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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 1362406" data-attributes="member: 11437">Stranded on Dathomir, ConclusionBeedo, Vort, Orega, and their new Bothan friend Gors'ska make their way up the mountain toward the facility they spotted from the Nightsister camp.  As they climb the steep grade, Beedo and Gors'ska spot a hover-truck carrying a pair of captive Rancors up to the facility.  They watch in silence as the truck enters the facility, and wonder what could possibly be going on inside.  Vala points out that their primary concern is getting off Dathomir and returning to Yavin IV, but perhaps taking out a few Imperials and maybe even learning why they are capturing Rancors might not be such a bad idea.  They sneak up to the perimeter fence and give the facility a scan for potential way to enter and steal the Imperial shuttle.Captain Rosha of the orbiting Imperial cruiser Fearless has decided to make a personal appearance at Dr. Orran's lab.  Rosha inspects the facility while Dr. Orran points out various experiments that are ongoing.  The doctor says he will have something soon to deliver to the Empire, but Rosha questions Orran's loyalty to the cause.  The Imperial captain tells Orran that Leia Organa, a leader of the pathetic Rebellion, has been captured and that the rag-tag Rebels are soon to be wiped out.  Capt. Rosha reiterates Admiral Ozzel's demand for four Rancors to be delivered to Septis 7 within two weeks, and despite Dr. Orran's assurance that the deadline will be met, Rosha still has doubts, and openly questions whether Dr. Orran's research is truly as focused as it should be.  After Rosha and his cadre are gone from the facility, Dr. Orran and his droid, RK-9, discuss whether they have any options, and that delivering super-Rancors to the Empire is now much more distasteful than he had ever imagined.As they look over ways to enter the facility, it becomes apparent that the perimeter fence is energized and would not be easily cut through.  Orega Vala spots a few humans in lab coats near an entrance to the large building and eavesdrops on their conversation.  Vala catches something about bio-engineering experiments, and that the test subjects have shown increasing intelligence and speed, and one of the humans mentions that four Rancors are to be delivered to Septis 7 within two weeks.  The men question whether or not that can be accomplished.  This would definitely bear further investigation, and at the very least, this sparse information would need to be delivered to Alliance Intelligence.Using an ascension gun, the heroes manage to climb underneath a guard tower and swing to the other side, into the facility.  Just as Beedo, the final climber, is about to descend into the inside, a pair of Imperial Stormtroopers emerge from the tower and open fire.  Vala and Weer take some blaster fire, but manage to take down the troopers after a brief fire-fight.  Before investigating the tower any further, Beedo and Gors'ska are sent around to find the Imperial shuttle and get it ready for a quick lift-off  Inside the tower, Weer and Vala find more Stormtroopers, and another battle is engaged inside the tower.  Four troopers guard the inside of the tower, and the Rebels inside barely manage to drop them before the sounds of more Stormtroopers coming gives them reason to flee the tower.  Weer, prying some grenades from a fallen Stormtrooper, tosses a few of them outside the tower, downing half of the Imperials coming their way.  Together, Vala and Weer manage to stop the remaining Stormtroopers and begin to make their way toward the landing pad.Meanwhile, Beedo and Gors'ska are assessing the best way to steal the Imperial shuttle.  A pair of Stormtroopers guards the ramp to the shuttle, and because they do not possess the combat skills of Vort Weer and Orega Vala, the Rodian and Bothan decide that stealth and trickery might be a better ploy.  Gors'ska, armed with his rifle, takes into hiding while Beedo sneaks the long way around the landing pad and manages to get the drop on the Stormtroopers.  Though the Rodian caught the Stormtroopers by surprise, Beedo was not able to get all the way into the shuttle before the Imperials blasted him into unconsciousness.  Gors'ska applied sniper fire to the Imperials, distracting them long enough to enable Vala and Weer to arrive and finish the job.  In the distance, coming out of the facility were perhaps eight more Stormtroopers, and it is made clear that time is short.  Beedo is roused from his blaster-induced sleep and he quickly gets the Imperial shuttle ready for take off.Though the Stormtroopers fire on the stolen shuttle, even going so far as to set up an E-Web cannon, Beedo was too evasive and the shuttle was long gone before the troopers could do anything about it.  The heroes flew low to Dathomir's jungle canopy, keeping the ship safe from any emplacement fire from the facility.  They spotted the Nightsister camp nearby and decided to give it a strafing for good measure before fleeing for high orbit and space beyond.  The Rebels emerged on the far side of Dathomir, away from where they detected the Fearless, and were able to quickly make the jump to hyperspace before the cruiser could catch up to them.  Successful in their mission to return the planetary defense plans to the Rebel Base on Yavin IV, Vala, Weer, and Beedo have distinguished themselves further by advising Rebel Intelligence of the Empire's plans to bio-engineer Rancors for an unknown purpose.  Darker days may loom for the Rebellion, but news of a great victory is coming.  And with it, more assignments for our heroes to aid in the cause of the Alliance.</blockquote>

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