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  1. I like the way that they react to seeing the submersible. There was bewilderment, but you didn't describe it in a cheesy way like many authors seem to do. If I might ask about how far along in the total story are we?
  2. I would have to say the addition is absolutely great. Your descriptions of the murder are done so well and I love how you allow Locke to hold onto some of his humanity, while Cooper is almost unattached emotionally. I'm very curious to see where the story goes. The only question I have, and it may have been answered in one of the posts, but what are gants?
  3. As the LAV raced down through the maze of alleys towards the shuttle, Khedryn sat solemnly in his seat. He could not help but feel solely responsible for the death of Travis as well as everything else that had occured. It had been him who had fired off the shots at the guards. He knew they could have stealthily eliminated the guards. He cursed under his breath several times and continued to stare down at his blood-splattered boots. Tress was also staring down at the floor of the transport. He did not feel guilty for what had happened as he had seen many fellow recruits die, but Travis had been a special young lad. Tress looked over at Khedryn, not with a burning rage but more with sympathy, and their eyes met in a cold gaze. Neither could bear to look for long and they both continued looking down. The princess had quieted down from her earlier shrieks and now she just sat there shaking and mumbling under her breath. Poor girl is probably scared out of her mind. She didn't need to be exposed to this. The LAV was bound to reach the shuttle in a few minutes...
  4. Khedryn saw two troopers go down dead instantly and a third had a burning hole in his neck. Where skin had been now only charred flesh had been. His trachea had been blasted away and he would either die from shock or a lack of oxygen. The trooper flailed in agony and could only emit sickly gurgling sounds. Khedryn chose not to shoot him and kill him. After he had seen the troopers go down Khedryn quickly went to work on his hand. He used bacta spray to help the wound and then wrspped it in sterile bandaging. When Khedryn returned to the battle he saw the remaining troopers fleeing for their lives. Deciding it would be a waste of his energy pack to pick them off, Khedryn turned and motioned for Tress to come over towards him. The Chiss man nodded in acknowledgement and quickly jogged over to his position. "Sir it looks like we should get out of here soon. I really doubt that reinforcements won't be coming." "Agreed. First we have to find Travis and then meet up with the others at the LAV." Khedryn had seen the Blackstone and Jason carrying out Michelle from her position. It was a shame to see such a young and beautiful woman that badly injured, but that was generally the result of firefights. "I believe I saw him over here sir" Tress replied as he pointed over towards the porch-like area of a nearby house. The two men headed towards the area, but the recruit was nowhere to be seen. The two were about to split up and search the alley until they saw a body laying on the ground a few meters away in a pile of slimy, putrid liquid. The person was dressed in the same gear as Tress... Khedryn sprinted over towards the Travis and quickly flipped his body over. His chest was still rising and falling slightly so he was still alive. When Khedryn looked at his face, or what was left of it, he wasn't sure for how much longer. His face was severely burned to the point that only thick gooey plasma over charred flesh remained. The man was no longer recognizeable; they had only knew it was him from his uniform. "Hey...Travis...can you hear me?" Khedryn took the grimy hand in his, graped it firmly. "Travis... it Khedryn..." Travis no longer had much in the way of eyelids, and Khedryn knew he must be blind. But he turned his head slightly, and his mouth moved. "Khedryn.." "Don't try to talk...you're gonna be fine. We'll pop you in a bacta tank, and you'll be chasin' girls and shootin' Imps in no time." A faint thread of expelled air and Khedryn recognized it as the ghost of a laugh. "Wrong...Khedryn...Shoulda been...merchant. Not meant...fight. Das...was...right." The lax fingers tightened once, and then released. Khedryn leaned over and checked for a pulse, then released his grip. He took off the young man's blaster pistol, energy packs and any other useful items. He handed these items to Tress and then ripped off the man's ID tags and put them in his pocket. He would make sure the man's parents got them. "Come on let's go meet with the others." Khedryn said. Travis just nodded and turned away. They went to the LAV with the others and quickly got inside. "So where are we going boss?" Khedryn asked Horatio.
