Ain't Big Enough

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Ain't Big Enough
Chapter 1: Taking Candy​

Stuck on Nar Shaddaa for a mission they can't seem to complete, Perfidious, or the Iz'leu Syndicate according to their undercover identity, find themselves without medical supplies after several run ins with CarSec.
Being from the smuggler's moon, First Saber Gaharr took it upon himself to scout out viable substitutes.

Soon, he found a suitable target in the Wayward Children's Orphanage Community Clinic, a free clinic treating all those who came to its doors - provided they were not affiliated with a gang.

The First Saber, joined by Lord Val'haar, led a group of Sith and Acolytes in disguise to the clinic, where they attempted subterfuge, hoping to gather more information. However, their number - and their weapons - immediately drew the attention of those present and they were asked to leave by the local elderly manager.

Naturally, the Iz'leu Syndicate didn't allow themselves to be turned away by the woman and refused to go. They had a mission and would see it through, much to the manager's dismay.
The elderly woman felt threatened enough that she found it necessary to call in security in the shape of an enormous red skinned man and his equally massive goons. 'Skull Basher', as the manager called him, made an attempt at some lacklustre diplomacy before drawing his weapons and commanding his men to open fire upon all that hadn't left the clinic by now.

Whilst the fight between the raiders and the security was unfolding, a number of Sith and Acolytes attempted to use the chaos to achieve the objective they had come here for.
Acolyte Algra and First Saber Gaharr set up a gathering point in the recovery ward whilst Acolyte Nartharon attempted to gain access to the office the manager had locked herself in.

Meanwhile, Lord Val'haar had closed the doors of the clinic so no one could enter or exit, or so he thought. With an enormous racket a giant Gamorrean barreled through the closed doors and engaged the Lord in hand to hand combat. The Gamorrean, known as Uuf the Chunk, had been previously marked as a target for the mission board.

Sith Prime Shasha'nahr soon extracted herself from combat and joined Acolytes Algra and Nartharon in attempting to enter into the office - which she managed to do. However, there was no sight of the manager that had previously told them to leave. This may perhaps prove to be a slight inconvenience given that Iz'leu had not attempted to hide their mastery over the Force at all.

After some time and struggle, Iz'leu managed to finish off the security who had come to evict them, as well as any unfortunate onlookers and patients.
While the medical supplies were being gathered and piled into the speeders, the group found an armless Apprentice Hacid laying in the recovery ward. After confirming the young Sith was an exception to the command to 'leave no survivors', they took him with them.

 

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Ain't Big Enough
Chapter 2: Sith to Flame​

Whilst enjoying their freshly stolen medical supplies, the communicator devices of Perfidious started acting up. Pings and buzzes with no apparent cause or pattern managed to raise a few eyebrows. Though the confusion quickly made place for alarm when anonymous messages were sent to several members of the powerbase. It was clear this was not some ordinary spam one might expect when signing up for questionable holosites. Someone was taunting them.

Through the combined effort of Sith Rer'ren and Sith Prime Malachai, the two followed the figurative breadcrumbs that the menace had left behind. Eventually they managed to narrow down the source of these ominous messages to what looked to be an active casino. There was also reason to believe that whoever was behind these cyberattacks was certainly not amused by Iz'leu's raid of the community clinic.

In an attempt to investigate further, Lord Vasraan accompanied by Lord Laezhar and Lord Dauphine, lead an excursion consisting of several Sith and Acolytes to the casino.

It seemed to be a busy day. No one batted an eye when the group arrived, except for a nervous twi'lek who walked onto the stage in the middle of the casino. She announced drinks were on the house tonight and welcomed Iz'leu. However, the joyful cheering of the casino patrons was soon overshadowed by a loud bang, followed by the twi'lek dropping to the ground - shot through the head.

Chaos erupted among the patrons who were fighting each other to get towards the exit. Loud bang after bang filled the air when slotmachines, holotrees and pazaak tables suddenly burst into flames. Dozens of civilians were instantly killed while Sith and Lords alike were thrown to the floor. If not for the blood, severed limbs and corpses laying around, the casino looked as if Life Day celebrations had started early.

