The Star Wars Iconic Characters: Out of the Jungle.

[Dorn Tavers]

"Blast!"

Seeing the large group of pirates swarming from between the fighters, and hearing his companions' cries to get on board the ship, Dorn abruptly breaks off his chase and rushes toward the ship's boarding ramp.

"I hope this flight is smoother than our last one..."

 

[Jack Haggerty]

With Rorworr in the lead, everyone sprints to the Pathfinder's boarding ramp. Valara, blindly aiming as she runs, lets loose a scattered volley of blaster fire that completely fails to hit anything. Looking up into the ship's open hatch, Rorworr finds an astonished, horned and tatooed humanoid staring back out at him.

Emtee continues his head-long rush toward his master. The pirates following him stop short at Valara's ill-aimed shots. A shout and a hand gsture sends four pirates running toward the Cloakshape fighters, while another quartet head for a door set into the hillside. The remainder take up firing positions and let loose a hasty barrage of fire that spatters against the Pathfinder's hull plating.

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Meanwhile, back in the Pathfinder, Kaz Lo hunts for a weapon. Sneaking his way down the main corridor, Kaz hopes that the pirates haven't broken into the weapons locker in the Security Station outside the ship's Brig. Passing the airlock, Kaz notices that the lock is open and the boarding ramp down.

Looking down out of the ship's open hatch, Kaz finds a tall, hairy and well-armed humanoid staring back up at him.

Four pirates are running back toward the fighters, and four are running north toward a door in the hillside. The remaining half dozen pirates are still about 100m away shooting at Rorworr and company.

Emtee is still 20m away from the boarding ramp. Kaz is standing at the top of the ramp inside the ship. Everyone else is at the bottom of the ramp.

 

[Kaz Lo]

"Ahhh, A Wookie! I'm sorry, I -- I, was just looking for a tool I needed, I'll get right back to work on that hyperdrive!"

 

[Rorworr]

Rorworr sprints up the ramp and inside the ship. He shoves his blaster carbine into Kaz's hands, points at the pirates, and makes shooting gestures. Then he dashes further into the ship, looking for the bridge.

Please tell me I haven't picked a ship with a wonkey hyperdrive. The Wookiee thinks.

 

[Kaz Lo]

Kaz Lo looks at the blaster, looks at the wookie, looks at the pirates and looks at the gun again.


"What the heck just happened here?" Kaz Lo shrugs and levels the blaster at the pirates that are firing this direction and fires.

 

[Dorn Tavers]

Dorn seems slightly shocked as Rorworr quickly presses his blaster into Kaz Lo's hands and heads off in search of the bridge. Once Kaz Lo points the blaster in the right direction and starts firing at the pirates, though, Dorn is pretty convinced that he isn't in league with the bad guys who have caused all this trouble. He turns to Valara, his lightsaber humming as he shouts over the sound of blaster fire.

"Valara, you should stay here and help this guy hold off the pirates with your blaster! We have to hold them off long enough to get this crate off the ground, ok? I'll go see if I can help Rorworr commandeer the bridge!"

With that, Dorn dashes off after the wookie, fervently hoping that Rorworr can get the engines fired up quickly enough to prevent them all from becoming permanent residents of this jungle hell...

 

[Valara Saar]

Valara will take a 2m step to get behind cover and multi-fire her blaster at the closest pirate to her( +0,+0). If no pirate iswithin sight she will ready the multifire.

"Greetings, I am Valara," she says over her shoulder to the horned individual. "This is Zheev," she continues indicating her pet, "Zheev, Gaurd Rorworr."

 

[Kaz Lo]

Kaz still a bit shocked from the experience of fighting pirates, and flustered by the pretty girl talking to him, manages to stammer out.

"Uh, Hi, I'm Kaz Lo, Um thanks for the help, I guess. I really have no clue what's going on here. Do you?"

 

[Jack Haggerty]

Rorworr, Dorn and the other Jedi rush into the interior of the ship, and forward to the ship's bridge. Once there, Rorworr tosses himself into a slightly too small pilot's chair to begin the pre-flight check. Dorn drops into the co-pilot's chair next to him, and scans the console for anyway to assist.

With a medium-sized ship, it'll take 4 rounds to power up the enigines, 3 if you make a DC 10 pilot checks as a MEA. The weapons and shields can be activated as a free action, but the shields won't work until you are air borne.

The Pathfinder's stats can be found here, but be aware that there is some currently unknown amount of damage to the ship from the previous pirate attack.

Kaz and Valara each seem to recognize the other from the Pathfinder's last ill-fated journey... Though only passing, as Kaz had spent most of the voyage in the enginge room, and Valara likewise kept to her cabin.

Outside, Emtee continues to rush toward the ship, as Valara and Kaz provide the droid with covering fire. The pirates hold their position and return fire, peppering the side of the ship with blaster fire. Off by the fighters, the four pirates begin detaching electrical conduits and fuel hoses, apparently prepping the Cloakshapes for launch.

Everyone misses mainly to the long range. Emtee is now 20 meters away from the boarding ramp.

 

[Rorworr]

Rorworr barks at Dorn, and points at the Cloakshapes, then at the weapons controls. He returns his attention to the engines, powering them up as quickly as possible.