Dominion FLATLINED-Liberation of Culroon III

[Aculia Voland]

Aculia listened to the broadcast, smirking as the commander backed down. What a pity, the man had a sense of self-preservation after all. It would have been so much easier to deal with that base, maybe even directly occupy the planet if they had been stupid enough to launch a direct attack. She listened to the rest of the message, where he offered what "help" he could, before trailing off into static.

"Comm officer, see if you can't hail them again." She directed. She wasn't particularly enthusiastic about continuing to talk to the man, but she figured she might be able to bully him into simply surrendering without bloodshed. Once the Authority's chief military surrendered, the government would be sure to fall soon after. And who knows? Maybe some of them might be useful later as some kind of local enforcers....after substantial "reeducation".

"Task Force Gryphon, go ahead and head towards those coordinates but let the SAWACs scout it out first. We need to see if this is just some sad feint of theirs or if they are in actual trouble."

With that, far above the desert sands, the Argus SAWACs began to turn their high-powered cameras and sensors towards the coordinates described while keeping a considerable safe distance away from it. The rest of the Task Force, the War Hawk Squadron and the two Strike Eagle Squadrons, lingered near them.

Var-Sulis

 

[Felix Dobson]

Objective One
Kimiko Taiyou Var-Sulis

"License?" Felix smirked, tilting his head sideways like a dog in confusion, "Last I checked, The Empire doesn't require a license for us hard working citizens. Y'know...hands-off government?"

The guards probably wouldn't know what he was talking about. Most people wouldn't, so many citizens in the galaxy know so little about their governments....and the result was the chaos that never ceased. Felix on the other hand was well versed in the political world, only for himself of course. So when The Empire required him to pass a political science test before he could immigrate, as is their law, it had been no problem.

"Unless you're talking about the planetary government, but I'm just passing through. So, again,...what's the problem? Because "blacklisted" isn't much of an answer."

He slowly lowered his hands to waist level in a non-threatening way, keeping his grin as he waited for the thugs to give their inevitably violent answer.

 

[Zet Reav]

Objective 3: Proceeding on foot
TAG: Aculia Voland

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Zet is not a team player. Sure his clan used to raid ships and bases with success in most cases, but they were in small groups and they knew what they were doing. There was training and familiarity between the few members of a group. But this? This is a matter involving a planet and a military led by members of royalty. Everything in this situation is a far bigger scale, and he is not used with this. So he sticks with what he does best and puts his scout training to good use.

With his weapons and jetpack on him he walks forward using whatever cover is available to him. A cape covers most of his body just to make sure the red armor won't be easily noticed. He did not walk all the way there, no. His vehicle, a rental, is hidden behind a dune several miles back. Best not to risk it being seen or heard too early into the mission. He might even reach the target for an extraction from life. Zet is aware the Elysium has sent more operatives to do their thing elsewhere.

He hopes they'll draw enemy attention away from him. Teamwork.

 

[Loreena Arenais-Valhoun]

Objective: 2

Once the dust cloud started to clear enough for her to get a proper visual, Lori's jaw dropped. "Droidekas!!" she loudly whispered to Arla. Never had she encountered them before, and there were so many of them!

Her heart pounded in her chest as she slid further in the sand out of view. Their traps were meant for people and speeders. Surely they might slow down a few of the droidekas, but they weren't nearly enough for all of them. Lori was preparing to stop some thugs, not a droideka assault. No doubt the Authority had stepped things up due to presence of the Elysium Empire.

Arla was already a step ahead of her, using her commlink to contact Aculia Voland 's command ship. ~This is Arla. Requesting immediate air support on our location. I repeat. Requesting immediate air support to our location. Droideka assault is under way. We need immediate assistance.~

Lori clenched her jaw as she took out her blaster. The best chance that they had was to wait for the droidekas to pass and attack them from behind.

Var-Sulis

 

[Aculia Voland]

Aculia was awaiting the response from the Authority's commander and for her SAWACs to provide more information about the coordinates that he had provided when she suddenly got a rather desperate sounding message from Arla, the bodyguard of Loreena Arenais-Valhoun , who had recently gone out of her way to publicly snub her on Lamaredd in front of that boy Jason Arnett . It seems that the Queen had gotten herself into a bit of trouble that she could not be bailed out of this time-likely trying one of her "pranks" on an actual military target. Oh, how the tables had turned in such a short amount of time. Now, when something didn't go according to plan, she wasn't the strong independent Queen she had pretended to be-no, she had to ask for help.

