Tucked inside a massive enclosed space which also houses a plaza, a park, and a collection of miscellaneous offices. It's a squat little dome in its own fenced-off corner, patrolled by a team of guards.

Hm. How many guards? Are they clumped together or spread out? How many... she hesitates to call any of the inhabitants of Nar Shaddaa 'civilians', but she figures that keeping casualties to a minimum was a smart move, so how many of them are liable to be close to the plant?

Looks like half a dozen guards. A handful of supplementary droids.

There's about a twenty meter bubble around the plant which is clear of bystanders.

She clicks her tongue. Considers. "I can probably make it explode," she says. "But I need to get in close enough."

Better for her if she can make them underestimate her. Get them to think HK is her main means of defence rather than back-up if she needs it.

"We attack on the left," says Flamethrower. "They will come."

She pauses, feigns reluctance. "Do you want my droid as extra muscle?"

"Do not need."

She nods sharply again. "Skill," she says, and slips away, circling towards the right of the power plant, HK-24 continuing to trail in her wake.

After a short while, there's a bright light and blasterfire from the other side. The guards take off running.

Ira cuts through the fence easily and slips inside, leaving HK-24 to guard her exit.

Are there any guards inside the fence that she missed in her first scan?

Two security droids, already pulling their blasters into firing position.

Her own blaster is out with two precise shots aimed and fired at the droids before she's even fully finished processing the threat.

They drop.

The main emplacement stands unguarded before her.

Excellent. She works quickly, familiar enough around power plants that rerouting things to cause it to overload and explode is practically child's play, and in a fairly short space of time, she's back out the gap she left in the fence, and signalling for HK to follow her again.

Have her companions taken care of the guards?

The sporadic cries and bursts of fire say not quite.

She shifts one hand smoothly to signal to HK, and they circle smoothly so they're coming in from the left, although from something of a distance - she's got a count down in her head, of how much time they have left before the plant blows. She wants the three Rodians dead before she leaves to infiltrate the main compound, whether they die in the blast from the plant, or by her hand she's not too fussy about.

She pauses just beyond what she expects the limit of the explosion to be, and observes the remainder of the fight.

They're putting up a brave fight, though they are outnumbered. Looks like everyone should be caught in the blast.

Good. Given that that explosion should be going off about-

Now. And her judgement of the limit of the blast meant she was just outside it.

Any survivors of that?

...No. No, there are not.

"I'm almost disappointed," she observes, turning to leave.

"This is better for your goals," HK-24 notes. "Less time wasted."

Ira ignores the droid and makes her way back towards the main compound she was originally trying to gain access to. It doesn't take her long to get there. She assumes the group originally tasked with infiltrating it is already well inside?

Given the smoking droid husks and slashed-up gate, it seems likely.

Well, she's not going to make the mistake of assuming all the droids are taken with. She draws both vibrosword and blaster, and advances, aware of HK-24 continuing to act as a silent shadow.

Through the door, there's a short foyer carpeted with droids. Lining the walls are transparisteel-fronted pods, about human-sized. As she walks in, there's a hissing and the inside of the pods fill with smoke. Then the covers lift and more droids pop out and attack.

Are all the droids using blasters?

The answer is only mildly relevant as Ira lunges to close range, using both sword and blaster with most likely devestating efficiency.

HK-24 provides cover fire where applicable from a more reasonable distance.

The droids are using blasters, yes.

By the time she gets through about three-fourths of them, there's another hiss and the pods disgorge another wave.