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One should know by now that blasters don’t kill this monster..

The strikingly poor state of the Pyke Syndicate is the result of inept leadership, proof has been provided that one creature stands above the other candidates, and will lead this Syndicate to prestige and riches. Piles of credits already line the pockets of she who would simply sit back and benefit from all of the hard work of others..

No more...

Carr Pyke, the incompetent head, sits on the throne of the Pyke Syndicate fed by the body's sweat and blood.. it was under her failed leadership that Kessel was stolen from the Pykes, and she's done nothing about it.. today, that ends..

The Vanguards
A small troublesome group within the Pyke Syndicate is deathly loyal to whoever sits at its head, this is a good thing, but something that needs to be taken care of.. These eight men are still Pykes, so don't kill them.. we just need them incapacitated and locked up until we're done..(Self DM 2-?? players)
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Rafe stood in the cargo hold of his ship, The Kennel, his crew was piloting the ship to the docking ring of The Lonely Cub, a Foray-class corvette operated by the Pyke Syndicate, and the current home of the Pyke leader Carr Pyke, Rafe had long awaited this chance. The self proclaimed leader was actually off ship for the next day, alone.. something about a personal visit somewhere. Nonetheless, Rafe had seized the opportunity, many of the Pykes aboard the vessel were loyal to Rafe already, as through his hard work and the hard work of the loyal men and women who supported him, he had basically saved the Syndicate from folding following the loss of Kessel and the Syndicate's biggest source of income, until Rafe replaced it..

Rafe had already triple checked, but made an effort to check a fourth time that his blasters were all set to stun, this was a vital part of the mission. Rafe had been lucky and was amassing quite the small fortune as of late, as he looked over the group he'd brought with him, each being paid out of his own pocket this time.. on that note, Make sure you're set to stun, these are still Pykes... and Pykes don't kill Pykes.. Rafe's voice boomed. Rafe would be massively upset if any of the men or women he had in this cargo hold caused a casualty aboard the Lonely Cub. As he spoke the almost fifty foot soldiers he'd brought each checked their weapons again, likely ensuring the settings were correctly on Stun.

Outside the ship the Lonely Cub drew nearer, onboard would be more than eighty crewmen and an additional one-hundred passengers. The crew of the ship had already been bought, their loyalty to Rafe far exceeding that to the Syndicate's head Carr Pyke, it was the passengers, and most importantly Carr Pykes loyal body guards, known as the Vanguards, that would need to be pacified.

Rafe addressed his strike team again, The crew of the ship is already on board with our plan, the passengers and the loyal bodyguards are our targets, incapacitate them and move on, once an area is clear a group can stop to restrain those who've been pacified.. the crew will be sealing themselves in their stations as soon as we board, all other doors will be locked in the open position, allowing us to sweep through in an orderly fashion.. Do Not... Kill them, no explosives, just get them restrained and move on.. Rafe explained, he wanted this to go off without a hitch.

The Vanguards were some of the most well trained fighters in the Pyke Syndicate, it would no doubt be a good fight. Once we begin the crew is going to disable all off ship communication, so we won't need to worry about her showing up.. Rafe added, this was a heck of a power move, but one Rafe felt confident needed to happen.

Rafe felt the docking begin and end, both hands full of a blaster pistol, one Peacemaker, and one Wookiee Side-Arm, he'd glance back at this some four dozen men, receiving a handful of nods, they were with him. Let's get this done.. Rafe said. They weren't expecting the assault, and Rafe's arrival wouldn't even be broadcast to the passengers or the Vanguard, so hopefully they could catch them unaware..

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Focused. Unwavering. Ruthless.

It was how Tysjor handled every job that came his way, and this one was no different. Even if it might have been seen as treason, what they were going to be doing today was justified. As far as he was concerned, Rafe was their rightful leader. He had been the one who’d led the Pykes to where they were today, and though they still had a ways to go, Tysjor trusted that with him at the head, they would soon be able to achieve another golden age. Carr Pyke, on the other hand, had done nothing to show.

