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The Trip.

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GM
GM, 1807 posts
Sun 26 Nov 2017
at 13:25
  • msg #1

The Trip

At the hangar bay Commander Ackbar watched as Lyla led her crew and the last three Verpines into the life boat. Blaster bolts struck the hangar bay as their climbed aboard. The Imperial Shuttle had disengaged from the main hangar and made its way around the asteroid to blast at them as they tried to make their escape. Blistering hot sparks showered everyone as the base shook. The Verpine jostled and screeched as they clambered into the small space craft. Close behind Klyn dived into the vessel to escape the destruction that followed the engineer.

When everyone was aboard Ackbar stepped inside and pressed the eject button. The interior of the life boat had no steering, navigation controls or viewport. An explosion sounded outside the craft and then the boat made a jarring leap into space.

Time passed slowly within the drifting life boat. Without communications equipment, sensors or flight controls everyone was helpless, at the mercy of the vessel's automated controls. Occasionally the life boat made a leisurely course adjustment. It didn't seem enough to avoid the hundreds of asteroids out there, yet no collision occur. Only Suskafoo and the three others Verpines seemed unconcerned with the prospect of flying blind through an asteroid belt.

Then the unpleasant situation changed as the life boat shuddered and became caught fast, as though trapped in the jaws of some great vice. Ominous sound echoed through the craft, then the sound stopped.
Lyla Rahn
player, 1442 posts
Twi'lek Scout, 54/54 hp
Lieutenant
Mon 27 Nov 2017
at 08:06
  • msg #2

The Trip

'I am sick of those guys.' Lyla whined bitterly as the Imperial shuttle appeared in front of them now, shooting at them, all their efforts with the blast doors seemingly in vain. Nevertheless, she carried on into the life-boats, having no other option or way to fight them.

Once inside, she was disappointed to find the life-boats were no more than escape pods, and was quick to say to Ackbar. 'This is your idea of escape?!' she demanded, ready to argue with the world that kept trying to kill her. No controls, no navigation, not even a viewport, it offended the scout's need to know where she was going. But she sighed, becoming resigned to the fact that she actually hadn't had control over her fate in some time.

'Where are we even going?' she asked after a while, to fill the endless wait. She'd thought they were going to the secondary base, but realised that could be too much to hope for now. With nothing to do or fight, Lyla was left alone with her fears, that the mission was an unmitigated failure, and on her command again, that the Empire would get the plans and the Rebels would get nothing, that any minute the Imperials would find them, blow them out of space, or else capture them and put her back into prison and Grendreef's torture chair...

Then, of course, something picked them up. 'Do I want to know?'
Rynn Culmar
Player, 281 posts
Mon 27 Nov 2017
at 16:27
  • msg #3

The Trip

Rynn checked and double check his blaster once the life boat had slowed and then stopped in some sort of grip. He looked at Ackbar, trying to judge the emotion on the mon calamari's face to determine if he was expecting this or not. "Don't suppose this boat comes with spacesuits?" He asked mostly rhetorically. He knew at the easiest way to end a fight in a ship was to suit up and throw open the airlock, but that wouldn't work unless everyone had a suit.
Chu-Shkar
player, 336 posts
Hp: 23/28
Ft: 14 Rf: 16 Wl: 15
Tue 28 Nov 2017
at 10:36
  • msg #4

The Trip

Chu-Shkar was frustrated. He had warned about this very thing, And now it was coming to pass. Then on top of that Rynn was joking about spacesuits. At least he hoped he was joking...
Klyn Cors
player, 622 posts
Starship Mechanic 29/29
"Machines speak to me,"
Thu 30 Nov 2017
at 17:48
  • msg #5

The Trip

Klyn wasn't too happy with the 'barely moving defenseless target' situation, but his parting gift should be enough to buy them some time, and maybe even cover their escape if they are lucky.

Which was not exactly how he felt since they got their current mission. Especially because of what happened with the Gold.

As their escape pod finally got caught, it was time again to test their luck.

