Trulalis

[Orrick]

Orrick's eyelids blinked open. He seemed to be on a foreign planet, and as he stood up, he recognized no one. He noticed he was sitting on a bench beside a fountain, and, trying to find out more, he tugged on the shirt sleeve of one of the passersby. "Where am I?"

 

The stranger looked shocked. "Is this some kind of joke?" Orrick shook his head.

 

"You're on the planet Trulalis. You've been here for the past month on guard duty. Worked wonders on the crime levels if I may say so myself. But your term here expired yesterday. It'll be a shame to see you go, but I guess we have to work out some of our own problems. Well, it was nice talkin' to yah before yah left, but I really must be gettin' on my way."

 

Orrick nodded. "Thanks."

 

He was utterly confused. He looked around. His saber was on his belt, and he pinched himself to make sure his body was real. The last memory he had was of himself in Nhagathul... the forsaken city. Orrick shivered at the thought, but at least he wasn't there anymore. Now Orrick had to decide how to get off this planet. His ship must've been destroyed to shreds at Nhagathul, but as he looked around, he saw his very own Clawcraft occupying one of the adjacent docking spaces. It looked prepped and ready to go. Apparently he had been there getting ready to go and decided to take a nap. As he headed toward the ship, a beautiful woman a couple years younger then he intersected his path. She had a bright smile from one ear to the other. "Orrick! I'm glad I could catch you before you left. I just wanted to tell you that I had a wonderful time with you while you were here, and I'm going to miss you... a lot..." Before he could respond, the reached up and gave him a passionate kiss on the lips. Orrick was stunned. As they broke from the embrace, she slipped something into his hand. "Now get out of here before I change my mind and make you stay." A single tear rolled down her cheek, and Orrick had the feeling he knew this girl very well. He turned and entered his ship. As he took off, he could only wonder who this girl was, or what had happened between them in the past 'month' that was missing from his memory altogether. As his ship ascended into space, Orrick checked the mystery box she had slipped to him. He opened the hinges, and inside was a single holodiscs, that contained pictures of the two and detailed letters. It also contained a jeweled necklace. Orrick smiled, and closed the box. He wasn't sure what this meant, but at least he had a warm feeling as he left into hyperspace for the cold and unwelcoming planet of Hoth.

Edited May 5, 2004 by Guest

[Zero]

Dhan-Jaroe held out his arms and threw the fire away from him. The fire dispersed in the air. "Pitiful parlor tricks will get you no where." Dhan-Jaroe jumps into the air and turns on his jetpack. He fires 5 heat seakers at Keiran.

[Keiran]

*Keiran closed his eyes and quickly lulled himself into a temporary meditative state. Lowering his body temperature as he meditated, the missles lost track of Keiran and spread in all directions, aiming for the brushfire. The missles hit the ground at random locations one at a time, after hearing the 4th explosion, Keiran snapped awake and using the force, pushed the brushfire down, extinguishing it. Confused once more, the heat seeker locked onto a new target, DJK's jetpack. The missle homed in on DJK and flew right up the exhaust shaft, plugging it for a split second then exploding, hurdling DJK back to the ground.*

 

"Well Master, looks like your airmiles expired"

 

*Keiran stood ready with DJK's purple saber.*

[Zero]

"Don't get ahead of yourself, and don't get cocky." DJK threw a grenade at Keiran's lightsaber, and guided it to it. It cut i half and exploded right in front of keiran's face, knocking him down and, he covered his face in time to prevent third degree burns, but his cloak and shirt arms were burned off and leaving second degree burns on his arm and chest. Dhan-Jaroe pulled the fallen saber to him and picked up Keiran by the shirt. "Very good, you put up a valiant effort, i wasn't about to lose, though." Dhan-Jaroe laughed. "You Keiran, have nothing left to learn from me, you are a jedi knight now." he tapped his lightsaber hilt on keiran's shoulder. "Let's go back to the base." The two got into the ship and left.

[Tarrian Skywalker]

Piccolo

Y.O.D.A.

 

 

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Posted: 03 Apr 2004 19:01 Post subject:

 

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EDITED: missed Airleas's departure

 

The Howling Runner came out of hyperspace above Trulalis. Piccolo carefully scanned the surface. There were many life forms, but it was impossible to tell which were sentient. Yet his scanners showed that several starships had recently taken off from a particular area. Being careful not to get to close he landed his ship, and crept forward to the clearing where he had picked up the readings.

 

Using the Black Sun implants he magnified his vision gazing below. There were two figures, one of which he recognized. Dhan-Jaroe Kenobi, one of his former victims. The other was most likely his Padawan. Piccolo chuckled to himself at the memory of the Jedi's demise.

 

Good times.

