A Deal Gone Wrong

[Mad Dog]

"I'm no Sith.." her reply was serious, perhaps even a little offended.She for not elaborate on the statement as she simply left it at that. "And I'm here to pick up some merchandise."

"Accidents happen everywhere, and I'm not afraid of a handful of slugs, even if the little ones have wings.." was he threatening her?

The human tapped on his chest plate, probably some third hand knock off piece, she thought back to the equally large pile of armor she'd acquired, still though it wasn't in her nature to simply give it away.

"It seems to me that you two gentlemen are both relatively new at your occupations." She said looking more at the human than the Zabarak.

Kae'Tl took a drink if her so called brandy, after a quick displeased look she poured it out on floor and produced a bottle of her own. After filling her own glass the looks of the men seated next to her prompted her to offer it to them as well."Finest in the Galaxy by my opinion.. seven-Hundred credits a bottle, well worth it."

Although no one in the cantina would have seen it, a PCHF-3 Heavy Freighter with the cargo she was looking for had just landed, only three hours late.

 

[Hol Horse]

Athir was genuinely a tad surprised by the woman's answer, while he had been perhaps ostentacious and maybe even lewd in his assumptions, he still thought they were correct. The zabrak narrowed his gaze as he looked the stranger over once again, he just had this gut feeling, almost like a little voice in the back of his head that told him there wasn't something quite right about the aura and presence the Dathomiri held, yet he believed her words regardless. "Oh? What are you then exactly? An enthusiast of the color black?" the man said before chuckling and waving the barmaid over for a drink, attempting to dissipate the sudden tension at the table.

The red skinned humanoid sipped on his freshly poured glass as the woman answered his warning with one of her own. His lightly tipsy mind gave him a rather lopsided grin, "Easy now lady, just giving some free advice- you're lucky I'm not charging you for it this time around" he said before adding on, "I'm Athir, what's your name then?" he asked before hearing Xel come up with an estimate of roughly how much his two crates of crystals might be worth. 1.5k was a reasonable amount to charge at most markets in the Core, though Fari wouldn't like hearing the news. Still, the zabrak would be all the 1,000 credits richer for his service, and that was all he cared about frankly.

"What then? You heading back out to the rim to dig up some more goods?" he asked, curious to know what the human would do when the matter of his cargo was settled. The zabrak eyed Xel's armor, it was fairly decrepit in truth, though at least the human had armor, Athir had nothing save the clothes on his back. "If you want gear and credits, the Hutts are the kings in our line of work, that or maybe some two-bit warlord out there somewhere" the zabrak suggested before looking back to the Dathomir.

Heh, she was a perceptive one, wasn't she?

"Aye, we all gotta start somewhere lady" the man remarked before taking another swig of his drink, eyeing the white skinned woman as she pulled out a bottle of her own collection. The zabrak flinched a bit at hearing the price of the ridiculously good vintage of brandy, 700 credits? Gods what Athir would give to be able to throw out 700 credits on a whim for a bottle of brandy. Instead, the zabrak simply sipped on his drink with a slightly more dour expression.

 

[Soup]

The entire converstaion between the two around him was worrysome. He did not want fight to break out, especially when a business partner would be involved. Xel also felt that Athir's assumption was uneeded, but chose to remain quiet on the matter. When his occupation was mentioned, he took no offense. He knew he was a terrible tradesman, and such a baby when it came to smuggling anything other than Spice. He eyed the bottled that Kae'Tl had brought out with a burning desire to drink it. So very expensive, but it must be amazing. He knew it was beyond his budget to purchase such a drink, but he wanted it nonethless. He refused to ask where the Dathomirian obtained such a drink, for he knew it would be useless information. When Athir asked him about his plans after his crystals were sold, Xel began to get suspicious of the Zabarak's constant questioning. "Not sure really. Might try to collect a few easy bounties, though they're hard to come by. I'm really looking forward to some decent food and drinks on Coruscant." Xel's mention of bounties felt like a joke. A new weapon wouldn't change all that much, especially with his little armor and low overall skill at anything combat related. The word Hutt send shivers down his spine. Xel was no where near ready enough to get on with the Hutts. They had such power, while he had barely anything to his name. A few more crates of crystals and he would have enough credits to buy several of his current freighter. Xel finally decided to ask Athir a question for a change."So Athir, any particular reason why you're asking me so many questions? They seem to be specifically about my line of work. Trying to recruit me or something?" He leaned back and stretched his arms as he spoke.

