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Post by Manah on Jun 18, 2018 19:19:43 GMT -5
(OOC: Again, GPMC, only up to 1 stone per affected ally for your Statecraft.)
The trio coordinated their attacks, not backing off from the challenge just yet. As Naijix advanced on him, moving his lightsaber wildly, Vader advanced simply holding his blade, ready to parry.
"Too many unnecessary movements, Naijix", he said as he moved to meet him head on. "You will tire yourself out to no avail."
Still, with Sindor by his side, the young Togruta felt confident in his ability to evade serious retaliation for his tactic, as he readied himself to strike. The Dark Lord grunted as Zara projected small rocks at his feet, easily avoiding the handful of lava she tried tossing at him. His armor protected him from the intense heat such a close proximity with lava induced, however her allies did not share that protection... something Zara seemed to have forgotten. Thankfully, Sindor's Force shield was still in full effect and spared them further unpleasantness than discomfort.
Still, the Force adept's interference and leadership helped Naijix in his assault, his lightsaber clashing with his Master once more, launching sparks of energy left and right with every strike... until against all odds, Naijix's blade connected!
"Ahh!"
Vader was forced to parry a strike with his Mandalorian iron weave gauntlet, recoiling from the blow; his gauntlet burnt and slightly damaged by the hit. Impressed, he nodded, launching a wave of telekinetic force which pushed his apprentices back a few yards.
"...Impressive. Most impressive", he stated. "...This will be enough. It would seem your training has indeed paid off. Splitting your efforts into separate tasks was clever. Zara... you need to take your enemy's defenses more into consideration, and your allies' as well, but your support was adequate and helpful to them. I would have had to fight more seriously if I truly wanted to defeat you", he added, clearly satisfied by their efforts.
In the meantime, the Angel of Death, two TIE Fighters and the space transport known as the Belsiac's Shadow were entering the atmosphere, heading towards their location.
"...And it seems that your companions are coming to join you. Excellent timing."
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Post by Janus on Jun 18, 2018 20:32:14 GMT -5
Sindor stood up from where Vader's telekinetic blast had left him and let the blade of his light sabre die.
He ignored the pain in his shoulder. Pain was a good thing, it meant he was still alive.
Things had gone about as he had expected. They were after all not even in Vader's league let alone being a serious threat.
It was good that the routine they had practiced had worked but they could do better, had to do better. Darth Vader might be the most powerful force user in the Galaxy, but there were people not too far behind and few of them would be friendly.
He put the light sabre away in its place on his belt and watched as the ships descended.
Lord Vader clearly had something in mind for them, he would tell them what in his own time.
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Post by Mephistel on Jun 18, 2018 20:53:30 GMT -5
Naijix
It was a good thing Sindor's force field was up, because lava was nowhere near pleasant for a feeling up close. He would probably tell Zara later about it. It was when his lightsaber hit his master that that uphoric feeling came in. Tough he had not beat him yet, this was still a small victory in his mind and a victory, no matter how small, was still a victory. It was a step further to his goals. He had become stronger. Pushed back by Vader's telekinetic powers, he was about to go for another round, but it seemed like this was it and only then did Naijix noticed how tired he was. He had spent all his energy in this last attack and had to take his breath back.
He grinned, satisfied and turned off his lightsaber before putting it back to his belt. He got back up, listening to Vader's advice, it sounded like he wouldn't need to talk to Zara about her little mistake after all. All in all, they did great and he was happy about it. Mostly because his thirst was quench for now. He walked back to Sindor, smiling his way with a small nod to thank him. Then watch as the ship descended to join them.
-...-
He watched and waited.
