Dancing in the mist - gameplay

The Cold War between Republic and Sith Empire just started. Both sides of the intergalactic conflict are trigger easy and willing to fight back at the slightest sign of provocation. It's time of untrustworthy ceasefire and aftermath chaos. A time of crime lords, refugees and mercenaries.
A time of E.P.O.C.H.


E.P.O.C.H. MISSION SPOTS (Only Agents and enlisted freelancers on Agency contract):

Lady Kleti [IA]
Nikk Varr [BH]
Rin [BH]
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[Message] Mist : Space orbit of Nar Shaddaa is jungle. Without any real law beside the law of stronger starships off any kind cluster without any safety rules around most visited sectors of the moon
[Message] Mist : @Nikk would you risk going down the surface ASAP or you will wait for safe corridor?
[Message] NikkVarr : go down
[Message] Mist : @Rin do you want to check the communication channels first or just focus on isolating any signal from land crew on first available platform?
[Message] Mist : The surface of Nar Shaddaa is chaotic and covered in smog
[Message] Mist : Nikk takes the ship down to the lower orbit, flying close to huge cargo ships and devastated space station
[Message] Mist : you are trying to get to lower orbit to land on the surface - it will take a while to reach it
[Action] NikkVarr : fights with the controls, flicking switches and cussing under his breath
[Message] Mist : @Rin there is huge noise in the orbit, most of the astro droids uses illegal jamming software like always in Hutt Zone - one thing is getting strange - your ship seems to emit strong signal
[Message] NikkVarr : "Buckle up ladies, we're heading down to funtown!"
[Message] Rin : (( can I lower our signal so that it fits in better? ))
[Action] NikkVarr : sweeps the ship side to side to avoid the other traffic
[Message] Mist : the orbital junk starts to smash on your ship's force shields. You can see greenish grey atmosphere of the moon.
[Message] Rin : "Careful Grandpa some of us still have quality years left!" Rin shouts mockingly
[Message] Mist : @Rin is trying to lower the signal of Freighter... it seems that there is another source of transmission onboard
[Action] Rin : tries to isolate the signal on board
[Message] NikkVarr : "Yeah up yours, damn flying gizka monkey.....!" *Nikk swears at another freighter ship just narrowly missing it *
[Message] Mist : Suddenly something blackened the sun behind the ship... for a moment the Freighter was covered by huge shadow
[Action] NikkVarr : cuts up a few slower moving craft with a chuckle
[Message] Mist : The first signs of reaching the atmosphere are visible on the ship surface
[Message] Mist : *Proximity Alert*
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]"Hey ! Who turned the lights out Pinky ?"
[Action] Rin : scans the objects profile for a reading
[Message] Rin : (( like what ship it is or if it is a ship))
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]"Whoaaaah grab hold of what you got babes, it’s gonna be close "
[Message] Kleti : " nice..."
[Action] NikkVarr : struggles with the ships controls,
[Message] Mist : Back sensors goes crazy - it seems that huge vessel is right behind you - signature shows Scavenger type. Ship suited for decomposing shipwrecks
[Message] Mist : *Proximity Alert*
[Action] NikkVarr : turns round to give Kleti one of his big chessy boyish grins
[Message] Rin : "Scavenger ship behind us i suggest we don't wind up on its list"
[Message] NikkVarr : " Rodger dodger, grab on !" [Message] Mist : The sharp angle of atmosphere entering makes the front of the ship hot as hell - the energy shields are on full
[Action] NikkVarr : attempts to drop down below it and closer into the planet
[Message] Mist : @Nikk successfully goes under the Scavenger ship
[Action] NikkVarr : laughs
[Message] Mist : Huge vessel goes few meters above you
[Message] Kleti : " ah..."
[Action] Kleti : sighs
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]" you’re in safe hands ladies ! you may now change your underwear "
2010-09-27 21:42:00 [Message] Mist : It's old and rusty, with signs of many years of exploitation... the front of the Scav starts to burn a bit in the atmosphere
2010-09-27 21:42:12 [Action] Rin : pulls the straps of the restraints around her chest snug muttering to herself.
2010-09-27 21:43:11 [Message] Mist : @Rin the signal is stronger near the Scav ship. Huge vessel is trying to turn around in "not to smart" manoeuvr
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]" what’s the jukebox miss pink? Any noise from planet side? "
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]" Those jokers really need to go back to flight school"
[Message] Rin : "Strange readings from the scavengers above us I'm trying to find out what’s going on."
[Message] Mist : @Rin looks like the signal from your ship jamming all the transmission
[Message] Rin : (( I was trying to isolate it, can i see where it is in our ship? ))
[Message] Kleti : " what’s going on?"
[Message] Mist : @Nikk the ship in front of you is going down on the side. If they don't pull up or down they will hit the surface without chance of landing
[Message] Rin : "Something on our ship is jamming communications I’m trying to locate it as we speak"

