Nice Spread You Got Here

[Mid Samekh]

Malastare/Wide open area​

16:24 local time​

Theme​

The Logos sailed through the air with some old catchy song playing in the background over the speakers. Behind it was a heavy mining freighter, several medium and light freighters, with a handful of fighters flying escort to cover the fleet. The Mining Guild had reached out to Malastare's leadership who had no issue with the mining of their fuel and assure them that they wouldn't get any trouble from their people. It was an odd assurance but given how Dugs can be it was a welcomed one.

Mid stood on the bridge of his Acranian Cutter, watching as they broke through the atmosphere and flew towards a spot the mining guild scoped out. The fleet hung in orbit, letting Mid and his partner on this mission scout the area to make sure it was clear for landing.

He walked back to the common room of the ship, where his pistols, helmet and Lanvarok was laying on the table. He reached the room and dropped his duraplast-clad bottom into one of the sofa seats, picking up his Lanvarok and fiddling with the straps to tie it to his right arm. "I think we can both agree that this is a lot better than sitting with a bunch of crazy angels on our hands, wouldn't you way?" he said with a smirk to the Pantoran.

@Raven_41

 

[Irolia Shen]

It had been quite a view, almost a mini fleet of ships gathered in orbit of the planet. Unlike the last mission with Mid, where she had gone on her own with him and Sarla, has she taken her troops with her. The trip hasn't been too bad, not when her troops were there to keep her entertained when Mid wanted to play captain. As Mid walked into the common room he heard cheers and outburst of disbelief, followed by a laugh from a female Pantoran. "God you're bad a pazaak" commented the sergeant with a laugh, acting as a judge for the game. "Yea, well at least I'm able to do more push-ups than Tom" shot the losing soldier back, which ended in the two soldiers that just played pazaak, did a push-up competition on the floor of the common room while the rest of the squad betted and cheered on.

Leaning back on her spot on the sofa, Irolia looked up at the Pure-blooded Sith, when he spoke to her. "Ugh yes, and don't get me started on their holyness" replied Irolia, making air quotes with her index and middle fingers to underline how stupid it was. "Come on Mark, you can do better than that!" out busted the crimson eyed female as she got up from her spot on the sofa.

"I'll like to see you do better boss!" Said the losing soldier in the push-up competition, which he shouldn't have done, 'cause he suddenly felt a boot on his back, pressing his down. Irolia smirked devilishly to her soldier, which made him lose the competition.

As the ship landed, Irolia's squad of soldiers, named Jen-Asha, which translate to Dark Victory, stood ready, armoured and armed. "Shall we?" Asked Irolia and opened the ramp of the ship and exited with her squad of troops.

@KinkyPrawn

 

[Mid Samekh]

Mid wasn't impressed with her squad turning his common room into a gym. But he didn't push her over it. He was also a warrior, after all. He knew about their antics and mannerisms so he was willing to give it a pass. He chuckled at her comment over the angels as he finished with his Lanvarok, loading a magazine into the mechanism and loading a blade onto the rail. "I admit I was far too excited to go to that moon. Next time I see an angel I'll drain it's blood for soup." he commented. That negotiation went about as well as one could expect. He very nearly came to draw his blade against the leader and his "champion" with their pompous attitudes and general obnoxious behaviour.

Mid holstered his pistols and twirled his helmet between his fingers as he watched Irolia's trooper giving her lip, then getting punished for it. He gave a laugh as he rose from his seat. "Come on trooper, is that all you have? I can do better with one arm and you on my back." he fired the snarky comment at the trooper. Irolia was ready to move out. He gave a nod and slid his helmet on, draping the hood over it. "Ladies first." he quipped jokingly, yet politely and walked down the ramp with her and her troops, his hands resting on the pommels of his lightsabers.

Mid took a few steps away from the ship and scanned the opening, as well as the rock formations around it. Something in the Force was tugging at Mid, telling him to be on guard. He cast Irolia a look through his darkened eye slits and raised his left hand, opening a channel to the ship. "Logos, I want turrets and heads on a swivel. You see anything, call it out." he ordered and ended the channel. He walked on a bit, looking around.

Apart from that feeling he didn't notice anything out of place and the location was perfect for a landing and staging area. After ordering Irolia and her troops to fan out as well and make sure everything was fine he hailed his ship again. "Logos, hail the fleet. Light's green for landing, but tell them to unload the troops first. I want those mercenaries on the ground, now." he ordered and walked back to Irolia, towering over her as he looked around. "Did you feel it as well?" he asked, curious if she noticed it also.

