Escape from Stars' End [Star Cabal Mission]

[Aleksandr]

Stars' End Prison
Mytus VII, Corporate Sector

The infamous Stars' End has held the title of one of the best-known maximum security facilities in the galaxy over the centuries, since the days of Palpatine's original Galactic Empire. But it was not run by the Imperials entirely. The Corporate Sector Authority currently works with the New Sith Imperium to manage the facility, located in the remote Mytus system, on the edge of the galaxy.

Spoiler: Briefing on Stars' End

The core of Stars’ End was a 40-story tower which could hold thousands of criminals and political dissidents stored in stasis booths. The subterranean levels were taken up by an enormous power generator that provided energy for the whole installation. Above came the main section of the tower with forty levels of detention cells. Each level had the height of three regular levels with industrial-grade energy power supply. The thousands of stasis tubes could easily be access by catwalks and walkways. Computer stations allowed quick access to system, maintenance, and repair parameters. The prisoner's life signs were constantly monitored from the administrative levels.

The top levels included medical facilities for the prisoners and interrogation rooms as well as an orbital skyhook for docking with larger dungeon vessels. The hangars could handle ships of up to 300 meters length with short-range shuttles servicing larger ships. Other facilities were hydroponic farms, along with housing and medical facilities for maintenance and technical personnel, Security Police enforcers, guards, and executives. Command stations for sensors and defense were also located underground, directly at the corresponding installations. All facilities of Stars’ End were connected by a complete monorail network, which also allowed a direct and quick transfer of prisoners directly to the starport to the tower.

Why is the Star Cabal concerned about some far-off prison on the edge of the galaxy? The Imperial authorities have discovered some of the Cabal's agents within the Imperium, and have transported them to Stars' End for interrogation and, most likely, execution. The agents are aware of sensitive information that cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of the Imperial government, and they have sent communications before their capture claiming to be in possession of important data chips that could help the Cabal in future missions.

That is why he, Rellis Elegin, the head of Cabal Council himself, is personally overseeing this operation to extract the agents. He is now on his way to the facility with two of his operatives, including his bodyguard and main lieutenant, who is a former Alliance Army commando, along with a new face to the Cabal -- a Trandoshan mercenary.

The plan is simple: enter Stars' End wearing Imperial uniforms, claim that the imprisoned agents need to be moved at the request of High Command, and get them back to the stolen Imperial shuttle provided to them by their other contacts in the Imperium. But the nobleman from the Senex-Juvex Kingdom has had enough experience to know that plans rarely survived when put into practice.

Rellis turned to his compatriots as they sat in the cockpit of the shuttle approaching Stars' End, asking them, "I assume you have read the briefing by now?"

He couldn't help but smile when seeing the Trandoshan in an Imperial uniform, which all three had to wear as a disguise for this mission. Now that's something I never thought I'd see.

 

[Richie B.]

The only thing the commando had been doing since getting the mission was reading the briefing over and over again the old soldier knew that this information would decide if he and his team would live or not. So that commando took all precautions carrying his plasma rifle and pistol on him with few hidden knifes one in his shoe the other on his back. He knew that this could go done in a number of ways but the commando was dressed for the occasion as the guard the commando was in his comfort zone. Though bringing the head of the star cabal was a bit much the commando knew but Rondar wasn't about to argue with a man he respected a lot so the soldier wouldn't say anything.

Sitting in the cockpit of the shuttle the soldier was in his zone ready to kill and make sure the mission was a success though his partner did concern him the mercenary wasn't someone Rondar knew an the soldier didn't have a healthy respect for mercenaries. Rondar thought they just made dirty the name of soldier by only fighting for money, though the commando knew if it came to it the mercenary would do as told or the big guy wouldn't be making it back.

"Yes sir." Rondar said simply this wasn't time for anything but seriousness and not personal feelings.

 

[MandoMania]

Equalizer stared at him slightly confused at first not quite understanding the question. Finally he looks down to the data pad in his hands and then answers him. "All read. Do I get to break anything?" Equalizer wasn't the brightest of the all the group but was brought along do to his mass strength in case any thing went wrong or needed to break down a few doors.

 

[Aleksandr]

"Very good," Rellis told Rondar, before turning to the Trandoshan and telling him, "Most likely."

He guided the shuttle to Mytus VII, the planet home to Stars' End prison. Their Imperial clearance codes and the story that they were transporting foodstuffs got them a clearance to land in one of the upper bays. As Rellis exited the shuttle into the hangar, he told his colleagues, "The agents we are looking for are a Zabrak male and an Umbaran male. I'm letting you know just in case we get split up. Follow my lead."

This mission is just as much to test the skills of his associates as it is to recover the two agents. "We will need to access a computer to see where they are being held. There should be one in the hangar control room."

