Galactic Society (Open/Lounge RP, but READ FIRST POST)

[Alessia Starfurr]

*** Martok's Estate, Ketha Lowlands, Qo'nos ***

The ferasans stood back as Martok walked away though Kreya turned to Jaden "So what's one of Luke's most famous Jedi doing all the way on Q'onos?" She asked..


*** NCC Galatae, preparing for Parade ***
"Alright then we'll start when everyone gets here, I hope they're coming this should be a special occasion not many people have said they've been on my ship while i'm playing in the band, Tigress should be along soon."


*** Tigress' Residence, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"Not many have seen a 7ft tiger women without giving her a wide berth," Tigress chuckled "Anyway i'm due for a band in a few here would you like to come?"


*** Draco City, Dragon'taan ***
"He's... busy." Krystal said concentrating "He'll be here besides he's got a day or two before my brother's band plays." Krystal replied



*** Raven Rock Outskirts, Solstheim ***
"You can always go and ask them, as I have no idea." Keri replied
The lykaios (Wolf) Just shrugged.

[Weaver]

*** Summerset Grille, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"OOooo right. Context. I forget about that sometimes," Weaver said scratching his head. "Well, I'm sure Ray has his own spin on the story, but here's mine. I was on a cargo ship as part of a contract. Pretty sure that contract is null and void now as I'd imagine a near death experience is enough for anyone to quit. Uh, anyway, for some reason we took a detour to some backwater planet. Maybe there was a distress signal, or the captain had secret orders, or... maybe something else. Regardless of the reasons, the planet uh, had something down there that shoots ships down. The ship was completely wrecked, and somehow I survived the crash. Can't say the same for the rest of my crew..."

Weaver paused, "I guess I didn't know any of them really well. Er, and something got onboard the ship too after it crashed, or maybe it got on the ship before it did. I don't know, but it started hunting me and some scavenger who came to investigate. I still don't understand why she decided to detonate what seemed to be 'mini' nuke in order to kill it, as it almost killed us in the process. We barely had time to escape, and that's because we got some vehicles, which we didn't have when she detonated the bomb, which means we would have definitely died otherwise. I'm still pissed about that.

Uh, I guess I should hurry up with this story. I tried using a device to pull an SOS beacon from a pocket dimension. Instead it backfired and pulled Ray in. Normally he should have vanished when the rift closed, but he didn't. Then some UNSC, I think that's what they're called, came and rescued us anyway. Well, after we disabled some kind of inhibitor that prevented teleportation, which was horrifically infested with Flood. I uh... didn't help much. I'm not a fighter."

[Rayleonarde]

*Dragon’taan*
Ray swallowed a bite, clearing his throat with a deep drink. Wiping his mouth, the agent spoke.
“I had been selected for an excursion. Found a potential skip that needed poked. With my short tenure with the Molerats, I was the perfect candidate for exploring non-Euclidean structures. A potential skip; an old human radio relay. Locals reported lots of disappearances and strange noises. Good indicators of nonsensical buildings. So, I got all kitted up; CBRN suit, GPS tracking, bio-sensors, whole nine-yards. Crawled my way in through a hole in the building. Part of the rumors was some sort of “door demon” lived in the building. Definitely heard knocking and someone asking to be “let in”. I got a bit turned around and was making headway to get back after a short exploration. Once the radio went dead, I figured something was off. That was when Weaver pulled the relay into this universe. Then , as Weaver said. Spartans, Flood. Oh! And a Sith was with us.” The agent looked to Weaver.
“Did you catch his name? I either didn’t or forgot it.”


-Elsewhere-
The pilot nodded, and made his way to the indicated office. Upon reaching the door, the hesitated a moment before knocking.


*Dromund Kaas*
Ickthis nodded stiffly. “I suppose you may question him. Though his fate is sealed. You’d do well to remember this.”
He then motioned toward the prisoner, crossing his arms indignantly.

