[Mara Jade is twenty. The second Death Star will burst into flame in two years, but she doesn't know that, no one does. All she knows is that the Emperor has sent her on an important mission, and she'll die before failing him. She walks through the halls of the Imperial Palace, and tries to find Captain Armitage Hux.]
[He's a rising star in the ranks, about her age, with his own ship to command in the fleet. There are rumors that he's just riding his father's coattails, but Mara's seen the records, and she doubts that seriously. He's obviously talented with command, and his men seem to respect him.]
[No, the problem is his father. Some of the numbers in his accounts don't match up, and signs point to some sort of corruption within the ranks. The Emperor never tolerates embezzling, and it could be tempting for a man who thinks he's secure, cloistered away at the Imperial Academy.]
[Mara has reviewed her leads, and she thinks a good place to start the survey is his son. If they're not close, that could tell her something important. If they are, it could tell her even more. So she had one of her contacts set the young captain up on a blind date with a young actress from Corellia, and dresses to impress.]
[They meet at one of the many fashionable dining venues for people their age in Coruscant. Mara wonders if Captain Hux has been there before. She has, but only once, four years ago, and alone. She rarely goes to the same place, and never with company. Too likely to be recognized. Too dangerous.]
[The table is conveniently in a corner and Mara's back is to the wall. The entire restaurant is shining glass and elegant silver, all the better to see an attacker coming. Yet her persona is calm and collected, showing none of this suspicion and anxiety. Arami Lunara, the alias she selected for this mission, is too calm and collected for that. She waves politely when she sees Hux approach.] Oh, Captain! I hope you don't mind me getting here earlier. A bad habit from the theatre.
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messes around w the timeline, lmk if this is ok.
Date: 2016-09-07 03:02 am (UTC)[He's a rising star in the ranks, about her age, with his own ship to command in the fleet. There are rumors that he's just riding his father's coattails, but Mara's seen the records, and she doubts that seriously. He's obviously talented with command, and his men seem to respect him.]
[No, the problem is his father. Some of the numbers in his accounts don't match up, and signs point to some sort of corruption within the ranks. The Emperor never tolerates embezzling, and it could be tempting for a man who thinks he's secure, cloistered away at the Imperial Academy.]
[Mara has reviewed her leads, and she thinks a good place to start the survey is his son. If they're not close, that could tell her something important. If they are, it could tell her even more. So she had one of her contacts set the young captain up on a blind date with a young actress from Corellia, and dresses to impress.]
[They meet at one of the many fashionable dining venues for people their age in Coruscant. Mara wonders if Captain Hux has been there before. She has, but only once, four years ago, and alone. She rarely goes to the same place, and never with company. Too likely to be recognized. Too dangerous.]
[The table is conveniently in a corner and Mara's back is to the wall. The entire restaurant is shining glass and elegant silver, all the better to see an attacker coming. Yet her persona is calm and collected, showing none of this suspicion and anxiety. Arami Lunara, the alias she selected for this mission, is too calm and collected for that. She waves politely when she sees Hux approach.] Oh, Captain! I hope you don't mind me getting here earlier. A bad habit from the theatre.