The Last Ambush

The two men on the steps fall quiet as Xin approaches, the Imperial officer giving her a stare. "None of this is of your concern" he says as he continues to stare at the Bothan, waiting for her to take her leave.

Roughly ten meters to its right, C6-9K spots what may provide a suitable distraction should the developing situation call for one. A public communications terminal is available, although it appears someone is making their way towards it.

Bast finds himself a favorable position among the rooftops overlooking the center of the city. He will easily be able to spot Ishala's approach as well as that of the two troopers marching a third prisoner towards their inevitable doom.

Not entirely happy at being crowded out of using the terminal the man nonetheless leaves without making a scene. Unfortunately the terminal C6-9K happened upon was already out of order and his attempt to create a distraction from the malfunctioning terminal proves fruitless.

The terminal blinks off leaving the man using it more than a little annoyed. He looks at C6-9K and with an angry tone says, "I was using that! Turn it back on now you tin-can!"

Having successfully gotten the three troopers to turn away, Ishala opens fire from short range and hits nothing but the ground. Almost simultaneously Bast's laser bolt strikes the middle trooper right between the shoulder blades, sending him sprawling forward onto the ground.

The officer, quickly realizing from Ishala's voice, that she's not a stormtrooper raises his pistol to fire only to cringe at the last second as a louder than expected bang rings out from a public comm-terminal.

People in the square start to run for cover or drop prone to the ground in what quickly becomes a chaotic mess. Gen, not one for a fight apparently, attempts to sneak away from the scene unnoticed but Xin still has eyes on the man.

The two troopers who had been escorting a prisoner towards the square race forward, leaving the bound man behind. "One on the roof!" the officer yells to the new arrivals who quickly start to scan the roof lines.