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We Came in Like a Wreeeeecking Baaaall{Mandalorian Invasion of Dromund Kaas}

Gilamar Skirata

The most important step is always the next one
The throne room was what he expected of a Sith Master...But what actually drew his eye was not the intricacies of the tapestries or the throne itself, but how the room seemed...Untouched by war. Edges sharp enough to pierce a Death Star, and floors clean enough to eat from. His eyes narrowed as he scanned the room. A grunt came from the the old man and a sigh escaped his lips. "Too clean..." was all he said as he unclipped the belt around his waist. He didn't need a throne room, and he wanted the Emperor to see the extent of his peoples' sins. A smirk under his helmet, and a sweep of his hand and the entirety of his belt lit up.

Thermal detonators.

Tossing them onto the throne itself, he turned and walked from the room. <Come on, this place stinks.> he muttered in his native tongue. Of course, Gilamar had been the first one inside from the Mandalorian's side, thus no one had checked the room for traps. Of course, Gil had realized this as he waltzed in, but as not traps had activated he assumed he was home free. Little did he know, several emperor ago a trap had been implemented to stop the string of coups that had plagued the Sith. His grenades had activated it, opening a trap door to who knows what. A curse left the old man's mouth as the door opened under his back left foot. He fell, and the detonators exploded, launching him through the door and into the wall, his cape burned away instantly, his back singed and darkened. His HUD was flashing red, and his hip was killing him. His ears rang loudly and the old man stood up, disoriented and limping.

Damn Sith.
{Edited at the request of @[member="Ember Rekali"]}
@[member="Preliat Mantis"]
 

Basaba Willamina

A'den and Alor be aliit Willamina
Basaba moved, the apprentice had fled and now all that was left was killing things. These weren't people they were animals so best put the sith forces down as such while her beskad and combat knife slashed. She was headed toward the shield generator and took a leap off a roof. The impact of her boot outside the head of the sith more then enough when he slammed his face into the controls and fell off the speeder. his boot getting caught as there was a scream and thunking sound. Basaba looked down and kicked the leg off to thump against the ground while slashing with her sword. The sith she rode up on at top speed and then a mist that barely reached her hand but a grin was on her face. It was coming time to end this.
 
Preliat Mantis.​
He hoped the name would resonate through the Sith, along with the other Mandalorians who sacked their planet, ruined their defenses, crushed their capital, and more importantly, got revenge. Revenge burned in the man's heart, along with hate and fear. He stared at the thermal detonators, for a while, before pulling his helmet over his helmet. He watched the detonators roll along the ground, some separating from the belt and some not. He turned for a moment, before stopping. He turned, and removed the beskad from his back. He ran his hand over the blade, his armored thumb scraping against the metal. Beskar to beskar. He turned to the throne, watching it go up in flames, the flames licking the foul metal, blackening the area around it. The shockwave pushed dirt, dust, and ash from around him and pushed the once-pristine floor into a state of anarchy, chunks of floor and dust littered everywhere. Preliat smiled, a grim and mischievous smile.​
"Well...we really did it now, didn't we Gil?"
Preliat said, walking over to Gil, helping up the old man. He smiled beneath his helmet, not seeming to care about the incident. He was still in one piece, so no further complaints were needed and he didn't see any physical damage besides his cape being blown off. What was that again?​
NO CAPES.
@[member="Gilamar Skirata"]​
 
Ordo hadn't plained to live through the invasion but standing with his vode he thought he was glad he'd been wrong.

Preliat had become a strong warrior. Gil was as tough as ever and Basaba was well a Mando woman, brutal, violent, and about everything Mando men need to keep them in line. Ordo shook his burned wrist that was hit by the 'super sith's' lightsaber and regreted not killing it quicker. He was definitely installing a flamethrower on his gauntlet for next time.

"We've still got work to do vode." Ordo said his voice deep and serious, "and I need a drink."
 

Ashin Varanin

Professional Enabler
The Mandalorians' grenades sent a shiver through the wall beside him. The double-length, angled lightsabre withdrew from the wall, and Ember looked up from the canyon at the base of the citadel. High overhead, he spotted @[member="Gilamar Skirata"] and @[member="Preliat Mantis"] exiting the Sith stronghold, having just thermally detonated the Obsidian Throne. He squinted and murmured the words to a Dathomiri vision-enhancement charm, sharpening his sight to recognize their armor. With a grunt, he commed Chief Skirata.

