Another Day At The Office

[Spectre (Old)]

Well, now it's time. Spectre would be at the rear right side at a audience at the base in Juranno, more specifically an auditorium. There would be House Harlow-aligned military personal in attendance and at the stage Albrecht Harlow would be up at the stage giving a speech. It was just one day after everything was put in place and this would be one last speech before the House Harlow troopers before they face Lucille in the coming civil war. The fighting could begin at at moment. Spectre and Siris would be in the crowd. Spectre was wearing a uniform along with the standard headgear. His hair would be shaved otherwise his hair wouldn't up to normal military grooming standards. Although the Kajidii had a carefully maintained look, he wouldn't let that get in the way of achieving an important goal. As as side benefit he really doesn't look recognizable as the first human Cartel Lorda in uniform. The speech would continue by Albrecht Harlow, Spectre would look towards Siris nod, non-verbally asking if he is ready.

@Orbit

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Happens 1 IC day after this thread.

 

[Siris Drast]

Siris was also in the ground, standing only a few feet to the side of Spectre. He wore the officer's uniform they collected before, his hands behind his back and standing in a military pose as they all waited for the long-awaited speech to begin. Like Spectre, Siris had altered his appearance slightly as well, wearing a headpiece to disguise most of his features. He still had his beard but his head had been given a haircut as well, helping him blend in with the rest. Another extra layer of protection was Siris used the force and helped it alter appearance as well, adding marks to him here and there and changing his eye color so he couldn't be easily spotted.

Turning his head slightly, he caught Spectre give him a nod but he didn't offer one back, instead slowly returning his gaze back to the stage without saying a word. Siris understood the message loud and clear and he was ready, now just waiting for their guest of honor to arrive and Spectre to get things rolling.

 

[Spectre (Old)]

And right when Albrecht Harlow gets to the climax of his speech, Spectre reaches in his pants pocket, with has a bomb detonator inside. With that, he would push the button that would cause the bombs that were carefully set on the stage on the stage. With that, Albrecht Harlow would be caught and there would be no way for him to survive. The front of the audience would be caught as well. Everything quickly turned into panic and shock. Spectre would then look at Siris "Lets get out of here" he would say with haste.

Spectre would head towards the rear exit with speed as the other troopers would scramble, a lot of them heading over towards the stage like dutiful soldiers. They would need to get out quickly before a lock down comes up. Even that might be close, but with men of Spectre's and Siris skills they should be able to do it. As they were at the rear of the audience when the loud explosions ran out, they were the closest to the doors, and should be able to escape from the auditorium unimpeded with all the chaos.

@Orbit

 

[Wyck]

Wyck was also present at the far end of the auditorium when the explosion went off. The Grand Master of the Jedi Order had come to Alderaan in the aftermath of the recent Jedi Council meeting to approach House Organa in order to sue for a peace summit; but, first, there was the matter of getting House Harlow to cease hostilities long enough for each side to accept or decline the terms of the summit. He had been waiting for Albrecht Harlow to finish speaking before he would approach the man, but a sudden shout of danger in the Force, followed by the explosion, dashed those plans almost immediately.

Wyck immediately fell back on his Jedi training. He was farther up in the auditorium, away and safe from the blast, but he had a good view of the rest of the site from where he had been standing. Almost immediately, he noticed an aberattion. A man dashing towards the rear exit whilst guards rushed forward and survivors scrambled. The man was dressed inconspicuously, but... something wasn't right. Wyck immediately set out, using the Force to enhance his speed, and rushed to catch up with the man.

As he dashed forward, he pulled out his lightsaber in his right hand, and ignited it; and, in his left hand, he pulled out his comlink, into which he barked to Jon, his head diplomat, who was also with him for the negotiations, "Towards the rear exits, you must go. Attempting to flee, I think, someone is. Try to alert the guards to come with you!"

At the same time as he did these things, he began to stretch out with the Force and probe his surroundings for danger. There may be more than one culprit, and he needed to be ready in case the real threats revealed themselves. @Wit

 

[Jon Atreides]

Jon didn't know why this always happened every time he was on Alderaan. Somehow things always went south. This wasn't how things were supposed to go, they were supposed to have a little chat with Albrecht Harlow, one of the leaders of House Harlow and convince him to sign on for the Jedi's proposal, but now he wondered if those plans had gone up in smoke with the explosion that had just rocked the room.

But like Wyck, he too was a Jedi and his training took over the moment the explosion went off. He didn't panic, he didn't let himself get swept away in the chaos, and like Wyck he noticed the abnormality that was one single officer walking almost calmly towards the exit when everyone else either rushed towards the stage or just ran around.

He had seen more than enough holodramas and lived though numerous such situations to know when something suspicious was placed before his eyes, and the man was most definitely suspicious. A bomb goes off and you walk the other way, 9 times out of 10 you're somehow involved.

