The Raven Who Stole Christmas [Invasion of Barab I - Red Ravens vs Black Suns ]

[io eyeballs]

Location: Outskirts of the underground city
Allies: [member="Cryax Bane"], [member="Anastasia Rade"], [member="Keira Ticon"],[member="Ice"], [member="Tahl Edrel"], [member="Lisa Ticon"], [member="Choden Yonten"], [member="Nei Laa"], [member="Paydon"], [member="Calo Xenrus"], [member="Raven Avachei"], [member="Asteria Starcatcher"], and [member="Mordecai Zambrano"].
Enemies: [member="Arrbi Betna"], [member="Strider Garon"], [member="Ariella"], [member="Flora Burn"], [member="Ordan Vosk"], [member="Airal Thamne"], [member="Cobalt Krell"] and [member="Zandra Fenni"].
Objective: Two

They rode amongst desolate tunnels abandoned long ago, or in the panic surrounding the attack. The ride was periods of light from the swoops stark against the dark in front of them, only enough to see half a second of time in front of them, punctuated by the few fixed lights along the tunnels. They followed a black line painted on the floor. It was a line to the city.

"Wait a moment." io stopped when they found a mining shelter made for refuge in case of collapse. io found what he expected to. There were a few mining explosives in there.

Shortly after they emerged from the tunnels. It was quiet. They slowed down, the city before them. io pondered for moment.

"Make a ruckus. Blow the explosives. I'll go on ahead." If they could get the civvies to panic they'd make for defended positions, positions soldiers also occupied.

"Don't die. You still owe me money from last zhellday." The kid warned io about a lost dice game.

"WOOOP WOOOP HERE COME THE SWOOP" io grinned at the kid as he sped away. Rubbish bins turned over and their contents spilled as io made his way towards the center of town, weaving through alleys and firing his blaster into the air. Booms sounded as the mining explosives were set off. io opened up his commlink. The channels to Kid, Bozo and Vape were still working. io resumed his campaign of littering infractions secure that they hadn't blown themselves up.

 

[Keira Priest]

Location: Objective 2
Allies: Red Ravens
Enemies: Black Suns
Objective: Capture the flag

Although she tagged along behind [member="Ice"], Keira found an alclove of her own that would allow her to remain in sight of the man and keep both [member="Cryax Bane"] and [member="Anastasia Rade"] in sight should something go awry. Staying still when there were battles to be fought wasn't exactly her forte, but she would manage. If their enemies were going to take a crack at any of them, they would do so soon. Her lightsaber was still in hand, though she wasn't sure how much use it would be. And with her inability to sense anyone nearby, which meant that whoever was watching was probably using something akin to the ysalamiri, she would have to rely purely on her gut instinct instead, something that didn't bode well with her. If this was a lesson in anything, it was not to rely on the Force as much as she did.

As if in answer to her thoughts of being tired of waiting around for something to happen a gunshot rang out, and mere moments later the all too familiar song of blaster fire. The gunshot was decidedly closer, which meant her hunch had been right. They had two snipers to deal with, both of them invisible to them save for when they revealed themselves whenever they deigned to fire. That would make things much trickier, but she didn't intend to stay put and wait for them to shoot again. With a glance towards Ice she stood, "We've got company. Which of them do you want to go after?" Not taking another moment she darted from cover, hoping she would be quick enough to intercept the bullets from the closest sniper before they reached their intended target.

With snap-hiss the orange blade of her lightsaber sprung to life, the weapon marking her both as Force sensitive and likely a Jedi to those who didn't know her. So be it. If they were going to cross any of them, they needed to know exactly who it was they were fighting. Reaching out once more the Force, this time hopefully successfully, she attempted to seize the bullets in her mental grip. If she was successful, the projectiles would halt in their progress, useless as they were suspended in the air. If she wasn't, well...Keira didn't like to think too much about the second option. Succeeding was the only option. It had to be.

