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Dominion The Black Summer || CHOIR OF ONE [ ME Dominion of Serenno ]


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CHOIR OF ONE
“When the old songs fail, we write new ones in fire.”

SERENNO, OUTER RIM TERRITORIES
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There were no stars in sight, not from the underbelly of the cruiser that loomed like a phantom above Serenno’s cloudline. Only the planet below, draped in gold and shadow, bathed in the decadent hush of nobles who had forgotten how close their ancestors once lived to fire and ash. The world was beautiful. Untouched in the ways that made it dangerous. Its spires sang of old power, of ancestral privilege carved in marble and lined in silk, and the nobility within them played their games as though war could not reach so high. As though the tides of empire did not rise to drown the proud.

But war was already here. It moved quiet through the stars. It listened in every transmission. It dressed itself in armor and silence, and spoke only when the time came to act. For the Mandalorians, the time was now.

They had crossed fire on Roon. They had weathered the storm on Onderon. The cry of Khar Zuun had echoed from the mouths of warriors and children alike, the name carried like a storm through the veins of the clans. But in light of recent tragedy, what began as an honored tradition became a reckoning. The Black Summer, as the Mand'alor decreed, had no limit. It had no border. It had only purpose. It was the Mandalorian answer to silence, to cowardice, to a galaxy content to look away until it, too, was burning. Now, the cause evolved after Vexis Station. The Empire had ceased to wait for justice to be gifted by those who feigned kinship. Now, they had taken it by the throat and dragged it from the stars.

Why? For the child. For their fallen. Mandalore's loss had stripped away any pretense of neutrality. The Diarchy had crossed a line written in blood, and the Mandalorian Empire would answer, not in the language of diplomacy, but in the tongue of fire. Thus, the Mandalorian Empire arrived within orbit, welcomed by a cadre native to the world.

The Chorus of Serenno had made their offer with silk-gloved fingers and serpent’s smiles, promising loyalty if left to rule their gilded cage unshackled. They were not a single voice, but a collection of them, an alliance of noble houses long discontent with the sole regency of the Count of Serenno. They saw no future in one throne, one crown, or one family dictating the course of an entire world, and sought instead to share governance between their midst. In their eyes, the Count’s allegiance leaned toward the Diarchy, and they feared that without intervention, the planet would slip irrevocably into its orbit. They spoke of bias within the current regime, of Great Houses that bent the knee to the Diarchy’s vision, and of a world that would soon become hostile ground if action was not taken. In that, the Mand'alor saw the value. Not in their politics, but in the precedent. A noble house seeking the Caburian Creed, asking not to be spared judgment, but to become Mandalorian in spirit, if not in blood. As their blades were turned against a common enemy, the Creed would become reality.

Thus, two objectives had been named.

First, the destruction of the planetary ordnance depot, buried deep within a fortified mountain keep. A crusader’s work. Second, the pursuit of well-placed bounties on the heads of House Serenno and its co-conspirator, House Malvern. Their summer gala would mark the beginning, a stage set with music and wine, but destined to end in blood. A mercenary’s work. The kind of contract that would pay for generations, yet the coin mattered far less than the message. Those who bound themselves to the Diarchy would find no sanctuary behind polished stone or velvet veils.

This was the path ahead. Not conquest for its own sake, nor vengeance unanchored, but justice shaped by flame and carried by those who remembered. For the sake of the fallen. For the future being forged. The Mandalorian Empire would descend upon Serenno as both shield and sword, as hammer and standard, as the voice of all who had been silenced.

And in the wake of their arrival, only one choir would remain.

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OBJECTIVE I: THE ANCESTORS REMEMBER
Location: Camp Drystan, Mountain Fortress Complex

Hidden within the jagged peaks of Serenno’s northern range lies Camp Drystan, a fortress hewn into the bones of the mountain itself. A relic of planetary war doctrine, the complex houses Serenno’s principal ordnance depot, a cache of high-powered artillery, anti-air systems, and munitions capable of supplying the entire planetary militia in the event of rebellion. Its exterior bristles with automated defense turrets, artillery nests, and sensor towers, while its interior sprawls through narrow tunnels and reinforced bunkers designed to funnel invaders into kill zones.

This is where crusaders walk. The ancestors who forged empires with flame and iron watch this path with pride. It is a proving ground not just of strength, but of will. The warriors of the Empire descend upon the Crown to ensure that when the regime falls, it does so without the means to rise again.

Your mission? Breach the fortress. Detonate the cache. Carve your legend into the stone.​

PvE | Combat-Focused. Expect entrenched defenders, tunnel warfare, mounted artillery, and a desperate militia! For seasoned warriors eager to test their mettle, this is the forge!

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OBJECTIVE II: SONGS OF GOLD AND BLOOD
Location: Mirador Aréte, Palace of House Serenno

Mirador Aréte rises like a dream from the green cliffs of southern Serenno, an opulent estate surrounded by manicured gardens and crystalline lakes. Its marble towers catch the light like ivory spears, while golden banners flutter from its ramparts in defiance of the storm to come. Tonight, its grand ballroom pulses with the sounds of string quartets and whispered schemes, as the summer gala draws the elite from across the planet. Diplomats, heirs, and military advisors drink under a painted sky, oblivious to the knives moving through the dark.

