Sith Civil War: Chapter III - Darth Malice

"Grand Admiral Marix, sir," Barad-Dur called out as the man walked away, "my spies tell me that they have not yet manned it with a...special order of clones. That is why I requested the control room."

Barad-Dur then sighed and grabbed his holocron of all the confrences he had held with his spies. "Also, the man who gave them my SSD (if I may be so bold as claim it as my own) was General Martin of Bastion, for he has defected too, and given these renegades access to several shipping yards," he said, using the Force to levitate the holocron to Marix, "If you wish to look, I have everything that has been sent me on that holocron."

He then stood up, and waved a silent command to the officer, "You may go to your quarters now, gentlemen. If you need me, I will be meditating in my meditation chamber."

He then glanced at Darth Malice, "Malice, if you would follow me to my chamber, I wish to talk to you." As the men started to move to their chambers, Adenn arose and walked twords the Shadow Protector. "Sir, I would like to leave. And track down said Ithorian." The Kel'Dor was eager to compensate for his actions that had taken place at the knighting of a new sith warrior. "Where would I start looking for such a Pirate?" He asked as the two men stood in the briefing room.

"He's currently on tour in the Sullust system, and expected to join the Bespin fleet in three standard days," Barad-Dur said, exiting the room, "Pardon my butting in Adenn, but, my scources are very good."

With that, he left the room, wondering if Darth Malice was going to join him.

Malice nodded towards Barad-Dur and followed behind him. As they walked silently towards the Sith's chamber he couldn't help thinking about finally shedding some real blood in the name of His Empire. Ultimately it was for the betterment of the entire galaxy and that readied Malice even more for the excitement that lie ahead.

He returned his thoughts to the present as they entered Barad-Dur's personal chamber. Malice allowed his eyes to readjust to the changing light and then stood silently in the room, waiting for the other Sith to begin.

Barad-Dur sat down onto his meditation chair, and crossed his legs. The dim light was only penetrated by the door, which was closing. He looked at the other Sith, standing at attention.

"I sensed that you felt we shunned you a bit," he stated, "And, that was not our intentions at all. Believe me, they would have shown you more attention had it been any other time. But, seeing as this is a very serious situation, they devoted themselves to the situation, and more notice to those of us with more experiance.'

"Anyways, I feel that Tarna made a good decision choosing you to accompany me to defeat the Jedi scum. Once we defeat them, they should hold more respect for you and your abilities. It is the way of the Sith. And, you are going to do fine. As long as you don't let your passions and emotions during combat blind you to the action."

"I use my passion and emotion not to blind me in combat, but to fuel me. There is great difference in these as I'm sure you know." Malice unfolded his arms and stood at his full height which reached nearly 7 feet, not far from the ceiling. "I accept this mission fully and hold no ill feelings toward anyone involved in the decision to place me with you." He did feel as though he was capable of more, and the rest of them would see that in time. "My sole concern is completing the mission for the betterment of our Empire and I assure you I will fully devote myself to achieving total success by whatever means necessary."

Barad-Dur raised an eyebrow. "But, you must never let the others have reason to think you are blinded. I know you want to do your best for the Empire, and I admire such spirit. But, if you noticed, Tarnya did take over the mission from me, pretty much. I don't mind at any degree, but, as I said, they have more respect for equals and superiors."

He nodded. "Well, that is all I had to say. Have any questions? If not, you better get some meditations in before we arrive at Bespin."

Opening Moves
Tarna opened a comlink to all the other Sith. "Keep me posted, everyone, on this channel." He walked down to the hanger and got in his personal corvette, Liberty. Tarna gunned the engines and headed out to find the Rebel Sith Master.

Gra'tua nodded as the meeting started to end, his target was Doogo, a pirate lord."Darth Barad-Dur, If you wouldn't mind giving me the specs on this pirate, I like to know what Im up against. Also Tarna, why do you get to have the fun with the strong opponent?" He asked Tarna calmly with a slight smile as he readied his mind for the elimination of the officers.

Tarna chuckled. "Because I am the most likely among us not to fall while having fun. You may have fun with your respected foes, just let me handle this traitorous leader."

Marix sat in his ship, brooding over what had happened, and decided to let it all go. If they really had a SSD, he doubted they had enough trained men for it, and so he selected a few ships that were close by on patrol and gave them special orders to be carried out if Marix did not specify otherwise within in the next 36 standard hours. Settling that, Marix called his guard to the ship and notified them for lift off. Next, he sent out a priority call to the nearest SD, the Destiny's Law and gave its commander the proper commands and gathered speed to jump to meet it.

Once he had arrived at its hangar, he set course for the last known HQ of this Admiral Stang. Marix's wrath would burn down upon this man whp dared violate the ranks of a navy with his filth. Much would happen, and he hoped it would be fun, for him anyways...

"Gra'tua," Barad-Dur said, "Doogo is a coward on his own. He'll try to run. He is currently on Tatooine. He's as blind as a bat at night, but is very deadly with a repeater blaster. Oh, and, he always has a pair of assassin droids with him too."

With that last, the Vader shot into hyperspace, flying to Bespin. The opertion had begun.

Gra'tua nodded at the information, it would not be that difficult to eliminate this coward."So you doubt my ability? I would have fun as well as succeed, but I respect your decision." He said calmly as he gave a slight bow as the ship went into hyperspeed. He readied himself as they flew threw space for the coward and would eliminate him at the most opertune moment of the night.

Tarna ignored Gra'tua's comments. Instead he activated the hyperspace boosters and hurtled towards Bespin through space.