Faction The Great Hunt | Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders

[Lorcan Nanu]

There it was! Nanu spotted the purple scales of what had to be a drexl. Sure enough, he could see part of its head, but the body was obscured by the dense jungle foliage. It seemed to be asleep.

"Haha! That means I can get the element of surprise!" Lorcan Nanu shouted, preceding to fire off a round of whistling gnats (the Galaxy;s smallest whistling birds).

 

[Ninurta Slaabur'r]

Before the two could do anything more, the creature screeched and began to turn back to the pair and the hunting party. Sig drew his knife and launched up into the air towards the Drexl.

Crashing through the trees and landing with a lurch, Ninurta found himself slightly shook from the impact. He always was when he rode a Lava Flea. They were incredible light and agile beasts for their size. This did not detour his transition to take command of the mount and snap his reigns again. With a smaller bounding leaps, both Steed and Beastmaster were flung forward into the air.

Poising a lunge with his Static Pike, Ninurta thrust the weapon forward delivering a numbing blow to the creatures closest wing before gravity took hold and dragged him and his mount to the jungle floor below. There was a crackle of electric energy over the beast but it seemed to do little more than stun it temporarily.

Deteching movement to his right, the Falleen watched fellow Crusader and vode, Sig Dryggo launch himself into the air at the beast with nothing more than a measly shiv. With any luck hopefully he could recognize the opening he had and make his wounding strike.

Brave and foolish.

Tags: Gaanla Munin Livia Cadera Hakon Fett

 

[Gaanla Munin]

C R U S A D E R
DXUN
Hakon Fett | Livia Cadera | Ninurta Slaabur'r | Sig Dryggo

Were it not for Sig’s intervention, he’d been trampled viciously by the Drexl. The beast chose poorly to attack this group of Mandalorians, to be outnumbered and overwhelmed with technology. The others could resort to their firearms and explosives all they want, Gaanla would prove himself stronger than the rest with his spear.

Or even his hands if it came to those extremes.

Sig approached the predator aiming for the wings. Adenn would take the rear while being careful with its tail. He hoped to mount the beast and overwhelm it from its backside. Tire it out and wound it enough to know defeat, and be given mercy to serve its chosen rider.

Dice Tally:
1. 9
2. 16
3. 20

 

[Carduul Akahl]

The Great Hunt
Tag(s): Livia Cadera​

Even the oldest Crusaders only took down the Mythosaurs in number. Carduul was no exception to that- without a hunting party, he may as well be embarking on a suicide mission. Honor was one thing, but being stupid was another.

“To hunt a Drexl, you have to ground it first. Its tail, and wings must be crippled.” Were his words in turn to Livia Cadera . “Then, we engage it on the ground until it has no strength left to fight. Once we achieve dominance, we shall claim our prize.”

As soon as he made the first strike, more of his kin began to join the fray - he could hear in the distance another scuffle occurring not far from where he was. Unfortunately, he had his own problems to deal with; if they were as determined as they claimed, the other party would no doubt come away alive from their hunt.

There was a side-eye towards Livia, up in the sky, firing Micro-plasma rockets towards the beast in the distance. At this rate, they would wake up the whole forest - that sort of ruckus attracted the wrong kind of attention. They’ll stay away for now with the Apex Predator soaring above, but there were no guarantee once they had claimed victory. “Stow your gadgets!” He barked upwards, “You’ll bring the whole jungle down upon us. Steel and blaster against fang and claw shall determine the victor, today.”

It was more than upset with the confrontation, releasing yet another viscous shriek as its wings buffeted against the sky - before they zipped down to its side, going for a dive.

