Open Spira Me Away

[Naxa]

Spoiler: Music

If N4-X4 were an organic, they might have enjoyed the visit to Spira as a vacation. However the BX commando droid was not the type to take in the sights or smell the roses. The contractor had arrived a day prior and collected a few galub slugs which now sat in a containment pack on the droid's back. They were small enough to fit into the black and low profile backpack and carried in water to keep them alive though still hungry.

The droid walked along the firm ground among the greenery and kept his distance from the main resort for now. Naxa looked around to see if they were alone before producing a pair of macrobinoculars that were specially designed for B1 and BX shaped heads. Scanning the beach and the luxury hotel for Darston Briggs, the commando droid did not see them yet. But their intelligence indicated the man enjoyed walks on the beach at night, often when drunk. However he was rarely without a security detail which was why the droid needed to surveil their future victim before acting on it.

The droid was coated in a layer of scatterweave making them hard to see among all the overgrowth. What's more a cloaking field hid them from view against most onlookers. The droid took care to not push any branches, greenery or disturb the ground and give away their location. The droid calculated there was a twenty five percent chance they would need to call upon a second contractor for assistance.

Spoiler: OOC, please read

Looking to do cooperative or competitive bounty hunt for Apex bounty on Darston Briggs.

• Apex is a neutral organization, so while they took a contract hunting someone for Incom, that doesn't provide protection from being a target. Darston Briggs is a leading executive at the company and has taken a tropical vacation to the planet Spira. Find and kill Briggs, but do not allow anyone to determine your affiliation.
• Assets Assigned: 1-2 PCs
• Total payout: 90,000 credits
• Wanted: Dead

 

[Vyr Zenos]

Vyr was always on the lookout for another job. Whilst credits were important, the challenge that a job presented and the notoriety it could bring were just as important. When he heard about the job on Spira, his interest was piqued. There was one issue: he wasn’t with Apex. Fortunately, the opportunity to work as a subcontractor for one of their operatives came up.

The target was an executive with the Incom Corporation. A starship manufacturer. They were currently on the planet Spira, which was a luxury holiday destination. More used to the outer rim, Spira presented quite the change of surroundings for Vyr.

He had been informed that the target liked to walk along the beach at night, escorted by their security. He needed to get a good spot to keep watch on the area.

The large open waters meant that boats were a common site. Vyr has “acquired” a vessel and, on the day they were to try and assassinate the target, he had parked it out in the open water. Though the ship was some distance from the beach, he was still close enough to be able to view things with the magnifier his helmet provided.

Sat inside the vessel, with the lights dimmed, he was wearing his armour and his two blasters were holstered close to his hips. He had a decent view of the beach from his position.

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[Naxa]

The droid flipped from infrared, to low light and then back to normal vision with its advanced photoreceptors. The machine watched as the sky darkened and the only sound was the waves. Water coalesced and formed into swells, crashing distantly on rocks and causing water to stretch up the sandy beaches in attempts that would in vain, try to rise higher only to be pulled back.

Abnormal movement coming from the hotel drew the droid's attention. They watched as Darston Briggs walked out of the establishment. His walk briefly turned into stumbling as he nearly lost his footing when his sandaled feet hit the sand. A chuckle echoed up the tropical beach to reach N4-X4's auditory receptors but they remained motionless, their head turning slowly only to track the Incom executive.

Darston Briggs was not alone. A pair of blackhawk security droids hovered a few meters behind him and kept pace with their charge. It was clear their presence was meant to entirely provide protection and nothing else. There were two additional guards though these were organic and seemed to exchange looks with one another that said they had done this sort of gig a few times before. Their complacency would not rule them out as a threat. Each carried a stun baton and what looked like a vibrorepulsor blade in addition to a blaster pistol. For armor they were likely wearing concealed blast vests to protect against simple attacks but that would not matter for what the commando droid had planned.

"Two airborne droids and two organic guards are watching the package." Naxa relayed the information via integrated commlink to Vyr Zenos who was out on the water. "Begin an approach to lure the droids to your location and take them out as quietly as possible. I will dispatch the organics." They waited for the Mandalorian to confirm and agree to the direction. They would probably mistake the rented vehicle as a rented pleasure craft piloted by drunk tourists out on a night cruise.

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Spoiler: Dice

Security detail strength: barely success
30/100

 

[Vyr Zenos]

Vyr remained concentrated on the beach, waiting for the target to appear. It was peaceful out on the water, so there was nothing to distract him. Eventually, he caught sight of activity. It was the target. Briggs had clumsily nearly lost his footing on the sand. Unfortunately, the executive didn’t just have standard security. A couple of blackhawk droids accompanied him. That would make things more difficult.

“Yes, I spotted them,” he replied calmly. “Ok, I’ve got it.” With the security droids out of the way, the hunter who hired him would have an easier time taking out Briggs.

