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<blockquote data-quote="Beretta" data-source="post: 4600903" data-attributes="member: 12260"><p><strong>On the Trail</strong></p><p></p><p>Outside the town, Renei indicates a patch of rough ground. “This is where they captured me. I should be able to backtrack along my trail to the ship from here.”</p><p></p><p>Looking in the direction Renei indicates, the group can see a mountainous, rock-strewn wilderness stretching towards the horizon. It doesn’t look like it will be easy going out in that seemingly barren wasteland.</p><p></p><p>Fenri grunts in acknowledgement. “Lead the way.”</p><p></p><p>Between the rocky, treacherous terrain and the necessary care taken in order to avoid losing the trail, the journey is slow going. There is very little to see in the way of vegetation or native fauna, but they keep a wary eye on their backtrail in case they are being followed.</p><p></p><p>Late in the afternoon, Renei leads the way up a steep, shale-strewn hillside. She is almost at its top when she suddenly cries out in surprise. The shale shifts beneath her feet and she stumbles back. The cascading stones quickly become a landslide that engulfs the group, and a short but painful tumble later they each find themselves back at the bottom of the hillside – bruised, battered, and partially buried in dirt and shale. </p><p></p><p>After picking themselves up and dusting themselves off, they decide to make camp and tend to the injuries sustained in the fall. No one is seriously hurt enough to warrant the use of medpacs, but the cuts and bruises are painful enough and blunt their desire to take advantage of the remaining hour or so of daylight. The group sleep uneventfully beneath Ord Mantell’s twin moons, and arise early the next morning to resume their trek.</p><p></p><p>Shortly before midday, while passing through the shadowy valleys between the steep, rocky hillsides, the group become aware of the sounds of tumbling stones on the opposite side of one of the steep inclines.</p><p></p><p>“I’ll go take a look,” volunteers Fenri, sliding his blaster out from its holster. </p><p></p><p>“It could be an ambush.”</p><p></p><p>“I’ll back you up,” Khail offers. Fenri nods, and both men quickly make their way up the hillside. </p><p></p><p>As Fenri nears the top, he drops to the ground and crawls forward to its edge. Raising himself up on his arms, the soldier peers into the valley on the other side and gives an involuntary start, sending stones rolling down the slope with a loud clatter. The object of his surprise whirls at the sound and lets out a bestial roar. Standing twice the height of a man, the powerfully muscled, blue-scaled humanoid beast before him charges up the slope. Its massive, clawed fists slash at the air in anticipation, and drool drips from its razor-toothed maw. </p><p></p><p>Fenri leaps to his feet and races back down the hill towards the rest of the group, overtaking Khail’s own rapid retreat in his haste. At the sound of the roar his companions have all drawn their weapons, yet they are presently unsure of what it is they face. Their curiosity is more than satisfied when the imposing bulk of the Mantellian Savrip crests the hillside and barrels down towards them.</p><p></p><p>A pair of lightsabers hum to life as in one smooth motion Fenri whirls, takes aim with his blaster, and fires. The shot lances into the beast’s chest, causing it to roar in pain and fury, but does little to slow its charge. </p><p></p><p>Khail and Thalo quickly back away from the soldier and the onrushing Savrip, the smuggler snapping off a hasty shot. However, the creature’s momentum carries it out of the path of his fire and Cyan’s similarly desperate slash with her lightsaber - and directly into Fenri. He screams in agony as the Savrip’s teeth crunch into his arm as he raises it reflexively to ward off the beasts attack. Blood sprays from the wound as the soldier struggles desperately to bring his blaster to bear, but between the ferocity of its attack and the resulting injury his shot goes wide. </p><p></p><p>“Has anyone got a spare blaster?” screams Renei in panic. </p><p></p><p>“Yeah, over here!” Khail yells, pulling one of the cantina thug’s blasters from his belt. He tosses it to the dirt and fires again at the Savrip as Renei dashes over, scoops the weapon up, turns and fires. Desperate not to hit their companions in the close struggle that is taking place, both shots miss their mark.