No Man Left Behind [OPEN to Mandalorians]

[Veritas et Lux]

((this post involves character story, not really related to the evacualtion process)

After the hyperspace jump was over, Mitya immediately sat down, breathing a sigh of relief. The BigBlue and Bismark were now within the rendezvous among the Kushari hospitality, thank the force, and now amongst other things would be the perfect time to gather a sitrep and head to the Holocaustic Labs headquarters down below to go over Mitya's next step. Mitya sat, relaxing for a minute and allowing her muscles to release tension. "Ah- admiral, I need a sitrep from both the BigBlue and the Bismark in about an hour. I'm going to head to HQ and figure out what we do from here.", she said, standing back up once more, her helmet dangling from the waist. "Aye, General."

Mitya made her way to the blat door, allowing it to open as she approached and continued through to the large hall outside. The observation windows to the left and right allowed her a better view of the massive flotilla and the Kushari flagship before them. It was breathtaking to be honest, and she couldn't help but feel a bit out of place, as if none of it was real. As her boots clanked along the metal beneath her feet, she slowly made her way to the turbolift with her chin held high. Once inside, the lift automatically took her down to the main subsidary deck, which acted as the liasion between the security-authorized areas and non-security authorized areas. As the turbo-lift opened, before was an empty hallway that came to a four way intersection half way down before reaching a heavily guarded blast door at the end.
Her feet kept moving, coming up on the perpendicular hallway, whenever she spotted a troop in fatigues. A closer look revealed the dirty recruit that had approached her on mandalore.
"Oy, recruit! Stop right there.", she shouted down the hallway to grab his attention. "What'r you doing on the subsidary deck, recruit? There shouldn't be anyone in these halls."

 

[Raif]

When Mitya's voice rang out Jon spun so quickly toward the source of the voice that he almost dropped his belongings, but managed to just barely keep from spilling everything onto the floor. His mind raced as he tried to come up with some clever response to the General's question, but after a moment all he could come up with was the slightly embarrassing truth.

"Uh, well you see, ma'am, I'm, uh...I got lost looking for my quarters. So I decided to just wander around until I found them, and then I saw the view out of the window back there and I just kinda got enthralled. Y'see, I've uh,..."

Jon looked sheepishly down at the ground a moment before continuing.

"I've never traveled in space before, ma'am, or even seen another planet. This is all pretty new to me. I didn't realize I wasn't supposed to be here, though, I swear it."

As he spoke the last few words, Jon realized he had been slouching this whole time and quickly tried to stand up straighter. He hoped it wasn't too little, too late.

 

[Veritas et Lux]

Mitya looked him up and down, hesitating to wonder what kind of validity there was to his story. It wasn't as if he had any access to unauthorized areas anyways. "At ease, recruit.", she said now with a more calm voice suitable for the distance. "Tell me- have you even enlisted yet, soldier?"
Mitya began to walk the other way back towards where he had came from down the perpendicular hallway. She would lead him down the hallway, out of the subsidary wing, and towards the barrracks area where he would need to be.

 

[Raif]

"Uh..."

Enlisted? Isn't that what Jon had done down on the planet, when he volunteered his services to the General and the cause? Now he was a little worried he was going to get in trouble if he had somehow not enlisted yet, but there was nothing for him to do but tell the truth.

"Well, ma'am, I don't really know if I enlisted or not, to be honest. I told you I wanted to help, and then you sent me with Has and Juoh, and then now I'm here. It's all been kind of a blur, but a good sort of blur, if you know what I mean. Ma'am."

Jon looked over at the General, timidly, out of the corner of his eye. The wonderful feeling he had been experiencing since he got involved was starting to fade a bit, and it was being replaced with the distinct feeling that he may be in over his head in this whole endeavor.

