Phriking Seltos

[Stardust Solus Skirae]

She jumped and smiled as she approached the shed weapon drawn as she held it as gray peeked in and gave a sigg" what is it" she said and peeked herself giving a frown " that isn't good at all"she said as she quietly approached before giving a nerve pinch do he passed out before she picked the stuff up and burned it

She walked out"man will be out for a while he'll be OK though" she said watching [member="Ardgal Raxis"] approach then speak before being cut off by a member of rancor squad" not only the alor but his wife as well let's make haste lead
[member="Gray Raxis"]

 

[Gray Raxis]

Gray just watched as [member="Stardust Raxis"] went about dealing with the spice addict. Seems she knocked him out and then destroyed the drug. That was good. Spice was a terrible substance that did terrible things to those who took it. He just hoped that the man hadn't been pushed into the habit by recent events, because if so there would be more of them without a doubt. It did get him thinking though, but he didn't have long on it before [member="Ardgal Raxis"] arrived and spoke. Gray could feel the stress he was under, and so sent the man soothing waves of force energy to help him regain a sense of self. A member of his squad soon enough arrived and spoke.

Gray rolled his shoulders as he said, " Very well then. Lead the way. Hopefully whatever it is you found will help us solve this puzzle." He then turned to his wife and smiled under his helmet. He said to her, " Try to forgive the man. This is my part of the operation after all, so he is just following proper protocol. Line of command for them is me then Ardgal, although Argal is the one they will be going to first since he is their boss. When we get to the other mine, hopefully, then they will switch me out for you in the chain of command. How these group mercenaries operate. Me and my dad called ourselves mercenaries but we had more in common with bounty hunters since we operated as a pair or in small groups more often. Had to be think on our own and less chained to orders usually. More freedom, but more dependency on our own skills. Anyways, I am rambling on here. Lets get going." He made sure to swat her bottom again as he headed to follow the rancor squadman.

 

[Ardgal Raxis]

(I was kinda hoping you'd take the lead here, but here we go, careful what ya wish for XD)

Ardgal made his way back to the rest of his squad. It was hard to shake these kind of things off--it didn't help that he was also Force dead and was pretty numb to all that kinda stuff. But that was another problem for another day.

"Sorry, miss, they don't mean anything by it," Ardgal said cordially, 'The Alpha Company has been derelict from the clan for quite some time. They don't exactly know how to incorporate fully yet. They are still having a hard time differentiating between me and Gray as far as leadership goes."

The path led them down to the main mine shaft. All in all it looked rather standard for this sort of operation; there was a tower to winch up the massive, industrial sized elevator and lower it into the bowls of the earth like the old coal mines. At least, that is what the writer thought this should look like. But there was something different about it--the massive red pentagon painted on its side. In the center was some sort of hideous amalgamation of the Mandalorian, Empire, and Republic symbol combined into a horrific thing.

"Its blood, sir," reported the Sargent of the squad, "We have quite a few layers here, various DNA strands."

Ardgal nodded, studying the horrific symbol, "I have a hunch, whatever cause this is down there." he pressed the button for the elevator, replacing his helmet, "Alpha Company knows no fear."

[member="Gray Raxis"]
[member="Stardust Raxis"]

 

[Stardust Solus Skirae]

She gave a looked to [member="Ardgal Raxis"] and gave a gentle nod"it is fine general it's probably just me being hard hahah being a veteran of war does that to ya after a few years"she said with a kind smile as she jumped to [member="Gray Raxis"] swat and gave a glare but a grin

She followed looking around standard mine shaft it looked like nothing different nor odd about it till the smell of blood hit her nose and she quickly urged to the smell and raised her blaster rin instinct, when she saw the...symbol if one could call it that she lowered her blaster slightly and listened

Run them if you can please"she said time the Sargent

She looked to gray with a slightly worried look then to ardgal and gave a snile" and the raxis know none as well" she said as she put the westar up and got her sword ready

 

[Gray Raxis]

Gray followed along all the way to the deep mine shaft entrance. It was a common sight for deep mining operations to be set up to obtain rich deposits that go down deep into the ground, and it seemed this mine had one nearby. The only problem was that it didn't belong to the other mine at all and was rather hidden. He doubted most would even notice it here, and the odd symbol would have deterred any who stumbled upon it. This got a frown out of him as he got close to it. The closer he got the the symbol and shaft, the more a disturbing sensation over took him. One he could have sworn he had dealt with before.......

