Sarada's
imperial class space cruiser had just left the planet Tabaga, a world colonized by over 12 million pure and halfbreed Saiyans living in harmony. She had become aware of their existence when they reached out to her about a week ago asking for assistance and to express a desire to join the Empire. She, of course, accepted and left right after concluding her business on Earth to check things out. It just so happened to be in the same star system as Langal, so a quick portal trip cut down on travel time immensely.
After speaking with the planet's leaders and commingling with the people, she decided that it was best to bring them into the fold. The process was going to be an extensive one. Paperwork had to be drawn and signed, and an election had to be held so the people's voice could be heard and taken into account. If all went according to plan, Tabaga would become the seventh world in the Saiyan Empire. Yet another world and millions more lives to concern herself with, but these Saiyans were peaceful and friendly. Actually, they had quite a sterling reputation as ones who helped their neighbors in times of need and never caused any trouble themselves.
If anything, it wasn't going to be the headache she feared.
There were ten
royal guard ships accompanying hers as protection -- if her ship was attacked, she really couldn't do much to defend herself. As Sarada was planetside handling business, the royal guards were posted in the planet's upper atmosphere so that they had all possible angles covered. One of the ships noticed something strange and went to check it out.
One of the neighboring worlds had come under attack suddenly by what looked like a pirate ship. "What the... people still pirate these days?" one of the pilots sneered. "Let's head over and check it out."
The guard ships were incredibly fast and agile. It crossed the distance between worlds in only a few minutes.
His co-pilot checked the star map as they rapidly approached. "Hm. Looks like that's... Vumpu. Huh? That's just a junk world. Who the hell would want to plunder that?"
"Who knows?" He slowed up just shy of the entering orbit and sent
a scouting drone to check things out. Cloaked, it scanned the planet as it descended. What it caught was startling.
"One of the pirates is kidnapping children down there!"
"Shit." The pilot chewed his nail and thought about what to do. "Her Highness would want to go after them, but this may be best left to the GP." Even as he spoke, the ship was leaving. "Crap. I'm going to follow them. Contact Her Highness and fill her in. I know she's gonna want a piece of this."
The co-pilot nodded and contacted Sarada's ship as the pilot recalled the drone. He activated the cloaking mechanism on their ship and started to follow the pirates.