So, it's about time the team actually met, aye? (NO members PM for invite)

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"Not planning to kill anyone." Graxin stated simply. Ah, so Ferus wanted to join them. Wonderful. Graxin stared past the Darth toward the ship and considered walking aboard. "Father doesn't care who I work with, so long as the job is done." He added sharply.

Now was no time for Graxin to be accused of treason.

[member="Darth Ferus"]

 

[Lord Eclipsion]

" Jedi. How interesting. " The voice echoed around the hangar, as the Chiss Lord came into view. Eclipsion had an inquiring and curious expression on her face, as she slowly strolled over to the small group. The Knight turned from [member=Graxin Rade], then to [Darth Ferus], and then turning once more to face the smuggler and the Jedi. " Tell me, why is this Jedi not in Confinement?" Eclipsion asked Graxin, then proceeding to give a cold glare to the Jedi.

[member=Corvetta Salvo] @JediWhoseNameICantRemember

 

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Graxin raised a brow. He stepped in front of the Kelios, whom he had been given the permission to control, and motioned for the massive creature to make his way into the ship. Kelios, of course, complied without hesitation. The Jedi wouldn't want to bring about any sort of conflict. "He's with me." Graxin stated surely. His arms folded over his chest, and his lips pressed into a thin frown. "And he won't be going into confinement. Kelios is assisting us."

He leaned partway to the side to get a good look around the Chiss. "So...were you just hiding behind a crate, or...?"

[member="Lord Eclipsion"]

 

[Linori Pryde]

Linori tenses in the ship and glances over her shoulder. Though she were already seated comfortably at a computer, the presence of another person made her quite uneasy, especially considering how powerful they all seemed. Let it be known, however, that Linori wasn't a coward. She was just someone who really didn't want to be sliced in half. And lets be honest here, when the bulk of what you've read of jedi and sith tends to resolve around lightsaber fights and their ongoing conflict, being cut into a few pieces tended to be the result.
At least that is what Linori firmly believed in.
The miraluka clears her throat and starts pulling up holograms of different spreadsheets and planetary systems, hoping they intended to leave soon. The sooner they finished this mission, the better.

 

[Lord Eclipsion]

The Sith smirked, as she heard [member=Graxin Rade]'s last comment. " No, I was standing here the whole time. What do you think, I came around the corner!" Eclipsion told him sarcastically, as she looked at the rag-tag crew of smugglers, a really furry guy, and...A Zabrak. Thrilling. " So, why is a Sith allowing a Jedi to help him? Even if he is helping the New Order, what'll him from just taking the intel we've given him, and from running off with it? Oh, that's right, nothing!" The Lord told the group with a distinct and bitter tone.

 

[Darth Ferus]

Ferus moved his way to the blindfolded girl. Oddly enough, it was only because he had only seen her kind once before. [member="Linori Pryde"] was interesting, though that probably made the Zabrak creepy. Not entirely something he'd like to be, but for now he would just have to roll with it. He wanted to see where [member="Graxin Rade"] 's path would take him.

So he'd plop down beside her, well aware [member="Lord Eclipsion"] was close by. Usually, he'd go deal with a threat himself, but for now he left it to Graxin.

"You always going to run away?" His voice was indeed curious. Hopefully none threatening, but hey. Big bad Sith with a huge dark aura. To those who couldn't sense it, he'd probably seem normal.

 

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Graxin let a soft sigh escape him. He'd dealt with plenty of Sith Lord during his lifelong tenure under Krag, and this situation could be settled in much the same way. "He's stuck with me for awhile. If he wanted to leave he would have." His arms fell to his sides and slipped into his pockets. He tilted his head toward [member="Corvetta Salvo"] "Hey flygirl, can you get us set for launch? I'll buy you a prize if we're ready to dust off in ten."

The former Apprentice focused his attention back on the Lord, and opted to pour on the charm. "Listen, m'lady, the situation is in perfectly capable hands. The group is purpose for the task at hand, and you shouldn't worry your mind with such...trivial things." His amber gaze drifted from the woman's boots to the top of her head. "The Jedi serves me as I see fit." He lied. "If there's an issue, then I suppose we could talk behind the corner you seem to already be familiar with."

He motioned back toward the door, and took two steps forward; his expression unchanging as he tried to pick up what the Chiss wanted exactly.