The bounties are clear. The heads of House Serenno and House Malvern are marked for death or capture, their loyalty to the Diarchy sealed in coin and blood. But the writ leaves room for choice. The Chorus will not mourn if entire lineages vanish into the soil. Nor will they flinch if the guilty are dragged, breathing, before their throne. This is where the mercenaries walk. Honorable killers who understand that sometimes a knife in the right place does more than an army in the field.

Your mission? Infiltrate the gala. Complete the bounty. Decide what justice looks like when the masks fall.​

PvE | Infiltration and Assassination. Expect elite guards, noble defenses, and shifting opportunities. Blend in or go loud. For warriors new and old, this is the work that sharpens the knife! You choose who lives. You choose how the Empire is remembered.

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OBJECTIVE III: BRING YOUR OWN VERSE
Location: Serenno, as the stars see fit

Not all battles are fought for the sake of conquest. Some are waged for family. For pride. For debts long overdue.

Serenno is a world steeped in old blood and older secrets. Its vaults whisper of artifacts stolen during the Clone Wars. Its forests hide holdouts from a dozen failed uprisings. Its noble archives house names that some Mandalorians may not have expected to see again. And now, with the planet on the verge of upheaval, the lines between opportunity and obligation blur.

Perhaps you are here to settle a blood feud your clan could never touch until now.
Perhaps you infiltrate the gala not for bounty, but to extract someone you once loved.
Perhaps you seek rare minerals buried in the northern peaks, or ancestral treasures traded away generations ago.
Perhaps the Manda pulls you toward something deeper, a forgotten shrine or an echo waiting in the dark.​

The mission is what you make it. The legend is yours to write!


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Location: Serenno

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Equipment:
Training Jumpsuit | Lightsaber | Modified DL-27 | Commlink

OPEN
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The mountain loomed like a buried god, its bones hollowed and scarred by war. Camp Drystan wasn't just fortified, it was carved with intent. Every slope, every turret, every reinforced ridge screamed that one wasn't welcome.

The wind howled through the northern peaks, thin and sharp as glass. He adjusted his grip on the harness as the transport dipped low, the undercarriage rattling with turbulence. Cold mist clung to his jumpsuit, clashing with the warmth burning in his chest.

He hadn't said much when he boarded, but he didn't need to. Ace was just another shadow in the hold, not armored in beskar like the warriors surrounding him, but still armed in other ways. Lightsaber at his hip, the Force swirling around him like a raging but controlled wildfire. It was more than any armor could give him.

Ace was here because the Mandalorians had been hit. Because Aether had been hit. And when your brother's attacked, hurt, disrespected, you didn't sit back and send thoughts across the stars. You showed up, just like he would if it was you. Even if the politics blurred. Even if the cause felt heavier than your own shoulders could carry. Even if part of you wasn't sure what came next. You showed up.

The gunship's ramp cracked open with a hiss, and the cold bit deeper. Blaster fire echoed in the distance, short bursts swallowed by the stone. The fortress ahead bristled with motion. Automated turrets swiveled. Artillery barked. Someone shouted orders in a dialect Ace didn't recognize.

His boots hit rock. He inhaled. Then he moved, low, fast, Force brushing across his senses like sparks on metal. His role wasn't spelled out. It didn't need to be. He'd carve it in fire like the rest of them. He was a Verd in blood, and it was time to live up to it.​
 

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SERENNO - CAMP DRYSTAN

The heavens cracked, and vengeance descended.

Kom’rk-class ships split the clouds like spears hurled from a wrathful god, their hulls painted in the war-marks of a people who had endured one sin too many. Inside one such vessel, Aether Verd sat forward in his restraints, restless in the way a storm paced before it broke. His visor glinted with the fire of retrothrusters as the dropships plunged toward the jagged peaks, each second steeped in memory, each breath held tight with purpose.

An innocent life had been extinguished.

A Mandalorian child, whose only crime had been breathing in a galaxy that still mistook their silence for peace. The Diarchy had stolen that life with hands wrapped in pageantry, cloaked in protocol, but their masks would not hold against fire. They had earned the ire of Mandalore, and there would be no shelter, no quarter, no pause in the fury that now surged toward them. Their arsenals would be stripped bare. Their alliances fractured. Their every step opposed, their every plan stalled, until they understood the price of striking at those who walk beneath the iron banner.

The red light above him flared, and the hold opened.

The Mand’alor fell like a hammer.

His descent was not graceful. It was not meant to be. He plummeted like stone through wind and frost, momentum gathered behind every armored limb until the very mountain seemed to rise to meet him. Then the roar of his jetpack split the air, the flame of it illuminating the crags below as anti-air fire surged to greet him. He did not flinch. He weaved through the flak with practiced precision, black beskar streaking across the sky like a curse sent by the ancestors. Around him, warriors followed his flight, some guided by comms, others by sight alone, their formations breaking off as dropships released their payloads of Mandalorian might into the teeth of Camp Drystan’s fury.

He landed hard atop a ridge of scorched stone, snow and gravel crunching beneath his weight.