[Queen_of_Spades]

*** Kaas City, Dromund Kaas ***

"If you say so." Jennifer seemed very nervous.

*** Sith Sanctum, Dromund Kaas ***

"Not training per se. More like self-teaching myself how to defend myself from entitled a##hats like him." Norokiir said while pointing at Predicus.

[Blaiiine]

*** Dragon'taan Capital Airport, Main Terminal ***

"Welcome to Dragon'taan!" The flight stewardess says, almost robotically, to the passengers as they exited the aircraft. A duo broke off from the crowd of tourists, sticking out like sore thumbs. Sitting down, they both took in their first full breaths of fresh air since setting off from New Reach.

"Y'know, if I was told before taking this vacation that I'd be canned up with a hundred civvies for over 8 hours, I'd have just asked to be reassigned." Blaine bluntly said, grumbling at the holographic sign reading No Smoking. He adjusted his black hoodie, making sure his Magnum was still in place in its holster. The bear took his beanie off, placing it in his jacket pocket before ruffling his hand through his much longer hair.

"Most definitely, ONI couldn't pay me enough to do that forever." Kozik replied, rubbing his fingers on his temples in frustration. 8+ hours of Midwestern Earth people chattering could build quite the headache. They both took a dose of ibuprofen that Kozik pulled from his backpack and departed for the exit of the terminal.

"At least we're here. So do you have any idea about this festival?" Blaine asked, lighting a cigarette as they stood outside on the sidewalk. He had never been planetside on Dragon'taan, hardly ever leaving the Sol System for anything besides 'work'.

"Just what I read on that holo-flyer." Kozik replied. "But like I told you before, I hardly read it. Just thought it would be something fun to do before we got reassigned to Corneria." He continued, following the bear as they walked to their booked hotel.

Blaine's neural interface gave him a quick route to the building, but it would still be a decent ruck. "Eh, it's fine. Always liked a mystery." He said sarcastically, Kozik scoffing as a reply.

[Romulan_Furry]

*** Draco City Spaceport, Dragon'taan ***

As Blaine and Kozik headed out, they were approached by a protocol droid. "Greetings! Welcome to Dragon'taan, sentients! You picked a good time to stop by, the Marauder Festival just kicked off today! For the duration of the festival, all taxi fares to different districts are free! Would you like me to explain anything to you about this world or the festival?"

*** Summerset Grille, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"Fighter or not, you're lucky," Skye told Weaver, "Not many can say they survived the Flood."

"Flood are well known for killing or consuming anything they come into contact with. The Covenant are so terrified of them that they glass entire worlds just to make sure the Flood don't spread," Jacqueline said. She looked to Ray. "This Sith... was he a Fox?"

*** Mercenary Enclave, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"Enter," Said two voices at the same time - one male, one female.

"That better be Johnny's replacement," commented the female voice.

*** Dragon'taan Museum of History ***

"Fox McCloud is my team commander," Falco told Vince. "Fara is his lover."

"Kinda a whirlwind romance between the two of them, but given how they knew each other before... can't say I'm surprised. After Krystal left..."

*** Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"So what's next for us, then?" Markus asked.

*** Tigress' Residence, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"Of course," Blythe said. "What kind of concert, though? Music?"

*** Unspecified Moon ***

Targets just inside. Stun them, and we breach and take them out before they can raise the alarm, Kyle thought.

*** Kaas City, Dromund Kaas ***

Wrath waited patiently for Jennifer to get in before he headed off to the Citadel. The ride would be short, and before long, they'd be walking into the Sith Sanctum, heading for the upper chambers.

*** Sith Sanctum, Dromund Kaas ***

"Bold words for a newbie," Predicus sneered. "You couldn't possibly have gone through all that without cheating!"

"So says the acolyte who was caught cheating twice before," another acolyte scoffed, eliciting laughs from the other acolytes.

"Those charges remain unproven!" Predicus snapped, "And I'll cut down any who say otherwise!"