[member="Strider Garon"], [member="Lisa Ticon"], [member="Arrbi Betna"], [member="Nei Laa"]

 

[Darth Vazela]

| [member="Alaina Moxla"] | [member="Colap Ticon"] | [member="Shiro De'Vol"] | [member="Cambry Owens"] | [member="Darth Morgoth"] | [member="Shargon'Ta"] | [member="Barik Rahl"] |

Location: The Mines of Barab
Allies: Red Ravens (Above tagged)
Enemies: Black Sun Syndicate | [member="Vilaz Munin"] |
Objective: Objective Three (Take the Barab ore mines)

The drill had finished it's procedure. The crew indicated to Vilox Pazela that had successfully dug down into the mine below. They informed the Dark Master that the water indicated levels of toxicity; and that there would be no gravity, pressure or oxygen, due to the fact that the surface had been broken and consequentially, the mine was now exposed to space.

The co-leader turned his gaze to the Red Raven team, the force that would be taking the Barab ore mine. There was minimal resistance, he felt via the Force. He sensed that there were some, most notably Vilaz Munin, although he did not know the Mandalorian. Still gathering the dark side into himself, he simply issued a few select words to Alaina Moxla and the rest.

"The mine has been breached. Eliminate all opposition; and remember, that whilst we're at war with the Black Sun Syndicate, we are not at war with the Barabels. I advise caution, should you come against any; and only harm or kill the Barabel should they oppose you. When we take Barab I, we will need the Barabels on our side... This is why we are here."

And so the rest left the confines of the drill to take the mine. The hooded figure that was Vilox Pazela remained behind. He sensed that his powers, knowledge and skill would be needed elsewhere in the longer run; and that the rest would be able to take the mine, now that he had led them down below.

Objective three was going better than expected, thus far. He wondered how [member="Cryax Bane"] and [member="Lysle of the Hydian Way"] were getting along...

 

[RC 212]

[member="Vilox Pazela"]

Location: The Mines of Barab
Allies: Red Ravens (Above tagged)
Enemies: Black Sun Syndicate | Vilaz Munin |
Objective: Objective Three (Take the Barab ore mines)

After a few minutes Lisa left her position and moved on.

About a half hour later she showed up near Vilox, having taken secret passages and myriad of scouted routes to speed up her travel. As the small woman fell down behind him she grinned and covered his rear with the sniper rifle.

"Waiting on the drill still?"

The time for the assault was upon them!

 

[Darth Vazela]

| [member="Alaina Moxla"] | [member="Colap Ticon"] | [member="Shiro De'Vol"] | [member="Cambry Owens"] | [member="Darth Morgoth"] | [member="Shargon'Ta"] | [member="Barik Rahl"] | [member="Lisa Ticon"] |

Location: The Mines of Barab
Allies: Red Ravens (Above tagged)
Enemies: Black Sun Syndicate | [member="Vilaz Munin"] |
Objective: Objective Three (Take the Barab ore mines)

The Dark Master, still within the drill, lifted his gaze slightly to Lisa Ticon, the woman he had met on Makeb and subsequently the person who had introduced him to the Red Ravens. He addressed her coldly. "The drill has breached the mine. Now I am simply... watching."

 

[Barik Rahl]

Location: The Barab Ore mines
Allies: Red Ravens ([member="Alaina Moxla"] [member="Colap Ticon"] [member="Shiro De'Vol"] [member="Cambry Owens"] [member="Darth Morgoth"] @shargron'ta [member="Lisa Ticon"] @viloex pazela
Enemies: Black sun ( [member="Vilaz Munin"] )
Objective: Take the mines

Finally! The door was opening to the mining drill. Barik stared into the eery damp darkness of the mines, his grip tight on both his spear and knife. There was resistance in those dark tunnels, somewhere. Finally. A fight. Barik jumped off the landing ramp of the drill, into the ankle-deep water. He listened carefully for any sounds in the tunnels beyond, any sound of thrashing water or a hushed ambush. He was used to fighting hidden enemies. THough his hidden enemies were usually raptors waiting to ambush you from the jungle. These weren't much different. Just softer, smaller. Easier to kill. A grin appeared on Barik's face as he waded forwards through the mines.

