Kriff staffers bag with blodd dripping down his chin. With a grunt of pain he wipes a gobbet of the blood from his chin and flicks it down onto the sand. "Aw you're gonna regret that wrench monkey" he growls as he reaches into his jacket while spinning to face Krydill. As he does however a helmet comes hurtling out of nowhere and cracks him in the back of the skull. The force of the impact stuns him, knocking him down onto one knee before he struggles back up. Clutching the wound with a wince he shouts at the attackers in frustration. "Alright, can everyone just back off for a minute!".

Turning to see where the helmet had come from would reveal Wheeler was the one who had flung the helmet. She was young, no older than Zara with bright red cut short. She had a look of fury and exhilaration on her face as she gets stuck in.

As the fight continues The crew find themselves jostled about by the drunks already in the scuffle, but are able to avoid any stray fists or debris being flung about.

Lei is correct though when she shouts to the others. The flash of lights and howl of sirens is quickly heard as the Corsec force rushes across the beach to break up the party. Many of the others who see them on their way quickly cut their losses. They begin to rush for their vehicles to try and make a getaway before the officer begin work. Some of the more rebellious sort actually being to rush towards the officers vehicles, looking to perhaps earn a little cred through a memorable fight or arrest.

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

Wheeler does 7 base damage to Kriff.

Missed Adversary Dice : 1eC 1 failure, 1 Despair
Despair spent to upgrade next check

Drunkards Combat Check : 2eA+2eD 2 failures

Poodoo , Cormil thinks. He starts pushing through the crowd to make it back to his bike as fast as possible.

As Comril tries to rush through the crowd he receives a wild elbow to the gut and a swift kick to the shin as the fighting continues to surge back and forth. Soon enough though he is almost shoved free of the crowd. He would also see the security vehicles rocketing towards them as they prepare to arrest as many party goers as they can.

Kriff still nursing his head abandins the fight and makes a dash for his landspeeder. "Later losers! This isn't over!" He would shout over his shoulder as he vaults of the side of the red speeder. He seems to have no intention of sticking around for the law to cart him away.

Zara sprints toward her swoop, tugging her helmet back on as she goes. She fleetingly wonders if maybe she shouldn't stick around, see if that cute detective wants to detain her for further... questioning. The notion brings a smile, but no. Time to go!

"Hey Zara wait up!" Krydil says as he sees her sprint off to her bike and follows right behind his friend, "Let's get out of here before that boyfriend of yours finds you!" He says as he gets in the bike right behind her putting on his own helmet.

"Boyfriend?! Hah! The cute detective is a woman... How long have you known me, Kry?"

"Must look like a man in her uniform, Consec uniforms are not flattering. I've known you for a long while but you know I don't get in the way of your love life. I was just thinking you might be into both guys and gals. " Krydil says as he straddles the bike and seats behind Zara

Lei Mie runs to her bike, jumps on, and hits the throttle.

Looking up at the oncoming law vehicles, Wheeler would grit her teeth in a defiant grin as she rushes forwards, going to join those who were preparing to brawl with the corsec officers. She would raise a hand to the fleeing racers and mechanics as she calls out. "Next time, yeah?" With that she is lost in the crowd.

Following Lei Mie's lead, Cormil hops on his bike and punches it.

As the staggering variety of bikes tears away from the site, the Corsec vehicles screech to a halt as a host of armoured officer leap out of the pursuit vehicles and trucks. They are instantly engaged by the violent partygoers, a few being knocked down. The officers however are quick to form a line and begin to corral the youths. Every so often one or two officer would break the line and literally drag a fighter through the line before knocking them to the floor and cuffing them.

As Zara begins to jet away from the party, she spies a familiar face from one of the panther vehicles. It is Ari Lavage, leaping out of the pilot seat of her cruiser clad in body armour emblazoned with the Corsec logo. One drunk leaps for her speeder, but receives a swift stun baton to the ribs. Falling to the floor twitching, Ari looks up, right into Zara's eyes. The officers look of determination changes to a competitive grin. "Oh, it's on now" she shouts as she dives back into the pilot seat. As she swings the land speeder around she is seen talking into a com, and a second speeder follows in hot pursuit.

