Chapter 10 – Corporate Chaos
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25th September, 12:45pm; Coruscant: Imperial Palace, Throne Room
"You want what?" questioned Emperor Palpatine as he looked at his Eldest Son in disbelief, Deus' plans had been waterproof before however now Palpatine was very tempted, to question Deus' Sanity.
"A decisive battle, if we can locate the Rebellion's present Base of Operations we can launch a full out attack on them, surprise attack would be the most effective of means" explained Deus as he looked at the Emperor "it would give his valuable time to set new plans into motion, it would also give the Rebellion the fear that we are closing in on them, at that moment we are to stretch our lines against the Rebellion and try to force fire fight in a number of sectors"
"But that would cause…" started Vader and Deus smirked as he looked at his younger Twin.
"Huge losses?" asked Deus with a smirk before continuing "the Jedi would be disabled by the extreme loss of life and so, it is the perfect chance for my capturing of our last Royal, there is also a large possibility that we can turn the Inner and Mid Rim Conflicts on their head against the Rebellion!"
"Even so, the conflict could go either way, I will allow Deus to prepare his forces for just such a battle" announced Palpatine with a sigh as he relaxed in his throne "Lord Kumara will be in charge of the Mid Rim Command while Mara Jade will deal with the defences to Coruscant, Lord Diabolus will deal with the rebels that appear to cause trouble near vital areas of the Inner Rim!"
"Vader will be required to lead an Outer Rim Fleet for the coming battles, they will clear the way for my personal Fleet, if everything goes as planed we could cause heavy damage to the Rebellion in both the Inner Rim and Mid Rim as well as take out their centre of command!" announced Deus as he looked at the checklist of things that were required.
"Do you have any idea where the enemy would be located, I'm not going out of my way to prepare a personal fleet unless I know where I am going" growled Vader and Deus smirked at the younger twin.
"Subterrel Sector or so our spy says, he has yet to gain a complete location as he himself has yet to arrive in that area, I believe however that they would turn the Medical Asteroid known as Polis Massa into a base" commented Deus with a slight smile at this information "I will send a Probe Droid into the sector, if the reports are to my liking from both the Droid and the Spy, then we will set course for Polis Massa at all speed!"
26th September, 5:30am; Subterrel Sector: Polis Massa remains, Polis Massa Base: Command Room
"Your up early" announced a voice and Leia turned to see Alex step into the room with a shudder, Alex Skywalker, which he was conveniently known while much to Leia's surprise when they had first met, had changed dramatically since his last mission and Leia started to fear the worst for the Jedi.
"I'm just…thinking" answered Leia as he looked out at the stars and Alex nodded as he stepped beside her "something is about to go very wrong, very, very wrong"
"The Jedi say the same however I can't sense anything personally, maybe a group of them are getting together and using their combined potential to search the future, who knows" shrugged Alex as he leaned his back against the tactical table "I just know that the Sith are WAY stronger than the Jedi first anticipated and are way more dangerous than those gone by in the past, these Sith are not stuck on only using their anger and unlike the old Sith they are actually using their heads, they can plan…and think"
"That Sith Lord…Darth Deus…" commented Leia as she thought on the man and noticed Alex tense "what do you know about him"
"From a normal point of view he seems to be powerful and smart, energetic one minute and emotionless the next, he has complete control over how he appears to an audience" answered Alex simply and Leia smirked at the evasion.
"I meant how he feels in the Force, particularly to you" countered Leia and Alex tensed even more before relaxing.
"He feels…familiar, it's really odd, I don't know why" sighed Alex as he thought on the subject.
27th September, 4:45pm; Coruscant: The Works, LiMerge power Building: Sith Lab 3 Control Room
Deus smirked like a child as he looked at a handful of scientific information that he had gained, DNA of Galen Marek would be useful for what Deus had in mind since they were in a dire loss when it came to 'Secret Force Weapons of Mass Destruction' to be used against the Jedi, once upon a time Darth Sidious desired a private army of Sith Assassins however Deus decided that a single 'Super Assassin' would have to do for now.
"So, this is what you're doing" chuckled Emperor Palpatine as he walked into the Control Room with his usual bent strut "but why are you using his Genetics, I agree he was powerful, but not that powerful"
"The Clone I hope could emulate a power that was demonstrated by Galen Marek when he reached a balance of the Light and Dark sides of the Force, he used a Force Unleashed Attack, an ability that hasn't been seen since Darth Sith: the first Sith Emperor" commented Deus with a childish smile "I want to observe the technique, so I will have the ability to emulate a version of it for myself, that is my greatest trait"
"You're obsessed with learning everything that there is to know about Force abilities, if you succeed in emulating the 'Force Unleashed', then you will become one of the most powerful Sith in history" chuckled the Emperor as he looked at a computer screen with a dismissive glance "also I have a mission for you of the utmost importance, we have detected an enemy fleet that has been located over the remains of Alderaan, we have confirmed that they are in truth taking information recorded by their spies over an encrypted communication line"
"And you want me to snuff them out?" asked Deus as he looked at the Emperor whom scowled "don't worry, I'll bring the information back undamaged"
28th September, 3:00am; Over Alderaan Remains, Battlefield
The Obedience was using a Task Fleet of three custom Praetor-Classes and Six Imperial II-Class Star Destroyers in a net of the enemy's path, finally he had commanded that a group of ten Interdictor-Class Cruisers be also brought for the plan he had in mind, seemingly within his combat forecast the enemy came out of Lightspeed and directly into his trap as he desired. The enemy Fleet that was here to make the exchange with Rebellion representative and Deus couldn't help but laugh at how stupid the Rebellion Spies were, to actually send a fleet to a long purged sector for an exchange of highly confidential information was just asking for the Empire to intercept their meeting and have the conspirators captured, now however they simply had to wait.