 

[Mad Dog]

After the human spoke, she did notice the Zabarak was asking a lot of questions that were pretty specific, originally she'd believed it to be simple banter and courtesy.

"The name is Kae'Tl." She stated in response to the Zabarak, with an outstretched hand first to the Zabarak who'd asked the question then to the human.

The human's mention of a recruitment must of made her remember something,"If you're looking for steady work, we might be able to make an arrangement, I'm building something, pretty far to the galactic south of here. I could no doubt use men of your talents." The offer was made to both of them, even if she focused most the attention while saying it on the human.

 

[Hol Horse]

Athir sipped on his drink as he felt the tables suddenly turn on him, metaphorically at least, as Xel seemed to pick up on the numerous questions that the zabrak had been asking him and the Dathomiri so far. The red skinned man looked at the two of them skeptically, eventually waving his hand dismissively to dispell the notion that he had sinister intentions- which, despite perhaps with a little itsy bitsy tidbit of dishonesty in there, was still true. The horned smuggler looked to Xel first, leaning away a bit as he stretched his arms, "Mostly just network building truthfully, I might not have work for you now but if something comes up down the line I'd prefer to call on savy individuals like you who I've met and drunken with" Athir said.

"We Zabraki are supposedly independent by nature, though even I recognize the importance of knowing the right people for when the time comes" the man said before deciding to divulge some of his own agenda to take the pressure off himself a tad, "I don't know where I'm heading next truthfully, maybe to Kessel to try my hand at moving Spice. Maybe I'll go to the Sith worlds, who knows?" he said with a shrug as he finished off the rest of his drink. After he had reported what basic information he had divulged he would probably just take his rightfully due credits and scram, just being in Hutt space made him nauseous.

At last though the zabrak finally got a name to a face, as Kae'Tl revealed her identity. The zabrak accepted the handshake with a small nod, "I'm Athir" he replied, introducing himself fully. The woman's mention of recruitnment though caught the smuggler's ear as she said something about building something far south of there- where was that? The zabrak's general knowledge of the Outer Rim systems was rather poor, he had grown up on Coruscant after all, this was a whole new frontier for him.

"Steady work? You trying to make honest men out of us?" the zabrak said with a chuckle as he rolled his shoulders back, relaxing into the cushions of the booth they were all sitting in. "Give me a contract pitch, what're you building then that would entice people in our line of work to help?" he asked, eyeing the Dathomiri over in the flickering and dim light of the cantina, admiring some of her more... pleasing... physical features.

 

[Soup]

When Kae'Tl finally announced her name, Xel felt strange having not introduced himself first. After all, he was the one that chose to sit down in the first place. Although it seemed she had planned on it. He sat up as if he was trying to get a job interview and waved slightly to Kae'Tl. He wanted to seem friendly to the person who was giving him three seperate blasters with ammo for all of them for a shiny rock. "Xel's my name. Nice to meet you. Both of you I suppose." When he said his last sentence he looked over at Athir for a moment and back to Kae'Tl. She then spoke of actual recruitment. Xel wondered what big project was being implemented, and how a smuggler who could barely pass off as one could help. Athir seemed to ask somewhat the same thing, but out loud. Xel did have a decent frieghter. It would certainly be useful in the transfer of supplies, even if his ship wasn't too large. "I may also be interested if I know what I'll get and what I'm doing." Xel noticed Athir's wandering eyes and hoped he'd stay away from such actions. They still had no idea of what this woman could do. As for Xel, he had never been far too interested in such medial things.

