Operation Hammerfist

[Vorix Felange]

Continued from "Counting the Dead (http://www.teamsdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=488)."


:: A Few hours Later - Onboard the Potemkin ::


The Potemkin was deposited out of hyperspace just outside of the Bothan system. The scanners on board the transport detected an outlying Sith fighter screen, that was likely accompanied by a convoy of picket or corvette ships. Possibly a PPV, or Pocket Patrol Vessel. The Sith had begun using modular designs that were cheap and easily produced in their fleet systems. Though no match for a Mandalorian cruiser, the transport would not last long in a fight.

Sindorin to Sifo, I'm going to need somebody up in the turret as I take us in. We've got company. Looks like a Sith Fighter Screen. Sindorin keyed through the comm system.

[Sifo Ventura]

Walking to the turret controls Sifo grew concerned.

"Bah, space battle, it is not a true way to fight. Give me the dirt under my boots anyday."

Sifo targeted the Sith ships.

"You ready Sindorin?"

[Vorix Felange]

Rolling the ship as the first set of fighters came screaming in, Sindorin made sure to give Sifo a clear line of fire at the incoming ships. Screaming past, he could hear the blaster turrets of the transport firing away as Sifo unleashed the energy lances at the Sith fighters.

"I'm coming around for another pass at them. Fire again!"

[Sifo Ventura]

With a roar Sifo unleashed wave after wave of blaster fire at the Sith ships.

"Sindorin, fly straight at them!"

[Vorix Felange]

Jerking the flight stick forward to stabilize the roll that they were entering, Sindorin flew the potemkin in a neat loop, all the while the blaster cannon being sounded in response to the laser spitted Sith fighters. Coming around, Sindorin aimed the fore towards the set of four sith fighters headed straight for them.

"Alright ner'vod, now would be a good time to slag those shabla sitt!" Sindorin shouted in the cockpit.

[Hans-Erik]

Laam'inui Ka'ra tapped the command console and leaned back in the pilots chair of his Jehavey'ir-type assault ship (http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/6/65/Jehavey%27ir-type_assault_ship.jpg); the beeping that echoed through the command deck let him know he was about to exit hyperspace. The massive assault cruiser was normally too large to pilot alone, but Laam'inui had spent the last 8 years rigging it to fly and fight under the control of one pilot, and all the weapons systems, navigation systems, and general controls were channeled directly to the cockpit and from there was threaded into his beskar'gam's HUD; he could perform half of what he needed to do by simply blinking at and talking to the interface in his helmet.

The swirling blue mass outside the command deck warped and writhed before streaking into white lines and finally settling into stars in the sky. The Mandalorian's attention was quickly shifted from stars to explosions as he turned his head and steered his cruiser toward the real reason he was there. He blinked rapidly and navigated his HUD to open up a communication line to the general area.

"Su'cuy, ner vod; shaadla jaon. Burc'ya vaal burk'yc, burc'ya veman." Hello, brother; move over. A friend during danger is a true friend.

He directed the lopsided mass that was his Jehavey'ir assault cruiser into the fray.

[Vorix Felange]

After hearing the transmission for his vod Sindorin jerked the stick over to the right, no doubt to the irritation of Sifo, who was already tracking the sith fighters as they screamed past.

"Good to see you ner'vod. Let's see if we can even up the odds a bit, shall we?" Sindorin said into the comm. Shouting up the hatchway towards the turret, Sindorin said,

"Get ready again, we've got help this go around!"

[Sifo Ventura]

Unloading round after round of blaster fire at the Sith, Sifo could feel the sweat drinpping down his neck.

"Damn Sith, DIE!" he screamed as he hit one of the enemy fighters. "Firing photon missiles!"

And with that another two fighters where turned to scrap.

"Sindorin, I can't get a lock on the last fighter."

[Hans-Erik]

The Mandalorian swung his vessel, the Forge's Hammer, around and gunned the engines to bring him within range, and once he was he unleashed hell. The HUD in his helmet allowed him to act as his own targetting computer, and he quickly located and blinked at 2 of the 4 corvettes in his vision. A green crosshair blinked on top of the corvettes and he thumbed a trigger on his control console - 3 massive concussion missiles streaked toward each target; the loud, metallic snap of 6 more missiles taking their places in the launching tubes was music to his ears.

