IC - Episode IV There in the Dark

[Jedi Skyler]

Roth points in the direction he's been sensing Syllri. "That way," he says, simply.

((OOC: I presume that, as yet, Syllri's condition has remained unchanged, with what Roth can sense in the Force...))

[Hellcat]

KAWD

No one responds to the droids question about contacting Ailyn. It's forced to sit in the cramped quarter of the rear of the vehicle and contemplate what Roth said about standing out while at the same time it tries using it's multiple vision modes to try and detect threats.

Roth, Reylan, KAWD

Roth guides Reylan through the industrial complex, the team making various turns as they get deeper and deeper into the complex. Finally they reach what appears to be a dead-end. At least as far as the driving goes. A quick check of the map shows that even if they back track and manage to take another avenue coming in from the west that they'll hit a dead end on that side to. Roth senses Syllri somewhere ahead of them, but a look at the map suggests that wherever he and Ailyn are is not accessible by vehicle.

A new sound catches their attention. It's muted inside the modded limo/speeder truck, but it's the unmistakeable sound of pulse-wave fire. And it's near by, coming from somewhere ahead of them.

"Either our little Mandalorian is firing on the TCA officers or she and Syllri are being fired upon," Giric says.

"Or both she and Syllri and the TCA officers at the scene are being fired on," the constable puts in. "Droid, didn't you repeat something from the Mandalorian female of yours about her thinking Red Claws were already here? I know we saw some back where that Mandalorian was tearing into the complex, but maybe some advanced party was already this far into the facility."

"It took time for us to double back around from the south and come in from the east,"Quin-Tain puts in. "Red Claws could certainly have worked their way down this end."
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[Esoomian]

"This unit is sending a communication to Ailyn. No details of the location of the group will be sent."

If no-one objects the KAWD will reply to Ailyn using the internal comlink.

"The group is enroute to pick beings Ailyn and Syllri up. Confirm if being Ailyn suspects this frequency is secure enough to communicate on."
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[Jedi Skyler]

Roth nods, then says, "Yes; we need to find them and get out of here."

[vong]

Reylan says "I am going to turn this around for a quick getaway, but it looks like we are walking now"

He carefully turns the vehicle around and then puts it in park.
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[Hellcat]

Reylan, KAWD, Roth

Reylan parks the strange limo/speeder truck and the team, at least those members who can, get's out. Those organics who have been in the rear the longest get out and start stretching, clearly thankful their confinement is temporarily over. Ali waits for the KAWD, Giric, the constable, Arek, and Quin-Tain to get out before she begins disengaging the magnets in her hands and feet and dropping to the floorboard of the vehicle. She then follows the others out, moving with animal-like grace on all fours.

Once out Ali immediately launches her heli unit. It first flies to Reylan and a compartment opens up revealing a lightsaber inside. Once Reylan takes the weapon, the heli unit zips up and away, hovering above building level. As this happens Ali reaches back into the vehicle and extracts the strange Guardian axe cannon weapon. At the same time Quin-Tain reaches into the vehicle and takes Tobias's walking cane, removing the handle so as to extract the lightsaber in there.


"Unless we can find some bolts or I can make some, don't think I'm going to be needing this," Giric announces as he leaves his crossbow in the vehicle. He then hefts his massive sword, swinging it a couple of times in a figure eight pattern. "Ready when everyone else is."

Reylan

Reylan can see that the lightsaber Ali's heli unit is carrying is one of lightsabers taken off the possessed Jedi Rakka Mat'el'ide back on Tatooine. He quickly remembers the Codru-Ji Jedi had carried a pair of lightsabers and a pair of lightfoils. Clearly Ali grabbed at least one of her lightsabers. Though it does seem strange that she is giving it to Reylan. Or maybe she's just loaning it to him for a time.


Roth

Roth suddenly sense Syllri has just been wounded. From what he can sense it's not too bad, far from life threatening. But it is concerning none the less as two members of the team are already laying in the back of the vehicle incapacitated from injuries suffered in the Lower City.


KAWD

"How do you even secure a channel on these things?" Ali responds. There's the sound of pulse-wave fire in the background.


"Thought you Sith were supposed to be allies with the Krath," A voice shouts over the noise. It's becoming clear Ailyn doesn't really know how to operate a PTP link.

