Age of Fire, Part One - Knights Of The Republic
Re: Age of Fire, Part One - Knights Of The Republic
It wasnt always how you find it today. Once the Alliance was a strong peaceful place, we were happy to call people of the Alliance our friends. But ambition stoked the fire of tyranny. And that ambition even spread to the Republic. Long did we fight but in the end we also lost. Now we're all just people living under the Reign of the Imperium. Though if you keep your head down life all be it is hard, you get to live on. One more day of life.
Tali awoke, her dark blue skin glistened in the dim light of the room as she scratched the horn that followed her skull to its base. stretching she felt the form of the companion in her bed, stirring the form pulled its head from the sheets and looked at her "Good morning" she muttered sleepily to Tali the girls red hair falling round her shoulders before she flopped her head on the pillow and smiled "That was fun" She said as Tali smiled looking down at her own bare chest as the sheet rested on her thighs. Tali looked around the room gaining her bearings before she looked at the girl next to her, She was young, 20 at most, her dark brown skin and the red hair told Tali she was a Ravani, the tag that was pierced through her right nipple was small but had the holographic read out of time on it "I love it when you show up here Tells" the girl said as Tali sighed and gave the tag a flick making the young girl yelp at the sensitive pain it made before she flipped over and bit Tali's thigh softly before nuzzling her face against it running her hand up her thigh before the light deep from the tag chimed as the girl sighed "Five minutes" she said as Tali ran her hand through the girls hair "Are you going far?" she asked as Tali shook her head "You have to leave soon though" She asked as Tali sighed herself "Fine then" The girl smiled and rolled over pushing Talis legs open as she did before burrying her head in between Tali's thighs "This is on the house" She smiled as Tali let out a long moan.
"Morning Tells" Tali heard as she walked onto the docked ship, This was Eclipse, it was an industrial world in the deep heart of the former republic. Standing in the cargo bay Tali looked at the source of the voice. A young large Umbran trod on the cat walk as Tali smiled and flicked her two fingers from her forehead in a casual greeting "Whats the trip today?" Tali asked as the Umbran walked down the steps to the cargobay floor "Oh nothing to fancy" He said and smiled at Tali "rough night?" he asked as Tali looked up at him point to her shirt that was done up wrong "Did little Ember want to see just how far down those spots go again" He laughed as Tali straightened herself "Give me the manifest" she said and smiled "Is the Witch here yet?" Tali asked before a spanner hit her in the side of the head after the Umbran gave Tali a holopad "Who you call'n a witch" an Ishar growled as she breathed out the mists from her mask like a puff of unimpressed steam as Tali rubbed her head "touchy this morning" Tali laughed as the Ishar growled "Impys Check'n dis and Check'n dat its a wunner we able to work at all" Tali smiled "The old man will sort it he always does" She said and looked over the manifest "Off to Gerrelle, Fun, Delivering Food Stuffs, Stimbolts and Medical Supplies, Fun" Tali sighed as she handed back the Manifest "And a Doctor" the Umbran said "Though shes yet to arrive as is the meds, we should be ready to leave in about an hour" He explained as Tali smiled and nodded "Pre flights done?" She asked as the Ishar shook her head from side to side "My lo'ts down and pak'n" She said as tali smiled and nodded before she walked to the flight deck.
Tali sat in the pilots seat a holopad on her knee as she went through everything, Imperial regulations had to be followed to avoid attention and unwanted checks that the Impys loved to preform and Tali would give them no excuse to search the ship, not that they needed one. She yawned and brushed her hair from her face as the Ishar came to the flight deck "Meds and Doctor have arrived finally, Grok is loading them now" She explained before taking the co pilots seat and looking through her instruments and began flicking on the internal sensors and going through her own checklist as Tali looked out of the canopy at Eclipse City and sighed after she finished her checks. The hazy sky, the Imperial Patrol Ships the over population, the crime. She looked back down at her flight console and instruments before firing the engines and bringing the holo display up in front of her "Another quick trip to the outer rim" She smiled as the Ishar nodded and laughed a little. The light cargo ship pulled itself off the ground after Grok gave the all aboard before it flew high into the sky on its way to the Outer Boarder of planets, hives of scum and villainy and the perfect place to hide for anyone not looking to be found.
