Star Wars - Wrath of the Rebellion is now COMPLETED
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fluffaderm
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Caldu Wirya and Lodi Oken
I must agree with Dr. Midnight... it was pretty awesome to kill a Sith! Next time we'll get the "Lord", Darth Obsidian, for sure!
One of my favorite things about this game has been the interaction between the different characters. Have you ever been in a party where the most serious character is the Ewok Jedi? Few things are more enjoyable than "seeing" him fume at the antics of Lodi Oken, or when George Dewback (the human soundrel) calls him "teddybear."
Gospog - I've been playing in your games for about 9 years now... this campaign has been your best yet!!
I must agree with Dr. Midnight... it was pretty awesome to kill a Sith! Next time we'll get the "Lord", Darth Obsidian, for sure!
One of my favorite things about this game has been the interaction between the different characters. Have you ever been in a party where the most serious character is the Ewok Jedi? Few things are more enjoyable than "seeing" him fume at the antics of Lodi Oken, or when George Dewback (the human soundrel) calls him "teddybear."
Gospog - I've been playing in your games for about 9 years now... this campaign has been your best yet!!
Breakstone
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Whoo!
Saturday Night Bump!
Saturday Night Bump!
Dr Midnight
Explorer
The next day, the team assembled at the opposite side of the street from the Imperial garrison. They waited until around noon, when a group of nine heavily armed stormtroopers left the building and walked down the street. They left only one trooper guarding the garrison’s exterior. Lexo walked up to the man without a weapon drawn. “Excuse me, sir,” he said. “There’s an emergency down the street to the east, there. You should go and check it out.” He waved a hand in front of the trooper and concentrated.
“Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to step back,” the trooper said through a fuzzy comspeaker. “I’m afraid I can’t look into any disturbances right now. It’ll have to…”
T’ek Nova stepped up beside Lexo and passed his hand. “No… you really should go and look into it.”
The trooper stood for a moment. “I… I really should go and look into that disturbance.” He then ambled aimlessly down the street, carefully looking around for the emergency he was told to investigate.
“Good job, you two,” Dent said as he stepped forward with the key he’d bought from Garindan. “Time to see if this thing is worth the money we shelled out for it.” He placed it into the keyslot. A blipping light flashed over the keypad, and the door opened- KSSHHT!! They stepped inside.
Only one stormtrooper stood in this atrium. Hey was keying things into a databank. He looked up and exclaimed “What… You’re not allowed to…” He began to raise his blaster rifle. Woonwooken the wooly took two steps toward him and grumbled, deep in her chest. She spoke several dire threats- in her native language of Shyriiwook. The stormtrooper didn’t understand her words, but their meaning was clear. He turned to run. Dent shot him once, and T’ek leapt forward, lighting his saber and spinning in the air. He landed on the other side of the stormtrooper. The trooper’s head landed a second later.
“We’re not meeting much opposition,” Uschi said. “They must really be running this place on a skeleton crew. I guess I can thank Garindan for his ruse after all.”
Woonwooken picked up the stormtrooper’s severed helmet, shook the head out, and shot a hold through its top. She then forced it over her wookiee-sized head. It didn’t fit at all, but that didn’t stop her- she pushed it all the way on. It cracked right up the center, and the entire left side of her face was visible through the opening. She poked her bow out through the hole at the top of the helmet and turned to look at Lexo. “Gronk?”
He shook his head. “Doesn’t really make for a good disguise on you, Woonie…”
“Shh!” Zybor had his head cocked at an attentive angle. “There are more down the hall. They’re ready for us. T’ek, you take that side.” Zybor ran down the hall. T’ek grinned and raced down his end of the other hall. He flashed forward with a burst of speed that only the Force could give him. He’d arrive at the scene before that showoff Zybor could… He turned a corner at incredible speed and his eyes widened with alarm. There were two stormtroopers here, and they truly were ready for them- They fired just as T’ek rounded the corner. T’ek felt the blaster bolts singe by his cheek, missing him by centimeters. They’d very nearly hit him- and in the space of a moment, at high speed, T’ek forgot himself.
He gave in to fear.
He raised his hand and pushed. Five meters away, a stormtrooper slammed backwards against the wall, flung by the power of the Force. T’ek swept in and killed the trooper with his lightsaber just as Zybor came into view. Good- he hadn’t seen. If Zybor knew that T’ek had used the Force to throw a living creature backward, he’d probably just try to discipline him like Master Kenobi always did. Who needs the hassle? Zybor killed the remaining trooper, and opened the door they were guarding so carefully.
Meanwhile, the others were exploring the atrium’s adjoining rooms. Dent found an empty kitchen. Woonwooken began pounding her way into a room. Lexo cut his way through a locked door. He cut the circuitry and it raised. As it did, he saw a frightened man in an Imperial officer costume standing before him with a holdout blaster. He fired- and missed. He fired again and the blaster bolt dissipated harmlessly in Lexo’s outstretched hand. The blaster flew from the officer’s grip into Lexo’s own. Lexo could easily- and rightfully- kill the man. He had sworn long ago to destroy whatever Imperial presence he could to atone for the murder of his brother, Doke Zeen. However, this man might be of use to the mission they were on. “Surrender,” Lexo growled. With due speed, the man went down on his knees with his hands up.
“You shall NOT get away with this,” the man stuttered through clenched teeth. “The Empire will not stand for-“ He quieted when Lexo put his vibroblade an inch from his face.
