Above the skies of Coronet City...
The Lambda-class shuttlecraft slowly began to flatten it's descent vector, veering slightly away from the cleared approach lane. The inertial change was miniscule, but it became apparent a moment later to anyone looking through the cockpit's screen that the craft was no longer approaching the hangar, but had assumed a holding pattern above.
Lady Vissica rose from her haunches, padding to the front of the craft on four feet. The Selonian regrouped just behind the pilot and copilot, craning her long neck for a vantage as she sat once again.
"What is it?"
"Pardon the delay, my Lady, Lieutenant Wulld clipped in a coreward accent, "but Coronet harbor master has issued a level one alert. Suspected insurgent activity in the area."
Wulld stole a glance back at the musteloid Imperial Knight. "Shall I divert to another star port?"
"No, Lieutenant," Vissica clipped coolly in her own coreward basic, "take me down as instructed."
Three meters snout-to-tail, Vissica's lithe form undulated in a stretch, taut muscles flexing and relaxing in waves as she shook the torpor of space flight away. Wulld tried not to notice, returning to his controls.
"As you wish, my Lady." he toggled the comms with the harbor master, "Coronet Harbor Control, this is KT-652. Override No Fly authorization Aurek Cresh Six Eight."
A few seconds later, a tinny reply squawked through the audio comm.
"Override Transmission authenticated. Return to your priority vector. We are re-routing escort now."
The shuttle continued on its way, trailed along the final distance by a pair of TIE fighters. The escorts veered off at the last 500 meters, giving the shuttle plenty of space to decelerate and draw its low-swept wings up alongside its massive dorsal aileron.
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