Ask Invasion Sith Invasion of Taris

[Bir Vuul]

The mad Acolyte wasn’t as foolish as many believed. His initial assault, albeit intended as a distraction for Xeno to close in and attack him head on, had served a secondary purpose of probing him and his skills. The Zabrak had opted for a different strategy, one that played against a Jedi’s greatest weakness; their compassion for others. Bir was almost remiss that he had not made that call on his own.

Yvain had opted to absorb and redirect his kinetic wave but these things could not happen in a split second and allowed Bir the opportunity to close in. Immediately after he released his own wave of force energy, he was quickly on the move. While Yvain absorbed the Acolyte’s initial attack, the lunatic was now almost directly beside the Knight with his ignited saber at the ready. As the Jedi turned and released his own wave of the Force towards Xeno, Bir came to a stop as he brought his blade in an downward turn, done by rotating his wrist with his arms near his torso rather than extending his arm into a dangerous over-reach, that would potentially connect with the wrist that held Yvain’s own weapon. If the Jedi found himself able to block or parry the attack, Bir's legs would at least remain guarded with his blade in this position.

What was possibly worse for the Jedi than the chance of losing his hand was that despite his efforts to warn the woman and her small son, the damage was done. The building was already weakened from the battle and required little coaxing to further it’s destruction. Yvain’s efforts weren’t entirely wasted as the entire building remained mostly intact but enough of the wall began to crumble and would silence the panicked screams of mother and child as a loose durasteel panel fell to the surface, blanketing them in wreckage if Yvain did not react.

”A true Jedi will spare those poor souls at the risk of their own life, my knee-high nemesis!” Bir stated as he turned his blade, a high pitched chuckle proceeding his words.

There was something oddly familiar about this pint sized player Bir admitted to himself, yet he could not place it...

@Braden Drake​

 

[Darth Draugr]

Xeno knew there would be a reaction but for an attack to be placed at Xeno was foolish. Pieces of the building fell and that was enough for the Zabrak. The cracks grew far too deep for it to remain standing for long. Xeno would release his grip and avoid the push. The wave of force brushing past him as he would continue his path to Stolas. There was a troop hopping on a speeder nearby to get away from Xeno. He would use the force to pull the speeder close enough to jump onto. Once he landed on it he beheaded the Tarisian troop and tossed his body off the speeder. Then sitting in it he would gas it to the other group.

Bir could handled that thing. There were Jedi to kill, or torture. Both are fun to do to the likes of Britelites. This was his exit attempt and standing in the way of the acolyte would be foolish.

 

[Vizim]

Vizim didn't feel the strong rage that the other seemed to feel. It was just another job for him. He didn't do it because of a burning hatred for the Jedi or the Republic or FWA. It was just a means to an end.

With mask over his face and lightsaber in hand, the hunter continued forward toward the battle. He didn't actually like battles. Scouting, infiltration, and assassination were much more to his liking, but there was no avoiding it today. His initial reconnaissance of the planet had come to a head now.

He paused to take in the battle. A group of unknown Sith battled another group of Jedi, trading blows and flashes of the Force. To the left was the Sith Councilor engaging with another Jedi and soldiers. He headed in that direction as he kept his senses alert.

@Valen Pelora @Rhogar @Mr. Teatime

 

[Raksis]

When Raksis heard Xeno’s call, he immediately used the mild distraction to dash back towards his fellow Dathomarian, avoiding Vahn’s first attack and expected Xeno to defend long enough for Raksis to gather his bearings. However, Vahn was faster than Raksis had expected and the counter attack Vahn made against the Marauder nearly hit him square in the chest. Raksis had jerked to the left, so the lightsaber Pericles his shoulder instead.

He closed his eyes and tensed every ounce of muscle he could as he tried to break free of Soren’s tightening grip of the Force until he broke free, he screamed in rage and agony from Vahn’s attack, mustering up the Force to bring his blades into his hands once again and prepared himself for the Jedi’s counter attack. While occasionally glancing back at his burning cloak that was just a couple feet from Vahn. Soren was too slow to stop him from getting his cloak off of him before it engulfed him in flames.

