[SITH MISSION] Tomb Robbers

[Trebantes]

NPC Post:
Five distinct tomb robbers are polluting the planet of Rhen Var. These particular robbers vary from one another. The leader, a human, seemed to be not so well armed, but only having two blaster pistols that look like they've seen blood in their day. The other four robbers are aliens, two twi'leks, a cathar and a devaronian. The human was nicknamed, The Flash, sporting a short clean cut hair style, decent trousers, and wearing a vest. The two Twi'leks, one female named Yla and the other male named Tychos, seemed to be fond of each other with strong emotions for one another. The twi'leks frequently talked about going to a beach honeymoon and watching the sunset when they finish their robbery. The twi'leks wore matching trousers of navy blue and vests with no undergarments beneath the vest or protection from blaster fire. The cathar gathered the nicknamed Kitty from the other members of the group and he did not liked being teased. Kitty preferred to use explosives, create explosions and watch things go BOOM. Kitty has a saddle tan colored pelt, wears orange trousers and has a vibro-dagger if he runs out of explosives. The devaronian is known as Jacks, reasons is that his right horn is cut off but he has a false horn in its place to stash small items into it, mostly small explosives or treasure. Jacks wields a sniper rifle and is usually keeping an eye on his team from afar as a security measure. Normally Jacks sits about 30 to 50 yards from his team and would snipe shoot anyone that would get near them. None of the members dressed well for the planet's climate because they intended to get on planet, get their prize and leave ASAP.

PC Post:
Bolts made it to Rhen Var and was astounded by the planet, but also scared to say the least. Rhen Var is new to Bolts and he noticed the planet was icy and snowy. Switching his gear before leaving Zadnor Vex's ship, Bolts dressed for the weather, wearing a mask, his cloak, and a few layers of cloth under his armor. Then the little jawa jumped out of Zadnor Vex's ship, used the remote he made for the ship to send it back to Zadnor Vex's location near Bothawui. Then the jawa trekked his way through the snow to try and get a head start to the tombs. Speaking in Jawa Trade speech, "I hope this trip is worth it."

 

[Aaron Corinth]

Damion had volunteered to take care of tomb robbers on the planet of Rhen Var. From orbit he could see the planet covered in ice and snow. He appreciated the armor, mask, and cloak that he wore as it would help keep him warm. He had been told he would have assistance on the planet to take on the tomb robbers. He dropped into the atmosphere with turbulence and directed his ship towards where he was directed the tomb would be located. He found the nearest open location and landed his ship. He turned on the ship transponder and sealed the ship. The frigid air ripped through his clothing like knives. It was truly an extreme cold. He reached out with the force to see if anything or anyone jumped out at him. He could not directly feel anyone else close to him.

He began the trek towards the tomb as he had been directed. He vaguely wondered who and what would be assisting him. He could feel the dark side energies permeating the planet and tombs. One of the tombs was directly ahead of him. He strode swiftly forward pulling his cloak a bit tighter around himself to help keep the wind out.

 

[Trebantes]

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Feeling a certain familiar thing in the air, Mik turned around to see where the source was, but could only see a hooded figure. Covered in snow, Mik decided to shake the snow off to reveal himself to this person. Then Mik began to scream in Jawa Trade Speech, "Hello hello! Sith?" The words came out like tiny mouse squeaks but the word that stood out was Sith when the jawa spoke. Then Mik ran to Damion like a little kid but had intentions to shake hands. The jumped along the way as he got to Damion.

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The Devaronion Jacks, was perched on a cliff a good twenty yards facing the tomb entrance and having a good eye view of the land before the entrance. Then he caught sight of the two cloaked individuals approaching the tomb. So he scoped them in his sights and waited. He didn't want to kill them, but if they ever tried to enter the tomb, he would be forced to. "Yo Kitty. I have two rats heading into a hole." The cathar responded back to Jacks. "Shoot them down if they get close to the tombs and don't blow your cover. The cathar signed off. Then Jacks looked down his scope. "The taller is an easier target," Jacks said as he rest his right index finger on the trigger.

