I will find my Angel

[Matthew(Rogue)Drevur]

P.R.I.M.U.S. hits zero, I through the box out of the airlock, but it falls short, "NO!" I scream, then I shove my hand out, using the Force to literally shove the box on the the hull of the ship, "Cookie! Olan! Shoot it! I can't hold it forever!"

[member="P.R.I.M.U.S."] [member="Olan Teff"]

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn seems to be on a roll, she is taking out enemy ships right and left. She notices that one of the fighters has gone missing and decides to try to find it. She rolls to the left to try to shake the pirate she has on her tail and it works just long enough for her to spin around 180 degrees to where the Time Bandit was upside down. she then starts to drill the ship with fire. after about 10 seconds the ship explodes in a firey display

[member="Matthew (Rogue) Drevur"]

[member="Relina Zhan"]

 

[Matthew(Rogue)Drevur]

"COOKIE! OLAN! HURRY!" I say as my grip is weakening.

[member="P.R.I.M.U.S."] [member="Olan Teff"] [member="Relina Zhan"] [member="Quinncolson"]

 

[Relina Zhan]

[member="Quinncolson"]

The crippled Terminus that contained Commander Holland "Lance" Roc, Angel Squadron's number two, was tumbling down and away. He couldn't keep the ship under control, with the manoeuvreing jets not responding. It would seem the damage had spread from the hydraulic actuators of the starboard wing well into fighter's stabliser and gyro systems. The comm wasn't working anymore, either. Nothing but static filled Lance's ears. One of the hexogonal panels flickered with static, evidence that perhaps a shot had also penetrated one of the holocam emplacement's housing recesses. If so, it would have been another lucky hit. Suffice it to say, his ship was trashed. The tactical feeds displayed before him on his visor reported nothing less.

"I have to bail out of this mess." he told himself. He'd pull his repeater pistol from its housing under the console and holstered it securely before reaching around to the ejection handle. He'd pull it after announcing, for what it was worth, "Angel two, ejecting!"

The Cockpit itself, complete with its droid socket directly behind the opaque canopy, separated from the rest of the ship. An automatic self-destruction timer was activated and ten seconds later, the ship's remains exploded in a brilliant, but short-lived fireball. The cockpit had become a lifepod at this point, which Commander Roc steered toward the nearest friendly frigate, the Kestral. However, the single engine unit had been struck by small piece of debris accelerated to hypersonic speeds in the explosion from whence they came. Another bout of misfortune... the engine was losing power.

"Dammit!" he swore. He's try the comm again, hoping he'd get through to someone friendly. "mayday, mayday, mayday. This is Commander Holland Roc, Hapan Royal Navy. I've taken terminal damage. Need assistance." he didn't know if it got out, but his automated distress beacon was activated upon ejection.

 

[Olan Teff]

[member="Matthew (Rogue) Drevur"] [member="P.R.I.M.U.S."] [member="Quinn"] Colson [member="Relina Zhan"]

As he has planned, he shot and hit the box the moment Matt had thrown it. Turning everything within its blast radius into a nice bright fireball for a little while. Probably was a pretty nice fireworks show.

Dropping the rocket launcher now he got himself ready for the next step. Making sure his suit was properly on and his helmet nearby.

Nos taking to wait for his next commands from the Captain. "Step one complete, Captain." A wild grin on his face now.

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

When Quinn saw the fireball she new she must act quickly to save the pilot. So she pushed her engine to the red line in a desperate plan to save the pilot. It took her a little under a minute to get there but when she did she got on all frequencies and called out "Life pod I repeat life pod I am coming to get you." As she brings her ship around the back of the capsule and then calls into the com link again "Roger we are right with you all you have to do is cross over. As Quinn says that she shuts the airlock that connects the cockpit to the rest of the ship and opens the main airlock.

