Darth Diem (6:13:46 PM):
Okie day, we are all assembled... as Jae's PC will be showing up a
little later anyhow, let's get rolling!

SW Baniss Nim (6:13:59 PM):
ok
ready

BrandiBjarlen (6:14:14 PM):
Ready

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:14:23 PM):
Ready, o Darth

Joe U II (6:14:28 PM):
Yonder

DoD Kez Viridux (6:14:32 PM):
(( Oh, was reading
an email.  No, new company won't buy the house.... wouldn't necessarily
want to do that anyway, they usually offer crap for it ))

DoD Kez Viridux (6:14:33 PM):
And ready

DoD Rengar (6:15:02 PM):
*somebody wake up Ren*

SAGA Cobb (6:15:26 PM):
"politely?"

BrandiBjarlen (6:15:30 PM):
((not me! He might bite!))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:15:41 PM): :nudges the gunbunny:

Darth Diem (6:15:42 PM):
So there you are, on a lovely Alderaanian spring afternoon, standing
on one of the primary landing pads at the glittering white Royal Palace in
Aldera, the capital city - located at the center of a lake.

SAGA Cobb (6:16:15 PM):
No greeting committee?

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:16:22 PM): ::quietly:: "So beautiful..."

BrandiBjarlen (6:16:25 PM): ::look around with interest::

DoD Kez Viridux (6:16:30 PM):
(( Jimmy Smitts not
here to meet us ? ))

BrandiBjarlen (6:16:47 PM): ::nods to Xarai:: "It really is ..."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:16:48 PM):
"Nice planet."

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:16:48 PM):
(Nah, he's got toddler
detail today. )

SW Baniss Nim (6:16:49 PM):
keeps
eyes and ears open for trouble

SAGA Cobb (6:16:49 PM):
"So....-why- are we here?"

BrandiBjarlen (6:17:06 PM):
"Because Mara wanted us
to bring something here."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:17:13 PM):
"You know, what's her face back at the
station was a bit slim on the details in some rather key areas"

Darth Diem (6:17:26 PM):
(No, this nice lady named Lianelle is here, with several uniformed
members of the Royal Guard.)

DoD Rengar (6:17:34 PM):
"I don't
mind the change of scenery, certainly."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:17:36 PM):
"This", *gestures to the
surroundings*, "would be one of them"

BrandiBjarlen (6:17:48 PM): ::curtseys politely::

SAGA Cobb (6:17:52 PM):
"So do we put it down and fly away?"

BrandiBjarlen (6:17:53 PM):
"My lady."

SAGA Cobb (6:17:55 PM):
ah...

DoD Kez Viridux (6:17:58 PM): :nods to the welcoming committee:

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:18:02 PM): ::bows::

SW Baniss Nim (6:18:06 PM):
((darth
will you please change your font to black))

Darth Diem (6:18:08 PM):
The tall, dark-haired woman smiles graciously as you disembark, and
returns the curtsey.  "Be welcome here."

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:18:11 PM):
((curtseys, whatever. ))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:18:17 PM):
"Thank you, good
lady."

DoD Rengar (6:18:18 PM): :: two finger salute, casual without being rude ::

BrandiBjarlen (6:18:20 PM):
"Thank you."

Darth Diem (6:18:22 PM):
(Better?)

SW Baniss Nim (6:18:26 PM):
yes
thanks

Darth Diem (6:18:32 PM):
(Will make bigger, too.
)

SW Baniss Nim (6:18:39 PM):
even
better

BrandiBjarlen (6:18:47 PM):
"I'm Brandi Bjarlen,
and these are my companions." ::names every one::

SW Baniss Nim (6:19:03 PM):
bows
when introduced

SAGA Cobb (6:19:15 PM):
nods

BrandiBjarlen (6:19:52 PM):
"Truthfully, we're at a
bit of a loss - Mara asked us to deliver some cargo - but she's a bit
indisposed right now."

DoD Rengar (6:19:54 PM): :: chuckles a little when introduced by a single syllable
::

Darth Diem (6:20:12 PM):
Captain Okeefe emerges from the ship last, once everything is safely
powered down... and with typical, um, diplomatic directness,
has a hoverstretcher with Maya's unconcious form in tow.

BrandiBjarlen (6:20:23 PM):
"You see?"

BrandiBjarlen (6:20:47 PM):
(er, Maya - sorry! It's been
a tough day)

Darth Diem (6:20:48 PM):
Liannelle blinks, twice, and then gestures towards one of the
guards.  "Sergeant, if you would be so kind?"

SW Baniss Nim (6:21:08 PM):
keep
my eye on the guard

SW Baniss Nim (6:21:15 PM):
sergeant

SAGA Cobb (6:21:33 PM):
"Was this what you were...expecting?"

BrandiBjarlen (6:21:37 PM):
<--- NOT carrying the
cargo. Someone else can.

DoD Rengar (6:22:06 PM):
(( cargo is in the hold, no? ))

Darth Diem (6:22:09 PM):
The guard immediately dispatches two of his men to recover the
stretcher.  "You're going to need a couple more guys... we've got
more in back," the captain calls.

BrandiBjarlen (6:22:13 PM):
((dunno))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:22:21 PM):
"Be very careful with
the cargo, please."

BrandiBjarlen (6:22:28 PM): ::hides a wince::

Darth Diem (6:22:30 PM):
((Sorry to rush, trying to get to the good BT.
))

BrandiBjarlen (6:22:35 PM):
((np))

SAGA Cobb (6:22:40 PM):
"Wait..."

SW Baniss Nim (6:22:41 PM):
we
be quiet now

SAGA Cobb (6:22:49 PM):
"Are these the people for whom the cargo
is meant?"

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:22:55 PM):
((I wanna see who we thaw
out. ))

Darth Diem (6:23:08 PM):
The captain gives Brandi a "what?!?" look, shrugs, and
goes back to get the guy frozen in carbonite.  "Well, I'm sure as
hell not keeping him.  I got enough modern art, thanks."

SAGA Cobb (6:23:22 PM):
*chuckles*

BrandiBjarlen (6:23:22 PM):
((oh, right! THAT cargo. &nbsp)

Darth Diem (6:24:02 PM):
The guards take charge of both the wounded Maya and the slab of
carbonite, while Liannelle politely escorts you inside.

BrandiBjarlen (6:24:03 PM): ::quietly to Cobb:: "Well, if it's not, it's gonna
be."

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:24:18 PM): ::follows Liannelle's lead::

SW Baniss Nim (6:24:25 PM):
follows

SAGA Cobb (6:24:31 PM):
"Did we fly all this way just to push it
off on the first person who shows up?  Good thing we didn't meet some
random person on the street."  murmurs...

SAGA Cobb (6:24:33 PM):
but follows

BrandiBjarlen (6:24:38 PM): ::follow::

Darth Diem (6:24:58 PM):
You quickly find yourselves in what is obviously The Great Hall.

BrandiBjarlen (6:25:04 PM): ::chuckles softly:: "She has more sense than
that." ::pause:: "Usually."

DoD Rengar (6:25:28 PM): :: shakes head at Cobb's incessant suspicion ::

DoD Rengar (6:25:49 PM):
(( or is that 'insistent suspicion'? ))

Darth Diem (6:26:05 PM):
Servants in soft grey uniforms quickly and quietly usher you
towards chairs near the dais, and offer refreshments.

SAGA Cobb (6:26:30 PM):
(hey, we killed people, fled a planet with some
not-entirely-legal-cargo, and now we just hand it over to the first person we
see!  good thing it wasn't the janitor who met us

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:26:31 PM):
"Thank you." ::accepts some refreshing::

BrandiBjarlen (6:26:33 PM): ::looks around with unconcealed interest::

DoD Rengar (6:27:02 PM):
(( maya gave us code.  code got
us redirected to palace.  that tells me - maya
wanted to come here.  just saying. ))

Joe U II (6:27:11 PM): :waits patiently for the right someone to show
up:

SAGA Cobb (6:27:13 PM):
now...'refreshments' I can relate to!

Darth Diem (6:27:26 PM):
((You are, for all intents and purposes, in a gleaming modern
white version of Westminster Abbey.  Is everyone appropriately awed?

))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:27:34 PM):
((Absolutely))

SWRahReston (6:27:37 PM): :: awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww::

Darth Diem (6:27:39 PM):
((huzzah))

BrandiBjarlen (6:27:41 PM):
((oh, yes!))

SAGA Cobb (6:27:46 PM):
well...it IS a little nicer than the Naboo
Royal Palace...

SW Baniss Nim (6:27:48 PM):
if
i must

BrandiBjarlen (6:28:11 PM):
((nothing impresses a pilot
but a ship .... ))

Darth Diem (6:28:15 PM):
BT:  The doors to the Grand Hall open, and in strides a
middle-aged man who has a well-kept goatee and is wearing Senatorial
robes.  (Hello, Jimmy!)

Joe U II (6:28:15 PM):
((Iri's been here before ))

BrandiBjarlen (6:28:28 PM): ::stands politely::

SW Baniss Nim (6:28:36 PM):
stands

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:28:38 PM): ::rises, and bows::

SWRahReston (6:28:48 PM):
((he is sooooo hot))

DoD Rengar (6:29:01 PM): : stands and seems to struggle with where to put his hands
for a moment ::

Darth Diem (6:29:08 PM):
"Welcome to Alderaan," he says with a gracious
smile.  "I had hoped we might meet under more pleasant circumstances,
but unfortunately the Empire makes almost everything unpleasant."

SAGA Cobb (6:29:14 PM):
stands, "Greetings, Senator."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:29:15 PM): ::nods and says, briefly:: "Senator"

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:29:25 PM):
"Thank you, Senator
Organa."

BrandiBjarlen (6:29:31 PM): ::curtseys:: "Thank you, Senator."

Darth Diem (6:29:33 PM):
"Still, I am glad to see that the... difficulties... at the
spaceport above Brentaal didn't impede you too much."

Joe U II (6:29:36 PM):
"We are honored, senator Organa"

Joe U II (6:29:46 PM): :bows appropriately:

SW Baniss Nim (6:30:01 PM):
no
sir   we did what we had to do

DoD Kez Viridux (6:30:03 PM):
(( He's not a known
sympathizer at this point, is he?  Is he's a "member of the
government", then I'm afraid he won't get a warm
reception from me! ))

Joe U II (6:30:31 PM):
((What he just said gives it away just a
bit...))

BrandiBjarlen (6:30:39 PM):
((except that this is where
we were asked to bring something the Empire wants and shouldn't have ))

BrandiBjarlen (6:30:45 PM):
((That, too))

SAGA Cobb (6:30:49 PM):
"Nothing that wasn't easily
resolved."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:30:54 PM):
(( Yes well, until
his intentions are clearer ... ))

DoD Kez Viridux (6:31:06 PM):
(( It could be a
TRAP! ))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:31:14 PM):
((Or even a TWAP!))

Darth Diem (6:31:16 PM):
"I appreciate your patience... I had many questions for the
agents of mine that you rescued."  ((You've been waiting perhaps half
an hour... ))

Darth Diem (6:31:20 PM):
((and yes, Kez, he is known to be an (understandably cautious)
opponent of Palpatine's more militant policies.))

DoD Kez Viridux (6:31:22 PM):
"So, Senator, what brings us here?"

DoD Kez Viridux (6:31:29 PM):
(( Ah, OK , good ))

SAGA Cobb (6:31:32 PM):
"So...is our cargo the latest gambit in
your rear-action play on the Senate?"

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:31:49 PM):
"Agents?  Plural?  Were you able to rescue that person from the
carbonite?"

BrandiBjarlen (6:32:04 PM): ::shuts up and listens, oddly enough::

Darth Diem (6:32:06 PM): ::smiles at
Cobb::  "Of a sort."  ::turns to
Xarai::  "Yes, miss, we were able to revive him."

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:32:18 PM): ::looks relieved::

BrandiBjarlen (6:32:38 PM):
"I'm very glad to hear
that. And that Maya, I hope, will be completely well?"

DoD Rengar (6:32:55 PM):
(( so much for the shutting, eh? ))

BrandiBjarlen (6:33:08 PM):
((details ))

Darth Diem (6:33:22 PM):
As you took considerable risk on behalf of my agents, Maya has
expressed the opinion that you are to be trusted... and I am inclined to
respect that opinion.

SWRahReston (6:33:29 PM):
((testing color and font -
verdana olive))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:33:33 PM): ::bows:: "Thank you, Senator."

SW Baniss Nim (6:33:40 PM):
fine
here

Darth Diem (6:33:47 PM):
"Though it will be some time before she resumes field work,
Miss, she should indeed make a full recovery.  Thanks to
all of you."

SAGA Cobb (6:33:58 PM):
*bites back multiple smart-alecky comments
because, well, Cobb isn't quite stupid*

BrandiBjarlen (6:34:02 PM):
"Thank you, sir. I'm
Brandi, by the way."

Joe U II (6:34:03 PM):
color test passed

SAGA Cobb (6:34:31 PM):
"That sounds like a
segue into a further offer of employment, Senator..."

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:34:35 PM):
"You're most
welcome."

Darth Diem (6:34:38 PM):
"The information they have brought me leaves me with a task
that needs to be completed... but my status as a Senator prevents me from
taking care of it myself..."

BrandiBjarlen (6:34:48 PM): ::nods::

Darth Diem (6:34:55 PM):
"... or even from sending someone directly associated with
the Royal Family."

Joe U II (6:34:55 PM):
"And here *we* are"

DoD Kez Viridux (6:35:01 PM):
"So you need help ... to avoid certain
Imperial entaglements ?"

