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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 if 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 fleet 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 Greg chuckles darkly "well 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 pliers 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 Greg 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 jamming any base they could and raiding 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 relay tower 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 four Gozanti's had been seized as well as almost a hundred Ties most of them were fighters but twenty of them were bombers also coming along for the ride was a dozen shuttles eight fighters two bombers and a pair of shuttles were docked inside the Nova and of the eighteen others docked on the Gozantis and the Ghost only three bombers the other fifteen were fighters.
They had more fighters then pilots or ships to carry them so the decision was made to trade fifty Tie fighters ten Bombers and the other ten shuttles to the Dornean's stuffing twenty of the Ties in the Crimson Nova and the other thirty was carried by the Speedy, and the captured Gozantis as they broadcasted their clearance codes they also broadcasted a request to General A'baht whos hologram answered while they were still heading towards the Formidable.
"General we are on extremely short time here so ill get to the point." Greg says looking at the hologram "I wish to trade four Gozanti class light carriers fifty Tie fighters and bombers and ten Lambda class shuttles for a combat ship with significant cargo space i know it wont be enough for a straight trade but how about imperial credits? I have a substantial amount i could use to sweeten the trade. "
The reply came as they entered the Formidable's hanger bay.
"Honored Gregory sands welcome back and understood we will welcome the addition of many new ships and fighters into our ranks as for the assault ship you are requesting i belive i have just the ship in mind." he taps a few buttons out of sight and another hologram springs to life this one showing a massive ship Greg instantly recognized.
"This is the Acclamator class assault ship with little or no need for landing massive armies and tanks on a planets surface we completely removed all the onboard storage and space designated for ground combat instead gibing it a massive hanger space capable of housing nearly a hundred fighters of various republic droid or imperial design."
Greg's eyes practically bugged out as he listened. "That sounds perfect General in fact ill throw seven hundred thousand credits into the deal along with thirty more ties we didn't have enough space to carry with us."
The general looked off to one side and nodded "while not quite a even trade at the moment i have no doubt you will acquire more imperial equipment for us Gregory i approved the transfer. The ship will be leaving our shipyards on the lucrehulk Abundance."
"Thank you General" Greg says as the last of the Ties and shuttles are flown out of the Nova's hanger using fifty thousand credits Greg also buys two hundred B1 droids to crew the massive assault ship since he read that it had the same augmentations done as the Nova with droid brains taking over several crews jobs cutting the crew requirement from seven hundred to just a hundred and fifty and he watches the Acclamator undock from the skeletal scaffolding from the Abundance ring. Nova and the unnamed Acclamator jump into hyperspace the hour to Tosste is spent coming up with a name and several plans for how to get on the ground and rescuee Kanen the Acclamator's new name is Prometheus.
As Prometheus and Crimson Nova dropped out of hyperspace meeting up with the Ghost, Star Runner, Star Gazer and several dozen droid piloted fighters and the lost remaining Gozanti with three tie fighters and a bomber slung underneath Greg and a handfull of Droids cross loaded to the Gozanti carrier to begin the infiltration leaving the heavy hitters behind just in case
"Show time" Greg called out on a predetermined frequency and the three Gozanti's jumped.