 

Piccolo put the Howling Runner on standby, programming several maneuvers in, in case a ship should try to get the drop on Piccolo, or in case one should try to leave. Piccolo walked down the hill, unslinging his blaster rifle, but not pointing the weapon at the Jedi.

 

"It's been a long time DJK, perhaps you two could take a break."

 

He saw anger flash on the Jedi's face.

 

"Settle down. Before you do anything too hasty, I am allied with the Jedi now. I can prove it."

 

Piccolo Posted: 04 Apr 2004 12:16 Post subject:

 

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OOC: At Keiran's request, the post I made occurs immediately after the trials are over. Sorry for this, I can't edit from this comp.

 

This is the post and the OOC to Keiran's request. Since the original post states that he set his ship to intercept any leaving ships, I would say that Keiran and DJK are still on the planet.

 

I was asked to look at this, and to be fair, Keiran acknowledged Piccolo was there, but asked to wait till the fight was over.

[Zero]

OOC: Sorry, didn't see that post. And piccolo, don't post my reactions, such as anger.

IC: Dhan-Jaroe looked at the bounty hunter. "I have no grudge with you, you were merely the pawn, i have only a fight to pick with who would've hired you to kill me. Now, what is it that you want?"

[Keiran]

OOC: Oops

 

*Keiran stood at DJK's side, saber hilt in hand. Keiran remained silent and simply listened to the two since he knew there was a past history he had no knowledge of.*

 

"Amazing though... If I hadn't stopped bounty hunting and became a jedi I would be like him..."

[Piccolo]

EDITED: I made an illegal comm

 

Piccolo noticed Keiran's hand holding his lightsaber. He spoke to the Jedi in a slightly mocking tone, still holding his blaster rifle, but pointing it to the side, away from the Jedi.

 

"At ease young Jedi. I'm not here to fight you. Though, you should have stayed on the right side while you had the chance. You hung around Wyhl's Palace a few times, if I remember correctly."

 

He turned to DJK,

 

"Either way you look at it you ended up on the wrong end of my force pike, but I'm not here to reminisce. I'm here to save Reagan McGreggor, a friend of the Jedi Airleas Lianahan. Reagan has a hefty bounty on her, and the Black Sun seeks to protect her, for purposes that are of no concern to you. I was wondering if you could take a message to wherever you Jedi hang out for me. Adi-wan Tinova and Tares Vortex have already helped me once in this endeavor. My associates will be here shortly to give you the details."

 

Piccolo sent an encoded transmission to Ikirra Josten, Jaster, and ShadowFett.

Edited April 9, 2004 by Guest

[Keiran]

*Keiran didn't budge an inch, he kept his hand on his saber, this stranger had something peculiar about him. Keiran remained silent but began thinking.*

"Whoever this Reagan McGreggor is, she must be well connected if this bounty hunter wants the jedi involved with black sun's affairs..."

Edited April 9, 2004 by Guest

[Zero]

"I too once 'hung around' whyl's palace a few times, what of it? I am leaving the jedi order, too much hassle, as i'm sure you'd agree with me on that. I'm just going back to the jedi base to drop of keiran so he has access to his ship. If you want a message delivered, give it to him."

Dhan-Jaroe made sure he had his hand on his own lightsaber. "Isn't McGreggor a smuggler? I don't think the jedi should be helping a smuggler out. And I don't really like Lianahan."

OOC: Piccolo, don't brag about that kill, it was going to be overturned by a mod, but it was 3 days before a ruling was a made, so i got cloned. Don't praise yourself as a big strong guy

[Piccolo]

OOC: Sorry, I know. But that's how Piccolo would do it. Keiran, I think I've spoken to you at the Palace, it had nothing to do with your thougths.

 

IC: "I was talking to Keiran about the Palace not you, try to follow me Jedi. Tares seems to disagree with you on helping smugglers, for goodness sake Airleas partially owns the Smuggler's Moon. But you are right, she is annoying."

 

Piccolo tapped his foot a moment checking his watch.

 

"Ikirra Josten has information I need to send to her. I don't require Keiran, so he can leave, but I want you to deliver this personally Kenobi, I need to ensure its arrival, and your the most powerful Jedi I could find. However, unless you have two ships, I would appreciate if you both waited just a few moments longer."

[Keiran]

((OOC: After talking with chrissie, she realized that airleas' ship is still on trulalis, since she left with hale. She would like me to return it to her))

 

*Keiran looked around and saw 3 ships left on trulalis*

 

"One is the bounty hunters... one's DJK's... and that must be... Airleas'!"

 

*Keiran turned back to Piccolo and DJK*

 

"Gentlemen, it appears that Airleas herself has left behind her ship. Since Master DJK wishes to not return to Hoth and I do, then I'll take Airleas' ship back to hoth and DJK can go where he pleases. You can give me the message and I assure you it will be delivered."