And there he stood, beside a figure wreathed in purpose of his own. White dreadlocks whipped in the wind. A lightsaber hummed with restrained fury. Acier, ever the wildfire beneath still waters. Aether inclined his helm in greeting, a warrior’s nod exchanged between brothers, bound by blood and by battle.

The Darksaber came alive with a shriek of ancient energy, its black blade casting jagged light across the mountain pass. Aether lifted it high, activating his comms as the turrets surrounding them began to shift.

“Let this be known across the stars.” he said, his voice steel wrapped in storm. “Every victory here is vengeance. For the child whose name was stolen. For the clans who mourn in silence. For Mandalore!”

He turned slightly, his visor catching Acier’s gaze.

“Watch the turrets.” he said, voice low but sure. “I’ll clear the path!”

Then he moved forward, saber drawn, into the crucible the ancestors had waited to see them enter.​

 



Daiga



LOCATION: Mirador Arete
OBJECTIVE: Open a Few Doors
TAGS: Open


"The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them."

Daiga sighed to herself as she swirled the glass of liquid between her fingers, a small wrinkle across her gaze as she looked up towards the guard faces' glaring back at her. Their hands clearly ready to go for some form of weapon as she sat back in her chair, one leg folded atop the other, her eyebrow raised for a moment.

"So you...Serennoians, or whatever they call you guys...you drink this swill? You wouldn't even catch a Gammorean bathing in this filth."

"...If you beg our finest pardons Ma'am, I would like to know why you made your way into the gala without an invitation."

"Here's my invitation."

At that, Daiga flicked a datapad onto the table, letting the screen show the guards the bounties that were placed on their bosses' heads. Of course it wasn't news to them...but the fact that a mercenary had walked into the Gala like this and so brazenly stated her intentions? Now that was new.

"...I ain't here to kill them. I'm here...to show you the weaknesses in your security. Look, no weapons."

Hook.

The mercenary flicked her hands up into the air to reveal the truth. No weapons on her person. The two guards looked at each other for a moment, before looking to the back of the Gala Hall, to a more regal and defined looking gentleman. With a short nod of the man's head, the two guards moved forward, lifting Daiga up to her feet, before shoving her forward.

"Hey. Hey! I can walk myself."

"Show us. These weaknesses. Maybe you get paid."

Line.

"The east. Towards the balconies. It'd be far too easy for a group of assassins to climb up the walls."

She made her way off towards the east, moving through the Gala Hall before stepping out into the corridor. She felt the guards' eyes on her and that was completely fine with her as she made her way over towards the balcony, pushing the door opens and flicking her hand off in the direction of the rails of the balcony, jabbing her finger into the direction of what seemed to be a grappling hook nestled amongst it, causing the guards to rush over to look over the edge.

Sinker.

As soon as the guards looked over the edge, Daiga shot into action. Bodyslamming into the closest one to send him sprawling over the balcony and to the ground, slipping her hand to grab his service blaster before turning it towards the second guard, firing off a quick flurry of shots. There we go. Weapon secured. They were far enough from the main Gala Hall that Daiga doubt anyone heard the scuffle.

For now, she crouched herself down, rummaging through the guard's belongings. Second blaster for her. A few credit chits...Where were they...Where were they...There we go. Security credentials. Time to go find the security room. Daiga flicked her commlink on for a moment, sending a small message over the channel she associated with the Writ of Iron.

"East Balcony is clear for anyone who wants to try climbin' their way in. Keep an eye out though. I dropped a piece of trash down there. Might have some goodies for you."



Gear: Two confiscated blasters

 
Wearing: Supercommando-Type Beskar'gam (Crimson Colored)

Armed With: EFR Heavy Blaster, Citizen Energy Sword Type 2

Backing Aether Verd Aether Verd


The Skipray that had grown on Red in the past few months roared through the sky on autopilot...

And out of it dived Red Mobius, who was oddly calm despite the incoming fire.

As time had gone on, she had started to get into the swing of the empire more.

She was all too happy to take the fight to the Diarchy.

But she still wrestled with the fact she was a Force Sensitive. The less she thought of the fact she was what she was.

She had...extracted this blaster from a shipment in transit. She hadn't killed anybody for it. But she had taken it.

Kassandra had also introduced her to the joys of what was possibly the most infamous contribution of her faction to making things more difficult for Force Users.

The standard Citizen Energy Sword.

Red had been taught how to use it by the Nuetralizer over the past few weeks. There were other energy swords out there, but the original model of Citizen Energy Sword, designed by Laertia Io, was one of the finest she had ever personally encountered. It lacked modularity but it was a great survival tool and didn't consume large amounts of rare, precious metals to combat the lightsaber. It couldn't do what a Lightsaber did, but that wasn't the point. It wasn't trying to.

It put power in the hands of those who otherwise would have been defenseless to the lightsaber, gave them a fighting chance. Red couldn't help but admire the design as a weaponsmith. She had even replicated it and passed a copy to Runi Kuryida Runi Kuryida for evaluation for the Mandalorian Knights to use. Lightsabers took a long time to make, and were highly personal. The Citizen Energy Sword was not. It resisted the Lightsaber, and cut through standard armor, and didn't take much space in a warrior's kit. She had even sent one to Mand'Alor himself a few weeks ago so he could evaluate it in his off time. Mandalorians learned from everyone, and adopted what worked. If a weapon was good enough. There was a chance it might become wildly popular.

