of the hologram, getting a full look at the Empress's holographic face. He lifted his hand as he levitated, feeling his throat constraining, trying to claw at the invisible hand clenched around it.
"Who. Is. This." the hologram said, each word feeling cold like a knife.
"Icarus stop." Sophy'a said, her voice raised and commanding. After a moment, Icarus let him go, he fell to the floor, coughing and gasping for air.
"He is needed for the plan to work." She said, trying to help him get up, but he waved her off, stumbling to his feet.
What in Blazes? Carmari thought, his fear growing.
Moments past between the three, waiting for one of them to break the silence.
It was Icarus who finally broke it. "He is your Responsibility Cipher, Your Consequences."
He looked up at Sophy'a, who looked back at him.
Icarus continued, "I request BOTH of you back to the Majesty's flame. An important Envoy has arrived seeking you, Cipher. Come in Haste. Empress Icarus out." and the Hologram disappeared, along with Carmari's inexplicable fear. He adjusted his collar, grateful for being able to breath again.
"Don't mind her." Sophy'a said, as she tried to help him back on his feet. "Sith aren't exactly the talking sort."
Carmari scoffed, "Yea." he said, his voice still raw, "I think I noticed."
Sophy'a chuckled. "Yea, but what can she say," she looked lower to Carmari's torso, "You're still wearing their uniform." Carmari looked down in shock, then blushed with embarrassment.
By golly she has a point.
Sophy'a shrugged. "Don't worry, we have plenty of Uniforms if you feel the need."
She paused for a moment as Carmari chewed on the thought.
Carmari then put on a more determined face, "Where do I start?"
Sophy'a leaned on a wall and crossed her arms; her mind deep in thought as she waited outside the room. Finally, a cheerful voice caught her attention from the room. From behind a curtain, out walked Carmari in the rags of a captured smuggler, complete with stained and even slightly torn long jacket, trousers, absurdly high boots, and, naturally, a Hat that made him look as if it was stolen from the from a Galactic Pilgrim's holodrama.
"Out of all the clean clothes here," She began, the information for some reason not being able to compute in her head.
"You choose the ones confiscated from some outer rim outlaw?"
"Hey, it's comfy." Carmari began his defense, "I've lived in Uniforms my whole life, and." He dusted off his shoulders, and looked at his reflection. "I already am an outlaw to the Eternal Empire. Might as well look the part."
Sophy'a rolled her eyes, "Well Hotshot, be careful." she warned. "Each side you choose attracts its own enemies." As Carmari continued to fix his reflection, Sophy'a returned to her mind. Around her, Soldier's and crewmembers performed their duties to maintain the base, each one having a specific task on their mind. Suddenly The odd Young Officer from earlier came up to her again, interrupting her thoughts.
"Ma'am, he said
Something was wrong. The feeling nudged her again as he approached. She eye'd him cautiously.
"You need to review this." the Officer said, holding a Datapad. Sophy'a took it and began to review it.
It was for the supply approval for the Cordona Blu, Nothing unusual there.
In the Meantime, Sophy'a sparked up a conversation with the cadet. "Where did you transfer from Cadet?"
The officer grew confused, "Ma'am?"
"Your Uniform is one of the newer editions." Sophy'a noted, another one of Empress Icarus's updates to her new empire. "It must imply you transferred from one of the capital worlds the Empire has."
The Officer swallowed, "Yes Ma'am, I was transferred on fourth ship to Vespin, transferred here from the Imperial academy on Aruba after graduating a standard months ago."
Sophy'a thought for a moment. "Yes, I remember the Academy on Aruba. I was in the training program for Close Melee combat skills under Commander Empion."
The man's face lit up, "Ah yes, Professor Empion! I remember studying under him. Remember it like it was yesterday!"
"He must've have come out of retirement, which he was in for the past Ten years." she looked up at the Officer, who was now sweating profusely.
She looked at the manifest "Cadet...Luski is it?"
