Stranded

[Kolazi Notal]

"Thruster power low, blaster power out, only two medkits left- well kriff! I'm boned!" Kolazi searches around his ship. The interior was, mostly, intact. However, he couldn't live there forever. Out in space, his galaxy map busted, Kolazi had no idea where to go and did NOT have the power in his ship to search manually. After seeing there is nothing he can do with his lack of technical knowledge, he meditates, reciting the grey jedi code: "Flowing through all, there is balance. There is no peace without a passion to create. There is no passion without peace to guide. Knowledge stagnates without the strength to act. Power blinds without the serenity to see. There is freedom in life. There is purpose in death. The force is all things and I am the force..."

 

[Tanith Alde]

"Maintain Ship Vector 7.75, to the edge of the asteroid field. Sensor on full sweep, pirates love to hide out in these rutts" The Vice Admiral said with a small frown, glancing over the system display chart before him.

His ship , and those of his task force, were highlighted by green triangles on the holographic interface.

And then, a new blip appeared. Blue. Unidentified, time for a closer look.

"Ammend that, plot a new course, Headings are 9.95 North, 3.25 West" He corrected, stroking his chin. The previous un-identified vessel was not large, but it did bear some investigation.

His Task Force was patrolling for intruders to republic space, as the recent skirmishes had made the Republic wary of sabotiers. All traffic in and out of the system was being monitored by. The 34th Special Operations Task Force, also known as the "Wardens" soon surrounded the smaller vessel, guns trained upon it

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[Kolazi Notal]

Kolazi, with lack of a better option, tampered with his comm systems. He got no result. "Grah, work!" He zapped it with force lightning. The bolt seemed to jump-start the emergency power. He taps a few buttons here, few buttons there, and he routes said power directly to his comms, where he would try to send a message to nearby ships "Hey, hold your fire! I'm not hostile!"

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[Kolazi Notal]

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[Tanith Alde]

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"Ship is transmitting IFF as non-hostile" A bridge ensign announced. "Hold ranges steady at 1.5 KM out, continue to track movements. Relay orders to power down and await boarding. Let's find out just whom our new friend is" Beckett said with a small frown. It wasn't unusual for pirates or smugglers to try and skirt on by through this system, curious he was as to which this might be

 

[Kolazi Notal]

Kolazi fiddles with his comm settings, "Some kriffing pirates attacked me earlier, my ship is a god-damn wreck. I need to know where a nearby planet is, my galaxy map's wrecked." He senses out, making sure to keep track of where these people were.

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[Tanith Alde]

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"Unidentified vessel, we repeat orders. Power down and await boarding actions. Any aberattion from the stated orders will result in your destruction. Clear." The comms lieutenant spoke through his commlink, relaying the Vice Admiral's orders to the rogue ship

 

[Kolazi Notal]

Kolazi reluctantly goes to the controls and powers down his ship. He mutters angrily, "Kriffing hell, my ship has Bantha poo for weapons anyway!" He would prepare to be boarded.

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[Tanith Alde]

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Excellent, everything was proceeding as he'd hoped.

One of the smaller escort vessels of the fleet would dock with the man's ship, and a group of marines would come aboard to take the man into protective custody. Service droids were sent out to begin repairs on the ships, while Beckett took his personal shuttle down to meet with the man personally.

 

[Kolazi Notal]

Kolazi lets out a sigh as he goes along with the marines. He would just settle down, waiting for something to happen.

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[Tanith Alde]

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"Ten Shun, Officer on Deck" One of the marines bellowed, the rank coming to salute as the Vice Admiral wandered into the small brig room. Small and completely adequate.

"Now then, we have things to talk about" Beckett said, taking a seat on the opposite side of the small table, crossing his arms as she studied the figure before him

 

[Kolazi Notal]

Kolazi replies fast, "Like what?" He raises an eyebrow curiously. He continues on, "I may be wearing a blindfold but I can see you are studying me. What are you curious about?" He rests his case with that and leans back.

