• Opening Introduction
• Tables & Charts
• The Crash Landing
• When the Pirates Leave
• The Trip Back to Mos Shuuta
• Mos Shuuta
• Imperial Shuttle
• Escaping Tatooine
• Mr. Wick & the Package
• Three Days of Downtime
• Prelaunch Meeting Mr. Wick
• A Night at Tosche Station
• Escape From Mos Shuuta Again
• All Aboard!
• Krayt Fang Loot
• Destruction of Vanguard Station
A large pourstone hangar looms before you, an enormous aurek sign stenciled onto the building's side representing theis particular hanger bay. As you approach. you can see through the open hangar doors to the cavernous interior, where a YT-1300 light freighter (Millennium Falcon) rests with its loading ramp down. All you have to do is get to that ship and you can leave Tatooine!
Two rusty security droids stand outside the ramp entrance. If you want that ship, first you'll have to get by them.
[The droids will challenge any PCs that approach and refuse them entry to the loading bay. As at the spaceport command center, the PCs will have to find a way past the droids to get in. Currently, Trex is on board the Krayt Fang in the cockpit, going over some systems diagnostics. There are two security droids at the front door of the hangar and two more at the base of the loading ramp.]
SPACEPORT SECURITY DROIDS:
All stats 2D except for:
Dexterity 3D
Blaster 4D
Intimidation 4D
Languages 6D
Law enforcement 5D+2
Willpower 4D
Search 3D
Brawling 3D
First Aid 4D
Move: 12.
Equipped with: Infrared vision
(see in the dark up to 30m); Motion sensors (+2 to search
rolls against moving targets); Sonic sensors (+2 to search
rolls that involve sound); Body armor (+1D to Strength
rolls versus physical attacks, +1 pips versus energy
attacks).
Equipment: Blaster Carbine (5D, 3-7,25/50)
"WE'RE HERE TO INSTALL THE HYPERMATTER REACTOR lGNITER:"
The droids ask to see the HMlR, then let the PCs go right in to
install it. Trex will come greet them as they board the starship,
and they'll have to use Con versus his Willpower or a fight will
start right there!
SNEAKING PAST:
There's a side entrance to the hangar, which is locked. Opening
the lock is a Moderate (15) Security or Computer check. If the
PCs fail on this check, one of the security droids from the
entrance comes to see what they're doing. Once the lock is
opened, there's no way to sneak past the droids at the foot of
the loading ramp, but a Sneak check opposed by the droids'
Search can let the PCs sneak up to the front door and close and
lock it from the inside, so the first two security droids can't
come to Trex's aid.
FIGHT!:
As soon as a fight begins, the droids send out a distress call to
the other two droids and Trex. Trex takes cover within his ship
and shoots anyone who approaches the loading ramp. If the
ship is boarded, Trex retreats deeper into the ship. blasting as
he goes.
Up, Up, & Away!
If the players delay, inform them "You see a group of Clone Troopers rush into the hanger bay and begin to set up a rather large gun".
THE HYPERMATTER REACTOR IGNITER
[Astute PCs will remember that they are supposed to
install the hypermatter reactor igniter (HMRI) before
they can jump to hyperspace.]
It takes 6 turns to jump to hyperspace once the HMRI is installed.
The Krayt Fang thrums around you as its engines power up, lifting through the hangar bay doors and into the bright sunlight of the Tatooine sky. Soon, Mos Shuuta vanishes behind you as you race out over the Dune Sea and climb towards outer space.
Suddenly, an alert klaxon blares!l As you leave Tatooine's atmosphere, two Imperial fighters appear on the ship's censors screaming in on an intercept course - V-Wing Fighters! The starfighters shoot past, laser cannons blazing, and sparks fly from a console in the cockpit - you've been hit! You're not clear of the planet's gravity well yet and can't jump to lightspeed without the hypermatter reactor ignitor installed.
