Bastion - Fate of an Officer

[.:Rameth:.]

Grand Moff Azazel stood at amongst a squad of the 312th Stormtrooper battalion waiting for the prisoner to arrive. He watched the soldier walk proudly toward him as if he did nothing wrong. Azazel once again glanced at his datapad.

-Mutiny
-Disobiedence
-Theft of an Imperial Vessal
-Breaking into enemy territory
-Claims to be resucing his fellow soldiers

'Interesting character this one., he thought waiting for the prisoner to arrive, 'He walks proudly...and did his job well I might add. Evaded us for a few months.'

Soon the prisoner had approached Azazel.

[purple]"Captain Gaius Maximus. You are on trial for charges of mutiny and disobeying a direct order. Do you have anything to add before I give you sentencing."[/purple]

Azazel had already decided the young officers fate before he had even arrived. Considering the circumstances of course.

[Sovereign]

Gaius stood at attention.

[blue]"I will say nothing other than I only did what others feared to do."[/blue]

[.:Rameth:.]

'Heh, I like this one.', Azazel thought to himself before he sentences the prisoner.

[purple]"Gaius Maximus, you will be demoted from Captain to 2nd Lieutenant. You will also be transfered away from the 707th Battalion to the 982nd Battalion. Your men will be sentenced on a later date. That is all"[/purple], he turned to walk away then stopped, [purple]"You should know Maximus that only your accommodations and loyal service to the Empire let you live today. I would not suggest you be here again."[/purple]

With that last statement he left.

[Sovereign]

Gaius did not move from where he stood. He spoke to the man as he walked away.

[blue]"I will not allow my men to be sentenced for my mistakes, this ends here today, with me. Do what you must, I will not allow them to be punished."[/blue]

Gaius was still at attention.

[.:Rameth:.]

Azazel stopped in his tracks. He smiled and turned around.

[purple]"You wont allow? Lieutenant you forget yourself. I give out punishment here and your men are just as guilty as you. They blindly followed you without question even by disobeying a direct order from your commander. They will be punished and there is nothing you can do about it.[/purple], he said turning to walk away again.

[Sovereign]

Gaius was infuriated. This was the kind of thing that had started the ordeal in the first place... Now he was even more powerless in the decisions of the Empire, and he had to worry about the fate of his men. He would make an appearence at their court martial.

He then grabbed the rank insignia from his chest plate removing the squares signafying captain but leaving the ones that signaled 2nd Lieutenant, and tossed it on the ground before him, walking away.