The Bulk Freighter Serapis reverted from hyperspace near the world of Ando. The freighter was a good sized ship, carrying lots of cargo, with barely any weapons at all, to be used only for self defense, in case of a pirate attack. The ship was carrying supplies and foodstuffs, bound for the world of Ando, and the various Merchant's guild traders, and merchants stationed there. The ship had a standard crew of ten, plus the four gunners, and supply officers, and currently carried some ten thousand metric tons of cargo, mostly foodstuffs, and some other supplies as well. At the moment, Captian Gary Pauller saundered onto the bridge, and called in reports from the other stations.

"This is sensors, nothing hostile on my screens." said the sensors officer.

"This is Naviagation, nothing hostile on my screeens either. Plotting a course." said the Navigation officer.

"This is Guns, all weapons are readied to be powered up at a moment's notice." said guns.

After the remaining stations had reported in, Captian Pauller moved to the communications station, and reported to the traffic controller.

"This is Captian Pauller of the Merchant's Guild supply ship Serapis, requesting permission to land. We are carrying foostuffs and supplies for the local merchants in your captial city. Here are our access codes. Captian Pauller out." said the Captian.

"Transport Serapis, this is Ando Ground Control. You have permission to land on the planet. You must power down your weapons now, before proceding any farther into the system. Once you have done that, proceed. Follow this flight path. Deviate from the flight path and we will be forced to take that as a hostile action, and will use whatever means necessary to prevent you."

The transport was given a path through the minefield and down to the planet, going through a gap that would open in the Gencore Two shields once their weapons powered down. Troops prepared to check the contents of the transport once it was on the ground. Due to the war, this was being done on each planet, for every transport. If some poisoned food got in, or somehow a bomb got in, the results could be terrible.

The Bulk Freighter Serapis followed her assigned vectors, and landed on the surface of the planet, where customs agents came aboard to inspect her cargo. Upon testing of the Foodstuffs, no posions were detected, and upon inspections of the other items, no bombs were detected or found. Off loading the cargo of the freighter, the merchants thanked the captian very much for his speedy deliverey. The people of Ando were very much coming to appreciate the quality of the merchant's items.

Soon thereafterwards, after hitting the stands of the merchants, they began to be sold by the dozens, foodstuffs, and souvenirs. One particular item that came to the attention of many young soldiers of the Galatic Coalition were the coral statues of Alliance heroes, Admiral Ackbar, Mon Mothma, Han Solo, Leia Organa, and others being depicted in heroic stances. These soldiers never had the pleasure of seeing, much less serving under such people. Within hours of hitting the stands, many young troops, some off duty, some of their patrol arcs going by the stands, had purchased the items. By twenty four hours after arriving on the planet, there were at least five statues in every Galatic Coalition Base, Defensive Shield Generator Station, and Ground Weaponry.

It was now twenty five hours after the statues had been taken from controlled temperature storage, and the unique mix of chemicals that, while not noticable to the customs officials, meant that without their presence, the statues began to melt. As they melted, a certain toxin was released into the air. The toxin was qucikley piped through the various air vents in the bases. All of the Galatic Coalition troops, no matter what their alien species, began to cough violentley, then collapse. Within an hour, all of the troops on the planet of Ando, along with a good bit of the civilian population, had been put into a deep coma.

If the planets were attacked, it would fall to the spaceships to provide any such defense of the planet. Since the toxin was very fast acting, felling any person within minutes of inhaling, they had no time to activate the shield generators, or weaponry before passing out.

OOC:Look at the Kubindi thread.