D r o z _ M u n i n
Objective | Slaughter and wreak havoc
Company | Fellow Marauders
Targets | Civilians / Anyone who gets in his way
Hovering droids with cameras built into them flying around, taking pictures of each and every hostage while also streaming a live feed to the screens across Umbara and to the Holonet. Faces of men, women, children, soldiers, Jedi were posted, so that the Galaxy and everyone involved in the situation on Umbara would see the faces of loved ones, friends, and family before the Confederacy and Silver Jedi's actions would result in their deaths. Dozens of hostages were being held in the capital by Droz and his marauders spread throughout the herd of sacrificial lambs to use them as shields. In the time since his last broadcast, Droz received several communications from the opposition, all of which were threatening to him. A Jedi Master by the name of [member="Yuroic Xeraix"] oddly enough, sent him a message along with an execution of one of his marauders via beheading. Interesting, though not the Jedi way though Droz did admire their resolve despite his attempt to threaten the man that held the trigger to nearly a hundred hostages herded together. If they wished to test Droz's resolve he would show them that he meant business and was not messing around.
Out of respect for the Jedi Master's resolve and challenge, Droz would grace him with a response. A droid would record a message as Droz spoke in Mandalorian, the voice of [member="Allya Vi'dreya"] being heard as the droid was running a playback of her threatening words " I respect your words Jedi, but know, that the deaths of any of these hostages are not on me. They are on you and your allies. Take this child for example, a little lady of small stature, speaking on behalf of your allies in the Confederacy. Not only will I not be berated by a child who doesn't understand the old ways, but I will not be addressed in a threatening tone when I hold the fate of these hostages in my hands. This child knows nothing of honor, of loyalty, service to Mandalore. Her words are nothing but the yippings of a runt Akk dog, and her words have resulted in the death of your people. So by all means, hate me for what I do, but do not blame me for the deaths of hostages going forward. " Droz would press a button on his vambrace as the droid turned to look at a row of four hostages on their knees. One was the Jedi that Droz had nearly killed earlier, a young woman with a battered and bruised face after Droz had sent their knee into their face repeatedly. Another was a Confederacy soldier, more specifically a Dauntless commando. The last two were children, a brother and sister, no older than the age of fourteen and fifteen respectively. A red light would flash on their collars before they detonated. In a spectacular but controlled explosion, the heads of the four would be blown off as their headless bodies fell forward to the dirt following a spectacular spray of blood, bone fragments and spinal fluids.
The message would continue to record as a new pair of survivors were shown, a man and woman who were weeping over the bodies of the two children, presumably the mother and father. Droz would speak once more, " As for your challenge. You should know by now that this is the will and desire of Mand'alor. Our attack on Umbara will be the first of many to restore our honor after our humiliating defeat on Eshan. If you wish to challenge anyone to command me or any of Clan Cadera here on Umbara, you should know well that Mand'alor is the one you challenge. Strength is life, for the strong have the right to rule. " Droz would pause as he looked down on the mother and father weeping for their lost children, debating on whether he would execute them for Yuroic's threat. He would later decide against it as he turned back to the droid recording. He was about to continue speaking before he heard blaster fire followed by the sound of three more bomb collars going off because some foolish person either deliberately or completely forgot that the bomb collars were linked to the lifesign of one of the marauders alongside the master switch that Droz had. The droid would turn to see a pompous lizard approaching with a lightsaber as Droz listened to her speak. Apparently she also forgot that Droz would not have any further talks with anyone unless it was to assure him that they would be able to depart from the planet.
Droz's response to her was kicking the mother and father over before pressing a button on his vambrace as their collars went off. Their heads would soon depart from their bodies as they collapsed over the bodies of their children. The mother's headless corpse would be holding the headless girl in her arms as the father's headless corpse was gripping his son's hand tightly. Droz would speak, " That's for my fallen brother that you just killed and presuming to think I wouldn't kill the hostages. You have a red lightsaber but no Sith from the Sith Empire would be all the way here on Umbara, so that means you're one of the Confederacy's lackies. " Droz would turn back to the droid as he spoke to Yuroic, " These are the people you call allies, not having a single care in the Galaxy for your people. Consider whether or not I am your only enemy Jedi. I told them what would happen if they tried to approach me, and yet they still come to see the heads roll. " The droid would emit a clicking sound as it took a picture of Ahron to post as the result of five civilian deaths in a sick and twisted visual representation of who was responsible for the hostages death that was being updated on the holonet. [member="Ahron Rol"]'s face and the faces of the five people who just died via bomb collar would appear next to a picture of Allya Vi'dreya who had the faces of the four people executed because of her empty threats. The blasters of the Maruaders present would train themselves on the lizard from multiple directions.
Even if they were Sith, they still couldn't protect themselves from a barrage of blaster bolts coming from trained Mandalorians at multiple angles. The Jedi learned that the hard way during the falling of the Galactic Republic hundreds of years ago when Order 66 was issued. And even if the Lizard managed to kill any of the marauders, they would also be killing the hostages as well as a direct result. Droz also held the master switch to all the bomb collars, so his death would result in all of the hostages dying. He was not afraid of death, he welcomed it as he did with the Mandalorian Code. Death is life, one should die as they have lived, and dying amidst the bodies of hundreds suited Droz just fine if it came to it. He was not afraid to kill the hostages off, one by one to make a point in order to tell the lizard to kark off. He would not discuss with a lizard who thought they knew of anything, his only responses would be the bodies of either civilians or combatants. How far would the lizard go to hurt the relations between the Confederacy and their allies in the Silver Jedi if they would be the reason why potentially dozens more hostages would die needlessly over useless conversation?
Droz had made his demands, and would not take any less than what was demanded. All in the name of Clan Cadera and Mand'alor.
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Hacked security footage would be streamed from the docks to screens across Umbara showing Silver Jedi forces gunning down hostages at the orders of a Verpine as the Mandalorians attempted to herd them onto transport shuttles. The cleverly edited words broadcasting in unison with the playback " To all Jedi forces. Ignore any prisoners they have taken and shoot through them if it means killing the Mandalorians. ". Blaster bolt ridden corpses of civilians would litter the landing pads that would raise the question; who really were the bad guys? Was it just the Mandalorians who killed both soldiers and civilians as one of their traditional raids which was typically expected of them? Or was it perhaps the Jedi and the Confederacy who did not care for the lives of their own people despite their calls to protect their own?
