[Centre][b]Five Points[/b]
[i]Annamar System.[/i][/centre]

It was a quiet dawn on Annamar when the sensors of Five Point Base begin to chime with contacts. They swept in from high orbit at near dangerous speeds before flying too low to detect easily with the sensors in a cavern some distance away.

Bapyr cut off a conversation he was having with one of the brokers who ran the Pleasure Den when the alerts sounded and waved for a couple of the security troopers in attendance to escort the broker from the room and make sure they were secure elsewhere while Bapyr went to the hub control room for Five Points. “Sit-rep!” He called as he entered the room that monitored all the outposts vital systems. A few improvements had been made to the hub since the power plant hijacking, it was now tied into all the security monitors in the outpost where as previously it had only monitored the high security sections, there had been an issue or two with some of the crew getting too interested in the feeds from the Pleasure Den however for the first few days, Iella had quickly disabused the culprits of that behaviour.

“A number of contacts sir, a mix of starfighter and dropships, might have been a corvette in the mix but we didn't get a solid read before they dropped into the canyons a few clicks out.” one of the crew replied. “The attack the boss warned us of?” he then asked sounding a little nervous.
“Seems likely.” Bapyr replied. “Alright bring all perimeter defences online and start deploying troops to protect the more vital assets.” Bapyr added as he went to a holotable that held a 3d map of the outpost. “Get the valentines in the air, patrolling the perimeter, I'd rather not send them out against unknown strength when we might need them here.” Bapyr looked around the room for a moment as he took in the men and women doing their jobs before adding another order. “And get me a secure link with Cazador and Iella, they'll be on the front lines I imagine.”

A mere couple of minutes later the sensors ring again as three squadrons appear on the sensors, two of them appearing to be bomber squadrons of some type and an unidentified heavy fighter squadron.

“Sir!” One of the crew exclaimed.
“I see them.” Bapyr said simply as he kept a calm mind and analysed the situation. “Have the interceptors strike the starfighters while the defence towers focus on the bombers.”

The enemy advance continued throwing into contrast more attackers, another two squadrons of heavy starfighters had been detected and something else harder to get any solid information on, some sort of stealth properties making it hard to get a fix.

“Well that's problematic...” Bapyr muttered as the additional starfighters appeared on sensors. “Why aren't we getting a clear reading on this contact...” he muttered again as he watched the contact that they had not discernible information for.
“Sir, comms established with Iella and Cazador.” A crewman reported.
“Good morning friends, Cazador if you would mind getting yourself to one of the defensive laser towers I believe you're skill in putting down targets will be needed.” Bapyr said in opening. “We have multiple starfighter and bomber squadrons on intercept and I suspect the valentines will be outmatched in a straight fight. We thought we detected troop ships earlier as well so keep your people alert you two.” He then added.
Iella's voice crackled over the comm for a moment before clearing up. “I'm headed to the spaceport, we've got a few 'visitors on planet atm that might be willing to lend a hand in our defences, specially if we can properly compensate them.” The Echani woman said confidently.
“Kuryi trusts your judgement so see what you can do Iella, just remember we'll have troops on the ground before long I suspect, your skills will be more use in putting them down.” Bapyr replied.
“Copy, give me a shout if anything goes drastically wrong then.” Iella said before she muted her comm input so she could continue to hear the conversation but not add to it.

“How far is the boss?” Cazador asked while the sensors showed his comm signal was headed for the north east laser tower.
“Haven’t heard from Kuryi yet but last communique reported he would be arriving soon, one can just hope he brought enough reinforcements with him.” Bapyr replied before turning to the personnel around him. “Recall the Valentines, they'll do better working in concert with the towers than speeding out there alone with that many contacts facing them.”

The enemy squadrons advanced fast before suddenly beginning an bank southwards as they detected they were about to fly into two sets of Laser Turrets. Bapyr is the first to notice a Corvette moving into sensors range now its coming over the hills.

 Meanwhile, at the request for aid, one of the Smugglers gets in his craft, a heavily modified YT-1300, and flees as fast as his engines can go, the captain of the second smuggler vessel is too deep into his cups to even notice the request. The last, a 'Captain Jack' of a mid-sized freighter, the Last Bet, accepts the offer to aid in the defence and tells Iella to just tell him where to be.

