Utapau had become a world of horror and death, AMS outbreak had decimated the populace leaving it a tomb world of the undead. For years the planet had been cut off from the outside Galaxy, none brave enough to set foot on the diseased planet, lest they catch it themselves. But a lot of time had passed, a vaccine was now available and much of what was half-dead on Utapau would be a rotting pile of flesh and bone.
So the planet was once again becoming available to the outside Galaxy and with it, Utapau’s riches in Kyber Crystals. With the mass seizure of Sith Lightsabers after the imperial betrayal, these crystals had become sought after items and Malerion was keen to utilise the demand.
A Malleus-Class Gunship descended into one of the giant pits that dotted the planet’s surface, once home to a major mining corporation, this was the closest they would be able to land to the Kyber deposits. Malerion stood just behind the pilot, his eyes scanning the edge of the pit. “Keep sensors and weapons active. The Force only knows what has become the dominant species after the past few years.” He said, without sentient life to hunt, the wild beasts of the planet would be free to expand and multiply throughout the planet's surface.
Moving back into the communal area, he took the two steps down from the cockpit to where Nova was. The Sith had accompanied him to the planet, searching for a new Kyber Crystal of her own. Malerion had not had the shame of handing over his sabre to the Empire, so still had his clipped to his belt. His black and red armour was as always scratchy and digging into his body causing a constant wave of discomfort and anger to flow through the Sith as he walked. “I hope you are ready, I doubt we will see anything like civilization once we are on the ground.”
@LadyRen
