Location: Mustafar
Objective: Mining Facility
Allies: The Rag Tag Team Of Misfits, [member="Six-O"], [member="Tarion Daemora"], [member="Celestia Tremaine"],
Enemies: All Tagged Throughout The Post- FO
Equipment: Phrik Droid Body,
Anti-Force Vong Biot Suit, 2x
Electro-Cestus,
Spear of Rae,
Electro-Flail, HK's Training Lightsaber (
Sliver of Light), 2x
Magnetic Revolvers (Heavy) loaded with
Neuranium Ammunition,
Bobcaster (Heavy),
Chameleon Cloak,
Sigil of Hope,
D.U.S.T.,
Anti-Force User Grenades,
Grappling Hook (Pistol Format), Photoreceptor
HypnoGaze attachment,
jetpack, simple wrappings for camouflage and concealment. A
Nocur mount in
battle barding.
Forces: Iron Legionnaires Drones and Droids,
Mobile Weapon Platforms,
Greycloaks
NPC Gear: Owlbear/Nocur Mounts with
Barding and
Shattergun Miniguns,
Spears of Rae,
Shattergun Rotary Cannons,
Bobcasters,
Shattergun Repeaters,
Blast Staves,
Mass Drivers
The Crashlanded FO, [member="Irajah Ven"], [member="Natasi Fortan"], [member="Pharazon Draken"],
Meanwhile, while they were doing whatever they were doing, taking care of wounded and such, but before they encircled themselves with tanks. There was knocking on the hull of their crashed ship, an echoing blunt,
CLANG-CLANG,
It was that repulsorlift skiff of medical droids sent by Abregado to the crash site, while they didn't receive any transmission back from the survivors, they were not fired upon either, so they simply came closer to check on them, sending out another transmission on an open public channel they would have access to,
"
Hello? Is there anyone there? We are an unarmed medical team sent by local Abregado garrison to answer your distress signal, a neutral party associaled with the Order of the Silver Lotus, just let us know if you have everything under control or if you need aid."
It would be a pretty awkward situation for the medical units soon enough as the place would become in near future a site of battle between FO and GA trying to capture their stranded crew.
The Landingpads, [member="Rolf Amsel"], [member="Torian Pierce"], [member="Arthan Corvax"]
Upon his initial landing at the landing pads, that's what they were for after all, Rolf and his troops may come in contact with an opposition from the light and medium variants of Mobile Weapon Platforms spider droids, the units were handy for as their name suggested, they were mobile weapon platforms, like an armored machine gun nest with a mind of its own. Even the light variants of the spider droids had reasonable armor, at least in front, and could withstand some punishment, but were susceptible to being flanked, while medium variants had the harder ground of armor all over their bodies, with two hardpoints mounted on their top it made them better for closer quarter engagements where they could just fire over cover or keep up with faster moving targets as their guns were meant to track and shoot down aircrafts.
There would also be the drone infantry who was sent out in swarms throughout the facility as part of the initial defenses, the Iron Legionnaire drones were rather stupid beasts, it was part of an ethical dilemma the droid faced when designing them, for you see he wished for his army to be the first truly free droid army in the Galaxy, fighting for him because they wished to, but if he was to make more of his soldiers, forge them for the sole purpose of fighting him, then how are they to be truly free? That is why the stable infantry mechanical unit for Abregado, a drone, was very simple-minded droid, to the point one could not really call it sentient, and as such it was seen as more of an animal than a fully intelligent droid. Still, these drones could carry out simple protocols like aim and fire, or swing a weapon, although they usually just moved at their targets in large numbers until they overwhelmed them. There were intelligent droids among them of course to supplement their numbers with some tactical optimization, they could have been distinguished from a standard drone by the fact that they wore additional armor over their metal bodies, but it was mostly drones, equipped with the Abregado Blast-Staves for the most part, sometimes with Light Shattergun Repeaters or Light Bobcasters.
So yeah, those would be the droid forces stationed by HK throughout the station they could have came upon while they would move through and fight for the Mining Station.
