Chapter 608: The Emperor's Hand
Back in the present, the masked woman was surprised to see so many anomalies in a short period of time. She pulled down her mask and looked at the sky, revealing a beautiful face. Except for the fact that the hue of the eyes remained black due to the gathering of the Dark Force for Force detection, the whole person looked like an ordinary young girl.
But the girl was not as weak as she looked, although she was surprised by what she had just seen, and even quite overwhelmed. However, she knew that her mentor would know what to do.
After leaving the Nabu Palace, she left the main city in stealth, avoiding the police who had already poured into the main roads. At this time, Nabu Star had entered full martial law. The theft of the remains of the former queen Amidala has reached the ears of the higher-ups.
Although Nabu is no longer under the rule of the imperial power, due to the high popularity of the previous queen among the people, the theft of her body is a very serious political incident, and the official of Nabu Star immediately began global control after receiving the news.
The police barricaded the city, surrounded the palace, and the security forces blocked all the shipping lanes. However, they did not find many meaningful clues at the scene. As the various departments of the Naboo government were anxious to deal with this public event, the media naturally rushed to hear about it.
The official emergency measures left everyone questioning what was happening, and soon the news of the theft of the previous queen's body was leaked. While officials and the media wrestled over the incident, the masked woman also returned to her car.
In a small, remote airport outside the city, her car, the Jed Fire, has completed refueling and routine maintenance, and although the airport says the authorities have blocked the sky, she doesn't care.
Her vehicle has the best stealth system in the galaxy, allowing her to safely enter and exit most administrative planets without fear of being hit by anti-aircraft fire. After leaving Nabu in her own private spaceship, she immediately contacted her mentor via a holographic communication device.
"What do you have to report. My apprentice? The image of the emperor suddenly appeared on the communication platform of the shuttle, and it can be seen that the masked woman is one of the emperor's secret apprentices.
Like Vader, the Emperor had many secret apprentices. However, due to the Sith tradition, each of these secret apprentices has very limited ability to control the Dark Force.
The talent of these secret apprentices and the limited knowledge imparted by the Emperor meant that they were far inferior to Vader's rank in terms of force. But because of the sheer number, the emperor was able to allow them to play a considerable positive role in their rule.
For example, the red-haired girl in front of me. Her original name was Mara. Jed, is a member of the "Emperor's Hand". She lived under the Emperor's tutelage from an early age and was trained to be a loyal guard and agent.
Although the Emperor himself did not give much guidance to her in Force training, and never acknowledged her as a disciple in public, Mara still served the Emperor with all her loyalty, like countless minor people who served the Emperor. He made it his sole ambition to maintain the stability of the empire.
"I have lived up to your expectations, my mentor. I found the source of the interference but failed to stop it, and Naboo's situation was far more complicated than I expected...... "At the Emperor's inquiry, the man named Mara. Jed's maiden bowed her head deeply. Respectfully report what happened tonight to the emperor himself, who is far away in the imperial capital.
As a member of the "Emperor's Hand", Mara's main mission is to monitor or assassinate people who may pose a threat to the Emperor's rule. For the past few years, having completed her basic Sith skills training, she has been operating in all corners of the galaxy, practicing this principle.
As a successful Assassin, she was often summoned by the Emperor to investigate unfamiliar sectors. A few days earlier, she had been summoned by the Emperor on another mission to Naboo, a beautiful planet known for its quiet and peaceful peace.
Although it is not clear why there is a potential threat against the emperor here. But Mara did not dare to question the emperor's orders. She immediately put down her previous task and hurried to Naboo. According to the clues provided by the emperor, the investigation was carried out.
She knew that the Emperor had a very powerful Force Sensing ability, far more powerful than herself. So when the emperor asked her to look for Anakin in the star of Naboo. A little bit about Skywalker's past when she first found Queen Amidala's tomb.
Since she missed the daytime visit, she sneaked in at night to investigate. Unexpectedly, not long after finding the queen's mausoleum, I noticed the arrival of another team, that is, Sister Xue. Then came a series of previous accidents.
In the face of the Emperor. Mara carefully explained the cause and effect of the incident, and waited for her mentor to punish her. However, to her surprise, the emperor did not get angry after listening to her report, but instead looked interested.
"Fun, so funny! The Emperor commented in his peculiar eerie tone. The tone was both laughing and crying. Combined with his wrinkled and distorted face, it looks particularly hideous.
