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To steal a man's tea (Invasions of Atrisia)

Ashin Varanin

Professional Enabler
@[member="Cyrus Tregessar"]

The Rancor. The ancient, immobile Atrisian command ship, now little more than a container for a truly impressive amount of fighters. Fighters which were now heading for the approximately equal air battle above the plains. The Fringe small craft forces on this side of the planet were, to put it mildly, committed. The dozens of pilots who perished under the Maelstrom submunition warheads would have put it otherwise if they weren't busy tasting the trademark innovation of the former Imperial Remnant. Say what you will about Val'Ryss Zankarr, she had always fostered creativity, and now the orbital Fringe starfighter screen was paying the price for walking unprepared into a first contact of sorts.

The wall of battle travelled slightly sideways, objectively speaking. Each ship did not precisely follow the one ahead of it, but travelled a parallel course for derelict-avoidance purposes, as the entire formation swept across the directed firing arcs of the massed Star Destroyers. Broadsides roared back, each Permanence-class vessel rolling around its long axis to bring fresh guns and shields to bear. When ships died, by and large, they were the warhead-packed Deathhead heavy cruisers, in the process of disgorging wave upon wave of baradium proton torpedoes. There was a reason Ashin didn't much like the Deathhead, but even drawing from the three largest centres of industry in the Unknown Regions -- Lwhekk, Rakata Beta, and 244Core -- one worked with what one had. Fragile Wasp heavy cruisers likewise accounted for a good portion of the wall of battle's casualties. As of yet, the Permanence-class ships -- shields rotating with their hulls, key points turadium-plated, collision-avoidance pressor beams keeping debris from critical areas -- remained in better condition than their escorts.

Such was the situation when Tregessar's putative double envelopment arrived. The frigates and small craft had a decided advantage in acceleration capacity over the formation as a whole. With the Fringe fighter screen reeling from the Maelstroms -- wings upon wings, admittedly, with some capacity for resilience and powerful Ranger transceiver-based comm centres to reorganize squadrons and assignments as necessary -- the Atrisian prongs were able to engage with the capital ships at extreme range before the Fringe fighter response could coalesce from opportunism to coordination. Since the entire wall of battle was still travelling oblique to the Atrisian line of fire, the leading edge of the wall met the associated prong with predictable force, while the aft prong had to chase the rear of the formation. Omnidirectional fire was the purview of Wasp heavy cruisers, and they guarded the rear with abandon despite the losses they'd taken closer to the center of the wall.

The wall itself continued to storm forward, its path curving to bring all its momentum to bear and slip it alongside the Atrisian formation, from there to go behind it if possible. But that was a long way off, now that fighter involvement made the battle tick by in smaller increments of time.

Upon reaching striking distance of the quickly rotating Permanence-class vessels, the Atrisian bombers would soon discover that each boasted twenty quad laser batteries and twenty point-defense batteries. As one, the battleships ceased to rotate, allowing for much more accurate targeting at close range. Each Permanence employed a hundred and sixty anti-fighter and anti-warhead emplacements, along with dozens of collision-avoidance pressor beams to stave off those pesky bridge/hangar suicide/boarding runs. The durable battleships began to shudder in earnest at the magnitude of the bombardment, but the Fringe Diathim interceptor (read: bomber-killer) was on the job with more warheads and guns than any interceptor should boast. Naginatas found themselves engaged with the equivalent Aeseth, which had a slight but significant warhead advantage, and which occupied a greater proportion of Fringe fighter deployments than the Naginata generally occupied in Atrisian doctrine. The TIE Qiang found that it had no equivalent on the battlefield. That was not a good thing for the TIE Qiang.

And let us not forget the Rancor, sending a goodly portion of starfighters to the battle o'er the plains. The Fringe had absolutely no relevant assets -- except for the Astral Horizon, now behind the wall of battle in a stately geosynchronous orbit over the plain. The beautiful thing about flak cannons -- superior to any other anti-fighter weapon, as the Clone Wars had proven -- was their flexibility of ammunition. It was a simple matter to program the ballistic projectiles to explode at a certain range, so simple that the programming was tied directly into targeting software. Four hundred full-scale mass driver flak cannons spat metal at a significant fraction of lightspeed as the Rancor's fighters came around the curve of the planet. They ran into a wall of airbursts sufficient to shred capital ships. And then another, and another, and another, long before they could get close to the plains engagement. The Chrysalide-class had been designed to face entire contingents of the Omega Protectorate's Belsar supercarriers. Flak cannons had limited utility in more involved battlefields -- but large groups of fighters on a transit course, with nothing else around? A flak coordination officer's wet dream.

