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Cularin Excoriate [Closed]

Allies: [member="Kana Truden"] | [member="Drapeam Nyx"] | [member="Uri Aureleos"] [member="Venris Helion"]
Enemies: On the ground: [member="Vi'kas Mirtis"]​
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Location: Jedi Enclave
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Vassara only had seconds as the bomber came in.

"Venris Run!"

Her eyes darted up and she ran. full force and drawing upon the force itself she propelled her legs as fast as they would go. Only twenty meters away the temples roof exploded in crimson ball. The explosives ripped the ceiling asunder and the overpressure of the blast hit her in the back, flinging her another twenty meters. She felt dirt, grit and searing heat.

She lay face down, face in the musty leaves of the forest the acrid smoke of the blast infiltrating her nostrils. Vassara raised her head, pain lancing through her body. Blood tricked down her face, into her eyes and she noted the chunks of man sized debris that had barely missed crushing her. Overhead the shrieks of the bombers coming in for another pass echoed in the sky.

She quickly found Venris and pushed off the ground, disregarding her pain. The force began to roar through her like an open current running along a conduit. She grabbed her partner, wrenching him and ran some more, putting distance between the second bast and herself. She was lukcy this time.

But she was out of breath, and the taint of the darkside was beginning to manifest itself.

As she whirled in place, viewing the Temple her eyes were wide. A piercing blue gaze beheld the destruction of aeons of knowledge that could have been passed down to future Jedi. She cared nothing for orders, or the Jedi Order as a whole. But knowledge was sacred to her and must be prtected at any cost.

"Rally yourself Venris, we have to go back. We need as many Datacrons from the archive as possible."

She closed her eyes, reaching out into the force. The swell of the dark tide was overtaking the light. The Jedi from the order could be felt somewhere nearby. But there was someone else too. Some one dark but not quite.

Dark Jedi.....

She did not hesitate, running back to the burning temple, pistol still in an iron grip...
 
[member="Vassara Raxis"]

Venris had been only vaguely aware of the carnage that had descended on the temple when the missiles struck. After that it was just a mess of images and sensations, blindly running and being thrown through the air by explosions, being pummeled by debris and somehow coming out of it in one piece. He felt Vassara pulling him away and managed to get his own feet under him and take off running in time to avoid being crushed by a rain of rubble.

"They're close," He said, also detecting the presence of the Dark Jedi. "Let's find what we need and get out of here, fast!"

Venris drew his lightsaber, but had the sense to not turn it on yet, as it would only give away their position. He held it tightly in one hand as he dashed back towards the temple alongside Vassara, using the Force to shift shattered pillars and fallen walls out of their path and clearing a way inside.

"I'm not familiar with this place," Venris muttered, covering his face against some smoke that drifted through the wrecked interior. "But the obvious place to look would be the Archives. Should we enter the Battlemind for this or is that still stuck in the test stage?"
 
Allies: [member="Kana Truden"] | [member="Drapeam Nyx"] | [member="Uri Aureleos"] [member="Venris Helion"]​
Enemies: On the ground: @Vi'kas Mirtis​
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Location: Jedi Enclave
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Vassara managed to clear the steps in two small leaps and found herself in the main atrium of the temple. All was forgotten but her task and Venris in her ear. She shook her head, eyes piercing the hazy fog and trying to squint through the fire.

"No hold off. While I'm confident we can achieve it between just us, best not to show our hands and exert ourselves so easily. If they drop another bomb we may have to, if but to hold it off. Reach out with your senses, be our warning system. I'll attune mine here and now in the temple, to detect for any enemies."

Vassra moved quickly through the halls, her spacers boots striking the stones with quick slaps. The force was roaring through her body, expanding her senses. She felt everything much more acutely. Even the burning rubble was a thousand times hotter in her mind. In the back of her focus she tethered herself ever so lightly to Venris' force signature, should the need arise to quickly merge their powers.

"If I remember right the Archives in every major Jedi installation are this way!"

They were traversing dark shadowy halls now, moving towards the Jedi library. Her intense focus on the mission drowned out everything else. The datacrons must be preserved, the Sith must be stopped from whatever it was they sought here as well....
 

Vrag

The Second Seal, broken.
Objective: Purge Cularin
Location: Gadrin
Allies: [member="Darth Vornskr"] | [member="Darth Veles"] | [member="Darth Helios"] | [member="Darth Carach"]
Enemies: [member="Kana Truden"] | [member="Drapeam Nyx"] (Keep dreaming, sweetcheeks ;)) | [member="Corvus Raaf"] | [member="Vassara Raxis"] | [member="Venris Helion"]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV282u9gD8M​
The echo of a thousand boots hitting the metal in unison was like the sweetest melody to her ears; a familiar song, dear to her heart — whatever was left of it, anyway — and certainly one she knew well. With a soft hum that she may or may not have picked up from [member="Darth Carach"], Vrag joined her troops on one of the dropships, easily disappearing among the horde of black forms. She could go on fantasizing about how stylish they'd all look when they poured out of the vessel, a plague to consume the world of Cularin; a hammer that would leave nothing but ruin and blood in its wake; a scalpel to carve right to the core and pierce its beating heart.

Well. It seems she did fall into the trap of megalomaniac fantasies after all; still, nothing better to spice up a rather boring journey to the ground. After all the battle she had done in the last month, the woman could hardly be bothered by another planetary deployment, especially when she knew that the resistance would be laughably pitiful. So instead of spending the trip picking her teeth and listening to the soldiers brag about their fictitious lays, the Knight opted to dream about what the near future would bring.

And then they were there, all the scream and fire of reentry, and she was jarred back to reality with a wild smile on her face. The smell of adrenaline and fear was like a drug, and the woman breathed deeply of it as they came roaring down towards the city below. Her whole body was like a single taut string, thrumming with bloodlust and the thrill of death.

