The Rebel Faction

She had been told that there was to be a good time had on Gallinore, and she was not disappointed. The shadow beneath the hood of Tevarii's robe kept the disfigurement of her face hidden to those about her. Specifically from the black clad PeFauna that stood not to far from her.

Lupercus had instructed her to wait for him, but she did not think he would mind if she started a little early.

Her hand reached out, long and pale fingers pointing toward the unaware Royal Guard of the Rogue Empire. Nothing seemed to happen at first, but she continued to draw on the Darkside and focussed on the Guard.

The black pupils of her eyes dialated until nothing could be seen but two black orbs. A smile played across her maroon lips and she could see and feel every last molecule of the man. With a single thought she drew the kinetic energy of those molecules toward her, causing the man's - and armor - temperature to drop rapidly. In a matter of seconds the once mobile man was still as ice.

In fact...

He was ice.

Weakened and drained, Tevarii felt herself colapsing to her knees yet the smile one her face never wavered. With the last of her power she conjured a small sphere of white light in her shakey hand and projected it toward the stature of ice.

It shattered on contact.

She sat herself up against the wall, people about her screaming and running in panic at the site of the pieces of man. She would be content waiting for the Pretender now.

<font color=red>We must remember to attempt that again we are stonger...</font>

The shield down, every able bodied troop began ferrying to the surface.

First among them were the the fifty stormtroopers abaord the Gunship <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Merciless.<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> Direct temproary commander of them was the " Admiral," himself priming his personal hybrid pistol as the Sentinel Shuttle made the journey to Gallinore's surface.

Many of the Hapan soldiers would be going towards a large mine complex.

The New Imperial soldiers had other intentions, as the had received no orders contravening independent action.

There was a small planetary defense outpost five kilometers from the mines, capable of launching a retaliatory strike against the raiders and GDI soldiers. The garrison was only a hundred strong, but did possess the heavu assault equipment the purely infantry detachments then arriving did not have.

" Bring us over their base. Fire all weapons at any defensive emplacements. Bring us about for another pass, target any troops you can hit, and then land us just beyond the wire. When all are off, get airborne and hit them again."

The shuttle commander nodded and made the preparations.

The white craft came down over a small range of hills and saw the base, its structure mostly earthen foritifcations and a few underground bunkers and vehicle sheds.

Fire of red and green began lancing up from their two twin laser batteries, the only ones that could do any damage to the craft. The rest was assorted small arms fire.

At breaking speeds, the shuttle approached, and was gone just as quick. In its wake, over a hundred shots had been loosed towards the ground, leaving both batteries in heaps of smoldering wreckage.

As she turned about, the men readied for landing...

<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> As he flew down the steep shaft, the breeze shot passsed his face so rapidly, the Sith Prince was momentarily at peace. But flickerings of a lightside forceuser broke the Hapans reverie.

Snapping straight, he reached out with his hatred of the Light and was propelled into a side tunnel. The speed of his entrance surprised even him as he tucked into a roll, hitting the dirt with a slight twinge of pain. His landing attrached the attention of the PeFauna nearby, who raised his force pike. As the Dark Prince rose, the man lowered his weapon.<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->

"Ahh Hapan, how goes our great conquest?"

<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> An evil sneer crossed the face of the Hapan as he walked to an inch from the mans face. His hand dropped to his sabre and slammed the unactivated 'point' into the PeFaunas gut.<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->

"Quite well...

For <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> us<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> anyway!"

<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> With a cackle he activated it, the ruby red sabre slicing through the PeFaunas gut. The man hung their for a moment, as Lupercus' free hand reached for his other sabre, and with a astonishing speed drew it, the blade igniting as it rose. With a powerful slash the mans head fell bloody to the ground.

Lupercus turned to see the other Sith coming up behind him. Nodding, they filtered out amongst the mines many routes, leaving only death in their wake.

10 minutes later, not a single living entinty besides them remained...<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->

<!--EZCODE UNDERLINE START-->Elsewhere in Gallinore.<!--EZCODE UNDERLINE END-->

<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> The teams of Rodians were in their element. They had a simple task, much to their delight. They were to save any gems they could find and keep them, but they had one other objective.

Pillage, maim, destroy and Rape.

Slaughter any who oppose, and many who wouldn't...<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->