*** Speech area, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***
"Hrm," Markus commented. "Don't think you ever told me that one. How long were you there?" He then looked over and spotted Zack, and decided to sit down next to him. "Quite commendable, coming all this way to reconnect with your mother," Markus told him. "Takes drive, especially these days. Admittedly, I had been trying to keep my distance from her when she and I reunited on Drozana Station. Wasn't at all planning on it. I thought she'd still hate me."
Saraabi moved her head to indicate Kyle as he walked off the stage. "Him. Never fails to deliver a good speech on the day of the festival start." She looked at their young children. "So, who's up for cotton candy?"
Her son was immediately excited as he responded, "Me! Me!"
"Thank you," Blythe responded to Tigress. Kyle spotted the tank, and approached.
"Tigress, am I correct in assuming this chassis to be a modified version of the T34?" he asked.
*** Sol's Bar & Grille, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***
The waiter jotted down Kari's order and left. Once he was clear, Travis looked to Kari and asked. "Do you often get mistaken for your mother?"
"Yeah," Falco replied. "Not fun."
It was then that a feline waitress approached their table. "Sorry for the wait you all, what will we be having to eat?"
"I'm going to be having the Talapia Special," Katt responded.
"I'm going for the grilled chicken," Falco added. He looked to Vince. "What about you, kiddo?"
K'Tath bumped Cobalt lightly. "We'd better find a table," he told her.
*** Dromund Kaas ***
"It's a long story," Malgus told Alex. "But it's good some people are not fearful of Dromund Kaas's dark reputation. I knew the world long ago, and I and my Sith are working to restore it to it's former glory. But what brings you here?"
Mesmerin made no hostile gesture, nor ever went for any of his holstered, slung or otherwise inactive weapons. He looked at the diminutive Mongdrigans and spoke, "My name is Mesmerin Argent - and I come with something Lord Malgus will want. It may be what the Jedi are searching for at the ruins of the Dark Temple."
*** Ruusan ***
"We should probably find a more populated region and plan our next move. If the Sith Covenant came here to drain the Force Energy here, and Bahkriid has already taken it, they may move on to another target. We need to find out what that target is, and what they intend to do with that Force Energy," Alduah explained, "And that's going to take research and eyes in the field."
*** Coruscant Orbit ***
What the Commander would meet in orbit of Coruscant was, by far, nowhere near paltry in size. It was a fleet capable of matching his own of Star Destroyers and various support craft, the various craft used by the Rebel Alliance - including both new and old models of Mon Calamari Cruisers - headed up by a trio of Allegiance-class Battlecruisers and a pair of Mediator-class Mon Calamari Battlecruisers. They all were supported by many, many fighter craft of varying designs.
As though to add to the odds against the Commander, an unidentified fleet dropped out of light speed, consisting of multiple ship designs identified from the data banks of the Sangheili that he'd accessed earlier as belonging to the wandering factions of the TEC, Advent and Vasari. Comm signals were sent between the present Coruscant Defense Fleet and the newcomers, but for the moment, they stayed where they were.