Jaa Kilian
Mercenary Captain
Location: Upper Orbit of Lanteeb, Malor-77 System
Ship: Brawler-II | Adjudicator-Class Heavy Cruiser | In Geosynchronous Orbit with Tallarn City
Objectives:
1. Intimidate Tallarn City into surrendering to Kiemeda.
2. Oversee peaceful transition of power.
Civil Wars were occurring with an increasing regularity, or maybe Jaa Kilian was just beginning to imagine things. A decade or two ago, the galaxy seemed a whole lot more stable then how it was not adays. There were just too many chefs in the kitchen, as the saying went, and now everyone had these delusions that they'd be the next Galactic Emperor or Supreme Mandalore or whatever proper noun title one wants to give themselves. Suddenly, even minor backwaters like Lanteeb had themselves aspiring tyrants with dreams of ruling the galaxy with their half dozen skiffs and pair of centuries old corvettes. They declare their rulership of the planet, and it just so happens that the warlord the city over had the same idea. They call each other names, maybe throw a few school yard punches, raze a farm or two, and then they finally open their purse books and call in the professionals do finish the job.
Once upon a time, Jaa might have moralized over these petty arguments, or bemoaned the lack of action that came with just sitting in orbit - he had his fill of that kind of action at Byss for the next decade, when he was doing work with Marlon Sularen and his "Shadow Association". Now adays, he was an older and smarter man, and all he saw was the easiest credits this month. The story was the same as it was on every planet in the neutral zones, some warlords realized that no major power had claimed their system and decided they would be the next big power in the galaxy. The Galactic Alliance was too far away to do anything, while the Sith Order and Trade League were too busy to care, so that meant the warlords could more-or-less do what they want. No big, bad GA war fleet to come in and tell them off for throwing WMDs at each other, and no moralizing special interest groups around to complain about mercenary companies glassing cities off the face of planets.
Now, that wasn't to say Jaa Kilian was a cruel man at heart - far from it, he loved his crew like a family - but Kilian couldn't exactly make petty warlords take him seriously without blowing up a few cities. It was more-or-less a forgone conclusion that Tallarn was going to surrender to Kiemeda, especially after Kilian grounded their rust-bucket corvettes permanently. His marines were waiting in Kiemeda, keeping an eye on things under the guise of "protecting" the local warlord. Really, they were just there to serve as a reminder that Kilian was always watching.
The other warlord, the one that ruled Tallarn, had made the unfortunate mistake of refusing the warlord of Kiemeda tribute, which sparked a month-long conflict between the two. True to the pattern, they argued, they skirmished, they razed, then they called in outside help. Kiemeda contacted Kilian, and Tallarn contacted... no one, seemingly. Or perhaps they just called in a Bounty Hunter, not quite realizing how much Kiemeda was going to escalate things?
Either way, the conflict pretty much ended the moment Brawler-II arrived in orbit. The warlord on Tallarn was not in any hurry to send their forces onto open fields, where bombers and orbital bombardment would make short work of them. Nor did the Kiemeda warlord waste resources occupying land he believed he would be controlling soon enough anyway. The Kiemeda warlord gave his rival a three day ultimatum to surrender and become his vassal, or Kilian would wipe his city off the face of the planet. While Kilian was willing to do such, he knew that without any unforeseen changes down there, Tallarn would be surrendering at the end of the third day.
Jaa could only lean back in his chair, watching the verdant planet through the transparisteel of his bridge and idly counting down the days until this would end and he got paid.
Tick tock, tick tock, Jaa thought to himself idly.
Ship: Brawler-II | Adjudicator-Class Heavy Cruiser | In Geosynchronous Orbit with Tallarn City
Objectives:
1. Intimidate Tallarn City into surrendering to Kiemeda.
2. Oversee peaceful transition of power.
Civil Wars were occurring with an increasing regularity, or maybe Jaa Kilian was just beginning to imagine things. A decade or two ago, the galaxy seemed a whole lot more stable then how it was not adays. There were just too many chefs in the kitchen, as the saying went, and now everyone had these delusions that they'd be the next Galactic Emperor or Supreme Mandalore or whatever proper noun title one wants to give themselves. Suddenly, even minor backwaters like Lanteeb had themselves aspiring tyrants with dreams of ruling the galaxy with their half dozen skiffs and pair of centuries old corvettes. They declare their rulership of the planet, and it just so happens that the warlord the city over had the same idea. They call each other names, maybe throw a few school yard punches, raze a farm or two, and then they finally open their purse books and call in the professionals do finish the job.
Once upon a time, Jaa might have moralized over these petty arguments, or bemoaned the lack of action that came with just sitting in orbit - he had his fill of that kind of action at Byss for the next decade, when he was doing work with Marlon Sularen and his "Shadow Association". Now adays, he was an older and smarter man, and all he saw was the easiest credits this month. The story was the same as it was on every planet in the neutral zones, some warlords realized that no major power had claimed their system and decided they would be the next big power in the galaxy. The Galactic Alliance was too far away to do anything, while the Sith Order and Trade League were too busy to care, so that meant the warlords could more-or-less do what they want. No big, bad GA war fleet to come in and tell them off for throwing WMDs at each other, and no moralizing special interest groups around to complain about mercenary companies glassing cities off the face of planets.
Now, that wasn't to say Jaa Kilian was a cruel man at heart - far from it, he loved his crew like a family - but Kilian couldn't exactly make petty warlords take him seriously without blowing up a few cities. It was more-or-less a forgone conclusion that Tallarn was going to surrender to Kiemeda, especially after Kilian grounded their rust-bucket corvettes permanently. His marines were waiting in Kiemeda, keeping an eye on things under the guise of "protecting" the local warlord. Really, they were just there to serve as a reminder that Kilian was always watching.
The other warlord, the one that ruled Tallarn, had made the unfortunate mistake of refusing the warlord of Kiemeda tribute, which sparked a month-long conflict between the two. True to the pattern, they argued, they skirmished, they razed, then they called in outside help. Kiemeda contacted Kilian, and Tallarn contacted... no one, seemingly. Or perhaps they just called in a Bounty Hunter, not quite realizing how much Kiemeda was going to escalate things?
Either way, the conflict pretty much ended the moment Brawler-II arrived in orbit. The warlord on Tallarn was not in any hurry to send their forces onto open fields, where bombers and orbital bombardment would make short work of them. Nor did the Kiemeda warlord waste resources occupying land he believed he would be controlling soon enough anyway. The Kiemeda warlord gave his rival a three day ultimatum to surrender and become his vassal, or Kilian would wipe his city off the face of the planet. While Kilian was willing to do such, he knew that without any unforeseen changes down there, Tallarn would be surrendering at the end of the third day.
Jaa could only lean back in his chair, watching the verdant planet through the transparisteel of his bridge and idly counting down the days until this would end and he got paid.
Tick tock, tick tock, Jaa thought to himself idly.
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