@Raven_41

 

[Irolia Shen]

Irolia had rolled her eyes by his "ladies first" joke but wasn't offended or anything. Her squad of soldiers spread out in a half-moon circle with guns at the ready for anything that might come their way. A short crackling noise from Irolia's comm, followed by the voice of the sergeant. "Landing zone is clear, no sign of opposition" relayed the sergeant back to the blue Sith. "Understood" replied Irolia and looked to Mid.

"Yes and I don't like it," said the Pantoran, having her hand resting on the handle of her blaster. Hearing a roaring above them in the ship, made Irolia look up and was met by the descending Mining Guild's mercenary ship. The ship landed beside The Logos and a well-trained and paid squad of mercenaries exited the ship and lined up by Mid and Irolia. Both Sith was met by what Irolia expected to be the one who led the mercenaries.

"Captain Miller, I'm guessing you are the two the empire sent to help the Mining Guild" introduced the captain with a professional smile. "That's rig~" started Irolia, but was interrupted by her squad's sergeant, "we have incoming locals and they're coming off as aggressive, orders?" reported the sergeant. "Fall back to my position, we'll take care of the locals from here" ordered Irolia and could easily see her squad and further back a rather large group of local dugs, all walking angrily at the two Sith's position.

 

[Mid Samekh]

Mid stood patiently, listening to the ship getting closer and closer. Finally it touched down and a unit of about 50 mercenaries all armed with rifles and medium armour disembarked. Their captain came forward and introduced himself. Mid wanted to say something but Irolia beat him to it. She was cut of as well when her commlink chimed in. Incoming locals.

Mid looked at her then to the surrounding area, noticing some Dugs dug into the rock formation overlooking the landing zone. Their suspicions were correct, it seemed. Irolia ordered her men to fall back and Mid turned to the mercenaries. "Captain, spread your men out and find whatever cover you can." he ordered him and with a salute the man relayed the orders to his men. They scrammed to whatever rocks and crates were around and took aim.

Ahead of them were a unit of about 70 Dugs, some with blasters and others with electrostaffs. They were by no means a threat to the two powerful Sith, but the 10 or so Dugs overlooking the landing zone with their sniper rifles were the problem. The troops had no cover against them. At least they weren't so badly outnumbered. Mid's lightsabers flew to his hands and the crimson blades and crossguards ignited with a deep hum. "We need to get those snipers out of there...but that advancing force might be a problem." he explained. He moved forward as the bolts started flying, twirling his blades around to cover the troops as they returned fire. With no time to properly deploy a lot of them were reduced to either standing in the open, running around or lying on the ground to evade the incoming fire.

The first few rounds came from the rock formation and 3 of the mercs already fell to the shots. The 15 or so brave Dugs with their staffs charged ahead of the main force while the rest scattered to find cover, though they were still pretty much on the open. "Logos, get in the air and soften them up!" Mid barked amongst the building chaos. The ship quickly fired up and ascended, it's turrets opening up on the ground troops for overhead support while the medium cannons pommelled the overlook, vaporising one sniper...then a shot rang out.

A missile flew through the air and collided with the Logos' underbelly before it could get its shield up. The ship spun through the air before crashing into the ground. The guns still worked, but she would be out of the fight until this mess was sorted. At least there was some cover now...

@Raven_41

 

[Irolia Shen]

Well so much for an easy mission, ah who was she kidding, would have been a boring one if no action was involved. "Jen-Asha, find cover and concentrate fire on 2'o-clock!" Commanded Irolia as she protected her squad to the best of her abilities parrying and redirecting shots left and right. The whole area lit up by green and red blaster fire while some yellow laser shots mixed in when the snipers fired. Luckily, no one from the Jen-Asha squad was killed, but one was shot in the leg and got pulled into the cover with the rest.

"Fark, they got my leg!" shouted the trooper leaning up against the surface of the rock as his fellow brothers-at-arms returned fire. Some of the Dugs charged Irolia and her squad along with some of the mercenaries but was met with a painful force of lightning from Irolia and then killed by the men.

