What Is Rightfully Mine (Hutt Cartel)

[GhostOfProtocol]

Jardo was left looking at Vinskk, Gammorian poking him in the spine. Jardo shook his head, watching as the Gammorian poking him fell down, out cold. Jardo had mind controlled the guard, snapping his mind, making him worse off than dead. The room was quiet, only the entering Raka making a noise. Jardo smiled lightly, waiting for Vinskk to speak. He swung his arms again, still covering the mass amount of weapons on his belt. He felt the hidden blade on his wrist, no-one could see it.

He was ready to save Lady Kay.

[member="Xander Black"]
[member="Raka the Hutt"]
[member="Vinskk Revamp"]
[member="Lady Kay"]

 

[Vinskk Revamp]

Vinskk's comlink chirped. A call was coming through. It was Free-Eyes, a notable slicer and engineer now in charge of the White Palace's defense and security. The Gran was sounding slightly panicky in his report, nervous about what he was about to say.

"Boss, we've got company! Shuttles inbound!"

Revamp sat up, anger coursing through his body. Who could be responsible for this? Xander? That spice smuggler? An unknown force? He replied, his voice conveying rage.

"Utilize the palace defenses! Blast them out of the sky. Organize the Palace Guard where the projected area of landing is. Let them know what happens to those who cross the Hutt Cartel."

The transmission cut off. In that moment, the 12 laser turrets and the 4 turbolasers guarding the palace itself opened fire on the troop transports. An alert went out throughout the building, with the various aliens that made up the White Palace's defense force scurrying to grab weapons and activate the security droids. Coordinates were given from Free-Eyes to the leaders of the thugs and cutthroats. They sprinted to the location, sentients and droids together, ready to fight and die for the new Supreme Leader.

The King's personal defense squad fell into place at the throne room, a mix of Trandoshan and Human mercenaries employed by Revamp PMC. A few Gammorrean beserkers remained in place too, spice in hand to give them that edge to take and deal out pain. Vinskk hissed, ready to defend what was rightfully his. The Trandoshan set a channel with Thraxis, sending a simple message to the Zeltron.

"We are under attack. Lead the defense forces. Do not fail, or both of our lives are at stake."

[member="Xander Black"]

[member="Lady Kay"]

[member="Jardo Snow"]

[member="Thraxis"]

Edit: [member="Jardo Snow"], I'd just leave the throne room. It seems Xander already set a major thing into motion...

OOC: Check out the White Palace submission for the exact specifications of the defense forces.

 

[GhostOfProtocol]

Spoiler

Can find the link to the Scream Squad sub if you want to find a list of weapons and stuff. Also Jardo is my alt, just didn't expect you to notice this as quickly. Ah well I can get him into this. If it's cool i'd like to take Vinskk into captivity for a thread and put him through the same stuff Lady Kay went through but don't know, up to you.

Scream Squad would rely on the superior skill advantage to parachute out from the shuttles, seventy of the eighty five men making it to the ground. A shuttle blew from the air, taking out the back of the White Palace as it flew behind, crashing. A fireball leapt up, but still Scream Squad keep moving. Each with their weapons at the ready, each one awaiting the orders to open fire upon those who fire back. Drago at the front, scanning the entrance to The White Palace.

Men and droids ran from the door, Scream Squad taking cover behind broken ship parts. Both men and droids fell, shots lighting the night sky. The more they killed the more came forward. Drego throwing bombs, craters forming in the ground outside. Scream Squad dragged fallen men behind cover, dead guys giving final wishes. They pushed forward, covering behind rocks and fallen ship parts. At the end of the fighting when the men decided to stay inside, Scream Squad had gone from seventy men to thirty three. Still they keep moving, they have orders.

They know they can replace the fallen men, the fallen troops. The force will be back up to the eighty five strength they started at as soon as the fight is over. Men move in, covering the corners of the room. The personal guards firing back, Scream Squad in full force rushing in, outnumbering the private guard. From thirty three Scream Squad to twelve, but they would take out the personal guard with help from Jardo Snow. Drego would order the guards to watch the doors, blocking Vinskk in as they finished off the survivors.

[member="Vinskk Revamp"]
[member="Jardo Snow"]

 

[Vinskk Revamp]

Well, this was...displeasing.

His mercenaries may have been zealous in their defense of their King and paycheck, but what they had in passion they lacked in skill. It turned out that the Scream Squad happened to be killing more of his guard than his men could fight back against.

