Report 3 "Inside the Vipers den"
"With the failure to find the Jedi during their last operation, Ehoc and Fenrir have decided to gather more information, this time from more reliable sources. Sending a small party to the heart of the empire, like a mouse lost in a vipers den, and attacking a republic supply route, they would risk everything to get what they wanted."
Report 3 "Inside the Vipers den"
"Inside the Vipers den"
Whilst Fenrir mustered the troops on Balmorra for an ambush on a republic supply caravan, Ehoc brought Fia, Ivy and Azamya to the war-room. He had a special covert ops mission for them that would require all their stealth, cunning and resourcefulness to complete. The three of them were picked for their unique skillset in each of their respective fields, giving the operation maximum chance for success. The mission had a simply objective, gather information, but would be far from easy to complete. Ehoc tasked them to go to the heart of the Empire, Dromund Kaas. Within the capital building the old imperial intelligence services still had its datacenters. The facility was closed but the computers were still active and linked to the Sith intelligence, which was still active.
Ehoc lay out the objective and what they needed to find, all current and relevant data on Balmorra and jedi activity there. Not having any questions, the trio headed out.
***
Fenrir gather everyone at the remote outpost the templars secured on Balmorra.
The sun was shining as Fenrir and his strike team landed on Balmorra as the intel suggested that an Jedi convoy was passing by not far from the camp set up by Arrtrok on an earlier visit to the planet.
Lord Fenrir was also joined by Craft'lon, Argo Vek, Delawar, Arrtrok, Marlios and Aladrick who was finally back from his penance in the library. The camp where they landed showed no sign of the zealots that Arrtrok had spent time with, they had just vanished. Fenrir gathered his troops and gave them the debriefing.
Fenrir: ”Alright, we have yet to find the Jedi here on Balmorra. We were deceived with false information, something I intend on making that slug pay for, but not now, for now we must focus. I have sent Fia with a small crew to Dromund Kaas, to infiltrate and extract information from the Old Imperial intelligence. However, should her mission fail, we are left with nothing. Therefore, I have brought you here, we will set a trap and ambush a republic squadron. Remember we need at least a couple of them alive, the whole point of this operation is to extract information from them.”
Everyone was silent as they were eager to get back in to the fight and shedding some Jedi blood, but things doesn’t always go as they plan........
***
Fia, Aza and Ivy decided to land on the outskirt of the city, avoiding the spaceport altogether. Cleverly using legitimate landing codes, they were allowed to enter the system. Setting down just a short walk from the city walls they started planning on how to get inn. Ivy being wanted in imperial space, Fia being an ex-operative for the empire and Azamya an unknown pureblood, getting inside the city might prove a challenge. Fia quickly though of a plan however, they would pretend to bring Ivy inn as a prisoner, Azamya would lead them as a Sith born of a respected family and Fia her operative.
As they approached the entrance to the city they were stopped by a guard. He wanted to know their business within the city and inquired why they landed in the outskirts and not in the spaceport. Thinking on the spot they explained that they were transporting Ivy, the prisoner, and that she in fact sabotaged their shuttle forcing an emergency landing in the outskirts. The guard was not completely sold on this explanation as there was no record of any emergency transmissions from the shuttle nor any irregular flightpath. Azamya took the chance to use her family name to change the subject, handing him her identification papers forced him to step aside to check her credentials with the central hub. He was back shortly after and granted Azamya access, the prisoner however they could not find any papers on, and so Ivy was to be detained by the city guard until matters could be resolved. Using political power and intimidation Azamya pressed the matter as urgent and subtly warned of consequences if this prisoner did not arrive promptly. This strategy, combined with a line forming up behind them, finally got to the guard who with a heavy sigh let them pass.
***
Fenrir and his group mounted up on their speeders as they made their way to the site of their planned ambush, but were ambushed themselves by a large pack of Marshstalkers. As they were close to the objective site they needed to be quiet not to ruin the element of surprise.
As they were quick to engage the animals Fenrir to a step back to observe his troops and grade them. The fight went off without a hitch with only Delawar getting clawed by one of the beasts, and Arrtrok being mauled to the ground by another. As Arrtrok was near death Fenrir stepped in and snapped the neck of the last of the beasts.
They had done well and avoided detection, so Fenrir ordered them back on their speeders and the made it to their ambush point. At the ambush they split in to two groups as they waited for the convoy to arrive, after a short amount of time it did, and it arrived in force...
***
Once inside the city the next step was rather easy, and they made their way to the old Imperial intelligence services entrance. Kaas seemed busy and full of life, the effects of war were not so visible here in the capital as they passed by smiling faces and laughing children. Many in these streets leading to the central taxi hub would be of high birth of course and therefore not a subject to conscription like those of lower casts, but still a sense of peace and normality was in the air.
The trio decided to keep up with their previous disguise when approaching the entrance to the intelligence services, still pretending Ivy was their prisoner, much to Ivys dislike. When stopped by the guard they gave the same information as by the city gates. This guard seemed less interested in their story and gave them a great opportunity to get inn. Apparently, a general Dimitri was expecting a prisoner transfer and Azamya told him that of course this was that prisoner. Allowing them entrance and calling inn that the prisoner was enroute the guard stepped aside. The trio now knew they would have limited time to get the mission done ang get out.
