Coming Up Swinging

[Niish Chichel]

Given that the Rebel had come in from the side entrance where no other patrons were, he was swiftky spotted in Niish's periphery, and given that he had already drawn his pistol, all he had to do, was turn and fire, a hail of three bolts; two at his chest, and one at his head, before he could raise his pistols at him, and fire, effectively disrupting his attempt to shoot at the Barabel altogether.

Niish dropped the head of the 'head chef' who now lived (or died) to his name on the floor, as his body turned to face his aggressor, and flung the platter, like a frisbee, augmented with the Force to generate enough force to collapse the Rebel's windpipe, or crack a rib, if the Rebel moved to the side to avoid the already close-range shots from the Barabel.

Having figured he'd attempt to evade, he watched his movements closely with his eyes, and threw the platter ahead of whichever direction he moved, and after releasing the platter, he drew his double-bladed saber, igniting his primary blade, and leaving the second, obscured blade un-ignited, until such a time called for it to come into play.

@Loco @Faded Truth @Brick @Wit @Darasuum @Taz

 

[Kaida Kallos]

"Let me see too!" Kaida insisted as she elbowed over the Ootalan to peek together around the corner of the table at the source of all the violence. The barabel was rampaging in the kitchen, and had apparently attracted outside notice as well. She watched a man burst into the bar behind Niish, blasters at the ready, and begin to take aim. Kaida, if she were being honest, had mostly forgotten what this whole job was supposed to be about and had only the vaguest idea who was supposed to be on her side, and she also was really grossed out bu reptilians... all that said, she supposed she should do something to earn her pay occasionally. Hidden by the table and unseen by anyone else in the bar, Kaida clenched her fist and twisted it in a jerking motion, summoning the force in an attempt to spin the would-be hero around counterclockwise, interrupting his shots at the Barabel or at least throwing off his aim, and thoroughly mucking up any attempts to dodge return fire.

If this was all she did today, Kaida figured she had earned her keep. They couldn't expect too much out of her, after all.

 

[Draven Unduli]

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The juggernaut had already descended down the staircase from the apartment above and into the lobby of the bar when he noticed the Rebel Hero. Surprisingly and unfortunately for the hero, he had his eyes focused upon the Barabel and had not even noticed the Mirialan as a grave threat to his livelihood. Considering that his Gladius blaster rifle was already armed and ready in his grasp, Draven merely lifted it up and fired three consecutive bolts towards the Hero @Wit , two of them aimed at the center mass while the third was aimed higher at his head. The bolts were timed to hit along with Kaida's force attack, precision utilized to ensure their accuracy even if his opponent did manage any evasive maneuvers.

Force drew close around himself in defense, preparing for the entry of any new hostilities should they be present.

@Darasuum @vamp @Taz @Loco @Gian Greydragon

 

[Dax Rau (TL8)]

Seeing nothing happening Dax switched tactics. The Supercommando activated his jet pack into combat mode and jumped. The pack gave a short burst from the jets, allowing the Mandalorian a controlled landing 10 meters outside the northwest window of the bar. Dax would see a Mirialan with a rifle, and a giant lizard rampaging. There were a few random civilians but the Death Watch Captain was willing to sacrifice them to kill Sith, or what he assumed to be Sith.

His carbine still at the ready, Dax aimed and fired. The green boy first (@Faded Truth) , he was turned and committed to attacking some poor sod in the rear of the bar. The commando would attempt two drill two shots into him. One center of his back, the other in his left shoulder. Dax would use the slight recoil to carry the weapon a little more left and drill two shots into the lizard (@Gian Greydragon), aiming also in the shoulder area.

"Targets in the bar. Could use a hand...or MORE FIREPOWER!" He shouted into his comms in Mandoa.

