STAR WARS THE JEDI RESISTANCE(IC)

[Draica]

OOC: I would like to point out, since this is the only logical option, without meta-gaming there'd be no reason whatsoever to send an attack force there.

OOC: Well actually since the Sith did see your stuff on Geonosis it isnt technically meta-gaming.

OOC: They never roleplayed seeing actual droid factories, they did see droid armies. But still, it's obvious he wants to rush this and try to obliberate everything there..

[Decius]

OOC: Well actually since the Sith did see your stuff on Geonosis it isnt technically meta-gaming.

OOC: They never roleplayed seeing actual droid factories, they did see droid armies. But still, it's obvious he wants to rush this and try to obliberate everything there..

OOC: Now, no more hostility expect between the characters.

[Draica]

OOC: I suppose I'l post, then.

Hypori, Hypori system

Fushyl walked outside of the factory after wrapping up his conversation with General Rush. He was greeted by multiple droids as he made his way deep underground in Hypori where giant factory mazes and workers were working to the best of their ability. He walked around the assembly lines aimlessly, appearently for no reason whatsoever. Then his commlink came to life, he promptly answered.
"This is Fushyl Kurren, speak." He said.
"General Kurren," a B1- battle droid said. "A Riishian vessel is entering the atmosphere, should we let it land?" The droid asked.
"Ah, it must be the swordmistress!" He said with excitment. "Let her land."
"Roger, roger," the droid said as he disconnected from Fushyl. The landing craft was no bigger than an average shuttle, though a bit fancier due to it's Rishiian origin. The inclined plane ejected and the Rishiian Zullirian swordmistress, Nazish, flew from the landing craft and landed infront of the droid factory. Not long after that Fushyl appeared infront of her.
"Nazish, it is good to see you again." He said, a smile etching upon his quarreni face.
"You too, Master Jedi." She said. "Tell me, is this the Confederacy's capital?" She asked.
"Actually, no. This is a factory world, our Capital is on Serenno. The reason so many droids are here is because Geonosis is currently under threat, first it was assaulted by Sith wa-" he was promptly cut off when he said the word "sith."
"Sith warriors?!" She said, surprised. "I thought the only sith were Vader and Palpatine."
"Sadly, that is not the case. Plenty of them have returned. These are-..Ancient sith, not modern ones. It is a great darkness and the fact that the Empire is now there speaks volumes."
"I'm sure everything will go well. You have a Zulirian Swordmistress on your side and I'm sure Senator Laf is a very smart man." She said.
"I'm sure the Senator would appreciate that," Fushyl confirmed. "Now tell me, would you be comfortable with showing your power and strength against a batallion of B2- battle droids?" He asked, extending his right hand to about 50 B2 battle droids lined up and operational.
"Of course.." She quickly unsheathed her blade and began gliding, leaping, and flying throughout the air. She began slicing the B2 battle droids apart with ease at the beginning, though as she took 10 out the blaster fire began to get out of control, though with her slick moves and gliding she got through it. Within 8 minutes the entire batallion was broken and down, courtesty of Naszith. Fushyl clapped furiously.
"Beautiful." He said. "You did well. You will certainly be of some help in the future. Now come, we have planning to do." Fushyl then walked off to the underground factory with Naszith in tow.

[Draica]

Dathomir, Dathomir System, Quiell Sector

Mother Kulzar and her Nightsisters broke out of their cowering state and decided this was the perfect time to grow in power. Dathomir had multiple ancient sith sights, including the Sith Academy which used to belong to the Brotherhood of Darkness, it was still in perfect shape and tact, perhaps there would be a few artifacts there for Talzin to gather for her own use. Kulzar and eight other witches left the fortress and proceeded to walk across the war-torn grounds of Dathomir. On the way they saw dead bodies of imperials, Zombies, droids, Imperial equipment and some droid tanks were also included in the fray. It looked like a war-zone, and infact it was one constantly.
"Mother, this it ever nerve you seeing such litter across Dathomir?" One Nightsister asked shyly.
"My child, people have always tried to wipe us out," Talzin said as she used the force to push a giant droid tank out of the walking path, "And they all have failed," she continued. "Not even Palpatine himself could prevail if he came here to wipe us out, we are children of the Allyan. We will always survive, always." She confirmed. The Nightsister nodded in confirmation.

Abandoned Sith Academy, Dathomir

They arrived at the abandoned Sith training grounds in Dathomir. Kulzar and the sisters walked around tthe training grounds of the ancient sith camp, looking around in amazement. Kulzar felt that deep below this academy could be plenty of dark-side items they could use. Kulzar was already a very powerful sorceress, however she wished to enhance her power to the level of Mother Talzin and later beyond. For this, she would need incredibly important/power dark side items, some most likely on Dathomir beneath these ancient grounds.
"So mother, these ruins..are they important?" An observant sister asked.
"The brotherhood of Darkness used to use this as a training academy to make their warriors match certain level of Jedi skill." She said. "I'm more than positive there's a few gifts here for us to use, but we must search. All, spread out." She said, motioning for the group to spread out. They all nodded and headed their seperate ways to search the temple. This would be one interesting evening...

[New Emphillon]

OOC: Screw it. If I don't post this stuff, I know I'm going to regret it later. So, just to save time and prevent any headaches, I'm just going to sum up what I had in mind.
IC: As Darth Maul went into the village of Plawal on Belsavis, he encountered the woman that Krass had encountered before, who is an Imperial Inquisitor known as Ameesa Darys. Unaware of this fact, Maul merely assumes the woman is just a vendor that dogged the Sith to buy her wares. Ameesa, finally aware of who she was dealing with, attempted to stop Darth Maul from completing his mission and kill him, as the Emperor was not thrilled with his former apprentice's actions during the Clone Wars and wished for him to be eliminated.
As the two dueled in the middle of the village, both became aware of two things: 1.) The Jedi at the enclave at the edge of the village were escaping and 2.) Darth Maul never was on Coruscant to receive the order to kill Krass and Celeste; he was seeing things through Ameesa's eyes, as she was given that order. Angry that his senses had betrayed him and humiliated at the fact he had let the Jedi escape, Darth Maul disengaged from his duel and fled for the transport that brought him to Belsavis.
Meanwhile, the Children of the Jedi (as the refugees were known as), boarded Krass' Class VI transport in their Y-Wings and the Class VI and the Action IV transports made a direct jump to the Karthakk system, as Dev had just sent a message to the group that Felstar- the head of the mercenary group Saboath Squadron- was planning on selling the Jedi and their allies out to the Empire to save his skin.
As the Jedi fled for home, Darth Maul commandeered a transport and fled Belsavis himself to prevent his capture by the Empire and to reevaluate as to how he would exact his revenge against the Emperor for murdering his brother and leaving him to die on Naboo.

