Yavin IV's Open Orbit

He was suddenly in front of Dred, towering over the already tall Mandalorian, his cloak almost gently enveloping the two of them, the absolute cold of his being permeating Dred. The dark purple of his eyes flared brightly, encompassing all of the other mans vision.....

"Do you accept the gift I give to you? Do you accept the consequences that come with a gift such as this? Do you accept Speed and Agility to match your strength?"

There was a slight twinkle in Erevis' eye as he spoke, waiting for Dred to answer.......

Fool. Mortals. So easy to blind with shiny promises of power. Palpatine had it. Vader had it. The darker the soul, the easier the bribe. Throw a flashy gew gaw in the face of those who crave absolute domination...well. He would see.

"So quick to accept without asking what the consequences will be...They will be 2 fold."

Dred's entire world would go dark...Then be filled with utter, debilitating pain. It would permeate his entire being as his synapses strengthened, his tendons and muscles adjusted, even his bones found a way to hurt.....As his body became faster and more agile. But as all things in the Force, there is Balance, and even the Dark Whill cannot skip around those 'rules'....Or maybe Erevis is just a giant asshole....No one will ever know. But as Dred was now filled with the speed to match his strength, His lungs and heart weakened. He would find it excruciating to breathe when exerting himself for longer than 2 minutes, but wouldn't know about that IC until he actually tried to do something strenuous. So yes. He was faster. He was more Agile. But he would not be able to keep that level of movement for very long or risk death. A balance.

Erevis pinched part of the mans soul as he finished, holding on to it for now.......As the light returned to Dreds world, twin purple orbs were all that he could see of the Dark Whill.....

"I will have need of you. One day. And you will come."

And with that, he was gone, leaving nothing more than pain and a slight chill in the air

The Carrack cruiser was able to navigate the near constant dogfighting in the skies over Yavin with little damage. Fortunately, this ship's model was outfitted to defend against starfighters, so in a few cases the Refuge was able to take a few parting shots against the Mandalorian pursuers. For whatever reason, the Mandos seemed to have determined they'd already won here and aside from a running battle with the remaining Republic forces, they were focusing their efforts elsewhere, maybe redeploying somewhere else in the galaxy.

Levi left his now crippled Jedi warrior sedated and cauterized in the ship's med-bay as he marched up the main corridor to the bridge. The ship's droid crew was already hard at work cleaning the blood and waste that painted the floors courtesy of their current crew.

Goddess help me, there's maybe a dozen of us on this ship who can actually fly it and not bleed to death in the process. If we pull this off...

The main doors opened, revealing a tense and quiet calm amongst the crew as they stared out into the void of space.

Yavin Station was a wreck. The Jedi and Republic fleet was nowhere to be seen. Only a rear-guard of Mandalorian ships seemed to remain. Enough to pick up the stragglers on the planet's surface or occupy the temple or whatever the hells they planned to do.

Certainly enough capital ships to blow them out of space in a matter of minutes.

"Where are we going," Levi whispered- Force knew these crazies had brought every weapon they had to the battlefield. They might very well be sweeping for audio signatures to find targets.

"Core worlds," Arianna said, her hands moving the helm of the ship by degrees away from orbit.

"That's it? Core worlds?"

"Any place in particular you wanted to see? I'm still open to suggestions."

Kriff it. "These are Jedi people. Jedi soldiers and Jedi padawans and Jedi Jedi. We'll bring them to the head Jedi and let them decide."

"You want to dump them at the feet of the Jedi Council?"

"They'll have the resources to deal with them. As far as I'm concerned, Coruscant is the only safe port of call."

Arianna didn't answer verbally, but he did notice her hands shifting the helm of the vessel, aligning them coreward. Within minutes, the hyperdrive of the vessel was humming and ready, firing the flying coffin that was the Refuge out into the Galactic core.

From the blue-hued tunnels of hyperspace, a single grey and maroon colored Imperial-type Star Destroyer dropped into realspace just outside Yavin IV's gravity well. The massive vessel remained silent for some time while its crews brought it into a synchronous orbit around Yavin IV, nearby the orbiting Yavin Station.
For nearly an hour, the Star Destroyer hung in silence.
On board, the commandos within were finalizing preparations to send landing parties onto the planet's surface. Ander Tagira was amongst them, helping toss gear backs into open-top of a MAT-OT. His goal was to establish exactly what had happened on Yavin IV during the Mandalorian invasion, and root out any answers as to the fate of the Jedi Praxeum's former inhabitants. Ander had spent enough time with Alexis Karidian, who claimed to be the only surviving member of the former Yavin Academy, to glean bits of information about the Mandalorian invasion that had taken place there. From all the reports he'd read, the initial battle had been rather short, ending with the Jedi Peacekeeping Taskforce consolidating on the surface of the moon and throughout parts of Yavin Station. A siege of the Grand Temple had followed, though Ander had no data on how the conflict had ended. All parties involved on the Yavin side of the conflict seemed to have disappeared.

Ander finished helping load the gear into the MAT-OT, then grabbed his rifle and clipped it to his shoulder. Standing around him were commandos from 2nd Battalion, all ready to load up into their respective transports and head down to the surface of the planet. 1st Battalion was deploying onto Yavin Station to root out survivors of any kind as well as to patch into the security systems and pull any data relevant to the events that had taken place during the conflict.
"Alright, listen up, Second Bat." Ander called, earning the attention of the soldiers around him. "We're heading down to the planet here in a few. We'll be dropped off right outside the Grand Temple. First Platoon will continue on to the Blueleaf Cluster Temple, Second will be heading to the Woolamander Temple. Third and Fourth are with me, to scout out the Grand Temple itself. After an initial recce of the area, we'll be setting up a temporary operations base. MAT-TE's will be staying up here in the Basterd's Hand until we've got our recce done. Each platoon's MAT-TE will station outside their respective temple location." Ander looked about, waiting to hear any questions the commandos might have.