"Gil, this is Rekali. Better hoof it. Wall's about to come down."

Behind Preliat and Gilamar, the entire front face of the Sith citadel trembled as its base slid out from under it. The whole mess was bound for Ember, more or less. Gathering the Force, the master of physical enhancement leaped for the top of the canyon, and snared the edge of the bridge where Gil and Preliat stood. He swung up onto the bridge and ran as the front of the citadel, foundation to spire, just flat-out peeled away with an almighty roar. Thousands of tons of stone and metal sloughed off the citadel into the canyon at its base. Dust was everywhere, but even through the clouds, he could see the half-melted form of the Obsidian Throne, now exposed to public view.

"Nice work, gentlemen."
 
@Zack Varad @TD-30, @Ka'ika Skirata

Since the writer had no reply after many a day, he could only assume that Kyr made it on top of the Walker unscathed, with it too focused on the escaping tank. He thunked loudly against the hull of the great walker. He ducked at the few pot shots the squads of stormtroopers bellow fired at him. His hands searched his belt for a thermal detonator, while his eyes searched for something that looked like a hatch. He crawled on its back as it clunked forward firing angrily at anything that moved and wasn't clad in white, black, or red... or anything with a jet pack.

Once he reached an thing that too him looked like a hatch in, he finally relieved a thermal detonator from his hand and readied it. He stood upon his knees and then clamped his free hand down on the hatch like thing, and proceeded to attempt ripping it apart with his Crushgaunts. Once it was open he would begin his boarding action by chucking his detonator down the hatch and enter after it blew. after that he could storm the hulking machine as he saw fit. This though, was only if his assumptions of this vehicle were correct.
 

The Pale

Guest
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@[member="Gilamar Skirata"] @[member="Ember Rekali"] @[member="Preliat Mantis"]

Pale strode towards the others, slugging his Beskar sword Runeblade up against his right shoulder and hugged his helmet under his other arm. His cape bellowed in the winds of storm and war. Maybe an electrical storm was incoming, they were common to this world. Weather mattered little with their victory now at hand. Besides, the rains would wash the blood from his armor. "No thanks to the man who stormed the Citadel and made sure its treasures were pilfered. That's no way to treat an old general". He grinned wide, and rather normal looking for an undead person. Pale knew who Gilamar was, but he doubted they knew him. Typically keeping close at hand to the witch Lavaina.
 

Matreya

Well-Known Member
Stopping and gathering his breath for a moment, Northstar stared the young woman down. She had taken all he had physically...now it was time for different tactics. Keeping his Blasters level, the giant Czar slowly backpedaled to safety. Planting his back firmly against the wall, with his eyes never wavering, he continued to siphon energy from the Force around him.

His plan would involve needing energy, physical and mental. If he did not keep his distance now, when things changed it may be to late...

@[member="Ayra"]
 
| @[member="Northstar"] |

He also paused, which triggered two thoughts in the Sith Marauder: "Is he thinking what I'm thinking, that we can't beat each other through brute force? Or has he finally tired himself out?" Ayra wasn't an arrogant woman, but she prided herself on her physical endurance and believed that she could out live another enemy, if it came to it, given any Jedi or in this case, Mandalorian in the galaxy. So she responded to Northstar's pause in the only way she knew how. Flinging her Saberstaff at the Force sensitive Mandalorian, she guided the directory of the weapon with the Force. It was a Saberthrow, in essence. Her free hand also stretched to feel out her fallen Lightsaber, which Northstar had disarmed her of before and attempted to Force Guide that back to her as well.
 

Matreya

Well-Known Member
Northstar ducked under the saber, the heated plasma whipping through his hair. Ignoring the smell of the singed keratin, Northstar watched the saber return to his opponent as well as the opposite which lay elsewhere. Slowly rising from his crouch, the wind around the man seemed to shift slightly as he put his full concentration on drawing in more energy.

Soon enough he would return to his normal energy level, but that was not enough. Keeping the pull continuous, Northstar let loose rounds from both blasters, randomly placed shots to keep her at a distance.

