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Even for the Dark Lord, it was all-too-easy to vanish on a place like Cinnagar. Stretching across multiple continents, the capital city of Empress Teta was a monstrosity of Durasteel skyscrapers, factories and urban sprawl. An amalgamation of luxurious, aristocratic estates and putrid slums - buzzing with activity from billions of sentients. Even if it was nestled at the heart of the Republic, Tempest had no difficulty arriving on the planet and going about her business - confident that she wouldn’t be recognized amongst the seas of people.
Centuries of development had transformed Empress Teta into an important manufacturer for the Republic - and it was for precisely that reason that Tempest had turned her attention to the Deep Core world. Ensuring a stable flow of revenue was high amongst her foremost priorities as Dark Lord, and she had every intention of dipping into the bountiful Carbonite reserves of the planet to do so.
Despite the followers under her influence, Tempest made a conscious decision not to contact a single member of the Sith Order to complete her objectives on Teta. The Order needed resources - but there were levers of control that the Dark Lord hesitated to relinquish to anyone she couldn’t - not completely - trust. The safest hands would always be her own. They would keep her in control and with power over any potential rival.
Thus, Tempest instead reached out across the Dark HoloNet - commissioning a regular criminal to get the job done. Coordinates had been sent to Jackie, leading the Chiss to an abandoned warehouse within one of the less-reputable portions of Cinnagar. Of course, the contact had left out any details of who was hiring, or who would be waiting within the warehouse for the mercenary to arrive.
Centuries of development had transformed Empress Teta into an important manufacturer for the Republic - and it was for precisely that reason that Tempest had turned her attention to the Deep Core world. Ensuring a stable flow of revenue was high amongst her foremost priorities as Dark Lord, and she had every intention of dipping into the bountiful Carbonite reserves of the planet to do so.
Despite the followers under her influence, Tempest made a conscious decision not to contact a single member of the Sith Order to complete her objectives on Teta. The Order needed resources - but there were levers of control that the Dark Lord hesitated to relinquish to anyone she couldn’t - not completely - trust. The safest hands would always be her own. They would keep her in control and with power over any potential rival.
Thus, Tempest instead reached out across the Dark HoloNet - commissioning a regular criminal to get the job done. Coordinates had been sent to Jackie, leading the Chiss to an abandoned warehouse within one of the less-reputable portions of Cinnagar. Of course, the contact had left out any details of who was hiring, or who would be waiting within the warehouse for the mercenary to arrive.