 

[Aaron Corinth]

Damion watched the small hooded figure approach. The only word he had caught was sith. He nodded to the creature and waved for him to follow. So the sith had sent him a jawa to assist. "Do you understand or more appropriate can you speak galactic basic or telekinetically communicate," he asked of the jawa dragging himself through the snow towards the waiting tomb.

He could vaguely pick out other sentient beings in the area that he knew to be the tomb. So, the tomb robbers were still here. He stopped turning back to the jawa, "Can you feel the sentient beings in the cave? I can feel a presence but can't tell how many there are?"

He had stopped about 15 meters from the entrance. He started to draw in further force energy to assist him. He had a bad feeling about what was going to happen.

 

[Trebantes]

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Mik gave a No nod to Damion's first question. But when Damion mentioned other beings, Mik did feel something strange, like someone is watching. Mik tried his best to convey body language to Damion about feeling watched, using motions like holding up imaginary binoculars. "I think we're being watched," Mik said in Jawa Trade Speech awhile he was motioning. Then something in Mik told him to turn away from the tomb entrance and look into Jacks current location. There's something about that cliff that intrigued Mik and he felt like the watchful eyes where coming from there. Which the cliff was about south east of the tomb.

NPC Post:
Seeing the figures move closer to the tomb, Jacks was feeling ready to snipe them down. From the little one's movements, Jacks assumed the little one to be a jawa. Since jawas are scavengers, Jacks didn't want the blighter to get into the tomb with his companion. But first Jacks focused down on the taller individual, named Damion, aimed for his head and pulled the trigger once he reached within 15 meters of the tomb. Then Jacks watched through the scope to see if he hit Damion. If not, the fire would blow his location and he would need to hide somewhere else.

 

[Aaron Corinth]

Damion saw the flash and felt the movement through the force as the projectile hurtled towards him. He dove to the right in time to see a blaster bolt smash to the ground mere inches from where he was standing. He traced the trajectory and knew the jawa had been right. There was someone watching them. He still did not know how to properly communicate with the jawa, but they would make do. With the aid of force speed he began to run towards the location in which the rifle had been fired. He streaked through the frigid cold area headed for the cliff face. Utilizing leap, good handholds and a somewhat more climbable angle he reached the top of the cliff face.

He reached out with the force and definitely felt a sentient being very close. He silently pulled a lightsaber off his belt and into his hand. He didn't know exactly where the jawa had gone, his current focus had been on the threat which he had narrowly avoided. He carefully scanned the ice and snow trying to pinpoint where the being was.

 

[Trebantes]

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Missing the shot, Jacks got up and began a sprint. "Yo Kitty, I missed, but I got them distracted. Hurry up with the packing and get off planet if I don't make it!" Jacks said into his earpiece. Jacks was only equipped with his sniper rifle which wouldn't do him good in close range. Kitty responded to Jacks, "Well if you don't hurry back, I wish you the best of luck surviving on this ice ball."

The cathar signed off the ear piece and then looked to the Devaronian and the two twi'leks. "We've been compromised team. Double up the packing. We're leaving," Kitty said to the team. The female twi'lek's heart started to race awhile packing the relics.

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Mik followed Damion from a distance to get a better view. Since Mik started late behind Damion, Mik used Force Speed to match Damion's pace and a few force jumps to catch up. Then the jawa ignited his saber. The blade was nearly as tall as the jawa and red. "Bad time for a late introduction, but I am Mik. My friends call me Bolts though," Mik said again in Jawa Trade Speech, but his accent made the word Bolts sound like itself.

Once Mik got up to Damion, Mik looked around for prints and found a large body print. Mik jumped up and down pointing at the body print and the foot prints following it. "Hurry, snow covers fast." Mik started to follow the snow tracks.

[OOC: Jacks is not wearing white colored clothing. So following his trail may lead you to see him more easily. That and he is not as fast of a runner as Damion, so he wouldn't have gone far.]

