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Exodus Crash | CIS Invasion of UCM's Eshan Hex

Location: Eshan City Outskirts
Enemies: [member="Rhaegar Nemesis Dib"]

Alkor followed through his attack with a single furious motion. He expected nothing less of a Clansman, of a Mandalorian fully blooded and experienced in the Force. The attack served to lose Rhaegar a single battle in a much more monstrous war. He climbed to new heights of ecstasy and rage in a similarly titanic fashion to his opponent.

Two monolithic creatures of the darkness locked in mortal combat.

Dib. Riduur to Ginnie, former sister to Isley. Adoptive sister to Alkor and to Keira. Familial ties once deeper than blood, now chains bitterly broken. The hammer continually fell on each link, beating the already broken metal into further stress. They could only hope to break, once and for all, and that the Galaxy would spare them further heartache.

That was the curse of the Dark Side of the Force. Inevitably, it led to suffering. It robbed them of the glorious death that Manda promised them, drank up their souls and left them dry. The path of the Mandalorian and the path of Darkness were never intended to converge and coalesce. It was foolish to think they could.

That agony and angst twisted beneath the surface as Rhaegar's pain and vehemence bled out into the Force, and Alkor sensed his malice. His blade raked across the small distance between them, searing close to Dib's face. He intended to use the heat and light from his blade to momentarily blind the other man.

He was rewarded with the molten smell of iron as flecks of red instantly hardened in the heart of his weapon, and gobbets of viscera splashed his face. Alkor had succeeded in drawing first blood, but the fight was far from finished.

The blade spun expertly downward as Alkor circled with Rhaegar, intent never to freely expose any section of his body to a critical attack. They were once Mando'ade together. Their instincts were more than just heightened by the Force. Everything was deeply ingrained, down to blood and bone.

The sound of metals screeching out resounded as Dib's ulterior motive became evident- the Sith sword made contact with the plate that covered Alkor's abdomen and sent a tremor through his core. Shredded armorweave fell away from sections of the bodysuit that were exposed, and bruised flesh coupled with fresh blood became immediately visible.

Frustration mounted at the timing, the microscopic failure, and the audacity that all culminated into Alkor's Mastery of Juyo. He gorged himself over and again on the negativity that coursed through him like a current through a circuit, and his body responded.

Alkor turned his hips all at once, angling so that the Sith sword would have to retreat or face being pinned against his armored torso as his lightsaber sliced cleanly upward. His weapon traveled with singular intent- to part Rhaegar's arm from his body at the shoulder joint. Failing that, putting his opponent on the back foot would serve to mitigate some of the Sith Lord's trickery.
 
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Location: Echani citizenry evacuation site
Allies: [member="Tellu Talon"] |[member="Ayda Elisantra"]
| All CIS Forces
Enemies: All ME Forces
Wearing: Ring of Aspiration | ND-012 “Ri
Qorithttp://starwarsrp.net/topic/126062-nd-012-ri-qorit-disabler/” Disabler
Objective: Assist in the evacuation of those Echani left standing outside the city proper





The shuttle transported Valencia from the battered medical encampments that she’d originally landed in to the fleeing Echani people with as much haste as it was able - and she spent the majority of her idle time aboard listening to the chatter over coms and hoping beyond hope to hear that those she’d come to call friends among the CIS would be confirmed safe. Or at least as safe as anyone could be when they were in an active war zone.

As a smattering of reports came back, she felt the pit that had formed in her stomach ease a little - news that the Vicelord yet lived and that he worked to protect the Queen and her retinue was enough to drag her eyes away from the datapad that she was clutching in her lap. As she eased her grip she felt the ache in her joints that told of tension with which she’d been gripping the small screen. Her eyes drifted up to one of the many tiny porthole windows that lined the cargo hull of the shuttle she’d boarded… And her heart fell.

With a quick flip of her
wrist she’d undone the straps that kept her safely secured to the seat she’d taken for herself - and she slowly rose, leaving the datapad in the now vacant seat as she took several unsteady steps to that window. She lifted that same hand to brace against the side of the ship as she watched things unfold at the palace. The frantic chatter over the coms into her ear was distant and muffled, a low and steady hum buzzing around her head as her eyes struggled to make sense of what they were seeing. She thought she picked out the word ‘worms’ from the frantic shouting in her ear. It certainly helped to solidify what she was seeing.

Her mind drifted for a moment, recalling an afternoon spent in discussion about what sort of risks she’d be asked to take in her new role. How there would be battle, death, danger… A frown formed at the edges of her lips as the fingers that leaned against the edge of the ship slowly curled inwards, pressing those elegantly manicured nails of hers into the soft flesh of her palm. She wasn’t an idiot - she knew that the CIS wasn’t the powerhouse they were because they were known for always finding diplomatic ways to solve things. Her new tutor, for instance, was an example of that made flesh and blood. This was real, tangible proof of what she’d agreed to - and she couldn’t seem to peel her eyes off the wanton destruction. That was until the ship began to dip back down, the direct line of sight she’d had to the palace obscured by the landscape of the edge of the city.

The shuttle touched down with a soft bump, and Valencia took a moment to try and calm the fluttering of her heart in her chest, as the frantic wing beats of a bird against metal bars. As the bay doors opened and the ramp out of the hold extended she steeled herself, hearing distantly once more over the coms the plead from [member="Srina Talon"]
to assist those Eshani who were attempting to flee. She would do her best to save as many lives as she could at this point.

She hurried from the shuttle and noted that many other ships had heeded the call as well, [member="Tellu Talon"]
and her people loading onto the transports, more launching for the safety of the Fortressa with each mounting minute. She didn’t waste time trying to make sense of the madness and instead threw herself into it - helping to unload the transport she’d taken of all their medical supplies. There were tents set up already to assist with the aid of those who would remain or were too wounded to go, and she ensured that they were all well stocked with what she’d brought.

Once the ship was emptied, she set about assisting with the loading of refugees - those Echani that were too wounded, young, or old to fight. Those who had lost everything but the lives they now fled with. It was hard to see such a proud people laid so low, but she was heartened to see their leaders, women like Tellu, still stoic and strong in the midst of it all… There was hope yet for these people.
It was enough to give her pause as the final ship of refugees lifted off from their makeshift encampment - the hope for Eshan’s resilient and bright future forced to flee because of the war zone their home had become. She promised herself silently that if she made it off this planet in one piece that she’d provide assistance to these people, ensure they saw their home restored to its former glory and its people returned to their homes… If their homes remained.

With that piece resolved she opened her coms once more, relaying that Tellu and those of her people who had chosen to leave were safely off the planet. She would remain with those who chose to stay, providing medical assistance and awaiting further orders.
 
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Location: Eshan City, Outskirts
Allies: [member="Ryndrae Talon"] | [member="Ajax Crowe"] (Found you.!) | [member="Lucien Rayne"] | [member="Alkor Centaris"]
Enemies: [member="Rhaegar Nemesis Dib"]
Person of Interest: [member="Kyle Whir"]
Note: Objective has changed...Now on Mercy - Helping Eshan Civillians.
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“I didn’t ask for an excuse, Knight.”

Her tone with [member="Lucien Rayne"] was severe as always. It might have seemed like a taciturn approach to tutelage, however, she sought to prepare him. Naedira believed in harsh consequences. Hard lessons. He wouldn’t forget this anytime soon. That memory, that mote of fear, the remembrance of panic, would keep him alive a lot longer than any armor could. Her student asked about Centaris and the kneeling female released a derisive snort. “To what? Roll into a fight without adequate support?”

“No. I will teach you to win—not to fight fair.”

A one on one, when there was ample support, was a waste of time. Sure, there was honor, etc, etc…But what was honor over being a worm-filled corpse? Naedira only let Centaris go because of a belief that in his current state, the odds, were still in his favor. If they weren’t she might have been singing a different tune. Her focus flickered over to [member="Kyle Whir"] and she couldn’t help but stare. There was something about him that made the hair on the back of her neck stand on end. Even with the smoke and dust that rose from just about everywhere…He was almost as unsettling as Nemesis. “Yeah. He’s mine.”

