Spring and Snap

[Darth Kravos]

The Decisive dropped out of Hyperspace over Hoth. The ships he was targeting lay before him and they would be caught completely off guard. There was no warning that this was coming and the Deucalians likely wouldn't be manning all the stations.

The klaxon sounded and all hands were already at battle stations. Kravos hit the button and ion mines aboard three of the frigates and one of the corvettes detonated, shutting down the life support systems. While it would take time for the oxygen to bleed out, there would be no way to replenish it as the frigates began to fire on the star docks to sever them.

The Skyward Sword made its run, releasing torpedos on the covettes in dock and hitting them - with any luck - before their shields came up. The frigates opened fire as well as the shuttles and fighters launched, putting their boarding parties en route to the objective: the bridge. Each ship had Shock Corps, IFL, Sith, and ship crew who would clear the skeleton crews aboard the frigates.

 

[Darth Evandrus]

The time had come.

Cregan Drast would have done something like this - he would have helped his ally lead this attack and he wouldn't have felt bad about it at all. Darth Evandrus however? Well, this was something that he was going to have to get used to and he couldn't help but feel a thrill of excitement rush through his entire body and reflect in the Force as he stood there, drinking in the feeling of being on the attacking side.

Of being the aggressor.

Decked out in an EVA suit, Evandrus nodded to the soldiers who had come with him as the shuttle launched, flying faster towards one of the frigates that they were after. The shuttle he was on, along with two others, crossed the void quickly to force a landing inside the hanger of the Tyr Class Frigate.

Readying himself in the Force, Evandrus stood at the top of the ramp, waiting for the shuttle to land so that he could surge forwards and out into the hanger. The Force was wrapped tightly around him as a protective barrier and his lightsaber was ready in his right hand.

With a thud his shuttle landed.

"Kravos." he reported over his com link, "I'm in. Will report when bridge is secure."

Igniting his lightsaber as the ramp opened, Darth Evandrus swept down the ramp with soldiers behind him, lightsaber at the ready and the Force protecting him in the face of his enemies.

@Phoenix

 

[Darth Kravos]

With the ships setting down in the hangar and Darth Evandrus leading the assault - with an impressive fighter screen - Kravos was left to focus on the side of the attack taking place in space. With the Decisive at the rear leaving a fighter screen for the heavy ships, they had clear work to do.

Kravos listened to the other teams making their way through the ship. They had set down in the hangar and were pushing through the halls as two of the frigates began to open fire on the other corvettes in the system.

The War Master watched the readouts, ready for any intervention, but they seemed to have caught their enemy unprepared, as was the goal. They were raiding the raiders, was exactly what this was about.

Reports from the Sith and soldiers began to come in as they dueled with the minimal crew inside, but apart from those already aboard the ship, there was no longer any way to get reinforcements aboard in the wake of the space docks being destroyed. It was only a matter of time now.

But Kravos knew he couldn't consider it a victory yet. The enemy may have been caught unprepared and unable to properly respond, but the last thing he would do was count his space!chickens before they hatched.

 

[Darth Evandrus]

Charging down the ramp of his shuttle, Darth Evandrus lashed out with the Force, sending a small party of Deucalian pilots flying back so fast that when they hit the wall of the hanger their spines snapped and they dropped to the ground dead. His lightsaber was a blur as it blocked and deflected several blaster bolts being sent his way.

Sighting a man levelling a rifle at him, he scoffed and flicked his wrist... the man's head came away from his body in a gory spectacle of blood and bone and raw power with the Force.

Waving a hand, he rallied the soldiers who had boarded with him,

"Onward!" he declared loudly through his helmet, "For the glory of the Empire!"

With his rallying cry set, Evandrus lead the advance, slashing down at cowering techs and using the Force to tear limbs and crush chests of the pilots and the few guards who actually presented themselves as challenges to the boarding. Using the Force, he stopped the hanger doors from closing, grinning behind his helmet as his soldiers let a volley of blaster fire tear the guards apart as they tried desperately to close the doors.

Charging forwards, Evandrus left the hanger with his men behind him, leading the way towards the bridge, leaving a dozen soldiers behind in the hanger as defence.

 

[Darth Kravos]

Kravos could hear reports coming back in, but it seemed the hand-picked troopers of the foreign legion, shock corps, and Sith were doing their job well. They were carving their way up through the hallways and the first of the troopers were just beginning to make it to the upper command centers, fighting their way toward the bridge. They would be there shortly.

Meanwhile, the frigates were doing a number on their enemy. The corvettes were beginning to have holes ripped through them as the Sith forces were relentless. Even if they managed to get underway, they would be nearly too-crippled to fight and running was their best option.

Kravos's eyes flashed over the control panels, displays, and body cams from some of the assaults. All was going according to plan, but if there was one thing Kravos knew it was that nothing went according to plan. He had planned for every contingency, but there could always be something new, so he stayed alert, reaching out to the Force and letting it flow out of him and into the crew, hardening their resolve, quickening their movements and reflexes.

