A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Star Wars Legacies Episode V - Jedi Conclave
While the crew of the Rebel Scum has no problem raiding Imperial shipping, they are no friends of slavers. When the opportunity to stop slavers coincides with making a profit, so much the better.
The Verpine of Suskafein Asteroid pass no judgement on what sort of technical work they provide - for them the joy is in workmanship. But the Empire does not see things as they do, forcing them to function as outlaw techs. Unfortunately, the slaver Chaareta has taken to raiding their facilities for parts and skilled slaves.
The outlaw tech leader, Koofon, has learned the time of the next raid and has commissioned the Rebel Scum to defend his people - in return for which they gain Suskafein as a safeport, improved ship systems, and the possibility of seizing the pirate ship...
Played November 13, 2006
Characters - Caleb, HK-69, Maya, Muppet, Q2-6L
Inspecting the shuttle our band found a band Twi'lek girl, bound and gagged. Untying her they discovered her to be Dane Eruva, a Jedi padawan. She explained that she and her master ran afoul of slavers enroute to a conclave of some surviving Jedi. Correl Dashin, Jedi Knight, had arranged the conclave. Dashin had been a Jedi padawan prior to the Sith-Imperial war, where the Sith and Empire had worked together to defeat the Alliance and its Jedi protectors. Always a troublemaker, Dashin had been expelled from the order a few years prior to the outbreak of war. For years he had wandered the galaxy but rejoined the Jedi out the outbreak of war, eventually becoming knighted. Caleb spent a lot of time with Dashin. Indeed it was Dashin who had found the maproom where the officers of the Rebel Scum met each other, though they were separated under circumstances Caleb never discussed.
The conclave was to be held on the new capital of the Taina Sector, Moelbarae, which was also headquarters of the megacorporation Moelbarae Commercial Alliance. Moelbarae was largely barren, with most of the population dwelling in large crater-cities, extending hundreds of stories into the planet's surface.
With two Jedi learners in their group, the Rebel Scum made way for Moelbarae. It was a hub of activity and easy to get permission to land their shuttle, the Eagle V - with much reconstruction due to damage done in the Sith-Imperial War and more activity due to the movement of the sector capital, security paid little attention to a small shuttle.
The conclave was to be held in a damaged building. Working their way through dangerous shafts and corridors, Dane led Caleb, HK-60, Maya, Muppet, and Q2-6L to the conclave. Correl Dashin was there, as was an elderly woman, the Jedi Master Kayr Finn. More were expected, though apparently circumstances had prevented them form making it. Nevertheless, it was useful to get to many together. Jedi Master Finn thanked Dashin for calling the meeting. She explained that she had located a secret Jedi monastery established on the planet Ares as a base in the events of the return of difficult times for the order like those years after Palpatine crushed the order almost completely. Finn held up a holodisc highlighted a canyon on Ares' southern hemisphere. However, she had little time to say more. A blaster bolt from a aircar outside struck her down. Then someone used the Force to send her holodisc flying to the aircar despire Caleb's chance to intercept. As Caleb leapt out the window to the aircar, Dashin drew his blue lightsaber and impaled Finn. They had been betrayed.
To be continued...
Imperial NewsNet
Sector Capital Moved to Moelbarae
Moelbarae System, Taina Sector; 130.344 ABY
Today marked the end of military rule in the Taina Sector with the establishment of the new government in the newly established Moelbarae. Newly named Moff Chayne Burr, also CEO of the Moelbarae Commercial Alliance, pledged an intense period of rebuilding and recontsruction. He announced that the MCA had been awarded an exclusive reconstruction contract for the former capital, Taina. "We will help the Tainan survivors help themselves rebuild. All the survivors shall be granted reconstruction loans in return for a brief period of indenture.
Part II
Played November 27, 2006
Characters - Caleb, HK-69, Maya, Muppet, Q2-6L Dashin proved to be a challenging opponent. And he seemed to have a special place in his heart for Caleb, focusing his fierce lightsaber attacks on him. Meanwhile, Caleb eventually was able to use the Force to retrieve the holodisc from the assassin outside - one of the extragalactic Yuuzhan Vong - deadly aliens practically nonexistent to the Force. While Caleb was forced to battle with Dashin, Maya leapt to the aircar to engage the Vong directly, suffering several poisonous bites from his amphistaff. HK-69 blasted everything in sight, Q2-6L had some success with is Sith Sword against Dashin, and Muppet took advantage of the shadows to strike from the darkness, eventually clipping a small bomb Dashin's belt. But not before in a flurry of blows did Dashin sever Caleb's sword-arm at the elbow and kick his saber out the window.That gave Dashin the opportunity to encourage Caleb to channel his fear to use the Dark Side -the Sith were too powerful an enemy to be resisted, which is why he joined them during his wandering when he was apart from the Jedi - when he rejoined the Order it was as an agent of the Sith, allowing him to secretly betray the Jedi at Ossus...
Eventually Maya and HK-69 were able to finish off the Vong and Dashin decided it was time to leave. Our heroes were in little shape to pursue so they hoped the explosion they heard finished him off. Limping their way to the Rebel Scum they fitted Caleb with a prosthetic limb. After which they headed for the Ares system to see if the holodisc was worth the price they had paid.
Imperial Databank Authorized Access Only Ares - Planetary Summary Ares is essentially a cold desert of a world. It would be unremarkable save for the valuable minerals found under its mountains and the medicinal and recreational spices found under its red sands, a byproduct of its deadly sandworms. Ares' atmosphere is breathable by most species but breathmasks are recommended due to the thinness of the atmosphere, as is cold-weather clothing - much of the surface does not see temperatures above freezing. The native Aresians were primitive nomads when the colony ship Magnificent Prism misjumped into the system over a thousand years ago. Unable to affect repairs and far-off course, the colonists settled on Ares, setting the stage for centuries of conflict between the native Aresians and the more advanced settlers. Even when recontacted by the Old Republic, most of the settlers preferred to remain on Ares. Ares was a flashpoint in the Taina Sector's many civil wars and during the Clone Wars. Some ten years ago, the planetary government collapsed into anarchy. Now Ares is divided between various factions - some settlers and natives which coexist, others which seek the total extermination of the other. Many traders and smugglers still visit the world, risking the anarchy in hopes of scoring a profit.