The Chrysalide's designer was an old friend of Val'Ryss Zankarr, after all, she of the Maelstrom submunition. This was cheaper, and sustained.
 
The prefabricated bases were already fully installed, and their combined shields merged into one as the each prefab joined together to make one large garrison base. The wings of fighters were already disengaged and were flying with the fleet already as the fleet began to move towards the Rancor. Wings of fighters were already headed towards the second fleet of the Fringe, but it wasn't any truly effective force against a fleet. With two full carrier ships full of fighters, and an assortment of ship of the lines the fighters would be destroyed by the forward screen of fighters, and Spewer ships holding the picket line. Watching from the bridge of the ship Sargon observed the brief flairs of explosions as a ship, and is oxygen exploded before the vacuum of space sucked it away into the void. "Push the Deathheads forward once we near the Rancor, and unleash their payloads on it. Keep the fighter screen forward to escort the bombers in, I want that ship destroyed."

The ground base itself was now covered by its own fighter groups from inside the garrison base, it's contingent of armor, and air power now loosed on the night side of Atrisia. Slowly the swarm grew as it was deployed and moved to surround the base, a secure back up plan for the Fringe. Two million men were working inside that base and around it erecting further anti-air guns, and the extremely powerful FLAK missle, a high point in anti-fighter weaponry since the days of the old Empire. With a fully shielded base, and one well covered by ground and air defenses there would be no simply digging the Fringe out even if the initial strike failed. It would take a full army, with fleet support to even attempt such a thing.

As for the Rancor itself, it became larger as they approached this ship, the first wave of bombers supported by fighters were incoming for their initial strike. Touching a single button on his own comm link he sent a single encrypted message into the vacuum of space, to an unknown receiver. ::It's time, the target is the palace.:: The Deathheads were closing in with weapons primed their warheads ready to fire. ::Grand Admiral Karrde, I believe I have something of yours, and she's very excited to see you.::


@[member="Ashin Varanin"] @[member="Cyrus Tregessar"] @[member="Genesis Rostu"]
 
Imperial Palace, Atrisia

Few things were ever constant in the Galaxy, and amongst these were political affiliations. Both the Fringe Confederation and the Atrisian Empire were leagues away from the Confederacy of Independent Systems; and nothing short of divine intervention would ever result in their borders touching. However, there was a simple truth regarding the affiliations...where Atrisia lacked any formal friendship with the Confederacy, the Fringe Confederation had camaraderie and a formal alliance. Whilst the death of Axis was a difficult one, a new slate would be forged this day. As such, at the behest of the Fringe Confederation, the CIS had amassed a taskforce beforehand in order to participate in the invasion of the Empire's capital planet, and had simply awaited until the most opportune moment to make the hyperspace leap into the fray.

The signal was given, and the battle began.

Five Lucrehulk-class Command Carriers, each flanked by a duo of Onimi-class and Sovereign-class Heavy Cruisers and a trio of Reaper-class Corvettes surged forth from the abyss of hyperspace and into the orbit of the contested planet. Of course, resistance was heavy, and straightway targets were being locked on, cannons fired, and fighters scrambled. As a whole, the entire complement of each and every vessel was scrambled and launched, amounting in just over one million droid units headed for the surface in dropships, large transports, and gunships. These were flanked by the starfighter, bomber, and interceptor complements found within each of the Lucrehulks; and to top provide additional cover, the Corvettes were on escort duty. The name of the game was getting as many of the droid army to the ground as possible.

The target, as outlined by the signal to attack, was the Imperial palace; and quite literally hundreds of thousands of droids were making their way to the ground. With the resistance they met from the defensive fleet and anti-aircraft defenses, a good fifteen percent of their total number was decimated; but the remainder of their forces touched down without so much as an issue. Now the Imperial palace would feel the mighty sting of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, as their army of Clankers, Barons, Exemplars, Super Clankers, tanks, and other regular forces of the Confederacy's ground forces began to march on the "hallowed" halls of Atrisia's capital. There was but a single order that the automated forces of the CIS hearkened to, an order that they would follow to completion.

