The Raven Who Stole Christmas [Invasion of Barab I - Red Ravens vs Black Suns ]

[Darth Vazela]

| [member="Colap Ticon"] | [member="Shiro De'Vol"] | [member="Cambry Owens"] | [member="Darth Morgoth"] | [member="Shargon'Ta"] |

Location: The Mines of Barab
Allies: Red Ravens (Above tagged)
Enemies: Black Sun Syndicate | [member="Vilaz Munin"] |
Objective: Objective Three (Take the Barab ore mines)

The crane mechanism latched onto the drill and the doors below opened. The hooded figure, identified as Lysle of the Hydian Way's co-leader for their part of the operation, turned to the people inside the drill. "Secure yourselves... We are about to hit the ground."

The Dark Master complied with his own order and secured himself in the drill. When everyone else did the same, the crane was lowered and the drill hit the surface. Water splashed up against the panels of the vehicle, as the crew maneuvered the drill into position. It was night time and there was a flood. Now in position, the drill began it's process down into the mine. Rock and debris were piled up with the water as it began to drill downwards.

Vilox Pazela closed his eyes and meditated on the Force as they were lowered down...

 

[Airal Thamne]

[member="Cryax Bane"] [member="Ice"] [member="Arrbi Betna"] [member="Ariella"] [member="Soliael Devin Talith"] [member="Keira Ticon"] [member="Choden Yonten"] [member="Tahl Edrel"] [member="Zandra Fenni"]

The funny thing about having a city underground with the only surface being covered with water, meant you were prepared for things such as holes. As the pumps came on and the water started flooding, Airal typed in the command on the antiquated yet maintained systems and watched from her bunker over looking the city which also was it's hub. She watched the Simmering shield pop up stopping the water in it's tracks, and the pumps did their work emptying the city of the water that had made it through The water flowed over the space between the ceiling and the shield, going into the various ways of diverting the water. If anyone got in, they would slide right on down and once they managed to get their senses about they surely could get in. .

This surely wasn't the only defense against flooding but it was the one she knew of. The water stopped flooding as it was diverted and the defenses stayed active however weakened they might be and she began the next stage in her plan. The old jam the Sun's frequencies trick had worked the last time but this time she was ready. She had her techs work up a fun little program that let them in, to their 'frequency, but while they were busy doing that it would assault the originating source of the jamming signal, jamming the Red Raven's comms. Soon They would be hearing static, while the Red Sun's operated on their new and more hidden frequency. They had learned their lesson. They weren't about to repeat the prison break.

That was when the real fun started. [member="Zandra Fenni"] "Agent Z, I am siting waiting for them to break into the city. Agent A, [member="Ariella"] Can you turn on the space defenses, I don't want those ships sitting out there with nothing to do but shoot at us. I want them to have to work for it, turn on everything we got with anti space weaponry, from turrets to orbital platforms, to the station it self. We want them dancing."

Airal waited for someone to come in, surely they could sneak in through the ventaltion system or even the pump ducts once they were dry again. This was a city with various entrances, one of them had to have an weakness. The newer buildings and expanded sections were still flooded as they were not built into the existing ancient defenses against just this sort of problem, they were also largely built by the ACA, goes to show they weren't so prepared after all.

 

[Cryax Bane]

Location: On Ice's Corvette in a big old hole in the ground
Allies: Ravens
Enemies: Suns
Objective: Objective 2, infiltrate the mining headquarters, capture Black Suns and allies

Just as he suspected, the Chiss's slicing software had found several holes in the Black Suns communications Networks. He rubbed his hands together, his glowing red eyes quickly scanning their code. Now that he had his 'in', Cryax started working on breaking the code as well as reverse engineering it in order to spoof phantom breaches to their security systems.

As the headquarters security alarms blared, the Black Suns would see several signals on their radars, displaying the coordinates of enemy crafts. Unfortunately for the Suns the signals were located in various random tunnels, spread out far and wide over miles around them and nowhere near where the Corvette had landed.

"Ok, folks. We just sent them on a little scavenger hunt. I think we can move out and start our infiltration." He grinned at his Raven allies. "I heard the water on Balab I is perfect this time of year."

