Equipment: Phrik Combat Droid Body,
Jet Systems,
Hypnogze System,
Vong-shaped Armor,
Chameleon Cloak,
Gauntlets of Gravitational Mastery,
Abregado Combat Shield, 2x Heavy
Magnetic Revolvers loaded with
Neuranium Pellets,
Imbued Lightsaber, Red lightsaber, blue lightsaber,
Spear of Rae,
Baton of Ember
[member="Koda Fett"], [member="Julian Valentine"], [member="Seo Linn"], [member="Tom Taff"], [member="Bishop - Solus Buruk Jag"], [member="Auri Vesta"], [member="Mereel Vaun"],
It seemed that HK did not had time to revel in his gloating and superiority over Mereel as Koda and Tom were quick to jump on the gang-up-on-HK bandwagon. It was something the machine was used to, on the account of it happening so often, in fact at one point when he came to aid the ill-fated Dominion in their struggle against rebelling Primeval faction, somehow he managed to get both sides to sign an impromptu truce and work together to try and bring him down. Mostly because the droid did not spare words of criticism aimed at both sides.
Either way, Koda was right that it was not time for such nonsense, but a different kind of nonsense altogether. Some of the combatants like Seo may have sighed in relief when HK revealed himself to be a droid, assuming that the machine could not wield the Force, but in that case he may have had a surprise in store for them.
HK glanced aside as Koda raised his free hand towards him, time slowed down in the machine's perception as his programming begun to calculate and project various trajectories and variables within his mind. Taking note of Mereel and Valentine's position HK would start to raise his hand towards Koda, in slow motion like the rest of the world from his point of view.
The machine turned his head slightly, picking up on more movement as he noticed Tom charging towards him from the other side, his own lightsaber in the young Force Adept's hand. The plates on the droid's head begun to shift once more, black flesh enveloping him again as the chitinous armored layer moved into its previous position, forming a helmet-like structure with a T-shaped visor.
HK adjusted his head to look at Koda again as he saw it leave his wrist then,
First Rocket,
The droid had his own arm pointed towards Koda, fingers pointing up, outstretched, so that his palm faced the other bounty hunter. The droid begun to turn as his programming extended out the trajectory of the first rocket out towards its destination, a spot on the ground surrounding the machine. Even HK wasn't fast enough to dodge clear out of the blast zone, but at least he could use the explosion to his own means. Meanwhile he calculated in his programming how close Tom was to reaching or striking at him, keeping him in check without looking directly at the lightsaber-wielder. There was another noise from Koda's wrist,
Second Rocket,
Couple of the droid's fingers bent down back towards his palm, hooking in closer and closer towards it before touching the gauntlet layer that covered it and then starting to relax out and point upwards again, the first sign as the machine tapped into his more arcane secrets. He considered it a bit of a waste, preferring to wait a bit longer before revealing the extension of his abilities, but considering the chaos of the situation not everyone may notice what was going to happen. Plus HK didn't actually want to kill Koda or Valentine, or anyone else. He may have not been there to help them, but he still shared their profession, at least at one point, and as far as he was concerned, the Galaxy needed people like them. After all, even if it was from time to time, bounty hunters were still meant to track down and deal with actual criminals. The droid went through with his spin, his back was now facing towards Vaun and Valentine as predicted trajectories he calculated extended out from the second rocket, emulating another blast zone, and the machine adjusted to keep in mind his own trajectory once the explosion would launch him into the air. His right hand, and the crimson-bladed lightsaber, now faced Tom, he still counted down how long it would be before the Force-wielder would be able to strike him. Another sound from Koda's wrist,
Third Rocket,
Another set of fingers would bent down towards the droid's palm of the hand aimed at Koda, tapping it before spreading out once more in second hand sigil before bending down yet again to form another hand sign. It would seem as if the machine was casting some sort of archaic spell, and that was the kind of mystique HK wanted to propagate about himself. Whether it actually caught on or not depended on case by case basis. The machine was stepping back now, covering some ground to get out of direct blast zone from the rockets that were aimed around his previous spot in direction of Mereel. Again, he wouldn't be able to escape the explosions completely, but the whole sequence showed that the machine was faster on his feet than one might suspect, an attribute given by his surprisingly light Phrik-forged body. He still counted down miliseconds before Tom was upon him, tracking the boy by the sound of his steps and lightsaber now. And then it happened,
Fourth Rocket,
Yet another rocket in the barraged shot out from Koda's wrist but suddenly, as the droid formed his final sign, it shook and violently slowed soon after it fired. It became suspended in the air for a split second, almost as if grabbed by unseen force. Almost as if someone used telekinesis on it. Almost in and instant the droid clenched his hand down into a fist and the rocket he caught remotely sparked up in brilliant light as it was at the same time crushed with terrible strength and detonated. Its explosion would catch one or two rockets that would be fired upon the droid after it too, detonating up to 3 wrist rockets pretty close in front of Koda, at least if he did not try to dodge or escape, as the previous 3 flew out towards HK. Of course it wasn't the Force that HK detonated one of the wrist rockets in, and tried to trigger further detonations in front of Koda, but his Gauntlets of Gravitational Mastery. They were highly sophisticated tech based on repulsor gauntlets that could, with the right setting placed in by sequence of various finger positions, simulate telekinesis and even crush or strangle targets.
Standing in his somewhat desired position the droid would bring his lightsaber up in a quick, calculated movement, blocking Tom's strike with his crimson energy blade, causing a spark of light as the two weapons collided, snapping his head to look down directly at Tom. The droid would push in on the boy's saber, trying to force him into a saber lock and remain in the wrestle just as Tom might have noticed those three rockets soaring in towards them from Koda's position.
"
I am here to protect him too-"
HK informed the Force adept, his words caught off as suddenly the area near him was rocked by a series of explosions, the impact of the wrist rockets, and presumably Tom would be caught in the explosions as well, unless he might risk trying to get away from the droid he attacked although with the pressure the machine placed on the boy's saber that might meant getting a lightsaber slicing at him somewhere. The droid was flung back from his spot, just as Koda predicted would happen, although through his reflexes, the machine was being thrown in Mereel's direction.
"
- you broken jalopy!"
HK finished as he flew through the air, an energy bubble was still visible around him, a sign that his Combat Shields absorbed most of the damage, although his body was still rattled as concussive forced ran through him with internal damage, outer armor taking a beating, and the flesh that covered him giving out a terrible, shrill shriek, as if the biot itself was in pain. Again, the machine may have been thrown back farther than one could expect, due to his lower weight than most droids.
As Julian charged in towards Seo to avenge one of his partners, the droid slid in somewhat close to him towards Mereel. Being thrown back HK rolled for a bit, once or twice, before catching himself as large Phrik claws shot out from his feet, digging into the metal and the droid plunged his lightsaber down into the floor to further slow himself down. He didn't had time to push himself up to stand fully, however, leaving him somewhat open when he ended up by Vaun and Willow.
HK quickly grabbed one of the hilts on his belt, a Baton of Ember, activating the shock baton he would try to deliver a nice strong smack into Willow's torso, one of her sides closer towards her back. The machine tried to do it hard enough to embed the Baton within her mechanical body, letting the continuous electrical charge run through it if he succeeded, knowing that it probably would either stun or disable her for the time being, allowing Vaun to escape if his lightsaber trick did not work.
