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Public [Slave Raid] Coruscant | The Crucible

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Fires raged uncontrollably across the city-planet, casting a hellish glow that mixed with the ever-present artificial lights. The air was thick with the stench of smoke and the faint, metallic tang of iron. Broken buildings teetered on the edge of collapse, their skeletal frames a reminder to the Dark Empires of the invasion. Everywhere, there was a unison of desperate sounds—cries for help, the distant wail of sirens, and the sporadic echo of blaster fire. Galactic Alliance relief teams moved through the wreckage, their faces grim and streaked with soot. They worked tirelessly, pulling survivors from the rubble and treating the wounded with dwindling supplies. This had gone on for weeks now. Holo-displays across the city flashed with missing persons reports, the numbers climbing higher every minute. The death toll was staggering, yet incomplete. The scale of the devastation was beyond comprehension, and even the most seasoned veterans found themselves shaken by the sheer scope of the destruction.

And yet amidst this chaos, the underworld had seized an opportunity. Smugglers, slavers, and gangsters crept up from the depths, taking advantage of the fractured order. Skirmishes broke out over precious resources, and lawlessness threatened to engulf the already beleaguered planet. The surface of Coruscant, normally buzzing with the organized chaos of trillions of lives, now resembled a war zone that would give birth to a new addition of hostility. Descending from the smoke-choked skies was a ship unlike any other. The Kreature, an organic Yuuzhan Vong monstrosity, glided ominously towards the surface. Its bulbous hull, covered in transparent film like windows, revealing a horrifying sight within. Sentients of all kinds, captured and cramped together. They were displayed like grotesque trophies as the moved around and cried out. No species or gender was spared; all were reduced to living shields for The Kreature. A Miid ro'ik warship.

The Kreature was the twisted brainchild of Captain Scour, a pirate leader and enslaver. His reputation was one of cruelty and cunning, and this ship was his latest achievement. Any attack on the ship would mean the death of countless innocents, a fact that Scour exploited with sadistic glee. This was his plan all along. For what Jedi or member of the Galactic Alliance would reduce their morals to Scour's level. As the vessel descended, Scour's men—armored Gen'dai like him, their bodies rippling with muscle and adorned with intricate tattoos—prepared for deployment. They armed themselves with particle beam blasters and Amphistaves, their cold, calculating eyes scanning the devastated landscape below. In groups of four, the Gen'dai warriors deployed from the upper atmosphere, descending rapidly towards the surface. Their presence added a new layer of fear to an already desperate situation. The survivors of Coruscant, struggling to cling to hope amidst the ruins, now faced a new terror. The Gen'dai moved with purpose, their mission clear: to tighten Scour's grip on the planet and capture all they could alive for future slave trade!

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Location: Aboard the Kreature.
Objective: Captain the Slave Raid.

The inked Gen'dai captain strode across the organic bridge of The Kreature with a arrogant gait. His heavily tattooed form oozed an imposing aura, each step calculating and vicious, as if he relished the feel of the quivering, living floor beneath his feet. The bridge itself was a grotesque marvel, its walls and surfaces pulsating with a sickly bioluminescence that cast eerie shadows. Translucent veins coursed with fluids of various colors, adding to the unsettling ambiance.

His eyes, cold and calculating, scanned the multitude of organic displays and controls, which responded to his presence with an almost sentient awareness. As he passed, tendrils of the ship's flesh seemed to reach out, sensing their master. The bridge was a hive of activity, with his Gen'dai crew moving efficiently among the bizarre, flesh-like consoles. Each of them was a towering figure, their movements precise and disciplined, mirroring their leader's demeanor.

Scour's armor, a dark, sleek design with intricate patterns, glinted in the bioluminescent light. The intricate tattoos on his exposed skin seemed to writhe and pulse, adding to a grusome visage. He paused occasionally to give orders, his voice a low, commanding rumble that brooked no argument. His commands were simple and direct, each word laced with the promise of both great reward and great retribution. As he approached a particularly large display, he placed a hand on the living console, which responded with a shiver. His eyes narrowed as he took in the information, a predatory smile curling his lips. The organic display showed the vast holds, packed with sentients and forced to watch the their fate unfold. Yorrik Coral.

" We need more." He growled lowly to himself.
 
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Coruscant was a mess. The planet had taken a beating for sure, with the main "continent" taking the brunt of the hurt. Even still, the Dark Empire had spread its dark tendrils across the planet and there were entire swaths of the city world covered in darkness where only the fires of chaos and light of blasterfire lit the sky at night. It was even worse in the undercities. How many had died when that behemoth vessel flew out of the senate? How many had died when the other behemoth crash landed on the planet?

That calculus wasn't his job. He prayed for the one responsible.

144 men. That was what he focused his thoughts on.

The men and women of Victory Company trudged through one of those dark places now. A shrieking flock of gartros flew above them, the sound eerily reminicent of a TIE attack cracft. His squad ducked behind what cover they could, their rifles pointed to the sky.

"Come on lads," Castor said over their helmet com, "Won't be any TIEs around here. They're all gone." There was a low groan that echoed off the duracrete towers that loomed over them.

