Knightly Promise [OP Dominion of Kal'Shebbol]

[Haven Pryde]

Haven heard the voice in her commsn when it came and she looked confused around and snapped her fingers and made signals to sweep the perimeter. as she did her jet troopers and heavy weapons specialists began a standard perimeter sweep and looked around, Haven also was scanning the area with the force, she sense someone but not that strong so he must either be trying to hide himself or he is not force sensitive, as she looked around her heavy weapons commander came across the boy and radioed back and then approached him and opened fire on him with a flame thrower.

@[member="Miles Varden"]

 

[HK-36]

@[member="Miles Varden"]
"It is fine, Soldier, I want to fight Ironwolf out of respect, not hatred, remember, if you ever go into a fight, let the respect and honor be the one that guides you, not anger and hatred."
the droid advised the soldier as he head off, now contacting @[member="Jonathan Walsh"]
"Roger that, Walsh, we have hostage situation so do not wait too long. Once your forces arrive, you have the command of my ships, take good care of them."
With that, HK nodded to his crew, they saluted back as he turned to the turbolift. Stepping inside the small room, he turned back, giving his crew a wave they returned before the elevator took him down into the hangar.

Soon enough, the fully armored and armed Droid commander would have joined up with others and board a shuttle among with a squad of Iron Knights, all were ready for the ground battle, Iron Company, auxiliary armory and artillery companies, and hopefully, @[member="Noah Corek"] would join as well with his Sniper Company. Perhaps even @[member="Aiden Mercer"] or @[member="Racket"] would make an appearance? That would be a fun reunion.

Either way, the shuttles and gunships were waiting for Walsh to give all-clear for the landing to begin.

 

[Sarge Potteiger]

The sound of boots on marble heralded the movements of a myriad of pirates through the senatorial building and Sarge was no different, making just as much noise as the rest of them. Blending in was a multi-tiered game, and he already stuck out due to the coiled snake wrapped tightly around his right bicep.

Scuttlebutt had the hostages as being upstairs in the senatorial chambers near a makeshift command hub, which meant he had some way to go. But the Pyre would land soon, so he hurried on his way, squaring his shoulders and moving with a purpose.

Typically speaking, in stressful situations, moving with a purpose was all you needed to do to avoid being noticed. Pausing in a stairwell, Sarge found himself a small airduct and peeled it back enough that the creature around his arm could slither down and inside of it. "Neutralize any of the guards you can.", he whispers to the living weapon before he stands and hurries on his way towards where he believed the hostages were being held.

Upstairs. It was always upstairs.

 

[Miles Varden]

Miles saw the plume of fire reach out to touch him, and he ducked behind a missile launcher, hoping it would deter the soldier from continuing his assault. He turned his gun to stun and came around the opposite side of the artillery equipment and dropped the gunman. He turned to the pirate and dropped the soldiers nearest her. He used the distraction to move closer to the female. Miles stopped behind her on a staircase, reflector plates still active and again contacted her.

Now that's no way to treat someone who just complimented you... I haven't come here to kill you. Check your comrades next to you, they're unconscious. Like I said, just release the planet and release the people. and we can stop this whole nonsense.

@[member="Haven Pryde"]

 

[Haven Pryde]

She smirked as she heard the voice and recognized it, she then turned around and focused her attention on the building and flipped open the control panel and fidgetted with codes and then closed it It appears we meet yet again, but now you have a choice as well.... shoot me and this building with self-destruct in under a minute, or you could be smart and leave and forget this is even happening... either way, you can still be the hero

the box she held in her hand was a control box for a series of bombs and as it was she held over 20 lives in her hands I'd be rational, and smart and take the easy way out she said and then sensed something and sent a force throw into it, she sensed the male near her.... sensing more she located him and then sent another force throw directly at @[member="Miles Varden"] hoping it would be enough to sent him into a wall and tore her sabers off her belt.

 

[Sarge Potteiger]

((I don't even know where you two are or what you're doing))

Capitol Building

Coming out on the top floor, Sarge looked around at the buzzing hub of activity. Moving along with the same sure stride as before, he paused momentarily as he heard a tussling noise... before a wookiee came out of an adjoining room screaming bloody murder before falling onto it's face.

Smirking, he saw the amphistaff worm its way out of the creatures fur, its fangs dripping the horrendously fast acting poison they were known for. Technicians and pirates all turned its way, and Sarge simply pulled his pistol from its holster with his right hand and began firing.

