RPG Episode III: Rise of the Empire

[Boba Fett]

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[COLOR=orange][B][I]A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away?

STAR WARS
Episode III: Rise of the Empire

It is a pivotal time in the history of the galaxy.
The long and terribly bloody Clone Wars are
finally over. Supreme Chancellor Palpitine
is about to make a speech in which he will
presumably return the emergency powers given
to him back to the Galactic Senate, and resign his post.

The Jedi are in trouble. The mysterious Dark Lord of the Sith,
who has supposedly taken control of the Senate, seems to be
growing more powerful. Anikan Skywalker, the chosen one,
has become a Jedi knight. Many have their doubts about him,
Master Yoda has ordered an investigation of his activities,
which will no doubt uncover his secret marriage to Padme Amidala
and his slaughter of innocent Tusken Raiders on Tatooine.

These are troubling times for the Republic?[/CENTER][/I][/B][/COLOR]

Coruscant: Capital Planet of the Republic

[COLOR=green]Abob Ttef sits at the bar of [I]Dexter Jexter?s diner[/I], drinking a Lomin ale and watching the large hologram display above the bar. The diner is unusually quiet for lunch hour, because of the Supreme Chancellors upcoming speech.

Chancellor Palpitine was the longest serving chancellor ever. His administration had been in place for almost twenty years now, over double the term of a normal Chancellor. This had been due to a series of crises that had led up to the Clone Wars, and his current control over the Senate's emergency powers. There had been much grumbling among political hopefuls because Palpitine has used his powers to halt elections until the Clone Wars were over. But, now that they finally were over, Palpitine was supposed to hand the emergency powers back to the senate and resign his post. In fact, most people had concluded that this would be the topic of his speech.

The hologram changed to a picture of the Supreme Chancellor. Suddenly the whole galaxy goes quiet. On Coruscant speeder traffic stops so that passengers can watch the speech on their personal hologram generators. Interstellar spaceships drop out of hyperspace to witness this historic event. The Chancellor speaks.

?Fellow citizens of the Republic. Today I come before you to announce the end of something that you all must already know about. The final separatist planets have been captured, and their leaders brought to Coruscant for trial. The Clone Wars are over.

I have also decided that this galaxy needs order. Our clone troopers are an effective tool of justice and peace in this galaxy. There is no more need for the mysterious Jedi. I now withdraw all Republic support for the Jedi, and ask them to turn over all offensive weapons they possess.?

Talk breaks out in the Diner. Several aliens hoot in anger, while a human in the corner begins to clap. Dexter shouts for quiet as the speech continues.

?There is need for a strong government as well. The senate, for all my efforts to stamp out corruption, is still poisoned by greed. Many of these utterly corrupt senators are non-human, in fact [I]all[/I] of them are. I have decided to install myself as the permanent ruler of the Republic and revoke all membership for alien members of the senate.?

The hologram fuzzes out for a second as an energy field appears around the Chancellors post in the middle of the senate chamber as several of the non-human senators hurl small personal items at the Supreme Chancellor.

?Thank you fellow citizens of the galaxy. Welcome to my new era of peace and prosperity.?

The hologram reverts to the Republic crest, and then Dexter changes the hologram projector to a pro-alien news network. Their commentator is spouting profanity aimed at Palpitine, while the hologram shows Clone Troopers ?escorting? Alien senator out of the chamber.

Abob nearly falls off his barstool in disbelief. He was now a second-class citizen. Then his training kicked in. He had to get back to the senate; there was bound to be anti-human violence all over the planet by now. Senator Amidala would be in particular danger because she, like Palpitine, was from Naboo.

He uses a public comlink to call for a speeder, and is told by a droid that there will be a three-hour wait. He shuts the comlink off and stands up.

Abob: ?Does anyone here own a speeder? I need a ride to the senate chamber now. I?ll pay six hundred credits??[/COLOR]

[9mm Avenger]

[COLOR=firebrick][i]Marth coulden't believe what he had just heard the Supreme Chancellor say. He saw several non-humans run for the exit, creating a blocked doorway. With a quick word to the bar tender, he ran out a small exit in the back which was reserved for esteemed customers, and Jedis.

Marth still mulled over the speech as he hopped into his air-speeder and gunned the engine. The sleek black speeder shot out into the air, weaving an aggresive course through the thick traffic. A few minutes later, the speeder parked in the hangar bay, and Marth bolted to his room, and changed into his Corellian Jedi robes. The green and black fabric swept againts his skin as he ran towards the Jedi Council Chamber.