"Keep fighting! Do not falter! Go! KILL! FOR THE SCOREKEEPER!!!"

The Trandoshans in the force roared in desperate agreement, not seeking to die with a disappointed King on the other side. The Gamorreans grunted and bit down on their spice packets, entering a state of mad frenzy. Their axes swung wildly and no blow or shot seemed to be able to stop them, but they did a hell of a job killing the opposition. Blood and gore began to paint the once lavish throne room. It was almost symbolic of the descent of the Hutt Cartel, the infighting and backstabbing that would come with the removal of a powerful leader.

Vinskk ducked behind his chair, returning fire with a modified carbine he called friend. The other talon held a comlink as he patched through to several loyal Cartel members, a plea for aid.

"This is Vinskk Revamp, your leader, loyal to Sempra of old. If you can read this, come immediately to the Throne Room! Bring men with you and fight to defend the King of Trandosha! Prove your loyalty, and you shall be rewarded in equal measure."

The twelve Scream Squad members may have been highly skilled, but his mercenaries and the beserkers were putting up one karking hell of a fight.

Depending on who and what entered externally, this fight could go either way...

[member="Xander Black"]
[member="Lady Kay"]
[member="Thraxis"]
[member="Popo"]
[member="Raka the Hutt"]

 

[Thraxis]

Thraxis had been wandering through the building, oblivious to what had been going on. He had never heard these alarms go off before and just assumed it was for a party. "Neato! Must be a party going on somewhere in here." he said to himself as he kept walking through the palace, his hand occasionally delving into his trench coat to pull out his flask of brown swill and in turn pouring it down his hatch.

As he walked through he entered the Throne room, he looked around to see that he was mistaken in believing there was a party. Well, not the kind he expected but a party nonetheless. His eyes quickly bounced to Vinskk, sitting on the throne. He had little idea of what power that meant, nor did he really care. All he knew were that the Gammoreans were being cut to pieces by an unknown group of assailants. His hands dropped to his Twin Heavy Blasters and a keen eye would be able to see the armor hidden beneath his trenchcoat. He looked to the squad as they tore through the Gammoreans, he aimed one of his Blaster Pistols, being away from the fighting and not being seen he held the gun steady, aiming for the head of one of the forefront members to get maximum attention. After a few seconds of targeting he pulled the trigger, a beam of light shoot through the barrel, flying and whizzing through the air until it met its target, leaving one of the bunch headless. "Now, now. Lets all play nice." he said with an upbeat smile, hiding the sadistic nature of joy he got from eliminating one of the assaulting enemies.
[member="Vinskk Revamp"]
[member="Raka the Hutt"]
[member="Lady Kay"]
[member="Xander Black"]
[member="Jardo Snow"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

The alarms going off, as well as the sounds of the defence systems outside of the Palace caused Kay to stop what she was doing. The Palace was under attack! But by whom? She hurried to one of the windows in the room and looked outside, witnessing the firefight and bodies getting thrown about by the turbo blasts.

This was not good. She wasn't prepared for this. She dug out the small blaster from her tall boot and then proceeded to barricade the door with the crates. It was better to just hunker down and wait.

[member="Vinskk Revamp"] [member="Thraxis"] [member="Jardo Snow"] [member="Xander Black"] [member="Raka the Hutt"] [member="Popo"]

 

[GhostOfProtocol]

Jardo Snow would swing his lightsabers as Scream Squad would prepare their weapons for round two. Xander would step back into the shadows, hidden from the fight. Eleven men left, Thraxis joining the fight. Jardo would pitch a nod, charging Thraxis while Scream Squad all turn onto the angry gammorians. They wiped the men out, from eleven to four until Drego, who had somehow survived all of this, decided to pitch a grenade, gammorian skulls splashing across the room. Three Gammorians to four Scream Squad troops. The spice wearing off now, and this was proven as Scream Squad managed to take them out after losing only one more man.

Jardo was taking Thraxis. Who was left to join the fight?

[member="Lady Kay"]
[member="Thraxis"]
[member="Vinskk Revamp"]

 

[GhostOfProtocol]

Jardo broke away from the main fight, duel lightsabers at his side, both active. He stepped towards a doorway, Thraxis had appeared in said doorway, clearly more armed than the gammorians that had been left to fight. He felt Lady Kay close, a little too close. She was right above him, and he sighed as he locked eye contact with Thraxis. He would shift his footing, spinning both of his lightsabers slowly. Every step, every move he made would hopefully deflect some shots back at Thraxis himself.

