Skirmish Mission to Malachor | EotL vs. Diarchy Skirmish on Malachor

[Maldor Mecetti]

Location: Malachor | Hidden Ashlan Vault
Tags: Her | Diarch Reign

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"How do you shoot the Devil in the Back?

...What if you Miss?"

-- Darth Söze​

'Trigonus' gazed into the darkness, and it gazed unhelpfully back at him.

His shoulders sagged. He should have known.

Everything was smoke and mirrors with Her. Everything was deception. Traps within traps, to achieve ends he could never fully guess.

His head lifted, his gaze falling upon Reign.

He should try to kill the man. He knew too much, thanks to Her incessant need to articulate every detail of her machinations to anyone who would listen. Her predecessor had been that way, too. Always spilling Maldor's secrets as part of a ploy to demonstrate the depths of her insidious reach within the Empire.

But... no. That window was closed. Reign, for his part, did not seem the pointlessly vengeful sort who would burn him merely because he could.

"So. She lives. And now I've proven to Her that I need to Die.

She has the Empress' ear, and she has insinuated herself deep into Imperial affairs.

We may not meet again, Lord of the Diarchy. For my part, I will wish you success in your endeavors.

The galaxy needs a third way between the Jedi and the Sith."

Then he stepped back against the wall, waiting for Reign to depart.

He did not think the man would kill him, now.

But he wouldn't be showing his back to anyone, today.

 

[Diarch Reign]

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Location: Malachor V | Hidden Ashlan Vault
Tags: Maldor Mecetti

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She was gone.. white hot rage filled the Diarch, and he made himself a vow. He would not rest until he found Her and delivered a killing blow with the Sith's own lightsaber.
His mind was racing before he realized the other man was talking to him.

"You have proven yourself a hero, my friend. Hold fast, I give you this promise, that I will not rest until I have hunted her down and put an end to this Rule of Two myself."

He thought for a moment before continuing

"Your Empire needs you, now more than ever. But you need not go through this alone, you can call upon me and I will come. You've proven you are willing to rise above the teachings of your master. I sincerely hope to meet you again."

With that he handed the man a card with a way to get ahold of the Diarch, a smile on his face as he turned to leave. His mind already formulating the next moves against both the Empire and the Sith that secretly control it.

Perhaps with his adversary turned unlikely ally working from the inside, they could route out the corruption.

 

[Demveath Okamsiu]

Tags: Matthew Varrec
Location: Library

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"Delighted to meet you, Demveath of the Okamsiu house. As for the artifact, I don't know if it's your family's but I'm searching for a superweapon, capable of petrifying. I suppose it's your heritage ?"

She was delighted that he was courteous in return. It had been a very long time since she could have genuine interactions with a random person.

But at the mention of a petrifying super weapon it gave her pause... I must ascertain what motivates him.

Keeping a close eye on where his hand goes she lets her lightsaber be openly shown. Its glinting intricate gold and silver inlay with motifs, and within it arcane alchemical enhancements, and imbuing.

Demveath probed the library with the force feeling for the familiar trio of holocrons before responding.
"That is a weapon that was used in my day. I know who made it. Although I doubt it still exists. Now the makers holocron may... and from the feel of the room many now ancient things are here."

She closed her eyes for a moment feeling with the force more closely to where one of her prizes could be.

"Tell me Matthew Varrec , what use do you have for such plans? are you trained in the Sith arcane arts? .... Or perhaps its for someone else, for favor.." It was times like this that all the intrigue of long ago came in handy.

 

[Iellax Pellis]

Objective: Eliminate Opposition
Location: Ashlan Temple Facility - Malachor
Outfit: Armor
Tags: Lissa | Diarch Rellik

Iellax knew that her attack on their opponent would be earlier than Lissa’s. That was the point. The Nagai leader was making the obvious attack to the most vital point on this target. From the front and without an attempt to disguise her movement. It was meant as a distraction for Lissa’s attack to hopefully complete the job of disabling their opponent.

Unsurprisingly Iellax’ attack was not successful. She gave a bit of a hostile hiss as the opponent didn’t raise his defenses in an attempt to block, but merely dodged to the side. In her rush, Iellax charged past him. In her periphery she saw that the movement her own attack caused, also made Lissa’s attack ineffective. Another hiss escaped the Nagai’s lips and she gave herself a bit of space and turned to face their opponent. <<Going back to stealth. You do the same…>> Iellax communicated to her partner.

”The simple answer is often the best,” Iellax chuckled to their opponent. As she did so she readied herself to blend with the shadows of the library and search for a new tactic to destroy their target. However before she could completely blend back in she felt the Force grab her and pull her forward towards the opposing combatant. Iellax did her best to keep a steady focus, but she was a bit panicked.

”I warn, that getting close to me will only be bad for you,” Iellax growled with a sensual tone. As she did so she raised all four small blades and crossed them at her chest preparing to block any offensive strike from the man. Though she also kept in mind that the Force provided more dangerous tools to strike with than just a lightsaber.

<<Get stealthy!! Find something that looks like it holds some value so we can retreat without the mission being a complete failure. Hopefully others were able to do a little looting as well, while we kept this one busy. Once you’ve secured a prize create a distraction and we’ll be on our way home.>>

Spoiler: Loadout

• Verum Light Armor Mk. II
  
  • Gauntlets
    
    • Verum Gauntlet Lightsaber - R
    • Verum Gauntlet Lightsaber - L
  • Utility
    
    • FAE/U-01 "Serenity" Anti-Signal Field System
• Verum Masking Ring