Ask Making a Home for Herself

[Mae Tecono]

Teth Sebal


DESCRIPTION AND LAYOUT ​

The star-port has seven bays around the center cliff cut into the cliff walls themselves. These are large enough to hold a light freighter in each. It also has two sky platforms allowing larger ships or many smaller one's to dock at the station. Each bay has a medium, secured storage unit, capable of holding 300 tons of supplies, attached to them with double room storefront later built in aswell. The interior of the star-port is the same as most others like it in the galaxy with nothing of note standing out, other than the small port officers building and small cantinas.

The port was a front for a hidden smugglers base close by. With the addition of storage units and store fronts to each of the seven landing bay's, they were able to be leased to individuals and small businesses.

HISTORY​

Teth Sibal, began as a small waystation or smugglers hold in the vast Hutt spice network, letting smaller vessels stash cargo, pickup deliveries, refuel, and repair between larger stops. The station was lightly manned with a garrison of Hutt guards to ward off local interlopers and a largely droid-based pit crew to handle cargo and ship repairs. It was not, in and of itself, vital to the spice trade, but stations like it helped to distribute the spice network and keep authorities from cracking down on one central warehouse or smuggling port. After the death of Jabba the Hutt and the dissolution of his empire, however, it and other stations like it were left to their own devices, and so the Hutt mercenaries decided to continue running spice through the station for themselves. Since then the station served as a pit stop for smugglers and honest businessmen onTeth.

INTENT​

Mae already holds 1 of the bays for her personal storage and use, but as her small pirate fleet grows, so does the need for more space. Mae has returned to her Bay with the intent of taking over the entire facility. This time, however, she has the full support and backing of the Pyke Syndicate.

 

[Mae Tecono]

Mae, having cleared out her personal vault and replacing it with crew quarters, has slowly built up a small force with her Trinity Pirate comrads. She and the other two captains stand in their storefront waiting on a 4th to join them. The 4th member of this hostile take over was none other then, Rafe, a rising ringleader within the Pyke Syndicate. With his support and that of the Pykes, this station may finally be under their control. Mae had also invited a new friend and possibly 5th to join them, Grace Zann, the leader of the rebuilt Zann Consortium, but was unsure if she would show up or not.

As she waited for the others, she went over possible plans in her head.

'I have 30 to 40 warriors, and 20 security droids. The warriors are going to have to do the main fighting while the security droids secure the other port bay's.' She thought to herself. Her eyes kept shooting to the shop door hoping to see her other invited to join her.

@Mad Dog @Where

 

[Grace Zann]

Grace felt confident that Kist had everything he needed to continue operations with the black market on Ryloth. It was only fair that she helped another associate of hers, Mae. A daring hotshot pilot who was intent on building up a pirate fleet. Though she wanted success for Mae, Grace was more intrigued by a possible growth in air superiority for the consortium, if the trinity pirates could be commissioned that was. This reason among others was why she answered the call for assistance on the operation.

Expanding the existing facility seemed simple on paper, just clear out the guys who were already there, then Mae gained what's left of the place. If there was any spice or credits involved, Grace would be fine offering it to either Rafe or her good friend.

A Skipray-Blastboat would land not too far from the woman's location, and Grace herself would step out to the planet Teth. Just in time to start the planning phase of their mission, she would arrive to meet Mae with an excited grin. "Long time no see. I did tell you I'd be willing to help expand your forces. Tell me a bit about what we're up against."

@Trix @Mad Dog

 

[Rafe]

Rafe had arrived early to do some prowling around, not that it did much good, he didn't want to ruffle any feathers before Mae laid out the plan, it wouldn't do to alert their targets to their presence before the mission even started. Though Rafe was a little unclear as to what all it was she needed him to do, but when a friend asks for help.. you help them..

Rafe ensured all of his weapons were still their holsters and walked into the dug out side of the cliff. It was definitely a different sort of architecture than he was used to, Rafe had been noting the whole time he'd been here.

When he arrived, just a minute late or so, there was yet another human female standing beside @Mae Tecono, Rafe's eyebrow cocked, humans always seemed to be in abundance everywhere he went, and nearly all of them were uncomfortable around Rafe, which made him weary of them. That species, though short lived, had a particular affinity for destroying the entire galaxy and rebuilding it over and over.

