A New Power

[Angcuru]

With the three of them working on it, the transponder's transplant to the village generator goes over quickly and smoothly. Arias and Miera have apparently explained to situation to the villagers, as when Kia returns to her ship, there are many of them sitting in the rec area, standing in the halls, and generally trying to get comfortable in a very unfamiliar environment. Adrial had the good sense to remember to bring along a few day's worth of food just in case, as was evident by the baskets of fresh vegetables and suchlike now in the storage compartments.

"That's all of them," Miera says to Kia regarding the new passengers. "Arais and the others are preparing some surprises for the enemy troops. They should be ready by the time we get back from where we're headed." She indicates the pilot's seat. "We're ready when you are."

 

[Super Girl]

Kia nods, pleased at the quick response of the villagers to the summons. "Ok, this could be quite rough, especially on people who haven't really gotten used to flight." she calls out in a loud enough voice to carry along the corridors. The young pilot drops herself into her chair, and swiftly cuts in the repulsorlifts, lifting the ship to just above the tree line, she had already gotten the ship itself ready for flight, all that was needed was thrust and the ship would move out, hopefully low enough that they would blend in and catch the Imperials napping.

"Were to Miera?" she asks, set to carry out the course as swiftly as possible, knowing time was critical.

 

[Angcuru]

Miera points out a thin strip of blue than can be barely seen in the distance as the Dawnsprinter hovers. "There, that river flows from a lake to the west. If we follow it to the source we'll eventually find a waterfall, and behind that is where we'll hide these innocent people." She regards Kia curiosly for a moment. "I think it's best to tell you before we get near it that it is very, very strong in the force. Even if you aren't actively trying to sense it, you'll feel it growing more intense as we get nearer."

 

[Super Girl]

"Umm, ok, I don't actually have any experience with sensing things through the force, and I have never actively done it." Kia says, shifting the heading of the ship, and then powering up the thrusters. With the repulsor lifts on, it was sort of like a surfboard, floating on top of the water, and the thrusters were her feet kicking against the water. She gradually ramped the power up to max, trying not to discomfort her passengers, especially since she'd probably be the one to clean up the deck plating.

 

[ShaggySpellsword]

Jorran hurries to aid Arais and the others left behind in the village with setting up some surprises for the incoming imperials. Jorran's hurry doesn't look rushed however, he just simply moves with efficient deliberacy and speed.

"So, Arais, what's the plan? How many do you think we can actually take? Or are we going to pull a diversion that will allow us to take their transport without having to eliminate the imperial threat?"

 

[Angcuru]

Miera arches an eyebrow. "You've never tried to feel out your surroundings with the Force? Well, whatever your plans for your talents, I suggest you try it out sometime."

They heard a chorus of 'ooh's behind them in the rec room, where the young Twil'lek girl and her pack of friends have surrounded the holo table. Apparently they'd figured out how to turn on one of the holographic games, and were taking turns making the pieces eat each other. Kids.

***​

Aris regarded the walls they had built to keep out the local wildlife. "Hmm. If these Stormtroopers are anything like the Clones I commanded back in the war, they'll be tougher than your average soldier. Whether or not we take their transport, we'll have to deal with them one way or another." He flexed his fingers, the joints popping in anticipation "I doubt they'll surrender, so we'll have to take care of them...permanently. No point in fortifying the walls, the'll be no good against modern weapons."

He regarded Jorran, Kal, and Adrial. "You three can probably take on a good number of them, especially working together. Anyway, once the killing starts the whole area will probably be overrun with Masliths faster than you can blink."

Arias crouched down on a log near the fire pit and began to formulate his plan. "Our best bet is to take out the troopers on the first transport as fast as we can, then get to work on removing the hyperdrive. Aasan, that's where you come in. Once the area is clear, you will start working on removal of the drive while Kal, Jorran, and Adrial guard the shuttle. By that time, Miera and Kia will be back with the Dawnsprinter, along with Nakima, who can help Aasan with the drive transplant. Once we've swapped the transport's drive over to Kia's ship, we'll still have to get another to move the villagers. For that we'll have to get the Imperials to land another transport or shuttle. It'd be best if we could get them to send a cargo ship, so I suggest we leave one of the assault transport pilots alive so he can put in that request for us." He looked at Aasan and his gathered students. "Any further ideas?"

 

[ShaggySpellsword]

Jorran takes a few calming breaths as he thinks.

"Stormtroopers aren't quite the crack troops that the clones were back in the day. We may need to be able to do something about either their communications or their ability to respond with air support. That means eliminating them before they can communicate problems or stopping their com activity. Unfortunately, I don't have ideas on how."

 

[Super Girl]

Kia shrugs, "So far the only things that I have done with the force are moving things and clouding people's minds. I haven't been using it that much, though I am a bit curious about how I was able to make a blind jump to here, I didn't have time to plot it out, I sort of just went with it. That could have been the force, or it could have just been luck. Either way, I think I am going to need both of them today." The young pilot pushes the throttle up to max out the ships speed, intending to be back before the Imps got to the villiage, not wanting to give them any reason to wonder at what she was doing, intending to put them slightly at ease by thinking she had stayed put.

"Timing is going to be critical with pulling this off, if we can get back fast enough, the Dawnsprinter can make a difference, she was modified to be a system patrol craft by CorSec, so she is packing a lot more then one could normally expect from a 1300."

 

[Angcuru]

"Good, unexpected weaponry might give us an edge if it comes to a fight." Miera said. "But I'm curious about what you plan to do with your abilities. If you don't use them, they won't get any stronger."

***​

"That leaves us in a bit of a dilemma." Arais said. "If we don't take out their communications, they're free to send for support, and if we do, we can't call in another transport, plus it'll be suspicious."

He looks over Jorran for a moment, his eyes focusing on his lightsaber. "Wait a second...what if we just disable them? The nonlethal setting of our weapons is basically a rod of condensed electric interference. So if we use that on the ship's communications array, we might be able to disable it long enough to clear out their troops. Aasan, you're more familiar with tech than we are. What do you think?"

 

[ShaggySpellsword]

Jorran's eyes brighten up "So you mean the low setting on these things can act like a localized pin-point Ion beam? Disrupting the electronics? If it works that way, then we could use the lightsabers to disrupt all sorts of systems, especially their comm array."