For that, she was weak. And the strong would never bow to weakness.

Tysjor followed Rafe into the Lonely Cub, his blaster pistols on hand. Once Rafe finished giving out his orders, the Pyke responded with a simple nod to show that he understood. He double-checked his blasters to make sure that they were set on stun— they were.

That being done, he was ready when the others were.

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Grace came to the world with Rafe aboard the kennel, and had been meditating for some time now. She knew that all of her strength would be needed for what came next. It would be a challenging battle indeed... To not only defeat the most loyal vanguards of the Pykes, but to take them alive as well. She would not be able to use her lightsaber against them directly, and could only use her weapon defensively. It would be a really challenge for her training on Kro Var.

She would simply tuck away her lightsaber as Rafe made his speech about taking them alive. That would be her intention as well, deal enough damage to keep them down, but not to kill. She did have her blaster set to stun, just incase, but would prefer to handle things with the force.

As the wolf-man finished his speech, Grace's eyes would open abruptly, sensing their enemies near by. "We're close." She would announce.
 

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Jules was already on the Lonely Cub since destroying the Materiaalaankopen he had been seriously practicing with his Telekinesis abilities. Jules had come up with a plan to meet Rafe's dictate that Pykes don't kill Pykes.

As part of his training he had practiced rapid lifting as well as pulling things apart using only the Force. He knew that he was the only Vanguard in the entire Pyke Family who was a Force user. Since he would not be killing he decided that he would use the Force along with other non lethal weapons to bring Carr Pykes Vanguard bodyguards under control.

This may result in numerous duels and challenges in the future but for today they would all be allowed to live. Jules began moving the moment he felt Rafe step on board.
 

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The Syndicates seemed to be more willing to help one another, these days. Probably due to the stunt Zaa Fenn pulled a while back. Maybe it was by sheer luck that Xol had taken a few jobs from Nor'baal personally so he wasn't associated with his old crime family. The Tognath wondered what his boss thought of the change in command for the Pyke Syndicate. Especially due to the fact the new leader might not be a Pyke at all.

<"I'm not here to play patty-cake, mutt. I'm here to get paid."> Xol muttered. If any of these 'Vanguard' blokes did so much as scorch his new forest green jacket that he got from Batuu, there would be hell to pay. Xol also hadn't worked with any of the new faces before, so he wasn't keen on keeping any of them alive either. If something happened, something happened. None of it mattered as long as Xol got paid his dues.

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Mae laughed out loud, barely loud enough to be heard by Rafe, when he stated none were to be killed. Rafe had spent the last 10 missions teaching Mae to be a ruthless killer, and now he wanted them, or more importantly, her, to show restraint? She knew she would honor his word for the most part, but if push came to shove, she would be removing some heads today, pyke or not...

She made sure her two peace makers were set to stun, but made sure her vibro claws were at the ready in case she needed to go bloody murder on any fool trying to get past her.

She nodded up at the wolf letting him know she was ready.
 

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There were just under fifty of them, and just over one-hundred of them.. pretty easy odds to Rafe and company.. The door opened, revealing an empty hallway, normally there would be at least three crewmen here anytime a ship docked, but they were all taking cover behind locked doors, a tactic @Julius Arvo had made popular by sealing certain areas from the engineering bay.

Let's split up, the mess hall probably has the most of them.. Rafe said as he and six of the Pyke foot soldiers headed off in a direction opposite the mess hall, the passengers were of little consequence to him, no he was headed for the lounge, he knew at least some of the Vanguards would be there..


he'd make more than a few turns before finally running into a group of stragglers, six of them, seven of Rafe, with a nod the group opened fire, stun bolts flying down the hallway and crashing into the men, the sound of the blaster fire rang through the halls though, and resulted in a couple heads poking around a corner up ahead, Go! Rafe ordered his six men charging ahead, firing off bolts and downing the unarmed men..

Rafe picked up three of the bodies, and carried them into the nearest room, once the rest were drug in, Rafe ordered one to stay behind and secure them. As the Pyke started to take out his stun cuffs Rafe and the rest left to find the lounge.

