| During the flight from Emperor’s Hammer space, the Clan fleet was busy escorting the dependents and worldly goods of the Clan from their prior system to the Clan rendezvous point in deep space, where they would make a few random jumps to throw off any pursuit, and then finally make a their last jump to their new home. The order of the jumps had the Modified [[CR90 Corvette]] [[Victory]] jump in first, secure the local area with help from one squadron of fighters from the [[Excidium]], and give the Go/No-go transmission to the ''Excidium''. It in turn would jump into the ''Victory''’s location, and leave a squadron of fighters behind with the ''Ogmio’s Whip'' to ensure that there would be no pursuit. This went well for the first jump, but on the second jump a stray flight of fighters caught them. Even worse, they were from [[Praetorian Squadron]], the elite fighter squadron in service with the [[Intelligence Division]]. Captain Voo-Er Lanas, fearful that their covert move was being watched or reported back to Imperial Intelligence, acted on her own. She pretended that the ship had received damage, and hailed the incoming fighters. They fell into a close escort formation, and then the ship started to shoot. Within three seconds, all four enemy fighters were wiped out. In order to keep their location a permanent secret, Captain Lanas had no choice but to fire on the pilots that managed to eject. As she was about to give the order, the rest of Praetorian Squadron jumped in. Later interrogation revealed that at least one of the pilots in the initial flight was a low-ranking Jedi, but managed to send a warning through the Force to one of the other Jedi in the squadron. The squadron came in like demons, launching flight after flight of missiles, but the ''Whip'' easily managed to shoot them down or have them impact on shields that were strong. However good they were was immaterial, as the squadron from the ''Excidium'' that was with them managed to force the fighters near the 2.5-kilometer kill zone near the ''Whip''. The fight was short and deadly, and at the end of the battle they had destroyed Praetorian Squadron, at the cost of two fighters and negligible damage to the ''Whip''. Captain Lanas then changed her mind, and captured the remaining pilots to interrogate them as to what they knew of their movement. Apparently, the squadron was simply making a patrol run, and the Intelligence Division was still unaware of their current movement. Captain Lanas then ordered the pilots to be placed in an unused container, strapped a life support and nav beacon to the container, and left it in space. They then jumped out, and later on our spies reported that the pilots were rescued shortly thereafter. Captain Lanas later expressed the reason why she had them released, saying that if their situations were reversed, that is what she would have like to have been done, not to mention the fact that the EH and the Clan were not at war with each other, just having a barely-civil separation. The Consul later on affirmed Captain Lanas’ decision, and that was the end of that. | | During the flight from Emperor’s Hammer space, the Clan fleet was busy escorting the dependents and worldly goods of the Clan from their prior system to the Clan rendezvous point in deep space, where they would make a few random jumps to throw off any pursuit, and then finally make a their last jump to their new home. The order of the jumps had the Modified [[CR90 Corvette]] [[Victory]] jump in first, secure the local area with help from one squadron of fighters from the [[Excidium]], and give the Go/No-go transmission to the ''Excidium''. It in turn would jump into the ''Victory''’s location, and leave a squadron of fighters behind with the ''Ogmio’s Whip'' to ensure that there would be no pursuit. This went well for the first jump, but on the second jump a stray flight of fighters caught them. Even worse, they were from [[Praetorian Squadron]], the elite fighter squadron in service with the [[Intelligence Division]]. Captain Voo-Er Lanas, fearful that their covert move was being watched or reported back to Imperial Intelligence, acted on her own. She pretended that the ship had received damage, and hailed the incoming fighters. They fell into a close escort formation, and then the ship started to shoot. Within three seconds, all four enemy fighters were wiped out. In order to keep their location a permanent secret, Captain Lanas had no choice but to fire on the pilots that managed to eject. As she was about to give the order, the rest of Praetorian Squadron jumped in. Later interrogation revealed that at least one of the pilots in the initial flight was a low-ranking Jedi, but managed to send a warning through the Force to one of the other Jedi in the squadron. The squadron came in like demons, launching flight after flight of missiles, but the ''Whip'' easily managed to shoot them down or have them impact on shields that were strong. However good they were was immaterial, as the squadron from the ''Excidium'' that was with them managed to force the fighters near the 2.5-kilometer kill zone near the ''Whip''. The fight was short and deadly, and at the end of the battle they had destroyed Praetorian Squadron, at the cost of two fighters and negligible damage to the ''Whip''. Captain Lanas then changed her mind, and captured the remaining pilots to interrogate them as to what they knew of their movement. Apparently, the squadron was simply making a patrol run, and the Intelligence Division was still unaware of their current movement. Captain Lanas then ordered the pilots to be placed in an unused container, strapped a life support and nav beacon to the container, and left it in space. They then jumped out, and later on our spies reported that the pilots were rescued shortly thereafter. Captain Lanas later expressed the reason why she had them released, saying that if their situations were reversed, that is what she would have like to have been done, not to mention the fact that the EH and the Clan were not at war with each other, just having a barely-civil separation. The Consul later on affirmed Captain Lanas’ decision, and that was the end of that. |