Episode 4, part 1
Scene 1
Three months later...
A Chiss by the name of Raz'dar'naph, more commonly known as Azdarn, sits in the legendary Mos Eisley cantina. As he surveys the mythical meeting place of the heroes of the New Republic, he wonders if a fate as wonderful as that awaits him after this meeting. He watches the door and bar, waiting for his pilot to show up, praying this crew and ship live up to the rumors about them. Before he even noticed them, two humans sit down at his table, both scaring him and giving him hope that this is the captain, and he really is that good. After looking them up and down, he sees they are just your normal humans, but the taller one begins to speak,
"I am Warren Wolfe, this is Caine. I am the captain of the Aries, what do you want us for?"
"I got in with some, shall we say, seedy beings, and I want out."
"How seedy?"
"Enough to make me find you guys."
"Oh really? Well, mind telling what you heard about us?"
"That you and your ship are the best of the best. Heard your ship can even take out a corvette with out much trouble."
The shorter one, Caine, one giggled at that.
"I think your source put things a bit out of proporiton..."
A large black Wookiee and a Duros walk in.
"Oh no, they found me."
The aliens turn and look right at Azdarn and the others. Warren and Caine stand up, pulling out serpent shaped weapons from their long coats,
"Get up, even if you don't decide to hire us, we'll at least get you out of here alive."
Bolts of energy fly back and forth, and Caine says something into a comm in his collar. The beings at the bar shield themselves and try to get away, while ones in booths just sit and watch. Blaster fire from the Wookiee hits Azdarn's glass, and the table around it, and one of Caine's shots hit the Duro.
"One down."
One of Warren's shots knock the Wookiee to the floor, but she just shakes the stunning blast off and picks herself up. Once outside, a green cylinder-shaped ship lands infront of them, making Azdarn take a step back, but Caine pushes him into its' now open door. Another human is the pilot, and Warren taps him on the shoulder,
"SoE, get us out of here."
"Already moving."
In orbit, Caine sits in a chair, and taps a comm,
"Wolf 11, this is 12, you get all the stuff on Kara's shopping list?"
"That I did, decloaking."
Another ship fades into sight.
Azdarn looks at it for a moment, and takes a deep gulp.
"Is...is..that the Aries?"
The others on this ship and the one on the radio all laugh.
"Nah, you'll see the Aries in a sec, 11 already called for a pick up."
A purple and blue mass forms nearby, and a much larger craft seems to exit it, and the mass or what ever it was disappears behind it. This new ship being just as strange to him as the other two, unlike anything he has seen before. A new voice comes over the radio,
"Wolves, this tower, you are clear to land."
Once the ships are in the hangar, the door of Wolf 12 opens and a small boy is standing there.
"Hey guys, have fun?"
"A bit."
"Okay. Mom sent me down here to help Piper unload. See ya in the mess."
He runs over to the other ship, and the woman coming out of it hands him a few bags, and sticks some candy in his mouth, then pats him on the head, and sends him on his way. SoE, Warren and Caine all grab bags.
Warren looks over the top of his stack of bags,
"Piper, this Azdarn. Azdarn, this is Piper."
They shake hands.
"Alright, lets head to the mess, get some food, and see how this deal is going to play out."
Alarms start to go off, and the PA system comes on,
"Captain, seems his old buddies want him back. They want to talk to you, better get up here. They have three corvettes with weapons charged, and sound a bit eager to use them."
"On my way."
He lets out a sigh.
"Never a dull day on this ship."
Scene 2
Azdarn walks in to the bridge right behind Piper and Warren, he looks around, and finds it odd to only see humans. Any thought of the crew being xenophobic is overshadowed by sight of three Corellian corvettes. He looks over at Warren, who is now facing a screen. The leader of the ships, a Twi'lek with a scar running down the left side of his face, appears on the display.
"You have someone that belongs to us, hand him over."
"I am the captain of the Aries, who do you work for?"
"The one that wants Azdarn back."
Warren nods, and SoE taps a button, sending a beam of blue light lancing out to destroy the engines of one of the corvettes.
"Wrong answer, who do you work for?"
Both Azdarn and the Twi'lek are stunned to see so much power without any warning, and Azdarn realized that what Warren meant by "I think your source put things a bit out of proportion..." is that even three corvettes would be easy as nerf herding.
The alien captain seems to regain his ego,
We need him. Dead or alive, you decide. Do you want me to destroy you and your crew?"
Warren nods, and this time one of the others on the ship hits a control, this time a girl that looks a lot like Warren. The alien disappears from the screen in a flash of light, and appears the bridge of the Aries.
"Alex, you mind doing the honors?"
A human male walks over to the alien and ties him to a chair.
Warren asks again,
"Who do you work for?"
