Log:Jedi Order: Pulled to Datar
Pulled to Datar
OOC Date: July 7, 2021
Location: Datar
Participants: Jax Greystorm, Zandra naMuriel, Yuun
o=.< Forest - Arawynne Village, Datar o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=. The foilage of the relatively tall trees creates a rather pleasant shield high above the forest floor. The shadows under the canopy of leaves are deep, and you can hear cicadas and crickets singing all around you.
An eerie stillness dominates the atmosphere in the woods. The silence of the forest is broken by a sudden rustling to the left. The trees of the forest provide solstice for the sunlight. o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=.=o=
Yuun had been deep in meditation at the Lighthouse on Chandrila when the Force had pull him to act. Gathering a small team of jedi, the Phoenix Rising had made the journey to Datar. It was as the small courier made its way into the system, that it picked up the distress signal from Arawynne Village.
In Arawynne Village, the jedi had found carnage and destruction. Many of the nest of the Ghostling had been burnt, there were dead and injured. Though the arrival of human jedi brought the admiration and attention of the Ghostlings. One of the town elders spoke of a slave raid several years ago and the jedi had returned the kidnapped young ones then. Then the villagers explained that slavers had attacked the village and took their children into the forest to the west.
Several clicks to the west, the jedi had found a clearing, an old Firespray rested in the clearing. There was a stock assembled that had thirty (30) young Ghostlings huddling together. As a pair of armored slavers were preparing a couple of children for passage retraining them carefully not to damage their merchandize. There was more slavers around, had to be as the town said there were easily 12 attackers.
Zandra, having been alerted by Yuun, simply came along, not sure what to expect. As they get the story from the village, she does check that they have enough folks looking after the injured there, before heading into the forest to try to find the slavers. At least 12 of them, unknown number of children, so delicate and innocent, and ... a small number of Jedi. Perfect odds, as usual. As they near, Zan takes a look to see what is going on. She looks to see several things - firstly, the ship, the stockade, the slavers. Taking a breath, she reaches for the Force, reaching out to see what she can sense. "I've got six of them, in pairs, patroling in the forest. We need to watch we don't run into a patrol group accidentally."
Happy to have a small team with him, upon speaking with the Ghostling Elder, he bowed his head. Inwardly, Yuun allows the Force to flow through him and he moves off with Zan. Upon getting to the clearing, he sees the Firespray and he looks to Zan as she uses the force, he can feel the force about them. Upon getting briefed, "Alright, we will need to move, but carefully." he says as he looks to her, "Maybe we can move and sneak up on two at a time to take them out and free the children."
A pair of slavers on patrol wonder not very far from Zandra and Yuun, but instead of spotting the jedi. One of them calls out, "Garen, wait up. Those Ghostlings ain't going to try anything and they're nobody in the system to help 'em. This is a blue milk run. So let's take a moment, I got a coolant leak." The slaver says as he saddles up to a tree. The other merc stops short and looks away, "Wrank, We got to keep this up. Jollen isn't paying us good credits to stand around." He then reaches up to a comlink, <Red team, Yeah look we're investigating something. Wrank thinks there's a coolant leak."
Zandra promptly takes advantage of the two standing /right/ there. "yuun," she whispers, gesturing at the two. It's a perfect opportunity, it seems. She waits until the one finishes his radio call, and then she uses TK to rattle his chain, pulling him flying. Her intent is to knock him out and tie him up. She at least manages to pull him flying, though he's not unconscious as yet. Still, she's got the guy in a telekinetic hold, so he's not moving much. Hopefully.
Yuun looks over to the two guards who were standing right there as well. Yuun smirks a little as he glances to Zandra and nods his head. This is too good to let go, and Yuun waits as well for the communications to stop. Once it does he moves, quickly covering the distance to the Slaver who is taking a leak, he notices the other go flying. It's around this time that Yuun tries to grab the guy he was going after and slam his head into the tree but well his foot rolled along a rock and he misses the man and slips backwards a bit.
Garen finishes his report and moemnts later goes flying into a tree and then hovers there. There's a yell of surprise form the slaver and he hovers there trying to bring his blaster to bear and fire at Zandra.
Wrank is mid coolant leak when this all goes down. He reaches down grabbing his blaster and raises it firing at Yuun.
Zan's tk is used again, as she shakes the fellow she's holding into a tree, trying to kncok him out. she's quiet, even though he shouted. She doesn't have him very high up, just a foot of the ground. "This is really not worth your time," she says. "I suggest you give up and try finding an honest job." Not that he'll listen, but she did try.
Yuun doesn't allow for a second mishap, as Wrank brings up his blaster and fire at him, the Initiate Jedi is able to dodge the blast as he quickly closes in with the slaver. "G'night." is all he says as he throws a solid straight punch to Wranks soleplexus, then quickly does a back spinning kick to the mans head. Yuun watches the slaver drop to the ground unconcious. He then quickly move to the slaver that Zan just slammed into a tree. Running, Yuun goes up one side of the tree and leaps towards Garen and kicks him in the head. Upon landing he looks to Zan, "Nice work. let's strip them of their gear tie'em up and gag them and move on to the next group before they are missed." he says to her.
No sooner than the pair of slavers are restrained, another pair on patorl wonder along and find Yuun and Zandra. <<This is Green team. We've located Red Team. They've been attacked by two people in robes.>> The one identified as Cresh says as the pair opens fire at Zan and Yuun.
"There goes our surprise," Zan murmurs. She's not so good at combat, if it doesn't involve TK or her lightsaber .... this could be a problem. "We have to move fast now, partner." All of which means Zan's pulling out her saber. She'll still try to knock out or incapacitate rather than kill, but with surprise gone, there's no longer time to wait.