Re: Age of Fire, Part One - Knights Of The Republic
Nora sat in a white overly sterile room with her legs crossed on a single cushian, her red skin seemd out of place, But a lot about her was out of place in this brave new galatic seascape, she was one of the few lucky enough too remember what the Koshai Galaxy was like before there rule took over... But that's a story for another time, she picked herself up off the cushan and walked too a cupboard, pulling on the handle and gave a gentle pull, out came a large compartment, her bow, multiple arrows, a belt, boots, everything she needed, unlike the old days she now wore armor that marked her as a Hunter of the Rin empire, if she didn't she would have likely been hunted herself, she was half-rin half Umbran, she was stronger than any rin but weaker than an umbran, that lead her somewhere in the moddle of the two, she suited up, lightweight tatical armor, a belt on her hip with a long quiver that hung from it, while the Bow could fire hardlight arrows the quiver was able too quickly replicate many arrows already on file, stun, toxic, you name it she had it on file, before leaving the room she she checked her arm, long ago she had lost it and now had a state of the art replacement, one of its many functions, had she lost the bow, it was able too function as a stand'in, Two points would project outward and a kind of energy arc would work as a bowstring, her choice of weapon was unconventional... But, so was she.
She lastly adorned a mask, it was white with several red markings on it, she prided her umbran heritage before the Rin who so often called her a halfbreed, she was now infront of a desk "Listen up Halfbreed, i've got a meission for you... a Doctor of one of those Starchildren, you think they would have stopped calling theirslves that the moment they figured out they weren't the only ones in the universe... Anyway, Narie Doctor Dr Nolan, partnerd with a Rin couple years back and kept his name, Doctor Nolan we suspect of being a tratiour too our cause, you will be granted transport and full coperation of any and all citizens of the Empire" he passed over a pad containing a dossea and Nora placed her wrist on the scanner which upgraded her clerance level "may your efforts help rebuild our great and glorious Earth"
Nora rolled her eyes behind the mask she had enough of the pureists, she looked over the pad and shook her head, it had the Doctor's last known location, she walked through the busy station too the dock that held her ship, the Archive, it was an older ship and quite the size, she had taken many a beating and given back twice as hard, hopping aboard the AI welcomed her "Sindri, contact Jax and Ivaldi, we have some work..."
a galalactic standard hour passed and the crew of the Archive set off, Jax had joined them, an older Narie with four arms, he was Nora's poilet, and life partner "So you know much about this mark"
"Just that there a Doctor that shaked up with a Rin... now she's presumed too be a threat too the powers at be."
Ivaldi stepped on the bridge, she was a Child of Valjeera, there kind had fallen out of faviour and were wither slaves or hooked up too the large super computer at the center of the Empire "How was the station?" she asked, her white hair covred a missing eye, the remaining one looked dull and somewhat lifeless.
"As shit as ever Ivaldi, your sleep?"
"if you could call it that" she let herself fall on a seat at a positon on the bridge, she looked down at the arms of the chair and from her wrists came tendril like interface wires that plugged into the seat, she breathed in harshly and her eye opned up wide, her lips no longer moved when she spoke, instead she used the ships audio processors "But it was restfull" she added all around them.
"While your in there, clean out the gunk will you" Nora chuckled as she looked over the pad.
