Faction TSE vs the Bryn'adul: Raid on Erinar

[Darth Angonous]

(OOC: Prelude to the thread)

Officially, Taeli Raaf : The CEO of Aurora industries hired a mercenary group called: The Shadowhounds to retake Aurora Industries Headquarters located on the planet Erinar. The planet was one of many that was taken over by the Bryn'adul Empire during their campaign to go deeper into the Core Worlds. Taeli was forced to flee the planet leaving many valuable plans behind. Now with the Bryn'adul Empire destroyed and the Bryn scattered, this was the perfect opportunity for the CEO to take back her Headquarters. The Shadowhounds depart from the Unknown regions and begin their assault upon the remnants of the Bryn left on Erinar.

Unofficially, Darth Arcanix: The Lady of Secrets has dispatched Darth Angonous: The Dark Legate and the small Sith Army under the guise of the Shadowhounds to clean up the remnants of the Bryn and to retrieve the Sith Holocrons that are hidden beneath Aurora Industries Headquarters. Even though the Bryn Empire has been shattered, those that remain formed a formidable defense around Erinar. Whether they knew about the Holocrons and are trying to find them, or they're making their last stand is irrelevant. What matters is that the Bryn stands in the Sith Empire's way. Kill the Bryn, duel them if need be but the main objective is to enter the Aurora Industries and find the Holocron. It is recommended for all Sith to refrain from using their Lightsaber and Force abilities as they don't want to raise public suspicion. It is optional as Darth Arcanix will handle the PR regarding the battle, it just more work she needs to do.

OBJECTIVE 1: DESTROY THE AA GUNS SURROUNDING AURORA INDUSTRIES HEADQUARTERS

As much as its preferable to carpet bomb the Bryn and clear a path to the building, it's hard to do so with Anti Air Cannons surrounding the Headquarters and firing at any starship that gets too close. A team of Sith should lead the soldiers towards the AA Guns and destroy them leaving the Bryn vulnerable to as many airstrikes as the heart desires.

OBJECTIVE 2: SECURE THE BEACH

The Bryn has created an effective line of defense in front of the Headquarters. Many species and subspecies making a final stand of sorts preventing the Sith from capturing the objective. Lead from the front and inspire your soldiers, take no prisoners and show no mercy as you secure the entrance towards the Heaquarters.

OBJECTIVE 3: FREE FOR ALL

Open RP! Do whatever you feel! Explore the planet, kill some Bryn, do whatever your heart desires!

 

[Darth Angonous]

Multiple dropships flew straight to the Aurora Industries Headquarters, Darth Angonous signaled for the pilot open the hatch so he can get a better view of the battlefield. There was a lot more Bryn than anticipated, but the Sith Lord wasn't worried the Sith troops he found scattered across the galaxy after the Sith Empire fell were eager for a fight. Many of them were demoralized when Angonous saw them, many Sith Lords sold the soldiers out or abandoned them to their grim fate. It was something that Angonous needed to fix, he needed to show that under the new Sith Empire the Sith will fight along side the soldiers, bleed among them. It was what the Sith Lord told the many soldiers that the old Sith Empire was full of disloyalty and backstabbing. The Sith Empire will be for the common soldier, a place where their lives were valued. Of course Angonous had to get rid of traitorous officers but those who stayed with Angonous traveled with to Polis Massa: the Asteroid base hidden in the Unknown territories where they began to train under the Sith Lord's new regiment.

It'll take a long time, but while the galaxy once again at war it was an opportunity for the Sith to expand. "20 seconds," Angonous spoke into the radio taking one last look at his Blaster Rifle and placed his helmet over his head. Angonous' Armor glistened against the Sun's rays. Erinar has taken a beating over the past few years, the Bryn had probably looted the planet for all its worth. However they didn't get everything as Sith Holocrons lay underneath the building containing knowledge and power of past and current Sith Lords. Knowledge and power that would benefit the Sith Empire tremendously as they rebuild. The Sith just had to get it before the Bryn if they were aware of course. "Big Dog this Rover two," one of the drop ship pilots said. "We have multiple AA guns in the vicinity we can't advance further."

