The prisoner in question just looked up towards Saphira. Cold, with a blank stare as she had taken his helmet off, Saphira knew it wasn't going to be easy to find out the numbers of troops involved.We need to pull back a bit. When this guy and his friend don't report in, there will be trouble heading our way. Silently, she looked to Tank and nodded to him.

"Call the others back and someone better Stun Arok before I shoot him myself." Saphira cursed and shot her right foot out to kick the trooper in the chest for good measure. She needed him awake and not wanting to run anywhere. The captive fell backward and hit his head on a small bush. It snapped and cut a few lines across his face. Cursing he sat up and gave her a scowl as Tank pulled the others in.

"You'll pay for that." He hissed.

"I don't think so. When I'm done with you, Thrawn will have to piece you back together." Taking her helmet off, she gave him a pure evil smile as her silver eyes caught a small stray of light and seemed to echo what she was already thinking.

"HA! You're threats don't scare me. Thrown will know something is up."


"He sure is positive in that." MadMan said as he approached from behind. Sam was shortly after his arrival with Arok in tow. Arok looked very un-happy and that told the Twi'lek that Sam busted his chops for being to rash.

"He has a right to be. Thrawn thinks of everything, but he's not counting on us." Sam replied and pushed Arok forward.

"Alright, enough. We need to pull back a bit and hide somewhere where there is enough cover. It won't take them long to find these guys missing." Saphira replied as her Le'ku twitched with envy. Leon stood over to her right and started to scout the area.

"I'll head that way. There might be enough cover and maybe a cave or something." Leon responded.

"Good. Take Arok with you and stay out of trouble." She warned and watched them walk off as she turned back to their captive. "Now, this can go one of two ways. Painful, and... painfully." Saphira smiled as she brought out her vibroblade and traced the edge against the prisoner's face.

"You wouldn't -" He started, only to hiss out in pain as she put a little pressure down on the blade and sliced into his right cheek to chin. Leaving a thin line of blood pressing to the surface.

"Care to test the theory?" She chuckled. "Now, how many of you are there?"The man shivered and then stared back at Saphira. Flickering his eyes towards the others before he spat out at her feet. "Wrong answer..." She nodded and had Madman step forward to lift him up as she took out her blaster with her other hand and pressed it to his thigh and pulled the trigger. MadMan covered his mouth to cover the screams, but she didn't let him pass out as she instantly had a bacta patch placed on the wound. Once he stopped shaking from the pain and their eyes met once more was the hand taken away from his mouth.

"Y-You bantha Poodo!" He replied with a raspy voice.

"I do try. Now, care to answer me this time?" Saphira replied and waited as his mouth opened again.

Stonewall had been idly sitting and keeping to herself, despite being fairly lithe of her own race, she proudly wore a colorful assortment of scars of lighter pigment from the rest of her mucky green colored scales, Stonewall would nod “Understood.” She’d hiss with a bit of delight, tracing her gloved hands over the damaged surface of the off-shaped helmet before it slipped on and sealed into place with a soft hiss, the HUD humming to life.

“So, you don’t think there’ll be too many of ‘em do ya? Couldn’t we just sneak on by them and catch theh’ Moff by the throat?” A shorter Trandoshan would speak up, a male this time and by the looks of him it was suprising that the remarkably short Trandoshan runt could make it through boot camp…

Then again, Trandoshan’s were always a tough race, second only to Wookies.

“Put a lid on it Barker, We’ll handle things my way, and you all know I wouldn’t put you in harms way…unless it was for the best interest of the empire.” Malica would sternly remark, Anipe’s interest in a flare as he pressed that black bucket over his head and readied his arms.

“So, essentially our lives are valuable but expendable…pff, what a load of Bantha fod-“ though L’uap was cut off with a sharp, hard stare from Malica, “Shut it, L’uap, or I’ll give you something to complain about…” He’d hiss softly, as Barker suited up himself, standing by with Stonewall, which was her nickname – for the good reason that she stood mostly head and shoulders over most males and refused to give even an inch to the enemy, or ridiculous orders especially from men.