The hangar was mostly empty, with the exception of a few droids, and had room for only one vessel. Rellis guided them into a corridor, leading up some stairs to a control room. As they neared the door into the room, the nobleman stopped. He took out his blaster pistol. "The door's unlocked. There are probably two or three guards in there. Go in and take them out."

 

[Richie B.]

Rondar was silent for most of the ride waiting for them to finally land and once they did the soldier was happy to finally get back into the game. Though his comrade the Trandoshan would most likely need to be baby sited the commando could tell his type and for a stealthy mission like this they didn't need brute strength though if things did go wrong it might be useful.

"Got it." Rondar said when Rellis told them who the spies were, the commando already had the vague description in his head.

When Rellis got his pistol out the soldier took a step forward and place a hand infront of Rellis deciding he will handle this himself to not risk losing Rellis. Looking back at the Trandoshan the commando knew he could handle this himself grabbing the knife behind him the soldier hide it behind his forearm.

"Sir let me handle this, Trandoshan you stay with Rellis if the situation becomes dangerous take him out of here, I can handle whoever is in there." Rondar would walk into the door if the Trandoshan or Rellis doesn't stop him.

 

[Aleksandr]

The nobleman nodded. "Go ahead."

As the door opened, it revealed two black and grey-armored officers of the CSA's Security Police. They were standing at the computer console opposite of the door, and turned around to face Rondar as the door opened, holding two blaster rifles.

 

[MandoMania]

Equalizer was about to speak up when Rondar said that he would do it. Equalizer gave a bit of a mumbled moan of disappointment. Equalizer watched as rondar took out the guards. " you get all the fun." Equalizer said after Rondar was finished with the guards before walking in the room after him.

 

[Aleksandr]

Rellis stepped inside the room and ignored the dead bodies, walking up to the computer consoles immediately. After about ten minutes of work, he began speaking to his retainers.

"Unfortunately, it appears our two friends have been put on the list for execution, so there are no believable excuses we could give to walk out with them. It seems we are going to have to blast our way through the guards," the nobleman told them. "However, I was able to turn off some of the cameras, which will give us a bit of an advantage. The control center should notice and eventually get them back on, so we'll need to hurry."

The beckoned for the two of them to follow as he left the hangar bay control room. They walked down several corridors leading to turbolifts, at which point they took a lift down to the lower levels. "Our agents are being held on a level about half-way down the tower," he told them as the lift moved.

They exited the lift in a small room: a rectangular shaped room with a door on the opposite wall, down several meters away. It was empty, but the shuffling of feet and the sound of boots on the metal floor could be heard in the corridor beyond. As they left the turbolift, Rellis told them, "These turbolifts are the only way to access most of these levels. The stasis pods holding prisoners are just beyond this room. I don't know exactly which, so we'll have to look around. You two go on ahead and clear the way of any guards."

The doors were open, and the pair could see a squad of about ten stormtroopers guarded the corridor, standing by several different doors on the sides of the hall.

 

[MandoMania]

Seeing the guards Equalizer charges down the hall way giving a battle cry. The Storm troopers turn to look at him and open fire. Equalizer shakes off the blows like nothing happened, and then starts to pound each and every one of the storm troopers. Some of them tearing limbs off of. When he done he turns to the others and says: "All done....... That was fun!"

 

[Aleksandr]

Rellis turned to Rondar for a moment. "Useful, isn't he?"

The nobleman then began entering the corridor as he awaited the ex-commando's reply.

 

[Richie B.]

Rondar walked into the room casually as to not spook the soldiers saying a causal hello the command throw the knife at blinding speed grabbing his pistol the commando finished off the other guard once the two were dead the two got into the room. The commando grabbed the knife out of the dead man's chest and cleaned it off the soldiers clothes once that was done Rondar listened to Rellis words but also made a comment at the Trandoshan.

"Never thought I would hear a Trandoshan sound like a little whiny boy." Rondar said not caring about making friends though the soldier knew not to go any further as to not cause any issues.

Following the group the commando was quiet and ready for action at a moments notice keeping his pistol in his hand in case they ran into anyone. Once the Trandoshan charged at the soldiers Rondar opened fire on a few storm troopers that if they were allow to fire at the Trandoshan would kill the foolish lizard. Once done the commando looked at Rellis with a uncaring look.

"If by useful you mean willing to die at the drop of the hat sure, but the fool won't last long if he allows himself to get hit like this." Walking up to the Trandoshan the soldier would glare at the foolish mecenary.

"Let me look at your wounds you idiot, next time don't let them hit you, one shot to the head an your still going to die." Rondar scorned the Trandoshan though the soldier didn't like mecenaries he needed to make sure the Trandoshan knew this or they are going to have to drag a dead corpse out of the prison, the soldier would tend to any injures the trandoshan had if it doesn't complain.

