~Briefing Room in Training Simulator~
"Have a seat everyone we are about to start," Rizzit said as he threw data cards at each troop. "In this mission, a great friend of mine will be our main target. He is a Moff that once served the Glorious Old Empire before it was destroyed. He has been taken prisoner by troops of the New Imperium, and must be freed for if his life is taken many lives will follow"

"Fortunately for us, he is locked up in the detentionary of a Marauder Corvette that is on its way to NI headquarters. Obviously he must be taken back before the ship reaches the headquarters, so the element of time is to our disadvantage. You must be quick on this one."

"Although the size of the ship is relatively small, it's well guarded I can assure you that. The NI will do whatever they can to make sure that he arrives at the headquarters safely, so you'll have to be quick....Good luck"

Raiders Squad saluted and turned on their data cards...it read:

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Your Mission: Board the Marauder Corvette and rescue the Imperial Moff from the detentionary before the ship reaches headquarters.

Your Equipment:

- Standard Stormtrooper gear
- NI Security Clearance Card
- Slicertool
- 2 plasma cutters
- 3 gas grenades
- 1 cam bot

JR looked down at the card and reflected on his orders and thought about the possible outcomes of this mission. The first thing he wondered about was how the hell they were going to get onto the corvette in the first place? Well it would probably already be sorted, or it wouldn't be his decision anyway. All he had to do was follow orders, although if it involved some of those troop-carrying torpedoes more fanatic groups of soldiers had been rumored to use he was not looking forward to it.

Onboard the corvette they would probably have to get in and out quickly and avoid too much trouble at first. Sneaking around in a confined space was what he was used to, he smiled, and he had spent many years doing that. However if they were discovered it would probably degenerated into a close-up slog fests down tight corridors, he didn't know the full fighting compliment of a Marauder Corvette, but with such an obviously highly regarded and important prisoner it would probably be more than a token force. The Raiders would probably be hard pressed to get out safely in this happened and he was not to sure how well he would hold his own in that situation, although he was certain he would be ok if melee broke out he would rack up a good few kills with knives.

Once JR had returned his thoughts to the present, he realized MaraJade was assembling the squad for her own orders and to make ready to go. He figured he better go and join them, before he was left out of things.

"As Rizzit  has said, we don't have much time to catch this corvette. That ship is heavily defended as said before. I plan to take a small, fast ship to the corvette. The small ship will be equipped with an Ion Cannon. Tell the engineers to attach it to the smallest, fastest ship ASAP. We don't have much time troops. I know this job can be fast, I want this done in fifteen minutes! MOVE!"

The squad ran towards the engineers.

----Exactly 15 minutes later...----

"Ma'am, the ship is ready and the Ion Cannon is attached. We are ready for departure."

"Excellent. All troops, get into the ship now! We are taking off!"

The squad ran towards the ship. One at a time they crawled through the hatch. The air was a little humid but that could change. Mara started up the engine. The engine whined to life.

"I want a go/no go for take off." Said Mara.

"Engines."

"Go."

"Weapons Systems."

"Go."

"Ion Cannon."

"Go."

"Guidence Systems."

"Go."

"Menouvering Systems."

"Go."

"Great. We are go for take off."

Mara pressed the button that started the thrusters. The craft slowly ascended into the sky.

"Typing in coordinates of enemy Corvette now.....Coordinates set. Ok squad, I've set the ship on auto pilot for just a second, I wanted to talk to you guys. I know that we have all of our weapons in here that we need. Remember, here's the plan." Mara paused before beginning.

"As soon as the corvette is in sensor range, we will fire a burst of speed. Phoenix, you will aim the Ion Cannon at the corvette. The ion cannon will disable the corvettes weapons for a small amount of time. As soon as we do that, we will go side-by-side with the ship. We will evacuate this vessel and bring out our "cutters". We will also bring an extra Stormtrooper Uniform for the Moff. We will brake into the corvette by making a small hole in it's outer shell. The air will undoubtedly be sucked out quickly. I want a quick search for the Moff himself. When you find him, let him put on the Stormtrooper uniform. Kill anyone and anything that gets in the way. As soon as he's ready, we will take the bridge and guide the ship back to VE base. It may sound easy but it's not. This is going to take skill, people. Now, get your gear ready and uniforms intact."

The troops nodded and began a quick check on their supplies, making sure that nothing would go wrong...
 
