21 Bai (1/2)

Tobias knew that most of the events wouldn't change even though he would give information to Sloane and Randd. The main reason was because Randd feared Rax and respected him. Sloane on the other hand didn't know how to deal with Rax and at one point had even threatened him with a weapon.

Now that she knew who he was, it was already too late since he had a large amount of influence in the Empire. Her was seen as a hero, even though most of what he had done is unknown, he was still decorated.

Tobias Rune, Ahsoka Tano, Sabine Wren and Kraytia made their way to the hangar where the Raider-II Corvette known as the Corvus was waiting for them. The loading ramp was lowered and Inferno Squad was waiting at the foot of it.

Iden and Del were standing there, watching as the Grand Moff showed up walking towards the corvette with the other three in tow.

Sabine was now dressed in her beskar'gam armor, mandalorian specialty and a uniquely decorated armor. It was repainted again, this time having black as its base, with gold-orange stripes. The only thing that didn't change was the starbird.

”So we're going down to the Auction on Rori?” Kraytia asked curiously as she looked up towards her Master and Ahsoka. Her eyes then wandered on over to Sabine who was wearing her helmet.

Tobias Rune's apprentice was dressed in a black robe tunic, similar to that of a Jedi, but they looked as if they were made out of a high quality hemp material. she had white trousers and black boots to match. On her left hip was her lightsaber and on the right was her RK-series blaster pistol.

”Yes, the black market auction in the city of Narmle on the planet moon, the one you were talking about.” Rune responded with a dim gaze before continuing in their stride on board the vessel.

Iden and Del followed the group onto the corvette as the ramp began to rise. They were to join them on the way there, but their main task was making sure no one else left with the Jedi Collections.

Kraytia and Ahsoka's jobs were simple, verify that the individuals encased in the carbonite or stasis chambers were indeed Jedi from the Clone Wars.

Though he was going to purchase any and all of them if at all possible, he would like to be able to tell who and what they were prior to doing so. However at the same time, if they could not, he could just use the system to do so.

”Corvus ready for launch. Hangar Control, are we clear?” Adiana Caton, the pilot of the Corvus, asked over the communications relay.

”Yes Corvus, you are clear to launch. Good luck and may the Force be with you.” The hangar control operator responded, all colors were green, there was no issue.

The corvette would begin to hover and rotate to face the opening of the Hangar and slowly crawl out of its mouth. With skill and finesse the small wedge made its way from the Guardian and towards Naboo's moon of Rori.

It would have taken them about forty five minutes until they breached the city limits after going through the atmosphere. Still, there was no problems. The Naboo system was entirely under the Imperium control when it came to security. No ship entered or left without them knowing.

On top of that, the only ships and fighters in the sky were the new Nubian Starfighters supplied to the Naboo government for self defense. That was a bonus, the Imperium didn't have to expend their own TIEs for planetary security.

As the ship landed in the nearby starport, the group disembarked on their short term adventure. Leaving the starport, Iden and Del went off in another direction with a handful of officers following them, while Rune and his party went off towards the auction house.

The planet was similar to Naboo in many ways, however it was more twisted with trees and wilderness. The city they had landed in was of the same architecture of the human Naboo cities propped up across the main world.

The main difference however was that there was grass everywhere. The smell of swamps and flora was high in the air.

”So what is your plan with buying Jedi off the black market...?” Ahsoka asked as she looked at the man who had originally called her Snips.

”They will either join me, go their own way or they will join Luke Skywalker's Jedi.” He responded in kind with a gaze of indifference. He didn't care what she thought of what he was doing really, he was more interested in Sabine than Ahsoka.

This was probably because Ahsoka's face had become longer, and she was prominently taller, almost as tall as him. Even her Lekku and montrals were elongated, he preferred them shorter. Her features had long since changed since the Clone Wars, but that was also because she was around forty years old now. That was probably why he didn't feel much attraction towards her, she was over twenty years older than himself.

He let out a quiet sigh as he looked away from her, tracing over the green grass which was promptly crushed under their feet as they casually strolled on.

Sabine looked over at him having seen how he was looking at Ahsoka, it was like he was comparing her to a past time, though she knew that the Moff had 'met' Ahsoka for the first time now. ”You two never met before, right?”

Ahsoka looked over at her friend and laughed quietly, ”Right. At least to my knowledge.”

Tobias simply shrugged lightly, ”I wish I was an Officer in the Republic during the Clone Wars, with the knowledge I have now, I could have wiped the floor with Palpatine.” He was looking back on the Galaxy, one that could be completely changed.

Ahsoka didn't know whether or not to be sympathetic with his thoughts or to try and lecture him about thinking on the past like this. Yet she couldn't find herself a way to speak of it, she often thought back about what would have happened if she hadn't left her Master, Anakin Skywalker. Maybe he wouldn't have turned to the dark side of the force, maybe he wouldn't have become Darth Vader.

Coming up on a massive swirled double dome-like building which spiraled from the ground. If he was going to compare this piece of architecture to something from Earth, he'd have to compare it to the Guggenheim from the state of New York. It was primarily of two domes, one on top of the other. Pretty much it was as if the first dome had a flat top and another was placed on top.

The exterior was a golden-yellow, it matched with the other buildings surrounding it, as its second dome was green and was considered the roof of the complex.