Jaden was in a Star Destroyer. A different one, though. His mind was contorted by the fact that he had sensed his own brother. Was it a force illusion or was it real? Qollous couldn't tell the difference.
A stormtrooper commander came up to 'Lord'
Qollous.
"Lord Qollous, we have news for you. The production
of the Stinger Batch is complete. The TiE crawlers, AT-ATs and AT-STs
are also ready".
"The Stinger Batch?" asked Jaden
with a questioning glance.
"Uh... Lord Qollous, we forgot to
tell you about the..."
Qollous fired a thunderbolt at the
stormtrooper.
The stormtrooper replied only after feeling okay.
"We remnants created a new wave of war technology in hiding. Our
technology is superior to that of the Republic who believe that
technology need not be advanced further. Our Technology centres lie
on the planet of Scorate, slightly further from the Outer Rim."
"You
still haven't answered my question, what is this Stinger
Batch?"
"Sorry, Sir. We have developed a design of
bombers and interceptors much more superior than the TiEs and the
Republic Fleet"..
"I want to see these 'Stingers'
myself. Go to Scorate".
"Yes, Lord Qollous"
The
Stormtrooper returned to the command centre and Qollous thought about
it all. Soon, they were in hyperspace and when they jumped out, an
enormous water planet loomed ahead. Qollous stood gazing at the
planet. His comlink spoke up, "Lord Qollous, we have
arrived."
"Good. Come with me. I need a guide, after
all." replied Jaden and got to the hangar. The Stormtrooper
officer was giving orders to a few stormtroopers there. As soon as
the other stormtroopers dispersed, Jaden and the Officer got into
their Ties and sped towards Scorate.
Soon they had arrived and Qollous was taking a tour. Their first spot was the Stinger Fields were the magnificent birds lay. The Stinger Interceptor was seen first. It had a sleek fuselage, more streamlined than the Raven's Claw. It's wings were bent back and completely vertical. The officer explained that the vertical wings can be retracted to horizontal also to give better manoeuvrability than speed. It's back was the special feature of the ship. It's back was curving down similar to that of a scorpion's tail. The interceptor had two lasers on the 'sting' as well as a powerlaser.
The next version, Stinger Bomber was similar. The difference was that the tail was not curved too much to focus targeting the surface. The 'bomb' of the Bomber was actually a powerful antimatter core created by the magnificent bomber by it's bomb generator. It also sported two mini-lasers.
There were
many other such variations of the stingers there. "Any other
development?"
"Yes. The stormtrooper armour is changed
as well."
A trooper, clad in a clone-trooper-like armour came
ahead. His armour's main difference was that it was black and grey
and a glowing golden Imperial Symbol was seen on his forehead.
"How
many such Stingers do you have?"
"1 million
Interceptors, 50,000 bombers and 75,000 light bombers."
Jaden
took a minute to look at every ship and mech. Finally, he spoke. "So,
you Imperials had secret weapons all along"
"We are
ready, sir, just mention our first target to blitz and
destroy".
"Your first target is Jedi Academy on Yavin
4".
