Lord Vexx’s Search for the Asylum

[Ren Vexx]

(OOC: This is separate from the main bounty thread. Competition.)

Lord Vexx stood on the bridge of his ship. The Captain approached from behind. “My Lord?” Without looking, Vexx responded “What is it Captain?” His voice was thoroughly altered by his mask. “Someone has placed a bounty on the head of one Doctor Benson. He’s on your watchlist.”
“Find him.” Vexx turned his head. “At any cost.”
“Yes my Lord.”

-4 hours later-
“My Lord-“
“You’ve failed to locate either the Doctor or his Asylum.”
“Yes my Lord.”
“Contact them. Offer an Ensign as a prospective patient claiming force sensitivity. Failure will be rewarded appropriately.”

 

[Jakob Benson]

"Well, well, well...." Benson pushed his glasses up higher up the bridge of his nose as he read over a message of another potential patient. "Credits really do make the Galaxy go round." The bounties that he had put up were doing their work. They were generic surely, but a couple of hunters that he knew had specific people to go after. He was just awaiting their success.

And now more were coming out of the woodwork. How long before neighbours were turning in eachother? That in itself was a fascinating thing to study. Greed, much like the so-called Force, can make people do terrible things.

He sent off a reply to [member="RenVexx"] 's people, informing them to travel to the Hoth system and await further instruction. That was the way this always worked. It was the only way that it could.

 

[Ren Vexx]

“My Lord. I have successfully sold Ensign Relnek as a potential patient. We have been directed to the Hoth system. We are to wait there for further instructions.”
“Very good Captain.” Vexx stood for a moment, staring out the forward windows of the bridge. Doctor Benson was known for ‘converting’ force sensitives, convincing them that the Force wasn’t real. He would soon learn. As painfully as when Vexx had been taught the realities of the Dark Side. He turned in a flash to navigation. “Set a course for the edge of the Hoth system.” With that, Vexx left the bridge. The Captain took control of the ship as they departed for Hoth.

-Hours Later-
“Prepare a strike team.” Vexx stormed the bridge. “I want to tear this facility apart. Prepare to take Doctor Benson and his patients away. Once we’re inside, bring the ship into orbital strike range of whatever planet this facility is on.”

Captain Drake sent another transmission that they had arrived and would send the patient by shuttlecraft from here on. A squad of soldiers would be escorting the new arrival, but the doctor could rest assured that they would remain on the shuttle.

14 Stormtroopers and a Sith Lord boarded a shuttle and waited for clearance to leave.

 

[Jakob Benson]

Of course the Iniquitous Sanitorium wasn't on any planet. It was housed in two asteroids among the great Hoth Asteroid Belt, tethered together. The facility was always on the move and as such, any given co-ordinates would be moot just a week later. The sheer number of asteroids made the facility as difficult to find as a needle in a haystack. And that was all done on purpose.

Another message went through. Benson sent off the reply, including the co-ordinates, to the asteroid containing the hanger and processing center. 501-Z Police droids were awaiting in the hanger as they always did with every arrival. Benson wasn't there however. He was in the second asteroid, preparing his interview room. It was sparse as always, with just his desk and two chairs. There were many questions that he had at the ready for this potential patient. And the rooms were ready.

@Natian Sanorge

 

[Vonar Ardinn]

Location : Hoth Asteroid Field
Current Objective : TBD

Natian Sanorge’s Personal Task Force

Spoiler

• 1 Pellaeon-III Star Destroyer
• 1 Donnager-Class Star Destroyer
• 3 Nebulon-A Frigates
• 5 Dreadnaught Mk II Heavy Cruisers

Following the disaster at Pijal , and the failed attempts to apprehend those responsible for attacking the Directorate Task Force sent to Pijal to secure it’s Kholen Crystals , Natian Sanorge was tasked by Maracel Yorkell in seeking new allies for the Directorate to prepare for a new campaign against the allies of the prospectors and the Jedi whom had disrupted the Directorate’s Operations. One such ally would become Jakob Bensen in which the DIA saw as a potential ally who could help imprison those responsible for the disaster at Pijal. However shortly after a holographic meeting with Jakob Bensen , Natian Sanorge was made aware of a bounty on the Doctor’s head and realizing the threat posed by those whom were hunting the Doctor , Natian immediately rushed in to meet with the Doctor taking his Personal Fleet and setting course for Hoth.

