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The Admiral personally shows the Empress to her quarters, where he hesitates again. He must obviously be a weak person, how he received his position is only the Gods guess.

Miss Star, I was wondering if you would entertain us with a song or two at dinner tonight.

The Emperess contemplates for a moment and then nods imperiously at the weak admiral.

Thank you, we shall be awaiting for you to grace us with your lovely voice. The Admiral bows and leaves them alone in their new quarters.

The Empress immediately sits at the small table in the center of the room. She motions you to sit down and take a seat.

Pulling a small box from her tool belt, she switches it on so the light is blue.

We musn't let them find what we are up to, as you obviously know. I have some hidden cargo that they may find and detain us for. Therefore, we need to go with Resiment's plan. She hands Resiment a small chip. These contain the plans for this ship, study them carefully. When I am at the dinner, you will go to the ships maincore and insert your virus, from there we should be able to hack into the system and immediately leave after dinner.

Blaze, you come with me, I need you to distract them as my eye candy. After all, it would look suspicious if you were not with me.

And you, Ricayu, stay here. We need to have you here to relay messages.

She takes another box out of her tool belt, this one she opens and you see small earpieces set in the soft foam. She hands one out to everyone, but herself.

I feel that there are some Jedi on board, we will need to use technology for now and hide the Force within us. I will give the go signal when I reach the dining room. Do you understand? You nod your head in unison.

Resiment took the chip, and hid it away safely in his robes. He looked at the earpiece, and held it, examining it. He moved it up to his ear, briefly pushing it away. Anyone who was really looking could have seen that there was barely an ear at all, however, no one saw it. Or at least he had hoped. He stood up, ready to deal with the Republic's pathetic ship.

Resiment poked his head out the door. Two guards. This may be difficult. He simply walked by them, and when they asked where he was going, he pointed down the hall to the bathrooms that were conveniently located nearby. The two nodded, but seemed suspicious. Once Resiment got into the bathroom, he locked the room behind him. There; a vent. He jumped as high as he could, and using a trusty vibro "knife" he had, he cut the hinge loose. It fell down, and he grabbed it so it didn't make it noise. He jumped up again holding on the ledge, and pulled himself up. He put the vent back in it's place, although upon closer inspection it would be seen it was crooked. He began to crawl through the vents, looking for the bridge...

1 hour later...

Resiment had finally found it. He didn't need to worry, no one was nside the bridge, only two positioned outside outside. He would be silent, they would be completely unaware. He didn't need to break this vent; he just pulled it up and it came free with a pop. He jumped down, with the vent covering, silent. He set it down on the padded chair he would be sitting in a few minutes. He moved to the main computer, and wasn't surprised to find a lock on it. No doubt the Admiral placed it on to make sure nothing fishy would happen. What the poor b*****d forgot was that he didn't double check his locks, he left the second one completely open. A backdoor. Still, to overide the lock would be difficult. He inserted his "virus" into the slot in the computer. He had to be quick. He quickly told the virus to send multiple pings and queries at a rapid rate. The system lagged. The virus was a lightning strike in the system. This game him access to all this ships files...and the Hope's. He found a useful tool. A scanner the Emperoress must have had installed to search for Force bodies. He saw 4 bodies glowing with a bright red- The Emperoress, Blaze, and Ricayu. The other of course, was him. There were two blue dots positioned right outside his door though. Jedi. He made note of this. He moved back to the Hope's systems. He quickly disengaged it's weaponry, completely defenseless. Next, he got his "virus" to develop a solution so that the engines of the cruiser he was on would be the same speed as the Hope's. No one notice, since the hum of the engines was quiet compared to the Hope's. He disengaged the gravity field holding them in, and at the same time, their ship's engines flared to life. Not even a Jedi would notice. He quickly did some minor adjustments to the Hope. He disengaged the Slipspace generator on the Hope, no one would be following this ship. He also locked the space doors on the hope that gave them access to this ship, so no more soldiers could enter or leave. There were only two Jedi on this ship, the rest were soldiers Blaze could easily wipe out in a few massive blows. He was done. He left through the "backdoor", and pulled out his virus. Yet he did not lock the bridge door. Once this ship started moving, those Jedi would come in to find him. And he was ready for them.

He pushed his fingers to his ear

Master, we are ready. Give me the command, and I can clear this ship. Their weaponry is disabled, and with Blaze with you, you can destroy them, or hold them captive, if you wish. There are two Jedi positioned outside the bridge. Once we do get moving, there will be a sudden jolt forward. They will notice it without a doubt. I'll take care of them. Resiment out.

Resiment pulled out his arm, and it slid back into it's position with a click. He waited for his Master to respond, and put his hand on his lightsaber.

((Rolled?))

Resiment spun around, and literally grabbed the glow from the Jedi's lightsaber with his arm. Suddenly, the blade backed up into the hilt, the hilt instantly becoming super heated, burning the Jedi's hand. He backed up, holding his burnt hand. He was scared. Resiment could sense his fear

You are weak. You cower behind false teachings that lower you. You can feel it yourself. Why put yourself through all the pain?

Reisment's voice chilled the Jedi down to the bone, and he seemed to hesitate for a moment. Finally, he spoke

It is you who is following false teachings! You think only of yourselves, and not for others! YOU ARE PLAGUE UPON THE GALAXY!

Resiment laughed."So be it, Jedi." Resiment held out his hand, electricity dancing from it. It danced over the Jedi's body, as he screamed out in pain. He finally stopped moving, and his head slumped down

Resiment walked calmly towards where his master and Blaze were. Any guards that got in his way he dealt with swiftly, he didn't even need to put effort into them.

Master, the Jedi are dealt with. I am on my way.

Resiment walked past the room where his master was. He had heard no commotion from here, so he entered. He knew she wasn't there, she was out on the bridge getting the ship ready for departure. Resiment entered the door, to find the admiral and several body guards with him. Apparently, he hadn't left.

WHY THE HELL ARE WE LEAVING THE HOPE'S GRAV FIELD!? We didn't give the codes to disable it! Where the hell are the two Jedi who were guarding the bridge!? More imporantly, who opened the bay doors?

Resiment stepped out from the shadows, into full view of the man. He sized him up. Weak, pitiful. Not even an echo of the force in him. It was pathetic to see someone so weak in charge.

Your Jedi have become one with the Force. They were weak and pitiful. But don't worry. You'll be joining them soon enough.

Resiment ignited his lightsaber...

((I can do two things; Keep the admiral alive for later storyline purposes, or kill him. Either way, the guards are going to die.))

The alarms are blaring loudly and the sweepers come off the ship with their guns, standing guard. The Empress still hides by the panel, making sure the virus will destroy the ships navigational and hyperspace systems, and hopefully overload the ships boosters. Her reputation and freedom to move about the galaxy depends on this.

The hallway suddenly fills with guards. Blaze pulls out his lightsaber and dismembers them one by one.

The virus has destroyed all communications units, so the Empress knows that a message of her betrayal cannot be relayed. The virus finally uploads and the ships overheating alarms start to go off.

Ricayu come with me. Blaze, stay here and fend the guards off until Resiment comes. He better make it in the next ten minutes, or the Empress will have to leave without him.

She unleashes her teal lightsaber and starts slicing through the helpless guards, her force energy shield absorbing the laser shots. She reaches the inside of the ship and looks in disgust as the gutted hallways stare angrily at her. She makes it to the captain's cockpit and starts the ship up. It looks like the crew and captain will have to be left behind...