I admit, a darker part of me wants to leave her to her own devices. Let her see what it is actually like when no one is around to bail her highborn, holier-than-thou arse out of a situation. Not to mention from the historical archives I've been reading, letting her perish here would also make things a lot easier diplomatically for the Empire when dealing with certain other powerful galactic players who apparently still hold grudges against her. On the other hand, she and her husband's credits bankroll this fleet, providing jobs and security for those I swore to protect. And Rex Valhoun had been a little bit...unhinged...lately with his bombardments. His wife's death might send him over the edge. And, when it comes down to it, am I really going to let the woman die over that slight? Maybe she could learn a little bit of gratitude...maybe...if she lived.

Aculia let out a long sigh, then adjusted some parameters on the tactical map she was glancing at, then issued her orders. If she deployed more from orbit right now, they would not reach the Queen in time, therefore, she had to divert Task Force Gryphon to deal with the issue.

"Task Force Gryphon, divert to grid coordinates X-12-21. SAWACs, send long range targeting data to the War Hawks, Strike Eagles, cover them from the air. Engage and neutralize the ground targets at that location."

Opening up a wider band to the surrounding Aculeo corvettes, she gave the orders to launch four additional Strike Eagle squadrons, one additional SAWACs squadron, and two additional War Hawk squadrons, to be formed up under a new Task Force, Gold. Once they had launched from the carriers, she gave them similar orders to Task Force Gryphon's original ones, to scout out the location the Authority commander had mentioned-this time, however, with a far larger force than the original Task Force, a total of around ~76 strikecraft compared to the original's 40. A full quarter of the Strike Force's forces were now deployed.

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"Orders Acknowledged, Admiral. Task Force Gryphon Out."

The original "anti-piracy" task force swiftly adjusted from their original course, heading towards the position of the Queen and her bodyguard. The SAWACs stayed far above and outside the range of all but the most long range anti-air vehicles, sending clear visual feeds, targeting data, and other important tactical information to the War Hawk Squadron and its Strike Eagle Fighter Escorts. Any open attempt to intercept the force would be known the moment it occurred.

"DANGER CLOSE, REPEAT, DANGER CLOSE!" warned the Task Force's commander across encrypted Elysium channels to the Queen, Var-Sulis , and Arla, about fifteen seconds before the War Hawks crested into view over the horizon and began their bombardment, missiles already preprogrammed and locked onto the droidekas and its carrier thanks to the SAWACs above. The twelve War Hawks fired a rapid volley of forty medium ATGM missiles against the twenty deployed droidekas, two for each droideka just to be sure, each missile capable of taking out a medium ground vehicle on its own. They also launched a combined total of twenty-four heavy ATGMs at the droideka carrier, definitely overkill, but taking no chances. In mere moments the stretch of road they had been on would turn into a blazing hell of explosions.

(Missile rolls below, top number is medium ATGM hit chance vs droidekas, lower number is heavy ATGMs versus carrier. Let's make this fun Var-Sulis and you can roll defense rolls against the missile rolls and see how many droidekas go down/how badly the carrier is messed up).

 

[Kimiko Taiyou]

Objective 1
Felix Dobson | Var-Sulis

Ki's focuses had shifted when the patrol was running late and she could feel tension begin to rise over the small town.

A commotion had caught her ears and she relocated to the rooftop, witnessing Felix begin to antagonize several Authority thugs.

She leapt down just as one began readying to shoot the hapless mechanic and in a flurry of white and dust, forcibly speaking, disarmed the thugs.

As things settled, she revealed herself to the man with a wide smile,"Greetings, I am Empress Kimiko of the Sakura Empire here on behalf of the Elysium Empire. I do hope you have not had much trouble from these thugs..." she emphasized her point by kicking one who started moving.

"Come with me, we have to vanish!" she repositioned her hood over her head and grabbed his hand, dragging him into the gathering crowd as shouting could be heard approaching...

 

[Var-Sulis]

"DANGER CLOSE, REPEAT, DANGER CLOSE!" warned the Task Force's commander across encrypted Elysium channels to the Queen, Var-Sulis Var-Sulis , and Arla, about fifteen seconds before the War Hawks crested into view over the horizon and began their bombardment, missiles already preprogrammed and locked onto the droidekas and its carrier thanks to the SAWACs above. The twelve War Hawks fired a rapid volley of forty medium ATGM missiles against the twenty deployed droidekas, two for each droideka just to be sure, each missile capable of taking out a medium ground vehicle on its own. They also launched a combined total of twenty-four heavy ATGMs at the droideka carrier, definitely overkill, but taking no chances. In mere moments the stretch of road they had been on would turn into a blazing hell of explosions.

