Yaga Minor Orbit

[Lord Ire]

Tuulk sits and listens to Admiral Vanstone as he act superior to the authority that governs him, speaking of repercussions if action is taken, and figuratively spitting in the face of RGE High Command. Tuulk takes this a deep insult to all that Lord Ire has done to secure the peace in this area, obviously this rouge commander sees the Fleet Admiral as the only authority he'll answer too. Tuulk however tries to reason with the Admiral bus discovers that reason is not a word in this young officer's vocabulary.

"You words seem overly confident and traitorous. If you're truly loyal to the Empire you will acquiesce to the authority over you by the High..." Tuulk begins to say before Vanstone kills the comline to the Atrocity. It is all too apparent that this Admiral Vanstone seeks to act outside the authority of RGE High Command. Tuulk begins taking the appropriate legal actions. "Ensign Ricky, contact Regent Kommisar on Carratos and patch him through."

"Yes sir, Admiral." Ricky says as he begins to encrypt and send a priority one signal to Carratos, care of the Old Folk's Home. As the transmission goes out, Tuulk goes to the tactical station and opens an encrypted message to Sir Zairon's fighter.

...INCOMING MESSAGE... LVL. 1 ENCRYTED...INCOMING MESSAGE... LVL. 1 ENCRYTED...

FROM: Grand Admiral Tuul'kor'sabosen, RGE High Command
TO: Sir Zairon

SUBJECT: Apprehension of Imperial Criminals and Seizure of Imperial Property.

REMARKS:
1: Seeking legal authorization from High Command to commense with apprehension of Imperial traitors.

2: Prepare to board the ship to arrest Admiral Vanstone.

...END MESSAGE...

No sooner has Tuulk sent the message to Zairon, Ensign Ricky calls up to him from the pit. "Imperial Regent Kommisar is on the line, sir."

"Put him on..." Tuulk says as he waits patiently for the Regent's holo-image to appear. Soon enough the image of Regent Kommisar appears, wearing his positional black leather robes and decorative electrum shoulder plates. Tuulk bows his head in respect to the Regent. "Remus, we have a situation over Yaga Minor."

"What seems to be the problem Admiral, Pirates again?" Kommisar asks in an almost joking tone.

"Admiral Vanstone has appeared in orbit and seems to be uninterested in following RGE protocol." Tuulk reports, Kommisar raises a lone eyebrow at what is relayed to him. "He has repeatedly thumbed his nose at not only planet and RGE officials but at the High Command itself. He seems to think that Fleet Admiral Cook is in charge of his actions and not High Command."

"Really?" Kommisar asks with a deep, not-at-all amused tone in his voice. "What would you have me do, Admiral?"

"Begin taking the appropriate step to apprehend Vanstone on charges of insuborantion, conduct unbecoming, and treason." Tuulk says plainly.

"You aren't asking much, are you?"

"Insuborantion and conduct unbecoming in the least, Remus."

Kommisar has a look of deep thought on his face, he knows that he is in the right with whatever he decides. Tuulk also looks a little tense at the moment, he wants to crush the insolent little cuss outside his viewport with a strict hand but knows he must wait. After a few moments of silent pondering, Kommisar speaks. "I will begin to draw up the appropriate papers. Prepare to arrest Vanstone and bring him in for questioning."

[Lord Zairon]

Zairon was waiting bored in his TIE Phantom remaining cloaked remaining near Admiral Vanstone's flagship. After only a short amount of time waiting he glanced down at the encrypted message coming in. Seeing it as level 1 he pulled out his Imperial security ID that labeled him as working directly under High Command. Entering the code he moved his hand over a scanner as it scanned his hand. Finally he placed his eye up against the scanner and let it do a retinna scan. Once all security measures had gone through he waited for it to decrypt.

Finally he read the message and smirked, "With pleasure..." He said to himself before alerting Lady Athena through the force. "Time for some fun..." He said as the cloaked Tie Phantom headed towards the main hanger.

As the two TIE Phantoms flew into the hanger they quickly opened fire as they decloaked destroying the unmanned and unshielded fighters. While they wanted destruction kept to a minimum they weren't going to leave an escape route, nor allow the Star Destroyer to launch fighters to attack RGE troops.

