Ask Nar Shaddaa Armed Robbery is Simple

[Rafe]

@Rafe sat in the back of the N-47 Personnel Speeder, the operator's seats were built for beings about a meter smaller than himself, so cramped into the back he was. It would be a standard job, get in, blow stuff up, get the hell out with the money in hand, if they were lucky...

Rafe took a short break from the routine checking of his weapons, and the three thermal detonators he'd brought along special for this job, to glance up front at his partner(@Tathun Basanak) He'd never met him, and had only just exchanged greetings a few minutes prior, What's your name cat? Rafe asked.

His ship and his crew would be waiting for them to pull the speeder into the cargo hold before taking off just a couple kilometers away, if timed right, and if this partner of his could handle himself as an efficient get away driver after they left the bank they could, in theory, lift off the ground in his ship in just a couple minutes. The time spent inside the bank would be different, first there was security, then they'd have to blow open the vault, then @Rafe planned to blow a hole out the back side of the bank, load the loot into the speeder in the alleyway and jet outta there. Of course it was rare that such a thing went perfectly to plan..

 

[Tathun Basanak]

Tathun adjusted himself in the seat of the speeder, checking their destination was keyed in for the thousandth time as he peered through the viewscreen up to the bustling skylanes of Nar Shaddaa's lower levels. The bank was situated just off the side of one; far enough away that they shouldn't run into any traffic - especially if his partners plan went off without a hitch.

"Tathun." He answered simply, grinned as he turned to look in the back seat at his rather imposing partner. A battered smoke hung from his mouth as he fiddled for a lighter, the beast of a speeder veering briefly from side to side before he fished it out and sparked it. "You Rafe, ain't you? Got some teeth on you pal, you're gonna be brilliant at crowd control." He chuckled away to himself as he locked his eyes on the busy durasteel service road they drove on once more. Repulsor trucks and civillian speeders veered out of their way as they sped down through the belly of Nar Shaddaa. He could hear his heartbeat pounding in his ears, palms sweating from the building excitement within him as the ETA ticked down and their prize drew closer.

After a minute or so, Tathun veered the speeder out of the traffic; most of which was quick to get out of the way, and down a quieter service street. "Thirty seconds big guy." He called back through the speeder, debating donning the mask that sat on top of his Scatterblaster in the passenger seat. He shook his head, spitting the smoke out of the window. He wanted them to see it was him.

They rounded the very last corner, the small and unassuming bank homing into view. Unassuming from the front at least, as he keyed his datapad and checked what plans they he could find. Should be simple enough, there was barely more than four rooms in total. Entrance hall, vault, office and something that looked like a canteen. Knowing Nar Shaddaa though it could have easily been a forty man barracks with droids. He pushed the thought from his mind as he slowed the speeder, turning it slightly so when he parked Rafe could hop out without any trouble. At the front there was a pair of guards, not unexpected. A human and a duros, both touting a Stun Baton and blaster pistol on opposed hips. Tathun eyed them as he reached his spare hand for the Scatterblaster. They were but moments from parking now, the vehicle slowly drifting on the auto-park setting.

"You hop out, I'll cover your entrance. Once you clear that door I'll follow up aye? Run security while you make the foundations shake. Second we get that vault open though, I'm gone. Gotta get this speeder around back." He grinned to his partner once more, thumbing the safety off his Scatterblaster and twisting in his seat. The guards perked up as the massive vehicle began rumbling to a halt beside them, menacing turret still pointing forwards and inactive. Resting the weapon just below the slowly opening windowport on the passenger side.

"Ready to become legends, big guy?" He laughed once more, a barked chuckle as he prepared to raise and fire on the guards the second his partner left the vehicle.

@Mad Dog

 

[Rafe]

As Tathun spoke, admitting his own name, and reciting Rafe's as well two things happened, Rafe relaxed a little in this line of work the fellow scumbags one often got teamed up with had a certain sense of overcompensation about them, not this man though he seemed, for lack of a better term like a normal guy. Rafe liked that, he didn't need to project the testosterone fueled persona he often wore, no here he could likely just be himself. Rafe also noted that Tathun knew his name, so he'd been informed more than Rafe had, hell he didn't even know who's money they were stealing, just that they were hitting this bank to 'make them feel it..' Rafe often pondered that his non-human, and more animalistic appearance likely played a role in the treatment he received when working alongside the more populous species that was human, small and fleshy though they may be, they certainly had a way of altering the galaxy everywhere they went.