The first set of missiles tore through the hulls of the corvettes and left gaping holes for the second set to follow through. The corvettes split apart and fragmented in a show of fireworks as the fuel and armaments onboard them exploded. Laam'inui would have dispatched the other two in the same fashion but he was out of missiles; he had forgotten to rearm the Forge's Hammer during his last stop.

With a sigh he lumbered closer into the fray, powering up his turbolasers.

[KyloRade]

Kylo Rade was Asleep when he came out of hyperspace to the sith cruisers and ships skirmishing. He awoke to a jolt as his Dynamic-class freighter shook violently from all the fire all arondund him. " Oh come on" he thought to himself as he grabbed th controls ."Skippy GET IN HERE!" he shouted as a laser skimed the shpis sheilds. Surveying the scenehe noticed the Potemkin a ship one of his vod piloted.He sent a transmission "this is the Dynamic-class freighter Unworhty terror You guys need help" He asked as a formality he was going to help them no matter what they said the sith had attacked his ship and that made him angry. “Skippy GET THE HELL IN HERE”. A T 3 utility droid entered the cockpit and Chirped. "What took you so long it doesn’t matter take over the controls” He chirped sadly as he plugged himself into the pilot system. Kylo rushed to the turbo laser climbed the ladder enter the laser turret and opened fire. .

[Vorix Felange]

Piloting the Potemkin inbetween the incoming friendly missiles and the turbolasers of the Sith vessels, Sindorin wove a path of destruction amidst the fray of tattered husks of former Sith starfighters and the lifeless shell of a Sith corvette gutted by Mandalorian firepower.

Setting up Sifo for another shot, the last set of fighters were preparing for a last stand off the starboard side of the transport. Angling Sifo for his shot, sindorin keyed in to all friendly forces.

There's still two more Corvettes to deal with ner'vode. Watch our backs while we scrap these fighters

[KyloRade]

A chirp was heard over the intecom as Kylo fired at the corvette. " Alright he wants covvering fire we will give it to him. skippy fly as close to the corvette's bridge as you can" there was a chirp as the UnworthyTerror flew closer and closer to the Bridge. Kylo pulled the trigger and the laser ripped open the bridge and bodys were sucked into the vacuum of space "Ib'tuur jatne tuur ash'ad kyr'amur today is a good day for someone else to die." muttered Kylo as he watched the corvette drift slowly of course.

[Hans-Erik]

Laam'inui steered his gunship toward the last corvette and kept a steady stream from his main turbolasers soaking into the very center of the vessel; the turrets that covered every angle of the Forge's Hammer were on auto and warding off any Sith who got confident enough to try an attack run. A soothing female voice echoed around the command bridge and let him know in a calm voice that he was "Dangerously close to colliding with another vessel." Good.

Laam'inui kept the turbolasers firing until the last moment and then simply rammed the Sith corvette. The Jehavey'ir assault cruiser tore through the other ship like butter - some of his upgrades to the Vanguard included quadrupling the thickness and strength of the hull armor and packing the lower levels with enough generators to power a nearly impregnable shield.

Laam'inui laughed into his headset, voicing his amusement to both the Sith and the Mandalorians.

[KyloRade]

Kylo was amazed by the sheer power of that ship he had to meet that couragus man inside. Leaving the turret Kylo walked to the cockpit patted skippy on the head "good job skippy ". turning on the comm "The floor is all your ner'vode" Kylo then sat in his pliots chair waiting for his brother to provide him with a good show

[Hans-Erik]

Once the screeching of metal tearing apart metal had subsided, Laam'inui brought the Forge's Hammer around and attempted to draw the fire of the sith fighters to allow the other two to mop them up; they were generally too fast for his computer-targeted turrets to hit properly.

[Vorix Felange]

As sindorin steered the transport past the fiery debris of the last fighter, he angled the Potemkin on a trajectory that would bring it to within orbit of the Bothan system so that they could land the shuttle at the designated landing site that the Bothan Spy Net had allocated for their mission. They would be meeting with a representative of that network, so that an agreement could be discussed.

Technically, the planet was still under Sith rule, however the vast majority of the citizens were actively participating with the Republic to undermine their rule. The Mandalorian clans were certainly eager to do business with them.

Opening a channle to both the Forge Hammer and the UnworthyTerror, Sindorin sent out a wide band transmission,

"Oya! Nice shooting ner'vod, but I still had more kills than you, hahah. I'll see you at the surface. I am transmitting coordinates for the landing site now. Sindorin out."