@[member="Ayra"]
 
OOC: Spoiler is Retconned due to circumstances concerning my choice of starfighter
CURRENT OBJECTIVES
1) Sow Chaos

FLEET ASSETS
The Girth of Gluttony: 2,000 meters in Diameter
500 Spores of Greed: Roughly 2,000 meters all together in total

DROMUND SYSTEM
Distance from Dromund Kaas: The Command Ship is 1 million kilometers from Dromund Kaas, but the myriad of Greedling Spores are fast approaching
Elapsed Time: Pinged on the radar an hour ago but its passivity and slow rate of travel was drowned out by the presence of the Sith Defense Fleet. The Spores were launched 20 minutes ago.
Current Speed: The Command Ship is traveling as fast as a Class Nine Sublight Drive can take it, and the Starfighter Class Spores are traveling as fast as Class One (Through Four) Sublight Drive(s) can take them.
Rate of Acceleration: Command Ship travels at the maximum acceleration of a Class Nine, the Spores travel between Class One and Class Four variably.


What should have been a brilliant flash of light to anoint the hour the Emperor had returned to his Capital, was a meek spark followed by the depressing starry void surrounding a colorless, bleak, but humongous orb holding roughly the area of eight Star Destroyers of the length of its radius. The massive thing (though a tad smaller in length than its Mandalorian Counterpart) held true to its masters form, the iconic obesity of the formerly reigning Sith Emperor. It would seem that an age of chaos and deterioration had fell after his death, much to his amusement and agony. Several Emperors had subsequently passed on the torch, and this last one (a friend of his in life) had the joy taken the blows of every enemy history has ever made for the Empire. He had long ago, promised Mia Monroe the Destruction of the Sith Empire following his death if she refrained from attacking him as he plotted to invade the Galaxy at large, both directly and indirectly all at once... which failed in his paranoia of death.

Now it appeared it was out of his control, regardless of her fracture of that particular "deal", which was probably more of a failed solicitation considering the circumstances. But he was here now, and he was armed... considerably well for a single conscious being. Entombed in a Holocron of immense power, built from the living force sensitive crystals known as shards and infused with Dark Magics and Alchemy to contain them under his spectral will, which itself was entombed in the massive Starship known as the Girth of Gluttony. Quadanium hulled, dual shielded, self-sufficient in nearly every way, and carrying the insane number of 500 highly modifiable, very cheap, replaceable droids. Though he arrived nearly 40 minutes ago he did not launch his swarm of droids until now because he first had to modify them according to a strategy. To discern a strategy, the battle had to be watched. That took time, and so do the modification chambers.

There were lots of ships to be had, some of them Imperial, and thus to be usually avoided. The unidentified (thus hostile) targets were fair in their large number. He was the little guy on the street for once, because he was alone in a fight between clashing armies. He decided that he'd take a small bite first just to get a taste of the meal he was about to make of this battle. He couldn't stop the Mandalorians revenge, but he would avenge his former territory by taking a chunk out of them... decisively.

100 bombers escorted by 200 fighters were headed straight for Escort Bravo's estimated course of trajectory for an intercept course, careful not to get too close to the bigger guns in Escort Alpha. There would be on the outskirts of the soon to be battle (just under twice the range of a laser cannon), 100 specialized starfighters designated as "Snipers". These scantly armored things were really just floating lasercannons, possessing twice the range and strength of an ordinary starfighter in order to pick out essential targets throughout the battle field with the relative safety of distance. Back towards the Girth of Gluttony, 100 "Defense Nodes" containing heavier armor and a Point Defense Cannon orbited and surrounded the Battlestation should any starfighter retribution come to or penetrate the Outer Shield.

It was time to see just exactly what he could do. Various space probes observed the entire battle in triangulated patterns. There was nothing Voracitos didn't see these days.

IC:

CURRENT OBJECTIVES
1) To Observe Chaos, and make the sane minds blind.

FLEET ASSETS
The Girth of Gluttony: 2,000 meters in Diameter
500 Nondescript Droid starfighters

DROMUND SYSTEM
Distance from Dromund Kaas: 1.5 Million Kilometers
Elapsed Time: Pinged on the radar an hour ago
Current Speed: Relatively Stationary, following the orbit of Dromund Kaas
Rate of Acceleration: In sync with Dromund Kaas's orbit of its star.

