Elimination of the Graug Slaveyards [Republic vs. Vulcanus]

[Kira Talith]

En Route to Slave Yards
Jo'henry-class Rare Materials Mining Vessel Fortunate Son
@A'donari Cinn | @[member="Aika Kawakami"] | @[member="Bard of the Hyperlanes"]


Cinn wasn't the only one who felt it, she did as well. A hand quickly went reaching out to take the Nautolan's with her own, sandwiching it between hers. She could read it in the twitching of his lekku, in the swirl of his dark eyes as tears went rolling down his face.

It was times like this she wished she knew how to boost another with strength, but that was not her specialty. She worked with jokes and wise-cracks to make people smile.

So she did the best thing she could, showed her support as they both rode that backlash of pain and suffering.

"Just look at me, kay... You're not alone. We're here." she told him, "Right here."

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="Vexander Graves"] @[member="Drake Blackwood"]

The responsibility of command never falls lightly on Coci's shoulders. It is the reason she likes to work alone, where possible, alone you only have the welfare of yourself and if something goes wrong, then there is no one but yourself to take the responsibility for it. She is different when she has command, a strong sense of care comes for the people under her command and she takes all possible precautions to prevent unwanted outcomes, to have them prepared for all scenarios and armed to provide means to complete the mission and protect their colleagues. All contingencies are covered, as best she can do and think of, but even this can never be enough. Lives will still be lost no matter the depth of precautions. Already five of her colleagues from the GIA, a small unit of fifteen men and women, have been killed as they pushed toward the factories. And already that sickening feeling sat in the pit of her stomach, the burden of leadership that only few have the strength to take. However, there is no benefit to dwell on this, there are still more lives at stake that need her command and as others around her fight for the freedom of captured Republic citizens, she and her small group will insure the destruction of the factories .. another vehicle through which the darkness of the Galaxy operates.

Sabarene, an arid planet holds no real avenue for cover, only patches of rock and boulders litter the area and not a tree or blade of grass in sight. However, there is some relief, a small concentration of boulders on the left flank, just enough to provide cover for her and her remaining infiltrators. Vexander and his Padawan along with the Republic Troopers are making a strong push into the enemies lines with success. She could see his plan as they moved trying to provide cover and support to the infiltrators, and open up a passage to the factories. She would have to time this perfectly, so the effort would not be wasted.

The small group reached the cover of the boulders and waited. She had received the personal message from him, which served to steady her mind and heart, but had no time to reassure him with a reply. Besides he requires his full focus on the mission and with no distractions from her.

As she watched from behind one of the larger boulders, Coci would not just remain here and do nothing while others fight. Without turning her head .. "On my mark, throw one thermal detonator toward the left flank on the enemy .. .. .. Ready, 3.. 2 .. 1.. Mark!". Coci immediately stood up out of her position and raised both her arms. As the detonators flew toward the enemy, she used the force to guide them, she could not run the risk of an over throw and have them land in among the Troopers. She guided them apart .. placing them within each detonators radius and allow them to drop in the center of the left flank of the enemy. As they hit the ground the thermal detonators exploded .. obliterating the enemy with their 20 meter radius.

This move provided an opening for her and the infiltrators to move. "Go!", she commander, and with speed the small unit moved toward the left entrance of the factories. She is aware that there will be more resistance within the area and within the factories.

 

[Jorga the Hutt]

En Route to Slave Yards
Jo'henry-class Rare Materials Mining Vessel Fortunate Son
@A'donari Cinn | @[member="Aika Kawakami"] | @[member="Kira Liadain"]

As Aika said she'd rather not look, Connory's face twisted, and he swung his course toward the bombardment, slowing the ship. Through wide viewports, he watched millions burn and die.

"Take a good look at that, Jedi, come on. By being here, by flyin' with this flag, we're complicit in this. We're endorsing this. So get a good look. You owe them that much. And I'm gonna try not to think about how other governments woulda done it better."

With a growl, he flung the ship back onto its course. "Them as live by the sword gonna die by the sword. Best believe this is a day that's gonna get remembered. Get your heads on straight. Remember what a Jedi is. We're gonna go in there, we're gonna fight and, yeah, kill to save what's in the slave yards. Lock and load, folks. Time to see if there's any real Jedi around."

