BadSamaritan

A single man awoke froma deep slumber, his mind a mish-mash of thoughts. He reached over to the coffee table that resided next to his coush. he fumbled around until his hand came across a small plasic object. He picked it up, and stared at it. through his blurry vision, he recognized his long-distance communication device. He tapped a few buttons on it, and winced as the main screen lit up. After a moment, his vision cleared enoguh for his to see the time. 0538 hours. The man cursed, and let the device fall back to the table. he was late for work again. he though for a moment, and then sighed. He picked the device back up, and tapped a few more buttons. An atuomated voice welcomed him, and the more grumbled into the device, speaking of oversleeping, and missing his ride to work. He laid the device back down, and then rolled over on his couch. According his logic, he had called in, and therefor, secured his employment for yet another day. He just hoped that his inabilty to wake up on time would soon end. he was really getting tired on small paychecks.

Seryk walked along the halls of the cities headquarters building, wondering what the high commander wanted to talk to him about. he knew it had to have been important. She had been exceptionally busy dealing with the massive funeral preperations. Seryk had an idea that Fett knew what was going on, but he had decided not to ask. He knew all would reveal itself in good time. They came to a door to a turbolift, and the door opened, to reveal the High commander standign there. She smiled as she saw them both, and Motioned them inot the turbolift. "Well, Seryk, its seems that your freind Karyn has caused quite a stir in my poeple. Many want to see her dead, but they must abide by my judgment. So some have decided to look elsewhere for revenge." she said, and Seryk began to worry. he had been the one to talk the high commander out of executing her. He didnt think the High commander would allow her people to kill him instead, but he hads no way of being completely sure. "How far along are the preperations?" Fett asked, and the High commander thought for a moment. "They are moving along slowly, but steadily. We may have been practicing this for many years, but we havent had to actually execute the order in more than thirty years." the high commander said, and Seryk looked at them both in confusion. he had no idea what5 they were talking about now, but he supposed that he would find out soon enough. The turbolift slowed suddenly, and Seryk realized how fast they had actually been moving. The door opened, and Seryk stepped out. He looked around, and realize he was in a hanger bay, this one much larger than the one he had arrived in. He could see dozens of Gladiator-cla starfighters in hanger bay, but there were toher starfighteres also, ranging from elderly Z-95s, to lumbersome Y-wings, to brand new looking X-wings. "Seryk, what you see here is but one of many hangers spread throughout these mountains. We can feild enough starfighters to fend off a small task force long enough to either evacuate, or bring in more firepower." the high commander said bluntly, and Seryk wondered what she meant by 'more firepower'. But he decided not to ask. The three of them began to walk down a ramp onto the main floor of the hanger, and Seryk noiced that the hanger extended mush farther than he had originally thought. he calculated it out quickly, and figured there had to be almost a full wing of starfighters in this hanger alone. And the high commander had stated they had multiple hangers like this one. Seryk knew that he shouldnt have been surprised by this fact, but he had though a people trying to hide, wouldnt have been out collecting starfighters on such a massive scale. When they reached the main floor, an elderly man in a mechanics outfit walked over to them, and bowed slightly to the high commander, and then nodded to Fett. he looked to Seryk, and scowled slightly, before turning his attention back to the high commander. "The squadron of ships you asked us to prepare is ready to go. Along with ten of our best pilots." he said, and the high commander smiled. "Excellent. have them ready to launch within the hour." she said, and the mechanic nodded, and turned to walk back towards the starfighters. the high commander turned to Seryk and Fett, and smiled. "Seryk, your arrival, not to mention the attack by the two sith has made me realise something. Our time of hiding is over. It is time to reveal ourselves to the galaxy. You may tell the commanders of your people, that the warriors of this city are ready to fight." she said, and Seryk sighed in relief. This was going to be welcome news to a lot of people in the GFFA. But then somethign she said caught his attention. "Wait, this city? What about the rest of the cities?" he asked, and the high commander shrugged. "I will be contacting them, and ordering a meeting of all the high commanders. I will do my best to onvince them of the same thing that I have realised." she said, and Fett nodded. "Thank you. How many troops will we be bringing with us?" he asked, and the High commander thought for a moment. "You will have two squadrons of fighters, and three troop ships. That accounts for the majority of our ready ground troops. It will take time to ready the rest." she said, and Seryk raised his eyebrows. He had thought that it would have taken a long time to rally any troops to their cause, but here he was with a small landing force ready to go. THis was looking better by the minute. "What about karyn?" Seryk asked, and the high commander nodded. "She will stay here, to continue her training. it will be a while before we have your ships ready, so if I were you, I would go say goodbye to her." the high commander said. Seryk nodded, and turned to walk back up the ramp. The high commander watched Seryk go, and then turned to Fett. "I do hope, Boba, that we are right about this. because if we are wrong, we will have spent all these years hiding and preparing for nothing." she said, and Boba nodded. "One way or the other, only time will tell. And that may be the one thign we are running out of." he said, and the high commander nodded. "What is the status of the fleet?" Fett asked, and the high commander sighed. "Only a msall portion is even close to being running. We have kept all the weapon and sheild up to date, but we have never had to actually bring the fleet online. Hopefully, it can be done quickly. If not, it will be quit some time until we can be of any significant help in the war." she said, and Fett nodded. he knew that they had a sizeable force of warships, even though he had never seen any of them himself. Their location had been kept a tightly gaurded secret, even from him. "Well, lets just hope we can get them running soon. I have a feeling the GFFA and the UDA will need all the help they can get their hands on." Fett said, and the High commander nodded in agreement. "I am aware of this Fett. And preperations have already begun. Trust me, our ships will be ready soon." she said, and she turned to follow Seryk up the ramp. Fett looked back across the hanger, and though to himself, wondering how the arrival of the mandalorains would be taken. Zhe knewq that in a time of desperation, they would be welcomed with open arms. But if the war was won, then the true test would begin. Only then would they see if the centuries old scar had healed, of if it would be re-opened.

