Flesh Versus Steel

[Luther Lewis]

Sullivan Hunter, Attaché and representative to the First Order, was not one to suffer fools or laggards. He was a master at negotiating, having served the Order faithfully for twenty-five years. He was stout, short and balding. His face held a permanent scowl, his eyes locked in a squint.

Luther didn't like the man, but personal preference didn't factor in to protection duty. The world of Rishi was lush and fertile, a tropical paradise. They weren't there for a holiday however. Instead, they had ventured deep into the heart of Galactic Empire territory to resolve a dispute between the factions. The First Order had assisted the Empire after their failed attack on Dagobah, for which they were grateful. Their opinions drastically reversed as the First Order made claim on the territory, the Empire naturally trying to hold onto what was just out of their grip. Enter Sullivan, to smooth things over.

"We haven't even consolidated our forces on Dagobah" Hunter muttered, wiping sweat from his forehead. “But we’re already arguing with allies across the galaxy”. Discussions were over for today, and the weight of words seemed to weigh heavily on the man. Luther was assured nevertheless that things were looking up for them.

Citizen’s stared and averted their gaze as Luther escorted the man home. He unnerved them, he could tell. Perhaps it was the jet-black armour that all Deathtrooper’s wore. Maybe it was because he was flanked by three other stormtroopers, each chosen due to their levelheadedness. More likely than not, it was just by the fact that they carried weapons. Rishi was fairly peaceful, or so he heard.

He held his rifle tightly, his sword sheathed across his back. He didn’t like the street they were crossing. It was largely abandoned at this late hour, and the dusk sun stretched the shadows long. It was still a fair distance to the provided apartment. Luther internally cursed Hunter for deciding to walk home and see the sites. His back itched with the feeling of a hidden danger, but he forced himself to shrug it off. A cautious bodyguard is good, but a paranoid one just causes problems.

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[BX-25233]

Objective: Capture Sullivan Hunter
Location: Planet Rishi, Sullivan Hunter's house
Enemies: Local GE forces, Sullivan Hunter, [member="Luther Ando"] , First Order escort

Fireteam Deus Volt while not the most organised or efficient commando droid squad, was one of the CIS' most effective commando teams when they got to work. BX-25233 had just finished listening to his briefing and was heading to one of the CIS' fake civilian cargo ships that was scheduled to head to the planet rishi. BX-25233 had just been informed of his current target, a man by the name of Sullivan Hunter who works for the first order. The man to BX-25233's knowledge was one of the diplomats the First Order sends to the Galactic Empire to keep communication up and make their alliance steady, while the First Order may not be the CIS' main enemy they are still allied and actively helping the Galactic Empire and that is a no no.

The plan was simple, have one commando droid dressed in First Order armour stop the target from entering his house while two other commandos would be on the rooftops ready to fire at stormtrooper escort enabling the disguised droid to take Hunter hostage if he isn't discovered already and if any problems arise BX-25233 would deal with them personally. To make sure the plan worked BX-25233 had setup a jammer in the area preventing known imperial and first order communication frequencies from working and the droids made sure to dispose of the guards and servants in and around Hunter's house.

"Droid BX-25233 I feel our targets presence coming to this location but I feel a much stranger unnatural signature with him" It was strange for BX-25233's shard counterpart speak let alone speak of a unnatural force signature. "Shard-25233 what do you mean unnatural force signature" BX-25233 asked a bit confused on what the shard meant. "BX-25233 it is a being that is neither dark, Light or grey sided and Is clearly not force sensitive yet projects a large signature that should not make sense, I advise caution" this infact did not help BX-25233 understand what his shard meant and just made things a bit more confusing.

BX-25233 soon spotted Sullivan Hunter and his stormtrooper escort heading their way. "BX-98984 prepare to distract the assigned target, BX-918273 and BX-7897-C shoot at the assigned target's identified escort or if BX-98984 is compromised. Assigned target must be kept alive for interrogation. Be aware assigned target escort has a unknown type of First Order trooper, trooper seems to resemble the CIS enemy the Galactic Empire death trooper unit type" BX-25233 then realised that the death trooper is who his shard was speaking about but if everything goes to plan BX-25233 would not need to get his swords bloody.

