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Juliana Alderdice

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ABOARD PK-1 MERCY

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The young novice followed Brec without a thought. It wasn't just discipline that made her, but loyalty and need. She had little hope of escaping this place alive unless it was at Brec's side. Not for the first time, she wondered ifs he hadn't been completely bonkers -- not to mention overconfident and selfish -- to volunteer for the infiltration. Was she a liability? Was she hurting more than helping?

Each dead or dying body Juliana stepped over was a wound that she felt almost physically. Grief and anger twisted her insides, and a steady beat of disgust for the Brotherhood of the Maw that had wrought it all, serving as a baseline. Her lip curled. The audacity of these Maw madmen. The sheer cowardice and bloodlust.

They were animals. Feral. Rabid.

Juliana knew enough to know that rabid animals had to be put down.

Juliana drew on the Force, refreshing herself in its energy and power, and turned to her mentor. Her jaw set, her amber gaze hardened like topazes, and she gave him a firm nod. A hand drew her lightsaber and she held it to one side, waiting for the doors to open. When they did, the sight was confusing until it wasn't, the befuddlement giving way to horror and yet more sorrow and rage. I will not allow these emotions to master me, she vowed as she stepped through the door, stepping over yet another comrade in arms. The Force is with me. I am the master of my domain.

The call of her emotions was the siren song of the dark side, Juliana knew. It would be easy to give into them, to harness them for strength and power now, but doing so would put her on the wrong path. Not that she was so beholden to the light, either, from an ideological perspective. The Force was a tool of balance, and there was already so much darkness here. The shockwaves of the hundreds of dead wrapped up in the conflict. The terror of those on the ships around them and the planet below. Juliana felt only echoes, but even the number of echoes was telling.

The room was rectangular, large, with a high ceiling. Dark, save for the pale blue hue of bacta tanks lit from within. Juliana swallowed and reached out into the Force, sensing the man moments before he spoke. She took a step forward, igniting her lightsaber and raising it across her body, casting a pale blue glow over and around her. "Enough tricks," she said coldly. "You're under arrest for mass murder and crimes against sentience. Surrender yourself to First Order custody and you will not be harmed while you await trial."

He wouldn't surrender.

They never did.

But making the offer was the right thing to do.

 

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NEW JEDI ORDER | GALACTIC ALLIANCE | MERCY
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Sparks flew wildly with each clash between the cerulean blade and the vibro-halberd, plates of durasteel, wiring and terminals exchanged trajectories as each of the two duelists used every possible method to outmaneuver the other. Dagon had gone close, intimate even, to the Ren attempting to nullify the latter's weapon's long reach but also sacrificing his own comfort. The Jedi could fight up close only on the counter, now he was trying to match the dark sider's assault prowess...and the variance in skill was evident.

Clear cuts across his arms, chest, legs, and shoulders from the halberd deepened thanks to the halberd's vibrogenerator. In return, Dag used his own martial arts capabilities to punch, kick, find openings to leave searing marks on the Ren. In a battle of attrition, the Jedi might've held out better but right now - he was just prolonging the inevitable to buy Yula enough time to shut the damn superweapon down. A costly purchase.

"YOU TAKING YOUR SWEET TIME, YULA?!?" Dagon barked through gritted teeth as the vibro-halberd came down from above making him lean back to painful lengths. The deadlock was about to break leaving the halberd's crescent to finish its motion right through him when his hand reached for the empyrean and hurled anything it grasped telekinetically showering the Jedi and Ren with pieces and parts from the reactor itself and...a hidden cache of grenades left behind unbeknownst to anyone by Ingrid L'lerim Ingrid L'lerim .

Whoops.
 


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He was upon her faster than she could react, as much was certain. With his landing he toppled her exhausted frame, sending the two of them into a tailspin across the snow only halted by the hissing teeth of his blade finally biting through to the permafrost. Her thrashes and curses spat against his mask, splattering a globule of bloody saliva against his cheek, barely touching the mangled flesh concealed beneath. What portions of his features were exposed bore no reaction to this, no emotion at all, took shape across his face. The scattering brawl had thrown the hood from his head, exposing the lengthy strands of silver-touched ebon pulled back into a bun the war effort had ruined. The strength it took to stop their haphazard skid away from the carnage sobered him.

Where others delighted in such savagery, he seemed to feel naught but indifference. She fought against him, landing blow after blow against his armored shoulder, his chest, even the arms supporting his blade, and it wasn't until she bashed against the side of his head with what was left of her shovel did he relent. Despite the staggering blow, Chimera uttered no sound, though he was forced from his position before he could pin her properly and realign his blade with the soft tissue of her throat.

Snow churned with his heavy steps and violently, he shook the daze from his head, clutching after his constitution as the horizon shifted and warped. He felt the heat of his blood trace a steaming line from his temple. Enedina had licked him hard in their melee, and her blow was sure to scar him just as those who had come before had. Embers illuminated the dead lenses of his corpsely eyes as he focused them back upon her and lunged with empty hands.

The call to evacuate this area had reached him and just like the other communications sent through his mask, it had been met with silent acknowledgment.

He did not have time to play in the snow with this woman. He needed to move. And he needed to take her with him to finish the job elsewhere.

The brunt of his fist would be focused for her chin, masked by a feint to the left and a twist to the same side. It was a deceptively powerful punch, one thrown with the bolstering aid of the metaphysical behind it. His intention was clear and concise- incapacitation.


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ENGAGING | Enedina Tal Enedina Tal
ALLIES | THE DARK SIDE | WotS | The Mongrel The Mongrel Lirka Ka Lirka Ka
FOES | NIO | GA | THE LIGHT | FN-999 DECEASED Erskine Barran DECEASED Erskine Barran Major Bennett Hall Gallius Orcana Gallius Orcana
 
LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE


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Location: Mercy
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Locked into a Duel of the Fates the two opposing avatars of their respective Force alignment clashed. Light and Darkness colliding fiercely in mimicry of every defining moment in galactic history. Their struggle was built off the backs of countless living and dead, with the swing of a saber or the thrust of a blade history could be decided. The balance could be swayed.