Already, all availible Jedi Knights were assembled before the Masters. Yoda was the first to speak.[/i]

[b]Yoda:[/b]Troubled times, this is...The Chancellor's grab for power, I have not forseen...Save the innocents, we must.

[b]Jedi Knight1:[/b]But..The Chancellor said that all Jedi support is to be immediatly banned..

[i]Marth was already running from the chamber, heading toward his speeder. Already, Clone Troopers were forming a barricade around the Jedi Temple. Fortunetly, only a few Troopers noticed Marth's speeder, and the few bolts that reached the speeder only caused a few nicks.

Instinctivly, he headed for the Senate Chamber where a huge riot was already in process...Marth could feel his anger at the Chancellor building in him, and it felt good...[/i][/COLOR]

[Corey]

The Chancellors announcement had sent the bar into an upheaval. Yet over the noise, a single voice was discernable.

[b]??[/b] "Does anyone here own a speeder? I need a ride to the senate chamber now. I?ll pay six hundred credits?" Sixhundred... I rubbed my chin thoughtfully. That would make a nice upgrade to my small ship. I stood up and made my way over to the man. An Omwati... Interesting. His blue skin reflected the light in the bar rather poorly, and have him a more ominous look. I stopped for a moment, slghtly stunned.

[b]Ryan-[/b] "I would be happy to give you a ride my good man. The Chamber? That should be worth at least 700." The man nodded grimly. "Right this way sir..." I made my way throught the crowd and to a rather crowded landing pad. "Out of my way!" I shoved another human rudely. He turned around and aimed a blaster at me. I took out my lightsaber and turned it on. He fired and I easily deflected the shot. "Go away... You don't want to fight with me."

[b]Man-[/b] "I don't want to fight with you..." He walked away.

[b]Ryan-[/b] "Sorry about that Mr...."

[b]Abob-[/b] "Ttef, Abob Ttef..."

[b]Ryan-[/b] "Right this way Mr. Ttef." My ships small cargo bay opened to reveal a rather junky looking speeder. I turned it on and listeded to it hum to life. After a hesitant moment, Abob also stepped in.

[b]Abob-[/b] "This won't crash... Will it?" He gave me a stern look. I shook my head and flew toward the Senate Chamber.

[Juu]

[color=deeppink] [size=1]Yay! *huggles Abob* Thank you!!!!!!!!!
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Celestine felt a smirk tug her lips as she walked down the hall to Palpatine's office. Her eyes were hidden under the shadow of her cloak, none of her hair visible underneath. Her lightsaber hung loosely at her waist, tapping at her thighs. She pulled off the hood of her robe as her hair tumbled down to her back. She tapped a few numbers on the door, and turned the knob to enter his office. A speeder flew past the window, as Palpatine rose from his seat, greeting her.

Celestine bowed slightly to her master, and took a step back. Looking down, she picked up a small mechanical piece, and placed it on Chancellor Palpatine's desk.

"He is falling to the dark side." Palpatine stated, calmly placing his hands on his desk. "Young Skywalker will not resist for long."

Celestine looked up, and stared at him uneasily.

"He will not fall easily." She replied, shaking her head.

Palpatine stood up, and silently walked to Celestine, standing at her side.

"The young padawan is falling slowly. Soon we will be able to to take him." Palpatine spoke, his head slighly hanging at his shoulders.

"Yes master."[/color] [/size]

[Yoda]

[I]This was the closest Xanko had come to laughing in years. The Jedi, the only force in the galaxy that could pose him any kind of threat, had just been stripped of their powers. Xanko wasn't blind, he knew they were getting weaker... Xanko was good, but he didn't believe he could have killed a group of 3 Jedi at the same time otherwise. That little stunt, however, had given him quite a business boost. He had to leave now, on business. A mysterious benefactor had agreed to pay 50,000 credits if one of his main opposers in the senate was to be... eliminated. Xanko liked that, he didn't have to worry about keeping it alive.

He stood up from his table in the corner, where he sat alone. People would rather have stood up than taken their chances sitting by him. He walked over to the bar, where Dexter... one of the very few people he was civil to, smiled towards him.[/I]

[B]Dexter:[/B] If nothing else, this is good news for you, eh?

[I]Under his helmet, Xanko smiled. This seemingly gentle giant was so wise, and a very good fighter when he needed to be, Xanko had seen that for himself... and yet, he spent his time here, running this tiny, if very popular diner.[/I]

[B]Xanko:[/B] You could say that. But don't worry Dex... nothing will happen to this place while I'm around.

[B]Dexter:[/B] Thank's Xanko... that means a lot to me.

[B]???:[/B] Seems like the great Xanko Elg'Hasek is getting soft!

