OOC: Will reveal composition upon arrival.
IC: Location: Chandaar -> Sector 27-AJ
Objective: Approaching the sector
Allies: [member="Sko'saht"] [member="Elijah King"] [member="Lucien E. Irridius"]
Enemies: GE
After a round of negotiations on Chandaar, where Jessica had to deal with an angry population in a regime where income inequality was very high, duty called once again. But because of pressing issues, such as the need to keep the supply lines secure, she had very little rest, and she had to fight once again. And the Galactic Empire's victory on Charros IV was hollow because the local population disapproved of the Imperials immediately after their hasty retreat, and wasted no time. The Xi Charrian rebels recaptured their homeworld for the Silver Jedi a few short weeks after the attack, and Bimmisaari was also SJ property once more. Fighting the Imperials once again was going to be made more difficult, especially after that run-in in the asteroid field against one Carlyle Rausgeber over Ossus. Several of the crewmembers have nightmares over the asteroid flinging that characterized the First Order that day, to the point where she might be wondering whether someone else might have been a better choice, someone fresh, like [member="Reshmar"] or equivalent. As with every engagement where Imperials are even
suspected, much less
confirmed, Xi Charrian security crewmembers are the order of the day. Then the communications console lighted up like a tree.
"Incoming transmission from Voss" the communications officer warned everyone onboard.
"
Patch it through"
Stephanie Swail said:
"This is Stephanie Swail. I’m sorry to cut through but there are ships in the vicinity of Dellalt and Iego that I don’t recognise as part of the Silver fleet. Please report, over."
"Silver fleet, report in those around the Tion Cluster at once please."
"
Northwest Actual reporting in from Chandaar, will move into position to engage" she told [member="Stephanie Swail"] in response.
For some reason she feels that this engagement will be even
worse from a morale management standpoint. The effects of poor morale are being felt throughout. Especially to some of those non-Xi Charrian crew members, who were questioning why they even were in another engagement to begin with, and missing out on a
marshmallow challenge. As the quartermaster prepared several bags filled with one meter of masking tape, one meter of string, one marshmallow and twenty strands of uncooked spaghetti, whereby teams would have 18 minutes to get the tallest free-standing structure built and compete one another to this end.
While I get that the quartermaster is holding a marshmallow challenge in an attempt to maintain morale, I can sense it is one of those times where the quartermaster is getting angry and annoyed, she thought, in a rare moment where she is able to sense somebody else's emotions. She always had difficulty with the emotional part, and it was restricting her range of action as a Jedi: however, thus far, she knew that some questions were in order from the quartermaster before they get underway:
"These Imperials: what did we do to be at war against them?" the quartermaster asked, while his voice became increasingly whiny with every word. "Why can't we hold our marshmallow challenge without being called into action?"
"
It's more a question of: what did the Imperials do for us to declare war? Were you there on Charros IV?"
"No... I guess?" the quartermaster reluctantly answered, as if unsure of his answer.
"
They were out to massacre Xi Charrians in an orbital bombardment; that explains why there are so many Xi Charrians in gunnery and security positions here today"
"General, early-warning systems detect a sizable fleet in sector 27-AJ! Given our current enemies, it's likely that it is the remaining stragglers from Charros IV, or otherwise another GE force; the First Order is also a possible attacker" the sensor technician curtly commented.
"
All units, battle stations! Prepare to jump to hyperspace in sector 27-AJ" Julie ordered.
With heavy hearts, Jessica and the new units assembled for this operation to intercept the enemy fleet jumped to hyperspace, knowing that she is unable to catch a break in this current strategical context. But for now, anyway, she will have to steel herself to go fight Imperials once again. To be fair, in the Charros campaign, even though she was in command in the Bimmisaari theater, she did not see a whole lot of action, unlike Ossus, where it was obvious to her that being a faction's commander-in-chief over a theater is just not the same on the ground and in space. Also, Sector 27-AJ was close, dangerously close, to Iego to the west and Dellalt to the east. Hopefully the quartermaster will finally be able to hold and complete his marshmallow challenge
before reversion... hopefully jumping from Chandaar to the location the EWS designated as Sector 27-AJ would be just the right length to get the marshmallow challenge finished. Any Jedi onboard the ships would be gravy, but their services would be needed before long.
repare for possible threat
