Kjlljk Rising: The Coldest Sea.

[Mad Dog]

One hour before.

The Alecto sat dark and quiet in the abyss of space along the Corellian Trade Spire near Menpha.

Kae'Tl's ship was the first to arrive, she had put together a group for a job, hopefully a quick and simple one, a pair of Bantha freighters were scheduled to come through carrying an unknown cargo.

The Bantha has the most storage space of just about any freighter at about 100 tons of cargo space. At the last check point, between the two of them only two tons of cargo was registered, as is custom in the outer rim most important merchandise is never registered.

Kae'Tl sent hails out to every hired gun she had found,"Anybody out there?" Her hail also sounding over her on-board comms.

They'd better not of skipped out on us..

The endless space surrounding the ship, only the light of the far off stars to lightly illuminate the horizons.

@Rorren
@Wayrider
@LordOfShadows
@Talon maara

 

[Rorren]

"You should have a little patience Kae' Tl, they should be coming. If not, you know we can always pass the time with our new dejarik game." She felt the presence of the latest guest of her crew, Kaern basically a member of the ship at this point. She watched as still fully geared up he pulled the cloth covering his mouth down to teasingly nip at her neck. The playful Kaern that only she and her eavesdropping crewmembers would know.

She had been the only one to open him up, it making since in a strange way. While somewhat of an ex-sith Kaern had only followed the teachings for strength enough to kill his master amd avenge his mouth. The he had cut himself off from most emotion, either to cope or even to spite the sith who claimed to draw power from the source. The only thing left was a thin patience, for the man but not quite a temper, never yet having let his emotions overwhelm him like many sith would.

It was Kae'Tl who was the real ex-sith, Kae'Tl who was so outgoing with her wants and desires. Beimg able to do so, whole being able to connect with Kaern was what had allowed him to open up for the dathomori woman.

 

[Wayrider]

Jacien was inbound, her associates were after the unknown cargo carried on these two Bantha class freighters, while that was too much like piracy to her Jacien was focused on the ships themselves. To be honest she was not sure of all of the pilots motives. One of the ships had a false ID number one that belonged to a Oceanspray Freighter. So she suspected one or both were stolen. Not really surprising considering the area they were going to. As she dropped out of hyper-drive she sent on the agreed frequency "Brick on location." then began sensor sweeps both long and short range.

 

[LordOfShadows]

Mal'goth's ship dropped out of hyperspace to almost a stand still. It was just him today. The rest of his crew took some time off to spend their credits on booze after hijacking a light freighter. He wasn't at all lonely, but boredom hit him like heavy blaster fire. Whatever this thing was he agreed to better had been worth it. Not knowing what to expect brought a little uncertainty to him, but you never knew until you tried. Pirating in his first crew had prepared him for events such as this. Push come to shove he may even be able to haul and resale some of the cargo for himself.

"I'm here Kae'TI. I hope whatever spoils can be split in decent percentages. Even more so, this must be worth my time." he spoke sternly.

Unlike the Dathomirian witch, he was nothing close to a Sith. He didn't feel like he fit in with that weird ideology. Growing up, he was taught differently about the ways of the dark side and how it functioned. His former captain and master had taught him ways of the dark side that could have really benefited his former tribe. His old master had been inspirational and made him who he was to this day. Unfortunately, it would be hard to find others to learn from. Though, he felt like he was probably better off teaching himself and letting the dark side lead him.

 

[Talon maara]

Tik nearly forgot about his mission once he came upon some debris floating amidst the darkness of space. The Jawa Quickly guiding his ship, a highly modified Bantha space tug, Tik began claiming this prize for scraps to be sold on the market. His natural instincts had taken over and he couldnt pass up a quick credit or two.

His mind was almost to focused on his work until a call had proceeded to blast through his comms almost to clearly.

"anybody out there?"

With out much of a break inbetween Tik was beat to the punch when an unfamiliar voice was already claiming to be present. His attention was halfway gone when they began asking about spoils and riches. Tik loved riches, and even spoils. His journey across the galaxy was ALWAYS over finding high end artifacts or minerals for some crazy billionaire. Why should this one be any different....right??

Tiks Tug began to progress to his coordinates on his holographic HUD that was projected on the screen itself making it easier for the Jawa to navigate rather then his eyes leaving to watch panels or a secondary display like most ships.

"This is tik tik....ya im on my way. Got a little side tracked, but i should be there shortly."

 

[Mad Dog]

"Good" Kae'Tl said over the comms, "Mal'goth, we may not know what's onboard, but I can say with most certainty that this will be worth it." Kae'Tl said confidently.

Less than an hour later, Two Bantha Class freighters entered the visible space,"They're just a little early, good thing we got here a while ago.."

