Aldera City
Conference Room-> Somewhere?
Maou P Placeholder 0128 Venandi Republic Engineering Denzul Yorkell Alwine Daye Faith Organa Andien Gale
The ground beneath her feet rumbled ominously. Fable grabbed the holotable until the movement ceased, allowing things to begin to return to normal. What was happening now? There was no reason for such seismic instability until security chatter mentioned some sort of Sith was creating earthquakes? Was that right? She hadn't even thought it was possible. More and messages were coming in, all of them marked urgent. Yet there was a crisis here too. Fable needed more assistants. Prioritize. Conference Room-> Somewhere?
Maou P Placeholder 0128 Venandi Republic Engineering Denzul Yorkell Alwine Daye Faith Organa Andien Gale
First thing, she needed to be safe and functioning. It was impossible to do anything else if that failed. As much as she hated to cave into weakness or mistrust. But that was before there began to be earthquakes. She turned to Venandi. "In this case, I agree. This building doesn't seem designed for earthquakes. Your Majesty, is there somewhere hardened against seismic activity? The palace would be excellent if it can survive an earthquake. "Individuality serves nobody," she replied, almost absent-mindedly to Alwine. "Only by working together can we make things better. Did you pull off everything today alone? "
She finally had a channel to the Defense Secretary. "Mr. Secretary! What are your flag officers doing over Kuat? I gave them instruction-"
"Civilians don't give orders to military personnel in active hot zones, Ambassador-Senator," the reply came back from the balding man in a suit. A light flashed on his monitor and his chair spun around.
"We are a civilian-run government, Mr. Secretary," Fable's voice was cool and sharp as she gathered her belongings for the evacuation. Wherever they were going next. The palace, she thought. "If we wanted the admiralty to pick who and where to fight, we'd have a military junta. I'm sure the Sith Empire could always use such militant-oriented ministers."
"I apologize. It will not happen again." Though the hologram was distorted, his face tightened and the adam's apple bobbed for a moment. " Admiral Stazi is... incapacitated. Apparent heart failure according to medics. Passed command down the chain."
Fable give him the most withering glare. "Inform them to cease fire and stand-down from the Imperium and Kuati forces. Or I will ensure that your career is very, very short."
"Of course, Ambassador, I will relay the message."
Already, additional security details were converging on the door and hallways, while an armored speeder was brought up to a side entrance. She nodded to the commandos on the security detail. "Let's get moving before the building comes down on our heads."
Another ding on her comm. This was from OMI. "Report?" She asked, pressing her hand against her head.
"Ma'am, we have a problem-"
"We have a multitude of problems. Be specific."
"Yes, ma'am. We started looking into increased activity patterns, but it turned out to not be necessary. Take a listen." The audio band shifted to a collection of a multitude of voices and transmission qualities. All of them were the same. Ships descending on towns and planets across the breadth of the Core in a highly-coordinated assault across vast swathes of territory. "We found out who was behind this entire series of events."
Fable's heart sank as she heard the many messages, while they were tied up here. With hostile activity on Alderaan and whatever the feth was happening on Kuat, they couldn't redirect their focus easily. "Thank you. Do the best you can. May the Force be with us all."
"May it so indeed, ma'am." The message winked out as Fabled pressed herself against the wall next to the door, waiting for the guards to usher them to safety. She pulled up the recordings of the distress signals.
"Imperator, I think you're going to want to hear this." She held out the device and pressed play. "We have more problems than whatever the Sith are doing here on Alderaan. Is there anything you can do about the dark siders on the planet?"