After had finished, he sent a message to Sifo as well.

"Oy, Sifo, good kills vod, I knew you'd be a worthy addition to our clan. Now we get to go to the surface where the real fun is."

[Hans-Erik]

Laam'inui steered his gunship toward the shuttle and turned on autopilot to follow it to the surface. He leaned back in his chair lazily.

"Maybe, but my kills were bigger and had more shit, I mean Sith, on them." he replied. When he was fairly confident the computer had his ship on the right course, Laam'inui stood and strode to his quarters at the rear of the deck to strap on the plates of his armor. He secured the individual segments and gave each a good rap with his knuckles to make sure they weren't going anywhere before strapping a pistol to his waist and a rifle to his back - both projectile weapons. Projectile weapons, unlike blasters, could be silenced and could carry a variety of rounds from armor piercing to explosive or incendiary; their projectiles also had a much faster travel speed than blaster bolts and they could not be seen, whereas blaster bolts immediately gave away the position of the firer. He hated blasters.

[KyloRade]

Kylo Got up from his chair "skippy turn on the autopilot". Skippy chirped hapily "thanks" kylo replied. Kylo walked through his very empty ship to his makeshift armory and started to don his armor. His amor was made for his style of fighting. the plates where lighter so he could move faster and more agilely but they where none less proctective. he placed his helmet on as his hud flicker to life he then grabbed one of the many vibroblades on the rack of melee weapons and stared at it. It was his favorate blade he own. Itwas the blade he had took down a dark jedi. he then casuliy grabbed a blaster pistol "I hate these" he said as he holstered his blaster. "SKIPPY TURN ON THE TRAINING PROGRAM!" he shouted through the door way as he said that a hologram of 3 dark jedi appeared "Ohhh i love this one" Kylo said as he charged the sith

[Aramius]

Several hundred kilometres distant from the formation of starships, a lone S-100 Stinger-class Starfighter hung in space. Within the cockpit, the pilot watched as his onboard computer ran the recording of the observed engagement over again, starting from when the Mandalorian warship had entered the fray. He couldn't help but give a small smile as the hulking warship literally crushed the last of the corvettes. "All brute force, no finesse. It would appear that I've found them at last."

Noticing that the ships were on the move, he sprang into action, flipping several switches and bringing the old fighter's systems online. He waited patiently as the engines were brought up to power, then smoothly shifted the throttle up to 75%, lazily changing his course to roughly match theirs, and began following the small flotilla as they made their way toward Bothawui.

[Hans-Erik]

Ka'ra took a seat in his command chair and leaned back, talking once again in his helmet comm to break the silence. He felt in the mood for some morbid humor; it was his favorite kind.

"So these two Mandalorians are out in the woods. One of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed over. The other Mandalorian takes out his communicator and contacts his commander. He gasps: "My partner has collapsed! I don't know what to do!" After a moment, the commander responds: "Calm down. I can help. First let's make sure your partner is dead." There is a silence then a blaster shot is heard. Back on the communicator, the Mandalorian says: "Okay, now what?"

[Vorix Felange]

Landing on the surface, Sindorin unstrapped himself from the pilot's seat and began to grab his other kit. Mainly his Verpine shatter gun and ensure that his wrist vibro properly functioned. Moving his eyes in his visor and blinking on the helmet to helmet network he connected his helmet's audio to that of his vod Sifo.

Alright Sifo'ika, lets go engage in some negotations with the rat people.

[KyloRade]

as the unworthy terror landed on the surface skippy moaned nervously "i got a bad feeling to bud I got a bad feeling to" Kylo said as he got up from his chair and grabbed his weapon "come on lets go meet our new friends"K and they disembarked on to the surface

[Hans-Erik]

Laam'inui eased back on the throttle and gently lowered the Forge's Hammer to the ground. Once it was on level ground he lowered the cargo ramp and shot out of the assault cruiser at a blinding speed mounted atop speeder bike he pieced together himself several years ago; it was about time for him to build a new one. The contraption spluttered sparks every few feet and smelled of exhaust fumes.

[KyloRade]

Kylo hearing a noice turn around and is startled to see an armored man on a speeder next to him.after the initnal surprise Kylo instantly gains his composre "uhmmm heeey uhhh Im kylo rade and uhhmm this is uhh this is skippy " he said as he held his hand out warmly "and you are?''

