The Plague Ship 2
Chapter 5 mission briefings and mysteries solved
Authors notes I don't own Star Wars George Lucas does and a warning if anyone reading this hasn't read The Plague Ship I suggest you read that now otherwise you wont know what's going on at all in this fic. And warning only the first 4 chapters of this fic were betaed as my beta had some personal things to sort out apologies for any mistakes in spelling in grammer you will see from now on in this fic.
Super Star Destroyer Moth
Shadow sat down at his desk and looked at recent missions Beta Squad did under Serpents command just so he knew what the squad you do in a mission and he saw that they had a different style of doing mission than Alpha Squad did.
1 thing he noticed was that unlike Alpha Squad who always went by the book and tried their best to minimise civilian casualties in their mission Beta Squad had no problems with killing civilians as long as they got the mission done.
They also didn't take prisoners after their missions not even people they were told to keep alive at all costs. Shadow now knew that this squad would be very hard to work with but not impossible.
Suddenly Shadows com went off and Shadow turned it on and then a hologram of Darth Vader himself appeared. Vader said "Commander Shadow we have a situation, gather your team and meet me at Imperial Fleet Headquarters as soon as possible".
Shadow then replied "Understood I'll be there with my squad in a half hour".
Shadow soon headed downstairs and shouted out "Men!. We are leaving now!. Lets go!, lets go!". His men immediately got up out of their seats their poker game and all the men soon left the Super Star Destroyer and were at the Imperial Fleet Headquarters in a briefing room.
As soon as all the men were sitting down Vader entered the room and said "Men an hour ago we got this message from the Star Destroyer Kelborna near the outer rim".
Vader then played the message "This is the Imperial Star Destroyer Kelborna we are under attack by an unknown ship, it's massive we are requesting reinforcements at these coordinates . Please help". Then large explosions were heard and then the message stopped playing.
Vader continued by saying all attempts to re-establish contact with the Kelborna have failed so we must assume it was destroyed. Now the ship did send an image of the ship along with the signal and here it is".
Vader then pressed a button and an image of a ship appeared on the main viewer and it was a ship Shadow knew all too well the Chanso research ship.
Serpent suddenly said "How is that ship in one piece?. Didn't Viper destroy it with that bomb you set up Shadow?". Shadow didn't answer he was still looking at the image of the Chanso in total disbelief and shock.
Data said "So lord Vader, what do you want us to do?". Vader then replied "I want Beta and Zulu Squad to go to the Chanso and destroy it again and make sure it stays destroyed. But there will be a timetable on this mission you will have 26 hours to destroy the ship, if you don't the Death Star will destroy the ship and all of you along with it".
Eyes then said with growing anticipation "When do we leave?". Vader looked at Eyes and answered "You'll be leaving in a week after you study Shadows report on the first mission and run a few training simulations on the Chanso in the simulator, any questions?".
Boomer instantly said "Why have Zulu Squad help us in this mission, they are the worst squad in our organization, why not Delta or Sierra Squad help us out?".
Vader replied "Zulu Squad is the only other team not currently on assignment or on vacation. So get reading and start training now!".
All the men stood up to leave but Serpent noticed Shadow was still in his seat and said "Shadow are you ok?".
Shadow looked at him with some anger "No Serpent I'm not ok, I just learned that the same ship, my team-mates died to destroy is still around!. I just learned that they all died for nothing!. How the hell do you think I feel?!".
Serpent replied "I would feel angry, furious and eager for revenge and justice against those who caused the deaths of my comrades. But Shadow you must keep focused on the mission not quests for revenge".
Shadow nodded and said "Your right Serpent, now lets get to work we all have a very busy week ahead of us".
Shadow and Serpent then left the room and headed back to the Super Star Destroyer Moth and went down to the simulator level of the ship where he saw that both Beta and Zulu squad were there reading reports on the first mission to the ship Vader had prepared for them to study and as Serpent started to read the report, Shadow went over the main computer and started to get the simulation ready for the Shade squads.
Chanso bridge
The two men stood on their bridge and knew instantly that the Galactic Empire found out about their survival. The man on the right said "We should speed up the process of the ships restoration, even though we are 95% complete I want the ship completely restored and with the upgrades I want by tomorrow, ok brother?".
The man on the left nodded and his brothers orders were passed along to the husks rebuilding the research ship.