Jardo would wait, ready to step and cross his duel lightsabers in front of him, blocking the shots from Thraxis as soon as he shot them. He was ready for this.

[member="Lady Kay"]
[member="Thraxis"]

 

[Thraxis]

As Thraxis blew the brains out of one of the Screamers he turned to look down at a man walking towards him, he had the look of the Sith and the Lightsabers buzzing around only affirmed this belief. As Thraxis looked closer he recognized him as Jardo Snow and was instantly filled with joy. He put down his blasters. He had a better plan for this and had been waiting for what felt like millennia to do this.

He put his hands into a boxing stance, readying himself for some close quarter combat, his right hand sticking forward he activated his rocket boots, taking a chance to take in his surroundings he blast forward, his gauntlets pulled back together he done something no man would ever expect. He punched the lightsabers. His hands pulling fourth he made impact with the light-sabers and with the cortosis-weave inside his Gauntlets the blades would vanish.

As soon as the lades dissipated he would take a jump back, a cocky grin growing over his face as he looked with great joy. "Man. That felt amazing to do." he chuckled as he looked to the Sith. "Ya know. I have never been in a fight with one of your kind. But I always did have a room ready for it. Wonder what your screams sound like." he said as he licked his lips, his eyes wide with anticipation and his body still ready for a fight.
[member="Jardo Snow"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

Kay could hear the fighting all around. But there wasn't much that she could do. Who was fighting? Obviously [member="Vinskk Revamp"] and his guards, but who were they fighting against? Maybe it was other Cartel members still loyal to Sempra? She wasn't entirely sure. And there was only one way to find out.

She paced back and forth as she tried to figure out what to do. What she wanted was to find her lightsaber and get out of there. And it wasn't as though she wasn't armed....

So it was decided. Kay removed the barricade and opened the door. She peered down the hallway in both directions before heading over to the stairwell. Her blaster, set to stun like always, was out in front of her, finger rested on the trigger. She was glad for the headscarf to hide her face.

Once she was at the steps, she quietly made her way down. She spotted [member="Jardo Snow"] and wondered what the heck he was doing there. And then she heard that voice....the voice of [member="Thraxis"] . It sent a chill up her spine and for a moment, all that she could picture was his caring face looking down at her in the mental institution. The fighting was forgotten as she just stared near the bottom of the stairwell. Once he mentioned screams though, Kay fired a stun bolt at his upper back.

 

[GhostOfProtocol]

He felt his lightsabers power down, for the first time feeling worthless. He dropped the blades to his belt, using the magnets built in to join them. He crouched, rolling under a shot while he removed his own blaster from it's ankle holster. He jumped up, force powering his move as he slid sideways, ducking yet another shot. He allowed his own blaster to steady, taking aim. He fired, aiming low, aiming to take out the knee of Thraxis.

He felt Lady Kay, he felt her behind Thraxis. He watched as the stun shot flew toward's Thraxis, growling. If that hit him before his shot then Thraxis would be dead. He jumped, attempting to confuse Thraxis long enough so that he dodged the first shot, only being hit with the stun shot. He rolled on a platform upstairs, taking out a gamorrian close to one of the scream squad troops. All he could hope was that Lady Kay's shot hit.

[member="Thraxis"]
[member="Lady Kay"]

 

[Thraxis]

As thraxis stood strong with confident he felt his body seize up, he wanted to turn to see how dared to fire at him though he was completely immovable. His eyes darted about as he watched Jardo bounced around, Damn it! I wanted to drag him into my play pen! I was going to destroy him wholly and utterly! he thought to himself, badly desiring to be in this battle.

He watched carefully as he moved about, though had little to fret from him at all, the only weapon in his arsenal that was threatening was his blades and with them out of the way Thraxis could just wait for this accursed paralysis to end. He continued to watch his movements, trying to see a pattern though if he could he would have raised an eyebrow to the gun that was being aimed at him. Great. Now he has got a gun. This is gonna hurt. I guess. he thought once more to himself, the blaster bolt landed in its desired location, though his armor proved that it was of little effect, though the force behind it was painful, Thraxis was not out of the fight yet.
[member="Lady Kay"]
[member="Jardo Snow"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="Thraxis"] was still and it appeared as though he couldn't move. She approached cautiously, mostly as she didn't trust that he truly couldn't move, and also partly because she didn't want to be near enough to him that he'd recognize her.

