Chapter One: Operation Dark Thrall

Dec 19, 2016 5:12 pm

Tajanna snorted in Lissi's direction.

"I thought that acclimating the populace to the idea of a regime change would make our lives easier in the long run. But if you're worried that overinforming crippled Neimoidian lowlifes will endanger our mission, I'll try to not mention anything to them in the future."

With that, Tajanna opened the front passenger door, taking in a breath of not-so-fresh air.

You would've thought that STRAT-COM would've told us about the abyssmal atmospheric conditions before we packed our bags and left.

Tajanna poked her head back inside the ECUL, turning to face Lissi.

"Hey, Lissi. You wouldn't mind if I borrowed a respirator from your survival kit, would ya? I'll give it back once I acquire my own from our friendly neighborhood pawnbroker."

Dramasailor Inactive for 1 months

Dec 19, 2016 8:09 pm

Re: Episode One: Operation Dark Thrall

Lexi pulled on her breathing mask as she made her preparations to head to the pawn shop. Securing the ship, doing what was possible to prevent unauthorized access.

"Normally, yes Tajanna you'd be right. Remember that this is Shroud Class though. There is to be no leak of information to anyone. By rights, Zhaff should be eliminated as he has more information than is acceptable." She said through the respirator as she climbed out of the ECUL.

She accused ME of not reading our briefing? Progenitor help us all.

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Tefmon Inactive forever!

Dec 19, 2016 9:49 pm

Re: Episode One: Operation Dark Thrall

Tajanna turned slightly to face Lexi, still waiting for Lissi's reply to her question.

"Zhaff is the closest thing we have to a friendly contact, given that we have yet to make contact with Flesh Crawler. I'd advise against terminating him at the moment."

Tajanna paused for a moment, considering what Zhaff had inferred from her momentary slip of the tongue.

"And besides, for dealing with certain assets, a hostile takeover team from a rival corporation is as good a cover as any. It's pretty close to what we're actually doing here, so it explains away most of our activities and armament, and it doesn't reveal that there's anything out of the ordinary going on."

Shoud-class operation my ass. We can't just pretend to be tourists with a ship full of blaster rifles, and an unhealthy interest in the specifics on local security forces and political actors. Any assets we utilize will expect some explanation for our activities, and the closer that explanation is to the truth, the more believable and maintainable that explanation is.

Still, it wouldn't hurt to check if Zhaff might cause any problems. Let's see if the Dark Side deigns to provide me some useful foresight this time.

OOC:

Tajanna is going to attempt to use her Foresee power (again), with the intent of looking for any problems that Zhaff's knowledge might cause. Of course, the Dark Side may provide visions of completely different content. Also, I did try to use Foresee last session, and failed, but I'm pretty sure that enough has changed that I would be allowed to attempt Foreseeing again. If not, disregard my Foresee attempt.

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Foresee: Basic Power (1 Force Point to Activate)

2 White Force Points

Krosus

cclrbrts30 Inactive forever!

Dec 19, 2016 11:00 pm

Re: Episode One: Operation Dark Thrall

That slip of the tongue could lead to a blaster bolt in our backs. The less attention we draw to ourselves the better. What would lord Krawley have said about our situation? He would have instructed us to keep our plans as dark as the night. The fallacy of any invading army is foreknowledge. So in short words secrecy and deception are our allies. Even any allies we acquire must be oblivious as to our true purpose. Technically you did misguide our alien friend, but there was too much of the truth behind it. I might have to alter his perception a bit, if he and his contact try to probe too deeply into our business. Now, let’s see what we can acquire from this shop, we need more information about the situation here quickly, before we end up in the middle of a fire fight.

Perhaps the flow of the dark side led to the slip up. With all of the chaos and strong emotions around, it would be easy to allow oneself to get caught up in its torrent. If the dark side was guiding them, then what happened would lead them to victory? He would have to meditate on this further.

OOC:

Sorry if this sounds like Krosus is coming off like a jack ass, but he does have an arrogant streak. Upon entering the shop, he would like to find the clerk and negotiate with him. If the clerk doesn’t seem very welcoming or wants to much for the equipment we need I would like to use my influence ability to either improve our relations or to mind trick the clerk into giving us the parts. Of course if the later happens it needs to be within reason, I won't try it in front of a lot of people.