His left pulled out a small device - a signal jammer - and activated it. No signals were coming in... none were going out. Infiltration at its finest.

 

[Miles Varden]

Miles took the blow full force. It sent him into the wall behind him, cracking the wall where he hit. His reflector plates malfunctioned and his full figure came into view knelt by the wall after he dropped from his place in the crack of the wall. He maintained his grip on his rifle, and regained a lax aim on her. Realizing she wasn't holding the detonator any longer, her blades lit up, he knew he had a chance.

A Jedi, huh? Who knew one who followed a path of peace would fall this far from the wagon.

Miles rose to his feet and shook off the rubble. He took a step closer, very deliberate and heavy. He coughed blood into his helmet, so he took it off. His hair slightly matted from the helmet, his scar visible on his light skin, and his deep blue eyes starring intently at his target.

Alright, you wanna dance? I'll play along with you. Who know I'd get to dance with such a pretty woman.

He took another step forward and slung his rifle. His hands in a loose fighting stance. Miles gave a weathered smile, a trickle of blood could be seen coming from the corner of his mouth. He knew how to fight Jedi and Sith, he'd done it dozens of times in the commandos. This would be fun.
@[member="Haven Pryde"]

 

[Ghorumgash Khazund-Veranum]

MEANWHILE
The Shuttles and Gunships of the Omega Protectorate Were Descending Upon the Planet
@[member="Miles Varden"] and @[member="Haven Pryde"] could soon begin hearing thundering explosions and tremors as the battle on the ground began raging, fighters and transports of both sides engaged each other. As according to the doctrine set up by HK for this battle, air superiority was the priority in the battle, as well as bombing runs. The gunships began harassing Haven's artillery and armory positions. The well-equipped and armored Omega machines would soon prove quite effective against the rugged guerrilla forces of pirates as they kept sending salvos of anti-armory missiles and bombs.

However, the thunderous air strikes were only a beginning to the battle. Larger transports began landing squads of infantry and armored divisions in safe Landing Zones, well, relatively safe, either way, Omegan artillery soon began singing and making its presence known to pirates as the ground forces of Omega quickly regrouped and began pushing on.

Among those ground troops was a stout figure of the heavily armored and armed to the teeth Khazund.
He exited his shuttle with a bloodthirsty war cry of
"Waaaaaaaaaaar!"
As he shook his large war axe and began trotting off with others towards the distant flashes and sounds of battle.
Shuttles carrying the Jedi @[member="Syn"] and @Iella E`ron were scheduled to land soon as well, carrying them with others into the heat of battle.

 

[Tasgetius]

Knights of Kal'Shebbol Fortress

The thunderous noise of weapons fire echoed through the valley pass before reaching the fortress beyond. Tasgetius looked towards the plains that rested beyond the mountains, watching the shuttles coming in. His hand tapped the side of his helmet, relaying his message to the communications tower as he motioned for his Knights to take up positions and await for any enemy movements. Though for the moment they would be hard pressed to get through the pass with it covered in rubble. The skies would be another thing entirely as he motioned for the few anti-air armaments they had to be pulled out into place.

"This is Crusader Commander Tasgetius. The pass to the mountain is closed. The skies are opened and being watched. We are harboring a civilian populace."

Tasgetius moved from his position on the wall as he rushed towards the stacked tiers of the fortress. Setting up the Knights positions as they looked towards the skies to watch for enemy aircraft while also ensuring that friendlies would be able to land. The passes to the fortress were still watched to ensure a quick response should the enemy be attempting to remove any of the rubble that now covered the passes.

With his hand resting on the comm unit he broadcasted to the Knights once more as he was quickly joined by a group of Knights. Each of them having their own orders to keep Tasgetius protected as he began to speak.

"Knights of Kal'Shebbol. This is a priority message. Our duty is to ensure the safety and evacuation of the civilian populace. Keep the skies clear and keep an eye on the passes."

 

[Haven Pryde]

right about now Haven used the force to pull the bomb box into her hand and then placed it in her own pocket for safe keeping, as the soldier approached her she smirked and then heard the background noise of the batttle that is roaring, she then quicly tapped on her shirt covered wrist and sent the signal to her fighters and bombers to target all incoming drop ships and shuttles and the fierce noise of bombers and tactical fighters were heard overhead heading toward the drop ships and shuttles and targetting some.

