Onslaught of the Empire

[Skyeborne]

"I know how holocrons work, Caisar..." Khyber replied, sardonically. "You are the senior Jedi here, and this type of work is your specialty. You will have the honor of accessing the holocron first, and I shall follow your lead."  

[ultrafirebird]

Soft steps could be heard as the young padawan sliently stole herself across the vast halls of the temple. Her left palm was sweaty from the bag of credit chips she gripped fiercely, but her paranoia of being caught was too great for her to relax. The elders were great with detecting even the slightest movement and sound; which made her stepping more softer with each strode she took that was closer to the door. Her heart was beating loudly in her ears with great annoyance, but treied to think about other things. Like how she was going to gain more credits by the end of the night.

"Just a little closer," she thought as her face was beaded with sweat out of anxiousness.  

[Des Voh]

Caisar only nodded, examining the Holocron and the other items within the hidden compartment. Crystals, obviously more than just basic lightsaber crystals, he wondered if they were locally harvested, their pale, florescent blues and greens and a peculiar silver reminding him of mist and lightning. There were a few miscellaneous items as well, such a partially-completed lightsaber hilt and datacards. He turned his attention back to the Holocron and it lifted off its setting by an extension of the Jedis Will through the Force. Hovering over to them, turning slightly to the left, it was indeed a dodecahedral. It appeared to be standard in construction compared to most Order-constructed Holocrons, not requiring anything more than being tapped into by a Force-Sensitive.

"Alright, I will open it now..." Caisar spoke to his companion as he reached out to the Holocron through the Force, tapping it as he would the Holocron of Caston Paddox when he trained. After this failed, he examined it further, and with a bit more Will, he pressed at it through the Force once more and in a fit of static electricity, which only proved to be a holographic show, the device lit up brightly, casting its luminescence throughout the chamber, the pale blue-silver of lightning.

After a moment, it projected above in 3/8th scale, a humanoid clad in a shrouding robe, which spoke in a deep voice."I am Jakkan Korshin, Master of the Jedi Order and Master of the Yelsain Conclaves. Who is it that seeks our Knowledge and summons the Storm?" It commanded, clearly looking between the two Jedi standing in awe.

Looking over to Khyber and then back to the Gatekeeper, Caisar bowed slightly and announced himself. "I am Jedi Caisar Adonexus of the Temple on Alaris Prime, great Master of Yelsain"  

[lady_skuld]

The rush to the arsenal was quick enough. Travelling through some more dug out tunnels in the hills DAGGER squad found that they were running low on ammo. Sythica already had borrowed a spare power pack. The group halted right before the arsonel. It turned out there was already a force bearing down on another part of the company. Their teammates had been cut off from the rest of the force. They probably could hold out for a bit but the time was getting short until they were overwhelmed.

Z-man had informed Sythica about the situation as he was talking to the soldier in “charge”. She enjoyed hearing what her next task was. In between the two was a bunker. While the rest of the soldiers would provide covering fire from others coming forward, her job was to clear it out. Droids were holding the bunker waiting for guerilla forces to move forth, but until then they were vulnerable. She was given an ion grenade to use wisely and left to proceed as she wanted. Sythica crouched and ran to the door, hiding behind a box left out to shield her. She set the grenade with a short five second timer and lobbed it through the door while she advanced further and drew her war sword. All this gunfighting had left her with a craving for something more. She heard the blast go off and rushed into the dugout.

When she entered she saw four droids electrified on the ground. Sythica began to stab into the central cords to permanently shut them down. A small rattle came from her right as she swung without looking. The flash of red light lit up the dugout and her hud as she saw the blasterbolt hit her chest. Her sword connected and sliced through the droid but Sythica had to stumble back several meters and catch her breath.

“Bunker cleared,” she commed, breathing heavily. She used her sword to help pick herself up and dismantle the droid’s heads while the rest came through the entrance. She could only imagine the looks on their faces seeing her armor with that black ash spot. “Just a scratch wound. I think I broke a rib too.”

“How fortunate,” Z-man said stepping through the door. “We just received word they’re falling back. So get patched up.”

Squad objectives:
- Meet up with the rest of DAGGER Squad  

[Skyeborne]

"And I am Jedi Khyber Strife of the Coronet City Temple on Corellia," Khyber said bowing in turn. "We bow before the wisdom of the ages, and seek to restore that knowledge which has been lost to the ravages of time..."  

[Sayla-girl]

Qaina, after a tense few moments, lowered the pistol and sat back in her seat.
"Sorry....I've been on this planet for days waiting for that Bith to show up." She muttered in an exhausted manner. "Sith starts going down and now I'm all jumpy."
 

[Cale Darksun]

"Clean and perfume yourself of course." Cinn remarked. "There, once you have bathed, you will be provided with garments and jewelery to wear and once ready you will be escorted back here. I really should not explain something so simple to-"
An attendant moved up to Cinn and whispered something in his ear, and he nodded, the man moving off.
"You are dismissed." He told his slave. "Go to my quarters and await me there. There is something I must attend to."
A pair of guards escorted Danika away to Cinn's quarters on the station as the Sith went to a private holoterminal room. There was news only he was fit to hear, and it would not do to have lesser beings be aware of the information...