[member="Ice"] [member="Anastasia Rade"] [member="Keira Ticon"] [member="Nei Laa"] [member="Raven Avachei"] [member="Airal Thamne"] [member="Arrbi Betna"] [member="Ordan Vosk"] [member="Flora Burn"] [member="Tahl Edrel"] [member="Zandra Fenni"] [member="Strider Garon"] [member="Choden Yonten"]

 

[Raven Hayashi]

Location: orbit
Allies: Red Ravens and allies
Enemies: Black sun and allies

Raven placed the helmet of her Eva suit on and prepared. She had her Vibroblade strapped to her back and a light blaster pistol strapped to her waist.
"A-Are you R-ready?" she asked her team.
[member="Nei Laa"]
[member="Tahl Edrel"]

 

[Ordan Vosk]

Location: Underground City; Mining Office, ground floor
Allies: Black Suns
Enemies: Red Ravens
Objectives: Objective 2

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...as Ordan watched from inside the mining facility he'd grin wryly as the pumps began to do their work ensuring that the water crushing down from above wouldn't be able to flood the city however he was even more pleased when the energy shield was employed to cease the water from falling entirely. Another defense against the treacherous surface and all its perils which would ensure the cheap tricks employed by the Red Ravens were unsuccessful. Ordan was so pleased he almost didn't notice the crackle of his comms but with his lips pursing together he'd simply state..."No matter."...before turning to the old fashioned way of relaying the message to his troops. Turning towards a Black Sun trooper nearby he'd have said..."Get a message out to everyone you can find. This building is our priority in the city. It's where our profits come from."...he had no intention of losing credits here today...

...once that was done the Trooper would move off relay the message to others in the vicinity while Ordan remained behind with a squad of men and began entrenching his position. Moving around a desk on the ground floor of the mining office within full view of the main entrance Ordan and the Black Sun troopers with him would start to establish their defensive position ensuring they had clear arcs of fire on the obvious entrance routes ensuring that anyone coming through them would cross several established zones of fire. It didn't take long and then he relaxed a little...

...a report filtered in that the Red Ravens had entered the area but were showing at a location which was relatively out of the way prompting Ordan to maintain..."No one moves. We have squads in the city that can investigate. We hold this facility."...he was well aware he had allies further up in the building and Ordan would retreat further into the structure if he had no other choice but he intended to have Red Raven blood paint the floors of this office. Thumbing the safety on his Obliterator SMG he'd switch the safety off before using the integrated Holographic Sight to ensure he had a clear line of fire which was enhanced by the add on of the firearm. Now he played the waiting game...​

 

[Barik Rahl]

Location: Heading to the Mines of Barab
Allies: Red Ravens
Enemies: Black Sun Syndicate | Vilaz Munin |
Objective: Objective Three (Take the Barab ore mines)

They were close now. Burrowing through the rock and dirt, water lapping audibly against the sides of the drill. It wouldn't be long now. He tightened his grip on both his spear and knife, standing directly in front of the door as before. As soon as it opened, they would finally be in the caves. And there would be bloodshed. Predator and prey. Either he would never leave the mines, or his enemies wouldn't. It was as simple as that. The anger, stemmed from confusion, that had built up since he left Duniya was waiting to come out... Only a little longer. They were almost to the mines.

 

[Nei Laa]

Location: Esfandia-Class Carrier Corvette
Allies: Red Raven
Enemies: Black Sun
Objective: Drill down into the underground city and take control of the Mining Companies office building.

Nei hissed loudly at Ice, clearly unhappy. "Then there best be many things to shoot," she warned. "And someone owes me a swim." Cryax's joke didn't set well with her, though. "How can water be good if I can't swim? If I can't swim then water is no good."

The Nautolan hissed again when she realized that the Chiss wasn't being serious. Nonetheless, there was nothing she could do except give the Raven human a grunt. "Been ready, human. Itching to shoot."

[member="Raven Avachei"] [member="Cryax Bane"] [member="Ice"] [member="Tahl Edrel"]

 

[Alaina Merrill]

Location: Heading to the Mines of Barab
Allies: Red Ravens
Enemies: Black Sun Syndicate | Vilaz Munin |
Objective: Objective Three (Take the Barab ore mines)


Giving into a deep breathing as she could find herself wanting more then anything to get out of these tight space. Knowing that she need more run. After she could have a little bit of a problem with type places. Coming to see and also to watch some of the other team members to see if they was having some of the same problems as she was having. Smiling as she only had a few more minutes it would be time to unless all kind of rain of fire upon those.