</p><p></p><p>Thalo reaches out to the Force and lets it overtake his senses. Time seemed to slow as he advances on the Savrip. A massive claw lashes out towards him, but he easily ducks underneath the blow and sweeps his lightsaber before him in a blazing emerald arc. The blade shears through the beast’s scales and flesh, searing a deep gouge in its flank. It roars again in pain and releases its grip on Fenri, who staggers back several steps. </p><p></p><p>Taking advantage of the moment, Cyan stretches her mind out to the Force as well and lets it guide her actions. Diving forward, she hits the ground and rolls, coming up behind the beast. The young Jedi plunges the azure blade deep into its other flank, and with one last roar of agony the Savrip finally succumbs to its wounds and collapses to the ground, dead.</p><p></p><p>Everyone moves over to Fenri, who is already beginning to bandage up his injuries. “I’ll be ok,” he says, waving away their concern. “It looks worse than it is – the armour took most of the impact, though it still hurts like hell.” He ties off the makeshift bandage with his teeth. “Let’s get moving though, in case there are any more of these things nearby.”</p><p></p><p>Resuming the trail, the group eventually arrives at the edge of a canyon maze. Beyond the cliff walls stretches a rocky landscape, dotted with mesas and ravines. Scorched earth and a small impact crater confirms that their new friend’s ship crashed here, but the vehicle itself is nowhere to be seen. </p><p></p><p>Renei Tosh turns to the group with a puzzled look on her face. “Uhh . . . would you believe it is here when I last saw it?”</p><p></p><p>Fenri gestures towards the ground. “Let’s have a look around. Maybe we can work out what happened.”</p><p></p><p>Everyone spreads out, looking for any other signs of the missing starfighter. </p><p></p><p>“There are tracks over here,” calls Thalo. “It looks like the ship was dragged in that direction” He gestures westwards towards the setting sun.</p><p></p><p>Renei makes her way over and peers at the ground. “Hmm… bantha prints. It appears that there were two of them.”</p><p></p><p>“Look out!” Fenri yells a sudden warning. At his shout of alarm, they all turn to see a purple-skinned Twi’lek rise up from her ambush position behind a large boulder, her blaster aimed at Renei. </p><p></p><p>The Twi’lek is fast, but Renei is faster. The girl is already diving to one side as a stun blast flashes through the area she has just vacated. Khail and Fenri’s blasters are quickly in hand and they return fire, their own stun bolts impacting harmlessly against the boulder she is using for cover. An emerald-bladed lightsaber hums to life and Thalo begins to move cautiously towards the bounty hunter.</p><p></p><p>Seeing the imminent threat, the Twi’lek shifts her aim to the Jedi. <em>Too easy</em>, she thinks. T<em>he fool is coming straight at me</em>. She thumbs the blaster’s switch off stun and let the gunsight drift over the Jedi’s head. <em>Got you</em>. </p><p></p><p>The bounty hunter gently squeezes the trigger and the fatal bolt lances towards Thalo. To her utter astonishment, the jedi sweeps the lightsaber up at the last moment and deflects the shot into the sky.</p><p></p><p>Outnumbered five-to-one and her weapon seemingly rendered useless, the Twi’lek turns to run. Thalo races after her but is unable to gain ground on the fleeing bounty hunter. Stun blasts from Fenri and Khail hiss through the air around the Twi’lek as she runs, with one of the soldier’s shots glancing off her arm. She grits her teeth in pain but manages to keep up the pace.</p><p></p><p>“Forget it, you won’t catch her,” Fenri growls into his comlink. Thalo gives up pursuit and returns to the gathered group.</p><p></p><p>Renei points to the tracks in the dirt. “These tracks will be easy to follow, and there’s no way that two banthas can drag a Z-95 too far or too fast in the time I’ve been away. Let’s get going.”</p><p></p><p>“No.” Thalo’s reply brings everyone up short. “We need to head back. Our master is due to return to the ship either today or tomorrow. We should be there when arrives.”</p><p></p><p>“What?!” Renei exclaims in astonishment. “He can contact you on your comlink! It’s going to take you at least a day to get back to Great Rock. Besides, once we recover my ship I can fly one of you back to the settlement in under an hour. It will take you less time to return to your ship if you help me retrieve mine, than it would if you are to walk back.”</p><p></p><p>“I still think we should go back,” the Jedi insists doggedly. “What if he’s in trouble and we need to get away quickly? I’d rather not risk it.” He turns to Khail and Fenri. “We have already paid you to fly us to this planet and back to Yavin IV. Your primary duty should be to us.” Thalo looks determined.</p><p></p><p>“Fine!” Renei shouts in frustration. “I’ll go on my own if need be. I need that ship – it’s my livelihood. It’s all I own in this galaxy!”</p><p></p><p>Khail turns to Fenri. Some unspoken conversation appears to go on between them, and Fenri finally shrugs; he would continue, even if it is only is annoy the Jedi. Khail turns back to Renei. “Relax, we’re going to help you.” Cyan nods in agreement.