The Fortunate Son dipped beneath clouds of flak, and twin plasma torches flared to life, slicing through the front gates like butter. He deactivated the torches and left the ship hovering, shielded. One of his crewers took the controls. Sonic servodriver clipped to his belt, Czerka HeadBanger at the ready, the Bard hopped off the ramp onto the sand.

 

[Adonari Cinn]

In route to slave yards
@[member="Bard of the Hyperlanes"], @[member="Kira Liadain"], @[member="Aika Kawakami"]

The thoughts and emotions burned within his body. Each new feeling touched out to him feeding a fire he had once tamed with the help of his Master. The connection he had with the Jedi Knight he held within was faltering. He could no longer feel his own presence, anyone around him, or the force. There was only pain. Passion. The connection severed, just as his emotions were taking control, dropping A'donari to a knee. His bloody wet face stared at the ground while his chest heaved at every gasp for air. His own peace was restored. All the people he had helped were now gone. Those inside had just been left alone.

Kira was holding his hand and speaking to him gently. "But who is with them?" his words were open. Almost cruel due to the emotions he had just been consumed by. He knew the answer. Hatred still clung to his heart. Drawing back the hand being held he wiped his face with both palms smearing the water and blood together. Not much care went into the process. Blade guided to his palm right before A'donari jumped down with the pilot and landed on the sand at a full stride.

Running came easy to the huge Nautolan. Even easier when the force enhanced each stride. The Bard's ship had made short work of the gates. Fifteen Graugs were waiting while more were approaching from all around Slave Yards. Small huts were scattered everywhere. Sheets draped from the stone and wooden structures. Each packed full with people. Those that were visible were skin and bones. Death clung to them as if their last day was tomorrow. Force welled in front of his chest for a moment before releasing it. The wave A'donari released ripped through the open gates at the creatures picking up sand and crushing the metal remaining of the gates. The skin on his enemies exposed faces ripped and tore from their bodies before being launched back into their ranks. The Blade in his right hand ignited while he rushed forward.

A pile of dead bloody bodies as high as two huts piled together stood in the middle of the yard. People were being restrained, dragged, and beaten around the huge slave yard. Eventually they were brought to the middle. No longer. A'donari ran into the ranks of his enemy with a blade dancing through limbs and flesh. His skill with a blade extending Death's cold reach.

 

[Aika Kawakami]

Normally, she was a calm person. There wasn't one person within the Order who could speak one time where her emotions got the better of her. However, after what the non-singing bard had said, remaining that way was much easier said than done. Though, through all of that, she couldn't deny the words coming from her mouth. It was more like her thoughts were coming through his lips, a situation that had a polarizing effect on her. On one hand, she it a relief to hear it come from the mouth of another. On the other hand, seeing the effect it was having on Kira and A'donari showed her that there were still those within the Order who hadn't realized what was going on around them. The disturbing looks upon their faces. For a moment, at almost as if she felt a sense of happiness. But that couldn't be the case. How could she feel anything of the sort with all of this going on? It made no sense...

Watching him hop from the ramp and, making the comment on finding real Jedi, Aika sighed lightly. Without the usual skip in her step, she followed behind the Nautolan to the ramp before leaping to the sands of the surface below. Before she even fully gained her footing, her gaze caught sight of the green alien sprinting ahead, his sabre already ignited as he charged forward. Her eyes panned away, scanning over the landscape. Her mouth hung open as the carnage met her gaze. The bodies piled up, trails of blood stained sand, and a decaying smell wafting over her nose. All she could do was stare as her arms hang by her side, eyes wide in disbelief.

"It shouldn't be like this.. This isn't what was supposed to happen.. So why? Why is this happening? This is...just cruel.."

"Welcome to life outside your precious Temple and you Republic. Outside of where they decide you should go. Take a good look. This is what the galaxy actually is. This is what its always been, and probably always will be. Face it; the Sith are right. Peace is a lie, and you've been lied to."

@Bard of the Hyperlanes, @Kira Liadain, @A'donari Cinn

 

[Kira Talith]

Slave Yards
@[member="Aika Kawakami"] @A'donari Cinn @[member="Bard of the Hyperlanes"]


Blood. It was everywhere. The screams were just...


