Evidence

GeoSync SatCom #176GE2 certified footage capture dated 112342.009.98.
Location and time verified by continuous stream reference to New Republic InterSolar Serious Crimes Bureau monitor computer reference Delta5Alpha as 85.675/67.446/72.995.
Surveillance footage captured and authorized pursuant to New Republic InterSolar Serious Crimes Bureau warrant #AFS6648 signed by Mediator General Crosiyus Myrand.

Audio recording and close video footage captured by SensoBot #993453457AFFRD slaved to monitor computer reference Delta5Alpha as of 112342.009.74. Certified as New Republic Security model XCS665, certified removal from secure store Cor3488 as of 112342.003.43 by Quartermaster Vinnous Raiel by code AlphaRed clearance level to Investigators Myo and Rennes. Warrant clearance as above.

Location: Coruscant GridRef 983247 by 3045 by 4593. Location verified as 267.54 kilometres northeast of hangar 9934 New Republic Forces Base. Abandoned warehouse formerly owned by Group PowerAction Tours disused as of 111342.824.44. SensoBot #993453457AFFRD located in pile of debris .6 meters from Subjects in question.

Subject #1 identity verified by New Republic InterSolar Serious Crimes Bureau database as Kerian Ravak. 46 years old, human male, 188 cm tall, 112 kg, long black hair tied back by silver clasp, full beard. Suspected former Imperial Special Forces agent. Subject #1 wearing black full-length coat, grey pants, silver necklace, black boots, black gloves.

Subject #2 identity verified by New Republic InterSolar Serious Crimes Bureau database as Gyriun Myrruan. 24 years old, human male, 192 cm tall, 102 kg, short blonde hair. Suspected lieutenant of Dead Reds criminal syndicate. Subject #2 wearing red leather coat, white shirt, red pants, white shoes.

Footage capture: Subject #1 seated on fallen ferrocrete pillar. Head moving at 45 degrees port to 45 degrees starboard at 30 second intervals.

Footage capture: Subject #2 enters ruins at side entrance. Walks towards Subject #1. Subject #2 carries small black bag under left arm. Subject #2 walks to pillar until 3 meters from Subject #1. Subject #2 sits down on pillar, places bag on ground in front of him.

Audio capture from SensoBot #993453457AFFRD and motion capture from GeoSync SatCom #176GE2 as follows:

Subject #1: You got something for me? (turns toward Subject #2)

Subject #2: You got something for...me? (places right leg on top of black bag)

Subject #1: Yeah. (faces forward, reaches into coat, produces envelope)

Subject #2: What, you going to make me wait? Like that's a real good idea...

Subject #1: I care what's good for you. I really do. (reaches towards Subject #2 with envelope)

(Subject #2 takes envelope with right hand, moves right leg away from bag. Subject #1 reaches down with left hand, takes bag. Subject #1 moves bag to lap, opens bag, looks inside then closes bag)

Subject #1: This better be what your guy said it is. (Subject #1 looks forward)

Subject #2: (turns and faces towards Subject #1, lays right arm across top of railing on fallen pillar) And if it's not? What are you going to do, exactly? Huh? Shoot me? (Subject #2 faces forward, folds arms across chest, crosses legs) Do you know what we had to do for those? A lot more than you're worth. A lot more than you've got, pal.

Subject #1: Huh. (Subject #1 places bag inside coat)

Subject #2: YEAH, huh. (Subject #2 uncrosses arms and legs, turns to face Subject #1) You think you and your army buddies are getting out of here? You think we're not going to settle up? You guys, what are you going to do, huh? We own the routes out! Only one way you can travel, and we own that! If my father...(Subject #2 hunches over forward, spreads knees, lays elbows on knees)