[Hans-Erik]

Laam'inui nearly ran the man over as he caught up with Sindorin.

[Aramius]

Approximately 30,000 metres above, Aramius watched his sensor screen as the ships landed one by one. Viewing the terrain from above, his eyes carefully examined the surrounding area for an ideal landing zone. Soon enough, he found one - a small clearing, surrounded by shrubbery and trees, that would provide a level of cover for his landed vessel. Hitting the throttle, he screamed down toward the site, keeping his speed just below supersonic so as to avoid detection.

As he approached the planet, he downloaded the location and approximated travel direction of the Mandalorians into his datapad, as well as a sensor map of the local area, before concentrating on the landing. Settling his ship down on the ground, he quickly shut down all the systems and, popping the canopy, climbed out.

Turning to the chassis of the ship, he hit a button on the datapad, transmitting a code to the ship - with a muted pop, the cargo compartment opened. Rapidly, he pulled out a suit of camouflaged fiber armor, a utility belt with attached holster and pistol, and a sheath and vibroblade. Donning the fiber armor and the utility belt, he then carefully attached the sheath to his back, lined up with the hilt directly behind his head. Finally, he took out a small data visor, and, linking it to his datapad, called up the map of the area. Locking down the ship, he began to cautiously track the Mandalorians.

[KyloRade]

"HEY"kylo said as he jumped out of the way just in time for the speeder to wizz past him. "well" Kylo thought "now I know where i stand with him"Kylo turned to the way he saw Sindorins ship land and walked twords it

[Hans-Erik]

Drawing parallel with Sindorin, Laam'inui circled his speederbike around the man and offered a greeting, opting for basic rather than Mando'a.

"So I see you're still alive, vod." He swerved the bike back and forth in small circles to keep himself alongside the other. "Ka'ra, at your service. You are?"

[Vorix Felange]

"I'm Sindorin, a Champion of Mandalore." he said, stopping and sizing up the man on a speeder bike.

As the man paused on his speeder bike, Sindorin finished by gesturing to his other comrade.

"This is Sifo. We're on our way to have a little fun at the local garrison. Care to join us?"

[Hans-Erik]

"If you'll explain why." He replies simply.

[Vorix Felange]

"We're going to go and raid the Sith garrison. In exchange the bothans are providing us with much needed weapons and supplies. We're working closely with their intel networks so we can slowly undermine Sith rule in this sector.[i/]"

Setting his helmet's nav setting to the navpoint where the bothans would be meeting them before they attacked, he set out due north.

"[i]I trust that is a good enough reason, yes?"

[Aramius]

Aramius smiled as he watched the trio. The use of a speeder bike was like a homing beacon - the unnatural noise allowing him to locate and track them with near-laughable ease. Keeping a good distance away, and staying low to the ground, he continued to track and follow them.

[Hans-Erik]

"Good enough. I'll go in first on the bike to confuse them and draw their fire - you two'll be able to pick them off easily, that is unless you already have a battle plan." He continued circling slowly around them as they hiked toward their destination, keeping pace with their movements.

[Vorix Felange]

"That should work fine. We've equipped for that type of action, so we will let you draw them out and we'll take them out as they expose themselves from cover. Lets head in toward the garrison now." Sindorin said, quickening his pace as they approached the garrison point, where a small squad of partisan forces would join in the attack.

[Hans-Erik]

Laam'inui accelerated, the ground blurring beneath his feet as he sped across the landscape. The bunker came into view and rapidly expanded on the horizon as he swept over bushes and grass toward it. He shifted the gears and the steady whine of the bike went up a pitch as he continued accelerating on his approach. He opened fire with the cannons mounted on the front of the bike and adrenaline began to flood his veins as he began a one-man assault on the complex.

[KyloRade]

Noticing The Man on the speeder and Sindorin in the distance Kylo and skippy sped up to catch up with them. as they got closer they noticed the sith garrison and Kylo laughed to himself "looks like im a little late". as Kylo and skippy attempted to find a way into the bunker closest to him Kylo noticed the man on the speeder had started to assulate the bunker . relizing this to be an opertune moment of a distracion Kylo and skippy ran to the rear of the bunker and skippy started hacking the back door termanal

Skippy opened the door with relitive ease and the door swung opened silently. Kylo stealthy enterd vibroblade at the ready.

