Ask No Time to Die | Ord Mantell

[Akalenedat]

The Diamond Eye Casino shimmered before the motely trio led by Sector Ranger Akalenedat. Behind him was Zad Ruzed, a ferocious gunslinger with quite the reputation going for him among the Sector Rangers. Then there was Adenn Rytt, a fellow Mandalorian and a well spoken one at that. Kell heard rumors about Mister Rytt's combat skills and was excited to see if the rumors were true.

"Alright, men! Before lies a cesspool of potential assassins. You already got the debriefing, so let get on with it!" Kell addressed the two as began started onward to the entrance of the Casino. At first a squad of bouncers stopped the white and orange armored Mando who simple flashed his Sector Ranger badge that made the bouncers depart like the Red Sea. "If your see Maifus, kick his ass for me." Said one of the guards. "Stole money from my wife's account and blamed it on the market crash." He explained.

Kell nodded to the bouncer, "It will be my utmost pleasure, good sir." The Ranger promised. This was good and bad for the trio. It looked like not everyone enjoyed the Falleen banker as much as Senator Hawthorne did which would make assessing their target easier due to the potential amount of employees that want to see the Falleen behind bars or worse. On the contrary, Kell wondered if word had gotten out about Hawthorne's supposedly secret assignment of capturing the Banker which make it slightly more difficult to catch the Falleen. Hopefully, the bouncers were informed to keep their mouths shut so the whole Casino didn't know of Rakko's assassination suspicion.

As the trio entered the Casino, it was rife with thousands of busy people spending, earning, and losing hundreds and thousands of credits. Muic blared, lights flashed, and people were everywhere.

"Split up. If any of you find the target, tell the others through the comlinks. Maifus likes corners and heavy drinks, so look for a booth that isn't in plain sight." Kell noted as he began scanning the busy crowd, taking his first steps into the mess of hordes of people all in it for the money.

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[Adenn Rytt]

"Right then. I'll give you boys A call when when I find out where this guy is."
I mosied over to the bar where a young lady was mixing drinks. She was a Beautiful Lethan Twi'lek, Scantily clad in in white silks to Exemplify the red of her skin. A collar said all I needed to know about her employment: slave. I took a seat at the bar and took off my helmet.
"What can I get you, sir."
She said in a well rounded, Rhyloth accent. I slid two credits across the table.
"Glass of whiskey and a little something for yourself, Peach."
I said, giving her a wink. I stuffed my pipe with some tobac and settled in to see if I could overhear any conversation or even coax something out of Miss Tomato bosoms

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[Zad Ruzed]

Spoiler: Music IC

While his name was a reckoning to pronounce, Akalenedat was not a man who wasted time. And I’m a man who can appreciate that. Smoke drifted toward the moon as one of the guards held up a hand after already permitting the others inside the casino.

“Hold up there, buddy,” the guard commanded.

Zad looked left, looked right. “Is it the coat? I know it’s black and long and thick, and I’ll probably never use those three words to describe it again, but, rest assured, it ain’t a bomb.” Or is it?

“Nah.” Guard pointed to a sign above the entrance that read ‘No Smoking’.

“Ah.” Zad took a deep drag, stifled a wheeze and flicked what was left away.

Inside the casino he found a casino, heard a Mandalorian say something something, watched another Mandalorian waltz over to the bar. This buckethead’s got the right idea. Drinking on the job was par for the course and Maifus did, after all, like his bars and corners.

I found mine. With that, Zad waltzed over to the hotel section combined with the casino. After all, where did honest bankers go after drinking heavy? To some hooker in a hotel room, likely a scantily clad Twi’lek in white silks.

Truth be told the hotel was the closest section with a ‘Smoking’ sign beside ‘Rooms Available’.

“How much for a room?” Zad asked the receptionist.

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[Jericho Trench]

Ord Mantell. A shit box and a half. And five months undercover. Aside from the obvious slaving they did, the casino had been a front for some up and coming street gang known as the Mantell Vipers. A stupid name, for a stupid gang. Who the hell ran prostitution circuts in their own hotel? It took Trench all of two weeks to infiltrate and climb the ladder.

Either way, they claimed to work for the Zaa Fenn, but Trench doubted the Crymorah even knew they existed. So far, Trench needed to discern if Senator Hawthorne knew anything about the casinos ownership or secret menu items. Hopefully not or this whole op could get messy.

