Frigate Baiting

I get the single to drop out of hyperspace right beside the Kylo star and into the middle of a HUGE starship fight. There are so many ships firing in so many different directions, that it is just a mess. Who is on which side? What are we supposed to do first? Spook is cussing up a droid streak and I tell her to hush and get the shields up while we figure out what and who to take out first. With our appearance in the scene, things start to become organized. There is one ship with the Blood Smith Raiders that does not look normal but is obviously part of the bad guys. Might be the leader?? Spook tells me there was a sensor flash for that ship, but she can't identify it for me. Tells me the friend/foe readout flipped but does show as foe now. Based upon her appraisal of the battle, she thinks that ship is trying to hide and float away without being noticed. Currently the ship has four others around it and is heading for two more. Spook thinks that if I take out one of the ones ahead of it, then maybe the others will veer off.
 
I head that way and while it is not my best piloting ever - it HAS been a long day - I get us lined up with the one to the right and fire lasers. Shields go down and I see some components fly off as the pilot veers right. His wingman veers left, and I see the two on the right of the ship veer up. They might be planning to get behind me or maybe just get away. The weird ship takes a dive for the planet so maybe they are not bad guys and that won't cause more issues. Maybe I should have shot them, but I will hope I haven't made a mistake by letting them get away. I then ask Spook to track where they land and then find us our next target.
 
Then on my display there is a communication - the surface of Chalcedon which is showing attack craft approaching Port Etmar. Spook says that two that veered up are lining up to attack that ship before it can get down to the planet. I must make a quick choice about whether to continue to assist them or not. I get behind the enemy ships and fire torpedoes. It is a beautiful shot and will hit them straight just as a fuel carrier pops in from hyperspace - right in front of the torpedoes. I really want to cure, but I don't have time to and tell Spook to hack the torpedoes and either send them off from the fuel carrier or deactivate them, so they don't explode - her choice. She does it with milliseconds to spare and the torpedoes are sent flying harmlessly off into the greater battle. I then manage to spiral around the fuel carrier without hitting it and get in line with the two ships before they can attack the ship, I seem to be protecting them - I really hope this is not a bad idea.
 
The ships I had to avoid have managed to get behind me and they actually shoot torpedoes at me - ME! I dodge them, do a barrel roll to the left and spiral behind them and fire my own torpedoes at the one on the left. They manage to dodge one, but that puts them right in the path of the second one and they are hit by the second torpedo which goes through their shields, and they spiral out of control. I am about to swoop around and go towards their wingman, when I am contacted by So'Zen who tells me that he has voluntold me to provide a distraction in space so that more forces - the Kylo Star specifically - can land and assist with the land defenses. I tell Spook to set me a reminder to do something horrible to him later and then to find the biggest enemy ship. There is one frigate on my starboard. Spook finds a weakness. Seems that the hull around the engines is weak - if I can get the shields moved or at least minimized in that area. I do a flyby of the bridge - so close that I can see the people on the bridge diving for cover! I skim over the top and then swoop around and fir two torpedoes into the engine. They strike through the hull and things start exploding. I peel out of there and yell over comms: " Distraction initiated - GO, GO, GO!!" Then I hover over the battle to see what is happening to decide if I should continue or follow the Kylo Star down. Everything seems to be in order with our allies moving in for the kill of the frigate, so I turn to follow my compatriots down - with many plans of murder.
 
I get a private comm from Vanya who tells me about what happened to take the Kylo Star's power out. Apparently there is something on my ship too and we both hope that my ship won't explode. Landing is smooth with no problems getting clearance. I disembark and the maintenance crew gets busy which includes getting Spook out of her compartment and onto ground. I glance over at the other ship, and it is listing badly. I walk over that way with Spook to catch up on what has happened. I walk around to see why it is listing to the side and discover that the landing struts have given out - probably because of the extra weight from the fighter I captured. OOPS! I arrange to get it down and put into a landing bay close to mine. Then I check to see if there is someone at the port who can investigate to discover all about its mechanics and whether there are any hidden compartments or other surprises. I get a safe holonet address from Davish to share so they can send the information to me as they get it and I plan to stop by in a couple of days. This I check to see where I can take Spook to get her a not oil bath. As we are heading that way, blaster fire erupts. The Jedi bounds away and gets to the dead body, and I am positive I see him take something from the body. Then a woman walks up to Danar and claims to have stopped an assassination attempt. They exchange pleasantries, but no kiss - aren't you supposed to kiss your wife when you return after a long trip?
 
I go to drop off Spook and return to see So'Zen talking with Vanya, Davish, and the ruler of this planet. We lay out our plans to handle the situation which includes ten impossible things before breakfast. And apparently we have a mentat with us?? Some guy named Reese? Or is he a guy? Do mentat's have gender? Anyway, Vanya asks for help in determining what is going on and shares a lot of information - I mean A LOT of information. I raise a flag, but she considers it to be safe for some reason. Probably more of that Jedi mumbo jumbo, but she claims she will fill me in on her reasoning later. HE asks some very odd questions and I do my very best to keep my mouth shut. Vanya offers an opportunity to go shoot things and I am ready! As we are walking along: me, Vanya, and Reese, she begins to fill me in on Orange Catholics, mentats, and her history of working with one. We get outside of town and there are a lot of machinery and men setting up for battle. We decide to focus on one of the troop transports by taking out the legs on the front. I shoot one of the knee joints and manage to slow it down and then the mortar hits and starts pounding the knee joint which gets the entire convoy looking towards us. They open fire and Vanya is in front of us doing her Jedi voodoo. I turn on my shield and relax into her rhythm so I can shoot past her.
 
I take aim at one of the people shooting at Vanya and I knock one back - maybe out of action. I take aim again and try to hit the next one, but somehow, I hit the device so that it is no longer attacking the knee joint but is instead attacking the ground. I then decide to take out the next troop transport - at least it's knees. I get a clean shot at the front knee, and it sparks. Down for the count. I then focus on the back leg, but it is a clean miss. Instead, I hit the ground beyond it and the ground begins to shake. It looks like the call for a worm is working. A shot comes at me and I block the shot with my shield - barely. Then a monstrosity comes up out of the ground and Vanya sees it and turns off her lightsabers and tries to talk calmly to everyone around. She tries to convince the worm that we are not the enemy and I work with Satine to rescue the people in the sinkhole. Then there is a long conversation about who started this and what they were thinking and the Jedi response to that.