"Lets make sure are weapons are ready to fire, guns off safety gentlemen and ladies...."

 

[Strider Garon]

Location: The mining Office
Allies: The Black Suns Flora Burn Arrbi Betna Mehrk Gorbi
Enemies: Red Ravens
Objective: II, protect the mining offices.


"Get your fekking head down!" Strider would growl at the blond woman who just approached him, [member="Ariella"] . "If you don't have a weapon, get off my roof" Yeah, the old man was rude but this was to be a battle ground. The world above them was drilled like a cheap zeltron prostitute and now they had a endless supply of toxic water making what was a dark clammy underground city full of ugly lizards into a tropical typhoon.

 

[Barik Rahl]

Location: Heading to the Mines of Barab
Allies: Red Ravens
Enemies: Black Sun Syndicate | Vilaz Munin |
Objective: Objective Three (Take the Barab ore mines)

Barik glanced over his shoulder, and grunted in [member="Alaina Moxla"]'s direction. Guns? They were bringing guns? He supposed he should've thought of that. He'd only ever seen blasters used once- by one of the guards at the Dragon Casino. He had never heard of them before that... He made a mental note to move quickly around anyone carrying one. Being hit by one of those was a death sentence. He would look for cover, use his bow if nessisary. It hung off his belt, swinging slightly every time he moved. Barik resumed his staring at the mining drill's door. Wouldn't be long...

 

[Anastasia Rade]

Location: Esfandia-Class Carrier Corvette with [member="Ice"]
Allies: Red Ravens [member="Keira Ticon"] [member="Nei Laa"] [member="Cryax Bane"]
Enemies: Black Suns
Vod: [member="Strider Garon"]
Objective: Drill into the underground

"Does this mean your taking me to a beach?" She grinned as she watched him work. Ana would have told him about her little pink bikini but decided that would just distract him. She wasn't doing such a good job of not flirting with him. Really Ana couldn't help herself but she was sure as soon as they got through started that would change.

At the current moment she didn't know that Vod were here. If she knew they were on different sides she wouldn't be too happy. They were her family after all and she cared about all of them too.

"Do we have a plan once we get in there or are we winging it?" She questioned pulling the rifle from her belt. Even with all the water she had a feeling they would be met with force on the other side. The little water there wouldn't scare him off.

 

[Seris Vant]

Location: Station
Allies: Black Suns / [member="Mr. Ash"] @Aden Miles
Enemies: Ravens and Allies
Objective: Changing plans, going to objective 1

There had been a change in the battle plan. The depot station had taken severe damage. More and more sections were losing atmosphere. The Ravens plan must be to expose the entire station to the void and kill anyone not wearing a protective suit, or apart of it anyways. A very risky move on their part. Rayl clamored aboard his Reaper Elite Starfighter and fired her up. Time to get into the action. The fighter lifted from the hanger flood of the Dirge Class Star Destroyer. All the other craft had departed since they entered the system to deal with the Raven and Sith ships. This included the transports laden with soldiers. Some went to the station, most went the the Spaceport. The shielding melded across the surface as he passed out into the nothingness. Destination station.

"Mr. Ash, whats the situation like aboard the station? I the evacuation finished of non combat personnel"? Rayl looked out to his left. Explosions and laser fire dotted the night darkened world. Terrifying, thats what he thought it would be to face the Vong ships. They were supposed to be good; but the day would be there's with the far greater numbers. A docking bay was close ahead. The shielding was intact, that was a good sign.

 

[Ariella Garon]

Cryax Bane Ice Arrbi Betna Ariella Soliael Devin Talith Keira Ticon Choden Yonten Tahl Edrel Zandra Fenni

Location: The mining Office
Allies: The Black Suns Flora Burn Arrbi Betna Mehrk Gorbi [SIZE=14.3999996185303px][member="Strider Garon"][/SIZE]
Enemies: Red Ravens
Objective: II, protect the mining offices.

Blinking at him once then twice as she was handed what was need. Glaring at the old man with the gruff voice. "If I wasn't ready for some combat, would I have brought up these sweet babies.", pulling off her back main weapon of choice of a big gun, then her other two smaller one. Her armor itself being that of level 7 against more what would be incoming with a personal shield.

