Fiction:Shadow of War

Prelude
It was a nice day on Nengeredis, the newly settled capital of the Confederacy of Free Planets, and the Vice Chancellor Collo was heading to his home. He was glad his superior managed to make peace with their enemies, the the Empire. When he got home, he rested for a few hours, watching the HoloNet, before deciding to go to bed with his wife. However, when he entered his room, there was a giant bang, and Collo found himself on the floor, his bedroom destroyed, and standing in front of him stood a Libertus wearing a respirator, and more surprisingly, what seemed to be an Imperial Inquisitor. The Inquisitor threw Collo's wife into the wall, rendering her unconscious.


 * Inquisitor:"Vice Chancellor Collo of the Confederacy of Free Planets. You are under arrest. News that you are apprehended shall spread quickly throughout the Imperatore Cyrannica's Inquisition, to Lord Moranonúngur or even the Galactic Emperor. Now my rise to power shall begin."

The Inquisitor grabbed Collo by the neck, and suddenly both of them disappeared. They reappeared in a large, circular, dark room, with no light, yet the Vice Chancellor could see the Inquisitor's yes shine a blood red. Feeling his pockets, Collo felt his stun gun. He quickly pulled it out and shot his bullets at the Libertus' eyes three times, though he suddenly saw a light brown energy blade deflect all bullets, ending them into the darkness.


 * Inquisitor:"Vice Chancellor Collo of the Confederacy of Free Planets. Your firearm is useless against an Inquisitor's powers. Your weapon is now mine, and shall be destroyed."


 * Collo:"Impossible! To think, I trusted you Imperial dogs to keep peace! You cannot apprehend the Vice Chancellor of the Confederacy of Free Planets! And what did you do to my wife? Is she dead? Oh, I shall be sending a very strongly wondered letter to you and your Emperor in the next six business days once I get out of here!"

Collo attempted to run, but instead ran into a wall. As he staggered, he felt his stun gun slip out of his grasp and into that of the Libertus. He was suddenly stripped of everything, including his clothes, and he felt quite exposed, not to mention embarrassed.


 * Collo:"Hey! Put my clothes back on, you frak! Only my wi~"

What else Collo was to say was stopped, for he was suddenly gagged and stuck to a chair, and a thin layer of cloth was put on him. He managed to tilt his head a little to his left, and saw the Libertus standing in the corner holding Collo's stun gun and the Inquisitor's energy blade, while behind it stood about four highly equipped soldiers, and leading them seemed to be a cyborg with a dark gray energy blade.


 * Inquisitor:"Vice Chancellor Collo of the Confederacy of Free Planets. The Emperor shall be pleased to hear of this revelation. You shall now wait with my acolytes. Goodbye."

The Inquisitor left the room, and his acolytes closed in. Suddenly, Collo felt very dizzy, and then fell asleep.

The Revelation
The Inquisitor left the room, and went to get its personal starship, The Black Vengeance. It got on, and left the planet, heading to Nengeredis in hyperspace. As it rested in its chair, its appearance suddenly changed, now taking the appearance of an Osteola, the Emperor Jekad. However, when he soon landed in a spaceport, he quickly changed his form to that of an Osteola Confederacy citizen, and walked through the spaceport, passing through the security checks with ease. After some walking in the streets, he found what he was looking for: a pothole. He opened it, and jumped down into darkness.

Jekad landed in a dirty tunnel, unused since the first civilization on the planet. As he made his way, now in the form of an Imperial citizen, he saw his contact: the Nengerah Laben Naiko, an infamous bounty hunter in the Cúrongul Sector.


 * Laben Naiko:"Good. You came. Though, from what you wanted, I expected you'd look a little more... intimidating."


 * Jekad:"One should not be judged by their appearance. I am far more powerful than what you expect, yet I am no fool to showcase my powers here, lest you reveal me to the authorities, if they are any good in this place."


 * Laben Naiko:"Right. Anyways, here's what you need. Now, where's my money?"

