*Deac moves the ship close to Rwos'*
Deac: Rwos. We need to follow the Ion trail. It goes so far as a hyperspace nexus point in the outer rim. Can your sensors trace it any further?
Nom nodded as he accepted the comlink. One of the holographic crew appeared on the bridge and Tarila turned to him.
"See to it that this gentleman gets to his shuttle," she said. The crew member nodded and followed the contractor off the bridge. Tarila turned to Nom when they were alone and they walked over to the pictures of the three they would be after.
"Let's go after this one first," Tarila said, pointing to Greer. Nom looked at her, wondering why she had made that choice.
"Any reasons?" he asked and she shrugged.
"None that I can think of, but then you were always the one who planned the stuff. I'm just the infiltrator, remember?"
"Let's try for capturing these guys," Nom said. The bonus sounded good to him. Tarila nodded.
"So now, we take the shuttle to Coruscant and get some info on these guys," she said. Moments later, their small black shuttle descended on Coruscant and landed.
Tallacos
Rwos: Actually...I'm not specifically equipped to detect hyperspace trails at all. *wryly* Yet another thing I've overlooked. *He fiddles with his consoles* If I had her ship's current subspace signature...I suppose we could proceed to the nexus point, and follow up from there. Or, if you have any idea what she's doing to find Lokpihet, perhaps we could follow up independently, and try to get to him first. Any idea where he might be?
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Outer Rim Planet
Farran: Really? For what, exactly?
*Greer and the team finally arrived at the hangar after picking up their stuff. They boarded the ship, took off and immediately went to hyperspace. They began formulating a plan*
Deac: Unfortunatley, no. He's gone insane, he's just hopping round the galaxy, conquering a world with some significance to him, and then leaving.
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*Lokpihet's cylinder closes, then opens. Steam rushes out. Techs glance in his direction.
Lokpihet is now built into his armour, his skin lost far below. The free moving metal skin allows him to move just as easily. His right eye glows with augmentations. His hair is shorter than when it went in, and he seems far more imposing*
Lokpihet: Excellent. I feel it, more powerful then ever before!
"Impressive. But I've seen worse..."
*WH Irvine sets down a few parts of the cloning device. Then he takes a data disk out from his pocket and hurls it at lokpihet, knowingly that he'll catch it effortlessly.*
WH Irvine "On that disk I caught some disturbing data on telekenetic and psyhcokenetic abilities on test subjects biogenetically engineered that are far superior to most practical measures, mainly our own. If we put some work into it I wouldnt doubt that the applications wouldn't be anything less then infinite."
Rwos: Well then. How much do you know about Lokpihet? What worlds do you think he might visit?
Coruscant:
Nom and Tarila took an air taxi to one of the places they got all of their information. For a price, they could get just about any dirty info they needed. They walked into the grungy cantina and sat down. Moments later, they were joined by someone else.
"We need info on these guys," Nom said dropping the pictures on the table. "Got any?"
Deac: I have no idea. His movements have gone erratic, and he may be acting on Intel that we just don't have.
Zey: He wanted me to come along on a mission, said you all could use the help. I was stranded on tatooine and decided 'why the hell not?' so here I am. You know what the mission plan is?
*Kioet approaches the ship*
Kioet: I need to sign something?
((Many appolagies. I have been very ill.))
*Dasken turns to Greer.*
Dasken: This ship is clean, it belonged to a trader, we "persuaded" him to sell. The money was heavily laundered. We're carrying a cargo of domestic electronics so we have a legitimate excuse to land. From there its a case of getting through customs.
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Hal: I can try and contact my Aunt, see if she has anything for us. *Hal turns to the com.*
*A few minutes later the hypercom conects and Sellena's face appears.*
Sellena: Hal, I hope this is important.
Greer: Good. The person we're extracting is the head computer engineer of the NRI, so she'll probably be able to slip us into the building and have the cameras give a blind eye toward us. The gaurds are the problem. One of them rings an alarm and we'll have every single republic soldier in the system looking for us. We'll have to use stealth. I'm open to any ideas that might make this easier.
Tallacos
Rwos: Then perhaps we should leave before the trail fades.
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Outer Rim
Farran: You want a mission? Talk to the guys Kioet's with. Maybe they've got something for you. Unlikely, though.
*At the Shadow's ship, Aren ducks out of the cargo bay*
Aren: Kioet, welcome back. We were wondering if you would ever show up.
Dasken: Well, we disguise ourselves and it'll be easier to get in and out. We have to go in unarmed, once we get there we can hook up with the underground.
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*Deep in the Senate Building Tar Redris is holding a council of his most trusted subordinates.*
Redris: Thankyou for coming. So what have you come up with to destroy this Rebellion?