 

[Koil Solus]

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The thermal detonator he had used was not something he could confirm his kill with but he hoped that if the man had survived he would be turning tail and run. With a quick burst of his jetpack he would move to the roof of the building to the east, redrawing his left handed blaster as he traverse aerially. When he landed he would take a step and look down into the alleyway that ran from west to east. He wanted to make sure it was clear before he traversed more north to the bar where the remaining Imperial presence resided for the time being. Surprisingly he would see the back of the man he had targeted earlier. He was running away but Koil was merciless and was not about to let the man get away. (@Brick )

Leveling both of his pistols he would pull the three times each, walking at a slow and steady pursuit on the roof and keeping a clear line of sight as he moved. He was only roughly ten meters from the north east rear entrance of the shop but the man was already away from that and moving so fifteen meters, perhaps twenty. Whatever the distance, a total of twelve shots would be racing towards the man's back as he ran down the straight alleyway, almost directly away from Koil with his back to him. Koil was still two stories up on the roof and did not have to worry about attracting any attention from the Sith inside, unless they wanted to press themselves up against the alley side windows like the bunch of window lickers that they probably were. Though if they did, that would be rather hilarious sight.

 

[Drace Solus]

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Drace was the only one left in the roof now, though not for long. He activated his jetpack, leaping off the rooftop and hovering down to the street below while drawing his Quickdraw into his free hand. It was a journey lasting a few seconds, and by the time he landed, the action in the bar would have ramped up. The door was open, and he could see a man (@Wit) fighting the Barabel. Drace leveled his Quickdraw toward the Barabel and shot twice, once at its current location, then the second time tracking its movements depending on where Dax's shots went. If it dodged the commando's, it wouldn't be able to dodge Drace's, and vice versa.

He was still standing outside in the alley, and his jetpack was ready to send him flying back up to avoid any attacks coming his way.

 

[Fynn Draygo]

With the barabel involved in firing at the crowd and the time it would have taken him to notice Fynn in the periphery of his vision, turn, take aim, and fire, Fynn simply had to raise his own weapons and fire at a target right in front of him. The Barabel would have been dead, if not for the hidden accomplice who tried to help the brute, pulling Fynn's weapon away and sending his shots firing off target. That was enough to give the barabel time to respond and fire at him, which in his unarmored state Fynn could not withstand. As the shots hit him the life escaped him, the rebel and one time Jedi hopeful falling lifeless to the floor.

 

[Niish Chichel]

The Mandalorian landed behind the Rebel, and fired two bolts at Niish, as he fell, to which he responded, with a defensive dash to the left, dropping the platter, and grabbing his lightsaber, out of the way of the bolts, as their trajectories were so close to one another, they would slam into a wall in the lobby, and be no threat to him or his comrades as none of them were directly behind Niish at the time. Niish had already had his pistol in hand, and fired twice, just before two more bolts slammed into the opposite side of the wall behind him, and effectively interrupting Drace's second pair of shots that would have been timed with those that were fired from behind him. With his saber now at the ready, he drew the Force inward, and around him, as he held his weapon outward to deflect on of the bolts back, while the other bound off the side, as the burst shots were clustered closely together with one hand, and kept his pistol aimed at Drace's center of mass, ready to fire defensively if necessary.

 

[Harrison Fletch]

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As Harrison turned to see the smoke, he could make out a figure in armor standing on a roof with a blaster. Harrison immediately drew his blaster and fired two shots at the midsection of the figure while running away from the smoke and person, hence interrupting any attempts the Mandalorian could make to shoot him. Harrison spotted another shop, he sprinted to the shop and noticed a person opened the door, Harrison threw himself into the entrance, the door closing behind him. Harrison spotted a staircase that led to the second floor of the establishment, and bolted up. He then found a window and opened it, surveying the situation. He saw a person in full armor standing in the street, and Harrison took out his blaster pistol, aiming it at the person (@Taz ) He fired two shots, immediately dropping to one knee, Harrison being covered by the wall so the target didn't know who shot him. The shot was aimed at the person's shoulder, and from Harrison's height and position would most likely bring the target down.

@Loco @Gian Greydragon @vamp @Taz @Wit @Faded Truth

 

[Kaida Kallos]

Poor fella, Kaida thought as the would-be hero died in her grasp. She screamed appropriately to match the terrified bar patrons still trapped in the corners by the barrages of blaster fire, but otherwise sat tight. Headache or nah, she figured blending in was still her best bet- she didn't want to be like these other chumps, fighting for their lives against incoming fire from whoever was out there.

