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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shadowbloodmoon" data-source="post: 3144871" data-attributes="member: 9986">[sblock=OOC]Ahem...taptaptap...swish... duh duh da da... BOOM!! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />What I meant by familiar was in a general sense. The footage that X had found on Dantooine had similar images of blurs and shadows on the screen. [/sblock]The door swishes closed behind the pair, the probot quickly scrambling the code lock. DRK-1X then takes a moment to be sure the room is indeed empty, save for them. As it questions its Mistress, she appears startled by the perceived accusation. "I didn't. They made... they wanted... " A pause. A sigh. A look of defeat. "There's no fooling you, X. It is not merely sensor resistant. It doesn't even exist in our sense of the word. You can't see what isn't there. Our benefactor showed us the way to harness them. To command them. Something... something went horribly wrong. We... we don't have time to discuss it."She says nothing further as you continue the operation of keeping the door closed. Mistress Dofina is barely able to react when you mention the table to her, the first explosion sending shockwaves throughout the complex. At first it is only a slight rumble, but it is enough to force the woman to grip the table hard. Alarms immediately begin blaring all over the complex and X is sure that means that any troops are now on route to various secure points. ***Several shuttle egress from a side hangar bay in the central complex center. They spread out as they fly, each heading to a new destination, as sent to them by Derek's command. Only one veers off, having just received coordinates from a certain probot still inside the complex. Soon after, Derek registers an explosion inside the complex and many of the channels he was monitoring become static as others become chaos. Numerous voices try to outtalk each other and Derek's sensors show him that several of the larger ships seem to slow down to avoid nearly running into each other. The once ordered system is already starting to fall apart at the seams. Derek's programming tells him that a satisfactory smile should appear on his synthflesh face. One of the shuttles heads towards one of the control ships in the sensor net. As it picks up speed, someone on watch must have been paying attention, because as it gets close, several bolts of green death spurt out from the hull of the ship. It is not enough though, and the shuttle's inertia spirals it out of control into the command section of the massive ship. Several smaller explosions accompany the larger one and in less than a minute, escape pods jet out from it. There are no guns stopping the second shuttle. Though the main control center is in the middle of the sphere, there are many places the shuttle could hit that will affect the operations of the complex. One such place is relatively undefended and Derek sends the vessel hurtling towards it at maximum speed. The resultant explosion sends another shock through the complex, and a bright flash shows Derek that he wasn't off the mark. The other shuttles each take their turns assaulting various bays and other vulnerable points along the hull of the complex. These crashes tell the probot inside that his efforts are being fully realized. The Star Destroyer Repulse, having already started to move when the first explosion shook the place, is able to shoot down the shuttle headed for it. Pieces of it crash into the hull of the vessel, but it isn't enough to do anything but superficial damage. By now, there are a small number of craft filling the space outside of the facility and with secondary control systems attempting to make up for the slack caused by the lack of a central flight command, security has all but gone out the window. ***During all of this, another window has begun to leak atmosphere into space and a weary Nemoidian is gripping tightly to magnetic clamps that are keeping her in place as her small floating assistant makes an ever larger pathway for the air to escape. They can already hear the blast doors in the hall outside crashing down. As the second explosion destroys what was Dofina's prison, the external lights flicker for a moment. This spurs DRK-1X on to finish creating the hole that it and its Mistress will exit into the hopefully waiting shuttle. A large group of explosions sends Dofina sprawling to the ground, but she remains attached to her clamps. At the same time, X sees the shuttle piloted by the astromech just outside the window. A final cut of the saber, a third explosion and a slight push frees the large piece of transparisteel, sending it on a slow trajectory into nothingness. The hatch opens and the astromech brings the shuttle closer to the hull. After Dofina overcomes her misgivings about jumping into open space with a nudge from DRK-1X, the two of them float outside and DRK-1X can get a view of the destruction it has already caused. Many fires burn on the outside of the complex and you can see that some of the larger ships have crashed into some parts of the outer complex. There is an ever growing number of craft filling the space out here, most of them fighters. The comlink channels have all either gone to static or are filled with angry and confused voices, all attempting to figure out what's happening. There is one voice that seems to be in control of the situation and in fact, does not sound panicked in the slightest. A quick scan tells X that is coming from the Repulse. "I warned you this would happen, General. Your arrogance consumes you once again. Good bye."As the hatch closes and the shuttle turns away, X sends two final commands. At first, nothing happens, but soon smaller explosions peak out from the hull of the complex, each one joining another in a growing crescendo of destruction. A literal cloud of escape ships begin littering the space around the area. The shuttle moves at top speed towards its rendezvous with Derek. X and Dofina watch on the monitor as pieces of the complex behind them suddenly starts to fly off in random directions. Then, less than a minute later, the entire area is lit up in a ball of flame. Few ships that are near the station survive the nuclear fire and the resulting consussion wave buffets the shuttle that DRK-1X and its now free Mistress are in, though it isn't enough to hinder their progress towards their meeting place. Somewhere, on the bridge of a nearby ship, a man of obvious importance stands watching a viewscreen. "Wow. Who did that? I wish I could thank him personally." <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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