I am, Rafe admitted in response to his partner, his followup statement made Rafe chuckle a little, even brining a bit of a smile to his face, a smile that to most other species might look like a silent snarl as his monstrous white teeth brimmed from his gums, he had definitely sunk them into a few unfortunate victims in his history. It was only a first impression, but Rafe liked this guy, if he survived Rafe might have to link up with him again.

So far Tathun was handling his first portion of the job pretty well, this miniature tank they'd gotten their hands on, courtesy of some underground connections, had seen its prime some many years ago, the cannon mounted on top was now little more than a hood ornament as it sat up there unless, but the armour surrounding the inside and the functioning engines was the primary necessity of the speeder anyway. Still though, one would of thought they could of made it a little bigger for people like Rafe.

Rafe groaned, his massive stature pressed upon uncomfortably inside this heavily armored cage he was currently stuck. Finally it appeared they were nearing their destination as Tathun called out the short ETA. Thankfully.. Rafe groaned a bit the whole ride there he'd sat hunched, and was honestly just looking forward to being unrestrained again, Rafe thumbed this Peacemaker, clicking it back and forth between stun and kill.. stun... kill... stun... kill... Rafe clicked it at least a couple dozen times or so..

That'll work my friend, just make sure I'm not walking through those doors into a face to face with a full battalion of scags and a mounted blaster cannon.. Rafe laughed

Ready to become legends, big guy? Tathun said.

Let's steal some history.. Rafe said back.

As soon as the speeder stopped and the guards were angling their necks to try to see inside, Rafe busted out the back of the thing, it's doors slamming against the frame and closing themselves from the reciprocal force. Rafe was fast, for a more than three meter, clawed, fanged, and furry monster he better be fast, Tathun's scatterblaster would of only just gone off half a tick before Rafe made physical contact with the man, picking up his lifeless body with his left claw to use as a shield as Rafe loosed a blaster bolt from his peacemaker into the neck of the second guard, based on the size of the hole leading from the second man's neck down and out the backside of his armor Rafe guessed his peacemaker landed on kill.. he'd left it up to fate and given these men a fifty fifty chance of survival, it seemed the gods had decided not to afford them the courtesy of life this day..

Rafe kicked open the door, the lifeless guard leading the way as Rafe claws dug into him, the man's blood leaking down Rafe's arm now as he was basically holding the man up by his spine..

@Tathun Basanak

 

[Tathun Basanak]

Tathun watched as the beast ripped from the cabin. He grinned one last time as he levelled the Scatterblaster and fired one handed out of the window. The force battered into his arm, bucking wildly as he levelled it for a second; only to realise it wasn't required. "Kiff you're bloody quick." He muttered, more to himself than anyone else. Recovering he kicked open the door beside him and leaped out of the speeder in full rig, barring the helmet. He'd made it no more than a few steps before Rafe kicked open the front doors to the bank. Tathun ran the last few steps, the zap of blasters and stench of cordite filling the air as someone inside had yanked a blaster on the big guy it would seem. Undoubtable he would be more than dealt with by the time Tathun arrived beside the beast.

Inside was plain, simple, even a little unremarkable. Another guard had been posted just inside the door behind a low desk that acted as some form of security booth, plexiglass separating him from the rest of the lobby. It was brushed durasteel, a plain tile floor and little more than a row tellers manned by various creatures and even some droids at the far end, behind another long and low durasteel desk around twenty meters wide. The workers were on that knife-edge of stunned silence and surging to action, Tathun could sense the tension in the room as he entered.

"Everybody down!" He hollered nice and loud, raising the Scatterblaster and firing a near deafening shot high into the roof. "Down! On the ground now or I let him loose!" He gestured to Rafe at his side with a grin, swaggering forwards a few steps. A few of the tellers dove for cover, a human hunkering down by the corner as here and there some of the customers began to shakily lower themselves. It would seem they had forgotten one key factor in the robbery though.

This was a Cartel bank.

In a flurry of motion a door to the side, the one marked on the map Tathun had back in the speeder as "Office", suddenly hissed open. Four heavily armed muscle came barrelling out with a heavy burst of blaster bolts sprayed wildly across the bank. One hissed into Tathun's chestplate as carbon scored across the surface. He grunted and dropped to a knee with Scatterblaster in hand, pumping two shots towards the door. One guard was near entirely ripped off his feet and landed in a twisted heap back in the doorway, another winged on the leg as he skidded across the floor. The incoming fire was heavy but inaccurate, the muscle rushing to regain control of the lobby.

