The sky outside the enormous glass panels that made up one side of the Imperial Court was beginning to darken, the faintest hint of starlight now visible in the sky, a sliver of moonlight coming from the slightest crescent that shone in the sky.
The Emperor looked around the gathered fighters with a narrowed gaze, while they had fought against the invaders, many of their comrades had not.
"Tell me, why have you remained loyal to the Empire?" The Emperor took a seat on his throne, and asked the gathered fighters.
"So many of your comrades either surrendered, or betrayed you in the last moments of the battle at the docks, why did you not join them?" The Emperor continued, he was truly curious as to what drove these fighters.
