Blood of the Forgotten/Ch12

Scarif was once a tropical resort, where tourists could relax and put the hustle of the Core Worlds behind them. And then the Empire created the Scarif Citadel, where all of the secretive projects were kept, away from the public eye, and so Scarif was cut off from major hyperspace lanes. A secret reconnaissance mission to find evidence of the place’s existence was undertaken by operatives under the codename Fulcrum, and now the Mon Cala Resistance, combined with the fleet from Chandrila, traveled to Scarif, slowly due to the absence of hyperspace lanes. Their directive: get all of the information they can out of the Citadel, and then destroy it.

The blue tunnel of hyperspace dissipated from around the MC75 cruiser Profundity , and Admiral Cha Raddus watched through the viewport. Raddus was considered Ackbar’s second-in-command, when it came to the fleet. Raddus himself admitted that Ackbar was his superior, especially when it came to battle tactics. The ship was almost entirely staffed by Mon Calamari or Quarren, as the ship’s atmospheric stabilizer made the ship humid and wet, as was their shared homeworld Mon Cala.

“Admiral Raddus,” came a voice, and Raddus swiveled his chair to the right, as Lieutenant Shollan walked to him. Shollan was easily identifiable by the white pigment in his skin, signifying he was from the polar regions of their planet. “There is a wheel-shaped space station emitting a shield around the planet. There is no way we can enter the atmosphere with the space station active.” Raddus turned back to the viewport, seeing many other ships leave hyperspace beside him, and the Star Destroyers ahead.

“Then we must target that shield first and foremost.” Raddus replied, as the fleet continued to move forward towards their target.

Gial Ackbar’s MC80, the Home One , was one of the last ships to leave hyperspace, despite it being one of the newer models to come out of Mon Calamari Shipyards. The Arbiter  was near the back of the fleet, as a precaution to keep Mon Mothma and Bail Organa safe. Next to Ackbar stood Obi-Wan Kenobi and Satine Kryze, who had volunteered themselves to go down to the surface of Scarif and get any information they could, but first they had to deal with the fleet and the Shield Gate.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Obi-Wan held Satine’s hand tightly, as a little girl walked up to them, from behind.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Jaina!” Satine exclaimed, turning around. “I thought I told you to stay with Winter…” The nine-year-old smiled as Winter ran to the bridge, exhausted. The nine-year-old was Satine and Obi-Wan’s kid, who Winter had been taking care of for some time.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“I’m sorry, Mistress Kryze,” Winter said, huffing, “she just ran, wanted to see you and-”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“As I said, call me Kenobi. I much prefer to be associated with Obi-Wan then I do with my past.” Satine replied, and Obi-Wan ignored it. She would say that to <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">anyone <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> who called her Kryze instead of her married name. She picked up her daughter, named Jaina simply because her and Obi-Wan liked the name. Her middle name was Ahsoka, and they’d yet to explain to her what the name meant to them. If anyone brought up Ahsoka in conversation, Obi-Wan would leave the conversation, because he had felt her presence dim and then go out, and he could only imagine her as dead. He couldn't think of any other options - like her falling to the dark side, or doing some strange masking technique he’d never heard of. “Anyway, it’s alright, Winter. I think it’d be safer if you take her back to Chandrila, anyway. This ship is going to be in the thick of things.” She kissed Jaina on the forehead, and handed her back to Winter, who’d they thought of as their own daughter, as Bail drifted further away from them.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Satine turned back to Obi-Wan, who pulled her into an embrace, waving goodbye to Jaina. “I fear we’ll never see her again.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Don’t be so pessimistic, Obi,” she said. Satine was relieved that Ackbar was completely ignoring everything around them, that was part of the reason she suggested he be promoted to Fleet Admiral. “We’ll get this done,” Obi-Wan stared out of the window, seeing the rounded backside of another MC80 cruiser. Ackbar was conferring with other ship captains about the battle plan, as they approached Scarif. The Star Destroyers had yet to make a move against them, which was surprising to say the least. For minutes, they stood there, locked in a standstill.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">And then the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Profundity <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> sent out its X-Wing starfighters and all hell broke loose.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">~

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strike as one.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">That was what Injisfel Ehlamma and Mon Mothma agreed upon, that they would strike together. And so when Injisfel received word that the Alliance had attacked Scarif, the Indonai Fleet began the attack on Caamas - close to the Unknown Regions, in the Outer Rim, and a hub for insurgency. The Caamasi were unhappy with the Imperial rule, and so they’d already had their fair share of uprisings, but now they had the support of a massive Unknown Regions fleet. From the surface, the Caamas Resistance rejoiced, and overthrew the stormtroopers that surrounded their homes and cities.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The capital, Rihem, fell in hours. The leader of the Resistance, Jaefan At’Ros, announced to his people that they would no longer be under the Imperial banner, as the Empire’s navy was routed and forced to retreat out of the system. Injisfel landed in the city, to which he was met with thunderous applause from the people of the world, hailing him as their hero, their savior, and they would forever be in his debt.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">~

