Carratos Orbit

[Lord Ire]

Tuulk notes Zairon's comments as he sits in his chair, it is possible that all the issues as of late have caused Lord Ire to be a bit eccentric. Tuulk himself thinks that he might be a little visibly perturbed if his Empire suddenly went to all hell after so many years of stability. Looking out the viewport from his seat, Tuulk hears Zairon's question about Paymon and Tuulk doesn't know the answer. "I don't know where he is, I do know one thing, he'll be back."

[Lord Zairon]

Zairon is quiet once again looking out the window. "If Paymon was the former Sith head he would probably go somewhere he is comfortable with." Zairon says thinking. "I've read that the Sith home was Ziost, but I also read Korriban." Zairon says shaking his head unsure, "Perhaps you'd have an idea since you know a little more about the Sith than me."

"Where would Lord Ire go when he was doing his Sith business? Because I never saw other Sith in the palace the times I was stationed there."

[Lord Ire]

"I merely know where the Sith Academy is, and that is on Ziost, but we shall wait in orbit of Carratos for Paymon to return." Tuulk says as he beings to pull up tactical information on the fleet that entered orbit and what kind of ships they were. "He may have a fleet of ships but we have two as well as orbital defenses. Paymon will wish he had stayed dead by the time we're through with him."

[Lord Zairon]

Zairon nods, "If that is what you wish, Sir. However, I'm not much use here in space. If you would like I could scout the Ziost outpost. My ship is more suited to stealth and espionage than combat." He pointed out. "However, the final command is in your hands."

[Lord Zairon]

A B-Wing arrives in orbit and sends the correct landing clearances. It lands at the palace and a little bit later a TIE Phantom leaves the palace and enters hyperspace.

[Luke Skywalker]

Luke watches the countdown to real space, and pushes the lever forward has the timer reaches 0.00. He has entered one parsec from the planet Carratos. He engages the stealth mode on his ship and stretches out with the Force. He makes his way toward Carratos, and slips into it's shipping lanes. Using the Force he avoids other ships, and sets down outside the city, near the neighborhood they were in just days before. He pops the canopy, jumps to the ground, and turns to Artoo. "Keep the engines warm, and place the StealthX on full security alert."

Artoo beeps an affirmative, and Luke heads toward the edge of the capital.

[Lord Ire]

Thinking about it momentarily, Tuulk decides against his initial assessment. "Fine, you'll lead a recon squadron of TIE Phantoms to check out Ziost. Get back here before Lord Ire knows you're gone or it'll be both our hides."

[Lord Zairon]

"Thank you my lord," Zairon says bowing. "I have a feeling you won't regret this." Zairon says as he turns and heads for the hanger. Upon entering he sends a quick message to Naver before leaving the ship quietly and jumping to hyperspace.

[Lord Zairon]

Two TIE Phantoms jump out of orbit and head towards the Atrocity. They send identification revealing them to be Sir Zairon and Sir Naver with highest priority code red alert.

"Grand Admiral Tuulk, this is highest priority. We need as many members of the High Command as we can get other than Lord Ire right now. I know the Vizer is off planet, but any on planet need to meet now with a future meeting scheduled soon. I have information of the highest possible importance." He said as he entered the hanger and jumped out his Tie Phantom.

[Lord Ire]

Tuulk, receiving the message from Zairon, moves over and hits the com button on his command chair to speak with the Imperial knight. "Zairon, what do you mean you have information for the High Command... minus Lord Ire. What is this information?"

[Lord Zairon]

"I'm almost there. Meet me at the secure conference room. I've already asked it be stripped of bugs. This is top secret information I don't want to say where people can overhear." He said as he headed through the ship heading towards the conference room. "I want you to hear it first and decide what we should do before anyone else finds out."

[Lord Ire]

"Zairon, you're sounding like a crazy person. You haven't been drinking Rodian ale have you?" Tuulk says in response to Zairon's odd behavior. Between Zairon and Lord Ire, people seem to be loosing it a bit much these days. "Very well, as it turns out I can get the Imperial Regent and the other commanders from High Command here via holo within five minutes. I will make sure none inform Lord Ire. And Zairon, you better have something good or your looking at treason."

[Lord Zairon]

Zairon nods, "I understand. Would you prefer I wait till they arrive or would you like the preview." Zairon ask. "It's hard to describe without the evidence, but it's not treason at all and is in fact quite the opposite."

[Lord Ire]

"Just get here and make it quick, Lord Paymon might arrive any moment." Tuulk says as he thumbs off the comlink and begins to message the other members of High Command to send a secure holoimage to the Atrocity's conference room as soon as possible to hear some vital information concerning the current condition of Lord Ire.

[Lord Zairon]

Once everyone has appeared Zairon puts the datachip in the reader. "I gained some valuable intelligence recently. As many of you know a while back, Lord Ire went to confront Paymon in order to take his throne and become lord of the sith." Zairon says, not playing the recording yet, simply giving a backstory. "He came back and was now a sith lord. Now around this time, Ire started acting strangely. Nothing too odd, I passed it off as simply something that would pass. However, he's been acting stranger and stranger."

Zairon looked at each member of the High Command. "The problem, however, is that he has NOT recovered. He's become more paranoid, he's started acting not like Ire used to act, he's started giggling, and he's become forgetful, not recalling things that happened a while back."

Then Zairon reached over and rested his hand on the play button almost ready to press it. "The reason is simple. Lord Ire is dead." And with those four words, Zairon hit the play button.

The recording shows Paymon stabbing Ire in the chest. However, Ire keeps struggling and ends up killing Paymon. Ire however collapses and a new figure walks in. Zairon hits the zoom and zooms in on the new figures face. "A perfect impostor." He says. Mocking is shown and then the real Ire dies and the new one stands.

"I suspect a shape changer or a clone." Zairon says as the recording ends. "The point is we now have an impostor...an insane impostor, claiming to be our lord. He mocked our lord on his death bed and then pulled a fast one on all of us making us look like fools."

Zairon frowns, "I'd like to get High Command clearance to remove him from the throne. I obviously can't arrest him without your orders."