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Datunda, 14 Yelona, 12731 T

Pod Racing

by Aerena 'Relentless' Kolene

Hickes left a message saying to finish caf and breakfast and then meet up to make plans. Apparently they want to take the fight to the dark clones. During the meeting, Vanya asks if I am willing to dress up as a Jedi. I do NOT say the first three things that come to mind and calmly say that I prefer to not present myself as a Jedi, but I will be happy to stand beside her. Her second suggestion is for me to dress up as a Sister of Battle beside her and we give out candy canes as a distraction while the others enter the base, extract Bobba Fett (drugged or unconscious), and get back out. Apparently Danar wants to put on the suspicious suits and use those during their operation. We make a plan to split up and get what we need and meet back in less than an hour to head out with each group taking a separate transport.
 
Doc storms in and asks us for a health check. I feel fine, but as he continues to talk I feel like I have the symptoms so I take the rebreather that has medication in it to fight the smoke that has devil spores in it. We don't need to wear it constantly, just take a few hits off and on. Danar works on trying to get a cure or a one shot fix or whatever, but Doc just keeps telling him no. I look at Zaye and ask her to go with me since we aren't going off planet and will be fairly close to the kids. I suggest we leave them with Spooks and a clone trooper and she agrees. I go over and ask Rico for a teacher /trooper to stay with the kids and teach them something new. He checks his roster and says he has two options and will check and send one over to babysit. We thank him and head out with Vanya to get our disguises.
 
We three head to the local Sister of Battle house and tell the leader what we want to do and why and she agrees to help - with the understanding that if a purge becomes necessary we will call on them. She sends us to the armory and first thing is they put me into a black bodysuit and begin attaching pieces to it to make me a full suit. They don't have any spares so I will have to give all of this back after we finish this op. I ask if Zaye should dress up too and after we discuss - and she tries to break the Jedi and the Sister - she agrees to dress up as a sister too. Even in the suit she will still be able to perform her ninja moves if it becomes necessary. I then ask her if she thinks we should wear helmets, not wear helmets, or start with helmets on and then take them off at a key point. We agree to start with helmets on and take off for distraction points as Zaye feels this will be the most effective way to meet our team goal. Next I ask about the candy canes and where we are supposed to get them. Apparently there are confiscated ones so no one is out any money if we have to stick them all into blaster barrels. Seems Vanya has experience with this and knows precisely why getting a candy cane inside a blaster barrel is a bad thing.
 
We head to the local Bureau of Ships and Services for the crate of candy canes that failed customs inspections. They ask a few questions, but eventually agrees to give us what we are asking for with the clear understanding that we will destroy them. Vanya is able to calm his fears and she signs the paperwork. The ones we are given apparently have some issues (knock off Disney Planet), but that is for the good as that will ensure that no vids will be shared. We also ask for a small repulsorcraft that can handle the three of us and the crate so we can zip across the desert to the pirate base. They ask where we are going and Vanya points to the correct mountain range. He offers us a landspeeder that he wants returned and Vanya tells him that might be a problem so he goes to check his stock again. He comes back with a confiscated vehicle that was apparently part of an illegal racing gig. He makes no promises beyond that it will get us there, but does make it clear that they haven't found out all of its hidden surprises.
 
We meet up with the others and discuss where we are going and have long we should take to get to the pirate base that is mid-slope on a small plateau. Zaye and I take the opportunity to check over the land speeder that BSS loaned us to ensure that we are not going to have an accident. We find some interesting things like telemetry readings, a sensor package, and three switches. There are multiple engines in a series in the front (3) plus the normal 2 in the back with the central engine. I look more closely at the fuel lines and find power lines connected to what looks like concussion missile launchers ( at least the power without the emitter). This makes me very curious about what this ship was built to do. We set off and get to the desert area which is nice and flat with scattered rock towers around. I talk to the other two to see if they will be a voice of reason, but they are just as curious as I am. Vanya even tries the Jedi beer trick on me to tell me to hit the switch!
 
I give them one more chance to talk me down, but they don't so I confirm that everyone is buckled in and I press the first switch for three seconds. I feel a surge of power and then suddenly the two back engines are in front of the land speeder with electrical arcs connecting them to the land speeder. This crazy machine has turned into a podracer and the main engine slides underneath with the power of a concussion missile and boosts the power and we are flying - literally. Well I thought we were, but I flip the second switch to turn it off, but it pops out airfoils on each of the front engines and we head UP. Now we really are flying. Since I don't see any way to survive getting out of atmosphere, I flip the third switch hoping it will put things back to normal. It does. There are two results off the test. One, we have gone further than we planned as we managed to cover a LOT of distance so we need to slow way down. Two, it is recharging so we do need to take our time getting to the pirate base in case we need to use this land speeder for its intended use again.
 
We get to the pirate base and park outside the gates. Zaye and I walk shoulder-to-shoulder with Vanya behind us carrying the crate of candy canes. We walk slowly in and observe the buildings, the weapon emplacement, the conversations of people behind the wall, and things happening. No one is waiting for us when we get to the door. Vanya hits the comm button with a rock and six imperial dark troopers appear on the walkway. Vanya talks very calmly and quietly and gets a person down to the door and begins her spiel about the supposed reason we are here. Suddenly she tells us to be loose and ready. Zaye and I look at each other and take two steps to the side so that we form an arc. Vanya swirls a small amount of sand around us and we track to see how many people are around us. There are four people around us that is cloaked and then the door opens and a person in armor carrying a helmet walks out to talk to us. I ask Vanya to keep a light swirl of sand moving to allow Zaye and I to keep an eye on the cloaked figures while we apparently watch the conversation unfold. She manages to convince them that we are just here to hand out candy canes and she starts going around handing them out - even to the cloaked ones. I tensed for an immediate fight, but they just uncloaked and accepted their candy canes with sheepish looks at each other.
 
Zaye and I watch Vanya do the courtyard and then she returns to us. We each grab a big handful of candy canes and go into different buildings to see if we can continue to plan distraction. I pick the round building and walk inside. It is a standard imperial room with a round platform in the middle that activates when I walk into the room with blue lines that turns into a holo emitter. I push a couple of buttons and it activates behind me and I hear a voice behind me asking who I am. I turn to see Iceheart herself. Ms. Ysanne Isard.

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