 

[Veritas et Lux]

Mitya nodded her head in confirmation. He would eventually have to enlist within either the army or navy, but that would have to be after the relocation. Right now though, she figured she would just accept him beneath the BigBlue as a guest-
"Well, Recruit. So far you can most definitely be given room and board on my ship, as long as you stick to the authorized areas, such as the galley, mess, and barracks. The subsidiary wings aren't really off liimits per say, but that act as liaisons between the parts of the ship that are highly off limits and those that aren't, so hanging around them isn't really good either.", Mitya spoke, still leading him down to the end of the hallway. Upon reaching the end, she turned right, seeing as there was no left turn, pointing down another very far-stretched hallway. It went in the opposite direction of the unauthorized area, hence the no left turn. "Just head down that way, and on on your right you'll pass some hallways as you go down. If you head all the way down that way, you'll reach another turn- it'll take you to the mess if you follow it. From there, you can get directions to the crew quarters and anywhere else you need to go- I'll send Has there now to meet up with you."

Mitya smiled and patted the recruit on the back. He'd done good considering that he helped out with the evac- it showed he knew how to follow orders. Mitya thought about it for a second, realizing that she'd probably have him drafted under her direct military command once this was over.

Pressing a few buttons on her wrist guard, Mitya commed Has. "Commander, I need you to show this recruit around. Treat him to some quarters and some food."
And with that, Mitya turned back towards her hallway, departing from Jon. She had some pressing matters to attend to within HQ. . .

 

[Jiang Winters]

"Lieutenant Keller This is Admiral Parijir how many more ships before complete evacuation?"

Keller's helmet comms buzzed to life with an unfamiliar voice - a Mandalorian. Admiral Parijir. The name could've passed for a Kushari kiithid name. In fact, the feline vaguely remembered a kiithid by name of Parijir living in the deep deserts, in the town of his birth. The coincidence nagged at his curiosity, but he assured himself that there could be no possible relation and banished the thought from his mind.

"All civilian ships are away, Admiral. The Combat Engineers are finishing up the last of the work. We'll be headed back to the Ionian Pride in about twenty minutes. All these Sith observation ships put a dent in our plans - we'll be leaving about a day ahead of schedule, sir," the Lieutenant replied. A passing engineer approached him and handed him a small note of paper, detailing the various dead man switches, timers, and remote activation devices built into their work. He nodded and pocketed the note, then spoke up. "Actually sir, we can pack up and leave now, unless you have anything else you need us to do before we bug out."

 

[Loco]

((OOC: Joint post between Jenna and I))

Akil received the transmission from the Kitty Hawk loud and clear, and began to home in on its location. He set the course, activated auto-cocking procedures, and pushed back from the console to retrieve his helmet. "That's the Brevin woman." he told Alimah, "She was at fathers funeral." he added quietly.

The ship moved swiftly along, weaving through the crowd of transports and freighters, docking without issue. The ramp descended, and Akil walked into the hangar bay to greet his host and exchange embraces "Su cuy'gar, Miss Breviin! It's good to see you again, though I wish the circumstances were better. What is the situation on Obroa'Skai?"

"It is good to see you again Akil," Jenna said, embracing him and his family "I have made accommodations available for you and your family, it's military quarters, the Kitty Hawk isn't exactly set up for VIP's, I'm also attaching a squad of commandos to you as your personal guard while on my ship. Most of the ships are away and I just received orders from High Command, we're Enroute to Fenris as soon as we're fully loaded."

Akil smiled at the hospitality. He wished he could accept the offer, but his discussion was Alimah was fresh in his mind- he had a responsibility to his people that he could not shrink from. He wasn't leaving Mando'ade territory until the evacuations were complete. "I appreciate your offer, Captain, but I'm afraid I have a duty to assist overseeing the evacuation of the rest of our territory as well. I need to commandeer a ship and crew to take me where I am needed. What of the mass rendezvous with the Agememnon in Alliance space?"

