Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor

[Nikoli]

Specs for the ISD, is why you will never get it currently. It's a nice ship but good luck getting another 100 million to pay for the price tag.

Imperial Mark 1 Star Destroyer:https://starwars.fandom.com/

Imperial I-class Star Destroyer

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PRODUCTION INFORMATION​

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DESIGNER

Lira Wessex[4]​

MANUFACTURER

Kuat Drive Yards[1]​[2]​

• Various subcontractors[3]​

LINE

Star Destroyers[2]​

MODEL

Imperator-class Star Destroyer,[5]​ later renamed Imperial I-class Star Destroyer[6]​

TYPE

Star Destroyer[2]​

COST

150,000,000 credits[7]​

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS​

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LENGTH

1,600 meters[8]​[2]​

MAXIMUM ACCELERATION

>2,300 g

MGLT

60 MGLT[8]​

MAXIMUM ATMOSPHERIC SPEED

975 km/h[9]​

ENGINE UNIT(S)

• KDY Destroyer-I ion engines (3)[10]​
• Cygnus Spaceworks Gemon-4 ion engines (4) (emergency use)[10]​

HYPERDRIVE RATING

• Class 2.0[7]​[8]​
• Class 8.0 (backup)[7]​

HYPERDRIVE SYSTEM

Equipped[8]​

POWER OUTPUT

Peak: ~7,73 × 1024​ W[2]​[11]​

POWER PLANT

SFS I-a2b Solar Ionization Reactor[2]​

SHIELDING

KDY ISD-72x shield generator domes (2)[8]​ (local area-effect)[12]​

SENSOR SYSTEMS

KDY ISD-72x shield generator domes (2)[13]​[12]​

TARGETING SYSTEMS

LeGrange targeting computers[14]​

ARMAMENT

• Taim & Bak XX-9 heavy turbolaser batteries (60)[2]​[15]​
  • 20 fore[1]​
  • 20 port[1]​
  • 20 starboard[1]​
• Borstel NK-7 ion cannons (60)[2]​[15]​
  • 20 fore[1]​
  • 15 port[1]​
  • 15 starboard[1]​
  • 10 aft[1]​
• Dual heavy turbolaser turrets (6)[2]​
• Dual heavy ion cannon turrets (2)[2]​
• Point-defense laser cannons (40)[16]​
• Heavy[7]​ Phylon Q7 tractor beam projectors (10)[8]​[15]​
  • 6 fore[1]​
  • 2 port[1]​
  • 2 starboard[1]​

CREW

• Officers (9,235)[2]​
• Enlisted (27,850)[2]​
  • Gunners (275)[8]​

MINIMUM CREW

5,000[1]​

PASSENGERS

Stormtroopers (9,700)[2]​

CARGO CAPACITY

36,000 metric tons[8]​

CONSUMABLES

2[7]​ - 6 years[1]​




Now compare that to the Gozanti Class cruisers at a 200,000 price tag new and these specs you can outfit several hundred for the same price of one ISD. Not to mention the several thousand you could crew for the same as one ISD.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION​

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MANUFACTURER

• Corellian Engineering Corporation[1]​
• Gallofree Yards, Inc.[1]​

MODEL

Modified Gozanti-class cruiser[2]​

TYPE

Light cruiser[3]​

COST

200,000 credits[1]​

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS​

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LENGTH

63.8 meters[4]​

WIDTH

32 meters[4]​

HEIGHT/DEPTH

14.7 meters[4]​

MAXIMUM ATMOSPHERIC SPEED

1,025 kph[5]​

HYPERDRIVE RATING

• Class 3 (primary)[5]​
• Class 12 (backup)[1]​

HYPERDRIVE SYSTEM

Equipped[4]​

SHIELDING

Equipped[6]​

ARMAMENT

• Dorsal twin laser cannon turret (1)[4]​
• Ventral heavy laser cannon turret (1)[4]​

COMPLEMENT

TIE fighter series starfighters (4)[4]​

CREW

• Pilot (1)[1]​
• Co-Pilot (1)[1]​
• Engineer (1)[1]​
• Comms/sensors operator (1)[1]​
• Loadmasters (2)[1]​
• Gunners (6)[1]​
• Stormtrooper squads (1)[4]​

PASSENGERS

12[1]​

CONSUMABLES

1 month[1]​

 

[Nikoli]

My view of future MC when the rest of the Imperials break and run after the war. (MC is McDuck, other Imperials are the deadbeats).

 

[TheVictor]

This this is what I need more of in my life I am living vicariously through you sir thank you for another exciting glimpse into a galaxy far far away

 

[noblej7]

No reelection at all is a bad idea, it means there is never going to be an incumbent. It's always going to be a feeding frenzy.

I'd consider 10-12 years as the max, adjusted based on the term of the office. You'd want an upper and lower house as well. One based per region, the other based on population.

