Making our way down a short tunnel, we made our way to the doors and opened them. Beyond the door was an open chamber with water cascading into the middle of it and a walkway around its perimeter.
Taking aim, I shot at one of the Rakghoul's that was double teaming on the Gamorrean's, taking it down. Carth did the same, taking out the second one, saving that Gamorrean from infection. Zaalbar stepped past us, aimed his Wookie blaster and shot down the Gamorrean, taking him out as he turned towards us.
While the three of us shot one group down, Rika and Mission rushed over to the other two to join their fight. Rika jumped up and stabbed her sword into the back of the Gamorrean, getting a scream of pain from it. It tossed her off just before it fell into the waters below. The Rakghoul used that as an opportunity to attack, having jumped at Mission, pinning her to the ground. While she struggled with it, she jabbed her sword into its stomach, ending its life as it went limp on her.
Rika, having gotten up from her toss, pulled the Rakghoul off her. "Well, that was fun!" Mission said as we walked over to her.
"Mission." I said as Rika pulled her to her feet once she offered her hand out to her. "Stick to a blaster, Rika here is a trained soldier and knows how to handle a blade." I said, looking at Rika as I said that.
"He's right, but once we are done, I can train you how to use a sword better." Rika said, smiling as she put her sword away. "Here is an early tip, next time you are pinned to the ground like that, its better to use your blaster. Using your sword, you have to get your blade at the right length to stab them, using the blaster, one shot and they will be stunned enough for you to blast them again and again." Rika explained as we started walking over to the southeast doors. Opening it, we found a dead end, but I saw a mine laying about to prevent easy access to an unusable ladder at the other end.
Walking over to the mine, I knelt down and disarmed it before adding it to my bag. Standing up, I walked over to the ladder and saw two corpses. Seeing one of them was a sith trooper, I opened his bag and saw more explosives, frag grenades and mines. I took his bag and decided to use that to carry my explosives. "This is a dead end, but I got explosives!" I said as I waved the bag over to the group as I walked over with a smile on my face.
Going over to the northeast door, we were met with a long tunnel turning to the east. Once we stepped around the corner, we saw Gamorreans making their way over to us. Zaalbar shot first, taking out the one who was further behind than the other. Mission followed behind, blasting the other one down before he could react.
"I guess you were right, I am better with a blaster." Mission said as she looked at her blaster.
"I have an eye for this sort of thing." I said with a proud smile on my face as we reached the end of this tunnel and reached another set of doors. Opening, we found another chamber with water cascading into the middle of it and a walkway around its perimeter. Right away, I saw that the right side was mined, and had a malfunctioning droid, as it was twitching and shooting its blaster in random directions.
Seeing it turn its attention towards us, as well as an alarm, Mission started blasting it while Rika cut off the arm that had its blaster it, stopping it from shooting us down. Carth, seeing the opportunity, drop kicked the droid, knocking it into the waters below.
"Carth, was that necessary?" I asked, crossing my arms.
"Yes." Carth said as he got up off the ground.
"Trying to impress our battle warrior?" I asked, placing a hand to my mouth as I covered my smirk.
"One, that's you, two, it was turning its other blaster towards us. I figured kicking it below would be the best option." Carth said, with me nodding.
"You're right, on all accounts." I said, where Rika looked at me as I admitted that Carth was right. She didn't say anything as she continued forward. Seeing her going to the right, I pulled her back before she could set off the mine. "Hold it, got a mine." I said as I stepped past her and disarmed it, adding it to my collection.
"Thanks." Rika said as she lead the way, with us following her. Opening the doors to the right, I stopped them from moving forward as I saw that it was mined. Disarming it, I added it to my collection and continued on. It eventually turned into a ramp, with me seeing a severed arm laying on the ground.
Once we reached it, I picked it up and saw that it had a Datapad, as well as some Synthesized liquid. Examinening the device, I turned to the others. "This appears to be a timed-release device." I said as Rika took the Datapad from me and looked it over.
"We have synthesized a substance with an odor that resembles a favorite prey of Rancor's. If we place the bait properly, we can lure the rancor into eating something lethal enough to kill it." Rika read as she looked towards the doors ahead.
Opening the door, I moved over to the edge and saw the Rancor, making me grin as I saw it. Seeing a pile of food, I pulled out a frag grenade and ran over to it, ignoring everyone yelling at me to come back. Reaching the food pile, I opened all three canisters and placed them inside with the frag grenade. Knowing I got its attention, as it let our a howl, I ran back over to the others and stopped at the door. We watched as it started eating, followed by an explosion that tore its head off, making me jump in excitement.
Everyone but me stoon in shock as remains of the Rancor flew off in other directions, some of what landed in front of us. Once the Rancor fell forward, I started clapping my hands as I walked forward. "THAT, my friends, is the greatest kill you will ever see!" I said as I walked over to the hand of the Rancor, took out a Vibro-knife and started cutting the claws off. "These will make great weapons!" I said as I placed once on my hand and made a fist. "Oh yeah, right size." I said as I placed it in my bag.
"You are out of your mind!" Rika yelled as she stormed over to me. "Killing a Rancor and not thinking about the rest of us! I want armor!" She said, where I started cutting into the hide. "Carth, Mission, Z, what do you want?" She asked as she jerked her thumb towards the Rancor.
"Honestly, nothing." Carth said, with Mission raising a hand.
"I want a tooth!" Mission said, looking down at a Jaw piece. "Found one!" She said, picking it up and showing it to us. Zaalbar started speaking, with Mission looking at him and then us. "Z wants meat!" She informed, with me digging deeper into the Rancor, stopping once I saw a spark come from its stomach that I cut into. Frowning at this, I cut it open, with a Mandalorian armor falling out, all in one piece.
"Hello." I said kneeling down and placing a hand on the chest plate. 'My armor may be gone, but I can reforge it out of you.' I thought as I lifted the helmet, finding that the skull was halfway melted. "Poor sucker." I said as I proceeded to remove the armor and strap it to my back.
"You're taking someone else's gear off their corpse like that?" Rika asked, with me nodding.
"Mandalorian armor is very important to us, we live and die with it. The loss of my armor and ship, is a disgrace to our people. With his, I can reforge, start anew." I said, standing up and facing the only way out. "Zaalbar, your meat!" I said, holding out a Slab of meat to him as he walked over and took it.
Leading the way towards the only way in, I opened it, with us seeing two Vulkar guards on each side of the elevator into their base. Without waiting, Carth and I opened fire on them as they reached for their blasters, taking them out. Walking over to the elevator, I opened it as the others walked in. Stepping inside, I crossed my arms as we went up.