Eu, Sir! On the Explosives Crate! Mandalorian Empire/Clans of Mandalore Dominion of Euceron

[Stardust Solus Skirae]

Location - great dordon caves
Objective one
Allies - [member="Yasha Cadera"][member="Laandur Solus"][member="Taozi Fuyuan"][member="Beth Cadera"][member="Valdus Bral"][member="Sterling Kinslayer"]

She nodded, looking at the ARC fighter as she grinned and rubbed her hands...felt like a kid getting a gift! Star ran over to it looking for but a minute before moving off to the pilot seat and climbed inside as she hopped into the seat as she quickly started getting every online and running.

Once jade was on board she would nod and smile taking off slowly and then followed

[member="Jade Solus Skirae"]

 

[Adenn Kyramud]

After Adenn reported in, he looked around the combat zone and listened to what the Mand'alor said. So, someone was trying to dispose of some rule ror another. That was something they simply couldn't allow to happen. Adenn then noticed some ARC-170 lookalikes coming in. They were from Clan Bral, very interesting. He then saw how [member="Yasha Cadera"] got into one ARC, and [member="Stardust Solus Skirae"] got into another. No doubt they'd fill up those spots soon, so Adenn would simply fly along with his jetpack.

Thankfully it had enough fuel for such a trip, and just enough speed to stay along. But then, Adenn had another idea while gazing at the ARCs. Grinning to himself, Adenn went to the Mand'alors ship.
"Mind if I tag along ma'am?" He gave a dry chuckle and watched as they got in the ship. "I'll just hang on real tight."

With that said, Adenn did something that no sane person would ever even think about doing. He clambered onto the ARC and hung on as it took off. Activating his magnetic boots and gloves, Adenn held on. He had positioned himself so that he wouldn't block anyones view, but also so that he could see and hear what they said.
"Sorry for the unexpected hitchhike, but this is easier than flying myself there. I'll hope off when we're above the target." Adenn chuckled again as if he were having the time of his life, which, in all honesty, he was. From there, Adenn merely listened in on what they said. He could easily tell that the Mand'alor didn't like flying, but didn't say anything.
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It took some time, but eventually they got to the city, and once there, Adenn did something "stupid" again.
"This is my stop Mand'alor, thanks for the lift." Adenn laughed lightly before giving a two fingered salute to her. At that, Adenn then jumped off of the ARC and plummeted towards the planet below. Letting out another almost maniacal laugh, Adenn kept falling, aiming towards the negotiation sight. He used his jetpack to slow himself slightly, and to aim properly. Other than that though, Adenn fell, all the while laughing with glee.

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[member="Yasha Cadera"][member="Laandur Solus"] [member="Mig Gred"] [member="Taozi Fuyuan"] [member="Beth Cadera"] [member="Valdus Bral"] [member="Sterling Kinslayer"] [member="Stardust Solus Skirae"] [member="Kanta Tukka"] [member="Jade Solus Skirae"]

 

[Kanta Tukka]

Location: Great Dordon Cave
Objective: 1
Enemies: ME [member="Adenn Kyramud"] [member="Beth Cadera"] [member="Stardust Solus Skirae"] [member="Mig Gred"] [member="Valdus Bral"] [member="Laandur Solus"] [member="Sterling Kinslayer"] [member="Jade Solus Skirae"] [member="Taozi Fuyuan"]
Allies: Dedric the Despicable, Bickner Abbotshubbin, Raska, Praska, Goob, Pinthresth

Praska and Raska saw their last sight, as Kanta in his coconut armour, bludgeoned them to death with the only piece of shrapnel Kanta could lift.

Trotting back to Laandur, Kanta removed his coconut helmet and grinned up with a series of happy chuffs.

Kanta kill enemies of Metal Coconuts! Kanta was brave!

Kanta would get to go home, to Manda-Manda-Yaim. He offered his hand up to Landuur, red from the assault.

Eusebus

Dedric was silent as their brother Hicklesbottom, shot in the head on Contruum. They would show those pesky Mandalorians to want to investigate plants! They’d screw up the chance of Euceron becoming part of the Empire, too!!

Mwahaha. Evil laugh. “Bahaha, but really where is Dedric?” Minklehoof Hicklesbottom bit his lip and shrugged.

Fine. If Dedric was waylaid, he would miss being the hero of Hicklesbottoms! Whistling to himself on the rooftop of Ruler Six’s penthouse, Minklehoof checked in on the progress the diplomatic team was making, then triggered the timer on the bomb.

“Heh heh heeeeh... kaboom!”