[Message] NikkVarr : [i]"Just a lil game of eat me if you can with that dam ugly mother up there"
[Message] Mist : @Rin It looks that signal is using engines as antenna.
[Message] Rin : (( of our ship? ))
[Message] Mist : ((yes))
[Action] Kleti : looks confused
[Action] NikkVarr : boosts power in an attempt to sweep away from the slow moving Scavenger ship
[Message] Rin : "Keep it steady i need to check our engines"[Action] Rin : unbuckles herself and moves to check the engines
[Message] Mist : One of massive magnet grapplers used to hold shipwrecks just fired at EPOCH freighter. It misses by meters thanks to Nikk reflex
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]"What you want me to do Miss Pink ! Keep the scavenger off us with a stick"
[Message] Kleti : “Do we look like junk?"
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]"Arm weapons"
[Message] Kleti : " what?"
[Message] Rin : (( can i see anything in the engine rooms? ))
[Message] Mist : @Nikk it looks like Scav is trying to get position to fire next grappler
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]"We aint no in-flight meal"
[Message] Mist : @Rin it seems that one of the panels on the left engine was placed in hurry
[Action] NikkVarr : sweeps away and up
[Action] Rin : Opens the panel to see what the problem is
[Message] Mist : @Huge Vessel is roaming towards Nar Shaddaa surface. It seems that the crew finally is trying to get it up when Nikk escaped
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]*The ship lurches as power is applied *
[Message] Rin : (( i'm inspecting panel and Nikk is gunning the ship away and up ))
[Action] Kleti : Kleti observes, because she can’t help
[Action] NikkVarr : sweep the craft around for another run at entering the ship lanes near the surface
[Message] Mist : Few shots reached the surface of clumsy giant going down...it looks like huge rock sinking in the greenish lake of smog
[Action] Kleti : tries stay calm
[Message] Mist : @Rin, after removing the panel can hear the bug droid buzzing busy with transmission
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]"Moma Hutt's gonna love that lil present landing in her back yard "
[Action] NikkVarr : punches the intercom
[Message] Rin : "Little pest this'll put a stop to you" Rin smacks at the droid with the butt of her blaster.
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]" Hey, what’s up back there?"
[Message] Rin : "It’s a droid it must be why those scavengers are going after our ship. Oh thanks for the steady ride by the way I love being thrown around like a doll."
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]"ok second time lucky, heading down to fun town, round 2 "
[Message] Mist : @Nikk few seconds later the anti blast filters collapsed at cockpit windows when reactor of the Scavenger exploded hiting the surface and smashing through Nar Shaddaa levels like burning knife through butter
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]"oooooh toasty!"
[Message] Mist : You all can feel the blast wave that shakes the Freighter. After few smaller explosions, the Nar Shaddaa surface is marked with huge pillar of black smoke.
[Message] Mist : @Nikk do you want to land near the ground zero, near the sector you was heading at the start (the one from the briefing) or somewhere else?[Action] NikkVarr : says nothing but winks at Kleti with a smile
[Action] Kleti : smiles back....
[Message] Mist : @Rin The droid is still buzzing
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]((space port near the destination))
[Message] Kleti : but look like she is not impressed with a ride and something worries her
[Action] Rin : tries to tear the droid out of the panel.
[Message] NikkVarr : [i]"Cheer up ladies, we could have all been processed meat in a can by now"
[Message] Mist : You left alone the crash place and head to Rutta 087
[Action] NikkVarr : tries to manoeuvr as smoothly as the mad chaos of ships allows
[Message] Mist : @Rin - when you tried to pull the droid from the engine it started to vibrate faster and faster
[Action] Rin : aims at the droid with her blaster trying not to cause collateral damage to the panel then blasts it.
[Message] NikkVarr : "Kleti, can you check on Rin pls"
[Message] Kleti : " yes"'
[Action] Kleti : enter engine room
[Message] NikkVarr : "mutters something under his breath"
[Message] Mist : @Nikk you are approaching the one of the upper platforms - it's small type suitable max for your type of ship. There is much noise from Navigator panel since the jamming is off
[Message] Kleti : " what you have here?" Kleti asks Rin
[Message] Mist : @Rin when Kleti entered the engine part of the ship you've blasted the droid. Second later you saw a sparkle from detonator...it hits the air and drops dead. The droid is in pieces but did not exploded
[Message] Rin : "This little thing was jamming us and causing a different signal. It had a detonator i suppose someone didn't want us to make it planet side."
[Message] NikkVarr : Opens the ship comm's channel "Navi, we have contact planeside, stations."
[Message] Kleti : " strange...."
[Message] Mist : @Nikk you've landed on the platform and get this pleasent feeling of ground under your feet. No matter it's platform few hundred meters above the actual surface
[Message] Mist : @Nikk The blast filters are going up and you can see two small lights in the smog on the bridge leading to your platform
[Message] NikkVarr : "Welcome to funtown, Ladies have a pleasant stay" Nikk announces over the comm's channel
[Message] NikkVarr :
[Message] Kleti : " you mean trouble town?" said Kleti approaching Nikk
[Message] NikkVarr : "Could be,...looks like we have a welcome committee"
[Message] Kleti : " i think we will have more of troubles soon...."
[Message] Rin : Rin stretches slightly "Don't forget anything aye, hearing aid reading glasses you have everything?" she says sarcasticly to their pilot.
[Action] NikkVarr : powers down the engines and puts controls into sleep mode
[Message] NikkVarr : " hey who's stole my hoverchair?"
[Message] Mist : @Nikk In the heavy, smelly mist you see twi'lek holding two old green light sticks. He looks like dock worker
[Message] Mist :
[Message] Rin : "Why don't you take the lead freelancer I've yet to see your work in the field" Rin says over her shoulder with a smirk.
[Message] NikkVarr : "Ok folks, ladies first." *Nikk opens the pressure doors and lets down the loading bay slope*
[Action] Kleti : smiles hearing this
[Message] Kleti : She put on coats hood to cover her


