Innocent Slain
Posted by Xya Howie on Year 0 Day 0
Onboard the Lambda Shuttle XFA Nemesis 01 at galactic position (-25, 273).
A holo image flickers to life onscreen. To call the quality of the image poor would be to give it far too much credit. All that can be determined of the figure being transmitted is that its a hooded humanoid figure. A sith? Nope. The figure tilts its head up to reveal glowing pinpoints emanating from somewhere deep in the cowl covering its face. Jawa.
"Unlike in the Beta system, we do not wish to destroy every living creature found or captured on the planet.... your words, venomous spawn of a diseased Dewback. Or Lord Vodo, as I understand you are called.", the little creature squeaks in his own dialect.
It continues.
"Instead, we are primarily looking for the criminal element of the Black Sun. HA! May the fleas of one thousand bantha infest the nether regions of your closest female relative, liar! The wholesale slaughter of an entire Jawa colony equates you and your ilk to Tusken Raiders, but burning my people alive is beneath even them, Sith Lord Vodo. I'm sure that the mighty Black Sun will feel the very foundations of its infrastructure crumble...especially on the very lucrative "used" droid market.", or perhaps on the volatile "Hubba Gourd Stock Exchange" the Jawa continues in nervous chattery squeaks.
"I have reviewed your footage, Sith Lord, and I applaud your mastery of obfuscation and subterfuge...deceit upon deceptions. Perhaps Black Sun might offer you a position in the very lowest levels of its organization if you weren't so sloppy. TF Blacktide? You chase bulk cruisers that belong to whom? Not Black Sun. There is no Blacktide among Black Sun's armada. Perhaps one of your pretty Imperial Bulk Cruisers dressed up by your Propaganda Ministry? Your Joseph Roscha transmission? There was no trasmission sent... Sloppy. You have Prince Rosom in custody? We spoke to our retired Prince just hours ago. He was safely aboard The DarkStar with our new Princess. Lead him out and show off your handiwork, or are your capabilities limited to burning and killing the mighty Jawa Legions of Tatooine's badlands? Bah! My people are weak. I am only slightly less weak. You would crush me in your palm if I didn't die straightaway, from merely being in your most august presence, Lord Vodo of the Sith. But your campaign of Jawa genocide on Tatooine has raised my ire, sir. I will urge Black Sun to set up a special fund for the displaced refugees who will inevitably slip thru your grasp. Chase them, burn them, but know this: For every one you kill, we'll spawn six. We're a very hearty species. Someday my people will rise up, maybe. Then again....... Gah!!! May the twin suns of my home burn you and your Empire to ash and cinder, and may the rain never find your crops. I, myself, will continue to bask in the warm glow of a Black Sun."
"People of the galaxy: This is the Empire you serve. Chasing "criminals" but killing innocents. For all the charges levelled against Black Sun, wholesale murder of females and whole litters of young are not among them. The myth of Black Sun is the scapegoat for an overreaching government bent on subjugating all. Today the mighty Jawa Hegemony was laid low by the mighty Empire. Hail the conquering heroes."
The Jawa spits again and the holo-image sputters to nothingness.
