Soon enough 4 days and I got reports from all the different positions.
Most of them were inside the planet while a very few were under a day away. However, it wouldn't matter as the Xucphra workers wouldn't notice it before it would be too late.
I was currently sitting in a situations room within the Military Headquarters. Beside me sat General Tyr, Prime Minister Jason, Admiral Jaime, and Axel, Chief of Security.
Lord Commandant Alexander though, wasn't there. Which was unique.
Well if you took into the uniform of our troops into consideration then you'd quickly find out why.
I got a drone shot watching 2000 men creeping on towards the Headquarters of Xucphra. However, it wasn't quite the headquarters more like a city. They had more than 1000 employees and 200 soldiers.
The force staff royal guards were waiting with Alexander. I had decided to call them the Praetorian Guards. I had decided to steal it, but not from the Romans but from Palpatine. Good luck naming your Royal Guard special unit Praetorian Guard now, eh.
Well, either way, the 200 Praetorian Guards were leading the attack alongside Alexander standing closest to the main entrance. Outfitted with hand pistols in their hands and force staffs on their back.
My guards aren't the Mandalorian Royal Guard. They kill, in fact, most of them would rather kill than let them live. Especially the Praetorian Guard. Their utmost loyalty to my deceased father and their increased loyalty towards me due to letting them take revenge for the 2nd time.
As such most of the Royal Guards would rather kill anyone who could cause any problems instead of risking it by capturing them.
"What are our eyes?" I asked General Tyr. The commanding officer.
"My Lord we have 4 different drones flying around, all equipped with heat-seeking equipment and we also have the layout of the entire base on screen." He said.
"So everything is ready?" I asked and he nodded.
"Very good, begin the operation." I said and he immediately turned around and nodded to one of his soldiers sitting at the screen.
He then spoke into his mic.
"Lord Commandant, you may begin your attack." He said and Alexander immediately signaled for the Praetorian Guards to move out.
They had silencers automatically equipped to their Commando Pistols and they silently took out the 2 guards.
They then moved onto the gate. The gate was large and made out of heavy iron. It was about the size of a CIS Tank. It could easily drive through it.
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I turned to one of my slicers by my side.
"Chonn get that door opened immediately!" I said silently and he nodded.
"Yes, Lord Commandant." Before beginning to slice the network.
I leaned onto the wall alongside my 200 other comrades as I pressed the commlink.
"Tyr, is there any guards on the wall?" I asked, a few seconds later the reply came.
"No, they are switching patrols. As we hoped." He said and I released a breath I didn't realise I held in.
If there was any guards at the walls at this time we would easily get spotted due to our numbers.
There were 4 entrances to the building. Each had 200 standing beside the entrance and they had 300 in the forest around each entrance, as reinforcements.
A few minutes later Chonn got through the network but he looked at me before opening it.
"Is everyone ready?" I asked through the comms.
"No, Lord Commandant."
"Need a few more minutes."
"Almost there."
3 different responses came through. Of course, they weren't finished yet. Chonn was our best slicer.
"Chonn open all the 3 doors." I told him.
"Chonn is opening the doors, prepare to breach." I said over the commlink notifying the different teams of the change in plans.
And soon enough I heard a swish sound as the automatic doors opened.
"Alright, move, move, move!" I shouted quietly as I began signaling for my men to move.
After the last of the 200 men entered, I also signaled for 200 men in the forest to move on. But we would keep 100 in backup.
After giving the signal and seeing them move, I too turned around and sprinted into the compound.
The first of the guards had noticed us and fired a laser. However, these weren't suppressed, and everyone within the compound immediately realized they had intruders.
"All backup squads, do not allow anyone to escape. Drones watch out for any secret exits." I said into my commlink and continued.
I took the force staff off my back and sprinted forward.
I reached the main battle. About 150 guards were fighting my men. They had equipped themselves with their staffs and were pushing forward blocking the blasters.
We had the advantage in numbers and therefore most of the Praetorian Guards only needed to focus on one guy and they could easily block the lasers from a single guy.
The 200 reserves quickly entered the fold and used their A130 Blasters to unload onto the guards standing in the open. Don't know their chief of security but he ain't the brightest one.
I sped ahead and reached the first line.
Someone spotted me and my extra armor and quickly deduced that I was an officer.
Immediately after 3 people focused their fire on me. I evaded the 2 first before using my staff to absorb the laser. The Force Staff had electronic and stun capabilities. And it could block laser bolts. But not send them back at the attacker, only absorb them into the metal.
However, by absorbing it, we fueled our electronic and stun devices, making them stronger.
We could also focus our electricity into one single point making it an electrified blade for a short duration. Which could penetrate most basic armor. And laserproof vests. But that depended on which type.
I jumped forward after absorbing the 3rd quickly closing any distance between us.
I then used my staff to knock the closest guard's blaster into the air before activating the electronic blade and stabbing him into the hearth. I deactivated it before spinning around, activating the electronic particles making it a shock staff and I smashed it into the side of a second guy's head.
The pure physical trauma would be enough to put him out of the fight but the electric properties short-circuited his ears and knocked him out cold.
My instincts told me to evade. And I did. Jumping to the side and rolling, my old place got blasted to shreds by 15 lasers coming from 5 different people.
