Chiasa Kritivaas
Starbird Reborn
The Ravens were in an interesting state of flux. People you thought would always be there, could be counted on entirely, left, peacefully or otherwise. Fresh blood was always coming in however. The Galaxy's hungry. Those who wanted to make a name for themselves, to live free and out from under the thumb of anyone. No Masters, no Gods, no Laws.
Chiasa, who had never been officially accepted into the Ravens, who had bluffed her way in in the best tradition and spirit of the group found herself spearheading these changes, guiding the flux. It was rather like trying to steer a rampaging Rancor with a bridle made of dental floss, but that was what made it fun. A challenge. Madame President indeed. This amused her, but she hardly thought of herself as President. Someone had to get things done. Someone had to protect the Unkindness. She just happened to be the one with the vicious drive to make things happen.
A drive that had just been kicked into overdrive.
Refuse the Ravens their freedom. Tell them who to sell to. Tell them where they could or could not go.
War.
Fine, but she damned well intended to win. In fact what she really intended to do was to make the Ravens too difficult a target for anyone to seriously think about trying to fight. Wars they were involved in were unprofitable after all. Other people could fight all they'd like. The Ravens would supply them, and even fight for them if the price was right.
The Unkindness had taken to the sky. Twenty non-descript, unassuming little Steadfast Construction Tugs were already put-putting around Drogheda, blending in perfectly with all the other similar crafts you'd find on a mining world. In the skies above Antecedent, the Red Dress, five Hades-Class Heavy Cruisers, a handful of Krakana-Class Assault Cruisers (registered as stolen, that would never stop being funny) and a myriad of members independent vessels as well as those in the holds of the larger ships drifted serenely out away from the planet.. Before jumping into hyperspace.
The Red Dress and some of the independent ships would come out closest to the planet. Some of them had jobs to complete before the bigger ships were brought in to play. The Hades would hang back out of sensor range with the Krakana waiting to ensure no serious resistance was put up in the air. There shouldn't be. They'd let no word of their plans escape, kept their cards close to their chest. Besides, Drogheda pledged allegiance to no one, and so had no one to call upon. Not that they even knew they were in trouble yet...
Chiasa sat in the pilots seat of her Washburne class shuttle, accompanied by whichever bodyguard decided to be with her today and Henbeddestr, the male Togruta who was her usual pilot when she couldn't do it herself or needed not to for reasons of appearance. Today he was present to make sure a pilot stayed aboard if and when she herself went planet-side. She was quite fond of her little ship, and didn't intend to lose it. She opened the Red Ravens comm channels.
"Ready for fun my darlings? Fun and profit, the two pillars of a happy life."
She purred over the airwaves.
"A quick recap for those of you who got so excited you forgot the plan... Cause as much mischief and mayhem as you like, draw their security, police and military out and away, set off the charges around the building smartly, I want the foundation destroyed but the building itself largely intact. Those who've volunteered to drive the tugs will move in, grab it with their tractor beams. A few ships will need to cover them, we've sacrificed shields for being able to get them in place with no suspicion. As soon as they're breaking atmo I want the Hades moving in to both grab the building and to provide a safe place for the tugs to retreat into the landing bays. By then I imagine we'll have some attention, so the Krakanas and Red Dress will get to play."
"Easy enough if we do it well and communicate. The name of the game is the same as it always has been. Don't get caught."
The building in question? The pre-eminent planetary reserve right after that quarters ore had been sold. Why try and carry credits away when you could take the whole bank after all?
Chiasa, who had never been officially accepted into the Ravens, who had bluffed her way in in the best tradition and spirit of the group found herself spearheading these changes, guiding the flux. It was rather like trying to steer a rampaging Rancor with a bridle made of dental floss, but that was what made it fun. A challenge. Madame President indeed. This amused her, but she hardly thought of herself as President. Someone had to get things done. Someone had to protect the Unkindness. She just happened to be the one with the vicious drive to make things happen.
A drive that had just been kicked into overdrive.
Refuse the Ravens their freedom. Tell them who to sell to. Tell them where they could or could not go.
War.
Fine, but she damned well intended to win. In fact what she really intended to do was to make the Ravens too difficult a target for anyone to seriously think about trying to fight. Wars they were involved in were unprofitable after all. Other people could fight all they'd like. The Ravens would supply them, and even fight for them if the price was right.
The Unkindness had taken to the sky. Twenty non-descript, unassuming little Steadfast Construction Tugs were already put-putting around Drogheda, blending in perfectly with all the other similar crafts you'd find on a mining world. In the skies above Antecedent, the Red Dress, five Hades-Class Heavy Cruisers, a handful of Krakana-Class Assault Cruisers (registered as stolen, that would never stop being funny) and a myriad of members independent vessels as well as those in the holds of the larger ships drifted serenely out away from the planet.. Before jumping into hyperspace.
The Red Dress and some of the independent ships would come out closest to the planet. Some of them had jobs to complete before the bigger ships were brought in to play. The Hades would hang back out of sensor range with the Krakana waiting to ensure no serious resistance was put up in the air. There shouldn't be. They'd let no word of their plans escape, kept their cards close to their chest. Besides, Drogheda pledged allegiance to no one, and so had no one to call upon. Not that they even knew they were in trouble yet...
Chiasa sat in the pilots seat of her Washburne class shuttle, accompanied by whichever bodyguard decided to be with her today and Henbeddestr, the male Togruta who was her usual pilot when she couldn't do it herself or needed not to for reasons of appearance. Today he was present to make sure a pilot stayed aboard if and when she herself went planet-side. She was quite fond of her little ship, and didn't intend to lose it. She opened the Red Ravens comm channels.
"Ready for fun my darlings? Fun and profit, the two pillars of a happy life."
She purred over the airwaves.
"A quick recap for those of you who got so excited you forgot the plan... Cause as much mischief and mayhem as you like, draw their security, police and military out and away, set off the charges around the building smartly, I want the foundation destroyed but the building itself largely intact. Those who've volunteered to drive the tugs will move in, grab it with their tractor beams. A few ships will need to cover them, we've sacrificed shields for being able to get them in place with no suspicion. As soon as they're breaking atmo I want the Hades moving in to both grab the building and to provide a safe place for the tugs to retreat into the landing bays. By then I imagine we'll have some attention, so the Krakanas and Red Dress will get to play."
"Easy enough if we do it well and communicate. The name of the game is the same as it always has been. Don't get caught."
The building in question? The pre-eminent planetary reserve right after that quarters ore had been sold. Why try and carry credits away when you could take the whole bank after all?
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