It is then that you realize that the alarms have gone off within CorSec Headquarters, a pattern of two low notes.
A young man pushes his way into the office, looking frantic. He is distinguished by his tousled brown hair and his focused expression, but otherwise he is dressed in the uniform of a CorSec officer.
"Uncle, we've got a situation," he says hurriedly.
"What is it, what's going on?" Gabe asks.
"There's been an accident at the starport."
Gabe immediately rises from his desk, his jaw clenched tightly as he grabs his coat and holsters his pistol. "Shit, I knew this would happen..."
Headquarters is bustling with activity as you follow Gabe out into the hallway.
"Details?" Gabe asks.
"Multiple explosions have been witnessed within the starport," the young man reports. "Debris has been flung into the city, buildings have sustained severe damage... hey, are those Jedi?"
Gabe rolls his eyes, then looks to you, Roan. "Roan, this is your cousin, Bren Trilanger. A fine officer, though young and sometimes... spacey..."
Bren gives a brief wave, eyeing you curiously.
"Bren, the report. Give me the report."
"Right. Well, actually, that's it. We can't get in touch with spaceport security or the control tower. Either the comms system is out or they've been incapacitated and/or killed by whatever caused this."
"What about the Senator?"
"No idea, sir."
"I guess we'll find out when we get there..."
Outside of headquarters, your question is answered. Pulling out of the garages and into the Plaza, a column of landspeeders hover up to meet you, thrust along by a set of twin ion engines. Despite the streamlined ovular shape of the hull, it is very obviously plated in thick armor, painted a pleasant emerald hue. A high-powered repeating rifle is fixed to a magnetic ring that rotates around the gunner seat at the rear.
A driver abdicates his seat for Gabe to take over, while Valru hops into the gunner spot. There is passenger room for three.
Gabe takes his landspeeder to the lead and jets off towards the starport, back in the direction you came from to reach headquarters. He takes shortcuts, zipping through alleyways with his siren on, red-and-green lights flashing on the sides of the thrusters.
There is a bright glow coming from the direction of the starport.
"Should we call the fire brigade?" Valru asks.
Gabe aims his landspeeder toward the docking bay two down from your own, on the other side of where the fuel tanker used to be and a blazing inferno now is. The blast doors have sealed themselves in an attempt to contain the fire.
"Make me an entrance," Gabe asks.
"With pleasure," Valru replies. Arming his gun, he unleashes a brief volley on the blast door that tears straight through it. "Done."
Gabe drives the landspeeder through the entrance and into the docking bay. It is empty, but evidence suggests that it has only just become so. Enormous gashes across the ground lead towards the wall dividing this docking bay with the next. Said wall is completely fractured, with a gap that exposes the next docking bay. Nothing but fire can be seen.
"Shit," Gabe says, running a hand through his hair. "This is terrible."
"Who's ship was here?" Sunda asks, gazing blankly at the gashes in the ground.
Gabe sighs. "Senator Fordox's."
"Well, this needs to be under control. But immediately we need to see to the security of the Diktat, Whatever she has now, double it. If they are so bold as to strike at the senator, they may try something against her. We also need to see if the Senator was actually onboard during this explosion, along with what caused it. What kind of explosive and how it was planted."
Something tells you that this was no bomb... but Gabe nods in agreement.
"Sweep the area," Gabe orders. He then speaks into his comms, acting on your decision to double the Diktat's security for the moment.
The CorSec officers begin fanning out, drawing their pistols all together in fluid motion. Their pistols are standard-issue heavy pistols resembling revolvers. Sky joins them, pulling her lightsaber from her belt but keeping it unlit.
Sunda stays by your side, not sure what to do.
There is something odd about the gashes in the floor of the hangar. You could explain the shattered walls and the fire with the bomb explanation, but these gashes look like something was dragged across the floor.
Also, you notice something on the floor. A small silvery object, glinting in the glow of the fire.