We’ll see how much you enjoy flames. He pulled the flames with the Force towards Vahn- regardless of how fast Vahn could react, it would give both Dathomarian’s an opening on the Jedi Knight. He glared at Vahn through his black visor, neglecting the wound the Jedi made to his shoulder. Pain is temporary. Pain is subjective.

Hate is Eternal.

@Mr. Teatime @Valen Pelora @Scoobert

 

[Darth Stolas]

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The Mandalorian's (@Vraes Trenessar ) response to being suddenly thrown was to fire a grapple line into the ground, delaying his path enough that Soren ran on past toward Raksis. He was even twisting the cable around his arm to ensure a firm connection. The cable stopped his movement and Morgan's sudden yank would combine with enough force to dislocate the Mandalorian's arm in several places, all his significant thrown weight and mass concentrated on the single occupied limb. Once the cable snapped tight and the man was held in the air a burst of high-energy lightning would flash through the air to strike him across the torso while he was otherwise defenseless against it. This attack was capable of causing severe electrical damage and sending the armoured man flying backwards from the impact.

Then Morgan's attention would shift to the female Jedi (@Alexandria Voran ) who was condensing the Force mightily around the Sith Councilor, lips curling into a snarl behind his helmet. He would have expected some tandem teamwork at this point but it seemed instead the woman just wanted to delay him, her efforts delivered with full energy and concentration. Other Jedi seemed to occupy themselves with other Sith, Xeno arriving via speeder and engaging the one who had run in to fight Raksis.

His body slowed under her influence even as she would find the Sith to be much stronger than his svelte frame would suggest, the fingers of his right hand closing inwards and wrist flicking pulling downwards purely out of habit. Stasis could prevent him from using his agility but not from wielding the power of the Force, and the Jedi was using everything she had to keep him still instead of defending herself. Steel coils of will would close around her neck with extreme force to crush it and the delicate bones and cartilage within. That grip would also yank backwards and down to throw her off balance and crack her head against the street. Even without a blow to the head, a continued grip would threaten unconsciousness without blood to the brain.

@Vizim had also arrived. He'd actually been on Taris for more subtle work but his appearance here despite his original mission was something to be noted and rewarded. Stolas' saber guard remained up and, ideally, mobile unless the Jedi was able to maintain concentration.

@Rhogar @Phoenix @Valen Pelora

 

[Yvain]

The Kel Dor had moved up quickly to his side as Yvain struck out at the Zabrak. But he had been to cautious in his strike, keeping his arms close to the body meant that his red blade did not swing very far and the near four feet difference in height allowed Yvain to easily side step to the left and avoid the blow to his saber hand. He also made a mistake in moving directly to his side as with the short side step he was now clear to move towards the Zabrak attempting to flee.

"I will deal with you in a moment young Bir." Yvain said, the name of the once Jedi Padawan coming to his mind as he spoke it. As he began to move towards the Zabrak and away from Bir, he reached his left arm under his right the open palm facing behind him forming a flash of bright light blinding the Kel Dor.

The first Sith dealt with Yvain moved quickly over to the second who was pulling a speeder towards him. The time it took him to leap onto the rear of the bike remove the head and then body of the trooper was ample for Yvain to reach him. Hopping up onto the front of the bike Yvain held his saber out. "Why run, are you afraid?" With that Yvain would strike his blade moving from his right to left targeting the Zabrak's stomach and the handlebars of the speeder, the strike itself was not intending to be deep or fatal but force him to make a choice, if he tried to defend his body the Jedi would slip the blade down onto the handlebars disabling the speeder.

@Scoobert @Tulos

 

[Soren Rel]

Soren left Vahn as he dispatched the Acolyte. There was no thrill of battle, no glory, but there was also no regret. There was only peace as he scanned the battlefield seeing how he could support the Jedi Master battling the Sith. Past them, Soren could see a new combatant joining the fray, circling around towards Alex and Stolas.

Giving the two more advanced Force users room, he moved around towards this newcomer (@Phoenix) but leaving some distance between them. With lightsaber still in hand and ready to defend himself from attacks for this new Sith or the others, he seized hold of a manhole covering and flung at the Vizim as he prepared to hold off against the man.

