Lord Sinistra
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Post by Lord Sinistra on Mar 6, 2014 19:14:58 GMT -8
She walked past him, setting the box down on a communal table. She pulled out cartons of food, kept warm by hot packs in the bottom of the box. There were sauted vegetables, some roasted meat and potatoes and some fresh drinking water. She bade them to dig into it while she retrieved two identical dufflebags from the trunk of the speeder. She dropped them on the floor inside the door, and pulled out a chair. She started to go over a few things while they ate. Demarus was to resume his previous position as her private pilot, promoted to rank of Captain for his years of service as an undercover operative on Lianna. She looked at Taung, shaking her head at him. "Those duffles have everything you need. ID, bank accounts set up with your names and enough funds You were tougher. Your name from now on is Terrh Othin, and you were also undercover as a naval intelligence asset embedded on Lianna after the Dark Tide battle there. Taung H'rel is listed as a casualty of the battle. Ownership of Sienar died with him, most of your bank accounts held by Republic banks have been seized to make reparations to the offworld survivors of Sernpidal and Carida. Are there any next of kin I should notify for you?"
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Taung H'rel
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Post by Taung H'rel on Mar 7, 2014 19:40:46 GMT -8
Taung started looking through his papers and new items pertinent to his new life.
"There is no one."
This wasnt strictly true, but then again it was, he had no blood relatives, and while he would like to make a family Lord Sinistra didnt need to know pertinent details at this point...if ever, of his personal life. As long as he performed he doubted it would ever receive much scrutiny, and that was fine with him. It was the best way to keep them safe until they could be conspicuously introduced into Dark Tide society safely.
"They'll be very rich then."
He set the items back down.
"You should know that Liannan Intelligence was actively plotting in trying to betray me and stab me in the back, I can only surmise that they were holding Demarus for some less than honorable reasons, perhaps against me, or perhaps against you. Either way they have shown a decided lack of loyalty to any superior on any side. But. What would you have me do now?"
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Lord Sinistra
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Post by Lord Sinistra on Mar 9, 2014 16:09:26 GMT -8
"Duly noted. Demarus will be extensively debriefed but I am rather curious about how he came to be with you and how you know that the Liannan government were plotting against you." She shuffled a couple things around, pulling out a specific piece of paper to set in front of him. "Your cover story had you placed as an undercover operative within your old fleets. As your face and the cover's was always under a helmet, there is no conflict with matching up a description. You will assume duties as an admiral with the Navy. I'm sure I don't need to tell you to leave the Mando'a at home. Your first order of business is the processing of the Liannan POW's. We apprehended a number of your spec ops teams aboard Kuat Drive Yards not to mention the ships in orbit. You will assist with weeding through the personnel and deciding who goes home and who is to be tried for war crimes. The ships will be decommissioned, refitted and relaunched as DT vessels. You will help us transition your people into the fold. Any questions?"
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Taung H'rel
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Post by Taung H'rel on Mar 9, 2014 19:52:02 GMT -8
Taung...Terrh...considered his new tasks. Picking which of his own men would be tried for war crimes was a particularly distasteful task, it would have been better if his ships had escaped or been destroyed.
"A sniper was assigned to one of my commando squads as a liason officer from the Liannan Special Forces. She was a deep cover plant assassin trained by Liannan Intelligence. Her orders were to gather intelligence on me and eventually orders would come down to eliminate me. After a number of missions that I lead personally, tracking evidence of advanced weapon concepts theft from Sienar Fleet Systems. Lianna Intelligence apparently thought that I was not in the best interest of Lianna. After being around me and my men she decided that leaving me in control of Lianna was preferable to them. Apparently they felt that her loyalty to them was questionable and decided to remove her, and she did not wish to be removed. That touched off an assassin war. About two days before the fleet launched for here she returned, with Demarus. She told me that she had found him somewhere buried in some secret political prison of Liannan Intelligence. I don't know who else is there. I could not fight two battles at once, an assassin war on one side, and ending the war on this side. If I died in battle, I wouldnt have to worry. If I you accepted my offer, then I would be in a position to go back, or someone go back, and clean burn down their house. I agreed to return Demarus to you alive, if I lived or not. The agent and I have become close, she is on one of the commando teams on the Drive Yards."