 

[Luther Lewis]

Objective: Protect Sullivan Hunter.
Location: Rishi, outside First Order accomodation.
Enemies: Currently unknown.

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"Halt" Luther called, raising his hand. The entire group came to a stop, even Hunter, who would obey every command from Luther when it came to safety. They had paused on the street just outside the accomodation that was reserved for the group. "We've got a trooper approaching us" the other troopers hadn't spotted him yet, but Luther's hearing was exceptional. He had heard the crunch of armoured boots from a distance. Two of the the three troopers, Reyes and Alex, were privates. It was them he sent to intercept the newcomer. Andrea, the lone corporal, remained with Luther and Hunter. "I don't like the look of this. I didn't request any more troopers" Luther muttered. Hunter frowned. "You're too paranoid Ando" he replied. "They do this all the time, send more protection detail. Most likely the FOSB intervened".

Luther nodded and activated the comms. "Alex, keep your comms on, I want to hear the conversation" the two had almost reached the mysterious trooper. "If they are protection detail then send them back to their transport" Protocol meant that new arrivals were meant to be cleared with Luther. He didn't want some new recruit joining his hand picked squad after all.

He turned to Andrea. "Corporal, you know the regular drill. Check each room before the VIP enters". She nodded and entered via the front door. The house wasn't much to look at. It was a fairly plain two story building. There were four rooms on the first floor: a kitchen, bathroom, laundry (with a door) and a living room. Upstairs was the living quarters, and had six bedrooms, each connected by a hallway. All the bedrooms had windows, except Luther's and Hunter's. There were no windows on the first floor. Andrea would clear each room, reporting in to Luther as each room was deemed empty.

Luther stood by Hunter, who had gone uncharacteristically quiet. They stood on the portch next to the front door, the only place outside that had some cover, due to a wooden partition. Luther held onto his rifle tightly, and waited for each report to come in.

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[BX-25233]

If BX-25233 could frown he would right now as he watched the one droid that was meant to distract the target and his escort and keep them out in the open only stop two simple troopers, BX-25233 knew that the trooper who did enter the building would report it empty which would clearly alert their target and his security detail that some very wrong was going on and worse of all the deatb trooper that seemed to be the head of the security detail made sure to keep himself and his target in some basic cover that made it too risky for his the commando droids could move to a position and shoot him down without being spotted before hand. BX-25233 decided the best choice of action was to have his two commando droids on the roof to shoot the two privates in the open and if the disguised commando droid was smart he would run to cover and all the commando droids would proceed to pin the target and his security detail in the house.

BX-25233 gave the signal for his droids to open fire on the privates. Once the order was given the droids quickly opened fire on the privates while the disguised commando droid ran to cover and decided to fake shoot the commando droids on the roof, BX-25233 felt relief until he realised the disguised commando droid was using a E-5 and not a F-11D like first order storm troopers were meant to use. The jammer BX-25233 had in the house should hopefully make it rather hard for the stormtroopers to call for reinforcements but then the trooper that went into the house may find it.

If the two privates are successfully eliminated the commando droids would then open fire towards the house and if somehow the security detail didn't notice the fake trooper yet he would also start firing towards the house.

[member="Luther Ando"]

 

[Luther Lewis]

Objective: Protect Sullivan Hunter.
Location: Rishi, within First Order accomodation.
Enemies: Currently unknown.

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Luther listened to the crunch of footsteps as Alex and Reyes moved towards the unidentified trooper. He forced himself not to watch his two men approach, instead scanning the perimeter. "Ground floor is empty, sir" Andrea said over the comms. "No sign of the staff or guards" Luther swore loudly. "I swear, you can't rely on GE troopers" he replied. "Treat it as a possible hostile situation, however and move upstairs". He and Hunter moved through the door into the living room just as the droids opened fire upon Alex and Reyes.

Hearing the blaster fire over the open comms, Luther moved to the open doorway to see the new trooper open fire on an unknown hostile on the roof. Alex and Reyes lay still. His sharp vision could see the spreading pool of blood they laid in. There was no doubt they were dead, or close to. The new trooper sprinted away from the fire, somehow unharmed, and ran towards the door.

