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[Hardy Wren]

It felt good to be back in business. Hardy Wren had been on the run for a while now, and finally, he had a chance to keep himself off the radar. He was given the task to hijack a cargo freighter holding a few security droids. They would serve the Mand'Alor perfectly and Hardy could rejoin his brothers and sisters with honor. Sadly, the Death Watch terrorist was assigned to work with a criminal. A soulless one- A stain on the galaxy. What was he to do?

For now? Use her.

With his new Rasmus-Class Assault Ship, Hardy waited patiently for the target to arrive out of hyperspace. Everything was powered off as The Rundown drifted through space. This was going to be a simple hit and run. "Good evening, Grace Zann. Our bounty will be arriving shortly." His voice would sound from her comm link. "Please remember...no survivors." The feed would quickly go off before their prize arrived as expected.

The Fire is burning...

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[Grace Zann]

Grace jumped at the opportunity to acquire some war droids for the Zann Consortium. Her organization was growing quickly, and was now being praised by the other syndicates for securing a deal for a fleet. While that was underway however, the woman herself needed to keep busy, and this was just the opportunity she needed. Thanks to a helpful tip, she would be teaming up with a small-time terrorist looking to grab some of the droids himself.

The woman herself showed up aboard a Gozanti-class bulk cruiser re-painted in the style of the Zann Consortium. The vessel was quite large, but didn't require a huge crew, just a few consortium thugs. The ship would be perfect for hauling a large amount of cargo.

As the woman and her crew pulled up, they would be greeted by their partner on the job. She would reply over comms, "Hardy Wren I presume. Copy that, my crew and I are ready and waiting... There will be no witnesses."

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[Hardy Wren]

As soon as the freighters, which were just simple 720 light class freighters, appeared from hyperspace Hardy took initiative and started the ship up. After positioning himself behind the freighter, he opened fire using his heavy cannons to disable the hyperdrive. The freighter took evasive maneuvers, but eventually it's engines had been damaged enough to the point where they were now drifting in space as Hardy once was.

"I will handle the rest, Miss Zann. Board the ones I've down and clean them up before reinforcements arrive." Hardy said before switching targets to another fleeing freighter. If Grace was as good as the rumors said she was, then this job had already been finished before it started.

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[Grace Zann]

As the light freighters came into view, the terrorist would take no time prepping his assault. Following the man's lead, her own cruiser would fire a couple shots from the rear. They were not intended to strike the ships, but heard them into the proper direction for boarding.

The Gozanti cruiser would fly toward the closest freighter just as the terrorist came on over comms. Taking down their crew would be simple enough. The ship's docking ring would then extend, latching on to the malfunctioning freighter. With a hiss and flash of a green light, the connection would be established.

The woman would quickly run aboard with an ignited yellow lightsaber, as her crew piloted the ship. The people aboard were common smugglers, nothing special at all. The inside of the ship had several small fires going, and there would be more to come. From the outside of the vessel, onlookers would see several flashes of yellow light through the windows. On the inside however, Grace had already cleaved apart the small crew of lightly armed smugglers.

"The crew of the first freighter is clear, my men will have the droids loaded shortly."

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[Hardy Wren]

"Good, Miss Zann. Your next target is prepped and ready." Hardy chuckled just after he neutralized yet another freighter. However, by the time he had begun chasing a third, the reinforcements had arrived a little earlier than expected. It consisted of old T-65B X-wings but even then, they still were quite able of out maneuvering The Rundown. It was times like these that Hardy wished he had a band of his own as Grace Zann did. Not lowlife mercenaries, but true warriors of Mandalore.

"Let's hope your men fear death as I do. We have incoming hostiles." Hardy muttered into the com before taking going after a few of the X-wings. He managed to pick off two before three more ganged up behind Hardy. Oh how he longed to have his Firespray back. He'd need to reclaim it from Clan Wren on Krownest, which was going to be an ordeal of it's own. But for now, all Hardy could do was shoot at what he could and evade everything else.

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[Grace Zann]

Grace's men would quickly haul the crates of droids from the freighter onto their ship. Things were going smoothly until the X-Wings arrived. Her large and bulky cruiser wasn't exactly built for fighting off a wing of starfighters. The pilots of her Gozanti would train the heavy laser cannons on the incoming ships, and would fire off a few shots to buy their crew some time.

Thankfully, the managed to load several crates before they had to get out of dodge. The woman herself would dart for the cockpit of the ship, looking through the transparasteel toward the enemy force. "We'll do our best, but this ship is a transport... I'll need covering fire to get to the next freighter."

The Gozanti's laser cannons would continue firing at the approaching X-wings as the ship began flying toward another downed freighter. Several lasers would ram into the side of the transport ship, though thankfully the shields would hold.

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[Hardy Wren]

The Rundown had taken a few good hits, but Hardy wasn't finished yet. The enemy X-wings were faster, yes, but Hardy was smarter than these average pilots. Eventually, out-maneuvering them became easier and easier as their attack patterns became more and more repetitive. Hardy Wren was able to take out a few more X-wings to grant some cover for Grace's transport.

"You're path is clear. Make it quick." Hardy replied over his coms. If they needed more time, Hardy wasn't sure what else he could do from his end. Everything needed to be done correctly and quickly if they were going to gain any sort of prize from this job. It was worth it, though. Death Watch could utilize droids like these fairly well, and Hardy already began to get a few ideas of what to do with them besides basic security.

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