Down Below

[Sarla Malvern]

Sarla was on Kween station, she was on a lift going down to the basement levels. She was heading down with a full group of forty sith troops, armoured with enforcer armour and armed with Gladius blasters. They would enter the area first, for this sweep and take down anyone who was out of line. This would be last days of any swoop gang down here, the empire has promised to resolve the security issues on this station. She would come down after they had gone in first as if there was a reception for her and @Taalong Vorr, she rather not have to just deal with it.

As the turbo lift stopped at her level, she got off the lift in she grabbed in her battle armour, her grenades hidden from view, and her saber staff by her side. Also, her quick draw pistol was holstered on her leg. She came out, and saw her troops, beginning to start there five man patrols, to help sweep the area. They were going to try and begin to enforce law and order down here, and her job was to help. She then moved around, on her guard for trouble, with her fellow crusader at her side.

As they moved about, she asked him Do you think we can clear this place out, or do you think the local gangs will be getting help from the Mandalorians or the Alliance, to try and thwart our efforts to take the station over? She kept using the force, to try and sense anything coming for them.

@Morse

OOC all equipment in my bio is on me

 

[Taalong Vorr]

Kween Station. It was a station known for a great many things. It was a a merchants paradise for trade in the mid rim. A bulk supply point for transports. A retrofit yard for cruisers and corvettes. A garrison point for mercenary armies. A nesting pot for slyth mongers and spice dealers. A hiding place for thieves and smugglers. A regal den for gang lords and criminal scum of every kind. The story of the station varied level by level, but as the levels got lower, the story got darker and darker.

Though the lowest tier was bathed in darkness, it also was a lawless place that completely ignored the rule of the Empire. That was all to change. The Mid Rim would be conquered, one hub at a time. Worlds would bow. People would capitulate. Territories would swear allegiance. All would buckle and collapse that stood in the way of the might of the Imperial War Machine and the Sith that guided it ever onward to victory. It was their charge. It was their decree. It was their mandate. All that denied it were their foes. All that stood against them were cut down... with or without warning.

In the lowest level there was a most noisy ruler. A swoop bike gang. Dirty, arrogant, boisterous, and flamboyant defilers of every Imperial law imaginable. They sold spice, aided in smuggling, committed acts of theft on Imperial cargo, and ignored Imperial mandates for service in the Imperial army. All while they wooshed around on Swoop bikes, daring to call themselves dashing rogues and thinking the galaxy would never have a true consequence for their actions.

But upon a large industrial turbo lift, hauling down a host of troopers, which were led by two Sith Crusaders, the consequence arrived.

Taalong Vorr brought to bear troopers of his own, and in true fashion of the ancient Sith ways came armed clad in Warrior Armor and his blade in hand. His Kaleesh War mask hid all but his eyes with its ever menacing expression. He could feel the energy of those beings on the station and sensed no fear.

That would soon change.

"Difficult to say." Taalong Vorr answered Sarla. "This is a crossroads of vagrants and villainy. Perhaps neither are present... perhaps both." A sort of graveness was in his tone, but he was nonetheless prepared. "We shall uproot this scum and with it any whom they hide!" He called out to his own troopers, who did not move. Silent remained silent behind their helmets.

They too began to move out on the patrol order laid in by Sarla. And as she did, he drew his senses outward to discover the truths of the lower tier, all the while a small contingent remained with them to reinforce any other patrols that called on assistance.

@Sabrina

 

[Alexandra Thul Drast]

Alexandra arrived behind the other two Sith with a mind to ensure that they had not been followed entering the lower section the station. Wary of alarming the pair with a sudden intrusion, she alerted Taalong and Sarla to her own presence being behind them as she twirled the stylized metallic lightsaber hilt in her right hand. blaster strapped to her side and her usual assortment of grenades, the young Sith was excited to dust off an old suit of armor that had been lying unused as of late.

Alex hadn't met nor fought with the pair before her but this mission would leave little time for socializing, considering combat could be met at any time. Keeping her senses primed for any unusual activity, she nodded her readiness for action.

@Sabrina @Morse

 

[Sarla Malvern]

She noticed @Alexandra Thul Drast had arrived, she gave her a courteous nod. She then checked in with her squad, Had you had any trouble yet? The reply for her Lieutenant came in quick Negative, no problems só far. To be honest, most people are staying indoors, which is making me nervous. He was right to be nervous, as people not being out and about, meant they expected trouble. She replied back, Keep on your guard, and remember that we here to keep the peace, not start a war down here. That said your lives are more important than theirs. She did want a massacre down here, but she would rather that her men live than these wretches who live down here did. She began wondering with the other two sith, she could see speed bikes, not many people working on them. They would excellent cover if they were ambushed. She kept using the force to seek out any problems before it happens. Though they were few and far, and she did not sense any immediate danger. She turned to the other two and said, Keep your eyes open, I can't sense anything, but the streets do seem deserted. She kept on moving but always keeping one eye open for next piece of cover if they were attacked.

@Morse @Xorism

 

[Taalong Vorr]

The streets on the massive station below were by and large deserted. Though this may have appeared to be disconcerting, to Taalong Vorr this was expected. The Empires march was endless and measured. It's very presence brought terror to those that did not fly its banner. Though there was no imminent threat posed to those that did not stand against them, it would not have been the first time the Empire arrived to make an example of a peoples. They had not announced their intentions on arrival, and they still gave no true indication of what their purpose there was. Nevertheless it was absolutely clear that they were in force for the purpose of inflicting force. Otherwise they would be asking or stating their desires. And the three Sith that marked the streets with their powerful gaze were not unnoticed.