 

[Var-Sulis]

"DANGER CLOSE, REPEAT, DANGER CLOSE!" warned the Task Force's commander across encrypted Elysium channels to the Queen, Var-Sulis Var-Sulis , and Arla, about fifteen seconds before the War Hawks crested into view over the horizon and began their bombardment, missiles already preprogrammed and locked onto the droidekas and its carrier thanks to the SAWACs above. The twelve War Hawks fired a rapid volley of forty medium ATGM missiles against the twenty deployed droidekas, two for each droideka just to be sure, each missile capable of taking out a medium ground vehicle on its own. They also launched a combined total of twenty-four heavy ATGMs at the droideka carrier, definitely overkill, but taking no chances. In mere moments the stretch of road they had been on would turn into a blazing hell of explosions.

 

[Var-Sulis]

Tag: Aculia Voland

(Narration)

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOOMMOBMBOBMOBMBOBMOOOOOOM!!!! Explosions land on the droidekas deployed that began pursuit towards the Town. As shrapnel and pieces are flung into the clear skies above, Loreena Arenais-Valhoun And Arla are able to remain clear just in time. The calvary had came..Iand it was a good thing too. If those Droideka's made it to the designated target, they would have laid all threats to waste. The Carrier that the Droideka's were deployed from was bombarded with heavy fire. After the first hit...Ejecting from the cockpit was a mysterious figure that would skyrocket into the atmosphere above. Being launched almost 200 ft, it made a vertical curve towards a hill to the East.

Meanwhile in town,

As Kimiko Taiyou disarmed the thugs with Felix Dobson in hand they ran off as they saw the incoming missiles from far above. Either they were in a tactiful retreat, or they decided they didn't get paid enough to carry out thier task of evicting locals for lack of tax cred. The sandy winds kicked up and as the locals of the town all ran for cover they were in hopes that it was the empire from above..sending a permanent message to the Authority

 

[Var-Sulis]

Objective 3: Proceeding on foot
TAG: Aculia Voland

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Zet is not a team player. Sure his clan used to raid ships and bases with success in most cases, but they were in small groups and they knew what they were doing. There was training and familiarity between the few members of a group. But this? This is a matter involving a planet and a military led by members of royalty. Everything in this situation is a far bigger scale, and he is not used with this. So he sticks with what he does best and puts his scout training to good use.

With his weapons and jetpack on him he walks forward using whatever cover is available to him. A cape covers most of his body just to make sure the red armor won't be easily noticed. He did not walk all the way there, no. His vehicle, a rental, is hidden behind a dune several miles back. Best not to risk it being seen or heard too early into the mission. He might even reach the target for an extraction from life. Zet is aware the Elysium has sent more operatives to do their thing elsewhere.

He hopes they'll draw enemy attention away from him. Teamwork.

(Narration)

Walking along the sands of Culroon..Further in the distance...explosions are heard. To Zet...most likely a familiar scenario. As he continues he can see in the far distance a vehicle traveling towards his direction. Not entirely in view, but would be soon. According to its tank like size and structure, It looks to be a transport of sorts.

 

[Felix Dobson]

Objective One
Kimiko Taiyou Var-Sulis

Felix had him, the guard was drawing a blaster and it couldn't be more obvious. But just as Felix pulled the wrench up to throw it at the thug, an outcome he did not see coming occurred. It took him several long moments to figure out what was happening, at first it looked like a cloud of dust with some bright metal had been blown into the group of thugs. Felix frowned, what the scrap?

In a matter of seconds the entire group was on the ground, and a woman was standing in front of Felix. He raised the wrench again, instinctively, then lowered it as she introduced herself. "Empress? Pleasure to meet you..." but she was already on the move, lifting her hood and taking off. Felix took one last glance at the guards, then took off after The Empress, still slightly confused as to what was going on. Apparently The Empire was involved on the planet...just covertly. Well, it wasn't exactly covert now, if they were openly attacking the authority.

Then the winds kicked up...similar to the way they had when The Empress attacked, but this time stronger and more widespread. Felix didn't take time to look up, instead he kept his eyes on The Empress, hoping to not lose sight of her through the kicked up sands...

 

[Loreena Arenais-Valhoun]

Objective: 2


Arla threw herself over top of Lori as Aculia Voland 's forces lay waste to many of the droidekas, with the debris falling around them, protecting her charge as best as she could.