[I]Xanko knew who it was anyway... but the speech sensors in his helmet had, as they were designed to, identified who was speaking and relayed an information strip into Xanko's helmet, where it displayed infront of his right eye.[/I]

[B]Xanko:[/B] So what if I am Tok? I'm still a better hunter than you'll ever be.

[B]Tok:[/B] We'll see Xanko... how're you gonna get outta this one!

[I]Suddenly he felt the slightest ounce of pressure press against the back of his helmet... a blaster pistol. Xanko kept his visor fixed on Dexter, who was finding it hard not to break into a smile.

Xanko, with his arms already down at his sides, had to simply alter the position of his wrist to line up his wrist blaster with Tok's leg. He squeezed his index finger into his hand, the sensors in it activating the blaster's trigger. A blast was heard, and Tok yelled in pain as a scorching bolt of energy went through his leg. Then, Xanko brought his arm back, striking Tok in the face with his elbow. Tok fell to the floor, and Xanko simply turned, and walked out of the Diner.[/I]

[Boba Fett]

[COLOR=green]Abob sat next to his newfound benefactor as they flew towards the senate building at breakneck speed. He was mildly concerned with the condition of the speeder, but that wasn?t nearly as important as his next task.

He had to get Senator Amidala out of her office, and back to Naboo as soon as possible. She would be using a double, and might even fly back in one of the starfighters if possible. The last time she had done that was before the Clone Wars started. Once again the times were dangerous enough to warrant overzealous protection.

They were stopped by a clone gunship a kilometer from the senate building, and the clone officer began to ask a lot of questions?

[B]Clone Officer[/B]: ?What is your authorization??

[B]Abob[/B]: ?Delta N2825-?

[B]Ryan[/B]: ?Let me take care of this.?

[B]Clone Officer[/B]: ?You have a higher clearance code??

[B]Ryan[/B]: *Waves a hand in front of the officers face* ?I have the proper authorization codes.?

[B]Clone officer[/B]: ?He has the proper authorization codes.?

[B]Clone Trooper[/B]: ?Sir, are you ok? They don?t have any codes??

[B]Ryan[/B]: *Waves his hand in front of both the clones faces* ?We can be on our way.?

[B]Clone officer[/B]: ?You can be on your way.?

[B]Clone Pilot[/B]: ?Hey! You?re Jedi! No Jedi are allowed through.?

Abob gives Ryan an annoyed look, and then he draws his blaster pistol and shoots all three clones in rapid succession. Then he jumps out of the speeder and into the gunship.

[B]Abob[/B]: ?This will be the safest way in and out of the Senate building. You want to come along??[/COLOR]

[tursi]

she pulled her blue headtails back and listens to the comotion in the bar. she smiled as she listen to someone trying to find a speeder, and the hunters looking for their prey. she sighed.

Xanthia: corrilean ale please.

bartender: coming right up xan.

She thanked him and took it to go. she hopped into her speeder and headed off to the library. she needed to do her research on the upcoming war her friends were talking about.

(sorry for the short post, i'm short on time today.)

[Corey]

[b]Ryan-[/b] "But of course." I pressed a button on the speeder and watched it start to track the location of my ship. I jumped out and watched it speed away. The gunship was open on both sides. Made me nervous. I like being secure while I fly. Abob made his way to the front of the ship and took the controls.

[b]Abob-[/b] "Take the turret. We might encounter some resistance." I nodded and made my way to the weapon. This sure as hell wasn't worth a measily 700 credits. We flew along at a snails pace compared to my speeder. Junky or not it was very fast. The Gunship was doing a third of it's speed, maybe. Another Gunship hailed us from about three thousand feet away.

[b]Clone Pilot-[/b] "Gunship 7463, status?" I yelled toward Abob.

[b]Ryan-[/b] "Keep silent!" He nodded and I targeted the ship.

[b]Clone Pilot-[/b] "Respond." Abob still maintained radio silence. "All units, Gunship 7463 is under enemy influence. Destroy on sigh-" I blasted the ship to pieces. Abob gave me a small smile. Three more ships began closing in on our position.

[b]Ryan-[/b] "Does this thing have rockets?!"

[b]Abob-[/b] "Why?" I scanned the area with the targeter.

[b]Ryan-[/b] "We have three new problems on an intercept course!" Abob scanned the contols on the many pannels.

[b]Abob-[/b] "Ok! I have ten. Tell me when to fire!" I locked onto the first ship.

[b]Ryan-[/b] "Fire!" Two rockets flew from the ship and blew the craft to pieces. I targeted the next ship. "Fire!" Two more launched and connected. "Fire!" The last volley launched and blew up the final pursuer. "We're clear!" Abob nodded and urged the engines to go a little faster. The Senate Chamber was in sight.

