Expedition to The Temple of Exar Kun

[Darth Banshee]

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Temple_of_Exar_Kun

Sabrina had entered mandalorian space, using a dragon class frigate. Whilst cloaked in orbit, she began scanning the local space. Looking for any sign of the mandalorians, she did not want to engage them. At the same time, she did want visit the ruins on the planet. See if she could find any relics of Exar Kun, she wanted his knowledge and power for herself. She also wanted to make a clone army, out of the massi. She had lot thing to do on the planet, none of them involved facing down an army of mandalorians. Though that would be a risk she would have to take, as to gain power meant taking risks.

The frigate just floated in space, till as much passive information could be gained. The ship had it zero gravity system in place, and to stop her crew floating around they all wore magnetic boots.

All she new of her intend destination was it was leveled by luke skywalker, so she was unsure what she would find. It was most likly over grown with trees know, once she new it was safe to go to planet surface she head down in the gunship. As she would not want to risk, the dragon class ship getting captured. As on the ground it would be a sitting duck.

 

[Lord Zrixtas]

Zrixtas walked into the bridge his robes flowing effortlessly in the zero gravity on the ship. "Master Is this the wisest course of action? Last I heard the mandalorians don't take kindly at all to intrusion into their territory even if it is a world with no real value to them." He said calmly as he looked towards one of the crew members who he nodded to, it was a young man he had assigned to the fleet after his aptitude test showed him to be better suited to the navy.
He took up a position next to his master but still a step back from her as he looked through the view screen at Yavin. "These Massassi better be worth it Master, given the risk you are taking." He then said his voice one of concern since if she died the empire might not survive it given it was still in it's infancy.

[member="Sabrina Kotass"]

 

[Darth Banshee]

Location: Dragon class Frigate
Equipment: War Armour, Echani Personal Shield, Sith Healing Amulet, Double bladed lightsaber.
Allies: [member="Zrixtas"]
Enemies: Not sure yet

Lord Zrixtas no action is ever completely wise, and no action is without risk. Especially for sith, as we are hated by the mandalorians. Though that actually a shame, as I do like them. She told her apprentice, as she began to head to adamata class gunship. She was dressed for battle, as she expected it, she was wearing her knew armour. This way no one on the planet who she was, as she did not want to raise tensions between her and them if need be. Her apprentice, who she had recently made a lord, would have to make knew body if discovered. Though his next body would include phrik in the design, as she was currently mining some for him. This had short term consequences, if things go wrong they could be disastrous.

As they boarded the adamata gunship, she gave the lord one order. If the mandalorians do come, do not fight them unless cornered. If you do have to fight them, then aim at those who do not wield the force in directly. They would be using a lizard, that can stop the force from being used at them directly. Also get back to ship, and get to the frigate asap. I will be okay down there, and will out last them force willing.

As they boarded she saw the gunship was loaded with her new FBCB, instead of the usual load out. She smiled she might actually get to see this in action, if need be. She then sat down with the rest of the away team, and waited to make planet fall.

 

[Lord Zrixtas]

Location: Dragon class Frigate
Equipment: Armor, Two Lightsabers X red color, Body, 2xDaggers and 2x DC-17 blaster pistols
Allies: [member="Sabrina Kotass"]
Enemies: Planet born animals and beasts, unknown.

Zrixtas followed after Sabrina as she spoke to him and they headed towards the gunship they would use to get planet side, he ordered two soldiers along with the ground grew and they would man the gunship as sentries when they'd leave it. When his master told him that he should run away from the Mandalorians if meeting them until corner he should then attack. It was frustrating to be sure but he also understood, getting the mandalorians as enemies so soon would be a bad move right away and could jeopardize the future of the Empire.
He waited for all to enter the ship and while it was en route to the planets surface he'd stand up, magnetize his feet to the ground for stability, and then speak to the troops, they had at least a right to know not to engage anyone unless engaged first. "All right you Meat sacks! this is a covert op which means stay down and stay silent. We don't want any unwanted attention while planet side. Am I clear?" He said to the troops inside the carrier and they all saluted and responded with a sir yes sir.

 

[Muad Dib]

Location: in the jungle, near ruined temple
Equipment:
Beskar'gam, dinu'ul, force imbued straight sword, two lightsabers, light foil, bandolier of explosives, skinning knife

The Sith crouched over a fallen stone marker nearly hidden beneath the carpet of grass. Taking out his knife he cut swaths out before wiping clean the blade and sheathing it. Pulling free the excess grass and clearing away the dirt and small stones Muad Dib surveyed the marker.

Once it had stood ten feet tall but now it has been deposed and cast down by nature's fury. Fingers lightly traced the Sith runes covering the stone face as he deciphered the language. He had come seeking answers to the runes covering his left arm from knuckles to elbow, an answer that had eluded him despite his best efforts.

