Pirates of the Outer Rim

[SkywalkerRules]

Lulana shrugged. "I dunno. Maybe it's because... I feel it in you." She turned back to the view, probably embarrased about asking him. She wondered why he refused the Force. But... that was his business.

[DrPhil2501]

"Yeah, well..." Bishop looked back at the control Console. "I'd probably save that Jedi hunch for some other Padawan..." he had his reasons for denying his Force Sensitivity. He knew about it, but he continued to hide away from it ever since...

 

((I give you permission to train Bishop... but not juuuust yet))

 

"So... what happened?" Bishop asked, just realising Lulana might not know wha he was talking about.

 

***

 

Dash stared at the Display Holoprojection in the Main Hold. He was searching for possible destinations of where they could land to gather more crew members.

 

Thats when he spotted the perfect destination: Aquilaris. It was an Ocean covered world, with only one capital: Floating City.

 

Unemployed Pirates were likely on that world, betting on the Pod Racers that made a living on.

[SkywalkerRules]

((Okay. That's fine by me. ))

 

As she continued to stare out into the view, Lulana turned back to Bishop, hearing the question he just asked her. "What happened wha'?" she asked confused. Lulana wondered what he was talking about.

[DrPhil2501]

"Your a Jedi Knight, right?" Bishop asked. "Did something happen to the Order? How come you aren't with the Jedi any longer?" he was curious of this girl's past left in mystery.

[Lord Spitfire]

((Phantom Knight, I was thinking that maybe it would be a good idea to have Sakon own a space monster of some sort, to makte it more like pirates of the caribbean, you know, just like an extra thing? But it's your story, so I'll delete it ifyou want me to))

 

Once ten of his men were gathered outside, Rana nodded. "Alright, mates! Lord Sakon is in that volcan, and a pirate lord only goes into a volcano to find treasure. And . . . "

 

"If he can find the treasure, so can we!" finished Fredric.

 

"Exactly. We will 'borrow' speeders, go into the mountain, fight Sakon, and hope to the Force that we don't die."

[SkywalkerRules]

Lulana had a grimace look on her faced as she looked down. "There was... a Massacre on Ossus. All the Jedi were being killed by the Sith and Empire." She shook her head, slowly, and began her story of her past.

 

"I was born and raised to a rich family on Naboo. After I learned that someone tried to assassinate my family, I ran away. I was too scared. I watched my house burn. It was awful." She tried to hide the tears. "By the time I was eighteen, I became a Jedi apprentice to this old Jedi Master. Years past, and I left when my master died of illness. I began to look for a job. And I thought to myself, 'Become a pirate.' So that's just what I did."

 

Lulana turned to Bishop with sadness in her eyes. "And that's how I came here."

[DrPhil2501]

((... alright, I'm fine with that. That Leviathan thingy is a good idea! Good thinking, Spitfire ))

 

Sakon explored the fiery path inside the Volcano. He saw that his crew behind him were sweating like pigs, but the heat didn't seem to bother Sakon at all, as he felt nothing but... cold!

 

He crossed a bridge over a bubling hot pool of Lava, straight to the cave wall. It was engraved with strange symbols that was similar to the ones shown on his DataPad. He rucced the wall with his hand, and the Symbols bright-yellow light. The Light grew bigger, until it grew big enough as an average heighted man. He walked through the Doorway made of Light...

[Lord Spitfire]

Rana skidded to a stop, and the other speeders stopped behind him. One of the riders lost control and fell over the edge into a pool of boiling lava.

 

Ranafrowned. "A bridge," he said. He looked ahead. "LIGHT! Golden light! C'mon, boys, we must be gettign close!"

 

The drove through the dooway of light.

[DrPhil2501]

"Wow... that really bites! I know exactly how you feel..." Bishop commented on the part about Lulana's parents, and possiblility they dies in the fire. "I was left an orphan when I was 14, as my family were brutaly murdered by a dark j--- er, urm... Imperials..."

 

Dash entered the cockpit.

 

"If you and the girly are done bonding, may I please introduce to you our next destination?"

 

"Go for it!" Bishop said.

 

"Punch in the coordinates for Aquilaris!"

 

"Aquilaris? That hole-of-a-place with the Podracing Track?"

 

"You're indeed correct, matey. So if you'll please, will you please scuttle on ahead?" he was about to walk out of the room, then stopped. "I said "please" four three times already... whoops, now that is four times!"

 

"While we're over at Aquilaris, we can look for someone who would be able to change the ship's ID signature... and why do we need more crew members if this model only requires three people?"