And then it did. A familiar face marched it's way past their table and to the hotel side. Zad Ruzed. His former temporary partner. Fuck. It was around that time that one of the bouncers made their way to the table to talk to the gangs leader: Viper. Another creative name, especially for a Trando.

"Viper.. cops are here.. think its about the banker." He would utter the warning and point through the crowd to one Mando, then point to one other Mando at the bar and his eyes scanned for the third.

Trench hoped that the fact the Casino was an insulated front meant that its connection to the other Ranger (who he didn't recognize), was unknown. Even to most of the employees, after all, they had an unaffiliated manager, which was probably the biggest question Trench couldn't answer: who was behind the MV? "Which Banker, dumbass?" The undercover ranger asked, hopefully sparing Zad a point out.

"Uhh.. Maifus." He would reply.

"Ah, kriff." Viper started. "Get Maifusss and let'sss get ready to get him out. Dissscreetly." Damn, three whole syllables. That must have hurt.

The bouncer would return to the door and Trench and the motley crue of defunct social rejects would begin to scatter. After all, how discreet could a Barabel, a Trando, two wookies, and three Zabrak be? That wasn't counting the other dozen or so humans in the gang working tonight.

Trench would then make his way over to the hotel counter and glare at the desk worker, who immediately retreated to the back. If Zad looked, the only thing that would be the same, was the jacket. These idiots were into face tattoos and grills and so Trench had fakes of both. "You're in the wrong sector, playboy." He mused to Zad with a grin. "You and your boys are about to ruin a five month op."

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[Adenn Rytt]

"Big party on The Move."
I said gulping down my last Bit of Whiskey. The Goamt wookies and trandos were hard to miss The Twi I had been chatting up giggled;
"Oh zose are zee... Ordell snakes... or whatevar... Zey run zis Hotel."
That nearly made me shit my underarmor. Somebody got wise. I grabbed my Comm;
"Hey boys, The quarry is getting ready to move I think. His boys are stirred up. I think they might know someone's her to collect money bags. Look out for a pair of wookies."
I got up to To leave and tipped my tender, she had a look of sheer despair on her face when she saw what she had done.
"Zey'll kill me for zis"
I couldn't help but agree, .I tossed her a holodisk,
"That's Directions to a ship. When the blasting starts head there.. Knock on the gangway, 4 times and let the Kid know Adenn sent you."
I began to follow the Group, quietly.
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[Akalenedat]

Akalenedat was surprised to hear how fast everything was going. Adenn and Zad seemed to spook a couple of Black Sun's operatives that Kell had never heard of before, but kept on their tail nonetheless. These thugs were no match for Kell's abilities as a warrior- especially now that he was with four more fellow warriors.

"Keep on their tail. Tell the new guy that I sincerely apologize to what I'm about to do to his reptilian friend." Kell said into the coms, gaining ever so slightly on the group. The Ranger took evasive action, taking an abrupt turn so he could speed walk to further flank them. This led to Kell being able to cut off the Trandoshan, which he rushed into a full sprint, tackling the lizard into the ground before keeping one foot on the lizard's jugular so he could draw his EE-3 that was slung over his shoulder, firing a three shot burst into the Barabel's chest.

Viper tried drawing his own blaster pistol on the Mando who had him pinned, but thanks to Akalenedat's Lucky-Gut-Instinct he was able to react fast enough to shoot the lizard's forearm, rendering it useless. Viper only gurgled, however, when he tried to scream as Kell's armored boot was still pressing against his throat.

"Everyone out! Now!" He bellowed to the crowds of people who were all dead silent in shcok. They rushed in huge crowds to get out of the Casino. Maifus's bodyguards would now stand out like a bunch of sore thumbs, trying to fight the crowd heading into the opposite direction of the mob.

"I have the Tandoshan ready for interrogation. If you lose the other three, we have the lizard." Kell said into his com, keeping his rifle trained on the Trandoshan's head incase he tried anything funny.

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[Zad Ruzed]

Spoiler: Music OOC

Zad spent his time at the receptionist desk waiting on a room to be provided so he could go smoke and smoke out one Maifus. While he waited on the clerk he was able to scope out the vicinity but watched the holovision instead. Sports. Surprise, surprise.

