MOTHER OF INVENTION // CORUSCANT ORBIT
"Readings all look good, calculations all work out. I think we're in the clear."
The Director nodded. "I agree." The AI scoffed.
"Yeah, I'm sure."
Doctor Leonard Church heard footsteps coming up behind him. "Log off." The small holographic soldier disappeared as he turned around to face the soldier in teal armour. She offered a curt salute while he put his hands behind his back. "Report Carolina."
"The ships are in position, and the techs are having a hard time going through all the sensor readings on the planet. The
Catherine Langford is advising we don't move any closer until we have been briefed by them, while other ships are sending a diplomats to meet with them aboard the ship called the
Warspite."
The Director nodded, as he walked towards the holographic table in the middle of the bridge. The table showed a holographic and topological view of the system. The Director spoke up. "The main Replicator main force seems to be concentrated around this structure that the information docket we received indicates is something called the Jedi Temple." The table panned out, showing the decimation of the various buildings and towers of the Coruscant cityscape. Pulling out into orbit it showed the debris of the ships, orbital stations and then the blue blips of the friendly vessels. "While we are in a better position there are a couple of
friendly vessels within the debris field around the planet. Some of them appear to be conducting a patrol, however others appear to be on salvage operations."
The map kept panning out to the
Mother of Invention and the
Catherine Langford. "We are in the middle of the exclusion zone-" a farther panning out showed the ring of Galactic Republic vessels. "-and farther out there is a ring of these
Republic vessels creating a quarantine zone."
He turned to Carolina. "Take the Dakotas to the Warspite, find out what you can. Not just about this threat that we're facing, but there could be other useful technologies here."
"Yes sir."
JEDI TEMPLE // CORUSCANT
Sixth was concentrating on all the information her brethren were absorbing, trying to process it. Marking some of it as useful, some of it as irrelevant, where resources were, and what special resources there were in the Galaxy. All while they consumed, they had become aware of the new ships in orbit however they had not yet fully repaired long-range sensors all over the planet. When things were repaired, they recalled all the Replicators to the main work from the archives. There was something wrong in the network however, they sensed it now and then but they could not place it.
"Bah Weep Granah, Weep, Nini Bong?"
There it was. They shut off power to the archives instantly, removing its connection from the network. Elsewhere on the planet surface energy surged and started to build. Within the archives, there was the scuffle of small footsteps, as a child no older than seven years old walked into the room.
"Hello?"