POWER PLANT
As the mercenaries encroached upon Daella and @[member="Sopher Jakobs"]’s position, Daella sat tight behind the large metal piece of cover. With the smoke, it was difficult to visually identify it. For several seconds, Daella closed her eyes as she reached into the backpack and deactivated her lightsaber.
The power plant featured ten power
generators - which in turn fed electricity to the transformer that took the energy to the grid and, most importantly, the shield generator. Each power generator stood almost ten meters tall. They were top of the line and extremely efficient for their size. Just as other generators, they were notoriously susceptible to battle damage. A well-placed blaster shot would have caused them to breakdown and stop working.
The bombs set by @[member="Thaddeus Creed"] and @[member="Airal Thamne"] ended up disabling the two generators closest to the entrance that Daella and Sopher came through. The rest of the generators were still functional. They were separated into two columns and five rows when looking inward from either the front or back entrance, where @[member="Arcturus Procyon"] came through. The transformer sat at the back, far away from Daella.
Each generator and the transformer created a ton of heat. While not enough to cook a human being, it was slightly uncomfortable. A few drops of sweat trickled down Daella’s face. Though, the problem amounted to little compared to how difficult it was to hear.
Once Thaddeus chunked the
luma grenades, Daella opened her eyes. She likely
sensed what would happen due to how she reacted. Immediately, Daella shoved Sopher away as if to prompt him to take cover. Then, Daella sprung out from cover with the backpack in her hand. She took nothing out of it from earlier.
The luma grenades would have exploded with Daella’s back to them. Not only that, but the thick smoke in the building made what should have been a disorientating, bright flash into more of a dull, orange one that resembled a fireball. Therefore, Daella did not receive the full debilitating effect of the grenade.
The mercenaries would have fired upon Daella. Yet, her speed and agility seemed to be imbued by the Force. Not even a second after emerging from cover, Daella covered the a good chunk of the distance toward the generator to the right of the front entrance looking inward. She quickly slid the rest of the way. She avoided the relatively slow sonic waves rushing around her - though just by a breadth.
However, as she slid toward the generator, the backpack snagged onto a piece of metal. This ripped a hole into the bottom of the backpack. Two spherical grenades from the bottom of the backpack fell out and rolled toward where ever Sopher decided to take cover. They were not armed and would not explode - at least not yet.
Once Daella had reached the disabled generator and took cover behind its massive structure, she placed the backpack on the ground. The hole would have made carrying it impossible without losing the contents of it. She switched her deactivated lightsaber hilt into her left hand.
Without much hesitation though, Daella pulled out a grenade from the backpack and armed it. With as much strength as she could muster, she threw it toward the back of the power plant. It zipped across the distance as if she played sports. The generator still served as a shield between herself and the commandos as she made her move.
The grenade struck the closest turbine to the back-right corner of the building - as if looking inward from the entrance that Daella walked through. As soon as it made contact, the grenade detonated. Yet, it emitted an
electromagnetic pulse. This fried that specific generator’s wiring to the transformer - thus disabling it indefinitely.
Seven generators remaining.