She would spare them the words, for there was nothing to say. Most of them knew her well by now, having fought countless times beside her as planet after planet was brought to heel in the unending conquest of the Sith. All of this, the fires, the annihilation, the destruction; after a fashion, it was just the extension of what she'd been doing for a long time now, and Vrag came in with a feral glint in her eye, dead-set on showing them just who they were dealing with. The only mercy she would show today was the mercy of a quick death.

The dropship slowed down as they neared their intended target, and the firrerreo lifted her gaze to see the skies filled with hundreds just like it, black beasts with whole battalions of murderous intent ready to be spilled over the streets of Gadrin. All it took was a single armored Knight among a thousand armored troops to catch an opponent unawares, however, and Vrag was wholly banking on that as they made their unceremonious touchdown.

Right on top of the temple, baby. Let no one ever say that the Sith can't make a dramatic entrance.
 
[member="Vassara Raxis"]

Venris remained one step behind Vassara, focusing his senses mainly on what was going on outside the temple rather than what went on within as she was. He could see the forms of ships descending through the atmosphere, hear the march of countless troopers preparing for battle...it was a bloody invasion force.

"We'll need to plan our escape a little more carefully," He informed Vassara. "This is more than just a raid, Vas...they have an army prepared to converge right on this temple and any chance of us getting out with those datacrons is going to be gone very soon." He shared Vassara's values in this situation, prioritizing retrieving the knowledge of many lost Jedi throughout countless generations over fighting a losing battle. But if they wanted to retrieve the datacrons or even get out alive they needed to be quick and efficient.

Now that he knew how hopeless the situation beyond the temple perimeter was, Venris focused solely on helping Vassara to scan the inside as they neared the archives. He thrust both hands upwards just as part of the ceiling began to cave in from the damage sustained during the bombardment earlier. Venris held the section up long enough for him and Vassara to get past it, and then tore down the entire section to block the corridor behind them and buy some time once the Sith began to storm in.

Once they reached the library itself Venris pushed out with the Force and willed the doors to open before they were even within ten feet of the entrance.
 
OBJECTIVE: Defend Cularin
SUB-OBJECTIVE: Get to the Other Roof, Punch a Schutta
ALLIES: Republic: [member="Corvus Raaf"], [member="Kana Truden"], [member="Venris Helion"], [member="Vassara Raxis"]
ENEMIES: One Sith: [member="Vi'kas Mirtis"], [member="Darth Vornskr"], [member="Darth Carach"], [member="Darth Veles"], [member=Vrag] (No kisses for you), [member="Darth Helios"]
And her suspicions were confirmed, quite harshly, when the first of the bombers appeared in the distance. It started out as a little speck. Something even her elf Zorren eyes had trouble picking up. But her scope was enough to let her see just what was approaching. Death. Without wasting a second she jumped down from her perch, ran up to Faal'en, and proceeded to take him communication device from him. At first he protested. After he saw the ships... the man started gathering his equipment. Together they started running, Nyx yelling into the comm as she did. Anyone with a walkie or communicator on them or near them would hear her warning. It would be enough to at least get away from the brunt of the attack. Or so she hoped...

"Bombers incoming! I repeat- bombers incoming!"

By the time the first ship was in range both Nyx and Faal'en had gotten to cover. Hopefully their warning had been enough to get some of the other soldiers out of harm's way. Per the woman's order they stayed for at least a minute after the second impact. Once they were certain that no more waves were coming they slowly made their way out. Somehow the enclave was still in decent enough shape. Had it been designed to withstand attacks?... Probably, after what had happened to several renditions of the Danoonine academy... and the temples on Coruscant... plus what occurred on Ossus... four times. Constructing something like without expecting it to get blown up was very, very silly. Jedi were not known for being silly. For the most part...

"Do you think there are more coming?" The Firrereo asked, sounded quite nervous.
"Seeing as there are dropships heading our way... yeah. Yeah there are."

The man gulped. Hard. Meanwhile Nyx was pulling out one of her lightsabers (the red one, considering her current mood was not very good), the other hand holding tight onto a B-103 blaster pistol. Hell was about to rain down upon the Sith like the bombs that had been brought down on her. With a scowl she activated the blade, relishing the now-familiar snap-hiss, before heading towards the intact portion of the nearest building. It looked like that was where the dropship was headed. She'd be the first to greet the sorry bastards. And her first words would come flying out in the shape of blaster bolts slung at the skulls of whoever came first. For now she climbed slowly, maneuvering around rubble, finding her way to the edge of the rooftop where she could hide for a few moments. Faal'en was trying to regroup with the other soldiers. She paid him no attention.
There were frak-boys to kill.
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EQUIPMENT: Sniper rifle, lightsabers, ECHO Bactarma Armor, fighting knife, blaster. {Link in signature}
INJURIES: Bruise forming on right leg. {Sith Poison in veins; Passive affect}
 
Allies: [member="Kana Truden"] | [member="Drapeam Nyx"] | [member="Uri Aureleos"] [member="Venris Helion"]​
Enemies: On the ground: @Vi'kas Mirtis [member="Vrag"]​
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Venris was right, this was a battle they could not win. As much as Vassara loved a good fight, she also was not quite suicidal, despite what her crew might think. As the doors to the Archives swung open she stepped through and scanned the room with frosty eyes. In the distance she heard a thump and felt a massive wave of darkness crash over her.

"The Sith are groundside."

The walls had been blown out, only one remained. The rubble was everywhere and bookshelves containing datacrons had been smashed and scattered. Vassara felt grief wrack her emotions as she saw some had been crushed. Already the Sith were ripping apart the very fabric of the Jedi.

