Bring Them to Heel

[Brolo Furybrand]

Alderaan, House Thuul
0900 hours local time
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Finally! Brolo had finally been approved for action in the field and he couldn't have been more excited, especially with what his first mission was. The Old Empire...or as he assumed it would soon be called just, The Empire; had finally decided it was time for Imperial Republica to get with the program. They were defeated fair and square and it was time to fold themselves into one Empire. The powers that be decided to the best place to start was on Alderaan with House Thul-Drast, one the more powerful branches of the Drast line rulers of Alderaan. His and his fellow Sith's mission was to storm House Thul's main castle and "convince them" that supporting the Old Empire was in everyone's best interest.

The ground forces of the Old Empire were already engaged with House Thul's defenders. As the the battle raged below Brolo, a wicked looking Agent named Cher No Gorgon (@Nommie) , and a fellow acolyte Malius Vanis (@Nerovec) would drop in on a landing pad a few levels down from the throne room. They would fight there way up and confront the leaders of house Thul directly who could either agree to Old Empire authority or be "replaced".

As the Virus dropship descended toward the castle grounds the battle below could be seen through the view-ports. Brolo clinched his fists, not out of fear or anxiety, but pure anticipation. The Kiffar couldn't wait to get his boots on the ground and start busting some pompous Thul heads. This was what it was all about for him, the strong taking the power they deserved from these soft Republica pretenders. He hated this particular brand of republica fool as they had been simply born into wealth and and influence, while Brolo had worked his ass off for every ounce of power he currently had. It was time to show them what true power was.

The light by the dropship doors turned red to indicate they were 30 seconds away from the landing zone. The ship shook as the Thul anti-air defenses began to fire on them. It was quickly stopped as 2 sith fighters swooped past and blew the AA guns to slag. Brolo looked to his 2 companions and let a wide, wild smile spread across his face. "You guys ready to bash some skulls or what hahaha." The dropship lurched as it came to a stop over the landing pad and began to fire on any defenders still alive. The light turned green and the ramp lowered to let them out. "Last one to the throne room buys first round eh fellas!" With a wild laugh Brolo jumped from the ship and the assault was on.

 

[Cher No Gorgon]

It had been months since the last time Cher had been called to do a mission. She had been recovering from injuries and getting over her pathetic retreat after freaking out while facing a couple of jedi. The Tiss had never faced a trained force sensitive before that moment. Now here today with two Sith Acolyte the Raptor is determined to better her reputation.

As the dropship got lower and lower as it descended down to the landing platform, Cher started to feel excitement flow through her veins. Today they are here on Alderaan to bring the Thul-Drast to heal and show the Galaxy who the true masters are. Who are powerful enough to run the galaxy. Now Cher may not be force sensitive or a trained Sith, but she does not need any of that to scare the living daylights out of someone. Her appearance is usually all it takes. Who would not freak out when they are face to face with a reptile full of sharp teeth and long claws that can tear into someone in a split second. Not to mention she has two large sickle shape claws on her feet.

With her armor that was specifically designed for her and her rifle slinged on her back, the dinosaur is ready to begin the mission. Now with thirty seconds until they will be on the landing pad the Raptor started pacing impatiently. She wants to start the hunt now so she can get the taste of royal blood on her tongue.

She hissed with amusement as she looked to Brolo, whom she is already starting to like, "You may bash the skulls. I will rip their limbs off." She told the Acolyte. Chuckling the Raptor followed Brolo off the ship. With her rifle still slinged to her back, thinking she will not need it, took off running. Planning to use her deadly claws and teeth to take down any foes. They may have never seen a Tiss'sharr before, nor one of her above average size. She is massive. So any opponents may freeze in place or flee after looking at her. Such a thing happened to one guard who was somehow still alive. He was frozen in place with his rifle pointed, only snapping out of it when Cher was already starting to dig her claws into his unprotected neck. With the guard taken out, Cher hissed with amusement. But this is not enough. She wanted to sink her claws into the royal family.

