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Post by Republic Viru on May 14, 2011 16:12:29 GMT -5
A large dome adjacent to the Senate building, the Executive Building features an expansive, multi-level landing dock near the top of the dome. Executive shuttles, speeders and gunships dock here for meetings with the occupants of the Senate offices. Attendant droids, load-lifters and pilot automatons are on hand to assist Republic officials. Larger vessels, such as diplomatic cruisers, star skiffs and light stock freighters, could dock in some of the larger landing bays. From the dock, visitors walk through a huge, column-lined hall to reach the executive offices. It has an atrium at its top.
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Post by Republic Viru on May 14, 2011 20:12:16 GMT -5
Iulius Gracchus stood still and read a report that was handed to him by a soldier. He frowned clinching his fingers to the datapad and turned his sight away to the distance, glancing at the hundreds of vessels that packed the Coruscant traffic ways. His mind was lost for a moment, at the beautiful scene. The sun was setting iluminating the city from an angle and the shadows darkened the opposite side of the buildings. Soon it will be dark, temperature will drop. A cold night was forseen ahead. He left the datapad on his desk, slowly. Intrigue invaded his mind. He squinted his eyes for a minute, and grabbed the data pad once more double checking some information. -¨Death toll?¨ he asked the officer, in a low tone of voice -¨1261 Seizer, still counting¨
-¨You may continue the rescue operations, make sure we have everyone treated or in their shelters before midnight, that´s mandatory. Lockdown will remain until further notice. That´s all for now...¨ continued the General. His voice was disturbed for such tragedy and the closeness of it made it even worse. The soldier left for the turbolift... There was no time for this...there was never time for this. War images flashed quickly through his mind, his intentions sharpened at the simple thought of comrades falling down in such cowardly manner. He then lifted his gaze to his advisors -¨Thoughts?¨ One of the advisors, spoke up ¨With all do respect my General, I believe the Empire is behind this attack¨ -¨What evidence gives you such certainty?¨ quickly added Seizer -¨It´s obvious they want to self inflict damage and blame it on the Republic. Our records show that there was Imperial presence in the area, docking bay confirms the codes of an Imperial ship¨ answered the advisor Gracchus then added -¨That is true, but if that was the case, why would they bother to do it here, in front of us? It could have been done anywhere else and still carry the same weight of accusations. In fact an isolated area where only Republican forces mandate would've been the obvious choice... I doubt your theory, Posca. Until we have proof of that or otherwise, the investigation will continue, and we will proceed with the Trade Summit as planned¨ finished the General.
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Post by Republic Viru on May 16, 2011 22:06:20 GMT -5
At that point, Senator Praetos Numa spoke up: -¨Seizer, we find this incident to be extremely dangerous for commerce. People are impatient; there are riots in some lower parts of the Senate district and beyond. I know you are informed of this, but if this continues, it can sure bring even more discontent and we could be facing worse scenarios...¨
General Gracchus responded somewhat annoyed at the comment: -¨Thank you for bringing that up, Senator Numa. I understand your concern, and we are investigating the case. I will appreciate if you helped our cause in the Senate, I believe there is a Trade Summit to take care, and I wouldn’t want to keep you. I know you are a busy man¨ A moment of silence followed...there was an undeniable stress in the air. Numa then said: ¨You are right, Seizer. I shall attend my priorities...¨ with that, he nodded respectfully and was acknowledged by the General. He stepped away towards the turbolift, where his Senatorial Guard awaited. He and his 4 guards that constituted his escort waited a few seconds, then left towards Numa´s Senate office. Iulius Gracchus then brought up a holoscreen, with detailed information of some leads that had arrived. The Academy seemed secure, there was several teams working the levels and surroundings, but yet no answer. ¨Whoever did this...this bastard, is still out there. Wouldn’t surprise me if he is watching the whole rescue operation as we speak.¨ Posca added in support -¨We´ll find them sir¨
The night was almost there, lights and banners lit up in the distance.
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Post by Republic Viru on May 21, 2011 15:57:07 GMT -5
General Iulius continued his work, top officials were now seating at the same table. An attack was being reported, this time was the city of Ravelin.
*The General stands up*
¨Right in their hearts¨ said
¨It cannot be a concidence…us first, then Empire… Something else is going to happen, something big.¨
All officials lowered their voice as the General began to speak. There was a major threat looming, tensions were rising. Now the possibility of peace and trade with the Empire will leave a lot of armed forces with nothing more than defense. Soldiers get anxious in times of peace, and often do not mix well with civilian society. You had to keep them busy. What was it to become?
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Post by Republic Viru on May 21, 2011 16:00:06 GMT -5
Seizer had many ideas. For now his main concern was to build up their defenses as much as they could. He will have to influence the government for more funds.
