Nobody else seemed to have any questions yet, so the contact handed Traest a datapad.  "Directions to the docking bay as well as security lock-out code for the Majestic Gundark and hyperspace coordinates for your journey are on this datapad," the mystery man explained.  He then also pushed a credstick into Traest's paw.  "Half of your payment, as agreed.  Meet me at the 'Bent Lekku' cantina in the city of Kala'uun on Ryloth when you've finished your assignment and I'll give you the rest of your payment."

The man moved to leave, but Galak grabbed his cuff and asked, "How will we prove we were successful with our mission?"

"We'll know," the man said cryptically.  He then quickly raised his fist to his heart and quietly, but solemnly said "For the life."  He moved swiftly out the door and into the night.

Jubali was officially disturbed by the Army of Life sign but did her best to not be obvious about it.  Once their contact was gone she tried to casually contact her master and fill her in on their progress.

"Thank you for the update Jubali," Master Tabret said.  Jubali could tell that her master really did appreciate that she had learned from her last adventure.  "It seems as though things are proceeding as we expected.  For now, continue on; do what the contact asked you to do."

"Will do," Jubali replied then tucked her comm away.  She looked at the others.  "Well, let's go."

As the group exited the building and started walking up the street to head to the appointed docking bay, a group of Gungans came from around the corner.  The one in front, slightly more muscular than the rest, with brown skin that had a slight orange tint to it, called out to the four of you.  "Hey, meesa recognize youssa lot," he said in a gruff voice.  "Youssa was at Frundle's.  Youssa didn't want to sit by us.  Whassa matter?  Youssa too good for uss'n?"

Jubali turned around, subtly waving her hand.

"You must be mistaken, you've never seen us before."

OOC Mind Trick: 7+14=21

The lead Gungan threw his gangly arm at Jubali in dismissal.  "Never mind.  Weesa never seen youssa before."  He turned around and he and his gang headed off back into the shadows.

"Once again saved from an unnecessary scrape," Traest complimented Jubali.

"Youssa one bombad Jedi," Tipler added.

"Let's get going before we have another possible 'unnecessary scrape,'" Galak suggested.

OOC: Any comments?

Jubali was feeling a little bit of high at having to deftly diffusing the situation.

"Thank you," she said to Tipler.

As everyone moved on as Galak had suggested, Tipler replied to Jubali: "Meesa just glad youssa miyo palo."

Jubali laughed.  "I do my best."

The rest of the trip to the Kwilaan Spaceport was uneventful.  Docking bay 33 was easy enough to find and the entrance to the docking bay was open to the street.  As Jubali crossed the threshold into the bay, she could see that the roof was open to the sky. A Corellian YT-1300 transport rested inside, its only visible external modification an additional laser cannon on the belly turret to complement the standard one on the top turret. A small utility droid in the process of detaching a long, thick fusion generator supply hose was just completing fueling the vessel. The ship appeared locked and powered-down, and other than the heroes and the utility droid, the bay seemed to be empty.

OOC: Does Jubali want to say anything or make any checks before I proceed?

Jubali casually looked around the bay.

OOC 3+4=7 Perception

Jubali did not notice anything unusual.

Traest pulled out the datapad their contact had given them and keyed in the security code to open the ship.

"Freeze!" a voice suddenly shouted from the shadows behind the Majestic Gundark. "Spaceport security!" A uniformed guard stepped from the rear of the ship, his blaster pistol leveled at Jubali. "You’re under arrest for suspicion of smuggling." He raised his free hand and waved back toward the direction from which  he had come. "They don’t look like much trouble, boys," he said, "Let’s nab ’em."

OOC: Roll for Initiative.

OOC 4+11=15

Four more security guards came from around both sides of the Gundark .  The guards only had time to move into place before the heroes reacted.

"Jubali, we can't let them see you use your lightsaber or your powers or it might blow our cover," Traest warned.  "You could either get the ship started or take Tipler's blaster pistol and he can start the ship.  Either way we'll hold them off until the ship is ready."

Tipler looked nervous but ready.

"Make sure you have your weapons are on stun," Galak suggested.  "After all, they're just doing their jobs."

"That means we're going to have to stay in close," Traest replied.

"I know," Galak sighed.

Traest drew his blaster pistol, turned around and stunned the third security guard .  His shot hit true and the guard visibly sagged at the pain, but didn't cave.

OOC: Jubali's turn.
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Jubali snatched the pistol out of Tipler's holster and moved into close range to the guards to her left (up two, left two (I'm assuming I can move under the ship).

OOC I'm out of attack possibilities with two moves, yeah?  She is currently fighting defensively, with her Acrobatics shes at 25 reflex (Elusive target requires me to be melee fighting, yeah?)

OOC: Yes, you can move under the ship.  You are correct, you have no actions left for an attack.  Nor can you fight defensively because that is a standard action.  And yes, Elusive Target requires you to be melee fighting; and with how far you moved, you are not yet engaged in melee (see map).  Did you mean to move to a point where you would be engaged in melee?  And if you want to be in melee, you can't use the blaster pistol.  If you used the blaster pistol, you would just be within melee range, but not engaged in melee.