"Most of the Ships are either already out of system, or are being towed by the Kushari, my mission is clear sir, I'm to set up an Alpha site on Fenris, I can give you use of a freighter or shuttle but I think you'll be safer on my ship for the time being, my orders come directly from the Admiral."

Akil felt his frustration rising, this was not what he had come here for- not what he'd envisioned. "I have a responsibility to more than just the people of this one planet, Captain, I am not looking for safety my friend! We have multiple evacuation sites outside this one. Aqauris and Thustra systems will require assistance, as will Bonodan. Manda'yaim is being handled by others, but if we do not assist our vod outside of Obroa-Skai here, they're as good as dead..." Akil let out a sigh, and looked to wear Alimah was standing by, watching the exchange. "Give me a transport, and I'll find another ship on my own. The 'Dawn Skimmer here has some room for more people or supplies, and my wife can pilot it to help ease the load here." Akil told her, motioning towards the sleek diplomatic craft he'd arrived on. "Captain... Can you ensure my family makes it to the rendezvous with the Agememnon?" he asked in a softer tone, placing his hand on the womans shoulder.

"I can insure their safety but you must known something Ambassador, the other sites are going as fast as Obroa-skai are, I have reports that almost all personnel have been evacuated, I must insist on you coming with us, there are no transports available at this time, all transports and freighters have been filled to capacity, The Kitty Hawk can take you to the Rendezvous point and transfer you over to another ship at that time, the Empire currently has ships in orbit for observation purposes, we are using secure comm lines and coded messages to relay information, no jump coordinates are being given over open comm lines, but all command vessels that are either going on their own or are towing others have the coordinates."

"Reports from whom?" Akil asked sharply, stepping back, his anger returning. "Most of our evacuations outside of Manda'yaim and Obroa'Skai are barely under way! I am well aware of both our situation with the Empire and our secure communications, and I have coordinates for the RV site. This evacuation was not organized by the Kushari alone. I did not come here for your protection, I came here for access to larger ship, which you offerred. Did you lie to me, Captain?" The question was rhetorical, meant to bring critical attention to her handling of the Ambassador thus far. "I insist, that I will be leaving this vessel, with or without your approval. I came here asking for specific assistance to fulfill my duties. Will you give it to me or not, vod?" There was no time for this. There were other systems out there that needed leadership, and all of the leadership here seemed intent on getting themselves out as fast as possible.

"My reports Ambassador come from High Command, High Admiral Hibirar has kept me up to date on the current situation, we are ready to leave this system, if you insist on going to Concord Dawn and the other smaller planets that have also had transports and command vessels there to over see the evacuation of the civilians, this is a Military vessel Ambassador, and this Military vessel takes it's orders from the military High Command, I will assist you in what you need to do, but as soon as we can we are leaving this system and I will be following my orders, now sir where do you wish to travel to?"

The captain had taken on a brusque and formal tone. It was clear she had no desire to help him. There were a dozen other systems in Mando'ade space. Half their leadership was here on Obroa-Skai. Were they to abandon their brothers to fend for themselves? Akil could not bring himself to understand the obstinate behavior displayed here.

"I simply need a ship with a hyperdrive, Miss wolf. A fighter will do- it's a short jump to the Thustra system. Perhaps I'll find more commanders more concerned about the entirety of our people there." Akil said curtly. He was done arguing.

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Akil watched from the tiny cockpit of his acquired fighter as another round of ships began to blink out of normal space and into the brilliantly lit, yet ghostly, depths of hyperspace. The evacuation here was going well, he thought, all things considered. The scale of this sort of operation was testament to the familial bond between all Mando'ade, and the freshly budding bond between his people and the Kushari. If it weren't such a tragedy, it would be beautiful.

Somewhere out there in the speckled blackness was his wife and son, though the vast distances between them prevented him from seeing them. He tuned to the frequency his wife was on, and seconds later it crackled to life with her sweet voice.

"K'oyacyi, cyar'ika.""Stay alive, darling."