What should have been a brilliant flash of light to anoint the hour the Emperor had returned to his Capital, was a meek spark followed by the depressing starry void surrounding a colorless, bleak, but humongous orb holding roughly the area of eight Star Destroyers of the length of its radius. The massive thing (though a tad smaller in length than its Mandalorian Counterpart) held true to its masters form, the iconic obesity of the formerly reigning Sith Emperor. It would seem that an age of chaos and deterioration had fell after his death, much to his amusement and agony. Several Emperors had subsequently passed on the torch, and this last one (a friend of his in life) had the joy taken the blows of every enemy history has ever made for the Empire. He had long ago, promised Mia Monroe the Destruction of the Sith Empire following his death if she refrained from attacking him as he plotted to invade the Galaxy at large, both directly and indirectly all at once... which failed in his paranoia of death.

Now it appeared it was out of his control, regardless of her fracture of that particular "deal", which was probably more of a failed solicitation considering the circumstances. But he was here now, and he was armed... considerably well for a single conscious being. Entombed in a Holocron of immense power, built from the living force sensitive crystals known as shards and infused with Dark Magics and Alchemy to contain them under his spectral will, which itself was entombed in the massive Starship known as the Girth of Gluttony. Quadanium hulled, dual shielded, self-sufficient in nearly every way, and carrying the insane number of 500 starfighters accompanied by an unimaginable plethora of probe droids.

But upon observing the the Chaos of the battle before him in his analytic survey of the scene (during his fighters prep period), he was able to discern that by the time he would have launched his swarm, that much more Chaos could be crafted... out of conventional range. He had more starfighters in one hull than some fleets have, and he could replace them with ease when the battle was won and never worry about recruiting living things to stink up his Floating Tomb Palace. But for some reason that was beyond him, the Dark Lord decided not to devour the machinations of the enemy. He had a better insight. A sinister insight befitting of his former titles. He would devour their minds with nightmares. He had experienced the Phobius device on Polas Masa of the Dead Space Battle, and he was master of Torture by Chagrin in addition to a plethora of other area effects. It really wasn't that difficult to imagine what he would do next.

After triangulating the battle in three dimensions at a very safe undetectable distance with innumerable probes to witness this great act, the Shadow Emperor slowly began to conjure the will of his Shard-Minds and congregate their powers over the force. The Dark energies would build and build, as the specter moved his imaginary lips to various sith chants and words of concentration, to aid him in collecting the full will of his Holocron. The bomb had not yet released, but a foreboding and ominous feeling began to spread through the incredible vicinity of the world of Dromund Kaas and her skies. Sith, Mandalorian, animals, and every other living thing would become more irritable than usual, but nothing to be unexpected in war... not just yet.

While he did this, he searched through many minds to find the commanders of the clashing fleets. It was likely that if he found their minds, they would be viciously penetrated into unthinkable actions they would be uncharacteristic of.

But not yet, this bomb has only just begun to be lit. Let us observe the Chaos that shall ensue.

@[member="Circe Savan"], @Captain Larraq, @Anyone else anywhere that would like to respond.
 
| @[member="Northstar"] |

Ayra span her Lightsaber in front of her, stepping backwards to allow her the smallest amount of time to defend herself from Northstar's shots, deflecting them to the sides, not having enough time or the concentration necessary to deflect them back at her opponent, for her concentration was on the arching Saberstaff that was coming back around towards Northstar. Hand motioning the weapon, willing it to take her enemy, she kept her hand ahead of her as the last of the Mandalorians bolts forced the Lightsaber, which she had just caught, back towards the ground off it's momentum. "Lucky Mendacium isn't around anymore to see this or he would have my guts for garters," she thought, thinking of the man who trained her.
 
< Five Minutes from Sith Fleet


Rygel Larraq watched the timer tick away on the forward holoprojector as his fleet descended upon the Sith fleet like a hawk upon its prey. The Sith fleet squirmed and moved in response to their movements, but at the speed they were traveling, they could compensate with minor adjustments to their trajectory. A simple repulsor correction was all it took to keep the Sith fleet squarely in the cross-hairs.

Rygel watched anxiously. He felt far more eager for violence than seemed normal. At the time, he hadn't been particularly invested in Yaga Minor. But perhaps the Sith assault on the Mandalorian world had effected him more than he had realized. Yes... That must be it. He was eager to get revenge on the Sith. That was all.

Taking a drag from yet another cigarette, Larraq pressed a button on his chair as he stared at his own hands. “Poor Circe Savan. Lady Sith of Dromund Kaas. Did you not think my last joke funny? Is that why you remain silent?” He said to his unusually quiet opponent.

