BadSamaritan

Seryk grimaced as he followed the gaurds through teh secret halls to the counsil chanbers. Here he was, a mandalorian warrior, and a jedi Knight, and he was being forced to walk through the dark tunnels underneath the chambers. he had been told that it was for securities sake, but he still didnt like it. It made him feel like he wasn't trusted. Suddenly, the gaurds came to a halt, and the res of the group followed suit. One of the gaurds turned towards the wall, and hit a small paych of wall. Silently, a hidden door slid opne, and he gaurds exited. The rest of the group followed, and they found themselves in teh chambers of the inner counsil. Around a small table sat the higher ups of the GFFA, minus the delegates from the Empire and the Chiss, which he had just learned had been scattered by the Repora. That disturbed him a bit, the Empire was no longer the weak remenant of a former glory, but It had become a respectable government, whith a massive warfleet to defend tself with. And the Chiss had always been a feircom opponent. If the Repora had managed to defeat them already, then maybe the galaxy was in for more than he thought. Slowly, supreme commander Eveha nodded to each of them in turn, and finally looked over to Master Skywalker. he stared at him hard, and then sighed. "Master Skywalker, it is good to see you alive and well. Along with the rest of your... entourage. I hope you have some valuable intelligence to give us all. The repora have been beating us pretty bad. With the empire and the Chiss efectively out of the piocture, we are standing alone now." he said, his voice solemn. The majority of the group looked to one another, and they all realized teh same thing. Their minor vicotry over the Repora at tatooine had been nothing more than a fluke. Slowly, Skywalker took a step forward, and began to explain what had happened at tattooine. ********************************** General Hiretok looked over all of his reports, and sighed. The repora were hitting supply shipments, convoys, and everything else thay could find on its way to Kuat. And her e he was, all the ships in his command being stuck at Kuat, under strict orders to defend the yards at all cost. he hated it. people weredying, and he coulsnt stop it. he wasnt even allowed to send out some of his elites units to help defend convoys. And most of teh convoys were civilains being evacuated from Kuat. Thankfully, most of them were making it out of the system. Almost silently, the door to his chamber opened, and Lir'ka, his second on command entered. She stood there for a few moments, waiting paitiantly for him to acknowledge her. He read one last line of the report, and then looked up to her, a smile on his face. "You know you dont have to stand there. We have been through to much to stand on formalities." he said, and Lir'ka smiled. She moved to sit down across from him at his desk, and she planter her feet firmly on the table. He chuckled, knowing that if his superios had seen that move, they both would have been demoted to front-line ground troops faster than they could fly. "The asteroids are all ready, as per your orders. You think your plan will work?" she asked, worry in her voice. Hirotak nodded slwoly, and removed a bottle of old correlian brandy form his desk, along with two small glasses. he poured the brandy into the glasses, and handed on to Lir'ka. "I hope we dont have to implement it. If we do, more than likely, we will lose a lot of our forces, if not all of them. Getting into a slugging match with the Repora has been virtual suicide, so far. But sadly, i think it is our only chance." he said, and Lir'ka nodded. She sipped the brandy, and smiled as she felt it Burn on the way down her throat. "It worked against the Vong, and it worked for the smugglers at the Run, so Im sure it will at least have some effect again. Hopefully enough to give the Repora a bloody nose before they pound our forces into space dust." Hirotak said, a grimace on his face. Lir'ka sighed, and shook her head. "Hiro, we have more than enough ships here to give them a run for theier money, at least. Between the six new Firestorm-class destoryers we have, along will all the other destoryers and cruisers we have here, the Repora are going to have to bring in a pretty big fleet to tangle with us." Lir'ka said, matter-of-factly. Mirotak nodded, and looked over to her. "How are the preperations for moving that yards going?" he asked, wondering how many of them had been equiped for the journey. They all had a long trip ahead of them. That, and the logistics of moving so many yards was astounding. But he was not about to watch as the yards were wiped out again under his command. He had already lost the yards to teh Vong, he was not about to lose them all to the Repora. "30 Percent of the yards are already on the move, and will leave system in less than an hour. But the rest all have ships in them, and it takes time to reay the ships and the yards for a jump" Lir'ka said, and Hiro nodded. he could understand that. he picked up one of the reports, and studied it. "I want yards 23 through 35 to have top priorty, with everything else getting priority according to how complete the ships are." he said, and Lir'ka nodded. Those yards held all the larger Star Destroyers, and two of them held brand new Super Star Destroyers, each of them just needing crews before being ready to launch. Sadly, without the crews, the ships couldnt go anywhere, not without him sacrificing teh crews of his own ships. "It will be done. Ill see to it immediatly" Lir'ka said, and Hiro nodded. Lir'ka stood, and turned to walk out the door. Hirotek watched her leave, and then went back to her reports. he had a lot of planning to do, and he didn't know how long he had to do it.