Studying and training with the weapon had oddly given her a more nuanced take on Laertia Io than others possessed. Red had felt a very small amount of pity for the fallen, now depraved monster who had started out only wanting to give those she led the ability to tell the Force Users of the Galaxy no and live through the experience.

In a twisted way, the weapon was starting to live up to its original purpose. Little did Red know, her training as a Mandalorian Knight barely in its infancy that she wielded two different weapons made by two different members of the same bloodline.

The Fortress was dark, angular, and unwelcoming.

Just the way she liked it.

Weaving through the heavy fire from below to support her leader like a proper Mandalorian, Red landed close near the ridge near him and Acier Moonbound Acier Moonbound .

"LET'S ROOOOCCCCCKKK!" Red shouted, opening up on the defenders with bursts of controlled fire as she advanced, hitting a few firing on her position from narrow viewports...
 

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Gear: Athena's Beskargam, Athena's Bes'kad, Stormbound Aegis, Euk Siha Service Knife, ZV1 Mentor Blaster Carbine, Madrugar Repulsor/Blaster Hybrid Revolver, jetpack

SERENNO - CAMP DRYSTAN

Tag: Acier Moonbound Acier Moonbound Aether Verd Aether Verd Red Mobius Red Mobius

They had arrived, intent to avenge, to restore honor, to make known that the Mandalorians would not abide wrong. While Athena had hoped the Diarchy would do right by her people, they had not. She had no qualms with them, before Vexis Station. She had come to admire a certain Diarchy citizen, Zara Saga Zara Saga , whom she fought beside when the Mandalorians aided the Diarchy during the Gravesong War. But the two were never allies. Such was the nature of nations. Athena would fiercely fight for the honor of her people.

With the firestorm of warriors that fell from the sky to descend upon Camp Drystan, the great winged beast Miit'alor dove through the barrage of defensive fire. Upon its back was Athena Faar. An orange and red pritharr pelt fluttered from her updated armor, on her arm the beskar shield bearing the image of the mythosaur.

From her perch atop the dragon, Athena watched the Mand'alore descend, the Mandalorian leader planting atop a ridge near the lightsaber wielding Acier. Likewise, Athena's friend Red was spotted as she landed near by. Already they were pummeling the defenses.

Athena brought Miit'alor around, closer to the mountain, where it would be more difficult for the defensive fire to target them. Circling a sensor tower, Athena twisted and flung the shield at the structure. The heavy beskar disc smashed into the thin metal beams, causing a section to buckle. As the spinning shield streaked back to its owner, the tower crumpled.

Next, she targeted an artillery emplacement. Miit'alor streaked over the site, spewing forth a stream of liquid flames that engulfed the gun crews, before rising again into the sky above.
 

Location: Serenno

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Equipment:
Training Jumpsuit | Lightsaber | Modified DL-27 | Commlink

The mountain shook with combat. Aether hit the ridge beside him, Darksaber howling like it carried the voices of every Mandalorian who'd ever stood their ground. His words cut through the wind, cold and sharp.​
"Every victory here is vengeance. For the child whose name was stolen. For the clans who mourn in silence. For Mandalore!”

Ace felt the words like a crack across his chest. Not because he knew the child, but because he knew what it meant to lose something before you even had the chance to understand it. Aether turned to him, warning him about the turrets.​
Ace nodded, already stepping forward, lightsaber drawn as he began batting away blaster fire. Then he heard something scream overhead - it wasn't a fighter, nor a jetpack. It was a person. Red Mobius Red Mobius dropped like chaos given form, shouting at the top of her lungs.​

"LET'S ROOOOCCCCCKKK!"

Ace blinked, raising a brow. Then he shrugged, blocking another blaster bolt. Then his eyes tracked the path of her controlled fire as she tore through defenders like a vengeful comet in boots. Her presence cracked the tension like glass underfoot. A lopsided grin tugged at his lips.​
Then came the shadow, a different kind. A winged beast swooped down from the heavens. On its back stood Athena Faar Athena Faar , draped in fire and fury, casting down towers in her path. Her shield arced through the air, collapsing steel. Her mount breathed flame. She and her mount were destruction incarnate.​
These weren't just warriors. They were symbols. Red was fury. Athena was wrath. Aether was legacy. All of them thundered through the battlefield like forces of nature.​
Ace broke for the mouth of the mountain, the kill tunnels where the real fight waited. This was where he proved himself. Not just Aether's brother. Not just a Jedi or Mandalorian. But himself.​
Blaster fire strobed the tunnels, but Ace moved through it with experienced grace. The Force flowed sharper now, it wasn't just instinct, but control. Every bolt deflected with a flick of his lightsaber. A soldier lunged; Ace pulled him off balance and dropped him with a kick. Another tried to flank, his lightsaber spun low, cutting the rifle in half before they even fired. He didn't slow.​
 

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SERENNO, CAMP DRYSTAN

The arrival of Red Mobius was no small thing. Having fought alongside her on more than one occasion, Aether knew her presence meant more than another blaster in the fight. She was relentless, disciplined in her chaos, and the depot’s defenders were already paying the price for standing against her. As her bursts of fire tore through the narrow viewports, a glint from the high ridge above caught his visor. The sniper’s shot came swift, but the Darksaber’s black edge swung in a vicious arc, catching the bolt and sending it spiraling harmlessly into the stone. He tracked the nest in his HUD, marking it for her with a flick of his gauntlet.