Joe U II (6:35:03 PM): :smiles:

DoD Rengar (6:35:13 PM):
"Any, more
likely."

SAGA Cobb (6:35:14 PM):
"...from expendable assets."

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:35:25 PM): ::nudges Cobb with a gentle elbow::

SW Baniss Nim (6:35:31 PM):
so
what do u want us to do now senator

SAGA Cobb (6:35:52 PM):
(hey, I don't know about you, but I have 15
credits to my name!)

Darth Diem (6:36:09 PM): ::politely ignores
Cobb's comment, while nodding and smiling at the others::  "You see
directly to the heart of the matter, of course."

Joe U II (6:36:35 PM):
"Senator, what would you have us
do?"

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:36:45 PM):
"It would be an honor
to serve you further, Senator."

DoD Rengar (6:37:04 PM): :: sit back and relax ::

Darth Diem (6:37:05 PM):
"Some months ago, I was contacted by an Imperial Admiral who was
disillusioned with the way the Empire had twisted the once-great Republic, and
he began feeding me sensitive information."

SW Baniss Nim (6:37:31 PM):
((yuck  ))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:37:46 PM): ::nods quietly::

Darth Diem (6:38:06 PM):
"A little over a week ago, that communication stopped.
My agents tell me that the Admiral has been taken to the planet Felucia, where
he is being held at a secret Imperial base."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:38:23 PM):
"He played a dangerous game.... and lost
by the sounds"

Darth Diem (6:38:23 PM):
"I would like you, in short, to learn what precisely has
become of him, and rescue him if you can."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:38:36 PM):
"Does this Admiral have a name ?"

SW Baniss Nim (6:38:44 PM):
so
we will have to search an entire planet

Darth Diem (6:38:58 PM):
"His name is Gilder Varth.  A veteran
of the Clone Wars and an honorable man."

BrandiBjarlen (6:39:28 PM):
((Galactic Lore on the
name?))

SAGA Cobb (6:39:31 PM):
"What was the nature of the
information?"

Darth Diem (6:39:33 PM):
"He commanded one of the ships at the Battle of Coruscant,
and was promoted for bravery.  His loyalty to the Empire seemed
unwavering, but when you have seen what he has seen..."

Darth Diem (6:39:36 PM):
((Go for it))

Joe U II (6:39:42 PM):
"Do you know the location of the
base?"

BrandiBjarlen (6:39:48 PM):
//rolls-dice1-sides20

OnlineHost (6:39:48 PM):
BrandiBjarlen rolled 1 20-sided die:  12

SW Baniss Nim (6:39:49 PM):
me
to??

BrandiBjarlen (6:39:55 PM):
21 GL

OnlineHost (6:39:57 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  4

DoD Rengar (6:40:02 PM):
"the secret
base, that is."

SW Baniss Nim (6:40:04 PM):
will
assist

DoD Kez Viridux (6:40:07 PM):
"What makes you think he's still alive ?  The Empire is not known for it's
clemency"

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:40:28 PM):
"Could be that they
want information they think he knows."

OnlineHost (6:40:29 PM):
Joe U II rolled 1 20-sided die:  11

Darth Diem (6:40:31 PM): ::turns to
Nim::  "No, my friend... fortunately, Alcuin was able to recover more
precise coordinates for their hidden garrison.  It is in the wilderness
many hundreds of kilometers from the nearest cities."

Joe U II (6:40:39 PM):
GL 20

SW Baniss Nim (6:40:54 PM):
that
you sir

BrandiBjarlen (6:41:26 PM):
((what was that about
needing a wilderness scout? ))

Darth Diem (6:41:35 PM):
"Had they wished him dead, he would not have been sent to
Felucia.  It is a small, secret place, where they send people they wish to
keep out of the way for a while."

Darth Diem (6:41:49 PM):
((funny you should mention that, Brandi!
))

DoD Rengar (6:41:55 PM):
"I like
it.  But then, it sounds dangerous."

BrandiBjarlen (6:42:13 PM): ::to herself:: "Too bad Sara's not here."

SWRahReston (6:42:29 PM):
(( looks
innocent))

DoD Kez Viridux (6:42:36 PM):
"I hate to bring this up, but can you
arrange transportation for us?  Unless you're planning
on sending Captain OKeeffe with us..... we
don't have outselves any portable hyperdrive generators"

SW Baniss Nim (6:42:38 PM):
((danger
was my middle name till i wised up and changed it))

Darth Diem (6:42:38 PM):
((The GL check confirms what the Senator just told you - big war
hero from an aristocratic family with a long history of proud military
service.))

BrandiBjarlen (6:42:51 PM):
((thanks))

Joe U II (6:43:11 PM):
"I don't think we have any
non-portable ones either..."

BrandiBjarlen (6:43:41 PM): ::grins:: "Non-portable ones wouldn't do us any
good. Even I know that! "

DoD Rengar (6:44:00 PM):
"You mean,
*hiring* Captain OKeefe, Kez.  I don't think she gets 'sent' anywhere
these days."

Joe U II (6:44:04 PM): :smiles back at her:

DoD Kez Viridux (6:44:05 PM):
"Duros humour" *shrugs*  "Lost on you, I suppose"

Darth Diem (6:44:06 PM): ::glances over at
the thus-far-silent starship captain and smiles::  "Oh, I imagine we
could arrange a wage that Captain Okeefe would deem suitable..."

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:44:28 PM):
"Hmm...well, her ship is certainly well-appointed."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:44:33 PM):
Kez seems a little crestfallen at that
thought...

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:44:39 PM):
"And, her skills are
quite extraordinary."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:45:13 PM):
(( Yes, that was the
"give me something to fly" speech ))

BrandiBjarlen (6:45:14 PM): ::looks at the Captain:: "You sure you want to sign
on for this? It's trouble, you know. And you can't
blame it on me, this time."

Darth Diem (6:45:17 PM):
The captain shrugs non-commitally, though she can't help a flicker
of a cheeky grin at Xarai's praise.

SAGA Cobb (6:45:45 PM):
"Plus, she brings the 'stunningly
gorgeous' cachet along..."

SAGA Cobb (6:45:48 PM):
"Always a plus."

Darth Diem (6:45:56 PM):
"Of course I can blame it on you."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:46:06 PM):
"Are you always such a lecher,
Cobb?"

Joe U II (6:46:08 PM):
"That was quite an entrance she made
back at the station"

BrandiBjarlen (6:46:09 PM): ::cheeky:: "You can try."

Darth Diem (6:46:15 PM): ::grins::

SAGA Cobb (6:46:25 PM):
"Depends how you mean.  I try to vary
my approach."

BrandiBjarlen (6:46:31 PM):
"But, we're wasting the
Senator's time."

BrandiBjarlen (6:46:48 PM):
"Sir, is there anything
else you can tell us of this place?"

DoD Rengar (6:46:51 PM): :: mutters :: "Try harder."

Joe U II (6:46:57 PM):
"Senator, I swear, dispite the
sparkling repartee, we're actually pretty good at what we do..."

Darth Diem (6:46:59 PM):
The Senator looks mildly amused at having his time wasted, but
seems glad to take Brandi's cue.

SAGA Cobb (6:47:09 PM):
*smiles*

DoD Rengar (6:47:20 PM):
(( we are?  we're second
frakking level!!! ))

BrandiBjarlen (6:47:35 PM):
((we're modest, too! ))

DoD Kez Viridux (6:47:36 PM):
"You know, when I woke up this morning,
I was just an out of work pilot.  This afternoon, you're asking me to
break into a secure Imperial compound and liberate a traitor to Palpatine"

SW Baniss Nim (6:47:38 PM):
ok
so when do we leave...  talking here we're burning daylight

DoD Kez Viridux (6:47:45 PM):
"I have that straight, right ?"

SW Baniss Nim (6:47:45 PM):

Darth Diem (6:47:55 PM):
"Felucia... dense overgrowth, huge fungi, and massive creatures
are the order of the day.  It's a wild, untamed planet... you should be
careful to avoid much of the local wildlife."

SAGA Cobb (6:48:16 PM):
leans over and murmurs in Xarai's ear...

BrandiBjarlen (6:48:20 PM):
"Sounds familiar. Except for the fungi."

Darth Diem (6:48:29 PM):
"To that effect... I do have a retainer on temporary hire
here who has some experience in these sorts of
matters."

SW Baniss Nim (6:48:41 PM):
that
will help sir

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:48:45 PM): ::stifles a chuckle, more or less successfully::

BrandiBjarlen (6:48:55 PM):
"The fungi?"

DoD Kez Viridux (6:49:00 PM):
*grins a twisted little grin* ... "I'm
in."

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:49:06 PM):
"Excellent,
Senator...since I'm not sure any of us are good at the outdoors."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:49:18 PM):
*absently* "Can't be any worse that some
of the wildlife on Cularin....."

DoD Rengar (6:49:22 PM): :: starts to raise a hand, then quickly stops ::

SAGA Cobb (6:49:28 PM):
"I'm excellent out of doors."

Darth Diem (6:49:44 PM): ::smiles at Kez::
"That is essentially correct, yes.  If it reassures you at all, this
WOULD be a paying job, of course..."

BrandiBjarlen (6:49:44 PM): ::grins at Kez:: "Ever fought a kilassin?"

SAGA Cobb (6:49:46 PM):
"But having a professional along would be
a wise choice."

SW Baniss Nim (6:49:59 PM):
of
course

Darth Diem (6:50:09 PM):
"Shall I send for her, then?

BrandiBjarlen (6:50:16 PM):
"Please, sir."

SW Baniss Nim (6:50:17 PM):
please

SW Baniss Nim (6:50:18 PM):
sir

DoD Kez Viridux (6:50:23 PM):
"Senator, if it weren't for the fact
that I am, as previously stated, unemployed and therefore broke, I'd do it for
free.  Just to stick a knife in the Empire's belly"

Darth Diem (6:50:28 PM): ::presses a
button on his wrist comm::

BrandiBjarlen (6:50:32 PM):
"And, payment is
appreciated, but not required. On my part."

Joe U II (6:50:33 PM):
"That would be appreciated sir, as
we're ... self-supporting... at this point"

Darth Diem (6:50:37 PM):
((Cue Rah Reston.
))

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:50:52 PM):
"I am, of course,
in."

Joe U II (6:51:17 PM):
"Anything else we should know about
this, sir?"

Darth Diem (6:51:23 PM):
"You shall be afforded the opportunity to do both, Mr.
Viridux.  Would an initial sum of 2,000 credits each suffice?"

SWRahReston (6:51:29 PM): :: After a brief flurry of action at one of the
doors, a small human woman rushes in, nearly overbalanced by the field pack she
wears ::

SAGA Cobb (6:51:30 PM):
Nods at Iri.

SW Baniss Nim (6:51:35 PM):
yes
sir

DoD Kez Viridux (6:51:42 PM):
(( Delayed to
Brandi:  "No, but I saw one"  - re: kilassin, lost in the
wall of text ))

Joe U II (6:51:46 PM):
"Certainly"

BrandiBjarlen (6:51:48 PM):
((np))

SW Baniss Nim (6:51:49 PM):
and
the balance

SAGA Cobb (6:51:58 PM):
*considers*  "Seeing
as how you are providing the transportation, that certainly is
sufficient."

BrandiBjarlen (6:52:04 PM):
"Whoa! Careful, there."

Joe U II (6:52:08 PM):
"How much time do we have?"

BrandiBjarlen (6:52:10 PM): ::to the newcomer::

SWRahReston (6:52:20 PM) has left the
room.

Darth Diem (6:52:28 PM):
((Ooops!))

BrandiBjarlen (6:52:36 PM):
((That almost sounded like
Felos, Michael ))

SWRahReston (6:52:39 PM) has entered the
room.

SW Baniss Nim (6:52:42 PM):
wb

SWRahReston (6:52:45 PM): :: She's maybe 5'2", with thick black hair
that looks like it was shorn with a survival knife.  Because
it was. ::

SAGA Cobb (6:52:54 PM):
(geez, haven't you people ever haggled
before!??)

Joe U II (6:52:56 PM):
Entrance, exit, entrance...

SWRahReston (6:53:08 PM):
((stoopid vista))

SAGA Cobb (6:53:20 PM):
*she had to step out and shear her hair*

SW Baniss Nim (6:53:24 PM):
((my
vista works just fine))

DoD Rengar (6:53:57 PM): :: in response to offer :: "I suppose.  And if the
rest want to do it for free, I'll glad pick up the extra shares.  What I
do ain't cheap."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:54:05 PM):
(( 2000 credits is
about 10 times what I have now.   I'm good with that! ))

SWRahReston (6:54:11 PM): :: she wears patched camo pants, well-worn hiking
boots and a dark olive a-shirt.  There's a jacket tucked into the top of
the pack and a worn-looking blaster pistol at her hip. ""

SAGA Cobb (6:54:29 PM):
**THANK YOU, Rengar!  I was seriously
starting to question priorities here!**\

SWRahReston (6:54:32 PM): :: she slides the pack off and sketches a quick
bow to the Senator.::

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:54:35 PM):
"Greetings, and welcome
to our little party."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:54:41 PM):
"That seems most amicable,
Senator.  Hopefully, we'll all live through this to see the end of it and
return your brave little Admiral to you.  In one piece even"

SW Baniss Nim (6:54:42 PM):
hi

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:54:42 PM):
"I'm Xarai Vaa."

SWRahReston (6:54:49 PM):
Yes, sir.  These the nestlings?

BrandiBjarlen (6:54:54 PM):
"Hello. I'm Brandi
Bjarlen." ::extends hand::

DoD Rengar (6:54:56 PM):
(( it woulda been sooner, but the text is flying by too fast ))

SWRahReston (6:55:00 PM): :: she uses the tarasin word... ::

Darth Diem (6:55:02 PM): ::smiles::
"They are, Miss Reston."

