Peril on Naboo
“<My name is Jhoram Vik,>” the Weequay answered. “<The plan sounds good to me.>”
After conveying the Weequay’s name back to Mer and Souk, the two groups parted on their separate errands.
Jhoram was able to quickly locate the Theed med center. Since the staff was preparing to evacuate, it didn’t take much to negotiate for a surgery kit with what little money Captain Pargen had given them.
Mer and Souk had been equally successful and met them just outside the med center. Unfortunately, now the heroes could hear the sound of distant fighting. The battle droids must have reached the city sooner than anticipated.
“What will happen to us if the Trade Federation arrests us?” Souk wondered aloud.
“I don’t know," Mer replied. “But one thing’s for sure, if we are arrested, that little girl will never get the medical care she needs.”
“<Let’s just get out of here as quickly as we can.>” Jhoram suggested, picking up on everyone’s cues as to what was going on.
However, as the heroes headed towards the edge of town it was clear that Theed had become a confused mass of fleeing refugees, shouting citizens, screaming children and frightened animals. The sky overhead was full of ships making for other parts of the planet. Some people were making for the roads out of the city, others were taking landspeeders out over the Solleu River or along the cliff edge, seeking whatever safety the could find. There was even a small group of Naboo Royal Security Forces that hurried past the heroes in the opposite direction.
As the heroes continued to make their way toward the main boulevard, Ryder glanced into a courtyard just off the street. He noticed several well-dressed Naboo—two adults, a teenager and two children, apparently a family—piling their possessions into an already overloaded speeder. Ryder was fairly certain the craft wouldn’t even get off the ground, and if it did, the poorly balanced load would likely tip during flight.
OOC: What do you do?