Kira stood on top of the ramp, unable to move, frozen in place. The whole scene was staggering, enough to have her fall on her knees.


"Oh by the Force," came her low agonizing whisper. The scent of blood was everywhere. In her clothes, in her hair, just... Everywhere. Nausea hit the blonde hard, as she had sudden flashbacks of another time.

She felt herself dry-heaving a bit, one hand reaching out to slam against the durasteel wall to hold her balance. Breathe. In. Out.

Focus.

There was no time to be stuck in her own hell. The Bando Gora were worse. Much worse.

"There is peace," came her words, low and half a whisper. She got onto unsteady feet. "We are the protectors and defenders... for those who cannot protect themselves."


Sanguine rivers seemed to pool upon the earth, turning it black. Kira steeled herself. Her palm went curling against her saber, and a glint of determination glittered within her blue eyes --- along with a measure of anger.

How she despised slavers.


She too joined Cinn at his back, providing him cover for the fight as the scent of seared flesh soon joined the blood. Her hand reaching out, fingers extended, as the Jedi Knight drew upon the power of the Force to blast a series of Force Sparks to the nearest Graug.

 

[Other Space Kaiden]

@[member="Antares Windu"]


The anger and hate in the air was empowering and heart racing, even the Jedi could no longer deny the true ways of the galaxy. As the Jedi Knight rushed toward him, Krag smiled and roared, "Can't you feel it Jedi, death...destruction...hate...it gives me focus, it gives me power!"

Krag didn't move to draw his blade, instead he quickly stepped backwards. Krag was a powerful beast even without force amplifications, even when he was just an apprentice he tore through the hull of a gunship with his bare hands with only minor amplification to his strength. Now that a Jedi was closing the distance for him, Krag was going to take advantage of his outrageous strength. The blue blade glanced across his armor, leaving a scorching black mark across the chest plate but not causing any significant damage. Krag quickly shot his left hand up in attempt to grab his arm with his razor sharp claws, that were being superheated by Krag's pyrokinesis to scorching degrees. Simultaneously, Krag brought his right hand around in a force amplified hook punch to impact the durasteel shield that the Jedi was wielding. Krag's incredible strength would surly be enough to dent the metal and perhaps even cause the Knight to fly backwards.


"Your Jedi teachings are a lie!" Krag's voice boomed throughout the mountains and perhaps even over the sounds of battle....


MEANWHILE AT THE LEGION OF DOOM
(Abridged version of my actions in space can be found at the bottom of this post)
@[member="Daella Apparine"]


The last two ships that Krag had possession of after the raze of Coruscant slowly made their way around the planet and within targeting range of the Republic ships. One was a Invicitus E Star Destroyer and the other was an Kressh-Class Frigate. The ships collectively released 64 TIE Gladiators and 40 Galaxy-Class bombers as they both aimed their guns at the closest Republic vessel. The ships were concentrate their fire to maximize the effectiveness of their attacks, systematically taking out the Republic fleet. Scorching red beams of heat lit up the void of space as they zipped towards the enemy ships hovering high above Sabarene's surface. Soon after the barrage of cannon fire began, five assault concussion missiles were fired at the nearest Republic ship from the Invictus E. As the space battle raged, five barges dropped to the surface of Sabarene and towards the slave yards, each loaded with a single Glycon warbeast.

[Invicitus E - Broadside - 25 Medium Turbo, 25 Turbo, 5 Heavy Ion, 5 Assault Concussion missiles (95 left on right side of ship), 25 heavy quad lasers - engaging Republic Capital ships and fighters - Deploying 5 Glycons to the Slaver Yards via Walker Barges


Kressh - All Weapons - 2 Heavy Turbo, 4 meduium turbo, 6 point defense, 2 Ion batteries, 1 proton torpedo - engaging Republic capital ships and fighters ]

 

[Talon Vosra]

@[member="Kira Liadain"] @[member="Aika Kawakami"] @A'donari Cinn @[member="Bard of the Hyperlanes"]

ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SLAVE YARDS.

Talon had taken a fighter from the main fleet and streaked toward the slave pens below. His pale hands throttled the thrusters up to maximum as he fell into a crash course with the back gate.