With a screeched trill she will start heading inside the castle, with her rifle drawn and ready to go.

 

[Malius Vanis]

Malius was as eager as his companions as he waited for the dropship to land. He observed his two companions for a moment. He could sense that the seemingly excited Kiffar was force sensitive, he suspected he was an acolyte such as him. Most of the more experienced and older Sith were more serious. The other seemed to be an agent since he did not feel a connection to the force, however, her sheer size and intimidating appearance more than made up for that.

Malius grinned as he heard the Kifar speak. "Let us see who is the better fighter." He closed his eyes for a moment and opened them as soon as the ramp lowered. He ignited his light-sabers and cracked his neck before running out of the dropship, deflecting several stray blaster bolts as they headed towards him. He decapitated an unfortunate guard who had managed to survive the initial assault. He seemed to be wounded but he had made an effort to stand up to fire at his attacker, which was all in vain in the end.

Malius watched the head of the young man roll unto the floor, he smirked before setting his eyes on the entrance to the castle. He ran after Cher who had already started to head into the castle.

 

[Brolo Furybrand]

Brolo's boots thudded against the durasteel platform as he landed. His crimson blade ignited and swatted away a few wild blaster bolts and he chuckled as he partners leaped out with him, he was happy to see that they were as eager as he was to get to work. He started after them, his saber moved to deflect a few more blaster bolts and laughed as he saw the badass reptile lady literally tear into Thul defender. Malius was no slouch and had gotten a kill of his own on another Thul fool.

A crazed defender ran at Brolo, the Thul woman had her rifle raised like a club, guess she figured she had a better chance in melee...she was oh so wrong. Brolo simply thrust out his left hand and grabbed her by the throat with his hand. He lifted her easily as he kept running and simply threw her from the ledge as he ran, her scream drowned out by the chaos of the battle around them. He chuckled as he made his way into the castle proper only a few strides behind his companion. Seemed the plan was spot on. As they made their way down the corridors only a few scattered defenders remained with most of the Thul forces committed to the battle on the grounds. He took a few longer strides and came up next to the others.

"Alright let's find a lift and get up to throne room yeah. Can't wait to see these losers wet themselves at the sight of us hahaha." He took a quick swipe to his left, his saber cutting a deep gash into the chest of a defender as they ran. "Honestly hope they have something a little more exciting waiting upstairs hehe." His saber moved again to reflect a blaster bolt back into the groin of another defender as they approached a bank of turbo lifts, finally. It wouldn't be long now till they would be "knocking" on the throne room doors.

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[Cher No Gorgon]

Cher looked to Brolo as the Sith suggested that they find the lift to take them to the throne room. Now it would make getting there quicker. But if the advanced guards are up there, that is what they will be expecting. The Raptor hissed in thought, "As much as I want to get to the throne room as quickly as possible. The guards up there will be expecting us to take the lift. And therefore taking the lift will be a death trap. I suggest we take the stairs. No one expects attackers to take the stairs." She suggested. Not wanting to over step her boundaries since technically the two Sith out rank her. She was just trying to make a suggestion. Or if the two Sith want to take the lift she can break off to take the stairs to flank any guards that may pin the Sith in the lift.

The reptile shot down two guards that came running down one of the corridors that lead to the base of the lift. Shouldering her rifle the raptor took her helmet off, stretching her jaws a bit. Even though she wears armor, she can't stand having the helmet on for long. She felt confined and unable to do as she pleases with the blasted thing on. Which was sink her teeth into her opponents.

She looked to the Sith wondered if he was going to have the three go into the lift. It was probably big enough to hold all three of them. Cher will just have to take extra care to tuck in her tail. Or she may just go take the stairs that are across from the lift. The reptilian hissed as she thought, "On second thought. I will take the stairs. I might be too big to fit in the lift." She noted when the lift doors opened, "I will meet you two up there." She hissed then charged over to the stairs, quickly sprinting up the stairs the two Sith will hear screams as the Raptor took out the two guards that were hiding in the stairway.