Leaning back into his chair, Larraq stared at the projection again as he spoke to his sensor operator. “Just to confirm. It was the biggest ship, correct? You triangulated the source of the signal from all four ships.”

“Yes Captain. All communications have originated from the largest ship in the enemy formation.” Answered the Lieutenant.

“Good. Lock us on course for that ship. Make corrections as needed.” He said to his officers before standing up, inhaling deeply from the cigarette, and giving further orders. “Sound general alarm. Cease forward thrust. Bow up sixty degrees. Divert all available power from engines and life support to tractor beam projectors. Maintain power to ventral shields and at 05 seconds to target, fire all guns at full rate of fire for sixty seconds.”

Pausing for a moment, Larraq hit the ship-wide com button on his chair and addressed his crew. “Attention all hands. This is the Captain speaking. Brace for impact in 84 seconds.”

In space, the Mythosaur's engines cooled and the ship arched backwards until the mass of Asteroids were directly between itself and the Sith fleet. It rested at a 90 degree angle from the enemy fleet and a shimmer covered its lower hull and the asteroids themselves as power was prioritized from all over the ship to the lower shields and the emissions from the tractor beam projectors themselves. In the inky black distance of space, the Sith fleet loomed below the Mythosaur as she rocketed towards them at 74,216 meters per second. Twenty five massive nickle-iron asteroids held tightly in in her grasp as she bore down upon her prey.


@[member="Darth Voracitos"], @[member="Circe Savan"], @[member="Gilamar Skirata"], @[member="Basaba Willamina"], @[member="Preliat Mantis"], @[member="Hutuun'Kyramud"], @[member="Ember Rekali"], @[member="Ordo"], @[member="Zack Varad"], @[member="Balaya Zambrano"], @[member="Kaine Zambrano"], @[member="Darth Arcis"]
 
In Umbris Potestas Est
<Five Minutes from Mando Fleet
"Welp, crew, seems we have a decision to make. Hopefully the Indicant can get the job done. What speed is the Mythosaur traveling at?"

"74216m/s."

"How far away will it be at the 70 second until collision mark?"

"5195120m."

"How long will it take for the Indicant to make the jump to lightspeed?"

"One second."

"How far away will the Mythosaur be at the sixty-nine second mark?"

"5120904m."

"How long will it take for the Indicant to reach the intercept point?"

"0.01708149709 seconds."

"Tell the droids on the Indicant to adjust the trajectory to include the variance and prepare to jump for a hyperram at the 70 second mark exactly. We and the rest of the fleet will jump out at the seventy-one second mark to Malachor V, then we'll rendezvous with Bosch's forces at Mon Calamari."

<140 seconds from Mando Fleet
Shuttles and dropships were released, as were transport-type gunships(like the LAAT/i). These would begin landing on the surface of the planet, a secure message being sent to every Sith that needed rescue or fire support. If they did(such as @[member="Nicholas DragonsFlame"]), a shuttle would give the area a strafing run or two, then land, allowing the Sith to quickly get aboard. Depending on the shuttle type, the Sith would either be taken to whatever system they chose, or to the orbital facilities.

After launching, the capital ships did nothing except prepare a hyperspace jump to Malachor V.

<71 seconds from Mando Fleet
The Gorgon, having prepared for a jump to hyperspace over the seconds leading up to this moment, began its jump, as did the other ships in the Maw Irregular Fleet. In one second, they would be out of the system.

<70 seconds from Mando Fleet
The Gorgon and the rest of the Maw Irregular Fleet had jumped to Malachor V. The Indicant began its jump towards the Mythosaur, reaching the speed of light at the precise pre-planned point. It was the railgun principle - a 5km object traveling at 74,216m/s was going to get perforated by a 1.5km object traveling at 299,792,458m/s. Not to mention the time of 0.01708149709 seconds between the successful initiation of the jump and contact with the Mythosaur.

Fireworks were going to fly. Whether they were chunks of the Mandalorian flagship or of an Invictus didn't matter. She had done all she could.

