Log:Saber Squadron: Asset Redistribution
Saber Squadron is tasked with acquiring an asset.
OOC Date: July 18, 2022
Location: Nar Shaddaa
Participants: Ax, Jax Greystorm as Self/GM, Kael Greystorm, Nerys Greystorm, Shemar Eisley, Zandra naMuriel, Zelo Parrai, Saber Squadron
[ Jax Greystorm (Jax)]
It was raining, well more it was a sheet of falling toxic water coming from the clouds as bolts of lightning lit up the Residential area of the Corellian District. The wind whipped this way and that as strong gusts would go ripping through the metal canyons of the district. Traffic was.... less dense than it normally was but somehow twice as congested. As the Painted Guardian zipped through the sky as if it was a sunny cloudless day on Dantooine. There was more than one speeder wreck passed by. The Helix Interceptor landed on an old abandoned landing platform from the Corestar Incident from a few years ago.
Jax stands up and walks to the back of the ship. "Alright team, I'm going to be here to be your eyes, ears, and emergency extraction. Fire Dancer has informed me that Le'va Thellina, is held up on the top floor. The Apartment is 2006." He holds up a modified bounty hunter puck tossing it to Kael. "That's what she looks like. She's green. Get up there and convince her to come with you guys. encase something goes sideways, take a grave chute. I'll be here with the engines hot. May the Force be with you." Then he stops looking at Zelo. He holds out his saber, "In case you guys need a hole. I need it back when you're done."
[ Nerys Greystorm (Nerys)]
Nerys was packed for bear. Nerys was always packed for bear. And yet, she managed, as she always did, not to look as though she was carrying a storage locker on her back. Weapons, armor, and Bitty maglocked to her back, as she waited for the ship to settle. "Any word on what security she has in place, if any? And are we splitting the difference, half the team coming in from the top and half from below?" She might as well get that out of the way now. She paused, listening to the debrief, before she watched Jax hand over the saber, a frown crossing ehr expression.
[ Shemar Eisley (Shem)]
Ugh. Someone else was piloting! That drives Shemar Eisley nuts, but he is strapped in and has shoved his gloved hands between his thigh plates and tries not to grit his teeth. Sitting in the back SUCKS. Not that Jax isn't a great pilot - thankfully he is - it's just that Shemar isn't used to being a passenger in the back.
He rubber necks, eyes the wrecks in the storm. "I am reminded why I hate Nar Shaddaa. Give me Tatooine -any- day." And there's Jax. Shem pays him full attention and listens up. A glance to Kael as the puck gets tossed. "Yes, sir."
The Lt gets up and grabs a chute, "I hope it's a mighty tall building to have time for this thing to open." LALO baby. Another glance to Zelo whom he doesn't know too well as Eisley slips the gravchut onto his back then checks his rifle.
[ Zelo Parrai (Zelo)]
It's been a while for the Mandalorian, but Nar Shaddaa had - for a time - been home. This particular mission feels less like a homecoming though, and more like what it is: high stakes extraction. Even before the ramp lowers, the Nautolan can picture exactly what it smells like. Any district on Nar Shaddaa always has that same sort of odor underneath it all. Gleaming blue Beskar hides the black pool eyes, but Zelo's taking in everything, sights familiar and even some changes. The briefing is short, sweet, and to the point. Nothing out of the ordinary - that is, until Jax offers him a lightsaber. If Nautolan eyes got bigger, Zelo's would be HUGE.
<"I... That's..."> A lot of responsibility? Yes. Above his station? Yep. But he slowly lifts a gloved hand to accept the cylinder and hold it. Something this light still feels like it weighs a ton. He looks down to his belt, then up to Jax. <"As soon as I'm capable, I'm handing this back to you."> But it does make a door when you need one, so he slips it into a belt pouch, latches it shut, and pulls up the E-11 to a readied position.
<"Anybody has chute trouble, I have your backs.">
[ Kael Greystorm (Kent)]
Kael moves his arms to get the articulators warmed up a bit as he walks with Nerys catching the puck tossed towards him, "Green. So much to go off of." He toggles the holo takes a look then lets everybody else see before shutting it down and tucking it into an armor pouch, "If this goes sideways I'm sorry. Mayhem will come out."