Also, make sure that the terms do not all line up so everyone is up for reelection at once. For example, the reason why the US system works the way it does with a two year term for the house is the entire house is up for reelection every two years to ensure that it's closely in tune with the desires of the population, while the senate with it's six year terms is less dynamic and more able to focus on longer term policy decisions, while it's six year terms are divided by 3 house elections.

This way the lower house is extremely dynamic while the upper hose is comparatively stable.



Start effectively assimilating the surrounding systems. Set up a couple colonies, start patrol and resource extraction. He should be looking to fund his own little empire within the empire. Also, consider going to the core city worlds to look for immigrants. There are people in the mid levels who would give their right arms for a chance to get out. Set up a regular patrol route from Corillia and Coruscant and people will be happy to get the fuck out of the squalor... Just set up a dedicated people mover transport going back and forth from the worlds you're advertising on. And you wouldn't even need to put much into it. The population density is so inside a couple thousand posters would probably produce tens of thousands of immigrants.

You want to Channel some serious New Colossus energy.

Frankly he could probably set up deals with other worlds in the region to also help them expand their populaiton bases or even make suggestions to sector moffs to increase prestige and influence. And believe me, the imperial authority on Coruscant would probably just listen to the idea and go "SHUT UP AND TAKE OUR POPULATION!", he might even be able to get MONEY out of it. Because frankly, putting those people and getting their mouths off of the capital would be INVALUABLE.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Another trick is to outright just buy slaves... and then manumit them.

That would literally buy their undying loyalty, esp if he makes it a policy to buy FAMLIES.

Imagien the rection of a people who have been stolen from thier homes and sold as chattle, when they see the imperial fucker who now owns them stand before them, thinking they're about to get sent to the mines, to the planetations, of if they're really, really lucky they'll have the "honor" of being his latest sex pest when he looks at them and says "Welcome to Las Mola. We do not tolorate slavery here. You are free." and then their guards remove thier bindings and deactivate their slave chips...

Some would save up to leave, but they'd basically sing his praises across the galaxy, but in the meantime they'd provide labor and taxes to do it, Meanwhile others would become insanely loyal and would gleefully consider this world their city on the hill.



A Gladiator-class Star Destroyer as a flagship costs 36,000,000 credits, less if you buy used. Buy one as a flagship and use it to patrol the region. And don't get TIE series fighters for it. If you want to keep to imperial hardware, pick up Alpha-class Xg-1 Star Wing Assault Gunboats. They cost 135k new, 75k used, making them comparable in cost to an Xwing with the added benefit of not being a Rebel fighter and already being in the imperial procurement chain. It's a little bit heavier and not as quick (90 v 100), but the maneuverability is very close with the star wing actually being hair more agile (75 vs 78), with much better shields (50 vs 100) and somewhat better armor (20 vs 28), it also ha a mixed armiment (2 laser/2 ion cannons) and more than twice the missile load meaning it's basically sits in the sweet spot between an X-wing and a Y-wing: Agile enough to dogfight well (though not one of the galaxy's premere space superiorty fighters) with the added benefits of decent shielding, flexible guns, a reasonable price tag, and the ability to mount 16! concussion missiles or 12! Proton Torpedos.

Lets just say that if the Empire was using them in place of the TIE series the rebellion would have been turbo-fucked.

Take full advantage of that and STOCK THE FUCK UP MOTHERFUCKER!

Along those lines I'd suggest a Quasar Fire (1,750,000) and a couple more Clone Wars era Aquatens at 4,000,000 each. The Aquatens are fantastic escorts and you already have one.

To get the equipment cheap, I'd go for taking advantage of the most Soviet of Imperial factors... graft. Buy them off the back of a transport. Abuse your characters name and family connections.



Play both sides. The Rebels are ultimatly in the right, but if he can suborn a large enough segment of the remnant and then push the Rebellion to come to an equitable and negotiated middleground, he could gain immense power. Esp if he has a reputation for being the Imperial Oskar Schindler.

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In terms of star fighters he could also get skipray blastbolts (285,000 credits new )or starviper mk 2s(160,000 credits new according to wiki which isn't always perfect). The skiprays are used in imperial navy already and the star vipers are not very common because they are the opposite of imperial doctrine of cheap low cost and bare minimum fighter. Star vipers cost a lot, have class 2 hyperdrives, shields, ion cannons and are high performance for high cost. Which means only the rich budgets or the crime syndicates paid for these premium ships you could buy from the mandalorian ship manufacturer mandalmotors.

Skipray 24r Blastboat

The Series 24 was a next-generation model of the Skipray Blastboat manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems, which saw active service during the Second Galactic Civil War. One variant was known as the Skipray 24r Blastboat, and was designed for the single role of attacking Capital ships...

