10AFE/9BBY
Tapani Sector
Fondor
Location Unknown
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"Yes" Came an answer, as the blue image of a
Cloaked figure came into form.
"His magnificence has a mission for you," Newt spoke coolly.
"There are some… detractors interrupting our Ore transports to the mid rim. These pirate's and their blatant pilfering of our resources have upset some of our buyers, but that isn't the main subject for your summons. We've received unsettling rumors of a larger conspiracy yet to be uncovered . We want you to find the pirates and acquire any information that is deemed necessary and bring their leader to us, we'll have the specifics sent to you shortly,though I need not tell you of the importance and secrecy of this endeavor," Newt subtly highlighted the elimination of the witnesses or in this case the pirate leader's underlings and any others tied to this…. problem.
"Your worries are unwarranted" The man a sneered showing his displeasure at newt's last phrase.
"We are darkness itself" he added threateningly yet vaguely though Newt knew very well what the assassin meant.
It was revealed that they used some forms of dark art unknown to the galaxy to carry out their missions, missions to which always entailed: assassinations, subterfuge, sabotage, kidnapping and of course espionage.
"Transfer the required information. It shall be done" the master assassin stated.
"My lord expects a report within 48 hours," Newt added
There was no response only a silent pause before his image flickered away.
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Mandalore System
Mandalore
Sundari City
Southern Docking Bay
"Viceroy Saxon", Titus stated inclining his head in respect to the Mandalorian Governor.
"Commodore Titus," the former death watch warrior replies mirroring his action.
"I hope our presence here doesn't further intrude on your home world" Titus added
"None at all commodore, on the contrary the people of mandalore have come to realize the friendship between the Empire and our society and the initiatives we take to achieve our goals together for further prosperity," Saxon divulged ,seemingly believing in the very words that came from his mouth .
Titus wasn't inclined to do the same.
Saxon was a snake of ambition, not someone to be trusted indefinitely, but he was loyal to the empire so a show of faith was needed for their tenure here and for his future cooperation. It was best to make a friend of the man than an enemy.
"That is comforting to hear viceroy with the strength and willingness of your people and the resources of the empire I see no obstacles that can stop the alliance that we have forged over the years," Titus replies grinning, slightly at his honeyed words.
The man gave a smile at the compliment nodding in agreement and clearly pleased by Titus's response.
"Viceroy might I introduce Captain Dilon Rommel Grand Moff Tarkin's Operational representative to our future initiative, Major Ranson Gar my senior Army officer and chief security Advisor and last but not least Alan Puk Assistant Supervisor and one of our main Scientists " He introduced both men respectively.
"A pleasure great sirs, Mandalore welcomes you" the viceroy turns to say, to which the intendeds nodded at.
"Might I invite you all to our Governmental Abode so we can discuss our futures privately"
He turns to Titus to say
"Of course at once viceroy" Titus nodded in agreement as his to two aids followed beside him with a compliment of the vanguards stormtroopers and the Mandalorian Super commando's leading the way.
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The Domed city was a beautiful he admitted looking through the transparisteel window of his escort craft he could see the lights of the urban metropolis. Grand buildings of cultural architecture its numerous inhabitants going about their business. Some of its urban scape held great resemblance to his world Fondor. A dense cityscape filled with towering buildings and corporations, banks, guilds and its numerous housing skyscrapers and other structures.
But mandalore unlike Fondor was different in-many ways.
The planet Mandalore, sometimes called Mand'alor, was in the Outer Rim Territories. It was the homeworld of the native Alamite race and the Mandalorians, a fierce warrior tribe. During the fall of the Old Republic, the Mandalorians once engaged in combat with the Jedi and attacked their temple. They previously held political sway over two thousand other star systems and were feared throughout the galaxy for their characteristic armor, which was frequently constructed of beskar but now they were a majority pacifistic society who knelt in submission to the rule of the empire.
Though prior to Saxon's regency, Bo katan Kryze was named Regent of Mandalore by the Jedi after the Siege of the planet during the clone wars, and she briefly held power on the planet. The peace did not last long because of the Republic troops stationed on Mandalore , and when Kryze refused to follow Sidious, Gar Saxon and Clan Saxon, who were loyal to the newly established Galactic Empire, betrayed her. In return for his fealty, Sidious appointed Saxon the Imperial Governor of the now military-occupied Mandalore, with the Imperial Super Commandos acting as his enforcers. Saxon had pledged allegiance to the Empire following the collapse of Mandalore. To train military cadets, the Empire converted the Royal Academy of the Government into an Imperial Academy on Mandalore.
And now, with the proposition Titus brought to Tarkin weeks ago, an imperial facility for design and research for Project Auger and many more technological advances was fashioned under the domed city.
Resources from the system would be extracted, bought cheaply from local and foreign mining companies and even imported.
Everything would be done to make Titus's ambitious project a reality and pave the way for a prosperous and successful career that would bolster his influence within the expansive imperial system.
He wanted to make himself valuable somewhat irreplaceable if not shed the skin of a mere cog along the vast military industrial institution called the empire.
Many tried to understand the man's motives, his reasons for wanting power, his reasons for joining the imperial military. It was simple really. Despite his pretense, Titus Aurellion had little interest in Republican democracy and the failed state it was before the empire. He simply complied with his subconscious's desires; he yearned for greatness through the fields of fire and to bring order and peace to all walks of the unfair galaxy. He desired to see his own wishes realized, to see the empire and galaxy transformed into what he believed to be its ideal state, unquestioned and without flaws.
He had become somewhat perverted by the urge to eradicate the unrest from civilization, to put aside civil wars and secular divisions, and to destroy it. Although he saw himself as an agent for good, he had revealed a thus far unseen side in the Nuiri Sector. He had demonstrated that he was willing to do evil in order to accomplish a goal that he believed was essential.
This was not an individual of honor or chivalry, but of coldness, practicality, and logic.
…. Of great ambition