The dark robed figures continued their move down the streets. The few citizens that were instantly captivated and terrified by them. They were Sith after all. Undisputed masters of the physical realm, and the deciders of who would go to the next. Nothing would save anyone that dared defy them, and for that it was best for most to avoid them.

Vorr noticed the speeder bikes, a familiar notation of the gang that declared this territory their own.

"They may gone underground." Vorr suggested. "There is little anyone here could to hope to stand against the Empire..." he continued. "Perhaps they've fled for lives."

It was not an unreasonable suggestion. The harder this gang fought against the Sith the more troops the Sith would send... that was if they even managed to fight off this first wave. And as they were led by the three powerful beings, they were doomed to failure the moment they arrived on the station.

@Xorism @Sabrina

 

[Alexandra Thul Drast]

The quiet flicker of lights masked the eerie silence beyond the sounds emanating from the Sith's own movements. Their forces spread out expecting the worse but thus far nothing had appeared to resist the dark cloud that had descended into these lower levels.

It wasn't out of the norm for their targets to flee but Alexandra had become a cautious woman and did not consider that this mission would be so simple nor without some kind of resistance. Keeping a watchful eye on the surroundings, she waited with anticipation ready to activate her lightsaber at a moments notice.

"This feels more like walking into an ambush if you ask me..."

@Sabrina @Morse

 

[Sarla Malvern]

Well, nothing was happening down here it seemed, the patrol was having no issues. Not one, not a single issue, this was weird, maybe they were just afraid of the Empire, that may have just been enough, but fear kept the locals in line that was good enough for her. She turned to the other two, and asked Do you sense anything, at all as I do not? This was strange, she was expecting trouble, but none was forthcoming, not a single thing. She did not like it, but everything seemed calm, that is not what she expected. This was not meant to be a cake run.

As she spoke a report came in, a swoop gang had attacked a patrol, Sarla looked at others, so it begins, they were going to fight for down below after all. She ran in the direction of the reported trouble, shouting back to the others, Let's have at it then! She ran around, and saw her men fighting six swoop gang members, she drew her pistol and shot one of them in the face. The guy went down like a sack of spuds.

@Xorism @Morse

 

[Taalong Vorr]

By all accounts the station's lowest level was subdued. It seemed to be a surprise to Sarla, but it was less so to Taalong Vorr. While she was leading the mission and had a great deal of investment as it could demonstrate her capacities as a leader and a powerful Sith strategist, to Vorr this was just another stepping stone on the way to a complete galactic conquest. Any that stood in there way would be met with the most extreme of violence, and all could recognize the best play may well have been to stay out of the way.

The dark hands that stretched out over the galaxy were powerful. The Sith were not a state to be bargained or bartered with. The answer to any question they posed was submission, and the alternative destruction. As the hands could just as easily be turned into a fist, and it would be used to crush their enemies. All of them would bow or break before the will of the force and the Sith.

As they had rounded a corner however, there was a tremor in the force that detailed a dark intention. Some that were not entirely satisfied with the new order. Some that would be made example of.

Sarla ran first, and rather then draw her saber she drew a pistol and decimated gangster.

Vorr was not so unrefined. His skill and power was in his blade, and when he approached it was extended. The gangers around her prepared to take action, but were not prepared for the onlsaught they were about to face. Vorr hacked and slashed, rending the limbs off of two the swoop gang. The others scrambled fired poorly aimed shots and fled.

Vorr looked on to everyone around them, blade in both hands. He spoke nothing, merely looked on them to watch them tremble. If there were any that dared attempt they would meet the same fate... the assurance of this was in his eyes.

@Sabrina @Xorism

 

[Alexandra Thul Drast]

Alexandra held her lightsaber hilt in a vice-like grip as the trio contemplated the eerie silence before it was unceremoniously broken by the menacing swoop gang. The tensions of the battle caused her heart rate to spike as they made their way toward the hostilities and prepared to join the fray. Within seconds of arriving on the scene, Alex had picked out her prey and leaped into action against two of the gunmen while igniting her saber.

Landing between the pair, Alex dove into a forward combat roll to avoid their attempts to fire upon her, the blasters firing a hair late and harmlessly sailing by her head. The crimson blade did not hinder in its mission to bisect her first target with the blade quickly revealing itself from its swing, leaving behind a surprised but helpless gangster. The second gunman was quicker and managed to land a blaster shot on Alex's armor before she was able to swing the blade toward his outstretched arm and remove it. With a quick flick of wrist and successful swing, another man fell to his knees without life.

@Sabrina @Morse

 

[Sarla Malvern]

Sarla got there and saw them, all six of them, then two were maimed by @Taalong Vorr. Then @Alexandra Thul Drast split one in two, then there was just the three left. She looked upon them, blade in hand and a menacing smile. She looked at them, but without pity, and without remorse. She then gave the order, as they coward scrambling for cover, Open fire! Her words were soft, and almost sweet sounding, though they were acted on with deadly response, her men just poured blaster fire into the three of them, and the two survivors that @Taalong Vorr had maimed had their throats cut. Their blood spilled on the steel deck and began to pool on the floor, as they tried to stem the flow of blood. They struggled in vain as they died slowly, the three who were shot, just lied their limp and lifeless, they were dead, and people saw the Sith, were now in control of down below.

The End.
@Xorism @Morse