A growl came from behind him and the Knight stood glancing to where the sound had emanated. There his tuk'atathick into the soft underbelly of some rodent. Chuckling Muad turned and looked past the marker to where a temple would be hidden by the jungle. The marker served as a milestone and warning to the temple and it pointed the way for the glowing eyed man.

"Come on. Still have some miles to go pup."

With that said he moved forward at a crisp trot. He has come to research and study at some of the temples as well as to meet this Ember he had heard so much about. Leaving his ship in a clearing a good distance back he had continued on foot. The jungle had grown thick through the years as well as a force presence. Trees and bushes were larger, animals more feral as a tainted presence in the force could be felt resonating.

After several hours traveling Muad paused and sat on a massive exposed rock eating bread and drinking water out of the pack he had brought. He had reasons and water in the pouches of his Belt but preferred to use the resources in the pack first. It was smart.

Tossing a large piece of hardtack to the hound Muad paused as he felt an echo in the force. Glowing, blue eyes lifted to the thick canopy above as he stretched out searching for the anomaly.

[member="Lord Zrixtas"] [member="Sabrina Kotass"]

 

[Darth Banshee]

Location: Admata Class gun ship (fitted with FCBC)
Equipment: War Armour, Echani Personal Shield, Sith Healing Amulet, Double bladed lightsaber.
Allies: [member="Lord Zrixtas"]
Enemies: [member="Muad Dib"]

She boarded the gunship with her apprentice, she then explained why he should run unless no options. The mandalorians are well versed in fighting force users, and out number us. I can not afford you to get captured, though if you have to fight your way to freedom do it. I have other options, I can hide from them indefinitely if need be. Though if we do out number them we stand and fight, but you will have to retreat and I will catch up later. Never underestimate a mandalorian, I faced them in many conflicts, fought by there side. They are strong than any Jedi I have ever met, as they do rely on the force, they fond many ways to defeat a force user. They also have dogged determination about them, which is also not to be underestimated. She was basically telling her apprentice they where one of hardest people in the galaxy.

Soon they where on the way down to planet, to any casual observer they would looked like a shooting star. As the vapor trail entered the atmosphere, leaving a small flame behind them. Soon they would be on the planet, their first job would be to locate the ruins. As well as hide the gunboat from prying eyes.

 

[Julius Sedaire]

Ijaat didn't often travel to Yavin IV, it was true... But he had known of Ember and Clan Rekali in a 'friend of a friend' sort of way through Anija, through Larraq, and through several other contacts. So when he had decided to hunt terentatek for their hides to trade to those who might deal in such things, and to mine a bit of Corsuca gems for detail and inlay on his weaponry, it was a simple enough thing to offer up some beskar and smithing contracts to the locals, and obtain proper clearance a few days back.

He was still processing scans to negotiate exactly what, if any mining he would undertake, and that was pending meeting with [member="Captain Larraq"] to negotiate something wherein he assumed he would have to do that damanable shrew of a man some sort of favor as well to placate him in this ordeal. But that wasn't to be negotiated until he knew the extent of the deposits he could locate. And even if he couldn't broker an exact deal on any gem deposits, or anything else his ships detected, he would gladly turn over the scan maps to Clan Rekali and the others to see if he detected anything they hadn't, and as a thank you for the terentatek hunt.

So he had left his ship parked in orbit, with Geoffery at the helm manning the scanners and mappers, trying to find any small deposits of the gems, while he had taken an old bronzium hunting spear his father said was from the days of the Taung. He hadn't utilized his armor, as it was still in the testing phases and therefore might be a little less than ideal to face such a beast as he was hunting and tracking. To his knowledge, his quarry was apt to be a large one, once he closed on it, and his skin shimmered gold and red from his vong ooglith, crouched and scanning as he was, until a beeping came across his shadez HUD and he frowned.

Geoff had been running routine scans with his ships systems, including the crystal grav trap, magnetic sensors and others, just because... Well.... As brilliant as the AI was, he was still at times prone to being slightly unoriginal and repetitive/methodically predictable. So when Ijaat said 'Run a sensor scan and sweep every hour or less', rather than run just mineral scans and the like from the Jo'henry in orbit, Geoff had taken that to mean utilizing EVERY sensor available. Straightening, Ijaat sighed and slung the spear on the bandoleer at his back and checked the haymaker attached to it as well, and with a few words laid out the plan as he trekked back to his patrol craft as he read the updates from his A.I. on what it had found.

"Right then Geoff... Hold an alert at the ready to the Witch Clans, the Rekali's, and a genuine distress signal to be beamed to Mandalore and the nearest Mandalorian assets, including the Mandal Hypernautics fleet... I'm going to make my way back to the patrol craft and see if anyone is about on the surface and let them know we're getting some weird readings we can't quite confirm up there...Don't send it until you can get a better idea what it was, but focus every sensor we have in that area you picked up the anomaly in."