Rafe's voice boomed, Hello there.. as he approached the pair of human women. Towering over them as he got closer.

Rafe listened to her describe the assault team she'd prepared, then added, And now you have a Rafe.. with a smirk. Third person was never the way he spoke, but something called him to do so in this instance.

 

[Mae Tecono]

Mae was pleased to see the other two she had invited, show up to support her. Mae first shook Graces hand in respect and friendship, then turned to Rafe and bowed in respect before extending a fist for a friendly fist bump to her huge Wolf friend. The more she spent around Rafe, the more she not only liked him but trusted him and he was able to see a little of her corkiness come out.

"Rafe, Grace, Grace, Rafe" Mae introduced the two to each other. "Grace and I have done some business together recently" she told Rafe before turning and facing Grace "and Rafe and I are good friends who have done some big jobs together" she summarized to Grace.

"Now that you two have met, this is the situation. A local crime family of Teth has set up shop here. They have few, to no connections off world. So we only have to deal with what muscil is already here and dont have to worry about them calling in reinforcements." She told the two as she opened up a blueprint of the station on the table in front of them. "As you can see, the spaceport on the level we are standing, is only a front for the actual base below at the bottom of the cliff." She circles the two locations on the map with her finger as she speaks. " The two are connected by a single freight elevator located here" she points to the center of the spaceport behind the Supervisors office. "The large section connected half way down the elevator, is the secret storage and living quarters for the gang. This gives us 3 points of emphasis during our attack. Here at the Supervisors office, here at the secret storage, and here and the hanger at the bottom of the cliff" she says as she points to the three locations.

"First, we need to rake the Supervisors office without allowing him to alert the gang of our intentions, as that elevator is a death trap if they know we are coming. Secondly, we will have a team proceed down the lift to the storage and gang living space. Lastly, we will have a second team repel down the cliff and assult the hanger with surprise from the outside. We could use the elevator, for the Third part, but I think it will almost be impossible, for them not to have been alerted by that point and that option, as I said, would be a death trap for us." She stated the overall plan to the others.

"Lastly, before I let the two of you propose any additions or changes to the plan, I want you to know we are looking at a gang of about 25-30." She says as she looks directly at Rafe and continues "and although free fire and killing these unlucky bastards is part of the plan, like all small gangs, once the head of the snake is dead, they have no reason to fight or die anymore. I would like to try to recruit what is left into my ranks." She finished. She knew that Rafe was a true born killer and sometimes did not have much restraint when it came to killing.

"So, with my plan in place, what would you like to add?" She asked the others and took a step back to allow them to speak.

@Mad Dog @Where

 

[Grace Zann]

Grace would be surprised at the sight of Rafe, she had never seen someone who was as tall or imposing. He appeared to be some sort of humanoid wolf-man, a primal hunter some might say. Someone like this was born for violence, and would be excellent for an operation just like this. She would simply grin as Mae introduced the pair, and reply with "Charmed. Hope you're as strong as you look."

The woman would carfully listen in on Mae's plan, think about the best course of action. Unless these guys were armed to the teeth with explosives or high-powered weaponry, she remained relatively confident. It had been some time since she used her lightsaber, but Grace did practice on occasion. She only hoped it would be enough to take down a few rooms full of guards.

As the plan was concluded, there would be one wrench in the machine, going as non-lethal as possible. That was doable, if Mae was willing to allow something. "I'll spare those who aren't the ringleader then. I do want to ask for permission to disarm them, and destroy their blasters if necessary however. Secondly, I think I might be able to assist you with your recruitment efforts afterwards, I can be quite persuasive."

She would then give Rafe on opportunity to speak on the matter before stating, "I will follow your lead then Mae."

@Trix @Mad Dog

 

[Rafe]

Rafe was all for a little sky diving, hus jet pack would keep him from becoming just a memory once he got close to the ground. The plan was well thought out, not that Rafe expected any less from @Mae Tecono she was meticulous, that's what he liked most about her, that and her startlingly bubbly personality.

