War Games

He'd heard that there was a party and being the kind of kid, who had been heavily deprived of such things in his youth. Viladous was always game. He had asked to join a member of Clan Kelborn on their mission, apparently there was a number of elite soldiers who needed that title put to the test. Who better than the Mandalorians to do such a thing. He was also hoping, that this "elite soldiers" might be packing some interesting tech, something that Viladous became seriously lacking in during his years of hookers, booze and being a hired gun.

He was back now though, and he needed to play catch up. Wearing his Berserker Armour, he performed his functions tests on the weaponry at his disposal. His blaster pistols comfortably holstered, his rifle slung across his back and his Beskad sheathed he would follow Parek as they moved across the terrain to their objective.

He kept low and behind cover, his movements silent as they could be. He awaited the quick battle orders that might come his way shortly. For now, he would defer to Parek's experience and let him get the lay of the land. Tactically positioning himself to check threats coming from behind them, as well as maintaining visual on their left and right of arc, he charged his rifle and waited.

@Faster Than Light

Another day another excerise for these men or so they would likely think. Revy was scoping area through the sights of A10 sniper. The enhanced gravity of the world might actually benefit longer range engagements as it would be harder and more exhausting to evade. Though she knew that things were always liable to get up close and dirty. She been a bit shaken by the mess that Atlas turned into so having a chance for some simple fights crushing a bunch of trained soldiers sounded like a perfect way to get back up to speed with combat.

Wait for the governor, crash the exercise, kick ass and take names. Mandalorians were especially well equipped for doing this. Though still things were looking to already be too easy. They were only 50 meters away and yet the 'elite forces' still didn't have any clue that they were about to be having a bad day. Still she was looking forward to battle and getting to know here two compatriots. Parek was a battle hardened veteran... Hell Revy was wondering with all the accomplishments he had to his name why he wasn't a field marshall or supercommando already. Though some are just fine with being foot soldiers. Viladous from her understanding had a similar past to Revy. Having decided to stand by the way side for most of the war with Mandalore being the tipping point. Truth be told revy was ill experienced with these types of intense engagements so she would let Parek take the lead and follow his example.

The Mandalorian heard Parek's question. Doing a quick weapons and function check she would then flick off the safety to her A10 as it made a soft humming noise ready to party. "Lead the way." She responded ready to dive into the fireworks. Waiting at the rock formation.

@Faster Than Light @Tsunami

Viladous remained looking to the rear of the groups position. They didn't need more than one good shot landing on this guy, and so he got ready to jump into the fight that was about to ensue. His weapon was ready to reign fire down upon the enemy and he was glad that he was once again, fighting alongside Mandalorians.

"I'm gagging for the fight, Light him up." Viladous said, looking briefly back at the Mandalorian with the Sniper.

As soon as the shot was taken, he would turn on his heel and follow the others down into the void, using his Jump Boots to slow his landing and roll into suitable cover.

@Caught in Strangereal

The shuttle came down and their prey was deposited. It really was so easy as she took the time to track his movements greeting people and acting important. Just another part of the Empire that was about to learn why you don't assume the Mandalorians are down and out. Slowing her breathing and centering her aim squarely on his chest. She heard the steady question of Parek.

"Yes" Followed by Parek giving a simple command.

The quiet serene air crackled to life as a bolt of plasma shot through and impacted dead center on the governor's chest. He spun and dropped to the ground and then chaos could now properly ensue. There was a quick follow up shot into his unarmored arm just to make sure that he wasn't going to be getting out of this battle unscathed. The bleed through and internal bleeding should be enough to end his life. Revy would remain at the rock formation as she then used the position to provide covering fire for Parek and Viladous.

The game was on and the imperials would hunted swiftly and efficiently at this rate. Revy would hope she would get a good fight out of this encounter. The Mandalorian had been fixing for one ever since Leandros' speech.

Imperial troops of good quality was sorely needed these days. And who better to oversee some wargames and training than a Sith Lord?

Darth Kados stuck to the side lines, merely observing from his spot as the troops went about their business. A governor was also supposed to meet with him and the other officers on the planet. But all the while he could feel a presence very close to the field. He started to scan the area, drawing the force through him and keeping his senses open. It didn't take him long to find the Mandalorians hiding 50 meters away behind some rocks. Their armour was a bit of a stark contrast compared to the rest of the terrain and their eagerness to fight betrayed their presence in the Force.

The shot rang out, but the governor suddenly fell out of the way to the side thanks to a simple force push from Kados. The bolt merely hit the ground harmlessly. "Oh, how the mighty Mandalorians cower behind rocks!" he shouted, taking his joined lightsabers in his left hand. "I quiver with fear!" he roared. He didn't need the force to boost his voice. It carried over to them just fine enough to hear.

