oooohhhooohh, Cade perks up, Playtime! Cade stalks forward through the darkness, looking for pirates..

Darien puts a finger to Chubbo's mouth. sshhh, he whispers, and keep the lights off for Uncle Cade, ok?

There you are! One of the pirates lights up an electrostaff and rushes at Cade, whose helmet glows in the purple light like some terrible apparition, the skull reflecting the light of the Electrostaff. Electrostaff crackling, he lands a solid blow across Cade's midsection, but slips and falls on his back as he steps on the fallen vent and it skids out from under him.

Nnnggg.. Cade fought through the pain and howled as he swings the bes'kad down impacting the electro staff. The pirate fighting to keep the blade away..

A Mandalorian! I've fought some of your kind before...

Darien shifts to shield Chubbo with his body and fires his pistols at the pirates, but can't see them well and misses. Stay down ad'ika.

How special for you. Cade growled.

Darien ducks back as the pirates fire past his head, missing in the dark.

That means I can take this off stun. The pirate laughs as he jumps to his feet, twisting around you, We fought the Mandalorians, and it nearly destroyed us. He strikes again, the purple arc, striking Cade hard and sending pain lancing through his body, I clawed us back out of the gutter! He follows through and strikes Cade with the other end, sending more searing pain through his side, And I won't kriffing go back!

Arrogant di'kutla chakaar!! Cade roars, swinging the side of the bes'kad into the side of the pirate's head, with an earspiltting ring. The pirate staggers back, dazed.

Cade brings himself to his full height, I'm going to ensure you'll never rise up again!

Darien lays down some more fire, but at this point he's basically firing blind, however, his bolts light up one of the pirates, giving Darien a better shot next time.

the pirates fire at the man who attacked their leader, hitting Cade squarely in the back, but you hear a sob of fear from one of them, realizing that they are outmatched.

The pirate, momentarily stunned, swings back into gear and hits Cade again, catching him under the chin, It's too late! The Thorned Circle is already back! He spat out, And we aren't going away.

Cade freezes. You're Thorned Circle? Cade asked. his voice a low rumble, You were kicked off my world by unarmored children.. I know because I'm one of them. Now I'm full grown and fully armed and armored.

Cade lunges forward before the pirate can react, thrusting the bes'kad deep in the hutuun's side, blood spreading from the wound as Cade draws the blade back. You all die here! This isn't your base. It's your TOMB!!

He staggers back, clutching his side as the blood starts to seep through, Arrgh! It can't... End like this...

Darien fires again, this time connecting and killing the remaining two pirates, Good work Cade! He then turns back to Chubbo and pulls him close, enveloping his tiny frame in his arms, Don't look, you don't need to see this. I'll get you out of here. And as he starts to move towards the turbolift, he turns on his comm Kara, are you in position?

...I won't let it! He stands back up with a roar and lashes out with the electrostaff hitting Cade again, hard. Why won't you kriffing DIE!

Cade preps for the next strike as Darien rushes passed. Because ori'osik chakaaric hutuun... I'm better than you. Because I AM death! Cade puts everything he has left into the strike, black speckles creep into Cade's vision, he slips in the pooling blood causing the bes'kad to land just shy of its intended target. Passing into the slavers shoulder and passes through, severing the limb. As they fall to the floor, the slaver stares at his arm laying on the other side of Cade.

bu-but w..we.. we came..bu.. back.... the slaver's eyes glaze over as blood loss and shock over take him.....

Cade slips off his helmet to watch the life leave the enemy. Don't kriffing mess with Mando'ade.. as blackness engulfs him, Cade manages to to spit in the slavers dead eyes........

After a moment of blackness, Cade fights to open his eyes.. reaching in a pouch for a stimpack, and stabs it in his leg.

Darien runs to the airlock, still clutching Chubbo, Kara! Kara, I got him, but Cade's still up there, he's hurt, I don't know how bad, after I set this guy down, I'm headed back up. As he rushes into ' Solus , he sets Chubbo down in the cargo hold, Stay there, don't touch anything, I'll be back soon.

Hurt? How bad, what happened?

Not sure how bad, we got jumped by pirates, he should probably tell you the rest himself.

Cade sits up and puts his helmet back on, getting to his feet he looks down at the Thorned Circle's leader. Are you properly enlightened about mado'ade, mir'shebs?

Cade made his way to unlock the cells, without waiting on an answer.

As he made the rounds, the captives were silent, standing away from the bars. They only moved after he indicated the direction of the turbolift. Go, use the shaft to go one floor down. There's a ship waiting to take you to Vindalia.

They silently hasten past Cade, and enter the turbolift. A little bit later, after they have gone, Kara and Darien burst out of the turbolift, weapons drawn, ready for action.

Welcome to the burial tomb of chakaare! Cade called to them in an oddly relieved and content voice, spreading his arms, to indicate their surroundings. Can we get Vhal'ika to do another scan of this base?

On it.

It looks like you're clear. No life signs, other than yours, on your level and below. However, there are still a few life signs above you.