Star Wars: We Joined the Rebellion for This?!

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Karr:[sblock] There doesn't look to be a wall. The electrobinoculars let you see that the two building-sized-objects are actually AT-ST walkers flanking the main street, with about a dozen stormtroopers. There are other, smaller, streets and alleys that look to be unguarded, but with the openness in all around Bestine's perimeter, it would be very difficult to approach at all without being spotted.[/sblock]

 

[possum]

As the group reaches the capital city of Tatooine and the others scan the city with their binoculars, Varren crouches down with the rest of the group and scans the area with his own pair of macrobinoculars.

"I know armor of that sort has to have some sort of visual enhancements," he whispers to the rest of the group. "But what about approaching from night? We would have to have some sort of advantage then."

 

[Rhun]

"Agreed. Approaching under the cover of darkness seems to be the safest choice." Cydarius checks the chronometer on his wrist, determining how long they have until darkness falls.

 

[Dire Lemming]

Isschar looks at Varren skeptically, "Visual enhancements? They don't seem to help them hit anything though..."

 

[Elephant]

Karr murmers, "Two AT-STs and about dozen stormtroopers. We'll have to step softly, here.

After listening to Varren and Cyd's remarks, Karr points out "We can't just sit tight here - if a patrol is dispatched to our dropoff point, they'll easily follow our tracks here. We need to keep moving and cross some rocky ground or hope for enough wind to cover our tracks if we want to avoid being followed. I doubt our cover story will hold, what with those TIE fighters chasing our transport."

(Ankh)
[sblock]Did you have a cover story in mind for us, or should I make something up now? Or would I assume that it's blown wide open from the point our transport was compromised?[/sblock]

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Elephant:[sblock]Due to the small amount of information that was known, no cover story was really put into place. The transport being caught would still not completely compromise the situation, though, as Tatooine is still well known as a planet with a great deal of scum and similar types.[/sblock]

 

[Brother Allard]

Jate rolls over onto his back, sighing heavily. "If we're spotted out here with our bellies pressed against the dunes, peering at the checkpoint though our binoculars, it isn't going to do much for our credibility. And honestly, we don't have much choice. They're going to see us approaching, there's no getting around that. I say we just walk up to the checkpoint and ask for directions to the nearest speeder mechanic - say ours broke down a couple of clicks back. There's no one in the galaxy less curious than a busy checkpoint guard. They'll never check. It should be good enough."

 

[Rhun]

Cydarius nods at Jate. "It is worth a shot. Jate, you mind doing the talking? I've seen you talk your way out of tough situations before."

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

While discussing what should be done, movement could be seen back towards Bestine. The white objects that were likely Stormtroopers had stopped the rather random walking around the checkpoint and had formed into a larger group. One of the larger objects, likely an AT-ST, looked to have taken position next to the group.

And they were moving.

It was hard to tell at first, due to the distance, but it was soon apparent that the tall, two-legged AT-ST was growing slightly larger. They were coming, roughly, towards the group, though it looked as if the AT-ST was moving slowly to not lose the group of Stormtroopers.

 

[possum]

Varren watches through the lenses of his macrobinoculars as the Imperials begin to head their way. While he himself had never been in battle with the nearly 9-meter tall war machine, but many of the troops he had transported had been. With the walker and a Stormtrooper escort apparently headed his way, he mutters the only word that seems appropriate. "Oh kriff..."