Iella patched Captain Jack into the Hubs channels and let Bapyr know the freighter was at his command while she went to supervise the outposts defensive troops.
“Alright, Captain we've got hostile contacts heading southwest, I'm detailing our squadron to intercept them, I'd like you to join them and see what you can do to thin their numbers.” Bapyr said to the smuggler before issuing the orders to the Valentines.

The enemy advances on the facility quickly, but not too quickly for the Valentines, at long range the Bombers achieve missile lock and launch a salvo of Concussion Missiles.

“We cant let those bombers inside the shields.” Bapyr said before he ordered the Valentine squadron to make a run on the southern bombers. The Last Bet would have to get there when it could even though Bapyr would prefer to have the two air assets supporting each other. “Turrets at the ready, contacts will be in your range momentarily.” He then advised over the comms.

Three of the twelve bombers the Valentine Squadron attacked were destroyed in the salvo as their pilots concentrated on the bombing run their defence turrets spraying fire wildly incapable of hitting the interceptors.

The missile salvoes scream in towards the base entering the engagement range of the turrets which do a stunning job of thinning the herd of over ninety missiles only allowing thirteen of them through, which the shields then destroy ten of on impact leaving only three missiles incoming, one for a Laser Tower, two for the empty Hangar. And then it was the attacking craft's turn.

One of the enemy Squadrons couldn't get adequate lead on the squadron their fire going wide, the same could not be said of the other squadron whose withering fire struck eleven of the Valentines, and yet, thanks to the armour they bore, all eleven emerged virtually unscathed.

The Last Bet continued its comparability lumbering pace towards the attacking craft while the Valentine squadron threw power to their engines and made an attack run on the northern bomber squadron. In the Hub one end of the holotable started emitting a second image, that of Kuryi himself as they received a transmission from The Art of Battle which sensors were registered as having just entered the system.

“Five points, come in, We're in system and on approach, we're detecting a lot of traffic down there, what's going on?” Kuryi said while Bapyr went to place himself before the holo-imager so he could reply.
“Your timing couldn't be better sir.” Bapyr said breathing a small sigh of relief. “We're under attack, 4 squadrons of old style Hutt Starfighters, 2 bomber squadrons and a corvette, theres another group of contacts we cant get a sensor fix on, so far they haven't tried firing on anything so I suspect them to be dropships sir.” Bapyr said to fill Kuryi in.
“Any troops on the ground yet?” Kuryi asked pausing for a moment while bapyr shook his head. “I'll bring support, we're still a little way out though, make sure you're still alive when we get there won't you Bapyr.” He then added.
“Of course sir.” Bapyr replied as the holo-imager faded.

The fire from the Valentine squadron failed to pursue the bombers with any accuracy, the close passing of the shady contacts revealed modified SS-54 Assault Ships rebuilt with stealth armour and engines. The missiles in flight finally found their targets however one of them destroying a laser tower as two more severely gutted the, thankfully empty, barracks. And then the three Squadrons of enemy craft attacked the Valentines, and yet, despite the overwhelming numbers advantage concern for hitting each other prevented the enemy from laying any accurate shots on the preternaturally lucky squadron of interceptors.

“North bombers on a run against the power plant, making another run on them.” The lead of the interceptor squadron announced over the comms as Bapyr returned to studying the holomap. “Cazador those bombers are about to pass into your range, help the valentines remove them could you.” Bapyr said over the comms as he noted The Last Bet was moving to intercept the southern bombers. “South east tower focus on those bombers next to that corvette they appear to be the biggest threat.” Bapyr glanced somewhat nervously at the revealed gunships, they could be problematic...Kuryi needed to arrive faster he thought as he glanced sideways at a counter that had appeared at the corner of the holomap showing Kuryi's approximate ETA.

The concentrated fire of the Last Bet and the remainder of the Laser Battery decimated the bomber squadron in a hail of blaster fire and a proton torpedo with utterly devastating effect as the Valentines capitalised on the enemies biggest mistake, the bombers flew too straight for too long and they annihilated ten of the enemy bombers for it.

