As the Raven flies (Yvette and Lanax)

[Evor]

[Open Transmission]​

Calling upon two little birdies​

to carry some questionable tech​

and other such items from ​

Atecedent to Nar Shaddaa.​

To be brought to the new ​

youth hostel on the planet.​

Contact Logan Rê upon landing.​

Payment: 75,000 Credits​

25,000 up front to cover​

expenses. Do not run with​

my money.Find you way to the ​

loading docks of ​

the Dragon Palace Casino.​

[End Transmission]​

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[member="Yvette Thénardier"] | [member="Lanax Grayson"]​

Spoiler: OOC

Show up to the loading docks ICly and Ill get you guys sorted out.

 

[Yvette Thénardier]

Flying in on one of three different shipping vessels ordered out by [member="Logan of Little Coruscant"] or the Red Ravens, the young green skinned girl had been suiting up in one of the emoty loading bays. She made sure she had everything she would need for the mission itself. All equpiments that included wiring and her own personal vibro daggers, along with a blaster strapped to her thigh. Not to mention the half dozen guards for each of the ships. The muscle was, as she figured, needed for making sure everything went smoothly for this little operation.

Having been brought into the Ravens thanks to her mother, Yvette was told how part of her growing and training would involve actual hands-on missions with the Ravens in place of where her mother Audrey was more of a behind-the-scenes type of member. As long as it had made her mother happy to know she was contriduting, Yvette was content as ever to help. She felt ready for this mission, even as she finished zipping up her dark skinned suit and tying on her long hooded cape.

With herself all suited and ready she used an ear comm and asked the pilot "How much further?"

"ETA, five minutes." he'd answered as they'd flown through Antcedent.

During the ride down, finally coming towards the docking bays of the Dragon Palace Casino, Yvette checked with each of the men to make sure they were ready. They all answered to her as if she were an actual commander. This often pleased her to know even at her young age, sixteen, she still managed to hold so much power for her troops.

Upon arriving the bay doors opened up with a ram lowering to reveal Yvette's men all piling out of each shipping vessle before presenting themselves. Yvette herself finally walked out and saluted to anyone who was waiting her, more a gesture of respect than anything else.

[member="Logan of Little Coruscant"] [member="Lanax Grayson"]

 

[Evor]

He grunted as he lifted boxes into what appeared to be just random stacks, the tan ply-wood looking nothing special. However the boxes were meticulously stacked into two large piles; Tech and weapons, the things most valuable to the operations on Nar Shaddaa in the middle of the pile, surrounded by things of lesser value. Several other workers shuffled around behind him, ferrying boxes, checking boxes off as they loaded items into boxes, making sure each and every item was accounted for. While none of the cargo contained anything of personal value, he would be furious if the goods got damaged, confiscated or stolen by local mobsters due to the simple market value of the items. While the youth hostel was a front for Red Raven operations, he still intended to do his best in providing a new life for the youngsters. He looks up and saw a cargo ship flying towards him, , slowing down as it neared the loading docks. It hovered for a moment before the doors lowered down, out stepping about a dozen men who seemed well prepared to take on whatever the streets of Nar Shaddaa threw at them. He was confident that this wouldn't run amuck.

He chuckled softly to himself as he shook his head, Yvette stepping out of the shipping vessel, with a well planned out salute at the ready. He called out to her, "Who the devil do you think I am, the ruttin' Senator of Coruscant?" Me laughed a bit more before waving for her to come closer. "I suppose I do appreciate the thought however."

He walked her over towards one of the piles of cargo he had been laying it. He slammed his fist down on one of the creates, "This'll be your load for this run. Just weapons an' such like the message said. Nice wide array for ya'." He whistled to the workers and they jogged over with their dolleys, ready to put the cargo on Yvettes ship. "I never did catch a name, Miss....?"


[member="Yvette Thénardier"]

 

[Yvette Thénardier]

Upon hearing his comment Yvette gave a befuddled grimmace before dropping her hand. She felt like she'd made a fool of herself in front of one of the Ravens, and on her first job too, before he at least gave her a condolence for having done so. A small smile went across her face as he lead her over to the pile of tech they would be shipping. After that she watched as his men started loading everything before he asked her name.

It took her a moment to realize, as she watched the men boarding her ship with ease, before looking to him and saying "Oh! Sorry. I'm Yvette. Yvette Thénardier. My mother is Lady Audrey Thénardier, one of your business partners. These ships and men were provided by her company after all."