[Message] Mist : The Twi'lek looks tired and sleepy. He waves to first person than shows at the slope
[Message] NikkVarr : "No worries junior," Nikk winks at her with a cheeky grin [Message] Rin : Rin tugs on a piece of her armour sending a cloak out from her shoulders then pull the hood over her head.
[Action] NikkVarr : Carries his helmet in one hand, the other relaxed by his side (where his blaster pistol is)
[Action] NikkVarr : Waves to the Twi’lek with his helm
[Message] Mist : "Utiki Tanuga... Akadi... How long?" points the Freighter with one of the glow sticks
[Message] Mist : Nar Shaddaa smells like thousand fast-food failed inventions with firm alcohol smell coming from Twi'lek
[Message] Mist : Twi'lek is shaking - it's not so cold outside it must be something else
[Message] NikkVarr : "well pay 3 hours up front, the rest when we leave, no damage ok ? "
[Message] Rin : Rin eyes the Twi'lek looking for any apparent signs of why he might be shaking
[Message] Mist : " No damaga Me good worka Nitu atura" he nods and his lekku starts to shake even faster "Ita 40 crediz"
[Action] NikkVarr : pays no attention and stride off checking his data link gauntlet to get the route map to the rendezvous
[Message] NikkVarr : "Ok bud, Miss Pink'll sort you out"
[Message] Mist : @Nikk It looks like you have half an hour walk to the center of Sector with your contact Club
[Action] Kleti : looks around
[Message] NikkVarr : "Hey bud, any swoops for hire round here? "
[Message] Mist : @Rin Twi'lek looks like his body need more alcohol fast - he's trying to stop shaking but it's pointless
[Action] Rin : passes the Twi'lek the credits then continues forward.
[Message] Mist : Worker points down, under the platform "Da tunels - Swoopi swoopi there - you can rent or buy. Just looka for Red Bones. Not friendly ganga not friendly
[Message] NikkVarr : "It’s gonna be a long walk otherwise" Nikk says to noone in particular
[Message] Kleti : " aren’t you gona have some check about payment made?"
[Message] Kleti : asks Kleti Rin
[Message] Kleti : ' ah nevermind..."
[Message] NikkVarr : "K, cheers bud," Tosses the twi’lek a few cred's, here, get ya' self something"
2010-09-27 22:28:45 [Message] Mist : Twi'lek is slowly moving onto the bridge from your platform
[Message] Mist : Smiles friendly" Uto nado good man good man!"
[Message] Rin : "Well let’s get the bikes then." Rin says dismissively
[Action] NikkVarr : follows on but keeps is eyes scanning the area for movement and ways down
[Message] Mist : You have to take the elevators down. The trip could be interesting since they are use as transport, bedrooms for short romances and toilets
[Message] NikkVarr : "Good plan junior, your showing potential, ...keep up the good work"
[Message] Kleti : " can we use stairs?"
[Action] Kleti : covers her nose
[Message] Mist : It seems that there is no movement on this or nearby platforms.
[Message] NikkVarr : "Hmmm no stairs,.......guess we take the happy lift or jump "
[Actilet’sNikkVarr : heads to the lifts
[Message] Rin : Rin pulls up her cloak so it doesn't touch the floor "Right, well let’s get going" before getting into the lift
[Message] NikkVarr : "Spaceport Rule no 1, Just follow your nose "
[Action] NikkVarr : pulls a face
[Message] Kleti : " ok... so I won’t go were.."
[Message] NikkVarr : " just don't...breath!"
[Message] Mist : The lifts are fast and when they are slowing down rapidly all the rubbish from the bottom starts to move
[Action] NikkVarr : chokes a bit
[Message] Kleti : " yak..."
[Action] NikkVarr : puts on his helmet
[Message] Mist : Few levels deeper into the belly of Nar Shaddaa you hear loud music and few alien languages
[Action] Kleti : covers her nose with handkerchief
[Message] NikkVarr : "Ok, you've been here before right? "
[Message] Kleti : " only on upper levels..."
[Message] Mist : The lift opens showing wide corridor used as street. Old club banners are turned off and there is some natives suddenly stopping their conversations
[Action] NikkVarr : takes a deep breath
[Message] NikkVarr : "Ok well, down here there's no rules."
[Message] Mist : You see group of Graan thugs. At first one of them pointed you but few sec. later other one, looking like a leader make a sign of "armour" pointing Rin and Nikk
