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Post by Zuka Zammanee Tarkin on Aug 15, 2016 7:01:50 GMT -8
Zuka gives Thrakk a nod of approval.
Ah so very true.
Zuka removes his comm link and uses it to contact the bridge. He instructs the bridge officer to plot a course for Taris and to leave as soon as possible.
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Post by Thrakk Valinor on Aug 15, 2016 19:58:47 GMT -8
* Thrakk walks with Zuka to the bridge and waits for the ship to reach Taris*
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Post by Thrakk Valinor on Aug 24, 2016 22:00:44 GMT -8
* The Infernums Fury enters hyperspace to Taris*
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2016 22:14:33 GMT -8
Watching the holoprojected tactical display hovering in the air in front of his command chair, Torin Bralor rubs his stubbled chin as he notes the movements of the First Order's fleet in the aftermath of the conclusion of the relatively brief battle against Agamar's outclassed orbital defenders, and then turns to order his helmsman to move the Ragnhailt from its present position into one over Agamar's capital city.
As his Keldabe-class battle ship gets underway, Torin takes a moment to review the latest reports to have come in from the Mando'ade and First Order forces in orbit and on the planet's surface, and then begins issuing orders to have his hangar crew prepare to receive the Bes'uliik starfighters that had fought in the orbital battle when then return, as well as ready the starfighters he will be sending out to begin orbital patrols. Ordering his comms officer to contact the Tra'kad-class transports, M22-Krayt gunships, and Kom'rk class fighters comprising the rest of the Mando'ade fleet, Torin begins planning how and where to deploy to best see to the orbital defense of the planet now that Agamar is under the control of the First Order and the Mando'ade.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2016 22:40:18 GMT -8
A battered but well maintained GPE-7300 spaceport rises from Agamar's surface, entering the planet's orbit and adjusting it's course onto a heading that will enable it to make for the Mid Rim. Once away from Agamar's gravity well, the GPE-7300 accelerates before winking from view, having entered hyperspace.
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Post by Nicademus Delvardus IV on Nov 7, 2016 5:52:06 GMT -8
Some months after the invasion of Agamar, a Star Destroyer, bearing the markings of the First Order, entered the system, escorting a large group of heavy transports. Nicademus had been true to his word; promising munitions, supplies and Imperial-made products both of agricultural and military design for the Mandalorians. This was the first major payment and it was well over what had been initially planned. Aboard the Star Destroyer was a trusted emissary of the First Order who had been sent to deal with the Mandalorians once more.
Agamar Orbital Control, this is the Star Destroyer, Nemesis. Requesting permission for Imperial transport landing and an audience with the Mandalorian governor on behalf of the First Order.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2016 14:48:55 GMT -8
The Ragnahailt, Torin Bralor's Keldabe-class battleship, currently maintaining a position over Calna Munn, has been handling the task of oversseing all orbital and planetary traffic control while the Mando'ade and First Order's ground forces have been managing the transition of Agamar's industrial, political, and service sectors from their previous state of affairs into the hands of the world's new stewards.
After the sensor operator has confirmed the veracity of the transponder codes supplied by the Nemesis, and all of the necessary clearances have been received from the surface, the comms operator opens a channel to the Star Destroyer and says, Permission for Imperial transport landing granted, Nemesis. As a datapacket is prepared supplying the flight path and landing coordinates for the transport, as well as that of the location of the building in Calna Muun where the Mando'ade command center has been established, the comms officer continues, Sol'yc ver'alorn Faelan Bralor has been apprised of your arrival, and will meet with your emissary on the planet surface as requested. Over.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2017 19:26:41 GMT -8
Watching from a forward viewport of the Ragnahailt's bridge as a trio of Bes'uliik starfighters streak away to begin their CAP, Torin Bralor waits until the fighters are no longer visible before turning and sitting in his command chair. Calling up a holographic tactical display that shows the disposition of his fleet, Torin enlarges the sector where several transport ships are arriving in orbit after having lifted off from various mines, factories, refineries, and other industrial holdings on the surface. The transports are escorted by Bes'uliik starfighters, with other ships patrolling the areas where the transports will be making their jumps to hyperspace to deliver their cargo to Mandalore or First Order held worlds; Torin doubts that the Agamarian guerrillas, which have been putting up small fights here and there on the surface, have the resources to mount any kind of substantial orbital attack, but prefers to be prepared in the event the guerrillas have been keeping some of their assets in reserve.
Sometime later, the transports all having made their jumps to hyperspace without incident, Torin has the starfighters that had performed escort or patrol duty for the transports return to the nest so that their pilots can rest while their ships are refueled and receive routine maintenance.