Eight down.. one hundred to go.. Rafe thought as he made his monstrous way through the insides of the ship. Finally taking one last turn to find the door labeled Lounge wide open..
 

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At Rafe’s order to split up, Tysjor nodded and went with a few of the others towards the mess hall. There would likely be time to help him with the Vanguards later, once the passengers were taken care of. Fortunately, he’d spent enough time on the corvette to know the quickest way there, and before long he and whoever had decided to come along were at the doors of the mess hall.

Almost immediately after the door opened, Tysjor began firing at the passengers in the room, aiming for those who were standing first. The thought that crossed his mind on Tanaab crossed his mind again now— when he could shoot without worrying about anyone shooting back, it was more fun than anything else.

Screams erupted in the mess hall as the passengers realized what was happening. A couple made a beeline for the doors, but they soon found out that they had been locked. All were but the one the Pykes had come in from, and surely they would not dare to go there. The rest were sitting ducks, and it was only a matter of time before he and the others took care of them.

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Grace would make her way onto the ship with her blaster pistol draw, and the stun setting on. She would run down the hallway behind Rafe until the man told them all to split up. It looked like he was heading toward the lounge, while Tysjor made his way toward the mess hall with some backup. Grace herself would opt for a different direction, deciding to head directly for the bridge of the ship.

She would open a set of blast doors to find a small group of passengers panicking. Both her and several pykes would fire into the small group, knocking down the majority of them. A couple managed to get away, running closer to the bridge. It was only a matter of time before a pyke vanguard reared their head at them.

"Everyone, follow me to the bridge. Stun anyone who isn't one of us."
She would say to the group of pykes following her.

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Mae followed Rafe as he and his few foot soldiers took out a few on the way to the lounge. She was going to assist him until they passed a door that said "Head" on it. She was a bit confused, maybe it was an officers room or something. She decided to clear it as the others moved forward. However, she regretted that decision as soon as she had opened the door and the smell of bowl waste filled her nostrils. She kicked open each stall individually finding them empty before kicking open the last door to find a half naked man sitting upon his toilet throne. Was this the the throne the wolf had come for? Mae laughed to herself before raising her peace maker and firing. The poor bastard had stood in alarm of the intrusion and when stunned fell face first into his smelly waste. Mae just giggled and moved on. She exited the restroom to find one of the soldiers securing some of the downed troops and told him there was one more in the room she just came from for him to secure before she followed Rafe into the next room.
 

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Jules had looked at both the duty roster and crew cabin assignments, he and six of his own Enforcers were rolling through the crew quarters stunning every crewmember that was in his quarters. He also had brought twenty of his own Scoundrels. Jules and his team. each one an accomplished swordsmen had opted for stun batons in order to maintain as silent as possible for as long as possible.

After stunning each crewmember not personally loyal to Rafe they were then put in stun cuffs and transferred to a few cabins where they were left under guard. He had managed to take eight Vanguards, and two dozen Enforcers and not one of his men had even broken a fingernail.
 

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Everyone was doing their own thing, apparently, and though it looked like a disorganized mess, it was working to Xol's surprise. The Tognath decided to follow Grace Zann to the bridge. After reluctantly switching his dual DE-10s to stun, he too opened fire on everyone that was with the original group. Stun shots were way less satisfying than the real deal, but if Xol wanted to get paid, he'd have to follow at least some of the guidelines.

However, when a blaster bolt grazed the shoulder of Xol's nice jacket, he thought he was about to murder everyone onboard. There two Vanguards standing guard in front of the blast doors that would lead to the bridge. One of them made the fatal mistake of targeting Xol first, instead of the actual blaster bait the rest had brought with them. The Enforcer stunned the first one, but wanted to make his fight with the next a little more personal.

Xol closed in the distance between the two with ease, switching his blasters off the stun setting. The Vanguard tried firing upon Xol, but to no avail, for he had shot the Vanguard's wrist, causing him to drop his blaster. Then, Xol punished the idiot for his wrong doing by firing two shots into both of his legs, rendering the Pyke minion useless. It wouldn't matter if it was stunned or left conscious. They wouldn't be able to do much besides wail in pain.