6:00am; Venator II-Class Star Destroyer: Envy, Commander Suite
Darth Vanus relaxed against the plush crimson pillows as he looked at his taskforce descending towards the planet in the form of the Storm Commando Escort Carriers and landing shuttles from the Venator II-Class and Four Acclamator II-Class Assault Ships, finally Darth Vanus would also go planet side in his own personal and customised Ginivex-Class Solar Sail Starfighter also known as a Fanblade Starfighter.
"My Lord, our forces are already landing on the surface, shouldn't you too be preparing to head out?" asked Admiral Deniers as he stepped into the room.
"I will leave when I want to leave, thank you, Admiral" yawned Vanus as he continued to remain sprawled over the sheets and plush pillows of his Sofa sized throne while allowing the Darkside to empower his voice and make it sounds deadly even though he was too lazy to make such powerful commands.
"Y…yes, my L…Lord" bowed the Admiral slightly before he marched out of the Command Suite.
With a sigh, Darth Vanus groaned as he slowly and elegantly got off his plush throne before stretching, it was time to get to business on the planet below and Vanus would make sure that the Jedi on that world didn't get any type of foothold to stop the Jedi from informing their 'Rebel Alliance'. Darth Vanus was about to walk out when the communication unit starting to act up, Vanus moved into the communication room and started the system up before kneeling as Darth Deus' Hologram appeared, Vanus smirked at his childhood friend which the Sith'ari or their Sith Overlord just stared back with an emotionless and thoughtful.
"Lord Vanus, I want a status report, how goes the occupation of the abandoned Palace that once belonged to Gardulla the Elder of the Hutts?" asked Deus as he watched his friend sit Indian style and think.
"The landing went rather well, the Tusken Canyon is going to be an issue, however I believe that if we occupy a Tusken Encampment near the Palace, then we should easily be able to keep watch for enemies attempting to come at us by land" announced Vanus with a bored stare off at the opposite side of the room.
"Indeed, also I would put up Shield Generators around those bases, I will be sending relief forces including Emplacements such as Autoturrets and XX-10 Turbolaser towers, I also want two Hyper Velocity Guns built on the surface!" announced Deus as he looked at something from his side which Vanus guessed was the Force Compass if Deus was in his usual office on the Obedience "I will also be sending a Praetor-Class and an entire fleet to aid the building of that planet's Space Station, I will speak to Tyber Zaan about putting pressure on the Hutts in the Area while also preparing forces throughout the Universe to defend their planets like crazy, things are going to get rather chaotic in the next month"
"I assure you, that Gardulla's palace will be well put to use to" smirked Vanus and Deus nodded a last time before he cut off the transmission link.
9:00am; Over Alderaan Remains, Battlefield
Deus dropped his TIE Interceptor into a roll as he dived under the Rebel Corvette to come up underneath another, firing two missiles into the bridge of the enemy ship before him, thereby causing the bridge of the Corvette to explode from the impacts of the missiles. The Battle had started just an hour ago and yet the Rebellion were continuing to hold up regardless of the fact that their technology was outdated and redundant, their will was commendable regardless of the disadvantages they were up against and Deus scowled as he shot down two Y-Wing Bombers, the Obedience would overtake the enemy missionary vessel in moments meanwhile the enemy's legendary Millennium Falcon would also be coming to pick up the information on that vessel.
"Lord Deus…" started Admiral Garcia as he opened a communication channel to the Imperial Prince however Deus cut him off.
"Use the Superlaser on the nearest enemy ship and try to give the Obedience an opening to capture the target, target the ships that our forces are not engaging, I will be along shortly" announced Deus as he fired at an X-Wing which couldn't turn in time to catch him off guard, as commanded the Superlaser fired and destroyed the nearest ship to the target, the Garcia then directed the Obedience forwards to take the enemy Blockade Runner into tractor beam range.
Deus fires at the Blockade Runner's engines allowing the lighter ship to lose most of its push and soon it became near vulnerable to not only the Obedience's speed but also the strength of its tractor beams, Deus shot down a wing of five Y-Wing Bombers before firing his last pair of Proton Torpedoes at the bridge of the last heavy hitting ship of the enemy fleet, with the enemy fleet now at a disadvantage he then turned around and went back to shooting or hunting after enemy fighters until the battlefield tired out.
