Chapter 8: Interferance
Admiral Piett then said "G-grand Admiral Thrawn?"
"Indeed. I am in a personal assignment in conquering this new unknown planet. And by the looks of it, these natives are now considered as a new enemy." Thrawn stated.
"They're barely even a threat to our might galactic empire. We can destroy them in one strike! These natives are even more pathetic especially now that we have you and Vader in command." Admiral Piett boasted.
"Do not underestimate the enemy Admiral. You may never know what they have in store. Just because these natives are not as advanced as us does not mean we can boast about defeating them easily." Thrawn told him, "Also, these natives have taken out two squads of our battalion that was sent there."
"So what? Even the Rebels killed more of our Stormtroopers than they did." Admiral Piett said.
"Indeed. But still that was just the power of a few of those natives. We do not know if the entire population of the planet are just as strong as the ones that our ground squads has encountered." Thrawn stated.
Thrawn was indeed impressed and interested at the natives that lived in this planet. They did not have the same kind of weapons and technology as theirs, yet they still managed to go up against their forces on equal footing.
"Oh and of course, in speaking of the Emperor," Thrawn then said, "He is currently with me right now."
After saying this, Admiral Piett shook in shock at what Grand Admiral Thrawn had just stated.
"T-the E-emperor himself?!" Admiral Piett stuttered, trying to form words. "And what would be the great Emperor be coming to some backwater planet like this?"
"Well," Admiral Thrawn said, "Ask him yourself then."
The transmission ended between the two admirals. Not long after, another transmission call has been sent.
"Sir, we have another transmission sent to us!" one of the operators said.
"Patch them through." Admiral Piett ordered.
As they patch the call, the hologram message then opens up before him.
And to his horror, it was indeed the Emperor himself.
Emperor Palpatine, one of, if not, the most powerful Sith Lord ever lived.
Immediately, the admiral kneeled down on his knees at the sight of the emperor.
"Rise." was the first thing Emperor Palpatine said, and immediately the admiral stood up before him as he said "Yes my lord."
"Now then, you want to know why I have personally cone to this 'backwater planet'?" the Emperor said.
Before he could answer, the Emperor said 'Well, I am indeed very fascinated about this new planet. It has seems that these natives have an Empire of their own just like ours. That is why I have come here to initiate them to surrender to our empire."
"Now, where is Lord Vader?" the Emperor asked.
"He is currently leading the first assault on the planet." Admiral Piett said.
"Then tell Lord Vader that he must return to the Executor. I shall arrive to his flagship and wait for him there. Let Grand Admiral Thrawn take his place in the assault." the Emperor said.
"Yes my lord! It shall be done." Admiral Piett said.
The Emperor simply smiled.
"….Gooood"
*Back at the unknown platform in the snow mountains in the planet*
Darth Vader observed at General Esdeath. She in turn simply looked at Darth Vader's dead black robotic eyes.
Vader was the first to speak, "And who might you be?" he said in his trademark low robotic voice.
Esdeath simply smiled and said "I would like to ask you the same thing."
Vader then spoke out, "Have you really come to me all by yourself?"
"Yes. No one else here but me." Esdeath answered.
"And for what purpose?" he asked her.
Esdeath simply smiled again and said "I surrender."
If Vader did not receive the crippling injuries he had in his duel on Mustafar and was not wearing this iconic black armor, then he would have his eyebrow visibly raised up.
"You wish to surrender?" Vader asked. He of course knew it was a trap of some sort.
"As a sign of a temporary ceasefire." She answered.
"So you destroyed all of my Probe droids and killed two squads of my soldiers, and now you wish to surrender?" Vader asked, raising his guard up.
"Only I will surrender." Esdeath said.
Just then, a Stormtrooper walked up to them and said "Lord Vader! We have been received orders that you are to return to the Executor, my Lord." the Stormtrooper said to him.
Vader then turned to glare at him and said "On whose orders?"
The Stormtrooper gulped and then said "The Emperor's my Lord. He has come here personally on his own accords and is currently waiting for you in the Executor."
For some reason, Vader wasn't to surprised. Without having second thoughts he said "Tell him I am on my way."
"He also said that he arrived along with Grand Admiral Thrawn and said that he will take charge of your duties from now on." the Stormtrooper said.
"Very well then." Vader said.
He then looked back at Esdeath, who was listening attentively this whole time.
"You're coming along as well." Vader said to her.
She simply smile in return and said "As you wish 'Lord Vader', I am quite excited."
Vader raised his hand to gesture a command to the Stormtroopers in the distance. They already knew what they must do, so they walked their way to their current position and held their guns at Esdeath.
Suprisingly, she did not fight back and obediently walked along with them to one of the transport ships. Vader then started walking towards his TIE Advanced and started boarding it. In the transport ship, Esdeath just sat down along with the other Stormtroopers in a transport ship that she has never seen before. She was very amazed that a vehicle like this does not need the aid of any flying creature of any kind for it to fly. Truly their technology are advancely superior to theirs.
Vader then flew his TIE Advanced and started flying out of the planet's atmosphere as the transport ship that Esdeath is hold up in is flying right behind him.
"I am coming my master." Vader said to himself.
*In the Bridge of a Star Destroyer*
Grand Admiral Thrawn was simply watching outside the large window of the bridge section of his Star Destroyer flagship, the Chimaera. As he watches the surface of the planet from the view of the bridge, he turns around to speak to a few individuals.
The Bounty Hunters he hired.
The first bounty hunter was a Trandosian wearing a yellow pilot outfit. He had scaly green skin, sharp claws and fangs and red eyes. This bounty hunter's name was Bossk.
Another bounty hunter was a metallic gray sentinel droid. This droid was wielding two guns and stood there silently with the other bounty hunters. This droid is called IG-88.
Another bounty hunter was a human who wore white cloth that nearly covered his face and had rusty brown armor. This bounty hunter's name was Dengar.
Two other bounty also stood alongside them. They were insectoid in appearance. One was a LOM series protocol droid with large bug-like green eyes and another was a Gand who wore a long brown robe and had silver bug-like eyes. Both of them were 4 LOM and Zuckuss respectively.
The last, but certainly not the least was their leader. He wore green Mandalorian armor. He had a jetpack, wrist gauntlets and a blaster that could convert into a flamethrower.
He was one of, if not the most, feared bounty hunter in the entire galaxy.
And his name is Boba Fett.
"Now gentlemen," Thrawn said to all of them, "You all know why you're here. You're here to aid our forces in conquering this planet and defeating all the natives that dare oppose us. You may use any method you deem fit."
"Alright then." Boba Fett said. "But if we're gonna do this, we're gonna do it right. We don't wanna settle on some of your feeble minded troopers."
"Indeed. We want forces that could easily catch up with our profession." Bossk added.
"I see then. Well I hope these will do the job?" Thrawn said.
Then the doors opened. A few troopers entered the room. They wore black armor, with gear amounted on them. Their helmets emitted a green light at the chin area, and they wore significantly taller than the normal white armored Stormtroopers. They were also equipped with heavy blasters.
These menacing troopers were the Death troopers. They most elite division in the entire galaxy.
Ever since the death of Director Krennic at the Battle of Scarif, Thrawn took hold of the remaining Death Trooper division that Krennic left behind.
Accompanying along these Death troopers were Thrawn's Sentry droids. These droids were far more superior alternative than the Stormtroopers. They were gray and taller, with red glowing eyes and were mounted with rapid firing blasters.
The bounty hunters took a good look at them and were indeed impressed.
"Satisfied?" Thrawn asked them.
"They'll do." Boba Fett said.