An Introduction. Or: You've got a WHAT and WHO on there...?

[PsiberDragon]

For those of you who have read about my "sizable" problem elsewhere...

The time:

Two years after ESB - with some twists. Luke accepted Vader's invitation to join him. Together, they put the Emperor on the run, but could not kill him. Han is still in carbonite in Jabba's palace. Leia trained as a Jedi Knight. There is more than a 3-way struggle for power in the universe. (For more details, see Star Wars Online Journal v2)

The players:

Rizok - Falleen Smuggler
Juh Zhi - "Ropagu" Techie/First Mate
Mizac - Farghul Jack-Of-All-Trades (read: vagabond) (Force Sensitive)
Daemon Alendel - Tel'Quessir hunter (read: Near-human "elf") (Force Sensitive)
Marcus Garnet - Minotaur... seeker (for lack of a better word) (Force Sensitive)
(yes, I let him have the minotaur - knowing what he'd do )
(As for the last 2, I bought the d6 Fantasy system and converted to Star Wars)

The adventure: Treasure of Celis Mott (From Instant Adventures)

(Spoilers for those who haven't played!!!)

Rizok sets down, waiting to hear from his old friend. After about 30 minutes, the rest of the crew decides to go into town. As they are heading down the ramp of their YT2400 Shadow Dancer, the old friend stumbles in - dying. As he murmurs a few words, he passes away in the arms of his friend.

Right on his heels are a group of a dozen pirates, demanding to know what was said. After being told, the pirates, being distrustful, open fire, shooting several and Wounding Marcus the Minotaur. The crew rushes back up the boarding ramp and on onto the Shadow Dancer. To the sounds of blasters hitting the hull, Rizok lifts off slightly and turns the ship a full 360, hoping to burn the pirates with the blast from the engines. Upon setting back down, the pirates had gone. Using a medpack, Mizac binds Marcus, healing him back to full health.

After a few minutes, the group splits. Rizok and Marcus scouting, looking for Bay 15, mentioned by their dying friend, and Mizac and Daemon searching out the local gambling establishment to gather information about the pirates who attacked them in the landing bay.

After a brief while, Rizok and Marcus come across their friend's ship the DeepHopper, which was "guarded" by an astromech droid. After convincing the droid that they were, indeed, friends, they were allowed onboard and searched the ship. They found a small disc in a secret compartment and took it. Rather than leave the droid to guard the ship, waiting for a ghost to return, Rizok convinces it to join them on the ship.

Mizac and Daemon, in the interim, play some sabacc, alternately winning and losing... winning some, and loosing more, in a cycle that allowed them to walk out with the same amount they walked in with.

As they converged on the ship, they met another Falleen, who Rizok pulled aside and, in Falleen so the others could not listen in, bartered the disc for 20,000 credits.

Within moments of the other Falleen leaving, the original pirates return, this time with a pair of E-web heavy Repeating Blasters. Rizok immediately takes off, followed closely by a pair of pirate Y-Tie Uglies, firing as they hit hyperspace.

The "new" astromech droid suggests a good hiding place - one that his former owner visited not long ago. After a short trip, the Shadow Dancer arrives just outside an asteroid belt, where they pick up a signal leading to one of the asteroids.

After landing, Jun Zhi and Mizac don vaccuum suits and follow the signal to a crater, inside of which is a chest - obviously very heavy, but light in the low gravity of the asteroid. Just meters from the Shadow Dancer, the two Y-Tie Uglies reappear, accompanying a light Imperial Corvette.

Rizok fires up the ship and takes off to a hail of laserfire from the three ships, taking several shots in the process before managing to get into hyperspace, receiving a threatening com from the other Falleen as they did so.

After a very brief hyperspace jaunt, the Juh Zhi suggests it would be a good idea to exit and set down somewhere to see the extent of the damage - and take a look at what is in the chest.

Inside the chest are several items of precious metals, gems, a few nav coordinate discs, and ... a smoky glass ball.

Marcus picks up the glass ball and gets a sense of power, accompanied by a surge of cold and a voice in his head, promising strength in the Force, as long as he alone keeps it. Mizac and Daemon both get similar feelings and try to convince Marcus that the glass ball should be thrown out the airlock, to no avail. Rizok and Jun Zhi don't see what the fuss is about, and side with Marcus. Mizac and Daemon agree to let him keep this... relic... for now...
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