ExcelsioN Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 IC: Excelsion could hear the sound of blaster fire and someone shouting from outside the door. Then, through the broken window he felt a cool breeze, and turning around he saw Marta's two seater X-Wing. That was the only way out. "Who's going in there?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Bomb Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 IC: First, he heard it. Then, he saw it. A green and chrome X-Wing fighter hovering outside the shattered Durasteel of the building. Quickly raising his blaster rifle, he took aim at the fighter. On the verge of firing on the ship, he paused as data flooded from his Empire archive uplink. So the Rebels don't have any X-Wings modified like that... Interesting... Feeling the heat of blaster fire smashing around him, Jivva Leea turned and fired his charged rifle at the makeshift barricade the Rebels were firing from behind. With a deafening explosion, Durasteel fragments and pieces of charred Rebels were raining from the sky. Turning back to the X-Wing, he saw the breech in the window that it was hovering next to. He ran over to it, shouldering and holstering his weapons. Once at the hole, he peered inside, and there were the four former captives, a Mandalorian, and some humans or Corellians, it was difficult to tell through all the smoke. "You guys alright?" he asked. "Sorry about the firefight, but with the four of you bound and my limited position and resources, it seemed like the best option and I might not have got another opportunity to get you guys away from those Rebs. Whose fighter is that?" One of the humans spoke up, "It's mine, and we're using it to get out of here!" Shuddering with the implication of flight, Jivva Leea expected them to attack, so he stepped back and awaited their first swings should they come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T10 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 IC: Their assassin had turned up, and was waiting to see what was going to happen. He seemed to be ready for a rebel attack, and he also seemed to want it to happen. "Five! This is gonna be a tighter squeeze than I thought! Ok, who's coming up front?" They didn't have time to answer. A frag grenade flew towards them, and exploded just metres away, saving them from the explosion. Immediately, the assassin let off a flurry of blaster shots, giving everyone else a chance to escape. Thor dashed straight for the cotpit, following Marta in. "Well, where are we meant to go?" asked Excelsion. "Hang on, just a minute, called Marta as the X-Wing spun around to reveal a now opened cargo area at the rear of the craft. "In here, quick!" Shouted Richmar, as the blaster fire began to hit closer to home. "Now!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Bomb Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 OOC: Though my char hates flying, he hates walking more, please don't leave me, LoL. IC: Switching his rifle into automatic fire mode, Jivva pushed his trigger down and braced for the recoil of the repeated shots. Bolts flew from his rifle in the general direction of the regrouping Rebel forces, but he was really just spraying a heavy coat of covering fire down so that the captives could make good their escape. Something told him that he needed to protect their getaway, and get away with them. Looking back to where the Corellian, Mandalorian and one of the humans were climbing into the cargo hold of the modified starfighter, Jivva walked backwards spraying blaster bolts everywhere. He reached the X-Wing and saw the second seat, obviously the gunner's chair. Gulping hard he pulled himself into the cockpit and prepared to get a terrible case of flight sickness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanLingo Posted February 29, 2004 Author Share Posted February 29, 2004 IC: Lingo pushed his hair back; he was now faced with a decision to either fight like a reputative Corellian, or run like an Alderaanian senator. The decision was made. "Hold that X-Wing! I'm coming, too!" But in the commotion, the Jedi had been forgotten. The hum of a lightsaber drowned out Rebel shouts. Once again, Lingo's blaster jumped from his hand. I'm not leaving without that gun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T10 Posted February 29, 2004 Share Posted February 29, 2004 IC: Marta glanced at his datapad, which was now configured to show the Cargo compartments camera. He saw that almost everyone was in. With the exception of Van Lingo. The Jedi had returned from the hole, and was preparing to make an atack on Lingo, who was chasing around after a small holdout blaster. Again. "Lingo! Forget the blaster, just jump in!" Marta shouted. "C'mon! Now!" Van Lingo was hesitant, but quickly came to the conclusion that his life was worth more than a small blaster. Lingo made a mad dash for the cargo compartment, with the Jedi close behind. There wasn't enough time. Marta reluctantly began to slowly pull the X-Wing away from the burning building. Lingo was close to the edge. The Jedi had stopped, calling upon the force. He was trying to pull the craft backwards, and it was working. Van jumped. As he grabbed onto the handholds, Marta engaged the ships afterburners, propelling the small stunt fighter away from the Jedi far faster than he expected. Once again, they had escaped. But this time, with a lack of biscuits. OOC: Does anyone know where the nearest shop is? P.S. Page 3 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanLingo Posted March 1, 2004 Author Share Posted March 1, 2004 IC: The wind tore at Lingo's hair and jacket. The cargo doors began to close, and he pulled himself in with his last ounce of strength. As doors clanged shut, he could make out the silhouettes of the rest of the group. Life support systems kicked in, but he knew that they needed to find a docking facility fast, or at least somewhere to open the hatch for a breather. He finally collapsed. Gods, it'll be good to see the Fandango again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokemaster Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 OOC: Can someone fill me in on the details of the