Fandom Edge of the Empire and the Age of Rebellion

[TheMoonageDaydreamer]

PAsh's description of their little outfit was apt. But Ardana folded her arms and eyed the Chiss she didn't seem dangerous but her untrusting nature made her pull Pash out of the room, leaving the others watching over her.


"Saboteur?" She quizzed. "We keep a guard on her at all times." She thought it seemed too convenient that as the Empire appeared so did this stranger.

 

[Pash Odir]

"I agree, but considering we may not be on the ship for long, I have a plan on that front, she wont have a lot of time to do anything, Arlak can do it, maybe Dovahkin too"


He made the crew Caff as he explained to them the plan, instantly the chiss girl volunteered for the dangerous part of it which was admirable he guessed but didnt help any trust issues they had. He went to check on Ardana in case she had any issues but she had none, so it was time to finish travelling and making sure all their equipment was up to scratch.

 

[TheMoonageDaydreamer]

She willngly accepted the caff and actually smiled as Pash passed it to her. She seemed a lot more relaxed now even with their new crew member. She focused on flying, calling Pash in to the cockpit to discuss the approch.


"We are going to have to fly through a nebula." She said pointing at the cloud of Ionized gasses that showed up the display.

 

[Pash Odir]

"that could be a good excuse, we can feign distress, then injure that chiss girl, make it looke like we need assitance, then work our way in from there"


He already had which part that was going to fail planned and how he would go about doing it, he picked a spare engine pipe from engineering and worked sabotaging the ship, as soon as he turned a certain wheel the whip would suffer a minor explosion, then the part he had would cause minor injuries to the chiss girl, hopefully no more than that.

 

[TheMoonageDaydreamer]

"You make it sound like your sabotage is the only damage we could take. Flying through this isnt going to be easy, I hate to say it but i'm going to need the Wookie." She said, no way she could hold the ship steady through the ion storms on her own, especially with the deliberate sabotage happening aswell.

 

[Pash Odir]

"Dovahkin, go help Ardana, Ardana com me when we are out the Nebula please and ill get this show on the road" He boosted the sensors a little knowing that the nebula would ruin them, but wasnt prepared for the jolt of electricity that shot through him as he played around with the wires. It was an odd omen for this mission, he wondered what it meant.

 

[TheMoonageDaydreamer]

The ship was already shaking before they had beven entered the great dust cloud.


"Just hold us steady, I'll focus on navigating and keeping everything else in order." She shut down any unessicary systems to reduce any damage sustained if an ion blast hit them, although she knew if that happened they would be dead in the water anyway. Already she was beaming a distress call although she knew it wouldn't reach anyone outside of the nebula. Together they held steady, a few big bumps and jolts causing ststem strain and pilot strain aswell. The burst free and she hit the coms. "Pash we're out." The wookie roared happily in agreement

 

[Pash Odir]

"Okay may want to strap in"


He gave the crew a few minutes and then turned the wheel... Instantly alarms sounded and explosions could be heard throughout the ship, Pash hoped it would be enough but once they had finished he realised he may have overstepped a little. The ship was now in a bit of a dire state and he wasnt sure if he could repair it, no need though, time to light off the emergency beacon and hope they were found. He moved the chiss woman into position and asked her to lie down, he then proceeded to make some surgical cuts and scrapes befre hitting her. She wouldnt be up soon, but she would survive easily.

 

[TheMoonageDaydreamer]

"Mayday. Mayday. This is the Randy Gammorean suffering system failiures. Can anybody read me." She droadcast on all frequencies. Impressed with her act she waited to see if they would respond. The alarms rang out, deafening them and she could barely hear them when response came through.


"What seems to be the problem Gamorrean?" It was a male voice, and she pulled the viewscreen up to view the source. It was a large ship, still a long distance off.


"Major system damage and some crew injuries. Forced to run from pirates." She lied very convincingly. They agreed to allow them to land and Ardana complied with their orders, navigating the ship through the magcon field in to one of the hangars

 

[Pash Odir]

"So Mr?????"


"Odir Sir, we had some problems as you have been told and our comrade needs medical attention" He said gesturing to the Chiss in his arms


"Well Mr Odir we can help you there if youll put her here and follow us please"


They followed, athough anyone who knew them would notice that Arlak and Jayne were missing, hiding inside the smuggling compartment.


