The sleepy hamlet of Mos Espa quietly endures the sweltering heat, just as it does every day. The populace is about half human, half other species. A group of jawas walk down the street, chittering to one another. A human male and a ranat sit in the shade, conversing quietly. A felician negotiates the price of a thubu loaf with a sullustan merchant. A gamorrean trundles by you, snorting some sand out of its impressive nose.

You are standing outside the storage area when you see a Jablogian in a dark-coloured imperial uniform marching busily down the street. He seems to be heading towards the shipyard.

Caddy is well dressed in tan shorts, blouse and head scarf along with stylish glasses.  This could possibly be considered 'out of place' but she has always 'stood out' and so doesn't mind a little attention from time to time.   Her pale skin is tinted with appropriate cosmetics (suitably sun-screened) and her pink hair, whilest mostly hidden, does peak out from under the headscarf from time to time.

Spotting the imperial uniformed Jablogian, she motions carefully to the others so that they too spot him.

Ikki eyed over the stylish lass with slight disbelief for a second, the young Sorlock blended in the with the Outer Rim Rabble quite well after spending much time on the move. However if she was drawing attention to herself then that simply meant less eyes on him, which suited him just fine. Catching her motion, his eyes followed to land on the Jablogian in a uniform.

Ikki watched him march towards the shipyard "Someone has something to tell us. Walking around in a uniform in plain daylight." He mutters to the others as he moves his arm around to give the impression of a casual conversation. "I'm going to tail him, let's see whats going on." He told the others his attention, hopefully he could blame the whole mission on the Empire. He still needed to find out how Jabba's men knew each other from others but this had fully grasped his curiosity.

With his ponderous walk, the short & tubby man stomps towards the shipyard. He doesn't look around much, so tailing him is fairly easy.

You reach the shipyard just after him. The rodian steward meets him at the gate.

"Hello, Scuzis. Which one is it?" the jablogian says. The rodian points inward, at your ship, and buzzes.

"Thank you. Won't be long."

The rodian goes back inside his sheltered hut, and the imperial stomps into the yard.

Caddy is still loitering with apparent intent near the storage area and doesn't see or hear any of this.

Jeorn followed along with Caddy, ready to play the part of bodyguard or boyfriend, depending on which way she decided to go with it. He stayed at her side, one step back, as she walked along. He gave her a very shallow nod at her motion to indicate that he'd followed what she saw.

"So, m'dear, how'd you like t'play this?" He smiled at her, as he watched the shipyard out of the corner of his eye.

"Play?"  She really had no interest in playing anything right now - she was far too nervous!  And yet she offered Jeron an alternative, "Let's wait and see what Ikki uncovers."

Ikki gritted his teeth as the Rodian pointed the at the ship and spoke to the Jablogian. If only he knew what he was saying. Reaching into his utility belt and retrieving his comlink as he leaned against the wall to look more casual. With a short buzz of static he patched himself through to Caddy's, speaking into it ++Officer is moving to our ship. Tailing.++ With another short crackle he turned the Comlink off.

Pushing himself off the wall, he flicks his collar up in a small attempt to both protect his neck from the sun and cover more of his face. Moving slowly he weaved inside of different vehicles. He tailed the Jablogian all the way to the ship, who didn't even looked concerned about his surroundings. Once he stopped, Sorlock found a place to hide and watched him carefully.


22:51, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 5 successes, 2 threats using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 1B 1D with rolls of 5(P), 4(A), 1(A), 3(B), 7(D).  Stealth.

Ikki follows the imperial over to the ship. The imp takes out a datapad and begins carefully examining the ship's hull near the landing ramp. He types notes into his datapad as he examines.

The imperial uses a portable printer to create a flimsy. He affixes it to the ship's landing gear and has a final look around. Plainly not noticing his young stalker, he sets out from the landing yard again.

Noting the chubby creature's slow walking speed and unhurried pace, Ikki grabs ahold of the flimsy before continuing his tail.

The note is an instruction to the ship's master to attend the Imperial Customs Office within 48 standard hours or before leaving the planet, whichever comes first. It instructs them to bring a full list of crew and passengers as well as a cargo manifest. The location of the office is provided.

The imperial seems to be heading back in that direction now.

Caddy will wait a moment before quietly replying, ++Is he up to anything?  Need me to intervene?++  She begins walking in the general direction of the ship which will no doubt cross her paths with the uniformed individual - something she'll capitalise on depending on Ikki's response.

Ikki clicked his tongue as he stops tailing the Officer, there would be a better time to steal that when they arrived at the officer. Switching his comlink back on after reading the note as Caddy buzzed through to him ++He wants to see all our crew and cargo before we leave....Might want to make a good impression when you go past. I'm coming back to meet up with you.++ He points out that first impressions were important.

The young spy left sufficient distance between him and the target before walking after him towards his teammates. They'd discuss what to do from there and his plans for making the Imperials take the blame for the heist.

++Have I ever not made a good impressions?++  A rhetorical question of course and she smiles as she looks up at the now approaching Imperial having checked that Jeron is close to by.  Walking quite deliberately towards him, "Oh... just the person I was looking for!   My name Caddy Manitu and we just landed and I wanted to check that all was well with my paperwork, that my dock duties were paid... you know, all the good stuff."  Her voice had changed becoming maybe a little airier, a little softer, as she attempted to quite deliberately charm the officer (or, indeed, make herself a mark should he he be so inclined).  Either would work in this instance and the latter could be dealt with later - after all, Jeron was here for a reason!

[Charm using 1A 2P please.  To ensure his temperament tends towards the positively and is less riled up about whatever misdemeanour he believes we have committed :-)]

"Ahem. Good day, madam. You are responsible for the..." the Imperial checks his datapad, "'Sunset Shimmer?' Good. Registered... here on Tatooine. Welcome home. Let us see, then. I'll have your papers before you leave, if you please. Cargo manifest, crew compliment, names of any passengers. As well, I'll need to log your previous stop and your next intended port of call."

"And finally," he adds. "The travelling tariff. One hundred Imperial credits, payable by note from any credit institution recognized by the Imperial Galactic Bank. Or the bank itself, of course."

He gives a little cough. "Of course, if you would prefer to settle in cash," he says, emphasizing this last word and making a little pause, "There is a pleasant discount available. Yes. Only eighty credits, if paid in cash."

He looks you in the eye for a moment.

"Make sure to stay out of the sun during the hottest part of the day, or you'll end up with skin as pink as mine."

The Imperial attempts to shuffle past you murmuring 'good day.'

"Why thank you.  It's good to be back."  She then pouts rather prettily, "I do so despise the all the paperwork.  Cargo, crew... honestly.  It's just me and mine."  She then gushes, "I'd be every so grateful though if we could dispense with that hassle.  And I'm sure I'd be able to provide the fee in... cash?  Maybe you could keep an eye on me over a nice cold beverage while my retainer retrieves it?"  A lady of my calibre could hardly be expected to carry such quantities of cash around with her, now could she?

[OOC: Playing on the success she is hoping to garner a better deal where their details are effectively ignored for the sake of the cash and a little time with her.  Their instructions were, after all, to be discreet.  She will, of course, expect him to buy the drinks and, if things pan out, she has her eyes on his datapad as it could lead to discovery of the cargo ships that have landed and the possible description and location of the cargo she is after.]

[If you require a Charm or indeed Negotiation role following on from the conversation, the roll is 1A 2P in both cases.]

The Force, on behalf of Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu, rolled 1 success, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1a 2p 2d 1s.  Charm.

The jablogian's type is more likely to be a sullustian than a human, but Caddy is the queen of laying it on thick. Without a word, he extends his arm to take hers, and leads her off with his customary waddle.

"You must understand that Mos Espa is hardly akin to Coruscant in culture, but perhaps we can find something suitable."

While the Imperial and Caddy are occupied, the rest of the team have plenty of opportunity to engage in further investigation.

Jeron stood back a bit from Caddy, close enough to be considered "with" her, but not close enough that Imperial would feel threatened or anything. He had his arms cross over his chest and a slightly disinterested look on his face. He kept moving his head slowly back and forth as he watched up and down the street, clearly playing up the bodyguard or muscle role. But for the moment, he let Caddy do the talking.

Before taking the jablogian's arm she looks to Jeron, "Best run along then.  And don't get lost in the dock the way you always seem to!"  While her words seem light, her eyes are urging Jeron to head for the docks and to nosey around.  Maybe he can find out where their target's ship is docked?

That done, she primly rests her arm on larger man's arm and is lead away from the docks.  "I'm sure you can."  She smiles, "Now, tell me about the docks.  It must be fascinating!  See all the visitors.   You must meet all sorts.  Tell me, tell me... have you met anyone famous?"  A leading conversation point but she hopes now that he's treating her well that he'll relax and speak freely.


[OOC: And I'll use my advantages to give Jeron a blue on his next roll.  ed.. blue being a Boost dice!]

Ikki approached the scence, Caddy was laying it on thick and managed to sweet talk the Officer. Surely this was a chance to get into his office. They couldn't have a massive base out here at least. Walking swiftly passed Jeron, muttering as he passed "Evidence" Hopefully the older man would understand he was going to forge some evidence for them to plant.

Walking fast enough to past the Officer and Caddy, he offered them both a nod of the head. In politeness and in praise to the Temptress for succeeding as he made his way to find the Imperial Office.

Jeron raised one eyebrow up at Caddy's dismissal but stayed in the role and gave her a nod. He quietly spoke in a raspy voice, "As you wish," before turning and leaving her in the capable Imperial hands.

He returned to the cantina to see if he could overhear or drum any information about the cargo of Jabba's they were there to acquire.

Caddy acknowledges Jeron's departure with a slight nod of the head and mostly ignored Ikki as he passed them by though he might notice that her eyes certainly did follow him as he passed.

Streetwise would be an excellent choice, yes. 1D 1S, 1B for every 10 credits you spend.

Jeron ends up back in the cantina, which has filled up a bit. Locals do not mix with spacers, it seems, but there's plenty of people looking glum and down on their luck.

****

The Imperial office is a building with two offices, one for each of two different services. One is Justice & Grievences, and the other is for Customs & Immigration. There are only a few rooms in each office, at least half of which consists of two reception areas.

The office for Justice is full of people, half of whom are in uniform and half of whom are in desert wear. There is clearly an argument going on between the sides.

The Customs office is comparably empty, with only a few clerks sitting at terminals, working and chatting.

****

Caddanra is treated to a short dissertation on the importance of regulations in a small town with a fluid population. The officer escorts her to an open-air cafe under a cabana, where he orders a pitcher of hubba gourd juice. It costs forty credits, half a day's wages for some people.

Jeron spent money, spreading around free drinks, getting people 'socially lubricated' while starting with small talk and story swapping before moving on to asking discreetly about Jabba's cargo and ship.

"Oh, there was this ONE TIME...man, she was a firecracker! Carrying QUITE the cargo, if you catch my meanin'! She stole my heart...right after she stole all my money!!" He laughed and took a drink.

OOC: Spending 40 credits. Maybe the 2 Advantages to either get more information, or keep people from getting suspicious about the questions he's asking so word doesn't spread?

11:10, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 4 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 4B 1D 1S ((5(P), 1(A), 6(A), 2(B), 5(B), 4(B), 3(B), 6(D), 6(S))).

Ikki watched the office for Justice's argument after checking out the area, while the Customs office is almost empty. With the few in there he wouldn't be able to rummage around in there like he wanted to. Sorlock decided to listen in to the argument more, perhaps with a little prodding a distraction would be provided.

Not hiding himself to much he waited at the back of the crowd, carefully listening into the argument to find the source and waiting for a chance.

Politics and Economics are a couple of Caddy's strong suites and while the may not know small-town dynamics, she manages several pertinent questions and keeps the conversation going.  She, of course, thanks the officer for the drink and drinks sparingly and primly, complementing him on his choice.

As opportunity allows, she'll direct the conversation from economics and the laws associated with it towards those who would break the law.  "I'm told that the Jabba visit here from time to time.  I'm sure you have your hands full dealing with them - many a story to tell!"

If he begins talking about the criminal aspects, she'll encourage him in some way to show her something on the tablet - thereby hopefully seeing his access method/code.

[OOC: Yet another charm roll is needed here, but I'm aiming to encourage him to brag about his accomplishments, revel in his work ethic, and hopefully reveal something about the ship and possibly cargo we're after.   I'd suggest the wine might give him a drawback that would apply a blue dice and as the natural flow of the conversation, his ego, and the fact that it is likely few others would listen to him, is heading in the 'right direction', I might suggest this could apply a second blue dice.  While I am drinking sparingly, I am also not overly familiar with wines so this might apply a black die.  :-)  1A 2P 2B 1S + Difficulty. Any advantages will be used to attain access/knowledge of his comms device/tablet.]

Ikki listens to the argument evolving in the Justice department. The people complaining are all locals, and they are all angry about raiders.

"The Sand People are everywhere! You need to drive them off! What do we pay taxes for? They've driven us off our land!"

The Imperials are having trouble keeping a lid on the situation. The secretary workers keep trying to defer to the senior clerk, a harried-looking woman. She is trying to get people to calm down or at least be quiet, with no success.

Ikki keeps one eye on the Customs office. The clerks inside are determinedly keeping their heads down, focusing on paperwork and filing and avoiding looking in the direction of the other office.

****

The cantina crowd is appreciative of someone bringing a good mood, and pretty soon the spacers are laughing right along. The locals are mostly glum, but they cheer up as he starts buying drinks.

"Money's tight right now," one says. "I had to sell my farm. When that money runs out, I don't know what I'll do." This is a story that several of the locals share.

"The farm I worked at kept being attacked by Tuskens. Mister Heck lost three vaporators and couldn't afford to pay me. Last week a man came to make an offer on the place and he had no choice but to accept."

"Someone came to offer me a job as an exotic dancer," one woman contends hotly. "I've got a degree in agricultural sciences!"

"Enjoy your drinks now. Pretty soon there'll be no water to spare for brewing around here."

Things aren't as rough for the spacers.

"We were contracted to bring in twenty tons of ferrocrete mix. Someone's building something big."

"The captain managed to get out of paying the import tax on some seeds. The customs guy wrote them up as foodstuffs rather than agro imports."

****

The jablogian, Clebdir, glances around before answering. "Well, Jabba doesn't... that is, he has an interest in some of the businesses in town. And has a warehouse here that... stores some of the things he imports. But most of the business is handled by his local lieutenant, Boss Thrumdush. Yes, he insists on being called 'Boss,' how arrogant. I mainly deal with him, when there's... he likes to make certain that Jabba's shipping business goes through smoothly."

Clebdir checks his datapad's chrono and rests it on the table.

"Businesses?"  She takes a sip of her wine and leans in a little closer.  To anyone else watching, they'd simply appear to be a 'couple' making small talk (and it no doubt provides a little more 'distraction' for the officer.)  "Really?  While it is a quaint location, I didn't expect a Crime Lord to have such interest in the economy of a place like this?"  She's obviously trying to draw him out.  "I hope you don't let this 'Thrumdush' boss you around. You're an imperial officer!"  And then on wim that aims to appear to be alcohol driven, she giggles and adds, "Where is this warehouse?  I think we should head over there right now and set things straight - put him in his place - inspect it!"
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Clebdir the customs officer's mouth hangs open a bit. You're not especially certain with jablogians, but you've heard that this is a nonverbal indication of irritation.

"The warehouse is a significant source of revenue for the town. They always pay their taxes on time. Quite a number of locals work there. If I choose to let a little self-importance slide, then it's only because I have the best interests of the community at heart."

It doesn't take a Lorrdian to see that there is more to the story than he is letting on. However, pressing him will be more difficult.

Charm & Negotiation checks with this character have increased to 3D. Deception checks have a setback, for 2D 1S total.

That did surprise her.  Despite all the success she'd been having he chose now to react badly to her comment when the conversation was 'light and playful'?  It seemed a little bit... blunt to her.  Maybe even two sudden?

But pressing him isn't her style or indeed deceiving him isn't her style.   She does however know a considerable amount about politics and economics having been schooled in this as part of her 'apprenticeship' and so she adds, "Oh come now.  Don't be silly!   Anyone knows that tax originating from criminal activities is but a fraction of the overall revenues due to the state."  She'll cite further examples and may even quote from memory of a supporting text - though she makes sure to keep the conversation 'light' and her voice low - this is a conversation between 'just the pair of them' and she doesn't want him to worry that someone might be listening in.

Regardless of whether she successfully debates the point, her aim is to help him unwind, help him speak freely, and help him consume a little more of the wine.

Jeron was whatever the person currently speaking needed him to be. He was sympathetic to those who had suffered hardships and loss. He shared the offense to those who had been insulted. To the woman he did smile and say, "While you should be valued for your skills, at least you can say they share my belief that you're beautiful, an' that's a compliment of sorts, right?"

He shook his head at the overall of it though, and turned serious. "Ah, my new friends! It pains me t'hear such tragedies an' hardships. I wish there was more I could do for you! But at least I'm happy t'help you drown away your cares for today!"

To the spacers, he finally got around to commenting quietly after a bit. "Ferrocrete as foodstuffs, or was that a different cargo?" He also tried to discreetly see what the cargo was that they were after.

The two groups of spacers are discussing the relative degrees of corruption of the local import customs agents. One is simply asserting that a big load of ferrocrete has been shipped in by some unknown client. The other is indicating that a bit of fudging on the forms allowed them to save a lot of money on import taxes.

Jeron surveys the spacers' crowd and finds nothing that seems relevant to their mission. He mentally logs the quartermaster of the unnamed ship MR-14452 as probably smuggling spice.

Meanwhile,

Caddanra quickly attempts to backpedal, trying to get the official into a position to be manipulated again.

