Public Sith Scavenger Hunt (No for real this time though)

[Carnis]

"Lord Carnis--"
"I keep tellin' ya, drop the whole 'Lord' schtick! It took you two seconds to start calling me Carnis, but THAT'S what you're stuck on?"
Carnis and Yurik walked down the halls of the ship. It didn't look like anything belonging to the Jedi or Sith, but there was something here, some kind of echo in the Force perhaps? Whatever it was, Carnis wasn't alone in his thoughts. Yurik could tell something was amiss too, despite not being Force Sensitive.
"As I was saying..." The Officer continued, idly scrolling through a datapad. "My scanners aren't picking up any anomalies."
"See? What'd I tell ya? Clean as a whistle~" Carnis smirked back at his old childhood friend, even wolf-whistling and wiggling his eyebrows to accentuate just how so-totally-not-in-danger they were. Yurik simply rolled his eyes, having gotten used to it by now.
"I still don't see why I had to be the one to come along. I had important data entry to do, and Mala or Val would be much more efficient at--"
"And that's exactly it! Remember when the two of us used to spend all day having fun?"
"I remember YOU having fun and ME having to bail you out every time the things you thought were fun landed you in trouble."
"See? You DO remember! Which is exactly why we're here! We never, like, DO stuff anymore, just us. You're either tappin' away on that thing, or there's someone else here too."
Yurik's face flushed a bit, but he brushed it off. "If you want to talk to me, you know you can just do it." He said, immediately regretting it when Carnis turned right around to face him, a big smile on his face.
"...Not about THAT." He finished, and Carnis's smile turned into a pout.
"C'mooon, just a LITTLE hint?"
"I am not discussing my relationship with you."
"But you looked so good after we got you ready for your date! Did it go okay? Are you gonna see him again?"
"Of course I am. It wasn't a date, it was me having dinner alone with my husband, whom I hadn't seen after months of him being deployed across the Galaxy. I don't see why you have to pry into every minute detail of everyone's personal lives."
Normally an Imperial Officer speaking this way to a Sith would result in their immediate execution, but Carnis and Yurik knew each other from when they were kids, so the barrier between superior and subordinate was virtually nonexistent between them.
"Hey, I'm not prying! You wanna keep it a secret, and as your friend, I respect that." Carnis said, and Yurik squinted at him, but didn't call him out for lying. The two continued to walk in silence...for about 8 seconds before a smirk crept back onto Carnis's lips.
"...I'm just saying, you came back PRETTY late last night, and I--"
"OH, CAN WE NOT?!"
Carnis laughed at his reaction as the two made it to the bridge, finding some type of black and white triangular prism.
"It definitely looks like a Sith Artifact of some kind. Pretty obvious what we should do."
"Contact command so they can secure and study it to further the goals of the Empire?"
"Pfffft, hell no! Pick it up and see what it does!" Carnis, despite Yurik's protests, grabbed the artifact. This was DEFINITELY what had been calling to Carnis since they got there. Reaching out with the Force, Carnis attempted to unlock the secrets of it, and the white markings had a red glow flow up from the bottom, stopping right at the halfway point no matter how much Dark Side energy Carnis put into it.
"Why won't it go the rest of the way? Dumb thing!" Carnis huffed, and Yurik looked at his datapad.
"I'm finding no record of a device like this even working. However, looking at the shape, it appears to derive its appearance from old Jedi and Sith holocrons. Seeing as how you can only put your energy into half of it..."
"We need a Jedi."
"Most likely, yes."
"Well, Misu's the only Jedi I know of, at least by name, and she's not exactly gonna be in much of a rush to help us. I mean, you remember what happened last time."
"You mean when she stabbed you in the leg and you screamed obscenities at her as she walked away until I came to get you?"
"Yeah, that! So we're gonna need us another Jedi!"

The ship suddenly rocked back and forth, noise coming from the airlock. Carnis ran to the end of the hall, not reaching for his weapons yet, but Yurik stayed around the corner, using it as cover and clutching his standard-issue blaster pistol that most Imperial Officers carried.
"Looks like we're being boarded!"
"Yes, but by whom?"
"Don't say 'whom,' it makes you sound like a nerd."
"It makes me sound eloquent."
"To who?"
"Whom."
"Oh, shut up!"
The door opened, and while Carnis could not yet see who was inside, he made sure his guard was up in case these were the 'shoot first, ask questions later' types that normally boarded ships like this. Pirates, most likely.
"If it's a Jedi, you owe me fifty credits." Carnis whispered subtly to Yurik before taking a couple steps down the hall towards the airlock to try and see who was on the other side.