Ummm..... the NR fielded equipment like that back during the war with the empire. They didnt have many of them, but they packed a mighty whallop.

The vong never saw it coming. The repora might, but you never know.

::ponders:: This may be true, but thats what operation "emperors hand" is designed to deal with. *waits for someone to remember what this was*

Hmmmm.... since I have no fleet, I think Seryk has been in limbo for long enough.

Ewoks.... lots and lots of ewoks....

Best strategy to deal with the Replicators is to blast them with the superlasers. Im guesing at about 3/4 power, thay can take two of them out with the first salvo. Then, they concentrate their fire on a third, and be out of power, but hopefully only have one replicator to deal with.

And the repora are just going to jump in, fire the replicators, and wie out half our fleet. Great.

Big. Really big. No, bigger than that. No, you dont understand, Im talking big here.

Ok, that japanese cover, what are those dreadnaughts surrounding? it looks like an exceptionally large cannon shell. What whats with the Droid'eka? And Thrawn? What the comic book is that? I dont own it, and its going to bother me until I do, So i need to know the name of it.

Nice lookin ship. What is it?

Hirotek paced around the small pad slowly, watching his opponent. His enemy now wasnt a Vong, or a Repora, or a Vagaari, but a soldier. Here, Hirotek was master. But sadly, this soldier had decided to challange his claim. Hirotek had smiled when the soldier had challanged him. Hirotek may have been getting on in years, and he may have looked frail, but it was all a clever ploy. He continued to this day to procatice what he had learned as a young man on Corellia. And as the soldier was about to learn, Hirotek was a very deadly person. The soldier lunged in with a sudden kick at Hiroteks' side, but Hirotek easily swatted the kick aside. The soldeir backed off, and began to cirlce him again. He tried another kick, this one a slow kick aimed at Hiroteks stomach. Hirotek saw the ploy, and blocked the kick, and dodged the sudden fist strike aimed at his face. Normally, no soldier would dare stike a GFFA Admiral, but this was combat training. There was no rank in this room. And Hirotek liked it that way. The soldier back off, and began to bounce from foot to foot, a smile on his face. Hirotek saw the eagerness in the young mans face. he rememebered it from when he was young, and loved a challange. Hirotek stopped circling th eman, and decided to show the soldier waht he was capable of. hirotek adopted the stance he had learned from his father, and the soldier lost his smile. Hirotek knew the soldeir was wondering what he was doing. He knew the soldier had never seen the stance before. Few people had. But the solddier simply shrugged, and prepared to strike. The soldier moved in with a fast jab towards Hiroteks face, and Hirotek swiftly dodged the attack, and grabbed the younger mans arm. Using the momentum of the mans attack, and his superior leverage, Hirotek hoisted the man off the ground, and threw him like a rag doll to the other side of the mat. The man sprang back up, and astounded look on his face. But then his look became much more serious. He mvoed in again, and Hirotek smiled. He was about to have a lot of fun. ************************************ Athien walked along the corridores of the base, her father pacing her. They hadnt been able to spend much time together in the recent weeks, and Athein was enjoying the chance to speak with her father. They had managed to avoid talkign about the war to much. Thay had stuck to thier thoughts on the other fleet commanders, and how they had all reacted to the existance of the UDA. They had talked about the goings on in the rest of the galaxy. They had talked about art. It was a pleasent change of pace for the both of them. As they walked, they came across a window into a large room, filled with people. Athien looked in, and saw Hirotek, dressed in what looked like a work out uniform. She stopped, wondering what Hirotek was up to. Then she saw the soldier matchign has pace arounf the mat they were on, and it clicked in Atheins head. Thraw stopped next to her, and turned to look at what had caught his daughters attention. He watched with her as Hirotek and the soldier began to square off. "I see that Hirotek has decided to try his hand in training some of the ground troops." Thrawn commented, and Athien nodded. "Yes, although I dont think the word 'train' fits what is about to happen." she said, and she nodded