[9mm Avenger]

[i]Marth parked his speeder on the roof of the senate building, and dropped to the gorund far below, using telekenisis to slow his decent. As Marth flashed past the Chancellor's office, he badly wanted to drop in and give Palapatine a piece of his mind, but he had work to do.

Marth landed behind a squad of Troopers, who instantly opened fire. Marth's green-gold saber sprang to life, and was blocking the bolts, sending them back at the Clone Troopers. The Clone's momentary distraction allowed hundereds of protestung citizens to rush the blockade, and the Troopers were nearly over-whelmed. But, over the screams and blaster fire, Marth clearly heard the unmistakable whine of the Clone Gunships...[/i]

[Boba Fett]

[COLOR=green]Abob and Ryan's gunship was almost on the roof of the senate building when the call came.

[B]Abob's Comlink[/B]: "This is senator Amidala. Abob, where are you?"

[B]Abob[/B]: "Sorry m'lady, the clones are trying to block our approach to the senate building. We'll be landing on the roof in a few minutes."

[B]Senator Amidala[/B]: "Excellent. I'll be there soon."

[B]Abob[/B]: "M'lady! You can't do that! There are clones all over the place, you'll be captured for sure."

[B]Senator Amidala[/B]: "How many passengers can the gunship hold?"

[B]Abob[/B]: "Seventeen."

[B]Senator Amidala[/B]: "Excellent. I'll bring up some of the alien senators."

[B]Abob[/B]: "That would make you a target. The Chancellor would try to detain you."

[B]Senator Amidala[/B]: "He already is. I'm hiding in a droid storage closet."

[B]Abob[/B]: "Why does he want you?"

[B]Senator Amidala[/B]: "Something to do with Anikan. I'll explain later. Padme out."

Abob landed the gunship on the roof of the Senate, and to his surprise the sensors showed a life form had jumped aboard.

[B]Abob[/B]: "Ryan, we have company."

[B]Ryan[/B]: "I know, but he's a Jedi."

[B]Abob[/B]: "Do you know him?"

[B]Ryan[/B]: "By reputation only, but I'm sure he's on our side."

A man walked into the cockpit, then descended into the forward gunner's station. He began to fire rockets at the three remaining gunships, then at the clone troopers. He seemed to be an excellent shot.

[B]Abob[/B]: "All gunners, cease fire. Amidala is on the roof."

Senator Amidala and seventeen other senators, mostly alien, ran across the rooftop and climbed into the gunship. It took what seemed like an eternity for all the senators to grab handholds, then they were off.

Abob put the ship on an autopilot heading that would take them to the Senator's security docking bay, then called Ryan and their mysterious Jedi friend to the cockpit...[/COLOR]

[tursi]

she walked into the jedi library, when an elder came up to her.

Libraian: xan, you not supposed to be in here.

Xanthia: it's important, kana, i need to find something. it won't take long.

Kana: but xan, that's not the point, your old master is coming today to look up something, i already have the file up.

Xanthia: can i take a look? it might be what i need.

kana: no i can't allow you to do that.

Xanthia: then can i get what i need on a disc and take it with me.

Kana: fine, just hurry.

Xanthia went over to a computer. she put in a small disk, she hacked into the system and got some data. then put it in her pocket. she went over and did a small bow to kana.

Xanthia: thank you, i'll be on my way now.

She walked out and hopped into her speeder and drove around, but then she decided to go to the senate building. something drew her near it, she put on her cloak and covered her head, making sure her head tails were covered. she placed down the speeder and guards came to greet her.

Guard 1: what is your business?

Xanthia: i got a call.

guard 2: that's no answer.

Xanthia: from in there.

Guard 1: no one's made a call all day.

Xanthia: don't make me force you.

Guard 2: we warning you miss.

Xanthia smiled and put her hand out and used the force to push them all, they went flying. then she walked into the building where a girl was there to meet her.

girl: welcome.

Xanthia: well, i'm here. (she pulled down her hood.) might as well show me around celestine.

[9mm Avenger]

Boba, shall I assume your "mysterious Jedi" is my charcter? If not, I'll edit this post.
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[i]Marth settled down into the warn leather pilot seat of the Gunship, when the two males who flew the ship here entered the cockpit.[/i]

[b]Abob:[/b]I'm Abob Ttef, from the Senator's Royal Guard. How fast can you get this ship to the docking platform?

[b]Marth:[/b]Pretty fast, this is an assault ship...Tell the Senators in the back to hold on!