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Major Rizzit BlackHeart
Wildcard Platoon Commander
Army of the Vast Empire
PC/MAJ
Rizzit/1PLT/COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE[OPE][OTH][EW1][RCoD][CRoM][CoH][OPA][SoA][SoS][SCP]
TRN/AC Rizzit/Trainee 2/Training Sect/VEDJ/VE
Everything expressed truly from your heart and soul is as pure as gold in the minds of anyone who listens!"--Rizzit

For the first time in weeks, Phoenix felt naked. The ususally familar weight of his lightsaber hanging from his belt was missing. The reassuring bumps it made against his leg as he ran were no longer there. What was worse, was that he would be blind as well. Simulators did not simulate one key thing for a Jedi...the Force.

He understood that secrecy was important, but Phoenix was not a soldier. He was not a marksman. He was a Dark Jedi.

Shrugging off his feelings of insecurity, he tapped into the Force and calmed himself. Double-checking that his utility belt had the standard tools he'd need to take out the TIEs on the corvette, the former Raider SL picked up nervousness radiating from someone.

Looking at each trooper as they prepared their own gear, Phoenix got up and approached the newest member of the squad. "T-...calm down. We'll be as far from the action as we can get. I need you to be focused."

The PFC nodded grimly, and Phoenix couldn't help but smile. Simulators had advanced sso much, that the line between reality and simulation became blurred. In the heat of combat, one can forget that they wont really be harmed if caughtby a blaster bolt, or that the virboblade to the back wasn't really bitiing into their flesh.

Mara's head poked out from the cockpit. "Cy, JR, Phoenix and Twizted, get yourselves under cover."

Her head disappeared from view again, turning back to the task at hand of convincing the Marauder corvette identified as the Adder's Bite, that they were, in fact, friendlies.

Phoenix heard the new SL's voice float in from the cockpit. "Roger that Adder, transmitting security clearance now."

A few long, tense seconds passed by with no reply, until finally a strong male voice came back. "Transport Raider One You have been cleared to land in the hanger bay."

"Roger that." Mara replied, swinging the nose of the craft around. "Making our approach." The ATR transport doted to the Raiders came up switfly underneath the 200 meter corvette. Mara expertly guided the craft into the hold, a slight popping sounding as they passed through the magnetic containment field. A few second later, they were down. The New Imperium seemed to have scrapped the usual squadron of TIEs on board a Marauder, for 10 NR style ships. Taking a quick glance, Phoenix identified what looked like 8 X-wings and 2, two seat Recon Y-Wings.

Closing and sealing the hatch on the cargo compartment that the four hidden Raiders were crammed into, Phoenix waited, listening to his own heart beat. THe other three Raiders also remained deathly silent as they heard the outer hatch lower as Mara lead the rest of the squad out...
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Dark Jedi Knight Sergeant Phoenix
Cult Member (CM) - Sith Knight - Eagle Sect -
Trooper (TRP) - Demolitions - Raider Squad -
VEA Recruiting Staff
CM/DJK Phoenix/Eagle 1-4/Sith/VEDJ/VE/Lopen
AS-2/TRP/SGT Phoenix/3SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/Tadath [LoR] [RoM] [BC] [CDS] [BoA]

They approached the bridge and Mara knew time was tight, she hoped her orders would buy the time they needed. She felt the tension from her troopers, taking a breath and clearing her mind she took control of her pulse. Her slice was perfect, the orders looked legitimate, she knew that her little bonus addition to the orders would provide them with the exit they needed, she just hoped everyone else was close to completing their part.

The officer spun quickly looking at Mara

"Why were we not informed about this change in orders prior to now?" His eyes pierced into Mara like ice

Without faltering Mara countered

" Plans were uncovered for a VE plot to hijack your ship rescuing the Moff. Our orders are to escort him in our ship using the Adder's Bite for bait."

Mara paused for a moment before going on

"You were not notified about the changes due to the belief of a leak in your chain. We have word that someone in your command is leaking information and putting this mission in jeopardy."

Pausing to look around she lowered her voice in a distrusting manner

"Which is why I believe you should handle this in as quiet a manner as possible. At this point we don't know who to trust"

The officer narrowed his eyes and looked around, then back at Mara. For a moment they just stared at each other, sizing up the situation.

"Then the situation is grave, and action must be taken swiftly, as you can see we have stepped up security here in fear of an attempt by the Empire to free their Moff, we were taking extra precautions to ensure our prisoner would be delivered safely, to hear that someone here is not loyal....."

He trailed off shaking his head , and with that the officer motioned for the Raiders to hold their spot, and walked briskly to verify the orders. He dismissed the young man that sat at the console monitoring some sort of message traffic, then sat down himself to verify the orders Mara had given him.

A calm washed over Mara, she smiled to herself as the orders were inserted into the system for verification. She took a breath and prepared for the show to begin.