 

[Aleksandr]

The nobleman nodded and proceeded to look at the various stasis pods. He told the pair to guard the corridor as he went through the many walkways going out from the hall, lined up with stasis pods -- some empty, some containing a prisoner. Finally, he stopped at a certain pod not far from the corridor and opened up, awakening the person inside. The other agent was next to him, so Rellis opened that one as well. The Umbaran and the Zabrak woke up and looked around. Rellis told them their situation and got them up, telling them to hurry up.

As the trio joined the Trandoshan and the ex-commando in the hall, an alarm could be heard going off. "It appears we've been detected."

He gestured them for them to go for the turbolifts, but they opened to reveal a squad of four stormtrooper commandos. Rellis turned to Rondar and the Trandoshan. "Get rid of them."

 

[MandoMania]

Equalizer activates his wrist laser shields and charges at the storm troopers deflecting their shots as he goes. when gets next to one trooper he takes of his helmet and shoves a thermal det down his armor, puts the helmet back on and throws him into some other storms which die in the explosion. with only four troopers left he picks one up and spins him around in circles while holding on to his arms which eventually tear off of his body due to the force he then breaks the mans neak and back. Eqalizer says to the others: "okay you get rest." as they cower in fear.

 

[Richie B.]

Rondar watched as the Trandoshan acted like a animal, grabbing his pistol the commando fired quickly and without mercy though he wanted to fire at the Trandoshan also the four soldiers attempted to bring down the Trandoshan quickly as they fired on the big lizard guy before he could get close but with Rondar giving him cover fire the lizard man was able to stay alive.

"If you do not get your act together, mercenary I will be forced to end you remember that." Rondar said showing his dislike with the soulless brute, if the trandoshan tried anything he would find Rondar's pistol pointed at his face and with a burning hole in his head.

The commando hated brutes and mercenaries seeing them as a stain on the soldier profession something the commando took pride in, an though he knew his line of work now could cause him to work with scum like the Trandoshan that doesn't mean Rondar would take it sitting down.

 

[Aleksandr]

Rellis found the Trandoshan mercenary's brutality and aggressiveness to be potentially useful to the organization. However, now was not the time to ponder future plans, but to leave the station before the whole garrison comes after them. He led the group to a the turbolifts, including their two agents, taking them up several levels back up in the direction of the hangar.

"Since they probably know what we look like, shoot anyone who tries to stop us," he told his companions as the turbolift silently moved up towards the hangar. "The turbolift will get us to the hangar control room, which will most likely be guarded. We'll have to shoot our way through.".

 

[MandoMania]

Equalizer gave Rondar a threatening low growl and then boarded the turbolift. When they reached the top they were met with E-Web suppressive fire and many stormtroopers. Equalizer activates his wrist laser shields and begins to deflect the incoming bolts providing cover for his allies. "Move..Now!" He shouts at the others. After they are behind cover he gets to cover himself and pulls out his ACP Heavy repeater and lays waist to the storms.

OOC) This will most likely be my last post for now. I am getting ready to go on vacation starting Sunday. So I have to pack and get ready and all that boring stuff.

 

[Richie B.]

Rondar wasn't scared by the Trandoshan's growl though the mercenary is physically stronger the commando was sure that he could take on the large fool, but the man knew that any more an the two would be fighting in a battle field not something that someone should do. Rondar waited until the turbolift opened but when it did the damn Imperials already were firing at them, thankfully the brute was useful for something and gave Rondar enough time to grab his rifle and to make it behind some craters not risking looking back at Rellis since they were in the middle of a fight and could get him killed which would make Rellis defenseless.

"Rellis stay down." Rondar would cry out and take out his plasma rifle and would snipe any stormtroopers that weren't in cover and once they were in cover the two groups would be in a stalemate.

"Brute give me some suppressing fire I will try to flank them." Rondar would say and would start to move around the stormtroopers once the Trandoshan started to give Rondar the suppressing fire he asked for.

 

[Aleksandr]

The nobleman stayed down behind a nearby computer console, but drew his blaster pistol and fired at nearby stormtroopers. Taking aim, he pulled the trigger and dropped one of them. I may be an old man, but I'm not useless, he thought. But he would of course leave most of the fighting to the pair of bodyguards. After all, that's their job.

The two agents they rescued picked up weapons from dead stormtroopers and began to return fire from behind cover.

 

[MandoMania]

Equalizer shouts to the others: "Me got Idea!" He then dashes back into the turbo lift and goes back down to the level they came from. Equalizer then finds a dead troopers body and scans it with his Holo Disguise kit. Not long afterwards a storm trooper comes up the lift "All right hands up, Stand up!"

 

[Aleksandr]

Rellis has an idea of what the Trandoshan has in mind, and decides to go along with it, seeing how many of the others--the actual stormtroopers--have been killed in their firefight. He supposed that the Trandoshan would claim to take them to their cells but would then instead take them to their ships.

"Just go along with it," the nobleman whispered to Rondar.