Kay looked up to [member="Jardo Snow"] and spoke in that raspy voice with her face still covered as she was still intent on hiding her identity. "What are you doing here? Are you what this fighting is all about?"

She kept her blaster trained on Thraxis, though her eyes were all on Jardo. Her mind trying to work out where to put her tormentor. She needed to find a cell.

 

[GhostOfProtocol]

He chuckled, glad that Lady Kay had actually noticed him. He felt her in the force, knowing full well that this spice dealer was her. He was almost shocked however that she thought this fighting was about him. He eyed her lightly, shaking his head. He slid down a small platform, gunfire stopping. He assumed that they had taken and caught the trandoshian, though he couldn't really be sure. Scream Squad could all be dead for he knew.

"What am I doing here, wow that's a loaded question. Black informed me about a... bounty on my head" he spat, eyes rolling. "I came here to scan The White Palace, try and locate defences before I found a way to capture the higher ranking members. When I felt your presence in here I figured you'd come to hand yourself in. Clearly you see why I was against that" he shook his head, chuckling. "This fighting isn't all about me, don't worry. I doubt they even know I'm here. The fighting was started by the old Major Domo, Xander Black. Guess he took the trandoshian on the throne wrong, brought in his private army, Scream Squad" he finished, looking around. "Question is, what do we do with good old.... whatever this guy's name is? I can always cause him the worst pain imaginable. I could snap his mind and make him a mental man, lost as a former shell. Or we can lock him in the hold of my ship out in the hills" he told her again.

[member="Lady Kay"]
[member="Thraxis"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

"Turn myself in? Are you crazy?" For a moment, Kay had forgotten to hide her voice. Hopefully [member="Thraxis"] didn't pick up on that. She didn't want him to discover her just yet. So when she spoke next to [member="Jardo Snow"] she made her voice sound raspy again. "I'm not leaving here until I get back what is mine. As for him.....he's unhinged enough as it is. Your methods will only make him worse, if that's even possible.."

Kay knew the defences of the White Palace well, as she had a tour when she worked for ArmaTech. But she wasn't about to give those details away for who knows what he would do if he managed to catch any of the Cartel.

She approached Thraxis from behind and began removing his weapons with one hand, while the other still had her blaster. She kept her voice raspy as she spoke. "Have you got any cuffs on you, Jardo? The cells are below us, if I remember correctly. Though I don't know if they are abandoned..."

 

[Tiali Orazio]

The sound of a explosion, hits the room eminating from the roof as dust a ruble falls to the ground. Tiali within the cover of the mist activating his jet pack, creating light within the mist gray dust just before the ground for a soft landing on the rubble and dirt.

As the dust begins to settle, Tiali is seen standing their rubbing the back of his helmet. "So pardon me everybody to intrude on the party but Just so everyone knows, the orbital defense command has been contacted, so yeah". He begins to walk forward to the others, he claps his hands together once "But it's okay, They'll let you go with your heads if you leave now limited time offer."

Tiali was wearing his custom made Urban camo suit Mk-I his visor covering his face vibroblades on the top side of his forearms and awrist mounted sonic pistol on his right under forearm. The tikulini leather covering most of his body with durasteel helmet, shoulder pads and chest guard. His belt had an assortment of grenades and a JT-12 jetpack attached to his back. to the lower parts he wore magno-grip boots, with two LL-30 pistols either side of his thighs.

[member="Jardo Snow"]
[member="Lady Kay"]
[member="Thraxis"]
[member="Vinskk Revamp"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

Well this was a surprise. [member="Tiali Orazio"] , her closest ally within the Cartel, was now here giving them a way out. But he didn't know that Kay was among them, standing there next to a stunned [member="Thraxis"] with her blaster trained on him. For the moment, Tiali had no weapons drawn and that was a good thing.

Kay chewed the inside of her cheek as she debated on what to do next. If she revealed herself, then no doubt she'd be caught and they'd all be splitting her bounty. But she couldn't just walk out either without what she came for. No. She needed to somehow get Tiali to realize that she was there. He had helped her to escape a few times already. Hopefully today wouldn't be any different.