"Incoming ship!" yelled a mercenary by Irolia and pointed at the crashing ship. It would have been impossible for Irolia to actually stop the crashing ship with the force, so instead, she jumped behind the large boulder for cover. The crashed ship dug up a lot of dust and dirt, making it difficult to see anything for those that were around the crashed ship. But, at least it was also impossible for the enemy to see the ones around the ship for a couple of minutes.

@KinkyPrawn

 

[Mid Samekh]

The ship came down hard, causing Mid to dive out of the way. Some of the Dugs took this as an opportunity to rush him, but two of them lost either a limb or a head as the Pureblood fired his Lanvarok. He quickly rolled back and got onto his feet, standing at the ready once more. When the dust settled Mid cast a glance back at his ship. At least it looked in decent shape, apart from the smoking engines and nose buried halfway into the dirt with shattered cockpit ports. This was the second time his ship got banged up on a mission.

Luckily the mercenaries took this opportunity to climb onto it and hide behind it for some decent cover from the snipers and advancing force. Mid hailed his ship to see if anything still worked, and luckily a crew member answered. The dorsal turret came live and fired down onto the main force, taking out a few dozen and making the numbers pretty even. Now all that was left was to take out those snipers.

"Irolia, I need you to take out those snipers up there. I'll hold them back down here. he called out over the comm to the pantoran then quickly resumed to flurry his two lightsabers as he deflected and reflected the bolts. A couple more mercs fell to enemy fire but the Dugs were doing just as bad if not worse. The Logos fell quiet again as smoke poured from the barrels that looked like they were steaming. A hail confirmed Mid's fear as the gunner called in that the turret was overheated. "Of course it's overheated. The one time I need it, it's overheated." he grumbled to himself as he kept on deflecting bolts. The sooner Irolia can take out those snipers the quicker they can advance and finish off these annoying creatures.

@Raven_41

 

[Irolia Shen]

Irolia heard Mid over the comm and looked for just a second out of her cover to judge the distance of the closest sniper. "Copy" replied the blue Sith back and turned to her squad, "you, you and you are coming with me, the rest of you are providing cover fire!" Ordered Irolia and drew one of her quickdraw pistols. "Now!" yelled Irolia and charged out of cover, fired two shots, killing a dug as the three chosen from her squad rush with their lord.

From the rock rest of the squad hid, lit up as they provided cover fire, blasting multiple dugs, trying to get to Irolia and their brothers-in-arm. A few frags and smoke grenades were thrown, giving Irolia and the three men additional cover. Shot after shot was exchanged and each shot fired at Irolia, was redirected and returned from her own blaster. Soon she and the three men arrived at the first sniper, which managed to take out one of the mercenaries standing right beside Mid.

However, it died the moment a red sabre pierced its little body and sliced in half by Irolia, only to get fired at from all side. She quickly reflected and parried fire as she jumped behind cover again. "Mid, the first sniper is down" reported the blue-skinned Sith, just to get her fellow Sith an update. "Alrighty, any visual on the next sniper," she asked one of the squad members, "about 50-100 meters south from our position" replied one of the soldiers, pointing at a small stone, where yellow sniper fire came from.

@KinkyPrawn

 

[Mid Samekh]

Irolia ran of towards the rock formation with three of her men, covered by the other three. Mid's attention went back towards the army ahead of them. While the Sith lost the heavy artillery, the crashed ship was giving a tremendous advantage for them in this barren land with no cover. The Dugs were out in the open with only a handful of rocks for cover. They most likely thought they could just charge in and swarm the Mining Guild before they had a chance to set up. They probably didn't expect two Sith to turn up with the rest.

Mid kept blocking and deflecting, but was caught by surprise as a blaster bolt slammed the merc next to him to the ground. He looked up just in time to see Irolia cleave the sniper in half. Mid clicked his tongue in response, a little preoccupied to give praise now. But the job was far from done. There were still 8 more snipers...thankfully they didn't think far enough to space out and get different spots. They mostly kept in a straight line along the rock formation, making finding and killing them much easier. He left Irolia to her devices while he did his best to provide cover to the few troopers that didn't find a spot on the ship.

The sound of a turret powering up and swivelling around brought a smile to Mid's lips. The gun cooled down enough to be used again. It went right back to work in harassing the ground units, giving Mid a second to catch his breath. They needed to move in and break the Dugs' lines, but with those snipers they would have problems. This fight was drawing out and Mid was getting anxious to move. "Irolia, they're all in one straight line on different levels. Take them out so we can push forward. We almost have them on the run." he called out over his mic as he kept flurrying to block the shots and send them right back.

