Post by seras on Feb 8, 2018 5:07:29 GMT
[21:42:04]
Commodore Aleena Tassiter:
Gravitas squadron had been pulled away from the front for a quiet mission into the Quarantine Zone. Well, as quiet as a full command squadron and it's attendent ships could be. Something Republic Intelligence had picked up quietly from places best left unspoken of, she had been informed. Pressing further had gone nowhere, public or private. With Captain Pellaeon off on a mission of his own, she'd been seconded the Skyhook and Defiant each, along with a dozen MC80s and a gaggle of Nebulon-Bs. And the attendent masses of fighters and bombers. And, of course, the patented Tassiter magic.
Nar Shadaa had been a bit of a thorn, one that overstretched administration officials and admirality tacticians had been willing to overlook in the name of a smooth transferring of power following the utter and rapid collapse of the Hutt Empire. But, apparently, something had come down the grapevine that had kicked some hornet's nest or another over. The local power structure was seen as not just untenable, but something that needed immediate and firm correction.
[21:53:40]
Anzek Dirano:
*Reports came into Anzek of the fleet gathering above Nar Shaada. He sat in his control room and when the display came before him he paused a moment only to chuckle. The Empire had tried a move around ten years ago and now this push from the Republic, The ship station he controlled above the planet when on full alert and hundreds of fighters began to swarm from the fully operational station. The weapons systems came online with the typical and standard defense systems of ion blasters, turbo lasers and a shield system. Anzek hit the comm “ I see? The new Republic finally shows itself… Funny you find time for me when you have so much space to cover.. Well then, shall we dance?” * He cuts off the comms and two class II star destroyers warped into the system “ Boomsitck” and “Scarlet Guard”. Anzek lets the fleet sit before opening comms to all of Nar Shaada “ This is Anzek Diano. The Republic has come in and decided they can make us a bend a knee. They hang people like us, the empire executes us as well. I will personally give one million credits to anyone who brings down their lead ship. All drinks are free for 24 galactic hours and all grienances on pause.* He cuts the comm and the Republic fleet would see a fleet, a swarm of ships, fighters, feighters and more all spamming into the space around Nar Shaada while the two Star Destroyers under his command open fire on the lead ship of this Rebellion push*
[22:09:57]
Commodore Aleena Tassiter:
Surprise: It turned out criminals and former Hutt employees, (but I repeat myself) could be bribed! Who knew? But as it was, the planetary defenses were... having troubles coordinating at the moment as a small teeny tiny mutiny was going on. A not inconsequential amount of credits and amnesty offered, along with tickets offworld, did wonders to gum up the works. New Republic commandos were, of course, pitching in because who offered the bribes in the first place?
The two enemy ISDs jumped in, to find themselves facing three matching ISDs commanded by the New Republic, along with a full cadre of MC80 cruisers, with some Nebulon Bs and a Broadside along for the ride. Boomstick, Scarlet Guard, please meet the Gravitas Rising, Skyhook and Defiant. Along with the Mon Cal Cruisers: Mon Keesha, Mon Kirish, Mon Talis, Mon... well, the list goes on. Aleena did not do things by half-measures, and the rare treat of coming up on a foe with superior firepower was leaving the Commodore ever so faintly giddy.
"Boomstick, Scarlet Guard, power down your weapons. Amnesty is offered to anyone who turns in the wanted fugitive Anzek Dirano along with his upper command. Rewards to be negotiated. You have two minutes to comply, any weapons fire from your vessels will be met with overwhelming force. Gravitas Rising out." Planetary fire was not zero, but at the range of the squadron had jumped in and the chaos in the command centers down below it was ignored. From the ISDs came a mass of fighters, mostly X-Wings of course, but courtesy of Lianna there was wings of TIE Avengers and TIE Defenders to greet. B-wings as well, because the Commodore did love her some bombers.