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Post by Brielle Giovane on Feb 20, 2017 0:50:10 GMT -8
The Ekundayo, a Brayl-class bulk freighter returning from its delivery trip to Mandalore, emerges from hyperspace and, as per standard protocol, contacts orbital traffic control to be granted permission to continue on for its point of origin on Agamar's surface.
While six of the seven crewmembers departed from Agamar with the Ekundayo, one did not. Jedi Investigator Vashity Lokshin, currently undercover and acting as the bulk freighter's engineering officer, replaced the crew's former engineer on Mandalore, working closely with her contacts in the Sector Rangers and Bureau of Ships and Service after rumors of an occupation of Agamar had eventually gotten out to formulate a plan to enable her to covertly get to the planet's surface to gather intelligence for the Jedi Order. Vashity is sure that at least some of the freighter's crewmembers suspect she is not who or what she claims to be, for no matter how convincing her identification papers, her portrayal of a ship's engineer, or how masterfully her replacement of the freighter's previous engineering officer was played out (the arrangement being facilitated in part with the cooperation of the management of the shipping company after they had been contacted and convinced to aid the Jedi Order in the mission), the whole affair would seem strange to some. The risk of the crewmembers tipping off the force occupying Agamar, however, was deemed minimal given that the original crewmembers were all natives of the agriworld, and therefore ideally disinclined to help those who have occupied their homeworld.
Not wanting to press her luck where digging for intel from the crewmembers was concerned, Vashity had kept to herself for the journey from Mandalore, performing her duties while, if not going out of her way to avoid interacting with the crew, doing nothing to encourage it. Once the freighter reaches the surface, Vashity, a thirty six year old native of Chalacta taken into the Order at the age of three when her Force sensitivity was discovered, plans to begin her work in earnest.
On the bridge of the freighter, the captain waits to be given permission to land, drumming his fingers on the arms of his chair as he waits.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 1:33:09 GMT -8
While the crew of the Ragnahailt, the Keldabe-class battleship currently maintaining a position over Calna Munn, has been handling Agamar's incoming and outgoing orbital traffic long enough that the return of the Ekundayo is anticipated, the Mandalorians are not so complacent that they handle the clearance routines any less thoroughly. The crew and cargo manifests are requested and examined, while the freighter itself is subjected to sensor scans to ensure that nothing is amiss.
While it does not go unnoticed that the Ekundayo's engineering officer has changed, verification of Lokshin's cover identity, fortunately for the Jedi, raises no red flags.
The Ragnahailt's comms officer opens a channel to the Ekundayo after all of the routine security checks have been completed and the freighter has been cleared to land, saying in Basic while transmitting the freighter's assigned course to its captain, You are cleared to break orbit and continue down to the planet's surface, Ekundayo. Your assigned flight plan has been transmitted, the officer says, adding in the same officious tone, Be advised that you may be subject to additional scans and clearance checks upon landing.
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Post by Brielle Giovane on Feb 20, 2017 6:23:49 GMT -8
The comm transmission from the orbital traffic controllers is played over the Ekundayo's PA system for all the crew to hear, followed by the freighter's captain issuing orders for the chief mate to have the deck crew prepare to receive the scanner crews likely to be waiting for them once they set down.
Tapping a servodriver against her palm after tightening a bolt on the leg of the CLL-6 binary load lifter droid she has been repairing, Vashity tells herself that the additional scans and checks are nothing to be concerned about, only the forces occupying Agamar doing their due diligence. Having disassembled her lightsaber hilt and stored the components in cleverly concealed compartments of several different tools in her kit or, in some instances, personal belongings, Vashity is confident that no matter how thorough the scans or security checks the ship and crew are subjected to once they reach the surface no reason to suspect she is anything other than an engineering officer employed by the shipping concern that owns the Ekundayo will be discovered so long as she plays her part well. Setting the servodriver down, Vashity roots in her toolbox for a screwdriver to complete her work on the load lifter droid.
On the Ekundayo's bridge, the captain issues the orders to bring the freighter onto it's assigned course and increase speed so that the freighter is soon bound for the loading yards on Agamar's surface that it calls home when not out delivering or picking up cargo.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 12:38:40 GMT -8
Pale skinned, whippet thin, and possessed of an imperious air which perfectly compliments her regal features and bearing, First Order Admiral Ishild Sauer clasps her hands behind her back as her flagship, a Nebula-class Star Destroyer christened the Kunigunde, slows to ahead dead slow after reentering real space. Without taking her icy green eyes from the view outside of the bridge's forward viewport as the other ships of the small fleet under her command appear from hyperspace and begin to form up with the Kunigunde, the fifty six year old Shownarri says in her cool, crisp, and precisely cadenced voice, "Open a secure channel with orbital control."