[ Ax (A)]
Damned rain. Why was it always raining on Nar Shaddaa? Likely something to do with the air quality. Regardless, it was one of many many reasons why Ax was glad he got himself and his family off of this hellhole. He was a bit late to the party, only having recently landed. What kept him away was anyone's guess. Maybe it was just apprehension about coming in the first place.
Setting his ship down next to the Painted Guardian, Ax steps off of the Black Sands. "By the gods, I hate Nar Shaddaa," he mutters, motioning for his droid to stay behind, not that he wasn't tempted to bring A droid along, but roaming the streets of the smuggler moon with a Droideka may draw too much attention.
[ Zandra naMuriel (Zan)]
Zandra has been very quiet on the ship with the others. Completely so. She watches as the saber gets handed to Zelo, and there's a bit of a grin that crosses her face, before she nods. There's appreciation there for Zelo and his reaction. It is a lot of responsibility. She gets one of the chutes, making sure she's not got the last one - she's not sure she's going to get up there or need flying lessons, but it is an emergency chute so she gets one, and straps it to her back. She's actually dressed like a smuggler herself today, and the jacket she's wearing isn't new. It fits her well in fact, and she seems comfortable in it. She flashes a grin towards Shem, and then nods to Jax. "I can drift behind, keep an eye out for anyone heading up?" she offers quietly.
[ Jax Greystorm (Jax)]
Shemar there's reasons why Jax is flying. Jax looks to Nerys, "I would go in as a single fire team. No complications in trying to link up. As far as security, we're not in the fancy part of Nar Shaddaa. I thin aninimity was her security. You may be careful if you guys decide to breach her apartment. Don't expect resistance from the locals building owner." Jax nods to Zelo, "I know you will. Last time, I loaned it to Kael, he cut open a vault. I nearly didn't get it back? Something about slicing Nerf steaks as you cooking them." He says looking at his cousin with a smile. "Hey I gave you the woman's scan. It's just doesn't show skin tone." Jax looks at the droideka as it gets left with Jax. "Fine. Don't get bored and a bright idea about shooting an unarmed jedi."
The rain slowed down the entrance of the building for the team, but not by much. Jax was spot on about the security being laxed. The team had found themselves on the floor of the contact Le'va.oo
[ Nerys Greystorm (Nerys)]
Nerys moved with the team, keeping whatever thought she had to herself. She kept a handle on Bitty as well, so as not to allow the droid to go off on her own. Once they had reached the level of the apartment, she remained in formation, until they arrived at the door. Though she did step forward, signaling that she was going to work on the door, it did not go as well as she would have liked, and the sound of the lock disengaging could be heard. That was one way, alas, to ring the doorbell.
[ Shemar Eisley (Shem)]
As the come up to the door, Shemar moving along the wall of the building rather than right up to it, he pauses as Nerys starts messing with the lock. Eisley looks around and notices a tiny optic in the door controls. He looks around for something squishy like chewed gum or tar, something nasty he can use. A quick, hard jab or two with the corner of the buttstock of his rifle might break the lens but the sticky goo he manages to scrape up a bit of to smear into it and any audio pickup will finish the trick.
The former Black Squadron commando doesn't say why but maybe Shemar's thinking about the kill team that may be coming right behind them. Less audio or visual to help them learn how many and who came.
As soon as the door opens, Shem holds when indicated that they aren't rushing in. He stays along the wall to one side with his rifle ready, watchful and listening.
[ Zelo Parrai (Zelo)]
<"I'd think you'd only need a knife for that... Is there such a thing as a Lightdagger?"> The Nautolan has time to think on it as they move. Zelo takes up the rearguard position, visor scanning all passers-by and vantage points as they make quick time to the apartment. Last into the elevator, and first out to stand to the side as the group files off. Following to the door, he watches the elevator continue to future destinations, then watches Nerys work. The door clicks, thanks to Nerys, Shemar coats up the camera with... Something, and Zelo nods.
<"Right. Just in case there's something unfriendly waiting for us... Let me step in first. I'll try to talk around it. If not... I'm trusting my Beskar."> The Mandalorian raises gloves hands, assists the door in opening and steps through. <"Hello? We're looking for someone. I know this probably doesn't look great, but I promise we're only here to help."> Can whoever is inside see his weapon set on stun? Does it matter? Likely not. Mandalorians with weapons are rarely public servants when they walk through the front door.