“Red!” he called, voice cutting through the din of battle, “Rock that nest!" He need not say anything more than that, for a sniper overlooking their advance was a deadly threat.

Then, the sky beckoned him with a roar. Aether’s helm tilted upward, a fierce grin breaking unseen across his features. Athena Faar, astride the mighty Miit’alor, descended like a crimson-and-gold judgment from the heavens. Her shield shattered a sensor tower in a single, decisive strike, and moments later a stream of liquid flame engulfed an artillery crew. The comms erupted with the panicked voices of soldiers watching their defenses vanish beneath her onslaught. Before the moment could cool, a voice from his Nite Owls cut into his ear, informing him that their slicers had breached the enemy’s communications net.

“Well done.” he answered, the praise short but sincere. “Relay anything relevant to Faar’s frequency.”

Above, Athena’s comm would carry the fear and strain of the enemy’s chatter. Amid the confusion came the warning: Camp Drystan’s fifth gun emplacement was being prepped to harry the Mandalorian ships still in the air. Aether’s voice found her again, this time sharpened by command.

“That gun does not come online! I need it burned before it can even glimpse our skies!”

Below, Acier pressed forward into the kill tunnels. His lightsaber moved with control rather than desperation, each motion flowing with deliberate precision. Aether let the sight of it settle in his mind for a heartbeat, the rare pride of an elder brother seeing the younger stand fully in his own strength. But there was no time to linger. The Darksaber fell into rhythm beside his own lightsaber, the twin blades sweeping in arcs of attack and defense. When Acier’s strikes pushed the enemy back, Aether carved through the ones who dared to close in. When Acier deflected the incoming fire, Aether turned that moment into ruin for their attackers.

Within the tunnel’s choking confines, the Mand’alor’s voice filled the Mandalorian channel. “I want eyes ahead. Fan out and find where our charges will hurt them most. We make this fortress choke on its own stone.”

The road forward promised nothing but resistance. That was fine. They had come to meet it head-on.​

 

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OBJECTIVE II - SONGS OF GOLD AND BLOOD

Jonah was not the bleeding heart his younger brother had always been. The Mand’alor could be moved to wage war for honor, for kin, and for justice. Now, while Jonah understood those motives well enough, he had long since learned the value of keeping sentiment in its cage when blood was in the water. The Warmaster of the Nite Owls had run too many operations in too many shadowed corners of the galaxy to let anger cloud the work. This was no different from the contracts he had executed in the days when the Haxion Brood had been his sole reason to breathe. Get in, sever the heads that needed severing, and get out before the body knew it was dead.

So when the call came across the comm from a fresh voice on the job, Jonah was already in motion. “Remind me to give you a raise when this is over.” he murmured over the channel, dry humor threading the words as his boots found the first handhold on the climb. The east balcony offered just the sort of discreet opening he preferred, and the ascent was a quiet, methodical thing, each pull and step timed with the steady rhythm of a man who had done this far too many times before.

He slipped over the railing with the ease of a shadow crossing a threshold, taking a moment to scan the space before thumbing his comm again. “You got a lay of this place yet?” he asked, voice low but clear. “I’m looking for the best spot to start slicing into their systems. You point me in the right direction, and we’ll see how quickly their little party falls apart.”

Tag: Daiga Daiga

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Daiga



LOCATION: Mirador Arete
OBJECTIVE: Open a Few Doors
TAGS: Jonah Jonah


"The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them."

"Not yet. Lookin' for a security room. Snagged one of the guard's passes."

Daiga sighed to herself as she strolled through the hallways, twirling a blaster around her finger as she checked every room she found. Supply closet, boring but could make for a good place to hide a body. Then a bedroom...Nothin' in there. After that was...Oh. That room sounded busy. Daiga knew better than to open up that door.

"From the balcony, the main Gala hall is a few twists and turns away. Don't get why this rich folk like to make their "Palaces" a maze. Why'd you want to get lost...Oh. Gimme a minute."

Jackpot. One of the security station found. Unfortunately? There was a guard checking the screens, flickering through various cameras with what Daiga could only presume must have been a right karked off scowl under their helmet.

"Where did those two go...Why was that woman walking around by herself?..."

"Because Serrano men are pretty boring."

At that, when the guard turned to confront Daiga, she placed her hand against the back of their neck before sweeping out the legs, smashing the guard's head down onto the ground, followed with Daiga's own weight. A few hard and heavy smacks echoed over the comms a few times, because oopsies, she forgot to switch hers off.

"Wouldn't want to be the janitor for this place. Now...where was I...Oh yeah. Found a security station. Credentials only get me so far though. Can't turn off the cameras on my end...but...lemme check..."

Alright. Rummage around for her datapad, hook it up to the system...Her eyes narrowed in concentration, sticking her tongue out ever so slightly as her eyes scanned over the screen before DING.