Gray suddenly said, " [member="Ardgal Raxis"] have your men head back to the mine and set up a watch. Call in more men as well. This operation has shifted from all business to Raxian Empire operations. Get on it at once." He then took a few steps away from the shaft. He didn't like this at all. He recognized this sensation, and it was a very. very bad sign. He paced a bit as he tried to decide exactly what to do from here. Eventually he just blurted out, " Karking Sithspawn.............What are we going to do about this?"

[member="Stardust Raxis"]

 

[Ardgal Raxis]

[member="Gray Raxis"]
[member="Stardust Raxis"]

Only a foolish general called in all his troops at once. Ardgal, of course was no foolish general. He had sent ahead two hundred of his Alpha Company to set up a base, before asking for permission of course from Gray. It was better to beg for forgiveness in this case. He switched his comm on, "Command to Virgil, bring in First Unit."

"Yes sir, ETA: Five minutes."

"That's a good copy." He turned back to his four men and began rattling out orders, "Plato, set up sniper position on top of the primary Silo. Its the highest point, I want three-sixty coverage on all points. Artimis, with him as spotter. Hector, you have guard duty on the Miner's quarters. Use your flame thrower with extreme prejudice. Raven, use the Quad Cep and cover the primary road. Anything good or bad is going through it, we need that to stay ours. Out soldiers."

The moment his soldiers had disbersed he heard the elevator grind to a halt with a clan. The sound of clattering resounded inside, Ardgal instinctively gripped his pistols whipping them out--moments before doors burst open spewing forth deformed, slobbering monsters.

 

[Stardust Solus Skirae]

She gripped her blade as she could feel grays sensation and slowly moved so she half covered him yet gave him room to work as well....more less instinct and to protect him...even though she knew he didn't need it at all

Gray I have a bad feeling that I've not felt since when I was nineteen " she said as she started heating her blade up and listened watching the elevator stop as she let a breath out and switched to both her sabers quicklt...right as they busted out she sliced the nearest one"KARKING HELL SITH SPAWN!

[member="Gray Raxis"] [member="Ardgal Raxis"]

 

[Gray Raxis]

Gray waited as [member="Ardgal Raxis"] gave out the orders to his troops. He didn't like what he was feeling here at all coming from the mine. He had not enjoyed the encounter at Denaba with the sithspawn there that was creating zombies out of the dead, and he had heard other stories of what Sithspawn could be like. He had heard terentak were the results of sith alchemy and were a type of sithspawn. He had also heard a rumor about these ones on an abandoned space ship that could alter their state into liquid, solid, or gas. Those were just the three examples he knew of, and none of them were exactly easy to deal with without the proper preparations. Surely these would be no different.

Gray's wife [member="Stardust Raxis"] began to have a bad feeling as well, and had moved to a protective position. He wasn't entirely sure why she had done that, but it was like her. He heard the sound of the mine shaft elevator operating, and it got his full attention. They hadn't touched the thing so an enemy had to be on the way. He drew his revolver and pistol from his legs and got them readied. He had his eyes on the elevator opening and waited. As soon as the doors opened up and things began to pour out, he opened fire on them with both of his weapons without hesitation. They would need to figure out what made these things special and fast so they could know how to kill them.

 

[Ardgal Raxis]

The Sithspawn came at them like a sickening horde. One lunged at Ardgal, arms extending with claws curved curved and ready for blood. He easily sidestepped the attack, turning on his heel. The twin pistols put four shots in the monster's back, it landed dead on the ground.

Two more leapt at Ardgal, landing on him from behind. The general followed the momentum, rolling onto his back. One of the monsters hopped off his back in time, hissing with rage. The other was crushed under the weight of the heavy power armor and Ardgal's body. The sound of crunching bones and organs filled the air. Five of the monsters surged to the fallen lord. His weapons fired, cutting them down as the vermin they were.

But more followed, landing on him, acidic spit salivating from their mouths. The hands of the demonic spawn grasped at his armor in pure futility, looking to do damage. Ardgal's rocket boots screamed to life, sending him sliding across the plane. Three of the five were sent flying in the opposite direction, the other two held on for dear life. The one on his left burried its head in Ardgal's shoulder. The needle like teeth burrowed in his underliner, looking to draw blood. The warrior pressed the muzzle of his pistol against its temple. The sithspawn's body twitched as the blaster bolt tore it's artificial life away, it's carcass clattered away across the dirt. It's mate gripped Arsgal's helmet, the general pressed his other blaster against its throat, ending it's life in a spray of blood.

He stopped his boots and rose to his feet, ready for the next onslaught.