The enemy transports meanwhile dived in and hit the ground disgorging a large number of what look to be highly skilled troops while the crippled bomber Squadron, seeing its number decimated rolls and runs for the hills. Meanwhile the poor Valentine Squadron finds itself with the undivided attention of all four enemy escort squadrons. The Valentines however continue their seemingly unnatural streak of luck as the enemy heavy fighters continue to try and jockey for shots on them.

“Gunships are sitting ducks!” The lead pilot said over the comms, “Starting a strafing run on them, maybe we can take a few of those troops out too.” He added as the Last Bet moved to get a better shot at the hostile starfighters that the south eastern tower was also opening fire on.

On the ground Bapyr watched as the outfits troops readied to meet the enemy, Iella in among them looking for a chance to use her own skill set as best she could.

Fortune favours the Brave it is said, and so it was the Valentines managing not to get hit on their strafing run. Though the attack revealed at least one of the Commando squadrons had surface to air missiles. The Valentines fire stabbed down, though their accuracy was good, it seemed the defences of the gunships were pretty good as they hit one and damaged it badly. .... But then...The gunships came in pursuit the Last Bet failing to hit anything except several homes and the towers destroyed one of the transports before damaging another. But they still pursued the Valentines with intent to destroy. The Gunships are however unable to lay fire onto the Interceptors with any luck.
The enemy fighters moved to intercept the Last Bet hoping it was an easier target as the Corvette moved up and began firing on the damaged Hangar with its Turbolasers. The Commando teams heading out, two for the defence guns, the other four for the facility proper. Though one of the enemy squadrons couldn't hit the Last Bet, the other two didn't have the same issue, one of them doing little direct damage, but the other squadron blasting it apart with unholy prejudice. There wasn't much left to hit the ground below except flaming debris.
The battle took other turns for the worst with one of the Commando teams beginning an assault on the Laser Battery to take it out of contention crippling one of the three remaining guns, meanwhile two of the Commando teams assaulted one of the security trooper squadrons with extreme prejudice, one failing to do anything of note, but the other killing nine of the Security men. The unit that failed to do much taking a casualty when one of them stuck their head out at the wrong moment when the security troopers returned fire.

“Bapyr you have multiple squads heading in your direction.” Kuryi said over the comm as the Capone flew over the Hub. “I want you out there leading the troops with Iella. I have Miria and the Scouts aboard the Capone with me, I'll put down just outside and drop them so you can meet the coming attack.” He then added as he directed the Capones pilot to do just that. Kuryi studied the sensor details being routed to the Capone from the outposts systems as it augmented the Capones on sensor readings on the battle those gunships could prove hazardous with their stealth systems but the more immediate threat now was the corvette. Problem was only the Capone and the turbolaser towers really had a good shot at bringing the vessel down. “Gris, you on that quad turret yet?” He asked over the ships internal comms. A guttural grunt was all the reply he got. “Hurry up then we'll have things for you to shoot shortly.” Kuryi said as he directed the Valentines to come about and tackle the gunships. 

The Dropships of the enemy are annihilated as the Valentines come back around for another pass without much fanfare. Just Maser fire. Meanwhile the Tower and Security Troops fail to do anything one of the Security troopers killed by a headshot from near three hundred metres away after he stood up, removed his helment and complained to his CO that his headset wasn't working.

The enemy response was somewhat predictable, and at the same time less so, two of the enemy fighter squadrons engaged the Valentines once more, both failing horribly when one craft from each squadron, trying to get the best shot, actually collided destroying each other. Meanwhile the attempt of another squadron to strafe the towers was ineffectual, as they attacked one of the destroyed weapons. The last squadron meanwhile attacked one of the shield generators, the damage it suffered bringing down the shield entirely and nearly destroying it while the enemy Corvette fired on the Barracks next inflicting superficial, but noticeable damage that would require repairs. 

The Commando's attacking the tower had little more luck, though they managed to finish the destruction of the critical tower and begin assaulting another. Meanwhile three of the other Commando teams assault the entrenched Security men, however before two of them even get a chance team five wipes out the squad with repeating blaster fire.

