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[Mercenary_Leader]

Sandoval picks one of the smaller quarters himself choosing the ones closer to the engine room.

Now if were ready to take off lets get going.

Who flies the ship?

[Scorch]

Jackson will be flying the ship with Enestar as co-pilot. He'll stick it in autopilot as soon as they make the jump to hyperspace, so he can spend some time with the others.

[Mercenary_Leader]

Alright then well if nobody has any objections lets go. You take off and head towards Felucia. Someone roll an astrogation check or Sandoval's R2 unit can do it.

[Arothas]

Enestar smiled brightly as he pushed buttons around and started entering the co-ordinates... Oh, he had so missed this!

[ October 2, 2009, 6:13 am ] - Arothas rolled 1d20 ± 12 and obtained 19 ( 7, ). Reason : Astrogate.

[Scorch]

Jackson smiled as he began launch procedures, glad to finally be in the cockpit of a decent ship again. Just as Enestar finalized their route and The Defiance began to take off Jackson started an announcement on the ship's comm system, his words reaching everyone's ears.

"Alright, this is your captain speaking. Return your trays to their upright position and make sure your seatbelt is fastened securely. Sandy's droid will be round shortly bringin' refreshments and remember, in the event of a crash, you can blame Enestar." Jackson grinned as he flicked off the comms and grinned at his co-pilot, pulling the ship onwards and upwards.

[Mercenary_Leader]

Carefully planning the course Enestar manages to shave 8 hours of the trip, so the trip to Felucia takes 88 hours.

As the blue tunnel of hyperspace fades away and the pinpoints of stars fill the windows of the cockpit, you get a brief glimpse of the planet Felucia hanging just below your ship, the jump was perfect and the imperial should be almost right below you according to the nav data. Almost instantly your eyes are drawn to the dagger-shaped starship looming ahead of you—an Imperial Star Destroyer.

[Arothas]

Instantly as the Defiance jumped out of Hyperspace, Enestar's voice rang out over the comm systems.

"This is Enestar speaking; we have encountered an Imperial Star Destroyer, I repeat, an Imperial Star Destroyer is dead ahead." The odds were that the Imperials had not noticed them yet, but Enestar wouldn't bet on that for a million credits. Okay, maybe two million.

"Jackson? You'd better do some of that really good flying right now." Enestar started pushing buttons, prepping the ship for one heck of a ride.

OOC

In other words, taking the aid other action for any piloting checks Jackson might do.

Edited by Arothas, 02 October 2009 - 08:56 PM.

[arrowfodder]

Alytha had just finished giving Ryleth the last of their inoculations when she heard Jackson over the ship's com. "A Star Destroyer? Ryleth come with me. We need to pack up the medlab in case we need to abandon ship. Anything we need has to be ready to be taken to an escape pod immediately."

[Scorch]

The Star Destroyer loomed ahead, sitting there stalwart above the planet, staring them down like a bull about to charge. A cocktail of adrenaline and fear rushed down Jackson's spine, instantly ringing alarm bells and spurring him into action. "Alright Enny, full power to hull shields." He spoke firmly and calmly for those few seconds but he could just feel their guns bearing down on them, about to fire. The sense of urgency in Jackson's voice rose significantly, "65% to hull. Ah hell, it's charging too slow!" They both knew they were seconds from being space dust, this had to work.

"Enny, reroute as much power to hull shields now...Oh Frack!" He spat out his last words in anguish as huge bolts of energy began to zip towards them, missing by a few lengths of bantha. "Full thrusters...here we go." There was a little air of unknowing in his voice, as if he hasn't thought through the consequences but right now they didn't have the time for thinking things through as heavy blasts rained past them.

With a swift flick of the control stick and specific activation of the thrusters the ship lurched forward and down to the left in a sudden arc. There was a loud Keerrthunkk as the thrusters shut off and slammed on again, the Defiance swung suddenly into an arc the right, further jolting the stomachs of the crew. "Ah Fierfek! The flustered pilot yelled as another hail of fire rained upon them. Apparently the Imperials are keeping their targetting systems in good shape...

"Enny, shift full shield power to starboard on my mark...". The pilot held his breath, doing his best to anticipate the next barrage. They had to make it, he wasn't gonna let some flashy auto-target system cut them down. "...NOW! Warning systems bleeped their mindless tones as all shield power surged to the starboard side, Jackson threw the ship left down towards Felucia. Lights began to flash across the console as the heat of the atmosphere began to burn into the unshielded hull. By the smallest window, The Defiance slipped through the deadly weaponry fire...almost. A blow that would have been a lethal hit to the cockpit mere moments before glanced into a starboard engine. They were alive but the damage had been done.

''We're coming in hot, everyone hang on!'' With that, Jackson slams the control stick forward, sending the ship tumbling rapidly through the atmosphere of the planet. As the Defiance passes through the thin cloud layer, you get a good look at the fungal swamps and jungles of Felucia, where towering mushrooms reach up into the air like skyscrapers. It would be beautiful if it weren’t rushing up at you so quickly. The ship swings more out of control with every attempt to correct the descent. "Come on baby...Don't let us down...Come on!" He yelled in desperation, the whole ship shaking violently. Just when it all seems futile, the controls give and they pull sharply out of the dive, just not sharp enough. The stern clips a thick outgrowth of a particularly sadistic felucian mushroom. There's another heavy shake and a rattle accompanied by the sounds of metal shearing from somewhere in the rear of the ship. The transport lurches, nearly throwing each of you to the ground, and dips sickeningly down toward the fungal canopy. The rough ride just gets rougher as they hammer through the outer canopy. The vibrant rainbow of flora & fauna blazes past the windows for a few moments before they hit more solid ground. Jackson brings the vessel to a screeching halt, resting deep within the mushroom jungles.

This exhausted pilot lets out the largest sigh to ever pass his lips, slumping back into his seat before wiping a sleeve across his brow. "Run a quick diagnostic then power down. System silence for now" Jackson said, in a much calmer tone, the air of relief was mutual between the pair. He got to his feet slowly, his knees quivering for a few seconds as he recovered from the flood of adrenaline that had bullrushed his system. Throwing his headset onto the console he made his way out but not before patting a hand on Enestar's shoulder, an unspoken thanks to his partner. Jackson headed down the corridor, hoping to find everyone alive and the ship not beyond repair.

Edited by Scorch, 03 October 2009 - 02:22 AM.

[Mercenary_Leader]

Yeah that's good, oh and you can expect everyone that wasn't strapped in to be rater huh...shaken. Ships are not supposed to dive into atmosphere like that lol. Oh an Anguish can finally join in if he's still interested gonna wait for his reply and post up his sheet soon if he's still in. Oh and this is officially the start of chapter 3 of 7 of this little adventure and by the end of 7 you should be around level 20 if I calculated right. You know it seems so much shorter in writing than it is to actually play out lol

Oh wait that reminds me new chapter so I'm gonna start a new tread. Start posting in that one.