The Tattoine Incident

[Freanne]

[member="Lady Kay"]

Freanne had just left a meeting at Bothawui, she was heading know to the republic capital. She was traveling in uniform and had with her just her sidearm and a briefcase, in the briefcase was a warrant for [member="Cloudburner"] arrest as well any member of 405th republic rangers, who where at Mos Esiley that day. The warrant had been issued by [member="Lucien Cordel"], and it was her job and pleasure to hand it to the republic. Why her, well that was a simple, she was in charge of local garrison, the desert rats. Officially a light infantry and recon company, though they also have proved to be some best shot's in the galaxy. Also two of the victims of this attack where friends of hers, and she wanted to see this through to the end for them. Also in the briefcase was a copy of all the evidence she had on him, including unedited footage of the cctv in the bar. Good quality too which did surprise them initially, the bar owner used it for a bit of blackmail they found out later. Though that did not warrant a death sentence, and neither did anyone else actions that she could see. To her it was an open and shut case, they fired the shot's and she had to bury thirty two people.

It was wet day as her shuttle began to landed, though the pilot put the ship down gently enough. Then again she normally travelled in steel coffins, aka drop pods, they where called that due to the amount shot out of the skies as they came to planet to attack. Them things did scare her, though this was not time for battle, this was time to get justice. As she dismounted from the shuttle she was met by a security detail of republic troops, and the sergeant held out his arm, and told her ​Your sidearm please. ​His voice was stern but respectful, after all they where both soldiers at the end of the day. Well she was, she was not so sure about the republics men anymore, not after what happened in the cantina. She undid her holster and complied, with the mans request, and hand him her sidearm, handle first. He then smiled a little, and said Follow me. Shown though a maze corridors, till she came to an office. She was let into it, and shown a seat, the security stayed put, she had to wait for the republic reprehensive to hand the brief case over to.

 

[Kay-Larr]

Kay had only heard the cliff notes of what had happened. And not wanting to create a intergalactic incident over minor event, she had taken it upon herself to get all of the facts and see what could be done to resolve the issue. She'd done the same before, but never for the Republic. People in the law profession were certainly having the opportunities to make a lot of money these days.

After being notified of [member="Freanne"] 's arrival, Kay stepped out of her office to greet her in the lobby. She had no weapons on her of course, as there was no need. And her K1 astromech droid named Mrs. Nesbitt rolled along behind her. She loved her droid. It was her first one and a gift from her adopted older brother, [member="James Justice"] .

Kay and Mrs. Nesbitt approached Freanne, the Senator bowing her head in greeting. "Afternoon, Miss Freanne. Thank you for coming. If you'd like to follow me, I have a meeting room set up for us." The meeting room was just two doors down the hall and it was not a large one. There was a table large enough for ten people, however it would just be the two of them so far, plus Mrs. Nesbitt. She wasn't anticipating trouble at all. On the contrary, she had high hopes that this would be resolved.

 

[Freanne]

Freanne, listened to the senator and corrected it slightly, ​I am Captain Roscoe, Freanne is my first name. ​She spoke pleasantly enough, and then followed the senator and her droid. She was seemed an amenable person, then again she a politician, and thus it may be act. She then followed her to a meeting room, and in it was large table. Which made her wonder if the senator was going to pull a stunt, by having more people come in and try and out manoeuvre her. She then put her brief case on the desk and turned to [member="Lady Kay"], and then proceeded to tell her in calm voice, as she did want the cooperation of this senator ​In the brief case you will find, an arrest warrant for [member="Cloudburner"] and the rest of 405th who came to tattoine, and a dossier on all the civilians who where killed and their known history. Also you will find unedited footage from the crime scene footage taken straight after, as well as all cctv recordings taken by the bar on the day of the incident. If you wish you can have another person verify this footage, and make sure it has not been tampered with. All we do know from the woman who we have in custody, that she is a pirate had stolen some plans for you and was hoping to sell them to highest bidder. ​She may of sounded calm, but in realty she was trembling slightly. Weird she seen war death men mangled, and pushed on in battle. She had lead men into war, yet this was making her shake, weird or was it.