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[Tanith Alde]

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"Why exactly your ship was skulking through this system , as we're currently not permitting travel through it do to the ongoing war effort. Meaning you are either A, foolish, or B, a smuggler. Which is it then with you hmm?"

His eyes narrowed slightly as he focused in on the boy, observing his expression and body language

 

[Kolazi Notal]

Kolazi replies, "I'm C, attacked by pirates. Look at the kriffing state of my ship... You think that ship is fit for smuggling?"

He shrugs his shoulders

"Stop with your assumptions, eh? Might be a good idea."

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[Nicair Claden]

His ship's thrusters were out, which was fantastic, he could understand that what with his pursuers being pirates. But why would they feel the need to destroy his paint job on the front of his small carrier? It was brand new and he had just "acquired" this ship a few days ago. He kept himself calm as he continued checking and double checking the local scanners.
"Ships nearby. Kad Har'angir, do I destroy them? No? Didn't figured you'd answer anyway." the smallest of grins spreads across his face as he does what he can to adjust his ship's velocity toward the new ships. All of this was done before a blast shook the small vessel. That can't be good. Nicair thought to himself as he finished the adjustments and began preparing for the pirates' inevitable overtaking.

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[Tanith Alde]

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"And you should stop with your insolent tone. You're speaking to an officer of the Republic Navy"

And that was when the ship's warning klaxons fired, and the lights flashed a warning red. There was battle taking place in the system, multiple shots fired. The Vice Admiral turned, standing up

"Stay, i'll be back for you later"

He warned as he excited the brig, the door closing behind him as he made his way to the bridge of his ship. Captain Nigma, the captain in charge of this vessel was hurriedly improving a response before Beckett re-assumed control

"Steady on, form a picket line defensive formation, if they come near us prepare to fire, shoot to disable critical systems. Do not destroy these vessels unless absolutely necessary"

 

[Nicair Claden]

It wasn't long until the pirates were next to his carrier, he had little time to prepare. Leaving the controls set as they were he rushed to the back on the coach grabbed a blaster and his axe, he lowered his position and prepared for what was coming. His anxiety slowly began to rise, blood rushed to his muscles and his heart beat roared in his ears, it wasn't fear that gripped him, it was a bloody determination to fight. He primed his Gamorrean axe to throw, he was good with it, but he was better with his own body, it had been turned into a weapon through years of gladiatorial combat.

The first pirates got through behind him, he knew the area was small, so he wasn't afraid to spin around and send the pommel of the weapon jutting out. As luck would have it the hard duraplast handle smashed into the neck of the nearest pirate, it was a little of an awkward strike but Nicair would take it in stride. He adjusted his motion and swung the axe back around to catch the same pirate in the ribs, the cracking of bone echoed in the hold. Nicair knew better than to try and dislodge the weapon immediately, he would try again if some sort of deity favored him.

The second pirate was a tall Trandoshan, Nicair had a rough plan to take it down but said plan was washed away in combat. Springing up into the air the Mandalorian brought down a hammer fist to the top of the creature's head. Once he had landed he spun to his left drilling a spinning elbow into the lizard's midsection, by that time the pirate's chest was draped over Nicair's shoulder. He didn't hesitate to finish with a kill, this would be a long one and he needed as few enemies as possible.

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[Kolazi Notal]

Kolazi meditates, sensing the battle. He focuses, get's a vision of what is happening. Nevertheless, he knows that the the high-horse republic officer had more power than him and so he did as he was told.

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[Nicair Claden]

By now his ship is little more than space junk wandering through time. Nicair figured he had two options, the first was to try and privateer one of the pirate ships, though that would be hard to do as they had all boarded using specialized boarding pods, a challenge to aim it no less. The second option was to keep waiting for his ship's velocity to take him straight for the defensive ships and hope they didn't destroy him on the way there. His decision was made for him when another pod launched onto the top of his ship. He'd have to wait and see what the others would do.

Once more into the fray he thought to himself as he turned around to meet his attackers head on.