" Before I ever left my home on Csilla, there was a Chiss Girl I liked. We shared a kiss in the academy." He responds answering the question seemingly not understanding Oola's Sarcasm or intentionally ignoring it, it was hard to tell exacly. " Oola, K1 and I have all been in this building before on our initial interrogations of the admirals, there weren't many gun emplacements or guards before however I cannot speak to now since the Admiral has had time to prepare."

As the jedi team pile into the turbo-lift, the door hisses shut. It is a tight squeeze but they just about fit. Armatta is able to get the elevator working again from the inside with the simple touch of a button, taking them up to Karath's floor (provided by those who had been here previously). They feel the rumble of energy as the lift rockets upwards. It won't be long before they arrive where they need to be.

In the mean time, two other guards rush forwards to engage the mandalorian. The guard to his right swings the pike violently Zalens helmet, almost smashing the visor while another rushes from the door and vaults over the table to join the fray. Lunging fowards with his pike he tries to punch through the mandalorians armour, the sharpened point bouncing off the plates a few times before it becomes wedged in his shoulder.

Senate Guard 2 Combat Check : 2eP+1eA+2eD+1eS 1 success, 1 threat

Does 7 base damage with pierce 2 to Zalen, threat spent to suffer 1 strain.

Senate Guard 3 Combat Check : 2eP+1eA+2eD+1eS 3 successes, 2 threat
Does 9 base damage with pierce 2 to Zalen, threat spend to give Zalen immediate free maneuver

Senate Guard 4 does not act.

"Hmmmm. First kiss eh?" Jemech says with a grin. "Human girl. Blonde, Ah t'ink (Depends on who you ask). Her name was Meetra Surik. 'lmost got us both kicke' out of de Jedi academy. When VROOK found out 'Ah swore he was 'bout to turn Sith when his face got dat red. Me and da girl 'both 'ave HEAT with de Council. For different reasons bien sur...and nothin' related to de kiss. Although' Jemech is sure if you ask her, de kiss would have been worth getting kicke' out of da Jedi order."

Having been on the front lines for so long, any normal conversation was more interesting then actual mission talk.

Even though there were four organics and one giant droid stuck in one turbolift, Jemech managed to keep his Ignited LS out of the harm the others. Jemech did not care to much about Admiral Karath. He was just along for the ride. That and helping Armatta. He would go after the 'guards' if there were any.

Gritting his teeth as he feels the heat of blood flow down his armour, Zalen takes a great leap backwards out of the window. The guards that were by him rush forwards to watch him fall, and for a moment it looks like they will get their wish. However Zalen activates his jet pack and rockets up into the air. Moving to a safe range, he aims down the barrel of his rifle and takes a breath. "Maybe that was a little brash, but a kill is a kill I suppose". The shot from the rifle is true, and knocks one of the guards to his knees.

Eventually after what feels like longer than it rightly should, the turbo-lift reaches its destination. The door hisses open to reveal the corridor that Kai-wan, Oola and Zoroku recognised from earlier today. However unlike this morning, two turrets could clearly be seen hanging from the ceiling. Fortunately they hung lifelessly due to their deactivation in the lobby.

Despite this, the entrance to Karath's office is not undefended. Stood in front of the door was a team of five naval soldiers stood in formation, carbines raised. At their head was the officer that the others had met before, Carth Onasi. Holding a pistol in his hand he shouts at the jedi as they emerge from the elevator. "Alright! That's far enough you traitors, I won't let you hurt the admiral! Put your weapons on the ground, you are under arrest, do you hear me!" His hand trembles a little as he holds the pistol, but he seems determined to stop them.

Combat Check : 1eP+2eA+2eB+3eD 1 success, 1 advantage

Takes 2 strain to recover rifle, does 9 base damage to senate guard 1 with pierce 3.

“Officer Onasi. I am not here to harm Admiral Karath, and you are most certainly not placing me under arrest. I seek a parley.”

