Open The Stardancer’s Contract

[Cremek "Krayt" Candorus]

Cremek would give a light cough.

"Yes the beast is gone for now, but I'm all that's left of the ports defenders, it did something to me.. sapped my energy, I doubt I would be much help up there, but if you can get down I'll help as much as I can."

He would look briefly to his saber guantlet, which was out of view of the holo, before tightening it around his arm, he then sat down, working on gathering back his strength.

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[Rylan Vox]

As Rylan Vox heard the commotion and reports from Riya and Trodai, he knew that time was running out. Their ship had taken damage, and the bounty hunter droid wasn't showing any signs of backing down. The situation was dire, but Rylan was determined to get his crew out of this predicament.

He nodded at Trodai's update about Theodore's condition and Riya's explanation of the power situation. They needed to make a decision quickly. Cremek's offer of assistance was appreciated, but it sounded like he was in no condition to join them in the fight.

"Riya," Rylan spoke firmly, "focus on getting us to the moon. Trodai, stay with her, and help her with whatever you can. We'll need every ounce of power we have left to make it there."

Turning his attention to the ship-to-ship channel, Rylan addressed the bounty hunter droid.

"Listen, we're not looking for trouble here. We'll comply with your demands. Just give us some time to get to the moon and land safely. We don't want anyone to get hurt."

Rylan hoped that the droid would accept this temporary truce and give them the chance they needed to escape without further violence. Their fate now rested in the hands of the relentless hunter.

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[Riya Deabla]

Spoiler: Post

Posting again before Trodai because I forgot to reply to them XD

Riya did her best to ignore Trodai's question and humble gratitude. She didn't want to dissect it. She was used to be alone and the Captain and Trodai both risked their life for her. "As Captain said, you're crew. We watch out for each other," she replied dumbly. It was a blanket excuse but it was what she gave now.

"Yes, captain, to the moon it is," she said, and begins to splice wires together. Humming softly, she crawls into panel and reaches into the back. "Trodai, if you see smoke, yank me out. I don't want to fry in here," she joked. Suddenly, the lights flickered throughout the ship before the engines started up.

"Make it fast captain! We don't have a lot time before we lose power again." To the comm, she waved at Cremek. "we're bringing the party to you bud. And if you see that beast, tell them we could use their help. There will be pets as a reward."

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[Cremek "Krayt" Candorus]

"ehh?.. head pats?.. "

he sounded almost hopeful a second before swiftly recovering, this woman was nice, if only she knew.. one of the few people who wasn't scared of him,. hopefully that would remain once he told them the whole truth of who, and what he is...

And she was pretty wholesome, she wanted to give HIM head pats! He found this actually adorable and endearing, If only he could control himself in that state, he might have actually let her if she asked nicely..

"uhh I'm not sure that's how that works.. that thing was indiscriminately killing everyone, doubt it's going to help us."

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[Trodai Narat-iv-Adas]

Trodai nodded as he waited at the open panel, he knew even with the Force which didn't always want to co-operate he would be able to get her out. His physical strength would be more than enough to pull her free should he need to, and yet he knew she was hiding some of the reason for helping. But he left it alone and didn't push further. That would work against what he wanted.

He just hoped the Captain knew what he was doing, they could not trust a droid. At least he thought so, they were unpredictable and didn't think that organics, they thought only of the mission so he was unlikely to listen. But they would see.

He turned to Riya as she dove inside, securing her as she joked even under the circumstances which amused him.

He joked a little in return.

"Me either, I doubt even the Force can protect us from becoming today's barbeque special. Knowing my luck recently it wouldn't surprise me. The Force is being very 50/50 of late."

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[Naxa]

Spoiler: Music change

Song

If the droid had a sense of humor it would have laughed. First they had tried to jump to hyperspace and then again to the planetoid. An organic could have taken Raylan's words as a joke or an insult. Naxa did not care either way. "You were given two warnings. There will not be a third." N4-X4 made it clear surrender was the only option. The droid was not going to show mercy, only cold calculating logic. It fired another salvo of light laser cannon fire at the aft engines of the Stardancer. It would still be able to crash relatively safely. But this guaranteed it would need extensive repairs before taking off again.

The droid proceeded to activate the aftermarket groundsweeper light blaster cannon. The undermounted weapon addition popped out of its hidden casing and swiveled to face the front of the starfighter's undercarriage. Tapping a few more controls, the bounty hunter had the cannon switched to a lower power setting and set to stun.

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[Rylan Vox]

Rylan Vox knew that their time was running out, and the relentless bounty hunter droid wasn't showing any signs of backing down. Despite their compliance and attempts to make it to the moon safely, the droid continued to fire upon their ship, causing more damage.

