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The Depths of Deception

Shuo was standing behind the Masulu and being a good half a foot taller than him in his armor made him feel very much not at threat. He had had him put his hands behind his head as he approached him earlier with rifle drawn. But even with his rifle on his back and pistol on his hip he felt very in control of the possible threat. He began pulling his hand down behind his back when he disappeared in a cloud. It only took him a second to register that he was no longer there and for him to drop to his knee and draw his pistol. He was near the other prisoners at that moment so he decided to sweep over them and then towards the controls in the room. As he move around he noticed the Masulu had Rareth pinned. In tandom with Shiva he tried to get a shot on him but he figured his odds of not hitting Rareth rested somewhere around 70% as he moved forward and attempted to keep the shot lined up. "Get off the lizard! I will put you down!" Shuo put out over his speakers as he began to close in and thus stopped attempting to aim.

Then Rareth teleported out from underneath the Masulu and Shuo opened fire. Plasma rained on the position and scorched nothing but ground and air. Shuo's eye twitched as he looked over Rareth quickly and saw her bleeding. But it only took him a moment to realize what the wounded Rothian was going to say. The prisoner locales were still in play. He ran over to the console withlist holstering his pistol and began the upload to Joint Field Command. He looked back to Shiva as she was administrating field medicine. He smirked for a second, he guessed she ended up getting to use her talent after all. However he quickly turned back to the console and began looking through security feeds. He specifically looked around the control room, he did not like what he saw. There were easily 30 plus traitors moving on their position. It was time to leave, especially considering their job was done. "Alright we have a significant enemy force moving on our position, we need to circle out to a hanger or the Hummingbird. Either way we can't stay here anymore. Shiva grab Rareth a to-go bag and let's move people!" Shuo put the terminal into lock down and drew his rifle and made his way over to the now standing Rareth. "And you'r kind wonders why we engage in sharpening them." Shuo said with a near tone of sarcasm.

Star Wars - Jedi Exile

Tactus stopped suddenly in the middle of one of the many large open hallways of the Temple. He looked up from the datapad in his blue hands and listened. He cocked his head to the right and aimed his ear behind himself down the long hallway. He had heard a blaster go off, but it wasn't one set to stun. Then more......and more, barrages were beginning to break out. He focused intently on the noise trying to see if he could decipher the weapons that were being discharged. It only took him a moment to realize that it was a DC-17 being fired, but why though? If there were separatists attacking.......Tactus thought to himself for a moment before it hit him. The death he could feel in the force like some kind of dull pain. He turned around listening more intensely to the sound which he had become so accustomed to during his time in the war. Then an explosion shook the ground beneath him. It felt distant but it was some large weapon, he thought maybe a turbo laser. Then the marching came, as he focused on what he was hearing the marching was growing louder. Perfectly in step marching in the temple was rather, and if it was separatists it would be more metal not to mention a lack of separatist weapon discharges. Clones, he thought it has to be clones. But why were they here at all and why were they shooting up the place? No........no it can't.....

Before Tactus was able to finish that line of thinking a row of clones maybe 10 wide began rounding the corner towards him from the direction of the front entrance. If Tactus was even half right it was time to leave. Tactus quickly turned on his heels and began sprinting away from the clones. He knew there would be more than the 10 he had seen that was how they fought. He rounded a corner just as a absolute wave of blue fire enveloped the hallway he was just in. For a second he thought what if they had just misidentified him? But if that was the case they would have yelled or something. He quickly pushed that thought down into his mind and again returned to sprinting. Where would he go though? If they really were under attack nowhere in the temple would be safe from the clones. Having fought along them and even lead them he knew how they operated. These men were extremely efficient, having caught a glimpse of there armor though he was able to identify them as the 501st. This just hastened the idea in his head that regardless of what was happening he needed to get away from the clones and figure out what was happening. He thought for a second as he continued sprinting rounding corners into hallways where he couldn't here that march. The hanger, he could get a ship and get above this and find out what was happening.

He quickly plotted out a route from where he was to the hanger in his head. But as he rounded another corner he came apon a gruesome scene. Clones cut in half or crushed with a dead human Jedi in between the group of about 7 clones. His mind raced as he tried to process what he was looking at, all the while steam was still rising from the corpses. Maybe the knight had aggravated them? He didn't know for sure, but again he pushed the thought out and stepped over the bodies. But just before he left the pile he picked up a DC-17S off one of the clones. He then quickly went around and picked up as many spare cartridges as he could find. Though it wasn't much it was better than nothing. He had left his carbine in his quarters seeing how he wasn't expecting to be attacked today. He gripped the weapon tightly and put the extra ammo into his belt pockets as fast as he could without breaking the fragile cartridges. He backed away from the bodies slowly still not wanting to believe but then he heard the marching again. He jumped into a sprint again and realized he was getting near the hanger.

He knew that he was running towards a firefight without even using the force to hear. Other jedi must have had the same idea as him, but so would the clones...... He quickly corrected for the hanger control room. He knew that there was an overlook there and he would be able to asses his changes of getting a ship there. As he neared the hanger he began to see more scenes like the one he had seen earlier. Though most of these looked less recent than the one he had just seen. There was a particular concentration of dead around the control room door. He could feel the death in the force strongly as he stepped over the bodies and got to the door. It was unlocked but when he opened it he saw a figure looking out of the overlook. Tactus quickly drew his saber before realizing it wasn't a clone. Still hesitant of lowering his saber he called out to the figure "Identify yourself now!"