“Playboy” was spoken out of nowhere and, naturally, Zad assumed someone was calling him. Jericho Trench. In the flesh. Just not quite as fly as Zad Ruzed.

“Five month op, huh?” The bigger Ranger of the two looked about the greater environment that was open space beside the hotel. “Not bad. If I was on op that long I’d pick a casino too.”

He almost lifted his hand just then as though a glass of whiskey was in it, frowning. Eh I’ll just drink in my room I guess…soon as receptionist hurries up.

Just then, Adenn came over Zad’s earpiece embedded behind the earlobe so as to be undetected, but apparently everyone already was. Ah, sugar. Guess I’ma have to postpone that drink and that smoke after all.

Hearing loud and clear Akal’s possession of the Trandoshan, Zad slapped a hand on Trench’s (@Rhogar) shoulder, spun him around to face the enemy with a blaster of his own, and planted his elbow on said shoulder. Finger squeezed trigger. A Human dropped to the floor like a sack of balls before his own finger could squeeze.

“Thanks, pardner,” Zad relayed to Trench before darting away to take cover behind a pillar. It splintered as blaster fire rained toward it. No matter, the Ranger had his own blaster cradled against said pillar.

-VWOOM!-VWOOM!-VWOOM!-

A little rusty, he dropped two more goons while the third charged toward Adenn (@Timmen) wielding a scatterblaster and a tongue that said ‘something something dirty Mandalorian!’

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[Adenn Rytt]

Call came in over the comms
"I have the Tandoshan ready for interrogation. If you lose the other three, we have the lizard."
in the screaming and shouting of the Crowd I saw Miss red Run out the door
atta girl
I thought. I began to make my way to my Packmate when I heard the hiss of A trando.
"Ne melyaso keer'amor gar , Dirty Mando!"
the worst Mando'a I had ever Heard. He Drew his Scatter gun, Aimed and
*click*
he kept momentum
*Click*
He pumped again and screamed, UgoI Fired my Grapple at him, it wrapped around his torso and pulled him off his feet, he fell forward. His Shotgun pointed towards me as he squeezed off the trigger
"BANG"
His head exploded as it descended over the muzzle, sending shrapnel skull fragments, blood and Slugs my way, shredding my Armor weave. I felt a hard smack as a white Wookiee Rung my bell and followed up with a right hook that knocked the air right out of me. He growled as he picked me up and gave me a toss utterly destroying my Grapple launcher. I hit a slot machine with tremendous force. I scrambled to my feet and saw 300 lbs of flesh headed my way, ryyk blade in hand. I Drew My beskad just as the thing brought the blade down. I rolled and sliced a Leg, the Achilles tendon snapping as I did.
"SMACK"
again on the floor.. then a kick
"SNAP"
I heard a break and a tremendous pain emanated from my chest as my ribs finally broke from a kick. I could tell he broke his foot too. I slammed my fist into it and he smacked me again. My helmet finally flying off and cracking my jaw. I Brought my blade up and Swung across his chest, blood oozed from it.
He wrapped his hand around my neck and brought me up to slice my head up. I brought the grimscar up as quickly as possible and we met one another's neck at the same time.. our eyes locked for a moment and he released me. Giving me a bow of the head before Falling on his ass.

"you guys g get thar fucker. I'm gon rest here a sec."
I spat through gritted teeth. I felt like I lost a Fight with a fucking boulder.

 

[Jericho Trench]

The Barabel would laugh as it continued to charge, its thick scales heavily resistant to blasters. As Aka chimed into the others, the Barabel would wrap his arms around the Mando and lift him heavenwards before slamming him back down onto the ground, before stepping between the Mando and the Trando.

Viper himself, would roll away, disappearing into the crowd with some of his goons. Trench couldn't hear any of Aka's callouts, but what he would have known was that there were farm more than just a handful. And now the dozen or so humans were rushing in, one with a repeater would open fire on Rytt, while another group headed for Zad.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. As Zad turned Jericho, he would pull his own peacemaker, dropping to a knee to shoot a human goon in the man bits. More on the way. He would dive behind a table, popping up from cover with his second peacemaker. "Ruz! Maifus with that group!" He would shout out as he pushed left. Growling he would pistol whip one of the humans. "Get some!" The man would curse, the look of betrayal on his face portraying the very thing he lacked the words to communicate. "Thats right partnah, I'm Sector Ranger!" His second peacemaker leveled to his chest and he fired, blowing a quick and steaming crater through him.