"That one of them Coruscant Ogres?" one of his men whispered.

"Troglodyte! Dead ahead!" The pale beast wasn't alone. A dozen more crawled over a cracked wall and charged the small unit. His men opened fire, killing two or three, but the rest fled, their speed a reminder that humans were not the dominant species on Coruscant's lower levels. These massive holes were bringing up the worst of Coruscant's past.

"The hell they running from?" his Lieutenant asked.

"I don't know James, but I don't like it. Squad! Form up, let's move forward. Slowly, set blasters to max power output."
 

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TAG: Scour Scour


To say it was a bad time was a bit of an understatement.

Jonyna Si, the New Sentinel of Harmony, had been coordinating reconstruction and rescue efforts as best she could. It was a headache and a half, and more often than not she found herself desperately delegating tasks to other jedi she knew she could trust.

Still, the Service Corp was on the job.

And yet, the evils of the world never ceased. A Vong ship had just entered orbit. Jonyna watched from the ruins of the western side of the temple. She wasn't in the mood for this.

Hopping on the Skytiger, she activated all the stealth tech she could as she made her approach. She needed to be clever about this. Stormclouds followed her, hiding her ship as they entered the range. The mandos were still in orbit as well...

"Dice, send the Mandos a lump sum of ten thousand, tell them to give the Vong a welcome gift basket. A volley of Kinetic rounds will wake them up."

She'd board in the chaos and confront whomever had the stones to do this while Coruscant was still reeling.


<Yes ma'am! Sending ten thousand credits to Nyles Kote Nyles Kote with a prepared message! 89 percent success rate!>

 
Coruscant: Level 1989

Spark needed a mainframe to do this. Coruscant was in bad shape. Or was it good shape? The spaceport she was in was swarming with all sorts of people scrambling all around. Ships taking off. Ships landing. Droids zipping by. Holofeeds that seemed to be hung up on every corner streamed different flavors of mayhem and destruction.

The usual Port Authority was busy dealing with recovery efforts.

The holo hanging on a pillar just to her left suddenly switched channels to a twi'lek reporter: "...this just in. There are reports of a massive ship descending and it looks like...OH MY GOD...are those tentacles...wait...reports of people trapped inside. The Alliance is urging all members of the public to return to their homes..."

#blahblahblah

With the grey hoodie of her sweatshirt up, her converse-clad feet shifted on the well-worn floor of the hangar as she plugged in her encrypted link to the main terminal. Time to get to work.

#nothingtoseehere #movealong
 
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Location: Upper atmosphere over Coruscant.
Objective: Captain
Tags: Jonyna Si Jonyna Si

Scour signaled the biotechnology of The Kreature, a series of bio-signals were sent coursing through the ship's nervous system. Tendrils and nodes hummed with energy, relaying sensory information directly to Scour and the other crew members. They could feel the subtle shifts and changes in the ship's environment as if it were an extension of their own bodies. In may ways, after so many years, It was.

The brain of the vessel. The Yammosks, sentient beings integrated into the ship, served as both navigators and strategists. Their minds were vast, capable of perceiving and processing information in ways that were incomprehensible to most. Through a bio-organic network, their thoughts and sensations were transmitted throughout The Kreature, guiding its percieved children with an almost quantum synchronicity. They were alert, their consciousness focused on the anomaly detected in the skies. The Dovin Basals, the ship's living gravity wells, had extended their influence, feeling out the vast space around them. These creatures, embedded deep within the ship's structure, manipulated gravity in a way that was similar to tractor beams and that was only scratching the surface. Through them, Scour could sense the disturbance, a ripple in the fabric of space.

The anomaly.

On the bridge, the it appeared as a roiling storm, its presence both seen and felt in the air. The organic displays pulsed with data, translating the gravitational feedback into visual and tactile cues. Scour could feel the anomaly's intensity, a tingling sensation that ran through his body, emanating from the ship's bio-interface.

Focusing on the storm, the Yammosk Keepers synchronized their thoughts and interpreted the information. Their mental projections merged with his consciousness, providing clarity and insight. The storm was more than a weather pattern; it was a disturbance of significant magnitude, potentially hiding something or someone. The Yammosks' awareness guided Scour's perceptions, allowing him to interpret the data with a precision that bordered on precognition. The Captain had heard stories of Yammosks able to inherit the knowledge of their parents and siblings. Galactic history unfolded tales of Yammosk's able to locate and detect force sensitives nearby. This one such Yammosk was not yet like the rumors. Not yet.

The Kreature itself seemed to pulse with anticipation, its organic systems throbbing with the energy of discovery and natural curiosity. The hundreds of Dovin Basals continued to probe the anomaly, their gravitational tendrils reaching out like invisible hands to forcibly grasp and pull it closer. The gravitational pull was strong enough to completely disperse the weather phenomenon or suck it closer. Scour, with the Yammosk Keepers' guidance, prepared to delve deeper into the mystery, ready to uncover whatever lay hidden within the storm. Thus far he was suspect but did not know for sure. The ship had picked up on something before I had. It was a first.

