[IC] SWS/DnD5, Star Wars the Old Republic – A Gathering Darkness

[Trogdor1992]

"Indeed, let us go to this swamp. These mercenaries clearly have no right to slaughter these people."

 

[GreenKarl]

Thirteen translates this Gand's message saying back "Your dark magic we not trust. The demons from the stars used such dark magic when they first came here. They almost destroyed the world until the ancient set about a curse that stripped them of their dark magic and put them too sleep. The ancient taught that we must reject these thing, lest the demons awaken again." he looks at this Gand "I do not believe he will take it, I am sorry they are very suspicious"

Too Jihahna Thirteen says "I believe that we have enough for the Republic courts. Czerka could drag out the procedures so if we gathered addition information I believe it could close the various loopholes that Czerka might try."

With Kacela comments, Thirteen adds "Republic law would grant any sentient primitive natives protective status and make allowances for protective lands and sanctuaries. But while we are within the Republic's borders, this planet is not a Republic member planet. The Republic could extend those benefits and protective status, but with the current political situation I am unsure if they will without compelling evidence."

The droid remains silent to Reks suggest as it has not been programmed on how to deal with violence, even in self defense.

 

[Sezarious]

Jihahna takes a deep breath of relief. "Finally, some direction! Lets go kick some ass". She turns to the droid "See if you can translate THAT Thirteen". With that, she grabs her things and jumps into the back seat of the speeder, gun readied to fire lest she spots an ambush on the way.

 

[Forged Fury]

Cal frowned and spoke up, "I think we need to stop the mercenaries now. Just based on my past experiences with Czerka, I doubt we would be able to talk the corporation into calling them off before they start shooting the Kwi. To be honest, it sounds like the Kwi are leading the mercenaries into a trap. We might be saving their lives if we go and stop them now." The clack of Cal's blaster carbine being set to stun echoed in the clearing.

"Once we de-escalate the situation, maybe we can make our case to Czerka and the Republic. If we can prove the Kwi are sentient, maybe they could petition to join the Republic as the native species of Dathomir."

 

[GreenKarl]

Thirteen looks at the ex-merc with almost a humanoid level of confusion but than says "I will tell the Kwi that you agree to stop the outsiders attacking them Mistress"

The Kwi scout makes a strange cooing sound in its' throat and runs back into the jungle. Thirteen notes "The Kwi accept our help and say that if you drive the outsiders away that they will speak with you again at the edge of the valley near where the others are 'digging' in the forbidden mountains."

The team piles back into the landspeeder and heads towards the com-chatter coming from the southwest. While it is only a few kilometers away, the jungle gets progressively thicker and more difficult for the vehicle to traverse.

After about an hour, the ground turns more marsh like with large pools of stagnate water and thick fungal and grass like growths choking off most pathways through. Cal and this Gand see where a larger vehicle has recently cut its way through the jungle and everyone than hears a loud explosion coming from where the trail leads. Cal and this Gand also can make out blaster fire coming from that direction...

GM: Just want to know how you wish to approach this now. The blaster fire and explosion came from maybe 200 meters farther into the jungle. The jungle and swamp are thick with plants and mist so you can't see where the mercenaries are. The terrain is very thick swamp/mash here so difficult terrain for walking, etc. The landspeeder is also suffering from difficult terrain in that there is so much thick vegetation that it can't maneuver properly except on this path that the mercenaries have obviously cut through.

 

[Sezarious]

As the party moved along, Jihahna discussed possible strategies with the rest of the party. Of particular note were her concerns about looking after their speeder. She suggests a willingness to drive the vehicle if a plan eventuates to use the speeder in combat. She knows that Kacela will want to be able to get close if need be with her lightsaber.

 

[Binder Fred]

"Your dark magic we not trust. The demons from the stars used such dark magic when they first came here. They almost destroyed the world until the ancient set about a curse that stripped them of their dark magic and put them too sleep. The ancient taught that we must reject these thing, lest the demons awaken again." he looks at this Gand "I do not believe he will take it, I am sorry they are very suspicious"

whirr click, drone clack hum "Predatory. Fanatical. Anti-technology," sums up the gand as he returns the comm bracelet to its rightful place... drone mumble click clacketty "Do not translate that, please GE3-T3."

After everyone has had their say... guttural jumble click mumble clack "This one does not think sentience grants what these ones think it does," she remarks, before repeating: mumble burr drone "This is the Outer Rim."

It seems puzzled by the humans' (and twi'lek's) eagerness to side with the Kwi against the interests of their own Republic...

A click and the holorecording is stopped.

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On the way over, the gand borrows the mid-range communicator from Jihahna Darut and tries to communicate with Vivian Rell. (If he gets a line, she'll just start playing the recording without comment (or just audio if that's easier?)...

Anything from Vivian?

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In the jungle.

low-whirr "Quiet approach?" says the insectile one's female voice. jumble hum mumble hum "See what is to be seen," before she drops out the side and proceeds into the misty jungle to the right.

OOC: Sneak up to the noise and then observe. Stealth: 1D20+3 = [3]+3 = 6. With adavantage because they're distracted by whatever's going on? Again: 1D20+3 = [14]+3 = 17

 

[Shayuri]

Kacela nods at Jihahna and says, "It's too far to get out right away. I'll slow down so the engines aren't as loud and stop when we're closer. Then we can sneak in on foot, and you can take the speeder if you want to. Sound good?"

(Basically, slow the speeder down a bit and hope they're too busy to hear it coming. Stop within, say, fifty meters or so then approach on foot. Jihahna can take the controls if she wants to play chariot warrior. )

 

[Forged Fury]

Once the team reached the appointed spot, Cal hopped out of the side of the craft. His boots sunk at least an inch or two into the soft ground. Looking around, he was glad that he had brought his high boots, because the muck was likely to be much deeper. Moving slowly, he moved in a line with the gand, but at about a 50 meter offset.

OOC: Stealth: [roll0] Before I roll this, can I take 10? I think a 13 would probably be pretty good assuming we're possibly going against a disadvantaged passive perception check, given all the noise the mercs are creating.

 

[Sezarious]

"Hmm..." Jihahna looks at the controls for the speeder, then at Thirteen. "Okay Thirteen, lets see what we can do here. I want you to stay down low, I don't want you getting shot. We're going to very slowly make our way further in so long as we continue to be presented with cover for the speeder."

OOC: As Jihahna said to Thirteen, they'll push in as far as there are big logs for cover for the speeder. She's NOT going to attempt to be stealthy about it either. She's driving in to effectively try to negotiate with the mercs so she doesn't want to be stealthy about it. When she stops near them, she will try and stop close to cover and ready her action to drive into it in the event of any hostility from either 'side'