Recent content by Bast Emblai

The tanker Killik had come so close. Too close. Too fast. The Captain was too preoccupied to notice the acid that had narrowly avoided her, kindly directed away. She was not necessarily weak, but Callaway was heavy and she could feel her legs growing tired. Something snagged her foot and the...

Someone was dragging the bleeding body of a force user towards the steps. He looked bad, his body torn. Abdominal wounds were nasty. Intestinal perforations, internal bleeding, organ failure. It was impossible to tell if he was conscious, but Bast did not have time to move any closer. Another...

Bast barely had time to see of her shots landed before another cry for help reached her. In the precious few moments she had spent trying to save one man, a dozen more had fallen into peril. Corsec was in a frenzy now. If panic took over, they were all doomed. Some might have found the Captain...

Bast handed over the child to the medic, her face passive and unreadable. Her shoulder was wet with the girl’s tears. The Captain wiped her bloody hands on her pants. She could not promise it would all be okay, because it already was not. The Killiks were gaining ground faster than it could be...

Bast picked up the child left at her feet, careful to avoid her injuries. Doing her best to say soothing things, she nevertheless made sure the girl made no sudden movements while taking her inside.

Bast looked around. The front line seemed to be holding, but the Killiks were advancing and there had hardly been time to plan. The group to her far left had been hit hard. It appeared half of the Killiks flanking from the west had been killed, the others climbing over their bodies. The insects...

The first shot rang out. Bast braced her elbow to minimize the recoil. There was a sudden absence in the noise afterwards, and she realized she had sent the first bolt. It had landed true, thankfully. The death of the Killik would have been painless and quick, just as she had wanted. It did not...

The Captain sat back quietly, observing. It was the first time she had seen Sith, Jedi, and Mandalorians peacefully gathered. Suspicious glances and tensed muscles revealed all was not resolved, but remarkably, the atmosphere was not hostile, just coldly cordial. One uniting factor tied them...

A chirp on Bast’s comm link woke the Ranger from her mid-day nap. She had been working a domestic case all night and not slept a wink. Groaning, she rolled over and looked at the blinking light. It stopped and she leaned back once more. Likely, it was one of her old coworkers wanting to get a...

The screen on the datapad flickered and changed, finally yielding to reveal its contents. The whole system was a cluttered mess, and the woman had to dig through quite a few files and messages reading “Your Speeder’s Extended Warranty!” before coming across anything of significance. There was...

Bast’s heart slowed to a steady beat as she felt the adrenaline subside. She hadn’t meant to startle the kid. It would have seemed an overreaction to many, but they had not seen the limp body of a twenty-something year old detective bent at an unnatural angle or the later x-rays of vertebrae...

”It’s definitely of interest”, Bast muttered in response to the boy’s connection. “Just do not mess with the box, please.” She returned to the door and picked up the package. The return label was to a compound of sorts. She photographed the package for her report, then set to research. A quick...

No. 42 was an average looking place, at least from the outside. Bast knocked firmly on the door. There was a pause, during which she stepped back and examined the door. A package sat outside and to the left, but there was no telling how long it had been there. The complex seemed well enough...

Bast’s eyes widened slightly in surprise at the ease and swiftness with which Wilhelm seemed to be able to procure information. She had been looking for a suggestion or even just a name of a branch, if she was lucky. Instead the kid had done most of the tedious paperwork for her. Not that she...

Bast noticed the young man intently watching her. His observance did him credit, and would likely make him quite useful in the whole endeavor. Or at least to the extent I’m which she would involve him. It would hardly be suitable for a Ranger with over a decade of experience to rely on someone...