Ask Sullust Stretching your Wings

[Louis Lorsoni]

Louis was not against the new rule of Mandalorians over Sullust. They were generally pretty nice to the workers, offered them protection, and let the people go about their business as normal. But, they were pretty restrictive of who left and got into the planet. For an aspiring pilot like Louis, it was the equivalent of being in timeout. He was tired of being restricted from going off world and it was time he expanded his horizons. Thanks to his new Anzellan friend, ex-pirate captain Barbosa Killian, maybe today would be the day he'd ditch the planet behind and find a new, freer, world.

The plan was simple; Barbosa would squeeze his little body into a ventricle shaft that would lead to a security panel. All the Anzellan had to do was cut the right wires so the security cameras set on the Escape so Louis and Barbosa could quickly get off planet. Louis was as good a pilot as they came, and he was confident enough in his abilities that if Mando patrols chased after him, he'd be able to outmaneuver them.

Besides, once he was in orbit, he was as good as gone anyway. Louis couldn't care less where his ship took him as long as it wasn't Sullust.

"Barbosa, are you in?" Louis whispered into his commlink from behind a huge cargo crate. He was using it as cover so he could keep a watchful eye on the Mando patrols that made sure everyone stook to the curfew. Behind Louis was the landing pad where his WTK-85A Interstellar transport awaited the two pilots. "Aye! I be crawlin' and climbin'." Barbosa whispered back into his own comm. "When you reach the panel, cut the green wires connecting to the audio and visual emitters. Don't cut the orange ones. That would be bad." Both the Anzellan and the Half-Annfyn weren't sure what would happen if they cut the orange wire, but they suspected it probably wouldn't be great.

"Aye aye, Captain." The Anzellan was crawling somewhere beneath the landing pad where the ship was, and hopefully he was just tiny enough to do his part. Louis was glad his starship wasn't some fancy shuttle or yacht. It probably would've been impounded and thrown in with the more heavily guarded containment landing areas. There was a Rasmus-class assault ship Louis hid away in the crevasses at the bottom of a cliff- but that would be discussed at a later time. For now? Louis was primarily focused on the Escape.

@Bread

 

[Van'Aria Solus]

Van'Aria had been asked to oversee some of the newer colonies personally, mainly for the reason that many new Vod's needed training and without guidance people easily slack.

She had been stationed on Sullust about two weeks now and was notorious for hand inspecting Ships that were departing and arriving especially during the night, this night wasn't any different.

In tow with two of her Vod's she strode down the length of multiple hangars, there was a Assault Craft that still hadn't been properly given a purpose which she would instruct her Vod's to inspect today she was merely here for overwatch.

Coming to a halt her visored visage gazed out through the Hangar, there was no direct sign of activity so she wasn't all too bothered at first, she then gestured for her two Vod to do what they intended to do gesturing towards the Rasmus-Class, shortly afterwards she reached up to her helmet if only briefly and pressed a button on it, within a moments notice her normal HUD switched over to Thermal Imaging as she scanned the Hangar a second and third time.

""Bu'yraosarha e'yar'u be bic asas pirusti, Ni dont copaanir e rukupa'iyi K'aaku terkriva, bal meh gar shukur er ogir malyasa'yr cuyir nayc surgir ibi'tuur."

<"Mhi malyasa'yr va cuyir shukur kebise ibi'tuur.">

"Narir va cuyir layari o'r gar mata'yr."

She then elected to take a closer look at that WTK Transport Vessel, it wasn't unusual that Transport Vessel were still planned to do take offs during this hour yet sometimes it was best to take a... personal approach to things, her body started moving and sure enough there was no mistaking it, she was heading straight for it, without knowledge of its planned hidden Pilots ofcourse.

@Charles

 

[Louis Lorsoni]

"Captain! Thine security wires have been cut!" Barbosa cried from the commlink, causing Louis to cover it with his hand. "Quiet, Killian. I think there's another patrol." Louis backed away from the group of three Mandalorians that were investigating Louis' on ship! This wasn't good. Even if it was just one Mando...well, Louis saw first hand what just one Mando could do. He began to unconsciously rub his chest where shrapnel had once nearly killed him due to a wrist rocket.