</p><p></p><p>“Dammit, fine then!” Thalo snarls, defeated. “Let’s get moving - we’re wasting time!” He stalks away along the drag marks gouged into the dirt by the disabled starfighter, the rest of the group quickly following in his wake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beretta, post: 4600903, member: 12260"] [B]On the Trail[/B] Outside the town, Renei indicates a patch of rough ground. “This is where they captured me. I should be able to backtrack along my trail to the ship from here.” Looking in the direction Renei indicates, the group can see a mountainous, rock-strewn wilderness stretching towards the horizon. It doesn’t look like it will be easy going out in that seemingly barren wasteland. Fenri grunts in acknowledgement. “Lead the way.” Between the rocky, treacherous terrain and the necessary care taken in order to avoid losing the trail, the journey is slow going. There is very little to see in the way of vegetation or native fauna, but they keep a wary eye on their backtrail in case they are being followed. Late in the afternoon, Renei leads the way up a steep, shale-strewn hillside. She is almost at its top when she suddenly cries out in surprise. The shale shifts beneath her feet and she stumbles back. The cascading stones quickly become a landslide that engulfs the group, and a short but painful tumble later they each find themselves back at the bottom of the hillside – bruised, battered, and partially buried in dirt and shale. After picking themselves up and dusting themselves off, they decide to make camp and tend to the injuries sustained in the fall. No one is seriously hurt enough to warrant the use of medpacs, but the cuts and bruises are painful enough and blunt their desire to take advantage of the remaining hour or so of daylight. The group sleep uneventfully beneath Ord Mantell’s twin moons, and arise early the next morning to resume their trek. Shortly before midday, while passing through the shadowy valleys between the steep, rocky hillsides, the group become aware of the sounds of tumbling stones on the opposite side of one of the steep inclines. “I’ll go take a look,” volunteers Fenri, sliding his blaster out from its holster. “It could be an ambush.” “I’ll back you up,” Khail offers. Fenri nods, and both men quickly make their way up the hillside. As Fenri nears the top, he drops to the ground and crawls forward to its edge. Raising himself up on his arms, the soldier peers into the valley on the other side and gives an involuntary start, sending stones rolling down the slope with a loud clatter. The object of his surprise whirls at the sound and lets out a bestial roar. Standing twice the height of a man, the powerfully muscled, blue-scaled humanoid beast before him charges up the slope. Its massive, clawed fists slash at the air in anticipation, and drool drips from its razor-toothed maw. Fenri leaps to his feet and races back down the hill towards the rest of the group, overtaking Khail’s own rapid retreat in his haste. At the sound of the roar his companions have all drawn their weapons, yet they are presently unsure of what it is they face. Their curiosity is more than satisfied when the imposing bulk of the Mantellian Savrip crests the hillside and barrels down towards them. A pair of lightsabers hum to life as in one smooth motion Fenri whirls, takes aim with his blaster, and fires. The shot lances into the beast’s chest, causing it to roar in pain and fury, but does little to slow its charge. Khail and Thalo quickly back away from the soldier and the onrushing Savrip, the smuggler snapping off a hasty shot. However, the creature’s momentum carries it out of the path of his fire and Cyan’s similarly desperate slash with her lightsaber - and directly into Fenri. He screams in agony as the Savrip’s teeth crunch into his arm as he raises it reflexively to ward off the beasts attack. Blood sprays from the wound as the soldier struggles desperately to bring his blaster to bear, but between the ferocity of its attack and the resulting injury his shot goes wide. “Has anyone got a spare blaster?” screams Renei in panic. “Yeah, over here!” Khail yells, pulling one of the cantina thug’s blasters from his belt. He tosses it to the dirt and fires again at the Savrip as Renei dashes over, scoops the weapon up, turns and fires. Desperate not to hit their companions in the close struggle that is taking place, both shots miss their mark. Thalo reaches out to the Force and lets it overtake his senses. Time seemed to slow as he advances on the Savrip. A massive claw lashes out towards him, but he easily ducks underneath the blow and sweeps his lightsaber before him in a blazing emerald arc. The blade shears through the beast’s scales and flesh, searing a deep gouge in its flank. It roars again in pain and releases its grip on