The Coruscant Security Force personnel seemed to relax at the response. Interesting. She’d half expected a fight, though, it wasn’t the first time that swinging the Exarch’s name around went in her favor. He intoned that their prosecutors would be in contact and the Knight nodded her head in response. It was all that was needed. If he tried to go around the Dread Queen to serve his warrant? She was certain the consequences were clear. No one in the Core wanted to make an enemy out of the Southern Systems. No one.

After the pieces of the SD hit…

Naedira felt like she could have slept for a week. Not five-business days. A solid seven to ten.

She couldn’t believe the garbage that was eschewing itself from the mouth of [member="Rhaegar Nemesis Dib"]. Nemesis. What in the seven hells was he bellowing about? Isley Verd, or rather, Vi’Dreya was in perfect health. Soulless or not…He still led a nation better than half the people in the Galaxy. What was there to complain about? And since when had this Slaughterer of Relovian children ever given a kark about an oath? If it weren’t for the fact that the sky was falling, that they were at War, and that Eshan was being ravaged by the very people sent to “Protect” it—she might have stared. And squinted. Hard.

Maybe getting married to someone he’d tried to kill with an elemental titan on Maramere had caused his black little heart to beat. It still hadn’t done anything for his intellect, however. It was almost a shame. Almost.

The boulder halves that came flying from around [member="Alkor Centaris"] were enough to give anyone a wakeup call. The slender creature was only too lucky that she was low enough to the ground, already, that it sailed right over her head. After blocking the worst of the fall out she could only blink as the Coruscanti figure [[member="Kyle Whir"] threw himself into the fight with Nemesis and Centaris. Was he missing a few marbles? The tell-tale psycho laugh he released caused Naedira to nod her head slowly. Riiiight…

Stand back. Walk away from that hot mess slowly. Yeah, definitely, that was way more crazy than she was prepared to deal with on an empty stomach. He had better not interfere with the timely passing of Nemesis. He had reached his prime long ago. To return to the Manda or to the Force—Naedira cared not. She just knew that the galaxy would be a better place without [member="Rhaegar Nemesis Dib"] in it.

Her focus slid back to her Apprentice when he projected a safe-enough landing zone. Her head nodded while she tried to clear it from exhaustion. Chit. Chit, chit. She felt awful. “We can use the Scimitar Star Couriers. The stealth tech should keep them relatively safe. Especially if we send out groups low and slow to the Fortressa.”

Safer, out there, in another Eshan locale like the City of the Queen—Or among the stars.

Anything was safer than remaining here.

Lucien informed her that he would scout ahead and Naedira reluctantly inclined her head. It was a good idea, and truthfully, despite her brusque personality she could use a moment to catch her breath. To settle—as the rest of Eshan suddenly needed to. “Fine. Don’t get shot.”

“Blown up, stabbed, kidnapped, or anything that might require extensive care. Don’t let go of your weapon. If you see a Mandalorian? Don’t hesitate.”

Naedira turned her gaze toward the direction she knew the palace to be in. Sensors told her about the chaos. About the creature features on parade. About [member="Kaine Australis"] leading the Mandalorian charge. He was pulling out every stop he could to win a war his people had no business starting in the first place. As if the initial orbital bombardment had not happened, torpedoes flew with devastating effects, and even more firepower was set to descend over the Palace.

How the kriff was the building even still standing? Didn’t it seem strange to anyone, anyone at all, that the Confederacy had taken a rather reserved approach? Landing outside Eshan City? Here—the Clans of Mandalore showed zero restraint. It was almost painful, pitiful, to endure while they whipped out toy after toy to try and combat at the inevitable. The Confederacy had left the most destructive of their forces behind by design. It raised the potential for CIS casualties, but lowered, that of the Eshan people.

They were not withdrawing from this battle, despite, taking care of their wounded. The Vicelord would never concede. The Confederacy would endure.

Hidden eyes turned their sights back to the fight that was taking place between [member="Kyle"] Weir, [member="Alkor Centaris"], and [member="Rhaegar Nemesis Dib"]. Her head shook slowly. [member="Ryndrae Talon"] seemed to be watching. Waiting, for the right moment. Naedira lost sight of him—but even still, she wondered what the holdup was. He was so full of hate…It made sense that he would want the savages gone even more than the CIS did. Regardless, her eyes rolled.

Men. Someone needed to die so they could move on. Why did they insist on taking their sweet time?

:: This is the White Crows, Seeking Confederacy Aid, Please respond. ::

Naedira caught the distress call, fairly easily, and noted that Exarch had ordered assistance. The tech in her HUD tracked the coordinates and responded in the affirmative. She was close enough to take this on, provided, Centaris didn’t get himself killed.

Worst babysitting gig ever.

“Hey. About a klick to East, Rayne. There’s some Echani that are radioing for aid. Be on your guard but I’m going to check it out. If the extraction point is solid contact the Fortressa and have them send the transports. See you soon.”

Naedira did not like leaving her student alone. He was likely to lose a few appendages along the way.

At any rate, the masked woman fell into a brief sprint, toward the White Crows, but not without casting another glance toward [member="Alkor Centaris"]. ‘Don’t get arrested, don’t die. Be seeing you.’

Not long later, heading over broken pieces of crete and shrapnel, found her checking out the signal source. She could see a group of Echani but she remained hesitant. The last trio she’d met had been working with the Mandalorians. She lowered herself from the edge of a crumbling wall and her boots made a soft sound. They would hear it. Immediately, her hands raised, to show that she didn’t mean them any harm. “You called for help?”

The pattern on her armor should tell them who she was. Orange hexagons that lit up when she moved, bright, and clear. It was the standard strike armor that all Knights wore. “I’m Knight Darcrath. Of the Confederacy.”, she spoke, briefly, but her focus lingered on one of them that didn’t look too hot. He [[member="Ajax Crowe"]] was propped up against the wall. She had an emergency medi-pack hooked to the back of her utility belt. Bandages, injectable bacta, the works…But she didn’t know if that would be enough.

Stepping forward, she reached up to remove her hood, and auburn locks tumbled free. It was easier to trust someone when they weren’t hiding their face. “…May I?”

 
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Location: Entering Palace through sewers
Allies: The Confederacy of Independent Systems + Allies
Enemies: ME
Wearing: Armor | Leather Pants | Pathfinder Boots | The Forgemaster's Ring | Ring of Stasis | Sofitor
Wielding: 10 Czerka knives | 2 Nastirci Combat Knives | Copero's Wail | Fire and Smoke (lightsabers) | Combat Gauntlets | Knight Obsidian Sword | 2 Dissuader K-30 Pistols with Glitter Bullets
Tags: [member="Cardinal Vi'dreya"] | [member=Voph] | [member="Allya Vi'Dreya"] | [member=Cay-Yo] | [member="Jerek Zenduu"] | [member=Micah] | [member="Valdus Bral"] + those who wish to join

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Emerald green eyes looked at the little [member="Cay-Yo"], unable to hide her own beam of pride as she watched the little dude move forward, his sword held up, his words coming up. He was tiny, but his heart was big enough to fill an entire battalion worth of courage. She was never going to get tired of him or his bandages.

Looking over the male Mandalorian, Madalena lofted a brow. Arrogant? Empty? Did he truly not notice the big Palace-humping worm? She looked to him and the white haired woman (Azure) "Was it a third party that flattened blocks of the capital city, causing death and destruction, and endless collateral damage to all those innocents?" she asked, her glowing eyes focused on both of them, "is it a third party breaking ships and throwing them at us? Is it a third party that has been firing and destroying all along before we even landed on Eshan? You are usurpers, illegal occupiers, and the only reason your ancestors are smiling at you is because they've got gas and you got lettuce between your teeth."

