Mission 4: Attacking the Attackers

[Sarla Malvern]

After the meeting in House Malvern manner, it was decided to keep a lookout for the pirates to attack. Let them land hassle free, so they could be attacked on the ground. This might lead them to capture one of their ships, and find out were they where based, and stop the attacks. They just load a shipment of Quadranium ore, this was to be refined to help make droids. The amount made it quite valuable, and as it is was in raw form, made it easy to get rid off.

They waiting up with a group of guards, they had to wait, the waiting game was annoying. Then a secure comms link came, Two ships inbound, get ready they're coming to your position, my lady. That was it, it was time to take the fight to the enemy. They had to wait for them to disembark, the ships. So they could capture the ships or at least one of them, so they could find out where they were coming from. They waited for the ships to land, it did not take long. They had what looked like an overhead freighter, and an XS-109. They landed a short distance from the warehouse, and then once they began their raid, the counter-attack begun.

The attack started with a medium laser cannon firing on one of the two landed ships. The overhead freighter was hit critically and blew up, and the shrapnel damaged XS-109 so it could not take off. The pirates froze for a second, their route of from planet was removed. She got up and charged with her small but merry band. She had two fellows sith Acolytes with her, @Hask Jen a sith pureblood. As well as @Milo Vemec Drast a member Drast who helped her in the initial attack by these scum. They had about twenty pirates out in the open, ready to be moped up, and taken care off. She had her two bodyguards, the two fellow sith. They outnumbered them two to one, but they had a surprise on their side.

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[Hask Jen]

Hask stood behind the acolyte Sarla, along with the well respected crusader, Milo Drast in their cover. He was clad in his stalker armour, as always covered up by his trusty grey poncho...though these days it looked more like an oversized rag than anything else, with all the blaster holes, rips and cuts in it. It still did a surprisingly remarkable job at concealing both his two blasters and lightsabers at least, despite making the pureblood look like a run-of-the-mill bounty hunter too poor to afford better clothing.

They were hiding a few meters away in a building from a warehouse filled with Quadranium ore. Easy to move and valuable...exactly what every pirate wants. An Overhead Freighter and an XS-109 gunship flew past and landed not far from the warehouse, just as the trio expected them to do. Groups of pirates spilled out of both ships, about 20 or so by the look of it all armed with varying sizes and intensities of blasters and repeaters...then the chaos started.

The medium laser cannon sitting next to the three sith fired with a thunderous roar, lobbing a few rounds into the unprepared Overhead freighter and blew it apart. The blast as well as debris collided with the XS-109, knocking out its engines and cutting off the pirates' only immediate means off this planet.

"Well then, let's get this show on the road." Hask said calmly, unclipping his lightsabre with his left hand and igniting it. The crimson blade and crossguards erupted with a deep hum as Hask moved forward, rushing at the surprised, confused and bewildered pirates.

One levelled a rifle at him, but was soon consumed by flames that erupted from the Pureblood's right hand. He left that one to burn as he moved on to the next pirate, slicing his gun in half before doing the same to him...

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[Darth Parox]

What Milo could not understand was why Quadranium was being stored on Serenno, but he said nothing of it. There were no droid factories on the planet, so he supposed the most understandable explanation was that the nobles in charge of the mineral were paranoid enough to place their product so close to home. He had killed more pirates than he could count today, the attack having commenced a few hours ago, but the Crusader still had some fight left in him. A brutal blaster from the cannon next to him snapped him out of his thoughts, and Milo's yellow eyes trailed it behind his helmet as the bolt slammed into a nearby gunship. So the second attack began.

He charged forward, lightsaber igniting as he did, and slammed the right crossguard into the gut of one of the pirates, slamming the man down on the ground as the plasma tore and burned through his flesh, filling Milo's nostrils with the unmistakeable stench of charred meat—something most Sith grew used to tuning out during battle. When he drew his hand back, it was stained in blood up to his wrist, but the Crusader pressed forth, seeking to make quick work of these thieves.

