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“It was a pleasure speaking to you the other day, Aska. As discussed, I’m looking to add a new piece to my collection. I have heard rumours on the dark holo that the armour of Emperor Malon has resurfaced. It is by speculation at most but evidence indicates it may well be on the Sith world of Malheion, located in the Outer Rim. Recover it and return it to me on Serenno and I will see that you are adequately compensated,”


”Fucking Sith and their habits of calling treacherous corners of the galaxy their homes…” Aska complained as her freighter dropped out of hyperspace, a swirling quasar in the distance, belts of asteroids and other space debris swirling around the giant gravitational mass. Despite the danger, however, she could not deny it was a beautiful sight to behold… but she wasn’t here for the view.

Discussions with a Serrenian Noble a few days back had led the clone on what she could only call a history lesson contract. Recovering some ancient and dusty armour wasn’t what she considered to be exciting or worth her time but the credits? Well, they were and it seemed that Wessex had a lot of them. Enough that Aska had decided she should take on a couple sets of extra hands while the others of her group handled the business of getting Klied’s mercenary outfit off the ground.

Covax, of course, she was familiar with and had found was a man she could rely on. It was a no brainer in bringing him on board for this recovery mission. It was the pilot she had recruited that she wasn’t sure of. She knew where her talents lie, and it wasn’t in the pilot’s chair so once she learned of what sort of obstacles would be keeping them from landing on the ancient Sith world, she opted to hire out. Whether or not he was worth the money remained to be seen. Especially if this assignment was going to be bringing them to a forgotten world of the Sith... Memories of her genetic ancestor danced in her mind, memories shown to her from the holocron she had abandoned so long ago, causing the clone to steel herself from anything she may well experience on the surface.

What was further unsettling was that they had no real indication on what had sparked the rumors that Artorigas had heard. Pirates? Possibly. Ancient Sith cult? Much more likely. Then there were the dangerous of Malheion itself. There were no public records of the world to elaborate on what they could reasonably expect. Wessex had given her some idea of what the planet had been to the Sith in eons past but even he could not deliver a detailed assessment. They were essentially going in blind; a fool's errand. But that's what mercenaries were for...

”Malheion should be on the other side of that quasar,” Aska stated as she leaned on the back of the pilot’s chair with both hands, cigarra hanging from her lip. Tapping her fingers in rapid succession, she pushed back to stand straight before taking a long draw from her smoke. ”This is where you show me you’re worth the credits, kid. Get us over there,”



 

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Aska's freighter came out of hyperspace and they were greeted with the wonderful sight of a quasar. He was smiling admiring the view: the supermassive black hole thats devouring the light, the accretion disk, everything. Beautiful, but very deadly. Still, sights like these remind Aden that he's glad to be a spacer, you can't find places as beautiful as this on any given planet. Space truly has an infinite amount of wonders.

Aden heard of this mercenary company and thought he would be a good fit to join. This is an initiation of sorts, unoffically. If he does well, then he might be considered to join. He is interested in that along side the credits as well. Joining with their outfit would mean plenty of work.

But speaking of work, if Aden had to be honest he doesn't recall knowing about this planet called Malheion. Aska sweared at the Sith, so this planet has some sort of connection to them. Aden all knows that they are here to come and retrieve something and it's up to him to get them to planet-side safely. Is it an artifact they are after? Either way a dangerous area of space between them and the Sith world, does give him the creeps slightly.

Anyways, Aden would nod, it's on him to indeed show them out it's done and get them where they need to go. "Yes ma'am" Aden would then accelerate and they would be a go. In such a dangerous area of space, Aden doesn't want to chance anything. One wrong move they could hit debris or an asteroids, or worse get pulled into event horizon of the black hole and die a horrible death being crushed by the black hole's pull.

"Alright, going to skirt us around the danger as much as possible. It will take some time, but this will be safer" he said as the ship would turn and then take off, he is giving the quasar a wide breadth, they would also fly upwards at an angle as well. This ship is slower than what Aden is used to with his U-Wing, but it will do. With this route going around the obstacles, they will get to their destination. It will take longer but there will be less risk. Not like this is a race or anything right?

So now they are off to a good start... Aden would keep a sharp eye out as he's flying, looking out for obstacles.

