Kaut (RPG)

[Grand Adm Thrawn]

*On board Thrawns NSD Nebula Cloud; Thrawn walks onto the command deck and tells to deck officer to open com channels to all other ships in the 2nd fleet. The com opens and Thrawn say

"All Captains ready your ships to enter hyperspace.. are exiting point is a far orbit at The planet called Kuat.. it has been a long time since the Empire has stepped foot on the now republic owned planet, Many allied forces will be joining us in this attack.. this should be an easy battle Isard has had her people infiltrate the military forces and they have reported back.. we have full specs on all of there defence systems, they are stored in your ships data base so just look it up.. alright lets move out"

Thrawn tells the helm officer to set his course to Kuat and to enter hyperspace



The fleet enters hyper space on a heading towards Kuat*



(OOC: a few rules,
if you are going to use fleets here then make sure you know the rules,
also if you attack someone specified please allow them time to reply...
keep it sw related no DBZ or vamp stuff
please only 5 posts per character per day
no sigs after the first post
thats all i can think up right now but i might edit in a few that i forgot later)

[Grand Admiral Talas]

Talas stands on the bridge of his NSD "Hailstorm" and waits for the word...soon his communication officers says...
Officer-we have the go ahead sir...
Talas-good..helm set in the short hyperspace jump to the kuat system and wait there for the rest of our fleet...
The Nsd jumps to hyperspace followed by the rest of the inerstellar empire's 4th fleet...

[Grand Admiral Lyle]

[Dark Side Adept 327]

DSA stands on the deck of Sovereign, not in his Grey-colored Imperial Navy uniform, but in his Dark cloak, the very clothes which indicate him to be an Adept of the Dark Side, similar to his Emperor.

DSA, to Communications Officer-"Lieutenant, what is the status of my flagship?"

Commscan Officer-"Sovereign is in hyperspace, alert rating Code Red-A."

DSA-"And my Third Fleet?"

Commscan Officer-"Third Fleet is ready for battle, Commander."

DSA-"Excellent."

Dark Side Adept flicks a switch on his Admiral's chair, engaging a Holoconference with Captain....er, Director, Isard.

DSA-"Director, is your Commando team ready for battle? We have your Gamma-Class Assault Shuttle prepped, if it suits you."

[Grand Admiral Talas]

The "Hailstorm" comes out of hyperspace and powers up shields followed by the 4th fleet of the interstellar empire....which includes....Alberta - ASD²
Moscross - ASD²
Cringer - ASD²
Memory - OF²
Remote - OF²
Frontier - OF²
Charleston - OF²
Revenge - ISD²
Hydra - ISD²
Malarator - ISD²
OdysseysPride - ISD²
Judicator - ISD²
Devestator - ISD²
Trapper - IC

The "Hailstorm" being the flagship

The ships form up and make a protective ring...the fast moveing ships power weapons and drop fighters....

[Director Isard]

*on board a transport shuttle entering the hangar of the Souvereign, a comm Officer turns around and addresses his Commanding Officer, Director Isard*

Officer: "Madame Director, we have an imcoming transmission from Souvereign. Shall I patch through?"
Isard: "Yes, immediately."

*over comm-link*

DSA: "Director, is your Commando team ready for battle? We have your Gamma-Class Assault Shuttle prepped, if it suits you."
Isard: "We are ready. We will board the shuttle immediately."
DSA: "Good. We will speak as soon as you have boarded and are on your way."
Isard: "Isard out."

*moments later, the Intel commando group leaves their own shuttle, and boards the old Gamma-Class Assault Shuttle standing by. The commando is lead by the portly figure of Jekaan Oludh, Isard's assistant. He quickly dispatches all his officers to their stations, and soon after, they leave the hangar bay again, to begin their own assault on the driveyards.*

[Grand Admiral Lyle]

[Dark Side Adept 327]

*The Holograph winks out, and DSA points to the Communications officer*

DSA-"Instruct the Commander of the 4th Fleet to escort Director Isard and her shuttle to the shipyards. No one, I repeat, No one, is to attack her."

Commscan Officer-"Aye, sir."

[Grand Admiral Lyle]

[Dark Side Adept 327]

The four fleets are now in-system.

DSA, on holocom to his fleet-"All Superlaser-equipped ships in my fleet, begin charging your primary weapons. If Kuat doesn't surrender their shipyards to us, we'll threaten to destroy their planet."

