Location, Location, Location

[Pierre Lindegaard]

And Pierre Lindegaard is back on Naboo. Things have been rough for Imperial Republica lately, the Imperial Palace on Courscant and the surrounding area blown up by Mandalorians terrorists. The Empire is still plunged into chaos. It's a shame to see Republica struggling to stand after all these years.

But away from it all and for right now, Pierre did told himself the last time on Naboo that he would be sure to check back on this planet and follow up. It is a nice looking planet and it just so happens that the rebels that were occupying the planet fled to who-knows-where and their base was destroyed. Might as well take this opportunity to cash in on some prime real estate, in a manner of speaking. Hence why he is here now, to follow up and seize the opportunity while it's still there. He seeks to bring it into Republica's fold and once it is it would be under his supervision as they would establish a base of operations.

Aside from the planet being easy on the eyes, it's remote enough and it's unlikely the Rebels would be coming back. And they sure won't be publicly broadcasting where the said base will be so it will remain off the radar, which would leave the Imperials to their devices safely. There are also the natives to consider. During the attack on the Rebel base, he cut through some of them with his own lightsabers. Perhaps they can be of use to the Empire... They'll see.

And in the effort establishing a base of operations, there wouldn't be a lot of Imperials involved. A small, minimal sized detachment should suffice. Can't draw a whole bunch of resources from where they are needed most after all. Force knows they need it.

The Imperial shuttle has just landed after flying through planet side. It's just him, the pilots, and an Mirialan from the Old Empire who is accompanying Pierre at the moment. Sure he's an alien and from the other Sith Empire. But the Old Empire is seeing better days and while he hates to admit it the Empires should become one.

Pierre is now near the exit as the door is about the open. He would be wearing his normal Sith armor minus a mask and the cloak. He doesn't think he will need those things today, although he still has his lightsabers on him, at his belt for easy access. Pierre would smile, ready to get to work, he would look over towards his Mirialan friend. "You ready for this?" he would ask. Once they are ready, they can exit the ship. First thing is first, bringing a good spot for establishing a base. Sure, a place with a nice view of the ocean would be nice, but something practical should be the goal.

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[Darth Tagus]

Naboo.

What a funny little name for a funny little green planet.

Oh and it was green - as green as himself even. The planet was lush and alive in a way that few other planets could actually match. From what he gathered it was almost as full of life as Feluscia - except very few of the things that lived here wanted to eat people alive, while that seemed to be what 90% of the wildlife on the jungle planet had evolved to actually do. Zeven was glad to see that such a planet, so rich in resources, was being absorbed by the Sith.

Even if the Sith he now stood beside was the wrong kind... but still.

Soon there would be no divides between the Sith any longer and it was missions like this that would help to cement the bonds between the two sides and bring them closer together so that they could focus on their true enemies. Dressed in his armour, minus his helmet, Zeven nodded once.

"I am." he reported simply, "I believe there were reports of locals?"

He took his lightsaber from his belt in his right hand but did not ignite it yet.

"Do you suppose they will acknowledge that they are now property?" He asked Pierre with a tilt of his head, "Or shall we need to carve the message into their hides do you think?"

He hoped it was the later.

@Faster Than Light

 

[Pierre Lindegaard]

Pierre nodded his head towards the Sith, confirming there are those locals. Those natives. Pierre grinned as he spoke about them needing to carve into those natives, he briefly glances up remembering of when he was first on Naboo he was cutting up those creatures with Sabrina, another Old Empire member he worked with. It was sadly a short-lived thrill, as the thrill of hot plasma cutting through those vermin is more fun then what it seems like it would be. Even as a cultured subject of Imperial Republica, he does have a thirst for blood every now and then - comes with being a dark side force user.

"Ah yes, some walking fish... alien things with primitive technology." he gave as good of a picture as he could ive to the Old Empire Crusader verbally. Honestly he doesn't know what the species is called and neither Empires have seem to have given them a name. Nabooians? But it doesn't matter what they are called, they are lesser life-forms all the same. He would continue smirking "They would be wise to submit." Pierre snickered "But I'm always up for a little fun to get the point across." Pierre also drew lightsaber hilts to his hands after Zeven did. He has the right idea.. "Shall we?" he knew what the answer was going to be.

