Knock Knock

[Drask the Hutt]

K'ustirah Palace -- Ryloth​

The time had come for Drask to make his move on securing a base of operations, with Nor'baals plans for Tatooine, and his own for Ryloth, they would need to act fast and decisive. Spending much time researching the planet, the K'ustirah palace was the perfect opportunity for a well protected and robust location to expand his operations from, and the planet itself being relatively neutral in the childish political affairs of the galaxy was a perfect nesting ground for a plethora of dubious activities Drask and his associates would enjoy. Drask, preferring the comfort of his chair, sent one of his Weequay guards in his absence to communicate for the Hutt.

As the freighter carrying the crew for this mission began to enter the atmosphere, the large sand dunes and rocky pillars jutting out came into view. With the palace finally coming into view, the Freighter made a rather rough landing in one of the large sand dunes a short distance outside the palace, it appears they hadn't gathered the attention of the pirates just yet, they'd probably prefer drinking and partying rather than worry about guarding the palace well anyway.

A beeping could be heard from the Weequays pocket as he pulled out a hologram projector, holding it out with the palm of his hand until Drask's digital figure came to life. --"Achute kung, peee uba gee nahchogn doth bleeu, tah lhonu bunko doth dotkola han cay wa lhima see dodheeseke, kouuahh becea da naa ana bocoee bu Teshe Bkonbohba Leuba, um la doth tanea cuee ai kabeah kohhodeth. Riha cay vee see mee wan an momahka Jee gee cuane panwebanlea va heee naua doth wa kohcha du bu cohpa um baw wah baha see uba. Jee chawinu uoh mee yauma du banbonzay tah bunko che mi, an kuna kee tytung doth uyat ree tee du saieh tee-tocky. Jee ye wanya nudd bai neu uba du chalata."-- Drask paused a moment, being interrupted by his Twi'lek servant before swatting her away shouting a few cuss words in Huttese. --"Chaptee bu shlon cahba dee pankpa ah phoba, kankahnee see da phoba ah kouciukoee hahcepe sakanobay bai keepuna joniu bu bankobae wuonpa cahba, koumi tee uba gee chawaha wa koutoce chapteceha. Um, riha cay bu ye wanya see na veiee, Dobra gahke uba gee cueiauee duaia cuanesa bimhee. Dopo tee bai nai kachu bom bom kiuke sewapka, Fa wohee doth fan nem du wa douapkhe cei see miw. "--

And with that, Drask disconnected from the hologram as the Weequay guard opened the blast door of the hefty freighter. Exposing the rough, rocky pathway to the palace.

@Nor'baal, @Nommie, @KinkyPrawn, @Gian Greydragon

 

[Hask Jen]

Hask sat in the freighter, in his typical get-up with his stalker armour and his poncho to cover it up. He tried to listen in on the Hutt's orders but didn't understand a word of it. Not the easiest language to learn in the galaxy.

He went through his weapons, checking both his pistols to make sure they were both primed and live. He holstered them and took a look at the rest of the group before pulling his hood over his helmet. "Can someone fill me in on the exact details? I didn't understand a word the boss said." he said with a chuckle, hoping someone else at least understood the Hutt.

The doors of the freighter opened and Hask stood up, keeping both hands on his pistols in case he needed to draw quickly. His lightsabers were sitting right next to his holsters behind his pistols, easy to reach when the need for them arises.

"I guess its safe to say its the typical 'kill these guys now, get paid later' deal...or am I completely wrong?" he said over his shoulder as he waited for his team mates to catch up.

@Nor'baal @Nommie @Gian Greydragon @Meckabro

 

[Tycho Draykon]

Tycho was probably the only one in the group that can understand and speak Huttese. Yes it is a difficult language to learn. But he grew up on the streets of Nar Shaddaa, probably one of the best places to learn a language or two if someone took the time to learn them. Wearing his battle armor this time and armed with his Westar Rifle, Westar Pistol and Echani Vibroblade. The criminal listened closely to what Drast was telling them so he can give them a brief translation of what their job is this time. The rogue's weapons are already ready to go so he can spend the few moments translating for his team.

"The palace she wants us to secure is occupied by the Black Standard Guild. Drast thinks that given our backgrounds that this job should be a walk in the park in regards to taking them out." Tycho paused when the hologram shut off, "When we have secured the palace we will be rewarded. So yeah give them hell and take them all out." He said as the rogue did his best to translate the message, the hologram was going in and out so it made it a bit difficult for the criminal to hear everything that was said to them. But he got the gyst of the message.