DoD Kez Viridux (6:55:12 PM):
"Nestlings ?"

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:55:22 PM):
((Tall willowy blue-skinned
Twi'lek female, light green eyes, wearing an outfit that would be more
appropriate in a bar.))

SWRahReston (6:55:25 PM): :: extends her hand, notices it's dirty, wipes it
on her pants and re-extends it ::

SWRahReston (6:55:40 PM):
Rah Reston, pleasure.
:: her handshake is brief and firm ::

DoD Kez Viridux (6:55:49 PM):
(( Duros:
Scarred face from burns / injuries sustained in a crash ))

SW Baniss Nim (6:55:50 PM):
new
color test

Joe U II (6:56:40 PM):
I see color

BrandiBjarlen (6:56:41 PM):
((1.25m tall, Bimm, short
black hair, startlingly blue eyes, dressed in trousers, shirt, and vest, with
an HBP at her hip))

DoD Rengar (6:56:52 PM): :: just nod, apparently a bit displeased with the nestling
crack :: (( corellian scoundrel, tallish, dark haired, well-armed ))

SWRahReston (6:56:54 PM): :: nods to Xarai :: Ma'am.

SWRahReston (6:57:22 PM): :: Her nod to Rengar is equally curt, but not
unpleasant. ::

Joe U II (6:57:26 PM):
"Hello, I'm Iri"

SAGA Cobb (6:57:40 PM):
tall human male, with prep school good looks,
but a definite harder edge.

SAGA Cobb (6:57:47 PM):
"Cobb.  Pleased to
meet you."

Darth Diem (6:57:49 PM):
"Well, then... that appears to be settled.  If there are
any preparations you wish to make before departure, Lianelle will be happy to
assist you.  If there are no further questions, I should permit you to get
under way."

BrandiBjarlen (6:58:01 PM):
"Thank you,
Senator."

Joe U II (6:58:02 PM):
((Iri is Mon Cal, 1.9m tall, 80 kg, large
gold eyes, well dressed))

SW Baniss Nim (6:58:03 PM):
Hi
my name is Baniss Nim, you may call me Nim

DoD Kez Viridux (6:58:05 PM):
"Senator Organa.  Do you have any
information about how long the Admiral has been held already
?  How much longer they may hold him before he is terminated ?"

DoD Kez Viridux (6:58:18 PM):
"Schematics of the base?  Security ?  Anything else ?"

DoD Kez Viridux (6:58:27 PM):
"Hitting a secure compound cold is,
well, suicide"

SWRahReston (6:58:33 PM):
Er, sir... packs and basic
supplies for these folks?  I mean, can you provide them?

SW Baniss Nim (6:58:40 PM):
lets go
that-a-way   pointing

DoD Xarai Vaa (6:58:56 PM):
"And some more
practical clothing, if possible."

Darth Diem (6:58:57 PM):
"He has been missing for about a week... how much longer they
plan to hold him, I cannot say.  I suppose that depends upon how...
determined... they are to uncover any secrets they think he is hiding from
them."

BrandiBjarlen (6:58:58 PM):
"And the Captain hasn't
said she'll take us, yet."

DoD Rengar (6:59:26 PM):
"And maybe
a nicer gun."

DoD Rengar (6:59:32 PM): :: shrug ::

Darth Diem (6:59:38 PM):
"Security should be relatively light.  The facility
itself is secret, so they do not advertise its presence with large numbers of
troops.  Schematics, alas, are beyond my power to acquire."

SW Baniss Nim (7:00:05 PM):
well
once there maybe i can get some

DoD Kez Viridux (7:00:08 PM):
"Wish us luck then... I think we're
going to need it...."

Darth Diem (7:00:10 PM):
Captain Okeefe lets out a snort.  "Oh, like I'm letting
you go by yourself, Short Stuff.  Course I'll take you."

SW Baniss Nim (7:00:15 PM):
after
i hack into their systems

BrandiBjarlen (7:00:22 PM): ::grins:: "Sounds like fun, then."

SAGA Cobb (7:00:54 PM):
"How far away is Felucia?"

SW Baniss Nim (7:01:03 PM):
((only
thing i need is a die-bot that corroperates))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:01:03 PM):
*checks his blaster*
"Lock and Load then.  Let's get this show on the road.  How long to Felucia?"

SAGA Cobb (7:01:16 PM):
"And are you aware of any potential
'time-tables' at the end of which the Admiral might out-live his
usefulness."

DoD Rengar (7:01:22 PM):
"Long
enough to get a nap in, I hope."

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:01:31 PM): ::laughs::

SAGA Cobb (7:01:34 PM):
"Also, do you have any identifying phrases
such that might recognize and cooperate."

Darth Diem (7:01:48 PM):
"At least a day.  Depends how good those coordinates
are," Okeefe answers before the Senator can.

Darth Diem (7:02:53 PM):
"Identifying phrases for the garrison itself?  No, I am
afraid not.  It is, after all a *secret* base... my agent was most
fortunate even to learn of its location."

DoD Kez Viridux (7:03:06 PM):
"I think he meant for the Admiral"

DoD Kez Viridux (7:03:13 PM):
"So he knows we're working for you"

Darth Diem (7:03:20 PM):
"Ah!  My apologies, of course."

SW Baniss Nim (7:03:21 PM):
if
i can hack the system i can get us id cards

SAGA Cobb (7:03:31 PM):
"No, for the Admiral.  Were I in his
place, and when incarcerated someone broke in and said, "we're here to save you! come with
us!", I would regard it as a trick."

SW Baniss Nim (7:03:36 PM):
and
pass codes

DoD Kez Viridux (7:03:57 PM):
(( I'm Luke
Skywalker and I'm here to rescue you! ))

SAGA Cobb (7:04:03 PM):
"But I'm naturally suspicious."

Joe U II (7:05:01 PM):
"I'm sure we can convince him..."

SWRahReston (7:05:14 PM): :: watches the group interact with her head
cocked to one side, face blank ::

Darth Diem (7:05:29 PM): ::thinks for a
moment::  "Mention the Dancing Wookiee. That should suffice."

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:05:40 PM):
"Mmm, excellent
password." ::grins::

Joe U II (7:05:47 PM): :laughs:

SW Baniss Nim (7:05:54 PM):
((not
the cross town bar??  ))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:05:55 PM):
"As long as I don't have to *see* one
dance, that will suffice"

SAGA Cobb (7:05:56 PM):
"agreed. hideous
imagery, tho'"

Joe U II (7:05:58 PM):
"Something I love to see, sir"

BrandiBjarlen (7:06:22 PM): ::Brandi's eyes sparkle with memory::

SAGA Cobb (7:06:39 PM):
"Anything else in the
'need-to-know-so-we-don't-die-screaming-horribly' category?"

Darth Diem (7:06:44 PM): ::chuckles
dryly::  "You have no idea.  Are there any further
questions?"

DoD Kez Viridux (7:07:12 PM):
"OK, are we ready
?  The Admiral's life line isn't getting any longer.  Those
storm troopers don't shoot real straight, but a target stunned and bleeding on
the floor is something even they can hit"

SWRahReston (7:07:15 PM):
"If I tell you to run,
duck or freeze... you might want to do just that."

Darth Diem (7:07:29 PM):
"If you have any sort of violent fungal allergy, now would be
the time to mention it.  Beyond that, I believe we have covered
everything."

SW Baniss Nim (7:07:32 PM):
will
do

DoD Rengar (7:07:45 PM):
"Kez, you
just love to spout off those witticisms, dontcha?"

SAGA Cobb (7:07:47 PM):
"Do we get some of our pay up front?
We had to leave rather in the middle of a hasty moment, shall we say, and I
wasn't able to tap into various reserves."

BrandiBjarlen (7:07:51 PM): ::laughs:: "Only to the ones that attack. Then I hit
back."

DoD Kez Viridux (7:07:52 PM):
"Got any spare medical supplies, Senator ?  Your man will probably need some patching up
when we find him"

SAGA Cobb (7:07:56 PM):
"And...our guide
here may have some recommendations for outfitting for us."

SWRahReston (7:07:57 PM):
"Or any other special
medical conditions.  I'm also a field medic."

Darth Diem (7:08:08 PM):
"Lianelle has already seen to it."

DoD Kez Viridux (7:08:29 PM):
To Rengar: "I'm an old cynic at a very
young age."  *shrugs*  "It's what
I do"

Darth Diem (7:09:04 PM):
"We can provide as many medical kits and medpacs as you would
like, yes."

SAGA Cobb (7:09:14 PM):
"Excellent.  Um...so
back into space?"

DoD Rengar (7:09:22 PM):
(( has she seen to some weaponry too? ))

Joe U II (7:09:27 PM):
"We aren't walking..."

DoD Kez Viridux (7:09:33 PM):
"Can we grab a sackful then.  We
might even need some for us.  I'm sure there will be blaster fire
exchanged"

Darth Diem (7:10:01 PM):
((You've been advanced 2000 creds.  Spend it as you
will.  Med supplies they'll give you.))

Joe U II (7:10:16 PM):
((ooh, cool))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:10:24 PM):
((Just getting some camo
fatigues, good boots, that sort of thing.))

SAGA Cobb (7:10:40 PM):
I want a jetpack!

DoD Kez Viridux (7:10:43 PM):
"Good luck to us then.  What was it
that the Jedi used to say ?  May the Force Thingie
be with us?"

SAGA Cobb (7:10:50 PM):
(and did we ever have a loot list?)

BrandiBjarlen (7:11:02 PM): ::laughs, and chokes a little::

DoD Rengar (7:11:17 PM):
(( some Grenades sure would be useful right about now.    Oh, and maybe a better
rifle & scope.  I bought used last time. ))

SAGA Cobb (7:11:17 PM):
(seriously...I want a jetpack)

DoD Kez Viridux (7:11:23 PM):
(( There.  The
Force Thingie lives on in Dawn of Defiance.  I am a happy man now ))

SWRahReston (7:11:32 PM):
"I gave Lianelle the
list, sir.  She didn't think it would be a problem.  But I didn't ask
about weapons."

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:11:40 PM):
((ROFLMAO))

BrandiBjarlen (7:11:41 PM): ::Then looks briefly sad, before returning her
attention to her companions::

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:11:55 PM):
((Excellent choice, Ren. ))

SW Baniss Nim (7:11:57 PM):
shall
we???

SWRahReston (7:11:59 PM):
((tents, water purifier,
that kind of thing)

Darth Diem (7:12:31 PM):
((Gosh, jetpacks are only 300 creds?  That's kinda sad...))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:12:35 PM): ::Looks somewhat chagrined and briefly touches
Brandi on the arm in apology for his thoughtlessness::

SW Baniss Nim (7:12:45 PM):
((potions
of invis))

SAGA Cobb (7:12:53 PM):
"You all might want to be ready for close
work...We don't want blaster battles erupting when we're trying to be
sneaky."

BrandiBjarlen (7:12:57 PM): ::smiles at Kez, and murmurs:: "It's all
right."

Joe U II (7:13:00 PM):
((gotta grab my book for shopping...))

SW Baniss Nim (7:13:01 PM):
can
i have one then also???

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:13:17 PM): ::grins at Cobb:: "I think I have just the nail-clipper for
the job."

SWRahReston (7:13:29 PM):
"I asked for survival
knives for everyone... they usually stand in for machetes pretty well if you
need one."

Darth Diem (7:13:33 PM):
((I'm going to go ahead and jump us to the next segment while
y'all are shopping, if you don't mind... lots of ground to cover. ))

Joe U II (7:13:37 PM):
"Uh - sure..."

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:13:41 PM):
((fine with me, Leslie))

BrandiBjarlen (7:13:42 PM):
((go ahead))

SAGA Cobb (7:13:44 PM):
seriously, "Is that something you want to
use?"

SWRahReston (7:13:47 PM):
((sure))

Joe U II (7:13:49 PM):
((go for it))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:13:50 PM):
(( If we have time
for a little shopping, Kez will find a nice knife.  It's much quieter to
slice someone's throat then shoot them in the back with a blaster
))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:14:00 PM):
"Want to?
Yes.  Should?  Probably not."

Darth Diem (7:14:26 PM):
Following an uneventful 27.6 hours in hyperspace...

DoD Rengar (7:14:31 PM):
(( when you shoot them from 400m away, it's not like they
hear the shot. ))

SWRahReston (7:14:45 PM):
((but everyone else
does...))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:14:52 PM):
(( I don't aim that
well.  Give me a hull mounted cannon, then we'll talk accurately
))

Darth Diem (7:15:13 PM):
As the blue tunnel of hyperspace fades away and the pinpoints of
stars fill the windows of the cockpit, you get a brief glimpse of the
grey-green globe of Felucia hanging just below your ship.

DoD Rengar (7:15:25 PM):
(( fyi - acquire a heavy rifle and scope, stow the carbine on
the ship ))

Darth Diem (7:15:47 PM):
You are distracted from the view, however... by the looming
dagger-shaped silouhette of an Imperial Star Destroyer - directly in your
path!

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:15:52 PM): ::gasps::

SAGA Cobb (7:16:09 PM):
sits back

DoD Kez Viridux (7:16:10 PM):
"Poodoo"

SWRahReston (7:16:18 PM): :: Rah spends the time going over the equipment and making sure
that everything is ship-shape.  She also seems quite taken with a brand,
spanking new surgery kit.