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Blaster fire was ringing out heavy across the Corvette, they'd brought a little less than half the force they were attacking. Rafe knew the team he brought was more than capable of accounting for that numbers game. Rafe peaked into the lounge almost immediately he was met with intense blaster fire, pulling his head back from the opening just before the blaster fire slammed into the wall opposite the door.

Fhtagn.. Rafe said as he pulled back, just in time to keep his head on his shoulders. He looked over at @Mae Tecono and laughed shortly, the crew of the ship had successfully jammed the communications, Rafe could hear one of the men in the lounge trying to call out, though the crew themselves weren't taking part in the neutralization of the passengers and Carr Pyke's loyal body guards, Rafe was glad he'd gotten them on his side for this, as this was definitely one of the harder things he'd ever had to do, attempting a full on assault without causing any casualties.. it was just fhtagn weird.. not natural at all..

Rafe leaned his Wookie Side-Arm around the corner and blind fired until the power pack was empty, he had no idea if he'd hit anything within, but stepped away as he holstered the Side-Arm. The blaster fire coming from the room continued to slam into the opposite wall very steadily, Rafe guessed more than a dozen men were inside. Any ideas? Rafe asked Mae.
 

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Mae looked up at the puzzled Wolf. "Well, we could give my droid poppers a shot. They wont kill them but may give them a nice electric stun!" She told her big friend. Before even waiting for a reply or objection, Mae pushed past him and started chucking the droid poppers randomly into the room as far as she could get them. The screeching as those inside were mildly electrocuted and sent falling to the ground with audibled thuds, was like music to her ears. She then swung through the door sliding on her knees to quickly disable the two remaining with her peacemakers. They were in shock at the fate of their friends to even notice the little red head slide into the room.
 

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Unfortunately for Tysjor, the advantage of surprise in the mess hall hadn’t lasted long. After the initial stun shots were fired, some of the passengers had begun to come to their senses. He could start to see some of the expressions in the room start to turn from fear to anger, and they were looking right at him. Exactly what he didn’t want to happen.

One woman had even stood up on a table, pointing a finger in his direction. “We outnumber those guys ten to one, we can take them down together!She soon found a stun bolt flying in her direction, but when she fell, more took her place. And they were furious.

Passengers were grabbing metal trays and cups and throwing them at the group of about a dozen Pykes. A couple of Tysjor’s men started to turn and run, but the Pyke would have none of it.

“Stick together, and shoot anyone that comes close!” he ordered over the chaos. Readying his blasters, he fired a couple bolts in the direction of the few passengers who dared to break the line and come at the Pykes. It was unfortunate that his only option was to use stun, because right now, he would have preferred to use anything but.

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Slick had exited the ship a bit behind everyone else. He had honestly fallen asleep in the moment of Rafe's inspiring speech. As he worked his way through the downed bodies, he decided to do a little clean up and secure some of those that had not already been secured by cuffs.

As he was securing three of the downed passengers, a fourth had come to and grabbed a blaster and fired at Slick and the others. He was successful in hitting and killing a few of the Pykes and Slick quickly dashed and rolled at the man putting his lightsaber through his gut and raised it to the ceiling effectively splitting the man in two. "Pykes don't kill Pykes, but I'm no Pyke"
, he said with a chuckle.

He continued to follow the group that had gone to the mess hall and was eager to get into the fight.
 

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It was fortunate that Xol decided to help Grace reach the bridge along with her small crew. The group of gangsters would make their way down the long corridor stunning all in their path, until they came across a pair of vanguards, just the people they were looking for. Xol himself would charge one of the loyalists and disarm the guy.

Grace herself would run toward the other vanguard with her blaster drawn. Rather than firing a shot however, she would rip the man's blaster from his hands with the force. It was an unexpected trick to be certain. After this, she would fire multiple stun shots as the unarmed man.