Immediately the officer's lifted up a to punch Sophy'a square in the cheek, but Sophy'a anticipating the blow, let the hand fly above her. She quickly moved her hand, and forced the small human sloppily stumbling back. The two stared at each other for a moment, waiting for the next blow. He ran towards Sophy'a, intending to tackle her. Unfortunately for him, Sophy'a simply dived out of the way before he managed to get hold of her. Sophy'a still caught the blow of his elbow, which slammed into her face, causing her to stumble to the ground. She raised her hand to her face. No Blood, but it hurt. Carmari ran towards her, seeing the conflict. "Who are you?" he said, trying to help Sophy'a get up.
"Traitor!" Luski said, and ran off towards the entrance of the Base.
Sophy'a got on her feet, "Stop that man!" she shouted, and the two began to chase after him. They saw Luski dodge Man after man who tried to tackle him. One trooper got close, but he simply staggered and continued to run. The small mob of people chasing after Luski soon approached the base hangar doors.
He was trying to steal a ship.
Imperial troops began to open fire on the escapee.
Finally, Sophy'a loaded a powerpack into her Pistol and shot Luski, hitting him precisely in his leg. He grunted, giving a few soldiers the few precious seconds to tackle him to the floor. Two of them brought him to Sophy'a and Carmari, beating him back down to his knees.
"Who are you?" Sophy'a said, pointing her blaster to him.
There was a pause, but Luski looked to Carmari and opened his Mouth. "It's too late…you'll...get yours….Traitor" he nearly spat on his boots. He soon then lost consciousness.
Sophy'a looked at Carmari, "what is he talking about?"
A Large rumbling could be heard within the valley. Both Sophy'a and Carmari looked up, the wind picked up and the tree's shuffled in the air. Behind Sophy'a's now flowing hair, she saw the signature look of an Eternal Empire fleet in close orbit, bearing down on the base below. The two looked at each other in Horror, but before they could say anything, one of the Dreadnaughts approached, and after a few moments, a Giant hologram appeared in the space between them and the dreadnaught. On the hologram was an elderly man, War torn with a great many medals on a crisp uniform, similar to the one Carmari once wore.
The Hologram began to speak, "This is Admiral Corvin of the Eternal Empire." Sophy'a could see terror grow on Carmari's face. "I am aware that you are in occupation of a Traitor." a long pause as all eyes turned to Carmari. "If you do not want to sacrifice the Empire's neutrality, You will bring him to me, and then I will Bring you all to Justice. The Eternal Empire doesn't take your raids lightly. Prepare yourselves for retribution…" the Hologram shut off. Sophy'a stood there for a moment, like the others, trying to comprehend it all. Then, Sophy'a grabbed her comlink. "Hongeir, Prepare the Autoturret defenses, and call an evacuation." Explosions rumbled the the ground as the Eternal Empire began to fire on the base.
The Autoturrets should keep them busy until we get our people out of here.
"Sir, We can't just retreat!" Hongeir tried to argue.
Sophy'a was having none of it, "Commander," she said in a stern voice, "Look to the sky, then give me a new answer!"
A pause.
"Acknowledged, Admiral, sending orders now." Hongeir said.
Sophy'a called to the Soldier's around her. "Leave him! Get to your transports!" the Soldier's obeyed and began running inside the safety of their hanger doors. Sophy'a then looked to Carmari, who stood with an open mouth. He looked to Sophy'a, "Hey, I didn't do this." his voice was shaky and afraid.
I don't have time for this. She shushed Carmari, "Later," She said, "now get to the Ship."
The Eternal Empire Bombardment utterly destroyed anything and anyone that was outside the Hanger. Around him, Carmari heard alarm bells ring, Soldiers moving as fast as they could to move and evacuate. Around him was the inaudible screaming of officers to their subordinates, who obeyed without question.
Loyalty or Death the Mantra appeared in his mind again, along with fear. They had found him.
Sooner than he ever expected. But they found him. Carmari heard the sound of metal slamming into the base, and from the room, Drop-pods wedged through, dropping down Eternal Empire battle droids. He saw Sophy'a draw her Pistol and firing it into two Droids that stood in front of her.
Raid Droids.
Just as the two fell, but more simply came and started to fire
"Run" Sophy'a yelled, dodging the droids attacks.
"Hey!" Carmari yelled amidst the confusion and the sound of Battle, "I need a Weapon!"
Around them Soldiers and crew were cut down by the droids, Sophy' crouched down and grabbed a rifle that was lying nearby, tossing one to Carmari, and the two raced towards the open hanger.