On that note, the lizard-man appeared to be taking even more fire from outside the bar. His chances didn't look great, but since Kaida was already in a position to help him out with hurting herself any, she decided she might as well. Just before the Alliance agents body would have dropped to the floor, dead, Kaida gave him a little nudge into the path of the bolts coming at Niish from the South side, fired by the Mando in the alley. The alley door was narrow and meant just for taking trash out. It wouldn't take much movement for the rebels body to soak up any shots trying to come through and prevent them from striking the Sith, after which she'd drop the corpse to the floor. Nobody would even be the wiser about what had just happened- it would look just like the poor bastards death throes.

The Jizz band was really panicking now as more people died, and began edging their way along the wall towards the North exit- the main door- in preparation of making a break for it with another group of patrons that hadn't made it out in the first rush. Kaida moved with them, shot still in hand in case she or the bass player (a Nautolan she found fairly attractive) needed an extra boost of liquid courage to make it out.

 

[Drace Solus]

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"Fekkin hell, this guy a Sith Lord?" he asked as the Barabel avoided all attacks toward him, sending Drace's shots flying back. The Mandalorian had just shifted the position he was aiming his blaster at when the bolts came toward, him the Marshal quickly activating his jetpack and pressing the trigger of his Quickdraw again nevertheless, the redirected shots slamming into the wall behind him. One even nicked his waist, not doing much damage but charring the armor real good. The fresh bolts might surprise the Barabel, though Drace had been in the middle of moving, so he wasn't sure where exactly they would hit other than somewhere on the lizard's body. Hell, they may even miss, but at least it got the creature off his ass while he dodged and regrouped. Instead of going up, he flew to the right a few meters, at the same time drawing a frag from his belt. Drace held the grenade in his hand for a second, holding it for a brief moment, then chucked it into the room, aiming for it to roll right between the Barabel's legs. He'd poked just his head out of cover—which, for now, was the outer wall of the cantina—and then ducked back in to draw another grenade, pulling the pin and throwing it at the lizard's right side. It would need to deal with both projectiles coming at it in quick succession, assuming it was not under attack from someone else on his team, and even if avoided, the frags would blow up a table, sending splinters flying in all directions. Drace knew these wizards were full of tricks though; he remained hovering all throughout his actions, ready to zoom away from any incoming danger.

 

[Koil Solus]

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Koil's weapons were raised and at the ready for the people across the street when he heard the shots of a blaster go off down in the alleyway to the east. He ducked back in time to see the shots wizz past him and up into the sky. When he looked back into the alley way with weapons drawn he saw the ground floor door in the alleyway remain open though he did not see the imperial individual anymore. He had been carrying a large rifle on his back, so perhaps he was trying to get into an elevated position.

Dashing quickly to the east along the roof he would see through the second floor windows as the man rounded the stairs just as he expected, trying to get an elevated position. It would take the man some time to get up the stairs and into position while Koil just had to move along the roof edge and see into the second story. He was only ten meters away and having just opened the windows would have his back to the southern windows that Koil was firing at him through. Just like he had planned before he squeezed off three pulls of the trigger from either weapon.

 

[Dax Rau (TL8)]

Dax's shots struck home on the Sith headed of him, the commando had planned. The other two seemed to just miss the apparent lizard lord. "Kark", he exclaimed.

The humanoid Sith was hurt but still standing, So Dax adjusted back to it and squeezed off two more shots center mass at it (@Faded Truth ). At the same time, pulling a frag grenade from his belt pouch, arming it with a tap of a button and tossing it into the window just behind the Sith, between him/her and the front door. It would explode as the front door burst open. Unknowingly interrupting and possibly damaging the Sith (@Loco) trying to blend in and escape with the crowd as he tried to put the final nail into the coffin of his intended target.

As the bar exploded on the ground floor, Dax would also become aware of action happening on the roof. Noticing Koil (@Darasuum) firing into the or around the second floor area. If his target (@Brick) managed to survive the attack from Koil's pistols, Dax would add insult to injury. Firing his right wrist rocket into the window of the second floor that faced the front of the bar. The rocket arming and exploding just inside the window and into the roof above. Dax could only guess how effective it would be but it would at least act as a small grenade to Koil's target.