When she spoke up, it was in her raspy voice so that she wouldn't give herself away. "I will gladly depart once I get back what was stolen from me, Tiali." Yes, she used his first name on purpose to draw him closer.

[member="Jardo Snow"] [member="Vinskk Revamp"]

 

[Vinskk Revamp]

From the smoke and general ruckus of the throne room fell a silence. The massive din of blaster fire and grenades had halted, replaced by an eerie serenity that could only be appreciated after going through a warzone. From the silence of the massacre arose Vinskk, coming into view. A few things seemed to be wrong, however.

For starters, the Trandoshan was missing an arm.

The bloody stump that was his right arm dangled loosely at the upper arm, blood dripping out of the mangled appendage at a slow rate. That didn't concern him. Trandoshans had regenerative abilities. The King was smeared in blood and gore. His maw was the worse, literally a mask of red, and in his jaws was a flap of skin. Revamp spat it onto the floor, revealing it to be a human face, one of the members of the Scream Squad, perhaps the one that was tossing grenades. In a rage, the Trandoshan panted. The press of a comlink button filled the room with more Gamorrians, axes at the ready. A pause rung out before Vinskk spoke, voice low and cold.

"It's rather difficult to kill a Trandoshan, as the remainder of your men quickly found out. Now, all of you, drop your weapons NOW!"

With a mighty roar to finish, the King's porcine grunts raised their weapons and prepared to move in, where Tiali, a disguised Kay, a stunned Thraxis, and Jardo stood.

[member="Tiali Orazio"] [member="Lady Kay"] [member="Jardo Snow"] [member="Thraxis"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

Kay just stood there frozen in place. Not so much out of fear, but more so in trying to decide what to do. [member="Vinskk Revamp"] appearing out of nowhere came at a surprise, as well as the large group of Gamorrians that now encircled them. She clenched her jaw and took a step back away from [member="Thraxis"] as she put her blaster down on the floor. It shouldn't be long before her tormentor would shake off the effects of the stun bolt and she didn't want to be that close to him while unarmed.

Her eyes went to [member="Jardo Snow"] then and she thought of what he had thought earlier, that she would have given herself up. No. Not again. She surrendered to them before, having been tricked into thinking it would save lives, and all of that led to her horrible experiences with Thraxis and later, the unimaginable torment of being trapped in a makeshift mental institution.

No. This time it will be different. Quickly Kay ran the few steps towards Thraxis and pushed him hard into [member="Tiali Orazio"] . She then pivoted on her heel and turned, running as fast as she could, focusing on the Force and using it to help her leap over the Gamorrians, before sprinting down the hall. Hopefully it caught them off guard so much that they would hesitate in their reaction, buying her a few seconds of a head start.

 

[GhostOfProtocol]

Jardo brought his lightsabers into an orbit, nodding as Lady Kay broke into her leap. He eyes a stunned Thraxis, shaking his head. He turned, eyes flashing [member="Tiali Orazio"], nodding. "Get your friend out of here, I don't want to see him again" he spat, still shaking his head. The guards moved in, two of them falling victim to the blades. The three surviving members of Scream Squad would fan behind Jardo, guns flashing the area. None of them would attack Tiali or Thraxis, instead try to guard them from some very angry guards.

Jardo would step forward, sliding the blue lightsaber down onto his belt. He liked the idea of having a free hand during this. He watched as a Gamorian stepped forward, timing his attack perfectly. The axe would slide into two, Jardo's boot connecting with the face of the guard, lightsaber removing the head. He watched, trying to buy Kay time to go, go get what she needed, what she wanted. He eyed the Trandoshian, lightsaber removing the heads of two other guards. He would step forward, eyeing the weapons in the hand of the Trandoshian.

"I give you one final choice. Surrender, or I will kill you" he spat again, lightsaber coming up to the throat of Vinskk. Xander would step from the shadows, guns taking down a guard who decided sneaking behind would be a good idea. "I didn't come here to fight. When you all attack me, I will defend myself however. The real reason the fight started is Black. I guess he decided he was sick of rulers" he cackled, lightsaber still at his throat. He felt a force barrier form around him, protecting him from any bullets Vinskk dared to shoot.

"So, you give?"

[member="Lady Kay"]
[member="Vinskk Revamp"]
[member="Tiali Orazio"]
[member="Thraxis"]