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The probe droids at Geonosis found nothing, due to the sandstorms raging on the planet below and the large absence of anything suspicious in the asteroid ring around the planet. The Emperor and Darth Vader were informed of the findings and, though keeping the planet in mind, decided that it was not worth the Empire's time to search the planet any further.
As the Emperor and Vader were returning to the fleet above the Ice World for the time being, the Emperor was informed that the dreadnaught Eye of Palpatine was late to arrive at Belsavis to destroy the Jedi enclave on the planet. Disgusted by this, the Emperor ordered an Imperial fleet to the planet to deal with the Jedi instead, unaware that the Jedi were already gone from the planet.

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On the way to the Karthakk system, Krass had a vision of the future in which his apprentice, Maris Beltrix, fell to the Dark Side and became an Inquisitor. The vision of Maris explained that she had joined the Empire because Krass was too depressed by Dev's death at Nod Kartha and too wrapped up in maintaining the fleet and military operations that Maris' training was all but remembered. Discouraged and not feeling wanted, Maris left to continue her training on her own and, after years of training, soon joined the Empire in the search for other Jedi. The vision ended with Krass' death at the hands of his apprentice. The Jedi Master was worried by what he had seen and hoped to prevent what he had seen from occurring, though he was reminded that the future was not set in stone, so it was quite possible that the vision would never occur. Nevertheless, Krass was still affected by what he saw and he had become unsure about what to do about the fight against the Empire.
Krass and his companions arrived in orbit of the planet Nod Kartha in the Karthakk system to see that a large battle was underway, though it was unclear as to who was fighting who; it appeared that Saboath Squadron was undergoing an internal schism, with their starships firing onto each other. After hearing from Aidan Bok that Dev was aboard the Leviathan trying to deal with Felstar, Krass and Maris went aboard the station to aid their friend, while Aidan sent a small battle group against an Imperial carrier spotted at the edge of the system.
Aboard the Leviathan, Felstar intended to escape by using an escape ship built into the mobile shipyard and proceed towards Nal Hutta, where the Hutt crime lords there would protect him for a nominal fee, and leave both Saboath Squadron and the Rebels to the Imperials once they arrived. Before he left, though, he intended on killing Dev, since the clone commander had become too much of a pain in his side. Before the final blow could be made, Maris slashed Felstar's blaster to pieces and Krass, along with the Saboath Squadron members loyal to the Jedi, arrested Felstar and sent him into an escape pod to float out in space until the Empire arrived. At that moment, Krass and the other Jedi were in charge of both the remnants of Saboath Squadron and the Rebel fleet they had created- a total of over 400 ships, including the Leviathan.
Krass ordered for the fleet to prepare to depart the system and for all manufacturing facilities on Nod Kartha and Malastare to be shut down, and all personnel to rejoin the fleet with whatever war materials the facilities had. The small battle group sent to the edge of the system to deal with the Imperial carrier came back with the carrier, a Lucrehulk-class battleship that the Empire had used as a mobile flight school for their pilots.
During the three days of preparation of the forces for departure, Krass and the other Jedi decided on where to go. Tython was not an option as the amount of war materials the Jedi had would attract too much attention to the planet, not to mention make it a beacon in the Force with all of the Jedi there. After much deliberation, it was agreed that Krass' fleet would head to Rhen Var to recover the remaining Jedi artifacts and archives that the Jedi Master had left there following the evacuation of the planet after the droid attack on Krass' fleet there, then to Terminus for supplies, and finally to a random location in the Unknown Regions to hide from the Empire.

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As the fleet left the Karthakk system, Krass used the hyper-comm relay of the Leviathan to contact the Jedi Council on Tython and inform them of his plans. He told them that it was not the right time to fight the Empire; that a rebellion against the Empire was inevitable, but it would not occur for some time. Krass also said that he would send a portion of his fleet (about sixty ships) to Tython for the Jedi Council's use against the Empire. He stated that every member on the Council should consider laying down their arms and waiting for the right time to strike the Empire; let it get too large and too confident to successfully defend itself. With that, Krass gave his final farewell and separated himself from the Council on Tython.

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After going to their final destinations, the fleet made a random jump towards the Unknown Regions. The fleet came out of hyperspace near an Old Republic junkyard, filled with aged warships that had some potential for use. The fleet acquired an Old Republic battleship from the Freedon Nadd Uprising and several dozen fighters, while they repaired the rest of the fixable ships and sent them to the Jedi Council on Tython (OOC: They are Hammerhead-class cruisers, Foray-class corvettes, Aurek starfighters, etc.). As the fleet prepared to go into dormancy in this location (Krass and the other Jedi agreed that, with the combined Force energy from all of the Jedi in the fleet, it was possible to keep the organics in the fleet in a dormant state, where they would not age, go hungry or tired for the amount of time needed until the rebellion began), Krass, Celeste and Maris went to a world a few parsecs from the fleet, known as Irkalla.
There, the Jedi encountered an ancient tomb that was home to a Dark Jedi that was in a dormancy induced by the Force. They brought the Jedi out with them, along with her weapons and an amulet that had some connection to her. As they prepared to leave, they found a Republic Sprint-class medical ship from the Clone Wars. When the Jedi investigated, they found at least 32 clone troopers (one clone being an ARC trooper known as Alpha) and the original crew intact. They offered to take them off the planet with them aboard their shuttle, when they discovered that there was another Force wielder on the planet: Count Dooku's apprentice, Asajj Ventress.
It took a lot of convincing and pressure from the Jedi for Ventress to join them, much to her chagrin.
After the group returned to the fleet, the organic members of the fleet went to their bunks, where they would remain during their dormancy, and the battle droids and other electronic devices of the fleet began to shut down, to help conserve power and allow for the life support and artificial gravity systems to remain active. The Jedi met aboard the Pride of the Republic and peered out through the viewport of the bridge to gaze on the fleet one more time before beginning their meditation. The Force-meld meditation began, and all of the organics in the fleet went into their dormancy, the Jedi going into one themselves, though they were unaware of it. Within an hour, the fleet was all but lifeless and the Jedi used the Force to hide the fleet from view, both from scanners and from prying eyes. For now, they were officially isolated from the galaxy...

[Draica]

Hypori, Hypori system

After showing Naszih around the factories Fushyl left Naszih to her devices and took off on his shuttle to Karkaris. He had been meaning to get back to Karkaris to his new underwater meditation center that had been in production. He planned to enter a deep meditation and center himself on the force and the future of the galaxy, very concerning and pressuring issues.