The Force rolled 3 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1A 2P 3D 1B.  Caddy Charm.

The official calms down somewhat, and gives out a puff of air. "That may be. Sometimes. But we do have to think about the little people who might be hurt in a conflict. We must consider whether even a corrupt institution might be too big to fail."

Ikki remembered back to what Cole said about the radiers. That Jabba was buying them out from the 'Sand People' attacks. Perhaps a seed of doubt in the empires would help him search the area. If the crowd made enough problems for the office, the clerks would have to get involved and leave their office open.

Clearing his throat and changing his voice as best he can, he spoke up over the crowd "I know the difference between a Tusken Raider and a Rodian in robes! I bet Jabba's paying you to keep quiet about them! I bet most of the attacks had multiple tracks as well!" Sorlock called out over the crowd, hoping that small piece of information he had picked up about them would stir something up. Thank god he had talked to those trackers from Tatootine that one time. After speaking his piece he attempted to disappear into the crowd again.

I didn't roll difficulty since I didn't know what to roll, could you roll that?

20:02, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 3 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A with rolls of 3(P), 4(A), 5(A).  Deception.
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The Force rolled 1 failure, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1b 2D.  Difficulty. Net 2 Successes

The crowd of farmers grows noticeably uglier. One of them hurls a lamp, and the civil servants panic. The crowd begins flipping desks and tables. Flimsies and styluses fly everywhere.

In the customs office, the workers panic. Two of them run back, away from the shared space and the other office. The last rushes to the front, where he begins working a crank beside the door. A security shutter begins descending across the door and window.

For the good of the people....   She bowed her head, conceding the point to the Imperial officer though a small part of her is quickly considering her options.  The man was clearly sympathetic to the people.  Maybe, instead of undermining him, she could effectively recruit him?  She raises her close, "Well put.  I am pleasantly surprised to find a man who clearly puts the good of the people first...."  After all, so many of the Imperials she knew would have suggested that the Empire was always 'bigger' and that the needs of the Empire would always come first.

She therefore continues on, carefully angling and directing the discussion in such a way as to open him up, to understand him, and to hopefully recruit him to their cause.

Ikki ducks for cover as the crowd turns violent, looks like his few words had set off a bit more than he thought. However with the Shutter descending, it didn't leave him much time to find some evidence to plant or a manifest to forge but he'd have to do.

Barging his way out of the crowd, he pretends to stumble backwards into the customs office. Regaining his 'balance' quickly, he moved over the desks and quickly searched through the desks to find something he could type on or use as a manifest for their ship.

18:13, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 2 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A with rolls of 11(P), 3(A), 2(A).  Perception.

Ikki ducks inside the office before the office worker can finish cranking. The man jumps back, startled, to see someone entering. He turns and flees, leaving the office unoccupied.

Alone at last. Except for the angry mob right outside.

Without trying too hard, Ikki locates a stack of forms. It looks like these are the forms of previous ships. They are already stamped with a verifying emblem.

He also spies a safe with a transparisteel door: inside it, there are a number of official-looking pads, as well as an electro-stamp. With it, it would be easy to 'officially verify' virtually any customs-related document.

Meanwhile...

The jablogan demurres from discussing politics further and instead begins talking about his speeder. Apparently it has a bantha-leather interior and greel-wood paneling. Then he sees that his dining companion is, perhaps, not terribly interested in such things. He begins talking about the last vacation he took, on the planet Mrlsst. "They have plenty of beaches on Tatooine, but they don't have beach resorts!" he chortles.

Ikki groans as he approaches the safe, attempting to open it and fiddling with the lock a little with very little success. With his terrible attempt at the safe, it looked like he would have to leave it alone and simply hope that the Caddy could sweet talk them through an old one.

Ikki sighed perhaps he could muscle his way through the crowd and find something in the Justice Office. Shifting through the files, he attempted to at least find a similar ship to use.

14:28, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 1 failure, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 3D with rolls of 10(P), 1(A), 3(A), 6(D), 3(D), 7(D).  Skulduggery.

Caddy has little more to do other than keep the officer talking.  If she gets the opportunity to direct the conversation towards her new 'goal', she'll do so all-the-while keeping an eye out for her two compatriots.  Hopefully they'll finish their job soon enough and allow her to apply a little more pressure without risking their job.

Jeron idly wondered if the spice was the cargo they were after, but that seemed unlikely. He hung out a bit longer until the credits he had already spent were gone and then said his goodbyes. He left the cantina, looking around. He wasn't sure where exactly his companions would be so he decided to head back towards the ship and see if he saw anything of interest on the way.

As the meal wears on interminably, Caddy puts on a mask of politeness and lets the bragging about money wash over her. Then he stops as his commlink beeps.

He picks it up and puts it to his ear. Caddy can't hear it very clearly, but it sounds like frantic pleading with a background of angry shouting.

The customs officer stands up abruptly and shouts at the restaurant owner that he will have to be back later to pay. The cafe owner nods wearily, and makes no objection.

With that, he excuses himself hurriedly and jogs off down the dusty road.

As Jeron is leaving, he sees a new party heading towards the cantina he has just departed. A kubaz, a klatoonian, and a human are following behind a tremendous Gammorrean, laughing at his grunts sycophantically. The big alien stomps down into the cantina and bellows sometime inarticulate.

She smiles, "That's ok.  We'll chat soon...."  She watches as he stands and hurriedly departs wondering to herself what has him so riled.  So riled in fact that he didn't pick up the tablet that he'd placed on the table during their conversation! Convenient  She smiles, waits for him to disappear from view, picks the tablet up, and then enters the key-code he'd seen the officer use earlier.  Now... what do we have hidden here?

Jeron stepped to the side and paused for a moment, as if looking around to see if someone he is waiting to arrive is nearby or not. He glanced at the newcomers and listened to them, and then followed them in but stepped to the side immediately so he wouldn't attract much attention in their wake.

Caddy consults the reader and finds a very interesting set of correspondences from someone named BT. Most of them are locked behind a separate password, but it seems that the owner hasn't quite gotten around to locking the latest couple yet.

BT: I told you about this weeks ago. You've had ample time to get ready.
Yourself: As I have mentioned repeatedly, I'm not in direct control of that branch. It's requiring extra effort to prepare. Without knowing exactly how long I had to work with, my planning couldn't be as precise as you have come to take for granted.
BT: I imagine you believe you deserve extra compensation. Despite this being very similar to previous operations that have gone smoothly.
Yourself: This is very different. Previous operations were simple conversions, easily handled entirely by paperwork. Now we're discussing an entirely new operation. A new operation that's right on my doorstep.
BT: You expect to renegotiate?
Yourself: My role has expanded. You're expecting me to keep local matters quiet now, not just futz a few forms.
BT: Perhaps you're right. Your performance in your current role has been quite satisfactory. You should stick to that. I may need to bring in someone else to take care of the new role.

The latest reply has not been sent yet. A draft is in the works:

Yourself (Draft): I already have enough information on the import to disrupt your
peaceful operation. If you think I will sit idly to the side and let

Caddy quickly read the unencrypted conversation and then paused.   Who was BT?  And what exactly was his and her recently made 'friend's' role in this?  It was all still unclear to her but ultimately she had means to fight out.

Quickly bringing up the keyboard, she finished the message: Yourself (Completed Draft): I already have enough information on the import to disrupt your peaceful operation. If you think I will sit idly to the side and let mess things up, then you've got another thing coming.  I've added to me staff.  I'll be sending someone over to sort things out.  Meet me at Bkessh at sunset* and don't even think about pulling a fast one. (*Or a planet-suitable time)  She then sends the message, waits a moment to confirm that it was delivered, and then deletes it from the message history before closing the messaging software (hopefully preventing the receipt of further messages until it is opened once again!)

[She is being deliberately inflammatory - hoping to see BT arrive at the Cantina.  I'm not sure if a dice roll is necessary here?]

Now for the tricky part, she returns his tablet to where he'd left it and retrieves her own.  How long she'll have with the other tablet is unclear (in fact, she's looking to see if the officer is returning!) but just maybe she can hook up a link to her own tablet to remotely monitor the conversation and ensure further messages are 'managed' (while, of course, giving her access to further scan the tablet for anything else useful.)

[She'll roll computers.  The stakes here are not control but an attempted connection to the device.  A Pairing of sorts.  Caddy's own tablet holds nothing of her past and next to nothing relating to the rebels so should be 'safe enough' for this kind of thing.  If the pairing is successful, she'll step things up but if it fails it should only looking like a simple pairing attempt - possibly the sharing of a phone number etc!   Caddy's computer are 3A and I might suggest a 1 Boost for having the pass-code and maybe 1 setback for the fact that she's nervous.]

Ikki decided that he had overstayed his welcome. Grabbing what passes he could from a range and knocking the rest over onto the floor. To allow to seem like the crowd had got rowdy in there. He stuffed the rest into his pocket before attempting to get away. They'll just have to make due with what he had got.

Sorlock slowly looked around before making his way out of the office. He'll take a roundabout way of getting back to Caddy. Maybe he's had more luck.

After sending her covert message, Caddy finds Ikki heading down the street towards her. He has a handful of forms in his hand; apparently the ship is one step closer to being a ghost in the beaurocracy.

The group head back to find Jeron, still intent on gathering information from the local watering hole. They see him just as he slips back inside the cantina.

Inside, the mood of the crowd has become somewhat subdued. The gamorrean stands in the middle of the room, looking it over. He stomps over to a table. The four occupants of the table stand up hurriedly and back away. The great beast sweeps his meaty arm across it, knocking all plates and dishes off it. Then he sits down. The chair groans under his weight.

The gamorrean is wearing thick bands of leather with protruding spikes around his arms, his wrists, and his neck. Two of his henchmen sit down with him, while the other goes to the bar. The rest of the clientele seem to be trying to stay still. They are trying to watch him without seemingly staring.

On seeing Ikki....

Collecting her things and having failed to connect the other tablet to her's, she collects it too (it would be remiss of her not to take it - someone here might steal it!)  She then heads outside.   "It went well?"

On the way....

"You got our ship's papers?  Well done."  She smiles, "We'll have to see if we can remove any electronic copies too."  She'll explain that she needs to meet someone at sunset at the Cantina and it probably involves the more criminal elements of this affair.

In the Cantina....

Waving down a waitron, she quietly asks, "So who is the Gamorrean?  Someone to avoid?"  She, of course, accepts her drink and ensures that she tips the waitron as she does.

Jeron slipped back in to the cantina, but he did notice his two companions coming up behind him. He gave a nod to them but kept his face serious. He had a feeling that the Gamorrean might work for Jabba the Hutt. If he was right, this might be a chance to find out something for the mission. He took a seat and tried to look casual as he kept an ear out.

In reply to Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu (msg # 48):

Ikki nodded to Caddy "I may of started a small riot....but we can see that the Imperials aren't doing a good job here from that." Ikki explains as he follows her along to the Cantina.

"I got...papers. I couldn't get into the safe, I can always try again but I think they'll be more catious after what happened there. Any success on your end?" Ikki asks Caddy as he kept one eye on the Cantina. He didn't want to get too much attention at the moment.

As Caddy gets a drink and has a quiet word with Ikki, one of the Gamorrean's henchmen spies them. A malevolent grin crosses his face. He murmurs something to the one sitting beside him, and they walk over towards you.

"[Language unknown: Sa, ersnteyin. Ekti illic asteenpreman te]?" he says, addressing Ikki, although he is making challenging eye contact with Caddy. His compatriot snickers. Both glance surreptitiously back towards the thickly-muscled gamorrean. The big creature is currently drinking out of a pitcher, with two more waiting on the table.

Caddy raises an eyebrow before looking at Ikki in the hope that he can translate.

Ikki looked blank as once again he was spoken to in a language that he didn't understand. Perhaps he should of learnt more in his travels as he noted this lack of skill. With Caddy looking expectant of him to understand, guess she didn't know what he was saying either.

Sighing inside his head as he once again had to ask for basic "Sorry, I can only speak Basic..." although it seemed like they were looking for trouble, he decided to keep up the niceties until he knew for sure.

The thug with him struggles to explain. "My friend he is asking. He asking, is this girl person bothering with you?" Both thugs have predatory looks on their faces, and keep glancing back at the gamorrean for approval.

A man of little thought and considering they were struggling to 'speak' or even direct their conversation, Caddy answered.  "No thank you.   The girl-person," she motions to Ikki, "Is not bothering me - although you can tell your boss that I'm here on behalf of Clebdir and that time's ticking."

[The aim here is to firstly confuse then with Ikki, then confuse them further with the Officer's name thrown in.  I figure a suitable deception roll will do it?  2P, 1A for me.  And I'd suggest as I'm using a name and big words I might confuse them easily - Boost dice?]

Jeron tensed slightly but tried to stay still and seated. He knew that the thugs coming over was intended to try and start a fight. He was ready for one, but hoping it wouldn't be necessary. He didn't think Caddy needed him to rescue her, she seemed very capable, so he bided his time and stayed quiet - but favored the two thugs with a slight smirk and cold eyes, not a challenge just yet, just a warning sign.

The two men glance at each other and then start laughing. One wipes a tear from his eyes as the other points at Ikki and laughs.

The gamorrean looks over at the sudden outburst of laughing. He stands up sharply, knocking the chair over and upsetting one of the pitchers on the table. The big creature ponderously walks over towards the group.

Jeron played his part perfectly and despite the spike of irritation at the laughing thugs she remained silent only to be rewarded by gamorrean standing and moving over towards their table.  She therefore purposefully ignored the pair in favour of looking at their 'boss' and carefully nodding to him - making sure to make eye contact as she does.  Respect for an equal - no more and no less.

Jeron let out a quiet sigh as things progressed. He took notice when the gamorrean stood up suddenly and began heading their way. Wonderful.

He shifted his leg slightly so he could surreptitiously draw his blaster pistol but keep it hidden under the table. It was set for stun already so he didn't have to try and fiddle with the setting without looking at it, which might have looked awkward or caused him to set it incorrectly. He aimed it under the table at the gamorrean, knowing it would take more than one shot if it came to that. And he didn't intend to start a fight unless he had no choice. He'd try to intimidate them first if Caddy didn't handle it.

OOC: That's 3A for Streetwise, if that would be applicable (and the same for sleight of hand or something if you want that too).

Before Ikki even has a chance to respond, he's made the butt of a joke.Looking at Caddy with disbelief before staring right at her with a look that could kill as the thugs start laughing at him. He becomes increasing tempted to pick up the chair and smash it over his dumb face. Pushing his teeth so tight they felt like they might break, he settled his clenching fist under the table. As he prayed that it would come down to a brawl....maybe he'd 'accidentally' knock the table in Caddy as well.

Simmering in his humiliation and anger, he dared not say anything as anything that would come out of his mouth in this state, would be more an colorful.
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The gamorrean approaches and stares at Caddy. His huge eyes narrow as he stares her down.

The Rancor rolled no successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 3D.  Coercion: Krumrush v. Caddy.

The creature snuffles the air, its immense nostrils audible in the near-silence. Meanwhile, Jeron eases his gun out under the table.

The gamorrean Krumrush, who styles himself 'Rancor,' blinks and looks away. He turns and stalks back towards his table.

Unphased by the rather pathetic attempt at intimidation, Caddy then looked back at the other two - specifically the one who'd spoken to her already, "Tick Tock, tick tock.   Clebdir isn't a man to be kept waiting...."  Maybe they know him, maybe they don't - but Caddy has demonstrated her own will in front of the larger of the three so hopefully the other two will toe the line.

Jeron watched the Gamorrean walk away and then turned his gaze back to the other two. He gave them a quiet stage whisper. "In case it was unclear, this is the part where you two walk away without tryin' t'look like you're backin' down." He made a quick shooing motion with the hand not holding the blaster, and then smiled widely at Caddy. "Hello, pretty girl."

The two thugs facing Caddy look at each other in confusion, and then back at their gang leader. He seats himself at the table with his back to you, and resumes drinking. The bartender is hurriedly filling a pitcher to replace the one he knocked over.

"Who is Clebdir?" the thug that speaks Basic says wonderingly. "Is he one of Jabba's men?"

Gah.... I got the wrong group!  Though maybe this can still be salvaged.  She raises an eyebrow, "What do you think?"  Spoken with some venom.   Let him think what he thinks but as leading as that question is, she hopes he'll react appropriately.
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The thugs exchange a glance and then hurriedly rush over towards their leader. He snorts at them as they whisper into his large, pierced ear.

Jeron watched the confusion spreading on the thugs as Caddy tried to dupe them. At least he thought that's what she was trying to do. He wasn't sure where she was going with this.

He very quietly spoke to her out of the side of his mouth as he kept his eyes on the thugs and the gamorrean. "Hope you know what you're doin', darlin'. Let me know if you need some intimidation or blastin'."

Caddy smiled and looked to Jeron, her reply being similarly couched in softly spoken tones for those at the table, only, to hear: "You're doing just fine.   While there appears to be some confusion as to who I was supposed to be meeting, let's run with it and see where it takes us.  We're definitely short on info about the Huts and these guys seem to know a thing or two."

The gamorrean swats his henchman irritably, his enormous paw striking out at the much smaller man. Both back off, the one with a big new bruise across his head.

Caddy quite obviously checks the time....

The thugs leave their leader behind and congregate in the centre of the cantina. They have a powwow there, glancing out at Caddy & Ikki, and occasionally at their leader. He continues to ignore everyone, and finishes the second pitcher. He belches loudly.

One of them makes for the door, trying to avoid making direct eye contact with Caddy. The others affect an impression of disinterest, looking all around. They glare haughtily at the nearby spacers & moisture farmers, who glance away.