Instinct was his guide to fall back on.

" There. Pull in that storm. Keep the Yaret-Kor's in that section locked on the anomalies position as a whole. "



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Location: Coruscant Undercity levels.
Objective: Intercept Victory Company
Unit: x4 Gen'dai pirates.
Enemies: Castor Brynnn Castor Brynnn

A pod landed with a thunderous crash near a massive fissure that split the ground, revealing the labyrinthine depths of the Undercity. The pod's hatch exploded outward, and four imposing Gen'dai warriors emerged, their hulking forms moving almost of their own accord due to centuries of combat training. These were not ordinary invaders; the Ten Thousand Fists were infamous for their brutal efficiency and inherent rumored near-immortality as a species. Without hesitation, the Gen'dai split up, each moving towards the nearest structures. Doors were kicked in with bone-shattering force, and particle beam rifles blazed to life, sending lethal bursts of energy into the dimly lit interiors. Screams echoed through the ravaged streets and the pirates instilled terror in the hearts of any living they encountered. They were merciless, knowing they needed only a few captives for the slave trade market; the rest were expendable. Murder was necessary in this operation.

The squads rampage was abruptly interrupted when they turned a corner and came practically face to face with an unexpected obstacle. A squad of soldiers stood ready roughly fifty meters away. Unbeknownst to the Pirates, these soldiers belonged to a Victory Company, a reputable and well-trained and armed unit. The realization of their presence registered a slight surprise for the Gen'dai, who had been expecting only defenseless civilians.

A tense silence hung in the air for a split second before all hell broke loose. The street erupted in a cacophony of blaster fire. Each pirate leveling their particle beam rifles and letting loose a barrage of high-yield plasma.

They too would be taken as slaves or suffer in their resistance.
 
OH MY GOD...are those tentacles...
These were, indeed, tentacles much to the denizen's chagrin.

Skyreaper drones descended upon Coruscant's scarred surface from the bays of several Crucible stormships that had snuck through the galactic capital's atmosphere littered with charred husks of a hundred starships. The despondent citizens found themselves snatched from the ruins and rubble not by relief teams but by limbs of metal dragging them to the holds of the stormships or Scour's flagship, the Kreature.

From the ramp of a dropship, Naxus - the Magister Protector of the Crucible - emerged armed to the teeth. A second later, the hurried footsteps and grunts heralded the dozens of armed slavers descending from the vessel, passing by the imposing form of the grizzled Feeorin. To the left and to the right, a few more dropships landed, their ramps hissing open moments before the ships' landing gears touched the surface.

With a satisfied snarl plastered across his face and stimulants coursing through his bloodstream, Naxus charged onwards with long purposeful strides boosted by the multiple cybernetics marring his body.

Time to make some credits.

Scour Scour | Open
 



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Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Weapons: Double-Bladed Lightsaber

She was still feeling off.

The Battle on Coruscant hadn't been the worst on her body, but few battles had been as taxing on her mind and soul. The encounter with the son of Kyrel Ren had awoken a wound within her - a fragmented part of the former Wrath's soul that had attached itself to her after she struck him down over Exegol. She still wasn't quite sure how to address it, but she knew it wasn't a problem she'd have to face alone.

Until a way to resolve it was found, she would keep herself distracted and her preferred way to do that was by making herself useful. The attack on Coruscant had left much of the planet in ruin, so every capable soldier, Jedi or civilian was welcomed in the various recovery and search and rescue missions that were being organized. For days on end, she worked tirelessly along the service corps and other Members of the Order.

They were making a lot of progress, but the battle wasn't quite over yet.

Her fiery gaze was drawn up as a beast-like ship hovered in orbit and unleashed its inhabitants on fhe planet. Valery gritted her teeth, drew the hilt of her double-bladed weapon into her hand, and began to move. Some of their pods would touch down in areas defended by the military, but too many were heading for parts of the city-world that weren't yet under control.

With an outstretched arm, Valery reached out and extended her grip to a small group of such pods. She pulled and twisted, straining the material of their pods until they were pulled off-course and down towards her part of the city district.

If they believed to go after civilians and other easy targets, they'd step out for a rather rude awakening.






 

Nyles Kote

Strill Securities Me'sene Tra'alor'an

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Units in Reserve: The entire might of Strill Securities' naval assets. All too far to respond.
Ally Tag(s): Jonyna Si Jonyna Si | Valery Noble Valery Noble | Galactic Alliance and Allies
Enemy Tag(s): Mars Raynor Mars Raynor | Scour Scour | The Crucible and Allies

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Replenishment was almost done. The debris from the battle that they'd managed pull in had helped. A lot of things could be said about the Dark Empire, but they did not cheap out on their ships. That was not the only replenishment that had occurred however, he and Varan had managed to locate that diner that he'd visited years ago after the awards ceremony. They'd purchased enough sandwiches to keep the establishment in business for years to come, and they'd left a sizable tip to boot. "It's good, don't see why people were talking about it, though," said Emri, buy'ce clamped to her belt as she chewed thoughtfully on the paper-wrapped sandwich in her hand.