Karkaris, Karkaris System

A few hours later the shuttle ripped out of hyperspace and straight into Karkaris' atmosphere. The shuttle readily landed on an island near a giant tube which led down into Fushyl's chamber. Fushyl exited the shuttle and jumped down the tube, swirling down to his chamber located in deep-sea Karkaris. Once in his chamber, he sat cross-legged at the middle of the room and closed his eyes, centering himself on one thing and one thing only: The future of the galaxy.

Dathomir, Sith Academy

After hours of searching and ramaging through treasure troves of ancient Lightsabers, saberstaffs and other things stored in the academy, Kulzar came across a slightly glowing radiating object. She closed her eyes and began shifting her hands around the object, muttering an incantation.. Fus ver dun del ukhrus... as she did this tendrils of green ichor mist would materalise around the object and levitate it. She saw glimpses and flashes of visions concerning this object, it appeared to be a talisman of some sort. However, unlike most Sith talisman, this had no guard on it though it's energy source was incredibly rich. Her searching process was interrupted by an abdrupt shout. "Mother, I found something!" A Nightsister said. Kulzar quickly concealed the object in her clothing and went off to see what her child had found.
Once she arrived at the location, there was a sharp key looking object and a chest which radiated with an ancient protection over it.
"Mother, what is it?" She asked.
"A chest, guarded by ancient Sith protections. Do not touch it, I will dispell the guard." Kulzar began moving her hands over the chest and shouted another incantation. Erhen ens pulbrus ein shein dei she said 10x over. However, instead of just mix, a mix of darkness and green ichor came together to dispell the protection, Kulzar was dipping into Dathomir's darkness and amplifying herself to do this. 10 minutes later, an explosion of dark energy burst from the chest and evaporated into the atmosphere immediately. With the turn of the key the chest was open, and in it was another talisman and a enchanted golden cup.
"I think we have found what we needed, sisters." Kulzar said. "Let us go back to the fortress.." And in a whisk of green mist Kulzar and her followers were back at the fortress.

Dathomir, Nightsister fortress

In the middle of the fortress gathered all the Nightsisters for this ritual they had been planning for a long time. Since Mother Talzin dissapeared the Nightsisters had spent years gathering artifacts and trinkets to help Mother Kulzar ascend to her level of power, these last three were the ticket out of the 17 they already had. The ritual had Kulzar stand in the middle of a circle that was glowing green with spirit ichor. She had closed her eyes and dipped herself into the dark energies on Dathomir, drifting among them in harmony. Around her was all the trinkets and artifacts they gathered from around Dathomir, including the ones from the Sith academy. They were all placed in small-sized pots of spirit ichor, this made it easier for their power to be absorbed into Kulzar. The sisters said the following chant 10x over:

Barrs euhk ferlus en trius.

Terius go de ex mania tru

Dal kjgu barus nonhas

At the end of the chant, it appeared as almost all of the planet's dark side energies were focused at the Nightsister fortress, the power of the artifacts had been transferred straight into Kulzar, but power comes not without consequence. As this was all said and done, a very large, rumbling Earthquake came from the large disturbance of the planet's very essence. This earthquake made some structures within the Nightsister fortress fall down and break, including some orbs. One thing was confirmed, however,: Kulzar had now truly succeeded Mother Talzin and has cemented herself as head of the Nightsister clan. Kulzar waved off the Nightsisters and walked into her chamber, she had planning to do. Waves of dark side energy omitted from Dathomir, any Jedi, Sith, or any force-sensitive for that matter could feel the dark side on Dathomir had grown signifigently stronger, and so did a certain figure.

Corucsant, Imperial Senate Building

Laf walked into his office for the first time in weeks. He sat down in chairs and began reading the influx in letters he had gotten during his absence. After 30 minutes of reading he got exhausted and spun around in his chair, looking out the window of his office. Within plane view he could see the Imperial Palace far off. Laf squinted his eyes at it and put both of his hands together, thinking.
"One day I will ensure that palace tumbles to the ground," Laf muttered under his breath very lowly, "and no one will survive that tumbling..Not even Palpatine." Laf's journey had really began here.

[New Emphillon]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

Rebellion! It has been three years since the destruction of the Death Star over the fourth moon of Yavin. The galaxy is in turmoil as the Empire is now under attack by the recently formed Alliance to Restore the Republic, commonly known as the Rebel Alliance. In their recent defeat at the Battle of Hoth, the Rebel fleet is scattered through out the galaxy, conducting hit-and-run missions wherever it can, while trying to find a new permanent home for the Alliance.
As the galaxy is torn apart by the Galactic Civil War, old heroes from the past will emerge from their isolation and combat the Empire once more...

[Humalle]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

Rebellion! It has been three years since the destruction of the Death Star over the fourth moon of Yavin. The galaxy is in turmoil as the Empire is now under attack by the recently formed Alliance to Restore the Republic, commonly known as the Rebel Alliance. In their recent defeat at the Battle of Hoth, the Rebel fleet is scattered through out the galaxy, conducting hit-and-run missions wherever it can, while trying to find a new permanent home for the Alliance.
As the galaxy is torn apart by the Galactic Civil War, old heroes from the past will emerge from their isolation and combat the Empire once more...

KORRIBAN

Darth Thyferus sat in deep meditation within the Inner Sanctum of the Sith Academy on Korriban as he shifted through the Force. He thought of all that had happened in the past 20 years. The Academy now was a well stocked training ground for dozens of Sith Acolytes and served as an excellent base of Operations for Thyferus. In terms of military forces, he had 5 Harrower's, and 12 Terminus's for a fleet and on the ground he had about 6 dozen Sith Warriors and some 10-12 dozen Sith Soldiers. Of course the Space Station at the ice world had been destroyed mysteriously so that cut off his pipeline of troops however he had sufficient forces to maintain a base on Korriban.

[New Emphillon]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

Rebellion! It has been three years since the destruction of the Death Star over the fourth moon of Yavin. The galaxy is in turmoil as the Empire is now under attack by the recently formed Alliance to Restore the Republic, commonly known as the Rebel Alliance. In their recent defeat at the Battle of Hoth, the Rebel fleet is scattered through out the galaxy, conducting hit-and-run missions wherever it can, while trying to find a new permanent home for the Alliance.
As the galaxy is torn apart by the Galactic Civil War, old heroes from the past will emerge from their isolation and combat the Empire once more...

KORRIBAN

Darth Thyferus sat in deep meditation within the Inner Sanctum of the Sith Academy on Korriban as he shifted through the Force. He thought of all that had happened in the past 20 years. The Academy now was a well stocked training ground for dozens of Sith Acolytes and served as an excellent base of Operations for Thyferus. In terms of military forces, he had 5 Harrower's, and 12 Terminus's for a fleet and on the ground he had about 6 dozen Sith Warriors and some 10-12 dozen Sith Soldiers. Of course the Space Station at the ice world had been destroyed mysteriously so that cut off his pipeline of troops however he had sufficient forces to maintain a base on Korriban.
And of course they still had that Jedi Master Prisoner from 20 years ago.