[Let Jenn roll a DC12 Mechanical, If she makes it, the device pops right in, if she fails it takes her 2 rounds to install.]
Name: V-Wing Starfighter
Type: Kuat Systems Engineering Alpha-3 Nimbus "V-Wing" starfighter
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 7.9 Meters
Skill: Starfighter Piloting - V-Wing
Crew: 1 + AstroMech
Crew Skill: Starfighter Piloting 6D, Starship Gunnery 5D, Starship Shields 4D
Consumables: 1 Day
Cost: 45,000 (used)
Cargo Capacity: 40 Kg
Hyperdrive Multiplier: N/A
Hyperdrive Backup: N/A
Nav Computer: No
Space: 8
Atmosphere: 375;1000kmh
Maneuverability: 3D
Hull: 3D
Shields: 2D
Sensors:
Passive: 20/0D
Scan: 35/1D
Search: 50/2D
Focus: 2/3D
Weapons:
2 * Twin Laser Cannons (Fire-Linked)
Fire Arc: Front
Fire Control: 2D
Space: 1-3/12/25
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/1.2/2.5km
Damage: 5D
Once the break through the Atmosphere, they see a Venator-class Star Destroyer in orbit but it is out of position to be a threat.
If the Krayt Fang takes a hard hit, 1 of its 2 shields first. Once the HMRI is installed, keep track of 6 turns until they can jump.
Once they make the jump to (wherever) the adventure ends but let them search the ship . . . . Vanguard Station is next.
REWARDS: 5-10 CP's depending on how hard things went.
To push the story along, I'll give you a rundown of everything of value that you find on the ship that belonged to the bounty hunter.
• 8,000cr (4,000 each)
• Portable Holobooth
• Ration/Fluid Packs (2 Months)
• 2 MB450 Macrobinoculars
• 3 Wrist Comm
• 1 Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc 773 Firepuncher Sniper Rifle
• 4 Medkit
• 12 Glow Rods
• Tasari Breath Mask
• 2 Portable Heater
• 4 BlasTech Industries E-11 Blaster Rifle
• 4 BlasTech Industries DH-17 Blaster Pistol
Down in the primary cargo hold . . .
• Aratech 74-Z Military Speeder Bike
As you stand at gunpoint the doors to the cantina slide open. In walks 4 more Clone Troopers and a certain individual you remember yelling at you as you stole his shuttle in Mos Shuuta. When he spots you, a huge smile appears on his face.
[Let him talk shit and let players roleplay a bit]
What ever shall we do with you?
Maybe we just kill you tight here and be done with it, yea, I like that idea. Troopers, kills them . . . WAIT! I have a better idea.
Get there weapons and gear and then take them to the shuttle.
They lead you out of the cantina to YOUR ship, Three Troopers and the Officer board your ship with you. You lift off but to where you have no clue. The entire trip, this officer is non stop talking mad shit to you.
A short time later your destination appears . . . Mos Shuuta, it appears they are taking you back to Teemo the Hutt. You approach the landing bay and your ship slowly eases itself down until you land with a soft thud. The Troopers grab your arms and guide you off the ship but as soon as you exit the ship a group of men explode into action and subdue the Troopers and the officer. The Imperials are all disarmed and a man (apparently the leader of this group) walks towards you.
What have we here? Prisoners of the Empire?
Allow for Roleplay.
[Regardless of how this goes, the characters are cut loose]. Since you appear to be enemies of the Empire, we will let you go.
[They return there gear "what's on there character sheet or just what's in the packs, unless Jenn doesn't have the Holocron then they keep the gear" but the pirates steal there ship with everything on it]. "Play this by ear on if they get the gear/weapons back or not."
A few patrons turn in their seats to stare at you. The only other exits you see from the room are what looks to be a storage closet in one corner and a doorway behind the Twi'lek dancer. The arched roof aboove you is supported by thick, heavy struts. You only have a few momentsto find a hiding plave before Teemo's thugs arrive. What do you?
