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The run down was quick the empire was apparently tired of the rebels shit. They had set a trap at the Imperial communication tower; Kanen had stayed behind to hold them off to allow the rest of them to escape. Grand Moff Tarkin had arrived with the entire 7th Imperial fleet and locked the planet down. And now they were trying to figure a way to find Kanen. The main problem was the imperials had went to total informational security lockdown preventing chopper from finding where Kanen was so they could rescue him.
Now Greg already knowing that Kanen had been captured already knew what to say but made a look of thinking on it for a few minutes letting the group talk amongst themselves until he snapped his fingers as something occurred to him.
"During the clone wars my homeworld wasn't deemed significant enough for the republic to assist when the separatist started trying to expand into our system it was never very much I think they just wanted to ensure the republic didn't try anything we didn't know. But when they ambushed a third of our fleet it was discovered they were reading our mail so we stopped sending anything but misinformation and started using messengers passing written orders and un-networked drives to pass updates and new information on a weekly bases" the lie came with practiced ease. "I bet that's what the empire has started doing either Stormtrooper or droid messengers to a command ship in orbit."
Hera and Sabine took less than a minute before looking at each other and saying at the same time "a droid courier." At the same time an alert goes off the 7th fleet just went into hyperspace leaving a dozen ships and as Greg watched their imperial blue transponders turn yellow.
"looks like Imperial sector got reinforcements from eighteen to thirty warships flagship still looks to the a Nebulan frigate plus another looks to be up to ten Arquentens ten Gozanti light escort carriers and eight full Quasar fire carriers."
It didn't take long to locate the droids and the shuttle runs to the command cruiser and even less time to ambush the nearest imperial airfield to steal the shuttle. What did take time was the interrogation of the two imperial pilots and the lone Stormtrooper who was taken alive.
The three imperials were on their knees their hands bound behind their back and a rag in their mouth to keep them from screaming. The pilots looked scared the trooper was trying to look defiant. Looking at the three I chuckle darkly "will I doubt you have anything useful to tell me Stormtrooper but you can serve as a valuable lesson to the others I have two simple questions 1 what is your shuttles name and your clearance codes. If you answer truthfully you will just be stunned and locked up if we survive we will release you if you lie and we die you will starve to death before anyone finds you."
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The pilots eyes widen in fear and the troopers eyes narrow as it starts to occur to him what Greg had said a minute ago "you can serve as a valuable lesson" and before the man can object Greg shoves him down on his belly straddling him where the pilots watch in horror as Greg uses a set of hydro something's that look a lot like a pair of plier's and clamp down on the man's thumbnail and with a brutal yank rips the man's nail out.
As Greg sits on top of the weeping man holding the blood dripping nail out in front of the two pilots as well as the trooper he is sitting on "just answer my questions and it can stop here ill even put his hand in bacta then you simply sit tight for a day or two then you are released to do as you want." as the two pilots nod Greg also makes sure they understand the moment they scream they will take his spot.
The female pilot broke first on the fourth nail "Our shuttle is the Lagos and our code is FU366F4D3S NOW STOP YOU HUTT…."the stunners knocked all three into unconscious locking a bacta glove on the troopers wrist he threw all of them into a large storage room on the shuttle with a B2 to keep watch and stun them again the moment they start waking up.
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Loading the Lamba with Alpha company with Greg and Sabine in imperial pilot uniforms using the information I learned when the cruiser challenged us we passed as we came to dock chopper hooked into the cruisers command data port. "Vent the ship to space chopper" Greg told the droid we can do a more detailed search of the ships files later."
Sabine shocked "were taking the ship? I thought we were just here for the files on Kanen?!"
Greg laughed "of course we are taking the ship why not who knows the treasure trove of info they have on here not to mention this ship could serve the ghost and her crew more right? a full light cruiser I mean…." Greg paused as he crossed his arms and leaned against the bulkhead "Unless you don't want the ship them ill ta…"
Sabine jumps at the unfinished offer. "NO I mean of course we will gladly accept ownership of the cruiser"
just then both of them feel the ship lurch and chopper makes a series of beeps and whistles
Sabine translates "All six airlocks are open and all bulkheads are locked open."