Bastards, well Angonous didn't want the battle to be too easy. "Copy that," Angonous said. "Drop us down on the shores."

"Roger that," the pilot said. "It's gonna get hot."

The Dropships began to descend greeted by a barrage of blaster flak. The dropship Angonous was in shook a little but was other wise unharmed. One Dropship took massive damage portside and had to make an emergency landing. "You know what you're here for!" Angonous yelled in the radio. "Strike hard and show no mercy!"

The ramp descended the Angnous quickly exited and began to open fire onto the Bryn. In truth, Angonous was really happy that he was back in action. Even if he wasn't using the Dark Side.

 

[Darth Kustos]

Objective: Secure the Breach
Location: Landing near the First Line
Equipment: Blaster Rifle
Tags: Darth Angonous
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It had been far too long since Darth Kustos had fought in a war.

The sound of turrets and cannons blasting apart terrain, vehicle, and soldiers alike was enough to make him...nostalgic. He checked over his mechanical arm, mostly a force of habit, as his transport sped through the air. The pilot weaved them through the field of fire coming from the anti-air guns, the occasional shot scraping along the hull as the gun nearly shot them down. It was nice to be back in action, he was even glad to get that adrenaline rush from nearly dying to a single lucky hit.

Had he the time, he would have reminisced on it all.

Unfortunately for his enemies though, he had a mission to fulfill. "Our landing is going to be hot, ready yourselves for rapid deployment!" The voice of the pilot came over the intercom and the Darth stood up. He glanced over the assembled troops in the shuttle with him as he pulled a rifle from the storage rack. They weren't any of his from before the fall of the Sith Empire, nearly all of his previous soldiers had done their duty and died in battle like they were ordered to.

More forced than ordered really, for the most part. It was hard to give retreat orders when the enemy was knocking on the doors of the Empire's core after all. Still, he had little doubt that these veterans would serve well. One way or another. "Today soldiers, we serve the Sith once more. Even in this guise we must wear, we shall show that we are still the finest of the galaxy. Glory to the Empire!"

A resounding cry of "Glory to the Empire!" would be the last words spoken as the doors to the shuttle slid open and the sounds of battle drowned out anything else. Even after so long without battle, and without his usual outfit befitting his status as a Sith, the masked Darth proudly rushed out of the shuttle right as it touched the ground, bringing up his rifle and firing towards the enemy's line as the rest of the occupants filed out behind him.

Thankfully the shuttle was quick enough to leave them without being shot down, but Darth Kustos wasted little time looking back to check on it. Rushing to find a crater to use as cover was the highest priority at the moment.

 

[Synara Krenn]

Objective: Secure the Beach
Location: In Orbit over Erinar
Post: 1

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Darth Arcanix was not the only one interested in acquiring the holocron hidden within the old Aurora Industries Headquarters. A Sith Lady, Synara Krenn, presently led a sizeable Sith Imperial remnant still operating within the Sith Empire's former territories. Due to unforeseen circumstances, she and her forces had not received the call by the Worm Emperor, and were operating under Synara's discretion alone. Word had recently reached her through several of her contacts that a "group of mercenaries" had been hired to retrieve a Sith artifact of great value from the old corporate headquarters.

Synara would not be beaten to the prize by some common band of mercenaries. That was SITH history they were after, and she intended to claim it for what remained of the Sith legacy. Her Vengeance-class Star Battlecruiser, rechristened the "Talon of Ryloth" from it's original Sith Imperial name, came out of lightspeed in orbit over Erinar. Synara gazed at the planet below from the viewport on the bridge, when one of her bridge officer approached her. "My lady. Scans detect the mercenaries have already made landfall and are presently engaging the Bryn'adul forces. They appear to have anti-air defenses.", he said nervously. Synara responded calmly. "Ready our troops for a ground assault and suppress their anti-air cannons with our turbolasers until we've made it to the surface. I will retrieve the relic myself.", she said, turning to depart the bridge and make her way to the main hangar.

