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Star Wars: A Veiled Threat

Gloopra and Vrerr watched Anari go off on a tangent about a plan that, where Gloopra had been aboard for, Vrerr was also opposed to. As she stormed off, Vrerr looked at Kale again. "I apologise if I was not clear enough in my plan. I suggestion is to station a single Star Cruiser in orbit to act as a command center. To tell the people that we are here for their benefit, to oust the crime lords from their position of power. To re-iterate, if they do nothing to the cruiser, then they are telling the people that there is nothing that they can do. Their power is proved limited, their support wanes, they are forced into a dangerous position that will cause in-fightig, their support wanes even further." She said. "To make a long story short, if we make a grand guesture to the people and show them that they are not alone and that their oppressors are not invincible, then they will either have to make a move against a power that they cannot hope to match, or be torn apart from the inside. With any luck, the latter. If the former... Then they will reveal themselves, at the very least." She said.

"That ship could end this without ever firing a shot." Gloopra sighed. He wasn't a tactician. He was a battlemaster. He had taken the oath put forward by Master Luke to fight the enemies of the Jedi, the oath to heed any call to battle for the light side of the force. He was essentially a blunt instrument in service to the Jedi and somewhat not technically a master.

"Possibly... But not likely. We will have to put pressure on them by using it to perform inspections on freighters carrying slaves and drugs... Lord knows we can't raid anything else." Galactic laws prevented them from raiding craft unless there was reasonable assumption that contraband was present. Slave ships were easy to prove due to hundreds of life signs clumped tightly together and Spice left a specific signature that was easily detectable without the right shielding. It was mere technicalities, but in any case, this would help a lot of people. "I am going to prepare a speech for broadcasting across the holonet, reassuring the people of this planet that they are no longer alone. That we will see this planet prosper as a safe hubworld of activity, rather than the cesspit of scum and villainy that it currently is." She bowed to them before returning to her room. Gloopra sighed a little.

"I apologize, Master Kale. I know that what I suggested was out of line but... Fighting is the only life I have ever known. Master Luke tried to show me a better way, he made an entire damn oath, just for me." He shook his head and sighed. "I wish I could be a real Jedi..."

Star Wars: A Veiled Threat

Gloopra stared at Anari with a face of mild disbelief, mixed with slight concern. Anari had never met a Sith before. He had fought several, but when he did, he had always had Master Skywalker to back him up. Now he didn't. When she finished her first point, he interjected "Because Sith, much like Jedi, is a belief. It cannot simply be destroyed or rendered extinct. So long as knowledge and power exists, so long as people are willing to strive for both, then the Jedi and Sith will never truly be gone. I do not know if you have read our history, but my master was very clear that I learn from it. Before the great scouring, the Jedi ignored a Sith threat, believing it to not exist. It destroyed them." He leaned in close "There are dark places in this galaxy that are home to the unnatural. Korriban, Dathomir, Mustafar... Malachor..." he shivered a little at the word. Anari then brought up her second point.

"The Dark side clouds the vision. There was a time when Jedi could see into the future, tell you what would become of you... Then the Dark Times... The Empire... This vision was lost then and it was never found again. Locating a Sith is no easy task. The Force does not allow us to stare at a map and immediately see them. That is the danger of the Sith. Whenever they have attacked, they have done so with subtlety, attacking when we think ourselves strongest." He then let her speak again. When she had finishsed, he stared at her "I am not saying that we are infallible. I am not saying that this man is, without a doubt, a sith lord as powerful as Darth Bane himself, but what I am saying is that he is here and the Force is with him. That when I looked at him, I felt a darkness that I have not felt in over 100 years. But what is irrefutable is that he is here, that he is a direct and clear threat to our plans and that he must be brought to justice if possible... and killed if not..." He turned around and walked over to the Commander. "We are going to need reinforcements. We are going to need starships, fighters, a full battalion of soldiers. We barely have enough soldiers with us to hold this section, let alone the entire planet. We need to deploy military personnel and show them that, with all of their tricks, with all of their money, they are still just drugged up thugs." Vrerr took this opportunity to intercede.

"Gloopra, I sympathise with you, but we cannot escalate this situation any more than we need to. We must find a peaceful way to stop this. Not calling in an armada of vessels to lay waste to the city." She growled, before something seemed to ping in her head. "Or... Maybe..." Gloopra was a little taken aback by this.

"I... I didn't expect you to come around so easily..." He crossed his arms.

