She was going to try and make him sweat by making him wait for her answer. While she might be doing a better job of it than most with her unflinching stare and aura... he had been dealing with this tactic his entire adult life. Dealing with politicians meant that they were forever playing power...
Brave was one word for it.
The chief of his security detail would rather use different words - "fool" was the lightest of them by far.
But he knew that he needed to do this, that he needed to speak to her face to face. If he couldn't summon the courage to do that then he had no business being...
If there were those who doubted the courage of Vincent Deryck, he hoped that this would be yet more evidence that they were wrong to do so.
Here he was on Serenno, perhaps the most dangerous world to be on if you were not a member of the Sith Empire, with nothing to defend himself. He had flown...
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Vincent Deryck stood in the middle of the Galactic Senate, addressing not only the representatives of the Senate, not only their constituents at home and not only the men and women of the GAR.
He stood here to address almost the entire...
Tynian
AGE
► 25
SPECIES
► Ysanna
HEIGHT
► 1.7m
WEIGHT
► 89kg
EYE COLOR
► Brown
HAIR COLOR
► Brown
GENDER
► Male
FACTION
► Jedi Order
DEAD/ALIVE
► Dead/Alive
REWARD
► 1,000,000 dead; 1,500,00 alive
DESCRIPTIONBounty is issued by Vincent Deryck, Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic...
Grug
AGE
► Unknown
SPECIES
► Gamorrean
HEIGHT
► 1.8m
WEIGHT
► Unknown
EYE COLOR
► Yellow
HAIR COLOR
► N/A
GENDER
► Male
FACTION
► Jedi Order
DEAD/ALIVE
► Dead/Alive
REWARD
► 1,000,000 dead; 1,500,00 alive
DESCRIPTIONBounty is issued by Vincent Deryck, Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic...
Azar Torsin
AGE
► 44
SPECIES
► Firrerreo
HEIGHT
► 1.8m
WEIGHT
► 85kg
EYE COLOR
► Yellow
HAIR COLOR
► Grey
GENDER
► Male
FACTION
► Jedi Order
DEAD/ALIVE
► Dead/Alive
REWARD
► 1,000,000 dead; 1,500,00 alive
DESCRIPTIONBounty is issued by Vincent Deryck, Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic...
Lucian Volante
AGE
► 29
SPECIES
► Human
HEIGHT
► 1.83 meters
WEIGHT
► 150 lbs
EYE COLOR
► Steel Grey
HAIR COLOR
► Blonde
GENDER
► Male
FACTION
► Jedi Order
DEAD/ALIVE
► Dead/Alive
REWARD
► 1,000,000 dead; 1,500,00 alive
DESCRIPTIONBounty is issued by Vincent Deryck, Supreme Chancellor of...
Gods be good.
This was a right mess the Republic had gotten itself into now.
Or rather, a right mess the Jedi had gotten the Republic into. Wasn't that just the theme of Republic history for the past two hundred years? The Jedi had an issue with some faction of themselves who didn't like the...
The bottom of his stomach seemed to fall out as she continued speaking and it was all he could do to keep from trying to speak immediately. While speaking was good and defending the Republic was also good... he doubted very much that Andraste would take kindly to being interrupted during her...
Deryck was beginning to think that he was too old for this kark as it was and now, on top of everything else he had to deal with, he was going to have to speak to the Empress of the Sith and attempt to come up with compelling reasons as to why they shouldn't be at war with each other by the time...
And so it was done. The Senators opposed to war, who had spoken out about, had voted as expected. They were outdone, though, by their peers. The motion had passed. War had just been declared on the Hutt Cartel. Their mobilization had only just begun, yet it also seemed that besides for the...
It seemed that the damage had already been done. Senator Antilles had effectively killed any other conversation about the vote by shouting down anyone that decided to disagree with him. Still, the time for talk had ended, so now it was time to vote. "With the passage of time for discussion, it...
The Supreme Chancellor shook his head, resisting the urge to rub his temples at the headache he was starting to feel. "Your motions to delay have already been denied, Senator Antilles. Despite what I said earlier, you persist in trying to dominate the conversation and derail the proceedings...
Chancellor Deryck shook his head, frowning slightly. He had expected this kind of reaction from certain Senators, yet he could not acquiesce to their demands in this case. "I will not remove the time limit to this debate, as the Cartel is not waiting while we talk about this matter either...
Chancellor Deryck had, at his very core, hoped to never have to bring this subject before the Senate in an emergency hearing. However, recent events had finally forced his hand. The bombing on Alderaan, the fight on Chandrila, the results of the Alderaan Investigation, these and so many more...
Chancellor Deryck noted a lull in the conversation and voting, for even thought the vote for the amendment had been seconded, no one had stepped up to vote further for it. Without that, the number of votes before the debate would be counted, and though there was some opposition, it seemed that...
There was no audible sigh of relief, but there was certainly one in his mind. He relaxed considerably and, for once, a genuine smile appeared on the Chancellor's face. "Fortunately, it would seem, that request does not conflict with our existing agreement, Your Highness. Nubia's shipyards, as I...
For a long moment, there was no sound in the office but the pounding of the rain against the transparisteel window. The new Supreme Chancellor was not Mori. Though Andraste's sickly yellow eyes indeed made him shiver, as they appeared to him colder than the rain that presently fell outside, his...
Kark, he needed a drink. He was not trained to be a politician. He would much prefer to speak plainly with her—to tell her how things were, as his military training had often inclined him to do—but that would get himself and others killed. Still, he didn't allow his frustrations or anxieties to...