As the valiant security squad that had simply been to close for comfort to the enemy troops fell, the other forces which now had time to regroup moved up to face the enemy forces. Overhead Cazador began firing on the squadron that had attacked the shield generator and the Valentines turned to dogfight with their attackers at Kuryi's order.

The Valentines and towers failed to achieve anything as finally The Art of Battle arrived during which time the Commandos on the ground nearly wiped out the enemy commando unit they were facing. The enemy response was less predictable, one of the squadrons continued its assault on the Shield Generator as another moved to hit the Utilities, of the other two both began to flee as the Corvette set down on the ground, on the ground Kuryi's men would see the Commando units beginning a retreat. The shield Generator under attack lay fairly close to total destruction as the heavy fighters strafed it with fire. A destruction nearly shared by the Electrical Utilities facility, the reactor taking heavy damage in the assault, blacking out near four fifths of all those depending on power from it. Though fortunately the defences had self-contained power.

With the arrival and ever present movement of The Art of Battle and the enemy in retreat, the Ness shuttles forwent dropping off their troops and started in towards the nearest fighter squadron opening up with everything they had while the Capone lifted off again and targeted the squadron that had attacked the shield generator, the same squadron that the Valentines attacked from behind. Even with the enemy troops in retreat Kuryi ordered his troops on the ground to push the attack rather than let them go. The south east tower, now free of the attacking commandos continued to fire on the fleeing fighter squadrons while, Cazador, in the north east tower fired on the only squadron in his range

The squadron attacking the Shield Generator was wiped out after being hit by the Valentines, but the real star of that show was the North East Laser Battery which managed to avert a catastrophic overload of one of its guns and retask in time to finish off their attackers. The Ness Squadron had little luck only succeeding in dropping the shield of a single craft. The Commando's pursuing the lone survivor failing to catch the man in his fighting retreat, forced to admit he knows what he's doing when the Duros stumble into a booby trap the commando had somehow managed to plant annihilating five of them in the blast. The Security troopers moving in from the north attempt to assault the Commando's only to see the three, bravest, of them cut down in as many seconds by a Concussion Rifle and the called out worlds "COME GET SOME!" The other seventeen get the hint and dive for cover.

Four of the Valentines, which had fought so valiantly and againt such odds since the attack began finally felt the sting of enemy fire as four of their number go down to the superior enemy firepower. The enemy forces continue to retreat in the majority for the Corvette, all except the squadron of attackers that had reversed course from assaulting the Electrical Utilities to turn on the Valentines once more. And one of the Commando's that seems to have gone to ground doing who knows what. All that remains is the last recorded position he was seen in. Meanwhile the Commando's who were all "Come Get Some" turned their guns on the Security men and eviscerated fourteen of the valiant men with superior firepower. A death toll that was reflected against Kuryi's Operations men when the other Commando squad struck them with a barrage of grenades.

The Art of Battle kept up its advance and brought its mass drivers to bare on the grounded corvette while the Capone moved in and fired everything it had at the corvette as well. Meanwhile the remaining Valentines joined with the Ness shuttles and the south east tower to attack the remaining starfighters. 

The commandos that had eliminated most of the rearmost enemy squad skirted the survivors last known position while the beast scouts, Miri at the lead moved up at a ground eating pace, their trained Nexu alongside and the Banshee birds overhead as they pursued the fleeing forces. The two units of troops that had suffered at the hands of the commandos only moments before took the opportunity to back off, they would likely be disciplined or not following orders later but at least they wouldn't be following their comrades into an early grave.

The attackers sweeping in on the last remaining unit of enemy escorts who weren't running couldn't seemingly aim, even the Valentines morale seems to have been broken by the unexpected deaths. Then the Art of Battle's Mass Drivers rang and the Corvette was struck amidships, her shields shattering under the salvo, as did it's reactor, the craft blasting apart badly enough to nearly cause the Capone to crash. The two retreating squadrons and bomber had completed their run for space as the last squadron turned back and once more decided to strafe the Valentine's rear, for revenge. Another of the Valentines spirals towards the ground smoking the scent of blood in the attackers nostrils. The Commando's seeing their ride destroyed however seem to have been revitalised into a last stand.