[22:20:00]
Anzek Dirano:
Hahaha. * He said to himself while turning to his his second in command* Engage the planetary shield and fire the ion cannon. Targer those enemy capital ships. * These defenses have been built up in rp and logs as a note, ion cannons begin to fire on the enemy SD’s engagging Anzek’s two* Begin operations to take them out. * The ship yard above Nar Shaada opens fire on the fighters, gunships and capital ships with turbo lasers while hundreds of Viper, mandalorian made fighters, engage the enemy fleet while dropping clusters of micro droids to latch onto enemy ships and rip them apart. The Two Star Destroyers respond to the offer of surrender by opening fire. A lot of those ships deploying from the space station begin to suicide into the SD’s of the Republic with loads of thermal denominators. All of the fighters using droid minds to suicide into the big ships. Anzek watches from his room* Prepae my luxury yatch. * He moves from the screen to watch from his data pad as his ships completely rip apart the Republic fleet with suicide sapper runs and his ion cannos rip into them. Yes, she had spies and such and the fleet of ships engaging her on the smuggler side were in combat but they fought her side as well.The Criminals may have been in conflict but Anzek and his forces are in unison and the Republic walked into a mind field and Anzek had been prepared. Anzek moves to boar his persona ship as all hell breaks loose in the skies above the moon*
[22:32:13]
Commodore Aleena Tassiter:
The Commodore was neither stupid, nor cocky enough, to have jumped within reach of the planetary batteries. Avengers, X-Wings and defenders had plenty of time between the orbital shipyards and the capitals to provide effective screening against the incoming ships and droids. And these were mostly battle hardened veterans of the Rebellion, not locals with little practical experience, or mercenaries who traditionally had little desire to stay in a heavily lopsided fight. Aleena did not get to where she was by taking stupid risks.
As the enemy ISDs engaged their own, the MC80s would begin to move along, working to edge out the battleground and come at the Scarlet Guard from the side. More X-wings and B-wings began to pour out of the cruisers hangars, hundreds and hundreds of them. When you go after the king, you best not miss. That, of course, worked both ways.
"Tango Squadron, provide covering fire to Delta Wing. Delta Wing, bombing run along the provided vectors." Rapid fire orders spun off while Aleena immersed herself in the data of the war. She had inbound comms filtered in to her while she stood in the holotank, directing the battle like a conductor directed an orchestra. The Skyhook pushed along into the fore, turbo laser fire focusing on the Scarlet Guard's shield generators while B-wing runs gave the enemy star destroyer, absent any point defense to speak of, a bad case of trench run disease. For her part, the Nebulons stayed close to swat down any attempt to do the same back to them.
[22:38:57]
Anzek Dirano:
Are you sure about this, Dirano? * His right hand man asked him as he boarded the ship he had come to use as his flag ship. This man had built his entire life off being ruthless and cunnng*. He moved onto his ship his luxury yacht and when the computer hive mind greated him he smiled* Set a course for Tatooine. * The computer replied and behind him his droid asked him* “Continue sir?”* In the blink of an eye Anzek nodded, both of his SD’s jumped to hyperspace while the space station itself detonated its core, the AI fights all do the same and the Republic fleet would be eating losses as the space all around them exploded with tons of detonators and and droid pilot ships using their warp core as bombs as well as the space station itself. In the meantime Anzek and his SD’s are heading far away. Suck it, bitches. Mic drop moment*
[22:49:10]
Commodore Aleena Tassiter:
While there was damage done to the Republic Fleet, it was relatively light all told. Thick fighter and interceptor screens had kept most of the damage to the capital ships minimal, though two of the Nebulon-Bs had taken systems critical damage and were about to pull out when the two ISDs pulled out, along with a small space yacht. "Tag them and bag them. Be readied to move out on any positive sightings. Mean time, get Ackbar on the comms and let him know that Operation Mouse Trap is golden. Didn't even have to pull a rabbit out of the hat." She watched the mans petty spite, a glowing cloud of wreckage that was raining down on Nar Shadaa as they spoke. It mostly flashed against the planetary shield but that level of constant bombardment from the dead station would not keep up forever. A genuine grimace of hate and disgust. "Cut and ran the first sign of trouble, that I can understand, but salting the earth as he went..." she shook her head. There was a quiet silence on the command station she'd buried deep in the Gravitas' guts.
"Well, he won't be able to keep things going along. Get the auditors in here, along with the commandos. I want every account tracked down, frozen and seized." Changed position to the comms. "Nar Shadaa command, it appears your fearless leader has skipped out on you. I'd question whether you are getting paid next week. Hell, with his exit, I'd question whether you'd be alive next week. Power down your planetary batteries and we will tractor the debris away from the planet."