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Post by GPMC on Jun 19, 2018 1:29:28 GMT -5
Zara Blacklight
Her smile was wide and sly as she shut down the double blade, putting it back on her belt. "Te he" There was no doubt about the pride she felt right now. She went up joining the crowd. A bit of "sweat of hard work" (or lava heat :-p) dripping down her forehead. "Nice work" she commented their final results, as she gave the galaxy a short break to bath in their awesomeness. ==== Action 1: 3+3(Presence) stones social skills combined with Action 2: 3 to statecraft -> cost 4 (tiresome)
To stand in line "impressively", looking breath-takingly awesome. --- Health: 2/2 E-pool: 9/12 E-spend/E-Regen: 7/6
inni(agil) 5 def physical = 5 (RD) Mental = 1
OOC: think Dwayne Johnson with his "awesome" skill in Jumanji, Or Han/Luke/Chewy on their "receive the medal of honour" honours end of episode IV
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Post by RidiculousNinja on Jun 19, 2018 11:39:12 GMT -5
The Angel swooped down almost eerily. The ship wanted to go faster he could feel it, but for the sake of his escort he kept a moderate pace. He looked down below at the fight between Vader and his students. As always the Dark Lord gave off his own presence and it seemed you didn't need sorcery to feel it. He looked for a good place to land. Upon finding his mark he came down and waited for his escort to join him. As soon as he could he greeted Vader in true Imperial fashion. "Lord Vader, how may we serve?"
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Post by Manah on Jun 19, 2018 16:29:18 GMT -5
The Sith lord extinguished his own blade last, watching as the Belsiac's Shadow landed, Zorto and his chiss pilot Jayden walking out.
"I see you are ahead of schedule, Vice-Admiral. Very well... you and Zorto will join your teammates on this one, then", he said, turning to his apprentices. "...Below this ruin, underground, is a collapsed tunnel leading to an ancient Sith's tomb. Your first task is to find that tomb... get inside, and retrieve the Sith's holocron, and possibly his lightsaber. Find them both, return to your ship and contact me. I will have another mission for you once you're successful", he said, walking up to Sindor.
He held out his hand at the young man, focusing Dark Side energy in his apprentice's body to heal his wound with but a word.
"Do not let your guard down. The Dark Side is strong here", he said cryptically.
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Post by Janus on Jun 19, 2018 17:06:00 GMT -5
Sindor bowed his head in acknowledgement.
"As you wish master."
He then turned past Naijix who got a small look of excitement from him to Vice Admiral Wray.
"Vice-Admiral, good to see you again."
He offered his hand to shake. The man was human and most human cultures recognised the handshake as a gesture of goodwill.
"I'm unsure how familiar you are with the force but may I suggest you summon repair and maintenance droids from your ship. The dark side has the power to influence the mind of the untrained so the fewer people we take into this situation the safer we will be. Droids should be relatively immune to it's influence."
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Jun 19, 2018 17:58:48 GMT -5
Zorto remained silent only nodding as best he could given his lack of a neck mixed with his helmet at Vader. "Jayden. Stay with the ship. Keep it guarded, and ready for takeoff." He said to her before either staying with the group to hear the plan, or going with the group inside if they were gonna skip the planning details. Either way was fine with him as long as he could shoot and blow stuff up at the end. "Hey Jayden. That reminds me, do we have room on the ship for some droids of our own? I mean I have the money to buy them, but do we have space to keep and maintain them."
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Post by GPMC on Jun 19, 2018 19:46:32 GMT -5
Zara Blacklight
"I've got a couple of pest hunter droids on mine, one a bit bigger and smarter then the others. That is if my Verpine hasn't dismantled them currently for "upgrading". But aside from mapping out the place they won't be that helpful against a force ghost. There'll also likely be traps and the heat won't help the tinies either.
We could always try to go for the dimplomatic route here, but my bet is a Sith Ghost will want some blood or massacre either way. How about slaves ? Not that I have any, but those might do the trick.. And Vice, nice fly over. That Tie boosted up by any chance ?" For the last part Zara narrowed her eyes a bit. Not deliberately though.. Modded Ties were incredibly rare. Vader had one that's for sure, but other that that ? Still, something about it's movement seemed off. She wasn't an expert on Tie Fighters however. They were notoriously hard to fly, and the lack hyperdrive shields and cargo area .. Yeah, they SOUNDED cool when flying over someone's head, but for her they could just as well be named "suicide torpedoes".
==== Action 1: 1 stone to statecraft For some brain storming -> area 1 should cover it this time. -> one stone for int/planing to come up with some bright ideas/notice flaws in our planning
Action 2: 1+3 stones to social skills (just being awesome) --- Health: 2/2 E-pool: 8/12 E-spend/E-Regen: 2/6
inni(agil) 5 def physical = 5 (RD) Mental = 1
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Post by Manah on Jun 19, 2018 20:36:50 GMT -5
(OOC: It's the same panel, by the way, it's just that Vader would say something here.)