[member="Relina Zhan"]

 

[Relina Zhan]

[member="Quinncolson"]

Holland didn't know that ship and didn't know whether he was friend or foe. His IFF didn't register as friendly, but he wasn't going to get away alive if he tried to run, especially with a dying engine. When he got a connection over the comm, however, he heard a woman's voice speaking Basic, although much of what she said was drowned in static. "R7.... eject from the pod... get on the ship and activate your homing beacon." he commanded his copilot.

"Complied. Godspeed, Commander." she said before ejecting from her socket. She'd then use her thrusters to board the ship's airlock.

Cutting the throttle and turning his pod around so that the unknown ship was directly above him, he got to within 90 metres of the airlock before reaching up to the manual release, which would literally blow the canopy off by setting off pyrotechnic bolts that held the vacuum seals in place. he would make a hand gesture as he closed his eyes, tapping his forehead and both shoulders, praying for a miracle. He'd sharply inhale what very well could have been his final breath, and then exhaled as he released his restraining harness just before pulling the release lever. The canopy blew and then.. nothingness.... silence.... he realised he was staring Death in the face. There was only the brilliant colours of the Transitory Mists and the flashes of light from weapon fire in the distance presenting a heavenly light show in the silence. Holland wasn't dead yet, but the space around him was empty, dead silent, and it felt like it wanted to tear his skin apart slowly. He kicked out of his seat and floated off into the void toward the open airlock.

By the time he was in the airlock, he was about ready to collapse from exhaustion and the lack of oxygen. He'd draw his pistol and banged on the inner hatch, hoping to the gods he'd get to inhale within the next few seconds.

 

[Matthew(Rogue)Drevur]

"Nice shot, sigh, haven't had to do that in a long while, not in two years." Then I call out to [member="P.R.I.M.U.S."], "Hey P.R.I.M.U.S., what do we do now?"

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn very quickly shuts the outer hatch and opens the inner airlock. "Welcome aboard." She says but is met with a blaster to the face. not knowing what to do she put the throttle on the floor and heads for the Firdrake hoping that she could make it before he shot her in the head. "I have the pilot I repeat I have the pilot I am bringing him to you." She calls over the com link

[member="Relina Zhan"]

 

[Relina Zhan]

[member="Quinncolson"]

Holland made the same gesture again as the outer hatch shut and the airlock ed filled with precious, breathable air. He swore to himself that he'd never take it for granted again. When the door opened, he entered and, not encountering anyone armed, let alone anyone attempting to seize him, he turned toward ship's cockpit. He wasn't going down without a fight and was cautious about his movements. Then, he sighted the pilot, at whom his gun was indeed pointed. She spoke at that moment.

"Good answer." Commander Roc replied in Basic. His Hapan accent was thick, but not so much so that he couldn't be understood. Truly, however, it was the accent of a romance language. "You will fly this ship back to the Firedrake and do not deviate from that course."

He was still waiting to be jumped from behind. naturally, after what he had just been through, he was more than a little edgy.

[member="Matthew (Rogue) Drevur"]
[member="Olan Teff"]
[member="P.R.I.M.U.S."]

The airlock hatch of the Firedrake had been blown out by the charges. The inner hatch was also breached, causing air to rush out of the corridor where a squad had already set up a cordon. Normally, after a few seconds, the bulkhead would have automatically sealed the breach, similar to a damaged window. The hatch, however, was in bent pieces, which prevented full closure. However, bulkheads further down either side corridor slammed shut and were magnetically sealed, containing the breach to just that section.

At the moment of the breach, however, two Marines and a Cyborg were sucked out into the void, hurtling toward the pirate ship's open hatch. The Cyborg commander armed and threw a stun grenade into the hatch and reached out to grab some part of the ship to ensure she wasn't going to end up lost in space. One Marine wasn't so lucky and so she took time away from a counterattack to attempt to save him using a liquid cable launcher, which wound itself around the Marine's arm. The Commander's gun jsut floated there, slowly tumbling away.

