Sabena Shai
Character
In one of the hangars on Nickel One, Sabena was making a rush further into the station. She turned around and waved her hands as if to beckon others to follow her. Blaster fire zipped all around Sabena and the three civilians she was guiding away from the hangar.
“Keep your heads low!” screamed Sabena as she batted a few blaster shots away with a lightsaber.
The Mandalorians were relentless in targeting Sabena - who clearly was a Jedi. Fortunately, she drew them like moths to a candle. Thus, the three civilians were not drawing any fire for the time being.
Two of the three bystanders following Saben were Verpine clone workers. They were essentially drones - scholars could hardly call them sentient life. Yet, there was still a self-preservation instinct in them since there was still some cost in their creation.
The third bystander was a middle-aged human male. Neris was his name. He had to make a delivery outside of day shift hours. Things break and need to be immediately replaced. There was a premium for his company in this delivery and they were happy to accept the order. In fact, Neris was not the only one making late shift deliveries at Nickel One or the Roch asteroids in general. Whether he was among those nefariously smuggling in weapons was to be seen.
“I can’t run like I used to!” screamed Neris, “Keep the doors open!”
Sabena rushed as fast she could to the hangar entrance controls. It was sealing itself. A group of Republic soldiers that were fighting just a moment ago made a tactical retreat away from the hangar.
Not wasting time to ask the Republic soldiers questions, Sabena ducked under the hangar’s door as it was five feet from the floor. She got to the console and gave the command to stop the hangar entrance’s sealing.
There was no response.
Then, Neris screamed out in pain. He got shot in the leg by a Mandalorian. The drones were quick to assist Neris back up - as it was natural for them to place a normal sentient’s health over their own.
“We’re almost there, Jedi!” said Neris as they were mere feet from the hangar.
There was now only three feet of space left to crawl through.
“It’s not working!” yelled Sabena with a panicked voice, “Hurry!”
Then, the drone on the left side of Neris was shot and died instantly - stopping Neris and the other drone’s progress.
Grasping for hope, Sabena turned toward the hangar door. She holstered her lightsaber and focused on the Force - the light side. She closed her eyes and stretched her hands out. She attempted to grasp the hangar door through the Force - to telekinetically halt its closure. A loud screech rang out as the hangar door struggled to budge a single inch.
Then, it hit Sabena. Elsewhere, other hangars had been sealed and their shields dropped. Countless Mandalorians and innocents were jettisoned into space. [member="Aaralyn Rekali"] was among those that perished - and Sabena could sense the life of a familiar Jedi Master fading away. Not only that, but a wave of anger washed over her as many others within Nickel One sought to bring justice and vengeance on the one that caused this.
Reflexively, Sabena curled away from the door. Her control was broken. The hangar entrance slammed shut. She got to see Neris looking through a transparisteel viewport in the center of the hangar entrance’s door. He had a despairing look.
“No,” muttered Sabena as the shield for the hangar in front of her disappeared.
In an instant, everything and everyone not tied down was jettisoned into space. All Sabena could see then was an empty hangar.
This was not the first massacre of innocents that Sabena had witnessed.
However, all she could say in response was, “Why?”
All suffering in the galaxy is born from incompetence.
Sabena turned away from the hangar entrance with a scowl. She drew a lightsaber with a metal cross guard - yet hesitated to ignite the lightsaber. She began her march - aiming to find the person responsible for this - as she walked down Nickel One's halls.
“Keep your heads low!” screamed Sabena as she batted a few blaster shots away with a lightsaber.
The Mandalorians were relentless in targeting Sabena - who clearly was a Jedi. Fortunately, she drew them like moths to a candle. Thus, the three civilians were not drawing any fire for the time being.
Two of the three bystanders following Saben were Verpine clone workers. They were essentially drones - scholars could hardly call them sentient life. Yet, there was still a self-preservation instinct in them since there was still some cost in their creation.
The third bystander was a middle-aged human male. Neris was his name. He had to make a delivery outside of day shift hours. Things break and need to be immediately replaced. There was a premium for his company in this delivery and they were happy to accept the order. In fact, Neris was not the only one making late shift deliveries at Nickel One or the Roch asteroids in general. Whether he was among those nefariously smuggling in weapons was to be seen.
“I can’t run like I used to!” screamed Neris, “Keep the doors open!”
Sabena rushed as fast she could to the hangar entrance controls. It was sealing itself. A group of Republic soldiers that were fighting just a moment ago made a tactical retreat away from the hangar.
Not wasting time to ask the Republic soldiers questions, Sabena ducked under the hangar’s door as it was five feet from the floor. She got to the console and gave the command to stop the hangar entrance’s sealing.
There was no response.
Then, Neris screamed out in pain. He got shot in the leg by a Mandalorian. The drones were quick to assist Neris back up - as it was natural for them to place a normal sentient’s health over their own.
“We’re almost there, Jedi!” said Neris as they were mere feet from the hangar.
There was now only three feet of space left to crawl through.
“It’s not working!” yelled Sabena with a panicked voice, “Hurry!”
Then, the drone on the left side of Neris was shot and died instantly - stopping Neris and the other drone’s progress.
Grasping for hope, Sabena turned toward the hangar door. She holstered her lightsaber and focused on the Force - the light side. She closed her eyes and stretched her hands out. She attempted to grasp the hangar door through the Force - to telekinetically halt its closure. A loud screech rang out as the hangar door struggled to budge a single inch.
Then, it hit Sabena. Elsewhere, other hangars had been sealed and their shields dropped. Countless Mandalorians and innocents were jettisoned into space. [member="Aaralyn Rekali"] was among those that perished - and Sabena could sense the life of a familiar Jedi Master fading away. Not only that, but a wave of anger washed over her as many others within Nickel One sought to bring justice and vengeance on the one that caused this.
Reflexively, Sabena curled away from the door. Her control was broken. The hangar entrance slammed shut. She got to see Neris looking through a transparisteel viewport in the center of the hangar entrance’s door. He had a despairing look.
“No,” muttered Sabena as the shield for the hangar in front of her disappeared.
In an instant, everything and everyone not tied down was jettisoned into space. All Sabena could see then was an empty hangar.
This was not the first massacre of innocents that Sabena had witnessed.
However, all she could say in response was, “Why?”
All suffering in the galaxy is born from incompetence.
Sabena turned away from the hangar entrance with a scowl. She drew a lightsaber with a metal cross guard - yet hesitated to ignite the lightsaber. She began her march - aiming to find the person responsible for this - as she walked down Nickel One's halls.