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[Brolo Furybrand]

Brolo simply shrugged as the lizard lady ran up the stairs. It didn't matter to the Kiffar one bit, hell he assumed it'd probably be better for her to flank while the 2 Acolyte's were the front line. He stabbed his saber through the chest of another would be defender and then cued the turbolift. So far this mission was a bit boring. Only a few more hapless Thul guards approached and were dealt with by the combined might of Brolo and Malius. He stepped into the lift when it arrived and made his way up.

The elevator reached the throne room and Brolo readied himself to face a hail of blaster bolts, but as the doors opened he was met with silence. As he stepped out he could see about a dozen Thul guards with guns trained on him and tracked him as he strode forward. The room was rather spacious and circular in design with high ceilings and several ornate columns around the other edges. Towards the rear of the room away from the elevator sat 3 ornate chairs and seated in them where no doubt the leaders of House Thul-Drast. Brolo let a wild smile spread on his face as he strode up to the line of guards, ah these boys and girls were clearly the elite and better trained than the rest as they didn't flinch slightly as Brolo walked up. He smiled even wider as he realized that the stairs to the throne room...were behind the line of guards and gave an excellent vantage point on the line of thrones in the back of the room.

"Ah hey there boys and girls, so as much as I'd like this to turn into a bloodbath I've been told to try and keep you cushy Republica types in one piece. So how's the word surrender sitting with everybody? Because from what I've seen of your......."army" they ain't holdin' out much longer?"

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[Cher No Gorgon]

Cher raced her way up the stairway. The Raptor was making sure not to go too fast though incase there were anymore guards asside from the two that she killed. It would not do her or her team any good if she rushed straight into a couple of guards and got herself killed as a result. Getting to the top of the stairs she quietly listened for a moment as Cher heard one of her partners, she recognized the voice belonging to Brolo.

The Raptor hissed quietly as she stepped out of the stairway. She will then notice that the stairs took her right behind the line of guards. Whom were so focused on the sith that they failed to notice her sneaking up behind them, only Brolo will see her coming. She silently took out two of the dozen guards by digging her claws into the back of their necks and quietly putting them down. Only ten guards left. This will be easy to take care of even with this group being elite.

Getting up right behind the remaining Thul-Drast guards the Raptor wondered how best to scare the living daylights out of them. The guards stood firm one whom may be the one in charge of this group of guards shook his head, "No can do. We have been ordered to protect the royal family. And that is what we will do!"

Cher hissed, "And where is the family hidden?" Earning the guards to almost visibly jump as some looked back to her. The Raptor growled looking to Brolo then to the guards as they split their focus. Five focused on Cher while the other five focused on Brolo. A wise move for men who are going to die slowly if they do not tell them where the royal family is.

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[Koil Solus]

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There was too much going on for anybody to pay the lone starfighter shooting over head. He was in low orbit but still speeding along. The sensors of Koil's Klaw were absorbing the skirimish below between the noble house of Alderaan and the Imperial forces. Koil was a man who appreciated good intelligence and in equal parts doing things himself. That was why his scout starfighter was used frequently as forward reconnascance just like in this instance. Observing from this height was not out of the norm, in fact it was what the ship had been originally designed for. The data in its collection banks of the ship were active though his weapons system was not. He was only moving at the equivelant speed of one hundred MGLT, roughly eighty percent of his actual maximum speed. He did not want to strain his vessel until it was necessary.

As he had been watching he was debating whether or not to intervene. It was a moment of opportunity that could be capitalized on and prove beneficial for the Mandalorians. In the eyes of the locals the Mandalorians would be the saving element in their survival which would be far more preferable than the tyrannical rule of the Sith.

Broadcasting on the coded mandalorian channel to any fellow warriors in the area he would make a decision <"This is Silent Badger. The Sith forces are moving in on the House Thul castle. Moving to intercept."> With that said he switched power over from his recording equipment and ground observation system to the laser cannon and began combat preparations. His sensors would remain active for detecting other possible contacts moving to intercept his movement. It would seem the primary assualters had all come in on one drop ship.