Akil smiled sadly. He'd decided it would be best for Alimah and Aeden to go on ahead with the Kushari. He would stay behind until all of the evacuations were complete. It seemed only right. Over the past several hours, Akil had sat alone in the cockpit, sending and receiving what messages he could from the small cockpit. All the better that it hadn't been done in front of Aeden, he supposed- some of the language had been less than clean. True to his warrior heritage, he had even tagged along with several patrol flights of fighters keeping an eye on both the flow of traffic, and the lingering Sith observers.

"Elek, ner kar'taylir darasuum.""Yes, my eternal love."

Akil and alimah were often described as "sappy". It often drove Damri mad, but Akil didn't mind. Damri loved his people and his job more than he had ever loved a woman- he had no way to understand. You couldn't exchange sweet words with a job, or with a culture. They were much the same, but in different ways. Akil hoped the evacuation of Manda'yaim was going as smoothly as it was here. He punched in the coordinates of his next destination- heading the opposite direction from the departing fleets.

"Ret'urcye mhi, riduur. Tell Aeden to keep playing with that beskad."

"Ret'urcye mhi, riduur." came the reply as the space around Akil began to dissolve. The Mando'ade were one step closer to safety, but they weren't all there yet...

 

[Arm514ve]

"Negative Lieutenant the Midway is all set to follow your lead and i hope the sith Enjoy our parting gifts once were all clear." he said looking at the monitor showing the aft view of the Midway and the planet bellow with the three Imperial Vessels in orbit. A part of him wanted to stay but he had civilians on board and he wasn't willing to risk there lives for petty pride. "Were set to jump on your mark."

 

[Bad Wolf]

Par'jila hailed the midway one last time.
"Admiral this is the Endless Dawn, Captain Par'jila reporting, the last of the ships are away, We will be the last out sire, jump when your ready."
Par'jila saluted the admiral, his uniform had been freshly ironed the black and gold wouldn't show up on the holo, but his entire crew was standing at attention while he spoke to the admiral.

 

[Veritas et Lux]

Mitya had made her way back towards Holocaustic Labs Headquarters within the ship, going to work within the main control room. Behind the blast door outside was another hallway where she was scanned of any and all kind of bugs, and her equipment was placed within a safety cargo room before being blasted with electronics disrupting magnetic waves. She was outfitted now with an uniform as she stood before the large hologram terminal, displaying the BigBlue, and the surrounding flotilla. Looking up, she eyeballed commander Matthews- "The Midway has arrived, commander. Construct a secure broadcasting channel and hail the ship."
"Yes Ma'am... Hailing the Midway."

Before her now was displayed an enlarged hologram of the midway. Mitya tapped her foot slowly, awaiting the hologram of Hibirar to appear before her.

 

[Arm514ve]

"Vary well Captain. Helm coordinate final jump checks with the Kushari lead ship. See you at the rendezvous point Captain." Hibirar said the channel closed. and the Midway Jumped into Hyperspace.

"Sir we have another call coming in from the big blue."

"Patch it through.... Commander Ivanovna what can I do for you?" Hibirar asked watching the swirl of Hyperspace out of the Bridges forward view point.

 

[Veritas et Lux]

Mitya stood before the holotransmitter with her arms crossed, pacing back and forth. "High Admiral, now that our evacuation has been underway, I believe now is a perfect time to schedule a meeting once the flotilla reaches the Kushari homeworld.", Mitya said.
The Holocaustic Labs LTD plans were supposed to be gone over- amongst other things...

 

[Arm514ve]

"Vary well commander as soon as the Midway arrives I'll make some time for discussions." Hibirar said as he looked at the screen. "we should arrive at the meeting place in thirty minutes."

 

[Jiang Winters]

"Negative Lieutenant the Midway is all set to follow your lead and i hope the sith Enjoy our parting gifts once were all clear." he said looking at the monitor showing the aft view of the Midway and the planet bellow with the three Imperial Vessels in orbit. A part of him wanted to stay but he had civilians on board and he wasn't willing to risk there lives for petty pride. "Were set to jump on your mark."