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Covax was about to light a cigar nearly the same thickness as his thumb, possibly a little bigger. He'd picked up the habit from Aska sadly, as the woman was prone to smoking more then a pack a day it seemed. Sitting in the co-pilots chair, for no particular need or reason, he was about to try out his new lightsaber torch when the freighter dropped out of hyperspace.

"Wow!" he murmured around the log sized smoke in his mouth. Then went back to lighting it, taking a long pull to draw the flame in. Then turning the torch off, he put the lighter in his belt with one hand while taking the cigar from his mouth to bellow a small pillar of smoke above his head. "I'm more curious why rich fuckers keep sending us out to the ass end of the void for shit that didn't belong to them in the first place."

Covax would then glance over at the new guy. Some hot shot ace pilot that Aska believed might work out. Like his clone companion, Covax had little business flying more then his own boat, and even then Washbolt did most of the actual work. So if this dude was as good as advertised, they might need him for another job sooner rather then later. Assuming they lived long enough.

The towering merc took another pull from his cigar and snort laughted at Aden as he confirmed Aska's orders. "Did...did you just...Ha. Ma'am." He laughed, and blew another pillar. "Where the hell did you find this guy, I think I have underwear that's seen more action."

Covax stood then and made his way to the out of the bridge area. He could care less about the rest of the flight. It was all just...more space. So let the pilot do his thing. He was going to find coffee.

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Chuckling in response to Covax’ added comments, she couldn’t help but agree. The poor were almost always happy with the little they had, but the rich? Money bought just about anything, greed included. Still, if they were paying the bills then Aska wouldn’t complain too much.

As Aden pushed the freighter around the quasar, his response to her directions had earned a smirk from the clone. People who referred to her as such were usually pleading for their lives, begging for mercy. This situation was a first... and she liked it.

”I can smell your underwear from here Shane, so you’re probably right. Why don’t you go change and let the rookie do what we paid him to do, yea? Maybe stop off in the refresher and flush your drawers,” she added with a smirk, patting the merc on the shoulder as he passed by before setting herself down in the co-pilot’s chair. Reaching back behind her right shoulder, the clone flicked the switch to activate the air scrubbers to further tease Covax as he departed.

”Good call, kid. Last thing I want is for us to get torn to shreds in the gravity of that hole,” Aska added as she turned back to the view port, watching the quasar in the distance. Malheion was still hidden behind the ebbing celestial object but the hairs standing on the back of her neck told her that it wouldn’t take long before they’d be seeing her surface. Drawing on her cigarra, Aska blew the smoke upwards to keep from obscuring the pilot’s view though after both her and Covax smoking in the cockpit, it was perhaps too late for that.

”You ever done anything like this before, flyboy?” Aska requested of Aden as she admired the swirling mass before them. It was mostly in an effort to make small talk, pass the time. Still, if he was green then she knew that they’d need to keep a close eye on him. After all, if they needed Aden to get to Malheion, they’d need him to get off. ”From what little info I’ve gotten, this planet sounds like it’s a living nightmare. If you want to stay on the ship, I’ll understand,” she added finally, looking to the kid as he danced the freighter around space debris. She wasn’t sure if he’d take her up on the offer but she felt it was a sound one.

 

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It was interesting to know that this mercenary company apparently keeps gettings jobs to go out to ends of the galaxy for all sorts of jobs. 'Rich fuckers' the other mercenary said. Both of those are very reassuring. Job security would be nice if Aden did sign up with this company. Aden did chuckle at Corvax trying to tease him, even as he was trying to concentrate on flying them through the hazardous course and he was grinning when Aska shut him down.

"Steady as she goes..." Aden muttered to himself, as all is fine for now as they are trying to work their way around the hazards. Anyways, with them being safe, he could afford some small talk for their leader. When asked if he's did anything like this, he would then reply "I've been through quite a bit of asteroid fields. They are quite fun." To fly through them is pretty thrilling, They are pretty much obstacle courses but instead of doing it on foot you are doing it in a ship and you can crash your ship and have a much higher chances of dying if something goes wrong. Aden's expression would become more serious. "Been around a black hole before as well, I know to be wary of them" he said. Black Holes or any like, Aden has been taught not to trifle with. He won't leave the mission to chance either with them two aboard, so he is choosing to play it safe.

