Ask Blatent Piracy

[Julius Arvo]

Grace Zann had called in a favor, she and her team had helped out the Pykes taking a prison ship so Jules was here to repay the kindness.

Grace was setting up shop on Hypori and needed some supplies. The needed supplies were being loaded on two freighters and were going to have a 3 fighter escort consisting of
Z-95 Headhunters equipped with class 1 hyper drives. So they were clearly not the standard Headhunters.

They were loading on the planet Serenno and bound for Ryloth. Jules had his slicers build net transponder boards for the Wayfarerer class freighters as well as the Headhunters. His slicers were also decent pilots but they weren't fighters. They were all red headed human females in their early twenties and were hard to tell apart unless they were all together at the same time. This was a thing that created endless merriment for them.

Jules plan was to take the ships after they were loaded but before they took off this was going to take some doing but would not be impossible if his partner was up to it.

The good news was that Jules already knew which bar where the pilots hanging out waiting for the ships to be loaded.

@Howie Boy

 

[Kist Ke'kolu]

Kist didn't hesitate when Grace had asked him to partner up with a Julius Arvo for some old fashioned pirating. Usually these kinds of thing were outside his wheelhouse and to take it on with a stranger as well? A hard no for anyone else, but what she was planning would call on them to risk it all and there was no way the Bothan would deny her. They would rise or fall together.

Kist had accompanied Julius and his gang of red headed slicer to Serenno. Any attempt to learn their names proved futile, not that they did anything to help as they seemed to take joy in the confusion. Hopefully they were as competent as Jules claimed. Kist towed along as Julius lead them to a location where the pilots of the targeted ships were supposed to be. The plan was to take the ships before they ever left port. How that was to be done had yet to be determined.

"So, what's the plan Julius? We could offer a bribe or were you thinking of something a little more...forceful?"

@Wayrider

 

[Julius Arvo]

Jules said let the girls do their job then we clean the slate. It didn't take long for the girls with their micro recording devices to cozy up to and get all the necessary information from the pilots that they could use. By the time the girls left they had enough to counterfeit a full set of biometrics for each pilot as well as enough background to be able to build whatever may be needed to bypass any security systems that their ships might have.

As per the usual when one decided she needed to use the powder room they all had to join. A mystery to men throughout the Galaxy why it was, it was just accepted. Once out of sight of the targets the girls made a bee line out the back door. Once they were gone and Jules was sure they weren't followed he relaxed a bit and looked at Kist and said, "now we wait for them to leave and we put them all down."

Jules knew where they were supposed to bunk tonight so was sure that there would be plenty of opportunity. Jules ordered a large meal and watched as his victims continued drinking getting drunker by the minute.

 

[Kist Ke'kolu]

Kist followed suit and ordered a meal for himself too. It would seem that they were to sit back and wait for these pilots to stumble their way back to their bunks and then put an end to them. The plan was harsh, but Kist understood that it would be very effective. Innocent lives often had to be sacrificed when power grabs were at play. Collateral damage was all he would see it as.

"Understood." He agreed to the plan. Once they had them snuffed out they could assume their identities from the biometrics the girls had lifted off of them. From there they should just be able to simply fly away. It was brilliant really. Didn't require a bribe or an all out assault.

Time would pass and soon enough the pilots would begin to make their way out of the bar. "It's time." Kist said as he pointed.

@Wayrider

 

[Julius Arvo]

The pilots were not as drunk as Jules had hoped they would be, so they were going to have to get ahead of them. Looking at Kist Jules said you follow them and I will get ahead of them and find a decent ambush site.

Without waiting for a response Jules reached out and drew upon the Force leaping up three stories to the roof top. Then careful not to be seen he began running over the roof tops Looking for both a good site to finish them and dispose of the bodies.

@Kist Ke'kolu

 

[Kist Ke'kolu]

Kist nodded as the plan was set. Unfortunately the pilots weren't as incapacitated as they had hoped, so they would have to take a more direct approach when disposing of them. The Bothan watched as Julius sprung into the air, clearing a three story building. Karkin' force users! Always making it look easy! His little legs would carry him down the street the old fashioned way and too enough the pilots would turn down a quiet and darkened alley.

Kist crouched low and he snuck behind them. This was a good a spot as any, but he would wait for Julius to make the first move before he drew his knife and made his move.

@Wayrider

 

[Julius Arvo]

The five pilots turned down an alley which made things even easier for him dropping down from the roof Jules landed directly on the head and shoulder of the biggest one. Jules could feel bones displacing through the soles of his heavy boots. Both of his phrink vibro blades were instantly in his hands they sheared through the two pilots in front of him cleaving on an angle from the neck and cutting through everything exiting below the shoulders.

Jules then dove forward reversing his direction and came back up to his feet facing the remaining two.

@Kist Ke'kolu

 

[Kist Ke'kolu]

Kist watched as Julius sprung into action and the carnage that followed was impressive. With a quickness and ease three of the pilots would fall dead, which would only leave two left to be dealt with. Although Kist was not nearly the fighter that Jules was that didn't mean he was capable. As Jules turned to face the remaining enemy one of them would reach for a holster strapped to his hip. Kist made his move.

