Here Comes The Freedom Train (The Republic Invasion Of Korriban)

[Reela Witko]

At first Reela was willing to follow her master's wishes, letting him do what he needed while she did something he likely felt was safer and more important. But then she watched as he and other soldiers fell out of the ship and felt the need to help. She was about to jump when she could see her master was fine. She sighed with relief and watched as the ship, still in one piece, flew onward towards the objective. But then she saw as @A'donari Cinn was nealry blown away and ried to ump again.

"No, ma'am!" one solider said. "It's too high up!"

"That's my master down there!" she said, trying to find a place to land on her own.

"Ma'am that's the hot zone. You've got no chance getting in anymore than he does getting out. And we need all the support we can get now."

Reela watched as they flew farther and farther from where he'd landed, making her clench her fist before standing down. He was right, the best thing to do was see the objective complete. Her master would've wanted it. She went next to @[member="Saki"], she being the only other knight she knew to follow, and waited for orders.

 

[Saki]

@[member="Reela Witko"] @[member="A'donari Cinn"]

Saki gave a nod seeing the two of them as the ships went down and well she only had one goal in this mission. Be a ball of destruction and once they had gotten on the ground she gave a nod of her head going off into the distance and on her own to help out where needed. The one jedi knight knew full well what to do with his padawan and wouldn't need her well maybe down the line but for now she needed to get hyped and pumped to feel the flow of combat in her muscles.

 

[Rasu Gan]

Trooper Transport
@[member="Syn"] @[member="Iella E`ron"]

I can't miss this, Rasu thought as she ran out of the hangar turbo-lift, still tightening her light armor onto her arms and shoulders. It seemed she hadn't gotten a second of rest after Dac, those higher up in the Jedi seemed to have been planning this for some time now if they were able to act so quickly after such a large invasion only a short time ago. Hopping onto the troopers transport, she nodded to both Master's Syn and Iella E`ron before wrapping her wrist around one of the support straps. Rasu's arm cramped slightly as it was lifted up onto the material, her body it seemed still sore from the previous invasion. Adrenaline had been pumping throughout the Shi'ido's body non-stop during the Battle for Dac and she still hadn't recuperated fully, however she had forced herself. The day that the Jedi finally took the planet Korriban, was something the Headmistress didn't want to miss out on.

Rubbing some sleep out of her eyes, she hoped that the two Masters she was accompanying didn't notice her current condition. She had heard that Master Syn was looking for a small team and had hoped that she would be able to join them, but if they caught on to her fatigue then her hope of seeing Korriban defeated with her own eyes might be crushed. "So how long do you think this has been in the making?" she asked the two Masters, curious as to whether they knew the reason for the sudden invasion. Surely someone could provide her with some answers.

 

[Talon Vosra]

Korriban
Aboard Acerbatis
Objective: Defend ship from Jedi aka not die.

Korriban, the barren world that below him as he looked out the view port was a very big part of his training. After leaving the Zoist academy Talon had come here to learn from the Masters that slinked through the academy. He had been trained by many of the great leaders of the sith Drannok Lussk his first master, taught him how to lead fleets, the Umbran emporer had trained him by sending him against the former Jedi Grand master Ben Watts and company on Metalorn and his last master Velok had taught him to survive with the force. None of them however helped him to end his doubts about the Empire. He agreed the imperial citizens needed protection from the enwmies of the Empire, but he heard rumors of the protectors being the oppressors as well.

Talon had to do what he had to however, because he was a soldier for the Empire. He held the rank of captain in the Imperial Commandos and was trained to fight wars but he was also a soldier for the force. Talon saw as several ships dropped out of hyperspace and made an advance toward the planet below. He knew his job and with helmet in hand he activated his comlink to call his squad.

"Delta squad this is IC-1128 captain Vosra gear up and get to the squad bay for orders asap." Talon cut the link and jogged through the ship it was only a precautionary measure but he was following procedures. He would give the orders for his 12 troop squad to gaurd the corridors to the bridge while he searched for threats in the force.