[Message] Mist : Few Graans at first targeted you but after looking at Bounty hunters armours they finally moved down the street
[Message] NikkVarr : "it’s easy come, easy go. Don't look em in the eye unless you’re ready to kill'em"
[Action] NikkVarr : moves on with an air of assured confidence
[Message] Mist : @Kleti you feel that someone is pulling your coat
[Action] Kleti : lowers hood
[Message] Rin : Rin looks to Nikk then shakes her head slightly
[Message] Kleti : and look who is messing with her
[Message] Kleti : coat
[Message] NikkVarr : "Keep up ladies"
[Message] Mist : There is a small Rodian kid running after Kleti. he's trying to say something but his voice is weak and his basic very bad
[Action] Kleti : gives him credit
[Message] Kleti : " beggars..."
[Message] Kleti : She move on.
[Message] Mist : He reaches his open palm for the credit chip and smiles - he m runs into alley
[Message] Mist : You're heading down the wide corridor - from time to time some Swoops are passing bay
[Message] NikkVarr : "Where are these Boneheads"
[Message] Mist : You hear that there is some noise behind you then a blaster shot and kid's screams
[Message] NikkVarr : "move on ladies, and don't feed the animals "
[Message] Kleti : " moving moving..."
[Message] Mist : Finally you see one open bar on this level - few Swoops are guarded by two armoured gang members with white skulls painted on the jackets
[Message] Rin : Rin tugs on her cloak sending it back into her armour
[Message] NikkVarr : "Looks like we're here"
[Message] Mist : There is kind of "music" screeching behind small door - the guards looks at you interested but passive
[Message] NikkVarr : (( what species, weapons? )
[Message] Mist : @Nikk One Rodian and one human male, both young with trash blasters from the black market
[Message] NikkVarr : "Hey bud, you rent swoops?"
[Message] Mist : "Humana? Swoopa? " Rodian is pointing the club
[Message] Mist : They are trying to look badass... just trying
[Action] Rin : keeps an eye on the two and their weapons.
[Action] Kleti : takes off her hood and smiles to human
[Message] Mist : He looks like he saw first time in his life a healthy female without per cent chance for deadly disease...
[Message] Mist : Rodian keeps talking in mix of huttese, rodese and Nar Shaddaa dialect
[Message] NikkVarr : "3 swoops, 1 day, how much?"
[Message] Mist : The human looks like he get the wind in the sails
[Message] Mist : 3 days? We be one sec ok ok?"
[Message] Mist : He moves into club looking at Kleti from time to time
2010-09-27 22:54:01 [Message] NikkVarr : " hey blue eyes, I'd cover up before these guys die of a heart attacks"
[Action] Rin : smirks
[Message] Kleti : " pfft... let them die...."
[Message] Kleti : " ok ok ...." she puts on her hood
[Message] NikkVarr : "I'm not worried about them I'm worried about Mr Bonehead himself might take a shine to you."
[Message] Mist : After a half o minute there is whole gang gathering outside. The leader, Duros with ugly tattoos on ugly face knows basic little bit
[Message] Rin : "This otta be good"
[Message] Mist : "You not firs time? You no trouble? Me like my Swoopsi! Not in bad hands!"
[Message] NikkVarr : "maybe he's got a soft spot for Pink hair too... eh ?"
[Message] Rin : Rin smirks "Yeah we know how to handle ourselves"
[Message] Kleti : " bone head?"
[Message] Mist : after "Swoopsi" all the gang nodes - no matter did they understand - they just nod
[Message] NikkVarr : "No trouble Bud, we get swoops you get creds, happy happy
[Message] Mist : Happy happy no crediz. Crediz not gut for Skulz. You kolto? You good ammo batteries?
[Message] Rin : "You can buy those with credits ours stay where they are."
[Message] NikkVarr : "3 swoops, 1 day, ...yeah best that creds can buy bud "
[Message] Mist : Again the crowd start to whisper and nod when they heard "kolto"
[Message] Mist : Crediz... 3... huntretz?
[Message] Mist : One day!
[Message] Rin : "Yes that’s fine"
[Message] NikkVarr : "Deal bud!" Holds out his hand to seal the deal
[Message] Mist : The leader grabs the man's palm and shakes it - he looks now like a true crime lord
[Message] NikkVarr : "See the pink lady for payment,....after we get the swoops started"
[Action] NikkVarr : smiles at the crime lord