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[Sarla Malvern]

She charged with the rest of them, she moved as quickly as possible igniting her light saberstaff. As she moved forward, she was shot at by the pirates. One of her bodyguards went down under the hail of fire, as the shots struck his chest and face. She was able to manged, to block the only shot on target on her. She deflected it back towards them, but it hit nothing. She moved towards the first one, her other bodyguard was firing back at them. He took one of them down. She was still closing in for the kill, as she did she used the force to pull one towards her. He managed to resist being pulled straight to her, but he was pulled to the ground. She soon will be on top of them, and then the fun starts.

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[Hask Jen]

Hask cut through the bewildered pirates like they were nothing. A few shots bounced off his armour through his attack, but he pressed on. He was making a big hole in their numbers alongside his teammates. Another pirate pulled some type of heavy blaster on him, but received a saber to the chest as Hask threw it at him, ran over and pulled it back out.


This was way too easy. They will be spending more time cleaning up the mess than the actual fight.

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OOC: Sorry for useless post, just don't know what more there is to do at the moment

 

[Darth Parox]

The Galaxy was a harsh and unforgiving place, even on noble worlds, as Sarla's bodyguards were quick to find out. Milo paid little attention to the few that were dropped the moment combat began, instead concentrating on the task at hand. He wove through the crowds of pirates, his movements fluid and precise, decapitating several criminals before he was met with opposition. He had taken them by surprise; the pirates had not expected to be met with a Sith, and thus were simply wielding crude blasters—no match for a lightsaber.

A vibro-blade came up to meet his light sword, and Milo reached out with his free hand, a concussive blast of Force energy erupting from his fingertips and directly into the gut of the pirate unfortunate enough to be putting up a fight. The man oofed, the air knocked out of his lungs, and soared, crumpled, through the air for a good dozen meters before slamming into a wall hard enough to embed his body into it and break most of his bones. Milo turned to the next combatant, but found most pirates had taken cover—not that there were many left.

Reaching out with the Force once more, he wrapped it around the upper body of a man that had just poked out of cover, lifting him up in the air. Then, Milo threw him into two others that had just gotten up to shoot at him. The pirates fell like dominos, stumbling onto each other. A blaster pistol went off in the scuffle, and he could see smoke rise from the small flame in the chest of one of them. There were two left, but he let Hask and Sarla deal with them. Milo headed for the gunship, his saber still ignited and ready to parry incoming fire.

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[Sarla Malvern]

Her fellow sith were slaughtering the pirates, they were very strong indeed. She had now closed the gap, her second bodyguard was also now toasted. He took several shots, from what was left of the pirate scum. He would like his fellow bodyguard, get a full funeral. Though they would be replaced nonetheless, as she did not go anywhere without personal guards. As she closed the gap, she used force pull again, this time it worked. She pulled him straight towards her, as he came close she spun around with her lightsaber staff. She delivered him a beheading strike, the blood splattered all over her as she did. His corpse flew into her, knocked her to the ground. This was both fortunate and misfortunate at same time. She was pinned by it a little, but the corpse did act as a bit of meat shield. This was going to give her a nightmare, as she was currently had a headless corpse on top of spewing out blood on her.

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[Hask Jen]

Hask advanced steadily. His poncho was scorched and hanging by a few threads over his shoulders. Parts of his armour was scorched black and cracked as the blaster bolts riddled it, but it held up. The pureblood was lost in his attack, his rage leading him on to charge at the pirates. A shot grazed him over the right upper arm, burning his skin and slicing through the durasteel armour, but he hardly registered it.

Sarla fell to the ground with a headless body laying on top of her. With an animalistic growl Hask grabbed the body with the force and hurled it at a pirate, knocking him down. A pirate next to him drew a pistol, but Hask sliced the barrel off and slammed a crossguard into his head, finishing the poor fool off.

Another charged with a simple cutlass, not even a vibro-weapon. The sith sliced through the blade and embedded his lightsabre into the attacker's throat.