He gestured to Demarus.
"For anything else, you will have to ask Demarus. I just know that Liannan Intelligence both lied to me and tried to kill me. I intended to go back after the battle and kick down their door with a few dozen commando squads. Assassins are good, but they are no match for geared up and tasked commandos."
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Lord Sinistra
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Post by Lord Sinistra on Mar 13, 2014 8:15:08 GMT -8
"If she was on the drive yards, she was either killed or captured. None of the invaders made it off the station. We have not finished processing them all yet. As for Lianna, give it a little bit for the transfer to die down. I don't intend to let them know Demarus has been returned yet. I'd rather play dumb and let them slip their own heads in the noose. As for you paying them back for their treachery, Taung is dead. It would make no sense for you to lead commandos into clean them out if you died in battle. Let me handle the vipers, I'm good at it."
She looked at both of them and stood up from the table, leaving the chair out.
"You're both free to return with me to the Estate of the Ten. Whenever you're ready."
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Taung H'rel
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Post by Taung H'rel on Mar 15, 2014 18:53:35 GMT -8
"I will be there without delay."
Terrh got up and gathered the items of his new identity before looking around. There wasnt really anything else, his whole world had basically just started over.
"It wasnt much of a delay really."
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The Major
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Post by The Major on Mar 17, 2014 6:45:33 GMT -8
This planet was too temperate to her liking and too sunny, but at least the place offered some massive plains which stretched so immensely one could watch the shades of different clouds traversing across the horizon. The vast area between Kuat City and the Estate was impossible to traverse by foot in any reasonable frame of time, so that probably explained the the X-wing parked on a hill crest. Those starfighters were like muscle speeders, relics, but the epitome of robust. Off in the vast distances the Major can spot the skeletons of various defensive works -all no doubt used during the invasion as lines of defense. These dominate the most tactically advantageous positions in the area. And if she could see the works with the naked, farsighted eye, then they no doubt could visually confirm her. In a touch of strangeness, other sensors, no matter how refined or advanced, failed to pick up any living thing in the area, but they could spot the starfighter as well. Force Immersion was fun in that way, and the amusement of it was not something lost upon the Fallanassi.
Still, it wasn't like she was hiding. Quite the opposite, in fact. She was just resting. High noon had a way of draining her motivation to do anything of consequence, thus resulting in her usually lounging or napping around these hateful hours. Today was no different as she sat right on the ground underneath the shade provided by her oversized, bright yellow parasol. The instrument itself, along with her slightly hunched posture, held up the thing by use of her shoulders. Meanwhile, her gloves were off, and she seemed quite taken with filing her nails to a comfortable level. The nail polish had since chipped off, reminded her that if she was going to carry midnight blue music notes, then she better make sure to maintain the designs. As luck would have it, she did have such a bottle on her person -buried deep in one of her suit jacket's pockets.
All in due time. But first, the filing.
Keeping her auditory senses company besides the occasional breeze was her own voice -tiny, inconsequential whistling of what seemed to be a waltzing march. And besides these two, she also had a number of bees buzzing around lazily, looking for flowers. They probably detected the scent of her shampoo, and finding it to resemble lavender, they of course could not resist. The Major offers them no flinching or trepidation, she herself a great big fan of this particular brand of insect. Sensing her innate calmness and comfortability, the tiny things explore some of the lengths of her ridiculously long mane of hair. She can feel them tickling the curling spirals, but she does not care. It felt funny.
