The Rebel Faction

Lavality thougth about Asri's question for a second before shaking her head. "I... don't know.. I just knew how to fly after my father brought me into the organization." She said and looked back at the burning hulk of the enemy fighter that had crashed into the wall.

For awhile fear crept into her body as she recalled what that pilot had done - even she wasn't dumb enough to fly into the hanger bay of an enemy ship at a fast speed, while she may be crazy in terms of ship to ship fighting, she wasn't stupid.

As she stood there she saw the hanger bay doors close and seal the bay off from the blackness of space; the deck shifted as the command ship came about and entered hyperspace.

"Go ahead and get some rest; it'll be about fifteen minutes before we arrive." Lavality said to Asri, she then turned toward the conning tower. Inside she could just barely see the flight officer having a fit about the damage to his bay, "I think it's best we leave to be honest..." she smiled. "Need help getting back to your quarters?" She asked, if she didn't need help then Lavality planned on heading to the command bridge to check on things.

The fifteen minute flight to Serra Toga, a large asteriod belt located on the outer rim was mostly uneventful. Crews went about getting thing's ready for the upcoming battle, as everyone knew one was indeed coming.

Long range scouts had reported that the base was errie quiet the patrols were light and the mine field was offline; this caused Lavality some concern since normal operating procedure forbid the mine field from being taken offline, no matter the circomstances.

When her command ship came out of hypers-space in the orbit of a near by planet, her intersts peeked. Another ship, apperently a transport, floated aimlessly above the planet. Scorch marks and blast holes told her exactly what had transpired, the ship had been attacked and the crew killed when the hull was suddenly breached.

While some of her crew were sent over to investigate; a Sparrow Crescent frigate came along side and docked with the command ship. Extension lines and gantry crane's extended from the ship and made contact with several points on the frigate.

An annoucement went out that anyone who was boarding this particuler frigate was to meet on the lateral deck; which was only two decks above the hanger bay. Lavality had left the command center and headed to the lateral deck to wait on Asri, but still, something bugged her that she couldn't figure out.

When she arrived at the deck she saw several marines camped out and on guard; she didn't say a word to them as she walked by and onto the boarding ramp. She made her way onto the frigate and had a quick talk with it's captain - informing him of what the scouts had found. The captain was just as worried as she was, and it made him wonder what was going on.

After some talk the captain bid her farewell and she returned to the entrance to the boarding ramp on hte lateral deck; now she waited, to wish Asri good luck, because she knew the female would need it.

Lavality smiled slightly. "Something just seem's off with the way the base is right now; but perhaps it's just me worrying to much." She said and turned to the Trandoshan female. "Becareful out there; and don't take to many chances, I wouldn't want Lord Trazu to find out I worked you to hard." She grinned before gesturing that she should get going. "The captain is a quiet fellow; so you might not get a word out of him still he's pretty capable"

She pondered what to say next but after a minute she smiled and placed her hand on Asri's shoulder. "By the way; while you don't have to, if your interested try and make it seem like they killed each other," she said before leaving the deck.

The captain, a human female who looked to be roughly thirty two year's old, looked at Asri. She looked her up and down before looking back at the view screens, "It will only take us five minutes... stay here for now until we arrive..." She said and took her seat in the captains chair.

Gantry crane's and their respective tubes detached from the frigate; releasing it from it's bondage to the command ship. Fire erupted from the smaller ships engines and soon the frigate was off, after getting a short distance from the command ship it jumped into hyper-space.

While in hyperspace the captain rubbed her wrists and watched her crew; no one showed any signs of fear. She looked like this as it meant they would have an easier job getting this mission done.

A short time later the frigate appeared on the edge of the asteroid belt Serra Toga. Seconds after coming out the frigate cloaked and began nothing more than a shimmer against the darkness, helm piloted the mighty ship over and under asteroids and through debris fields.

"Getting here was easy..." One officer said. "Now we have to locate it..."

As the ship continued through the asteroid belt they picked up on a guide beam, used by their vessels and other ships to navigate the belt and get to the base. After six minute's they finally came upon the large mine field, inactive, but still deadly if bumped.

"Only one path..." Helm said and piloted the ship through the small hole in the mine field.

