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Post by Lord Ire on Aug 30, 2010 0:48:26 GMT -5
Astrographical infoRegion: Outer Rim Territories Sector: Jenenma sector System: Mustafar system Suns: 1: Priate Orbital position: 3 Moons: 0 Grid coordinates: L-19 Distance from Core: 53,000 light years Rotation period: 36 standard hours Orbital period: 412 standard days Physical infoClass: Wasteland (modern) Terrestrial (historic) Diameter: 4,200 kilometers Atmosphere: Type 1 (breathable) Climate: Hot Gravity: Standard Primary terrain: Volcanoes Lava rivers Surface water: 0% (35% surface lava) Points of interest: Klegger Corp Mining Facility Berken's Flow Tulrus Nesting Grounds Burning Plains Smoking Forest Crystal Flats Mensix Mining Facility Jedi Enclave (Mustafar) Societal infoNative species: Northern and southern Mustafarians Kubaza Xandank Immigrated species: Skakoans Government: Techno Union Population: 20,000 - 95% Mustafarian - 3% Skakoan - 2% other species Major cities: Fralideja (capital) Major imports: Foodstuff Technology Water Major exports: Many minerals Mirkanite
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Post by SK on Aug 31, 2010 9:34:42 GMT -5
The shuttle carrying the Sith Masters finally comes out of hyperspace and arrives at the Mustafar system. A squadron of Sith Interceptors then come from the planetside and cover the shuttle as an escort, as it made it's way towards the planet.
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Post by Mara Jade Skywalker on Aug 31, 2010 22:58:32 GMT -5
The StealthX exits hyperspace not long after the shuttle. Mara maneuvers the fighter closer to the planet to get a better view, and sits in the cockpit, observing the Interceptors move into escort formation.
Little does Mara know, the intense red glow coming from the planet is having an affect on the stealth capabilities of her ship, causing the matte black hull to have a barely visible red tint. The casual observer may not notice the red tint amongst the stars and blackness of space, but a seasoned enemy pilot could easily spot the abnormality.
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Post by SK on Sept 1, 2010 20:51:53 GMT -5
As the shuttle was nearing the surface, one of the fighters noticed a small little glow coming from the distance.
"My lord, we may have an intruder. Permission to pursue?"
From the shuttle, the pilot gets the transmission and asks one of the Sith Masters.
"Pursue, but do not destroy. This one is strong with the force. Take then alive, as we may have some business with this one..."
The pilot then relayed it to the squadron, and four Interceptors break formation and turn towards the intruder and increase their throttle to full speed.
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Post by Mara Jade Skywalker on Sept 1, 2010 22:20:37 GMT -5
"Blast!" Mara curses as the four Interceptors break off and head her way. She doesn't take the time to wonder how they spotted her, instead she quickly powers up her lasers. "Sneaky, make sure the shadow bombs are ready. Looks like we've been spotted. Shields up and lock S-foils in attack position."
Grasping the laser trigger, Mara stretches out to the Force for calm and focus, and wishes that the manufacturers of the StealthXs hadn't traded shield power for stealth capabilities. She waits for the Interceptors to fire first.
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Post by SK on Sept 2, 2010 1:32:17 GMT -5
As the Interceptors are making their way towards the X wing, they are at first coming towards her in a straight line from right to left, then the two in the middle fire off shots at the fighter, while the other two at opposite ends break away to flank the fighter from both sides and were firing their laser cannons at the X-wing fighter in synchronized fashion.
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Post by Mara Jade Skywalker on Sept 2, 2010 10:12:38 GMT -5
In the first barrage of laser fire from the middle Interceptors, Mara's fighter takes a grazing shot off the canopy. She quickly corkscrews down, as the other two Interceptors move into flanking position, and comes up behind the Interceptor that was flanking her on the left.
"Release a shadow bomb," she instructs her astromech. Stretching out with the Force, Mara grabs the bomb as it is released from its hold, and immediately directs it at the fighter in front of her.
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Post by SK on Sept 2, 2010 11:20:59 GMT -5
The Interceptor then explodes into a fiery ball as the remaining 3 Interceptors then go into evasive maneuvers and all split up and going into separate directions. The one in the center then flips up and over and goes full throttle towards the X-wing and starts to fire his laser cannons. The other 2 Interceptors then come at the X-wing from the left side, trying to force her towards the planet's atmosphere, as they are also barraging the X-wing with laser fire.