Laben handed Jekad a datapad that could be used to hack the planetary HoloNet, and suddenly in the bounty hunter's hand appeared one hundred fifty credits. Jekad continued to make his way through the dark tunnels, but before he went far he spoke to Laben.


 * Jekad:"Bounty hunter. Stay here until I return, and disable your HoloPad. I shall give you more money if you swear not to reveal me."

Before Laben could respond, Jekad left, and when Laben looked at his HoloPad, it was all static.

Jekad made his way through the tunnels, effortlessly killing the little animals that opposed him. He found the other pothole, miles away. He used his powers to move the cover almost instantly, and jumped out into a large Holo building, now in the form of an elderly human. He quickly made his way up to the top level, escaping the gazes of strangers. He appeared in the broadcast room, and the broadcaster gave a start, for now he saw an Imperial Inquisitor in his room, wielding an energy blade. Millions at the moment were watching the HoloNet, for it was about time for second breakfast, and were shocked as they saw an Imperial Inquisitor kill the broadcaster and others. Suddenly, all electronic devices on the planet connected to the Holo network was disabled, for a buttons on the data pad Jekad held in his Libertus hands could do such a thing. Suddenly, the devices came back, and on all of them appeared a dark room with a chair surrounded by Imperial Inquisitors. The citizens of Nengeredis saw, to their shock and anger, Collo stuck to the chair, gagged and nearly stripped.


 * Inquisitor:"Peace was made. Peace is folly. Peace shall break. Your Confederacy shall fall, and Collo shall be the first casualty, unless money is paid."

Suddenly an energy blade struck through Collo's left arm, and he writhed in pain. Suddenly the transmission ended, and though all that watched it were in outrage, the most angered individual was Cassynder, High Chancellor of the Confederacy of Free Planets, who was in his office, planning something out.


 * Cassynder:"What! This is an outrage! Those fraking Imperials, never keep their word, I say, and all because this usurper bloke comes and takes over! I bet that Imperial toad has something to do with this to! Very well, High Admiral, ready our fleet and signal for reinforcements from the Army in Nosiso, for today we go to war! Conviuraedhel Cyrannica! To war! We shall show those Imperial frakers true power!"

The High Admiral left the room, leaving Cassynder to contemplate his next moves while his forces face their enemy once more...

The First Strike
It was midnight on an Imperial planet, and five Libertus Stormtroopers were on guard duty. They had their guns at hand, yet as nothing happened, they began to disregard it. One of them checked their HoloWatch, and luckily ssaw they had two more minutes left of their shift.


 * Stormtrooper 1:"Great. We have two more minutes left. I hate this job. If only the Emperor can take us away from this wasteland."


 * Stormtrooper 2:'"I agree. If only we could be relocated to a planet in the war, so much for serving your galaxy."


 * Stormtrooper 3:"I guess... but it's not that bad... with all the peace... not the chance of death... Wait! What's that? An army? Imperial? Wait a minute..."


 * Stormtrooper 4:"...Those are Confederates! That scum! We must report to the base!"


 * Stormtrooper 5:"Frak! We shall not run like fools! We shall fight! For the Emperor! Imperatore Cyrannica! Now, t-"

What the stormtrooper said was cut off, for he was shot in the chest and killed. The other four readied their guns, yet one died, burned from behind. Suddenly, the Nengerah Laben Naiko appeared, and killed the remaining soldiers. She then grabbed her now working HoloPhone, and opened it.


 * Laben:"I got them dead. The base is next."

The Confederate troopers began their march, shooting down the other Stormtroopers with ease. They destroyed the hill and saw their starships appearing, passing the destroyed planetary shield and heading towards the capital. The ground forces also made their way, though it was nowhere to be seen. The starships rushed to the capital, and within seconds they reached it, a small town with few people. They immediately rushed in and destroyed most of the city in minutes, though it seemed that the city went deep underground. The commander of the fleet sent a transmission to the commander of the ground forces, who was on his speeder.


