Mondder

Aya smiles, now this was something more her style.

-Aya
Well let's see. There is a rifle prototype that could use a bit of field testing. The company has their own field testers, but one more wouldn't hurt. We could stop by the testing facility & pick one up. Only drawback is that you would have to use it & send in periodic reports. Other than that, there are always the little odd jobs for the various companies in the Collective that always tend to have a backlog.

Aya lets loose with a rather evil smile.

-Aya
We could always kill two birds with one stone. Let's see ... Hmmm, looks like Gold Standard loaned some money to a person. They failed to pay back on time. We know where they are, but so far all the collection agents we have sent have been shot at. The objective would be seize or destroy property of a certain value or greater (preferably seize). Interested?

The pair shortly found themselves at one of the many research facilities located on the outskirts of the main city. After a few more minutes of making their way through the building, they entered a rather large room with heavy plates mounted on every wall. Sitting on a table near the door was a rather bulky rifle.

-Aya
Right, they have worked out most of the bugs. Technically it is listed as a heavy carbine. But it has a power cycle better suited to an anti-vehicle or anti-emplacement rifle. The down side is that it tends to over heat at unfortunate times & the power cycles rather unevenly for the moment. Basically any time you pull the trigger you don't know if it is going to pump out a somewhat stronger than a blaster rifle, or enough to melt a landspeeder. For some reason the techs are having difficulty nailing down the cause.

The rifle should be firing in about the middle of that range & able to fire two or three times rapidly before a cool-down cycle. Currently might might overheat after anywhere from one to ten shots.

The rifle on the other hand had other ideas. The first two shots were on the low end of what the rifle was capable of, merely blowing pits in the large durasteel slab that a wookiee could put its fist into. The third shot however proceeded to reduce most of the ton-&-a-half slab into a quickly expanding glowing puddle, with a fair sized lumpy bit sticking up in the center. The rifle immediately kicked into a cool-down cycle after the third shot, emitting a soft chiming noise.

-Aya
For operation considerations, you can switch between an alert tone, a flashing light, or 'stealth' mode which doesn't have an alert.

Aya nods & holds up a map on her datapad.

-Aya
A bit outside of town, I'll being giving you a lift. Target is a secure bunker complex. You will have two other independent contractors as support. Objective is seize or destroy the compound. Minimize damage to the surrounding area. Prisoners are preferred to casualties.

==In transit==

As the ship was nearing the drop zone, Aya received a rather odd message from her Buir. It would seem that Z'har had just stepped down & named her as the head of the MandalMine Collective. Aya wondered briefly what the Force had lead to that little bit of insanity. Regardless, she would hold true to Z'har ideals. The clan would come first in all things, & as most of the clan worked for MMC (& 90% of MMC employees were part of the D'Ordinii clan) it was not a complicated issue. As the LAAT swung low over the drop zone, Aya turned to the mercs.

-Aya
Alright boys, Aya turns to the Sullustan & girl, this is the drop point. the target is the compound directly to the north. It is heavily defended, but it is mostly automated defenses. Intel shows that the only living being in the compound is the target. MMC would prefer the target alive, but don't put yourself or the mission at risk gunning for a live capture. If it becomes apparent that you will not be able to neutralize the target, your objective is to inflict as much damage on the compound as possible & withdraw. May the ancestors watch over you.

With that, the gunship dropped low enough for the mercs to hop out. Moments later it had withdrawn to a safe distance to wait for pickup.


==Merc assault team, just south of the compound==

The two other mercs did a quick finial check of their equipment & start off to the north. These two normally worked together, but this wasn't the first time they had worked as part of a larger group.

-Sal, the Sullustan
Right, Chrick & me work together a good deal. Chrick generally handles the tricky shots, while I mostly hit anything that is big & slow. Before you ask, no we aren't part of the company, but the pay is good, so we tend to do a lot of jobs for them. What about you? Specialization? Freelance or Clan?

-Sal
I'm Salistraissy, most just call me Sal.

The group crested one last hill, giving them line of sight down into the compound. It was a surprisingly large area. At least three building domes could be seen, though from the looks of the design, most of the structure was buried. a large area of the surrounding ground had been cleared & leveled, granting an impressive kill-zone. A square perimeter wall surrounded the internal courtyard. at each corner of the wall was a large automated turret. Within the wall, at least a dozen heavy combat droids were wandering around. Several small craters had been blow in the kill zone fairly recently.

-Sal
Those blast marks mean either a mine field or a mortar emplacement. The turrets shouldn't be too much of a problem. I can probably hit them from here, but once I fire, they are going to know where we are & return fire. If they do have a mortar that could easily mean a quick & messy end to the mission. Any ideas, clan boy?

Sal & Chrick watch in confusion for a moment as the insane Gungan goes charging down the hill.

-Sal
Well, so much for the element of surprise.

Sal takes careful aim with her cannon, using her grav-belt to more or less lock herself into position. With a loud crack, a massive bolt of energy reaches out & obliterates one of the turrets on this side of the compound. Cutting off the grav-belt, the duo quickly begins circling the compound moving away from their previous location. A moment later, a loud WHUMP sounds from inside the compound, a glowing canister arced high above the heavily scarred section of ground below. A moment later, the location vacated moments ago by the duo turned into a firestorm as the canister exploded. Several trees were shredded instantly & the entire area burst into flame.