She smirked and then regarded him with calmness Oh I may be a jedi, but I don't play by any rules, lest they're my own she admitted with a sultry tone and then looked into his eyes for added effect as she attempted mind tricking him into abandoning the cause You hear that high pitched whine overhead? that is 200 of the best anti-aircraft fighters taking on your sides drop ships and shuttles...... how many lives need to die here today? and for added effect she adopted compassion and waited for @[member="Miles Varden"] to make a move.

 

[HK-36]

@[member="Haven Pryde"] @Miles Varden
Comedic luck just had it, the wall to the building next to them bursted aside in an explosion as one of those best anti-aircraft fighters was just shot down and crashed into it, burned and twisted.
Above, the descent of dropships and shuttles was safe-guarded by OP's collections of fighters and gunships, really not as many shuttles were shut down as Haven predicted, the pilots being trained many times over in combat during lengthy campaigns against the ruthless Bando Gora. The skies were began to fill with radiant explosions and thunderous shocks as fighter pilots from both sides were being shot down. Heavy fire was laid upon pirate's ground and air forces, as soon Telum-class frigates began appearing in the planet's skies, raining quick-paced anti-starfighter fire upon the enemy forces, a hammer upon the enemy in order to ensure air superiority.

Soon, there was a schism in pirate's ranks as part of their forces started to retreat and desert, they were mainly the forces "drafted" from the local population, after all, the locals in no way wanted to help the pirates or fight the Omega, especially the second when facing the blaster fire that rained down on pirate ranks from above.

Meanwhile,
@[member="Tasgetius"] could see one of the Omegan shuttles break through with fiery maneuvers and head towards the guarded airspace of Knight's citadel
"Shuttle of Omega Protectorate to Knight forces, come in, Knight forces."
They transmitted

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="HK-36"], @[member="Ghorumgash Khazund-Veranum"], @[member="Miles Varden"], @[member="Syn"]

She stood with her hands behind her back listening to the HK, her head to one side. Her eyes however, darted around the room looking and searching each individual present. The sound of cracking knuckles had her head turn toward Syn. She watched him for a moment as he physically prepared .. with a smile. She is armed equally as he, save for her cream cloak. Her weapons as always chipped to her belt, lightsaber and whip, and blaster resting in it's holster. Her hair in a long plait .. hung down her back.

"Want to blow off some steam?", she asked Syn with a smile. As is her habit she checked her weapons again, and stood next to him. "I shall remain close and watch your back".

((sorry guys I got absolutely no notifications that you sent on this one :s ))

 

[Haven Pryde]

Haven heard the sounds of the fighters going down and but kept her attention to the man in front of her and smirked seductively as she stood here and then looked at the rest of her own men, she gave the hand signal to launch the rockets and anti-air craft missiles, they nodded and got ran for the ones on the other side of the complex, once there they targeted some drop ships and fired clipping a couple of the drop ships, the missiles were headed toward the shuttles and took one out.... They continued to target enemy ships knowing that this could be the last day they lived but with a ferocity and with serious courage they stood there ground.

 

[Miles Varden]

Miles watched the Jedi/Pirate as she spoke. He felt a tugging at his mind to abandon his mission, but he was too determined to let some Jedi manipulate his thoughts, as attractive as she was. A slight admiration could be seen momentarily across the soldiers face, but it turned into amusement as the pirates ran to their missile launchers and AA platforms. Three of them misfired and exploded in the firing chamber, and another simply regurgitated its missile harmlessly to the ground. He had chosen the right ones to disable.

So, no rules eh? I know how that must make you feel. Like you're invincible, powerful and in control over your own destiny. But let me tell you, as he closed in slowly, try as you might, you cannot escape what is already planned. I tried to run from being a soldier and look where I am now. You think that throwing scoundrels, thugs and criminals at the most highly trained organization in the galaxy will get you anywhere? I got in on my own, just think what 100 of me could have done by now. I do not want to kill you. You don't deserve death, but you must pay for your sins.

Just then an explosion near the building would give Miles the opening he wanted and attacked, unarmed but more lethal than a hundred battle droids. A straight forward assault that he knew would warrant parries from her sabers. He would use her tactics again her, he knew the Jedi styles fairly well, and what he didn't know, he could learn quickly. He had to or he would start to look like @[member="HK-36"], all metal and no meat.

