The war between the Empire and the Coalition is about to enter its bloodiest phase as 2227 will go down as the 'year of battles'. Meanwhile the Jedi Order keeps fighting a parallel war against the Sith and the Imperial Federation is entangled with a...
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September 3, 2227.
A Lambda left hyperspace and then made a short jump into the orbit of Eriadu. The space around the planet was visibly overseen by at least 40 imperial warships and several armed satellites deployed in front of the hyperlane to Dolla, where the Coalition's fleet was expected to arrive at any moment.
A beep signaled the hailing from the flight control of the planet.
"Incoming shuttle, please identify yourselves." the man on the other side of the comlink asked methodically.
"Greetings, this is shuttle XQ6327, with the supplies from Dorvalla." Biggs replied. "Transmitting our clearance codes."
From the passenger seat, Luke was confident in the success of the ruse: after all, they had just stolen this cargo and the pilots were sleeping in the cargo hold, under the supervision of Thabo and Michalina.
"This might just be the worst plan I've ever taken part in." Evaan Verlaine said from the seat behind them.
"You literally ventured alone with Leia into imperial territory to rescue thousands of Alderaanians." Luke joked. "How is saving a single person more dangerous?"
"I mean, sure, but we never went to an imperial fortress world." the woman replied.
"And the population here is extremely loyal to the Empire." Biggs reminded. "We will need to be extra vigilant not to raise any suspicion."
"Our sources noticed that there have been increasing unrest ever since Verge was given command of this sector a month ago." Luke reassured.
"I'll believe it when I see it. Now you better get ready, we're about to land." the pilot replied as they were descending quickly toward the main city of the planet.
"Just a second." Luke replied and closed his eyes. He quickly isolated himself from the outside world, enhancing all his senses through the Force. Through much effort, he managed to extend his reach onto the entirety of the planet, as he looked for the familiar Force signature of Jordan, and he finally found him, in what seemed to be a facility in the outskirts of the city they were about to land in.
However, he didn't take long before he noticed something else. A dark aura that was trying to hide itself, but it was just so powerful that even Luke could grasp it with enough attention.
He reopened his eyes. Not budging, he said "Vader is down there."
The two pilots turned their heads with wide eyes. "What?!"
"I sense him. He's using Jordan as a bait." the Jedi explained.
"Damn bastard really likes this type of plan." Evaan said in frustration.
"True. He knows that we will always try to rescue our friends. But that also means that he's predictable." Luke replied optimistically. "We know he's there, now we only need to think about countermeasures."
