Open Aid to Tanaab

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Open to all those that wish to help distribute aid to the local populace. Thread will be DM'd by me, Hera will be present but do not expect her to solve every problem. Let's do some humanitarian aid work!
Too long had the Jedi sat by and watched the galaxy experience trouble, hardship, and pain. This was not the way that Hera intended to allow the order to operate any longer. Before being stopped, the former Supreme Chancellor set his 5th fleet onto the worlds of Tanaab and Commenor. Fire and destruction had rained down from the heavens onto the unsuspecting citizenry below, annihilating cities, crushing villages, and burning farmland. For a time, it seemed as though the galaxy had been content to turn a blind eye to the suffering of the survivors.

No more.

A small fleet of Jedi ships consisting of three Raider III-Class Corvettes and two Pugio-Class Frigates dispatched from Ithor to the planet of Tanaab, filled to the brim with food, medical supplies, and building materials. Accompanying them, the full might of the Pamarthen pilots and starship techs and the Kowakian Devils' fleet. Hera Albion had made sure to include as many non-Jedi as possible in her work, the people needed to see that the Jedi worked among the regular beings of the galaxy, they did not lord over them. Padawan Aranmir and a funny little Jedi training bot would also come with Hera to organize the aid.

As starfighters, dropships, and transport vessels broke through the atmosphere to the planet below, Hera's heart caught in her throat. The destruction of the planet had been thorough, nothing but wreckage and ruin remained of the once great cities. Even from the skies above, makeshift encampments and roving bandits could be seen flittering about the surface of the world. A mere fraction of the people that once thrived here. Grimacing aboard the deck of the Raider Corvette, Hera spoke aloud to her companions.

"We will set down momentarily. The Pamarthen pilots will traverse the planet and gather lost souls to transport to us for aid. Every hour, more and more people will arrive needing shelter, food, and medical attention. We will provide all of this, and more. I expect the two of you to work once we land, say goodbye to sleep and immerse yourself within the Force."

Turning back toward Aranmir specifically, Hera smiled kindly, "We're going to help these people, as much as we can."




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"NONPERTINENT INQUIRY: Am I saying goodbye to sleep in a metaphorical sense? I do not sleep."Knight-Bot "helpfully" pointed out to Hera, hoping the Councilor would not take offense. He remembered their last interaction where he had understandably challenged her to a duel and she had switched him to his JEDI MEET AND GREET function as a result. He hoped to make a better impression this time and to stand out as the Order's most helpful of droids.

"PERTINENT INQUIRY: How may I best assist the efforts of the noble Jedi Order. I can offer SERVICES: MANUAL LABOR to the citizens below or SERVICES: PROTECTION to young Padawan Aranmir. Additionally, I can engage SERVICES: LETHAL COMBAT to the nearby raider groups."Knight-Bot asked, desperately hoping Hera would choose the latter. He was always excited to test his mettle against new opponents; it would provide him with learning opportunities to incorporate into his combat programming so he could serve the Order better in the future.

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While the transport approached the landing spot, Aranmir could have a better idea of the situation of Tanaab. There was smoke rising in the sky and ruins were located where once were the cities. The destruction that the Chancellor of the New Republic had left behind was worse than he had expected.

Yes, Master.” Aranmir said to Hera, his eyes never leaving the window. It was the first time that the Tiefling was going to participate in a mission in the middle of a war zone. While he wasn’t a stranger to the horrors of life, with his time living in the street having shown some of it to him, the Padawan wasn’t sure if he was prepared to face the horrors that the crazy Chancellor had left behind.

The only moment that the Padawan turned his attention from the landscape was when he heard the droid that was with them talk. Aranmir wasn’t sure why it was coming with them, since the machine didn’t seem to be the type capable of helping in humanitarian efforts. Perhaps more in training and as a bodyguard.

However, the prospect of having the droid as his bodyguard didn’t please the Tiefling. “I don’t need protection!” Aranmir said immediately, not wanting the droid to give Hera any idea. He was older enough to participate in this type of mission alone.

