Shipping Wars

Diakko Part 1

Jedi Knight Ursula Callistis travels to Ord Mantell, a planet consumed by civil war, in order to investigate a supposed Sith sighting. The planet itself was surrounded by two fleets locked in combat, but as a Jedi, Ursula was able to safely navigate it. Once she landed in the Republic hanger the commanding officer came to greet her.

"I'm glad you could make it, the separatists are already giving us a hard enough time, a Sith presence would only make things worse. My name is Elie, I'm the commander in charge of Republic operations here on Ord Mantell. A local government official was supposed to join us but he cancelled last minute, probably counting the credits the local Cartel gave him." Said the Commanding officer

"There's a criminal underworld here on Ord Mantell?" Asked Ursula

"Criminal overworld is a better name for it but we'll deal with it. Let's focus on the Sith Imperials first." Said Commander Elie, leading Ursula to the briefing room.

Ursula was led to a table with a holoprojector. A hologram of a factory complex came up.

"A few months ago the separatists seized a munitions factory. They've managed to heavily fortify the factory. We weren't sure where they got the firepower to pull something like this off until we received this holopicture." Said Elie changed the hologram.

Two individuals were seen talking to a separatist leader. One of them looked to be an imperial officer while the other was dressed in armour covered by a dark cloak. The cloaked figure seemed familiar to Ursula but she couldn't see their face due to their hood.

"How do I get into the factory complex?" Asked Ursula

"Going in the front would be impossible without an army of armoured vehicles and we can barely scrape together a small taskforce. However there does seem to be another way in." Explained Elie

"Where is this alternative entrance?" Asked Ursula

"Can't say, our little operative is the only one who knows. In fact she's the one who took this holopic. The only problem is she insists on going in with whoever goes inside." Explained Elie.

"Who is this operative?" Asked Ursula

"That would be me!" Proclaimed a young girl with red eyes and brunette hair done up in a ponytail.

Ursula looked at the girl before turning back to Commander Elie to reprimand him for using a child as an operative but he beat her to it.

"Akko here lost her parents to a separatist attack. Now she wants to play the hero and goes off on her own. I've tried to stop her but the girl is persistent.

"When she overheard me talking about this factory she managed to sneak in. Still won't tell me how she did it."

"And let you have all the fun? No way, I want in on whatever your planning." Said Akko

"Akko I've told you before this is not a game." Said Elie

"I know that! But I can't just stand by and watch as others fight this battle for me. So I want to help anyway I can." Said Akko

"There are more ways you can help than just fighting you know." Said Ursula with a smile. "Can you lead me into the factory?"

"Yeah I can. Will you take me with you?" Asked Akko

"Of course, so long as you stay hidden." Offered Ursula

Akko thought for a moment before agreeing. Leaving the base Akko led Ursula along a shoreline until they came across an open sewage grate.

"So this is how you got in." Said Ursula

"You're going to have to put a rebreather on. This is military grade sewage, it will knock you out cold." Said Akko putting her rebreather mask on and offering one to Ursula.