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>>45843281
[2/2]

“We were classmates in Flight School,” you explain.

“Yeah, she told me about that,” he says. “Told me you were a pretty good pilot too.”

You shrug. “I don’t like to brag.” Well, actually you do. “I had double digit notches back in Flight School but otherwise, you know, it’s just stuff you’re expected to learn.”

“Yeah, I know that,” he says with a smirk on his face. What’s he smiling about.

“And what about you?” you ask. “What farm did Eudora pull you out of?”

“ISD Vensenor.” You fold your arms, suddenly curious now. He’s a defector like Eudora too? “Eudora didn’t pull me out of there though, we were in the middle of an exercise over Saleucami, I conveniently crashed my TIE Fighter planetside, traders picked me up. Joined up with the first Squadron that would have me.”

Now that was a surprise. A fellow TIE Pilot too? You suppose if they aren’t dead, they’re either dumb or defecting. “So. How good were you?”

“First in my class,” he declares. “Same as you.”

“What’s your opinion on the TIE Fighter?” you ask. Make or break.

“Lovely craft, very easy to handle,” he says. Oh. Well. “Complete deathtrap though. Broke two of my ribs and my arm on a deliberate crash.” Well then.

You nod slowly. “… I see. So what’s your actual name?”

“Ajax Tarasko, Eudora just calls me Jacko for short.” He places his gloved hands on his belt, giving you a stern look. “Look, I’m aware you might not like us. Bluntly, I don’t like you much either. Doesn’t mean we can’t try and be amicable.” Well, at least he’s reasonable.

> “So how does the X-Wing fly? They seem pretty sluggish in my experience.”
> “So are you and Eudora…?”
> “Duly noted.”
> Other

>>45843288
>> “So how does the X-Wing fly? They seem pretty sluggish in my experience.”

woohoo! bonding!

>>45843288
>> “So how does the X-Wing fly? They seem pretty sluggish in my experience.”
>> “So are you and Eudora…?”

>>45843288
>“So how does the X-Wing fly? They seem pretty sluggish in my experience.”
>Other
"Though I admit, after real combat experience, shields really do make a huge difference. I'm using a custom R-22 myself; TIE fighter maneuverability with X-Wing shielding."
May as well talk shop.

>>45843513
We always knew shields were a good thing, that is what kind of got us kicked out of the academy.

Though we need improved Dampeners to keep up with the G-forces.

So what will be a good ship for Whisper?

>>45843288
>> “So how does the X-Wing fly? They seem pretty sluggish in my experience

>>45843288
> “So how does the X-Wing fly? They seem pretty sluggish in my experience.”

Awing best wing

> “So how does the X-Wing fly? They seem pretty sluggish in my experience.”

“So how does the X-Wing fly?” He quirks his brow, folding his arms attentively. “They seem pretty sluggish, the one that I flew back at Flight School and the ones I’ve shot down at least.”

He whistles a little. “Whooo, I can go on. Flying an X-Wing is an absolute slice of joy. Controls are very easy to handle, same kind of controls you’d probably find in a T-16.” You nod, fair enough. “And not just that, but having an astromech, a hyperdrive, actual functioning life support, and shielding? It may not fly like a TIE but it doesn’t die like one.”

“That’s what I thought,” you say. “I run in my R-22, I already attached some new shielding to it, I jammed my astromechs in there too. You’d be surprised how much I can pull out of that thing.”

“We’re in contact with a cell that primarily uses the new RZ-1. I know Phoenix Squadron has been having trouble with it for the past couple of years but they’re talking about stripping out some of the components to make that sucker fly,” he says. “I’ve heard some A-Wings outrun the new TIE Interceptors.” Really? You hadn’t heard of that to be honest. “I noticed you had an H-Wing and an N-1T up here too. What’s the story on those?”

“Well, the H-Wing came with the Mandalorian, and the N-1T is a different story, it’s for my mechanic Misri to fly.”

Jacko nods, giving you a very genuine smile. “My dad used to tell me about back in the day, the N-1s were probably one of the most beautiful things to see in the stars. Deadly too if you’re caught unawares.”

“Yeah, my personal nostalgic favorite is the V-Wing though.” He tilts his head, curiously. “It’s got a bit of history to it, I love seeing it function. But you don’t see too many of them like you see the old antique N-1s.”

[1/2]

>>45843983
[2/2]

“I know a few Outer Rim Star Destroyer patrols still use them,” says Jacko. “They’re pretty fast, not as fast as TIEs but they have the advantage in that generally anyone flying a V-Wing is probably a Clone, and definitely has the experience to boot.” You roll your eyes. “I know that look, you had a Clone for an instructor, didn’t you.” You nod. “I feel sorry for you.”

“Bitter old men trying to tell us what to do,” you mutter.

“I hear that,” he says happily.

Eudora comes over, looking at you two curiously. “How are my boys doing?”

“Commander.” Jacko stands stiff. “I was just talking shop with Rhys.”

“You two finally getting along?” she asks. You shrug in response. “Of course. Rhys, Jessie and Beezie are gonna join us on the op. We were hoping you’d bring us someone to help too. Wyrs is gonna stay in the sub unless we need help.”

Who to bring?

> Kuvasz
> Misri
> Vikker
> Whisper
> “I’ll go by myself.”
> Other

>>45844012
>> Kuvasz
gramps has the experience and is deadly good in a fight.

>>45844012
>> Kuvasz

>>45844012
>> Kuvasz

>>45844012
>> Kuvasz
>> Misri
>>Whisper

We need someone who knows machines, and Muscle to help us out. Not to mention Whisper should know the layout of the ship.

>>45844012
>Kuvasz
>Whisper

Wouldn't Whisper know the layout of the ship we're about to enter?

>>45844012
> Kuvasz
> Whisper

>>45844012
> Kuvasz
>Whisper

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> Kuvasz
> Whisper

The two of them glare at each other a bit as they slowly step onto the submarine. Whisper however pauses, then thumps her chest in salute to you. “I promise, I will not let you down, Captain. I will die before you die.”

“Heaven forbid,” Kuvasz says loudly.