Kai-wan approaches them, but stops short, following their gaze to the staff he is still clutching. “You would not part an old droid from his walking stick..?” Judging from their apprehensive looks.. they would. “Very well..”

Lunging over their heads, the droid propels himself forward, extending his long limbs to pinball back and forth and swing around the dead turrets hanging from the ceiling. His momentum carries him forward to the door, which is unlocked, so he opens it. ”A fine evening for a coup, it would seem.”

Stretching back up to his full height, the security droid tilts his neck sharply to one side, generating an audible click, in a very human gesture. His photoreceptors seem to shine with greater intensity, as he ignites the flickering orange plasma blade at the end of his staff.

As the droid leaps over Onasi's men, he hits the floor with a clang, the men rush to try and turn and face the droid, but are clearly scrambling now they are facing enemies on two fronts. "Stop him! We have to protects the admiral!" Carth roars as he lunges to try and stop the droid.

As the door opens, Kai is faced by the three guards in front of the door. In unison they take a step back, levelling their pikes at their target. Karath seeing Kai straightens himself up from where he was crouching behind the desk. Clearing his throat he turns to face the entrance to the office. "I am surprised you got past my guards, droid, but that really is as far as you go, what do you hope to achieve alone?" The soldiers at the door were blocking his view of the jedi.

Zoroku takes a second to read the situation, the men hadn't yet opened fire on them, it seemed the commander of this group was willing to Parley if he chose his next words carefully he could get them all to stand down. “ Step aside soldier, you are currently helping the Admiral in resisting a Lawful arrest by the Jedi Order, an Arrest Sanctioned by the Senate after they gave us the task of investigation, further resistance will be seen as Contempt of the Galactic Senate, a Crime. Step aside or the Senate will decide your Fate. " He said appealing to the Soldiers want to do what was lawful in the laws of the republic.

Carth's hand trembles as he listens to the jedi, a bead of sweat running down his temple. The conflict that he is feeling for his loyalty to the admiral and the jedi's words is visible as he glances behind him at the droid and Karath. For a moment he steels himself and takes a step towards Zoroku, but with a heavy sigh he lets his arm fall to his side. He shakes his head as looks forlornly at the floor. He looked physically defeated as he accepts what Zoroku says. "I don't understand, how can the senate suspect the admiral?" he mumbles, almost to himself.

"Onasi, what are you doing?" Karath shouts, his fists clenched together as he watches on in frustration.

"I'm sorry sir, but if the sena-"

"The jedi are traitors! They abandoned the republic to war! Why trust them now?"

"I, it's just, if they were sent by the senate, maybe we should let the justice system ta-"

"Enough!" Karath roars, his face turning red with fury, the calm exterior had finally snapped, revealing an ugly rage in the admiral. "I knew you were too weak for this, and to think you could follow me into the new age! You are nothing mut a massive disappointment to me, captain. Revan was right, he was right about all of you!"

This last statement causes whatever Carth was going to say to catch in his throat. It was rare to see such betrayal written over someone's face, yet all Karath can do at the sight is sneer. "Sergeant, Captain Onasi is a traitor to the new republic. Prove your loyalty to our leader and execute him".

The sergeant that was stood behind Carth would move without hesitation, raising his carbine to aim at the back of the captains head. "Yes sir" he would snap as he reaches for the trigger. It would seem that the squad that had been headed by Carth Onasi was in fact one of the traitorous groups loyal to Karath, and not the republic.

Carth straightens up, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. It would look as if he was about to accept his fate, but with a burst of movement the captain throws himself backwards, driving his elbow into the sergeants face before throwing him up against the wall of the corridor. The sergeant crumples to the floor while Carth turns on the others. With his pistol in hand, he lashes out at the other squad members when they try to help their sergeant. Twisting to look at the jedi he shout out to them. "Go! Stop Karath!" His efforts clear a small path for the jedi to their target, though the senate guard still bar the way.