With the only exit collapsed by an explosion, the only option Perfidious seemed to have was to fight through a horde of hysterical civilians and towards where the sniper presumably was - the dome shaped glass roof. While they made their way up the stairs, they found resistance in the form of several enormous men as well as cyborgs, all equipped with tools and gadgets to specifically deal with Sith and Jedi. Slugthrowers, gas grenades, snipers. If there was a moment to realise it had been a mistake to drop their disguise so easily during the clinic raid, this was it.

Eventually the Lords managed to break through the fighting crowd and were able to disable the sniper on the roof through a show of advanced telekinesis from Lord Vasraan. Once Perfidious had finished off their remaining opponents they retrieved the critically injured Antonadian, who they suspected of being the orchestrator of the trap. The man was brought back for interrogation.

 

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Ain't Big Enough
Chapter 3: Big Karking Boys​

After capturing the cyborg Antonadian, the issue with the misbehaving datapads seemed to have been resolved. The Iz'leu Syndicate waited for the man to recover from his lethal injuries in order to conduct an interrogation.

Meanwhile, Major Aresand was enjoying a nice evening in one of his favourite cantinas when he was approached by an enormous tattooed man. It seemed the Major had been identified as being part of the Iz'leu Syndicate. In broken Basic a demand was made to release the cyborg within two days or 'they' would unleash their Might upon the Syndicate.

The demand went unanswered and soon another message would force itself onto the datapads of Perfidious.

You're fooling no one with your 'disguises', Iz'leu. 

Come to these coordinates tomorrow to enjoy some entertainment before we move onto negotiations.

You know it would be disastrous for you and your superiors if we escalated things to the Hutts, so do play nice.

Another obvious trap, Lord Vasraan knew. Why would he allow his powerbase to walk into another one? This was the question he sought to answer through his skill in Foresight. Sealed off in the chapel of the Church they were currently occupying, the Lord attempted to dominate and control the fabric of the Force, hoping to unravel what the future may bring.

Whatever it was he had seen, ultimately Lord Vasraan decided to accept the invitation.
Well equipped, and with Acolyte Nartharon carrying a backpack full of thermal detonators, the Iz'leu Syndicate arrived at the specified coordinates. A dockyard. There awaited a massive ship which attracted a crowd of mostly muscular thugs. Once on board, they were escorted towards the open deck which contained a large arena encircled by tall stands, filled with hundreds of spectators. No one seemed to bat an eye to the presence of the group while they were escorted to their seats.

Suddenly the arena went quiet. Loud drums broke the silence again. Following the rhythm, the stadium seemed to erupt in a chant of growls and screams that grew louder and louder. "JOW! ARR! JOW! ARR! JOW! ARR!" The spectators repeatedly shouted in excitement.
After the chant reached its climax, a figure that resembled a walking carpet appeared on top of the highest balcony. A deafening animalistic roar followed by different growls managed to silence the stadium. Once the Wookiee was done, his translator droid spoke.

Jowwarr had welcomed his special guests, the Iz'leu Syndicate, and demanded they leave their weapons behind before they stepped inside the arena. Blinding flood lights sprung alive to shine down on every member of Perfidious. The stadium went awfully quiet while suddenly all attention was on them. After more angry growls from the wookiee, the translator droid reminded Iz'leu that if they refused Jowwarr would not hesitate to set his horde of Big Karking Boys upon them. It was clear they were in the rock-lion's den and had to play by their rules.

After they had been searched for any concealed weaponry, the group of Sith were locked in the arena with six of Jowwarr's Big Boys. Every one of them towering over each member of Perfidious. Their arms were wider than the bodies of most Acolytes and their thighs as thick as tree trunks. The scars across their barely armoured bodies betrayed that these Big Boys had been moulded into fighters just as the Sith opposing them.

A group of camera droids whizzed to life and surrounded the arena. Jowwarr reminded the group that their fight would be streamed across Nar Shaddaa and adviced them not to 'cheat' or the footage would be brought before the Hutts. When he was done talking, a Pa'lowick with the sickest mohawk entered the stage on another balcony along with a band of Gamorreans. After a quick introduction of Shoog and the Pulled Pork, the band erupted into heavy riffs accompanied by guttural song.