They then turned their aim onto me, only for 2 of them to fall with laser marks in their chest and 3 others to get yellow blades through the hearth.
I had ended up behind the enemy lines so they needed to turn away from the battlefield.
Which my men of course utilized.
Soon after the battle ended. I realized the majority of their guards were stationed here so the other forces probably had it easier.
"Alright, move into the compound. Arrest any civilians or surrendered guards and bring them here. Call in our reserve forces to guard the prisoners. Move it!" I shouted and I got a unified.
"Yes, sir!" in return.
I then repeated the order to my officers before heading to their headquarters. Maybe I'd be so lucky to meet their CEO. Wouldn't that be a joyful day…
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"What is the status?" I asked sitting in my chair.
"My Lord. It seems the majority of their forces were situated at the main entrance, they were switching patrols. Therefore a major battle happened, we suffered no casualties but 25 were injured. But not maimed. However, over 90% of their security forces have been wiped out.
Alexander ordered all workers to be gathered at the main entrance. Where 100 guards have been placed to guard the prisoners." Tyr said as the drone showed the Praetorian Guards moving towards into the main building.
There were still about 20 men left. The other 3 units had each killed or captured 10 men, switching the enemy numbers from a sizeable 200 to a mere 20. Perfectly 90%.
"Very good, order Alexander to focus his forces on reaching the main room. We need to slice information before they manage to delete it. Drone pilot, keep me informed of any heat signatures within the control room." I said and the drone pilot, who had turned around upon my conversation nodded and turned back to his controls.
Similarly, General Tyr pressed a button in his ear and began speaking to Alexander.
Immediately after the heat signature of Alexander and 50 other men began running through the halls as one of the 4 drone pilots gave them directions.
They fought and killed 5 people while running through the corridors, suffering no casualties. Soon they reached the control room.
"Lord Commandant Alexander. There are 2 guards on either side of the blast door with their blasters aimed at the doors. There are also 3 guys hiding behind control panels. And lastly, 2 men working on the machines, probably deleting intel. Hurry up." A drone pilot exclaimed. Just in the for Chonn to slice the door.
I watched through the drone as Alexander, Jon, and Robb jumped through first. Jon and Robb took left and right respectively, blocking the continuous laser stream coming from each of their opponent's blasters.
However, they only needed to block 3 bolts before they entered range and killed each of their respective opponents.
Alexander meanwhile had jumped straight forward into a roll. He had then taken out his commando pistol and shot the 2 men at the controls while spinning his staff with his right hand, blocking all laser.
5 other Praetorian Guards then pushed through and jumped the 3 remaining men.
Chonn then began working on the control panels alongside 3 other slicers.
"Have them report any damage to the information." I said as I leaned back in my chair. The battle was essentially over and I moved my eyes towards the main entrance.
About 900-1000 workers had arrived. They had been put into a circle and forced on their knees or ass. The original 100 men had gotten 200 reinforcements, boosting their numbers to 300.
And with that time passed quickly. General Tyr also relaxed but continued to give small orders and organize the troops. He had gotten 80 LAATs to extract the prisoners and get them into the Army Headquarters.
Soon enough, Chonn and his gang were done.
The Hologram of Alexander and Chonn appeared in the situation room.
"My Lord. We have successfully sliced the network." Alexander said.
"Very good, brief me on the information." I said and Chonn began speaking.
"Your Grace, me and my team have successfully sliced the command center. They tried to get a message to their CEO who is currently at Coruscant but it failed due to the Munificents extreme skill in jamming. Lastly, they deleted the records of a certain bank account. I suspect it to be an off-shore bank account with emergency funds. We are currently tracking it down." He said as he took a slight breather.
"The Pirates were correct, I have hundreds of receipts and records of Xucphra hiring multiple teams on us. The Pirates who killed your father, the mercenary squadron, they've also been funding a Vratix uprising." He said as fury spread through Alexander's, Tyr's, and mine.
I was beyond furious. Sure enough, they killed my father. I didn't know him and as such didn't really care. This isn't a world where I can cry because of a supposed "father" I didn't know.
But funding a Vratix rebellion, now that is stepping above the line. If the Vratix rebelled we would have serious financial problems. The Vraxti are many and strong. They are almost invincible in the green lands of Thyferra due to their body and ability to jump a lot.
We would suffer immense casualties and if they won the humans would be enslaved.
"However there are also records of Zaltin cooperating in funding the operations. And lastly, we have the names, numbers, and locations of every single Xucphra client. A total of 50 clients. And on average each of them buys 100 million liters of bacta and they always try to get more each year." He said and my fury dispersed.
This was great news. If the transactions were correct and each wanted to buy more then we could sell all 9 billion liters on just these clients. Of course, we needed to introduce more clients as we were making more and more bacta every year.
"Very good. Finish up with the slicing then download the information and have them transferred here." I said as I waved them off.
"General, give the green light to all our special forces and use our newly gained information on hidden stuff to send out more units." I said as I stood up and walked towards the exit.
"My Lord, it will be done. And what will you be doing?" He asked, always enthusiastic about future plans.
"I'll make preparations for the Thyferra vs Zaltin case and capture the missing Xucphra CEO." I said as I left the situation room and headed to the palace.
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