There were only seven or so left of the attacking force. They kept moving back in an attempt to find cover. Milo broke off and headed to secure the 109. Hask recoiled as he felt the bleed-through of a shot burning his back. Turning around he spotted the pirate he threw with the body, lying on the ground with a pistol in hand. Hask drew a pistol with his right hand and planted a bolt between the pirate's eyes.

"Show's over." he growled, spinning around and emptying his magazine at the retreating foes. 2 fell to the ground, groaning and rolling around with holes in them. Another fell to the ground with 2 holes in his chest. Hask moved in slowly, reaching the two wounded. With a swipe of his blade he beheaded them both in one strike.

The remaining 4 were terrified at the 2 sith standing a few meters away from them. Hask laughed a maniacal laugh as he drank in their fear. He made ready to charge them, but stopped. He ordered Sarla to do the same before she could kill them as well.

"Surrender now, and we will spare you." the pureblood spoke to them in a cold voice. Of course the terrified cowards complied, dropped their guns and got on their knees. Hask walked up to them. He looked at the damaged gunship then back to them.

"Can you fix that ship?" he asked as he pointed to the ship with his blade. The 4 pirates nodded violently, desperate to live.

"Perfect. Now stay here. Sarla, watch them! They move a muscle, you cut them in half." he ordered sternly as he walked after Milo towards the gunship.

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[Darth Parox]

He entered the gunship, stabbing his lightsaber into the pirate that came to meet him. Blaster bolts rained down the craft's cramped hallway, one finding its way into his forearm (the shooter had likely been aiming to disarm him) but Milo raised his blade and deflected the rest back. They burned into the two pirates, sending flames erupting from their gear. The corpses slumped to the ground, and he found himself inside the cockpit. None of the machinery had been damaged, but the anti-air gun from earlier had almost wrecked the hull near the thrusters. If repaired, he supposed the ship would be able to fly for some time but remain unstable—likely exploding at any further damage.

4 pirates walked in from behind, and he was about to cut them to pieces when Hask followed. With an understanding nod, Milo headed toward the Pureblood and let their hostages get to work. "Do you suppose this will be enough to get Serenno back into the fold?" he asked jokingly. "If they expect us to defend them from every pirate attack, we'll have to start making demands eventually." It was then that he realized his joke had not been particularly funny or entertaining, but Milo excelled at military strategy and scheming—not joking. If he had wanted to go down the comic path, he would have just become a poorly-educated spacer. Plenty of time for joking when you're piloting a freighter that does nothing but transport spice from planet to planet.

A few minutes later, one of the pirates made a sound, trying to draw the Sith's attention without getting themselves impaled. Milo turned to look, and found that they were done fixing the ship. He strolled over, his lightsaber now extinguished but still in his hand, and surveyed their work. Flipping a few switches to get the ship going, he turned to Hask and nodded "It's operational." With that, he ignited his lightsaber directly into the head of the nearest pirate, slashing it through the others. The cramped quarters made it easy to take them all out in one hit, but he left a single one alive.

"Where's your base?" he asked simply, lightsaber at the man's neck in case he chose to lie.

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[Sarla Malvern]

She used the force to push the man's body of her, she covered in blood and other bits. She got up, and his blood ran her head and on to her face, she looked like she was a victim out of a horror holo vid, she was just lacking a bikini. She then listened to others, she more in shock than anything. She had to keep her eye on the surrendered pirates, so she kept her eye on them. Though they were not doing much other than listening to other sith, that was with her. @Hask Jen had ordered them to repair the ship, then @Milo Vemec Drast talked about getting Serenno back into the fold, she sure hoped they would. As these attacked have been starting, since they left the Empire. They may have even thought Serenno was now vulnerable, outside the protection of the empire. She did not really care about these questions, to be honest, all she wanted to do was have a bath. A very long bath, and to burn her clothes, she did not want to wear them again, ever ever again.

She started to come to her senses and realized they have won, the fight was over. The Pirates have been beaten, maybe after the long bath, she would have a drink with them, to say thank you.