Super Star Destroyer Moth simulator
Once Shadow was finished setting up the simulator he said "Ok men, listen up. I have set a simulation of the Chanso and what you can and will find when we go there, so I want both teams to try this simulation, the objective is to get to the engine room from the hanger bay where you entered and set a bomb to blow up the ship in the engine room, then head back to the hanger bay and get off the ship before the bomb blows you have two hours, starting now. Go go go!".
Both squads entered the simulation and Shadow went to the observation deck to monitor their progress from above.
However as soon as the two squads left the hanger bay 3 of them were instantly killed by husks and the others were pinned down for a few minutes before they killed the enemy and moved on. The squads then got to the engine room an hour later and set the bomb before they started to head back to the ship's hanger bay.
However before the squads could get into the room they were attacked again by the husks and all the men were dead. Shadow then restarted the simulation and said "Again and watch yourselves this time don't underestimate the enemy".
Sadly for Shadow the next 5 simulations all ended in failure and Shadow turned the simulator off and as the men exited the simulator 1 member of Zulu Squad said "I think we're getting better".
Shadow shook his head and said to the soldier "No your not getting better, this is the sixth simulation and you haven't been able to destroy the ship in time".
Serpent then said "What are you talking about sir, we blew up the ship with 20 minutes to spare last time, how is that a failure?".
Shadow only replied "I expect you all to be able to destroy the ship and escape in less than an hour not in 2!. How can you expect to destroy this ship when you haven't even faced the most dangerous thing on it yet?".
Data suddenly said "Do you mean that man you fought in the engine room of the ship in the first mission?". Shadow nodded and said "Ok go in the simulator and try again, this time I'll be adding the test subject in to the simulation, now good luck".
Shadow quickly went back to the observation deck and added the test subject into the simulation before he started it up again. However to his surprise only 10 minutes into the simulation all the men were dead killed by the test subject.
Shadow then turned the simulation off and went down to the men. Shadow then said to them "Your nowhere near ready to go on that ship, I should go myself and take them out, but I cant and I need you all to watch my back and help destroy that ship. So you are all going to keep doing this simulation until you get it done in a time I find acceptable got it".
Everyone nodded and ran back into the simulator as soon as Shadow turned it back on again. And as the squads left the hanger bay Shadow thought back to the day of his trial.
Flashback 2 years ago Jedi Council Chamber
Night descended over the city planet as the members of the Jedi Council entered the council chamber for an emergency meeting of the council to sort out a very difficult problem.
As Yoda sat in his seat Windu said "Bring in the accused". The doors opened and 2 Jedi Knights dragged another Jedi into the room and after Windu made 1 motion with his hand the two knights quickly left and as the doors closed the lights were dimmed to a very minimum setting.
Yoda then said "You have been brought here to learn your punishment for your unspeakable crimes, and your betrayal of our order as well as your connections".
Obi Wan suddenly said "You took our trust and you just threw it back in our faces like it was nothing, now do you have anything to say in your defence?".
The man then replied "I didn't want your trust, I didn't even want to be a Jedi let alone a Jedi Knight. So I say this, you can take your oh so precious Jedi Code and stick it up your ass!".
Yoda only ignored the comments and said "Your punishment would have been in death for crimes, but because of your heritage and your bloodline as well as your skills in battle and command of the force. We can let you choose your punishment, you can be either imprisoned for life in the Jedi Temple, or you can join the Shade Organization and continue to serve the Republic. So what's it going to be?".
The man was silent for a few minutes as he considered his options and then answered "I'll join the Shade Organization, now good bye Yoda, I hope I'll never see you again for as long as I live".
Before the man left the room Yoda stood up and said "Hold it, before you go, your punishment also includes being stripped of your connection to the force".
The man then fell to the ground screaming in pure agony.
End of flashback
Shadow was snapped back into reality as Serpent was apparently trying to get his attention. Serpent then said "So how did we do on that last simulation?".
Shadow only replied "Sorry, Serpent I wasn't paying attention, let me just check the time. Ok you finished in 45 minutes, that's good but not good enough, now train again!".
Serpent nodded and ran downstairs to train again with his squad leaving Shadow alone to think of the past.
Authors notes well that's chapter 5 completed let me know what you think of it read and review no flames though ok.
