Chapter 5 - Imperial Entanglements
Natasha and Feral meet 4-2 and head to the Typhoon so it can inspect the two containers of B1 Battle Droids they brought from Duro. It plays the holo-projector so the party can communicate with Drell Mar. All is to its satisfaction and the units are put on flatbeds and brought to loading bay 77077 inside New Jahnae City. Large droids with fork-lift actuators pull the containers and stack them. The characters notice a pair of feet sticking out from between two cargo holders at the far side of the bay. They investigate and find that the body is of an Imperial Customs Agent. They take her data pad, some credits and some unused customs seals. Looking at the wounds she sustained, the party surmises she was attacked and killed by one of the loader droids. 4-2 asks that the party help move the body of the customs agent to a residential part of New Jahnae, which they do. Other cleaning droids show up soon after and clean the areas of any evidence.
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| Black Krrsantan, Wookiee Bounty Hunter |
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| Doesh Dien, Ubese Bounty Hunter |
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| Captain Lomar, Bestine V Imperial Security Detachment |
They stow the G9 behind a rocky hill and sneak up to the
crash site, the Gruunn is parked nearby with the entrance ramp down and
a large loader droid standing guard. The party can hear blaster fire, shouting
and a Wookiee’s enraged howl coming from the ruins. Natasha scans the ship,
finding three other life forms and some droids on board. She, Feral and Blade
rush the ramp and Natasha uses her force powers to ‘push’ the loader droid off
to the rocky surface of Bestine V. They scramble on board and close the door.
Natasha removes the power unit to ensure the door will not open again.
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YV-666, "Grruunn" (side view) |
The bounty hunters try to negotiate with them. The Ubese contacts them via holo-communicator and uses a CZ protocol droid to translate. The droid identifies his masters as the notorious Wookiee, Black Krrsantan and the Ubese bounty hunter Doesh Dien. They suggest, that if Natasha, Feral and Blade return their YV-666, they will give the characters the dread pirate Drell Mar, (really just a random mercenary with a sack over his head,) whose bounty should bring them 20,000 credits as well as several other pirate prisoners and equipment. Furthermore, the Doesh Dien holds a device which she claims is a detonator that can blow up the entire ship, killing everyone instantly. They make a quick search of the Gruunn, finding two life forms residing in prison cells and a third mysteriously moving through the walls and between decks of the ship. They eventually discover a device of four rigged thermal detonators behind an engineering panel, placed near the ship's reactor. Natasha carefully removes the device and uses her force powers to move the explosives to the wreck of the YT freighter instead.
They head to the YV-666 weapon controls. Quad
laser canons raze the ruined YT, continuing to punish it again and again. Black
Krrsantan bursts out from the flaming wreckage on a speeder bike and races
towards some broken terrain nearby. The Ubese tries to do the same but the
controller fin of the bike catches on some debris and she and the bike go
spinning into a wild disorienting dive. Laser fire finishes her off and the Gruunn
takes off to pursue Black Krrsantan. He manages to evade them for a few minutes
but as the Wookiee makes a daring break, he is shot down and erupts in a giant
exploding ball of orange flames. They set the Gruunn down and take
everything of value from the wreck, then they land next to the Typhoon and
discuss their next move.
The players assess their condition after the battle. The bodies of Black Krrsantan and Doesh Dien are looted and quickly buried beneath the red rocks of Bestine V. Anything of value from the pirate hideout is similarly taken, and they place the only survivor in one of the cells on board the newly captured YV-666.
He is a Balosar by the
name of Zorbo Chernick. He claims to
work closely with the Pirate Drell Mar but the party begins to suspect
otherwise.
The players assess their condition after the battle. The bodies of Black Krrsantan and Doesh Dien are looted and quickly buried beneath the red rocks of Bestine V. Anything of value from the pirate hideout is similarly taken, and they place the only survivor in one of the cells on board the newly captured YV-666.