 

"For good and compliated reasons, which fortunatly I hold the answer too...

For one; we could use two more to add to our army to combat against Sakon.

Secondly, we have filled the following positions:

-Jordan as a Pilot, (which by the way, why isn't she here in the cockpit?)

-You as a computer expert and a Co-Pilot.

-We have at least Two Gunners; Lulana and Analla (ever notice those two names rhyme?) however, that is up to them, seeing as they haven't told me what skills they possess.

-Lastly a captain to give command and orders, me!

But we are missing two things; a Medic and a Mechanic!"

[SkywalkerRules]

Lulana glanced at Dash. "I'm very good in combat. I know I'm a Jedi who carries a lightsaber... but I'm also very good at shooting as well." She smiled. The young pirate wasn't sure about the gunning thing. Knowing that she never killed a man before, she sighed quietly.

 

"Captian? I... I'm not sure if I can be a gunner... because I never killed a man before. But if it's your orders, I'll do it." Analla grew nervous.

[DrPhil2501]

"It's kinda like a Video Game..." Bishop smiled down at the teenager. "But with real guns and explosions... and bad guys actually dying.... and you only get one life--"

 

"I think we all get the point, m'boy!" Dash patted Bishop's back. "Are there any other skills you possess, m'lady?"

 

***

 

Sakon and his men entered a long, wide corridor. The walls around them were blue and tattood with strange symbols and patterns. The blue light seemed to glow off the walls them selves.

 

Sakon followed the corridor. The tomb was likely filled with many obstacles protecting the very thing he came for!

 

He reached the end of the passage, and stopped to find he was at the edge of a cliff. He looked across, and saw seperate pillars with platforms in between the next passage.

 

The obstacle was probably to use the Pillars to get across.

 

Suddenly, he heard slithering noises... they semed to be comming from all directions...

 

What ever reason these people hid this tomb under a volcano, obviously had a very godd reason!

[Lord Spitfire]

Rana blinked. He foundhimself in a blue room, with a passage, and a cliff-like drpoat the end. He found hisnine crewmen behind him, and gasped as he saw Sakonright in front of him, who turned to him.

 

'It was a trap!' Rana berated himself. Or was it? "Boys, your weapons!" he screamed as he ignited his lightsaber.

 

* * *

 

Admiral Dreanear Rasana sat at his desk, looking out his window at the space. He was in hsi flagship, The Endeavear. He saw a man walk into the room.

 

"You summoned me, Admiral?" the man said.

 

Dreanear nodded. "Take a seat, Captain," he ordered softly.

 

The Captain nodded and did as asked.

 

Dreanear continued. "It has come to my attention that something called 'The Bretheren Court' has been waring with the company in the outer rim.The Pirates are now on the verge of complete controll in that area," he said simply. "By Order of Emperor Roan Fel, I have been ordered to take the armada out and kill these squabbling bucaneeers. And you will help me."

[SkywalkerRules]

Analla scratched her head, and looked down. "Well... not really. I just... clean things. But now that I'm growing up... I have to learn how to defend myself. There maybe times when people might try and hurt me. Like Rav and his crew did." She glanced at Dash. "I'll be honored to be a Gunner." The young teenager grinned.

[DrPhil2501]

"If its gunner you want, than gunner you shall be luv!" Dash patted Analla's shoulder. "Now, if you'll excuse me! I gotta get something to eat!"

 

***

 

Sakon turned around to see Captain Rana and his boys pointing their weapons at him.

 

"I'll deal with them myself, men!" Sakon said to his team. He used a devastating Force Wave against Rana and his crew which knocked them on their back. He walked to them, and decided not to kill them.

 

"You do not know who or what you are dealing with, Rana!" Sakon said coldly. "You do not know what this place is, do you? And more likely, what it contains!" There was another sound of slithering.

 

"Do you here that sound? It is the movement of things you only see in your nightmares! It is the sound of the guardians protecting this place! And I will soon have the power to tame them, once I get what I want from this tomb!"

[Lord Spitfire]

Rana laughed, spitting out blood as he did so. He realized that he had his his head on a rock as he fell. HE rubbed the deep gash on his temple.

 

"Sakon . . . I would've ex[ected better from you. You're already immortal. Why do you want more to show off?" Rana gasped as Sakon stepped on his throat.

 

He glared at the Weequay. "Your monster's not goign to protect you here on land. You are a fool. The East Corellia Trading Company will have your ship soon enough, and they will control the Seven Sectors! Oh, and could you move yoru foot, please?" Sakon growled and lifted hsi foot a little bit. Rana continued, "Soon, the entire crew of the Black Crystal wil be in this cave,and you won't be able to do anythign about it."