"Come on!" Sophy'a said, motioning her hands to the shuttles were docked in the Hanger. The Soldier's retreated with the Eternal Empire right on their tail. A defensive perimeter was formed as personel ran towards the shuttles.
Hongeir approached them, using his Officer's issue blaster to defend himself. "Sir," he called to Sophy'a, blaster bolts barely scratching him as he ran. The two ducked behind cover as more troopers loaded into the shuttle. In the meantime, Carmari sprayed another series of blasts, but the blasts bounced off their heavy armor, and now even more began to drop from the roof. The fear in Carmari grew as the endless series of droids keep coming. He tried to breath, calm himself down. More and more droids fell, but there were still too many.
After a few moments, Hongeir interrupted them, switching off his comlink. "Sir!" Hongeir said, "the last of the men are being loaded on board, we can leave at your liking." Another round of Droids dropped to the floor. But Sophy'a sat there, staring into space for more than a moment. She shook it off, and rose up, "Everyone, Go!" she ordered, and the Troopers obeyed, running into the Cordona Blu. Carmari rose and fired at the nearest targets, then ran to the docking ramp. The two fired a couple of shots to the nearest Droids, then ran to the docking ramp, taking cover as the last Troopers got in. "Hongeir, get in!" Sophy'a yelled, as she helped a trooper get up after he was shot square in the shoulder. Hongeir obliged and pulled the wounded soldier aboard. Carmari stood with Sophy'a as the droids came closer and closer to the landing ramp. Time to go! Carmari flipped over and got on the ramp, continuing to fire, but Sophy'a was nothing of the sort.
"Hey!" He said.
She ignored him and continued firing.
"Sophy'a!" he called. She looked up, a look of something Carmari has never seen in her before.
"We need to go!" he said, grabbing her arm. She looked away and ran onboard the ramp.
It was too familiar
The Running and screaming,
This can't be happening again
Sophy'a ran aboard her ship. "Hongeir, Carm" she said, her voice shaky, or perhaps it was the ship shaking because of all the droids firing on it. She tried to hide it as best she could; "Get us away from here." from that point her vision got blurry as she sat down, trying to calm herself down.
The smell of smoke, laser's roasting flesh, the clanking of droids.
She sat down next to the now closed boarding door. She felt a tear roll down her cheek, and hid her head in her lap as she sat with bent knees.
Veranlea flashed back into her head
Sophy'a felt her arms press into her head, her hair graciously giving her face cover. She peaked out, and saw the Men and women under her command. They were trying to gather themselves in the cabin of the ship. Most of them were wounded. Sophy'a wiped her face on her sleeve, sniffed, and tried to make herself look decent. She shook her face, stood up and walked to the Soldiers, who were too busy trying to patch themselves up. She noticed one Man, who sat alone, his shoulder stained in blood. Sophy'a got a cloth from her supply boxes and bent down, lifting her hand to clean the wound.
"What's your name soldier?" she said, as she dabbed the cloth on his shoulder, a Laser blast had striked in the upper region.
The soldier gasped in pain, Alcohol stinging the raw flesh, "Korvonin." he tried to lift his arm to cover his wounded shoulder, which Sophy'a continued to try and clean. It was bleeding, but by Sophy'a's look, it didn't hit any major arteries.
"Your lucky," Sophy'a commented, trying to ignore a man screaming in pain on the other side of the room, "Nothing too bad, A little Kolto and you'll be well again."
Korvonin gave a weak smile, "Thank you, Ma'am."
The man was quiet until Sophy'a found some Medicinal Alcohol, which she slowly rubbed on his shoulder, his voice joined the screaming from before. After she finished cleaning the wound, she set a bandage carefully on the wound. Korvonin was already asleep.
Or passed out…
She looked around, blood and empty bandage wrappers littered the floor. She studied the faces of the Men and Women who just escaped from Battle.
Imperial training had trained her to cast away grief, but it could never get rid of it.
Veranlea lay dormant until a sharp pain in the Force awoke her.
Sophy'a
The feeling grew, it was pain, fear, grief, the Dark side.
Veranlea felt it through the Force, Something happened.