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[Hask Jen]

Hask found himself inside the XS-109. Milo had already taken care of any resistance inside the ship, leaving only the 2 of them. Milo asked him a pretty good question, whether he meant it as a joke or not didn't exactly matter since a light chuckle still escaped from the pureblood.

"It better be. I won't complain if we need favours from them, though. I can definitely settle for a house here."

The pirates were slaving away at repairing the ship as Hask and Milo spoke. Finally one of them interrupted the two sith to tell them they are finished. Milo confirmed it when he started up the ship and it purred like a kitten.

What Hask did not expect, though, is Milo to execute all but one of them.

A year or two ago he would have jumped to the defence of these pirates, stand up for them or something. Not anymore. He's not so naïve anymore to be blind to what these people are or what they do.

Milo asked for a location, but the pirate was entirely frozen with fear. Getting something out of the poor fool like this will never work. Hask placed his hand on Milo's arm and lowered his sword. "These guys are too terrified to say anything. Fear won't work for this...I got an idea." he said softly to him so the pirate couldn't hear.

He stood in front of the pirate, slowly raised his right hand so it was in the pirate's face, then spoke up in a commanding voice.

"You will give us the location of your base."

"I...I..will gi-no!" the pirate shouted, trying to fight of the mental barrage.

"You will give us the location of your base!" Hask said more sternly, focusing harder on breaking the pirate's mental barrier.

"I...will give you the location of our base..." he said flatly, sounding like a zombie. Mind tricks are a wonderful thing

He walked over to the ship's navigation computer and fumbled about. Finally a planet with exact coordinates appeared on the screen.

"Here. On Junction. It's not too far, only a few parsecs away." he explained to the group.

"Thank you." and with that Hask ignited his lightsabre right through the man's chest, killing him instantly. "So...When do we cast off?" the pureblood asked as he turned to face the other 2 sith, resting his lightsaber's extinguished hilt on his shoulder.

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[Darth Parox]

Milo certainly sought the best solution as it presented itself, so he let Hask work his magic on the pirate. He was in no particular hurry to kill the man, because he knew he eventually would. All they needed now was to extract the intel and be on their way, after which he was free to do as he wished. As Hask stepped away, he slammed the hilt of his lightsaber into the side of the pirate's head. Durasteel met with bone with a sickening crunch that could be heard over the silence of the ship and the hangar. It echoed even, adding more to the tension. It all released as the Sith stared out the cockpit window, finding that they were alone. The battle was over.

Another would soon begin, on Junction apparently. Milo was always in the mood for fighting—any serious warrior was—so he plot the course with an uncaring efficiency. Killing had become a nearly daily routine for him, and as the time went by, he saw less and less value in the lives of nameless thugs wielding blasters, or in the lives of terrorists that labeled themselves to be part of the "Galactic Alliance." He knew that their deaths brought the Empire one step closer to peace—the good kind—and Milo was merely removing threats.

He flipped a few switches after the ship beeped to let them know it was ready, and they slowly clambered up. Milo lifted the craft up and into the atmosphere. Once in space, they zoomed into hyperspace. "Now," he replied, eyes on the vortex ahead.

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Fin.​

 

[Sarla Malvern]

The fight was over, and @Milo Vemec Drast was now interrogating a prisoner. She was still dripping in the blood of her enemies. Though she did want to put them all down now, for the damage they caused her family. The people who had died at their hands, who were employees, like her two bodyguards who just died. She hated hiring more of them, as it meant interviewing people. The pirate then Said Junction, They are in the Junction system please spare me. She looked at @Hask Jen and @Milo Vemec Drast, as to say it was up to them, she wanted a bath. Though she knew she has to head out to this Junction system soon. There were crews coming to help repair the ship, and get spaceworthy again. As that would be their trojan horse, to attack the pirate base. She began to head off, she wanted to get washed and cleaned before the next mission. She turned to them as she did and said I will be ready in about an hour, hopefully, the ship will be too. Also, would you care to join me on a trip to the Junction system? She hoped they would, as she would need the help. Too many people died of late, thanks to these pirate raids.

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