<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/KNCZEiv.png?1)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Captain In'Virva Jaxtona<br/><strong>Location:</strong><em>Vanguard</em>Bridge<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Everyone<br/><strong>Mentioned:</strong><br/><strong>Actions (Combat only)</strong>: Issuing orders<br/><strong>NSFW Warning:</strong>None<br/><br/><hr/>One of the limitations of star fighter sensors was the transition from atmospheric flight operations to space operations.  The atmosphere in many cases acted as a mirror to star fighter sensors which lacked the raw power of capital or other larger starships.  Thus until Grey Squadron was finally cleared of D'Qar's ionosphere did the squadron get a good look at what was happening from the hyper limit of the system as the enemy advanced upon D'Qar.  It was not an insignificant force, but it also was not one to strike pure terror into Alliance forces in the system.<br/><br/>(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/657811c3-939d-4d1e-8fa5-d1adbf999420/dclkkmk-0dd9a6ca-60dc-437d-a52c-d08338c7597b.jpg/v1/fill/w_1192,h_670,q_70,strp/gladiator_class_star_destroyer___portrait_by_ravendeviant_dclkkmk-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9OTAwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvNjU3ODExYzMtOTM5ZC00ZDFlLThmYTUtZDFhZGJmOTk5NDIwXC9kY2xra21rLTBkZDlhNmNhLTYwZGMtNDM3ZC1hNTJjLWQwODMzOGM3NTk3Yi5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTYwMCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.2sq79vmDeGDiLMMDOttc463ceOY7UM3WXmW4tL_zZDs) (https://pm1.narvii.com/6448/42b84d4738db67482537037b00b3c8e106de1c4b_hq.jpg)<br/><br/>A<em>Gladiator</em>class Star Destroyer and its screening units, three<em>Raider</em>class escort frigates.  Again it was a force which could give most Alliance Navy forces fits.  Already the screening units were advancing upon the<em>Vanguard</em>at their top speed, and TIE fighter units supported by TIE bombers were being launched by the Star Destroyer, the<em>Implacable</em>by its transponder code now coming through on sensors.  A name any who were familiar at all with the Clone Wars would recognize, and thus know this was not some typical Imperial task force arrayed against them.<br/><br/>The<em>Implacable</em>made a name for itself at the second battle of Sullest were it and its supporting combat units held off a Separatist fleet three times their size, and was one of the task forces which was part of the destruction of the Trade Federation.  This was a force composition designed to seek out and destroy rebellion and any rebel sympathizers with impunity, and all four capital ships with three squadrons of TIE fighters and one squadron of TIE bombers pointed like a vibrodagger at the<em>Vanguard</em>, and no sign at all of the<em>Aspiration</em>and her escort ships.   Had they pulled out already?  As the question hung in the air, new orders were coming through for the squadron.<br/><br/><strong><em>"Grey Squadron, this is Vanguard Actual.  Change of orders.  Flights Charlie and Delta are to engage Imperial screening units.  Beta Flight is to break off and serve as escorts for Charlie and Delta Flights.  Alpha Flight is to continue to escort shuttles for combat landings.  May the Force be with you."</em></strong><br/>