Erisi arrives at Illium Prime

"Attention passengers, this is your Captain speaking." The pleasant sounding man announced over the luxury liner's intercom. "We will dropping out of Hyperspace in 10 minutes. For the best view of our destination-Illium Prime- please make your way to our specially designed viewing lounges. Thank you again for travelling with us on The Jewel Of Coruscant." The Captain continued before signing off.

Having flown to many planets Erisi didn't pay the Captain's recomendation any mind. Instead her thoughts were of the upcoming mission, and what was at stake.

After Major Delvin had briefed her, Erisi had caught a Cab Speeder to her apartment complex. Once in the small, cramped apartment she lived in-but couldn't quite call home- she packed a few items into a self operating grav bag, emptied the contents of the case Delvin gave her into the bag. Erisi also checked the charge of the small, deadly Tenloss hold out blaster pistol hidden in the holster on her arm sleeve. The pistol was much smaller than most blaster pistols in use around the galaxy, didn't have a stun setting, and had a charge of only ten shots, but the weapon had served Erisi well in her covert missions.

Once packed, she called for another Cab Speeder to take her to the Emperor Palpatine Space Port. From there it was a simple matter of getting through Security and onto the luxury liner The Jewel Of Coruscant.

Once aboard, Erisi ignored the lavish furnishings on show. She ignored the bars, the Casinos and the luxary restaurants. Instead she ordered a simple meal of Roasted Nerf and a Lomin Ale to be delivered to her quarters. As she ate her meal, ignoring the luxuriously decorated room, her thoughts were of the mission and the potential rewards once she had succeeded. However a small nagging part of her mind was uneasy. It was worried about what was happening to the great Empire she had sworn to defend. A whole planet had been destroyed. Eight billion lives ended in a microsecond. Erisi knew that Alderaan wasn't completely innocent: Princess Leia was a high value member of the Rebellion, and her now deceased father-Senator Bail Organa- had long been suspected of being affiliated with the Rebels by ISB. But did their crimes mean that the whole planet had to be destroyed?

More worrying to Erisi was her gut feeling that Tarkin wouldn't have destroyed Alderaan without the express permission of The Emperor himself. Tarkin was ambitious, cunning, and cruel, but he was loyal to Palpatine and had prospered under his New Order. He wouldn't have done something so unprecedented without The Emperor's wishes.

Also troubling the young ISB Agent was among the one million souls lost when the **** Star was destroyed, was Colonel Yularen: The highly decorated fleet hero from the Clone Wars and the head of the Imperial Security Bureau. Although primarily only a figure head Yularen was highly respected and calming voice in the Emperor's inner circle, and in the Bureau. Erisi shivered when she thought about who would replace him as the chief of ISB, and in the Emperor's Inner Circle. Would it be Sate Pestage? Armand Isard's (the head of Imperial Intelligence) daughter Ysanne-a young woman who was ferociously loyal to the New Order? Despite her age she was an accomplished Agent for Imperial Intelligence, and had a fearsome reputation for being cold and cruel. Her reputation and her mismatched eyes; her right as cold and pitiless as the ice world of Hoth, and her left smouldered with as much intensity as Mustafar, had earned her the nickname Ice-heart. Or would the Emperor give ISB over to Lord Vader: the Lord of the Sith was his right hand man and enforcer?

"No!" Erisi said aloud to the empty room. "No matter how imperfect the Empire is, it is much better than the alternative. This galaxy saw enough **** and destruction in The Clone Wars. For the souls lost on the **** Star and to prevent this conflict from escalating I will prevent the truth from coming out. I will save the New Order from itself!"

As Erisi made that solemn vow the deck beneath her feet lurched slightly, the unmistakable sign of a craft dropping back into real space. Erisi glanced at her room's viewport windows and saw the blue and white planet of Illium Prime. For better or worse, she mused this insignificant Hutt planet would define her life and potentially the galaxy.

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"What is the purpose of your visit Miss Rendar?" The fresh faced Illium Prime Immigration Officer asked Erisi after he put the identification card ISB had provided for her into his console.

"Pleasure." Erisi replied shortly.

"Ok. Pleasure." The official tapped away at his panel. "Aren't you a little bit over dressed Miss Rendar?" The Official asked with a sly grin as he checked out her glorious body, clad in a stylish and functional black body suit.

Erisi just about managed to bite down on the retort which was on her tongue, and instead flashed the young man a smile. "I have plenty of more appropriate clothing for my holiday, I assure you handsome." Erisi replied with a wink, doing a fine job to keep the contempt out of her voice.

"I would like to see you in them." The official said with a lewd wink, before he handed back her ID card. "Welcome to Illium Prime."