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The Phantom Affair

Jul 22, 2007 23:24

The Pulsar Skate moves nimbly through the asteroid field, easily dodging the odd floating rock with Mirax at the controls. The blue surface of Mrlsst, swirled with white, looms large in the background, while the asteroids spin, slow and silent and dark ( Read more... )

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incorsecsdreams July 26 2007, 20:54:12 UTC

"Here we are, Dllr." Mirax nods toward the massive asteroid slowly filling the front view port. "That's Falken's old research lab, and it's where the Ghost Jedi performance broadcasts originate."

It looks like it may have been abandoned. "Teeming with life, huh?"

incorsecsdreams July 27 2007, 20:02:22 UTC

Mirax's frown deepens. "But if the Rebels know it's a fake, what did they send Rogue Squadron out here for?"

sw_npc July 27 2007, 20:05:12 UTC

"I believe," the students says slowly, "that the Rebellion wanted to Empire to believe the project was real. From what I've heard, it had something to do with the amount of Durindfire gems required."

incorsecsdreams July 27 2007, 20:08:24 UTC

"Oooh," a look of understanding spreads across Mirax's face. "Those are a rare enough item that the Rebels could track where the Empire was moving them to, and that might lead to one of the big secret R&D labs.

She frowns, "But then why steal the datacards? Surely you didn't think the Empire would just leave. They came for the Phantom Ship, and they won't leave without it. What do you do now?"

sw_npc July 27 2007, 20:17:33 UTC

"Now," Falken replies darkly, hoverchair moving silently over the floor towards them, Ghost Jedi glowing behind him. "We end everything."

sw_npc July 27 2007, 20:28:58 UTC

"Professor?" asks the blue-skinned student.

One of the humans focuses on the glowing figure. "Is that ... the real Ghost Jedi?"

Mentally facepalming again, the other human scoffs. "Get real! How could a ghost be real?"

rogueofsullust July 27 2007, 21:58:31 UTC

It isn't the Ghost Jedi's appearance that has Dllr disconcerted. Rather, it's the Jedi's 7-foot tall companion that's got him surprised.

"Groznik? What are you--?"

sw_npc July 27 2007, 22:13:30 UTC

"Silence!" Falken snaps. He could be talking to any of the students, or Dllr. He's probably talking to all of them. Either way, he's not a happy guy. "Stop babbling and do what I tell you!"

sw_npc July 27 2007, 22:22:28 UTC

One person who he is not talking to is Loka Hask. This is because Loka Hask is in his Lambda shuttle, surrounded by an escort of six TIEs.

"So, Gade Yedan, where's the lab?"

sw_npc July 27 2007, 22:30:07 UTC

"On this asteroid, see?" Gade smiles, a tiny bit. "Satellite facilities literally, huh?"

He thinks it was funny.

Some people, somewhere, might agree. Maybe.

sw_npc July 27 2007, 22:36:14 UTC

Loka rolls his eyes. Honestly, what did he do to deserve such idiotic underlings?

"Stuff the jokes, Gade." He opens up the comm to his escort. "We're coming in. Cover us!"

Except they aren't going in, because the asteroid is exploding, pelting his shuttle and her escort with debris, bright fire and light obscuring the viewport.

"Enough! I've tried playing nice, but if you want to play destruction, destruction it is!"

fighting_mad July 27 2007, 22:52:00 UTC

* * * * *

Speeding through the Mrlssti capital city in the landspeeder, Wedge Antilles wasn't killed by his four pilots as he explained that the phantom ship wasn't real. It all made a twisted kind of sense: make the Empire believe that the ship is real, make the Empire try to construct the ship, make the Empire procure large numbers of Durindfire gems -- which could then be tracked to a building facility, which could be neutralized. Simple ( ... )

sw_npc July 27 2007, 22:59:01 UTC

Elscol buries her head in her hands, her head still hurting from Groznik's whack to her head, and all the weird things she saw and just...thinking too much.

"I don't know," she sighs, knowing she sounds insane. "It had Throm's face..."

sw_npc July 27 2007, 23:03:22 UTC

Noss Prisht interrupts the impromptu conference, drawing the pilots' startled attention as he comes running across the courtyard, blur-furred hands flailing wildly.

"Captain Antilles!" he's shouting. "Captain Antilles!"

rogue_wraith July 28 2007, 00:10:30 UTC

Wedge stands from where he was crouched next to Elscol, steeling himself to deal with the nervous little official again.

Hopefully he won't be heading back to jail.

"What's happened, Noss Prisht?" No polite semi-diplomatic wording this time. He's getting tired of this planet.

Electrocution has that effect on his temper, yes.

sw_npc July 28 2007, 00:22:21 UTC

"The lab exploded, Captain!" yelps the Mrlssti, throwing his distraught self into the middle of the knot of pilots. "Falken's lab!"

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