She knelt down brushing dust from one datacron, feeling its buzzing pulse in her palm. Some where still alive. With the force she reached out, trying to sense each one. This would be a race to the finish, and she did not intend to loose. The current of the force carried the odd spacer woman as she leaped over rocks and fallen shelves, collecting up fallen datacrons.

Some came free at a nudge, others she dug out with her knife. Each Datacron was stashed in a satchel on her belt. She looked at Venris just as the sound of thundering engines was drowned out by the roaring trample of thousands of beings walking. The Sith were advancing or landing ground forces somewhere. Their time was running short.

"Gather as many as you can, I have a plan for escape, but hurry!"

She continued to dash through rubble, as of yet unobstructed...

Accquired 5x Datacrons per post, without resistance

Total for Vassara- 5
 
[member="Vassara Raxis"]

Venris had to repeat the code of the Je'daii in his head to help calm himself as he saw the state that the library was in. So much knowledge, so many memories, experiences....all lost because of a bunch of trigger happy Sith. He stowed his lightsaber back into his belt and began to nimbly scramble over shattered areas of the main floor, ducking under arches formed by toppling book cases and scaling pillars to the upper floor of the library. Where he went he collected datacrons, the few left undamaged by the clumsy assault.

"Just let me know how much time we have before we execute this little escape plan!" He called out to Vassara while leaping up to the top row of a shelf and snatched a single intact datacron from among a pile of shards. For all he knew these could have been the sacred teachings of masters from thousands of years ago, or the reminiscing of some old coot telling his life's story; it didn't matter, each was precious in its own way and each found its way into a satchel Venris hid beneath his coat.

Total collected Datacrons for Venris: 5
 
Location: Inside the Enclave
Allies: [member="Kana Truden"] | [member="Drapeam Nyx"] | [member="Uri Aureleos"]
Prisoners: [member="Vassara Raxis"] | [member="Venris Helion"]

Before the pair reacted to the Jedi’s presence, one of them calmly admitted "I have a feeling that we are not the only ones who have set eyes on what is concealed here." And his thought was to immediately draw a weapon. Corvus tutted audibly.

As Corvus watched, the other visitor whirled to face her. "We are fellow lightsiders, here in search of knowledge."

Corvus shook her head slowly. “To quote the great man, many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view. Fellow Light-siders do not pillage. Fellow Light-siders do not have the stain of unwarranted deaths on their auras. This is a Jedi Order Enclave and you are not only trespassing but also looking to steal. It’s not an auspicious start is it?” Her arms were folded and as she finished speaking, her right hand moved up and she rubbed her chin between thumb and forefinger.

And then the pair ran off. Corvus shook her head. “What does the Code tell us?” she said to nobody in particular. “Conquer recklessness. Learn to recognise when speed is important. They lack…self-restraint. Never a positive when masquerading as a Jedi.”

And then she sighed as she felt the Dark-sided presence. Wanton destruction would soon follow – it was the Sith way. Obliterate and pretend you are the good guys. And they still believed people actually bought that! And no sooner had the pair ran off than Corvus was aware they had returned and were heading for the Archives. “We have some thieves to arrest,” she said and swiftly moved to meet them there.

Seeing the two stuffing their bags with the Jedi Order’s property, Corvus ignored the sound overhead of the building being literally blown up and focused on the miscreants at hand. “First fact - those are datacrons, not holocrons. They won't possess knowledge of Force abilities, rather they are atlases or encyclopaedias or history books. The second fact is, and I haven’t had to say this in a while, but I’m afraid to say you’re under arrest. Surrender your weapons and come quietly. Thank you.”
 
Allies: [member="Venris Helion"]​
Enemies: On the ground: @Vi'kas Mirtis [member="Vrag"]​
??: [member="Kana Truden"] | [member="Drapeam Nyx"] | [member="Uri Aureleos"] [member="Corvus Raaf"]​
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Vassara raised an eyebrow at the woman as she suddenly emerged from the shadows of the destroyed archives. She had her Jedi with her in tow. They were good little puppets, slaves to the order. That's why she had never gone, she hated rules.

"Well then, you must understand my intentions were good. I arrived here seeking knowledge and now your enclave has come under attack by unknown forces. I would suspect Sith."

Vassara paused, removing her satchel of datacrons and tossing the satchel toward the Jedi. Her eyes ran wild with adrenaline and she tensed, giving Venris a silent nod. He knew what to do. As she stared down the Jedi her force sense expanded and the tether between her and Venris grew in strength. Vassara reached out latching onto the other Rogue, and opening the bridge between their beings, allowing him to link in if he chose to.

"With that in mind I intended to try and save your property and return it to you. Unfortunately you decided that in the midst of this you'd try and arrest me!"

Vassara laughed, her hands remaining nuetral.

"I'm afraid I'll never be taken prisoner. Least of all by a snotty band of Jedi, whom cling to useless dogmas and codes."

Her fingers twitched and she stared down Corvus and her group. The Glare Ice crystal in her hidden pocket began to vibrate as the pontite recieved her growing irritation and began a feedback loop, cooling her temper. She would not strike a blow, unless they moved against her and Venris with force.
 

Vrag

The Second Seal, broken.
Objective: Purge Cularin
Location: Gadrin
Allies: [member="Darth Vornskr"] | [member="Darth Veles"] | [member="Darth Helios"] | [member="Darth Carach"] | [member="Vi'kas Mirtis"]
Enemies: [member="Kana Truden"] | [member="Drapeam Nyx"] (Engaging) | [member="Corvus Raaf"] | [member="Vassara Raxis"] | [member="Venris Helion"]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmU5RwuB-bw​
The doors inched open, and out flew the cooked grenades, arcing through the air before they exploded into shrapnel and smoke. Into that chaos, the troops followed, pressing their advantage without discrimination or mercy. Every last one of them was equipped with IR filters in their helmets, and their coordinated fire struck true as they aimed for the panicking heat signatures in the mist. The red streaks of blaster fire soon betrayed their position, and the enemy was bound to regroup and shoot back, but by then the Knight w already far enough to avoid the brunt of their attack.

