Face of the Enemy (Naboo)
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  • Posted On: Mar 26 2005 3:29am
Onboard Darth Nihilius's ship, the Sith Shadow, Nihilius stands on the flight cockpit floor with his arms crossed and his eyes narrowed. He stares out of the windows and looks at the blue hyperspace aura as his ship was getting closer to Naboo. His two trusted HK droids were pilotting at the helm which when he found these two droids, he found them weak but Nihilius alter their programming protocols to be more brutal and more cunning to think less of the so called innocent people. Nihilius opens his mouth with his chaotic voice to the droids, "I want an explosion in one of the atmospheric engines before we come out of hyperspace and we will make a distress call to the people of Naboo thinking we had an "accident" in one of the engines. Is that Understood?" The droids translated their master's chaotic pitch to understand what he is saying and they replied back, "Yes, of course Master. We will think we suffered an explosion caused by hidden explosive device on one of the engines." Nihilius nodded without a word and he leaves the main room and heads to his room with a small mediation chamber with six obelisk with red Sith writing and he sits in the middle of the mediation chamber. Nihilius started to read his ancestor's book which he found on Cinnigar when Aleema Keto was killed.

After he reads more from the book of untold power from his people, he gets out this dual duelling lightsabers and lits them up. The ten remotes came online and started to fire stun bolts at Nihilius where he got angry and release his hatred inside his heart and destroys each single one in eight seconds. After his defeated on his Star Destroyer, Ravanger. He started to begin to become more skill in the deadly lightsaber arts and when he decided to go into stasis for thousands of years to carry out his plans to annihilate what he hates the most, the Jedi and other people who stands in his way. Nihilius was furious when he came out of stasis which everything was gone, completely.

"What have I become, I was the Lord of Hunger but now I am no longer that nor a Sith Lord. People will pay dearly."

His dark side energies rages inside his body intensify and he calls on his ancestors of the Sith to enrage his plan.

"I will show them the full fury of the Force and how it should be used."

Several hours later..........

One of the droids contact Darth Nihilius on the com,

"Master, we are one minute to disengage the hyperdrive to enter normal space. Should I do carry out the plan, master?"

"What are you waiting for, do it now or I will cut you down like a dog."

"Sorry master, I will do it now."

"Good. I should hope I will be cutting down the civilians at Naboo than you."

The droid didn't say a word but he gets up and walks down to one of the engines and plant a explosive enough to cripple Nihilius ship. The droid runs away before the 10 sec timer goes. When the timer hit zero the explosion rocked the ship which it could be felt through the metal skin. Nihilius ship was pulled into normal space.

One of the droids activated the com unit on the ship to hail the Naboo air controller quarter with a different ID signature on to make the ship to be civilan transport,

"May-day, may-day. Contacting Naboo air controller, we need immediately assistance. An explosion has crippled my master ship and we need some repairs. We have minimal thruster control to guide us down to the planet. Can you help us? Please answer us please."

Nihilius heads out of his room and locks it. He activates a stealth generator to conceal him and walks to cargo hold and stays there.
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  • Posted On: Mar 29 2005 2:17am
"This is Threed Air Control, permission granted. Land at docking bay 245. We will have repair teams to repair as much as we can."

"Thanks for the hospitality." HK-50 replied and ended the transmission. Nihilius came into the cockpit and laughed, "Fools. they have no idea I am here." He started to look down at his right shoulder and looked up. "Jedi!! Here, we will have to conceal my presence. Do have one of those creatures onboard?"

The HK-50 spoke, "Yes, we do master. While you were in stasis, we aquire a ysalamiri."

"Good. I will need an apparatus to carry it on my shoulders while I begin hunting the people here. They are not innocent people here, all are candiates for the Jedi and their friends. Begin landing procedure."

Both of the droids nodded and they were going into the Naboo's atmosphere slowly which they have 1/4 thrusting power in the engines. To Nihilius's mind, he could swallow this green planet so there would be something left. It pains him to not have that power now but he has a plan to get it again where his body is mostly non corporeal again. Nihilius ship was passing through the clouds over Threed and he didn't like the buildings too unclean for his taste. Sith Shadow touched down at location where to park.