 

[Mad Dog]

"Essentially, I'm creating an interplanetary militant police force.." She kinda smirked at the fact that she was running a ' police force ' "We're pretty focused on expansion and space dominance as far as what you'll be doing specifically, well I always have things that need moving, or if you find you're a bit more capable at something else, well maybe we can help you get there... Also, as far as being a police force, we or at least I, operate with the ideal that if you're not ours you're nothing. This of course means highly illegal activities by members are permitted, as long as they're outside our jurisdiction." She finished,"And just to add, I don't think smuggling is actually illegal.."

Almost on Que, as soon as she finished her sentence a handful of Rodians walked through the door, all of them vaguely armed.

"Well, it looks like my cargo has arrived." She looked to Men sitting with her,"If you gentlemen would excuse me, or.." She looked to the human,"If you'd like to accompany me, perhaps we could start your employment now?" She then walked to the Rodians and then followed them out of the cantina walking to the landing pad the PCHF-3 Heavy Freighter, the Besilisk crew member following her.

 

[Hol Horse]

Athir decided agianst ordering another drink, instead soaking in what was essentially a contract pitch from Kae'Tl. The Dathomiri had an interesting concept, that was for sure. An external police force operating outside the Republic? The zabrak smiled a tad, he was skeptical to see how something like that could ever come to be. He had studied both history and politics growing up on Coruscant, and the type of body that the woman seemed to propose felt unrealistic. Still, he had been wrong before, and these were profitable times after all- with armies and galaxies warring against one another, there was more than enough pockets for eager opportunists like Kae'Tl to make a name for herself.

Still, Athir was a simple creature, he knew what he wanted: money. People could talk about trying to fight for something bigger, but at the end of the day, that's all that really mattered in this life- everything had a price after all. Her opinion about the smuggling trade caused the zabrak's small smile to widen into a chuckle, "Heh, yeah, well, there's a fair few who would disagree with that" he said. He still didn't know much about this Dathomiri he had only recently met, but she was an interesting one, someone worth knowing certainly- still, he didn't think there was much more he would be able to gleam from idle chat with her. His chore was done.

"I appreciate the offer, but I've always profited the most working alone. If you ever have the coin to spare and need something smuggled though..." the zabrak said, pulling out a hastily scribbled buisness card he had made while on the Otho, it held the information on how to reach him through a holocron, "You'll know where to find me" he said, sliding the paper card across the table to where the woman sat before reaching down for a second one and giving it to Xel. "Same goes for you human, if you happen to be in the same system as me, give me a shout and I'll treat you to a drink" he said before stadning up from his seat and brushing himself off. His black pilot's jacket had gotten some soot and booze on it from the rancorous cantina atmosphere.

"Until next time" he said with a knowing wink, promtply turning around and walking away from the table as a rather well-armed host of Rodians walked into the Vile Villa. The cantina seemed to almost overflow by now with patrons, a combination of travelling smugglers, Hutt loyalists, drifitng bounty hunters, and now Rodians having conglomerated in the increasingly cramped decrepit building. Still, Athir managed to squeeze his way through the throngs of drunk revelrers, the band striking up a jolly and jovial tune, a Twi'lek singing near the bar while fending off wandering hands.

A few strides later and Athir had disappeared behind the barcounter, turning the corner to enter the back room of Fari's office only to find the winged slug waiting for him at the doorway, "Good job boy, you, eh, did good work, heh" the Toyadarian said before coughing, his cigara held lightly in his hand as he exhaled a plume of smoke. Athir frowned, remaining silent as he held out his hand, the other figure gave him a once over before grumbling and placing a credit-chip presumably work 1,000 credits in the open palm. "The woman is influential and dangerous, she's creating some sort of vigilante organization- she has some firepower. The human is small fry, he'll part with those crystals for a decent enough deal" Athir reported, giving the long story short.