"I've got you, Marine. Deploy cable and get your ass up here!" she ordered over the comm. The newer battle armour suits were designed for a number of situations, vacuum being one of them. The helmets were sealed and internal air scrubbers ensured that the air tanks embedded into the back of the suit kept the existing air recycled and breathable. The other Marine that got ejected from the frigate slammed straight through the enemy ship's hatch shortly after the stun grenade did. if he could just sight on one of the pirates, he'd take a shot. The other three int he squad were still inside the Frigate, having avoided being sucked out and were starting to take aim.

The Marine that was caught started to wind the cable on his arm around to secure himself better as he reached for his own launcher. He'd fix it to his gun and deployed a cable of his own at the ship before retracting it.

"Thanks, Commander. I owe you one." he said.

"A good soldier never leaves a man behind. Now, hustle, Marine! Move it!" the Cyborg ordered.

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn did indeed fly straight to the Firedrake at the top speed of the ship which was scary fast. The blaster to the back of her head didn't bother her that much but it did bother her. "please release the hangar shield repeat please take down the hangar shield." She called out in the com link when they neared the ship.

[member="Relina Zhan"]

 

[Relina Zhan]

[member="Quinncolson"]

The Firedrake's hangar was damaged from the initial opening attack. The flight deck had a few bodies laying on it near the scorch marks left from where the bolts that penetrated the thick forward shielding impacted. Two of the bodies were not dressed like technicians, but rather like pilots similar to Holland. The ship allowed Quinn to land. "This is Firedrake. Permission granted to land. Do not exit your ship and we suggest you disarm your crew. A squad will meet you momentarily." Instructed the comm officer.

"You are the Jedi who followed these pirates in, eh?" the Angel pilot asked. His guard wasn't let down at all, but he was less willing to actually shoot her at this point. "Not to worry, my dear, you will be treated fairly, considering you don't seem to be helping these ash'taka. We aren't as unreasonable as history might make us out to be. For my own safety, however, i must keep you covered, so I'd advise you not to go for anything that can be construed as a weapon." he added with a softer tone, despite his use of a Hapan vulgarity.

If Quinn was brave enough to face the man who covered her at gunpoint, she'd be met with a slightly sunburned, but beautiful face. Like all Hapans, the man was quite handsome. He had reddish, wavy hair cropped reasonably short with green eyes, still covered by a blue visor, and was about average size for a Human male, although he seemed to have some muscle under his dark-grey flightsuit. His gun seemed to be of a new, local model, generally unfamiliar to outsiders, featuring a thick, heavier power pack slung under the barrel. There was a green laser sight pointed at her chest.

"I appreciate you saving my life, so do not take my actions as a lack of gratefulness. We don't know you and Naval procedure prescribes that we detain you and any crew found aboard for questioning to ascertain your identity, affiliation, and business here." He explained. "I'm Commander Holland Roc of Her Majesty's Royal Navy. I'd open the main hatch so that the Marines don't have to breach it."

Outside the ship, once he landed, two separate squads of Space Marines cautiously surrounded the ship, weapons set to stun. Their squad leaders issued commands in Hapan to board the ship and detain the crew.

Meanwhile, help had finally arrived in the form of an imposing Type-D505 Wyvern, the successor to the iconic Battle Dragon. It really just seemed to be a bigger and more well-armed version of it from the outside. It came flanked by two smaller and dated Nova-class battle cruisers, which were actually smaller than the Type N909 Supernova frigates present. They entered the system from Hyperspace, beginning to take defensive positions.

 

[Matthew(Rogue)Drevur]

"Wait, is that a... STUN GRENADE! GET DOWN!" I say over the comm as I jump out of the blast radius. "Im pretty sure we are going to return fire. Olan, you know what to do." I say as I pull out an unfamiliar looking blaster rifle out of a holster on my back.
[member="P.R.I.M.U.S."] [member="Olan Teff"] [member="Relina Zhan"] [member="Quinncolson"] [member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

[member="Dar Moraal"]

Relina took a hit to her starboard side of her opaque canopy. The shielding took most of it, but there was a scorch mark on the silver paint-job and a crack in one of the recessed lenses protecting the holocams that let her see everything outside without a traditional transparisteel bubble. Part of her view on her right side, as a result, was now unclear. "Taking fire, minor starboard canopy damage." R9 said, using her diagnostic utilities to assess the damage. Relina felt the impact, but knew where he had gone. She would do something unexpected, however. She pulled back on the throttle to slow herself and would sharply flip herself around as Dar went to engage Josh. Still feeling more than thinking, she looked up and saw her quarry and another Terminus fighting. The IFF confirmed 'Angel 8' just as she came out of the inside-loop manoeuvre, which placed her right behind her target.

