Mission 2: I am not an Escort

[Sarla Malvern]

Sarla Malvern had a job she did not relish, escort duty. House Malvern had been attacked by pirates, and it was prudent to make sure their freighters was guarded. As it seemed that either the pirates were bold, or targeting their house. As a result, the goods coming in were in as a group of four freighters and had a squadron of fighters to protect them. They were crewed, with pilots in the employ of house Malvern. The fighters where of various types of RX series, she was in an RX/4 as she could not use an imperial ship. As the house was meant to have its own assets, and Serenno was indepdant of the empire. Though due to circumstances, they had to hire help in. Though nothing wrong with hiring mercenaries, they had their own ships as well. Their names where @Zan and Drali who had helped fight them off on the last attack, which was on the warehouses. The other was more coincidence, and just around when they asked for help a woman by the name of @Aurelie Fleury.

The freighters came out hyperspace, they were using a mynock series of the freighters. As they came out of hyperspace, she began to form up. She sent a message over her comes, Everyone set up a diamond formation around them, and watch your speed. We are here to protect the freighters, not go for glory and get dragged off them, and leave the freighters vulnerable to any attacks. She then took her position, and began to make the trip to Serenno, hopefully this would be uneventful.

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[Aurelie Fleury]

Nobles: Always being either too open-handed or too close-fisted in regards to credits. In this case, Aurelie was hoping that she had stumbled upon the former type as she had already gone through some trouble in borrowing a RX/5 Starfighter and making it seem as if she had a license to fly it. The fighter handled well enough and the thief had already familiarized herself with the controls of the vessel, already feeling rather comfortable piloting it. She weren't sure why her employees decided to hire mercenaries to protect their routes but supposed that it could be another consequence of their recent secession from the Empire. Not that she complained - in fact, the young woman very much appreciated the recent galactic developments as there seemed to be an abundance in opportunities to make a quick profit nowadays.

Everything pointed at the person in charge was one of the nobles. Oftentimes, important people went out of their way to avoid combat in which their lives were at stake but this Sarla Malvern appeared to be different. Sarla's instructions were seemed sensible to the young woman and she for one, was not at all interested in the glory and prestige of battle. Instead, she preferred to do her job, survive and get paid generously. Deciding that she would prioritize protecting the shipment freighters, Aurelie assumed a position at the back of the formation. "Would it be naive of me to hope for a calm and uneventful trip?" she asked lightheartedly over the comms, already knowing that the probabilities of being attacked were rather high.

@Sabrina @Darasuum

 

[Darth Valravus]

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How To Be Eaten By A Woman ❅ The Glitch Mob
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The woman sat in her XS-100 light freighter in the gunner seat. Drali looked at her reflection in the small mirror she had installed in the cockpit. It allowed her some vanity but was also used for the paint she had applied to her face in traditional Deucalian fashion. Even in space Drali was battle ready.

The acolyte looked away from her reflection after she heard the communications from the other ship. Sarla sounded so bossy. Then again people who were normally of higher social status tended to be grumpier when it came to their investments so maybe they were just being hard on the Sith and she was in turn venting it out subconsciously. The other person's words though warranted a response in her opinion. She keyed her end of the channel broadcasting. "That would actually be really nice. But I don't think we'll likely have such luck." Afterwards she shrugged and did a few test rotations of her turret, partially out of boredom.

@Sabrina @Pyrenees

 

[Sarla Malvern]

She listening to comms chatter, she was not one to partake in idle chatter. Though she hoped they were right, after all, they have already been hit a few times, and she did not want to have to fight again. The formation moved towards Serenno, after about thirty minutes of boredom, it happened the jump signatures started to appear. She checked her scanners, they had thirty fighters coming out hyperspace, they were using RX/5 fighters. She turned her to her intercom, We have company, and they are coming in hot. Remember we are here to protect the freighters, and not necessarily to kill them, don't get drawn away from the convoy. This was a reminder to her, as much as anyone else. The freighters will press on, at top speed towards Serenno. They only had the aft laser turret. So they could target them after they strafed over them, though with any luck this would not happen.

The fighters were forming up for there attack run, she was at the rear of the formation. She was getting ready to give the order to break and attack. She was also nervous, she has had not had much dogfighting experience, but this was the only way to learn. They came in, and there attack run was obviously aiming at the freighters. She gave the order, Break and attack, protect the freighters and keep these things rolling. As she moved forward, she fired her blasters at one the ships and fired her first concussion missile, it struck its target. The others in the formation were also breaking and attacking, she could not keep track of it all.

@Darasuum @Pyrenees

 

[Aurelie Fleury]

There didn't seem to be much chatter in the squadron as the only one who replied was the other mercenary. Perhaps the noble refrained from speaking because she was focused or vain, and her crew might have remained quiet because their lord didn't speak up. Regardless, Aurelie appreciated the input from her fellow mercenary. Considering the silence of all the other pilots, the young woman felt like having a conversation over the shared comms might not be the most gallant thing to do and after a short "Yeah, you're probably right" in her usual cheerful tone, Aurelie quieted down.