The Supercommando never moved from his position. Only adjusted to each his body slightly to his two intended targets, and even that was simple arm movements. His jetpack was still in combat mode, and body tense and ready to move or react to movement's or attacks around him.

 

[Kaida Kallos]

Kaida stuck with her plan, sneaking toward the front exit with the screaming gaggle of civilians. With any luck her compatriots would take care of the grenades that might pose a threat to her, but if not it would be simple to discreetly fling any incoming ordinance back at them with her flailing arms as soon as they came into view, keeping her and the jizz band safe. Death sticks and liqour aside, she was still sober enough to remain aware of any incoming threats and dispatch them.

Given a few seconds spared from any blaster fire, she would end up exiting the main north doors of the bar and into the street, where she would have to weigh her options again.

 

[Niish Chichel]

The Mandalorian would barely get into the air and fire his Quickdraw, one time firing two bolts at a slightly downward left angle, as he flew to Niish's left. Being already aimed at him, Niish quickly flicked his wrist, and fired ahead of Drace's flight path, which required little movement for the Barabel. The two bolts fired by Drace, however narrowly missed his lightsaber, one slamming into his right thigh, and the other blowing off half of Niish's unarmored tail, causing roaring pain to shoot through Niish's lower body, though he would also be in mid-movement, as he'd leaned in the direction of the prep table at the center of the kitchen, essentially falling behind cover, though the bolt he'd fired was still a threat to the Mandalorian, forcing him to find a new course of action, or attempt the same one again.

Peeking up past the bar, he could see @Dax Rau rearing back to lob a grenade, and took two potshots at his exposed head, shoulder, and arm. The bolts would travel a short distance of 15 or so meters from the center of the kitchen, to the opposite side of the street straight ahead of him.

@Faded Truth @Brick @vamp @Taz @Darasuum

 

[Draven Unduli]

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Draven was focusing towards the kitchen when two shots rang forth from the street, smashing into his back as well as his upper left shoulder. Luckily for the heavy armor, he was protected though the medium bleed through would be painful to say the least. He roared in pain and stepped forwards from the impact of the blows, turning immediately towards the street at that Mandalorian who was his attacker. Using a quick burst of force telekinesis, he flipped over the dining table he was standing beside and slid to a crouching position using the table as cover and protection against Dax's two more shots as they crashed into the wooden barrier instead of his person. Almost immediately after, he fired back at the Mandalorian warrior, three shots from his gladius blaster rifle aimed at the center mass and upper torso. @Taz The shots be timed to arrive just after Niish had fired his own shot towards the watch captain. The grenade, well, he couldn't really see the grenade and damn well hoped that one of his teammates would either take care of it or it would be interrupted with Niish's attack. If it did end up exploding, he was semi confident that the table cover as well as the heavy armor and blast radius would keep it from being a serious injury.

As line of sight was still intact, the Mirialan sith smirked with a sadistic smile and reached out with tendrils of the force towards Dax's head. The grip would take instantaneous effect as he aimed to viciously snap the Mandalorian's head downwards; if Dax attempted to use his jetpack maneuverability in horizontal vectors due to the combat mode activated, the force attack would likely faceplant him. Regardless, any attempts at resisting the force attack would take time and disrupt his attempted wrist rocket upon Harrison.

@Darasuum @vamp @Gian Greydragon @Loco @Brick

 

[Harrison Fletch]

Hurrison watched the Mando from the window but in the glass, he could see the reflection of bright red bolts flying toward him. The bolts would here to break the south window in order to hit him allowing Harrison several seconds to react by immediately dropping to the floor. In his comm he heard that a partner had blocked a misslie aimed at him. Harrison would immediately bolt to the bathroom, locking the door.