[ Jax Greystorm (Jax)]
As the team begins to make entry into Le'va's apartment, an unmarked military grade air speeder makes it's way to the Bel Iblis Apartment. A team of mercs disembark from the air speeder before the transport zips away. At the same time a speeder van pulls up and a team of mercs exit it and into the building. Jax looks up in time to catch all this. "Was that a LAAT?" Then he broadcasts on the squad com, "Crab, here, you guys are about to have company. Two fire teams enter the building."
As Zelo goes to open the door and greet the target, A female voice can be heard saying, "Krif you, Scutta!" Then there the whining down of blaster canons as the power cuts to the building. The blaster bolt at Zelo never comes.
Jax's voice can be heard saying, "And somebody just cut the power. Get out of there!"
[ Kael Greystorm (Kent)]
Kael pokes his head into the door, "Hey Le'va... We're here to extract you alive. If you don't mind cooperating I'd appreciate it. One of the others in the team here will give you directions. I'll be keeping the fine folks who just pulled up that I believe have ill intent for you occupied until then." The heavy power armored man turns to head towards the entrance to this floor his blaster pistols coming up into his hands, <"Crab if it comes to it could you create an exit hole end of the hall for me? I'm feelin lucky.">
[ Ax (A)]
Not wanting be recognized on Nar Shaddaa, and not clearly thinking out his options beforehand, Ax showed up wearing old Imperial Royal Guard armor, complete with cape, because the real heroes wore capes these days! Of course, so do some of the villians, so it was anyone's guess.
"Be mindful of residents and enemies," Ax says. "They're everwhere around, even in the crawlspaces, and a group moving with military precision on the floor above us. I suggest we move quickly." Moving inside with alacrity, Ax is heading towards the Twi'lek target. "We need to move, kill teams incoming." Maybe the helmet allowed him to pick up on all this? Looking back to Kael though, Ax says, "I can create a hole, but no guarantee it won't bring the whole damned building down on top of us. Better option of taking a window route."
[ Zandra naMuriel (Zan)]
This is where things get to be interesting. All things considered, Zan takes a deep breath. She listens to the group, but rather concentrates on becoming one with the force. Or maybe that's one with the shadows. It doesn't take long, she practiced enough trying to sneak up on Jax for months and months! And if anyone non-force-sensitive was watching, they'd see - Jedi there, Jedi gone. Just like that. She whispers on the comm though, so folks don't think she just up and left. "Trigger here, going a bit - uhm, incognito, so as to be an unexpected weapon." Something like that, maybe?
[ Jax Greystorm (Jax)]
"Negative, Mayhem. I'm not sure where I can do that without bringing down the whole building or taking out an occupied apartment. I recommend breaking glass and extracting. No heroes." Jax meanwhile starts hitting buttons and getting ready to take off.
Le'va is a bit keyed up and panicked. But any comment die in her throat as a blaster bolts start to fire down the hall confirming Kael's comments. "I'll go. I don't know how we're getting out of here." Looking beyond into Le'va's appartment is several large windows in the direction of the Painted guardian.
At the other end of a hall hidden in the dark is a team of six covering the turbo lift and the stair well.
[ Nerys Greystorm (Nerys)]
Despite the sudden sound of blaster fire, and the flashes of light in her peripheral vision, Nerys moved away from the battle rather than towards it, her eyes adjusting, vision shifting into the infrared as she made her way through the apartment, tracking the target's location. Once she had located the woman, Nerys moved in her direction, "I'm Jetpack. We're going to move to the windows, there. We have transport waiting outside, and we have the equipment to get you down safely." Once she was sure, or moderately sure that the woman was unlikely to cut and run, but who knew with jumpy twi'leks, Nerys moved to try to disengage the security on the windows.
All right then. Violet just disppeared into thin air like smoke and when Shemar glances back she's no where to be seen. Nerys and Zelo ahead of him in the apartment, Shemar is about to head in when the shooting starts. Kael and Ax are supposed to hold them but Eisley gets caught in the firing before he's into the apartment.