The Banthas were traveling quite close to each other and appeared to have a small escort consisting of....

@Rorren

 

[Rorren]

"Hm, fighters...Well at least it's pretty safe to say whatever's all on board is decent if they brought in escort. Let's get to work." Kaern spoke as he turned to step away from Kae'Tl, pulling the cloth up over his mouth.

"Am I on gun?" His voice crackled through the helmet's speaker then, always sinister sounding, as monotonous as it was. Of course, Kae'Tl epuld be very used to it by now. Though, she was one of the few to have even heard his own actual voice to compare to.

@Wayrider

 

[Wayrider]

There were only 5 fighters that appeared on Jacien's sensors. Jacien said on her com, "Alpha wing deploy, Borgnine separate and take the lead Bantha." "Alpha Wing There are 5 Starfighters, Team up with the rest of our fleet all transponders have been fed to your computers". The Brick dropped right in behind the second Bantha and without hesitation Fired Its Ion cannon directly into the rear engines, There was only a brief hesitation before the four light blaster cannons fired repeatedly into the now unprotected engines. The engines flickered and then flamed out leaving the Bantha dead and adrift. The Borgnine took 2 hits to its forward shields by the time it managed to destroy the second Bantha's shields and engines. Both the Brick and Borgnine then spent only movements to magnetically dock and set soft seals for their Boarding halls. Jacien then said, "Borgnine stand by and prepare to cast off until we have a confirmation that the escort is under control." "Can any one give me confirmation on number and size of the escort," Jacien said over the agreed upon com frequency.

 

[LordOfShadows]

After seeing the fighters accompany Bantha frigates, Mal'goth sighed as he quickly assessed the situation. I guess you could say that resistance was to be expected. The Trianni male sat tight behind the controls of his ship and watched as a squadron of their own took on their target. He wasn't as eager to get into a dogfight or anything like that. Mal'goth started regretting that he let his crew take off. There was no interest in putting his ship in danger with out the proper crew to board. It would be easy enough to take on all of the weapon controls on his ship, but he would do it only when necessary. He didn't really have much of a trust in others and wanted to see how they would do on their own before he would intervene.

"I'm going to hang back a bit and make sure nothing else drops out of hyperspace," he said over his comm.

 

[Talon maara]

Tics space tug exited hyperspace only to be nearly ran through by a stray blaster bolt from an ensuing dogfight. Sighing tic muttered.

"This is not good...."

The jawa wasnt really a fighter....and well with that being said he wasnt really anlover neither. His only passion was adventure in finding new products to sell. This, well wasnt really on his to do list but finding himself in this predicament he had not much of a choice.

Looking back only to find himself in his empty ship with no crew tic continued to talk to himself as if someone was listening.

"Well this shall be interesting"

Tic began his slow decent towards the freighters as his companions, he had never met before, had began to draw the attention of the escorts. Tic was nervous for himself, his ship could hold its own in a fight, he became nervous after noticing plenty of potential with all the metal crafts wizzing around eachother attempting to destroy one another.

"Tic has to focus on the mission, no side bars this time"

The jawa spoke to himself trying to stay on track with the mission instead of galavanting off on his own accord. Speaking into his comms

"Im here, just let me know when you need me, as a last resort if needed we can place the goods in the airlock and blow them out the ship and i can snag them with the beast. We already know they probably reported this incident up and who knows if anyone or thing is enroute to aid them."

 

[Mad Dog]

The Alecto leapt to life all at once, it's engines, shields, and lasers all kicking on at the same time nearly incinerating one of the small star fighter escorts shortly after beginning. The Alecto, Kae'Tl's upgraded Axion Class Assualt Ship, boasted the best offensive capability of any of it's opponents. Firing a total of eight lasers per shot, literally filling the emptyness of space with bright fire.

"Focus that Ion Canon on those Banthas I want those shields down now!"

Expertly the Alecto spun on its axis to avoid what little fire the enemy ships pitifully tried to respond with, all the while returning an overwhelming number of blasts to any section of their ships that was unfortunate enough to fall prey to The Alecto.

In only a few short minutes every star fighter had fallen into the web of death and suffered the wrath of Kae'Tl's ship and crew. By this time one of the Banthas had been tracked and was being boarded, while the other was trying to escape.

"It's about to make a jump!" Dax the ship's navigational control, and back-up gunner called out.

"Kaern, disable their hyperdrive! Fire zee mis isles!!!" Kae'Tl called into the onboard comms.

Spoiler

 

[Rorren]

As focused as Kaern was he certainly didn't expect Kae'Tl to be so silly, especially in a moment like this. The half-echani couldn't help but roll his eyes some and simply flick his finger over the red button without a second thought, 'firing zee misisles' as instructed.