Still, she would not bother them in the evacuation of civilians. She had come here to remove the Mandalorians. If they were removing themselves? That meant her job had become that much easier, even if she was in dire need of a shower.

The cracks were heard. Madalena looked at the civilians pouring in. Where had they come from? The areas surrounding the Palace, before becoming lake, had been empty. The place was like an Echani clown car, apparently. "We have no reason to interfere with civilian evacuation," she said. It was a shame the Confederate ships were so far away, "interfere with my work and I will slit you from prick to nostrils."

Looking at Cay-Yo, the curvaceous Warrior grinned again. "Come, big Cay-Yo. We have business in the throne room."

Whatever it was that had earlier upset the Force within the throne room, it was gone now. Madalena flexed her fingers, feeling the Force move through her. Her goal would be attained only shortly. Trusting Cay-Yo to either follow her or be able to stand up for what he was fighting for, the Sithling wasted no time. Her boots, wet as they were and making shlp shlp sounds with every step, walked her right up to that throne.

And Madalena sat on it.

A few clicks on her commdevice was all that was needed to open the channel. First to the Confederates, then to whoever else was listening. Theoretically, it was meant to be open to the entire planet, but if anyone who was not CIS wasn't hearing, it was hardly her problem.

"Confederates, Madalorians, Echani, other people who are on Eshan," she purred as she crossed her legs, "The Mandalorians still remaining at the palace are removing the last of the civilians – an honorable thing to do and I will not disturb them or stand in their ways. Other Mandalorians have treated this planet like garbage, flattening parts of it, sending death and destructions from the sky, ruining bridges, and unleashing a zoo of big-butted worms. These are the actions of the Mandalorian Empire upon the people of Eshan. And for what?

To those who would make themselves my enemies, who are now considering coming here – I advise you not to. If any comes here with the intent of causing violence or further damage, I warn you – it will be the last thing you do.

I am the Pathfinder and I am proud to announce that I am currently sitting on the throne of Eshan. The throne is free of Mandalorian butt on it, and I will remove my own butt for one person and one person alone - [member="Spencer Jacobs"], the true Queen of Eshan. Your throne awaits you, your Majesty. Ar lasa mala revas."
 
Boots ain't made for walking
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Location: Southern Eshan City.
Objective: Wall Woman vs Wall vs Woman.
Direct Enemies: [member="Talimet Garon"]
Allies: CIS
Enemies: ME
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DnoXuFaX8





Another Varad sniper team above perished, but they were giving as good as they got. Hitting targets, taking out threats as they jumped rooftop to rooftop to better position themselves. Her battle sister Seka leading them through the fray. Burning away above them, thousands upon thousands from the ships in orbit. Those regular men and women crewing the ships that nobody spared much of a second thought about, except maybe at the bar afterward in remembrance.

No time for that here. Landing two good blows of her own. Talimet responded with a good crack against Khia’s helmet. Her metal fist smacking home the reality of the fight. Worthy of her father. Talimet’s knee also caught Khia blaster scarred side painfully again, you could see it in the reaction. Khia tried to catch the knee. The wall-woman attempted to pull it in tight and charge with Talimet’s body into a nearby wall, other arm going across her body to try and push her along with her own shoulder regardless. Probably taking some hits herself as she did so, head down to her chest as she threw her weight forward.

Beneath the helmet a firm grunt then a CRASH.

She went to move them both by force into a nearby wall, Talimet’s body first if possible, then SLAM SLAM SLAM against the back of the ruined structure or floor. Who knows given how damaged some of these structures were, she may go right through it. Wall-woman might not be stopped by a mere Eshan wall, intending to break her opponent upon the Ferrocrete, ending with a choking forearm trying to lock her throat against wherever they ended up, floor or surface.

Sounds. Baridium? Talimet got another opening, as the woman’s head turned. How big an explosion was that going to make. A single missile was anything up to kilometer wide, and two explosions hit. They couldn’t certainly be smaller but to take out a capital ship it was probably going to get hot, very hot. If not an EMP and a large shockwave. There was a genuine pause, thankful she was nowhere near those blasts right about now. A pause which was probably answered with a punch or a kick from one royally frelled off Garon.





Personal Gear:
Armor: Cabur Beskargam, Weapons: 1x MRS-1, 1x Icebreaker , 2x Jackknifes, Melee: 1 x Vibrolasso, 1 x Force Pike, Grenade Belt: x4/5 Mixed Grenades, Gear: Targeting Visor, Lifeform Detector,

Personal NPCs, Background Only - Snipers
7/12 Supercommandos from Clan Varad
3x12 Standard Durasteel armored Clan Varad Mandalorians around the city, background forces. - Some Casualties.
 
Objective: Survie
Allies: ME [member="Kaine Australis"]
Enemy:[member="Shia Kryze"] [member="Srina Talon"]
Equipment: LightSaber, Armour, Healing Amulet, Echani Shield
Ship: H.M.S. Carrnia
1x Noctule squadron on the ground to possibly evacuate the queen
7x Noctule 2 squadron damage or destroyed (in space)
1x Pipistrelle strafing run
6x Pipistrelle with ion torpedoes 4 squadrons destroyed on carrier)
1x company of palace guard at 50% strength
2212x Droids left from the first wave 2328 scrapped
1 further waves of 2214 in each wave
3rd wave of 492

Her fighters rained in at speed, as they fired on the enmey, they enemy fired upon them. The scored a few hits, and took down about six of them. They crashed and burned, into the enemy ranks as they pressed forward. The other six managed to avoid being hit the AA guns, while continuing their attack run. They fired into the enemy ranks, and dodged the AA guns as they did. As the reached the far end of the run, they cloaked themselfs, waiting for another opportunity for an attack run. As the in a second, they would be clashing with their droids as well, no point destroying your own side.

The royal guards, began firing on the enemy from the rear of the formation, with their deadly particle rifles. They had the range on their side, as well as a vantage point. They where some best fighters on Serenno, some even had fought for [member="Adron Malvern"]. Though unlike him, they decide to stay loyal to Serenno, and help the new regime. The second wave droids where running forward, to make the line hold against the onslaught of the CIS troops. The line itself, was firing rapidly into the enemy ranks as they came forward using lances. They came at them in waves, each wave stronger than the last. The Captain of the royal guard, was starting to wonder if it was time to evacuate his men and queen. Though he new she would not allow it, not without a fight. Though her main mission here was complete, as the body of her enemy was now being shipped to her carrier.

She was still meditating with her amulet, but it was time for her to act. She got up still fueling it with darkside, she went out to see what was going on. The amulet had almost fully healed her, and soon she be able to fight as if new. She looked upon the waves of CIS troops coming at them, she then turned and said. ​Advance the droids into them, and we will move back in good order to the transports. Get them into a square formation, as cover. They will not be able to break that, with the cavalry charges. She figured they would defeat the droids, but their numbers would be reduced, to the point they would suicidal to take them down, whilst dug in. As cavalry always fails against infantry who where dug in. The droids began marching towards the CIS troops, this gave them time to fortify their postion.

Space [member="Anton Delane"]
Her fighters where beginning the descent towards the city, they where cloaked. They where coming in slow, so when they did break atmosphere, they would not be noticed. They where going to help the mandalorians, take control of the skies over the palace. They will have the jump on the enemy corvette, but that would only be momentery. Still they have little bit further to go, before they did.

Her dropships past them as they back to the carrier to pick another wave of droids, and drop off the corpse of one [member="Darth Tacitus"]
 
Location: outskirts
Enemy: [member="Alkor Centaris"]
Involved: [member="Kyle Whir"]
Objective: kill

He felt the darkside coursing through, not only himself but, his adversary. Two furious batteries charged by the power of the darkside. And even then in close proximity he felt the loop of power fuelling Alkor. A cold smile colored by his own blood spread across his face as he too tapped into the link of power that circulated between the two former clansmen. Where Alkor used Juyo, Nemesis gave into Vaapad, becoming on half of a perpetually powering super conductor as he fed on Alkor's rage which in turn offered him a boost of power that was equally available to the dar'manda. An uninterrupted circuit of darkside power growing with every second that turned two warring mortals into demigods.

