Intelligence at Large

[Sempra the Hutt]

Sempra hmmmd and shook his head at [member="Flannigan Mcnash"].

"Have the ships at the ready but keep them hidden on the far side of the planet. We do not wish to reveal our true strength just yet. No, this should be a minor affair. Handled by mr [member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"]. I wish to see if he manages to deliver what he promises." Sempra replied, his upset voice starting to regain its usual sly tone.

"I do appreciate your prescence here though Admiral, just in case."

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"] [member="Sempra the Hutt"] [member="William Kerkov"] [member="Draco Vereen"] [member="Hawk Solo"] [member="Pavor Clauditis"] [member="Flannigan Mcnash"]

Lady Kay looked up to Alex as the cannons started firing and the Palace started shaking. And then the droids moved, covering the exits. Her Mandalorian bodyguard moved her behind her, recalling the orders given by Draco, but so far there wasn't enough reason to run just yet.

The Jedi held her commlink tightly in her fist, half wanting to go to her chambers and half wanting to stay to better tell her friends what was going on. The latter half won out for the moment. She had imagined things going more quietly, but in cases such as these, the imagination wasn't always right.

 

[Hawk Solo]

[member="Lady Kay"][member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"][member="Lady Kay"][member="William Kerkov"][member="Sempra the Hutt"][member="Flannigan Mcnash"]

Hawk follows the coordinates he was given to the place that the slaves were being held. It's appears that his distraction worked. He only counted 6 guards. The rest were at the base camp. Hawk quietly tells Kay via the comlink that he wouldn't need the passcode. He switches off the comlink. He would remain radio silence until the Slaves were free.

He watches 5 guards peels off on patrol leaving one guard to watch the fire. This should be easy enough. He pulls out his blaster and sets it to stun. He didn't want to kill anyone unless he had too.

Carefully, he skirts the fire staying in the shadows and darkness. Summoning the force, he waves his hand at the guard by the fire. The guards eyes flutter a few times before falling asleep. He slumps to the ground unconscious.

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"] [member="Sempra the Hutt"] [member="William Kerkov"] [member="Draco Vereen"] [member="Hawk Solo"] [member="Pavor Clauditis"] [member="Flannigan Mcnash"]

Lady Kay heard Hawks message before the unmistakable click of his comm turning off. Well now what? He didn't have to do that. But maybe it was for the best as he probably remembered that she was a bad liar. So the least she knew about things, the better. Hawk knew the plan anyways and if he felt or saw that he wouldn't succeed, then he wouldn't of shut off his access to help.No doubt she would hear word once his mission was completed, either by him or Pavor.

She placed the comlink back into her satchel and tried to let herself relax a little, before heading to the throne room doors with Alex beside her. Flannigan's droid stood in the way though, so she cleared her throat a bit before speaking. "Excuse me. I'd like to go to my chambers, if you don't mind." She hoped the droid would be kind enough to let her pass.

 

[Pavor Clauditis]

Still sitting the cockpit of his ship, he sat in silence as sweat dripped down his forehead. "Come on, man...get down 'ere. Get the hell down 'ere..." He muttered to himself. Considering the option of just taking off once more crossed Pavor's mind. Continuing to mutter to himself quietly, he slowly reached into one of the many pockets on his denim vest, removing a flask of low quality liquor and taking a quick swig.

[member="Lady Kay"]

[member="Hawk Solo"]

[member="Sempra the Hutt"]

 

[Jaster Awaud]

[member="Hawk Solo"]

The umbrella Officers didn't notice one of their mates being stunned, they just continued with the change of watch. Until one of the men said, "Hey, where Jameson, he was with you guys right?"

The guards slowly reached for their weapons as they searched with their eyes the hundreds of cages for at least a body. Nothing could be found, so they got up.

"Split up, search every inch of this area, we can't let this person go," said the lieutenant, "you find Jameson alive, kick him awake."

 

[Hawk Solo]

[member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"][member="Pavor Clauditis"][member="Lady Kay"][member="Sempra the Hutt"]

Hawk knew that he had to act quick. The guards would find their fallen comrade sleeping at the fire with in matter of minutes. He knew which cages held the slaves he was going to rescue. It felt weird leaving the rest of these people behind. The Jedi in him wanted to rescue everyone but he knew he couldn't. He silently vows to come back some day and free the rest of them.

One of the Umbrella guard was near the cage. It appeared that they were checking out the cages. The guard turns his head slightly and notices Hawk in the darkness. The guard was about to raised the alarm when Hawk fires a single stun shot into the man. He slumps down into the ground unconscious.

Over the comlink, tiny voice could be heard asking what was going on. Hawk steps on the com breaking it with his foot. The people in the cages were trying not to make any noise but they were very happy to see Hawk. Hawk looks at the lock. "frak." He mutters to himself. He wishes now that he had taken the passcode. Oh well that what lightsaber were for. He ignites his saber and quickly slices the locks off the two cages.