OOC: Ah crap, I forgot about that. Uh, can we say, for Decius' sake that Kite was transferred from the Ice World by an Imperial ship to an Imperial prison on Kessel? I completely forgot to put that in my summary.

[Draica]

Serenno System, over Serenno

17 Munificent-class star frigates stood in blockade formation over the capital of the new Confederacy, Serenno. The Seperatist navy had expanded over the past 20 years. From the shipyard on Hypori, the new Confederacy managed to make the following:

70 Munificient-class star frigates.

Three Recusant-class light destroyers.

Four Providence-class carriers/destroyers.

Seven Lucrehulk-class battleships.

They were satisified with what little they could make, but also very tedious and cautious due to how easily destroyed the ships could be and what would happen should the Empire discover their factories/shipyards. These Munificient-class star frigates were commanded by Super tactical droid T5-800, a trusted adviser of former Senator Laf Daunch.

Serenno, Count Dooku's former palace

Laf Daunch sat in the chair that used to belong to former Count of Serenno, Dooku. He looked out of the window at the beautiful Serenno city below the palace, gazing in awe. This, along with another residence he had on Serenno and other places would serve as strongholds for his command. As he gazed out at beautiful Serenno a Super tactical droid named T5-600 came in the room with a holotablet.
"Sir, I was just informed that the rebel alliance just had a major loss on the planet Hoth. What do we do?" The droid said in a mechanical, yet advanced voice.
The old Neimodian - no longer a Senator due to the Imperial Senate's dissolution - turned around and eye'd the droid for a moment.
"Foolish. Those rebels are just foolish. Their victory over the Death star is indeed an amazing feat, but the fact that they could do that and not defend their precious base on Hoth is pathetic." He vouched.
"Will we ally ourselves with them, sir?" The droid said curiously.
"Maybe. They will need all the allies they can get, and we desperately need another Shipyard to push out Confederate vessels for us, Dac could do that. It will be discussed later. If that is all, T5-.."
The droid had one last query before he went. "Sir, when will we finally show our might?" He asked.
"Soon. I will discuss it with General Rush, now that this rebellion is in trouble the Galaxy is in trouble. It is time to come out of hiding and finally show our emblem. It is time.." Laf muttered with a tone of disgust in his voice.
"Yes, sir." The Super tactical droid was then off to another part of the palace to observe something. Laf sat down in his chair and continued observing the sky, age had not gotten to him, stress has. He sat back all these years building up his forces while the Empire continued to capture countless systems and grow strong. No more, now it was time for him to fight. To take a stand..-..

[Decius]

Ryloth System

Kite swerved his modified Delta-7 Athersprite Starfighter around the bridge of the Victory-II Star Destroyer as the ship began to erupt in fiery explosions under the fire of three Venator Class Cruisers and numerous fighters. Nearby the four Arquiten-Class Light Cruisers were destroying the three Imperial Supply Ships that were being escorted by the Warship. Z-95 Starfighters zoomed around the battlefield, outmatching the few TIE Fighters in both number and skill.
This was what they had been at for the past twenty years, raiding Imperial Shipping. Not enough to get the Empire to really notice them again, but just enough to slightly hinder the Imperial Economy. A Hit-and Run Campaign for the past twenty years. However in those twenty years the Kaminoan Scientist's at the secret base on Mon Calamari managed to churn out some 50,000 Clone Troops and the Rogue Shipyards had given Kite enough ships to easily start up said Hit-and Run Campaign.
Kite also greatly admired the Rebel Alliance and the way it was setup and also how it struck for freedom and even managed to destroy the Death Star. Yet he always sensed that the Jedi would not be the ones who brought down the Empire, he sensed that it would in the end be another force which restored peace to the galaxy.
He sighed as the Convoy and its escort went up in flames as he and the other Fighters returned to the Cruisers. Soon the small fleet jumped to Hyperspace towards Tython.

[New Emphillon]

Unknown Location, Near Unknown Regions
The Nebulon-B frigate Redemption and its escorts floated through the emptiness of space, the crew of each vessel hoping to catch their breathes and lick their wounds after having just attacked an Imperial supply convoy bound for Dubrillion.
As the fleet rested in the empty vacuum of space, fighter patrols circled the fleet to ensure that no Imperials had tailed the fleet to their hiding spot. One of these patrols was headed by Commander Luke Skywalker.
"How does it look out there, Red Two," Luke called over the comms of his X-wing.
"So far, everything checks out, Red Leader," Wedge replied. "I've got nothing on my scanners."
"Copy that, Wedge," Luke replied.
"Should we start to make our way back to the fleet," Wedge asked.
"Not yet," Luke said. "There's a section here that hasn't been looked at yet by our patrols. We should probably give it a look."
"Understood, Red Leader. I'm right behind you."
The pair proceeded towards the section of space Luke had pointed out and proceeded to do their patrol of the area. After fifteen minutes of searching, there was no sign of Imperial activity and nothing to report.
"I've got nothing on my scanners. Do you," Wedge asked.
Luke shook his head. "I've got nothing either," he reported. "I think we should start to make our way back to the Redemption."
"Sounds like a plan, Luke," Wedge said and maneuvered his X-wing towards the fleet when his droid, R4, began to chirp over the comm system.
"Hold on, Luke," Wedge said. "R4 has found something. What is it, R4?"
The astromech droid reported his findings through a panel on the dashboard of the fighter. Wedge read the droid's words and gave his report.
"Luke, R4 says he detected a faint energy reading in the section we just searched," Wedge said.
"R2 says the same thing," Luke said. "According to R2, the reading didn't come from any ships in the fleet, but there aren't any other ships out here."
"An Imperial stealth ship?" The Rebel Alliance had just learned of the Empire's new TIE Phantom starfighter, capable of cloaking itself from scanners and eyesight. Since its discovery, the Rebels have been keeping a sharp eye out for any sign of them.
"I don't think so," Luke said.
"Just to be safe, let's have another look," Wedge said.
"Good idea," Luke replied. Both X-wings turned back to the section of space.

It was another couple of minutes before the two pilots found the right spot, indicated by their astromech droids' chirps and whistles.
"There's definitely something out there," Wedge said. "I can't see anything though. Can you?"
"No, I can't see anything," Luke said, a little disappointed.
"Well, we better head back to the fleet. We can come back on our next recon run."
"Alright," Luke said. "R2 place a nav marker on this location for later."
As the two X-wings turned away towards their fleet, their pilots were unaware of the fact that they had just stumbled onto a rebel fleet unknown to the Rebel Alliance. And this fleet hosted a crew that had managed to stay hidden from the galaxy for twenty years. The Jedi in the fleet were a little disappointed to see the starships go, but they were patient. They would wait for the Force-wielder in the X-wing to come back.