Fari contemplated the news, remaining eerily silent for a short while, eventually speaking again, "I already know who the woman is, the, eh, esteemed, Nibezza the Hutt doesn't like what she's doing. There's enough people in the pool as it is with the republic and sith breathing down our neck. The boss would like to give her and the human a good Hutt welcome" the Toyadarian said. Athir's frown deepend, he didn't care about the two privately, but he wondered aloud, "Why did you have me talk to them in that case?". Fari grinned, giving a knowing wink that felt like a mirror to what the zabrak had given the two strangers a few moments ago, "Time is money, boy" he said with a chuckle, leaving his explanation up in the air.

Back in the cantina, one by one, as the Rodians walked in, various drinkers would slowly begin reaching for their blasters or weapons, eyeing the corner table as the tension in the Vile Villa began to mount.

Things were about to get very, very, hairy.

 

[Soup]

A police force that had nothing against smuggling? It seems it was Xel's lucky day. If he could join, he'd be protected, and he'd be able to smuggle just about anything. Given he obtained better equipment. His head seemed to burst with ideas. "I'll be sure to join you soon enough." When Athir gave the two his "business cards", Xel pocketed it after a quick glance. That could certainly be helpful later on. After Athir's display of constant distaste for whatever it was he ordered, Xel decided to keep the bit of water he still had on his ship. He stood after the others had done so and was able to make out Athir and a Toydarian talking. He saw the exchange of creits and felt some distrust enter him. That was definetly why he was asling so many questions. Or perhaps, it was a simple coincidence. He was hoping the second of the two was true. When he was bumped by a hurrying humanoid, Xel focused on the task at hand. He followed Kae'Tl and the Rodians. Perhaps these Rodians wanted a few crystals. He shook his head to himself at the thought of trying to sell more crystals. Just then he remembered his trade with the Dathomirian amd hurrked to hia ship when he passed through the crowded cantina doors. He opened up his ship and opened up the crate of crystals that Kae'Tl had been eyeing just a while ago. How long ago was that? Xel had no idea what time it was, be he cared not for the time at the moment. He found the crystal in question and hurried to join Kae'Tl after closing his ship once more.

 

[Mad Dog]

Once Kae'Tl arrived at the PCHF-3 Heavy Freighter the rodian crew members wheeled three largeish crates out opening them to reveal currently powered down ”FRANKIE” Human Replica Droids. "Perfect, But what took so long?" She said,"Load them there." She finished pointing to her ship, only two landing pads away. As the Rodians began loading the crates on to her ship the Captain of the ship began discussing the price they must of agreed on, Kae'Tl responded,"Well three hours late means it's free.." before her sentence had finished the Rodian man was lifted into the air, clutching at his throat as if being choaked by an unseen set of hands. He then flew towards Kae'Tl just as the lightsaber flew from her hip into her off hand and was activated simultaneously.

A moment after this occurred the other Rodians realizing what had just happened began to raise their blasters, one of them being taken out by blaster fire from a distance, as Kae'Tl's Mirilan crew member fired a shot from her P-30 Anti-personnel Sniper Rifle hitting the Rodian in the upper chest right below the neck. The three Rodians who had just loaded the crates at her ship were dispatched quickly by the Twi'Lek who fired one shot into each of their heads at close range with her CZ CMP2. Only four Rodians remained standing outside their own ship, without cover, and began firing their CZ-R01 Blaster Rifles. Kae'Tl's lightsaber began twirling in circles deflecting the multiple blaster rounds coming her way, and reflecting one back up its trajectory catching a Rodian in his abdomen causing him to fall to the ground lifeless, leaving only three Rodians left standing still with no cover to dream off.

"Fire!" Kae'Tl yelled to her human companion who stood behind her currently protected by her swirling crimson blade.

