Re: RPG: Age of Skywalker
"Simple... we get ourselves captured." The blond smiled as she piloted the freighter to exit Coruscant's upper atmosphere.
Just then Tanis looked out the cockpit and into space. The fleet of Star Destroyers was already waiting for them.
"Blast..." Tanis said as he placed a hand over his face and sighed. Despite this being the best way to get on the ship, he was never a fan of being captured by the Imperials.
Back in Vader's day, when Tanis would get caught, it was especially nerve racking. Once the Stormtroopers would discover a lightsaber in his possesion, they woukd immediatly inform Lord Vader. And in one particular event, Vader just happened to be in the vicinity when Tanis was captured....
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Prior to the destruction of the Death Star I...
Tanis Ardion is on a Rebel Special Forces mission to Danuta to obtain the Death Star plans. This was the first attempt to steal the plans, one of Jedi Knight Corwin Shelvay's mission. It failed.
Stealth was of the ultimate priority on the mission, so Tanis was the only one infiltrating the Imperial Base the housed the plans. After making it to the Central Core, where the mainframe computer that held the plans were being held, Tanis is locked in the room after his ship was discovered and the base went on lockdown.
Practically a legion of Stormtroopers walked through the door as it opened later while they swept the base looking for him. He was forced to surrender. They confiscated the plans he had downloaded onto a memory disk. A lightsaber was found, and he was taken to Lord Vader, who happened to be in the base inspecting the plans....
The doors on the turbolift hiss open to the observation deck, where Darth Vader stood looking out a window at the barren and desolate Danuta landscape below. Tanis is brought up to Darth Vader, flanked by 6 Stormtroopers and an Imperial Officer. The Imperial Office walks up to Lord Vader.
"He was armed only with this." The officer says and hands Vader Tanis' lightsaber. Vader doesnt move for a few more moments. Lost in thought while staring at the desolate landscape. His breathing was the only sound in the observation deck. A Stormtrooper shifts nervously beside Tanis.
The 7 foot tall black armored Sith Lord slowly turns his head and looks at the lightsaber. He does not pick it up. The officer takes a step back and lowers his hand with the lightsaber still in his hand. Vader turns completely now, and Tanis looks into the red pits of seething hate that were Vader's lenses. Vader's breathing apparatus hisses softly, but ominously.
Vader looks down at Tanis. His anger nearly makes Tanis stumble.
"I am impressed, Jedi. (he breathes) You have lived this long. And before I destroy you, you will reveal any hidden Rebel Bases or any other information that will lead to the oblitheration of the Rebellion." Vader says to Tanis.
Tanis didn't know how he mustered it. he didnt know how he forced it out of his mouth, how it actually escaped his lips.
"Never."
Vader rasies his hand and makes a clenching gesture with his hand. Tanis is lifted off the ground, his windpipe being crushed by the force. His gasps for air contrast Vader's calm breathing. After a few moments of flailing in the air and grasping at his neck, Tanis' vision begins to fade. Vader has not moved an inch while he slowly rips the life force from Tanis.
Tanis looks at the horrified Imperial Officer and at the lightsaber in his shaking hand. Tanis looks once more at Vader, and Vader tilts his head in a puzzled manner so slightly it is barely noticable.
'He is about to attempt an escape...' Vader thinks.
Tanis force pushes Vader and Vader is sent flying through the window of the observation deck. The broken glass flys everywhere. Tanis force pulls his lightsaber out of the Officer's hand and he ignites it as he jumps through the hole in the glass where Vader flew through. The Stormtroopers were too late. Red laser bolts flew out the hole in the wide window as Tanis fell to the ground.
The observation deck was 30 stories up a tower, so it was quite a ways down. Tanis saw Vader, who already had his lightsaber out and was using his cape to slow his decent and catch up with Tanis. Tanis and Darth Vader clashed with amazing force during the free fall. They exchanged blows, and Tanis tried as hard as he could to avoid Vader. The green and red blades spun int he air as they fell and soon the barren ground of Danuta was rushing up to them.
Tanis landed first and used the Force to cushion his fall. He slammed into the ground on his knee and earth flew everywhere. He broke into a run for the giant boulder infront of the base where his ship was hiding behind. Vader landed behind him and it was as if he weighed 10,000 pounds. Tanis had used the Force to cushion his fall, yet Vader used it alternatively. He slammed into the ground with supernatural force and the ground shook and Tanis stumbled. Rocks and chunks of dirt exploded around him as if Darth Vader had been a meteor.
Tanis looked back momentarily and saw Vader slowly rising from the crater he created. Tanis broke into a Force run now and ran around the boulder. 7 Stromtroopers were next to the ship, inspecting it. Tanis quickly dispatched them and ran aboard his YT-2400, the Raider. The ship automatically took off as Tanis ran up the boarding ramp. He stopped and turned to see Vader standing next to the boulder, already out of reach. Vader deactivated his lightsaber, and watched Tanis' ship disappear into space.
Later on the voyage back home, Tanis found and destroyed the tracking device aboard his ship.
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Now Tanis watched the Star Destroyers bearing down on the ship, reminiscent of the time Darth Vader nearly strangled him to death.
(Somewhat pointless but...Hey why not? )
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