Caddy begins gathering her things - a prelude to leaving.  Clearly 'time's up'.

Jeron frowned a bit at the strange behavior of the 'minion thugs'. He wondered what they were up to.

OOC: Is there any sort of roll we can make to translate their intentions from body language or anything?

[OOC: I don't know about the difficulty, but cunning+perception or maybe streetwise would probably fit the bill.]

Caddy and Jeron find it pretty easy to tell what the minions are up to from their body language. They don't know how to react to the confrontation, and their leader is being unhelpful. Ergo, as good lackies do, they are seeking other authority for instructions.

Jeron turned to Caddy and gave her a wide smile, and his body language indicated he was flirting with her. "So what's the play? We just leave, or should our sneaky scout follow them to see who they go to?"

She looks to Ikki, gives him a nod and then nods to Jeron, "Sounds like a plan."  She turns then to the lackeys and gestures once again to ensure they approach and hear her without her having to broadcast her words to the rest of the bar, "I don't care what your thug of a boss is doing.  You two get the man in charge... The Man, mind.  And get him here before I finish my drink."  She deliberately takes a sip of her drink to 'prove her point', "Or I'll find a use for you - as fodder for one the Moisture Farms."
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Jeron subtly steps aside and prepares to shadow the departing thug.

As it happens, the thug is standing on the street outside, talking into a commlink. Jeron strains to hear.

Although he can tell the thug is irritated and a little frantic, the precise words elude him. The only thing he hears is when the thug raises his voice.

"... right now, you hear me?"

Ikki simply nodded at the other two, as he made his way towards the door following the thug out onto the street. Leaving the two more social characters in the Cantina. Wanting to listen in closer to the conversation. Sorlock covers his face with his duster a bit more as he prepares to sneak closer.


23:22, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 4 successes, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 1B with rolls of 8(P), 8(A), 4(A), 4(B).  Stealth.

"Hey, it's me. Look, we're down at the cantina, and... yes. Look, I go where Rancor wants, okay? There's some girl and her boyfriend down here who I've never seen before. Shut up and listen! Look, let me talk to Boss Thrumdush. He needs to hear this and you'll just mess it up."

"I don't care what he's doing, he's going to want to hear this. Get him on the comm right now, you hear me?"

Jeron deliberately kept his eyes off of Ikki and kept them glued to Caddy and the thugs staying inside. He smirked slightly as she addressed, and sort of dressed down, the thugs. He wasn't sure if she was going to start a fight with those words, but he stayed at the ready while trying to keep looking relaxed.

Caddy too doesn't focus on Ikki's departure and instead continues to wait....

The thug outside's conversation changes slightly. "Oh, hello boss. Yes, sir. Okay, it's like this...

"We're getting lunch, and someone starts acting tough, right? Our boss, Rancor that is, decides not to bother, but then they start talking about that Clebdir guy. Isn't that your customs guy?"

He listens for a moment.

"Yeah, okay. Okay, boss, I'll tell him."

The thug rushes inside, where Caddy and Jeron can see him. Ikki glides inconspicuously out of the way, where the thug won't notice him.

The thug hands his commlink to the gamorrean muscle, who glares at him balefully. Nevertheless, he takes it and holds it up to his folded ear.

Rancor the gamorrean listens intently for a moment, and then snorts affirmatively.

He gets up and turns around, knocking the table again. The last pitcher spills, although he pays this no mind. There is an intensity to him now as he glares at Caddy.

Everyone in the tavern roll either Vigilance or Cool as they prefer.

[08:44, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 2 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a ((3(A), 5(A), 7(A))).]

Jeron dislikes the way this seems to be going. He's pretty sure a fight might be coming.

08:44, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 3 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A.  I'm always Cool. But am I Vigilant?

Ikki followed the thug back into the Cantina after gracefully avoiding him as he passed. Watching from a distance, his hand moved its way into his duster to his belt, hand resting on his combat knife. He doubted he'd be able to use his rifle in here.

18:10, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 1A ((2(P), 5(A))).

Initiative:
Jeron Rist
Caddy Manitu
Ikki Sorlock
Rancor
Thugs (3)

Rancor stomps over with all the grace of his namesake.

"You all gonna see Boss Thrumdush," he grumbles menacingly. "But he don't say you got to be in once piece."

The thugs grin menacingly. They ready their weapons -- vibro-knuckles and blades.

Rancor pulls back his mighty fist for a blow.

Caddy shakes her head, "Really?  Are you sure you want challenge me?  I'd have assumed you'd know better.  I did warn you."  For all her femininity, she has a steely gaze.

[OOC: I'm aiming for a deception roll rather than an intimidation.  To confuse and apply hesitation on the thugs and the Rancor.

Given the Rancor has already 'lost face' when he tried to challenge me earlier, I'll assume I get a blue dice?  No doubt the 'boss' will apply black die to the roll but I'll leave you to roll that half :-)

19:47, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 1 success, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1B 1A 2P ((3(B), 1(A), 6(P), 10(P))).

I'll also take a defensive stance.]

Jeron was amused and let out a nasty-sounding chuckle. He lifted the blaster pistol and shot the Rancor on stun. "Ah ah ah! You didn't say the magic word, Ranky."

OOC: Aim and fire. 8 Strain Damage and I think I'll use 3 advantages to crit if I can and 1 to give a boost die to the next acting player.

12:59, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 2 successes, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 1b 1d.  Stunning the Rancor.
13:03, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 67 using 1d100.  Crit.
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Ikki briefly wonders if he should get involved. However he wanted to deal out that punch to those thugs that laughed at him, with a begrudging focus on taking the front with Jeron already blasting them. He leaps into action, throwing a punch at one of the thug but just misses as he turns his head out of the way. Left at the front, Ikki's body tenses ready for the counter attacks.




Ikki Sorlock rolled 2 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3A with rolls of 8(A), 3(A), 7(A).  Good Ol' Brawl.

Ikki Sorlock rolled no successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1B with rolls of 6(B).  Jeron's boost.

Ikki Sorlock rolled 2 failures using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2D with rolls of 2(D), 2(D).  Difficulty.

Ikki misses (at Engaged range...) spending 3 Advtanages to gain +1 Melee Defense and the last Advtange to give the next acting Player a Boost Die

Jeron's blaster packed a high-powered whine as it washed over Rancor. The bartender cried 'no blasters!' as the big beast recoiled. His eyes wobbled and he shook his head violently, trying to clear his senses.

Caddendra followed up with a scathing challenge, adding insult to injury. The big beast could barely hear, but it was enough to disconcert him further.

Ikki, for his part, waded into the thugs behind Rancor. He places a firm fist onto one jaw, knocking the human for a loop. The thugs attempted to return with punches of their own, surrounding the small man. Their lack of coordination kept them from fighting effectively, as they shouted contradictory instructions at one another.

"Hold him down so I can hit him!"
""

3 failures, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3P 3D.  Brawl v Ikki.
Adding 2 setback to Ikki's next action

Rancor does not like being shot. He bellows a tremendous roar and charges head-first into Jeron. The beast is upon Jeron before he can even react.

Rancor slams into Jeron, knocking the breath out of him. He follows up with a thunderous punch.

3 successes, 1 threat , 1 triumph using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 2P 2D 2S.  Rancor charge! 7 damage presoak. Using Triumph for additional attack. Take 1 strain.
3 successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 2P 2D 2S.  Brawl v Jeron. 7 damage presoak

With Jeron slammed by Rancor and with no real way to fight back (that really isn't her style) she really has only one thing to do... she grabs a stim from her pack and... "Stay still - this won't hurt a bit."  And jabs it into Jeron.

[Actions:
1) Stim Jeron for 5 health.
2) Aid other to give him a blue dice.]
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Jeron was only slightly surprised when the Rancor hit him...a bit more so when the thug was able to follow-up with another blow so lightning-fast. He let out a slight groan at that, then quickly fired off another blast at the beast after Caddy's tender and encouraging ministrations!

"Back off, ugly! And do something about your breath!" Then a small curse as he missed.

OOC: Aim, fire, miss and grant Rancor a boost die on his next Brawl or Melee attack with me. =(

For the 3 advantages: Give the next PC a Boost die, Add a Setback die to Rancor.

10:00, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 1 failure, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 2b 2d.  Aim and blast again.

Ikki carefully watched the thugs surrounding him, at least he had the attention of the thugs leaving only Rancor fighting Jeron. Taking another failed swipe at the the thugs, he darts back. Mentally groaning as the number of thugs hadn't decreased yet.

Ikki Sorlock rolled 2 failures, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3A 1B 2D 2S ((7(A), 8(A), 1(A), 6(B), 3(D), 7(D), 2(S), 3(S))).

Spending 2 Advantages to give Jeron a Boost die next turn.

The Force rolled 1 success. Rancor brawl. 5 presoak damage

Rancor is bulky, but a canny hand-to-hand fighter. He throws a meaty backhand that collides with Jeron again.

Even as this happens, Caddy slaps a stimpatch on Jeron's exposed skin. He feels the chill-itch of bacta working on his wounds immediately, and the numbness of the stimulant drugs kicking his adrenal system into high gear.

Rancor looks irritated at this. He turns away from Jeron. His considerable mass is now aimed towards Caddy.

Meanwhile, Ikki takes on Rancor's gang of thugs. They are energetic but have little skill, relying on their numbers to overwhelm him. This only puts them in each others' way.

The Force rolled 1 failure, 1 advantage

Caddy shakes her head, draws her own pistol, "You really shouldn't be doing this you know."  And fires point blank at Rancor, ignoring the barman's cries of 'no blasters'.

[OOC: Taking a point of strain to give myself a boost dice (racial).  Shooting in melee for 2D.

20:34, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 1 success, 3 threats using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1b 2d 2a ((6(B), 7(D), 7(D), 1(A), 2(A))).

So that's a hit for 6pts of damage - with three threats...]

Jeron let out a growl as Rancor thought to turn his nasty attentions to Caddy. "That's no way to look at a lady." He fired his blaster once again on the stun setting.

OOC: 1 success, so 7 damage presoak. 3 advantages to crit.
1 advantage to boost next acting PC.

16:04, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 1 success, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 2b 2d.  Aim then shoot Rancor.
16:05, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 52 using 1d100+10.  Critical.

Ikki glanced over to see the attacks of his comrades hitting their target. With renewed determination, Ikki lunged at one of the thugs, bringing his fist into a uppercut on his jaw while letting out a loud yell of exertion. Following through the mighty blow, which in turn lifts the thug off his feet and throwing him to the floor a meter away.

Panting with adrenaline and the satifaction of not only landing a blow but on one that was laughing hard at him early he turns to the others, rubbing his fist "Who's next..." He was acting tough, but he wanted to seem a little more intimidating and keep them away from helping their boss.

23:48, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 3 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3A 1B 2D with rolls of 7(A), 8(A), 4(A), 6(B), 1(D), 6(D).  Brawl.

Spending 2 Advantages to active Knockdown on the thug. 1 Advantage to boost next acting PC.

Brawn of 3 + 2 successes means 5 Strain damage to the Thug who is then Knocked down.

Jeron shoots Rancor, causing his right side to go numb. He looks in shock at his arm hanging limply at his side.

Caddy fires her gun into Rancor, who stumbles forward. He collapses on top of her, knocking her flat. His considerable bulk pins her down. From here, she can smell his overripe B.O. and breath smell, and also can see that his eyes are all glossy. Rancor has been knocked out.

Ikki knocks one thug into another, knocking one out and another onto his back. The last one falls back a few paces, yanking his comrade up onto his feet. Their expressions are very concerned, especially now that Rancor has been knocked out of the fight.

With the wind knocked out of her, Caddy can't do much more than grunt a, "Get him orf o me!" Even as she struggles to shift the dead-weight.   Of course, she was still euphoric despite the uncomfortable position as she had (despite her general lack of combat training) brought down the Rancor!

No doubt with some struggling and hopefully some help from Jeron, she'll slip out from under the 'beast' and stand.  She makes a point of brushing herself off before looking directly at the remaining thugs, "I think it's about time you caved, don't you?  Your employer is indesposed.  You now work for me."

[OOC: Negotiation 2P, 1A, 1B (from Ikki) + Whatever bonus I get from downing Rancor given my earlier words + any bonus I get from having two mean cohorts who are clearing 'doing the business' + any bonus I get from the fact that they now have an our that doesn't mean dying in the process + any bonus I might get from the fact that the barman himself might be ready to weigh in on things! :-)]

The thugs offer no contest to the ceasing of hostilities, throwing their hands up & weapons down. However, they do seem a bit perturbed at your last statement.

"Now hang on there, you," one says. "Just 'cause you beat our leader, doesn't mean we work for you now. We got a contract, a steady income, and plenty of perks for working for Boss Thrumdush. He's a personal agent of Jabba the Hutt!"

"[Language unknown: Fi]," says the other still-conscious one. "[Language unknown: Lin ing eeent ad ng ble venoulyin? Itnd isal pa dingwh th dinardwit!]"

The team gains 1 boost in subsequent interactions with minions employed by Jabba the Hutt or his agents.

Ikki stands down as they surrender, rubbing his fist again as the post-adrenaline rush wears off and the dull pain of hitting the thug sets in. He does however move in to collect their weapons, with the intent of keeping them as the spoils of the battle. Picking them up and then moving back to Caddy, looking over the weapons.

He does look confused when the other speaks something other than basic, looking at Caddy and Jeron for some sort of translation.

Jeron wasn't quick enough to stop the gamorrean from landing on Caddy. But he did quickly move to help her shift the bulk off of her and helped her to her feet. "Of course."

He frowned at her assumption of trying to take over the thugs. He assumed correctly that the thugs wouldn't be having that. He didn't understand the second thug, however. So to the first thug he demanded, "What did he say?"

Caddy simply raises her eyebrow adding, "Well, I've got a bone to pick with Thrumdush.  No one tries to kill me and gets away with it... and you were complicit.  So start talking and earn your keep."  And then pointedly looking to the non-basic speaker and raises an marked eyebrow, "And speak basic man, it's rude to do otherwise and you've already used up all my good will in simply allowing you to... live."

The klatoonian looks affronted. With a thick accent, he tries to get through a sentence in Basic. "I not good speak Basic. Dumb bad languages. Like Bocce better."

The human says, "You want to find Boss Thrumdush? He sets his own schedule, but... at least once a day he checks in at the storehouse. Jabba's storehouse, it's where all his shipments are held. Jabba likes to keep a close eye on this things. Lately Thrumdush has been spending more time there. Must be something good, 'cause a bunch of shipments have come in too."

The klatoonian cuts in. "Many ships ready to take out things too." He gestures at the spacers in the room.

Caddi will 'bow' her head, "Which is all the more reason why you'll use it around me and I'll appreciate your effort all the more."  She gives him a bright smile that he will hopefully take as 'praise' before she asks the pair, "Excellent.  Then we'd better go and visit Thrumdush."  She turns towards the door before looking over at the barman, "Please deal with that lump of lard for the sell-out he is."  She'll then look to Ikki and Jeron.  Things could go down hill *fast* given their destination.  Were they going to stick with her?

The entire team can tell that they've only got a little time before Thrumdush hears about this. Either by commlink or messenger, one of these lackeys is going to try to report the goings-on to Thrumdush. Especially since Rancor was ordered to bring you in...

Ikki looked back at Caddy and nodded to let her know he was gonna stick with her, it seemed like they were getting closer to funding their target. But shipments? How would they know which one was the one they were ordered to take. Turning to the thugs "What have they brought in as shipments? And how many are normally at the storehouse.." He questioned them, still rubbing his fist as a reminder of what happened to the last guy who he had made contact with.

Hopefully they answered quickly and they could be off, he was thinking of knocking them out or trying to use them later. They had started a timer and time was ticking.
Waiting till they answered he looked at Jeron and Caddy "We should go quickly..." He whispered quietly.
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The thugs look irritated. "Sithspit, how would we know what they brought in? The best way to get in trouble in our business is asking lots of questions."

At the mention of the storehouse, he raises an eyebrow and glances at his colleague. He returns the glance. You can hear the turbines firing in their heads as they think over how to respond.

"Only few at storehouse during daytime," the klatoonian says. "Less than two dozen."

While the questioning goes on, Ikki gathers up the dropped weapons. It's not much of an arsenal; a pair of vibroknives, a vibroknuckles, and a slugthrower pistol. Rancor the gamorrean has a big, heavy vibroaxe hanging on his belt.

For good measure, Caddy will quietly ask Ikki to check for access cards (and to empty the gamorrean's wallet) and ensure that the human and klatoonian are focused on her while he does this.  "Less than two dozen?   Easy enough to deal with then."   Utter confidence, "Please.  Lead the way."

Ikki nods to the lady, before offering her one of the vibroknives and the other to Jeron. Placing the Slugthrower on his belt along with the brass knuckles. Making his way over the the slab of meat on the floor, he carefully removes the Vibroaxe from Rancor, before checking the Thug leader down for cards and his wallet. He'd put his Vibroaxe to good use.

18:13, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 1 success, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A with rolls of 7(P), 8(A), 5(A).  Perception.

I wanna roll a Deception check to lay a false lead to place blame on the Empire, what would the Difficulty be?>

3D. Setback or Depends on what you want to do/say to lay such a trail.

Jabba's storehouse is the biggest building in town. The compound is roughly 'L'-shaped: one great building, surrounded by a thick stone wall.

There are two gateways, protected by metal double grate-doors.

The East entrance is the delivery area. The garage door looks large enough to accommodate a groundcar or a speeder, and there is one personnel door as well. Through the gate, you can see a pair of weequay on a slow patrol around the sandy yard.

The north gate allows you to see the front walkway leading up to the double-doors at the front. They are guarded by a gamorrean and a human, leaning against the walls of the building.