[Pantorrum]

Vessek-Supreme General Rush
Rush had not aged hardly. In the past 20 years, he had built a few dozen Magna Guards in storage, and several active. After the Empire left Geonosis, his droids had returned to the surface and returned the planet to operations withing another month. From there, droids, and more droids were built. Millions upon millions had been built on Geonosis alone. He had returned to Vessek and sat on his flag ship, the Obliterator. He had waited so patiently for 20 years. Now, he would have his time. The fleet had grown considerably large, and due to the majority of his body now being metal, he hadn't noticeably aged. he had become darker than before, more and more like Grevious was. He now surpassed him in hate and dislike. He contacted former Senator Laf via a Holo-communicator.
"My lord, we have now reached a considerable size, and I have grown impatient. This puny rebellion has wasted the Galaxies time for long enough. What are your wishes?"
Since the fleet was built, he assumed control of a very heavily modified Recusant class Destroyer. With it, he had for so long commanded droid forces. This very ship is where he sat now as he contacted Laf...

Mandalore- General Aul
Over 20 years, Aul's promise had come true. He was practically running Mandalore behind closed doors. he had infiltrated the highest positions and taken control of all the leading posts. Death Watch was truly governing Mandalore. It would remain unofficial until the Imperial garrison was removed.
Aul sat in his office smiling over the city. He had aged, unlike Rush. He was still strong, but he had more grey in his hair and his eye's showed age. He was still more than above average.
He entered a shuttle. He had remained close with the Confederacy over time, and would go to Hypori to spend some time away from his most tiring task, taking Mandalore without anyone knowing.

Tython

Master Dy'lan was now well into his 40's and had aged ever so slightly. His skin was no long smooth and youthful, but he retained skill. He had trained so many jedi who had become Knights. Talon was now a Master, as was Kamma Sarn. 3 dozen others were now knights and dozens of young children had been recruited into the order in the past few years. The order had grown so much. The fleet was maintained with some additions. He had been building up a larger force. His fleet stood at 2 Mon Calamari Cruiser, 12 Venator Cruiser, 38 Arquitans, 25 friagtes, and hundreds of fighters. Tython was well protected now, as the fleet had sat above the planet guarding it for 20 years.
Admiral Gates, too, had aged. He was now nearly 62 years old and was still serving on the Redeemer. He had been in the position of command on this ship for 21 years now, and every man on boards knew him. He had become infamous for his ideology and intelligence. He was well respected, and every officer on every ship had absolute confidence in him.

Orto Plutonia
Since the army landed here, massive amounts of troops had been deployed. After Pantorra joined the CIS, General Rush had deployed a few regiments to Pantorra and a whole army to push the natives into submission here. In 20 years, the natives still showed resistance with their leaders guidance. The army would soon come face to face with General Rush himself. He had been planning to come here and kill these natives himself. If he could kill their leader, they would surrender...

[Draica]

Serenno, Dooku's palace

Laf got the hologram and rose to address General rush.

"General Rush, prepare a fleet of your liking and launch an assault on Tatooine. Ensure it is brought under our protection. Admiral trench will prepare a fleet for Christophoshis. If you have no questions, you may proceed to your goal. Oh, and general, ensure Jabba's estate on Tatooine is brought under our indefinite control. We don't want anyone's hands getting on it. Do not bombard the cities or target civilians, only target Military combatants." He said, confident in Rush's abilities.

Meanwhile, in hyperspace...

After being given strict orders by Laf to invade Christoposhis, Admiral Trench and his fleet left from Geonosis to the short trek to it's next door neighbor, Christoposhis. His fleet consisted of:

A heavily modified Providence-class destroyer/carrier

2 Lucrehulk-class battleships

A dozen Munificient-class frigates

Trench sat down on a built in chair on the bridge as he watched the streaks of hyperspace go by. His tactical droid, nicknamed "dub" AKA T4-900 walked over to him with statistics.



"Sir, we haven't gotten a full scope on imperial defences on Christoposhis yet." The droid confirmed.

"That's-..Interesting..tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk" Trench said, speaking in a very low baritone voice. While age may have taken a toll on him physically, his teeth continued to do it's classic ticking sound and his strategic genius was beyond measure. "They will not be expecting this.. tsk tsk tsk tsk "be sure to pull out behind one of Christoposhis's moons to avoid immediate detection." Trench commanded.


Christoposhis, Christoposhis system

The fleet immediately pulled out behind one of Christoposhis's many moons to avoid immediate detection. What they did, however, before anything else is set the long-range scanners out towards Christoposhis to see what sort of Imperial fleet was there and what it's quantity was. From there they would prepare for battle..

[Pantorrum]

"As you wish, my lord."
He cut off the transmission and spat orders to a commander droid on the bridge of the Recusant Class modifed destroyer named the Obliterator.
"Prepare the fleet for an immediate jump to Tatooine. Prepare the armies for landing."
"Yes sir." The droid said in return with the stereotypical droid voice.
"Jumping to Tatooine now."
As it jumped, the ship was followed by 4 Munificent Cruisers. The 4 cruisers had been borught by Rush as the escort for his flagship. They would be with it always.

A few hours later...

The small fleet arrived over the undefended planet of Tatooine. The planet was now guarded heavily by the Imperials (This is a fact), and no real garrison was on the planet. The small force moved in a blockade formation and deployed 70,000 droids to the surface. The modified Recusant Destroyer held 400 crew, as it was a larger variant. The ship had 1 and a half time the laser cannons of a regular Recusant, and held 250 star fighters along with 40,000 deactivated battle droids. With its Munificent support ships around it, it was more than a match for a Star Destroyer if one should come its way, which was unlikely. Imperials didn't really care at all about this waste hole. It was important to Rush, though. It would serve to stop future intrusions on Geonosis.
He descended to the planet and any pirate resistance was quickly dealt with. Droids marched through the towns, such as Mos Eisly, firing on several hostile groups. Droids fell quickly to the pirates who had the home advantage, but the droids were to numerous. Using a wave tactic, and by out flanking the few pirates (in comparison), Rush's army quickly took most of the cities.
Meanwhile, Rush himself was at Jabba's Palace. He drew his sabers and showed his true skill. The guards came running, and many bounty hunters. However, Rush began to cut them down. Using strength and speed, he out maneuvered them and soon took the palace.