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[Arturo Solus]

The call to arms sounded loud and clear in Arturo's ear as he hung in low orbit over Alderaan, keeping in loose formation with his brother, Koil. The man wore anonymity like an old cloak, which was probably why he was flying a scout-class starfighter. They were hard to detect, Arturo heard, which made him feel slightly inconspicuous as he followed after his vod, the MM2 Fern/Mandokar-class starbomber he piloted a stark contrast to the ship he tailed. Not that it mattered much. From the word of Silent Badger to the information filtering in through the coded comm-channel, Arturo knew the time for subtlety and tact was quickly hurtling towards its end.

"Silent Badger, this is Tracker Badger. I hear you. Moving to reinforce," he replied, a sudden shift setting the stars a-spinning until the brilliantly colorful orb of the planet below filled the viewport. It seemed trouble was afoot. Sith forces were engaging Thul-Drast forces below, and from the growing intensity of hostile activity and the locale, it didn't appear to be anything good. The castle under attack was known to house Alderaan's ruling noble family; Arturo assumed that was their target. There wasn't much else of import in the castle, besides, of course, the strategic value it held as a (relatively) defensible position.

Trailing after Koil, Arturo made sure his shields were active and his lasers primed as they descended, a wary eyes fixed on his sensors. He hadn't expected to be involved in a fight, today of all days. But then, one didn't often have a choice in these matters; the only applicable one was to support his brother and try his best to route or kill the attackers before they could achieve their goal. The political factors -of great magnitude and weight- never registered in his mind. He was a soldier; he tried to keep things simple. Less confusion that way.

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[Dax Rau (TL8)]

Dax took up the slack in the third position of this little formation. He was flying at about the length of two ships and just off of Art's left, and like Art, was piloting a Fern Bomber. Koil came over the coded comms and Art answered in their cute little names. It irritated Dax that he was not one of the favored with the nicknames but realized it was also a Solus thing.

"Oh you two are just adorable, call some targets and lets blow some shit up ya ?" he replied in the comms, then looked to his droid. "A-7 start plotting our way out of here. We might need it." While the droid simple used it's connection to start the navacomputer's operation. Dax armed the lasers and torpedo systems. The moment Koil said the word, Dax would turn the area to glass.

 

[Brolo Furybrand]

Brolo just smiled as the raptor lady took care of a couple of the House Thul mooks. He looked passed the line of guards to the gathered leaders of the House and let a wild look come into his eyes as Cher made herself known to the guards. Before the guards could fully focus on what was happening Brolo's saber ignited and slashed out once then again and 2 bodies fell dead, 8 left. He parried a vibrosword swing from his left. He pushed the blade away and followed with a quick stab felling the attacker. Now the guards regained their posture and began to back away and fire.

"Hahahaha this is more like it!" He quickly deflected several blaster bolts and dashed to the side behind the cover of one of the rooms pillars. He hoped the raptor could handle herself, but from what he'd seen it didn't seem like it was going to be a problem. A bigger problem was that as he peeked out from his cover he could see the nobles, realizing the writing was on the wall for them, had begun to try and slink away. Brolo wasn't about to let these soft Thul fools slip away. He began to let the darkside flow through him freely and he dashed out of his cover and ran directly at the remaining defenders. He thrust out his right hand releasing a blast of force energy that knocked away one defender and he slashed to his right taking out another. He made a quick leap up the stairs to the throne proper where the 4 nobles now cowered. "Ah come on now, can't be leaving so soon? So I'm assuming surrender isn't gonna be much of an option here eh?." The clearly eldest member of the house stood then and looked Brolo in the eyes, "You monster! How dare you come into our home and demand what?! That we grovel to Old empire animals...I won't and neither will any mem...arrgh." The Thul noble was cut a bit short, tends to happen when a lightsaber is thrust through one's chest. He pulled the blade free and Brolo basked in the feelings of fear the other 3 nobles had at that moment.