It was growing closer now. So close to achieving their goal. He kept his mind reaching out to the Force, eyes flashing open and closed to check displays and issue orders before submerging back into the Dark Side.

 

[Darth Evandrus]

Rolling his neck, Evandrus charged alongside his soldiers down the halls of the Tyr frigate, getting closer to the bridge with every step that he took. His lightsaber was still close as a defensive measure but it was hardly needed - guards were turning tail when they saw the opposition they were facing. Even thought they were likely only preparing themselves for a better defensive position, it didn't matter.

They were gunned down by the soldiers he had brought or were introduced to the walls, or ceilings, of the corridors at extreme speeds.

Reaching the doors to the bridge, Evandrus wasn't surprised to find that they were closed and that a small force of Deucalian guards had been left outside for them. He narrowed his eyes and charged in, keeping one of the Deucalians pinned to the floor with the Force as he tore into his allies with his lightsaber, cutting clean through them and letting his men gun down the others.

Left with only one living Deucalian, Evandrus bore down on the man, impressing his will on him with the Force without mercy. The man slumped as he tore away his free will before he began inputting the code to open the blast doors and allow the waiting sith forces to enter the bridge.

 

[Darth Kravos]

Kravos got the report that the teams had begun making their way into the bridge. The Sith were able to rip free the information from the minds of the Deucalians and others were blasted open.

He zoomed in the display as he saw the teams beginning to vent the ships. A handful of people - not Imperials - were pulled into space by the sudden venting, but more than that, their oxygen escaped. The EVA suits protected the Imperial troops, but the Deucalians were not so prepared and would quickly begin choking on death.

They would claw at their throats and grow lightheaded before passing out. Meanwhile, the shuttles made a second trip to bring additional oxygen supplies for the now-empty ships and the crews began to fire up the frigates and corvette. It was, of course, decisive. The ships began angling away from Hoth in preparation for the escape. Still, everything was going well. The fighters began to return closer to the frigates now that the shuttles were finished and the power was being fired up to the remainder of the Tyr's, now empty of their enemy. Shields online and little by way of remaining resistance in the wake of their shock and awe. They were nearly ready to withdraw.

 

[Darth Evandrus]

The bridge doors opened.

"Hello."

Evandrus pushed with the Force, sending the scant few guards behind the doors flying further into the bridge as he stepped inside with his men behind him. He let his soldiers do the killing here, gunning down the techs and the systems analysts and the captain alike as he closed the blast doors behind them, making sure to lock them tightly, making sure that they were then locked down for changes in atmosphere as well.

"Hanger team - lock it down."

The hanger team sent an acknowledgement via the com lines as they settled themselves into the shuttles and clamped down. Standing where the captain had stood, the soldiers had taken stations around the bridge and looked to him for the order.

He didn't hesitate.

"Space them."

Overriding the safety controls, the frigate's unprotected rooms were exposed to the vaccuum and all oxygen was almost immediately removed from the majority of the ship.

"Reverse filtration systems to closed rooms."

Upon his command, the protected rooms were gassed with CO2 and other waste gases, robbing the inhabitants of enough oxygen to breathe and poisoning them. He touched the com line from the bridge of the ship,

"Kravos. Frigate captured - all hands killed. Status of other boarding actions?"

 

[Darth Kravos]

That was what Kravos was waiting to hear. It was time. Copy that, Darth Evandrus. Jump to the RV point and we'll meet there. See you on the other side, he said, waiting and watching for all three frigates and the corvette to jump to hyperspace.

The fighters had returned and were now in the hangars as the Decisive turned to jump to hyperspace as well, launching the stars into streaks and they were gone.

In the path behind them, the Sith Empire had left a trail of death and destruction. Burning husks of corvettes and dead Deucalians. That was what a surprise attack could do, and it was why Kravos kept the ships always active.

He couldn't show it to those around him, but he let out a silent sigh of relief that it was done. It had taken weeks of planning and hard work, but they had done it. Now there was the brief refit and the fleet would be stronger for it.

//Exit

 

[Darth Evandrus]

Jump time?

Find by him.

"Acknowledged Kravos."

Looking down at a report from one of the soldiers he had brought with him, Evandrus acknowledged that the ship had been sealed off from the void again. He paused as a report was brought to him about the medical bay... he didn't read it, merely deciding what to do immediately.

He narrowed his eyes before shaking his head and ordering two of the soldiers to make sure that anyone remaining was either a thrall (to be captured and held) or was killed.

Nothing wrong with freeing slaves now was there...?

They were the Good Guys after all.

Giving the command, the frigate would position itself in space as the co-ordinates were inputted and the calculations were made. With a final nod from Darth Evandrus gave the command and the Try frigate made the jump to hyperspace.

Only when the stars were blurring past did he allow himself the chance to relax.

//Exit