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Atunda, 26 Nelona, 12731

Another one bites the dust - literally

by Aerena 'Relentless' Kolene

There is a flying insect in front of me and I fire lasers at it. It does a barrel roll and dodges all of the blasts, but now it seems to be intent on getting to me and not ignoring me. I am sure that rates as a positive on some world! It spits some type of purple yuck at me and I reverse thrust to give me some space which lifts the nose and I punch the accelerator and I buzz the creature as I scream past and flip to settle directly behind it - target lock! The first few blasts off the outer slime coating and then a very lucky blast get through and the thing explodes! Ahead of me I see one heading toward town, so I keep thrusters firing and go to take care of it. Somehow it senses it and dodges, but at least it is not heading straight back to town.
 
It seems to have taken that personally and spits that icky yuck at me like the last one did. I do a quick barrel roll of avoidance and see the attack land on the dessert and turns it into a sludgy mess. I don't know what that is, but I want to make sure it does not hit us. That reminds me I heard some music come over the comms and so I ask Spook what that was all about. She responds with the fact that the music resonates bionic parts in the bugs. Crystals or something. It's hurting them. So I tell her to start broadcasting the signal while I respond to a text from the mentat "Attention Captain Kolene: This vehicle is over the city and fleeing the battle toward the east, carrying the assassin who tried to kill Chancellor Kanter." I see the vehicle and fire thrusters to get there before it can escape. I get close and fire lasers as Vanya is screaming something about "we need answers not more bodies!". I target the engines so that I can help it to land gracefully. Somehow the pilot anticipates the shot and manages to do a smooth reverse thrust and slide past me - nodding on the way past. There is a real possibility that my head might implode. Who does this joker think he is?
 
The creature I blew past on my way to handle the other issue comes behind me and spits some more of that whatever. I am not in the mood. I fire reverse thrusters on my starboard side and forward thrusters on the port side and do a quick spin and head straight towards the mystery ship while the bug flies behind me. I am flying nose to tail with the mystery ship, so I do another quick spin and fire my lasers at almost point-blank range. I see his shields sputter and die, and I also think his shield emitter (or one of them anyway) fly off. The rest of my shots hit the hull, but don't manage to get through them - YET! His ship drops like a rock, and I fly over him. Then Spook informs me that he is coming up at angle and there are solid projectiles heading our way. I do a quick barrel roll to starboard and just as I think I am safe, my X-wing is grabbed by a tractor beam! He flies in a wide arc and is dragging me sideways. SPOOK! Fix it! She shuts down the shields which disrupts the tractor beam, but she must do more work before she can put my shields up. I immediately go on the offensive so I can shoot before getting shot! I turn slightly and line up my sights on his engines. I decide that I am done playing and fire torpedoes. They slide out of the chutes and directly into his exhaust ports. Then there is a massive explosion and bits and pieces of the ship begin raining down onto the dessert.
 
Spook gets the shields back up and suggests that we might go later after the battle is over to see if we can find the panel that had the ship name on it of "Swordfish" and put it up on our personal target range. I do a quick fly around to make sure there are no other threats coming to this area. I then land, give Spook specific instructions, and then enter the hatch. I enter a full-on weird Jedi kind of space. I slowly walk down the stairs and casually walk over to a glowing crystal in the southwest corner. I pull out a data pad and do a quick scan. These crystals do have use the same frequency as the creatures above, but they are communicating with each other somehow. They do not appear to be blocking anything from entering or leaving, but there is something happening with them. There are also huge statues that appear to be getting ready to fire on Vanya and four others. I take out my blaster and get ready to act.
 
Nothing seems to happen immediately and then Vanya heads away from the stairs. I keep my blaster out but start heading towards the crystal in the northwest corner staying close to the west wall.
 
 
 

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