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Post by Mara Jade Skywalker on Sept 2, 2010 12:08:42 GMT -5
Mara's triumph at taking down an Interceptor is short lived as one of the remaining fighters maneuvers and begins firing at her. She banks hard to the left to avoid the fighter, but that just brings her nose-to-nose with the other two Interceptors who are busy spraying her canopy with a vicious salvo of laser fire. Mara ducks under the two Interceptors and opens the throttle to full, aiming for the planet.
The StealthX is gradually being pushed farther and farther into the Mustafar atmosphere, taking damage to the rear shields as they are pounded with laser fire. Her astromech squeals an alert that the rear shield has taken too much damage and is no longer functioning.
A string of expletives in at least three different languages leaves Mara's lips. She checks her status display. One more direct hit to the rear and she'll lose her engines. She grits her teeth, reaches out to the Force, and searches the molten landscape for a 'safe' place to crash.
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Post by SK on Sept 2, 2010 12:42:47 GMT -5
The pursuing Interceptors continue on course towards the X-wing and fire off a dew more shots towards the rear, trying to disable the engines.
After a couple more shots, two Interceptors then break formation and return to base, while a single Interceptor continues it's course, making sure that either the X-wing blows up, or crash lands, so that he can relay the coordinates back to base.
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Post by Mara Jade Skywalker on Sept 2, 2010 13:13:14 GMT -5
Mara chooses an abandoned mining facility on the nightside of the planet in which to crash land her fighter. She is able to aim the ship towards the facility's landing pad just as another blast of laser fire finally takes out the engines. The StealthX bucks wildly in the atmosphere and veers off course slightly, now heading straight for the facility itself.
"Dammit!" Mara says between clenched teeth, as she struggles with the control yoke to avoid the facility. "Sneaky, prepare yourself for impact." She checks her own crash buckles and tightens them up even more.
The fighter corkscrews straight into the side of the facility, and by some miracle of the Force, does not explode into a ball of flames. The impact smashes in the nose of the snub fighter and dents in the canopy. Mara's head slams into the side of the cockpit with such force that her helmet does little to protect her, and she receives a deep cut above her left eye.
Before the darkness pulls her into unconsciousness, she attempts to scream out to Luke through the Force...but is unsuccessful in gathering enough energy before passing out cold.
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Post by SK on Sept 2, 2010 14:25:51 GMT -5
The Interceptor pilot notices that the X-wing crashed landed just outside of the abandoned mining facility near the Mensix Mining Facility. He then reported back to the command center.
"X-wing fighter has gone down. Permission to pursue?" He asked.
A reply then came back.
"That is a negative. Shuttle is already en-route. Return to base, and debrief." said the operator.
"Roger that. Returning to base."
The Sith Interceptor then turns around and headed back to base.
Moments later, a recovery Shuttle makes it's way towards the crash site and a squad of troopers and two medical personnel go to the crashed fighter. The medical team opens the canopy and scans the Jedi pilot for any signs of life. One of the medical officers then speaks into the comlink on his wrist.
"My lord, it is a human female pilot. She is unconscious, but alive. There also seems to be an astromech droid that is still functional as well, but seems to be offline. What are our orders?" He asked.
"Bring them both, and destroy the fighter. I want the woman to be in the interrogation room, and the droid to be placed in the technical room and to be picked apart. I want to know what the Jedi are up to, and how they found us." Said the Sith Master.
"Yes my lord. It shall be done." Said the officer.
The troopers then picked up the unconscious body of the Jedi, and grabbed the droid and took them both back to the shuttle. The shuttle then heads back to the Mensix Mining Facility.
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Post by Luke Skywalker on Sept 6, 2010 17:30:40 GMT -5
Luke exits hyperspace and picks a spot just outside of orbit. Stealth capabilities are engaged, and Luke's Xwing is virtually undetectable. He hides his presence in the Force and waits for the others.
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Post by Nick Cousland on Sept 6, 2010 17:53:42 GMT -5
The Redemption exits lightspeed with its stealth generators activated. Nick looks out the viewport and shakes his head in disgust at the red chaotic world beneath him. He masks his presence in the Force and waits for the signal to move out.
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Post by Gert Yonsz-Kenobi on Sept 6, 2010 18:13:15 GMT -5
As the Rose drops into real space she engages the paramagnetic paint to stealth mode. It would blend with the surrounding atmosphere regardless of the colors near by. Simultaneously she flicks the toggle for the ion suppressors and the ship goes effectively cold as the space around her. At long range she would blip the sensors then read as space debris immediately. Interceptors weren't typically configured to pick up life readings. They were as invisible as they could be at the moment.
"Ready?" she asks her husband quietly.
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