What sort of distraction?

"We will have to wait and see. But the Empire will remain on alert."






The room was more crowded than usual as Grand Moff Azrael Zell, retired, stepped up onto the stage and moved toward a podium amid flashes from holographic, digital, audio and plain retro-grade recorders.


"Long range sensor probes discovered a fleet amassing near Ord Mantell yesterday. A follow-up probe was launched to confirm the composition of this fleet and, if possible, their intention."

He looked up with an incredulous look on his face.

"Well, ladies and gentle-fucking-men, guess what fucking Captain has been transferred to Admiral Kraken's toilet duty?

Because, guess what? That fleet has no longer been detected in and around Ord Mantell!

Anyone want to guess where the fuck the fleet is? Where it's headed?


Surprise, surprise... the Imperial High Command has just been informed of the destination of those sneaky Coalition bastards. They have arrived at Bilbringi and they ain't bringing flowers.

This is fucking Corellia all over again and this time.... THIS TIME, Kaine is not going to hold us back!

He'll come and give you sweet words about fucking rogue elements within Coalition territory and how this attack may be unsanctioned by his High fucking Lord Regrad.

Well, Supreme Commander, let's take a look at these Rogue Elements shall we?"


A rough holopicture of various enemy craft appears before the audience.


"Let's fucking see what we have here..."

The older man rubbed his chin and bent over squinting at the holopic.

"Hmm.... Onyxian Commonwealth contingent... complete with fucking Bird of Preys... the ship that also attacked Glee Anselm? Yeah.. it's unconfirmed to all you technical shitfaces but what the fuck, right?

What else?... .ahh yes... Some Azguard heavies... There are some Cren fuckers there... blow up this section of the picture and you see one of those fuckers in a view port waving.... hope you get sucked out into space you little backstabbing fucker!

There's something we hardly see.... that's a fucking Kashan warship... those fucking aggressive bitches that we had to talk some sense into at Metalorn only to find they were being funded and supported directly by the Coalition as a subject state. Sneaky fucks those Kashan!

And here they are to chew on our carcasses if they can. Fucking carrion eaters!

So, Kaine! If it was so fucking unsanctioned and if these were rogue elements why the fuck do they represent nearly all the bitches making up the Coalition!!

Wait a fucking minute!

Do I see any Anx there??!!

Zoom on that ship! No.. THAT one!

hmmm... No, that's another fucking Cren.

Just goes to show that those Anx are smart fuckers. Doing some good over there on Glee Anselm staying away from this unsanctioned, sanctioned attack."


Zell chuckled grimly as the holopic flickered off.

"So we do not know yet what is actually happening at Bilbringi, or why the Coalition took this moment (especially after Glee Anselm) to attack us or what the fuck they hope to accomplish.

The composition of that fleet could not have materialized overnight...especially the hodgepodge way the Coalition is scattered across the galaxy, but it makes us wonder how long they were expecting to attack us and if that base they established on Glee Anselm was actually a forward post for an invasion route?

yeah... I can see you reporters squirming for questions like you have bitz beetles in your pants ..bet you never connected those dots did you?

With all the hate coming from the Coalition about how evil we are, about how we (and the Imperium) must be destroyed or submit to Coalition rule, one wonders if they would consider the price the Glee Anselm paid for their forward base a good one?


I wonder what Azguard god ordered that fucking base on Glee Anselm put up?

I wonder what Azguard god decided to keep all those Soveriegnty fuckers in power so they could piss out their old tricks again?


Anyway, I'll take your fucking questions now..."


Where is Supreme Commander Kaine?

"Last I heard he was in the Yaga Minor Protectorate. The Empire is on alert.. a terrorist attack is a terrorist attack and Glee Anselm was just a little too close for comfort. Since we cannot conclusively say it was the Coalition as we do not have a holopic of some Cren or Onyxian fucker launching the missile, we cannot dismiss the possibility of a third party somewhere."


What is his response to this attack?

"I am not sure if he knows about it. The fleet is on alert and we ARE the Empire! Elements can move without the Supreme Commander's say-so. No doubt, when he finds out, we shall all know his response."


Is there bad blood between you and the Supreme Commander?

"Fuck no. I respect that devious sonofabitch, Simon Kaine. I am an old man and have earned the right to speak as I do to whomever I will, with the exception of his Imperial Lordship, Daemon Hyfe. So when I speak of Simon Kaine in this way, it's actually a sign of respect."


So you respect the Cren?

"Fuck you."