Chapter 67

The Shuttle that Alexander was on had landed near the center of the city where ten's of thousands of people were standing waiting for the speech that would be given by the Emperor.

Also some people were just curious at how the Emperor looked as they have heard many rumors, and wild stories about what he could look like or if he even was a person.

The shuttle had landed on a small platform that was built in the middle of the city for this moment. Around the platform and the area around it Heavily armed guards stood watch to make sure that there was no threat to the Emperor and to control the crowd.

Once Alexander exited the shuttle revealing his face for the first time the people were shocked because of how young he looked.

None of the rumors were correct about him at all. Some said that he was some ugly old man but here he is and he wasn't old at all.

The News stations that were on Zakuul was broadcasting this to the entirety of the Galaxy as not only is this an important moment but it will also show that the Emperor is indeed real and he is young.

Alexander had raised his hand and started waving at the people as cheers erupted from the crowd. This scene had made Alexander feel happy since so many people are happy to see him.

Once he reached the center of the platform he started to quiet the crowd down by putting his finger on his lips.

The crowd had slowly got quiet before it fell silent.

Now Alexander can start his small little speech that he would have for the people "Hello people of Zakuul" Said Alexander as the crowd erupted into cheers before they calmed down again.

"I am Emperor Alexander and I have come today to join you in your celebration of how far the planet has come since it has fallen under my rule" Said Alexander as he continued

"Today and the rest of this week will be about you and I want you to enjoy yourselves throughout this time and celebrate how beautiful this city is. And don't let my visiting stop you from having fun as I too have come to enjoy the Zakuulan culture and join on the celebrations" Said Alexander

The crowd erupted into cheers once more.

"So I won't waste your time and instead let's go and enjoy ourselves" Said Alexander as now the crowd had become even louder but nobody was acting a fool.

Everybody behave and didn't try to storm the stage.

And after Alexander said this he had walked off of the stage and into the crowd to join the people in their celebration with Yrena and Yona following closely behind him making sure that nobody tried anything.

Meanwhile Alexander spent his time interacting with the people of Zakuul increasing his fame among the population.

While above the Mandalore, the CIS had a fleet of 8 Lucrehulk-class battleship, 12 Munificent-class star frigate, 10 C-ROC Gozanti-class light cruiser, and 4 Recusant-class light destroyer.

The Leader of the fleet was Admiral Pors Tonith.

Admiral Pors was inside the bridge of one of the Lucrehulk battle ships as the Droids had reported an incoming fleet.

"Sir we have an incoming fleet of unknown origins" The Droid reported.

"Unknown Origins" Questioned Admiral Pors since if it was a Republic fleet then they would know already.

"Contact them to see whether they are enemies or not" Said Admiral Pors 

"Rojer, Rojer" Replied the droid as it began to contact the approaching fleet. While this happened Admiral Pors moved his fleet into defensive position's to block off the approaching fleet just in case they were not friendly.

Moments later a Hologram appeared in front of Admiral Pors showing the image of a droid that was not of CIS design.

"I am Admiral Pors of the Confederacy of Independent System's and this planet is currently being blockaded by this fleet, meaning that there will be no entry into the planet until we are done so turn turn around now or prepare to be attacked" Said Admiral Pors.

"I have a long designation number but my name is Legion and I am here under the order's of his majesty to help out House Kryze, anybody who stands in the way is to be considered enemies" Said Legion

"So instead of wasting time let's just start this battle" Said Legion as the communication ended and the Terran Fleet opened fire on CIS fleet.

"All ships return fire and launch all fighters" Ordered Admiral Pors.

The Terran fleet consisted of 20 Harrower-class dreadnought's with 5 Secutor lass Star Destroyer's. Each ship contained a large Fighter force. Not so much like the Lucrehulk but enough to maintain a balance.

The Terran fighter's prioritized quality over quantity which would be the determining factor in this battle.

Legion had launched all fighter's of the fleet to counter the CIS fighter's while the fleet fired on the CIS fleet.

In just a matter of seconds CIS ship's had began to be destroyed by the overwhelming fire power from the Terran Fleet.

Admiral Pors had seen this and also saw that they were not doing any damage to the enemy fleet didn't wait for long and ordered the retreat of the fleet.

And lucky he did because just as he did this the Lucrehulk next to him had lot's it's shields and now it was getting penetrated by enemy laser batteries.

"Sir our fleet has lost 8 ship's in just 5 minutes" Reported a Droid.

Admiral Pors who valued his life started to panic "Then get us out of here now" Ordered the Admiral. But he was inside of a battleship so turning it around was not easy.

The entirety of the CIS fleet had turned their backside towards the Terran Fleet and diverted all power to engines to get away.

Legion had seen this and ordered the fleet to stop firing on the CIS fleet.

There was no need to finish the enemy off right at this moment.

A few minutes later and the CIS fleet had escaped the system and jumped to another system with less than half of their original strength left.

"Legion the planet is now free to send down troops, but the enemy droids are still operating as they have built a droid control center on the planet's surface" Reported on of the droids.

"Get the fleet into position and launch all transport's once we are down" Ordered Legion

With the retreat of the CIS fleet now Mandalore was under the protection of the Terran Ascendency temporarily until House Kryze emerges victorious in the war.