[Zero]

"I know you were talking to him, i just wanted to know if you had a problem with former bounty hunters that are now jedi that once worked for whyl. Like I stated, Keiran will take your information, he won't have any trouble getting to the jedi base, if you wish, I will escort him to the planet, but i'm not landing down, i don't wish to get entangled with the jedi council."

[Darth Vauler]

Darth Vauler left Trulalis.

[Jaster_ognaJ]

*The Wild Tangent lands on Trualis. Jaster and Deter run out and toward Piccolo. Jaster turns to Piccolo.*

 

"We got here as soon as we could. What do we need to do?"

Edited April 10, 2004 by Guest

[jedi_assasian]

*Deter stands beside Jaster*

 

"I know it's a stupid question, but who are we fighting here?"

[Keiran]

*Keiran saw the arrival of the bounty hunters*

 

"Well, looks like there's a homecoming party that we didn't know about..."

 

*Keiran turned to Piccolo*

 

"What is the meaning of this? If you wish a message to be delivered then give it to me and me and DJK will be off. Leaving you bounty hunters to mingle."

[Ikirra Josten]

The former Star Destroyer Captain piloted the escort shuttle with the ease of any old and skilled pilot. Though those skills had grown on the strong side of rusty, he had a connection, a familiarity with this ship which allowed him to overcome. And so he piloted it quickly and quietly, just like he took care of buisness.

 

He had a job to do. When he had exited the Last Call he had recieved Piccolo's transmission and he was now prepared to land on the planet and fufill that job. With military style and a strict, tense granduer he landed the ship several miles from the location of Piccolo's transmission. He knew no one would have spotted the pale blue and greys that made up the camoflage for the ship.

 

He landed it, concealing it in some brush and exited on the bill like walkway. His boots hit the soft mud and he immediately sank in an inch. He boarded a small speeder he had stolen at Coruscant. It was a light wieght vehicle which made virtually no noise. Perfect for him. He slung a choice rifle over his shoulder and rode a distqance toward his target. The weapon he carried was custom, made specifically for his arm length, eyesight, firing handicaps...etc. A beautiful and expensive item...to say the least.

 

He found a grassy cliff that overlooked where Piccolo's comm had been. He noted the cooridinates and checked them with his datapad. Setting up his rifle he stared down at the group identifying his targets. He marked them not to kill for he knew his mission well enough. He switched the blaster cartridge with darts...Darts with tips strong enough to pierce mandalorian battle armor and filled with enough medication to put down 12 or more Rancors. He marked the two jedi. The one known as DJK came up first, his datapad's picture verifying the man's assumption. Just to go with it, he would be hit first. Black sun would certainly be pleased.

 

He wondered what kind of reward was associated with this sort of thing. He shook himself mentally and pushed the thought from his head, forcing himself to concentrate. He aligned the sites a moment and took a practice shot into a tree behind him. A soft whistle of air was all that could be heard, and it was quieter than the wind itself.

 

He moved the 'arm back into position, realigning it again, with ease. He was a well learned weapons specialist. He knew just about everyfirearm used by the Imperials. A gift he supposed, their gift for his work and ability to graduate top of his class. He pushed the thoughts from his head again. Then he took careful aim at the first target, the Master. His finger tightened round the trigger.....

[Piccolo]

Taking a step backwards, Piccolo spoke to the Jedi again,

 

"Calm yourself my friends, Jaster had valuable information I need to send along to Airleas."

 

Piccolo gestured to Jaster and Deter.

 

"Go ahead gentleman, show them what I'm talking about."

[handofthrawn]

The Night of Vengence appears out of hyperspace and spots the Jedi. It fires a few laser cannons, which missed purposefully, though causing the Jedi to dodge. The ship landed and a Mandalorian clad in full jet-black Mandalorian battlearmor runs out with his Westars firing at the Jedi, who block his bolts.

 

He nods at Piccolo, "I came as fast as I could." He then activated his jetpack to raise above the reach of the lightsabers and continued his laser onslaught.

[Keiran]

*Keiran pulled out his blaster and began firing at shadowfett. Two blasts struck his jetpack and the bounty hunter came careening down, crash landing in the dirt. Keiran then kept his saber on shadowfett's neck and pointed his blaster at piccolo, who still had his blaster pointed at the side.*

 

"You bounty hunters come in and begin shooting at us when we have yet to provoke you. We have no bounty on our heads, what's the reason in attacking us?"

[Piccolo]

"It's nothing personal Jedi. Surrendar and I promise you'll be released."

