Core Price

[Hugo Ion]

Planet Terminus
Set Corp Facility Seven​

Hugo Ion stood behind the southern ramparts of the metal clad installation. Next to him was Lapoa his ape like bodyguard. They looked out at the cloud filled sky for a few minutes in silence, before the commander’s guardian finally confessed with a grunt. “I hate waiting.”

“That is hardly a surprise for me.” Ion replied back, obviously used to such grumblings. Nit satisfied with the respond Lapoa persisted. “When are the damn pirates coming again?”

Checking his holowatch on the left wrist as they walked side by side Hugo sighed. “Between now and thirty minutes. Be patient my old friend.” The great armored ape nodded and looked out outside.

“Hope these corporate types you talk with keep their word.”

Turning to Lapoa, the Duros looked up at him in the eyes and said.

“Trust me they will. If not I’ll let ya eat their boss. The hairy giant raised an eyebrow in confusion.

“I’m a vegetarian.”

“But they don’t know that.” Ion remarked with amusement, imaging the overseer wetting himself in front of a furious Lapoa. The latter let out a snort at the comment. Deciding to lay off the jokes for now Hugo got on the comms to his two other teams who were hidden outside the facility from the west and north.

“Tyler, Mig status report now.”

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[Mig Cabra]

Mig sat on the ground waiting. He had become a bit bored so he was making himself a ring out of grass blades. They were supposed to be waiting for something to happen and then do something about it. Mig sort of forgot exactly all the little details since they came out here. The Gotal just knew to defend this place and be ready for a fight. He had his violator hidden in his coat, his pistol at his hip, his bowcaster in his hands, and his PIPE at his back. There was no holding back when it came to important Galactic Alliance assignments. It was all or nothing.

"Hmm?" Mig said back at first, stuck in his daydream of making a cute little grass ring. "Oh. All is good here. Just waiting. Nothing going on boss friend."

He tossed his creation away with a sigh. It sounded like they had to be serious soon. Mig was getting better at that ever so slowly. Soon he would be a serious rebel commander. Today was not quite that day though. The Gotal stood up after reporting in and glanced over towards where Tyler should be. Mig hoped he was ready too.

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[Tyler Ward]

Ah, planet Terminus. Another cesspit on the Outer Rim, where a lot of trafficked goods go through. That and pirates. Speaking of pirates, according to Commander Hugo Ion, there are supposed to be pirates that are due to come in soon. To that end him and fellow Rebel Mig Cabra are here to defend against it. With a glance at Mig, the strange looking alien is armed to the teeth. A bowcaster and a proton rocket launcher on his back? That's tons of firepower right there. Tyler in comparison is more lightly armed. He has his blaster rifle in hand, his pistol holstered on his right hip, a blade on his left. Of course he has grenades and other utilities as well. Not only are his weapons checked and readied but they also have fresh powerpacks alongside some spares as well. His new jetpack has a full tank of fuel. That should come in handy.

When the Commander came on on the comms asking for a report, Mig would go first, then Tyler would report. "Yep, all good over here." he said, as he looked glanced in multiple directions as he stood watch.

The pirates could be here at any minute and Tyler is ready, he has his blaster rifle in his hands, prepared to aim at a moment's notice. He also has his jetpack set in combat mode and with that all he would need to do is jump and he'll be able to take to the air in a pinch.

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[Hugo Ion]

“Acknowledge. Keep a sharp eye out there boys.” Hugo replied putting up the commlink for now and walked over to the next station. The ape bodyguard behind him remarked.

“I Didn’t think I would be actually be teamed with the crazy horned head of all people or that Imp.”

“They have proven themselves already. Now is not the time to second guess them Lapoa. We need all hands on this assignment.”

Commander Ion replied in a commanding tone, letting Lapoa this matter was closed. Respecting his charge’s wishes Lapoa stayed silent for the rest of the walk. At the fourth station on the wall Hugo stopped, noting something in the distance. Pulling out his holobinoculars the Duros took a look and saw seven Bi-Vane Starfighters flying in escort formation around an armed freighter. Subsequently, Ion defected several speeders with mounted guns coming down a valley road, heading directly toward the position of Mig and Tyler.