[member="Logan of Little Coruscant"]

 

[Evor]

"Ah, I'm sure you will love up to her standards and reputation. It's a pleasure to have such a valuable asset at my services," he said to her, smiling softly as he did. He watched as the men loaded the crates onto her ship, stopping for a minute to yell at one of the workers who wasn't handling the crates with the care they deserved. He turned back to Yvette pursed his lip slightly, "I hope I don't presumme to much here... Is there a specific way you would like the cargo loaded?" he asked, only just remembering his manners.

"I don't mind as long as the goods get there unharmed. And unspoiled."


[member="Yvette Thénardier"]

 

[Yvette Thénardier]

His compliment added a little more ethusiasm and assurance for the young girl as she watched everything being loaded. This was her first mission for the Ravens, both as a sign of her willingness to help and a way of her mother saying how she could do more contributions for the Ravens themselves. She just hoped everything would go smoothly, otherwise she'd have a lot of explaining to do.

When asked about shipping everything she turned to Logan and replied "I have a plan in case of anything. I was thinking we put all of the important shipments, the most valuable ones, in the middle shuttle. That's where I'll be. Everything else equally distributed between the two others. We'll send one on a more mainstream route. Another on a lesser known route. And the third we'll be sending around in a circle before acually going. That way if anything's being tracked or someone tries to make a jump, there's less chance of them knowing which has the true treaures inside. Even if we lose one, we won't lose the best."

[member="Logan of Little Coruscant"]

 

[Evor]

Logan nodded slightly at her words. "It seems a good plan, just try not to muck things up too much. You shouldn't get much trouble in the air, if any at all. The real trouble will most likely be on the ground. Nar Shaddaa is notorious for all of it's gangs and shady figures. None of them should be aware of your arrival however. Make sure your men are ready to fight regardless. Go in expecting the worse and you'll never be surprised," he said to her, offering some advice to the overly excitable Vinithi.

Logan started to walk towards her ship, beckoning for her to follow. He went up to one of the creates and pried the lid open with a crowbar on the floor next to it, pulling out a datapad. "This has all of the information you need once you land to help you find the place." He handed her the datapad and went to push the lid back down into place.


[member="Yvette Thénardier"]

 

[Yvette Thénardier]

Taking what she could from Logan's response Yvette was at least glad her plan wasn't considered useless at all. But then again he was right about expecting more trouble once they arrived on the planet. Nar Shadaa, as it was well known, was practically a breeding group for scum and villainy in the galaxy. Even with the ruling powers behind it there was still an underlining sense of disent and crookery about. Plus there were the Hutts. Yvette's mother had told how much she hated the Hutts.

She followed Logan to the ship before having the datapad handed to her. While she looked over it she called for the pilots to take off after everything was ready. With the order set each of the ships closed thier loading ramps before taking off. Each went in different directions before flying off into space to eventually reach the planet in due time. The ship Yvette and Logan were on would take one of the lesser known routes that would get them there faster than the others.

As she looked over everything on the datapad Yvette took mental notes of everything before handing it to him and saying "Okay. I think I got it all." Only to have one more quick glance and then giving a gesutrue that assured she was ready this time.

[member="Logan of Little Coruscant"]

 

[Zac Grayson]

Current song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI-UBIB8Jk

Many ships entered the meeting point and from them came many men and a young green girl to lead them and began the discussions. Off down a corridor came a young man in his 20s with a black trench coat on and a beat to his step from his light dancing in his walk. In his ears were earbuds to an old old technology called and Ipod which was playing an old song. As he came closer he turned from the others and faced the ships looking at all them and then letting out a long whistle. He then turned towards the two and removed his earbuds. With a non serious tone he joined the discussion, "Raven, you didn't tell me I would be working with a greenhorn, this is going to cost you." He out out his hand to shake the girl's hand, "Roberts the name, now let's stop the unneeded bells and whistles." After the hand shake he walked to her body guards and slipped them some credits to cover their troubles, to load Lanax's ship, who was code named the Dread Pirate Roberts or Roberts for short. Once Lanax's ship was loaded he dismissed the ships and such promising the men to take great care of the girl and to get her home safe and then returned to the discussion. "Three ships for a smuggling run? There is a reason smugglers never use cargo ships and choose small fast ships, cargo ships are pirate targets. My ship will work just fine and we will deliver all the cargo in one swoop. Logan, you take care now unless you want to join our little trip, I doubt it will be as exciting as you will think." Lanax put one earbud in and broke into singing as he left for the mission. "I...I..IIIII BUMP BUMP HOOKED ON A FEELING DA DADA DA...."