"....that was too close...thanks..." Lori whispered to Arla, her eyes catching sight of a person flying away from the carnage. She watched which direction the person flew. "This...Authority has more funding than I had thought..." Someone was backing them up and she didn't know who.

Lori got out from under Arla as her bodyguard got up, the two of them still keeping low as the battle wasn't quite over yet. She hoped that all of this wasn't a ruse for something much grander. Regardless, she had some rethinking to do.

Var-Sulis

 

[Zet Reav]

Objective 3: Proceeding on foot. Hiding.
Var-Sulis

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Not many individuals would consider the current events as a good sign. Zet does. He calmly turns towards the source of the explosions, giving a brief grunt of recognition. So it has began. Good. More attention elsewhere... But not all of it because soon there is some big vehicle. Something big. A transport? He kneels down so his figure is harder to be detected from a distance. Maybe he was not seen by them yet, which gives him an advantage.

Zet hunches down and walks towards some sort of cover, kneeling behind a rock formation. He taps his vambrace to zoom in towards the approaching vehicle. He can lay low and let them pass to be someone else's problem... Or he can strike, if that transport has anything of interesting to claim.

His armor's temperature control can keep him comfortable in this desert, and he is a trained scout. He grabs both of his blasters and waits.

 

[Var-Sulis]

Not many individuals would consider the current events as a good sign. Zet does. He calmly turns towards the source of the explosions, giving a brief grunt of recognition. So it has began. Good. More attention elsewhere... But not all of it because soon there is some big vehicle. Something big. A transport? He kneels down so his figure is harder to be detected from a distance. Maybe he was not seen by them yet, which gives him an advantage.

Zet hunches down and walks towards some sort of cover, kneeling behind a rock formation. He taps his vambrace to zoom in towards the approaching vehicle. He can lay low and let them pass to be someone else's problem... Or he can strike, if that transport has anything of interesting to claim.

His armor's temperature control can keep him comfortable in this desert, and he is a trained scout. He grabs both of his blasters and waits.

(Narration)

Zet Reav

The transport would approach closer in his direction and through a latch above the tank transport a man would use thermal powered binoculars looking further down towards the explosions taking place in the distance. He didn't see the scout that hid in time. While the tank slowly came to a halt, he would use a comm link and yell into it. "This is unacceptable! A pre-emptive strike is not what we discussed...I will inform the Master of your failure to obey command..You will be lucky if any business negotiations would continue after this mis-step. B-224...Turn this thing around!" The commanding officer directs as the tank's engine powers up yet again. Turning around slowly, he begins to head back towards the city capital.

 

[Valah Hagen]

Obj: 2

Post: #4


Shrapnel flung into the skies above as the smoke and fires emitted from the decommissioned Droideka's in the distance. Valah continues looking on for a moment and would put away her binoculars. Mounting her speeder once again, she pulled a quick u-turn and began heading into the town believing it would be a good idea to speak with the locals about what was taking place. (What was the Authority collecting from a town that had barely anything to give?) She pondered as she knew the safety of those that were helpless was critical. The Elysium's aerial forces were making quite the impact and show of force. This had to be something the "Authority" did not plan for. (I need answers) She said to herself as she switched to 5th gear for rapid acceleration.

 

[Zet Reav]

Objective 3
Var-Sulis

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At least two individuals. Or one and a droid. More importantly, that seems to be someone important, or maybe he is just pretending to be important. No way to know right then and there, so Zet gambles on it. A really big gamble which can possibly give him a fat bonus in his bank account... Or not.

He waits until the unknown man is back inside the vehicle. Before it starts to depart Zet is already moving, dashing forward with quick steps. A tap on his vambrace activates the jetpack in Stealth mode. He just needs a quick boost and a soft landing on top of the tank and then the jetpack turns off again. 'Soft' because he doesn't want to hurt his knees or fall on his ass, not because he hopes to go unnoticed. Only a heavily drunk driver would not notice steps on the roof of his vehicle.

He calculates he has a few seconds of surprise to act, a very short the time someone takes looking up and probably cursing at the source of the unknown noise. Well, it'll stop being unknown real soon because Zet reaches for the latch to open it. Not fully, he just needs a small opening to throw a sonic grenade in there and then close it again.

Sonic grenade in a closed room. That'll probably hurt. Good. Then its just a matter of opening the latch again and start shooting with a blaster in case the man is still awake to wound his hands. If all goes well the vehicle might be Zet's way in if he can bribe the droid with... oil? Bolts?