"Why won't you believe we're not Sith? Why don't you Civil Authority officer listen?," Syllri calls out. Then he suddenly let's out a yelp of pain.

"JETII!!!" Ailyn shouts "I told you to stay behind cover."

There's static on the line and then a new voice comes over it. The voice sounds both familiar an alien to the KAWD, as if it's it's voice but someone else's at the same time.

"XD-209, XD-202 has been deactivated by your actions. You will be forcibly deactivated and returned to Nort to be finalized. Your allies location will be triangulated and terminated by this signal then you and your other allies located. XD-203, XD-204, and I shall lay waste to the Jedi. We are coming"

"Who said that?" Ailyn asks, annoyance at being distracted in her voice. "Droid, if that is some sort of di'kutla beskar'ad nuhun on your part, it's not funy. Syllri's been hit and both the idiot TCA and the Red Claws are shooting at us. Stop your stupid joking around. Tell the other's we're in some building and trapped at the moment"
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[Esoomian]

The KAWD immediately turns of it's internal comlink.

"Alert: This unit's signal has been traced. Commencing playback"

Ailyn: "How do you even secure a channel on these things?"

Background noise: pulse-wave discharges.

Unknown voice (faint): "Thought you Sith were supposed to be allies with the Krath,"

Syllri:"Why won't you believe we're not Sith? Why don't you Civil Authority officer listen?," *Yelp of pain.*

Ailyn: "JETII!!! I told you to stay behind cover."

Background noises: static

Voice similar to the KAWD's own voice yet clearly distinct: "XD-209, XD-202 has been deactivated by your actions. You will be forcibly deactivated and returned to Nort to be finalized. Your allies location will be triangulated and terminated by this signal then you and your other allies located. XD-203, XD-204, and I shall lay waste to the Jedi. We are coming"

Ailyn: "Who said that?" "Droid, if that is some sort of di'kutla beskar'ad nuhun on your part, it's not funy. Syllri's been hit and both the idiot TCA and the Red Claws are shooting at us. Stop your stupid joking around. Tell the other's we're in some building and trapped at the moment"

"Playback complete. Hypothesis: Three additional Krath Advanced War Droids are attempting to track this unit. This unit has switched off the internal comlink componant but has no knowledge of additional tracking methods available to more highly upgraded Krath Advanced War Droids. Recommendation: This unit should get as far away from the rest of the group as possible to ensure the remaining Krath Advanced War Droids do not converge on this location."

After a pause the KAWD adds. "Additional hypothesis: Message suggests that Krath Advanced War Droids are able to be rebuilt and upgraded. At least one facility for creating Krath Advanced War Droids must still exist."
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[vong]

Reylan says "Thank you for the loan of a weapon Ali. It will come in handy" as he takes the item from Ali's heli unit.

When he hears the playback of the message he adds "Lead the way Roth, We shall follow behind.


Thinking that they are close Reylan tries to shift his vision into the X-Ray Spectrum to have a look around for signs of danger or their companions.

ooc: keep up danger sense, drop inst pilot, Bring up Shift Sense (Vision)
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[Jedi Skyler]

Exiting the vehicle, Roth checks his equipment, shifting his utility belt and straightening his robes. As he checks the charge on his pulse wave rifle, he feels Syllri's injury through the Force. Roth stops in place as he concentrates on the information being relayed to him. "Syllri has been injured by their attackers. So far, his wounds aren't serious; however we need to hurry so we can extract them." He points in the direction they need to go. "Syllri is that way." He then looks at the KAWD. "Check through your systems to see if you have as-yet unused methods of tracking one of your kind...or any kind, for that matter. Also, check to make sure you're not sending out any signals of any kind, including those from a tracking beacon that might have been installed during your construction."

[Hellcat]

Reylan

Reylan attempts to shift his senses to give himself X-ray vision, but the Force doesn't want to be summoned to him.

KAWD

"You sure they are trying to track you?" Giric asks.

"If unit KAWD get's as far away from team as possible who will protect unit KAWD from other Krath Advanced War Droids if Krath Advanced War Droids are hunting unit KAWD?" Ali asks via a microburst.