Ouch. I think you might be out of luck on this one. macs arent exactly gaming machines. Your best bet would be to save up as fast as possible, and get a new PC.

Seryk watched as the Reporan cruiser took off, the damage done to it by all the forces obvious even from a distance. Seryk smiled, happy to know that a group of smugglers and a rag-tag defensice force was capable of dealing with a cruiser. Hopefully, this was a sign that the Repora werent as invincible as they seemed. He felt a hand land on his shoulder, and he turned around, to see Boba standing behind him. "We need to talk Seryk." He said, and Boba turned to walk away. Seryk followed him, wondering what Boba wanted to talk to him about. He had a nagging feeling, however, that it was going to be about something important. As they walked, Boba slowed his pace slightly, to allow Seryk to catch up to him. They walked for a few more moments, and then Boba stopped, truning to look at him. "You fought well today Seryk. You have done well to honor your heritage. You used your instincts, and the force, in harmony with one another. And it is because of this, that I have a mission for you." he said, and he handed a small data chip to Seryk. Seryk reached and took the ship, a confuised look on his face. "Do what the ship says. It is imprtant. You will understand soon enough." boba said, a hint of humor in his voice. Boba slowly turned, and began to walk away. Seryk watched him for a moment, and then a thought crossed his mind. "Boba, how are you getting off of this planet? Your ship was destroyed" he said, and Boba turned around to look at him. "Seryk, you must learn one thing. Mandalorians, are never alone." he said, and is if on cue, a pair of gladiator class starfighters appeared, along with an odd looking vessel. The third vessel was almost diamond shaped, but it ws much wider that it was long. The engines were placed at the very tips of the vessel, with one large engine places in the center of the stern portion of the ship. Boba truned and waved to eh vessels, and the came to a stop above them both. Boba activaed his jetpack, and rocketed up into the air, and a hatch opened up on the larger vessel. Boba flew into it, and the hatch closed. Slowly, all three vessels turned, and flew off into teh Distance. Seryk watched them leave, and he then turned to walk back to the group. He tucked the datachip away in his pocket, decideing that he could reviw it later. As he got back to the group, he could hear another craft appraoching, and he truned to see a old Lambda-class shuttle approaching. the ensignie on teh side was one that he couldnt identify, and it was being escorted by a pair of just as old x-wings. the vessels landed next to karrdes assembled group of ships, and the ramp of the shuttle lowered. Seryk watched as Karrde ran off to greet the newcomers, and Seryk walked over to Dash. "Has anyone heard form Burt yet?" He asked, concern in his voice. He had grown to like the kid in the short time he had been with him, and he had hoped that nothign bad had happened to him. "Yah, Karrde sent a ship to the crash site just now, and another ship up into space to retreive Guri. Im not worried abotu Guri, but Burts ship took a bad hit, and he crashed pretty hard from what I remember. But we are hoping or the best." Dash said, and then he scratched his head. "Oh, and about your ship. its still not even close to being repaired. I can loan you one, if need be." he said, And Seryk shook his head. "No, I will be fine. You just get it repaired whenever possible. ill be back for it eventually." he said, and Dash nodded. Sery then saw Karrde walking over with another gentleman, ths one wearing an obvious military uniform. Dash and Seryk walked over to the rest of the group, and greeted the newcomer. "Gentlemen and ladies, meet Admiral Colton, and the Taurian Combine" Karrde said, motioning to he other man. the man nodded slightly, saluting