“It’ll be a tight squeeze I guess,” says Eudora. “But I think we can make it work.” She turns to the Ithorian, Wyrs. “Wyrs, take care of yourself. If we don’t make it out of there, find some friends and hide out until the heat dies off.” He nods, his four throats croaking sadly in response. “I know it’s risky. But we’re rebels, risk is what we know.”

“Any time today, Eudora,” you say. She nods, then gently pats Wyrs on the side of the head. She shoves herself inside the cramped submarine. Red lights are all that light up the inside as you take a seat directly behind Dodger and Wilco. “You guys ready?”

“Ready for the off!” says Dodger. “Roger, roger.”

Misri talks with you over the comms. “Remember you two, once you drop them off, stay in the ship. I don’t want you guys dying out there.”

“We’ll be fine, Misri,” says Wilco.

You feel the submarine snap off the cable, then submerge. The window is engulfed by foam and bubbles, then finally clears up into the murky blue depths. Alright, operation is a-go. You look back to see Jessie and Beezie crowded sitting next to Kuvasz, while Eudora and Jacko try not to get into Whisper’s personal bubble. Kuvasz looks down at Jessie, a young girl no older than 14 you’d guess, with freckles on her face, green eyes, and dirty and messy brown hair. “Aren’t you a little young to be fighting?”

Jessie scoffs. “Haven’t heard that one before.”

[1/2]

>>45844878
[2/2]

Eudora nods to Kuvasz. “Empire torched her family’s farm.” Jessie grumbles, folding her arms tight around one of the bomb packs. Eudora stands up, then hunches over to hobble closer to you. “Listen, Rhys. It’s nice of you to help us with this.”

“I know,” you say.

“I just want to say that… well- incase things go wrong.” She shrugs. “I do like you.”

“I don’t,” says Jessie.

“Nope,” Jacko agrees with her. Beezie nods as well.

> “We’ll be fine. I’m part of the plan, remember?”
> “Lot of faith you have in Jacko considering this is his plan.”
> “Don’t jinx it.”
> Other

>>45844896
>> “Don’t jinx it.”

Jesus Christ, Eudora's a pilot she should know that she's setting up a death flag.

>>45844896
> Other Jokingly "No you don't i don't even like me."

>>45844896
>> “Don’t jinx it.”

>>45844896
>>45844962
Seconded.

No one likes Rhys.

>>45844896
This>>45844962

>>45844896
>>45844920
Ading my vote to this too.>>45844962 with don't jinx it.

Is the V-Wing slower then a TIE? I thought it was the Opposite.

At least in atmospheric flight..

>>45844896
>> “We’ll be fine. I’m part of the plan, remember?”

>>45845279
The tie is shit in atmo. A v-wing is slower than a tie in space.

>>45845328
I thought it does well in Atmo, it seems the average for fighters in 1,200.

>>45845462
It has serious yaw problems with those wings.

> Other

“I don’t even like me, Eudora, don’t lie.” She rolls her eyes at your response. Truth be told, you’re trying to make sure she doesn’t jinx it. It’s a simple plan, blow up the hydrostatic bubble covering the hangar, blow up the shields, blow up the bulkheads. It’ll be like a reverse of the RAS Prosectuor, instead of overcharging the shields, you’re disabling them so that things can get in.

As you approach the ship, you see its murky silhouette dotted by dozens of glowing hydrostatic bubbles along what you think are weak points in the hull. Aqua droids swim and patrol around, making sure nothing gets past their view, except for yours.

The sub’s communication sounds off. “Unidentified submarine, identify yourself.” It’s one of those B1bis droids.

Dodger answers the call. “Uh, salvage team. We’ve got a load of scavvers on our turf, we’re taking them in for questioning.”

“Send your clearance code.” Wilco starts transmitting the clearance codes. You bite your lip, gripping the back of their seats. “Hm. This is an older code, but it checks out. Alright, dock in the bubble. We’ll send a squad up to escort the prisoners in.”

As you get closer to the ship, everyone looks at you. “Jacko, when do we go loud?” asks Jessie.

“Soon as they open us up and let us out,” he says.

> “Bad idea. We should try and let ourselves get in as far as we can.”
> “Good idea. We won’t have much element of surprise anyway if they recognize us.”
> Other

>>45845729
>> “Bad idea. We should try and let ourselves get in as far as we can.”


always try stealth, there is always time for boom later.

>>45845729
>> “Bad idea. We should try and let ourselves get in as far as we can.”

>>45845729
> “Bad idea. We should try and let ourselves get in as far as we can.”

>>45845729
>“Bad idea. We should try and let ourselves get in as far as we can.”

> “Bad idea. We should try and let ourselves get in as far as we can.”

“No thanks,” you say. Everybody looks at you. “We should to let ourselves get as far into the ship as possible. We might be able to find a different way to sabotage the ship.” You point at yourself, smirking. “Follow my lead.” Eudora looks at Jacko, who shrugs, letting you take charge. Fine, apparently he’s not that confident in himself either.

When the lot of you step out of the submarine, you’re greeted by a squad of B1bis battle droids. Dodger is the one to greet them. “Hey, that isn’t one of our submarines,” says the bis.

“Er.” Dodger looks back, then at the droids. “We stole it.”

“You stole it,” says the bis.

“Stole it,” Dodger confirms.

“… well okay!” The bis holds up a datapad, nodding to all of you. “We’ll take these guys to the prison deck. Await further orders and er…” The droid cocks his head. “You should get yourselves looked at, you look pretty old.”

“Yeah, everybody says that,” says Dodger. “Comes with being 723 series.”

“Ha, I can relate. Those 631s are not the brightest lights on the ship,” says the bis. The droids start escorting you through the platform inside of the bubble towards the hangar. Dodger quickly heads back into the submarine, out of sight, out of mind. You hold your hands over your heads, looking the part of prisoners. The commanding bis droid holds up his comm-link. “Sir, we have…” He looks back, counting you all off. “One. Two. Three. Four. Five… Seven prisoners! We are taking them to the prison deck!”