Maybe if Luther had grown up outside the Order, pursued that medical degree, he would done things differently. Maybe if he wasn't a hulking mass of a man turned into a weapon. He chewed on those maybes as he slammed the door and locked it before the trooper arrived. He had a job to do, and a man to protect. He didn't need anymore complications. "Defend the perimeter soldier!" he shouted through the door.

Hunter kept his calm demeanor, as if he dealt with assassination attempts all the time ('he probably does' Luther thought wryly). "In the kitchen" Luther ordered. "Behind the refrigerator". It was the only solid piece of cover on the ground floor and there was only one entrance to the kitchen. Luther stood guard at the kitchen entrance and once again activated his comms. "Andrea, Alex and Reyes are down; we have hostiles surrounding the building. Finish clearing the floor and provide overwatch from the roof".

A few facts flashed through Luther's mind. The first was that there were no windows on his floor but the doors, despite their locks, were not that secure. He was also dealing with a coordinated team, he could only hear static on the GE comms, which meant they had a jammer set up somewhere nearby. Fortunately it didn't block their local comms, but he couldn't call for help.

He thought about the tight space, and swapped his rifle for his sword. Activating the blade, it grew red-hot. "Come at me" he whispered.

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[BX-25233]

BX-25233 Watched as what should have been a simple mission get much harder as most of the First Order personal had been able to get inside the building, while BX-25233 could tell the building wasn't meant to withstand a siege he could not just set up a few explosives or order his droids to fire blindly at the house as BX-25233 could not risk killing his target. BX-25233 and his fellow commando droids jumped off the roof and moved towards the front of the house getting ready to preform a breach but not before BX-25233 yelled at BX-98984 for failing his objecting in BX-25233's optic sensors.

"BX-98984 do you not understand the simple assigned objective of KEEPING THE TARGETS FROM ENTERING THE HOUSE and for some reason you decide to run towards to door and not shoot the security squad's leader before he closed the door on you. Let alone BX-98984 you were using a E-5 and not the standard assigned First Order storm trooper blaster rifle, NOW OPEN THAT DOOR AND SHOOT DOWN ANY HOSTILES THAT ARE NOT OUR TARGET OR I WILL MAKE SURE YOU GET A MEMORY WIPE AFTER THIS MISSION."

BX-98984 just nodded and slowly went to open the door with his blaster in hand and kicked the door open with and as the door wasn't secured properly due to what BX-25233 could only assume to be poor maintenance it flung open. When the door opened he saw [member="Luther Ando"] with a sword out. Now if Luther decides to kill the droid on the spot BX-25233 would then tell his fellow droids to walk away from the house and then BX-25233 would challenge Luther to a duel however if Luther decides not to kill BX-98984 the droid would attempt to shoot luther down and then BX-25233 would order his droids to search the house for Sullivan Hunter.

 

[Luther Lewis]

Objective: Protect Sullivan Hunter.
Location: Rishi, within First Order accomodation.
Enemies: Droid Assassins - [member="BX-25233"].

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[SIZE=10.5pt]The front door shuddered as something collided into it. There was a pause long enough to allow Luther to move behind it before it burst open. He moved to swing his blade but froze as he saw the FO trooper in the doorway. The brief moment was all the assassin needed to open fire. His blaster (non-FO-standard, Luther realised) let out a rapid barrage of blaster bolts towards Luther's chest. The first few dissipated when they struck the armour's disruptor field, meaning that only 3 bolts slipped through and pierced his armour. Letting out a growl of pain at his scorched side, Luther swung his sword on the backhand, which cut the assassin’s rifle in half. He swung down again, separating the head from the assassin's body.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]The intruder slumped and let out a torrent of sparks from the severed neck. 'Droids' Luther thought with disgust. Whoever was after them wasn't some two-bit, local gang then. This was a proper hit. Sheathing his sword, he drew his rifle and fired several shots into the droid's torso. With a powerful kick, he sent the body back out the door and onto the porch. Droids were prone to explode, and he didn't want to risk dying in a fiery explosion.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]"Sullivan, upstairs now!" Luther shouted as he unleashed a hail of blaster fire on cover near the porch. He didn't know where the other assassins were, but he would keep them suppressed for now. He heard Sullivan make his way upstairs and prepared to move as well.[/SIZE]