them all evenly. "Im sorry I was not able to be of mroe assistance, but my forces have already been heavily damaged in battle against these Repora, and Are in no condition to try and tangle with them again." he said, and Luke smiled. "Thats alright Admiral. I understand. better that ou live to fight another day, then Die in a hopless fight." he said, and Colton smiled. Karrde looked at them all, and sighed. "Well, we had all better be off then. We have to get the Skywalkers back to the GFFA, and we all better report everything we know about these Rpora now. The cousil and fleet command will need all the info we can get them." he said, and Everyone nodded n agreement. Slwoly, they all began to head to their repsective ships, the skywalkers, Shren, and Seryk all walking towards the Wild Karrde. Anankin walked over to his Sekotan ship, and jumpoed into the cockpit, immediatly launching, and flying off into the distance. They all boarded the ship anfd slolwy, the assembled group of ships began to lift off. The skywalkers and Shren moved to the back of the ship, to a set of quarters that Karrde had assigned to them. Seryk went up to the bridge, wanting to try and help out with the preperation to get into hyperspace. As he stood there and watched, Karrde turned to him, a smile on his face. "So tell me Seryk, how did burt do on his first important mission?" he asked, humor in his voice. Seryk chuckled, and se t hs helmet down on a console. "he did well. he is an excellent gunner, and a good pilot. He still has a lot to learn, given the fact he managed to trash a perfectly good fighter wihtout even getting a shot off, but still. Everyone has to start somewere." he said, and Karrde nodded. He had just recived word that Burt had been picked up near a jawa sandcrawler, and was a little worse for the wear, but was ok. And if walk Serykl had said was true, he had the prefect place for him already. "Good. Ill give him command of a small ship then, to start him off. Burt is a smart kid, and i think he will earn fast." Karrde said, and Seryk nodded in agreement. "That he will. But just so you know Karrde, I will not be re-joining you. I have a lot of resposibility now, being a jedi. that, and I have to do something for Fett." he said, and Karrde simply smiled. "It wont be the first time I will have lost someone to another orginization. It wont be the last. And besides'" he said, shrugging his shoulders, "you werent that good of a smuggler anyhow." he said, laughing. Seryk jopined him in laughing, and then turned to look out the viewport. In front of them, he could see Admiral Coltons fleet, or what was left of it. It was slowly turning to point out of the system, and preparing to make the jump to lightspeed. Karrdes group caught up wih the fleet, and one by one, all the ships jumped into hyperspace, on their way to the capitol world of the GFFA. ********* On board of the partol ship Warriors honor, Fett sat silently in a small seat, watching the smuggeler and Taurian forces leave system. he nodded, an d turned to the other man in the small cockpit. "They are gone." Fett said, and the man turned to him. His face was scarred from years of battle, but in his eyes, Fett could see the fire that still burned within him. "So, you think Seryk is the one? The one Lord Mandalore spoke of?" he asked, curiosity in his voice. Fett slowly nodded, and them man sighed. he truned his attention back to the controls of the ship, and began to set a course into the nav computer. "Well then, we had better be on our way. The high command will need to hear of this." he said, and again, Fett nodded. In the back of his mind, Fett though of the old prophecy, handed down through the generations after the fall of the mandalorian forces to the old republic. Of how one day, a warrior shall rise, weilding the weapon of thier enemies, and lead the Mandalorian race either to great honor, or its final destruction.