The night was complete for the spectating Big Boys. They chanted and sang along with Shoog while enjoying the brawl that had broken out between the Iz'leu Syndicate and their six opponents in the arena. Some were so into it, they threw a chair into the arena which was then promptly used by a Houk Big Boy to smash into Lord Vasraan's head.

But all good things must come to an end. After an intense brawl the Iz'leu Syndicate managed to smash their opponents down and ended their lives. The anger was palpable throughout the stadium as spectator's swarmed the arena, demanding the 'cheaters' to be executed. Jowwarr's short temper seemed to agree.

Meanwhile, Shoog and the Pulled Pork were in the middle of their climax and continued to play while pyrotechnics shot around the stadium.

Just when Jowwarr was about to unleash the horde of Big Boys upon Iz'leu, a cyborg approached the Wookiee and seemed to try to talk him out of it. The angry growls and roars indicated Jowwarr did not agree with the man, but he did not open the barrier that separated Iz'leu from the bloodthirsty mob.
The cyborg turned to Lord Vasraan and offered to trade their lives for Antonadian's, which was eventually accepted.

Before allowing Iz'leu to depart, Jowwarr warned them that if they continued to operate in his territory they would be executed in ways that could not be translated from Shyriiwook to Basic.

Once Perfidious was safely off of the ship, they detonated the backpack of thermal detonators they had left in the stadium.

 

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Ain't Big Enough
Chapter 4: Big Karking Consequences​

After a relative silent few weeks, the Big Karking Boys finally gave their answer to the lingering presence of the Iz'leu Syndicate. An apartment block next to where the undercover Sith had been hiding had suddenly been completely obliterated. The local news reported that CarSec had concluded the explosion had been a tragic accident caused by a gas leak.

However, Sith Tiln'anar, who decided to visit the scene herself, noticed very fresh graffiti that had been sprayed over the regular crap that adorned the walls. Various depictions of the same scene; a Wookiee dismembering a male bearded Echani, with emphasis on how small the Echani's muscles were. The paintings were often accompanied by the text 'U R NXT'.

And they were next. A few days later the BKB hit the Perfidious hideout in an assault in which the gangers flexed their proverbial and literal muscles. Snipers had moved into the streets around the building, ensuring no one would leave or enter. Meanwhile Big Boys and Combat Droids poured in from both entrances, using every weapon in their arsenal to battle the Sith. Corrosive gasses, electro nets, Corellian Hounds, slugthrowers; they all caused for heavy casualties on the side of Perfidious, with Acolyte Qute Blokk losing her sight.

When night fell, the wave of BKB forces seemed to have been defeated. However, with the snipers remaining in the buildings, threading the streets was still near impossible. Only a professional in the shape of Major Aresand (and Sith Tiln'anar pretending to take selfies) could manage to sneak around and between the buildings to relay information containing location and numbers to the Sith.
The infiltrators discovered the BKB were building three enormous siege artillery turrets in the streets around the Church, surely capable of taking down the entire apartment block.

When the following evening came, Major Aresand had rallied the local gang GG26 in order to assault one of the siege turrets. This would serve as a distraction so that Perfidious could move out into the streets in two teams. One team lead by Lord Vasraan and Lord Laezhar would take out the remaining turrets, while the other team under command of Lord Dauphine wiped out the snipers hiding in the buildings.

The mission turned out to be a success, causing the remaining BKB forces to scatter and retreat. Not without heavy casualties however. The gangers seemed to have made an impression.

 

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Ain't Big Enough
Chapter 5: Take Me Home​

Once more would the current hideout of Perfidious be the stage for suspicious activity. The cyborg terrorist Antonadian who had been previously captured showed his face along the premises. With an unsuccessful attempt from Sith Nilva to tail the cyborg, why he was drawing attention to himself remained uncertain.

Not longer after the odd incident, Lord Sekti Erinnen found herself being followed by another cyborg who extended an invitation from Antonadian to come and speak with him regarding matters of mutual interest.

The cyborg was brought back to the Church and confronted with Lord Vasraan instead. Through his cyborg proxy, Antonadian revealed that Jowwarr's Big Karking Boys were planning on assaulting the Perfidious home of Zula IV directly. He invited Vasraan to meet in person to exchange further information and favours. The invitation was accepted with great suspicion.