Zandra naMuriel depresses the small uncolored button on her lightsaber. Suddenly, a blinding bright energy beam extends from the left side of the uncolored hilt with a snap hiss! Yuun depresses the metallic button on his cylindrical metallic lightsaber hilt and with an electric snap-hiss a brilliant blue energy beam rises forth!
Yuun sighs as they are found and he hears Zan's comment about being found. He was hoping to keep picking these guys off but that is no longer viable at this time. "Alright." he says as he sees Zan move in on her target. Yuun rushes forward not using the force to enhance anything yet, he reaches to his right hip to unclip his lightsaber which is a little worse for wear. Igniting the weapon and it coming alive with the familiar snap-hiss. The blue energy blade elongates and Yuun attempts a horizontal slash but he mis-judges his distance coming up short.
The sight of lightsabers and his buddy being on the recieving end of one as Yuun goes leaping at him is enough to have 'Desh' go running as he fires his blaster at the jedi wildly. The jigg is up and the slavers know they're here. So it's perhaps time to change tactics and go with a more direct approach.
As they begin to run toward the Deepwater and the small stockades. There's a large older Zabrak standing at the bottom of the ship. He has one of the childern by the collar of the shirt. His fist raise where a simple punch will end the child. The Ghostlings were delicate. He calls out, "I wouldn't if I were you, jedi. I have my men returning to camp. We're taking these kids and you can die or you can walk away."
The two guards from earlier were flanking him with blasters drawn.
Zandra comes pelting into the campsite, not out of breath. She definitely moves fast,faster than she should, but that's jedi for you. She comes to a stop, skidding a little bit, and hears the zabrak talk. Uhm, no? Is her first reaction. She reaches out the hand not holding a light saber, with a push, and then a pull. The push against the idiot zabrak who thinks Jedi mind tricks are all about the lightsaber, shoving him as she gently as she can wraps the child in her telekinesis and pulls him back to her. "Alright, little one, we got you," she says. This of course leaves Yuun free to attack.
Yuun is a little slow, he wasn't expecting Zan to run right for the camp so he's a......little slow. Though he does hear the Zabrak give his monolog. He wasn't going to say anything, they had to hurry and as he sees the Ghostling child be moved from the Zabrak, Yuun dashes in towards the Zabrak. Again he misjudges his strike, as he misses the large man. Still, Yuun keeps moving to avoid being hit on a backswing.
The little one is a luminous waif of the girl that lands on the tips of her toes before Zandra. She's enchanted by the sight of the Zandra lifting her through the air. Though before she can say anything more than "eep." A pair of blaster bolts nearly hit her and Zandra. The little one runs on the tip of her toes to hide behind Zandra.
The Zabrak, Jollen, regains his balance bringing up his blaster shooting it at Yuun, "Guess, that's the way it's going to be. Ain't nothing personal jedi, just business."
Zan nods to the little girl, smiling briefly. That hopefully will give her a bit of confidence, as Zan promptly heads directly at the two firing blasters at her. "Just business is correct," she says, with a nod. She's through playing games, and it shows as she simply attacks the nearest slaver. Then she swings a couple times at the other one, but she's also trying to keep an eye on the poor delicate ghostling, and so she's a bit more defensive than she might otherwise be. She does call out "You really do not want to do this. It's not worth your lives. Surrender." There are other slavers who can hear her - maybe they'll see reason.
Yuun is constantly in motion, as he did miss the Zabrak with his previous attack, the force alerts him to the other slaver. Digging his left foot into the ground, he changes direction and chases after the second slaver that was firing on Zan. He swings his blade as he nears the slaver, cutting across his hip. Feeling in the force the life of the Slaver wink out. He quickly, dashes back towards the Zabrak, he hopes Zan's words reach the other slavers. As Yuun reach the Zabrak, he attempts to cut towards the mans left side, but misses as the Zabrak evades, though timing his strike and allowing his training to take over and the Force to guide him, Yuun pivots and flips his lightsaber into a reverse grip and stab backwards into the chest of the Zabrak. The blue blade is in a upwards angle as he stabs him. "No one should ever be enslaved or sold to another, go with the force." he says. Yuun moves from the zabrak and turns to look at the others and he looks up into the hold of hte ship to make sure there are now Ghostlings there.
With the death of the Zabrak, well he was the boss with the credits and the contacts. The other slavers lay down their weapons and allow the children to be freed. If they're not stop the slavers will take the Deepwater and fly out of the system. The people of the village will be happy to have their children returned safe and sound. There will be much praise and jubilee that they can have in the circumstances. The jedi had saved the village children twice.
Zandra doesn't stop the left over slavers from running for it. With one exception. She does make sure there are NO ghostlings or any other prisoners aboard first. "Yuun, we need to report that ship - can we scan it, and get whatever info we have about it and send that to the New Republic. They can stop it, I expect. What do you think?" Meanwhile, Zan starts making sure all the children are uninjured, and set free, so they can bring them all back to their village.
Once there, she nods her head at the thanks, offering a slightly blushing smile. "It's just what we do," she says, a bit awkwardly, and then she takes a breath, a half laugh at herself. "You are most welcome, friends. We will try to do a better job helping to keep you all safe, as much as we can."
Yuun watches the remaining slavers carefully, even going as far as destroying the weapons they put on the ground. He watches over the children as Zan checks to make sure there are no others on the slavers ship. "I agree. I'm tired of this." he says as he looks to the slavers making sure they are now on the Jedi's radar.
Once they get the children back to the village he stands back letting Zan speak with the elders. He grins as he watches the people, this always felt right to him, helping others and not needing anything else really. Yuun closes his eyes and allows that to flow through him and as he opens his eyes, he does chime in, "If you need us please contact us as soon as you can." he says to them. Looking to Zan, "Ready to head out?" he asks if there wasn't anything else for them.