@Phoenix @The Steel Stag

 

[Darth Draugr]

Xeno was on his way out as Oscar the grouch had leaped onto the speeder. With the amount of time that Yvain took to get his dumb quip out he had left an opening for attack. Then swinging his arm from right to left just left him open for attack. So of course Xeno would take advantage of the situation. I mean who wouldn't? This thing really thought this was a good idea. Attacking with a single blade in a such a way that defending only required one blade to counter. Xeno had an extra blade to spare in his right hand. This was to the Zabrak's advantage.

Xeno was sure to block the attack at his core with his left blade in position to send Yvain's blade into the speeder, and forcing it down to leave it stuck enough for his attack. With his right arm he would thrust his other saber that he had just ignited towards Yvain's chest. It would not be a fatal blow, but would be damaging enough to cause inability. The only known counter would be for his opponent to disengage that confrontation with the acolyte and leap backwards. Though with short amount of time he had to react damages would undoubtedly come to the leap frog.

Poor kermit.

@Braden Drake @Tulos

 

[Vahn Berand]

Vahn was surprised when the Dathomiran nimbly dodged out of the way. He swore, and quickly took a pivoting step, circling clockwise around the Dathomiran Sith like a satellite. His saber came down, narrowly avoided by his nimble opponent. Raksis moved to gain distance, but in the moment when the Sith focused to break the bonds of Soren’s binding force the Jedi took a half-step forward that dropped him to his knees, his saber flashing under Raksis’ newly formed guard into a horizontal cut that met Raksis about the hips, burning through flesh and bone near painlessly.

The Jedi would then twist away from the Dathomiran into a standing position, dance-like in his fluid economy of motion. He thrust his hand forward, a swift wave of telekinetic force sweeping Raksis up and pitching him off of the platform fixed between the heights of looming Tarisian towers the fight had been on, sending him tumbling down towards the lower levels of Taris far below.

There was something off about this Sith. He had fought many Dark Siders before but none that felt so strangely through the Force. There was something familiar, something that he had long become accustomed to, an inner struggle that spoke to certain possibilities… no, no he needed to remain focused. You still have a job to do, Vahn.

He turned away from where Raksis once stood, and turned to slip in just over a measure behind Soren as he advanced to launch the manhole cover at Vizim, keeping the fellow Jedi between himself and the Sith. He extended his hands, his saber held horizontal and still ignited, his other hand opened wide before curling into a white knuckled fist. Vahn took a breath, and focused on Vizim. He funneled his Will onto him, guiding the Force to manifest as a telekinetic grip bearing down vice-like, smothering him, intent on restraining the Sith and constricting about his arms and torso. He could resist certainly, but it would likely take an equal effort Force against Force. As he did so, His comm continued to chirp reports from the Taris Security Forces informing him of the location of other Sith attacks trying to make their way to the Command Center.

“Soren… incoming,” Vahn said through gritted teeth.

@Phoenix @Kell Rook

 

[Alexandria Voran]

Alex had begun restricting Stolas movement the moment after his wave of the Force had rocketed towards Vraes. (@Mr. Teatime @Rhogar) It had been the full strength of her power. The Sith Lord was far stronger than his slim frame might suggest. She watched as Stolas raised his arm, feeling the shiver of darkness up her spine. She held the stasis as long as she could. As the lightning crackled around his fingertips, she released the hold. Hopefully she managed to slowed his use of the Force lightening just enough to throw him enough off target, or give Vraes the chance to move.

As she released her hold on Stolas, Alex struck again. The flames of Raksis’ cape still simmered on the ground where he had thrown it backwards away from Vahn and between Rakis and Vizim.

As the lightning began to strike out from Stolas' hand towards Vraes, her own left hand would reach out, bringing the flames to life again to roar towards Stolas. They quickly arched high and down to avoid impacting Vahn or Soren. She assumed the fabric adorning the Sith Lord would burn just as Raksis had burned. If Stolas chose to continue his assault on Vraes and Alex the fire would reach him undeterred.

Regardless, Alex worked to quickly break whatever concentration Stolas possessed. She assumed the flames would break that concentration by either forcing Stolas to deal with them or sending his clothes aflame.