 

[Valdus Bral]

Post: 6
Location: Valdus Bral's ship
Allies: [member="Adenn Kyramud"] [member="Stardust Solus Skirae"] [member="Beth Cadera"] [member="Yasha Cadera"] [member="Mig Gred"] [member="Adenn Kyramud"] [member="Sterling Kinslayer"]

Valdus watched [member="Beth Cadera"] , though due to his helmet she couldn't see his face nor his expression. He seemed calm and in the standard Valdus mood. By the looks of it, it seemed as if Beth was going to be fine and that there wasn't anything for him to worry about. Not until she started to slur her words like the village drunk, that is. An audible sound as Valdus cleared his throat was heard when Beth called him pretty and started to mention his lips. A few, long seconds passed before he responded, " Likewise." His gruff tone didn't sound insincere, though there was an awkward sort of drawn out length to his comment. In the background some of his clansmen were scoffing and cracking jokes under muffled voices.

As [member="Taozi Fuyuan"] entered the room and said that she'd be taking over, Valdus' medics looked over their shoulders to [member="Taozi Fuyuan"] and then to their Alor. Valdus gave them a shallow, confirming nod to the medics. The pair then moved away from [member="Beth Cadera"] and began to busy themselves with other tasks; such as joining in on the verbal jabs with the other Bral members. He was going to be hearing this for awhile and even if he didn't hear it in the open, he knew they would be talking about it for at least the next several weeks. Valdus spoke up again, " This...is only temporary, right?" His head still facing Beth, though addressing anyone who could provide him with the answer.

 

[Mig Gred]

Mig nodded to Yasha, not taking notice of the using his first name and climbing into position. He ran through some checks before hearing something outside. He turned to see Adenn of all vod had climbed onto the wing. By the Manda, what was he thinking!? The alor turned the ARC-170's turret to the wing, glaring a bit. "Adenn!? Get your shebs (butt) off this fighter! You need rest!"

After saying this, he shook his head and heard the Mand'alor. She sounded tense, and h could feel a hint of her unease. She sounded almost like when they took a shuttle to Junction. He tried his best to stay calm as he heard Yasha, not wanting to make her even more agitated. "Well, really depends on the devastation Ruler Six wants to cause. Dentons, a Void-7 seismic charge, maybe a concussion charge or Thermite. At worst... Baradium."

Yasha CaderaTaozi FuyuanBeth CaderaValdus BralSterling Kinslayer[member="Stardust Solus Skirae"][member="Adenn Kyramud"]

 

[Laandur Solus]

The recon specialist nodded to the Mand'alor before looking down at [member="Kanta Tukka"] . He was confused for a second before shaking the furry being's hand, and began to speak again. "Thank you for the help, Kanta. I need to ask you some more though. How did you end up with those jerks, and where have they been sense you were captured?"

 

[Yasha Cadera]

Location: Eusebus
Objective: 1
Allies: ME [member="Adenn Kyramud"] [member="Beth Cadera"] [member="Stardust Solus Skirae"] [member="Mig Gred"] [member="Valdus Bral"] [member="Laandur Solus"] [member="Sterling Kinslayer"] [member="Jade Solus Skirae"] [member="Taozi Fuyuan"]
Enemies: Dedric the Despicable, Bickner Abbotshubbin, Raska, Praska, Goob, Pinthresth, [member="Kanta Tukka"]

“Mama, you’re looking for a rooftop garden. I’m catching an ionic flux in a couple of city blocks, but I can’t narrow it down, while I negotiate our treaty. From what we figure, Ruler Six is locked inside his flat.” Cerani’s perpetually cheerful voice hit Yasha’s comm right about the moment, when Adenn Kyramud jumped on their ARC and hung on for the ride.

“HOLY MOTHER OF MANDA WHAT IS HE DOING!?” Yasha yelped, to Tuulu and Mig as Adenn clung to the ship. Tuulu swore, as the ship jittered, and he compensated for the weight on the wing. The act of the ship’s equalization had Yasha grabbing at the cockpit around them with both hands, accidentally triggering the release mechanism for her helm. Both feet shoved at the other chair and edge of the cockpit. Comm off, she shrieked in abject terror, eyes clenched shut. Tuulu flicked the droid brain autopilot and swivelled in his chair to grab both of Yasha’s hands.