Commodore Aleena Tassiter:
Gravitas squadron had been pulled away from the front for a quiet mission into the Quarantine Zone. Well, as quiet as a full command squadron and it's attendent ships could be. Something Republic Intelligence had picked up quietly from places best left unspoken of, she had been informed. Pressing further had gone nowhere, public or private. With Captain Pellaeon off on a mission of his own, she'd been seconded the Skyhook and Defiant each, along with a dozen MC80s and a gaggle of Nebulon-Bs. And the attendent masses of fighters and bombers. And, of course, the patented Tassiter magic.
Nar Shadaa had been a bit of a thorn, one that overstretched administration officials and admirality tacticians had been willing to overlook in the name of a smooth transferring of power following the utter and rapid collapse of the Hutt Empire. But, apparently, something had come down the grapevine that had kicked some hornet's nest or another over. The local power structure was seen as not just untenable, but something that needed immediate and firm correction.
[21:53:40]
Anzek Dirano:
*Reports came into Anzek of the fleet gathering above Nar Shaada. He sat in his control room and when the display came before him he paused a moment only to chuckle. The Empire had tried a move around ten years ago and now this push from the Republic, The ship station he controlled above the planet when on full alert and hundreds of fighters began to swarm from the fully operational station. The weapons systems came online with the typical and standard defense systems of ion blasters, turbo lasers and a shield system. Anzek hit the comm “ I see? The new Republic finally shows itself… Funny you find time for me when you have so much space to cover.. Well then, shall we dance?” * He cuts off the comms and two class II star destroyers warped into the system “ Boomsitck” and “Scarlet Guard”. Anzek lets the fleet sit before opening comms to all of Nar Shaada “ This is Anzek Diano. The Republic has come in and decided they can make us a bend a knee. They hang people like us, the empire executes us as well. I will personally give one million credits to anyone who brings down their lead ship. All drinks are free for 24 galactic hours and all grienances on pause.* He cuts the comm and the Republic fleet would see a fleet, a swarm of ships, fighters, feighters and more all spamming into the space around Nar Shaada while the two Star Destroyers under his command open fire on the lead ship of this Rebellion push*
[22:09:57]
Commodore Aleena Tassiter:
Surprise: It turned out criminals and former Hutt employees, (but I repeat myself) could be bribed! Who knew? But as it was, the planetary defenses were... having troubles coordinating at the moment as a small teeny tiny mutiny was going on. A not inconsequential amount of credits and amnesty offered, along with tickets offworld, did wonders to gum up the works. New Republic commandos were, of course, pitching in because who offered the bribes in the first place?
The two enemy ISDs jumped in, to find themselves facing three matching ISDs commanded by the New Republic, along with a full cadre of MC80 cruisers, with some Nebulon Bs and a Broadside along for the ride. Boomstick, Scarlet Guard, please meet the Gravitas Rising, Skyhook and Defiant. Along with the Mon Cal Cruisers: Mon Keesha, Mon Kirish, Mon Talis, Mon... well, the list goes on. Aleena did not do things by half-measures, and the rare treat of coming up on a foe with superior firepower was leaving the Commodore ever so faintly giddy.
"Boomstick, Scarlet Guard, power down your weapons. Amnesty is offered to anyone who turns in the wanted fugitive Anzek Dirano along with his upper command. Rewards to be negotiated. You have two minutes to comply, any weapons fire from your vessels will be met with overwhelming force. Gravitas Rising out." Planetary fire was not zero, but at the range of the squadron had jumped in and the chaos in the command centers down below it was ignored. From the ISDs came a mass of fighters, mostly X-Wings of course, but courtesy of Lianna there was wings of TIE Avengers and TIE Defenders to greet. B-wings as well, because the Commodore did love her some bombers.