He reached up as he drew close and popped the cockpit s hatch. As the ship neared the gates Talon leapt with the aid of the force and soared over the walls while the fighter exploded into the rear gates. The flames and debris taking the gates and many of the gate gaurds with them.

His blue and green blades were alive in his hands as he landed and began spinning and sweeping at the graug. He extinguised a blade and reached with force a a Graug lifes a small child to kill in front of the Jedi. The young girl was wrenched from his grasp and into Talons arm as he threw his blade and guided it with the force.

The blade hit the graug and removed his arm before returning to Talons hand.

Things were moving fast and were a blur and now Talon fought with a maybe 1.5 - 2 year old girls face buried in his neck. He had to get the slaves to run to the Jo'henry across the yards.

 

[Soeht]

Daella remained on the ship as @[member="Diana Moridena"] made her way planetside. Captain Oreluos continued his relentless assault on the Graug Hordes. The visuals on the destruction caused by the orbital bombardment remained projected on the bridge. Daella watched as the ship’s targets shifted to surrounding contingents of the Graug army.

Then, word reached the bridge that a group had made it to the slave yards. Daella seemed to perk up at such information and asked for the Captain to allow her to send a message to the group.

Via comm one way or another, Daella send a message to the group composing of @[member="Aika Kawakami"], @A'donari Cinn, and @[member="Bard of the Hyperlanes"] that simply contained, “Good work. Rescuing prisoners still alive is your top priority. Do whatever you can to bring as many as you can back alive.”

Alarms went up. The ships that the Graug Hegemony still had came into view. Captain Oreluos muttered, "With that, no wonder they were able to conquer a system. Still..."

Turning to Daella, the Captain said, "We can't continue the orbital strike until these ships are destroyed. Fighters have already been launched for point defense. Yet, concentrated firepower should eliminate the threats with minimal losses."

"Make it quick," replied Daella.

The fighters and bombers of both sides saturated the vacuum between the Republic Expeditionary Force and the two Graug ships. A Hammer-class Frigate was struck by the Invictus E Star Destroyer. Its shields were torn down and suffered from hull damage. Its weapons systems went offline as a result - disabling the ship and thus making it the first major starship casualty.

However, the entire Expeditionary Force began to reposition their starships - at least for those above 100 meter class. Their bows began to turn toward the Invictus E Star Destroyer. Many Republic ships sported a wedge shape that decreased their targeting profile when facing a certain direction.

Yet the ships turned what guns they could to the Imperator, the only starship of its kind.

"All turbolasers possible," began Captain Oreluos as Daella watched, "Fire upon the smaller hostile capital ship."

With only a few seconds delay, available turbolasers and several missiles of the Expeditionary Fleet - containing ships ranging from Watts-class to Venerable-class to even more - fired upon the Imperator. The concentrating firepower was intense and ruthless. The shields of the Imperator failed after several seconds of withstanding fire. Hull damage soon followed. Even as units such as life support and targeting computers began to explode along the hull of the wedge ship, the Republic continued until the tiny, fragile, experimental ship from the Sith Empire began to crumble. Daella continued to watch the scene with wide eyes.

The attention of the Expeditionary Fleet then began to turn on the Invictus E Star Destroyer - which will soon receive an entire Republic fleet's fire if it did not summarily retreated.

 

[Jorga the Hutt]

En Route to Slave Yards
Jo'henry-class Rare Materials Mining Vessel Fortunate Son
@[member="A'donari Cinn"] | @[member="Aika Kawakami"] | @[member="Kira Liadain"]

Nobody but the Bard's crew was in the ship to hear @[member="Daella Apparine"]'s message, so the Republic command ship got a pro forma acknowledgement, and a report that the Jedi team and the Junior Senator of Eshan had engaged the enemy on the ground.

"Kawakami, get on this." The ancient Czerka HeadBanger thudded against his shoulder, and half a dozen Graug lapsed into about a day's worth of unconsciousness. He chucked his head in the direction of @[member="Talon Vosra"]'s landing site on the other side of the slave yards. "Small Republic ship just went down on the other side of the camp. We need to punch our way through and rendezvous with the survivors."

He spun, fired again, did his best to stick with Aika while keeping up with A'donari and Kira. Another shot put down another squad.

The Czerka HeadBanger. The finest weapon in all creation, and one that didn't break his very old oath.