“You’re on Euceron. This ship won’t crash. Deep breath and hold it.” Tuulu pressed his forehead to hers, a brief moment of seldom displayed affection to the usually strong woman. The fighter swerved to avoid a rock formation, and Yasha shrieked through clenched teeth. “You tell anyone and I slit your throat, Mig. She’s been terrified of flight since she was a child fighting in the war. Something about falling from a failed jet pack and cauterizing her uncle’s arm... Yasha, Yaiya, c’yare you’re not f-eth!”

The ship dove under a tunnel, spinning in a corkscrew until levelling out. Tuulu glanced up to see Adenn still holding on.

“Remind me to buy that man a drink... Cerani commed. A rooftop garden, Yaiya. That’s where the explosives will be. The thermite or Void-7. Take your mind to the problem at hand. You can... you can. How do we scan for the explosives, Yaiya? There are nine gardens. Yaiya, Follow your duty to Mandalore... or Mandalore has no use for you.” The perpetual statement from her own Death Watch protectors. Be of use, give your life or be forfeit.

The war torn once child-soldier, thrust in a role too soon, gasped and with a shaking hand, triggered her helm to cover her face.

“M-m-Mig... th-there’s an explosive residue. Acts like m-manure. Cerani, show me the city schematic.” Mandalore demanded, and it was the Infernal’s price to pay. Cerani patched through to Yasha’s HUD, and waited.

“Wait... no horticulturist would place that much fertilizer near the irli trees. The nitrogen would kill the fruit before it ripened on the vine. Dentons. There. Nobody pays that much for a garden installation and does that.” Yasha sent the information on, and Tuulu set coordinates.

“Go in hot. Stop the bomb, and the Ruling Power will sign the treaty.” Cerani’s peppering voice coated the commlinks. Tuulu punched the engines, glad when Adenn didn’t fall off.

“Let me out.” Yasha said. There Erebus was, the cityscape before them.

 

[Mig Gred]

Mig looked back to where Tuulu would be, nodding and saying "I'm as good as mute on this. Seen it before too." He then heard them saying there was... manure? And Dentons? This didn't make sense. Sure, dentons were powerful, but why in the over fertilized gar.... Poodoo! He then realized what was going on. Yasha was right. No horticulturist would do that, and it wasn't one that did.

"Mand'alor, that's it! It's a dang IED. Ruler six is going to use the dentons to spark off the fertilizer! Make the explosion more powerful and make it harder to investigate. Everyone would look for one explosive, or a set of the same device. Not this." Mig braced a bit as he heard Yasha, he quickly tried to speak to her again, staying a bit calmer. "Stay with us, Yasha. We're almost there." I hope. Once on the ground, Mig quickly ran to the garden, hoping they wouldn't be too late.

[member="Yasha Cadera"] [member="Adenn Kyramud"]

 

[Adenn Kyramud]

Once the Mand'alor spotted him on the wing of the ARC, all hell broke loose for Adenn. The ship dived, twisted, turned, and did everything in its power to try and fling him off of it. All because the Mand'alor was so surprised in seeing him. It really shouldn't be a surprise to her, he had pulled similar crazy stunts in the past before. She should have hopefully gotten used to it, apparently not.
"Apologies Mand'alor, I wasn't expecting this reaction from you."

Adenn chuckled and continued to listen in on them speaking. So, the target was in a garden, near Ruler Sixes penthouse, or even on it. Thankfully in all the speeding, they had arrived above the city and were nearing said rules house. Adenn smirked then, looking around. Using his visors zoom feature, he was able to spot a figure on the garden of ruler sixes penthouse. Chuckling ominously, Adenn spoke to the occupants of the fighter then.
"I'll get the bomber then. Wish me luck!" He laughed then.

With that said, Adenn leapt off of the ARC and down towards the penthouse. He had a maniacal grin on his face, and a maniacal laugh coming from his mouth. He was having the time of his life. Thankfully the person on top of the garden was in a highly visible spot for him, then again, most everything was highly visible from up here.

Chuckling to himself again, Adenn positioned himself so that he'd either hit right on top of the persons position, or right next to him. Laughing openly now, Adenn came down with a crash, stopping himself from being seriously harmed by use of his jetpack. However, in his haste, he had landed right on top of the poor man. And, no matter how much he slowed himself down, Adenn still came down like a meteor. A meteor that had just squashed its unfortunate victim.

The man, whoever he had been, now was a blob of a man with two holes going from his shoulders to his torso, while his legs were folded in on themselves. Looking down and sneering in disgust, Adenn stepped out of the mans body and looked around. Supposedly there were explosives here, which meant there must be a detonator as well. It was then that Adenn heard a faint beeping; following the source of the sound with his eyes, Adenn found the detonator, lying a few meters away from the body. It must've been flung there during his landing.