"I will not be taken so easily Carth!" the admiral shouts as he turns to his guards. "Kill them, kill them all!"

Without a word, the grey clad guard by his side sprints forwards, robes flapping as he leaps for Kai with his pike held high. Slamming down with the point of the weapon, the guard catches Kai-Wans staff and sends it clattering out of his hand. The guard does not slow his assault as he lunges forward with the intent of gutting the droid.

Drawing his own pistol, Karath aims for his former ally and fires two shots of red plasma at him. However as Carth wrestles with the soldiers in the doorway the shots glance off of the helmet of one of Karath's own men. The admiral does not seem to care in the slightest that this could have almost killed one of hiw own, and instead takes his time to line up the enxt shot. "You could have been great captain, such a shame you decided to join the loosing side".

Carath Combat Check : 2eP+1eA+2eD 1 success, 2 advantage, 1 Triumph

Uses pistol as improvised weapon, makes check 2 success, 1 advantage, 1 triumph. Triumph spend to inflict critical injury, advantage spent to pass boost to @Bellona

Senate Guard Reaporiate Talent Check : 3eP+1eD 1 success, 2 advantage
Flips destiny point to upgrade, Kai-Wan is disarmed.

Karath Combat Check : 2eA+2eC+1eD 0 successes, 1 Despair
Dispair spent to hit ally, does 0 damage.

Recognising that Carth Onasi could be a valuable ally, as well as a source of information on Karath's recent doings, Armatta calls to the Jedi (and Kai-wan) "Secondary goal: protect Onasi!" as she dashes forward to engage with Onasi's former squad. A sweep of the training lightsabre sends one of Onasi's men to the ground, where he lies groaning from the stun effect and desperately blinking his eyes against the suddenly over-bright hall lights.

"Please, gentlebeings, be reasonable. We're not here to murder anyone. The senator for Coruscant has called for the Admiral's trial on charges of treason, and we have been ordered to bring him in. That is all."

She then readies herself to reflect or parry any attacks.

Oola rolls her eyes at all these heroic acts. Her head hurt this wasn't the time for that bull.

She reaches for the Force and pulls.

The weapons of the men assaulting Carth fly out of their respective hands and are flung back into the elevator. A self satisfied some would say **** eating grin beams from her face.

"Step aside little *****, got bizz nae with the big *******"

With Kai-wan unarmed by one of the guards, another lunges forwards to try and destroy the droid with his pike. Fortunately Kai is able to block and avoid the lightning fast strikes by the guard. Holding back from the next onslaught, the guard slowly spins the pike in front of him, prepared for any incoming attack from his target or Kai's allies.

With Kai facing two enemies, another senate guard charges forwards into the corridor. As Armatta knocks down the naval soldiers. As the soldier hits the ground with a thud, the soldier does not get back up from the attack. However as Armatta is facing down the soldiers they feel an ice cold stabbing pain cut through their side as the pike from the senate guards lunge.

Armatta makes the effort to parry successfully the worst of the Senate Guard's attack.

Seeing their ally narrowly avoid sever injury from one of the armour clad senate guard, Jemech rushes forwards from the group to help Armatta fight back. With a great leap they launch themselves into the air before slashing down with their saber. The blade cleaves through the chest plate of the guard, and would have killed them had the guard not moved back at the last second. Flashing Armatta a charming grin, Jemech adopts their ataru stance, ready for the next strike.

Meanwhile Carth was still locked in combat with his former squad. Compared to the elegance and lethality of the jedi, their brawl seemed coarse by comparison, but that would not stop them from trying to beat the captain down. Grabbing hold of his shoulders one of the troopers holds him against the wall while the others lay into his torso and face. Fortunately for Carth he is able to slide out of the grip part way through. One of the soldiers swings for the point where he had just been, smashing his hand against the wall with a crack and a cry of pain.

Now with two jedi pushing through the corridor behind the droid, the remaining senate guard rushes forwards out of the room. Shoulder to shoulder with his ally, the pair block a good portion of the corridor. The new guard strikes out for Jemech and manages to sink their pike deep into their shoulder as he tries to drive the jedi back.