Once on the other side the frigate continued to follow the guide beam. As they rounded a large asteroid the base gradually came into view, it was massive. The base was surrounded by defensive ships, which wouldn't have possed a problem if it wasn't for one little ship that the sensor operatore found, "Shit.... they have a sensor scout in that fleet... we can't approuch."

The captain snarled; as her ship sat there she wondered what to do. "We can't approuch it head on... what about underneith?"

"Under or on top is the best we can do; if we approuch the base head on that scout will pick us up and we'll be turn into nothing more than space debris by the base's automated defense systems." The sensor officer said as she shifted sensor resolutions.

The captain nodded and gestured to helm; the frigate pitched upwards and slowly moved toward the ship of the base. Once they cleared the defense fleet everyone let out a sigh of relief. They searched the top of the base for access ways and soon found one.

"We can't fit there; going to have to use a boarding pod." Helms said as he navitgated the frigate into a good position to launch the pod. The captain turned to Asri, "Board the pod; and I wish you luck," she said.

Deck 14, Conference Room

Five figures sat in wooden chairs; two of these figures wore the tranditional generals garb, while the other three wore civvys. One was balancing a blade on the tip of his finger while another, a female, was taking her blaster apart and putting it back together in record speed.

"So what's the deal bringing us back from our golf game?" The female snarled at the colonal who stood near a holographic projector.

The colonal gulped before activating the projector. "Our contacts informed us that Lavality left Trandosha, information says she is headed to Hoth, apperently to bring the base there back online."

"A likely lie... but best to send a destroyer or two there to check on it." Another general, this one slightly shorter in height, said. "What else?"

The colonal shifted the holographic image of Hoth into Korribon. "Our men have excavated more of our employers base; they've found some rather interesting things - one thing that they discovered was more information related to Asri, the female Trandoshan who Lavality seems to be protecting.." he said and tried to access Asri's informaton, but in return the holo-unit shorted out and fell silent.

One of the generals raised an eye-brow while the female growled. "Everytime someone trys to access anything related to her, Trazu, Rissonik, or Tiosk.... this happens. Any electronic component near them shorts out."

"I know only one person who is capable of creating a virus for that.... and he's on base now." The female said and slapped an energy clip into her blaster. "Elimanent him."

The colonal nodded before going to the next bit of information. "Remember a few weeks ago logistics registered a strange decrease in our resources?"

"Go on..."

"We discovered that a large majority of our resources are being transported to one of our largest space ports near the sun," The colonal said and showed them some pictures. "My god.. thats massive..." A general exclaimed.

The shorter general nodded. "Lavality's been busy.. this is a destroyer.. shit... it's not a destroyer.. it's a fucking battlecruiser.."

Several glares went to the colonal. "If that ship is completed... Lavality will have more firepower than we have."

"There's a problem.. I don't know HOW she managed this but the ship is already nearing completion.... apperently a few years ago her father had commissioned a group to build the first segment, they completed that in under six months... what we see here are the peices coming together." The colonal then handed them another image.

"Why not 'bluff' TNO and the Coalition into thinking Lavality is going to attack them?" A general grinned.

"Good luck.." The colonal said. "We both know there's at least one person within the Coalition, and another within TNO that are financing them; they are probably sending the money in a way that makes it to were neither sides intelligence has a clue." He said but then shrugged, "Of course.. it could also be the traders guild, or maybe even a criminal group that is supporting this, either way Lavality has done a damn good job covering her tracks. If it wasn't for the traitor we captured a few days ago I probably wouldn't have found out."

The female general snarled and abruptly got up out of her chair and walked toward the door. "I grow tired of her shit..." she growled and turned toward the other generals. "I want her dead.. now.. glass Trandosha if you must! I. Want. Her. DEAD!" She shouted.

Deck 4, Recretional Quarters.

"Monik! Lazy fool... when are you going to cash in." His friend said as he slapped down a deck of cards.

Monik, a human male wearing the suit of a marine, looked at his cards before removing one and placing it on the table. "Check..." he said and his friend snarled. "Damn it..." he said and handed Monik several hundred in credits.

After the game Monik zipped his armor suit and grabbed his rifle. He was listening well to the various security traffic, but one message caught his attention - 'Unknown Reading on deck 13'

"Must be another rat..." Monik said and slug his rifle and made his way to deck 7.