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Utapau was one of the extreme examples. Located in the distant Outer Rim, beyond the borders of any galactic polity or criminal syndicate, the denizens were left to fend for themselves. Starships ceased coming - either out of fear or legal ban. Reinforcements or supplies dried up. They were alone against the consuming hordes. Forgotten by all.
That’s why the Sector Rangers came to their aid.
Corran Velt had called in every favor imaginable to assemble the rag-tag fleet of transports and freighters that now orbited the dry, rocky world. Independent shipping captains from his trader days. Corporate entities that had either been aided by the Rangers in the past or wished to ingratiate themselves with a good cause. Non-profit medical associates with their Pelta-class ships to screen survivors for infection, ilness, and malnutrition. Even a luxury passenger ship piloted by a captain whose life was saved on Dxun. At the fore were the Sector Ranger ships of IT-6 Droid Barges, GR-75 transport, Bolo-class Corvette, and of course the Lighthouse. They were all here for one desperate mercy mission: evacuating the entire remaining population of Utapau.
Scout droids scoured the planet day and night for pockets of non-infected survivors deep within their sinkhole cities. 98% of the planet had succumbed to the virus. Each night, what few lights that could be seen from orbit would either be barely flickering by morning or extinguished by the darkness. When surviving communities were discovered, signals were transmitted to the orbiting Ranger Command who marked their locations and sent shuttles down to rescue anyone they could. There was no greater race against time.
It was on one of these shuttles that Corran found himself, looking out into the open night air as they descended. He was encased in his personal Sentinel armor, though the helmet had been replaced with a sealed but clear transparisteel visor. “Remember your objectives and rules of engagement. Rescue all survivors and get them to the shuttles. Weapons free on infected hostiles. Aim for the head and avoid all physical contact,” the blond ranger monotoned over an open commlink channel. Easier said than done. Their armor would likely help against any grazing bites, but if they got surrounded or mauled, they would become as infected as the rest of the planet.
White and black smoke rose from a large sinkhole in the planet's surface. A tell-tale sign of life. The infected didn’t burn their dead. The shuttles, already using a tracking signal from the droids, descended. All of the city could be seen as a writhing mass of shuffling corpses. Each level looked more overflowing than the last. On several levels, small, ad-hoc forts had been established. Communities of survivors scraping out life on a dying world. Corran motioned to the pilot but they already knew what to do. The various shuttles began to disperse to the fortified outcroppings and collect people. They had to move quickly. It was only a matter of time before the undead breached the ramshackle barricades.
The transport Corran rode on touched down, kicking up dirt and blowing some debris off the platform. Rangers dismounted and began organize the already approaching refugees with shouts and motions of their arms. A taller Utapuan woman grabbed Velt's arm with urgency. She was dressed in rags. "Please, there are more outside the walls! We can't leave them!"
The blond ranger only nodded and gestured forward with an open palm. "Stick together and watch your angles! Let's move out!"
Squad 1
Corran Velt (TerranSteel)
Dusty Desperado (Rhogar)
Rhax'ra (Nommie)
Squad 2 - Shrapnel Field Landing Site
Trys Aran (Sreeya)
Sakas Zareen (Nefieslab)
Zad Ruzed (Die Shize)
Kalen Ultor (Wit)
Squad 3
Bast Emblai (Kestrel)
Rylee Asuchi (Bex)
Support Units
Newton Arden (The Good Doctor)
Draco Virtus (Exhilian)
Poet Severino (Forsythe Crowholde)
Corran Velt (TerranSteel)
Dusty Desperado (Rhogar)
Rhax'ra (Nommie)
Squad 2 - Shrapnel Field Landing Site
Trys Aran (Sreeya)
Sakas Zareen (Nefieslab)
Zad Ruzed (Die Shize)
Kalen Ultor (Wit)
Squad 3
Bast Emblai (Kestrel)
Rylee Asuchi (Bex)
Support Units
Newton Arden (The Good Doctor)
Draco Virtus (Exhilian)
Poet Severino (Forsythe Crowholde)
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