Fully scared and in shock now, the alien blubbers out the answer,
"Some Hutt, not even sure what his name is, or why he wants him back, all I know is I am a bounty hunter and the Hutt pays well."
"Well then...you're of no use to us. Kara, put him back."
Alex cuts the rope, and the Twi'lek reappears on the bridge of his own ship again.
"SoE, take out the others."
"Aye."
Two more beams lance out, destroying the other two corvettes' engines. Warren spins around to face Azdarn.
"Seems I took the job, now lets get food and talk about what's going on."
Azdarn grins knowing he found the right crew,
"First, I want to pick up my stuff from storage back on the planet."
The little boy speaks up.
"When Uncle Warren told us about this job, I checked the planet's networks to see if you had anything in storage, and when he said we took the job, and I beamed it up. So lets just go eat."
Azdarn loses count of how many times he has been shocked today, and just follows the crew off the bridge.
Scene 3
After the everyone is done eating, Af and a few of the others get up to take care of the dishes while Felix heads to the bridge and Azdarn explains his situation.
"So this Hutt, an ugly one even as Hutts go, thinks he's going to pick up the pieces of Jabba's organization and use them for himself. He's got enough going that he can hunt me down, but most can't even remember his name. Anyways, his men 'saved' me once from a city parking fee, so he thinks he owns me. I was looking for something to do, so I helped run the legal side of his holdings, and got paid well for it. A few weeks ago, he told me to start working the other side of the law too, but I packed up and ran for it. Now I am on the run, and almost no one will take me where I want to go. Because when they see Chiss, they think of Thrawn. "
"Ah. That clears things up. Now what else do you need from us?"
"Well, there were a few partners I had on the legal side, I talked to them, and they want out too. One on Nar Shaddaa, one on Mon Cal, and one more that I last heard was on Cloud City. After that, the one on Nar Shaddaa has a house on Naboo where we can start a new life. It's your job to get us there alive. Think you and your ship can do it?"
Warren gets a grin.
"We're going to try."
Warren turns and cups his hands around his mouth,
"Ladies and Gents, grab the swim suits and sunscreen, we're heading to Mon Cal!"
A chorus of hoots and yells make up the reply.
"Well that settles it."
Next, he taps his ear piece,
"Felix, make a jump to Mon Calamari if ya please."
The windows of the mess shift from showing stars to showing the purple glow of hyperspace.
"Done and done."
Scene 4
In orbit over Dac, the water covered world better known as Mon Calamari, the crew of the Aries loads up the ships for the day on the planet. While most of the crew gets beach towels and swimming gear onto the Al'kesh, Warren, Alex, and Azdarn put guns and other weapons onto the Puddle Jumper.
Before take off, they gather together to go over the plan one last time. Warren starts to speak as he pulls on his long coat,
"So, all you guys are doing is enjoying a day at the beach, but keep an eye out. Enough people know of us that they could figure out who we are the moment they see our ships. Since you aren't taking any..."
He sees both SoE and Bob tuck Zats into their packs,
"Er...many weapons, I just want you to keep yourselves out of trouble."
Felix bounds up to Warren,
"What are you up to then?"
"Well...we are going to go find Azdarn's friend, and if someone has them, we'll take 'em back."
"Well, I have something for you."
Felix nods to Caine, who taps a datapad, and four large pods get beamed to next to the Jumper's door. Three of them open, revealing what looks like Lantean suits that are missing their helmets. Piper is the first to point out that shortcoming,
"Where are the helmets?"
Felix pushes a blue button on the suit's arm, and a cowl much like that of a Jaffa Jackal guard deploys.
"These are custom made, rated for positive and negative pressures, have maneuvering thrusters for both vacuum and underwater, and are modular, allowing weapons, flight packs, and repulserlifts to be attached and used. You can also use the normal fish-bowl helmets instead of the cowl, but I think the cowl is better for just a hint of psychological-warfare. Best of all, with modules removed, you can do this,"
He jumps up to tap a red switch on the neck of the suit, making it compress into just a vest with no helmet.
"All you have to do is put on the vest, tap the red one button on the chest, and you are pretty much wearing a tank. They even increase your speed, jumping distance, and strength. Oh, forgot, they are bullet proof and blaster resistant, and you can use a shield for a short period of time."
Everyone stares in shock, Azdarn more so than the rest. Alex, Bob, and SoE walk to the last of the pods and see a latch,
"What's in here?"
Felix gets a smirk,
"Weapons modules."
They open the hatch and start to pull out all the goodies within. Blades, cannons, larger rifles, and chain guns are just a few of the items. They put it all back, close the weapons chest, then take it and the vests onto Wolf 12.
After the two ships launch, they set the Aries to cloak, and head to the water covered world below.
