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[Tekkio]

A red furred creature, walking on two legs, dressed in a sith officer's uniform, marched down the corridors of the Ablution. His feet pads gave only soft foot step noises, with the occasional claw scraping the floor. Tekkio was heading towards the bridge. He kept his ears perked up, though he wanted to lay them back. Behind him was a standard trooper, escorting him down the corridor. Tekkio was small, and hard to see. So he kept a soldier near him to help keep others alert. At first the soldier kept stepping on him or his tail in the soldier's attempt to maintain a professional march. But both grew to each other. Tekkio hardly went anywhere on the ship without the soldier.

The doors opened as Tekkio walked up to them. He never admitted it, though one probably doesnt have to, but he rather liked being on the bridge. Perhaps it was the command it denoted. Tekkio walked up to [member="Vanessa Vantai"], leaving the guard by the door. The guard never went deep into the bridge, but just stood there at the ready. The Kushiban threw a smart salute and then said, in a high pitched yet professional tone, "Lieutenant Tekkio, reporting in Ma'am."

 

[Onrai]

[member="Tekkio"]

There was one thing incredibly adorable about Vanessa's job, and that was Tekkio. Through her soft spot for small and precious creatures, particularly sentient ones, was minimal, Tekkio had loyally served her since he first came under her command. She had given him the opportunity to develop himself as a member of the Imperial military, and he had developed splendidly.

"Oh, you don't have to be so formal." She said, sitting down across from him at her desk and motioning for him to join her. "Come now, sit."

 

[Tekkio]

Tekkio let his ears relax to the sides as he made his way around the desk. This was not something new to him. He turned to walk to a position where he could easily leap up onto her lap. First his front paws gripped her to help guide the rest of himself on her lap. He sat down and laid his tail on her leg. His fur still soft and well taken care of. His ears bent down so that they did not obscure her sight. The way he moved showed that he had gotten use to being in her lap.

He turned and took a small round object off his belt and lightly tossed it onto the desk. The device turned on and it revealed a hologram of a planet. Tekkio looked at it silently. The planet he was looking at was named Rutan, controlled by the Coalition.

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]

 

[Onrai]

[member="Tekkio"]

Upon getting into her lap, Vanessa would do as she always did - she would pat the small and fluffy creature on the head, as always. "Ah, yes... Rutan." She said. "An Outer Rim planet. A planet we should be considering an assault on. The question is, though, where their storage depots are..." She scrunched her face as she looked over the hologram. "Have our recon reports been able to identify any other possible sites where they could be storing the battlecruisers and other warships?" She inquired.

If she could hit them, she could dissect examples of their equipment. And that would allow for her ease in developing what she could best utilize against the enemies of the Empire.

 

[Tekkio]

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]

Tekkio's ears bent to her pets and pats. His tail lightly lifted and fell. Tekkio leaned forwards to put a paw on the desk for leverage while the other reached towards the device to press a small button, one which he had no problem thanks to his size. The spinning planet sped up to spiral to the opposite side. It stopped as a red dot appeared in one of the bigger lakes on the planet. Tekkio reeled back to sitting on her lap. "There is some kind of work being done on in an underwater base. Vehicles and fighters that can be submerged into the water." Tekkio did his best to explain. The red Kushiban looked up at her. "The planet has a few storage hangers containing cruisers and frigates that we could target. But those underwater ships are largely unknown by our recon. Might be worth exploring."

 

[Onrai]

[member="Tekkio"]

"It's possible." She said, still patting the Kushiban. "But the effect on the ORC through engaging this facility is minimal. The plans for this piece of equipment can simply be sent to another set of computing systems, and they can restart operations on any number of other water planets. No, we need to hit a storage facility of some sort. A storage facility where a lot of their older military equipment is located." She considered potential facilities. "Particularly all of that old Alliance equipment. If we can deny it to them, then perhaps we will be able to more effectively deal with the ORC in the future during campaigns."

At least, that was her thought process.

 

[Tekkio]

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]

There was thoughts running through his head. Thought wanting to push for underwater fighters. Thoughts of somehow attaining his own goal. With a flick of his ear and tail twitch, he reminded himself of the training. Loyalty came first. The red Kushiban noticed the others on the bridge waited for orders, as much as he did. He looked up at her. "What will you have us do then?" He asked.

 

[Onrai]

[member="Tekkio"]

She would notice the twitch of the tail and the flick of the ear. "You have some thoughts, Lieutenant. I want to know them, preferably without looking into your mind." She said. "You have nothing to fear from being honest regarding what you would like to say." Vanessa had always done her best to encourage underlings to have the ability to think freely. It certainly assisted the concept of problem-solving to have more minds working on it instead of mindless drones consistently agreeing with all she said.

 

[Tekkio]

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]

Tekkio turned to look up at her, reminding himself she had the strange powers he had heard about, but has yet to see. He answered of course. He viewed her asking him as an order. And whether he would admit it or not, he also answered knowing that his thoughts would be brought to light anyway. "I just wanted to see the underwater vessels." Tekkio said, not sure how else to put it. He looked back at the hologram of the planet. "Maybe we could stop by there to have a glance." He suggested.

