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LOCATION: AnoatOBJECTIVE:
KURGAIN TRAFFIC CONTROL: [member="magnus ren"], [member="Aralu Sar"]
OTHERS NEARBY: [member="Micah Talith"], [member="Taheera Sollo"], [member="Atham'aali'kema"], [member="Vexen"], [member="Ipsy"], [member="Allyson Locke"], [member="Spark Finn"]
As Keric neared the access point for the secure jefferies tubes, tubes that would allow him access to more secure areas then the external maintenance hallways, he felt a thrill of adrenaline as something shouted DANGER to his mind. Like opening your eyes after having them covered for months, his force senses were more sensitive than he remembered. The spike of adrenaline kicked his brain into lizard mode, and his hand shot out with his lightsaber. The smokey blade cut through the bulkhead, then the force energy he quickly applied ripped open the secret entrance. He leaped into the tube just as the explosions above went off. Thanks to the artificial gravity on the station, he was pulled away from the explosions at an acceleration that quickly approached terminal velocity, aided by his force augmented leap down the tube.
He could hear and feel the explosions above him, and the concussion of parts of the station collapsing upon others.
Before the din stopped, he knew he had to arrest his fall and take stock. He somersaulted and ignited his jet pack for a quick burn to slow him, then magbooted his feet to the sides of the tube. He quickly moved to the space behind the ladder on the tube, as debris rained down. He was struck by a few pieces, but his armor held, leaving only a bruise along the back of his left side ribs.
He quickly surveyed his surroundings, and found a network connection running alongside the tube on the schematic he'd pulled. It came closest about twenty feet below him. Keric/Phade grabbed the ladder and released his magboots, sliding down the distance before re-setting himself. He shut off and slid his lightsaber back into it's sheath, then went about opening the panel that the network junction was behind. He decided that with the station blowing up, it was time for speed over caution. He'd not come up against anything more than stormtroopers and autoturrets. He reached into the panel and laid his hand on the network junction. Then he closed his eyes and concentrated. He slid into the junction using his mechu deru. He took a nanosecond to reorient the way it appeared to his mind, doing away with the code for visual representations. Aided by the force, and his own imagination, Keric/Phade began to slip from system to system.
He doubted that the First Order was blowing up their station with them in it, which meant that it was likely remote detonations happening. That meant that before anything else, external communication needed to be killed. Technology could do it externally, with enough time and a big enough transmitter to scramble control channels. Slicing could do it internally, though that would be seen quicker than you could say 'Punch it Chewie'. Mech deru allowed him to do it without needing to worry about stealth. The only reason he tried not to do it was to not rely solely on the force to aid him. Such was how many force users fell, trusting in something other then their own skills. He'd spent the last while living as a non force user, but extreme times called for relying on the Force once again.
Keric/Phade found the secure system that controlled the external communications. He slid his awareness into it, and set about closing off external connections. He wasn't fully aware of the extent of the damage up above, he didn't know that the listening post was destroyed. He figured someone watching something up there would notice something quickly, as they were fully tuned into the external communications arrays per the little intel they had on the stations. Keric pushed on, waiting to have to combat someone with admin privileges with the power of the force in closing off external comms and keeping them shut down.