Oh yah, and Im just going to assume that Anakin doesnt go with them all. If not, Ill change my next post so that he does.

Nope, Boba will go out on his own, to hunt up some old freinds. He will be back. Seryk, on the other hand, will go with the others to report, then head off to do something for Boba. After that is done, he will return, although he will be a changed man.. Oh, and can I be in charge of the defence of Kuat? I have a nifty little trick I used in a SW role play once I want to try out.

Heh. Sounds like fun. But try and reduce yourself to one sector, and then try to win by doing nothing but defending that sector. It is hard, but possible. Sabatage missions and abductions become your best friend.

Mario is an awesome game, to bad all the ones out recently just arent up to par. As for the NES, it is the best gaming system ever. the graphics arent all that great, but the games are just plain fun. not to mention that I have beaten every game I have ever gotten my hands on, except for some of the game sin my NES collection. to this day, I cannot beat Tyson, nor can I win at Rad Racer.

Lucas is a tightwad, everyone knows that.

Seryk watched as Luke, mara, and Ben climbed out of their prison, a look of relief on their faces. Seryk and Jecen tossed a pair of confiscated sabers to both Luke and mara, who caught them, and smiled. "I was beginning to wonder when you guys would show up." Mara said, a smile on her face. Karrde simply snorted, and looked over to them. "This isnt over yet. We had a fight just getting in here. And Im willing to bet it isnt going to be easy getting back out." He said, and Luke nodded. Luke then saw Dash, and he smiled. "Dash! I thought you were long since dead!" he said, and Dash shrugged. "You know us smugglers. Harder to kill than a rancor on a rampage." he said, and Anakin turned to them all, a sneer forming on his face. "Well, now that everyone is now caught up, can we please get moving? They are already preparing to lift off again, and we have a ways to go." he said, and he turned and walked down the corridor. Everyone nodded, and began top follow him, with Seryk and Jacen taking up the rear. After a few moments of walking, however, a group of warriors appeared in front of them, and a fight broke out. Anakin waded into the Reporans, his lightsaber dancing quickly between the reporan blades, parrying some of them with ease, barely catching some of them in time. Mara and luke quickly evened the odds, and the Repora began a slow march backwards. Suddenly, yet another group of warriors appeared, this one behind them. Jacen and Seryk lept to the attack, fending them off, with Fett, Dash, and Karrde adding to the Chaos with their blasters. The group pushed forward, until suddenly, the reporan warriors turned, and fled. Anakin cut down the lone remaining repora, a confused look on his face. "Why did they run?" Mara asked, concern in her voice. Then, they felt the ship shudder, as the engines began to warm up once again. Seryk cursed as he realized what was going on. "We need to move quickly! " Anankin yelled, and they all began a fast run down the corridores. The reporan warrios had only been a distraction, keeping the group from the outer hull of the ship while the systems came back on line. As they ran, they suddenly heard a pounding sound. Seryk guessed the smuggler ships and the defence forces were attacking the ship again, trying to keep it on the ground. Then he heard something he didnt expect. Blasterfire. A lot of it. They rounded a corner, and came across the group of Repora that they had just got done fighting locked in combat with a group of troops wearing a mixture of old imperial and new republic gear. They all lept into action, attacking the REporans from behind. Now surrounded, the repora fell with ease, unable to fend off the attacks from both sides. Luke walked up to one of the newcomers, and stared at him. "General Tarsyk, of the Taurian Combine, at your service master Skywalker. Lets get out of here, before any more of those creatures arrive" he said, and he turned, motioneing for his troops to lead the way. Luke looked around the the gouap, and they all came to a silent agreement. They began to move forward, following the troops quickly, hoping that these troops knew what they were doing. "This is Tarsyk, all forces, rally to the entrance point. We have the targets. " the general spoke into his wrsit comm, and a flurry of responces came back. it was then that karrde spoke up. "Tarsyk? As in Arluk Tarsyk?" he asked, awe in his voice. Tarsik simply nodded, as if he was to busy thinking of different ways to leave the ship. Luke turned to Karrde, a look of confusion on his face. Kardde looked over to him to explain. "Tarsyk here lead the Black Star Raiders, at one point in time the most feared commando team in the Empire. They vanished not long after Admiral Daala handed control of the Empire over to Pelleon." he said, and Luke nodded. It was now apparent where thay had gone. Luke knew of teh Taurian Combine. He had helped a number of Refugees get there, much to the annoyance of the high counsil. As the group rounded the corber, they came across a large hallway, wide enough to fit a pair of skyhppers side by side. At the end, stood a group of reporan warriors, their sabers at the ready. Standing in front of them, was a Chiss woman, and two more warriors, all three of which Seryk recognized instantly. "You will travel no farther. Surrender now, or prepare to die" one of the reporan warriors said, and Anakin smiled. "Do you honestly think that we will give up so easily?" he said, and he began to walk towards the group. Luke, mara, Jacen, and Seryk followed. Fett turned to the troops, and held up his hand. "This is there fight, lets just hold the rear." he said, anfd the general nodded. As if on cue, more Taurian troops arived, and on their heels were more reporan warriors, along with a pair of Droideka'kars. Both groups collided, sabers striking, and blaster bolts flying. On the other side of the corridor, the jedi and the Repora began to engage one another, all their movements so fluid and precise, that most who watched it would have assumed it was a dance, and not a fight to the death. OOC: Take it away someone.

ok, Im all set up at my new place. One escape attempt, coming up!

very nice man. And I will post when I have more than a few minutes to spare. In the middle of moving, so life is a little hectic.