"HaHa...." the tone was sarcastic "Let me take a look at that" Ivaldi asked and Nora placed the pad on the console infront of her, with a few seconds Ivaldi sighed "So the Doctor is suspected of a lot of crimes... i suppose its important but an A rank hunt hardly seems worthy"
"More credits for us in the long run, no need too complain" noted Jax as he streated the ship too the last known location
She lastly adorned a mask, it was white with several red markings on it, she prided her umbran heritage before the Rin who so often called her a halfbreed, she was now infront of a desk "Listen up Halfbreed, i've got a meission for you... a Doctor of one of those Starchildren, you think they would have stopped calling theirslves that the moment they figured out they weren't the only ones in the universe... Anyway, Narie Doctor Dr Nolan, partnerd with a Rin couple years back and kept his name, Doctor Nolan we suspect of being a tratiour too our cause, you will be granted transport and full coperation of any and all citizens of the Empire" he passed over a pad containing a dossea and Nora placed her wrist on the scanner which upgraded her clerance level "may your efforts help rebuild our great and glorious Earth"
Nora rolled her eyes behind the mask she had enough of the pureists, she looked over the pad and shook her head, it had the Doctor's last known location, she walked through the busy station too the dock that held her ship, the Archive, it was an older ship and quite the size, she had taken many a beating and given back twice as hard, hopping aboard the AI welcomed her "Sindri, contact Jax and Ivaldi, we have some work..."
a galalactic standard hour passed and the crew of the Archive set off, Jax had joined them, an older Narie with four arms, he was Nora's poilet, and life partner "So you know much about this mark"
"Just that there a Doctor that shaked up with a Rin... now she's presumed too be a threat too the powers at be."
Ivaldi stepped on the bridge, she was a Child of Valjeera, there kind had fallen out of faviour and were wither slaves or hooked up too the large super computer at the center of the Empire "How was the station?" she asked, her white hair covred a missing eye, the remaining one looked dull and somewhat lifeless.
"As shit as ever Ivaldi, your sleep?"
"if you could call it that" she let herself fall on a seat at a positon on the bridge, she looked down at the arms of the chair and from her wrists came tendril like interface wires that plugged into the seat, she breathed in harshly and her eye opned up wide, her lips no longer moved when she spoke, instead she used the ships audio processors "But it was restfull" she added all around them.
"While your in there, clean out the gunk will you" Nora chuckled as she looked over the pad.
"HaHa...." the tone was sarcastic "Let me take a look at that" Ivaldi asked and Nora placed the pad on the console infront of her, with a few seconds Ivaldi sighed "So the Doctor is suspected of a lot of crimes... i suppose its important but an A rank hunt hardly seems worthy"
"More credits for us in the long run, no need too complain" noted Jax as he streated the ship too the last known location
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Tali sighed Garrelle was a short trip however the approach to the planet was a little tricky and a great place for ambushes. Garrelle was a red planet thanks to the wealth of minerals that it hid under its surface however during the unification war it was the sight of one of the largest battles in galactic history. A combined Republic and Alliance Fleet engaged the imperials in a desperate fight for survival, tens of thousands of dead wreaks trapped in Garrelles gravity now littered space surrounding the planet making jumping close enough to immediately enter the atmosphere basically impossible. The freighter emerged from hyperspace as Tali looked at the floating junk that surrounded the planet "Great" she muttered her and the Ishar switched the ship to manual command "Plot me a nice easy course if you would Misty" Tali said as she took the controls in her hands and began to fly the ship through the graveyard of ships.
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"shes arriving on an old freighter our of Eclipses" Two Novans waited at Garrelle's capital spaceport. "Perhaps we can hire them to transport our charges to the outer worlds" One said as they looked at the incoming ships "We cant trust anyone, the imps are sending Hunters after the others they seem to be a step ahead all the time" the other replied as the waited, the Graveyard took at least an hour to navigate before customs and imperial checks once they landed. The Freighter made it through the graveyard in good time and after the imperial inspection found themselves land locked for 24 hours thats to recent insurgent activity. Tali walked off the ship she placed her hands on her hips as she read the landlock conditions on the holo board at the front of the ship, The Umbran and the small collection of droids began to unload the freighter as Tali sighed her eyes landed on the two Novans that hang around the loading area as if they were waiting for something to leave the ship that she now stood in front of Tali cocked her head alittle at teh Novans with a look of curiosity as she watched them and their reaction to the Imperial Patrol that patrolled the docks. She looked at the Ishar that joined her "Our doctor" She asked as the Ishar nodded "Everything was kosher right" Tali asked as the Ishar nodded "Boss man, chek im self" The Ishar said as Tali nodded "Yo worried" She asked Tali as Tali shook her head "Its nothing" She sighed and watched the holobaord change.