 

[Koil Solus]

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If the alleyway did not sound like a full scale shoot out yet it should have now. Koil had opened up nearly emptying his blasters into the Imperial Agent's back. Koil had barely seen him drop due to the amount of blaster fire he shot through the window. Dax would probably see a few shots exit the window Harrison had been trying to aim out of, indicating that the Field Marshal had dealt with the threat. At least, he would in the next few moments.

Activating a burst of his jetpacks he would sweep across the relatively narrow alleyway and enter through the window he had just shot through. As he moved he activated his gauntlet bulwark shield just in case the man was still conscious and wanted to fire some short arm weapon. Glass clinked as his draft made it shift but he found the man prone on the floor, unconscious. He stopped well away from the window, the shadows of the unlit building now in stark contrast from the day outside.

Koil unceremoniously emptying the last of his quickdraws' into his back, his scatterweave covered armor not reflecting any of the bright blaster fire that lit up the the room momentarily. He would have taken the man to interrogate any other day. But he could not stay with him and attend to his unconscious body nor would he leave it to possibly recover, especially in an elevated position. Koil had to assist his comrades and this was the fastest way to do that with safety in mind. <"Sharpshooter is dealt with."> He communicated calmly with the smoke rising from both of his pistols.

The face underneath his helmet was just as cold as his slit visor that looked through. The Mandalorian proceeded to reload both of his pistols. In this moment he knew he was smooth and precise, afterwards though, when the adrenaline and danger wore off he knew he was going to probably have some shakes. It did not matter how many times you went into battle, a body had a will of its own sometimes.

@Brick @Taz @Loco @Gian Greydragon @vamp @Faded Truth @Nor'baal @Wit

 

[Drace Solus]

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Drace's jetpack carried him to his right, the tiny journey to cover made even faster by the pack. The Barabel shot at him twice, trying to land some bolts on him by firing toward his flight path, but unsuccessfully so. The doorway Drace had been standing behind was cramped—as he had learned earlier when he'd tried to shoot over the dying man fighting the lizard—so he managed to dash out of the way unharmed. One bolt flew past his left knee, inches away from it, while the second embedded itself into the wall that Drace now stood behind. The Mandalorian chucked his grenade into the doorway from safety, then the second. An explosion rocked the bar—but hurt no one. The Sith leaving the establishment had batted them away using the Force, resulting in Drace wasting 2 perfectly good grenades. The Barabel dove for cover, and Drace had no choice but let him.

That problem out of mind for now, he would poke his head into the bar to help Dax out. It seemed the supercommando was fighting a Mirialan, who was hiding behind a table. The man had been unaffected by the grenade, but what made Drace chuckle in delight was the fact that he was staring directly at the Sith's left side. The Mandalorian lifted his pistol, fired once onto the Mirialan, then drew his rifle, still hiding behind cover. He would force the Sith into fighting a battle on two fronts, with Dax out on the street in front of the man and Drace poking his head in through the side door to the man's left.

 

[Dax Rau (TL8)]

Take your eye off a coiled viper for one second, and it will bite you.

The grenade left his hand and flopped into the window, just as he knew it would. But as his arm continued to swing upward. Bolts came blazing toward him. The green skinned karker managed to move a table a table to shield himself. Seemingly absorbing both blaster shots from Dax's rifle, it would also absorb the pistol shot from the lizard in the kitchen (@Gian Greydragon).

Dax was looking upward the the second story now, the rocket just leaving his wrist and going wide off target as the first of the Sith's both's struck him in the center of the chest plate, knocking Dax backward. The second bolt glanced down the mandalorian's rifle and into the shoulder plate of his armor, taking Dax off his feet. The third bolt would just miss.

It was about then, that the Togrutan's force slide of hand put the grenade back in the window. Just as it would explode (@Loco). His cover all but gone, and focused on the target in the window opening. The exploding grenade, even if it didn't damage the green skinned sith, would temporarily blind him from the flash and shrapnel. The concussion and blast would also break his concentration (@Faded Truth).

Dax would hit the ground hard, his armor shot to shit and weapon damaged. "Shit. I'm hit!" He yelled into the comms. As he put his pack into flight mode, skidding down the street 10 more meters before slamming into a parked speeder. He then jumped a knee, leaving his rifle on the ground and pulled his pistols.