Operation Tenacity(Mandalorians)

[Jace]

Bane entered the Security center and before he knew it, Celke had already taken out her two guards. He saw Corporal Velos move towards the man at the control station.

I guess that leaves those two to me

Bane darted forward two steps, then dived into a roll, and sprung from his roll into the first guard. In mere seconds he had covered the distance between him and the guards, they seemed to have trouble comprehending this. The first guard was crumpled against the wall, Bane turned now with a knife in each hand. He ducked under the guards attack and put a blade right in his throat.

He turned around to start giving orders

"Velos ge...."

Until he noticed that Trin was already almost done with everything she needed to do. He watched as she sprinted off to take care of the chief of security. He looked around the room and saw Officer Tarria.

"Warrant Officer, On me!"

He waited until she was near him, and then laid out the situation.

"Alright, things are going pretty smoothly, I saw we stay incognito and maybe we can make it all the way to the bridge. Change into one of these security officers uniforms, and engineer walking around might draw unwanted attention. If we are lucky, we can make it all the way to the bridge without any problems."

Bane was glad things were going so well, but also slightly disconcerted. If things were going all good, something was bound to go wrong soon enough.

[Meira]

Trin had to move quickly. If she lingered too long anywhere, she risked the chance of being discovered as a fake, and aside from that, she could get lost. Then she'd really be in a jam. It wasn't like she could just stop and ask for directions. Excuse me, do you know where the Chief of Security's quarters are? Why? Oh, I'm just going to kill him is all. No, that wouldn't work. The average soldier wasn't exactly top of the class... but even they could see through that.

According to the man's info, he was currently off duty. The man she had killed in the Security room had been his second in command. So, if Chief was off duty, he'd either be in the mess hall, or likely in his own quaters getting some rest. She hoped for the latter, as it would be more dificult to kill him in a crowded cafeteria.

Ariving on the right level, Trin made her was as inconspicuously as possible until she finally reached the Chief's door. Hoping he was in, she knocked. A few gutwrenching moments passed before the door opened and there was Chief, looking down at her with a slightly vexed expression.

Who are you? He asked, his voice carrying the annoyance his face displayed.

Sir, I apologize for disturbing you. She said, giving a salute, which he half-heartedly returned. Barely noticeable, Trin's eyes scanned the hall for witnesses. Noting that there were none, she slowly allowed the spike in her sleeve to slip out under her hand. But there has been some kind of distur....

She didn't finishe the sentence. Her hand flew upward, her palm held back so that the spike to sink into the Chief's head from under his chin. The spike in her other hand came straight forward into the side of his stomach, the momentum helping Trin to push the Chief back into his quarters. The door quickly closed behind her, locking out potential witnesses.

Very sorry, Sir. She said, letting the man's body fall to the floor. She wiped the blood from the spikes on his clothes before setting them back inside her sleeves. They sure were useful. She then set about searching the Chief for his clearance pass. Once it was found, she scanned the room, looking for anything else she might need. She knew that the door to the bridge would require voice recognition, but she didn't have the time to try and get it out of him personally. So what could she use?

As the minutes passed, she became frantic. Worried that she had made a mistake. She shouldn't have killed him. She could have gotten him to say his name... she could have recorded it! Trin practically turned the room upside down trying to find something. SHe HAD to find something. After convincing the Lt. Col. to let her do it this way, she couldn't just go back and blow the door. That would be failure. And Trin hadn't failed since she joined the Mandalorians. She didn't plan on starting now.

Her answer came most accidentally. As she was pushing datapads off the Chief's desk, she activated what seemed to be a security log. She froze at the sound of the voice, but soon relaxed when she realized it wasn't real. She found the datapad the log had been recorded on and listened with held breath to see if he would give his name.

Nothing. She set the log back to the beginning, hoping that maybe it had started with the last entry rather than the first. After agonizing seconds as the device cued up, Trin nearly shouted with joy as she heard:

This is the security log of the Battleship Tenacity. Chief Security Officer Ryder Quinn reporting.

