after eliminating the Jedi archivist Jocasta knew Darth Vader took an active
role in helping the inquisitors hunt down their lightside enemies traveling
with ninth sister to investigate reports of a force user possibly with a
lightsaber spotted in a bar on Cobb Aria knowing most of these reports amounted
to nothing the Inquisitor asked why Vader bothered himself with such a minor
assignment to which he replied she was not ready to hunt a Jedi on her own a
lesson he demonstrated by taking her eye during a training session yet ninth
sister was not convinced explaining that as a Jedi she specialized in sensing the
emotions of others and with the dark side her powers were even stronger she
claimed the truth was that Vader was desperate to find another opponent to
fight and while she did not say it to his face also sensed he wanted to die
arriving on Cabiria Vader ordered the Inquisitor to remain behind while he
questioned the potential witnesses but the situation was soon revealed to be a
trap with a family of mercenaries using a tractor rifle to remove his lightsaber
and an ion grenade for its destruction but leaving their target was a Jedi they
announced they were only interested in him and so no one else in the bar needed
to die but Vader disagreed and used the force to start killing everyone in a
frenzied attack through his communication device he tried to reach
ninth during her to bring him a lightsaber but she simply ignored his
command planning to use the explosion as an excuse for why she did not receive
his message realizing this was not a typical Jedi the family retreated
stealing a speeder from ninth sister who mocked their attempt to escape Vader
then emerged and accused the Inquisitor of betrayal but she adamantly denied the
accusation taking her lightsaber he mounted a speeder of his own and set off
in pursuit of the attackers causing an accident which ended the chase and left
him at his mercy the father claimed they found the
contract for his life through an anonymous post on the hunter net and the
mother offered to slice into the data base to find out more information in
exchange for sparing the life of their daughter agreeing to their terms the
search showed the order came from the highest levels of the Coruscant
government meaning Emperor Palpatine was the prime
suspect repairing his lightsaber on the journey back to the imperial capital
Vader went directly to his master and asked if he was behind the assassination
attempt but Sidious denied it leaving the apprentice to investigate
further during a meditation session Vader sensed that he was being targeted
by high-level officers who resented his sudden rise to power and did not
understand his place in the hierarchy although he did not know the details
Vader was getting close to the truth as the conspirators knew nothing about him
and so wanted to remove him from the power structure even going out of their
way to make it look like the assassination was ordered by the emperor
in the hopes of a confrontation between them explaining the situation to his
master Vader requested a special announcement
and demonstration that would clarify the situation to everyone Sidious made it
clear Vader had power over every officer in their army save for will HOF Tarkin
who was valued by the Emperor and so was the only one exempt from his wrath
gathering together the elite core of Imperial officers Palpatine announced
that Darth Vader now spoke with the Emperor's voice making him the second
most powerful man in the empire to demonstrate this Authority Vader
informed them an attempt was made on his life and he suspected a conspiracy among
their ranks since he was not yet sure who exactly was behind the attack he
implemented the rule of five choosing five officers at random and immediately
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