10:00am; Sovereign-Class Super Star Destroyer: Obedience, Bridge
"So Admiral…what information were the rebels obsessing over?" asked Deus as he stepped up next to Gerald Garcia whom was leaning over his computer.
"Lots of data on our formations, Army formations, Fleet formations, weapon projects, project designs, Important areas of Interest, deals of cost cuts to rebellion suppliers in the Corporate Sector, all that and more…" groaned Admiral Garcia as he leaned back into his chair and took a sip of coffee from a mug "there are also a noted supplier and ally for the Rebellion, named in these files, a Robert Hilling whom is a rising businessman in the Corporations throughout the universe as well as the Corporate Sector. Well, we now know where he is getting business success, albeit illegally, from"
"Excellent, we have a rat, now for the rat poison" smirked Deus as he crossed over to the centre of the bridge and nodded towards a Communication Officer "open Communication link to Kohlma, the Graveyard moon of the planet Bogden, the Sith Temple there will do"
11:30am; Tatooine: Vanus' Tatooine Palace/Imperial Station Bravo, Garden
Vanus smirked as he leaned down into the flowerbed and tended the roses while looking up at the shield resting above him, if they decided to deactivate the shield one day they would put up the thermal shielding over the Garden, so that the temperature of the twin suns didn't make fried potatoes and carrots out of the plants here.
"Lord Vanus, you have a message from your cousin" announced a Mouse Droid before a hologram appeared out of the top revealing Vanus' Cousin: Darth Floresco.
"Cousin, I am reporting in that I cannot take care of your Temple on Teth, I've sent a Sith Assassin to deal with it" shrugged Floresco and Vanus pouted slightly.
"What Assassin?" asked Vanus with a glare and Floresco smirked slightly when he remembered his cousin's fetish for the feline races.
"Darth Acolmiz, a Nekodian, state of the art assassin too" answered Floresco as he ran a hand through his long crimson hair before looking off to the side "Teth is under Imperial control for now however the Rebellion have been increasing their forces in the area, this includes their Jedi lackeys, make sure to return there soon"
"I'll move at my own pace" countered Vanus but nodded one last time at his Cousin before cutting off the transmission.
5th October, 11:00pm; Unknown Regions: Maximus Sector: Vedorite's Main Habitation sphere, Twins' Chambers
The Orbit in question around the Star Maximus was known as Vedorite and it was here in the Unknown Regions that Deus' men had been working on the most advanced Hyperspace Technology in the Galaxy, it had been hard pressed however over 22 Years after the Clone Wars they were finally completing the Ultimate Lightspeed Reflector Array, a Device that could allow a fleet to cross from one end of the Galaxy to the other in a maximum of three hours without the risks of Galaxy wide damage by causing the Death of a Star while travelling.
The Lightspeed Reflector Array was designed to bypass all dangers of Lightspeed Travel across the Galaxy while in the shortest amount of time possible, that was successful with a Maximum of a Three Hour Trip to the target System in question as calculated presently by the Chiss, Duros and Imperial Scientists working on the project since Deus' appearance in the Clone Wars. Noah Skywalker and his alter ego known as Darth Deus, had 'fought' over the project during the Clone Wars which Anakin at the time was clueless to the possibility that it was just a ruse, Vader however was not as naive as his teenage self as he looked out near where the Executor and Obedience towards where the nearly finished Lightspeed Reflector Array was getting finishing touches.
"Like it, brother?" asked Deus as he came up behind Vader with a slight smirk on his face as Vader looked at a readout on the nearest computer screen, the Lightspeed Reflection that would be fired could be approximately as wide as Twelve Executor-Class Super Star Destroyers touching while being side on, likewise one could fit ten Sovereign-Classes with one being in front of the other also in the length of the Lightspeed Shadow as the effect was known.
"I knew that you were fighting over a project during the Clone Wars, but I never thought this would be it, the ultimate undermining weapon to use on our enemies. A device that can allow an entire Armada to go into Lightspeed and appear anywhere in the Galaxy, with no damage to the things it has to pass through and no way for it to be detected, to think that the main body of it is actually a hybrid of the Hyperdrive Cannons used by the Duros before Hyperdrive was created and a Prototype Shell for the Galaxy Gun's main barrel" muttered Vader with a shake of his head as he ran a hand through his hair.
"There is much to get done, but soon, the Rebellion will either be in complete and utter Chaos within a month or so" smirked Deus as he walked over to a sofa before sitting down "so relax, until then we're on leave, in the next month our Armada will gather within the firing range, all we need to do is wait for when the Reflectors around the cannon are completed"
Info – And that is the end of that Chapter, complicated I know however you'll learn of Deus'/Noah's exploits in the Clone Wars only after I get anywhere with it, Review!