Before the meeting took place, Sith Nilva learnt about some discord between the BKB and Antonadian's own group 'Nal Zuha', which could explain why the cyborg was willing to trade information.

Not keen to walk into another trap, Lord Vasraan elected to take his powerbase with him to the meeting. However, except for a few cyborgs taunting those waiting outside, the meeting went smoothly. Antonadian expressed his distaste for Jowwarr's operations and his willingness to throw his life aside when the Wookiee held Perfidious on his ship a few weeks prior. In trade for the information regarding the BKB assault on Zula IV, the cyborg demanded a simple thing; a trip back home to Dromund Kaas.

With the information handed over and Antonadian's betrayal complete, for once Perfidious left without bloodshed and returned to the Church where the cyborg's men had withdrawn.

It was now time to prepare for an assault against the Big Karking Boys.

 

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Ain't Big Enough
Chapter 6: Boarding Party​

The Intelligence domain spent the following weeks confirming Antonadian's information. With the plan of the Big Karking Boys known, Perfidious waited for the gang to start their journey to Zula IV. And then they waited three days more, because the BKB postponed their plans for unknown reasons.

Eventually the time came. A team lead by Lord Erinnen infiltrated one of the hangars that they knew would contain an enemy shuttle. However, instead of a shuttle they would find two small fighters, capable of cosily carrying five in total. With the Lord piloting one and Acolyte Zej the other, they set course for the main frigate of the BKB. Here they parked in a small hangar bay and would keep the doors open for the rest of Perfidious to arrive.

The shuttle carrying the small army of Sith creaked and rattled as it soared to it's destination; an open hangar bay on what seemed to be the main frigate of a modest fleet. With daring and unpredictable manoeuvres they barely avoided incoming turret fire.
In what could be considered classic Perfidious style, the metal coffin and the floor screeched when they collided, causing sparks to fly while the shuttle skid over the floor. With a loud bang they came to a stop, having hit the opposite wall of the very small hangar.

Having nearly wrecked their shuttle, the assault began. Split into three teams, one under Lord Vasraan's command, another under Sub Commander Khosal and the last lead by the Lord Erinnen, they dispersed over the ship.

Not soon after they boarded, their presence had been noticed by the BKB leader Jowwarr. In an attempt to rile up his Big Boys he let the familiar Pa'lowick throat singer Shoog and his band of Gamorreans erupt in song over the ship's intercom.

Lord Vasraan pushed towards the bridge with Lord Laezhar, Lord Kracaên and Sith Mayena. As all teams, they were met with resistance in the form of Big Boys, automated turrets and a few of Antonadian's leftover Combat Droids. Khosal lead his team consisting of not-quite-noteworthy Acolytes to the engine room, where they would plant explosive charges.

However, both teams would come to a stop when they encountered the stubborn elevators that seemed to have been shut off from elsewhere in the ship. After some delay Apprentice Kelva Blight managed to slice through the ship's security and powered up the elevators.

The Ruling Lord's team made their way to the bridge where they managed to push through towards Jowwarr. The Wookiee seemed to understand he could not hold off the enraged Sith much longer and ordered his fleet to bring down his own frigate.

While Shoog and the Pulled Pork were still busting out heavy riffs on the bridge, Lord Vasraan bursted through.
It did not take long for him to simply cut down Jowwarr once he reached him. In the end he was simply a Wookiee, who are not particularly known for being resistant to lightsabers.

The frigate's shields had already started to fail and fire erupted around everyone on board. In an attempt to make the fleet stop the bombardment, Lord Vasraan yelled over the intercom that he 'was Jowwarr now'. Oddly enough it did not work.

Even though a few starfighters had been taken down by Khosal's team, who had taken control of the frigates main cannon, the ship wasn't going to be saved. Perfidious were forced to retreat back to the hangar they came from while the ship exploded around them.

Shoog and the Pulled Pork, who had been continuously playing throughout the whole assault, managed to thank their audience right when the Bridge collapsed and took the band with it.

In their nearly wrecked shuttle, Perfidious managed to escape the exploding ship. At last turning their back on what was left of the Big Karking Boys.

FIN.​