The group pushing on Zad would launch a few thermal detonators at the Ranger behind cover, while another would launch one into the crowd of people, the resulting blast sending a group of patrons flying.

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[Akalenedat]

Kell's Lucky-Gut-Instinct buzzed, but it was too late for the Ranger to react. The Barabel grabbed him and threw him off of Viper, snarling and gnashing it's nasty teeth.

<"You want to dance, hot stuff?"> Kell grumbled in his native language as he picked himself up, unclipped his grenade launcher, and squeezed the trigger all in one motion, lobbing an explosive spiked-slug directly into the Barabel's chest. The beast went flying a few feet until it smacked right into a slot machine, breaking it's motors so it began spewing credits all over the defeated lizard.

When Kell realized the Trandoshan was gone, he cursed under his breath while he tried to reassess the situation.

Adenn was down, so that was Kell's first priority. Akalenedat bolted towards the other Mando, a few thugs firing at him with poor aim. He slid on his knees, which allowed for some extra slot machines to take the blaster bolts instead, and wrapped an arm behind Adenn's back using his armpit to get him up and began carrying Rytt to a better vantage point for the Mando to gather himself a little easier.

"We are not finished with them yet!" Cried the sterling Mandalorian as he set Adenn down to flip over a poker table for added cover. "Zad, take your friend with you and follow the others. I'll stay behind with Adenn. If he thinks he's ready, we'll flank Maifus if these idiots lead us to him." Kell said as he peered around the corner of the poker table-turned-shield and found a the Trandoshan getting away with an albino Wookiee by the looks of it. A blaster bolt nearly caught Kell's head, so he flinched back behind cover, reloading his grenade launcher.

<"Rytt, these mongrels are soldiers- so we can't fight them like soldiers, as they'll expect it."> Kell exclaimed to his companion. <"So, the only way to beast them is through..."> Kell got up to his feet and lobbed another explosive slug right into a duo of Weequay who had been acting as cover fire for the other retreating members. Akalenedat jumped and slid over a slot machine, firing another slug towards the albino Wookiee that had rendered Adenn, quickly stowing his crude weapon so he could draw his EE-3. He rushed another thug trying to get a cheap shot out of Zad and Jericho, shoulder bashing the mongrel in the face before shooting the downed thug in the face before blasting away at the rest of the retreating group like ferocious force of nature.

"SUICIDAL INSANITY!! HAA HAAAAAA!" Kell bellowed as he continued with his assault, trying to open a hole for Zad and Jericho to get after the group to find Maifus.

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[Adenn Rytt]

"SUICIDAL INSANITY!! HAA HAAAAAA!"
The Mando shouted, firing at the retreating foes. It seemed like he'd cracked his helmet but I was impressed by his Fighting spirit. I pulled myself up and went to retrieve my Helmet.I bent over and was shot with pain from my Chest, my ribs were not in the mood to bend but they had no choice. I examined the Helmet for damage. There was nothing serious but on the side of the face plate had 5 marks in it. In his Rage, the wookiee had used his claws and could have easily taken my face off. I thought of the fact that he had let me live and reflected for a moment on the mauling. I had never been more grateful to have been wearing a helmet. I returned the Bucket to its rightful place, the pain from my jaw was excruciating but the job was the job. I had signed up for it and I was gonna finish it.
"We need to get moving and help the others."
I said, having finally caught my tepid breath.

 

[Zad Ruzed]

Spoiler: Music OOC

-VWOOM!-VWOOM!-

The TM-357 handgun that was the Ranger’s Proposition coughed toward a pair of Humans gunning for the wrong team. For that crime they were both greeted with a crater in their skull. “On it!” Zad relayed to Trench, spotting a group of three Zabraks and some Humans backing them up.

Coming my way. Come on, chumps. That made things easier since Zad was in no shape to run these days. Gripping both hands on handle for line ‘em up and knock ‘em down, he wouldn’t get the chance. “Oh shit,” the Ranger exclaimed at the sight of grenades.

Out of shape or not, Zad dove from his favorite pillar right before it blew up, shattering duracrete and scattering flecks of gold. He found new cover behind the hotel reception desk, hearing screams. It wasn’t from the receptionist, she too terrified to move even her mouth, but from the casino at large as the dying prepared to join the dead.