 

[Darkened Angel]

" That sounds more befitting a queen than a slave, Master. " Danika said. " I'm not used to such things. " A pair of guards came over to escort her to the Sith's quarters. Along the way, she couldn't help but think that Cinn was full of surprises. She would've thought she was already as he wanted her, but apparently how he presented her to his fellow Sith was such an important detail.

Danika made herself comfortable on the bed as she waited for her master. " I guess he was serious about me being worth astronomical sums. " she thought. She couldn't help but feel at ease for the moment, relaxing on the bed while she had the chance. She couldn't help but think about how things have been since Cinn took her as his prize. While there was no denying the mental and emotional torture he inflicted on her to break her will, he was far more generous than she thought a Sith would ever be. When he wasn't forcing her to do anything, she had some degree of comfort. As she started to wonder if perhaps she misjudged him, she shook her head, trying to shrug off the thoughts. " He's still a Sith. " she reminded herself.

It was then she noticed a platinum box, sitting there in plain sight. She got up off the bed and gave it a closer look. It was for her. There was a message from Cinn, saying she was to wear what was inside. She looked inside and pulled out a crystal. Looking at it closely, she recognized it. It was the crystal from her lightwhip, but it had somehow been changed to a red color, and it was cut down, making it into more of a decorative gem, rendering it useless for her lightwhip.

Taking a moment to figure out what it was to be used her, she found it fit perfectly into her navel, serving as a belly gem. Danika looked at what else was in the box, finding other jewelry and gems. " To think this is the kinda stuff I could only wish I had before. " she said to herself, as she began to change into the more luxuriously decorated slave outfit.  

[Cale Darksun]

A short time later, Cinn made his way back to his quarters. Everything was in place and the Demonstration was arranged to go off without a hitch. And to make things even more interesting, Cinn's scouts had reported something interesting in the rimward edge of the Cluster, something he would need to investigate once his plans here were completed. Passing by the armed guards, he entered his chambers, the doors closing behind him, and was pleased to catch his slave in a state of undress. The Sith hid his amusement from his servant however, and vocalized his presence, assuming she had not noticed him enter.
"I see you have found your costume." He stated as he stood near the door.

 

[Darkened Angel]

Danika gasped and instinctively covered herself when Cinn made his presence known, but then uncovered herself and continued dressing. There was no point in hiding from the Sith what he's already seen plenty of times before. " Yes, Master. " she said. " I was just at a loss for a moment. I've never worn any clothing as exquisite as this before. For a slave, it's almost unheard of. "

Danika finished adjusting some of the jewelry as she stood before the Sith, turning to him and letting him see her in the bejeweled outfit. " Is everything to your liking, Master? " she asked.  

[Cale Darksun]

"Perhaps for the Slaves of the Hutts." Cinn remarked dryly. "But this is the Empire. It would not do for me to present an unpolished trophy to my...associates."
He eyed the woman and the fit of the costume for a bit before nodding his approval. He clasped his hands behind his back and then strolled for his closet, opening it with Telekinesis before perusing its contents.

"Once the guests start to arrive, do not look them in the eye," he told Danika, briefing his slave on how to behave. "do not speak unless spoken to, and address everyone as a superior. Even the Military officers." Selecting a dark red cape to match his armor, Cinn telekinetically withdrew it from the wardrobe and attached it to his armor. He then glanced in the mirror and physically adjusted it. "However, you obey only commands I approve. Once the guests are convinced you are completely harmless, observe everything. I expect some interesting secrets can be gleaned from this crowd."

 

[Darth Fury]

"Understandable," said Dixie, changing course to start bringing the airspeeder back towards the ground. "Can't say that I've been much better after being dropped onto this rock on my a**."

As she changed course, Dixie took a quick look at the proximity sensors. The tree line had only been a few meters away when the bounty hunter had lowered her weapon. It had been a close one. She smiled at the thought.

Dixie opened the passenger hatch as they reached the ground, setting the speeder to hover a meter above the soil.

"Forest floor. If you want out, now's your chance."  

[Sayla-girl]

"Just take me to a settlement." Qaina muttered as she checked the charge on her Manhunter pistol. "I'd rather not drag that Bith through the whole forest. And ease up on the trigger finger. Shooting stuff will just point us out as a big fat target."
 

[Darkened Angel]

" Yes, Master. " Danika said as Cinn explained what she was to do. She watched him as he got a cape and put it on his armor. As he was adjusting it while looking in the mirror, Danika couldn't help but look at herself. She did a few dance-like movements to see how the jewelry worked with her motions. She swayed her hips and moved her stomach in a few seductive movements to make sure the belly gem would stay put. The gem tickled her slightly, causing her to force herself not to smile. Hopefully she would get used to it in time.