Clutches? In episode III? Wow, I think Lucas has truelly lost his mind.

OOC: Ok, can we finally end our trip to this rock, and get going? There is sand getting in my armor! IC: Seryk grimaced as he looked to the destroyed droids on the ground, and Karrde joined him in his thoughts. They only had one squad of droids left, meaning they were going to be extremely outnumbered in this fights. But they had to go in. The Skywalkers had to be saved. Off to his right, Rendar was breathed a bit heavier than a man his age should have. "You know, this is the second time I have had to save Skywalker from trouble. And frankly, I am way to.... retired to be doing this." he said, a smirk on his face. Karrde merely chuckled, and looked over to him, and smiled. "If you want, you can head back to the ships. We could always use a gaurd, sitting in a nice comfy chair." he said, to which Rendar onely glared at him. "Enough! We must move quickly." Anakin sdaid suddenly, and he turned to march into the ship behind the droids, his lightsaber blazing brightly. Jacen followed him closey, and Seryk joined them. He ignited his lightsaber, and then de-activated it. He reached down the the ground, and picked up one of the fallen Reporas sabers, and activated it. "It may be a bit different from mine, but at least it has a full charge." he said, and he ran quickly to follow the other two Jedi. Karrde, Rendar, and Fett all looked at one other. "I guess we take up the rear?" Karrde seemed to ask, and Fett nodded. "I have already faced these repora once, and frankly, I would prefer to be picking up the peices of what those three leave behind, rather than them having to save us constantly." he said, and he turned to walk after the jedi. The sounds of battle were already coming from the inside of the ship, and it sounded fierce. Karrde and Dash looked to each other, and nodded. The followed Fett up into the ship, and prepared for the worst. But what they saw, was far from the worst. The droids were firing their weapons without mercy, cutting down warrior after warrior from one direction, alomst blocking an entire passageway off. The three jedi, facing the opposite direction, were fending off Repora from the other direction. Not knowing exactly where they were needed, they all just picked a direction, and started firing their weapons. "We need to move our way!" Anakin yelled, seeming to parry several blades at once in a flurry of strokes. Slowly. the group began to move, the Jedi pushing fiercly against the wall of Repora in front of them, foricng them back. Dash, Fett, and the droids began a slow march backwards, making sure to drops as many warriors ans they could in the process. As the group moved, more Droideka 'kar began to appear, but there were enough bodies in the corridore to keep them from getting into immediete range. But All knew it wouldnt be long until the droids and warriors overwhelemd them. "We need a better plan then this! ANy ideas?" Karrde yelled, and Jacen yelled an answer in a strained voice. "Yah, move faster!" he said, and with a flurry of strikes, the Jedi cut down the rest of the warriors in front of them. Karrde turned to look at them, and realized what a fight it had been. All of them had numerous burn marks across their clothes, and Seryks halmet had yet another slash in it, this one close to his chin. The droids continued to fire at the warriors behind them, but Anakin turned around, and waved his hands. The droieka'kar behind them, along wit the dfew remaining warriors, flew backwards, and a bulkhead slammed shut, with enough force that Karrde knew that it would be opening any time soon. Dash and Karrde turned towards the rest of the group, and checked their blasters. Dashe quickly changed out the clip in his, tossing the nearly spent pack aside. He looked about, and then over at Jacen and Anakin. "Well, you two seem to have the best Idea as to where we are going, lead the way." he said, and Anakin turned. Reaching out with the force, he quickly pinpointed the part of the ship where the Skywalkers were being help. And he could tell that they were heavily gaurded. He sighed, and turned back to the rest of the group. "The skywalkers were close to the center of the ship. Thjey are heavily gaurded, but Im not sure by how many gaurds." he said, and Karrde shook his head. "Even I could have told you that. We need a better plan than charging straight in at them" he said, disgust in his voice. "What do you take me for, a fool?" anakin asked, anger in his voice. "They are on the same deck as us. Therefor, we take a different deck there." he said, turning has Saber on the floor of the deck. He began to cut a hole into the deck, and soon, a gaping whole was in the floor. Anaking jumped in, quickly followed by Jacen. The rest of them Jumped down into the hole. The last remaining pair of droids jumped down last, landing heavily on the floor. As a group, they began to move, towards teh center of the ship. "We will switch from deck to deck, and hopefully, keep them confused enough to limit how many of them we have to fight" Anakin said. Fett laughed, and Anakin looked over to him. "You are thinking more like a mandalorian, than a Jedi. Confuse your enemy to achieve your objective, and humiliate them at the same time." he said, and Anakin smiled. "If memory serves me, it was the Mandalorians that were humiliated in the end, was it not?" he asked, turning to walk down the hallway. Fett sijply growled, and fell to the back of group. Seryk fell back to walk beside him. "We arent as far gone as people think" Fett said in a low voice. Seryk looked over to him, and wondered what he was talking about. But he diceded that now was not the time to ask. He looked back forward, and noticed a Repora warrior, followed by a pair of Droideka'kars. He raised his saber up, and got ready for another round of fighting.