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Lord Sinistra
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Post by Lord Sinistra on Mar 19, 2014 17:54:25 GMT -8
The Cathar, the Lord of Atrocity and the Mandalorian piled into her speeder and tore back to the estate without another word to break the still and close air of the oppressive summer night.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2015 11:26:19 GMT -8
A hooded figure slowly made itself across the moonlit terrain, moving at a slow steady pace. He carried nothing on him other than a couple lightsabers, and sword sheathed over his back and the clothes he wore. He had no need for anything else. Whatever he desired could be found and acquired. He stopped on a rock and looked out into the distance. Just within sight was the Estate of the Ten, lit up like a city all itself. It was there that the Emperor of the growing Galactic Empire resided, along with those of his greatest counsel.
Some time ago, he had once resided there, though not for any care for the Empire. When the Empire first began is revival, it was ran by the Sith, the former Dark Tide to be exact. At its head was Lord Sinistra. After the events with his family, he had changed his name, leaving the name of Jytar behind along with his life and became Cuuldurach, the glimpse of twilight, He still wished to serve the Sith as he had all his life. However, he had been there only a short time before Sinistra and almost all of the Sith who followed her diss appeared without a trace. It was then that another rose up to lay claim to the throne, though he wasn't a Sith. He was just a normal man, one without the Force. When he had taken over, Cuuldurach had left the estate behind and wandered into the wilderness.
For the past six months to year, for he had lost track of time, he had continued his training, growing stronger, not only as a user of the Force and darkness, but as a survivor. He had done well. But he had always kept his ear to the ground, keeping tabs on what had been happening as the Empire continued to thrive. It was then that he learned the Sith were once again growing within the Empire. He had heard of one, a Darth Andor, that became the Grand Inquisitor by the Emperor's command. It seemed the Sith were once again rising and that meant he would return as well.
But he wouldn't go back to the Empire. No, he would serve the Sith and only them. He needed to get in contact with the Andor and offer his aid. But he had heard that he was currently off world. Until he returned, Cuuldurach would wait and continue his training.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2015 12:59:54 GMT -8
Time had passed on, days, months, it was unknown. On a single rock in an open field, Cuuldurach sat in meditation. With each day, he continued to hone his skills, increasing his focus, his power, his speed. His was a warrior and the way he conducted himself was as such. Even as a Sith, he believed in honor and the reality of a fair fight. True, he would use every skill in his arsenal to defeat an opponent, but he wouldn't stab them in the back, unless it was the way things needed to play out. Even his abilities reflected this chosen path. Everything from his combat style to his abilities in the Force, everything was passed on attack and not on manipulation and deception.
With each day that passed, he continued to keep his ear to the ground should Andor return. And it was during this meditation that he felt his return. It was clear as day as it radiated from the Estate. So much anger resided within the presence. Something had definitely placed him in a foul mood. For the moment, Cuuldurach waited, letting that anger subside. He had no desire to be on the other side of it. Once it had finally eased off, he let his own darkness build letting it become a beacon to Andor.
Opening his eyes, he jumped from his rock and progressed towards the city. He didn't know whether Andor would have any care to seek him out, but if he did, he'd make sure he was easy to find and he knew of a nice restaurant in the city.
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Gavin Phoenix
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Post by Gavin Phoenix on Aug 18, 2015 13:58:07 GMT -8
*Gavin made his way away from the city with Anya close in tow. As they thought, the presence was continuing to follow them. As Luxeria was curious about them, he was getting just as curious about her. Their meeting would definitely prove interesting. Finally far enough out that it would only be the three of them, he stopped, but didn't turn around when he spoke.*
"You can come out now. We know you've been tailing us for quite some time."
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Luxeria
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Post by Luxeria on Aug 18, 2015 16:58:46 GMT -8
As the minutes passed on, Luxeria began to wonder just what they planned to do. They simply seemed to just walk around and talk. At this rate, she was never going to find out what she wanted to know. The more she thought that, the more irritated she became. These two had power, power she had not felt from either the Jedi or Sith. She had to know what it was, how they got it, and above all, she wanted it for herself.