You just let me know when to stop.. Rafe said, he understood her point, but in his mind extra hands were easy to hire, and these men were already displaying a loyalty to their target, whether that loyalty is paid for or not none of them would ever know..

I'll stay here while you take the supervisor's office, that'll allow the team to go down undetected, then the three of us can do a little flying... I can carry you down if you need.. Rafe said, hopefully they had their own ways down, but Rafe could no doubt lift the two of them just fine if he needed.

Rafe knew he could make quick and quiet work of the supervisor, but this @Grace Zann was new to him and needed to have a chance to show her worth here. He'd heard about her as an Up and comer but had not yet seen her in action, in addition, Rafe's appearance would likely raise an alarm before they even made a move so it was best for him to stay out of sight.

@Trix @Where

 

[Mae Tecono]

Mae looked at Grace and told her, "Disarming and destroying blasters is fine, those can be bought or pulled from backstock easily, and manpower cannot."

Her eyes now find Rafe, "You just do you, and leave the sparing of life to us ladies. I'll let you know when its time to stop." She replies.

She grabs her weapons as it seems the others have agreed to her plan with the only exception is we take the Supervisors office before Rafe is seen. "Meet us at the lift doors in 10 minutes" she tells her fangy freind as she leads the others out of the store front and towards the middle of tge port and the Supervisors office.

She has the others, besides Grace stand back around the corner and out of site as she leads Grace nonchalantly to the entrance to the Supervisors office. She knocks on the door and yells to him inside "Hey Gurko, I have questions about my lease agreement " the super is alarmed at the sudden interruption of his daily tasks but yells back to her, informing her she would need to make an appointment. "I will pull my outfit and buisness out of here by the time I have an appointment!" She threatens. Although her operation is somewhat small at the moment, it was the biggest of those leasing port space and enough for the super to re-think the situation. "Please, please, I thought you were somebody else. Come in, please" he uses the intercom this time instead of the informal yelling through the stone and metal.

Mae looks back at Grace with a quick smile as the two walk freely into the Supervisors office finding him with what has to be two thugs of the gangsters who live below. Mae sees that one of the Thugs is close to the alarm system that would alert the others below and decides to take quick action and hope Grace will follow her intent closely with the other two. Mae pulls her blasters from her hips and remove the single Thugs head from his shoulders with a quick shot.

@Where

 

[Grace Zann]

With the three of them at an understanding of the plan, the execution of it would be under way. Grace would come along with Mae while the others stayed back. She was the least armored and most inconspicuous of their crew, but may still have been the most deadly, in her own mind at least. What she hadn't realized was that they were screwing over Mae's land lord, the guy must have been a real bastard to get on her bad side.

She could smell the bantha grease from a mile away as the man greeted them reluctantly, and opened the door. Grace would return Mae's smirk with a nod, following her into the office in what was sure to be a good fight. Of the two thugs there, one was especially close to the alarm system, he was bulky and imposing, and looked to be a human. Of course, he wouldn't last long, as Mae would immediately fry the guy.

The remaining thug and boss would quickly go into a panic, drawing blaster pistols of their own. As the pair drew their weapons however, Grace would reach outward with both of her arms. Suddenly, the weapons would telekinetically be pulled away from the brutes and land in the woman's hands! Both looked dumbfounded by the display of force power.

With a smirk, she would being pulling the trigger as quickly as possible, sending several stun blast toward the supervisor's other thug. "You can deal with the big man here, his life isn't mine to take, it's your's."

@Trix @Mad Dog

 

[Rafe]

Rafe had waited, and waited, even lighting up a death stick, after his last drag on it he flicked it off the side of the cliff, wherever that thing landed it would probably be there until the end of time..

Rafe assumed it had been close to ten minutes, and started walking in the direction towards the lift in the supervisor's office, he wasn't holding any weapons, but kept them in their holsters, he didn't want to throw anything off, he had wanted his contribution to Mae's plan to be flawless..

Finally he arrived at the supervisor's office to find the two human women at some sort of a stand still, two bodies on the floor, and an unarmed man behind the desk, presumably the supervisor.. it seemed like everytime Rafe walked in a room it was to find @Mae Tecono pointing a gun at an unarmed man..

