Jason already had a more than accurate feeling on what this was about but like always he let his friend confirm his "instincts".

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The ride to the bridge was a short one, but as always the long turbolift ride made Jay truely gawk at the massive size of the vessel. It outstripped the size of any Alliance ship by almost three kilometers, and it's power in combat, especially the Emperor's vessel, was formidable by itself. As the doors swooshed open to reveal the bridge the hustle and bustle of the crew was introduced to the team. The squad remained behind while Whest stepped forward. The Emperor and Grand Admiral were in what seemed like a introductory conversation, and Jay jumped in at what seemed like an appropriate time. "Colonel Whest reporting, m'lord," said Jay, snapping off a crisp salute and a deep bow. His light body armor clinked loudly.

The Colonel had no idea of what to expect from the Emperor; the Guard's missions varied greatly, as internal security was a broad spectrum. Jay stood ready to his Emperor's bidding.

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Draco turned and looked to his friend and Grand Admiral. "Jason as you may know the imperial gaurd is a specially selected and trained group of army officers whose sole mission is the protection of the Empire, and myself."

Draco approached Whest and extended his hand for a hand shake. "I am glad you and your men could come so fast. I have had an interesting run in with another officer and it is something I'd like you all to look at. However this is not the place. If you all would..." Draco gestured for them to follow him as he headed to a door just off the bridge. The door opened and inside appeared to be a smaller bridge. It is instead a replica of Dracos throne room. Having the same cababilities of the Throne room just smaller. Draco allowed his entourage to follow. When the door closed behind the last of them he continued.

"Gentlemen I had a run in with the Grand Moff, one that didnt sit right with me. His arrogance is fueled by more then his position. There is something else behind it." Draco started to pace. "Having your Emporer put a blaster to your face and all but threaten you is usually enough to make all but the heartless tremble a little. Veers managed a sneer. That doesnt sit well with me." Draco turned and looked directly at the Colonel. "Whest you and your men are to look into Veers activities, those we know of and those we may not. I will be giving you max level clearence to help you find out as much as possible. This is highly classified, you and your men are to speak of this to no one but myself and McKnight here." Draco narrowed his eyes. "I trust you reconize the implications of a mission such as this, so I will skip the usuall speal about what would happen if you fail your mission." Draco went over to his chair here and picked up another data pad. He gave it to Whest. "This has all the clearence codes you will need to bypass any security. It also has what info we have dug up on Veers so far. Its not much but it may help." Draco checked his crono. "As you may know the Sword as well as a part of the fleets is heading to Jagga Two. We are going to crush a warlord there. Post battle we will launch your shuttle, which is being refueled now. In the mean time I have arranged quarters for you and your men. The ensign outside will direct you all to them. Dismissed."

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The Emperor's flagship loomed like a lumbering warbeast out in front of the cockpit of Xenos' modified bomber. What struck him was the sheer size of the ship. Xenos knew he wasn't even in range of the ship, but he couldn't see anything but the ship. All space was blotted out by the Emperor's Sword. It was definitely a fleet unto itself. He decided to give them a heads up to his arrival before a swarm of Interceptors were upon him.

** Emperor's Sword, this is Commander Xenos, reporting in to Grand Admiral Jason McKnight. Sending you authorization code now to confirm.**

As he submitted the code, he thought, 'yeah, while I'm out of range of those heavy turbolasers". After he send the code over, he sat back and just waited, not stopping his progress toward the mighty ship, but not speeding up either. He just waited for the decision to be sent back to him

The Sword's communications officer acknowledged and word went to the Admiral who was able to slip away quickly to address the commander. "A commander. Welcome back. Come on board for the meeting where the Emperor will discuss his plans."

**Acknowledged Sir. I shall be aboard momentarily.** Then Xenos shut off his comm. system and increase the bomber’s speed to max, trying to make up the distance between him and the flagship in a hurry. It was one time that he wished the scramjets hadn’t been taken out of the bomber. It actually only took him 3 minutes to be directed to the officer’s hangar. Xenos was amazed by the size of it. Even though it was one of the smaller hangars, it could still hold a dreadnaught in there.

As his bomber rose up through the opening, he was directed to land at one of the junior officer’s spots. He swiftly cut to the left and activated the repulsorlifts, steadying the ship and then sitting it down. He left his R6 unit to take care of shutting the ship down and doing a diagnotics. Then we went to the hatch and opened, stepping out onto the deck of the mighty ship. He looked over at one of the deck officers and motioned for him to come over. The deck hand looked around to make sure he was addressing him and then came over.

“I am to be escorted to the see Grand Admiral McKnight. I believe he is talking with the Emperor.”

The deckhand paled for a second and then motioned for a personnel carrier to come over. Xenos stepped onto it, holding his head up as if he was going to meet with equals and it whisked him out of the hangar and towards probably two of the most powerful people in the galaxy.

** Command Bridge**

As Xenos stepped off the personnel carrier, he straightened his uniform, tugging on the cuffs and the hem to make sure there were no wrinkles in it. Then he walked through the blast doors that led to the Bridge, having been told earlier that both the Emperor and the High Admiral were here. He entered and was taken in by the size of it. It could hold a Vic Star at least. With the air of a man with purpose and no doubt, Commander Xenos approached High Admiral McKnight and Emperor Draco. He bowed low to the Emperor first and then saluted the High Admiral.

**Commander Xenos reporting for duty sir.** He held out a Datapad that held both his background, previous assignments, and his transfer papers. He kept quiet to let his superior officer examine it. He kept his eyes forward, not looking around.

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Jason returned the salute and looked over the records. He had decent marks and was ready for the next step. "Well Commander it seams that you are ready for a new assingment and command. You will be in charge of a newly formed task force. Your immiate CO will be Vice Admiral Thastus who will be in command of the fleet in which your task force is attached. Your task force will be TAD to my fleet for the upcoming operation in which the Emperor will give a breifing us on."

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Xenos had heard of Vice Admiral Thastus. He has a reputation for swift strikes and leaned to the cruel side if annoyed.

"Thank you sir. I will not let you down." Having a full task force under his command was more than he expected. Of course it could have been that he was expecting some Anti-alien bias that he had heard so much about. Obviously the rumors were somewhat exaggerated. Or maybe him being a Chiss brought him above other aliens. Only time would tell. "It will be an honor to serve under you in any capacity, sir."

Being a junior officer, Xenos knew his place during the briefing was to listen and learn, but he was ready to give his input if needed.

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After dealing with that Draco turned his attention to the two officers infront of him. "Admiral, Commander we are at a juncture where every decision we make could be life or death. I am sure you are both aware that the Galactic Alliance far outnumbers the Empire in terms of material and manpower. It is time to change that. We have already subdued a small time warlord, but now we have to get some more systems under our control. I want you both to go to Ithori and talk to the local government. Get them to side with the empire. Take several ships with you as a show of our power, if you need to vaporize a moon. Once your done with Ithori take the sister planet in that system. Once that is done report back...I will have new orders for you."

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