"Joshua! He's mine! Back off and support the Firedrake! They have boarders hard-docked." she said as she accelerated toward Dar with a vengeance. She wasn't even using her targeting computer to stay on his backside, being that the stealth function was messing with her ability to sensor lock, but rather merely seeing his silhouette against the bright backdrop of the Transitory Mists and somehow... someway she couldn't explain, she could just... feel him there. This 'pilot's high', as she called it once upon a time, was exhilarating.

"Right where I want you." she mumbled as she once again fired her guns, alternating ion cannons and lasers, at that same odd tempo, as if firing ahead of a twist or turn. She would keep her finger firmly on the missile-launch button, patiently waiting for the sweet sound of the lock-tone. "R9-Engage tactical music. If he wants to play hard-to-get with me, then he will be silenced."

"Complied. Do you have a particular song in mind?"

"Affirmative. Something... traditional... and scan for our little friend's frequency. Further, I'm going to need you to find any changes in frequency usage. I don't want them talking anymore unless I get to hear what they are saying."

She named a song of a traditional type... it involved the heavy use of bagpipes. It was played over the comm once R9 found Dar's frequency.

[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]

Meanwhile, on board the Firedrake, the Space Marines and Cyborg Warriors on board were prepared to repel boarders. helmets were locked and sealed, personal shields were online, deployable cover deployed in strategic areas starting at the obvious fork in the airlock corridor and each adjacent corridor having more combat personnel covering the advance squad. All non-combat personnel were sealed in their stations each with a squad of 6 guarding the accessways. The ship was on high alert, which meant total lockdown. The largest single force, a total of 3 lances (which in Hapan order of battle meant 36 soldiers total including 6 Cyborgs, where a lance was 2 squads of 6) was concentrated at the engine room. Another lance was located at life support and yet another at the datacore. Finally, two lances were barricading the bridge. The rest were in squads of 6 sporadically placed around the ship. In total, the troops numbered at 250. Droids were restricted from movement about the ship during lockdown except in cases of a mission-critical duty, same for support personnel, all of which had to be escorted by a squad. They waited, weapons locked and loaded.

"As soon as that door opens, even if it is blown open, let them have it!" A Cyborg squad leader commanded. "The captain wants them alive if possible. Kill them only if you must."

[member="Matthew (Rogue) Drevur"]
[member="P.R.I.M.U.S."]

The other Angels were still mopping up the deployed enemy fighters and Dar's ship along with the Kestral's fighters. Angel Two was unable to bail out and soon disappeared from everyone's IFF. He had been presumed Killed In Action, but Relina was not yet informed. Those who had survived him in his squadron fought back ferociously.

"Every.. single... one of you will pay for what you did to Holland!" Volcano roared as he tore into one of the enemy mooks buzzing about, laser cannons blazing.

"After everything Commander Roc said to me I...." Blackout's voice resounded, faltering only slightly before hardening along with her heart. "Angel Six! FOX TWO!"

"Gods, please tell me bailed out! C'mon!" Said Screech just after taking out another bandit of his own.

"Splash one. Kill confirmed. That was for Lance." Archer said as she turned to engage the pirate carrier-ship the enemy fighters were launched from. "and before Major Zhan's quarry goes to ground.... leave no ground to go to... Angel Four, Fox three!"

"Don't get strung out mourning. We're still in combat." Aurora, ever a voice of reason, advised. "We don't know what happened to him, yet."