@[member="Syn"] @[member="Iella E`ron"] @[member="Sochi Ru"]

 

[Simone]

Korriban
Somewhere in the Valley of the whatever-you-call-it
Trying to not get killed
@Tefka @Darc Xavior Talus @Joshua DragonsFlame @Simone @Rasho the Hutt @Leina Snowfire @Equa Dominator @[member="Mikhail Shorn"]
Simone clapped her hands over her ears as a horn sounded. "The hell was that?!?" she half shouted at the holocam. she needed to stop talking to objects. Picking up the pace she rounded the corner to find six Jedi face two, what she assumed to be, sith. She disappeared behind the tomb again. That way was not an option, she looked up, there were good hand and footholds on the tomb. If she climbed up she could get a good vantage point and be out of their way. Simone began to climb, snippets of there conversation drifted to her ears.

She let out a bark of laughter at the mention of McYoda's. It echoed off the Valley and she quickened her pace. Reaching the top, she shuffled to the edge and sat down, legs dangling precariously over the edge. She could see them all clearly now. She had never seen a sith hutt before, but the other one drew her attention more so. You couldn't deny that he had a 'bad boy' appeal about him. Her holocam shot down towards the Jedi, catching their faces on camera, and those of the sith before whizzing back up to Hover by Simone.

She waved, as if she wasn't in the middle of what was about to become a battlefield. "Hey, don't mind me. I just crashed my ship. I'm gonna sit here out of your way." She folded her arms and managed a smile. If any of the Jedi paid attention they would recognise her face. Blackmarked by the Republic after she hacked the Temple's systems and broadcasted to half of Coruscant, she imagined her face would be on their 'to look out for' list somewhere.

 

[Darth Ayra]

| @[member="Vinyata Nicashii"] | @[member="Sorin Vanado"] | @[member="Selena Halcyon"] |

Horuset system, Korriban. Sith Academy.

Darth Ayra was stood at the entrance of the Sith Academy, the last bastion against the approaching Jedi led Republic forces that were moving upon her and her home. She turned her gaze to Vinyata Nicashii as she made her way across the bridge. "Come here Nicashii, I have a job for you." When the cadet, a student on her Sith Marauder training regime was close enough, she gave her orders by pulling her ear to her mouth and whispering into it. "There is a shoulder strap bag just behind me. It has a WESTAR M5 rifle, combat knives, grenades and thermal detonators. I want you to open it and take the thermal detonators. Then I want you to find a way underneath that bridge and began deploying those detonators underneath it. Buzz me with your commlink when you've finished."

The Sith Marauder let go of her student and let go about her orders before turning back around; and there, bold as brass, as a Jedi leading a squad of Republic soldiers to her door step. The hiss of her Lightsaber came out into the early, morning air as Selena Halcyon approached. She would give the Jedi Grandmaster no quarter, even if she didn't realize that she was about to fight a Jedi Master. The blonde fury leaped off from the entrance in a sprint towards her, brandishing her weapon in front of her. She leaped off the ground in a jump and opened her attack on Selena with a Juyo strike. She was going to enjoy this duel.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="Talon Vosra"] @[member="Rasu Gan"] @[member="Syn"]


Location: Transport Ship
Position: About to dock in the Acerbatis


Iella was ready. The Transport only moments away from docking and her muscles in her body tightened, the force running through all of her, strengthening her arms and legs. The knot of energy twisting in her stomach ready to be summon at will. She looked over to Knight Gan who had joined them to take the ship, if they can't take it then destroy it. She held no sign of emotion to her face as the considered the Knight, simply because she held to her purpose now.

"This conflict has been coming since .. the beginning of the darkness, the conflict between the Sith and the Jedi, but you refer to the decisions of the Council", she afforded a small smile, "We are taking advantage of the momentum from the win on Ossus and Dac and pushing forward to Korriban. It might seem like we are gloating over the victories, but there is more to it then that. Korriban is barren, of life at least, but there are things here that need our attention. The Valley of Dark Lords is not just filled with the dead and rock and tombs, but are darkside artifacts that need to be collected and destroyed, Sith Ghosts also inhabit the tomb still and it is not a place for the faint hearted. I kind of wish I was there ... The Sith Empire is crumbing we see that coming now and soon, and it is this that we wish to destroy once and for all, there tyranny is coming to an end, for now. I have no doubt they will gather in some form and rebuild. We must not become complacent but more vigilant then ever as they will want revenge as is their nature".

