<div class="floatleft">(https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/002/958/658/large/luca-costa-sc029b.jpg?1467760513)</div>Secrecy is the ally of the Alliance, and for them to cultivate it they had to become very inventive at hiding less a squadron or so of Imperial Star Destroyers appear and wipe what had become the burning toarch of hope for the galaxy out of existence.  Thus it should come as no surprise to anyone how the Alliance to Restore the Galactic Republic might have started in the core and mid-rim worlds, it is the outer rim in which the Alliance has based a number of their forces, scattered about what is the largest region of near unexplored space still part of the Empire.  Planets such as Dantoonie and habitable moons like Yavin IV are among the cornerstones for the Alliance at the moment, serving to coordinate the numerous operations spread across the vast distance of the galaxy.<br/><br/>One such operation was taking place on the planet of D'Qar, a relatively new discovery and the only civilization present were dots of refuges, people fleeing the Empire and attempting to regain some semblance of life.  It was the current location of the Alliance ships<em>Aspiration</em>and<em>Vanguard</em>, engaged in training exercises for the next Alliance operation upon the planet Theed, home world of the Emperor.  The current rumor through the few Gungan resistance cells upon the planet of the survival of Decius Amadala, nephew to former Senator Amadala and thus of great propaganda support to the Alliance, as well as one of the key steps in throwing out the Imperial occupation of the planet.<br/><br/>Such grand plans are for future, as first the Alliance needs to verify the rumor, and in doing so, set up an extraction.  Thus the need for the training exercises as Black and Grey Squadrons run through close air support scenarios while the 401st Commando Company runs through its own mock up run through to secure the target objectives.  It had been a grueling three days, but the training was winding down.  They could not take too much time less the rumor reach the Moff's ear, thus making their task all the more difficult.  Grey Squadron had landed no more than an hour past, and thus was enjoying a rare bit of down time as preparations were made to return back to the<em>Vanguard</em>.<br/><br/><hr/>Tagging header for character posts<br/><br/><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[floatleft][img height=200 padding=2]Pic[/img][/floatleft]<br/>[b]Character Name:[/b]<br/>[b]Location:[/b]<br/>[b]Tagging:[/b] <br/>[b]Mentioned:[/b]<br/>[b]Actions (Combat only)[/b]:<br/>[b]NSFW Warning:[/b] If necessary<br/></code></pre>