Thankfully, what they didn’t do and didn’t think to do was search for the explosives that you have in your jacket and bags.

“Really, sir?” The droid stops, then looks back at you, then forward. “Yes, sir.” He turns around. “It’s your lucky day, you aren’t going to jail! We just got the Force Harvester working!”

… oh.

[1/2]

>>45846958
[2/2]

-

-

The seven of you are brought before your knees as you stand in the main battery of what used to be the ion cannons, now serving as the housing for the Force Harvester. The great orb of Sith power is cradled by machinery and wiring from the ceiling. And just being near it makes you feel an intense sense of dread. It’s almost as if it’s… calling to you, somehow. You shake it off.

“So.” General Nautilus steps around you. “These are the prisoners. Rhys Cykgil and Eudora Kyriako, and her remnants of Menace Squadron.” A pair of Echani mercenaries stand at his side, ready to kick the living crud out of you if it comes to it. He turns to one of his droids. “Why are they not restrained?”

“They arrived as prisoners, sir,” says the commander droid. “We believe they-“

“Enough. Get cuffs on them.” A few security droids immediately start cuffing your hands in front of your chest. Nautilus looks down on you all. “You have a very special purpose. When I activate the Force Harvester, it will exterminate all life down to the microscopic level while leaving droids intact. We will able to observe it in person. And we will use the results of your deaths to further improve this weapon, in the name of restoring the Separatist Alliance.”

“Nautilus.” Eudora glares at him. “This is crazy. The war is over!” Once the security droid leaves, you grab an awl from your pocket then quietly start picking your cuff locks.

“The war is not over until I SAY IT IS,” he declares. He looks down at you. “And what about you. Do you have any last words?”

> “Yeah. Think fast.” Toss a grenade.
> “Yeah. Duck.” Punch him.
> “Yeah. This is for Lev.” Tackle him.
> Other

>>45846983
>> “Yeah. Think fast.” Toss a grenade.
>Use Booma

>>45846983
seconding >>45847039

>>45846983
>> “Yeah. Think fast.” Toss a grenade.

>>45846983
>> “Yeah. Think fast.” Toss a grenade.

So how should we fight?

We have a Whip Launcher, Some Boomas and Plasma Grenades, maybe our blasters and sword, and our jet boots.

>>45846983
>>45847039
Supporting this.

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> “Yeah. Think fast.” Toss a grenade.

“Yeah. Think fast.” A booma immediately flies up into the air between you two. Nautilus steps back, surprised. Not in time for you to knock it right into his chest. He shakes, sparks shooting out from his chest before he falls over, stunned.

“Get them!” yells one of the B1s. You immediately hit a button on your wrist and fly up in the air with the aide of your rocket boots. You toss down a cooked plasma grenade at them, sending parts flying up into the air. And one E-5 blaster too.

“Heads up!” you say. You toss it down to Eudora and company. Eudora grabs it, then blasts off their cuffs of your crewmembers down there. Right, gotta figure things out. One B1 on a catwalk looks at you. “Hey, I need to borrow that!” You grab his E-5.

“Hey! That’s just rude!” he says. You push him over the railing to his doom. “Aaaugghaa!”

You point it at the Force Harvester. Let’s give it a test. You fire a shot at it. And it immediately gets absorbed by the metal and some strange black magic surrounding it. Well, great. Seems like that thing’s indestructible then. You’d conduct a more thorough test, but your explosives are limited right now.

“Rhys!” Eudora calls to you from ground level. “We’re going to cut the shields! Take Kuvasz and Whisper and cut power to the bulkheads!” You nod, and she tosses up a bag of explosives up to you. Alright. You drop down, and watch as they hurry down one corridor, out of sight.

Whisper points down another corridor. “This way, there is a control room we can destroy.” Kuvasz nods, following her. “Come on, Captain!”

Alright, you look at the Force Harvester. You pull out a makeshift tracker that Misri built for this, in case you couldn’t move it.

And judging by the size of this thing, you obviously can’t.

> Plant the tracker down, for Reike to find if this ship sinks.
> Pocket the tracker, forget about it.
> Other

>>45847948
>> Plant the tracker down, for Reike to find if this ship sinks.

>>45847948
>> Pocket the tracker, forget about it.

No way the Empire can have this.

>>45847948
> Pocket the tracker, forget about it.

>>45847948
> Plant the tracker down, for Reike to find if this ship sinks.
>Chuck more explosives at Nautilus if he is still there

>>45847948
>Fiddle with the tracker for it to damaged or have some flaw that Reike won't be able to track it. Then plant it.

We have to say that we tried.

The ship is doomed, but we should at least plant the tracker so it looks like we weren't subversive.

>>45848091
The harvester is indistructible. Reike will send someone to comb through the wreckage and find it.

>>45848091
Yeah, but how deep will the ship go down is the main problem. We have to make sure that the tracker is destroyed after a certain depth, to show we tried to do our job but we can say it got damaged in the fighting,,

>>45848117
the problem will be how deep the ship will go down and the current sweeping parts of the ship will make it difficult, planting the device will help cut the search down.

>>45848171
I don't /want/ Reike to find the damned thing, though.

How about we tell Kuvasz and Whisper that we're going to plant the tracker, then once we do we tell them to act as a rear guard and 'ensure; the tracker is functional, and it is not 'damaged' in the fighting.

>>45848204
I agree but what we need to do is try to do our job at the very least, but we need someone to sabotage it.

>>45848240
Maybe after we place the tracker we could tell the Rebels about it.

They could do down with the ship trying to take it out. Wouldn't that be great?

>>45848301
Kind of busy fighting the droids and we kind of have to make it obvious.

We should let Kuvasz and Whisper know what we are doing and 'Hope' nothing too bad happens to the tracker.

We have to make it look like it works ti some extent and if its destroyed while its sinking we may have a chance.

>>45847948
>Pocket the tracker, forget about it.

>>45848125
It was mentioned this ship is on the ridge of an abyssal shelf. This bitch is falling into the Marianas Trench once it sinks.