[member="Lord Eclipsion"]

 

[Lord Eclipsion]

Lord Eclipsion looked at Graxin condescendingly, as she climbed aboard the ship. She looked disdainfully at her fellow Knight, as she merely just shook her head at his comment. She took a seat, as she just stared at the wall, biding her time. ' That boy really is stupid, isn't he? ' The Lord thought, as she continued to measure his intelligence in her mind.

[member=Graxin Rade]

 

[Linori Pryde]

Linori leans over her monitor, fingertips pausing on the screen. She pulls the hologram of a nearby system away from her gaze, the space now filled with Darth Farus’ face. The miraluka deadpans, amazingly well for someone with no eyes. Linori clears her throat and quickly turns back to the monitors, trying to keep her panicked thoughts occupied with more typing. “Kindly sir, me? Run away? No, never,” the girl responds quietly, “I prefer the term tactful retreat.”

Several monitors in front of the miraluka were displaying reports from several different systems, some in multiple languages. They detailed some of the border wars in the Confederate systems, though there were surprisingly few articles that listed information that would be of great use. Linori would continually pull up screens then minimize them, as though searching for a specific piece. As though expecting the Sith to get bored and leave, she’d occasionally glance over in a very subtle way, only to find him still sitting beside her. Linori keeps her head low and unseen visage on the reports. Naboo wasn’t sounding so bad right about now.

[member="Darth Ferus"]

 

[Kelios Shara-da]

"I serve Lord Graxin as he sees fit." The massive feline echoed as his golden eyes fell slowly upon Lord Epsilon. He had finally spoken again! As opposed to just watching the transaction with a calm and rather passive mentality. The sentence was a lie, however, there would be no hint of that even upon the Force. Kelios was a font of serenity, there was little emotion to be snipped at the current moment.

"Jedi and Sith are two sides of the same plasteel coin. However, coins sometimes spin and dance as opposed to being flipped."

After which Graxin at least would note that Kelios smirked at female Sith Knight. It was an actual, genuine, amused smirk!

[member="Graxin Rade"] [member="Lord Eclipsion"]

 

[Corvetta Salvo]

Suddenly, the hangar was becoming rather crowded. Unsure if this was a good or bad omen, she crept over to the boarding ramp until it was just a couple paces away. Some Chiss banshee had just arrived and appeared to have spoiled the mood of the high-maintenance Forcies. Seemed like everyone carried a lightsaber and plotted to alter the rotation of the galaxy these days.

Their fearless leader interrupted the committee meeting by requesting the pilot to get the ship prepped. She mock saluted and trotted up the boarding ramp and headed for the cockpit. She found the 'blind' girl messing around with the systems. While she was good with sharing, the cockpit was 'her space' and she would rather be the one doing all those things. Corvetta was forced to suck it up and began the startup cycle.

Ignorant of the Miraluka's allegiance, she muttered freely, "This how the Sithies do family reunions?"

[member="Linori Pryde"]

 

[Darth Ferus]

The Zabrak kept quiet for a moment, well. Save for the light chuckle he offered to her answer. But.. He really had no idea where or what to do with all of this. [member="Linori Pryde"] was apparently shy and possibly uncomfortable with him around, yet if he left he may end up doing something worse then just sitting there.

Really, it had been too long sense Ferus was human. But, [member="Corvetta Salvo"] 's comment would cause him to speak. Cause he was there too. With the blind girl.

"Hopefully not. Though I am worried. While I won't call the New Order army to kill you all, I'm not sure the Chiss would do the same.." Yes, he hadn't seen the Chiss. But he could sense her. [member="Lord Eclipsion"] was a student of his as well after all.

 

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Graxin was....surprised that Kelios backed him up like that! The smirk of amusement did, admittedly catch him offguard. Mister Rade certainly hadn't expected the Jedi to be mischievous.

he blinked as she climbed right aboard the ship. Was she to join them? Well, that was certainly news. Graxin walked partway up the landing ramp, glanced back at Corvetta and Kelios; then spoke once more to the Chiss. "I'm Graxin by the way. We met when you were still an apprentice I think...will you be joining us?" He asked cautiosuly, shooting Corvetta a small smile as the pilot made her way up toward the cockpit. He opened his mouth to speak more; before raising his voice so Corvetta could hear him on the way up. "Set a course for Ventooine by the way. It's the only lead we have."