A blaster bolt strikes Eisley soundly in the chest, his armor absorbing some of the damage. The force of it throws him against the wall with a grunt. Bracing himself there for a second, Shemar lifts his own rifle and fires a shot back but can't tell if he hit anything. <<"Blast, I'm hit.">> That for their coms before he's ducking into the apartment.
Cover is found and Shemar gets himself around a corner. Breathing with some difficulty, he takes up a firing position to watch his teammate's backs as Nerys and Zelo are busy getting the girl out.
[ Zelo Parrai (Zelo)]
Zelo's body is prepared, hearing the blaster whine as he winces and tightens - you're not supposed to tighten - but the power cuts, and the whine dies before his Beskar is tested. Eyes adjust to the low light as quickly as his helm switches over, H-visor pulling in all external light. The instinct is quick as blaster fire comes in, but the Carbine is dropped on its sling as the pressing need to exit trumps combat training.
<"I'm coming with the key. Hold them back while I get the window, and I'll cover you all on the way out?"> The Nautolan crosses the apartment, glove reaching to belt pouch, unclasping and releasing that all-too-powerful cylinder from within. He steps up to the window, a hand on it, as if to test it, before glancing to their extraction target. <"I'm not Scutta by the way. Singe."> Taking a step away from Nerys and Le'va in case the lightsaber knows it's being wielded by an impostor, Zelo flicks the switch with his thumb. A blue blade of light shoots up, matching the gleaming blue beskar, and he drives it into the transparisteel point first. Both hands on the hilt, he starts to cut a hole roughly circular in shape. No focus is given to the battle, as there is nothing in the world but that blue beam he's wielding.
[ Kael Greystorm (Kent)]
Kael looks back at the window as Zelo moves towards it and offers a nod before the heavily armored man positions himself to be mobile cover for the others his blasters going pew pew and hitting all sorts of walls all around the place, "Welllll soon as ya'll are ready I'm good to scram."
[ Ax (A)]
Ax, wanting to keep his being a Jedi hidden, and wanting to enhance the scariness of his presence, draws out a DX-2 disruptor pistol. With the crimson guard armor, maybe that would be enough to concentrate fire away from his allies and towards him. "Prepare to venture to the afterlife!" Ax yells as he moves forward, lining up a shot on the closest of the bad guys that were shooting at them. While his shot goes wide, it does have the effect of showing just what kind of weapon was being used as a large potted planet that was in the hallway is instantly disentigrated by the stray shot.
[ Zandra naMuriel (Zan)]
Still invisible though more from not moving than anything, Zan looks as much as she can about. She hears Shem's comment about being hit, and feels that in the pit of her stomach, but she can't let it impact her, not right now. So she uses the meditation techniques she's learned to let it go for now. Just be one with the Force, serene and flowing. Now then, where are those folks who are shooting at them? It's dark, but the direction the shooting is coming from can totally be heard. She looks that way, scowls, and reaches out a hand. She concentrates and tries hard to rip a door from the nearest apartment, intending to provide cover for the team diving out windows. Trying being the operative word. She's concentrating, keeping herself centered and paying attention to what is going on.
[ Jax Greystorm (Jax)]
The kill team continues to open fire on the team spraying the hallway down. Le'va looks at Nerys as she shoulders up the grav chut and starts to pull it on. "Jetpack, Sweetie. You guys are crazy." Then another blaster bolt just misses the twi'lek's head. " This Lever deploys the chute right?" Then moments later there is a Twi'lek outside the building dropping to the ground as she pulls the rip cord to deploy the chute. The breeze blowing her towards Jax and the Painted Guardian.
[ Nerys Greystorm (Nerys)]
"Thanks, Zelo." As the mandalorian and his lightsaber took care of the exit strategy, Nerys moved up to the target, handing over the gravshute to the Twi'lek. "Hold onto your hats is our team motto." A bubble of blue light sprang up around her, as Nerys activated the personal shield built into her armor, and moving with the woman, stepped out into air beyond the window and allowed herself to fall, the gravbelt built into her suit carrying her down towards where the Guardian was waiting to receive them. If nothing else, the bubble made her a ready target, rather than the actual target, should anyone be looking down from the rooftop.