As the last of the imperial crew suffocates Greg leads the way to the bridge halfway there chopper announces he has found the prisoner transfer record for Kanen "the Mustafar system…. ive never heard of it."
As the pair walk over the Asphyxiated swollen corpses of a few imperial officers who died before they could even leave the bridge "I have during the clone wars…there was and I suppose still is a high security prison there for force users during the war many Jedi who were captured was sent there none of them escaped.
Ecstatic Sabine says "then let's get the others and go get him!"
Greg looks at her sideways "you do understand what a prison for Jedi means right? that means not only a strong fleet in orbit but fixed defenses as well as ground forces strong enough to defeat Jedi or foolhardy rescue attempts with every ship we have we wouldn't last a minute in combat against a single destroyer much less a fleet of them plus any escorts they have. We need at least two days to prepare for this Kanen can wait two days. She was angry but understood after Hera had a long talk with her Alpha company remained on the cruiser since the crew had died so suddenly and chopper had silenced any and all transmissions before any had been sent the other imperial ships had no idea.
The next two days was a whirlwind of raiding hitting small basses all over Lothal the first day was the easiest they hit over a dozen small bases focusing on the Ties and any Gozanti that happened to be stationed there. the second was mostly keeping the captured ships and fighters on the move as entire squadrons of fighters and ships preformed grid searches of the planet looking for the ones responsible for the destruction of the bases the three troopers captured earlier were kept locked up and fed the Stormtroopers hand had healed perfectly.
by the end of the second day preparations were complete three Gozanti's had been seized as well as almost a hundred Ties most of them were slandered fighters but twenty of them were bombers also coming along for the ride was a dozen shuttles.
they had more fighters then pilots so the decision was made to trade forty tie fighters and ten of the shuttles to the Dornean's stuffing thirty of the Ties in the Crimson Nova and the other ten was carried by the Speedy, Gazer, and Runner as they broadcasted their clearance codes they also broadcasted a request to General A'baht
"General we are on extremely short time here so ill get to the point I wish to trade forty Tie fighters and ten Lamba class shuttles for as many droids as I can get however I do need at the least ten droid fighters id like eight Vulture's and two Hyena's we have a huge strike against the imperials and I am in desperate need of more droid troops."
The reply came as they entered the Formidable's hanger bay.
"Honored Gregory sands welcome back and understood we welcome the addition of many new fighters into our ranks the droid craft you requested are doable and ive already passed the authorization for ten of Formidable's own fighters transferred and with the number of craft your bringing I can transfer command of one hundred and fifty B1s on such short notice the next time you come by we will have more for you."
The three ships barely had time to start disgorging the Ties and shuttles before the new droid troops boarded and were immediately shut down to begin new software updates. What took the longest was waiting for the overloaded hanger to be cleared but the moment they were docked they all took off and after a brief waddle in salute as they cleared the super massive battleship they jumped to Lothal for the rest of the forces. When they arrived a few hours later they were greeted by the Ghost and the three Gozanti's already formed up and heading away from the planet the Arquentens was giving a show of chasing them.
"Show time" Greg called out on a predetermined frequency and the entire rebel force jumped including the cruiser witch baffled the imperials left behind.
Following the Hyperplanes it took almost two days to get to the Tosste system here is where the heavy hitters would stay only a pair of Gozanti's with four Ties slung underneath and a shuttle docked to its side would go to the Mustafar system but inside would be nearly two hundred battle droids they would dock with the Sovereign Moff Tarkin flagship and after EDDE plugs in the ship is to go silent with the rest of its fleet. Chopper would remain with the rest of the fleet waiting for the signal to jump in to the relief they didn't take the ship they would strip as much of its strength as they could every droid was equipped with components to assemble a Seismic charge all together the droids would carry fifty devices in with them assembling as they go just in case.
The plan ready the Group of battle prepped rebels climbed into the Gozanti and jumped the last leg toward Mustafar.