Destroy the Palace and all Resistance.

@[member="Sargon Vynea"], @[member="Ashin Varanin"], @[member="Akio Kahoshi"].
 
With @[member="Sargon Vynea"]

Second thoughts rolled through her mind as she listened to Sargon, it was comforting that he didn’t feel that this was a game – it was only to keep those around them calm and focused. Still, the faster that this was over the faster they could pull back and allow healing to occur. It was possible she may have gotten ahead of herself, giving into that craving of expansion; she would have to meditate on it and make her next move from there. Shaking her head, she remained quiet in Sargon’s presence. The man had work to do and she did as well. Moving towards the meditation sphere of the Chimera she paused, something rippled through the force and she tilted her head.

It was a presence she hadn’t felt in sometime and she shook her head slightly. Of course it was war that brought the woman back. Spencer ran her hand through her blonde hair as a new air of confidence rolled through her. The doubt she had felt moments ago disappeared into the force, there was nothing left but the determination she needed to fill the Fringe with. Turning away from her original destination she moved back towards Sargon and looked over at him.

“She’s here, so typical that she would show up when there’s land to conquer.”

Chuckling softly under her breath, she rested her hand under her chin as she watched the forces move. Closing her eyes she would have to make a stake at a base and begin meditation there. Either way, she needed to get to ground – something in the back of her mind pulled. Fingers pressed against the side of her face as she shook off the feeling for the moment.

“The Palace is where everyone is headed correct Sargon?”
 
BATTLE ON THE PLAINS
@Moira Skadi
@[member="Ashin Varanin"]

On the far right wing of the battlefield, an enormous shape, wreathed in flames and glistening white, soared just above the ground, wings spread wide, before tucking them in tight and slamming into an Atrisian AT-ST walker with a wrench of metal and a blood-curdling roar. The 68 foot long Arkanian Dragon stood triumphantly over the fallen walker and opened its teeth-filled maw. Faenrovon the Radiant unleashed a deluge of flame directly into the cockpit of the walker, burning the occupants inside alive. Their screams satisfied the beast and he gave the walker's metal head a final contemptuous stomp, putting a massive dent in the durasteel face of the war machine.

Faenrovon craned his long neck up and surveyed the plains with paralyzing yellow eyes. On the ground, battles between metal titans raged, supported by little ants armed with those annoying blasters. Roaring, Faenrovon took to the air again, rising swiftly.

He soared lower than the starfighter furball over head, skimming just over the Atrisian military forces below, whose main assets and attention were fixed on breaking that impromptu dropship fortifications of the Fringe, spearheaded by their AT-ATs, which received face-fulls of concussion missiles. Two still remained. And one of these became Faenrovon's next target.

Enormous wings spread wide, Faenrovon glided above the battle below, cutting lengthwise across the Atrisian lines, coming from the right wing straight toward the center spearhead, where the two AT-ATs were located. Anti-air of Atrisia was currently engaged with suppressing the Fringe fighters overhead and by the time the commanders noticed the low flying dragon, he had already passed by. A few capable soldiers with MANPADs managed to get a lock on Faenrovon and open fire. The missiles shrieked toward him. He swatted one with his lightning-quick tail, creating a small, but relatively harmless explosion below him. The next slammed into his underbelly, rocking him and causing him to spiral dangerously close to the ground, near crashing. He barely recovered, but managed to barrel-roll to avoid the last.

Tucking his wings, Faenrovon dived for the nearer of the two metal colossus, nearly as long as he himself was, and far taller. With the full firepower of the Atrisian mechanized force focused on breaking Fringe lines, they only took full notice of the dragon screeching toward their priority assets when it was too late. Small arms fire erupted from the ground, but the well-trained Imperial Stormtroopers aimed for the head and chest, where they thought to land immediate killshots. Instead, their slug and plasma based weaponry deflected off of the Arkanian's white scales, harder than durasteel. Still a few shots found weak spots in the scales or hit the wings and wounded the beast, but by that point it was too late.