As Natian’s Personal Fleet exited hyperspace near the Hoth System with Natian’s Personal Shuttle ready and the Fleet maintaining it’s distance from the asteroid field to avoid getting pounded by asteroids. “Sir, we have arrived at the Hoth System but our scanners indicate that there is another warship in the vicinity. We have identified it as a Vylmira-Class Battleship utilized by the Confederacy of Independent Systems.Orders?” asked the Captain of the Overseer Natian’s Flagship. “Do not engage the enemy unless I say otherwise or they attack us first. Meanwhile is my Shuttle ready , Captain? “ Natian replied. “Yes sir. We also have a squad of Supercommdos who will also escort you. “ the Captain said. “Well then i shall depart immediately.” With that Natian went to the hangar of the Overseer where his shuttle awaited him. Arriving at the hangar he was greeted by 8 Supercommandos and 1 Lieutenant who then escorted him to his shuttle as it took off and headed through the asteroid belt escorted by 2 cloaked Tie Phantoms.

As the Shuttle approached the Alysium , the pilot sent a transmission to the facility “ This is Shuttle DR 250 on a direct course towards the Iniquitous Sanitorium. Requesting permission to land.” with that as the Shuttle continued it’s approach towards the Iniquitous Sanitorium , Natian Sanorge wondered how the conditions of the Iniquitous Sanitorium might be and how useful Jakob Bensen could potentially be.

[member="RenVexx"] | [member="Jakob Benson"]

 

[Ren Vexx]

(OOC: Vexx serves the Eternal Empire. His former Master obtained the battleship as the spoils of war. Backstory post yet to happen.)

A shuttle departed Vexx’s ship. As they drew closer, he saw that one asteroid had a shuttle bay. He removed his lightsaber from his belt and handed it to a stormtrooper. “Hold this. Damage it, and I will damage you in equal measure.”
“Yes my Lord.” He had binders placed around his wrists. The idea was that Ensign Relnek underwent episodes of delusions where he believed himself to be a Sith Lord, complete with force powers.

When they landed, Vexx and his weapon were handed over to staff.

[member="Jakob Benson"]

Aboard the Sith’s ship, Captain Drake ordered other new arrivals to be monitored. He also requested a tactical assessment. How long could the ship last to reclaim its commander?

@Natian Sanorge

 

[Jakob Benson]

[member="Natian Sanorge "]'s shuttle was sent the following transmission; ~Shuttle DR 250, this is the Iniquitous Sanitorium. Permission granted. You are directed to hanger D4.~ More 501-Z Police Droids found their way to the hanger to escort the new visitors, while the anti-air guns dotting the two asteroids kept track of the ships coming into the area. Air traffic wasn't always this busy.

[member="RenVexx"] was greeted by the unit of police droids as sopn as they exited their shuttle. ~Dr. Benson is expecting you. This way.~ They surrounded the patient while they escorted him through the hanger to the processing center where he was then searched for any and all weapons which would be taken from him. If he wore any gloves, they'd be removed while a needle pricked a thumb to extract a blood sample. Afterwards Vexx would find himself escorted out and brought onto a little speeder which would take him and his escort through one of the tethered passageways to the asteroid containing the asylum. Through many more minutes their journey continued down corridors, up a couple of lifts, then down another one all to reach Dr. Benson's appointment room. It was all meant to confuse almost anyone from taking note of the room's exact location.

Benson was already waiting, although he was keenly aware of Natian's incoming arrival as well. Fortunately he wasn't going to be delayed by going through processing.