 

[Vulpesen]

Vulpesen grinned as he noticed @[member="Darth Vulcanus"]' distraction. He had finally closed in and now it was time to strike. While the graug was busy screaming at @[member="Antares Windu"], Vulpesen managed to get just behind him. Preparing his blade, the jedi used whatever split second of stealth he might have left to plunge his saber towards the graug's exposed armpit. There was no yell of victory, no sly joke, and no words to announce his presence. In times like this, the silence of a shadow was needed and he didn't even want this Graug to know what hit him.

 

[Adonari Cinn]

Slave Yards
@[member="Bard of the Hyperlanes"], @[member="Talon Vosra"], @[member="Kira Liadain"]
Graugs had taken notice to the attacks and the jedi. A semi circle had been created in front of the two jedi who were fighting their way through. A'donari's eyes lifted above the heads to see a small boy being ripped from his mothers arms. The Graug tore the woman's arms off. Still attached to the son while he watched. His mother screamed in agony and dropped to the ground convulsing from the pain. "AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Erupted from the nautolan as his eyes beamed hot white. Core clenched downward as he released the scream from his open jaws into the faces of the heartless. Sand lifted in front of both he and Kira where, for a split second, it hovered in the air before he released. The force erupted from in front of them slamming through each and every one of the soldiers standing in his way. Flesh and bone crunched in unison but that didn't matter.

His legs released him into the sky. Coming down in front of the Graug running with the boy stopped it from advancing towards the pile in the center. It's head crushed beneath the silent command of the Knight. He grabbed the boy who still clutched his mothers arms and screamed ear shattering noises. "You're safe my child." Many more still needed him. A'donari threw the boy onto his back while guiding the blade in his hand back to his belt. He turned his head back to the frightened child. "I need you to be strong. Help me save them. Can you do that for me?" A'donari said softly to the child. The younglings head nodded up and down while his arms draped around his neck cutting off air flow but he didn't notice. So many needed saving. A'donari's own arms locked behind the boys legs as he ran towards a family that had been captured.

 

[Other Space Kaiden]

@[member="Kira Liadain"] @A'donari Cinn @Vulpesen @[member="Bard of the Hyperlanes"] @[member="Daella Apparine"] @[member="Talon Vosra"] @[member="Aika Kawakami"] @[member="Coci Sinopi"]

FOR ALL OF THOSE AT THE SLAVE YARDS ​

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The orbital bombardment had stopped and Krag's Horde Masters had taken notice of that. They knew that they didn't have long but if they pushed hard and fast enough they could overwhelm the Republic forces. A horn sounded out through the battle field and then another storm of screaming Graug exited out of the mountain tunnels. Each warrior was ready to die and each was anxious to taste Jedi blood. The mountains themselves seemed to come to life as 4 ENTIRE GRAUG HORDES exited from the hallows and immediatly followed the lead of their Horde Masters who charged down the mountains. This wasn't an ocean of Graug forces, it was a cosmic storm of them who all rushed forward to blow away the specs of Republic dust that tainted their territory. 12 total Glycon Warbeasts were following close behind, their massive artillery pieces firing round after round at the Republic forces. Out in front of each horde were two Collosal Dread Spiders that used their giant forelegs to deflect blaster bolts away from the army.

This was a war like the Republic had never fought before, it was as if they had lept back in time to a place where arimes rushed at one another from opposing sides of a battlefield. Explosive arrows rained down into the clone ranks, imapacting them and sticking into their armor before blowing them to bloody pieces. Pulse rounds, not deflectable by lightsabers, hailed down towards the Jedi and their clone soliders like a meteor storm and each was aimed for a kill shot. By the time the Republic ships had reacquired their targets, most of the Graug horde would be too close to Reublic forces and oribital bombardment would result in catostophic casualties by friendly fire.

The Republic wanted a war and they were going to get it....

In Space ​

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As the weapons were offline, the Invictus E brought all power reserved for weapons back to the shields and all non-critical systems were shut down and diverted to the engines. The Star Destroyer than turned towards Daella's ship and the technicians onboard overroad all ship safteys and plotted a fast course toward the Republic ship. The forces onboard were but only Graug drones and were not prone to the fear of death as normal Imperial soldiers would be, they simply did as they were told and tried to kill as many of their enemies as they could. With what little power the ship had left, it was able to deflct the Republic's firepower just long enough to meet it target. The full force of the Sith capital ship would surly overload the Republic's shields and shear the vessel in half, Daella and those on the bridge would survive if they were able to close emergency bulkheads fast enough, but the vessel would be out of commission.