Finally, the pair had broken away from the crowded streets and began to head out of the city. Bit by bit, people began to vanish until there seemed to be none around. JUst what did they plan to do out here? Was it to fight or train? Maybe her curiosity had lead her to follow them only to witness them indulge themselves in possible love making. That thought only continued to bother her as it delayed what she really wanted. While she wouldn't deny Gavin did look attractive and seeing him with less clothing would have been appealing, it wasn't what she was after.
Yet, she didn't expect them to simply stop and the man call out to her, claiming they knew she was following them. She stayed behind the tree she was using for a few moments more until it looked like he looked her way a bit. She should have guessed as much. If they were strong, sensing another's presence would have been easy, especially for one who was unable to hide her's. Stepping out, she let her walk hold a sense of seduction, hoping to get what she wanted through attraction.
"Am I so obvious, then?"
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Gavin Phoenix
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Post by Gavin Phoenix on Aug 18, 2015 17:39:37 GMT -8
*Gavin turned to look at her with a smirk, his piercing ice blues eyes looking into her.*
"Obvious is an understatement. Next time you want to follow someone, you should really hide your presence." *He crossed his arms as his smirk faded.* "What are you looking for? I don't think you're following us because of a bounty. So what is it you want?"
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Luxeria
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Post by Luxeria on Aug 19, 2015 14:06:19 GMT -8
She took in the piercing stare of Gavin's. It was definitely something to look at, so intense and certainly had a dark appeal to them. But at the same time, it was like he was staring into her, through her. As much as it was attractive, it was also intimidating. But she didn't let that show. She couldn't let someone, anyone, make her feel small or weak. She refused to be looked down upon, only tolerating it with Andor due to him being her master and the obvious power he had.
Gathering herself, she let her body change position a bit, her left leg turning in a bit and her face taking on a more innocent and shy appearance. She couldn't just tell them what she wanted. She'd have to work it out of them.
"I was just curious. I noticed her leaving the Estate and she seemed different. I didn't meet anyone really when I first came her so I was looking to make friends." Her tone carried the same innocent and shy feel, though she made sure to make it believable. Lay it on too thick, get too high pitched and its easily came across fake.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2015 14:12:47 GMT -8
Anya brushed her long brown hair with her right hand, almost like a high class girl being cocky to one who was lower than them. When she spoke, there was even a hint of darkness, as she gave a bit of a smirk.
"Quite the story." She placed her hands on her hips. "A piece of advise, if you're going to make a story believable, make sure no one knows anything about you, or twist it to make it work with what they do. I know who you are, Aleena Mirax. You arrived here a few months ago and was detained by the Grand Inquisitor, to which you became his apprentice. And one thing I've learned of the Sith is that they desire power. No doubt the reason you followed us. Either that or your master wanted you to eliminate us."
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Gavin Phoenix
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Post by Gavin Phoenix on Aug 19, 2015 14:17:32 GMT -8
*Gavin listened as both girls spoke. What surprised him was the attitude in Anya's voice. It wasn't cockiness in his mind, but one that wouldn't be fooled by tricks. She had definitely grown.
Turning his attention to Luxeria, he tilted his head.* "The Gran Inquisitor, huh? The one called Darth Andor, I do believe. I meet him a few months ago on Nar Shaddaa. As far as I know, we have a mutual respect towards each other. So I don't see him trying to kill me, or at least sending his apprentice to do so. So why are you here? Surely your master is teaching you what you wish to learn. Wouldn't be much of a master otherwise."
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Luxeria
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Post by Luxeria on Aug 19, 2015 16:46:06 GMT -8
As the two spoke about her, she stood straight, her shy and innocent facade fading. Since her training, she had taken on a firmer, stronger look when not trying to use her looks to get what she wanted. In this case, her beauty would be of little good. In fact, she was the one at the disadvantage. While what Anya and Gavin said was very little about her, it was enough to throw the subtle plan out the window.