Trin looked over the device, trying to see if she could cue it to the right point. After a few tries, she had it cued up and was on her way to meet up with the others outside of the bridge.

[10Tickler]

Having Finished with the Slaughter of the Two guards that had presented such an easy target to the Small Girl, Hoisting herself on one of the Smaller tables, she sat and watched as Cpl. Velos and The Commander finished their targets, taking several moments longer than she would have to complete such an easy task. In the meantime, she had been cleaning her Various Implements and awaiting new orders.

When Bane finally shouted for her to join him, she slid off the table and was at his side with ease. Looks like we're tied at the moment she reminded him with a smirk before he could speak again.Mind you, once he did speak, her face went straight to annoyed. She was actually Rather Comfy in her Overalls, and didn't want to give up that Movement freedom for some Stuffy Uniform. But, orders were orders, and with a Few simple motions, she released the shoulder snaps and let the utility clothes fall to the floor.

Now only in her underwear, she Cast her Glare at Bane until he Averted his eyes, all the while Dressing in the Stuffy and annoying uniform of the Security force Troopers. It only took a Few minutes, But the tension was livid in the air, you could cut it with a Worm's rear.

When she was Finally Dressed, Celke picked up a Blaster Rifle... Goddess, I hate these things she muttered, But slung it over her shoulder anyway...Surely, she could come up with a new way to use it.

When she was finally ready, she Turned to bane, her blue eyes meeting his. After this, I want Leave she muttered to him

[Jace]

Bane saw the obvious annoyance presence on Officer Tarria's expression, all that annoyance over clothes. He always wondered why women got so attached to their positions. He shook his head and with that focused back on the mission.

He waited until Celke had finished changing, and then proceeded out of the security area, ordering the other two who came with them to remain here. He was sure that Velos was already on her way to the bridge, he didn't want to be late.

He turned and looked at Celke "Warrant Officer, lets try to avoid killing anyone until we get to the bridge"

He had a sly smile on his face, and then proceeded to the turbolift, which would take them directly to the level of the bridge. These uniforms basically guaranteed that they could walk straight up to the bridge without any incident.

He was still disconcerted by how easy everything was but then again the Republic was incompetent and getting the ship out of Republic space would be a miracle in itself. The Turbolift, stopped at bridge level and Bane moved with officer Tarria towards the entrance to the bridge.

He signaled for Officer Tarria to hold back, he didn't see Velos yet, but assumed she would be here soon. He didn't want to be standing at the entrance like an idiot, so he would wait until she arrived. He could comm her, but he didn't want to risk comm chatter right now, at least not yet.

[Meira]

Trin was moving quickly, perhaps a little too quickly. But she had wasted valuable time in her panic at the Security Chief's quarters. She had to make that time up. Perhaps if she had kept her cool, she wouldn't have run right into a lieutenant and a group of advisers as she came around a corner.

The two collided and fell to the ground. Trin was speechless. Her eyes were wide and her mouth hung open slightly as she sat on the ground. Busted. Soooo busted. The lieutenant picked himself up and then offered a hand to help Trin. She took it, still wide eyed. Once on her feet, she offered a salute and it was returned. The lieutenant asked if she was alright and she managed to respond with a Yes, Sir.

For a moment, the lieutenant studied Trin, as if something was amiss. He moved to speak, but one of his advisers spoke at that very moment from behind him, reminding him that they would be late for their meeting. Right. Carry on. He said, and the whole group moved past Trin and then out of sight.

Taking in a deep breath and letting it out with a sigh, Trin rolled her eyes and continued down the corridor to the turbolifts... this time at a more moderate speed. The lift brought her up to the bridge level, and Trin soon found herself standing behind the Lt. Col. and Warrant Officer. For a moment, she had an urge to say something like: "There they are, get those intruders!" But who knew who might hear her. So instead, she moved forward between the two of them and took the lead towards their biggest obstacle.