Shaking his head to himself in amusement, Adenn made his way to the detonator before stooping and picking it up. Examining it, Adenn spotted the count down timer. Then he spotted the off switch and flipped it. Immediately the timer stopped, and Adenn was left standing there, grinning behind his helmet. Opening up his comms to the Mand'alor and the other necessary people, he spoke.
"The bombs been deactivated, and the terrorist." He glanced at the body then, "Well, the terrorist won't be bothering anyone ever again." He chuckled a bit at that, waiting to see if anyone had a reply to him.

[member="Yasha Cadera"] [member="Mig Gred"] [member="Valdus Bral"] [member="Laandur Solus"] [member="Kanta Tukka"]

 

[Yasha Cadera]

Location: Eusebus
Objective: 1
Allies: ME [member="Adenn Kyramud"] [member="Beth Cadera"] [member="Stardust Solus Skirae"] [member="Mig Gred"] [member="Valdus Bral"] [member="Laandur Solus"] [member="Sterling Kinslayer"] [member="Jade Solus Skirae"] [member="Taozi Fuyuan"]
Enemies: Dedric the Despicable, Bickner Abbotshubbin, Raska, Praska, Goob, Pinthresth, [member="Kanta Tukka"]

Yasha grit her teeth and attempted to ease in the co-pilot’s chair, as Kyramud’s voice echoed through the comm. She shut her eyes and turned her head physically away, trying to control her breathing as her body shook under her beskar’kandar. Small craft flight… why did it have to be this small craft Adenn hung off of for a ride?!

She tried to send a ‘thumbs up’ in Adenn’s direction, a little message to let him know she heard.

“Stay… stay…” She focused her breathing in a whimper as the ship banked in a turn toward the scanned location of the excess fertilizer and IED. “Fffffffocus… someone shoot me in the face to save me from my humiliation.”

“Belay that. Yaiya, breathe. Kyramud! We’re landing i-oh monkey feathers.” Tuulu groaned as again [member="Adenn Kyramud"] did the unthinkable: this time jumping off the ARC.

“AW MY FLYING GODDESS AND HER UNDERPINNINGS! WHY!? WHY IS HE JUMPING OFF!?” Yasha screamed, as Adenn’s body collided quite… messily with what appeared to be the bomber. “Oh… ooooooooo… ssssssplat.”

The small, light fighter finally landed on the rooftop properly, and Tuulu yanked out of his harness to attend to Yasha. He got her up and moving, which now that the ground was within reach of her boots, was exactly where the Infernal wished to be.

“Cerani, did you g-“

“AW DUDE! He got him! Did you see that!? We saw it! Wait, Mama, hold on…” Cerani’s voice flickered, as audio turned to audio-visual in the bottom right corner of every Mandalorian HUD on Euceron. A dour and grey skinned collection of five Euceron stood around a ceremonial table, the documents signing over the possession of their planet on a datapad in the centre.

“Mand’alor. We salute any efforts, which include the blatant disregard of your safety for the betterment of people other than yourselves. This act in ridding us of the threat posed by Ruler Six’s menagerie, and its’… creative conclusion has touched out rational minds.

If your soldiers are so willing to protect unknown beings, how much more will they act with impunity, once we are all one? In accordance with Euceron law, and after discussing diplomatic options with your attache, we, the Ruling Power of Euceron elect to join the Clans of Mandalore, and your great, magnanimous Empire. May you defend us, as this… Alor? Defended my brother’s roof.” With another grave bow from first Ruler One, then the others, the documents were signed.

What turned out to be a search for moss became something greater, and who would have thought a coconut and a crazy Mandalorian hanging off a starfighter would save the day?

“G-good? Yes, good work, Kyramud… you… you did w-you did your job. Gred, mind checking the explosives are disconnected, before the ship takes you back? … I’ll wait here.” Yasha nodded her wolf-helm, refusing to let any of the Mandalorians see her face.

“You want to stay on the roof with a mushy corpse…” Tuulu sidled closer.

“Correction. Roof garden… and yes. For… clean up purposes… the authorities will no doubt be along.” Please for the love of Manda, do not put her in another small aircraft for a few minutes. Just a few. Tuulu stood guard, as Cerani’s voice peppered around chatting with the Ruling Power, who now that the threat was over, signed the treaty to join the Clans of Mandalore.

Reaching over to Adenn, Yasha went to tap him on the shoulder, and seeing the state of his armour, decided to instead, give the man a wave.

The End