Their weapons crashed into another with raw intensity behind their movements. Sparks flying, objects flying, metals twisting and tearing in a relentless flurry from each side as the two combatants were locked in an intimate bout with no respite. Each individual attempted to counter the other exhaustingly, the Ren continually redirecting his own fury at his detriment as Dagon kept up the close quarters push.

A saber strike narrowly missed his head as the Atrisian cap that adorned his onyx helm bisected, falling from his brow. The Knight of Ren furiously pressed forward, knowing the enemy thrived in the close reach while his poled weapon faltered away from the long reach it was designed for. Both men were battle worn, tears and bruises forming across them. The Jedi took to physical blows, letting him score more searing marks across his armor. He took grazing wounds that seared flesh as he left cuts of his own across the Jedi.

Intensity built between the duelists.

"YOU TAKING YOUR SWEET TIME, YULA?!?"

The Ren swung violently with a downward strike attempting to remove the head of his opponent as Dagon barked to the Zeltron woman. Leaning back the Jedi avoided certain death at painful angle as he adjusted his footing to avoid opening himself after missing his foe. Immediately his opponent called upon the Force, showering them both in metal debris and scrap from the reactor chamber as a faint hum resounded around them.

A large fragment of metal struck him hard, contorting his neck harshly but not critically. The Knight of Ren removed the obstructing helm immediately revealing brown hair and a set of brown eyes filled with hate. Where one expected a monster he was just as ordinary as any other individual. Setting his vision on Dagon with his very own eyes, he held his halberd at the ready once more before his eyes snapped to immediately upon the cache of grenades around them.

Eyes widened, he called upon the empyrean energies to lift him up. Soaring toward the Mezzanine and slammed his hand down toward the grenade with invisible force.



 
If Darth Solipsis Darth Solipsis had prevented the throne room being taken, he had only prevented it from being taken by weakling Jedi.

The Amalgam wasn't a Jedi.

The Sith Spawn called on sheer hatred to survive the vacuum of the throne room as she cut open an entry, nearly getting sucked out into space as her flesh shuddered and warped, frost forming on flesh as she hanged on with some scaffolding.

She had to find something to seal up the massive vacuum with. But it was getting colder...

The Amalgam had missed the party, evidently. Just as well. The duel between Solipsis and Cedric Grayson Cedric Grayson , a duel between family would have had a distinctly uncomfortable ring to it where she was concerned.

The Sith Spawn struggled through the vacuum, going over to emergency panelling which she cut open. A place like this had redundancies for these situations.

After a few moments of what amounted to a hacking minigame, (A, X, Clockwise, Counterclockwise, Y, Y, X) an emergency forcefield went active, restoring the environment.

The frost ridden thing shuddered, armor damaged due to vacuum exposure, none of the electronics were working on it. Her flesh still shuddered as she channeled the Darkness to keep going. But she could feel it. The powerful reactor to the whole station was in the vicinity.

She was with interrupted by an explosion. The melting, bubbling Sith Spawn grinned as a cadre of Maw Knight's and genuine Sith stormed the throne room.

Both purple blades activated as she charged, deflecting blaster fire, but not the slugs or sonics that hit her body, tearing tissue open and leaking out white blood and muscle as she closed the distance, hacking violently into them even as one of the Sith violently broke her neck with The Force, but the abomination didn't stop, could not stop. Not with so many evil minds empowering her. Her blades slashed chaotically and rapidly, but not so much that the beast paid no mind to defense: After all, she would be useless if her limbs got severed.

Plus, all of Csilla was at stake. Uri was fighting on the Surface, and The Amalgam found it an irresistible opportunity to actually, truly be a Mother in some small way by preventing it from firing.

Even the Darth Phyre hiding inside The Amalgam had taken a liking to Uri Udinia enough to want to save her.

As she severed two heads at the same time, The Amalgam began tearing into the life force around her, drawing it into her body from the weakest Sith as she got him in a death grip, using him as a shield at the same time as her broken neck healed along with some of her most serious wounds, the remaining frost flaking off a bubbling face, exploiting the weakness in The Maw Knight's armor and targeting the power source and n their armor as she flipped and twirled around and over her enemies, brutally stabbing through hearts and limbs as she fought, seeking to inflict maximal agony, even as she killed.

The fighting dragged on for the next few seconds until only one was left, a single Maw Knyght she had saved for last.

He was too weak to resist of course, his life force tore from his body, his soul devoured by the colony of twisted psychopaths inside of her.

Her wounds healed fully, she cut the effect of the Dark Preservation.

The Amalgam looked for anything she could use to aid her and immediately went over to a small terminal giving station readouts.

At last, the generator was located. She immediately sent the location to Xiphos, via comlink directions.

Don't say I never did you any favors. she semi-taunted telepathically, prepared to head down there herself.

But how to get down there quickly?

The Amalgam went to a service catwalk, spotting a huge reactor shaft.

"If only there was a Vader to yeet me down there..." She said trollishly.

No sense in not leaving a party favor.

The Amalgam cut open her palm, busily writing runes in white blood. A most terrible spell. A most terrible curse. She wrote it on as many walks as she could reach, a highly, HIGHLY blood spell enhanced version of one of her most lethal spells.

Red lightning crackled from the runes as The Amalgam leaped into the shaft, using her saber to grind the way down, using applied Force Acrobatics to make her way down the massive, seemingly endless shaft that led to the main reactor, alternating between force jumps and blade grinding to traverse the massive shafts.

The spell in the throne room would began to have deleterious effects on staff personell.

It was a version of the ritual she had used to bust Kay Arenais out of prison. It summoned constructs of the Brain Demon from the shadows throughout the station in scattered amounts, easy enough to destroy with blaster bolts.