"So begins the hunt......."
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  • Posted On: Mar 30 2005 2:08am
The ship had drawn more then a few suspicions. An ancient vessel thousands of years old yet still functional was not a common sight.

Dolash had been dispatched quickly to investigate the ship, while other Jedi seeked answers in books of forgotten lore. He made his way to the landing-pad unimpeded, as most were distracted by the sight of the ship.

Dolash could feel the faint stirrings of a dark presence within. It was badly corroded, like the ship, and the ages had seen most traces washed away. But some remained, and they drew Dolash's concern.

He quietly moved through the crowds in the starport, which were standing well-back from the ship. Gradually, a boarding ramp made its' rusted way down.

The figure that hopped off was wretched. It was a hunched, lifeless, degraded pile of rags barely held together by a dark shadow that had clung to existance for a thousand years. Although Dolash could feel the hate waft off it, it was the pathetic, weak hate of a creature long-ago robbed of the power to equal those it saw as its' peers.

Nevetheless, Dolash knew it could be a threat. "Everyone, stay back. Lock the doors and bar them well. Someone call security and the rest of the Jedi, we've got-"

The creature let off a feeble bolt of force-lightening. Its' power was slipping away before Dolash's eyes, as the effects of it's long slumber took their toll. Dolash deflected the bolt with his hand, and slowly, cautiously advanced towards it.
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  • Posted On: Mar 31 2005 8:48pm
It was good to be back home again, the sense of familiarity warming Bella's soul. Even so, as much was familiar to her, there was a great significance of change from all around. Just feeling all of it made Bella believe that she could find solace here again.

Bella and her companion, Dannen Laurent, had only been on the lush planet of Naboo for two days and already they'd been treading across the land as if they owned it.

Wherever that ship came from, I've got my suspicions that it doesn't belong here, Dannen.

The two force wielders had been standing a fair distance away from the ancient vessel when it had made its grand entrance. Interest generated, the two made route for the ship, intending to investigate.

"Something is brewing.. and I don't like it."

Dislike when it reared its way toward Bella, more often than not, meant trouble. Trouble for whoever stood and dared to create such negative energy, Bella didn't have the want for it, not on her home planet.

".. I feel an itch, Dannen.. an itch to whip out another coin.."
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  • Posted On: Apr 4 2005 8:29am
Darth Nihilus felt a shiver down his back and sense a Jedi coming. He standed next to his yacht's door to activate the boarding ramp to touch the ground at the spaceport.

"You there, HK-50 come with me. You have the best weapons and technologies at you disposal. You are going to translate my words to these people."

"Yes, master."

The boarding ramp touches the ground and Nihilus sees someone coming. Before Nihilus leaves his ship, he activates his comlink to patch him through his other HK-50 who is pilotting the his yacht.

"HK-50, I want the other droids to be activated and defense systems activated. Get droids to manned the weapon stations now and you will know when it's time to strike."

"Yes, master."

Nihilus is escorted down the ramp with his HK-50 carrying modified Droid Assassin's Rifle and they stay still on the starport's ground. HK-50 speaks on the behave of his master's words to this unknown Jedi that Nihilus's voice will bring pain and death to those who hear it. "So, Jedi still roams the galaxy just to control it. You bully the people just so they will not argue at you. You do not know who I am and many things will change since I return. You can't terminate my existance and may soon find out you can't." Nihilus sees the Force around him as it was normal for him to see that gave him 3-D image of Force. "Interesting, so much Force on this planet and ideal target to consume it and leave nothing behind."

Nihilus glazes at the sky and everything is too goodie....goodie for his taste. Things will change when he returns to become more powerful than ever. Nihilus heard the sirens going off and he feel threaten so he must teach them a lesson not to interfere and let him get on his mission.

"What?!? My connection to the Force has severely weakened me. This cannot be. I should've contain what I was then I was a Sith Lord."