As the ship's systems came back online thanks to Riya's quick thinking and skills, Rylan knew they had to do whatever it took to make it to the moon. He glanced back at Trodai and nodded in acknowledgment of his words, understanding that this situation was far from ideal.

"Riya, keep us on course for the moon. Trodai, stand by. We're going to have to make a run for it as soon as we land. Cremek, stay ready on your end. We'll meet you there."

With that, Rylan focused on navigating the Stardancer to the moon, doing his best to avoid further damage from the relentless bounty hunter droid. Their only chance was to make it to the moon and regroup. The odds were against them, but they had come this far together, and they weren't about to give up now.

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[Naxa]

The Dullahan and the droid that piloted guided their ship carefully adjacent to the wake of the smoking vessel. It struggled to remain aloft and was continuously loosing altitude during most of its descent though the droid observed it being guided somewhat rather than an uncontrolled fall.

There was no escape from the hunting machine. In a few moments the ship would crash roughly somewhere on Nar Shaddaa regardless of the efforts of its crew though it would at least potentially mitigate its roughness. Everyone inside would be tossed around and could be knocked unconscious or otherwise injured. It would make the collection of the bounty targets easier if they did not need to expend further munitions and utilize greater force. But if they wanted to fight the crash would only add to the pummeling they would receive.

@Zory @Akheron @Hastur @mataldematt

Spoiler: OOC

OOC: 48 hour time out reached. If you don't want to continue this thread I'm okay with this being handwaved as a victory for N4-X4 . They can take one or both suspects into custody. I don't want to draw this out if you don't want to participate in this thread anymore but let me know.

 

[Rylan Vox]

Rylan Vox gripped the controls of the Stardancer tightly, attempting to maneuver the ship as best as he could during their descent towards Nar Shaddaa. The odds weren't in their favor, and the relentless bounty hunter droid was making their landing even more challenging.

"Brace yourselves, everyone! We're going down hard!" Rylan shouted to his crew, knowing that their survival depended on being prepared for the impact. Despite their cooperation and efforts to make it to the moon, the droid had left them with little choice.

As the Stardancer plummeted toward the surface of Nar Shaddaa, Rylan's thoughts raced. They had to get through this crash, regroup, and come up with a plan. The situation was dire, but he wasn't going down without a fight.

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[Trodai Narat-iv-Adas]

Trodai reacted instinctively, and despite his inner Darkness, he resisted the temptation to leave them to their fate. They had helped him and so he would attempt to return the favour. Even if not today. For now, as he heard the Captain call out he pulled Riya from the panel, being as quick as he could, now was no time for subtly.

She could complain about him being rough later.

As he pulled, he held firm, making sure she would not hit herself too much on the way out. And then he took them to where he thought and hoped would be the best location to brace. In the centre of the ship. Although, he also knew Theodore was in medical and would likely be knocked about too. But he could only deal with one situation at a time, he would have to suffer.

One for the many.

In the centre of the ship, he pulled as many boxes as his limited understanding of the Force might allow, placing them around them, to create something of a buffer. He knew it likely wouldn't do much but it was something as this was about to get very rough. They were bound to be knocked about, this was the best he could think of with such limited options.

He called out on the com.

"Ready Captain! Braced."

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[Riya Deabla]

Spoiler: Apologies

Sorry, something came up and it was difficult to get online.

Riya's entire life flashed before her eyes and it was...depressing. She'd never accomplished anything spectacular. Never had a grand adventure, and she never even found anyone she could bond with, not even a droid. She was utterly alone.

The flashback through her life caused her detrimental cognition and processing and before she knew, Trodai was gathering her up and was running to the center of the ship. For once, she was silent, glancing around as he barricaded them with as much safety as he could but her thought was on the Captain. Where was he? Was he going tot die? She needed to save him too.

She knew she only had one thing to do. Taking out a screwdriver, she took apart a panel in the floor. "Please be here, please be here," she muttered, fishing through the many wires until she saw a delicate purple one. She knew without a doubt that this was it, this would help if she could get to it in time. Riya spliced the line before entwining it with a large black and yellow one she had opened. With a final plug of her datapad into the wires, she handed it off to Trodai. "Can you do that lightning thing? You know, power the wires? It leads directly to the shield. It can hopefully give us a better chance to survive."

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[Naxa]

BOOM SSSSKKKKKKRRRRTCCKCC KLANG​

The Stardancer crashed. Everyone inside not secured would be thrown about and be hammered against bulkheads, cargo, and even one another. Even the most secured of crew would feel dazed for a few moments. Meanwhile slowing to a hover twenty some meters in the air was N4-X4's starfighter. It's ventral mounted groundsweeper cannon adjusted to cover the exits and shoot anyone that came out. The weapon was set to semi automatic fire and to stun. The droid further tapped a few controls and adjusted shields to the nose and belly of their starfighter, maximizing their defense in the event they had some surprise small arms fire from the occupants of the light freighter.