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| Terran 'Smash' Mace, Black Sun Thug |
They take interest in the personal items left behind by the bounty hunters. Krrsantan had the head of a stuffed Nexu, some weapons he collected as trophies. Doesh Dien had a severed human head in a fridge.
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| Mara Joyce, Rebel Pilot & Smuggler |
They also find mundane cargo containers of food stuffs, some various star ship and droid parts.
There is a very wounded yet talkative CZ who now accepts the
players as his new masters. They collect the loader droid as well and affix a restraining bolt.
CZ informs the party that a Neimoidian named Pruuv Naytay
discovered a spy had been planted in his crew by a pirate named Drell Mar.
Pruuv, a veteran of the Clone Wars and now operates a medium freighter working
the hard scrabble systems of the Tyus sector. In turn, he hired the bounty
hunters to investigate why this pirate had any interest in him.
They take the speeder bikes to pick up a part they need to
fix 4-2 and meet with protocol droid without incident. However, when trying to
return to their ships, several mynocks moved in to chew on the power cables of
the bike. There was little damage and the party sped away, quickly outpacing
the creatures.
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| Nexu Head - one of many trophies collected by the Wookiee Bounty Hunter, Black Krrsantan |
Natasha and Feral realize the G9 is now wanted and they have similarly
been identified by the Empire as persons of interest. Natasha contacts her
father, gives him a status report and informs him of the prisoners they freed from the bounty hunters. Rodundo tells them to bring the Black Sun thug to his Vigo who resides on Corellia. Meanwhile, the Typhoon should be brought to the Black Sun chop-shop on Centerpoint Station in order to dispose of it. They depart and begin making the calculations for a jump to
hyperspace but a patrol of four TIE fighters attempts to interdict them. They
attempt to jam transmissions, then engage the TIE fighters. Both ships take a bit of carbon scoring but in the end, all four TIE fighters are destroyed.
Chapter 7 - A New Nemesis
Feral, who is piloting the
Gruunn along with Terran and the droids, watches the Typhoon jump to hyperspace and he nearly engages the YV-666's engines until a proximity alarm begins to flash an angry red. A Imperial Star Destroyer jumps in, blocking the flight path of the Gruunn. Fortunately, it hails them on their communicator, rather than opening fire. Feral sends Terran to the back to make sure the captured Balosar, Zorbo stays quiet and he dons a space helmet to hide his face. Feral answers Commander Sienna of the Imperial Star Destroyer Vengeance. Sienna also contacts Captain Lomar who was previously wounded gravely by Feral and Natasha. The Empire is now calling the incident a concerted 'Rebel attack' and Captain Lomar orders Feral to remove his helmet. To Feral's surprise, Captain Lomar states that he was not among the attackers and requests the Vengeance collect his information, then release him and the ship. Captain Lomar's smiling face now looks more like a snarl. He concludes the conversation with Feral privately, ordering him to provide a scapegoat for the incident at New Jahnae City so that Lomar can save face. He also threatens to make further requests from Feral and Natasha in the future, as needs arise. Feral meets a contingent of Storm Troopers at the site of the crashed YT-1300 and he gives over a battered and bruised Zorbo to take the fall for the attack.
Chapter 8 - Corellia, Jewel of the Core
At Centerpoint Station, Natasha sets the Typhoon down in hanger 41, the Black Sun controlled chop shop. They clean out the ship. Four hours later, Feral joins them and they make a list of repairs needed for the Gruunn and give them to the furry Drall in charge of the landing pad while they eat refreshments in a cafe called the Bantha Trax. The refreshers and sewerage system in the Gruunn are replaced and a high output emitter is added to the ion engine to boost its speed. Unfortunately, they forgot to warn the Dralls of the dianoga living in the sewer storage tanks and an extra 2,000 credits got added to the bill for hazardous duty and damage the disgusting creature caused to a cleaning droid.