Nihilus turns to his HK-50 and translate what he is going to say, "Stay back or face the consequences, Jedi." Nihilus grabs his duelling lightsabers, best suited for duelling other Force users and activates it with red glowing blades. Nihilus brings the blades into an X and holds his ground and he sees Naboo security personnel through his normal sight stalking up around his ship and feels their presence. Things were getting intensed and Nihilus felt more rage than ever before. He turned to his droid and nodded HK-50 to give warning shots to stay back.

HK-50 sitting in the pilot seat at the bridge to give the warning shots but the droid knows what his master wants. The yacht's weapons were coming online and some were popping out of the yacht's hull. The torpedo launchers hatches on the Sith Shadow were opening up and that all weapons were pointing at people and buildings.

Few Moments later, the Sith Shadow open a barrage of bolts from Turbolaser Turrets at the structure of the starport and fortications to less the counterattack if theres gonna be some, the E-Web(15) Heavy Repeating Blasters were spraying a deadly stream at the people and proton torpedoes are making accurate attacks of the buildings where they crumble ontop of people heads. Nihilus witness the carnage of whats been happening and he begins to calculate strategies that his father taught him with dark side energies in his mind to think his next move against the Jedi. Fight the Jedi who he is very powerful than Nihilus or find a "peaceful" solution.

"If you let me and my yacht go, I will leave now and let it be unscathed. Think about it, Jedi. Do you want to see people getting hurt or killed? I know you don't and it would be best if you allow me to go. Think about not the Jedi code, think about the people here on this presitge planet. Do you want to see more suffering to the civilans of Naboo?" Nihilus looks at the severely damaged starport where it is located to the bottom of the cliff. It reminds him of home located in the Unknown Regions. "The decision is yours that I will advice you not to make a foolish attempt to attack me and kill me. You do not understand who you are dealing with. All who know me are died for over four thousand years ago."

Nihilus could see pain and death to the people around him, it's like the dark side is attacking them without them knowing until it's too late. Where it slowly creeps up until it strikes and depends on the nature of the people minds.
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  • Posted On: Apr 5 2005 7:33pm
As the collapsing starport fell down towards the people, Dolash turned the entirety of his mind towards it. He had never asked this much of the Force, and every fiber of his being screamed against the stress of power flowing through him.

However, with a herculean effort, he stopped the rubble for a bare few seconds as people fled out from underneath. With a massive exhale of breath, he allowed the rubble to tumble, cutting off the corridor out of the Starport.

Dolash had to act fast. In the few seconds it had taken to stop the falling rubble, the darkside creature had retreated up his ramp. With his powers over the force temporarily exhausted, Dolash went to the only recourse available, and hurled his lightsaber as a javelin towards his foe.

An HK-50 droid, its' ancient joints scraping into action, moved between the lightsaber and the sith. The blade cut straight through the droid, but did not carry through to the sith. However, the droid toppled backwards, pinning his master to the floor.

The scattered gun emplacements - of which there were few, for there were only droids to man them, and there wa simply not enough droids - suddenly came under massive fire from Theed security forces. Large turrets meant to protect the spaceport appeared from the end of towers and lay down scathing fire on the vessel. It would be a serious challenge for Nihilus to escape, and even if he did, it was unlikely his ship would unscathed.

Dolash strided towards the pinned Sith.
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  • Posted On: Apr 6 2005 7:05pm
Nihilus fell onto the ground that he was pinned by his droid, he used his duelling lightsabers to cut him free. He jumped up and sliced the Jedi lightsaber from his droid, so the threat from Jedi was gone. Nihilus looked at the Jedi with his black shadowy eyes and saw a helpless person who was exhausted with a sweat down Dolash's face. A jedi without a lightsaber to defend is best course for Nihilus.

The other HK-50 were getting alarms about the weapon emplacements on Naboo laying damages on the yacht and he decided to bring the ship into flight mode. He pilotted the throttles at the bridge of the yacht and bring the ship into the air with the shields online. The landing gears were raised into the hull and slowly getting enough speed to dodge most of the ground weapons that they have. Now since it is a moving target, the Large turrets were slow to get a stable point of sight to attack and made it difficult to destroy his master's yacht. There were a few proton torpedoes still available to use and HK-50 knew the biggest threat to the old but modified yacht were the turrets. HK-50 brought up the weapons control for the torpedoes to destroy the turrets one by one. "Slower they are, easier to destroy them Haha." When Sith Shadow got in range to turrets, the droid dodge the fire from the turrets except for one of the turrets was quick enough to hit the yacht on the underbelly before he launched a few torpedoes to destroy them all. Now that fight was over with the biggest threat.