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[Cremek "Krayt" Candorus]

Unfortunately for the crew, where they landed was god knows how far from the launchpad cremek was at, it would have taken him at least an hour to get there. cursing to himself, he immediately goes to make plans for their rescue if needed, moving to the ship.

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ooc: thread exit attempt, not much cremek can do here.

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[Trodai Narat-iv-Adas]

Trodai looked upon Riya, shaking his head. He wished he did know how to fling lightning but he had yet to learn it, or much else for that matter. But he was not without other tricks. He spoke out, attempting to help before all hell broke loose.

"I'm afraid not, at least not yet. It's a technique I didn't manage to learn just yet before I left, and besides it's not the easiest to control, very unpredictable...however I'll help however I can."

But just as he was about too, he felt the banging and heard the screeching as the ship came to a halt. He attempted to shield them both and hold them in place to prevent too much damage. Although it didn't do much good as a small box bounced off his head, causing a small gash and he was forced to duck below others. He used muscular frame to try and shield Riya from the worst.

Although he wasn't sure why he did.

When the ship settled, he found himself dangling from a wire upside down. Freeing himself, Troda I checked around for Riya, hoping both she and the Captain survived the crash. He wasn't bothered about the state of Theodore. He would be one less problem.

He asked about.

"Riya? You alive. I think it's over for now, but his still outside. Let's go see if the Captain is ok, the ship can wait."

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[Rylan Vox]

The crash was violent, and Rylan Vox felt himself tossed around like a ragdoll within the Stardancer. Metal shrieked, and various objects collided around him. It was a jarring experience, and it took a moment for him to collect his thoughts.

When the ship finally came to a halt, he quickly unbuckled from his seat and assessed the damage. The Stardancer had clearly seen better days. The primary concern, though, was the relentless droid hunter waiting outside. They had to regroup and come up with a plan if they wanted to survive this.

Rylan moved toward the central area where he had braced himself, noticing that Trodai and Riya had survived the crash as well. He was relieved to see his crew still intact, even if their situation was dire.

"We made it," Rylan said, his voice filled with a mix of determination and urgency. "We need a plan, fast. That droid isn't giving up. We can't let it collect us like trophies. Suggestions?"

Rylan looked to Trodai and Riya, hoping one of them might have an idea for how to deal with their persistent adversary.

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[Naxa]

Spoiler: Music

Song

The stationary YT-1300 was not going anywhere anytime soon. Satisfied with the vehicle’s grounded status, the droid tapped several controls and the canopy of the starfighter opened up to the Nar Shaddaa air. The droid exited the cockpit by dexterously stepping up from its seat and onto the nose. Its magnetic feet kept it secure on the hovering exterior of the ship.

The slave circuit integrated into the Dullahan allowed the Hunter to direct the ships movements remotely. The ship continued to act as the droid’s mobile high ground and descend closer and closer to the surface and the wrecked ship that held his bounty. As it descended, N4-X4 held its sonic rifle at the ready. Popping out of its shoulder casing was the droid’s concealed blaster which swiveled slightly to target a separate potential angle of approach or retreat. Each weapon was set to stun since the droid fully intended to still cash in on the higher bounty which required they turn in the target alive.

Once the droid was down to a safe distance over the crashed Stardancer, they leapt from the nose of the starfighter and landed gracefully on the exterior of the light freighter. The canopy of the starfighter closed, securing its interior from the elements and rising once again to an altitude of twenty meters. The BX commando droid rose from its landing pose, rifle and shoulder mounted blaster at the ready.

As the machine approached the damaged and open dorsal turret well, N4-X4’s left hand released its grip along the stock of the rifle and grabbed a stun gas grenade, setting it to trigger on a standard delay. They held it for three seconds before lobbing it into the turret tunnel that traditionally ran the length of the corellian ship despite their variations. After two more seconds the PL-50 stun gas grenade would fill most of the 34 meter long ship considering the instantaneous dispersal of its gaseous payload would spread to a radius of twelve meters. The tight tunnels of the ship would maximize its effectiveness and further the spread of the gas along the corridors and into open compartments. The safety of the ship’s inside was its passenger’s own undoing.

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[Riya Deabla]

Spoiler: Crash roll

Injury

All of her quick action and attempts lead to nothing. The ship landed hard and sent the small woman flying away from Trodai. Really, they shouldn't be alive. This droid was relentless and what was supposed to be an adventure turned into a nightmare from the moment she stepped onto the ship. Rylan certainly didn't seem to deserve this, and Trodai, though he had his secrets seemed like a good man as well.