“Must you…stand so near, Barker?” She’d ask, the stern features of her ragged face were obscured by the helmet though her body stood very still, disciplined, if she were a human she’d be the perfect example of an Imperial Stormtrooper rather than this…alien.

He sat as his eyes were red, HE had taken a few things to calm his nerves, he was ready to kill anyone who stopped him from getting to the man they were arresting. He wanted to be the one to put his face in the ground before his team mates can stop him. He cocked his shotgun with the bottom grenade launcher attached, he had 4 with him, he was told only to take 2, but stole his commanders grenades when she wasn't looking.

=Charlie=
" lets get this scum, i want my round with him before we bring him in"

He cocked his gun and aimed it towards the area they were going and pretend to fire.

=Charlie=
" Lead sandwich coming for ya"

He gave a little laugh as he smoked his cigar. He looked at the other rookie on the team

=Charlie=
" listen chump, stay out of my way, and i won't accidentally misfire this gun in your back"

He looks at the rest and puts on his helmet, and walks towards the area when a shot ricocheted  of a wall and miss Arok, he dived behind a wall as they fired, 4 or 5 men, inside a tower. where the palace was and  several turrets,  he took a quick look and smiled, he shoved a grenade into the launcher of his gun and jump out, firing the grenade and dodged back in. It landed with a thud in part of the tower, and they tried to jump out but the grenade blew, killing them and sending parts of the towers on top of the turrets on both sides. Feeling tough, he runs towards the  mess of a entrance and ducks behind the rubble, He hears someone coming and jumps in front of the commando, unloading his shotgun into the man and jumped back, he looked and saw some more soldiers coming their way......

With their cover blown, Nexus squad had to act fast. Each member knew that there would be a formidable force of ex-stormtroopers bearing down upon them within minutes. It was time to improvise away from the original plan.

“L’uap and Stonewall, you two come with me. The rest of you head around that building and come up from the backside on my mark,” Malica commanded.

Orders were given and were received without question. Nexus squad worked like a perfectly oiled machine in all situations.

“Just play along,” Malica said before rushing to the scene. The Zabrak and Trandoshan trailed only a few steps behind.

“What the hell happened here?” Malica began.

“Nothing we can’t handle. Move along,” the security officer replied blocking the three stormtroopers’ advance.

“Look, we are in the same line of work as you. Security. Or at least today we have been assigned that. You know how it is,” Malica lobbed back, “We have to get involved.”

“Yeah, I recall how things work in the military, but this is a civilian matter.”

“Those blast marks look to be from a military issue grenade,” Stonewall interjected, “So it is a military issue now.”

The security officer grumbled and ceded the argument to the three troopers. Hopefully that was enough time to let the Moff get away from the building safely and unseen. Although, I have no idea who orchestrated this mess, which could bode poorly for the Moff.

Malica shut off the external audio transmitter in his helmet to relay a bit of information securely. “Keep your eyes peeled for him. That goes for you others as well.”

He kept the messages short, sweet and vague to confuse anyone that may be eaves dropping before reactivating his external audio transmitter.

--- Meanwhile ---

“What do you think he is planning?” Barker questioned his three team mates.

“Could be anything,” Anipe replied.

“I think it is probably a distraction to let us sneak up on the jerk of a Moff, while his security is a bit preoccupied,” Keris said acidly.

That was the idea that ended the conversation. Each member knew that was exactly what their squad leader had planned or at least they hoped. They continued around the building with deliberate silence. They were in a formation that said we-are-on-patrol-and-it-sucks, yet they maintained their eyes on their ultimate goal: getting the treasonous Moff.

OOC:

Just a little clarification on Nexus Squad members

Nexus Squad
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Malica - Human Male - Squad Leader
Anipe - Zabrak Male
L'uap - Zabrak Male
Stonewall - Trandoshan Female
Barker - Trandoshan Male
Haleth Korda - Human Male
Keris - Human Female

This is just my understanding of things. If anything is wrong then let me know and I'll alter it. I figure that this would clear up any possible misunderstandings.