The leader of White Skulls was flattered with the whole situation. You can see that his gang is not the strongest one, so this kind of transaction probably will rise their reputation. They prepared three of their best swoops, the property of gang big shots.

The vehicles are old but in good condition. Typical swoop gang modifications, like primitive jamming systems and fancy lightning makes them easy to melt in Nar Shaddaa background. You can see that the owners are little nervous about their machines, but the republic credits can be good medicine for their pain.

"You keep Swoopi good condition big shots? Me happy happy you happy happy we can do biznezz in future" The head of the gang cheers you when giving you swoops starting codes.

You can now travel fast around Nar Shaddaa. Fast, because on this moon you can't be safe anywhere...

Kleti looks around rented swoop bike.
" ok... this shoud not be hard to drive.....i think... do they think im jack of all trades?"
She looks at Nikk and sighs.

Rin nods to the leader raising her lip as if he disgusted her. She pulls on her armor to make sure everything is positioned correctly then straddles the bike. She looks towards Kleti questioningly. “You can ride with one of us if you would prefer; no one has ever complained about reduced spending.” She then looks to Nikk “Though I wouldn’t trust my life on a swoop bike piloted by some tottering old man.”

"Agree" Kleti makes mischievous smile."I prefer riding with you then".
She makes wink for staring at her bikers
and sits behind Rin.