[Ask each player what they are doing, let them know the Gamorrean's will probably enter the cantina next turn.]
[After the makes there choices, have each of them roll an appropriate skill check.]
Those that pass there rolls . . .
Moments after you hide yourselves, a small troupe of
pig-like Gamorreans carrying heavy, bone-breaking clubs
steps through the door - Teemo's enforcers! They blink
their beady little eyes in the gloom, peering about. Then.
seeing nothing of interest. They grunt and whine in their
primitive language and turn to go. You know they'll keep
looking for you until you take them out. With their backs
turned, this is the perfect moment to strike!
Those that fail there rolls . . .
Moments after you hide yourselves, a small troupe of
pig-like Gamorreans carrying heavy, bone breaking clubs
steps through the door - Teemos enforcers! They blink
their beady little eyes in the gloom, peering about and
then one lets loose a piercing shriek! You are spotted!
Things are about to get violent!
GAMORREAN THUG:
All stats 2D except:
Dexterity 3D
Knowledge 1D
Mechanical 1D
Melee Parry 3D
Strength 4D
Technical 1D
Move: 7
Weapon: Cugdal (5D)
The PC's win . . .
The Gamorreans are defeated! The silence that follows is
broken by slow, unamused applause. The Devaronian
bartender approaches and laughs a brittle little laugh. "I
guess you're folks who need to get off the planet in a
hurry. The good news for you is that there's a freighter
in Landing Bay Aurek now. The bad news is that it belongs to
captain Trex, an associate of the Hutt's and he won't just
let you on. The other bad news is that the reason l know
it's still in the landing bay is that it has a broken
hypermatter reactor igniter and won't be flying
anywhere until it gets a new one installed. I bet Vorn
over at the junk shop has one." Then he points at the
door. “Now get out of my cantina."
The PC's lose . . .
Gamorrean cudgel swings for your head. and then …
blackness! You awaken sometime later with a groan to
find the Devaronian bartender standing over you holding
a new-empty stimpack. From the aches and bruises all
over your body, you estimate that the Gamorreans kicked
you in the ribs until they got bored, then wandered off.
“Teemo must not want you dead, but it's still not healthy
to stay in Mos Shuuta," says the bartender. “The good
news for you is that I happen to know that there's a
freighter in Landing Bay Aurek right now. The bad news
is that its captain, Trex, is an associate of the Hutt's and
won't just let you on. The other bad news is that the
reason I know it's still in the landing bay is that it has a
broken hypermatter reactor igniter and on't be flying
anywhere until it gets a new one installed‘ I bet Vorn
over at the junk shop has one." Then he points at the
door. “Now get out of my cantina."
VORN TEL-OVIS (Human Male Junk Dealer):
All stats 2D except for:
Blaster 3D+1, Business 4D, Value 4D,
Willpower 4D
Repuslorlift Operations 3D+1
Con 2D+2
Bargain 4D
Ground Vehicle Repair 3D
Repulsorlift Repair 3D
Move: 10
Equipment: Hold-Out Blaster (3D; 3-
4/8/12; 6 shots), heavy clothing, medpac, droid repair
kit.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT CAPTAIN TREX OR THE KRAYT FANG?
"Trex is a Trandoshan bounty hunter who stops over in Mos
Shuuta a few times a year. His ship, the Krayt Fang, is a beat-up
old YT-1300 light freighter. A fine ship. if you can keep her
running."
CAN WE PAY YOU MORE THAN TREX IS OFFERING TO BUY THE PART?
Vorn is happy to sell the part for more than Trex is offering,
since he always wants to make more money. If the PCs choose
this option, choose a PC to make an opposed Bargain check vs.
Vorn's Bargain. If they succeed, they negotiate a good price,
and Vorn asks only 600 credits. If they fail, Vorn gouges them
on the price. and asks 750 credits.
WE REPRESENT TREX. HE SENT US TO BUY THE PART FROM YOU.