 

[Jaster Awaud]

[member="Hawk Solo"]

There was a faint stun shot in the distance, almost impossible to narrow down, but in the quiet it was noticeable. They were not alone, and they were preparing for what was to come, with hope they wished it was not a force user. Then came the buzzing of a lightsaber, this shot fear into all the guards.

"The noise os coming from over here," stated one of the guards quietly over the radio.

It was still a little light out so seeing the glimmer of a lightsaber was difficult at best with so many obstacles in the way. The guards had their weapons up, but still looking for a way to not shoot the slaves.

They walked a steady pace, still split up and scanning the area with their eyes. They did this so much out of fear they were developing tunnel vision.

 

[Hawk Solo]

[member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"]

Before opening the door, he place a finger against his lips for them to remain quiet. The slaves nods their heads. Hawk opens the doors to before cages freeing them.

Hawk opens a channel to[member="Pavor Clauditis"]. He doubles clicks the com signaling that they were coming. He motions for the rescued slaves to follow him. The people left in the cages begged him to free them as well. It hurt to ignore their pleads.

 

[Pavor Clauditis]

Slowly glancing down at the signal, he grinned slightly, slowly lowering the landing pad on the freighter. "Come on, man...hurry the hell up!" He muttered to himself, placing his right hand on a lever to his right, his hands shaking. He quickly took another swig of alcohol, muttering to himself once more. He glanced behind him, staring at the door separating the cockpit from the entrance.

[member="Hawk Solo"]

[member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"]

[member="Lady Kay"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"] [member="Sempra the Hutt"] [member="William Kerkov"] [member="Draco Vereen"] [member="Hawk Solo"] [member="Pavor Clauditis"] [member="Flannigan Mcnash"]

Lady Kay waited until after she was allowed out of the throne room before breathing a sigh of relief. But it wasn't just Alex with her. Jaster's men were right there along with her too as she headed back to her guest chambers. Being in the throne room with Sempra was too tough at the moment, especially when she was worried for her friends and unable to communicate with them.

Once at her chambers, only Alex followed her while Jaster's men stood guard. Kay quickly took off her satchel and jumped onto the bed like as if she was going to read a book. But instead of a book, she had her commlink in front of her and just stared at it as she waited to hear word on whether or not the slaves were rescued. Time seemed to slow to a crawl....tick...tock.....tick......tock.

 

[Sempra the Hutt]

Sempra sat still in the throne room recieving some reports forwarded by whispering slaves. He grimaced. Keeping the palace guard away from the situation was part of the plan, but he also felt an itch to put some weight on the situation. At least he did not want leave [member="Lady Kay"] without some sort of feeling that this was wrong somehow.

He turned to the pale albino slave next to him and instructed him to fetch [member="Lady Kay"].

"Tell her I am awaiting in the throne room with a surprise. Tell her I am very excited about the shield deal and will be very dissapointed if we did not see this deal through." Sempra grinned. Then he leaned forward and opened a channel to the slave foreman in the palace.

"Bring in the relatives and line them up." Sempra leaned back with a cruel smile and awaited for Lady Kay to return.

[member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"]
[member="William Kerkov"]
[member="Draco Vereen"]
[member="Hawk Solo"]
@pavor claudits
[member="Flannigan Mcnash"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"] [member="Sempra the Hutt"] [member="William Kerkov"] [member="Draco Vereen"] [member="Hawk Solo"] [member="Pavor Clauditis"] [member="Flannigan Mcnash"]

The knock at the door broke her concentration. Alex heard the message and then relayed it to her charge. Well, it would give her something else to concentrate on for a while. She slid off the bed and adjusted her dress, making sure that she still looked presentable. Finally she grabbed her satchel, slung it over her shoulder and placed her comm inside before heading back to the throne room with Alex and the guards in tow.

The droids were still at the doorway, but they let her through and after approaching Sempra, Lady Kay bowed her head to him. "Evening Your Excellency. I heard word that you wish to discuss the shield? I still need to work on the figures, but if you could give me an idea on the square footage, then we can start working on the numbers."

As she spoke, a number of slaves were brought in and lined up near her. She did her best not to react other than raising a brow. Something was up...

 

[Sempra the Hutt]

"Ah, [member="Lady Kay"]." Sempra replied to her.

"Yes, the palace is meassured at approximately 360,000 square meters."

" I was also wondering just how much power such a shield would require to function properly?"

The hutt did not seem to notice Ladu Kays concern about the near by slaves, that or he ignored it as he grabbed some grapes and threw them casually into his maw.

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"] [member="Sempra the Hutt"] [member="William Kerkov"] [member="Draco Vereen"] [member="Hawk Solo"] [member="Pavor Clauditis"]


Lady Kay pulled out her datapad from her satchel and typed into it, pulling up a rough calculation. "Given that is hopefully the dimensions of the outside, my estimation is that the shielding system will cost you over a million credits. But given that it is such a large purchase, Your Excellency, I think that one million credits will suffice. Now I'm not sure how much of your power supply you use and how much is stored, but two mid sized generators on either side of the Palace should do it. I will of course need to consult with our engineers on that. They should be eager for this unique challenge."