"Can it, Predicus," Bellacus growled. "Overseer Harkun approaches." A quick look to the nearby doorway would prove Bellacus right - Harkun was walking in their direction.

Harkun pointed at Norokiir. "You there, acolyte - come with me. You've been summoned." Harkun's expression was unreadable, and his tone implied seriousness.

*** Mongdrigan Camp, Dromund Kaas ***

Vulkest approached the Jedi, looking him over. His form was strong, but Vulkest could sense his will was weaker than his body. "What were you looking for in that ruin, Jedi?" he asked him. In response, the Jedi spat on Vulkest. He just scoffed. "Have it your way," he sighed. He reached out with the Force. Invading this Jedi's mind was not difficult, but extracting the information he sought was. He did, however, get a glimpse of a holocron - a Jedi holocron, specifically. He seemed particularly unwilling to give any more than that. But it was all he needed. The Jedi was unharmed, although he seemed like he was triumphant he resisted the Sith. Vulkest returned to Ickthis. "He's all yours," he told him. "As for your interrogations... I'd suggest focusing on a holocron they seemed to be seeking here. A Jedi holocron, of all things. I will interrogate my own prisoners, see what else I can come up with. We can compare notes before reporting them to Lord Malgus."

*** Raven Rock Outskirts, Solstheim ***

"So where does that leave me?" Ahkrin asked.

*** Corneria ***

Argus kept walking down the corridors of Corneria Fleet Command, looking for General Peppy's office...

*** Hathos-class Warbird Wolfpack, Deep Space ***

"Captain's Log, supplemental: I have completed my patrol of the outlying Dragon'taan colonies, with few incidents. Ship and crew have performed optimally. Mother and father would be proud... yet I find this thought and empty one. It's more than a desire for action; it's a desire for something this crew cannot provide - companionship. As the sole biological son of my parents, it falls to me to continue the family bloodline, yet no woman I have met can handle me. My work on this ship is all I have to keep from going into nihilistic despair, but I long for someone... close to me. Regardless, I am heading home at high warp to partake in the festival. Maybe that will alleviate my mood... or seeing mom and dad again."

John sighed as he deactivated the log. One would think that being a Worgen Dragon-shifter would afford him his pick of mates, but he was constantly being left alone. It was all he could do to focus on his work to divert his mind from his loneliness. But how long would that last? Sitting back in his chair in his ready room, he wondered if he ever would meet the right woman... Still, he knew he was doing good work, and that his parents would be proud, despite the fact he was still single.

[Alessia Starfurr]

*** Dragon'taan Capital Airport, Main Terminal *** 

A white dog would notice the two taking ibuprofen and walked towards them " I thought that medication was obsolete by now." The female white dog said. "WHat did you need to know about the festival? Have you ever been to Corneria?" She asked kinda getting ahead of herself, ignoring the droid.


*** Draco City, Dragon'taan ***
"At present or after the concert?" Both Serena and Krystal asked.


*** Tigress' Residence, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"There's another kind?" Tigress asked as she began to head out the door.

*** Raven Rock Outskirts, Solstheim ***
"stuck here unless we can find a way to get past the fleet." The two responded.


*** Corneria ***

A yellow and white tall fox with purple markings near her knees would walk over to Argus "You lost?" She asked a lucario female walking up to the fox "Riku? find a new friend?" THe lucario, Cobalt asked looking around for someone else.


*** Uncharted planet, Deep space, Cerinian Righteous class Destroyer, Borealis ***

A dark blue with light blue colored vixen stepped to  to the command console on the bridge "Argo what's the status of the Cargo?" She would ask, an orange hologram of a dragon appearing on top of the console.

"The freighter is docked and the droids are unloading the cargo as we speak, but i'm picking up some odd readings."

 "What Kind?" The  vixen responded 

"slipspace signatures about 100 meters off our Starboard side. I'm also picking up an odd signature in engineering."  "What odd signature?"