When it came down to it: She was out of ideas on how to save them. She wanted to scream, she wanted to cry, but none of that would have done any good. Her body hurt from being thrashed around and it was just one of the worst days of her existence. Or rather, she spoke too soon. As the stun gas began seeping in, she felt her body get heavier and she sunk back to the floor. Riya's arms and legs were unresponsive, weighing her down more than any gravitational device could.

"I don't know," she admits, using all of her strength to pull the datapad attached to her in front of her. It was still wired into the ship and though most of the electronics were down, she had a very small idea. She just needed a little more time, and a big miracle.

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[Naxa]

The droid listened over the distant sound of the Nar Shaddaa traffic. Most people knew to stand clear unless they wanted to get shot at by the mechanized bounty hunter. The droid was comfortable in its programming and would execute any undesirable competitors, perceived or otherwise.

After the stun gas grenade exploded, it dispersed its translucent complement throughout the interior of the ship just as planned. But the droid did not enter the ship right away. It waited a moment to let the gas to have an effect on those inside.

When the droid was ready it took a step over the edge of the make-shift opening and dropped down into the turret-well. Using an outstretched arm the droid grabbed a ladder rung and swung into the main habitation deck of the Stardancer with its weapons at the ready.

There was a voice that echoed up from the settling corellian light freighter which the droid detected with its audio receptors. It slunk into the shadows provided by the damaged vessel. Their scatterweave armored chassis coupled with their programming made the killing machine merge with the darkness inside the ship. N4-X4 had made it inside the Stardancer.


@Zory @mataldematt @Akheron

Spoiler: OOC

Since only Zory responded in time, everyone else is further along in breathing the stun gas. Second stage. “On the first round, anyone breathing in will feel fatigued, second round extreme drowsiness and on the third, the person is knocked out and asleep.”

 

[Trodai Narat-iv-Adas]

Trodai turned to face the Captain as he heard a mighty bang or at least he could hear it. His heightened senses picking up the heavy sound of metal meeting metal somewhere. As the grenade went off, he heard the bang and reacted instinctively, gripping a sword as he went forwards.

He spoke before the nauseous gas gathered around them.

"I don't relish the idea either, but our options are very slim. The only way out is to separate, he wants me and not both of you. I will find him, see what I can do. But in the eventuality if I don't return, if I live I will repay my debt and see to it the ship is repaired. On a letter side if I don't...it was a pleasure. Regardless it's time I meet my hunter. And end this farce. Look after Riya, she looks like she needs help. Stay here, I'll see what I can do."

With that he departed further into the ship, coughing and sputtering even as he attempted to cover his mouth with one hand. He found himself getting really drowsy the further he went into the black dark of the hallways. Yet the Force was his guide, leading the way in the black of night. There in the dark he spotted him.

His opponent, his white eyes shining out in the dark even in the mist of the gas.

There despite the drowsiness, Trodai made a stand. Grabbing his sword grip, he charged hoping to reach the droid, before he was spotted. It was a long shot, but it was all he had left.

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[Naxa]

The droid stood quietly in the shadows of the ship. It listened to the creaking and groaning of the damaged Stardancer around them, analyzing what was environmental and what was prey. The direction of the dialogue from the red skinned being would give his position away.

In the darkness, the droid waited with two weapons leveled at the direction of the voice. The gas continued to have its effect on the pure blood. N4-X4 could tell after the first few steps that their target was hampered by the stun gas and it was unlikely to even reach the commando droid before passing out. It appeared that Suspect Two was not wearing a face covering and openly breathing the air.

The sword wielding target charged Naxa. The two barrels of the droid's weapons raised but the sith pureblood would fall onto the deck of the ship before reaching the droid. He had succumbed to the stun gas as had everyone else inside the ship.

N4-X4 approached the knocked out target and subsequently checked the rest of the ship. The Hunter did not find Suspect One but they concluded it was fine to come away with at least one bounty. Suspect Two was worth fifty five thousand dead, but twice as much alive.

The Stardancer and those inside it would be left alone except for the red skinned organic. It collected the swords and items belonging to the target and secure them for their own use. The Dullahan descended again to take on new cargo. The next stop for the commando droid was the Corporate Sector Authority.

Exit Thread​

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Spoiler: OOC

Autohit due to inadequate defense. Just covering your mouth with one hand for a little bit is not enough to resist the grenade's effects.

This is the 100th post of N4-X4 and the 100th post of this thread. Just a bit cool and thought I'd point it out.