While her armored soldiers served as a lethal distraction to draw the focus of whatever measly force the Enclave had managed to muster in the face of their assault, the woman herself circled around the defenders with the intent to cut into them from the flank or, even better, from behind. She ignored the screams coming from her right and instead moved quickly across the destroyed roof, using the blasted metal and permacrete for cover.

"When you're done with them, move towards the ground," she hissed into her comlink as she pressed herself flush against a massive piece of rubble. "Coordinate with our people blocking the exits and clear this place floor by floor." She waited for a few heartbeats until the coast was clear and rushed out towards a sheet of torn and twisted alloy that had once served as decoration for the structure below.

"Kill on sight," she ground out her last order, convinced that the disciplined and hardened troops would make short work the defenders and move to execute her commands. Vrag licked her lips as an enemy squadron trekked past her, flamethrower and unignited lightsaber both in hand. Her breath was baited, but deep, and the woman counted time by the seconds, her perception dilated by adrenaline and Force.

A flash of red in the corner of her eye; the Knight turned her head to see an unfamiliar figure wielding a familiar color. Her nostrils flared at the smell of anger and hate, resonating within her even as she squeezed the trigger of her loyal tool, unleashing a white-hot blaze towards the fool who thought their transgression would go unpunished.

Oh, how wrong they were.
 
[member="Vassara Raxis"] [member="Corvus Raaf"]

Venris groaned in irritation. "Ladies, your both beautiful, but I think that we have more than enough enemies here already." He stopped in front of Corvus. "We know these aren't Holocrons because we aren't seeking to steal power, we are seeking to preserve the history stored here. The Sith will burn and crush anything they don't find useful and take anything that interests them. There are very few left in here and each one is precious in its own way." He held up his bag of datacrons for her to see before setting it down next to Vassara's. "We aren't thieves looking to make a profit. In fact before this whole invasion occurred we had meant to peacefully meet you. Now, you can either try to arrest us with the Sith beating at your door or you can focus on the big picture like a Jedi is supposed to-and don't tell me that I don't know what it means to be a Jedi because I was one."

He looked over his shoulder towards Vassara while getting out his lightsaber but making no move to ignite it yet. Venris also made sure to project a sense of non-aggression for the Jedi to detect so that she might not mistake anything he did for a threat. "We know what's at stake here, Vas...we can't get caught up fighting the Jedi and the Sith at once. Either we help or we leave...I'll follow you on either course, but we might be able to do something here to help."
 
[member="Corvus Raaf"] [member="Vassara Raxis"] [member="Venris Helion"] [member="Vrag"] [member="Drapeam Nyx"]

Vi'kas watched as the drop ship landed on the roof, imperial troops pouring out. He used his cybernetic eyes to zoom in on the Sith Knight that had just emerged from said ship, [member="Vrag"] . Reinforcements had arrived. Well, that should take care of the sniper, he thought. Now was the time for action, and not hiding. He houted, and his elite platoon rushed over to him, awaiting orders.

"We are going into the temple to destroy everything. I mean everything. The only exception will be a holocron I will retrieve for myself, and I expect nobody to hear of this. Hoo-rah?"

"Hoo-rah!"

"Then let us begin our crusades."

He led his men across the small plain landscape up to the temple. When they reached the door, he blasted it open with the force. His adrenaline was pumping, and collateral damage was encouraged. These two elements often mixed together to create one thing: wanton destruction. He used the force to guide him to the archives. He waited a few feet outside the room, and used hand signals to position his men. They were to move out in their individual squads, each of which was equipped with a rocket launcher, a flamethrower, and a host of other supplies. They would not make themselves known, but sneak into hidden vantage points throughout the room while he distracted the enemy. He grinned. If the Jedi were expecting an easy fight, they were going to be disappointed. These men were hand-picked, trained as the best of the best. If the Jedi were used to pushover grunts, they would get a rather deadly surprise. With that thought, he entered the room, making no move to attack.
 
OBJECTIVE: Defend Cularin
SUB-OBJECTIVE: PUNCH DA SCHUTTA, Do Not Fall For Womanly Wiles MAKE AGGRESSIVE EDITS BECAUSE. EDIT: MORE EDITS
ALLIES: Republic: [member="Corvus Raaf"], [member="Kana Truden"], [member="Venris Helion"], [member="Vassara Raxis"]
ENEMIES: One Sith: [member="Vrag"] (I Am Going to Punch You And You Will Not Get In These Metal Pants If I let you get in these metal pants will you forgive me?)
When approaching a Zorren, be aware of the order in which things will happen: You will head towards them. They will smell you. You'll get closer. Then they'll hear you. At some point you will see them or they will see you. But they will always know you are there before you know they are. Unless you to possess advanced canine-esque senses. Or have fancy technology that exceeds the skill of even the best of organics. Unfortunately for our 'young' (40 was young for one of her kind) lass... it appeared her assailant was quite fond of unnecessary robotics, machines, and electronic devices. How else would they have spotted her so quickly?... Ah, the force, perhaps. Maybe it was simply a horrid mix of everything. How terrible that would be... Nyx quietly radioed one last notification as the footsteps came closer and closer, mixed with the stench of heavy metals.

"The Sith have come. Cularin is falling." Hopefully the other Jedi, such as Corvus and Truden, would get the message. Otherwise... She tried not to think about what might happen to her not-family.