oops..... You wanna I should fix that? Edit: There, made our lives a bit easier. Or rather, or RP lives.

And an army of transplanted Ewoks!!!!

Seryk looked at his sensors, and cursed in his head. They wqere in big trouble now. The OUtrider was falling apart around them, and everyone else was tied up dealing with the reporan fighters. This was not going to end well, short of a miracle. And from what Seryk remembered, he had shorted himself at the miracle bank when he had escaped from the repora the last few times. And to make things even better, the engines of the ship were powering up, preparing for a take-off. He looked more carefully at the sensors, and suddenly a new group of blips appeared. "We have company! Any idea as to who?" he yelled up to the cockpit, and he heard Rendar let out a loup whoop of excitement. "Yah, I know who they are. That the rest of the defence force!" he yelled in excitement, and Seryk pointed the long range sensors directly at them, and he almost joined Rendar in his excitrement. The newcomers werent a bunch of out-dated fighters and freightors like the first group that had arrived, this group comprised of what looked like two squadrons of almost brand new T-65XJs, and almost a dozen more heavily armed freightors, most of which he figured came from the ship lots around Mos Eisley. Things were suddenly looking up. "Rendar, the is Eisley Prime Force. Where do you want us?" came a voice over the comm, and almost immediatly, Redar came back over the comm. "All fighters, there is a dog fight not far from here, go there and re-enforce our people there. All other ships, get in close to that cruiser, and get it to drop its sheilds. He have to get on board!" Rendar yelled into the comm, and Seryk watched as the starfighters broke formation and headed back to help Jacen and Anakin deal with the reporan fighters, and the freightors broke trowards the cruiser, and quickly began to dance around the hull of the ship, sloe enough to it that most of the weapons werew incapable of taking and decent shots at them. Rendar broke off his run an the cruiser, and began to circle it, letting she shields and weapons build up energy again. Seryk watched the bettle unfold, and grimaced as one of the freighters took a direct hit from one of the plasma cannons, and vanished isn a flash of light. Thankfully, the new wave of fighters were going much better, engaging the reporan fighters, and doing a good job of keeping them busy. From what Seryk saw, the pilots were better than your average spacers. They were probably veterns from the war against the Empire and Vong. Suddenly, Seryk had to take yet another look at the sensors, because yet another group of ships entered the fray, this group close enough that he could pick out the largest of the vessels immediatly. This time, Seryk laughed in happiness. "Seryk, Burt, if you can hear this, you are both in deep trouble! All craft, engage that cruiser!" yelled the voice, and Seryk watched the sensors as Karrdes' impressive fleet of smuggling vessels charged in at the cruiser, weapons blazing. The cruiser fired back, but Karrdes' group was well trained, and all of them had flown against the Vong on numerous occasions. "Karrde, how in the name of the force did you find us?" Seryk almost yelled into the comm, but instead of Karrde, the voice of Jacen came back. "I asked for his help. I told him what I knew, he told me what he knew, and we put two and two together." came his voice, stained from the stress of piloting against the Reporan fighters. Seryk nodded in understanding, and he turned his eyes back top the sensors. The fight was quickly turning to their advantage. The reporan fighters had their hands full with Jacen, Anakin, and the Tatooine defence fighters, and the reporan cruiser couldnt seem to hit any of the freightors except with glancing shots. Suddenly, a thought crossed Seryks mind. "Karrde, you have any of those hunter droids with you?" he asked, and Karrde came back over the comm, confusion in his voice. "Yah, I have about two dozen of them on board, why do you ask?" he asked over the comm, and this time, Fett answered. "The skywalkers are on board that cruiser, they were captured. He have to get on there, and free them." he said, and an grunt of understanding came from Karrde. "Alright then, lets get on board that ship." he said, and Seryk watched in amazment as hte majority of Karrdes ships opened fire on teh cruiser with torpedoes and cuncussion missles. Most of them hit shields and exploded, but suddenly, a few impacted against solid hull. Then, almost as one, the freighteros shot to the rear of the ship, and bombarded the ships engines with everything they had. The engines of the ship flickered, and then died as a flurry of laser blasts, torpedoes, and missles impacted them. The ship crashed back down to the ground, and Seryk could see on the sensors that the ship was loosing power to many of its systems. "Alright Seryk, lets all get in close to that ship. Ill unload the droides, and then you guys can go in after. Well make sure the ship doesnt go anywhere any time soon" Karrde ordered over the comm, and Seryk felt the ship Lurch as Rendar took them towards the cruiser. Seryk began to scan the hull of the ship, and found what seemed to be a small hatch on the side of hte ship. He relayed the coordinates of the hatch to Karrde, and he watched as the Wild Karrde Bagan to head in towards the cruiser also. As they got closer, Seryk could see most of the freightors flying around the ship, making sure that the Repora cruiser would be firing their weapons any time soon, while the remaing freightors had shot off to help deal with the fighter situation. Hold on you guys, we are on the way he thought to himself, and Seryk could have sworn he felt something brush against his mind, as if answering his thoughts.

