Private Outpost camping

[Kragr Krayt]

Standing behind a tree, he felt the massive amount of fire that was shot from the additional two squads. Seeing more shots getting fired in the direction of Zephyr, he line of sight suddenly went all over it, when one of the two AT-ST blasted the tree Kragr hid behind. Kragr quickly recovered, after he had rolled a good few feets across the ground.

Activating his energy shield, Kragr dashed to cover, getting back in action, grabbing both blasters on the way, after having lost them when he got blasted back. Blocking multiple shots from Imperial soldiers with his energy shield, Kragr got to a tree and holstered both blasters. There was a fire in Kragr's eyes, a mix of excitement and adrenaline coursed through his veins. This was what he lived for, the battle itself. A wicked grin formed on his lips behind the cold exterior of his helmet.

Pulling his war hammer into his free hand and activated its lethal setting, this was about to get very bloody, not to mention chaotic. Slowly chanting behind the tree, hyping himself up, until he released a gruelling war cry. The Imperials that had their focus on Kragr looked to each other, not sure what to do or expected the Mandalorian to do that. Then they saw Kragr walk towards them, his war mace in one and his energy shield cover most of his body. Shots after shots were absorbed into the shield as Kragr charged the Imperials.

It was a massacre and the Imperials fell like flies as Kragr painted the forest floor in red, scattering the remains of the soldiers. "Fall back men, fall back!" yelled the squad leader to the surviving Imperials as they backtracked to where the AT-ST was. In a full sprint, Kragr chased the Imperials and would have continued, if it hadn't been for seeing Isabeau get on top of one of the walkers, not seemingly seeing the other one behind the one she landed on.

"Kih Senaar!" Roared Kragr when the other walker simply just turned their guns towards the first walker's control cabin as Isabeau disappeared down the first one. Launching from the ground, Kragr roared through the air, both hands on his War Hammer and with all his might, swung the hammer into the hull of the second AT-ST.

A sonic shattering boom echoed the whole area when the war hammer connected, sending a ripple effect of sonic energy through the entire control cabin. Not only destroyed the impact the front of the cabin, but it also killed the men inside, followed by the entire AT-ST toppling, blowing up in a glorious fireball. Landing in front of the destroyed AT-ST, Kragr's outline gave him a red glow due to the fire behind him.

Isabeau Zephyr Kumaara

 

[Isabeau]

She could hear Kragr's roar loud and clear, even from inside the AT-ST, but she was not aware of why he did it and when she looked around outside the front window, she couldn't see it either. Instead, she just saw him swoosh past her and then heard a loud boom as he smashed the AT-ST behind her to pieces. Become aware of the situation, she let out a defensive "I had that under control!" over the comms. Naturally, it was not true, but it was the nature of battling in a group - they all covered for each other.

Continuing the fight, she kept blowing more scouts up, letting the walker's laser cannon run hot. Through the corner of her eyes, she could see Zephyr struggling with an Imperial but because of their helmets, it was impossible for her to know that they were talking. Regardless, a satisfied smile spread across her lips as he fought off the guy and then kept fighting them.

Soon, they ran out of enemies in front of them - bodies littered the forest floor, some blown up by Zephyr's protone grenade, some smashed to pieces by Kragr and some which she had shot with the AT-ST. Overkill did not seem to be in their vocabulary - but she didn't mind the least. There was still honour in the fight, even though it might have been a bit unfair, and importantly, they did not cause needless suffering.

Isabeau started to turn her walker around and started firing at the incoming troops. It soon became apparent that Kragr was surrounded by a big mass of them, as he had charged off deep into their lines to help her with the other AT-ST. She didn't think he personal armour could withstand the laser cannon from a walker and knowing that even if the laser didn't penetrate the plate, it would probably cause burn damage and fling him away through sheer force of the impact. With that, Isabeau decided to take the safer option and use the built-in grenade launcher. Firing eight grenades into an area, she knew that at least one of them would hit Kragr - but she had seen what he could survive on Taris and went ahead anyways. As if in an orchestra, the grenades blew up at the same time, killing the ones who surrounded her red-haired friend.

"Let's take a couple captives, we need to know what they know" she said, figuring that it was the best way of protecting their people behind the perimeter that they were defending.

