Star Wars: The Old Republic: Ascension

Gathering Intel

Prison of the Fallen, Julshinn,

Darth Khaar landed his Fury class Imperial Interceptor on the landing pad of the prison which appeared as a large castle as he walked out of his ship to meet with Noriax. The latter then approached the Sith Lord and greeted him.

"Welcome my lord," Noriax said. "We have a perfect opportunity to deal a devastating blow to the Hutt Cartel."

"Show me to the prisoner," Khaar said.

"Of course," Noriax said. "Follow me."

She then escorted Khaar to the cell where the smuggler was being held. As they walked to the cell, there were multiple prisoners who were being tortured and their force essence being drained by several hooded figures whose faces could not be seen. As they arrived at the cell, Noriax opened the cell door and the smuggler was sitting in a corner and glanced at Khaar.

"Stand up, scum," Noriax said as she jabbed the smuggler with her BD-1 cutter vibro-ax towards Darth Khaar.

"What are you staring at?" the smuggler asked in a rude tone as he was intimidated by Darth Khaar's silver helmet he had since he was a Sith Acolyte.

"Do you not know who I am?" Khaar asked sarcastically as Noriax yanked him from the ground to have him stand up and talk.

"Indeed," the smuggler replied. "Darth Khaar, Master of the Sith Reapers. A man who even has thinks he has the courage to wage war against the Hutt Cartel and take over the Outer Rim."

"Tell me what you know about E'Taka The Hutt," Khaar said as Noriax started to torture him for disrespecting the Lord of Julshinn. "Or I will have her kill you and expose to the Dark Council that you have also done business with the Republic."

"E'Taka has been operating on Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa," the smuggler said. "Though it will not be very easy to find and confront him. He has an army that is able to counter the Imperial forces not to mention, a large supply of Isotope 5 droids."

"You never told us about Isotope 5 droids," Noriax said as she held the vibro-axe near his neck.

"They are new," the smuggler said. "I was smuggling Isotpe 5 when he hired me. I didn't know at the time what he wanted to do with it until I saw the droids. They are extremely brutal and it is even difficult for a Sith to destroy them."

"This is worse than I thought," Noriax said. "If the Hutt Cartel is making Isotope 5 droids, this could hamper our efforts across the Outer Rim."

"Tell me," Khaar said. "How can we be sure that he is preparing a massive military buildup to possibly strike at the Sith Empire?"

"There is a hideout on Nar Shaddaa that contains secrets and schematics for this new droid," the smuggler said. "I have the coordinates down."

"Tell us where we can find it," Noriax said.

"It is located near the Slippery Slope's Cantina," the Smuggler said. "Look for a small red symbol of the Hutt Cartel. From there you should be able to decrypt the data present in the central computer. That is not all, it is heavily guarded by enforcers and you have to bypass the gatekeeper droid at the door."

"I found the place," Noriax said. "He speaks the truth. There is a gatekeeper droid which could prove to be a challenge to hack but not for me."

"Very well," Khaar said. "I trust that you will have that droid hacked by the time we are ready to depart for Nar Shaddaa."

"I will not disappoint you my lord," Noriax said. "Now what do you want me to do with him?"

"He served his purpose to the Empire," Khaar replied. "Execute him."

Noriax then nodded and proceeded with the execution causing his body to fall lifeless after a single swing from her vibro-ax. Suddenly, Khaar's comlink stared to beep.

"What is it?" Khaar asked as he left the cell.

"My lord, we have just received word that Naboo has been attacked," 2V-R4 said. "The Republic is launching a full invasion on the planet."

"Prepare the ship," Khaar said. "This is a system that we cannot afford to lose not to mention the Senator who has provided essential information about our enemies and a great ally to Clan Sadid of Mandalore."

"Yes my lord," 2V-R4 said as Khaar deactivated his comlink.

As he returned to his ship, 2V-R4 already had the coordinates set to depart for Naboo as Khaar arrived at the bridge.

"Let's rendezvous with our fleet and protect the senator," Khaar said as they began to take off. "We cannot afford to have the senator fall into the hands of the Republic."