Making their way inside they headed straight for the old datacenter they decided to hand back Ivys weapons and release her, no-one would ask questions inside as a Twi’lek would have a very good reason to be allowed inside armed, and who would question orders that must have come from high up. Here they encountered one lone soldier dressed in simple clothing, no armor. The guard, Frank stopped them, and asked for papers. Fia presented him with old access documentation which he informed her was invalid. She tried to be very charming with the man and pressed the issue that this was related to General Dimitri and a matter of life and death. Unfortunately, general Dimitri was not in charge of this area and Frank informed them of where to go to get new papers that would allow access. Going to section 4a and talking to Linda, doing the normal procedure would take weeks and was obviously not an option for the Ordo crew. Seeing that Smalltalk and charms would not get them inn they attempted a different strategy. Azamya, who had been covering their exit, came up taking the role of a Sith lord once again. She tried to use the force to confuse him, and let them pass, but Frank was trained for this, it was one of his few strengths and he warned them in a friendly manner that he knew what they tried to do, suggesting they leave the premises.
It was at this point Ivy had enough, she subtly signaled Fia that she had a plan. Quietly and elegantly she shot Frank with a poisonous dart containing a chemical that would paralyze him. Muffling his mouth Ivy tried to hold him up so he would hit the floor she only succeeded in making the fall a quiet one. The trio realized that leaving him out in the open would seriously jeopardize their mission and managed to drag him to a dark corner, out of view from either side of the hallway and from the cameras. They also decided that Ivy would take his armor leaving him undressed poor man. Azamya stood guard as Fia and Ivy made their way into the datacenter.
***
The soldiers that guarded them was a small detachment of 5 soldiers, but they were backed up by 4 heavy war droids.
Fenrir: ''I want the soldiers alive''
He yelled as he ordered the trap to be sprung.
The group ran in to the fight quickly taking the fight to the republic, the soldiers was stunned by the speed and power of the strike group as they tried to fend them off.
But it all ended fast for the soldier with on soldier getting impaled by two sabers flying through his head, he never saw it coming. As his fellow soldiers tried to fend the of strike group, Fenrir and Aladrick attack one of the droids but it would show that these droids where not as easy as the soldiers.
Another soldier fell to the ground with his legs cut off from behind him by Delawar, and the rest of the soldiers where incapacitated by the strike group, as they now could focus on the droids and their cargo.
***
Fia was quick to turn on the old computer and slice it to get inn. After solving a series of simple algorithms, she got a back-door access-code that allowed her full access to the database. Making the searches she got the information they needed, and as luck would have it, the database was very current and up to date. Seemed the Sith intelligence was busy these days. The database also allowed full access to all Imperial records, including profiles on all members of the Ordo Templaris who had been with the Empire at one point. There was also much relevant tactical data on different worlds and the status of troops both Imperial and Republic. Fia decided that time was short and instead of looking for more information she accessed the camera logs, seeing no alarm had been sounded it was clear the people on duty monitoring the cameras had not noticed Frank leaving his post yet, and she erased the data of them ever being there. She also quickly brought up Franks profile and modified it to say he had a bad habit of being late, always be tired and overall unreliable. This was close to the opposite of the truth, but Franks superiors would not know him personally and go straight off the file, knowing this Fia figured he would not be believed and the ordo would remain something of shadows and myth.
Having what they needed and having ensured their cover Fia ordered the exfiltrate. They headed out of the building and started back to the landing site. Walking calmly, they drew no attention to them and they were about halfway through the city when an alarm went off. The whole city reacted as the howling of a red alert was sounded. Not wasting any time to ponder what set off the alarm, the missing prisoner or the body of Frank, the trio decided to run the last bit to get out. Just at the entrance to the city by the massive walls, a soldier noticed the trio running the wrong way and ordered them to stop. He realized they were not just some random people trying to catch a runaway Twi’lek and got the attention of two other soldiers ordering them to open fire. The second after shouting the command he went down to the ground, being hit by a stun shot from Fias’ blaster. Fia then quickly shot the cameras in the area, making them explode, drawing attention of more soldiers heading towards the capital buildin. The two other soldiers could only get a few rounds off before they were enveloped in smoke tossed at them by Ivy, making their vision blurred and seeping through their breathing filter, before these two were killed by Azamya throwing her lightsaber at them. Knowing they would soon be overrun the trio kept moving getting out of the city safely.
***
The droids that put up a good fight and was chipping away at Fenrir and Aladrick but they were slowly got the better of the fight and it ended with Aladrick throwing the droid in to a mountain wall as his cybernetics gave him super strength. At this time Fenrir toke a step back to observe the fight, and he saw Arrtrok throwing lightning at the remaining droids trying to fry their circuits. Craft'lon was also having success with his droid as he leaps unstop of his droid and successfully cutting of the head of the droid and thereby rendering it useless.
The two remaining droids put up a heavy fight but as the strike group swarmed around them they were cut down. As the last droid fell one of the soldiers that where captured tried to leave the ordos hospitality by crawling away, unfortunately for him he was stopped by Fenrir when he broke his back ending his plan to escape.
The soldiers were hurled up and the droids left destroyed as the strike team took everything of value from the convoy. They left the smoking remains of the convoy and got into their ship that would take them back to plan their big attack on the Jedi.
***
Once out of the city, Fia, Aza and Ivy decided to remain on the planet and lay low until everything calmed down, as they knew every ship leaving the system would be stopped or shot down. Azamya suggested they hide out in her Fathers old estate, were no-one would be looking for them or anyone else.
Maintaining radio silence, they would not be able to contact the Ordo for now.
Type
Report, Military
Medium
Digital Recording, Various
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