[IC] Star Wars: Traitors (Luna & Heat)

[Heat]

Two Jedi starfighters broke through the clouds, then descended downwards to the jungle covered surface of Alk'Lellish III. As they moved towards the world, the sounds of planet became more evident to both of the pilots. Growls, howls and roars from the wildlife which populated the world. Both starfighters landed in a clearing, careful to avoid creating too much of their own noise. The engines of both vessels shut off as a Jedi Knight emerged from each vehicle, a male and a female, two humans with a history together.

"The target is not far from here, it should stick out like a sore thumb in this jungle." The man stated, as he landed gently on the grass covered forest floor, small branches crackling underneath his boots. Daro Madas then reached into the cockpit of his ship and pulled out a set of binoculars. His robe fluttered against the tall grass, as he lifted the binoculars towards his eyes. With a twist he zoomed in with them, then carefully searched for their target.

"There it is, see the smoke stack?" Daro said with a smile as he took sight of the objective, then handed the binoculars to Jana.

A weapons factory, built in secrecy by the Confederacy. The Republic had received disturbing reports about what was being built inside of the factory. The Order had entrusted Daro and Jana with the difficult task of destroying the facility. They were alone on the mission, no clone trooper support. Smoke billowed from one side of the tall, metallic building. They'd need to be careful in their assault of it.

"It's not that far from our current location, I don't believe they saw us land, but we should still use caution. Despite its remote location, I'm sure that it is heavily guarded." Daro stated, as he rose one hand to scratch his chin.

[Luna]

Jana took the binoculars and looked through them. She looked over the weapon factory. She frowned when she pulled them away from her head. Something about this didn't feel right in her head. Why were they being sent alone with no clone troop support to destroy a big factory like this.

"This is not going to be easy. Its going to take more than a couple bombs to destroy everything inside, but that's not including the people inside working on these weapon" She said. "I don't know about you, but I have a very very bad feeling that there is more to this than what we been told" She said again.

[Heat]

"The workers inside are likely forced to work there. Once we breach inside, they'll run free. We'll need to stay focused." Daro replied as he looked Jana in the eyes. She may very well be right, there could be more to this mission than they were told. The intel was not perfect, such a distant world could hide many secrets.

"Why don't we race there? Like how we used to do when were younger?" The Jedi Knight added with a wink.

It would kill off some of the tension. Then Daro's robe shimmered in the air as he jumped upwards, landing on a sturdy tree branch before he dashed to another one. The Force causing him to appear like a blur with each movement. He had gotten a headstart.

[Luna]

She smirked and ran after him staying on the ground since she was a lot faster on the ground than in the air. She seemed to get ahead of him laughing as she ran down the hill making her go faster in the race. She looked back at him and winked. The last race they had got in a draw for both the race and the number of races they had.

"Looks like I am going to win this race" She called at him

[Heat]

"Haha, I'm barely trying." Daro exclaimed as he leaped from one tree to another, the wind whistling against him as he flowed through the air, the Force propelling him ahead. The agile Jedi knight took another leap, this time doing a flip as he caught up with his partner. She dashing along the forest floor, and him far above her as they were neck and neck. Even in such a high risk mission, doing such a silly thing as race knocked the tension down greatly.

"We're almost there." He said to her as the factory grew that much larger in sight as they were quickly nearing it. It sat in the center of a clearing, outside of it he could see some figures moving. Battle droids, a battalion of them on patrol outside of it. He counted a dozen, each clenching blaster rifles as they walked mechanical foot in foot. Right as he spotted them, Daro launched himself from the tree branches then landed in front of Jana. He gently put his hands in front of him, grasping her gently to stop both of their movements. He had stopped their competition before it finished. He did not need those machines to spot them, then the entire factory would be on high alert.

"Sorry about that, Jana. But do you see what I see? Droids, right over there. They just turned away from our direction, but if we make too much noise their sensors will pick us right up." Daro said as he crouched down, a hand raised towards the group of battle droids.

"They're nothing we couldn't handle, but I fear there are more inside. Might be the best idea to take a stealthier approach." He added as he scanned the perimeter around the facility. The dozen droids were the only lifeforms he noted, there were no turrets or armored vehicles. There were two floors to the factory, a large set of currently closed doors on one side. They could hear the sounds of machinery at work even from their current distance.

"We could hit them from the roof. Scale the trees, loop around then jump for the top of the factory. Cut our way in then drop right in the second floor. That sound like a plan?" Daro asked her, a smirk on his face.

[Luna]

She nodded. She also noticed the droids when they were racing. She looked over and saw a tree that happened to arch over towards the roof, but there was a large section that could easily get them caught.

"If we be quiet, we could sneak our way up that large tree and get into the roof that way, unless you have another plan we can use to get up on the roof" Jana said.

[Heat]

"Good thinking, the droids are going the other way from us. Now, let's go." Daro said, his eyes focused on the still patrolling group of battle droids. Then he jogged through the underbrush, using the vegetation of the forest as cover as he dashed towards the tree she had picked out. With one more look towards the factory, then Jana, the Jedi Knight launched himself upwards, scaling the tree as quickly as he could. A small branch cracked, then splintered off as it landed in a pile of leaves. He paused in his ascent as he watched the branch in motion, nothing came from it. There was distance between the droids and them now.