As Rolf and his team moved deeper into the facility, setting charges and such they could also notice that drones, all of them, were equipped with deflector shields, protecting them against most energy based weaponry, although only for few shots, still that coupled with their relatively tough armor plates made them far more durable and combat efficient than standard B1 Confederate bots they were sometimes compared to, although they were still made pretty cheaply and in large quantities due to Abregado droid manufacturing advancements such as vaporization and reassembly chambers. They were also equipped with same grade of sensors and trackers HK had in his own body, which meant they could see very well, even in the darkness, and although majority of them were mechanical beings, there were still militia forces among them that Rolf and others on his team would pick up on with their bio-detectors.
And it seems that Ultimatum implemented traps, so there would also be that they would have to watch out for, tricky droids.
Above is same for Torian, wherever he was, if he was there close enough to fight Ultimatum's droids then he would probably come upon HK's drone forces as well, somebody may be able to swing an electro-staff or be attacked by him sooner or later.
And if Corvax was going to come under fire of GA troops, then he might meet one of those droids as well, so their description given to Rolf would apply to him as well as he moved through the facility to engage Draco, who would probably have support of these machines,
[member="Draco Vereen"],
Of course if Draco wished to take command of them, at least in his area he was free to do so, his transmission about GA forces not being disturbed by the tremors was met with HK sending back a transmission of his own,
"
Well, alright. How is your situation looking?"
This was probably preceded by the commander droid going,
"
Woah, I am alarmed by these tremors!"
All jokes were pushed aside soon enough when HK received a transmission from Draco informing them that FO managed to enter facility via landing pads. His droids were already there, since they were pretty much everywhere, so Draco always had some allies in his vicinity to deal with if he wanted to commandeer some of those droids, however HK was going to try and divert further reinforcements towards him,
"
Ultimatum is somewhere in the area, I will inform him about the breech and try to see if we can divert him and his forces to flank them and support you."
[member="Rexus Wenck"],
So Rexus would be greeted by one hell of a party already when he landed, although being half a click away would spare him from most of the direct bombardment, still he was probably shot at pretty heavily by the shattergun rotary cannons of anti-air emplacements up until his forces landed, especially when his shuttle moved over HK's position as that's where the AA droids could take the best shots, he would be able to see that the battle was fully raging on around the Mining Facility.
To start with one of their ships was already shot down, crushed into the ash flats that were probably not too far from him, and sounds of explosions were coming off of the Mining Facility itself, like smith hammering hot metal over anvil. It was the sound of Preliat and Lusk conducting mortar bombardments aimed at the mining facility, something that was going to be probably counter-productive in the end as the repulsor anchors and struts keeping the base up from the lava were already sparking from the damage, with the thermal shields flashing. While dramatic, the base was still holding, and the clones would be probably the closest to Rexus's position as there were more or less three ways of getting into the mining facility, through ash flats and volcanic rocks where the clones were currently fighting HK himself, lava lakes, or the landing pads where Lusk and his man, well landed, and were engaging with Draco, at least at the point to which I read the replies so far, that may have changed later on. If it did I will not delete the previous sentence, but simply state so in the following one, so that we could enjoy this ride together.
[member="AR-3752"],
AR and the forces scanning anti-air emplacements would be able to pick up that majority of them were not actually static but moving throughout the facility catwalks and rooftops, shifting their position every so often to get a better angle at enemy ships, even clinging to a wall here and there when it was more convenient. After all, most of the anti-air units on the facility were medium-variant of Mobile Weapon Platforms, designed specifically for that role of a quick mobile anti-air unit that was able to fire while moving and shift its position to avoid counter strafing or bombing runs dedicated to shutting them down.
When there was an attack on their sensors they switched to their backup targeting systems, and they just kept firing, it was not as accurate, sure, but when there's so many of them, firing so many hyper-velocity bullets accuracy did not matter that much, all they really had to do was spray the pellets in the general LAAT direction and they would bring down some of them for sure if they kept firing.