Rule one "Dont Stand Out" in this new galaxy there are rules to continue to survive.
"shes arriving on an old freighter our of Eclipses" Two Novans waited at Garrelle's capital spaceport. "Perhaps we can hire them to transport our charges to the outer worlds" One said as they looked at the incoming ships "We cant trust anyone, the imps are sending Hunters after the others they seem to be a step ahead all the time" the other replied as the waited, the Graveyard took at least an hour to navigate before customs and imperial checks once they landed. The Freighter made it through the graveyard in good time and after the imperial inspection found themselves land locked for 24 hours thats to recent insurgent activity. Tali walked off the ship she placed her hands on her hips as she read the landlock conditions on the holo board at the front of the ship, The Umbran and the small collection of droids began to unload the freighter as Tali sighed her eyes landed on the two Novans that hang around the loading area as if they were waiting for something to leave the ship that she now stood in front of Tali cocked her head alittle at teh Novans with a look of curiosity as she watched them and their reaction to the Imperial Patrol that patrolled the docks. She looked at the Ishar that joined her "Our doctor" She asked as the Ishar nodded "Everything was kosher right" Tali asked as the Ishar nodded "Boss man, chek im self" The Ishar said as Tali nodded "Yo worried" She asked Tali as Tali shook her head "Its nothing" She sighed and watched the holobaord change.
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Nora pushed herself off her seat as they entred cruse mode.
"Where are you off too?" asked Jax looking over his shoulder.
"Cargo, i reqesitioned something you'll like, making sure too unpack them" Nora walked off her feet hitting the metal plates as she left.
"Hey Ivaldi" asked Jax
"Yeah...?"
"You doing alright there kid?"
"No... but, you knew that before you asked" Ivaldi's body twitched
"Just, keep at it alright"
"Yeah... always do"
Nora punched in a code on a pressure scealed box, lifting the lid it made a noise as though a pressure lock had opned, she smiled at the equipment, state of the art bombs, gasses and everything they would need for captureing an errant doctor, she looked at the other box, she admitted she had reqesitioned a lot more than nessesery, she pulled off her mask, attatching it too her shoulderplate as she checked out some of the grenades, placing three rather spicy ones at her hip, She made target pratice the ship powred too there destination.
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"Yo boss" Jax's voice came across the speakers in the cargo bay.
"Reading you, whats up Jax" Nora's bow folded and placed on her back.
"Approaching Garrelle, remember that battle?" he asked "Check out the viewscreen"
Nora tapped her arm and looked at the feed "Shit... too think Admiral Rankar spoke of this" she frowned "New plan, become debreis... we will take Data down too the surface, scatter the drones too widen our network... make sure there armed, i want them too defend the ship and... if our target descides too run... boom boom".
"Leave that too me" spoke Ivaldi
"thats more like it Ivaldi"
"i'll meet you in Data"
The Archive manuveured itself in cold, using minimal thrusters and started too blend in, midst that a series of drones shot out the back and spread out throhout the ship graveyard, when they locked theirselves onto a dead ship, Data disembarked, it was a smaller ship, manuverable, nible, they were previously planet hoppers and went on short supply runs, there were some still in use, they typically had no more than 4 crewmembers and a decent sized cargo hold if you strapped enough too the walls, Jax expertly pioleted his wat through the graveyard, coming into the docks 12 hours into there target's landlock.