[22:20:00]
Anzek Dirano:
Hahaha. * He said to himself while turning to his his second in command* Engage the planetary shield and fire the ion cannon. Targer those enemy capital ships. * These defenses have been built up in rp and logs as a note, ion cannons begin to fire on the enemy SD’s engagging Anzek’s two* Begin operations to take them out. * The ship yard above Nar Shaada opens fire on the fighters, gunships and capital ships with turbo lasers while hundreds of Viper, mandalorian made fighters, engage the enemy fleet while dropping clusters of micro droids to latch onto enemy ships and rip them apart. The Two Star Destroyers respond to the offer of surrender by opening fire. A lot of those ships deploying from the space station begin to suicide into the SD’s of the Republic with loads of thermal denominators. All of the fighters using droid minds to suicide into the big ships. Anzek watches from his room* Prepae my luxury yatch. * He moves from the screen to watch from his data pad as his ships completely rip apart the Republic fleet with suicide sapper runs and his ion cannos rip into them. Yes, she had spies and such and the fleet of ships engaging her on the smuggler side were in combat but they fought her side as well.The Criminals may have been in conflict but Anzek and his forces are in unison and the Republic walked into a mind field and Anzek had been prepared. Anzek moves to boar his persona ship as all hell breaks loose in the skies above the moon*
[22:32:13]
Commodore Aleena Tassiter:
The Commodore was neither stupid, nor cocky enough, to have jumped within reach of the planetary batteries. Avengers, X-Wings and defenders had plenty of time between the orbital shipyards and the capitals to provide effective screening against the incoming ships and droids. And these were mostly battle hardened veterans of the Rebellion, not locals with little practical experience, or mercenaries who traditionally had little desire to stay in a heavily lopsided fight. Aleena did not get to where she was by taking stupid risks.
As the enemy ISDs engaged their own, the MC80s would begin to move along, working to edge out the battleground and come at the Scarlet Guard from the side. More X-wings and B-wings began to pour out of the cruisers hangars, hundreds and hundreds of them. When you go after the king, you best not miss. That, of course, worked both ways.
"Tango Squadron, provide covering fire to Delta Wing. Delta Wing, bombing run along the provided vectors." Rapid fire orders spun off while Aleena immersed herself in the data of the war. She had inbound comms filtered in to her while she stood in the holotank, directing the battle like a conductor directed an orchestra. The Skyhook pushed along into the fore, turbo laser fire focusing on the Scarlet Guard's shield generators while B-wing runs gave the enemy star destroyer, absent any point defense to speak of, a bad case of trench run disease. For her part, the Nebulons stayed close to swat down any attempt to do the same back to them.
[22:38:57]
Anzek Dirano:
Are you sure about this, Dirano? * His right hand man asked him as he boarded the ship he had come to use as his flag ship. This man had built his entire life off being ruthless and cunnng*. He moved onto his ship his luxury yacht and when the computer hive mind greated him he smiled* Set a course for Tatooine. * The computer replied and behind him his droid asked him* “Continue sir?”* In the blink of an eye Anzek nodded, both of his SD’s jumped to hyperspace while the space station itself detonated its core, the AI fights all do the same and the Republic fleet would be eating losses as the space all around them exploded with tons of detonators and and droid pilot ships using their warp core as bombs as well as the space station itself. In the meantime Anzek and his SD’s are heading far away. Suck it, bitches. Mic drop moment*
[22:49:10]
Commodore Aleena Tassiter:
While there was damage done to the Republic Fleet, it was relatively light all told. Thick fighter and interceptor screens had kept most of the damage to the capital ships minimal, though two of the Nebulon-Bs had taken systems critical damage and were about to pull out when the two ISDs pulled out, along with a small space yacht. "Tag them and bag them. Be readied to move out on any positive sightings. Mean time, get Ackbar on the comms and let him know that Operation Mouse Trap is golden. Didn't even have to pull a rabbit out of the hat." She watched the mans petty spite, a glowing cloud of wreckage that was raining down on Nar Shadaa as they spoke. It mostly flashed against the planetary shield but that level of constant bombardment from the dead station would not keep up forever. A genuine grimace of hate and disgust. "Cut and ran the first sign of trouble, that I can understand, but salting the earth as he went..." she shook her head. There was a quiet silence on the command station she'd buried deep in the Gravitas' guts.
"Well, he won't be able to keep things going along. Get the auditors in here, along with the commandos. I want every account tracked down, frozen and seized." Changed position to the comms. "Nar Shadaa command, it appears your fearless leader has skipped out on you. I'd question whether you are getting paid next week. Hell, with his exit, I'd question whether you'd be alive next week. Power down your planetary batteries and we will tractor the debris away from the planet."