 

[Var-Sulis]

Objective 3
Var-Sulis

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At least two individuals. Or one and a droid. More importantly, that seems to be someone important, or maybe he is just pretending to be important. No way to know right then and there, so Zet gambles on it. A really big gamble which can possibly give him a fat bonus in his bank account... Or not.

He waits until the unknown man is back inside the vehicle. Before it starts to depart Zet is already moving, dashing forward with quick steps. A tap on his vambrace activates the jetpack in Stealth mode. He just needs a quick boost and a soft landing on top of the tank and then the jetpack turns off again. 'Soft' because he doesn't want to hurt his knees or fall on his ass, not because he hopes to go unnoticed. Only a heavily drunk driver would not notice steps on the roof of his vehicle.

He calculates he has a few seconds of surprise to act, a very short the time someone takes looking up and probably cursing at the source of the unknown noise. Well, it'll stop being unknown real soon because Zet reaches for the latch to open it. Not fully, he just needs a small opening to throw a sonic grenade in there and then close it again.

Sonic grenade in a closed room. That'll probably hurt. Good. Then its just a matter of opening the latch again and start shooting with a blaster in case the man is still awake to wound his hands. If all goes well the vehicle might be Zet's way in if he can bribe the droid with... oil? Bolts?

(Narration)

(Inside the tank)

"Yes sir. A premature strike force reared it's read against the town. Manned by an unknown source. All generals were accounted for. I do not take this situation lightly but with the Elysium Empire rearing it's ugly head we have no choice but to retreat. Evac stations are underway." The man stood there next to B-224 which was on autopilot en route to the command center.

"This is unacceptable. It seems my alliance with the Authority was a foul error on my behalf. The commanding forces of the Elysium will be challenged. They are but an insignificant spark in the galaxy. As for you general...You will not receive the privilege of evacuation." The black cloaked Sith would inform him over the holocron as the general's face would turn to that of confusion . Then suddenly......tink....tink..tink...into the cockpit hold and BANG!!!! A sonic grenade goes off stunning and blinding the general. As he screams in terror falling against the side of the control panel , B-224 (Who was programmed as an escort-assault droid) Continued on being no command was given otherwise. This was Zet's chance to see what's really going on at the source..and who knows. It may interest him indeed.

 

[Var-Sulis]

Objective: 2


Arla threw herself over top of Lori as Aculia Voland 's forces lay waste to many of the droidekas, with the debris falling around them, protecting her charge as best as she could.

"....that was too close...thanks..." Lori whispered to Arla, her eyes catching sight of a person flying away from the carnage. She watched which direction the person flew. "This...Authority has more funding than I had thought..." Someone was backing them up and she didn't know who.

Lori got out from under Arla as her bodyguard got up, the two of them still keeping low as the battle wasn't quite over yet. She hoped that all of this wasn't a ruse for something much grander. Regardless, she had some rethinking to do.

Var-Sulis

(Narration)

As they hung low in a retreat of the area a failing Droideka would roll 20 feet from thier location and assemble into it's attack mode but before it could ready up to fire at them it would fall apart and electricity would spark from its parts. A horn in the distance coming from the town is heard. Most likely to warn the Authority that the ploy had failed and cheers began to erupt.

 

[Valah Hagen]

Obj: 3

Post: IV

Parking her speeder into the Town of Cepal she cautiously made her way down the street that kicked up sand from the winds flailing about. Seeing a large oversize tent being established where the locals were huddling under, she decided to approach the outskirts to get an idea of what the chatter was about. Being liberated from this faction known as "The Authority" raised many questions..But observation was key. As she looked on she saw a man leap on a wooden crate and clumsily maintain his balance before chuckling to the crowd. It was strange..He was in a tailored suit, but judging by his apparel, he was not one of the locals.

 

[Andrew Lonek]

"This is the part where I tell you all that everything is going to be ok. From the South entrance to the East...We need to send for reserves and rebuild. I have a supply transport en route towards the town perimeter carrying steel, Alabaster and plenty of safe compounds. I will [stick] around to see this done." He grins as the crowd laughs. He then jumps off the crate as a woman approaches him asking, "The Elysuim Empire has saved our town...But where is the team to help rebuild? You are here and that's great, but is this it?"

He turns towards her while looking over her shoulder at the rubble and smoke from the damage that the droideka's and the Authority had done.

"I will contact whoever I need to to ensure the proper rebuilding of Cepal. Even if the team consists of Myself. In fact....I may make a trip to Garroba Prime. Thier building technology is second to none..And they do have powerful turbo lift mech droids."

She scoffs and with a pat on his shoulders she utters the words, "Well see...Mr?"


"Lonek...Andrew Lonek.."