ELROOD SECTOR: Episode Four: Demise of a Destroyer on Derralyn
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2024 9:14 pm
Basement of an abandoned Industrial Factory in the city of Takar on the Imperial Interdicted Planet Derralyn, Elrood Sector
It had been a crazy three months for the team of New Republic Intel Agents.....
First, they had made it back to RMC Headquarters back on Elrooden, capital of Elrood and made the Mining Treaty official between RMC, the New Republic and the Anguilla. Then, Zuul had made contact with some of his old Pirate compatriots of the Khuiumen Survivors and he learned that following the attack by Star Blazer the 'Star Dragon', the damaged Star Destroyer Brazen, captained by the hated Imperial Naval Officer Alistar Dadefra, was at the orbital shipyards of the Imperial Interdicted Planet of Derralyn.
Derralyn had been Interdicted for almost a decade now since there had been a 'Rebel Sympathizer' March shortly after the Battle of Yavin and the Empire cracked down hard and Interdicted the Planet from all non Imperial Trade and commerce. This was partly to protect their Shipyard and Base on the planet, but was mostly a 'way out of proportion crackdown' that was typical of the Empire. Ever since, the was a powerful underground Resistance Movement on the planet and a few daring smugglers who would ship goods and/or people to and from the planet.....at great risk.....
Jacob Nive; the leader of the Khuiumen Survivors Pirate Fleet desperately wanted to attack and destroy the Brazen and its Captain; but the Orbital Shipyard had too much fire-power for the Pirate Ships. However, if a group could somehow get on-world and find a way to the Station thru the regular Imperial Connecting Shuttle Flights and sabotage the Station some-how......then they could make the attack and strike a blow for Justice....or....Vengeance at least.....
While Nive had any number of his Pirate Band who would volunteer, he needed most of them on the ships and his people weren't exactly good at Infiltrating....they were Pirates.....rather Obvious and Overt even when they weren't trying.....
Zuul quickly volunteered his group and the others, while reluctant.....agreed to back up their teammate. However, one of the group....Vale Starcloud the Jedi, would NOT be joining them. The Force had reached out to him and he was 'called' elsewhere. He gave his friends a touching good-bye and told Kit'katarra she needed no more training and told Kato that he did INDEED have 'the Gift'....but that he needed much more time spent 'in Study' to fully utilize it.
The Nova Kestrel was left in Elrooden, under excellent guard and car of RMC and a Pirate pilot named Jada, who was from Derralyn and had made the clandestine run to and off the world many times since the Interdiction, flew them to the world and deposited them in the middle of a dark night, in a dank and mostly deserted part of what was once clearly a great city, but was now mostly falling apart.....a place called Takar.....
They were to meet a Resistance Group known as 'Friends of Parrin' who operated out of an abanonded Industrial Building that was fairly close to the main Imperial Base that supplied the Orbital Shipyard. The NRI Agents found the world hot and dry and the dark, abandoned and starting-to-fall-apart City very eerie.....
A quiet young woman with freckles and reddish hair who looked to MAYBE be 20 named Kella seemed to just appear out of thin air from the shadows and she quickly made contact, determined who they were and led them to the abandoned Industrial Building that served as her group's home and base....
From the outside and even inside, on the ground level, it looked exactly like a dusty, rusted out wreck of a building that hadn't seen any care for almost a decade....but once through a well hidden door that led to a hidden ladder under some cleverly placed 'fallen down metal sheets', they went to a Basement that was a quite sophisticated control room with multiple computer stations, comms feeds, sensor relays and some living quarters arranged just off of it. The NRI Agents were immediately reminded of Rebel Alliance Bases they had utilized not so long ago themselves....
There were five other figures in the room; 4 humans and 1 R2 Droid. A dark skinned woman who looked to be in her mid 30s introduced herself and said, "Hello...I'm Chondra, leader of the 'Friends of Parrin'....welcome to Derralyn. You've already met Kella, she's our best 'snooper'; this here is Roog-", and she nods to a tall, gangly young man in his late teens or early 20s and a nearly shaved head in grease stained overalls and a tool belt with lots of Tools in them who eyed them warily and had a hand on the top of the Red-and-Green colored R2 unit's head and patted it affectionately; "-who is our Tech; R2-N2 our miracle-working Droid", the Droid gave a happy little whistle and 'whoomp' sound. Next she waves her arm to a short, slight young man who looks to be about 25 or so with wild hair, bright green eyes and a confident grin that doesn't diminish after he sneezes a couple of times. "This is 'Sneeze' Makzin; our Repulsorlift Tech and Driver and all around Trouble Maker......he's called Sneeze because he-" "-Because I can SMELL the Impies before anyone else even knows they're there!", he interrupts with a smile and about an ocean's worth of confidence, "-and because he's allergic to almost everything", Chondra finishes drily. Makzin doesn't miss a beat and just adds, "-That too".
Finally, she nods to a strapping young man who looked to be in his late 20s and whose hard eyes, easy grip on his Heavy Blaster Pistol and overall 'feel' let the experienced NRI Agents know he was dangerous without anything needing to be said or proven. "This is Dineas Dink....he's our premier Infiltrator and Troubleshooter. He's been on the base a hundered times and even up to the Orbital Shipyards and back a half dozen times...he'll be your guide to getting that done. We'll go over more on our plan tomorrow, but for now.....get some rest, have something to eat if you like", she says as she waves you over to a surprisingly large and well-supplied kitchen area and shows you several comfortable cots.