As for whether he would like to go on-foot planet-side or not, he would answer. "I'm okay one way or another, if it helps our chances of the job being complete I'll go with" he responded, resisting saying 'ma'am' again as to not invite more jokes from Covax. Anyways, If the planet is a living nightmare as she said, then they might need all the help they can afford. Otherwise, Aden would watch the ship and provide support if he can. Aden is a trained gunman as well and did bring his personal weapons and some other equipment as usual just in case.

Before too long some there were carcasses of relatively recent-ish vessels up ahead. He couldn't make out the make and model but they look like pieces of a larger freighter. "That broken vessel we passed didn't look like it was here that long" he said inquisitively. Isn't this system supposed to be have been forgotten? He wonders if it's another potential treasure seeker who didn't make it.... Hmmm

The ship would about to pass by a large, solitary asteroid. A decently big one, twelve times larger than the ship they are flying right now. But not long after passing it, the people aboard the large freighter would hear a loud roar echoing even though space. "Wait what was that?" he exclaimed. "Someone might need to get to the turret and see what that is" It was obviously some sort of beast. A space-borne alien. Didn't sound like mynocks.

A Miner's Horror would be in pursuit of the mercenary freighter. Not just any Miner's Horror, but one that's twice the size of the freighter.

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Down the hall the towering merc managed to find the modest galley. Who was he kidding, it was bigger then the tiny one on the old bus. In fact the whole damn ship was nicer. But that didn't bother him. The only bird was home. It was Eva's and there for enough for him, more then enough. Besides, he could put money into the galley. If he really wanted.

He push the sad thoughts down again. Putting the cigar in his mouth to take a small pull as his hands worked the coffee machine. "Oh got some fancy shit from Naboo." He commented as he put the pod in the machine. As the black liquid gold started brew, Covax fumbled around the storage for a cup. Finding a sizable one in a cubby marked "Aska's"

Sliding the cup into place he started to fill the cup with the steaming hod liquid, "Mmm.." he said as he sniffed the air. The cup nearly ready the merc was about to salivate. Then the proximity alarm went off. "Damn it. Are we crashing? If this dude crashes I get his cut." Covax shouted.

Then his friendly voice came over the overhead coms. "Are you kidding me." The merc growled as he left the cup and went to the turret atop the ship. "What tha fuck..." He said to himself before Punching the link the the bridge. "Punch it fly boy...we're about to be dinner."

Warming up the guns, the move the turret to target the massive creature. Soon as the targeting system gave a lock signal he fired at the...whatever it was. The laser seeming to skim the beast but doing little to stop it. Covax continued to fire wildly now. Hoping to do more damage. Anything to get this thing to break contact.

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The pilot, confident in his talents, eased Aska’s mind enough for her to lean back in the chair and throw her boots up onto the command panel. Taking a drag off her cigarra, she would close her eyes for a moment and allow herself to relax. Missions like these, associated with ancient Sith artifacts, always stirred up emotions she had yet to fully comprehend but had at least learned the truth of their origins. If she wanted to get through this with a clear mind then she knew she needed to ease herself into what lay ahead. Of course, she still had to respond to Aden’s answer to her question. He knew what he was doing behind the controls of a starship; maybe he was just as good with a blaster. Eyes still closed, smirk till playing on the edges of her lips, Aska would speak up.

”Then have your pea shooter ready, kid. Let’s see what you’re really made of,"

“That broken vessel we passed doesn’t look like it’s been here that long,”

Opening her eyes, Aska would see what Aden had referred to. The wreckage of some unfortunate freighter floated in the asteroid field as it was peppered by the floating space rock. Finally pulling her feet back and leaning forward in her chair to try and get a better look at the carnage, she was soon distracted by the reverberations of a menacing and deep roar that was quickly followed by the proximity alarm and the sounds of the turret whirring to life.

”I’ve got a bad feeling about this!” the clone growled as she pulled up the radar of the Night Terror and what she saw caused her jaw to clench. She couldn’t identify the beast by name but scans indicated it was flesh and blood and it was massive. Covax’s efforts from the turret were proving fruitless and while Aden had been able to keep the freighter at bay from the beast’s giant maw, they still had to dance around the asteroids while their pursuer simply pushed through as though they were nothing. If they didn’t act fast, they would soon be dinner for this horror.

