~| Day 3, 02:44-02:54 GST |~
~|Khan Sainen, Kaggath |~

Khan wasn't sure how he had avoided those last few blaster bolts and kept running, but somehow he [i]had[/i] managed it. The troopers were past where Lea was hiding and focused on him now and that was all that mattered anyways. Now he would just have to get away and give them the slip so he could-

be trapped in a dead-end hallway with four angry, armed troopers chasing after him. That was alright, that was fine, he just needed to come up with a plan to neutralize them and escape. How could he best take on four of the Empire's soldiers unarmed, in the hallway's tight confines while they were armored and armed with blasters? A few plans of action came to mind as he reached the end of the hall and by the time the guards had caught up to him his mind was made up. He turned around and let the first one approach him. The trooper's posture was only slightly wary, more casually annoyed than anything else as the blaster was shouldered away and he reached out a hand to snatch and haul at Khan's robe. Khan let him reach his arm out all the way then struck at a weak point in the elbow joint of the armor twice, an initial shock with the edge of one hand towards the back of the joint to jolt and relax the tendons there then a hard strike to the same joint to break the elbow before the fool inside could react. He stepped further in, positioning one leg to unbalance the first victim's base of support as he reeled from pain while shoving him with both hands and his whole body towards the others that had him cut off from escape.

Using every bit of force speed he could muster while the unfortunate trooper with the broken arm was sent sprawling towards and into his co-workers as a distraction while Khan tried to close the gap between himself and the remaining three before they could bring their blasters to bear on him. As he reached the next nearest soldier he rammed the heel of his palm against the enemy's helmet to tilt his head back then jabbed the his fingertips into the gap where the helmet met the armor as hard as he could to strike at the neck. His efforts were met with a ragged choking gurgle as the trooper sagged and clutched at his throat in a near-faint. Years of training honed into instinct told him to whirl and lash out with a low scything kick to the side of a third soldier's knee and send him staggering as he tried to attack from behind with a second quick kick blowing it out sideways. By now the fourth trooper had untangled himself from the first with the broken arm only for Khan to use a mix of Force Speed and his half-trained abilities at Force Jump to slam a flying knee into his helmet with unusual force, knocking him hard into a wall. While he was dazed Khan snapped a kick against his head to knock his head against the wall again, leaving him sliding into unconsciousness, or so Khan hoped. Just in case he snatched up a nearby blaster, checked to make sure it was still on stun and pulled the trigger on all of them point blank until he was sure they were out and not just temporarily debilitated.

He'd been stupidly lucky that he hadn't taken a hit, but he was pretty sure his hands and knee would be swollen up with bruises and that last kick had made him tear something. Ontop of that he had to take a second to let all of the post-combat rush drain out of himself, then tried to decide if he should go looking for Lea. He crept much more slowly and cautiously back down the hallway, eyes scanning for her as he went while also looking for any place that might be likely to help him find Xid.