>>45848742
Oh, that's pretty deep but I suggest that Kuvasz plant a small explosive to the tracker to have it blow up at a certain depth.

> Pocket the tracker, forget about it.

Something stops you from tossing the tracker onto the Force Harvester, and making Reike’s job easier at recovering, or giving Reike any chance at recovering it at all.

You’re not sure what it is, but you toss the tracker back into your pocket. Hopefully you don’t regret this later. You shake your head, then hurry to catch up with Kuvasz and Whisper down the hall.

-

-

The doors fly open, revealing a Tactical Droid along with several B1bis droids inside of a small control room overlooking the main hangar bay. “Hey!” The B1bis points at you. “You’re not allowed to be in here!” Kuvasz pulls out his DE-10 and fires, knocking his head off. The other droids reach for their weapons, but you and Kuvasz quickly snipe them all to pieces with precise and accurate shots.

The Tactical Droid tries to sound an alarm, but Whisper tears its arm off, then grabs his neck and supplexes him into the ground. She finishes him with a snap of the neck, then crashing the head into the ground. “Alright, start planting the bombs.” You pull out the small charges and then start planting them… everywhere. On the computers, on the walls, on the windows, everywhere.

Kuvasz looks at one of the screens. “Rhys. We got company. It’s the Echani and some droids.” Ah crud. You turn to the door and see droids start pouring into the room. They start blasting, forcing you all into cover.

[1/2]

>>45849305
[2/2]

One of the Echani girls pops in, then grabs a B1. “Hey! What are you-“ She tosses him at Kuvasz. “Aaaghh!” Kuvasz crushes him against the wall, then charges the Echani, barreling through the door all of the droids and sending her into a wall. The other two Echani girls storm in.

“Whisper!” you yell. “Take-“ Whisper screams, charging them both. They attempt fast strikes and quick jabs, but to no avail. Whisper is too fast for them, and is apparently out for blood. She grabs one girl, then quickly snaps her leg in half.

“Aagh!” The girl’s scream makes you flinch in sympathetic pain, at least before Whisper smashes her head into a console, killing her completely. The other makes sure to last much longer, getting into a close fight with her.

Alright, last explosive. You get a call on your comm-link. “Rhys! We just planted our bombs in the shield control room, what about you!?” Eudora sounds frantic, must be running.

“Busy!” you yell back. A fourth Echani girl bursts into the room, leaping past Whisper and all of the tumbled over droids. She stands next to you, ready for your strike.

> Forget fighting Echani, get Whisper or Kuvasz for help.
> Reach for your blaster, forget fighting fair.
> Tackle her, lithe frame means nothing against a freight train.
> Other

>>45849323
Jesus Christ Whisper gone loco.

> Reach for your blaster, forget fighting fair.

>>45849323
> Reach for your blaster, forget fighting fair.

>>45849323
>> Reach for your blaster, forget fighting fair.

>>45849323
>Charisma: Want to come on my ship?

>>45849323
>Reach for your blaster, forget fighting fair.

>>45849346
>>45849365
>>45849374
>>45849406
I almost feel bad for her that we're pulling a Indiana Jones on this Echani..

Almost

Who else is ready for admiral Reike to shoot us in the head?

>>45849323
>> Reach for your blaster, forget fighting fair.

Anyone else who has yet to get the star wars humble bundle?

I've missed playing Rebellion. Death Stars and super-class Star Destroyers everywhere.

>>45849727
I don't know what that is.

>>45849749

Star Wars 4x

>>45849766
>Star Wars 4x
Wouldn't Empire at War be better?

>>45849832

More massive scale. it's an older game and i like it.

> Reach for your blaster, forget fighting fair.

You pull out your blaster. But before you can squeeze the trigger, she slaps it down, then immediately you’re on the ground with stars in your eyes and a stinging pain in your jaw. Damn it. Again with this stuff. Then you see her foot about to be planted right on your mouth. Nope! You roll over, and she stomps on the ground. She reaches down, intended to grab your collar.

And instead, you blast your rocket boots, sending you back into a wall and away from her. She runs at you, attempting to jump up and crush you with a stomp. Forget it! You roll over again, then onto your feet. She punches, jabs, and kicks at you. And you can do nothing except block it. Blaster, where is your blaster!? It’s on the floor! Damn it! She connects another punch, this time to your eye. Ah, that’s going to leave a mark! You fall flat on your butt, damn it. She advances on you, ready to finish the job.

But Whisper responds by throwing the corpse of that last Echani girl at her. She gets thrown into the wall. Before she can recover, Whisper leaps on top of her, then locks her head in her arms. “Remember me!?” She squeezes, then twists. With a sickening, she snaps the neck of the girl. But she’s not done, she smashes the girl’s face into the wall, not once, not twice, but thrice, each time splattering blood onto the cracked metal. Whisper finishes her by throwing her limp body to the floor, then stomping on her head. “I am Echani!”

You blink. You’re convinced. Very convinced.

Kuvasz steps in. “Are we good?” You all nod. “Great, great. Let’s get out of here!”

You hurry out into the hallway. But in this time of peace and quiet in the middle of this, you have to say something to Whisper. “That was a little brutal, don’t you think, Whisper?”

“I have nothing to say to that,” she says quickly.

> “Just calm down.”
> Remain quiet. Try not to cheese off an Echani cyborg.
> “Alright then. Do whatever.”
> Other

>>45850278
>"Okay"

>>45850278
>> Other: We can talk later, once stupid people have stopped shooting at us

I worry about her going full-berserker

>>45850278
>Remain quiet. Try not to cheese off an Echani cyborg.
Being the runt of the litter must've gotten to her.

>>45850278
>> “Just calm down.”
>> Other
I know you want to hurt them but I don't want you fighting with a death wish. Captain's orders, don't die.

>>45850278
>>45850383
>>45850393
This.

>>45850278
>>45850393
This.

>>45850278
>>45850393
this

also toss the tracker in the ship for Reike, odds are he won't find it since the ship will go splat.

>>45850278
>>45850404
Adding my vote to this >>45850571
At least have Kuvasz set it to explode or something some time later.