"Alright. That should be the schematics uploaded. I'll keep an eye on these cameras. Givin' a heads up. One of the big wigs was in the Gala Hall. Since those guards of his won't be comin' back anytime soon, some alarm bells might start goin' off...If he cares about his workers that is.""





Gear: Two confiscated blasters

 



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A new founding



LOCATION: Serenno
OBJECTIVE: III - Rebuild what was lost
Tag: Open

"We need a new place to rebuild. To call home."


"We've not found a spot that's capable."


"What about those that are close?"


"This isn't the Dire Wolves of old, boy. We don't have the connections, the pull, or the real estate to just show up on someone's front porch with a fleet, commandeer a harbor, and hope the locals don't get antsy."


"What if we built a dry dock? What if we built everything?"


"That's a huge risk — we'd be gambling everything."


"We don't have time anymore, Kerensky. We make landfall on Serenno. Come what may."





The cruiser trembled like a beast under the lash. Atmospheric entry had always been in its design specs — but those specs assumed supply lines, fresh parts, and maintenance schedules that were now a memory.


Months without any of them had taken their toll.


Aiden gritted his teeth as the bridge became a maelstrom of motion. Officers called out readings over the wail of klaxons. Hull plates groaned, fire suppression systems hissed, and smoke carried the sharp tang of scorched wiring.


Kerensky's voice cut through it all, calm, clipped, and precise. He was the keel of the ship; Aiden was the prow, leaning forward, watching, feeling every vibration through his augmented feed.


"Thirty seconds to impact!"


Impact. Not landfall, not touchdown. They all knew what this was.


"Stabilizers at seventy-two, correction, sixty-eight percent!" one officer barked.


"Throttle main engines to compensate," Kerensky ordered without missing a beat. "And keep the nose above twenty degrees, or you'll plant us like a fencepost."


Aiden's HUD painted damage reports in red across his vision. Fires were under control, but systems kept dropping like flies. Smaller transports would make this descent easily, they'd been built for it. The Longbow had not.


And if they failed here, the Dire Wolves' fleet was finished.


"Firing arresting thrusters—" a tech's voice cracked. "Shit! Thrusters ten, seven, and fourteen failed!"


"Rerouting—"


"Too late. BRACE FOR IMPACT!"


The world lurched. The ship slammed into the clearing with the roar of rending metal, skidding through soil and tearing furrows deep enough to bury a man. Aiden's teeth clacked together as camera feeds winked out in succession, one showed a corridor imploding, another a deck collapsing. People he'd known for years, gone in a heartbeat.


Kerensky stayed rooted at the command dais, one hand gripping the railing, the other jabbing at crew stations. "Keep her steady- feed me those starboard stabilizer readings- drop external fuel pods now."


The Longbow shuddered to a halt, its nose buried in churned earth.


"Comms, get the Mandalorians on the horn. Alert Five for the commandos."


"Aye, sir."


Kerensky finally exhaled, glancing at Aiden with the faintest smirk. "Well, boy… we made it. Somehow. I'll get the engineers moving and heavy-lift gear deployed-"


"Kerensky."


Aiden's gaze locked past the viewport. Into the clearing.


Eyes, black, with red-hot cores, watched from beyond the veil. Not moving. Not blinking. Waiting.


"What is it, sir?"


He blinked. Gone. A sweep of sensors, cameras. Nothing.


A ghost. A memory. A damnable nightmare.


"Nothing. I'll get to the flight deck. Keep the security screens up. If you see anything-"


"I know how to do my job, young Wolf." Kerensky's tone was iron, but his eyes softened, if only for a moment. "See to it our men come back alive. I'll have the kettle on."


 

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OBJECTIVE II - SONGS OF GOLD AND BLOOD

Jonah kept to the shadows as the mercenary worked, his visor tracking her movements while the gala’s noise drifted faintly from somewhere deeper in the palace. Her remark about the labyrinthine halls drew a low chuckle from him, the sound muffled over the comm. “They’re clearly compensating for something.” he replied, the implication juvenile but fitting for the gilded absurdity of Serenno’s elite.

The next thing his comm carried was the dull rhythm of fists on flesh, each blow punctuated by the muted grunts of a guard who had run out of luck. Jonah did not wince at the sound. Instead, the soft chime of his datapad announced the schematics she had pulled from the station. “Good work.” he said simply, before slipping into the janitorial closet she had mentioned earlier. The air inside was thick with the tang of cleaning agents, but he barely noticed as he activated his wrist-mounted projector and let the palace take shape before him in three dimensions.

“Plug your pad back into the station, if you don't mind.” he said after a moment, eyes roaming over the layout. “I’ve got a little daemon that can hitch a ride onto their system. Not as elegant as slicing it myself, but it’ll give us a few extra toys. Enough that when we’re finished, the absence of their security will be the least of their concerns.” He was already keying up the crude but effective virus, priming it for transfer as he spoke.

While the code waited for its opening, Jonah leaned back against the wall and let his tone shift, less instructional and more probing. “How do you want to play this?” he asked. “The Chorus doesn’t care if the whole palace ends up quiet by the end of the night, and they’re paying us enough to do it. I know how I’d prefer to move, but I’m curious if you lean toward the bloodier road… or the one that gets us out quickest.”