 

[Onrai]

Vanessa’s response was, as expected, a small pat on the head. “We can take a quick trip, send a drone down there to see what’s going on. I don’t know whatever it is we’ll find, but if it will help ease your mind over what may be there, the drone can check.” She said. A smile was on her face.

“I appreciate you speaking up.”

[member="Tekkio"]

 

[Tekkio]

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]

Tekkio bent his ears back a bit, turning to look at her. His mood fur went from red to purple for a brif moment, like it was going to change to blue. But he caught a hold of his emotions quite quickly and forced his fur to turn back to red. "I'll begin preparations immediately." Tekkio said turning to hop off her lap. He landed on all fours at first and then stood upright to walk to the other side of the bridge to help plan the jump. He also wanted to pick the drone that would carry out the task.

 

[Onrai]

She raised an eyebrow at the color change. As he began to walk away, Vanessa would call for him. “lieutenant, one moment.” She asked. “What exactly does the color changing fur do for you?” She was quite curious by the color flickering. It made her wonder if there was perhaps a chameleon like property to him. “I’m curious.”

[member="Tekkio"]

 

[Tekkio]

The red creature stopped and turned to her, if it wasn't for his fur already being red, there might be a visible flush of embarrassment on his cheeks. His tail flicked as he answered. "Kushiban have the ability to change the color of their fur. This helps us in most cases. Sometimes it is influenced by what we are feeling. An emotions can trigger the change against their will." He looked down at his paws, raising them lightly to view. "I suppose I dont know why I choose to be red." He said. He dropped his paws and looked back at her. "But I can change it if need be. It does help when we need to be sneaky."

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]

 

[Onrai]

[member="Tekkio"]

“That’s incredibly sneaky.” Vanessa smiled. “Tekkio, you always find new ways to intrigue me every time I see you.” She would lean back, relaxing as she waited patiently. “Come on back whenever you’re ready. I’ll be waiting.” She said.

 

[Tekkio]

His ears flicked at her compliment. It almost threw off his professional posture that the little creature tried to maintain. Upon her order to returned, he readjusted himself and gave a soldierly salute. Then did an about face and began to walk off at a quick pace.

His entire spent away from her was set about to do the order he was assigned to. The ship began to realigned itself as marks and chests was called out to the parties below the decks. Confirmations that the other ship's in the fleet was coordinating to the same hyper jump lanes was given. Tekkio made sure it all was going according to the protocol.

His brief departure from the bridge was only to make sure some of the more special teams, including the recon team he was assigned to, was all being prepared. He even wanted to check to see what outfitting was to be on the sit he would be wearing.

His entire work he spent in a haste mood, save for his return. He kept himself at a normal pace returning to Vanessa. Of course he had the same escort that helped him. He made his way back onto the bridge and headed for Vanessa. His ears perked as he walked to her side. "Everything is being prepare." He announced, looking up at her.

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]

 

[Onrai]

[member="Tekkio"]

"Superb." Vanessa replied, a smile on her face. This was quite satisfying to say the least. They would soon be within the realm of hyperspace, flowing through the strange void between two points in the universe. Vanessa would in the meantime head back to her office, motioning for Tekkio to accompany her. "There are a lot of things I should moe than likely do for you." She said. "One should be giving you a Bloodtrooper suit."

This was going to be quite intriguing.

 

[Tekkio]

The small red Kushiban followed her. With perked ears he listened to her speak. "Bloodsuit?" Tekkio asked in response. He didn't like the sound of it, but perhaps it would serve as a useful suit. It took him a long while to get used to the current combat suit he already had. His training often had him in the background, or just scouting. But lately he has been wondering if she would rather want him more as a back-line command unit. Which was fine with him, but he needed to learn more about what it entailed.

Tekkio snapped his thoughts. He returned to the idea of the Bloodsuit. He had already gotten used to one peice of armor, now he had to get used to another. This did worry him but he should at least see what she meant first. He followed her to her office.

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]

 

[Onrai]

She would head to the office and motion for him to sit down on her lap. When he did so, she would wave at the wall, a door triggered by the Force opening up and revealing a set of bloodtrooper armor sized perfectly for the small little Kushiban. "Congratulations. Now instead of wearing a big bulky exoskeleton, you get to wear a small suit that's just your size and far more deadly." She replied, motioning for him to go get it and put it on.

"Trust me, you'll love it."

[member="Tekkio"]

 

[Tekkio]

The red Kushiban perked his ears up upon seeing the suit. There was a few sniffs in the air before he approached it. "What is it?" He asked curiously. He was reminded of when he was given the much bigger mech suit that he had just gotten use to. He could see himself getting use to this suit easily, mostly due to its size. But it was hard to believe that this would be far more deadly. Tekkio circled around it and inspected it, his tail trailing his paths he took.

[member="Vanessa Vantai"]

 

[Onrai]

[member="Tekkio"]

“It is a small suit for a small and fluffy little officer.” She said, smiling. “The suit contains an energy shield, in concert with the ability to emulate simple Force powers. It also comes with a lightsaber. The suit provides an effective means of protection against even a Jedi. I suggest you find someone a bit more skilled than me to teach you how to use the blade.” She smiled a bit longer before trailing off. “Does mean I can’t really pet your fluffiness anymore.”