55 Mitthsrawsnuruodo (1/2)

The Rakatan Archipelago had gone through thousands of years of peace and without active war, they became complacent. It was ruled by the Rakata descendants who had fled from the Infinite Empire before its collapse. They fled with their slaves, technology and various other things. However many of the tribes which ended up surviving weren't extremely technologically savvy.

Many of them regressed in technology and cultural behavior. The force hounds were still a thing, but they were never able to get the resources to mount another attack on the known Galaxy.

Even then two of the solar systems within the archipelago had space stations known to be similar to that of the original Star Forge. Massive factories which took in the energy of stars as resources and made endless robotic armies and massive armadas.

The only downside to these stations was that they were semi-sentient, which meant they were capable of some form of thought. This was due to the nature of being related to Alchemy and having been made with it. Just like the original one, these Star Forge stations would often try and gain control of those whom wished to use them. The more you used it, the closer you delved into its secrets, the more it would try to use you in return.

Valad knew all of this and his first stop would be to these stations. The only problem which was now persisting was the fact that he was now entering Unknown Regions. The chiss were known for expanding into resource rich worlds and battling the xenocultures throughout the uncharted systems.

The last thing he expected was the fact that he would run into a familiar face. Yet another fateful encounter which completely made him blank to the face.

Standing on the bridge of the Imperious, Valad was staring into the red eyes of a tall mature commander. A brilliant strategist and even greater foe should they one day cross one another. This however made it rather clear that he could turn this man in his favor.

Valad knew of the threat beyond the Galaxy which was coming to invade. He also knew that the outbound flight would have to be stopped before it was too late. Thankfully they had years to plan for that.

Now he just needed to take care of the present.

Just lightyears away from the Archipelago, the Imperious had been pulled out of Hyperspace. Much to their surprise, they had been surrounded by a couple of Chiss Destroyers, far different from the design he had used.

It appeared they were using an interdictor field to keep them in place. This was interfering with the Hyperspace protocols which would normally take ships out of hyperspace should a Shadow Mass be detected in their path.

He however only had to switch off the safety and could be on his way, abide there would be quite a large amount of damage from doing so. Even an artificial Shadow Mass could cause problems for on board instruments.

”Unidentified Vessel, you are now entering Rakatan Space. Hostile Alien forces are present...” The one known as Mitth'raw'nuruodo or Thrawn simply stared out the viewport of his own destroyer at the massive twenty two kilometer long vessel. His eyes were tracing over the several hangar bays and thousands of weapons emplacements.