The two knights quickly jumped out of their TIE Phantoms drawing on the force as they flipped and landed on the hanger deck, back to back, lightsabers drawn and activated. The silver glow of the lightsaber along with the two fully armored figures in their black and red armor cast a clear image that they weren't here to play around.

The crest of the RGE High Command was visible on their shoulderpads. "All stormtroopers and other soldiers loyal to the RGE by order of High Command you are ordered to stand down and assist in the arrest of the rogue formal admiral Vanstone. Any resistance will be considered aiding a wanted criminal and will be met with deadly force." Sir Zairon said letting anyone in the hanger hear. "Your first loyalty is to the Empire and it's leaders not a rogue admiral. Remember your training." He said as the two Imperial Knights looked over everyone in the hanger lightsabers in a defensive position.

[Admiral Vanstone]

"Admiral!" the comms officer shouted as alarm klaxons rang throughout the Calamitous. "There are Imperial Knights in the Main Hangar bay!"

"Seal off all doors to and from that hangar bay. Are the ysalamiri in position outside of its perimeter?"

"I believe so, sir."

"Then we are safe, and they are trapped."

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Down in the main hangar bay, a Lieutenant turned to find the two Imperial Knights calling to him.

"Your first loyalty is to the Empire and it's leaders not a rogue admiral. Remember your training." stated the lead Knight.

At this, the head of every trooper in the hangar turned their way.

So did their rifles.

"Our training?" the Lieutenant stated. He removed his helmet, revealing the face of the long-dead Jango Fett. "Our training has taught us to obey the orders of our superior, our creator."

As the heavy blast doors slid shut, the troopers moved to defensive positions.

As if on cue, one of the troopers yelled "Guard the doors!" and an AT-ST, fully automated, stepped in front of the doors, blocking them from sight.

"By order of the Imperial Star Destroyer Calamitous, I order you to leave now and avoid a confrontation." this last voice was from Admiral Vanstone, his voice keyed in on the intercom. "If you kill even one Imperial soldier you will be considered traitors to the Empire, and will face charges as such."

The hundred or so clones all leveled their blaster rifles, lining up the possible threat in their sights.

[Lord Ire]

"Sir, we have a transmission coming in from High Command."Ensign Ricky reports from the command pit. "It's from the Regent, all legal forms are filed and we're clear to proceed."

Tuulk goes back and activates the broadband channel to make sure the Calamitous can her him. "This is Grand Admiral Tuulk of RGE High Command. Admiral Vanstone, you are wanted for Insubordination and Conduct Unbecoming and RGE Officer. You are hereby stripped of your command and are under arrest. To loyal Imperials of the fleet, your commander is trying to act outside the authority of High Command. Do not impede with the apprehension of your commander, we promise he will be treated fairly under the articles of RGE law."

As he closes the broadband signal, Tuulk looks to Ensign Ricky. "Monitor that transmission, Ensign." Tuulk then opens a channel to Zairon's comlink. He hopes the Knight isn't too busy to answer. "Sir Zairon, the writs are all signed and legal, you are free to arrest the Admiral. Report when you have him."

After closing the comline to Zarion, Tuulk looks down at the command pit towards the weapons officer. "Weapons, begin to power ion cannons but don't fire."

"Yes, sir."

[Lord Zairon]

Zairon laughed hearing the Admiral's words. "I'll not take your word on that, Vanstone." He said intentionally leaving off the word admiral. "I'm here under High Command and arrest a rogue pirate. No treason there." He said with a shrug, "But I'll make you a deal." He said quickly drawing a blaster and shooting the lieutinent in the head with his blaster pistol. "I've just killed one. If you want you can come with us and we'll take this to court." He said with a smirk.

Lady Athena whispered to Zairon, "Ysalamari, Taozin, or something Vong is outside the hanger. I can't sense anything." She said.

"Who cares? Does he think we are Jedi and useless without the force? He clearly doesn't know the Empire. How did he get to be an admiral?" Zairon whispered back raising an eyebrow.

Lady Athena glanced over the group of stormtroopers, "Ya know, if they were smart they would have blocked our force in the hanger, not around the perimetier."

"Yeah, but he's a coward who probably thinks he is safe if they surrounding the perimeter. Most likely thinks they are some kinda second line of defense." Zairon says with a shrug.