The force flowed through all things, the tainted air swirling around them still, the solid earth beneath their feet, even the fallen that lay scattered around in various poses. The force touched everything, weaving through all as a tapestry that you could not see without the force. And it was this tapestry that Nemesis had been reweaving with the darkside, changing the status quo since their joining in combat.

The moisture in the air was drawing in, being focused around Alkor, the humidity unseen but felt. The solid earth shifted, turning from it's hard surface to quicksand that sought to ensnare his opponent's feet, both Alkor and Kyle. With an icy reserve the moisture condensed about his enemies' forms in an act that sought to slow their movements even more.

And yet his feet stepped on cushions of telekinetic stones.

Even still, as a master of many force traditions and the deep wellspring of experience, Rhaegar's reaction time was slowed to Alkor's pivot.

The sword was pulled with the motion of the dar'manda, choice of being disarmed or unarmed by the path of the lightsaber left instincts reacting. He released his grip on the sword letting it flip away from them, the lightsaber slicing at his torso as his feet sought new purchase to stay with the figure of Alkor. The cane's alchemized sheath rose with how other hand, the force giving bludgeoning strength as he aimed at the other man's neck and jaw.

The smell of ozone and charred flesh as the lightsaber bit into armor weave shirt, cutting into chest before Nemesis' continued turn allowed the light properties of the armor weave to catch the blade and send it skittering from his torso. Smoke wafted from the ionized, slash wound that lay vertically across his chest. Deep enough to illicit waves of pain and restriction from the wounded muscle beneath, but not a severed arm.
 
Location: Eshan City Outskirts
Enemies: [member="Rhaegar Nemesis Dib"]


Alkor's body burnt his furious emotions like fuel, stoking his soul like a Forge. The cold around his body sought to weigh him down like shackles, and perversely, his flesh heated, hissed, and cracked in defiance. Dried out by the flames that burned in his blood, he was given unholy strength and allowed to persist. With an enemy so sharp, he could not be permitted a single error or misstep. Despite his body moving at near normal speeds, Dib had a slight advantage in terms of Force power.

The difference between them was instinct. Rhaegar was calculated, concise, and cunning. Alkor was a Savage. A low, guttural sound issued from his lips, open unbidden, and he reacted. The dark side consumed him from within, rapidly spreading outward to contaminate his vital organs, melting away the previously healed wounds it had inflicted. Alkor had been allowed to grow, to experience life beyond that of a simple killer, but it had taught him only disappointment.

It showed him that for a creature like Alkor Centaris, the darkness' call was too great. Even when he turned away like a prodigal child, its malevolence found him again. He gladly offered his spirit- his very soul up in exchange for the ability to take action. That was his purpose. That was the higher calling he had searched for all his life.

He was a Destroyer. The people of Corellia had been right when their whispers turned to open disdain and they peeled away his humanity. They named him "Demon."

And he was.

Rhaegar expertly managed to maintain his footing, and Alkor anticipated nothing less. His blade bit through the armor of his opponent and he smelled the burnt flesh beneath. The pain that simply became one with both men screamed through their minds. This was the price of betrayal.

It was the price of freedom from the past.

He tugged upward on the rear end of the weapon, aware of the imminent danger. The sheath from Rhaegar's cane came into contact with his bicep, sending a loud crack across it. While not enough to break bone, it caused intense pain. He grunted at that, and twisted slightly on the upper and lower halves of the lightsaber hilt.

In a streak of hot orange, the blade extended several meters. It was close enough that he might be able to perform his own sleight of hand- turning his body and using his weight to apply pressure against the blunt object, he sliced cleanly upward in an attempt to rake his lightsaber across the torso of the other man once more- this time hopefully with more depth.

Alkor could feel the bruise taking form already.
 
Location: outskirts
Enemy: [member="Alkor Centaris"]
Involved: [member="Kyle Whir"]
Objective: kill

Empathy in battle could cause you to falter in the conviction of your actions. Personal ties could stay your hand. Love could create forgiveness which in turn created restraint. That was why the Jedi preached no attachment, why the Sith believed in total surrender to the darkside. Separate doctrines that taught the same thing. To become compromised brought about death.

The two men locked in mortal combat believed and held to the innate truths. All that existed for them in the moment was survival and the utter destruction of their enemy. The cold, calculating rage of Nemesis and the unbridled ferocity inherent in Alkor's savagery gave birth to the purity of their cause. To eradicate whatever, whomever, stood before them.

The earth beneath their feet began to flow, the sand seeking purchase upon Alkor's legs as Rhaegar stood upon cushions of telekinesis. The encompassing circuit of emotion, power, and darkside fused them into a wellspring of power that fed one another their strength, only to return it twofold. The moisture drawn to his opponent's form began to crystallize in an attempt to slow his body.

Left hand extended, an unseen grip collecting his sword, and yanked it towards him, directly to the articulated joints at Alkor's rear. His event shifted, lightsaber flashing in length and following toward Nemesis' body once more with deadly intent. Dropping the sheath work his opposite hand, his palm came up and closed around the blade, a display of tutaminis and telekinesis. The center of his palm blistered yet he held the blade through force of will and power, power fueled in part by Alkor himself, in an interesting grip as eyes flared and deepened a crimson glow.
 
Location: Eshan City Outskirts
Enemies: [member="Rhaegar Nemesis Dib"]

Rhaegar caught the lightsaber by the blade, focused on diverting the plasma away from his flesh. The heat still blistered and cracked sinisterly, but he was saved from being skewered on the energy weapon. Alkor knew that it was a gambit- to leave himself so totally open beggared belief. A skilled combatant would never willfully leave himself so exposed.

He could sense the killing intent, the subtle shifts, the movement of the Force itself. Unnatural as they both were, it wailed in defiance of Dib's power before giving way to his superior will. That was the only reason Alkor could have felt it. When emotions ran this high, they left a trail behind and broadcast more high profile usages.

The elements were against him. His feet gained little purchase on the altered ground, and his breath grew frigid beneath the growing chill that his enemy afflicted him with. He could see hot steam roiling outward from his dry, burning throat. Perspiration beaded across his body as pain and effort accumulated and strangled his physical form.

The Corellian's gaze burned an orange-red color as he refused to give in. All around him, the world had ceased to make sense. Masterful applications of the Force threatened to rob him of the will to go on. Alkor had always survived.

Through his pain, he would continue to do so.

Rhaegar's blade moved as intended, cutting into the meat of Alkor's haunches, spraying life sustaining fluid and soiling the fabric covering his legs. His own gazed locked with the man who once called him brother in brutal defiance. His body reacted by staggering involuntarily forward, but his arms moved with purpose. He could have fought with the man in a losing battle of physical and mental fortitude. At this point, they were both badly wounded, and continued traumas to their body might fold one or the other of them to their fate.

Instead, Alkor thumbed the activation switch of his blade, leaving the man with a handful of empty air. He exploded forward with hot blood gushing out of newly formed wounds. His arms twisted at the elbow, and he sent the rear of his weapon careening toward Rhaegar's throat.

The six inch vibroblade sprang forth in an instant, thrumming sinisterly as it sought to resign Dib to a terrible fate. A lengthy crimson smile.
 
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Location: Eshan City, crashed SD
Allies: CIS
Enemies: [member="Darth Banshee"]-
Equipment:

Units:



There are cavalry forces, then there are cavalry forces.

Clan Kryze were the latter, each an individual warrior of considerable skill, ranging up to the elite Stryx, mounted not on steeds of flesh and blood but on four or five meter high bes’uliik each weighing far more than any steed bar a rancor and armed with weapons capable of blasting through starship hulls.

