War 5 ( Read more... )

Zayne was on vacation for the first time in about a year. His family had just moved back to their homeworld of Phaeda after about a year and a half on Dantooine. He hadn't seen them since he moved to Fandom and started working three jobs (in addition to the typical helping save the town from invasions and Nothings), so it was time for him to take a ( Read more... )

"So Rohlan returned to his run, huh?" Gryph asked. He was all decked out in the finest formalwear he could buy for a Snivvian. At this point, that was some very nice formalwear. "Maybe I shouldn't be surprised. After all that sleep, he's ready!"

"You don't look like you're getting much sleep," Zayne noted. Zayne, for his part, was wearing his ( Read more... )

"I'm glad to help, Zayne," Captain Telletoh said as he settled into his chair at the officers' dining table. Zayne and Gryph were also seated with drinks in front of them. Rohlan - in his full replica "Spikes" armor to hide his true identity - stood at the other end of the table, somewhat impatiently. "Malak's still on Coruscant anyway. And Karath' ( Read more... )

As it turned out, Zayne was starting to get pretty good at setting up the pieces in the game he was playing. It started with getting a Mandalorian raiding party in the right spot. An anonymous tip to the Republic's defense ministry would get some Hammerhead cruisers to lay in wait. Zayne had no doubt one would be the Swiftsure, commanded by Admiral ( Read more... )

As far as all but six people in the galaxy knew, the Mandalorian mad scientist known as Demagol was standing trial on the Old Senate floor, being accused by the Jedi Crusader Malak, who he once tortured for days ( Read more... )

While the Old Senate Chamber hadn't been used for official Senate business in decades after serving as the battleground between Exar Kun and Vodo-Siosk Baas during the Great Sith War, it was still occasionally used as a venue for ceremonial events of historic importance thanks to its large public seating. Sometimes those events included show trials ( Read more... )

With Zayne and Jarael barely talking, life on the Hot Prospect was rather uncomfortable while everyone figured out where the proper place to let anyone who wanted to go might be. But there was a brief break in the awkwardness.

( Setting the table for Demon )

Time passed, clothes were changed, vomit was cleaned up, and Jarael told a story to everyone on the Cargryph team.

( Democracy is going to ruin capitalism )

A couple minutes later, Jarael met back up with Zayne and they were in their spacesuits, leaping out after the slaves toward the comet, just before the guards on the Sungrazer caught up to them ( Read more... )