He did, however, check his blaster... just in case...
Tera Inkari
player, 850 posts
Tue 5 Dec 2017
at 16:28
  • msg #6

The Trip

Tera winced as she had no time to deal with her blaster injury. "Well....I guess it's looking more and more likely we'll have to fight." She drew her saber, leaving it unignited. "I'm not going to be captured by Imperials."
Lyla Rahn
player, 1443 posts
Twi'lek Scout, 54/54 hp
Lieutenant
Wed 6 Dec 2017
at 00:50
  • msg #7

The Trip

'...Again.' Lyla added dismally, her memories of being held prisoner on the Miser Naval Base still fresh and recent like an unhealed wound. Being bound, menaced, drugged, and interrogated was not an experience she cared to relive.
GM
GM, 1808 posts
Fri 8 Dec 2017
at 23:39
  • msg #8

The Trip

The life boat hatch opened slowly to reveal an enormous docking bay. Beside them other life boats were secured, their doors open and empty. Dozens of Verpine skittered about at a hurried pace. The hangar bay and starship their were in was functional and efficient. Simple bulkheads were interspersed with instrument panels and atmospheric control pipes.
Lyla Rahn
player, 1444 posts
Twi'lek Scout, 54/54 hp
Lieutenant
Sat 9 Dec 2017
at 02:46
  • msg #9

The Trip

'What the cruk?' Lyla exclaimed, eagerly leaping out of the cramped lifeboat. So this was the secondary base. It almost looked effective. 'You've been holding out on us, Ackbar. So, what's the plan now? I don't want to evacuate a base again, but I think we're going to have to.'
Klyn Cors
player, 623 posts
Starship Mechanic 29/29
"Machines speak to me,"
Sat 9 Dec 2017
at 10:43
  • msg #10

The Trip

Klyn almost fired as the hatch opened, but thankfully avoided a terrible mistake.

He looked at what could be seen from their position, a bit impressed but mainly very relieved.
"Well, a good surprise.  For once.  I wouldn't mind a few more, it's a bit unusual and refreshing."

With a tiny surge of hope, he quickly got out of the pod and looked around.
He was very obviously searching for something...
Chu-Shkar
player, 337 posts
Hp: 23/28
Ft: 14 Rf: 16 Wl: 15
Sat 9 Dec 2017
at 11:35
  • msg #11

The Trip

Chu-Shkar had his bowcaster leveled at the opening, ready to fire at the first imperial he saw, but when the door opened and he saw the organized chaos of a rebel base, he let out a loud "Chuff." The breath he had been holding released in a sigh that was explosive. He sagged in relief and slumped against the wall of the escape pod. He was sure he was about to die, as he was not going to be taken alive. He had seen what happened to wookiees in captivity, and he would never be a slave.

The fact that they were not in Imperial hands was such a relief that his body actually lost all strength for a minute.
GM
GM, 1809 posts
Sun 10 Dec 2017
at 13:29
  • msg #12

The Trip

From across the hangar bay a Verpine  strides over to meet Commander Ackbar "please follow me" the Verpine said in halting Basic. The Verpine led them through several crowded corridors to the bridge. The command chair spun around and another, older Verpine considered the Rebels. Ackbar stepped forward "it is good to see you again, Speaker Jurfel" the Verpine nodded "mine is the pleasure Commander Ackbar, but danger threatens the hive and we must act quickly. One hour ago the Empire broadcast a sub-space message on all frequencies, ordering the Verpine to submit or die. The hive has rejected the Empire's ultimatum and has decided to actively join the Alliance. The situation is grim, however. Imperial stormtroopers have captured Research Station Shantipole and, with it, the two prototype two-man B-wings. Our remote sensors reveal that a large number of capital ships have moved into position around our asteroid field. TIE fighters are sweeping the area in regular patterns. We are massing our own fleet in an attempt to gather the hive for escape."

