Duel on Raxus

The Duel on Raxus was a battle fought between the crew of the Sovereign Outcast and a detachment of the Imperial Inquisition, consisting of a firefight and a lightsaber duel.

Prelude
After repairing the Sovereign Outcast, Ren Silber, Trent Allet and Eigy traveled to the nearby planet of Raxus in order to stock up on supplies and equipment for their journey. Ren and Trent went together to buy the supplies, but unbeknownst to both, an Imperial recon droid spotted and recognized the two, alerting nearby Imperial authorities.

After procuring these supplies, Eigy suggested to Ren that they investigate and abandoned droid factory on the planet, as the droid was in need of repairs and spare parts. Traveling a ways to the factory, and with Ren and Eigy securing spare parts off of a deactivated MagnaGuard within the factory, Trent warned the two from the ship that the Empire had discovered their location, and had sent another Inquisitor to deal with Ren.

When Ren and Eigy returned to the ship, they found it surrounded by multiple Purge Troopers as well as a member of the Imperial Inquisitorius, the Twelfth Sister. While Eigy engaged the Purge Troopers with their newly acquired electrostaff, shortly after being supported by Trent, Ren engaged the Twelfth Sister in a lightsaber duel.

The Duel
In order to protect his allies from the Inquisitor, Ren lured the Twelfth Sister away from the firefight and into the abandoned factory, matching the Inquisitor blow for blow. With some experience in battling Inquisitors, though with little general experience in full-on lightsaber duels, Ren was forced back further into the factory, but still managed to hold his own against the Twelfth Sister. Eventually, Ren would begin to learn the Twelfth Sister's attack sequences, beginning to adapt and match them more effectively, becoming bolder and gaining a small advantage against his opponent. Seeing this, the Twelfth Sister then displayed her abilities in the Force, hurling broken droid parts and machinery towards Ren. Caught slightly off-guard, but still managing to react in time, Ren stopped the objects with his own telekinetic ability and redirected them back at his aggressor, who cut through the projectiles with her lightsaber.

Ren continued to lead the Twelfth Sister further into the factory while contuing to hold off the Twelfth Sister's attacks, formulating a plan in his head all the while. Ren noticed the further they went into the factory, the less sunlight could pierce through the broken ceiling, summarizing that if they went deep enough into the factory, no light would be able to reach them at all. It was with this that Ren would cement his strategy, luring the Inquisitor even deeper into the factory until the only sources of light were their two red lightsabers. Once there, Ren used the Force to push the Twelfth Sister a distance away before deactivating his lightsaber, blending into the pitch darkness.

With only her lightsaber to use to illuminate her immediate surroundings, the Twelfth Sister stood her ground and attempted to listen for Ren's movements. However, Ren managed to stay silent, using the Force to feel his way around the debris and rubble while the sound of his footsteps was masked by the hum of the Inquisitor's lightsaber. Using this tactic, he would maneuver around her and quickly strike from an open angle. Ren moved in and activated his lightsaber partway through his swing, catching the Twelfth Sister off guard, but still only managing to strike off of her lightsaber. Ren then quickly retreated back into the shadows before the Inquisitor could properly retaliate.

A second strike would come shortly afterwards, and the Twelfth Sister was more ready for it, parrying the blow and countering quickly, though Ren would evade the attack and bounce back to once again hide in the darkness. The Twelfth Sister then activated the second blade of her lightsaber and began to spin it, providing a more solid defense around herself, effectively shielding one entire side of her body. Knowing that an attack could only come from one angle with this, the Twelfth Sister watched her left flank, anticipating the attack. Ren, however, saw through this, intentionally knocking over some broken machinery with the Force on the Sister's left side, tricking her into moving her guard towards the sound. Ren pounced on this opportunity, rushing into the Inquisitor's open guard. Unable to react in time, Ren landed a hard slash on the Twelfth Sister's left arm, almost immediately after being forced to bounce back before the dual spinning blades of her lightsaber bore down on him.

Ren, now with the advantage, decided to proceed more directly, preparing to continue the engagement normally. However, before any further blows could be traded, the factory shook and debris began falling from the ceiling. Blinding light pierced through the darkness as the ceiling collaped above, the Sovereign Outcast lowering down towards the two. Trent and Eigy had since defeated the Purge Troopers they had engaged and had come to rescue Ren. Eigy turned the main laser cannons of the ship on the Twelfth Sister, firing upon her and knocking her back, with the blast causing more of the ceiling to collapse and fall onto her. Trent, on the open boarding ramp of the Sovereign Outcast, ushered Ren to get in, and Ren complied with a Force assisted jump, landing on the ramp and heading into the ship, whereupon Eigy took off to leave the planet before Imperial reinforcements could arrive.

Though the crew of the Sovereign Outcast, had assumed they had killed the Twelfth Sister, she in fact survived the encounter, her formidable abilities in the Force allowing her to hold up much of the weight of the ceiling that had collapsed around her. Using her rage, she blasted it outwards, freeing herself from the debris. After this engagement, the Twelfth Sister would contact the Imperial reinforcements incoming and order them to pursue the ''Sovereign Outcast. ''Planning ahead, however, taking note of Ren's skills in combat and in the Force, the Twelfth Sister contracted the Mandalorian bounty hunter, Luna Kryze, to hunt down and capture Ren.