"What should I do, mentor." Should I continue to track? Mara respectfully asked, and although she had no hope of tracking him down, she was unwilling to show any sign of incompetence in the presence of the Emperor. It's like a little girl desperately trying to prove to her father that she's grown up.
"No, no, no, you've done your mission, come back and rest for a while, I'm pretty sure I have other places to use you......" The Emperor denied Mara's suggestion after a little consideration, and although he looked like he was in control, his instinct kept telling him that new dangers were coming.
Like his little apprentice, he had no clue about the unfamiliar space-time expedition. Willpower's sensing made him notice that Vader's personal emotional world was being affected, but the direction was not Luke.
Through Force sensing, he was roughly certain that the threat would come from Naboo. In order to ensure the loyalty of his regular apprentices and successors, he hurriedly dispatched his supernumerary disciples to investigate Naboo's anomaly. But now it seems that the danger may not come from Vader, but from someone else or force.
When the emperor suspiciously guessed Sister Xue's identity, Sister Xue had already led the team back to the periphery of Tatooine. At this time, the two Star Destroyers captured by the Master Chief had been tentatively designated as their base of operations in this plane.
The space-time door stabilizing device was placed in the cabin of the No. 1 Star Destroyer, and many places in the hull of the ship had been occupied by a large number of engineering teams and scientific researchers sent from the rear, so they seized the time to study and repair the damaged parts of the two Star Destroyers.
According to the order in which they were occupied, the two Star Destroyers were tentatively named Ship No. 1 and No. 2. Since they are all the most advanced Imperial II Star Destroyers, they have great reference value for ship-building technology, so a large number of the most elite scientific research and maintenance teams under the expedition team are concentrated on the spot.
When Sister Xue boarded the ship, she even saw that there were "engineers" brought from the aura plane in some areas who were responsible for repairing the damaged hull. This is very rare, as far as she knows, due to the fact that the Engineer race is extremely learning and efficient, can assist in the repair of complex equipment across platforms, and has a small population, it has always been responsible for maintaining capital ships in the main base of the Space-Time Fleet.
After landing on Star Destroyer One, they quickly unloaded the crystal coffin that they had just captured and sent it back to the rear. As for whether the scientific research team in the rear can finally create a zĂ o miracle and resurrect Queen Amidala, who has been dead for nearly 20 years, it is not something she needs to consider now.
After delivering the first important task, Sister Xue learned about the latest situation. When she learned that the Master Chief's team had gotten away, she couldn't help but rejoice. It's not that she's gloating over what happened to the Master Chief, but she's also had the idea of using Xenomorphs to help the landing force capture the battleship. It's just that the mission hasn't reached the stage of seizing the ship before, so this defeat didn't happen to her.
Considering the alien's diffusion ability and evolutionary speed, even if you find it immediately, you may not be able to control its spread. Investing too much combat power to hunt down escaped aliens will undoubtedly slow down the overall progress of the plan and increase the overall risk of the operation.
The main plan of the expedition team in the Star Wars plane is very compact, although it is not a link and there is no respite, but it can be regarded as a step-by-step camp and relying on each other. If she joins Master Chief's search journey, she can increase the likelihood of finding and quickly eliminating the Xenomorph, but disrupting other plans can also be catastrophic.
Far from it, let's just say what we have just seen and heard on Naboo, and it is clear that the expedition's actions cannot avoid the induction of some Force warriors. In such a situation, what they need to do is to reduce the implementation of the plan as much as possible, complete the main goal as soon as possible and withdraw.
Thinking about this, Sister Xue took over the command of the scene. She first ordered the two ships to leave Tatooine, making several jumps in succession to reach the hard-to-track outer star. After that, she reassigned her staff and changed many of her scheduled side quests.
The encounter in Nabu warns her that while the Force Warriors' combat prowess may not be unstoppable as originally expected, their bug-like Force sensing abilities are too dangerous.
Expeditions that operate in small squads are able to maximize their agility, but they don't seem to be able to escape the sense of the Force fighters. And once these Force warriors with their own plug-ins sense, their situation will be very dangerous. (To be continued......)
PS: First of all, thank you for the monthly ticket for "hill2, moonlight and shadow" after the update of the previous chapter, and the second chapter will be presented tonight, so see you tomorrow