As the Jedi reached one of the highest branches, he stared towards the factory. Daro knelt on a sturdy branch, took a deep breath then dashed along it at the last moment leaping off as he used the Force to practically launch himself onto the rooftop. He landed with a roll, sliding briefly along the hard roof. As his motion slowed, Daro brought himself to his feet. The Jedi took a look at the rooftop, it was long, no windows or entry ways he could upon it. Luckily the material was easily weak enough that their lightsabers could slice right through it, and help them slip inside. He waved towards Jana, then knelt down as he waited for her to cross over.

[Luna]

Jana followed after him and was looking down at the roof. She figured if they could run the rest of the branch silently, they could make the jump. She looked around and saw the droids walk in the opposite direction. Jana nodded at him.

"We can run and make the jump, try not to make a lot of noise" She whispered to him

[Heat]

As both the Jedi knights stood on the rooftop, Daro used the Force to pull his lightsaber from his belt. The handle floated to his hand, as he grasped it he flicked on the weapon and the shimmering blue blade emitted. With one more glance towards his companion, he aimed it downwards then with a grunt jabbed it into the roof. He spun it in a wide circle, moving as he did it so that he could create a large enough area for both of them to enter through. Then with a bang, a round chunk of metal fell from the roof, clanking on the floor below. Daro stared at the newly created hole, then watched as two battle droids ran over to investigate.

"Let's go!" He exclaimed to Jana before he jumped through, his lightsaber held above his head as he hit the floor in a kneeling position. Both the droids took a step back as pure surprise overcame them. Before they could aim their blasters at the Jedi, he was already on them. With two rapid motions the well trained knight lashed out at machines, severing one in half cleanly, then slicing the other into thirds with his lightsaber. Sparks briefly emitted from both droids as they fell to the floor, out of the fight. Daro had a smirk on his face as he stood up to survey his surroundings. A large room which smelled of smoke, a conveyor belt was on one side of it, the other many barrels and boxes. Some workers were in there, all of them surprised to see the Jedi burst through the roof. Likely forced to be here, slave labor.

He glanced upwards at Jana, then to his right as he heard rapidly approaching footsteps. A half dozen battle droids were charging towards him, they leveled their blasters towards Daro. He'd lunge towards the group once his companion was by his side.

[Luna]

Jana winced at the sound as she used her force powers to pull out her lightsabers as well. One blade and one red appeared in both her hands in their shimmering shine as she jumped down after her companion attacking another drone. She looked to rushing footsteps and cursed. If they didn't have company before, they definitely had them now. Well too late to turn back down. She braced herself for the battle while also looking for a way out. She saw what seemed to be a hallway that seemed slim and lead somewhere.

"See that hallway over there, when we get done here, we should go down that one" She said as the battled the drones, getting a lot of them with both her arms,

[Heat]

In a flurry of lightsaber swings and stabs the group of battle droids went down in a pile of scraps. Blaster bolts had been fired at the two robed figures, yet none hit their marks. Each shot either missed its target or was deflected away. Daro clenched his lightsaber tightly as he sliced the last droid to pieces, joining the others. The Jedi then switched off his weapon, the shimmering blade disappearing back into its metallic hilt. He heard the words come from Jana as they defended themselves, she might have been onto something. This didn't look like a room that they could bring the facility down in. By the sounds that echoed through the facility over the sounds of machinery at work the duo were bound for some more company.

Daro paused before he moved, as he noticed the workers staring at the Jedi. All of them had watched as they cut down the droids like they were nothing, Jana and him were tasked with destroying the facility. They had to make sure to preserve innocent lives, the people in the factory were forced to work here and did so under terrible conditions.

"You are all free, the Confederacy had forced you to slave away in here and that ends today!" He exclaimed as he jogged towards the hallway, his boots clicking against the floor as the Jedi moved with pace and agility. Behind him he could hear the workers leaving their stations and heading for the exits. He just hoped they'd spread the word to the others forced to work in the factory and get far enough away when they brought the terrible place down. As the two Jedi reached the end of the hallway they came into a similar room as the first, albeit larger and with more inside of it. Machine parts hung on wires near the ceiling, racks of blaster rifles were hung to one side. More destructive weapons were being built. They had to stop it. An elevator was at the back of the room, from it emerged a larger group of battle droids, Daro could count twenty before they all rose their weapons and the Jedi dove for cover.

"We need to get to that elevator, there are a lot of droids in our way but this room is huge and has plenty of places to take cover behind." Daro said to Jana as blaster fire filled the room, shots slamming into the walls near the Jedi. The workers had dove to the floor as the chaos began. The Jedi knight eyed some of the machinery suspended above them, the Force was their ally. Perhaps they could use it here even when they lacked the numbers advantage.

[Luna]

Jana nodded hearing him, she kept her weapon ready as they approached the battle ready drones. Within seconds, they were once again in a battle, making sure not to harm any innocent people around the area. The people watched with amazement that Jedi were finally rescuing them from this terrible place. Some of the people were already injured from the machines they were using.

"When we get, we might need to have medical stuff ready for the injured" She said as she fought the last few drones that were left. When they were done, she turned to the people.

"Alert the others to leave this place, get as far away from the building" Jana said to one of the people, who nodded their heads and began to leave, being mindful of the other ones.