Trials of Mandalore

[Sandis Veeran]

Sandis smiled at the compliment.

It was funny; one day, they were running from each other, and then in the next month, they were almost best friends. Time passed quickly, learning how to fight equal to the best of the Mandalorians, constantly wearing armor, healing her ankle.
On one particularly hard training session, Sandis was thrown to the ground on her back, the wind knocked out of her. She grabbed the hand offered her.

 

[Verz Horak]

Verz pulled her up by the arm after knocking her down during their training session. Sandis had said her ankle was up to it, so they started sparring after she knew enough about Mandalorian fighting styles. He then, with the arm she offered him while she was down, flipped her over, causing her to land with a thud on the ground.

"Remember, I may be your friend, but always be weary on the battlefield."

 

[Sandis Veeran]

Sandis shook her head. "I really should have seen that coming, by now." She stood up carefully, and readied herself for another attack.

 

[Verz Horak]

He simply nodded. Then fast asa man in heavy armor could, he swung a sting of a punch at Sandis, sun reflecting off of his visor as Mirdala watched from the cool shadows of the trees.

 

[Sandis Veeran]

Sandis moved to counter, but was a bit late. She felt the blow hit her ear as she punched him in the back.

 

[Verz Horak]

He spun around as soon as the blow landed, and with the grace of a predator, lunged and landed a blow on Sandis's shoulder.

 

[Sandis Veeran]

Sandis was knocked back by the blow to her shoulder, but she retaliated with a kick to the shins.

 

[Verz Horak]

The kick hit Verz, but he was expecting it. That didn't stop it from hurting though. Sandis was getting good. Verz couldn't help but feel some pride in her. He had one last trick before finishing the training session. He swing a roundhouse kick, but before it hit her torso, he dropped it so that the kick hit her legs instead.

 

[Sandis Veeran]

Sandis' legs were knocked out from under her, but she did a sweeping kick under Verz' legs, knocking him down as well. She rolled and sat up, pinning him down with her left hand on his neck, and her right fist above his face.

 

[Verz Horak]

Verz laughed at this development.

"Good. You've ddone well Sandis. But was it enough?"

He rolled over in a way that he pulled her with him, and within a few seconds, their positions were reversed.

 

[Sandis Veeran]

Sandis, her arms suddenly pinned under Verz' weight, laughed. "How did you do that?"

 

[Verz Horak]

He laughed with Sandis, and helped her up.

"Just a crazy idea gone right!"

 

[Sandis Veeran]

"Is that how most Mandalorians plan? Just crazy ideas that go right?" Sandis stood up and cracked her neck, and pulling out the hairband that kept her hair in a ponytail.

 

[Verz Horak]

"Not always. Just when all else fails."

He walked over to a nearby tree, and grabbed he two canteens of water laying there. He offered one to Sandis, while taking a deep swig of the other.

 

[Sandis Veeran]

Sandis drank gratefully, then poured a small amount of the contents onto her body to cool her down. "Then what's generally the main rule when planning an attack for a Mandalorian?"

 

[Verz Horak]

"The main rule? Fight with honor, and drive out the foe. Other than that, it depends on the Mandalor."

Verz ran his hand through his sweaty hair.

 

[Sandis Veeran]

"Then there's no basic strategy or tactics? We're just overwhelming our opponents?"

 

[Verz Horak]

"I never said that. The major strategies are ancient, adapted generation by generation. The Mandalor adapts them as necessary for the current war."

 

[Sandis Veeran]

Sandis took another swig from her canteen. "Well, what are the basic tactics then?"

 

[Verz Horak]

"Same as any army. Capture objectives, hold high ground. Air supeiority. We also have tactics borrowedfrom alien armies we fought with or for millenia ago."