 

[Hol Horse]

Athir was no fool, he knew what question was going to be asked of him next, he could see it in the Toyadarian's keen eyes as the flying slug opened its mouth, "-I'm not bounty hunter, nor am I a mercenary. My contract has been completed, do what you will to those two, I care not, but leave me out of it" he stated, shutting down the proposition before it could even be made. He harbored no ill will towards Kae'Tl or Xel, they seemed normal enough, easy to manipulate perhaps, but undeserving of the fight coming their way. Still, the eerie aura of power that the former of the two, the Dathomirian woman, posessed unsettled him a tad. The zabrak's green eyes looked back around the corner of the hallway, into the cantina. He thought he could briefly spot Xel, but the building was to cramped to make out the human properly.

With his semi-honest day's work done for, the zabrak zipped up his pilot's jacket and began sauntering through the mob of drunken revelers towards the exit. Some time had passed since he had first landed on the planet, for one, it was twilight, the sun having set but light still being present. The trees of the surrounding swamp seemed to like look a black wall that stretched for miles in all directions. The sound of his steel-tipped boots clunking along the metal platform surrounding the Vile Villa could be heard as an unusual quiet seemed to settle on the entirety of Vile. The horned alien looked around briefly as he walked down the long stretch of walkway to his landing pad where the Otho was waiting for him.

As he approached, the main door to the modestly sized freighter opened up, the droid- who he really should give a name for, opening it up at the sight of him. "Hello sir, is it time for us to depart?" the silver figure asked as he analyzed the moody look on Athir's face. The zabrak nodded, but stopped just short of getting in the actual ship, eyeing the cord and tools littered around the pad, "Did anyone mess with the ship?" he asked the droid to which it hastily replied, "No sir, I simply attempted to refuel the Otho and clean it for our next voyage, the thing was filthy" it said. The red skinned zabrak cracked a small smile, "Huh, you some kinda cleaning freak? I thought protocol droid's were pretty one-dimensional" he joked as he walked to the aft end of the ship near the engine turbines and unhooked the refueling cord. The vessel was primed for another long haul, its inaugural voyage being a resounding success. Perhaps he'd go to Kessel next and test his luck with running Spice?

"Perhaps it is part of my malfunctioning AI?" it suggested. Athir chuckled as he walked back to the front end of the ship, "Well don't change it, having you do my chores and clean the ship would make it more habi..." however he stopped short of finishing his speech, his green gaze falling on the large and impressive ship that the Dathomiri had come in. The host of Rodians who had come to meet her here seemed to be talking with her and Xel, their words were heated. Simultaneously, a number of smugglers and vagabonds, no doubt under the employment of Nibezza and Fari, began walking out of the Vile Villa. Athir narrowed his gaze, "Fetch me my blaster rifle" he told the droid who quickly dawdled off into the ship.

The sight of a streak of red flashing to life in the hands of Kae'Tl caused the red skinned alien's eyes to widen. He had never seen a lightsaber in person before, but the red glare of the legendary tool was unmistakable. The sight of it easy impaling the flesh of the lead Rodian as Kae'Tl seemingly moved him towards it frightening. Athir knew virtually nothing about the Force, but he had no doubt that he was seeing it now. A few moments after this motion, a hail of blaster fire erupted around the Vile Villa, as Rodians, Hutt mercenaries, Smugglers, and a Dathomiri all started fighting.

Athir swore as he grabbed his blaster rifle from the droid, holding it up against his right shoulder and aiming down the sights at one of the Rodians caught in the crossfire between the Hutt Mercs and Kae'Tl/Xel. The Zabrak may not have been willing to attack his employer, but he could still help the two in what ways he could.