Should he still attempt to rip her throat to the ground despite the flames, she would fill her body with the Force, resisting both the pull downward and then constriction on her throat. The Force fueled her cells without the need for oxygen and resisted the constriction coupled with the yank. If the choke continued she would feel small hairline fractures begin to creep up her shin as the two forces clashed. Of course, she was careful to note Vizim (@Phoenix) approaching and maintain control of the flames. (@The Steel Stag @Raydo)

 

[Vraes Trenessar]

Force Osik. The weapon of the cowardly. Vraes snarled in disgust, wincing as she line went taut. Where his armor was, the line would do no real damage, but minor lacerations where it wasn't. The dislocated shoulder, could be fixed and the lacerations ignored with the help of years of pain tolerance as well as adrenaline.

Feeling the hold shift and seeing the crackle of lightning forming around fingertips, Vraes would with one hand, bring his axe downward on the grapple line, severing it. As the lightning arced his way, he'd activate his jump boots, propelling him ten meters out of the target zone.

He'd hit the ground and recover into a roll, his grin hidden beneath his helm. The strongest Sith had targeted him and with that laugh he grabbed his injured arm and shoved it roughly into place. With the arm usable again, he'd give it a quick roll before lifting it and aimed his wrist blaster at Vizim, moving forward until he was in range, and firing at the Siths torso.

@Valen Pelora @Mr. Teatime @Phoenix

 

[Bir Vuul]

As Yvain began to make his way towards Xeno, Bir spun on the ball of his foot to keep track of the tiny Jedi only in time for the flash of light to grow from the palm of his hand as he reached behind him. Bringing his left arm up to shield his eyes, the Acolyte was able to keep from suffering the more severe effects of his opponents technique but not entirely. His vision blurred, Bir growled as he struggled to regain his composure.

Whoever this Jedi was, he was quick. Quick enough to close the small distance between Bir and his ally, leaping onto the bike just before the handle bars, as Bir tried to blink the flashing light from his eyes. Fortunately, he had not caught sight of the flash directly and was able to recuperate enough, aided by the Force to make up for his still slightly blurred vision, in time to see Xeno plunge his foe’s blade into the speeder he had requisitioned.

As Xeno then brought his second blade up to thrust it into his chest, the Kel Dor extended his left hand and coiled the Force around his undersized body before clenching his fist. The hold would tighten and restrict Yvain’s movements as the top of Xeno’s blade closed in. Bir focused intently and continued to crush his prey, likely to crack ribs and dislocate his shoulders if he was not impeded.

@Braden Drake @Scoobert

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Requested edit made. Bir was impacted by the Force Flash. After figuring distance between Bir and Xeno, I still believe that Bir could react in time but moved his action back from parallel with Xeno's defense to parallel with Xeno's attack.

 

[Darth Stolas]

The Mandalorian (@Vraes Trenessar) swung his axe to cut the grapple line as the lightning flashed through the empty air. Morgan's hand was already been up toward him from yanking the heavy man around and his aim remained intact. Armoured legs moved to trigger his jump boots but nothing happened since they don't function in mid-air. His attempt at evasion having failed, Vraes was left to be struck by the unhindered blast of lightning while stasis lifted from Stolas' body.

It cascaded through flesh, muscles, and nerves as he was thrown backwards by the force. Severe burns spread from the torso outwards, limbs crackling with the charge rendered numb and convulsing, his axe clattering from insensate fingers to the ground in his wake. The man would be either quite stunned and unable to fight or entirely unconscious.

Stolas' grip on @Alexandria Voran crushed in and down, shins cracking from the pressure, and then a moment later redirected that grip to fling her bodily backwards into the command center wall as she pulled the fire from behind the two knights and her focus was split. Flames approached from off to his right in an arc over the other two Jedi. Stolas' helmet turned further toward it, lips curling into a snarl behind the visor. The Darth's right hand turned toward them, focusing on the fire headed for him instead. A rush of power blew downward to steal control of the arc, redirecting, expanding, and intensifying the flames into a sudden and explosive conflagration.

The firestorm roared in from just above and behind the two Jedi to surround and engulf them, both otherwise focused on Vizim (@Vahn Berand @Soren Rel ). Even if a defensive barrier was thrown up their vision of Vizim and Stolas would be obscured by the sheets of roiling flame. Morgan intended to bury and trap them in the inferno, catching them alight and burning them down to their bones. He quickly walked toward them to close the distance, moving diagonally to his right to keep out of Vizim's line of fire.