The room was silent for a moment, and the tension was thick, but Rafe stepped forward and pushed the man into the wall so hard he fell to his knees before Mae, Rafe then started working on the lift, bringing it about while Mae handled her business.

It would only take a few seconds before the lift opened up, ready for Mae's assualt team to enter. The pleading of the soon to be dead man was starting to get on Rafe's nerves and he wished she would just kill the man and be done with this step of the plan..

 

[Mae Tecono]

Mae had hoped to recruit the supervisor under her control and he would actually be paid well for the job, but his pleas for forgiveness were getting on her nerves as well. She pointed the blaster at his head and said "Not another sound, or...." She could not finish her sentence as he began to sob and plea once more. Mae sighed and splattered his brains on the wall along with his first Thugs. She ordered one of her pirate crew into the office, that now smelled of burning flesh, along with two security droids. She had them secure the office and she and Grace joined the others at the lift.

"That was unfortunate" she mumbled to herself, as now she would have to train someone new to handle that position. She looked over at Rafe and Grace and said "Okay, this next part is a full purge. Nothing is to remain living or wounded." She then smiled as she knew this was Rafe's favorite part. She needed to feed the beast or it may not be controlled enough to show restraint on phase 3.

They all entered the lift and were guns and saber in hands as they slowly made their way down to the central area of the base.

 

[Grace Zann]

Though it looked like Mae was prepared to spare the man's life, but at the very last moment she would pull the trigger. The crime lord almost felt bad for the poor bastard, but this was the price for not watching one's back. Death was a commonplace in the criminal world, it was a rancor eat rancor galaxy after all.

"The poor fool couldn't keep quiet... What a pity."

Grace would follow the woman's lead back toward the elevator, just as she announced the next area was kill on sight. If it was time to get deadly, then Grace could get deadly. She would reach to her side, grabbing a lightsaber hilt clipped to her robes. The weapon was longer than most others, and had emitters on each side.

"Then I won't leave a soul breathing."

As the elevator finally reached the next floor, she would extend her arm outward, holding the hilt of her weapon in a single hand. The lightsaber would ignite with a yellow blade on each end, just in time for the lift's doors to open. Most of the thugs in the living space would give shocked looks, most drawing their blasters as quickly as possible.

With an impressive burst of speed, Grace would dash across the room toward one of the gangsters, she would diagonally slash the man across the chest. The plasma of her blade easily cleaved the bastard into two halves. "Who else wants a taste?"

@Trix @Mad Dog

 

[Rafe]

Rafe remained quiet, allowing @Grace Zann to express herself, obviously this would be Rafe's favorite part of today's activities, but he needed to study the new woman, get a feel for her and allow her to show her abilities, afterall it seemed they'd be doing quite a bit of work together in the future.

When the woman ignited her saber, both ends of it.. Rafe took an inconspicuous step back, force users were common enough that you'd see one every now and then, but a saber weilder.. that was a whole different class of rarity, though he yearned to have one on his belt, he still harbored a healthy mistrust for those who waged into combat with them.

When the door popped open Rafe let @Grace Zann run out first, an impressive display of speed, and ability to be sure, but Rafe still kept an eye on her, even as he too charged toward the masses, Rafe had no weapons in his hands, but could never truly be called unarmed. Bolting at near full speed Rafe covered ground quickly, engaging his flamethrower, and jetpack simultaneously as he flew overhead, bathing half a dozen or so in white hot flames.

Using the Jetpack he did a half turn and landed behind two men just as his flamethrower cut off, and slammed the razored ends of his claws into the soft tissue of the men's necks, lifting them into the air by grasping their spinal coloums from the inside. They would seize and gasp for air as he did so before going limp only a few seconds in, their bodies shutting down from the shock..

@Trix @Where

 

[Mae Tecono]

Mae just stood in the lift, she then looked back at the 15 odd number of crew members and underlings she had assembled for this hostile take over and then looked back at Rafe and Grace. She wondered why she even brought so much backup with these two killing machines at work. She then briefly counted, "3 in the supers office, 18 in this room with 9 already dead, which leaves only about 10 ish left, if my intelligence is correct." She then sent her crew into the adjacent living space to secure the room. They only found 1 sleeping. The rest must be at the bottom level waiting for them, she thought. She then stepped back to the entrance of the lift and watched Grace and Rafe, finish the room.