@Darth Voracitos, @[member="Captain Larraq"], @Gilamar Skirata, @Basaba Willamina, @Preliat Mantis, @Hutuun'Kyramud, @Ember Rekali, @Ordo, @Zack Varad, @Balaya Zambrano, @Kaine Zambrano, @Darth Arcis
 
DROMUND SYSTEM
Distance from Dromund Kaas: 200,000 kilometers
Elapsed Time: 30 Minutes (5H 13M total)
Forward Momentum: 70,664m/s
Agonal Speed: 5,328m/s
Rate of Acceleration: 4.44m/s/s

< 70 Seconds to impact


Numbers ticked away on the forward holoprojector as Larraq finished his speech to the crew of the Mythosaur. Larraq and his bridge crew tensed as they prepared their bodies for the collision. Suddenly one of the Lieutenants shouted out a warning. “Energy buildup coming from the enemy fleet!”

Another Lieutenant echoed the first with a different warning for his captain. “Hyperspace signature detected.”

“Hazmana. Don't tell me it's another fleet?” Larraq said aloud to the second Lieutenant, assuming that the energy buildup was simply the enemy preparing to fire weapons. The truth of the matter became apparent as dozens of Sith ships disappeared from the holoprojection at once. “They're... They're running?” Said Larraq in disbelief at the sight. A second later, a blaring warning sirened throughout the bridge.

WARNING! ANOMALY DETECTED!

Larraq had no time to question his crew about the automated message from the ship. As soon as he opened his mouth, a blinding flash of light streaked past the forward window of the Mythosaur's bridge. Larraq's arm shot up to cover his face from the light, but he was too late. Blinking repeatedly, he struggled to clear the searing light from his vision.

“Someone tell me what the FRELL just happened!!” Shouted out Rygel Larraq as he struggled to see clearly.

“I... I think one of the enemy ships just tried to ram us, sir.” Answered a nameless lieutenant.

“That was a ship? It looked like some type of super laser.” Larraq proclaimed.

“Sensors are telling me it was a hyperspace jump. That was close sir. A few meters closer and we'd be atoms right now.” Explained the same nameless lieutenant.

“All hands, status report. Are we still combat effective?” Demanded Larraq of his officers.

“Port shields are fried sir. Shields are down over the entire ship. I can get those back online in a few moments, but port shields are gone.” Answered another lieutenant.

After a few moments of receiving green-light reports from the rest of his men, Larraq asked the most important question. “What's the status of our cargo? Do we still have the asteroids?”

“Yes captain. All 25 asteroids are accounted for.” Answered one of the lieutenants.

“Good... Get us the frell back on course. Bring the ship one hundred and eighty degrees to starboard and divert all available power to engines. Order Escort Alpha in front of the Mythosaur and initiate fire upon orbital defenses. Order Escort Bravo to initiate fire upon orbital defenses as they begin their slingshot maneuver.”

Rygel Larraq slumped heavily into the command chair as his officers scrambled to comply with his orders. Quietly, Larraq reached into a small cabinet by the command chair and pulled out a glass bottle of amber liquid. <that was close.> he thought to himself. <too d*mned close.> He mused as he poured himself a glass of the amber liquid.

<I should probably invest in an interdiction cruiser.>
 
Seeming as the Sith worms were starting to scurry away, the Sith Master entered consciousness out of his trance like state for a brief moment to move his ship forward as fast as it could go to reach the Mandalorian Fleet. They harbored tons of asteroids, and with the dwindling defenders of Dromund Kaas, Voracitos was willing to risk minor damage to his vessel to not only prevent those asteroids from delivering their devastating destructive power upon the Sith Power Base, but to utilize their weapons against them. Voracitos may have been out gunned and even out classed, but he was heavily shielded, heavily armored, and had four times the attractive force of his adversaries flagship. He could not hope to go any faster, but that didn't matter, as he would just slow them down a notch in a way he knew best: human errors... a lot of them.

Voracitos entrapped in his holocron meditated in his favorite Throne from life, comforting and relaxing his mind, clearing it, and in the voids place fill it with his dark desires, his wants, his loss, his resentment and hatred... he put in the void the form of Ashin Varanin. Misfortune incarnate, she had done this to him, brought him to such a lowly state of existence. He had been the sole Pillar that upheld the Empire from falling to utter uncontrollable Chaos, and then she cast him down, broke him by using his own self doubt. She had conquered more than a world that day, she had conquered his confidence. But in death, consequence becomes more, immaterial and thus less important. Confidence was not an attribute he needed to worry about any more. He had nothing to lose but what he had owned in life.

"queen." His wisp ghostly echo, resonated quitely through the chambers that held his holocron.

