Bounty Hunters on Taris

[David S]

*K’Kurshek walked towards his ship; he had Renn following closely behind him.*

“Apprentice, we must go together on this ship since you do now own a ship of your own.”

 

[Green Ranger]

Renn grimaced. The last ship he had had was one of the Dantooine Academy shuttles, and he had crahs landed it on a landing pad on Coruscant. The hsuttle was ruined and Renn had had his flying licence revoked...not the best first impression one could achieve, but nevertheless...he nodded, wrapping his velvet red robes around himself...it was unusually cool outside, for a planet with a recycled atmosphere like Coruscant had.

"Lead the way, Master."

 

[David S]

OOC: Note the Jedi Temple is under Sith Control to my knowledge so everything will be deserted.

*K’Kurshek and Renn got inside the ship, K’Kurshek driving in the front and Renn at the back having the battle view. They left the Jedi Temple, the place seemed deserted, as they left the planet everything was gone, everybody hiding. K’Kurshek wondered if his padawan knew what was happening.*

“Do you know Apprentice?”

*They continued to leave, they entered Hyperspace in a matter of minutes, now would be the time to talk.*

 

[Green Ranger]

Renn looked down quietly at Coruscant right before they jumped, and his memories flooded with the carnage, the pain...the Sith.

"I know. I was trapped in the entrance hall when it began, and i barely escaped with my life. Don't....don't tell me to talk about it...I would rather not relive watching my comrades being cut down beside me, fellow Republic citizens defnding us with blaster and body."

Renn closed his eyes furiously,
"It shouldn't have happened."

 

[David S]

"We will stop it... After you become a Jedi Knight, I shall...I shall leave. I am running away from this place. To train, the Council no longer has power over the Jedi."

*They dropped out of hyperspace and that's when they saw half of what was Taris, is looked almost like any other planet that was made of water and dirt. They landed and that's when the fun start.*

 

[Green Ranger]

OOC: i'll leave the control of the bounty hunters up to you.

Renn quirked an eyebrow at K'Kursh's comment - he had never heard a Jedi speak in such a way before - but decided to remain quiet, for now at least. Stay focused on the mission, he reminded himself. As they came down to land, he quirked an eyebrow.

"I know this sounds like it's out of some old holo-vid, but it's...too quiet."

 

[David S]

"Follow me."

*They walked for a little while, they came across a few men.*

"We need some information."

"And who say's you'll get it eh?"

"I do."

"We'll your not..."

"You will tell me everything you know..."

"'I will tell you everything I know'"

"That's more like it. Have you seen four men, wearing weird clothes anywhere?"

"Yes, one of them had a person looking like your friend here over his shoulder."

*K'Kurshek knew almost everything he had to learn now.*

"Which way were they going and when did you see them?"

"They went to your left; I think its swoop racing or something? I saw them only a couple hours ago."

"Thank you."

*K'Kurshek and Renn walked off.*

"Renn, if they were carrying him to the swoop races only a few hours ago and they killed him last week then there's something wrong, these guys have over two hundred thousand credits on their hands or they haven't killed the Jedi, their using him as a slave. Shall we go to the swoop races?"


OOC: Phew, lots of talking...

 

[Green Ranger]

ooc: lol

Renn nodded silently, falling in step behind Kursh. As they approached, a huge quake rocked the ground beneath them. Renn dropped down to all fours for stability, then his head darted up to look. A swoop's deflecter shields had failed completely, and the poor rider had hit a piece of rubble head on. The resulting explosion was massive due to the incredibly volatile fuel the swoops used.

Eventually, the pair reached the crew area, where a rather burly Gammorrean stood at guard, his massive vibro-axe in hand. Seeing them approach, a bionic eye swiveled to look at them.

"Hand over weapons, you do, or Gado take arms from you."

Silently, Renn cursed, not meaning to send it as telepathy, but it happened. There was nothing worse than a Gammorrean, but a Gammorrean who rhymed? Urgh!

 

[David S]

OOC: I take it were in the swoop are, or around the entrance.

(Projective Telepathy) "Give your weapons to him. If anything happens we'll use Force Weapons."

*K'Kurshek gave his lightsaber to Gado, he looked pretty confused at the weapon he was given.*

"You take the thingy, it ain't a weapon."

"Thank you."

*They entered; K'Kurshek ducked at the blaster bolt coming his way. They had met the Bounty Hunters. The Jedi was wearing something on his head, you could not see the pupils in his eyes, he was being controlled.*

 

[Green Ranger]

Renn dove out of the way as one of the bounty hunters let loose with a heavy repeater. Who the hell was crazy enough to use those things anyway? With that kind of output in such a short time, the weapon's casing got incredibly hot, and it wasn't ususual for the clips to fuse with the casing, for the casing to overheat and melt, or even explode. Another bounty hunter nerby, a twi'lek, Renn observed, wielded two blaster pistols with vibro-blades attached to the nozzles. She would be the easier of the two to dispatch, he could almost touch the fear coming from her. Too bad I'm unarmed, he thought, hiding behind a small mound as he concentrated. Once more, he meticulously constructed a weapon, this time a more simple design, a graceful rapier with a slender edge. Renn knew he had one swing before it disintegrated, but his thoughts suddenly went to his master. He basically cursed mentally again, then held open that opening to see if he could push anything though.

