Into the Chaos -- Author's note.
Welcome to the third chapter of my story 'Into the Chaos'. A Sci-fi story that just happens to take place in the Unknown Regions of the Star Wars universe just after the Great Galactic War, almost 4000 years before the events of the movies.
As I said, this is the third chapter and if you haven't read the previous ones, I recommend that you do that first.
Disclaimer
: I do not own or hold any rights to any Star Wars licenses, including the star ships used in this story.
Some warnings
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This is an erotic sci-fi adventure, meaning that there will be both sex and violence, but I don't mix the two.
This story is posted on the Literotica website and the author does not give permission for it to be reposted or reprinted anywhere else without consent.
P.S. The series is self-edited, so any mistakes are mine, though I now have a proofreader, that can catch missing words ect. Thanks to Jessejames932006 for doing that.
P.P.S. While you're here anyway, please rate the chapter and leave a comment :)
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Chapter 3 -- Into the Unknown
Duchess, Centauri 21
"No battle plan can anticipate all contingencies. There are always unexpected factors including those stemming from the opponent's initiative.
A battle must thus become a balance between plan and improvisation, between error and correction."
From the Holy Book of War
I had a feeling of relief, as we got out of the gas giants' gravity well and entered hyperspace on route to the refuelling base, effectively taking us out of reach of most real space dangers. It also meant that at least some of the crewmembers could stand down and get some rest, a meal and even a shower.
True to my word, I had left the Class VI freighter on the pirate base and given the stranded pirates the directions to the moon base as well as food enough to reach it, so they could send for help or get away, depending on their plans.
The route to the asteroid base was straight forward, though it involved no less than five hyperspace jumps...mostly because we weren't really in a hurry, and I preferred to keep it safe instead of fast. As an added benefit, it gave me time to go over the data, we had taken from the three Sith's rooms.
Since I was off duty anyway, I had decided to read it in my bed, so I settled in with a cup of tea and had barely started to read, when the chimes announced that somebody was at the door.
"Enter!"
The door opened and Shakka walked in. "Hello, sir. Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure." I said as the automatic door closed behind her. "What's up?"
"I've problems sleeping. Can I sleep here? You make me feel secure." She smiled, but there was a nervousness in it. "I won't disturb you, I just need some sleep."
Smiling back, I gesture to the other side of the bed. "Go ahead. There's certainly room enough."
"Thank you." She said, looking relieved.
"No problem."
Without saying more, she took off her clothes and lay down on the bed, dressed only in black briefs and a black top, looking insanely sexy.
The thought of seduction flashed through my mind, but I discarded it. She had come here to sleep and I wanted to read the notes we had found.
"Sleep well."
"Thank you." She eyed the reading pad. "Have a good read."
I nodded, turned my attention to the pad and started to read.
For the next many hours, I shifted through written communications, transcripts of verbal communication, plans and personal notes, trying to make sense of the jigsaw puzzle of connecting information to get a glimpse of the overall situation.
It wasn't pleasant reading, despite it being mostly rumours and hearsay, and when I had been through it all, I leaned my head against the bulkhead.
Apparently, Darth Malgus, one of the strongest Sith Lords, had been so dissatisfied with the treaty the Empire had made with the Republic, that he had taken a part of the Sith Fleet and led them into the Unknown Regions.
That move had been copied by several others doing the same, but thankfully, their fleets were much smaller. One of them was Darth Arkol and he was the one Mahaw and his two companions had chosen to follow. Apparently, both Darth Arkol and Lord Mahaw weren't on the list of Darth Malgus' list of favourite people and unlike many others, Lord Mahaw hadn't dared to join Darth Malgus. The disagreement, if you can call it that, between the Sith was their view on non-humans. Darth Malgus didn't discriminate and besides using non-human mercenaries as shock-troops, he had even had a Twi'Lek lover for years, while Lord Mahaw disliked them and Darth Arkol hated anybody that wasn't human.
I sighed as I revaluated my information. Mahaw had not been a renegade Sith, but neither had he been working for the Empire. In the time-honoured tradition of the Sith, he had followed a powerful Darth, and as a former member of the Imperial Reclamation Service, he and his two companions had been under orders from Darth Arkol to find Sith Artifacts and Ancient Super Weapons using any means possible. Both were things Darth Arkol needed to be able to take on the much larger fleet of Darth Malgus and ultimately Darth Malgus himself.
In Mahaw's case, 'any means possible' had meant acquiring a Fury and two Kolareth-Class Imperial Transports from an Imperial base and going undercover as a pirate to do so, as that enabled him to search through old IRS bases while the loot would go towards funding Darth Arkol's war efforts.
"You look tense." I suddenly heard Shakka say from the side. Looking over, I discovered that she had awoken, while I had been reading and thinking.
"I am. Discovering that there're several Sith fleets in the Chaos will do that to any naval officer."