Fenri, who staggers back several steps. Taking advantage of the moment, Cyan stretches her mind out to the Force as well and lets it guide her actions. Diving forward, she hits the ground and rolls, coming up behind the beast. The young Jedi plunges the azure blade deep into its other flank, and with one last roar of agony the Savrip finally succumbs to its wounds and collapses to the ground, dead. Everyone moves over to Fenri, who is already beginning to bandage up his injuries. “I’ll be ok,” he says, waving away their concern. “It looks worse than it is – the armour took most of the impact, though it still hurts like hell.” He ties off the makeshift bandage with his teeth. “Let’s get moving though, in case there are any more of these things nearby.” Resuming the trail, the group eventually arrives at the edge of a canyon maze. Beyond the cliff walls stretches a rocky landscape, dotted with mesas and ravines. Scorched earth and a small impact crater confirms that their new friend’s ship crashed here, but the vehicle itself is nowhere to be seen. Renei Tosh turns to the group with a puzzled look on her face. “Uhh . . . would you believe it is here when I last saw it?” Fenri gestures towards the ground. “Let’s have a look around. Maybe we can work out what happened.” Everyone spreads out, looking for any other signs of the missing starfighter. “There are tracks over here,” calls Thalo. “It looks like the ship was dragged in that direction” He gestures westwards towards the setting sun. Renei makes her way over and peers at the ground. “Hmm… bantha prints. It appears that there were two of them.” “Look out!” Fenri yells a sudden warning. At his shout of alarm, they all turn to see a purple-skinned Twi’lek rise up from her ambush position behind a large boulder, her blaster aimed at Renei. The Twi’lek is fast, but Renei is faster. The girl is already diving to one side as a stun blast flashes through the area she has just vacated. Khail and Fenri’s blasters are quickly in hand and they return fire, their own stun bolts impacting harmlessly against the boulder she is using for cover. An emerald-bladed lightsaber hums to life and Thalo begins to move cautiously towards the bounty hunter. Seeing the imminent threat, the Twi’lek shifts her aim to the Jedi. [I]Too easy[/I], she thinks. T[I]he fool is coming straight at me[/I]. She thumbs the blaster’s switch off stun and let the gunsight drift over the Jedi’s head. [I]Got you[/I]. The bounty hunter gently squeezes the trigger and the fatal bolt lances towards Thalo. To her utter astonishment, the jedi sweeps the lightsaber up at the last moment and deflects the shot into the sky. Outnumbered five-to-one and her weapon seemingly rendered useless, the Twi’lek turns to run. Thalo races after her but is unable to gain ground on the fleeing bounty hunter. Stun blasts from Fenri and Khail hiss through the air around the Twi’lek as she runs, with one of the soldier’s shots glancing off her arm. She grits her teeth in pain but manages to keep up the pace. “Forget it, you won’t catch her,” Fenri growls into his comlink. Thalo gives up pursuit and returns to the gathered group. Renei points to the tracks in the dirt. “These tracks will be easy to follow, and there’s no way that two banthas can drag a Z-95 too far or too fast in the time I’ve been away. Let’s get going.” “No.” Thalo’s reply brings everyone up short. “We need to head back. Our master is due to return to the ship either today or tomorrow. We should be there when arrives.” “What?!” Renei exclaims in astonishment. “He can contact you on your comlink! It’s going to take you at least a day to get back to Great Rock. Besides, once we recover my ship I can fly one of you back to the settlement in under an hour. It will take you less time to return to your ship if you help me retrieve mine, than it would if you are to walk back.” “I still think we should go back,” the Jedi insists doggedly. “What if he’s in trouble and we need to get away quickly? I’d rather not risk it.” He turns to Khail and Fenri. “We have already paid you to fly us to this planet and back to Yavin IV. Your primary duty should be to us.” Thalo looks determined. “Fine!” Renei shouts in frustration. “I’ll go on my own if need be. I need that ship – it’s my livelihood. It’s all I own in this galaxy!” Khail turns to Fenri. Some unspoken conversation appears to go on between them, and Fenri finally shrugs; he would continue, even if it is only is annoy the Jedi. Khail turns back to Renei. “Relax, we’re going to help you.” Cyan nods in agreement. “Dammit, fine then!” Thalo snarls, defeated. “Let’s get moving - we’re wasting time!” He stalks away along the drag marks gouged into the dirt by the disabled starfighter, the rest of the group quickly following in his wake. [/QUOTE]
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