If Trin's plan didn't work, she'd have to go retrieve the explosives from the crate in the security office. Moving up to the access control, Trin first swiped the Chief's card. The light above the module flashed green, then a cool voice emitted from the speaker, asking for voice confirmation. Trin produced the log she had found in the Chief's quarters and set it to play from where she had cued it up.

-ecurity Officer --der Quinn. The device had skipped. The light on the panel flashed red. Access denied.

Turing to the others, she held up a hand before anyone could say anything. Just a second. I've got it, hold on. She fiddled with the log again until she had it where she wanted. Again she swiped the card, and again the voice asked for voice confirmation.

Chief Security Officer Ryder Quinn.

There was a pause and Trin held her breath, biting her lip as she hoped it would work.

Access granted. The light stayed green. The doors began to open. Trin stepped to the side, ready to move in after the Lt. Col. and the Warrant Officer. She took a moment of relief, but once the doors were fully open, they'd have to move in and take out everyone inside. At her sides, the spikes were ready. But if she wanted to survive, she'd have to find a blaster quickly.

[Jace]

Bane watched carefully as Trin arrived and starting working on the door. She seemed confident that she could get the door open without explosives, and he had to trust in her. This was special operations, each of them was responsible for the lives of the people in their squad. As she was working on the door, Bane realized he still hadn't given orders.

"Alright people, I don't need to tell you that we need to neutralize the bridge as fast as possible. Alright I am going straight in down the center, Velos your going left. That leaves the right for you Officer Tarria, make sure they don't get any communications out"

As Corporal Velos was working on her final adjustments for the door, Bane comm'd Ark.

"Ark, This is Bane....its time to rock and roll. You know the drill, your the sweeper here, take care of the rodent problem, and meet me at the bridge"

Bane then looked at the two ladies, and then held his hand up, 3 fingers up. He then began to countdown with them, this was it.

3.....2......1....

The door opened fully and Bane charged through the door, his blaster at waist level. The Admiral on the ship turned around, with a completely surprised expression on his face, only to have it blasted off by Bane.

Bane quickly dived forward as a blaster bolt passed by just where he was, he rolled to his knees, and began picking off more people.

There was a wide smile on Bane's face, one that could only be brought out on the battlefield.

[Zarkan]

Arkandos for his part was busy imagining every different fold in the tarp before him could be as he set and waited for his time to shine. "Well, I guess if you spun it a little if could be a cannock.." He thought to himself just before the comm wired straight to his brain tank zapped to life. "Bout time." he said quietly over the comm to bane as he stood up shredding the cargo straps holding him as well as the the tarp as he clunked towards his blaster rifle "I tell you green is soo, not my color. Set up a defense at the bridge I'll sweep up towards you there and we can catch them between us." Ark would have had a smile of satisfaction on his face if he could smile that was as he saw the shocked hanger worker's faces as he raked them with blaster cannon bolts. Not long after the last dock work fell he heard the alarm start wailing though the ship and as he exited the hanger he saw several security people setting up defenses. "Oh this will be fun." he thought as he started towards the line lifting his blaster.

[10Tickler]

Through the Door Even Quicker then her Commanding officer, some would think that Celke was Mad...and what if she were a little insane? Who would dare say a word to her about it? Who would admit that they were Suicidal? In that right, the Bridge's Ops Crew had no idea what was coming for them like a Whirling Dervish from Hades itself. A Spinning Kick Felled the Main Helmsman, a Tall, Gangly man with Lieutenant's bars on his shoulders. Next to him, An Engine Operator fell Quickly after his C.O., a hand bearing Razor-sharp Fingernails Puncturing through his Chest with Lethal force, severing his Aortic Artery, the removal of said hand caused a Spray of Blood to Cover his Console.