He kept himself ready to move at a moment's notice. If anyone came from the darkness unexpected, he would most likely be able to get out of the way. Adreniline fueled from excitement of the upcoming battles pumped through his veins, keeping his senses sharp, listening to the sound of his allies sloshing in the water behind him. It wouldn't be long...

He just had to find someone to kill first.

 

[Cortana Jade]

Location: Objective 2
Allies: Red Ravens
Enemies: Black Suns
Objective: Capture the flag

Though she originally set off behind [member="Ice"] she stuck with him for a bit choosing not to remain in the open. She activated her stealth field generator, this darn thing she had for so long it was time she replaced it, but it could go another assignment before she dispatched it. This is what she gets for not listening before and taking a nap, she was sure what all the objectives were, at least not enough of a description to know them well enough. So she figured she'd stick around till she found her own path.

Branching off only a few feet away from ice's new cover she posted up behind another corner just opposite of him. She crouched down slightly, and took a few slow steps backwards so that the shade covered half her body, although for the most part she was invisible, temporarily. She took out her personal sensor jammer, so their movements wouldn't be picked up as long as they were in proximity of each other.

She peeked around the corner, and saw nothing. It seemed things were clear for the moment, but she kept in mind there were hella snipers about.

[member="Keira Ticon"]

 

[RC 212]

Location: Objective 2
Allies: Ice Cryax Bane Mordecai Zambrano Nei Laa Anastasia Rade Keira Ticon
Enemies: Black Suns
Objective: Eliminate resistance.

It had been quite some time since Colap had captained a large vessel. Since his days as a spice runner and dock hand actually, but today was a special day. Today he had commandeered a Massasi Class Corvette and was a single man with a large ship. As they had approached the system colap had watched the battle unfold, waiting until the proper moment to strike. It was obvious that reinforcements would be needed, but how to deliver them?

In style.

The city where the headquarters was stationed had a shield yes, but the shield had to let vessels through, lest they get no supplies and starve to death.

So he had a devious idea.

"All hands to station, take us down topside!"

"Aye capn."

The Corvette dove into the atmosphere, flames coating it as it broke through. Colap had a few hundred mercs on board that he planned to unleash into the city, but first the area must be softened.

"Approaching shields sir."

"Aye do as we planned."

"aye sir."

The ion cannons fired into the water, some of their power dissipating but some striking them. As they hit a hole began to open i the shield letting through a cascade of water. Seizing their chance the helmsman pushed them through full speed, just as it sealed back up over head, blocking out the water.

"We are above target sir."

The populace stared gaping at the Corvette that had just entered.

Colap opened a channel on the cryptnet



"Excellent, prepare my dropship and send in the tanks!, dropships prepare to launch."

 

[Nei Laa]

[member="Colap Ticon"] [member="Paydon"] [member="Keira Ticon"] [member="Cryax Bane"] [member="Raven Avachei"] @ Anastasia Rade [member="Ice"] [member="Tahl Edrel"]

Location: Objective 2
Allies: Red Ravens
Enemies: Black Sun
Objective: Objective 2. And shoot someone.

Nei let out a loud hiss as her ears detected a blaster rifle being fired at the group. At the same time, various members of the group had already responded by taking cover or, in Keira's case, running into the open.

Not planning on sitting around, the Nautolan caught up to Keira, blasters raised and ready to shoot enemies. Good thing that stupid EVA suit is gone! Like Tahl, Nei had stripped it off at the soonest possible chance.

"I got your back!" Nei shouted to Keira. "I be keeping an eye out for snipers!"

