Aboard the Siege Tower,
Orbit of Abregado-Rae,
"Sir, responses incoming,"
The Communications Officer spoke up, the droid looked to him simply,
"Kaeshana answered, single Gonzanti Cruiser has been sent with trained crew, they will be entering out system shortly. The Concord has sent at least singly tramp freighter, it's already in Mandalorian Territory, among with some infantry. No answer from Fondor or the Iridonians."
HK nodded slightly, pushing himself off of his Captain's chair as he watched the darkness of space around Abregado's system, a flash was seen as a cruiser entered the realspace, a Gonzanti Cruiser.
"Sent my thanks to the Concord and Kaeshana for their representatives. Sound all hands on deck alarm, prepare to jump towards Mandalorian Territory."
As the dropships carrying troops onto the frigate, including freelancers and mercenaries like [member="Levia Sol"] or [member="Drazav"], touched down in the hangars and unloaded their soldiers, yellow lights would begin to blare and announcement for everyone to get to their battle-stations would sound out, it was not a drill.
"Come on! To the armory, hurry up, we will be jumping into hyperspace any minute, I want you outfitted and ready for boarding actions by the time we cross the boarders!"
An Iron Knight Captain called out, Captain Aegis, he was called, an aging veteran of grizzled appearance, clad in heavy armor of the Protectorate, member of the Iron Company since before the Bando Gora Campaigns. It would be him that would be responsible for making sure Levia and others would be ready, but he would probably not lead him into battle, Levia would most likely be assigned to the squad under HK's command, nudge-nudge, wink-wink.
Either way, the Captain kept hurrying them along as the shuttles began leaving, the only sight in the hangars were the armored military dropships used by the Protectorate, preparing for the upcoming battle.
"Armory is down the corridor to the right, 's go, 's go!"
Back on the bridge,
The doors would open and HK glanced back as [member="Nyos Val"] and [member="Bluejay Ungolfen"] joined him, he nodded simply to them, glancing out of the viewport briefly at Nyos' question,
"The Mandalorian distress signal from Aeden Miles was not the clearest, a group of ships, Tulak accompanied by Fel ships, have jumped into the Aeten 2 system with Republic IFF codes, none of that adds up, but it seems they fired upon the Mandalorians, and our aid is needed now. I have seen Aeten 2 before, it is not a weak world, and the defenses there must be stronger now than they were during back when the Sith Empire was still around."
HK would look back to them,
"We will do what we do best, launch our dropships as soon as we enter the system, board their flagship, the Tulak, kick asses of whoever attacked the Mandalorians, and take their ship."
Little did the droid knew, the Tulak was already sunk, seems the Sith weren't the best at the naval combat nowadays.
"Of course plans can change, depending on how many anti-starfighter ships they have out there, their position, if they have landed on any space stations or the planet, et cetera."
He nodded slightly,
"Any questions? Nyos? Miss Bluejay?"
HK asked, he remembered still Blue's codename, although she probably submitted it again when she filled out the paperwork for freelancing stuff, so it wouldn't be that weird for HK to know it.
[member="Hecate"]
"Sir,"
His Communications Officer spoke up, HK glanced back before giving a nod to Bluejay and Val,
"Hold that thought for a second."
Turning his attention to the Officer, he kept going,
"Yes?"
The Officer nodded as he was acknowledged,
"We have received transmission from the Gonzanti Cruiser, they are reporting in and sending us their specs."
HK nodded slightly,
"Connect me on their channel."
The Officer turned to his console, following the order, affirming with a curt "Yessir."
"Hecate Ferrum, this is Colonel First Baron Iron Knight of the Iron Company, thank you for your presence, specs are not necessary, I am familiar with Gonzanti Cruisers, prepare to join with us for a hyperspace jump towards Aeten 2, you are to provide escort for our frigate until further orders, over."
HK then turned back to Nyos and Bluejay,
"You were saying?"
He let them know that they had his attention once more.
Soon enough,
The Siege Tower would power up its engines, making a jump into the hyperspace, the blue tunnel enveloping the ship, and hopefully the Gonzanti Cruiser following them, the Tower had to go bit slower to let the Cruiser keep up with them, as they began their journey towards Mandalorian territory.
[member="Listeri Dalane"]
In the tunnel the Communications Officer spoke up once more,
"Sir, the Concord Light Freighter is asking for our status, they are flying proper IFF codes, it has been sent from Aeten 2 system."
HK nodded simply, gesturing for the Officer to connect HK for a response,
"This is Iron Knight to Concord Light Freighter, we are still on our way to the system, how does the battle look? Mandalorians were not too clear about the report from it, you are our eyes out there right now, be careful."