It was true enough that Tatooine would be hard to govern due to its rebellious people. They were uncivilized, but so was Rush. He would keep an entire army on this planet. 100,000 droids would remain on the planet. With that force, no one would dare rebel. The occupation force would deter any rebellions. If they did rebel, Rush was not afraid to use other tactics. He would be willing to starve them into submission should they ever rebel. He had shown how saboge he was, having killed so many guards and pirates without giving thought to any of it. Only once did a civilian get in his way as he was fighting, and without discrimination, he did cut here down. Besides that, no civilians were targets. For now, Tatooine was in the Iron grip of General Rush. As long as he was here, Tatooine would remain firmly under his iron foot.

NOTE: We did not affect Jabba. He nor his court were touched. The palace was just occupied. I intend on making a deal with him later...

[Draica]

OOC: Forgot to add Kulzar or Fushyl to my summary.

Dathomir, Dathomir system

Within the bounds of Dathomir laid a malicious, dark entity. An entity in an opposite spectical of the dark side itself.. Mother Kulzar sat within her meditation chamber, clothed in the Dark side and soaking up energies like a sponge soaks up water. She hadn't aged a bit, she grew stronger and stronger and monitored the events of the past 20 years. The Nightsisters had also grown stronger, going from 100 members to 500 members within the past 20 years, and the recruiting of Zabarak apprentices was also high. These witches intended to show the galaxy what they had once they got out, and when they did, everyone would pay. Until then, Kulzar decided to pay a mental visit to an old advensary. She sent this telepathic message to Palpatine: Hello, old man. she said menacingly. Even as you willow and wallow in your Empire's growth you fail to realize that I have grown stronger these past 20 years. I have surpassed Talzin and soon I shall surpass you. I sense your doom approaching, old man..Enjoy your luxury while it lasts.

Meanwhile, somewhere near the Calamari System

Fushyl Kurren, the old Jedi master and hero of the Rise of the Empire era, sat cross-legged in the middle of his personal Munificent-class frigate, meditating in silence as it drifted amongst the Calamari system. Fushyl had grown old all these years, this was somewhat shown with a more darker yellowish glowy skin. He was 58. However, he still had much fight in him and would almost certainly exceed the lifespan of an average quarren, 79. Fushyl was born on Dac which might explain while his frigate was in the system.
"Uhh..Sir.." A B2 battle droid assistant said as he walked up to Fushyl.
"Yes, what is it?" He said in a somewhat more deeper voice as he opened one of his eyes.
"We haven't detected any Imperial fleets coming towards the planet for their annual attacks lately, perhaps they've stopped..?" The droid asked.
"Let us not focus on that, let's just focus on keeping an eye on Dac..." He said.
"Roger roger," the droid said as he walked off.

[The United Empire of Exucular]

Tython
Master Cosmos was walking through the courtyard going over the last 20 years in his head. He had done much to aid the Rebellion in secret ways over the years. The Jedi fought in numerous skirmishes against the Empire but without showing his true identity as a force sensitive. He remembered traveling the Galaxy in search of surviving Jedi. He found numerous throughout the vastness of space. The inhabitants of the Jedi asteroid, the Altisian Jedi, and others spread out across the Galaxy. He thought back to the Restoration of the Special Operations Brigade which he was able to accomplish by tracking down their members and persuading them to join him. Alongside the squads of the Brigade they were able to gather intelligence from the Empire and strike at them in small ways. Master Cosmos thought back to the creation of numerous cloaked shipyards and stations throughout the Outer Rim. These structures housed the Droid fleet under his command and served as a safe zone for all Confederate/Rebel forces. He was able to construct these through the help of Master Paratus. He remembered the Gentis Coup and what he did during the event. While the fighting was happening he took the opportunity to search the levels for force sensitive's as well as to find contacts. Master Cosmos persuaded Head Master Gentis to leave Coruscant with his remaining revolutionaries and to join the Rebellion. By the time Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader returned they were all gone. He remembered assisting his fellow Jedi in instructing and teaching the next generation of the Jedi Order in secret on Tython. Master Cosmos remembered the handful of out of the way planets he freed from the Empire. These were planets that the Empire deemed insignificant and didn't check up on. Master Cosmos made these planets safe zones for Confederate and Rebel forces.

Master Cosmos took out his communicator and informed his friends and allies that if they needed any assistance he would be ready to help.

[Draica]

Serenno, Dooku's Palace


After hearing Master Cosmos's message, Laf pressed a button and opened up a live conversation with Master Cosmos.

"Cosmos, it is good to hear from you once more. You are most certainly a light in the face of the darkness, you are most certainly a star. I something of you, however. My forces are at Christoposhis and I may need you for a ground battle since General Kurren is at Dac and General Rush is on assignment. As I said 20 years ago, anyone in the Jedi council excluding Master Kiro is allowed a General spot in the Confederate army with my permission. If you take this offer, you and General Aul will be leading our ground forces on Christoposhis once we break the Imperial blockade, if there is one. Do you accept this offer, Master Cosmos?" He waited patiently for his response.

[The United Empire of Exucular]

Serenno, Dooku's Palace


After hearing Master Cosmos's message, Laf pressed a button and opened up a live conversation with Master Cosmos.

"Cosmos, it is good to hear from you once more. You are most certainly a light in the face of the darkness, you are most certainly a star. I something of you, however. My forces are at Christoposhis and I may need you for a ground battle since General Kurren is at Dac and General Rush is on assignment. As I said 20 years ago, anyone in the Jedi council excluding Master Kiro is allowed a General spot in the Confederate army with my permission. If you take this offer, you and General Aul will be leading our ground forces on Christoposhis once we break the Imperial blockade, if there is one. Do you accept this offer, Master Cosmos?" He waited patiently for his response.

Master Cosmos thought over the offer.
He had fought alongside the Confederacy several times in the past. By know he has gotten over the negative feelings from the Clone Wars and was willing to assist them further. While he was thinking he quickly made his way to the Temple Hanger. Once he arrived he walked directly towards his Delta-7 fighter. This Delta-7 however was modified and had new features that the regular versions did not. It had modern upgrades to the shields, engines, and weapon systems. As well as a cloaking device in order to escape pirates and Imperial ships. Master Cosmos would offer to help update his fellow Jedi's fighters as well if they wanted.
"I accept Senator Laf, when should I leave for Christoposhis?"

[Draica]

Serenno, Dooku's Palace


After hearing Master Cosmos's message, Laf pressed a button and opened up a live conversation with Master Cosmos.

"Cosmos, it is good to hear from you once more. You are most certainly a light in the face of the darkness, you are most certainly a star. I something of you, however. My forces are at Christoposhis and I may need you for a ground battle since General Kurren is at Dac and General Rush is on assignment. As I said 20 years ago, anyone in the Jedi council excluding Master Kiro is allowed a General spot in the Confederate army with my permission. If you take this offer, you and General Aul will be leading our ground forces on Christoposhis once we break the Imperial blockade, if there is one. Do you accept this offer, Master Cosmos?" He waited patiently for his response.