 * Admiral:"Come in, General. Admiral speaking. You must enter underground, for more than half of the city is underground, and there might be more. Also, we have Her on our side, paid by a benefactor. Admiral out."

The general readied his speeder, put his feet on the ignition, and commanded his troops to blast a hole in the ground. It was blasted into the remains of the hill and happened to go into a cave, and as the other troops slowly moved on, the general called his Speeder Bodyguard to him, and they sped into the new cave.

Laben Naiko ran down the hill minutes before it was blasted, and managed to see the main military base ahead. However, before she could formulate a plan in her calculating Nengerah head, she activated her jetpack as she saw the debris of the hill fall upon her. She landed a few yards away, and donned her Nengerah helmet, before calculating a plan. She then started to fly around the base, looking for an entry. She went to a weak gate, and set bomb next to it. As Laben ran away from the gate, she saw it explode, with the nearby sentries dead. She then jumped over the walls, shooting down the survivors. She then went around, killing the rest, before entering the main base. She leaned by the door, listening to the Imperials speak.

After hearing their panic and a gunshot, she burst through the door.


 * Laben:"You are all going to perish. Die or surrender."

Half of them surrendered and the others were shot, though the ones that did not resist suddenly all fell to the ground, dead. Laben looked around, and she saw looming from the shadows a dark figure. It raised a hand, and Laben was thrown into the air, knocking against the walls.


 * Figure:"The benefactor's wrath is upon you. His servant shall make you perish, if you fail. His servant and wrath leaves you now."

The figure left, and Laben remembered the second part of her mission. She then opened the door and flew towards the capital, seeing her money in her mind.

The general and his troops sped through the cave system, evading the shots of the defenders and shooting others down while the general's troops advanced behind him. Suddenly, a large droid appeared and blocked the entry, with four of its "legs" attached to the wall while its shield activated and its two "arms" fired. After several minutes of dodging the bolts, they managed to break it down from the legs, though twelve out of the fifty speeders were destroyed and their riders were killed. They then scouted a little before heading back to their army.

The army began to advance through the caves, killing more civilians and military personnel alike as they made their way to the capital. Meanwhile, above the surface Laben Naiko was flying to the smoldering hole of the capital, and had just jumped in. She was immediately approached by Imperial Stormtroopers. She quickly spun around and shot them down, though at the same time they were cut in half. Laben then set the bombs, and pressed a button on her HoloPad. Suddenly, from the sky parts of a ship began to fall, crushing some of the city while Laben got herself to safety. In many minutes more than half of the city was destroyed, and just in time: at that moment the many speeders charged and fought the Imperials while the rest of the army began to annihilate the city or massacre the troops. From the shadows, a cyborg did the equivalent of a smile, thinking of all the death.

He then raised his arm and spoke into his intercom, from which his master had heard most of the attack.


 * Figure:"All is according to plan, Emperor."


 * Emperor:"Good. Report to Onderthon, where we shall speak about the next mission and travel to Cognalorilos to speak with the Teacher..."

The Council
Cassynder, though quick to accuse his rivals, slowly cooled down over many hours, about an hour before the first battle of the war. After he became rational once more, eh resumed his stoic stance and got some Capricaerónn Wine, drinking deeply. Then, thinking of how ridiculous his words were to attack before declaring war, Cassynder realized that he must speak to the Imperials before the attack. He quickly got himself ready and summoned the members of the Confederate Congress, and was about to call for Collo, before remembering that he was the reason they were meeting the Imperials. He then left his building on Nengeredis and went to the spaceport, getting on his personal ship with the Congress. Cassynder then opened up a transmission to the Imperials, though it barely made through. On the other side was a Grand Mandator, surprised that Cassynder was speaking.


 * Cassynder:"Now listen, Imperial scum. We know what you did to Collo, and we are going to speak about this! Good day to you, sir!"

Before the Grand Mandator could respond, Cassynder closed the transmission and set off.