Invasion The Republic Shall Fall [One Sith Invasion of Coruscant]

[Lord Eclipsion]

Sokrai backed up as the Jedi Knight [member="Sam Jhovna"] slashed at her legs. She took this distraction and used her telekinesis to lift a large crate from nearby, and set it spiraling at the back of her head. As it neared her, she did a jump over the flying box, and used force push to push it downwards at the Jedi. Sokrai was just hoping she didn't move somewhere else, and the box would connect.

 

[Soeht]

“It seems so small-minded and self-centered to go all this way to fight me,” commented Daella again.

“This is my territory, though,” claimed Daella.

The Jedi then swung her right arm horizontally out toward the grand foyer. The backside of her hand showed to [member="Darth Vornskr"]. What seemed to be a black tattoo - tribal in design that formed a dot in the middle with lines stretching out - appeared on her hand.

“And I have a duty to fulfill,” she said, “I do not take kindly to obstacles.”

Then, Daella threw out her right arm toward Vornskr. She pushed with the Force upon the Sith with a meager amount of power. Using the opportunity she created herself, Daella then attempted to run through the doorway and into the grand foyer - where a lot of the fighting happened within the Jedi Temple.

 

[Adonari Cinn]

Jedi Temple
Person of interest..... [member="Darth Nephthys"]

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The small frame of the Sith standing in front of him would allow it to move with agility much like his own. Probability of it having the skill of agility? High. The thought was duly noted.The dark energy from the being was pulsating in a defiant way. Both of their energies breaking upon one another in between where they stood. With the immense amounts of dark energy already surrounding the area it was hard for A'donari to pin point a specific touch one Sith had compared to another. Some gave stronger shudders to his body. An instinctive reaction that came from the Light Side and passed through his body involuntarily. It was clear that she too had not sensed his initial move while dropping into his opening stance.​

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Power surged from the outstretched arm of the Sith in front of him. The attack was pure and filled with hatred. A push of energy broke upon a sphere of Light side energy, like a wave rushing over a rock, that surrounded his body. The energy slammed into the Light Side A'donari manipulated transferring whispers into his mind. His connection with the force was stronger than the attack. Focusing momentarily as the last of the energy past A'donari took a few paces to the side of his new enemy while he focused. His strides were like that of an animal stalking it's prey; the next two, one slightly angled to the right then left, pushed him fast towards the woman with red glowing eyes. His blade hummed as he feinted at her torso while his left arm, tucked next to his stomach, released a force push that erupted from his open palm only three feet away from her stomach.​

 

[Jsc]

Jedi Temple
Vs: Sokrai Ronaro p5

The red Jedi cut the box in half and leapt right through the smoking debris. Leaping after Ronaro with a quick pace, the Jedi engaged her second saber mounted on her lower back. Now wielding two single blades in both hands, the red Jedi closed the distance to engage her opponents guard with a flurry of chopstick cuts. Like a drummer in a music band, her swords when chop, chop, chop; in a short fast rhythm.

She was trying to keep her opponent from fleeing again and leverage her into a clench.

 

[Bluejay Ungolfen]

Location: The Siege Tower
Objective: Provide Reinforcements for the Republic
Allies: Siobhan Kerrigan, and [member="HK-36"] aboard the ship, Ashe the Reaper and Aedan Miles in orbit
Enemies: Sith, except Jared, he's cool apparently

Unfortunately for Bluejay, her writer was hell-bent on making her as miserable as possible. So Bluejay had to suffer through HK's "singing". And by the time he was halfway through, Bluejay was ready to smash her head into the wall to end the suffering. Instead, she sealed off her helmet and muttered a parody. "Oh, shut him up, shut him up, shut him up..."

When the dropship doors opened, Bluejay bolted, trying to get as far away as possible from the singing monstrosity known as her employer.

 

[Darth Armyss]

|[member="Vilox Pazela"]|

The offer that the apparently undercover Sith gave him was tempting, but Albrecht knew a gamble when he saw it - if he were to suggest calling off the attack, his days with the One Sith were finished, which would leave him alone and vulnerable again. However, at the same time, the offer of power over the entire Galactic Republic was a tempting one, even if he personally despised the Republic and everything that they stood for, which to him included inefficiency and corruption, not to mention impotence, considering that they failed to prevent acts of terror on planets as close as Brentaal IV, a failure that his family paid the price of, both in money and blood. Given the chance at power, he could possibly change that...but all of this was assuming that 'Darth Vazela' was telling the truth.

