We stood before his shuttle as the wreck of his Dread Unit was loaded onboard. He seemed out of it, which could be good or bad. Good as in he was distracted and not paying me mind, or bad as in he was about to snap.
Hey give Seventh Brother a break. He just beat a Real Sith. The closest his fellow Inquisitors got to doing that was Darth Maul, and they all died in the attempt.
"The knife will come with me. The prisoner…will require far tighter restraints. Do what you can here, and I will have a proper containment unit sent when possible."
5 credits says Seventh Brother gets killed by a Vader tantrum before he can report the Sith. Sith are self sabotaging like that.
*The Effectiveness of Melee Weapons in LECA Combat*
I mean if the LECA is well armored enough that the Rebels/insurgents/natives can't penetrate it, melee would be viable. It would be good for clearing swarms and you wouldn't need ammo.
That was bad. Really bad. I mean, sure, big fascist death ball gets blown up, whoopie.
But for me, an Imperial? It was bad news. Rebel cells across the galaxy would be arming up, and the Galactic Civil War would be in full swing soon enough.
Don't forget the economy collapsing. The economy collapses pretty hard once the Death Star goes kablooie. Especially once Palpatine doubles down and starts diverting resources to build a second one.
At least Las' domain is fairly shielded from the economic downturn. His systems are pretty self sufficient by necessity while being too far out to demand much in the way of resources.
Upon entering the room, I noticed a few things. The first was the Sith themselves. Pure red skin, with elongated eyebrows and frilled cheeks. Something I hadn't seen since playing SWTOR.
Pure Blooded Sith.
Their features were like that of an elf, for I couldn't tell their gender. Yet the yellowed eyes were a clear sign that I was dealing with a darksider.
Congrats Las, you now have one of the rarest specimens in the galaxy. The Empire, the Rebels, and the Hutts will definitely try to kill you if they find out.
"No. That you be my bodyguard instead. That way, I get the protection I need, you can defend your only chance at survival, and if I end up reneging on my deal, you can just kill me, since you'll be close enough. Mugwuffin would end you right after, but you could probably succeed if you tried. After you're freed, you can leave, and go about your business across the galaxy. I'll even pay you a salary, get you employee benefits. The whole package."
Well when the Death Star Two gets blown up, Las is going to have one heck of a legitimacy advantage.
Having a Sith backing your faction is going to cause a lot of neutral Imperials to defer to you. They've been trained to follow the glowing red sword after all.
"Those are the requisition forms for new armor and weapons. Your previous look won't cut it, and neither will a lightsaber. They raise too many questions. Aside from that, go wild. R&D will decide what's viable." This should help cement that this is a long term arrangement in their minds. If the Inquisitor is quick about it, it shouldn't be.
They hissed. "Why should some worthless techies decide what is best for me?"
Wait until Myr'thos gets integrated into the guild. They're going to flip their helmet when they realize they aren't given the top ranks in everything by virtue of them being Sith.
Without looking up, I continued. "You'll get to test all the stuff before it's finalized anyways, so you can give feedback and the like. Just don't kill them, or generally be super rude. I've tried to create a culture of trust in management here."
"Weakness, that is all I see. Shame that you hold my new chains."
Myr'thos will keep seeing Las' methods of doing things as weak right until they see how incompetent the rest of the Empire's leaders are. Going to sting all the more when they realize they are aping the Siths' way of doing things.