With a shout of pain Jemech grips the pike and yanks it forwards, almost pulling the guard entirely off of his feet, leaving him wide open to further attack from the jedi's team.

Jemech Combat Check : 1eP+3eA+2eD 1 success, 1 advantage

Does 6 base damage to senate guard 4, spend advantage to recover 1 strain.

Karth's Squad Combat Squad : 2eP+2eC+1eD 2 successes, 2 threat, 1 Despair
Does 4 base damage to Carth.

Senate Guard Combat Check : 2eP+1eA+2eD+2eS 1 success, 4 threat
Does 7 base damage to Jemech, disadvantage spent to upgrade the difficulty of their next check.

Undaunted, Kai-wan draws forth Oola’s lightsaber and ignites it in a single smooth motion, then drives it through the senate guard twirling his pike in front of him. The droid’s powerful attack sends the guard flying back. “Always wanted one of these. I see why the Jedi so like them.”

"Oi, you shiny prick, that's not yours!"

Zoroku runs to the aid of the soldier he had convinced to fight in their side, turning on his lightsaber he is uses it to skillfully cut the troopers weapons in two while knocking them out with his kicks and punches. Two of the men go down rather quickly as Zoroku disarms them, how ever the third manages to keep his gun out of the way and is still standing after the punch to the gut.

Armatta moved to engage with the Senate Guard whom Carth Onasi had shot (?). While her rapid feints and lunges with the lightsabre might have looked dangerous to the uninitiated, she actually didn't land a single strike. (Apparently her battle mantra was not working that well in supporting her in this combat.)

Taking a moment to watch the jedi cut their way through the corridor, Zalen find himself impressed by their efforts. "Not bad, for jedi" he mutters before taking aim with his rifle once more. Aiming for Karath's remaining guard, he fires two shots, both smashing into the chest plate of the soldier. The senate guard to flung backwards onto the floor where he lies prone for a moment. With a grunt (the first time a guard has made a noise), they slowly push themselves back up to their feet, clutching at their injuries as they do. It will take a moment for them to recover.

Back in the corridor, Carth sees one of the jedi come under attack from another of the senate guard as that same jedi helped to protect him from his squad. Pushing forwards, Carth opens fire with a rapid burst from his pistol and peppers the guard in front of him. The plasma bolts burn into their arms, legs and chest as the captain gives no quarter. The guard to forced to make an acrobatic effort and flip backwards into the doorway to avoid further battery. Unfortunately, as Carth goes to fire again, the only thing that emits from a gun is a clicking noise. "Oh come on" Carth moans as he looks down at his gun with annoyance, "now, really?" Turning to Shout out to Armatta, Carth says "Karath still has a way out of this! Before you arrived he called for a shuttle, it will be here any minute now!"

As Carth provides this information he is cut of with a cry of pain as he takes the butt of a pike to the face, spinning him against the wall. Lunging after the captain one of the guards goes to beat him about the torso with a genuine ferocity. A female voice distorted by the helmet snarls "you don't get to speak traitor!".

Inside of the office Karath tries to retain his composure as he straightens up and takes aim at Kai. Closing one eye as he aims at the droid he fires off a number of shots. However Kai is able to deflect them harmlessly with his new weapon. "I really am growing tired of this" Karath snaps as he lowers his pistol.

"Neither do you skank!"

A casual flick of the wrist from Oola see's the guard flung into the ceiling shattering a few of the panels as she crashes into them and falling to the floor afterwards, like a lump of useless things that are useless. A useless skank sack.

As Kai-wan battles to get into the office, he sees a small datapad attached to the admirals wrist light up blue. A holographic projection of some text scrawls across it quickly, and whatever it says causes Karath to smile slowly. Shouting to his guards, he commands "Leave the droid! Stop the others, now!" The guards pause and glance back at Karath, but he just snaps at them again. "Go! Now!"