"How do I know you aren't lying?" he challenged, unable to tell for certain whether the supposed Sith Lord spoke the truth or not, or if he was speaking a half-truth. Either way, it would take some more convincing to get him to follow through with this scheme, whatever it may be.

 

[Antoir Setrrin]

JEDI TEMPLE:


Steps; Fighting [member="Ryan Korr"]; Allied With Sith:
When attempting to slid between a gap, one must always take in mind how large said space is, along with any obstacles that could be in the way. Seeing as JJ was known for leaping, Ven had raised her left arm (which held the frightened soldier), preparing to try to knock the boy out of the air. Alas, she never got the chance to do said maneuver. How amusing it would have been... But that opportunity had passed for now. JJ slid between the beast's legs (previously covered by the trooper), sliding across the ground. The space available to him still wasn't much. As the spawn had been expecting a leap, she had bent down, hoping the boy might overshoot his attack. There had been just enough time for her to casually throw the body behind her (the soldier was now limp, likely having passed out from being yanked around like a rag doll). With that she started to spin around, wanting to keep JJ in front of her. His blue blade struck both armored and unarmored parts of her lower legs. Flesh was badly burned, but the heat prevented some of the bleeding. Hurt like hell.

Of course... Ven had never been one to really be bothered by pain. In fact, in this form, part of her liked it. Still, she preferred to dish it out than receive it. So she faced JJ, who had hopefully had a body land on top of him, and tried to kick him to the ground. At the same time she slashed at his blade hand with her Lightclub. If all went well, he'd be missing a hand, along with being pinned against the stone.

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

Location: Siege Tower
Objectives: Provide reinforcement for the Republic
Allies: [member="Bluejay Ungolfen"] and [member="HK-36"]
Enemies: Sith

Fortunately Siobhan was already listening to her own music. The theme song of Hammer of the Gods, in case anyone is interested, which may or may not be the case. At least the Iron Knight was not delivering a 'dramatic' speech because she hated speechifying. Unless she did it, but then Harbinger quotes got used and she tended to keep her attempts at speeches rather brief. That said...'great alliance to save the Republic's butt' sounded...terribly overdramatic. She acknowledged his comment about Mandalorian support. Of course, from a purely strategic perspective token aid against the Sith might not stop them making a play for an encroachment into Republic territory to cut in half while the Jedi bled to keep the Sith at bay. The enemy of my enemy is my friend until I stab him in the back and all that.

Yes, it was probably very accurate to say that Siobhan was a terribly cynical person with little faith in the morality and honour of her fellow sentient beings, mainly because she herself was terribly lacking in it. Anyway, boldly they went off to their mounts so that they could ride into the jaws of death, boldly and hopefully well. Ride, ride now, ride for ruin and the world's ending! Well, they had boarded dropships and descended from the atmosphere into the vast city-planet, the towers and enormous skyscrapers of Coruscant rising up before their eyes, but this writer was trying and probably failing at being witty. A planet now being bathed in blood, blazing fires rising up into the sky, a number of buildings having caught fire. Chaos reigned, deaths could be sensed through the Force, though that did not affect her.

She was quite used to it after all. It was ironic, there had been a time when part of her had envisioned herself coming here with a conquering army. A fleeting fantasy, probably. If she were the mystically inclined sort she would say that the Force had a sense of humour, but then she regarded it as nothing but a can opener.

"Any idea who's in charge of defences on the Republic side and where Sith troops have broken through? Assuming there is a clear chain of command - they've changed leaders a lot. Best get in contact with them to coordinate or strike. Unless we're just going to waltz through the city and find the next Sith we can have one-on-one duels to the death with, that works as well," Siobhan commented, tone deadpan, as the transport ship came in to land. No big space battle seemed to be taking place, so apparently it was background noise.

 

[Tydeus of Tion]

Location: Jedi Temple, Great Hall
Opponent: [member="Ven'Rain Sekairo"]

The youth came up from his slide behind the monster, blade raised. Abruptly, the beast flung the sith trooper at him. The man smashed into Ryan, taking them both to the ground. Korr grunted, his sky blue blade jutted out of the corpse of the now lifeless trooper at an odd angle, but Ryan himself was pinned beneath the body. His chest hurt where the plastoid armor of the trooper had slammed against him. Grey eyes glanced toward the Sithspawn as it raised a ponderous foot to stomp on him while simultaneously swinging the immense light club. Ryan expelled energy in the Force, hurling the body off of him with telekinesis.