But the emaciated, faceless Togrutan like creature with purple skin that manifested in small squads from natural shadows throughout the station, particular ly in engineering sections, was fast, her long, sharp claws deadly as copies of her sprang from the shadows throughout all the decks, in scattered, limited amounts, most manifesting in the throne room to start rushing out.

It wouldn't last long, maybe fifteen minutes, but with the focus being to attack all personnel in the engineering sections, the perverted dark spell rushing through the whole of the Mercy station, slaughters were already occuring, feeding off the faint echo of Solipsis's mere former presence, the rest the sheer dark power in The Amalgam's blood...
 
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Gear: Equipment: Armour, Hold-out Bolter, Shotgun, Grenades, Sidearm, Sabre, Ion Paddle Beamer, Cryo-Ban Gun.

The explosion had left Elpsis battered, bruised and with a painful ringing sound in her ears that refused to go away. Also disorientated. Nyssa stood above her and hauled her up. "Get up, Red. Nap time's later," the Pureblood grunted. "You got all your bits. Great."
"The Sithy?"
"Crawled away. But look at all those corpses. Finely got ourselves a decent brawl," Nyssa declared jubilantly.
"More of that on the way," Elpsis noted grimly, not sharing her companion's sentiments. She stood - shakily, but still. Her body was a mass of pain. She looked around the battlefield. "Team, status?"

"My song still plays. Theirs has turned to great silence. But the dark notes grow in intensity," Shikoba remarked. Elpsis chose to think the Vash meant she was alright, but danger was growing.
"Able to fight," Diona reported, sounding businesslike as usual. Elpsis suppressed a wince when she felt the Tephriki warrior was in quite a bit of pain. Diona had left herself open to aid her against the Sorceress' mental assault. She clamped down on the feeling.
"Here!" Rhea said.

"A certain someone set me on fire, but beyond that..."
Elpsis looked rather guilty. Deep down, she felt angry with herself. "Uh, sorry, about that."
"You're lucky your aim sucks. Don't do it again," Natalie said crossly.

"Anyone need treatment...," Elpsis began, then trailed off when she considered the state of her team. "Anyone who doesn't need lots of healing?" she added.
"I'm fine," Rhea insisted. The injury to her leg told otherwise.
"You're supposed to keep the scarlet liquid on the inside, Bones," Nyssa commented.
"Ghosttalker?" Elpsis asked, using Shikoba's nickname.
"Not now. The spirit energy needs time. If I heal all of you now, I shall be drained."

"I can still fight," Rhea said firmly. "Don't leave me behind, ma'am. I just need some of your medicine."
Diona joined them, after applying a syringe to herself. "I'll tend to her."
Elpsis nodded grimly. "Get out the medkits. Slap some bacts on yourselves. Take anything that's useful from the dead." Ammunition, grenades, medpacs and all that.

Cautiously, Diona removed the plating and guided a bacta patch to Rhea's leg injury. The Rattataki winced and yelped when the cool patch was applied. But she managed to rise as the healing substance took effect. "Don't put too much stress on the leg," the former Jedi Inquisitor warned her fellow Tephriki. Meanwhile, Natalie tended to Shikoba's shoulder.

"You're injured, too," Rhea pointed out, indicating Elpsis.
The Lieutenat brushed the comment aside. "I'll manage."
Frustration roiled over Nyssa. "Oh, for frak's sake, stop being a damn fool." And then without further ado, orange tendrils suddenly shrieked from her fingertips and engulfed a wounded, dying Maw warrior. He screamed in agony. Before Elpsis could react, the tendrils suddenly came for her. She winced, feeling the warrior's life force being ripped out of him and deposited into her. It was painful and invigorating. Then he was dead and she staggered, breathing heavily.

When she looked at Nyssa with a very...irritated look, the Pureblood just shrugged. "What? He didn't need it anyway. And you said 'take anything that's useful from the dead'."
"He can't go all kamikaze on us now," Natalie opined pragmatically. Then she pulled out her blaster pistol and calmy put a wounded cultist out of his misery. "Nor can that one," she reasoned.

Elpsis nodded grimly, swallowing her anger. A wounded cultist had, after all, played possum and attempted a kamikaze attack on her. "Make sure none can follow us."
"They deserve it," Rhea spat hatefully. Lightning struck a marauder trying to crawl away. The mental tribulations the Sorceress' magic had put her through had shaken her, and awakened her rage.
"Make it quick and clean and conserve your energy," Elpsis admonished her since her apprentice seemed a little too eager. The Lieutenant killed a cultist with a clean stab. "We find something to blow up. We can reach a shield generator from here?" she asked Natalie, who nodded. "Good. After that, we get the hell out."

Shikoba turned to the dead bodies the battle had left behind. Feeling their life pass into the otherworlds, she felt a measure of sadness, but her expression hardened. Rhey would be judged in the next life, just as she would. They were enemies of life, I am its knight. We all perish when it is our time. Death is a door. These space people perplexed and, in some ways, horrified her. They had built ships and machinery that seemed like magic to her people, and what did they use this power for? Senseless destruction.

Looking at the walls of the grotesque machine of death, she shook her head. The void-ocean is filled with true barbarians. I shudder to think what will happen if my people embrace the same folly, she thought. She muttered a Vashyada prayer to the spirits and followed her comrades. The somewhat battered, rag-tag band of more or less anti-heroish misfits headed out.
 
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Location: Edge of the Csilla System, Unmarked Freighter, Cockpit
Relevant Tags: Cedric Grayson Cedric Grayson
Objective: Don't Let Cedric Grayson Cedric Grayson Die Horribly, No Pressure

... and it arrived with a flash. The freighter, piloted by R3, twisted about to properly orient itself with the floating form of Grayson. Time was short, so R3 did not have time to be gentle. The freighter's sublight engines roared to life, pushing the small craft the extra couple dozen meters needed to envelop Grayson, pointedly ignoring any other unfortunate organics that might be floating around. This was a rescue mission; if they wanted to survive, they should have gotten their own astromech to save them.

