An Oath of Loyalty and a Betrayal

“What do you intend to do with me?” Asked the Mandalorian woman you had captured. She was currently tied to a gurney in the med bay and a medical droid was examining her injuries.

“I don’t know” You reply as you slowly pace back and forth “Depends on you” you add.

“What were you doing at that base in the first place” Tanna asked, she was at the foot of the gurney that the Mandalorian was strapped to and had her arms crossed, eyes narrowed.

“Got hired” the woman said. Her accent was a very refined British accent. The Queen’s English, you could say.

“By who?” You ask, stopping beside the woman’s head. Underneath her armour was a rather tight bodysuit that was showing off her medium sized breasts and wide hips. You’re actually surprised that you didn’t notice these tell-tale features while she was in armour. A testament to how heavy her armour must be.

“By a criminal organisation” The woman replied, turning her head so as to look away from you.

“We’re handing her over to HQ right?” Tanna asked you, knowing full well what you really intended.

“Why would I do that? I’m sure the Hutts would pay tremendously for a Mandalorian ****” You say with a bit too much glee. The Mandalorian visibly cringes at your words and she turns to face you again.

“What must I do to” she began, pausing to suck in a breath “To avoid that fate?” the woman asked

“I dunno” You reply “Aren’t you Mandalorians big on pledging allegiance to those who best you?” You ask and the woman grimaced.

“It” she began “It, has been known to happen” she bit out.

“And I totally got my arse handed by you back there” You say with as much sarcasm as you could manage. The Mandalorian woman was scowling so much she might have been lightly growling.

“How the hell does a regular human punch a dent through Durasteel plate armour anyway?” The woman asked rhetorically. You didn’t miss the look that Tanna was giving you, which said she wouldn't mind an answer to that question either.

“If you’d rather I sell you to the Hutts?” you ask “Or send you home” you add thinking that returning home with a story about how a random guy beat her with just his fists might be worse.

“FINE!” the woman snapped. Suddenly all the anger drained out of her and she just looked tired as she turned her head your way. “Let my up so I can do this properly” she muttered in defeat. You gave the woman a look while Tanna pulled out her pistol. Shrugging, you decide that she can’t overpower a god and begin releasing the straps holding the woman to the gurney. To your surprise, she just lay there passively while you removed her restraints. Once the woman was freed, you took a step back as she rolled off the gurney and dropped to one knee on the ground. Placing her right hand over her chest and her left on the small of her back, she began chanting in a language you didn’t understand.

“She’s giving an Oath of Allegiance” Tanna told you, just as the Mandalorian finished and stood up, her eyes downcast in defeat but her posture straight and strong.

“I’m surprised you understood that” The woman said to Tanna, casting the Twi’lek a glance over her shoulder. You still didn’t trust the woman so you decided to just get the whole suspicion thing out of the way by using your god power to divine if she had been truthful or not. Turns out she had, she would now follow you.

“Welcome to the crew!” you say happily “Uhh” you add as you realise you don’t know the woman’s name. A faint smirk played across the woman’s mouth.

“Tyttania” she told you, and you nodded.

“Welcome to the crew Tyttania!” you said and the woman nods tiredly. “Let’s show you to a room” you add and duck out of the med bay.

You are quite thankful you kept some of the futons as you walk into one of the empty rooms. Tanna, it seems, has preempted you by leaving one of them in the room with a blanket.

“You,” Tyttania began as she looked around her very open quarters “You, expected me to join you from the very beginning” She finished, one arm crossing her chest to hold the other.

“Captain Storm has yet to stage an **** on something where he hasn’t picked up a new addition to the crew” Tanna sighed as she holstered her blaster.

“It’s a bit spartan for now, but you can furnish it later when we get back to Coruscant” you say to the Mandalorian. “The mess hall’s out there, we’ve got a galley, I cook dinner so just gravitate out when you smell cooking” You tell the woman before leaving her to get acclimated to her new room.

“I don’t trust her word” Tanna whispered as soon as the door to Tyttania’s room closed. “What was she doing there in the first place? She wasn’t helping the pirates, something’s not right” she continued. Your good cheer disappeared from your face as you turn to the Twi’lek.

“I know” you say simply, it was actually pretty obvious. Tyttania had told you she was hired by a criminal organisation, not a pirate one and you knew a criminal organisation that might want you dead.

You take Tanna up to the CIC and the holotable, intending to report your success to the Judicial Forces when you notice a beeping coming from the coms.

“We’ve got a transmission from HQ?” Tanna asked as she fiddled with some controls.

“Looks like it” you say, arms crossed. The timing was far too convenient. “Put it on” You order and Tanna hits the button. A moment later and the guy who’s name you still don’t know appeared in holographic form.

“Tanna, Dereck! It’s good to see you’re alive and well!” he said cheerfully “Have you made contact with the pirates yet?” he asked.

“Yup” Tanna replied with equal cheer “Blew up one pirate squadron and a corvette sized ship” Tanna reported. You notice she left out the fact that we hit the pirate base.

“And what about their base?” the judicial guy asked. He knew.

“What base?” Tanna asked, looking legitimately confused “We didn’t stop to get coordinates or anything,” she added.

“Nice try Tanna” the man said before sighing “apparently, you have powerful enemies” he added, “They called up some high rankers here on Coruscant and got an internal investigation done” he explained “I’m sorry Tanna, there’s nothing I could do” he sounded legitimately upset but Tanna’s acting skills were making you question it. “I’m cutting your leash and you’d best not come back to Coruscant for a while,” he informed her.

“What’s that supposed to mean!?” Tanna exclaimed, all attempts at being calm and cool flying out the window.

“You already know what’s up don’t you?” the Judicial guy said, looking straight at you. He set you up.

“You” Tanna began “Y-you” she tried again and the Judicial guy slowly turned to look at her. Even through the holo, you could see how tired he is. “You set us up” Tanna finally managed to get out, her face the picture of absolute horror, tears starting to well in her eyes. As you watch, those tears began dropping.

“I had to” the Judicial guy said, but it sounded hollow to your own ears “The section of the Judicial Forces that work with the Jedi, the Diplomatic Corps, are much better and I sorely wish I could transfer there” he explained “But everything else? We might as well be one of the cartels ourselves” he added “I’m sorry Tanna, but I did try to keep you out of this mess but you just couldn’t help yourself” he finished “Don’t come back to Coruscant, we have orders to shoot on sight” he added before the transmission terminated. A whimper was Tanna’s only response. You made to go and hug her, but just then you noticed Tyttania, whom must have come out to investigate the shouting. Tanna noticed her too and whipped out her blaster in a move so fast you almost didn’t see it. Luckily, your god powered reflexes kicked in and a palm strike on the gun had the blaster bolt slam into the door frame instead of Tyttania. Instead of saying anything, you just wrap the Twi’lek up in a hug and the sound of a blaster clattering onto the floor reached you. Tanna began sobbing uncontrollably into your shoulder while you rubbed soothing circles into her back.