to the match as Hirotek adopted his stance. Thrawn nodded, and watched as Hirotek threw the soldier across the mat. "That is a standard mandalorian combat move. I wonder how the soldier will adopt his fighting style. That is assuming, however, that he knows that." Thrawn said, and Athien simply shrugged. They both stood there, and watched as the match continued. Athien winced as the soldier moved in again, just to have Hirotek knock him backwards with a well placed kick. Obviously frustreated, the soldier moved back in, and the match turned into a complete massacre. After a minute, the soldier slumped down to the mat, his face twisted in pain. His shoulder looked like it was dislocated, and his nose had been flattened up against his face. Athien shook her head, and a smile grew on her face. "He never had a chance. Hirotek was able to guess his every attack. I hope that isnt the average soldier in the GFFA forces. Otherwise, winnign a ground battle might be more difficult that we thought." she said, and Thrawn shook his head. "No, that is not a GFFA soldier. He is one of the soldiers off of my flagship." Thrawn said, and Athien looked to her father, and then back to Hirotek. Once again, Hirotek had managed to suprise her. Her ftahr had some of the bast trained soldiers in the UDA on his flagship. And Hirotek had managed to take him apart without even breaking a sweat. Athien watched as Hirotek helped move the man of the mat, and then motioned tow soldiers onto the mat. The two man obliged him, and Hirotek odopted a different stance. "Now he is in a defensive stance. He plans to make them overwork themselves to try and hit him. He will wear them down, and then strike." Thrawn said, and Athien nodded. They watched as the match began, and Athien wasn't surprised to see Hirotek defelct all their attacks with a seeming ease. She new her father would be right. "Tell me Athien, what are your thoughts on Hirotek." Thrawn said, and Athien stalled for a moment. She new her father would have heard the rumors by now. "He isnt your average commander. He has a deep caring for the people under his command, and is loathe to risk their lives. He prefers to fight cautiously, and weaken his enemies down to where beating them will cost him as few of his people lives as possible. And he doesnt seem to have read the rules of warfare. His strategies so far have been unorthadox, to say the least." she said, and Thrawn nodded. "All of this is very true. His ability to pick out his enemies weaknesses and strengths is very usefull. His ability to turn those weakneses and strenghts against them is even more usefull still. As for his choice of tactics, a man once said that those that read the rules enforce them. Those that dont read the rules, make the rules." Thrawn said. Athien smiled, recognizing the quote easily. Han Solo had said them years before, in the halls of the sante building back on Coruscamt when her fahter had first tried to defeat the New Republic. She was surpirsed about the fact that her father would refer to Han Solo as wise, but he still managed to surprise her on the rare occasion. "But his caution worries me. We will not win this war being cautious. And if he is not carefull, his caution will cost him dearly. The repora will be able to read his caution, and turn it against him." he said, and Athien nodded. That thought had crossed her mind, but she had decided not to bring it up just yet. She had been hoping that Hirotek would realise this on his own. "Although I must wonder, why he has gone to such great lengths to avoid me. Perhaps he is being cautious about something?" he said a slight smile growing at the corner of his lips. Athien smiled, and nodded. "Perhaps." she said, a smile on her own face. So her father had heard the rumors. She watched as Hirotek finished the fight against the two soldiers. He was breathing heavily now, but both of the soldiers were far worse off than he was. One of them looked like he was out cold. Athien sighed, and shook her head. "It really is to ba that we dont have more soldiers like that. We could really use them." Athien said, and Thrawn smiled. "You mean more mandalorians, correct?" he asked, and Athien nodded. "The galaxy is a large place Athien. And it is full of surprises." Thrawn said, and he turned to walk down the corridore. Athein looked at him, wonering what he meant by that comment, and then turned to follow him. She knew that her father had many secrets still. Perhaps her father still knew some secrets that could help turn the tide of the war.