The Commandos attacking the Security found them bunkered down too well to strike, unlike their comrades who caught the Operations officers in the open with their sudden reversal and cut them down like wheat before the Scythe. The Commandos trying to strike the Beast Squad however failed to do anything before Kuryi got a warning on the bridge from one of the crew of the Turbolaser Battery on the South East end. "Sir! One of the Enemy Commandos, he's setting up a bomb of some sort! It's all Chrome looking."

The Art of battle continued its advance to bring its laser batteries to bare on the remaining fighter squadron while the Capone swung around and aimed to eliminate the squadron as well. For that matter the lone squadron found itself the target of the Valentine interceptors and the two Eastern laser defence towers.

Miria lead the beast scouts into a position to better assault the commando squad ahead of them while they were supported by the nearby squad of crimson commandos. The Ness shuttles had seen fit to put down and deploy their troops with the enemy no longer retreating while one of them moved to the south to deploy their troops to investigate the explosive the sole commando was arming.

The Combined laser fire from the Valentines, the defence towers, the Capone and The Art of Battle saw the remaining enemy fighters quickly overwhelmed and eliminated. Miria and her scouts Forged ahead with a barrage of fire from their blaster carbines and supporting fire from those of them armed with longrifles. With the Airspace mostly clear the Banshee birds became more adventurous and started circling above the remaining enemy attackers while the Nexu of the squads lopped forward at a stunning pace, avoiding the return blaster fire as they had been trained to do and ran down the attackers with a savagery that could not be matched by blasters. Additional supporting fire came from the other security and operations squads still on the ground as well as the crimson commando squads, with Miria and her beast scouts leading the charge moral soared and the remaining attackers were defeated in short order, killed to the last man as none had even tried to surrender.

On the other side of Five Points the other Ness shuttle had set down and deployed its squads and quickly eliminated the sole enemy commando as he guarded the explosive he had set. The squads fast discovered it was an explosive with a yeild high enough to wipe out at least half the shadowport from its present position. The Squads watched the counter and made sure the area was secure while Cazador arrived on a speeder bike he had borrowed from an unsuspecting resident of Annamar.

“They've left us a nasty going away present sir.” Cazador said over his comlink to Kuryi. “The trigger mechanism is a touchy one and the blast is significant.” He added as he examined the explosive further.
“You will disarm it Cazador, wont you.” Kuryi replied in a straight laced and confident tone.
“Uh.. yes sir...” Cazador answered hesitantly. “Im not sure this speeder could escape the blast radius anyway...” he said without activating the comlink while he set to work figuring out how to disarm the explosive. There was only about 2 minutes left on the timer as he got to work, forst prying off the outer casing and exposing the wiring and circuitry underneath. Then sorting the connections in his mind into critical and secondary relays, ones that were ultimately irrelevant and ones that might detonate the explosive immediately. One of the outfit security troopers there offered Cazador his canteen which he gratefully accepted while he thought about the connections for a few more moments

Handing the canteen back he pulled a couple of tools including a polar ionic destabiliser and a pair of fine wire cutters before carefully reaching into the explosive with 30 seconds left on the timer. The moment he touched the destabiliser to the circuit he was aiming for the bomb started beeping rapidly as if it was about to detonate before it went silent and dead a moment later as he cut a blue wire.

“Explosive disarmed sir.” Cazador said over the comlink as he breathed a steady sigh of relief. “Please tell me you know who ordered this attack?” Cazador then asked.
“I am quite aware of who ordered it,” Kuryi replied. “And Keller Hudron will wish he had never caught my attention when I am through with him.” The cold tone Cazador heard over the comlink made him glad he was working for Kuryi, he did not want to be the man's enemy under any circumstances.

[Hider=Summary]
Five Points on Annamar is attacked!
Kuryi's men put up a valiant fight waiting for Kuryi himself to arrive with reinforcements aboard The Art of Battle!
A last ditch explosive threatens the Shadowport with near total destruction!

Total losses: 1 shield generator, 1 defence laser battery, 1 medium barracks, 30 Saros Outfit Enforcers, 15 Saros Outfit Opratives, 4 Valentine interceptors.
Total Gains:.... what gains....[/hider]