 

[Aaron Corinth]

Damion caught only the name of the jawa as he arrived upon the cliff face with him. He called himself "bolts." The jawa, being a bit lower to the ground caught the tracks almost immediately. Damion saw them too and began to run, following the tracks and his force signature he quickly closed the gap. The man had a single sniper rifle and dressed without heavy clothing. He ignited his lightsaber closing within feet of the man. Rather than end it quickly with his lightsaber. He utilized a force pull and hurtled the man backwards towards him and the jawa. He issued a thin stream of force lightning to incapacitate the man. He knew the agony of the lightning and didn't want the man to black out yet. He waved to the jawa to do what he wished. He turned away from the man and the jawa headed back in the direction of the tomb.

He knew the jawa could handle this man. The others could get away if they didn't get back.

 

[Trebantes]

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During their scuffle, the other members of the crew dropped a few relics behind as they were going through the corridors of the tomb. Awhile the robbers' leader, The Flash they called him, was waiting on the small carrier ship for them just in a thirty minute walking distance. Kitty turned to the other members and then flipped his ear piece to call their leader. "Flash, we're on our way, but we're compromised. Please ride out to us. We're leaving." The human responded, "I am only heading out if you got some of the relics!" The cathar hissed, "We do have relics. Now get over here!" The human revved the carrier, got it started up and then headed out to the tomb. "Get out of the tomb ASAP, otherwise I leave the planet." The cathar acknowledged and turned to the rest of the team. "Hurry up, guys." The Twi'leks looked like grocers running through a store with their arms full.

PC Post:
Mik "Bolts" looked to the Devaronian and ran to him with his lightsaber on. "Thieves," the jawa said, but his tone in his tongue sound distinctly disgusted. The jawa pointed his lightsaber blade to the Devaronian's neck as he got near to him. Then the jawa notice a crack line on one of the Devaronian's horn, but before the jawa could respond quickly, the Devaronian pulled the false horn off and threw it at Mik "Bolts". The horn was a small explosive not meant to cause too much harm, like an arm or a leg, but to daze Mik's sight. It worked and that rewarded the Devaronian his sniper rifle back. Now the two stood toe to toe. Awhile the Devaronian stood over the jawa with a sniper, Mik had the upper hand with his saber. With on swipe, the jawa sliced the sniper's barrel in half and then the jawa utilized a Force push to send the Devaronian back onto his back and then the jawa jumped on the Devaronian's chest and stabbed him in the heart with his lightsaber. Then the jawa decided to cut off one of the Devaronian's horns for himself and ran off to catch up to Damion.

 

[Aaron Corinth]

Damion had arrived at the entrance to the tomb. He had felt the small disturbance of a life being ended through the force. The jawa had killed the man. He could still feel sentient beings in the area and another closing in on them quickly. He shook his head as he took a few steps inside and hid under a dark overhanging just inside the tomb's entrance. He had a good view of both the outside of the tomb as well as a rather limited view of the inside, but more to the point his position protected him from sight. Both the incoming sentient and the ones inside the tomb could not see him from his position. He had not yet sighted the jawa again but hoped he had sense enough to either hide himself or draw them out so Damion could attack without reprieve. He would not be as gentle on these as he was with the other man. These would die slowly and very, very painfully.

He chuckled as he sighted a dinged up old cup within reach. It appeared to be some kind of gold or silver variant, but it did not matter, it would serve his purpose. He picked it up and muttered the word, "Jen'migla."

He had enchanted the cup with force lightning and tossed it back out into the opening in plain sight. He had imbued the cup with quite a bit of energy. It had take some of his force reserves but he still felt empowered and as if he had more than enough energy to put down these wretched tomb robbers. If one of them were unlucky enough to touch the cup it would definitely zap them. His enchant was not as strong as his teacher's but he hoped it would hold long enough for the tomb robbers to reach it.