Starfighters crashed in suicide runs among the slow-moving Fire Owl bes’uliik, damaging or utterly destroying several, with collateral damage among their dismounted troops and the remaining support bes’uliik.

The particle rifles of the Royal Guard sent riders tumbling from mounts or blew off shock-rod clusters, either way reducing the available impact of the charge among the forward ranks, although the better protected (if fewer in number) Stryx managed to keep coherent formation around their leader with minimal casualties.

“They’re sacrificing the droids to hold their evacuation route.” One of the Clan spotters called back, from high atop a ruined building, before picking off a single droid with a precise sniper shot. But snipers would not exactly win that battle - they were too few in number and battle droids didn’t have commanding officers.

Shia regarded the massed block with an expert eye, they could ride it down, trampling over the smaller battle droids and push through. But she wasn’t aware that the enemy had anything worth protecting that badly, except perhaps the lives of their soldiers. And she was not so far gone to bloodlust she’d sell even a single Kryze life for some disposable droids against a foe that was retreating anyway.

“Engage and contain - sweep the flanks and keep the pressure on, get them off this planet with as little further collateral as possible.”

Behind her, an immense worm ripped a hole through the city. The order seemed a little futile, but the Codex was the Codex, and she obeyed.

The cavalry charge made contact, lances and shock-rods discharging - the former with the firepower to kill a gundark, the latter with blasts of power strong enough to shatter starship grade durasteel. But then it held the engagement, rather than pressing forward. Letting the droids hold their own line into the metal-grinder. Guided by the Raven Owls, the foot-troops from the Fire Owls filtered forward through the ruined buildings to start to sweep around the flanks, closing off any route of escape by land and forming a contracting semi-circle of firepower, with the crashed Star Destroyer and the landing area outside it within it, and the natural terrain of the planet behind.

Here and there, the Mandalorian’s found huddled survivors, and the line of advance was halted for the shell-shocked and terrified civilians to be withdrawn from the conflict zone.

Shia didn’t care about how someone lived or died, precisely, but the Supercommando Codex was very, very explicit on the behaviour expected of Supercommandos towards non-combatants, and although her feelings were empty but for the drumbeat of battle, she had drilled the Codex into herself and her Clan for a reason.

She’d followed the orders of Mand’alor without question and with ruthless efficiency once, she’d never follow any orders like that ever again. People died in war. That was the way of things. But non-combatants were not pawns in a conflict. Your enemy might use them as such, and you denied them the satisfaction of victory by ignoring such ploys. But you did not use them as such yourself, and now, when the battle was turning, you provided what aid you could.

So the advance stalled, content to grind the droids sent to meet it into dust, constricting pressure around the landing zone and making it very clear the occupants were not wanted on this world, as liberators or conquerors.
 
Location: outskirts
Enemy: [member="Alkor Centaris"]
Involved: [member="Kyle Whir"]
Objective: kill

The cold smile of triumph stretched thin lips wide.

The Sith sword cut deep into the rear of Alkor's legs, the fresh scent of blood filling the air. His enemy carried grievous wounds. The battle between the two men swung widely in Rhaegar's favor, causing immense pleasure in nigh defeating a worthy opponent. The force swirled as a whirlwind round about, the maelstrom of darkside power centering around the combatants as a Nexus of power that fed the Masters.

The moment of elation caused the veteran to underestimate Alkor, to his detriment.

The unanticipated actions of the former warmaster caught Rhaegar unawares as he held the lightsaber blade unwaveringly in his hand. Though the pain that flared in his own body as response to the looping connection between them in the force that mirrored his enemy's own agony caused minute distraction, it was hubris that caused Rhaegar's fall.

The blade was extinguished as though it never existed, though the aroma of ozone and charred flesh was an immediate reminder of it's brief existence. The smile froze upon his face as time slowed. Time to react. But with the speed of the attack and the uniqueness of it Rhaegar was ill prepared.

The old proverb, "Pride cometh before a fall", was never truer then now.

The extinguished hilt fell unimpeded forward, the arm twisting as the trajectory changed. Lips opened to release a gasp at the oversight as butt end of the hilt moved unerringly toward his throat. Twisting his body out of line he began to move, not wishing to have the blunt end of a hilt slammed into his windpipe. His force quickened reflexes would move him from it's path.

But then the vibroblade ejected.

Three inches buried into Rhaegar's neck as his maneuver to avoid the hilt caused the blade to slice out the right side of his throat. Arterial spray ejaculated across them, coating them with it's hot, sticky crimson blood. A gasp that was a gurgle, bubbles frothing the wound to a hot pink.

Staggering back Nemesis did what he had trained himself to do over the ages. Strike back. His hand clenched intending to constrict the liquid earth that was seeking to ensnare Alkor's lower body and abdomen. The moisture froze and Nemesis sought to drive the miniature shards into his upper body.

He staggered to his knees a few feet away, opposite hand clasping the wound that looked to pump his life's blood from his body. Searing heat cauterized the wound, yet also closed the torn windpipe. With oxygen being deprived he sought to use the force to bend to his will, trying to repair the tattered and burned passage for prescious air.
 
Location: Eshan City Outskirts
Enemies: [member="Rhaegar Nemesis Dib"]

Alkor sank forward in the wake of his strike, only managing to get. One foot under him. His hamstrings had taken a bite from the blade of his enemy, and movement became beyond laborious. He held himself aloft now by sheer force of will, bearing down on the handle of his disengaged weapon. It was exhausting just to take a breath. His lungs were fire and his flesh felt feverish. The intensity of his stare as he watched Rhaegar retreat was unwavering in spite of how he suffered. He had chosen this grim duty, and he would see it through to its close.

The earth beneath him churned and climbed his bleeding legs, dragging him down and threatening to bring him low. Frost alighted on his face but offered no respite for how he burned beneath the surface. Darkness had settled now over both men, cold and uncaring. It offered them power, riches, fame, and more- but when it was finished with them, it left them with nothing. Rhaegar had been a Brother, once. A father to a child Alkor would never know, and now, Rhaegar would not either. That was the injustice of their Galaxy.

Now, it was done.

Now, they were free.

He managed to draw himself forward, dragging his body through the quicksand and slipping for any purchase with a hand. The sharp pain of needle-like icicles driving into his skin robbed him of the presence to stop. A sane man would have succumbed by now. He should have hoped for it to end. No- he did hope for it to end. Just not for himself.

This was it. He felt his body grinding under pressure, almost like being crushed. He dug his fingers into the sand and lifted the heavy hilt once more, shaking from the effort. His body responded only enough to send the lightsaber lancing forward, a thin thrust, almost pitiful. It did not need to be strong.

He sent it straight for the man's heart.
 
Location: outskirts
Enemy: [member="Alkor Centaris"]


The ghosts of past watched from beyond the veil,
Looking at their Slayer easing nigh.
The Manda denied, soul destined to Hell,
The Slain waiting for that final sigh.

Blood still flowed freely from wounds unnoticed. Crimson eyes glared daggers at his foe, the darkness still permeating his soul with nary an utterance of mercy. Opening himself fully to the Force he pulled in. The war torn city fed his power. Dismay, loss, revenge, pain, fear, anger ... The emotions of the confederates, the Mando'ade, and the echani fueled the power surging into him. A snarl revealed blood stained teeth as he began focusing the power, unseeing eyes searching for the face of his foe, his clans vod.

Pressure shifted the sand he knelt upon as Alkor dropped near. Hand lanced out wrapping around The dar'manda's throat seeking not just to squeeze the life from his enemy, but to rip Alkor's head clean from his shoulders. The circuit of power flowed between the two men, both Darksiders still fuelling the cycle of power.

Fingers flexed upon flesh.

And a blade slipped into his chest.