SWRahReston (7:16:21 PM):
Her equipment includes a
blaster rifle and a folding compound bow. ::

Darth Diem (7:16:24 PM):
The Banshee is already diving for atmo as space fills with a
barrage of green energy bolts.

Darth Diem (7:16:30 PM):
"FRAK!!!!!"

SWRahReston (7:16:38 PM):
"Uh oh."  :: grabs something to hold on ::

DoD Rengar (7:16:40 PM):
*snore*shift*snore*

DoD Kez Viridux (7:16:45 PM):
(( Wrong multiverse
))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:16:57 PM): ::strapping in tight::

Darth Diem (7:17:00 PM):
((yeah, I know, but I stole it for LF ages ago and kept it.
))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:17:14 PM):
"Wonderful, they know
we're here now..."

SAGA Cobb (7:17:38 PM):
"Nim, can you get on the grid and see if
there are any outposts or signs of civilization??"

Joe U II (7:17:42 PM):
"Damn!"

SAGA Cobb (7:17:50 PM):
"We can make like a normal smuggler and
slip in that way."

Darth Diem (7:18:03 PM):
As the starfield lurches crazily, it seems impossible that the
ship will miss the veritable hail of turbolaser bolts... and indeed, the ship
pitches and jerks alarmingly.

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:18:17 PM):
"Anything we can do to
help, Captain?"

DoD Kez Viridux (7:18:19 PM):
"you got shields on this tub, Captain ?"

Darth Diem (7:18:43 PM):
Captain Okeefe keeps up a running monologue with herself as her
hands fly over the controls.  "Hey, honey, why don't we get another
Firespray?"

Darth Diem (7:19:00 PM): ::Vrrroooooom!!::

Darth Diem (7:19:03 PM): ::shudder::

SW Baniss Nim (7:19:09 PM):
make
sure i am strapped in well

Darth Diem (7:19:09 PM): ::screech::

Joe U II (7:19:21 PM):
"Where the blazes are the seat
belts!"

Darth Diem (7:19:23 PM):
"Too cramped, you said.  No sense of style, you
said."

SAGA Cobb (7:19:49 PM):
make my way to a gun turret, just in case...

Darth Diem (7:19:56 PM):
Flames erupt from the nose of the ship as you skip - literally-
across the upper atmosphere.

DoD Kez Viridux (7:20:10 PM):
"She's lost her mind...." Kez says,
as he tries to find a console to assist at (co-pilot seat
?  other control console?  Looking to
assist with Nav / Shields / whatever.....)

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:20:19 PM): ::Keeps quiet now, trying to center herself with the Force::

Darth Diem (7:20:26 PM):
((Sure, you can roll a Pilot check to assist, Kez))

SWRahReston (7:20:27 PM): :: hangs on tight to the back of a seat, grinning fiercely ::

DoD Rengar (7:20:30 PM):
(( Cobb finds Ren dozing in the lower one. ))

OnlineHost (7:20:38 PM):
DoD Kez Viridux rolled 1 6-sided die:  4

Joe U II (7:20:44 PM):
"Anything we can do Capt?"

SAGA Cobb (7:21:04 PM):
move to upper...

DoD Kez Viridux (7:21:20 PM):
That's a 19 pilot

Darth Diem (7:21:24 PM):
Somehow... impossibly... the star yacht continues to eel through
the hail of blasterfire, ducking and weaving and rolling like a drunkard in a
typhoon.

DoD Kez Viridux (7:21:27 PM):
Oh, d20 might help

OnlineHost (7:21:32 PM):
DoD Kez Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  10

DoD Kez Viridux (7:21:34 PM):
There, 25

Darth Diem (7:22:01 PM):
"Yeah, I said... but what about the-"   ::WHAM!!::  ".. mother-frakkin'
SHIELDs?!?!"

DoD Kez Viridux (7:22:17 PM):
(( Does she have
shields?  Can I help raise them ))

SAGA Cobb (7:22:26 PM):
sounds like she used to...

Joe U II (7:22:31 PM): :looks for shield controls:

Darth Diem (7:22:49 PM):
((The shields are up... but they're failing.  Autofire
sucks.  You're kinda busy, but if somebody else wants to start transfering
some power...))

SW Baniss Nim (7:23:06 PM):
may
i try to fix the sheilds

SAGA Cobb (7:23:07 PM):
that ain't MY gig

DoD Kez Viridux (7:23:33 PM):
"Nim!  Someone!  Find some
power for the shields"

Joe U II (7:23:33 PM):
((I'm on it))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:23:40 PM):
"Or this will be a short damn
escape"

Darth Diem (7:23:43 PM):
((go for it!)

Joe U II (7:23:53 PM):
((Use Comp?))

Joe U II (7:24:04 PM):
Know: tech?

DoD Kez Viridux (7:24:08 PM):
"Just don't take it from the
engines!"

SWRahReston (7:24:12 PM): :: hangs on for dear life - seems to have good balance, and also
seems to be enjoying the ride ::

Darth Diem (7:24:13 PM):
The atmosphere is aflame.  The ship is shuddering, and
screeching like its namesake.

Joe U II (7:24:23 PM):
Mechanics?

BrandiBjarlen (7:24:25 PM):
"Maybe you should let
Nim do that, Iri ..."

Darth Diem (7:24:38 PM):
((Mechanics))

OnlineHost (7:24:49 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  2

Joe U II (7:24:50 PM):
"If he's not too busy - yes!"

SW Baniss Nim (7:25:00 PM):
mech 17

DoD Kez Viridux (7:25:10 PM):
Kez turns a paler shade of green
.... he's getting a nasty flashback to his
crash into Cularin a few years ago.....

DoD Rengar (7:25:20 PM): :: jolt awake, staring out the viewport of the turret at
the burn of re-entry punctuated by laser fire :: "What the...?!?!?
Cobb!  Where the frak are we?"

SW Baniss Nim (7:25:25 PM):
((damn diebot))

SAGA Cobb (7:25:34 PM):
"Gun battle with a Star Destroyer.
Go back to sleep."

SWRahReston (7:25:45 PM):
((die bot eeeeeevil))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:26:00 PM):
((Die bot absolutely hates
Curtis, also.))

Darth Diem (7:26:06 PM):
((The strain from the harsh angle of descent and the constant
barrage of turbolaser fire continue to deplete the shields faster than you can
fix them.))

SW Baniss Nim (7:26:15 PM):
((no mattar what game i
play))

DoD Rengar (7:26:18 PM):
"Ah.
Well, let me know if they send out fighters." ::
settle back in ::

OnlineHost (7:26:25 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 1 20-sided die:  1

SW Baniss Nim (7:26:26 PM):
may i try again

Darth Diem (7:26:35 PM):
Eep.  You and I BOTH may.

SWRahReston (7:26:40 PM):
((uh oh... we all gonnna
die...))

OnlineHost (7:26:42 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 1 20-sided die:  2

onlinehost (7:26:46 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  1

SAGA Cobb (7:26:46 PM):
(don't forget Force Points)

SW Baniss Nim (7:26:52 PM):
FK#######

Darth Diem (7:26:54 PM):
OK... that's just wrong...

SAGA Cobb (7:26:57 PM):
(do they reset for us, Leslie?  Since we
sorta leveled?"

Darth Diem (7:27:04 PM):
((Yes, sure))

SWRahReston (7:27:05 PM):
((okay... what happened to
RANDOM?))

Joe U II (7:27:13 PM):
((we sorta leveled???))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:27:16 PM):
((Random =/= diebot))

SAGA Cobb (7:27:48 PM):
We were bumped to 2 to begin.  We would
have leveled up to 2 after last session, i believe, but we're already there.
But I wonder if that means our FPs refresh)

Darth Diem (7:27:50 PM):
The ship gives a sickening lurch, and you smell smoke... as the
captain turns.  off.  the
engines.

DoD Kez Viridux (7:28:00 PM):
"What?!?"

BrandiBjarlen (7:28:02 PM):
"Oh, dear."

Darth Diem (7:28:05 PM):
"Wait!"

Joe U II (7:28:14 PM):
"For what?"

DoD Kez Viridux (7:28:23 PM):
(( Anyway I might
recognie what she's doing ? ))

SAGA Cobb (7:28:24 PM):
"The abrupt stop at the end of the
fall..."

BrandiBjarlen (7:28:25 PM):
"Captain - you're not
the one that flies bricks, remember?"

DoD Kez Viridux (7:28:28 PM):
(( Pilot check or something
? ))

Darth Diem (7:28:44 PM):
She slaps a toggle on the control panel and ignores any other
commentary, craning her neck to look up through the canopy as the ship enters a
flat spin.

DoD Rengar (7:28:57 PM):
(( leaf on the wind? ))

Darth Diem (7:29:01 PM):
You hear a whump...

SAGA Cobb (7:29:03 PM):
(ding!)

DoD Kez Viridux (7:29:08 PM):
(( Watch me soar ))

Darth Diem (7:29:33 PM):
... and then there is a MASSIVE explosion from just above and
behind you, which sends the ship into a sickening spiral.

DoD Kez Viridux (7:29:47 PM):
(( I just don't want
to be the one with the spike in my chest after we land.  Thank you ))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:29:56 PM):
"Ohhhhh....no....."

SW Baniss Nim (7:30:12 PM):
keep trying to get
the sheilds fixed

Darth Diem (7:30:13 PM):
There is an incredibly long pause, broken only by the shrieking of
tortured metal and the roar of atmosphere...

SAGA Cobb (7:30:18 PM):
(Define "interesting.")

OnlineHost (7:30:24 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 1 20-sided die:  1

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:30:31 PM):
((cripes!))

SAGA Cobb (7:30:32 PM):
*giggling*

DoD Kez Viridux (7:30:33 PM):
(( Please let me
assist that ? ))

Darth Diem (7:30:34 PM):
OK, that is officially F-d up.

DoD Kez Viridux (7:30:37 PM):
(( please ? ))

SWRahReston (7:30:38 PM):
(("I don't wanna
explode."))

DoD Rengar (7:30:42 PM):
(( oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die ))

OnlineHost (7:30:49 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 15 20-sided dice:  15 20 5 14 3 19 19 6 9 3 20 14 11 9
18

Joe U II (7:30:51 PM):
((very, very short
campaign ))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:30:53 PM):
(( Kez comes in and
saves the day! ))

SAGA Cobb (7:31:00 PM):
hey, nice rolls...

Darth Diem (7:31:07 PM):
((Hold on, just checking something))

OnlineHost (7:31:13 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 1 20-sided die:  7

SW Baniss Nim (7:31:27 PM):
fix fix fis

OnlineHost (7:31:36 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 1 6-sided die:  2

DoD Kez Viridux (7:31:39 PM):
(( She checking
"how many dice of damage we take from crash landing on a planet in free
fall ))

SAGA Cobb (7:31:47 PM):
I always figgered the NPCs that killed us would
be, y'know, the -other- guys...

OnlineHost (7:31:57 PM):
SWRahReston rolled 1 1-sided die:  1

Darth Diem (7:32:02 PM):
The engines come back online and the ship bucks crazily.

Darth Diem (7:32:21 PM):
There's NO WAY you're going to straighten out in time.  The ground
is rushing up at an incredible rate.

OnlineHost (7:32:28 PM):
SWRahReston rolled 1 20-sided die:  4

SAGA Cobb (7:32:31 PM):
lean over and buckle Rengar in.

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:32:32 PM): ::SCREAMS!::

SW Baniss Nim (7:32:34 PM):
we need the shields

Darth Diem (7:32:40 PM):
"C'mon, baby... get up, get up, get UP..."

SWRahReston (7:32:43 PM): :: laughs ::

Joe U II (7:32:54 PM):
"Shields are gonna help this!"

Joe U II (7:33:01 PM):
"Strap in!"

BrandiBjarlen (7:33:02 PM):
"They can't hurt."

SAGA Cobb (7:33:05 PM):
*gives Xarai an indefinable look*

SWRahReston (7:33:09 PM): :: a little manically ::

SW Baniss Nim (7:33:12 PM):
yea we bounce off
the shield

DoD Rengar (7:33:13 PM): :: slap Cobb's hand :: "I got it, Dad."

SW Baniss Nim (7:33:14 PM):
s

Darth Diem (7:33:18 PM):
The nose... edges... upward.

BrandiBjarlen (7:33:39 PM): ::looks completely confident, murmuring to the Captain::

DoD Kez Viridux (7:33:48 PM): :: Closes one eye, but still squints through
the other in fascination ::

BrandiBjarlen (7:33:51 PM):
((Add +5 to all those skill
checks, Cap'n, dear))

SAGA Cobb (7:33:55 PM):
and leans over and offers his hand.

Darth Diem (7:33:57 PM):
With a bone-jarring crash and an enormous sheet of flying mud, the
ship skips across the surface of the planet.

Darth Diem (7:34:19 PM):
WHAM.... WHAM....
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!!!

Darth Diem (7:34:23 PM):
And then there is silence.

DoD Kez Viridux (7:34:31 PM):
"Anyone have a clean pair of
pants?"

Darth Diem (7:34:39 PM): ::laughs::

BrandiBjarlen (7:34:42 PM):
"He's
NOT gonna like this you know."

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:34:42 PM): ::gasping::

SWRahReston (7:34:44 PM):
"Nice ride, Cap.
You could drive for Tarasin Taxi."

Darth Diem (7:34:51 PM):
"And she STICKS the landing!"

Joe U II (7:34:56 PM):
"Nice ride, Captain"

DoD Rengar (7:35:00 PM): :: intentionally comical :: "Do it again, do it
again."

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:35:05 PM):
"At
least....we're....alive...."

SW Baniss Nim (7:35:06 PM):
sorry about the
shields ma'am

BrandiBjarlen (7:35:08 PM): ::head swivels to Rah:: "Tarasin???!"