A few moments, the underbelly of the yacht were in seriously damaged with smoke pouring out of the huge flying beast. The droid who was pilotting the Sith Shadow activated the fire suppression turrets and droids to use their old technology to put the flames that would undoubtly destroy the ship. The flames were making a shroud of smoke that hide the vessel until fire suppression teams able to put it out. It was a relief for HK-50 to see the fires were out before getting to the main engines.

Darth Nihilus held on his lightsabers with a tight grip on both hands and if Dolash knew the dangers on Nihilus's lightsabers would be a disaster for the Jedi if he gain control one of the dark side beast's lightsabers or both without knowing would spell an end maybe for the Jedi. The yacht who is owned by Nihilus sweeps to slay the any other threat by scathing them with lethal streams of turbolasers at the gun emplacements and tried to gain hits on the yacht but they didn't have enough power to make any scores on the hull. Sith Shadow made another past at the starport and fired the turbolasers at ground which was close proxmity to the Jedi and Darth Nihilus.
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  • Posted On: Apr 6 2005 7:52pm
The auto-turrets were taking a pummelling from the Sith Shadow, as they were built to provide automated security against threats. As the situation seemed to go sour, however, the Sith Shadow suddenly recieved a wave of proton Torpedoes in the thrusters. A wing of Naboo Starfighters swept by at an alarming speed. Their ships were far and away more advanced and newer then the Sith Shadow, whose weapons were useless. Another wave of torpedoes, and the thrusters gave out. The whole ship came crashing back down onto the landing pad.

Nihilus had to sort of hop to one side as his own ship crashed back down where he had been standing. Realizing this was his chance, Dolash rushed the aging Sith. As an Azguard, he towered over the human, and his retractable claws cut through the ruined garments. Nihilus swung out both lightsabers skillfully to drive him back, and Dolash was forced to retreat. Nihilus was trapped, up against the side of his ship and facing down the determined Jedi foe. He tried a rush, but Dolash marshalled the strength to hurl him back again with the force.

"It is too late for you." said Dolash, his voice calm and even.
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  • Posted On: Apr 7 2005 2:05am
When his ship crashed onto the landing platform at the spaceport, Nihilus ducked his head when his head was inches away from getting hit and and rolled over to his left near his broken droid. Nihilus could feel his body is consuming itself that he wasted alot of energy than he was going to use. Until that time, he will be strong again with all whats been going on at the spaceport. He pushed himself from the ground and gave a eerie look at Dolash. Nihilus pulled his lightsabers away on his belt.

"I don't think so and this is only the beginning of the end," Unfamiliar chaotic words coming from Nihilus as it brings pain to Dolash's mind and body.

He ran to his broken droid and drags it back to the Sith Shadow and he activates to retracted the landing ramp. Once he was inside the yacht, HK-50 shunt available power to the thrusters to limp the yacht into the atmosphere before engaging the hyperdrive to who knows where.

"Cursed Jedi!! This isn't over."

Meanwhile, Dolash picks up a datapad that Darth Nihilus dropped on the ground. It has no important data on it and reads, 'Four thousand years since I've been in stasis and I am here to stay, - Darth Nihilus."
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  • Posted On: Apr 10 2005 11:44am
Dolash looked up to see the Sith depart with all haste. A security forces captain rushed back into the spaceport, and cursed at its' retreat. The captain picked up his comm unit.

"I want all available ships to pursue that thing immeadietly!"

"I would not advise that, captain." Said Dolash. The captain paused, uneasily. "We do not know how many more could be up there, indeed, it could be a trap. That the Sith made an attempt - no matter how feeble - on the planet and then so quickly returned is odd, and I would not put it past them for this to be part of a larger plot."

The captain still looked uneasy, but nodded. "Call off those ships, we'll just watch it for now."