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Senior Sergeant MaraJade
Raiders Squad Leader
Army of the Vast Empire
SL/FTC1/SGT MaraJade/3SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE[LoR]

Being cramped inside a small cargohold with three other men was not Phoenix's idea of a pleasurable time, but circumstance dictated it. He waited until the count of 100 after Mara's footsteps disappeared from the ship before opening the seal on the compartment.

The four Raiders spilled out of the hold, gasping for air and a little personal space. Cyanus immediately motioned for JR to accompany him, and Phoenix did likewise to Twizted.

Careful Cy, remember, the Force can't help you in simulation Phoenix projected to the other Knight. Cyanus merely nodded in reply, took a quick glance around the hanger, and exited the ship.

Phoenix waited until the count of thirty, then did likewise. He immediately dove behind a few scattered supply crates, Twitzed right behind him. Peering above the crates, Phoenix  was relieved to see that the simulation did not have security cameras in the hanger. he took in the entire hanger, noticing that the fighters X-wings were arranged in two rows of three, and one row of two, while the recon y-wings were in one row of ttwo, rather than the standard three rows of four if they had been TIEs. That would complicate things, as they needed to at least disable the first ship in every row. Time was of the essence, and having to deal with more fighters meant more time.

"Alright, I have a plan T'" Phoeinx whispered, "You take the first two X-wings, I'll take the last X-wing and the Y-Wing. Set your comlink to low range frequencies so that they  can't be picked up, and I'll guide you through the process."

"Sure thing Phoenix." Twizted said, adjusting the settings on his helmets comm-systems, then crouch-running across the hanger to the underside of the first interceptor. Phoenix passed by him in a full sprint. Leaping onto the ladder leading up to the hatch of the fighter without breaking stride, Phoenix took it two rungs at a time. Popping  the hatch, he dropped onto the flight couch and removed his helmet. From his utility belt he prodcued a pair of cutters. Rotating on the couch, he inverted himself and slid underneath the flight console.

Putting his helmt beside his head he spoke, "Twizted you there?'

"Yep."

"Ok, in your belt there should be a pair of cutters, take them out and use them to unscrew the screws on the flight console."  Phoenix did as he said, and soon had the front panel off.

"Done Phoenix"

"Good, now find the wires that run to the comm-system. They should be on the left side of the ship, right below the laser controls. Have you found them?"

"Yep" Twizted replied.

"Ok, cut the two blue wires and strip the insulation off of them. Let me know when you're finished. Phoenix cut his own two wires, then used the sharp edge of the cutters to shave off the insulation.

"Twizted?"

"Almost there Phoenix..just give me a few...more...got it." came the reply.

"Good, now do likewise to the throttle control and engine ignition. This time the wires will be red, and they're located just to the right of the comm-system."

A short time passed, and Phoenix completed his part. Twizted reported likewise. "Ok, final step, twist the four wires together securely. Make sure they won't come undone. then change the comm-system settings to the Raider Squad frequency.

Once again, Phoenix finished his instructions, then replaced the panel onto the console. Sliding himself back upright, phoenix fought the lightheadedness that accompanied blood rushing from his head. Shaking his head to clear the white spots, he climbed out of the cockpit and looked across to Twizted.

The young Raider was climbing out of his cockpit, and gave Phoenix the thumbs up, indicating the job was done. "Move on to the next one and repeat it" Phoenix transmitted.

Not bothering with the ladder, phoenix lept from the top of the interceptor, landing in a crouch. Running of the ladder on the first interceptor of the last row, he repeated his booby-trap, then transmitted to Mara

"Mara, this is Phoenix, mission accomplished, figthers are out of commission."
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Dark Jedi Knight Sergeant Phoenix
Trooper (TRP) - Demolitions - Raider Squad -
VEA Recruiting Staff
AS-2/TRP/SGT Phoenix/3SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/Tadath [LoR] [RoM] [BC] [CDS] [BoA]
CM/DJK Phoenix/Eagle 1-4/Sith/VEDJ/VE/Lopen

(o^_^o)

Snipes blasted into the crowd of officers, killing atleast two of them.  Squall quickly reacted, and popped his gas grenade in the middle of the bridge.  Otto quickly did the same, and Mara did her's last.  The four troopers in their shiny white armor held down their triggers, killing every person in their view.

"Mara, this is Cyanus, JR and I have found the cell, two guards in front, we will take them out, and cut the cell.  Let you know when we are done," Cyanus said through the com

"Affirmative," replied Mara

"Quick, back to the hanger!" Mara yelled as she killed one of the officers.