He didn't really need Wyck's orders, he had come to the same conclusions as the Grandmaster and had already pulled out his lightsaber and his blaster and having opened himself up to the Force, was running with enhanced speed after the escaping potential culprit.

As he weaved his way through the chaos, his senses were on the alert and he was ready to respond to any and all threats at a moment's notice. After how things had fared for him in the past he was no longer about to be careless in such a situation. If the man had companions, and if they chose to intervene then he would be prepared to face them.

@Malon @Orbit @Faster Than Light

 

[Siris Drast]

Siris kept his gaze locked on Harlow as his speech continued to get grander and grander the more he spoke. But right as he was about to reach the climax the bombs went off, rumbling the base slightly as smoke, fire, and blood now came from the stage and people screamed in terror. Spectre told them it was time to leave and as Siris stood there for less than a second, making sure that the deed had been done and Siris turned around before making his way out to the exit.

Reaching the exit, he continued to remain silent and separated from Spectre, making them appear non-familiar with each other. That's when he heard the sound of the lightsaber and Siris subtly glanced back to find Wyck, the Grand Master here himself. Not knowing the reason why he was here, Siris didn't really care, the deed was done. With Wyck farther away and trying to push through the crowds and Siris being completely disguised, wearing the uniform and his signature suppressed, the Sith Lord just simply walked out of the exit before the lockdown would take effect.

Stepping through the exit, soon the doors closed behind them and multiple bolts clicked as it was sealed shut and locking the two Jedi inside the room. Siris went down a different hallway, having memorized the schematics of the place and kept his calm while attempting to find a next exit to get out from.

 

[Vollen Shai]

Alongside the delegation, Vollen had made a personal note to find Cidney Harlow and offer his thanks again for the mans efforts to help them escape during the Alderaan Investigation. He owed the man his life, and a gray debt for all the assistance. While Master Wyck and Jon had been ready to begin work on the peace summit, Vollen had set out to find his old allies.

Managing to find a number of the guards he knew personally from the escape from Lucile’s palace, he could feel that there was a sense of trust between all of them, and himself. He felt honoured to have been allies with them, and hopefully, if the peace summit was a success, he could see them again in less dire circumstances.

But, as he and his soldier and guard friends from that day entered back into the auditorium, joining Master Wyck at the back, a roaring explosion would join rack the room, and he would quickly Jon his grandmaster and follow him in his efforts to cut off whatever suspicious things he had seen, bringing the dozen special forces friends with him in chase. With the alarm blaring and all other guards alerted, they were almost more on top of it than he was. True professionals they were, that’s part of why he admired them. Those boys would be a great boon if they caught anything now. Otherwise, the group trusted in Wycks feelings to drive them to whomever they now searched for, ready to apprehend the culprits.

 

[Spectre (Old)]

The lockdown coming down was only a matter of time. Although Spectre and Siris were separated, they didn't waste any time leaving. He was disguised as well and could look like any number of the troopers who scrambled in any which direction. Even with the two Jedi riding in at force assisted speed, Spectre was still able to get through the exits in the hallway uncontested. He already had a good headstart over the Jedi and he was already a very good runner. He would be able to get past the doors before lock down, and meanwhile the Jedi could not, allowing him to escape from the auditorium uncontested while the Jedi were stuck inside.

With thick durasteel doors in between the Hutt Cartel Kajidii and the Jedi, he would go down the hallways as he has a hand on his holster ready to grab his pistol at a moments nice as he would be running with speed through the halls. He would also be ready to draw his sword as well with his other hand and be alert for his surroundings being able to react to anything He's already been through the building, he can make his way out from there. Even if the Jedi decide to cut through with lightsabers through the metal doors, a lightsaber will take it's time, even with the Force. And there is no way anyone's going to be able to override from the inside.

/exit thread.

 

[Wyck]

Nope.

Wyck could still clearly see the suspect trying to escape. Though he didn't know the man's identity, he never let the man once fall from his sight. Hot on the fleeing man's heels, Wyck reached out with his left hand, called upon the Force, and casually flicked his wrist. For a Force user of his power, the task was not a hard one. The door that the man was relying upon to lock him inside exploded off of its hinges and Wyck charged through after him unimpeded.

