Chapter 23
It had taken quite a while but finally Chewie and Han had been able to reach their destination in the Correlia System. Of course they couldn't be entirely sure if any of those remaining TIE Fighters had been able to contact their Star Destroyer to send in some reinforcements before they had been destroyed but they needed to focus more on getting their mission done. "Chewie open a com channel to Correlia IV, so that we can notify President Jenkins of our arrival." The Wookie on the Co-Pilot seat of the Millennium Falcon shortly confirmed that order before he pressed some buttons on the console in front of him.
Corcusant, the Office of the Chief State
Mon Mothma was sitting in her office with great concern showing on her face, as she was discussing the latest intelligence reports with the Chief of Intelligence who was sitting in a chair directly in front of her desk. "Trust me when I say, that I totally agree with you on that assessment Ma'am and I think that the only way to decrease our vulnerability at those worlds outside of the core territory to increase our military presence there." Of course the Chief of State completely agreed with her Chief of Intelligence on that but she clearly also had to consider: Drawing away Military Forces from the Core Worlds would definitely be not an action that was going to be liked by everyone and this made decision not so easy to make.
"I agree with you on that but this also needs to be planned very thorough, because I surely don't want any representatives of the Core Worlds in the Provisional Council to step on my toes and because of that I need you to set up a strategy paper for me that I can present the Council by the end of this week."
"Then consider it done Ma'am and I'm very sure that you will be able to come up with something that everybody can agree on in the very end." The Chief of Intelligence said before he stood up from the chair and finally left the office with one final salute. Mon Mothma got up from her chair, stood next to the window that offered a very nice view of the big city planet and deep down she hoped that Han Solo's mission would be a success. She had been really skeptical at first when Han had approached her as a volunteer for this very dangerous mission into the Correlia System, because she surely wasn't the type of person that wanted to send anybody on a dangerous mission that nobody would return from in the end.
Sometimes this position could really be a big burden, which she wasn't always so sure about being able to carry all the time but she always had been able to pick herself up during these bad times: So much people were counting on her, she needed to continue doing this for all the people that had lost so much during the cruel reign under Emperor Palpatine. As she kept looking down on all the big buildings beneath her she couldn't help but think about all the work that still had to be done, before the New Republic would finally have established a fully functioning government.
Orbit of Correlia IV
"It's good to see that you've made it here in one piece Captain Solo considering how insecure the Correlia System has become because of the repeated attacks by imperial ships on our ships in the last weeks." President Jenkins said after Han had reported the difficulties that they had encountered during their trip to the Correlia System.
"We are ready to deliver the urgently needed medical goods Sir, so where is a free docking bay where we can land our ship Sir?" Han said after a short pause and he certainly wasn't anyone that wanted to exchange any pleasantries, because he just wanted to get this done so that he could finally get back to the woman he loved: Leia Organa, who surely missed as much as he missed her in return.
"You can land your ship at the Docking Bay Four Captain Solo." The President of Correlia IV finally said and then Han immediately had Chewie cut the connection and then he focused back on flying the Ship down to the surface of the Planet.
Corcusant, Leia's Apartment
On the long flight from Yavin IV Padme, Leia and Luke had talked a lot about everything that their mother had missed during her long absence from their lives. The hardest part for Padme to digest was when Leia told her about the destruction, that the Empire had caused on her home world Naboo and the former Senator had to fight really hard to keep her composure around her children.
They finally stepped into Leia's big apartment that reminded Padme a little bit of her own one back in the days when she represented Naboo as a Senator back in the days of the Old Republic.
Leia disappeared into the bedroom area to pick up some clothes for their trip to Naboo and meanwhile Luke and Padme stood in the living room of the apartment and waited for her return. After she was lost in own thoughts for a couple of minutes Padme finally said into her daughter's direction: "I think that I will probably return to being a Senator after we have spent some time on Naboo, because with the new government soon in place that's probably the best way that I can help my home world during this very difficult time. " Leia had returned to stand in the doorframe between the bedroom and living room area as she heard her mother speak and she finally answered back: "That's very wonderful to hear and I'm sure that Mon Mothma will be happy to welcome you back as a full time senator."
Then she focused back on packing a few things for the trip and she couldn't help but also be a little depressed right now, because she missed Han's presence so much and she surely hoped that he would come back in one piece from this very dangerous mission in the Correlia System. She tried her best to put those negative thoughts to rest for now, because instead she just wanted to enjoy the time she was about spent with her mother and brother on the Planet where her mother grew up on.
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