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(Well I suppose that I will write the pie.)

"We're...we're alright." Alek responded on the comms.

He was using the Force to hold up the debris that fell on him after the explosion. With a Force Wave he pushed it aside and could see the sky above him. The entire cellblock had been destroyed, only rubble remained.

He cleared the plates off Elara and grabbed her, carrying her out of the ruin.

"Any word on the rescue?" Alek asked. He looked ahead at where Kirsaan had been standing moments ago but now only a pile of debris remained. He couldn't sense the Sithling so he figured him for dead.

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Rossnath ignited his lightsaber. Mandalorians sent by the Warden were gathering around the ruins and upon seeing the prisoners began to fire on them. Rossnath stood in front deflecting their laser bolts.

Samax and the armed prisoners fired back, using the debris as cover while they exchanged fire with the Mandos.

General Raed led the Mandalorians against the escapees.

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Bruxud and the last two Jackals made their way out of cover and headed off to safety. "Corporal Rand, where are you?" The commander asked.

"Commander Bruxud, I've just finished the dogfight and am heading to your location as we speak. Please clear an LZ so that we may load up the objectives." Jaq replied.

"Easier said than done." Hartol muttered.

"Very well, just hurry. We've suffered heavy losses." Bruxud told him.

After their convesation he headed off with his two companions to rendezvous with the Jedi and the prisoners.

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Rossnath was having a hard time protecting all the Republic officers and many began to fall to Mandalorian shots.

"Keep your heads down." He urged the prisoners.

Samax shot down a Mandalorian guard. "If we do they will overwhelm you." He stated.

"I'm a Jedi, I can handle them." Rossnath argued, but it wasn't true. He was damaged, his fight with the Chiss left his cybernetics with minor malfunctions and it made it hard for him to keep pace with the amount of shots that the Mandalorians fired at him.

One shot a rocket and the Jedi used the Force to throw it back, exploding some Mandos in the process.

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"Stick to Lasers and flamethrowers." Raed ordered as he sniped a prisoner, shooting him in the head as he poked it out to fire back.

"Yes, Aliit'alor." The Mandalorians said and stopped using rockets so the Jedi couldn't throw them back.

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Alek came upon the skirmish, still carrying Elara. He didn't have a lightsaber anymore so he didn't jump into the fight.

The remaining 3 members of Jackal Squad arrived shortly afterwards and formed up near Rossnath, hiding behind the debris as they fired.

"We need to clear an LZ for Corportal Rand." Bruxud told them.

"He will have to make do with this ruin." Rossnath replied. "We can't possibly take out all these Mandalorians by ourselves."

"We won't be able to load up all the prisoners onto the ship while under fire." Bruxud argued as he fired back at the Mandalorians.

"I know, but we have no choice." Rossnath said. He looked over at Alek. "What say you General?"

"You're right, we have no choice." Alek said. He set Elara down behind some rocks and began using the Force to provide support and protect with Force Barrier.

The skirmish seemed to go on forever before they could hear the Star Finder approaching.

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Jaq Rand looked down at the prison. The anti-air defenses weren't currently online, but would be in a few moments. He needed to drop in and get out quickly. Though as he saw the skirmish he didn't see a clear landing zone. "Damn it, seems I'll have to improvise. Why is this always the case?" He asked himself.

"I'm coming in hot." Jaq told them over the comms. He brought the ship down atop the ruined cellblock behind the skirmish and opened the ramp. "We don't have much time, so hussle aboard!"

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"You heard him." Alek said. "Get the injured inside. I'll cover you."

Two prisoners nodded and grabbed Master Uttsam and Elara, carrying them into the ship. Alek stood behind them, blocking any lasers with Force Barrier.

Breekh was brought in along with other injured prisoners. Then two and three at a time the other officers began heading in, but Alek was not able to block every shot at once. He was exhausted from saving himself and Elara from the explosion so his Barrier began to faulter and the prisoners began to drop as they tried to escape, shot in the back by the Mandalorians.

Rossnath moved towards the ramp to help Alek protect them.

"Come on, we need to go." Rand urged. "The anti-air defenses are being turned online."

"General Alek, get aboard. You are our primary objective." Rossnath said.

Alek reluctantly agreed and headed inside.

Samax, a dozen armed prisoners, the 3 Jackals and Rossnath were all that remained.

"We need to go." Rand said once more. He pressed the button to begin closing the ramp.

Rossnath grunted and got aboard.

2 prisoners jumped out of cover and ran for the ramp, but without the Jedi helping they were shot.

"Jackals, pull out." Bruxud ordered and the squad headed into the Star Finder. As they were going in, the 3rd Jackal was shot in the back, but Bruxud grabbed her hand and dragged the injured Twi'lek inside with Hartol's help. As he pulled her in, Hartol was shot in the shoulder and fell down on the ramp. Bruxud provided cover fire as best he could for his two injured team members.

The ramp was now horizontal from the ground.

Samax looked over at the other prisoners. Some of them were former men under his command from Ord Mantell. He was injured and stuck with a limp. There was no way that he could run to the ship and make it. "Go, I'll cover you."

"No, Admiral. We will stick with you as you stuck behind with us." His men said.

The others began to run off as the ramp was closing, while Samax and his men provided cover fire.

Only one more prisoner managed to reach the Star Finder on time before the ramp closed.

When it was shut, Rand brought the ship up and flew off, just as the anti-air turrents began to fire on him.

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"Shoot that ship down!" The Warder ordered angrily.

The men operating the turrets did the best they could, landing a few hits on the ship's shields but ultimately the ship cloaked and they lost sight of it.

"We...we lost the ship, Warden." One of the men reported.

"Damn it all." Bhatel cursed. She knew what this meant for her...

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With the ship gone, Samax and his men were left alone. Half a dozen of them remained, firing against Raed's Mandalorians.

"It was an honor serving with you, men." Samax told them. "I'm sorry that you were stuck with an incompetent Admiral such as myself. Had that been different you would've survived past this. He said as he ducked behind cover to reload his stolen Mandalorian rifle.

"Don't say that, Admiral. Now is not the time for regrets." Said the Captain that served under him on his flagship.

"Well I have one regret, that I won't be the one to shoot Cassus Fett for what he did to my people." The Cathar said.

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"End your fire." Raed ordered. The ship was gone, there was no reason to kill these prisoners.

The Mandalorians momentarily stopped shooting at the half-dozen prisoners.

Raed Hull walked forward towards the prisoners and said aloud "Lay down your weapons and surrender, if you do you will be spared."

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"Do we listen to him, sir?" The men asked Samax.

Samax nodded. "I dont want you men dying on me today. Surrender." He recognized Raed's armor so he knew the man meant it when he offered a surrender. Seems I may get my chance after all...

The prisoners stood up and dropped their weapons.

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The Mandalorian General put his rifle in its holster and was about to tell the men to grab the weapons, but a command came in from the Warden over the guards' comms. "Grab..."

"Kill them all." She ordered. The guards threw up their weapons in an instant and fired, shooting down the 7 prisoners while they had their hands up.

"What did you do?!" Raed demanded, disgusted at seeing the Republic officers executed.