Master Cosmos thought over the offer.
He had fought alongside the Confederacy several times in the past. By know he has gotten over the negative feelings from the Clone Wars and was willing to assist them further. While he was thinking he quickly made his way to the Temple Hanger. Once he arrived he walked directly towards his Delta-7 fighter. This Delta-7 however was modified and had new features that the regular versions did not. It had modern upgrades to the shields, engines, and weapon systems. As well as a cloaking device in order to escape pirates and Imperial ships. Master Cosmos would offer to help update his fellow Jedi's fighters as well if they wanted.
"I accept Senator Laf, when should I leave for Christoposhis?"

Laf smiled once hearing his acceptance. "First go to Hypori to meet up with General Aul and his group. You will recieve orders from there and maybe end up on Admiral Trench's flagship, once the fleet has defeated Imperial defences then you, the Army, Aul and his forces shall land on Christoposhis and combat the Imperial forces. May the force be with you..?" Laf clicked a red button and cut off the transmission. Laf then pushed a button and connected to Aul's holocommunicator.

"General Aul, you and General Cosmos will be leading the Seperatist assault on Christoposhis once we reach the ground. Expect General Cosmos to be arriving at Hypori soon. After that, depart to Christoposhis and if the Imperial fleet presists go to Admiral Trench's flagship. You will receive further orders.." Laf said, waiting for his response.

[Pantorrum]

"I understand." Aul said kindly. "What of General Rush? I have not had an argument with him in some time. Is he going to be present on Christoposhis?"
He had arrived ad Hypori, and he was followed by 2 more ships. In all, 90 Mandalorians had accompanied him to Hypori for his visit.
"It seems luck is with us, as well. It just so happened I was heading to Hypori anyway."


General Rush contacted Laf.
He bowed before speaking.
"My lord, we have control of most of Tatooine. I personally took Jabba's Palace and I am planning on negotiating with him. A few Tusken Raiders are still fighting, and some pirates as well. I have offered them little intervention in their operations to help secure the planet. I will be ready for the next assignment as soon as I can reach a deal with the foolish slug."

[Draica]

"I understand." Aul said kindly. "What of General Rush? I have not had an argument with him in some time. Is he going to be present on Christoposhis?"
He had arrived ad Hypori, and he was followed by 2 more ships. In all, 90 Mandalorians had accompanied him to Hypori for his visit.
"It seems luck is with us, as well. It just so happened I was heading to Hypori anyway."


General Rush contacted Laf.
He bowed before speaking.
"My lord, we have control of most of Tatooine. I personally took Jabba's Palace and I am planning on negotiating with him. A few Tusken Raiders are still fighting, and some pirates as well. I have offered them little intervention in their operations to help secure the planet. I will be ready for the next assignment as soon as I can reach a deal with the foolish slug."

Serenno, Serenno system

Laf nodded, seeing this message. "Negoioate with Jabba immediately. Don't let this opportunity turn down."

After Laf clicked his communication off with rush, he responded to Rush. "Only you and Cosmos will be there in terms of leadership, I will be observing holographically.."

[New Emphillon]

Serenno, Dooku's palace

Laf got the hologram and rose to address General rush.

"General Rush, prepare a fleet of your liking and launch an assault on Tatooine. Ensure it is brought under our protection. Admiral trench will prepare a fleet for Christophoshis. If you have no questions, you may proceed to your goal. Oh, and general, ensure Jabba's estate on Tatooine is brought under our indefinite control. We don't want anyone's hands getting on it. Do not bombard the cities or target civilians, only target Military combatants." He said, confident in Rush's abilities.

Meanwhile, in hyperspace...

After being given strict orders by Laf to invade Christoposhis, Admiral Trench and his fleet left from Geonosis to the short trek to it's next door neighbor, Christoposhis. His fleet consisted of:

A heavily modified Providence-class destroyer/carrier

2 Lucrehulk-class battleships

A dozen Munificient-class frigates

Trench sat down on a built in chair on the bridge as he watched the streaks of hyperspace go by. His tactical droid, nicknamed "dub" AKA T4-900 walked over to him with statistics.



"Sir, we haven't gotten a full scope on imperial defences on Christoposhis yet." The droid confirmed.

"That's-..Interesting..tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk" Trench said, speaking in a very low baritone voice. While age may have taken a toll on him physically, his teeth continued to do it's classic ticking sound and his strategic genius was beyond measure. "They will not be expecting this.. tsk tsk tsk tsk "be sure to pull out behind one of Christoposhis's moons to avoid immediate detection." Trench commanded.


Christoposhis, Christoposhis system

The fleet immediately pulled out behind one of Christoposhis's many moons to avoid immediate detection. What they did, however, before anything else is set the long-range scanners out towards Christoposhis to see what sort of Imperial fleet was there and what it's quantity was. From there they would prepare for battle..

Aboard the Terror, above Gellefon, Korness system, Savareen system
Admiral Sarn stepped onto the bridge of the Super Star Destroyer Terror, fuming at Imperial Governor Schennt's inability to give the Terror some supplies it needed before it returned to Imdaar Alpha to protect the small moon and the TIE fighter production facility it housed. Sarn was hardly able to willingly call Schennt an Imperial Governor, since the man was nothing more but a fat slob, a tyrant that stalked around in an Imperial uniform and thinking that everything on his world was his for the taking. It was one quality about a governor Sarn never understood and hoped would be dealt with when he made his report to Grand Admiral Martio Batch.
As Sarn continued to focus on how to regulate the sparse amount of a few supplies his ship had, he was interrupted by a communication's officer in one of the bridge's crew pits.
"Sir, I have a message from the Imperial regiment on Christophsis," the officer called out.
Sarn sighed. The sooner I get my ship out of this backwater sector, the better, he grumbled.
"What is the condition of the message," Sarn sighed again.
"Urgent, sir," the officer replied. "The Imperial regiment has claimed that a possible Rebel fleet had just blockaded the planet and there may be a possible attempt at capturing the planet. They had requested that any available Imperial forces respond to the call."
The navigation officer raised his head from his console. "Sir, shall I plot a course for Christophsis?"
Admiral Sarn thought on that for a moment. Despite the fact that the Terror needed return back to Imdaar Alpha soon, Sarn estimated that a side trip to Christophsis would not disturb the time frame all that much, if at all. And, despite the fact that Sarn would rather leave the sector immediately, this was the perfect opportunity for him to give his new TIE Phantoms one final test before they went into full production.
"Sir," the navigation officer asked.
"Proceed to Christophsis at best possible speed," Sarn ordered.
The 19 kilometer vessel maneuvered away from Gelleforn and activated its cloaking device before going into hyperspace.