The corpse came twixt Ryan and the monster's blade, which sheared through plastoid and flesh easily. Even so, the intercepting body provided some amount of drag on the Sithspawn's strike, slowing the blow. Korr rolled backward, trying to get out of the way. The gargantuan foot stomped down, pinning some locks of his hair to the ground. Ryan gritted his teeth as the hair tore away from his scalp. Hot blood began to trickle down the back of his head. Blinking away tears of pain, Ryan got to his feet. He grabbed a chunk of rubble about the size of a human head and threw it at the beast's face with the Force. A distraction. Ryan leapt high and tucked his knees to his chest in an aerial flip. As he passed over the monster's head he attempted a downward strike at its skull, letting the momentum of his flip carry the weight of the blow.

 

[Darth Isolda]

LOCATION: Undisclosed building near the Jedi Temple | Surrounded by One Sith personal Guards
OBJECTIVE: Sustaining Farsight meditation and analyzing the near future -- Struck by a sudden vision.
ALLIES: ALL THE SITH
ENEMIES: Errrybody in the Jedi Temple, Popo | Tallia Farn
Musical Selection: Diana's Theme

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The vision was blinding. In the throes of the vision, enhanced by the intoxicating power, she saw truth. Prophesy.

She gave a wretched cry, her back arching as her head fell back, the dark strands of inky hair falling to the ground, the jewels of her headdress jingling in her wake.

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Orbs of a solid shining black stared up into the heavens. There was no pupil, no white, nothing. She appeared to be blind, yet she could see everything, every crack upon the stone ceiling, to the smallest dint. It was extraordinary vision. True seeing.

The Mark of the Dark Lord pulsed at her back, throbbing with an exquisite pleasure pain. The writhing tattoos over her body swirls and ripped through her flesh like thorns, drawing beads of crimson blood.

Power rose through her like a rising wind, her arms falling back. Images went dancing through Moira's head, figures forged in shadows and the mists.

A voice from the depths of her seemingly manic mind whispered in the dark. Truth.

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S͕͔̜̄͌͘͠ạ̿̈́̍̓͠a̳̟̯̣̤̰̯̣̎ͨͣ͒ͮ̃͝r̎̈ͧ͏̰̖́a̭̻̤͎̬͙̙ͯ͗̑̿̈̆ͅiͭͯͤͨͭ͝͏͏̠͔̳̟̺͇͉̞-̬͉̬̣̲͉͎͇ͣ͒͐ͧ̓̀͠K͙̖͖̬̾ͫ̏ͩ̈̃͟a̷̗̦̻̝͈̩͔̤ͫ̓ͪ͢r̨̰̱̫̱ͬ̽̑́r̵̺̳̹̙̦͖̮͑ͧͣ​

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The voice was Moira’s own, but distorted; the way wind sounded different sieving through misted leaves. Her voice was ghastly and polyphonic in its delivery... as if uttered not just by Darth Isolda, but by others...

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The words were echoing with distant familiarity in her mind. Shadows of visions, the mists swirling in the depths of that Pandora's box. Torment. Anger. Craving. Her lips were a deeper red than ever before-- blood red.

The Darkside screamed like raging beast within Isolda, as a face blooming before her.

Y̰͖̟͔̻͠e̥̣̣s̸͚̟ss̟̭s̪͖͞s̩͚̭s̖͈͎̥̝̜s̺̗͚s̟̯̗̻̮͞s̫̳̝͈̹̣͉s̸̱̝̠͓..̭̫̜̙̮̼.͎̩̬̻͠.̡̯ a bone-dry voice whispered into her crazed mind.

 

[Darth Carnifex]

Location: Inner Jedi Temple
Objective: Wreck stuff
Allies: N/A
Enemies: [member="Daella Apparine"]

Vornskr countered her attack with a defensive counter-push to minimize the effectiveness of her attack, but nonetheless he was sufficiently distracted long enough for Daella to make her grand escape. He was half tempted to charge recklessly after her, but he was not the man he once was on Ossus or Dac. He had been reborn at the behest of the glorious Dark Lord, and he was a different man because of that. The vengeance was still there, buried away within his heart, but his personal vendetta would have to wait. Slowly he walked towards the entryway, ending back in the site of the main battle, his vantage point from the upper level giving him a larger view of the carnage below.