With Grayson floating in the cargo bay - as confirmed by the security sensors inside - as safe as he could in that situation, R3 closed the hatch and turned the ship about. Whilst the ship turned, R3 cycled the air in the cargo hold and activated the onboard medical droid: an ancient thing far older in both model and physical age than R3. It was hardly the best medical help one could expect, but if the choices were that or death, R3 suspected Grayson would prefer the former.

Now that help was on its way, despite how slow the droid might be, R3 set about the far more important task at hand. It had managed to thread the proverbial needle to get into this mess, now it needed to get back out. The navcharts were roaring and screaming in protest, outright denying any possibility of hyperspacing out. Thankfully, R3 found those to be advisements than actual orders. The hyperdrive was activated, the sublights cut, and a path charted--

A massive cruiser wandered into R3's path, sending a new series of alarms screaming through the cockpit and eliciting a rather peeved whistle. Of all the things-- R3 was forced to manoeuvre the freighter into a tight series of pirouettes to avoid a burst from turbolaser batteries. Whether they were intentionally aimed towards the junker or not was immaterial, R3 and by extension, Grayson was still deep within the danger zone. Power was cut from the hyperdrive and funnelled back into the engines, blasting them onto full. New warnings arose, stating that, at the current temperatures, the engines and reactor were under threat of melting. R3 promptly ignored these warnings and sent the nameless freighter hurtling through the ships surrounding it.

R3 could hardly be qualified as an "amazing pilot" by any metric, but what it did have was the keep mind of a droid and the ability to process stimuli nearly instantaneously. Torpedoes, turbolasers, and concussions missiles were child's play to avoid. Swarms of mixed fighters, laser cannon bursts, and anti-fighter missiles, on the other hand... Thankfully, the sides at play seemed far more interested in wiping out each other than a junker freighter weaving between their brawling, so R3 didn't have to do too much fancy flying.

It was almost disappointing.

Free from the horde of warships, R3 set course for the edge of the system, where it could wait out Grayson's return to the living in peace and quiet. The sublight engines cut, the hyperdrive whined in a complaint, and the freighter was gone.
 

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He wound his arm back, bastard blade drawn, and thrust its jagged tip towards the smaller Jedi Knight. Arm fully extended, the blade traveled fast and far before colliding with the eruption of blessed energy that exuded from Elle's very being, saturating the area around them both with cleansing rays of pure light. Scintillating bands of energy sloughed off the former Dark Lord's sword as it found itself ground to a halt before the Jedi's released energy.
But so too was Carnifex surrounded by a waterfall of energy, a growing curtain of inexorable vantablack seeping out from behind where the Butcher King stood firm against the Light which assailed him. Arcs of blood-red energy danced along his forearms and biceps, bouncing back and forth in random erratic patterns.
The point where their energies, Darkness and Light, converged was a maelstrom of concussive energies in which could neither could prevail over the other. Deafening waves roiled out from this epicenter, peeling back the metal plating of the floor and walls around them and sending the natural darkness scurrying into deep recesses.
All that remained was the shining Light of the Jedi and the unfathomable Darkness of the Sith.
Carnifex remained unperturbed by this development, his face grimly set into a deep frown as he pushed his weapon forward into the onslaught. His power, at that moment, was like a swirling singularity of incomprehensible hate; hate that had no rhyme nor reason, but only existed for its own sake. As the Dark Side of the Force pooled into its chosen champion all of its myriad powers and vices, so too did the Light Side grant its chosen avatar mighty boons and stalwart resolve in the face of such evil.
But then Carnifex took a step forward.
And then another.
Long had he served as an agent of darkness in the galaxy, spreading its vile influence throughout the cosmos while simultaneously pursuing his own greedy hunger for power and knowledge. By He, the Butcher King, the Black Iron Tyrant, the Scourge of a Hundred Worlds, had only seen this raw strength once or twice before. Such a harmonious marriage of flesh and the force could only come from absolute Oneness in the Force. But just as light rose to meet the growing darkness, so too did darkness rise to meet the growing light.
Powerful light, powerful darkness.
Such a nexus of convergent energies was undoubtedly shining like a beacon across the entire system, eclipsing the brilliance of Csilla's sun while simultaneously smothering the stars on the canvas of the void. The Light Side and the Dark Side screamed in unison, a shrill shriek that echoed through the Force like the explosion of a dying star.
"She will fail you," offered the former Dark Lord.
" Sylvia Virtos Sylvia Virtos will fail you, Elle Mors. It is written."
And all the while, he continued to push his way towards her.

 
Consciousness was nearly beyond the exile as the freighter slowly drifted into view. The silence of the void was in stark contrast to the veritable sea of turbolaser bolts and explosive shells flooding the space between the Maw and its foes. Some part of Cedric's mind noted the irony of the scene, and almost found it humorous as the freighter settled alongside him.

He could only float there rigidly as R3 moved frantically to drag him inside. The doors of the freighter's gangplank hissed closed as Cedric was drawn within, the warmth of the room making it feel as if his skin were glowing. The Jedi took in several deep, desperate breaths as he was brought into the safety of an oxygenated environment once more.

His chest rose and fell violently as he sat there, staring at R3-D1 R3-D1 in wide eyed wondered. The mad droid had actually managed to do it against every metric in Cedric's mind that told him they should both be little more than debris at this point.

"R3," his voice cracked as the ice that had begun to form in his throat melted away. "You're a damned hero. Deserve a medal," he huffed as he tried to sit up. The effort was too much for his failing limbs however, and he contented himself with simply laying there on the durasteel floors. "Get us to Ruusan," he mumbled as the shock of his many wounds began to set in. The two medical droids aboard the vessel moved to scoop him up immediately, and he could only stare out into the trailing blues of hyperspace as the last remnants of his lucidity left him.
 