The streets around the complex aren't very busy. There are a few bums resting in shady alleys and a few parked speeders. This area is mostly warehouses and low-rent housing.

Jeron asked Ikki for one of the vibroknives if he could. He had a combat knife already but another knife wouldn't hurt. And the vibroknife cut better.

He looked over the storehouse as they approached it. He looked at Caddy and nodded towards the delivery area. It was likely to get them closer to where things were stored, but he didn't know what she planned to do for gaining entrance, whether sneaking or talking, so he stayed quiet.

Ikki hands Jeron the knife. Since Sorlock had checked out the place from earlier, he once again tried to plot a path where it would be easiest to break in. Maybe sneak in and provide back up for the other two, or get all three of them inside without them knowing. The new weight of the Vibro-ax on the belt was something he had to get used to as well. The Spy checked over each part of the compound, tapping his fingers on the blade of his weapon.


Hopefully I get a Bonus for coming by the first time.
Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 2 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A with rolls of 3(P), 7(A), 5(A).  Skulduggery.

Ikki notices that one of the walls on the eastern side of the building is cracked. It would be easy to climb. Peering through the crack carefully gives a narrow view of the inside of the compound.

There's not much happening. A half-dozen guards are on a lazy patrol around the building.
The patrols are slow and irregular. Each pair of guards ambles around, slugthrower carbines carried loosely on shoulder-straps. They seem to prefer staying on the west side, where the building provides shade.

With Ikki wondering and Jeron looking to her for guidance, she needed to make a decision and so she looked at the two thugs, "Right.  What's your boss' code for getting in.   And then I think you've done enough.   I wouldn't want you getting 'into trouble' - being such good boys and all."

The thugs point at the gate. "Boss Thrumdush has a key-card. It opens the mag-lock." Indeed, you can see a lock on the gate.

"He hired everyone who works there. They all know him, and they see him once a day. He sometimes has Rancor with him. Sometimes not."

Caddandra can see the two of them shifting back & forth a bit, and looking at each other meaningfully. She's pretty sure they're up to something.

"When a guard gets here for work, the guards at the front have to let them in," the thug volunteers. "I could get the guards to open the gate for us, so it would be open for you."

Cassy turns to the pair, "No thank you.  I've dismissed you.   And let me be clear.  I've spared you once.  If you cross me, I will have you killed.  Now be off with you both and don't let me see you anytime soon."

[OOC: Feel free to roll an intimidation roll to bring home the point.]

The two thugs don't take any more telling. They scuttle away, glancing furtively back at the team.

"They'll be raising the alarm as soon as they can get hold of comms devices - which probably won't take long.  Let's go."  And with that, she'll walk towards the 'front gate' with an outward appearance of confidence and a sense of 'belonging there' though she will quietly ask, ++Spotted anything, Ikki?++

Ikki picks up the comms as he peers through the crack ++ Half-dozen guards, Slugthrower carbines. Slow, unprepared and prefer the west side. Going to scale the wall and assist from a higher position++ He replies with a quick sitrep. Hopefully they could get this done before the thugs alert them. Keeping his climbing gear on his back with the difficulty of the climb, he should be able to do it with no problem. As Caddy strides up he begins climbing.

Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A with rolls of 3(P), 5(A), 1(A).  Athletics.

Ikki fairly throws himself over the wall, landing on the sandy ground with a soft thud. No guards are in vision right now, though some could come around the corner at any moment.

From here, Ikki can see a few windows in the building. They're not very big, only about three feet across and perhaps two wide. They are about two meters up, spaced evenly around the building every three meters. They are tinted brown, allowing some light in but not so much as to be blinding.

Jeron watched the two thugs leave. He murmured quietly, + +"Good. The east is the delivery area, which is likely better to enter through anyway, considering what we're here for."+ +

He glanced at Caddy and gave her a wink. "Shall we?" He didn't offer her his arm, though the thought amusingly flashed through his mind. He began walking around towards the east entrance. + +"Ikki, will you be able to let us in? Or do we need to climb as well?"+ +

Ikki peeked over the way for a second and looked at the building, noting the type of windows. Clearly they either didn't want someone to look in or that whatever is in there was light-sensitive. ++Try talking first, if that doesn't work, I'll do something about it..++ He muttered into his comms before slowly and carefully making his way just above the east entrance, hopefully he'd here the conversation from his perch.

Didn't know what difficulty to roll but I got a few successes :D
14:26, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 6 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 1B with rolls of 4(P), 4(A), 4(A), 6(B).  Stealth.

Ikki carefully sneaks along, avoiding peering out too much. The nearly-flat surface of the roof makes it easy to stay on top. He keeps his head from poking too far out, although the clattering he's making might be audible inside.

And Caddanra joins Jeron as they walk towards the indicated entrance.   Her stride quite clearly says that 'she has every right to be here' and more importantly, 'don't even think about challenging me!'  Hopefully when they reach the gate, that confidence will count.

Caddy and Jeron approach the gate, full of confidence and challenge. The nearby guards take notice of them, although they do not react right away. Eventually a kubaz comes over and says, in buzzy Basic, "This is not public property, human. Take a walk before you can't no more."

She almost snarls and if the minion has any sense self-preservation he will surely know the signs of a 'human' that has been angered.   "Good.  Then you know me.  Manitu."  She doesn't use her first name and steps forward as if expecting the gates to part before her, (She stealthily opens her comm channel as she speaks)++"My arrivals are rarely telegraphed... so let me make this clear:  Have Thrumdush and his men assemble in the courtyard beyond and present themselves.   Jabba's Eyes and Ears are here.  I am here to administer his will.   I have already infiltrated your establishment and your pathetic excuse for patrols have much to answer for."++  Hopefully Ikki will continue to provide suitable intel to back her up.

She then turns to the underling, "Do you understand the importance of this effort?  A dozen guards."  She cuts short a bark of a laugh.  "MOVE, Kubaz.   Do not even dream of keeping me waiting.  Rancor thought he could defy me and he's paid the price.   Thrumdush knows I'm here and knows I'm coming and," she then smiles a very pretty smile, "I hope I can hand out treats rather than punishment?"

Jeron will also hopefully continue to 'play along' in the background, a smile of 'accepted knowledge', a threatening yet 'comfortable' stance that speaks to the 'foregone conclusion' of these events would truly help to set the tone as Caddy focuses on using Ikki's 'intelligence' to further drive home the bluff.


OOC Actions:
Rolling Deception aiming to get them to open the gates, let us in, and assemble the troops:
4B   - Ikki's Knowledge,
       Jeron's presence,
       Boost given to us when dealing with Jabba's minions,
       Knowledge of Thrumdush and Rancor and the fact that they were previously notified.
1S   - They may have been alerted after the bar fight.
1A 2P - My Ability
1D 1C - Difficulty - I've added a 'Challenge' as this could go horribly wrong :-) If you don't want to flip a force point, feel free to make it easier! :-)]


11:46, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled no successes, 7 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 4B 1S 1A 2P 1D 1C with rolls of 3(B), 5(B), 3(B), 1(B), 1(S), 8(A), 11(P), 11(P), 6(D), 5(C).  Deception - Entering Compound.

So.... I don't get the gate opened for me. *pout*

I'll spend 3 advantages to 'critical' this guy's belief that I really am Jabba's 'Voice' and that he should tell Thrumdush about me.   I'll use the remaining for to either: apply 2 black dice to Thrumdush when he no doubt hears that the Voice is here.  Or negate any 'environmental' bonuses he has to any conflict he has for being the 'boss' here.
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Jeron gave the guards and Kubaz a wide smile full of threat and promise...and possibly enjoyment from what he will do should they not open the gate? His voice wass amused but full of steel as he spoke. "Oh, I kind of hope they don't open the gate or tell their boss we're here. I could use more of a workout. Rancor an' his goons weren't that tough." He began cracking the knuckles on his fists.

OOC: Coercion on the Kubaz.
 1 Boost for following Caddy's speech.
 1 Boost for name-dropping that we beat up Rancor.

17:22, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 2 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3 A 2B 2D.  Coercion vs Kubaz.

The Kubaz blanches, and unlocks the gate. It happens so quickly that the other thugs nearby can't stop him. One shouts "What are you doing? Don't let them in!"

Too late. The gate pops open, and then the other three thugs all rush forward.

At which point, Caddy will stride forward between the now open gates, the 'threat' of the thugs not completely ignored, but so 'beneath' there interest that it will hopefully give them pause.  The question for her now is.  Where is Thrumdush?   As the first thug approaches she'll look directly at him and command, a delicate finger making sure there is no uncertainty as to who she is commanding: "You.   Coffee, Black.  Now."  And then to the next one.  "I want Thrumdush out here now.  Go and fetch if and if my coffee gets here before him, I'll have your head."   The third, "You're cute."   She smiles before gesturing with her finger, "Please bring me the asset register."  She may be using 'kind' words but her demeanor remains commanding.

Then, when there's a moment of 'space' she'll quietly add so Jeron can hear and turns on the comm so the other can hear too, ++"Ikki.  I'll need a headshot prepared for when Thrumdush appears.   Get yourself stabilised, in position, and ready and let's see how this plays out."++


OOC Actions:
This is no longer a negotiation.   As far as the thugs should see, Caddy is in full control of things and given the first thug cowtowed to her (or possibly Jeron's) influence, she'll 'expect' the others to fall in line.   She'll therefore be using 'Leadership' and the force of her presence to make them believe she is fully in command and as she is doing nothing 'violent' - this should, at worst, confuse them.

The stakes here are that they will obey her and do as commanded.

Rolling against DC: 1D 1C to represent the three thugs and the fact that this could go horribly wrong.

Rolling: 1A 2P (Leadership), 1B for the guy who open the gates, 1B for Jeron's support.  1B for dealing with Jabba's minions, And again, 1B for insider info.

10:46, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 4 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 4B 1A 2P 1D 1C.  Commanding the Thugs.

Hmm.  Interesting.  With that roll I'd be keen on seeing the thugs 'jump to it' and I'd like to use the three advantages to give the next ensure friendly a blue dice (1) and give Ikki a blue dice when/if he needs the headshot (2) by positioning myself in such a way that Ikki gets a 'perfect' shot on Thrumdush when he arrives.

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Ikki holds his position until he gets the call from Caddy ++Copy that, I will take the shot when you transmit the word 'Burned'. Standing by.++ Ikki responds with the word that he'd be waiting for. Taking his old partner off his back, laying down with her and taking aim at the courtyard through the iron sights of his rifle. He'd wait with both eyes open, one down the sight and other to scan the courtyard, alternating between the two to stay vigilant.

OOC: Maneuver - Draw Rifle.

Jeron, having done his part to support Caddy's plan, lapsed into silence, a smirk that spoke volumes planted on his face. He watched each thug to see that they went off on their appointed tasks, arms crossed over his chest. He wasn't sure about Caddy's plan, but it was too late to object and thus far it was getting results - a mixed variety of results but overall moving them forward.

The thugs have no idea how to react. With Caddy's request for caf coming right on the heels of a demand for their boss and an assertion that they answer to their boss' boss, they are completely out of their element.

The thugs are exchanging glances, trying to work out what to do, when one gets a commcall. Before anyone can stop him, he clicks on his commlink and says, "Yes?"

The speaker is tinny but you can hear it clearly enough. "You! You're on duty now, right? Lock down the townhouse. No-one gets in. You hear? No one!"

The thugs exchange glances once more, but there is a determined set to their jaws now. They raise their weapons at the Rebel agents already in their midst. However, the Rebels are already prepared for this moment.

You will act first regardless, but roll Cool or Vigilance to see if you gain any free boosts from uncancelled Advantages.

Well.... That didn't go quite as planned.  But it was no surprise....


OOC Actions:
Vigilance or Cool - 3A, 1Boost - for interacting with Jabba's minions.

14:03, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 3 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a 1b.
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Ikki clicked his tongue in his mouth as he lined up his rifle at the closest Thug to the ground group. Looks like it'd be picking them off anyway.

18:18, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 3 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 1a 1b with rolls of 3(P), 2(A), 4(B).  Cool.

Jeron's smirking mouth tightened a bit as he saw things quickly begin to degrade in to violence once more.

11:55, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 3 successes, 2 advantages, 1 triumph using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A.  Vigilance.

Initiative
Jeron Rist
Ikki Sorlock
Caddy Manitu
Thugs

Currently, Jeron & Caddy are at Engaged range with three of the thugs. One is over by the wall and is at Short range.

Ikki is at Short range of all of them.

"You really shouldn't have done that."  Drawing her pistol, she attempts to level it at the thug before he can get a chance to do the same to her and their hands tangle with him dropping his gun in the tussle!


OOC Actions:
Engaged but using a ranged weapon in melee combat.  DC2.
Spending a Strain to gain a boost dice - Arkanian Offshoots perk.

03:19, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 2 failures, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 1B 2D.

Using my three advantages to force him to drop his gun.

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Ikki quickly lines up his rifle with the one at short range to the his team, avoiding shooting into the cluster of them for as long as possible. Taking a moment to aim and then squeezes the trigger, letting the round fly out of his Slug Rifle and right on target. With satisfaction of the shot, he cocks his rifle once again. The sound of the cartridge hitting floor, signals he's ready for the next shot.

Maneuver - Aim +1B
Action - Fire at Thug
7+1 = 8 damage pre-soak.

Spending my Advantages if the Thug is still alive to make him drop his weapon. If not spending them on bonus die for Jeron and Myself next round.

Ikki Sorlock rolled 2 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 1B 1D with rolls of 1(P), 7(A), 7(A), 4(B), 2(D).  Ranged (Heavy).

Jeron let out a laugh and grinned at the thugs as he drew his pistol and aimed it at the nearest thug. "Oh-ho-ho! Think you're tougher'n Rancor then, do ya?" He let loose a blast from the pistol.

Maneuver 1: Draw pistol.
Maneuver 2: Suffer 2 Strain and aim.
Action: Blast thug for 7 damage before soak.
Recover 1 strain with advantage.

10:59, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 1b 2d.  Blasting nearest thug.

The Rebels attack the thugs. Several of them are attempting to draw weapons, but the fast actions of the rebels knock their weapons loose before they can get a good grip! Slugthrowers skitter across the ground.

In the hot climate of Tatooine, the thugs have chosen to wear only thin armour. Or perhaps this was all that was supplied by their boss. Jabba the Hutt is notoriously cheap when it comes to outfitting his disposable minions.

The thugs are particularly suprised by the attack from above. Ikki's target is hit on the upper arm, causing his grip to loosen on his weapon. It falls from his hand and clatters on the ground.

The thugs are undeterred. The ones still armed fire their guns at point-blank range. The others struggle to collect their fallen firearms before resuming the attack.

In the close proximity, the thugs' shots go wild. Sand is thrown up and chips are blown off the masonry. One of the thugs shouts,

"Forget the guns! Use your blades!"

The four thugs let their guns drop and instead draw vibroblades. The Weequay hefts a vibroaxe, the long thin type reminiscent of a force pike. One accidentally cuts himself in drawing it, sending another trail of blood across the sand.


12 damage to thugs.

Jeron shook his head and berated the thugs. "Tsk, tsk. You should treat your weapons better or they'll continue to fail you!" He fired again at the thugs with his blaster pistol.

OOC: Aim and fire. Hit again for 9 damage this time. Will spend my advantage to give a boost die to next acting PC, Ikki.

07:54, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 3 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 1b 2d.  Ranged Light at nearest thug again.

For once Caddy was done talking and she took the opportunity presented by the thugs dropping their guns to draw their knives to once again fire.  Not as good at this as her compatriots, her stray shot no doubt causes some consternation if not actually hitting!


OOC Actions:
Engaged but using a ranged weapon in melee combat.  DC2.
Spending a Strain to gain a boost dice - Arkanian Offshoots perk.

16:03, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled no successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2b 2a 2d.

Using my two advantages to regain 1 strain and give the next allied person a Boost dice.

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Ikki exhales slowly aims once more at the thug he had shot previously, with another squeeze of the trigger another round flies from the chamber and strikes the thug. Cocking the bolt once more, he begins to aim up the rest but with such close quarters there was always a chance that he'd hit his allies in the fray. With his trained patience, he waited for another chance to shoot.


Ikki Sorlock rolled 1 success, 5 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 3B 1D with rolls of 11(P), 2(A), 8(A), 2(B), 1(B), 5(B), 6(D).  Ranged (Heavy).

7 Damage to the Thug at Short range to the other two.

Spending 1 Advantage to give bonus die to next player. Rolled for Caddy.
Ikki Sorlock rolled no successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1b with rolls of 1(B).  Caddy's Bonus Bonus.

Flopped, no change

Spending two to give Jeron another Bonus next round.

Spending two to add a setback to the thugs.

Ikki and Jeron blow away two of the thugs. They collapse on the ground, where the sand begins to soak up their blood.

The two remaining thugs can't shake the feeling that they're beaten. They run north, towards the front door.

Meanwhile, another pair of thugs meets them halfway. These thugs must have heard the gunfire and decided to investigate.

Now about thirty meters away, the thugs gain renewed confidence. They regroup with their reinforcements. The newest pair in the fight aim their slugthrower rifles and fire!

Fortunately, a fair amount of dust has been kicked up by the fight. It impedes vision just a bit. It's enough that their shots go wild. Bullets whiz by you.

Over the sound of the gunshots, you can hear voices shouting at each other from behind the garage doors. Someone must be inside there right now.

Luck.... while on their side, how many of the thugs were actually here?   Not sure quite what to do in the gunfight and assuming the other two will keep her in line, she turns towards the gates and the gunfire, tries to take cover in the dust, and squeezes off another round at one of the 'newcomers' seen that they'd already had the others shaken.


