Nightsister Empire chapter 10
A small imperial shuttle headed for the imposing silhouette of the death star. It was a sight to behold that is if the shuttles passenger wasn't so annoyed and angry. Grand moff Tarkin was furious not only had his death star been fired, it had been fired at a planet that he didn't pick. He was looking forward to making an example of whomever it was that was in charge of the station. Oh yes he was going to enjoy it.
When his shuttle landed his anger increased when he was not met with an honour guard. He walked quickly off the shuttle and looked for the first person to catch his eye, he spotted a brightly coloured Mandalorian and stormed over to them.
"You Mandalorian" he snapped as his target stood up "Why was this station fired without my presence and why was I not received by an honour guard?" he demanded.
Sabine had heard him coming before he spoke and she was fighting with all her might, the urge to just shoot the pompous prig. Instead she decided to play along after all if he got to annoyed he would want to speak to the station commander, which could be fun to watch "I do not know Sir. You would have to talk to the station commander about that" she said simply faking respect.
"Take me to them. Now" Tarkin snapped. Sabine just nodded and started heading towards the command centre. She was looking forward to seeing what happened when Tarkin realised Ahsoka was in charge. The walk took a few minutes and passed away in silence. Once they were in the command centre Sabine stepped back to watch the show. Tarkin scanned the room and picked out Admiral long next to a computer screen he stormed over to her "Admiral, why did you fire this weapon, I was supposed to be present and I did not give you permission to do so. I want to know why before I make sure you lose your rank." He said raising his voice so he sounded intimidating.
Admiral Long didn't say anything she was clearly not intimated by him or his threat to remove her rank, there was only one person who could do that and she doubted highly they ever would. "Well I saw the bright flashing light that said fire and I thought it would be fun." She replied blandly but it was clear she was being sarcastic.
"That is not a serious answer; you will give me a serious answer. Why did you fire this weapon" he asked he was getting very angry now and he wanted to make someone pay.
Before Long could answer she was cut off by another voice "She fired because I ordered her to do so." Ahsoka said as Tarkin went a little pale.
Tarkin turned round and faced the leader of the Nightsisters and immediately paled "Be that as it may, did you get permission from the council and why wasn't I notified?" he asked his voice at a normal volume but starting to shake slightly.
Ahsoka's eyes flashed "Last time I checked I did not need to ask permission form a council of my own followers" she said as she raised her hand and used the force to pick Tarkin off the ground, by his neck. "You were not notified because you were not needed. Just because you watched over the construction of this weapon does not mean it yours to personally use. You built it for the Empire and last time I checked I controlled the empire." She said as she dropped him to the floor "Am I clear?" she asked quietly but her tone was commanding.
"Perfectly, however I will inform the empress of this." He said trying to threaten Ahsoka. He was clealy scared but he would never admit it, he was to arrogant to do so.
"Fine by me" Ahsoka said as she began to walk off "Oh and Tarkin" she said as she shot force lighting at Tarkin casing him to yell in pan "Never threaten my Admiral again." She said simply. After a few seconds she stopped the attack "You will be here for this station finest moment. We know where the rebel base is." She added as she left. She didn't like Tarkin but he was excellent at getting people to do what he told them, and that was always good when subjugating the galaxy was on the agenda.
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Rex, Anakin, Luke, Hera and lux where all standing round a holographic display. They had just received the news that the death star was on its way to wipe them out.
"This exhaust port is our only option, the station is well protected everywhere else. We'll have to use the fighters to take it out." Hera said as she showed the others the technical read outs of the station.
"It won't be easy, we're going to lose a lot of pilots and that shot is dam near impossible" Anakin said as he watched the simulation of a torpedo hitting the reactor.
"It's not that bad, I used to hit wamp rats in my T-16 back home, their no bigger than two meters. So it can be done" Luke chipped in. He had already committed to being part of the fighter attack; he was surprised but glad to hear that Mani was going up as well. It made him feel better somehow.
"Hitting the exhaust is not going to be the only problem, we're going to have to hit multiply targets." Rex said simply.
"How so?" Hera asked.
"Ahsoka will get Sabine to do a risk assessment the moment the battle starts, if not before. She can work out strategies twice as fast as any other officer. As a result Ahsoka will make sure the senior staff and whatever clones are stationed on the death star are evacuated. She always plays on the side of caution." Rex answered "Which means you're going to have to hit the shuttles which will be under clone pilot protection." He added as he changed the display to show this "To cripple the empire the shuttles and the death star will have to be destroyed." He finished.
"I'll take my A-wing squadron to destroy the shuttles, while the X-wings and the Y-wings assault the death star" Hera said "Do we know where, Sabine, Ahsoka and Leia will most likely be?" she asked
Rex nodded "Sabine will be in the shuttles, she's too important for Ahsoka to lose, Ahsoka will most likely be leading the fighters that will be attacking the forces assaulting the death star and Leia will probably be fighter escort commander for the shuttles." Rex answered.
"I'll deal with Ahsoka" Anakin said. The group all nodded and looked at each other "Right that's the plan. We'll brief the men." He added as the group left. It was going to be a hell of a fight and they all knew a lot of pilots would not make it back, but they had to destroy the death star. If they didn't there would be no hope for the galaxy.
AN: there we are another week another chapter. If you have any suggestions or ideas please feel free to let me know and I'll see what I can do.
