Star Trek Vs Star Wars: Project Chimaera

Chapter 8: Project Chimaera

Chapter 8: Project Chimaera

"It all began about 6 months ago, back after the Battle of Tatooine." began Trent as he sat next to Rex and Wolffe. He had begun to explain the details of Project Chimaera to them, as they had only been given the briefest of introductions to their mission and what they had to do. "They started by interrogating me about transporter functions. What they were capable of. How they worked. And then they had me work on a series of encrypted mathematical equations."

"Forgive me for asking, but how does maths relate to teleporters?" asked Rex.

"The transporters we use break a person down into a series of mathematical equations, which then get transferred to either another transporter console or isolated via a beam on the ground, where they are re-integrated and the person is 'materialised'." answered Trent. "Anyhow, the equations they had me working on had a heavy encryption lock on them. It was almost as if someone had created a challenge for them to overcome, and what the equations materialised into was some sort of reward."

"And what was this reward?"

"I didn't get the chance to get the name of who it was they were putting together again. I was always constantly moving around from lab to lab, and just when I had finished decrypting it and had begun identifying what the equation was, they locked me up again."

"That was, until they moved you back to the Arizona."

"You're right. When they moved me to the Arizona, they had me reassemble all the equations into one large equation, ready for re-materialization. I had just finished working on the final complex part of it before you people rescued me."

"And did you manage to get a visual of who it was from there?"

"As a matter of fact, I did." Trent pulled out a stolen holo-projector from his back pocket, and then activated it. An image flared up of a blue-skinned man with red eyes, in an Imperial Navy uniform. His dark blue hair contrasted to his stark white uniform as his posture resembled a man with both intent and collectedness.

Rex's eyes widened at the sight of him. The man's face was one he had been hoping to never see again. Now though, it appeared that the Empire had come close to bringing back one of his greatest nemeses.

"I was going to access the station's database in order to fully identify him. Are you ok Captain?"

"I'm fine." replied Rex. "it's just that I never thought I would see him again."

"Who is he?"

"His name is Grand Admiral Thrawn." began Rex. "He was the empire's greatest stratician, and one of the only non-human officers in the Empire. He crushed insurgency after insurgency within the Empire, rising up until he tried to take on us. We lost nearly everything to his schemes before we managed to get rid of him."

"How did you stop him?"

"A friend of mine, Ezra, managed to summon a pod of Purgills to attack his fleet and buy us enough time to escape. The Purgills then went into hyperspace, and neither of them have been seen since."

"I see. Has the Empire been giving you any trouble recently?"

"It's been getting harder and harder to continue fighting Darius. The empire's been cracking down on us big time, and we just can't get the necessary resources to fight anymore. Our fleet is barely holding together, and while we do have many ships now that we have the full support of the Mon Calamari, we don't have enough manpower or resources to power them."

"Captain, we're approaching the rendezvous point." announced the ship's pilot as their U-wing began to slow out of hyperspace.

"Understood. Once we're out of hyperspace, bring us into Home One."