The Confederacy Strikes Back (on Telos IV)

Victor_Mallix

Date: Friday, 09 Sep 2011, 4:18 PM | Message # 1

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An private cargo ship had entered the space of Telos IV some weeks before. It carried a few crates of electronics from the factories of Nal Hutta. The ship as a Nesst-class Freighter, it was unarmed and had a recently purchased starport visa and so attracted little attention as it landed and deposited its cargo at a recently rented warehouse in the capital of Telos IV, Thani. When the warehouse was tracked back later it would have been rented in peggats by a Quarren who gave his name as "Sc'ru T'Empyre", having been paid in cash in advance. A large pile of old clone wars era electronics and scrap would be found left in the hangar.

The crew of the cargo vessel simply left their cargo and returned, they reported a to ground control a course which would lead them to Corellia. However, when they jumped to hyperspace their jump indicated that their ultimate destination was Commenor (although this wasn't its destination either). Some weeks after the cargo had been delivered.. crude explosives blasted open the doors of the warehouse (causing no damage or deaths but casting wreckage around the industrial area involved). From the blasted doorway zoomed two STAPs.

The droids skimmed through the streets, moving throughout the area, targeting civilian vehicles and pedestrians indiscriminately, firing rounds at anything they saw. The two operated independently and zoomed through the streets with no given pattern, just with the instruction to engage as many civilians as possible. They retreated to if they encountered law enforcement and would not engage them unless cornered, giving them a good chase around the streets and spreading destruction.

Victor Mallix
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Tremaine_Fowlkes

Date: Wednesday, 14 Sep 2011, 4:32 PM | Message # 2

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((I was supposed to post last night but I got too tired. I'll try to get it up tonight. Thank you for your patience.))

Added (14 Sep 2011, 5:32 PM)
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Captain Jed Mann, a soldier that's in command of Telosian Security Forces, had just closed the case on a group of people selling stolen goods on the Black Market. It had sent the Telosian Security Forces on a wild bantha chase, and a huge headache for Jed himself. They had finally apprehended the local mastermind behind all this. This case, along with a few others, had taken him several weeks to complete. With nothing else happening, and finally a break for the Captain, he was about to leave his office when something else had happened.

He was in his usual yellow and white Telosian military uniform. The man reached for his coat on a nearby coat rack inside his office, when a secretary opened his door without even knocking. That was an indication of something that went awry. "What is it now?! It better be damn important." His tone was somewhat gruff. The secretary cleared her throat for a moment before speaking. "It is. There's been reports of an attack by two battle droids. By the looks of it, a B1 battle droid strapped on a STAP each. They're firing on civilians." Jed would grumble, "Separatists." That was the first thing that came to his mind.

The secretary left, and Captain Mann would dispatch nearest patrol speeders to give a hot pursuit to each STAP. Soon enough, a squad speeder would be attempting to catch up with one of the STAPs. Same would happen for the second one. The next thing that happened would be that the Captain dispatched the Special Response Tactical Unit teams to block off all the entrances and exits for the city of Thani. Then he went ahead and contacted the local commander of the Imperial garrison of the current situation, coordinating with him in efforts to subdue the supposed Separatist attackers. Captain Mann didn't like the stormtroopers and their officers very much, but that was the process of the system and he had to abide by the laws.

The second last thing he did was making an emergency session on the HoloNet that's on a planet-wide broadcast. The man stepped on the podium, "I'm Captain Mann, of the Telosian Security Forces. I urge all civilians to stay in homes for your own safety. The TSF are going to coordinate with the Imperials in efforts to subdue the attackers. Please remain calm and stay indoors until we say otherwise, and follow instructions to your local authorities. Thank you for your cooperation." The man stepped down on the podium. He went back into his office to leave a message to Senator Fowlkes of what was happening, before going back to coordinating with the Imperial forces.

Tremaine Fowlkes
Senator of Telos IV

Victor_Mallix

Date: Monday, 19 Sep 2011, 4:24 PM | Message # 3

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The droids gunned down a few people before being cornered at various locations. Once their STAPs had no avenue of escape they would engage the Telosian Security Forces, going out in a blaze of glory and being promptly destroyed by the highly efficient troopers. However, in the massacres over two hundred Telosians lay dead, as well as millions of credits worth of damage being done by the crazed droids.

Truly the Confederacy had struck back.

Victor Mallix
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Date: Monday, 19 Sep 2011, 5:23 PM | Message # 4

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The TSF was rather effective in isolating the droids from getting outside the capital city and spreading further attacks. However, it was not without casualties. There was no way the Telosian Security Forces would have foreseen this attack and prevent it from happening. It was like the droids had appeared out of nowhere, out of thin air. Damage had already been done. Since it was impossible to turn an entire city into a crime scene, Captain Mann decided to have the TSF isolate the sites of the destroyed droids as crime scenes.

The man would have the local station keep on broadcasting, urging the civilians to stay in homes until the TSF would round the bodies off the streets and put them into the city morgue. Workers inside the morgue would have a busy day ahead of them, identifying the bodies and meeting with their relatives in order for them to retrieve their deceased ones. Local funeral directors would also be busy with the funeral processing soon thereafter. After some time had passed and no more Separatists coming to continue the attacks, Thani would be not be under a blockade anymore. This day was not one of better days the Telosians usually enjoyed.

Captain Mann knew he would have to launch an investigation, as his good friend and Senator, along with several government officials, would want the TSF to. Which is why he proceeded to send a message to Tremaine, explaining him of the situation.

Tremaine Fowlkes
Senator of Telos IV