Squall opened up his magazine into one of the oncoming officers, and was suddenly struck by 2 red bolts in his arm.  Squall could fell the burning sensation as he tried to make his escape with the rest of the squad, but he just kept telling himself that the pain was simulated.  He ran through the corridors after his squadmates, killing anything in their way.  Shots came from behind, richoteting off of the walls in every direction.  Snipes pulled out one of his frag grenades, and tossed it over his head with great strength.

"That should do the trick," he said as they picked up the pace.  The 4 troopers were rounding the next corner when a group of soldiers appeared in front of them. "HALT!" they yelled.  The raiders hid behind every nook in crany in the place, trying to take cover from the oncoming fire.  Snipes yelped as he took a shot to leg.

"I'm alright!," he yelled.  "Only a small wound"

Mara twisted around the corner, and fired numeral shots into the crowd of soldiers.  One of the soldiers was killed, and another badly injured.  "Pull out!" one of the soldiers called, but they were too slow as Otto engaged them with everything he had.  He ran quick, jumping off one of the walls at amazing speeds, firing right into the back of one of the officers, dropping him immediately.  The other one looked back to check on his friend, and met the fate of another one of Otto's bolts right in the middle of his face, burning his face into goop.

 
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- Squall Lionheart
- Lance Corporal -
- Raider Squad
+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +


TRP/LCPL Squall/2SQD/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR] [EW1]

Glancing into the hall, JR saw a squad if Rebel troopers coming towards them.  "Cy, we might have a problem soon." JR told Cyanus.  Cyanus grabbed the cutters and tossed them to JR.  "I want you to start making a tunnel throught the rooms."  He said, "Try to take us back to the hanger if you can.  Also, give the Moff your weapon so he can help me keep the rebels off your back if we have to."  Looking at the Moff, JR pulled out his E-11, "Think you can handle this?"  JR asked the Moff, handing him the weapon. 

JR hurried towards the wall that would lead them in the direction of the hangar.  The job was sloppy, but knowing that it needed to be done quickly it was good enough.  Finishing the cut, JR pushed against the wall, forcing the cut out part of it into the room and creating a hole.  Once all three were through, the place the section of the wall back into the hole, hopefully hiding their escape route until they were able to get to the hangar.  JR continued to cut the holes, as the three imperials got clooser and clooser to their destination.



 
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Senior Seargent JR
- Raider Squad -

TRP/SSGT JR/3SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE[LoR]

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken: The crownless again shall be king.

The ship alarms caused Phoenix's adrenaline to pump overtime. "TWIZ GET OUT THERE AND LOOK FOR THEM!" he shouted, trying to finish the pre-launch sequence. The engines were just coming online...when everything went dark.

"Oh shit." Phoenix's heart sank to his feet. Everything was dead. The engines, the comm-systems, the batteries, the weapons...

Rizzit...

Phoenix knew this was his doing. Looking out the front viewport, he smashed his hands into the control panel to vent his frustrations...only to suddenly come face to face with his solution.

Grabbing his comlink, he switched the frequencies back over to the squad's and raised Mara.

"Mara, Rizzit screwed with the ship, our ride home is dead."

"You;ve got to be kidding me..." was Mara's reply.

"No, but  I have a solution. What's your ETA?"

"Give us three minutes minimum. Cy is on his way with the moff, so that may take more. We should all be back  in 5 though." The sound of rifle blasts mixed with cursing and cries of pain filled the background of the comm-signal.

"Roger that. We'll be ready."

Sprinting out of the ATR transport, Phoenix grabbed Twizted and started running back towards the fighters. "We have to fix these...NOW!" he shouted on the run.

Twizted nodded and vaulted up the ladder to the first X-wing. Phoenix immediately went for the Recon Y-wing, as it could seat two Raiders.

In less time than he ever though possible, Phoenix repaired the Y-wing, putting the wires back where they belonged and securing them with standard issue duct tape. He clambered out of the Y-wing just as Twizted was finishing up his X-wing.

The sound of rifle blasts drew closer, until four figures exploded into the docking bay. Mara, Otto, Snipes, and Squall all shot back as they ran.

Phoenix waved them all down. "Quick, get in the fighters! They're our only way out of here!"

"Phoenix," Squall shouted, "I don;t know how to fly these things!"

"Don't worry, just slave your ship to mine. All X-wings come standard with a slave circuit these days. I'll walk you through it."

The others all vaulted into their respective fighters, Mara taking Snipes in one of the Y-wings, Squall Otto and Twizted each taking an X-wing in the row Twizted had freed up. Phoenix launched himself into the front X-wing of the two-fighter row and set abotu repairing it.

A few tense moments later, he had it up and running. Cy would be there any minute with JR and the Moff, and with these last two X-wings, they would have exactly enough fighters to make a break for it, while cutting off any possible pursuit.