Like a shining beacon, a ray of hope, the quasar turned in the distance. Aden had made mention that black holes were something to be wary of, something Aska could not dispute, but it wasn’t a threat to them alone…

”I have an idea! Aden, swing us in closer to that quasar!” Aska barked knowing that she’d likely earned a questioning look from both the pilot and the gunner as she began to rapidly bring the forward medium turrets online. They had more bite than Covax’ turret and while she couldn’t guarantee they’d even scratch their predator’s hide she had faith they would at least sting the sack of shit. ”Get us as close as you can without getting sucked in! Covax!” Aska dually yelled over her shoulder while still coming across through the ships inner comm system. ”We’re gonna dance with this thing, keep it on us until it gets stuck in the gravitational pull! When we need to break free, cut the power to your turret and I’ll redirect all power to the engines!” Turning back to Aden, a look of nervous determination on her face, Aska rolled her shoulders and prepared to start gunning down any asteroids in their path and to lay some fire on the beast if it got ahead of them. ”Here goes nothing!” she groaned.

 

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So taking a closer look at the readings, it is indeed a space-borne creature. Aden knows of mynocks, but he never caught this reading before. He heard blaster fire from the turret coming down upon whatever that thing is, but again according to readings that thing isn't being slown down. The beast would roar again, probably agitated out of being fired upon.

This thing is going to be a problem. But he listened to Aska's idea, at first he twitched an eye at the sound of 'get close to the quasar' but hearing her out some more, it might work. A risky one, but it could work. "Yes ma'am" he replied. Aden would turn the ship around, going to half speed and then making a sharp turn and going full speed ahead. The larger creature might be able to keep sight of the freighter but it isn't as agile, but it would afford some measure of breathing room as the pursuit continues. "Keep shooting at it with the turret to help keep it's attention" he would suggest to Covax. He probably already knows to do so, but still. If they can keep it at the rear and still keep it pursuing them that would be preferred.

Now the fun part is navigating through the tricked of asteroids and debris in order to get to the quasar, there is no avoiding them now. He would sigh beneath his helmet as he would take the ship through there. There were some small-to-medium sized asteroids. The front guns Aska was working on bringing them online could destroy them to help clear the way, otherwise Aden would have to maneuver around them. As the freighter would proceed closer to the quasar, there would be next some large asteroids they need to navigate through. The are large enough to withstand an amount of damage and/or they might split off into more chunks of rock to avoid. The pilot would begin veering and weaving through them, now he would level the ship again.

Aden would look on the sensors to see where their space-borne friend is and how it's doing. "We are closing in on the event horizon" he could tell with the ship's instruments, there was a warning they are approaching it. The spacer would check on the sensors again to see if the beast is still pursuing them. "We ready?" he asked Aska. If not, he would have enough room to turn around, and if so he can proceed.

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"Swing us where ?"
He felt he needed to shout more statement then question, seeing as his clone partner just suggested they fly back toward the black hole. However the giant ship eating beast before him quickly crabbed his attention as is got closer to the ship and started to open wide.

"What?" He also yelled both into the comlink at the turret and over his shoulder. Firing the guns without looking, cause well it really didn't matter if he was aiming at this point. Looking back to the maw of teeth about to eat them as Aska explained his part of the plan."Yeah I don't think that's going to be a problem. " he yelled back again. He continued to fire at the beast as the shipped suddenly dropped, and then turned. Taking Covax's insides with it. Aden then chiming in. "Hey new guy, Fly us into the fuck black hole." He told Aden as redundantly as the pilot sounded in his own ears.

The creature, though slow to turn, had little problem gaining speed toward them after the maneuver. It's head, or rather maw of teeth now slammer into and past asteroids as it once again closed the distance with the freighter. Aden would then give the ready command. Covax put his finger on the emergency kill switch to the turret. "No, but here we go I guess." He said, waiting for the now signal before pressing the button.

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The Night Terror weaved through the asteroids in ways Aska had never seen it perform. Not under her own hands nor that of her droid. Aden had skill, that she could not deny, but that skill would be worth nothing if they either got sucked into the abyss of the quasar or turned into a snack. They hadn’t even caught sight of this ancient Sith world and already her anxieties were running high. If this was a sign of how things were going to go, even if they survived this encounter… Well, it didn’t bode well.

