Decisive Battle of Coruscant (I)
April 20, 8 BBY—a day that would have to be remembered throughout the history of the entire Milky Way Galaxy.
Outer space above Coruscant, the Imperial Capital of the Galactic Empire. A light passenger vessel.
A boy of around ten, Robert Fritz, sat by a porthole. This was his family's private vessel, now packed full of core family members and every bit of family wealth they could take with them, fleeing to a place they would once never have deigned to spare a glance at—the Outer Rim.
Robert Fritz gazed at the planet beyond the porthole, wrapped in a pale golden atmosphere. This was Coruscant's usual appearance. Completely urbanized, the lights of the entire planet dyed the atmosphere this color. It was incomparably beautiful, like a golden jewel suspended in deep space.
The family crest on his chest caught the light faintly. It was his admission token to the Imperial Noble Academy. Every student at this elite academy, which only the great Noble Houses could attend, possessed a unique badge—a combination of their family crest and the academy emblem.
But today, when he should have been attending class in the capital's aerial classrooms, he was instead aboard this vessel headed into the unknown. He dearly missed his estate on Coruscant, located on the surface of the planet's southern hemisphere and planted with countless natural trees, grasses, and flowers. Every single one of them was a symbol of the Fritz family's standing as an upper-class Core Worlds Noble House.
In everyday conversation, his parents had always conveyed their utter disdain for those uncultured barbarians of the Outer Rim. In Robert's mind, the Outer Rim had always been a savage, filthy place overflowing with crime. And the Kingdom of Dawn, born in the Outer Rim, was the