@Valen Pelora @Rhogar @The Steel Stag @Raydo @Phoenix

OOC: Incorrect use of tech/inadequate defense. Jump boots don't work in midair, checked with tech team. Dodge defense fails, lightning hits.

 

[Vizim]

If the Jedi thought Vizim was going to stick around for a gank they had another thing coming. As soon as he began to draw the attention of the Jedi, he was already addressing the issue.

The wonderful thing about being on a street was that there were vehicles. Vizim slid behind a truck, its massive hull set down on the asphalt of the street.

The manhole would either miss entirely or slam harmlessly into the truck and Vizim was out of view while the other Jedi and the Mandalorian were still otherwise occupied finishing up with their previous enemies. He was an elusive target long before he was in range of any firearm or the other Jedi had time to decide on let alone cement any kind of grip on him.

He slipped the pistol from its holster and swapped the switch to "stun." He took a moment to decide on his next move. This was why he didn't like battles. People just... throwing themselves at each other. No hunt, no finesse, no... art. So uncivilized.

He peered carefully around the corner of the truck to see what Stolas (@Mr. Teatime) was doing and saw his opportunity.

Maintaining trucks and speeders between himself and the Jedi pair (@Vahn Berand @Soren Rel), he swung wide to make sure Stolas was nowhere near being in his path and made his way toward the Jedi Master (@Valen Pelora), firing a pair of stun shots at her chest as she was recovering from the attack of the Councilor. It would keep her distracted from making a counter attack against Stolas and draw her attention to the hunter. This was what he did: a single target. A single soul of value. It wasn't about how many you killed, it was about who.

 

[Alexandria Voran]

Alex fought to break Stolas’ concentration with the flames. It worked. Just not in time. She felt the small fractures creep up her shin, worse on the side Stolas sought to yank down. Shin splints, the feeling eerily similar to the common condition afflicting the galaxy’s runners. Her body was already filled with the Force, not enough to heal the fractures, but enough to stave off the worst of the pain. Alex continued to actively resist as Stolas switched the direction of the pull. With her focus split, she was unable to fully resist. However, she did not slam into the wall, instead feet skidding back towards the door from which she had made her dramatic entrance.

The Morellian Master had maintained her control on the flames, suspecting Stolas would try to use them against the Jedi. She was ready when he sought to wrest control of the fire. Stolas was undeniable stronger in the Force but not by much. It would be nearly impossible for her to redirect the flames, but she did not need to. What you could enflame, you could extinguish. Instead of trying to redirect the fire, she simply put it out, significant shrinking the size of the conflagration. The flames would never reach Vahn or Soren, leaving them to focus on other matters.

Alex had been careful to remember Vizim was in the field, but her skid backward, coupled with extinguish the flames had pulled her attention towards Stolas. She barely recognized the bolts before they reached her. Alex quickly moved her saber blade while stepping to her left. She was quick enough to catch the first bolt on her blade, watching it harmlessly dissipate.

She was not fast enough for the second, it glanced off the armor on her right forearm, sending tingling up her shoulder. Alex maintained the grip on her lightsaber, watching the armor smolder. Vizim had certainly gotten her attention, but she was far enough away from Stolas and Vizim to not lose sight of either. It was impossible to forget she fought a Sith Lord.

@Mr. Teatime @Phoenix @Raydo @The Steel Stag @Rhogar

 

[Yvain]

Yvain was surprised that the Zabrak took the deflection onto the speeder instead of the light damage to his body. With the aliens defence Yvain's cut sliced down through the speeder, cutting clean through the light metal of the civilian craft, however what the Sith had also not considered was what was underneath the handlebars. Unlike military speeders, civilians pointed the legs forward not back, so as Yvain's blade cut through the metal so to did it cut through his legs beneath. As he tried to bring the blade back up to block the incoming attack from the Sith he felt The Force coil around his frame. It must have been the Kel Dor but he did not have the time to look over his shoulder to check.