Clutching his weapon, he had taken that brief moment of its recovery to note the situation. It seemed to wobble in its descent, though its fangs reached for him nonetheless. It seems his attack had struck just enough to damage its ability to stabilize itself in flight, and he capitalized upon that. The tip of the poleaxe's head was angled upwards to the Drexl as it swooped, running a few steps forward before lowering his legs to slide against the mud - just as it passed overhead in a close encounter, attempting to cut across its underside as it did…

 

[Sig Dryggo]

Tags: Hakon Fett Ninurta Slaabur'r @whoever I missed and is present

Sig approached the predator aiming for the wings

As he approached he readied his knife, bringing it up beside his helmet and turning the blade toward the beast. He grunted as his knife impacted the creature, which let out a loud ear-piercing screech.

His knife worked itself inside the wing of the creature and made a decent cut on it’s right wing. Not enough to stop it from it’s flight, however, as it quickly swung its tail around and slammed into Sig’s chest.

His jetpack sparked and deactivated as Sig was launched down towards the ground below. As he fell, he twisted his body around and placed his arms outward. As he hit the ground he attempted a roll; it was mostly successful. Although he was able to break most the fall, the sheer height was unavoidable, and the cybernetic right hand he had snapped.

Letting out a grunt he got to a knee and looked at his hand. He had dislocated a real hand, so a cybernetic one didn’t stun him too much. Grabbing it, he quickly pushed it back into place, an electric snap occurring as he did so. Glancing up at Gaanla Munin , he hoped the damage he did would help him with his own attack.​

 

[Livia Cadera]

Location: Dxun
Objective: hunt
Gear: Beskar'gam, boarding shotgun, Ship
Tags: Carduul Akahl Sig Dryggo Hakon Fett Ninurta Slaabur'r Gaanla Munin

Sig Dryggo caught her fall, knocked down by the detonation of her own grenade, she swung off of his arm and landed on her feet, flipping him a quick salute in thanks fornthe catch and the compliment.

She watched as the beast was then engaged by him and the rally master Carduul Akahl . One had lacerated its side, the other had wounded the leather of its wing. The monster turned its neck and glanced at the minor damage. Livia could see an opening when she saw one. "Put my gadgets away my ass! I am a gadget." with an imperceptible wince of pain her Dral-kayatr claws extended out of her knuckles and through the shutters in her gauntlets and Livia ran, she gave the shortest of bursts on her jetpack using the back of her friend Sig to for leverage before leaping for the armpit of the creature, if it ever hoped to move its wings, then this spot had to be flexible. She extended her arm and thumped it into the armpit plunging the two long metal blades into its flesh causing it to screech and drop its wing down. It spun hard to turn its injured wing away and bring its tail into play again. Livia ducked under the flailing wing and then lept over the tail into the rear flank of the target. It's blood coated her right arm but she had little time to admire her handiwork as the gigantic back legs lashed our at her, hitting her with a kick that knocked her back and would have broken her arm if she wasn't built like she was. There would be a bruise there in morning.

 

[Livia Cadera]

Whoops

 

[Shaabir Kelborn]

|| THE GREAT HUNT ||

~what's a king to a god? what's a god to a non-believer?~

OBJECTIVE: Tame the Drexl
TAG: not tagging every single of y'all

Spoiler: THEME

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DXUN

With the help from sonar manipulations from the device built in in my Beskar’gam, the Drexl rushed right into my trap. The beast let out a loud shriek as it flew through tripwires that triggered electric shockwaves up its body.

A barrage of missiles aimed on its right wing made it screech even louder.

Chit. That might attract the attention of other opportunistic hunters. Let’s give it some distance.

From my vambrace I shot the beast with a tracking dart, right under its wing where it’s hard to reach and remove. The Drexl had slowly recovered by now and is trying to get off the ground.

<Kay-Four, I activated the heatmap sensor in the tracking dart. I’m taking my anti-material rifle, so keep me posted with the situation, will you?> In informed my trusty droid as I flew back to my ship I parked somewhere close to the hills.

<On it.>

 

[Ninurta Slaabur'r]

They were like children.