KTHUD

Four tons of dragon slammed into the upper body of the AT-AT. The colossal walker groaned as it began to tip sideways, the weight of the dragon throwing it off balance, until with a resounding shriek of metal the All Terrain Armored Transport fell onto its side, smashing support infantry below. Any survivors perished or fled as Faenrovon unleashed a torrent of flames that set the toppled AT-AT aflame.

Unsteadily, the dragon rose back into the air, something had snapped, but he could still fly. He roared triumphantly, before wheeling back toward the rear of Fringe lines.
 

Matreya

Well-Known Member
@[member="Akio Kahoshi"]
I'm late. Why am I always late to the party? Shado thought as he arced his StealthX back and forth through the skies. Avoiding the massive munitions that flew through the air at the skies above, as well as using his mental abilities to angle himself towards the castle that would contain @[member="Akio Kahoshi"]. Soon enough his movements didn't matter, for his right wing was blasted clean from the ship in one single swoop.

Instantly reaching out with a telekinetic grip, Shado held the wounded side in the air as he attempted to lower the ship to the ground. The crash as the nose struck dirt was enough to nearly crack Zaiden's skull against his controls, leaving his teeth jarred and his ship half inside the ground beneath him. Popping the ramp open, Shado waited for the slow course until it stopped and he began the last of his walk.

Any before the Dark Master would look right at the man and see nothing, for his absolute concentration as well as his full power were behind his Force Cloak. Nothing could see him, save the best of the best Masters. His arms swung loosely at his side's, each of his lightsabers attached to his right hip, Lilith - his "Betty" pistol - attached to the opposite. Hidden against his lower back was his Shadow Dagger and Thorn curled tightly next to it.
 

Ashin Varanin

Professional Enabler
THE MOUNTAIN PASS TO THE PALACE
@[member="Akio Kahoshi"]
The traitor Grandmaster adjusted his hat against the hot wind. Neophytes expected firestorms to send out hot winds laden with the ash of five thousand corpses, but this was not Je'gan Olra'en's first apocalype. He braced himself against the wind, leaning back as torrential volumes of air fed the blaze. Hot air rose, and the air was very hot in there, leaving a vacuum that drew in all winds, all clouds, all vapors. Hit hat-brim guarded his eyes against the glare, but the firestorm's light diffused off bare rock and dazzled his sight anyway.

His granddaughter never really walked out of the fire. Her pace was implacible, methodical, untouched by the inferno or the weapons discharge that rained down around her, but the fire came with her as her covering. As best he could tell, her clothes and boots had burned away, and she carried a jian, a straight thin sword. Ice-blue eyes locked onto him as dozens of blaster bolts spattered off her skin.

Je'gan raised a communicator to his lips. "This is Colonel Irreantum. Cease fire, please. I have orders to talk to this one."

Inside the ysalamir bubble of the backpack he wore, he could sense nothing. Some people felt pain near ysalamiri, but the vast majority of people felt no real difference, except when they actively tried to sense or affect something with the Force. With two stormtroopers at his back, he walked forward to meet the fire-clad woman as she ascended the less battered portion of the pass. Thousands of thermal detonators and over a hundred flame carpets had been dropped here, along with forty seismic charges, and he'd watched them all fall, watched the mountains shake.

It reminded him of his own crimes.

"Do I know you?" said the blue-eyed woman. She stopped at the edge of the ysalamir bubble, and the fringes of her fire-robe flattened against the perimeter, as if splaying to claw their way in.

Je'gan wet his lips. "We've both gone by other faces. Tell me something, Desmius. Yes, I know who you are. Tell me, when you were Empress, why did you make the reforms you did?"

Those unnatural eyes narrowed. Some Sith's eyes went yellow or red; hers had gone Bando Gora blue around the iris, almost as pale as the white. "I don't have time for delaying tactics, thank you."

"But you do have time for an unknown quantity, or you'd already have sent one of those rocks right through the ysalamir bubble and my head."

His granddaughter gave a slow nod. "You have my attention."

"Your reforms. What spurred them?" The firestorm was beginning to die down behind her, though her robe of flame remained intact without fuel.

"Hatred of corruption, impurity, weakness, venial self-interest, ineffectuality, and gloating ego. Contempt for the average Sith. Since we're being honest."

"So you're not describing the Lords of the Fringe."