She been in this business long enough to know where she need to nerf herself.

"Your Roof look here, lets get something straight here., " she might be only 5'1 and this one was a towering over her but she wasn't going to let him get to her going to not show any kind of backing down. "I'm the one that keep track of pay outs.", knowing she didn't have to say anything more. She even put her hips into this as she waiting for all to get down to find a beep in her hear piece.

"Hey A [member="Airal Thamne"] my sweet sugar I"m on the roof and will get those guns pointed in that directions, hows it looking in your sector.", as she just glared at this dark hair old man. Making a few more calls and demands what she wanted to happen. Then looking back to the ones on the roof. "I hear from other Angel of Death Miss Z @Zander Fenni herself.", she only curved her lips in a playful manner.

 

[Ice]

Location: Objective 2, on top of the shield
Allies: Red Ravens
Enemies: Black Suns
Objective: Capture the flag

The ship lowered down till they were at the level of the random shield that seemed to appear out of nowhere. Ice marveled at the near miraculous quality and capability of the safety systems this simple mining facility seemed to posses. Indeed, it seemed every Black Suns facility was specked out way beyond what they were always told was there. He would have to find out how many other mining facilities were prepared for military assaults. Truly, he might look into it himself for his up and coming facilities.

Fortunately this shield did offer them one good thing. Protection from enemy defenses as they made their way down the side to the buildings. He cast a glance at the agitated Nei. "Well let's get going then. First person to get a kill gets free drinks at Libertalia next time we happen to be there!"

He then looked to Cryax, Ana, and Keira. "Come on guys, let's take it too 'em." Walking to the edge of the lowered loading ramp, he put his helmet on thus becoming almost completely invisible. He also activated his other gadgets save for the sheer silence unit. He wouldn't need that just yet considering how far away he was from any of the enemy. Not the mention the roar of the water pouring over the shield was a good mask both visually and sonically. With a deep breath, he jumped off onto the shield, and began sliding down to the side toward the edge of a nearby building.

Those reinforcements better arrive soon, or this was going to be a short invasion.

[member="Nei Laa"] | [member="Raven Avachei"] | [member="Cryax Bane"] | Asteria Starcatcher | [SIZE=14.4444446563721px][member="Anastasia Rade"] | [member="Keira Ticon"] | [/SIZE][SIZE=14.4444446563721px][member="Tahl Edrel"] | [/SIZE][SIZE=14.4444446563721px]and others i missed, sorry![/SIZE]

 

[Evor]

Location: Aboard the ship with Lylse and Daxton
Allies: Red Ravens / One Sith - [member="Lysle of the Hydian Way"], [member="Daxton Bane"], [member="Reverance"], [member="Xalus"]
Enemies: Black Suns - [member="Mr. Ash"]
Objective: I - Take the Station

The sudden explosion rocked the room he and Lylse were in, sending Logan flying into the nearby wall. His body slammed against the wall extremely hard. He heard the soft ping of shrapnel bouncing off the light titanium plates on his EVA suit. Luckily for him he was several feet behind Lysle, who had taken the brunt of the damage, and he had been much farther away from dislodged debris. He sighed softly as he held onto the wall, struggling to catch his breath as he kept his eyes shut. The only thing that snapped him out of it was Lysle beginning to talk to him again. He nodded in agreement to what Lysle said and he pushed himself off of the wall. He waited patiently for Lysle to throw his thermal at the floor, mkaing a crater in a flash of white light. "When is she coming? We're gonna need more of these damn things soon." He checked his belt as well, counting 4 left, having not used any since Lysle gave him some.

He unhooked one and threw it into the hole that Lysle's had created. He waited patiently as the red light ticked faster and faster before it too exploded in a flash of white light. He made his way over to the hole, looking up a Lysle. "We drop down then what? What direction?"