@Raven_41

 

[Irolia Shen]

Irolia was about to confirm she heard him but had to pull one of her men from being blown up by a rocket. Her trooper she pulled with the help of the force, landed safely and almost right after, charged Irolia out from cover. Her men followed but had to stay back, because one of them got shot in the arm and leg, so the last two stayed back, to get him back into cover again. Dug after Dug got massacred by Irolia as she powered through, even as her arm got grazed by a shot.

Irolia hissed furiously, but ignored the pain and decapitated a Dug who tried to jump her while she was behind cover. Very soon she could see a clear line to the cover, where the snipers hid and with Mid taking all the focus from pretty much all over the opposing force, had Irolia no problem getting closer. Pulling her pistol, Irolia crept closer to the edge of her own cover and kneeled down, took aim and fired her quick-draw pistol. Four shots were fired, two snipers fell. She holstered the pistol again and ran again, those that turned to fire at Irolia, got met with a red beam of light, before dying.

She jumped and pieced the first sniper from the top and soon one by one, took out the remaining snipers, who panicked, but was killed. "The snipers are down Mid, sweep and kill, sweep and kill" replayed irolia back as she quickly got behind cover again as half the remaining Dug force, fired to kill her.

@KinkyPrawn

 

[Mid Samekh]

As the seconds passed the amounts of sniper fire became less and less. Finally after a few minutes they were all quiet and Irolia confirmed. The report brought a smile to his lips and he drew the force into him. The blaster fire became less concentrated on him which allowed him to start advancing.

He motioned for the mercs to follow him and kept blocking bolt after bolt that came his way. Once he got within range he moved one lightsaber into his left hand with a reverse grip, making an improvised double bladed lightsaber and freeing his right hand. He built the force up and released an enormous stream of force fire, bathing several of the remaining 30 or so Dugs in flames. Screams filled the air along with the smell of seared flesh as he watched them burn. The last few scattered and ran away as quickly as they could with the mercs shooting after them. The battle was won...with quite impressive numbers.

Soon the dust settled and Mid looked over the battlefield. A handful of mercenaries died but most of the force was still in one piece. The Dugs were decimated and routed, with several bodies littering the rocky desert floor. "Irolia, you there? The Dugs have been destroyed and ran off. Get back here." he spoke into his commlink as he walked through the aftermath. One Dug was still alive, if only barely, and crawled towards his rifle. Mid stood over him and held him in place with his foot before driving a crimson blade through the creature to finish him off. "We have work to do." he finished.

@Raven_41

 

[Irolia Shen]

There was no response from Irolia behind the large boulder, where she killed the snipers and despite the fleeing Dugs, it was rather quiet. A Dug suddenly tried to jump Mid from hiding by a boulder but was caught mid-air by an invisible force. Irolia revealed herself from hiding, staring at the Dug, "you thought you could run from me?" Asked the blue Sith with a raised eyebrow. Slamming the Dug harsh down in the ground, she held it down and walked over to it wounded body. She then looked up at Mid, "Comm busted" told the blue-skinned Sith and how Mid her wrist where her comm had tiny smokes coming out. "This little shab thought it could get away" explained Irolia and shot the creature in the foot, making it scream in pain as the foot lost all colour while black blisters formed.

The captain of her own squad came over to Irolia and Mid, "zero casualties ma'am, but two get wounded. The medic is seeing to them right now" reported the captain and saluted Irolia and went back to the rest of the squad. Still holding the wounded Dug down forcefully to the ground, she quickly turned her focus back to the Dug on the ground. It tried to beg, or Irolia expected it was begging, however, she didn't really care. The air around Mid, the Dug and Irolia suddenly started to taste like electricity as lightning began to dance in her palm. A force of lightning flew from her fingers and lit up the Dug, making it scream in excruciating pain, begging now in broken basic to stop.

A devilish smile formed on Irolia's lips as her eyes turned to blood red, flaring the Dug again and again with force lightning. It didn't take long with the constant torturing by lightning, to kill the last Dug that hadn't fled the area. Irolia's eyes had turned back to crimson red after she had scorched the dead Dug's body, "Now I'm ready, let's continue with the job" agreed the blue Sith with Mid.

@KinkyPrawn

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