Joran sat eyeing the woman as she walked to his side. The proclamation of her being a Sith was surprising but did not shock him. He had been around the Sith for most of his life. They had killed his family on Crina and at first Greth had despised them. That had turned out was a short lived emotion as he realized his families death was as much the fault of the Crinan government as the Sith. War was war, if it had been him on the other side he too would have done what the sith had. It was the Empire which put his family in the position to be killed not the Sith. They just did what any assault force would do. Now with a Sith staring at him he had to decide how best to handle it. He knew the woman and her being a Sith did not change that. He knew her intentions, he had to decide to help her or die. That was no decision, he would not throw his life away just because the woman had outed herself and demanded his aid. He was not blind, he knew things were going bad. He had agents everywhere and had even gotten some reports before about the womans mysterious meetings. Now so much of the intel he had gathered on the woman made sense.
"A Sith you say?" Greth asked knowing full well it was a meaningless question. He gauged the woman then smiled. "Then if you are a Sith I need to share something with you." Greth pulled out a data pad and typed in a code. The pad asked for a password then Greth entered it and handed the pad to the Sith now standing beside him.
"I have been untruthful with you and the Imperium as a whole. While this was a conceived venture between you, I and the Supreme Commander I am afraid my intentions were less than honest. The entire time we have been building out Empire here on Gerrenthum I have been actively recruiting forces to over throw it. In fact, the Cabal which we had been fighting was a project I employed before our forces first even came to Gerrenthum. They were a tool of course. I set them up to destabilize the Imperium in preparation for my coup." Greth paused to judge the womans response so far.
"I have complete control of the Navy and a considerable portion of the Army is also in my control. Not enough yet to act against the Imperium openly but considering your current openness I felt I too should enlighten you as to my true intentions." Greth said. He motioned for her to look at the pad then smiled.
"I currently have four ships sitting outside the system awaiting my word to strike. The remainder of the fleet I have dispatched under the command of Admiral Lash to a location only he and I know. If you will notice there is mention of a fortress there also. I have acquired a large group of like minded individuals who as we now speak are working to finilize my power over the government of a certain world which for now will remain nameless. I never invisioned this world being my home. I have created my own little Empire out in space. You see we both seem to be in the Empire building game. I just seems I am a few steps ahead of you in its fruition." said Joran giving the Sith woman an equally intense star as she now gave him.
"You see, if you kill me here, That will not effect my plans. The Imperium is not this" Joran said motioning his hands in the direction of his office and Gerrenthum in general. "I have been building the True Imperium for far longer than You, I and the old idiot have been working together. This is just a mask, a distraction for my enemies to see. Something that appeases their curiosity and for all practical proposes looks like my plan." Greth paused again watching the woman measuring her and working out how to stay alive.
"This my lady is a long con. You and the commander were my marks. All that I require to over throw you and he is one last nudge of power. That it seems You have just given me. I invite you to work with me, to use what ever forces you have at your disposal to set my plan into action. The government here is a house of cards and you just gave me the ace I needed to trump the whole deck." once again he paused. The woman stared daggers of fire into his eyes. Greth simply intensified his smile and typed a set of commands into his desks computer interface.
"You see I too have a dark side. I may not be a Sith or embue the force, but I do have power. And my power is absolute here." Greth stood and looked down on the woman who he knew most likely was about to kill him. "You see you need me now more than ever. I fear I have made it very difficult for you and anyone else to get off the planet."
Klaxons sounded as explosions began engulfing the streets of Gerrenthum. Above four victory destroyers rained fire down on the world. Missile batteries spat concussion missiles at the world military instillation's. Greths smile widened to the point of pain as he began to laugh as behind him a hospital exploded under turbolaser fire.
"So yes Kira I will join you. But if you are looking to make me subservient you might as well kill me now and take your chances getting off the world." Greth one last time smiled at Kira and motioned for a door. "We can discuss our new partnership over drinks aboard my private shuttle as we leave this world. Contact anyone you wish and have them use this code to get off world. Without it i fear they would not make it." Greth gave Kira a number writen out on a piece of paper. He smiled and watched as the market and the rows of businesses along the central city were turned into slag. Thousands dying under the hell of concussion blasts and turbolaser fire.
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