"See, that's what I thought, but I first ate it years ago and I still remember it," said Nyles, about halfway through his own sandwich. "And don't give me that osik about nostalgia, whatever that even means." Emri raised her eyebrows in what Nyles presumed with reasonable certainty was a questioning look before she took an exaggerated bite out of her sandwich. Nyles snorted in mild amusement and shook his head. He was going to enjoy this moment for what it was no matter what his amateur food critic of an XO had to say, even if he did agree with her. Though he couldn't very well say that now, could he?

"Alor, anomalous sensor return at long range. Not sure how this is possible, but the system is flagging it as Vongese," called Anni from the operations station with a half full mouth. Nyles sighed. He just had to think it didn't he? Galaxy wasted no time in jinxing him.

"Is there any chance that we can wait five, maybe six minutes, before we vaporize this kadtape shabuir?" he asked, wrapping his sandwich back up in anticipation of the answer that he knew with almost complete certainty was coming.

"We're picking up a lot of emergency traffic from the planet, alor, something about slavers? Little drones and this Vongese me'sen have been reported too," called Gett from the comms station. Like that, his question had been answered. Nyles was about to give the order to target the ship when another alert popped up in his HUD, this one from his bank. He blinked a few times in disbelief, almost accidentally blink-clicking interface elements he didn't intend to. Ten thousand credits for a distraction? He would have shot those shabuire just for ruining the peaceful moment.

"Looks like we've been asked to give the Vongese a "Welcome to Coruscant" gift basket from our burc'ya at Si Tech," he said, prompting the crew to all put their sandwiches away and put their buy'ce back on. Nyles had to think for a moment. He had never faced the Vongese directly, but thankfully he didn't have to. The Dar'jetii had used them extensively in the past. Apparently the trick to overload their shielding technology was to hit it was weapons fire that varied in strength.

"Gorse, dorsal, ventral and starboard triple and hex super-heavy accelerator cannons. Set triple to rapid-fire, hex standard, alternate radiation sheathe and API and AP-C rounds," he ordered after a moment's thought on the matter. He had trihexalon shells on board, but he was going to save those for if things really got out of hand. Gorse's acknowledgment signal flashed in his HUD. For now, alternating radiation and incendiary energy torpedo sheathed armor-piercing incendiary and armor-piercing cryoban rounds should do the trick. If not, well, there was always the trihex.

"So...hide the trihex rounds again?" asked Emri, wiping her mouth with the back of her thumb, her sandwich now wrapped and tucked into one of the pouches in her webbing.

"Might need them, keep them on hand, the GA can bill us later if they have a problem," he replied. Emri nodded, an amused and approving half smile on her face.


Fleet Action Summary

  • The Darasuum Morut is firing on the Kreature with full power shots from its tri-barrel super-heavy acclerator cannon batteries and lower-power rapid-fire shots from its hex-barrel super-heavy accelerator cannon batteries. The rounds are alternately sheathed in radiation and incendiary torpedoes. Each battery is alternatively firing depleted baradium tipped armor-piercing cryoban and armor-piercing incendiary rounds.


 
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Allies: Jonyna Si Jonyna Si Valery Noble Valery Noble Nyles Kote Nyles Kote Castor Brynnn Castor Brynnn maybe Spark Finn Spark Finn
Get Out of My Swamp: Scour Scour Mars Raynor Mars Raynor

The battle had been won, but any victorious high was quickly snuffed out by the sheer destruction left in the Dark Empire's wake. It would take weeks - months, probably - just to comb through the wreckage. Rescue missions were quickly becoming body recovery operations.

Cora grit her teeth, jaw clenched as she levitated a scorched chunk of duracrete from the rubble of a multi-story apartment building. The relief team quickly dove into the wreck, clearing debris and extracting pale, dust-covered bodies.

A great shadow loomed above them all, drawing their collective attention up to the living war ship. Through the transparent hull, captured civilians were on display as they cried out in terror.

One of the workers stuttered: "Wh-what is that?"

Cora dropped the duracrete chunk to the side with a gasp of exertion and squinted skyward.

"Oh good Ashla," she groaned, "horrors never cease."
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"Haaum, what a mess!", Stravos Brox, the massive black skinned and white striped Captain of the HTFS Iceberg, looked out of the armored glasssteel widows of his Star Galleon bridge.
Senator Bianco have sent his ship as part of a convoy to Corsuscant. And made him the leader of this school of calves.
The vast cargo hold of the flying fortress of a frigate was full of emergency supplies. Enough to support a large city. But this whole planet was a city. Brox's mission could save Millions, sure, but here lived so many Billions of people! Could the corrupt and inefficient slow GA administration really get the infrastructure up and running, before famine and disease would claim untold lives?

"Commodore Brox!", the sensor officer shouted, "On the other side of the planet are reports of attacks. A destroyer class ship straight out of the history books is in orbit. Organic, Vong gravity signature!"

"Haaauuum, hail and grenades! What Pisaan Pak pirate is now exploiting the suffering of civilians? How many of our ships are ready for helping in the defense?"