 

[Kay-Larr]

"My apologies for not addressing you properly, Captain Roscoe. I meant no disrespect by it."In truth she meant no disrespect at all. She was used to others being informal around her and the last thing that she wanted was for others to feel inferior around her.

Kay sat herself down and invited [member="Freanne"] to do the same. She got Mrs. Nesbitt to prepare them both some tea. The K1 droid was modified to be able to perform such a task. That was one of her favourite things about it.

She listened as the Captain spoke, glancing at the briefcase, but keeping her eyes on her most of the time. Then it was her time to speak. "I have a friend, he doesn't work for any government. I can have him look at the footage and let me know of his findings. In the meantime I'd like to get to the bottom of this and find out why this happened to begin with. But first...What pirate woman and what stolen plans are you talking about? I may be a Senator, but I'm not privy to everything that's going on, surprisingly enough."

Kay noticed her being a bit nervous. The tea should help. Mrs. Nesbitt placed their mugs beside them. She took up hers and had a sip. So delicious. It was her addiction, and it was far safer than the addictions that many she knew had.

 

[Freanne]

[member="Lady Kay"]

Captain Roscoe listened to senator, she was telling her what she would do with the information, and then asked her about the pirate. ​She goes by the name flora burns, from what we can tell they where pans for some space station. To be honest the 405th took them, as they escaped wit her ship, that is all I can tell you. The woman herself got shot in the leg, and would have been killed of it was not for, my recon assault troops opening fire on one them. She currently in an infirmary under guard, and if we get [member="Cloudburner"] and others members of this attack, we would happily give her to you. This was the only bargain chip she had, well other than they committed a crime on her watch. She leant back had sip of the tea, it was quite good and she gave slight smile. Then she just remembered something, and quickly added it before the senator could reply ​I can't leave the planet without the original evidence, so where it goes I go. ​This was actually true, well to an extent, as she did fully trust the republic not to doctor it some how.

 

[Kay-Larr]

The name [member="Freanne"] spoke certainly rang a bell. "I know Flora Burns. She worked for me on a job once to ambush the Hutt Cartel on one of their slave raids. She likes rum. A lot. Thank you for looking after her, Captain Roscoe."

Kay took another sip of her tea, glad that the Captain was feeling a little more relaxed. Maybe some of the Jedi philosophy was right in that it was better to be calm in stressful situations. It helped to keep the mind uncluttered. "Any idea as to who's plans they are? And not to worry about your evidence going anywhere. I'm sure that he'll just have me send it to him through the holonet on a secured frequency." She turned to her K1 droid. "Mrs. Nesbitt? Please contact Ultimatum and let him know that I have some footage for him to look over. Thank you."

Mrs. Nesbitt bowed her head as well as an astromech droid could and rolled off to the side of the room to relay the message as well as fetch a tray of pastries for them.

"Resolving this issue might take more than a day. I'll have to speak to [member="Cloudburner"] myself and hear his side of the story as well. The footage could very well be unaltered as you say, but it won't show everything, such as what happened before and after, and what the motivations or reasonings were."

 

[Cloudburner]

As Cloudburner headed to the Republic Capital to meet with [member="Lady Kay"] , a Senator who was inquisitive about the events of Cloudburner's evil past. He packed his Lightsaber, just in case a fight broke out. He felt disappointed in himself, but at the same time felt like his actions were justifiable. He did not want to become an enemy of the Republic, he would have to exile himself or commit actions only a Sith Lord would do.

He walked to the office of the Senator with a straight face, neither happy nor sad. He had reasons for what he did, but the Techno Union officer also had a counter-argument to everything.

"Hello, Senator. I'm Vahnnix Sunburner, otherwise known as Cloudburner. You wanted to see me?"

He gulped as his mind raced frantically, not knowing if he would have to defend himself, face a prison sentence, or be exiled.

[member="Lady Kay"]

 

[Freanne]

[member="Lady Kay"]

​​A very obvious grump came to face, when she said she needed to interview @couldburner first, the man had killed a friend of hers. She then answer the first part of her question, ​I figured you would know more than me on that score, about the plans, after all it was republic troops that came for them. ​Then the was the issue what burned her a little, after all did she not trust the Techno Union courts to get to the bottom of his guilt. ​I shall not be present during interview with him, but I do expect a copy of it. ​To be honest she knew if was there, she would be a hindrance to it, as she wanted to see him up against the wall, with a firing line getting ready.

