Star Explorer - 3N35B33

[Jerex Talan]

*Jerex climbs back aboard the Star Explorer and sits in the uncomfortable pilot's seat. It hadn't gotten the same repair as the rest of the ship's systems, and retained its droid body indents that were rather uncomfortable for a humanoid. As the ship starts up, a small hologram activates with a figure of a man. However, its not a transmission, but just an avatar due to the scrolling codes along his clothing. Its tells Jerex*

"Central Computer coming online, Systems are 93% repaired, logging that the starboard stabilizer still needs calibration, cycles since last repair, 195. All system operating within standard protocols, and you have no new messages, but 42 old ones still in memory. Excuse me, you have one inbound message. Would you like me to play it?"

*Jerex is taken back by the computer's avatar. Its certainly highly unusual and he couldn't remember ever hearing about it, but here one was. He answers back tenatively*

"Yeah, sure. Play the message."

::I see you've chosen my Star Cab. Enesby, here is a com-frequency you can contact me on. And broadcast this message in orbit when you have my daughter. Wait up to 23 hours for me to arrive and retrieve her. Good luck, and may your venture see dividends::

"Whose Enesby?"

"Why, I am sir. I've been nicknamed Enesby by previous crew. I operate as a user interface between the crew and the ship. Normally its with the droids, but I've also been upgraded for wetware interface as well. The ship is ready for departure, hangar atmosphere is venting and the hangar is open. Please depart the hangar."

[Jerex Talan]

"Receiving intel. It seems that our query has fled to nearby Alderaan. Hunter Talon, apparently allowed an informant in die en route to rendezvous with your employer. We should start there and see if we can pick up the trail."

"Very well. Pull up the star charts, plot a course to Alderaan, and notify me when we're there."

"Calculations underway. It should only be three hours, sir."

"Good, let's get moving then."

"Underway."

*The holo-projector turns off and the ship jumps into hyperspace*

*Jerex heads to the back of the ship to explore her innards thoroughly. He may need to hide inside the ship some time. Finished with the search and still two hours to burn, he begins his forgotten and belated training regime. His muscles begin to loosen at the familiarity of the workout. His brow also ran rivers of sweat*

"Damn. This is harder than I remember. And its only been about a month. Never again."

[Jerex Talan]

*Finishing up his workout, Jerex heads up to the cockpit after 3n35b33 pages him. Jerex asks him*

"Since your wired into the ship, can you alter our Transponder ID codes?"

"I have the ability, but that is highly illeg..."

"Good, then transmit our ID with the alteration to being in the service of Czerka Corporation. Both the Sith and Republic won't bother us then."

*After exiting hyperspace, Jerex does a double take at all the ships in Alderaan's orbit as well as the small Republic force Fighting impossible odds against the more numerous Sith invaders. He picks a trajectory parallel with the Republic fleet, but off to the far port of them, as he's come into the system behind the Republic fleet*

[Jerex Talan]

*Jerex's face is beading with perspiration as he pilot's the ship mere millimeters from contacting the shields of the capital class ships as he dodges through their formation. Cause although the six fighters were faster, they didn't know where he would go*

*Inside the ship, a feedback pulse sparks across the shield generator and fries its internal components. Jerex decides its time to lose those fighters and make it planet side*

"Crap. Ennesby. Control that overload. Don't let it fry the whole ship."

"Yes, sir. Buffers engaged. Circuit Breakers tripped. Shield Generator is now insulated from all other ship systems."

[Jerex Talan]

*As the Black Vapor shoots out of the hangar and towards the planet, the passing Star Cab is forced to peel off to avoid a collision. Recovering the barrel roll that Jerex puts his ship into causes him to fly in front of the actively firing turbolasers of yet another capital ship as they loose another volley.*

"Space sure seems highly occupied today!"

"Danger, We're in the line of fir..werrerrr"

*The Star Cab is grazed by a plasma round, and looses much of its thick plating, but the hard vacuum of space is still held at bay. The ship's systems however, are not as unphased, and the ship seems to accelerate towards the planet while not 'flying' in the direction its pointing*

"Damn it! Can nothing go right!"

*The pilot's console looses power as Jerex attempts to adjust the ship's course. 3N35B33's holographic projector also dies as the conduits from his mainframe are severed. Helpless to pilot the ship, Jerex jumps up to also find out that he's got no gravity in the navigation area. He pushes himself off of the console and glides into the storage area. He feels gravity return and manages to turn the fall into a rolling stand before jogging aft to the engine maintenance area. There he begins to try and establish a hard engine control, but can't seem to manage it*

"Well, I'm definitely making it to Alderaan. Just hope I can survive my grand entrance. 3N35B33, are you still online?"

*Lines of script begin to scroll on a nearby interface screen*

::Yes, all auditory and holographic projections are offline. Current severed systems include.....::

"Yes Yes. I need you to take over full control of the engines and keep up from making a large impact on the local populace. I need to know what circuits of yours I need to reroute to do this. Identify them and bring up the schematics"

*Working as quickly as he can, Jerex manages to get 3N35B33 hardwired to have full control over the ship's engines. Unfortunately, the ship is already three fourths of the way through the planet's atmosphere*

"Well, try to keep yourself in one piece. If you can manage it, land this thing in a remote local. I'm going to be making my own exit."

*With that, Jerex hurries to the storage bay and searches for what he's seen on his initial inspection of the ship. A jetpack. As he's strapped it on and begun to open the exterior doors, he can feel that the ship is starting to slow slightly and level out its decent. He runs and jumps out of the still opening doors and activates the jetpack. He sees the ship slowly if awkwardly steer away from the city below to the nearby forest. He however, is aimed directly at it, and after a 15 second burn, cuts the pack's power*