Once upon a time she had timed the arrival of her doctor, Stone, perfectly. Just as the door had slid open she had finished her change of accent- and speech- leaving it at a false note so that only Master Raaf knew of (some of) her secrets. Being a sniper for 20+ years generally aided in your perception of the passing of seconds as well. You learned to time yourself excellently. All you needed was a splinter of information. Steps per second? Estimated distance? Estimate of stride length?... Ah, this sounds complicated, yes? One doesn't need to make the actual calculations after a while. There are skills you get close to perfecting. More importantly... hunters have intuition. Zorrens are hunters. Beasts, depending on who you ask. Drapeam Nyx was a monster of a woman, unfit for the title of 'Jedi', but she held the name anyway.

Her name by itself usually inspired either fear or disgust when spoken to those with a decent knowledge of Republic and Imperial history. Most of the Nyxai (her family) had held lofty positions within the Empire. Up until the height of the Gulag Plague they were renowned as powerful warriors, genius diplomats, and skilled force users. Most knew of her grandfather, Drosk Ssolas Nyx, who had once been a mighty general. He lead quite a few successful campaigns against multiple governments. By the time he had died, the man had earned dozens of titles, and 'ruled' seventeen planets. Each world passed on to one of his relatives upon his death. Or they would have, if he hadn't died to disease. After his fall... it seemed like no one could return the clan to it's former glory. Tywin, Drapeam's father, had done his 'best'. In the end he had only managed to ruin everything, cause the demise of half of his remaining siblings, and ensure that his daughter never worked with the Empire again.

The Nyxai had done great things... and they had made horrid failures.

In the last split second she had, the woman leapt to her feet, coming out from behind a piece of rubble. Tense as she was she spun into a dive, rolling past the stone, vaguely aware of flame licking at her armor. Chite! Vague was, in fact, the completely wrong word for this. Even with the force there to calm her nerves she could feel the heat getting to her. Sweat was already falling down her dusty forehead. This was bad. Nyx finished her roll (still facing away from her unknown attacker) and immediately repeated the action, this time moving to the right. Fire seemed to follow her as she found cover behind an old fan unit, along with the continuation of the earlier stone block. The liquid pain splashed around the corner, finding the back of her neck with ease. A deep growl left her throat. Focus! She thought, trying to move past the searing pain. If only her damned armor had come with a helm... At least one of the layers was made of therma gel. That would prevent a good portion of the heat from getting to the rest of her body. After all it was originally used to assist in reentry.

Her thoughts were cut short by a burning sensation.

The flamethrower had moved against both stone, metal, and fan. It heated the surface up rather quickly. Nyx found the back of her hair signed... along with her scalp feeling very, very hot. Oh dear. If I could just... she thought, scowling. Still moving alongside the makeshift wall. Doing so without touching said wall was difficult. There had to be something else she could do... Hm. With a very un-Jedi like spurge of anger she reached out with the force, trying to get a grasp on the woman's general location. Despite trying to be a lightsider... she let the pain fuel her efforts. Old habits die hard. Once she had an idea of where the Sith was she quickly swung her left arm up (praying that her armor would withstand the worst of whatever came next) over the blocky system. Without wasting a moment she returned fire, shooting at the Sith (lady) with her own gun. It wasn't the most effective option. But there were to many people up here. What else could she do? Maybe... ah! Yes! That would work! Still moving along the edge of the roof she lifted her right hand, aiming a (hopefully) hard force push at the armored foe... Maybe that could buy her some time. If not she could always jump off the roof. Right?...
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EQUIPMENT: Sniper rifle, lightsabers, ECHO Bactarma Armor, fighting knife, blaster. {Link in signature}
INJURIES: Bruise forming on right leg, scratch on cheek, burns on back of neck. {Sith Poison in veins; Passive affect}
Edits made due to minor misunderstanding. MORE EDITS MADE DUE TO EVEN MORE MISUNDERSTANDINGS, GOSH DARN IT.
 
Location: Inside the Enclave
Allies: [member="Kana Truden"] | [member="Drapeam Nyx"]
Prisoners: [member="Vassara Raxis"] | [member="Venris Helion"]

Corvus noted the raised eyebrow. “I’m afraid to say,” she said to the woman, “That I detect quite the opposite. If you seek knowledge, there are Jedi Academies dotted around the galaxy. This is an Enclave, it’s benefit to our other unwanted visitors is purely symbolic. They wish to destroy. If we can resist them we will, but this place is just concrete and durasteel. This data readily available. Anything interesting is encrypted – that’s how datacrons work. So stealing them would be pointless. And yes, I maintain my view that you were taking that which does not belong to you. Call it looting, if the term fits you better. And be aware your actions are monitored. Access to Jedi Academies is not a given right.”

“And let’s get our priorities in order here. We serve the Republic and are custodians of peace and justice. In the eyes of the law, you are as guilty as our Dark-sided friends out there.”

Corvus easily sensed them drawing the Force and the connection it made between them. “And antagonising me to arrest you is a fool’s request. You say you came to help, all I see is you came to help yourself to our property. You talk of being like us yet, you despise the Code. You sound like the Sith to me.”

And then she turned her attention to the Padawan, shaking her head at his attempted flattery. “You are missing the point. There is no we. And that Ability you are now clinging to will lead you to the Dark-side. You have been led astray if you believe you can resist it. The Force is so big…” She was going into lecture mode now and moved her hands out as if to show a very large box. “Of course it’s bigger than that, but it’s an analogy. And your capacity to draw on it is so big.” This time she tapped the side of her head. “This ability you have started was only used by Jedi Masters and Sith Lords for a good reason. As you grow in your use of the Force, you access to any given amount increases and the amount you can draw in a time period increases too. The fact you have used this ability already suggests you have not been well informed – unless of course you were thinking of using it against us?”