"Roger that, Admiral."

Keller switched his comms frequency back to the channel used by his engineers. "That's it, boys - we're done! Drop what you're doing, shed any excess SC40 you have and drop it with the rest, set anti-tampering devices, and bug out! Rally up on the fleet. We have twenty minutes to be back aboard the Ionian Pride."

The leaders of each engineering section chimed in with an 'affirmative'. Keller turned and departed the institute, a crate of files under each arm. His fellow Marines did the same, while a Scarab salvage vessel took off with an entire vault -filled with artifacts, antiquities, and other things too valuable to be lost- slung between its load-carrying arms. Similar operations came to a close at other important institutes across Obroa-Skai, from the Celebratus Archives to the many medical and research institutes dotting the planet's surface. As ordered, 20 minutes later and the Kushari soldiers were huddled neatly inside their dropships once more, rocketing towards their fleet. More than a few pieces of heavy equipment and salvage gear had been abandoned inside various structures and parking garages to make room for all their salvage - the abandoned kit was, of course, set to be demolished beyond all recognition once it was hidden away, and the lost gear held no important information anyways.

As the dropships crammed aboard the carrier, the Ionian Pride and her escort tethered whatever transports and Mandalorian vessels were waiting to make the final farjump to the rendezvous point. They began spooling up their hyperdrives, and awaited the final order to jump.

 

[Bad Wolf]

"Open a Comm to the Ionian Pride, this is the Endless Dawn, was that the last ship leaving?" the Captain Paced leaning on his cane for support, while he spoke into the holo feed.

 

[Syn]

"If you can fit one more sir we could use it." Sifra sat with Aldra in the cockpit of Chai Las ship as the two listened to the sounds. It wasn't easy but they had packed more people into the cargo bay and halls then she had thought possible and they flew carefully. There was nothing special about it they had no items no weapons, armor or equipment. All was thrown aside for getting more people in. Allison was even on one of the wings with herself latched it to provide more space. So as Sifra went towards the ship she remained looking forward. The other members of Chai La had ditched all they could and even Levy was doing it. She couldn't smoke or drink so was in one of the maintenance pipes sleeping and cursing.

 

[Bad Wolf]

"Clear them a place to land, we're only at 90% Capacity at this time." Par'jila gave the order as he saw the shuttle heading their way, he sighed upon seeing the over loaded ship.

"Make sure the people on that ship have a place to stay and sleep, we're in this for the long haul."

 

[Statler89]

Watching Kushari rush by him and feeling the Agaememnon jump to lightspeed.Corporal Melyc'inya couldn't help but wonder how long till they reach the rally point in deep space.Along with as they head to the pilots quarters on Ageaememnon where Petty Officer Jakir-Sjet's firehawks sleep and rest.

"So,Petty Officer Jakir-Sjet how much room do you guys have in your sleeping quarters for the men and women from my wing?"Melyc asked as they past another Kushari pilot.

 

[Syn]

The Mesembryanthemum [oh yeah say that five times fast] touched down as Allison got off the side with Abigail. They were the only ones armored and started to get the people out. The two moved while the rest of Chai La got out and helped the people. Sifra was still in the cockpit and didn't speak while the others went about. She got the ship into a space to make more room on the deck for other ships. They were here now and all they could pack in from Concord Dawn were with them. The others were in ships and Allison walked with Chai La working to get the others places to sleep.

 

[Vencu]

"Ke'sush. Attention. All other population centers and settlements on Obroa-Skai have been cleared and transports are now away." A loud, rough voice boomed over the city intercom in Basic, "All remaining personnel are ordered to board their assigned transports immediatly. Cease all equipment and resource recovery operations. Personnel recovery operations are to take priority. Obroa-Skai Control, out."