"Maybe, but if he was smart he would have just made the first line of defensive to strong to get past." Athena said looking over, "A lone AT-ST and a few stormtroopers?"

"Well we aren't dealing with a 'smart' man now are we? If he was smart we wouldn't be here to arrest him." Zairon said. "Anyways, let's stop ignoring out guest." Zairon said taking a step towards the stormtroopers.

"Alright we've decided. As tempting as leaving is, we have to pick up the Admiral first." Zairon said. "If you step aside and allow us to pass things will go much smoother and the courts can decide this. If you don't, then it will have to be the hard way and we'll be forced to execute you on sight as traitors to the empire." Zairon informed them. "Which will it be?"

Then he nodded at Athena who drew on the force and planeted her feet to the deck. Zairon did the same and pointed his finger at the hanger control room. He couldn't get inside from here. If we after all blocked with blaster proof glass. However, he'd been on countless Star Destroyers and the force was his ally. With a quick flick of his finger a switch turned off.

Without warning, the magnetic field flicked off openning the hangar to the vacuum of space and sucking anything not firmly secured out of the hangar. Grabbing onto his TIE Phantom as well as drawing on the force to stay planeted Zairon and Athena remained safe and within seconds due to the strong force of the vacuum the only things left in the hangar were the two knights and the AT-ST. Quickly, Zairon used the force to turn the switch back on to reactivate the magnetic field before the strong force pulled the TIE Phantoms, the AT-ST, and the Knights out.

Then in order to prevent the control room from trying to suck them out he clenched his fist, crushing the switch in the off position. Athena quickly deflected the shots the AT-ST tried to fire at him. Then he smirked as he looked at the AT-ST.

"Done yet?" He asked drawing on the force to pull the right leg forward to tip it over. "Downside to that vehicle, if it trips it's not very good at getting back up." He said as Athena and Zairon walked towards the downed craft. Lifting his lightsaber he stabbed it into the viewport killing the people inside before turning towards the door.

"Oh no a blastdoor. Looks like we're trapped." Zairon said sarcastically to Athena.

"Maybe if we knock they'll let us in." Athena said mockingly.

[Admiral Vanstone]

Vanstone watched as the holoprojector showed everything sucked out of the hangar bay.

"It is done, then. Was all this sent and not disrupted?"

"Yes, sir." replied the comms officer. "To both of the locations the Fleet Admiral requested."

"Very good. We have what we came here for. I believe it is now time to leave."

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(OOC: this idea i got from a friend that knows more about this kind of weaponry than i do)

As the drone sentry guns set their sights for the ysalamiri protected door, the flamers in the floor were lit and ready.

Beyond this hallway, though, lied even more danger to come.

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A Lambda-class shuttle broke its docking ring with the Calamitous' bridge, and began heading away from Yaga Minor.

The droid pilot wove in and out of the Frigates, guiding the shuttle toward a hyperspace route, all the while muttering in a metallic tone "Programming 56792: Evade all Tractor Beams. If captured, execute Program 56183."

[Lord Zairon]

Zairon looked at the locked door. "We could cut our way through. However I don't like the fact that he's blocking the force. Who knows what could be behind that door." Zairon said pondering.

"I agree. I would prefer to NOT go where he wants us to go." Lady Athena said.

Zairon shrugged, "Well Star Destroyers have countless routes. Who said we have to take the most straight forward route?" He asked as he aimed his blaster at the cams watching them. One by one he fired at the cameras shooting them out. Being a member of the RGE he knew where the cameras were located and the force allowed him to find the hidden ones. Once he was sure all the cameras were shot out he used his lightsaber to cut through the flooring.

"Let's go." He said dropping through the floor and into the underbelly of the Star Destroyer's tunnel system. The system was used for repair crews and such to repair piping, circuits, and others. While it was cramped and crowded it would give the knights a quick mostly unguarded route through the ship. The two knights dashed through the small tunnels cutting the few security doors along the way as they raced in the direction of the control room.

Hopefully they'd get close before the Admiral realized where they had gone.

[Lord Ire]

As Tuulk stands watching the quiet of space, and Vanstone's fleet of frigates, the Comscan sensor on his tactical readout station. He walks towards the table and brings up the sight of a Lambda-class shuttle maneuvering through the frigates.