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GAT-12 Skipray Blastboat

The Sienar Fleet Systems GAT-12 Skipray Blastboat was, early in the Galactic Civil War, the smallest hyperspace-capable combat starship in use by the Imperial Navy. While small enough to be carried aboard capital ships as a starfighter,[5] its immense power output (produced by a Sarylcorp ViX...

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StarViper Mk. II

The StarViper Mk. II, also known as the StarViper M-2, was a modification of the earlier StarViper-class attack platform. The design had less firepower than its predecessor, trading its heavy laser cannons for lighter lasers and heavier shielding while also removing the original model's proton...

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[Wratus]

Hmmmm wonder how long it will take after this, for the Clone Troopers and Stormtroopers to request for the establishment of the Minda Military academy. Only question on that would be if it's only a trooper academy or mixed Naval, Ground and starfighter academy?

 

[Treangulator]

urges to sink my face

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urge to sink my face

After he was dismissed from his duties

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After she was dismissed

Minda 5 is a jungle hellhole that would make Catachan look like the suburbs

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Meh, he's exaggerating.
Chaos invaded Catachan,then Catachan invaded back. And I doubt Minda 5 is anything like Dxun.

Dxun/Legends

Dxun (pronounced /'dʌ.ksɪn/), also known as the Demon Moon, was the largest of four moons that orbited the Inner Rim world of Onderon. Like its parent planet, it was covered almost entirely by dense jungles that were populated by many species of fierce, predatory animals. Despite being temperate...

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[Psyckosama]

In terms of star fighters he could also get skipray blastbolts (285,000 credits new )

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Blast boats are not starfighters. They're gunboats.

or starviper mk 2s(160,000 credits new according to wiki which isn't always perfect).

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Yes, and are not part of the Imperial supply chain.

The skiprays are used in imperial navy already and the star vipers are not very common because they are the opposite of imperial doctrine of cheap low cost and bare minimum fighter.

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Yes, they're actually the fighter the empire needs, not the fighter the Admiralty wants.

Star vipers cost a lot,

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Less than an Xwing, probably due to economy of scale. They still built a lot of them.

have class 2 hyperdrives, shields, ion cannons and are high performance for high cost.

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You mean all the shit that a real fighter needs.

Which means only the rich budgets or the crime syndicates paid for these premium ships you could buy from the mandalorian ship manufacturer mandalmotors.

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This sounds less like "I want to have good fighters" and more "I LOVE MANDOS"

Star Wing have far better logistics... and are actually 25,000 credits cheaper.

 

[noblej7]

Blast boats are not starfighters. They're gunboats.



Yes, and are not part of the Imperial supply chain.



Yes, they're actually the fighter the empire needs, not the fighter the Admiralty wants.



Less than an Xwing, probably due to economy of scale. They still built a lot of them.



You mean all the shit that a real fighter needs.



This sounds less like "I want to have good fighters" and more "I LOVE MANDOS"

Star Wing have far better logistics... and are actually 25,000 credits cheaper.

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Less i love mandos and more that im familiar with them. Empire at war game covers them. And leaves lore for them. Crime syndicate zann consortium uses star vipers for its quality starfighters and skiprays as its bomber / ground support craft(bombing runs on target) and i get the gunboat classification but its also considered a heavy Starfighter, which isn't surprising considering how star wars gets wishy washy with ship classification at times. . I know about those craft and the craft you mentioned are something I've never heard pff before or at least do not remember. Which is actually neat because I have a book on star wars ships somewhere and look up that stuff a lot. I know that it can fit because mandal motors sold crusader class corvettes and such to the imperials even if not in mass production numbers that sienar does because their ceo was buddies with palp prre clone wars. In legends they invented and made at least one keldabe class battleship as a imperial star destroyer equivalent before tyber zann steals the design when they don't get imperial sponsorship(likee kidnaps the inventor or something it's been awhile since i played campaign)I am curious if he could get schematics and infrastructure to make the parts and build a typee of starfighter locally. Since we know x wings were basically built in the garage kinda vibe. Lol.
[Ps. The other part is mandalore isn't an ashpile in Legends and is actually a shipyard/ ship manufacturing location relatively nearby in thee northern section of the galaxy. So getting stuff from them logistics wise may be easier than getting coreworld shipyards to pay mc attention especially since mandalmotors is financially hurting in this period because of imperial buddy club behavior with their buddies at sienar etc. so it's easier to network for story potential ]

 

[justicu've]

I do have a suggestion to make a all of tunnels and trains

 

[Arcturus7667]

For military he might look into buying any defunct driod fighter manufacturing lines that might be on Gwori or Muunilinst.

Gwori most notably made frigates for the CIS but now they exclusively make star destroyers so they might have some now defunct fighter lines to sell and Muunilinst was a pretty important banking clan planet so you would expect some driod starfighter manufacturing for thier local defense.

He might want to do this with shell companys and physical money but driod fighters would be a huge boon toward system security especially if you have your best flesh pilots to command the driods.