Without a second thought the guards shove past Kai-wan, leaving only the admiral and his single guard in the office. The first hurls himself at Zoroku, swinging his pike in a viscous overhead strike. The blow misses the jedi's skull and crunches into his collarbone. The worst of the damage is fortunately absorbed by the armour.

The second makes a rough jab for Jemech, scraping the end of the pike across the mans chest as he tries to find purchase for a killing blow. Both guards are tired, running on fumes from their injuries and the length of the battle. This is a last ditch effort to stop the jedi's team.

Senate Guard Combat Check : 2eP+1eA+2eD+1eS 3 successes, 1 threat

Does 9 base damage to Zoroku, threat spent to suffer 1 strain.

Senate Guard Combat Check : 2eP+1eA+1eC+1eD+2eS 1 success, 1 threat
Does 7 base damage to Jemech, threat spent to suffer 1 strain

Once again avoiding death, Jemech lunges forwards with the but of his lightsaber and crashes the senate guard in the side of the head with a sickening crunch. The guard flops to one side and crumples against the wall of the corridor. Another enemy down, Jemch takes a moment to allow himself a confident smile as he surveys the scene.

It would seem that the fight had gone from some there. Beaten and bloodies, the last remaining soldier that had once stood behind Carth drops their rifle and makes a dash past the jedi and down the corridor. There was genuine fear in their eyes as they sprint for the elevator. Suddenly they see Oola and skid to a halt, holding their hands up. "I don't want any more trouble, alright? Please, just let me go past!"

Meanwhile as one of the senate guards goes down in battle, another of the guards turn to swing their pike at Zoroku. Wielding it like a bat, they strike Zoroku with enough force to hurl him against the corridor wall. Sliding to the floor with the wind knocked out of him, the jedi looks up to see two of the guards looming over him.

Outside of the building, Zalen lines up his final shot on his target. As the guard staggers to recover, a single slug punches through the back of his helmet and he crumbles to the floor. Content with his work, the mandalorian radios the jedi. "Karath has no guard, I hope this makes us even, fella's".

Jemech Combat Check : 1eP+3eA+3eD 3 successes, 1 advantage

Does 8 base damage to senate guard, advantage spent to pass boost recover 1 strain.

Carth's squad moves to medium range of combat, engaged range of Oola.

Senate Guard Combat Check : 2eP+1eA+2eD+1eS 2 successes, 1 Triumph
Does 7 (see below) base damage to Zoroku, triumph spent to activate critical injury.

Missed Challenge Dice : 1eC 1 failure, 1 threat
, threat spent to suffer 1 strain.

Critical Injury : 1d100+10 45 Inflicts 'Bowled Over', Zoroku is knocked prone and suffers 1 strain.

Zalen Combat Check : 1eP+2eA+2eB+3eD 2 successes, 1 threat, 1 Triumph
Does 10 base damage with pierce 3 to Senate Guard 1, threat spent to suffer 1 strain, triumph spent to upgrade next ability check.

“Leave the droid?! I have a name, human!” Kai-wan pours as much indignation as he can muster, into his attack, but the hilt on Oola’s lightsaber does not conform at all to what he had been expecting. “Curse your tiny, tiny hands, mistress,” the security droid vents, as he is barely able to hold onto the jedi weapon, much less launch an effective attack.

"Told you it wasn't yours, *******!"

' The Guard's armor is sturdier than the Soldiers, I stand a good chance of not killing this man if I don't hold back, I shouldn't use my full strength behind the blow however.' Zoroku thinking his through his plan of attack as he got up from the ground, ' It seems my the power cell has fried... Unfortunate. ' He thought as he turned on his Lightsaber and the blade seemed to be thinner and less powerful than usual. Swinging at the Guard for center of mass he left a gash across the armor the man was wearing, the wound was painful enough that the Guard would jump back, giving Zoroku room he needed to properly recover from being bowled over.