Wrath of the Empire

The Battle of Khaveroye

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....

It is a time of darkness and turmoil in the galaxy. The Emperor and Darth Vader have fallen, but the Empire is yet to be defeated completely, and a number of Imperial Grand Admirals are still in possession of powerful weapons and troops.
Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo and the others are in the process of rebuilding the Republic on the planet Coruscant, but right when everything seemed to transpire according to the plan, new problems were coming up...

An Imperial Star Destroyer came out of hyperspace near the planet Khaveroye. It had set course directly towards one of its moons and was approaching fast. Suddenly, three more Star Destroyers came out of hyperspace behind it, and four TIE-fighter squadrons were send out. The ships were all heading towards the moon, faster and faster. They were up to something.

"Commander. Are we ready to attack?" A tall man dressed in black was standing in the nose of the ship, looking outside with his eyes focused on the moon ahead of them. He turned around and looked directly into Commander Farrey's eyes. Farrey sank, and it was clear that he was having trouble keeping his eyes where they were. "Yes, Admiral. All ships are in position." "Good. Tell the Star Destroyers to lower the speed, and fire on my command. And let there be no mistakes this time." "Yes, Admiral." Farrey walked over to one of the computers and sent out a signal to the ships. They immediately started to slow down, all at the same time. "Good. All ships, fire!"

With a sudden, loud noise, all ships fired at the exact same time. The lasers hit the planet in an explosion of light, and Grand Admiral Sahtorenn had to turn away so he would not get blinded. The ships continued to fire, and the moon started to burst out in flames in several places. The radar screen before him beeped, and he saw that a small squadron of A-Wings were coming towards them from the moon.

"Commander, break off the attack." Farrey looked up from his computer with a confused look on his face. "Because of the enemy fighters? But, Admiral, they're highly outnumbered, and..." Sahtorenn slowly turned around and looked Farrey directly in his eyes again, without blinking. His black eyes, now more terrifying than ever, were filled with hatred and frustration over his inept employee. "I'm not concerned that we are going to lose, Commander. But our intention was to damage the planet and disable their communications, not to destroy it." He took a few steps forward so he now was dangerously close to the Commander's face. "The purpose with this mission is to create fear amongst our enemies, which we now have done. Now, do as I say, and break off the attack!"
Farrey, who, without even noticing, had been holding his breath, took a deep, shaking breath and wiped off his sweaty forehead with his sleeve. "As you wish." He carefully took a few steps back, turned around and yelled: "We're breaking off the attack! All ships; return to the base immediately!"