 

[Shiro345]

im in love with this finally

 

[Qweerman]

I really like the idea here but the one problem I have is that things seem to be moving way too fast. An asteroid mining refinery built in less than 3 months? Idk, maybe this is plausible in star wars universe, I wouldn't know since my knowledge of SW is only through cultural osmosis.

Not a deal breaker tho and I'm willing to suspend my disbelief. Watched.

 

[theoretisch cool]

Maybe he can commission Mondalor or Hoersch-Kessel to build a shipyard and the associated industry in his system. Can he get the blueprints for munificients or carraks? He should definitely search the surrounding systems for important resources like Tibanna. would definitely be important for its growing industry. Its biggest problem is the lack of population, but that should be resolved with time. He should definitely build droid factories (maybe also droid fighters, they're stupid but the masses make it). Maybe a few Golan and defense satellites?

 

[Freefaller]

Chp-9: Brutal Finish

Burst Hopkins
Minda system, Ugea, Accordia, Accordian Spaceport, Imperial Guild Cargo Container

Burst was tired, cramped, cold, and old. And yet, he hadn't felt this alive in years. He was huddled in a Guild container in the spaceport, shoved together with a small number of StormTroopers. They had their helmets slightly remodeled, and in addition to the updated targeting software, they actually held up to the image of the Empires elite they were supposed to convey.

The part that made Burst uncomfortable was the two Q-Series Droideka's. Equipped with two twin rapid fire light laser cannons and personal shields that made them beasts on the battlefield, these metal creatures unnerved him.

Make no mistake, Burst was fully aware that they were his allies, considering the PDA he had strapped to the underside of his left arm allowed him to control them directly, or give more complicated orders. That didn't mean he wasn't wary. Too many brothers of his had been cut down by the relentless barrage of fire the droidekas could send down range, all without being able to retaliate.

Still, he steeled himself. He had a mission to accomplish. The container he was in was one of 3, filled almost entirely with valuable ores, parts, weapons, and more. Everything a pirate would want to sell, the containers were chock-full of. So full in fact, that no pirate would bother digging through the piles to find the enemies hidden in the back. And, to ensure that the pirates wouldn't just open the crates from the back while they were still on the ground, the containers had been pushed against a wall of the spaceport. Nothing unusual, just a series of coincidences that looked perfectly normal to those outside the loop.

The other two containers held another squad of troopers with a clone commander, while the third held one commander along with 2 more droidekas and a droideka mark 2, the only one found on the crashed seppy ships. They had been relegated to MPDF use, but never had a reason to be taken out of storage until now. Burst had never fought one himself, but he had heard the stories. Bigger, badder, more guns, the MkII didn't move during combat, becoming a stationary turret of death that promised a plasma filled death to all those who came close.
It was imperative to the success of their strategy. Once they were loaded into the cargo bay/hangar of the enemy ship, the MkII would be able to hold the entire area on its own while the rest of the ship was cleared. While Burst would have preferred organic troopers to hold the bay, the fact of the matter remained that there just weren't enough skilled troopers. Sure, there were 200 StormTroopers on the planet, but of those only a select few have enough experience to pull something like this off.

His thoughts jumbled like this while he and his team sat in silence, checking and rechecking their PDA's, weapons, and other gear.

It was then that he received a message. Checking his arm, he saw it was confirmation of an incoming enemy Cumulus Class. The other two were hovering in orbit above the city while this one lowered itself to load the offered cargo.

He smirked under his helmet, previous worries forgotten as the anticipation of a battle surged through his veins.

Nudging the others, he spoke.

"Enemy ship incoming. Remember, stay quiet, don't move, and when we breach, stay behind the droidekas. Their shields can take far more than your armor."

Receiving affirmations, he nodded, just as the sound of the pirates opening the other doors echoed throughout the container.

It was time to get to work.
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Tomar Eirie
Minda System, Minda 0-A, The Bore, CR92a Assassin-Class Corvette Mindan Courage

His gun turret swiveled almost violently as he tracked the YT-1930 that seemed to be made more of rust than actual armor plating.

Honestly, if he wasn't controlling the turret from an interior console, he might've felt sick. Hell, he might feel sick just looking at this camera.

The light freighter slowed to make a turn, aiming to line up its shoddily attached missile pods, when one of the TIE's screamed past it. Its attack run filled the freighter with a barrage of laser bolts, breaking through the YT's shields. Tomar held down the trigger, the quad laser cannon sending a stream of death at the freighter. Its armor held, but the death blow came from some bolts penetrating the missile casings while they were still held in the pods, making the entire thing go up in flames.

That made the second of five light freighters to go down in this battle, along with nearly half a dozen fighters. He once again swiveled the turret, looking for targets as the ship around him shook from the repeated attacks. He almost locked onto another freighter before the turbolaser battery got a lucky shot and turned it into dust in a single barrage.

