Some Time's (open deflection training)

[Basaba Willamina]

Basaba had come to the silver jedi because her sister was here... one fo the vod with [member="Anastasia Rade"] and that was good enough. After that though she had found things to keep herself busy. A rifle range to use her equipment as she stood in her Beskar'gam with her cybernetic arm holding the cortosis punch blade.

A small smirk on her face under the helmet while she was moving down range with her dar'yaim cannon and her beskad. The Horak rifle and rollers. She had some extra weapons but there was also training sabers for practicing deflection if they wanted to.

The field marshal was all for teaching a few of these jedi who were soft to be soldiers.

 

[Blair]

When being part of a group known as the Silver Jedi, you'd tend to forget about the non-force users within the ranks very easily. Yura didn't however. She'd been enough of a tourist at times that she found herself wandering throughout the base of the Jedi order. It was during one of these times that she'd come down to the firing range and met some of the soldiers. They seemed nice enough to her, but she didn't realize half of what they were saying to her was implied flirting. Still Yura liked them enough and intended to visit when possible. Today, however, they were not here. But Yura had sensed the presence of someone new when she came down. Exploring for a little bit she eventually found [member="Basaba Willamina"] who was carrying an awful lot of artillery. Although given her armor Yura could understand why.​

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She even said aloud "Oh wow. A Mandalorian!" ​

 

[Basaba Willamina]

[member="Yura Fontaine"]

Basaba stopped and turned as the motion tracker chirped in her helmet. Not removing it while the armor was very unfitted. Her gender not able to be seen and a voice filter was standard issue before she sent the weapons down. The casing for the cannon was near seven feet long and built to carry the slug as she set it down. She looked down the range as it opened and the massive twenty five gram shells were visible with the long cannon. The rifle going on the lid of the case and the rollers following as they looked around with the little ball droids beeping. "Yes yes." The voice came out modulated. "Are you here to learn how to deflect with a saber?"

 

[Blair]

The way they spoke it was had for Yura to tell if it was a man or woman, given the helmet and armor. Not that it mattered to her; especially in Yura's unique case. As she watched the Mando drop everything before arming themselves up she heard the question of if she was here to learn how to block with a saber. It was her intent at first but if this soldier was offering, why say no? That was always her way of seeing things. If someone offers you something you're sure you'll need, then take it.​

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With a friendly enough smile she answered "Sure. I'm willing to learn. Although I don't have any trainer sabers with me right now." she finished with an awkward laugh.​

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[member="Basaba Willamina"]​

 

[Basaba Willamina]

[member="Yura Fontaine"]

Looking at her Basaba had brought training sabers just in case. She had one to practice with but wasn't one to talk about using childrens toys as she was looking on. Standing finally as she held her her mechanical arm the horak rifle. In her other hand she had the training saber while she was working on the gear. "There are some here, what do you know about different types of weapons?"

 

[Blair]

Yura was relieved to see that [member="Basaba Willamina"] had brought training sabers. And here she feared this teacher would be the harsh type to try and use her teaching skills by shooting at Yura without anything to defend herself with. She took the saber before hearing the question, trying to think on an answer. It was difficult for Yura.​

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"Ummm....some guns shoot bigger than others?" she both guessed and answered.​

 

[Basaba Willamina]

[member="Yura Fontaine"]

Basaba looked at her from under the helmet and stood to her full height in the armor. Letting the silence remain there for a moment longer before she spoke. "No, there is blaster bolts, slugthroers, sonic, ion and disruptors. Each can be different and dangerous to a jedi or anyone in a different way." She held the horak rifle and spoke. "This can alternate between four of the five with grenades coming from underneath." She smirked now while pointing at the case. "That fires the slug that can kill a leviathan. You wouldn't be able to deflect that... but it is best to know how to defend against slugthrowers."

 

[Blair]

Yura knew her answer was wrong, but what was to be expected? Before this she was a maid for a rich family. No way she had time to understand what types of guns there were and how they worked. Didn't seem to matter since [member="Basaba Willamina"] explained some of them, including the one in her hand that was apparently powerful enough to take down a leviathan. Realizing that sort of fire power made Yura's eyes go wide while feeling a sudden drop in her gut. She had to learn to defend against that?​

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At mention of being able to deflect it she quickly said "No, but some Jedi can make barriers that defend them from such hits. But...I haven't learned that yet." she added with an embarrassed tone.​

 

[Basaba Willamina]

[member="Yura Fontaine"]

"And how strong is a barrier to a fist?" She said it more now standing there while walking around to make a battle circle. "Mandalorian children are taught in a circle how to fight force users and their barriers. Many can be strong but against someone who wants it more they can fall." She was looking at it now while her mechanical arm came to be and remembering how she had fought the sith shield both losing their arms. "Now lets see how you hold that blade."