“And as I said before, none of these datacrons are precious and I never accused you of looking to make a profit – simply of taking things that don’t belong to you. The concept is simple enough. And you have shared with me the most important piece of evidence against yourself. You used to be a Jedi. So I guess I can understand your misconception. There is nothing in the Code about the Sith, nothing at all. Nor about seeking out those that use the Dark-side. Only about honouring the law. How is you stealing any different from the Sith burning? Explain this to me. Because from where I’m standing, you’re in no position to help – you would disgrace us if you fought alongside us. Remember the Code, honour the Jedi Order. It would shame me if anyone thought you were representative of our Order.”

She remained calm and collected, her voice cool and level, seemingly oblivious to the destruction going on outside. The Sith weren’t going anywhere, they’d still be there in another couple of minutes.



(ooc – just to reiterate, this is an Enclave, not an Academy and would only contain generic datacrons. Holocrons are held in a secure location (not at any Academy) and are accessed via a ‘library card’ system. In addition, Jedi holocrons are protected by their gatekeepers, who decide if the would be accessor was worthy to receive knowledge – unlike Sith holocrons that would attempt to corrupt Light-sided individuals and would not limit their teaching)
 
Location: In front of the Enclave
Objective: Get in
Allies: [member="Darth Vornskr"], [member="Vrag"], [member="Darth Helios"], [member="Darth Carach"], @Vi'kas Mirtis
Enemies: [member="Corvus Raaf"] [member="Drapeam Nyx"] [member="Venris Helion"] [member="Vassara Raxis"] [member="Kana Truden"]

The speech seemingly had little effect, no loud cheering and no rounds of applause came when the Sith Lord finished, though the boost in confidence within the men and women dressed in armour could be felt through the Force. They knew there was no room for failure, especially with a Sith in their midst. No room for cowardice or mercy. No weakness. To fail meant to be executed by the Sith – they obviously had no idea Avreet stood against killing subordinates – and it presented an opportunity to prove themselves, increase their value in the eyes of the Mon Calamari Sith Lord and possibly get promoted. It was amazing how the Sith Lord’s mere presence motivated them with both fear and drive to prove themselves, their thirst for battle growing ever stronger. They’d have their revenge, carrying it out on civilians. Easy targets. Local police forces. Easy as well. Republic-aligned forces caught with their pants down? Even better! Jedi? That’s why the Sith Lord was there. This would be a one-sided slaughter and even though Avreet personally held strong distaste for this kind of thing, he could not deny the men and women in the dropship deserved to finally punch the Republic and their Jedi slaves in the gut and shed as much blood as they wanted.

The bloodlust in the air was intoxicating, so Avreet moved past the soldiers’s towards the pilot’s cabin. Lush sea of green jungles kept running in front of the window, their destination in form of the city getting bigger as they approached closer. The Sith Lord’s large eyes observed the delicate work of the pilot’s hands for a minute, admiring the skill of the man flying the dropship before his attention shifted towards the goal at hand. They Sith forces had to surround the city, let nothing in or out except for their own. It was also vital to destroy several key targets, mainly the spaceports to take away their ability to evacuate efficiently, although the Sith Lord had no doubt this has been addressed; the starfighters would turn the skies of Gadrin into a no-flight zone, everything in the air shot down. Even if someone managed to get in the orbit, more starfighters awaited there, their pilots more than ready to hunt down the prey.

“Drop the soldiers on the intended location,” the Sith Lord informed the pilot, “Then take me to the northeast corner of the city.” The location of the Jedi Enclave, their small outpost on this planet, the one thing that had to be completely wiped out as if it never existed. The pilot obeyed and soon the ship passed the first houses and skyscrapers as they entered the city. Smoke could be seen rising from several locations as the bombers have already dropped their load on the intended targets. The Force screamed of death and destruction, but this was just the beginning. Avreet took it in, the Dark Side within his body growing stronger and giving the Mon Cal raw power as the Sith Lord feasted. A pity none of the soldiers could use the Force in the same fashion, to feed on raw emotions in the Force and death to grow stronger.

Soon, the ship lost its altitude as it descended, all soldiers rushing out as soon as possible to join their comrades in battle and lay waste to any and all who stood in their way. Avreet had a mission of his own, to hit the Jedi Enclave and slay its defenders, burn or steal the knowledge these ancient walls contained before levelling the entire place. The dropship was on its way again, flying towards the satellite facility of the Jedi. Even from the distance, Avreet’s cybernetic eye noted the building’s been damaged by bombing, but that did not stop its defenders from desperately trying to deal with the invading forces. All resistance was futile though. Nothing shall stand in the way of the Sith might! Nor the hypocritical fools, neither their fanatical followers! Avreet allowed the Dark Side to fuel him as the ship landed once again and he’s been unleashed into the battle.

The curved hilt of his lightsaber found its way into the amphibian’s left hand, waiting to be ignited, even when two men in pressed white uniforms indicating they belonged to the Office of Peace and Security stepped into his way to apprehend him. Caving one’s skull in with a punch of his cybernetic hand and snapping the other’s neck in quick succession, his moves a blur due to the cybernetic enhancements that made his body perfect, Avreet left the two there. Any who tried to take a shot at him soon embraced the Void and he was on his way towards the Enclave, undisturbed, his way marked by a trail of corpses.
 