His mind was a whir in response to Apparine's tattoo, and her precise wording to him. It was an odd set of coincidences, but Vornskr did not have time to have a deep investigation and eventual epiphany, there were Jedi to kill and a Temple to plunder. Vornskr pulled another lightsaber from his belt, and activated it's crimson blade as he sought for Apparine again. "What you don't understand, Jedi, is that all I have left is vengeance. Your people, and your world exist only to burn."

 

[Tallia Farn]

Coruscant: En route to the Jedi Temple with Popo
Objective: Shoot some shiz
Music selection: AC/DC - Shoot to Thrill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCqEkWY8ekQ

The speeder shot towards the Jedi Temple like a bullet from a slugthrower. Tallia pushed it to it's limits, ignoring traffic laws left and right as she took the quickest path through a swarm of speeders and cloud cars. She scanned the damage as the got closer. It looked bad, but not beyond repair. Hopefully they would get the chance to fix it after this was all over. She let her left hand do the steering as she grabbed her lightsaber in her right and activated it.

The Temple steps looked busy. Sith and Jedi were locked in combat, hoping to secure an advantage for their side. Lightsabers clashed, and blasters fired. She was tempted to go down there and help, but this wasn't their target. She swung the speeder right and dipped towards the ground. She touched down close by to a side entrance. The archives were not far from the courtyard that she'd parked in. Tallia turned back to the Hutt as she shut the repulsors off.

"Let's go." She jumped over the side of the speeder and landed on a permacrete pathway. She walked up a small flight of steps to the entrance. A squad of Sith troops stood, getting ready to breach the door into the temple.

Tallia threw her lightsaber before they ever had time to turn around. The first soldier's head dropped a second before the rest of his body hit the ground. Her lightsaber returned to her and she blocked incoming shots back at the next soldier, burning a hole through his chest. She leaped forward and finished the other two off with a single sweep.

[member="Popo"]

 

[HK-36]

Location: Landing Zone of Iron Company Outside of Jedi Temple
Objective: Provide Reinforcements for the Republic
Allies: Siobhan Kerrigan, and Bluejay Ungolfen aboard the ship, Ashe the Reaper and Aedan Miles in orbit
Enemies: eBay, and the Sith, except Jared, he's cool

HK looked up at the pillars of smoke rising from the immense structure of the Temple.
Glancing back to Siobhan at her question he shrugged slightly,
"No idea about their chain of commands, but we're going to push into the Temple with a flanking maneuver against the Sith forces, pincer them between the Republic, Jedi, and our own heavy infantry."
As he saw Bluejay charge into the battle, he called out to her,
"Blue! Take a squad of Knights with you, you are leading out spear-head charge for now."
Looking back to soldiers he ordered,
"Secure the landing zone."
They nodded briefly, already busy with pulling out the heavy durasteel covers to set up a perimeter around their vessels, along with stationary gun placements in case there would be enemy forces coming their way.

Activating his built-in communicator, HK would sent out a transmission to the Jedi and Republic forces like [member="Kiskla Grayson"], [member="Daella Apparine"], or [member="Popo"],
"Republic, this is Iron Knight, my forces have landed, we are in proximity of the Temple, let me know what are the positions of your forces and where you need the most help, over."

Looking back to Sio, he armed himself with his saber and pistol,
"Ready to roll, Sio?"

 

[Antoir Setrrin]

JEDI TEMPLE:



Great Hall; Fighting [member="Ryan Korr"]; Allied With Sith:
This jumpy man was getting troublesome. How long would this continue? Hopefully not for long. There were many Jedi who still needed to be killed. 'JJ' was simply a tougher opponent than many of the others. "I WILL BREAK YOU, PUNY JEDAII!" Ven yelled as her boot slammed into the ground. Stone cracked under the force of the blow... providing JJ with the rubble he ended up throwing. Quickly she reacted, throwing a hand up to catch it. By the time her fellow combatant was above her, her hand had just cast the rock aside. There wasn't much time to counter. Instead of trying to attack she bent backwards, letting the blade cut into the chest plate instead of her head. But she kept moving back, hands hitting the ground. JJ would still be midair now, above, and a bit past, her head. Ven finished the movement by flipping backwards. Her feet pushed off the stone, going up and behind her head, aimed to hit JJ as he landed. This forced the spawn unto her front. Now she was crouched on the ground. If she had been successful, JJ would be somewhere either under or behind her feet. Potentially with a cracked rib. It all depended on whether or not she made contact.