"Ah so he wasn't gonna play ball...how about you sister?" Before he could get a response one of the guards managed to get a shot off at him which the Kiffar only barely managed to deflect. Brolo cursed as the nobles then made a break for it. He slashed the female down and lashed out with the force grabbing the eldest son by the neck. He squeezed his hand and with all his might crushed the man's throat. He then caught a glimpse of the last noble, a young boy, slip down the stairs opposite the ones Cher had used. He deflected a few more errant blaster bolts and made after the kid, it was on this kid now if House Thul lived today or faded into history.

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[Cher No Gorgon]

Cher had no idea what had happened to Malius, he must have had a change of heart or had gone elsewhere to participate in a battle. Eh whatever. If he complains about missing out on taking down the royal family the only one he will have to blame is himself. Or the Raptor will nail him with a brutal answer of her own. For all she knows the Sith could have chickened out.

With herself on one side of the guards and Brolo on the other the guards finally started to get into the action as they scattered while firing at the Sith and Imperial. Hissing the Raptor ducked behind a pillar, one bolt scrapping along the armor on her thigh. Oh they are going to get it now, "They certainly have a backbone the others lacked." She told the Sith through her comm as the Raptor unshouldered her rifle and took out a guard with two bolts to his chest. Now there was only seven guards left.

With her partner leaving her behind to take out the family Cher was left to deal with the guards on her own. Not that it will be a problem. She can handle this so Brolo had nothing to worry about. Cher took wounded a guard with a bolt to his calf, he will be able to continue fighting but unable to move as well as he used to.

Taking out another guard, leaving five guards left. It was time to end this so the raptor armed a frag grenade and threw it at the remaining guards just after Brolo went running after the young noble who managed to make a break for it. She will then follow Brolo to the set of stairs, following them down. The stairs must have led out to some place otherwise the kid would not have picked going down this set of stairs.

And indeed the stairs led straight down to a tunnel that must lead out to someplace that would have allowed the family to vanish if they made it this far. Now it was just a matter of if Brolo will be able to catch the kid or if the young man will make his escape. To try to slow the kid down, Cher fired three bolts just ahead of the kid. She hissed at her comrade, "Finish him off so we can get out of here Brolo." The underground tunnel the stairs have led them to should protect the two oddball comrades from the three Mandalorians if they decided to attack from the air.

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[Koil Solus]

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Koil would hold his fire for the time being on the ship that was on the ground. He could probably acquire it and use it for some future endeavor if the sith did not come back out. Instead he did a fly by, slowing down as there were no immediate aerial contacts. He would have guessed reinforcements would have come in if the Sith were struggling or detecting his own ship. His slower speed allowed him to run a focused and intense scan on the castle. Koil wanted to know if there were any life signs within or if the Mandalorians had arrived too late to save the Thul. After a few moments it would seem that only a tiny signature, thanks to the advanced sensor suite onboard his ship, detected a cluster of biological signatures deeper in the castle.

The noble family probably had a few secret passages. Koil relayed this information to his wingmates via the closed channel. He gave the coordinates ahead of the likely secret passage. If they were survivors of the Thul dynasty he wanted to cut them off. If they all died here by accident from the Mandalorian's bombing run then it would certainly be the Sith to blame. However, the fact that there had been numerous Sith operatives that had approached the castle made him think that they had not fallen.The Thul dynasty was not equiped and if it were him running an operation he would not exit the same way he had entered. It was a simple tactic but one that was universally recognized.

The bombs and weaponry that his wingmates possessed would be more than enough to collapse the tunnel. If the lifeforms decided to move forward down the path they would be crushed by the planned bombardment. There was chance for them to potentially survive if they turned back to the castle though. However he had his own doubts about their capability at dealing with hit since if they were moving full tilt they would probably be underneath the onslaught of high yield devastation.