"Enemies are attempting retreat! Put everything you have down range!" The voice of the fire command officer screamed over the intercom as the Courage turned to face the fleeing pirates. Every gun on the ship was capable of aiming directly ahead, giving the Assassin Class formidable firepower for its relative size.

Tomar witnessed this first hand as every gun on the ship opened fire at once, himself included. He wasn't sure if he even hit an enemy, but the sheer volume of fire destroyed two more fighters and blew out the engines of a freighter. Seems the boarding crews will get their fair share of blood after all.

He turned the laser cannon towards the Bore, checking if any of the freighters that had landed were attempting an escape. Looking at the hangar bay, he could only see smoke from a destroyed freighter. Looks like the security crew was earning their pay.

"Enemy has entered hyperspace. No incoming ships."

That sent a cheer through the crew, and Tomar couldn't help but cheer with them. The first real naval battle that didn't involve claim jumpers and smugglers. It was a good day.

Before the celebration could really start, the captain got back on comms.

"Don't go screaming just yet. We're to rendezvous with Captain Veers. The capitol is under siege. This fight isn't over yet."

All around him, the crew seemed to calm down and steel themselves. They had won this battle, but there was more to come.

Tomar followed his comrades' example. His home was under siege, and he could do something about it. And so, he swore to himself that no matter what, he would spill pirate blood this day
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Commander Kaela Grant
Minda System, Ugea, Accordia, Cumulus-Class Corsair Dreadbow, Imperial Guild Cargo Container

Kaela was excited. Super excited. The most excited she had been in months. It had been difficult to convince the governor to let her come on this mission, but since she was one of the most highly skilled people available and there was little space in the containers, there was little choice.

She was packed in with half of the governor's personal guard, who she had trained herself. They, like herself, were armed with E-11 Carbines, which, while weaker than the standard E-11, had a noticeably higher rate of fire which was invaluable in the closer quarters of a starship. And it wasn't like pirates would be particularly heavily armed. Kaela would've preferred a slug-thrower, so she could witness the enemies of the Empire being turned into jagged chunks of meat, but good slugthrowers were expensive.

Her smile widened under her helmet as she saw the message flash across the screen of her PDA. Captain Veers had arrived with the Gauntlet and the rest of the system defense fleet, and was engaging the other two pirate corsairs.

With the containers already loaded up, the corsair jerked as its engines roared, boosting it into the sky to assist its allies in orbit. As this occurred, Kaela flicked a switch on her PDA, activating the heat scanning function. It was still in its early stages, so her PDA was bulkier than she would've liked, but it allowed her to scan for nearby heat signatures. Aside from the ones bundled together, which were clearly the other troopers, she saw scattered signatures around the hangar. Most seemed pilots rushing towards their fighters, preparing for the engagement

It was the perfect time to strike.

Sending the signal, all three containers door's burst open, and the troops flooded out. A total of 30 troopers, they all took cover behind the containers and opened fire on the surprised hangar crew.

The MkII droideka and its smaller siblings rolled out, activating their shields and raining death amongst the enemy. The big droid sat itself down, locking its feet magnetically to the floor of the hangar. Its shields hummer to life, and it turned its twin ion cannons on the fighters, stopping them from lifting off.

In a mere thirty seconds, the entire hangar bay had been cleared, and they started moving forward, droidekas rolling ahead of them.

As they turned the first corridor of the hangar into the main corridor, they were immediately met with enemies.

Basterbolts flew left and right, pirates dropping like flies. She reveled in the way their unprotected flesh burned as her bolts landed, how they fell limp, the light leaving their eyes.

This continued for minutes on end as they slaughtered their way to the bridge, burnt bodies littering the floor, some crushed by the weight of the droidekas rolling over the corpses.

As she turned a corner, Kaela grabbed the pirate attempting to stab her by the neck and arm, disarmed him, opened the weapons locker next to her and tossed him in the head first. She then slammed the door on his head until all that was left was a bloody paste.

It was only when she was done, bits of brain and bone covering her chest plate that she realized her little playtime had stopped their advance. The troopers' helmets hid their faces, but not the sound of some of them dry retching. Thankfully, she was the Commander, so they couldn't reprimand her for "unnecessary cruelty". Instead of commenting on it, she unslung her carbine, and continued the march.

Her job is awesome!
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TK-582, Okto Perker
Minda System, Ugean Orbit, Cumulus-Class Corsari Dreadbow

Okto was glad he hadn't eaten anything before the mission, because if he had his helmet would be absolutely filled with vomit.

He'd known that this would be a brutal mission. Already the corridor behind them was filled to the brim with bodies, and even now the droideka's covering their flanks were still firing, gunning down pirates who thought they could catch them by surprise.

But what he just witnessed? Commander Grant had always been…odd, to say the least. She seemed to want to fight, and now that he had seen her beat a man's skull into paste with a door, with the helmet still on.

