It was a nice ship. Not that he was much of a pilot himself, but simply keeping off the radar of the enemy was something that could keep him out of a lot trouble. Setting the coordinates, he made his way to his destination.
Spoiler: intimidation 64+10 30+13 Vlita's Resistance = 69 As he started speaking, the dark sider palled. The Intimidation was getting to her - She would break fast, the dark lord decided.
Spoiler: Charisma 70+6 30+15 The woman puffed with pride. "I am aiming to become a Sith, my Mistress. Being versatile in my skills is a necessity - I want to lead, not be a simple assassin~" The woman easily purred her ambitions with a bit of Isis's manipulation. She was a skilled fighter and knew the dark side. She had some natural talent in leadership... but there was barely anything more to her...
Spoiler: random 7/10 As she made her way through the forest, Darth Crystal soon heard something - a blaster fight. She made her way to it, and found small patrols exchanging fire. One side looked like armoured guards. The other were a small party of scouts... Dart lady easily made out a leader of scout party.
Interesting... Crystal remained out of sight and kept watching, both in the hope of learning more about the two sides and to make sure there were no other soldiers nearby. After the fight was over she would decide whether to approach the winners.
Kegrag walked around crippled Vlita as he gently touched her fingers with hammer. "Now, since we put matter clear, tell me why I should let you life? Why I shouldn't just egzecute you before your men to break their support for you? Did you have anything to offer to me?" He asked as he hit her small finger. Not to break it, but to give her pain. "Well Vlita? Tell Me what is worth your life?"
As he entered the ship, Darth Ulria was greeted by following of his dark acolytes. "Welcome master~" Ever the seductress, Joyread greeted him, with a smile, leaning forward just so he had a good look at her cleavage. "Master." The other woman, Ashttat, approached him with a respectful bow, looking with annoyance at Joyrea. The last of the acolytes, Joegav, stepped forward and bowed respectfully. All of them hoped to be taken as a Sith apprentices by Dark lord of the Sith... and would do anything to get in that position of power.
“At ease.” As he boarded his ship, he stared at the three through the mask. While Ashtatt already knew what he looked like from their time at the Jedi temple, he didn’t bother removing it. Jogaev didn’t know what he looked like and for now he’d keep it that way. Jorread had…made attempts. With mixed results. She never did see his face, although… Vallin was a kind of goofy pretty boy moron. Ulria was a manipulative and cutthroat sith. But more than that, in the end he would mostly likely only be choosing one of them. He didn’t want to provide more information than necessary. Though he did have his favourite in Ahstatt who had always been consistently performing diligently, Jogaev’s combat abilities certainly put him in the running and he knew it. Jorread’s mind though might be a better quality than brute strength. He always wondered which one would come out on top. “I received word from my sources. One day, one of you may reach the day of taking a direct seat in the chamber yourself. With you all soon reaching the end of your trial basis, that day may be soon. But know that sabotaging the results of a mission to accomplish that is never acceptable. You’ve all shown your use to me, and I know you will again. You are to investigate the disappearances of a colony. Set the coordinates and compile what information you can gather on the way.”
It did not take long, as she heard more noise coming from the side of the city - the scouts must have realised it as well, because they started retreating, leaving behind heavy infantry...
@Tjf After some time, the ship finally arrived at the Crim system. Spoiler: Torture 64+12 30+18 Vlita's Resistance = 41 The intimidation worked, as Kegrag slowly continued causing fear and distress.... and he could see the woman's resolve crumbling... 'We have arrived at the Crim system!' He heard through the communication.
"Does that mean you will make us your apprentices?" Joyread asked with excitement in her voice, and the other two also perked up at the possibility. "We? Are you not coming, master?" Joegav asked calmly. "Is that mission, our test, master?" Ashttat asked curiously.
Kregag give order to Amajul. "Get us in sneak mode and scan system for the fleet." He said and grab face of Vlita. "Well Vlita? You didn't answer my question, which is big disrespect for me. What could you offer in exchange for your pathetic life?" He grip strong on her collar and rip open her dress, showing her breast cover only in black bra. "Should I give you more pain... Or maybe you will give me something else?" He twisted one of her nipples.
“I’ll shall be observing and operating as well. Ruthlessness and darkness are a trivial quality to find in a Sith. Those with the mind to accomplish more than using brute force are in short supply. But be warned. We have no certainty on the risk of active threats and they could still be very present. Suitably impress me, and we’ll talk more about your futures. I will say this only once, as you already know. Save the backstabbing to each other for a better time. There is no room on this ship for animals to out of control to follow basic orders.”
Crystal decided to quietly follow the scouts. The guards were unlikely to go anywhere, so they would be easy to find later. The scouts would be much harder to locate once they were gone from her sight.
Upon boarding his command vessel, Maleficus ordered the ship's commander to depart for the planet Lauthea. "Summon me only when we've reached our destination or when my attention is required." He finished before he made his way to his personal quarters on board. He wanted to look over what information the Empire had on Lauthea, and what to expect.
@Regin34 @Tjf Both ships have landed on the planet. A number of trooper started surrounding the ships... "Kregag! The exhibitionist is leaving her ship with her guards! Thought you wanna know!" The scientist exclaimed through the intercomm. At this moment the Dark Lord realised he had not enough time to break the woman before meeting her forces... Unless he choose the negotiations to Darth Isis...
"Yes, my lord." Joegav nodded his head in simple acceptance. The two women glanced at each other with suspicion, but soon they also nodded and agreed with the orders they were given.
Spoiler: track 15+4 8+2 With some difficulty, the Dark lord managed to get on the tail of the retreating squad - they were slower, as some of them were wounded. They still did not notice the dark lord...
As the dark lord started searching through the data, he quickly realised there was but little else about the station. The Empire did not posses an intelligence department to gather data, and lack of it was painfully showing itself. They were acting in blind. The only information was about a city... "My lord, we have arrived." One of the crew memebers have reported.
With the objective made clear, he wondered how well they'd listen. It was to be expected Sith would betray each other eventually, but it was also part of the testing phase. Ambition was common for Sith. Wisdom was harder to come by than it should be. If they proved themselves willing to jeopardize the tasks by sabotaging each other in such way that it would be detrimental to their own goals, there was little reason to expect much of them in a serious capacity. Time would tell now that opportunity had been teased of how they would play their cards. "We leave." He didn't keep any extended conversation as he made his command and attempted to see what information he could search about the planet and colony on the way.