Vrag

The Second Seal, broken.
Objective: Purge Cularin
Location: Gadrin; On the roof of the Jedi Enclave
Allies: [member="Darth Vornskr"] | [member="Darth Veles"] | [member="Darth Helios"] | [member="Darth Carach"] | [member="Vi'kas Mirtis"]
Enemies: [member="Kana Truden"] | [member="Drapeam Nyx"] (Engaging) | [member="Corvus Raaf"] | [member="Vassara Raxis"] | [member="Venris Helion"]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZOBRbVCJL4
Her lips were pulled into something that wasn't quite a smile, and not quite a grimace either; an eerie spawn of both, a rictus of war that so often marred her features these days it was a wonder that it hadn't made its permanent home there. Whatever expression was or wasn't on her face, however, was a rather moot point anyway, since the blackened visor did an excellent job of obscuring that. Unlike her opponent, Vrag was lucid and experienced enough to bring head protection to a battle where explosions, fire, and Force knows what else was bound to be used and abused to show the military might of the Sith. Most of them — the armored Knight included — were more than slightly enamored with things that go boom, and as such brought them to battle with the sort of giddiness one would sooner expect of a schoolgirl.

That mildly disturbing parallel aside, the woman truly had come prepared, but there were far more pressing concerns to focus on; like, say, the remarkably agile redhead that dodged the fiery death in favor of hiding behind a scorched box of metal that had once served as some sort of ventilation. Probably. Who cares, really? Point was, in the next second a rather offending limb peeked over the edge of the structure to shoot at her, and as you can imagine, Vrag was none too pleased at that.

Granted, the haphazard spray of bolts missed on most accounts, but the enemy was apparently a better shot than your average soldier, and a few of the red streaks found their way to the intended target. Seeing as the intended target was wearing plate armor, the said shots didn't really deal damage as much as they interrupted her workflow, and the lick of searing fire against the rubble ceased. The Knight hissed, irritated, but despite the temperatures around her, the woman still had quite a ways to go until she got properly enraged. Judging by the waves of darkness pulsing from the redhead's direction, however, the situation was mirrored on her opponent's side, and the very thought turned that ambiguous leer into a full-blown grin.

And then she got smacked with a Force push, so, you know, that didn't last very long. The woman was still impaired by lack of visual contact, so that was a plus, at least; instead of getting slammed into the chest, the attack hit her left shoulder instead, robbing her of her balance for a few moments. The woman took a step back to regain what had been lost for but a few seconds, but her aim with the flamethrower had been lost. Oh, well.

Adapt! she snapped at herself, squeezing the trigger of the weapon again; this time, however, she only wanted to provide cover fire as she reached to her belt, unclipping a smoke bomb. With her body angled towards the redhead with the left side forward, the firrerreo was confident that her motion would go unnoticed, especially considering the blazing flames and rubble lying between them. Her practiced fingers cradled the grenade just long enough, and then the Sith chucked the cooked bomb at the hiding Jedi, extinguishing the stream of napalm from her flamethrower the second it left her hand. It was highly unlikely that her adversary would even notice the grenade until it was too late, much less be able to counter it, and Vrag was ready to switch on her IR filter and launch herself at the redhead at Force speeds.

If nothing else, the attack would knock the Jedi over and land them both in the detritus littering the roof, but Vrag was honestly hoping to do a bit of cutting with her lightsaber as she got up close. The poor baby had gone unused for too long, and now that the Force had recovered from its brief bender during the Rapture, the Knight was more than eager to play with Makashi once more.
 
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z28lwyQjuTY[/youtube]​

Landing in the streets of Gadrin
The assault was quick and hard hitting, bombers screaming across the skies of Cularin as they delivered their deadly payloads on top of designated Republic and Jedi targets, including the Jedi Enclave itself. Despite the bombing runs, many of the buildings still stood, because if Vornskr wanted to level everything he would've just bombarded the entire site from orbit with his warships, but instead he opted for the more difficult path of deploying his soldiers in the city itself to engage the Republic and Jedi forces present. Maybe he hungered for battle after a reprieve in the dedicated fighting between the Empire and the Republic, and he would not sit back and watch the battle go on bereft of his presence. That is why he was coming down from his flagship aboard a bulky Sigma-class transport to fight alongside his soldiers and fellow Sith, the transport filled with the black-armored Blackblade Guard, the deadliest butchers the Sith Empire had to offer, who had seen combat at Junction, Concord Dawn, Ossus, Dac, Coruscant, Alderaan, Empress Teta, Manaan, and the most recent battle at Kashyyyk.

Luckily for the Sith, they caught the Republic with their pants down, and many of the transports were relatively unmolested as they made their way down into the city. The transport carrying the Sith Lord and his Blackblades was struck by a wayward rocket from a hand-held launcher somewhere down the city, but it managed to readjust itself before crashing down into the combat zone, breaking architecture and crushing flat soldiers and civilians alike before coming to a halt. The cargo bay doors burst open with a thunderous roar, and a steady stream of Blackblades erupted from the hold, blasters blazing and a war cry erupting from their lips, amplified by the vox units on their full-faced helmets. Then came Darth Vornskr, his skin glistening with oil from his pre-battle ritual, and his body wrapped in black armorplast plating and flowing zeyd-cloth robes. His lightsaber ignited in an instant as he flung himself forward into the fray, and with a single swipe of his weapon he cut down whatever soldiers were in the vicinity. The Dark Side rushed through his being like a river, and he drank from it's dark depths greedily, letting his anger and hate fuel himself as he pushed himself towards the Jedi Enclave in the distance.

None would deny him his slaughter.