Zara and Cormil begging to pull away from the corsec as they turn to chase, but unfortunately Lei is off to a slow start, perhaps the strain from the race had done a number on their bike. Whatever the reason, the flashing lights were quickly closing on her.

Ari Piloting Check : 2eP+1eA+2eD 3 successes, 1 threat

Corsec Piloting Check : 1eP+2eA+2eD 2 successes, 2 advantage

Krydil tries to keep an eye out on the corsec chasing them, however as Zara takes off a dust cloud of sand and dirt keeps him from seeing much at all.

The chase rages across the smooth sandy opening of the beach until the crew see the sudden rise that marks the sand dunes. These separate the city from the beach. If they can make it through the winding mounds of grass and sand, they may be able to escape into the urban sprawl.

The racers are forced to separate to try and burst through the maze of small hillocks, and the large panther speeders separate to pursue their prey. Unsurprisingly, Ari chooses to go after Zara, with the other racing after Lei.

Although Zara burns through the dunes at a tremendous pace, Ari is one of the best pilots from her time in the corsec academy. Banking up along one of the dune the panther speeder is only inches from the bumper of Zara. The wild chase through the rolling terrain threatens to unseat Krydil, forcing him to try to clutch into something to avoid a potentially lethal fall.

Meanwhile, despite her knowledge of the area, Lei struggles to make her way through the dune system. She suddenly has to pull back on the throttle to avoid ploughing straight into a sandbank rising up ahead of her. The panther speeder screams past before spinning around to try and block her path. The sudden turn from the pilot however leaves a potential path for Lei to dive through, but it is going to be difficult to escape.

Ari Piloting Check : 3eP+1eC+1eD+1eS 5 successes, 1 threat

Flips destiny point, threat spent 1 system strain.

Corsec Piloting Check : 1eP+2eA+1eC+1eD+1eS 2 successes

Corsec vs Lei Piloting Check : 1eP+2eA+1eC+2eD 0 successes, 1 threat, 1 Triumph
Threat spent to suffer system strain, triumph spent to upgrade Lei's next piloting check difficulty.

As the racers burst free of the dunes thy rally over the sand before hitting tarmacked streets of Tyrena. Fortunately they street are mostly deserted, there is still a speeder here or there. One of them ignores the blaring siren of Ari's vehicle, and at the last minute she is force to fling the speeder to one side, avoiding a crash by inches.

Despite her best efforts, it seems that Zara is the better urban navigator. As they press further into the city both Ari and Cormil struggle to keep the pace going.

Back in the dunes, Lei is able to rush the gap left by the officer and close in on the city. The officer spins the speeder around with a roar of engines, but over does it and is left in the dirt by the zeltron.

Ari Piloting Check : 2eP+1eA+1eC+2eD+1eS 1 failure, 1 threat

Reduces speed to 2, threat spent to add setback dice to next check.

Corsec Officer Piloting Check : 1eP+2eA+1eC+2eD+1eS 1 failure
Reduces speed to 2.

Zara laughs at the thrill of the chase, the exhilaration of outmaneuvering those who would catch her. Living in the moment like this is, putting everything on the line, is strangely when she feels most free. Most herself.

"Cormil. Take the side streets home. I'll lead them deeper into the city. Hang on Kry, we're going for a ride."

“ Take the bumps a bit easier!” Krydil says as they finally make it into the city, he grabs on to Zara’s waist for dear life as she seems to have better balance than him today. “ If I fall off you’ll have to get all this sand out of your bike by yourself.” Kry half jokes as he looks to the quickly passing scenery around them.

As Zara pushes into the city centre, to concentration of traffic grows. As they twist and curve through the streets they blast past speeders filling the streets in the night. Dodging in and out of traffic, the bike has the upper hand as the corsec land-speeder tried to follow, sirens blaring. At one point Ari is force to leap up onto the curb to pass around a truck, smashing through one of the streets bins, but despite her best efforts, Zara is still lengthening the gap between them.

Back at the city entrance, the officer in the panther speeder revs the engine and pulls alongside of Lei's speeder. As she struggles to keep the speed now in the streets, the officer swings his panther out before twisting it back towards the racer. As he moves back towards her, Lei is forced to move further and further across towards the building siding the pavement, till there is no where else to go. She is forced to bring the speeder to a screeching halt or else crash into the wall, the chase for her is over.

