Dawn of Destruction [Closed RP - Tal'nar Galon & Garen Odias]

"Roger that, I'll open the ramp as we enter the hangar, and you can jump out then. So long as they don't see you, we should be in the clear. Just be sure to keep your comm active at all times, communication is going to be essential here"

It was not long before the Regal Star came out of Hyperspace once again, greeted by the sight of the planet Fondor. As the ship entered the atmoshpere, Garens console activated itself once more.

"You are about to enter a restricted zone. What are your intentions?"

"This is Zatell Bressk, I had arranged for a meeting with your administration regarding compound security"

The comm fell silent for a few seconds.

"We have no record of this meeting. Security dictates-"

"Security dictates? I am a lone man on a lone ship. What threat could I possibly be to your security?"

The comm fell silent for a few more moments.

"I have been instructed to let you land. You will present yourself and any weapons you may be carrying to our security personnel upon arrival"

As the ship went out of hyperspace, Tal'nar heard Garen talking to what seemed a security officer of the shipyard.

As Garen was busy with the security officer, Tal'nar prepared himself and went to the ramp of the ship. It would be a matter of minutes before the ship was going to enter the hangar of the shipyard.

"I will leave my comm on, but I think it's for the best to have comm-silence until you are cleared from security personal. I'll wait for your mark before I'll get out of cover.

The Regal Star tore through the atmosphere and it was not long before Garen steered the ship in to the hangar bay of the complex. As the ship slowly glided in, Garen lowered the ramp to allow Tal'nar the opportunity to jump out before he fully landed.

It is extremely lucky that the ramp of my ship is at the back.

Garen pulled the ship into a standstill and switched off the engines and other systems. He got to his feet and strolled down the ramp, before U-turning around the side of the ship towards the other side of the hangar, where he was approached by Imperial security personnel. Leading the soldiers was a slender female officer, who held up her credentials before she spoke out.

"Mr Bressk, I am Imperial Officer Nadessa Turin. I am currently in charge of security operations on this planet, and I would like to ask you a few questions, if you don't mind. In Private."

Garen grinned.

"Am I going to enjoy this?"

Officer Turin frowned at him.

"That is highly unlikely"

As Garen steered into the hangar bay, the ramp was being lowered allowing Tal'nar to jump out. The ship was still moving at a decent speed, so he had to look carefully where he jumped.

The crates were there as they were showed on the lay-out so Tal'nar rushed at them and took cover. Not 2 seconds after he was in cover, the hangar doors opened and the security personnel walking inside as Volar landed the Regal Star. He saw a female security officer walking towards Garen, as Garen was leaving his ship. He couldn't understand much, but it seemed that Garen had to follow the security personnel.

The security personnel were almost at the hangar bay doors, and Tal'nar noticed that the doors were sealed by a password. He took his binocular out, zoomed in on the control panel and memorized the code the officer had used.

Nine - Alpha - Two - Charlie - Seven - Oscar

The doors went open after she used the code and saw the group walking outside.

Come on Garen, use some of your Trooper expertise to get you out of this one. Tal'nar thought to himself as he saw Garen being escorted out of the hangar and the doors being closed.

Garen was aware that by handing himself over to security, he was leaving Tal'nar behind. Garen was sure, however, that Tal'nar would pursue the mission objective independently.

The mission comes first

Garen found himself escorted into a small, dimly lit room. In the centre was a small desk with two chairs, one at either side.

An interrogation room if I ever saw one

The guards sat Garen down and stood behind him. Officer Turin sat opposite.

"So, Mr Bressk. What business do you have here on our facility?"

"I was sent by officials higher up to review security here"

Officer Turin frowned.

"You are lying. Search his ship, there is sure to be evidence on board of his true intentions... and identity"

The guards hastily left the room, leaving Garen alone with Nadessa Turin.

As the hangar bay door was finally closed, Tal'nar looked around once more before he headed out of cover. He ran towards the control panel and dialed the password.

Nine - Alpha - Two - Charlie - Seven - Oscar

The doors made a light sound and started to open. He immediately turned left, as he heard guards coming back to the hangar from the right.

Good thing I left now, or I've could been stuck for quite a while. he thought to himself.