-Gamemasters-
Myself (Sith)
[member="Corvus Raaf"] (Jedi)

-Sith Participants-
[member="Darth Helios"]
[member="Darth Carach"]
[member="Darth Veles"]
[member="Vrag"]
[member="Tes Dralyn"]
[member="Vi'kas Mirtis"]

-Jedi Participants-
[member="Kana Truden"]
[member="Drapeam Nyx"]
[member="Uri Aureleos"]

-Expeditionary Participants-
[member="Vassara Raxis"]
[member="Venris Helion"]
 
OBJECTIVE: Defend Cularin
SUB-OBJECTIVE: Wreck This Sith Bisch
ALLIES: Republic Forces (None nearby)
ENEMIES: One Sith: @Vrag (You are to cute for your own good. Stop.
Doubting the skills of a Nyxai was a silly thing to do... as long as you knew that they were a Nyx. Then again... underestimating your enemy was never a good idea. From the moment that the Zorren sensed the Knight, she knew that this wasn't going to be an easy fight. Not even close. Feeling the flames lick at her hadn't done anything to change that. She knew that worse to come, and she only hoped that at some point one of the others would come to help. Maybe Corvus. The headmaster seemed to be the most likely to help her- seeing as she was the only one who actually knew Drapeam. Unless she had been talked about? That was somewhat of a possibility. Just not one she could count on. Nor one she had the time to even think about!

She heard metal moving. Of course she simply assumed it was just the Sith moving about at first. What else would it be? Fearing what was to come (perhaps those were footsteps?) she kept sliding along the ground, hoping that she'd get by somehow. Why hadn't she brought a helmet? Oh, yeah, because no one expects the Sith Inquisition! The sound stopped at the same time a clank hit the ground. Smoke bomb. That was all she really had time to think. Instinct kicked in, forcing her to roll (again) to the side, losing grip on her blaster as she did. A few noises let her know that she had barely dodged a tough one. Did she really avoid death that easily?... Nope. Once again the searing hot metal pressed against her, trying to burn her through her armor, and she found herself dangerously close to the edge of the roof.

But it wasn't like she could see well enough to know that.
"FRAK YOU," the woman growled, reigniting her lightsaber (the red one, of course) and holding it in front of her chest, blade at a 45 degree angle. If only there was a way to clear the smoke...
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EQUIPMENT: Sniper rifle, lightsabers, ECHO Bactarma Armor, fighting knife, blaster. {Link in signature}
INJURIES: Bruises forming on legs, scratches on cheek, burns on back of neck. {Sith Poison in veins; Passive affect}
MUSIC: End of an Empire by Celldweller
 
Elegant and depraved.
Location: Jedi Enclave's front yard
Allies: Darth Vornskrhttp://starwarsrp.net/user/136-darth-vornskr/, Darth Veleshttp://starwarsrp.net/user/3259-darth-veles/, Darth Carach, Vi'kas Mirtishttp://starwarsrp.net/user/7177-vikas-mirtis/, [member="Vrag"]http://starwarsrp.net/user/7177-vikas-mirtis/
Enemies: Kana Trudenhttp://starwarsrp.net/user/5125-kana-truden/, Drapeam Nyxhttp://starwarsrp.net/user/1543-drapeam-nyx/, Corvus Raafhttp://starwarsrp.net/user/5133-corvus-raaf/, Vassara Raxis, Venris Helionhttp://starwarsrp.net/user/7334-venris-helion/

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Helios' body swayed as his ship jarred into rotation, aligning itself with the designated landing destination below. After a few seconds of silence the ship lurched forward and shot towards the surface along with the company of Kaine's entourage. Not long after the Sith's declension the green hue of the planet became even more beautiful provided by the lush jungles, rain forests, and mountainous bulges of emerald flora. However, the aesthetic beauty of the planet could not hide the stench the Jedi had laid upon it. The centuries they'd lived and trained their kind here made Helios uneasy. Yet, it mattered not. The taint they currently held upon the planet would cease to exist and the planet free of their significance.

Aureate eyes inspected Cularin's LZ and the path the Ships crossed in order to get reasonably close to the Enclave. Fire paved across the buildings and streets beneath him; Hell brought into reality by way of the Sith's firepower. Helios held a cold expression as he watched soldiers and acolytes cut down Republic expendables as they cleansed the planet of the Jedi's followers. Helios then lifted his gaze to see a missile cut a path through two ships below Vornskr's vessel before slamming into the bulky transport. Although worry didn't creep onto Helios' emotional pallet, he was curious of the ship's fate. It's size prevented an explosion, but it was damaged adequately enough to shift it's trajectory towards the ground. The curiosity ended there. As expected, the well trained pilots of the ships involved with operations like this were like every other sentient employed by the One Sith. They were the best of the best. The landing was well executed from Helios' point of view as they slithered onto the ground and moments later open the doors to allow a flood of black figures to escape its confines, a pool of obsidian destroyers intent on insuring death upon the Sith's enemies.

Unclipping his belt, the Eldorai swiftly arose from his seat and sharply turned to face the rear of the ship. Lifting a hand, Helios prompted his Infiltrator to slow to a halt before queuing it for relocation. Having synced the Daisya with his holo-bracelet he was able to maneuver and exit his ship how he wished. Lately he's taken a liking to dropping from his vessel at reasonable heights and then sending the invisible ship into the atmosphere tasked with avoiding traffic. Lifting his eyes away from the device the light blue, transparent UI faded and Helios punched a button on the wall of his ship and watch a radial hole open in the floor of his vessel. Once the ship reached a speed Helios felt comfortable with he leapt and fell through the opening, landing on the ground after a few seconds of descending. Once his feet touched the ground, the Hand of the Dark Lord lifted his silver head and snatched his saberstaff from his belt, activating the dual blades; Immediately maneuvering the weapon into a deadly rotation of termination as his blade met body after body.

Spotting Vornskr in the mass of bodies exchanging their rights of mortality on the battlefield, Helios yelled to him as he advanced.

"Woe unto the Jedi, Kaine!" Helios howled, allowing his raspy, inhuman voice to spring. "The end is nigh!"
 

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