"Now fight like true warriors, you Dar'manda cowards!" he continued to mock them, calling them out. He was ready for them. The force was building in him and his sense were open to any surprises. At this range, there wasn't much they could do to him. He and his companion were itching for a fight.

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@Nefieslab

Ilyra hadn't really been doing much with herself in the last few months and she had decided she needed to get out and shake the rust off of herself. Most of her time she was a pilot but sometimes she had to get a reminder that she was a Sith and that meant she was meant for the ground and pound too!

The Mandalorians were a little bit further away than she would usually have liked - they were approximately 50 meters away based on the fact that only one of them had taken a shot with their rifle. The others might have pistols she supposed.

Her lightsaber was ignited in her right hand as she faced the shooters, with the Force swirling to obey her call.

Unlike Kados she said nothing.

Seriously - you could be a Sith without being a braggart.

@KinkyPrawn
@Faster Than Light @Caught in Strangereal @Tsunami

What an interesting surprise that their dramatic entrance would be ruined by... another gobby and slightly cliché Sith team up. He found it ironic that the Sith doing all the talking was speaking about fighting like a warrior, while being 50 meters away. Showing no interest in taking the fight to the Mandalorian's that had crashed the party.

"Big words, just be glad your skin is red. You ain't going to notice the spanking we about to put down on your arse." As he said this, he brought his weapon to his shoulder, popping up and taking a confident aim on the mouthy Sith Lord. He was ready to put some rounds down field and cover his comrades as soon as they were ready, but he was not going to fire just yet... For the moment, his actions would be reactive, just as ready to go on the defensive as he was to go on the offensive.

"Hmph" he mumbled out loud, a smirk hidden behind his helmet had begun to show. He was ready, for anything that was about to come his way, confident that he and his Mandalorian Brethren could handle whatever they faced.

@KinkyPrawn @Faster Than Light @Caught in Strangereal @Nefieslab

Revy was frustrated to say the least that an other wise good shot went to waste. Seemed like there were indeed Sith her to play. Good. She been wanting to shed some blood and she had been given the opportunity to get herself some primo Darth blood it seemed. Perfect. What did get on her nerves was the mouth on the idiot who seemed to think that a bunch of soldiers raised for war from the womb would be sensitive to such childish name calling. She took the opportunity readjust her aim and fire two bolts straight the Pureblood's mid section. She fired the second he finished his stupid taunt.

Seeing that Viladous had their backs and was preparing to offer them covering fire she made a dash for the green accomplice. She dropped her A10 with it still being attached to her person via a sling. She took out two quickdraws and fired 2 shots from each pistol at the miraluka once she got within range. A total of 8 bolts would now be propelled at the general direction Ilyra.

The cathar was now preparing herself for whatever moves the dastardly Sith were concocting.

@KinkyPrawn @Faster Than Light @Tsunami @Nefieslab

Whatever the Mandalorians had planned, Mid was failing to see it.

Two shots were fired at him, hardly a threat. He deflected the shots effortlessly right at the overconfident grunt (@Tsunami), intent on hitting his chest and gut while he's still babbling away and getting ready to fire.

Next was the overgrown chicken. Mid moved to the left, putting the Rishii (@Faster Than Light) between him and the grunt. As the Rishii charged, Mid was ready for him. His lightsaber, with the top blade ignited in his left hand, would deflect any bolts coming at him. His right hand was manipulating the force, calling upon the Dark Side. His right hand stretched out as soon as the Rishii hit 30 meters, a powerful torrent of force lightning leaping forth with terrifying and immense speed from his long black nails. The blast would be drawn to the Rishii's armour and would ensure to inflict as much pain as possible. It wouldn't kill him, the warrior was too powerful for that right now. But it would serve to fry every nerve in his body and probably stop him in his tracks, most certainly exhaust him. He was ready to take into account any attempt at dodging that the Rishii might try. If something happened, he would be ready to cut the lightning and react.

The Cathar (@Caught in Strangereal) seemed to take a liking to Ilyra (@Nefieslab). Mid had faith in her. Naturally he would help if needed. But for now she seemed to have it under control.

All the while his senses were open. Any surprise attacks he would see coming. His lightsaber was ever ready to defend while he used the force to bring about damnation upon the heretics.

Ilyra didn't have much patience for speeches and the like either but that was alright - it seemed that the Mandalorians didn't either. Rather than spending their time with a counter speech or something equally as innane, they leapt into action. Ilyra was of the same mind as her Mandalorian enemies on this ocassion and charged forwards as Revora was firing on Kados.

He was a big boy, he probably had that and she needed to eat up some of that distance between herself and the cat-woman mando she was targetting!