Specters approached with talons outstretched to caress,
the fallen warrior unaware of ghostly approach.
The denial of demise and refusal to acquiesce,
Fates of two men began to encroach.

The blade slipped through armor weave to part flesh like supple lips before sliding into the heart. Opposite hand gripped the offending wrist of Alkor's, the knife stopping. Yet it had gained it's objective. The muscle contracted around the blade, severing more flesh, as it fervently tried to beat. A fresh stain appeared upon the chests of the two men held in intimate embrace.

Surprise was the expression upon his face, the searing pain in his body both a burning and freezing sensation. His grip tightened for but a moment before a soul wrenching weariness held sway over his form. He sagged, held in place by his hand around Alkor's throat and the knife holding his body aloft. The force fled his control as eyes widened slightly.

"Aaaakkkuuurrr...."

His damaged vocal cords butchered the man's name. His enemy. His brother. His killer. Garbled noises escaped his ruined throat with pink froth.


The wraiths wrapped him in their embrace,
Gently welcoming him to his fate.
The spectral brotherhood making a place,
As his beating heart began to abate.

The struggle for life was evident in every strained beat of impaled heart, every pulse sending another weak flush of blood coursing down their bodies. Face drained of color, save for the bright red tack that was their blood. His grip grew feeble.

Glassy eyes stared without seeing. Faces swam before him. His estranged nephews just recently reunited with, Derek and Muad. Their children the new heirs of the Dib lineage. The vision of Isley Verd, the soul of the man slain by the devastation of Manda'yaim that he had given a promise to, an oath broken now. The anubian necromancer, [member="Skorvek"], born of different times and cultures yet united by more then blood. The Clan Verd, who accepted him as one of their own despite circumstances of birth or life choices that came before cin vhetin, the clean slate.

Then there was [member="Ginnie Dib"]. His riduur. His runi. The buir of their children. Children he would never lay eyes on. To never hold in his arms. To never see the angelic face of his sleeping son and daughter. To never see their first smile, their first scream of infant outrage. To never know his babies. Forgive me ner runi. Forgive me ... There was so much more he wished to say, to do. But his time was drawing nigh.

He wished he could beg a final favor of Alkor. Watch over his children. Watch over their family. Watch over his blood, the Dibs. But there was no time. His eyes flickered, the crimson that had stained them for so long ebbing. He finally saw Alkor, eyes focusing for a moment. There was no betrayal. No blame. They had fought as warriors, and a warriors fate was always to die by the sword. Lips stained red twitched upwards in a curl. Glowing blue eyes flickered once then faded. Face eased into a peaceful visage. Then ...

He was gone.


His soul rose freed from the mortal coil,
The shades fled from the presence which mercilessly arose.
A mouthless scream as Paradise encountered a foil,
A souless death in it's final throes.
 

Valdus Bral

️ Clan Bral Alor ️| Warlord of Nellogant
Location: Exit.

Objective: Enjoy pazaak on the forest moons of Endor.
Allies: [member="Azure Djitred"]
Opponents:
Post: 14
Battle Theme: My Little Pony Meets Metal - 331Erock

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Valdus didn't say a word back to the woman and the small companion atop the gizka. Her words only proved to him that his previous statement about arrogant and empty ramblings along with thinly veiled posturing were not wrong. He did not attempt to stop either of them from going to the ruined Throne Room that was on the verge of total collapse from the Servitor's and the air battle above. Valdus motioned out the rest of his militia who were now ready to take off within the Beviins and the LAAT/X transport. Cuddles and Azure were getting loaded up into a much larger transport that could accommodate Cuddles voluptuous figure.

Valdus reached over to his Sergeant to bring his head closer so that he could speak into the commlink, " Al'verde speaking. All transports, get us out of this clusterkriff." The transports began to take off with the rest of Valdus' fighter wing as escort. Turning away from the Palace, the transports then flew low and fast over the water and would go off into the smoldering sunset.



(This is my exit post for the invasion. Thank you all who RP'd with me and against me, I look forward to writing more stories with all of you in the future.)
 
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Grosck and his brutes would not SURRENDER! They had come to far, they had already failed their indomitable leader in capturing the command post. Luckily his immanence had thought of new way to transport his forces. Even so, their would be hell to pay for Grosck and his brutes should they survive. He would make the witches PAY! Pay for their transgressions! Pay for their foolishness! Pay for dishonoring the name GROSCK BAH'AZET!

The brutes felt the chill in the air and two immediately dropped dead from the element. But, they would close ground between them and the enemies own forces. For surely they would not freeze their own men? While the brutes bit of armor warmed them a little, even as they closed with the enemy the chill still bit deep into their bones. They felt the chill subside as they reached the mass of zombies and Doashim. But, only to late, as another brute fell dead from the enemies cold clutch.

They immediately switched to melee combat as they closed with the ugly little monsters. They used their LMG's as clubs or fired point blank into the masses with indiscriminate fury. One brute swung a wendigo with the force of over a ton of muscle and might right towards a zombies head. Another would kick a zombie in the chest, seeking to send it into its comrades then hose them down with his LMG. The Brutes were unstoppable. They could be killed, but they would see the enemy dead with them!

The two brutes bringing up the rear of the five fired two more grenades into the charging Doashim. Barking laughter escaping their maws as they did so, for true! This was to be a warriors death. Against insurmountable amount of foes they would stand! They would kick, punch, bite, their way to victory! They would never surrender, never give up and at the end of the day they would go down in the annals of their people as heroes! Nay GODS! This is what the Draelvasier lived for! This is what they were bred for! This was their calling! THIS WAS WAR, IN ALL IT'S GLORY!

Grosck eyed Fawn as she stood before him and let out a barking chuckle. "Grahaha," He eyed her hungrily and knew she would make for a delicious morsel in his gut. With axe hefted over his shoulder he began to approach the poor woman. He rubbed his belly and licked his lips then gave her a toothy smile that spoke of the horrors he would soon inflict on the witch. She would make for a delicious midnight snack. Grosck axe slid from his shoulder and into his hand and he swung once more. Both hands wielding the two handed weapon, swinging with the might of every tendon in his body. He would crush the woman...

[member="Kasca Fen"]
[member="Fawn Alzi"]
 
Location: on planet, near the palace
Allies: [member="Khonsu Amon"]
Enemies: [member="Tathra Khaeus"] | [member="Kaine Australis"]

Kit
Pain. White hot and burning.
Get up
Agony. Chest hurt from the vertical lines where the rounds had torn through the plastoid plate armor.
Only dead men stay down
Blood dripped from his ears, the ringing from the earlier audio attack from Kaine combined with the concussive blast of the grenade threatened him with vertigo.
If you don't move now you will be a dead man
A groan escaped as his eyes fluttered open and glanced to where his armored enemy also lay spread eagled.
Get up
The Mandalorian stirred, beginning to rise slowly.
MOVE IT

He rolled to his chest, hands pressing down to push himself forcibly to his feet. His rifle was gone, destroyed earlier. His pistol lay somewhere around, hidden in the debris field. Both men reached their feet simultaneously. Battle was about to be rejoined.

One hand ripped the bandolier from his chest, tossing it toward the mando, the other went to the small of his back to pull free the compacted cylinder. Rearing back his arm he dove sideways as he depressed the stud which telescoped the bo staff, throwing it like a spear at the target.

As he dove explosions from some ordinance coming in tossed his body like a top, limbs spinning in a cartoonish scene from the weekend holovids. Despite this as he released the staff he let flow a charge of lightning, Electric Judgement, that flashed out connecting to the bo staff flying unerringly toward Kaine's body. As the lightning splayed over it, tendrils lanced out to hit the bandolier tossed. Extra rifle power cells exploded, waves of pure energy lashing out to consume the grenades attached. The resounding explosions created another wall of force that hit Derek, shoving him backwards.

During the maneuver Kaine fired at where his brain had said the Viceroy's center mass should be. Yet he was no longer where he had once been, as the combined ordinance exploding in the sky combined with the smaller blast from the bandolier.