 

[Cryax Bane]

Location: Objective 2
Allies: Red Ravens [member="Anastasia Rade"] [member="Ice"] [member="Nei Laa"] [member="Paydon"] [member="Keira Ticon"] [member="Colap Ticon"] [member="Lysle of the Hydian Way"] [member="Tahl Edrel"] [member="io eyeballs"] [member="Raven Avachei"]
Enemies: Black Sun [member="Strider Garon"] [member="Cyrus Falcor"] [member="Ariella"] [member="Flora Burn"] [member="Airal Thamne"][member="Arrbi Betna"]
Objective: Run Chiss Run

The icy ping of sniper fire rang in the air. And Cryax did the thing that jumpy people do best, he hit the deck. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Keira Ticon wielding her lightsaber, trying to deflect the bullets, and the sassy Nautolan crouched on one knee, returning fire. When the Chiss raised his head, he saw a guy literally pop out of a hole like a gopher and lob some bombs in their direction. Luckily the explosion wasn't that close but there was an ugly tinge to the gas that emanated from the impact site. They were being ambushed.

Most of the Ravens were still in Eva suits, but Cryax had taken his off. He grabbed the helmet, stripped the re-breather portion from it and placed it over his nose and mouth. For a few tense seconds it seemed he had broken it, but then it finally huffed to life, filling his lungs with clean air.

He quickly shouted orders to [member="Keira Ticon"], [member="Nei Laa"] and [member="Paydon"]. "Keira, Nei! Help defend Ice and Tahl from whoever keeps taking potshots with that blaster. I'm going to hang back with Anastasia."

Cryax grabbed Anastasia's hand and, after firing off a few blaster shots of his own, pulled her into an adjacent building so they could take cover.

 

[Nei Laa]

[member="Cryax Bane"] [member="Anastasia Rade"] [member="Ice"] [member="Paydon"] [member="Keira Ticon"] [member="Colap Ticon"] [member="Tahl Edrel"] [member="io eyeballs"] [member="Raven Avachei"]

Location: Objective 2
Allies: Red Ravens
Enemies: Black Sun
Objective: Kill those kriffin' snipers!

Nei gave a loud grunt of confirmation, falling back to Ice and Tahl while at the same time keeping an eye on Keira. Like Cryax, the Nautolan had noticed the ugly gas and had put her visor down, too. Firing a few more shots in the area she thought the snipers were at, she crouched down on one knee and growled to Ice, "What now? Keep this up and there be no free drinks -- for anyone."

 

[Ice]

Location: Objective 2
Allies: Red Ravens - [member="Keira Ticon"][SIZE=14.4444446563721px] | [/SIZE][SIZE=14.4444446563721px][member="Nei Laa"] | [/SIZE][SIZE=14.4444446563721px][member="Paydon"] | [member="Anastasia Rade"] | [member="Mordecai Zambrano"] | [member="Cryax Bane"] | [member="Asteria Starcatcher"] | [/SIZE][SIZE=14.4444446563721px][member="Calo Xenrus"] | [/SIZE][SIZE=14.4444446563721px][member="Raven Avachei"] | [member="Tahl Edrel"][/SIZE]
Enemies: Black Suns - [SIZE=14.4444446563721px][member="Arrbi Betna"] | [member="Strider Garon"] | [member="Flora Burn"] | [member="Ariella"] | [member="Ordan Vosk"][/SIZE]
Objective: Capture the flag

With Keira having fallen behind, it appeared that Nei had decided to stay back and partner up with her. Fortunately, Ice had Paydon close by. She was just across from him also ghosting in the shadows. It was always nice to have another stealth fighter with him, because they could use the others as a distraction while they fired from the shadows.

Ice was shaking his head and about to send a message to their less than cautious whipid friend, when shots rang out from two directions. Where the sniper round came from, he wasn't sure. "God dang slugthrowers." He grumbled to himself. The blaster on the other hand was a different matter. Between the bright flashing bolts and the man breaking cover a bit to take his shot, Ice had eyes on his first target, though granted he didn't have a good look at the man.

With a quick hand signal to [member="Paydon"] , for where the enemy was, he brought up his rifle and opened up on the target (Strider Garon), both in an effort to put a few particle beam rounds which explode on contact into his back, as well as offer a bit of a distraction for his ally to hit the dirt and maybe even return fire.