It didn't take long for the Bridge to be cleared after that. The Shock of an insane Midget raging through the Deck and leaving a Trail of Blood on the Floor was more than enough to Push whomever was left back towards the Door, where Bane and Velos could Easily Wipe them up, which was the Plan anyways.

Still Though, Between Feet and Fists, Knees and Elbows, Shattered teeth and pools of Blood lay over the floor, even one head, disconnected from it's body by the Femme Fatal's Garrote Wire. Finally Stopping, she looked up, breathing. Her Face and clothes were Dripping Crimson with Blood, her fingernails gritty underneath with meat.

Sorry.... Kinda lost it there she said, Grinning a little. Truthfully, Scared Bridge Crews, untrained in fighting Close up were about as exciting as a Worm. But she had her fun for now, which was what mattered.

[Meira]

Trin moved in through the door behind the others. She managed to sneak up behind a guard standing near the door. With a sharp kick to the back of his knee, the man came down. At the same time, she removed his side arm and shot the man in the back of the head just as his knees hit the floor. After a few moments, the man fell to the side.

Trin was about to move forward, but saw no reason to as the blur that was Tarria ripped through the shocked inhabitants of the bridge. Trin had little to do but pick off the ones trying to get away... and finish off the one's she didn't fully kill. It was a slaughter, and when Tarria finished, Trin could see the crazed look fade from her eyes. She made a mental note to keep her distance from the Warrant Officer if they should ever fight together in the future.

Tarria was a killer, and she enjoyed it... maybe a little too much. Trin had learned the art of killing quick and quietly. She enjoyed the challenge of a fight, but not like Tarria. Trin preferred quick, quiet, and clean. She wasn't one to relish the pain she brought others. She prided herself in the fact that her targets rarely even felt anything at all.

When the dust settled, Trin turned to the Lt. Col. Bridge is clear Sir!

[Jace]

Bane watched as Officer Tarria swept through the bridge, killing almost everyone on the bridge. He didn't have much work after she finished picking off the last of the survivors. He figured he was doing them a favor by not letting Tarria kill them. He heard the all clear, and knew that the needed to get moving as soon as possible.

He quickly began barking orders to Velos and Tarria.

"Chief Warrant Officer, lets get this ship moving and get the hell out of dodge city. None of us here really know how to pilot this ship properly but lets do what we can.

Velos, patch me through to the ships comm system, and then work on getting us a hyperspace jump the hell out of here. Remember we need to plot jumps back to Concord Dawn so we are not followed, no direct jumps there.

The easy part is over, now we somehow have to get this big ass cruiser out of here, and we are right in the middle of a god damn republic fleet."

Jace quickly moved to the front of the bridge and hopped into a seat, continuing to grumble to himself. He kept muttering choice swear words, and wondering why he couldn't have gotten a ground mission with some nice soil beneath his feet.

He began hitting various buttons, preparing the ship for launch, hoping he was doing the right thing.

Damnit Damnit Damnit Damnit

[Zarkan]

Ark's dull red photoreceptors stared blankly at the bloodstained walls and shattered bodies surrounding him he then turned his attention to the security trooper crawling on his back away from the ancient mandalorian. Reaching down he grasped the man by his head and lifted him to eye level studying the mans terrified and contorted face. With a sickening wet crunching sound the mans skull collapsed his head slipping though ark's grasp to fall to the ground. wiping his hand on his left thigh he activated his radio to contact bane. "I believe I have eliminated most of their security force, bane. I believe they were trying to secure the engine room. Regardless I will continue my sweep to you, don't accidentally run the ship into anything while I'm away."

