USH'S STAR WARS GAME EPISODE VI- Orbital Chase (Jedi vs. Dark Side)

THE SET-UP:

Trying to trace who it is that is trying to have them killed, the Dark Siders target Galen Merek at the Golden Tower casino on the planet Robine, who may know more. Reasoning that Merek probably won't respond to just a chat, the Dark Siders- albeit after a fair bit of deceptive preparation- end up doing the job the hard way, laying waste to the area both on ground and in the air, and ending up with some unexpected Bureau enemies along the way. Beaten and damaged, they have what they came for from Merek, and are now making their escape by ship. Unfortunately, something this loud attracted attention and distress calls have brought backup.

The Jedi have been walking a road tracing two simultaneous mysteries- the fate of the Scrolls of Bandomino, a truly ancient record of Sith victories last heard of during the Malphan wars millennia ago, and the efforts by Kuylen and, in particular, the Lady Adelmo to recover them far more recently, though still before this entire storyline began. On the planet Alambritis, they find a buried base left over from the Malphan wars- one slightly more active than they were expecting. They also subdue the base the hard way, leaving them even more beaten up than the Dark Siders... but their ships are unharmed. They were expecting a quiet journey home.

As it turns out, Alambritis is virtually adjacent to Robine, and the Jedi intercept the distress call almost immediately. The Dark Siders are still escaping when the Jedi arrive. Their tactical position is not good... but all they have to do is escape...

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I'm a tad busy right now to set up the structure for this, but feel free to react, hurl insults, invite each other for coffee etc. I'll sort it out in the week.

"Power down our ships and prepare to be boarded.." Xavier looks over to his friends with grin. "Yeah we will be right on that just let me hit the switch. Maybe we could have a drink back on Robine while we're at it. We can buy if you want just won a lot at the Casino. Hey how about you head there first and we promise to follow."

Vera-Kin gets ready to get on the comms the minute she hears that Nume Rand, her old student, is leading this unsavory band of villains.

"Rand!" she yells over the comms. "Do as we say! Order your team to stand down!"

Denzral doesn't waste time to hear any more of the conversation as soon as he realises who they are facing, he moves to the weapons console, intending to disable their ships until someone better skilled comes along.

The minute Galder's name came across the datastream, Xeth prepped and primed the Nexu's weapon systems, shouting orders to R3-U9 to put power to the engines and the quad-linked cannons.

"There's no way this is a coincidence," Xeth says to the others over the comms before they drop out of hyperspace.

Upon sighting the vessel, Xeth doesn't hesitate. He slams on the accelerator and pushes the ship hard for the Dark Jedi spacecrafts.

"Starkiller, it's been awhile," Xeth broadcasts to the Dark Jedi, trying to decide which ship belongs to the deadly swordsman.

Jelena certainly does not want these Dark Jedi to escape after the chaos and death they just spread on Robine, let alone the other treacherous acts they have likely committed in the past.

"Strap yourself in, Essallin," Jelena says to her Padawan. She checks her own restraints then grips the controls tightly, ready to engage.

After Sunda sends out his initial call, Jelena echoes it. "Repeat, power down! We Jedi Knights demand your immediate surrender and are authorized to use force. We will shoot you down!"

Jelena, possessing the nimbler ship, decides to chase down the light fighter piloted by one of the Dark Jedi.

"Concentrate your fire on the heavier craft, gentlemen," Jelena calls over to her compatriots. "I'll handle the small one."

Rast simply holds tight, strapping himself in on Xeth's ship.

"You know these people?" Rast asks, amused.

"NO..." Galder hisses when he sees the Nexu's Grin and realizes what is going on. "No, the Jedi! What are they doing here?!"

Galder strongly resists his urge to turn the Paladin about and start an attack run on the Jedi starships, knowing that the state his fighter is in, it wouldn't go well. He definitely does not power down anything.

"I highly doubt you actually want to board us, boy," Galder broadcasts back to the overeager young man who sent the original message. "But you're welcome to try!"

"Master Vera..." Rand hisses. "Have you not retired by now? We will be powering down our vessels, I am afraid. We achieved our goal and we are done here, and you will not stop us any more than the Bureau did. I have faced far worse enemies than the likes of you, my old master."

Wentar expertly brings The Free Flier around in pursuit after they drop out of hyperspace, shifting power to the engines and releasing the locks on the weapon controls for Denzral as the chase begins.

"So this is the crew I have heard so much about," Wentar says to Vera. "What could they have possibly wanted with Robine?"

"If we catch them, we find out," Vera-Kin says firmly. "Denzral, Wentar, prepare to open fire."

Then Vera responds to Rand: "Last warning, Nume. Your ships sustained damage, and we outnumber you."

Originally posted by Brit
Jelena certainly does not want these Dark Jedi to escape after the chaos and death they just spread on Robine, let alone the other treacherous acts they have likely committed in the past.

"Strap yourself in, Essallin," Jelena says to her Padawan. She checks her own restraints then grips the controls tightly, ready to engage.

After Sunda sends out his initial call, Jelena echoes it. "Repeat, power down! We Jedi Knights demand your immediate surrender and are authorized to use force. We will shoot you down!"

Jelena, possessing the nimbler ship, decides to chase down the light fighter piloted by one of the Dark Jedi.

"Concentrate your fire on the heavier craft, gentlemen," Jelena calls over to her compatriots. "I'll handle the small one."

"We do not accept the authority of your morally bankrupt Order, Jedi!" - Responds Gallador after regaining his composure. The damm Jedi here.....

"We have certain information that you may be interested it.... do you know that Bureau Agent engaged on Robine is a very notorious Darksider, now working for Bureau?"

Well that's odd, Gallador- your comms aren't getting through.

In fact, it seems there is some broad comms interference going on; no-one can hear anything. Still, the Jedi know the targets received the 'surrender' message, so you have legitimate targets here.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Well that's odd, Gallador- your comms aren't getting through.

In fact, it seems there is some broad comms interference going on; no-one can hear anything. Still, the Jedi know the targets received the 'surrender' message, so you have legitimate targets here.

Boo, you just destroyed my attempts to play mind games....

Btw, whilst I am not setting up quite yet, I'm not sure how I managed to give Xavier's ship 100 more armour merely one turn after the atmosphere fight started, but take 100 away from it. Which means that ground fire blew the heck out of it, which is actually kinda where we were meant to be with a ship that ungainly in atmosphere having to sit still whilst being shot at.

Tell you what, as it was my mistake, we'll only take away 90 armour from it.

Originally posted by Lord Melkor
Boo, you just destroyed my attempts to play mind games....

Well you shouldn't be diabolically jamming their comms, should you? Typical Dark Side ploy- probably trying to confuse the Bureau's tracking technology.

Oh how very sneaky of us...

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Btw, whilst I am not setting up quite yet, I'm not sure how I managed to give Xavier's ship 100 more armour merely one turn after the atmosphere fight started, but take 100 away from it. Which means that ground fire blew the heck out of it, which is actually kinda where we were meant to be with a ship that ungainly in atmosphere having to sit still whilst being shot at.

Tell you what, as it was my mistake, we'll only take away 90 armour from it.

😛

You know I care.

I'll wheel the Spirit around and commence the hunt!