 "I dunno I've sent droids to investigate."  As soon as Argo finished his reply two small  covenant ships  came out of slipspace near the Borealis, a SDV heavy corvette and a ADP escort, began to move towards the Destroyer,  Reacting quickly  Alex, the vixen  began to prepare the ship for combat. " All Hands red Alert, Argo fire all guns at that escort we should be able to take out both ships with ease but let's take out the smaller ship first.'

  The Borealis began firing it's beam cannons at the smaller escort ship firing a couple of rail guns slugs at it piercing it's shields and hull, leaving the ship dead in space as the slugs pierced though the remaining shields and piercing it's hull right through the Plasma-Fusion Reactors, the Destroyed turned to  fire guns at the Corvette when something happened in the Engineering section of the Borealis  only managing to get one beam cannon shot off and a half charged rail gun slug which only managed to dent the corvette, the Borealis now sat drifting in space all systems down except life support and some other minor systems but it's engines, Subspace drive and Weapons were offline and power was draining fast "Get a SoS out before comms loses power and prepare for boarding parties!" Alex told Argo suiting up for an attack. 

Outside the Heavy Corvette sat waiting launching phantoms full of boarding parties for some reason it seemed they wanted the destroyer intact.

"What happened why are we losing power?" Alex asked  "I dunno maybe somebody planted an Ion charge in Engineering." Argo replied sending out a SOS on many frequencies.

[Queen_of_Spades]

*** Sith Sanctum, Dromund Kaas, Jennifer ***

Jennifer manages to keep up with Wrath and looks around nervously.

***Sith Sanctum, Dromund Kaas, Norokiir ***

Norokiir swore in his head before obediently following Overseer Harkun.

[Weaver]

*** Summerset Grille, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"Oh right, there was a Sith there. I think his name was Alduah? He took the route of pragmatism and only stayed with us long enough to escape," Weaver recalled. "He was a fox. I think. I was a bit more worried about dying than remembering who everyone was. Uh... is he well known? This is the second time we've been asked about him."

[Rayleonarde]

*Dragon’taan*


“Yeah, a fox,” Ray nodded.  “He disappeared shortly after we were rescued.” He shook his head slowly. “Gonna bite us in the rear, I can feel it.” Setting his utensils down on an empty plate, Ray leaned back in his chair, eyeing Jacqueline and Skye.
“We weren’t friends, if you’re wondering. I would’ve greased that monster, if I wasn’t coerced otherwise.”


-Elsewhere-


The pilot opened the door slowly; his six-fingered metal claw squealing quietly against the metal door.
“I was told,” their synthesized voice rasped. “You were looking for a new teammate?”




*Dromund Kaas*
Ickthis nodded. “We’ll be sure to get everything.” He strode forward and hauled the Jedi upright, gripping tight around the back of his neck.
“Get me a cell. This one knows more than he lets on.”
A few Mongdrigans saluted, and set about clearing one of the interrogation rooms. Ickthis and his prey would arrive just as the last occupant was rolled out on a stretcher, stone dead. Ickthis threw the Jedi into the cell, pulling the door closed. Ickthis sighed, and took a slow trip to his tent, dropping onto his cot with a grunt. He’d need his strength to extricate whatever info Great Leader Malgus required.

[Blaiiine]

*** Draco City Spaceport, Dragon'taan ***

Blaine and Kozik eyed the white dog suspiciously, both wondering how long she'd been listening in to their conversation. Kozik decided to approach her while Blaine dealt with the information droid.

"Uh, yeah, let me know about both the planet and the festival. First time for both." Blaine asked the droid, simultaneously scanning through files in his neural interface.

"How do you know we were talking about Corneria?" Kozik asked the dog, keeping constant eye contact for flags of any kind. Their purpose seemed secret to them, at least from what their ONI handler had told them.

