[member="Labkahip Mordulla"] [member="Dr. Drex"]
The hospital, fortunately, was in the area where Stormtroopers from Delta Platoon would be moving in to assist.
Unfortunately, in the hospital there were still droids who were ‘inspecting’ patients, and those who could not escape and who could not be protected by the staff often had machines shut down….
[member="Mishel Zanteres"]
The fireball arced out over the space and hit the droid. The protocol droid was blown to pieces by the blast of Force energy, the smoking remnants collapsing in a heap.
A nearby citizen covered in soot and blood from a previous encounter, cheered.
“That’s the style, girl! There’s more of them attacking people down at the shipyard! The Empire’s sending in troops, but they might need help.”
[member="Imperial Storyteller"] [member="C1-TX"]
As the Imperial troops started to filter into the town, they found that the droids continuing the random sabotage and violence showed little tactical application. They simply moved into the attack on whatever was close at hand.
The market was in flames and Beta Platoon would find that the fires were burning rapidly through the old and narrow streets of the area. Several droids, their tasks done, had simply stood there as the flames engulfed them or buildings came down.
Those in the market would be able to exit with the troopers quite easily. [member="Rosa Gunn"] and [member="Xin Boa"] would soon be faced with the option to leave before the flames became too strong.
Charlie and Delta platoons would find the West Town far less affected by the droid dangers. Strangely, few droids here had properly turned against the organics, and some defence droids even were even helping defend against those who did.
It was Alpha Platoon though which would come across the worst dangers. Due to a certain astromech with evil in its heart, the spaceport defences were activating….
Guns which were designed to protect the planet from attack instead targeted the dropships and troopers of Alpha Platoon…and fired.
They also opened up on civilians of all forms, anything which had a heat signature was fair game.
[member="Enyo Typhos"]
Now with a speederbike, Enyo was able to rapidly move around. Imperial troops were moving into position and were succeeding in cutting down many of the remaining droids in the area.
The chip Enyo had pulled had provided some very interesting information. An examination had showed, after some effort with the wonders of mecha deru, that a line of code had been transmitted across all droid control and commlink frequencies. Some droids were unaffected, but most were. The code was a self-replicating piece of data unlike anything Enyo would have seen before. It in effect possessed the droid, taking account of its capabilities and skills and then twisting them to its own end.
Meanwhile, on board the ship, Shoshary and the crew were working on providing a location. As the ship took off though it would come under fire from the activated port defences. Buffeting the shields and jolting it badly.
The Quasar, not designed for this sort of pounding, returned fire as best it could and fought to gain altitude.
“Boss, the signal seems to have originated from an island off the coast. We’re in the air, but we need to get out of range of these guns or we’ll be shot down!”
Enyo would be sent the coordinates of this island but without a ship or a speeder ride over the water there would be no easy way to reach it.
[member="Sam Paige"] [member="Skai"]
The agitated mouse droid, its wheels slick with the blood of innocents in a way [member="Carradine Dukal"] would approve of, finally went limp.
“Bewoop?” it queried in irritation. With the restraining bolt it was unable to carry out its holy mission to burn the organic vermin…so it sat there, waiting.
[member="Taeli Raaf"]
[member="Imperial Storyteller"] would receive Taeli’s information swiftly, with all signs pointing towards an island off the coast from Raider’s Cove.
One of Taeli’s aides approached nervously. “Miss Raaf, we could probably direct a guided ion blast to the sections taken over by the droids. It would knock out the life support and electronics there, but….”
In the background the remains of the ruptured corvette started to break up, parts of it starting to burn up in the atmosphere….
And then, suddenly, the reports started to slow. Those droids on the shipyards which had survived attempts to destroy them suddenly started to come out of whatever madness had possessed them.
A protocol droid holding a bloody vibroknife suddenly looked down at it. “Oh my, what a terrible dream!”
The worker it had been menacing took the opportunity to flee….