:: ...it! You alright? ::

 

[David S]

*K'Kurshek knew his Apprentice was having trouble; K'Kurshek tried to stop himself from helping him as he deflected bolts coming from all four members of this group. Suddenly the Jedi's head was looking straight at Renn.*

(Projective Telepathy) "Renn!"

 

[Green Ranger]

Renn's eyes widened, but he quickly recovered, assessing the situation. Quietly, he slunk around to the side of the group, their attention fixed on the obvious threat, Renn's Master. The Twi'lek didn't stand a chance, Renn's rapier slicing through her arm like a hot knife through butter. With that, the weapon dissipated, though the padawan had had enough training with the combat droids to be able to hold his own. With a powerful shop to the woman's shoulder, the woman crumpled up in agony. As their attention moved to the padawan on their flanks, he thrust out his hands, the Force Aura protecting him.

(projective telepathy) "Get them!"

 

[David S]

*K'Kurshek force pushed all of them into a wall while they were focused on Renn, only the leader was conscious. But K'Kurshek made the obvious threat visible, the Jedi. K'Kurshek went to fight the Jedi.*

(Projective Telepathy) "You take down the leader. I'll take care of the Jedi."

OOC: From now on is my speech has "::Speech::" around it, it means that he's speaking with Projective Telepathy.

 

[Green Ranger]

Renn nodded, bringing his shield down as the leader's clip ran out. He smashed the repeater on the groudn several times, roaring in fury at the fact that the clip had fused to the weapon. The padawan smiled, picking up a half-broken vibro-sword, the end snapped off, though the weapon's blade was still sharp. The bounty hunter leader smiled as he pulled out a sidearm, the clip popping out of the steaming repeater as he fired off several shots. Renn smiled, his hand raising suddenly and absorbing the bolts, though it singed his palm badly. He continued towards the leader, as the clip slid into place and he hefted the enormous weapon to fire at the padawan...

 

[David S]

*K'Kurshek force pushed the thing on the Jedi head off him. The Jedi figured out what was going on and turned to the leader. The only thing that was going to happen now was Renn was going to finish this.*

OOC: The thread was short but anyway. I want your character to learn Farseeing and Force Weapons before this thread is over, so we might have a little more RPing to do...

 

[Green Ranger]

The man hefted the heavy repeater to his shoulder, firing off a round as the padawan leapt behind a rock. Picking up the broken vibrosword, he waited until the repeater overheated before he made his move. Charging at the bounty hunter, Renn's free hand swept forward, blasting a Force Push at the man, who was knocked over. A force pull disarmed him, and soon he had the repeater pointed at the man's head. Renn smiled.

"I suppose you're under arrest then. Any questions?"

 

[David S]

"Just one, can you see in the dark?"

*Suddenly the bounty hunter ran, as he left he seemed to have pulled a Vibro-dagger out of somewhere, he threw it at a fuse box and the lights went out.*

:: "Renn, use Farseeing. It will allow you to see him." ::

 

[Green Ranger]

"Alright then, let's see..."

Renn concentraed, closing his eyes as he knelt down on the ground. He knew he left himself prone to a sniper shot, but all the confusion would make him a hard target, which gave Renn the advantage. He continued concentrating, feeling his sight grow. With thta, he then added the image of the bounty hunter into his mind, and he almost immediately picked him up, taking cover nearby, hiding in the swoop garage. Renn picked up a blaster pistol, holstering his vibrosword as he entered the dark area...

 

[David S]

*As the bounty hunter ran he put on a pair of glasses that allowed him to see in the dark. He ran hoping that no-one would find him. As he turned around to look he saw Renn, the bounty hunter got his blaster ready and took a few shots at Renn's blaster.*

OOC: Lose the blaster; I want you to be "fluent" in Force Weapons before the end of your training.

 

[Green Ranger]

OOC: sry for the absence.

*Renn yelped as the blaster ricocheted out of his hand in a mound of molten mess. Luckily the ammo pack in the weapon was nearly drained, else Renn's hand could have been rendered useless by the ensuing explosion, had the pack been fresh.

Renn decided his vibro-sword would be particularly useless at this point, and decided his only options were as such. Firstly, he could try an unarmed attack, using one of the more basic Echani dueling techniques he had picked up from other padawans of Echani blood, and the only one he had mastered to a satisfactory level. An attack of this nature would be both foolish and unwise - more than likely Renn would be downed by a hail of gunfire before he even got close to the man.

That only left him option two, and the padawan's confidence in that decision was at best shaky - force weaponry.

At least Renn had used it several times, so that he knew what wasn't working for him. A different way of looking at it then...hmm... Renn thought for a moment or two, dodging several other blaster bolts. As his mind clicked into place, the padawan realized he was letting his quarry get away, and took up pursuit, his mind already visualising the weapon as he ran, strengthening the image with the Force. He wouldn't actually create it until necessary - wasting his energy on something he didn't need right now was just stupid.*