Lying to Vorn is certainly possible. lf the PCs choose this
option, they'll have to choose one PC to make an opposed Con check vs. Vorn‘s Willpower.
WOULDN'T YOU RATHER SELL THE PART TO US
THAN TO TREX, BECAUSE WE'RE SO LIKABLE AND
HE'S A BAD MAN?
Buttering up Vorn isn't very effective, but it's worth a try. If the
PCs choose this option, have a PC opposed Persuasion check vs
Vorn's Willpower. However, because Vorn is generally illnatured,
he gets a +1D modifier to resist.
SELL/GIVE US THE PART OR WE WILL HURT YOU.
Intimidating Vorn can work, although he‘s more likely to agree
to sell the piece than he is to just give it over, if the PCs choose
this option, choose a PC to make an opposed Intimidate check
vs. Vorn’s Willpower.
HOW DO WE KNOW THE PART IS EVEN ANY GOOD?
YOU'D BETTER SHOW IT TO US.
This is clever, and Vorn will show them the part. This makes
any attempt to steal it later much easier, since the PCs know
what they're looking for and where it's kept.
GETTING HELP FROM THE R5 UNIT
The R5 unit, R5-K3, is afflicted with the bad attitude common to
its model and hates its master Vorn Tel-Ovis. If the PCs go
outside into the junkyard and talk to it, it will be happy to go
inside, steal the HMRI, and bring it them. All the PCs have to do
is keep Vorn distracted (which can be as simple as engaging
him in conversation, or creating a disturbance in the shop).
STEALING THE PART
There are two basic strategies the PCs can use here: stealth and
violence. If the PCs use stealth, then pilfering the item without
Vorn noticing will require an opposed Sneak and possibly Hide
rolls vs. Vorn's Search or Perception. If the PCs choose violence,
then they must begin a combat encounter against Vorn. Vorn
will not be expecting a fight, and he will go last in the initiative
order. His droid simply flees from combat.
WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU GOT FOR SALE?
The PCs may wish to purchase something else from Vorn. He
doesn't have any weapons or armor for sale, but the PCs may
purchase medpacs or droid repair kits from him for 100 credits
each, Vorn has only 4 medpacs and 3 droid repair kits on-hand.
The spaceport control facility is a low. squat building clinging to the edge of the Mos Shuuta bluff. The front entrance stands open, but a pair of spaceport security droids stand at attention. If you're going to get off Tatooine, you need to disable the docking clamps holding the Krayt Fang in its landing bay, and you can only do that inside spaceport control. You'll have to either get past those droids somehow, or find another way in.
The two droids will deny the PCs access to the building. but won't attack unless the PCs try to go in anyway or attack the droids.
The PCs have three basic choices for how to proceed.
FIND ANOTHER ENTRANCE AND SNEAK IN.
There's a side entrance the PCs can find if they go looking, and
no one will stop them if they walk up to it. The door is locked.
but the PCs can open it by using Security (to trigger the
physical locking mechanism) or Computer
Programming/Repair (to fake a valid access code). This check is
a Moderate skill check. lf the PCs fail, they must find another
way in. If they succeed, they find themselves in a small
conference room off the main chamber.
FIGHT!
The PCs can simply attack the guards and fight their way in. It
they do this, however, the guards inside the facility will also be
on high alert and they will likely have to fight inside as well.
The guards are not expecting a fight; each side makes a
separate Perception check for initiative (players group, security
droids outside, security droids inside, if alerted to the
characters actions).
SPACEPORT SECURITY DROIDS:
All stats 2D except for:
Dexterity 3D
Blaster 4D
Intimidation 4D
Languages 6D
Law enforcement 5D+2
Willpower 4D
Search 3D
Brawling 3D
First Aid 4D
Move: 12
Equipped with: Infrared vision
(see in the dark up to 30m); Motion sensors (+2 to search
rolls against moving targets); Sonic sensors (+2 to search
rolls that involve sound); Body armor (+1D to Strength
rolls versus physical attacks, +1 pips versus energy
attacks).