As the Speaker gave his announcement Commander Ackbar studied the ship's data panels and read-outs "Those capital ships have formed a blockade, effectively cutting off our avenue of escape. The TIEs are engaged in a systematic search that will not end until they find what they are looking for — namely, the computer files we have" he looked to Lyla and the team "and all members of the Alliance engineering team. The Verpine fleet consists of unarmed ships which stand no chance against the powerful Imperial vessels. But my analysis shows a flaw in the blockade. Here, at this point, is the weak link. A single escort frigate is the only obstacle in sector G147, where the asteroid trajectories form a natural corridor through the field. An armed vessel could provide cover fire and a distraction that would allow us to move the fleet out of the field and into open space before the rest of the blockade could respond."

The Mon Calamari shook his large head and looked to Lyla "with your ship missing, the only combat-ready craft in the immediate vicinity is my transport. Unfortunately, it is docked in the Shantipole's hangar bay. A small strike team could sneak into the research station, recover the ship, and eliminate any remaining evidence of our secret project." the Commander considered.
Lyla Rahn
player, 1445 posts
Twi'lek Scout, 54/54 hp
Lieutenant
Mon 11 Dec 2017
at 07:13
  • msg #13

The Trip

Lyla groaned; it was like they'd jumped out of the fire back into a larger, hotter fry-pan. So, this was not the second base, the second base had been taken as well, as had the B-wing prototypes, making the whole mission and the Rebel cause a fail. 'And that's why not to scatter your facilities about the system.' she remarked, irritated at the sloppiness of the whole set-up. Now was the not time for blame, of course, but it sure did help release steam.

Hearing Ackbar's plan, she sighed, knowing it was fraught with risks and misfortune as usual. Of course the strike team would be hers. Once again, it was time to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, after having tossed it in there in the first place. 'Raiding Shantipole is going to draw attention and lead the Imperials back here... where is "here", anyway?' she wondered, looking around the bridge, guessing it to be Verpine ship.

'Has there been any sign of the Alabak's Gold, and do you know what the Imperials have done with the B-wings? If they're still on Shantipole, we might at least steal them back at the same time.' That seemed the only glimmer of a chance of salvaging the mission.

'And have we made any headway in finding the spy? We've already lost two bases to this leak, it needs to be plugged.'
This message was last edited by the player at 02:40, Wed 20 Dec 2017.
Commander Ackbar
NPC, 2 posts
Tue 19 Dec 2017
at 19:34
  • msg #14

The Trip

"Let me remind you Lieutenant that we are forced to hide our presence here in Roche asteroid field. Secrecy has been ally, but now an Imperial spy has taken that from us" the Mon Calamarian cast aside Lyla's criticisms he concentrated on her questions "the identity of the spy has eluded us".

Commander Ackbar was at ease on the ship's bridge and at a control seated himself and called up a holo-image of the asteroid field. The Commander highlighted the Verpine transport and the research station to show the Rebels their relative positions. He changed the image, zooming in to show the plans of the research station.

"You must fly through the asteroid field to Research Station Shantipole, get inside undetected, and set the main generator to explode. I'll provide you with the detonite and timers myself. A thirty minute fuse should give you a reasonable safety margin. When the generator explodes it should destroy the entire station, and the prototype starfighters along with it. That explosion will be our signal to move the fleet into corridor G147. If you have not secured a combat vessel and begun your distraction manoeuvres on the frigate, we shall try to escape anyway, but we'll be easy targets for the Imperial ship. Good luck, and may the Force be with you."

Suskafoo volunteered to join the rebels. He said if he can access the computers at Research Station Shantipole he will be able to retrieve additional files that will speed up the resurrection of the B-Wing project.

Jurfel listened to Ackbar’s plan and pointed to another smaller docking bay away from the bridge “we have four asteroid hoppers the Rebel hive can use to reach Shantipole” the Verpine offered.


Lyla Rahn
player, 1446 posts
Twi'lek Scout, 54/54 hp
Lieutenant
Wed 20 Dec 2017
at 03:10
  • msg #15

The Trip

So, infiltrate (how?) an Imperial-captured base, set it to blow, and steal a ship to escape (if you're really lucky). Lyla sighed, feeling like she'd just been given a suicide mission, crukked over without even the decency of a tail-rub. They had to do everything, while Ackbar's lot sat and scratched their fins. Ackbar hadn't even answered her questions. She was tired, tired of being kicked from pillar to post without even a say in how. She couldn't do this again. 'No.' she said firmly, crossing her arms and standing her ground, her air literally mutinous.