Sith Imperial Legionnaires quickly loaded themselves into Vindican-class Troop Transports for the ground assault, Synara quickly boarding her own Upsilon-class Command Shuttle once she'd arrived in the hangar. About two dozen transports lifted off from the hangar bay, speeding towards the planet's surface when the Talon of Ryloth commenced a turbolaser bombardment on the defenses below, hoping to keep them distracted while the ground assault made it's way to the beachhead.

Darth Angonous
Darth Kustos

 

[Krause Zelier]

Objective: Secure the Breach
Location: Landing near the First Line

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Krause Zelier stood in the cockpit of his Upsilon-class Command Shuttle, staring at the chaos below him as troop transports descended and Sith troopers ran out blasters firing. "My Lord, we are descending onto the battlefield, your men are ready for battle." Said an officer from behind him, Krause turned as the officer bowed. "Good, we wouldn't want any petty Sith Lords to get any ideas about what's mine wouldn't we?" The officer ever so slightly cowered in front of Krause's towering figure. "Of-of course, My Lord." The officer rushed away to alert the men in the transport as Krause chuckled. He had been living for hundreds of years, it was beyond count, but humans never failed to amuse him.

Krause walked back to where his men were, just as the shuttle landed and the shuttle ramp went down, Krause and his men charged out into the battlefield. His lightsaber flew to his hand and he began his killing spree. He was unstoppable, blaster bolts deflected off his gold skin, his claws raked across his enemies when his lightsaber didn’t do the job, on and on he went, charging the Bryn remnants who would dare defy the Sith Empire, keeping them from centuries of history. Krause had little appreciation for them, but they held power, even in all of his years living he had some skills yet to learn.

Soon enough many more forces accompanied the Lord of Hunger and his legion of troopers, he glanced to his sides to see more Sith on the battlefield, mere children to him. The only people he had true respect for were the members of the Dark Council, well most of them at least. Though they had barely lived long compared to Krause, they held power, and power was the key to victory. He continued onwards, charging towards the AA Batteries slowing down the Sith reinforcements. The Lord of Damnation was here to punish, he was here to punish those who defied the Empire, more importantly, those who defied Darth Krix.

 

[Darth Kustos]

Objective: Secure the Breach
Location: Approaching the Anti-Air Guns
Equipment: Blaster Rifle
Tags: Darth Angonous / Synara Krenn / Krause Zelier
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Not long after he and his disguised band of troops had made it into cover and began returning fire, the whole plan seemed to go right out the window. A bombardment of turbolasers from somewhere far above the planet's surface came down upon the Bryn'adul's entrenched defenses as another wave of transports, these ones evidently carrying undisguised Sith and soldiers, began their own landings. For a moment, the Darth was tempted to curse at the mission already seemingly being compromised, but he instead turned his frustration onto the enemy ahead of him.

Let these interlopers distract the enemy and die in our stead then, we still have our orders.

He gave a hand gesture to signal for his soldiers to keep in cover as he peeked above the crater's edge to fire off another shot. The area between them and their objective was riddled with overlapping fields of blaster fire, as well as the occasional explosion from a grenade or a ship weapon. The new arrivals were making a difference, be they soldier or ship cannon.

It reminded him of the war, except this time he was the one pinned down and on the assault.

Thankfully though, said combat was making plenty of dust and craters for them to use for their advance. He supposed it was some solace that their plan had been interrupted after all.

If nothing else, he wouldn't lose as many soldiers on this next maneuver. "On my rear, tight formation and give each other covering fire. Follow me...now!" With that he vaulted over the side of their current cover and fired off a spray of blaster fire as he rushed forward, the troops following right after the Sith with their own firing line as they all made their way to the next crater.

Even if they had to hop from crater to crater, they would make it eventually.