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Hera laughed at Aranmir's response to the Jedi Droid as the ships began setting down near an utterly destroyed city. Already, a crowd had begun to grow near where their designated landing pad had been marked. The crowd did not surprise Hera necessarily. She had chosen the location precisely due to the gathering of civilians that were already calling the place a temporary home. As the ships set down, Hera spoke to the Padawan and Droid,

"Aranmir, I will consider you to be in charge of Knight-Bot. Learning to utilize your tools and companions properly is a key principle of being a Jedi. As for you, Knight-Bot, follow Aranmir's instructions to the best of your ability. However, use proper judgment within the parameters of your programming, and don't do anything that would besmirch the reputation of the Jedi Order." Satisfied with her words, she began heading toward the exit ramp of the vessel.

Exiting the ramp, she could see the shocked and confused faces of the locals about them. Immediately she spoke up with the Force to increase the power of her voice. "Do not be afraid! The Jedi Order is here to help! We will be setting up temporary housing, field hospitals, and soup kitchens! Please keep calm and form orderly lines, follow the directions of myself, Jedi Aranmir, and our helpful Knight-Bot!"

At that, Hera stepped away with the Kowakian Devil's fleet leaders and the Pamarthen personnel. The Pamarthens would be deployed in their fighters and transports to find any survivors across the entire world to bring to this location, while the Kowakian Devils would be tasked with setting up facilities at this location. The personnel brought on the Jedi ships looked to Aranmir (@LouJoVi) and Knight-Bot (@Fantasy Liver) for instructions.
 

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The calamity of the bombardment was even apparent from space above. Victoria found herself unexpectedly holding her breath as the nerves bit deep, unsure how she would react in the realities of war and destruction. It was one thing to see the news from afar but quite another to be on the front lines of the disaster, providing aid to survivors and helping start the process of rebuilding.

Arriving first ahead of a section of support vessels, the Consul swallowed hard before the shuttle doors opened abruptly. Within seconds reality hit like a brick wall, the massive devastation was immeasurable. It was a miracle that anything survived the attack but even in the worst of times, life finds a way. As the scores of humanitarian vessels arrived from the various FWA worlds that had offered their support, Victoria could see that they weren't alone.

Starting with a trickle, eventually, word spread that help had arrived and people appeared out of the woodwork to take the supplies and assistance on offer. The planet would never be the same again, but with time and commitment, they could rebuild and restore some dignity after this terrible tragedy.



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"CORRECTION: You are in need of protection. Judging from your training files, I judge IDENTIFICATION: Padawan Aranmir to be vulnerable to numerous threats including explosives, gangs of four or more individuals, practitioners of Form V and Form VII, sustained blasterfire, and poison. Once this humanitarian mission has ended, I am happy to PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING QUOTE (humor): "beat the brakes off of you" in a training session to demonstrate." Knight-Bot told Aranmir in the same neutral tone that one would use to describe particularly mild weather.

That being said, Knight-Bot was not one to shirk away from orders, especially from one as high up as Hera. Haughty though the droid might be, he was proud of his obedience. Unlike some astromech droids he could name, Knight-Bot didn't try and exploit loopholes in directives to achieve his own ends.

"What do you suggest, Master Aranmir?"

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Yes, Master!” Aranmir said excitedly. The droid was going to be under his command and not acting as his babysitter, this was an excellent outcome. When Hera said that he shouldn’t do anything that could damage the image of the Jedi Order, the Tiefling faked a pout. “So, I can’t wear a feathered Carnaval costume and parade with it through the streets to make people happy?

The Padawan stared at Knight-Bot, when it started to say the different things that Aranmir was vulnerable to. The detailed list made the Tiefling wonder if the droid really worked for the Jedi Order or was some type of assassin. “I… I have work from class to do. We’ll need to leave this training for another time.

They walked down the ramp, finding a crowd waiting for them. Now Aranmir could see how the locals were desperate. The horrors of the war, and he was seeing it clear for the first time. At least Hera’s speech made the people calm down.

When Hera left and the people that came in the Jedi ships approached them, Aranmir froze. They expected that he would give them orders, but the Padawan had no idea what to do. Knight-Bot asking him also didn’t help. “Huh, maybe should we start helping those that are hurt?

