Something Amiss

SUBMITTED BY: LT Hazledine / Zerek Leader / ISD Nemesis / Imperial Navy
HOLONET REGISTRATION: <hazledine@empirereborn.net
SUBMITTED ON: 2008.05.30

The Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis cruised slowly toward the planet Elrood. Its massive engines slowly pushing it through space. Captain Junon was standing on the bridge watching the TIE Interceptors escorting them towards the panet. Elrood loomed against the black skay and the spaceports surrounding it came slowly into focus.'''

 

It was a along time since Nemesis had been here in the heart of the Empire. It had been based in the Outer Sectors doing recon missions for a couple of years now. That was why the Nemesis had come back to Elrood. The ship was in great need of repairs so this was the place to do it. The Empire couldn't afford to lose any more Star Destroyers in the stat it was.'''

 

Political unrest meant that the Empire couldn't get all the money that it used to get. This meant a cutback in officers pay and the amount of ships produced. Despite all of this, Fleet Admiral Fel was still trying to bring the Empire back to it's former glory. They didn't have too many Star Destroyers as it was, which meant that Fel had to try and get some more support from some of the more, Rebel friendly, systems.'''

 

Captain Junon made his way towards the hanger for his flight down to the planet. He was due a couple of days leave while he was here and he'd decided to make the most of it. This left First Officer Jamie in charge of the ship while it was docked.'''

 

Junon went via Jamie's office before he left. He knocked on the door and it slid open with a hiss.'''

 

"Hello sir!" said Jamie, greeting him, "Looking forward to your leave?"'''

 

"I certainly am!" he said, "I've just got a few things that need doing while I'm gone. I'll transfer the details to your datapad now." He pressed a couple of buttons on his datapad and the file was sent.'''

 

"Thank you sir."'''

 

"Get in touch with me if anything interesting happens. But only get in touch if it's really interesting."'''

 

"Certainly sir. I'll head up to the bridge now. Can't leave Hazledine up there too long or he'll get funny ideas about being in charge of the ship." he gave a little chuckle.'''

 

Junon gave him a sidelong look, "Nice. Well, see you in a few days." he said. Then he walked out of the office and off towards the hanger. Jamie sat there for a minute until he decided to get up and go to the bridge.'''

 

The corridors were mainly empty and he only met a couple of officers on the way to the bridge, which was odd seeing as they hadn't reached port yet. As he got to the bridge he saw Lieutenant Hazledine ordering around his bridge crew. He look up.'''

 

"Commander on the bridge!" he said and gave a salute.'''

 

Jamie returned the salute, "At ease Lieutenant. Is there anything interesting going on? Didn't see many people around on my way here."'''

 

"That's because half the ship is on leave sir. Captain Junon said there was no need for such a large crew seeing was we’ve been away for so long from civilization and there are also a lot of other ships around. They’ll only be gone for a couple of days sir.”'''

 

“I see.” said Jamie. He didn’t really, but who was he to argue with his Commanding Officer. Time to look at the datapad, he thought. He took it out of his pocket and brought up the information Junon had sent him. It was just bog standard stuff to do with fuel and repairs, but there was one item which caught his eye.'''

 

It said that he was granted leave for a couple of days, was to leave Lieutenant Hazledine in charge of the ship and meet Junon at the palace in about three hours. What could he want him to do that for? His only guess would be that he wanted to meet up for a drink. He wasn’t sure about leaving an Imperial Star Destroyer in the hands of someone so inexperienced as Hazledine.'''

 

Jamie told everybody on the bridge the news and headed towards the hanger after running Hazledine through what there was to do. He hoped that Hazledine would be up to the job. It didn’t really matter though, because he wouldn’t be far away, or, in fact, away for long.'''

 

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Lieutenant Hazledine stood on the bridge of the Nemesis with his hands behind his back watching Jamie’s Lambda-class shuttle fly down towards the planet. He thought this was all a bit odd. Leaving a mere Lieutenant onboard to command an Imperial Star Destroyer! He assumed it was all in good faith and continued checking that his officers were doing their jobs.'''

 

Second-Lieutenant Fewrfreyut came over and stood next to him, “Hello sir.” he said.'''

 

“Hello Lieutenant. What’s on your mind?” Hazledine asked him.'''

 

“I was just wondering why both the Captain and First Officer onboard have gone on leave.”'''

 

“Yes, it is rather odd. But they know what they’re doing.”'''

 

“I’m not sure sir, but surely, no disrespect to you, you are inexperienced in handling an ISD on your own. That’s all I thought.”'''

 

“Don’t worry yourself Fewr. We shall be fine. They’re only going to be gone for a couple of days.”'''

 

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Jamie sat onboard the shuttle. It rocked a little as it entered the atmosphere, and then headed out towards the Imperial Palace. It looked a lot like the old palace had on Coruscant except for a few minor changes here and there. The shuttle landed smoothly on the landing platform and the door opened.'''

 

Commander Jamie stepped out and was greeted by Captain Junon with a couple of guards. Junon had a grim look on his face. He walked up to Jamie.'''

 

“Hello Commaner. Fancy a drink?” he said.'''

 

“Of course sir and thank you for letting me go on leave. Although, I was wondering why you left the ship in command of a Lieutenant?”'''

 

“I see.” Junon waved at one of the guards. The guard walked over and hit Jamie hard in the back with his blasters but. Jamie fell forward and was knocked unconscious as he hit the ground. “Take him away!” Junon ordered the guards.'''

 

Junon looked at Jamie’s body being dragged along. It was a shame he had to do that, but Jamie was too clever to be kept free for now. Apart from this minor drawback everything was going as planned. This was the beginning of the downfall of the Empire…'''

 

To be continued...