<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/>As with many operations ongoing with the Alliance there was always the sense of the other shoe dropping.  If the Empire was going to arrive, it would be right now.  The distance between the boarding team and the<em>Final Frontier</em>became almost a clock, and each passing second seemed to have more weight to it as the anticipation continued to build.  Still each tick of the chronometer still told the same story with the<em>Final Frontier</em>.  There was no change in velocity, no change in course, no response to at all to the incoming fighters, and no sign anything else was present other than Grey Squadron and the<em>Vanguard</em>.<br/><br/>Several minutes in, the voice of Captain Jaxtona came through the primary communication channel.<strong><em>"All ships, this is </em>Vanguard<em> Actual.  No response to any hails to the </em>Final Frontier<em>.  We are reading power on board so she is not a dead ship.  We are not sure what you will find on board.  Exercise caution and keep us update.  Beta and Gamma Flights are free to start boarding operations.  May the Force with you and good luck."</em></strong><br/><br/>It would soon become clear to the boarding teams the reports of power was correct.  At least the containment shields for the launch bays were operational, reducing one possible complication of the boarding action.  They launch bays were not too different than what was found on board of the<em>Vanguard</em>, which was not surprising considering the<em>Vanguard</em>had even greater operational capacity than a<em>Victory</em>class Star Destroyer.  As the team moved to land, the bays were near empty.  It was not surprising since the purpose of the first space trials was the proof of concept of hyper-drive, mobility, and subspace engines, not for small ship operations.  Still one might had thought there would be some presence on board.  Where were some of the shuttle craft which should had been present?