2912, Contest
Inside one of the TIE Avengers, Imperial Inquisitor Olof watched coldly as the fighters took off from that strange and magnificent warship.
His instincts told him there was something wrong with those two fighters.
Through the Force, a cold killing intent rose from within him, like a blade pressed against the back of his neck. He had rarely felt such danger in recent years.
He shifted at the controls as his fighter's fire-control system attempted to lock on. However, the first lock failed.
Karis frowned.
"What kind of fighters are those?" his partner, the young Inquisitor Janna bel Arde, asked over the comm channel.
"Whatever they are, shoot them down."
The two TIE Avengers turned simultaneously and headed straight for the two strange fighters.
The TIE Avengers' upgraded engines erupted with dazzling blue light, their speed instantly soaring to the limit. These were fighters built specifically for Imperial Inquisitors, their controls perfectly integrating navigation droids with Force precognition.
Strictly speaking, they could no longer be considered Inquisitors. It was merely a habitual title.
Because both the Imperial Inquisitorius and the Judicial Department had been disbanded, replaced by the Dark Order.
Olof and Janna had both once belonged to the Imperial Inquisitorius. They rarely returned to the Core Worlds, instead spending long periods near the Dathomir planet investigating the movements of the Nightsister Order there.
Only after discovering that the situation on the Dathomir planet was becoming increasingly dangerous did they return to the Core Worlds and join the newly established Dark Order.
They were considered experts within the Galactic Empire's Dark Order when it came to handling all manner of bizarre Force-sensitive species.
Just like this strange shuttle and those two strange fighters they had encountered. They had to admit that these craft were exceptionally beautiful and exquisite,