OOC Actions:
1) Action: Take Cover
2) Action: Aim (spending 2strain)
3) Non-Action: Taking a strain for a bonus die for agility action
4) Shoot.  DC1 for Short, +1 Setback for Dust, +2 Boost for Aim and Talent.

01:37, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 1 success, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2b 1s 2a 1d.  Shootin.

I'll use 3 advantages to crit and kill him (if this isn't the case, he takes 6 damage and a crit roll) and 1 advantage to pass a blue to the next player.

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Jeron let out a booming laugh and didn't even flinch or look for cover as the blaster fire rang out. He fired his own blaster pistol back at them straight in to one of the fresh thugs. "Cowards I see! Rancor at least put up a good fight!"


Aim and fire, 9 damage. Spending 1 advantage to give next player a Boost and 1 advantage to recover 1 strain.

20:36, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 3 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 2B 2D 1S.  Blaster shot, medium range.

Ikki scoffs as the thugs turn tail only to feel renewed confidence as they meet up with the other lackeys. Strength only in numbers as the bullets whizz around his allies on the ground and himself. Lining up one with one of the rifles, he smirks "Amateurs..." he mutters as he once again squeezes his triggers, striking the thug with his 3rd consecutive round. With another cock of the rifle, he loads the next one.

The amount of damage that he was doing from his vantage point would surely unnerve the thugs now as he rained bullet after bullet down on them.

Maneurver - Aim, maintaining 2 bonus.
Action - Fire

18:41, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 3 successes, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 3b 2d with rolls of 6(P), 3(A), 7(A), 6(B), 6(B), 4(B), 5(D), 1(D).  Ranged (Heavy).

9 Damage pre-soak.

Spending 2 Advantages to give Jeron another bonus.

Spending 2 to give thugs a setback.

The Rebels get their act together and fire as a collective group. The thugs are cut down by the hail of bullets & blaster bolts. One survives, but he runs around the corner out of sight.

The garage door starts to open. The personnel door beside it swings open, revealing a human thug with scars across his face & arms. He aims a pump-action scattergun and fires it at Jeron.

The Force rolled 1 success using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1A 1P 2D 1S.  Thug shooting at Jeron.
5 damage presoak

It was all getting a bit much for Caddy but she turned anyway, aimed and fired.   She wasn't really cut out for this and wasn't sure if the shot hit. Were there more?  Was it over yet?

OOC Actions:

* Aim, 1st to get a boost from racial, fire.
* 12:34, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 2 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2b 2a 1d.  Shooting at a thug.
* 6 Damage
* Regaining 2 strain.

Jeron stumbled back a bit from the blast. He still wasn't fully healed from the beating he'd gotten earlier from Rancor, and now was bleeding again. He pulled out a stimpack and slapped it on his side where he got shot, immediately feeling the bacta and painkillers begin to do their work. He fired off a shot at the shotgun-wielding thug as well.

OOC: Take 1 strain to pull out stimpack and apply it, 2 maneuvers. Then blast thug.

Wow. 7 advantages, but 2 failures, huh? Okay.
1 advantage to get my strain back.
1 advantage to give next acting player a boost.
3 advantage to gain +1 ranged defense.
2 advantage to add a setback to the shotgun thug's next action.

10:04, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 2 failures, 7 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 1b 2d.  Blasting shotgun thug.

While the other two distracted the shotgun thug, Ikki line up the shot and squeezed his trigger once more. Nailing the shotgun wielding human that had fired at Jeron.

15:16, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 4 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 3b 2D with rolls of 5(P), 7(A), 4(A), 2(B), 5(B), 2(B), 6(D), 2(D).  Ranged (Heavy) at Shotgun thug.

10 damage pre-soak to thug.
Spending Advantages on giving Jeron a bonus. Just in case.

Caddy and Jeron fire at the thug who is peeking out through the doorway to fire at them. They wound him, but it is Ikki who drills a shot directly down through his head that kills him.

The garage door opens a bit more and reveals the room within. It's a large room with a high ceiling. It must be twenty meters wide and long, making it about two-thirds of the volume of the building. It is lit with crude lamps hanging from the bare rafters overhead. The floor is paved with ferrocrete. Inside is a groundtruck and some piles of boxes and junk.

Taking cover behind the truck and the piles are a group of thugs. Five in total, they aim & fire their guns.

They have taken up defensive positions that set them a bit father away from the Rebels. They are still only a short range away from the rebels, ideal distance for their slugthrower pistols.

Some of their bullets skim very close to Caddy. She ducks farther back behind the stone gate and hopes no chips of stone or ricochets hit her.

The Force rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 2P 2D 1S.  Thug Ranged L.
6 damage presoak

As the chips fly and hit her, Caddy crouches. She'd taken the brunt of the initial fire.   Hopefully Ikki will be able to see into the garage from his vantage point as she doubts she'll be able to take too much more of this!  She does however squeeze off another wild round as more bullets fly, forcing her to squeeze tighter against her the wall.

OOC Actions:

* 4 Damage taken (2 soaked)
* Take 1 strain for Boost - racial, Aim, return fire, take 2 strain and take cover.
* Firing at DC 1D (short range) + 1S (Cover)
* 10:51, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled no successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2b 2a 1d 1s.
* I guess I'll take another point of strain for the threat?

GM: Nah, no extra strain for that 1 threat.
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Jeron moved up to the garage and up against the outside wall of it. He then peeked around it and popped off a shot at the thugs. "There just seem to be more and more of these guys!"

OOC: Blast at the thugs and then take cover.
That would be 9 damage pre-soak to the thugs.
1 advantage to give next acting player a boost die.

09:00, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 3 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 1b 1d 1s.  Blasting thugs.

Ikki lays his rifle down on the ground and stands up. Annoyed that he'd leave his rifle on the wall, but the first concern was that he needed to back up his teammates. Drawing his the vibroax that Rancor had, he prepares to jump down and rush the Thugs inside. With a nod, he lets his allies to just hold on for a bit.

Incidental - Drop Rifle.
Maneuver - Stand up
Swapping Action for another Maneuver - Draw Vibroax

What would the check be for jumping down off the roof?

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Caddy & Jeron returned fire, hosing down the enemy. Unfortunately, the thugs were well-covered. Jeron does manage to tag one in the abdomen, causing him to double over and curl up.

Ikki stands up & draws a vibroaxe, and stands on the edge of the building. He looks like an undersized angel of death waiting to descend on his victims.

(The Force, on behalf of Ikki Sorlock, rolled 1 success, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 1B 3D.  Coordination (dropping from roof).)

The thugs continue to lay down fire upon their targets. They seem to have found their range now; more bullets shred the stonework and clip Jeron.

You hear some clicks, followed by curses. It seems that Tatooine's sands have claimed more guns.

The Force rolled 3 successes, 2 threats using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3A 1P 2D 1S.  Thug Ranged L.
8 Damage presoak

Jeron let out a small curse as he pelted once more. He was started to get pretty injured again and wasn't sure how much longer he could do this. He fired off one more blast with his pistol and took cover again. Pretty soon he would need to pull back.

7 damage presoak.
Blast.
Take cover.
Stimpack (2 strain).

11:36, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 1 success using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 1d 1s.  Blasting thugs.

Caddy would swear if it was in her character.  As it stood, Jeron took another volley of fire and was hit.  ++"We need to get this done and now....  Rush them, Ikki!  We'll give you cover!"++

And she does just that, breaking cover to take quick aim, fire, and retreat back behind the outcrop of wall she was using as cover.   She was really getting tired and much like Jeron, she'd soon be out of this fight if she continued at this pace.

OOC Actions:

* Aim, Fire with Racial (1 Strain for 1 Boost) and with 1 Setback due to the dust, Take Cover (2 Strain)
* 22:29, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 2 successes, 1 threat  using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2b 2a 1d 1s ((2(B), 2(B), 2(A), 4(A), 5(D), 3(S))).
* So that's 7 damage.  And I'll absorb the threat as strain.

Ikki could hear his comlink and promptly drops off the top of the building, with a degree of courage and powered by adrenaline. As his feet make contacts with the ground, he rolls to the side appearing in front of the thugs with a clang of his axe on the ground. Fluidly rolling to his feet, he grips Rancor's axe in his hands and lets out a battle cry as he rushes the thugs in the garage.

He brings the axe down on the nearest thug he finds hiding behind cover. Landing a satisfying hit as the axe's sharpness cuts through his armor.

Maneuver- Drop down
Suffer two strain for a second Maneuver - Move to Engaged with Thugs
Action - Swinging the Axe

22:42, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 1 success using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 2D with rolls of 8(P), 1(A), 2(A), 6(D), 2(D).  Melee the thugs.

6 damage and the Axe's Pierce 2 quality ignores 2 soak from the target.
Spending the two advantages from Coordination check to give Jeron a Boost die.

To describe the thugs as 'surprised' at Ikki's appearance misses the nuance of 'confused,' to say nothing of 'terrified.'

Ikki tears one's flesh open, causing blood to spray across the garage. The vibroaxe itself stays near-pristine as its vibrofield is too rapid for fluids to adhere to it.

The wound probably looks worse than it is. Nevertheless, this thug seems to have decided that his pay voucher isn't big enough for this and beats street.

The other two keep up the hail of fire. Another thug is thrown to the ground, leaving only two.

These two retreat. They follow their compatriot towards a door in the northern area of the garage. While he was able to navigate the short flight of stairs, they cannot do so while still facing you and firing. They are forced to stop and fire at Ikki, hoping to gun him down before taking up further cover.

The Force rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 2P 2D.  Thug Range L short.
6 damage presoak

Still struggling and with no view of the thugs as they dash upstairs, she speaks (softly) into her comm, ++"Ikki, Hold back a moment but make sure they are focused on you."++  She takes a breath.  She doesn't want the thugs poking their guns out of the upper floor windows and firing down on them, but they need a breather to secure things.  ++"Jeron.   Can you please make sure the gates are shut and locked from this side.  We don't want to be going inside only to have to deal with a new threat from behind."++   And with that, she'll move quickly between the various bodies making doubly sure they are dead - and checking for stimpacks (key cards, keys or anything else which might be useful).

OOC Actions:
* Attempt to provide 'good' leadership here - and maybe even a tactical advantage with sensible advice :-) (so the GM can't spring that one on us too easily! :-) )
* 11:41, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 1 success, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 1p 2d.
* Caddy will regain 2 strain.

Ikki winces as he's grazed by one of the bullets, but his natural toughness and heavy clothes absorbed most the damage. With the trickle of warm blood on his left, he grips his axe tighter but Caddy calling through his comm prevented him from moving forward and cleaving into another one.

Ducking behind one of the blood splatted crates and peering out to taunt the thugs "What's the matter? So scared of me that you can't even hit me?" He calls out to them over the firefight. He put maximum effort into sounding cocky, trying to lure them back down from the stairs. He waited to begin his charge once again.

Soak of 4, taken 2 damage.

Maneuver - Take cover
Action - Taunt Thugs

Ikki Sorlock rolled 2 successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A 1B 2D with rolls of 11(P), 3(A), 4(A), 2(B), 4(D), 8(D).  Deception - Distract .

Jeron hesitated slightly. He didn't want to leave his allies in the middle of a fight. However, he was pretty banged up, and Caddy made a good point. He then took off at a jog to go close the gates and try to lock them.

The thugs in the garage open the door to the rest of the building and hide behind the doorway. They take the opportunity to keep firing at Ikki, who is currently hiding behind something himself. The bullets make a lot of noise and bounce off the cover, but have little further effect.

Jeron is about to lock the gate when he sees something interesting.

Most of the people in the street have heard all the commotion and gunfire and cleared off. The street is nearly abandoned. There is one person left, however. A human, wearing rags and a desert cloak, is crouched behind a trash collection box. He is talking into a commlink and armed with a hold-out blaster.

(Jeron may close & lock the gate as a free action next round in addition to his other actions.)

[OOC: Was Caddy able to find any stimpacks and were all the thugs dead?]

Caddendra quickly searched the thugs and found two bacta patches. They function effectively similiarly to stimpaks, but are more rare. They offer real healing, not just a temporary satiation of pain. How two thugs on Tatooine got ahold of such valuable items, even such small ones, is hard to guess.

Caddendra finds one of the thugs is still alive and puts a bullet in his back.
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Having collected the bacta patches (wondering as she does about how the thugs could get such items of value) she spots the wounded thug and straightens and projects her voice so those in the garage can hear her, "I warned you.   You know my name.  Now know that my word is sacrosanct, my vengeance mighty, and ire great."   She straightens so that the thugs can see her before pulling the trigger and killing the prone and wounded thug in a spray of blood that she appear to completely ignore.  Turning then towards the garage, her face showing calm rage.  "Know also that my benediction is bountiful.  I will give you one more opportunity to drop your weapons - never to raise them against me or mine again - and leave before you will suffer the same fate."  It's a risk, but if she can get these thugs to quit, then her compatriots won't need to fight.... (At the same time, she's no fool and will move back into cover.)

OOC Actions:
* Intimidation: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 2 successes, 2 threats using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a 2d.  Intimidation.
* Not sure on the threats - I'll leave that to you.
* Move action to take cover from what she expects will be the return fire.
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To Caddy and Ikki, he spoke over the comlink, ++Got a guy out front, armed, sort of hiding and talking in to a comlink.++

He stepped to the gate, half-standing behind it. "Hey. You. Lower the blaster and come here." The blaster wasn't pointed AT the guy, but wasn't really pointed away from him either.

Coercion check difficulty on him, Force?

Ikki stands guard over Caddy, letting Jeron deal with the guy at the gate, could be a scout. Keeping his axe out his glances around the room for anything noticeable or useful. Though his eyes did linger on the Shotgun Slugthrower. If they listened to the bossy lady, he'd spare them but if they even pointed it at them, he was ready to charge again.


19:39, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 3 successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 2A with rolls of 5(P), 3(A), 1(A).  Perception.

Didn't roll perception difficulty since something useful could be super hard to find.
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The Force, on behalf of Jeron Rist, rolled no successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3A 2D.  Coercion.

The man in the alley refuses to comply with Jeron's instruction. Instead, he aims & fires at Jeron with his small blaster. The blast goes wild.

Caddy utters a fearsome pronouncement on the thugs. They flee, retreating from the garage.

Ikki sees that there is a speeder bike in the garage. He can see large piles of plasteel crates and bins, holding an assortment of junk & tools. There is one exit from the room, which the thugs just departed through.

"Damnit!" Jeron cursed and then commed Ikki and Caddy. ++Guy out here is shooting at me now.++ He didn't sound panicked, just stating facts. If anything, he sounded annoyed.

He aimed and fired a shot back at the man, staying in the cover of the gate.

OOC: Aim, fire, stay in cover. 7 Damage presoak and 3 advantages to Crit him.

21:51, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 1 success, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 1b 1d 1s.  Blasting guy in alley.
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The man catches the bolt across his head. It doesn't kill him, although blood sprays wildly across the trash bin. The man clutches his head and stands up without thinking. He staggers across the alleyway, seemingly disoriented. As he attempts to line up a shot against Jeron, his arm waves wildly. For a split-second, Jeron gets a glance of the man's eyes. His pupils are of different sizes, sure sign of a concussion.

++"Get him - and get him inside if you can.  We'll need to know who is on the other end of the comms."++ And then to Ikki.  "Can we secure this place so only we can open it?"   And then, "We need to sweep the compound to find the goods and to make sure there are no others hiding inside."   But first... she'll rip open one of the bacta patches and place it over the wound she'd received, the cold gel immediately soothing the pain.  She sighs, not realising quite how badly off she'd been.  She'd keep the other patch for Ikki or Jeron once she's worked out who needed it most.

[OOC: Ok.   So the thugs pegged it.

1) Did they drop their weapons as I commanded them to?
2) Also, any chance we could have a description of this building/compound please?  I've lost track of things so I'm not sure if there is still the possibility of people being inside the compound - or indeed, where the goods are so we can start investigating.
3) Is this the end of the conflict so we can try and get some strain back?
4) How wounded are you guys?  I'm back to 10/10 wounds and have a 1 more bacta patch for you guys.]

Ikki's eyes lingered on the Speeder bike. He'd be able to fit that on the ship, right? Ikki quickly scanned the area while answering Caddy's question "I doubt we can do anything that secure. Maybe block it for a bit and some traps..." he answered while looking for parts to make said countermeasures. Ikki refuses the bacta patch and points to Jeron, he'd only suffered minor injuries and the blood make it look worse than it was.

Though he wished he'd brought his rifle down with him....

Looking to set traps or Sabotage the area so Skulduggery check?
I'm on 11/13 so I don't really need it.
Can anyone drive the Speeder bike?

Jeron let out a chuckle as the other man walked around in a bit of a daze. His shot hand rung the bell but good. He aimed and lined up another blast at the man, trying to bring him down without killing him.

OOC: This time I think I'll disarm him. 9 damage presoak (this is all stun btw not physical I'm hitting him with).

14:32, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 3 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 1b 1d.  Blasting alley guy again.

The man stumbles and collapses. He falls faint to the ground, unable to move after the repeated stun blasts.

With a moment to breathe now, the Rebels recover their cohesion and reload.


Fight over.

Jeron let out a sigh. "Finally." He moved quickly to gather up both the man and his equipment, dragging them inside. He then closed and locked the gate. He commed his two nearby allies, ++Okay. He's down and pulled inside. Gate is closed and locked.++

++"Excellent.  Make sure he isn't going anywhere.   Then, I've left a bacta patch at the entrance to the garage.   Grab it, then circle the building.  Ikki and I will lock it down and flush the thugs out.   We need to get this done quickly before whoever was contacted brings in reinforcements."++

And with that, she'll leave the bacta patch near the door where Jeron is sure to see it, then picking up a shotgun from one of the dead thugs she'll nod to Ikki, "Let's do this."  She'll follow Ikki into the building, making sure she provides cover for him.