The officer's partner swings open the door of the panther and aims a pistol at Lei. "Alright missy, you had a good run, but that's far enough. Hands in the air and off the speeder!'

Ari Piloting Check : 2eP+1eA+1eC+2eD+2eS 1 failure, 1 threat

+1 threat from high speed pursuit. Threat spent to activate loose cargo, inflicts 2 system strain.

Corsec Piloting Check : 1eP+2eA+1eC+1eD+1eS 3 successes, 1 threat
Threat spent to inflict 1 system strain.

Corsec Officer vs Lei Piloting Check : 2eP+1eA+1eC+2eD 4 successes, 1 threat
Flipped destiny point to upgrade check. Check used to block Lei's path to end the chase. Threat spent to suffer 1 system strain.

From high up in one of the many tower apartments, the sound of the roar of engines can be faintly heard. This high up, the chaos down below was easy enough to ignore of course. A tall Kyuzo dressed in neat blue-grey robes rests an arm against the window as he looks down at the bright stream that makes up the road below.

"Looks like the celebrations have spilled over" he would grunt in his native language, glancing back at his boss. Sonnray Crokem (or Mr Crokem) was the current resident of this opulent flat, and it was his family who was the employer of the Kyuzo. His name was Dilhun Ta, and he had been Mr Crokem's master for a number of years now. "Perhaps it is best that you chose to stay inside today sir, with the drunks out there I would struggle to keep you safe".

When the coast is clear, Zara takes the side streets home herself. "Your cramping my style, Kry. I had half-a-mind to let her catch me... Hold on. Let's go home."

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When the coast is clear, Zara takes the side streets home herself. "Your cramping my style, Kry. I had half-a-mind to let her catch me... Hold on. Let's go home."

Kry relaxes, letting go of Zara's stomach as they slow down a bit after having successfully escaped the Coresec officers. " I'm sorry I don't want to sleep in a jail for a week, you might have a Cop friend to swoon, meanwhile I'll get some guy named Bubba in my Cell. No Thanks."

As the pair rush through the streets, there is a moment where Ari is blocked from view by the traffic they dodge in and out of. Taking the opportunity, Zara is able to bring the speeder about in a sharp turn, diving down an alley. A couple of ragged looking individuals are sent scampering out of alley, sleeping rough by the looks of things.

Moments later the panther speeder hurtles past the entrance of the alley, and the mouth of the hideaway. The siren can be heard blaring into the distance, till eventually it is lost in the hubbub of the city. They had made it out of the chase safely, or at least successfully.

"Is there a problem officers?" Lei Mie croons seductively, releasing a heavy dose of pheromones. and slowly unzips the front of her suit. "Man' it's hot out tonight. I'm sure you two would rather be someplace cooler. If you all let me go, I can make it worth both your whiles. I'm not particular."

Sonnray flashes his bodyguard his signature million-credit smile, amiably patting him on the shoulder.

"I appreciate your concern, Dilhun, as always. But I must disagree with your reasoning. These are my constituents, after all. I must see them at their worst if I hope to win them over at their best! What better way to gauge their needs and desires than to bear witness to their most excessive celebrations?"

Dilhun would turn back to the window, watching the traffic go by. "A poll on the holo-net would be good" he would mutter under his breath. The dull glow of the speeders lights rush by, lburring together a little at this height, it made for quite a beautiful urban sight. Pushing himself away from the window the tint activates, hiding the outside world. He moves quietly across the room to stand over his employer (as he did with most people thanks to his height). "I'm not sure your family would approve of your choice of, constituents, sir. Perhaps Coronet would have been the better choice to start".

Dilhun had made his objections to the cities choice upon their arrival. He had spent a few years before his current employment in the corporate sector, and was more comfortable in that professional atmosphere. For him, Tyrena was more, 'free spirited' than he cared for. The wealthy tourists, the wild racers, all of them were just another concern he had to keep in mind.

The female officer flushes bright red as she ducks back into the pilot seat. The second officer leers at Lei as he lowers his weapon, sauntering forward towards her. "Listen little lady, I wouldn't mind a little fun, but there's no way I'm going to be able to just let you go. You may be cute, but not that cute. Now I can put a good word in for you, but that's the best I can offer, for now. So, you want to get in the back or do I need to get physical?"