Book 05 - Agents of Chaos II - Jedi Eclipse by James Luceno

Author:James Luceno [Luceno, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Star Wars, Science Fiction, Fiction
ISBN: 9780307795526
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2000-10-03T07:00:00+00:00

SEVENTEEN

Commodore Brand tried not to be distracted by the traffic that gushed horizontally and vertically past the transparisteel wall of the Advisory Council chambers, or by the cityscape itself, ignited to flickering splendor as that part of Coruscant turned away from the sun. Seated with their backs to the window wall, Chief of State Borsk Fey’lya and the now eight members that made up his council had nothing to focus on but Brand, who stood rigidly at a podium opposite them, reading from a screenful of notes prepared in haste by his staffers after an intelligence briefing on the fall of Tynna.

“What is significant,” Brand continued, “is that the assault was foreseen, and that alone affords provisional corroboration of the Intelligence division’s belief that the Hutts have been supplying us with data. In those systems where the Hutts have curtailed spice operations, the enemy has set its sights on a world. Whether the Hutts were aware of what they were doing in asking for forewarning regarding their smuggling enterprise is presently unknown—though we are looking into the matter—but the fact remains that Tynna, a transshipment point as opposed to an actual market, has not seen a spice vessel since the Hutts forged their pact with the Yuuzhan Vong.”

Fey’lya interjected a transparent snort of ridicule into Brand’s brief pause, then had the gall to offer a pretense of apology.

“I’m sorry, Commodore, but something seems to have become lodged in my throat. Please, carry on with your … report. I know that I speak for everyone in saying that I can scarcely wait to hear the rest.”

Brand refused to be rattled by the sarcasm. “At the moment, the only other systems where spice operations have been suspended are Corellia and Bothawui. It has yet to be ascertained in which order the Yuuzhan Vong mean to strike. But we do expect an attack sooner rather than later. For that reason it is the opinion of Admiral Sovv and the Defense Force that a decision is critical on the matter of the redisposition of New Republic warships.”

Brand activated the holoprojector table adjacent to the podium. Depressing a tile on the console built into the lectern’s sloping desk, he displayed a galactic map, faintly blue in the cone created by the projector’s modulasers.

“The Yuuzhan Vong have established and fortified what amounts to a resupply corridor that stretches from the Outer Rim to Hutt space. Since the battle at Obroa-skai they have been receiving a steady influx of warships and matériel, clearly in anticipation of launching a major offensive—their first since Ithor. Against such a formidable fleet, and without weakening our security in the Core or at Bilbringi, where harassment continues despite holding actions by the Imperial Remnant, we can mobilize and deploy a task force of vessels borrowed from battle groups currently in service at Commenor, Kuat, Ralltiir, and a score of other worlds. Should the Hapes Consortium vote to support New Republic efforts, some of their ships would also be allocated to the task force, which would be led by the heavy cruiser Yald, under my command.

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