[OOC Actions:
* Overwatch....
* Regain 1 Strain (19:48, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a.  Regain Strain.)]

Ikki wondered if he had time to get his rifle from the roof quickly. But decided that he should deal with the thugs first, he'd get his rifle afterwards. Giving his Axe a readjusting swing,  nods to Caddy before pointing his finger at the Shotgun "Careful not to hit me with that or you'll be buying me a round." He warns and also jokes at the same time. After all she didn't look suited to heavy weapons.

With another deep brief, he leads the charge to the next room, axe ready to swing.

OOC:
The Vanguard advances!
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A small pause as he smirked that she put herself in charge, but so far he had been too busy to really contradict her, and...most of her decisions hadn't been terrible. ++Acknowledged.++ Jeron hefted the thug and made his way to towards the garage, looking for any way to tie up the thug and somewhere to leave him for the moment.
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Jeron tied up the thug using wire in the garage. The Rebels gathered at the door, and then charged in.

The next room was a sort of closet, with hooks for cloaks and mats for boots. Some are here now. Towards the other door were some rough benches and lockers. No-one was here.

The Rebels stacked up against the next door, into the following room.

As they did, they could hear speaking on the other side. "They're coming! Get ready."

Speaking loudly enough so those behind the door can hear she calls out 7 names adding, "Any being with weapon of any sort has forfeited all rights to civilised life.  Give them no quarter.  I gave them the option to drop their weapons and leave with their lives - but they chose to regroup.   Anyone with sense would drop their weapons, subdue those who oppose her, and hand themselves over.   Never let it be known that Caddanra Manitu was not beneficent."

[OOC: Sewing confusion, distrust, and possibly even convincing them to rebel against each other.  That's both tactically convincing them that there are more of us, and trying to make them fight each other.

I would normally have used a lightside point for this, but we never seem to have any! :(


So please roll: 1A 2P 1B - Basic.  + Any boosts for already having them on the run and having killed several of their members without taking casualties.]

Jeron grinned wolfishly and backed Caddy up, the grin so the enemies could hear it in his voice. "With PLEASURE, boss! I HOPE they resist!" He let out a menacing laugh.

OOC: I would like to aid Caddy if possible, not sure if she's using Coercion but it seemed like it. So a boost die to her roll.

The Force, on behalf of Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu, rolled 5 successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1A 2P 1B 3D.  Coercion, 1 darkside spent!

In the next room, Caddy hears feet beating the faux-wood flooring. Someone with a nasal voice shouts, "No! Come back!"

And with a grin that may seem far too feral, she'll usher Jeron and Ikki forward.  If they rush, she'll do her best to cover them and now's about the best time to make it stick - while there's still confusion in their ranks.

Ikki's grin matches Caddy's but look like it suited him more than the lady, as he's ushered in, he makes a point of showing them who's in charge here by kicking the door open and moving quickly with his axe.

If someone even pointed a weapon in their general directed, he'd make his move towards them "Last chance to drop your weapons, or lose them, limb and all...." He doesn't feel the need to put more effort in just state the fact.

This room is the foyer. There are some fake potted plants and cheap pictures on the walls. The paint is chipping. There are some couches and a desk.

Two doors are hanging open. One leads outside. From here, you can see a small group of thugs leaving as fast as they can.

The other set of doors is also slightly open. This one goes farther into the building.

Following Ikki in, Caddy will smile at the departing thugs, "Let's push through and secure the place - and let's do this quickly as I suspect we'll need to defend this place soon enough."   She'll do just that, quickly scanning the foyer for anything of importance.

Jeron's head swung after the the fleeing thugs for a moment, but then dismissed them. He turned his attention around the foyer for a moment. But not seeing anything out of the ordinary, he headed for the door leading further in to the building. He peeked through quickly in case anyone was waiting before actually then striding through.

Jeron peeks into the next room. It is a reception room with a desk and more cheap art. Behind the table are more thugs.

The thugs aim and open fire as he quickly withdraws. Bullets clang into the walls and door.

Roll Cool or Vigilance
Flipping another Dark Side point for secret reasons

Caddy remains behind the pair of me, keeping an eye out both forward and to their rear.

20:03, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 1 success, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a.

Jeron pulled back quickly and let out a small laugh as he heard the shots pinging where his head had been or maybe elsewhere. "Why, I do believe that there are more baddies in there that intend us harm, Caddy and Ikki."

13:12, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 4 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a.  Vigilance.

Ikki pulls back with Jeron as the bullets ping around them "Well, good luck to them. Let's show them what happens." he replies as he twirls his axe in his hands. Poking his head around the corner, he glares at them. Steeling himself before he'd charge the thugs.

Looking at his comrades "Gimme some cover." he asks them as he takes some deep breaths to prepare.

21:26, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 2 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 1a with rolls of 4(P), 8(A).  Cool.

Initiative:
Jeron Rist
Ikki Sorlock
Caddanra Manitu
Jabba's Thugs

From inside the office, they hear a nasal voice that is beginning to sound familiar.

"Who are you people? Are you Xizor's men? You're making a bad mistake! I have more soldiers coming right now. You'll be boxed in! Leave or you'll be sorry!"

It's hard to say whether the Boss is being truthful or not. He has a commlink and there may be more of Jabba's minions in the village.

Make a Discipline roll 1D 1C 1B. Flipping a Dark Side point

Jeron let out a loud growl through the door, intimidating the thugs as they attempted to intimidate him. He felt emboldened but looked at his teammates.

OOC: Holy. Crap.
19:01, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 5 successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a 2d 1b.  Discipline, 1 strain for Intimidating.

Caddy appears to be taking this all in her stride as she listens to the thugs reply 'softly' enough that they will have to 'lean forward and listen carefully' (hopefully drawing them out so her compatriots can shoot them) "They may arrive - I have no doubt there are others in the village, but not before we deal with you... and this time we won't be so lenient."

OOC:
08:21, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 6 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1d 1c 1b 3a.  Discipline.
* Regain 1 Strain


08:27, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 6 successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1a 2p 1b 2d.  Deception - to make them listen and 'come out' a little from their hiding spots.
* Please add any further 'negative' dice to the mix.   But with 6 successes, it's pretty much guaranteed to pull them out of their hiding spots :-).
* Lose 1 Strain
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Ikki kept quiet and simply let his weapon say something for him, it didn't look any of them were backing down right now. Standing near the door, he taps his axe's pole on the floor, a metal thud every time he makes contact with the ground.

08:36, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 1 success, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 1d 1c 1b with rolls of 8(A), 8(A), 1(D), 11(C), 3(B).  Discipline.

There is a moment of silence, and quiet. Jeron's ears are still ringing a bit from the gunfire, but he and Ikki can hear a quiet, fierce discussion.

Then,

"Hey, what... what are you doing? No!" There is the sound of a struggle.

Expecting (well, hoping, but at the same time moving with composure, decorum and not a small helping of pure arrogance) to see the thugs turning on their own, Caddy steps into the doorway....

Indeed, the thugs are attempting to bludgeon their boss.

Boss Thrumdush is a tall, thin human wearing a sweat-stained collared shirt. He is waving a gold-plated blaster pistol.

They are taking cover behind a flipped-over desk, but right now the cover isn't helping him much.

Jeron stepped in behind and then around Caddy, moving to her side to cover her, but for the moment keeping his blaster pointed down at the ground. He watched and waited to see if the thugs would surrender after they were done with the boss, smirking slightly.

Time to take control of the situation - it wouldn't do for the thugs to hand over their leader only for them to gain some level of backbone and confront the party.... And so Caddy steps forward, "I want him alive... barely.   String him up.   And bring me his pistol."  By including them under her command, she effectively validated their efforts, gave them a focal point and leadership, and approved of their efforts.   Subconsciously, it was sure to cement her control.

OOC:
Since the coercion was successful, I'm guessing this is a leadership check?

08:33, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 2 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1a 2p 1b 2d.  Leadership.
* So success on a leadership check to boost their morale and really tie the thugs under my command.
* If needs be, they can get a blue or the boss can get a black... (I use boss with a small 'b' as I'm the Boss!)  If the dice aren't needed, I'll grab 2 strain back.   :)
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Ikki simply stayed at the door frame to the room. Keeping an eye out for anymore trouble as he kept over watch with his axe in hand. If they did have backup coming. He's see them first. Though he kept his ears and a glance here and there at the situation in the room as the other two went to the thugs.

A minute later, Boss Thrumdush has been bludgeoned into unconsciousness. The other thugs are in no condition to resist either.

You search the rest of the building. One room is packed with food supplies and big bottles of water.

The final room has a being in it. It has an insectoid head with large, bulbous eyes. Its chitinous arms are tied together, leaving its gangly fingers free but useless. Its tiny waist has a rope around it that is tied to a thick iron ring attached to the wall. Its feet are clawed, but its ankles are tied together. Though it is not mammalian at all, you can tell that this creature is a picture of abject misery.

The verpine looks up at you. Its mandibles clatter anxiously.

With the thugs having 'dealt' with their leader, she'll walk over to the unconscious Thrumdush, point her blaster at his head and pull the trigger.

With her point made and having apparently quite 'happily' killed the man in cold blood, she'll turn to the other thugs, "My word upheld, my promise kept.   As will my promise of sparing your lives remain true."  No doubt there would have been some concern amongst them considering that they hadn't quite obeyed her every command - but she is aiming to cement their loyalty and with that proclamation, expects an element of relief.   "Now, between you, elect a representative.  A spokesman."   She hasn't given them the choice of whether to 'work for her' or not, simply taking the reigns and knowing that it is 'human nature' to go along with a strong leader when they are 'clearly in control'.

She'll give them a moment to do as required and will turn to her comrades.   "Once we've looked around this place, we had better bring the captive from outside in.  We'll need to find out who he was talking to."  This to Jeron before smiling to Ikki, "And you'll probably want to grab your rifle - it has served us well.  And maybe a quick check on the outside while you're there - just in case."

That done she'll turn back to the thugs and the one they'd have pushed forwards but will address the others first, "Thank you.   I expect this place to be far better guarded than when I arrived.   Please follow Commander Ikki who will assign your duties in the interim."  She has no real idea of what the rank is she's given Ikki but she makes it sound 'commanding' and impressive!

Then to their spokesperson, "I'd like you to please show me around this establishment.  I need to know exactly what you've been doing here, what this establishment is being used for and so forth.  Tell me everything, assume I know nothing."   Even giving orders, it might seem strange that she remains polite.  And with that she'll start walking, expecting anyone who will be searching the place to follow.

When they make it to the verpine she consider the being before turning to the representative, "Who is this and why are they here?"

"They've just been calling him 'the captive.' We usually call him 'the bug' when it's time to feed him. Y'know, 'your turn to feed the Bug,'" one explains. He is eyeing the smoking corpse of his boss. "I think they had something in mind for him. A bunch of the guys were detailed to guard some farm in the sticks."

A quick search of the office yields two hundred credits and a vial of glitterstim. Thrumdush is carrying a commlink and a hold-out blaster in addition to his gold-plated pistol. The pistol has clearly been upgraded with Superior Weapon Customization, as well as a Multi-Optic sight.

Jeron's eyes widened and his eyebrows shot up as Caddy executed Thrumdrush in cold-blood. He tried to quickly cover up his reaction before the thugs noticed. He set his face back to a frown, which wasn't difficult since he wasn't happy with what had just happened. Thrumdrush might have been able to give them information that the thugs wouldn't know.

He helped cleared the rooms as they searched the place. He glanced at spiffy pistol and then at Caddy. Unless she objected, he picked it up for the moment and stowed it for the time being. He wasn't trying to keep it from anyone, they could discuss it later.

Jeron headed outside to bring in the captive he'd tied up while Caddy dealt with the Verpine - even though he was quite fascinated by the insectoid.

She knew Jeron might not follow through with her actions regarding Thrumdush - but she'd made a calculated 'guess' that Thrumdush, given his rather senseless actions previously, was simply a promoted thug rather than any sort of intelligence in this outfit.   Yes, he may have known something but he probably didn't know too much value - besides, if they'd been a bit more ruthless earlier, he'd have been dead in the bar!  Seeing Jeron eye the upgraded (and blinged) pistol, she'll smile as Jeron collects it.

She'll collect the glitterstim and credits and add them to her pack - it wouldn't help having the thugs looting the place (though she was well aware of the value of the foodstuff to these individuals).  Thrumdush's commlink and hold-out will be added to her pack and she'll link the output of the comm to her own comm-link so she could monitor any comms on its no doubt secure channels.

The captive.... Maybe he (used only because the thug did so too and she doesn't know the gender of the captive) would be a useful ally?  Can he speak Basic?  Far too many questions.   Then to the thug who'd spoken about the farm, "I'll need directions please."

Then to the captive she'll speak, "Are you able to speak?   What is your name?"  Her voice is gentle, as it generally is, encouraging it to speak despite still being tied up.  Maybe, just maybe, it was being held here because it was

[OOC: Do the other thugs do as commanded?]

The Verpine answers with a chattering, high-pitched language. It indicates towards itself.

"D'Trii," it seems to say. Some more chittering. It does seem to be questioning you. It waves its tied hands, trying to draw attention to its bonds.

Ikki and Jeron are investigating the rest of the building when they glance outside. It seems that the streets are still cleared, but now you see a groundcar on the way. An armoured groundcar, with imperial symbols.

Ikki watches on at Caddy shoot the Thug Boss square in the head, blinking a few times he doesn't really care about the life of the thug but he couldn't help but think that it was a waste of info. He rubbed his nose as the smell of burnt brain filled the room...

Ikki nodded at Caddy "Just remember that next time I see a new rifle." His brain goes into overdrive at the sudden promotion "Right, start clearing the dead. Then reinforce the doors. If I see anyone looking to betray Mi'lady again. I'll separate you..." He simply stats as he clangs his axe against the floor. That should be enough to solidify the order.

After collecting his rifle he made his way back to the Caddy, pasting a window he gently slaps Jeron's shoulder to get his attention, pointing at the Armoured Imp car "We're got company.." Ikki had a bad feeling about this, hopefully Caddy and Jeron could talk their way out of this...

Meanwhile, a few streets over...

Onyx, Forim, and Dienton are riding a commandeered landspeeder back to the town. They have collected some of the supplies that were in the ship and loaded them into the cargo area. They left the pipes and tubes, because those are available anywhere for low prices. The strange plants they brought a few crates of. They brought a few pieces of distilling equipment; enough to make a small still.

The landspeeder has a comm in it. As Forim is driving, Dienton sees that a certain channel is beeping. He flips the commlink over to that channel and turns it up.

"... from Citizen J's storehouse. The report was interrupted, but we could hear gunfire. Send Hardtop Squad to investigate."

"We're on our way. What about the disturbance at the customs office?"

"That's under control for now. Don't worry about that until you've got this other situation pacified."

"Understood. EG-141 out."

After a quick pause to unload the second speeder, Dienton hops in with forim and Onyx.

<imperial chatter>


Sounds like Caddy's handiwork, imps are inbound. Dienton comms the other group to get their location and directs Forim towards the warehouse

"D'Tril?  I'm Caddanra"   She isn't sure why but for some reason, despite the obvious danger someone who is completely alien represents, she decides to release the creature.  The vibro knife she'd taken from one of the thugs in the bar is removed from its sheath and taking a step towards the creature she  quietly adds, "You'd better be worth it.   I hope you understand me.  If you do, you need to follow my orders exactly.   Deal?  If you're willing, lift your front... legs."  Assuming it does, she'll cut the bonds.  "Let's get you out of here."

Jeron let out a sigh as he saw the groundcar and heard the comm chatter. He commed Caddy and Ikki, ++Caddy, we have incoming again. I think the rest of our team might be heading back our way as well. I suggest you get ready. I'm going to find cover.++

He looked at Ikki. "Are you going to find a sniper's roost again?"

Over the comm to the rest of the team. ++Rest of the team, are you able to head our way? We're at the warehouse and have incoming.++

Caddy, still busy with the Verpine, comms back, ++"We'll need transport."++  And then a quick  check based on her earlier hunch, ++"Did you get anything from the guy you nabbed outside?  Might be worth considering if he called them."++  She hesitated to use the word hostage in front of the alien creature considering the way it had been treated.

Following the directions, Forim heads in that direction in hopes of getting there first.

The verpine cooperates and allows itself to be freed. It rises, and looks around the room. It is clearly frightened by the scene of combat and the human corpse, but grabs a prybar to use as an impromptu club.

The part of the team on the speeder arrive on the scene just behind the armoured groundcar. It stops a few doors down from Jabba's warehouse. The doors open and a dozen stormtroopers file out. They split into two ranks and hustle along beside the car as it rolls forward. The car's main gun, a dual blaster turret, is mounted on the roof. It swivels to aim towards the storehouse.

Inside, the Rebels hear an announcement over a loudspeaker.

"ATTENTION, DISSIDENTS! EXIT THE BUILDING WITH YOUR HANDS ABOVE YOUR HEADS!"

Caddy turns to the 'spokesman' - "Right.  Storm troopers.  I don't think facing them is the brightest decision if we don't have to.   Where's the 'back door'?   Every compound I've ever been in has had an escape route specifically to evade such frontal assaults."

The stormtrooper vehicle blocks the road, so Forim has no choice but to pull over.  He coms inside, careful of his words in case he is being overheard "Sorry boss, but there is a stormtrooper transport blocking the road...[Short pause] ... Fine, I will wait here until they move on."