It had been a crazy three months for the team of New Republic Intel Agents.....
First, they had made it back to RMC Headquarters back on Elrooden, capital of Elrood and made the Mining Treaty official between RMC, the New Republic and the Anguilla. Then, Zuul had made contact with some of his old Pirate compatriots of the Khuiumen Survivors and he learned that following the attack by Star Blazer the 'Star Dragon', the damaged Star Destroyer Brazen, captained by the hated Imperial Naval Officer Alistar Dadefra, was at the orbital shipyards of the Imperial Interdicted Planet of Derralyn.
Derralyn had been Interdicted for almost a decade now since there had been a 'Rebel Sympathizer' March shortly after the Battle of Yavin and the Empire cracked down hard and Interdicted the Planet from all non Imperial Trade and commerce. This was partly to protect their Shipyard and Base on the planet, but was mostly a 'way out of proportion crackdown' that was typical of the Empire. Ever since, the was a powerful underground Resistance Movement on the planet and a few daring smugglers who would ship goods and/or people to and from the planet.....at great risk.....
Jacob Nive; the leader of the Khuiumen Survivors Pirate Fleet desperately wanted to attack and destroy the Brazen and its Captain; but the Orbital Shipyard had too much fire-power for the Pirate Ships. However, if a group could somehow get on-world and find a way to the Station thru the regular Imperial Connecting Shuttle Flights and sabotage the Station some-how......then they could make the attack and strike a blow for Justice....or....Vengeance at least.....
While Nive had any number of his Pirate Band who would volunteer, he needed most of them on the ships and his people weren't exactly good at Infiltrating....they were Pirates.....rather Obvious and Overt even when they weren't trying.....
Zuul quickly volunteered his group and the others, while reluctant.....agreed to back up their teammate. However, one of the group....Vale Starcloud the Jedi, would NOT be joining them. The Force had reached out to him and he was 'called' elsewhere. He gave his friends a touching good-bye and told Kit'katarra she needed no more training and told Kato that he did INDEED have 'the Gift'....but that he needed much more time spent 'in Study' to fully utilize it.
The Nova Kestrel was left in Elrooden, under excellent guard and car of RMC and a Pirate pilot named Jada, who was from Derralyn and had made the clandestine run to and off the world many times since the Interdiction, flew them to the world and deposited them in the middle of a dark night, in a dank and mostly deserted part of what was once clearly a great city, but was now mostly falling apart.....a place called Takar.....
They were to meet a Resistance Group known as 'Friends of Parrin' who operated out of an abanonded Industrial Building that was fairly close to the main Imperial Base that supplied the Orbital Shipyard. The NRI Agents found the world hot and dry and the dark, abandoned and starting-to-fall-apart City very eerie.....
A quiet young woman with freckles and reddish hair who looked to MAYBE be 20 named Kella seemed to just appear out of thin air from the shadows and she quickly made contact, determined who they were and led them to the abandoned Industrial Building that served as her group's home and base....
From the outside and even inside, on the ground level, it looked exactly like a dusty, rusted out wreck of a building that hadn't seen any care for almost a decade....but once through a well hidden door that led to a hidden ladder under some cleverly placed 'fallen down metal sheets', they went to a Basement that was a quite sophisticated control room with multiple computer stations, comms feeds, sensor relays and some living quarters arranged just off of it. The NRI Agents were immediately reminded of Rebel Alliance Bases they had utilized not so long ago themselves....
There were five other figures in the room; 4 humans and 1 R2 Droid. A dark skinned woman who looked to be in her mid 30s introduced herself and said, "Hello...I'm Chondra, leader of the 'Friends of Parrin'....welcome to Derralyn. You've already met Kella, she's our best 'snooper'; this here is Roog-", and she nods to a tall, gangly young man in his late teens or early 20s and a nearly shaved head in grease stained overalls and a tool belt with lots of Tools in them who eyed them warily and had a hand on the top of the Red-and-Green colored R2 unit's head and patted it affectionately; "-who is our Tech; R2-N2 our miracle-working Droid", the Droid gave a happy little whistle and 'whoomp' sound. Next she waves her arm to a short, slight young man who looks to be about 25 or so with wild hair, bright green eyes and a confident grin that doesn't diminish after he sneezes a couple of times. "This is 'Sneeze' Makzin; our Repulsorlift Tech and Driver and all around Trouble Maker......he's called Sneeze because he-" "-Because I can SMELL the Impies before anyone else even knows they're there!", he interrupts with a smile and about an ocean's worth of confidence, "-and because he's allergic to almost everything", Chondra finishes drily. Makzin doesn't miss a beat and just adds, "-That too".
Finally, she nods to a strapping young man who looked to be in his late 20s and whose hard eyes, easy grip on his Heavy Blaster Pistol and overall 'feel' let the experienced NRI Agents know he was dangerous without anything needing to be said or proven. "This is Dineas Dink....he's our premier Infiltrator and Troubleshooter. He's been on the base a hundered times and even up to the Orbital Shipyards and back a half dozen times...he'll be your guide to getting that done. We'll go over more on our plan tomorrow, but for now.....get some rest, have something to eat if you like", she says as she waves you over to a surprisingly large and well-supplied kitchen area and shows you several comfortable cots.