Restarting his relatively slow march though the ship he past several people who looked like civilians who simply cowered at the sight of the massive cyborg strew head to toe in blood and gore. He left them be they'd cause no harm, besides there was no honor in slaughtering unarmed men and women. As he neared the Bridge he ran into a few more scattered security men attempting to regroup and assault the bridge. A few blaster bolt here and there removed them quite nicely, and the halls were soon laden with more corpses.
Arkandos looked over the bridge of the centurion as he stood at the entrance watching as bane fumbled with the controls. Sighing he dropped his rifle at the entrance and walked up behind bane and set his hand on bane's shoulder leaving a dark red print and bent down to two buttons. pressing them he unlocked the ships docking clamps and severed its fuel lines from the station. "Perhaps you should allow me to do this?"

[10Tickler]

Still trying to catch her breath fully, Celke moved from the spot where she had stood, Dripping, to one of the Crates, so willingly brought up by one of the other Units. Removing a Small-looking package, she pardoned herself for a Minute, to go to the Refresher.

Inside of the Cubical-esque room, she stared at her hands, at the Grime and rank fluids that covered them, and after a moment turned the water on high in the little sink and began to Furiously scrub her hands, Suds and such rising up her arms.

Swallowing, she shed her clothes, tying back her hair with a thin strip of leather before placing her Helmet on her own head, suiting up in her armor, individual plates of Grey and red linking together. Behind the mask, she felt more in control. No one could see her face, no one could see what she was thinking. That was a good thing.

Back on the Bridge, the CWO moved quickly past the Conn, headed to the Hyperspace controls, her eyes squinting behind her helmet, trying to read the Minuscule text on the screen. Whenever we're clear of the Gravity well of Kuat, the computer's ready for the First Jump she said, her voice now emotionless and mechanical sounding behind her helmet.

[Meira]

Trin sat down quickly at the comm controls. From the bridge, it would be a relatively easy task to give the Lt. Col. whatever he wanted. No real hacking here. A few keys and Trin signaled to Bane that the comm at his station was ready. She then stood and moved to one of the nav computers and started to look up possible routes. Something round-about, but not too crazy would suit them fine.

It wouldn't be hard for the Republic to figure out where they went once they figured out who took the ship, but if all went according to plan, they wouldn't know that until they were long gone. By then, it wouldn't matter. What mattered was making sure they wouldn't be followed now.

Her mind raced as she looked at the read out on the screen. Where to go first? Maybe someplace in the outer rim? Maybe close to those sith forces everyone was talking about? That might take the Republic off their tail... but it was risky. She was fairly sure the sith wouldn't ignore a Republic ship just suddenly showing up on their doorstep. Her eyes darted as she looked over the maps and routes. In the end, she supposed it didn't matter, as long as there were multiple jumps... and they didn't get attacked as soon as they came out of hyperspace.

With quick fingers, she set in the course, 6 jumps, criss-crossing the galaxy and ending at Concord Dawn. No jumps actually brought them any where near any planets on the main routes, just obscure, rarely visited ones. When the last details were punched in, she swiveled around in her seat. We're good to go, Sir.

[Jace]

Bane looked up as a heavy hand was laid on his shoulder, and he looked up and saw Ark. He nodded at Ark's suggestion and got out of the seat and walked a few feet back so he was standing in a central area around his team.

He hit the comm to the ship

"This is Lieutenant Colonel Bane, we have secured the bridge and are proceeding to get the hell out of here. Root out of the last of the Republic's forces, make sure the engine room is completely secure, and prepare for a rough time. Bane...out"

He keyed off the comm and looked around, they had undocked, the Republic would surely notice this. They needed to get out of here, and they needed to do it before they got blown into pieces.

He watched with slight pride as his troops worked efficiently and had everything ready in a few short moments.

"Alright...Ark! Get us out of the Kuat's Gravitational orbit! Velos! Tarria! the nanosecond we are out, I want us in hyperspace on our course to Concord Dawn!"

With that, Bane remained quiet, and let his mind focus on the task at hand.