[Romulan_Furry]

*** Summerset Grille, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"I wouldn't say well-known - the man likes to fly under the radar as much as he can," Jacqueline responded to Weaver. Looking to Ray, she added, "And he won't come back to bite you - I've dealt with the man before. Bumped into him at a starship graveyard once, helped him repair his ship. Him and his apprentice. From what I can understand, he was actively working against the Sith Covenant."

"Sith Covenant are the worse kind of Sith," Skye added. "So if even a Sith like Alduah is against them, that says something." She downed a bite of her meal. "That said, while Alduah is a Sith, he is not against working with different agencies. He's worked with Romulan Intelligence in the past."

*** Dragon'taan Museum of History ***

"They did," Falco affirmed. "In fact, that's what Fara played into after Krystal left. She reminded Fox of everything they'd been through before that op on Katina." The lot would eventually come to a taxi station, and get a trip to the Restaurant district.

*** Mercenary Enclave, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"That's right," the apparent leader responded. "Who might you be?"

*** Draco City Spaceport, Dragon'taan ***

"Certainly!" the protocol droid responded, "Dragon'taan is the current capital of the Dragon'taan Coalition and it's military arm, the Dragon'taan Marauder Corps. This world is where the dragon-shifters stood against the Necromyan Collective during the Marauder War, as well as the many conflicts since then. Draco City is the capital city of this world, and is home to millions of individuals, dragon-shifter and otherwise. The Marauder Festival is a week-long festival held to honor the DMC's victories, as well as the sacrifices made by the armed forces in defense of this world. For the duration of the festival, all taxi station fares to different districts are free, and all services are offered at a vastly discounted rate."

*** Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"At present, sweetheart," Markus told her. "We're going on our honeymoon after the concert, remember?"

*** Tigress' Residence, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"Had to be certain," Blythe remarked as he followed Tigress.

*** Unspecified Moon ***

Kyle was able to shoot dead the Romulan before he could sound the alarm. When the room was secured, Kyle checked the map. "We still got a ways to go; keep close... god, I hope K'Tath is somewhere easy to find..."

*** Sith Sanctum, Dromund Kaas, Jennifer ***

"Some reason you're so nervous?" Wrath asked as they walked down one particular corridor.

*** Sith Sanctum, Dromund Kaas, Norokiir ***

"Not to worry, acolyte - had to put on a front for the other students, especially Predicus," Harkun told Norokiir. "Didn't want him thinking you were getting preferential treatment - but the rate at which you went through the training similations, as well as your evident tenacity, has impressed someone, and they've asked to speak to you."

*** Mongdrigan Camp, Dromund Kaas ***

While Ichthis went about extracting information from his prisoner, Darth Vulkest was busy extracting information from his own. He was able to gather that the Jedi here were indeed after a Jedi Holocron, though none could say why or how this particular holocron was on Dromund Kaas. He also got part of a name - Bellator. But no more beyond that. As true to his word, Vulkest would wait for Ickthis and compare intel with him and whatever he managed to extract from his prisoner before reporting all this to Darth Malgus.

*** Raven Rock Outskirts, Solstheim ***

"Would a cloaking device do the trick?" Ahkrin asked.

*** Corneria ***

Argus' hand immediately went to his disruptor. "Not lost - I have an appointment," he told Riku.

"Cobalt?" K'Tath's voice would say, causing Argus to jump and draw his weapons. K'Tath was unfazed. "I see we found someone a bit jumpy. Holster the weapons, friend - if we meant to harm you, you'd know." Argus frowned, then holstered his weapons.

"You're Kyle Indari's cousin, aren't you?" he asked.

"Yes - the other Lucario is my mate, Cobalt, and her friend, Riku," K'Tath said. He looked to the two women. "Don't tell me you stopped this man for no reason?"

*** Hathos-class Warbird Wolfpack, Deep Space ***

John's thoughts were interrupted when he got a beep on the comms. "Captain, we are picking up a distress beacon - registry paints this ship as the NCC Borealis. She says she's under attack by rogue Covenant forces."