 

Suddenly, there was the sound ofseveral speeders coming to a stop before them.

 

"Now boys!" roared Rana as he rolled off Sakon's foot and got himself up, igniting his lightsaber.

[SkywalkerRules]

Analla smiled. She was glad that she could do something great for the Captain. But... she was still nervous about killing someone. Lulana placed a gentle hand on the young teenager's shoulder. She could sense the nervousness in Analla.

 

"Hey. Cheer up. It's gonna be all right. When I was your age, I was scared to shoot someone as well. But by the time I turned seventeen, I got use to it. So... you'll do just fine." Lulana gave Analla a warm nudge on her arm. Analla smiled. "Thanks."

[DrPhil2501]

"You underestimate the power of this tomb, Rana! You underestimate it greatly!" Sakon pulled out his Lightsaber and ignited it.

 

Suddenly, he heard the slithering come even closer... And closer!

 

He looked behind him, and saw just in time; three, slimy objects feel from above the pillars and landed on the cliff the intruders were standing on.

 

They were very large, like the size of a small boulder and egg shaped. A greenish-yellow slimed oozed around it. After a few second of gawking at the Strange Eggs, they started to move...

 

All three of the eggs hatched, and splattered entrails on almost everyone. What came out of the eggs were even worse.

 

Three large insects came launched out of the eggs. They were about Eight-feet tall, and stood up on two feet like a man. Leather-like purple skin surrounded the beasts exosceleton, and had long spikes running down their backs. They had at least two arms on each side of their body, with deadly razor sharp claws. The heads were even more frightening; they each had a round skull, with four mandibles acting as their mouths, and had Two eyes on either side of their face.

 

The insects were obviously not pleased to see they had visitors...

 

***

 

"Ah! I remember when I first killed a man... it was rather sickening to look at first..."

 

An hour passed, and they finally arrived to their destination. The Dark Angel exited the vortex of Hyperspace, and met in sight of the blue planet; Aquilaris. It was had to tell if their was any signs of land from where they were sitting, as the planet's terrain was covered in ocean.

 

They entered the Atmoshpere. White puffs of clouds passed by them, and dozens of ships meaning to leave the planet.

 

Floating City, the capital of Aquilaris, was in sight. Bishop flew straight towards the city.

[SkywalkerRules]

Lulana looked at the city, and whistled. "Impressive." She herself never been to Aquilaris, but she heard about it. Analla got close to the view, and grew amazed. A Floating City on water. Now that's gotta be the coolest thing you've ever seen. "Wow. This place looks... cool." The young pirate grinned, staring at the city. "Come see this, Jordan! It's really awesome!"

[Grace]

Jordan entered the cockpit with splotches of grease on her face and hands, and her hair a mess. "Yeah, nice," she said in response to Analla. To Bishop, she asked, "Where's the Captain?" But without waiting for him to answer, she cocked her head to one side. "No, never mind. I know where he is."

 

And with that, she turned and left the cockpit, going to find Dash. When she reached the kitchen, she saw Dash seated at the small table there, a bowl of food before him. She sat down across from him.

 

"For a short time, I can act as both mechanic and pilot," she told him. "But don't expect that to be a permanent solution. I'm a pilot first and foremost. This," she gestured to her grease-splotched face, "will not be a common sight. Better hope you can find a genuine mechanic soon enough..."

 

 

((I'll play a mechanic too, actually, and you can hire her/him (probably her) planetside... once we land, I'll set it up ... seems the mode of this RP to have at least two characters, so I'd best play along ))

[DrPhil2501]

((The limit is Three Characters, but... meh!))

 

Dash stood up, and emptied the scraps of his meal into the Trash Compactor.

 

"I suppose in a matter of speaking, it is up to you on how you shall contribute your time as a crew member. For instance; you may choose to be a Pilot and a Mechanic at the same time, however there is the slight possiblity of being granted work stress. Savvy?"

 

He was about to leave the room when suddenly he slipped on the floor. He fell on his backside hard.

 

"Now what the bloody 'ell was that?" he looked down at his boot and saw a piece of some sort of slimy vegetable Dash never knew the name of. It was likely from his meal.

 

"I'm okay!" he stood up. "I'm alright! This... thing here is being a real devil!" unknowingly he dropped the vegetable back on the floor.

 

"Now if you'll excuse me..." he was about to leave the room, then once again he slipped on the wretched thing. He tried to keep a cool face, but struggled. He picked the thing up.