[member="Choli Vyn"],
The news of Alliance reinforcements was a good one, for while HK was planning on doing the impossible on the battlefield and being as ridiculous as always, his one weakness in these situations was that he could not be everywhere at the same time, so while he chased enemy units on one side of the battle, they could just as well move troops onto the opposite side to avoid him,
"
Took you long enough, Alliance Sector Command,"
The machine quipped to his fellow GA operatives in between whatever he was doing,
"
Things are not looking too good over here, the FO are moving more resources to capture this mining station than previously expected, further reinforcements and air support would be appreciated."
There was a pause, HK was probably in the process of killing someone and could not speak, of course this very same transmission could be sent over to [member="Aeron Kreelan"] and the central command on Barkhesh, it would be probably the closest thing they'll get to a report from the droid right now while he was still beneath that atmosphere that made long range communications difficult and in the middle of a fight,
"
We have starfighters under Ultimatum's command but we could use further help dealing with their LAAT craft. Make sure other fronts are well supported first, I can distract them well enough and hold them off on my own at the ash flats for now."
HK quipped, little did he know, more GA reinforcements were already on their way.
[member="Aver Brand"], [member="Elliot Locke"],
When Aver broadcasted, “Report of a downed FO ship,” on their team-speak, HK would tap in with a transmission of his own,
"
We sent out a team of medic droids to that ship when they broadcasted a distress signal, they have not shot at us yet which means they either have no defenses or they are all too wounded to fight. Either way, keep it clean, no needless risks, no executions if they cannot fight either way, although you probably know that already, it seems like it is not your first rode, partner."
Even HK himself did not really knew why he said things like that sometimes, either way, that transmission would be probably heard by Locke as well, if the droid had any need of them back at the Mining Facility he could always sent for them.
[member="Ultimatum"],
"
Alright, thank you."
HK replied to Ulti when the Mustafarian gave over a group of his own soldiers to support HK,
"
I will have them stay at the Facility perimeter with my spider droids and infantry, further reinforcing our position there, I do not want to sally out and charge them with all our forces yet, I have a different plan instead."
Hey that kind of rhymed,
"
Tell me, Ulti, how many clones would I be able to neutralize just by myself according to your calculations if I would let loose among their ranks?"
The older assassin droid quipped. They should meet up sometime after the fight to discuss Ultimatum's defenses of the station, using traps was a nice touch! As well as the way he used Mustafar's hostile environment against his enemies. HK continued for now, however,
"
Alliance Sector Command are bringing us reinforcements, I asked for increased air support to help your Awe fighters deal with the LAAT presence FO brought in the area, you should get in touch with them. We also have a team going to investigate the downed FO ship we managed to shot down in the area, the reports say its models often carry a valuable officer or official that could help secure the hold on our planet, these Imperials often do not deal well when shut off from their commanders. We also received a report from one of our allies, Draco Vereen who is currently by the Landing Pads, he is holding off FO forces along with my droid soldiers, we could use your help there, especially if you could try to flank the stormtroopers and trap them between you and the Mandalorian. That is if you already did not knew about the situation."
He was the Lord of Mustafar after all, this was his home so he should know it better than anyone else, at least at the time and in their current area. Hopefully Ultimatum's big disruptor was not just an overcompensation for anything!
And the fun part, [member="Preliat Mantis"], [member="Commander Lusk"],
The clones could probably notice there weren't really that many grunts there for them to take care of, sure there were the armored war droids on their Owlbear mounts, but that was pretty much it, while HK and the riders set out towards them, under the temporary protection their bombardment against Clones' makeshift cover would grant them, the spider droids and their actual infantry got to their battle positions behind the fortified defensive lines of the mine's perimeter and fortifications. They were prepared, with their mass drivers, rotary cannons, magnetic repeaters, revolvers, rifles, shatterguns, blast-staves, but not for a charge, they were prepared to open fire and continue the bombardment against the clones.