[i]Marth pushed the throttle forward, and the Gunship accelerated, speeding them away from the Senate building and the riot, but two other Gunships were in pursuit..[/i]

[Tigervx]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=teal] As Kwaz paced down the hall, flanked on all sides by clone troopers, he saw all were armed and there were eight Clone troopers "escorting" him to Palpatine's office. As the door hissed open, Kwaz said to Palpatine.

Kwaz: What do you want this time Palpatine?

Palpatine: My dear friend I have a job for you, 10,000,000 credits.

Kwaz: Pricey, what is it?

Palpatine: I want you too "take care of" the jedi counsil.

Kwaz: PALPATINE! Have you gone mad!?

Palpatine: I thought a bounty hunter did not think of the target, only the profit.

Kwaz: I am not every other bounty hunter, I cannot do this Supreme Chancellor.

Palpatine: Then i am so sorry my old friend, i am charging you with treason to the Republic.

All eight Clone troopers raised their rifles, but Kwaz had already pulled his twin pistols out and blasted all eight clone troopers. He then blasted the window open and jumped out onto a swoop and sped away.

Palpatine: So Kwaz, you choose death?

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[Juu]

[color=deeppink] [size=1]Celestine's face remained hidden under her cloak, as she sat down in a chair with Xanthia.

"I've been expecting you, Xanthia." Celestine spoke softly, her lips curving into a smirk.

Xanthia shifted uneasily as she stared at the sith. She felt an unatural force coming from Celestine, that sent a chill up her spine.

"Did you bring the disk?" Celestine asked, raising her head slightly.

Xanthia nodded, and pulled out a small diskette from her pocket, and placed it in Celestine's palms. Celestine grinned as she studied it, handing it back to her.

"Darth Sidious will be very pleased."

Xanthia rose, and glanced around, her fingers caressing the glossy surfce of the glass desk, poking through pictures and papers. She saw a small eletronical device from her desk, and held it in front of Celestine.

"Where did you find this?" Xanthia asked. She studied the mechanical piece in her fingers. "It's some sort of key..."

Celestine rushed over to her, bewildered.

"Key? To what?"

Xanthia placed it back on the desk, and shook her head.

"I don't know. It's nothing like I've seen before." She replied, putting her hand on her forehead.

"I found it in Palpatine's office. It may belong to him." Celestine spoke softly.

"Are you going to return it to him?" Xanthia questioned, her face full of concern.

"Maybe." [/color] [/size]

[tursi]

Xanthia: (sighs) well do what you like with it celestine.

Celestine: have you made a decsion yet?

Xanthia: about what side i'm takeing? no, but i need work so i'm leaning towards your side. plus, i've done my homework.

celestine: right, make it soon.

Xanthia: why are you being pacient with me? aren't you supposed to be all dark and say. (in low voice) it's either us or death. (goes bac to normal) huh?

Celestine: because theres something about you that can be useful.

xanthia: besides the fact that i'ma jedi hacker? (smiles) i don't really see anything. well, i'll be back soon, i need to go back to listening in the bar.

Celestine: no. you will wait here for palpatine.

Xanthia: ok....it might be nice to meet him.

Xanthia sat back down and looked for the ale she had gotten at the bar. she pulled it out and took a sip.

Xanthia: want some? its corrilean.

[Boba Fett]

[COLOR=green]OOC: Yes "9mm Avenger" (I keep wanting to call you Majora. >.<), you are the mysterious Jedi I mentioned in my post, if you want to be. I decided the leave out your name in case you decided you would rather remain on the rooftop with the clones.
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Abob walked back through the gunship into the area designated for troop transport. It was open to the sky on either side, optimized for combat. All that prevented the occupants from falling to their deaths during a violent maneuver was a circular handhold that was suspended from the ceiling of the gunship. At the present moment, all seventeen senators seemed to be holding onto it for dear life.

Abob walked to the back of the gunship where the rocket-firing machinery and back gunners stations were located, and motioned for Senator Amidala to follow him. Abob climbed into the left gunners station, and the Senator climbed into the right station.
He turned on his communications headset, and she did the same.

[B]Abob[/B]: ?M?lady, we are heading for our backup security hangar. You will have to leave the planet in one of our fighter support vessels, but it will allow you to leave the planet safely, supported by a wing of starfighters.

[B]Senator Amidala[/B]: ?Will the other senators be able to arrange transport home from Naboo??

[B]Abob[/B]: ?Most will, although information on which alien homeworlds and colonies have been subjugated by the Chancellors clone troopers is unavailable. The Chancellor seems to have restricted Holo-net access to the military.?