 

[Soup]

Xel was astounded at the droids that were being transfered to Kae'Tl ship. He'd never seen a droid like it. When the Dathomirian's lightsaber light up, Xel stood frozen in place as he watched the Rodian get impaled by a combination of the legendary lightsaber and the force. It was his first time seing either, and knowing the person who had both of them was not interested in being against Xel. In fact, he was ordered by said force user to fire. Xel grabbed his BPO1 blaster pistol without thinking, amd fired at the Rodians after setting the crystal he had in his hands on the ground. Everything was happening so quickly. He shot one of them down, but saw from the corner of his eye some humanoids emerging from the cantina. Likely not a good sign. He turned his attention to the newcomers and fired wildly into the group of them. He felt more than safe with Kae'Tl on his side. Well, more Xel being on her side. He started to regain control of himself and aimed insteas of firing randomly. Two down, but he needed to reload. "I need some cover while I reload!" Said Xel over the sounds of all the blasters. This had been his first time in a large scale fire fight, but he had no reason to be afraid. Perhaps nervous, but there was no fear. He knelt down and took out the empty clip from his pistol and snatched another from his pant pocket.

 

[Mad Dog]

Dax, the Besilisk crew member, began firing his twin XPC-71 Particle Blaster Rifles at the newcomers pouring out of the cantina, several were mowed down instantly, others only starting to survive by taking cover behind what little they could.

I need some cover while I reload!

She'd heard her newest associate call out. He'd killed one of the Rodians so he was half bad. At this point only one Rodian remained, as Xel was knelt down Kae'Tl stepped up behind him, her blade still twirling deflecting bolts in various directions.

Suddenly something flew out from under Kae'Tl's waist cape, it landed in her free hand and ignited, a second lightsaber, nearly identical in hilt and the difference in the blade being that where her previously drawn lightsaber sported a hue of white running down the center of it, this one sported a crimson coated jet black.

She quickly reflected another bolt killing the last Rodian leaving their ship ownerless, and turned to face the new opposition, hutt forces... With both blades swinging in circles Kae'Tl protected her new human friend, while deflecting bolts in various directions smashing up the scenery.

Here she noticed her crystal sitting on the ground beside the human.. Great.. My hands are full...

 

[Hol Horse]

It was utter chaos, the entire place had degraded into a shooting spree.

Athir barked orders to his droid as he hid behind a nearby supply crate that was holding tools previously used to repair and refuel the ship. The Rodians had been killed and taken care of, but now there was another problem- nobody knew who the hell was on who's side. Sure there were plenty of Hutt mercenaries that were firing at Kae'Tl and Xel, but there was still a large bulk of smugglers and travelers who had been simply passing through, and were now caught in the middle of some fight that they didn't know anything about. To make matters worse, the Hut mercenaries wore no uniforms to tell them apart from the average smugglers or fighters who were no pouring out of the cantina in confusion and drunkeness, swinging their blasters around wildly as they attempted to discern what was going on.

The zabrak watched as the drunk catina-goers stumbled around the now-deserted marekt surrounding the Vile Villa, eyeing eachother and the hutt mercenaries with suspicion. Sure enough, some poor fool accidentally tripped and fell, shooting a red blaster bolt at someone else. That person then shot another person out of confusion, who in turn shot another- and before anyone could think to do anything, a firefight now enveloped the large metal platform. Athir could spot Fari, watching the fighting from his window, in a rather alarmed manner, it seemed he had not throught through the possability of his drunk guests partaking in the fighting. Sure enough though, every alien with a gun and a pair of eyes was firing at one another. They hid behind crates, ran to their ships, or threw grenades, it was utter madness.

Naturally, these drunken bystanders began shooting at both Fari's men as well as Kae'Tl/Xel, their blasterfire lighting the dimming area as the son continued to set. Athir fired a few shots from his own rifle, aiming along the sights at the disoriented and confused smugglers, unfortunately- some had noticed and were now firing back at him as well as each other. As one might expect, bodies kept hitting the floor left and right. A human shouted somethng about a grenade that Athir couldn't hear, though a few minutes later he found out. An explosion blew the roof off of the cantina, with debris and flame spewing everywhere. Fari was flung from his office onto the metal platform, caught up in the mess he had caused foolishly.