"Two, Commodore. The rest is loading or delivering supplies", the com officer answered.

"Better than nothing! Are there any fleets already engaging?"

"A Mandalorian fleet, it seems."

"Haum, Mandos? Turn a stone on any planet, and a T-visor grinned at you. Hail their chief, offer our assistance and brief the Harmony Kitty Jonyna Si we are helping! And send a message to our senator! And a message to the ground forces of the GA in the hot zone if they need supplies or evacuation! Prepare our marines!"

The soft blue lighting was replaced by emergency lights, as the bulky frigate prepared for battle.

Herglic Fleet support: Three Star Galleons. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Galleon-class_frigate
Captain Brox:
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They had just started putting some distance between themselves and the burning hellscape that Coruscant had been reduced to when the unknown vessel appeared on the outer edges of their radar. The voice of Viscount came through Emperor's comms speakers. The small lettering flashed open transmission - all channels.

<This is the recon and surveillance vessel Viscount transmitting on open channels to ALCON. We read several hostile unidentified vessels engaging Alliance forces. As it happens, the Crimson Aces Mercenary Company just wrapped up its mission here and still has one wing of starfighters in that AO. We would gladly lend aid to anyone in need, for a modest fee, of course.>
ALCON = All Concerned

The feed switched back to internal tightband, transmitting exclusively between the Viscount and the three pilots of Tyrant Squadron still flying crimson colours above war-torn Coruscant.

Viscount's voice came through Emperor's speakers, crunched and laden with heavy static.

<What do you think, Emperor, any of them going to bite?>

<Uncertain. We'll circle the area one more time; give 'em time to think. Tyrant two and Tyrant three keep in tight formation. Evasive maneuvers only.> Emperor's voice sounded muffled through the helmet padding. There was an edge of irritation to it.

<Acknowledged, Tyrant one.>

<Acknowledged.>

He pulled the steering stick around, sending the modified Z-95 into a U-turn and back into atmosphere. Some time passed in silence as the three fell into tighter formation, heading for the heart of the conflict. Whoever these priates were, they were pouring salt into the Alliance's wounds by attacking them again so soon after the battle of Coruscant.

<Ten credits Emperor's fuming right now. Tyrant two's voice crackled through the voice comm system.

<Think so? I figure he's gonna enjoy the target practice.> Tyrant three replied.

<No way. You know how much he dislikes spending time in the Core. He's real angry we have to stick around for this.>

<You know, maybe you—>

<Necessary communications only, Tyrant.> Emperor's voice came quiet but tense.

<Told you he was angry.> The grin in Tyrant two's voice was audible when he spoke again, then the click of his audio transceiver going to standby came through followed shortly by Tyrant three's.

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Coruscant Level: 1989
Tags: #nothingtoseehere #movealong


// Slice into the mainframe connectTo("database.server.com", "admin", "password");

// Prepare the slicer query slicerQuery = "SELECT * FROM sensitive_data WHERE user='adminCoruscantMainframe';";

// Execute the slicer query result = executeQuery(slicerQuery);

// Slicing complete, now extract the data while (row = fetchRow(result)) {

// Display the sliced data displayData(row); }


While the holofeeds kept changing and updating based on the latest mayhem in the skies and on the ground, Spark kept her attention on the screen in her hands. Firewalls were bypassed. A backdoor was found and opened. And then she found exactly what she wanted.

Corseca Bank's mainframe.

Casteel Mer'taal Casteel Mer'taal 'needed' some creds ASAP. And she was ready for the multifactor authentication. Perhaps a few other accounts would also suddenly find themselves a certain percentage less than.

#openencryptedaccount #Space-o-Malfoy? #BeginTransferofcreds

The holochannel to her right had a wookie reporter with subtitles. "RAAAAAAAAAWwwwwwwwwwrRRRRRRRRRRRWWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRR ggggggggggrrrrrrrr RAWWWRWARRRGRRRRRRR grrrrrrrr grk grk grrrrrr."

Spark didn't look up to see what he was saying.
 
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They could see her.

Or at least, sense her. The ship rattled as gravitational forces poked and prodded at it. She couldn't get on board if Nyles Kote Nyles Kote didn't hit them soon. The hostages on board were going to have to wait. She needed to focus on the people below. Waiting for the moment Nyles's rounds hit, she shifted her ship downward. It lurched, and then....fell.

Fark.

"Dice! Do something!"

The bot beeped back as they aimed the ship. Jonyna looked for a landing zone, but...

There.

Valery.

Aiming the ship best she could, she aimed the nose right at a pod that Val was currently trying to crush in a vice-like grip with the Force. Then she opened up, blaster cannons relentlessly firing on the pod as she came down, and crashed. One of these days she would need to actually learn to fly...

It was days like this she missed Zash.

<This is the recon and surveillance vessel Viscount transmitting on open channels to ALCON. We read several hostile unidentified vessels engaging Alliance forces. As it happens, the Crimson Aces Mercenary Company just wrapped up its mission here and still has one wing of starfighters in that AO. We would gladly lend aid to anyone in need, for a modest fee, of course.>
That was the last thing she heard before the ship came to a halt in front of Valery. Never let it be said that Jonyna didn't know how to make a grand entrance.