Darth Diem (7:35:24 PM): ::slumps back in
her chair with a breathless rush of laughter::

Darth Diem (7:35:39 PM):
"I hate planets."

SWRahReston (7:35:44 PM):
"Uh, yeah.  I'm
from this little backwater world - I'm sure you've never heard of it."

SW Baniss Nim (7:35:48 PM):
now we have to fix
the ship b4 we can leave

BrandiBjarlen (7:35:55 PM):
"Yeah, they're hard on
ships." ::grins::

DoD Kez Viridux (7:35:56 PM):
"I hate telling the master of a ship
what to do with their own vessel.  But..... Don't
do that again. Ever."

SAGA Cobb (7:35:57 PM):
checks Xarai for bruises

DoD Kez Viridux (7:36:00 PM):
"My heart won't take it"

SAGA Cobb (7:36:02 PM):
"Brandi...?"

BrandiBjarlen (7:36:17 PM): ::blinks at Rah:: "Have *you* fought a
kilassin?"

BrandiBjarlen (7:36:21 PM):
"Yes, Cobb?"

SAGA Cobb (7:36:26 PM):
"I think a shot around the group from some
of that whiskey would seriously hit the spot right now, don't you?"

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:36:30 PM): ::rolls her eyes at Cobb, good naturedly:: "I'm fine, you
big lug."

Darth Diem (7:36:32 PM):
"Any landing you can walk away from, right?"  ::grins... and then looks around::  "Everyone still
walking?"

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:36:37 PM): ::Then, impulsively, hugs him::

SW Baniss Nim (7:36:46 PM):
i am fine capitan

Joe U II (7:36:47 PM):
"Is the ship walking?"

SWRahReston (7:36:55 PM):
"Gods, no!  Are
you nuts?  Run, yes,  hide, yes - but fight
one?  Okay, maybe the little stinky ones."

Darth Diem (7:36:58 PM):
"Meh, she's tougher than she looks."

DoD Kez Viridux (7:36:59 PM):
"More importantly, will it take off
again?"

SAGA Cobb (7:37:05 PM):
returns it with an odd look in his eye.

BrandiBjarlen (7:37:06 PM):
"Sure, Cobb. There's
enough." ::gets out the Corellian whiskey, and
hands around a dram each::

SWRahReston (7:37:14 PM):
"Anybody hurt?"

DoD Kez Viridux (7:37:15 PM):
"If we need to get off this rock with a
fugitive, we need it to fire up and move."

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:37:24 PM): ::drains her glass in one gulp:: "Mmmm...that
helped."

BrandiBjarlen (7:37:32 PM): ::grins:: "Not nuts, but it was necessary."

BrandiBjarlen (7:37:37 PM):
((to Rah))

SW Baniss Nim (7:37:41 PM):
try to fix the shield again
now that we are on the ground

Darth Diem (7:37:43 PM):
::unbuckles her restraints and clambers out of her seat::
"The good news is, the bad guys think we blew up... or we'd be part of a
smoking crater of glass the size of half a continent."

Joe U II (7:37:49 PM):
"That was a tactic?"

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:37:59 PM):
"I was about to note
just that, Captain." ::a bit of a shaky grin::

SAGA Cobb (7:38:02 PM):
"Since we survived, yes. yes it was, Iri."

OnlineHost (7:38:06 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  9

SWRahReston (7:38:10 PM): :: eyes Brandi with skeptical respect ::  "You must've
had a hell of a gun."

SW Baniss Nim (7:38:22 PM):
24 mechanics

BrandiBjarlen (7:38:24 PM):
"Just friends."

Darth Diem (7:38:35 PM):
"Shields are the least of our worries, Nim... wanna give me a
hand back here in the engine room?"

SW Baniss Nim (7:38:44 PM):
ok will do ma'am

Darth Diem (7:39:03 PM):
"Spread out, kids... fire suppression gear's
in the locker... if it's smoking, foam the crap out of it."

DoD Kez Viridux (7:39:06 PM):
"Need a hand ?
I figure you gotta check engine, life support, the
whole 9 yards after that landing"

SAGA Cobb (7:39:14 PM):
"One thing we should be on the look-out
for is a ship we might be able to lighten from the Imperial Treasury.  Something big enough to house this baby."

SWRahReston (7:39:19 PM):
"I'd offer to help,
but... "  :: she shrugs :: "I'm better
at fixing people.  I can hold things... yeah, that I can do.  Fire extinguishing."

Joe U II (7:39:23 PM):
"Will do"

DoD Rengar (7:39:24 PM): :: downs the whiskey without thinking, totes out the rifle,
opens the ramp :: "I'll check for ground contacts."

SW Baniss Nim (7:39:29 PM):
to with the capitain to the
engin room

SW Baniss Nim (7:39:52 PM):
c /to/go/

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:40:00 PM): ::gets a fire extinguisher, helps look for problems::

Darth Diem (7:40:14 PM):
The captain makes a face as the landing ramp lowers -
surprisingly, with only minimal groaning and screeching - to admit a wall of
hot, humid, fetid air.  "Gaaaah.  I
*hate* planets."

Joe U II (7:40:25 PM):
"Hang on Ren - you shouldn't go
alone"

BrandiBjarlen (7:40:30 PM): ::picks up a fire extinuisher and follows the Captain
and Nim to the engine room, in case they need her advisory boost as well as the
foam::

DoD Rengar (7:40:31 PM):
(( from the capn's imaginary conversation, "See, no
firespray would've handled that landing in less than thirty pieces..." ))

SWRahReston (7:40:38 PM): :: eyes Ren, then grabs her pack and follows him. ::

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:40:39 PM):
"Pew.  I thought
that Gundark's women's room smelled bad."

Joe U II (7:40:43 PM): :follows Ren:

Darth Diem (7:41:19 PM):
((Think there's fewer than 30 pieces of this sucker strewn behind
us?  :P ))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:41:52 PM):
"Do we need to work on some Camo to
cover this ship ?"

DoD Rengar (7:41:54 PM):
"I'm not
going far.  'sides... yup, here comes the forest
ranger."

DoD Kez Viridux (7:41:59 PM):
"They may send someone to confirm our
demise"

SAGA Cobb (7:42:11 PM):
"Right.  So...first we need to figure
out where exactly we were.  I don't -think- those were our precise landing
coordinates...!  Then, calculate distance to our target.  Rah, can
you help with that?"

Darth Diem (7:42:15 PM):
In spite of its posh trimmings, the Baudo is, as advertised, far
tougher than it looks.

SWRahReston (7:42:27 PM): :: cocks and eyebrow at Ren :: "I suppose you mean me?"

SWRahReston (7:42:46 PM):
((I have no idea if I can
help with that - I have survival...))

Darth Diem (7:42:59 PM):
((Yeah, a Survival check is what's needed here.))

SW Baniss Nim (7:43:11 PM):
all of us??

OnlineHost (7:43:13 PM):
SWRahReston rolled 1 20-sided die:  10

Darth Diem (7:43:23 PM):
((Perception from those going outside to watch... Mechanics from
those staying inside on damage control))

OnlineHost (7:43:30 PM):
Joe U II rolled 1 20-sided die:  17

onlinehost (7:43:31 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  17

SWRahReston (7:43:35 PM):
19

DoD Rengar (7:43:39 PM):
"I do,
sweetie.  Didn't figure you'd let someone outside without ya."

OnlineHost (7:43:42 PM):
DoD Rengar rolled 1 20-sided die:  10

SW Baniss Nim (7:43:43 PM):
mechanics = 32

Joe U II (7:43:43 PM):
perception 30

BrandiBjarlen (7:43:48 PM):
+5 to the damage control
team

DoD Rengar (7:43:58 PM):
16

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:43:59 PM): ::will go outside, I'm far better perceiving::

OnlineHost (7:44:02 PM):
DoD Kez Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  19

OnlineHost (7:44:02 PM):
DoD Xarai Vaa rolled 1 20-sided die:  17

SWRahReston (7:44:04 PM):
19 survova;

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:44:07 PM):
((24 perception))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:44:08 PM):
28 on the Mechaincs

DoD Rengar (7:44:13 PM):
16 perception, that is

OnlineHost (7:44:21 PM):
SWRahReston rolled 1 20-sided die:  11

onlinehost (7:44:25 PM):
SAGA Cobb rolled 1 20-sided die:  13

SAGA Cobb (7:44:30 PM):
18 perc

SWRahReston (7:44:42 PM):
Pcn 22

SWRahReston (7:45:01 PM):
((I must've really screwed
up in chargen - my best plus is +9)

Darth Diem (7:45:05 PM):
Outside, you see massive mushrooms (a few of them smoldering
ruins) towering overhead, their overhanging edges creating a canopy that blocks
much of the planet's sunlight.

Joe U II (7:45:23 PM):
((I've only got 1 better than that...))

SAGA Cobb (7:45:38 PM):
(you won't have better unless you took Skill
Focus. C'mon, we're 2nd level!)

SWRahReston (7:45:41 PM):
((I'm seeing 32 on a
17...))

Darth Diem (7:45:47 PM):
Every step turns up insects and other fungi just below the damp
and muddy surface.  The noise of the jungle is loud and alien, full of the
sounds of a hundred insects and animals moving through the mushroom swamps.

SWRahReston (7:45:58 PM):
((I had to multiclass to
get treat injury, for frak's sake))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:46:24 PM):
((Was this the planet that
the female Jedi got cacked on in RotS?))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:46:44 PM):
(( Some of us get
Racials, Jae ))

Darth Diem (7:46:45 PM):
Rah consults the coordinates downloaded to her datapad, frowns at
her compass, shoots a couple of azimuths... and concludes that the prison
facility should be roughly a day's walk thataway.

SWRahReston (7:46:57 PM): :: looks around, smiles happily :: I like it.

Darth Diem (7:47:01 PM):
((I think so, yes.))

SW Baniss Nim (7:47:15 PM):
to bad we couldn't have
crashed closer

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:47:17 PM):
((The other female,
blue-skinned Twi'lek Jedi.  :Shudder: ))

SWRahReston (7:47:42 PM):
"C'mon - it'll be a
nice walk."

Darth Diem (7:48:02 PM):
The damage control team, after a stem to stern search, quickly
establishes that the damage, while nasty in places, is not irreparable.
The captain is confident she can have it patched in two days' time.

SAGA Cobb (7:48:18 PM):
straps on jet-pack, grabs camo-gear, array
myself suitably, then present myself to Rah.
"Is this right?"

Darth Diem (7:48:25 PM): ::shoots Nim a
glare::  "Hey, YOU wanna drive next time?!?"

SW Baniss Nim (7:48:26 PM):
with or with out our help

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:48:36 PM): ::gears up, and is ready to go::

Darth Diem (7:48:58 PM): ::thinks about
that::

SW Baniss Nim (7:49:03 PM):
no ma'am....  that
comment should have been in parens

SWRahReston (7:49:03 PM): :: looks over the jet pack, shakes her head :: "That should be
... interesting."

SAGA Cobb (7:49:28 PM):
"Well...you never know."
*grins*

Darth Diem (7:49:36 PM):
"I'd like the hand, Nim, and obviously I could use it... but
if these guys are going to be breaking into places with computers that need
cajoling, I think it's more important you go with them."

SWRahReston (7:49:46 PM):
"You're probably going
to attract a lot of attention in that thing. "

SW Baniss Nim (7:49:57 PM):
yes ma'am

SAGA Cobb (7:50:02 PM):
"I only plan on using it in
emergency."

Darth Diem (7:50:15 PM):
"I, alas, shall just have to miss out on slogging through
knee-deep mud while surrounded by gigantic versions of my least favorite pizza
topping."

SWRahReston (7:50:19 PM):
((does Cobb look to be
pretty strong?))

SAGA Cobb (7:50:23 PM):
14

SW Baniss Nim (7:50:32 PM):
glad i bought the jet pack..  will keep my feet dry

DoD Rengar (7:50:38 PM): :: pats the rifle :: "Same thought here, Cobb."

Darth Diem (7:50:47 PM):
((for about 2 minutes, yes it will.
))

SAGA Cobb (7:50:55 PM):
heh, yep

SWRahReston (7:51:05 PM):
"You're going to be
dripping with sweat and struggling in an hour with that thing on... but it's up
to you."

SW Baniss Nim (7:51:18 PM):
((watch out for the big
pilles of poop  and the creaturse that made
them))

SWRahReston (7:51:24 PM):
"Now, who wants to not
feed the bugs?"

SW Baniss Nim (7:51:48 PM):
i don't want to feed them

DoD Rengar (7:51:52 PM): :: raises hand goofily ::

Darth Diem (7:52:06 PM):
((You guys figure out an approximate marching order, and I shall
be right back.))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:52:13 PM):
"I'd rather not feed
the bugs."

BrandiBjarlen (7:52:13 PM):
"I'd prefer not to be
eaten by anything, thanks."

Joe U II (7:52:22 PM): :snorts:

DoD Rengar (7:52:25 PM):
(( point-ish ))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:52:29 PM):
"Got some bug repellant
?"

Joe U II (7:52:33 PM):
"Good advice, Brandi"

SAGA Cobb (7:52:36 PM):
holy crap...for some reason I read a much
different weight for the Jetpack.

DoD Rengar (7:52:37 PM): :: again, pats the rifle ::

SW Baniss Nim (7:52:42 PM):
then leave the pack behind

SAGA Cobb (7:52:44 PM):
at 30 kilos, I ain't carrying it.