Alarmed Hugo got the comm out again. “All units hostiles sighted in the west and approaching fast. Starcraft coming from above and a party of gun speeders groundside.

Upon that message the facility's sirens rang out and company mercenaries manning the gun turrets at each station pointed at the enemy ships’ direction. Of course Mig and Tyler would easily spot the attack speeders incoming as well. The squad of other rebels hiding the rocks close by to the duo waited for the signal to fire.

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[Mig Cabra]

Boredom was quickly replaced with action as tons of enemies seemed to come pouring towards them at once. They came by sky, they came by road, and they came in numbers. Mig decided to lead the charging attack to stop the enemy pirates from reaching the walls. A tall boulder nearby made him stand above everyone as he wrestled the PIPE free from over his shoulder. The massive explosive weapon did not need to be perfectly accurate for the goal, it just had to hit close. The Gotal intended to start things with a bang.

"Rebels! Attack!" He yelled as he fired the proton rocket from his weapon. "Woosh..."

Mig always loved mocking sound affects with his mouth. As the swooshing rocket fired out towards the speeders, he mimicked it loudly as well. The Gotal was having fun so far now that his firing range meant no one innocent got hurt. He could truly let loose on his enemies here. First mark of the day went to the proton rocket that slammed into the dirt between a pair of speeders. Dust and dirt kicked up around the explosion making it impossible to see the initiate damage, but two less speeders exited that cloud than he had counted originally. Boom.

"Friends! Stop them from getting to the walls!" He shouted as a hodgepodge of rebel troops began opening fire with blasters towards the speeders as well.

After firing the rocket, Mig slid down the rock to use it as cover from the random volleys of laser blasts. He began to reload the PIPE and he glanced over to see how Tyler was doing. The Rebels seemed to have this battle starting off just the right way. It was all they could hope for it remain simple. Mig liked simple and he liked explosions.

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[Tyler Ward]

Speeders coming? Could the Alliance gave Tyler a one of those proton rocket launchers? Because that would be pretty useful to have oh well. The sirens can be heard and Tyler was ready, he would position himself near a boulder, below Mig's level of elevation. The speeders are coming from the valley. Then Tyler saw a proton rocket flying over there in the dirt, take out two of them. The cloud of smoke and dirt obscured vision until the others came out. Once in range of his weapons, Tyler and the other rebel troops would be firing at the speeders.

Tyler would aim to take out one of the drivers with his weapon, alarmingly carefully, but the mounted gun turret on the thing turned his way and started firing before the ex-Imperial agent could inflict any meaningful damage.

The cover that Tyler was behind wouldn't hold for very long with the mounted blaster on it. With it failing, Tyler would then hop to his right side and then with his jetpack's combat mode on, it would lift him up in the air and let him avoid getting hit with any laser cannon shots. Meanwhile, other rebels would continue to pour fire on the incoming speeders, one of them is already smoking with sustained fire and would collide into a wall thus being rendered inoperable.

 

[Hugo Ion]

Not one to stand idly by while in combat Hugo drew his rilfe out. He was about to duck down behind the rampart and get ready to shoot when noticing something wrong on the right hand side...an empty turret.

”Frakking amateurs!”

Ion swore at the company mercenaries who had left such a weapon unmanned. Without a moment’s hesitation he rushed over to the stationary turret getting in the seat and taking ahold of the controls.

While Lapoa knelt beside him, the rebel leader aimed the gun upward toward the flying column, diving in ever closer. Aiming down the sights on the starfighter in the lead Hugo pressed down on the trigger. A short laser burst followed, cutting apart the Bi-Vane’s right wing like a knife through Alderaanian bread.

The pirate craft spin out of the control and crashed unto the face of a nearby cliff. Seconds later Hugo twisted to the left firing again at the next starfighter just as it was taking evasive action.

A murderous volley struck underneath the cockpit, destroying the craft on impact with an explosion. The rest of the flying pirates spread out in the time and flew around the facility like angry host of inspects. The other turret across the ramparts opened up as well, keeping the hostiles in the air at bay for the time being.