"SSSSSSSSStttop moving Jayne" hissed Arlak


"Sorry, just cant get comfy" Jayne replied.

 

[TheMoonageDaydreamer]

They all seemed helpfull and kind enough. For a group composed of Empire defectors that called themselves the Knights of HUmanities Glory she was expecting them to react harshly to non-humand. Infact it was droids that they did not like, and when Ardana probed for information they were more than willing to talk to her. She was feigning the signs of shock a little, and was efective enough to fool the doctor when she was checked over.


"So you said it was pirates who attacked you." asked the man who had introduced himself as Captain Kitano. A grey haired man with a voice wise beyond his years.


"I use the term pirates loosely. We are explorers and were in system to investigate the nebula. They jumped us almost as soon as we got in to system and had to use the very nebula we are here to study to lose them." She knew there were many notorious pirates that jumped freighters in this system so the lie was pretty believable.

 

[Pash Odir]

They were left alone in some passanger quarters, the ship itself was the same as the one they had first been locked up in , but this time there were better rooms for them, and certainly no binders. Pash noticed a small grate in the ceiling and then popped his head into the corridor, looking to the end of the corridor to see twin turblifts what would take them down to the engine room, he needed a readout, should have asked for one from the Captain herself.


He strolled over to the computer in their room, downloading a basic overview of the ship while studying these Knights of Humanity's Glory, impressive on the outside but not an awful lot of long term goals. Amatuerish really, but not a lot more than he had been all those yars ago.

 

[TheMoonageDaydreamer]

"Thoughts?" She said watching him wander around, she was sat back on one of the bunks. They seemed to have their act together but she really wasn't sure what they stood for and in the long run who they supported. The wookie grumbled something that she couldn't quite make out from the other side of the room but otherwise the room was quiet. She could hear people walking through the corridor outside but there had been no guard placed on their door. These people were trusting but something still didn't seem right.

 

[Pash Odir]

"I think we are going to have a hard time doing this, but have this" Handing her a copy of the basic layout he boosted her into a vent, then tried himself to walk nonchalantly towards a turbolift.


"Excuse me?" A mechanic had seen him and was asking "Can i help you?"


"Yes do you know how our repairs are going? Im the ships mechanic and i had no idea we were bashed up so badly, i mean i dont even know how it happened"


"It is going rather slowly, i mean it is very similar to a pirate attack but some extra systems we thought would not break have"


"Well you know how it is with the YT 1300, always breaking"


"Too True, why i prefer this beauty"


"Well ill be off back to my room then, thanks for sharing" Pash finished with


"Damn it" he said as the door shut behind him, he hoped Ardana had better luck

 

[TheMoonageDaydreamer]

The vents were a maze and even with the basic layout she could barely find anything. She overheard a few conversations questioning their presence but otherwise very little of use, and worse still no way in to the turbo lift. She returned to the room and jumped down, shaking her head.


"Couldn't see a thing." She muttered looking dejected. "Looks like we'll just have to let it play out." She brushed dust from her clothes making herself look presentable once more and returned to one of te cots, sitting down and browsing the information they had on her datapad.

 

[Pash Odir]

It was then that Kitano arrived.


"So how would you like to attend a service with us tomorrow morning?"


"What sort of service?"


"Well here at the Knights of Humanity's glory we have services once a week to celebrate our coming to leave the empire and celebrate our faith"


"Well that sounds an excellent idea, Ardana?"

 

[TheMoonageDaydreamer]

She nodded and smiled, standing up to greet the captain.


"That sounds wonderful. We can't thank you enough for helping us. It is very kind of you." She said injecting gratitude in to her tone. She didn't trust the man at all, he seemed very smart and aware of what was happening around him.

 

[Pash Odir]

"What time should we join you?"


"About 11am, hopefully you can join us, as well as your friend"


"Yes Captain expect to see us there"


Leaving them to it the Captain exited, and Pash called Arlak to let them know what was going to happen, they would be a distraction while the others got the hyperdrive, hopefully it would pay off.

 

[TheMoonageDaydreamer]

She listened in on Pash's plan.


"Why don't you go to the service and I will try to get to the hyperdrive. I can lie my way out of a situation so its best if I go. " She said softly , a plan already forming in her mind. "If anyone asks you in the morning why I am not with you I am still slightly in shock from the attack. I decided to stay in bed to recover."