[member="Gray Raxis"]
[member="Stardust Raxis"]

 

[Stardust Solus Skirae]

The master swordswoman started cutting down the spawns like nothing taking on three it seemed before they died just as eilsy before they started pulling her before she growled and heated the air around her and burst it out as she put her sabers away and drew her blade as she swung in a arc to slice to and started tapping that anger she only used when needed

She looked to gray who seemed to be holding good then to ardgal just as he blasted off and then looked forward as she grabbed one and swung it around and smashed it's head in" die you stupid sith spawn

[member="Gray Raxis"] [member="Ardgal Raxis"]

 

[Gray Raxis]

Gray kept shooting into the rushing horde of berserk sithspawn. Little seemed to deter them from their goal of slaughter, not even the threat of immediate death. He continued to fire with his pistols, and wished he had his sword Calm right now. He had decided not to bring it with him this time around and was regretting it. The force light aura around it would have severely weakened the creatures, although currently there didn't seem to be a need for it. They were no different thank gundarks, aside from being smaller. The main issue was how many were going to flood out of the mine after them. Gray needed to reload his revolver already and his pistol was getting close to needing to be reloaded as well, but these creatures were not going to give it to him it seemed.

Gray looked to [member="Stardust Raxis"] and then to [member="Ardgal Raxis"] quickly as he holstered both of his empty handguns. The first of the creatures had finally made their way to Gray by this point. Five of them ready to rip him apart with their claws and teeth. As two lunged at him, he side stepped causing them to miss. Four halves hit and bounced off the ground as Gray lowered the tip of his dark blue saber blade towards the ground in front of him with his left foot extended forward and his right foot centered with his body. He looked completely open to attack, but as the next three came to him, it was soon apparent he was not. As they came within range, he suddenly shifted his weight from his right to his left and brought his blade up into a thrust. He caught the left most sith spawn with it in the gut and then slashed right with it. All three fell dead before him as he pivoted his right foot in front of his left shoulder width apart and brought the hilt of his blade next to his head. The tip of the sword pointing horizontally towards the on coming enemies.

 

[Ardgal Raxis]

Ardgal holstered his left pistol as his scanners picked up a three-sixty view around him. These beasts had clambored around, perching on every surface they could around him; tractors, the shed, support struts, and buildings. A loose ring had formed around him, they were careful to stay just outside of his reach as they hissed. The flecks of their degenerate spit soared through the air like a foul rain. The tension mounted as they tried to edge him into state of panic and fear. The general had to admit it was very annoying, but to his hardened nerves and battle trained conditions, it was little more than that.

Suddenly they launched from all sides at once in a co-ordinated attack. Ardgal's brain implant took over, speeding up his reaction time and slowing the world down around him, much like the Jedi's battlemind. The general took a half step back, his left hand shot out his Ardgal'kal shot to his hand, unfolding and locking into position. His arm swept wide, cutting through two in mid air with a clean slice. Their blood sprayed through the air, flecking on his helmet as the General twisted around.

His blaster pistol fired twice, frying one in the air before two more gripped his body from either side. The general grunted spread his arms wide, shaking them off. Another moved to latch onto his chest, but Ardgal's blade carved through its skull with a fierce gash. He kicked left, snapping one back. To the right another slashed with its gnarled claws at his neck, only scraping against underlay. Ardgal brought his elbow back in a sharp snap that send it reeling back stunned.

[member="Gray Raxis"] [member="Stardust Raxis"]

 

[Stardust Solus Skirae]

She was honestly starting to enjoy this...being able to do such fluid motion with her blades and carve down these beasts as she spun then stopped, she looked as they growled and hissed spitting their spit as she let a breath out....she would need those ration bars soon she was draining a lot of energy

But she would push until she couldn't the beast started jumping in two trying to make her confused but to no avail she simply sliced both ways then started a fury slashes in each direction till they all fell as she started d panting
[member="Ardgal Raxis"][member="Gray Raxis"]

 

[Gray Raxis]

Gray quickly took glances towards his two companions' directions as he watched the sithspawn coming towards him slow down to a near halt as they watched their fellows being cut down so easily before him. He saw that [member="Ardgal Raxis"] had been surrounded by enemies, but the battle hardened general was already moving to counter attack them with his blade drawn. His saw how [member="Stardust Raxis"] was mowing them down, but from the amount of sweat and the way she moved she was starting to wear out. The situation was fair for now, but the seeds of being overwhelmed and slaughtered was starting to show itself. He wasn't sure how the other two's stamina would hold up, or for how long, but he could not deal with them currently if the other two fell before he did.