It was almost as if the droid commander and the owlbear riders were more of a distraction sent off to cause havoc among their lines and make them easier for the picking. This would not be a standard battle or skirmish, it would be a test, test for the Clones to see how they would deal with a droid like HK rampaging among them while under heavy fire of Phrik-piercing shatterguns, and for HK to really see the limits of his own Phrik body and whether it could actually be deactivated in battle or not.
If the Clones were still going to bombard the facility with mortars, then sure, the shields around drones and droids who were in their fortified positions would start to flicker from time to time, absorbing impact of shrapnel and pure energy when under fire, there would still be casualties among them, sure, but they would not be as much damage as normal troops would take. The mining facility would be a different tale however, thermal shields would sparkle and crackle from impact of a stray mortar shot or spray of shrapnel, the anchors and supports being damaged somewhat in the process. If they were now firing at the droid riders who were set upon them, then they would probably deal more damage to themselves than the droids, since the ratio would be something crazy with the Clones pretty much surrounding them already.
But it was in such odds when victory almost seemed impossible that HK found himself at home, after all his lifetime was often marred with organics telling him what he could not do and what was impossible to him. They said he would never become a sentient droid, but he developed his own mind, they said he would not be free, but he was emancipated, they said he would never be a Jedi, yet there he was with lightsaber and telekinesis, they said he would never rule his own planet, yet he fought now alongside troops who swore loyalty to him. And they said that he would never defeat an entire army of clones just by himself. Well for that one we were going to find out if that was the line in the sand.
HK swung his Spear of Rae, its black shat crackling with electricity like a scythe as it left a trail of lightning in the air, it strike across numerous Clone troopers at his side, its Phrik tip in the droid's strong hands cut and ripped through their armor, covering them in the blue dancing webs of its electric charge, causing them to scream out in pain as their nerves were fried and conscious taken away from them. His owlbear mount bucked, lifting up its large paws with a wild screech,
GYYYYYYYYARK!
As it swatted them at a nearby troopers, crushing down upon him like a hammer, forcing the soldier down to the ground and diving in for its sharp beak to tear through the gaps in their armor and finish the job. As it lowered its head HK saw one of the machine gun or heavier repeater wielding soldiers take aim towards him, the droid was quicker grabbing the shattergun minigun mounted on the back of his beast and angling it up at the soldier, squeezing its trigger as it roared out in hypervelocity salvo, the pellets tearing through the clone's heavy gun first, ripping it to shreds into scrap metal before impacting his armor, sending him flying back with a large,
KHRAAAAAK
As the armor plates literally shattered apart from the impact, hence the name "shattergun" and mangled the body beneath, caving it on him with a deadly grasp of shrapnel.
It was then that he finally spotted Preliat, the man raised a rifle towards his mount and HK dug his heels into the beast's sides, calling out to Preliat,
"
Hey Preliat, how have you been doing?!"
And the beast roared once more, raising up on its hind legs just as Preliat opened fire, shielding HK from the shots. One shot, two shot, three shots smashed against its tough barding, armor that basically turned the vicious animal into a light vehicle, with its plating being weak on the sides and joints, but rather strong on the underbelly and back since the beast would often raise on its hind legs before attacking. Still the armor eventually buckled and the creature roared out in pain and pure rage, lurching forward in future towards a nearby Clone to grab the soldier with its beak and begin to jerking him about like a ragdoll as it slammed in charge into a line of nearby soldiers like a rhino. These beasts were tough to take down, armored and armed with Abregado tech, bodies that were naturally resistant to blasters and lightsabers, to a degree at least, and just by being hardy and vicious bastards. Of course they could be killed eventually, but one had to work for it to bring it down.
However as the owlbear charged off, there was no sign of HK left behind it, a nifty and practiced application of his chameleon cloak. The droid did not intend on running away though, Preliat would pick up on his presence soon enough as the droid suddenly appeared to the side and lifted up one of his men, throwing the soldier in his direction as if the clone was a boulder he could smash Preliat's brains out, already grabbing for another nearby Clone.