  5. Things had been running relatively well until Khedryn heard the shrieks of terrors of civilians behind him. As he turned he saw an LAV streaking through the streets and mowing down all in its path. The alleys were turned into blood soaked pathways of death. Khedryn did not hesitate, even for a split second, and he instinctively flung his body behind cover. He peered over the object he was hiding behind, which happened to be a rotting table presumably from a local bar, and saw the Tress had taken cover. He scanned the nearby area, but he could not locate Travis. Khedryn thumbed his commlink and tried to contact Travis, but the comm transmissions were being jammed. God dammit. Travis better not have gotten himself killed. Khedryn heaved his body up off the ground and saw that to his left was an alley that was littered with old furniture and scraps of old machinery. He carefully slid across the ground, all the while making sure to not catch the attention of the oncoming guards. As he reached the alley he took yanked a concussion grenade off of his belt and quickly set it. With a quick turn of his body Khedryn heaved the grenade towards the LAV and miraculously it landed just where the troopers pouring out of the armored craft were. The concussive wave went off and sent a tremble through the area. Khedryn was unsure of how many he had taken down, or if he had for that matter. They probably have armor designed to protect them from such assaults. Khedryn peered down the alley he had come from and saw a guard approaching his direction. The man spotted Khedryn and quickly brought his blaster to his hip and went to unleash a volley of fire from his weapon, but he was suddenly struck by a stray blaster bolt from one of his own men. "Holy shit that could have been bad." Khedryn muttered under his breath. The area was starting to fill with a rechid smell of death. The scent permeated everything and filled Khedryn's nostrils with a burning, horrid odor. He let out a cough and continued on. He knew he wouldn't do much good from here so he headed towards Horatio's postion. \ Just as he got up from where he had been a volley of fire came towards him and peppered the building with scorchmarks. The accrid smell of burning flesh let Khedryn know he had been grazed in his hand. He quickly squeezed the trigger of his trusty sidearm and aimed it towards the fire. <>-
  6. "Damn it." Khedryn muttered under his breath. He never had been an expert with a blaster, but he normally wasn't this bad. Khedryn quickly signalled for his two men to fall in behind the rest of the group. The wails of the sirens in the distance pierced through the night and gave further motivation for the group to get out of there. They were quickly moving through the streets and alleys and were doing their best to avoid attention. This was a bit of a hard task considering the shrieking woman with the party. The Chiss assigned to Khedryn turned to him and said "You know it's rare a mission goes this smoothly sir." Khedryn offered a quick reply "Yeah well we aren't in the clear yet in case you haven't noticed." The statement proved to foreshadow the upcoming events to unfold... [/i]
  7. Khedryn instinctively reached for his DL-44 strapped to his thigh, slung low just the way he liked. The cold handle fit perfectly in Khedryn's hand and he quickly withdrew the weapon. He brought the barrel up and aimed it in the general direction of the armed guards. Before he squeezed the trigger, he gave orders to his two troopers. "hey you two get behind those dumpsters and cover my ass. I'm gonna need it!" khedryn yelled out at the two. As soon as his men went to take cover Khedryn let out a volley of blasterfire. The searing bolts sizzled past the armed guards, many of them harmlessly flying overhead. Khedryn heard one of the men let out a yell, but he wasn't sure if it was a hit or a battlecry. The return of blaster bolts flying at him caused him to think he hadn't made a hit, or at least not a fatal one. Khedryn quickly dropped to the ground and yelled at his men to return blasterfire. As the guards became distracted from the Black Sun Agents, he took a moment to concentrate and scope out a guard. He got the head of one in his sight and took a moment before he fired. He took a deep breath and the gently pulled back on the trigger. <>
  8. Khedryn watched as Horatio paid the man a very large sum of money and figured this was Black Sun's standard operating procedure for staying out of public eye. He walked with his two new recruits and carried on a menial conversation with them to further acquaint himself with them. He figured knowing as much as he could about the agents and forming as much of a bond as he could was necessary for the mission. "So Mitt'res is it okay for me to just call you Tress? It rolls off the tongue better. Oh and you can just call me Blur. It's an old nickname that has grown on me." Khedryn said with a dry laugh. "If it makes it easier for you sir then it's fine." The man replied. He seemed to be a man of few words, but Khedryn hoped that he was a man of action. The younger man spoke up, "Why do they call you Blur?" Khedryn turned his attention to the man and said, "I have unnaturally fast reaction time when it comes to piloting. I can pilot vessels that normally need two crew members. It's a gift that has helped me many times." The younger man just nodded and retuned his attention to the journey through the scum-riddled lower levels. The streets, or more appropriately alleys, were very poorly lit. Garbage was strewn about and the smell of disease lingered in the air. Rodents scurried across the alley at the presence of the group. A few residents also got away from the group when they saw their arrival. They are probably used to newcomers meaning death and destruction. Khedryn continued to follow behind Horatio and the others as they walked through the alleys. he was beginning to feel more and more uneasy about this as they went. He never was one for direct fighting and that was all this mission would be.
