The Separatists Strike Back

[jarvisconsole]

The Venator had continued it's course away from the asteroid field, heading towards the nearest star system in answer to a distress call. They were about ready to drop out of hyperspace...

The moment they do, the Separatists are ready for them. Three large weapons firing from the planet's surface to converge on the ship. Electrical shockwaves run through the computer consoles, everyone having to leap back to keep from being electrocuted.

And then it all goes dark, the emergency lights kicking in after a moment. Everything electrical is out of commission.

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[notjustanumber]

     It would've been nice if he'd been told that the whole ship was going to be flipped! Fives can't maintain a grip when everything continues to tilt, and the console didn't provide the greatest handhold either.

     His fingers slipped, and he hit the ceiling- or was it the floor? He hoped that his brothers were all right, but better bruised than dead. Unfortunately not all of them were wearing armor.

     "Ergh..." the clone grunted from the floor, once he'd tumbled back onto it. "...thanks f'r the warning." Fives shoved himself to his feet. "I'm all right. What's the status on th' ship?"

[jarvisconsole]

The console crackles and flickers before stabilizing on a rotating logo that says STARK INDUSTRIES on it.

"Sensors coming back online. I have corrected the gravity situation."

The screens come back on, showing the ships coming towards them and firing, the broken ship hanging off the side of the cruiser.

"I am having difficulty locating the weapons on this ship." Jarvis says, sounding unconcerned in the face of them being blasted repeatedly by the Separatists ships.

[notjustanumber]

     "Great- that's good Jarvis. Can you get th' shields working?"

     Getting pummeled by Separatist ships was the next thing to worry about. "Although if they can pull off another shot with that ion cannon, I don't know if our shields will hold. Not sure how long somethin' like that will take to charge." And he didn't really want to take any chances.

     Fives took a moment to try getting through to any of his brothers on the internal com within his helmet. "This is Fives- we're workin' on getting things back on-line. How're we holdin' up? Any tinnies make it on board?"

[jarvisconsole]

Ah, shields. There they were.

"Shields at 25% capacity." At least it was something.

"The computer's goin' nuts! The Seps are on board, there's a bunch that got through the air lock..." His brothers think they've got control of the computer system too. Fives is the only one able to access Jarvis directly.

He's still working his way through all the system's programs, sorting, reprogramming, analyzing. He hasn't had a workout like this in a long time. It's quite exciting.

"Evasive manuvers activated." The cruiser avoids another volley of shots from the ships. A few of the shots hitting their own ships by mistake.

[notjustanumber]

     Fives was so glad that the gravity was fixed. Bouncing off the walls and ceiling wasn't fun the first time around.

     "Better than nothin'," he replied to Jarvis. "Some of the Seps made it on board, not sure where they are but they'll most likely head for the bridge an' the reactor room."

     He started to move towards the opening of the cargo bay, pulling out his DC-15 blaster rifle to be ready in case any tinnies came this way. "Yeah, Jarvis is still workin' on the computers," he informed his brothers over the comms.

[jarvisconsole]

"Shall I isolate them, Mr. Fives?" Jarvis seems annoyingly unable to drop the mister part. He's worked out the doors and can shut and seal them off from the rest of the ship. Of course, some of them will have to be encouraged to get into the areas that can be sealed off.

[notjustanumber]

     "That gonna be a problem? If you can do it, it's better than lettin' them have the run of th' ship," Fives said. He supposed he could deal with being called 'mister' under such circumstances. They had better things to worry about.

[jarvisconsole]

"I can currently isolate 50% of the life forms on board. However, I do not have specifications on what distinguishes you from them."

Better be specific as you can, or he might start isolating out the wrong people.

[notjustanumber]

     "Whoa, whoa- hold on! They won't be life forms! The Seps forces are droids!" he shouted as he whirled around, Jarvis's words sinking in.

[jarvisconsole]

Well.

That did clarify things for Jarvis.

"An army of droids...I see."

Force fields at different areas of the ship flicker on and off, Jarvis systematically testing the system and keeping the ones near the droids switched on. Blocking them in as he sweeps through the system.

One of the droids runs into the force field right near Fives, just in time to block it's shot.

[notjustanumber]

     The movement he caught out of the corner of his T-visor registered with not nearly enough time to have reacted otherwise. Fives jerked back as a rayshield sprung up within the doorway, saving him a face full of blaster fire.

     "Couldn't'uv cut it a little closer, eh?" he commented, letting out a sigh in relief. Still, the Trooper kept his weapon ready, warily eying the droids just beyond the doorway.

     "How's it looking, Jarvis?"