With that, Ijaat stretched before breaking into a leg-blurring run, pushing himself to the limits of even his enhanced physique, crashing through the undergrowth as he made his way back to his ship. He wasn't about to let this ruin his hunting trip damn't. This had better turn out to be some sort of blip in the radar.

 

[Lord Zrixtas]

Location: Dragon class Frigate
Equipment: Armor, Two Lightsabers X red color, Body, 2xDaggers and 2x DC-17 blaster pistols
Allies: [member="Sabrina Kotass"]
Enemies: Planet born animals and beasts, unknown forces. [member="Muad Dib"] [member="Ijaat Akun"]

Zrixtas helped hide the gun boat by ripping the large leaves off the tree's above with the force and draped them over the gun boat. He then opened his optical scanners and scanned the area around them as he walked up to his masters side. "Master Were is the objective?" He asked in a low voice as he saw there was quite a bit of organic life around them but as of yet no humanoid or larger organic showed up on his scanners.
The planet radiated with Dark side energy and he reveled in it. 'This is a very interesting world' He thought as he placed two objectives on his HUD. One was to retrieve the bones or DNA of the Massassi warriors who long ago called this planet their home and the second was to find anything of interest and power such as relics from either Freedon nad, Exar Kun or even Naga shadow. He took his Pistols out and held them at the ready as he looked over the area again. He felt a bit uneasy and a part of him hoped his body wouldn't end up like how it did on Effekt since he wasn't sure he could repair it again.

 

[Darth Banshee]

Location: Yavin IV in the jungle
Equipment: War Armour, Echani Personal Shield, Sith Healing Amulet, Double bladed lightsaber.
Allies: [member="Lord Zrixtas"]
Enemies: possibly [member="Muad Dib"] [member="Ijaat Akun"]

Our primary objective is to locate the tomb of Exar Kun, she told her Lord Zritxtas. As his spirit might be able to teach sith alchemy, something our faction lacks. Then second objective is get our hands on massi dna, and there antique weapons. Little did she know his spirit of Exar Kun, had been purged form this plane into the nether world. The gunship set off from the frigate, at slow pace, allowing the frigate to move off whilst the gunship remained stationary. Soon as they let the cloaking field, they did a scan of the system and found out, there was a few ship in orbit. She hailed one of them, speaking in fluent mandalorian she said Su cuy'gar ibic ic Sabine be aliit ordo, I am olar bah oya'karir a terentatek. She waited for a response as the ship began moving towards the planet, she was good at speaking mandalorian. She also spoke it slight accent when she learnt to try and please [member="Ordo"], as at the time she hoped for an alliance between the one sith and the mandalorians. That mission was doomed to failure, as mandalorians hated the sith from the previous sith war. Though in end she found they where right, and parts of her new force was actually trying to wipe them out. Though to do this she need the tools, and the man power to start.

She gave glance to Lord Zrixtas, as to say crunch time.

Spoiler

Hello this is sabine of clan ordo, I am here to hunt a terentaek

 

[Lord Zrixtas]

Location: Yavin IV's jungle
Equipment: Armor, Two Lightsabers X red color, Body, 2xDaggers and 2x DC-17 blaster pistols
Allies: [member="Sabrina Kotass"]
Enemies: Planet born animals and beasts, unknown forces. possibly [member="Muad Dib"] [member="Ijaat Akun"]

Zrixtas made a circle with his hand and the soldiers all knew to be on high alert, He'd leave four to guard the shuttle from potential thief's but the rest would follow with him and Sabrina. "I couldn't help but notice you mentioned a Terentatek... what is that?" He asked her in a hushed voice as he made himself ready to head out and get any secrets and Dna that the jungle world would part with.

 

[Muad Dib]

Location: in the jungle, near ruined temple
Equipment:
Beskar'gam, dinu'ul, force imbued straight sword, two lightsabers, light foil, bandolier of explosives, skinning knife

Muad shifted the pack onto his shoulders and looked down at the tuk'ata as he pondered what his actions would be. On the one hand he was closing in on one of the massive temples that still stood on the moon's surface. All trace of any darkside energy had been rumored to have been scrubbed clean by the force using clan that called the place home. On the other hand a temple was always an interesting place to explore with hidden passages and secrets loathe to give up.

Glancing back the way he had come he cocked his head to the side. He had felt a disturbance in the force, a whisper from a lover's lips close to one's ear. It promised something different, something dangerous, something in the darkside. He was brushed up against his side by the sith hound, it's head raising to look Muad in the eyes. Blue, glowing eyes met blue, glowing eyes as the Sith Knight and the Sith Hund stared at one another. An unspoken communication passed between the two of them.

"Okay Traycn, we go look for the source."

With a chuckle the man and the hound took off through the foliage back the way they had come. The same direction the force was nudging them.

[member="Lord Zrixtas"] [member="Sabrina Kotass"] [member="Ijaat Akun"]