Turning on the ships comm-systems, Phoenix addressed the squad. "Raiders, toggle the start up switches. Front panel right side. When all the lights go green, bump your shields up and hit the throttle. You're oriented straight out, so dont worry about maneuvering. ONce outside, move you flight yoke left to put the ship into a spin. This should take care of the turbolasers. Once you are 2 klicks out, slave your fighters to mine and I'll jump us home."

Phoenix received 4 cliicks in return, signaling  they all understood. Now it was time for Cy and JR to show up...

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Dark Jedi Knight Sergeant Phoenix
Trooper (TRP) - Demolitions - Raider Squad -
VEA Recruiting Staff
AS-2/TRP/SGT Phoenix/3SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE/Tadath [LoR] [RoM] [BC] [CDS] [BoA]
CM/DJK Phoenix/Eagle 1-4/Sith/VEDJ/VE/Lopen

(o^_^o)

Mara looked at the chaos around her.. the fire and smoke made it difficult to see everyone clearly she saw Phoenix yelling and waving.. and jumped in the Y-wing he pointed too. Sniped jumped in and they listened to Phoenix shout directions... she fumbled at the switches getting everything up and running.

"Launching us now...." Mara shouted into the comm... she maneuvered the Y-Wing out of the hanger delicately trying to miss incoming fire, hoping that the X-Wings would shield them  "Clear of the hanger.. next ship launch.. get the cargo outa there now! "

Mara pulled off her stuffy, suffocating helmet and gasped for air.. she was flooded with emotions.. wanting to hurl her helmet at someone was the dominating emotion... followed by wanting to get back and yell at someone.  Everything was running smoothly until the end.  Flawless until someone decided to throw a loop into the mission at the last moment.  She listened on the comm to confirmation.. Cyanus and the cargo were out... thank goodness.  Whatever happened now the mission was a partial success.  They could drop off this "precious cargo" and call it a day.  The mission was already longer than anticipated, and this armor is chafing... Mara then heard Phoenix on the comm........




 
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Senior Sergeant MaraJade
Raiders Squad Leader
Army of the Vast Empire
SL/FTC1/SGT MaraJade/3SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE[LoR]

(o^_^o)

Rizzit watched the monitor go black as the Raiders simulator turned off. He motioned for TK and Rema to follow him to meet them as they came out. The middle-right doors opened, and out walked Mara and the Raiders. When Phoenix and Cyanus caught sight of Rizz, they reached for their sabers and waved them at him threatningly.

"Do that to us again, and you'll never make DJK." They threatened.

"I'd love to take credit for that, but I didn't do anything. I was watching the monitors the whole time. I have no idea how your ship broke down, unless...." Rizzit turned to TK and Rema. "You two! You were fighting over the controls the whole time!"

"We didn't touch anything!" They insisted. "Unless we bumped something when we fell."

Rizzit turned back to Phoenix and Cyanus. "Well, there ya go. I now hand these two over to you guys. Do with them as you will."

The two Raiders just shook their heads. "Nah, they're not even worth it. You keep them, that's punishment enough to you for letting them near the controls. In the meantime, we're all going to get some rest. We'll be in the barracks!"

That said, the Raiders left the simulator room. Once outside, they grabbed their landspeeders and sped off towards the Army Barracks. Rizzit stood in the room, shaking his head. While the two "advisors" started fighting about who's fault it was that the button and switch were pressed.
 
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Major Rizzit BlackHeart
Wildcard Platoon Commander
Army of the Vast Empire
PC/MAJ
Rizzit/1PLT/COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE[OPE][OTH][EW1][RCoD][CRoM][CoH][OPA][SoA][SoS][SCP]
TRN/AC Rizzit/Trainee 2/Training Sect/VEDJ/VE
Everything expressed truly from your heart and soul is as pure as gold in the minds of anyone who listens!"--Rizzit

OOC: Congrats guys, welcome back to the ranks.
 
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Major Rizzit BlackHeart
Wildcard Platoon Commander
Army of the Vast Empire
PC/MAJ
Rizzit/1PLT/COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE[OPE][OTH][EW1][RCoD][CRoM][CoH][OPA][SoA][SoS][SCP]
TRN/AC Rizzit/Trainee 2/Training Sect/VEDJ/VE
Everything expressed truly from your heart and soul is as pure as gold in the minds of anyone who listens!"--Rizzit

Good Stuff
 
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- Squall Lionheart
- Lance Corporal -
- Raider Squad
+ Advance Recon Commandos {ARC} +


TRP/LCPL Squall/2SQD/2PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR] [EW1]