Exegol preplay

[bb8_dad]

The ships exited hyperspace, and Poe's first thought upon seeing Exegol was that it looked dead. It was the the ugliest thing he'd seen in a long while, and he wondered if it had always been this way, or if building a colossal fleet of Star Destroyers here had killed the place.

And when the ships dived into the cloud cover, they nearly ran into the Sith fleet. It was massive. Their triangled hulls were enormous, but they grew even smaller as their numbers seemed to stretch into infinity.

"Great dark seas," Aftab Ackbar gasped across the comm. "Look at that!"

"No sign of the Falcon or allies," Tyce said from her ship.

"Help will get here," Poe assured them.

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Re: Spaceships

[grenadesandohana]

Well, fortunately for Steve, the "don't freaking die, moron" lesson had been buried deep into his subconscious--also by the Navy--and so he shifted his plane--ship! ship!--out of the way and poured on the firepower.

He'd have to keep an eye on his firepower. He didn't remember exactly how fast that depleted.

Re: Spaceships

[notagoose]

Goose grinned as the TIE fighters came towards him, he laughed and immediately returned fire, he dove in and out of the firing range a few times before he began to pilot directly towards them. Returning as much fire power as he could in the process.

“Eat light,” he declared gleefully as he took on the TIE fighters head on.

Goose really should not be enjoying himself this much.

Re: Spaceships

[sith_happened]

"Right behind you," Anakin said, sliding his ship into place.

[dishesonthetoprack]

Scott could be fairly dense at times, but he did remember that this Steve hadn't actually met him -- or Ant-Man -- yet, in his timeline.

Scott took a moment to punch another trooper -- though, this time it was just regular Scott Lang-enhanced-slightly-via-Pym-suit punching before flipping his visor open to offer a little further clarification there. "Sorry," he offered. "Scott in here. Or -- well, Ant-Man."

Still weird to call himself that, though.

Re: Spaceships

[imafuturist]

As much fun as riding a space horse would be, Tony was where he could be of much more use with the armor. Which meant up in the sky rather than down with Steve.

"A ship would have been a much safer option, sir," a greatly aggrieved JARVIS chimed in.

"Aw, where's your sense of adventure, J?" Tony asked, doing a very unnecessary spin in the air to avoid one of those TIE fighters.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Aww, and look at them line up to make it easier on her!

All of that energy holding Annie in the air surged out of her in an enormous, blinding blast that -- hopefully -- would fry any electrical equipment the troopers had, and sending them flying like bowling pins, if Annie had her way.

At least, she sure hoped she knocked them back with that, 'cause she was falling back down to the ground and it was gonna take her a second to recharge.

[unusual_sith]

Lana had made a similar decision, and decided to stay close to their other Force users for the time being, less for protection from the troopers and more to avoid being a target if anyone on their own side decided that red lightsaber looked like an enemy.

"Is whatever I can feel down there something we need to concern ourselves with?" she asked as they ran.

[unusual_sith]

Once Lana felt she'd made the point which side she was on, she broke away to do some real damage. Troopers gathered in groups made excellent targets of lightning, as did mounted weapons.

Re: Spaceships

[somethingwithturquoise]

Good! The more persistent they were with the shooting, the more chances there were to miss and hit something behind Summer rather than Summer herself!

Especially since she was clearly having way too much fun with this, for how dangerous and insane it was to be weaving through ships like this. But now that she was getting the hang of it and hopefully getting the feel for how the ships that were pursuing her were moving and shooting, she also felt confident in shooting out a portal in front of her, so that she could disappear into it and close it off as soon as she wound up on the other side, which hopefully would put her in a different spot on the battlefield.

A risky maneuver, especially if she screwed up the coordinates, but, hey, you didn't win shit by not taking risks! And hopefully, she could come out on the otherside with a nice round of her ion cannons at the ships over there before they even realized what hit them. Literally!

Re: Spaceships

[tros_npcs]

That did result in one TIE flying right through the area she had just occupied and being obliterated. Good risk on her part, apparently!

Re: Spaceships

[tros_npcs]

One TIE fighter blew, but the others were coming straight at him despite that, like they were determined to win this game of chicken.

Re: Spaceships

[tros_npcs]

One TIE was doggedly pursuing her, joined by another that swooped in to get in on the chase, blocking her just enough that she couldn't quite escape without crashing into it.

Re: Spaceships

[tros_npcs]

One ship got its wing clipped and went spinning, but the others kept coming. One even dove in front of him, barely missing the gunfire, to try and distract him.

Re: Spaceships

[tros_npcs]

The TIE pilots really had no idea what he was or what to do with him, so their first reaction was to try and blow him up. One had him locked in their sighs, firing off several shots in rapid succession.

[solo_sword]

"I'm guessing Rey's on it," Jaina said, which was not unnerving at all, "so hopefully no."

Hopefully. Cross your fingers.

[tros_npcs]

The troopers did in fact go flying, but it was also enough to draw attention from other troopers.

One of which drew a baton, something of an energy weapon, because he didn't know better.

[unusual_sith]

"May the Force serve her well." Lana's metaphorical fingers were absolutely crossed.

[tros_npcs]

That was a pretty effective way of neutralizing troopers, yes! Quite a few immediately hit the floor, writhing.

The more comedic-minded might notice a few troopers on the periphery who moved to stay out of her way.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Man, these troopers totally should have read their, like, 'What to do when facing down an invulnerable energy siphon,' handbook, right?

"That looks fun," Annie commented, springing back up quickly and focusing her glowing eyes on the baton -- which would prove to be dead fairly swiftly here, should the trooper try to use it.

Re: Spaceships

[imafuturist]

Look, sometimes there was just a guy in a suit of armor, flying around.

It was fine.

"Whoa!" Tony said as alerts sounded in the HUD of his helmet, immediately moving to avoid the shots as much as he could and maybe panic releasing a few decoy pods to take the rest in a cloud of smoke and debris. "You're right about as friendly as the Kree."

Which was to say, not at all.

Re: Spaceships

[tros_npcs]

Sith and Sith affiliates would like to argue that they were less friendly, really. But at the moment they were also suddenly swirling around trying to figure out what to do with decoy pods besides try to blow them up.

[solo_sword]

"And if things go wrong, then..."

Then they'd deal with it. But right now Jaina was getting to a group of Sith troopers and absolutely laying into them.

[tros_npcs]

Well. He tried to use it.

Maybe if they aimed a turret at her. Incoming!

Re: Spaceships

[imafuturist]

Okay, so no banter either. Good to know.

Tony let JARVIS go through an analysis of the ship as he boosted the thrusters of the suit to get around them and get in close enough to latch onto one of those very, very poorly designed... wings? Fins? He wasn't sure.

Re: Spaceships

[sith_happened]

"When I say so, juke left," Anakin said. "I'm going to shoot one to hit the other."

Because he was Anakin Skywalker.