The Falleen watch in amusement the events unfold and the tactics that were employed against the Drexl. Atop his Lava Flea, Ninurta shook his head. Warriors these Neo-Crusaders are, but hunters they were not.

All over the jungle, despite its own sounds and ambiance, the Beastmaster could hear distant explosions and knew it was nothing natural of this world. It was his vode. A spell of empathy came over him as his eyes scanned over the creatures minor wounds. Then Ninurta's gaze fell over Gaanla Munin and Sig Dryggo .

This is will end in the beasts death or their if this goes on. Such was the way of life. At any point Ninurta knew well that he could mount the creature and utilize his pheromones to pacify the beast but this hunt was not his own. In fact he did the opposite. From Ninurta's being wafted a pheromonal familiarity to the Drexl. Where Ninurta was no longer prey but kin. A larva of the beast.

Something that made the Drexl visibly confused. It let out a mix of squawks and roars and moved in patterns of vicious and paternal movements. It seemed frenzied, but Ninurta understood the behavior to be anxiety. Its fear of its own perceived "larva" being in an environment of danger. The beast would be more relentless but also reckless.

Throwing his static pike on the ground near Sig Dryggo , Gaanla Munin and Hakon Fett . Ninutra smiled under his visor and nodded up to the beast.

" As soon as you make your move, it will charge." He teased and gestured to the pike he threw near them. If they were wise they would use it.

 

[Ninurta Slaabur'r]

In that moment of time Ninurta could only ponder the potential outcomes and even more than that. He could forsee a possible lengthy recovery from all involved with the hunt. His mind spun with ideas for the next prospects of a Great Hunt and then a idea sprang into his mind.

Why settle on just a Drexl when their is an entire galaxy of creatures to expose others to? The Great hunt was an aspect of mandalorian culture, how many more would be inspired to join in if he would only gain sponsorship and host such an event?

Interesting.

 

[Lorcan Nanu]

The munitions certainly hit their target. It was sleeping, after all. Was sleeping. The whistling gnats exploding in its face certainly was enough to wake the beast up. The giant winged reptile stretched to a massive size, which seemed even bigger to Lorcan Nanu, who wasn't even half a meter tall. This thing might as well have been a battlecruiser!

The diminutive Mandalorian was not perturbed in the slightest. Being the prime example of the bravest, most reckless (and perhaps stupidest) of the Mando'ade, Nanu charged forward toward the gargantuan beast -- the beast that was still looking around to see what had hit it, Nanu being too small for it to immediately notice.

 

[Gaanla Munin]

C R U S A D E R
DXUN
Hakon Fett | Sig Dryggo | Ninurta Slaabur'r

Sig had done his part; now Gaanla would launch his own attack. Upon climbing the Drexel’s back he lodged his spear into the beast with a roar, tearing through tissue and muscle and anchored himself with all his might as the beast squirmed about to dismount the Mandalorian.

They could injure it all they want but if they did not incapacitate its wings, then it could fly off and make their efforts moot to capture it.

He would release himself from his spear and jump to tackle the joint connecting the Drexel’s body to its wing. The whole interaction was violent, the beats trying to shake off Gaanla from itself. Quickly he reached for his knife to make a deep cut in hopes to incapacitate the wing before losing control and slipping to the ground. There the Drexl trampled the warrior, Gaanla trying to roll out of under the beast. He could feel most of his body bruised and a shoulder dislocated. His strength was sapped and laid in the mud to comfort his body, before having to get up and feel the painful aches.

