"Admiral Boatright got us out of there and explained what had been going on. Chief of State
Fey'lya had been playing power behind the scenes, and working to make himself an absolute
dictator.
The Admiral got involved the moment he had appeared in our galaxy because his technology
was much more advanced that ours, and Fey'lya had called for him to be arrested and his ship
seized for research purposes the moment he arrived on Coruscant, the capital of the Galaxy,
requesting support to return home. That resulted in the events that had us meet him, and led up
to his apparent death.
When the admiral had landed on the planet we believed he had died, he really was only badly
injured. Then Senator Fey'lya had captured him and after allowing doctors to heal him he
attempted to torture him to force him to reveal data.
The admiral proved resistant to torture, and despite missing a leg and an arm, managed to
escape." Jacen took a brief sip of water, and after receiving a nod from Tenel Ka to continue,
he went on.
"Anyway, after rescuing us, The Admiral informed us that he was taking us to the Rebel fleet.
When we arrived, we saw a massive fleet, complete with the upgrades that Fey'lya had tried to
torture out of him. Then he informed us of the Rebels mission, we were waiting for
reinforcements, then heading to my homeworld of Coruscant." Jacen's Whiskey brown eyes
seemed filled with intensity to Jack O'Neil.
"We
were taking our galaxy back."
"Despite our
fleet's power, we were still outmatched by the size of the Republic
fleet. That was
a fact.
That was where I came in. I was the heir to the Hapes Dynasty. While I had always considered
it a curse until then, as I also considered myself a warrior, it was then I considered it an asset."
Tenel Ka's voice was steady, and her face was emotionless, but her eyes betrayed great
sorrow.
"The rebel's had provided proof to my family that the republic had plans to invade the Hapes
cluster. However, they were hesitant to help until I arrived, and gave them permission. Eighty
percent of the Hapan fleet was committed to the assault.
The Admiral's tactics were ingenious. He had agents among the planets defense forces, and had
staged what appeared to be a normal apprehension of a pirate along with military support.
He had used those agents to plant false rumors that the pirates had a single warship of significant
power, so the defense fleet had sent its largest ships in after the smugglers, along with several
interdictor cruisers which jam hyperspace. Using telemetry from the planetary defense net's own
sensors, which we had access to, we sent many of our smaller ships through, to make them
believe that the pirates had more forces that believed. The Republic scrambled its fleet, and
attacked.
Our advance force charged the enemy fleet, which had formed a defensive line with the
interdictors in protected positions, when our main fleet arrived."
"The Admiral had used their own ships against them" Tenel Ka continued "Our entire fleetjumped on a trajectory directly at the battle. The interdictor cruisers pulled them from
hyperspace right on top of them, and they engaged at near point blank distances.The Rebel
ships opend fire immeditly, as they knew exactly where the ships would be when the reverted
back to sublight velocity's.
The backbone of Coruscant's defense was broken in several bloody minutes, as at the same
time, the Hapan fleet had jumped from hyperspace all along the planet and began knocking out
orbiting defensive battery's in sectors that we planned to use. Using antimatter torpedoes, a new
weapon the Admiral had provided the specs to for the Rebellion, we easily knocked out the
planetary shields, and the invasion had begun. All of us were on a dropship along with the
Admiral. We were taking the Imperial Palace where the Chief of State lived."
Daniel Jackson had a quizzical look, then interrupted.
"If it was a republic, then why call it the Imperial Palace?"
"It was the New Republic. The Old Republic had lasted for twenty five thousand years, ruling
from Coruscant, a planet completely covered by city except at the poles and a single
mountaintop. Then a politician fomented discord and war in the republic, and eventually
overthrew it and formed an Empire. A rebellion overthrew it, and the new Republic was
formed. The Imperial Palace was built during the Empire."
Dr Jackson looked like he was going to ask more questions when Col. O'Neil silenced him.
"Daniel, they said their robot would give a history lesson. Pester him with questions later."
Much to everyone's surprise, Jacen chuckled.
Noticing their looks, he explained.
"C-3PO loves to talk. He'll explain in intricate detail for hours on end, the doctor might have
asked for more than he can bargain."
"Nah, Danny Boy can ask and explain ad nauseum with the best of them."
"Jack, don't be an ass" Dr Jackson appeared annoyed. Jack grinned.
General Hammond looked both annoyed and amused with the bickering pair
"Enough, people. Tenel Ka, continue."