[member="Yvette Thénardier"]
[member="Logan of Little Coruscant"]

 

[Evor]

Logan hoped off the ship before the third ship was about to take off, winking at her. "I'll see you on planet. I'll try and have some of my guys, if not me, there ready for you to help transport the goods. Mo promises though. I doubt you'll have trouble with all them boys with you." A helper came running over to Logan and handed him a chip which he tossed to Yvette. "25,000 up front. As promised."

[member="Yvette Thénardier"]



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Logan walked over to Roberts ship with the him, making witty banter as they watched the other ships leave the yard. He handed Roberts a chip as well, for 25,000 credits. "I'll head there on my own. I'll see you planet-side."


[member="Lanax Grayson"]

Spoiler: OOC

Seeya guys on Nar Shaddaa. You might run into some problems. Things will get a lot more interesting, I promise.

 

[Yvette Thénardier]

Just as Logan hopped off, she nodding to him to comfirm her payment and that she would meet him on the other side, [member="Lanax Grayson"] had arrived with his ship which had surpised Yvette. Given how late he was she'd assumed he was a no show, but apparenlty he was the type who prefered a last minute entrance. Upon his arrival and offer to load up everything onto his ship Yvette thought on this before coming up with a plan.

While Lanax started paying her men she indicated for Logan's workers to start loading some of the cargo from her ship onto his. By that point he'd arrived to her and shook her hand, even though she was a little put off by him calling her "greenhorn". After that she took a step back, seeing as everything was being loaded smoothly, before looking back to Lanax.

"If you're going to join then I suggest you follow with my ship. We're carrying the most valuable cargo and if we're going to be targeted, it'll help to have some support once we're in the air." After that she handed him an ear comm while explaining "This for keeping in touch." just before he'd put in his own and started singing. She gave a small comment of "I know that song." before shaking it off and seeing if everything was loaded and ready before taking off.

[member="Logan of Little Coruscant"]

 

[Zac Grayson]

As Lanax walked the loading dock he heard her suggest that the valuable cargo was still in her ships and that he should aid her, apparently she was more green then he expected and wasn't familiar with how pirates or smugglers worked, while her men were loading his ship with the legal supply, his own loading droids were moving around behind scene grabbing all cargo. He put up two fingers and shook them as a wave as he disappeared onto his ship and closed the hanger door. She would need to find her own ride now and without the cargo which would make things difficult. Lanax never liked working with people, made things complicated and dramatic and on her first mission was a good time to learn to listen to a smuggler who had been in the game for 4 years or she would lose her cargo. Lanax went to his hold and he fired up the ship through a wrist control to set a course for off planet. He looked at the datapad he had swiped off her from his handshake and saw all the cargo was accounted for and his keen eye saw the serial codes and items were real and not fakes. he placed the comm she handed him into his ear and spoke with a laugh and joke in his voice, "You trust to easily, sweetheart, I suggest you get to Nar Shaddaa as quickly as possible in those clankers or you'll miss out in all the fun. Rule number 1, watch out for yourself first. Rule number 2, Always travel light and with as little as people as possible, less ways to split the money. Rule number 3 and this one is the big one, trust no one especially if they are not a member of the Red Ravens. I am freelance sweetheart, only orders I follow are my own, no matter who your mother is." With that, Lanax's ship entered hyperspace and he left contact range. He may have been late, but this didn't make this mission anyless his and she had joined after him, not the other way around. Only lead the show when you have the skill to perform, though who knew, maybe she'd impress him.

[member="Yvette Thénardier"][member="Logan of Little Coruscant"]

 

[Yvette Thénardier]

During the flight out from Antecedent Yvette had listned to [member="Lanax Grayson"] give his whole grand lessoning to her about the rules of smuggling. Even though this was his way of proving her plans wrong, which did put a damper on her mood as she'd planned these things out, she did take into account everything he'd told her. All the rules and what not that he said were important for smuggling. With each one he said she kept checking them in account, looking out for herself, avoiding as many men to bring as possible and then not trusting anyone not a Raven. It made more sense when she realized that he'd likely loaded the more valuable cargo onto his ship from hers. However Yvette tried saying something to him before he'd exited into hyperspace and out of communication range.

With a befuddled look the young girl commented "But....you taking the valuable stuff was a good idea..."

She sighed and walked to a nearby seat where she seemed more upset than ever. Her first mission and she was acting like a rookie. Alredy she wasn't impressing either Logan or Lanax, and this was her chance to try and prove herself to the Red Ravens. All she was doing was making a fool of herself everytime.