"Not all Sith tombs have Dark Side spirits. And such entities are more powerful than you are by far. I am not sending you on a suicide mission", Vader said sternly. "You will have other threats to face."
Meanwhile, Jayden responded to Zorto:
"Oh... yeah, sure. The Shadow's big enough. We could easily have a handful of 'em", she said.
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Post by GPMC on Jun 19, 2018 20:52:56 GMT -5
Zara Blacklight
"Oh ? Well, in that case.. "
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Post by RidiculousNinja on Jun 20, 2018 10:56:37 GMT -5
Wray gave Sindor a nod and a smile along with his hand, Sindor seemed to be the most level headed of the crazy group of sorcerers and has earned his respect but was confused at his suggestion and gave him a smile. "Sindor perhaps you've forgotten our training, you and Lord Vader have shown me droids are nearly useless against your magic. No, I think this is something we must do ourselves. I have my utility belt and side arm I think that should suffice for now." Wray turned to the Zabrak, her alien horns making her look as if she were a demon child. Maybe she was. "Miss Zara, while I'm sure there will be many traps and dangers in this ancient temple, maybe even ancient defenses, our Lord has prepared all of us for what we will face, of that I am sure. Oh yes quit heavily, you will find few starfighters in the galaxy can hold their own against the Angel of Death, and fewer still pilots who can hold their own against me." He looked around at the rag tag group. "Well if it pleases everyone else I would prefer to get this over with so we can get to hunting rebel scum. Sindor, you and your crew are the closest to being experts on this temple and quite capable warriors. I recommend you Sindor take the lead with one of your compatriots me and the hutt will follow behind while another one of yours brings up the rear. Now if there are no objections." He slides a power unit into his Heavy Blaster and looked up. "Lets get going kids. By the way where is the entrance?"
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Post by Mephistel on Jun 20, 2018 14:10:22 GMT -5
Naijix
The final training was over, a good thing and it ended well, or at least, better then it could have. He simply listen as they were given their next assignment, on this same planet. Of course, it wasn't just for the dramatic feeling of the place. But entering an old sith temple could be challenging, considering they might have to face not only trap but sith alchemy in one way or the other. Tombs, most likely, were held tightly shut in that regard.
When Sindor was ask to take the lead, Naijix looked at the admiral. He crossed his arms, this was why he didn't like playing in teams, not that large of a team. Other thinking they knew everyone better then themselves.
-I believe this to be an unwise choice....-
He said, then proceeding to explain further.
-I am better at infiltration then my comrade here and can enter unnotice while I'd rather have our best defense watch our rear instead...were entering a sith temple, chances are, whatever is in there, it's not gonna come straight to our face...-
He added.
-Maybe some wild creatures and old traps...sith scripture...-
He then turned to his master.
-We are entering a tomb, but do we know which Sith lord lie in there? To which sith are we paying a visit?-
He asked Lord Vader.
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Post by Janus on Jun 20, 2018 14:30:46 GMT -5
Sindor smiled.
"I appreciate the enthusiasm, but Lord Vader did mention a collapsed tunnel and whilst we most certainly could dig our way though it with Light Sabres and the force, droids will be more efficient and will allow us to defend ourselves should the Tomb have defences."
"I should also mention that in my life before this I had a little experience with entering places that were designed to keep people out. From my experience I would hazard a guess that Sith tombs will have traps. This would suggest a control system and as good as Light Sabres and force powers are, against computers your best friend is a well programmed droid."
"My hope is that the fact that there is a Holocron means the Sith Lord is vain enough to want people to be able to see it, we just have to prove we are worthy. It never hurts to have a plan b however."
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Post by RidiculousNinja on Jun 20, 2018 15:32:37 GMT -5
Wray leaned over to Sindor his anger apparent. "Perhaps my friend we should find out more before we waste time or resources. Afterall not all collapsed tunnels are impassable or it could be so far collapsed it would take days to get through and maybe there is an alternative way in. Either way we should check it before I waste my time. I respect both of your opinions but I lead thousands of men and women and I'm sure I have seen more combat. I'm not trying to tell you what to do but merely offer guidance since no one else seemed to be." He turned to Vader, "My Lord, if there is no more information available I plan to look around unless you have more guidance."
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