"Comscan; SITREP." Tuulk orders in inquiry over this new signal.

"One Lambda shuttle, no life signs, exited from the Calamitous aft hangar bay." the young lieutenant responds. "It seems to be maneuvering to jump to hyperspace."

"What kind of fracking games is this Admiral playing?" Tuulk asks in a general inquiry, Vanstone's tactics are some he hasn't seen before. "Engage the gravity wells and stop that shuttle from getting away. Ensign Ricky, have Camulus send the closest ship over to capture it."

"Yes, sir." comes from the Ensign and Lieutenant collectively.

[Anakin Skywalker]

- David's eye's widened when he heard the man say RGE. What was going on? And why didn't he know of this.? All these thoughts ran through David's head. His body started to tense up with stress. Everything was going so well then BANG this happened. David looked at Reddwarf with an honest expression.-

I myself truly do not know what is going on Mr. Reddwarf.

- His voice calm and confident.-

I shall get to the bottom of this though.

- His voice now reassuring. He got his comlink out and pressed a button to open a new channel to contact their new visitors.-

This is Imperial Delegate David Killer, I ask to know what is going on. What orders are you carrying out and I ask to speak to who is in charge of this.

[Admiral Vanstone]

(ooc: this drama is fun. even if any of you don't like it, it still gives you some practice)

As klaxons screamed throughout the Calamitous' bridge, Admiral Vanstone began pondering.

"Lieutenant, ensure that the hangar bay doors are sealed shut and the overrides are in place so that they will never open again. Not even with the force."

"Yes, sir."

"And Lieutenant?"

"Yes, sir?"

"On my order, jettison all escape pods. There will be no way out of this one."

Vanstone strolled over to the bridge escape pods, climbed in, and before he shut the door, he programmed for the nearest frigate.

"Sir, you're leaving us?"

"Have no fear, Lieutenant. The Fleet Admiral should be here momentarily."

Vanstone sighed, relaxed in his seat, and then, with all of the bridge crew's eyes on him, he gave the order.

And hell broke loose.

[Fleet Admiral James Cook]

Fleet Admiral James Cook strode onto the bridge of the Night Shadow, taking in the hyperspace lines as though a game played by the stars.

Commander Melee walked up to him. "We will be arriving in seconds, James."yes

"Very good, Melee. Are all Ion Cannons powered up on all seven Star Destroyers?"

"Indeed."

"Then I am ready." He paused, then motioned for a Corporal to approach.

"Yes, sir?"

"I require some form of nourishment, Corporal," he said with a grin and a twinkle in his eye.

"Corellian pizza it is, sir." he replied, returning the grin.

The fleet came out of hyperspace, right as the Calamitous jettisoned every escape pod.

"All ships, arrow formation." he stated. "Prepare the rescue teams."

"Comms line open, sir." said Melee.

"Star Destroyer Atrocity. Back off my fleet immediately or risk being fired upon." his eyes burned with invisible fire at these words.

[Lord Zairon]

Sir Zairon and Lady Athena quickl rushed through the tunnels. Finally they arrived where according to Zairon's readouts of a Star Destroyer they were below the command deck. "It's quite a few floors up." He says as he walked over to the exit pannel and entered the main override codes that all High Command had. Nothing happened.

"Well well, looks like they not only went rogue they actually successfully put in a new security system. That's impressive." Zairon said surprised.

"Psh, well there's more than one way to open the door..." Athena said with a smile as she stabbed her lightsaber into the door and cut the hatch open. Then the two climbed out of the security tunnels and stealthfully snuck towards the turbolifts. They were trying to kill as few people as possible and as such avoided as many groups of stormtroopers as they could.

After sneaking through the ship they arrived at the turbolifts. Once again their codes didn't work. "I'd prefer not to let anyone notice..." Zairon said as he drew on the force and ripped the turbolift doors open. "Ready to climb?" He asked Athena as he jumped into the turbolift shaft and began the ascent up to the command center.

Athena nodded and followed behind him as the two climbed the turbolift shaft. Finally after a long tiring climb, made slower by Zairon's injured leg and arm, they finall arrived at the doors to the command center. Athena took her lightsaber and cut the door open.

