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GREY CASTLE, MUNTO CODRU 0700 hrs local time Max sat by the fireplace, his large frame draped over a old spindly armchair. The room was one of the few still habitable within the castle. Most of the men Max had brought were barracked in the castle courtyard down below, but a few officers had...

CITY HOSTEL, ORD TRASI 1510hrs local time They had been here nine hours and the only thing good about the hostel was the rooftop. Max kicked open the fire exit door onto the roof, desperately in need of some more fresh air. The coded message from the Oracle had told them to put down on Ord...

CATHEDRAL FACTORY DISTRICT, CHARROS 0847hrs local time It had been too long since Max had gone to war. This was not quite war of course. But it was invasion pure and simple. Since being unexpectedly elevated to the rank of General, Max Dram had craved an invasion. The Empire was not the...

CARTANN CITY, CARTANN PROVINCE, ADUMAR 0800hrs local time It had been many years since Max had returned home. Despite all that had happened to him since he left, he had never forgotten his birth right as an Adumarian or held anything but love and affection for the place that had raised him...

HEDION UNIVERSITY, DSC DAEDELUS 4.00pm local time "You are not listening, Lieutenant! It is not that simple!" Max ignored the man for a moment, turning to watch a peculiar perpetual motion model doing its thing on a side table. It was a funny little thing, as pointless and infuriating as the...

MURKHANA CITY Murkhana, 7.00am local time Murkhana used to be a tourist destination they said. These days, it was a squalid, polluted world, with a sky thick with fumes and streets awash with poverty and illness. A titanic fall from grace. Max Dram could sympathise. Not so long ago, he had...

CELESTE RIDGE IMPERIAL ARMY BASE Endor, 08.30hrs local time Lieutenant Maximums Dram was nervous. It was not a familiar feeling and definitely not at this intensity. He fought silently beneath the surface to keep focused, though most of his preparations were in hand. The only thing he was...

BONJAN'S BARGAINS Jakku, 11.00hrs local time The place was a dump. Max strode across the sand, non-descript military fatigues giving no real hint of his Imperial allegiance. He could handle himself anywhere, particularly in a lowlife swamp like Jakku, but it rarely made sense to draw...

THE RAXULON LEDGE RESTAURANT Raxus, 18.00hrs local time "Your reservation Sir?" "Dram, 1800". Max eyed the Maître d expectantly. "Ah yes, you are the first to arrive Sir. We have you on table five, by the pillar there". "We'll take the corner table". The Maître d was thrown. "The...

NAR SHADDAA 06.30am local time Max rolled over, caressing the woman's painted face. He kissed her slowly on the lips. "More". Her eyes flashed in recognition, despite the intoxication they were both feeling. She passed him the spice, smiling playfully as he took a long drag. He kissed her...

TERMINUS 07.30am local time "Two minutes out Sir" The towers and spires of the Terminus capital shot by either side of their approach. "You stay low, or I'll have your balls" Max warned the pilot, making sure he wouldn't buckle and pull higher without him there. He had flown enough sorties...

TARIS 11.30pm local time It took only three lashes to break skin. Four. Five. Blood ran red across the man's back as he writhed in pain, straining against his shackles as the whip came down again. Max watched in silence, hazel eyes never looking away as he took a swig of his drink. They...

"Two minutes to port" Max cracked his knuckles anxiously as the shuttle banked over the lights of the city. This was not his scene. If they were landing to storm the palace that would be one thing. He had taken bigger fortresses for the Empire in his short time. But the only thing they...