Taking a deep breath, she shrugged. "Well, I guess there's no point in hiding it then if you two know so much." She looked between the two of them with her forest green eyes as she tried to measure them, judge them. It was a difficult task, especially with Gavin. Whatever training they faced let them become unreadable, at least to someone of her level of skill. "I am Luxeria. Indeed, I am a Sith and an apprentice to Darth Andor. He has and is teaching me many things. However, if I wish to become greater than him, which I do, I must gain knowledge that is not from him and learn things he doesn't know. The power you two have is unlike those of the Jedi and the Sith. I want to know of the power you hold and how to gain it."
She made sure to not to express anything beyond her training and apprenticeship to Andor. Outside of that, she would keep anything else hidden. She couldn't afford letting the existence of the Order of Ruin be known just yet. They were in the process of gaining their strength and were not ready to be revealed just yet.
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Gavin Phoenix
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Post by Gavin Phoenix on Aug 20, 2015 13:32:29 GMT -8
"And you feel we'll just tell you? What will you do if we choose otherwise? I don't think you'd be foolish enough to try and force it out of us."
*Gavin looked her up and down, measuring her, understanding her.* "Perhaps I can be generous enough to help you. I suspect by learning more than him, you seek to kill him as many Sith apprentices do to their masters after so long. Such a shame. But if you wish to beat a Sith, there are fundamentals you will need to learn to give you a solid defense. First, you should learn to fight without a weapon. This will allow you the ability to engage an enemy if you lose your weapon or leave it behind and your enemy is still equipped. You must also learn to master your emotions as well as be able to seal your mind. With control of your emotions and your past, you can allow a Sith master capable of using your emotions against you to enter your mind, yet not suffer the effects of the attack, or at least to a far less degree. Use that as a deception attack and from there keep your mind sealed."
*As he talked, he began to walk around her.* "You must also dive into the darkness. Being Sith, that should be a given, but you must be able to use that power to its fullest and have great focus as to not be overwhelmed. Finally, as a lot of Sith find a liking in Force Lightning, Tutaminis is a good skill to learn. There are many levels, but this technique allows you to absorb energy, which can be harnessed to unleash greater power for a short time. Anything else is best adjusted towards the one you will be facing. Learn his strengths and weaknesses, see how he fights and then powers he can use. Always be ready for anything."
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Luxeria
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Post by Luxeria on Aug 20, 2015 15:39:29 GMT -8
She let her eyes follow Gavin, making sure he stayed inside her field of view until he was directly behind, but caught him again as he moved around to her other side. She opened her mind to his words. If he was so willing to offer her information, she certainly wasn't going to pass it up. Though there wasn't much that he said, she hung on every word, letting each thing tie to what she had seen of Andor.
She had watched his battle against Abaddon on Thule. He was everywhere, moving and jumping, using his speed and smaller frame to perform acrobatic displays. If he had faced her, she'd still never know what he could do. The encounter on Thule had certainly proved fruitful in that matter. If she was able to develop the ability to fight him unarmed while he moved like that, it would definitely show her capabilities in combat.
All too well, did she know of Andor use of lightning. She had seen in on their first encounter. If this skill, Tutaminis, could absorb such energy and be used by her, it would certainly give her an edge.
However, despite the bits she gained from him in being ready, there was thing she knew she feel short in. Her head dropped and her fists tightened, slowly becoming pale. Her irritation could be felt in her presence heard in her voice. "All good points to keep in mind. I want to descend further into the darkness, however..."
She cut herself off as she lifted her head and looked hard at the two. She didn't know why she started speaking about it, but she couldn't let people know she could only go so far into the darkness due to her lack of emotion and experiences.
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Post by Gavin Phoenix on Aug 20, 2015 15:42:18 GMT -8
*Gavin stopped his pace when she spoke, letting his head tilt once again. He could hear it, feel the irritation. Though she stopped herself from saying it aloud, it was all too clear.* "I see. You are unable to go too deep in the darkness. But from the way you talk, you weren't converted from the light through torture. You came in search of the Sith from the beginning. You desire the dark path, but lack the emotions and experiences to use it effectively."
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