But I was going to save the Mandalorians for later!!! Like when we invade the Reporan homeworld, and an entire fleet of them appears. But, I guess I can bring in some now. And dont think for a second that the Tatooine defence forces are that small either!!!

Ok, I have to ask. Are the skywalkers on the cruiser? because if they are, I have no idea how I am supposed to get to them. My forces have been decimated, and my ship is pretty much crippled. That, and my crew consists of a mandalorian, a mandalorian/jedi, and an aged smuggler. I somehow doubt thats enough to take on a cruiser full of people.....

OOC: Well, Burt and Guri are out of the fight now. Ill assume Guri is out in space, and Burt is in the death spiral, since Guri will be able to survive space much better than Burt. And I had plans for him.... IC: Seryk cursed loudly as another blast from the reporan fighters rocked the ship. He watched the sensors carefully, waiting for the reporan fighters to give him a semi-clear shot. But the pilots were good, evading his erratic laser fire with ease. The Sekotan fighter and the X-wing continued to chase after the fighters, which was the only thing keeping the repora from vaporizing the Outrider. "Ten seconds to the mines! Get ready for a hard stop!" Dash yelled from the cockpit, and Seryk wondered what Dash was thinking. A hard stop in a dogfight like this was a good way to make yourself a dead target in a hurry. Suddenly, the ship slowed excessively, and Seryk watched as a Reporan fighter flew over them, barely missing the sheilds of the ship. Seryk then noticed the mine that the fighter was flying towards. A moment before the reporan fighter did. Seryk watched as the the flighter collided with the mine, and was almost thrown from his seat as the shockwave from the explosion crossed over the ship. "Son of the Sith!" Rendar yelled, and he pulled his ship into a hard dive to avoid a series of plasme bursts aimed at the cockpit. As he began the dive, he saw the re-enforcements fly towards the dogfight, and sent a Silent prayer out to the force. He was getting to old for this. *********************** Burt struggled with the controlls of his starfighter, trying to putt it out of the deathspin that it was stuck in. He knew he didnt have long before he would become one iwht the ground, but he was determined to save the fighter. He jerked the control stick to the right, forcing the fighter to stop spinning, and was about to try and pull out of the dive, when he realised that he was out of time. He reached over, and yanked the lever for the ejection seat, firing him out of the fighter. He heard a second, smaller blast, and wondered if the R7 unit had ejected also. He felt the repulors of his ejection sit kick in, and he began to float down to the ground. Then he notced the Sandcrawler that was parked near by. Hopefully they would see his fighter crash, and would come to get it. And maybe, he could hitch a ride with them.