Why do you think Hirotek is going to be avoiding the main group of people? Edit: I decided to have Athien and her father have a nice little chat about Hirotek for some reason. It had to happen eventually. And yah, I know I havent posted about Seryk in a while. But that is a sub-plot, so I can continue it whenever I want. Which hopefully, will be once i have made a decent descrition of the mandalorain cruiser. My AutoCad wont run, so I wont be able to supply a picture of it.

So basically I am there just to recieve updates and give moral support? Cool. On my way back, I could pick up a ship or two from Kuat. Or are they all at Ord Mantell?

So I take it that I am at ord Mantell then?

If you are having problems due to size restrictions, PM me a link to the picture, and Ill fix it up so that it fits, and throw it up on my site for ya.

Im at ord Mantell? I thought I was at Dresnak? Clones perhaps? Holograms? Or a poster making an honest mistake?

Hirotek sat in his personal chambers, hias eyes darting over reports. The UDa mechanics had been going full force at repairing his ship, and keeping his personel as far away from them as possible. Ironically enough, they couldnt keep his mechanics from trying to help, and the repairs weren't going well. And Frankly, it made Hirotek smile. he was disgusted at how his people were being treated. Some allies these people were. As Hirotek thought about all fo this, a chime rang, and Hirotek looked up. "Enter." he said, and he watche as Athien entered. He noticed the tired look in her eyes, and realized that he himself was feeling just as weary. he stood slwoly, and walker over to Athien. he placed his hand on her shoulder, and smiled. "Well, its not all bad. We got some good intelligence out of that battle." he said, and Athien smiled slightly. She didnt klnwo what he was talking about exactly, she was just happy to be away from the consant demands of her ship for the moment. Hirtek motioned her towards a chair next to his desk, and they both walked back over to the desk. As Hirotek moved back to his chair, Athien picked up the other chair, and moved it next to his, and sat down. Hirotek smiled, and sat down. "What intelligence did we gather? Besides the fact that the Vagaari now have hybrid vessels?" Athien asked, and Hirotek chuckled. "We learned that the Vagaari are not the greatest of warriors. I lost a bothan cruiser, and two of my destoryers in teh battle, and you lost a trio of vessels. The rest of our ships recieved heavy damage from the fight. The vagaari lost what, almost sixy ships? Thats now a very good ratio on there part." he said, and Athien nodded. She had gone ver this with her cammand staff on the way here, and it was nothing new to her really. But she had a feeling that Hirotek was leading up to something. "Well, we have known for quite some time that the Vagaari arent very good when it comes to space combat. They have proven that themselves with every battle thay have participated in." she said, and Hirotek nodded. "Yes. But, if they arent very good, why was the attack force comprised entirely of Vagaari ships? Why risk Losing a key battle?" he asked, and Athien thought about it for a moment. It didnt make much sence to her either. "That is an interesting question. If we had had a larger force, we could have beaten them. The Repora have already been beaten once, another major defeat would ba a major blow to their pride, not to mention their moral." she said, and Hirotek nodded. "That it would. But from the intelligence on the Repora that was given to me by Admiral kre-fey upon receiving this mission, I came to understadn that the Repora Imperium wasnt very large to begin with. And the Repora made up a smaller percentage of the Imperium than the Vagaari. With all the victories they have had as of late, along with the defeat they suffered at Kuat, the Repora are spread thin now." he said, and Athien suddenly realised what he was getting at. The Repora, with all their firepower and technology, were weak right now. They were being forced to rely on teh Vagaari to fight battles. meaning they now had a window of opportunity to strike. "What if you are wrong though? What if Adumar wasnt that important? Its ore than possible they didnt think the Adumarians would be able to put up a fight, and decided not to waste Reporan vessels to such a task." she stated, and Hirotek sighed. he had though of that also, btu had decided that the odds of that werent to likely. "No, I dont think so. The Repora have been a presence at every battle so far, even if it is just to make sure that thier victory is assured. it makes no sence for Adumar to be any different." he said, and Athien was forced to agree with him somewhat. Now would be a good time to strike at the enemy. "Ok, lets say you are right. Lets say now thay are weak, and now would be a good time to strike at them somehow. How do you plan on doing that? Your entire fleet is going to be in drydock for weeks. By the time it is ready to go, they will have replenished their forces." she said, and Hirotek smiled. "This is where the Vagaari come into play. The Vagaari were conquered by the Repora, were they not?" he asked, and Athien nodded. "Well, since they were conquered, and are basically being used for cannon fodder, you would think there are a number of vagaari out there waiting for a chance to get away from them." he said, and Athien looked at him, a quizzical look in her eye. If he was thinkign what she thought he was, perhaps Hirotek was a little more crazy then she had thought. "You arent suggesting that we try and get some of thier ships to defect, are you?" she asked, and Hirotek simply nodded. "Thats exactly what I am suggesting. if we can even get one ship to defect, it will be worth it. Even one ship can help us. If we dont use it in battle, we can use it for espionage missions." he said, but Athien shook her head. "No, if any vagaari had wanted to defect, they would have already. A large number of the Vagaari in the UDA are defectors. The Repora wouldnt risk putting dis-loyal vagaari in front line combat vessels. Not enough to actually get a whole ship to defect." she said, and Hirotek nodded. "This may be true. But lets say just a quarter of a ship wishes to defect. or even a small handfull fo them. that may give us a chance to capture that vessel. Either way, we win." he said, and Athien sighed. She hated to admit it, but he was right. If there was even a remote chance of getting mroe Vagaari to defect, they had to take it. "Alright. Ill see what I can do about getting you a few ships to try out your theory. If it comes down to it, Ill get you co-command of my flagship. But we will have to move quickly." she said, and she stood up. hirotek motioned for her to sit back down, and Athien felt herself resist for a moment, an then sit back down. "Athien, we have a few moments. Get some rest while you can." he said, and he leaned back in his chair. Athien looked over to him, and wondered how he could have even a slightly laid-back attitude right now. They were losing the war for the most part, but he still managed to find time to rest. She moved her chair closer to his, and smiled. Maybe that one of the things about him she found so interesting. OOC: sorry if this seemed a bit lack-a-luster, but Im tired right now.