Meanwhile, the frigate began to break apart and fall to the surface. The Graug onboard, knowing their death was assured, quickly diverted all power to the core and caused a crital overload. The resulting explosion sent a shockwave through the void of space that decimated all of the Republic's attacking bombers and fighters. A small victory, but the Graug died happy knowing that they had taken the enemy with them.

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Krag's post now ​

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To say that Krag saw Vulpesen coming would be a lie. The Graug Sith was completely unaware of the Jedi's presence until he felt the feeling of his searing blade melting through what little protection he had under his arm and into his skin. The Graug Warlord screamed out in pain and dove back and away from his new oppenent, his skin searing and the feelings of burned tissue causing him a great deal of internal pain. The armor had done enough to protect him from a through and through shot, which would have no doubt killed him, but the blade had pierced deep enough inside Krag's body to reach his left lung and burn it severly. He could feel his breath becoming shallow and it hurt to breath. This had been the worst Krag had ever been hurt during his time as a Sith, it was the first time since his training that he could feel the strain of possible death tugging at his soul.

Taking a deep, wheezing breath Krag stood back up and faced down his new opponent. Every movement caused him pain, but that pain just made him angrier and more determined than ever to kill the Jedi. There would be no more games, Krag needed to act quickly and dispatch these Jedi so that he could heal himself properlly and not die here on this planet. Bringing his right hand up to his chest, Krag quickly charged the force into his palm before thrusting it forward at the new Jedi and unleashing a burning cloud of embers at him. If the Jedi was touched by the embers, they would surly sear through his skin but that was no the ultimate surprise that Krag had in store for him. When the cloud got in range of the Jedi, regardless if they burned him or not, the beast closed his fist and the embers suddenly exploded outward into bursts of flame that covered a two meter radius.

 

[Antares]

His thrust had connected, but there was hardly any damage besides black marks. Hot hands were reaching out to his weapon hand and he couldn't allow that. Bending his arm so that the Sith's attempts would fail, except to leave a burning mark on his forearm. Simultaneously, his shield came around to cover his body and took the punch right in the shield.

His body was flying in the air, his shield and lightsaber still being held when he crashed on the floor. A heavy hit, surely. But he still got up, the Force still amplified his strength and speed, and by the time he was in the air again, his presence stll concealed from the begginning, he doubted he would be sensed.

With @[member="Darth Vulcanus"]'s back turned, it left him even more vulnerable to strike. He stole across the ground, shield covering his lowered figure, and he thrusted upwards with the speed and strength only one amplified by the Force could execute. His intent was to sever the graug's spinal cord cleanly so as not to kill him.

His methods were violent but his mind remained calm. The Sith would be arrested and trialled.

@[member="Vulpesen"]

 

[Talon Vosra]

@[member="Darth Vulcanus"] @A'donari Cinn @[member="Bard of the Hyperlanes"] @[member="Kira Liadain"]


Talon Vosra was not the most serious of Jedi. He had tried to find the humor in nearly every situation since leaving the sith and he even forced it on occasion. However, one thing would always make him serious children, younglings, in danger.

The child clung to him as he held her tightly fending off graug as he ran toward the Jo'henry. His robes already torn from the vicious slave masters attacks. The child however was untouched, of that he made certain. His green blade was a blur as it flashed through the stinking air of the slave pits.

He wasn't far now he was drawing close to @[member="Kira Liadain"] when a roar he remembered well came from an opening hole behind him. The Graug war beast was a terrible thing and one that if let loose here would butcher the slaves with out fail.

He skidded to a halt and set the half naked child down and crouched quickly to hold her gace in one gentle hand and speak.

"You need to run to the lady with the blond hair right now, ok sweety?" He said quickly as he poured strength and calm into the force to help her, "run as fast as you can and don't look back. They will save you, I promise."

She ran her little leggs pumping as her small body raced to the Jedi saviors. Talon stood and turned toward the beast and ran the to meet it. He could not let the hoards come through he had to find a way to push them back.