¨With this increasing threats I move that progressive armament should begin immediately. In times of peace, prepare for war¨ finished the General.
The committee stood up in excitment with an applause. It was a must to defend all planets of the Republic, there were elements of threat out there, and something had to be done now. The addition of a new line of warships was the beginning
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Post by Republic Viru on May 21, 2011 18:12:03 GMT -5
A transmission from Taanab was re-routed from the Varanus to the Capital planet. All at the meeting veered their attention to the latest of the news; a group of unknown ships were just spotted entering Republic space in the Taanab Sector, by the Perlemian Trade Route. All readings showed vessel of Imperial design.
Task Unit P-39, Destroyer Varanus was close to Hapes, and had responded to the distress call. Intel pointed that 7 ships closed in, 3 being Star Destroyers, and a Cruiser support group. The Varanus was a recently acquired vessel and very capable, but now definitely under gunned if it was to confront those ships. The small escort it carried could do a good job defending the Varanus from fighter attack, but no more against capital ships.
Iulius Gracchus thought this was exactly what he was talking about, potential threats.Then he spoke: -¨Inform the 3rd Task Force to aid Taanab and secure the Perlemian Trade Route in the process. Inform them of the disadvantages.¨
-¨Sir, estimated time of arrival, 7 hours!¨ yelled an officer. The 3rd was stationed now at the planet Ploo IV, the closest battle group in the surroundings
-¨Inform the Varanus they’re on their own for now¨
The people where in hysteria, trying to figure out what was going on. Imperial ships, now? It was all very unclear…
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Post by Republic Viru on May 24, 2011 10:26:27 GMT -5
People worked agitated, some officers dropped latter reports, others viewed the screens monitoring different events. Now Taanab had their full attention.
-¨Sir, we have word that the space docks of Taanab have just declared emergency and have garrisoned inside. The advance of the foreign ships is imminent.¨
-¨What about our vessel in the area?¨ questioned Seizer
¨Just arrived. They have contacted the invaders…they claim to be the Phoenix Imperialium and represent the Empire¨
Seizer thought of this for a minute, stating then -¨Their representatives here in Coruscant, and this… happens out there? ¨
Something was beyond the understanding of the actual events. Perhaps civil war had erupted in the Empire and had split their forces, fighting for supremacy. Or perhaps this was all part of a larger master plan and the Republic was fair game to them. Precaution was necessary; the 3rd Task Force was on the way to secure the Perlemian Trade route. Seizer wanted to take care of this, and do it now. The problem is, they were still a few hours away in Hyperspace. There was no direct route from Plooriod to Taanab, they´ll have to go around...
Word was sent that an Imperial Battle Group is also on the way from Taris, this Summit proved to be more successful than they expected, sending armed forces to this conflict as aid. In fact it was their problem and their interest on the suppression of this matter that hinted their innocence about this incident. For now there was clearance on Republic space to allow this Imperial reinforcement to take action, Senator Numa himself had given the authorization. General Gracchus Seizer was too thoughtful about this; It was not right under his command and jurisdiction. Imperials defending our space… thought to himself.
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Post by Republic Viru on May 26, 2011 12:53:35 GMT -5
*3rd Task Force reports hyperspace jump succesful, 7 hours to Taanab arrival.*
¨They are trying to sack the place sir. Varanus has them on site and advancing.¨
¨ Staziack, run the name...¨ asked Seizer curious.
¨Sir, Imperial Admiral, he was the one responsible for some attacks on the Republic years ago¨
¨That Staziack eh…? Old bastard thought
¨Thinks he can have his little war with us. Very well.¨ *Turns to one of the advisors* ¨Inform intelligence about this and move your men soon¨
Everyone continued their work, busy atmosphere and concentration predominated.
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Post by Republic Viru on May 26, 2011 13:14:34 GMT -5
The advisor left the room and walked down the hallway to an adjacent office. Here he entered and used a secured commlink. ¨Advise red code 212B, target has gone Rogue. Move your men¨
The Executive offices boasted with activity.There were two officials that overheard the code, and looked at each other. This target had escaped after some horrible attacks. It was a man, and was in the most-wanted list. Now he’ll pay
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Post by Republic Viru on May 26, 2011 13:33:50 GMT -5
A squad of blue Senate Guards followed the advisor and arranged the procedures for departure. Captain called for pilots, which were taking a break. -¨Seizer is coming with us¨ -¨By the name of ??¨
-¨Hush…let’s go¨ They readied their flight equipment and walked to the ship. It will take them to the 1st battle group which was in orbit. Word was sent out, the General was on his way soon.