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Hera's personal attention was drawn away to overseeing the construction of temporary housing and field hospitals. The ravages of radiation and burns among the populace were the most common injuries to be seen. After greeting Victoria, the Consul from Gannaria, Hera disappeared into a mass of men and machines to begin healing the sick and setting up shelters. If Victoria wished to find her, then she would be available, but the Padawan and the Robot were on their own for the moment.

And their first challenge would come nearly immediately after Aranmir spoke about helping the hurt. A rough dressed woman with a blaster rifle would run up to the pair and start shouting, "My brothers! Please, Master Jedi, my brothers are trapped! In the city under the rubble! They've barely been able to survive this long and no droid has been able to get to them to free them, you have to help!"

Not waiting for an answer, she would dart off into the direction of a large outcropping of ruins. More ships and men arrived at the current area, Aranmir and Knight-Bot were not needed in this place. If they chose to follow the woman, they would not be in trouble with Hera.

As for Hera, she began setting up plans of her own to establish growing zones and villages. Radiation cleaning machines would be required, atmosphere generators in some locations as well as rudimentary weather controls to shift apart acid raid and toxic clouds. Her work was extensive, but her help was also great.


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Athei came down to the planet with one of the secondary waves of transports. Now that the initial wave of aid had landed, the works on the ground were able to determine more precise needs for the citizens left behind in the devastation. Once his transport touched down and the ramp had been lowered, Athei stepped off. Beyond a few images sent up to the ships in orbit, Athei had yet to see the state of this place. It was humbling, to say the least, and they needed to hurry to get those supplies to their proper stations.​

The young Jedi Knight's transport had mostly brought down medical supplies as they seemed to be in the most need at the moment. Athei turned to the works that he had landed with, directing them to head over to the medical stations and field hospitals that had been set up. They were probably short of hands and equipment already so the faster they could get them staffed up, the better could support the citizens of Tanaab.​

Now that the workers and supplies were on the way to where they were most needed, Athei felt it was time for him to figure out where he might be able to assist the best. He stepped away from the landing area, letting the Force guide him through the crowds. He knew if he just opened himself up to everything around him, he would eventually be guided to where he's needed the most.​

 

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The bustling of aid activity was perhaps the first positive sign the planet had seen since the dastardly attack. The consul made an effort to politely greet the Jedi who was seen in command, determining to speak at once with the most gracious assistance.

It was a painful sight to see all the injuries, all these innocents caught in a warzone while going about their daily lives. It was something out of a holo, but seeing it in person made it all the worse. Pulling along a handful of help, Victoria directed them to assist Hera with the building of shelters and assembling some makeshift medical tents to at least give them some privacy.

"Master Jedi, how can I help? I don't have the force but I know a little first aid." Taking a small medical bag out and fishing for the right supplies, the consul quickly got to work attempting to provide pain relief to those whose injuries weren't so serious that the Jedi would attend to them urgently, but that they still required help.



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"No droid yet." Knight-Bot corrected the hysterical blaster-wielding woman. He was not especially programmed for extraction missions but with his lightsaber, repulsor cannon, and the strength of his limbs, Knight-Bot was confident that he was well up to the task. Oh and the Padawan, Aranmir, might also help too.

So, he followed the woman, taking great care to run past the huddled hoards of refugees gently, calculating that the use of a repulsor to clear the crowd would be inappropriate, time-saving though it would be. So, he kept up the woman's pace as he followed her into town ruins. It was a grim sight that awaited Knight-Bot as he made his way to the ruins. One building still stood tall for every thirty that had remained and smoke and burning embers engulfed the settlement with a choking feeling of grief and loss. But, evidently, there were still signs of life around and Knight-Bot would follow the woman to where she said her brothers were buried under.
 

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Aranmir stared at the hysterical woman, unsure if he should say or do something to calm her down. She looked like someone that had crawled through a hole full of mud and dust. It wasn’t any surprise, Tanaab probably became full of holes after the Chancellor bombarded it.

Before he could say anything, the woman ran away, probably to where her brothers were trapped. Aranmir had already decided to help, but Knight-Bot seemed to think that what she said was some type of challenge. It went running after her, completely ignoring the fact that Hera had left the Tiefling in the command.