[Zarkan]

Ark watched at Bane vacated his seat and the cyborg fought down the urge to snort like he could fit in the Lt. Colonels vacated seat. Arkandos chuckled as best as his cyborg avatar could anyway sounding more like a mechanical gurgle than any thing else as Bane told them to take them away. "Aye, Aye, Captain" he said tapping the engine start button and moving to slider to full. The massive ship slowly Inched out of the space dock and out into open space heading towards the edge of the Kuat system as a pair of hammerheads began long burns towards the centurion. Ark was the first to notice the trouble he could spot that distinctive engine glow with out even thinking. "Bane, Hammerheads at 4 O'clock."

[10Tickler]

Celke had noticed them on her Sensors as well, just a Few seconds later, individual miniture blips of Gravety, all able to Screw with the ship's hyperdrive Motivators. Incoming Fast, I count three...no...Four. Attempting to Prevent Jump to Lightspeed sir her former tone returning. Not the tone that spelled death, or doom...no. This was the Tired sounding Celke, the one that had been forced to be an Aide to a General, a Secretary in the Quartermaster's. This voice was duty, was disenthrallment in it's own slight way.

Twitching her fingers across the Controls, she looked back to Bane, Ark and Velos. If we jump within the next 10 seconds, we can avoid them, otherwise, they catch us and hold us down she announced, staring at Cpl. Velos intently, her eyes asking if the computers had the H-drive coordinates down yet, pleading that they did.

[Meira]

Trin sat, feeling more helpless than she had ever felt in her life as she listened to Ark and Tarria detail their approaching threats. Her eyes were glued to the nav screen as it counted down the time until the computer was ready to make the jump. Then her eyes jumped to another monitor, counting down distance until they were clear of the planet's gravity well. She cursed her inability to do the math faster. Was there time?

Seconds seemed to tick by, both painfully slow and fast at the same time. All the while, the little blips on the radar came closer and closer. Suddenly, three lights and three alarm tones went off at once. One was a signal that they were clear of Kuat's gravity, another was the all clear for the first lightspeed jump. The last was a proximity alarm, courtesy of the four hammerheads coming straight for them. They were a danger to the jump.

That is if she didn't hit the button in...

3....

2.....

Trin's fist slammed against the button, her eyes wide and her teeth biting down on her bottom lip. Through the view port, white dots morphed into streaks as the ship lurched into hyper speed. The alarms and lights shut off, a new one blinking quietly green. Successful jump. After a few moments, Trin's eyes turned to look at the others.

Sa.. ahem.... Safely away, Sir. She said, her eyes landing on Bane.

[Jace]

(Alright I am just going to edit this to put us at arriving at Concord Dawn so we can get Mara and Tal involved as well as let Eclipse go of and do his own stuff)

When Bane heard that they had 4 hammerheads coming for them, he surely thought it was the end. He wasn't even afraid, he was just ashamed that he wouldn't be able to die gloriously killing as many people while he did. Corporal Velos had proved clutch and got them into hyperspace, a second before they would have been trapped there.

"Well that was fun..." Bane commented, without any sort of intonation of fun in his voice.

He walked around the bridge and then collapsed heavily into a seat and let out a long sigh.

"Good Job everyone! we aren't quite at Concord Dawn yet, so lets hold off celebrations until then.

Most people would relax at thinking they were going back home, but Bane knew better. They had another mission to take care of, which was just as dangerous, and they weren't going to be getting any R&R.

Bane looked around, and everything seemed to be in well in hand. He didn't know what else to do but he was exhausted, and they were in the relative clear. So he stretched out a bit and managed to fall asleep until he was awoken 20 minutes before they reached Concord Dawn.

Well the first mission of the Mandalorian campaign was over and successful. He would hand this beast of a ship over to the navy and let them decide what to do with it. In the meantime his squad and himself needed to make their way back to the Special Ops HQ.

They had a long road ahead filled with shooting, stabbing and a decent amount of blood....Bane could definitely live with that.

(Alright I just jumped ahead, Zark and Meira, look for my post in the Mando Spec Ops HQ on Concord Dawn and then follow suit. This is just the beginning!)