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#993611 Sun 21/06/20 20:39 UTC | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13,063 Likes: 9 Wobbly Headed Administrator | OP Wobbly Headed Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13,063 Likes: 9 | GM
Goazon Badlands. The flats.
The team rides fast through the shimmering heat haze, the Varactyls rising high on their toes for extra speed.
They are moving at about 50 km/h now, the scavengers camp not far ahead, minutes away.
Suddenly the comlinks crackle to life, barely audible above the wind and hollering of the reptavian mounts.
«...Attack. We are under attack. Do you copy, salvage team?» It's Fira Bon. The signal is garbled, sent out over short range, narrow band coms. Sensible.
The distinctive whoop of swoop bike engines can now be heard over the approaching dunes.
[At the speed of swoop bikes (300 km/h), they wouldn't have been in the area while you were up on high. They could have just arrived.]
Last edited by nemarsde; Wed 10/02/21 20:16 UTC.
| | | | Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 61,254 Likes: 3 Arssanguinus Moderator | Arssanguinus Moderator Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 61,254 Likes: 3 | Sirra
“Think if we kick it into gear we can flank them and hit them hard and fast? They probably wouldn’t be expecting it.” | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 27,612 Moderator | Moderator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 27,612 | 2BB-2
The slightly derisive tone of the beeps from the BB-unit carried the message of the impossibility of kicking the flat-out running organic mounts into any sort of higher gear given they were already on tiptoes, even to those unfamiliar with binary.The following stanza was harder to interpret, save for the Ryllian and the one making the query in the first place: Expectation or no was moot, given the attacking force had only just arrived and didn't have the luxury of entrenching against a column of varactyls. Using his holoprojector, 2BB-2 displayed a 2-D map of their relative position to the encampment, with a countdown ETA in plain Aurebesh numerals so that someone who spoke the language had access to that information if they returned the distress call. Not content, the Droid tried to analyse the sound from both comms and environment to try and isolate the Swoop bike discrete units, and if possible locations, using the projected map for tactical display if he was able to get a usable signal out of all the noise. | | | | Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 5,638 Likes: 5 Moderator | Moderator Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 5,638 Likes: 5 | Winta
"They'll know we have heard them, and that we'll do what we can," she shouted to the others.
"Let's avoid using comms, in case we give ourselves away."
"2BB-2, see if you can pick up comms or engine noise from the raiders, and we can see where they are coming from."
She knew that she was not a trained soldier, and knew what was best to do next.
"Amos!" she called. "You have tactical command!" | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24,664 Likes: 10 Moderator | Moderator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24,664 Likes: 10 | Jelly Bean
Jelly Bean continued to use her macrobinoculars and allowed her mount to follow in the pack as pack and herd animals do. Even if the curvature of the planet prevented her from seeing the actual swoop gang from ground level (@3 miles/ 5km on earth) she hoped she might see the dust trail rising higher in the sky | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,500 Likes: 57 Wizop Administrator | Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,500 Likes: 57 | Jix
Jix is at the back in a rear guard position but now the threat is firmly at the front. Likely more of those swoop bikers.
He stares forward, looking for the first details that might indicate a target, whilst he takes a firm grip on the heavy blaster rifle. | | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,029 Likes: 10 Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator | Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,029 Likes: 10 | Preach
He hunkered down and rode his sand beast as best as he was able. He had to get closer to their foes to help the citizens of the desert that supplied the bouncing sliding reptile mounts. | | | | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 173,466 Likes: 7 Babylon 5 Rules Administrator | Babylon 5 Rules Administrator Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 173,466 Likes: 7 | Amos
"We need intel first. Jelly Bean, get eyes on the camp with your glasses and give me the situation. Jix, keep your eyes on our sides and rear so we don't get surprised and flanked. Everyone get your weapons ready. Let me know if you have any explosives." | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24,664 Likes: 10 Moderator | Moderator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24,664 Likes: 10 | Jelly Bean
"On it Malorda," replied the Ryllian as she set the dials on her goggles. "Sooner we get there, get them swoopers done... the sooner we go bunkydunka," she added without glancing back. her focus was on the settings of her binocs. When Amos asked about explosives, she absently raised a hand, but Amos was ahead of her and certainly couldn't see her hand raised nor hear her hand raised. she chuckled as she shook her lekku.
"oh, mee gotsa wompa," she called out in Huttese. | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,500 Likes: 57 Wizop Administrator | Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,500 Likes: 57 | Jix
He didn't question orders. The hive are obedient. Success depends on eac doing their assigned duty. It is no different here.
"Watching flanks" he confirms, turning his attention to rear and sides, trusting that others are watching the front. | | | | Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 61,254 Likes: 3 Arssanguinus Moderator | Arssanguinus Moderator Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 61,254 Likes: 3 | Sirra
“Got it.”
