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Chapter 33: Preparation for Strike
At CorSec headquarters, Rachelle, Obi-wan, Lillian and Maria is looking at a few holograms determine where the possible locations within the sectors that they know that the criminal gang is taking the ships.
The Director has scouts set out to scan the locations for Providence-class Destroyers, to limit down the sectors that they need to locate in. Obi-wan is watching all the commotion that is going at CorSec headquarters. There were a lot of things going on at once.
Everything was chaotic within the headquarters and most of it is about the case that he and Rachelle is currently on. The case that involves Darth Vader and his Empire seems to be the cause the most of the activity. There were CorSec officers bringing people in from various crimes, officers taking fingerprints and photos, and officers getting weapons and other various equipment ready for whatever case or mission they are planning on taking. In the middle of all the activity is where they are at. They are at Lillian desk. Maria and Lillian are talking about various ideas.
"If the scouts locate the criminal group, we can surround in order to prevent escape. Apply ships and ground forces to make sure they cannot escape. It is something I learn in Corulag Military Academy. The one I have in mind is on a much larger scale than the ones that any law enforcement does. We can also use some Ion cannons mounted to starships to make the Providence-class Destroy loose all power, for it to be effective we will need a lot base upon it size." say Maria.
"Would it also effect the technology in the ship that they have stolen?" ask Lillian. "No, it will only affect those that are connected to the ship. Even if it does, it would be enough to permanently damage then. Just use enough to keep the ship for lifting for awhile." say Maria as she looks at Lillian.
Rachelle sits in a high backed chair with the soles of her boots along the edge of the table with the Hologram of what Lillian and Maria is watching. She has been meditating often since they arrived at the headquarters. At first Lillian, thought she had fallen asleep, until Obi-wan told her that her sister was meditating.
The question is rather Rachelle is meditating to find information or to just be one with the Force. He knows some people will have a hard time concreting with all the noise and activity that is going on in the CorSec headquarters. He would have thought that there will be a lot of activity going on at the various CorSec stations around the planet and the headquarters would be a lot more less chaotic. Then he realizes that the headquarters is also a station too.
Couple of hours later, the Director of CorSec make a call to the Corellian Military Base to ask for a few scouts, so they could be prepare to make a plan at the right location that the criminal gang is at so they could bring down the operation and hopefully stop the Sith from obtaining anymore ships that they have already stolen.
For the next hour all Obi-wan, Rachelle, Maria, and Lillian was watching was the scouting information that they have been receiving from a Holoscreen. Almost to the end of the hour one of the scouts were exploded. The others scouts follow that path very quickly. One of the last transmissions they receive was two Providence-class Destroyers uncloaking to fire off at the scouts. It was not the way they want to find out the exact location, but they have found it.
"Well, now they know we are onto them." say Lillian as she looks down to her desk which she had been holding herself up by gripping the edges with her hands. "Well, I have a feeling by sending scouts they would know. What they do not know is when we are going to strike. They know that we know where they are." say Rachelle, who no one notice was out of her meditation which she have been in for over 2 hours now.
Darth Destria smiles as she saw the debris from the destroy scouts that the Corellian Military have sent fall down to the ground around the area where her 2 Providence-class Destroyers was sitting under cloak.
She had a feeling that CorSec was onto them as soon as she sensed the presences of two Jedi on the planet. Those ships that just got destroy for scouting the area just proves what she knows was to be true. She sensed some of the criminal scum that they hire are scared when they saw this.
Sensing their fears makes her smile. Good thing, she convinced Darth Vader to send some Dark Jedi along with the last 2 empty Providence-class Destroyers, because she has a feeling that this criminal gang would have a hard time concreting on fighting if they notice two Jedi along with CorSec.
She also knows that they know what time they are bringing in the ships. She just hopes that the little Jedi scum that manage to escape her would come. That is why she is not planning on moving the ships or the location. As much as Darth Vader wants these supplies he wants the Jedi to be taken care of. To him that is one of their top priorities, because they are having ships being made on the planets within the area of the galaxy called Sith Space. So they could manage to lose some of the ships, it not all the time you get the chance to take down a Jedi.
A Twi'lek male appears in front of Darth Destria. "I told you it will be a good idea to move from this location. If we keep moving around between stealing, it will make it harder for CorSec to find us. Now they know of our location." say the Twi'lek male.
"We are not moving these ships. I already told you! To move theses ships, the cloaking device will be deactivate. They do not have state of the art cloaking device on them. Plus we do not have time to try to find another location to place these ships." say Darth Destria as she looks at the Twi'lek male.
The Twi'lek male pulls out a rifle blaster and points it at Darth Destria. The barrel of the rifle blaster was only a few centimeters away from her head. Darth Destria does not seem to be startle by this. She looks up at the Twi'lek male and looks at him straight in the eyes with a look daring him to pull the trigger.
The Dark Jedi that was standing around was going to draw their Lightsabers but was stopped when Darth Destria waves her hand. "Did your pathetic parents drop you hundreds times on your stupid head? Is this your show of courage or extreme stupidity? I am a Sith, a person who was not only trained in the way of the Force, but also in the Dark Side. Unlike the Jedi you may have heard of, I am much worst then them, because I do not hold back on killing lives." say Darth Destria low but with a voice that means she is not speaking any non-sense.
