Felix stood down as the credits were handed to him. He stuffed them into a pouch in his belt and turned back to Loretta. "A pleasure doing business with you." He never really expected to get all of what he asked for, but what he did get was good enough. He now had minimal access to this building, two grunts, and a pouch full of credits. That would certainly make his job much easier. Things looked like they were about to get busy in the lab, and something in Loretta's behavior told him it was time to leave; so Felix said his goodbye and headed for the door.

When he got topside, the two storm troopers were still standing there waiting for him. "How did it go?" One of them asked.

"It went pretty well. I got my money, and that's what matters." Felix slung his rifle down into his hands. "You guys are assigned to me now. You go where I go, you do what I tell you, and you'll be rewarded in some way or another." The two looked at each other and shrugged in acceptance. "So what are your names? And I don't mean those dumb identification numbers they give you guys."

"Friends call me Chaz," the one said.

"And I go by Geo," said the other.

"Alright, Chaz and Geo, do either of you know where the Governors Palace is?" Felix had something he needed to do, and someone he needed to see.

"Right this way," Chaz said. The trio took off down the street and began walking towards the silence. It seemed that the closer you get to an important area, the less fighting you heard. This was all probably planned out that way. One wouldn't want political and military buildings getting riddled with holes.

Felix noted that as they were all running about through the city, they didn't see many civilians. He couldn't tell if there were none, or if they were just smarter than to be out and about in a firefight. Either way, it really gave Belona a spooky ghost town feel.

Fighting could be heard farther off in the distance. There were soldiers and vehicles passing by, probably heading towards the front lines. Storm troopers, a couple of AT-STs, and a few TIE fighters were all en route. Felix felt increasingly sorry for the poor rebel sods to get hit by all of that. He hadn't seen any vehicles come down with them, and what little troops they still had were probably bruised and battered. What chance did they have?

The most probable plan was for them to head underground so to speak. Put on civilian clothes, pretend they belong, and wage a guerrilla war. When that started, Felix would hate it. He much preferred knowing clearly who his enemies are and where they were. Rebels dressed as civilians means that anyone could be an enemy; meaning everyone will be on edge when it happens.

They were about halfway to the palace when they noticed a large amount of shuttles landing from the sky. They were all Imperial and Felix figured they were all full of troops.

"Looks like this will be a much shorter fight than it was before," Geo said.