Gray knew he needed to do something and fast, but the next wave of enemies was make to full speed and almost upon him. It was a group of six this time around, but they were moving at different paces than each other like before. Gray could take advantage of the space they were unintentionally giving each other. He brought his saber's blade down on the first two in a diagonal flash, cutting them down in their tracks. He then shifted his weight back as he pointed the tip of his blade towards the head of the next closest enemy while the hilt was held low. When it came within range, he thrust forward to be followed up with a slash. It took out the next two enemies, but had left his guard open for counter attack by the next two. He quickly used a force push on the two and sent them flying backwards towards the still drill of a mining drone. They hit it and the sound of ripping with cracking bone indicated their death.

Gray took a deep breath in and slowly exhaled it. As he did that, he sent out several pulses of his force energy out towards every one of the sithspawn. The impact of it was filled with energy meant to taunt or to break them. He was turning himself into a lighthouse of force energy in an attempt to fool the sithspawn into thinking he was the biggest threat here that needed all of their attention or else they would die. He wasn't sure how well it would work, but he hoped it would give his companions some breathing room at least. It was the best he could do at the moment to assist them without more time.

 

[Ardgal Raxis]

As the anathema spawn swarmed Gray, Ardgal felt his mind go into a protective overdrive. Gray was his Alor, his leader. While the God-man was delusional in his beliefs, he was faithful, honorable, and recognized Gray's importance. The man was a mortal, only a mortal meaning he was killable, unlike Ardgal, who was immortal--in his own eyes at least.

The general's blade flicked left, cleanly slicing the throat of one of the Spawn throwing itself at Gray. The being fell to the dirt, choking on its own blood and slowly dying out. The general extended his other hand, the barrel of his side arm came crashing down on another's skull in a hammer fist that sent blood and gore flying everywhere. He twisted his blaster and fired a trio of shots, ripping through another's spine, vertebrae and sending it bouncing along the dirt at Gray's feet. The general took several bounding steps forward, running his blade through one's lower back on the left side. The stab punctured its kindey, spending a spray of blood out both ends of the wound and a hiss of agony. Still charging ahead, he flicked the body to the ground in a heap of withering crude death.

The largest spawn reared its arms back to crush Gray. It was a good half a meter taller than these other sprites, and much thicker. A hideous roar of blood curling rage emanated from its lips. Flecks of the acidic spit sprayed out, pelting everyone and everything it touched. Ardgal sprang off his foot, propelling every fiber of his being forward. His momentum had built to maximum effect as he sailed through this air. His helmet collided with the monster's head, cutting the roar short. Ardgal got a full view of this being's filthy face, its savage look of its disgusting face as his forehead made contact with its own. A centimeter to the left, right, up or down and he would have had more damage than he dealt by the precise but effective blow. He felt the cartilage of its nose give way under his metal helmet. The being stumbled back, reeling from the blow and the force applied to it. Ardgal's feet hit the ground with a satisfying feeling. It hadn't killed it, just disoriented it enough to buy them some time. This beast was horrifying and Ardgal could tell it was going to take some effort to take down.

[member="Gray Raxis"]
[member="Stardust Raxis"]

 

[Stardust Solus Skirae]

She was starting to feel the burn in her muscles as she kept on going twisting her blood to strike yet another down, she gave a grin behind her helmet and looked to gray feeling His force signature pulse out and moved back slowly to get by him and match her signature to his, two better then one she thought and it allowed her to protect gray

She twisted her body as she sliced in a half circle as she threw her helmet off really showing how much she was truly sweating and her breathing was seriously hard"damn these things won't quit" she said a she watched [member="Ardgal Raxis"] start to defend gray a she watched a large one come up....thing was huge, she gave a huff as she smiled watching him disorient the large one as she put her blade up and let her sabers activate and she started a fury of slashes upon the beast in every way she could "die you stupid freaking fething large ass beast"she said as she huffed and gave a burst of fire in its face...all the while she pushed it back more followed her....

[member="Gray Raxis"]

 

[Gray Raxis]

Gray noticed that his plan had worked, and a little too well at that. That was partly to blame though in his wife [member="Stardust Raxis"] who had added her own efforts to his despite her getting a breather being the main reason he had done this in the first place. She had taken to fighting though and since the Sithspawn were after him, he began to focus on building up a large amount of force energy inside of himself. As he did this, [member="Ardgal Raxis"] had gone into action and was cutting down the monsters. A bigger sithspawn had arrived and started to get acidic spit on his armor, but it mattered little as his armor was unaffected by it.

