The Rebel Faction

Luis turned to Dirk, his Padawan, though he did not view him as such, but more of an equal:

"ETA 2 minutes, so prepare yourselves. When we land, we will attempt to infiltrate the facilities. Hopefully, Red team will be there also, we are to support them should they need it. Once we are inside, we should try not to get spotted right away, but make it more of a surprise. Plant the charges in strategic locations and get out as fast as possible. We should try to stay reasonably together, so as not to get lost or separated. If you find yourself seperated, try to contact one of the group, they will come find you"

He siad with a small nod. He glanced at his chronometer. They had less than a minute to go. With a sharp turn he walked back to the cockpit and sat down, extending the wing flaps for atmospheric travel and preparing to enter atmosphere. He flicked on the commlink:

"Red Leader, this is Blue Leader. Katarn? You ready to do this thing?"

He asked, smiling slightly.

Luis smiled and sat back, grabbing a hold of the controls he slowly piloted his ship down into the atmosphere:

"Roger that, Red leader"

He said, flicking the commlink off again and descending furthur. He could now see Kenshins ship not too far away from the cockpit wondow. It wouldn't be long now. He glanced down, the terrain looked awfully treacherous. Biting his lip he looked for a place to land. He eyed a large patch of flat dirt, behind some jagged rocks. Bringing the Starwinder down slowly, he lowered the landing gear and retracted the wings for landing. The ship thudded gently to a halt on the dry, cracked dirt.

He stood and ran through to the area where the team was gathered. He looked at them, making sure they were prepared:

"Are we all ready? Lets go go go!"

He said, opening the boarding ramp and stepping out onto the ground. He quickly checked he had everything. Lightsaber, charges, thermal detonators. Yup, it was all there. He ushered everyone off the ship and closed the hatch, locking up the ship. He lifted his commlink to his mouth and spoke quietly:

"Red team, this is Blue Team, locked and ready to roll, just give the word"

Kenshin noticed the landing site Luis had picked out and the Storm Shadow soon landed with a muffled thump not too far from the Starwinder.

As soon as the ship touched the ground, he was up and about passing packs of explosives to Anaran and Alana as well as grabbing a few himself.

Checking that his belt held everything it should, Kenshin grabbed out of a storage compartment an extra lightsaber battery pack. He would have both of his lightsabers with him this mission.

Ushering the other two out onto the rocky terrain, the knight checked all systems, turned them off, and locked the hatch.

His commlink soon crackled and he unclipped it from his belt. Glancing at the unfamiliar terra around him, he raised it to his mouth.

"Blue Team, this is Red Team. Let's go."

Entering the Japreal System-

Rhianna Skywalker sat in the captain's chair in the cockpit of her modified LY-3000 freighter. The Black Pearl- as her ship had been named after a Naishi legend- was nearing the planet Onderon where she was meeting two other groups of Jedi for a mission. Her legs draped over one side of the chair as she watched the starlines through halfclosed eyes.

She had never cared much for hyperspace travel and she cared even less for missions where she had only vague details. When Kale had spoken to she and Odon about the reason they were going to Onderon she had felt that not everything had been said. As she waited for the time to break from hyperspace she felt a nagging feeling that she was walking into a trap.

Had she been alone she might not have been been as concerned, but she had the responsiblity of Lily Bywater. Up until the days before the mission she had only seen Lily around the premises back on Ossus, and though the journey had left them plenty of time to get to know one another- Rhianna had been consumed with that nagging sensation through the whole trip.

The short time since Kale had returned had been filled with far too much of the business matters of the Jedi for them to have really gotten time to catch up more then a few conversations. The years had truly etched Kale from the stubborn boy he had been then to the responsible man he was now. That he was leading this mission gave her a glow of inner pride, he really had matured in their five year seperation.

Looking at the chronometer she realized it would be less then twenty minutes before she would take the ship out of hyperspace. Getting up she went back to the small galley to see if Lily was ready for their descent to the planet.

Luis smiled and gave the signal for the team to keep low while they moved, there wasn't an awful lot of cover, save for a few rocks and the odd dead tree. He moved silently behind a large, jagged rock:

"Everybody, cloak your force signatures, we don't want to attract unwanted attention from any Sith just yet. Once we reach the facilities, we may drop our cloaks"

He glanced at Dirk and his blaster and frowned for a second, some habits never die. In this case however, it was a very useful habit, if the Jedi came under fire, Dirk would be able to give return fire. After a moment of visually scanning the terrain that stretched in front of them for Guards he motioned for them to move on.

The facilities were not too far ahead, he could see the smoke rising fron their tall, blackened chimneys as the Jedi proceeded carefully along the treacherous terrian. It was about five minutes before the group reached the large factories of Gaghrin, pressing himself against the wall, he checked around the corner for Guard patrols. He turned back to the group, thier faces seemed eager to continue. He turned to Dirk:

"Dirk, try and find us a way in. Hanix and Omoi keep an eye out for Guards"

He whispered, looking at each person in turn. He lifted his commlink and spoke into it in a hushed whisper:

"Red, this is Blue. We have arrived at the facilities and are infiltrating now. Whats your status?"