Location: Settlements
Objective: 2 - Coordinate evacuations and repel Sithspawn
Allies:
Wyatt Morga
,
Starlin Rand
,
Jace Rhane
Opposition:
Sofiel
,
Darth Strosius
,
Lirka Ka
Direct Opposition: None (Open)
Equipment: Jedi Robes w/
Armorweave Bodyglove, Lightsaber, Telescoping
Force Pike,
Echani Dueling Shield, Bacta Shots,
Gnarltree Seeds
After a bumpy ride through the Sith blockade, Eugen and his complement of
Skytroopers had finally broken atmo. Some transports left dark smokey contrails through the sky, indicating they had taken more than a few hits on the way down. It was unlikely they would even be skyworthy after the initial landing. Flights of nimble
Saberhawks and
Talons zipped through the air around transports as they landed, screening against would be aerial attacks.
On the way down Eugen had time to take stock of the situation. Deep craters all over the surface could be seen from orbit as the Sith's machinations unfolded. What death machines and monsters had emerged was much too far to be seen by the naked eye, but he could certainly feel the stain of their blight in the Force as they were activated and reclaimed by their Dark Masters.
He would have to trust his counterparts already on the ground to prevent the escape of more of these weapons from being successfully excavated.
Those champions would have to fight the Sith for tomorrow, as the healer focused on the victims of today.
Just after Eugen's transport had landed in one of the clearings of the city, there came an audible tremor that shook the vessel on its struts. However, thanks to the compensators onboard, inside the seismic activity barely registered as a gentle rock. That was probably the best they could expect going forward, it was only downhill from here as the landscape rapidly deteriorated.
The passenger bay opened and the step ramp rolled down, which was almost immediately swarmed by panicked city dwellers, practically clawing their way onto the ramp before it had even completely unfurled. Eugen and Concord soldiers had to initially wave them down just so they could exit transports themselves, then people began to pile in by the dozens once he was on the ground.
Each transport could carry about a company worth of fully equipped soldiers, so they could pack quite a few people, but as his hazel eyes scanned the incoming throngs of people, he could see that they would barely make a blip with evacuations, not while wrangling with hostile airpower.
Many people were going to die today.
There was no way around it. Even if the source of the tremors was stopped, a chain reaction had already begun, he could see it now with each collapsed building and cracking street.
For the briefest of moments, the Echani's normally serene mask was cracked by a flash of disgust at the hell the Sith had unleashed.
He quickly recentered himself with a breath. No, the situation was dire, but not hopeless. There were still going to be many casualties, but there were things he could do to mitigate the loss. Still beside the ship, Eugen closed his eyes and rapped the end of his pike against the ground. There was darkness in his vision from lowered lids, but his physical sight would be replaced by something much illuminating as he
connected with the minds of the local civilians and his (willing) Silver counterparts. He had rooted himself within the collective consciousness of the city, acting as their conduit, while they served as his new eyes.
Battle Meditation was a technique usually associated with combat, but the healer had found a great use for it in the realm of disaster relief, where the need for rapid coordination at scale was just as important.
Do not forsake your fellow man and become like beasts...
We will get through this if we work together as one...
Prioritize the wounded, sick, and dependents for air evac. Direct them to open areas below free of seismic activity to improve rotation times...
Those who can fight, assist the those already at the gates and defend your people, or all will lost...
Once the coordination came into full swing, there could be an observable change among the masses. Less panic and more cooperation as people gained control over their initial fight and flight response and became more rational. Rather than wrestling each other for a free slot on the outgoing ships in mobs, some loose columns began to form for quicker exfil as a semblance of order was finally established and deadly stampeding was brought to a standstill. In the rising calm, first responders had an easier time rescuing the wounded who had already succumbed been injured by the rumblings.
Meanwhile, able-bodied men and women converged at the opened gates behind the Jedi and soldiers present. A handful sported the Beskar armor of the Mandalorians - before Sith dominion - Wayland had been a prominent world of Mandalorian sphere and some still clung to the old ways even through the years of occupation. However, most were just regular settlers armed with a blaster and slugthrower. An army they were not, but the numbers of the rag-tag militia would greatly assist in carving a path down to the jungles against the incoming Sithspawn. Above their heads, Skytroopers and Mandalorian warriors with rocketpacks zoomed through the air, harassing enemy fighters and trying to thin out their numbers before they reached the defenders on the ground.
Gradually, Eugen was stitching the motley groups of the city together into one united force to stand against the rising calamity. That was the only way they could survive.
Darth Angonous
|
Sicarius Hekate
Caltin Vanagor
|
Thurion Heavenshield