((I need to some lackeys, I can't be all the bad guys.))
*Greer nodded*
Greer: That isn't a problem. I don't think we'll need to use too much force.
Deac: Co-ordinates locked in. Hyperspace alright for you?
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*Lokpihet is in a training room. He draws his lightsabers, and begins training with a pratice droid*
Lokpihet: Malice! Increase the difficulty!
*He continues battling, the exhilartion thrilling him*
Lokpihet: MORE!
Malice: It's on maximum!
*Lokpihet continues duelling, and drops back, tired. The bot closes in, raising its blade. Lokpihet clicks his thumbs, and two guns built into his shoulders fire, knocking the bot down, allowing him to skewer it*
((BD: Your bad guys are a bit hard to understand ;)))
Rwos: No, but if you can send me the coordinates, I can meet you there.
*Drake Hunter spoke first, he was the most nervous of all of them.*
Drake: Maybe it'd be better if we did nothing at all. Our intelligence does show that they're low on just about every supply. All we have to do is stop them from getting any.
Deac: Ok. Co-ordinates locked in. Lightspeed!
*Deac's ship jumps to lightspeed.*
Kioet: I was a little delayed. Where's the stuff I ordered? And, what are my orders?
Zey: oh. Well, alright.
*Zey walks off towards the direction of Aren's ship*
Aren: Your Victory II Star Destroyer, outfitted with a cloaking device, swoops and AT-PTs, prisoner cells and a vornskr cage is in orbit in a holding bay as we speak. The battle armor, weapons, and credits you requested are right here in our cargo bay. And we have our first mission for you already - all you have to do is sign on the datapad here, and we'll be all set.
*She hands Kioet a datapad with a line drawn on its screen, and an inkless 'pen'. As she does so, she notices Zey walking towards them*
Aren: And who's your friend?
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*Rwos locks coordinates in as well and enters warp-space*
Kioet: ooooooh hell yeah!!!
*Kioet quickly signs his signature on the datapad*
Kioet: That is Zey. She wants to help me and Farran in our mission, unless you have something else for her.
*Zey grins darkly*
((Damm Collage work.))
Dasken: Our mission now is to get this tech specialist out. You should know we're already interdicting convoys.
Hal: Lets go already.
Aren: We'll...have to see. *to Zey* What can you tell me about yourself? And how do you know Farran and Kioet?
*Deac's ship drops out of hyperspace. Several Imperial ships are in the area*
Deac: Damn! Lokpihet's fleet is still here! Rwos! I'm gonna plot a nav buoy...this is gonna be one hell of a blockade running.
*Deac pilots the ship toward the distant buoy*
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*Lokpihet recieves a message*
Comm: Sir, Starkiller has been sighted.
Lokpihet: Bah. Still attempting to defeat me.
Hal: I'll take the turret. *Activates comlink.* Chief, I need you in the dorsal turret.
Chief: On my way.
*Rwos' fighter is already engaged with the Imperials*
Rwos: *over Deac's comm* It appears your daughter has already found Lokpihet...or he is following her, rather than the other way around.
Deac: Figures. I'll get that son of a...!
*Deac destroys two incoming TIE Interceptors with the turret*
Deac: Not so far...!
*The ship continues evading missiles as it approaches the Nav Buoy*
*F. Irvine's comm activates. He takes it out.*
F. Irvine "What is it?" *A pause* "I see." *Another pause* "What do you expect Destory em! Do I have to think for you too!?"
*F. Irvine kills the Comm.*
F. Irvine "The persistant Deac... I told you that you should have killed him back on that planet, Lokpihet."
Rwos: *comm* Deac, wait! What if your daughter is here? Or has she left another trail?
[Now Scar, are you talking to Lokpihet there, or are you referring to the little known fact that the Imperial Research World was also first called planet Lokpihet?]
Deac: Rwos! Lokpihet's SSD isn't here! So...it must be...
*Deac's nav comp highlights a particular world. Imperial Research Station 157*
Deac: He's there! The old facility! The Avatar Project! He's gone back!
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Lokpihet: He won't be a problem. Not now that I have a particularly good ally against him...
*Elella enters, wearing Sith robes....*
((In order for me to continue here, I'll need to know where the three people I'm hunting currently are. I'm looking for Deac, Taklin, and Greer. If you could tell me where they are, I'd apreciate it much. Thanks.))
((Was talking to Lokpihet, and talking about the planet where they fought, yes. ^_^))
Rwos: What? I thought everything relevant in that place was destroyed...by us, no less...what is he expecting to find?