Kay did her best to ignore all of those around her and keep her eyes solely on the Hutt, however difficult that may be.

 

[Jaster Awaud]

[member="Pavor Clauditis"] [member="Sempra the Hutt"] [member="Hawk Solo"] [member="Lady Kay"]

The Guards came rushing back, all of them were standing around the lieutenant, "Sir, it seems that Intel was correct, a little over half the slaves escaped, but it seems the raiders only stunned Jameson."

The officer looked over his men and nodded, "Glorious Death, men."

The 18 officer wore light armor becouse of the heat from the planet, standing in a close circle the office had a clear shot to all of them. He lifted his automatic rifle and sprayed it. The bolt took the other guards by surprised and hit every last one of them. They had no idea about the plan that none of them were to survive, they all had to die excluding the lieutenant. Also the few slaves who witnessed this were to die, per Jasters orders, all the blame needed to come back to the Corrilian Exchange.

Some of the guard survived the spray of blaster fire, the officer went by each of them and shot them twice in the back. None were able to react, all questioned why this had to happen, none were given an answer.

Finally the knocked out Jameson was next on the Lieutenants list, and he walked up to the unconscious man, pointed the blaster at the guards head. He finally said, "Orders are orders old friend, no hard feelings." With that he pulled the trigger and killed the guard.

He then turned his blaster to the few slaves who saw everything and killed them. Then he shot himself in the arm before freeing the rest of the slaves, saying "Run, the Exchange frees you."

Once all were free he laid on the side of a hill and radioed for assistance.

 

[Sempra the Hutt]

Sempra leaned in with a signed contract offering to Lady Kay. The Hutt wore a gentle smile as he did so. Then he rested his back onto the high backed throne drumming his fingers while waiting for [member="Lady Kay"] to sign the shield contract.

"The contract states that I will pay up to 100 000 extra credits for unsuspected costs that may arise due to the magnitude of the Project. Apart from that I am looking forward to the cooperation with Armatech. I have heard nothing but that it is an extremely professional Company performing its services without remarks." Sempra added to help lull her into a false safety.

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"] [member="Sempra the Hutt"] [member="William Kerkov"] [member="Draco Vereen"] [member="Hawk Solo"] [member="Pavor Clauditis"] [member="Flannigan Mcnash"]

Kay took the contract and read it over before signing it. In her head she smirked at his last comment, but outwardly she just smiled and handed him back the signed contract and bowed her head.

"Thank you, Your Excellency. I look forward to checking in on the progress and of course will be here when it is finished to be sure that you are satisfied before bringing my workers back home."

 

[Sempra the Hutt]

Sempra grinned as his personal slave fetched their copy of the contract. It was important to have sealed the deed prior to what he was about to do.

"It has been a pleasure to do bussiness with you [member="Lady Kay"]." he hissed and pressed a button on his throne. With a crunching sound the eastern stone wall started to sink into the floor revealing the palace arena. A terrible roar rose from the pit as the Garguanta made its precsence known.

"You are in luck my lady, you are to behold part of my own efficiency. You see I recently learned that a group of my slaves has escaped." the hutt spoke with a dry voice keeping his eyes fixed on [member="Lady Kay"].

"I have made it clear to all that if a slave foolishly is dissobidient, their loved ones will pay." with a nod Sempras goons stepped forth grabbing the screaming gathered slaves. With cruel laughters they were forced toward the pit and one by one pushed over the edge.

"Brothers, fathers, sons. Sisters, mothers, daughters. They are paying the price for their loved ones temporary freedom." sempra spewed forth under the terrible screams echoing upward from the pit as the dreaded beast tore at his new found prey. The small army of wicked cartel thugs gathering around to watch the meaningless slaughter reflected the evil nature of the palace as their laughter only was surpassed by the occational plead for mercy rising from the pit.

It would all be over within minutes leaving the air filled with voices collecting credits from the wagers who quickly had risen about who would die first and last.

"I will be looking forward to your next visit my lady." Sempra finished with a cold nearly unnatural voice.

[member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"]
[member="William Kerkov"]
[member="Draco Vereen"]
[member="Hawk Solo"]
[member="Pavor Clauditis"]
[member="Flannigan Mcnash"]

 

[Hawk Solo]

[member="Lady Kay"][member="Sempra the Hutt"][member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"][member="Pavor Clauditis"]

Hawk and freed slaved ran to the coordinates where Pavor's was located. Hawk breathed a sign of relief when he spotted the ship. They all ran onto the ship. "We here. Let go!" He yells to Pavor.

"Everyone buckle in" He tells them. Hawk does a quick head count. They had about 18 slaves. Must have picked up a few more people along the way.