Wait!” he screamed at the droid, before turning to look at the people that had come with them in the shuttle. “We are going to help her first.” Aranmir immediately ran after Knight-Bot, expecting the workers to follow him. Once they rescued the woman’s brothers, they would need medical care.

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Hera's mind became wrapped in the enthrallment of managing the hundreds of teams she brought here to begin the aid process. The Kowakian Devils, a division of Ossien fleets, seemed to be bringing in more and more aid vessels than she first anticipated. The Pamarthen pilots were bringing more people to her aid sites than she anticipated as well. Tanaab was a planet of many people, and more people than she expected had survived the bombings.

It was good that the planet had so many, they could rebound faster, but this would be a logistical nightmare to anyone not well-versed in logistics. Hera, being a self-imposed loner most of her life, had a knack for this due to her studies. Victoria would find her inside a quickly constructed tent, hunched over a tactical map repurposed for aid vessels. Smiling in the other woman's direction, Hera replied, "We greatly appreciate you, Consul Victoria, the greatest help that can be offered now is manpower. We have our work cut out for us."

Moving a piece on the map, which triggered a nearby droid to begin issuing orders, Hera asked, "Can we count on Gannaria's fleets when we move on the Killiks, to end this crisis once and for all?"

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"Quickly! Over here-!" Shouted the woman as she rapidly disappeared out of sight. Once the Padawan and Knight-bot were a little out of sight of the camp and into the thick of ruins, they would find themselves the target of an ambush. Twelve men lept out from behind pieces of rubble and rocks. Although they were sparsely armed, old blaster rifles and sharp steel rods, they still outnumbered the Jedi six to one.

"Drop everything you've got!" Shouted one of them, "Especially the lightsabers! The black market always has a high price on those!"

Aranmir and Knight-Bot would need to be very careful with their next move. A single misstep could cost them dearly.


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"Don't worry, young one." Knight-Bot said softly to Aranmir as he stepped in front of the Padawan protectively. It became clear that there were no brothers trapped under rubble after all. In fact, it seemed that this was nothing more than a ploy made by ruthless ooters. Whether they were locals trying to make the best of a bad situation or offworld scavengers seeing an opportunity, Knight-Bot couldn't discern for certain but what he did know that this group was threatening the safety of a Jedi.

His programming simply wouldn't allow for that.

"Do not shoot. I am relinquishing my saber." Knight-Bot said to the dozen looters. True to his word, Knight-Bot threw his lightsaber towards the assembled group. Sensing cooperation and spying a valuable prize, a couple scavengers rushed forward greedily to collect Knight-Bot's lightsaber. Unfortunately for them, the blade was far from Knight-Bot's only weapon. Steadying himself, the Jedi droid fired his repulsor cannon in the center of the assembled group.

Dust went flying, looters fell to the ground and ruined buildings started shaking. It was enough of a distraction for Knight-Bot to grab Aranmir's shirt and try his best to pull him into cover of the closest structure next to them. Blaster shots whizzed by and one struck Knight-Bot in the shoulder. Assuming Aranmir was pulled, Knight-Bot would survey the building they were in. It looked like it used to be a cantina of some kind before the town had been destroyed.

"Leave me and return to Master Albion. I can distract these looters. I am expendable to the Jedi Order, you are not" Knight-Bot told Aranmir.

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Victoria absent-mindedly continued to work at improving with each person they encountered. It was difficult at first, but gradually she found the natural swing of things and was able to speed up nicely. The consul had done similar work before so it wasn't entirely foreign to her but the trauma of being surrounded by such horrors of war still hit the same as the first time.

"We are grateful to have your help, this would have been a much slower recovery without it." Victoria fumbled with a bandage that was particularly difficult to wrap and fasten before gradually getting it attached properly. The Jedi's question gave her pause for a second, before deciding to answer truthfully.

"Gannaria does not possess a mighty war fleet, and my planet still holds shaky views of the Jedi but the Killiks are a threat that unites us all. I am sure that I can bring them around for such a mighty challenge."



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Once they arrived at the place the girl had said, Aranmir and Knight-Bot were surprised by an ambush. The Padawan should have suspected that there was something wrong happening. He once was a street urchin and such a strategy for stealing things from others was something that he already did in the past.

