Akiva

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April 3, 6 BBY

In Orbit over Akiva

Imperial 3 Class Star Destroyer—(The Oppressor)

(Imperial Cells)

"Stop", William ordered indifferently, the stormtroopers followed suit and ceased their pouring of water on the criminal's cloth covered head.

"PUGH!"

"KOFF!"

"KOFF!"

"Now. I'll ask one more time. Where are the hideouts!?

"F***k Y*u", the rebel spat.

"Again", William ordered, his men followed suit, resuming their water torture on the spy.

"He will break, eventually, just like the many before him."

'Water boarding .It was one of the most effective means of torture if not the best, it neither left wounds nor scars on the victim, mostly physical scars though , he cant say the same for the mental ones and many men and aliens alike had faltered against such means of interrogation, some of the toughest and cruelest captives would come in sane and come out half mad or with excessive PTSD, and the others… they didn't get to see the light of day. They should have chosen a better occupation that's for sure', he thought.

"Report to Commander Canady when the rebel filth decides to talk. I'll be on the surface for the remainder of the day", The Admiral stated as he left the cell with his two Elite shadow troopers in tow.

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Oppressor's Bridge

"Sir, the admiral is leaving for the surface shortly ", the young ensign reported, getting an acknowledging nod from the 27 year old Commander in turn.

He'd never pictured himself so far in the outer rim let alone be under the young ; but well renowned Admiral. He had no complaints though , the Oppressor was a flagship many imperials would dream of.

It's dark colored surface bristling with fully automated point defense heavy laser batteries and cannons. Beskar added over the command bridge to further protect it's personnel and officers from fatal enemy fire, and more Durasteel to it's already impregnable hull. All of that in the shape of a sharp dagger shape as if to lay bare at their enemies.

The other 3 star destroyers and 2 Arquitens light cruisers over Akiva were not lagging behind either, especially when it came to weapons and armor, another advantage of the shadow command he had previously observed, their willingness to customize and improve upon technology to suit their requirements to conduct missions without obstruction .

Speaking of the planet. The once held separatist world had now become a heavily guarded imperial stronghold , it's large abundance in resources and massive underground factories had garnered the attention of the Moff and the Joint Board, and in turn, massive amounts of finances were invested in the reconstruction of the planet's economy and infrastructure.

The planet's government had already professed their loyalty to the empire years ago; but as a former separatist and a far outer rim world it was not given much attention.

That was then at least ; but now, now the Planet was turned into an imperial fortress. Where the funds came from that constructed the massive imperial bases on this ever Humid and ever rainy planet? he didn't know; but he knew that the use of thousands of abandoned droids to aid in it's construction was one of the main labour force behind it.

The Tarkins were surely rich. Millionaires if not billionaires, and he was more than grateful to be working under one.

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On the surface.

Imperial Headquarters of Akiva — (The SPIRE)

"Sir, Governor Isstra Dirus has requested a meeting with you, regarding some matters of the new Tax bill", said Andus vath, the elderly secretary/aid of William. A local of Akiva and a loyal, true devotee of the new order.

"Relay to Governor Dirus that i'm currently unable to see him at this moment in time . But arrange a meeting for tomorrow afternoon, by then we can talk business", william voiced as he entered his office.

"Yes sir", the elderly man replied poshly.

For god sakes, William thought.

This flowery and posh talking was annoyingly amusing and comical sometimes, and one of the many reasons he had refused meeting with the Governor, other than the fact that the man was a vain, sycophantic, pompous nerf herder. A nerf herder he is not; but you get the point. The man possessed a lot of bad habits, which was somewhat redeemable by his obedience to the Empire and that made him very useful.

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On Concordia

Concordia City

Outer sections.

"You see anything ?", the jade colored twi'lek asked.

"Other than the market crawling with stormtroopers , nothing at all", the young smuggler stated sarcastically .

"Nix, we sent you out there to scout out the base and gather information , enough of your japes and tell us what you know ", kanan warned.

"Hmph, whatever old man", the young smuggler grumbled out.

"Now!", kanan ordered.

"Ok, ok .I'll talk don't you have any patience?"

"The base has two guards at the door, both heavily armored and equipped with long range blaster rifles, there are three camera's at the entrance as well, all facing forward, the roof has no vents or exhaust ports so you should rethink sending your droid in, the back's heavily guarded by another 4 men. The way i see it entering the base is suicide, if you infiltrate the base and the alarm goes off then it'll alert dozens of stormtroopers both whites and blacks and i definitely don't want to be caught by the blacks", the Smuggler finished.

"We didn't ask for your opinion, you stole from us and now your repaying that debt, be grateful I didn't put a blaster bolt in your thieving behind", Kanan voiced as he frowned at the youths careless behavior.

"I'm just saying. Infiltrating a mercenary guild headquarters, especially a Mandalorian mercenary guild headquarters is a death sentence and I'm too young to die, so if you guys don't have anything that involves me living for the next… let's say 70 years or so I think i'll pass on this one", Nix said cheekily as he tried to sneak off.

"Ah, Ah , Ah, come back here", Hera said as she grabbed onto the young smuggler's shoulder.

"You're coming with us, we're gonna need a distraction".

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