Rendili's Open Orbit

Rendili StarDrives Subsidiary Hangar - Occupation of Rendili

Hearing the pilot of the shuttle he, along with four members of the small security force maintained by the shipyards and several civilian personnel they hope to evacuate before the First Order has completely assumed control of the shipyards, curse after he has completed an abbreviated preflight sequence and is preparing to lift off, Gervasio Trevisan asks, "What is it?"

Pointing to the results of the sensor scan he had just performed, the shuttle pilot says, "There's two Vic IIs, and an Assassin-class corvette waiting out there. One of the Vics sent a shuttle, probably chock full of Stormies, out that is heading to the main hangar."

Cursing, Gervasio asks, "I need a no BS assessment, is there any chance we can make it to the planet?"

Grimacing with a shake of his head, the pilot says, "Realistically? No. They'd either blast us all to pieces or tractor us in. I mean, best case scenario, a few of us make it through, but if they send TIEs after us . . . game over."

Were it just himself and his men that were risking their lives, Gervasio might take the risk all the same, death in battle preferable to being taken captive, but with so many civilian lives hanging in the balance, he feels it is his duty to try and protect them, even if it means they all wind up captives of the First Order. Shoulders slumping, Gervasio says in a resigned tone, "Power the shuttles down. We can't risk the civilians, so we'll surrender and hope for the best."

As the pilot begins powering the shuttle down, Gervasio informs his men of his decision, and then has them begin taking the civilians off of the shuttles, moving them to a nearby maintenance bay and leaving three of his men with them. Asking four of his troops to remain with him in the hangar, their sidearms holstered, Gervasio waits for the First Order troops to arrive so that he can negotiate for the release of the civilians.

Occupation of Rendili - Alliance Retreat

Cherney's selection of a re-entry point proves fortuitous, the nearest First Order vessel to where the MC90 and MC40a emerge from hyperspace patrolling far enough away that the Alliance ships are out of its effective sensor range. The Vindicator-class cruiser, the Mette, has however, sent several TIE/IN trios out on combat air patrols, and one such trio is near enough to where the Alliance ships return after their defeat that their sensors do pick up the enemy ships.

Keeping out of the Alliance MC40a's effective weapons range, the TIE/INs contact the captain of the Mette to apprise him of the situation while they remain near enough to the enemy ships to monitor their activity, which is soon revealed to be, as Admiral Sauer had anticipated, the retrieval of the ground forces it had left behind when retreating.

The captain of the Mette, determining from a review of the calculations his helmsman and navigator provide when tasked with determining how swiftly they can alter their course to intercept the Alliance ships, suspects that there will not be enough time to reach effective weapon range based on their calculations, but orders his helmsman to bring them onto an intercept course at full speed all the same on the off chance that the Alliance ships take longer than anticipated to retrieve their troops and jump back into hyperspace.

First Order Information Technology Specialists and Rendili StarDrive information security officers and employees, under the firm guidance of Colonel Berchtold, The First Order Civil Affairs Officer in charge of overseeing the management of the shipyards, work diligently together to restore Rendili StarDrives to full operational capacity in the days after the occupation of Rendili. As Berchtold had suspected, offsite systems and data backups were maintained by Rendili StarDrives, and had been secured quickly once the board members of the shipyards had been assured that, with obvious changes in the way profits of the shipyards would be distributed in the future, their lives and lifestyles would not change too drastically now that Rendili has become a part of the Empire. Security for the shipyards would, going forward, be provided by Stormtroopers rather than the private company which had previously seen to it, and Berchtold was accompanied by other Civil Affairs personnel to ensure that the day to day operations of the shipyards were managed efficiently, an arrangement that might not always be necessary, but which was for the time being a necessary one.

As the shipyards damaged or corrupted systems were purged and restored, or replaced outright when necessary, repair of the Assassin-class corvette, the Wiebeke, continue, the shipyards civilian workers and other personnel having been returned to work once the predictable chaos accompanying Rendili's occupation had settled down enough that the new reality of becoming a part of the Empire had begun to set in for the majority of the populace. The Wiebeke's captain and most of its crew had perished in the battle to take Rendili, and so as the severely damaged vessel was repaired the search for their replacements began as well so that, when repaired, the ship would soon be returned to service. The Victory II-class Star Destroyer, the Suenja, accompanied by the Assassin-class corvette, the Kasimira, begin patrolling the vicinity of space near the shipyards, with TIE fighters being continually deployed to expand the vigilance provided by the battle group.



Rendili's captured Bavos-II heavy duty military space platforms were restored to operation capacity soon after Rendili had been occupied, neither having been damaged greatly in the fighting, with First Order officers, personnel, and Stormtroopers being transferred to Rendili to man the platforms which would be integral to the orbital defenses. Repair of the Vindicator-class cruiser, the Heilwig, docked at one of the platforms, the Guardian, began after the battle for Rendili, with other First Order troops and officers being sent from other First Order held worlds to replace those that fell in battle.



In orbit over Edethor, the Nebula-class Star Destroyer, the Kunigunde, patrols, accompanied by the Vindicator-class cruisers, the Renate and the Mette. Continuously rotating TIE trios routinely sent from each ship extend the scope of their patrol. The Victory II-class Star Destroyer, the Adaleiz, patrols over Rendili's northern hemisphere, while the Vindicator-class cruiser, the Elke, does so over the southern hemisphere, both ships routinely sending out their own TIE fighter patrols to ensure that Rendili is always diligently protected.

From: FO High Command. Muunilist.
To: COREWRLDS_RENDILI; Shipyards Cmdt
------------------OFFICIAL REQUISITION-------------
(Following to be decoded by Ranking Intelligence commander ONLY)
[the following is Double coded]
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>>>BEGIN
Greetings Commandant,

The High Command instructs the shipyards to begin manufacture of a hibridium cloaking device, based on the attached Bilbringi schematics. Once a prototype is created, it is to be tested. Once it has been tested and receives High Command approval, the FO will order seven (7) of the cloaking devices.   To be delivered to the shipyards in orbit over Rendili, along with knowledgeable technicians to install the devices.

SINCERELY,
[redacted]
HIGH COMMAND. Muunilist.

[attached schematics indicate the cloaking device must fit a specific size and power output of a Raider Class Corvette.]


>>>END


With the appropriate transmission from FO High Command, the Rendili Shipyards begin manufacture of the prototype Hibridium Cloaking Device compatible with a Raider Class Corvette.