Deac: I don't know...but it must be something deep underground. Maybe CyberEyes had something...or even...Norl....
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Comm: My Lord, he is on his way.
Lokpihet: Excellent. See, Elella, soon you will meet the father who never loved you. Even in their differences, they were so very much alike.
Elella: Yes...half-brother....
((WJ: Flax and Deac are on a ship, fighting against Lokiphet, Greer's on his way to Corusant))
Greer: OK people, let's get some rest. We'll be arriving in Corusant soon.
Nom and Tarila had not left Coruscant yet because of the news they had recieved. Greer was coming to Coruscant, coming right to them.
"It's not hard to capture somebody when they come right to you," Nom said. Tarila nodded.
"It's almost too easy," she answered. "We'll just spy on him until we find out where he stays and I'll go in to grab him. It is too easy. We need something that's going to be a bit more fun."
"You want fun?" Nom said, wheeling on his sister. "Your definition of fun is danger, something that could get you killed. That is something I won't stand for. We're doing this the easy way, got it?"
"I'm not about to risk my life," Tarila snapped. "I just wish this job could be a little more interesting."
"You just wait," Nom said. "Starkiller and Flax will be 'interesting' enough."
*Greer went to the cockpit and checked their location. The pilot ignored him. He walked back*
Greer: OK, we'll be dropping out of hyperspace soon. Get ready to leave. Perez, I want you to be ready to contact Qwera through any means once we arrive. This should be simple, we walk in, contact her, walk out.
*Finally, the ship dropped out of hyperspace and headed toward Corusant, ready to land.*
Nom and Tarila were on the bridge of their ship, still in orbit around Coruscant. Tarila suddenly leaned forward.
"There he is," she announced. Greer's ship was easing slowly into the traffic lanes above Coruscant. She jumped quickly from her seat and ran to the hangar bay, where she got into one of the small black shuttles. In this, she kept a safe distance away from Greer's ship, but close enough that she could see where he was going. When he landed, she kept going, but made a mental note of where he had landed.
After a short hunt, she was able to set her shuttle down. Then, she returned by foot to the place that Greer's ship had set down. As she approached, she saw Greer and company walking toward an air taxi. Once they had all gotten in, Tarila walked across to it.
The pilot of the air taxi yelled at her to step back and she obeyed, but what none of the occupants of the taxi knew was that she had placed a tracker on it. She went back to where she had landed the shuttle and followed the air taxi.
When she saw where it stopped, she turned and went back to her ship, where Nom was waiting.
"Your turn," she told him and handed him a slip of paper. It had the address of the place that the air taxi stopped on it. Nom took a different shuttle and went to the surface. He was going to have fun with this.
*Greer looked around the small room. Perez was setting up his equipment, and the rest of his team was walking around. He looked outside the window, it gave him a clear view of NRI HQ.*
Greer: Perez, keep an eye out. Let me know if they've added any new security measures.
Zey: I was a member of a team of spies, investigating tatooine. my team was all caught and killed, except for myself, they don't know about me, and I found out that my employer was killed. I was thinking it over in the local cantina when I met Kioet.
*Deac's ship jumps to hyperspace*
*Rwos' ship quickly follows Deac's, disappearing in a blue flash*
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Aren: A team of spies, huh? What exactly were you spying on?
*Deac arrives from hyperspace at the Avatar World*
Deac: Hmmm. Lokpihet's SSD's on the other side...means I can land before his scanners pick me up...
*Deac begins his descent, unsure of what awaits below...*
((Hehe, Avatar World. Sounds like a theme park))
((Bahahaha. :D))
*Rwos enters the atmosphere and comms Deac*
Rwos: What now? Do you have any idea where we ought to go?
*Through a fog, Rwos can see decaying buildings*
[Come to AVATAR WORLD! SEE the actual swords wielded by their bearers! HEAR accounts of actually being possessed by a godly/demonic avatar! TASTE fine orcish cuisine, as vouched for by one of the Darkstar's Generals! TOUCH an actual fake soul crystal [The managment acceps no responsibilty should your spirit become trapped within]! :D ]
*Deac aims his blasters at an airstrip with two imperial shuttles and fires.*
Deac: Rwos. Look for the smoke signal and land there...
*Deac lands*
Sorry guys, guys have been busy, will post tomorrow.
*Rwos lands his ship on the landing strip near the smoking shuttles and exits it.*
Rwos: Deac? Are you there?
*Deac exits his own ship*
Deac: Here I am
*Shakes Rwos hand*
Deac: Good to see you again. Now let's go get Lokpihet. From what I remember the entrance is over this way...
*Deac gestures to a large structure in a cliff face*
The Avatar Facility