[Director Isard]

*On the Assault Shuttle approaching the Kuat Driveyards, Isard's Crew sits tense with apprehension. This is their first combined mission, and from what they have so far been able to find, the Driveyard is either an elaborate trap set by the Jedi, or the Driveyard security is the biggest joke they have ever encountered. Infiltrating and getting the defense specs was as easy as recruit training. If this mission would continue like that, this would be a child's game*
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*Isard is perched upon a seat near the comm-station, keeping her eye on the reports from the rest of the fleet. She motions over her assistants on this mission, Jekaan Oludh and Kasarax Targ, and quietly informs them of the next steps in the plan. They retreat to their stations*
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*moments later on board Isard's shuttle*

Comm-Officer: "Shuttle Chandrila approaching Kuat Drive Yards - please acknowledge."
Male voice: "Kuat Drive Yards - Shuttle Chandrila acknowledged. Please state reason for visit."
Comm-Officer: (tries to sound casual) "Urgent repairs on hyperdrive module. Rebel HQ needs this shuttle for a mission, so they have to get it fixed well and proper."
Male voice: "Okay, come on in. Your security code checks out fine. It's repair hangar KY-447. Sending co-ordinates now."
Comm-Officer: (relieved) "Thanks. Any decent food available around there?"
Male voice: "Sure...just ask someone for the Telbun Tapcafe. Kuat out."

*the comm-officer grins at Isard*

Officer: "That went well."
Isard: "Let's hope it stays that way."
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*Minutes later, the shuttle approaches hangar bay KY-447. Kasarax and his team of two women, all dressed in republic colours and casual street wear, are the first to appear from the shuttle. No one seems to take any notice of them as they quickly distance themselves from the ship, and vanish through a broad gate to mingle with the crowds milling through the corridors beyond.*

*Isard and her assistant Jekaan then leave the shuttle, although a lot less openly as the other three: a small hissing noise can be heard from underneath the ship, and a popping noise that is followed by the sound of two pairs of feet hitting the floor. Wearing black combat wear, they quickly dissolve into the shadows, while the remaining officer on the shuttle starts arguing with the hangar mechanic about the repairs to be carried out.*
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*a hundred meters down a busy corridor, Isard finally finds a computer console that isn't in plain sight of the holocams lining the hallways. HIdden behind the broad back of Jekaan, she quickly punches in a short command code, then shuts the console down again, and nods at Jekaan in satisfaction.*

"Done."
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*Inside the Assault shuttle, the command code is accepted by a descrambler, and sent automatically out again - into space. *
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*onboard the SOSD Sovereign, a light begins to blink on a console. The officer seated at it springs up, and shouts for attention*

Officer: "Commander! Director Isard's group has landed, and infiltration is commencing."

[Grand Admiral Talas]

Talas watches as the shuttle makes through the shields and heads down towards the planet...he then orders...all ships charge superlasers and prepare to fire your ion missles into the control center on kuat....the officers follow commands and all superlasers begin to charge....he then says..."send Knight Squadron to take out those 3 squadrons of y-wings the rebels are scambleing to attack us"....moments later 12 Tie defenders break off from the rest of the ties and move in perfect formation towards the y-wings....the rebel fighters open up thier ion cannons but the faster move agile ties dodge them with ease...the ties then open up with lasers and cut down 9 wings in the first pass...the next pass they take 12 more and the other wings retreat only to get cut down from behind.....the slow y-wings never had a chance against such a well trained fighting force are knight squadron....the ties reform and take thier defensive formation around the imperial capital ships........Talas smiles with amusement and then nods letting his officer know to release the squadrons of missle boats....the ships head stright for the kuat driveyard control center takeing out every turrent and other opposition they see....the squadrons escort of ties also helped with smaller targets...Talas smiles again and tells a officer to notify lyle of thier progress....

[Kasarax Targ]

*Kasarax, Mali, and Quorr slowly drift through the crowd, looking for anyone suspicious while trying to remain inconspicuous themselves.*

"Quorr, stay here and keep an eye out for anything suspicious. Once we've checked the next passage, we'll call you down," Kasarax whispers to Quorr.
"Yes, sir."

*Quorr quickly moves off into the crowd, as Kasarax and Mali move on to the next corridor. They see one guard near the entrance, but they easily slip by him. Kasarax slips out his comm link, and contacts Isard.*

"So far, we haven't encountered anything. It seems almost too easy. It might be a trap, but we'll keep moving for now."

[Grand Admiral Lyle]

[Mali i Qel Vena]

Mali-"I don't know, Kas. I've got a bad feeling about this."

