Act 1 Scene 2

As the Enterprise sets up orbit around Alderad Scotty beams down the fellowship to the surface where they are to meet with Leia's palace staff who guide them into the palace where other members are already waiting.

Leia: Welcome to my humble abode, if you come right this way to
the conference room and later ill show you how our weapons factory
is developing.

Picard: Weapons facility? Here? I was of the impression that
Alderad was a peaceful world.

Leia: The perfect cover as far as the empire is concerned we are
a peaceful innocent people, they would never suspect us of having
such a facility.

(Out of the corner of her eye she sees a small green figure approach from the back. Yoda had arrived from his meeting with the elders and Jedi high council)

Yoda: True is she, empire suspect it not.

Samwise: What on Middle-Earth did he just Say?

Frodo: I don't know, but are we supposed to take advice and
listen to a shrivelled up green midget? Sam he doesn't even know how
to talk.

Spok: Frodo you must learn things here are different from where
you have come. Master Yoda is the wisest and oldest of all the Jedi
masters.

Yoda: Flatter me do you, Master am I not for learning still am
I. Jedi council met has it discussed did we, the fate of galaxy lie
with us it does.

Samwise: For crying out loud one would have thought after living
for over 700 years he might have slightly better grammar.

A huge explosion of steam and smoke fills the room with a blast of
light.

Legolass: It's.No how could he. No it can't be.

Boromir: Gandalf old friend you've arrived.

Gandalf: Ahhh yes. yes.I am here I always manage to find you lot.

Frodo: See Samwise told you our journey often wouldn't make any
sense now didn't I?

Leia: Anyway we have now received the plans for the new Death-
Star however it is near completion and there are no perceivable
weaknesses in it. All the past problems and faults have been ironed
out.

Picard: Picard to Enterprise.

Data: Yes captain Enterprise here.

Picard: Send Jordi LaForge and an engineering team down here, I
need them to go over some technical plans.

Luke: R2 go with them and see what you find out about it ok. 3PO
go with him and make sure he stays out of trouble please.

C3PO: Yes master Luke of course sir, but I don't see why after
all it is quite obvious that we're all going to die.

Spok: Death is our fate and so come he fast or come he slow, it
is but death that comes at last. Even if in this conflict we pass
onto another plane it is only on the grand scale of life an
inevitable event.

Yoda: Men fear death do you, as if greatest evil is it and yet
no man does know that greatest good it may be.

Luke: We can beat this thing, we can work together and the
empire will fall we will bring back the republic and the freedom
that we once lived by.

Saruman was still deep in talks with the empire, which had by now added the trade federation to its growing and imposing list of strategic allies.

Saruman: The ring we must capture the ring:
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,

Seven for the Dwarf-Lords in their halls of stone,

Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,

One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne,

In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,

One Ring to bring them all and in darkness bind them,

In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. With its all conquering power and our armies the power and aggression of my Orks and with your loyal storm troopers and Borg commandos we will crush the fellowship and their so-called rebellion.

Vader: We have learned from a spy inside their camp that they
have moved to a new location to avoid detection however Alderad is
not so secret.

Officer: Lord Vader we will set course immediately, it will be a
perfect test for our new space station and its powers.

Vader: Do not be too proud of this technological terror you have
created. It pales in significance when compared to the power of the
force.

Vader feeling frustrated by the ignorance of the others leaves the meeting preferring a private audience with Palpatine.

Palpatine: Lord Vader I feel the anger good, good use that anger
feel it empower you, it is that same anger that your son will feel
and it is that power that will drive him to us.

Vader: Yes my lord my son will join us his presence is felt as
the force within him grows he is getting stronger. We must act
soon.

Palpatine: Patience our time will come and so will his. Patience
is a virtue and one that still you lack.

Vader: Our insider tells of growing fear within the rebel
alliance my lord.

Palpatine: Cowards die many times before their deaths, but be
wary of the few for the valiant never taste of death but once.

Vader: The time is now my lord we must make the most of our
advantage while we have it we cannot let this opportunity leave us.

Palpatine: Numerical is not always equivalent to advantage you
know as well as I we cannot underestimate the strength of the boy
and the remanence of the old Jedi council. Saruman has told of
powers the fellowship possesses and we know nothing of those from
Earth and the allies they bring with them. We cannot engage in a
war with genocide in mind unless we know the enemy.

Vader: Yes my Lord as you wish.

(Vader leaves and walks back to the others waiting in the hall)

Vader: the naïve old fool will not take advantage of our
position. Set a return course for Endoor.

Saruman: He is wise to wait but we mustn't wait too long as to let
the opportunity pass.

Klingon: You are all fools we must Strike now fight them we hold
the upper hand, we must seek and destroy.Kill the enemy.

Vader: You underestimate our enemy and your lord.
(crushes Klingon's neck with the force )
Does anybody else wish to feel the power the force possesses?

Saruman: Vader don't waste your energy now we have a battle to win
and a war to forge.

So with the rebels without a plan and no foreseeable plan of attack and the empire's internal power struggles the preparations for the issuing war drag on while both sides seem to be gathering greater numbers only time will tell what will happen next.