The two rounds did not connect with Derek's chest. Yet tossed as he was, one grazed the inside of his left thigh, carving a bloody path. The other clipped his kneecap, sending catilage visibly flying.

Collapsing a distance away Derek rolled, trying not to scream as the pain threatened to overwhelm him.

Lucian, however, was in a much more defensible position behind the stone barrier. The rifle and his head popped out and began firing on the mando as he rose to his full height. Worried about his charge, the Viceroy, he wished he could go to the other man. But this was war. An enemy stood meters away, still moving under his own volition, still armed. He would not foolishly take his attention from the target.

Kaine's arm began to raise toward his position, hand empty. It was a foolish gesture by a confused soldier. Then he remembered who they were invading. Mandalorians. Armored and with tech up their butt. Gauntlets with weapons were the norm. His rifle barrel dropped, blaster bolts tracking down to converge on Kaine's hand just as something fired.

Meanwhile the Eclipse hovered nearby. The pilot watched the battle between Derek and company against the newly arrived Kaine. The pilot grimaced as the Gunner said they didn't have a shot. Turning the ship on it's repulsors it relocated the monster Tathera near the Confederate ally Khonsu. The pilot opened comms on the allied frequencies as the Gunner targeted Tathera. "CIS ally, fall back. Firing in 3, 2, 1." The weapons opened up on Tathera's location, ​Twin Fore Rapid-Fire Laser Cannons and Twin Rotating Heavy Laser Cannons opening up.



(Fleet actions suspended until ME has an opportunity)
 
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Location: Eshan City
Equipment: Gravity Hurts, Lightsaber, Vi'Dreya Crystal, Ianua Dagger
Allies: [member="Allya Vi'Dreya"], [member="Micah"]
Frenemies: [member="Fedrig"]?
Enemies: Every Sim City disaster imaginable



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Was it possible to go blind from eyerolling?

Jerek hoped not, considering how hard he was employing the technique right now. The leader of the dozen Mandalorians took the time to counter every point Allya made, and not very well either. The boy tried not to invest himself too much, the man was only listening to respond, and it was turning into a waste of time. Around them, the city was being eaten from underneath, presumably by the giant worms that were somehow loose, standing around doing nothing but arguing was becoming sillier by the minute.

And then Allya said something that made his blood run cold.

"He is here."

The words echoed in his mind. Her father, a dread lord. The Dread Lord. Who that was exactly, Jerek didn't know, but he understood what it meant. The way she said it, how her voice changed, how the fear radiated off her body, it was all too clear to him. For a Sith like Allya to be afraid of someone, someone she called Father, it was bad. Life-threatening bad.

Which was just one more on the list of life-threatening bad things happening right now.

It was one too many. The crashing starship, the wave of water, the giant worms, the chattering Mandalorian, and now the Dread Lord. However noble this quest had begun, this war of liberation for the Echani people, it was now a fight for survival. And as Jerek weighed the question of his own survival, his real fears revolved around the survival of Allya. True, he had let her lead him into this warzone, but now he felt a desire to ensure her safety above all other considerations. Above himself, almost certainly. Above the innocent civilians still alive in the city, perhaps even them.

Jerek felt her hand taking his, and despite himself he followed her, letting her take him into the wreckage and rubble. The worms must have moved on from this section of the city, and all that was left now were the remains and those buried under it. The Jedi youth tried to quell his worries, putting them aside as he reached out with the Force, seeking out the few signs of life left inside the ruined structures. Their lives pulsed faintly within the Force, but they were like a scream upon his soul. This was the task before him, this was his purpose. By his girlfriend's own actions, she was setting right his priorities, pointing him back on the path etched deep upon his soul; the path of a Jedi.

He nodded to Allya when she pointed out a group of survivors underneath a large pile of stones. The stones were the broken walls of a building, duracrete or some other such material, arranged in such a way that had formed a hollow space inside, a coccoon of life for those trapped within. Bracing his own posture, his feet spread slightly, his knees a little bent but relaxed, Jerek closed his eyes and concentrated. Even with everything happening around him, the padawan slipped quickly into a meditative state, trusting that Allya and her troops would ensure nothing bad happened to him in the meantime.

His hands were apart from him now, a projection of himself rather than himself, able to seek out the stones before him. To feel their construction. How they rested precariously against each other. The weight of them. And, knowing all that, they began to apply the needed pressure, out against the surrounding stones and up against the ones on top, creating an opening between the survivors inside and Allya's troops outside, who were quick and efficient in extracting them.

A transport was waiting by the time Jerek let the stones fall upon an empty hollow again, and it was being loaded with the survivors and any other surrounding civilians. Jerek ensured that the sleeping form of Micah was onboard as well. While he did so, he stopped short. He was already breathing hard from the exertion of moving the stones around, which was surprisingly physically taxing for having been in one place, but this took his breath away. The recent meditation had heightened the boy's sensitivity through the Force, and now he felt strongly that something terrible was about to happen, something that nobody left in the city would survive.

Jerek turned from the remaining troops finishing boarding to the dozen Mandalorians still there. Standing upon the threshold of the transport door, he held out an open palm to them. "You might think we don't have any business being here in war, but I don't think anybody is about to have business being here in the next few minutes. If you want to live, you should come with us!"

When all their passengers were aboard, the transports took off, flying far from the ruined city and the wretched war that had once been fought to save it. Together on this flight from hell, Jerek checked in first on Micah, and then went to his girlfriend, to hold her in his arms and treasure one of the few things that had come out of this fight unscathed.

FIN
 
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Location: Eshan City - Near Transports
Equipment: Beskar’gam, Lightsaber, The Songbird, Frag Grenades, Ianua Dagger, "Ri Qorit" Disabler
Tags:
[member="Kaine Australis"] [member="Darth Metus"] [member="Srina Talon"] [member="Jerek Zenduu"] [member=Micah] [member=Cay-Yo] [member="Scherezade deWinter"] [member="Valdus Bral"] [member=Fedrig] [member="Tathra Khaeus"]
Objectives: Save Civilians/Escape




Troops:

45 Clanker Droids
30 Clone Troopers
10 Commandos
1 AAT's (Six B1's riding/guarding)
4 Vulture Droids
2 Force Hunter
4 Magnaguard

(Commanding Eternal Empire Forces)

1,300 Eternal Empire Troops

4 Sigma-class Heavy Assault Dropship (One Destroyed)

Fighters:

12 Squads: RBZ-12 Heavy Fighter (Bomber)
15 Squads: I-3A Lance Fighter
15 Squads: TIE/SS

Allya never let him dwell on the worry for her safety, not even for a moment. Sure she felt the massive urge to protect her boyfriend at all costs. However, she was a warrior, and she expected Jerek to be the same. She wouldn't be angry if he chose her, over everyone else. The Sith in her would love the idea. But it wasn't her way to place herself above the needs of others. For a Sith, she was most certainly odd. She was exhausted. For her age and her training level, she was a powerful force user. However, that barrier and the dispersion of the gas had been two large range abilities. And it left her in a compromised state and she knew it. Instead of moving off on her own, she worked with Jerek to move the stones, so that he could compensate for the lack of control she had at the moment. Her telekinesis was twitchy at best, but stone by stone they freed dozens of survivors. Children, the elderly, and everything in between, were brought out of the stone. The clones and commandos worked quickly and swiftly. It wasn't long before transports landed nearby, and the wounded were loaded up. Together, the couple managed to do the impossible, and moved things that all felt couldn't. It drained them, to be sure.