Kasarax-"I know what you mean. I feel it too."

Mali-"Are you sure this place is secure?"

Kasarax gives a lopsided grin.
Kasarax-"Now, Mali. If it were secure, would they really have sent us?"

Mali-"True, true. Just as long as you're with me, I don't feel all that much in danger."
Mali proceeds to give Kasarax a quick kiss on the cheek.

She jokes about it aloud.
Mali-"And that's all you're getting from me!"

[Dark Side Adept 327]

DSA, to Commscan officer-"How is our team down on the planet doing?"

Commscan Officer-"Very well, Commander. Assault team has not reported any casualties as of yet."

DSA-"Fine. This may turn out to be a flawless mission, Lieutenant."

The lieutenant nods, and life aboard Sovereign's main command bridge returns to normal.

[Grand Admiral Talas]

The shields of half of the 4th fleet's ships drop and shuttles poor out....the other ships in the fleet keep shields up and gaurd the unprotected ships...the shuttles head in all the directions of the main points od the kuat yards and dock the shuttles let out thousands of stormtroopers who go through the halls of the shipyards and start to take control...as soon as all othe shuttles are clear from the ships they raise shields and the other half drops shields and releases their shuttles....

[Grand Admiral Lyle]

[Bounty Hunter Dreyas]

AN INCOMING MESSAGE COMES FROM THE NSD HAILSTORM ENTERS DREYAS'S POD -

<BLOCKQUOTE>All units report immediate for taking over the planetal area Kaut. Dreyas - I need you to take lead of an attack on the shipyard. I will give you time to get together some stormtroopers. Prepare well. Although no problems have been found yet, some may pop up. Report back ASAP.</BLOCKQUOTE>

THE MESSAGE DISAPPEARS FROM DREYAS'S LCD SCREEN AND DREYAS GETS UP FROM HIS RESTING POSITION AND GULPS DOWN A GLASS OF GASOHOL AND JUMPS INTO HIS MISSLEBOAT, ALREADY BEGINNING TO TYPE IN HIS RADIO RECIEVER A REPLY MESSAGE -

Oh man, this is gonna be a long night...

[Director Isard]

*The warning klaxons are shrilling through the suddenly crammed corridors of the Kuat Driveyards. Isard and Jekaan are fighting against a stream of people pressing into the other direction, towards the hangar bays.*

Isard: "We have to get through to the Command center - once we're there we can see if there is any way this damn place is rigged to blow."

*Jekaan nods at her, and takes out his blaster. Holding it high over the heads of the panicky crowd, he shoots into the air, and begins shouting*

Jekaan: "THE IMPS ARE HERE! THE IMPS ARE HERE! THEY'VE TAKEN THE SHUTTLES!"

*The hitherto panicky crowd gets frantic, and rushes in the opposite direction - towards the evacuation pods, and towards the Command center. Now, Isard and Jekaan's progress is much faster than before.*

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*ten minutes later they stand outside the command center, garbed in standard Rebel uniform. None of the frenzy they have witnessed just moments ago can be seen here - it is almost as if there was no attack - no threat.*

Jekaan: (whispering) "This is bad."
Isard: (whispering back) "What is?"
Jekaan: "There doesn't seem to be any layer of security around here. I would have expected at least a couple of guards stationed at the doors. They don't even have holocams here!"
Isard: "And no Jedi. There are no Jedi anywhere. Wouldn't you expect to encounter a few Jedi guarding this place? They could have sensed danger, and warnewd everyone else."
Jekaan: "That, too."
Isard: "This is indeed a trap. I have to warn the fleet."

*She takes out a small device, punches in another code, and attaches it to a computer console nearby. Within seconds it has hacked itself into the system, and it now sending out signal waves to the fleet in space.*

[Sniper Tondry]

Pierce Tondry watches Isard and Jekaan walk down the hallway utilizing an illegal tap and one of the building's own viewcams.

Isard and Jekaan pause out of view for a moment. Knowing what they're up to makes Tondry all the more tense. He fingers his sniper rifle edgily. "Don't get yourself burned again, girl," he whispers to himself. "I don't want to have to fry my butt saving yours."

Isard and Jekaan appear in another viewcam image, and that one highlights and maximizes in the viewscreen of Tondry's datapad. A blinking light on a schematic of the complex (the same schematic that was relayed back to the HQ in advance of the attack) indicates where inside the building those two Imperial agents are.

