Avacynne surveyed the scene below her, her target was leading a full platoon of what looked to be four squads. She waited until they had finished clearing the Imperial soldiers. There were casualties on both sides although the Republic special forces coupled the element of surprise seemed to have the advantage for now. They were mostly infantry, with one large battle droid who seemed to enjoy singing the Republic's anthem.
"Mako, can you take him offline, I don't want to deal with his mortar volley's." Avaa turned to her best friend and slicer. Her eyes went blank for a moment as she used her implant, when she refocused she smiled broadly at her. Just as the Droid suddenly fell silent. She turned to the rest of her crew.
"Target lives." She looked at the large Houk in her midst, "Do you understand Skadge? The Cathar holding the big assault cannon lives."
"Yeah boss, the cat lives." Skadge snarled at her.
"Gault, you find your blind?" She spoke into her radio.
"I have a clear view of everything boss, I'll keep your back clear."
"Mako, I need you to make sure that droid doesn't over ride whatever it is you did to it, so hang back toss out the kolto and keep the droid asleep. Torian, Blizz, Skadge, you're with me." Torian nodded and slipped his helmet on, Skadge grunted, Blizz somehow managed to lift his own assault cannon over his head with a hearty "Houtini!"
Ava removed her visor and put on her own helmet, charging her jump pack and loading her mini missiles for an opening move she lovingly called death from above. "Let's earn our pay."
With that she was propelled into the air and let her missiles fly, quickly reducing the remaining Republic soldiers to more manageable numbers. Her target though caught by surprise was quick to recover as her swept his gun towards Skadge and Torian keeping them from closing into melee range. Blizz and Ava swept in to flank him, Gault sniped the soldiers who went to his aid. Ava had asked her crew to keep it as non-lethal as they could, less casualties meant her targets would be more receptive to negotiation. Negotiation was key when it came to bringing in live bounties.
Soldiers from the Republic's Special Forces fought fiercely but they were restricted by their equipment and what the Republic considered standard issue. They fell one by one, to a missile or blaster shot, until Ava was all but behind the Cathar in question. She kicked out his knee and pointed her twin barrels at his head.
"Surrender, you're beat." Both she and her target were breathing heavy, she couldn't fight the smile under her helmet, it had been a good fight, hard won and glorious, now came the hard part.
"No." He stubbornly replied.
"I don't want to kill your men Captain, have them stand down and most will be able to walk away with their life." She raised her voice, her crew stopped shooting holding their positions, all but one. "I said CEASE FIRE!" Skadge skewered then decapitated the soldier anyways with an ugly wild grin fueled by blood lust. Her target growled behind his helmet, and gripped his auto cannon, ready to go down fighting.
Ava saw red as she pulled off her helmet and replaced her visor, the rush of victory quickly dissipating as her rabid dog paid her no mind, sullying her honor with his disobedience.
"SKADGE" She yelled, before he could harm the soldier, the Houk looked up still grinning wildly, as Ava aimed a missile at his face, he snarled letting go of the soldier. She released the missile as he started charging for her, his face exploded in a rain of blood and skull and grey matter. His body fell flailing random nerves twitching his fingers while the rest of his body realized it was dead. She turned her attention back to her target.
"I'm sorry, I'll ask again, lay down your weapons, the rest of your men will not be harmed." She watched as he slowly released his weapon and unhooked his helmet and lifted his arms, linking his fingers behind his head. He glared at her with impossibly green eyes.
"What do you want?" his voice was a deep baritone, with an underlying growl.
"Just you Captain." At that she gave her crew the signal and they sprayed the surviving soldiers with a carbonite composite, it would freeze them for only a matter of minutes but still give them hibernation sickness rendering them blind, thus covering Ava and her crews escape.
"Let's get out of here." They led their prisoner away in cuffs, and headed for the ship.