 

[Pash Odir]

"That sounds good" The went to sleep, waking the next morning early to travel down a level to the "Temple" which was a wide open space filled with incense that overpowerd the nervous and smoke that was almost blinding. It was a semi filled room of about 20 people, a mix of technicians and soldiers. It didnt seem all that right to Pash, a man never comfortable with ceremony. He hoped Ardana was doing better when he saw the sword. Pristine and with a faint blue glow Pash wondered if it would compliment his own, but now was not the time for that, now was a time for action.


"Go time" he said over the com mid ceremony, and moved for cover.

 

[TheMoonageDaydreamer]

Ardana waited until the others had gone and the halls were quiet, once happy she moved out of the room and down the halls towards the turbolift. She had been up, studying the layout a while after the others had fallen asleep. So she knew where she was headed. Tucked inside her utility belt (A borrowed belt that was a little too bog for her) was an emp, in hopes she could disable the hyperdrive. She reached the room that would host what she was looking for but before she could open the door to look a guard walked out of the room opposite.


"Oh finally I have found someone." SHe said faking relief. "I got lost on the way to the sermon, could you help me?" She asked battling her eyelids with a soft smile. The guard relaxed and returned the smile.


"Of course Miss, follow me." She did just that walking a few paces behind and giving a single click over the radio to signal that her plan had not worked. She was led in to the smoky chapel and stood at the back of the room, listening carefully for the call. As she heard it she spun and thrust her vibroknife in to the guards throat, before rolling and taking cover among the pews.

 

[Pash Odir]

Ardana's entrance had gone unnoticed as Pash was busy defending himself while Dovahkin was attacking enemies left and right, his arms cut and blooded with his fur now a deep red. Pash realised Dovahkin must have lost a lot of blood and probably needed help, but he had issues of his own, surrounded he took a blow to the head, hurting him deeply. He saw Ardana start to pick people off, knife glinting before it found throats. His own sword was as useful, cutting down guard after guard, but some still found their way through. Little cuts began to open up, and he found himself barely stnding at the end of the fight. He looked over to Dovahkin, it did not look good.

 

[TheMoonageDaydreamer]

Ardana used the smoke and chaos to her advantage, ducking down and sneaking up on people. At the end of the fight she hurried forward, moving to the downed wookie who looked a lot worse for wear. She patched him up as best she could and used a couple of stim packs to stabalise him. When he was on his feet once more she moved over to Pash.


"Are you badly hurt?" She couldn't see many major wounds but she wanted to check. Arlak too had joined them, fighting his way through the flightdeck. He looked a little shaken and when asked he muttered something about Jayne and the ship cannons.


"Lets go and take this bird down." She said heading of quickly.

 

[Pash Odir]

"im fine" Pash replied, he wasnt, that head wound had really hurt him, he slowly collected up his weapons and made his way to the turbolift. Heading down to the turbolift he stumbled a little behind them, catching himself. He travelled with them before approaching the hyperspace drive doors, they would never open even with the breaching charge, but the control room across the corridoor would. They opened it to find Kitano with 2 dozen men inside, one of whom rounded on Pash and fired at him, knocking him backwards and leaving a tremor in his swords. He could only just defend himself and attacking was out of the question. So he did what he had to do. Charging towards the group of knights, he stood and waited for the inevitable blow that would kill him.

 

[TheMoonageDaydreamer]

Ardana moved in to the room, forcing herself to focus on the fights, several technicians also scrambled to the gun cabinet, grasping blaster rifles and began to open fire on the crew. It was clear that they were not trained with the weapons, but at this range it didn't matter. A shot slammed against her chest and she winced but continued to fire, and between her and Arlak they took them down. Both rounded, blood staining their skin, to see the sword wielding Knights advancing on Pash. both quickly jumped to help, Dovakhin also running wild, shock gloves crackling. Pash did not look good and she wanted to protect him, but she felt helpless she just focused on shooting, focusing on those closest to him. Another series of enemy gunfire hit her and she fell to one knee, gasping for breath.


"No." She murmured and pushed herself up again blaster in hand firing furiously. Dovakhin who had been in bad shape already was on the floor, and Arlak had taken a beating in the latest volley of fire. This wasn't looking good.