Once the modifications are completed they travel to Corellia to meet up with Black Sun Vigo Nemitza, another Falleen who is a cousin to Vigo Agiatoz on Coruscant. Rebel Smuggler Mara Joyce departs to find her parents.
The meeting with Nemitza starts out well. The conversation turns into the Vigo complaining about the White Worms street gang and how much money they have cost him in territory disputes. They have members entering his underground dog fighting competitions and their Corellian hounds have bested his premium Kath hounds, causing the loss of several of the expensive animals. Furthermore, he has businesses who are being plagued by the petty criminals and are now refusing to pay protection money which they say isn't worth the plasticard it's printed on since their establishments are getting burglarized and vandalized regardless.
At this point, Nemitza uses his Falleen ability to release potent, mind affecting pheromones into the air and he begins to ask the questions. Natasha and Feral manage to keep their answers cryptic but Nemitza questions Smash about his apprehension and the thug succumbs to the biochemicals. He admits that he surrendered to the bounty hunters to spare his life, even though his boss courageously fell in the ensuing blaster fight. The Falleen is not pleased with 'cowardice' in his organization and has Smash taken out back to be fed to his fighting dogs as an example.
Nemitza tries to 'compel' Natasha and Feral into visiting Cyan Cybernetics, a medical facility that has refused to pay protection money. Natasha isn't impressed with the Vigo's treatment of his subordinates or the businesses within his territory and she lets him know that she isn't to be intimidated or influenced by him, (pheromones or not). This infuriates him, yet he offers to pay the three a substantial sum if they can humiliate the White Worms and get Cyan Cybernetics to resume the protection payments.
They sleep on the Gruunn but in the morning they visit Cyan Cybernetics and are given a tour by Dr. Cyan Tames, a human who has received so many modifications that he could pass for a droid. Once the doctor realizes Natasha and Feral are not customers, he becomes guarded. He explains he will no longer pay any protection money until Black Sun stops his place from being burglarized. He has lost several shipments of biomass-products such as liquefied fat and bags of donated blood needed for the surgeries he preforms. They convince him that they are here to stop the break-ins. They stake out his storage area but no one attempts to burglarize the business on the first night. Natasha examines the security cameras within the building and discover a slicing transmitter connected to the system. This is sending the security feed to the burglars and so they hide in the only room (used for surgery) that doesn't contain cameras. The following night, they hear someone slicing the controls of the loading door. The door slides upwards and eight Culisetto, a flightless, mosquito-like alien, skitter into the room, some walking on the walls effortlessly. Feral, who waits in the structural beams overhead, readies his energy pike, while Natasha peers back at the giant, multi-faceted insect eye that stares at her through the small window into the surgical room.
Chapter 7 - A New Nemesis
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| "We'll take it from here, bounty hunter." |
Chapter 8 - Corellia, Jewel of the Core
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| Dianoga in the Sewers |
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| Centerpoint Station, Location of Black Sun Chop-Shop |
The meeting with Nemitza starts out well. The conversation turns into the Vigo complaining about the White Worms street gang and how much money they have cost him in territory disputes. They have members entering his underground dog fighting competitions and their Corellian hounds have bested his premium Kath hounds, causing the loss of several of the expensive animals. Furthermore, he has businesses who are being plagued by the petty criminals and are now refusing to pay protection money which they say isn't worth the plasticard it's printed on since their establishments are getting burglarized and vandalized regardless.
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| Vigo Nemitza |
Nemitza tries to 'compel' Natasha and Feral into visiting Cyan Cybernetics, a medical facility that has refused to pay protection money. Natasha isn't impressed with the Vigo's treatment of his subordinates or the businesses within his territory and she lets him know that she isn't to be intimidated or influenced by him, (pheromones or not). This infuriates him, yet he offers to pay the three a substantial sum if they can humiliate the White Worms and get Cyan Cybernetics to resume the protection payments.
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| Band of Culisetto 'Blood Thieves' |
