As the bulk freighters were being loaded up Carnis awaited notification of completion on the bridge of the master transport. The other vessel had already
been slaved off and was under the guidance of a pilot-droid-brain. There was almost no need for his direct hand on these types of shipments anymore, but
recently an order had been passed down from the Naval Commanders.
Due to recent pirate activity and the incursion of Imperial military units into Sith space they would be running live "drills" on their own shipping
routes as an excercise in interception and avoidance techniques. As such Darth Carnis could no longer delegate the important role of shipping captain on his
own personally owned vessels. He didn't think he would be intercepted at all, but if he was and failed to be present aboard his ships in an excercise like
this the Dark Lord would have to hear from the Naval officers again that Carnis was giving them trouble.
At last, the notification came in the form of the Sith Lord's protocol droid. "Master," it said formally. "Five hundred and ninety-six
standard shipping units of unprocessed ore have been loaded between the two freighters and are prepared for transit."
Carnis said nothing, but nodded and activated the freighter's clearance request broadcast, waiting to be cleared out for departure from the docking station
of the mining facility.
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