Ice had every advantage, as his sheer silence device masked any sound his rifle made, so his position couldn't be heard. And the fact that his rifle fired invisible bolts meant that the target had about as much a chance locating him based on sight as he did locating a slugthrower. Less actually, since there was no explosion of gunpowder, nor smoke. "Die you Black Suns bastard!" He said with a tinge of excitement as rounds began to shoot out toward the targets back.

Edited to account for Nei's post:

A moment later, Nei came running up asking for suggestions. He stopped firing and turned off his SSD. "Nei! You go flank this guy even more. Skirt over to the left around this building. If he stays where he is for much longer, we'll have his sorry butt surrounded. Paydon and I will keep his attention here, while the rest of the group by Cryax fires from their angle. Now hurry!" With new orders given, he turned on his SSD again, and waited for another opportunity to open fire. At times, simply firing a shot or to for the secondary low yield explosions an impact from the particle beam caused.

 

[Raven Hayashi]

Location: Objective 2
Allies: Red Ravens
Enemies: Black Suns
Objective Defend Ice and Tahl

Raven hadn't bothered to take off her Eva suit, it wasn't too bulky but it gave a little more armour then just a robe. She hadn't left Tahl's side. Everything had just been a blur, she was trying to take cover from something but her head was still cloudy from the space travel.

She had no blaster training so she couldn't take pot shots at anyone. She had to wait for someone to attack them close quarters.

[member="Ice"]
[member="Nei Laa"]
[member="Tahl Edrel"]

 

[Nei Laa]

[member="Cryax Bane"] [member="Anastasia Rade"] [member="Ice"] [member="Paydon"] [member="Keira Ticon"] [member="Colap Ticon"] [member="Tahl Edrel"] [member="io eyeballs"] [member="Raven Avachei"]

Location: Objective 2
Allies: Red Ravens
Enemies: Black Sun [member="Strider Garon"]
Objective: Kill those kriffin' snipers!

Nei bared her teeth, not in disdain, but in excitement. Her tentacles doing a little happy dance, she gave Ice a gruff affirmative before doing as he suggested.

Skirting around the building quietly, the Nautolan reached the whereabouts of one of the enemies. Stealing a quick peek around the corner, Nei saw that the man was a Mandalorian. Bah, humbug, she thought grumpily.

Taking a deep breath, Nei leaped out from where she was standing, and began to shoot at the Mando, hoping to get in a lucky shot. Or two. Or five.

 

[Tahl Edrel]

The hail of blaster fire came down heavily from the Mandalorian merc~ two shots grazing his fir, singeing it as they passed and several littering his shoulder armour~ spiking off and sending sparks over his face~ the last few he managed to react and take the hits to his blade~ scoring the metal with black ash and dents. "We need to move!" he called to R4 and made a break and caught up to his squad, sending a few unaimed shots in the Merc's direction~ though none hitting anywhere close to home.

The whiphid switched his attentions and fired some supressive shots at the rooftops to distract the snipers (Having a 3-clawed bulky hand arrangement didn't help your blaster skills a lot) before breaking down the doors to a tram terminal and cutting down the Black-Sun security guards with his blade~ messy but efficient. He waved them into the terminal, it'd be easier to traverse past the sniper-littered outskirts along this way and sneak into emplacements

"This way!" he roared over the noise to his team, stepping aside to let R4 and [member="Raven Avachei"] inside

[member="Ice"] [member="Nei Laa"]

(OOC Edited for [member="Strider Garon"] )

 

[Raven Hayashi]

Location: Outside a tram station
Allies: Red Ravens, Tahl
Enemies: Black Suns, Strider Garon
Objective: Stay alive

Raven, with her head clearing saw several shots being fired by someone, she couldn't see who it was. She ran behind a bin. She ducked so her head wasn't blown off. "I'll stay here" she replied to Tahl. The blaster fire wasn't slowing and she didn't want to get herself killed.