SWRahReston (7:52:47 PM): :: nods, opens her field pack and pulls out a bottle, which she
spritzes generously on everyone who would wants it.  It smells a little
like mildew. ::

DoD Rengar (7:52:47 PM):
(( in response to Kez, that is ))

SAGA Cobb (7:52:48 PM):
(I thought it was 6!)

DoD Kez Viridux (7:52:49 PM):
"Especially this planet's comparable
life form to the Kilassin"

SAGA Cobb (7:53:11 PM):
I'll take the spritz

DoD Kez Viridux (7:53:20 PM):
"Rengar, if the mosquitoes are big
enough to shoot with that....."

SWRahReston (7:53:31 PM):
((synchrotizing
tendosynovitis - slows down my typing and hurts like a sob))

BrandiBjarlen (7:53:32 PM):
((sigh - my turn for work
distractions again ... Brandi will slog somewhere in the middle or back))

Joe U II (7:53:46 PM):
((Where is jet pack listed?))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:54:01 PM):
"Thank you, Rah."

SAGA Cobb (7:54:03 PM):
p. 135

SW Baniss Nim (7:54:07 PM):
toward the back. until i am needed for CU work

SWRahReston (7:54:07 PM):
Rah settles in at the head
of the order automatically.

DoD Rengar (7:54:16 PM):
"Hey,
you've been on Cularin, right?"  (( suddenly
reminded of the old WEG Star Wars template for the Scout and his quote
"Sting insects the size of a house" ))

SAGA Cobb (7:54:17 PM):
takes her flank

Joe U II (7:54:23 PM):
Falls in behind Rah

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:54:28 PM): ::Will follow behind Cobb::

DoD Kez Viridux (7:54:29 PM):
"I have, yes"

SW Baniss Nim (7:54:30 PM):
brb

SWRahReston (7:54:34 PM):
"You've heard of
it?"

DoD Kez Viridux (7:54:50 PM):
"My landing on Cularin was less
successful that this one though"

SWRahReston (7:54:56 PM): :: she looks geniuinely surprised ::  Yeah, mostly raised
there.

SAGA Cobb (7:55:20 PM):
"By the way, Silky...to continue the
thought about using your nosehair clippers...that would immediately and
indelibly associate your sort of involvement, with the Senator's sort of
friends..."

DoD Rengar (7:55:22 PM):
(( sorry, jae, that was still directed to Kez ))

DoD Rengar (7:55:40 PM):
(( but continue... ))

SWRahReston (7:55:44 PM):
((oh... never mind
then.  Don't know how I'm s'posed to tell...))

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:55:58 PM):
"True enough, Cobb."

DoD Rengar (7:55:58 PM):
(( 'twas my bad ))

Darth Diem (7:56:06 PM):
((back))

DoD Rengar (7:56:23 PM):
"Huh.
Seems *most* of us have knowledge of that place."

SAGA Cobb (7:56:30 PM):
"I don't mean you shouldn't...but we just
may want to be wary of potential witnesses."

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:56:35 PM):
"Oh, I know."

DoD Rengar (7:56:39 PM):
"Mom used
to... uh... work there.  Sometime."

SW Baniss Nim (7:56:58 PM):
back

SWRahReston (7:57:05 PM): :: looks around, cuts a sturdy walking stick with a knife that
could stand in for a short sword:: ((assuming such is available))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:57:32 PM):
"Sounds like your Mom and I had similar
... work ... there.  Something a little less that above board
?"

SWRahReston (7:57:44 PM):
"And... pardon my
eavesdropping, but nosehair clippers?  Is that some kind of code?"

DoD Rengar (7:57:54 PM):
"Far under
it, really.  Like mother, like son."  ::
big grin ::

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:58:00 PM): ::glances at Rah:: "Yes...you could say that." ::grins::

BrandiBjarlen (7:58:09 PM): ::snorts with laughter at the two conversations::

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:58:11 PM):
"You might as well
know.  I'm a Jedi.  Or, at least, used to be."

SAGA Cobb (7:58:14 PM):
*grins*  "Some
sort, yes.  Some of us carry specialized equipment.  But it is not my
place to say."

DoD Xarai Vaa (7:58:34 PM):
"So, it's entirely
possible that a lightsaber might be somewhere nearby."

SWRahReston (7:58:35 PM):
"Oh... is that
all?  Good.  UCTs can be pretty handy."

SAGA Cobb (7:58:36 PM):
(are y'all really having the 'My Mum, the
Prostitute' discussions???)

DoD Kez Viridux (7:58:56 PM):
"Hmmmm, we may have some common
background then.  That's something we should swap stories about later
then.  We could share, um, contacts maybe"

DoD Rengar (7:59:02 PM):
(no, meathead,
we're not )

SW Baniss Nim (7:59:03 PM):
parden??

SAGA Cobb (7:59:08 PM):
*grins*

DoD Kez Viridux (7:59:11 PM):
(( Depends if she
was a hooker or a smuggler ))

DoD Kez Viridux (7:59:20 PM):
(( I'm hoping the
latter, because I sure as hell ain't a hooker ))

Darth Diem (7:59:30 PM):
((OK... I have, roughly:  Rah, Ren, Cobb, Xarai, Iri, Brandi,
Nim... where is Kez going?))

SWRahReston (7:59:37 PM): :: turns with a shrug and starts using the stick to check for
unpleasant surprises as she lead the way. ::

DoD Kez Viridux (7:59:42 PM):
Someplace in the middle.  I am not a
tank.

DoD Kez Viridux (7:59:56 PM):
Behind Xarai maybe ?

DoD Kez Viridux (8:00:07 PM):
Might as well enjoy the view while we're
trudging through a swamo

Joe U II (8:00:07 PM):
Iri doesn't want to be that far in the back

Darth Diem (8:00:16 PM):
Xarai, Kez, Iri, check.

Darth Diem (8:00:36 PM):
Which of the gunbunnies would Iri like to move?

DoD Rengar (8:00:46 PM):
(( it's not single-file, obviously ))

SWRahReston (8:01:04 PM): :: Rah is kind of non-descript.  She might be cute if she put
any effort into her appearance, but she doesn't ::

DoD Kez Viridux (8:01:07 PM):
(( BRB, I hear
snacks calling me ))

Darth Diem (8:01:11 PM):
((Right, very true.  Unless it's important
to step where your guide steps.    ))

DoD Rengar (8:01:29 PM):
brb

SW Baniss Nim (8:01:41 PM):
or not if the guide steps in
the wrong place

Joe U II (8:01:42 PM):
((the one's without skill focus:
Perception...))

SWRahReston (8:02:10 PM):
((no
skill focus perception - too few skill slots.  Dang it ))

DoD Rengar (8:02:20 PM):
b

Joe U II (8:02:30 PM):
((Racial thing for me...))

SWRahReston (8:02:55 PM):
((humans get screwed as
usual. *sigh* But she told me she was human, so there it is...))

Darth Diem (8:03:14 PM):
((I would say Cobb needs to be closer to the front than Mr. Long
Gun... Rah, Cobb, Iri, Xarai, Kez, Ren, Brandi, Nim...))

SWRahReston (8:03:17 PM):
((otoh, survival!)

DoD Rengar (8:03:37 PM):
(( as usual?  are you
kidding?  maybe they are a little weak from
certain perspectives, but previously?  or
elsewhere? ))

Darth Diem (8:03:51 PM):
((As previously stated, y'all can spread out and not march single
file, no problem.))

SWRahReston (8:04:11 PM):
((seems like humans got the
short end in previous editions too...))

DoD Kez Viridux (8:04:19 PM):
(( As a non sequitur
aside.... I'm glad Bon wasn't on that ship! ))

SW Baniss Nim (8:04:45 PM):
((but humans get other
bennies other races don't))

Darth Diem (8:04:51 PM):
((Hee hee... I was thinking that.  Mr.
Space Sickness, yes?  ))

DoD Rengar (8:04:55 PM): :: Ren can take the rear guard, but insists he be in on any
scouting parties we decide to ambush (in a not nice way too) ::

DoD Kez Viridux (8:04:59 PM):
(( Indeed ))

SWRahReston (8:05:01 PM):
((one extra skill, one
extra feat...))

Darth Diem (8:05:16 PM):
((Done and done.  Off we go...))

SW Baniss Nim (8:05:27 PM):
forward!!

Darth Diem (8:05:47 PM):
((As we march, when I call for rolls, I need Survival from Rah and
ONE assistant.  The rest of you may make Perception checks at the same
time.))

SWRahReston (8:05:57 PM):
((noted))

SAGA Cobb (8:06:24 PM):
anyone else trained in Survival?

SAGA Cobb (8:06:27 PM):
I'm not.

DoD Rengar (8:06:38 PM):
(( anyone else a scout? ))

Darth Diem (8:06:42 PM):
((Heh.  Would have been a good question to ask 5 minutes ago,
huh?
))

SWRahReston (8:06:54 PM):
((does take 10 still
exist?))

SAGA Cobb (8:07:00 PM):
yup

Darth Diem (8:07:01 PM):
((Yep))

Joe U II (8:07:10 PM):
((not trained in survival))

SWRahReston (8:07:15 PM):
((I'm a 19 on a take 10))

SWRahReston (8:07:34 PM):
((and given how dice hate
me, I like take 10))

Darth Diem (8:07:35 PM):
((Excellent!))

DoD Kez Viridux (8:07:40 PM):
(( I have +2 in
Survival.  What does that tell you ?  Mind
you the +2 in Perception makes me with yet another SW character who can't see
for crap ))

Darth Diem (8:07:54 PM):
In that case... everybody make me three Perception checks, please.

OnlineHost (8:07:59 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  3

onlinehost (8:08:00 PM):
SAGA Cobb rolled 3 20-sided dice:  16 14 7

BrandiBjarlen (8:08:04 PM):
//rolls-dice1-sides20

onlinehost (8:08:04 PM):
BrandiBjarlen rolled 1 20-sided die:  5

BrandiBjarlen (8:08:05 PM):
//rolls-dice1-sides20

onlinehost (8:08:05 PM):
BrandiBjarlen rolled 1 20-sided die:  14

BrandiBjarlen (8:08:06 PM):
//rolls-dice1-sides20

onlinehost (8:08:06 PM):
BrandiBjarlen rolled 1 20-sided die:  2

onlinehost (8:08:06 PM):
Joe U II rolled 3 20-sided dice:  14 3 19

SAGA Cobb (8:08:16 PM):
Cobb -- 22, 20, 13

Joe U II (8:08:24 PM):
27, 16, 32 Percep

BrandiBjarlen (8:08:24 PM):
Brandi: 12, 21, 9

SW Baniss Nim (8:08:26 PM):
perception a
fantastic     5

OnlineHost (8:08:26 PM):
SWRahReston rolled 3 20-sided dice:  10 13 17

onlinehost (8:08:55 PM):
DoD Xarai Vaa rolled 3 20-sided dice:  6 4 10

SWRahReston (8:08:56 PM):
pcn 19, 22, 26

OnlineHost (8:09:02 PM):
DoD Kez Viridux rolled 3 20-sided dice:  2 19 16

DoD Kez Viridux (8:09:06 PM):
4 / 21 / 18

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:09:07 PM):
((Perception 13, 11, 17.))

OnlineHost (8:09:18 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 3 20-sided dice:  19 12 20

onlinehost (8:09:25 PM):
DoD Rengar rolled 1 20-sided die:  2

onlinehost (8:09:28 PM):
DoD Rengar rolled 1 20-sided die:  14

onlinehost (8:09:29 PM):
DoD Rengar rolled 1 20-sided die:  7

SW Baniss Nim (8:09:33 PM):
only the 1st 2 count

DoD Rengar (8:09:36 PM):
crap, 20 and 13

SW Baniss Nim (8:09:40 PM):
percep 21 and 14

SW Baniss Nim (8:10:38 PM):
so that gives me 5 21 and 14

Darth Diem (8:11:16 PM):
After about two hours of slogging through the mud and swatting
swarming gnats - even with the bug juice, the air is thick with them! - the two Duros get bored and start chattering about ships and
engines and such.

Darth Diem (8:11:35 PM):
Even as Ren opens his mouth to tell them to pay attention to where
they're walking...

OnlineHost (8:11:44 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 1 20-sided die:  1

SW Baniss Nim (8:11:46 PM):
oops
ok

Darth Diem (8:11:55 PM):
Un.  Be Freekin.  Leivable.

SAGA Cobb (8:12:06 PM):
she falls

SAGA Cobb (8:12:13 PM):
er, he falls

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:12:46 PM):
cripes

Darth Diem (8:13:08 PM):
... my extraordinarily anticlimatic Exploding Fungus Bloom quivers...
turns orange... and as everyone hastily obeys the scout's warnings to scatter,
erupts into very pretty, very harmless flames.

BrandiBjarlen (8:13:19 PM):
((LOL!!!))

Darth Diem (8:13:33 PM):
Moving right along.

Joe U II (8:13:38 PM):
ROFL

SAGA Cobb (8:13:41 PM):
premature evaporation!

DoD Kez Viridux (8:13:52 PM):
(( HA! ))

SWRahReston (8:13:52 PM): :: nods with satisfaction ::

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:14:00 PM): ::gasps, then laughs::

DoD Rengar (8:14:01 PM):
(( there's a popping sounds that warns you about them ))

SWRahReston (8:14:02 PM):
"You keep doing that,
we'll be fine."

SWRahReston (8:14:21 PM):
((Now I'm worried about the
Rodents of Unusual Size))

Darth Diem (8:14:22 PM):
Let's have another round (just one each) of Perception checks,
please...