She pulls her weapon, and even on the go does a quick and efficient ‘field check’ of it.
She looks over at Amos.
“Decapitation strike on priority targets, if identifiable?” | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13,063 Likes: 9 Wobbly Headed Administrator | OP Wobbly Headed Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13,063 Likes: 9 | GM
Jelly Bean rides ahead of the others, her mount barely slowing as it scales the nearest dune between them and the Starlight Wanderer.
She crests the top, reaching her scanner goggles, but must suddenly throw herself from her seat as a swoop bike screams right over her, nearly taking her head off.
Strus Clan, no doubt about it. The hybrid speeder/swoop design is distinctive, custom built from junk parts, very Jakku. The rider is masked, wearing a biker jacket.
A second later a huge red plasma bolt strikes it with such massive energy, the bike and the rider are vapourised by the explosion, turned into a shower of charcoal nuggets.
Everyone hears the blast from the turbolaser a moment later.
If the rest of the team jockey, they can catch up with Jelly Bean.
When Jelly Bean pulls her face out of the sand, she sees a scene of chaotic battle.
About ten swoop bikes circle the camp at high speed, their riders firing blasters haphazardly at the defenders.
This inaccuate fire keeps the defenders in cover though. More troubling are another ten or so bikes dumped around the camp, some with their riders still taking cover behind them. The other riders are advancing on the camp, eeking out of the blind spots and searching for entry points.
The turbolaser traverses slowly but it's operational.
The battle must have only been raging for a minute or two.
«Salvage team. Hang tight, we're coming to get you.» Fira Bon's voice again over the comlink.
Mhar-li makes a break for the Quadjumper, capping off with her blaster pistol. Fira Bon lays down suppressing fire with her carbine, whilst Tiras is up in the lookout post, sniping with his slugthrower.
Bormo must be inside somewhere, guarding an entry point.
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| | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24,664 Likes: 10 Moderator | Moderator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24,664 Likes: 10 | Jelly Bean
Spitting sand, Jelly bean rolls over and draws her own blaster, ready to roll over again at the crest of the dune. The rest of her team are riding up hard to get into position. She taps the googles off so she can see those close to her without the sudden headache rush.
She relays what she sees but Amos, Jix, and Sirra no doubt are among the first and can also see it. Her status report is just for everyone's benefit. As she carries the commlink equipment, she also relays the message from Fira Bon.
Then she adds her input to Amos and Winta, "Maybe they don't know we're committed to helping with this fight."
Clearly the underlying desire in JB's voice was clear. She wanted to fight, the Resistance owed the Scavengers that much. It was what they discussed. It was what they agreed to do. She spit again, the sand was everywhere.
"Can't leave them swinging, Amos... Winta. If Fira's crew pulls out now then the scavengers will be overrun. That turbolaser is slow to move and it only has a few shots left in it. Sirra and Jix have long guns. We can come up hard from the rear flank and pull their focus. Catch them in a crossfire. What do I tell them?"
Jelly Bean looked from Amos to Winta. The Jedi had given tactical command over to Amos, but this decision was about more than tactical. it was about balancing their overall mission priority with the lives of people who got caught in the storm that comes with helping the Resistance fight the First Order. | | | | Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 5,638 Likes: 5 Moderator | Moderator Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 5,638 Likes: 5 | Winta
Winta stood downslope from Jelly Bean, keeping the dune between her and the action. She was dismounted now and with burning beam of yellow green light-sabre in her hand.
"I agree," she replied to Jelly Bean.
She activated her com-link to Fira Bon. "We're coming to you. Don't cut and run. We'll see this through."
She looked over to Amos, "Let's try not to get the Varactyls killed."
"Take the fight to them, or make them bring the fight to us?" She asked. "Your call." | | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,029 Likes: 10 Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator | Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,029 Likes: 10 | Preach
He was not a hardened battle commander like Amos, so he kept his mouth shut while his mind wandered. He would have liked to ride the creature to the cowards setting up behind their bikes. Yet Winta had a good point, as she always did. They couldn't cause the death of the creatures not just because they lived, but because of what the loss would mean to the locals. That might hurt more than losing this battle. He kept his creature using the dunes for cover. He would wait for orders, then he would do what he could to protect the people, that was his first calling long before he learned enough about the force and it awoke in him. | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,500 Likes: 57 Wizop Administrator | Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,500 Likes: 57 | Jix
He takes a last look at their flanks before dismounting and moving to a position where he can target the enemy. They have their new orders now, time to engage.