"....ugh....Dice, send them another ten thousand as well. The more the merrier."

Collecting her thoughts, Jonyna clicked a button as the canopy opened up, and Jonyna Si, Sentinel of Harmony shot out the top like a rocket, pyrokinesis firing her out of the seat like a blue blur as her coat billowed in the wind, before finally she landed right next to Valery Noble Valery Noble .

"Hey." Jonyna gave a smirk, trying her best to impress her. "So what exactly are we dealing with here? Never seen ships like this."


 

The Kreature lurched violently, its organic hull trembling under the sudden onslaught. Above Coruscant's atmosphere, a unknown vessel (The Darasuum Morut), rained down payloads of cancerous fire. The Dovin Basals responded to the threat. Twisting and contorted to absorb the impact, manipulating gravity with such force to create miniature singularities that swallowed some of the incoming rounds. The sight was both terrifying and mesmerizing—torpedoes bending and warping like spaghetti before being pulled into a void touched oblivion only several meters above the ship. There was a loud groan, a mournful sound of stress and pain. Slaves cramped together in their transparent membrane cells attached to The Kreatures hull watched in horror, their faces pressed against the slick, slimy organic walls. The captured aboard watched as their "saviors" abandoned them to this fate, and their despair erupted into screams and pleas for mercy. Their cries echoed through the ship and rising in volume by the second. The cries mingling with the deafening roar of the bombardment and then beyond!

The ship's Yammosk, began to leech energy from Coruscant itself. It drew upon the planet's very essence, channeling the stolen energy into The Kreature to bolster its defenses. The ship shuddered and moaned as torpedoes continued to fall, their blasts rocking the vessel. For a moment, it seemed as though the organic vessel might withstand the assault. Captain Scour, standing on the bridge, lifted his head as if looking through the fleshy structure around him. Furrowing his brow. His mind toiled with what he was experiencing. He began to doubt his plan of using a governments morality against them and then grinned wide with a new idea.

" Open all communications now! Center on me!" He shouted. Several Gen'dai crew mates turned to each other and grinned. Rarely were they in life or death situations. Rarely had they known defeat and yet their insane minds could only mimic the ever smile of their Captain. I was now having fun! Projecting his transmissions he began.

" How quickly we fall into such violence! For centuries I thought myself to be the cruelest in the galaxy, but..." He paused.

Scours sadistic nature grew stronger when multiple payloads breached a couple Dovin Basals' defenses and struck the hull with a CRACK! The Kreature shuddered violently, its groans turning to screams of agony. The organic exterior was breached, and the innocent hostages attached outside the vessel bore the brunt of the attack. Some were incinerated by incendiary rounds, their flesh burning away in an instant. Others were crushed by concussive waves, their bodies reduced to jelly. Radiation choked the life out of those who survived the initial blasts, their cells breaking down in a slow, excruciating death.

"Ah, Galactic Alliance, you sanctimonious hypocrites! Look upon the carnage you have wrought! The blood YOU have spilled! You, who claim to uphold peace and civilization, have only succeeded in creating chaos and death. I love it! The Jedi, those supposed guardians of life and light, have failed spectacularly. They did not save a single life today. Instead, It was YOU who assisted in a massacre that far exceeds any margin of profit I could ever forsee. How noble of you, how just! Your actions speak louder than your hollow words, and they reek of your cowardice and incompetence." Scour's voice grew more sinister, the dark energy amplifying his voice louder. "You preach about ethics, about standing by your laws, and yet here you are, drenched in the blood of the innocent. What a grand display of your so-called morality! The only regret I have is that I did not descend upon you myself to witness the terror in your eyes as you realized the depth of your failure." As his speech concluded, the ship's systems switched to the feeds from the holo-cameras positioned both inside and outside The Kreature. The screens showed the mass suffering and death in graphic detail. Inside, slaves lay contorted in death, their faces frozen in expressions of unimaginable pain. Their screams echoed through the corridors, static and blurred, yet piercing in their intensity. "See now, the true face of your heroes Coruscant! See how war has changed them. Ahahahahahaha!" Scour taunted.

The transmission ended, but the images and sounds of the massacre lingered

The anguish of the dying slaves transcended the physical realm, staining the Living Force with their collective torment. Waves of raw emotion—fear, anger, pain, dread, and despair—radiated outwards, rippling through the Force like a stone cast into a pond. Waves powerful enough to bring Force-sensitives across Coruscant and beyond to a knee, their minds overwhelmed by the intensity of the suffering.

In the midst of this cataclysm, Captain Scour stood on the bridge of The Kreature, his senses heightened by the carnage. Unlike others, he reveled in the sensation, his connection to the dark side of the Force allowing him to consume the very essence of the slaves' suffering. Pure ecstasy washed over him as he absorbed the agony, fear, and despair. Each negative emotion amplified his power, engorging his senses and fueling his dark ambitions.