"If you ever say that again I'll feed X to Volr." Kaern muttered out over the comm, the whole crew able to hear his low voice surprisingly joke back. Or hopefully joke, that is, as Kaern watched the missiles fly out towards the Bantha's engines from his gunner's seat.

 

[Wayrider]

"This is the Borgnine, Cease fire, I'm already attached to this ship. Those are my engines, Screamed the Borgnine's comm officer into the Mic.
The skipper hit a single thruster full blast causing the ship to cart wheel protecting his engine behind the bulk of the Bantha. Shaking her head, Jacien onboard the Brick thought this kind of stuff always happens whenever she has to team up with others on short notice. She wished they had had time to at least rehearse or even talk it over before having to act.

 

[LordOfShadows]

Mal'goth chuckled watching his comrades as he sat back at a distance. He studied his allies' movements as they dashed through the space in front of him. They weren't that predictable and seemed a bit random for his taste. It looked over at Tic's ship. It was a bit intriguing. He hadn't seen anything like it. The design was a bit complex and didn't seem like it was designed for heavy combat unlike his own ship. Mal'goth honestly felt a bit unprepared for this. His ship could help out with holding the cargo, but he didn't want to have to fix any damages.

"Seems like you guys didn't really need my help after all. You're doing great," he said jokingly as he placed his feet up on his console and leaned back in his seat.

 

[Mad Dog]

All star fighters had been permanently disabled and the Banthas had stopped movine and their weapons were dead. "Tik can you scrape up all that star fighter dust.. Mal'goth assist the Borgnine on boarding. Tik, when you're done assist in the boarding of the second Bantha." Kae'Tl sent out her designations while simultaneously approaching the second Bantha and preparing to board.

Over her onboard ships comms,"Kearn, you'll lead the boarding party. I'll join as right after the initial breach.."

@Rorren

 

[Rorren]

"Very well, captain." The bounty hunter spoke as he stood up, walking past her to head down towards the airlock to ready himself as he pulled his blaster up and negan to check it over. Board a ship? He could easily do that.

 

[Wayrider]

The Brick crew lined up behind her and as soon as the boarding hall connected to the Bantha's access port. As the portal opened Jacien immediately entered he stolen craft. She was not surprised to be met with blaster fire, she deflected the first two blaster bolts to the side with her light saber and slapped the third one back down it's trajectory into the unarmored shooter who collapsed with a grunt. She then ducked as three of her crew opened up with their heavy blasters taking down the two remaining pirates permanently. "Search the ship," said Jacien as she headed to the bridge.

 

[Mad Dog]

Once the ship had docked successfully the air locks opened and access to the Bantha's cargo hold was made available. The ships must of sent word to each other as not a soul occupied the cargo hold of the Bantha, crates filled the hold of the almost literally from wall to wall. Kae'Tl stood next to Kaern,"Must be a bit timid to meet new people.." she said in reference to the lack of resistance.

After the vanguard had cleared the cargo hold and confirmed that no resistance was present, Kae'Tl and her crew lined up on exit to the cargo that led to the bridge of the ship.

"Locked, of course.." Kae'Tl said with a bit of disappointment.

@Rorren

 

[Rorren]

"Well, I think we know how to fix that." Kaern spoke as his hand unapologetically traveled over her hips and backside to travel across to her lightsaber, grabbing it from its position at her side before moving forward in front of her and igniting the red-glowing weapon. He soon plunged it into the doorway, beginning to cut a sizable hole for their entrance.

@Wayrider

 

[Wayrider]

On board the ship boarded by the Jacien and her crew. As she approached the cockpit the door was open at first she noticed the blaster pistol laying on the floor by the door the pilot standing as close to the front as possible with us has raise that his shoulders. before Jacien could say anything over her comm she heard, "captain we have three in custody and two more down." looking at the pilot, Jacien said, "5 dead 3 in custody." Shaking his head and looking miserable the pilot said, "I don't care if you're flying for a Hutt it's still not worth dying for." "What are you carrying in the holds?"asked Jacien. Shaking his head and shrugging the pilot said, "no idea I was just paid to fly this crate." Sighing Jacien said, " come with me." The pilot hesitated, as his blaster lifted off of the floor and floated up to Jacien's hand, taking a deep breath he then followed her into the hold. " This hold looks to be full of miniature EMP generators best guess 1,000,000 of them, the second hold has 16 Viper speeders and 200 sets of Bull Reek Armor, 200 MST-R heavy repeating Rifles, and 200 CZ 6100 hand held rocket launchers and nearly 5000 various rockets,