[B]Senator Amidala[/B]: ?Make arrangements for the Senators to get transport to their homeworlds once we get to Naboo. I also need to make a change in our list of approved personnel allowed access to my security and personal information.?

[B]Abob[/B]: ?Let me guess, you want me to remove the Chancellor from the list??

[B]Senator Amidala[/B]: ?And Anikan. He is in league with Palpitine.?

[B]Abob[/B]: ?This seems like a wise precaution, but Anikan has spent so much time with you he must surely have memorized that information.?

[B]Senator Amidala[/B]: ?There is one thing nobody knows. I?m pregnant??

Abob and the Senator, their conversation concluded, turned their attention to blasting any clone troopers they could see on the cityscape below. The pursuing gunships had long ago been destroyed by rockets.

They would be at the hangar any minute now?[/COLOR]

[Tigervx]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=teal] As Kwaz sped away on his swoop, he saw a Clone Gunship raced by with several alien senaters in it. 'Strange.....' he saw Clone Troopers swarming the streets and searching for something. One pointed up at the swoop, and immedietly a volley of blaster fire proceeded. Kwaz desperately tried to manuvuer the craft, but a second wave of blaster bolts blew it to pieces. He managed to bust his jetpack to break his fall, but as he fell, a Clone Trooper raised his rifle and fired.


Kwaz started to wake up, he realized that the Clone had fired a stun bolt. He had been stripped of his armor and weapons, and he was back in Palpatine's office.

Palpatine: Well Kwaz, you couldn't kill the jedi, but I shall give you one more chance. If you succeed, you will live, if you do not, you will die.

Kwaz said nothing, only looked up at Palpatine.

Palpatine: You will assassinate senator Amidala when she returns to her home planet Naboo.

Kwaz thought about it, he knew who Senator Amidala was. She lead the cause to not create a clone army, and she was always in the way of Plapatine's "Ideals."

Kwaz: That, I can do. [/color][/size]

[9mm Avenger]

OOC:Okay, Boba, just clearing that up..You can still call me "Majora", I'll know who your talking about.
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[color=firebrick][b]Senator Amidala:[/b]Master Jedi, please hurry! I don't know how much longer we can last!

[b]Marth:[/b]Just hold on...Were coming up to the docking platfortm!

[i]The clone gunship hovered beside the platfrom, which housed three Naboo N-1 starfighters, and a massive, silver starship, the fading sun reflecting off it's chrome plating.

Marth parked the Gunship in a hover-mode beside the Naboo transport. After he watched the 19 other passengers disembark, he used a lightsaber to cut a escape hole in the cockpit, and jumped out, just as another Gunship caught up to them, and shot two missles at the sitting Assault craft. The ship exploded, it's flaming debris falling to the streets below.

Suddenly, the other Gunship disgorged ten Clone Troopers, who immediatly opend fire. Marth's green blade carved through the air, blocking bolts, as Marth closed in on the troopers.

Showing skill in the Force, Marth resorted to a one handed grip, and pushed two Troopers off the platform, while blocking the massed fire.

As the Senators borded the transport, Abob opened fire, cutting down five troopers, leaving three Clones remaining.[/i]

[b]Marth:[/b]Get on the starfighter Abob! I can handle them!

[b]Abob:[/b]Good luck, Jedi.

[i]Abob ran to the fighter, and hopped aboard, and went through the start up sequence as fast as he could. through the canopy, he could see the green contrails, and radom bolts flying away. When Marth reached the troopers, he cut through them like a hot knife through butter.

Finally, all of Abob's flight systems were green, and he saw two incoming Cloneships. He quickly switched to Proton Torpedos, and blasted the Gunships. He saw Marth run to the other N-1, and climb into the cockpit, and start it up. A red light flashed on Abob's comm-unit, and he punched it on.[/i]

[b]Marth:[/b]+I'm heading back to the Senate Building. Good luck, Abob.+

[b]Abob:[/b]+You too, Marth. I know we'll meet again in the future.+

[i]As the massive Naboo Transport started up, filling the air with a huge roaring noise, Marth's fighter blasted back toward the Senate Building.[/i][/color]

[Yoda]

[I]Xanko shot like a bullet along the skyline of Coruscant, he had made it to the Senate building only to hear that a Gunship carrying his target was heading for a dock. He could see the Naboo Transport now through his visor... it was about to take off. Altering the setting on his repulsor coils, he increased speed, he had to get to that ship before it left.

He shot straight past it, releasing a small homing beacon from his wrist as he did so. It stuck perfectly to the ships hull, and Xanko turned and sped away, job done for now. There was no technology, Republican or otherwise, that was good enough to detect any device of Xanko's.