Even that now was crumbling down. That bitter, bane of a woman, she killed his inner most core even after death. Unfortunately for her, the more she took from him the more driven he would become in finding her once more... and watching her die, watch her fall from her high, high perch. Oh how he desired nothing else... but the Empire was still close to his heart. He had been at one point, the only thing that kept it from being destroyed sooner, even as many would try to deny it.

All that emotional energy was building up and cackling, and resonating between the crystalline pillars that represented the Shards of the Holocron in which he inhabited. They were chained together in a circle, all of the tilted slightly inward, as if they attempted to peer into the top of the Sith Masters heads, to decipher the manifestation of his will to command them. They had long since been turned into a vegetative slush, for exactly the purpose of him imposing commands to them through the force. The number of Shards he had used did not matter entirely, but the fact that they were many made the Holocron an artifact of astounding brilliance and power. Though he was considered an amateur alchemist or Sith Scientists Voracitos never had a shortage of creativity. To him, these Dark Arts were exactly that, arts and crafts. The overall quality was not necessarily the objective (the preferable), but it was the creative spirit behind its coming that often gives a manipulated object its power.

Outside of the Mental Meditation Chamber of Voracitos in the real of the living, the brief conscious moment he had manifested a command, he in addition to altering its course from stationary, also command preparations to wrestle control of the Mandalorian Asteroids, utilizing approximately 100 tractor beams. Being so far away it was a faint hope and a race against time, though the energies he was prepared to unleash could be enough to stall them to the point of vulnerability. Primary objectives to the Mandalorian sacking may have been turned into Sith defeats, but he would not allow them to leave unscathed, without sever wounds. That was simply unacceptable.

It was time for this brutish wrecking ball to smash into something just as stubborn and unforgiving as itself.

The slight unease those in space felt increased by half, and continued to build at a rate one degree increased level of agitation and paranoia for every minute that passed. The memories had not come yet, he was not yet ready to do that. What he was prepared for though, was dissension. In every Mandalorian Vessel as of this moment, there is at least one possessed by the will of Voracitos. It could be anyone, anywhere in the ship, from a pilot on the bridge, to a worker on the engineering deck, there was at least one man who had lost his mind completely, where Voracitos quietly scooped it up and supplanted his own. They would be realized as having an unusual eerie calm, and apathy; this was due to the fact they were possessed by a Shard of Voracitos, to whom did not know the bounds of human emotion, and could only express what Voracitos willed them to express. His mind was in too many places to count, thus some details could not be commanded of them.

The only important possessed person was upon the bridge of the Mythosaur, one of a few nameless lieutenants. Voracitos turned him away from his work, while making him drag his hand across the buttons of whatever it was he had done, mucking it up a bit. He made him scream loudly after the Captain had taken a drink. The lieutenant pressed his palms into his head momentarily, causing a brief moment of alarm between two of his comrades, before they could touch him to see if he was okay, he darted around them clumsily.

"Where is the Captain?" He said loudly, though not screaming. "May I have a word?" His eyes darted about as sweat began to trickle down his face. His hands clasped slightly as the shard got used to the body, his head wiping here or there. "Where is the Captain? May I have a word?" He repeated, without accent, and monotone.

@[member="Captain Larraq"]
 
In Umbris Potestas Est
The Indicant exited hyperspace on another tangent. The droids, realizing they had missed the target, chose to return to the fleet' location, the Indicant now on its way to Malachor V.

The planetary defenses - orbital stations, a layer of anti-fighter Guardian-class Sentry Guns in front of a layer of defensive stations. The planet's guns were active too - well, some of them. The Mandalorian invasion had caused power outages across sections of the planet, meaning that hypervelocity guns and planetary ion cannons and turbolasers could not fire where the power was disabled. But still, they turned on the Mythosaur ready to fire when it got in range.

The shuttles were also still on their way. The aerial reinforcements of dropships, gunships, and shuttles had certainly helped the ground forces, assailing Mando infantry and vehicles. This would give the opportunity to the Sith, a chance for them to surge and fight back, force the Mandalorians away and give themselves time to escape.

@[member="Darth Voracitos"]
 
DROMUND SYSTEM
Distance from Dromund Kaas: 100,000 kilometers
Elapsed Time: 53 Minutes (5H 36M total)
Forward Momentum: 74,216m/s
Lateral Speed: 4,351m/s
Rate of Acceleration: 4.44m/s/s

Rygel Larraq held his glass of amber liquid loosely between the fingertips of his right hand as he draped himself over the command chair and stared at the forward holoprojection.