 

[Arturo Solus]

They were within range of the castle in a couple of minutes and, like Koil, Arturo held his fire. The enemy ship -a Sith dropship, he reckoned- would likely have been the enemy's first means of escape once their grizzly work here was done, and the tracker was loathe to destroy such a tempting target if such was the case. Besides, it wasn't going anywhere soon; Koil's scans hadn't revealed any life aboard, and from the devastation and dead bodies spread about it, there was no need for them to act hastily. The Drast-Thul guards had fought, and lost, and it didn't seem as if anyone was rushing to take their place now that they'd fallen. Not even air support. Arturo kept a wary eye on his sensors none the less, his thrusters whirring as he circled.

Koil's voice rang out over the secured channel. Arturo nodded to himself as the information was relayed, turning one-hundred and eighty degrees to sweep back in over the flat ground surrounding the castle. Apparently there was an underground tunnel leading away from the castle, and the Klaw's advanced sensors had picked up signs of life below. From the mess they'd made of the guard detail outside, Arturo believed that it was more than likely Sith or Imperial agents, maybe even one of the nobles they'd came here to kill. He didn't know for sure, but he knew what Koil meant when he'd chosen to relay the information. What he was...insinuating.

'Blow them to shreds, or bury them. Do what needs done...'

Arturo flew just over the position Koil had told them of, and fired two Proton Torpedoes -one from each magazine- at the ground in an attempt to either collapse or outright kill those within the tunnel. @Nommie @Okoju He doubted that whoever it was below would know of the Mandalorians presence until the torpedoes struck, and if it was the enemy who dwelt there, they would most likely be caught up in dealing with whoever it was running from them. Arturo didn't wait to see his torpedoes strike before pulling out, and continuing to circle.

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[Brolo Furybrand]

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"Get back here you little muther fraker!" The kid was surprisingly fast, well the kid was literally running for his life so it wasn't too surprising. The remaining noble of the house scrambled down the stairs that doubled back on themselves for about 6 flights. Where the hell did these stairs lead? More frustratingly the kid managed to stay just out of Brolo line of sight the entire decent so he couldn't get a clear shot with his pistol or nab him with the force.

The stairs finally came to end and the kid continued to run out of sight. Brolo hit the floor still running and grimaced as he saw what lied ahead. The stairs opened into a smallish atrium with a reinforced door opposite the stairs. 3 guards beckoned the boy to hurry up. "Finally, get the young master to safety!" One guard followed the young noble into what looked like some kind of long tunnel. Figured these soft fools would have an escape plan in place in case things went belly up. It seemed the tunnel ran away from the front of the castle away from the fighting as well. The other 2 guards then faced Brolo, and each brandished an electrostaff in the Sith's direction. "We'll hold him until the rest of the family arrives." At that Brolo let out a good belly laugh. "Oh I wouldn't worry about that," Brolo raised and ignited his own saber as he stepped forward, "I took care of the bastards myself. Now you two are the only thing standing between me and a nice pint, so step aside." Brolo let his fiendish smile take over once again. "Though I'm happy to add a few more bodies to the pile."

With that the 2 guards came at him. One guard lashed out with a stab while the other came in with an overhead swing. The pair were in perfect sync and the speed and coordination of the 2 wiped the smile off Brolo's face. He parried the stab to his right and raised his left arm to catch the overhead swing on his left bracer. He still felt a bit of a jolt and took a step back before they came in again. Brolo knew he had to make this a one on one fight and fast. He raised his left hand and let out a brute force blast of force energy knocking the guard on his left off his feet and back several meters. The guard on his right was on him right after and desperate block of a swing from the guards left is all that saved Brolo from a taking a direct hit. Brolo regained his posture quickly and as the guard came in with another swing to Brolo's left, the Kiffar angled the tip of his blade down at an angle to catch the staff. He then used his strength to push up and parry the staff to his right. Brolo's training in Djem So then served him well as the guard wasn't prepared for the instant follow up from the Sith and took a deep gash from his left shoulder to right ribs. "Yeah sit down mutha karker!"