Terrifying. He hoped that she never decided to go rebel, for that would surely be the end of them all.

Regardless, he shouldered his weapon and moved on, clearing corners, gunning down pirates, and breaching doors. He fell into a sort of trance, covering, firing, breaching, checking, and so on. A sense of synchronicity was felt amongst the troopers there, as if they were all part of the same assembly line, each of them fully aware of the part they have to play, with minimal communication required.

It was during this time that he thought back on his arrival to the Minda system. His company had been shamed during the pacification campaign on Mimban, all because his company's captain had bad blood with a different company's major. Their equipment had been sabotaged from within, leading to their failure in a critical mission. While it wasn't enough to have them executed, with the captain's political ties protecting them, it was enough to get them reassigned to the outer rim.

The company had been tossed about backwaters, from boonie to boonie, never quite fitting in. They would be sent to clean up rabble, hunt small-time rebels, and were even relegated to acting as a police force at times. Eventually, after years of this monotony, they were assigned to act as the personal force of a new governor.

At first, Okto thought it would be another boring, if stable posting. Hell, there might even be some excitement considering how young and arrogant the governor was at the time.

But then the protests happened. And instead of being told to open fire, like they had many times before, the governor spoke. TO the people, instead of AT them. Improvements were made, rapid scaling of infrastructure, housing, operations.

The garrison they were a part of was being trained by CLONES of all people. Okto had only ever seen one clone, and that had been an instructor he had passed when guarding an academy.

Everyday, he escorted the governor around, watching as he relentlessly filed paperwork, made deals with local organizations, and hell, even got to watch as the Garrison Commander taught him self-defense, blaster skills and more. Though he wasn't very good at the moment, the dedication was real.

More and more was done, and Okto came to realize that this backwater could be something more. Something better. It was a rim world that didn't see people cowering from the mere sight of his helmet. It was a place where the people truly loved the Empire so much, that there had been zero rebel presences detected, despite Commander Grants inspections.

His inner musings were cut short as they approached the doors to the bridge. He moved to the side, covering a right angle as another trooper started slicing the door using a port built into their PDAs. Wonderful technology, with so many applications that made things easier for him. Though he would never admit out loud how much he had gambled in some of those games. The characters are just so pretty!

Then the door opened, and there was chaos. The droidekas stomped forwards, shields absorbing the intense amount of blasterfire, their shields flickering and wavering under the assault. The crazy bastards had set up a shielded blaster turret and were forcing them to stay in the corridor.

They were at a disadvantage. Right up until Okto threw a stun grenade, yelling through the comms "Stunner out".

He turned his head, and for a brief second the world went wild, before his helmet's noise suppression kicked in.

Then, he and his fellows turned back, raised their weapons, and opened fire.

There were no survivors
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Captain Ife Veers
Minda System, Ugean Orbit, Arquitens-Class Light Cruiser Gauntlet

Ife was quite happy, even as her ships engaged the pirate fleet. Despite the technological superiority of her flotilla, the two corsairs were heavily armed, and their veritable swarm of light freighters and junk fighters meant that she was very heavily outnumbered. However, victory here would add to her record. If she could prove her worth, she could get reassigned to a bigger, better ship, with more opportunities for action.

"Open fire! And inform all allied ships, do not get on the broadside or below the enemy corsairs. That's where the majority of their firepower is concentrated."

"Yes, Captain!" the comms officer responded, already sending the messages out to the fleet.

Ife looked out over the battlefield. TIE's, ARC-170's and V-Wings all screamed this way and that, filling the battlefield with a plethora of blaster bolts and concussion missiles. The two enemy corsairs advanced upwards, their twin quad laser cannons opening fire on the Gauntlet and its allies. The hope was to keep them down there through the use of superior firepower.

While the cumulus class lacked any turbo lasers, it did come outfitted with 14 gunwales, each sporting twin laser cannons. Such concentrated firepower would be equivalent to a smattering of turbolasers and could prove to be an actual threat.

The battle raged, and the fighter count started to go down one by one. About five minutes in, and the first ARC-170 went down, the pilots going up in flames. In retaliation, the closest CR92a turned two heavily modified light freighters into scrap.

This back and forth continued for some time, fighters and freighters and what amounted to engines with guns and a cockpit were disabled, damaged or destroyed outright, before one of the corsairs started to open its hangar bay. Instead of fighters or bombers, a large, poorly built set of missile tubes were raised on an improvised turret. Despite the rust and clearly poor engineering, Ife immediately recognized the danger.

"All ships, evasive maneuvers immediately! Get out of the way of those missile pods!" she yelled out, the comms officers rushing to get the message out.

But it was too late. Even as the Gauntlet and her escorts burned their engines and gunned it out of formation, the ad hoc weapons platform fired a fusillade of ion torpedoes, screaming towards the ships.