[member="Corvetta Salvo"] [member="Lord Eclipsion"]

 

[Linori Pryde]

Linori sits up straight as Corvetta sat in the piloting chair, sitting not-so-far away at one of the computer modules. If she had eyes, they’d be screaming for help, but that wasn’t the case. She scratches her cheek and doubletakes between Corvetta and Darth Farus.
“Afraid I don’t know how Sith reunions go,” she comments after a few moments before returning to her monitor. She pulls up a hologram of an unknown planet, the visage floating in the empty space between herself and the Sith Lord. “Do you take over a planet together or something?”

[member="Darth Ferus"] [member="Corvetta Salvo"]

 

[Darth Ferus]

"Usually it involves the slaughter of innocents followed by sacking what ever is left till the planet is nothing but dust. Though sometimes that changes. Sometimes we sit down, have a nice picnic on a calm planet. You know, Sith stuff."

Sarcasm. That much should be evident to [member="Linori Pryde"] and [member="Corvetta Salvo"] , though it was playful. He was rather enjoying the whole experience, short of his ex apprentice [member="Lord Eclipsion"] coming around. He really didn't want to have to deal with her. Ferus was only in basic slacks and a t-shirt. Deus was of course close, but really he didn't want everyone to know he had a normal side.

 

[Corvetta Salvo]

Corvetta acknowledged Graxin's orders with a bit of an eye roll. "Yes, Darth." Now he was going to start thinking he was a real captain.

The pilot keyed in the coordinates for Ventooine and absently chuckled at the Miraluka's humorous guess. Though she found the Zabrak's comment significantly less funny. "Right..." she murmured, not entirely convinced that his sarcastic comment was devoid of truth. The Chiss girl seemed to be tightly wound.

Turning to face the girl occupying the neighboring seat, Corvetta flicked on the ignition without even looking at where her hands were and asked, "Whatcha know 'bout flying?" She did not want to say it out loud, but she had doubts that a blindfolded person could handle a ship without killing everyone, despite having met her share of Miralukas. It was just not something she could easily wrap her mind around. She would insist on limiting the girl's time at the helm. "Gotta make sure my spotter's cool with the rips."

[member="Linori Pryde"] [member="Darth Ferus"]

 

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Graxin closed the loading ramp behind him as he climbed aboard. He let a deep sigh escape him, and slumped back against the wall. No one had died yet, and that was far more than he had expected. The former Apprentice leaned his head back, and stared up at the ceiling. Hopefully everyone got comfortable before they arrived.


Ventooine was going to be a mess. A very bloody mess, and he would tell none of them until they arrived.

 

[Linori Pryde]

Despite the laid back look of the Sith Lord, the miraluka wasn’t buying it. Maybe it was too many unpleasant bed time stories as a child, but the whole ransacking of a planet thing didn’t sound too far from the truth. The picnics did, unless they perhaps feasted on the bones of children and drank from goblets filled of blood. Linori pauses typing, as though amused by her own thoughts. Scratch that last part, that sounded a tidbit more unlikely.

She scratches her nose and glances towards Corvetta, the Ventooine hologram hovering by her face highlighting in green as the pilot set up the coordinates. Linori types in a few more lines and leans back in her chair, regarding the woman with a friendly smile. Finally, a somewhat friendly face. “Spotter? Uh, probably not the best one. I’ve read books and logs about piloting, but in all honesty this is my second time on a ship.”

Linori pauses and clears her throat. Okay, perhaps mentioning her lack of flight experience wasn’t the best thing to do. “Don’t trust me to fly the thing, but I can navigate and manage the subliminary systems well enough, I think. Computers nowadays seem to cover the bulk of the work."

[member="Corvetta Salvo"] [member="Graxin Rade"] [member="Darth Ferus"]

 

[Corvetta Salvo]

Corvetta smiled tightly as the Miraluka explained her piloting abilities--which seemed to amount to 'not really'. Kids these days... "We'll get along fine, sis."

All systems go and an initial test burst of the thrusters cleared, the spacer flicked on the comm and contacted airspace control. After receiving an affirmative, she toggled the repulsorlifts and retracted the landing gear. The spacecraft skimmed out of the hangar and ascended the heavens, the buildings of the Sith world rapidly shrinking from the crew's point-of-view.

As the freighter eventually broke gravity's clutches, Corvetta nodded to her co-pilot and pulled on the very special lever, choking the sublight jets and activating the hyperdrive, which propelled them into the familiar blue tunnel that had been the backdrop to half of the pilot's life.