Competition: [Shadows Unveiled] Operation SPYFALL

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[Shadows Unveiled] Operation SPYFALL

Sitrep

Our best-placed spy in the Children of Mortis' organization has managed to smuggle out critical information about their structure, goals, and capabilities. This information is now hidden in the mountains of Pendroh-I, near the Nexus of Light itself. The home of the Lightbringers, including the formidable Harbinger, this is a dangerous recovery mission. Your task is to make your way to Pendroh-I and attempt to recover this information without alerting the Children of Mortis of your presence. Failure to remain unsee likely means certain death, both for you, and our spy in their ranks. Without this information, we can never hope to properly prepare for our inevitable conflict with this mysterious group.

Rules

  • Participants must submit entries in .pdf, .doc, or .docx format, or use the submission text field (markdown capable).
    • Any entries written in a GoogleDoc must be exported as a PDF for submission.
    • It is highly recommended to submit in a PDF format.
  • Entries must be a minimum of 500 words. Any entries that are under 500 words will be disqualified and ineligible for participation or placement.
  • There is no maximum word cap.
  • Your story must be centered on one of your dossier-linked characters, be it your Main, Alt, or other slotted NPCs. Additional NPCs including ones listed on the wiki or created/invented to tell your story in this fiction are allowed and strongly encouraged.
  • A snapshot of the primary character’s loadout must be selected and submitted with your entry via the checkbox submission field on the competition page.
  • This competition will award up to 4 bonus Clusters of Ice at a rate of 1 per 500 words.

Grading

Grading will be done utilizing the official Fiction Rubric.

Competition Information
Organized by
Lord Idris Adenn
Running time
2022-04-09 until 2022-05-09 (about 1 month)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
First Level Crescents and regular and bonus Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants
30 subscribers, of which 12 have participated.
Results
Member
Combat Master "Aequitas" Anderson
File submission
The Father-3.pdf
Placement
1st place
Member
General Zentru'la
File submission
Operation_Spyfall (2).pdf
Placement
2nd place
Member
Master Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz
File submission
[Shadows Unveiled] Operation SPYFALL.pdf
Textual submission

I'll confess...the ending of this was written while I was intoxicated. My apologies if it wasn't as well as I thought and for rushing the ending.

Placement
3rd place
Member
General Stres'tron'garmis
File submission
SPYFALL.pdf
Placement
4th place
5th place
Dasha Talus
Member
Dasha Talus
File submission
2022-05-06_Lightsaber Flashbangs.docx
Placement
5th place
Member
Watchman Lontra Boglach
File submission
Operation SPYFALL.pdf
Placement
No placement
Member
Master Bentre Stahoes
Submission
Master Bentre Stahoes opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
No placement
Member
Adept DarkHawk Sadow
File submission
Operation SPYFALL.pdf
Placement
No placement
Member
Centam Javik
File submission
[Shadows Unveiled] Operation SPYFALL.pdf
Textual submission

I'm including an Aurebesh copy.

Placement
No placement
Member
Raistline Taldrya Majere
File submission
spyfallrelics.pdf
Placement
No placement
Member
Aedile Tali Sroka
File submission
Spyfall.pdf
Placement
No placement
Member
High Inquisitor Hector Von Ricmore
Textual submission

Capital Ship Concordia
Space outside Daemunn, Zsoldos System
Von Ricmore
40 ABY, 2 months before Operation Spyfall

The Force was erratic. Not a particularly new phenomena to Von Ricmore, the Force always seemed to pulse with emotion prior to some great conflict. It seemed that another one would be upon them soon. His meditations had been plagued by visions, dreams of a secretive cult of Force users that would face off against the Brotherhood. The future was ever changing and the Kiffar knew that there was no guarantee of conflict. But the Force thrived on conflict. The Force was life; and life interacted in many positive and negative ways when conflict stirred. The Sith scrawled the details of his visions on whatever he could get his hands on, stacks of flimsiplast and various data pads littered his room.

He couldn’t account for everything, no single individual could. But he would do his utmost to ensure Clan Vizsla would not be caught unaware; not like last time with the Seer and her damnable crystal creatures. Von spent many days at the Brotherhood’s collegium, brainstorming countermeasures to the crystal creatures that wreaked havoc.

All forms of blaster and laser weaponry appeared to do nothing to the crystal remains the Brotherhood had. Even lightsabers were resisted by the carapace of some of the creatures. But with the new upgrades to equipment and vehicles from the crystals provided by the Dark Council and proper tactics to use them, Von was certain Clan Vizsla would prosper in the conflict to come.

Pendroh I, Pendroh System
The Inner Rim
40 ABY
Sith Infiltrator Mairan

The Mairan dropped out of hyperspace outside of Pendroh I. Piloting the ship was the Kiffar Von Ricmore who kept the ship cloaked and maintained his Force Concealment.

The mission was a simple one as long as he did not draw any attention to himself. The Brotherhood had a spy within the ranks of a group of Force users who called themselves the Children of Mortis. To avoid attracting attention to themselves the spy left the information in a scheduled location. Von was to make his way to the dead drop and retrieve the information, a simple enough task with the right preparation.

If he had to actually break into any secure areas the task would have been more difficult. But retrieving information from a dead drop? Even a clumsy gungan could pull that off.

The Sith reminded himself not to be overconfident, triple checking the ship was still cloaked and his concealment was in place.

The Sith took his time landing the Mairan. Landing near enough to reach the mountains by foot without being detected took time and careful maneuvering. But it was achieved with enough patience.

Continuing to maintain his concealment the Sith swiftly retrieved the information from the drop before returning to his ship.

He was confident he was undetected but he would not risk bringing an enemy to his Clan’s doorstep. A series of 5 randomized hyperspace jumps were made to deter pursuers before he returned to the Zsoldos System with the information.

Placement
No placement