Galactic Empire: Serving the New Order

[Lobo Lurker]

Capt. Archimedes Daxson

Archimedes pauses over the dead bodies of the almost-stormtroopers. They had so much potential... and they're not really to blame, though they did make thier choice. It's the officers that must be made to pay for this treachery.

Turning to Major Rannick, "All clear sir. Proceeding to next target." He hoists his blaster and hustles towards the voice of the junior officer in command of Carida's Storm-trooper force.

Upon reaching the officer he addresses him. "Where are the rest of the traitors?" Looking around at the carnage, "Our mission isn't complete yet. Do you and your men have any specific orders now that this specific nest of traitors has been eradicated? If not, you'll accompany us and provide fire support."

OOC: I'm assuming that the hallway to the right (on the map) leads back to that officer and his troops, if not, then I'll proceed along the corridor.

 

[dead_radish]

Joric nods in satisfaction. "That's how a well commanded squad reacts, Dralon. With purpose, not with arrogance." He turns, and walks to the bodies of the troopers, searching for a few unused grenades or energy packs, and looking down the corridor.

 

[Veritas]

ooc: with the baracades in place along the "north" part of the intersection, I'd assume that's where the loyal officer and his men are... the right corridor was where the traitors were retreating to. Or at least that's how it looked when we showed up.


Rannick is pleased with the results of their attack, and nods in acknowledgement to Daxson and Joric, but says "Stay sharp. This isn't over yet."

He moves up to E7 and trains his blaster rifle down the hallway to the right to cover Draxson as he heads over to talk to the officer in charge of the other troops. He will warn everyone if he sees any more traitors.

 

[doghead]

Devlin, human male ISB agent.

Devlin pushes up to the corner once the last Stormtrooper is down. If no one else has, he flips a quick look around it to make sure its clear. He glances over the bodies of the fallen to see if there is anything in the way of a heavier blaster or grenades.

He's a little startled when Archimedes ... I always thoutgh that they just had numbers ... announces he's moving onto the next target, then proceeds straight for the junior officer in command of Carida's Stormtrooper force. For a moment Devlin wonders if the Stormtrooper is going to go in with guns blazing. Nope, seems not.

Devlin amuses himself for a moment watching the junior officer's face as the Stormtrooper begins giving him commands. Priceless.

He returns his attention to the corridor which the Storm troopers were protecting.

 

[ImperialMilitary]

Dralon snorts at Joric's comment. The weak always support the weak. He eyes Rannick a good one and then moves to stand behind him.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

The young officer stared at Archimedes for a moment, then motioned to a group of troopers behind him, "You, take command and go ahead after the traitors."

As the group of troopers stormed past, pushing their way through, the officer stepped back to look over all of you, "You are done here. My men will take this from here. Your new orders are to return to your ship. These are directly from your superior officers. From the sound of it, the boys up there aren't happy. Friendly advice for you: Follow the orders."

Without a word, the man then ran to follow his troops...leaving all of you alone in the corridor with the bodies.

 

[Veritas]

Rannick looks around at the others in the group and says "Alright, men. You heard him. Let's go." He starts to walk away, but as he walks past Dralon, he says in a quiet voice to him "Time to face the music, Cadet."

"Move out!"

 

[Lobo Lurker]

OOC: I think I got confused... I thought that group was the same group that we passed earlier. Being that it was a flanking action I assumed that they would be on one side and we'd be on the other. Did I make a mistake in my interpretation of the events?

Archimedes nods, if the officer is of a higher rank, he'll add SIR to the affirmation.

Returning to Major Rannik's side, he nods. "All in a day's work sir. By your leave?"

Looking at the rest of the group he removes his helmet and wipes his brow. "Whatever happens to us, all we can do is move on and learn from our mistakes. Our former commander made a judgement call and like a well-oiled team, we followed through with brutal efficiency. There's no use in laying blame. Whatever punshiment awaits us, we'll accept it unflinchingly." He pauses and looks everyone dead in the eye, his ebon skin contrasting with the polished white of his armor, cutting a heroic profile that would surely have ended up on a recruiting poster had there been any of the publicity corps nearby. "We'll accept it because we've got a galaxy to save and an Empire that needs us. We're not perfect and we're not politicians... we're soldiers. And we have a job to do."

He turns, puts his helmet back on, and starts making is way back to the shuttle, keeping an eye out for hidden rebels.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

((OOC: You didn't actually pass that other group...instead, you went around the other way and came up behind where they were shooting forward at. Sorry for any confusion. ))

 

[ImperialMilitary]

What was done, I do not regret. And if any of the rest of you were half the men that Archimedes is, you would stand up and take my... I mean our blame, Major. Dralon sniffs and turns on his heal and storms off.