Private A Drink On New Alderaan

[Percival Io]

The three of them were drawing stares.

Percival could sense the eyes of the other patrons upon him and his brothers. Most were probably just curious—after all, it's not every day you see identical triplets seated at a table in a no-name bar. Never mind that these weren't triplets in the traditional sense, but copies of the same bio-organic droid created by accident. Others among them were probably thinking of the reward for a bounty that had recently been placed on Percival Io's head.

Whichever one of the trio was the "real" Percival didn't matter. After all, who could tell the difference?

His green eyes scanning the crowds to see which one of them would make a move first, Percival was only half-listening to the conversation between his two copies, Scott and the newly-dubbed Galahad. At least, until Scott addressed him directly.

"So what's going to happen now? Are you gonna jam us all together and hope for the best? Copy our memories and dump us?"

"You picked a stupid location to discuss this," Percival replied dryly. "We're being watched."

"Yeah, but our brother here clearly needed a drink." Scott pointed across the table to Galahad, who sat staring numbly into his glass.

"I just want to go home," Galahad whispered.

"The second we go back, the pressure will be one," Scott countered. "They'll want us to make a decision. We can't all be Percival Io, so what are we going to do?"

"Right now we're going back to the ship," Percival replied, standing up. In addition to the sword slung across his back, he carried a holstered pistol and a lightsaber on his belt. Neither of his copies were so well-armed, but they all stood out like sore thumbs as they started to make their way toward the nearest exit.

Shakka Bralor​

 

[Shakka Bralor]

A Drink on New Alderaan

Location:New Alderaan
Allies: None
Enemies: None
Equipment:Equipment In Bio
Song:
She moved into the cantina slowly. She wasn’t exactly in territory that saw her people very often and the last thing she wanted to do was spook the locals. As she entered the bar three young men approached from the opposite direction. How strange she thought they looked completely identical. Which made her start wondering if they were a localized cloning batch or a group of strandcast. One was certainly armed, as her passive sensor pinged off his weapons and a brightly colored alert started flashing on her HUD focused on it.

<Lightsaber detected warning lightsaber detected.>

She brought up her bounty board tie in on her HUD and ran his face through the system.

<Alert Bounties posted on New Alderaan, Abraxin, and Dromund Kaas wanted for multiple counts of Assault with a deadly weapon, Murder, Conspiracy to Commit murder, Vandalism, and Unpaid Parking Tickets. Subject wanted Status Alive.>

Dank farrik too many civilians around for her to use her full arsenal to subdue this guy she was going to have to act quick and do this with minimum force. She adjusted her wrist and fired her dart launcher thrice in quick succession. With any luck the darts would find there mark and she could take in the strange trio with ease.

Percival Io

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[Percival Io]

Percival's superhuman reflexes were roughly comparable to that of a Force User, but he had no extrasensory perceptions. Thus, he was lucky that their attacker elected to face them head-on, firing darts at each brother in rapid succession. They all saw it coming and had a chance to react, dodging and ducking to avoid being hit.

Well, all except for Scott. One of the darts struck the left side of his chest, and in moments he went down like a sack of protatoes. Galahad took cover, sneaking panicked glances toward his unconscious brother.

Only Percival remained. He activated his personal shield and unsheathed his sword, ready to defend his brothers. The Twi'lek in front of him was clad in Mandalorian armor. A bounty hunter or mercenary? He swung his blade at her wrist launcher.

Shakka Bralor​

 

[Shakka Bralor]

A Drink on New Alderaan

Location:New Alderaan
Allies: None
Enemies: None
Equipment:Equipment In Bio
Song:
As one fell and the other fled only one remained standing based on the way he moved he appeared to be the leader of the trio and more than likely the one actually wanted in the bounty. As his blade swung towards her gauntlet dart launcher she brought her wrist out of line then slammed her beskar clad fist into the back of the blade driving it down towards the dirt.

”Alright little clone. You want to play hard ball, we'll play hard ball.”

Her wrist mount blaster fired two stun pulses in quick succession, perfect non-lethal distraction as she drew her beskad. She fired her sonic repulsor as she advanced working hard to keep him on the back step.

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[Percival Io]

The first pulse hit Percival. His systems went a little jittery, but failsafe measures and built-in insulation were quick to come to his defense. The second pulse missed him as he darted out of the way.

The sonic repulsor was a hell of a thing, though. Percival was blasted back, knocking over a table where two aliens were playing pazaak. As the blue, red, and green cards went flying, the rest of the bar erupted into chaos as patrons either fled the premises or drew their own weapons.

An all-out brawl had broken out by the time Percival sat up. Gritting his teeth, he thrust his hand toward the fallen table, the presser organ in his wrist throwing it toward the bounty hunter with quite a bit of force. He hoped that it would distract her while he switched to his disruptor, took aim, and fired.

Shakka Bralor​

 

[Shakka Bralor]

A Drink on New Alderaan

Location:New Alderaan
Allies: None
Enemies: Percival Io
Equipment:Equipment In Bio
Song:Her Beskad sliced through whatever the hell he just threw at her; the disruptor shot narrowly avoided scoring the paint off her armor in a section she hoped hadn't struck anyone behind her. She fired her wrist blaster multiple pulses before she began to close. Her HUD displayed the other member of the trio behind her she threw and impact glop grenade behind her incase he suddenly found his courage.

Her grappling line whipped out of her gauntlet and encircled the leader tightly and she pulled him towards her as she bull rushed him intent on smashing him into the wall behind him.

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[Percival Io]

Galahad saw the grenade. Time seemed to slow to a crawl as the device arced through the air toward him. He got up and, finding his courage, ran toward Shakka with claws extended.