As the ramp lowered the rebel felt a spark of excitement he has not felt in a long while. Why is that? His hands gripping his rifle tightly. Tycho is ready to get the job started, "So yeah it is a typical kill these guys and get paid later." He told Hask, whom he had done another job with before not too long ago.

@KinkyPrawn @Gian Greydragon @Nor'baal @Meckabro

 

[Qsan Torobah]

Q'san had some free time on his hands, so he lent himself out to a crime-lord he'd met one drunken night, or rather, racking up a huge tab, and became mildly indebted to a Nor'baal Fanth. For this mission, however, he stripped his Sith Enforcer Armor and bought a blacked out set of Brutus Assault Armor, with his personal armor's same setup. He had forgone any Imperial weaponry, as well, taking with him, a pair of VBP-11 Blaster Pistols and his SGB-1 Scatterblaster, set to 'slug' shot for short-to-mid range combat and held firmly in his left hand. He didn't say much, brief introduction, and a nod toward the Sith that he'd worked with in the past, but apart from that, he was about his money, first and foremost.

As the ramp dropped, Q'san made his way forward from his seat in the hangar, his typical loadout, and substituted weapons all loaded, and ready for battle. The ship opened up a couple meters from the ground for a quick pull-away, and ropes were lowered for those not attuned to the Force. Q'san walked forward, as the ship technicians threw the ropes, and made his way down first, making his stop at the bottom, and keeping his blaster shouldered, and full body on a swivel. "Clear, let's get shit rolling!" he said, taking a few steps forward and kneeling, covering the rear of the hovering craft.

@Meckabro @Nommie @Nor'baal @KinkyPrawn

 

[The Storyteller]

The Weequay guard grabbed two thermal detonators from the crate located in the freighter. Leading the group up the rocky path, he made a signal with his fingers telling the group to get behind any natural cover available before tossing the thermal detonator directly towards the gate. After the thunderous explosion, a huge hole was created in the large front gate of the palace as the inner-hallway was exposed. "We're under attack, grab your weapons!" With that, the pirates began flooding towards the front gate finding cover in the hallways of the palace as an approaching storm of blaster fire barraged the group, the time for action was now.

 

[Hask Jen]

Hask saw as the Weequay grabbed the detonators and knew exactly what was coming. He jumped out of the freighter and took cover behind a random rock outside the freighter just big enough to fit behind and waited for the boom.

He did not have to wait long.

The explosion sent pieces of the heavy gate lying and he felt a tremor through the earth from the blast. As soon as he heard shouting he stood up, walked into the open, and as the pirates inside started opening fire he drew both his lightsabers, deflecting the bolts as they came. "Sword and shield! Come on move up and open fire." he shouted to the group, covering them to open up a window to shoot. Slowly he moved forward, deflecting the bolts as they came for him at random. He managed to deflect a few back to the pirates trying to bottleneck the entrance, softening them up a little.

Whether it was the crimson blades, he couldn't say, but as he got closer to the entrance the pirates were moving back. When enough of them broke and dispersed he extinguished his right hand's lightsabre, trading it in for one of his pistols. He continued to slowly push up, blocking incoming bolts and returning fire with his pistol.

@Nommie @Gian Greydragon @Meckabro

 

[Tycho Draykon]

Tycho was the last to exit the craft. As the Weequay threw the thermal detonators the rogue jumped down to the ground below. Rolling to prevent any injuries from the fall. As an explosion ripped the craft apart all he could do was cover his head and hope nothing hit him as pieces of the craft rained down.

Grabbing his rifle the rebel officer remained in the prone position for a moment or two as he returned fire on the opposition. When it was clear enough, as by then Hask was deflecting bolts, Tycho got back to his feet.

Kicking off running he did a bit of a zig zag motion to make targetting him harder as well as to dodge bolts that were managing to get past the Sith. Wait? A sith? No way? He was working with someone who is the enemy? Well this is going to be one hell of a story for later.

As they got closer to the enterance he started firing his Westar rifle in quicker bursts. Trying to take out some of the opposition that may have remained there as the trio got closer.