Roth, Reylan, KAWD

Bastilda hefts the axe she was given and starts walking towards the path between the buildings. It's not exactly the direction Roth is pointing, but the Force allows Roth to sense where Syllri is. Even if the direction is through walls. The team can't see any door into the building Roth points at, but they can trust he has the right direction and they can find their way.
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[Esoomian]

The KAWD answers all questions directed to it verbally, turning to address each individual in question.

"This unit's diagnostics have never uncovered a device or system that could be used to aid in being tracked or in tracking other Krath Advanced War Droids. Notification: This unit has been referred to as incomplete by other Krath Advanced War Droids and lacks functionality that other Advanced War Droids have displayed."

"This unit has no way of determining the veracity of the unknown unit's statement. The possibility exists that it is a ploy to separate the group. This unit's stun field is highly effective against organic beings so droid combatants greatly diminish the odds of a successful outcome. This could be the intent of the enemy Krath Advanced War Droids."

"If this unit was to split from the group it is unlikely to prevail against multiple fully-functional War Droids. This unit would need to ensure it is completely destroyed to ensure the knowledge of the Ancient Yegoglarian language is not extracted from this unit’s system.” The KAWD pauses as it considers this. “The likelihood of succeeding in complete destruction is low as damage will reduce this unit’s ability to further this unit’s destruction. As the stated goal of the enemy Krath Advanced War Droids is capture and recovery and this unit contains knowledge that should not fall into enemy hands and lacks the capacity to self-destruct this unit’s logic has been flawed. Recalculating options.”

As the KAWD considers this new line of reasoning it continues to scan the area with its multi-spectrum vision modes.
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[Jedi Skyler]

Roth shakes his head. "We need to stay together. If we do encounter others of your kind, you may be able to give us insight into their tactics." He looks to the others in the party. "If we happen upon another Krath droid construction facility, we should consider upgrading our own companion. We didn't have time to finish his programming or equipping him; obviously, there are items that would be upgrades to him, that are standard on a fully-functional KAWD unit."

Roth keeps his senses attuned to Syllri while watching where they're going, and how the layout he sees relates to where he's detecting Syllri's presence. He says, "If we encounter a computer terminal, we might benefit from a schematic of this place, if we can get one. Constable, you're probably best-suited to achieve that..."

[vong]

Reylan shakes his head and moves forward. The stress of the entire situation is interfering with his calm, and blocking his access to the Force. He takes a few calming breaths and mentally schedules a meditation regime once they are off the planet.

He gestures to Roth to lead the way and keeps his own senses attuned for any nasty surprises.
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[Hellcat]

KAWD

"If unit KAWD remain with team, more chances unit KAWD remain functional than if unit KAWD seperates from team." Ali microbursts to the KAWD The entire thing lasts less than a sixteenth of a second.

As the KAWD looks around, shifting through various vision modes, it still can see no immediate danger. It does notice Bastilda heading to the walkway between buildings and Roth and Ali also moving that way, the two quickly catching up to the constable.

Roth, Reylan, KAWD

"If we're near the Lhosan industiral complex administrative center, maybe I can," Bastilda shoots at Roth as the team begins moving between to buildings. "This is a corporate facility, not a TCA facility of any kind. Nor a Tarisian govermental facility. Accessing a computer termnal may be quite simple or it may be more complex. Lhosan isn't going to automatically tell the TCA all their security fetures and the security codes for those features until something happens that may require TCA involvement in the facility. And even then they may not tell the TCA everything."

"What, they don't trust you?" Quin-Tain asks.

"Their a corporation and this is an industrial center," the constable replies, as if that answers things.

The team moves a few meters further, Roth supposed to be in the lead but in reality Ali has taken that position. Although Roth gives directions on where the team is going, it seems Ali is acting as a scout. He heli-unit flies over the rooftops, occassionally disappearing from view as if it is moving to investigate something. Suddenly Ali stops all together, letting the team catch up to her.

Reylan

Reylan senses something large about to hit him and those around him.

(OOC: Bastilda, Roth, Arek, and Ali are nearest to Reylan. Giric, the KAWD, and Quin-Tain are far enough away that that shouldn't be harmed by what Reylan senses, though they may need to move as well. The KAWD's multi-spectrum vision sees no threat)
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[vong]

Reylan feels a prickle of of dange at the back of his neck and he shouts "Incoming! Scatter!" as he runs forward hoping to get away from the danger.
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