The two Imperial agents disappear from view a second time with another drawn out pause. This time, alarms begin to sound. The obvious one, from the weapons fire within the complex, isn't the one that catches the sniper's attention. It is the second alarm that indicates a trap which sends Tondry digging through his pack for a commlink and quickly breaking down his datapad tapper.

[Bounty Hunter Dreyas]

AS DREYAS PUSHES THE SEND BUTTON WITH HIS LARGE METAL FINGER, HE HOPES THE ARMY IS READY.

Dreyas's ship lands outside the stormtrooper's camp. He walks inside and looks at the troopers dancing to 80's pop music. Dreyas sighs.

Flings his blaster around his left hand in 4 360<SUP>o</SUP> degree motions and shoots a straight blast at the stereo.

"Hey! We got work to do! Get your guns ready! The empire attacks at dawn. First we will attack on the Shipyards and docks and move our way up. I will give you 1 hour to ready yourselves. The cargoship will be ready to load by then. All who remain will be personally executed by mwa. GO!"

Stormtroopers begin scattering, grabbing thier loaded rifles and blasters from under thier bedsides. Dreyas notices one of the troopers acting somewhat strangly. He sees the trooper drop his gun clumsily and grab it before it hits the floor. Dreyas says something to a general standing near him as he walks out to enter his ship once again.

"At least I have leather seating now. Ok, time to gather my droids..."

Dreyas begins listening to a classical CD as he activates the ship's engines and the boat flies off into the dense nebula.

[Grand Admiral Talas]

Talas stands on the bridge of the Hailstorm and watches his ties take down a few x-wings...he smiles again...then one of his officers calls to him...
Officer-Sir sir Talas sir"
Talas-yes
Officer-we have a message comeing threw
Talas-put it on the big screen
Officer-sir yes sir

Talas watches as a faint voice can be heard....
......."careful"....."trap"...."no solid"...."can't confi"....."too easy"...."trap".....the channel closes...

Talas frowns.....
Talas-sounds like they think it is a trap,but don't have proof yet...well i can't risk this oppertunity to gain the building power of the kuat yards on i hunch....we stay....

[Bounty Hunter Dreyas]

A SECOND MESSAGE IS SENT TO DREYAS -

<BLOCKQUOTE>
From Grand Admiral Talas - Dreyas, be careful. I have just recieved word that there is a trap at the main landing of the planet.</BLOCKQUOTE>

Dreyas decideds to act on instinct and turn away from Rova. He leaves his droids as they work diligently in the Shipyards and Mines.

The ship soars over the rim of the planet as it heads instead to Kaut.

Dreyas pulls out his LCD screen and checks on the troopers. He sees them all loading well onto the cargoship, except for the clutz, which could be found face down in the snow-covered forest dead.

The missleboat stops suddenly and Dreyas pauses and gets out a movie to play on his system while he waits for the cargoship to reach his coordinates.

[Grand Admiral Talas]

Talas stands and smiles as his com officer notifys him that the kuat drive yards are sucure and all rebel forces are dead or captured....

Talas-the invasion of the planet has not started yet correct?
officer-no sir not yet sir no one has ordered it yet sir.
Talas-good...i now make the order have all troop shuttles from the 3rd and 2nd fleet sent down to the planet...and notify dreyas tell him to get his metal carcass here and soon..
officer-yes sir

Talas goes back to his command chair and is inturrupted by another officer who is followed by 6 stormtroopers with 3 prisoners...

Officer-Talas sir we have 3 of the commanding rebel officers from the contol center of the yards..
Talas-good...

Talas walks over to the beaten but not too beaten...he goes to the first one who has a bloody head...

Talas-whats your name officer???
Rebel-i am a sergant in the republic and you have to treat me with dignity..this is stated under the Star Wars ganiva convention...
Talas-ha....you think i care...tell me where the new republic base is!!!

The rebel goes to repeat what he said before...

Talas-shut up!!
Talas-i will ask you one more time...where is the republic's base???

The rebel says nothing...Talas pulls out his blaster and shoots him in the head.. He walks to the next rebel...

Talas-You see what i did to him??
Rebel-I am a commander in the rep...

Talas shoots him in the head...Talas walks to the next rebel..

Talas-Do you know where the rebel base is...you have 5 seconds...

Rebel-I am a ensign in the republic navy..
Talas-blah blah blah blah!!!!!

Talas shoots him in the head...