As she waits for her order to be carried out, Ishild unclasps her hands and adjusts the cuffs of her grey double-breasted tunic and wonders how long she will be made to wait for the Knight of Ren she has been sent to meet with. It was, Ishild supposes, only a matter of time before her long standing record of managing to avoid any dealings with the Dark Side aligned Force sensitives the Supreme Commander has been welcoming into the First Order with an increasingly alarming regularity was broken. The thought of being made to answer to a member of the Knights of Ren, an organization with a philosophy and ideology that Ishild is fairly certain no one outside of it has yet to define, much less begin to understand, rankles, but the Shownarri's belief in the sanctity of the chain of command is absolute, guaranteeing her obedience to her orders. She has been ordered to bring her fleet to Agamar to meet with the yet to be named Knight of Ren, who will arrive at an as yet determined point sometime in the coming month to assume command of Ishild's fleet for a purpose which also has yet to be revealed to her, and so she has come, and so she will wait.
When her comms officer notifies her that a secure line of communication with the Mandalorian vessel acting as the gatekeeper for Agamar's orbital traffic has been established, Ishild takes a seat in her command chair and begins the tedious process of verifying her identity as an admiral of the First Order, and then explaining to them that her fleet will be remaining in orbit for an undetermined amount of time, during which her ships will avail themselves of the opportunity to refuel and resupply. If the Mandalorians are agreeable, Ishild goes on to explain once it has been verified that her fleet is in fact with the First Order, there proves to be sufficient time and opportunity for her and other crew members of the vessels in her fleet to rotate in shifts to Agamar's surface for shore leave, she would like to make the necessary arrangements now to ensure accommodations in Calna Muun or elsewhere are available and prepared in advance.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2017 0:42:48 GMT -8
The arrival of a First Order fleet is not an expected one, but as the fleet's transponders identify them as such, the captain and crew of the Ragnahailt are not overly alarmed that such a large force has appeared without any forewarning.
Having no objections to anything the commanding officer of the First Order fleet has requested, once all of the necessary security checks have been conducted without any red flags being raised, the Ragnahailt's captain instructs his comms officer to notify Faelan Bralor of the arrival of another visiting First Order officer, and of what she has requested so that preparations can be set in motion to resupply and refuel the fleet while accommodations are arranged for the Admiral and her crew in the event their stay is long enough that they are granted shore leave.
Once all has been set into motion, Torin Bralor, the Ragnahailt's captain, re-opens the secure comm channel and says, Preparations are underway to have your ships resupplied and refueled Admiral Sauer. If you provide us with a list of the provisions and supplies you require, I will see to it that transportation from the surface begins as soon as possible. On the same note, once you have reached a decision concerning shore leave for you or your crews, you have only to inform me of the numbers and timetables involved, and accommodations already underway will be finalized so that all is in order.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 7:57:41 GMT -8
Excellent, Ishild replies when the Mandalorian captain has consented with her wishes, turning to her XO, a sixty-eight year old Epicanthix every bit as thin, regal and severe looking as she is, as she continues, A list of the supplies and provisions we need will be transmitted to you shortly, with a proposed schedule for the rotation of our personnel to the surface to follow soon thereafter.
Nodding to her comms officer that the comm channel can be terminated, Ishild lets the Mandalorian know that there is nothing more to be said for the time being with that termination, and turns to her XO, Commander Dachs Brandt, as she says, "Have the captains of our ships perform inventories of their provisions so they can provide you a list of what they require, and then prepare a master list for the Mandalorians." Returning Brandt's salute, Ishild watches him depart to carry out his task and then turns her attention to preparing an encrypted report to send to her commanding officer informing him of her fleet's arrival in Agamar's orbit. Hopefully, Ishild thinks as she begins the precisely worded communique, she will soon be informed of a more exact time for when the Knight of Ren she has been sent to Agamar to wait for will arrive.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 0:14:08 GMT -8
After Sauer signs off, Torin instructs his comms officer to make him aware when the First Order Admiral has sent the list and schedule to that he can ensure that arrangements for supplies to be assembled on Agamar for transported to the First Order vessels can begin in a timely fashion.
Bearing in mind the position Admiral Sauer's fleet has taken in orbit, Torin adjusts the patrol routes assigned to the ships of his fleet, communicating his new orders to his fleet once he has made the necessary alterations.
Once the supply requests have been received, Torin forwards them to Calna Muun, where the Mandalorians in charge of resupply and refueling operations are waiting for them in order to begin preparations to fulfill Admiral Sauer's request. Later, when he is informed of the refuel and resupply schedule that has been decided upon, Torian has his comms officer contact Admiral Sauer to inform her of when to expect the cargo and fuel transports to arrive in orbit.