The wait was rather long as the vessels they were escorting traveled towards the planet's surface but no one seemed to be itching for a fight. If they were lucky, they might just get paid for following some transports along. They weren't lucky.

Suddenly, a far larger fleet of fighters than their own dropped out of hyperspace quickly making their way towards the shipment. The thief listened in as Sarla spoke a few words "As long as we don't die" she mumbled away from the comms. They were already in formation and didn't have to do any overly dramatic maneuvers before the battle commenced. To say that the young woman was intimidated by the approaching swarm would be a severe understatement.

The order to break and attack soon came through and chaos soon ensued. Already having taken up a position at the back of the formation, Aurelie didn't think she'd have a very high risk of being blown to pieces at the first fly-by, but whatever happened after that was impossible to tell. The girl made sure to stick relatively close to Sarla's fighter and opened fire against the hostile flock of fighters right after the noble did. Aurelie didn't care to keep track of whether her shots hit anything or not as she was fully focused on evading the initial salvo from the raiders.

@Sabrina @Darasuum

 

[Darth Valravus]

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The iconic sound of ships dropping out of hyperspace caught Drali's attention first and then her scanners went off. Some of them came in rather close which was perfect for her. If her memory served correctly, they were RX/5 starfighters, lacking shields but having light laser cannons and hyperdrives. "Here we go." Turning her turret towards the closest target and opening fire. It almost immediatly blew from the combined fire of another frieghter that was being escorted.

The convoy they were escorting was outnumber two to one. But all of the attackers lacked shields making them easy to take down if their shots landed. Drali's eyes kept focus with those trying to break directly for the freighters or harassing the escort fighters. "That's two...." another explosion filled her vision but she passed by it to find another target. One straffed her ship, burning through some of the shields. "and you are three you big jerk!" She yelled to herself watching it blink out from her targeting computer. As long as there were enemies in the void of space around her the deucalian would keep firing. There was plenty to go around

@Sabrina @Pyrenees

 

[Sarla Malvern]

She flying by the seats of her pants, and she was not that good. Though she was still better than these pirates, well only just. She was now dogfighting, as he turned her ship and firing she, picked up a tail. She got on her coms, I got one on my six, can someone help. No sooner she said it @Zan and Drali ship shot it out of the ship, and it was now in bits floating, and the pilot was now in the vacuum of space. She then turned and shot another one of them, seeing a small explosion. The explosion was caused by the oxygen reserves, which completed the fire triangle.

As she was flying she also got reports in from her squadron.
Red One I a have caught a cold.....Then there was nothing but static, as she saw his ship blow up.
Red Three I am about to dive and attack.... He was strafed before he had a chance, poor Wilbour Malvern, he was now dead.
Red eleven he....... and in a flash, he was gone.
She had lost three of her pilots to vacuum of space.
Though she had reports that the Pirates had lost six of theirs, pilots.
Shields were proving to be the main reason they were winning.
She worked out that they had killed ten of them, and they lost three.
So they down to fifteen, and they were on twenty now.

She spent too much time thinking, and almost came the fourth victim.
She got her wing hit, and the ship went spinning around, she was going dizzy.
she threw up in her cockpit, as she was struggling to regain control.

@Darasuum @Pyrenees

 

[Aurelie Fleury]

The battle raged on with multiple fighters blowing up all around. Sticking close to Sarla proved to be a rather good idea as most of the attention they caught seemed to be more inclined to focus on the noble than Aurelie. At first, the battle looked like complete and utter chaos with fighters, both hostile and friendly, swooshing by whilst the young woman simply did her best to survive, only firing her cannons a few time as the occasional enemy fighter passed her cross hairs - definitely not the best way to shot down an enemy ship or win a battle for that matter. After a short while, Aurelie seemed to get a better grasp of what was happening as the patterns and trends started to appear in all the chaos.

Eventually, the thief found her own fighter lined up nicely behind that of an enemy pirate and after a few shots, they were down. She soon turned around and headed towards the freighters they were supposed to protect, keeping their main objective in mind. It didn't take long before Aurelie spotted one of her allied fighters being pursued by their foes not too long ahead of her. After joining the tail of fighters, the young woman barely managed to take down the pirate ship, but sadly, not in time to save her ally.

A laser bolt flashed by the window of Aurelie's fighter, soon followed by another. After discovering that she was indeed pursued by a pirate, the girl veered heavily to the left and started heading towards the freighters nearby. "Uhh, I might need some help here!" she exclaimed over the comms, just as her fighter made it in behind a freighter, giving her temporary shelter from her pursuer. She hoped that the freighters would be able to scare the pirates away or distract them somehow and thereby create an opportunity for her to escape and retaliate - but at this moment, any help would most certainly be appreciated.