As the freighter swayed in and out of sight of the advancing behemoth, Aska worked the controls of the forward turrets and blasted asteroid after asteroid that crossed their path. Debris peppered the hull, the sounds of the impacts echoing through the ships narrow corridors but soon after both the beast and the asteroids became secondary threats. The groaning of the gravitational pull tugging on the freighter started off softly but it was growing to be deafening by each passing moment.

“We ready?”

“No but here we go I guess…”

Knuckles tight on the triggers, sweat beading across her hairline, Aska wasn’t sure if she could muster the strength to issue the order. If this failed, they were dead. Squeezing her eyes shut and taking a deep breathe, the clone forced herself to let go of the controls of the forward guns before gulping back any last feelings of apprehension. It was now or never. Opening her eyes, she quickly began to shut down any unnecessary systems and looked to Arden, giving him a nervous nod before speaking into the comm system to Covax in the turret.

”Now!”

 

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Looks like the beast is still tailing them, angry, still it's roar echos through space. Even with debris hitting the ship, Aden made sure the ship was still going ever only forward with speed. Aden was in the zone really, he had his focus purely on what's in front of him and his instruments on the ship's dash. He was calm and collected while in the pilots seat, just like the legendary Wedge Antilles. Aden took a deep breath as 'the time' approached.

It's time now

Aden would then pull down on the yoke as hard as hard as he can while reducing the ship's speed to half, this would make it easier to veer upwards, then after that he would go to maximum on the throttle again and his ship would take off at a much faster speed with power be rerouted from non-essential systems.

It was a near perfect maneuver, he really didn't even need Covax to cut power to the turret. The freighter felt the tug of the Black Hole, but it never crossed the event horizon, the vessel would have executed a half loop to get away from the quasar and to fly above the monster.

The the space-borne horror wasn't so lucky. It angry enough it wouldn't stop pursuit and with how the maneuver was executed there was absolute no time it would adjust it's course in time, The Horror would cross the event horizon, and it would then be devoured into the quasar's black hole, roaring all the while until it vanishes into the void.

"And so the devourer became the devoured" Aden quipped as he would level back the ship. Poetic he guesses

WIth that monster dead, all that's left in this system is more asteroids, that can be avoided with proper caution. After a long pause he would ask. "So, where exactly are we headed to on Malheion, some tomb or temple?" They shouldn't have too much further at this point.

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"Now"

Covax pressed the button shutting down all power to the turret. Literally. Fuck now he could see nothing. Accept that creature from outside the bubble of the guns. The merc could suddenly feel the ship slow, shift downward and suddenly rocket up in a large semi-loop.

Losing sight of the creature I moment he stood from the seat and looked around until he could see it. The well of the void pulling a the beat. The whole of it suddenly ripping apart as it was swallowed into the nothing. At least he thought it was nothing, fuck did he know about black holes.

Pushing the power back on he looked around for the cigar he dropped before taking control of the guns. Finding it lodged on a panel, he picking it up. Lit it with the lighter and took another pull. "Now I know why she smokes so damn much." he said before exhaling the rest of the smoke. "Damn it my coffee..." Suddenly realizing. He dashed back to the galley. Looking around. The contents of the cup now on the floor, the wall, everywhere.

Covax just turned, and walked away. Making his way back to the bridge just in time for the oddly calm pilot to ask where to next. The towering merc would lean over the navigation seat just behind the pilot's chair. The long range sensors now managing a to locate something beyond the void. Tapping on the scene a few times, Covax found something interesting. Sending the coordinates to Aden's display.

"My gut says that's the place. I don't know if it's a temple but it's the only damn thing this boat can find worth looking at."

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As Aden cut the ships speed to half and began his maneuver, Aska could feel her stomach well up inside and almost try to escape her body onto the floor. Partly because of the shift of momentum, mostly because if she was wrong with her plan… If she picked the wrong pilot… They were all dead and she couldn’t decide which fate would be worse. Sucked into a black hole or being devoured by some space beast? Both options were shit.

Her fear was met with stunning success as Aden proved he was worth every damn credit and even more as the Night Terror managed to pull away from the outside forces of the quasar while the gargantuan creature maintained it’s path towards the gaping maw. Jumping up from her seat, the clone slammed both hands down on the computer panel and let off a cry of excitement. It was pure ecstasy, thrilling to an unimaginable degree.