She then saw him come, she got up and left, and if looks could kill, that firing line would not be need. If he could read thoughts, he would see her think of him nothing more than cold blooded murder.

 

[Kay-Larr]

Kay shook her head. "I'm just a Senator for a trade planet. I'm not in the Ministry of Intelligence or in either of the Republic Armed Forces. So I only get told what I'm needed by those above me."

She respected [member="Freanne"] 's decision to not be present. It was wise. Right on cue [member="Cloudburner"] arrived. The hatred in the room could be cut with a knife. Or a lightsaber. Kay watched as the Captain stepped out of the room. "Yes, please come in Vahnnix Sunburner, and close the door behind you." She kept her focus on keeping her own Force signature down to that of a small tree nut. It was too dangerous otherwise.

"Would you like some tea? There's no reason to be so tense. Not with me anyways. I just want to get to the bottom of what happened on Tattooine. That's all." Her K1 droid was at the ready to give him some tea and pastries should he wish to have any.

 

[Cloudburner]

"No thanks, Senator. I'd prefer to just talk about the events, and get it done and over with."

He sat down.

"I..."

The thoughts raced through his head once again.

"...I was sent to Mos Eisley Spaceport to find Space Station plans for the Republic, with my men, the 405th. I asked for the plans adequately. She put up a fight, which triggered the outbreak of enemies of the Republic who were sitting in the bar. I had no choice. It was me or them. I am not proud of my actions and will do anything to have rest to it's mentioning."

He attempted to push the thoughts of the Dark Side out of his head.

[member="Lady Kay"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

Kay sipped her tea. It was strange that some people seemed intimidated by her, yet she never thought of herself as being anyone to be feared. She listened to [member="Cloudburner"] as he spoke.

"Who sent you on this mission? And I had heard that Flora Burns, was shot in the leg and now is under guard while she is recovering. Are you telling me that you asked for the plans, she said no and attacked you, then a brawl broke out in the cantina that lead to the deaths of others?"

 

[Cloudburner]

OOC: It was a development thread for something I had in mind, so it isn't massively detailed.

"Well, I had to. She ran to her ship and a Techno Union officer was on my tail too. She blames me for the death of a friend, when I had nothing to do with that. All I wanted to do was secure highly classified plans from her, but it ended up with her getting shot in the leg. I didn't want to kill her."

He held his head in shame.

[member="Lady Kay"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

((OOC: Understood ))


"It's easy for situations to get out of control. Even with simple tasks. Did you brief your CO after you got back? And did you acquire the plans?" The last thing that they needed was another trial to put the Republic on everyone's radar again. So she was doing her best to avoid that. [member="Cloudburner"] wasn't dressed like a soldier, so it seems as though he's changed his path in life. She'll need to learn more about him.

 

[Cloudburner]

"No. She has them in her ship, that's if the Techno Union haven't already stolen them. Nearly all of the unit who went there with me died. The rest of the 405th Guard have been disbanded, as I found the light."

He brought out the forged plans he found back at Mos Eisley of his pocket.

"This is what I found in her pocket. It's a fake plan. They either knew we were coming, and forged out plans that were fake. The real plans are either in her ship, or worse, in some Crime Lord's pocket."

[member="Lady Kay"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

He found the light? Curious way to put it. Kay looked to the plans that [member="Cloudburner"] displayed. "Let's hope that it's not the latter. Captain Roscoe tells me that you acquired Flora Burns' ship. Is that true? If so and you expect the plans to be inside it, then we should have it searched."

 

[Cloudburner]

"Nope. I had never. She is lying on that part."

His brow was raised at the unlikely question.

"Steal her ship? She is probably lying for the Techno Union."

[member="Lady Kay"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

"Hmmm. Someone else could have taken it as well, and then she just assumed that it was you. Did you debrief your CO on what had happened before you...found the light?" [member="Cloudburner"] just couldn't run away from his responsibilities. It was always best to sever ties without unfinished business.