@Sabrina @Darasuum

 

[Darth Valravus]

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Thirty enemies seemed like a lot but in a matter of moments the ratio had gone from being out number by almost two to one down to one on one. However several of their own starfighters had gone down in the process. Drali kept firing all the while. Her light laser cannons were probably growing pretty hot but she made sure to fire controlled shots and only once she had a target in her sights.

"You are very mean! Leave the freighters alone!" She yelled to nobody since only her pilot droid could hear her. But she said it all the same since she was frustrated by the attacking corsairs. In the process Drali was able to take out another three starfighters.

The Deucalian could have probably taken out more but it seemed like the starfighters were at least taking out one or two enemies before going down themselves. The frieghters were not harmless. They possessed light laser turrets themsleves and added to the defense. Even so Drali's ship dealt some damage it also recieved some. A barrage of light laser cannon fire raked across her hull lowering her shields to nothing. "That includes me you jerks!"

@Sabrina @Pyrenees

 

[Sarla Malvern]

Her ship was spinning, and her head was going dizzy. She was trying desperately to regain control of her craft. She eventually managed to retake control, she was dizzy as hell and was unable to steer the ship in a straight line. This made targeting the rest pirates harder, for her. None the less the others were still fighting, and it seemed to be going well. As far as should tell, two more of them were shot down, while they had lost another fighter. Then it happened, one of the freighters was struck by fire from a laser cannon. The ship was crippled, and this is what they wanted one stranded ship to pick on later.

She needed to get that ship moving, it could not be towed in via tractor beam. They had two choices stay with it, or let it be captured by pirates. The numbers were equal, she decides to stay with it. Though she did need to know how long it would take to repair. She sent them a holo call, How long will take to get yourself moving again. They quickly replied back, ten minutes droids are working on it know. She did not want to wait, that long as pirates may reinforce themselves. The rest would need to move on if they took any longer than ten minutes they said.

@Pyrenees @Darasuum

 

[Aurelie Fleury]

The chase was more intense than anything she had imagined, dodging in and out between the freighters, she barely survived the initial salvos. The thief desperately tried to turn her ship around to fire back at the pirate, but she didn't have much success in outmaneuvering the menace which was chasing her. Her allies appeared to be way too busy to help the young woman who soon started flying by the turrets of the freighters who started to target the enemy fighter. Before long, even the pirate realized that staying in the firing zone of the freighters would result in death and with that, the pursuing ship turned around to get back into the larger battle. This presented quite the opportunity for Aurelie who followed suit. After a few shots, the other fighter was downed.

Plenty of pirates seemed to gather around the other mercenaries ship which also seemed to be where the young thief could be of the greatest use. With that, she headed towards her ally's ship and took a pirate fighter down as she passed by. While their foes kept orbiting around the other mercenary with a relatively small radius, Aurelie did her best to keep some distance, only sweeping in to try to peel other fighters away or to shoot them down.

It soon became apparent that they would be staying for ten more minutes. She was certainly hoping that the ten minutes would be over soon, because after this fight, she wouldn't need any more combat for a life time.

@Sabrina @Darasuum

 

[Darth Valravus]

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In movies there was always the line of opposing forces showing how large they were and then crashing into one another. Well in this case there had not been much of a line up and the initial chaos of the clashing of forces had left the majority of ships destroyed. There were just a handful of corsair star fighters at this point which made singling them out easier. Drali saw her comrades struggling with their own issues or hearing them on the communication channel. But she had her own problems to deal with.

Two pirates flew past her. They plast a few shots on the hull of her light freighter. Scoring hits on the external plating and making her curse. "Scanners have lost power." Her droid said to her. That brought up another curse. At least there was only a few enemies left. The acolyte, with less than righteous fury, pressed the triggers harder than she needed to. The two star fighters were close enough together that her spray of shots hit a few glancing on one of the star fighters even as she focused on the other. Her main target took the damage and then swerved, impacting his wing mate and causing the two to be eliminated.

Drali was away from the fight at the moment. Her pilot droid had just carried them on in one direction, avoiding any collision for the time being. "Bring us around". She commanded

@Sabrina @Pyrenees

 

[Sarla Malvern]

Sarla was now getting hang of the fighter, and now could survey the battle, they were winning and it was obvious. They did another attack run, in hopes to doom the injured freighter. They were met with a wall of fire and were forced back again. She sighed in relief as they did, they must know they are losing now, she thought to her self. They began regrouping, then she heard comms chatter, though nothing discernable. They began to turn and run away, this battle was over. She decides not to give chase and gave a general order, All force stay with the freighters, just in case they come back.

Not long after she that, they began jumping into hyperspace, the fight was truly over. The freighter managed to repair itself enough to limp home, the journey to Serenno was a slow one, with ships moving at half pace, but it was not eventful anymore.

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