”Aden, you beautiful son of a bitch!” Aska continued, laughter following shortly after. ”You just doubled your pay! Holy shit! My heart is racing!” Still laughing, the clone fell back into her seat with both hands along her forehead. She didn’t even hear the pilot’s comment, her heart beat in her ears pounding like a drum set on Boonta Eve. This kid, he was going places. She knew it and if she had anything to say about it, she knew exactly where he was going.

Malheion loomed soon after, a swirling ball of purple and black. Frequent snaps of lightning illuminated the world and judging by the movements of the cloud, they were going to be touching down on a truly wild world. Of course, she expected as much.

“So where are we headed to on Malheion? Some tomb or temple?” Aden asked as they approached, Covax arriving shortly after. Aska remained silent, observing the planet. The exhilaration of their escape from the Miner’s Horror having faded, she was consumed by the tug of despair. This world… She hadn’t even entered the atmosphere and it was already chilling her to her core. They would need to be careful.

"My gut says that's the place. I don't know if it's a temple but it's the only damn thing this boat can find worth looking at,"

Aska nodded in response, silently at first but as she flicked the controls to bring up the Night Terror’s shields, she finally vocalized her opinion.

”Agreed. Any experience I’ve had with Sith always told me they have a penchant for the flashy. As good a place as any to start,” she stated but she knew what Covax meant by implying his gut was guiding him. She felt it too, the pull of the spire. It called to her, just as the ancient holocron she abandoned once had. This place gave her the creeps. ”Bring us in as close to the tower as you can, Fly boy. Looks like it’s surrounded by an ancient city so maybe there’s a landing pad we can use,”

 
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Aden smiled and chuckled as Aska gave him praise. He merely does his job to the best of his ability, but nice to know his pay is doubled. If he impressed her then maybe he can join the mercenary outfit after all, and so far he does like them enough to want to join. "Thank you Ma'am" he nodded and smiled.

Eventualy the asteroid belt would then cleared with little difficulty from here on out. From there the freighter would then be entering the planet's air space, then descending into the atmosphere. Soon they would be making re-entry then the ship would then being experiencing turbulence as they are flying into a thunder storm. Aden would be gritting his teeth as he would make sure the craft is flying straight. Visibility was almost becoming obscured as well. "Hold on..." he said to them both.

Although they would still be in a storm, now visibility would be more clear, although still not perfect weather or anything. "Well, here we are. Welcome to Malheion. Or Hell maybe, whatever you want to call it." He quipped. Ugh. If one looks below, they will see ruined ancient buildings, full of decay and very decrepit. If that wasn't that bad enough, there were was lightning and thunder hammering around the tower, and the dark torn skies weren't helping either. :: This place gives me the creeps :: Aden thought to himself

Aden would then look around and about the viewport looking for a decent place to land that's close to the tower. Fortunately for him there is a place close to the entrance, a flat clearing. Aden would then put down the ship's landing gear and then set the ship down.

"Alright, we have now touched down." After the ship has landed, Aden would then breath a sigh of relief. Now everyone can get their gear ready to head out so they can proceed with phase 2, seeing if what they are looking for is in that tower. Aden would would take off his helmet's breathmask and pull his visor up. Aden's weapons would be checked and would have fresh powerpacks, and would now be weiding his blaster carbine, he's ready to go out if needed.

But before too long, the Night Terror would have it's very own welcoming party, for soon the people onboard will soon be hearing the sounds of banging and metal being clawed up. There were a handful of corrupted citizens doing that. One of of them climbed top the viewport canopy "Holy shit..." he said after the abomination started roaring.

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"Great minds new guy." Covax replied to Aden's hell comment. The towering merc sat back in the navigation seat since Aska had taken up the co pilot. Deciding to strap in, and even close his eyes for this one. The black hole was bad enough. But every shutter of the ship as they aimed for the ground would give the former soldier a chill. Covax did have a tiny death wish after the death of his family. However falling out of the sky to his doom didn't seem like a pleasant way to go.