 

[Trebantes]

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On his way to the tombs and where he thought Damion would be, the jawa lost sight of him. Where is he, the jawa thought to himself. Then the jawa felt a rush of emotions, specifically desperation and stress. The jawa suspected it was the tomb robbers. The devaronian must have tipped his crew before he died, the jawa thought. So, he ran behind a boulder, no more than about five meters from Damion, yet Damion wasn't in Mik's sight for Mik to know, but Mik did feel his presence. Holding his saber un-ignited and ready to jump out in the right moment. Mik felt intention from someone near him, suspecting it was Damion, Mik was left to assume that Damion had a trap set up for the tomb robbers. Then Mik heard a clang of something metal, the sound piqued his interest making him peak from his spot and seeing a cup roll along the ground, but there was something about the cup, as it it was meant for someone else. This made Mik's assumption about a Damion trap a bit more true, but Mik didn't want to test if it was for him or Damion just in case. So, he hid back behind his boulder.

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The cathar was leading the two twi'leks up front with a bag over his shoulder and a few flash grenades in his left hand. Once the entrance of the tomb was in sight, the cathar threw the flash grenades, two to be exact, at the entrance of the tomb to make sure to daze their pursuers. The Twi'leks behind the cathar didn't have room to hold any form of weaponry as their hands were full of relics. Then The Flash yelled into the cathar's ear piece, "I am a few moments from the tomb!"


[[ooc: Short post, sorry. Trying to condense this a bit to get it done. Oh and I think the boulder is considered cover protection for Mik, since he is behind it when the flash grenades were thrown.]]

 

[Aaron Corinth]

Damion saw the grenades thrown from the interior of the tomb. He didn't have much room, but he turned around putting his face in the corner and closing his eyes hoping to minimize whatever effect the grenades might have. Explosive or otherwise he was prepared with his armor and tutaminis to protect his back. The grenades detonated with a brilliant flash that Damion could see reflecting off the wall of the tomb and through his eyelids. He saw spots but otherwise could see. He felt the jawas presence again in front of him behind a boulder. The tomb robbers had yet to make it out so for now it was again a waiting game.

 

[Trebantes]

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Confident, the cathar then pulled out a blaster as he ran out of the tomb with his twi'lek companions having their hands full of relics. Then the cathar hailed The Flash. "We're ready when you are cap't." The Flash responded, "I am just nearing the tomb entrance now. I see you, I'll land."


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The jawa heard a ship land. It sounds big, the jawa thought. Then Mik tried to connect to Damion with the Force to sort of assure him that he is ready to follow his lead. The jawa positioned himself into a jumping stance to leap out from the boulder when given a ready queue from Damion. Then the jawa searched the feelings of the robbers around him. Desperation, fear, eagerness. These feelings began to fuel the jawa like water vaporizer extracting moisture from the sands of Tatooine. Except Mik never actually stepped foot on Tatooine, but heard stories about the planet. He was told it was the origin home of the jawas, but Mik was doubtful about that. Off that topic, Mik tried to feel out to sense any weaponry on the robbers, yet his attempts failed him this time or that the he couldn't feel if their carrying weapons because the robbers weren't carrying much. However the chase, Mik wasn't sure and prepared himself for the unthinkable.

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The male Twi'lek, Tychos, tripped on Damion's cup, activating his enchantment, dropped the relics he had in hand and tumbled on the ground as if he was pushed by some force behind him. The Twi'lek shook his head as his mate, Yla came to him in care. Tychos got up find, but the cathar, Kitty, was alarmed that the cup was a trap and their pursuers are close by. "GET THE RELICS AND MOVE!" the cathar yelled as he dropped his bag, pulled out two frag grenades to be held in his left hand as his blaster was in his right. From the surge of energy from the cup, the cathar knew the trap wasn't of Jedi design, nor has he heard of jedi doing a trick like that. "Come on out Imps." The cathar was ready for a fight, he intended to charge in to the Sith as fast as he can, implant one or both frag grenades into the Sith's armor or robes and dash away to see his prey blow up. As far as he knows, he only suspects one Sith. The Twi'leks worked fast to gather the relics, but there was too many relics, plus they are needed to get the cathar's bag.