[Vorix Felange]

Sindorin charged headlong into the fray, his blaster rifle discharging lethal rounds of energy into the chests of a few nearby garrison guards. they were caught completely unawares and as the three mandalorian warriors charged into the fray, about half a dozen Bothan partisans charged as well.

Not nearly as well trained as Sindorin or his vode, they still managed to take down the guards on the eastern side of the complex. With Kylo already entering the bunker, and the outside being mopped up, Sindorin made his way inside the entrance of the bunker as well. He opened up a channel to Laam'inui as well.

Let's head inside vod

[Vorix Felange]

OOC: Lets keep this going guys. I will RP for Sifo until he returns here. Lets keep the story rolling.

[Hans-Erik]

Laam'inui swerved around the building, the engine of his bike emitting a high whine. He occasionally fired a few shots from the front of the bike, but left most of the killing for those on foot. When he recieved a radio message from Sindorin, he cut down his speed and swung around to the entrance, riding through the doorway before hopping off and proceeding on foot.

[KyloRade]

Kylo as his stealth fully walked through the bunker Heard a loud noise and stopped for a moment in perplexment. the loud noise ceased but was replaced by foot steps coming down the hall Kylo ran towards the footsteps "Finally a real fight" he thought as he saw three sith turn the corner right in front of him " there’s one bla..." said the obvious leader of the party as Kylo lopped his head off. He quickly disposed of the other two sith quite easily the first he stabbed through the chest the second he quickly chopped in half. as he turn the corner he noticed 10 more sith in his path and the sith had obviously noticed him "oh shit" Kylo said and was hit in the arm by a blaster bolt. He cried out in pain and then jumped behind the corner.

[Aramius]

Having watched the combined Mandalorian-Bothan assault on the Sith garrison up to this point, Aramius decided it was time to join in the fray. And, eyes scanning the perimeter, he saw just the thing to start off with.

Emerging from scrubland a hundred metres from the garrison and a handful of metres from him, a five-man Sith patrol, weapons at the ready, approached the beleaguered garrison and its distracted attackers, clearly preparing to flank and massacre the Bothans that remained outside. Drawing his blaster pistol, he crouched next to a tree, and, ensuring the blast suppressor on the blaster was firmly affixed, took practiced aim and squeezed off a bolt, which promptly screamed across the short distance between he and his quarry, and burned a neat hole in his target's helmet. A half-second later, his body hit the ground. Holstering his pistol and drawing the vibroblade, he charged toward them, body crouched low to provide a minimal target profile.

The Sith soldiers turned, clearly caught off-guard, and tried to form some sort of formation to engage him. Sadly for them, they were not quick enough, and he was upon them, vibroblade slicing through the first soldier's torso and slamming into the second soldier's half-drawn vibroblade. Keeping his awareness peaked, Aramius let the flow of battle wash over him as he simultaneously engaged all three of the soldiers. The soldiers, to their credit, fought well - but Sith regulars were no match for a trained Echani swordsman and martial artist, even with a three-to-one advantage. The first fell to a precise kick to the windpipe, crushing it and depriving him of oxygen, and the second to an open-handed punch, rapidly followed by a ravaging slash through his neck. Finally, he spun to face the final soldier, and, engaging his blade, smoothly drew his blaster and fired it into his face.

Sheathing the vibroblade, he ran across the open area toward the garrison, entered it, and dashed into the bunker, the exclamations of the caught-off-guard Bothans following him.

[KyloRade]

"Damn it" Kylo Rade thought as the sith surrounded him blasters at the ready. “hands up scum" said one of the sith as whacked Kylo with the butt of his weapon " Kylo lifted his hands behind his head but as he lifted he noticed a droid behind the guards. It was Skippy! Skippy’s head piece open and revealed concealed blaster. Skippy shot the first two men down quickly with deadly accuracy. As the three other sith turned around to see the droid shooting them Kylo grabbed one of there necks and twisted and with a sickening snap the sith fell. Kylo grabbed the sith vibroblade and slashed the other twos heads off with relative ease. Kylo took a sigh of relief he was still alive and not a sith prisoner “thanks buddy" he panted to Skippy. The bunker was very shaky from the battle raging outside and it was easy to sneak around the sith. he quitely entered a termanal room and sliced into the computer he opend the file of all sith prisoners in the area searching throught the names his eyes stopped on one " ....dad?"