Jeron checked over the guy he'd stunned for anything of value. He waited to see what was coming at them next. Then his eyes widened and his jaw dropped open. "Really?? Stormtro---fine!" He quickly turned and ran from the gate and back towards the building. "Time to go!!"

OOC: Wasn't there a second gate for the loading dock or whatever? Jeron is heading there if so.

Out on the road, the Rebels' speeders take a side street. They drive and maneuver through the cluttered road. Piles of junk, empty crates, and refuse bins slow their course. Soon, they arrive at the end of the alleyway on the far side of the Imperials' position. From here, the opened side gate is plainly visible. That 'alleyway' is actually large enough for a groundtruck to drive down without scraping the refuse bin. They can see the Stormtroopers taking positions all around the front. The armoured groundcar rolls past, taking its own position in front of the front door.

The Rebels make for the side entrance. Heading out the front door is suicide. They peer out the garage door and see the gate still open and seemingly unguarded. Alternatively, they could try to climb over the wall. Ikki had discovered a crack in the wall that makes climbing over it relatively easy. To get to that spot, they would have to go around the building and get to the West side of the compound.

The Rebels make a quick radio contact to inform each other of their relative positions. The Rebels' speeders are only about twenty meters away, linearly.

Forim Onyx mutters. I'm going to need that grenade. I'll use it to get the stormtroopers attention. Back towards the front of the building. Hopefully this can give our friends what they need to escape. 

Forim nods and says "Dienton might want to get ready to get into their speeder too, so we have a good driver on both speeders."

He hands over the weapon, and lets the speeder drift backwards without putting it into reverse.

Jeron kept running towards the second gate, wanting to trust that the others were right behind him, but he didn't know them that well yet so he glanced back to make sure. He planned to head towards the speeder if he could do without being seen by the stormtroopers.

Think, think, think!  "Wait!  Jeron!   Take the spy you knocked out with you!  And if you get caught, make sure he can't report anything about us."   Hopefully Jeron will wait for her so she can hand him her belongings.   She then turns to the Verpine.   "Go with Jeron.   I'm going to try and slow them down."  She then looks at the spokesperson, "Go with Jerson.   Ikki will lead the others."  And then to Ikki over the comm, "++Cover Jeron as he makes from the back gate and then bolt with the men.++"  She's not calling them thugs any more as they're now 'her men'.  "++I'm going to see if I can hold up the Stormtroopers.++"   And then she'll continue to the garage, blood... she needed blood.   Ripping her garments, she'll bloody herself before running out towards the gate, her hands more than visible, as she attempts to present the image of a fleeing captive - no doubt the wounds she received earlier will add to the effect.  "Help!   Help me... please."



OOC:
Leadership - to encourage the Vespine to follow Heron and to send the 'thug spokesperson' off after Jeron.
20:40, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 2 successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1b 1a 2p 2d.


Deception - to convince the Stormtroopers that she's an escaped captive and to 'stall' their advance into the compound.
20:40, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 3 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1b 1a 2p 2d.

Please adjust the die as needed :-)

The two thugs that Caddy has press-ganged get all the way outside before they see the stormtroopers. They lose their nerve and stay inside the garage.

Jeron gets all the way to the garage and sees the thug he tied up. The man is groggy but still attempting to free himself from the makeshift binds.

Meanwhile, Onyx makes it into the alleyway. He comes up to the gate and sees the inside of it. He sees a pair of unfamiliar humanoids, armed with slugthrowers, peering out of the garage door nervously towards the stormtroopers. They duck back inside. He also sees Jeron enter the room.

Dienton and Forim arrange their speeders for a quick getaway in the street behind Jabba's walled complex. Dienton notes that one of the walls looks weak, as though a good impact could shatter it. Forim spots something interesting too; the building next door to Jabba's complex has a ladder running from the alleyway to the roof.

At that moment, Caddanra is preparing to begin her distraction. She is just inside the front door, preparing to appear as though she is being pursued by all the villainous forces in the galaxy. Then she hears a 'boom' from outside. There are the sound of several powerful blaster bolts and the screeching of tearing metal.
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Jeron rolled his eyes at Caddy. She wasn't his superior and he was getting a little tired of her just doing whatever the hell she wanted and ordering everyone around. So far, her 'plans', and he used the term loosely, hadn't blown up in their face, so he let it slide.

"Yes, cause I'll move so much faster luggin' him around too..." AND her gear too apparently! He let out a sigh and continued on his way, gear and spy in tow.

If Caddy had heard Jeron's words, she might have dealt with his problem.   For now though, she still had a goal though with the explosion, the chance of running out to her death was certainly a concern.  She motions then to the ex-thugs, "Go on, get out of here before it is too late."
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Onyx aims his gun at the thugs and says in a perfectly calm voice. Don't even think about pointing those gun towards us if you want to live. If they remain compliant he grabs holsters his rifle pulls out a gernade and reaches to grab the thug.  Seems you've been busy. Forim and Dienton are waiting outside. Right before he grabs the thug he looks towards the door. Where's Caddarnra?

Ikki didn't like the idea of getting into a firefight with the Imperials but he complied with Caddy's wishes regradlesss seeing as anything else would cause problems. Holding his rifle and placing his Axe on his back, he prepared to help Jeron and the other thugs.

Entering the room with Jeron, a tiny bit sad he wouldn't get to at least try at the Speeder bike so far. "Caddy's outside, buying us time. What the hell is going on out there?" He askes as the firefight begins.

Looking at the other thugs "Go on, get out while they're busy. Let's get this Verpine out of here." He kept his rifle drawn and kept checking his corners.

Onyx points his weapon at the thugs, who immediately throw up their hands. Not a lot, but enough to show their lack of threatening intent. "Hey, friend. We're just trying to make our way in the Universe, you know? That woman who killed the Boss is at the front door. She told us to get out of here."

Ikki enters and joins Jeron, Onyx, and the thugs. He is escorting a Verpine, who looks frightened as far as you can read Verpine facial expression. He has his hands on his head and keeps glancing left & right. He is limping a bit, and you can see the scars on his ankle joins. He is managing to keep up with Ikki, however.

The verpine crouches against the doorjamb, not far from Onyx. He looks up at Onyx with wide eyes. He taps his thorax. "D'Trii," he says. Possibly he is introducing himself.

On his way to the garage, Onyx saw one of the stormtroopers in front of the complex. He didn't stay in view long before entering the open gate, but the stormtrooper may have seen him as well.

Then something happens at the front of the building.

Caddanra goes outside the front door and is immediately confronted by ten stormtroopers aiming blaster rifles directly at her. One has an orange pauldron and a communication pack on his back. There is another stormtrooper with them who is not carrying a blaster rifle. Rather, he has a blaster pistol and is standing slightly in front of the others.

Behind them is an armoured groundcar. The tinted windows are impossible to see through from outside, but surely there is an operator still inside. The engine rumbles and the twin heavy blasters mounted on the turret swivel down towards her.

The metal gate on this side of the building has been blasted. It lies in a twisted heap on the sandy ground. No longer does it obstruct entry through the gateway, although if you aren't careful running over it you might step between the bars and twist your ankle.

The stormtrooper in the front levels his blaster pistol at Caddy as she piteously cries for help. Whether he believes her story or not doesn't seem to enter the discussion.

"Set for stun," he says through his helmet's speaker, and then fires. Blue rings of energy blast from his pistol towards Caddy.

The Force rolled 1 success, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1a 2P 2D.  RL st Sgt pistol (stun).
6 damage presoak
This event will only take place on the stormtrooper's turn, so if something happens to defeat him beforehand, it will automatically miss

All players roll either Vigilance or Cool. Caddenra must roll Cool.

"Help... pleas.."  Her voice is cut short as Caddy crumples, dropping to the ground the moment the sergeant stunned her.   He may have been shooting to 'stun' but he's surely hit and wounded a defenceless young woman who had been coming to them for help and support!   Are his troops truly willing to do that?  Are they truly that ruthless?


[OOC:

I'd suggest that the troops may want to check their 'morale' as, being out here in the middle of nowhere, they may not have the zeal core troopers might have?   Might they rebel against their leader who so callously shot an innocent woman?  After all, my earlier roll showed how convincing I was....

00:35, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 3 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3a.  Cool.

If hit, Caddy will take 4pts of Strain and technically be 'ok' to continue on.]
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Everyone aboard the speeder who was getting aboard, Forim guns the speeder to get to safety.

(OOC: In the GMs defense, a trooper would not rebel against stunning an innocent in an unknown situation.  Stun now.  Cuff and interrogate later.  Sort out the innocent from the guilty in the brig, not on the battlefield.

That said, I am the master of doing stupid things, so hard for me to really rag on you!)

[OOC: I've no problem with what happened, but... the theme of killing/attacking innocents is one we've seen in episode 7 with Kylo Ren ordering and our Storm Trooper disobeying... so who knows what might happen here.   Regardless, my delaying action has slowed them a little - which was the aim :-)]

Dienton watches as Forim takes off, he continues to wait impatiently for the remaining crew to board up.  There was no way they could take the storm troopers and he was ready to get out of there.  He comms to the team "Time to leave"

OOC - Dienton will drive off as soon as Ikki, the Verpine, and Jeron load up.  He will head to the Sunset Shimmer to unload everyone and begin planning for Caddy.

Jeron's plan was to leave as quickly as possible. They could try to get Caddy back later, as she had made her plan and now was stunned by it.

16:14, Today: Jeron Rist rolled 3 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a.  Vigilance.

Ikki grudingling mounted the speeder with the others, they were all injuried and rushing to save Caddy wouldn't end well. It would be best to re-group first. Helping the Verpine into the speeder he patted Dienton on the back letting him know they were in.

Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled no successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 1a with rolls of 10(P), 5(A).  Cool.

Initiative
Caddy
Jeron
Forim
Dienton
Ikki
Stormtroopers
Stormtrooper Seargent
Armoured Groundcar: Vehicle crew

Caddy sees the stormtrooper seargent level his pistol at her and fire it. Dizzied but not completely stunned, she acts.

The Rebels have gathered at the speeders on the other side of the alleyway. Dienton and Forim attempt to gather their colleages up for a hasty escape. As they leave the complex, two of the stormtroopers see them heading towards the speeders.

The stormtroopers level their rifles from the other end of the alley. One shouts, his loud voice still nearly emotionless as it comes through the speaker.

"Stop! Don't get on that speeder!"

Before he can fire or do anything else, the Rebels are ready to act.

Jeron didn't turn around to look at the stormtroopers. He heard them, he just didn't want them to get more of a good look at him or his team. "Don't look back! Just go!" he hissed at his team as he helped the verpine and got in to the speeder quickly.

OOC: Helping the verpine and getting in to the speeder, don't know if I can do that defensively, lol.

Initiative.

If he can make it Onyx bolts to the ship. If not he gets as close as he can while remaining in cover.

Dienton waits for the last straggler to mount up. Then hits the gas.  Heading away from the stormtroopers.

OOC
Let me know if you need a roll.

Caddy collapses against the door, feigning unconsciousness. The stormtrooper seargent is ten meters away and distracted, so he makes no further investigation before running over to the alley entrance. The other stormtroopers follow, and soon the alley is full of stormtroopers running down to the other side.

It avails them nothing. Dienton and Forim wait only long enough to see that Onyx, Jeron, Ikki, and their verpine companion climb aboard their speeders before gunning the engines. The speeders leap off with a powerful noise, and suddenly the streets are filled with thick clouds of sand.

The stormtroopers fire wildly into the cloud. A few blasts hit Forim's speeder, leaving smoking craters in the chassis. The speeder is made of tougher stuff, and keeps its course.

Meanwhile, on the radio of the confiscated speeder you hear communication between the stormtroopers and their Command Post.

"Hardtop Prime, meet us at the alley entrance! CP, we are in pursuit of two speeders, civilian models, in the direction of the spaceport."

"Understood. Closing the spaceport. No-one's getting off this rock."

The Force rolled 4 successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3A 3P 3D.  Stormtroopers blasters.

While not her forte, the rather large cloud of dust provided an opportunity.  If Caddy can make her way from where she is to the troopers hard-top vehicle, she'll do just that with the intention of getting inside and... stealing it.

Onyx drops the guy he was carrying and takes his rifle off of his back.  He then returns fire on the Storm troopers. Today: Onyx rolled 1 success, 2 threats, 2 triumphs using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3d 1a 2p 1s.  Shooting hard. 1 setback due to shooting on a moving craft.

Onyx fires his bullet hitting the front most stormtrooper for 9 damage. The bullet pierces a gernade on the stormtroopers front and explodes knocking the other troopers to the floor. Unfortunately for Onyx Forim makes a hard turn and Onyx nearly falls of the speeder. It is only his will power that keeps him from falling off. Onyx takes 2 strain.

Jeron began cursing quietly, and that seemed to be only by sheer determination alone that it was quiet. He shoved the verpine down and covered it with himself to make sure no blaster fire killed the creature. "Get us out of here!" he yelled out unnecessarily.

Forim guns it, and gets them out of there.

The hard-top executes a five-point turn. Caddendra takes advantage of the walls to wait until the groundtruck is facing away. The double-doors on the back of the truck have no windows; likely the vehicle relies on externally-mounted cameras for rear viewing.

Caddy may choose to approach the hard-top stealthfully, quickly, or acrobatically. All Difficulty 3, but setbacks & advantages will be different depending on whether she chooses Athletics, Acrobatics, or Stealth.

The stormtroopers split into two groups. One group spreads out across the street, firing at the escaping Rebel speeders. The other, including the seargent, rushes back through the alleyway towards their vehicle.

Onyx & Dienton have a few moments to drive through the streets of Mos Espa before pursuit is truly joined. Although the village isn't terribly populated, there's enough traffic and junk in the streets to make a high-speed chase seriously dangerous. They must choose how fast to drive. Too fast, and their speeders may crash. Too slow, and the Imperials may catch up.

Driving a speeder at high speed on Tatooine means dust. The Rebels struggle to keep their eyes clear.

Choose your own Difficulty, max 4. For every 1 Difficulty over 1, take 1 additional Boost dice. Do you feel lucky?
All checks are made with 1 Setback token due to poor vision and distraction.

Dienton hits the accelerator.  He pushes the speeder to its limits while weaving through the streets of Mos Espa.  Pedestrians scramble out of the way as the speeder careens down the streets.

Dienton thinks, where to go?  The spaceport was closed, they had to evade pursuit.  He hollered over the din of the repulsors, both into his comm and to those in the vehicle "Where can we go?!  Thinking to head back to the farm!  Get outside of the city.  Thoughts?!"  He takes a hard left down a narrow corridor, just keeping control of the speeder.

OOC
Driving - 1 success 1 advantage
4A 3D 2B 1S

Sounds good Onyx yells as he waits for the stormtroopers to get in range. That'll be a good place for us to hide out, or need be make our stand.

Distances on the stormtroopers?

Onyx squints through the dust. The white armoured figures are hard to make out, but he figures the pilots must have put at least half a kilometer between themselves and the 'troopers.

Seeing the car backing up to her, Caddy used the cover of being lower than the vehicle and covered in a storm of dust to crawl 'stealthily' towards the hard top - even as she's surrounded by an even thicker and sudden dust cloud made by the boost from Forim's speeder.

[OOC:

14:20, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled no successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 2B 3D.  Approaching the vehicle.

Took 1 strain to gain my boost dice.

15:36, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 1 success using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1b.  Advantage from Forim.

For total of 1 Success - no advantages.]
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Forim says "Hold on tight!" then guns it.  Seeing Caddy trying to make a getaway, he guns the repulsors just as he passes throwing up a dust storm

ooc: using advantage to give Caddy a boost dice to get away

09:32, Today: Forim Luk rolled 3 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 3A 1D.  Rolling Planetary.

Caddy manages to get up inside the groundtruck. Like many troop transports, the loading door can be opened to several degrees. This allows it to be fully sealed for protection, or to be opened & closed quickly to allow for rapid loading & unloading. At the moment, it's opening to allow the stormtroopers to file back inside and give chase.

Then Caddy climbs into the truck. She sees two imperial army soldiers at the controls. One is driving, his attention fixed on his steering pad and guidance cameras. The other is standing up at the controls of the vehicle's blaster turret. He is scanning the environment through his periscopic screen, watching for danger outside the truck.

Caddy hears the tromping of the stormtroopers rushing back towards their groundtruck transport. She has only moments to act before they pile in and surround her.

Meanwhile, the other Rebels make excellent time. They roar through the streets of Mos Espa, leaving a cloud of sand behind them. The stormtroopers having been left in the dust for the moment, they have a brief window to debate their destination. The Sunset Shimmer is still waiting at the landing area, ready to take off with only a few minutes of preparation. They are also aware of the merchant vessel parked at the moisture farm several hours' drive out of the city. After the sabotage mission, it's probably not in as good a state of repair.

The Rebels are also aware that the Imperials do have a ship in the system. Although the Dreadnaught is neither close nor fast, at flank speed they might still be able to inconvenience the Rebels' escape if it takes too long. Most Dreadnaught-class vessels carry a squadron of TIEs as well. Time is of the essence.

I made it in!  But only a moment to act!  Caddy has to take a moment to gather herself as she hunts around for the controls to 'close and lock' back doors.   No doubt the driver can override this but as soon as she finds the fad and slaps it (it must be big enough and bold enough for a trooper to slap in full armour so it can't be that hard to find, can it?) and then immediately launches pushes towards the driver's seat.  She'd given up her weapons earlier and she regrets that now... but grabbing the closest improvised weapon she tries to shuffle forward and brain the driver.  It doesn't work... fortunately though, in the scuffle, she's able to disarm the driver, distracting both him and the guman!