story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Bomb Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 IC: Turning a quite interesting shade of green, Jivva Leea gripped the armrests of the gunner seat with whitening knuckles. He held on with a vice-like grip, as if to channel the the impending vomit through his hands. With his insides churning and thrashing with every motion of the starship, which wasn't helped by the encounter with the Jedi and his Force pulling technique, Jivva Leea frowned to himself and wondered why he had felt something so special about these four people he had just saved. He didn't kill the Jedi, he was incredibly spacesick, and to top it all off, he was in a Rebel fighter model that would surely earn a court-martial and summary execution if he ever got back to an Imperial base. Jivva Leea knew that he was deep in the poodoo now. "You, pilot," he groaned while fighting back the contents of his stomach, "what's your name, and where are we headed?" "I'm Marta Richmar, and I've got no clue where we're going, but I'm sure it's better than Yatharra." "Well, Marta Richmar, I'll tell you where you're going," the Mandalorian assassin said, drawing a blaster and placing its barrel at the base of the human's skull, "we're going to Imperial space, the closest Imperial frigate or planet base, and we're going now!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T10 Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 IC: Having a blaster aimed at him from behind worried Marta just a tiny little bit. Almost as much as coming out of Hyperspace inside a sun. "You know what?" Marta replied, trying to keep his tone as cool and as even as he could. "We might just be stopping off with your little Impy friends." "Yeah, well, ya better make it fast! Or I'll take over." Was the grunted reply from the rear of the craft. However, out of sight, Marta was tapping in digits on a keypad, while downloading co-ordinates of the nearest imperial vessel. "Yeah. We'll drop you off there, OK?" Then he tapped the enter key on his pad, and a blast shield popped down in between the two compartments in a matter of Nano-seconds. A moment later, he heard a frustrated flurry of blaster shots being absorbed by it. Having no visible effect. "Sorry about that. Now, dead or alive, Imp?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcelsioN Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 IC: Excelsion didn't like to be bossed around, or to see his friends being bossed around. They'd picked up this imperial bounty hunter - saved him - and now he was threatening to kill them all. Excelsion almost laughed when the blaster shots were absorbed by the shield. "Dosen't look like your gonna get any where like that," he smirked. Then he took out his rifle from his backpack and pointed it at the man. "Marta - turn this ship around. I don't want to get caught up with the imperials again. Soon I'll be in trouble with both sides in this war." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Bomb Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 IC: Frustrated by the sudden turn of the tables, Jivva Leea turned to an alternate tactic. He wasn't going to let them kill him or dump him on his own any more than he was going to let that human hold that rifle on him. He began talking to create a distraction as he reached to his belt, unnoticed. "Listen to me, I just saved the four of you from a Rebel interrogation back on Nal Hutta. I dispatched with the parameters of my mission and went to an awful large amount of trouble to make sure you all didn't end up dead or brainwashed. I am no bounty hunter, it's not that simple. I'm First Assassin for the Empire, and I failed to kill that Jedi in Yatharra to save you. If I don't get back to an Empire command station in the next four or five cycles, my CO will have my executed for failure. I'm no bounty hunter, like I said, and two of you are friends of the Imperials any way. I've found record of one Excelsion Metalifer, a mercenary in the battle of Yatharra, and one Corellian, Van Lingo, you were a Imperial gunrunner at one point or another. Understand me here," he said, "if we get to an Empire base, we'll be a lot safer than traveling around aimlessly. You four are wanted by the Rebellion, the Empire will provide you with sanctuary. Set the course, and I promise, we'll all be fine." Marta Richmar didn't seem satisfied with Excelsion's or Jivva's recommendations. The Mandalorian put away his blaster and continued to tell Richmar to change course. However, he'd worked his hand into a compartment on his belt and closed his hand around a vibroblade without being noticed by any of the passengers. "Hey, alright, I like all of you, something drew me towards you and that's why I scrapped my mission. But I'm not willing to scrap my life and your lives as well. If we don't get to an Imperial base, they'll come after me, if we go to Rebel space, we'll be captured. That's the choice you have." With lightning speed, Jivva whipped his vibroblade from his belt and held it to the human's throat, the one who had the rifle trained on him. "I think you'd better put down that rifle before anyone gets hurt." "Let's get introductions out of the way and work this out. I'm Jivva Leea. Who's next?" They all looked at each other uncertainly. Finally the Corellian spoke up, "I'm Van Lingo, and you know my record, I guess." Reluctantly lowering his rifle, the human spoke up as Jivva Leea withdrew the blade, "Excelsion Metalifer, and you know a bit about me, too." The Mandalorian, who had been silent up until this point, introduced himself as A'rak Thor. "That wasn't so bad, now was it?" Jivva Leea felt he had finally reached an equilibrium with this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanLingo Posted March 2, 2004 Author Share Posted March 2, 2004 OOC: Everyone go see my post in the OOC thread. Hopefully it will eliminate some gunk in the adventure. Thanks. IC: Lingo sat up from the defensive posture he had taken during the shooting. "Hey, can we follow my ship's landing beacon? She's on frequency oh-four-five-niner." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T10 Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 IC: At last the visible conflict between his new passengers had died down, and they were going to pick up their ships from the hangar. He presumed that the rebel guards would've left in the firefight of the previous minutes. Well, he hoped that they had gone. He also presumed that the assassin had a ship, and that it was in the hangar, or at least nearby. So, he flew off towards the hangar, but kept the shield up. Marta wasn't a person to take risks. As the green and chrome X-Wing touched down on the metal flooring, he swore that he'd spotted something moving behind some barrels in the back of the hangar. Where they were headed next was a mystery. But one thing was for sure. It had to be safer than Yatharra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcelsioN Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 IC: Excelsion was used to being held at gun-point, or 'blade-point', which seemed more appropriate to this situation. If he hadn't lost his vibro-blades against that rancor, he could've beaten that assasin in hand-to-hand combat any day. Or so he thought. Soon, he heard the landing gears moving below him. The X-Wing was landing in the hangar...again. As soon as it stopped and the doors opened, he ran to his ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Bomb Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 OOC: I'll try to avoid controlling other people's characters, but sometimes it feels necessary to prgoress plot in a post. Not everyone is on often enough to avoid that entirely, but I'll be sure to do it only when necessary. IC: They'd now landed in the hangar, but that meant very little to Jivva Leea, he had no ship and had assumed he was riding with one of the other four men. He didn't want to prvoke Richmar or Excelsion any further, so he turned to Van Lingo. "Can I get a lift? But before we leave here, I think we'd better decide where we are headed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanLingo Posted March 3, 2004 Author Share Posted March 3, 2004 OOC: If someone isn't posting often enough, just assume that they're following whoever they were last with. Don't act for them. IC: Lingo shielded his eyes as the cargo doors opened once more. He hopped out onto solid ground to find himself in a hangar somewhere on the mainland. Now if I can get back to Yatharra, maybe I'll get my ship and get off of this rock... He headed off in search of a shuttle service. OOC: Anyone is welcome to join. I know that no one wants to go back to Yatharra, but that's where all my stuff is, lol. Let's go ahead and split our separate ways, get off of Nal Hutta, and start a new RP. We can continue this story, but let's start the thread with a new name and a new adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokemaster Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 OOC: Check my post in the roll call thread IC"Need some help?" Asked a voice behind Lingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Bomb Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 IC: Seeing that Lingo ignored his query, Jivva Leea turned to the speaker. "Does that offer apply to me as well? I could sure use a ride right about now." OOC: I heartily disagree with the splitting idea. I vote we keep the thread, stick together, and keep the story. If worst comes to worst, we lose some stuff, but I'd like to head back to Yatharra, if necessary, and dodge some Rebels, rather than stick with all the combat. We can infilitrate the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokemaster Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 IC: "Depends, can you pay me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Bomb Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 IC: "Can I pay you? Buddy, you're looking at the best paid assassin in this quarter of the galaxy, if not from here to the Void, of course I can pay you. Name your price for my passage and the passage of any of these other guys that want a lift." Jivva Leea smiled, things were going right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanLingo Posted March 3, 2004 Author Share Posted March 3, 2004 OOC: Well, to each his own, but this story is getting too out-of-hand for someone who only gets on once a night (me). I'm going to go ahead and start a new thread that follows me off of the planet. If you want to stay here, go ahead. But for me, there's planets to see and people to swindle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcelsioN Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 OOC: Hard decision, I don't know whether to leave this thread or not. Perhaps we should start a new thread, with a decent storyline (maybe employing stealth tactics instead of all-out-fighting). IC: Excelsion decided to ignore everyone and run straight for his ship. He needed to replace and repair what was left of his vibroblades - he'd brought the remains on board when they escaped the palace. But to do that he'd need to get the right parts, maybe even taking the swords to a specialist smith of some sort. Quickly, he climbed up the ramp, and into one of the small corridors that went around the perimetre of the ship. Soon he found himself standing in the cockpit - he was ready to take off. He found himself glancing out of the dirty window at his side. Below him, he noticed the others engaged in a conversation with a man he didn't recognise. He didn't want to wait. Impatiently, he started to raise the landing gears - making steam hiss out of the valves. Then he stopped the process - it was a signal for them to hurry up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokemaster Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 OOC might be good to start over. But I don't want to decide between leaving this thread or staying. IC"Well depends. Where are you going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Bomb Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 IC: "Preferably Imperial space, you know, a nearby frigate if there's one in the area or a planet base." Jivva looked and saw Excelsion's ship preparing for liftoff, then the procedure aborted. Why was he still waiting? Oh well, at least this guy can get me where I'm going... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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