A brilliant fire
Nar Shaddaa
Outfit: Smuggler outfit
Weapons: Blasters
Nar Shaddaa had never needed a major galactic power to make it dangerous. The Black Syndicate had fallen from the position it once held, but Valery knew better than to assume that meant organized crime had weakened with it. Power simply changed hands. Hutts still controlled fortunes, smugglers still moved anything for the right price, and countless smaller organizations were eager to claim whatever territory had been left behind. If Valery wanted to understand the Galaxy she had returned to, she needed to know who controlled its shadows as well.
That investigation had been going rather well until somebody started shooting at her.
Valery pressed herself against the corner of a durasteel building as another blaster bolt tore past, showering the alley with sparks. Her white shirt was stained from the grime and rain, sleeves rolled above her elbows, while a leather shoulder holster kept her second pistol close. She leaned out and fired twice. The first bolt dropped a man behind a stack of crates. The second struck the weapon from another thug's hand before a follow-up shot sent him sprawling.
Then there was finally silence.
"Could've just answered my questions," Valery muttered.
She lowered the blaster and stepped over one of the fallen attackers, eyes scanning the neon-lit street ahead. There would be more coming. People didn't start a firefight on Nar Shaddaa without somebody eventually taking an interest, and Valery had no intention of being around when reinforcements arrived.
Her pistol disappeared back into its holster as she slipped into another alley and picked up her pace. Dark hair swayed behind her in a high ponytail while she moved between crowds, market stalls and service passages, all in an attempt to make her route difficult to follow. The Force helped her feel for danger ahead, but she resisted the temptation to disappear entirely.
Someone had ordered those men after her and she wanted to know who it was.
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