As he switched on his datapad, he saw that some pieces of this level were missing on the lay-out, so he went in the unexplored rooms, armed with his silenced pistol blaster. If there was to be shot, it was to be done quietly. They couldn't afford to be caught, not yet.

"What are you doing here?"

"Like I said, I am here to rev-"

Nadessa smacked her fist on the table.

"This is not good enough! Stop spewing your lies! I know you are some kind of Republic spy. So what's the job? Sabotage? Intel? Assassination?"

Garen grinned at Officer Turin, who was now circling around the table towards him.

"I thought I would come and seduce the fine woman in charge of this establishment"

Nadessa swiftly and firmly backhanded Volar.

"What would you lose by hiding the truth? Money? Honour? Why can't you just co-operate?"

Garen turned his head back towards her.

"Because I am simply enjoying myself far too much"

As Tal'nar moved onwards, he spotted a room which wasn't on the lay-out yet and saw a little text written in Aurebesh on the door.

Security Room Level 1

Who knows, they might have camera feeds from all rooms on this level. Might get to know where Garen is then, and get him out." Tal'nar thought to himself.

He took his pistol, and slowly opened the door. There were about 3 members of the staff, and 2 guards sitting in the room. As he was fully equipped, he used his stun grenade to stun all of the personnel inside. The grenade was effective so Tal'nar walked in and fired 2 bullets, each carefully placed in the heads of the guards. He let the security personnel live, but he put them into a corner and threatened them with his pistol.

"Now, I'm not the one who sits at a console and tries to break in and stuff. I rather use the personnel that's used to it, to do this kind of work. So, get up, go to the console and do as I say."

"You got to be kidding me? We're not going to work fo... "

"Well, he won't be helping anyone now. Would you two want to end up just like him. If not, please cooperate. I don't want to spill any unnecessary bullets."

Officer Turin was rapidly losing her patience with the soldier in front of her. Noting the scar across the top of his nose, on a slight diagonal tilt, the Officer took a much more calm, almost seductive tone, with an undeniable chill beneath it.

"Nice Scar. I bet you have more. How did you get 'em?"

Garen smirked.

"Kicking your kind back beyond the unknown regions, where you belong"

Nadessa seemed un-fazed by the comment.

"Well, it seems that 'my kind' certainly left a mark"

"They got it worse, trust me"

Nadessa sighed.

"I'm fast losing patience with you. We'll see what my men pull up, and decide whether to take you prisoner or just kill you. You just wait."

With that, Officer Turin left the room, leaving Garen slouched there in the dark.

"I will NOT betray my ..."

A second staff-member had been silenced, and only one was remaining. Though this one seemed like he was prepared to help. He was shaking and sweating, on the edge of a breakdown.

"Please, I have a wife and children!"

"Tell me your name?"

"I am Kerc. Please don't hurt me!"

"You should be fine, if you do exactly what I say. My friend has been taken away by Officer Turin. You need to figure out, where she took him and what they are doing to him."

Tal'nar waited as the man got up and walked towards the control panel.

"Don't try anything foolish, will you?"

After a minute or two, the man located the other Trooper and uploaded the location to Tal'nar his datapad.
As he was leaving the security room, he shot a tranquilizer-dart at the man, who fell asleep.

He should be awake before the explosion.

Tal'nar quickly went on his way to the room where Garon was located. The mission should come first, but there was one important rule that stood above that for Tal'nar. Leave no man behind. As he was closing in on the interrogation room, he saw Officer Turin leaving and taking a turbolift. This was a golden opportunity and Tal'nar knew it. He went to the door and placed a small detonation device on the door and took cover. It didn't give a big blast, but it removed the lock from the door and the door was open.

"Garen?"

"Trooper Galon, what a pleasant surprise. I don't suppose you could free me from my bonds, could you? They tied my hands behind my back, though they were considerate enough to leave my equipment lying over there"

Once he had been freed, Garen lifted himself off the chair and walked over to the table on which his equipment had been laid out. Inspecting his weapons and satchels, he noticed one thing was missing.

"Damnit, they took my Data-Pad! We have to get that back before we leave, it has important data on it regarding the Galactic Trade Commission. Lets hope they haven't gained access to it yet."

Garen moved across to the door, picking up his rifle as he passed.

