Chapter 6
"Ahh, you are awake. Greetings." said a cool voice, without any trace of feelings.
Lomeir slowly raised his head, his eyes still unadjusted to the bright light.
"Does the light disturb you?" the voice said, and lowered the light level.
"Better now?"
Lomeir nodded 'yes'.
His eyesight recovered slowly, and now he could see clearly the man infront of him. He wore a spotless white uniform, his pale blue skin seemed to reflect the coldness of the durasteel floor, but his crimson red eyes... they were glowing!
"Interesting." the figure said.
"What interesting?" Lomeir said with broken Basic.
"You, my friend. Few are those capable of defeating three stormtroopers on their own with primitive weapons."
"The last one managed to stun Lomeir."he said.
"So your name is Lomeir?"
Lomeir nodded yes.
"Well Lomeir, my name is Grand Admiral Thrawn of the Imperial Navy, and im going to need your help."
"Help for what?" Lomeir said confusedly.
"First, I need soldiers, and the Zabrak are the best soldiers, after the fabled Darktroopers."
"You want Zabrak to fight for you?"
"I ask the Zabrak to join the Empire."
"Can you help Zabrak live?"
"Yes, I will provide shelter for them and their families."
"Lomeir not certain. Mayhaps you wish to kill all Zabrak."
"Why would I do that?"
"The Emperor. You serve him."
"The Emperor is dead Lomeir." Thrawn said.
Lomeir's eyes widened with suprise, his entire being ached with joy. iWe are free.../i
"We make a deal. I see for myself how you help Zabrak. Then I tell my tribe."
"Hmm. Deal, Lomeir." said Thrawn.
Lomeir extended a hand, and Thrawn watched it for a second, then accepted it.
"Lomeir, we will build a base on Iridonia, and we need you to help us by warning us of any...unpleasant suprises."
"You are going to need... biting fences."
"Field parimiters, yes. Why?"
"Dragon-cats shall try to enter. You shall see. Trust Lomeir, and he will help you. Im feeling sleepy now."
Lomeir said, drawing his hand across his horns, and shutting his eyes as if trying to ward off sleepiness.
"Very well. Captain, order Navigation to set course for Hoth system, enter Hyperspace when ready." Thrawn said,then slowly turned his head to face Lomeir."Good night Lomeir."
He said, turned around and exited the room.
"Yes captain?" said Thrawn his gaze fixed on something infront of them as they walked towards the bridge.
"Nothing sir, im just wondering why are we heading for the Hoth system,instead of going straightly for Iridonia."
"Easy.The survivors of the convoy will trace us to Bespin,and when they reach Bespin..." Thrawn paused,and licked his lips, "...they will trace us to Hoth, which has no one to trace us to Iridonia."
"Nice. What about that base?"
"The one I told Lomeir about? Nothing,we need to storage our resourses somewhere captain. Besides, it will serve to convince the Zabrak that we are at their side."
"Are we?"
"Yes. Their integration in our Empire will not only strenghten us, but will also help us with training.Iridonia is a perfect place for training recruits."
"I agree admiral, its just... we will need more ships."
"Indeed captain. We shall need to train more men. You see,if we had enough men, I would have siezed that frigate. But Im content with what we have now."
"I hope that is enough admiral."
"It will have to be."
With that words, Thrawn entered his quaters, leaving Cayel alone with his thoughts.
"Ahh, you are awake. Greetings." said a cool voice, without any trace of feelings.
Lomeir slowly raised his head, his eyes still unadjusted to the bright light.
"Does the light disturb you?" the voice said, and lowered the light level.
"Better now?"
Lomeir nodded 'yes'.
His eyesight recovered slowly, and now he could see clearly the man infront of him. He wore a spotless white uniform, his pale blue skin seemed to reflect the coldness of the durasteel floor, but his crimson red eyes... they were glowing!
"Interesting." the figure said.
"What interesting?" Lomeir said with broken Basic.
"You, my friend. Few are those capable of defeating three stormtroopers on their own with primitive weapons."
"The last one managed to stun Lomeir."he said.
"So your name is Lomeir?"
Lomeir nodded yes.
"Well Lomeir, my name is Grand Admiral Thrawn of the Imperial Navy, and im going to need your help."
"Help for what?" Lomeir said confusedly.
"First, I need soldiers, and the Zabrak are the best soldiers, after the fabled Darktroopers."
"You want Zabrak to fight for you?"
"I ask the Zabrak to join the Empire."
"Can you help Zabrak live?"
"Yes, I will provide shelter for them and their families."
"Lomeir not certain. Mayhaps you wish to kill all Zabrak."
"Why would I do that?"
"The Emperor. You serve him."
"The Emperor is dead Lomeir." Thrawn said.
Lomeir's eyes widened with suprise, his entire being ached with joy. iWe are free.../i
"We make a deal. I see for myself how you help Zabrak. Then I tell my tribe."
"Hmm. Deal, Lomeir." said Thrawn.
Lomeir extended a hand, and Thrawn watched it for a second, then accepted it.
"Lomeir, we will build a base on Iridonia, and we need you to help us by warning us of any...unpleasant suprises."
"You are going to need... biting fences."
"Field parimiters, yes. Why?"
"Dragon-cats shall try to enter. You shall see. Trust Lomeir, and he will help you. Im feeling sleepy now."
Lomeir said, drawing his hand across his horns, and shutting his eyes as if trying to ward off sleepiness.
"Very well. Captain, order Navigation to set course for Hoth system, enter Hyperspace when ready." Thrawn said,then slowly turned his head to face Lomeir."Good night Lomeir."
He said, turned around and exited the room.
"Yes captain?" said Thrawn his gaze fixed on something infront of them as they walked towards the bridge.
"Nothing sir, im just wondering why are we heading for the Hoth system,instead of going straightly for Iridonia."
"Easy.The survivors of the convoy will trace us to Bespin,and when they reach Bespin..." Thrawn paused,and licked his lips, "...they will trace us to Hoth, which has no one to trace us to Iridonia."
"Nice. What about that base?"
"The one I told Lomeir about? Nothing,we need to storage our resourses somewhere captain. Besides, it will serve to convince the Zabrak that we are at their side."
"Are we?"
"Yes. Their integration in our Empire will not only strenghten us, but will also help us with training.Iridonia is a perfect place for training recruits."
"I agree admiral, its just... we will need more ships."
"Indeed captain. We shall need to train more men. You see,if we had enough men, I would have siezed that frigate. But Im content with what we have now."
"I hope that is enough admiral."
"It will have to be."
With that words, Thrawn entered his quaters, leaving Cayel alone with his thoughts.