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The woman couldn't help but smile at her good fortune. Apparently, it was the will of the Force that she should accompany the two Jedi. She had placed herself in a good position, using her influence within the New Imperial Order to contact Commander Jir and have him send a few squads of the 501st to this location. She watched as the two Jedi exited the sewer system, then walked out of an adjoining alley and onto the main street.
Just in time..., she smiled silently as the first squad of the 501st Peacekeeper Legion, heavily armed and armored, turned onto the main street two and a half blocks behind the Jedi. As she expected, another squad turned a nearby corner a couple of blocks away, flanking their left as the human looked up into the sky for a moment. She, in turn hurried towards the two Jedi, her long, platinum blonde hair trailing behind her.
"We don't have much time to talk, but hear me out," she said as she practically ran into the stunned Wookie, a look of shock on her face. "I need help getting to my cargo ship. I can take you anywhere you need to go."
The human looked somewhat doubtful, and the Wookie looked anxious to avoid a fight with the 501st.
"My associate and I have more pressing matters actually," said the human.
The blonde woman, her face made up a bit heavily, raised an eyebrow, "More important than avoiding the 501st?"
"What makes you think they're any of our concern?" asked the human. The Wookie brayed nervously as the Peacekeepers moved in closer.
"Your Wookie friend's looking real uncomfortable," the blonde woman smiled.
Then a blaster bolt flew past them...
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KUAT CITY (KUAT'S SECRET FACILITY)
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I deflect a few shots as best I could before Drakus decides to launch a mini-rocket towards the enclosed space providing cover for the newest Mandalorian on the scene.
Echuta! I thought these guys were supposed to be professionals! I think.
The snap-hiss of a yellow blade temporarily distracts me as my HUDs flash supressor kicks back in. I notice the Trandoshan wielding said lightsaber to deflect a few shots.
Hmmm...you and I need to have a talk my friend, I think to myself.
I search the room for Kuat of Kuat. He's found cover twenty or so feet away from the Selonian Marble fountain in the middle of the room. It looks to me as though he's heading in that direction. I wonder to myself whether or not he intends to run past the two Mandalorians using the fountain for cover. The female that Drakus hired had paused at the fountain to reload, and then stopped when she realized the newest threat was right there.
Some kind of standoff? No...her body language suggests...hesitation?
My thoughts are diverted once again, as Scratch growls towards a set of doors to our right. They fly open as twenty or so new Kuat Security Forces enter the fray...
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Anor'rkh was extremely annoyed. The rodian smuggler had just been reunited with his beloved YT-2400 The One Sure Shot, and was extremely happy that the Peacekeepers had miraculously neglected to disable any of his highly illegal mods. He'd flown off into space, despite the lack of clearance from Kuat Planetary Control. Not that he hadn't tried, somehow they just weren't answering. The firefight between Kuat Security forces and those psycho Mandalorian thugs had scared him off this planet for good.
He had just made it into the comforting black void of space, when...
Echuta!
He was quick to flip The One Sure Shot, onto its side, as he activated his portside deflector shields, when a barrage of turbolaser fire from a flight of Predators splashed off of them.
His comm crackeled loudly.
"Unidentified vessel, please return to the planet's nearest spaceport for search and seizure. We are in the middle of an engagement. The Kuat System is now under control of the New Imperial Order."
Anor'rkh was confused for a moment until his front viewport gave him the clear view of a massive Peacekeeper fleet engaging Kuat Defense Forces.
"Blast!" Anor'rkh cursed loudly.
The comm crackeled again, "YT-2400, you have been warned. Return to the surface where your ship will be-"
His topside Dymek heavy dual laser cannon turret flashed in response, turning the offending Predator into a bright fireball.
Anor'rkh was really confused. He knew he hadn't touched his weapons systems. According to his weapons board, they were set to manual, which meant there was a gunner in one of his turrets...but...
"No time to thank me, Bug-Eyes! How about we clear away from this battlefield, huh?" a male voice responded from the interior comm system built into both of his turrets.
"Who in the name of The Hunter's Moon are you?!" Anor'rkh responded furiously to the voice.
"Name's Colebin...Colebin Calid. I know...I stowed away on your ship...and you're mad. I would be too. Look at it this way, at least you have yourself a new copilot...and a gunner..."