Zephyr Kumaara Kragr Krayt

 

[Zephyr Krayt]

Sitting behind a tree for cover, Zephyr took a moment to gather himself before he would reenter the battle. He didn't have long as a pair of Imperials closed in on him and he knew he wouldn't have any protection from Kragr as it made no difference to his ally whether he was killed or not. He got back to his feet and tugged the rifle off of his shoulder, emerged from the tree and sent two powerful shots towards the enemy, both of which hit their mark. Just in time to witness the chaotic destruction that was Kragr.

He watched, almost in awe as the older Mandalorian went ballistic in killing the enemy with the hammer he had threatened Zephyr with earlier. He hadn't known the true power of the weapon until then and he found himself feeling extremely grateful for Isabeau's intervention. It seemed his allies had the situation well under control so he jogged to catch up to them as he had fallen behind with his rather lengthy one on one battles.

The ground shook with the felling of an AT-ST and the battle seemed devoid of any life for a moment but Isabeau soon gave them another objective. Zephyr immediately scanned the littered bodies of Imperials and settled on one that was propped up against a tree. He didn't have any noticeable scorch marks on his torso so Zephyr approached him and removed his helmet. Beneath was an alive, albeit very dazed man who appeared to have been caught up in a grenade blast without sustaining fatal injuries. ::Got one:: He informed his allies over the comlink.

He put a hand under the man's arm and tried to help the unsteady wobble to his feet but he couldn't stand so Zephyr picked him up over his shoulder instead. The man was in no condition to fight back and his gun was on the floor a few feet out of reach.

Kragr Krayt Isabeau

 

[Kragr Krayt]

getting blasted by Imperials surrounding him, he was only able to block so many shots before the energy shield would have to recharging. Ready to go on the offensive, Isabeau got to them first, launching grenades directly into the middle of the large group, and Kragr. If he hadn't been busy fighting Imperials, he might have congratulated Isabeau for clearly using the toughness of his armour, to hit all of the Imperials. Dropping down low, he redirected some of his jetpack's power to his shield and activated it again with just enough juice to keep it up. The explosion was nothing to laugh about and the Imperials died on the spot from the sheer massive explosion from the AT-ST.

While Kragr wasn't sent into the air or blown up, he still felt to sheer force of the grenades blowing up around him. However, luckily, his shield saved him from taking most of the damage and explosion. Though, it would differently be something he would feel tomorrow, that's for sure.

As he got up, he looked around the area. Firstly the blown up AT-ST had been even more shredded to pieces, but secondly, no enemies were left on the field. He then looked up at the still operational AT-ST by Isabeau. Activating his comm, "you had shab, you would have been blown up by the other one" scolded Kragr annoyed that she didn't see the other large AT-ST behind the first. "Why didn't you go for the second one?" Asked Kragr then, now more confused at her reasoning for it. If he hadn't acted, she would have been in a much worse situation.

Walking past the AT-ST, he did comm her a third time though, now with a much more pleasant tone, "and, good thinking with the grenades, I might repeat the gesture one day" joked Kragr as he continued towards the outpost and Zephyr.

It was a good idea, getting information would help them and the other Mandos back at the other outpost in the area. Meeting Zephyr halfway, the large Mandalorian removed his helmet and clipped it to his belt. A small lane of blood could be seen, originating from his hair, though it didn't seem to bother the man that much. "Set him up against that tree there," said Kragr, pointing to a tree that hadn't taken blaster fire, or blown up or covered in blood.

Isabeau Zephyr Kumaara

 

[Isabeau]

The grenades went off and with a few more bolts from the Mandalorian party, the enemies were all soon wiped out, all but one. "Nice catch" she commented as Zephyr told them of his prisoner. While she could not see her ally in purple anymore, she started to redirect the walker back to their outpost. Imperial tech like this was hard to come by and if their engineers worked on it long enough, the young warrior was confident that they would be able to achieve great things with it.

Taking a deep breath, Isabeau's tried to ignore that Kragr scolded her. She remained silent for a few moments, letting his words sink in as her memories of the battle came flooding in. The truth was that she had in fact seen the walker behind the one that she captured and the risks in taking the one at the front were obvious to her from the start. But then, the one at the front was the one that had its guns aimed at Kragr while the second one was still waiting to spot an enemy that it could aim at. Pressing down the button to talk, the girl was about to give him a piece of her mind, but instead, she swallowed and let out a low "Sorry" before clicking off and focusing on parking the walker.

