The tell-tale snap-thud of a ship exiting hyperspace reverberated throughout the Starhawk Battleship ‘Liberty’. The flagship of the Republic 5th Fleet, was quickly followed out of Hyperspace by the complete strength of the New Republic’s premium military asset. Dozens of battleships, cruisers, frigates and corvettes littered the space around the Liberty, each carrying a double crew ready to take on the returning ships from the Five Syndicates.
The Supreme Chancellor stood on the bridge of the Liberty staring out into the darkness of space. Far to his left a small globe of light, Kuat shone in the black. They were a fair distance out from the planet, at least an hour or by sublight drive. But still close enough if they needed to call for any back up from the heavily defended world. Fleet Admiral Hood had doubted the Syndicates had anything that could stand against the 5th Fleet, but Alexander had to be cautious, the Syndicates had somehow convinced a Senator to sell them half a fleet of Republic Warships, only The Force knew what else they held in their dirty hands.
Alexander had called Grace Zann’s (@Where) bluff when it came to returning the Fleet she ‘legally’ purchased and in quick time the Syndicates had bowed down to the threat of entering another war with a Galactic Superpower. Contact had been made and a rendezvous arranged to return the Republic Ships she had purchased, Kuat Drive Yards had the funds ready to return once the ships were within the Republic’s hands. “Admiral, is everyone in position.” He asked, Hood confirmed everything with a logistics Lieutenant, Alexander already had the pleasure of meetings. Wilhelm Tarkin (@LouJoVi ), he had a famous name and Alexander hoped he would live up to the excellence it was known to produce.
The 5th Fleet had stopped by Anaxes before heading to Kuat, manning another almost thirty ships was beyond the current manpower pool of the Republic Fleet, so the best of the Fleet Academy had been graduated and enlisted to help man the returning ships. These ships formed the base of a new 3rd Fleet tasked with defending Kuat and Fondor. “Now we wait and hope that no wars are declared today.” Alexander said to no one but himself.