The following day, at the scheduled time, the first of the cargo and fuel freighters arrive in orbit and begin resupplying and refueling the First Order ships, operations continuing smoothly throughout the day with Besu'liik starfighters being assigned escort duty for the freighters coming from and returning to the surface.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 2:14:03 GMT -8
For mercenaries, Ishild finds herself thinking as the efficiency of the First Order's allies becomes apparent in the way that they go about the business of seeing that her fleet's provisions are restocked and its ships are refuled. If the Mandalorians invested in orbital defense and repair stations, Ishild cannot help but think on the heels of her assessment of their organizational skills as it is in her nature to always seek ways to continually refine and improve processes rather than merely be content with them no matter how proficient they may be, Agamar's use as staging ground would be vastly improved.
While it arrives, the reply from her superior officer to her report does not, much to her disappointment, give Ishild any more firm a timeline in which to expect the Knight of Ren she has been ordered to transfer command of her fleet to when they arrive. Having always taken great pains to arrange everything from her personal life to the task of leading her fleet with as much precision and order as it is possible to achieve, Ishild finds the uncertainty of when to expect the Knight of Ren off-putting, her resultant anxiety only slightly leavened by the fact that she knows there is nothing she can do to change the situation. Managing her fleet when it is in a holding pattern is not sufficient to occupy her for long, Ishild knows, as does her XO, and it is Commander Brandt that eventually persuades her to reluctantly avail herself of the chance to take a few days shore leave while the fleet awaits the arrival of the Knight of Ren.
Leaving Brandt instructions to contact her immediately should the Knight of Ren arrive before her return, Ishild is among the first wave of crewmembers from the ships of her fleet to board shuttles bound for Calna Muun.
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Post by Katsumi Ren on Jul 18, 2017 11:26:04 GMT -8
A VCX-100 light freighter winks into view upon exiting hyperspace, slowing but not stopping as it's pilot, a Knight of Ren, transmits the clearance codes identifying the ship and its pilot as an operative of the First Order so that the Mandalorian and First Order defenders in orbit know not to impede her progress. Once she has confirmation that the clearance has been verified, Katsumi sends an encrypted transmission to the Kunigunde, the Star Destroyer commanded by the Admiral she has come to take under her wing, leading her, and the ships and troops she commands, to victory in the campaign she was granted a vision of setting in motion and guiding by the susurrus of the Force.
The transmission sent, Katsumi leans back in her seat to await Admiral Sauer's reply.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 14:28:17 GMT -8
Commander Dachs Brandt, the XO of the Kunigunde, orders the Star Destroyer's comms officer to acknowledge the Knight of Ren's transmission, and to maintain her present position for further instructions. With Admiral Sauer in Calna Muun at the moment, Dachs then contacts her personally to ask how she prefers to handle the situation. Ishild, not inclined to make a journey from the surface below to accommodate the Knight of Ren, instructs Dachs to have Katsumi meet her in Calna Muun instead.
Instructing the Kunigunde's comms officer to reopen the channel with the VCX-100, Dachs says crisply, Admiral Sauer will meet with you in Calna Muun. After giving Katsumi the coordinates to the landing pads near where the Mandalorians have provided Ishild with quarters, Dachs concludes by informing her, Admiral Sauer's personal guards will meet your ship and escort you to her.
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Post by Katsumi Ren on Jul 20, 2017 23:43:16 GMT -8
Social niceties of as little concern to her as personal hygiene, Katsumi does not deign to reply to the transmission, and instead simply closes the comm channel before proceeding to pilot her stolen VCX-100 light freighter from orbit to Calna Muun.
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Post by Katsumi Ren on Aug 3, 2017 21:14:59 GMT -8
Having made the trip from from Agamar's surface to the Kunigunde in orbit after meeting with Admiral Sauer, Katsumi follows her escorts from the hangar to the quarters she is assigned. Restless, the vague and foundationless sense that hers are not the machinations which are in motion not having left her ever since she had departed from Rendili, Katsumi does not remain in her quarters for long.
Stealth, like any of the abilities which are hers to command with the Force, requires practice, and Katsumi occupies herself for a time by honing her skills. Using the Force to move unseen among the Star Destroyer's crew, Katsumi haunts the massive ship, bending light to conceal herself from view, and using telepathic suggestion when necessary to remain unseen, a silent wraith stalking an officer here, a Stormtrooper or pilot there.
Returning to her quarters once her exercise has begun to tax her mental and physical reserves, Katsumi permits herself to sleep, waiting for word to arrive from Admiral Sauer that the arrangements for the mission briefing have been completed.
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