As she moved forwards at speed, her lightsaber was still in her right hand ready to defend herself. By the time that Revora turned to charge her with her pistols, Ilyra was already much closer, having crossed twenty of the fifty meters between them. Seeing the Mandalorian drawing both pistols as she began her charge, Ilyra brought her lightsaber up to defend herself as she moved forwards. Thankfully it seemed none of them were very carefully aimed due to the charge and the guns-akimbo approach, which meant that Ilyra was able to block the first four shots even as they crossed the distance between each other, although she was not skilled enough to angle the blasts at the Mandalorian so much as just "at the ground to the sides" so she didn't get hit.

During Revora's attack however, Ilyra attacked for the first time as they cut the distance down to within fifteen meters of each other. Using a Force Pull on Revora's foot when she was in mid-stride (so only one foot on the ground), she pulled Revora's foot upwards. With no feet on the ground, Revora would pinwheel backwards, causing the remaining four shots to scatter harmlessly into the sky. Even if the effect was less than what she hoped for, it would still distract and disorientate the woman enough for the shots to be too sloppy to hit.

With the Mandalorian woman ensnared and falling (or flailing), Ilyra would finish crossing the distance. If she was still upright it would be with a Force Pull to the helmet to pull Revora off balance and mess with her aim before a sweeping slash of her lightsaber to take off the cat-woman's right hand. If she had fallen, as Ilyra had intended, she would instead sweep her lightsaber from right to left earlier and aim to cut Revora off at the knees, with her lightsaber still between her body and Revora's own in case she needed to block some desperate blaster bolts.

Throughout this she was keeping her senses stretched out and keeping the third mando (tsunami) in her line of sight now slightly behind Revora.

@KinkyPrawn
@Faster Than Light @Tsunami @Caught in Strangereal

Viladous was lucky that he was at such a range that the deflected blaster bolt travel time would not be too hard to dodge, however the clever positioning of the Sith meant that he had put Birdmando in the way of any more shots being fired.

His dodge of the blaster bolts became that of a straifing run, his body still angled towards the Sith Lord, his rifle leveled and a good awareness of the on going battle around him.

Viladous' mind ticked over as he too watched the Sith Lord raise his hand towards Birdmando. It was not going to be the Sith's day it seemed. Birdmando had taken flight his shots hurling towards the Sith's Chest and Viladous' blaster fire would meet them in the upper torso also! As his straife angled him onto the opposite side from the opponent lightsaber he would slow his straife down, his distance having closed on his opponent considerably which would only help his accuracy as he let off two of his own shots from his blaster rifle. (20m)

The Sith Lord would now be at a loss, unable to defend on multiple fronts and his commitment to such a powerful force move so early on crippling his defence, the blaster fire would undoubtedly rain true, greviously wounding him and rendering at Birdmando's mercy.

His eyes would instantly peel up from his sight as the blaster fire was sent on its way, taking a quick glance towards the other fight before looking back to see his good work. In this time Viladous was calm and collective, his movements continuing and his body ready to respond to any threat either to himself ,or his comrades.

@Faster Than Light @Nefieslab @KinkyPrawn @Caught in Strangereal

Revora was confident in the teamwork of her Mandalorian allies to take on the Darth, so she had this green miscreant all to herself. The miralurka was closing the distance resulting in them being much closer than the Cathar intended though that would just make things more exciting really. Seeing The Miralurka close she would begin to slow her run and when she hurled the first volley of blaster bolts towards her she felt something tug at her foot. Losing her balance enough to stop her as she quickly got into a kneeling position. It wasn't enough to send her tumbling. Always had to resort to petty tricks these sith.

Realizing what was happening Revora tensed her body to make it more resistant to any sudden pulls or pushes. Still she now had some stupid green twit charging at her getting ready to strike. Just before she could get her aim up she felt a tug on her helmet. she was initially resisting it but seeing the way the acolyte's blade was position she decided to use the bit of force to aid her in performing a roll 45 degrees to her right(Illyra's left) moving in closer the miralalan. By moving inwards hoping that the upward swing would rise above her body she would evade the strike via passing underneath the blade. After the roll she would quickly stand up and turn towards the Sith firing off a single burst from her left quickdraw at near pointblank range at the exposed side of the Sith. Aiming at her lower abdomen so her second shot would recoil up to her upper side.

Now she had to wait and see if she could reap what she sowed.

@Faster Than Light @KinkyPrawn @Tsunami

Well the cat-woman was more dexterous than she would have thought but in the end she didn't think it would really matter. How dexterous could you really be when covered in armour after all? The first part of her attack didn't go as planned but that was fine because the second part unfolded very well for her.

The Mandalorian avoided her upwards sweeping strike - by rolling closer to her. This meant that she was now underneath her blade, which had only raised to mid-torso level.

Part of the problem with rolling is that you need to take your eyes off of your opponent and you focus entirely on the motion to roll. With her enemy rolling to her left and her blade held up at mid-torso height, Ilyra turned on her heel as her enemy was in the middle of her roll and struck down with her lightsaber just as she was coming to a stop.