Her connection to Sophy'a was weak now, because of her lack of Strength in the Force at this place, but the bond between her friend was still something that could be felt. And now, it was going off the charts. Anger began to flow, Anger at the Eternal Empire, at the Emperor, at the ones who tried to hurt her. The fact she couldn't do a thing because she was locked up in a cell that drained her force energy...
She began to scream, the equipment and electric binding's started to spew sparks. An Alert was put out, and Guards ran into her cell, Saber's in hand. Veranlea simply sent them flying into the wall, crushing them inside their armor. She could feel The Dark side of the Force flowed around her as more things seemed to crush and crack around her. The Lights went out completely.
Shrieks of metal crushing together began to be heard. Anger grew more fierce inside of her.
Suddenly, all that stopped.
What in Blazes?
She was in a Meadow. A calm and peaceful setting. Around her grass made waves with the wind. Above her, a Bird flew, it flew straight, so Veranlea followed, running through. The Day got darker and darker, to the point where the bird couldn't be seen. But it was, Veranlea could feel it, she Knew it was there. Suddenly a piercing shriek assaulted Veranlea's ears, causing a sensory overload.
The last thing she saw was a darkness, but a light stood alone in the center.
Again...seriously..?
Then Everything then went black.
Carmari sat in the copilot's seat as Hongeir hit the hyperspace lever, and blue streaks lit up the cockpit. He took a breath of relief. Hongeir looked to him, with an almost angry look.
"This is your fault you know." he said, his words dripping with Anger.
Carmari simply stared at him, completely in pain, not knowing what to say.
"Your lucky the Admiral needs you." he said, and turned back to monitor the ship's controls.
Carmari simply hanged in shame.
He might be right….
He walked out of the cockpit and to the main deck of the ship, Sith troopers stood and sat around the once clean deck. each one trying to help each other cover their wounds. He saw Sophy'a getting up just after she finished wrapping a bandage on a Soldiers arm.
Then she looked at him.
She looked away hastily, and walked towards the back of the ship
Follow her. He said to himself.
After a moment of building up the courage, he slowly followed her through the ship.
She was sitting in the engine room, her knees to her face and her head looking down. She didn't argue as he sat down next to her. Carmari wanted to open his mouth to say something, but didn't, not finding the words to say.
Sophy'a was the one to talk instead, "Before you say a word." Carmari gulped.
"I Know it wasn't you." This time, Carmari was in utter disbelief.
"How? I'm from Zakuul, the Admiral came here looking for me." Carmari said, feeling the blame on himself grow.
"It wasn't you." She said. "I am sure of it."
This time Carmari knew not to argue. He sighed, and heard Sophy'a do likewise.
"I Forgive you." she said, her voice shaking.
"So what now?" He said, simply avoiding eye contact.
Sophy'a looked at him, with a look that he wouldn't give even unto his worst enemy.
"Now, We're going to make them pay."
"You may speak, Cipher, Welcome back to the Majesty's flame." Icarus said.
Sophy'a, who was now stood before Icarus with a full night's rest, a santi-steam bath, and a new outfit.
"Our losses were minimum," she began, "but the base on Vespin is gone." her voice trailed off.
"Ah, it must have been your Captured Zakuulian." Icarus said, "Traitor's do not go unpunished, as you know."
Sophy'a tensed up, "I had him monitored a majority of the time." She thought back to him onboard the ship. "It wasn't him, But a undercover agent who lowered our defenses and alerted the Eternal Empire of our arrival." She paused, "We had heard of such agents, but this was our first encounter with one in our system."
"I see." Icarus said, her voice brooding.
"He was only a cadet, however, it does pose the question, how far can they get in the Chain of command."
Icarus tapped her fingers on her dark throne, "That is a concern I want you to monitor, Cipher, do not let this happen again."
At this point, Sophy'a barely considered her threats, only acknowledging it with a nod.
"You May have started a Political War, Cipher." Icarus said broodingly, "With that Traitor in our care."
"Enough blood was spilt on Vespin to counter that."
A moment passed, "I sense conflict within you, Cipher."
"It's nothing." Sophy'a said, almost hastily.
She is using the Force to try and probe my mind.
Icarus nodded, "It could mean nothing, or it could mean everything. I hope you aren't...reconsidering our arrangement, Cipher."
