Newton heard the news. Everyone heard the news. Courscant fell. That was not something that was good for business. It wasn't good for anyone's business. Even rival corporations have taken a hit. For Newton's part, he was busy doing damage control. Blackwell needs to minimize damage, and the Hydian trade route has fallen to piracy. Piracy has skyrocketed along the way. And even cargo ships and drone barges carrying Blackwell Tech goods and those of it's subsidiaries such as Cybot Galactica are under threat. In response to this, Newton has been stepped up security for their cargo ships, having ships from the droid fleets escort them.
In the Inner Rim, on the cusp of the core worlds, a pirate group set up shop in a former asteroid mining station. This pirate base has became a nuisance, and it needs to be dealt with. This pirate group managed to gain traction since the fall of the Republic, it has grown in size, in numbers of ships, then snowballing, and it's pretty powerful in it's own right now. They even have capital ships. As the Republic is gone, they can't deal with it. The Jedi can't be trusted to handle it. No one else will deal with it. So the Blackwell CEO will have to get his own hands dirty. Or that of his droids rather.
Coming out of hyperspace, from the Blackwell droid world M4-78: first is a eight corvettes, followed by half as many frigates - all with lethal weapons - then a single cruiser. With that, the droid fleet is assembled, but that is not all. At the very end, Newton's personal yacht the Nobel would emerge. With the Smart AI steering his yacht, Newton would oversee the battle to come. He would be sitting down in a comfortable seat, ready to take in the battle. This would be a nice break from all the paperwork and office plus corporate stuff he has to do. Newton knows fleet combat isn't his element, but the cruiser, designated UXC-7421, is a fleet coordination databrain that is designated to command the droid task fleet.
And just to ensure his chances against slippery pirates, he also reached out to a group of contractors. Newton would check his chrono, the time to attack is soon.
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