The ship shuddered as it docked.

"Now Rasu, let us focus on the what is to come, now". She looked toward Syn to see if he was ready to board.

 

[Ava Solborne]

The current situation was a lot more difficult than Equa had imagined. In her dreams, it was all very simple. He should've known, that fighting against Sith is not that easy, because he had fought against... a few, maybe? He didn't remember the exact amount, but he remembered he had done it. All the time before promotion was just a dark era in his brain. He remembered only the main things; there were no details.

"What shall we do?" Equa whispered to the fellow Jedi who were near the place. Sith might have heard him too.

 

[Riz Carter]

VALLEY OF THE DARK LORDS - clustercuss

@[member="Tefka"] @[member="Darc Xavior Talus"] @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] @[member="Simone"] @[member="Mikhail Shorn"] @[member="Rasho the Hutt"]

Bell-like laughter whistled through the air as the slave-wistie touched her tiny feet down onto the armored-shoulder of her oversized master. Fiery-gaze rolled a 360. The hutt had as much hubris as his form and sometimes she couldn't tell which was bigger.

"I'm starting to think you wished Anaya Fen was a hutt so you could do it again, master."

Unfortunately, she was glued to the hutt's side or rather, his general radius, due to some vague, slave device. She would have to defend him once again in order to survive. Arms crossed over the brass bikini of her dress-code as she surveyed who her next target would be.

 

[Darc Xavior Talus]

Landed way off course somewhere...

A disturbance in the Force was felt. Dark signatures were coming or were they already here? He scouted with shimmering white eyes to detect any force signatures in the area. Then he spotted @[member="Mikhail Shorn"] coming around a corner to meet them. He was the very same Sith he saw in their victory over the system of Ossus. The paladin channeled the will of the Force and conjured a protection bubble around his body as the Sith neared them. The shimmering blue globe would protect him from wide range of attacks, deflect laser blasts, defend against lightsabers, vacuums and even inflict certain amounts of damage upon contact with the approaching Sith. His lightsaber levitated to his grip as an emerald blade sprang into life from it. He narrowed his glowing white eyes, scanning over the Sith for a shatterpoint.

@[member="Tefka"] @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]

 

[Dhasias Vunumera]

Vinyata desperately wanted to help her master in the duel, but realized that it would be best for her to assist the Sith defenses in other ways. Dashing out of the academy, Vinyata looked up and could see the full fury of the battle erupting around the airspace and ground of Korriban. Star destroyers hammered away with a fury of turbolasers while fighters weaved in and around the sky as they dogfighted, tanks blasted away in long range duels, rockets and missiles streak through the air. The soldiers of the Serpent Legion were holding their own, their superior defensive positions proving very difficult for the Republic forces to overcome as shuttles and fighters, intercepted by missiles and flax, spiralled to the ground and exploded in brilliant fireballs.

"Jeran." Vinyata said into her comm link, "I need covering fire, I am going to plant detonators on the bridge."

"yes general." Jeran replied. Jeran was located on the top of a cliff with a squad of elite snipers about 500feet from her position. Vinyata stood in front of the large bridge that lead directly to the entrance of the academy. She could see about two miles out Republic armored forces were rapidly approaching. Vinyata ran to the edge of the bridge, starting down into the deep gorge below. In one swift motion, Vinyata jumped off the bridge and caught onto the bridges bottom before she could fall down into the dark gorge below. Holding onto a ledge with both hands, feet dangling underneath her, she gathered her energy and swung herself forward. Backflipping right underneath the underside of the bridge, she shot a grappling hook onto the the bottom of the bridge from her gauntlet, the lethalty sharp hook latched on to the bridge. Pulling herself up, Vinyata used her assassin, training, and physical ability to crawl like a spider on the underside of the bridge, placing the thermal detonators at intervals. She could feel the rumble of the Republic tanks and speeders fast approaching. Although the Serpent Legion was engaging them and buying her time, she needed to rig the whole bridge with explosives to make sure no Republic ground forces entered the bridge. One more to go. Vinyata told herself. Taking the detonator out of the bag, she slapped it onto the bridge. There, she had placed all ten detonators on the bridge, when detonated, they would wreck the bridge. Crawling upside down to the edge of the bridge's underside, she jumped off, somersaulted in mid air, and shot her grappling hook onto the edge of the top of the bridge. The grappling hook rapidly pulled Vinyata's agile body onto the top of the bridge. Vinyata's did a backflip then landed on the top side of the bridge once more.