 

[Ren Vexx]

The police droids brought Vexx in without his mask or gloves. His green eyes were bloodshot, with yellow rings around the irises. To those attuned to the Force, he radiated darkness. Some people with no sense of the force could distinguish a feeling of hate emanating from him. He sat opposite the doctor, in silence. He closed his eyes and force pushed the droids away without so much as moving his hands. “Bring more, and I will ensure you die.”

[member="Jakob Benson"]

 

[Vonar Ardinn]

Location : Hoth Asteroid Field
Current Objective : TBD

After receiving clearance from Dr.Bensen , Natian Sanorge’s Shuttle moved forth to dock at Hangar D4 as Natian escorted by his Supercommandos came out to me 501-Z Police Droids. “Lieutenant. Have the Troops guard my Shuttle and proceed to follow me” Sanorge ordered. The Lieutenant did as Natian instructed telling the Supercommandos to go back into the shuttle unless Natian ordered them otherwise and soon rejoining the Head of the DIA as he was escorted by 501-Z Police Droids to meet with Dr.Bensen
Meanwhile , in orbit of Hoth , Natian Sanorge’s Fleet was still surveilling the Battleship with Natian having gave orders to the Captain to gain any information on the ship and determine who was it’s captain. After a few minutes of collective research , the Captain of the Overseer determined that Renvexx was a member of the Eternal Empire and that he was a Sith Lord indicating that he might have intentions to capture or even kill Dr.Bensen. Immediately the Captain of the Overseer gave the intel to the Captain of the Listener a Donnager-Class Star Destroyer and the Second-in Command of the entire Fleet and told him to relay the info to Natian Sanorge in which he did. Soon the Head of the DIA would get a glimpse at what the Captain of that Battleship was up too.

[member="Jakob Benson"] | [member="RenVexx"]

 

[Jakob Benson]

Benson didn't move as [member="RenVexx"] pushed the police droids away. Of course he wasn't afraid. Instead he gave off an air of almost boredom as he sighed, clearly unimpressed. In fact he just merely ignored it while he pulled out a file from his desk drawer and opened it. Inside was a stack of papers, of which Benson pulled a pen out from his pocket and made a couple of notes. "I'm going to ask you a series of questions and I'd like you to answer them truthfully, regardless of what you think of them. Understood?"

The police droids that were so roughly shoved aside got to their feet and promptly exited the room, taking their stations in the hall.

[member="Natian Sanorge "]was met with another unit, which promptly checked his identification before escorting him through one of the passageways to the asylum asteroid. ~Dr. Benson has requested that we escort you to one of the living quarters. He is currently at an appointment with a new patient.~

 

[Ren Vexx]

“I’m going to ask you a question first. Then you can ask whatever you like, and I will answer.” Vexx said, in his usual commanding tone. Years of being both Sith Lord and infantry commander gave his voice a certain air. “You don’t believe in the Force. How do you explain your droids flying across the room with no proximate cause except my will?”

[member="Jakob Benson"]

 

[Jakob Benson]

Benson leaned back in his chair while [member="RenVexx"] asked his question. So he threw the droids for show, did he? What sort of reaction was he expecting to receive? Fear? Intimidation?

Well there was none of that here.

"How does one explain a card trick? Or slight of hand? I too can send the droids and yourself flying across the room without touching either one of you, and do so simply because I will it to happen. But there is no involvement of your Force belief in it at all, I can assure you."

Once again he leaned forward and put the pen to the paper on his desk. "True or false; I like mechanical engineering."

@Natian Sanorge

 

[Ren Vexx]

-The Asylum-
“True.” Vexx said. It was true. Building his lightsaber had been one of the few happy times of his training. He reached out to sense where it had gone. Could he call it to his hand?


-Space-
“Commander. Prepare a legion of Ultranauts for immediate insertion.” Captain Drake said. “Captain, you do not have the authority to-“
“Until the Lord Commander is returned to us, I am in command of all forces aboard this vessel.”

Commander Haglin prepared the troops as ordered. He had a bad feeling about this.

[member="Jakob Benson"]

 

[Jakob Benson]

[member="RenVexx"] 's answer was short and to the point, unlike some people that liked to elaborate. Benson jotted down his answer and moved onto the next question. "True or false; I like cooking."