Scour's eyes glowed with a crimson sheen! His every fiber of his body trembling with the surge of dark energy. He felt the fear of the slaves as they realized their impending doom, the anger at their betrayal, the pain of their deaths, the dread of the unknown, and the despair of their lost futures. All these emotions blended into a potent elixir, one that Scour drank deeply of, his very being saturated with their torment. The dark energy coursed through him, empowering him in ways he had never experienced before.

" Now we wait..." Scour said aloud to his crew.
 
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TAG: Spark Finn Spark Finn

Lobot II was a computer-whiz, a slicer-extraordinaire, king of the code, the Matrix himself. For as long as he remembered, he had been slicing into school computers remotely and changing their desktop wallpapers without a trace; such being was too dangerous to roam the galaxy. And yet, here he was -- after attempting to slice into the Crucible's systems accidentally, Lobot II was captured by the slaving organization and collared with the rest of their slave army.

Somehow, Palpatine returned he found himself in the spaceport. As usual by absolute accident. The cybernetic construct implanted in his brain suddenly flared at the sight of a woman working a terminal in a hurry. His eyes widened in shock, then settled into a furious grimace.

"The Princess of Nanth'ri!!" he growled, then leveled his blaster at the woman. Finger trembling with rage over the trigger, rage over the fortune he had lost! "You stole from me two credits and thirty five creditcents! Fate has decreed we meet today! Fate has decreed I collect what is owed to me!"

A series of blaster bolts surged at the Princess of Nanth'ri, each costing about three credits and thirty credit cents.

Some would call this a sunk cost fallacy.

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TAG: Corazona von Ascania Corazona von Ascania directly / Valery Noble Valery Noble indirectly?

Naxus trudged through mounds of debris and smoldering wreckage, leading a dozen slavers in his wake. Any sentient being that dared to move, regardless of age or gender, was swiftly silenced by a barrage of stun bolts. Overhead, Skyreaper drones swooped down, snatching the captives left behind by the slavers.

They reached a vantage point, created by a half-crumbled spire, stripped by the war to its bare bone frame of permacrete, overlooking the ruin that had befallen Coruscant. The horizon was marred with smoke and fire; ash and soot suffocated the skies into a fog of dull gray and black. Buildings that had stood tall against the invasion finally gave in, sending the occasional shockwave that rumbled the ground beneath the magister protector's feet.

The bewilderment at the sheer scale of ruin of the galactic capital was washed away by the shouts and cries of a relief team working the rubble below. Medical experts sold at a hefty price. The muzzle of his stun rifle flashed to life, illuminating the cruel grin tugging the Feeorin's lips: a volley of stun bolts from Naxus and his crew's rifles rained upon the relief team and the entrapped citizens below.
 
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"Haum, the rabid animal can speak? Fascinating!", captain Brox sent on open frequencies.

To his crew, he said: "This is the reason we fight! Such barbarians our people knew too well. From the Pius Dea Crusades to the petty empires of Sith today. Such sadistic bastards are the enemy of all beings and must be put down like the rabid Akk dogs they are! Not for revenge, not even to save the poor people they use as hostages, but for all civilization."

That was a fiery speech for a Herglic. The senator inspired even experienced, calm veterans like Brox.

He hailed the barbarian chieftain of the Mandalorian: " Nyles Kote Nyles Kote , right? Let us join your attack on the ranting buffoon! Our ships seem like harmless bulk freighters, but we deliver a serious punch and have shielding and armor a death star would dream of. We are pirate hunters, and this savage scum sounds suspiciously like a pirate. Our ships would restock your ammunition, if you want. So you can nonstop bombard this Pisaan Pak!"

He paused and added: "Haum, glad you are here! You are professionals. GA soldiers would hesitate to shoot when hostages are in the line of fire. Compassion is a virtue such scum always exploits. You will be criticized for further attacking by the spineless bureaucrats and the airheaded Jedi for sure, but you have my respect for doing what has to be done!"

Brox hailed the mercenary squadron: " Tyrant I Tyrant I , do something useful for your credits! Goad me some enemy fighters into the range of our point defense batteries! Let these pirates burn!"

The turbolasers and missile launchers awoke to life and brought to the slavers, as the trio of bulky pirate hunter frigates joined the fray.

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Coruscant was fire and blood.

When the world fell it left countless people broken. Hunted by scavengers. Existing in this wasteland with only one instinct. Survive. A cursed city, endless duracrete ruins. Convulsing. Choking. Breaking under its own weight. Citizens in fear of the street. Gangs swarming up from the dark below.

"Hellions!" Nero shouted over the roar of swoop engines, "Fang it!"

Galactic Alliance marines hunted through rubble, but they weren't trained for this kind of war. Road war. Dark Star Hellions like Nero spent their lives on the fury road. His Skyblade model swoop maneuvered deftly under another fallen tower. Azure light from distant blasters reflected off thick black racing goggles. One by one the swoop gang leaned into another sharp turn.