>>45850618
Set the tracker alongside one of the bombs. At least it won't be on our person.

>>45850664
Yeah but we need to give it to Reike to show that it works but have it explode when its sinking.

>>45850680
That's too finicky. Rhys can't have the tracker on his person if he's showing up without the Harvester. It needs to be sabotaged at minimum.

>>45850751
So what do you propose?

>>45850825
Have Kuvasz smash it, then set it next to a bomb so that it evaporates in the explosion. No one can say Rhys didn't set the tracker.

>>45850825
set the tracker on it.

Have the rebels blow it up with a remote controlled bomb?

> “Just calm down.”
> Other

“Just calm down. I know you want to kill them but I don’t you fighting with a death wish.”

She huffs. “I have no death wish except for the ones that I have on them.”

“Look, my orders, don’t die,” you sternly. She grunts affirmatively.

“We can discuss all this later back on the ship, we have to go now!” says Kuvasz. You nod. Fair point. The three of you hurry down the hallway and towards the hangar.

-

-

You bust through the hangar door with Kuvasz and Whisper’s sheer strength. Coming in from the opposite side is Eudora, Jacko, and Jessie. Where’s Beezie? “Eudora!” you yell. She nods, pointing to the hydrostatic bubble still holding the platform for the submarines. Dodger was standing out, ready to cover you. “Make a run for it, go!”

All of you hurry to the submarine. Overhead, the droid racks started whirring to life, and out of the factory holes came Elite Vulture Droids. They drop down, dispensing a pair of B2 Super Battle droids from magnetic clamps underneath their hulls. And even out of their hulls, they draw a repeating blaster cannon. “Get down!” yells Jacko. The lot of you hurry behind crates and ammo boxes.

“Where’s Beezie!?” asks Kuvasz.

“Dead,” says Eudora very simply and quickly. “We have to keep moving. Those Vulture droids are going to eat us alive!” A blast knocks a crate over your heads as they start advancing on you. The B2s fire their wrist mounted blasters at you as well, keeping you well under cover and suppressed. It’s only a matter of time before they bring out reinforcements too.

> “We’ll cover you, go!”
> “Cover us, we’ll make the first run!”
> Other

>>45851154
>“We’ll cover you, go!”

>>45851154
> “We’ll cover you, go!”
> Activate the tracker and throw it at one of the Droids

>>45851154
>> “We’ll cover you, go!”

>>45851154

> “We’ll cover you, go!”
>>45851203

How would throwing it on a droid will help?

>>45851154
> “We’ll cover you, go!”
>Tag the ship with the tracker, say it's the best we could do given the time we had.

>>45851154
>>45851224
Adding my vote with this.
>>45851252
Have Kurvasz attach a bomb just in case.

>>45851224
One of the droids might break it, pry it off, or have it be crushed out in the water.

It'd help more than carrying it back to Reike.

Actually, rather than trying to lie about it, what about saying that we were captured in our infiltration attempt and we weren't able to plant a beacon. So instead of having the rebels have it, we sunk it?

>>45851341
>Convincing Reike that Rhys of all people was captured

>>45851341
That's still lying regardless.

>>45851389
we actually sort of did though haha.

>>45851341
Reike's Sense Motive is maxed out.
Remember how he could tell that we were lying twice before when we tried that kind of bullshit on him?

>>45851442

So shouldn't we flat out tell him the truth that we didn't recover the thingie?

>>45851487
At best we wouldn't get paid. At absolute best.

>>45851513
I'm absolutely a-ok with not accepting money for this.

We did the universe a favour, getting rid of this thing.

Somethings were not meant for mortal hands.

>>45851540
Which would be nice, if Leftie and Rightie don't castrate us or we end up in prison on top of that.

Or maybe German has let us off the hook enough times that I shouldn't be worrying now.

>>45851584

More likely, we can expect to be let go. No more employment as part of the Empire.

Not good enough to keep employing, not bad enough to kill off.

>>45851513
>>45851540
That's the point of this test of character for Rhys. Is he willing to sacrifice a paycheck to preserve the (relative) safety of the galaxy?

>>45851584
The Inquisition is always going to be a thorn in Rhys's side. That's inevitable.

> “We’ll cover you, go!”

“Go! We’ll cover you!” you yell. Eudora, Jessie, and Jacko hurry on over the crates and into the line of fire. You however, are going for a flight. You kick your rocket boots into gear and blast up. You fire a few prodding shots at the Vultures, who immediately turn their guns on you and start firing at you. Their green blaster bolts fly and burn right past you. You swear, if you stand out like this any longer you’ll get yourself a few new air holes.

That’s why Kuvasz is also drawing their attention ground side with some choice shots from his DE-10. It’s just enough for Eudora and crew to punch through to the submarine, smashing right through the B2s along the way. Jessie and Jacko hurry on inside. “Rhys, come on!”

“Go!” you call. Kuvasz grabs Whisper by the collar and hurries her to the sub. They rush through the withering firepower of the Vulture droids while you fly right on overhead. You drop down onto the sub platform, then drop a few bombs onto the hydrostatic bubble supports. “Get in!” They push each other inside.

Nautilus steps out of the hangar from the hallway you came out of. “Do not let them escape,” he calls. He fires his blaster at you, nearly singing your shoulder with that red bolt. Close! You hurry on inside.

“Fire it up! Dodger!” He nods, turning on the engine.

“Jessie!” Eudora looks at her. “On your mark!”

“Gladly!” Jessie grins madly as she holds up the detonator. She squeezes the button. The supports explode in fiery balls, shattering the bubble entirely and sending a cascading wave of water into the hangar. The submarine is forced inside the hangar, the only way out being the other end.

[1/2]

>>45851817
[2/2]

Dodger and Wilco to their credit avoid the incoming debris of Vultures, droids, and other nonsense flying right at them as the water rushes into the ship. You hit the crashing currents of the other wave coming in, then zoom on through and out of the hangar. The two droids bring the sub around so that you can see what’s happening.

And sure enough, the Subjugator is sinking. The hydrostatic bubbles all around start popping from the pressure. Aqua droids all over are scattering in fright and terror, some even going into the ship, perhaps to rescue General Nautilus.