 

[Soeht]

The words of [member="Darth Vornskr"] reached Daella. She turned back for a moment.

"Pity, Vornskr, that you say that," she commented in mid stride.

Then, Daella turned back to the battle before her. She kept running away from Vornskr and away from most other combatants. Her eyes scanned the hallway. She saw several people fighting for the Republic: [member="Ryan Korr"], [member="Sam Jhovna"], [member="Astrian Callus"], [member="A'donari Cinn"], [member="Ben Watts"], and many others. She also saw many Sith fighting below, such as [member="Darth Shara"] and even the Dark Lord himself.

Once Daella surveyed the situation, she turned back to Darth Vornskr once again. She stood at a ledge near some steps that went down to the ground level of the foyer.

"And if you really have yet to set your sight on something higher," she continued, "Then hold your tongue and watch."

 

[Tydeus of Tion]

LOCATION: Jedi Temple, Great Hall
OPPONENT: [member="Ven'Rain Sekairo"]

As it happened, behemoth beings clad in durasteel armor and wielding light clubs are not what one would term as agile. On first glance at the Sithspawn "Speedy" was not the word that came to mind. "Awing" and "Impossibly strong," sure, but for all the beast's power it was not as quick as a Force using, Battle Meditation enhanced, lightly robed padawan who happened to hold a little skill with Ataru.

The lumbering monster hit the marble flooring of the Greath Hall with a ground shaking thud. Ryan landed lightly on his feet and started to turn around, only to feel the nudge of the Force urging him in a different direction. With the Battle Meditation of Adonai helping to immerse him in the soothing waves of the Force, Ryan felt and read the ripples of the future. Not to any large degree, just a nudge here and a feeling there. Enough that when the Sithspawn began its backflip, Ryan executed a leaping side roll that carried him several feet beyond where the monstrosity landed. That the beast could do such a thing, unaided by the Force and in such heavy armor, constituted a wonder in Ryan's mind.

His grey eyes became steely with determination and he rounded on the beast. Utilizing, precognition, he attacked in a horizontal sweep aimed at the beast's left side, but he listened to the currents of the Force, waiting for the retaliatory strike to come so that he could duck under it and then execute his own counter blow.

 

[Talon Vosra]

LOCATION: JEDI TEMPLE GARDENS
OBJECTIVE: DISRUPT LIL MISS CREEPY PANTS
ALLIES: REPUBLIC PEEPS
SUPERIOR OPPONENT: [member="Darth Isolda"]

Talon could feel the deep darkness calling to him like as if they were star crossed lovers seeking one another's embrace one last time. He found a spot near the edge of a small pool where he had once made ice with the alter environment technique.

He closed his eyes and began drawing on the lightside of the force. The darkness called to him but he refused to answer. No, he would never again court the foul mistress of the darkside. The sensation pressed on as if ten thousand dark burning eyes pierced the temple and Talon would do all he could to put the eyes out if he could.

The force began flowing and he could see a blue smoky light begin to grow within him as he built up energy. Did he know how to combat the dark presence? Heck no! However, he could not avoid trying. As his mind and body began to feel ready to burst into a ball of light he began expanding his senses outward. He would have to let go of the Quey'tek meditation and become an astral beacon in the force but it could not be helped. The presence had to be hindered somehow.

Finally he began focusing the lightside energy on the Dark watching eyes in an attempt to hinder its ability to interfere in whatever way it was. Did he think he would win with no real training and only hope and determination? No, not really, but sitting about pollinating wasn't very effective either.