After a while, she would open the top lid of the machine and hop out from it. Making her way over towards Zephyr, she decided to try to stay out of sight of the Imperial, just in case they needed someone 'new' to talk to him later on. For now, she would simply watch as the other two got to work - hoping that they would be able to continue not killing each other. If they worked the captive well enough, they could gain valuable information on what the enemies knew. If they were lucky, they might even receive word on where the data about Zephyr was located.

Zephyr Kumaara Kragr Krayt

 

[Zephyr Krayt]

Zephyr didn't engage in the conversation between his allies, not feeling particularly talkative given the sombre mood of the situation. He was aware it was likely he was not perceived as their equal following the recent revelation and so was wary about how he portrayed himself. He was keen to establish his identity as a Mandalorian so needed to prove his loyalty towards them and his disloyalty towards the Imperials though he was unsure of what he needed to do to convince his allies to trust him again, especially Isabeau who was likely feeling the most betrayed.

Upon seeing the blood on Kragr's head, Zephyr's gaze lingered on it for a moment but decided against saying anything as he imagined Kragr would not want to be mollycoddled or perceived as weak. He did as Kragr said and keeled down to place him rather roughly against the tree. The man, unarmed, with nowhere to go and with unspecified injuries did not try and stand up or struggle, instead glancing between the pair with a look of confusion. "How many of you are there?" Zephyr asked but the man stayed silent. "Answer our questions and I'll let you live." He tried to bargain with the man but there was still no response. If the man had already accepted his fate then there wasn't much they could do.

"Hold him." He told Kragr but quickly added a "Please" to seem less demanding. Zephyr pinned the man's right hand to the floor and pulled out his vibroblade, allowing the man to see it before pressing it against his wrist but didn't activate the blade. The man, increasingly panicked, tried to pull his hand free but to no avail. "How many of you are there?" He asked again. "Around 50 but no more than 70." He replied in a hurried voice. "When's the next attack?" Zephyr asked, prompting a hesitant reply from the man. "In the morning." He replied to which Zephyr shook his head. "He's lying." He told Kragr which was enough of a threat to prompt the man to give them the truth. "Nightfall. It's at nightfall!" He told them.

Satisfied by the answer, Zephyr removed the vibroblade from the man's wrist, causing him to sigh in relief. "Where's the leaked Imperial data?" He asked finally. "In the outpost furthest West." The man replied slowly with a confused look as if it were a trick question. With no more questions of his own to ask, he got back to his feet and trusted Kragr could handle the situation from there. He had told the man if he answered the questions then he'd let him live and he would but he was not speaking on Kragr's behalf who had promised nothing to the man.

Isabeau Kragr Krayt

 

[Kragr Krayt]

Holding the poor Imperial, he made sure not to crush the kid's hand with his gauntlets. Zephyr managed to gain the information out of the Imperial, good, but Kragr still had a question or two he wanted to ask the Imperial. With his hand cannon in one hand, which rested on his knee, Kragr tilted his head looking at the kid up against the tree. "What's your name kid?" Asked Kragr.

"K-Kevin" stammered the Imperial. "Alrighty, Kevin. Here's how it's going to work. I will ask you a question or top, you are going to answer me truthfully and I won't open up your belly and feed you your own intestines, deal?" Explained the red-haired Mandalorian as he pointed at Kevin's stomach and then mouth.

Kevin's eyes went wide with fear and had to force himself not to picture his own death. "Now, we received a rather curious message from one of your guys, most likely an officer of some kind. You're going to give me that officer's name" demanded Kragr drawing his own vibroblade knife. "Okay okay okay! Please! I don't know anything about any message, but an officer Raymond is the highest standing officer at the outpost, I swear! Please don't cut me open!" begged the man. Kragr smiled as the Imperial looked too scared to lie, so he took that as the truth.

"Now my second question. How fast a runner are you?" Asked Kragr, earning him a questioning look. "W-what?" Asked the Imperials very confused and scared. With a sudden jarring scream from the Imperial when Kragr stabbed his vibroblade knife deep into the kid's thigh. Kragr rose from his position, pointing with his gun at the burning AT-ST wreck, "get past the destroyed AT-ST before I've counted to 10, and I will let you live boy" explained Kragr.