That's what she's afraid of.
"No, You are Empress of the Empire," It almost hurt Sophy'a saying that, "My allegiance is to the Empire, and for the success of you and I both."
Icarus nodded approvingly. "Excellent." then stood up. "I have a New mission for you, an errand if you will."
"I'm no Errand-girl Icarus." Sophy'a said, with a bit of anger on the edge of her words.
"Ah," Icarus said, "Let me explain. Recently, an envoy has arrived in our airspace, hoping to talk to you." She lifted her hand, pointing at a Droid who walked towards her from the entrance of the Palace.
It was a golden Protocol droid, Republic model it seems. As she determined from the Republic emblem on the droids left shoulder plate.
What is Icarus thinking?
"Greetings!" the droid said. Sophy'a rolled her eyes. She had forgotten how these droids seem to act, almost as if they were programmed that way!
"I am CN-91! It is an absolute pleasure to finally be in the presence of the mighty Empress of the Sith."'
Icarus formally blushed, "Your too kind."
I don't like this. I don't like this one bit.
"I am here representing the leadership of the Republic of Core worlds." the droid said, looking between the two. "The Master asks for an audience In Person with a dignitary from the Sith Empire."
Icarus looked to Sophy'a. "You shall go. I have business to attend to." She walked to her throne and slowly lowered herself into it, returning to the darkness which enveloped her "And take that Traitor with you," She said nonchalantly. "He cant be running around in my empire."
His name is Carmari. She said, but shook it off and kept her cool.
"As you wish." she said, and turned her heels and walked back to the door.
"Splendid!" the droid said, "I shall meet you in moments at the Hanger to escort you to Republic city!"
Carmari leaned back in the copilot chair as he watched the viewport. Lightspeed glowed and illuminated the viewport. He was eating a bar of some tasty imperial rations he found in the ships cargo hold. He looked to Sophy'a, who was monitoring monitors and switches.
"So we're we heading?" Carmari said, swallowing the final few bits of food.
"An Envoy arrived to Icarus requesting we follow him to his home planet." Sophy'a said.
"Ah," Carmari said, finishing the bar. "What for?"
"They wanted someone to talk to, whatever happens is anyone's guess."
"What do you guess?" he said.
"My first guess is that they wish an alliance. The Eternal Empire has been rubbing everyone in the galaxy the wrong way." She paused, Carmari felt a pang of guilt. "It's most likely they got tired of it and they want to make big friends." Carmari nodded. A moment of silence passed.
"Hey, um." Carmari began, "that was my Father back on Vespin."
Sophy'a looked at him, Carmari couldn't tell what was going on her head, but he could tell, he wouldn't like it. "You did say your Father would come looking for you. We should have expected it after the Battle. But the only reason our transports werent shot down was because he wouldn't fire on the ships with you in it." Carmari understood now. His father didn't want to kill him...But he wasn't sure if that was true for anyone who stood in his way.
"We can't keep running forever." Carmari said.
"No…" Sophy'a said, her voice trailing off as she pulled a Lever, instantly taking them out of hyperspace. In Front of the viewport was a massive planet, with lights and starships lining the space around it.
This is almost like Zakuul...but its not.
"But we can improve our chance's." she finished.
The comlink cracked open; "Unidentified Light Freighter, this is Republic space command, Please state your business."
"Republic space command, this is light freighter A8-3106 with Protocol envoy droid CN-91 requesting permission to dock near the Republic plaza" Sophy'a said into the comlink. A few moments passed, and a battleship came into view. Out from it, two starfighters to their right and left flank. Anxious thoughts formed in Carmari's head. "What if this is a trap?" Carmari said, a bit panicked,
Sophy'a opened her mouth to speak, but suddenly the comlink turned on, "Permission granted for Freighter A8-3106; to dock in Republic Plaza, please follow the escort given to you or suffer the consequences."
"Acknowledged Republic space command." Sophy'a said, "Told you." she said, turning her head towards Carmari, whose face now turned a bit pink. Carmari continued to look towards the planet, which was only coming out of its night cycle as the sun's rays came into view.
"Ah, you're here!" a Mechanical voice said. "The Master will be most pleased."
"Welcome to Coruscant."
End of Chapter 6