FN-999

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LOCATION: CSILLA - NIO TRENCHES
ARTILLERY: 30/12
ALLIES: NIO & CO | In relative proximity of Aerarii Tithe Aerarii Tithe | In less-relative proxmity of Enedina Tal Enedina Tal / DECEASED Erskine Barran DECEASED Erskine Barran / Jerec Yularen Jerec Yularen / Major Bennett Hall / Halketh Halketh / Tyrell Lockhart Tyrell Lockhart
ENEMIES: DA MAW | NPC units directly engaging Maestus Maestus | Engaging walkers and NPC units under Lirka Ka Lirka Ka / The Mongrel The Mongrel
EQUIPMENT: In Signature + Carbine Rifle


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It was time for a full withdrawal.
With the Vice-Chancellor successfully evacuated and the defenses of the large evacuation shuttles sufficient enough for the Maw elites to pose no major threat, FN-999 had left the remaining six troopers of the escort squad to fire upon the Maw infiltrators while he returned to his bunker.

The blast of warm air inside was an instant relief, and he found himself shedding his armor in seconds. Seeing Major ST-093 relaying orders from the comms array, he waited patiently for her to conclude before approaching.


"What is our current status and operations?" asked the lieutenant legion commander.

"About fourteen-hundred of our troops have evacuated, and thirty more evacuation shuttles will arrive soon to pick up all allied units and artillery." replied the major.


"Very well." replied FN-999. "Stay nearby in case I leave again, otherwise I will resume command."

He then approached the bunker's comms array and opened them up to an allied frequency.

[All allied units, this is Lieutenant Legion Commander FN-999. Execute Scorched Earth Protocol for the second line of trenches and secure routes to evacuation craft for all allied units in front of the remaining trenches. Our current evacuation capacity in the dropships assigned to the main task force in the trenches is twenty-k infantry and several hundred armored and artillery units. Any extra units should seek alternate transport. May the Imperator's will guide us all.]

A procedure began to play out that was nearly identical to that performed in the now-ruined first trench line. Sticks of C4 were taken from each intact bunker and spread throughout the trenches, with the final pieces being stuck in the connector trenches. Once every friendly unit had been evacuated, every explosive was detonated, creating another spectacle of massive clouds of dirt and fire. The shockwave was closer to the command bunker than the previous explosion, and the walls shook as the compressed air sliced over the third trench line. It would take several seconds before the remaining troops guarding the third trench line peered over the top once more. The natural barrier of newly formed mud that had filled in the first trench line had doubled in size, slowing the physical advance of the Maw even further while minimizing allied extension.

At the same time, the pleas of the TodHusars were answered.

One of the thirty new
dropships that had entered the atmosphere broke off from the rest, aiming in front of the now-ruined second trench rather than behind the triple line. The resilience of the distinguished unit would pay off as the dropship slammed to the ground about fifteen meters away from their rear, engaging its engines once more in order to avoid sinking into the encroaching mud. At the same time, the twenty-eight undamaged artillery pieces opened fire around the ship and the TodHusars, their high-explosive ammunition kicking up great piles of dirt to mask their retreat.

Satisfied with the flow of events, FN-999 issued one final statement.


[Naval, I'm requesting an urgent order of one big-gun space suit.]

 
Location: Edge of the Csilla System, Unmarked Freighter, Cockpit
Relevant Tags: Cedric Grayson Cedric Grayson
Objective: Retreat Evacuate rapidly to Ruusan.

R3 could only manage a single whistle of affirmation before Cedric embraced unconsciousness again; sodding lay-about. As the medical droids carried Grayson out, through the utilization of a hovering medical stretcher, R3 retreated back to the cockpit. There was little point being in the meter-and-a-half by three-meter this ship mistakenly claimed to be a 'medical bay', the medical droids were more than capable of handling whatever injuries Grayson had sustained.

The cockpit was as R3 had left it, though the blue cone of hyperspace had ceased. The inky blackness of a thousand stars stretched out before R3, but the astromech did not stop to gander at the vastness of it all for more than a nanosecond. After all, a working droid never played - especially when there was work to be done! A heated, but brief, argument with the nav computer later, and R3 had charted a course Ruusan. A little more prodding and the damaged hyperdrive roared to life once more. A flash of light, the faint hum of engines, and they were gone.
 
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Location: Atmosphere of Csilla, atmospheric bomber Fortis Leader
Objective 4: Bring Fortis Squadron and his escort squadron back to the Foudroyant
Bomber status: Fully operational, bomb bay empty.
Gunner: Lt William Peel
Allies: CIS, Eternal Empire, First Order, Galactic Aliiance:Jedi Order, New Imperial Order, Chiss Ascendency and Independents.
Ennemies: Brotherhood of the Maw, Kainate, Sith Eternal, Warlords of the Sith and Independents.
Post theme: N/A
Tag: Teica Giraan Teica Giraan | Constantine Oliva Constantine Oliva | Gallius Orcana Gallius Orcana | Albrecht F. Herlock Albrecht F. Herlock | LtCdr Halsey | LtCdr Mannerheim | Erika Richthofen Erika Richthofen
Legend:
Comm out, comm in, crew, squadron frequency

"To all squadron leaders, this is Foudroyant. You are to get back to the ship, we received new deployement orders. Foudroyant, over."

"Foudroyant, this is Fortis Leader. We've dropped all our gifts and we're now flying back to the ship. Once we're on board, I request a full replenishment of the bombers. Fortis Leader, out."

"To all Fortis, this is Fortis Leader. Get back in formation, we're going back home. Fortis Leader, over."

"Alright, time to get this baby back. You did a great job down there William."

"Well, there was no ennemy fighters to hunt us down."

"You're right. It was too quiet. Get ready to land!"

One by one, the planes composing the Fortis Squadron landed on the Foudroyant and got back to the hangar deck in order to get replenishment.
 