Equipment: Blaster Carbine (5D, 3-7,25/50)
OBSERVER BRYNN:
All stats are 2D except for:
Blaster 3D
Knowledge 3D
Law enforcement 4D
Mechanical 3D
Communications 4D
Sensors 4D
Command: starport control 5D
Computer programming/repair 3D+2
First Aid 3D
Move: 10
Equipment: blaster pistol (4D, 3-10/30/120), datapad, comlink.
You step through the doorway into a large chamber, crowded with computer equipment and centered around a large holo display showing a plot of the local aerospace. Standing in front of the display with her arms folded behind her back is a human woman. She appears to be in charge and, as you watch, she speaks into a headset in a formal, commanding tone: 'Imperial shuttle-11238, this is Overseer Brynn with spaceport control. You are cleared for landing. Welcome to Mos Shuuta." A half-dozen technicians of different species work at consoles and two security droids stand near the doorway. Your attention is pulled to the floor-to-ceiling transparisteel windows against the far wall, looking out over the desert of Tatooine, where an Imperial shuttle is coming in for a landing.
If the PCs have already fought their way through the droids outside. then the droids inside will immediately attack them and Overseer Brynn joins in. Otherwise, the PCs have similar options as before.
CONVINCE OVERSEER BRYNN
TO UNLOCK THE DOCKING CLAMPS
Overseer Brynn is a little more clever than the droids outside,
but the PCs can still attempt to talk her into opening the
clamps with a clever story and a Con or Persuasion check
opposed by Brynn's Willpower 3D. If they fail, Overseer Brynn
tells them to leave. It they don't, the droids attack. See "Fight!"
above.
SLICE THE COMPUTERS AND DO IT THEMSELVES
No ones paying attention to the PCs, so they can simply walk up
to the closest computer console, gain illicit access, and release
the docking clamps themselves. This is a Moderate (15+)
Computer Programming/Repair check. If they generate a
complication, a small alarm is triggered and Overseer Brynn
asks them what they think they're doing. The PCs will have to
think quickly to convince her that they‘re harmless and should
be let go! See “Convince Overseer Brynn" above, but add a -1D
hindrance situational modifier to any check. Or the PCs can just
run away - no one pursues. If the PCs fail on the Computer
Programming/Repair, they will have to somehow force
Overseer Brynn or one of the other spaceport technicians to
disengage the clamps (see “Convince Overseer Brynn" above,
and perhaps “Fight!” as well).
FIGHT! Once both droids are defeated, Overseer Brynn surrenders and agrees to help the PCs. If Overseer Brynn is killed, then the PCs can release the docking clamps at the central command console without having to make a skill check. Once the docking clamps have been disengaged, the PCs can leave, Proceed to the Interlude.
As you drop out of Hyperspace you see three Venator-class Star Destroyers at Vanguard Station. You are out of weapons range of the Destroyers at the moment. (Mention that they might want to kill the ships thrusters)
[The screen wipes . . . ]
You're now on the bridge of one of the Venator-class Destroyers. You see a man turn to his communications officer, open a coms channel with the station. Yes sir.
You see Mr. Wick appear over the holoscreen in front of Admiral Praat, this is Jerrick Wick, chief administrator for Vanguard Station, how might I assist you admiral? You will surrender (characters names) immediately in the name of the Galactic Empire. I'm sorry, but they are not here at this time. Allow me to repeat myself, You will surrender the afore mentioned fugitives immediately. Again, I am sorry to inform you but they left the station 2 weeks ago, I haven't seen them since. You are welcome to board the station to verify this sir.
Admiral Praat motions to his communications officer to sever coms with the station. Inform the other ships to take up positions and open fire. Yes sir.
The screen pulls back to an outside view of the station and the Destroyers. You watch as the Venators reposition themselves and begin to open fire on the station. It doesn't take the three Venator-class Destroyers long before the station explodes.