This was of course, everyone's queue to start screaming.

 

[Rafe]

As Rafe pushed his way into the bank a blaster bolt rang out, the guard had been aiming for the body Rafe held in front of himself, it seemed he couldn't even count on them hitting a mostly limp target, the bolt whizzed past the dead guard in Rafe's hand and struck his right thigh, Rafe could feel the heat of it as it wrecked its way into the duraplast of his right greave. Rafe snarled, angrily, as he struck the man with his right claw, his blaster grip colliding with the man's skull, a grimacing crack would be heard as it connected, and the man's eyes rolled back into his head before he slumped on the floor, followed shortly by a bolt from that same pistol into his torso for good measure.

As Tathun spoke to the tellers, Rafe used to body to block most of the plexiglass vent, pushing his fist out the man's stomach and into the vent itself, a second later flames leapt from his wrist the box this guard was in had now become a oven of hellfire as Rafe cooked the man wearing a twisted smile as he did so.

The door to the side sprung open, Tathun shredded one of them, and looked like he wounded another, at the same time Rafe hurled the body in his had at one of the remaining guards, mostly a distraction, but the body flew through the air and crashed into him, blood leaking out of it. The screams annoyed Rafe but he stayed on point as he leveled his peacemaker at the last of the still standing upright guards, and returned one well placed bolt to the man's groin, followed shortly thereafter by another to the top of his head as he bent over in pain.

The guard Rafe had thrown the body at was trying desperately to get to his feet, but Rafe already crossed the room, his left claw clenching down on, and digging into, the man's trigger hand as Rafe sunk his teeth into the man's neck. In a monstrous growl Rafe ripped his teeth from the man's neck without parting them, spraying blood across the wall, and leaking it from his own mouth. He could feel the resistance and the movements of the man fade away as his life blood flowed out the openings Rafe had made.

There was still the matter the of the man Tathun had wounded, though Rafe hadn't seen where he had ducked to, he wouldn't need to as just a second later a bolt would crash into his back, a solid ding noise rang about the room, the solid beskar-alloy plating on Rafe's back providing him all the protection he needed, though this didn't stop Rafe from growling angrily.

By now the staff, those who weren't the fighting type had tried their best to duck for cover, crying and screaming as they did so, the ATDs (Automated teller droids) doing little but standing around as dumb droids often did..

@Cyberius

 

[Taldorak Trenessar]

Taldorak was in the middle of making a deposit when two crazy shitbirds came in knocking. Hell, he was tempted to start blasting but that's when he recognized one of them. Then the shit hit the fan.

"Rafe?" He asked incredulously, walking through the various blaster fire, arms spread wide in greeting. "Kriff, haven't seen ya since Coruscant!" A bolt pinged off of his pauldron and that was it. Game time.

Peacemaker was drawn in an instant and he advanced on the guards of the bank he used, turning them into swiss cheese. Was it overkill? Only if he used the full clip. Which he did. Discharging the empty, he slammed a fresh one home.

As more security joined the fight, he would raise his arm and let loose a torrent of crimson flame that engulfed the poor sods. He then jumped the counter, sliding over the man that Tathun injured. The man would let out a cry of surprise before the next bolt from the peacemaker silenced him. "You! Wench! I'd like to make a withdrawal of my entire account and then close it! After that, then I'll rob the rest of them!"

As the woman startled, Tal would put a bolt into her partner. "First my money, then the rest. Let's go."

@Mad Dog

 

[Gareth Gin]

Well, this wasn't his job, at least not initially, but Preef did allow him to put his nose on any operation that he fancied, and since he happened to come across the bank robbery, Gareth couldn't help but be part of the fun. So, as the two men quickly dispatched the worthless security of the bank and another one joined them, the Miralukan stood from the panicked crowd, leaning against the walls of the bank just after entering, having taken care of two guards that wanted to flank them before they even got visual on the three criminals.

"So you are the boys Preef got for this mission, boss really got a good eye for talent, ain't gonna lie" The Miralukan had been spectating for a bit now, appreciating the fine work they were putting in "Name's Gareth Zaa Fenn, I wasn't asked to take part of this, but now that I have stumbled upon it, do you guys mind if I help you and have some fun myself?" And by fun he meant partaking in ludicrous amounts of violence, of course, he was already wearing his Matukai gloves and everything, ready to take some credits for his family.