Subject #1 (turns to face Subject #2) If your father what, exactly? You don't own anything here, brat. Look out there. (Subject #1 faces forwards, waves right arm in front of him) You see that? All that wreck? That was made during the Siege of Coruscant, when the droid armies captured the Emperor. The Jedi rescued him and brought a cruiser down right out there in front of us to do it. Ain't never been rebuilt. (Subject #1 turns to face Subject #2) All that? That's me, and you, and you father, and your brothers, and your whole family. Truth is, all of you will be on the next transport out after us, if you can last that long. My and my friends have been propping your family up for months now. There's no one left on this planet that can protect you when we're gone, make no mistake. The Empire's dead. That means all your daddy's connections are dead. So no, you won't be settling up with me, as you put it. Get used to the idea. (Subject #1 smiles)

(Subject #2 stands up, pulls blaster pistol from inside coat, points it at Subject #1. Subject #1 stops smiling)

Subject #2: We can settle up right now! What're you going to do, huh?! You said it yourself, there's no one for miles, no one's going to save you! What makes you think I won't blast your head off right now?! (Subject #2 walks closer to Subject #1) We hid you and Rhazhal and Vash for months, without us...(Subject #1 extends right arm, grabs the blaster pistol from Subject #2, then twists Subject #2's arm behind back and forces him face-down on the ground. These actions take .014 seconds)

Subject #2: (cries of pain, incoherent shouts)

Subject #1: Just when I though you couldn't get stupider. You really want your father and brothers to find you with a gun lodged in your rectum? Won't be very dignified. (Subject #1 throws the blaster pistol southeast, down into air conduit) I hope that was your favourite gun, idiot. (Subject #1 lifts Subject #2 off the ground, throws him 4 meters northwest. Subject #2 shakes, stands up and faces Subject #1)

*continuous transmission detected from Subject #2. Confirmed Imperial Special Forces code, encrypted to 30th dodecahedronal algorhythm. Unable to access message content, consistent with SatCom tracking signal*

Subject #1: Didn't it ever occur to you that maybe your father and I have business arrangements that he didn't inform you about? That maybe there was a good reason he showed me and my friends the respect he did? The first day you met me, you were told not to insult me, brat. You should've listened.

Subject #2 Screw you and your friends. There's a lot more like you out there, and my father and brothers know them all. I don't care what my father says, you'll pay for this. It doesn't matter what you've got on him, he's still my father, and I can swing him. He won't ditch family for you.

(Subject #1 tilts head 20 degrees to right)

Subject #1: You might just be right about that.

Subject #2: Of course I'm right about that! And if anything happens to me, one of our family will be left to hand you right over to the New Senate Security! See if they don't!

(Subject #2 turns 180 degrees and walks out of visual range of SensoBot #993453457AFFRD. Confirmed by SatCom #176GE2 as entering small atmospheric flyer. Course is NNW away from target zone)

Subject #1: Now, there's something you really shouldn't have said, Gyriun.

*transmission detected from Subject #1. Also confirmed as ISF code, also unable to penetrate signal content. Transmission ceases after .05 seconds.*

(Subject #1 turns and walks out of visual range of SensoBot #993453457AFFRD. Confirmed by SatCom #176GE2 as entering hovertaxi 4 kilometers south of target zone. Course is parallel to course of Subject #2 vehicle)

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Entered as exhibit #12-55, evidence for the prosecution, submitted to the New Republic Supreme Court by Advocate Tarlo on 122456.345.99. Pursuant to: The New Republic versus Kerian Ravak, Rhazhal Khalee, and Vash Roya.

Charges under the current indictment:

Murder in the first degree--5 counts.
Kidnapping in the first degree--5 counts.
Assault with a deadly weapon--5 counts.
Grievous bodily harm for the purposes of torture--5 counts.
Improper disposal of human remains--79 counts.

"Improper disposal of remains--79 counts"--loved the over-the-top number. :)

Consider shortening down the first 3 paragraphs of 'data streams'--I found it a little challenging to track visually (the long strings of numbers in particular), and you may not need that much to set up the situation.

A Star Wars mafia-style story should be intriguing. :)

Hey, Mace, what's happening with this fic, I hope you didn't give up on it, because it sounds really interesting. Or was this a short fic?

Was just a shortie. Actually adapted from a quickie idea from my short story-writing class in college. Trying to get my writing juices flowing to finally get cracking on Darkkender's monster mod dialogue trees.

And I only ever post finished product here. Or anywhere else, for that matter.