Commanding Officer of AIV Maréchal Davout
Location: On board of the CV-1 Foudroyant, orbit of Csilla
Carrier status: Operationnal (4 squadrons launched, 1 squadron of atmospheric bombers in reserve)
Objective 4: Support Commodore Orcana's fleet
Allies: CIS, Eternal Empire, First Order, Galactic Aliiance:Jedi Order, New Imperial Order, Chiss Ascendency and Independents.
Ennemies: Brotherhood of the Maw, Kainate, Sith Eternal, Warlords of the Sith and Independents.
Post theme: N/A
Tag: Teica Giraan Teica Giraan | Constantine Oliva Constantine Oliva | Gallius Orcana Gallius Orcana | Albrecht F. Herlock Albrecht F. Herlock | LtCdr Mannerheim | LtCdr Halsey | Jack Daniel Jack Daniel
Legend: Comm out, comm in, crew, ship's intercom


"Foudroyant, this is Fortis Leader. We've dropped all our gifts and we're now flying back to the ship. Once we're on board, I request a full replenishment of the bombers. Fortis Leader, out."

"Get the flight deck reay, Fortis Squadron is coming back! Once they are on board give them a full replenishment."

"Yes, Ma'am!"

In the same time, Fortis Squadron's bombers were performing their final approach and finally landed on the Foudroyant's flight deck, follewed by the three other squadrons. They were taken to the hangar deck thanks to lift present on the front half of the flight deck and receiving a full replenishment once in the hangar.

"Ma'am, the all the bombers and fighters are on board."

"Alright. Contact the Pride of Anaxes. Tell them that we're leaving Csilla's atmosphere and that we'll meet them et the rendez-vous point in a few moments."

"Roger!"

"Pride of Anaxes, this is Foudroyant. We've recovered all our planes,and we'll meet you at the rendez-vous point in a few moments. Foudroyant, over."
 

Elle Mors

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Duel of the Fates, aboard the 'Mercy'

He was everything - the darkness, the proclaimed Sith'ari by some, a dark lord to others, but most of all he was known. A titan in his own right, his name carved out of the sand, the dirt, the rock, with his own sweat, blood, and tears. Every fiber of his being thrummed with power, dignity, and superiority, with dominance, that he had earned through efforts of his own; efforts that had made certain he had murdered his rivals, drowned the children of his enemies, and burned the planets of his detractors in his rise to infamy. A butcher in more than name, Darth Carnifex Darth Carnifex had stitched together the corpses of every last body he'd dropped into a tower that he had climbed to reach the heights he now enjoyed. Everything he was, everything he had, all he had been known for - stolen.

She didn't stand against a man that believed in a path through darkness, she didn't even oppose his use of the force, overlooked the darkness that surged beneath his flesh, but there was not an atom in her that did not find itself opposed to his abuses, to his evils. His opposite, Elle Mors was nobody; she hadn't bled from the worn tips of her fingers and clawed her way to where she was now, she hadn't cut down her enemies to push herself up, and she'd given her time and her freedom to making the lives of the less fortunate better. Prepared to risk death, accepting of the chance she might become just another stepping stone, it wasn't for glory or reputation that she stood here now, saber in hand - light converging around, and within, her.

Her mind did not wander to thoughts of their battle from any perspective except their own, what others might have seen - felt - did not matter now, only that she use the means she was given to cleanse the planet, the system, of the dark taint that had descended over it to devour it. The force desired unity, so she let go of her grip on mortal a sense of individuality and let its light in - brighter it grew. It demanded her trust, so she shed herself of the fear - the doubt - that the Dark Lord's steps towards her would have cast into her heart - clearer it became. And when he spoke, when he invoked her name, the force told her she was free, free as the Sith had been seeking for millennia in a path that they could never hope to see it in - and she knew what it meant to be with the force.

"Then we will be one." She answered, her words as cold as the void of space that encapsulated the Mercy.

He had stepped towards her, challenging not the vessel that contained it but the light itself, and it rose to face him with steps of her own. "That is something you will never understand." She added coolly, the hand that held her saber rising and tilting, pointing its end towards him. "If you continue any further then there will be no turning back; leave, if you will not surrender yourself to the force."


"This is your second chance. There will not be a third."
 
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Honneur, Patrie, Valeur, Discipline
Location: On board of the Pride of Anaxes, orbit of Csilla
Task Force 58 compostion: X101 Pride of Anaxes (flagship); X102 Audacious; X103 Courageous; CV-1 Foudroyant
Objective 4: Regroup with the other ships of the Task Force and provide reinforcements to Gallius Orcana's fleet
Allies: CIS, Eternal Empire, First Order, Galactic Aliiance:Jedi Order, New Imperial Order, Chiss Ascendency and Independents.
Ennemies: Brotherhood of the Maw, Kainate, Sith Eternal, Warlords of the Sith and Independents.
Post theme: N/A
Tag: Teica Giraan Teica Giraan | Constantine Oliva Constantine Oliva | Gallius Orcana Gallius Orcana | Erika Richthofen Erika Richthofen | LtCdr Mannerheim | LtCdr Halsey
Legend: Comm out, comm in, crew, ship's intercom


"Pride of Anaxes, this is Foudroyant. We've recovered all our planes,and we'll meet you at the rendez-vous point in a few moments. Foudroyant, over."

Herlock could see the carrier vassel coming towards the Pride of Anaxes and the Audacious. She was followed closely by Lieutenant Commander Halsey's Courageous, the third ship of the Task Force. The four ships went into formation, with carrier at the center and the escort frigates around her and started flying towards Gallius Orcana's Azure Command fleet.

"Open a link to Commodore Orcana's ship."

"Aye Sir!"

"Commodore Orcana, this is Captain Albrecht Herlock speaking. Task Force 58 is complete and ready to provide you reinforcements. We're waiting for your orders. Herlock, out."
 

Brec Gannan

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PK-1 MERCY INTERIOR
OBJECTIVE III:

DUEL OF THE FATES

Equipment: In possessions tab

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The thing with dark siders was the consistency in foreboding and evilly-inclined cosmetics. Everything they did was dark, sinister, and haunting to some degree. In this case, the shadowed and dimly lit hall with the rows of bacta tanks were right up there with what Brec could imagine, though even he had to admit there was another level of momentary shock about the place. Who were all the sentients in the tanks? They were alive, suffering even with expressions of torment, and it was clear that some dark ritual or purpose was at work. Also, in front of the pair of Imperial Knights, First Order Stormtroopers lay dead...