Star Wars - Jedi Exile

yeah I'll be going to the hanger when I get the chance

Star Wars - Jedi Exile

ill post and dm you if I get the chance today.

The Depths of Deception

Shuo managed to drop one more of the traitorous bastards before he figured he had to move. After all the lizard could just teleport so he supposed that only really left him to get through the door. He backed out of his crouching position still taking shots back at the now massing force of enemies. Once he firgured that he was about half way to the door he began running towards the entrance. Figuring that on the other side there would be close quarters he managed to press the button again and his weapon began shifting around his hands whilst he gripped it tightly and ran. He could do nothing but watch as his directional indicators light up and his shields started draining. He made it through the door intact however and when Bit promptly blew the hallway nearly in half he got on the move towards the control room.

After taking point in the room breaching he was quick to close the gap to the two less than compliant engineers. Shiva secured one while Shuo went over and quickly secured the other one. This one was a Human male however and he was acting like he had some sort of death wish. "Hand's behind your head now!" Shuo asserted over his speakers.

"Fuuuck you, you Sovr-" The man said just before Shuo put a rifle butt into the man's head. Shuo was rather curious as to what the man expected to accomplish by defying someone cyberneticly augmented and nearly 3 feet taller than them. Never the less he picked up the now unconscious man and Helped Shiva in securing the others. " Make it quick, the longer we stay here the less likely the hostages make it out of here."

The Depths of Deception

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Star Wars - Jedi Exile

Name: Tactus
Gender: Male
Species: Chiss
Age: 19
Homeworld: Coruscant

Appearance:

Tactus

Personality: Tactus is a some times intense man who for even a Chiss excels at suppressing most if not all his emotions. When it comes to combat Tactus has the occasional bout of trance like fervor, though this has never once led him away from the light side of the force it was watched closely by his master when he was younger. He can be rather strict with some of his observations of the jedi code, however his interpretation of the code has differed in a few ways compared to that of some though not often. Tactus has never had trouble falling into where his place is and not questioning the word of his elders, though his master has been slowly breaking him of his habit. He has also had a fascination with why things work rather than how, this applies to everything from governments to the order itself.
Flaws: Tactus has had trouble conquering the emotion of disgust and from time to time still does, though he has learned to control it with the help of his master. Tactus has never been good at sparring other saber wielders nor has he ever enjoyed it, if at all possible he will attempt to keep his distance from melee based opponents.

Skills: Iightsaber forms: Shii-Cho, Soresu.
Due to his reliance on more ranged weapons and tactics Tactus prefers to be on the defensive with the lightsaber and disengage duels as quickly as possible. Tactus however is rather proficient with most of the GAR armory due to his masters like of ranged offense but also due to spending much of his time as a padawan in the war.
Equipment: Standard lightsaber (Dark blue)
DC-17S
Forearm gauntlets(made for protection from blasters)
Simple jedi robes
Utility belt w/ holster (contains collapse able data pad, thick metal cord, a few spare tibanna cartridges etc.)
Force Abilities: Most abilities Tactus possess are centered around his ability to fire weapons accurately and obtain positions that are more advantageous.
Force jump, Force push, Force sight, telekinesis, Force listening, Breath control(training).

Personal History: Tactus was an orphan on Coruscant for reasons that are still unknown to him. However he was found to be force sensitive early and being as close as he was to the jedi center of power he was picked up rather early by the order. His earliest true memories however are of being raised in the temple and taught day in and day out about history and the jedi code. He preformed rather well at tasks that involved him having to little other than absorb knowledge. However Tactus struggled when he was required to think entirely out side of the box. He excelled as a youngling in strict adherence to an idea or method, again though he was unable to come up with things beyond simply combining old ideas.

However when his initiate trials came around he was easily able to pass them especially the test of self discipline which he again excelled at. He was picked up soon after by Shir-Val-Kuul as a padawan. This may have been partly because of his love of non saber weapons which he shared with his superior. However she would battle Tactus's unquestioning nature throughout his entire apprenticeship. Most of her methods of teaching him lessons about the force were unconventional and Tactus initially struggled to understand some of the things she taught him. This was further compounded by Tactus conforming to one line of thought while the next Shir would have him guessing what happened.

Later in his apprenticeship at the outbreak of the clone wars though the lessons she taught him began to come from the battlefield. Being thrust into battle in cities and on open ground was easily the time of his life that cemented his love for ranged combat. He found out quickly as that he was a rather excellent natural shot and he rather enjoyed it compared to what he thought was dreary lightsaber combat. It also helped that since most of the combatants were droids wielding weapons which in general complimented his fighting style of playing defensive until and opening was given. As the war progressed however and his teacher dragged him across the galaxy to different hotspots he also began to foster a sort of warriors bond with the clones they fought along side in increasingly intense fights.

Though as the war and his apprenticeship begin to come to a close however he can't help but look forward to being a knight. Currently though he is inbetween missions and has taken up reading up on the end of wars past and how they moved the galaxy forward from there.

The Depths of Deception

Alright guys I'm thinking a head count is a good idea.

Star Wars - A Grim Hope

That begs the question then, is the Republic still buying kamino clones in this alternate or no?

Star Wars - A Grim Hope

Clones are still alive and kicking?!?!?! Yes.