Percival was tangled up and being dragged forward, but he simply raised his disruptor to fire at her... only to hesitate. Galahad was too close to where he was aiming. He couldn't afford to accidentally blast his copy, not now.

"Galahad, no!" he shouted, but it was too late. Shakka was already crashing into Percival, the full brunt of her weight and the Mandalorian armor she wore slamming into his body. He was lucky he couldn't feel pain, but warning signals flared across his sensors. Kinetic damage sustained.

Out of desperation Percival screamed, the sonic organ in his throat activating. Right now he was focused only on blasting her back, getting her off of him...

Shakka Bralor​

 

[Shakka Bralor]

A Drink on New Alderaan

Location:New Alderaan
Allies: None
Enemies: Percival Io
Equipment:Equipment In Bio
Song:
The magno-lock soles in her boots kept her from being knocked off her feet from the sudden sonic blast but she was still pushed back a few feet. Her armor systems kept her hearing intact but her ears were still ringing and she was no doubt destined for a massive headache after this. She pushed forward against the scream step by step before grasping him by the collar and slamming her beskar clad head into his.

Her HUD flared with a warning of the oncoming still conscious member now named Galahad. She brought her wrist around one two three round burst of stun pulse, a paralyzing dart, and stun pulse. The claws extended from Galahad indicated she might be facing a trio of strand cast.

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[Percival Io]

As she headbutted him, further warning sirens flaring as he received a mild concussion from the impact, Percival pressed his disruptor pistol to her chest and fired twice - that was as many times as he could afford to pull the trigger without risking the barrel of the gun melting from the energy output.

Galahad was somewhere off to the side, trying to evade her shots. He wasn't in the way. There was nothing to stop Percival this time from shooting to kill.

Shakka Bralor​

 

[Shakka Bralor]

A Drink on New Alderaan

Location:New Alderaan
Allies: None
Enemies: Percival Io
Equipment:Equipment In Bio
Song:
She gritted her teeth in pain as her chest was starting to melt from disruptor fire. The beskar wouldn't hold much longer and the layers underneath would do nothing to stop a disruptor bolt. She needed to end this fast.

Her free hand grasped the disruptor's barrel her crushgaunt activated flattening the barrel that would be the last of that. She placed the barrel of her dart launcher directly to his neck and fired the last of her paralysing darts. Given his resistance to the stun blast she decided to follow it up with several hammer blows to his temple.

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[Percival Io]

Paralyzed, Percival went limp. Even then, Shakka continued to whale on him, striking his temple repeatedly.

Rather than his previous valor, Galahad was hanging back now. The sight of the Mandalorian crushing Percival's disruptor had deterred him from coming to his brother's defense. No, that would be suicide for a lone Chaplain without any weapons.

He knew Percival would understand the strategy, at least. So Galahad turned and ran out of the bar, not out of cowardice, but to watch and wait for the right time to rescue his brothers...

Shakka Bralor​

 

[Shakka Bralor]

A Drink on New Alderaan

Location:New Alderaan
Allies: None
Enemies: Percival Io
Equipment:Equipment In Bio
Song:
She took a breath as the man held in her grip finally went limp. She scanned the cantina kriff… The last one must have jumped out the moment she was distracted. She pulled out several pairs of stun cuffs and bound the arms and legs of the two she still had together. That should keep them from running when they wake up. She quickly searched both of them, stripping them of any weapons or tools she could find. She pulled the lightsaber next. They were such a strange weapon she thumbed the activation button, a pink blade of energy shot from the emitter lighting the room in a strange glow.

She thumbed it off before clipping it to her belt. She bent down and threw both men over her shoulders with ease. She tossed a few credits to the barkeep who was currently cowering under the bar before carrying the two paralyzed men outside. She quickly dumped them into her speeder before firing it up and taking off for the spaceport

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[Percival Io]

Galahad stayed hidden, observing as the bounty hunter carried his brothers outside and boarded a speeder. He knew he couldn't let them leave the planet - but they were clearly headed for the spaceport. That meant he had little time.

As the speeder vanished into the distance, he jacked another speeder from the parking lot outside the cantina. If the hunter was smart, she'd assume he was following her. So he wouldn't. He'd take an alternate route...

"Galahad to the Holy Grail," he spoke into his comlink. "They've taken Percival and Scott. Headed to the spaceport. Twi'lek female, Mandalorian armor..."

At the spaceport, aboard a transport called the Holy Grail, two droids received his message. Boris and Bram, a pair of Model 3 Neutralizers, exited the vessel and moved to intercept the hunter. They used the bodies of Percival and Scott as beacons, tracking the Chaplains across the landscape. They were waiting for Shakka just inside the entrance of the spaceport, stepping in her way.

"Stop," Boris barked.

"Give up the goods," Bram growled, leveling his wrist launcher at her. "And nobody gets hurt."

Shakka Bralor​

 

[Shakka Bralor]

A Drink on New Alderaan

Location:New Alderaan
Allies: None
Enemies: Percival Io
Equipment:Equipment In Bio
Song:
As Shakka zipped towards the spaceport her HUD pinged with an alert

<Alert Unknown IFFs detected ahead! Alert Unknown IFFs detected ahead!>

Appearing on her sensors were two droids looking like skeletons stood in the entryway of spaceports.

<Stop.> <Give up the goods and nobody gets hurt.>

Their voices rang out. In response Shakka put the speeder into a sliding fishtail kicking up dust and slamming aft end of the speeder into the droid with the raised missile launcher. No, I don't think so. She leapt over the side of the speeder on an instinct ignited the saber she took off the leader. She may not have the same force abilities as the jedi or sith but she did have a jetpack which shot her barreling towards the second droid saber extended to bifurcate it.

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