IMPERIAL CENTER – SENATE DISTRICT
A man dressed in the uniform of a Grand Moff made his way through the teeming streets of the city world that was formally known as Coruscant.
As he made his way along he was constantly forced to side-step the piles of rubble that still littered the walkways months after the statue of Emperor Palpatine had been successfully toppled. This magnificent feat had been achieved by the citizens of the city's Alien Protection Zone, who upon hearing of the Empire's many defeats at the hands of the Rebel Alliance, including the destruction of a second Death Star, and the confirmed deaths of Lord Vader, and the Emperor himself, had defied Imperial Security Forces, by clambering over the despised high walls to make their way to the statue, where they eagerly used any means possible to bring it crashing down.
This show of rebellion was swiftly dealt with, though the punishments metered out were far less harsh than they could have otherwise been.
This was due entirely to the fact that from that moment on, the usual order and efficiency that the Empire had always prided itself on was itself now under attack. The city as a whole, and in many of the Empire's former strongholds were all now in uproar.
Without their leader and his lieutenants order broke down, to be replaced by chaos. The show of strength that the Empire had wielded for so long was severely weakened, and cracks soon turned into gaping holes.
As was usual in such cases there were any number of wanna be tin pot leaders all vying to gain support from those still loyal to the Empire, and all that it stood for.
Out of all that threw their hats into the ring, there was a group of three that had banded together, feeling they had a better chance of winning together, than individually. They were known as MMM – Moriarty, Magnussen and Moran
And it was this alliance the man dressed as a Grand Moff was duty bound to undermine.
In fact, Mycroft Holmes did indeed hold the position of Grand Moff, having successfully manoeuvred himself into the position by means of gaining the respect of several notable lackey's of the Emperor's inner circle.
But had they been half as clever as they believed themselves and their intelligence gathering agencies to be, they would have discovered that the tactical brilliance and cunning that he had been credited with were in fact the accolades attributed to another. An exceptional mind to be sure, but one that had grown over confident with his abilities, and as such he had failed to note a fatal flaw in one of his strategic battle plans. The end result seeing him and his crew pay the ultimate price.
The role of a double-agent was a precarious one, but Mycroft was prepared to do his part to ensure that the Empire did not regain its former strength.
To that end, he was on his way to a meeting with Seb Moran. His task was to plant a little poison in the form of a seed of doubt over the trustworthiness of Moriarty and Magnussen.
So while Sherlock went undercover to recover vital data that would bring the remnants of the Empire to its knees, Mycroft needed to ensure MMM remained distracted by internal issues.