She snorted. "I took the galaxy's worst and most chaotic, made them one, and conquered the greatest threats of the Unknown Regions. You're welcome. I wouldn't have liked to see Kahoshi's forces against the Ssi-Ruuvi, the Rakata, the Abominor, the Vong-"

"Let's take a step back. Back to the Sith Empire. You imposed order and the rule of law, to the point that you were known to execute Sith who broke the law. Yes?"

"Yes."

"I share that love of order, justice, strength tempered by responsibility. Now, I'm sure it comes as no surprise to you to know that people on the other side share your ideals, and thus it's no tactic on my part, merely a preamble so that you know where I'm coming from. There was a time when I thought, after a long, long wait, that I had found a home which inculcated those virtues. I attempted to serve it, but found it rotten. So I set about purging it. It didn't work. Now, officially, I've disappeared under other names. Because when the nation that should be most expected to idealize justice and responsibility fails so spectacularly, one goes looking for a new life. All bets are off." He smiled without humor. "I think I've given you enough clues by now."

"You have...grandfather."

"Good. Now take a moment to process that, Ashin. The Grandmaster of the Jedi Order went looking for order, honor, justice, and peace, and he found the Galactic Empire more worthy than the Republic or any other nation. Everything you ever prized as Empress – you can't turn the Fringe into that. They're a conquering horde on a long frayed leash, and I think the Fringe slipped that leash when they came here. I don't believe you would ever have invaded this world on your own initiative. I think you're here because Spencer Jacobs is Sanctuary, and Sanctuary is here."

"She's my wife," Ashin bit out. "My wife goes to war, what other choice do I have?"

Je'gan flinched. He couldn't quite help it. Not after the many betrayals of Sky Kerberos. "I was in your shoes once, many many years ago. My wife decided to invade a Sith stronghold, and I backed her fully."

"And Sky fell back to the Dark Side on that mission, and then killed you. I know the story. Your son did raise me, Darth Shule." She grimaced. "Fine. I'll accept that you know what sort of impossible position I'm in."

"You're coming here to – what? To kill the Emperor?"

"To find a solution. To talk with him. To challenge him to a duel – and, as an apology for my friends' sins, to suggest that the duel take place in a ysalamir field."

"And thus honor is shaped by circumstance. I suppose that really is the best you can do." Je'gan crossed his arms, feeling the ysalamir backpack shift against his spine. "But what if it wasn't?"

Ashin gave a bitter laugh. "If there was another solution, grandfather, I would have found it."

"But so long as your wife is intent on this fight, you'll keep walking up this pass to go kill an Emperor? A man who's made a more honest attempt at equity and peace than any government in the galaxy? Are you really willing to kill millions for her sake?"

"Always."

His jaw knotted, his throat tightened. He did his best not to hate. "And will you wait while I talk to her?"

Calculations and possibilities flashed through her eyes. "Bring me clothing and I'll wait, yes. But not for long."

A stormtrooper fished a compressible, ultrathin robe from a belt pouch. Je'gan had prepared for this. After all, this was not his first apocalypse.

Ashin shrugged into the robe, and became something mortal again. Je'gan slipped off the ysalamir backpack and gave it to one of his stormtrooper escorts, then closed his eyes. The master mentalist sought out @[member="Spencer Jacobs"].

You know who this is. You owned my holocron for some time. Meet me at the base of the pass when the firestorm settles. I'm with your wife.

He began to walk down the pass, with Ashin and the two stormtroopers. The firestorm was dying now, and the rocks cooling. The base of the pass was going to be an interesting place fairly soon; it was there that the plains battle's survivors would have to go to get closer to the palace, and it was there that @[member="Genesis Rostu"]'s army would have to enter the pass to do the same.
 
There were few out there that could penetrate her mind, of course the more someone was near her and understood her thinking could get in there a bit easier. The comfort and confidence she was holding was about to be shattered into a thousand pieces. As the woman moved to touch ground, a ripple – no a spear cut through the force and entered her mind. The Lady of the Fringe stopped moving, her body immobilized by the voice that rang in her mind. Spencer held her breath for a minute processing the request, her heart raced as the voice mentioned being with Ashin and she found her ability to walk once more.

“Stop all attacks.”