[member="Logan of Little Coruscant"]

 

[Zac Grayson]

http://youtu.be/oCLek4aSpbo

Lanax sat in his captain's seat checking that he was on course and put the ship in auto pilot. Lanax had always been a hard person to impress or even get to like you as he was a smuggler to a T and only cared about himself. Sure he'd put on a show and make it seem like he liked you, but that was good business. He then stood up and headed back to the cargo bay. He knew of he tried to land and deliver the cargo from the landing pad he would be one big target, so he didn't plan to land. Once reaching the cargo hold he grabbed some robe and cloth and began to fashion parachutes to all the boxes. His plan was to drop the cargo from his ship and send it gently to the location. No fuss no hassle, low pay so he wanted as little effort in this as possible. After an hour he had the parachutes secured to the boxes and they were ready to go. He decided for the rest of the trip he would loren to music and take a nap.

[member="Logan of Little Coruscant"] [member="Yvette Thénardier"]

 

[Yvette Thénardier]

For the remainder of the trip Yvette had kept to herself, trying to meditate with the Force. While the others stood around other parts of the ship, doing what they could to pass the time while checking on the cargo now-and-then, she remained in one section of the loading bay with enough room to sit and meditate. She knew she needed to, giving that she was still training in the ways of the force. Plus it had helped clear her mind from all the uneasy thoughts she was having about herself and the mission.

It wasn't until the pilot over the comm had called "Exiting hyperspace. ETA 10 minutes." that she broke from her concentration and hurried up to the control room to see for herself. From behind the co-pilot seat Yvette watched with anxiety as they finally exited hyperspace. And there, in front of them, was Nar Shaddaa. The sight of it made Yvette beam with excitment at the idea of a succesful mission.

[member="Lanax Grayson"] [member="Logan of Little Coruscant"]

 

[Zac Grayson]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKdHTksZ_T0​

The repetitive sound of an alarm filled the air until Lanax hit it to shut it off, soon he would be exiting hyperspace and be arriving. He stretch and got dressed again and made his way to the cockpit, ETA was 5 minutes. He sat there playing a game of Pazaak in his head and humming to the song playing in his ears. He then grabbed the throttle and pulled the hyper drive and let it go as his ship exited hyperspace and his shipped was pinged by the planet station asking for a clearance code and information. Lanax gave them alias Neal Caffery and a stolen code and was cleared to enter. He piloted his ship through the atmosphere, moving swiftly past other ships that were driving too cautiously. He sped across the sky light aiming to the location, not the landing location. Once his shipped had arrived above the youth hostel he brought his ship to a hover and unbuckled from his seat. He tapped his ear and a mask began to form over his face. He then made his way to the cargo bay making sure the parachutes were secure and then he moved to the hanger door and opened it. the air first went rushing out, and Lanax had to grab the pull nest to the door to avoid being sucked out early. He then hit a button and the locks holding the cargo down came off and the cargo went rushing out. Once the last one was out, Lanax punched some codes in his wrist band to send his ship to a landing pad for safe keeping. He hit the activate button and the ship began to move and Lanax leaned back and dropped out of his ship following the cargo. The cargo fell slowly due to the parachutes, but Lanax fell fast and head first. the wind whipping around Lanax felt like freedom, but it could not last. As the ground approached, Lanax rotated so his feet were falling first and then out of his shoes came small jet flames to slow him until he landed softly. After he landed the cargo fell around him landing softly. "Perfect." Well almost, he avoided most of the gangs except one it would seem. A gang leader and what looked like 6 goons showed themselves and Lanax quickly did a backflip onto one of the cargo boxes. " Lookie here boys, this nice gent brought us a nice meal ticket." The men's laughter filled the air, but Lanax had joined them which puzzled them. "Wass so funny, Lad? You are outnumbered and there is no way yous a good enough shot to take us all out before we takes you out." Lanax smirked. "That's where you are wrong, I am the Dread Pirate Roberts and I AM that good of a shot." The laughter in the area died down, but confussion only followed. "Roberts? Theres no way, Roberts has been around for longer thans yous been alive, yous bluffing." "See, the reason that is possible is because when one Roberts retires, a new one takes their place, last one was a girl." With that the men all drew their weapons, but Lanax was quicker and shot four in the quick draw and then dropped down under the fire and shot the other 3. He spun his two pistols and holstered them and then hopped down to sit on the cargo and await payment.

[member="Yvette Thénardier"]
[member="Logan of Little Coruscant"]

(Sorry for the late reply, thank you for waiting. I got very sick and tried to get on a bunch to reply, but could not type or read the screen. Luckly, I have ways to cure myself quickly haha)