[center][b]Korriban Sith Tomb World,
Korriban Academy[/b]

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A year had passed, a year of excavations, clearing the rubble and erecting this place she was in now, this fortress on the tomb world of the Sith, this academy for future generations of the Sith, part of Andrea might have hate to admit it out loud but without the help of the other Sith this wouldn't have been possible. She looked around, here she was in a chamber filled with holocrons, collected after excavating several tombs of some minor treasures some holocrons were found, most of these tomb plundering were done by Andrea and Azazel together, she even found a holocron who taught her some interesting sith techniques, she too in turn learned a few, more aspects of Sith Alchemy. She held one of these new holocrons in her hand right now, one that held some new secrets and techniques perhaps.

She activated the holocron and a figure rose up, she studied the figure, definite signs of sith ancestry but also a clear sign of human genes, it took one look at her and opened it's mouth [b]"My name is-"[/b]

Andrea snorted and rolled her eyes, "I really do not care, your continued existence is determined by your value to me, so if you cannot offer me any new techniques I can use to further my ambitions, I will have your holocron be torn asunder." She let her words sink in and rose a eyebrow, "So, what do you have to teach me?" The apparition visibly gulped and she smirked in response, listening eagerly as the apparition began to describe how to use sith alchemy to create poisons and disease while also granting her the knowledge of techniques able to mask her energy and mask her presence, not as... advanced as the Mask ability she already knew but it would suffice. Several hours later she had learned enough and nodded, "Very well you have served your purpose and may continue your existence as a holocron in my collection... congratulations."

With that she deactivated the holocron and returned it to it's place in the vault, turning her back on the whispering holocrons and stepped out of the vault, into the habitat of the Tuk'ata she had tamed and bred to be the protectors, one of them approached her and she traced her hand over it's back, it seemed to purr at her touch and she smiled. "Keep my secrets safe." She murmured softly and with a whine the sith hound stepped back and their eyes followed her as she walked out.

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[b]Korriban Academy,
Meditation Chamber[/b]
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She found her quarry in the meditation chamber, Darth Hadzuska was meditating alone but stood up when she sensed her mistress's presence in the chamber, turning to Andrea she did not bow like she would have in the past, they were beyond that now. "Mistress." She said simply and watched Andrea approach her. "Do you have a task for me?"

Andrea smiled and nodded slowly, "I have, you are to gather your crew and whatever supplies you need and take the Dagger out to venture the hyperspace lanes and see if there is any force potential individuals that can be molded into new sith disciples that can further our cause." She gestured for Hadzuska to follow her and together they began to walk, leaving the meditation chamber and walking over a bridge, looking down below for a moment to see Andrea's other disciples practicing their swordplay or sith techniques, ignoring the two of them walking above them all. 

They paused to observe Darth Khanna, her lightsaber pike deactivated put she was holding it in a combat stance, the reason for that were the three Tuk'ata circling around her, the Dathomiri sith disciple had requested their presence in training, the sith hounds apparently helped her train better, according to her at least. Their reactions unpredictable and giving her ample time to practice her techniques to hide herself in the force, especially against the senses of the Sith hounds who could track her down better than any of the other disciplines in Andrea's service, perhaps even better than Andrea herself. One of the hounds leaped at Khanna and she quickly hit it mid-air with her pike, making it let out a shrill whine as it landed roughly on the marble floor and growled at her.

They watched for twenty minutes as the hounds did their best to drag Khanna down but she simply evaded, dodged or parried their attacks with her force enhanced senses and acrobatics. After a while Andrea frowned, she felt like something was different from the other times that she had seen Khanna train with the Tuk'ata, narrowing her eyes she realized what it was. It seemed the sith hounds... were playing with her, wrestling as if she was one of the pack and not the fierce sith guardians wanted them to be. She mulled the thought over, surprising herself that she was remarkably calm with that, her sith hounds had shown no sign of liking, or even accepting one of her other disciples as one of the pack, perhaps Khanna was different? She would be sure to watch her and the behavior of the Tuk'ata around her. Motioning for Hadzuska to continue their walk.

