OOC Note: Open to anyone that would like to help evacuate citizens off of New Alderaan. This thread is a sub-plot to this one.
Denon. Lothal. Kashyyyk. Now New Alderaan, the latest free world to fall victim to the Sith Empire's reign of terror. The Empire's need for vengeance, their blood lust— both were insatiable, and they would not rest until every free world had submitted to their rule or was crushed beneath the heel of their boot. The planet that had once served as a safe haven for refugees displaced by the Empire's destruction of Alderaan now needed to evacuate its citizens. It was ironic, in its own sad and twisted way.
For the time being, New Alderaan's planetary defenses kept the majority of the Sith fleet at bay, with nearby Free Worlds Alliance forces converging on the warzone, but several enemy ships had already managed to slip past the first wave of defense. The bombardment and the attack on the planet's surface had officially begun, and the Empire's main objective was clear— the Jedi Temple.
Transport ships stood ready, with shuttles allocated to ferry evacuating citizens to safety. The Sith had not made it their practice to fire on transport ships loaded with defenseless citizens before, and Cassian was relying on the hope that they would not alter their tactics today. If they did, all he could do was hope that the planet's protectors would rise to their defense.
Briefly, the Zeltron hovered near a shuttle, blue eyes wide as he watched plumes of dark, billowing smoke rise toward the green tinted skies of New Alderaan, where Sith destroyers loomed over the forested planet like harbingers of death.
"Will you help evacuate the Jedi temple?" Kiacro questioned, his voice small and almost afraid over the secure channel they shared. Cassian adjusted the small comlink in his ear, almost chuckling at the suggestion.
"Hardly," was his answer. "We're here to evacuate citizens." Kiacro was silent. "A Jedi presence would place unnecessary risk on our transports." There. That sounded better. @LouJoVi