Dice Tally:
1. 9
2. 16
3. 20
4. 14

 

[Careena Fett]

C a r e e n a _ F e t t

| Location | Mandalorian Outpost, Dxun​

| Objective | Subdue the Drexl​

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Careena slipped through the foliage of the forest, her scanner picking up tracks from her fellow Mandalorians. A screech was heard as the sounds of battle soon started to become louder and louder. She unsheathed both the knives from behind her back, starting to run as she made for the clearing that Hakon Fett , Sig Dryggo and Gaanla Munin were in, locked in combat with the grounded Drexl whilst Ninurta Slaabur'r oversaw the engagement. Gaanla lay in the mud as Sig and Hakon were trying their best not to follow suit.​

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She called out <"On your feet Munin! It'll take more than a feral beast to take you down.">, she then proceeded to raise her knives and clash them together whilst shouting at the beast to draw its attention and give Gaanla the chance to not get trampled to death. She waved and brandished her knives as the Drexl screeched at her, already in a protective frenzy due to Ninurta's 'suggestion' of its instincts.​

 

[Lorcan Nanu]

"Well, sh--" The damned beast had suddenly spotted Lorcan Nanu and promptly chomped at him and attempted to swallow him whole.

"Oh, no you don't, you hairy nerf's arse!" Nanu pulled his tiny beskad and stabbed it into the beast's esophagus to keep him from sliding down any further. The beast began to cough. Nanu was too small to actually choke the creature, but he was now in a better spot to do some damage. "Stupid reptile!" the Minialorian laughed. "Have a taste of this!" He fired off whistling gnats right into the Drexl's tongue, spraying blood. He dislodged his blade and flew up a bit, firing gnats and poison darts into the monster's trachea.

He then proceeded to seal the lizard's esophagus and trachea shut with the laser in his vambrace. "Bet I'm not so appetizing now, huh!?"

 

[Feydrik Munin]

Crunch.

He stepped loudly on a stick below him.
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The Nighthunter was brutal. Relentless. It lashed out, striking him across the upper left arm. It affected his spear, his arm dropping low as it cut inbetween the space of his armor with it's terrifying long claws.

He fell backwards, the Nighthunter looming over him. He looked up at it, his spear positioned just so- and despite the Drexl getting away from him, and his newfound wound, he would not, go quietly. No, he was not prey, he was not food.

He was nothing short of doom for this creature.

He grit his teeth and used the spear to stand as the beast recoiled back into the bushes, hiding again, growling, pacing.

He rolled the spear into his opposite hand, unable to thrust it properly with his wound.

"You die today, my friend. Make it count."

And he stood tall, firm, despite his failure, despite his wound.

A true warrior.

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[Sig Dryggo]

Tag(s): Careena Fett Hakon Fett Gaanla Munin Ninurta Slaabur'r Livia Cadera @Anyone I Missed

Sig rolled towards the spear before the group and wasted no time raising his opposite hand forward to aim at the beast. Taking a few breaths he carefully followed the creature as it moved through the trees above.

After another moment he saw his chance and threw the spear with all the force he had, aiming for the creatures left wing to hopefully bring it down finally. He watched as the spear whistled forward and cut clean through the wing, leaving a major wound in its place, and landing in a branch above.

The creature came down and landed hard before him. Sig drew his knife and brought it up defensively, though a bit late as the creature lunged forward to take a bite of the warrior. The teeth of the creature met the cold armor he wore and pressed down hard. Thankfully, it was his new artificial arm.

Grinning, he stabbed at the creature once before it snapped its wings forward; the sudden jolt sent Sig back onto a tree and onto the ground. It then launched back up, still determined to fight the Mandalorian hunters present.​

 

[Lorcan Nanu]

Lorcan Nanu flew out of the drexl's maw as the thing thrashed about, slowly suffocating. The tiny Mando tumbled and rolled on the jungle floor, having to immediately dodge as massive trees (massive to him, at least) were toppled.

Finally, the area grew quiet, as the beast gave one last seize and went limp. Lorcan Nanu, a Mandalorian of only two-fifths of a meter tall, had successfully brought down a drexl by himself.

"Haha! This will show those rotund giants who the greatest Mandalorian ever truly is! Now, let's get a measurement of this thing." He began scanning the beast...

 

[Feydrik Munin]

He was doom, for this creature.