“Shut up and do as you’re told.” Lexo really could appear sinister when he wanted to. He led the officer down the hall to the room Zybor and T’ek had just opened.
In the other room, Woonwooken had bashed down a metal door to find only an empty trooper barracks. Having no one to combat, the wookiee began to flail her immense furry arms about with rage. She roared and smashed bunks to rubble, tore cabinets from the walls, and essentially destroyed the entire room. Only when she had no more to rip apart did she stomp out of the room in anger.
The others were all in the room at the end of the hall- the Holonet transceiver room. In this dark room, the walls were regal and unblemished. This was where the officer communicated with his superiors via the transceiver. Dent looked at the Imperial officer they’d taken hostage and said “We need access codes. You’re going to give them to us.”
The officer sneered and started to reply, but… what was that noise? Was an angry wookiee coming down the hall?! Fewer sounds were more terrifying, and the officer folded. “54986-23A,” he said.
Lexo studied his face. “If you’re lying, or if that’s some kind of emergency signal code, I’m not even going to let the wookiee finish you off. I’m going to do it- slowly. Key it in.”
The officer punched the keys into the pad and the Holonet came to life before their eyes. Projected before their faces was the Holonet- once a vast network of information and communication- now a restricted Imperial tool. Dent stepped up to the keys and did a search for information on Farlan-Eul. With some creative slicing, he found what he wanted.
A holographic image of an asteroid field lit up before them. This was Iroma Bsab- a large planet that had served as one of the Death Star superlaser’s first failed test subjects. It was a failed test in that the entire planet had not been destroyed; Iroma Bsab’s crust was blown into dust, but the planet’s core remained. Bsab’s core was a tunnel-riddled, hollow mass. This was Farlan-Eul. Inside this hollow core was the Imperial training ground that until now had only been a rumor. Dent downloaded the coordinates and all pertinent information to his datapad.
Then, a blip- he looked to the bottom right of the projection and saw a flashing message: INCOMING TRANSMISSION. “Damn!” he knelt by the transceiver and pulled a few wires free. “We’ve got a transmission, guys… someone’s trying to reach this base. Hopefully I can dismantle the vid relay… There, that should do it.” He stood up, looked to the others, and hit the RECEIVE button.
An image of an Imperial Admiral filled the screen. His face was serious and determined. “Who is this? What’s your operating number? …WHY isn’t your VID RELAY WORKING?!”
Dent signaled to the officer, who stammered out “Uhhh, ff… five four… nine… uh…”
The admiral said “You sound awfully nervous about something. Is something wrong?”
Lexo stepped up and smoothly said “Five four nine eight six dash twenty-three A, sorry, but we’ve had a few glitches over here. Vid monitor’s on the fritz.”
“Your number checks out, but you’re not cleared to access this information. Why are you looking up material on Farlan-Eul?”
“Uh…” he looked over at Dent, who shrugged. Lexo grimaced and terminated the transmission. Zybor swept his lightsaber into the transceiver. Sparks flew as Tatooine’s only Holonet device was destroyed. Lexo said “That conversation wasn’t going anywhere, anyway… We’ve got to leave immediately. There’ll be troopers. You guys go ahead, I’ll be right out.” The others ran out of the room, leaving Lexo alone with the Imperial officer. Lexo waited until their footfalls were far down the hall, then he turned to the terrified officer with a dark face.
“Doke Zeen,” he said, uttering his brother’s name a moment before plunging his force pike through the man’s chest.
MORE TO COME…
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Breakstone
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Wha-oh! 
I love the characters, Doc!
T'ek is looking a bit dark, and I must admit I really like Lexo. He's a cool dude.
I love the characters, Doc!
T'ek is looking a bit dark, and I must admit I really like Lexo. He's a cool dude.
fluffaderm
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Accidental Post, please ignore.
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Gospog
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Oops, sorry.
Sorry, Horacio, that was me. Fluffaderm had left herself logged in and I didn't notice. The original message:
Horacio, Just one?!?!
Tsunami, As Lexo's player, thanks, I like him too. He's shaping up nicely. This episode may make more sense for Lexo if you've read his history on Doc M's Wrath of the Rebellion website.
To Fluffaderm, thanks for the vote of confidence. Always a pleasure to have you as a player.
And to Doc M, my thanks for including me in a great game! OK, thirteen days and counting...
Sorry, Horacio, that was me. Fluffaderm had left herself logged in and I didn't notice. The original message:
Horacio, Just one?!?!
Tsunami, As Lexo's player, thanks, I like him too. He's shaping up nicely. This episode may make more sense for Lexo if you've read his history on Doc M's Wrath of the Rebellion website.
To Fluffaderm, thanks for the vote of confidence. Always a pleasure to have you as a player.
And to Doc M, my thanks for including me in a great game! OK, thirteen days and counting...
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Liquid Awesome
Dr Midnight said:
I hope you mean before two weeks from now.
Is it just me or are there few pleasures in life so gratifying as a Star Wars update while sipping a good cup of coffee in the morning?
Anyhow, I loved the parallels to the Death Star Detention Center scene. Those sort of scenes really help promote an atmosphere of fun because the players are getting to capture the feel of the movies.
A question for you, Dr. M: I ran my second session of Star Wars this weekend and used the Starship Combat rules for the first time. The battle was brief and had good tension, but I had a tough time keeping everyone involved because the characters were not all optimized for space combat. Sure, the Scoundrel could fire the extra set of Ion guns on the ship, but without Starship Operations, she was at a pretty big non-proficiency penalty. Any thoughts on this?