 

[Antoir Setrrin]

JEDI TEMPLE:
Great Hall; Fighting [member="Ryan Korr"]; Allied With Sith:
Being large meant there was more of you to carry around. More effort had to be put into walking, running, jumping, etc. That did help build up muscle. 'Course, muscle weighs more than fat, bringing back the beginning problem. While the spawn was wearing armor, it was lighter than many other heavy armor suits. For example, the average set of Matrix Armor weighs 25kg, not to bad. Darth Vader's armor, which was made almost entirely out of durasteel, weighed 120kg. That's a lot. Meanwhile, the Caedo of Moeror only weighs 35kg, or roughly 77 pounds. Ven herself weighs 142kg. Do the math: She's carrying 177kg of weight with each movement. Now, this is above average for a weight-to-strength ratio. Put in the results into one of those handy dandy calculators and it'll say she's put at Elite/Highly advanced status. That slot is shared with professional weigh-lifters, along with circus Strong Men. Considering the Sith Magic, Vong Science, and bionic implants that were used in her creation, this is unsurprising. Her bulk does limit her speed, the armor messes some with some flexibility, but it wasn't enough to make her into the lethargic, lumbering beast she looked like.

When the blue blade launched at her side she blocked it casually with the lightclub. By now her breathing was getting a bit heavy. Endurance was NOT her specialty. Ripping things limb from limb was. This was becoming more and more like the battle between Oberyn and the Mountain by the minute. All that had to happen was JJ stabbing Ven in the stomach, then getting to close, getting knocked down, and having his skull be crushed between her hands. Amongst other more gruesome things. "You have watched your friends die. Tell me this: Why do you fight so hard for the Republic? Why do you fight for people that fear your power, for many that wish you to be wiped from existence? Tell me what drives you." Her voice was calmer than before. She stood tall, unmoving besides for the rise and fall of her stomach. The beast was honestly curious. These acts of charity confused her.

 

[Darth Kentarch]

Inner Jedi Temple
OBJECTIVE: Stop battle meditation.
@A'dele Adonai

He had moved to far into the temple for Vulpesen to catch up to him, and while he was briefly confronted by a Padawan, the Jedi had ran off to face another Sith. Unheeded once more kentarch went again checking room to room, the feeling of mediation growing stronger in the force as he grew closer to his target. Finally he could feel the source at it's strongest coming from the last meditation room.

"Destiny awaits."

The doors slid open to a meditation chamber to reveal the Jedi Knight A'dele Adonai. The Sith Lord made every effort not to disturb her, he had heard that sometimes Jedi in Battle Meditation were unaware of the world around them. Whether or not A'dele had sensed him or not was totally unknown. Using his force cloak he passed into the chamber invisible to the naked eye, his foot steps silent he moved towards the Jedi. The door to the chamber slowly slid to a close.

Then Kentarch decided to make his presence known. His slipped out of his force cloak and spoke. "Its over for you and the rest of your order, if you surrender now, I will give you a quick and clean death." His ominous voice said. Again he lit his icy blue lightsaber, and in a execution style swing went for her head.

 

[Siobhan Kerrigan]

Location: Landing Zone of Iron Company Outside of Jedi Temple
Objective: Provide Reinforcements for the Republic
Allies: [member="HK-36"], [member="Bluejay Ungolfen"]
Enemies: Sith



"Sounds good to me. Let's get it on," Siobhan responded simply, putting on her helmet and securing it. She was clad in the custom-made beskar'gam that Ordo had made her for as part of his clan's deal with Firemane. The armour was very heavy, but at the same time granted exceptional protection since it was like being a tank.

She was less mobile and energetic than she had been in her younger years, without the power of the Force to fuel her, so the loss of mobility was a good trade-off. It also came with a retractable vibroblade and a flamethrower because she liked setting things on fire. Belt pouches were stacked with anti-force user grenades, courtesy of Hevana Martin, and thermal detonators, her lightsabre was secured to her belt and to round up the arsenal she carried two boltguns. In other words, she was kitted out for extremely destructive and perhaps pointless brutality, but then there was no such thing as overkill, just open fire and reload.

Pillars of smoke rose up from the spires of the Jedi Temple that arose before their eyes. In the old days when she was a Jedi it had seemed more like a fortress to her than a temple of peaceful contemplation and harmony. Or perhaps that was because as a Jedi Knight she had not envisioned herself as a peacekeeper or some monk meditating on the will of the Force or such but as a soldier who possessed special powers, a templar who did battle against Sith, slavers and the like...and tried to atone for the sins of the past. These days she was a good less romantic in her notions, also a good deal more ruthless. Regardless whether fortress or temple the immense structure was under siege and they had come to aid, whatever her thoughts on the Republic and the Jedi might be, the fight against the Sith always took precedence and was pretty much hardwired into her brain.