Skidding into the adjacent corridor, Wyck continued to pursue the man. Though he was an old Jedi, his power with the Force made him an exceptionally fast being. He kept up his pursuit, once again never allowing the fleeing man to leave his sight. He was gaining on him. The human was fast, but he did not have the Force. And, anyways, Wyck's fellow Jedi — especially Jon, who had started moving before Wyck had even shouted out the warning — would likely catch up to him before he could successfully evade them. @Wit @Nightfall096 @Faster Than Light

 

[Vollen Shai]

Coming in alongside the Grandmaster, Vollen was ready in a moment, his senses on red alert ever since the attack. Feeding the force into his body to dash and swing up with the other Jedi, he let the soldiers he was with follow along behind. As Wyck tore the door from its hinges, he continued to flood his legs with the force, keeping on the mans tail and in his vision. Without having to stop for the door, Vollen could use the saved force energy into his body and catch up closer to Jon, just behind but ready to take on the culprit in moments. The force could make one reach speeds some considered unnatural, and so even as a strong sprinter the man couldn’t stay ahead for long.

He would not him out of his sight.

He wouldn’t let him escape. Not after he’d done this, not to the Harlow’s.

He just had to hope they had the right man, but he was confident.

 

[Jon Atreides]

There had been a time when Jon had felt hopeless in the face of the evil spreading through the Galaxy, trying to do his best to fight against it but simply lacking the strength to do so. So he had trained, and studied, and spent a great deal of sweat and blood to gain that strength. That's why today was different, one closed door was not going to hold him back. Today he had the strength to fight, and fight he would.

With the Force enhancing the speed of his movements, Jon was not just run of the mill soldier running after the escaping man, he was one one of the strongest Force wielders in the Galaxy turning that strength into pure, unadulterated speed. Catching up to the man just as the doors were closing wasn't just possible, it was easy.

So even as Wyck blasted the blast doors off of its hinges, Jon was already slipping through and continuing his pursuit of the man. Beyond the doors was a oneway hallway and with just one way to go Jon had just one direction to head down, and adding that to the last glance he had seen of the man before the doors closed he was able to quickly spot the man once more. There was of course a small possibility that the man was innocent, and was simply trying to get away from an explosion, but Jon didn't think that was the case. Innocent men did not act the way he had. So he raised his blaster even as he dashed with the unnatural speed born of the Force that only someone of his strength could accomplish, and caught up with the man in almost no time. For as fast as he might be, he was no Jedi. The moment the man was in range of his blaster Jon fired straight at the man's back. Four shots, one after the other that would most definitely bring him down. At the same time he reached out with the Force and attempted to catch the man in a telekinetic grip, the Force fastening around the man's torso to hold him in place.

As always, his blaster was set to stun, so even if the fellow was simply having a bad day and had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time, they hadn't done any actual harm to him. Given the circumstances the Harlows would surely understand why the Jedi had acted the way they had.

His blaster still aimed at the man, his lightsaber now lit and held ready by his side, Jon cut down the remaining distance between himself and the man and prepared to take further action in case he was still standing after the stun bolts.

@Malon @Faster Than Light @Nightfall096

 

[Siris Drast]

Hearing the commotion down from the hallway he came from, Siris kept his pace forward, walking with purpose as he put more distance between him and the Jedi. He could still feel their signatures and he would know whether they were going to chase after him or not but they preoccupied as of now. Siris figured it had to do with them dealing with Spectre and while he would have least tried to get him out, there were too many Jedi and otherwise and he was no fool in trying to take all three of them on.

Guards rushed past Siris and he gave them all a nod as they passed, wearing an officer's uniform as they gave him no special attention or scrutiny. Stepping down the hallway, Siris recounted of what he saw for the plans and took another left and down another hallway, he finally saw one of the exits to the door and one guard standing in front of it. Siris tilted his head down, making sure he couldn't see any features of himself despite being disguised. The guard stepped forward, "Sir, the building is in lockdown, you can'-" With a simple flick of Siris' wrist, the guard was slammed back into his wall and his head whiplashed against the metal surface and knocked him out cold.

Siris stepped to his body before opening his jacket and finding the bypass key. Pulling it out, he entered it into the console and the door's lights went green before unlocking and sliding open. Siris took one more glance toward the Jedi's signature, knowing soon that there would be another opportunity and that their time would come. Without waiting another moment, Siris exited the building undisturbed and without leaving a trace.

/exitthread

 

[Jon Atreides]

With little objection to his attempts to catch up and shoot him down, Jon watched as his stun bolts hit the man who had tried to make a run for it. His Force grip caught the map as the shots knocked him out, and Jon carefully lowered him to the ground.

Walking up to the man, as security personnel caught up as well, Jon stood by on alert as they turned him around and pulled off the headgear he was wearing. They quickly patted him down to remove any weapons he might have on him, finding within one of the pockets the detonator that had set off the bomb that the officer held up to show Jon. They had their guy after all.

Once they had him safely secured, Jon stepped up to get a closer look, and the face finally registered, he knew who this was. Looks like they had caught a pretty big fish. Looks like Vollen was going to have to spend some time with the Harlows and convince them to let the Jedi interrogate this one, there were things he wanted to ask the infamous Spectre.

/End Thread/

@Malon @Faster Than Light @Nightfall096