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recommend we begin evacuating the area .”
Deervan nodded solemnly, for
there was no greater matter of importance within Trinx society than the
Hamoriti, though it was soon to be taken from them to be put in the care of
better hands.
“ I’ll inform
Star Force ,” he acknowledged, with the aide quietly returning to his duties
and Deervan to his while getting a weird trepidation
regarding that transfer…as if it was a monumental turning point in history that
he was having the fortune to be present at.
9
April 3, 3297
Nearkod System
(Occupation Zone)
Inner Zone
The Excalibur came out of its jump into the former lizard core system at the head of a
convoy…which wasn’t all that peculiar, given that many Star Force convoys
passed through this system to get to the front, using it as a traffic nexus and
supply depot. There were sixteen habitable planets that were still producing
recycled materials from the lizard infrastructure that were feeding Star Force
factories on the ground and in the captured ring shipyards, of which this
system had the most known to exist.
There were 9 here spread across seven planets, two of
which had doubles, which was rare. The reason this system had them was due to
the unbelievably high deposits of natural resources. In addition to the sixteen
habitable planets, there were more than a hundred others that were barren lumps
of rock full of precious ores. The lizards hadn’t been mining those worlds so
much as consuming them, with three having visible chunks already taken out of
them and a fourth that was barely a wedge and looked more like an ugly
asteroid, for that was all that was left of it.
Processing all that material locally was more viable
than shipping it off to other core systems to handle the load so even while
this system wasn’t the tops within the former lizard hierarchy it did have the
most raw production value. That was all in the past now, and those shipyards
were just ghosts of their former selves save for a few spots within them that
had been converted to Star Force’s use.
There were a few defensive forces in the system, which
was usual to protect the recycling facilities and other sparse inhabitants. No
full colonies had been built here as of yet. It was simply a work zone that sported
several million people.
A command ship arriving was a common enough sight for
the warships meant to monitor and defend the system, but seeing that it was
Paul’s command ship caught their eye as a message from him flashed across the comm systems telling them to stand down and allow him to
assume command of system defense.
That wasn’t necessary, but still his prerogative. The
ship captains acknowledged the order just as their laggy sensors began registering the lizard ships jumping into the system behind the Excalibur …and the fact that Paul was
tagging them as friendlies.
The mastermind known as Thrawn entered the system in
one of the many lizard jumpships, his identity not known to any outside
observer nor logged within fleet systems. That was standard practice to keep
him from being targeted and even now under the protection of Star Force he
didn’t feel like breaking the habit. He received his orders from Paul via
relays and did not even think the Archon knew which ship he was on, for he’d
tried to hide that fact from him as well during the uploading in Krachnika .
His fleet followed Paul’s command ship out to Miit orbit, which was one of the two planets with twin
rings, one situated above the other with an interval of some 580 miles between
them and connected via support struts just like the inner ring was connected to
the surface. Paul signaled for him to meet him in person onboard the outer
ring, providing the coordinates and no other explanation.
Thrawn did as instructed and took a small transport
over to the massive space station, finding no one present. He walked, alone,
out of the hangar bay for a few minutes before he came to the
Deervan nodded solemnly, for
there was no greater matter of importance within Trinx society than the
Hamoriti, though it was soon to be taken from them to be put in the care of
better hands.
“ I’ll inform
Star Force ,” he acknowledged, with the aide quietly returning to his duties
and Deervan to his while getting a weird trepidation
regarding that transfer…as if it was a monumental turning point in history that
he was having the fortune to be present at.
9
April 3, 3297
Nearkod System
(Occupation Zone)
Inner Zone
The Excalibur came out of its jump into the former lizard core system at the head of a
convoy…which wasn’t all that peculiar, given that many Star Force convoys
passed through this system to get to the front, using it as a traffic nexus and
supply depot. There were sixteen habitable planets that were still producing
recycled materials from the lizard infrastructure that were feeding Star Force
factories on the ground and in the captured ring shipyards, of which this
system had the most known to exist.
There were 9 here spread across seven planets, two of
which had doubles, which was rare. The reason this system had them was due to
the unbelievably high deposits of natural resources. In addition to the sixteen
habitable planets, there were more than a hundred others that were barren lumps
of rock full of precious ores. The lizards hadn’t been mining those worlds so
much as consuming them, with three having visible chunks already taken out of
them and a fourth that was barely a wedge and looked more like an ugly
asteroid, for that was all that was left of it.
Processing all that material locally was more viable
than shipping it off to other core systems to handle the load so even while
this system wasn’t the tops within the former lizard hierarchy it did have the
most raw production value. That was all in the past now, and those shipyards
were just ghosts of their former selves save for a few spots within them that
had been converted to Star Force’s use.
There were a few defensive forces in the system, which
was usual to protect the recycling facilities and other sparse inhabitants. No
full colonies had been built here as of yet. It was simply a work zone that sported
several million people.
A command ship arriving was a common enough sight for
the warships meant to monitor and defend the system, but seeing that it was
Paul’s command ship caught their eye as a message from him flashed across the comm systems telling them to stand down and allow him to
assume command of system defense.
That wasn’t necessary, but still his prerogative. The
ship captains acknowledged the order just as their laggy sensors began registering the lizard ships jumping into the system behind the Excalibur …and the fact that Paul was
tagging them as friendlies.
The mastermind known as Thrawn entered the system in
one of the many lizard jumpships, his identity not known to any outside
observer nor logged within fleet systems. That was standard practice to keep
him from being targeted and even now under the protection of Star Force he
didn’t feel like breaking the habit. He received his orders from Paul via
relays and did not even think the Archon knew which ship he was on, for he’d
tried to hide that fact from him as well during the uploading in Krachnika .
His fleet followed Paul’s command ship out to Miit orbit, which was one of the two planets with twin
rings, one situated above the other with an interval of some 580 miles between
them and connected via support struts just like the inner ring was connected to
the surface. Paul signaled for him to meet him in person onboard the outer
ring, providing the coordinates and no other explanation.
Thrawn did as instructed and took a small transport
over to the massive space station, finding no one present. He walked, alone,
out of the hangar bay for a few minutes before he came to the
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