<This world is doomed.> Larraq thought to himself. <These people have been abandoned to their fate... And will pay for the sins of their overlords.>

Sighing, Larraq pinched the bridge of his nose with his left hand as the weight of his choices weighed upon his soul. His people demanded blood. Sith blood. And this world would soon be drowned in it. But he knew how the politicians and diplomats would spin this. The people of the galaxy would be told of the brutal and vicious attack of the Mandalorians on Dromund Kaas. Pay no mind to the trillions of oppressed slaves on hundreds of Sith worlds. Ignore all the pain and suffering they had spread through the galaxy. The Mandalorians would be labeled as monsters who butchered a planet.

<Over my dead body.> Larraq thought. <If anyone's going to be getting blamed for this attack, it will be a Sith.> The galaxy must know that the Sith brought this upon themselves. They lash out upon the innocence of the galaxy and flee before the wrath that follows.

“Com officer. Set up an open channel on the HoloNet.” Larraq said as he glared at the holoprojection of the planet. “Broad spectrum transmission. I want as much of the galaxy to hear this as possible. Drop sensor probe and transmit visuals from probe.”



UNKNOWN SIGNAL ON HOLONET


The image of a rocky world in the dead of space filled viewscreens and holoprojectors the galaxy over as unknown slicers forced the transmission to override standard broadcasts and communications. A deep and angry voice shattered the silence of the image as the planet drew nearer. “The shadow of the Sith Empire falls on all.”

The planet in the image slowly drew nearer and nearer as the narration continued. “They press upon out boarders. They invade our homes. And they enslave our people.” The deep voice proclaimed as another object entered the image from above. “Today I stand at the heart of an Empire.” The man said as a cluster of rocky objects drew into focus. The obvious outline of one asteroid after another slowly revealed themselves. As the asteroids began distancing themselves from the source of the image, a single massive ship with a deep scar across the left side became visible. “And I will show you the price of their sin.”

In the far distance of the image, warships could be seen moving remarkably fast across the surface of the planet as they fired upon tiny pinpoints that could only be orbital defenses. “Circe Savan. Lady Sith and lord of the Maw Irregular Fleet.” The narrator continued, obviously calling out an enemy by name. “You are a failure and a coward. You arrived here with a fleet four times the size of my own. And in the end, you fled before a single shot was fired.” The narrator spat out with disdain as the first set of asteroids was released from the vessel. “You abandoned the people of this world to their fate.” He continued as additional waves of asteroids detached themselves from the grasp of the warship and descended towards the planet. “Were you one of my people, I would sever your head to save the next generation from the taint of your line.”

As the last asteroid was released from the warship and the rocky planet filled the image, the narrator finished his spat at the Sith woman. “But you are not one of my people. And the price of your cowardice shall hang from your neck like an Albatross... Until the blade of your master finds your throat.”

The ship in the image turned sharply and banked to the left. As the ship left the image and nothing but the planet and asteroids could be seen, the narrator spoke calmly to those that still listened. “Do not weep for the people of this world.” He said as the asteroids closed on the planet. “Where there an innocent amongst them, it would have been spared my wrath.”


@[member="Darth Voracitos"], @[member="Circe Savan"], @[member="Gilamar Skirata"], @[member="Basaba Willamina"], @[member="Preliat Mantis"], @[member="Hutuun'Kyramud"], @[member="Ember Rekali"], @[member="Ordo"], @[member="Zack Varad"], @[member="Balaya Zambrano"], @[member="Kaine Zambrano"], @[member="Ronin Fel"], @[member="Davin"], @[member="Zrash'toul'frusku"], @[member="Darc Xavior Talus"], @[member="Darth Shadow"], @[member="Selena Halcyon"]
 
PLANETARY SHIELD GENERATOR

Allison had been given one purpose and as the large mando charged into the building with a squad behind her. The door crumpling as she charged into it and it came off the hinges. The two who had been with her she made a point sadly of using her e-webs and ditching the weapon harness, the door smashing into another sith while she gave a grin under the helmet. "Plant charges and get the shield down, we are not going to have much time." Her helmet turned while speaking. "All forces prepare to pull back and abandon the city."
 

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