"Lets go find out where she was headed"

The two Troopers walked back outside and stopped.

"Well, I saw her going to this turbolift, though I don't know what level she was heading for. I was able to break into the security room on this level, though everyone there has now stopped breathing, except for one man. Who's sleeping. Maybe we could go back to it? I believe the console was still opened, as the staff-member didn't log off. Meanwhile, I could place the detonators?"

Garen stopped in his tracks.

"Yes. Yes, of course. We may as well do some damage as we go along. Make sure they are timed and wired correctly. We only have one shot at this, lets' get it right."

Turning on himself, Garen accompanied Tal'nar back to the security room that had been breached. Observing the bodies on the floor, it was clear that Tal'nar had used the element of surprise quite well.

Good Job

Garen approached the console. Tapping in to it, he could see that his fellwo Trooper was right, they hadn't had time to log off. Trying to sort out a possible plan of action in his head, Garen turned to Tal'nar.

"Right, I have access to this. I'll see what I can pull out of their systems. As you suggested, it would be a good idea if you could begin planting charges."

Garen began to pull up several feeds which caught his attention.

"Oh, and could I borrow your datapad? It would be a good idea to store some of this information, and the security here were inconsiderate enough to steal mine"

Right before Tal'nar left the room, Garen asked him one more question.

"Oh, and could I borrow your datapad? It would be a good idea to store some of this information, and the security here were inconsiderate enough to steal mine"

"Sure thing. Don't let it fall." Tal'nar said as he grabbed his datapad and tossed it towards Garen. After that, he left the room and went on his way to the fuel depot. If his lay-out was correct, it should be just around the corner. Careful as he was, he spotted 2 guards patrolling the hallway of this level, and prepared himself to take him out. He always took a couple of throwing knives with him as he found them quite useful when he had to make a silent kill. He took his knives and went into cover. As the guards walked passed him he got out of his cover and threw the knives in the neck of the guards.

The fuel depot had no guards, so it was pretty easy for Tal'nar to place the detonators. The fuel cells were paired by two, so he spared some detonaters by placing them at the coupling point of each pair. As he had placed all his detonaters, he took his comm-link to ask Garen a question.

"How long do you think we'll need? We don't want the fireworks to start when we're still in here, do we? What do you think about 90 minutes?"

Garen tapped in to the security feed on the console. Switching through various cameras across the site, Garen made a mental note of areas it covered and what type of security was in place in each sector. He did notice, however, that his security feed was restricted to a couple of floors above and below the level they were on.

I suppose that makes sense, in a complex this big. I wonder if any of the other sectos have noticed anythinh unusual yet

As Garen flciked through further feeds, his comm activated.

"How long do you think we'll need? We don't want the fireworks to start when we're still in here, do we? What do you think about 90 minutes?"

Garen considered this for a few moments.

"That should be about right. Provided our time is straight, we should be able to tag other key areas at the 60 minute then another at the 30 minute mark. After than, we exfil. So long as on the way we get that damn datapad back."

It didn't take long before Garen replied over the comm.
"That should be about right. Provided our time is straight, we should be able to tag other key areas at the 60 minute then another at the 30 minute mark. After than, we exfil. So long as on the way we get that damn datapad back."

"I'll take 95 minutes, so we'll have 5 minutes to find your datapad."

Tal'nar put away his comm-link and went to set the charges at 95 minutes. After he was done with them, he went back to Garen to meet him in the security room.

"How are things going in here?" Tal'nar asked as he stepped towards to console to see what Garen had been doing.

Garen proceeded to insert the momory chip in to the console. From there, he hacked into classified files and started downloading them. While the files would not be of immediate help to the Troopers during their mission, the data extracted would allow the Republic to take any further measures needed against the facility after they left... and give Garen and Tal'nar a few extra credits.

He heard the door open, and quickly unholstered his pistol to confront the intruder. Seeing it was his comrade, Garen holstered his pistol again.

"How are things going in here?"

Garen, seeing his download was complete, removed the chip and inserted it back in to the datapad.

"Just finishing up extracting some useful files for our client."

He tossed the datapad back to Tal'nar.

"So you've set the charges? Good. What do you think our next target should be, based on the schematics?"

