Red Dust

[Sawa Ike]

[member="HK - 5543"]

Ah perfect then as the speeder was taking off and she spoke bringing up some fo the information. "We are heading to the hidden world, a continent on Atrisia from before it was an empire... there are dangerous creatures and things there that require special attention with a flamethrower." She said it and well there was some more... droids weren't going to get infected and neither were energy vampires from the parasites and sicknesses there. large flying things, crocs, snakes, fish, flies, apes and tigers were something that would be dangerous. She was looking forward to this before the sith lady checked out parts of the world and the course they were taking.

 

[HK - 5543]

"Response: Ah," HK-5543 said, following close behind its master on its own speeder bike, "Hunting the local wildlife? Hopefully there are a lot of them, I have been waiting some years for a chance to slaughter again, and animals will be the perfect target to unleash some of that repressed rage." The droid maneuvered the speeder around some debris before speeding to catch up again.

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[Sawa Ike]

[member="HK - 5543"]

SHe grinned to herself and traveling there across the mountains and then the broken path... remnants of some ancient road that had been swallowed by the oceans were visible going into the hidden world. A continent with sheer mountains surrounding nearly all of it. Ancient black statues along the ring of it and all ways onto the main parts of it broken and destroyed. Sawa looked down and there was a herd of rancors moving around quickly near the coast and stream. One of the babies being attacked as something came out of the waters and locked massive jaws on it before dragging it back down into the rivers. GIant snakes, apes, crocs, parasites, cannibals, lemurs, monkey's and a number of things were here before the one city sprang up. Salted walls that gleamed in the humidity, soldiers that seemed impossibly tall. The Oni were atrisian but their skin was like dark wood, eyes golden and size nearly eight feet tall. The men and the women shared soft features but they also had sharper teeth and were not immune but better able to handle the parasites of the area.

 

[HK - 5543]

HK-5543 watch impassively as the Rancor met its fate before speeding up to keep pace with [member="Sawa Ike"]. It, too, saw the city and its people, but instead of wondering why anyone would live out here, it thought to itself; 'At least it isn't Kamino'. One moron would stay on a planet that is a perpetual hurricane?

Correction; an indefinite, perpetual hurricane.

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="HK - 5543"]

Perfect, the droid seemed excited when they were touching down in the city and there were some of the Oni standing around. Tall and full figured they gave off a great impression of power. Golden eyes and dark skin where Sawa embraced one of them and was heading off to reach the guides here. Sawa was looking at it and K1 moved around providing some weapons and direction as he started to lumber forward with the weight of his weapons and equipment to smash through many of the creatures they might be able to find. Two fo the Oni were coming with them into the jungle at least and she walked to the edge of the city.

 

[HK - 5543]

HK-5543 dismounted and followed close behind, if the woman herself wasn't deterrence enough, than the blaster HK-5543 was wielding would certainly do the trick...

That, or the droid made of guns.

The droid merely walked a meter or so away as nor to invade its master's space, but also to give a clear warning to anyone with less than acceptable ideas.

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[Sawa Ike]

[member="HK - 5543"]

Most of the Oni stayed away, they lived with a constant threat of danger and as there was an area. sick atrisians and visitors to the world who had come here for well promises of riches as they had for thousands of years. exploring the jungles if you were brave enough, lucky enough and one of the several thousand who might not almost instantly come down with a flesh, brain, bone eating parasite from touching the wrong thing. The riches for the small group who had survived their trip could fill a starship's cargo hold and still have plenty leftover but there were very few who had ever been able to get that lucky. Sawa was walking the the astromech droid chirped but went over some roots with a swirl of its head. Saw motioned for the droid as she crouched and pointed. "HK, how are your sensors working now? Can you walk point and keep our heading." She listed it off, a small specific way just off from going fully north.

 

[HK - 5543]

"Response: My sensors are fully optimized, master. I can take point." HK-5543 said, stomping to the front of the group with its blaster held firmly in its hands. The droid began marching, sensors scanning the streets and buildings for any possible threats.

... Okay, threat was a bit of an overstatement.

[member="Sawa Ike"]

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="HK - 5543"]

Sawa was looking at the jungle itself that was the real threat.. the Oni were for the most part immune to the parasites having grown up here... they had trace amounts which made them able to survive in the jungle in that respect.. the creatures were the real problem and few could really match them as she moved forward seeing some parts of the ground. Thick tracks from creatures that were roaming around when she looked up. SOmething flying overhead with a large wingspan and spaded tail that swiped into a rancor... the sounds of roaring creatures, the itnerest on her face becoming amusement as her Oni guide pointed out some of the ruins that had existed. "THe old roads, the connected all of the lands here into one large network but the jungles are reclaiming them."

 

[HK - 5543]

"​Condescending Response: Then your local government must be incompetent, organic, if it cannot even keep roads clear. Armored vehicles and large explosives do wonders against the local wildlife." HK-5543 said, barely masking its contempt as it watched the odd, avian-like creature attack the rancors. Granted, to the common organic, a rancor may seem threatening, and the beasts hunting them more so, but few things could match up to an artillery platform... Right?

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[Sawa Ike]

[member="HK - 5543"]

Sawa looked at the droid while she stood there and spoke. "It isn't the government, the jungles here... there is a reason why I wanted droids for going through. Bone and flesh eating parasites in the air won't attack you and my species can heal faster then they can infect me." Which was eay as the Oni themselves were almost fully immune to it. This entire continent was just never thought about and preserved. "THe commonwealth doesn't have the means to restore all of the planet with the number of attacks that have come against it. THe latest ones damaged buildings but the capitol is still in ruins, several of the cities are ruined and more. the less populated areas like here aren't noticed."

 

[HK - 5543]

"Condescending Response: Master, there are few things in the galaxy that can't be solved with a mix of flamethrowers, explosives, and a large blaster." The droid explained with a dejected shake of its head. It scanned the jungle for any threats before continuing.

"Addendum: Or, you could always level the entire jungle and everything within five kilometers of it and build from scratch."

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[Sawa Ike]

[member="HK - 5543"]

She looked at the droid and there were stars in her eyes.. K1 was near him and practically whooping with excitement she thought he might start drying to dry hump the assassin droids leg right there. "THat.... could be a decent plan though then would lose perhaps all of the things here, precious resources and riches for some... history for others." She said it walking and stopped inly long enough to point out some of the larger snakes moving around. They were going for something and the remains of a shuttle that had hit one of those large avian creatures was smoking. "Hmmm well have some fun and clear it we should see if there is anything worthwhile in the shuttle.