Dipping his speeder bike into a dead nose dive, Xanko headed for lower ground. He was heading for his ship, which, no doubt, had already begun scanning the Naboo fighters' flight path.

Conveniently, his own ship was in a dock not too far away. He reached the dock in a matter of seconds, and, using the nerve controls in his fingertips, opened the secondary hatchway for his speeder. The only escape pod in his ship had been removed in order to make storage room for this bike, and it was a rick he was willing to take, especially with the excellent condition his ship was constantly kept in.

Xanko made his way into the cockpit, and prepared the Svorpion's Den for flight.[/I]

[Boba Fett]

[COLOR=green]Abob sat in his Naboo N-1 starfighter, mentally debating with himself what to do about the mysterious speeder that had crossed his path earlier. It's pilot had thrown something at the senator's ship. However his sensor array showed nothing unusual about the senator's ship. The speeder pilot must have missed. He still didn?t feel good about this. He would have to review his starfighters operation holocams to see if they had captured a clear image of the pilot that could be used to identify him. In addition he would have to search the hull of the senator's ship by hand once they arrived on Naboo to make sure nothing was attached or damaged.

[B]Harsk[/B]: "Reek leader, this is Reek 8. I followed the speeder to a ship, and I have the ship's ID code and visual specs."

[B]Abob[/B]: "Excellent work. All flights prepare to break for emergency protection maneuver 12 on my mark. Three, Two One, MARK!"

The starfighter squadron split into three groups of four. The first flew into high orbit above Coruscant, and secured the hyperspace jump zone. The second jumped to hyperspace at the earliest possible moment, to arrive ahead of the senator and secure the hyperspace dropout zone. The final starfighter group formed a diamond around the senator's ship, and escorted it out of the planets gravity and into space.

Abob was flying at the point of the flight that was escorting the senator's ship, lowering his shields in an act of near suicide to obtain an enhanced sensor image of the area around the starfighter. The information was being relayed to the other fighters still near Coruscant to giver them a tactical advantage. The danger was that any one of the billions of small objects that had accumulated around Coruscant as a result of minor spaceship collisions and illicit garbage dumps by lazy corporations.

If anything larger than a chronometer hit his ship it could seriously damage the small starfighter and kill the pilot.

Abob was lucky today, and managed to reach the hyperspace jump zone without any difficulty. All nine ships jump into hyperspace?[/COLOR]

[9mm Avenger]

[COLOR=firebrick][i]Marth made it back to the Senate building in record time. The Clone Troopers there gad recieved reinforcements, and were slaughtering the lightly armed crowd.

As soon as Marth was in range, he opened up with his laser cannons, raking the Clone lines. Within no time at all, most of the Clones had been decimated, unable to defend themselves from Marth's strafing runs.

Suddenly, Marth's comm-unit crackled, and Master Yoda's voice arrpeared.[/i]

[b]Marth:[/b]Master Yoda! What task do you have for me?

[b]Yoda:[/b]Follow the senator's ship, you must...At work, foul forces are...May the Force be with you.

[b]Marth:[/b]And you too, Master.

[i]Why would Marth be made to shadow the Senator as she returned to Naboo?

Not bothering to question his Master, he fired a proton torpedo at the the Clone lines, and jetted away..[/i][/COLOR]

[Tigervx]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=teal] As Kwaz's heavily modified Naboo N-1 star fighter jumped out of hyper space, he grinned as he saw a group of 9 starfighters break out of hyper space.

Kwaz: Looks like it's time to introduce myself.

He pushed in some quardinates and his superior engines blasted off, he flicked on his heavy sheilds and started firing upon the Naboo starfighters. His first salvo sprayed a Naboo N-1 starfighters, it's hull crippled and the ship quick exploded. He came in for another run, the N-1's where taking evasive action, most likely Senator Amidala was on one. He swooped in again and some starfighters started firing left and right, one helplessly spattered on his sheild lowering it to 95% as he blasted the sheilds of another Naboo fighter to shreds and quickly exploded.

Kwaz: Now i don't want my bounty like this do I?

He broke off of attack and headed flew off into hyper space.[/color][/size]

[9mm Avenger]

[COLOR=firebrick][i]Marth sat in the cockpit of his stolen N-1 Starfighter, flying through hyperspace, the stolen R3 unit behind him dormant during the flight.[/i]

[b]Marth:[/b]*draws a datacard from his tunic pocket*Well...Nothing to do for a few hours..

[i]Marth pops the datacard into the N-1's reader slot, and a history of Sith Teachings popped up onto the screen, and the scroll buttons below the display glowed red.