Athir felt no pity for the Toyadarian, but knew that if he was to keep getting paid, making sure the creature remained alive would be important. The red skinned humanoid grit his teeth as the burned and injured slug tried to pull itself to his feet, screaming to his men to grab him and abandon the fighting. The zabrak fired a few blaster bolts at some drunken fighters who were taking aim at him, but didn't move to run and help- he was safe here behind cover, the creature and his two comrades were on their own. Still, as he fired bursts at the scrambling drunkards, he yelled to his droid, "Start the ship! We're getting the hell out of here!"

 

[Soup]

The number of people that flooded out from the cantina was astounding, and every single one was taking some sort of action. Xel would have died for sure if Kae'Tl was not defending him at the moment. This would certainly be a day to remember. As he stood back up after reloading his blaster, a large explosion engulfed the cantina. Xel was able to make out the Toydarian that Athir was talking to a while ago through the blaster fire and smoke. Bits of debris fell all over and some cried out as their ships were damaged. Xel looked over for a moment and saw his own ship get crushed by a pile of what was previously the roof of a cantina. Five years. He had owned that ship for five years. He spent almost every credit he had on that ship. All gone. Not to mention hours of work obtaining crystals went down the drain. It semmed there was no point in going to Corsucant now. Luckily the only crystal that was important was at his side by his feet. Xel opened fire once more on the group neqr the enterance of the cantina. He though for a moment and realized that he had no way off of Toydaria. He remembered the Rodian's ship. He also remembered the lack of Rodians who owned said ship. He had lost nearly all of his supplies, but that ship was bound to have more. Xel grabbed the crystal by his feet, ducked, and ran towards the deceased Rodians' ship and took cover behind it. "Kae'Tl! We can trade half a parsec south of here!" Xel had come from the south, so he knew it was relatively safe there. He continued to fire at those he assumed were his enemies at the moment whilst taking cover behind his new "borrowed" ship.

 

[Mad Dog]

Kae'Tl noted Xel's comment giving a small nod in reply, he'd made a brake for the dead Rodian's ship. She looked back an saw a pair of Opulence 2000 Landspeeders. She'd make sure to also trade one of those off the new human owner, after all style was her style...

Kae'Tl maintained her defensive stance long enough to allow Xel to enter the ship and get it started. A large group of Falleens, probably eight in number, had joined the fight..

I hate Falleens...

Kae'Tl was in nearly full defense mode as she made her way back to her ship. nearly fifteen blaster bolts had been returned to sender leaving a bit of a bald spot in the now crazed battlefield. All of her crew was now returning fire from the open cargo hold of the ship, by the time she got to it. "Start the ship!" she barked as she was still swirling her lightsabers deflecting and reflecting bolts. A single Toydarian had flown his way to her landing pad and was pointing a small blaster pistol at the crew, before he had a chance to fire his blaster pistol and several of his fingers were torn from his hand by a simple flick of Kae'Tl's wrist.

Moments later the Alecto lept to life hovering off the ground a few feet as the shields kicked on and the cargo hold closed. The massive ship turned one-hundred and eighty degrees, the four double heavy lasers now pointed at the battlefield and what was left of the cantina. Several of the combatants had abandoned the area and were running for their lives for what was about to happen.

"Lasers online!" Sinya, the Twi'Lek and ships primary gunner called out over the ships onboard comms.

"Fire!!" Kae'Tl yelled the order to obliterate the area.

@Ravendark

 

[Hol Horse]

Athir heard the ship whir to life behind him, the Otho was waking up finally. The red zabrak continued firing small bursts of fire at anyone who strayed to close to his landing platform, there was no telling who was friend or foe at this point, the fighting had devolved into a melee. Still, through the haze of the flames, he could see what looked like Xel and Kae'Tl getting in their ship with some of their allies and commandeered goods. Athir smirked a bit at that, eyeing the landspeeder they had decided to take with them, "Cheeky little bastards" he said to himself before focusing once again as a group of falleen seemed to regroup through the explosions and infighting, turning their attention to the Dathomir as her ship began to take off.