The quick exchange had only taken a few moments and the other guard was on his feet and took up a fighting stance. Brolo smiled again and set himself into a Djem So stance ready to continue, when suddenly a massive explosion rocked the ground, followed by another right after. The combined explosions buckled the door behind the guard that acted as the tunnel entrance. The door bent forward and fell ajar of it's housing, smoke dust and fire could be seen pouring in from the tunnel. The guard just looked awe struck before falling to his knees, "Young master! What just happ....." The guards final words cut short as a Brolo's saber pierced his chest from behind. Brolo looked at the tunnel entrance as the guard slumped forward dead. He then closed his eyes and concentrated for a second....he couldn't feel anything living in the tunnel. He opened his eyes and then just shrugged. Whatever had just happened only worked in his favor as he was gonna murder the kid anyways.

He got on the comms to check the status of the battle. As he and Cher no had been fighting in the throne room the main Sith forces had pushed inside the castle proper and had for a time now been clearing the interior. He opened a secure channel to Cher No as he headed back up the stairs, "Hey....uh.. I'm sure you felt that explosion yeah? Whatever it was killed the kid and some mook. I'm headed back....wait what? Are you hearing these reports?" As Brolo headed back up reports started to come in of Mandalorian bombers in the area...well that explained a lot. The 2 Vexatatious fighters that escorted their dropship down were dispatched to deal with the 3 mando ships for the time being, at least to keep them occupied until the Panopticon frigate that had brought the Sith forces to Alderan could arrive and reinforce them in a few minutes.

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[Cher No Gorgon]

As Brolo chased the royal brat, the Raptor was following as closely as she could as she followed the Sith. Cher was unsure of if there are other groups of guards or not that are elite like the ones in the throne room. She certainly did not want to leave her comrade to deal with them alone or to find him dead because they got separated.

However when she felt the ground shake and the walls strain Cher came to a stop wondering what the hell was going on. Well whatever it was that was going on cannot be a result of their own forces.

The Raptor hissed with confusion as she wondered if she was going to find herself buried here. Well for a moment she did, "Yes I felt the explosion." She replied relieved to know that whatever caused the explosion did not kill the Sith. Cher will then start heading back up the stairs, "And yes I am hearing the reports." She hissed into the comm. Wondering what the hell Mandalorians were doing here. There shouldn't be anything here that was of interest to them. Cher could not figure out why the Mandalorians came all the way to Alderaan to pick a fight.

She hoped that with the arrival of the two fighters and the frigate that will be enough to chase off those Mandalorian scum bags or at least buy the odd comrades time to get the hell out of there. As well as that they will not have to face Mandalorians on the ground nor in the air. She isn't a pilot.

Hissing as a guard came running over to confront her as soon as she got back into the throne room, the Raptor dug her claws into the guard's chest, "Well it seems the kriffing Mandalorians did us a favor for once by killing that brat. So once you get up here we will leave." She hissed as the reptilian waited for her comrade to rejoin her as well as for word from the frigate that the Mandalorians are no longer a threat.

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[Brolo Furybrand]

Brolo made it back up to the throne room and smiled as he saw Cher No tear into one last hapless guard. "Glad you didn't miss out on any of the fun raptor lady haha." At this point some Old Empire troopers had made it to the throne room and began to secure it. Brolo checked his comms again and reports that the last of Thul forces were either being killed or taken prisoner at this point. Brolo assumed the process would be even faster once news spread that heads of the house had been slaughtered.

The Kiffar turned to Cher No and gave her a wicked smile. "Well let's say we leave the troopers to clean up the mess," Brolo chuckled as he looked raised his arms to call attention to the carnage they had caused in the throne room, "and you and me grab a pint. Sure we can find where ever Malius ran off to and he can join us?"

