0 BBY
Vjun
The Rogue Shadow was returning to Vjun from their first mission for Darth Vader. After returning from Korriban six months prior Darth Vindicta's missing hand been replaced with a prosthetic. Darth Vader had then spent the intervening months improving his daughter's lightsaber skills and connection with the dark side. Juno Eclipse had welcomed all the down time, she missed Starkiller. She never understood how much he had truly meant to her until he was gone. At first she hated having to watch his killer achieve the success and recognition from Vader that Starkiller had craved; but in time she had come to understand that was just the way the Sith did things. She had also come to realize Vindicta was more than an apprentice to Vader, she was in fact his daughter.
They were coming back from a planet called Felucia, a site of heavy fighting during the Clone Wars. Vindicta had been tasked with hunting down a Jedi Master named Shaak Ti. After stalking the Jedi through the jungles Vindicta had finally confronted the Jedi Master at the mouth of a giant sarlacc, defeating them both.
After landing in the hangar Darth Vindicta made her way to her father's office and found him staring at his security display.
"What is it father?" she asked as he kept staring at the display.
"The Emperor is here, he landed shortly after you did" Darth Vader replied
Vindicta looked at the display. "His spies must have followed me"
Just as she said this, the doors to the office opened and the Emperor walked in followed by his imperial guards.
"Lord Vader, you have been busy" The Emperor said looking at Vindicta as he approached.
Vindicta dropped her hand to her lightsaber ready to strike when her father did, but Vader didn't move. Instead he stood there and silently watched the Emperor's approach. Suddenly Vindicta and Vader's lightsabers flew to the Emperor's hands.
The Emperor looked at Vader and then Vindicta as understanding came to him, he moved closer to her. "You must be the girl from Alderaan Lord Vader tried so feebly to convince me he killed all those years ago. I had wondered what his intentions were. Now I know."
Vindicta said nothing as the Emperor continued to look at her "The adopted daughter of Bail Organa. Tell me girl, do you know who your real parents are?" he asked
Vindicta was unsure whether or not she should answer and looked from the Emperor to her father, who nodded his head yes before she looked back at Palpatine. "Yes…Your majesty. Padme Amidala and Anakin Skywalker " she replied
The Emperor started laughing and slowly clapped his hands together and turned his gaze to Vader. "It seems your wife survived Lord Vader. I now understand why you've been training her all these years." he paused as if deep in thought "The rule of two has been broken" he said as turned back to Vindicta "but that is of little consequence. The daughter of Skywalker will be a powerful ally"
"Yes, my master" Vader finally said and getting to one knee
Still looking at Vindicta the Emperor "Has he given you your new name yet?"
Vindicta followed her father's lead and also got on one knee before replying "Darth Vindicta"
"Lady Vindicta, I am your master now"
Imperial Star Destroyer Vengeance
One standard week later in the holo projection room aboard the ISD Vengeance, Colonel Jerun Redstar was reporting the latest status of his search for the missing plans to Darth Vader. They had blockaded the entire sector six months ago and it had taken over half the imperial fleet to do so. As they narrowed down the systems; they had been able to release the blockade in the systems that had been cleared. It had been a long and arduous search but they had finally narrowed it down to two systems along the Trielus Trade Route, Tatoo and Geonosis.
"My Lord of the thirty-two systems in the Arkanis Sector, thirty have been cleared" Colonel Redstar reported
"The Emperor is not pleased with your progress colonel" Vader replied "He has sent Darth Vindicta to assist you in your efforts.
"Yes, my lord" Colonel Redstar said before the transmission was cut.
Three days ago they had received news from the imperial palace that The Emperor had named Darth Vindicta second in command of all imperial forces. She answered only to Darth Vader and the Emperor himself. While many on the ship wondered who this newcomer was, Colonel Redstar was well aware. Having watched her grow up from a scared little girl from Alderaan into a ruthless killer.
"Sir, there's a shuttle approaching. They say Darth Vindicta is on board, they will be arriving shortly" an ensign fresh from the Imperial Academy informed him
"Very well ensign. See that Darth Vindicta is shown to the bridge immediately" he ordered the ensign who turned away to carry out his task
Twenty minutes later the young girl walked onto the bridge dressed in black robes and a new lightsaber, to replace the one lost Korriban, hanging on her belt. Colonel Redstar noticed she no longer wore the mandalorian mask she had worn the last time he saw her.
"Lady Vindicta, we have narrowed the search to the Ta…" He started to report before he started choking and was unable to speak.
"Colonel Redstar, Lord Vader feels, and I agree, that perhaps you are no longer cut out for this line of work. I'm afraid we've decided to let you go" She said walking by him as he dropped to the ground lifeless.
"Lady Vindicta, there's a Corellian corvette that just entered the system. They're receiving an encoded transmission from Tatooine" one of the technicians reported
Vindicta turned to the captain "They're receiving the plans; I want that ship captured captain"
"Yes, Lady Vindicta" the captain said before turning to his bridge crew "begin pursuit!"
Tantive IV
The Tantive IV had left Imperial center on the pretense of being on a diplomatic mission of mercy to the outer rim territories. In reality the owner, Winter Celchu Organa, was on a mission to retrieve plans obtained on the Emperor's super weapon, the death star. Her mother, Queen Breha, had been secretly funding the rebel alliance for fifteen years; ever since the Empire had taken her father and sister. Neither of whom was ever seen again. The original plan had been to slip past the imperial blockade and send a small team down to the surface to get the plans and make contact with an old ally of her father, a Jedi Master named Obi-Wan Kenobi. Her mother had told her that he was hiding on Tattooine and may be willing to help the alliance. Once they had dropped out of hyperspace they realized the plan wasn't going to work. The empire had spotted them almost immediately, so instead the cell had transmitted the plans and now they were trying to get back into hyperspace before they were trapped.
"My Lady, we're never going to outrun that star destroyer. If we're caught with those plans it will be the end of us and of the alliance" Captain Antilles informed her
"I know Captain. Prepare to be boarded. I'll find a way to hide the plans and make sure they get to alliance" Winter told him
This seemed to reassure him before he went to prepare his men. In reality she had no idea what to do. As she stood there racking her brain she had an idea and went off in search of her astromech droid.