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[Mig Cabra]

Another roaring engine approached Mig's section of the battle. The speeder came in hot firing on their cover to try to eliminate the threats to open up a path to the wall. Mig acted quickly, hoping to take down the enemy with a swift shot from his PIPE once more. The powerful weapon swayed in his hands as he tried to get a good lock on the enemy. Just as light lasers began pelting his cover, Mig fired the rocket and fell backwards into safety.

"Woooooosssssshhhhh" Mig mimicked as he back hit the ground.

The Gotal Rebel gave up on the PIPE before even knowing if he hit. He'd sling it back over his shoulder as he pulled out his violator pistol instead. The powerful weapon was nothing to laugh at but Mig thought little of the consequences. To him it was just another powerful, illegal tool that could take on enemies. At least out here in a big battle no one would call the police on him. Mig peered through the dust to see that his shot had failed to have the full desired effect. The speeder was blinded by an explosion and damaged beyond repair, but the driver managed to bail and was slowly pulling himself up along a rock near the crash site. Dust kicking up had saved him from being picked off by the rebels.

"Stop! Surrender!" Mig did not want to obliterate the helpless man, but if he pulled a weapon he would do it.

A pirate would not listen to Mig though. Not in this scenario. The panic in his eyes was apparent as he tried to raise his pistol to shoot Mig. It was too little, too late though as Mig took no chances on being shot. When the pistol raised up about halfway, Mig pulled the trigger and sent a powerful blast into the man. No one would recognize him after that disruptor strike. Mig felt bad for killing him like that but he had no choice. The pirate never even managed to fire, his pistol hit the ground before the chunks of his body did.

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[Tyler Ward]

It's a good thing the Commander and those turrets are handling those Bi-Vane starfighters, because if those things did a strafing run on any of the Rebels on the ground they would be getting thrashed for sure if they managed to perform strafing runs to people on foot unopposed. At least they only have to worry about those speeders that are trying to get to the base, that makes things a lot easier and straight forward. They've got this after all.

The battle still rolls on. Tyler, not long after landing on his feet after being lifted up with his jetpack would dash to the side and slide into cover as another speeder heads in his direction. This boulder should do the trick, about chest high. He did see it on the way there, but looks like the one on the speeder on the mounted gun was too busy shooting at something else to quite notice him.

In the background, Tyler heard yet another explosion, courtesy of the proton rocket launcher and a speeder crashing. Giving it a brief glance, Tyler affirmed the he really needs to get one of those sometime soon.

Back to the ongoing fight, Tyler could raise up and aim his blaster rifle towards the speeder and once the speeder got close and closer, Tyler would spray blaster bolts towards it, firing fast pace shots, aiming more specifically for one of the thrusters on the sides on the speeders rear. Trapped in it's own speed, and Tyler's aim being good, most of the blaster bolts would hit, and destroy the thruster. That would cause the speeder to spin out of control and crash, and then explode. There was lots of smoke in the trailer it left. The speeder didn't explode, and Tyler couldn't tell at a glance if those onboard were killed or knocked out, but nobody was moving.

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[Hugo Ion]

The anti-air turrets continued to bombard the pirate craft in the sky above the facility. The armed freighter was making another pass, attempting to force a landing inside the station. Commander Ion aimed high to the right hand side and fired away a volley at it. The shots struck true. The first bolts tore into the shields then causing the vessel ignited in a massive explosion with small pieces of falling debris crashing to the ground below.

Once the freighter was destroyed, the suriving starfighters turned around, fleeing. Soon they were jumped by their remaining comrades in the speeders. They have lost this fight. Watching the rout, rebels and mercenaries alike cheering at their victory. “Not bad shooting Commander.” Lapoa noted with a slight grin beside his leader.

Hugo shook his head, pleased at the outcome. “Well done everyone. We did it.” The Duros rebel proclaimed with obvious pride in his voice. Now they can neogiate with the power core with a stronger hand than before.

//End thread.

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