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Negotiation

5 Success, 1 Advantage

Total: 5 Success, 1 Advantage

force power influence

1 White Force Point, 1 Black Force Point

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Dec 19, 2016 11:53 pm

Re: Episode One: Operation Dark Thrall

OOC:

CCL, as far as your plans, that's a little too complicated on the planning ahead. I moved a long paste to the OOC for the sake of keeping the narrative flowing and less clunky looking.

Meribson Inactive forever!

Dec 20, 2016 1:10 am

Re: Episode One: Operation Dark Thrall

And here I thought this would be boring.

By the Progenitor, will you shut up for once in my life?

Frowning behind his helmet, Hawke exited the group's transport and took a deep breath, a smirk finding its way across his face.

"Don't you just love planet-side air?" While his helmet prevented the possibility of wearing a breath mask, his cybernetics had that little problem taken care of.

Now, to find some comm parts and any other little goodies worth sending back home.

Humming a tune that he heard from...somewhere, Hawke made his way to the pawn shop, eyes and ears alert for any potential threat.

OOC:

The tune that Hawke's humming is the Imperial March, and once he's in the pawn shop Hawke's going to look at anything and everything in the pawn shop, trying to determine if anything there is worth sending back or keeping.

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Perception for potential threats

2 Success, 1 Advantage

Total: 2 Success, 1 Advantage

Lissewa

Squeeks1337 Inactive forever!

Dec 20, 2016 2:05 am

Re: Episode One: Operation Dark Thrall

Lissewa handed the 2nd of the respirators from the survival kit to Tajanna, taking the other for herself. She smirked at her, glad to hear that the others were on her side with her last comment.

"Just make sure you bring this one back, not much of a survival kit without it."

I should make sure to keep us all on the same side, though

"And no worries Taj. We will have our moment to come out into the open. I believe it will be necessary to acquire the allegiance of those in charge here. But let us just make sure we are prepared for that moment and that will require a measure of restraint until that time.

After Tajanna took the respirator, Lissewa slipped away to the cantina, intent on casing the area for dangers and advantages.

Ezeriah Inactive forever!

Dec 20, 2016 1:51 pm

Re: Episode One: Operation Dark Thrall

OOC:

Those of you not wearing Breath Masks (aka Respirators) receive a setback dice to all checks when breathing the wonderful Bonadan air. (Krosus is effected) However, this can be overcome with a mandatory successful Resilience check against (1 purple and 2 red) attached to every skill check you make. Yes, it really is that bad, with overwhelming pollution from corporations that could care less about the environment, combining with a dead ecological system no longer capable of cleaning the air.

As you make your way into the cramped confines of the alley, about 3 meters wide, the sound of distant sirens blaring in harsh intermittent buzzes grows louder, reaching an uncomfortable and piercing volume as two Espos air speeders fly past, about 10 stories up. You pause, watching as they come to a halt near the entrance to the Espos tower, descending to about 5 meters above the pavement, hovering. The squad of Espos outside the entrance move closer to the air speeders, seemingly in anticipation.

Suddenly, the larger transport air speeder opens up the rear door and three people are pushed out one at a time by a pair of Espos. They hit the pavement hard, clearly bound at the wrists judging by how they land. Two of them are motionless as one of them tries to stand up, getting to one knee as the squad of Espos moves in. The first strike to the head puts him down, and the Espos continue their assault by giving all three of the drop-offs a good beating via boot, baton, and stun prod, insurance to keep them down. Mercilessly efficient and brutal, their work is finished in moments. One of the Espos waves up at the Espo waving out the back of the transport speeder, who then closes the doors. Almost as quickly as they came, the air speeders take off at high speed. The motionless drop-offs are dragged into the Espos tower. Everything is still and quiet again, almost as if nothing happened.

Turning back into the alley, the five you reach the entrance to Charitable Charlantan's. Lissewa acknowledges the group with a look as she separates, opens the door, and enters.

OOC:

From here on out, all of you will have to follow the appropriate story threads in the Operation Dark Thrall forums and sub forums. You shouldn't be able to see forums that you can't access story wise, and please let me know if you do. Keeping your stories separate when the group is separate will help keep tension and a degree of mystery that adds greatly to the game.

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