As Marth scanned the Sith history, stolen from the Archives, he became more engrossed in the teachings...

[b]Many lightyears away, on Coruscant:[/b][/i]

[b]Darth Sidious:[/b]Ah..Excellent...Young Marth has found what I left for him in the Archives.....[/COLOR]

[Boba Fett]

[COLOR=green]Abob cursed as the modified Naboo starfighter went back into hyperspace.

[B]Abob[/B]: "Harsk, did it work?"

[B]Harsk[/B]: "Yep, the decoy starfighter hit him perfectly."

[B]Abob[/B]: "I am activating the ion charge the decoy starfighter dropped through the enemy starfighter's shields. It should bring that !@#$%^! out of hyperspace."

He presses a recessed button under his starfighter's control panel, and several dozen light years away, the enemy craft comes crashing out of hyperspace. The ion charge planted by the decoy starfighter as it exploded had detonated, severely damaging all of the opposing ship's electronics' systems. All that Reek squadron had to do was move in for the kill.

Reek squadron once again split up, this time flights Alpha and Delta would investigate their attacker, while the remaining three starfighters of Beta squadron would escort the senator's ship to the planet.

Abob lead eight starfighters to the disabled enemy craft, and proceeded to use low powered lasers to destroy all of the disabled vessels weapons and engine systems.

[B]Abob[/B]: "Naboo traffic control, send an armed customs ship to coordinates 3894734.344, 12424.2424, 32442.2 immediately."

[B]Naboo Traffic Control Officer[/B]: "Roger that Reek leader, on our way."

Less than two minutes later all of the Reek squadron starfighters were in the docking bay of the customs ship along with the enemy vessel. There was a ring of heavily armed customs officers surrounding the enemy ship, instructing the pilot to come out. Abob was going to personally have a talk with this attacker. Maybe he had something to do with the speeder attack on the senator's ship on Coruscant?[/COLOR]

[Yoda]

In the cockpit of the [I]Scorpion's Den[/I], Xanko looked out at the vortex of swirling light through his Mandalorian battle helmet. Moments before he had entered hyper space, he had watched as the hunter known as "Kwaz" had foolishly attacked the patrol head on. Xanko knew better, his ships scanners had identified one humanoid on the platform as he had passed on his speeder. The Omwati, Abob Ttef. Xanko had quite a bit on information on this one, enough to know that he was no fool, and he was one of the best at what he did. [I]Well then, that's something we have in common...[/I] Xanko thought to himself as he gazed at the hologram of Abob. No doubt Kwaz was paying for his actions right now... Xanko would wait until he was on planet.

Xanko's mind wandered... if Abob had managed to identify Xanko somehow, then he would no doubt feel that Xanko was after Senator Amidala... which was not the case. Xanko hoped faintly that Abob would be so concerned with the Senator that Xanko's task of stealing the Mallastarian; Osg Mu'Hak would be quite simple. But, it didn't matter, if Abob got in the way... then he would die.

Xanko had put all his heavy equipment in his storage locker... his jetpack and wrist armaments. Now he only had his basic armour, helmet and a single blaster pistol. It wasn't something that Xanko enjoyed doing, but it was essential, as the jetpack would put a lot of unecessary stress on his spine, which, if caught in a collision, could prove fatal.

He kapt an eye on the Naboo ship's tracker as he made tweaks and adjustments to the controls. Suddenly his comm. panel button started to bleep. He pressed the button, and a old figure appeared in the small comm. screen at the base of his foreard viewport. It was the face of Chancellor Palpatine.

[B]Palpatine:[/B] Ah, Master Hasek, how goes your hunt?

Xanko didn't usually enjoy his employers continuously prying into his work, but he felt particularly heppy with this man at the moment. Under his helmet, he cracked a rare, wicked grin.

[B]Xanko:[/B] It's going fine... Osg will be in your hands soon enough.

[B]Palpatine:[/B] I hope so Xanko... a lot pf people say you are the best... and I would be very disappointed if you weren't to live up to that title.

[B]Xanko:[/B] Don't worry, I aim to please.

The transmission cut off suddenly, the Chancellor obviously satisfied that his message had gotten across. Xanko made another slight adjustment to his velocity, the Naboo ship was doing it's best to lose any trackers. But this was on pest that was not so easily swatted.

Xanko noticed suddenly that they were quite close to Naboo... and Xanko realised this is obviously where they were headed. Xanko felt a lump of dissapointment... he needn't have bothered to attatch the tracker, anyone could have guessed they'd go here. However, now Xanko had to plan how he'd get onto the planet without anyone noticing... which would take some doing.