With utter shock and confusion, the Kid did not hesitate to run as Kragr started to count. "One!" started Kragr to count as he reloaded his blaster. "three!" yelled Kragr, aiming his blaster at the running kid who accidentally stepped with the wrong foot and fell. Sheering pain of unimaginable pain caused through the Imperial's mind as he forced himself up.

"Seven!" shouted Kragr, as the Imperial was halfway to the destroyed AT-ST. The man felt like dying for being in so much pain from having a knife jacked in his thigh.

"Nine!" shouted Kragr again for the Imperial to hear. I can make. I can make it! Thought the running Imperial, seeing he just had to get the last bit. "Ten," said Kragr without shouting it and pulled the trigger. a loud bang filled the area, blowing a fist-sized hole in the Imperial's front. The shot killed the man instantly, severing his spinal cord with the shot.

Holster his blaster again, Kragr faced Zephyr and Isabeau, "think it's time to pay this outpost of theirs a visit" commented Kragr, wiping blood from his forehead.

Isabeau Zephyr Kumaara

 

[Isabeau]

Keeping out of the Imperial's sight, she observed as the two Mandalorians conducted the interrogation, getting them all the information they were after and then some. Whether it had been said out aloud or not, it seemed like they all thought that heading to the outpost was a good idea - although she still was not too sure of what Kragr had in mind. For all she knew, he was just as likely to want Zephyr arrested as he was to want to help him keep his secret safe. Soon, the poor lad turned and started running in her direction. It was clear that Kragr was done with him as he started running towards the downed walker in the distance. Sending him a gentle wave, she watched as he struggled to move - still, there was something honourable in how he kept fighting on for survival - even if it was done through running rather than actually doing some real fighting.

Half a second after Kragr said 'nine', Isabeau activated her jetpack, quickly closing the gap between her and their victim. A bare millisecond before he would have been hit by Kragr's bolt did she managed to sweep him away, bringing them a few meters to the side before landing on top of him. She looked down at the man who was crying out in terror and pain. Not only had he narrowly escaped death, but her knee was also pressed up against his stab wound. It took a few seconds for her to realise what she was doing and let out an awkward "Oops, sorry" as she moved off of him. Speaking loudly for her allies to hear, she used the Mandalorian tongue "This might be the bargaining chip we need to get the data. I don't wanna give up the walker" she said with a small hint of jest in her voice. Continuing to speak in Mando'a, she said "The outpost isn't far, we should pay our vod a visit and see if we can convince them to give us the data" The hope was that Kragr would agree to it but that was far from certain. With a smirk, she looked to the large red-headed Mandalorian "Plenty of corpses around if you really wanted one" she joked, pointing to the battlefield with her thumb before turning around and patting her Imperial on the back "Come on, let's get you up onto the walker" she said, having no intentions on slowing down to a snail's pace to bring him along to the Mandalorian outpost where Zephyr's data was being stored temporarily.

Zephyr Kumaara Kragr Krayt

 

[Zephyr Krayt]

Zephyr watched the conversation between Kragr and the Imperial unfold, trying to avoid looking in Isabeau's direction as they were on rather awkward territory at present. He didn't know Kragr well so he was unsure what to expect from him but given his strong opinions about Imperials that he had earlier expressed and the seemingly dark turn the conversation had taken, he expected the worst.

There was nothing to be done but watch uncomfortably as Kragr toyed with the Mandalorian as Zephyr knew that by interfering would only worsen the already bad case against him by making it seem like he was protecting an Imperial despite the fact he didn't care about the Imperial but he simply saw no need for the kind of psychological torture he was being put through. It was one thing to fight for a cause but there was no glory in being cruel in doing so, so he hoped that Isabeau would be able to convince Kragr to stop as she would have more influence over him and wouldn't be scrutinised for doing so.

Thankfully, it seemed Isabeau had a more sound sense of morality and stepped in before things turned nasty. Zephyr approached Isabeau when she addressed them but didn't say anything as he felt there was still very much tension in the air. He looked at Isabeau longingly for a moment, wishing he had the chance to talk to her and explain the situation in a way that hopefully she would understand and hopefully find it in herself to forgive him but the situation didn't allow for such a luxury so they were forced to plod onwards.

//End Thread​

Kragr Krayt Isabeau