As the guns on the sith-looking ship moved, Athir's eyes widened as he realized what the crazy woman was about to do. The zabrak swore as he lept up to his feet from behind his cover, sprinting across the landing platform back to his ship, tossing the blaster to the side and running to the cockpit. Not even bothering to strap himself in, Athir lifted the freighter up off the ground as quickly as he could as the sound of heavy-duty blasters struck the Vile Villa, obliterating both it and the entire surrounding area with the cumulative damage. The zabrak grunted as he pulled up hard on the throttle, aiming the ship upwards and attempting to steer it out of the clearing and up into the sky. The Otho shook a fair bit, the large explosion rocking its hull a tad, but the zabrak managed to mitigate the damage by letting the force push him upwards even more.

As the fire and shaking died down. Athir rotated the vessel in midair, sitting forwards a tad and looking out the side of his window down below at he clearing. The entire place was just smoke and ruin- anyone that hadn't made it to their ships or the treeline had likely been fried. For a moment, Athir thought of Fari. He was a creep, but he was a creep with money, and a creepy who had one of the Hutts as his boss. No doubt the Dathomiri would be hit with a bounty for her actions, especially now after destroying a smuggler's hideout. "Crazy bitch" the zabrak grunted to himself before increasing the power of the engines and flying away, high into the sky and eventually back into space.

The sooner he put this backwater planet behind him, the better.

 

[Soup]

Xel had hopped into his brand new ship as soon as attention was pointed away from him. He held the crystal tight and returned his blaster pistol to it's holster on his belt loop. He made his way to the bridge as fast as he possibly could and prepared himself to fly a ship he had never even seen before. Shouldn't be too hard right? Xel thought to himself. He set the crystal in a compartment to the top left of the control panel. He strapped himself to the slightly worn seat and started the large freighter. This must have been several times larger than his previous ship that was now a ball of flames. He saw Kae'Tl get onto her classy ship and sighed. When he saw it turn around without going anywhere, he knew he had to get out, and fast. He pulled up from the undersized landing pad and away from the cantina. He heard the laseres fire, and felt the large shockwave that followed. South. He needed to go south. He turned his ship to where his okd ship was facing away from and flew off in that direction. Then a thought arose in Xel's mind as he was pushing through the atmosphere of Toydaria. He had no idea what this immense ship had as cargo. He could be carrying tons of illegal anything without knowing. He'd have to do a thorough check of the ship after he traded with Kae'Tl. For now, all that mattered was escaping the planet below him.

 

[Mad Dog]

After the cantina and the surrounding area laid in ruins the Alecto pumped a few more sets of lasers into it,"Good measure.." now that the return fire had stopped, she aimed her ship at the direction of her meeting and tore off out of the atmosphere.

After a little while she came across the ship who's previous owners laid dead, probably in a pile of ash, she began the boarding process after verifying who was aboard the ship.

"I hope you managed to save my crystal... Since the deal for those has been struck already, let's talk about these two speeders.. Seeing as how they are on what is now your ship, I assume they're for sale?" She said as the blasters were handed over to the man.

 

[Soup]

Xel was pleased to see the elegant ship pull close to his and dock. Finally, he could upgrade. When he was given the blasters, he set them against a nearby wall. He had no idea if there was an armory on this ship, and if it did, where it would be. "One moment, I'll get the crystal." He hurried over to the bridge where the crystal was located and pulled it out of its compartment. He appeared where Kae'Tl was once more and handed her the crystal in question. Then she mentioned speeders. He had speeders? Nice to know. Kae'Tl wanted one, or perhaps both. "I'd be more than willing to give you one of them. Thanks to you I got a new ship. Besides, I know you could kill me if you really wanted to. But I don't think you'd be the type of person to do that." Xel questioned himself in his mind. She did kill one of her Rodain business partners. Was he any more valuable? Perhaps. He did want to join Kae'Tl's little organization after all.