Brec listened as Juliana Alderdice spoke into the dim light, to the individual ahead across the hall. The terms for surrender had been presented, at least; but the Sentinel suspected - highly - that the mysterious raven wouldn't care or accept. Not that Brec was planning on letting the guy get away with killing so many of their people, and being on the side that was threatening an entire planet's worth of sentients; so really the offer was to cross the t's and dot the i's.

The man spoke, as he mentioned the direction taken.

"Yeah, we didn't listen to the mysterious voice stabbing into our minds," Brec muttered, as he brought his blue-bladed lightsaber up and held it before him. "Shocker, huh?"

With a glance to the bacta tanks, Brec decided there would be a need to take several differing actions eventually. Two Imperial Knights, more opportunity to get things done. Besides, the Sentinel - though of middling rank in his branch of fellow Force users - certainly wasn't a slouch when it came to utilizing and channeling the mystical power. Or his lightsaber, which howled loudly in the space that would serve as the battle to come.

"Jules, we're going to kick this guy's ass," Brec said simply, as he looked to his companion. "Be ready to disengage when I tell you, though..."

The dark side swirled around them. It was leeching into the air, into the mind, and it was all Brec could do to resist the call. One he was familiar with, one he had willingly followed many years ago; and while the Sentinel wasn't opposed to the darker applications of the Force, there had been a new want for balance in his life... so he would keep it at bay, not call on it, unless he absolutely had to.

"As for you," Brec turned to stare at their opponent. "I'm Brec. You got a name?"

Not that it mattered. Then, slowly, Brec began to stalk forward as he approached the stranger with the intent to defeat him, then to continue following the shatterpoint crack outside the bacta hall...

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Allies: Juliana Alderdice
Enemies: Gren Blidh Gren Blidh

ENGAGING: Gren Blidh Gren Blidh
 
"YOU TAKING YOUR SWEET TIME, YULA?!?"

For the very first time, Yula actually ignored Dagon’s quip. Because yelling at her while she was trying to concentrate would make her work faster!

He’d get an earful while they were side by side in the Medbay later.

The Zeltron did her best to tune the sounds of fighting out, focusing her attention on trawling her way through the reactor’s core with the Force, searching for a way to override the machine. The deeper she went, the more the dark side fought her back, sizzling the flesh of her palms with necrotic energy. This would’ve been much easier if it had been a simple blow-it-up job, but she had to exercise a level of caution, fearful of causing an unintentional misfire.

The Ren made an appearance in her periphery, leaping onto the mezzanine and startling her into pushing a surge of Force through the controls. A server tower several meters away burst into flames, and Yula had no idea if that was a good thing. Their intelligence hadn’t been detailed enough to provide them with a layout of the reactor, so she was operating off of a series of educated guesses.

The Force surged, a grenade exploded, and Dagon’s body skittered like a ragdoll to her feet. Alive thanks to a well-timed Force barrier by the telekinetic specialist, but tattered.
“Chit!” She hissed, breaking her concentration to pull away from the machine and step over the Padawan. Her attention found the Ren, brow creasing in irritation that he’d interrupted her, then softening in surprise at his almost benign appearance. Given a change of clothes, he looked like he could have been fighting alongside her and Dag.

“Get your ass up, Kaze!” She rasped, extending both hands, now blackened and charred from her efforts to ruin the reactor. The Force snaked from her, seeking to grab hold—even briefly—of Sinh’s mind to
rattle his nervous system. Perhaps if she could slow him down for a few moments, it would afford Dagon the time he needed to…not die.

Either way, time was running out.

Dagon Kaze Dagon Kaze - TK-818 TK-818
 
OBJECTIVE: HELL FROZEN OVER
ENGAGING: Aerarii Tithe Aerarii Tithe




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Maestus Chosen fought valiantly and, more noticeably, with savage abandon. That isn't to say they were reckless or undisciplined. They moved in pairs. When fire rained towards them, they went to one knee and zeroed in on their enemies. Then as one, they rose and broke into a run at those firing. Vibropikes held high, one of the Chosen launched it like a spear, putting all his strength into it. With a sickening crack, the pike pierced the armor of one of the Alliance fighters. Dropping him where he stood.

When they fired upon Maestus, she deflected the bolts. All but one. It grazed her left arm, and she hissed. She seethed at the burning pain spreading up into her shoulder. What it also did was fuel the rage already burning within. It rose to new heights that she had not experienced before. It filled every fiber of her being. This Rage was new, a blessing of the Dark Side. The red flames that ringed the iris of her eyes spread until there was little to no white remaining.

Her attention taken off of Aerarii Tithe Aerarii Tithe to defend herself let him scamper into the trench. Maestus let out a deafening scream, heard over the sounds of war. It would stretch to the trench.

Two of her Chosen had fallen in the blaster fire from the enemies. The remaining Chosen, instead of being rocked by the loss of their comrades seemed to gain strength from the loss. They fought with a savagery not often seen. Cutting down enemies left and right, they advanced on the trench. Consumed with their desire for death and destruction, they focused on killing and less on capturing.

Maestus, however, had not forgotten about Aerarii Tithe Aerarii Tithe . Lightsaber in her right hand, she stalked towards the trench. She was bound and determined to find and capture her quarry. Even if it meant hunting him all over this damned planet.
 
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There was a momentary hesitation as Natasi held Gannan's gaze for a beat. There was an internal gut-reaction to refuse, but Natasi knew that she couldn't refuse. They had a plan. They had an agreement. To Natasi, the highest distinction possible was service to others, and as paradoxical as it seemed, Natasi could best serve by leaving the scene of the battle to live another day as a leader for her people. "Very good, Allegiant General," she said, inclining her head. "I won't embarrass you with a big emotional gesture. I'll only say this: I have every faith in your abilities and those of our men and women in the field. I know you will do the First Order proud. Best of luck."

