"Coruscant Security; please drop to a prone position with your hands behind your back. Lethal Force will not be used."
With the blaring of a speaker, the message reverberated around the street. Denizens of the undercity hit the deck as an airspeeder began to hover into the area, a spotlight throwing a stark illumination on the buildings and members of the crowd. CorSec was the same as it always was, under any control, but that still meant they weren't to be messed with.
Cambry got hit with the full stopping power as the attack struck the wide plate of his Beskar'gam, propelling the Spacer from the hole of the building. In his head, he flashed back to all the times Sprey shot him just to show him how it felt. This all while he was launched out towards the street, suspended in the air by the force of the blow. He barely had time to let out a yell, but he had sort of been expecting something. A fireball of some sort flew past him; he wasn't really paying attention.
Verne calculated the entire situation, and begin to quickly guide the Lassie. It's maneuvering jets fired as it swerved closer to the building side, and it's ramp began to lower with a hiss. "Sir, perhaps you had best consider reaching the ramp."
Finding himself in midair and pitched forward, he did the logical thing and decided to launch himself as higher speeds. With a frantic fumble and a tug, he found the cord for his jetpack and jerked it. With a roar, the jets flared to life and lifted him away from the constraints of gravity, forward at a high speed and away from the others involved in the situation. Shotgun fairy and the kids. He cursed at his inability to get the target. The pain hadn't really set in yet. He'd be sore for weeks.
He wasn't quite on target with his whole flying thing; rather, he was headed straight for the ramp's piston. With a sort of panicked flail, he felt his arms wrench as he caught hold of the piston and anchored himself while his jetpack sputtered to a ceasing. Collapsing onto the ramp was more or less all he could do at this point, but it was enough; Verne, with full control of the freighter, lifted it and brought him into the ship's confines.
This all took place in the span of about...10 seconds, so the CorSec people had barely any time to react. As their spotlight rose to follow the jetpacking spacer's passage, the ship was about ready to move. Jets ignited and went dark in succession as the Lassie began to ascend, forcing it's way up and out of the grime of the undercity with a firing of engines and the swoosh of airspeed. CorSec turned to pursue the leaving ship, conveniently deserting the remaining fighters to instead chase after the Spacer.
Inside, Cambry groaned in pain, writhing slowly on the floor and gingerly feeling at his back.
"Don't be a baby." Verne chastised, though he was currently engaged in fleeing the pursuing speeder.
Cambry groaned again, ignoring his advice entirely. He got shot, he could be a baby if he wanted. Screw droids.
Verne paused and made a decision, and within a moment of his processor's commands, the ship began to go dark. Systems whined to a halt, lights flashed out, and they began to drift in the darkness of Coruscants darkest streets. Other ships, more brightly lit, passed the ship that had shut itself down almost immediately. The Lassie had disappeared from radar entirely, and so the CorSec speeder ended up moving on past it.
After a few minutes, when Verne was sure they were unwatched, the freighter came to life suddenly, it's engines flaring as it moved quickly towards the uppercity, towards the atmosphere, and towards getting the kark off this planet.
Cambry was still kind of sulky and sore. He was a little disappointed. No windfall this time.
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