Taking place after the events in An Enemy Emerges

Eric Vin Hofferstien was aboard the shuttle ZM-3, and was sitting just outside of Ganath space, aboard the shuttle with him were twenty-crack troopers, on a quarter of them were Ysalamari, obtained from Vice Admiral Kraken in exchange for spice. Another bonus of being the allies of the New Order.

"Ground this is the Hunter, request permission to grab the prey, Over." With him were also two Kessel class Pickets and two Skipray Blastboats.

-Alien units over Dameun Space-

The alerts were blearing in the collective minds of the galactic brain. He soothed it with as much finesse as he could, keeping the knowledge lowkey. His supporters were the greater majority, none still went the path of the old way. Those in the Web were his and they would never go back. Those not in it, were Jade, and she would not be in their company with her abomination of 'the force'.

An automatic reaction went across the Ganath planetary surface as defenses were readied against alien threat, stationed garrisons marching into open projections of supposed landing areas quickly marched back to their garrisons in standby. Jade would be alone this day.

"Hunter, this is Ground. Prey is ready for the Hunt..."

The flotilla of ships acknowledged the permission and blazed towards the surface. Their target was the compound of Jade Ratkus. After the initial pass, laser fire laid waste to the defenses and external buildings. The shuttle, the XM-3 landed in the center of the ruble, with its soldiers pouring out of the hatch, blaster carbines armed and set to stun, looking for the force user.

By now the alarms had gone off in her compound, alerting her of the attacks. She had a 6th sense, a gut instinct that someone was after her.

Jade slowly makes her way through the rubble, her ignited white onyx saber hilt inginted at one end, causing a brilliant white glow, the hilt in her right hand. In her left was one of her blaster pistols.

She crouched down and slowly walked through the rubble, trying to get to her new ship, the DragonStar.

If they want her bad enough, theyre gonna have to catch her first.

The soldiers fanned out, it would be an easy hunt with the two picket ships overhead using their infra-red sensors to pick out where she lies.

"She's heading to grid-b." Sounded a voice over the comlink to the men. The guys on foot moved to surround her. The Skipray blast boats hovered above forward weapons tamed on her.


"Jade Raktus, drop your weapons and surrender and you will not die." Shouted Eric Vin Hofferstien over the loud hum of the Blast boat's engines. His companions and his weapon leveled at her.

Jade hears her name and winces, then stands up. She looks around and spots a hidden passway she had installed not too long before. Being made entirely out of lead, even infra-red couldnt see past that. She shuts the door behind her and leans against it, catching her breath.

After a moments thought, Jade follows the lead passage down to her ship. She enters her ship, thanking the gods Damien is with her sister, and begins powering up her systems, all the while communiating with her living ship.

"Damn, where'd she go, eyes?" Eric commented to the pickets in the sky above.

"Underground, in a tunnel moving west."

"Follow her, if she surfaces, shoot her."

"Yes sir."


OOC:

Jade, Lead blocks x-rays and gamma radiation, which are short wave lengthed waves. Infrared is a longer wave length... example: Mountains can block FM radio waves but not AM waves. Same principle.

(*rolls eyes, getting more and more ticked by the second* Well, excuse me for not knowing all that. Can we NOT argue about something and get on with the damned RP?)

She boots up the power despension system, gaining extra speed, going over countermeasures just before takeoff.

The quartet of ships hovered over what was now a massive heat signature, waiting for something to reveal itself to its "adoring" public.

She had telepathically gone over the plan with DragonStar, who now rises up and begins blasting at the ships waiting for her. Shes not aiming to destroy them, just damage them long enough to get away.

The ship blasts off in the direction of Geonosis, then stops.

"Well, Dragon, they expect me to run from something thats a part of my heritage? Should I?"

DragonStar seems to bank left ever so slightly in response to the question.

"My thoughts exactly. They want whats mine, they will have to fight me for it. And besides, there is something I need from there if I lose this battle. Something where I could make myself a new home out of if this goes bad."

She sets in the coordinates and sits back in her pilots chair.

"Lets go, Dragon. Our faithful followers are waiting for us to arrive."

The living ship spins around and enters hyperspace, heading towards Dameo.

If Raktus wants her gone so bad, he will have to fight her and her followers to get her off, and even then she will not go down easily.