I was assigned a rather boring post yesterday and thus had plenty of time to devote to rp-planning. As such, I have thought out the next four threads involving Desaria and the Empire. Read on to find out more.
Note -the headlines are working titles only.
Return on This Shield, Or Upon it
Grand Admiral Desaria returns to Coruscant after the Aluscami revolt; he has with him the 47th Squadron of the Line which he will make into his personal guard and primary campaigning formation. On arriving, he crosses paths with Commodore Lingh, who was an instructor at the Academy when Desaria was in attendance. There ferrying Moff Tyvant of the Emori Sector, Desaria is shocked to hear tales of corruption and negligence not only in the Kommissariat Politik but also in the military, Corruption by politicians Desaria expects, but the military is inexcusable. He heads to the sector under the guise of a training exercise. Review of units and investigation reveal all too clearly that the Moff has been skimming more than the usual amount off the top. He is arrested and rather than be simply executed he is banished to the Imperial Penal colony of Axtus Minor for his life.
Pursuit of Justice
Grand Admiral Desaria commands a campaign in the Folsom Sector where a suspected Rebel base has ben reported by Intelligence. the 47th and several other detachments fan out and hunt. The GA is off patrolling when one of his Destroyers, the Red Winter, is reported as being under assault. He returns to drive off a wave of Rebel fighters which are then followed by TIE pickets to the base's location. Leaving a Lancer Frigate to Guard the wounded battleship, he calls in Commodore Pickman to aide the stricken ship while he executes his mission. Desaria finds the base, slags it, but is unable to give chase to the fighter rebel capital ships as they flee. He returns to the Red Winter to find only a debris field and the Lancer Frigate heavily damaged. Initially, Desaria believes Pickman and his three cruisers were destroyed as well, but examination reveals that only the wreckage of a Destroyer is present. Pickman is located en route to a nearby system to loot the Grand Bank of Fresblin IV, using the considerable hauling capacity of his ships and forged orders for his troopers. Furious, Desaria arrests Pickman and several of his officers who were in on the scheme that comes to light after the flag captain is interrogated by an Inquisitor. Pickman is executed and several others imprisoned for life. The Politicians quickly realize they hate Desaria for his ruthless is endangering their private fortunes while his status among the common soldiers and sailors skyrockets.
A Family Affair
Vice Admiral Leonidev, emboldened by the success of Imperials arms of late, launches a three pronged raid into the Dervish Sector to drive out Rebel activity reported there. He commands the center with his brother on the right and his son commanding the left. The raids are engaged by Rebel Rear Admiral Tarlaan, a Corellian Officer who had spent his life prior to defection as a line officer in the Corporate Sector Fleet. With only a force of some gunships and a barely operable heavy cruiser, Tarlaan lures each prong into an ambush and defeats each one in detail. Both relatives are killed and Leonidev is captured, forced to sign a humiliating treaty promising he will not order anti-rebel activity again in his career. When he arrives at his command post, he finds it smashed to pieces, having been raided by the force he went to hunt and left undefended by the forces doing the hunting. he commits suicide in what is considered the worst three weeks since Endor.
A Time for Opportunists
Given pause to think by recent Impeirla defeats and wily Rebel successes, Kuat Drive Yards' Board of Directors decides to become an independent agent, selling arms and ships to any concerned party and increasing its profit margins to hitherto unheard of levels. A force of a dozen Destroyers being built for the Empire are seized and made the Kuati Defense Force, each Destroyer a prototype for large scale automation. Arakyd Industries has supplied said automation and has a vested interest in Kuati's success. The Empire obviously is not happy and sends several small forces to reclaim Kuat, each of which is too small to do the job effectively and is defeated piecemeal. Chancellor Anar steps in and sends Grand Admiral Desaria to quell the little problem; Desaria attacks in several places at onces not allowing the mostly-droid manned battleships to converge on any one attack. They are defeated piecemeal and the entire system is quickly overrun. While touring the system, Desaria comes across a near-complete Super Star Destroyer which the BOD had intended to seel at a substantially reduced rate to the Alliance. With him is the Yard's Financial Director who had played both sides against the middle and informs the Imperials of all the BOD's wonderful plans. The Board is executed for treason though clemency is granted to most of those who did their bidding. The Financial Director is installed as Director General, Kuat gets its own Moff and is named a priority system - the yards are nationalized, as are Arakyd Industries. Imperial production, for a while declining, now is expanding to new heights. However, in the brief period KDY was independent, a great many ships went to the alliance. A new war emerges....
What think you all????
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