  9. Khedryn took a seat next to the man before he replied. "Well yeah I have killed plenty of times before. The first time I was scared for many days after. I couldn't believe what I had done ya know? But it didn't take long and I had the unfortunate luck of being thrust into situations where killing the other guy was the only way out. It's not the way I prefer doing things, but it has saved my skin several times." He was a little unsure of this man and he waited to to gauge the man's reaction before he could put in an accurate judgement call. I just pray that I can trust him. This mission will go so much smoother.
  10. The ship quickly ascended through Dubrillion's atmosphere bound for Taris. Khedryn was still a little uneasy about the mission because fighting had never been his thing. He had always preferred to find a way out of it. Often times getting out of trouble has made things more difficult for me Khedryn walked over to the new addition to the team to introduce himself. From his earlier attempts he didn't get anything significant so he decided that conversation might help. Stepping forward he introduced himself first, "The name's Khedryn, but you can call me Blur if you want. Either one it doesn't matter. I figure we better get to know each other if we plan to survive this mission. "
  11. Khedryn took one of the datapads from Horatio and then quickly made his way into the shuttle. It appeared to be a heavily modified Kappa-class shuttle. It is rather odd that you can still find these. But then again Black Sun can find anything. The inside of the shuttle was actually quite nice. The cockpit was furnished lavishly with leather chairs and the decor of the panels was made to look 'diplomatic'. There appeared to be a small weapons cache hidden under the pilot's chair, which was no big surprise. They probably use this for some of their bigger missions with important people. The troop cabin quarters had been modified into a large lounge area. There were holovid projectors on the walls that were playing various sports games. Near the end was a full service bar that seemed to have just about anything a person could fancy. In the middle of the lounge was a large table for playing sabacc or other card games. The chairs that were around the perimeters of the lounge were not standard durasteel, but rather looked to be made of leather as well. There was also a large area tucked away in the corner for food preparation and behind it was a large sliding door. Khedryn walked to the door and accessed the panel to open it. The doors slid open and inside were six very heavily modified landspeeders. They appeared to have incredible modifications to the armor and to the turrets underneath. I thought this shuttle seemed a little too nice. Khedryn thought with a chuckle. On the back wall were several very large weapons lockers and when Khedryn opened them up he saw a vast array of weapons, explosives, knives and armor. Everything from simple vibro-knives to a large repeating blaster turret were present in the lockers. Khedryn closed up the lockers and went back into the cabin area to prepare for the long trip to Taris. When Khedryn entered the cabin area he noticed two men in the standard Black Sun uniforms, though these appeared to be for combat missions. The older looking one was a Chiss and the much younger one was a Human. The Chiss stepped forward and addressed him. ”œHello sir you must be Khedryn. Horatio sent me and my partner here to accompany you on the mission. My name is Mitt'res and my partner here is Travis. We are to follow your commands precisely on this mission.”
  12. ((I wasn't really going into battle, I was just in a stance. You said (Horatio nodded to Blackstone, "Well in that case, we don't need to kill you then, you can commence training with..." Horatio turned and spotted the man who had turned into something completely different. "...This person") so I assumed him and I were about to duel for training.)) "Sir I wasn't trying to kill him. I thought you wanted us to to train correct?" Khedryn asked. He was still working on understanding humans. They were very odd creatures. Khedryn set down his blade and waited for Horatio to give him further instructions. Sometimes I think the Empire would have been more my style.
  13. Khedryn lifted his sword up and shifted his weight to his back foot. He twirled the blade in one of his four hands while keeping an eye on his opponent. The man was a human of normal height, but with a rather large, muscular frame. He looked to be in his early twenties as well. Khedryn used his very minimal Force sensitivity to examine the man further. All he could get off of the man was a very fierce sense of independence and Khedryn could sense that the man had killed before. That about sums up all Black Sun recruits Khedryn took a few cautious steps towards the man and prepared to enter into battle.
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