Who cares though. It’s done, down goes the Force Harvester. “Yes!” Jacko pumps his fist, nearly bumping his head into the ceiling of the sub. He slaps hands with Kuvasz, then with Jessie, and hugs Eudora. “We did it! I can’t believe that worked! Oh haha!”

Eudora smiles happily while Jessie and Jacko laugh around. Kuvasz and Whisper look at you, expectantly. Eudora says this, “Thanks for the help, Rhys. You and your droids can drop us off at the Mon Calamari refugee camp, it’s not too far from here.”

> “We will.”
> Point your blaster at them. “I’ve got something different in mind.”
> Other

>>45851841
>“We will.”

>>45851841
>> Point your blaster at them. “I’ve got something different in mind.”
>> Other
Write down or signal something that you need her to blast you.

>>45851841
>> “We will.”
> Other: After you make this look like I was ambushed and absolutely did not help you willingly.

>>45851841
>>45851936

>>45851891
>>45851936
Why can't we just say that as far as we're concerned, the rebels were never here?

>>45851953
because it gives the Empire someone else to focus their sights on.

>>45851953
Because it was reported that they were here and and I wouldn't be surprised if someone followed us or at the very least we have to make a report.

>>45851841
>Other
Point our blaster at Eudora, make sure it's set on stun.
"I've been hired to bring you in alive if I found you, Eudora. Course, I can't do that if you shoot me with a blaster set to stun."
They DO have blasters that have a stun setting, right?

>>45851841
>>45851891
>>45851936
>>45852017
This.

Just make it look convincing.

So we're going with the "make your escape look convincing" angle?

Did we trash the transmitter?

>>45852139
I don't think we did.

German, can we get confirmation on that?

>>45852171
You didn't.

>>45852183
Well fuck, what do we do?

>>45852201
Trash it, obviously. We can't have it on our person.

>>45852201
can we trash it now?

>>45852201
Get shot, transmitter gets caught in the blast. We get bloodied up, whisper and Kuzvas get us out.

>>45852226
Let's go with this angle.

>>45852201
tell the rebels about the transmitter. they "knock Rhy's out" "search his body" and "find" it and use it to send the Empire on a goose chase.

we need a gut shot.

Just to make it real. Painful but not too life threatening.

>>45852248
I'm not sure if its audio base.

>>45852350
A blaster shot is more convincing, the more fatal looking the better.

>>45852353
So we'll write it all down and pass it in cards.

Or we could have deadly charades.

>>45852400
Might as well be safe then sorry

>>45851841
> Other
Supporting >>45852113

>>45852400
Okay two words... first is... shoot.. second is.. Me?

> Other

“Oh, we will.” You pull out your blaster, turning around and pointing it at them. “Though, I’ve got something a bit different in mind.” Their jovial attitudes are wiped away completely, now replaced by confused and impotent rage. “Admiral Reike told me to turn you in, Eudora. Of course, I can’t exactly turn you with those blasters you got. So how about we-”

You’re suddenly blasted in the arm by Eudora. “Gladly.”

As soon as you surface, you, Whisper, and Kuvasz are thrown right into the water, leaving the Rebels to their sub. Dodger and Wilco as well are tossed out onto an emergency raft the sub was carrying. Oh, now that’s just adding insult to injury. Eudora pokes her head out of the top hatch, holding her smoking blaster.

And with a smile, she winks at you. She pulls the hatch down, then submerges the submarine again. You see the Lion’s Share overhead coming to you now, hurrying to pick you up.

-

-

“… and the Ithorian?” asks Reike.

“Jumped ship,” you say. “Apparently Misri and Vikker scared him off.” Admiral Reike addresses you in the hangar of the Undertaker, with Lotte standing at his side, along with a Stormtrooper commander. “So, yeah, they destroyed my transmitter, we were captured yes by that droid in the midst of trying to retrieve that Force Harvester. And unfortunately, we were forced to sink the ship before we could recover it.”

Admiral Reike nods, rubbing his chin slowly. “I see. This is all true?”

You smile a little. “It’s true. All of it.”

[1/2]

>>45852902
[2/2]

He nods slowly again, squinting a little. “You look as if you’ve gotten away with something.” You blink, shrugging. “But, I suppose I have other ways of retrieving the Harvester. It is said to be almost completely indestructible.”

“What would destroy it?” asks Kuvasz.

“We’re not sure,” he says. “But… that doesn’t mean I’ll give up on it. We know it’s down there now. We’ll recover it.”

You stand up, rubbing your wounded shoulder slightly. “Um, sir. Is that wise? That’s abyssal depths you’re going down. The pressure would crush anything.”

“Rhys.” He folds his arms, glaring at you. “You seem to be under the impression that I’ll allow myself to lose something this valuable to something as insignificantly abundant as water.” You nod at that, fair, that’s totally fair. “And, indeed, I have some suspicion that you are not telling the whole truth to me.”

You shrug. “I am. I don’t know what else to say.”

“Omission of information is still lying,” he says.

> “Would I lie to you?”
> “I assure you, sir. What I said is the complete truth as it happened.”
> Remain silent
> Other

>>45852916
>“I assure you, sir. What I said is the complete truth as it happened.”
The transmitter was destroyed, we got shot by Rebels, and the ship sank into the abyss with the Harvester on it. What more do you want, chief?

>>45852916
>Other
"Sir, I've tried that before, the operative word being 'tried'. I'm criminal scum, but I'm not stupid enough to try my luck a third time."

Ignoring the fact that we are stupid enough to actually try it a third time.

>>45852983
Yep, this is what happened.

>>45852916

> “I assure you, sir. What I said is the complete truth as it happened.”

>Besides as I said before you never trip flags like that before the mission, it's bad luck/

>>45852997
Or rather that its the right thing to do this time round. Far far too dangerous. Even in the hands of the proper authorities.

>>45852916
>>45853069
this, You're lucky we didn't end up in black hole or somewhere equally absurd.

>>45852916
> Remain silent

Can I have a tie fighter now?

