Episode 3: Dust to Dust

Played: 19 oktober 2013
GM: Ejnar
Players and Characters: Ace (Peter), Buzz (Thomas), Hawk (Dalle), Tiny (Shuan)
XP: 15

Opening Crawl:

Episode III: Dust to dust
Imperiet styr med järnhand över galaxen.
Motståndsrörelser börjar formas på planeter
som vågar uttrycka sitt missnöje mot de
lokala guvernörerna och regionala Moffs.

På Tatooine har allt motstånd hittils
slagits ner av lokala lojalister och inget
organiserat motstånd har lyckats etablera sig.

En ny vind blåser in över sanddynsfälten
som kan väcka minnen från tiden innan Imperiet...

Summary

This is the third installment in the alternate universe campaign we run for Star Wars Edge of the Empire. Whats alternate about it is that Anakin Skywalker never existed, and thus the Skywalker family is not a part of this universe.

Encounter 1 “Storm”
The player characters stands in the shade of a market stall outside Mos Espa. They are trying to eat a not so good womprat stew that the toydarian vendor managed to con them into buying when they see a cloud of dust and debris on the horizon, a Sandstorm! They throw themselves into their landspeeder and race towards their farm to take shelter. There is a three part challenge on their way to the farm. First part is a fairly straight forward race over the “Dune sea” that then takes them in to the “Sandworm Ravine” a tricky and twisting ravine with sandpeople shooting at them from the top of the ravine! This leads them in to the third challenge. The “Krayth Jaw” a region of sharp rocks and cliffs. The sandstorm is now almost over them and they rush in to the farm gathering what equipment they can carry and run in to shelter in their earthship home of cavernous rooms in the cliff face of the farm. They bar the door and hope for the best. All of a sudden there is a terrible sound of rock and stone crumbling down the cliff outside. They find themselves trapped inside their cavernous home, lights go out and they stumble around in the darkness and finds a hidden passage behind a shelf that leads them to a large cave. Scaling a rock face and fighting mynocks they find a spaceship hiding in the cave. This is the ship Elusion that once took Barret Maydar and his allies to Tatooine. They crashed and managed to hide the ship i the cave. Looking for help in Mos Espa got the crew killed in an Imperial trap. Barret Maydar and a women named Natalia had stayed behind guarding the ship and thus survived.

Encounter 2 “A ruined ship”
They find the ship in a terrible condition with some vital parts damaged beyond repair and almost out of fuel. They gather what credit they have and head to the closest city Mos Espato find the parts they need to repair the ship. A shopkeeper have almost all they need except for one vital part to make the hyperdrive operational. After asking around they find out that theres a ship in town that has got the part they need. The YT-2000 Jarrot Bat in hangar bay 205, problem is it seems to have people guarding it. They negotiate with the Pyke syndicate to get access to their docking bay 49 in order to use the full service of their well equipped maintenance facility. They bring what they managed to get so far back to the farm and prepare to take the ship to Mos Espa. Low on fuel and with a damaged ship they have to make a quick burst out of the cave and conserve enough fuel to make a controlled descent down to docking bay 49. Thanks to their masterful pilot they make it!

Encounter 3 “Getaway”
Striking a deal with Mos Espas crime queen Arcona they agree to take on board some unmarked cargo containers in exchange the guards in docking bay 205 will be gone next evening. Negotiating with a mysterious Twi’lek man that calls himself Tao’Ayle he offers them a full load of fuel in exchange for taking him with them when they leave Tatooine. Now the only thing missing is the part for the hyperdrive. They break into the now unguarded docking bay 205 and steals not only the engine part but also the captains corellian brandy, his bedding and their gaming table! Triumphant they return to their ship and start installing the last part when the a large squad of stormtroopers storms the building guns blazing. They hold their ground long enough to get their ship of the ground, some of them badly hurt they con their way past an Imperial Star Destroyer before plotting a course towards Alderaan.