As the ship landed the usual inspections begain, however Nora flashed her clerance at the dockworker and was allowed too leave any time, she instructed them too take there time however, make everything seem above board.
"So, whats it too be" asked Jax
"Change into something a little more... Haulery, i'll be your hired guard" Nora smirked
"you mean this isn't convincing enough" he asked, motioning too the armor he was wearing "No... a littel bit too obvious..." she then looked at her own and masked the insignia.
Later Jax was seen unloaing two crates and holding a box of his own, Nora kept behind him, mask covering her face, its colours set too a netural tone, she looked like your agerave Umbran guard, be it a little bit shorter, but still more imposing than your average Rin, the two entred the station's market and unloaded the two crates but JAx kept the smaller box on him, with it they walked too the bar where he ordred his 'guard' too reserve a table while he got drinks, the two sat together, Nora observing the local coming and going, being quiet while Jax dribbled on, story after story too all and any who would listen, cheif amung them his guard, who simply nodded, in the apporate places but offred littel input.
"Where are you off too?" asked Jax looking over his shoulder.
"Cargo, i reqesitioned something you'll like, making sure too unpack them" Nora walked off her feet hitting the metal plates as she left.
"Hey Ivaldi" asked Jax
"Yeah...?"
"You doing alright there kid?"
"No... but, you knew that before you asked" Ivaldi's body twitched
"Just, keep at it alright"
"Yeah... always do"
Nora punched in a code on a pressure scealed box, lifting the lid it made a noise as though a pressure lock had opned, she smiled at the equipment, state of the art bombs, gasses and everything they would need for captureing an errant doctor, she looked at the other box, she admitted she had reqesitioned a lot more than nessesery, she pulled off her mask, attatching it too her shoulderplate as she checked out some of the grenades, placing three rather spicy ones at her hip, She made target pratice the ship powred too there destination.
"Yo boss" Jax's voice came across the speakers in the cargo bay.
"Reading you, whats up Jax" Nora's bow folded and placed on her back.
"Approaching Garrelle, remember that battle?" he asked "Check out the viewscreen"
Nora tapped her arm and looked at the feed "Shit... too think Admiral Rankar spoke of this" she frowned "New plan, become debreis... we will take Data down too the surface, scatter the drones too widen our network... make sure there armed, i want them too defend the ship and... if our target descides too run... boom boom".
"Leave that too me" spoke Ivaldi
"thats more like it Ivaldi"
"i'll meet you in Data"
The Archive manuveured itself in cold, using minimal thrusters and started too blend in, midst that a series of drones shot out the back and spread out throhout the ship graveyard, when they locked theirselves onto a dead ship, Data disembarked, it was a smaller ship, manuverable, nible, they were previously planet hoppers and went on short supply runs, there were some still in use, they typically had no more than 4 crewmembers and a decent sized cargo hold if you strapped enough too the walls, Jax expertly pioleted his wat through the graveyard, coming into the docks 12 hours into there target's landlock.
As the ship landed the usual inspections begain, however Nora flashed her clerance at the dockworker and was allowed too leave any time, she instructed them too take there time however, make everything seem above board.
"So, whats it too be" asked Jax
"Change into something a little more... Haulery, i'll be your hired guard" Nora smirked
"you mean this isn't convincing enough" he asked, motioning too the armor he was wearing "No... a littel bit too obvious..." she then looked at her own and masked the insignia.
Later Jax was seen unloaing two crates and holding a box of his own, Nora kept behind him, mask covering her face, its colours set too a netural tone, she looked like your agerave Umbran guard, be it a little bit shorter, but still more imposing than your average Rin, the two entred the station's market and unloaded the two crates but JAx kept the smaller box on him, with it they walked too the bar where he ordred his 'guard' too reserve a table while he got drinks, the two sat together, Nora observing the local coming and going, being quiet while Jax dribbled on, story after story too all and any who would listen, cheif amung them his guard, who simply nodded, in the apporate places but offred littel input.