Her voice shattered through the noise and once they touched down she quickly moved towards the others. Lifting her head once more she caught the attention of soldier on the radio.

“Anyone attacks anything, have them taken into custody and we will deal with them – I’m ordering a seize fire.”

As she touched Atrisian ground with her boot, she felt the surface and the flood of emotions and death hit her all at once. She was protected on the ship, not feeling and holding everything inside of her. Spencer knew she didn’t deserve that sanctuary now and her defenses – every ounce of her training dissipated from her mind. The woman returned to how she was when Ashin first had found her, the raw and untrained empath feeling the cries on the planet.

Once more she questioned her actions.

I do know you. I’m coming. Alone.

Regaining her stance she moved towards a speeder and took it heading towards the meeting point. Using the blood trail, she navigated as quickly as she could towards Je’gan and Ashin. They felt closer than she had expected and it wouldn't take long for them to notice the faint sound of a speeder heading towards them. Spencer cringed under the hood she had pulled up for the ride.

Time to pay the piper.

@Je'gan Olra'en
 

Ashin Varanin

Professional Enabler
@[member="Sargon Vynea"] @[member="Jared Ovmar"] @[member="Cyrus Tregessar"] @[member="Somarae"] @[member="Moira Skaldi"] @[member="Akio Kahoshi"] @[member="Tricia"] Kalamack @[member="Mirien Valdier"]

The starfleet facing Tregessar, and the Astral Horizon, ceased to fire pursuant to Spencer's orders. The army on the plain was more closely engaged with the enemy, but the ceasefire order was, to the best of their ability, followed. The same applied to the fighter furball over the plain.

Silence couldn't quite fall, of course; the CIS forces were still engaged.
 

Ashin Varanin

Professional Enabler
A speeder bike roared towards him over the burnt plain, into the low end of the pass. He glanced back at his granddaughter. She was stronger than him, to some extent, and the woman approaching was stronger than either of them. This was not a fight he could win, if it went bad, but his comms were reporting that the Fringe forces had ordered a ceasefire. Maybe permanent, more likely for the duration of this talk.

He stepped forward to meet her as she dismounted from the speeder. "Miss Jacobs? Je'gan Olra'en. I'd say it was a pleasure to meet you, but I've recently felt a few thousand of my people die at close range. I'm sure you understand. I'm told you've called for a ceasefire, and I respect that and am grateful for it.

"I've studied your work, Miss Jacobs. I know what you and my granddaughter here accomplished in the Sith Empire, and I know why you did it, why you brought order and peace and the rule of law to that territory. I'm here to propose to you that there are parts of this situation that haven't been clearly shown to either of you. I was Grandmaster, and yet I came here, because this government has the seeds of something more worthwhile than the rest of the galaxy. If you truly came here to annihilate that, I can only oppose you, but I don't think that was your reasoning. You're a conqueror, not an annihilator, not like the Confederate forces marching on us." He pointed across the plain at a million battle droids. "So tell me, Spencer Jacobs...why are you here, really? What brought you here? And are these things irreconcilable? Or is this war...premature, with the Republic warmongering on both our borders, with the Omega Protectorate desperate for its old glory? Is this wise, and can we find a way forward?"
 
This wasn’t the way Spencer wanted to meet Je’gan, the man was someone she looked up to, he was also something like family – if she could even consider that notion now. The thought of family quickly washed over her as she remembered she had been without hers for some time. The thoughts were quickly pushed aside as Je’gan spoke to her, his voice felt like the only noise on the battlefield. She moved closer and didn’t smile when he finished smiling. Her eyes glanced towards Ashin only for a moment, she couldn’t search for support here even though she knew the woman was behind her – this was a moment she needed to stand alone.

“My rep-“

She paused for a moment as her body shuddered feeling the emotions, it had been a long time since she allowed herself to open up to this. The girl had lived in a shell, hidden away from everything she had felt – everything that made her quiet and understanding. Feeling her body tear from the inside she focused herself and moved her body to stand straight. Her eyes scanned quickly the small area around them, she spotted Ysalamir. The small reptile made her heart skip a beat, remembering the feeling she had when she first encountered one and the discovery Circe Savan had before all of this. Regaining what composure she had left, she looked towards Je’gan.