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“The Shield Gate has been destroyed!” Admiral Ackbar exclaimed, as he turned to Satine and Obi-Wan. “Now is your chance, get the information and plant the bombs! The <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tantive III <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is in the hangar.” Satine couldn't help but feel nervous about this, as they walked to their ship, Chardri Tage, Kaeden Larte, R2-D2 and Cassian Andor - one of the Fulcrum agents who served under a mysterious figure that nobody but Bail Organa knew the identity of.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“So this is our whole group?” Obi-Wan asked, and Cassian smiled. They’d met previously, before the arrival at Scarif, when Ackbar and Mothma got them all acquainted. Over the years, Kaeden and Chardri had become integral. C-3PO was presumably on board the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Arbiter <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">, with his new owner Bail Organa. “Alright. We all know our mission, and what we have to do.” And then Obi-Wan noticed a KX-series security droid walk through one of the doorways, having to duck slightly to avoid hitting its rounded, black-painted head. Obi-Wan reached for his lightsaber.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Woah, woah, woah!” Cassian said, noticing his hand, “He’s a friend. K-2SO. He’s reprogrammed, no interactions with the Empire anymore,” Obi-Wan still stared at the droid, always they were problems since their thoughts could not be heard by the Force. Mechanical influence was always for some of the wisest of the Jedi Masters, and Kit had once told him the story of Cilicis, who was a master at that aspect of the Force. Chardri lifted the ship out of the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Home One <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">’s hangar bay, spinning it to the left, where Scarif lay waiting for their arrival. With the Shield Gate deactivated, they had their chance.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tantive III <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> was fast, for some of the Alliance’s mechanics had made adjustments to it, to Chardri’s liking. They entered Scarif’s atmosphere undetected, following the coordinates Galen Erso had provided to them. Erso was one of the highest-ranking designers on one of the biggest projects from the Citadel. A hologram of Commander-in-Chief Mon Mothma appeared in front of Obi-Wan, sitting in the copilot’s seat.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“ <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Master Kenobi, we’ve received a transmission from the surface, from Galen Erso. He is in the Citadel. If possible, extract him. He could bring us important insight to what the Empire’s big project is. <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">” Mothma said, before turning to her left, and sighing, “ <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Profundity is badly damaged. It’s heading straight for the Citadel. You’ll have to get this done quick. <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">” The connection shut off before Obi-Wan could formulate a response, and he looked at Chardri.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Full speed ahead,” he said, smirking, as the ship approached a landing platform. The base had been almost completely evacuated, but one ship remained, and Obi-Wan could sense the base’s commander within it. Director Orson Krennic.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“That one is where they’re taking the information out through,” Cassian said, pointing to the shuttle that remained, stormtroopers flanking a man in a billowing white cape. That <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">had <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> to be Krennic. “They’re carrying a supercomputer, probably with all of the information we could ever need.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Then we have to target that ship,” Satine said, as the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tantive III <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> made a hook turn, landing in the strip right next to the shuttle. Obi-Wan could see the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Profundity <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> careening towards them, smaller shuttles escaping. The lower tower, that extended down from the hull, scraped along the oceans, sending waves and water up against the side of the Citadel.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Obi-Wan and Cassian rushed out from the ship, Chardri and R2-D2 remaining on board for a quick getaway. Kaeden, Satine and K-2SO were the final three to leave - and they turned the corner as the supercomputer was started to be loaded on to the ship. Obi-Wan spotted Erso, at the top of the ramp, with Krennic beside him. For a second, they locked eyes - and Erso lashed to his side, revealing a blaster beneath his coat. He shoved it against Krennic’s head, as the stormtroopers dropped the supercomputer and pointed their blasters at Erso. Obi-Wan ignited his lightsaber, diverting some of their attentions, as they began to fire, but he easily reflected them back at the stormtroopers, being careful to not hit their target. The six escort troopers were killed, and Erso moved forward with Krennic.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Kaeden and Satine retrieved the supercomputer on its hovercart, and began to move it to the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tantive III <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Let’s take that scum too,” Cassian said, referring to Krennic, who smirked, before revealing a knife from his back pocket and shoving it into Erso’s chest. Galen fired immediately, and Krennic was dead in an instant. Obi-Wan heard an ear-piercing scraping sound, and he turned to see the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Profundity <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">’s lower tower split in two pieces as it hit the duracrete landing zone, the front side of the ship in flames. The piece that came off flew towards the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tantive III <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">, and Obi-Wan quickly mustered up all the energy he could and stopped it, meters away from destroying their getaway.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The remainder of the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Profundity <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> slammed into the Citadel, destroying the entire installation, and the engine exploded. Their sight was dominated by purple and blue. When the smoke cleared, the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Profundity <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> was gone, as was the Citadel. Erso was crumpled over on the floor, blood all over the duracrete. He whispered something, towards Obi-Wan, as he kneeled in front of him.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Get to my daughter, Jyn… she’s on Jedha, with Saw Gerrera…” he managed to get out, before his eyes closed permanently. Obi-Wan closed his eyes in a momentary salute to Erso’s great help, before lifting Galen with the Force and carrying him aboard the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tantive III <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">. Satine sat in one of the chairs, the supercomputer sitting in the center of the entrance chamber. The ramp closed behind him, Chardri lifting the ship off.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Jedha <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">. He hadn’t heard that name in a long time. It was a desert moon, on the far side of the Inner Rim… and Saw Gerrera, the freedom fighter from Onderon who much of the Alliance saw as a terrorist. He led the Partisans, who were known for not taking <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">any <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> prisoners. And if they did - they’d use torture. To some Alliance members, like Mon Mothma, the Partisans were just as bad as the Empire.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">But he had to find this Jyn, to tell her what her father had done for them all.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Sir, the supercomputer’s been stolen. We haven’t received any word from Director Krennic.” the officer said, and Grand Moff Kaine frowned. They stood aboard the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Imperial <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">-class <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Entropy <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">, as the Alliance’s cruisers beared down on them. The Nebulon-B frigates made up a majority of the fleet, alongside the Mon Calamari cruisers.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Target that ship leaving Scarif’s atmosphere.” Kaine said, before the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Entropy <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> rattled as something left hyperspace. “What was that? Status report!”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Sir, it’s… it’s the Emperor’s flagship. The <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Executor <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">.” Kaine’s eyes widened, as a holographic image of Vader appeared before him.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“ <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Moff Kaine… it appears you’ve hit a snag. Let me rectify that. <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">” Vader said, as a shadow loomed above them, the massive Super Star Destroyer - recently finished at Kuat - moving forward. The small corvette that had eluded them in Scarif’s atmosphere twisted into a hangar bay of one of the Mon Calamari cruisers, and Kaine watched in amazement as some of the ships jumped to hyperspace, fearing the massive flagship. “ <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">See, Kaine, this is how you make the rebels truly fear you. <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">But some ships remained, the Empire’s TIE fighters forming a ring of debris around the side of Scarif they were on, with what was left of the Shield Gate. The <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Executor <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">’s underside held a massive plasma cannon, capable of destroying even the largest of starships. But at this stage, it was still in its infancy, and the engineers working on it feared if it was fired at this time, the entire ship would be blown to bits. Kaine observed as the smaller cannons fired at the rebel flagship, its shields impenetrable.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“What is he doing?” Kaine whispered, as Vader’s hologram had gone.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">~