Brolo began to walk back toward their dropship, taking the stairs that Cher no had used earlier. He marveled at the efficiency of the the Sith forces as they swept through the halls of the castle, either putting down the last foolish house Thul defenders or shackling any survivors. He assumed any survivors would be put to work for the Old Empire. Good, they could now help the true Sith retake control and the power they deserved. Such as from the Mando's that had decided to try and bomb the building. Brolo was now almost back to the dropship, as he wasn't in much of a hurry, and no doubt the Sith fighters should have engaged with the Mando bombers by this point, though reports were slow to come in over his comms. He shrugged, as the frigate was no doubt only a few moments away from arriving on the scene to aid in the cleanup and proper securing of the castle. At this point if the skies were clear of Mando's he'd hop back on the drop ship and go enjoy a nice pint in the frigate's mess hall, if not he'd see about getting the castle's remaining anti-air defenses up and working against the Mando's. It all depended on if they decided to stick around at this point, as they really had nothing to gain by continuing to fight.

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[Cher No Gorgon]

Cher hissed as she looked over to Brolo when she heard the Sith speak up after watching her take out one last guard. The Raptor looked back to her comrade, "Hehe you missed this one. He was a squealer this one." She hissed as the reptilian moved to join Brolo.

Looking around as the other Imperial forces scrambled about to capture whoever remained in the palace. She knew that their job is now finished. The others will take care of the rest. She nodded, "Yes let's get out of here and get some drinks. I am curious about what Malius got up to after we lost him."

Following the Sith out the reptile lady hoped that the arrival of the frigate was enough to scare the Mandos off. Surely they have either ran off with their tails tucked between their legs or gotten bored and went elsewhere. She honestly thought a drink in the messhall with her new comrade was a splendid idea after successfully completing their objective. But as she looked to the dropship Cher could not stop herself from wondering if the Mandalorians were simply waiting to blow the odd ball pair to kingdom come as soon as they step out out of the building. Honestly the Mandos have nothing to gain here if they stuck around.

Hissing her red eyes narrowed, "Perhaps instead of walking out to the dropship. We should take a look to see if the walking tin men are still out there." She suggested after a minute or two of thinking, "For all we know they are waiting for us to walk out." She will hiss to Brolo.

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[Koil Solus]

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Koil curved his ship back around after the bombing run and made a smooth curving flight path, taking in the observation of the castle. He was not moving at high speed any more and doing the equivelant of a cruise away from the Thul estate. It would seem not all life signs were extinguished. His flight path continued away from the castle to the north, opposite the side of the castle entrance that faced south. The sith would not see his ship and a few kilometers away by the time their dropship took off.

The Field Marshal had been wondering if he could patch himself into the communications with the castle or some local news broadcaster to send a message but that was going to take time. He headed back around to the front of the castle to finish off the dropship. But like before, his ship's exceptional sensors would pick up a new aerial enemy. Banking sharply he wanted to face whatever interceptor was coming towards him. Contact back at the castle He informed his less attuned wingmate since his ship had weaker sensors.

However as it slowly rose away from the castle he realized that it was just the enemy dropship from earlier. They had in fact not all died inside the castle. He knew he should have destroyed it earlier. No time like the present. He thought to himself and closed the distance with his high speed ship. Once he was within range he slowed to match its speed and keep behind it. Koil open fired on the back of the Sith dropship with his ground sweeper light laser cannon, ready to track and move with the relativly cumbersome ship

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[Dax Rau (TL8)]

Dax had gotten so bored with this little fly over that he had fallen asleep as they few over the castle. It was perhaps a rookie mistake but it was a reasonable one. He had killed or maimed more Sith in these past weeks then perhaps any other time in the war. He was literally loosing track of the battles fields he was or had been on.

Following Koil's lead Dax dropped back into an angle for a bombing run. "Ok A-7, safety's off. Let'em have it." he commanded his droid. The droid made a click and warble sound. Two proton torpedoes would arm and fall over the castle. Another set would lock in from the magazine, arm and then fire as well. Aimed to hit the Sith dropship.

"Burn Bastards!"

Dax pulled up the ship and followed Koil in formation as they would likely come around for another attack. Even if the Field Marshal didn't, Dax planned to at least drop the other two bombs on the next run before they jumped to light speed.