Vidarr Saren
The First Order
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Post by Vidarr Saren on Apr 12, 2024 18:20:57 GMT -8
When the door hissed open, allowing Reya entry to the bridge, she would find a crew of operatives from the Imperial Security Bureau. A handful of ISB Stormtroopers patrolled about and stood at the three entry ways onto the bridge area. There were a number of communications going off as the crew sought to understand the current allegiance and status of Kuat. At present, there was a fleet in orbit, but the allegiance of the fleet was unknown. Thankfully, the corvette had a state-of-the-art Stygium cloaking device. Vidarr stood towards the front of the bridge, observing what was seen.
Seems pretty rough right now. Kuat Drive Yards that is.
There was all manner of space debris that littered the area above Kuat, even the shipyard facilities seemed torn, sacked, and obliterated in various places. From what was observed, there were crews and droids out and about, salvaging and repairing. But, based on the damages, KDY would likely be out of operation for weeks and months. Perhaps even years. It reminded Vidarr of the violent warlordism that tore apart the Empire before.
After a moment, he turns to see Reya joined him and one of his lieutenants that he was speaking with. Motioning to Zariel's daughter, the Deputy Director returned to looking out of the viewport. His lieutenant walked off to see if any had Kuat's current status figured out and if there was a place they could safely land for the mission ahead.
The Ren were through here. That's all we know. The Emperor's forces are currently at Coruscant, but the Ren have seemingly vanished.
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Post by Reya Valindra on Apr 18, 2024 11:52:47 GMT -8
Reya approached the view port someone surprised that Vidarr was acknowledging her in an almost conversational tone. She gazed out at the damage, broken ships, damaged dockyards, and all manor of other debris clouded the void around Kuat. Views like this make me wonder if mother was right in keeping the ISB out of the fighting? While the Imperial Security Bureau had declared loyalty to Octavian, the rightful ruler of the Empire by decree of his late father, Zariel had opted to keep her armies and navies out of the direct line of fighting, instead staying on loyal worlds, or recently liberated ones, to root out any potential traitors or rebel sympathizers. And wouldn't you know it, many of the ISBs political rivals on various worlds were found to have "strong suspected ties" to the traitors Baltasar and Fiora. But here in the face of the carnage, Reya questioned if maybe with their forces on the front lines, than the war could be over sooner. Imperials killing Imperials... Is this how it was during the first civil war? After Emperor Palpatine was killed?
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Vidarr Saren
The First Order
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Affiliation: First Order
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Post by Vidarr Saren on Apr 24, 2024 17:43:28 GMT -8
Vidarr glanced at Reya when she spoke up. It wouldn't be wise to question the Director's decisions. He was one of the few, probably like Reya, who could say so openly though. He saw the reasons, hidden between the words of the Lady Zariel, as to why she may have committed to Octavian but kept her forces away. On one hand, keep the heartlands of the Empire safe from the ravages of civil war. On the other hand, ensure her growing batch of loyalists didn't dwindle from the fighting. In a post-Civil War era, the ISB would surely become an important function within the First Order.
The reports is all I read of that time. You know that your mother and I kept to the Outer Rim.
Vidarr began to speak on the mention of the first Imperial Civil War, at the dawn of Operation Shadowhand.
It was certainly more devastating than this. Coruscant was turned to rubble by AT-ATs, AT-STs and other vehicles of war as the many branches of the Empire fought over how the nation needed to be govern. The Military sought to proclaim a Supreme Commander who they believed was their right to. The bureaucrats staged a coup in order to prevent any change to the New Order. ISB and Intelligence fought a shadow war against their rivals...
The thought of such an a cataclysm to the nation was beyond imagination. Even though there were worlds devastated during this conflict, there were signs of restraint. After all, the industries of these worlds would be needed... however, there were holes. Wide ones. Vidarr wondered to the future of the Empire.
Three Sector Groups were annihilated over the Imperial capital, Star Dreadnoughts clashed with one another, warlords wasted their caches on one another. The efforts of Thrawn had become nothing overnight... it was a time of great waste. Resources better used against the New Republic were turned against fellow Imperial instead.
All the while, the Emperor, from his lair on Byss, watched.
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Post by Reya Valindra on Apr 24, 2024 18:45:13 GMT -8
Reya paused sheepishly as everything nearby had come to a halt when she openly questioned her mother's orders. It was a privilege that she wasn't complete sure how she felt about it. On one hand, she was free to mostly speak her mind, but on the other, it meant most everyone else wasn't. But all the same, she listened as Vidarr spoke about what he knew of the Civil War, mostly things she already knew, but it was important to here his view of it. She nodded. Well, at least this isn't happening while we have a major external threat. The Corellian Coalition is already broken, and the other powers are too small to make any trouble for us, even while at war with ourselves... Of course not that there is ever a good time for civil war... Reya cleared her throat, to segway away from her awkward comments. So, how should we go about this? Quiet and stealthy, or flashing our ISB badges around and asking loud questions?
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