 

[Reverance]

Location: Space Ship
Allies: Red Ravens, [member="Lysle of the Hydian Way"], [member="Daxton Bane"], [member="Xalus"], [member="Lena Abren-Rendix"], [member="Keanu Shan"], @Logan White Devil Rê , [member="Isaac Ideus"]
Enemies: Metal man, it keeps getting in my way. (Black Suns, [member="Mr. Ash"])
Objective: Hulk Smash, Hulk Destroy! (Take over the space ship)
Listen:

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhv_yFMuwxs

Marbles and shrapnel bounce against the corridor, giddy and clacking in their zephyr and excitement to reach their destination. Collisions detected, the future seen and bent to his will, the attempt at destruction was fraught with perils, the perils of the presence of a Sith Lord. An anomaly in the calculation, a change in the formula, a chance to tip the scale in ways unseen until this juncture. Beyond the suit, there was really no way of knowing who or what exactly he was. The barrier formed around him in steady purpose, the ball bearing bouncing in no strategic manner down the hall, collided into a the gel like structure that formed as if a tight fitting suit. Waves rippled out upon impact, a tilt of the helmet in observance, a Sith Lord inspecting his own work in child like curiosity. Momentum ceased, the objects fell to the ground, with the select few, as the Sith Lord extended a suited hand to grab the remaining survivors. He began to rotated them in his hand, lifting them against his palm, and spinning them in the low oxygen air.

A Lysle spoke of purpose, the methods to the madness and the slot that the Sith Lord fit into, a smile crept across a lackadaisical expression only perceivable beyond the tinted visor. His head turned to meet the man, gaining composure, and on his way to letting loose a thermal grenade down the hallway. He would burrow, rats held in a bucket and running from the fire. And then he would ask the Sith Lord to chase that fire. The thought ran across mind, building in excitement where a heavy dose of pragmatism should have resided. The idea of turning this station into Swiss cheese led the hairs to stand on end, that cold thing crawled down his spine again and that shiver was but the next conclusive sequel. He turned to see [member="Isaac Ideus"] , a man at ease with the situation and the presence of the Sith Lord. But how could he have known, he probably didn't, there was no indication. Gabriel gave no response to the question presented by the new man as he launched the ball bearings down the hall into the next breach door, embedding them in the metal like drops of wax against wooden table. He turned back to [member="Lysle of the Hydian Way"], the only hint of such attention given by the subtle shift of his posture.

"Be mindful the puppet master...he has yet to begin his show." He hinted at what he knew was to come, increased defenses. There had to be something beyond the moving trashcans he cut down with the ease back in the previous room, otherwise what was the point of his presence. And he couldn't help them, he couldn't draw fire, if he was removed from it. He would eventually need an image of the man, this Mr. Ash, sent to him. Otherwise, Gabriel would just have to kill every individual on the bridge. Mentally, he shrugged at the notion, thinking of several worse ways he could be spending his time.

Legs began to move has he started running, as much as someone could in such conditions. Coming to a sliding stop, losing the group down the hallway, he reached out with the force. Prying eye turned to prying mind as he jumped out with the force, searching for conclusions that had yet to conclude themselves. Searching for weaknesses in the defense, the defense of this station. The powers of shatterpoint crawled down the hallway like spiders in search of prey, a pestilence of the mind afflicting the plans of those that set them. Just beyond the breach door, he felt it, he saw it. The next set of detonite attached to the ball bearings. He had known the substance, recognized it's portrayal in the hallway, and knew of it's properties. As he approached the door, he exerted a tremendous and highly pressurized form of telekinesis on it, compressing the puddy like substance and causing it to ignite. He could hear the hollow sounds of marbles bouncing against the door and against the floor, like rain in the jungle. Mind relieved of issues within the next hallway, gauntlets ignited in a shine of green lasers that smacked hard against the breach door and pierced through with ease. He began to move his arms, in unison, in the shape of a circle, slowly carving out a hole to the next room with the Laser Cutters. With the cut, he could feel the next room depressurizing.

 

[Keanu Shan]

Location: Space station
Allies: Red Ravens
Enemies: Black Sun
Objectives: stay alive

Pain, that was first. His body wanted rest, needed it, but his mind knew better. A dull painful drum beat of hammers sounded at regular intervals slowly brought him back to reality. He blinked and looked up at the door. Why was it bending? "oh no, no, no. They were still coming through the door! Keanu keyed the mic in the suit " I uhh..im down, well im hit. Im down at the grav generator room across the hall from it... I could you some help down here ive got two 7 foot killer machines down here."