[OOC:
Attack 2D, 1S for an improvised weapon.   2A, 1B from Trait - 1 Strain spent, 1B from Aim.  I didn't assume bonuses from surprise.]

23:16, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 1 failure, 4 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 2B 2D 1S.

3 Advantages - Used to Disarm
1 Advantage used to give the mooks a black on their next roll.]
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Onyx crouches down into the speeder. If any stormtroopers were waiting he wanted to make sure they didn't get an easy shot. With that he pulled out his comlink. Jeron who is this man I brought onto the speeder, and how important is he? I believe that one of our speeders has to stay on planet to try and save Caddy, while the other leaves. I am willing to do it, but if this man is to important I obviously will be unable to stay behind.

Ikki looks over to Onyx "The Verpine was a captive where the shipment was supposed to be, we just kinda cut him loose and got out of there. Maybe he is the shipment? Which means he's our mission objective." Ikki shouted over the sound of the speeder.

Taking out his rifle and checking it over once more, he prepares for more combat "The more important question is how are we gonna get to our ship and rescue Caddy? We're not excatly in the best of shape."

"I think we gotta ditch the speeders and get scarce.  Trying to take off now will just get their Ties on us.  Same with leaving the city."

Caddy slaps the manual control to seal the vehicle. The gears grind in protest, but reverse their course. The door seals itself just as the stormtrooper squad reaches the back. They shout in protest, their demands for information coming in over the groundtruck's comm.

The vehicle operators hear this and glance over in surprise. They turn just in time to see Caddy right up in the gunner's face. She shouts a battle cry and smacks him across the face with an extinguisher.

The gunner falls back, but the pilot catches him. They stand and fight, trying to both get at her at once. The close-quarters of the cabin make hand-to-hand combat a brutal affair.

The Force rolled 1 success, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 2D.  Crew Brawl.

The gunner punches Caddy in the chest, knocking some of the wind out of her.

The stormtroopers outside are banging on the door, trying to get the attention of the vehicle crew.

Meanwhile,

The other Rebels hold a hasty deliberation on their next course of action. They are attracting a lot of civilian attention with their rapid pace, but there don't seem to be any enemies around at the moment.

Dienton manuevers the speeder through the twisting streets.  There were few places he knew of on this planet.  They hadnt thought to establish a fallback location.  Lacking other ideas he drives towards the storage unit their moisture farmer contact had given them access to.  They could get out of sight there and plan on how to get back to the ship.  He signals to Forim to follow, not wanting to broadcast his intentions over the comm.

As Dienton is turning a corner, he sees something that worries him. A man in a simple desert robe is crouching behind a market stall. The man is talking hurriedly into a commlink.

It would seem that Jabba's goons are trying to get a fix on them even now. Although it is unlikely that Dienton and his passengers have been marked, it is most likely that the speeder's description is being relayed throughout the village.

Flipping a Dark Side point.

Close quarters wasn't ever going to be easy for her and she desperately needed to make this count but... two one wasn't going to be easy.  Dropping the fire extinguisher, to give her more 'room' to move, she clawed at the driver before pulling back a little to try and stop them both attacking her at the same time.

[OOC:

That's 3 damage.

09:15, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled 2 successes, 1 threat using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 3b 2d.  (Sorry, re-rolled as I still had the setback added)]

Also, you didn't tell me the damage they did to me?

Caddy knocks the trooper back. He falls on a lever just as the driver is trying to roll the truck forward. The truck's gears adjust into Reverse without properly shifting. The truck shifts backwards violently about half a meter and then stalls.

Caddy is knocked from her feet. The gunner is on his hands & knees. He tries to grab her leg and pull her forward. He pulls off her left boot but she avoids being grappled.

The Force rolled 3 failures, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2A 2D.  Crew Brawl.

3 damage presoak from previous attack.

A bump is 'enough' to knock her off her feet but in the confines of the vehicle that hasn't badly hurt her.   What she can't however do is muster the strength to wiggle to her feet and so with her remaining booted foot, she tries to aim a kick at the gunner's face given he'd tried to grab her other foot.  Unfortunately it doesn't help her as while the kick was well aimed, the gunner had already retreated expecting the blow.  Things were not going well....

[23:10, Today: Caddanra 'Caddy' Manitu rolled no successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 2b 2d.  Brawl.]

Dienton continues his course towards the storage shed.  Seeing the suspicious character though, he makes his course more erratic, hoping to throw off any pursuit.  He comms to Forim in the other speeder "Split up, get close and ditch, meet you there"  He doubles back on his course several times as he makes his way through the city.  Once within a few hundred meters of the storage shed, he maneuvers the speeder down a narrow alley between two adjacent buildings.

With the speeder tucked neatly in the shadowed alleyway, he turns to the group with a vicious grin, "Thank you for traveling on the Dienton Express.  This is our last stop for the evening.  Please watch your step as you exit the vehicle and be sure to gather any personal belongings, including freed prisoners, before you depart.  We hope you'll travel with us again soon.  Can someone please check our tail?"

Dienton hops out of the speeder and creeps towards the mouth of the alley leading towards the storage shed.  He peeks his head around the corner, looking for signs of spotters or other ne'er-do-wells.

OOC
Let me know what to roll if anything

Onyx steps out still holding the man Jerone had been helping. As he steps off the ship he shakes his head towards Dienton. Let's not do that again. He gives the shed a curious look. We sure this is safe?

Dienton smirks at Onyx "Nope, but with both the empire and the hutts looking for us, its the best we have.  Note to selves - when planning on ticking off two major galactic powers, be sure to plan for a safehouse"

That brings a hint of a grin to Onyx's face. Well at least we'll be ready for our next mission.

Forim pulls his speeder in and agrees "Yea, we need to ditch these rides - too hot now.  Does anyone know what Cassy's plan was?  She kind ran the wrong way for that escape.  I tried to give her some cover for her to make a get away, but seemed she was running into the imperial speeder.  Think she is an informant?  I don't know much about her" he asks the group

No idea Onyx says And it doesn't matter. She knows to much about what we know to leave her with the imperials for long. Any ideas on how we can get her back?

Dientons grin faltered "The mission has to come first.  We need to get the "cargo" either secured or off planet first.  Then we can plan for Caddy. There was a group here right?  The moisture farmer . . Cole?  How do we contact him?"

Ikki helps the Verpine inside the warehouse before turning back to the group "Nah, spending the last firefight with her, she's no informant. Maybe just rash." he answers back to them. Turning to the Chadra-fan he speaks up "Cole is probably around the cantina and we still have one more card to play..." He pulls out the map that Cole drew the X on "Cole buried a bomb in a plasteel containder, if we decide to go for an all out attack or sabotage or even a disctraction then we can use it..." Sorlock spoke out to the group, it was there last ace up their sleeve but it was something of use.

"Now, do we spilt into groups to take our ship and comrade back or stay together?" They weren't in the best of shape, as soon as he had a target, he would begin his scouting, not many people had seen his face after all.

Dienton nods at Ikki, "I suggest two of us head to the cantina and make contact.  The rest can hole up here in the meantime.  Once our friend here is off our hands, we can scout for Caddy". 

OOC
I think onyx and ikki should go.  Two humans should be less noticable than a Chadra Fan and a Duros who walk into a bar - insert punchline.

"Ikki would be best to lead the Caddy rescue" Forim agrees "And A Duros looks at home in any spaceport.  But I spent some time playing cards with Jabba's thugs so I might have been maid."

Forim lets out a deep sigh and says "We need to get the cargo off planet.  Dienton and I found ourselves pretty useless on ground missions, so I suggest we split up.  Dienton and I can get the cargo off planet and come back for you.  Anyone without ground combat abilities should come with us.  Ikki can lead the rescue operation with Onyx as heavy support if needed."

With a short pause he says to Ikki "Scout out and see what you can get.  Don't move just yet, as we can perhaps strike two birds with one stone - you stage your resuce after we get the cargo loaded on a ship - you smash, grab, and we swoop in on the ship and then make for space - everyone aboard."

Dienton growled a little as he was described as useless.  He had taken care of multiple enemies alone before the Duros had bothered to even show up!

His thought had been to leave the Verpine with Cole, per the mission briefing, since sneaking him through the "locked down" spaceport would be difficult at best.  But if Ikki could find a way in, then . . ok.

He remembered the comm unit he had taken from Jabbas thugs.  With a moment to breath, finally, he took another crack at breaking the encription.  With his previous attempt and the tools available in the shed, he felt his chances were better.

With a shrill squeal the comlink came to life.  He listened to the chatter for any sign that their route to the shed had been made.

Beaming, he turned to the group, waving the commlink "Idea, what if we use Jabbas encripted channel here to lead Jabba thugs to believe the Verpine was captured by the imperials and they have detained him at the starport?  Think they would try to get him back?  Giving us a distraction to use a side entrance?  This has the side benefit of covering our tracks."

OOC
4A2d1s - 1 success, 2 advantage

Dienton manages to snap the encrypted commlink's signal wide open. Aside from a quiet hum, nothing seems to be broadcasting right now.

In reply to Dienton (msg # 276):

I'd definitly be down for that, but the problem is by now the hutts have probably disabled the comms from the guys we took out. Even if they haven't It won't be easy to convince them that the guys who got taken out at the moisture farm know what happened to Verpine.

Back in the groundtruck...

Caddy struggles with the drivers, but before she can stop them the door opens wide. A dozen stormtroopers stand with blasters leveled. The seargent who shot her earlier levels a pistol.

"Don't move, Rebel," he warns.

Ikki looked over to Dienton "I get the feeling that the Imperials are working with Jabba around here..." He gave is own two credits before turning to the Duros "Got it, let's finish this up before things get too hot around here.....no pun intended..." Ikki added as he remembered what planet they were one althought it was hard to forget the heat.

Turning to Onyx "Ready to scout around?"

Caddy cowered in fear as the storm-troopers levelled their rifles as her.   If they search her, they'll find no weapon, no ID and no reason to believe she is a rebel, "Please... don't shoot me again!  I just want to get away, to live!"

[OOC: Please roll a Deception - for them to believe she is innocent (rather than a rebel): 1A 2P.  No doubt she'll have some negative - setback - as she's attacked the storm troopers vehicle, but they had shot her - an innocent - once before and her story is 'plausible' if northing else - which could be a boost.]

In reply to Ikki Sorlock (msg # 280):

Actually I'm gonna need a second. Onyx says tapping his shoulder where blood has already soaked through his armor. Anyways do we even know where to start?

The Storm Troopers refrain from shooting their new captive. Whether they believe her or not is immaterial, as they immediately arrest her. Caddy is searched, cuffed, and blindfolded. She hears the trucks door case closed with an ominous sound.

Dienton moves over to Onyx using strips of cloth to bind his wound.  He applies salves to dull the pain using the little material he had on hand.  He needed to save his one remaining stim pack for the battles ahead.

The alliance had failed to equip him with a proper medkit so this was more difficult than it should have been, but even so, using his ingenuity, he made some progress.

OOC
I need some better equipment soon - sheesh
1 success, 4 advantage w/ surgeon talent

2 wound recovered, 4 strain recovered.

Thanks buddy Onyx says nodding his thanks. He stands up and heads towards Ikki. As he walk he cracks his neck does some little arm circles. Alright. I'm ready to go. Shall we return to the scene of the action? See what's left of the place.

She doesn't struggle, trying to keep up the confusion of her 'play' and accepts being blindfolded, whimpering as it is done but saying no more.  Hopefully one of the Stormtroopers might take pity on her.   For now, she has to hope that her team have taken the Vespin away and that her delay had given them enough time to do so.

Dienton looks towards Forim, Jeron, and the Verpine "Shall we go", he moves towards the Verpine and makes a series of overly complex, yet subtly obvious hand gestures to indicate a ship leaving the planet.  Hoping he got the message, he heads towards the door of the shed and peeks out scanning the area before stepping into the sunlight.

OOC
My intention is to head to the cantina to see if Cole can either arrange passage or offer suggestions as to how we can get into the starport.

In reply to Onyx (msg # 285):

Ikki nods back to his fellow outdoorsman "Sounds good to me, if not we can follow their tracks if they left any..." Ikki agreed as he pull his collar up and attempted to hide his face a little more "Let's get our teammate back and get off this dustbowl." He nods to Onyx as he prepares to find out where they took Caddy.

The former moisture farmer Cole is still waiting by the cantina. When you arrive, he greets you.

"Oh, good. I was worried you got caught up in the riot."

Meanwhile, Caddy can hear the rest of the stormtroopers pile into the truck. Now it's packed tight in here. The groundcar begins moving.

Dienton, who had not met Cole yet, moved up with Forim in tow for introductions.  "Sir, well met" he beamed up at the tall human (all humans being tall to him), "we have accomplished much of what we set out to do, but we need to arrange for final delivery.  Can we speak here?"

OOC - Assume Cole either agrees to talk here or we move to a secluded corner of his choice - END OCC

Dienton continues "The spaceport may be in lock down and we want to avoid any imperial entanglements." He again smiled, this time a bit nervously.  "Can you arrange transport for one passenger back to our mutual friends?  If not, perhaps you could help us put him up in a safe house for a few weeks until the pressure dies down and use simple commercial transport?" 

After some discussion with Cole, Dienton also asks, "do you have access to a translator droid that speaks Verpine?"

Cole takes you through an alley door to the the backroom of a cafshop. The owner pokes his head in to the backroom. When he sees who it is, he closes the door without saying anything.

He looks at the verpine and nods. "Yeah, I think we can get him out safe. But I don't speak verpine," he cautions.

Then the verpine speaks up. "Eggs-cuze pleeeeeze. I speak some Baaaaazic." It turns to you and clasps its hands together before its face. "Thank you for szzzavingk me."

Dientons perma-grin broadens as the Verpine speaks.  He chuckles and says to the Verpine "thats good to know!  And you are welcome.  This man" Dienton inidicates Cole " is going to get you off world to a safe place.  I hope to see you again.  While you travel, please think about joining us.  The injustice of the empire and their Hutt lapdogs needs to be opposed.  You could help in that fight"

Dienton sweeps his hands through the air " we are all in this together!"

Turning to Cole, "what have you heard about the spaceport?  We overheard it is in lockdown"

OOC
My duty is personel, so hopefully this recruiting attempt will work out.  Let me know if you want a roll.

Cole gives a sardonic laugh. "Oh, right. The 'lockdown.' There's only one stormtrooper squad in this town. I guess the civilians could do something, if they weren't dealing with a riot right now."

The verpine shakes Cole's hand and sits down on a box.

Dienton shakes Coles hand, thanking him for his support.  He looks at his companions "soumds like we have a window of opportunity.  Lets move to the spaceport and try to sneak in."  Dienton moves to the door and exits, glances around to see if there were any observers to worry about, then slips out and begins a fast walk towards the spaceport.

OOC
This all assumes no dissent from my somewhat silent companions.

Forim had waited outside the complex to keep an eye out on traffic and other potential tails.

09:27, Today: Forim Luk rolled 2 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1P 1A.  Rolling Perception.
If we have a tail, use the advantages to not let them know that I know they are watching us.

The Rebels make their way to the starship landing field. They are scoping out the situation to ensure no surprises await them when the roar of an engine catches their attention.

The rebels have occupied an abandoned building across the road. It's only a few hundred meters away from the entrance, but no-one wants to use it because of the noise of starships landing at all hours.

The Rebels conceal themselves from view when the same groundtruck they just escaped comes rolling up at high speed. It stops in a swerve, throwing up clouds of sand. The rear door begins to open.

All Rebels except Caddy roll Stealth with 2 Boosts.
 Each advantage on the Stealth roll adds 1 Boost to Initiative roll.

All characters roll initiative: Vigilance or Cool at your discretion.

Ikki quickly taps the person next to him and points out the groundtruck, it looked exactly like the one that showed up at the compound. Quickly and quietly he pops his head down and draws his rifle, as he prepared for an ambush, looks like there would be one more round of combat today after all. He moves to a position close to a window and looks at his teammates and gives them a nod to show he was ready when they were.


Ikki Sorlock rolled 2 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 2a 3b with rolls of 2(P), 6(A), 6(A), 3(B), 6(B), 1(B).  Stealth.

+1 Bonus die from Stalker

Ikki Sorlock rolled 1 success, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 1a 3b with rolls of 6(P), 8(A), 1(B), 2(B), 3(B).  Cool .

Onyx seeing the truck and out of instinct drops to all fours. On the ground he watches his fellow teammates to see if the stormtroopers had spotted them.

Today: Onyx rolled no successes using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1b.  advantage from stealth.
23:35, Today: Onyx rolled 4 successes, 1 advantage using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a 1p 1b.  stealth.
23:34, Today: Onyx rolled no successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2a.  cool.
17:48, Today: Ikki Sorlock rolled 1 success, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 1p 1a 3b with rolls of 6(P), 8(A), 1(B), 2(B), 3(B).  Cool

Crouching below a window, Dienton watches the truck pull in.  He keeps his head down, but forgets to flatten his ears.  As the stormtroopers disembark they see two furry triangles poking up from the window frame.  He pulls his blaster pistol and gets ready.

OOC
Stealth 4a2b2d - 0 succ, 3 adv.
Initiative 2a3b - 3 succ, 3 adv.

08:28, Today: Forim Luk rolled 2 successes, 3 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 4A 2D
08:30, Today: Forim Luk rolled 2 successes, 2 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 2B
I have verry verry sneaky 4 success 5 advantages
08:31, Today: Forim Luk rolled 3 successes, 5 advantages using the Star Wars Edge of the Empire with a dice pool of 3A 5B.  Rolling Vigilance.

I seem to be confused again!  When did the group join up?  Or do we not know we have joined up?