His blade flashed as the weapons on the beast and the rising hoard flashed in his direction. He opened himself to the force and his mind began to feel as if it were drowning in the powerful energy the bound all life together. How long he pressed his advance and how many Graug he was forced to kill became a blur as he became a conduit for the will of the force. He had been hit several times now and his upper body was nearly completely exposed. Thick green sap like blood ran from gashes as he face the choked advance of the force only knew how many of the monsters. Blackish green burns stood out on his left arm and chest now and if he didn't find a way to stop the creatures they would over run his friends.

He locked a blade and tossed it at the warbeast striking it in the head with the green blade as he ignited his blue one. The beast tottered and fell back over the edge of the hole and knocked many of the climbing and clamoring Graug back down with it. An opportunity that could not be lost and a sacrifice that must be made.

He reached the hole and used the force and his saber to quickly clear the edge of the exit hole. Then he turned off his blade and began pulling at the sides with the force. He would have to expend everything he had in him and more but he would collapse the pit.

Stone and dirt began falling in as Talon started pulling at the side walls with the force his limits yet unreached were being neared as the air around him began to stir from the poer he now drew. The buildings shattered and broken caught his attention and he began adding the heavy stones to the lot as he tried to fill the pit and close it for good.

One more piece stood between the Graug and he but the remaining hole was big enough. A grotesque hand reached out of the nearly collapsed tunnel as Talon lifted a huge section of wall to drop on the pit. The hand pulled as Talon tried to keep his focus. He fell and turned to claw at the ground. The section of wall began to teeter and fall toward him.

He reached out to @[member="Kira Liadain"] in the force with his last bit of strength.

"Watch the kids for me blue." His weary mind called, "I'm taking a trip."

With that he let go of the edge and the section of wall collapsed over the hole.

Talon Vosra was yanked into the tunnels by a malevolent hand and was gone....

((Sorry so much. See ya kids))

 

[Vulpesen]

Vulpesen grinned as he heard @[member="Darth Vulcanus"] scream. For all those lives who you have trampled beneath your feet. Of course, his victory was short lived as he felt the force surging through his opponent. He was aware of the graug's specialty in pyromancy and he wanted to be nowhere near the creature when that power was released. As the graug was left to stumble, Vulpesen was smart enough to back away now that his advantage was gone. Lucky thing too, once the embers were shot out, Vulpesen was only a small step back out of range. Raising his robes above his head, Vulpesen acted to protect himself only to find the tactic to be mildly effective as the explosion sent him back and away from his enemy. Still, the cloth did do its job of keeping him from serious burns and the jedi managed to roll to his feet and cast away the burning material. "That was unpleasant." Now seeing @[member="Antares Windu"] take the initiative, Vulpesen flitted to the side and moved in to the right of the Graug, using Antares as a distraction as he went in for a stab on the other side.

 

[Other Space Kaiden]

@Vulpesen @[member="Antares Windu"]

Krag had to be on his guard now, he was severly wounded and while the force would keep him alive he was in no shape to be acting reckless. As Antares moved in, Krag could sesne the incoming man and used the force to call his Sith Sword to his right hand while his left continued to clutch his chestplate. Spinning in a slow circle, Krag used a high, verticle block to intercept the incoming blade. Just as the weapon's met, the Sith Lord sent a surge of pyrokenisis through the customized Sith blade which let up with a firery glow as the force surge through it. The resulting force expelled a sudden burst of flames that were meant to momentarily blind and minorly burn the Jedi Knight. As soon as the flames had been spat out by the Sith Sword, Krag used his advanced knowledge of Djem So and his immense Strength to quickly push his opponents blade to one side. Taking a deep, painful breath in the dark lord spat a ball of dragon's flame right towards his oppoents face and then delivered a quick should shunt into the shield to put him off balance.

All of this had taken place within seconds and once he had temporarily dealt with Windu, Vulcanus turned to meet Vulpesen. The beast stumbled for a second as a pulse of pain shot from his lung, but he quickly recovered and turned his stumble into a lunge at the Jedi. With his Sith Sword held high in a classic Djem So fighting stance, Vulcanus lunged and sent a coursing pulse of the force through his blade. As the Graug Warlord dropped his blade down on his opponent, he coursed his force powers into a searing blade of fire that shot out from the physical blade of his sword. The Blade of flames simply could not be deflected by a lightsaber alone and it was just miliseconds ahead of Krag's Sith Sword. Just as the fire would hit the Jedi, so would Krag's blade.