As for the lightsaber somehow flying through the air to Vexx's hand, that'd be next to impossible as they weren't even on the same asteroid. Not to mention there were a lot of corridors and closed doors to go through.

 

[Ren Vexx]

“False.” Cooking reminded Vexx of his mother. When he thought of her, he thought of watching her die. Vexx suddenly stood up and reached out with his right hand. Force stasis. Vexx’s greatest ally. “You don’t scare easily Doctor Benson. For this I commend you. If you have will strong enough to speak, explain this away.” Vexx began to hunt for a communications device.

[member="Jakob Benson"]

 

[Jakob Benson]

Benson jotted down the short answer that [member="RenVexx"] gave him. Yet as he was about to move onto the next, the Force believer stood up and held up his hand. For a brief second Benson was in shock. He couldn't move. None of his muscles took the cues that his brain was giving them.

He narrowed his eyes as he figured out what was happening and then he merely let his body relax. He didn't try to move or try to fight what trick Vexx had used. Instead he just focused on willing himself to speak. "Hypnotists can do this very well. It's the power of suggestion. Now what are you looking for?"

Benson's desk had a few buttons on the bottom left corner, but none were labelled. The drawers also merely contained papers, files and pens. A small commlink was in his right jacket pocket as well.

"A way to open the door?"

 

[Vonar Ardinn]

As Natian was escorted by the 501-Z Police Droids and was told that the Doctor was at a meeting , Natian immediately knew that the man that Bensen had met was Renvexx , a member of the Eternal Empire who possibly might try to capture Dr.Bensen. With the large Battleship already identified as belonging to him , Natian deduced that Renvexx wanted to destroy the Facility and that there was a possibility that Sith Lord had already assembled a strike team to destroy the Facility. So as he arrived to the living quarters the Police Droids had escorted him to. Natian told the Droids of the possible threat Renvexx possessed and told the Droid Commander that he should warn Dr.Bensen before it was too late. After the droids left him , Natian took out a comlink and contacted the Captain of Overseer telling him to have the Fleet prepared for an attack on the Battleship intending to disable it and prevent Renvexx from attacking his potential business partner.

Tag : [member="RenVexx"] | [member="Jakob Benson"]

 

[Ren Vexx]

-Asylum-

“I’m not interested in leaving. Yet.” Vexx stood in front of Benson, hand still extended. “If I am using simple hypnotherapy techniques, I should only be able to retrieve information by suggesting you offer it to me, Jakob. You’re trying to destroy belief in the Force. What drives you to that level of fear? Your word is ‘force-believer.’ What force-believer injured you?”

[member="Jakob Benson"]

-Space-

The battleship Vengeance remained steady. “Captain. They appear to be preparing an attack.”
“We can handle it. All batteries on standby.”

 

[Jakob Benson]

"Is that what you think this is? Some kind of vengence against some wretched soul that hurt me?" [member="RenVexx"] seemed to have deduced a fairly odd motivation for Benson's work. And he was quite wrong. He'd of laughed, yet he was still trying to keep himself relaxed. Vexx still had a hold on him and right away he was chastising himself for not putting the patient into his cell first.

"What drives you to a level of fear in which you feel threatened by someone like me? I'm not like you, I don't even have any weapons training, and yet here you are...worried for yourself. So true or false; I am nothing without my Force beliefs."

Meanwhile Benson's commlink came to life in his pocket. ~Dr. Benson. Enemy and friendly ships are in the area. Anti-air guns are on standby. What are your orders?~

Right now he couldn't respond.

@Natian Sanorge

 

[Ren Vexx]

“False. I am, if nothing else, a survivor. Force or no. Jakob, the urge to ‘cure’ everyone of the idea of the force... it must come from somewhere.” Vexx drilled into Benson’s mind. A painful process for most. “I don’t fear you doctor.” He leaned in and took the commlink. “That’s why you’re so easy to control.”

[member="Jakob Benson"]