Tag: Daiga Daiga

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V E N G E A N C E

Objective III - Serenno, Outer Rim Territories

Zayid, Lion of the Death Watch, had heard the Mand’alor’s call and answered as he always did, with warriors at his back and iron in his hands. The Vigil of Mandalore had carried him and his kin into the fray, its holds spilling Death Watch cells into the wider assault against Serenno’s depot. His own deployment was imminent, every fiber of him eager for the clash, when the sharp tone of an SOS ping cut across the bridge’s hum.

Rising from the command throne, Zayid fixed his gaze upon the nearest officer and demanded the source. The report came swiftly: an allied vessel had gone down on Serenno’s surface, its signal pushing through the chaos with just enough strength to reach them. For a heartbeat, he weighed the course ahead, the depot still awaiting his blade. Then his decision came, firm as stone. “Dispatch more cells to the Mand’alor’s front.” he ordered, voice carrying the authority of one used to being obeyed. “This will be my compensation for not standing beside him. An ally in need will not find me looking the other way.”

With that, the Vigil’s prow turned toward the coordinates embedded in the distress call. The clouds of Serenno broke before the corvette’s advance, engines roaring their defiance at the storm. As the vessel descended, Zayid keyed the comm and sent his voice ahead of them. “This is Zayid, Lion of the Death Watch.” he declared, the words a banner in themselves. “We have your signal. Report your status and the severity of the crash. Tell me what you need to hold until we arrive.”


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Red spotted Athena Faar Athena Faar and fist pumped at the sight of her and her war mount.

"Rip and Tear, Faar! Until it's done!" Red encouraged in a very Mandalorian sort of way, hoping Athena made it through the conflict. Red was looking to further her training at the Forge...

"On it, Mand'Alor!" Red exclaimed, her targeting systems locking onto the nest and opening fire as her jetpack activated, dodging shots from the sniper as she returned fire.

The EFR Heavy Blaster was essentially a blaster bolt hose. It sent shots down range at such high rates that the bolts practically are on each other's tail as much as they are the targets. And such accuracy!

She dodged fire as she raced to the nest in mid air, spraying its position ruthlessly until her systems registered the sniper's chest opening up. She landed, grabbing the dead sniper's thermal detonators and then racing back down to the Fortress, activating one of the detonators and tossing it through a viewport as she raced by in flight.

The area behind the view port blasted open and Red dived in on a u-turn and immediately opened fire through the smoke, gunning down Diarchy troops through the sheer volume of fire her blaster unleashed.

Even the ones who took cover were forced to stay in cover because her weapon made it that dangerous to come out of cover. Plus, her next tossed detonator killed multiple soldiers

Red went full auto as she charged, spraying down enemy soldiers, slinging it over her shoulder and drawing her energy sword, noting that it seemed to gain the balance of an actual solid sword as it's purple, somewhat transparent flat blade shot out with the hum of an electric razor. She closed in on a Diarchy soldier, his desperately fired bolts pinging off her heavily armored chest as she drove the sword into his gut.

Only one fear stirred in her though, as she drove the sword into his gut.

The visions.

It was not a matter of IF they would start...but when...

This fear was in the back of her head even as she decimated a security center in the upper Fortress, sizing control of it and opening certain doors to let her fellow Mandalorians get easier access, transmitting statistics and exact weaknesses of the anti air weapons to the Nite Owls as she sliced the computer systems, as well as turned some of the security turrets in the kill tunnels Acier Moonbound Acier Moonbound and Mand'Alor were moving through against defenders waiting for them.

Red had spent her youth restoring computer systems from salvage for her clan's use. It wasn't a skill she used often but it came in handy, once in a while...

Mandalorians, in the meantime, poured in thanks to the large gaping hole she had made, spreading through the facility while she focused on slicing through the systems at the moment. One could kill all they liked , but the technology WAS a significant factor here and it would make or break their efforts...
 



Daiga



LOCATION: Mirador Arete
OBJECTIVE: Open a Few Doors
TAGS: Jonah Jonah


"The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them."

She tapped away at her datapad, making sure to slot it back in so the Daemon can get to work, whilst she sat back resting her feet atop of the knocked out guard's body as she stretched her arms out behind her head.

“How do you want to play this?” he asked. “The Chorus doesn’t care if the whole palace ends up quiet by the end of the night, and they’re paying us enough to do it. I know how I’d prefer to move, but I’m curious if you lean toward the bloodier road… or the one that gets us out quickest.”

"I ain't a serial killer. They might be paying us enough to fill this place with blood, but I'm not a soldier. I don't wipe out entire buildings. If I did, I'd just have covered this place in explosives. Go for the structural weaknesses and let their palace become their tomb."

Perhaps Daiga was hypocritical in this aspect. But it was her own code. There were technically innocents in this place, and as much as they were some rich snobs, everyone Daiga killed held a purpose. There always had to be a reason for them. Like she had said, she wasn't a soldier. You could point her at someone and tell her to kill them, but there was no guarantee that she'd listen to your orders

"Anyways, I was leaving this actual bounty taking stuff to y'all. I don't get paid for the Bounty. I'm just givin' you a way in."