This was quite the pickle. Barbosa was stuck beneath the landing area until the Mandalorians moved and Louis would've felt terrible if he left the Anzellan to save his own skin. It looked like he plan was about to change. Hopefully Barbosa was still by that security panel, or else this was going to be for nothing. Louis crouched low to the ground and brought his comm up to speak into it.

"Hey, Killian?"

"Captain?"

"You see the orange wire?"

"Aye, Captain. I do."

"Cut it."

"What?! Thy orders were-"

"Just cut it, please."

"Aye, aye, I guess..."

Louis waited a few seconds until eventually, the emergency alarms began to blare. Sirens were going off, red lights were flashing, and in the dark it would've been disorientating. With this distraction, Louis dashed for his ship out of his hiding place, praying to whoever was up above that this worked...

@Bread

 

[Van'Aria Solus]

The two Vod's were just about to investigate the Assault craft when the whole vicinity turned to chaos, loud alarms were blaring and within a moments notice their surroundings came to life, both of them inexperienced as they were whipped around turning their heads around, they were young, panic in their eyes, what could it be that triggered this? Was there an attack about to happen? They darted around like hornets looking for anything that could indicate what was happening to no avail.

Van'Aria on the other hand had been already halfway towards the Transport Vessel before the Alarms went off and by the time they did go off she had been standing on its ramp, the sirens gave her a moment for pause tilting her head lightly, her already red Armor almost concealed her in the light once it shone on her and Louis would be able to see her for but the faintest of moments in that bright illumination before the light swung past her.

By the time the light would cross where she was again she was gone, which gave cause for pause but in the hectic planning and the chaotic nature of such a attempt it would be only natural that thinking about where she went would be irrelevant aslong as he made it to his ship, the only thing that Louis did not know was that he had unorthodox Cargo.

The Vods were successfully struck by the diversion however and soon enough were hastily running back the way they came in an attempt to get a hold of anyone that knew more about what was happening completely forgetting that they were here under the supervision of someone else.

This was a perfect opportunity for Van'Aria to test the Vods ability to work under stress which is why she hid aboard the Transport Vessel unknowing that it was the destination of someone wishing to make their escape, stepping into a almost all encompassing shadow she briefly watched on her Smartpad how her Vods were running from place to place panicking, she shook her head, they had much to learn.

@Charles

 

[Louis Lorsoni]

When Louis watched as all the Mandalorians had seemingly disappeared, he was proud to call this a successful mission. After scooping up Barbosa, they both got into the transport without any trouble at all. Both the Anzellan and the Half-Anfynn cheered with delight as the engines started and they slowly got into the air. Louis then accelerated the ship to half it's maximum speed to avoid any unwanted attention. There was an alarm going off and it probably would've looked less suspicious if the culprits weren't in a rush.

"Where do you think we should go to first?" Louis asked his tiny companion. "The core! Coruscant!" Of course! Why not visit Ora Trel? Maybe she had another job for him that could get him even farther away from Sullust. "Good thinking. Get those coordinates up." And Barbosa made a quick salute before jumping around the co-pilot's side of the cockpit, plugging numbers in and flipping switches with ease, given his size. Louis still couldn't believe that actually worked! It wasn't every day that one was able to escape Mandalorians.

@Bread

 

[Van'Aria Solus]

She had stored away her Smartpad just in time as the other two shuffled aboard, her figure was perfectly shrouded in the dark corners of the ship and just when they both shuffled into the cockpit she heard the landing ramp ascend... it was when she realized they were planning to take off, unbothered by that directly she kept to herself for now and eavesdropped as good as she could.

Hearing the word "Coruscant" made her nod to herself, someone was desperately trying to get away but not in a normal way... they were appropriating Mandalorian property and anyone that did that without a deathwish was seriously in above their head, she pressed a button on her Smartpad as she let it dangle from her hip, it broadcasted her location silently and not just in just a normal way, it was a convergence beacon.

It was then that she shuffled forth one of her Ranger Blasters from her hip pulling the stock back to unfold proper, she then pressed a button on the side of the Weapon setting it to stun all of which made evident noise albeit shrouded in the noise of the Ship taking off.

She then stepped out from the Shadows and quite plainly walked into the back of the Cockpit where the two Pilots were residing, holding her Blaster idle infront of her chest, ready to pull up and fire should she need to yet preternaturally at ease, her Voice then radiated loudly in biting Basic.

"I believe this is as far as you will get. Even if it was a valiant effort."

@Charles