"Master!" Vinyata called into her comlik,"the charges are in place!" After she called out over the comm to her master, Vinyata turned and saw that the approaching Republic forces were now less than a mile away, their sheer numbers threatening to overwhelm Serpent Legions gun encampments. Activating her purple saberstaff bristling with lightning, Vinyata twirled it and deflected several blaster shots from the oncoming forces.

Vinyata turned to run the length of the 750ft bridge back toward the Academy.

"Jeran, hit those oncoming forces with everything you've got!" Vinyata called into her comm. "See if there is an available Star Destroyer for air support!" Vinyata turned and used the force to force sprint back toward the academy.

"Roger that general." Jeran said over the comm.

@[member="Ayra"]

 

[Syn]

Trooper Transport en route to Acerbatis
@[member="Rasu Gan"] @Iella E`ron @[member="Talon Vosra"]

The trip to the dreadnaught was something to see as the jedi master continued to work the cloak, keeping them transport and its people in the current which hid them from detection in the force as well as sight. That and the bracelets the jedi masters had which were taozins and hid them anyways. A small gift when he returned from Roche and then the transport jerked as it passed the shields and was inside. A look under the hood that said they had made it bu he wasn't breaking his concentration just yet. The first thing to do was touch down and he heard Iella and Rasu speaking. The small hiss as the ship opened and Syn dropped the immersion bolting up. "Go and quickly seal the hanger, lock them out of the system and key it to Republic commands."

The soldiers gave him a nod as he moved speaking to the two while holding the saber. "The artifacts on korriban were brought to vaults long ago, when Velok raided them he took it all mostly. We'll be going after them in time but first we make sure there is no one able to use them." With a smirk he moved towards the doors of the transport and activated one saber before rushing out towards far side while his senses expanded to encompass the ship and its people. They were going to have to cut down a lot of them in the meanttime and he had to get ready for a fight.

 

[000]

In one the transport
Being that Ronin was not quite the Jedi yet in their eyes and at the same time. Being bit of a troublemaker.....having been pass on from one Master after another. Who for one reason or another had their reason to pass him on yet not about ready let him fall or fail second time. They kept him round as an Padawan for all this time assign him to one mission after another. For too long that up till now this was nothing more than another mission for him.

So after gathering his gear and suit up he then heads off to one the nearest transport. Line up with the other that already were on board. Pause if but moment to adjust the holster on one side and make sure his blaster. Had been lock and loaded just in case whatever trouble came their way during the assault.)

 

[Lord Ghoul]

Korriban
Valley of the Dark Lords
Not So Near Republic LZ
Tefka's Crash Site - Unfinished Temple to the Thronebreaker
@Tefka @Darc Xavior Talus @Joshua DragonsFlame @Simone @Rasho the Hutt @Leina Snowfire @Equa Dominator @[member="Evangeline Sage"]

Shorn stood at a comfortable distance from the Jedi party. About the same distance as from home to first base in that ancient sport of baseball. He intended it to keep it that way.

He glanced up as another individual entered the combat zone, but she seemed content to just watch. He looked back at the Jedi.

A shimmering field of the Force appeared around Darc, who was the first to react to the appearance of Sith - Sith who seemed to be coming out of the very stones themselves. Shorn's smirk was lost behind his helm and he casually stretched out a hand toward Darc. Fingers curled as if around a throat. A constricting force wrapped around Darc's neck like a durasteel docking clamp and Mikhail attempted to lift him into the air. But Shorn didn't stand there and try to idly force choke the pointy-eared one.