OnlineHost (8:14:28 PM):
SAGA Cobb rolled 1 20-sided die:  8

BrandiBjarlen (8:14:29 PM):
//rolls-dice1-sides20

onlinehost (8:14:29 PM):
BrandiBjarlen rolled 1 20-sided die:  17

SAGA Cobb (8:14:30 PM):
14

onlinehost (8:14:30 PM):
SWRahReston rolled 1 20-sided die:  17

onlinehost (8:14:31 PM):
DoD Kez Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  2

BrandiBjarlen (8:14:31 PM):
24

Darth Diem (8:14:34 PM):
((funny you should mention that, Jae...))

OnlineHost (8:14:34 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  4

Joe U II (8:14:35 PM):
"What the heck was that?"

DoD Kez Viridux (8:14:36 PM):
4 !!!

onlinehost (8:14:36 PM):
Joe U II rolled 1 20-sided die:  2

SWRahReston (8:14:39 PM):
26

Joe U II (8:14:49 PM):
percep 15

Darth Diem (8:14:53 PM):
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pj54BIpf2AdQuoxgO1v0cIA#

SW Baniss Nim (8:14:53 PM):
percep 6

OnlineHost (8:15:00 PM):
DoD Rengar rolled 1 20-sided die:  15

DoD Rengar (8:15:07 PM):
21 perc

OnlineHost (8:15:12 PM):
DoD Xarai Vaa rolled 1 20-sided die:  5

onlinehost (8:15:20 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 4 20-sided dice:  15 18 4 5

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:15:25 PM):
((Perception 12.
Clearly, I don't like fungal jungles.))

OnlineHost (8:15:30 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 2 20-sided dice:  10 20

SWRahReston (8:15:38 PM):
((I need permission to
share the spreadsheet - [email-masked]))

Darth Diem (8:16:06 PM):
((Uhhh... MR, how do I do that?  ))

SWRahReston (8:16:09 PM):
(in response to Joe)

SWRahReston (8:16:17 PM):
"Exploding
mushroom."

BrandiBjarlen (8:16:23 PM):
((done))

Joe U II (8:16:38 PM):
"Lovely"

SAGA Cobb (8:16:41 PM):
"Not edible, I take it...?"

BrandiBjarlen (8:16:46 PM):
((You go to
"share" and it brings up a window you can invote people from))

Joe U II (8:16:59 PM):
"Did we at at least see what it looked
like?"

SWRahReston (8:17:17 PM):
"Hell if I know."

Darth Diem (8:17:23 PM):
((You're getting that?  Thank you loads!!!
))

SWRahReston (8:17:29 PM):
"oh, yes.  Indeedy."

BrandiBjarlen (8:17:34 PM):
(yw)

DoD Rengar (8:17:34 PM):
"Pre-cooked,
how could we go wrong?"

Darth Diem (8:18:16 PM):
Having pointed out the conveniently color-coded Warning Orange
mushrooms, you slog onwards...

SWRahReston (8:18:17 PM):
"I'll remember what it
looks like, and that slight hissing sound it made."

Joe U II (8:18:19 PM):
"Never eat unknown mushrooms..."

Darth Diem (8:18:21 PM):
... and onwards...

SW Baniss Nim (8:18:49 PM):
((never eat mushrooms  PERIOD))

SAGA Cobb (8:18:56 PM):
agreed, Nim!

BrandiBjarlen (8:19:01 PM):
((you're no fun! ))

Darth Diem (8:19:16 PM):
((And you arrange yourselves anywhere on the map east of
"K" you would like to be...))

SWRahReston (8:19:17 PM):
"Not unless you're
starving... I've got a water purifier in the field pack, so be careful what you
drink too."

SW Baniss Nim (8:19:51 PM):
any row

SAGA Cobb (8:19:53 PM):
(what's the dark stuff?)

SAGA Cobb (8:20:02 PM):
and in what direction were we traveling?

Darth Diem (8:20:05 PM):
The dark blobs are giant mushrooms.

Darth Diem (8:20:15 PM):
Everything else is water.  You are traveling from right to
left.

DoD Rengar (8:20:21 PM):
(( top, bottom, corner? ))

Darth Diem (8:20:36 PM):
Anywhere you please, you weren't in single file.

SW Baniss Nim (8:20:47 PM):
so we are almost off the map

Darth Diem (8:21:17 PM):
Nope, just stick to the righthand side of the map, please.

SWRahReston (8:21:25 PM):
((if we're in water, I'm
testing each step with the stick...))

SW Baniss Nim (8:21:26 PM):
nm

Darth Diem (8:21:38 PM):
That's about the point at which our more alert party members
notice the grid squares appearing around your feet.

BrandiBjarlen (8:22:09 PM):
((over in Y-AB? ))

SWRahReston (8:22:16 PM):
Not sure what I"m
doing with the map...

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:22:45 PM):
(Put an initial or two for
you in the square you want to be in, Jae)

BrandiBjarlen (8:23:14 PM):
((Leslie, do you want us
somewhere inthe yellow area?))

Darth Diem (8:23:43 PM):
((Nyah, y'all are fine where you are.))

SWRahReston (8:23:51 PM):
Can't figure out where
would represent where I am compared to the others...

SAGA Cobb (8:24:11 PM):
if we were following in line, you'd be a little
to the left of the C, and K.

DoD Rengar (8:24:25 PM):
(( low-left of the group, I think. And I used Re, so you can
use Ra ))

Darth Diem (8:25:29 PM):
((Only Rah sees 3 and 4... anyone with a total less than 18 sees
nothing at all and will miss the surprise round.))

SWRahReston (8:25:30 PM):
((done, I think))

Darth Diem (8:25:55 PM):
((I'll go ahead and describe what's jumping out at you as you all
roll Init, please...))

SW Baniss Nim (8:25:59 PM):
((as usuall))

SAGA Cobb (8:26:04 PM):
which perception check is this?  2nd or 4th?

OnlineHost (8:26:05 PM):
SWRahReston rolled 1 20-sided die:  12

onlinehost (8:26:07 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  5

BrandiBjarlen (8:26:07 PM):
//rolls-dice1-sides20

onlinehost (8:26:08 PM):
BrandiBjarlen rolled 1 20-sided die:  10

onlinehost (8:26:11 PM):
SAGA Cobb rolled 1 20-sided die:  3

BrandiBjarlen (8:26:12 PM):
init 11

onlinehost (8:26:15 PM):
DoD Rengar rolled 1 20-sided die:  5

onlinehost (8:26:16 PM):
Joe U II rolled 1 20-sided die:  11

SAGA Cobb (8:26:18 PM):
Init - 10

SWRahReston (8:26:24 PM):
init 15

Joe U II (8:26:25 PM):
init 19

SW Baniss Nim (8:26:25 PM):
init 14

DoD Rengar (8:26:32 PM):
14 init (+9)

Darth Diem (8:26:46 PM):
Tall and muscular, this bipedal being waves a long, sweeping blade
that seems to be made from some large predator's jawbone.

OnlineHost (8:26:46 PM):
DoD Xarai Vaa rolled 1 20-sided die:  11

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:26:56 PM):
Init 20

OnlineHost (8:26:59 PM):
DoD Kez Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  15

DoD Kez Viridux (8:27:09 PM):
25 on the old init

SW Baniss Nim (8:27:17 PM):
((+9 also))

Darth Diem (8:27:23 PM):
A tangle of tendrils around his face makes it impossible to see
his eyes, and the mud and other foliage plastered to
his body camouflages him against the backdrop of the swamp...

OnlineHost (8:27:35 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 1 20-sided die:  6

SAGA Cobb (8:27:51 PM):
actually, my init is 11

DoD Kez Viridux (8:27:57 PM):
Oh, I missed a perception check

BrandiBjarlen (8:27:58 PM):
(+1 here)

OnlineHost (8:28:00 PM):
DoD Kez Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  15

DoD Kez Viridux (8:28:06 PM):
17 Perception, missed it by that much

SAGA Cobb (8:28:53 PM):
+8 for me

Darth Diem (8:29:35 PM):
((Ren, Nim, roll off, please.))

OnlineHost (8:29:39 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  9

onlinehost (8:30:02 PM):
DoD Rengar rolled 1 20-sided die:  6

Darth Diem (8:30:38 PM):
Order is:  Kez, Xarai, Iri, Rah, Nim, Ren, me, Cobb, Brandi.

DoD Kez Viridux (8:30:58 PM):
(( I did not make
the surprise round.  So I got nothing to begin with ))

Darth Diem (8:31:23 PM):
I guarantee I'm going to miss everyone at least once.
Xarai, you see 1 and 2 gathering themselves to
spring...

SAGA Cobb (8:31:32 PM):
(yah, again...what perception check are we
using?  I made the 2nd one, but not the 4th)

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:31:41 PM):
((single action only?))

Darth Diem (8:31:43 PM):
((the last one))

Darth Diem (8:31:58 PM):
((And yes, standard action only.))

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:32:06 PM): ::draw and ignite the UCT::

Darth Diem (8:32:17 PM):
Iri

Darth Diem (8:32:20 PM):
Rah on deck

Darth Diem (8:32:26 PM):
((Rah sees all 4))

Joe U II (8:33:24 PM):
((not in surprise round))

SWRahReston (8:33:29 PM):
(Iri up, or me?)

Darth Diem (8:33:33 PM):
Rah, then

Darth Diem (8:34:05 PM):
((Sorry, guys, is massive wall o' text... having trouble tracking
who made the surprise round and who didn't!))

SAGA Cobb (8:34:26 PM):
did not

SWRahReston (8:34:30 PM): :: draws her blaster pistol :: "Four natives" she says,
flicking the barrel around to indicate their positions.

SWRahReston (8:34:39 PM):
done

SW Baniss Nim (8:34:40 PM):
/missed on supprise round

Darth Diem (8:34:46 PM):
skip Nim, on to Ren

BrandiBjarlen (8:35:01 PM):
(can
act in suprise round))

DoD Rengar (8:35:37 PM): :: rifle comes to shoulder, fire on #4 ::

OnlineHost (8:35:39 PM):
DoD Rengar rolled 1 20-sided die:  3

DoD Rengar (8:35:41 PM):
nope

Darth Diem (8:35:49 PM):
pe-choooow!

Darth Diem (8:36:24 PM):
The mud-daubed scouts lunge forward, howling at the top of their
lungs and brandishing their bone swords over their heads...

Darth Diem (8:37:36 PM):
f2 is going to have a bad day... the other three get their
swings...

OnlineHost (8:37:43 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 3 20-sided dice:  9 5 18

BrandiBjarlen (8:37:52 PM):
((They can move and swing in
surprise?))

Darth Diem (8:38:11 PM):
((Charge is a standard action, and the terrain doesn't seem to be
hampering them the way it is you.))

BrandiBjarlen (8:38:16 PM):
Ahhhh

Darth Diem (8:39:04 PM):
17 on Rah, 13 on Iri, 26 on Brandi

Joe U II (8:39:09 PM):
Are they moving into the mushrooms?

SWRahReston (8:39:13 PM):
((ow))

Joe U II (8:39:27 PM):
13 hits me

Darth Diem (8:39:27 PM):
Over them, yes.

SWRahReston (8:39:36 PM):
((too late to be full
defensive, isn't it?))

BrandiBjarlen (8:39:44 PM):
26 hits me

Darth Diem (8:40:31 PM):
((Lousy description on my part... these are more mushroom hillocks
than towering mushroom trees.  All my drawings came out the same.
))

Joe U II (8:40:42 PM):
NP

OnlineHost (8:40:42 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 2 8-sided dice:  7 2

onlinehost (8:40:50 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 2 8-sided dice:  2 7

Darth Diem (8:40:55 PM):
11 points each

BrandiBjarlen (8:41:03 PM):
((interesting rolls))

Darth Diem (8:41:04 PM):
ACk!

Darth Diem (8:41:12 PM):
My bad, wrong line.

Darth Diem (8:41:38 PM):
9 on Iri and 4 on Brandi.

SWRahReston (8:41:50 PM):
and me?

OnlineHost (8:42:01 PM):
Darth Diem rolled 1 8-sided die:  6

BrandiBjarlen (8:42:02 PM):
got it

Darth Diem (8:42:04 PM):
8 for you

SWRahReston (8:42:08 PM):
ouch...

Darth Diem (8:42:34 PM):
Cobb is skipped, Brandi?

BrandiBjarlen (8:43:20 PM):
((I forget - can I shoot
from where I am?))

BrandiBjarlen (8:43:35 PM):
((if so, draw hbp. If not,
back up))

Darth Diem (8:43:45 PM):
((Using a pistol, yes, without AoO.))

BrandiBjarlen (8:43:52 PM):
ok, draw and done.

Darth Diem (8:44:08 PM):
Top of the order, everybody knows what's going on and may act
normally.  Kez is up, Xarai on deck.

Darth Diem (8:45:03 PM):
Kez

DoD Kez Viridux (8:45:30 PM):
Draw the old pistola

DoD Kez Viridux (8:45:33 PM):
And pew pew

Darth Diem (8:45:40 PM):
Fire away, name your target.

DoD Kez Viridux (8:45:54 PM):
F1 unless there's cover iessues, in which
case I'll move

OnlineHost (8:46:00 PM):
DoD Kez Viridux rolled 1 20-sided die:  6

DoD Kez Viridux (8:46:07 PM):
11

Darth Diem (8:46:35 PM):
If you have Precise Shot, you're good, if not, you'll have issues
even if you don't move.

Darth Diem (8:46:59 PM):
Bad thing about charging... 11 hits.  Damage, please.

OnlineHost (8:47:19 PM):
DoD Kez Viridux rolled 3 6-sided dice:  2 3 4

DoD Kez Viridux (8:47:25 PM):
a whopping 10

Darth Diem (8:47:43 PM): ::staggers and
shrieks, but remains upright::

Darth Diem (8:47:49 PM):
Xarai, go.