What should we get Whisper as a fighter?

>>45853523
I'm pretty sure we're not getting a TIE. Besides, we still have our R-22.

>>45853586
I'm pretty sure Whisper isn't a pilot.

>>45853586

Looking at how she fights...

headhunter

>>45853609
German says she can pilot decently.

>>45853610
What model, their are a lot of types.

>>45853676
Just bog standard i guess

Which reminds me, i wonder if that nautlus droid had a bounty on its head. We should see if we can claim.

> “I assure you, sir. What I said is the complete truth as it happened.”

“What I said is the complete truth as it happened, sir.” From a certain point of view. “I assure you, I wouldn’t lie to you about something like this.”

He grunts, hooking his thumbs on his belt. “Very well. Guess I have no choice but to believe you for now.” He looks over at Lotte. “Captain Ulgo. Report to ISD Admonitor. Commander Bow.” The Stormtrooper Commander clicks his heels. “Prepare your troops for aquatic operations. We’ll be deploying AT-AT Swimmers to help your efforts.”

“Yes, sir!” says Commander Bow. He marches away.

“Yes, sir.” Lotte nods, saluting him, then marching away.

“As for you, Rhys. Stay aboard,” he says. “I may have some use for you yet still.

“Alrighty.” He nods to you, then turns around and storms away. His Inquisitor bodyguards standing at the door follow him into the hallway. You sigh deeply in relief. Looks like you’ve managed to escape his wrath for now. You suddenly feel a fist nudge your shoulder.

“I’m proud of you,” says Kuvasz. He nods to you, his face concealed by his helmet.

“So am I,” says Misri. You might have missed out on the payday for now. But for whatever reason, you can’t help but feel all the better that Misri and Kuvasz are proud of what you did. You look over to see Vikker and Whisper sitting to the side. Vikker shrugs, indifferent. But Whisper seems a bit angry, probably residual anger from the Echani business.

Still, what could Reike have for you next?

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>>45853775
That is it for this weekend with another chapter of Star Wars: Fortune Hunter. I'm on Spring Break this week, so maybe I'll be able to run Star Wars on Thursday ahead of LGA this week. I'll be sure to confirm it during the week.

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See you next time.

>>45853752
Hmmm, not that useful unless we can rehaul it into a X-wing, then again it has a lot of variants we can play with.

>>45853806
Thanks for the thread german.

>>45853806
Thanks for running.

>>45853806
So did Eudora know we wanted this to be convincing judging by how talkative we were or just knew we might betray her?

And did the other catch on?

>>45853806
So any upgrades, and faction changes?

and I assume the only loot is the E-5 blaster we took from the droid?

>>45853752
I'm sure he'll come back.

>>45853842
1. A little bit of both. She figured that Reike had you in his pocket and would want her captured.

2. Yep.

>>45853875
No changes, no faction changes.

And yep.

>>45853909

So no hard feelings right, with that cell of rebels?

How are the furies doing.

I feel like taking a break from empire work. Too much terrible shit. Might as well try and help save them from going bankrupt.

>>45853942
You helped them, maybe one day they'll help you.

The Furies are doing okay. I can't say precisely how okay, but they're doing okay.

>>45853909
So she was aware we weren't serious?

Did the others realize that we weren't serious as well?

>>45853992
1. She realized.

2. Yes, they realized.

>>45853973

Oh ok. Still the feeling stands. Lets do some independent work.

>>45853942
I kind of agree, maybe search and capture that Fil's busters and split the bounty.

>>45853973
Didn't they already owe us a favor from our previous deal?

Also who was the one that died Buzzie?

>>45854055
Beezie was the Polis Massan techie that went by the callsign Menace-7. 5 kills to his name.

>>45854078
>Polis Massan
How did he die?

Also didn't the Echani girl just kill the sisters that abandoned her?

>>45854097
Was killed by a BX commando that ambushed the team from the ceilings, didn't have a chance.

Also yes, Whisper did in fact just brutally kill her sisters for not just abandoning her but also making her the runt of the litter.

>>45854078
http://pastebin.com/m8ARe5eF

Here is the new pastebin/.

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>>45854132
Thanks, pastebin anon.

>>45854116
But were these the ones that kicked her out of the shuttle?

>>45854151
Yes.

>>45854141
No problem, though I'm kind of scratching my head on what we're doing to do with all these E-5 blasters. We have enough to start a small insurrection.

>>45854174
Oh wow, but to be fair she was the runt of the litter.

I guess Rhy's sparing with her is going to get more bloody for him.

>>45854241
She gained plot armor after joining our crew.

>>45854241
>>45854261
Whisper is a bit of a direct dark archetype to Misri. She is far more dark side aligned that Misri is.

>>45854261
Yeah, she was always defeated by her sisters, what changed? Did she spar with Kuvasz?

>>45854283
So what you're saying is that they'll neutralize one another and get more middley over time, through bonding, therefore letting us bang them eventually?

>>45854283
She doesn't seem that dark side affiliated besides the whole anger issue though.

Also how does Lotte feel about the aftermath of this adventure.

>>45854283
She seemed relatively stable until now.

>>45854316
Please, Whisper is a pure girl who will not tolerate such lewd advances.

>>45854329
>>45854422
It hasn't really come out yet, but Whisper has a very cold and cynical outlook on the world.

And Lotte is still recovering, she's mostly hopped up on painkillers right now.

>>45854431
So you're saying she should have been removed from command?

>>45854097
he was polis massan

no one wins polis massa

>>45854449
What? No, she just hasn't processed a lot of the adventure so far because she's been busy recovering.

>>45854431
Despite the fact that Misri, Rhys, and the Astromechs treating her okay/well?

Speaking of which, how did Dodger and WIlco feel about meeting and interacting with their brethren after such a long time?

>>45854449
Duh. She listen to an idiot who told her to attack a lager ship and just "Hold out." Like the ship was gonna say, "o-oh okay!"

She has no idea as to what she's doing.

>>45854483
1. She thinks you're all okay, she doesn't think the same of the rest of the Galaxy.