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Executor <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> was a beast to behold, especially as Obi-Wan and Satine made it to the bridge of the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Home One <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">. They’d only heard of the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Executor <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> through rumors of a massive Star Destroyer being constructed. Raddus stood near the back of the bridge, alongside higher-up leaders. Raddus, as well as his aide Shollan, had left the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Profundity <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> to destroy the Citadel - the ship’s final act changing trajectory - aboard Raddus’ personal <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Spearhead <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">-class corvette.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Why are we still here?” Satine couldn't help but ask, and Ackbar swiveled his chair to face her.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“We have to wait for Mon Mothma to leave first,” he said. “I’m not risking losing her here, not this early on in the war. And the X-wings are still out there!” As he mentioned the X-wings, they began to fly in formation back to the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Home One <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and to the MC85 cruiser known as the <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Liberty <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">, which featured large fin-like extrusions on either side.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">A hologram of Mon Mothma appeared in front of Ackbar, and Obi-Wan moved for Mothma to see him.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">“ <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Do you have the data? <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">” Mothma instantly asked, and Obi-Wan responded with a quick yes. “ <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Good. We need to get out of here. There’s a massive cannon on Vader’s ship, and I fear what it may do to us if we don’t leave now. <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Karma;color:#000000;font-weight:500;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">All the remaining ships left for their fallback point at the same time, successful in their mission, and with minimal casualties.