Zooming out, he picked up a small remote. Pressing the play button, the music player in the cabin began to play. He put it up to full volume. It sounded like Palandag progressive rock. As long as it’s loud enough to draw attention. He switched off the light in the cabin, before moving to the wheel. He began to steer the ship in the direction of the beach. The ship slowly advanced towards the beach and seemed to catch Briggs’ attention. He turned to look at the vessel, visibly annoyed that his quiet walk had been disrupted. He called out to the ship, but of course Vyr didn’t answer. After his initial efforts were unsuccessful, he turned to his droids and instructed them to head over to the boat. The droids’ integrated comlinks meant he could speak through them to chastise those onboard. Or so he thought.

With Briggs and his two guards facing the water, the two droids headed towards Vyr’s ship. As they approached, Vyr slowly turned the ship away from the beach and started to head out to open water. The droids, fixated on the orders they had been given, followed the boat. Vyr, started to go slightly faster, drawing the droids further away from the beach. There would come a point when the droids would catch up, and then he would strike. With the droids away from the beach, Naxa now had an opening.
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[Naxa]

The droid waited patiently until its receptors witnessed the diversion from Vyr successfully pull half of the security detail away from its target. The two organic guards remained on alert but were not entirely convinced the pleasure craft was a threat worthy of their attention. N4-X4 measured the speed of the Blackhawk security droids and would move once they were out of clear auditory range.

The cloaking field emmited from the droid kept them hidden and the scatterweave coating made the infiltrator a vanta-black silouhette that moved swiftly over the sandy terrain. As it dashed across the otherwise beautiful landscape, Naxa unhooked the two pieces of their BD-2 electro staff and held on in either hand.

The guards had their backs to him, as did Darston Briggs. The joints of the BX commando droid pumped swung with machine like precious before pushing off into a leap and coming down to stab the shocking prods into the backs of the guards. Taken by surprise, the electrical pulses from the batons would have the guards siezing momentarily, gritting their teeth as the electricity coursed through their body until they collapsed.

Darston Briggs turned to the droid, wide eyed and afraid. "Wait, " the man would not get even a chance to plead to outbid N4-X4's client. The droid did not want them to signal for help either and brought the stun baton across the side of the man's head causing him to spin and fall into the damp beach. The water rose with the tide, rising up but retreating.

"Package is secured." The droid would begun removing their backpack now that the immediate area was clear. They only had a limited time to work. N4-X4 took the galub slugs from the container and placed them on the body in vital areas of his throat, joints and even some unspeakable places that only the coroner would discover. The droid made certain that Dartson would be knocked out long enough and might even run the risk of drowning since the droid made sure he was face down in the water when they left. A combined drowning and exsanguination autopsy would make it unlikely to prove this was an assassination attempt.

The guards would be knocked out and only remember feeling a sting and stunning from behind. Their reputation in the bodyguarding sector would be just as much a concern to them as who or what might have gotten the drop on them. All that would would matter was Darston Briggs would look like he had gone out drunk, swimming and died from negligent escort detail and a dangerous local wildlife.

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[Vyr Zenos]

Vyr slowed the boat down, allowing the droids to catch up. It was probably time to take them out of the equation. He opened the door, which would allow the droids entry to the room. They had no reason to shoot on sight. The two droids circled around and approached the door. They didn’t know he was a threat, which gave him an advantage.

The two droids hovered into the room, to find it empty. Vyr had used the brief time when he was out of sight to brace himself between the point where the ceiling met the wall, above the doorway. He was lucky he only needed to do it briefly. As the second of the two droids hovered in, he dropped down onto it, and shoved a vibroblade into its eye. The droid threw him off and he slammed into a table, smashing it. The damage had been done as the droid abruptly crashed into a wall and then dropped to the floor.

The other droid fired at Vyr and he was fortunately able to roll out of the way. Drawing a blaster, he took aim and fired at the droid. The blaster bolt went straight through the droid’s eye, disabling it. The droid landed with a heavy thud. He rose to his feet. Spinning his pistol, he holstered it as he looked over the two destroyed droids.

“Understood,” he replied to Naxa’s confirmation that the target was being dealt with. With Naxa taking care of Briggs, Vyr’s job was done. He could take the ship away and dispose of it and the security droids without any trouble. “I’m moving out,” he confirmed over comms as he took the wheel of the vessel.

@Darasuum

 

[Naxa]

Darston Briggs was not long for this world. He would die of either drowning or exsanguination by slugs in a matter of minutes. N4-X4 stayed close by to monitor the declining vitals until there were no longer any signs of life. The man was confirmed dead and the contractors' work was complete.

"Roger, roger." The droid replied to the Mandalorian. "I will meet you at the rendezvous." Then the commando droid left the vicinity. They would not leave any trace of their presence to the obvious observer so even if a Sector Ranger or some other investigator came along they would have trouble discerning what truly happened.

Naxa and Vyr would later meet to split the bounty. An even forty five thousand credits each was a solid amount of credits which the droid could put to good use. Furthermore it solidified the contractor's affiliation with Apex.

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