Further along some Sun Guard were also present overseeing the training and drilling of legionaries into fighting units. Andrea nodded watching those last, "I am very pleased that we managed to convince the Sun Guard to allow some of their number to join the ranks, their presence is another claim that we sith will have our resurgence at long last." She said softly.

The Twi'lek sith instructor glanced down and nodded, "Perhaps, but you taught me that troops like those will not make the difference, it will be the number of sith, mistress. Or has that changed?"

Laughter was her answer, amused Andrea glanced at her. "No, that hasn't changed at all. But they, while not force sensitive, can also make a great difference. Though I would prefer if everything could be solved with a sith disciple at the right time and place. But sadly sometimes a army will have to make a difference." She sighed, walking in silence before she chuckled, "I honestly had expected a year ago... at that fateful sith meeting, I would have come to blows with them all and that I would have to organize the deaths of my fellow sith. I am actually thankful that did not happen, a lot wouldn't have been accomplished if we hadn't worked together." She said, now walking into a gallery near the entrance where a series of holographic statues were present, flickering lightly. There were five statues, they passed under the gaze of each. Darth Gra'tua, Darth Jacoiba, Darth Lena, Darth Azazel and lastly a holographic representation of herself, Darth Andrea.

She stared up at the larger image of herself and smirked, "So much to do still... you have your task ahead of you Hadzuska, carry it out and keep in touch." With a nod the Twi'lek left Andrea who remained behind, lost in thought.

At least she was until suddenly alarms were being heard and she looked up sharply before activating her communicator, "This is Andrea what in the blazes is going on!?"

It only took a moment before a voice answered on the other end, sounding shocked and surprised. "A vessel has entered the system without warning and unscheduled mistress, approaching the planet."

She cursed, "Power up the shields and weapons, especially the Ion Cannon! Alert Reneva in orbit to make sure this guest will be dealt with severely." WIth that she stormed out to the command room of the academy, her eyes enraged, who would dare to intrude upon the system unannounced!?
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[b]Kessel,
Remembrance of Shadow[/b]
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Drokan Mohr stood on the bridge of the Remembrance of Shadow... his ship, Darth Andrea had taken a liking to her new ship, the Dark Rebirth, as her flagship and moved her quarters there, leaving him in command of the Remembrance of Shadow, as it once was before and he was quite glad about that. There were no sith aboard the vessel and he had been placed in command of several ships to safeguard Andrea's interests and control of Kessel and her holdings, several minefields had been placed by the new vessels and rigorous patrol schedules were kept by the starfighter squadrons.

Technically the one in control was the relative of Darth Andrea who had been named governor of the Kessel prison by her cousin in the senate, but since then several dummy corporations have bought up Kessel, which in turn were headed by Andrea so she was basically running the show with her governor relative merely there as a figurehead to keep the senate satisfied it was still a republic organization. In turn he had been named in charge of the holdings when Andrea was absent from Kessel, which she was a lot, he looked at the recent contracts. The republic had tasked them to build logistical droids of some kind in the small foundry on Kessel's surface, the Navy meanwhile had basically taken over the production efforts of the shipyard facilities to produce starfighters and support vessels, some shuttles for republic citizenry were also requested but that was more of a extra order. They were even sending two Arquiten class vessels to safeguard the facility while manufacturing the order for the Republic Navy.

He frowned at that, that meant they were expecting trouble perhaps, he did not like that and reminded himself to have a briefing with the squadrons commanders and captains of the Shadow Defenders to make sure they were informed of potential hostile incursions during the period they were under this contract. He might dislike Andrea to some degree but he would carry out her orders and protect her interests, if only for the trust she has placed in him. Signing the documents with the seal Andrea had given him to accept the terms of the Republic contracts he send the lieutenant who had brought the documents to him to send the reply back to the Republic office the request had come from. "Make sure to include the codes and coordinates for the minefields, we wouldn't want them to fly into them and blow themselves up." He added almost as if it was a afterthought, chuckling to himself. He guessed some of his mistress's humor had been rubbing off on him after all...