Ife cursed. She had packed the fleet too close together, and now she was paying for it.

The torpedoes slammed into the hull, ion energy moving in waves throughout the ship. Subsystem after subsystem shut down, until only lights, gravity and life support still functioned.

"Status report!"

"Most systems offline Ma'am! Backup generator is doing what it can, but it'll be a few minutes before the reactor can be reactivated!"

"FRAKK!" she cursed, letting out her frustration. "Are comms functioning?" Upon receiving a negative, she sighed. Deeply. This was not how she wanted her career to go. She had wanted to prove her family wrong, prove that she could make it in the Navy, yet here she was, about to retreat on her first real sortie.

"Ma'am, sensors are back online! We're reading a hyperspace signature closing in!"

Before she could ask for more details, a ship appeared out of hyperspace right outside the battlefield. As it cut through the void, she saw it's distinctive hull shape and couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.

As the comms came back online, a voice crackled through the intercom.

"This is the Arquitens-Class Command Cruiser Rationale, engaging hostiles. Glad to have a welcoming party. More interesting than this rubber ball I have-ouch!".
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Hi there folks. This one took a smidge longer than usual on account of all the POV switching. I decided to keep this chapter a purely alt-pov chapter, since Las's pov wouldn't be all that interesting. Just him quietly trying not to shit himself in fear.

It's also the first real combat I've ever really written. The only other time I've ever written combat was a quick scene in my original universe work Divided Horizons, and that was more of a gang shootout that ended very quickly. This was a full blown fleet battle and boarding action? Not sure if sneaking onto an enemy ship in a crate is a boarding action but I suppose it doesn't matter.

As always, feedback and commentary is encouraged. My friends are all too busy also going through college, and none of them are as into this weird sci-fi fringe worldbuilding shit as you random internet weirdo's are, so I basically get all of my social interaction by reading y'all comments. So please comment. I am very lonely.

Thank you for reading!

- Freefaller

 

[Shiro345]

I really like the idea here but the one problem I have is that things seem to be moving way too fast. An asteroid mining refinery built in less than 3 months? Idk, maybe this is plausible in star wars universe, I wouldn't know since my knowledge of SW is only through cultural osmosis.

Not a deal breaker tho and I'm willing to suspend my disbelief. Watched.

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The way I see I everything was prebuilt and brought there and then assembled that's my take on it atleast

 

[bryanfran36]

I really like the idea here but the one problem I have is that things seem to be moving way too fast. An asteroid mining refinery built in less than 3 months? Idk, maybe this is plausible in star wars universe, I wouldn't know since my knowledge of SW is only through cultural osmosis.

Not a deal breaker tho and I'm willing to suspend my disbelief. Watched.

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Assume that everything was prefrabicated and connected together like Lego bricks.

 

[Silencian]

More interesting than this rubber ball I have-ouch!"

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Now the real question, does the mother also have a habit of throwing a rubber ball at walls? Maybe she's just better at keeping it hidden!

 

[Dalriaden]

More interesting than this rubber ball I have-ouch!".

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Empire is gonna be brought low by bouncy balls.

 

[Xintax]

It's also the first real combat I've ever really written. The only other time I've ever written combat was a quick scene in my original universe work Divided Horizons, and that was more of a gang shootout that ended very quickly. This was a full blown fleet battle and boarding action? Not sure if sneaking onto an enemy ship in a crate is a boarding action but I suppose it doesn't matter.

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Not bad, it was a little confusing to keep track of who's who with the rapid PoV changes and why exactly we should care about each PoV character, but otherwise every action within those PoV were well described, and seemed realistic enough between the feelings and the actions/decisions made by these characters.

 

[JoeSystem]

Make a memorial graveyard and some monuments around it for PR to civilians and soldiers. Give economic support to family members of those who died or suffered wounds to serve in the defense of Minda.

What does the new helmet look like?

 

[Velar]

MC seems to be the inventive sort. Maybe he gets the idea to modify Mousedroids with blasters as super cheap boarding troops (a mouse costs about as much as a blaster). Put one more expensive droid as a controller and you have a menace.

 

[Stormingart]

What does the new helmet look like?

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RO helmets maybe?

 

[Xeider]

MC seems to be the inventive sort. Maybe he gets the idea to modify Mousedroids with blasters as super cheap boarding troops (a mouse costs about as much as a blaster). Put one more expensive droid as a controller and you have a menace.

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Add in a flash + smoke grenade combo and then send the modified mousedroids, the enemy will try to fire at human height while they begin to cause disruption.
How sealed are those helmets? He could go with some tear gas grenades for boarding vessels.

 

[Knight Sovereign]

More interesting than this rubber ball I have-ouch!".

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Is this going to be a running gag for this story? I don't mind if it is.

Just him quietly trying not to shit himself in fear.