As Tal'nar entered, he saw that his friend was extremely cautious, as his pistol was aimed towards Tal'nar's head. After Garen had downloaded all the files and details, Tal'nar got his datapad back, and quickly went through the files.

"So you've set the charges? Good. What do you think our next target should be, based on the schematics?"

Tal'nar quickly checked the schematics, and saw that the shipyard had AA-batteries installed.

"It seems that they have Anti-Aircraft guns installed here, and their power generators are located on the level below this one. Though I've used most of my detonators, I was able to save some. I was hoping you have a few detonators with you? If we can take down these AA guns, the Republic will have it a lot easier when they try and completely destroy this base. What do you think?"

"What do you think?"

Garen nodded.

"Sounds like a very solid plan. And yes, I do have some, though not many. We need to ration what we have between our next two targets. 60 minutes and 30 minutes. What we do need to decide, however, is where to set our final set of charges. I don't want to have to stop in between, when we could potentially be in the firing line"

Garen tried to think for a short while.

"We need a final target to strike. Perferably in manufacturing, something that will cause their actual production queues to halt for as long as possible. Don't suppose you have any ideas?"

"There are only a couple of AA-guns, and the generators are close to each-other, so if a charge is well placed, we'd only need one. And about hitting the manufacturing proces, I think it's for the best if we blow up the assembly line because we don't have that many more charges left, and it's a key element in the proces."

Tal'nar looked at his datapad once more.

"We might have to figure out an escape route as well, in case we run out of time and need to make a hasty retreat. You never know we encounter some heavy resistance while we are setting up our explosives or so."

"Well, we know where our ship is, and it is very easy to get access to. Failing that, we are in a facility that manufactures ships. We will just have to steal one if things go south"

Garen considered their possibilties for a couple of moments.

"We'll hit the assembly line first. It will take the longest to inflitrate, and we can essentially take out the AA guns on the way out. We better move though, or else our charges are going to go off before we can get out"

Garen picked up his rifle and made his way towards the door. Peering out, he could see two armed guards patrollling the hallway. Pulling his rifle round behind him, he pulled out his vibroknife. As the two guards reached the doorway, he knew he would have to act. Garen leapt out of cover, forcing himself behind the first guard he reached and stabbing the knife into his neck. Immediately, he pushed the body he was holding into the other guard, knocking him aganst the wall. Garen used this opportunity to kick the remaining guards' weapon out of his hands. He applied enough pressure to his throat to knock him out cold.

Tal'nar followed Garen out of cover and saw him leaping at the guards, killing them in a single moment. Tal'nar smiled at Garen.

"Nicely done my fellow Trooper. Couldn't have done it any better. Let's move on."

The 2 troopers moved onwards through the hallway, on their way to the turbo lift. The assembly line was a few levels beneath them, though the lift was going quite rapidly and they reached the level after a few seconds. Maybe it was a coincidence or not, but this level seemed to be heavily guarded. It almost looked like they knew if there was going to be an attempt in sabotage, it would take place here. However, the Troopers have stood in front of more dangerous situations then a some patrolling soldiers and working personnel.

The assembly line was running in the center of the level and was quite long, but the main part of it was situated behind in the back. It was essential for them to get to the back and destroy the main part, if not, the damage they would make wouldn't be significant.

"Seeing as this assembly line is located throughout the center of this level, I suggest we split up. I'll take the right side, you take the left. And let's meet up at the end and place some charges. What do you think?"

"Seeing as this assembly line is located throughout the center of this level, I suggest we split up. I'll take the right side, you take the left. And let's meet up at the end and place some charges. What do you think?"

Garen nodded.

"Good idea. We will need to take out any patrols that pass anywhere close to where we are planting the charges. I'm not engaging in a high-risk operation like this only to have our charges defused before they can do anything. I want to see some fireworks"

Garen slung his rifle on this shoulder strap so that it was hanging off his back. He took out a blaster and set it so a silent shot. It was a a much slower rate of fire this way, but it meant not alerting the entire facility should he need to use his weapon. Moving along the left side, Garen noticed a balcony above him. He hugged the wall until he found a set of ladders that led up to that point. He had no doubt that Imperial personnel would be patrolling on the raised level, and he needed to take out their vantage point so that Garen and his partner could continue undetected.