@Where

 

[Grace Zann]

As Grace made her initial attack, plenty of the gangsters were quick to start blasting at her from all directions. Spinning her blade in a windmill-like motion, the yellow lightsaber pike would begin deflecting the bolts as they came. Each blast was redirected into either one of their attackers or a wall of the room.

She would take note of Rafe's flamethrower and ability to carve through hordes of enemies. While her own skills were more on the defensive side. As one final measure however, the woman would toss her lightsaber with the force. The yellow spinning blades would decapitate several gangsters as it returned to her hand like a boomerang. The room before them had been fully cleared.

Next, Mae would lay out phase three of the plan. From what she could tell, it looked like the other mercs caught one sleeping, but no serious opposition. Grace would simply retract her lightsaber, and comment to @Rafe "Looks like you can back up the look after all."

@Trix @Mad Dog

 

[Rafe]

As Rafe finished off two additional guards he spotted the flying lightsaber pike thing and took a defensive stance.. as it appeared for half a second to be barreling his direction, only to unnaturally curve and continue to carve up other bodies in the room, Rafe didn't like that... not one bit..

@Grace Zann had proved her combat ability, and silenced the room, though even as the saber pike returned to her own hands Rafe was still a little on edge. And kept an eye on her as he walked back to his group as she complimented him.

It would seem your sorcery has its uses as well.. Rafe would reply, regardless of Rafe's mistrust he knew it was better to have her, and people like her such as Julius, on his side rather than against him.

Rafe returned to the lift, picking bits of flesh from his claws and flicking them onto the floor of the lift, one last step and this place would be mostly clear, and more importantly, @Mae Tecono could start to rebuild it. Rafe could see the benefit this would provide for the Pykes, and looked forward to its up and running operation.

Ready when you are, Mae..

 

[Mae Tecono]

Mae left some guards on this level in case the enemy gang decided to try a counter attack. The men stacked supply crates in front of the lift and took defensive positions behind them as Mae took Grace and Rafe back up to the main level, using the lift. She then guided them to the far edge of one of the landing pads where she already had repelling cables set up for about 20. She hooked herself up to one as her crew and security droids hooked up to all the rest besides 2 that were left for Grace and Rafe. She looked up to Rafe and told him "these are two ton tested cables, i know you got a jet pack, but tyese are safe for your fat...." she ended that sentance early looking him up and down with a grin, she then looked at Grace and told her she had one for her too.

As they were all hooked up, Mae did not wait for them to say they were ready and began to swiftly walk down the cliff as she was held by the cable and the tension was let out at the same pace as her sprint.

As she reached the end of the wall and now start of the large cargo bay opening, she let her momentum take her down through the fog. She did not see anyone out on the large landing pad as she emerged from the fog and swung herself around looking in. Sure enough, the remaining 15 or so of the gang were there, all positioned around the opening of the hatch to the lift and not oaying any mind to their rear where Mae and tge others were quickly decending too.

Mae chose not to open fire until her and her team had all touched down, because she did not want any of them stuck in a fixed and wide open position, dangling from the roof. She waiting for Rafe to touch down and engage before she allowed the others to.

 

[Grace Zann]

Grace would follow Mae's lead, and grab hold of a cable as the pirate and assumedly Rafe would do the same. While the force could be a powerful tool for getting around hazardous places in a pinch, scaling cliff sides was not something she had much experience with. Either way, it would be required to get the drop on their enemies properly. "Alright, I'll watch your backs, you two can watch mine." She would say with a nod.

With that, she would begin repelling down what seemed to be a windy cliff face toward the next level of the building. For the unexperienced climber it was somewhat frightening, leading to Grace gritting her teeth most of the way down. Even still, she would remain attached to the cable and kept her composure to a degree.

Eventually, the woman would reach solid ground along with several other hired thugs. Now they would be able to take the remaining forces from behind. "Alright Mae, we strike on your mark."

