Location: Santaissa, Kaeshana
Objective: Liberate her home, slaughter space fascists.
The Eldorai were not easily cowed or misled by false promises. Indeed, there was one thing all of them could agree on, despite the manifold differences that so often drove them apart: They did not take kindly to foreign tyrants telling them to bend a knee to them. They preferred their own despots, thank you very much.
Today, Kaeshana would become a battleground in the conflict between the First Order and the Galactic Alliance. Today, one of its most distinguished citizens would return to fight for her adopted home. Lady Siobhan Kerrigan, Countess, co-CEO of Firemane Industries, former Exarch of the Omega Protectorate.
A swarm of Firemane dropships roared through the atmosphere, descending upon the mountains that overlooked the ruins of Santaissa, the shattered Eldorai capital. The Eldorai had suffered, they had been tested, but the struggle had not broken them - and she would be damned if she the space fascists and the Sith confederates put her former home under the yoke.
The Countess was rigid as a statue as the transport ships descended. She was clad from head to in her custom
beskar'gam, which blended Mandalorian practicality with Eldorai aesthetics. It was styled after the armour of Ariane the Conqueror, the greatest Eldorai Star Queen of old. The symbolism was intentional. Eldorai blood may not flow through her veins, but they were her people.
She carried a bolter, a magnetic revolver, plenty of grenades, hard-sound carbine and her rarely used lightsabre. Within the transport, she was surrounded by Firemane soldiers and Angelii. All of them were experienced, having been tested time and again in the flames of battle. Outwardly, she was poised and stoic, but inside she was burning with righteous fury, to the point where her aura seemed incandescent. It was likely that their arrival would be detected by the First Order, but she cared not. Let the enemy come.
Other forces would be dispatched across Kaeshana to secure the planet and link up with the Eldorai and Kar'zun resisting the invasion. Old grudges would be cast aside in the name of the protection of Kaeshana. The Star Queen, Ashira bless her name, had declared a Holy War.
Engines roared and a cold breeze blew their way when the dropship, one of many, landed. The landing ramp lowered with a hiss and immediately Firemane soldiers swarmed out, setting up defensive positions. From these mountains, one could overlook what was left of Santaissa. True to form, Siobhan was the first out. Ahead of her, she could see the ruins of the Kerrigan-Alcori villa, for it had not escaped the devastation caused by the asteroid. Heavy war machines, walkers and artillery would be deployed.
She glanced towards Tempest, her sister-in-arms. No dramatic speeches were necessary.
"Home, sweet home. Come on. We shall secure the heights. I want our artillery to rain down death upon any fascist who tries to take the city's ruins. No mercy to fascist and Sith."
[member="Tempest"]