Soon as they touch the group however, Covax was out of his seat and heading for his gear. His old but trusty clone war era armor fitted with a few upgrades. His hand cannon, and his carbine. Alone with several charge packs for both weapons and half a dozen grenades. He never seemed to have enough explosives. When ever he went where Aska went, a grenade would need to be used sooner or later.

As Aden yelled holy shit in a somewhat girlish fashion, Covax made his way back to a view port. "hmm, sooner it is then." He grunted and turned. Intending to make his way to the rear loading ramp of the freighter. "Why the fuck to I always agree to this shit." grunting again as he pushed the button to lower the ramp. "Ok new guy. Stay close and don't shoot me. If you shoot me I'm doing to beat you to death with your own arm."

As the ramp started to lower, the towering human walked toward the end of the ramp. Intending to shoot, well anything that moved. The merc managed to get one with a grazing shot to the shoulder as the hoard suddenly rushed the ship's opening. The first one leaping atop of Covax as the other five rush Aden and Aska.

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The landscape of Malheion, if that was what one could call it, was far worse than anything Aska had been able to expect. The buildings of what were clearly a once thriving civilization had been all but decimated by a cataclysm of some sort, be it natural or by the hands of the world’s Sith masters of old. The storm had not subsided but it had drawn back enough to allow the freighter and it’s crew to land with ease but this was a fact that caused the hairs on the clone’s neck to stand on end. Her interactions with the cult of Force users was limited but she knew well enough that nothing was ever as it seemed when it came to the space wizards…

As everyone departed the cabin to gather their gear, Aska made her way to her quarters and quickly donned her custom armour, slipping both her SE-45 and her DX-2 into their holsters. She then proceeded to clip the lightsaber of her own to her belt, the hilt dangling on her right hip just ahead of her pistol holster, and placed her daggers into the sheathes on the sides of her boots. Scanning over each of the functions of her armour and satisfied with their condition, she then placed several additional ammo packs as well as a variety of darts for her dart launcher within the breast plate satchel. Finally, the clone would grab three thermal detonators for emergency uses. On a world such as this, such things were an inevitability. Satisfied with her loadout, Aska took a quick glance at herself in the mirror and let out a long sigh. ”Here you go again, you stupid bitch,” she mocked herself before turning back and joining the others.

It didn’t take long before they were greeted by the locals. Locals. As the glowing eyes and snapping jaws of the humanoid caught everyone’s attention, Aska gritted her teeth. This was setting up to be Mataou all over again. Creepy and seemingly undead beings swarming her ship as they prepared to head off in search of some elusive treasure. Her life was turning into a broken holo-record…

Covax shot first but it seemed Aska and Aden were the ones that were going to catch the brunt of things as five of the corrupted began to charge at them. Remembering what had happened to her original freighter during the episode on Mataou, the clone immediately set her hand on the pilot’s shoulder before giving him a shove off the ramp. She then slammed her other hand into the button to seal the ramp before jumping off herself. Nothing was getting in there and tearing it apart and the security of the vessel should be enough to keep anything from infiltrating it. So long as there wasn’t a fleet of Hutt warships orbiting above ready to blow this place to hell.

The abominations were nearly on top of them at this point so Aska braced herself as best she could before raising her repulsor in their direction and firing. The kinetic wave slammed into the group but much to her dismay, it seemed some sort of energy was protecting them. Certainly they were thrown back but only about half the distance she had expected before recouping on the ground and dividing their attentions between Aden and herself. Three charged in her direction, two turning towards the pilot.

”Fuck me, man,” Aska groaned before pulling the lightsaber from her belt and igniting the blade just in time to sever the arm of one of the approaching humanoids.
 

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It seems that Ms. Ryun really didn't want these apparently zombies on her ship. It's sealed up and even pushed Aden off the ramp and jumped off herself. It wasn't a steep fall at least, so Aden managed to catch himself on his two feet.

Normally Aden, who isn't used to natural planetside air due have spent a vast majority of his life in space, would know that the air here is rough, thin, and foul, but he thought nothing of it as the abominations are an immediate threat.

Aden would fire a salvo of blaster shots at the abominations coming his way as they are attempting to rush him, aiming at the center of mass as he is trained to do, he would also backpeddle as well to continue creating distance between him and the corrupted people. Aden would learn fast as these abominations are not normal zombies, as they would dart to the side and weave back and forth, dodging the lot of blaster shots. Their movements are fast. Sure, one connected to the ribs of one, but it only slowed it down. One abomination caught up with him and grabbed Aden's carbine and tossed it away. "Kriff!" he remarked. It would try to claw him but Aden would take two wide steps to avoid it.