Tipler took the hint and moved over to the landing ramp, pushing the button that would lower it.

Galak pulled his blaster, put it on stun, and fired at the security chief, but his shot just missed.

The security chief shot a stun bolt back at Galak, but he also missed.

Both the security guards near Jubali considered her aggressive move towards them as threatening and both took a shot at her.  The first shot was a close call, nearly singeing Jubali's fur.  The other shot easily flew by.

The third security guard fired back at Traest, also barely missing.

The fourth security guard moved closer to get within stun range and then shot at Galak.  His shot went wide.


Traest continued his attack on the third security guard, hoping to take him out of the fight.  Unfortunately Traest missed.  He then moved slightly out into the main entrance area to get some cover.

OOC: Jubali's turn.

Jubali switched to stun and then fired at the guard ahead of her.

OOC SG2
Attack: 7+17-5=19

I wasn't planning on being in a Melee, just making sure.  Still fighting defensively (hence the -5)

The second security guard was visibly weakened by the stun blast, but managed to remain on his feet.

As soon as the ramp to the ship was down, Tipler hustled up, heading towards the cockpit.

Galak fired at the security guard chief again, making him shake, but not knocking him down.  Galak then followed Traest's lead and moved to cover.

The security guard chief moved over to have a clear line of the main entrance area, negating Galak's cover.  He fired another stun bolt at him, hitting Galak and causing him to sag.

The first and second security guard continued to try and pound away at Jubali, but both missed miserably.

The third and fourth security guards closed in on Traest and Galak.  Traest was hit, and though weakened, seemed to shrug it off.  When Galak got hit he seemed weighed down even more.

Traest fired back again, but he couldn't manage to find his target and he retreated further behind cover.

OOC: Jubali's turn.  Note updated map.

Realizing cover was a safer bet without her lightsaber, Jubali quickly made her way to the nearest landing gear.  Once safe she fired at the nearest guard (SG1).

OOC 14+4=20

OOC: I'm assuming you're not fighting defensively since you didn't include a -5 in your addition.  However, you're still giving yourself too high of an attack bonus for a weapon you're  not proficient in.  You only have a +1 attack bonus as I explained in our private message conversation.  So you're total attack for this turn is 14+1=15.  Not 14+4 which does not even equal 20.  Nor 14+6=20, which is what it would be if you were using a simple ranged weapon instead of a pistol.

Jubali's stun blast hit the guard , but the effect was barely noticeable.

Soon Jubali could hear the engines of the Gundark start up.  Tipler must have made it to the cockpit!

"Concentrate fire on that guard in front of the ramp!" Traest called out.  "We need to get aboard."

Galak fired the first shot at the guard, but the shot barely missed, leaving Galak scrambling to get behind cover.

The security chief moved to where he could see Traest and fired at him, but missed.

The security guard at whom Jubali had fired, fired back at her, but nearly bounced the stun blast off the pylon in front of him and back at himself.

The second security guard (SG2) moved into position to negate Jubali's cover, the shot hitting and sending shudders up Jubali's spine.  [Private to Jubali, you take 14 dmg, no CT movement; so you're down to 46 hp.]

The third security guard also moved to negate Jubali's cover, but tripped as he was firing his shot, putting the stun blast into the ground.

The fourth security guard moved closer to Traest as well, firing another stun blast into the Bothan.

Traest shuddered, but seemed to recover from the two blasts he'd taken before calling out "Make for the ramp, it's clear."  He then started running up the ramp.

OOC: What does Jubali do?  Also, see the updated map and note that you, SG2 and SG3 are under the ship, while Traest is in the ship.

Jubali forsook her attacks and decided to simply run for the ship.

OOC Run action.

Jubali was able to make it all the way to the cockpit of the ship, running past Traest on her way.

Galak ran around the two security guards near him, and up the ramp, hitting the button to close the ramp.

The security chief moved to be in line with the closing ramp and fired a stun shot at Traest that hit the bottom of the ramp.  The other security guards followed suit, and though only three of them could get in position, all three fired.  Fortunately, all three missed.  Traest considered firing back, but realized he needed to get to the cockpit to pilot the ship.  Galak followed soon afterwards.

"All right, let's get out of here," Traest announced as he pulled the ship out of the docking bay.  Outside, the security guards had switched their blasters from stun and were firing at the ship to no avail.  Soon the ship was in orbit.  "Okay Tipler, set a course for Stend IV," Traest requested.

"Okee day," Tipler responded cheerfully.  "It will take meesa about one minute to maken the calculations."

"That's fine," Traest conceded, "it'll take about that long to get to a safe distance from Naboo's gravity well."

"Uh oh!" Tipler suddenly said in alarm.

"What is it?" Galak asked.

"There's something on the sensors," Tipler answered.  "Two gargantuan ships with shields active.  Theysa within long range."

A voice came over the comm panel.  "Majestic Gundark, this is Lt. Davonn of Guardian flight. Return to port or we will be forced to shoot you down."

"What now?" Galak asked.

OOC: What does Jubali do?

"Please tell me you didn't stop calculations," Jubali said to Tipler.
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"Meesa didn't," Tipler replied.