As she stumbled to the transport, her helmeted head looked to Jerek. Oh if he said something bad was about to happen, it was. She reached out her hand to Fedrig. “You carried yourself with honor and dignity, even when no one else did. Come with us.” As the moment got closer, she felt it too now. Eyes went wide. “Hurry. With or without you, we leave now.” She pushed Jerek into the transport. “But, Adjudant, your father, I mean the Vicelord, he is still fighting. Should you not go to his side?” Crash spoke to her, in worry. Allya paused for a moment, there was hesitation in her movements. However, she eventually shook her head. “No, I am at the side of the man I have chosen, right now.” Gloved hand reached out, and took Jerek's hand. “And I am at the side of all of you. Besides. We would get in his way now. We must get the survivors out of here. We cannot save everyone, but we can save these ones. Those worms, those fighters, and armies. I think its the one that brought down the Star Destroyer. It was waiting for the right time to attack. Eventually it would have anyway. We didn't know it coming here, but this city was doomed from the start. At least we were here, to dig them out.” Allya staggered into the transport, and leaned heavily on Jerek. All of her clones and commandos followed suit. There was just enough space left for Fenrig and his men to follow if he so choose.

However, regardless of if he joined them or not, the transports took off, and were escorted by droid fighters out of the city, not a moment too soon. Once out of danger, Allya laid her helmeted head on Jerek's chest, she tried to make him wrap his arms around her, and she would then wraps her arms around his waist. She was tired, the death, the destruction, the pointlessness of all of this. It weighed heavily on her. She could logically KNOW the worms and those monsters were a time bomb waiting to happen, but, she couldn't save everyone. She should have been able to save everyone. If only she had more power, if she could have gone longer, made a larger shield. If she had been able to sense the worms ahead of time.

Tears ran down her face, and her small form shook from the shock of the emotion, the exhaustion, the sorrow of it all. She was raised and bred for war. But it wasn't getting easier. She wanted so badly to protect people, and this didn't seem the way. But what was the way? Did she even know? No, she didn't. Instead, she cried, and held onto the man she loved for dear life, as if she let him go he would float away too. "What is it all for?" She whispered.




FIN




The efforts of the Eternal Empire had cost them greatly. Hundreds of their soldiers lay dead, if not thousands. However, they were the greatest of professionals. Their orders were to save these people, and they did it, without question or hesitation. Their efforts had managed to get free from the rubble all they could, with the tools they had on hand. Nearly a hundred thousand people had been transported from the rubble due to their efforts. How many would survive the night would be seen, however, for now, they had done all they could in evacuating the city and rescuing the survivors. Transports lifted off the ground for the last time, and zoomed off to the medical camps where they were being treated. Now, the city was free of civilians. At least those that could be saved in these conditions.

However, the war machine that was the Eternal Empire was just beginning to get started. In space, five Sigma-Class Drop ships held in reserve from Anton's fleet floated down to the surface. (Had a thousand extra meters), 27 squadrons of fighters and bombers from John Locke's fleet met with them, and soon they were meeting up with the 44 Squadrons already on the planet surface. More troops, more fighters, and more capital ships...and this time, no reason to hold back. The city was no more, the people evacuated, there was no longer a reason to hold back.

((Waiting to finish the last part of the post, till some things are cleared up OOC, Will still control NPCS))
 
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Objective: Scourge
Location: City Outskirts
Wearing: Mandragoran Armor, Light Shield Bracelet, Lightsaber, Two knives
Allies: CIS, Mandragora, [member="Rhaellor"], [member="Fawn Alzi"], [member="Asher Mossa"], [member="Veronika Fleischer"], Eshan Peoples
Enemies: [member="Grosck Bah'azet"]







Her new spell seemed to be working. The ice had dropped two... no, three of the brutes. With two down from the lightning storm, that left 3 more and the Doashim went to destroy them in a horde of 8. The other two went to engage Gorsck from his rear, ordered to attack by Veronika before she disappeared into the portal. Kasca stayed in the rear, near the portal, pouring her heart and energy into her spell. Let the ice be redoubled upon her enemy. She had promised Gorsck would curse the day he chose to engage the Mandragora and he would. Oh yes, he would. She and other witches were powerful and on the side of righteousness. The people of Eshan had not deserved to be bombed, miles of city left in ruins.

If only she could know the extent to which the Mandalorian Empire would go to cover up their blunder. She could not see all the bombing that was happening in an effort to keep CIS forces from overrunning the battle. She did not see the Star Destroyer come down. She did not see the Mandalorian Empire ally, Tanthis bring his giant worms who were tearing up a significant portion of the city, killing the gods knew how many. In an effort to prove they were not the killers CIS claimed them to be, they were becoming those killers. There had been civilians all over the city and there was no way they have been able to flee the city destroying reinforcements the ME was throwing down. They may have started killing only the people in a 5 block radius so they claimed, but they were ending up killing a million more.

Yet in the ruins of a building on the original blast site, Kasca knew none of this. She only knew Gorsck and his Brutes and the ultimate goal of forcing the Mandalorians out of Eshan. She assumed with all the naivite of an 18 year old girl who lived a sheltered life, first as a Jedi padawan and now as a Mandragora, that the ME would not bring in forces towards where civilians lay huddled, afraid and huddled. She had assumed the children she had been with the last few weeks were safe. How wrong she was, and oh, how she would mourn for them when she found out.

The battle meditation fell away, ended for some reason she could not know. Still, her spell was a powerful one and even with the drop in energy to the spell, she was still sending continual freezing ice towards the remaining brutes. How long would they last amid the subzero temperatures? Before she could redouble her efforts, her attention was diverted. She felt the bombing more than she heard it or saw it. Hair began to rise on the back of her neck and a strong sense of danger flooded her with endorphins. Kasca sucked in a breath and looked up knowing that something was coming and it was more dangerous than Gorsck and his brutes.

The distraction proved problematic. One brute slashed at her Doashim with primal need to fulfill its purpose and its roar of subsequent pain was loud in her ears. It nearly knocked her off as it thundered down its massive clawed fist to pound the brute into the ground of the ruins. Remembering that she was still in a battle, she returned her attention to the brutes but it didn't last long. A bright flash of light blinded her and time seemed to slow to a crawl as realization dawned.

Dimly, in the space of a breath, she was aware of many things. Some massive bomb had just detonated in the city. Kaine, like all the Mandalorians it seemed, had not cared what damage his weapons would do to the people of Eshan. More than one had fallen and exploded. Their plumes of fire were beyond bright... they were like the sun, casting no shadows even in the ruins of the building she was in. It was all too bright. Somewhere inside, her mind forced her eyes to close, an automatic defense of the body from seeing that which could damage so much. Yet her mind also showed her the faces of the children she had come to care for as her eyes closed. The sharp sting of realization hit as her mind forced images of their faces, at first sorrowful and missing their now dead families, and then joyful as she performed parlor tricks using her telekinesis abilities. She had abated, for a time, their suffering and eased their troubled minds. Surely none would survive this. Maybe she would not either. She felt for them keenly and tears fell on her pale cheeks as wind suddenly rushed up and time resumed once more.

The BOOM! that came was closely followed by the concussive shockwave from the nearest bomb. Nothing in this area would be untouched by its power. The ruins themselves, so precarious before, fell to dust and stone. Even from behind her Doashim mount, she felt it hit her like she could never have imagined. Her spell ended as she and her mount were thrown backwards. Kasca fell to the ground hard. The Doashim followed her, falling and rolling onto her legs. She screamed in pain before the blast rolled her and the Doashim, scraping and crunching along the ground until finally they disappeared into the portal Veronika and her mount had gone into.

Kasca had taken part in her first ever battle. She had fought well with her fellow Mandragora but the young woman did not come through unscathed. The voices in her mind continued their general prattle long after she fell unconscious.


We told her she was not good enough. She should never have gotten attached to those children. She should never get attached to anyone.
We are all she needs. No, but we should be all she wants.
The Mandragora were boring. I liked the rock guy. He had spunk. Yeah, but no brains.
Maybe next time she will die. Maybe this time she will die. Maybe we shouldn't wish our host dead? pfft. Where's the fun in that?


Fin
 

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