The sound of clashing metal and crackling energy echoed through the mining colony as the Ether-infused droids rushed toward the crew. The moon's dark landscape seemed to twist and shift, as if the very ground was responding to the strange energy pulsing from the crater at the heart of the colony. Ethan gripped his Radiansaber tightly, its white light a stark contrast to the twisted shadows that surrounded them.
"They're faster than I thought!" Tazra shouted, her blasters firing rapidly at the oncoming droids. The energy bolts slammed into the first wave of attackers, sending two of them crashing to the ground, but more were coming.
Ethan raised his Radiansaber just in time to block a strike from one of the droids, its jagged metal arm crackling with dark Ether. The force of the blow sent a jolt up his arm, but he held his ground, shoving the droid back and slashing through its core. Sparks flew as the droid collapsed in a heap, its red eyes flickering before fading to black.
