"That...is exactly what I wanted to hear. We are blessed. The rancor will soften our enemy for us." Isis smiles, as she pilots the ship down toward the cave. "Send Kegrag the location of the cave, and warn him about the rancor. That is where we'll hide the holocron."
"As you command." The man said as he moved to Comms. @Regin34 The scientist looked at the Comms. "Dart Isis... Just sent us a message... The coordinates... And a warning of... Rancor?" She hissed as she looked at the dark lord. "A rancor?"
"Vlita, coward but clever enough to survive our purge. We will made egzample of her to teach lesson for other traitors." He said as they fly the ship. "Not much, as staying on the ship and arriving on my comand. Or, do you have any ideas? Because in combat you are useless."
Amajul Skakeig snorted. "I have dozens of ideas to pick up this sorry excuse of the kingdom into something more... civilized, but that's really not my problem." She shrugged as she finished manipulating the console. "Preflight check is done. Everything is okay." She finished. "Yeah... better them than me..."
Kegrag get their ship into hydrospace, to get as soon as possible on Hyvax. "Yes, that problem would require permission of Isis to be solved, or at least good reason to do that with her approval." He said and look at redhead scientist. "So, anything usefull or interesting you find out in your researchs? Something what I could use?"
“Yes, I will be,” Crystal nodded in confirmation, “I need to see for myself what is going on there before I can decide on a course of action. Do you have anything else to report or suggest before I depart?”
It did not take long to reach the destination, planet Hyvex. "To come up with something, I need to actually have something to work with... and my laboratory was destroyed during the purge..." The scientist grumbled. Soon, the ship came down, landing next to Darth Isis's ship... in a rather beautiful valley, next to a waterfall.
Seeing Kegrag's ship approaching, Darth Isis remains in her meditation sphere, using its mind focusing power to reach into the nearby cave, feel the essence of the rancor, and use Force corruption on it to bind it to her will.
“Very well. Inform me if you learn anything more.” Crystal instructed the clone. Getting up the former thief headed toward her ship, escorted by her guards.
" When we succeed in this task, I will give you laboratory. Hide the ship, to awoid detection. "He said confident. As he leave ship, Kegrag take his Sith Holocrom and headed to cave with rancor. " It is a good time to use again my sneaking skills. Even if Isis somehow support him, it would be a foolish to relay only on her skills." He said to himself as he entered lair of monster.
{Oh, oh! I get to do first throw!} Spoiler: Corruption Dark Side 30 + Force Corruption 20 +(11)d20 - 5 (range) -10 (size and ferocity of creature) - 46 vs Rancor 10 + (8)d20 - 18 Darth Isis immersed herself in the dark side... She could feel it's laugh as she done so. Like a lover, she caressed her body, her very soul... and gave her power! She quickly found the creature - it was massive! But it's mind was weak! Darth Isis was a Sith! She started influencing the creature, attacking it's mind, bending it to her will! It resisted of course, but it was a beast... a foolish creature.... and soon, Isis could feel it give away... the creature, while not exactly a mind control, she could command the simple mind.... still, keeping up control, keeping it on tight leash, would be a taxing thing in a long run...
Sensing Kegrag begin his move into the cave, Isis decides that trying to tame the beast is too much work - she'll simply keep it's mind occupied to help her fellow Sith go undetected, and then when her enemy arrives, she'll focus its hatred on the Lash loyalist.
"As you wish." The clone bowed as Darth Crystal left. The armoured guards walked behind her and on her sides, as Darth Crystal made her way to her ship. As she walked, the dark acolytes studying, practising and training in the temple, all look with awe and jealousy at her. But non dared to approach a Sith Lady and a member of dark council. It was an old design - X-70B Phantom-class Corvette, but it was brought up to modern standards.
Darth Kegrag moved into the cave. It was dark, wet and cold. Spoiler: sneak sneak 30 +physcial 35 + d20(11) - 76 rancor 20+d20(14)-10(distraction)-34 The lord of the sith, easily sneaked into the cave. It was as if shadows themselves enveloped the dark side master. He moved to the next chamber... the first he noticed, was the smell... next came soft breathing... that could shake the cave. Then, he saw the massive predator. As time passed, the creature stayed calm... it have not noticed the dark lord at all...
Now it is come part of the plan which Kegrag hate the most. He take his Sith Holocrom and using Force levitate he moved it behind gigantic monster, to make it impossible to get without getting closer to rancor. Now, Vlita have to get close to monster or she won't get it. Kegrag hide himself into shadows, stepping as far as possible from the monster, to waiting for his prey.
As she walked Crystal watched the acolytes she passed by. None did anything to displease her or provoke her ire, so she left them alone. “Set course for planet Rendre,” Crystal ordered once she was on board, her guards standing nearby. “Keep us out of sight when we arrive. Before we do anything we shall observe and learn as much about the situation on the planet as possible.”
@Tjf Darth Isis felt Darth Kegrag place the artefact. She could feel the dark side singing now, from the artefact... now, she only needed to notify the Amidala's clone of the location of the artefact, and wait...
"As you command, my lady." One of the guards said, then she and her companion went to the pilot's cockpit. The travel took some time, and finally, after a couple of hours, the ship left hyperspace. "My lady, we have arrived at the planet." One of the pilots reported.