 

[Aaron Corinth]

Damion stepped out from the shadows and directly in front of the three remaining tomb robbers. Rather than grace them with a response, his actions would speak louder than words, he forced energy out through his hands and allowed them to crackle to life in the form of electricity. The thick ropes of electricity arced out towards the three beings before him. He felt almost sorry for them, but orders were orders. They were armed with blasters, but blasters were useless against the force and even motion is near impossible when being electrocuted. He continued to pour energy into the lightning directed towards the three hoping to end the conflict quickly. He hoped the jawa would take care of the ship and whoever may be aboard it, but he knew nothing ever went as planned.

 

[Trebantes]

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Hearing the crackle of ravens, Mik associated the sound with Force lightning and had read interpretations like that in reports, so he assumed Damion made the first. Using a Force Jumped to leap up into the sky from behind the boulder, Mik took that split moment in the air to see Damion casting Force Lightning and a ship. Tech time. The jawa geared his landing to be near the ship.

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Seeing his team mates get fried, The Flash began to start his ship in hopes of leaving the planet and returning later, but then he saw a jawa jumping out from a boulder! It must be the end times, the human thought as he hurried but he had a problem. The rickety bucket of bolts ship was fighting The Flash. The was when he lost sight of the jawa.

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Carving a hole into the hull of the carrier, Mik made his way into the ship as the pilot finally got it starting and taking off. This was his chance, but the jawa wanted to make this personal. He left his lightsaber un-ignited, sneaked behind the pilot and reached for his blaster. The jawa successfully attained the blaster, but he was caught.

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The Flash quickly got up with putting the ship on autopilot. "What do you want?" the man said with his arms up.

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The jawa snickered under his face guard, but he didn't saw a word as he shot the pilot in his right leg forcing him to fall to the ground in pain. The pilot also became fearful once the jawa pulled out his saber and ignited it. The jawa bathed in the pilot's fear before killing him with an executionary strike at the pilot's neck. The jawa laughed, but his accent made the laugh sound like a squeaking mouse, so he stopped. Then he went to the ship's pilot chair and set the ship off of autopilot knowing that there is a hole in the hull and there would be a vacuum if the ship was programed to go into space.

Mik then turned the ship around back to the tomb to see how Damion was doing, even though the jawa's head would barely reach past the bottom of the main deck window without him having to stand on the pilot chair, which he did anyway.

 

[Aaron Corinth]

The three victims to his lightning had collapsed on the ground. He reached out with the force and found no traces of life left in the beings. He had not anticipated his lightning to be so powerful, but he grinned inside his mask at the effectiveness that it had. The ship had left, but he had seen the jawa manage to get aboard and a short time later it was returning to the tomb. He could feel only the jawa alive on the ship. Thus he must have been as successful as the jawa. He waved to him and began to walk forward.

 

[Trebantes]

Mik landed the ship, picked up the pilot's head and walked to the open hole that he made earlier in the hull. As he got to the hole, Mik tossed the head slightly up and kicked it out of the ship like a kid kicking a soccer ball. Then Mik jumped out of the hull and walked to see Damion, so he made his way to him for a successful greeting. I have a feeling this is a Sith Lord, Mik thought to himself, not even guarding the thought in hope that Damion would notice, assuming he is a Sith Lord.

 

[Aaron Corinth]

Damion watched the jawa disembark from the ship kicking the head of the pilot as he did so. He shook his head but chuckled lightly. The jawa had introduced himself but he remember that he had not. "I believe it is time to head back to Korriban. It was a pleasure to work with you Bolts, I am Damion Corinth, an acolyte from our order. I apologize for not introducing myself properly earlier," he finished with a nod.

After he finished speaking Damion found his transponder and began to pick his way back across the frozen tundra to his ship. He found the ship as he had left it not more than a few hours ago and he disengaged the canopy and climbed inside. He ignited the engines and steered his way off the planet back into orbit. He followed the suggested hyperspace route from his computer and made the jump back towards Korriban. He would be "home," or at least what had become his home of late, within a few hours.