“My reputation precedes me, but the work done in the Sith was the Empress’ work. I helped enforced it, I believed in that order and sought out for it.”

Her knuckles turned white was she shook slightly drawing down the hood over her head, the grip was tight on the fabric as she did her best allowing herself to feel everything and deal with it like she had when she was a padawan. Hands releasing the hood she took in another deep breath, struggling.

“It was never my intention to annihilate this nation. My intentions were to strike, expand, and above all if I was going to annihilate anything – I wished to destroy the thoughts of the Axis. It was born through hate something that destroys the balance of the Force.”

Taking another breath she closed her eyes and nodded slightly.

“The Republic. I still hold a seat with Eshan as their leader, but the shift in power has happened. With the attack on the Black Sun they are growing stronger. I made a futile attempt to force a union of the Unknown Region – panic; I wanted to strengthen the Fringe.”

Opening her eyes she knew she should have gone a different way, but confusion settled into her mind as she shook her head and then glanced at Ashin for a moment, then back towards Je’gan.

@Je'gan Olra'en
 

Ashin Varanin

Professional Enabler
"Your intentions towards the ideals of the Axis led you to strike at the only member of the Axis that you could -- but Atrisia was a latecomer to that alliance, was it not? And yet no other member of the Axis was in range, in any substantive way."

High Inquisitor Olra'en pointed at the sky.

"Until now. Your Confederate allies, so to speak, are attacking. They have over a million battle droids bearing down on our exact position to go up this pass to the Palace. Unengaged with your forces or Imperial soldiers. Directly under the guns of the starship Astral Horizon, which is in geosynchronous orbit above us. A starship which also has enough turbolasers and gravity wells to ensure a decisive outcome.

"If you truly wish to strike a blow against hate, if you wish to atone for the thousands upon thousands who have died today to sate your confusion, I know where I would start if I were you."
 
“Stop all attacks.”

Shinju held the blades in her hands when the order came. The others who she had been facing off against or at least preparing to was something she wanted to do but. The orders of the Yun-Harla mattered more then her own bloodlust for the moment. She let the swords fall into the sheaths before running out of the room to get out of there. There wasn't things to do unless the orders changed and at the moment she wasn't debating it. The force flowed into her legs while she ran back the way she had been brought around and towards the devourers at her ship. Or at the least the area she had been wandering around.
 

Kitt Solo

Alen Na'Varro's Ex
The sudden rumble broke through her stun-induced coma. Myrtle-ellipses snapped open in mild panic as she became accustomed to her surroundings. It was a simple cell of the empire, low-lighting, possibly underground, with a bed-type structure carved directly from the wall. She could feel the cold from the stone pallet seeping through her new prison wardrobe.

Shifting to a seated position and taking care not to hit her head on the wall alcove, she rolled her shoulders, eyes drifting to the bandage along her arm – thanks to the terminator that was high in testosterone levels. Another rumble shook her cell, dust settling down from the ceiling. “The frak…” Standing, the captive Fringer stalked toward the cell-door.
 
| @[member="Darth Arcis"] |

He was done watching this battle. To attack Darth Arcis among this mess would only invite trouble, if not here among the many others that were involved, but later on his life. He would create more enemies here and for a meticulous man such as Vilox Pazela, that would not do. Alas, the Dark Jedi turned his Dominus-class starfighter and opened a hyperspace window, headed back to the Obscurity.

He would destroy Arcis another time.
 
Grand Admiral, First Order Central Command
The hallmark of a good commander was the ability to make the best decision when the highly unexpected happened on a battlefield. A ceasefire getting called in the middle of an invasion was one of those moments, and Cyrus wasted no time in taking action. As soon as the message reached him he played with the idea of ignoring it, taking the opportunity to fire a few volleys wouldn't be reciprocated into the Fringe's wall of battle. But it would be a hard sell, and the fleet could use the break. He gave orders as quickly as he could, shifting wounded ships to the rear and moving fresh ones up to fill in the gaps. At the same time he gradually shifted the line, attempting to bring it closer to the planet and deny the Fringe attempt to 'cross the T' on his formation.