Before he could react, Knight-Bot was already shielding the Padawan and offering his lightsaber to the criminals. “Hey! I don’t need protection.” Aranmir protested, being sure that he could deal with these looters without the help of the droid. He only needed to think in a good plan.

However, the droid already had his own plan. Knight-Bot fired at the criminals, causing panic among them. During their confusion, he dragged Aranmir for a safe place and said that he should seek Master Albion for help. The droid wasn't so bad after all.

I think that we have more problems.” the Padawan pointed to the path that they used to arrive here. The relief workers that had arrived with the Jedi in Tanaab were finally arriving in the place. They had seen the explosions in the distance and some had picked weapons. When they clashed with the criminals, the situation became even more chaotic.

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Hera smiled at Victoria's words, nodding gently. "Every little bit counts." Then, she turned back toward the map laid out before her. Little markers designating Padawan Aranmir and 'Knight-Bot' had disappeared off her map, but she didn't worry too much about that. They would need to learn to handle their own problems. Looking back to Victoria, Hera decided to probe the woman a little more.

"You say your people hold shakey views of the Jedi, why is that? Have the Jedi wronged them in the past? From what little remains of our histories, we have done naught but struggle against a force that seeks to wipe us out for no other reason than the fact that we believe a little different than them in our religion."

Hera referred to the Sith, of course, but spoke to the heart of the matter. The Sith believed in the religion of the Force a little differently than the Jedi, and that difference demanded the Jedi dead.


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The locals did indeed take up arms against the looters, coming to assist knight bot and young Aranmir. Thankfully for the Jedi though, the locals were not so weak or stupid as to rush headlong into danger(11). Instead, they took up positions behind cover to fire upon the raiders. The raiders and looters had terrorized the locals the past few weeks, and they knew the difference between a Jedi and a raider.

The Raiders were not totally without options, as the Knight Bot fired upon them and the locals joined in. Over their comlinks, they called for reinforcements and reinforcements came(5). A K79-S80 Troop Transport hovered over the rubble and proceeded to unceremoniously dump eight more raiders out of its hold. They would attempt to take positions in the rubble to fire at the Jedi and locals.


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The question was one that didn't really have a good answer to. Victoria had tried to get to the bottom of it but with politics, there are always so many different groups wanting to get involved, each with different opinions and agendas pushing. In some way it was lucky that the largest voice was fear, although it was much more unpredictable, that feature also made it somewhat easier to mend with the right words and actions.

"To be blunt, as it seems prudent to be so given where we are. There are some who do indeed see little difference between each religion, each claims to be acting in their best interests regardless of the collateral damage. In my privileged position, I have seen the good that the Jedi, and the wicked the Sith can achieve. I do believe that despite the mistakes and damage that the Jedi Order has done in the past, your hearts are in the right place for the most part."

Victoria looked around the scene unfolding around them, there were no imperials, Sith or otherwise in sight. That didn't mean that they wouldn't help, but to her, it kind of told the point for her.

"My people feared the empire to the extent that even voicing support for the Jedi risked the wrath of the empire. Now with things the way they are, the threat may have decreased, but that wouldn't stop a rampaging Sith Lord from doing worse in their stead. As for your Killik threat, the greater alliance fleets could provide more support than I ever could, if you would like me to ask for their help."



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With the arrival of the local villagers, the raiders were caught by surprise and a couple even fell to the onslaught of blasterfire. Fortunately for Knight-Bot, one of those unfortunate raiders was the one holding his lightsaber. Running out of cover, the Jedi droid would retrieve his blade and smoothly bisect his still-alive partner.

Right now, the situation was pretty much in hand; the villagers were keeping the raiders pinned inside the burned out building husks while Knight-Bot was making his way inside the buildings to deal with the bandits one-on-one.

Unfortunately, the scales soon tipped in the raiders scale with the arrival of a troop transport. Not only was it a fairly large vehicle with enough armor and weapons to provide a nice base of operations but it also brought eight more raiders, who too up positions in the rubble and started pinning the locals down now.

"Padawan Aranmir, if you haven't fled the area, I see an opportunity to acquire a transport vehicle for the Order and save these villagers. If I can distract these reinforcements, could you commandeer this troop transport?" Knight-Bot commed in to @Aranmir
 
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