@Mad Dog @Cyberius @Rhogar

 

[Rafe]

Rafe had to spit some of the blood out of his mouth to speak Taldorak? in truth Rafe hadn't learned the man's name until after their shared experience back on the city planet. It quickly became apparent that he was not privy to the operation taking place, he seemed to just think this was your run of the mill robbery, either way, Rafe could use the extra firepower, We gotta empty the vault, boss's orders.. Rafe then blasted one into the ceiling Anybody who don't work here.... get lost.. Rafe watched as the handful of people who were hiding behind desks and what not scurried for the door, one the tellers included, to be fair she was just doing her job and likely didn't even know how entwined with the rival crime lord this place was, but that didn't stop Rafe from picking her up by the neck as she tried to run by..

He lifted her up off the ground and carried her back behind the teller stations, blasting two of the useless droids along the way. As Rafe would walk past @Gareth Gin he'd introduce himself as well, followed by a I'd shake your hand... but.. and raised both the struggling woman and his blaster with a shrug. Keep me in mind if you ever need a job done loud and proud... he added as he walked toward the back room where the vault was supposed to be.

Rounding a corner, Rafe was not disappointed, there it sat right where it was supposed to be. Rafe holstered his peacemaker and stuck two of the detonators to the vault door, sticking the last one to what was supposed to be an outer wall of the building. The woman still in his left claw he left the room and set the detonators off..

It was definitely loud, the structure itself seemed to rock from it, some random debris even falling from the ceiling.. Rafe had a slight smirk on his face as he looked at his captive, for some reason hoping to see some sort of appreciation for the big boom he'd just set off.. to his dismay, there was none she still seemed concerned for life, which annoyed Rafe I won't kill you... just do what I say.. Rafe growled at her, annoyance heavy in his voice..

Hopefully everyone up front could handle whatever was going on up there now, surely there would be more than just a small handful guarding a payload this big..

Rafe made it back to the vault, peering out the now gapping hole that was a backwall before he did so, setting the woman down softly he said, Help me bag this up and you can go.. Maybe even take a bag for yourself..

 

[Taldorak Trenessar]

Taldorak tapped his foot as the teller he was working with managed to withdraw all of his money and shove it in a sack and hand it to him. "Thanks love, now, what uh... what time you get off of work? Maybe I'll come by and scoop ya up, yeah?" he said with an audible grin. As she was about to speak, his finger would rest on her lips "Shhh... not yet. I'll be back around nine for ya." he wouldn't. He had a hot date with a Rodian, maybe a sith, and more spice then he would know what to do with.

Shooting her with a finger gun, he turned back to the lobby and stopped as he heard the Miralukan speak. Tal would look at Gareth as if he was the most proper kriffer in the room. Granted, it was beneath the helm and totally obscured but he just offered a lazy two finger salute "Hey Gare Bear. Name's Tal. I was just here making a deposit when my pe-al Rafe showed up. Guess its just how this osik goes." he said with a shrug. One of the guards twitched and that was all Tal needed to light him up with several rounds of the trusty peacemaker. "Now as I was saying, welcome to crew."

With the pretty much dead guy super dead, and everyone else in the lobby dead, Tal made his way out to the door and peeked out. "May want to see if Rafe needs help. I'm sure back up is coming and I don't want to be here when it arrives." That was a lie. He was at the door just praying they would materialize.

@Mad Dog @Versok

 

[Gareth Gin]

Gareth let out a grin as Rafe introduced himself "That's the type of jobs I usually deal with so...I'll keep you in mind big guy" Someone like him certainly would help in future jobs, Gareth was by no means tiny but Rafe made him look like a child in comparison, sometimes even an ex Matukai needed an extra pair of hands to kill someone, and it was better if that extra pair of hands were claws that could also tear people apart

Gare bear? Huh, that was a new nickname, Gareth didn't really mind though, found it amusing even "Wait, you weren't hired for this? Rafe really started a robbery in your bank and you went and joined him just like that?" the Miralukan let out a hearty chuckle "I like your style" So Gareth stopped leaning on the war heading over to Rafe "Well, we are doing this to kriff over the owners of the bank, so if backup comes...taking care of more men would actually be good for us, I don't really mind, just keep an eye out" Gareth added while passing and joining Rafe in the back room

"That's a sound that never gets old..." He said after entering the room and hearing the explosion "Tal told me to help you with this so...let's get right to it"

@Rhogar
@Mad Dog[/abox3]