[ Shemar Eisley (Shem)]
Shemar waits, using the corner in the apartment for what cover it provides while he waits for Nerys to get the Twi'lek out through the window Zelo cut open. Soon as they are clear, Eisley backs, then turns to run best he can the last little distance through the apartment. <<"Right behind you, Nerys.">> Rifle is slung by it's strap and the pilot leaps out with a quick prayer and hope that this grav chute thing works...
If not, Shemar's going to piss himself on the way down!
Heart beating /really/ hard and thinking about Zandra left back there, Shem activates the grav chute by pulling the cord. Next thing he knows his entire body is jerked by the straps so hard that he about blacks the hell out from the pain of his chest.
All the same, somehow his boots hit the pavement below and he staggers, falling down and then getting himself back up to head for the ship. Dry pants - that's a win! <<"I'm out. Nerys and the package are also out, over.">>
[ Zelo Parrai (Zelo)]
The hiss of cutting transparisteel changes as the circle completes and Zelo is quick to hit the switch again and retract the blade, stepping away to let the glass fall where it may. He drops the cylinder back into the pouch and secures it with a triple-check of the fastener. Swinging the E-11 back up, he posts near the opening, ready to shoot the first non-Saber face he sees full of stun energy. A nod is given to the smol Greystorm's thanks, but it's their collective backs that have his attention as he narrowly dodges some blaster fire. One of the ceiling team comes around the door, and twin shots from the E-11 carbine meet center mass, throwing him backwards into the facing wall.
Shemar's out next, and that leaves those covering the escape. <"I think we're clear to move!"> Zelo steps back to the window, stepping back and out into the air as his grav belt slows his descent. The carbine stays raised, pointing up to the opening they'd made - at least until word is that the client is on board the ship. Then, the rocketpack flares to life.
[ Kael Greystorm (Kent)]
Kael watches as the others position themselves to provide cover and then turns towards the window watching as Nerys and the target extract then Shemar goes out... and Kael starts to laugh as he pivots and the servos in his armor start to whirrrr as he they spin up before he takes off out the window at a sprint doing a headfirst leap out the window before he pivots.... and then hovers near the window exit, <"Everybody needs to extract now. No need to be a hero folks mission target has extracted."> Once all is out he's going to take off towards the ship pistols entering their maglock holsters.
[ Ax (A)]
Ax lets out a primitive battle roar, which of course sounds kinda weird when his helmet's vocabulator distorts it. Then a shot rings out from that blocky looking pistol of his at one of the hunters and his target just vaporizes. The armor he was wearing falls to the ground in a smouldering heap after a millisecond of screaming agony pierces the air.
[ Zandra naMuriel (Zan)]
There are people on the way out, and Zan's intending to be one of them. But she is still trying to provide cover for whoever is the last one out. She takes a breath, stills her thoughts and ducks from those shots that head her way, her shadow walk blown by her lack of concentration. Realization hits her and she blushes, but there's nobody there paying attention. She glances back and too bad for whoever lives in apartment 2010, because she reaches one hand and this time the door shakes, rattles and pops off its hinges, coming flying in after Ax and Zelo finish shooting. << There's some cover, let's go, >> she urges. It wasn't quiet, that door popping its hinges. Funny what happens when there are too many kill teams in one place, right? Though that gun of Ax's might get more notice from the Jedi knight, truthfully. It's uncertain she realized what it did previously.
Zan heard Shem, certainly, and Kael. Now it's her turn to run, jump and pray that chute opens. << On my way. >> is her comment, as she hits dives through the window. Though at least she's not injured so the sudden slow down as gravity meets chute simply isn't an issue. Her feet are beneath her when she hits the ground, and then she'll help anyone who needs it, to get to the Guardian.
[ Jax Greystorm (Jax)]
With all the team but Ax and Le'va on the Painted Guardian. Jax had given the order to buckle in. Moments later, Jax has the guardian's ramp open as he uses his repulsor engines to hover at the hole that the team had just left. Donk goes rolling through the hole before anyone can respond. Finding Ax and a wall of metal doors protecting(?) him from the kill team the droid deploys itself and it's shields walking the jedi back to the escape point.
Moments later the team is making for orbit and the safety of Smuggler's run after that.