'We're not going anywhere. Not until you answer my questions. Not until you convince me you've got the leak plugged and the spy dealt with. Else this whole exercise is already a bust.'
GM
GM, 1816 posts
Wed 20 Dec 2017
at 20:08
  • msg #16

The Trip

"The spy must have come from my command staff, either Lieutenant Pollard or Lieutenant Glek. Neither have made contact since the evacuation" the Commander answered Lyla "the prototype B-wings are at Shantipole. You may be able to steal them back from the Imperials" the Mon Calamarian agreed.

With Lyla refusing to take any other action Ackbar turned to Jurfel and the two began talking and analysing the sensors and computers, Jurfel announcing "I have completed analysis on the Imperial search pattern, I calculate that we have a little less than nine days to make our breakout attempt. After that we are certain to be discovered by the TIE patrols".
Chu-Shkar
player, 341 posts
Hp: 23/28
Ft: 14 Rf: 16 Wl: 15
Thu 21 Dec 2017
at 00:13
  • msg #17

The Trip

Chu-Shkar rested his hand on Lyla's shoulder and gave her a gentle squeeze. "ADMIRAL, which would be more lovely, and do either know about this bass?"
Lyla Rahn
player, 1448 posts
Twi'lek Scout, 54/54 hp
Lieutenant
Thu 21 Dec 2017
at 07:51
  • msg #18

The Trip

Lyla cast a critical gaze about the bridge, wondering if any of them was a spy as well. Ackbar had only blabbed the last-ditch plan to everyone of these people, and via Verpine communication, the whole local Verpine hive. She would have to change every aspect of the plan she had control over.

'We need to find this spy first. What was the last anyone saw of Pollard and Glek?' Pollard she'd seen during the withdrawal, but Salin Glek had sloped off as soon as they'd arrived. Glek was obvious spy material, given his effort to intercept their message for Ackbar, but Lyla had to wonder if he was too obvious. But subtlety wasn't the Empire's strong point. 'I'd like to check and question the evacuees as soon they're collected from the escape pods.'

'Then, Commander Ackbar,' Lyla stressed, since he still hadn't officially received his rank yet, and still might not, 'We need full maps, plans, and codes for Shantipole base. I don't want a repeat of the evacuation.'
GM
GM, 1818 posts
Thu 21 Dec 2017
at 22:34
  • msg #19

The Trip

RESEARCH STATION SHANTIPOLE MAP KEY
1.Verpine Tunnels
2.Airlock #1
3.Communications Center
4.Rec Area
5.Mess
6.Elevators
7.Command Center
8.Computer Room
9.Living Quarters
10.Airlock #2
11.Life Boat Bay
12.Medical Center
13.Repulsor Beam Controls
14.Main Generator
15.Power Converters
16.Life Support
17.Atmosphere Generator
18.Pilots' Rec Room
19.Hangar Bay #1
20.Storage
21.Maintenance Shop
22.Maintenance Shop
23.Hangar Bay #2
24.Shield Generator
25.Power Cells
26.Storage
27.Airlock #3
28.Agrifactory
29.Storage
30.Research Lab
31.Auxiliary Power
32.Hangar Bay Sub-Level
GM
GM, 1819 posts
Thu 21 Dec 2017
at 22:41
  • msg #20

The Trip

"Permission granted" Ackbar accessed the plans for Research Station Shantipole. Providing the Rebels with a full map and key. He also provided codes for all blast doors.

He also brought up a list of five names of the technical crew that had reached the safety of the Verpine vessel, Elimik Marsime, Zaibruc Molobee, Dandon Tolesam, Josala Delgram and Suslil Lemmaps "you are free to question any of them. Both Lieutenant Pollard and Lieutenant Glek are missing in action".
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