[There is something on the woman's tongue - a gentle correction that the Empress was speaking to her: the foremost starship Captain of Helinos Toz and lead officer of one of only two Blue-Class ships in the system; the woman who has refused promotion twenty-one times because advancement would demand her participating in politics instead of just her steady hand at a ship's controls; one of two flight officers who found themselves masquerading as a councilor to the Last Empress, the true advisor left behind on the moon by necessity. If this was a trap, the Empress would need pilots more than she needed political counsel.
The word doesn't come, but her fighter's instinct does. The captain triggers the device with her thumb jerks her free hand from under the set of her wrist. The box device spits out a debilitating charge aimed toward Anakin, then the lightsaber takes her arm off at the elbow.
The four other councilors are on their feet immediately. The Last Empress makes a mangled noise lost under the Captain's shriek, her hands wound around her own throat. The four councilors toss back their heavy robes - an exceedingly stylized display - and immediately move to make a physical barricade between the Empress and the cockpit. Their persons are bristling with weapons: a blaster here, another set of box shaped devices, some kind of long sheathed saber.]
cw: violence; thanks a lot anakin
The word doesn't come, but her fighter's instinct does. The captain triggers the device with her thumb jerks her free hand from under the set of her wrist. The box device spits out a debilitating charge aimed toward Anakin, then the lightsaber takes her arm off at the elbow.
The four other councilors are on their feet immediately. The Last Empress makes a mangled noise lost under the Captain's shriek, her hands wound around her own throat. The four councilors toss back their heavy robes - an exceedingly stylized display - and immediately move to make a physical barricade between the Empress and the cockpit. Their persons are bristling with weapons: a blaster here, another set of box shaped devices, some kind of long sheathed saber.]