@[member="Haven Pryde"]

 

[Haven Pryde]

As he attacked she decided to go against his own idiotic attacks by dropping to the ground and rolling past him she then got to her feet and smirked as she was now behind him I take it you're the one they sent to deal with me? she prodded and then smirked again, she hadn't activated her own sabers yet You'll have to try harder wild man she said and then waited for him to attack again.

@[member="Miles Varden"]

 

[Sarge Potteiger]

"Grab guns, everyone."

That was a command, and it was followed like one. Newly freed hostages, who'd mostly never held weapons before in their lives, began picking weapons up from fresh corpses. Sighing, he went to the main hostage and began fiddling with the thing strapped to his chest - but he did it from the side and slightly towards the back - experience told him it was either a total explosive or a claymore-esque weapon that fired in a cone.

He wasn't taking that chance.

Taking a knee, examining the device, he sighs and settles in for what was sure to be a headache of a bomb disarmament.

 

[Haven Pryde]

A silent alarm went off in her ear due to the comms device she had and she smirked and opened her little black box and pressed a red button; in the office that @[member="Sarge Potteiger"] the suit is now leaking onto the mans skin causing him major burns and causing the suit to catch fire... it was a nice distraction and then she used the force to crush the box as a silent timer was ticking away the minutes before the building blows up..

She then looked at @[member="Miles Varden"] and smirked Oh my your peoples are dangerous, too bad in about a minute the building will be completely gone she spoke and then waited for him to attack her.

@[member="Sarge Potteiger"]

 

[Tasgetius]

With the message from the shuttle crackling to life, his attention was brought up towards the skies once more as he saw the shuttle breaking through the fighting. His hand pressing the side of his helmet as he made his way towards the upper tier as he motioned for the Knights to begin scanning the skies for anything that was heading towards the shuttle. Pulling at the end of the flare, the bright red burning tip gave off a small amount of smoke as he threw it on the upper tier. Followed by a few more to mark out a landing place.

"Shuttle. This is Crusader Commander Tasgetius. The upper tier is cleared for landing and marked. Set down at the flares. Your approach is being watched for any enemies or weapons fire."

Tasgetius looked up as he threw the last flare out onto the upper tier before he looked back at the Knights. His hand tapping the channel again to speak with them as he motioned towards the shuttle. Watching as it was coming in while his Knights began to scan around the area. The skies still clear for the moment as he kept his eyes towards the pass.

"Keep the air space clear. Watch for anything coming at that shuttle."

The Knights nodded as they began their scanning of the immediate air space around the shuttle. Anti-Air guns along with shoulder mounted surface to air missiles watched for any enemy fighters. Or for that matter any missiles that may have been fired from the ground at the shuttle. Tasgetius looked towards one of the Knights as he nodded before speaking to him directly.

"Get the families with children first. We want to get them out of here as quickly as possible."

With a nod the Knight rushed off to begin gathering families for evacuation once the shuttle landed. For Tasgetius that was his first priority, the protection of the people.

@[member="HK-36"]

 

[Haven Pryde]

The 90 men and three tanks blasted through the rubble finally and moved into find a shuttle, two tanks began firing on the shuttle and then 90 men charged into the arena with their weapons held high, some triggered the mines...Most didn't

The tanks stayed clear of the mines and continued to pelt the shuttle with fire before the temple could return then fire... out of 90 men 75 got to the temple steps and began to fire on the knights and sent cryoban and frag grenades at the knights... the last tank fired off at the defensive weapons of the fortress and took out at least one turret.... this would be a good day.

@[member="Tasgetius"]

 

[Sarge Potteiger]

@[member="Haven Pryde"]

Frowning a bit, the man cut the last wire and helped the man out of the device. Thanks to the signal jammer he'd activated earlier, Sarge was none the wiser that someone had tried activating the device in front of him. Looking to the people with guns, he nods faintly and motions to two of them - security guards. "Teach the rest of them how to use the weapons and get ready, I'm sure, eventually, the pirates will come up here wondering about the gunfire."

Looking down towards his right foot, he watched as the amphistaff curled its way back up and around his leg. "In fact, I'd suggest getting out of here the moment you can see Protectorate forces. Just my advice." And with that, he walked from the room, content to know that the hostages had been freed and they'd be able to defend themselves.

He had to get out of here before the 'Pyre showed up.