 

Piccolo felt the bionic implants as they speeded up his muscles to their fullest potential. In one fluid motion he brought around his blast shield. Ducking behind, he leveled his high powered blaster rifle, firing in the direction of both the Jedi. Piccolo pulled further back behind Deter and Jaster.

[Keiran]

*Keiran jumped backward to dodge the blast, stepping out of range of the befallen shadowfett. Keiran held his saber in one hand and his blaster in the other.*

 

"It is obvious that me and DJK are grossly outnumbered."

 

*Keiran holstered his blaster*

 

"This is the best you get, I will keep my blaster away but my saber stays with me and it will stay activated. How are we to trust you when you lied to us already. You claimed that you wish us to deliver a message but you were simply stalling so your lapdogs could arrive."

 

*Keiran stepped back beside DJK, both held their sabers in hand*

 

"If this is not personal then what is this about"

[Zero]

"I will not surrender untill i know the terms of my surrender. Will we be tortured? Where are we being taken? If it is to the hutts, I am not surrendering. You're nothing more than a damn machine." He fired a heatseaker at the flying bounty hunter. It chased down his exhaust and destroyed the jet pack, sending him flying to the ground, burned severely from the explosion, then smacking the ground. Dhan-Jaroe held his lightsaber into the air. "Nothing personal, eh bounty hunters?" He threw Keiran towards his ship and jumped there himself. He used the force to activate the shields. They were just inside them. It would hold them off for a while, but it wouldn't hold forever.

[handofthrawn]

ShadowFett quickly rolled back onto his feet and ran a systems check. His jetpack was still working due to it's armor plating, but would need a minute to cool down before further use.

 

He quickly fired a toxinous dart through the energy sheild. Unhidered by the energy and unexpected by the Jedi, it punctured DJK's arm, working quickly towards paralyzing him. ShadowFett realized that the Jedi's lightsabers posed no offensive threat while they were stuck under their sheild, but Keiran still had a blaster.

 

He then ran towards the fallen Piccolo and poured a small bacta canister on his back to keep him conscious.

[Jaster_ognaJ]

*Jaster looked at the two Jedi. He knew that they were powerful. But that was what he wanted. A chance to hurt the jedi. he pulled his blaster and picked up a rock nearby. He thre the rock in the air, shot it, mkaing small bits of molten plasma and rock fall to the ground.*

 

"Deter, you can fire at will. Don't die, if you need to find cover. I am going commando for this one. It's the perfect day for torture. "

 

*Jaster held the trigger of his blaster, the gun began to shake. He let go of the trigger, sending a massive blast at Zero's abdomen.*

[Keiran]

*Keiran moved his lightsaber in front of DJK's abdomen, dissapating the giant laser blast instead of deflecting it like a regular laser. Keiran then kneeled down beside DJK and pulled the dart out from his arm and touched the wound with his finger. Closing his eyes, Keiran drew upon the force and transferred it to the wound. Cell by cell, the light of the force found the toxin that slowly paralyzed DJK and killed each toxin cell by cell. After he was done, Keiran pulled DJK into the ship and locked it down. Keiran ran to the gunnery turret and activated the cannon.*

 

"MASTER! Piccolo's ship is blocking our way but we're locked down in here"

[Zero]

OOC: Okay mr. invincible jetpack whose darts can penetrate ship shields and my armor, that is terrible RPing. You survived and exploded jetpack, you would live, but i would expect it would keep you out of action for a bit.

IC: Dhan-Jaroe's jedi abilities allowed him to resist the poisonous dart, while it was in. The ship got off the ground at DJK's controll. A proton torpedo was fired at the bunched up group of bounty hunters. Several proton torpedos were fired at the unguarded ship blocking the exit. It fell to the ground in a fiery explosion. DJK unloaded the rest of his magazine at the other ships destroying them as well. He then turned around and left into hyperspace, running programs to find and destroy any tracking devices.

[handofthrawn]

ShadowFett watched in disbeleif as his ship exploded. He growled and turned to the fallen Piccolo, "I'm sorry I let them get away, Piccolo. And it looks like were stuck here until we can get a ride to a good place to rent ships."

 

He thought for a minute, accesiing databanks stored in his helmet. He remembered the Codru Ji he had seen in the Galactic Gunshop and remembered that her job was flying people between planets.

 

"Piccolo: I'm sorry about the Howling Runner, but my ship is gone too. I happen to know of a registered transport flown by an accquaintance that we can use to get wherever we need to get. With your permission, I'll call her."

[Jaster_ognaJ]

*Jaster curses wildly. He then throws a boulder into the air punches it.*

 

"AAAAAAHHHHHHH! I will kill that fool!! THAT WAS MY BEST SHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

*Jaster rips off his forfinger exposing the droid caller. It is dark.*

 

"Well, Looks liek we're screwed. What do we do now?"