With a quick sprint and a leap the little Bothan would claw his way up the pilots back and plunge his knife into his neck. It wasn't nearly as lethal as the moves Julius had performed, but as Kist and the political fell to the ground the job would be done. Only one left.

@Wayrider

 

[Julius Arvo]

As the final pilot drew his blaster time seemed to slow down for Jules as his force speed kicked in. Jules covered the distance between them even before the pilor fully gripped his pistol. Jules left blade cut through the man's wrist before the pistol cleared its holster.

His right blade plunged through his chest cutting clear through his spine. Pulling the blade out Jules took a quick look around then began piling the bodies, While removing any data devices and credits.

@Kist Ke'kolu

 

[Kist Ke'kolu]

Kist would shove the body of the pilot off of him just in time to see Julius dispatch the last enemy. After brushing himself off he would join his partner in relieving the bodies of the money and credentials. "Nice work." He congratulated Jules. It was grim work indeed, but he appreciated it nonetheless as there was no way he would have been able to handle more than one of the pilots himself.

Soon enough the bodies would be piled and ready for disposal. Kist would wait for Julius to decide what to do with them. They could hide any evidence or just make a break for it and get to those ships as soon as possible. Either way, Kist would follow suit.

@Wayrider

 

[Julius Arvo]

Handing all the credits to Kist, since Jules real pay out was when they were done,. Jules said,
" let's go." When they were far enough away he reached into his pocket and pulled out a low yield plasma grenade which he tossed into the pile. The plasma barely extended half a meter beyond the pile of remains.

He would have to congratulate the weaponsmith the yield was perfect. Exactly three meters, down from the usual seven. Making them the perfect remains removal and disposal system.

"Let's get these electronics to the girls," said Jules. " Let them see if there's anything useful. " He finished heading out of the alley.

@Kist Ke'kolu

 

[Kist Ke'kolu]

Soon enough the pockets of the dead pilots would be emptied and their bodies piled. Kist wasted no time in following Julius as they presented a plasma grenade. Quick, easy and most importantly, no evidence left behind. After a they got far enough away a quick flash would wrap up this part of the mission.

Some time later Kist and Jules would return to the girls he employed and they would turn over all of the electronics that had been taken from their victims. With that they should have enough data to make some counterfeit credentials for them all. If everything went as planned, they could show up to the convoy of ships and simply fly away. Only time would tell if they could pull it off without a fight.

@Wayrider

 

[Julius Arvo]

By the time morning arrived everything was ready contacts to bypass retinal scans, voice modulators to bypass voice recognition programs, even temporary fingerprint prosthetics should those be necessary. Each ship also had a data spike with code breakers pre set Each ship had a new counterfeit transponder board ready to be swapped out.

Jules was surprised at the lack of security upon arrival as they were ushered to their fully loaded ships without any sort of delay. Three of the red heads went directly to the Headhunters one heaed to the closest Wayfarerer while Jules headed to the second Wayfarerer freighter.

Inserting the data spike Jules powered up the ship and fired up the navicomputer.

@Kist Ke'kolu

 

[Kist Ke'kolu]

Kist blinked heavily a few times after inserting the contacts the red heads had given him. It was uncomfortable but necessary to bypass the ships security. The girls were all set to fly one of the freighters and the star fighters which was a relief for Kist was not a talented pilot. He could manage if need be, but not if things went south and a fight broke out. So, he followed Julius onto the Wayfarerer and took up the co-pilots seat as he inserted the data spike and fired up the ship.

"So far so good." Kist stated the obvious, but he was relieved that things were going well so far. "Just got to clear the atmosphere and make if far enough to jump to hyperspace. We can launch on your mark."

@Wayrider

 

[Julius Arvo]

The moment they cleared the atmosphere Jules pulled the transponder board and replaced it with the counterfeit one he had brought. They were nearly to the first jump point when a planetary patrol began hailing them ordering them to return to Port.

When the redheads spun their Headhunters around and turned on their targeting computers the patrol craft not being operated by an idiot simply cut back into the atmosphere. The freighters entered hyperspace and when they exited only had to wait a couple minutes before the Headhunters arrived. The next jump was made together, after a leisurely hour to ensure that no one had followed them.

The Headhunters then jumped out heading eventually to the parking lot. A place so remote you had to know about it to find it. The two Wayfarerer class freighters then made their final jump to Hypori and their unload for the consortium.

@Kist Ke'kolu

 

[Kist Ke'kolu]

The mission was turning out to be quite the success. There was only a brief moment of tension as the planetary guard became suspicious and ordered them back to port, but a showing of arms was all it took to scare them off. Why risk their lives for a couple of freighters and with no hope of taking on several Headhunters? From there they would travel between a couple jump points before making their final stop on Hypori. Soon enough the crafts would be unloaded and the would join the Consortium fleet.

"Pleasure working with you Julius." Kist would offer his gratitude to the other for he lacked the skill to pull off something like that so effectively. Hopefully his effort would be considered enough to prove that he was at least willing to do what it took to accomplish the needs of the Consortium. Time would tell, but for now he was needed elsewhere. "I must bid you farewell though. Until we meet again." Kist offered a small bow before making his departure.

(Exit Thread)

@Wayrider