The Supreme Leader turned and retreated into the elevator. She was pleased to have him present in that moment, a comfort in what was an intensely uncomfortable situation for her. She was desperate to reach for him, even to place a hand on his forearm would have been a balm, but she resisted the impulse. The elevator rocketed towards the hangar deck, and Natasi wasted no time boarding her Allegro-class stealth corvette. Natasi said nothing until the ship had launched. She stood at the rear of the cockpit, watching the last snatches of the battle that could be seen from their position, then turned to Dyrn.

"I'm going to take a moment. I'll be in my cabin," she said before brushing past him. She locked the door behind her and put her hands on on her midsection, trying to sooth the unsettled feeling there. It didn't help. She took an uncertain step into the cabin, looking around until she saw the reflection of herself in the viewport window. Suddenly the admiral's uniform felt like a grotesque costume, almost a mockery of it. The soundness of the plan, the necessity of her survival, she accepted -- but it still felt cowardly.

Trembling fingers found the fasteners of the uniform jacket and undid them as quickly as possible. She shrugged out of the jacket and threw it on the bed. The blouse followed. She sat on the mattress and worked the boots off her feet, then the socks, and finally she stood and shimmied out of the trousers. She gathered the different elements folding the clothing pieces carefully and tucked them into a laundry bag, stowing them with the boots in the wardrobe; she had to get it out of sight. She unpinned her hair, shook it loose, and went into the 'fresher.

A few minutes later, after the ship had jumped to hyperspace and was hurtling back towards Dosuun, Natasi emerged from the sani-shower and dressed herself in a plain black tunic and slacks. When she finally left her cabin, the Supreme Leader returned to the cockpit, leaning against the doorjamb casually. "Any word from the Allegiant General?" she asked Dyrn Grav Dyrn Grav as she braided her chestnut locks over one shoulder. "I know it's only been a few minutes, but -- " Her voice faltered and she looked down. The next few hours was going to be absolute torture.



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LOCATION: Third trench line, Csilla
OBJECTIVE: I - Hell Frozen Over
OPPONENT: Maestus Maestus
ALLIES: Jerec Yularen Jerec Yularen | Halketh Halketh | Julian Qar Julian Qar | DECEASED Erskine Barran DECEASED Erskine Barran | Enedina Tal Enedina Tal | Alais Kaun | Henri Estienne Henri Estienne | Tyrell Lockhart Tyrell Lockhart | FN-999 | Kanto Kanto | GA | NIO | Chiss
ENEMIES: Lirka Ka Lirka Ka | The Mongrel The Mongrel | BOTM | Sith
KIT: Lesser Ring of the Protected Mind | Visions of Gold | Taxman’s Embrace | Limited Liability | Attire
POST: V

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Ice crunched under the Vice Chancellor’s ornate boots - certainly the most expensive and unsuited pair on the battlefield - as he hurried through the New Imperial Order trench line. Not that the sound stood any chance of giving away his position - the roar of battle was deafening. Explosions hung out every few seconds as both sides of the conflict traded blows. Ground and aerial vehicles roared around the battlefield, throwing themselves and their deadly armaments at the enemy. Blood-curdling screams, which could either be impassioned war chants or desperate cries for help, drifted across the frozen surface of Csilla.

Aerarii chanced a look over his shoulder and was surprised to see that the Maw Sith warrior who had ambushed him had not pursued him. The valiant NIO Stormtroopers led by FN-999 must have succeeded in delaying her. That was a rare blessing, but the Aargauun was far from safe. His skills lay in banking and politics, not warfare and combat. He was just as likely to die by a stray blaster bolt as the lightsaber of the Twi’lek killer. The sooner he got off Csilla, the better.

A shuttle swooped down toward him, sending the Vice Chancellor diving to the ground. He frantically looked around for somewhere to hide and began crawling toward a nearby dugout. Tithe heard the shuttle touch down and voices come closer - a group of soldiers saying they had spotted him a moment ago and wondering where he’d disappeared to.

In desperate he unclipped his electrohammer from his belt and powered up the weapon. Tithe moved into position next to the dugout entrance and raised the weapon high above his head.

A white helmeted head came through the doorway, and without thinking Tithe brought the electrohammer down onto the Stormtroopers head.

Or at least he tried - whether by the noise of the weapon or the obvious ambush, the New Imperial was ready and batted the weapon harmless away. “I found him,” the Stormtrooper called back out into the trenches to his colleagues. “Sir, come with me.”

Pretending that he hadn’t just tried to bludgeon his rescuer, Tithe followed the New Imperial out of the dugout and to the nearby light shuttle. He clambered into the safety of the freighter just as the second trench line was detonated, a rain of debris bouncing off the vessel's outer hull.

Tithe let himself relax as the shuttle lifted off and began to climb toward safety. Once again, the Vice Chancellor had managed to slip through the enemy fingers and escape in one piece. In a few short moments he would be safe aboard the next Alliance star defender heading back to Coruscant.

Something caught his eye as he gazed out the viewport at the battlefield below. A small band of Stormtroopers were valiantly holding back a red-skinned Twi’lek and her marauding followers. It was FN-999, the man who had thrown himself in harm's way to give Tithe the opportunity to escape.

He looked down at the battlefield as the Maw forces threatened the overrun the NIO position.

“Auditor’s wraith,” he cursed to himself.

It was truly a dark day if Aerarii Tithe had developed a conscience.

Tithe hurried forward to the cockpit. “Turn around, we’re, ah, we’re going back.” The pilot shook her head and explained that she was under strict orders to get him back to safety. “With all due respect my dear, to poverty with your orders!” Cursing, the pilot threw the control yoke to the left and turned the shuttle back around, plotting a course back to where FN-999 was fighting for his life against Maestus Maestus and her Chosen.
 

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