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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away ...
Scavenger Hunt
The Empire has attacked and destroyed
the Rebel Base in the Dankayo system.
Although personnel were evacuated critical
data was left behind that could revel Rebel
Operatives across the sector, threatening
thousands of lives.
The Empire does not yet know what
data
they have captured. The Bulk Freighter
Elusive carries the data along with other
base wreckage. The Warriors of Gar have
been sent to retrieve the data before the
Empire discovers it's secrets...
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Player-characters Jan Vincent Torm
NB. some details of the adventure have been changed to apply more towards the group.
Episode One - Elusive Prey
The Warriors, now accompanied by Lola, are
using Jo'din's starship, The Makeshift, an ex-Imperial Lambda
Class Shuttle, under the false name on Bonderium. They
need to recover the Rebel Data that the Imperials don't know
they have, before they realise what they have.
The Makeshift drops out of Hyperspace close
to the Imperial bulk transport Elusive.
Elusive Captain "Shuttle
Bonderium, can we assist? What are you doing out here?"
Torm "Captain, were are just
a small mineral survey team. We didn't know you were in
the system."
Elusive Captain "Then would you like to aim your guns in different..." Torm opens fire, with surprising accuracy, one of Elusive's engines explodes. Torm take another aim (fumble) but the weapon systems on the Makeshift crash!
Torm "Jo'din! I though
you said this ship worked?!"
Jo'din "Well... I never tried
the guns."
The Elusive dumps it's garbage and jumps to
hyperspace!
Torm "Track it."
Lola "On it... oh, the
scanners are off-line too."
Jo'din "Oh."
Terri "I said we should have
used my ship."
Torm "We've lost them!"
  Suddenly a needle-like starship drops from
hyperspace and starts tractor-beaming in the garbage, shortly
followed by a disc-like Dreadnaught, a starship with fierce
cannons. It opens fire on the smaller ship, which defends
itself using the garbage and tractor beams. The fight goes on
for several minutes before the Dreadnaught disappears into
Hyperspace....
Junior picks up a communication from an
unknown source talking about 'place numbers' but the data is
encrypted. Lola contacts the starship before them and
permission is granted to dock with the Squib Momship.
The Warriors are met by five short bipedal
mouse-like aliens... Squibs. Their fur colours vary, and
they carry crude weapons, well, they might be weapons, they
could just as easily be kitchen utensils, hard to tell.
The blue furred one introduces himself as Spilferiferrous,
mighty Squib explorer. He leads the Warriors to the throne room.
The corridors of the ship are constructed, as it seems, of
garbage scrap metal. The Warriors enter the domes Throne
Room of King Ebareebaveebeedee. The room is cover in
Imperial taxation sticker that read 'Do No remove under penalty
of Death.' The elder grey furred Squib King sits on his
throne, made from the cockpit of a Z95 Headhunter starfighter.
The King is aware the Warriors want the place
numbers, but the deal is not simple, Squib deals never are.
Spilfer' has a grapple gun which he will agree to exchange for
the Makeshift... the ship! The King offer to grant Spilfer
the title of Great & Mighty Adventurer in exchange for the ship.
The King agrees to trade the ship back to the Warriors to go on
a great quest, and he will then exchange the place numbers
(hyperspace co-ordinates of the Elusive) for the Holy
Relic, which he expects the Warriors to retrieve.
Confused at what has gone on the Warriors
realised they have been duped into going on a special mission in
order to be given the co-ordinates. Spilfer will accompany
the group and brings along L9-G8, a cooking and domestic droid
as a gift (the droid is annoying and the Squibs want to be rid
of it).
Episode Two - Strangers in Paradise
The co-ordinates Spilfer gives the group
appears to be in a planet-less system, but Spilfer insists it is
the System of Paradise.
  When
they arrive they Warriors find a ring of space junk orbiting the
systems sun. There are many Ugor Dreadnoughts patrolling
the system and soon the Warriors are contacted. A Garbled
message, but basically they must dock for customs inspection.
Spilfer decides now to tell the group that if
they see him it will be... bad. Lola takes the Great &
Mighty Adventurer to the cargo deck and hides him. The
Ugors are single celled creatures capable of changing they body
shape and limbs at will. The 'officer; that board the
Makeshift vary from multiple legs to thin legs to tentacles an
multiple eye-stalks. Torm pays the Holy Donation, and then
a further bribe to let them keep their weapons, though a lock is
fitted to the ships weapon system (which is still currently
broken anyway).
The Warriors proceed into the System of
Paradise, Lola laughing at the irony of the name. Then she
spots a ship following them, a well armed Assult Ship, and Torm
recognises it as Privateer Pirates in the employ of Wonga the
Hutt. Wookoid increases speed and uses the garbage floatin
gin the system as cover and manages to lose them.