Talas- officer i want you to search the data base of these yards and find out where the new republic base is!!!
Officer-Yes sir

Talas goes back to his command chair more frustrated now...

[Bounty Hunter Dreyas]

The cargoship begins hurring toward Dreyas and flies past him in fact...

Dreyas takes off his headphones and sees that they have caught up. He puts the ship into full throtel toward the planet.

The two ships land near the nearly perfect Shipyard.

Dreyas - This place seems too perfect for there to be rebels in the area.

Dreyas's Missleboat door opens and he jumps out and lands on a carcus of one of the earlier attackers...

Dreyas - Yuck!

Dreyas gets off the body and begins to dust himself off as the senior major trooper comes up to him to report his status.

SMT - Permission to speak, sir.

Dreyas - Permission granted.

SMT - The troopers are ready for the envasion. They have equiped each 1 mesa rifle and 1 miniblaster as well as one jetpack.

Dreyas - Very good. Send them into thier lines outside the ship.

The Major runs back proud to bark orders at the pilot of the cargoship. Dreyas turns back around to his ship, first glancing at the body. That's Sufa Gretu. I'd know him from anywhere. I better report his death to Talas. Find out what he knows.

Dreyas opens his radio reciever and begins:

Dreyas - Talas, it's urgent...AHHHH!!....what the hell?

The message is left unfinished and sent as Dreyas runs to the cries of help from the ship.

[Grand Admiral Talas]

Talas watches as the steady stream of asault shuttles and troop shuttles pours down towards the planet.....he smiles and motions a officer over...get my shuttle readyi am going to the surface to oversee the invasion...the officer scurys off as talas walks towards the hanger bay...

Talas reaches the hanger in short time and looks at his shuttle...then he looks at his modified Tie Defender and moves towards the tie...

He climbs in and takes off for the planet followed by 3 other tie defenders....

He comes into the area that the troop shuttles are landing and flys over....he sends down a transmisson...(all troops spilt into your atack groups and move towards the small vilages....i want 3 batalions with me and 3 with dreyas...the rest of you take the small villages and towns we will take the 2 biggest citys....dreyas you take the city to the north i will take the one to the east....i wnat reports of everything sucure by 0300 hours....

Talas flys his tie slowly ove the troops in thier hover transports and other vehicles...the at-ats and at-st's move back onto the shuttles and fly behind talas...

In about 10 minutes the ships land and unload again right outside the largest city...the at-at'a lead the attack and take down all the defense stations and guard station....the at-st's and 1 batallion of troops move towards the main rebel troop base and start to cut down the rebel soilders stationed there....the last 2 battalions spread out throught the city and sucure the buildings of all rebel troops and other hostiles...

The same thing takes place across the entire planet....

[Grand Adm Thrawn]

*Thrawn opens a com link to Talas and Lyle

Thrawn: Talas I want you to lead the forces through out the planet, do not kill civilians only the Military forces.. once we claim this world we don't want the population to mutiny.

Talas: As you wish.. our forces have invaded the capital city and are pushing the rebel forces back to the palace.. Do you wish us to burn the cities as we move in tighter?

Thrawn: only if necessary, but i want the palace intact.

Talas: yes sir

Thrawn: Lyle?

Lyle: I'm here.

Thrawn: I want you to make sure there are no rebel forces remaining in hiding on the Driveyards, if there are then they might be able to cause alot of damage later in time

Lyle: Yes Sir, I will have the entire Yards scanned with tech staff

Thrawn: Very Good, when Capital city is held i will come to the surface.

Thrawn closes the com link and orders the Deck Officer to ready his shuttle and a fighter escort*

[Mali i Qel Vena]

Mali and Kasarax are busily running through the streets of the capital city of Kuat, when they run into Sniper Tondry.

Mali-"Sniper, what are you doing?"
Sniper-"Trying to get a good shot in."

he replies as he stares through the window of an important-looking office with his macrobinoculars.

Sniper-"Damn. Blaster-proof Transparisteel. I'll have to use one of the big guns this time."

Sniper Tondry proceeds to dig around in his dovel for an object. Finding the small briefcase, he opens it, revealing several components for an extremely high-energy Blaster Rifle with a Silencing Cone.

Sniper-"This is the bad boy. Put on these goggles, or you'll go color blind, and your pupils will light on fire."

Tondry hands Mali and Kasarax each a pair of goggles, equipping himself with one as well.

Sniper-"This man matches my target perfectly. And his office looks plenty snobbish, too. Gotta be 'im."