@Trix @Mad Dog

 

[Rafe]

Rafe followed suit, and followed the others to the cliffs edge. When Mae called him fat Rafe was taken aback, and actually looked down at his stomach area, Fhtagner.. Rafe thought as his eyes squinted at her.

Rafe tied up with the cable and quick ran down the cliffside as the tether tried to keep up, unfortunately Rafe's size, weight, and speed would cause it to snag several times on the way down, until eventually the tether snapped some fifty feet above where Rafe currently was. Rafe went into a free fall, tumbling over three or four times before activating his jet pack and flying away from the cliff face.

Rafe touched down about thirty feet to the side of the port opening, he was ahead of the rest of the group, peering in he saw more than a dozen men standing at the ready facing the lift, Mae had been right. Something must of tipped them off, maybe they had surveillance cameras somewhere, that had always been Rafe's weakness.

Since the others were taking so long, Rafe crept inside, utilizing crates likely full of stolen gear as cover as he slowly made his way inside. Keeping his head on a swivel Rafe watched as the others touched down outside the cave port thing, and waited until they were all down...

Rafe leapt through the air, landing behind one of them his left claw digging into its skull, as his two middle fingers pierced it his thumb dug in through the back and he lifted the man in the air somewhat as a shield, simultaneously blasting another man in the side of the head with his peacemaker before shouting On the ground!! NOW! with his pistol up and pointed at another one. The rolling eyes of the man in his hand, and the enormous stature of Rafe had caused quite the stir as the remaining thirteen men shuffled around, some went to aim at Rafe, so Rafe shot one more in the chest, Stop! The rest of your team is already dead.. no more need to.. Rafe sniffed the air, one of them had urinated.. Rafe wasn't good at this taking prisoners thing.. but he was trying for @Mae Tecono.

 

[Mae Tecono]

Mae hurried in with the rest of the men and Grace close behind. She saw the 2 dead and the one getting crushed by Rafe. She the looked at the others. Since Rafe had approached them from the side and they were now facing him, we saw the remaining 12 from the side as well. The ones in the front were already giving up, the ones in the middle were thinking about it and the ones in the back had blasters behind their backs with the intention of using them.

Mae nodded towards them to Grace who magically threw her light saber again and decapitated the three men.

Mae then looked back at the 9 remaining men. "You are all that's left. We have killed all the others of your gang, and unless one of you is the boss, which I doubt, he met his end upstairs too. You have two options, lay down your arms and pledge loyalty to me and actually get paid more then you are now, or I let my Wolf friend here crush you like him" as she finishes, on sue, Rafe crushes the mans head in his grasp, crunching bone on bone noises as he does. The remaining men lay down their weapons and bow to Mae, pledging their loyalty to her.

May looked at them, pleased with the results, but wanted to seal the deal with one last show of ruthless force. She looked at the man who urinated himself. "Unfortunately, we do not take bed setters or the weak. Rafe, deal with him, please." She asked her companion. It was odd ordering him to do something, but she assured herself, he would know it was a heat of the moment and INE time thing.

Rafe stepped forward and with a quick and powerful thrust, bit the unfortunate man's head clean off, chewing it like breakfast, more bone crunching sounds and all.

As Mae had her crew round up the survivors and take them upstairs for reconditioning, she turned and faced Rafe and Grace. "Thank the light and darkness for both of your help. Thus would have been a bloody battle with much more losses among my existing crew if the two of you had not shown up and done did all the work" she tells then as she bows to both individually with respect.

Mae takes Tax, her right hand man and the other two Trinity Pirate leaders and begin to make inventory of what they have gained here. The base, three light freighters, one of which needs much repairs before it be useful, two starfighters, and a shuttle. Also further inspection of the rooms behind the ground hanger, they find a large machine shop. She made note of the 9 new crew members, the 8 left down here and the one unconscious upstairs in the supervisors office.

Before Rafe left, she submitted a list of gathered assets to him so that he could inform her of what would become Pyke property, besides the base. Rafe then told her that the base would be used and owned by the Syndicate but was for her and the Trinity Pirates to use as a base.

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