In all his time among the Sith, Mikhail had only ever wielded one power with complete and unparalleled power. Telekinesis was his realm and his alone. Expecting an attempt to break free, Shorn prepared a second telekinetic bind which he would snap into place if Darc broke the first. Aphotic power flowed through him and into a telekinetic body slam strong enough to break bone as he attempted to lift Darc into the air and smash him into the ground.

Repeatedly.

 

[Talon Vosra]

@[member="Iella E`ron"] @[member="Rasu Gan"] @[member="Syn"] @[member="Ronin Wendigo"]

Korriban
patroling Acerbatis coridors.

Talon walked along the corridors of the ship searching for threats. The farkside had seated itself in the pit of his stomach like a Sarlaac that had rooted itself in the ground. There was danger close by, he was certain, but he felt nothing. Unbeknownst to Talon as the Jedi entered the foreboding from the force became a sharp stab and his hand went down to his abdomen. Something was dreadfully wrong.

Talon commed the ships troops on all troop channels.

"Troops prepare for boarders. Fortify positions and I want no less than two troops firing on any Jedi at all times." Talon issued his orders but he was already late the Jedi were in motion before he could even have supposed and even now he was just guessing.

He pulled one of his two sabers, the silver one and ignited it's shimmering silver blade. He drew on the darkside and raced down the corridor and around the corner toward the closest Hanger bay. If he was right alot of his men, his friends would be dead soon. He xouldn't understand the Jedi and their constant attacks. They were like ravenous beast on a bone. When would rhe warmongering end, and how could they stand out as bright points of light in his minds eye when they attacked so violently. Perhaps, therw was something he didn't understand. Perhaps he needed to reevaluate what he thought he knew.

"Gunnery Sergeant Dorn?" Talon said on hos squad's private comm channel.

"Talon sir what is it?" The Gunny teplied. They had been on several missions together and Talon was worried.

"If things look real bad." Talon said as he thought of the parents he had already had to visit to bring them the news that their child was dead. "Evac and rendezvous at my ship."

"Sir we'll die for the empire." The Gunny replied

"Thats what worries me Dorn." Talon said as he continued his run toward the hanger.

 

[Vulpesen]

Vulpesens ship zipped through the sky, bringing him closer to Korriban's surface. "Really? Why can't I ever make it to these places on time." He hated being late, and he was especially rather angry that it had come on such an important date as this. Looking to Ace, he gave a few mental commands, mostly pertaining to staying on the ship and acting as a quick escape should things go south. Ace was small, but Vulpesen had managed to rig up a few devices to allow him to pilot the ship. As they finally prepared their descent, Vulpesen opened up the ramp and walked to the exit. "Keep her ready Ace, and keep an eye on the battle, because this is going to be one awesome party." With those words he leaned out of the ship and dropped down to the planet below.

The presence of the darkside was strong, it was sickening in fact, but Vulpesen had done his best to train on the way, expecting this complication. Some jedi were close to the darkside, teetering wildly on the line of light and dark and a place like this could set them over. Vulpesen was one of those jedi, but unlike others, he was fully aware of this and thus he did his best to use his will against this corruption. He wasn't about to fall to the darkside. Not on this battle. Not at the peak of his fights as a jedi. This was his day of victory, and he would treat it as such, without tainting himself with the dark side.

 

[000]

@[member='Talon Vosra'], @Iella E`ron @Rasu Gan @Syn @Ronin Wendigo

It was then as stood on wayside by the other who for no fault of their own eye him with bit suspicion. Seeing him to be no more than stranger that a Jedi. Cloth and weapons akin to smugglers rather than one them....he stood out be quite odd in their company. Yet still he kept quite and gave them no mind. As he turn his focus to the task at hand instead.....knowing all too well from his experience in past.That boarding ship specially a Sith ship would get messy soon enough.

And so going against his better judgement he move to the front line on the left. As he assumed that no sooner had the door be open the firefight would start. And the most logical target be front & center where the bulk the force would be.

That seem on cue no sooner had the transport dock and the door open that those inside rush forward. All manner of weapon come into play the fight ensued.