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Feydrik grit his teeth and held the spear tightly, the Nighthunter pacing around in a circle. A cryptic creature, it seemed unable to use its usual tactics on him.

The terrain was slightly uneven. His eyes cast downward for a moment, a plan forming. He needed to move forward against the beast.

The warrior, somewhat timidly and unsure, stepped forward, spear in hand. He stepped again, the creature remaining eerily still. He was shifting the fight, shifting the balance in their duel.

And he thrust the spear forward, the Nighthunter quickly moving around it, and up and over it, claws outstretched.

But Feydrik picked his feint well. A fighter by trade, he knew the value of subterfuge, a feint, misdirection. The beast didn’t even have time to register him drawing his knife. He thrust it into its neck, letting the gnashing teeth come crashing down against his breastplate. He dragged the knife out, holding the beasts thrashing head as it went through its death throes.

There was no malice in its eyes, nor his, when they looked at each other for the last time. It was not evil. It was not cruel. It was simply a way of life. The reality was that it could have been him.

He let the beast down slowly, its life finally fading in his arms. He took his knife out, and stood tall over it. It looked peaceful, as any creature like that could be.

And he picked up his spear, victorious, bleeding, but with a newfound appreciation for the violence in their way of life. He turned his head to the sky, and screamed.

He had conquered one beast, why not another?

 

[Carduul Akahl]

The Great Hunt
Tag(s): Livia Cadera​

His attack was successful, scraping across its underbelly with a well-placed cut, sending it crashing to the ground behind him. Thanks to its hide, it was certainly not enough to put it out of the fight, but the wounds were adding up. He shifted to recover from his risky slide, only to be whipped across the body once again by the Drexl’s sharp, scorpion-like tail.

Sent careening back once again, he thudded into the dirt and mud and dragged across. When he came to a stop, he planted his poleaxe into the ground, and raised himself up with a soft groan. The iron taste of blood was tangible upon his tongue, his body no doubt bruised despite the armor’s best efforts. That one hurt a lot more than the last, but he was too close to give up now.

“Stop using it like a gadget, then, and start using your body as a weapon.” Were his words shouted with urgency towards Livia Cadera as she soared through the air, and took the fight to the Drexl of the other group. A gadget was a trick, something to be used once or twice and discarded. A weapon was sacred. A form of expression, of skill. The Neo-Crusaders did not need gadgets to win their fights, only skill and unity. Thankfully, it seemed she took what he said to heart not long thereafter.

With its injuries, the beast would have a harder time staying in flight - but it was no less deadly on the ground. The Drexl afore him wouldn’t fall for that trick a second time, and he had to avoid killing it. It stared, with beady black eyes, tail poised to strike another grievously wounding blow against the crimson figure. With a twirling flourish, Carduul’s weapon was firmly set in his right hand. Just needed one more good opening, and he aimed to make one; raising his weapon high, he stopped pacing about and went for a direct thrust towards the wing of the beast, hand grasping for his belt’s grappling cable…

 

[Gaanla Munin]

C R U S A D E R
DXUN
Hakon Fett | Sig Dryggo | Ninurta Slaabur'r

A moment of respite was what he needed to pick himself up from the mud. The adrenaline numbed over whatever aches he felt. All he had to do was bring back his shoulder back in its socket, quickly making the proper movements before he felt the sharp, quick pain that dissipated in seconds.

All thanks to the Fett matriarch for catching the attention of the beast.

<“Use your fibercords! Aim for its wings and neck.”>

The Drexl was tiring out and was slightly incapacitated to make a large flight away from the Mandalorians. Gaanla approached the Drexl and aimed a wrist at the wing, a long string of fibercord snaked around the Drexl’s wing. He applied all of his strength to bring the beast into submission, wrangling in a dance and waited for his peers to join.

Dice Tally:
1. 9
2. 16
3. 20
4. 14
5. 11

GRAND TOTAL OF 70