"Neither do I, my dear lady," Stro'to agrees, sounding pleased that the only other person in the speeder who doesn't want him dead is waking up.

"I would have thought if you'd been living with him 10 months you'd be able to think of plenty of people who wanted him dead. The mystery is only how he's survived this long."

"Now, now, Xizran, there's no need to make things personal," Stro'to protests.

"Three months," Layla corrects Xizran, "But yeah, I suppose you have a point."

Fennec sends the direction in which the gunship disappeared a quick glance as she pilots the speeder down another narrow alleyway.

"Should we head back to our freighter?" she asks Xizran, "Most of those guards were hired by Lendon so there may be more traitors among them."

Stro'to snorts at the news Xizran has assassins after him too, before hastily disguising it as a cough.

"We probably should. I'm not paying to book a third-class seat on a freighter when I can just kill some treacherous underlings and fly my own ship for free."

"Fair point," Fennec allows as she pulls out a datapad with a free hand to direct her to the location, "The sooner we get off this planet the-"

Even as she speaks the speeder's left turbine explodes, sending the speeder careening sideways and through the side of a building to their left. Stone, and metal are thrown about them as the speeder turns on it's side, causing the right turbine to explode. The speeder jolts violently, Stro'to's safety harness snaps, and all four passengers are sent flying through the air and into the building within.

Layla summons the last of her remaining energy to reach out with the Force to guide the fall of herself and Stro'to, as the two tumble across the grimy floor within.

OOC: Layla Secura rolled 20 using 1d20+8. Force Flight.
Layla Secura rolled 20 using 1d20+8. Move Object.

Fennec curses as she is thrown across the ground, tumbling several times before coming to a stop heavily against a pile of crates.

OOC: Fennec Kang rolled 14 using 1d20+7. Reflex Save.
Fennec Kang received 17 points of vitality damage.

Xizran isn't much better, also been thrown to roll several times, landing against the base of a stack of crates opposite to Fennec.

"Ow..."

OOC: Xizran rolled 16 using 4d6.  Falling Damage.

Stro'to, who lands much more gracefully thanks to his force-induced cushioning, rolls over and checks solicitously to see if Layla is all right.

Layla pants heavily, lying on her back and staring at a flickering fluorescent light above her for a moment before suddenly becoming aware that they are not alone in the room. Turning her head to the left she stares groggily at several figures who stand amongst the crates a dozen or so meters away.
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Four of the figures appear to be Trandoshans armed with vibroswords who Stro'to recognises as members of a local gang known as the Crimson Fang. They surround a short figure in a helmeted combat suit who Stro'to does not recognise. All heads are currently turned in the direction of the smoking remains of the speeder and the four newcomers.
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The helmeted figure is the first to recover himself.

"Like I said," he says to the Trandoshan nearest him, glancing at the injured and groggy forms on the floor by the collapsed wall, "My, uh, backup. Now, are you entirely sure you want to-"

OOC: Bane Malar rolled 16 using 1d20+9. Bluff.

The Trandoshan leader takes a moment to survey the four newcomers attempting to pick themselves up from the floor before giving a snarl and addressing his companions in his own tongue.

"Kill them all!"

OOC: Rhraaktal rolled 11 using 1d20+1. Sense Motive.
Vek Stro'to rolled 20 using 1d20+6. Initiative.
Crimson Fang Members rolled 19 using 1d20+2. Initiative.
Xizran rolled 17 using 1d20+6. Initiative.
Fennec Kang rolled 9 using 1d20+8. Initiative.
Bane Malar rolled 8 using 1d20+3. Initiative.
Layla Secura rolled 7 using 1d20+6. Initiative.
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Stro'to, who knows better than anyone that in Worlport it's shoot first, then we'll talk with the locals, is the first to react to this new development— helped slightly by the fact that he speaks a smattering of Trandoshan.

He whips a heavy blaster pistol out and promptly fires a blast which strikes the leftmost Trandoshan squarely in the shoulder.

OOC: Vek Stro'to dealt 34 points of vitality damage to Crimson Fang Gang Member.
Vek Stro'to dealt 7 points of wound damage to Crimson Fang Gang Member.
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The Trandoshan struck by Stro'to gives a snarl of rage as he charges the Twi'lek and strikes at him, burying his blade deep into the crime lord's shoulder. The remaining Trandoshans focus their attention on the helmeted figure, slashing at him as he darts backward. He is not quick enough to avoid a stroke from one of them which slices into his side, drawing a string of expletives from the mercenary.

OOC: Crimson Fang Gang Member dealt 10 points of wound damage to Vek Stro'to.
Crimson Fang Gang Member dealt 8 points of wound damage to Bane Malar.
Crimson Fang Gang Member dealt 6 points of vitality damage to Bane Malar.
Rhraaktal dealt 10 points of vitality damage to Bane Malar.

Stro'to collapses, ashen-faced and unconscious, his fortitude apparently not up to dealing with being stabbed by vibroblades at this hour of the day or possibly ever.

"Typical uselessness," Xizran sneers critically, firing at the thug who stabbed Stro'to straight in the back, who collapses with a garbled snarl. "The only thing you can count on Stro'to for in a fight is to be incompetent."

OOC: Xizran rolled 7 using 3d4+2 wound damage to thug.
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Fennec has shaken herself and glanced up sharply. With a curse she snatches up her blaster rifle, firing at the Trandoshan leader who narrowly dodges her blasts as one grazes his arm. With a snarl he turns to charge at her.

OOC: Fennec Kang dealt 45 points of damage to Rhraaktal.
Fennec Kang dealt 2 points of wound damage to Rhraaktal.

The mercenary in the helmet spins to aim at the Trandoshan leader as he charges at Fennec, taking aim with his blaster rifle and landing a blast squarely in the reptilian's back. With a hoarse snarl the Trandoshan's weapon slips from his grasp as his smoking body crashes heavily to the floor.

OOC: Bane Malar dealt 16 points of wound damage to Rhraaktal.

Layla looks as though she would be very content to keep lying where she is and not move for a long time. But as Stro'to collapses beside her she gives a loud groan as she forces herself to sit up and, taking hold of the crime lord's discarded blaster, she fires at one of the remaining Trandoshans who hastily ducks as the blast whizzes centimetres past his ear.

OOC: Layla Secura dealt 9 points of vitality damage to Crimson Fang Gang Member.
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Xizran fires, forcing the trandoshan to duck again as more blaster bolts whizz past his ear.