 

[Blair]

At the risk of being punched in the face Yura gulped. More and more she felt she had a bad habit of running into aggressive teachers. But at least it meant getting good lessons out of them. Though the idea of being hit with a mechanical hand didn't exactly make things any easier. When told to show her blade hand Yura nodded, looking over the saber for a moment, before making sure she held it right. With her hands on the hilt she activated it, letting the green blade shoot out in front of her. She jumped for a moment but relaxed and admired the beauty of a lightsaber, even a training one, in her hand.​

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[member="Basaba Willamina"]​

 

[Basaba Willamina]

[member="Yura Fontaine"]

Basaba looked at her as the blade was activated and she used her hand. The beskar able to hold the plasma as she moved it to be in a better position. "Your weapon isn't a sword, there isn't as much weight to think about but this can be dangerous. The need to feel like you are chopping wood instead of moving a blade to defend can be dangerous. You will want to move to different points of contact." She was moving and positioning the blade to allow her chances to defend. She stepped back and held the beskad while she gripped it and with one hand was showing the motions. "Follow these steps and then I am going to move you to the next phase."

 

[Blair]

What [member="Basaba Willamina"] had said about the weight was true. The only real weight came from the hilt, which itself wasn't all that heavy. It made it easier to move with the motions that the Mando was showing Yura. Easy and slow but swift and fluid, Yura looked between what she was being shown before herself and trying to mimic the movements. She was actually doing really well. She had a knack for picking up on things that were shown to her rather than explained. It helped to have a visual aid in the end. She continued to move with a fluid motion until Basaba would say otherwise.​

 

[Basaba Willamina]

[member="Yura Fontaine"]

"Good now for the next step." Basaba moved back and waited for a moment to let her keep at it. Focused and ready until she had her pistol out and was adjusting the setting to low stun just in case. she didn't want to hurt the girl aftrer all this was only about dodging and a person was better then a remote. She had seen those got predictable. "Alright I am going to fire some low energy shots in three..two" She fired before one to keep and try to get her on her toes but held the pistol steady with the arm easily enough.

 

[Blair]

Yura stopped once [member="Basaba Willamina"] had said so. She watched her move to the other side of the room before aiming her gun and saying what she was about to do. At least now Yura had a little more confidence in herself and stood at the ready as the Mando woman counted down. As she fired Yura, remembering her training, held the saber at a degree that would deflect the first shot. She sighed with relief at the fact it worked and that she was unharmed. Though it made her worry about what would come next.​

 

[Basaba Willamina]

[member="Yura Fontaine"]

Basaba fired off a couple more shots and pivoted so she had her arm extended and at the ready. "You handle blasters well, how about a flamethrower." She left it for a moment before nothing happened. She was all for fighting but a flamethrower to the face wasn't exactly an easy thing to deflect. Plus she rather liked it here while she flicked with a beskar armored finger. A smirk on her face before holstering her pistol and popping the seals of her helmet, then removing it in a motion to clip it on her belt while the short hair and lightly scarred face starred at the padawan. "You ar not doing terrible but low level shots are not that impressive." She went back to standing for a moment. "So I want you to come at me and I'll show you how to deflect without a blade."

 

[Blair]

After enough blasts and proving point of being able to hold her own Yura turned the saber off and sighed with relief. At least she was getting a better hang of it. But as [member="Basaba Willamina"] had pointed out they were only small, ineffective shots compared to actual combat. When the Mando wanted her to come at her she was a little hesitant. She knew it would mean either one of them would wind up hurt. But, seeing the instance in the Mando's eyes, she sighed before running at her with the saber overhead.​

 

[Basaba Willamina]

[member="Yura Fontaine"]

Basaba looked at her as she came, ejecting the cortosis blade from her mechanical hand to block while she spoke. "Do not rush, anyone can use strength." Said the amazon of a woman who stood like a brick house in the hardest armor in the galaxy but she looked down at the maid. "You should have been calculating strength and prowess since you got here, now you need to look elsewhere and use what you have to your advantage."

 

[Blair]

As her blade locked with the hidden one of [member="Basaba Willamina"] Yura gasped. It was a surprise to see how innovative she was. After the woman gave her talk about calculating strength and the like Yura pulled back, trying instead to make for a low sweep. She was trying to figure out spots or points on the armor to hopefully find a weak point.​

 

[Basaba Willamina]

[member="Yura Fontaine"]

Basaba moved... her real hand coming as the suits twin blades ejected (predator style) from the sides of her wrist to protect herself. She looked at the girl and now moved forward shooting her knee up then kicking out for a gut strike. "Sloppy, don't take the time to try and find a weakness. Push and use each strike to determine. An armored opponent has different points to go after. The back o the knees, the armpits, their joints just at the wrists. Use your size and speed." She brought her arms together for a moment to slash while letting the saber resistant blades provide protection from more sweeps.

 

[Blair]

So apparently it wasn't a matter of playign things out in a fight. It was a matter of acting fast and using your own abilites to your advantage. As Yura was pushed back and recovered a little she could see that [member="Basaba Willamina"] was very intent with proving this as she tried to attack her with two blade. Yura was careful to bring her saber up to defend herself before trying to hold. In truth she knew her strength wouldn't be able to match hers, but that didn't mean she couldn't be clever about it. She waited for the right moment before pushing the blades back and rolling to the side, trying to get behind the Mando woman in order to give a strike to her back.​