With the entrance ramped lowered Pierre would exit the craft. The craft was landed in a clearing, there were grassy fields and a forest nearby. The planet doesn't look bad in the morning time, looks similar to Alderaan. After getting off of the ramps and stepping out on the greenary, it wouldn't take long before they have a welcoming party. Noises of animals and fast-paced noise of footsteps would appear to be coming close and closer as they exit the tree line. It's five Gungans mounted on Kaadu, wielding spears in their right hands and their energy shields affixed to their left arms. It seems that these guys heard the engines of the shuttle come overhead and sent mounted cavalry to take a look at it. The lead rider would look upon these outsiders, not knowing what they are. They are clear not gungans. They are dressed in dark clothing and have stange metal tubes in their hand. These particular gungans haven't had contact with the outside galaxy yet. The lead rider would then authoritatively ask what they are and where they come from. But because of a language barrier, Pierre wouldn't know what they are saying.

 

[Darth Tagus]

Walking fish aliens.

Right.

Well, Zeven wasn't about to say that he had any kind of idea what that actually meant but he was going to look forward to seeing them in person. The Empire always did say that it would take him to new and exciting places, help him met new and enticing people and then have him kill them.

It was a rather catchy, and truthful, ad campaign he had to say. Rolling his neck to loosen his muscles, he nodded to Pierre as the other Sith motioned for them to begin.

"Lets."

Zeven looked upon the creatures, the Gungans, and felt a strange swell of amusement just looking at them. They looked, well, comical to him. They looked like the evolution of the Galaxy had decided that they were to look comical, as though their entire purpose was to cause others amusement.

Gods he hated them already.

"Do you mind?"

Without waiting for confirmation, Zeven used the Force, pulling the leader off of his mount and across the distance between them. He slashed once with his lightsaber, cutting the creature into two neat little chunks. He grinned as he began to use Force Fear, radiating fear enough to momentarily stun the other Gungans into stillness.

He loved their fear.

@Faster Than Light

 

[Pierre Lindegaard]

Zeven has the right idea, Pierre watched Zeven use the force to pull the rider off with his mount. Not wasting any time himself after his green-skinned friend told a one-liner, he would to the opposite of what Zeven first did: he pulled the force in his hand and motioned for a force blast as he swung his clenched right hand. The gungan rider on the left would find himself propped into a wall hard, and would find himself being slammed into a tree hard enough to break the Gungan's back and crack the back of the gungan's skull. At this point, Pierre would glance over and see that Zeven had a bisected gungan around him after he heard the sound of the near-by lightsaber swing.

With two of them out of the way and the other one quaking in fear of the two Sith, Pierre would extend his left hand after sheathing away that lightsaber and use the force again to forcefully gasp the Gungan's neck and bring him over. It was a tight grip, a little to tight the creature might find it.

Now that Pierre physically has his hand around the gungan's throat, the weird looking xeno is now at the Sith's mercy. "What should we do with this one? See if we can pull out where his village is from it's mind?" he would look towards the Crusader as he asked. That might break the inferior creature's mind, but it's not like anyone of significance is going to miss this thing. So, that's most likely what they will end up going with anyway. If shop is going to be set up here and set up operations, they better know where these fish thing's settlements are.

Or maybe the more experienced Crusader has something better that would work too. Whatever it is for the gungan being gripped, it can't be good.

 

[Darth Tagus]

One of them was left alive.

He had killed one with rather extreme prejudice and he was happy enough with that but it seemed that there was one still alive, trapped within the grip of the Sith Acolyte. Moving over to the strange creature, Zeven looked it up and down for a moment as he took in the sight of the Gungans properly from up close.

God they were funny-looking.

"Hmm - good idea." he agreed with his fellow Sith as he laid his hand upon the creatures head, "Now Gungan... this is going to hurt. A lot. And I'm going to try my best..."

He began the process and he made sure that he was not gentle. If pulling information from the mind of a weak-minded individual was like snacking on their brain, what he was doing here was akin to blitzing the brain in a food processor before drinking the grey matter down like a damned smoothie.

The gungan screamed.

"I tried my best not to enjoy that."

He gestured for Pierre to release the now brain dead creature as he started to lead the way forwards.

"They have a village by the lake - we need to make sure that they don't get to the water. They are incredibly strong swimmers and we would lose them rather quickly."

@Faster Than Light