"No not you, you silly womprat." She started to pace "If we can get A starship... Anything... Any ship that would be large enough to act as a command center... We should be able to flush these men out." walked over to Kale. "Think about it. We need a symbol of the New Republic's strength, we need a command center that is not easily assaulted... A Star Cruiser would show the people of this planet that we mean business, it will inspire hope in the people and it will make excellent bait for whoever attacked us. They can't ignore a Battleship, it shows weakness on their part if we are allowed to keep it. But at the same time, they will be unable to simply throw at us "Drugged up thugs" as Gloopra put it. They will either need to show up in person, giving themselves away, or force them to hire Mercenaries, who's loyalty can easily be bought with enough money. In any eventuality, Our goals are furthered." She smiled a little. "Now, the only trouble is getting one big enough here..." She sighed.

Star Wars: A Veiled Threat

@SoleAccord Oh, sorry, I thought you said you were going to be following anyway.

Star Wars: A Veiled Threat

Gloopra lead Kale and Anari inside of the base. They walked through the corridors where medics and cleanup crews were working. They finally made it back to the office where Vrerr was. She stood as they walked in. "Gloopra, Master Kale and Anari." She smiled. "I am glad you are all unharmed." She sighed in relief. "I imagine we will need to talk about the killing you did on that mission?" Gloopra shook his head.

"No, graver circumstances." He looked at Kale and Anari. "I trust Senator Vrerr to keep this to herself. I won't beat about the bush, I believe that there is a Sith on this planet. We had him cornered when... He escaped." He sighed, he was going to respect Lahana's decision to tell Kale the details of her errors herself. "I am not sure if he was truly Sith, but the dark side of the force surrounded and penetrated him. Our mission here has just become more serious than we thought." He said. "He identified himself as "Blank" and said that his "Boss" wanted a report on our abilities... The implications of this are... Disturbing to say the least. If we have a Sith and a master, then they might be trying to start a full-blown coven." He looked around. "Maybe i'm overreacting, maybe i'm not overreacting enough. I don't know which, but what I do know is that the sooner we find this "Blank" and his master, the easier this opperation will become." Vrerr sat down on the sofa an pressed her palms into her face.

"Force dammit... This is sounding just like last time..." She moaned. "When the Sith came to my world last time, there was 2 of them. They took over the local crime syndicates and slowly took over. If this is along the same lines, then it may already be too late to avoid an all-out war..."

[Multiverse Spaceship RP] Stargate: Paradigm

Sadly, I am finding it hard to get a character sheet up right now. Especially with being rather busy with work. I am afraid that I will not be joining. I hope that I will be able to join in later down the line when work becomes less intense. I'm afraid I am already having trouble keeping up with the RP's i'm currently in.

Star Wars: A Veiled Threat

@GreenGoat Why is Gloopra being lumped in with the Sith? He's currently the only one Jedi that hasn't gone full murderhobo. And it's especially jarring, because he's the Jedi's live-in murderhobo.

Star Wars: A Veiled Threat

Gloopra came around for the second strafing run, just in time to see them retreating. "Enemy forces are bugging out, requesting orders." He said into the comms as he slowed down over the front gates of the base.

"Let them go. If they come back, we'll be ready for them." Came the familiar voice of Vrerr. Gloopra smiled a little.

"Affirmative, sortie ceased." He slowly brought the Fighter in for a low fly "R7, take the ship back to orbit and enter silent running. I don't want them locating you." There was a chirping in response, before exitting the craft, he jumped down, whilst the ship was still in motion. He saw the other Jedi seeing to their wounded. He advanced on Master Kale. He bowed to the man as he approached "Master. I know it is not the place of one such as I to question your teaching methods, but you need to control your padawan. She has been NOTHING but trouble during this operation. I tried to give her leeway, allowing her to take the lead and... Well, i'm sure she will be eager to tell you how it went." He frowned. "I don't think she listened to a single order I gave her throughout this." He pointed a green, suction-cup like finger at her. "You nearly got us both killed with that stunt up there. I know you have your own vision of what it is to be a Jedi, but the most important part is Discipline... Something that you are sorely lacking in." He sighed. He then composed himself. "More importantly, Master, we have bigger troubles. Perhaps we should go inside, I will debrief away from prying ears."

Star Wars: A Veiled Threat

@SoleAccord Yes, sorry, been busy with work. It's 1am right now, but i'll try to post before the end of tomorrow.

[Multiverse Spaceship RP] Stargate: Paradigm

@NanoFreakV2 NOOOOOOO!!! Definitely no Thalaron weaponry, that shit is outlawed by every power in the Alpha Quadrant. This is the Mass-Production version. Quantum Singularity powered. I am afraid it's 1am and I'm going to be busy tomorrow with family, but I should be able to get a CS up by Monday.

Magic The Gathering

Cool. I am up for making a game where we don't necessarily need to be lore friendly, but I just love the universe and would love to play as part of the world. Especially the Ravnica one, since we are going back there in October.