Sons of bitches! Murdering mother— A bolt whizzed by Zad’s head just then, some thug trying to get a cheap shot. They missed. No…they didn’t. The receptionist was now motionless on account of having a hole in her head. Damn it.

Wasting no more time, Ruz rose and the hell of his handgun rose with him. Team Ranger had helped create an opening and this Ranger went for it. Sliding over the desk, he caught the next detonator that came his way and threw it back.

The Zabraks looked at each other, threw their Human counterparts forward and took off running. After the explosion that took out the ceiling and the goons immediately beneath it instead of patrons, Zad gave chase. “Zabrak tangos at three o’clock! Ranger Ruzed in pursuit!” And hell’s coming with me!

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[Jericho Trench]

Trench watched in horror as bad went worse. Civilian casualties. These Rangers had botched it by immediately opening fire in a crowded Casino.

With the Trandoshan successfully gone and some of the gangs other warriors departing, there only remained a few enemies, save Maifus' security detail. Several explosions would sound outside the casino, likely any speeders to give pursuit.. or worse, more civilians. The sound of police sirens could be heard approaching the the casino.

"Zad! I'm going for civvies! You got this?!" He would shout over the blasterfire, before breaking from cover. Two humans had primed thermals and as one went to throw, Trench would shoot at his hand, the bolt hitting the detonator and exploding, killing the pair and destroying some of the machines around them. The blast would even throw Trench into a pair of slots and he cursed as metallic debris punched into his shoulder.

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[Akalenedat]

This whole mission was going to shit and Akalenedat was not going to have it!

The ongoing situation made it appear that Kell was to go after Maifus to assist Zad. So that was exactly what he did. While Trench admirably went to defend the civilians, maybe Adenn would find the strength in him to do something as well. But Kell had no time to worry about them- their prize was getting away!

Kell rushed onward, holstering his grenade launcher. A Zabrak dared to get in the way of Akalenedat, attempting to tackle the larger opponent, but to no avail as Kell was far more adept in close quarters combat than most others of the galaxy. Kell led with his shoulder, which bashed the Zabrak's face, stopping his tackle so he flailed back onto the ground. Another Zabrak opened fire on Kell as he neared the doorway that would soon lead to Maifus' capture. The Mandalorian took every shot, whether it hit his armor or his flesh as adrenaline and Kad were pushing him forward like a fraight train.

The Zabrak flew through the dry wall after Kell made contact, out cold as stone. The Ranger roared like a mighty lion before pressing forward into the hallway of enemies, battering heads together, breaking ribs and puncturing lungs, breaking noses and dislocating shoulders until all that remained was the same Trandoshan from before who was attempting to flee into a very slowly arriving elevator.

Kell huffed and puffed as he slowly made his way over to the Trandoshan he now began begging Kell not to kill him.

"Oh, my dear friend, I will not kill you- but I believe your stay in the hospital will be close to permanent." Kell chuckled as he punched the lizard in the throat. "Where is Maifus?!" Another blow to the gut. "Where is he hiding?! Tell me now, you damn lizard!!" Kell began beating the lizard until finally, he wanted to speak.

"His...His off...off-" With a deafening crack from the blow to the head, Kell watched as the Lizard went limp, drooling on the floor. Rakko was probably getting rid of whatever evidence would lead to his rest and trying to play off this assault to get the Sector Ranger in trouble. What a clever Falleen, hiding in his office like a coward to clean up his own mess.

"Listen up, men! Maifus is hiding in his office on the second floor! You'll catch him trying to get rid of any paper work that can be used against him in court. The idiot is going to try and frame us if we don't catch him!" But Akalenedat's injuries finally caught up to him.

Kell sighed as he put his back to the wall, and slid slowly to a sitting position. He had been knifed and shot a couple place where his armor couldn't protect him and they all screamed and burned with sharp or aching burning pain. Come...on! Kell heaved himself to his feet, bitterly groaning as he limped to the elevator that finally arrived with a light ding. He was in no condition to keep fighting- but if his sacrifice meant the lives of the people on Ord Mantell would be safer, then it was absolutely worth it.

I am not finished! And those four words would haunt every corner of the galaxy as long as Kell Rook-Vizsla was still breathing.

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