Episode Three - That's No Moon
 Soon
they approach an area when the garbage is in orbit of a large
structure. Many corridors can be seen exposed to space,
it's superstructure burnt and twisted, possibly the remains of a
space station or Star Destroyer. Spilfer gets excited
exclaiming "That's it!" Unfortunately it must be an area
of importance, a picket line of Ugor Dreadnoughts circles the
structure.The Warriors ponder how to get past. Eventually they decide to fire a shot at some garbage to cause a distraction. Junior easily removes the Ugor clamp and repairs the system. Torms plan works, the Ugors fall for it and Wookoid guns the engines allowing them to slip past and dock in a large port of some kind. Wookoid stays with the ship and the rest don breathe masks and venture out.
They find themselves wading through dirty
water strewn with garbage. Spilfer claims he has found
something and claims if for the Mighty Squibs.
Unfortunately it is a dianoga, and the creature attacks...
successfully grasping Torm, Spilfer, Junior and Lola. Torm
manages to get his blaster and free himself. The others
are in trouble as they are dragged under the water, when
suddenly the are freed. As Lola and the other gasp for air
they see Jo'din with her lighsaber.
Continuing down the twisted corridors the
Warrors hear the sound of metal, and see movement. A horde
of twisted and damaged droids are marching towards them!
The the lead is a heavily armed combat droid,
armed with a blaster cannon and lightsaber, carrying a menacing
spherical Interrogator Droid!
Interrogator Droid "You will
surrender all of your technology or you shall be eliminated."
Torm looks at Lola and Terri. They go
for they guns and Jo'din charges in with her lightsaber.
The fight is short. Jo'din is not as quick as she would
have liked, but Lola hits the combat droid with two precise
hits, destroying it. The other droids, a mid of mainly
protocol and mouse droids armed with blasters are easily
destroyed. Terri picks up the lightsaber the combat droid
was carrying and tosses it to Lola.
Terri "Blue tits has one, you
may as well too."
Continuing down the twisted broken corridor
the Warriors come to an almost intact blast door. Lola
thumbs the controls, and to their surprise the doors, with a
slight screech, slide open. A gust of wind and a multitude
of small object hurl themselves at the Warriors... then... just
visible in the darkness if the unmistakable form... and the
heavy rasping breathing... of DARTH VADER.
Torm, Lola and even Terri are frozen in
disbelief and terror. Moment pass and there is the hiss of
a lightsaber as Jo'din launches herself at the Dark Lord.
She swings he blue blade, passing through the dark visage her
own momentum causes her to stumble and land humiliatingly on her
ass. The cloak stand holding the Sith Lord's spare cloak,
mask and helmet fall to the floor. Terri goes into a fit
of giggles.
Lola cautiously enters the room, and
discovered a further Meditation Chamber.
Lola "This was Vader's room.
This is the Death Star."
Torm "Son of a Sithspawn,
you're right."
Lola finds an ornate box. It is empty
but appears to have once held a lightsaber. Jo'din asks
Lola to see the lightsaber she took off the droid. Jo'din
holds the blade and lets the FORCE flow through her an it,
revealing it's past. She passes the lightsaber back to
Lola.
Jo'din "This lightsaber
belonged to General Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke Skywalker said
that he died here, on the Dearth Star. Take care of
it."
The Warriors pause for a moment in silent
contemplation, but their thoughts are rudely interrupted by the
Squib companion...
Spilfer "Come on, we're almost
there!"
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Four - The Gravity Well Projector
The Warriors enter a chamber near the centre
of the wreckage, somehow finding each step as if walking uphill.
Finally they are rewarded with finding a strange technological
construction. Spilfer is very excited, so much so he runs
up to it, pulls out a large hammer-like tool and takes a swing
at it! Terri tries to stop him, but it too late. The
machine makes a high shrieking sound as if about to explode.
Randomly, Spilfer grabs a know on the machine, and pulls it off.
The Machine settles. Spilder shrugs and puts the knob in
his pocket.
Terri "What is it?"
Junior "A gravity well
projector. These are what allow Interdictor Class Star
Destroyers to block hyperspace, or can he used to create a mass
gravity field for a large space station, like say a Death Star."
Despite his high knowledge of Technology
Junior is unable to power down the device, but they can at least
unplug and move it. The Projector is weightless, but still
needs combined efforts too move.
Torm "So this is what you
wanted?"
Spilfer just nods excitedly.
Reaching an intersection the Warriors are
ambushed by the pirates who had been trailing them.
Teehl "Throw down your
weapons, we just want the device!"
Torm "I don't believe you."
Teehl "You're right, blast 'em
boys!"
The blaster fight does not go well for the
Warriors, Jo'din, Junior and Torm are both Stunned, leaving just
Lola and Terri to tackle the pirates. Terri let's out the
Lexgar in her, SPENDS A FORCE POINT, and shoots every pirate,
including Teehl. All but Teehl are incapacitated.
Terri points her blaster at the Pirate leader...
Terri "Are you going to give me a
reason to blast you in the face?"
The pirate drops her blaster and surrenders.
The Warriors able to pick themselves up. Teehl is tied up
and the Warriors get back to The Makeshift.
