VashtiVeridian
Bounty Hunter
Planet: Yavin 4
Location: 45° Pro-grade Orbit, Yavin Station
Year: 851 ABY
Objective: Location and "Extraction"
Objective: Location and "Extraction"
"Approach nominal..
Docking Sequence commencing..
Docking Sequence completed."
The thunderous sound of the docking port clamping together with the station roared through the IM-005. "Pressurization complete.", rang a cold, tinny female voice throughout the corridors of the ship. A seal was released from the ceiling of the bridge of the IM-005, as a bed shaped door opened downward towards the floor. Vashti, the Ersatz Fox, lay on the bed. Seemingly lifeless, her cybernetic eyes were not illuminated. "Arrived at destination: Yavin Station. You are still early for your meeting with the security head Renar Bolkash. You are to meet him on Security Level Oh-One-Oh-Seven at twenty-three hundred, Standard Galactic Time." Vashti's body was connected directly to what seemed like a morgue medical bed. The wires ran out through the base of the bed, different vibrantly coloured leads, all connecting to different ports in her "skin". Vashti heard a slightly pop in her head, as she does every time she awoke from Recharge. Her vibrant blue eyes exploded to life, like a neutron star igniting behind tempered glass. "Welcome to Yavin Station, my name is Renar. Come report into Security, details have been forwarded to you.". The wires connecting her to the bed were now releasing steam and disconnecting from her body as she stood, retracting like a snake into a hole. She turned her head 180° once to examine her surroundings, then proceeded to prep for the mission.
Vashti's boots sunk into the moist dirt, rather muck, of Yavin 4. Being in the thick of a tropical jungle was not how she wanted to spend any of her days. The Intel Renar had provided her wasn't much to go on, making her trek on the surface seem more like a roll in the sandbox. Renar's reconnaissance team had reports of Sith movement in the area of an old Galactic Empire facility. The kind of highly trained Sith personnel that accompany a high level Sith Master. Rumours had it that the Sith had knowledge of Cybernetics and Force usage, and how to utilize the two together. Vashti desperately needed this wisdom, more than the credits that the O.R.C was offering for the retrieval of the Sith target. She needed it more than the risk of being Black-flagged, by not only the O.R.C for not keeping contract, but Renar also informed her of possible Jedi involvement as well. Having the Jedi tracking her down, was the last thing she needed. She had remained concealed to them thus far, and the Sith as well.
The optics in Vashti's FOX helmet was set to thermal, and the red and yellow glow of her Cross-guard lightsaber was cutting through the thick of the flora. She made her way through the forest, with buzzing in her ear. "They were last seen entering Galactic Empire ruins, perhaps setting up a base camp. It seems like a good spot for it, scans indicate that the ruins span down 50 kilometers underground. Would be hard to detect and rogue signals emanating from down there. We're lucky we spotted them we we did. Renar, out.". Vashti was relieved to have his voice out of her head, she was ready to sever the comms link between her and the station anyways. They were not going to like what she had planned, if she found the Sith Master hiding on Yavin 4.
The HUD display in her helmet was indicating she was at the satellite coordinates provided by the reconnaissance team, only off by about two clicks or so. Vashti turned off the thermal optics in her helm and initiated zoom optics, scanning the exterior entrance of what seemed to be an old artillery factory for the Empire. There were no signs of life on the outside, but Vashti could sense the faint odor of the Force wafting through the area. There were also signs of battle along the walls of the facility that looked to fresh to be history. Vashti engaged the sound dampeners on soles of her feet, tucked any loose fabric away and slowly began to make her way to the entrance. "Alert!" "Alert!". After three steps she was interrupted by the triggered proximity alarm of the IM-005, which she thought was odd, as it was safely concealed about 20 kilometers away.
"Alert: Proximity scans indicate Jedi starship entering the area of operations. Unable to perform bio-life scans on-board. Would you like me to patch ocular vision through to the ship's optical system?"
It had a good reason to be going off so viciously.
"Confirm."
IM-005's telescopic lens focused on the Jedi starship, landing about 15 kilometers North of the IM-005. From what she could tell it seemed like a small fighter, maybe a bomber class. Which wouldn't be able to carry anymore than ten men inside of it. Nothing she needs to worry about, unless they are accompanied by a Jedi (Or several, knowing her luck). That, would make things a little more difficult. Vashti reverted her vision back to her own body's, and charged up the servos in her legs. It would be best not to alert anyone of her presence, especially if the Council is involved. She was best to perch and wait it out, until something indicated her that she needed to act. The pressure building up in the servos in her legs reached their peak and Vashti crouched down to the ground swiftly. As soon as she lowered, she sprang up in a violent take-off, as the servos exploded the energy they had just rapidly stored. Vashti landed up in one of the two-hundred foot trees of Yavin 4, and hunkered down.
Switching back on the thermal vision of her FOX Helmet, Vashti perched in the tree. A predator waiting, watching and calculating their next move. Waiting for her Sith prey to walk unwittingly into a fate they didn't even know existed.
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