John felt something inside - this was something that he needed to do, though he knew not why. He got up and straightened his uniform. "Red alert! All hands to battlestations - Helm, plot an intercept course!"

It took moments for the Wolfpack to arrive - and he immediately saw the issue. Two covenant vessels were attacking a Cerinian Righteous-class Destroyer. he recognized the ship as the Borealis, belonging to someone in Krystal's family, if memory served. John wasted no time in engaging the SDV Corvette - the ADP Escort was dead in space - and they evidently weren't expecting a Hathos-class Warbird to show up so suddenly. The Wolfpack just hammered it with disruptors and torpedoes, and when it tried to escape, the warbird fired an experimental railgun shot that blew it apart. "Comms, get a line to the Borealis - we stand ready to assist if they need it."

"Sir, there's no response," the comms officer told John.

"Science, status of the Borealis?" John queried.

"Scanning..." responded the science officer.

[Alessia Starfurr]

*** Draco City Spaceport, Dragon'taan ***



"You mentioned Corneria, I'm from there, moved here a couple of years ago after  a friend offered me a job." The White cocker spaniel replied "I'm Fay by the way... Did you need any further help?" She asked.


*** Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"Seems you know what the plans are after the concert we're heading to Naboo." Krystal replied simply.


*** Tigress' Residence, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"Your a strange one.." Tigress shrugged waving for Blythe to follow. "I'm the drummer and they've probably started warmup without me by now."




*** Raven Rock Outskirts, Solstheim ***
Though familar with the technology as long as it's better than the starndard Covenant Active camo it should work." Kala replied.



*** Corneria ***
"I was going to help this gentlmen to his appointment, people can get lost in this building..." Cobalt noted


Riku remained silent what she had to say was meant for Cobalt and K'tath to hear anyway.


*** Righteous-class Destroyer Borealis, Deep Space ***

There would be no responce to the hail, the ships comms were out of power by now.

"Ma'am  Comms are down and out of power, Life support is the only remaining intact system all other systems are rapidly losing power."  "Damn." Alex grumbled as a silver vixen in armor ran up to Alex in the hallway "I guess they're not here yet?" the Silver vixen asked  "Probably be here soon on their way to the artifact."  "Dammit ,Nari why didn't you...." Alex was Cut off by the other vixen "How Was I to know the Sith Covenant wanted this one?" She asked drawling her BR-86 Rifle and loading it with a power cell, as she prepared for boarding parties behind the set up barricades.... "Fine I get the point" ALex grumbled preparing her own weapon as well as about 6 b1 battle droid marines. "Commander, what's the status of the droideka's?" The blue vixen asked "Their coming online now." replied a battledroid "Hopefully they got enough charge before the power failed. "Their charge stations are plugged into emergency power, ma'am that's still online." "For the moment" Alex growled interupting the droid.

Meanwhile in one of the hangers of the destroyer boarding parties exited the boarding craft Unngoy up front  and Sangheili in back, along with one Sith Sangheili acolyte, in a black and red Combat harness, of custom design.

[Queen_of_Spades]

*** Sith Sanctum, Dromund Kaas, Jennifer ***

Jennifer's expression darkened and she said "This place... it's so oppressive, and I swear I can feel it penetrating my mind...." She was visibly shaking.

*** Sith Sanctum, Dromund Kaas, Norokiir ***

Norokiir relaxed at hearing that, "It's not like Predicus can do anything if I am getting preferential treatment."

[Blaiiine]

** Draco City Airport, Dragon'taan **

Blaine thanked the droid, turning back to Kozik and Fay.

"Well, we're here on a temporary vacation until our....client has us go planetside on Corneria." Kozik replied to Fay, making sure to keep their intentions clouded.

"So since you're from there and we could use a locals' take on the planet, want to talk over it with coffee?" Blaine added, throwing a thumb behind to indicate all the awaiting taxis.