 

"That is it!" he said the slimy thing. "You have gone way too far with this practical joke, and now for your punishment!"

 

He slapped in back onto the floor, and pulled out his blaster. He fired four shots at a rapid speed. When the smoke cleared, there was nothing left but a black and crispy dead vegetable lying on the floor.

 

He turned around to see his first mate frowning at him from the doorway.

 

"Is alright! It has been taken care of, mate!"

 

Bishop thought Dash was, without doubt, the strangest Captain he had ever flew with. But he was used to it.

 

"Don't mind, the captain!" he glanced at Jordan. "He has always been this strange. So it is completely normal... so to speak..."

[SkywalkerRules]

As the Dark Angel landed on the platform of Floating City, Lulana turned to Analla, and smiled warmly. "So... how did you become a pirate, young one?" Analla was a little shocked when she heard Lulana's question. She looked out into the view, sadness in her eyes. "Well... I was a ten year old orphan, living on Tatooine. I had no family or friends. That's when Rav, Captain of the Bloody Bones, took me in as his crew mate."

 

Analla looked down and sniffed, wiping the tears away. "I tried so hard to be fearsome as they were, but they just call me failure. A nobody. So... I cleaned up his ship, because Rav didn't accept me as a good crew member. That's when Dash came to the rescue. Jordan and I became his crew members then. And now... here I am."

 

The young pirate glanced back at the window. Lulana could feel the hurt inside this young innocent pirate. She placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. "Hey. Cheer up. You are somebody. A young teenage pirate who look towards adventure. And I believe in you. We all believe in you." Analla turned to Lulana and smiled. "Thanks, Lulana." The Jedi woman smiled back. "Any time... adventurer."

[Grace]

Jordan smirked. "I've known stranger men," she commented. "So we've landed. Shall we head out and see what we can find as to more crew? I could stand for a drink too, I think..."

[DrPhil2501]

"Yup... I suppose..." Bishop exited the kitchen...

 

The ramp of the Dark Angel opened, and the crew found themselves in a huge, garage like docking chamber (similar to the one on Manaan on KoTOR ).

Dash walked drunkingly to the large door, and made a short conference with the crew.

 

"I've wondered through me brain, and have come to a decision: we shall split up to perform our devious erands! Kane m'boy, I am of course appointing you responsible, under pain or death, that you will seek to change my boat's ID signature. Savvy?"

 

"Savvy!" Bishop responded.

 

"Excellent! Meanwhile, I shall be appointed, under safe conditions, to finding our last remaining crew members... anybody whom either wishes to go with Bishop or I, please make your choice, rrrright now!"

 

Dash walked out of the Dock.

 

***

 

Though he was immortal, Sakon couldn't keep this up forever! The Insects were proving to be quite a nuisance and taking up precious time to handel.

 

But they did however prove to be a distraction for Rana and his crew of low-moral fiber men! Sakon hacked his way to the edge of the cliff, and jumped on one of the standing pillars.

 

He looked up into the ceiling... and waht he saw was a horrible sight. Thousands, and thousands of eggs were stuck up the roof, waiting to be hatched. He had to hurry before the entire nest was hatched.

 

An egg suddenly fell atop of a pillar far away from Sakons. It hacthed and a giant insect had risen from the remains. He made a war cry, as it jumped on the pillars, straight towards Sakon, claws armed and ready!

[SkywalkerRules]

Lulana stepped forth. "I'll go with Kane. Seeing that he might need some help." She walked beside Bishop, and smiled. Analla scratched her head. Both men were nice, but she had to make a choice quick. "I can go with the Captain to find some more crew members."

 

The young girl walked by Dash, looking back at the others. She waved, as she walked out the Dock with Dash.

[DrPhil2501]

"'kay!" Bishop stared at Lulana. "Have you ever been to Aquilaris before? If so, I'm open to any sugestions on where we should start looking for someone who can change that I.D Signature of ours!"

 

***

 

Dash glanced at both Analla and Jordan ((I assume she is coming with Dash. If she goes with Bishop, I'll delet this part. Savvy?)) as he walked straight out of the dock.

 

"You know, it is probably certain you have never notice, but you two are on your way to becoming good Pirates!"

 

He recalled through his memory banks. "You have attempted an act of Mutiny against a mangy captain (very common amongst Pirates). You are helping us gather a bucaneer crew for our voyages together. And with the kind thanks of your help, we have managed to commandeer a vessel... correction; "stolen" a vessel!"