@KinkyPrawn @Gian Greydragon @Meckabro

 

[Drask the Hutt]

As the opposing pirates began to lose ground on the front of the palace, the Weequay fighter signaled for advance as he ran up towards the hole exposed in the front gate of the palace, sliding through the sand whilst firing his twin dl-18's. The pirates who seemed agitated they were now losing ground called in a few reinforcements as they ran to into the inner-workings of the palace. Taking positions behind any furniture the place had to offer, the pirates continued firing towards the group, shouting out some cuss-words, although it couldn't really be made out what they were even saying. Three pirates positioned around the end of the large hallway began opening fire, focusing their concentration on @Tycho Draykon as they persisted.


Suddenly, from one of the small doorways that lined the walls, a pirate leaped out wielding a cutlass as he roared, swinging wildly at @Hask Jen from the left side. The pirate had no real training like the sith, so his movements were not on par with a duelist, but he did have the element of surprise, which might have caught the sith off-guard unless he already knew he was coming.

 

[Hask Jen]

They kept pushing up, past the door and into a hallway. The pirates were putting up a fierce resistance but the group's momentum held up. The Weequay from the ship decided to join the party as well, which the sith was very thankful for.

The pirates kept moving back or dying as they pushed up, with Hask blocking the fire and the others returning it. They were doing amazing...until the hallway split up. Hask saw the three men take aim at Tycho, but before they could fire at him Hask threw them back and into a wall with a powerful force-push. With his attention focused on the three pirates to the right, he failed to notice the pirate emerging from a small door to his left, swinging at him with a simple cutlass.

The pirate's sloppy and lopsided swings paid off. Hask roared as the blade dug into his upper left arm until it was stopped by bone. Hask spun around and slammed the barrel of his Westar-1 into the pirate's mouth, shattering his teeth, and cranked off three rounds. The pirate fell to the floor with glassed eyes and a trail of smoke coming out of his mouth.

Holstering his pistol, Hask pulled the cutlass from his arm with great effort and lobbed it at a nearby enemy. The blade tore through the opponent's chest and killed him almost instantly.

He took cover behind a nearby table as he took the time to move his lightsabre from his left hand to his right, seeing as his left arm would be almost completely useless with the weapon. "Bloody pirates." he grumbled, holding

the blade of his lightsabre up to the wound, close enough to scorch his skin and cauterize the wound. Safe to say, it was excruciating, but it would have to do given the circumstances.​

He stood up once again, blocking a few bolts before lunging at the pirates. The short distance was covered in little more than a second and with a roar the Pureblood climbed in between them, hacking and slashing away at the pathetic vermin. He channelled the pain and rage to boost his strength and speed as he made quick work of five pirates. The rest either retreated or were picked off by his comrades.

He used the small moment of silence to look over himself. Blaster bolts scorched his armour in various places, but it held up. His arm was in pain and he would be lucky if it was still useful after this.

"Come on! We can't lose our momentum, let's move up!" he called to his team mates with an angry and impatient voice.

@Nommie @Meckabro

 

[Tycho Draykon]

Tycho was doing his best to push forward. Dodging blaster bolts. He only froze when the three pirates aimed their rifles at him. Their aim was different though. Focused. The rebel officer snapped out of it though when Hask force pushed them to a wall, quickly raising his rifle he put two bolts each into the three pirates .He felt a wave of shame come over him when he realized what he had done. He acted like a sad coward. And it was what most likely resulted in the sith getting injured.

Tycho will make up for it though as he fired at the pirates that tried to retreat or go on the offensive. The criminal aggressively pushed forward. At one point using his rifle as a makeshift club to the skull when a pirate charged at him.

"Looks like they are moving to a location we can pin them at." He noted when he saw the direction the remainder of the pirates were going. If they did this right they can pin the pirates into one location and pick them off.

@KinkyPrawn @Meckabro

 

[Drask the Hutt]

With the large battle in the great hall seemingly finished, the rest of the pirates retreated into the throne room where they ran to their captain, unaware of what to do. With only three of them left, including the captain who was sitting on the large throne that sat in the center of the farthest back wall, the pirates frantically informed their leader of what was transpiring. "Captain Tonga, the invaders pushed through our men and slaughtered them, one of them is a sith! We don't stand a chance against those people! We need to-" The captain interjected, venom seeping in his words as he hissed to his men. "Escape? Yes that is quite obvious you idiot.. Follow me!" with that, the captain and his men ran out of the throne room using an escape passageway, preparing to retreat from the palace on speeder.

/End Thread​

Spoiler

@Nommie , @KinkyPrawn, This will lead into the next thread with the speeder chase.