With no warning of the attack, no line of sight on Ilyra and being so close, Ilyra's blade would pass down towards Revora's torso before she could even pop up out of the roll, let alone before she could raise her pistol and fire. Unfortunately for the cat-woman, an armoured woman rolling under her lightsaber blade was just too good of a target to pass up, even if she had been aiming for a capture to begin with.

With the Mandalorian cat-woman defeated, Ilyra would bring her blade back up to cover herself as she instead began to advance slowly on the non-bird Mandalorian.

@KinkyPrawn
@Faster Than Light @Tsunami @Caught in Strangereal

As Mid predicted, the Mandalorians would not go down that easily. But that was alright.

The Rishii (@Faster Than Light) fired two shots at him before as he released the lightning. With his lightsaber already at the ready he began deflecting the bolts upwards as a torrent released. Not wanting to have issues, he cut the lightning as he deflected. The Rishii launched into the air and tried to evade but unfortunately it wouldn't be that easy. His jet boots would propel him up...and right in the line of the deflected bolts. The bolts would intercept with his chest as he was still launching into the air, making evading immensely difficult for him. On top of deflecting the bolts, he summoned a Lullaby to his right hand and fired a stun bolt towards the Rishii's torso without losing target. The extremely wide diameter of the stun bolt would make sure that he would have a very hard time avoiding it. He also made sure to lead his target when he fired, though it didn't mean much given his target was well inside Lullaby range at this time. If he didn't figure out a way to react in that microscopic window, the heavy bleed-through would knock him out of the air and he would most likely crash into the ground with two very nice bruises over his chest as well. Mid would be ready to react if the Rishii somehow dodged or countered.

What was very amusing to him was what the Rishii was trying to do. Flying so low he would need to give a few flaps to stay airborne. And with a carbine in one hand and a short sword in the other, seeing an armoured bird flapping away armed to the teeth was a hilarious sight indeed. He would also love to see how the Rishii fired at him without banking right into the ground or into a nearby rock formation.

The grunt(@Tsunami) wasn't an issue. Given the fact that he was running at a slow pace in armour as well as with a rifle in his arms, Mid had all the time in the world. After taking care of the Rishii, Mid would target him as the grunt came running into range without so much as trying to cover his bases. Mid would fire a lethal bolt towards his chest as the grunt came into range and before he could fire his own shots. The leading of his target would cause the bolt to collide and most likely blow the man's right arm off and hurl him into a world of pain and shock. Dodging the attack would also be immensely difficult for the grunt, seeing as the bolt would collide in less than a second. If he somehow managed to avoid the shot, Mid was ready to follow up.

All while this was going on, Mid's senses were open and his lightsaber was still at the ready. If the Rishii tried retaliating, he would be ready. If the grunt somehow actually managed to get out of that situation, he would be ready. And if that cat STILL somehow managed to fight he would be making sure she didn't get up again. He was now properly annoyed with these tin cans.

@Nefieslab @Caught in Strangereal

Viladous really must have been unfit, his body not working and responding to him how he had planned and that had led him into a pretty sticky situation. He watched as his comrade Parek was hit by the brunt of two bolts, perfectly deflected in an upward motion towards the Mandalorians chest. As he watched the Sith draw for his weapon, he was just too committed to running to stop and try and save his comrades life and could do nothing but watch on as the Sith fired what appeared to be a Stun at the Birdmando.

The gun now swung outwardly towards Viladous, something that the Mandalorian had some what predicted as being the next logical move for his opponent. Using his Jump boots he leapt almost feeling the burn of his opponents eye looking down the sight towards him. As the trigger depressed on the enemies blaster, the shot had been sent hurtling towards the path in which the Mandalorian would have been running. It was not quick enough, as he jumped he felt a burning passing through his upper thigh, as the blaster fire seared the flesh upon it as it passed him. The pain was agony and while he had been lucky to keep his leg, it was excruciating.

This man was a dangerous one indeed and the use of the boots meant that Viladous now had no way to close the gap between himself and this Sith Lord at this moment. The only bonus was that he had now crossed the Sith's turning circle, and if Mid wished to fire upon him, he would have to turn to do so - He flew threw the air around seven meters, but the pain meant he could not control his landing. As he landed, he bent his knees into a roll. His left leg buckling under the pressure and the pain causing him to lose control. The speed to carried him round and over, as he went into a tumble, laying on his side, facing the back left side of the Sith Lord. He reached for his pistol, as he screamed internally at his body to MOVE.

Once again his body was responding slowly, as he would have to get himself to his knee, then will himself to get to his feet once again. He could fire, inaccurately at the Sith if needed to react to his turning, but he was fairly committed to this slow slug to his feet for the moment.

@KinkyPrawn @Caught in Strangereal @Faster Than Light @Nefieslab