 

[Rasu Gan]

Acerbatis Dreadnought
Hangar Bay


With the advise of the two Jedi Master's driving her on, Rasu stepped off the shuttle onto the hard, polished hangar deck. The dark side reeked in this place, fueled by the multiple Sith that must be aboard. Extending her senses, she sent tendrils of her consciousness out in all directions, encompassing the massive dreadnought. Several large clumps of dark aura stood out to the Shi'ido and she assumed this was where the Sith were tucking themselves away from the fighting, however still individual aura's remained wandering the craft. Looks like we'll be running into a few, she thought. Preparing herself for the fight to come, Rasu immersed herself in the Force, rejuvenating her tired muscles and sharpening her senses. Gazing out at the Republic troops, she made sure that they had successfully locked down the hangar before returning to the Jedi Master's sides, ready to accompany them into the fight that was almost upon them.

"So what is the plan Master Syn?" she asked, assuming that the man was the one who had formulated a strategy. She was unsure of what to do next, it alarmed her slightly that the beings present in the hangar were the only ones that were to board the dreadnought, taking on all the forces within on their own. But the Force was with them this day, making the Shi'ido feel ready for whatever they were to face.

@[member="Iella E`ron"], @[member="Syn"], @[member="Talon Vosra"], @[member="Ronin Wendigo"]

 

[Darc Xavior Talus]

Landed way off course somewhere...

A flicker in the threads of the Force came towards the paragon as the Sith attempted latch onto Darc. The intense pressure wrapped around his neck as he was lifted. The protection that surrounded his body seemed not enough to protect him from the use of the force so he was obligated to augment the situation a bit more. He summoned a defensive technique as he was being forced to be slammed down repeatedly, instead he countered the powerful grip with a force barrier as a white aura around him. Him being well versed in defensive tactics, the barrier served as force power retardant. He released himself from his grip and dropped to the ground on one knee. He stood up slowly and conjured the will of the Force spiraling around him; connecting it with @[member="Mikhail Shorn"]. The wave energy was not meant to hurt him directly but instead drain him of Force energy as the paragon absorbed it for his own. The force absorption would serve him now to amplify his defensive abilities to a higher magnitude. If the Sith continued to use any more force abilities the paladin be obliged to start his force meld with @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] and @[member="Tefka"] to combine their collective knowledge in the Force into one mind.

 

[Ordo]

@[member="Darth Shadow"]

The space above Korriban was strewn with ships republic and Sith alike. The blossoms of turbolaser fire erupted in a cacophony of colors and streaked. Between ships.

Ordo had heard about the assault from his friends in the republic and had taken his small fleet to try and aid the Jetiise in ending the empire once and for all.

The Ordo clan expansionary defense fleet dropped out of hyperspace and immediately began calculations for firing solutions. Ordo stood on his temporay Flagship the Caibur be Ordo (Ash'amur-class Star Destroyer) and watched the drama unfold.
His fleet was a bruiser designed to gang up on big threats while keeping fighters busy, but the Sith were to smart for this fight to be even near won. He would have to stay sharp.

"Have all fighters prep for launch." Ordo said to his 2nd in command, "and move our Ordo class frigates forward."

Now all Ordo would have to do is wait and see who came into range first.


Name of Fleet: Ordo Clan Expansionary Defense Fleet
Commanding Officer: Ordo
Affiliation: Mandalorian
Ships:1 Ash'amur-class Star Destroyer, 4 Ordo_class Frigates, 4 Grey fox light corvettes (144), 3 Kad’ika-class Light Cruisers (400) 2 BBC-75 Cavalry-Class Pocket Carrier (380), 1 Guardian-Class Frigate

Total length: 3916 meters
Flagship: Caibur be Ordo Ash'amur-class Star Destroyer
1 Ordo-Class Frigate: “Beskar’tor”
3 Ordo-class frigates (1200 meters): Buurenaar, Ca, Cerar.
4 Grey fox light corvettes: “Bev”, “Boracyk”, “Beviin”, “Bikadinir”(576 meters)
1 Guardian-class frigate (180 meters): “Shuk”
3 Kad’ika-class Light Cruisers: “Solus”, ”T’ad”, “Ehn”(1200 meters)
2 BBC-75 Cavalry-Class Pocket Carrier (760 meters): Cuyan and Dral