Lord Greshh

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

HJ Twilight

"Good idea." I bring up my comm and finally contact the Omega Squad Commander. "Hey, it's HJ... The kid with the lightsaber, remember? Well, anyway, just wanted to let you know that we are on our way out and, also, there is a melted SHK droid in hanger 4. SO... you know, you might want to clean that up. And speaking of clean ups, I'm not sure if my rancor revealed herself anywhere on the station and I'm not going to check, so you might want to watch your step. HJ out!" Quickly ends the call. "Alright. Let's go."

Huntress barely makes it onto the ship before she collapses and falls onto her belly. She is breathing heavily, and her wounds look pretty bad. As I walk over, I shake my head sadly. "This isn't good. I should never have put her into this situation. She's going some patching up quickly... but I don't know if we have the proper supplies. Would kolto work on a rancor?"

Star Wars: Empire of Glass

Once Ashti Verrens is finished, all we need is one more before we can finally get this party rolling!

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

HJ Twilight

I focus through the Force to influence Huntress’ mind. I can’t control her, but I can send her suggestions on what to do, and she trusts me enough to follow them. “Push” I whisper into her mind, and moments later, she begins to shove the droid with all of her might, sending it skidding backwards until the cable around it’s feet tightens and it tumbles onto its back.

The Sith Hunters legs begin to kick and wave its arms frantically, unable to right itself. Almost as an act of desperation, the droid begins to blast at the area around it with its flame thrower, which gives me another idea.

Taking manual control of the turret, I use the Force once again to seemly slow time down and allow me to focus on the droid’s elbow, where its fuel hose is exposed. I take a single shot and it hits the mark dead on, blowing the hose open and causing the droid to douse itself in flammable liquid. Unaware, the Sith Hunter attempts to fire off its flame thrower one more time, resulting it the droid instantly bursting into flames.

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

HJ Twilight

“Let me try to call them!” I start typing in the comm frequency for the Imperial squad leader, but before I can hail him, I hear heavy stomping outside the ship. Huntress is once again charging the droid, roaring in anger. “Huntress, no!”

The Sith Hunter droids is so distracted attacking Hank and my turret that it doesn’t notice the rancor coming at full speed. Before it has a chance to turn its weapons around, Huntress has both of her claws locked around it’s arms. She is smart enough to know that the danger comes from it’s arm mounted weapons, so she does her best to keep them held away from her as she uses her head to bash the droid, and her teeth to bite it. She also uses her feet to stomp at it’s knee joints, trying to force them to buckle.

Meanwhile, the droids weapon arms are firing continuously in random directions all over the hanger as it tries in vain to target the monster tearing at it’s plating. It also has to keep shuffling its feet to keep from being knocked over... which gives me an idea. “Hank! Take out it’s legs! The Foreman said it can’t get up if it’s knocked on it’s back!”

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

HJ Twilight

The droid pivots to look down at Hank, then begins to stomp towards him, warming up it’s rail gun arm to fire. While it is busy, I run to the ship’s ramp, sparing a moment to look at Huntress. “Stay down a bit! You’re too weak to fight!” I then go into the ship and start flipping the switches to activate the auto turret. Moments later, the gun pops out of the shop’s underside and begins firing high powered shots at the droid. Now the Sith Hunter’s attention is divided between Hank and the turret, firing one arm blaster at each of them.

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

HJ Twilight

"I have no idea!" I try to think of a solution, but it is hard with not only the external noise of the fighting, but the internal noise of Huntress' thoughts bouncing around my head. I can see Huntress has the droid pinned against the wall, smashing it's head over and over. Then, the droid pivots it's arm and blows a flame burst into her belly, making her retreat to a safe distance... or at least she thinks it's safe. For now that there is space between them, the droid can make use of it's blaster cannons, firing them at Huntress without mercy. Mentally, I command her to hide behind the ship, and she does so just in time for the volley to strike the hull. "She won't last long like this, Hank!" I rack my brain desperately, then finally an idea comes to me. "Try to draw the droid's attention away from her. Give her some time to recover. I'll see if I can get the ship's new auto turret running."

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

HJ Twilight

"Holy..." My words are drowned out by the sound of the vicious roars of Huntress as she slams herself into the droid and claws at it's thick armor. The droid, too close to use any of it's major weapons, is forced to mimic the rancor in a way, delivering brute force punches at her shoulders and chest. Our ship, the Rancor's Den, looks to have been damaged by the fighting. Not to the point where it can't be used, but substantial enough to bum me out. "They must have sent the droid in to cut off our means of escape, but they didn't count on Huntress to be there to protect it!"

The Sith Hunter activates it's focused laser and cuts a deep gash into Huntress' shoulder, causing her to howl in pain and shove the droid away. I notice now that it isn't the only wound she carries. In fact, she looks to covered in cuts and bruises, yet she continues to fight on. Even now, bleeding heavily from the arm, she charges forward again, headbutting the droid in the chest to send it staggering.

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

HJ Twilight

"Oh yeah. He was shaking in his pants." I chuckle to myself. "Well, all in all, that was a lot easier than I expected. Aside from the super droid, that is. Where the hell does Sucal get all of these guys from? And what is this extra powerful materiel they're using to build the droids? We should see what grandpa has to say when we get back..." As I speak, I feel a flash of danger sense in the back of my head. "Wait... hang on. Somethings wrong." I can sense primal fear mixed with territorial aggression, and my eyes widen. "We need to get back to the hanger. Quick!"

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

HJ Twilight

"It's a good offer, boys. Part of something is better than the nothing you had before. Besides, Darth Imperious agreed to this alliance in the first place. How do you think she would react if she found out you ended it over a few pieces of scrap metal?"

Omega Squad Leader

I hesitate for a few seconds before ordering my men to stand down. "We'll take a single segment of the metal plating. Nothing more than that. As much as I hate to admit it, you are correct. We can not let ourselves be spit apart over such trivial matters."

HJ Twilight

"Glad you see it that way. I look forward to working together again in the future." I back away towards the doors, motioning Hank to follow me. "Have uhh... have fun with your new Foundry. Hope it's everything you wanted and more... and if my Rancor destroyed anything, it's not my fault."

A Galaxy in Twilight[Lord Gressh/Zarkun]

Omega Squad Leader

"Your lightsaber wielding friend here destroyed it's inner workings! You expect us to leave all the best parts behind and just take the carved up innards?" I give the group of soldiers by the door a look, and they all pull basters. "I think you are forgetting that had it not been for the New Imperials, you would never have made past the Republic blockade. The battle was one thanks to the benevolence of our master, and to the victor go the spoils." Narrows eyes. "Perhaps we will pick you apart as well if your self preservation programming does not move you out of our way."

HJ Twilight

I pull my blaster too, and it becomes a regular Corellian Stand Off. "Come on, guys! We were doing so well working together! No one else needs to get hurt."