 

[S1-000384]

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DD-S1 Designation: S1-000384
Status: Active
Location: Barab Ore Mines
Friendlies: [member="Vilox Pazela"] | [member="Alaina Moxla"] | [member="Colap Ticon"] | [member="Shiro De'Vol"] | [member="Cambry Owens"] | [member="Darth Morgoth"] | [member=Shargon'Ta] | [member="Barik Rahl"] | [member="Lisa Ticon"] |
Targets: [member="Vilaz Munin"]
Objective: Secure mines | Execute search and destroy protocols

The six foot five SS-D1 awoke from its slumber. Systems slowly churned, powering up. A single piercing crimson eye glared out across the hold, accompanied by the responding twelve other cybernetic eyes. They stood as one. A resounding thump. They turned as a single cohesive battle unit, reaching out for the racks, retrieving their weapons. The rear ramp lowered, and they turned sharply once more. The shuttle had made contact with the under city after the drilled had successfully gone through. Protocols dictated S1-000384 eliminate all enemy runtimes with extreme prejudice. SS1-00384 stood at the back, droids beginning to march out in sequence with one another. The moment they stood in the open, they were met with immediate blaster fire, and thus it was returned. Cybernetic eyes calculated, ordering, analysing the combat situation. Droids began to fan out with the raise of S1-00384 free hand. S1-00384 stepped out into the opening. A Kalash Mk 74 sat comfortably in the DD-S1's hands, marching out into the field of combat, his programming dictated he was the senior officer of his unit. His eyes began to analyse the situation. His Multi-Frequency Targeting Acquisition System located on Vilaz, he whipped his blaster rifle to the ready and slapped the trigger with lethal intent and deadly accuracy.

 

[Popo]

Location: the mines
Allies: [member="Vilaz Munin"], Black Suns
Enemies: [member="Vilox Pazela"], red ravens
Objectives: Hello, IS POPO!

A large, corpulent, and heavily armored figure stood waiting for this moment. Alongside the massive Hutt stood approximately one hundred Tenloss security troopers. Armed with his own E-web shoulder mount, dual wrist blasters, and a phrik electrostaff, Popo stood ready for combat.

He gazed up at the drill and those emerging from the machines confines and shouted but one line at the intruders.

"Mine's bigger!"

And all hell broke loose.

Spoiler

Tenloss security troops http://starwarsrp.net/topic/41243-tenloss-security-troops/

 

[Beowoof]

Location: The Mines
Allies: Black Suns
Enemies: Red Ravens
Objective: Await the invading drill team

Though his floppy ears were riddled with holes from a deadly encounter--coincidentally, with one of this planet's natives--Mehrk could clearly hear everything going on in the mines for a couple kilometers' distance, the tunnels channeling the soundwaves with great effect. The groan of a rather heavy mining device was audible from some ways through the tubes, and a loud bellow followed--something about having a bigger butt, or something along those lines. Mehrk hustled to make sure his cables were secured and nearly invisible in this dim light, their metal cords dangling from the ceiling and tethered to a high-voltage battery several meters back behind the boxes of cyanogen. The first lucky contestant would be in for a shock.

Satisfied that his first trap was in order, the gungan mercenary backed up to where the battery was and waited for the first fool to come running in. Just in case, he dunked a towel in a pan of water.

 

[Ariella Garon]

Location: Staying put watching to shoot me some little black birds
Enemies: Red Ravens; Keira Ticon Paydon Anastasia Rade Ice Nei Laa Cryax Bane Tahl Edrel Choden Yonten
Allies: Black Suns; Arrbi Betna Ariella Ordan Vosk Flora Burn [SIZE=14.3999996185303px]Airal Thamne[/SIZE] Zandra Fenni [SIZE=14.3999996185303px][member="Cobalt Krell"][/SIZE][member="Cyrus Falcor"][member="Strider Garon"]
Mission: Objective II

Just what had this one been up to. Not staying put that was for sure as found herself in full armor to protect her from the tonix aftermath in the streets below. After which she down on the ground she knew what she had to do with what was unfolding. Also having her on way of being able to track. Coming in from behind [member="Tahl Edrel"] she let loose on firing.