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:47:50 PM):
"Cobb, help
Rah!"  ::The green blade of her lightsaber
flashing, Xarai moves south, to engage F3 (the one on Iri)::

Darth Diem (8:47:52 PM):
Iri on deck

OnlineHost (8:47:56 PM):
DoD Xarai Vaa rolled 1 20-sided die:  13

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:48:02 PM):
Hit Ref 15

Darth Diem (8:48:05 PM):
Zzzzzzt!

Darth Diem (8:48:07 PM):
Damage

OnlineHost (8:48:19 PM):
DoD Xarai Vaa rolled 2 8-sided dice:  5 6

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:48:24 PM):
12 points

Darth Diem (8:48:45 PM):
The head and the body land in two separate mud puddles.

Darth Diem (8:48:55 PM):
Iri, go.  Rah on deck

Joe U II (8:49:03 PM):
"Take em out fast folks - those swords
are nasty!" :invoke Born Leader (all allies +1 to
hit)

Joe U II (8:49:25 PM):
draw and shoot

Joe U II (8:49:31 PM):
((is F3 down))

Darth Diem (8:49:55 PM):
((Boy howdy is F3 down))

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:49:57 PM):
((Should be.))

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:49:59 PM):

Joe U II (8:50:04 PM):
f2 then

OnlineHost (8:50:06 PM):
Joe U II rolled 1 20-sided die:  4

Joe U II (8:50:14 PM):
Def 9

Darth Diem (8:50:23 PM):
Nyet

Joe U II (8:50:27 PM):
done

SWRahReston (8:50:30 PM):
drop back to behind Cobb,
shoot at F1

Darth Diem (8:50:31 PM):
Rah, go.  Nim on deck

OnlineHost (8:50:41 PM):
SWRahReston rolled 1 20-sided die:  15

SWRahReston (8:50:57 PM):
17?

Darth Diem (8:51:00 PM):
oh, yes

OnlineHost (8:51:12 PM):
SWRahReston rolled 3 6-sided dice:  6 4 3

Darth Diem (8:51:17 PM): ::splat::

SWRahReston (8:51:18 PM):
14

SW Baniss Nim (8:51:27 PM):
draw HBP and shoot #4

Darth Diem (8:51:29 PM):
Nim, go.  Ren on deck

OnlineHost (8:51:31 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  20

onlinehost (8:51:34 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 1 20-sided die:  4

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:51:35 PM):
((woot!))

Darth Diem (8:51:37 PM):
Ouch!  Double damage!

SW Baniss Nim (8:51:39 PM):
9 to confirm

OnlineHost (8:51:53 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 3 8-sided dice:  4 2 7

Darth Diem (8:51:59 PM):
No need to confirm in Saga.

SW Baniss Nim (8:52:01 PM):
15 pts

SWRahReston (8:52:01 PM): :: mutters in Tarasinese :: "Idiot.  Bringing
a sword to a gun fight."

Darth Diem (8:52:08 PM):
Squish.

OnlineHost (8:52:11 PM):
SW Baniss Nim rolled 3 6-sided dice:  2 6 3

SW Baniss Nim (8:52:17 PM):
then 26 pts

Darth Diem (8:52:19 PM):
Ummm... let me count, but I think I'm out of villains.

SAGA Cobb (8:52:35 PM):
(great, I suddenly have a gun-shootin',
mutterin' crazy woman behind me!)

DoD Rengar (8:52:42 PM): :: draw a nice bead on the last one (f2) and squeeze off a
single shot ::

Darth Diem (8:52:45 PM):
Wait, the one guy has a hit point left.

DoD Kez Viridux (8:52:49 PM):
(( on the upside, I
think that's the first time I've hit *anything* in this game ))

Darth Diem (8:52:50 PM):
Or he did.

BrandiBjarlen (8:52:51 PM): ::laughs at Rah's comment::

OnlineHost (8:52:54 PM):
DoD Rengar rolled 1 20-sided die:  10

Darth Diem (8:53:01 PM):
Aaaand there it goes.

DoD Rengar (8:53:05 PM):
16

OnlineHost (8:53:13 PM):
DoD Rengar rolled 3 10-sided dice:  3 7 6

DoD Rengar (8:53:19 PM):

SAGA Cobb (8:53:30 PM):
*looks around*  "Good
job, everybody!"

Darth Diem (8:53:39 PM):
The swamp falls deathly silent, even the
humming of insects momentarily stilled...

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:53:40 PM): ::stands en garde, looking for more::

SWRahReston (8:53:44 PM): :: scurry over to Iri, pull out med kit ::

SWRahReston (8:53:49 PM):
"Hold still."

Joe U II (8:53:55 PM):
"OK, that *was* fast. Nice work."

Darth Diem (8:54:01 PM):
... and then you hear splashing footsteps from the west, and a
voice shouting "Wait, WAIT!!" in Basic.

SWRahReston (8:54:10 PM):
((19 on a take 10 treat
injury))

BrandiBjarlen (8:54:12 PM):
"Wait, what?"

Joe U II (8:54:13 PM):
"Wait"

DoD Xarai Vaa (8:54:29 PM): ::quickly snap off the lightsaber and hide it in the hidden
holster::

DoD Rengar (8:54:30 PM): :: wait, but with gun ready ::

Joe U II (8:54:31 PM): :Wheels and looks:

Darth Diem (8:54:42 PM):
A figure emerges from the foggy jungle...

Darth Diem (8:55:16 PM):
... and though tattered and muddy, with a wild mane of hair and
long beard, he is clearly Human rather than Felucian.

SWRahReston (8:55:16 PM): :: raise pistol, but wait ::

BrandiBjarlen (8:55:27 PM):
((The Admiral?))

Darth Diem (8:55:30 PM):
He looks around in dismay, keeping his hands in plain sight... and
sighs.

Darth Diem (8:55:33 PM):
"Damn."

BrandiBjarlen (8:55:44 PM):
"What's the
problem?"

SAGA Cobb (8:55:46 PM):
"Our sentiments exactly.  Care to
explain yours?"

SWRahReston (8:55:50 PM):
"They weren't in the
mood for conversation."

Joe U II (8:55:55 PM):
"Sorry, they gave us no choice"

Darth Diem (8:56:05 PM):
"I reckon not... damnfool kids."

DoD Rengar (8:56:16 PM): :: shrug ::

BrandiBjarlen (8:56:21 PM):
"You their
babysitter?"

DoD Kez Viridux (8:56:25 PM):
"When it's 'us or them', I tend to err
on the side of  'us'.  Sorry"

BrandiBjarlen (8:56:27 PM): ::grins::

SAGA Cobb (8:56:48 PM):
steps forward to one of the fallen and checks
their face (and vitals)

SW Baniss Nim (8:56:54 PM):
oops sorry

Darth Diem (8:57:02 PM):
"Easy with the blasters, there... no need for any more
misunderstandings."

SW Baniss Nim (8:57:24 PM):
big kids

BrandiBjarlen (8:57:31 PM):
"So, who *are* you,
anyway?"

SWRahReston (8:58:00 PM): :: moves quietly over to Brandi, starts working on her injury ::

Darth Diem (8:58:03 PM):
"Name's Mandrake.  Vazus Mandrake."

Joe U II (8:58:04 PM):
"Are there any more of 'you'
around?"

BrandiBjarlen (8:58:05 PM):
((and, I apologize, but I
have to run soon ..))

Joe U II (8:58:19 PM):
((Me too))

Darth Diem (8:58:32 PM):
((me three... will wrap this up post
haste))

BrandiBjarlen (8:59:02 PM):
"Thanks!" ::smiles at Rah::

Darth Diem (8:59:17 PM):
"And yeah... there's a village of Felucians not far from
here.  Nice folks, once you get used to the tentacles, and they get used
to you.  They've had some... trouble... with the Imps of late."

SWRahReston (8:59:18 PM): :: pats her on the shoulder, nods, puts her kit away ::

SWRahReston (8:59:35 PM): :: seems to be favoring her left arm ::

BrandiBjarlen (8:59:39 PM):
"Really? Think they'll
forgive ... this?"

SW Baniss Nim (8:59:42 PM):
well we are not imps

Joe U II (8:59:46 PM):
"So have we all..."

SAGA Cobb (8:59:57 PM):
checks Rah.

BrandiBjarlen (9:00:01 PM):
"Here, let me ..." ::starts patching up Rah::

SAGA Cobb (9:00:03 PM):
"Your turn..."

SWRahReston (9:00:26 PM): :: smiles tightly :: "Thanks. I'm not used to people patching
ME up."

DoD Xarai Vaa (9:00:26 PM):
"Indeed...we had no
choice, but we killed four of them."

Darth Diem (9:00:29 PM):
"I'd say a lot of that depends on y'all."

DoD Rengar (9:00:31 PM):
"Well,
you'd think they'd learn to take a better look at the uniform..."

Joe U II (9:00:40 PM):
"How so?"

SW Baniss Nim (9:00:45 PM):
and hows that

BrandiBjarlen (9:00:56 PM):
//rolls-dice1-sides20

OnlineHost (9:00:56 PM):
BrandiBjarlen rolled 1 20-sided die:  2

DoD Rengar (9:01:02 PM): :: to the group :: "Do we hold a grudge,
obviously."

Darth Diem (9:01:07 PM): ::shrugs
sadly::  "Like I said, kids... and they're always telling me we all
look alike to them."

DoD Xarai Vaa (9:01:09 PM):
"Let's just say...we
have no love for the Imperials."

BrandiBjarlen (9:01:13 PM): ::Take 10 for 17::

DoD Rengar (9:01:14 PM):
"And do we
mean harm."

SAGA Cobb (9:01:33 PM):
"Not here, Ren."

Joe U II (9:01:48 PM):
"Do you have any suggestions?"

SW Baniss Nim (9:01:49 PM):
do u really think i look
like an IMP

BrandiBjarlen (9:01:52 PM):
"Do they speak
Basic?"

SWRahReston (9:01:57 PM): :: nods ::  "I imagine we do.  But they attacked...
and we had to defend ourselves."

BrandiBjarlen (9:02:00 PM):
"I think I can talk to
them."

DoD Rengar (9:02:10 PM): :: gives  Cobb a 'convince him, then' look ::

SWRahReston (9:02:18 PM): :: smiles with real warmth at Brandi :: "Thanks."

Darth Diem (9:02:31 PM):
"Y'all got cut up some, so obviously they didn't leave you
much choice... the villagers live hard lives, and
respect a hunter's death.  They won't trouble you over it, if you mean no
further harm."

BrandiBjarlen (9:02:34 PM):
"You're welcome"

SW Baniss Nim (9:02:54 PM):
not unless they do

BrandiBjarlen (9:02:58 PM):
"Well, we certainly
don't want to take on a whole village! "

DoD Rengar (9:02:58 PM):
"Not so
much, no."

SAGA Cobb (9:02:59 PM):
"Perhaps, if we head to the village, it
would make sense to bring them their fallen?  I assume they have funerary
rites?"

DoD Xarai Vaa (9:03:04 PM):
"If they can help us,
maybe we can help them, too."

SAGA Cobb (9:03:15 PM):
"But...what is YOUR story?"

Joe U II (9:03:15 PM):
"We don't"

SW Baniss Nim (9:03:18 PM):
shall we carry the kids home?

Darth Diem (9:03:24 PM): ::nods
warily::  "That'd be a nice step in the right direction, yeah."

SWRahReston (9:03:28 PM): :: shrugs her pack awkwardly onto her right shoulder ::

DoD Rengar (9:03:35 PM): :: mutters :: "Suddenly I'm wishing we packed satchel
charges instead of grenades."

BrandiBjarlen (9:03:57 PM):
"Let's pick them up,
and head to the village."

Darth Diem (9:04:04 PM):
"Me?  Not much to it.  I've been here since the War
ended.  Unit got wiped out... I didn't have anywhere to go... so I
stayed."

DoD Xarai Vaa (9:04:05 PM): ::will help carry the dead::

SW Baniss Nim (9:04:07 PM):
what brandi
said

DoD Xarai Vaa (9:04:22 PM):
"Unit...soldier?"

SW Baniss Nim (9:04:29 PM):
will do what i can with
carring

Darth Diem (9:04:32 PM): ::nods to
Xarai::

BrandiBjarlen (9:04:35 PM):
"War
.. ended?"

BrandiBjarlen (9:04:43 PM):
((or am I confused?))

DoD Xarai Vaa (9:04:48 PM): ::regard him, does he look like a Clone Trooper?::

SAGA Cobb (9:04:49 PM):
(Clone Wars ended)

DoD Rengar (9:04:52 PM): :: whisper :: "Clone war..."

BrandiBjarlen (9:04:57 PM):
((oops, cancel that ..))

DoD Xarai Vaa (9:05:05 PM):
((There's a single scene in
RotS, during Order 66, that took place on this
planet.))

Darth Diem (9:05:12 PM):
((No, he doesn't look like a clone.))

DoD Xarai Vaa (9:05:17 PM):
((OK))

Darth Diem (9:05:31 PM):
((And a whole lot of "Force Unleashed,"  apparently...))

SW Baniss Nim (9:05:51 PM):
we done??

DoD Xarai Vaa (9:05:54 PM):
((It's also a location in
Star Wars Battlefront 2))

SWRahReston (9:05:59 PM):
"What sort of trade
goods will they appreciate?"

Darth Diem (9:06:01 PM):
Right, so... we'll leave this at marching into the village, then.

SAGA Cobb (9:06:04 PM):
start setting up a travois system for the kids.