Now that his weapon's gone, he'd draw his blaster pistol with his left hand and then draw out his stun glow-rod with his right. He would turn it on and it would generate it's electric field.

So, they have been planetside for about five-minutes, and they are already in some trouble. Looks like what they heard about this planet is true, it is indeed like hell.

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Covax was knocked down by he creature leaping on him. The pair of them then rolling off the ramp as it quickly lifted up. The armored human landing atop the abomination as they hit sand covered durasteel. Quickly rolling off the zombie, onto a knee and hip fired his rifle toward the creature. Although he hit it twice, it hardly stopped the thing.

"Fuck" he shouted.

"It's like AMS. Head shots."

With that he took aim and shot the Abomination in the dome. Still kneeling he took several more aimed shots. Killing the one near Aden. Another looking the rush the pair standing. Suddenly Aska had a lightsaber. "What...tha...fu..." he mouthed. He'd traveled with the woman for a couple months now and had no idea she was a wizard. In fact, as shitty as she was at running he found the idea hard to believe.

The merc stood, ignoring the chaos around him. Almost. Shooting another abomination as he walked over to his partner. "You mean to tell me all this time you could use that thing the entire time ?" He shouted at her. Not mad but rather irritated given their struggles at times. As the Abominations continued to come, Covax turned and braced himself. Then fired his wrist mounted repulor, sending several of the sith zombies backward and to the ground skidding.

"You have a plan?" he asked openly.

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Aska’s blade swung upward through the demonic creature's shoulder, searing the leathery hide with relative ease. It wasn’t often the clone was forced to use the Sith weapon in combat and her form was sloppy in comparison to those who had trained with them all their lives. Still, it served her well in the past and it continued to do so in this moment as she pulled the blade backward from the apex of it’s upward swing in a horizontal slash, severing it’s head from it’s body.

”This thing?!” Aska replied to Covax through gritted teeth as she turned to face two of the remaining corrupted citizens of Malheion. ”I mostly just use it as a night light for Ali!” she teased but the scene soon drastically shifted. Upon seeing the crimson blade, the remaining abominations began to fall back with their eyes glued on the weapon she wielded. Not entirely convinced of their fear however, Aska took a step forward with the blade held high only for their attackers to match her with a step backwards of their own. Most people in the galaxy were fearful of such a weapon but on a world as twisted and dark as this? Perhaps such unease at its presence was an indication of something that had transpired here in ages past.

”I didn’t, no…” Aska replied to the mercenary’s second question as she began to move towards Aden, situating herself between the pilot and the ghouls with the lightsaber held firmly ahead of herself. ”Then again, I’ve always been one to make shit up as we go,” the clone finished, urging Aden to follow as she started to make her way towards Covax. The gap between him and the corrupted civilians made it easier, especially as they continued to fall back in fear of the glowing lightsaber. ”Don’t make any sudden moves,” Aska hissed, continuing to walk backwards and away from the ship towards the spire that was their goal. ”Just… Keep… Moving… Carefully,”

 

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Aden would then see the lightsaber that Aska pulled out and had lit-up. Aden was shocked, he had never seen a lightsaber before. It was red, but Aska doesn't seem to be a Sith, but it is a bit of a coincidence they are on an ancient Sith world. But at least the corrupted citizens are backing out. They don't seem to like lightsabers. Could it be something to do it with being red? Who knows, but they aren't here to find out, they need to get what they came for.

Anyways, yes, keep moving carefully. Aden would do that. After strapping his carbine onto his person via it's sling, he would indeed tread carefully as he would move towards the spire, he would be sure to watch his path, keep his head turning and on the look-out for any potential threats.

Aden would arrive at the door doors to the spire. But before he could touch anything (not that he wanted to), the double doors would open by themselves. Aden was puzzled and he would look at his partners confused. Now they have a long dark hallway, - red tinted of course - to travel through. Even though Aska has a nightlight of her own, Aden's glowrod can act as a second one, giving off a blue light.

Once they would all go through the doors, the door would close behind them.

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