"Hey there! Sorry to say, but we already looted this baby. Nothin much, 'cept this doohickey." He tossed the holocron up and down in one hand with absolutely zero regard for what would happen if he dropped it. "If you wanna salvage the ship, it's yours, we're just gonna wait for our ride back if ya don't mind, and if ya do...well, too bad, cuz I've already done my daily space-walk. Really good for the glutes!"

 

[Damion Dorian Tarkin]

It had been a long week of studies, and a longer day of tracking down a sith holocron, something that would to cure, or at least identify the sickness he held since birth. In the recent months in was starting to take a more physical effect on his body. Nothing major yet but who knew how long that would last.

"I am telling you Cole, This time I promise you we found it" Dorian spoke to his droid "We are just lucky it is within Draconian Space"

"Master, I think your obsession with the artifact might be going to far, Nearly abandoning your duties in this search" His droid C.O.L.E Spoke back to him in it's metallic male voice

"It's killing me, once we find this cure I can go back to what I do best" Dorian was somber in his speech

"Are you even sure it exist" His droid spoke back

Before Dorian even had the chance to speak one of the crew spoke to them. "Sir we are picking up a ship, not one of ours" "Prepare a boarding party, Just 2 guards I can take care of it" "Yes sir"

It was not long before Dorian was ready to enter the boarding pod. If fact it was a modified escape pod that could hold up to 7 comfortably. This pod would be launched from the bottom hanger of the Arquitens Twi of the standard Fighters of his faction would also fly on escort duty. Two (2) X-9 Class fighters. The boarding party of 4 would enter the ship. The two guards would scor a clear the rest of the ship while the droid and his master may there way to the bridge

"Hey there! Sorry to say, but we already looted this baby. Nothin much, 'cept this doohickey." He tossed the holocron up and down in one hand with absolutely zero regard for what would happen if he dropped it. "If you wanna salvage the ship, it's yours, we're just gonna wait for our ride back if ya don't mind, and if ya do...well, too bad, cuz I've already done my daily space-walk. Really good for the glutes!"

Dorian Had not even gotten a word out before what he could only describe the "Cocky" gentlemen spoke. The others attitude did surprise him

"I am sorry but you don't see the predicament you are in, you are under arrest by order of the Draconion Crown for Trespassing, Lay down your arms and we can get this over with". Dorian was no policeman, but he did have the authority to make such an arrest. His saber proudly belted at his side, Dorians hands clasped back his back much like a noblemen. His droid on the other hand, had already had a blade extended from its right arm, ready to fight if need be

"I will also need to take that Holocron" This was more for his own personal self



OOC: Hey, a little hard to read that first post, and I for one need just a bit more detail, like what ship it is. that's all.
TAGS: Carnis

 

[Carnis]

Carnis quirked a brow at the man, and as he spoke, the young Sith’s smirk slowly widened. When he finished his “arrest” declaration and demanded the Holocron, Carnis immediately burst into uproarious laughter.

Laughter that would last the next two and a half minutes or so.

When that laughter turned to soft giggles and later subsided completely, Carnis turned to look at Yurik, who had been hoping he’d not been seen, just outright blowing his cover.

“Did you hear that, Yurik? We’re under arrest~” Carnis cooed in amusement, and the Officer stepped out from behind the corner he was in. He had his blaster pistol in one hand, and the vibroblade he kept strapped in a sheath on his left outer thigh in the other.

“I told you when we came here that we were entering Draconian space.”

“And I told you I don’t know what that means!”

“IT MEANS WE’RE—“ Yurik just let out an exasperated sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose, looking at the other man and droid as if to say ‘I’m sorry about him.’

“Lord Carnis, it may be prudent to exercise caution. We have no quarrel with the Draconian Throne, perhaps they’ll hear us out.”

“…They’re gonna hear out the Sith Lord and Imperial Officer who ransacked a 150-and-change-year-old ship?” He asked, gesturing around the bridge of the Victory II-Class frigate. As if on cue, the red backup power lights that illuminated the ship were replaced by the fluorescence of the main power. Someone else was on this ship, but the smirk on Carnis’ face let the ‘intruders’ know he was well aware of this. He had a third ally somewhere, but where?

“Sir!” A voice came through on Damion’s commlink, one of the two guards he’d sent to scout the rest of the ship.

“The power’s back on, but we didn’t do it! Someone’s here with…w-WHAT IS THAT THING?! It’s in the vents! IT’S IN THE VEEEENTS!” There was the sound of a warbled chirp, and the comm went silent, with nothing but static.

“Lord Carnis, I really think it’s best if we try to solve this without bloodshed first.”

“UGH, fiiiiineeee.” Carnis made a noise almost exactly like the chirp that was heard over the comm, and the sound of little footsteps could be heard in the vents above them. Carnis stood right under the duct, so when it opened, the Porg inside landed right into his arms.