Zairon jumped through the door lightsaber raised and looked over the bridge of the star destroyer.

"Imperial Knights of the High Command. You are all ordered to surrender by order of High Command. Any aggressive actions will be met with deadly force." Zairon said as Athena joined him. "Former Admiral Vanstone is ordered to surrender and this ship is also ordered to stand down and be returned to the RGE." Zairon said looking over at everyone. "Where is Admiral Vanstone?"

[Inquisitor Camulus]

*The communications officer looks up at Camulus.*
My lord, we're receiving a transmission from the Atrocity. They want us to send a ship to pick up the shuttle that left the enemy flag ship.
*Camulus turns and looks at the communications officer and nods his head.*
Very well. Inform the Star Destroyer Kadavra to intercept that shuttle and tractor beam it aboard.
*He starts to walk away but then turns back.*
Also, tell them to not fire on it. The Empire wants whatever is onboard that shuttle intact.
*The communications officer nods his head.*
Understood sir. I'll inform them now.
*He turns to his console and begin to relay the orders to the Star Destroyer. Camulus walks down the pathway to the forward Bridge windows and quietly watches as the SD Kadavra begins to move towards the shuttle and intercept it. It is then that he notices all of the escape pods being jettisoned from the enemy flag ship.*
What the hell is Vanstone doing now?
*He grins slightly.*
This is gonna get really interesting.
*He glances at the Atrocity and then looks back at the Kadavra heading towards the shuttle.*

[Lord Ire]

"Is that who I think it is?" Grand Admiral Tuulk addresses Ensign Ricky as the new contacts appear on his tactical station. Soon a clear transmission from the lead ship erases any doubts that Tuulk has. He has had about enough of this insolence from both Vanstone and Cook and takes a stern look on his face when the notion of being told by an underling what he was going to do.

"Without a doubt, Sir. The transponder signals are on the same, that's Admiral Cook and the rest of his fleet." Ricky responds.

"Open me a channel to that ship..." Tuulk orders as he does his best to keep that famous temper of his in check. Tuulk sits in wait as he knows Ricky will work fast.

"Channel open, Sir."

"This is Grand Admiral Tuulk of RGE High Command. Admiral Cook, you are ordered to stand down and to report to me immediately. You are charged with AWOL and your subordinate is charged Insubordination against a ranking officer and Conduct Unbecoming an Officer. If you fire upon us during the course of executing this legal warrant you will be charged with Treason. Now... stand down."

Tuulk kills the comline to Cook and turns to his weapons officer. Start powering up the solar ionization cannons but do it slowly, that should mask that we are powering weapons in case he gets uppity and opens fire. And ready two more gravity wells, I don't want these little ingrates to run for safety."

"Yes, Sir." the officer replies.

"Sir, the Calamitous is launching all its escape pods." the Comscan officer reports. Tuulk knows what Cook is playing at, he's gonna sweep in and rescue his subordinate from the High Command's grasp.

"Helm control, bring us in between Cook and Camulus' ships. If Cook wants to rescue his men, he'll have to go through us first. Comscan, begin scanning all pods for life signs. Relay the readings to Camulu's fleet and have them intercept all pods containing life signs." Tuulk orders and recieves a combined response. As the Atrocity moves into position, Tuulk knows that Cook has limited options now and that those options lead to some kind of clash beyond the scope of things. He looks out the viewport at Cook's approaching ships with a flame growing inside of him. He stands there and silently whispers toward's the rouge fleet. "Your move, Admiral."

[Fleet Admiral James Cook]

"Sir, the Atrocity is moving between our ships. They look to cut us off."

"Okeday. I know exactly what to do." He looked at the Sergeant.

"All Ion Cannons are powered and ready." he stated.

Cook smiled. "Have five Ion Cannons fire upon the Atrocity's bridge. Fire the other two on the secondary bridge."

"Yes, sir."

"Let's watch the fish flounder."

-----FLEET TRANSMISSION-----

All ships, immediately make a blind jump into hyperspace. Any direction will do.

Meet up at rendezvous point 486.279.313.

FADM COOK

-----END TRANSMISSION-----

As the Ion Cannons fired upon the Atrocity, the Shadow and its comrades turned on a dime and jumped.