Gallinore
As defence obligation negotiations continued, rumours began to flow as to the threat level of the planet. People of ex military background on the planet who weren't part of the pro-Consortium cells began disappearing, their houses stripped only of the things they could easily carry. Within a week, the sum total of an entire regiment went missing from Gallinores population for unknown destinations. The rumours themselves did reach Royal ears, but advisors dismissed the information, not passing it on to the Prince or either of his two main men.
A few names were mentioned, although non appeared to hold any worth. Alot of the people mentioned had died in the fall or following it, others were simply missing, while the few names that were mentioned brought potential fear to military analysts.
Of the all the names mentioned, only 4 had any credit.
Fleet Admiral Nemesi Nemsien, a Bothan import to Hapes whose personal floatilla was considerable before he came to lead Crusader Fleet in the Royal navy. His tactical and strategic mind was well honed, having harnassed his skills in a number of assaults, including Rodia.
Commodore Zak Tel was an independant businessman before receiving a commission in the Royal Navy for saving a Consortium convoy from attack by pirates outside Danoz. His affluence allowed him intense popularity amongst the royal houses of Hapes which saw a rapid rise for the Hapan through the ranks of the Navy.
Fleet Admiral Sterik Hasger was an outsider, born on Balfron near the Kuat Sector of Imperial Space. He joined the Imperial Navy as a fighter pilot before fleeing to the Cluster and joining the Royal Navy. Fighting his way through the ranks in almost all of Hapes campeigns, he was promoted to Commodore before being given a fleet posting with then Commodore Nemsien. The two, both of advanced military minds, worked with such a coherancy that in any multiple fleet action, this pair was almost always the first choice by the admiralty. Promoted together following the capture of Rodia, Hasger was one of the formost military minds in recent history.
Rear Admiral Hannibal Scaur joined the Royal Military Academy and was in effect a lifetime member of the Hapes Armed Forces, serving from the youngest age possible. Was a Captain aboard a Battle Dragon at Gallinore as well as mounting a number of audacious raids on pirate bases just outside the cluster. He also engaged the infamous New Lorrell Raiders but has yet to gain a conclusive battle, his ship being near to crippled on a number of those engagements. Promoted following an unmerciless assault a pirate base in the Inner Rim that had been leading long range attacks on Hapes export shipping, he was put in charge of the defence of Gallinore following the rise of the New Empire although was subsequintly beaten following overwhelming odds.