Two Hours Later
The Terror slipped back into realspace just past Christophsis' moon, its cloaking device hiding its entry from any sensors. Sarn gazed out the viewport at the Rebel fleet before him and grinned. Dealing with this fleet would be too easy, Sarn thought. He ordered for the Terror to launch two squadrons of its TIE Phantoms to pester the Rebel fleet while the Super Star Destroyer maneuvered into firing position.
The TIE Phantoms flew out of the Star Destroyer's hangars, forming into two squadrons of four. They quickly disappeared after they activated their cloaking devices powered by stygium crystals. The pilots had their orders and fanned out into attack formation, picking their individual targets. Once they had that task done, the pilots fired their fighters' five laser cannons at the enemy ships and zipped away, decloaking briefly to fire their weapons before returning to a cloaked state. The thought behind this uncoordinated attack was for the Rebels to think that there were multiple fighters instead of the measly eight that actually existed.

[Draica]

Aboard the Invincible two..


The Invincible's long-range sensors had been sweeping through most of the surrounding area. Before the TIE Phantom bombers cloaked, due to the Star Destroyer's close proximity to the Invincible, a few small dots showed up on the radar and within a second they were gone. They had not been there long enough for the droid pilots to get an accurate reading on it.

"Sir, a few dots just flashed up on the radar and dissapered. It could've been anything, a meteor, a comet, maybe a small drifting ship that just lost it's power." A pilot droid said, speculating.

Admiral Trench got up out of his chair and observed the large radar screen hanging over the bridge. "Hmmm... tsk tsk tsk, this is quite-..unusual. tsk tsk tsk.. Before Trench's old brain could figure out what's going on, the Phantoms decloaked briefly and unleashed fire upon the Confederate ships and then recloaked. The ships were unprepared for this and some of them even shook.

"Sir, more things showed up on the radar and then dissapeared, we don't know what it could be!" The pilot droid yelled. Trench had an idea, a meteor or an asteriod would be detectable by now, he speculated that it could be a stealth shuttle simillar to what he faced here 25 years ago. He was taking no chances.

"Raise the thermal shields." He yelled. The droids complied and the Invincible's thermal shield was raised and it's back-up deflector shield generator was beginning to get power that had gone to the forward engines. This ship has multiple armaments:

2 Ion cannons.

Multiple Heavy-fire Turboblaster batteries.

A torpedo launcher.

Quad turboblaster batteries.

A back-up deflector shield which takes two hours to charge.

Point defense Ion cannons

And tracking torpedos.

"Sir, do we send out fighters to combat these-..Whatever they are? A droid asked."

"No, we do not even know what we're up against..Tsk tsk tsk. Most likely fighters, but these sort of fighters are strange and ...odd tsk tsk tsk tsk. Perhaps they have some sort of signature that makes them undetectable. I believe, however, the..tsk tsk tsk most likely option is that they're cloaked. But where did they even come from? Our sensors didn't-.. tsk tsk detect anything coming from Christoposhis's atmosphere..."

This dazzled even Trench. He knew one thing, those fighters had some sort of concealment technology, most likely cloaking. But where they came from baffled him. Trench then got an idea, "Set the sensors to detect any magnetic signature that comes towards the fleet.." Trench ordered. The droid in charge of the sensors quickly obeyed. Trench now waited to see if his suspiscions were correct.

[New Emphillon]

Aboard the Invincible two..


The Invincible's long-range sensors had been sweeping through most of the surrounding area. Before the TIE Phantom bombers cloaked, due to the Star Destroyer's close proximity to the Invincible, a few small dots showed up on the radar and within a second they were gone. They had not been there long enough for the droid pilots to get an accurate reading on it.

"Sir, a few dots just flashed up on the radar and dissapered. It could've been anything, a meteor, a comet, maybe a small drifting ship that just lost it's power." A pilot droid said, speculating.

Admiral Trench got up out of his chair and observed the large radar screen hanging over the bridge. "Hmmm... tsk tsk tsk, this is quite-..unusual. tsk tsk tsk.. Before Trench's old brain could figure out what's going on, the Phantoms decloaked briefly and unleashed fire upon the Confederate ships and then recloaked. The ships were unprepared for this and some of them even shook.

"Sir, more things showed up on the radar and then dissapeared, we don't know what it could be!" The pilot droid yelled. Trench had an idea, a meteor or an asteriod would be detectable by now, he speculated that it could be a stealth shuttle simillar to what he faced here 25 years ago. He was taking no chances.

"Raise the thermal shields." He yelled. The droids complied and the Invincible's thermal shield was raised and it's back-up deflector shield generator was beginning to get power that had gone to the forward engines. This ship has multiple armaments:

2 Ion cannons.

Multiple Heavy-fire Turboblaster batteries.

A torpedo launcher.

Quad turboblaster batteries.

A back-up deflector shield which takes two hours to charge.

Point defense Ion cannons

And tracking torpedos.

"Sir, do we send out fighters to combat these-..Whatever they are? A droid asked."

"No, we do not even know what we're up against..Tsk tsk tsk. Most likely fighters, but these sort of fighters are strange and ...odd tsk tsk tsk tsk. Perhaps they have some sort of signature that makes them undetectable. I believe, however, the..tsk tsk tsk most likely option is that they're cloaked. But where did they even come from? Our sensors didn't-.. tsk tsk detect anything coming from Christoposhis's atmosphere..."

This dazzled even Trench. He knew one thing, those fighters had some sort of concealment technology, most likely cloaking. But where they came from baffled him. Trench then got an idea, "Set the sensors to detect any magnetic signature that comes towards the fleet.." Trench ordered. The droid in charge of the sensors quickly obeyed. Trench now waited to see if his suspiscions were correct.

Ordinarily, Trench's plan would work since, even with the best of cloaking devices, a ship's magnetic signature could still be found, making the ship visible to sensors. The only complication to the plan was that the TIE Phantom was the first small craft to receive a cloaking device in decades, meaning that its magnetic signature would be small in comparison to larger vessel with a cloaking device. In recent tests conducted by the Empire, it appears that when a TIE Phantom was cloaked, the only reading one could get was an unusual sensor anomaly and one could not get a firm reading on the craft's position. Though that strange reading alone could very well give away a TIE Phantom's element of surprise. (OOC: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE_Phantom This justifies my claims if you don't believe me)
The TIE Phantoms maneuvered away from attacking the flagship, seeing that it would be pointless when it had a thermal shield up. The eight TIE Phantoms, instead, attacked the Munificent-class frigates. They continued to pelt the ships with a brief burst of fire from their laser cannons before disappearing again, zooming around the ships for another pass.
Meanwhile, the Terror was almost in position to strike. The crew just needed a couple more minutes and then the ship would be ready.