“There you are, ya little rascal! Who got the power back on? You did! Yesyoudid! Such a good boy!~”

While Carnis was preoccupied with his feathery friend, Yurik sheathed his vibroblade and walked over to the monitor on the bridge console, pulling up the live feed of where the guards were. They were alive and unharmed, perhaps a bit shaken up, trying to reach him once again on the comms. It seemed they had used the ship’s security system to disable them for now, so Damion couldn’t relay any orders back to them, or the rest of his fleet, if he had one. Carnis typically wasn’t one for precautions, that’s what he had Yurik for.

“Look, see? Your dudes are alright, my dudes are alright, I think we should see about finding a solution where all of our dudes stay that way. Besides, worst case scenario, you kill us and take the Holocron, and it still doesn’t work for you. I can’t even open the blasted thing, we need a Jedi, or someone proficient enough with the Light Side—gross, I know—to help us open the other half. After that, once I have what I want, you can use it for whatever your little Draconian heart desires. Sound fair?”

His hands never went near the two lightsabers that rested on his hips, just giving him that big bright smile of his while the Porg perched itself on his shoulder.

 

[Damion Dorian Tarkin]

"Zakuulan Heart" He correct the man "My alliance lies with Zakuul, Draconia and Its Monarch is just a close ally" Dorian was not at all concerned when he got the coms from his two guards that were also on the ship. But when the coms dropped he understood that it was the non-siths doing "Cole...Go find my men I can handle it from here"

The droid would leave the room, heading down the hallways to attempt to find the downed guards. it's metal feet clanking on the metal ground of the ship. "You would be smart to stay listening to your friend, he seems quite intelligent" Dorian Spoke slow, unconcerned that this very well may be a trap, He learned from the best after all.

While the sith was distracted he used the force to take the Holocron from the siths occupied hands, and he would look over it

"You know...old sith tech like this does have a bypass" The red side of the Holocron would glow "It's not something I can replicate, not now at least" At points the red would flow into the blue forming a purple, but it was never enough to completely open it, though it was close.

He could not deny that he was curious about what the sith wanted, walking closer and closer to the side window of the ship "What is it you want sith, and why come into Alli...Draconian Space" He almost let it slip, the word alliance. Something that with rising tensions might not hold for very much longer, between that of Zakuul, and Draconia.

TAGS: Carnis

 

[Carnis]

"Hey, he may be an expert on diplomacy, but I've killed more things than he has!" Carnis retorted, letting the holocron easily fly out of his hands...almost TOO easily. The Porg chirped something as well, and Carnis looked over at it on his shoulder.

"Yes, I know you've killed more things than me, but I don't think he cares."

Another chirp.

"Alright, fine, whatever! Jeez! We get it, you're better than all of us."

A third chirp.

"...I love you too."

Carnis and Yurik shot each other a look when he mentioned some 'Alli-somethingorother.' His mentions of Zakuul were definitely noteworthy. How else would he be able to access the Light path of the Holocron without being corrupted by the Dark?

"My reasons are my own. It's pretty clear that you're hiding something, so I might as well keep a few arrows in my quiver myself." He said, making a fake bow with his hands and 'firing' an imaginary arrow at him while making a little 'Thwip!' sound effect with his mouth.

"You know a lot about my people, stranger, how's about a little give-and-take? I thought Zakuul was all but wiped out millennia ago. What, did it take yo that long to rebuild? Hate to tell ya, but I don't think any Eternal Fleets are gonna do you much good nowadays." It seemed Carnis was being intentionally confrontational in his words, trying to egg him on. Getting into people's heads was his specialty, and while mind reading was always a possible option, he found this to be way more entertaining.

"So, how exactly did you fine folks come back? We aren't gonna have to align ourselves with the Jedi again to kick your asses, are we?"

 

[Damion Dorian Tarkin]

"We survived because we were strong, Stronger them the foes that would bombard out planet, Raid us for our few resources, Burn our homes, and turn our city's into nothing but cinder, But we survived, We have a purpose, I have a purpose, Do not talk about my planet's faults, when it was your kind that led my people to it" He spoke of pride about his home

"Draconia, made their presence known to us when we needed it, a planet untouched by the rest of the galaxy, its natives would help us in our time of need, and now I have led both planets to become there strongest through many reforms and friendship, the eternal fleet was destroyed, but something new came form it's scraps" He spoke with respect of the Draconian People, running his two fingers across his scar more as a memory

It was known that a few years prior that Zakuul signed an unusual pack with the planet of Draconia, but now it seemed to be failing due to rising unrest

"Now, what are you here for?" Now he spoke more commanding. Not angry, But curious

TAGS: Carnis