FLEET ADMIRAL VORIN ZONILL
EMERGENCY OBJECTIVE: STOP THE BLACK SUN
LOTHAL CITY, LOTHAL
"Status report?",
Fleet Admiral Vorin Zonill asked as he stood up to survey the battlefield around him.
"Sir", Captain Sellferr replied as he began to pull up various
Holodisplays all over the command deck of the
MIN Collateral Star. Though the ship had spent months being refit for hostilities with the
Sith Order, and had been upgraded to essentially be able to operate by itself thanks to the addition of an
ATLAS Mk I High Efficiency Droid Brain and
ATHENA DCOS-1L Operating System, men like Sellferr and Zonill were still vitally important to ensuring that the ship ran as efficiently as possible, and that any major decisions would be made by only the most qualified individuals possible.
Such a decision was just about to present itself to the Fleet Admiral.
"The
Vilifier,
Plunderer,
Adjudicator and
Take No Prisoners have made contact with the enemy fleet. It seems that the
Black Sun was somehow able to
microjump multiple vessels into
Lothal's atmosphere without warning, likely by exploiting their
Hapan Battle Dragon's Pulse mass generator tubes."
Zonill grimaced at the news. "A trap, then. How fitting of them. What else?"
"The enemy fleet is proving to be quite extensive, containing a multitude of vessels including a
Lucrehulk-class Battleship, an
Azalus-class dreadnaught,
Stella-class frigates,
Beta Cruisers,
Hapan gunboats-the list goes on and on."
"Hell of a fleet for a raid", Zonill commented. "Either
Lothal has something of value that we don't know about, or Commander
Kalantha
has some sort of personal stake in the destruction of the planet's cities and defenses. How are the
Vilifiers holding out?"
"Not well, sir. They've launched all available squadrons of
STX-TIEs,
AX-Wings and
Lambda-class YT-1760 Annihilators, but to put things simply, I'm afraid they're all quite outmatched. They won't last long against what the
Black Sun is throwing at them."
Zonill cursed silently as he thought about what the best course of action was to take. There was no way he could go down to the planet to aid them-the
Collateral Star was far to heavy to be able to operate within a planet's atmosphere-and even if he could he was sure that all the
Vilifiers would be destroyed by the time he arrived to assist. That being said...
"What about the immediate space around us, Captain? Have we detected any signs of capital ships?"
"Negative sir, just a number of starfighters harassing our
Corvettes and an armed freighter barring straight for the
Collateral Star. A couple of
Gozantis flying about as well. They're harassing our
Corvettes quite effectively though, I might add", Sellferr replied dryly.
Zonill scowled. He could tell that many of the fighters attacking his forces were not from the
Black Sun but were rather affiliated with the
Wild Space Rebellion, a faction that Zonill was unfortunately intimately acquainted with.
Admiral
Kaine Hamilton
had already arrived to back Zonill up, hailing his ship with an offer of assistance. Zonill was happy to take him up on the offer.
"This is Fleet Admiral Zonill to Admiral Hamilton, your assistance could not be more timely. I've got Mahporeenian forces engaging a
Black Sun fleet on the surface of the planet. I intend to wipe that fleet from existence, and will be firing enough ordinance to potentially destroy the planet several times over. I've got some pesky starfighters and sub-capital ships harassing my screeners-perhaps you might be so kind as to take care of them?"
His first transmission sent, Zonill next turned his attention to
Kalantha
.
"Commander
Kalantha
, I must congratulate you. Your fleet is as impressive as you are
stupid. If you wish to perish within the planet's atmosphere, then so be it."
As Zonill ordered his
Vilifiers to retreat back into the vacuum of space, the
Collateral Star began to turn itself portside, so that it could bring to bear the most amount of guns possible onto the
Black Sun fleet before. Scanners and sensors began flaring all across the planet as the ship's
NZ MTS "Bloodhound" System began identifying targets of interest for Zonill to engage. Hundreds of
Turbolaser Cannons,
Long Guns,
Heavy Guns,
Laser Cannons and
NZ RTL1 Launcher Turrets were now primed to begin bombarding the enemy forces beneath the
Collateral Star's position. All Zonill had to do was give the order to engage.
He did so gladly.
"OPEN FIRE!"
The
Collateral Star began firing with nearly every weapon that it had, as it tried to completely eradicate any existence of the
Black Sun fleet. Since Zonill didn't have to yet worry about enemy capital ships attacking him, he was able to focus nearly every heavy weapon emplacement he had at his disposal at targeting his foes down below.
That just left one more transmission to send. Zonill opened up a general broadcast, hoping that the rebel fighters attacking his ship would be able to hear him:
"This is
Fleet Admiral Vorin Zonill of the
Mahporeem Imperial Remnant and the
Imperial Confederation. You are hereby ordered to stand down and vacate this battlefield immediately. We are not your enemy today, and you are actively preventing us from protecting your planet!"
Zonill killed the comms and relayed a final order to Sellferr.
"Deploy eight squadrons of
TIE Vultures against the rebel craft. I want them off my
Corvettes NOW!"
Hundreds of the droid fighters began streaming out of the
Collateral Star, engaging both the rebel craft and
Black Sun starfighters. As they began their attacks, the now forgotten about armed freighter fired what appeared to be a proton missile at the
Collateral Star. It naturally did next to nothing against a ship so heavily armed and armored, though it did damage a single point defense laser turret. The freighter also seemed to attract the attention of one of Zonill's
CR125 Corvettes, which began firing its laser cannons at the attacking craft. It further released a flight of
AX-Wings to destroy the enemy vessel, not wanting to take any chances against the
Black Sun and whatever it was that they had to thrown against Zonill's assets.