All he could do was push back and resit the constriction upon his body at this time. With force of will he was able to break the constriction but it cost him valuable time, the Zabrak's blade was awfully close, Yvain was just able to push it aside from his chest the blade slicing down the outside of his left arm. With pain shooting through his body Yvain jumped clear of the upcoming crash, landing with a roll a few meters from the out of control speeder. He kept his eye on the crash to see the outcome for the Sith before preparing his own exit from Taris.

@Scoobert @Tulos

 

[Vraes Trenessar]

Vraes cursed as the boots failed at doing something he'd done dozens of times with them in the past. He must not have been angled properly. He didn't have a whole lot of time to ponder it. The upside to slicing the wire was the electricity would hit his pauldron with the armourweave, effective padding, and arc a bit down his back. The other Kadsend was the duration of the wave. Stolas had to divert his attention for a number of abilities and redirections.

The bonus? The Mandalorian was far from dead, but he could feel the tender flesh despite the layers of padding as well as he was fortunate enough that the impact with the ground, after being blasted by the lightning, seemingly popped his shoulder back into place. Or at least, as good as it would be for the moment.

Face down on the ground, he could barely move as his body fought to regain control of the motor functions. His gauntlet would scrape slowly against the ground as he spoke into his comm. "Still... In it.." nothing would move this round, but he had a pulse. Oh.. he would make the coward pay.

@Valen Pelora

 

[Soren Rel]

Soren continued moving, the flames from behind him being snuffed out by the Jedi Master. He moved to cut off of the newcomer while staying out of close range with the Sith Lord, coming around a truck as the blaster was being fired.

He was placed in between Vizim and the battle behind him, maintaining distance from both. He reached out a hand and attempted to throw Vizim backward as he kept himself ready to defend if needed.

@Phoenix

 

[Vahn Berand]

Vahn swore as he lost connection with the approaching Sith. The flames then caught his attention, swelling, before rapidly receding around them leaving only trails of embers. He knew Alex’s handiwork when he saw it. Vahn pulled his saber up in both hands, blade angled with the tip subtly towards the ground with his wrists crossed beside his head in a warding posture.

Vahn was on the move as the flames then receded, drawing in the Force to enhance his speed in an advance towards Stolas that scattered embers in his wake, the edges of his robes smoldering from the brief contact. The Knight’s body was a blur for the briefest of moments, closing distance between himself the Sith Lord before slowing once more. He didn’t rush carelessly into Stolas’ weapon range however, staying well outside of it before maintaining a controllable speed at that final distance that still kept his weight balanced on his feet. He lead his forward momentum with his saber moving through the air first, leading into one final step leaving his right foot forward, rear foot turned slightly and braced against the duracrete below him. His saber flashed in a tight arc before him, extending from the charged position near his ear to where it would terminate at Stolas’ sternum, passing through his left shoulder along the way.

When advancing on an opponent with any level of speed, one always has to be wary of intercepting attacks. If Stolas moved to try and attack towards his central openings, Vahn would move to step wide, getting himself off-line towards Stolas’ flank, while snapping his saber low to catch the attack towards the lower half of his saber to give himself greater control, hopefully putting Stolas in between himself and Vizim.

@Mr. Teatime @Valen Pelora

 

[Darth Draugr]

Sitting on the speeder Xeno's legs were bent, but with the blade cutting through the speeder nicked his left leg had been cut well enough to cause it to become disabled. While Xeno would follow through with his left blade to Yvain's blade, there would be a circular motion. The speeder would then become disabled. Thus it now stopped any movement it had before. Landing it's bottom side on the ground. The speeder bike would only slide a few meters, and then began to have a slight wobble.

With the distraction of Bir, Xeno's blade had hit the shoulder area of the Jedi. When his opponent had leaped away so did Xeno. Jumping off with his one good leg and rolling horizontally on the ground. Once the Zabrak stopped rolling he noticed the Jedi flee to the safety of the Tarisian troops. We will meet again, Jedi. Xeno looked over to see Bir, he looked well enough to fight. The Zabrak would call out to him,

"Bir! Forget the Jedi! Help Lord Stolas! I'll be fine!"

After he had called out to his ally the troops that came with Xeno would help him to his feet and carry him with an arm over their shoulders each. Back to the Sith Capital ship to heal in the Bacta tanks. Wonderous.

/Exit

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