[member="Quinncolson"]

"Roger that" He spoke as the Jedi would pull out of the battle, leaving Relina to deal with her opponent in starfighter combat herself. Josh knew that he wasn't as much use in the air as he was in a ground battle, and he knew that if the Firedrake was being boarded, he would be much more of a use on board it and fighting with a lightsaber. The starfighter would spin through the air, avoiding gunfire and even getting in a few lucky shots and downing an enemy starfighter, giving the Jedi an opportunity to fly through and reach the Firedrake, passing the forcefield and entering the hanger bay as the starfighter would land.

The R4 unit would be ejected in comical fashion and the Jedi Master would launch himself out of the pilots seat as well, backflipping from his perch and landing on his feet, scanning the area for threats.

 

[P.R.I.M.U.S.]

[mood]/default.

"Kill them and return fire until I can get us out of here!" PRIMUS detatched the ship, which was in positively wretched condition now, and the door started to close. There would be enough time for the two groups to exchange a little more fire, but anyone caught on his ship would be leaving with him dead or alive.

The Stun Grenade knocked the Toydarian, Cookie, out cold. He lie on the deck twitching and unconscious. It was up to Olan and Rogue to take out the angry stowaways.

[mood]/angry.
"KARK! was that a stun grenade on my ship?" Fortunately for PRIMUS, the cockpit was nowhere near the docking port and so he wasn't effected, but some of the ship's weapon systems were knocked out. Luckily, the Nav computer and Hyperdrive were still up and that was all he needed. PRIMUS tried to rouse Dar through the comm to tell him they were leaving, but was met with Relina's music. "What the kark is that awful karking noise!!" PRIMUS' LED lit eyes glowed red with fury. "KARK it! Dar will figure it out when he sees us make the jump to hyperspace!"

[member="Matthew (Rogue) Drevur"]
[member="Relina Zhan"]
[member="Olan Teff"]
[member="Dar Moraal"]

 

[Matthew(Rogue)Drevur]

"Hey [member="P.R.I.M.U.S."], how long will it take to jump? Use C7 to help you if you want." I say, but C7 interrupts the com with a bunch of angry beeps and whirls, "Im sorry C7, but you have to-" Im cut short by stun blaster fire, "[member="Olan Teff"] we have company!" I pull out my A.E.M.R. (Advanced Emitter Military Rifle) and start firing slugs at the attackers.

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn quickly opens the hatch and then puts her hands up waiting for the marines to come in and detain her. She was not scared because she has nothing to hide. She is just as she had told them a jedi loyal to the republic. Her intentions were just as she had told them as well she was heading to tatooine.

[member="Relina Zhan"]

 

[Matthew(Rogue)Drevur]

"GAH!" I say as they return fire, and I am hit in the head with a bolt. "MY HELMET IS DAMAGED! I CANT SEE!" I say trying to find cover.

[member="Quinncolson"] [member="P.R.I.M.U.S."] [member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] [member="Relina Zhan"] [member="Olan Teff"] [member="Dar Moraal"]

 

[Dar Moraal]

Feeling something he realised his allies were leaving. "Captain prepare the "Scourge" for hyperspace." "Of course sir should we continue the cover fire while we prepare?" "Of course buy them sometime to head off" For good measure Dar fired a couple more shots at his untrained opponent and barreled toward his ship's hangar.
[member="P.R.I.M.U.S."]
[member="Matthew (Rogue) Drevur"]
[member="Relina Zhan"]

 

[Matthew(Rogue)Drevur]

I manage to find cover, and Cookie. I drag Cookie over to cover, and activate my coms, "[member="P.R.I.M.U.S."]! I can't see! The stun bolt fried my vision system and cracked the lens. It is still sealed. But I don't know how long it will last! I also brought Cookie into cover. Hopefully he is ok. Hopefully..." I say as more stun bolts are shot my way. Instead of shooting back, I close my eyes and try to see through the Force, then I pick up my rifle, and fire at a soldier.

[member="Dar Moraal"] [member="Quinncolson"] [member="P.R.I.M.U.S."] [member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] [member="Relina Zhan"] [member="Olan Teff"]