She didn't exactly have a license herself. It's why she did these missions in her own way. Opening a door, taking out obstacles in the way. With that, the actual registered hunters could take out targets and she could be "rewarded" in exchange for her labour.




Gear: Two confiscated blasters

 

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SERENNO
OBJECTIVE II: SONGS OF GOLD AND BLOOD


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A Writ of Iron was issued. The heads of House Serenno and House Malvern had been marked for death. The Night Winds assassins did not judge or ask questions. Rostam had spent the afternoon going over palace layouts and estate maps on board his starship, the Silent Current. The ship itself did not bear markings. It hummed low and slow across the cloud-veiled surface of Serenno like a bird of prey in the dark. It made no broadcast, filed no clearance. In a world governed by dynastic protocol and noble grandeur, it was a ghost. The craft descended through a bank of mist that clung to the spine of the Virellan Highlands, where noble villas and their private keeps hid among the cliffs.

The Silent Current landed on an abandoned terrace carved into the mountainside, half-swallowed by creeping ivy and the roots of stubborn olive trees. The platform was old and unkept, once a landing site for dignitaries, now forgotten by the world, preserved in stone as only Serenno preserved its ghosts. Intelligence gathered by the Night Wind provided access to routes and landing points that were not covered by patrols and sensors.

The ramp hissed down, spilling pale light into the mist.

Rostam Khavarzai stepped out, his boots meeting the slick stone without a sound. The mountain air was cold here, accompanied by the smell of wet grass and moss. His black long coat was dark and unadorned, draping over the lean, deliberate frame of a man who traveled alone. Beneath it, several poisoned blades waited concealed and sheath ready to be used. A plasma pike rested on his belt, a companion forged for moments that demanded combat. On his wrist, vambraces that deployed a protective energy shield.

He paused and scanned the estates looking for guards and any possible turrets or human detection devices. His eyes followed the path that led from the terrace to some old stone steps. Carved in ages past, worn and uneven, yet still providing a perfect point for entry. In the distance, far below, the lights of Carannia flickered between the shoulders of the mountains. Like a cool breeze, the night wind assassin began to move.

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ADONIS ANGELIS IV
Mandalorian Knight of House Angelis | Risen Son of Vaal | Vanguard of the Manda

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Swing
His lightsaber went low, blocking the attack of a trooper right in front of him. The sizzle of his blaster rifle being cut in half was the last thing the soldier heard before his life was extinguished by the azure blaze of Adonis's lightsaber.

Shoot
The scattergun thundered out to break holes in the line of troops that surrounded Adonis in the kill tunnels. He and a few of the other Knights had been at it for a while now. The Mandalorian Knights had decided to lead the charge, and Adonis volunteered to be at the front of the front lines. This was where he thrived.

Stab
The beskad attachment on the end of the gun slid into a lone soldier who had survived the first round of attacks. The dying man's eyes filled with blood as it pooled out of his mouth. He slid down the blade and Adonis watched the embers of his life leave his body.

Repeat
This was his life now, he was sent to worlds to take care of problems, he was built to kill, and he was damn good at it. It wasn't the life that he had imagined growing up on Vaal, but nonetheless, it was exactly where he knew he was destined to be.
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The sound of battle echoed endlessly in the tunnels, each blaster bolt sounding like ten. It was almost impossible to hear his own thoughts, not that they were much more than the same attack motion he'd just repeated. The shoulder-mounted Mandalorian Ripper on his armor rose and spat fire, helping suppress the waves of enemies. Killing had become routine, like leg day or a long run, just another workout in a different form.

Then something shifted. He was constantly aware of the Manda surrounding them, using it to feel the ebbs and flows of battle. However, now he felt the reassurance of familiar presences. First it was Aether, his powerful spirit blasting through the Force to those around him like a beacon. Next was Athena, her presence in the Force growing every time they crossed paths. He felt Miit'alor with her as well, a boon for their morale for sure. Finally, Adonis felt Red and another presence he wasn't as familiar with, though he seemed powerful in the Force.

The echoes of the bombardment outside made their way down the tunnels like a war horn. The reinforcements in the trenches felt rejuvenated. Adonis made a point to echo this in the Force with what training he had taken in battle enhancement techniques. The Mandalorian Knight used his lightsaber again to clear a path of enemies in front of him.

"About time you guys got here!" He said in an open comm channel to those he mentioned. His voice was a bit tired, but not even that could keep his smartass down. "I saved some of them for you!" Adonis shot his hand out, clearing a group of them back with the Force. He looked behind him, toward the entrance to the tunnels, it appeared the soldiers were regrouping there, blocking them from his location.

"Let me clear you a path." He said into the comms. What they would likely hear next is a loud boom, followed by the sound of bodies ragdolling. The aftermath left the walls shaking dust and scattered debris around the tunnel floors. It didn't matter too much, they were bringing the walls down anyways. This time, now that he knew Athena was here, instead of his lightsaber, Adonis equipped his sword that was sheathed across his back. Though there was no electricity in the tunnels for it to feed off of, the sheer power of it was enough to cleave his enemies in two.

Adonis took the short time it would take for them to group up with him to reload his weapons, this was the first time he'd been able to breathe since he stormed the trenches. He looked down at his armor, it was covered in mud and new scorch marks. It would take him days to get it all cleaned again.

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