Occlus has stopped glowing ominously when she reappears.

"Apprentice, we are returning to the base. Arrange matters such that this area will not fall without you, if you have not already done so. And get someone to dispose of the body back there."

"Yes, my lord."

There really isn't very much left to do, but she makes sure things will not fall apart the minute she leaves. The commander that relayed orders through her is en route, anyway, and everything is tidy and ready for him. Including the corpse disposal.

And then all that's done and it's back to shadowing Occlus.

They take one of the newly-restored-to-operation rocket tram cars back to Pyron's command center. When they arrive, Occlus goes over to the map table again.

"Moff Pyron. I have a location for Thanaton's base. What news of the fuel refinery?"

"Our operatives found and disarmed explosives, but were unable to locate Thanaton himself. We have no proof that he was responsible for the charges, but the refinery is now safe."

"Good. His apprentice Skar claimed Thanaton's base to be an abandoned Republic site, in Axial Park, here." She lights up an area on the map. "I want confirmation of this, but be discreet. We don't want to alert our enemy, if this is indeed his lair."

"Very good, my lord," says Pyron, nodding. "Is there anything else?"

"What of Darth Kallous? Does the Republic still have him pinned?"

"Unfortunately, no. His location is now currently unknown."

"Remain on guard here, then. It's possible Thanaton could discover our location and send Kallous to attack. While we are waiting for the scouts to report, are there any battles against the Republic that would benefit from my personal attention?"

Pyron fetches a list!

There is a battle with a lot of jedi present that could use a good curbstomp, there's a set of troops that have been cut off from transportation and could use a good rescue, and there's a Republic base that could be very useful if it were in Imperial hands instead of Republic ones.

Occlus will start with the Jedi. Where are they?

There are in this location that Occlus can be brought to via restored rocket tram!

Is her apprentice coming along?

(Her apprentice would not like to come along.)

Her apprentice can come along anyway. It will be a character-building experience.

Her apprentice does not whine about having to come along, but she thinks character-building experiences that involve being in a warzone can go fall in a black hole.

The jedi: are present.

There are a lot of them.

Occlus is not going to make Nariveth actually fight, but she does want to be able to keep an eye on her. Khem can take care of any Jedi that think she might be a softer target than Occlus.

It might be slightly problematic if all the Jedi attacked at once, so Occlus will try to engage them singly or in small groups at first.

At first, this works! They engage in small groups and then summarily die.

And then the remaining jedi organize together to attempt to take Occlus down.

They bring two jedi masters.

It's nice to be appreciated. It'd be nicer if they weren't trying to kill her, but still. Are any of the Jedi between her and her apprentice?

Yep. One jedi master and two other people that matter less.

She'll deal with those separately, then. Occlus glows very much brighter for a brief moment, then unleashes a massive wave of psychic energy in all directions but towards Nariveth. That should outright kill the weaker ones and at least temporarily disable the other master.

Now for those three. She picks one of the lessers up and throws him at Khem to eat, and starts moving towards the master. Can she kill or neutralize the other with lightning before she closes?

Khem smashes his target out of the air, then crushes his throat with a foot.

The jedi defends with a clever use of lightsaber; she'll have to stop and blast him more to overpower him.

The thrown jedi doesn't fare as well; he gurgles and then dies.

The master closes as well; she is very fast.

How's her footwork? Occlus leaps and uses the Force to push herself up and over the master's head, landing near the other. She launches a quick series of attacks, hoping to push past his defenses before he can react properly.

Well it seems to be working pretty well, if not so well as to instantly kill him, but the jedi master intervenes at super-speed before her fellow gets skewered. He backs away, she returns the favor to Occlus with the quick series of attacks.

That speed is annoying. Backflip for distance, then reach out with mental tendrils, wrap around the Jedi, and hold. Stop moving, dammit.