Wookoid "Wrraaghhhh..."
[what is going on out there?"]
Torm "All the garbage is
floating away... that damn projector."
The The Makeshift departs a huge chunk of
garbage slams into the wreck they were just parked! The
whole System of Paradise is disarray and garbage and wrecks
gloat off randomly colliding with each other.
 Episode
Five - Paradise unbound
Wookoid pilots the starship through the
spiralling wreckage but is not totally successful as a couple of
chunks slam into the side of the ship, fortunately the damage is
light.
Then just as Wookoid thinks he is in the
clear several Ugor Dreadnoughts drop out of hyperspace"
Ugors [over comms] "Hanb ub
ober durr machinb"
Torm "I think that was hand
us over the machine. Not likely. Wookoid, hit it!
Junior, we need hyperspace coordinates now!"
Wookoid takes evasive action against the
incoming torpedoes. Dozens of missiles are launched at The
Makeshift, and despite Wookoids best efforts a single missile
does strike the ex-Imperial Shuttle, amazingly damage is light.
In the back Jo'din, whose ship it is looks about with
concern.
Lola "Is this a normal day?"
Jo'din "I've had better."
L9 decides to give a tale of a very bad day
when it once burnt the eggs...
Junior calculates the coordinates and The
Makeshift makes the jump to hyperspace.
The Warriors eventually dock with the Squib
Momship and the King all to happy to provide the coordinates of
the Imperial Shuttle Bonderium, it is at the Tolan Naval
Installation for repairs.
Terri "Can we get to it
there?"
Torm "We can't just fly in,
the system is patrolled by Star Destroyers and TIE fighters. In
this old shuttle, we might get in but would never make it out."
Junior "With the Gravity Well
Projector we could wait for force the Bonderium out of
hyperspace. We know they are headed to the Imperial
Intelligence base on Coronar."
Torm has another meeting with Squib King,
asking to trade for the Gravity Well Projector. The Squibs
don't actually need or want it, they just didn't want the Ugors
to have it. But dealing with the Squibs... the deal involved
leasing half their ship to a Mon Cal trader who was also on
board, then trading land on a small moon for a small item of
clothing and a hydro-spanner, along with the Droid L9. Even Torm
was finding it hard to follow, but it effectively ending up with
them owning their own ship on a 500 year free lease but get the
Gravity Well Projector and L9. Keeping L9 in
non-negotiable.
As they leave King Ebareebaveebeedee gives
Torm a datapad, only to be open by Rebel Command.
Episode Six - Desperate Showdown
The Makeshift positions along the most
obvious route Bonderium will use. Junior then manipulates
the controls of the Gravity Well Projector and moments later the
ships computers read they are in orbit of a large planet, the
shadow created by the projector.
 Torm
"As soon as they drop from hyperdrive we go in fast and
destroy it along with it's cargo of Rebel intel."
But the Bonderium doesn't arrive on schedule.
Jo'din "I have a bad feeling
about this."
Torm "They should be here by
now. If we've missed them..."
... but suddenly the Imperial Shuttle drops
from hyperspace. Wookoid guns the engines and...
Torm "Wait a minute... since
when did that shuttle have a rack of TIE fighters?!"
Lola "That's not good is it?"
Six TIE fighters launch from the Shuttles new
landing racks.
Junior "We nuke the system."
Terri "And where do you get
that kind of firepower?"
Lola "The gravity well."
Torm "Do it!"
Jo'din concentrates and through the force is
able to increase Wookoids relexes allowing his to evade the
oncoming TIE fighters.
It takes little effort for Junior to
over-load the gravity well projector. Lola open the hatch
as Terri pushes it into position.
Wookoid flies close to the Imperial shuttle
and Terri and Lola push the gravity well projector... but it
snags on the doorway! One more push and they manage to
free it and push it out of the ship.
Junior "We have about 15
seconds before that thing implodes."
Lola "What does that mean?"
Junior "It turns into a black
hole and sucks everything in the system into it."
EVERYONE else "WHAT?!!!"
Junior "Oh, didn't you
realise that was what I was doing?"
Torm "Wookoid... give us
everything this bucket of bolts has got!"
Junior casually sits at the nav computer and
enters the hyperspace coordinates.
Torm "How do we get clear?"
Junior "As it implodes we'll
have about three seconds to engage hyperdrive."
Torm "I just hope your maths
are right." They were. Junior rolls 26 for his
Astrogation.
The gravity well collapses and The Makeshift
jumps to hyperspace before the gravity well turns into a black
hole destroying everything in the system.
 Arriving back at the starship Justice Torm hands Rebel Leader Snowy the data pad from the Squib King. Activating ia a large hologram of the King appears. King Ebareebaveebeedee "Friends. I declare a pact of great trading between the Squib Polyanarchy and the Alliance of Friends. As High King of Squibs I hereby announce the Warriors of Gar as honoured Ambassadors between our people. Good heroes. Drive hard bargain."
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