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Oh, don't say that. Governor Las is clearly holding down the fort and keeping the morale of the population high with his commanding presence in the face of this pirate attack. Definitely not trying to cower in safety in the most fortified bunker on the planet.

 

[kano547]

Arquitens-Class Command Cruiser

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The internet has warped my mind, all I could think when I saw that was "It's okay, it has a flared base."
Good chapter, I guess in the next one we get to see what his sister is like. I mean, I'm assuming since that's the only one I can think of who would be showing up there in a Light Cruiser.

 

[Argen2]

were armed with E-11 Carbines, which, while weaker than the standard E-11, had a noticeably higher rate of fire which was invaluable in the closer quarters of a starship. And it wasn't like pirates would be particularly heavily armed.

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maybe try heavily armored?
there isn't a correlation between what weapon the Imps are using and why that would help against the weapons the pirates are using, unless its for armour

 

[Crixxis]

"This is the Arquitens-Class Command Cruiser Rationale, engaging hostiles. Glad to have a welcoming party. More interesting than this rubber ball I have-ouch!".

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If this is who I think it is then the family must have picked up the habit of ball throwing when bored from their mother. I say mother because not much is currently know about the father or maybe thats how they got together, ball chuckling until they both hit each other. The whole family are ball people.

 

[sxeron10]

If this is who I think it is then the family must have picked up the habit of ball throwing when bored from their mother. I say mother because not much is currently know about the father or maybe thats how they got together, ball chuckling until they both hit each other. The whole family are ball people.

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It'd be funny if it was memorialized in some fashion, especially among the family.

I can only imagine Lars in the afterlife groaning seeing his descendants play with rubber balls with such devotion.

 

[ElimGarakovsky12]

That made the second of five light freighters to go down in this battle, along with nearly half a dozen fighters. He once again swiveled the turret, looking for targets as the ship around him shook from the repeated attacks. He almost locked onto another freighter before the turbolaser battery got a lucky shot and turned it into dust in a single barrage.

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This is a MUCH more likely and productive area of improvement than stormtrooper helmets. First of all, helmets would likely require new hardware and software, there would need to be improved usability, training etc. Here everything is already remote controlled - you could just bolt on a computer (or do a software update) and the targeting will be much better and more accurate than what is possible for a human. Or just reprogram a droid. This system is begging to be automated, and the development time for it should be much faster since it's a simpler task than improving an already advanced product.

He almost locked onto another freighter before the turbolaser battery got a lucky shot and turned it into dust in a single barrage.

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Another potential area of improvement - different gunners have no idea what the others are shooting at. It's entirely possible for them to all accidentally target the same ship and leave another one without any attackers.

But then the protests happened. And instead of being told to open fire, like they had many times before, the governor spoke. TO the people, instead of AT them. Improvements were made, rapid scaling of infrastructure, housing, operations.

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More and more was done, and Okto came to realize that this backwater could be something more. Something better. It was a rim world that didn't see people cowering from the mere sight of his helmet. It was a place where the people truly loved the Empire so much, that there had been zero rebel presences detected, despite Commander Grants inspections.

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This is pretty preachy and even cringe for a trooper. A trooper would care much more about his own experience than whether the people love the Empire. He would care about his training, equipment, his buddies, and those he works with. The civvies would be the last thing he would think of.

The way I see I everything was prebuilt and brought there and then assembled that's my take on it atleast

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Assume that everything was prefrabicated and connected together like Lego bricks.

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No, that still doesn't work IMHO.

Some things you can assemble like Lego - such as the PDAs - because there would be integration issues between different components. The software would need to be written specifically for the platform. After you found a team that could do the development, you could maybe have some working prototypes in a month, with advanced sci-fi droid help and effort, but putting them into production would take even longer. Just ordering the parts would probably take weeks if not months, since this is a brand new product, the right parts would need to be researched, then the manufacturing company needs to allocate them from their stocks, package them, ship them across half the galaxy on a likely rather slow freighter, etc.

There are tons of other problems like this. Just hiring the people that would hire the people that would hire the people for some of the projects would take time. You don't just hire everyone - you need to do interviews with them, find the right fit, which takes yet more time. So you find and hire a hiring manager - it will take a few days to find a qualified one. They start the job after a few days (if they have no other commitments and can start right away). Then they hire an HR team - that will take another week or longer. Then they need to hire the actual people - that's several more weeks, at best. So it would likely take at least a month to get staffing for a medium to large sized project, if everything went perfectly and you found the right candidates on time.

 

[Dantaliens]

More and more was done, and Okto came to realize that this backwater could be something more. Something better. It was a rim world that didn't see people cowering from the mere sight of his helmet. It was a place where the people truly loved the Empire so much, that there had been zero rebel presences detected, despite Commander Grants inspections.

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Unless they get overtaxed I would expect people in the rim to prefer Empire compared to republic, with how ineffective they were in protecting them from enemy fleets/pirates,