2. They felt very stupid in comparison to the new B1bis models. The B1bis have new processors allowing them to accumulate more information and hold more memory.

>>45854431
> Whisper is a pure girl who will not tolerate such lewd advances.
But making lewd insinuations toward pure girls is the best.

Flustered girls are my fetish.

>>45854497
To be fair, her comrade ran out on them leaving her screwed, so not entirely her fault.

>>45854532
Hmmm, though it seems the B1 and B1bis seem to be the same on the stupid meter.

Then again, it's too bad they didn't get a upgrade like Sparks did.

>>45854534
Amen anon, amen.

>>45854532
So it's more like I hate everyone except for you guys?

Huh, That's not dark, rather kind of normal for a girl her age. Though Rhys will have to have the talk with her.

>>45854431
>Whisper is a pure girl who will not tolerate such lewd advances.
She's tolerated them pretty well so far.

>>45854614
Tolerating =/= understanding

>>45854629
We can help her understand.

>>45854637
In our bedroom.

Though i'm not sure hor much of her human body is there to play with.

>>45854682
there are always things to play

>>45854682
She's got all the basic essentials.

So how good are the prosthetic in star wars to give her more human limbs?

>>45854733
They're actually pretty good. Luke got a pretty human-looking hand at the end of Empire Strikes Back so things have advanced quite well.

Whisper's cybernetic limbs are more on the General Grievous level, where-in they're more scraped together and improvised than really for looking good.

>>45854796
What about the prostetic arms we bought from Jeannis?

Are they of better quality or function?

>>45854862
They're about the same as Whisper's arms right now, they don't have the synthetic skin layer or anything that would really make them realistically resemble real arms.

>>45854888
That is a bit of a shame. So does Rhys feel like she is part of the crew now, or something less then that considering his villain like nature.

Also what does Menace squardon think of him after kind of letting them go? and where can they go, the empire is blockading the planet to search for the harvester and i doubt they will leave the Mon Calamari.

>>45854965
1. For now, Rhys considers her an important part of the crew considering her experience with Nautilus and what not, plus her great ass as well.

2. Things are pretty square between you and Menace Squadron. And as for where they'll go, who knows.

>>45854983
So where does Whisper rank in the ass ranking?

Also does Rhys have a bust ranking for the girls we know of?

>>45855016
Right next to Misri.

Also, top five busts.

1. Jennis

2. Eudora

3. Lotte/Misri

4. Sisters

5. Whisper

>>45855101
Jennis breast girl.

>>45855101
> 2. Eudora
Both the best ass and the second best bust. Obviously the rebel cause is superior, as shown by the clearest indicators of divine favor.

>>45855101
Wasn't Misri's ass ranking number 2?

Heh, we got the nicest pair warming our bed.

Double kek, Whisper is flat. Though it seems the sisters are low on both rankings.

But what about The Furies and that one pilot girl we saved.

>>45855156
Misri was best ass actually.

>>45855152
The force has spoken

>>45855172
and Whisper has the same ass ranking, how surprising.

>>45855152
Not to mention Rhys tapped that. I'm starting to think his first time in the sack was in a TIE fighter.

>>45855156
Oh, I forgot about the Furies, they rank somewhere right with Lotte and Eudora.

>>45855199
Well damn, the littlest Mando isn't so little and she has room to grow more.

How frightening.

>>45855199
So when is Misri going to make or install improved Dampenrs for the R-22? We keep improving the speed and maneuverability of it but Rhys keeps almost blacking out. Isn't that a cause for concern?

>>45855229
The R-22 actually has the best inertial dampeners on the market. Misri literally can't improve them because they're the absolute best.

>>45855252
Couldn't we slap on moooore dampeners?

Nothing could go wrong.

>>45855279
Maybe, I'm not entirely sure how inertial dampeners work beyond dulling G-forces and such.

>>45855252
Your joking where can i find the information on that?

SO Rhys will continue to suffer black out?

and you mean only in the civilian market right?

>>45855335
They're the best because they're packed into a fast and maneuverable interceptor. The modifications you added on basically pushed the R-22 past what it's supposed to be normally capable of doing.

So yeah, Rhys is going to have something to get used to.

>>45855356
That makes me wonder about the TIE prototype we might get though, is that has even more Gs then the R-22 which has the best dampening equipment, wouldn't Rhys be screwed, or is the Protoype a inferior in those specs?

>>45855396

Best on the market.

Whats going into the Tie Defender is NOT going to be on the market.

>>45855408
We don't know that. No one has said anything about an "exclusivity contract" with the Empire.

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>>45855433

>>45855408
That does sound wonderful, but at the same time makes me a bit sad since no one will be able to handle the R22 if we switch to the TIE Defender.

Would Misri be able to recreate the dampeners if she were to see the ones on the defender?

>>45855458
Misri gets a pretty basic idea of how things work when she gets her eyes on it.

>>45855479
heh, eyes.

So when will we get the Tie Defender and did our money come on from the precious metal?

It should be more then a week already.

>>45855533
You'll see next thread.

>>45855152
Was Eudora the first women Rhys slept with? and considering he knows how 'roomy' a Tie fighter is for two people, how many did he sleep with in his class?

>>45855593
Eudora wasn't Rhys' first, but she was the best in a long while so far.

And as for knowing how roomy a TIE Fighter is, it's not because he slept with Eudora in one. He did, that's irrelevant. According to Rebels Recon, a TIE Fighter really is that fucking roomy and the angles we see it kind of make it look cramped.

>>45855624
So how many times did he and Eudora knock boots? You said it was a one time thing, now you're making it sound like it wasn't.

>>45855648
It was a one time thing.

>>45855624
If not her, who was.

And was Rhys, Eudora's first.

Because sexual conquest is such a prominent theme in Star Wars.

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>>45855678
A Miralan on Malastare where Rhys worked the podrace circuits as a mechanic and occasional spot driver.

And no, Rhys was not the first time Eudora knocked boots.

Anyway, it's late. I'm off to bed, night.

>>45855685
For Rhys and scummy Smugglers it is.

>>45855720
Night German.