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Envoy (Jin)

Coruscant, Henyrk's Hunters Base of Operations - Slum District J-27, Undetermined Time



This was a strange group. Henyrk's Hunters so they were called, had carved out a little niche for themselves in the underworld. They'd been born out of fear, whispers of Rakghoul plague sparked their little organization to life, and they'd made a name for themselves murdering anyone who showed signs of infection, while also selling "cures" at a staggering price, when the paranoia faded, they swapped from medicine to narcotics all the while keeping their little patch of turf under their heel. With long trench coats and a reliance on older slughthrowers and heavy blades, they certainly made themselves unique among the gangs in the underworld of Coruscant.

He was still going to kill them, though.

While he'd have preferred bombing, one more incident in the same week would likely warrant the GA to send in an actual response force, so he opted for a more direct approach. Quietly lowering the corpse of the 'Hunter' left to watch the entrance to the ground, Thrandis moved into the run-down warehouse, a suppressed assault rifle taking the place of the freshly sated knife in his hands. The safety was flicked off as he rounded the corner to a ghastly sight.

Bones of "the infected" were displayed proudly about the area, some still with flesh still clinging to it, which explained the smell. Still, from behind the facemask pulled up over his nose Thrandis scowled in a mix of disgust and anger. Karking savages. Also strewn about were the necessities for cooking up narcotics of every kind, weapons unique to the little cadre, and a singular large table where a good fifteen men sat around a table clad in their ridiculous getups.

Clad in all black combat armor, Jorin stepped into the light, weapon up, and let off a quick burst. Blood shot outwards from an Ithorian seated closest to the entrance, and the alien simply collapsed onto the table without so much as a whimper. Chaos erupted as guards were called, all far too dead to be of any use to the Hunters now, and as the muffled crack of Thrandis' rifle filled the room.

It was just another hit, just another strike on a low level gang. But unbeknownst to the black-clad operator, the Hunters kicked up to one of the most powerful organizations in the underworld, his impulsiveness made him sloppy with his recon, and in doing so he missed that the only reason Henyrk's little cult of madness was allowed to continue existing was because they kicked up to the one and only Triad.

And one of them had managed to call for help before he took a bullet.

[member="Jin Shao"]


 
[member="Thrandis Jorin"]

There was a certain balance in the underworld.

The law cared, but didn't know.

The gangs knew, but didn't care.

That was presumably why someone like Jin had as much success as he did. The golden boy of his department, the one with a flawless record and a tendency to overachieve wherever he went. Jin Shao both cared and knew. Jorin's approach had not been a surprise to the Triads, this vigilante had been cutting a bloody path through their affiliates as well as others for the past few months already. Nothing that couldn't be written off, but it was becoming annoying.

Once it became that? That's when someone like Jin was engaged. He was settled in the alleyway close to the Hunters' base. Letting himself take in the smoke of his cigarette and watching the traffic come and go.

Until..

Until, well, hell broke loose. Someone who was just walking through the street wouldn't catch those soft, silent pops in the air. They had more important business to attend to, but Jin?

He knew how late it was.

With a swing (dropping the cigarette and crushing it under his heel) the detective left the alleyway behind and entered the adjacent alley. Stepped on through a door that was unguarded. At this point in time they would all be called to defend against this... vigilante. This Beast of J-27. This man without hope, nor patience or any shred of lenience.

Jin had met dozens of those. They all fell the same.

In the distance he still heard the soft popping, as Jorin took out one hunter after the other.

Shao would be ready for him. Melting into the shadows for now. Letting him weed out the weakest here, before getting involved. Easier that way.
 
Coruscant, Henyrk's Hunters Base of Operations - Slum District J-27, Undetermined Time



They ran, scrambled for guns left unloaded and blades gone dull, the Hunters, for all their brutality and macabre theatrics, had gotten lazy. They hadn't needed to strike as often or with any kind of effort, they'd forgotten what it was like to fight to survive, he hadn't, he never would. The rifle kicked against his shoulder until it ran empty, the room littered with the dead and dying now writhing at the feet of their trophies.

Poetic really.

Drucknwell's glasslands had weathered away any semblance of mercy he had left, but even then this lot, they'd have gotten the same. He didn't reload, there was no need, most every Hunter within a kilometer of the area was dead as far as he knew, and in that aspect he had been through. Always through when it came to the killing. Letting the rifle hang across his chest, he freed a blaster pistol from his thigh holster and approached one of the hunters.

The twi'lek desperately tried to pull himself to his feet, straining against the table. Thrandis wrapped a hand firmly around the animal's lekku and squeezed hard, and cry of pain tried to escape his victim's lips, but no sound came until Jorin slammed his head into the table. Then there was the wet thumps that followed each successive hit, and a muffled cry for mercy.

Two more thumps for good measure, then a blaster shot.

There was a balance in the underworld, yes, and his mission was to disrupt it. Chaos on the homefront was bad for the war effort, especially in one's capital. Jorin had grand plans for disgracing his family name, but first he'd have to wrap up here. Across the room, one of the hunters desperately tried to crawl away, a slick trail of blood in his wake.

A smirk traced his lips as he made his way over, casually picking up one of the Hunter's many axes as he did.

[member="Jin Shao"]


 
[member="Thrandis Jorin"]

From the shadows Jin watched.

What he saw was violence with purpose and not the acts of a mad man. Every action measured, controlled, done with three steps ahead, that made this man more dangerous than the usual butcher. It also meant Jorin had habits that could be exploited. That was the one advantage those without a plan had- you couldn't figure out their moves, because they didn't know what they were either.

Glorious chaos.

He watched as Jorin butchered the second one, axe in hand, then made his move. Stepping out of the shadows, his blaster came out- steadying it on his arm, he shot twice in a row.

Shoulder, knee.

Not a death blow.

They wanted to know if Jorin was acting alone or if there was more to it than that. It could be either way, but the high level of success made them assume the latter. One man couldn't be this good without any form of backup. Better to figure that out first, then take them all out at once rather than kill one head and then see a few dozen more spring up.
 
Coruscant, Henyrk's Hunters Base of Operations - Slum District J-27, Undetermined Time



When preparing for this operation, Thrandis had accounted for seemingly everything, minus the Triad connection. He'd opted for combat armor focused on stopping kinetic damage, bullets and blades, the sort of stuff the Hunter's favored heavily. His kneepads were general purpose, at least, which mean aside from a mean stinging mean that when a blaster bolt slapped into it, he was largely alright. His shoulder however was guarded by ballistic weave and some plating, the kind blaster bolts burned through.

Enough energy was siphoned from the shot to prevent the entirety of his shoulder being cooked, but not enough to prevent a chunk of skin being burned away. But Thrandis had survived far worse, he was no stranger to pain. Dropping the now bloodied axe from his injured arm he quickly let off several shots from his own blaster, aimed vaguely at Shao's chest as he backpedaled.

His eyes shot back and forth wildly, looking for some semblance of cover, from which he could reload his rifle. He'd prepared an emergency exit, always did, but using it was a last resort. Attention was good in the right amount, created the fear he so easily capitalized on, but too much lead to a crackdown, and crackdowns lead to stagnation of progress.

In essence he needed whoever had the balls to shoot him dead and gone. Their shots had been precise, indicated some sort of training, not to mention Thrandis quite literally hadn't seen him coming. The underworld had plenty of sneaky types, but this seemed like the result of training. The man was a professional, something he hadn't encountered in some time down here.

Though it was bound to happen eventually he supposed.

[member="Jin Shao"]


 

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