Then there were the CIS ships. The ceasefire was potentially nonbinding for them, and the battle droids they had could potentially turn the tide of the ground war. It was a small detachment however, and the CIS tended to rely heavily on fighters, something certain Imperial ships were explicitly designed to deal with. Most of the Hetzer's (which had been held in reserve during the previous battle) in the Imperial Battlegroup, escorted by a several Isard-class Star Destroyers, a single Jun, and a collection of Guillotine's and Yovshin's detached from the main force, and made their way to interdict the CIS forces.

Ideally they could be dealt with before negotiations broke down.

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@All Imperials

The arrival of the CIS ships was, to say the least, unexpected. The Fringe had made their intentions obvious, but it had not been long before that Akio had visited the Grand Marshall in person to discuss peace between their countries. In a way, this betrayal was even worse than that of the Fringe. Rumors of the Fringe trying to sell out both the Empire and the Confederacy were likely true given the invasion. Yet here he was attacking the Empire. That made him an incredibly foolish man, how the Confederacy had lasted this long under such leadership was astounding.

Still, this was an inconvenient reinforcement. As Akio was attempting to decide the best course of action another surprise came when the Fringe forces stopped their attack. The entire Fringe. For whatever reason they must have called a cease fire, and while Akio could have used this chance to do as much damage as possible something told him it would be best to join suit. With a quick command, he activated a comm to the entire Imperial network. "All Imperial forces, cease fire against the Fringe. Concentrate all attacks on the Confederacy forces. Be prepared for the Fringe to reengage at anytime, and use this opportunity to wipe out this new enemy."
 
Lt. Rodrigo Satoshi's new ship, the Inysh, an anti-fighter Yovshin-class frigate that was coming to the end of its rotation, had sat out most of the space battle between the Imperial and Fringer fleets. It made a stark change from his first engagement on O'reen, where the Gyon-class cruiser he was serving on had taken a serious pounding. He had taken command of a crippled ship and saved it, and as such he had been meritoriously promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and appointed XO of the Inysh. Satoshi's career was taking off already. Now his ship moved with the other fresh ships that had detached from the main force to crush the CIS invaders. It was a strong battlegroup. The Isard-class Star Destroyers would spew the Confederate Lucrehulk-class carriers up and spit them out. Meanwhile, the Yovshins and Guillotines would make a meal out of the enemy fighters, and the Hetzers would hopefully finish off the enemy without too much trouble.

The Inysh moved on the very left-hand side of the battlegroup's formation, looking to play a screening role in the upcoming battle. Once they put paid to the CIS fleet, perhaps they could maneuver down and destroy the droid army from orbit.
 

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Midve found it entertaining that the Confederacy relied so heavily upon their hordes of mechanical men for military purposes. Droids were particularly brave and unwavering in the pursuit of their objectives, which meant that they were naturally stupid and their assault could be contained with a bottlenecking. She commanded her forces of AT-PTs to flank the approaching invaders, with the foot soldiers completing the perimeter by positioning themselves along the east and west lines. The three imposing AT-ATs stood motionless at the converging point leading to the Imperial Palace, scoffing at the invaders and drawing fire while casually returning heavy blasts into the midst of electric warriors.

This particular division of droid attackers were effectively boxed in, and the Asha'ladier troops fired localized EMP rockets from their strategically defined holdings. The armored corps swept in behind with their AT-PTs to clean up the rear, though not entirely free of casualties. Droids may be stupid, but they were by no means incompetent. Midve gestured to Asha as the chatter of dying combatants faded with their final breaths. Unacquainted with this kind of calamity, the High Engineer quarreled over the radio for air support. "[Require wings! Give me fighters. Give me fighters!]"

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“Confederate Allies?”

Spencer repeated the claim as she blinked for a few moments. She had never thought the Confederates as an ally; they in her mind were misguided and seemed to lose their way more times than she did. The last interaction she had with them was during her stint with the Vagrant Fleet. Remembering that time made her turn and face where the master had pointed towards. The Confederates, the ones she should have been attacking the entire time had entered this battle.

“I’m unsure on who summoned them, but this isn’t their fight.”

Opening her hand a radio shot from the speeder to the open palm. Flipping a switch with her thumb, she sent a message out.

“All forces are to engage any force allied with the CiS.”

Her hand dropped and she looked towards Je’gan.

“If the Galactic Empire would have it, I would like to talk after the intruders are taken care of.”

@Je'gan Olra'en
 

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