Ardgal had distracted and weakened the big thing before it could hit Gray, but it was readying itself to make another move. His wife was over doing things yet again as she attacked it and shot fire. This seemed to catch its attention after Gray had stopped his earlier move, but it was too late for the beast to do anything else. Gray opened up his eyes suddenly and then unleashed every bit of energy he had been gathering onto the sith spawn. He yelled out as he did, " Fall before the Alor of clan Raxis!" He made a pushing motion with his left hand and a deafening noise like that of a thunderclap going off directly over them sounded. The sithspawn's body was suddenly obliterated into tiny pieces of flesh as if it had been hit by an artillery shell and blown backwards. The grass and other plants in path lined up with the beast were flattened to the ground as well.

Gray dropped to his knee, breathing hard, after the sithspawn was gone. Blood began to drip from his nose inside of his helmet, making a mess of the inside. He had over exerted himself here but at least he had made sure Ardgal and Star were not in the path of destruction. He took several moments to catch his breath then said, " Everyone alright? We good?" He just waited for a reply as he continued to try to catch his breath as his head began to throb deeply.

 

[Ardgal Raxis]

The General watched as the battle came to a semi-anti climatic end. He pulled a silken cloth from his belt and cleaned his blade carefully and methodical with a slow, calming state. It was intentional, as he scrubbed the dark, oxygenless blood from his blade he focused on gaining control over the adrenaline running through his veins. The fight or flight mode slowly ebbed away from him back to his calm, controlled state.

The general gave a nod, "Yes, vod, we are good."

With a flick of his wrist the Ardgal'kal was retracted into its compact state and placed once more on his belt. He holstered his pistol and adjusted his gauntlets. He was still fidgety, trying to burn off the last bits of adrenals in his body. The sound of boots filled the air and Ardgal spun on his heel, blaster ready again. The familiar armor of the Alpha Company came into view and the general felt a sigh of relief, "Its good to see you, vod," even if a day late and a credit short.

"Secure this tunnel, anything that comes out, kill it immediately. That is an order. Secure the rest of the mine. I want every meter accounted for, we have official business here now."

"Yes, my lord."

And his men moved to obey.

[member="Gray Raxis"]
[member="Stardust Raxis"]

 

[Stardust Solus Skirae]

She had continued her assault on it till she felt something coming and ducked quickly as she heard the thunder Calphalon and watched the thing spray into billions of pieces some covering her as she panted and turned seeing gray on his knee

She started moving over to him then found when she got half way her legs suddenly stopped working and she fell face first right in front of him with a groan...she rolled and looked at her legs willing them to move...they wouldnt...had she expanded all the energy she could"gray..hey..gray are you ok"she said not concerned with herself but him as she reached a hand to gently touch his helmet "I can't move and from the feeling I get that was a stupid move you did.
[member="Gray Raxis"] [member="Ardgal Raxis"]

 

[Gray Raxis]

Gray nodded in confirmation to [member="Ardgal Raxis"] that he had heard his reply then watched his wife [member="Stardust Raxis"] fall face first to the ground. He just grinned a bit as she rolled over and spoke to him. He said to her, " I'm fine, and I'd say the stupid one here is you Beautiful. Pushed it too much eh? Just be glad we are clear for now." He caught his breath and some of his energy back as Ardgal's men showed up. He managed to get back up onto his feet as they finished their little report and order session then went to follow through. He turned to Ardgal and said, " Mind helping me move my wife back to the town? We need to secure the deed to this mine and any maps dealing with the layout. Might be a good idea to get the deeds to any other nearby mines as well. Sound good to you? Good, lets get moving." He bent down and started to try and lift his too much enhanced wife off the ground.

Gray was sitting in the office of the mine foreman while his wife rested in a bed. Not much time had past, but it seemed their little conflict had woken everyone up. The foreman looked terrible still, but he was clearly more coherent than before. He had the deed to the mine finished getting signed over to Gray as they all sat there, and was going to also sign over the only other nearby mine as well. They belonged to the same local company and all of the work for both had been pushed off onto the man before him. He also had the authority to legally sign the rights over as well, so that little favor went a long ways here. When the man was done, Gray smiled to him and said, " Thank you. Our men will secure both mines and the tunnels that lead up to the surface. Have your men sit tight and rest up. Feel free to get them some good, hot meals and plenty to drink as well. Everyone will be getting paid while we deal with whatever is going on here. When it is all done then we can look to fixing the working conditions. The last few shipments of phrik we will be taking as compensation for our efforts as well, so get them ready to load up onto our freighters when they arrive later. Pleasure doing business with you." Gray extended his hand out to shake. He was screwing over the foreman a bit with this whole transaction, but at least him and the miners would be safe and sound. All that needed to be done from here was organize getting more men on planet and ships to take the cargo.