"I am sick and tired of putting up with your ways! I have lead my gang through many crimes and we never been caught. Your ways are going to get us caught. If you want our service, then you will move the location…" say the Twi'lek male as he begins to grab his neck as if to pry someone hands off of it.
"You listen to me. I know you are only in this for the money. The Empire is offering to pay you great amounts, but I am sadly to tell you, after your displace of defiance to me, not getting pay is the last of your worries. Now say goodnight forever!" snaps Darth Destria as she clutches her hand into a fist. There was a snap and the Twi'lek male falls down to the ground dead. It amazes her, what people would do for money. To bad none of the criminal scum will be getting paid. She has her orders to kill all of them and that she will tend to do.
"Dispose of this slime; we do not need wild animals being tracked into our area. I am not even sure even the most desperate animal would not want to eat him. Anyways get out of my sight. Prepare for battle against the Jedi tonight or whenever they come." say Darth Destria.
A female Nautolan grabs the dead body and walks into the dense forest around the area where the two Providence-class Destroyers is located. She tosses the body down a cliff where there is a waterfall. The body falls and landed near the river 50 yards bellow.
Three hours later, the chaos and confusion of the CorSec headquarters seem to be at an all time high. Even Lillian forgoes thinking up any other plans that might help due to the level of the noise and all the activity. She just got back from an hour and half lecture from the CorSec director.
The word lecture might not be the right word in this case. It was more like a one sided shouting match going on for the past hour and a half. The director was complaining about having to listen for an hour of someone in the Corellian Military base complained about they lost a few good men. Since the idea was Lillian's he is jumping down her throat about being fired if she does not end the case tonight. He was going on about how bad of an idea it was, since they knew they have two Providence-class Destroyers.
To be honest, she does not see how it is her fault; he liked the idea as much as she did when she explained to him hours before they got shot down. He was the one to state a go for it. What irate her more was that the director was going on and on about it to the military person they talk to how it was his idea and how good it sounds. She is glad after this case she will move from the planet and be on Coruscant with a new job.
She looks at the time and notice it is soon nearing the time that they have to make a move. She cannot get fired from CorSec or the Republic Security Force might not take her in. They went on and on about how they like how clean and outstanding her records was since day 1 of her being a CorSec member.
All around her people are getting ready for the plan. She figures that they leave early and surrounds the camp. Since the Jedi think there are some Dark Jedi and possible a Sith, they will be one of the first ones to go in. Lillian hardly doubts that even the best CorSec agents will be able to deal with people who are trained in the mysterious way of the Force.
She did made it clear that everyone who is going on this mission did so voluntarily. For her past experiences there have been complaints of people get injured so bad and that CorSec did not pay for the whole thing. CorSec helps pay for some of it if it is voluntary actions. If it was not voluntary, then they pay fully. There always seems to be some idiot who tries to pull a fast one over the company.
When she got to her desk she opens some drawers and pulls out 4 blasters. She put two of them on the two extra holsters she have on her belt. She looks at the Jedi as she slides two of them to them.
"We do not need them." say Rachelle as she points to her Lightsaber which is fasten to her belt. "Suits yourself, Maria you need to extra?" say Lillian looking over at Maria. "Two extra wouldn't hinder me. Sure." say Maria as she grabs the blasters.
"Do we still have ships coming with Ion cannons?" ask Obi-wan as they walks to the hanger bay of CorSec headquarters. "Yes, but they would not be staying as we hoped for, due to the lost of the 40 men that scouted." say Lillian. "They know what they were getting into, when they enlist." say Rachelle looking back at them. "The military is always like that. If they lose men on a mission that is not for them, they take away the help. The only reasons why they are still helping us with what little they plan is because Corellian Engineering Corporation builds ships for them." say Lillian as they got into a ship that looks similar to an LAAT.
Rachelle, Obi-wan, Maria got on the same ship as Lillian. There were CorSec officers putting armor over there suits and caring shields. "The military is going to send in there ships first to disable the Providence-class Destroyers, and they will leave. Base upon what the director to me, the ships will be disable for an hour and a half to 2 hours at best. So we will land near enough with the ships and make our way on ground. The sooner we can capture them and get the ships unloaded from them. The better." say Lillian to the Jedi, the agents within the ship, and to hologram of other agents which are aboard the other ships.
"After the Providence-class Destroyers have been disabled, our ships will take the air and offer support from there. If there are any members that we are against welding a Lightsaber, do not engage and stay away from them. Let the Jedi handle them. If you must, attack from a distance. The ships can come in handy there to." say Lillian addressing everyone.
To Rachelle it seems more like a military action then something law enforcement should do. She is not to fight them on their thoughts because they are helping them prevent the Sith from getting anymore ships and hopefully weeding out an insider that have been helping the criminal gang.
As they near the site, the ships begin to lower as they fly. They see military ships fly past them. While all this happens, Rachelle sensed Darth Destria among them. "Darth Destria is done there." say Rachelle. Even knowing the chances that the Sith might be here, Obi-wan was shocked to hear this. Either that it could be the fact that he did not even sensed Darth Destria but a bunch of Dark Jedi. Makes him wonder if there is any connection between Rachelle and Darth Destria for her able to sense her while he could not. Even through, when he was on Kashyyyk he did sense something familiar with Darth Destria.