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Post by Republic Viru on May 26, 2011 15:24:46 GMT -5
An informant walked off the offices and away towards the hangars. Dressed in dark blue he carried no insignia, nor other kind of identification. He saw the General’s ship Gemina XIII being prepared. Walked by and saluted the other pilots, kept going until he spotted his own ship. A small shuttle waited, a droid walked down the ramp to greet him as other unhooked hoses and fuel lines off the hull.
-¨Hello sir, I am C5TO, human-cyborg relations, how may I assist you?¨
-¨Ready the ship, we are leaving. Set course for Bogden¨
-¨Very well sir¨ The droid immediately turned back to the ship. They both walked the ramp together and found their place inside. The man sat down at the pilot’s chair while the droid entered information on the side panel standing up. Then the droid moved to the rear of the ship to secure some things, double check the flow of energy to the engines and fuel capacity. Does some testing, turns a few knobs and presses buttons. The ignition started, slowly begun to heat up. Burst kept to a minimum, it waited for optimal signal.
-¨When u are ready C5¨
-¨We can go sir¨
The ship hovered off the ground slowly, there were many vessels around and it was a tight maneuver to undock the ship. It moved a very short distance at a time, gaining a little of altitude in the process. It cleared the immediate ships, and continued hovering right next to an incoming shuttle that was ready to take the spot just being freed. It continued.
Now was the time, it gained speed as it cleared the bay out and headed straight to the sky…speeding more and more. The vessel disappeared in the clouds as it reaches the lower atmosphere and to space.
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Post by Republic Viru on Jun 20, 2011 14:33:57 GMT -5
All intelligence continued their state of high alert. Seizer had not yet left when sudden news made things even worse. Communications officer spoke:
¨Sir, they just attacked Coronet!¨
Seizer heard carefully, the anger on his face was obvious.
¨I have been saying this for too damn long, we are at WAR. The Senate does not act as quick as it should, funding should increase and should be done now.¨
The room stayed quiet listening.
¨Contact Corellia, see what can we do…¨ responded Seizer.
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Post by Republic Viru on Jun 21, 2011 10:47:25 GMT -5
¨Sir the 3rd Task Force is about to arrive to Tanaab¨
¨Good. Once there have them disperse in the system and search for any leads that might reveal Staziack´s position.¨
¨Very well sir¨
Tanaab´s attack had finished, space station pillaged by the forces of the Rogue Imperial. Information arrived about the damage assessments, they had abducted a Nebulon frigate it seems as well.
¨Instruct a detachment off the 3rd to assist Corellia¨ ended Seizer, while revising another transmission.
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Post by Republic Viru on Jun 21, 2011 22:28:25 GMT -5
¨Sir the detachment that you ordered has arrived to Corellia. They are trying to contact the city of Coronet with no success yet¨
¨Tell them to hold their position and proceed with the aftermath relief when ready¨
Iulius Gracchus Seizer waited impatiently for more reports. He knew there was more to come and his position was vital on this war. In the back of his head he thought and asked himself about the informant he had sent to Bogden. He was looking for something…somebody. Staziack was one of his problems, and sure he was digging for his location, but this was a secret agenda. He had been trying to contact some people for some time…late nights woke him up sometimes, a vision of a shadow appeared. Darkness as thick as you can imagine. A voice had been taunting him for sometime. He was hoping he could buy some of this information...
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Post by elixir on Jun 22, 2011 9:18:46 GMT -5
Elixir Turner, was of medium height for a human female, and athletically thin. She wore simple robes for now of black and maroon made to fit comfortably, yet also show off her fine form. Despite staying up rather late last night, she had managed to wake up with the morning sun, eat a quick breakfast, and haul whomever she had slept with last night, out of her bed and into the turbolift to leave her in peace while she hopped in the refresher and got ready for her next few weeks or days of work. While she enjoyed time off, she also became antsy with too much time off, for she knew she did her job well, whatever it may require of her, whether it was gathering intelligence as a spy, being a temporary body guard for a senator, piloting or working with the republic military. She was neither a marine, nor a pilot, and hardly anyone knew of her existence. It was in no database in the galaxy, save for the Republic so she often times relied on various aliases when travelling anywhere.
She had taken a short air taxi to the Republic Intelligence Office and been cleared through security, since she had some of the highest clearance available due to her diligent and loyal work to the Republic for some of her youth and all of her adult life thus far.
She reached the Intelligent Service Office at the higher end of the building, and passed right through to the doors. Her brown eyes were always watchful with her ears always open to whatever was going on. She caught some of the conversation going on between General Seizer and various technicians and other military personnel. "Reporting for active duty, sir." Elle stood at attention.
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