Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi

[Shayuri]

"We'll have to take their place," Kestrel says. "We'll have them call in and say the coast is clear, then...in their clothes...go back to the landing ship. If they know we were fighting them, they might try to use the innocent people here to force us to submit."

"This way, we not only can easily get on the ship, but they'll never know we were here."

 

[Dire Lemming]

"That could work great except... Don't you think they would recognize us? Or rather notice that they didn't recognize us?" Yeshua looks at the pirates again. "Well?"

 

[Shayuri]

"That's why we make THEM call in," Kestrel says. "They can say there was an accident...one of them needs some medical assistance. The ship pilots won't get a good look at us as we get on, and none of the pirates will see us up close."

 

[possum]

Kestrel looks them up and down, and closes the door behind her.

"Three pirates...three of us," she muses. "This gives me an idea."

She glances at Anariel. "What do you think? Will their clothes fit us?"

There's more than three of you. I'm NPCing Lorem and Voda so they don't just drop off the earth. They could, however, presumably keep the prisoners under guard. The clothes of the pirates will fit, BTW."

 

[Shayuri]

(arr...Kestrel was saying 'three of us' meaning three humans. Clearly human pirate clothes wouldn't fit our two aliens. Though I admit, I forgot to include them in the plan. Doh!)

 

[Dire Lemming]

"Well, I'm worried your voice will be a dead give away. You don't exactly sound like a hardened pirate. We're going to have to talk to someone eventually, and we can't just kill everyone on board if we're found out. I also, is it just me or are there no women in this group?" Yeshua looks at the pirates again. "I think that could be a big problem don't you? That, and we'd probably be expected to know our way around. There are just too many ways this could go wrong."

 

[possum]

"If you are entirely certain that this will work," Lorem volunteers, "Voda and myself will watch over our prisoners.

At Yeshua's question the three captured pirates heavily agree with the Jedi's suggestion. "Yes," they whisper, "we're just insignificant in the organization. Hardly missed we are," he adds.

 

[Shayuri]

Kestrel gives the pirates an annoyed glance, then looks at Yeshua.

"There's no way to do this that doesn't involve risk," she tells him flatly. "Even sneaking on board was risky. Now that plan won't work anymore. If the pirates don't hear back from these men, and they aren't accounted for, they'll know something happened. If they find us, we could be captured or killed. If they don't find us, they can hold everyone on this planet hostage to force us to comply. The way I see things, our -only- hope is to try to convince the pirates that nothing of consequence happened here, and that the three pirates they sent are just going back to the shuttle because of some stupid accident."

She takes a deep breath and lets it out.

"If you have another idea, I'm open to it. But we have to decide quickly. I doubt the others will wait much longer before trying to contact their scouts."

 

[Dire Lemming]

Yeshua sighs, "Well, you have a good point, but there were four of them, so making it seem like nothing happened at all will be next to imossible. And if we have to make up an excuse, they're bound to notice that two of their men came back as women." Yeshua looks at the pirates again, and then goes to peek out the window. "I agree we need to come up with something quickly though."

(OOC: So all four pirates are human males? How are they dressed anyway?)

 

[Shayuri]

"I think, as long as we keep our distance from the pirates, we can pass ourselves off. The pilots of the shuttles won't see us up close. There probably aren't many people still on the shuttles. We can hide on board. By the time they realize a few pirates are missing, we should be on our way back. Just to make sure we're clear, this is what I'm suggesting."

She motions at the pirates. "We have them call in, as if all was well, but an accident caused an injury that needs help available at the shuttle. We go to the shuttle, one of us posing as the injured one. Once we're on the shuttle, we find a place on board to hide. The main thing we're depending on is a certain lack of interest in the fates of these three...and a lack of communication between pirates about what must seem to be a very trivial detail. As long as those take place, we should be fine. In the meantime, we restrain these pirates here without their equipment. When the shuttles leave, Lorem and Voda can take them in for further questioning and arrest."

(I'm pretty sure there's three pirates...one who busted the door in, and we killed, and two that were right behind him. Isn't that right GM?)