The dune is cover for their mounts, and for them, assuming that they will be in range when they reach the crest. | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24,664 Likes: 10 Moderator | Moderator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24,664 Likes: 10 | Jelly Bean
From her vantage point at the crest of the dune, Jelly Bean could see the entirety of the battle as it was unfolding. She didn't have a long gun like Sirra, or even a combat rifle like Jix. Just a light repeater. She was good with it, deadly accurate for the most part. But, that was probably due to her physical skills...
Once she had asked the Overseer of Tanga the Hutt's slave girls, Ohbi'Babal, if she could learn other skills, make herself more useful. She had hoped to find a way out of the life she currently lived. After all, the Overseer was a Twi'lek male and he had a better life than she did, and maybe he could see her plight. Why not try to improve your own lot in life, right? She could still remember the stinging words of the Overseer. "What need have you to learn. You know all you need to be what the Hutt wants from you. All you know is dancing and farkling... and maybe you not as good at those as you think..."
She had learned a lot since her escape. She made a note to try her hand with one of those rifles. The more she knew, and the more she could do, then the more useful to her team she would be.
"Can we do both," she hesitantly asked as she continued to watch the scene down at the Starlight Wanderer. "Get some of us down there from behind them and pull them in our direction. Get them to come at us, then Sirra and Jix plink them from distance as they get close to us, but farther from the camp now. Surprise them. Maybe we get a few shots in too. Just a thought." | | | | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 173,466 Likes: 7 Babylon 5 Rules Administrator | Babylon 5 Rules Administrator Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 173,466 Likes: 7 | Amos
He lay there for a few moments, profile hidden from view from below as he fixed them in his mind.
"Okay. Long guns I want you to start in on the scum hidden behind their bikes. That should pull some of the swoop bikers up toward us. Call out when they get within range of the grenades. We will be hidden just below the crest of the dune and will join in with the shorter range weapons. That will spook them into thinking there is a superior force and they are flanked. Take out any obvious leaders first. Once they are down the rest of the bastards should scatter." | | | | Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 5,638 Likes: 5 Moderator | Moderator Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 5,638 Likes: 5 | Winta
She walked over to stand downslope behind Jix.
"I'm standing behind you Jix," she said, "low enough behind the crest that they can't see me. I'll watch flanks and rear."
"Let me know if you are going to get rushed, and I'll come and join you." | | | | Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 61,254 Likes: 3 Arssanguinus Moderator | Arssanguinus Moderator Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 61,254 Likes: 3 | Sirra
She offers up a grim smile.
“Yes. That I can do.”
She starts moving a little closer, into her effective range, then takes a knee and starts sighting for targets, looking for anyone who seems to be giving orders or otherwise leading. Failing that, she takes aim on the best equipped looking one,
“Signal me when ready.” | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24,664 Likes: 10 Moderator | Moderator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 24,664 Likes: 10 | Jelly Bean
JB knew what group she was in... She had pretty much volunteered for it. Short range. She liked Amos' plan as well, get the short range shooters in place and then use the long guns to bait them into racing into their kill box. She slid down the dune crest a little to get to Babay. She put a hand on the sphere, gentle and slow.
"You be safe... You are everything now... be careful little one."
With that said, she was ready to get over the crest of this dune and move closer to the camp with Amos. | | | | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 173,466 Likes: 7 Babylon 5 Rules Administrator | Babylon 5 Rules Administrator Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 173,466 Likes: 7 | Amos
He tethered the beasts so they would not run and moved into position with his scatter gun in one hand and the stun grenade in the other. | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 27,612 Moderator | Moderator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 27,612 | 2BB-2
A brief bleep of acknowledgement from the droid. Size condescension aside, the Ryllian was correct that it would be foolish to risk the hard-won data vital to the greater fight. Still, as a Resistance operative in good standing, sitting out was not an option, and the bulk of his weaponisable utility lacked the range for a blaster fight. So, he hung back with the snipers, prepping several nasty surprises for any that approached, and providing tactical data and support for those looking for targets, as well as warning about attack from above. | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,500 Likes: 57 Wizop Administrator | Wizop Administrator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 76,500 Likes: 57 | Jix
He does not turn, just nods. Then he glances at Sirra before moving forward, abreast of her, rifle at the ready. Those behind the bikes are his target. Bikes too as they are emotionally invested in them. Engage, enrage, entice to follow.
It is a good plan. | | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,029 Likes: 10 Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator | Chaotic Obfuscator Moderator Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,029 Likes: 10 | Preach
He slid from the back of the mount and tethered it with the other that Amos had. Then he moved to one side of the dune so that when the time came, he could move around it to attack. He didn't draw his lightsaber it wasn't needed yet. When it was, it would be in his hand. Till then he tried to listen so that he could tell when they were coming. | | |
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