With the hallway clear, she would begin typing into a computer console on the wall. The blast doors would start to screech open as the rest of their attacking pykes stood with their blaster's ready. As the door's fully parted, there would be yet another Pyke Vanguard, but this one held a rotary blaster!

He would immediately begin firing shots toward the crowd of assaulting Pykes, managing to gun down a couple. Grace herself would quickly take cover behind a wall next to the computer terminal. "Someone take that guy down!"
 

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Xol had only met one other Force Wielder that wasn't Jedi or Sith. Gram Van Alasdaire was a great man, not some lowly thug who craved power and control. Grace Vann shared a similar name, but her abilities and status wasn't anything near Gram's. When Xol heard of his friend's death at the hand of another Sith, he wanted to cry instead of murder. He was sick and tired of losing everyone he cared about and he was going to scorch the galaxy with the fires of his agony so they could feel what he felt.
They deserved it.


<Punchee, cut the lights.> He told his ID-21 Seeker Droid that happily chirped and jammed it's way into the computer console until the lights flickered off. <Well done, little fella.> Punchee was the last true friend Xol had left and nothing would take the him away from Xol. The Enforcer rolled a thermal detonator down the hallway towards the unsuspecting Vanguard. The rule was no killing? No way- not after this one took out a few of Grace's men. This calling it even.

<He killed your people. Consider this justice.> Xol told grace just before the bomb went off, clearing the hallway for the group. Punchee turned the lights back on- or at least the ones that would work, and Xol pushed forward. He cleared the rest of the hallway and gestured for rest of the group to follow him. They weren't done just yet.

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Not only had Jules legend taken on a life of its own among the Pykes, his tactics had also been adopted. Having cut through the crew quarters had brought him and his team to the back entrance of engineering. Engineering apparantly was now being manned by the best.

The three Vanguards guarding the deck initially appeared relieved when they saw Jules but changed rapidly the moment they realized Jules was there for them not with them. Jules said,
" sorry boys but Rafe is taking over," the first reached for his side arm. Allowing his left hand baton to fall Jules out drew the man his peacemaker set to stun dropped him before he even cleared his holster.

The other two in unison took deep breaths in through their noses then sighed, the taller of the two said, " you had better be right about this Jules, " he and his partner then slowly un buckled their gun belts letting them fall to the floor. His men then stepped forward and put all three in cuffs.

Jules then opened his com link and said, " crew quarters and engineering are ours. What doors do you need opened or closed."
 

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Rafe felt the explosion rock the boat, even from where he was, Fhtagn.. Rafe cursed, Mae's droid poppers had done the trick allowing the rest of them to storm the lounge and fire off stun bolts at all of its occupants. Rafe would leave the rest to do the cuffing, as he stormed away firing up his comms, Do not shoot the crew, they're on our side!.. Rafe would yell into his comms.

It wouldn't take him long to reach the bridge, Mae on his six, to see the exploded area, and the dead Pykes laying on the ground.. Rafe was visibly angry, they'd taken the ship for the most part, but Rafe's orders had been willfully disregarded. What the fhtagn happened!? Rafe asked angrily, pushing one of his men against the wall. Shakily the man pointed at @Xol, Rafe growled as he approached the man, What the fhtagn have you done.. it wasn't a question, Rafe just pushed past him and continued into the bridge.

The bridge crew was reporting nearly every passenger and Vanguard had been detained, only a few outliers remained, one of the bridge crew playing back a video of @Slick ramming a lightsaber through a man, You told us no one would die.. the man said shakily, Rafe growled, his leadership was in jeopardy now. He had hoped to earn true loyalty through actions and payment. The man backed away when Rafe's teeth showed, it looked like he'd need to also use fear and force..

Fhtagn! Rafe cursed as he left the bridge, over the comms he ordered all captives to be moved to the mess hall, somewhere big enough to hold them all and where they could be easily guarded until Rafe finished with Carr Pyke..

Angrily he made his way down to the docking ring, reloading all of his weapons, he'd deal with the fallout later, as for now... she'd be here soon..

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