There is a tall man standing in the office, standing up, as he is perhaps talking in a holocom conversation-perhaps about his planet's new blockade by TIE.

[Dark Side Adept 327]

On board the Flagship of the 3rd Fleet Sovereign, Dark Side Adept 327, a Lord of the Sith, paces about the Primary Command Bridge, until coming to a stop at his Captain's Chair, then sitting down.

DSA glances at his chronometer. There is a multilight equipped on this specific chronometer, indicating the Isard and her band's mission status. Suddenly, the red light flashes to Yellow, then stays on yellow.

DSA-"It is time. Lieutenant, open a communications channel with Lord Kuat of Kuat, the owner of these driveyards."

Lieutenant-"Aye, Sir."

A full sized holograph appears in front of the darly cloaked figure of Dark Side Adept. The holograph is a lize sized one, of a tall Kuati Human. His clothes are quite elaborate, and a small ring with a mysterious symbol enscribed into it is worn by this man. The Holograph shimmers, taking on a steady Translucent Dark Blue Hue.

DSA takes no time for pleasantries, as he is a die-hard Lord of the Sith.

DSA-"Lord Kuat of Kuat. I wish to purchase all of the Driveyards that you currently own. Name your price quickly."

A stunned Kuat of Kuat flutters his eyebrows, unable to comprehend this.

Kuat-"Mischievous Dark One, you know very well that my shipyards are not for sale. In the name of the Emperor, I declare Rule of Commerce 83247AG-Zeta to be in effect. You must withdraw your fleets, or your superiors will strip you of your rank and all worldly posessions. I have consulted with Emperor Palpatine himself regarding this rule."

DSA-"Rules were made to be broken, Kuat. And I'm certain that you'll find that Emperor Palpatine changes his mind quite often about such alliances."

At that moment, a blaster bolt fired from the rifle of Sniper Tondry shoots through Kuat's transparisteel window, and through the brain of the Wealthy Shipbuilder. There is a large hole in the top of the man's head, and it soon collapses in on itself, making the former Shipbuilder's appearance to be something of an over-microwaved meal.

On the other side of the city, several thermal detonators strapped together by Sniper Tondry on top of a nursery building detonate, shattering the building and all of its occupants: the most significant one being the heir to the Kuati Driveyards, the seven year old son of Kuat of Kuat.

DSA-"It's been a pleasure doing business with you, Kuat of Kuat."

Dark Side Adept opens another holocom, and the image of Sniper Tondry appears.

Sniper Tondry-"What?"

DSA-"You have done magnificently well, my friend. You will be promoted and given personal leave at once. But I want you to do one more thing for me."

Sniper Tondry-"And that is?"

DSA-"Burn Kuat of Kuat's office to the ground. You may save his documents, but burn all of his personal affects and possessions."

Sniper Tondry-"Gotcha. Be done in a few minutes, then waiting for retrieval from this damn place."

DSA-"You will have it, my friend. Adept out."

The holocomm connections close.


Five minutes later, the mission timer which signifies the status of Isard's mission, turns green.

[Grand Admiral Talas]

Talas stands and watches as the shuttles continue back and forth with new suplies

The shuttles send suplies to the repair teams which are now rebuilding the driveyards defense systems and defuseing the self destruct system installed by Kuat....the other shuttles send downs suplies to the new forces controling the planet...the people seem to be upset by the takeover but not threatened....they are going along and so far no upriseing has acurred from the people....things are going well on Kuat...

[Kasarax Targ]

*Kasarax and Mali make their way down the streets, making sure that everything is in order, and keeping an eye out for anything suspicious. They soon come to an area of unusually low activity. Kasarax grabs the nearest stormtrooper and asks him about the area.*

"Why isn't anyone down there?"

"There isn't anyone living there. The place was empty when we got here."

"Has anyone checked it out?"

*But before the stormtrooper can answer, he moves off into the crowd.*

"Well, I guess we'll just have to check it out ourselves." Kasarax mentions to Mali.

*The two move down the deserted street, checking out the buildings for any signs of life, or any clue as to why the place would be deserted. Suddenly a device on Kasarax's wrist starts beeping.*

"What is it?" asks Mali.

"A bomb!"

*Kasarax grabs mali, and the two run up the street, as the whole block explodes, sending transparisteel and ferocrete flying everywhere. I knew this had to be too easy thinks Kasarax. He pulls out his comm link and contacts Director Isard.*

"Director Isard, I think this is going to be a little harder than we expected."