From what I have seen so far, an Incite uprising mission does seem to be a viable plan. You make is sound like only the higher ups and a select other few are loyal to the repora, while the majority are basically waiting for a chance to turn on their masters. An no Seryk wouldnt be the one doing that. He is to busy trying to rally the Mandalorians to the fight. That, and I have other plans for him. Hirotek, on the other hand, has a mission he can no longer complete, due to the fact that his fleet is basically going to be in dry dock for quite some time. What better way to augment his fleet than Vagaari cruisers? That, and the Vagaari seem to be a crutch for the Repora. When they dont want to risk losing ships, they use the Vagaari. What better way to beat the Repora, then to kick their crutch out from underneath them?

Ok, so overall, the Vagaari are basicallt he Reporas' connon fodder, and meant to be just thrown away when needed. But by the numbers you gave me, they arent very good to begin with, considering they suffered a loss ratio of almost 6-1 at Adumar. Meaning they are good at being cannon fodder. It makes me wonder what they think of being cannon fodder. Considering that they were conquered by the Repora, and then turned into basically shields for the Repora, I wonder what they think of that. The Vagaari that are in the UDA, are they defectors? Or were they born free? If they are defectors, is it possible that there is a chance that a semi-decent portion of the Vagaari are waiting for a chance to escape the yoke of the Repora? Im asking all these questions for a reason. And if you cant figure out what that is, well....

My cell is a nokia..... something or other. No camera. No color screen. 5000 minutes a month to use, of i which i use about 200 or so. I waste a lot of money on my phone.

As a software pirate myself, I have just this to say. I dont blame him. I refuse to pay the amount of money companies normally want for their software. The proces are generally way to steep. Microsoft products especially.

Looks good man. Keep up the good work!

Ok, before I post anything, I will need to know a few things. 1) What were the aproximate casualties of the Vagaari vessels over Adumar. Just give me a roundabout figure. 2) Are the Vagaari stationed on the same world as the Repora? Or do they both have seperate worlds? If so, how many worlds to they both seperatly occupy? 3) How poorly have the Vagaari fared in teh previous battles? I know they got wiped out completely at Kuat, but i would like to know how they did at Bastion, Csilla, Fondor, and the like. The reason for this, is because I may have thought of something to help out the war effort in a more significant way than I am right now.