Lylse of the Hydian way, Logan WHite Devil Re, adenn gra'tua, Issac Ideus, Daxton Bane

 

[Tahl Edrel]

The hulking Whiphid nodded, fully in his EVA suit~ his blade at his side and his little astromech in a harness on his back. The droid could easily survive the water conditions and was blipping and whirring in anticipation

"Ready as ever! Let's turn the Black Suns red" he grinned

He turned to [member="Raven Avachei"] and gave a reassuring smile~ he could easily tell something was troublung her~ though what exactly was unclear, but the least he could do was help her confidence. He gave her shoulder a reassuring pat with his 3 clawed hand "We'll be fine! Don't worry about it"

@lei naa

 

[Arrbi Betna]

Location: Sniper's nest in the company HQ
Allies: [member="Strider Garon"]
Enemies: [member="Ice"] [member="Cryax Bane"] [member="Keira Ticon"]
Objective: Watching. Waiting.

Betna watched as one of the holes in the cavern roof disgorged a ship of some type. Sure, it couldn't get far into the city, but he couldn't do much with what he had on him. That is, except watch, wait, and give a shout out.

"Ship, dropping to the ground. East side of the city," he said over his encrypted commlink to his vod, Strider. "Not a ship I've seen before, though. No clue what it is."

He watched through the high powered scope at the ship itself, noticing a number of figures standing atop it. It looked like a small, four legged droid and a few other individuals. One he could only make out the head of before he saw the telltale distortion of active camouflage. Betna made a mental note to keep an eye out for that same type of distortion later and to make sure he nailed it with a kill shot if possible. Cloaked troops and individuals caused problems. Benta disliked problems.

The others were odds and ends, mostly. They weren't out of range, per se, but unable to be shot. Shields being shields, his bullet wouldn't get through. Instead, he waited and watched and kept talking.

"Small number of figures, one looks to be using active camouflage. Looks like they have a little, metal anklebiter droid, too. I'll keep tabs until I can get a good shot."

 

[Sigourney Xanthius]

Location: Objective I. Space Station
Allies: Red Ravens | [member="Keanu Shan"] | [member="Reverance"] | [member="Logan White Devil Rê"] | [member="Rayl Wilded"] | [member="Lysle of the Hydian Way"] | [member="Isaac Ideus"] | [member="Xalus"] | [member="Daxton Bane"] | Lena Abren-Rendix | [member="Tahl Edrel"] | [member="Raven Avachei"]
Enemies: Black Suns | [member="Rayl Wilded"] | [member="Mr. Ash"]
Objective: Capture station, quality of station intact irrelevant


She floated effortlessly, gliding through the vacuum of space. Her eyes watched, slowly, carefully, studying and admiring the visuals she saw. Thousands of kilometres above the planet of Barab I, and even from this height she could see the distant sparkling lights of blaster fire being shot and returned. She had launched herself from the shuttle, and with her, she was holding a crate with her left hand. On Barab I, she could only assume the crate would be quite heavy, heavy enough that it would take two men to lift it, but in zero gravity it was like pulling a feather along. She floated through the breach in the station, and saw droids engaging one another. The DD-S1's with foreign droids, likely the Black Suns pets, and then the new toys were joining. The Hutt-legionairres thundered down the hallways, with the S1's remaining behind cover and unleashing a volley of molten plasma from their SIW Mist pistols that hurled towards the enemy droids.

She glided past them, floating still as she saw up ahead Logan, Lysle and Isaac, and the form of Reverance moving on ahead of them. They had made a mess of the interior of the station, holes indicated breaches on various levels as Lysle and Logan were in a sense, digging a hole through the station with thermals. She held out her free hand, snatching for a pole and settling herself down, she could feel gravity tingle her senses, the further she went into the ship, and further away from the breach, the more the gravity generators were effecting her. The crate slammed down with a heave as she got closer to Lysle, "Your package." She turned her back to them and flipped open the contents of the titanium crate. DXR-6 disruptor rifles accompanied by DXR-2 disruptor pistols, and thermal detonators. The crate was packed to the rafters. Sigourney took her own, and when she saw the Hutt Legionnaires advancing on her droids, overwhelming them, she unloaded a constant beam into one of them; tearing them apart on the molecular level and bypassing personal energy shields. "They're not just pretty."