 

[Vulpesen]

Vulpesen growled as his blade was blown upwards, barely staying in his grip. The strength had lightly and managed to jar his shoulder, but only slight and not so much for him to worry too much about it. Instead, he was far more concerned with the flames that now licked at his skin. I hate it when I pick these fights. Vulpesen did have one thing going for him. He may not have been a miralukan, but he was a jedi and the force was his ally. As the blade started to fall towards him, Vulpesen quickly sensed the location of the danger and dived away, leaving the sword to crash into the ground while the jedi rolled to the sith's other side. Alright, here we go! Flinging up his hand, Vulpesen send a quick and well aimed dagger at Krag's already injured armpit, aiming at the hole already caused by his lightsaber. Hopefully, the powerful unyeilding strikes of @[member="Darth Vulcanus"] would leave the sith fairly offbalanced, or at least with a need to recover, a condition which may very well leave him open for Vulpesen's nimble maneuvering and quick attacks. It was now a classic battle of speed versus strength.

 

[Antares]

The Sith had turned, no thanks to @[member="Vulpesen"]. If anything, he was moving in for himself and using Antares as a distraction, not at all how a Jedi should fight. They should be fighting together, but then again, Antares had no means to communicate with the other Jedi. Not that he wanted to. All he was doing was prolonging this fight.

Their blades locked for a moment, there were slight burns all over Antares's hands, and he felt the heat licking over the ballistic shield, not that that would stop him. He couldn't beat the Sith in pure strength, and he knew that, so he deigned to turn off his lightsaber just as the Sith started to apply pressure to unbalance him and throw him off balance. Instead, the Sith unbalanced himself.

By the time that @[member="Darth Vulcanus"]'s Sith Sword had slid off of his lightsaber, Antares had gone to the left, and then feinted back to the right just as the fire was shot from the Sith's mouth. But Antares had already feinted and it had missed. But that wasn't all he was doing. His lightsaber flew upwards to where the Sith's armour joints were weakest, at the back of knee.

Whether his lightsaber had gotten a direct hit and burnt through the Sith Lord's kneecap, he couldn't tell, instead, he had taken a hit to the shield and he was sliding across the hill again. But this time, he wouldn't be laying on his back, no. He used the strength from the Sith to roll back up to his feet and slammed his heels into the dirt before he could roll back down the incline.

Antares's shield hand flew up, and what was released was a Force push, hopefully powerful enough to unbalance the Sith Lord. But, Antares hadn't waited to see if it would. Taking tricks from his former Master, Kiskla Grayson, he zig-zagged the distance in between him and the Sith Graug as a blur until he brought his lightsaber high, and bringing it out to the side in a wide arc, brought it back around to the midsection of the Sith in the form of a Sai Tok. If it hit, it would be finished for the Sith, surely.

 

[Aika Kawakami]

Having been a daze for quite a moment, Aika snapped back to the grim reality before her eyes, though it was by no coincidence. She could feel it, the sudden appearance of something...many of them. It was as if a mass of beings with the urge and instinct to kill suddenly burst into the scene. She screamed out to grab the attention of the one who'd brought them before he got too far ahead. "Wait! Stop! We don't have time to run through here attempting to....bring down these creatures. We have to get as many people out of here as we can, and we have to do it without drawing mass amounts of attention." Her eyes scanned over the yards as she formulate the only plan she could think of. "If we move along the fences, we can gather as many we can on the way to the other side. There we can contact the feet to send a vessel to pick them up."

It wasn't the best plan, but right now, it was the one that made to most sense to her. Kira and A'donari had rushed ahead into the thick of things, As much as it disturbed her to think like this, they could provide the only real distraction that would allow the slaves to be moved. Regardless what was going to happen, it had to happen quickly. The group, or rather the horde, of beings with a desire for blood had them out numbered massively. They all needed to move, and quickly.

@A'donari Cinn @[member="Bard of the Hyperlanes"] @[member="Kira Liadain"]