A flare gun coughed, illuminating the ambushed relief team in brilliant crimson light. Swoop bikes kicked up enough dust to create brief artificial sandstorms as a gang of underworld hooligans circled the crumbling spire. Deadly crimson bolts lanced back up at the slavers.

No honor among thieves.
 
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The squads rampage was abruptly interrupted when they turned a corner and came practically face to face with an unexpected obstacle. A squad of soldiers stood ready roughly fifty meters away.

"What in all nine Corellian Hells...?"

Castor didn't hesitate.

"Open fire!" he commanded. His squad obliged. Particle bolts flew between the two forces. The Creatures, because there was no way those things were anything Castor had ever seen, simply stood there and took the bolts, chunks of their armor and flesh flying off in burning heaps. A bolt struck one of his men and sent him spinning, the particle blast having burned through his armor and exploded, turning his white and orange cuirass black.

"Get to cover!" The beasts kept coming, their parts regrowing from strange tentacle masses like some sort of worm colony. "Stormin' monsters." Castor muttered. A thought occurred to him. What about his other squads? He turned his squad com to platoon, and he felt his stomach drop like a salt crusted ion engine. They were all under attack. His men, his squad leads, were shouting over coms for support that no one could give.

"Storms, storms, storms! Will the lot of you shut yer mouths for five STORMIN' seconds?" Silence over the coms, save for the blaster fire from his teams' firefights. "Everyone fall back. I'm sending coordinates to your HUD. Meet at the Old Alliance memorial!" He stood, popped off a few shots and ducked back down, switching back to squad coms.

"Pick yourselves up marines. We are leaving! Coordinates sent." With a grimace, he pulled one of his thermal imploders from his chest and primed device. "Speyr Balley take you, beasts." He tossed it and ran.
 
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It was sadly becoming a less common occurrence for the galaxy to be cruel to each other.

It was saddened, moreso, by the fact that the galaxy's protectors, the Jedi, were partially, and sometimes ultimately, to blame for the indiscriminate loss and damage to life that they so sorely upheld.

It was there that Jace found a bit of serenity- even the smallest light in the darkness could be seen for miles.

And there was a great darkness in Coruscant. If he were to describe it to someone who was not through the force, it would be as if looking at a carpet and seeing a red stain on it. He could see it, feel it. He felt it drawing in power, drawing in strength from the anger, the fear, the hopelessness. Jace opened his eyes, turning a corner, pivoting at precisely the right time-

His right hand went upward, crashing into the barrel of a slaver's rifle, and his left, offhandedly, thumbed the lightsaber blade. It went deep and fast across the slaver, bisecting him. One of the Creatures- a Gen'dai that the Marines were fighting stopped, turning about violently in the air as Jace reached out through the force, throwing him quickly off of the platform, into the endless spire of Coruscant, among all the bones of the the wars before, and the structures long forgotten.

He held the blue blade upwards to himself, still using his off-hand. Perhaps a ruse. Perhaps a tactic.

Perhaps he was maybe even just seeing what else he could do with his off-hand. Another Gen'dai came, particle rifle raised. Jace turned and moved in rapid, quick movements, raising his blade up. He cut the Gen'dai across the arm as he closed the distance, disabling the weapon hand. The Gen'Dai quickly recovered, but found himself stabbed through the chest. Jace knew that while the Gen'Dai could in fact, not be killed easily... It did not mean that they did not feel pain. He cut again and again, his lightsaber slicing apart the armor and gear that the Gen'dai came with him. Jace held out both of his hands, fingertips extending as he focused, focused heavily-

And again, threw the Gen'dai to it's death.

Jace turned to the Marines, who were regrouping at the Alliance memorial. All Jace had on was the standard Jedi attire, armored lightly. He didn't say anything, but just smiled at Castor Brynnn Castor Brynnn as his grenade found purchase, shedding a member of the Ten Thousand of it's mortal coil.

Jace turned again, his blue blade activating, holding the creatures back so that the Marines could escape unharmed and uninterrupted.










 
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A hail of stun bolts pelted the relief team from above.

"Ambush!" One of the workers cried before he was struck. He seized, convulsing for a few moments as the paralytic energy wracked his body, then slumped to the ground.

Cora's head whipped from the massive ship hovering above them to the vantage point where the assault was coming from. She couldn't see who was attacking them from this distance, but that hardly mattered.

"Get behind the wall!" She hissed, unclipping her saber from her belt. The blue blade sprung to life, swatting away stun bolts from the retreating team. Their assailant's range was too wide for her to try and deflect everything, and a few aid workers still fell into the rubble they'd been digging through.

What remained of the relief team – and those they'd managed to rescue – clambered to take shelter behind the remains of a crumbling wall.

"Hellions!" Nero shouted over the roar of swoop engines, "Fang it!"

The rumble of swoop engines wasn't out of place on Coruscant, but the sound still made Cora's heart thunder. It was entirely possible that the initial onslaught had been a distraction, and a second team was now arriving to catch them in a pincer. Confusion wormed across her face as the swoop gang kicked up a cloud of dust and returned fire.

Making the most of the distraction, Cora killed her saber and started to drag one of the prone workers behind the wall.

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