[X] One in the office of a high-ranking individual.
"Either a secure part of the building or the office of a high-ranking individual," you answer Mum, "One of those should suffice and will have the best chance of containing the information even if they are going to be harder to reach."
"We will go for the latter," says Mum, "Do you know where we are going?"
"The local executive's office is on the fourth floor," you tell her, "I looked it up whilst we were scouting about for info. Some guy called Viado Tokani, a human coreworlder."
"Then we make our way to the elevator," says Mum, "Follow me."
And so you do. It feels odd running though the corridors of the local Czerka Corp headquarters as despite everything that is going on right now, the building isn't a military base. The majority of the people you encounter are just civilians working here and they cower as you and Mum run by. Fortunately for them, you and Mum have no interest in them.
The first bit of excitement is when you run across a group of four Czerka security guards as they come running down the corridor in the opposite direction.
"It's them!" shouts the one in the lead, "Blast them!"
And so they do or at least they try. Unfortunately for you, it is a bit more than try when it comes to you. You attempt to deflect the blaster bolts with your lightsaber, but while one misses, another strikes you in the side. You wince in pain as it hurts a lot, but it doesn't leave you incapacitated and you charge the Czerka guards with Mum.
You cut down one with a swing of your lightsaber in the same time it takes Mum to dispatch the other three. Glancing at your injury, Mum uses the Force to heal her injury and leaves you wishing that you were skilled enough to learn Force Heal yourself. You can think of a few times now where it would have come in handy. Very in handy.
"Are you okay?" asks Mum even though she has already healed you.
"As much as I am going to be," you reply, "You did just take care of it."
"Then we should continue," says Mum and two of you begin moving again.
The next bit of trouble is some security at the elevator though it might not really count as trouble given how easily Mum takes care of it. A pair of war droids stand guard alongside a couple of security turrets and even as you prepare for a fight, Mum just strikes out with the Force. Both the war droids and the blaster turrets explode as Mum overwhelms with the Force, leaving the elevator unguarded and free for the taking.
"Luka," says Mum as she stops in front of the elevator, "Can you open this elevator working for us?"
"Sure," you reply as you push a couple of buttons at the control panel, "It isn't locked. We can use it just like anyone else."
"Good," says Mum as the elevator doors open up.
The trip up to the fourth floor is uneventful and so is the fourth floor, at least initially it is. That situation quickly changes as you and Mum come across a guarded office after making your way through a couple of undefended corridors. Two alert Czerka security guards with blaster rifles stand guard and as soon as they spot your lightsabers, they open fire.
While it becomes apparent that these two guards are more skilled than their fellows, you hold your own. With one of them shooting at each of you, you deflect the blaster bolt fired at you back into the man's shoulder. He winces, but doesn't drop his blaster as he tries to line up a second shot so you move in. A single swing of your lightsaber and the man is down permanently.
A glance to the side tells you that Mum has dealt with her opponent so you take a look at the sign outside the office.
"Viado Tokani, Kaliton Executive Officer," you read out loud, "Looks like this is the place."
"There is someone inside," says Mum and you too can sense someone on the other side of the door, "Afraid, but they lack the willing to fight us."
"After you," you tell Mum, "The door is unlocked."
You follow Mum into the office, where a well-groomed, middle-aged man is cowering behind his desk.
"Executive Tokani," says Mum, "You are going to help us."
"You don't scare me," hisses the man even as he grips the chair he is hiding behind with both hands and you can feel the fear radiating off of him through the Force, "You're Jedi. You won't cut me down in cold blood."
"If you help us, you could get some leniency from the Republic," you say, trying a different track with the man.
"Hah!" barks Tokani, "We have hundreds of security assets on this world and we have taken over the local HoloNet. You will get overwhelmed sooner or later and I know that you didn't get any calls out for help before we stopped it being possible."
"You will give us access to your computer," you tell the man, waving your hand as you attempt a Jedi Mind Trick on Tokani.
"What? No, I will not," replies Tokani as he stares at you.
"He isn't going to be helpful," says Mum as she tosses him away from the desk with the Force, "Luka, access his computer."
"On it," you say as you dart around to the other side of the desk.
Oh wow, the idiot didn't lock his computer or log off. It turns out that you don't need Tokani's help because his full admin access is already entered into the system. Sucks for him, but all the better for you.
You already found most of what you were looking for so you just go looking for the things you couldn't find last time. With full access to the system, it doesn't take long for you to located the two missing sets of files and when you do, it swiftly becomes apparent why Czerka Corp wanted to keep them hidden.
The first set is that Czerka Corp has been operating a few of the larger mines on Kaliton with slave labour and it turns out that is why they had so many secret war droids. While the administrators of the mines were living sentients, the Czerka leadership didn't trust people to guard the slave miners and instead has been relying upon their war droids to provide security.
The other group of records is possibly worse. It seems that since taking over the local spaceport, Czerka Corp has been using it to engage in illegal dealings with organised crime groups. They've been primarily dealing with the Exchange, but a few records indicate that the odd Sith group has come by for the occasional batch of kyber crystals that have been dug up on Kaliton. Given just how detailed it is, it is enough to convict the whole local Czerka Corp leadership for this sector and probably some more as well.
Oh and there are twenty thousand credits free for the taking. The legalities of taking them for yourself are dubious, but Czerka is a bunch of slavers so who cares? You certainly don't as you transfer the credits to your bank account.
"Got the evidence," you tell Mum, "We have enough to deal a major blow to Czerka Corp."
"Your father will be pleased," says Mum, "He always loves an excuse to set the military on Czerka's assets. Now, we just have to hold out until Republic reinforcements show up."
While Bastila and Luka try to stay alive, pick another perspective to follow
[] Kira on the
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[] A member of the Republic reinforcements.
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Current Stats
Vitality: 30/30
Force: 33/33
***
Things were mixed bunch this turn. Luka got injured, but Bastila was able to heal it up and while you failed to get the local Czerka boss to help out, you got lucky as he left his access unsecure and free for you to use.
Given the situation, I feel it is going to be pretty boring to just keep with Luka's point of view so I am going to switch to someone else until the current situation wraps up. Which brings us to the vote. I have a couple of default options, but feel free to make suggestions for other possibilities.
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