Lotion - Greenskeepers (Theme song for Silence of the Lambs)

OOC: Ok, gotta go get Fett and Seryk first, then its off to pound the Repora a bit. IC: Burt was flying close to the ground in his fighter, when suddenly an X-wing and a strange craft he had never seen before appeared out of a cave they were passing over. The ships flew up next to them, and joined them in their flight. Burt was wondering who they were, when Rendars voice cut across the comm. "Ok, who are these guys? And what kind of fighter is that?" he asked, and a voice came over the comm, one Burt swore he recognized from somehwere. "This is Jacen Solo in the X-wing, and thats a Sekotan fighter that you see with me. We need to go find Luka and Mara, and the man in the Sekotan fighter is going to lead us to them." Jacen said, and Burt smiled. More help is exactly what they needed. "How does he know where they are?" Rendar asked, skeptisism in his voice. But before Jacen could reply, a new vice chimed in, and Burt figured it was from the man in the Sekotan fighter. "Dont ask questions, Just follow me. Time is of the essence." the voice said, and Rendars voice came back in protest. "Hey, first things first. We need to go get Seryk, and Fett. Then we can go find the skywalkers." he said, and the strangers voice came back over the comm. "No. Seryk and Fett can wait. Have one of your other ships get them. We must hurry. Now follow me." he said, and the Sekotan fighter banked to starboard, and rocketed off in the distance. Rendar cursed as the x-wing also began to turn to follow, and soon, Rendar was issuing orders to another ship to go pick up Seryk and Fett as he turned his ship to follow the Sekotan fighter. ****************************** Seryk and Fett were waiting outside the small cave in the shadows for Burt to arrive, and While they waited, they also talked. moslty it was about the past, but they also had talked about the future. They had decided to part ways once off the planet, with Seryk going with Luke to wherever, and Fett was going off to find, according to him, some old freinds. Suddenly, a small vessel blasted over where they were standing, and it banked quickly and flew back towards them. And then land. Seryk recognized it as an old Skipray blastboat, but on that had been modified over the years. But he didnt see Burt in the cockpit, nor did he recognize the pilot. Seryk watched as the hatch to the ship opened up, and a older man poked his head out. "Seryk, Fett, Get in! Your friend Burt sent me! he is with Rendar and one of the Solos! They are heading to The Skywalkers now." the man yelled. Upon heaing this, Seryk and Fett dashed towards teh ship, and climbed into the cramped compartment. Once inside, the old man launched the ship again, and took off in a seeming random direction. "Where are we headed?" Fett asked, and the old man looked over to him. "We are going to join up with Rendars group, along with however many other ships join them. From what we have been told, they are going to need all the firepower they can get." the man said, and Seryk nodded. "They will, trust me. Ive faced the Repora already, and they thrashed my ship." he said, and Fett looked over at him. "Do you think a motley bunch of old freightors can handle Reporan fighters?" he asked, and Seryk simply shook his head. Fett sighed, and placed his helmet back on his head. "Well, Im guessing we will end up on the ground again then. Better get ready" he said, and Seryk nodded. Seryk placed his damaged helmet back onto his head, and checked to make sure the rocket Fett had given him was securely in place. He also looked around for a moment, and found a small power port. Taking his saber off of his belt, he placed it into the port, hoping that it would charge fast enough to be of some use in the fight, if it came to that. he had charged it a little back at Fetts cave, but the old pwer cells there werent up to the task of fully charging the saber. Fett moved up to the co-pilots seat, and Sat down in it. Seryk took a seat in the gunners chair, and looked forward out the viewport. Fett glanced down at a few screens and then looked at the old man. "Two minutes to intercept." he said, and the old man nodded. Fett glanced over at the sensor board, and cursed. "Sithspit! We have Reporan fighters, incoming!!" he yelled, and the old man began to whip the ship into a series of evasive manuvers. Seryk turned to his gunners station, and began to power up the weapons sytems. OOC: Take it away Stellar.

And Stellar, I cant post until you tell me if Anakin will follow Jacen or not.

Who is Russel Crowe supposed to represent in that picture? And where am I in the picture?

Ok, I must ask. Is it a cloning facility?

Yah, they are the little white lines. Kinda sad that they cant be used until after the sheilds are gone.