Yavin 4 Reclaimed

*After completing their rescue mission, Blaine Hansom and Bota Zi need some downtime to fix the Jinxed Starhawk and Bota's newly acquired ship, which he plans to name the* Doomsday Destroyer*. With not many options available, the duo - joined by recent rescue Shira Currenboe - head back to an abandoned Yavin 4.*

*As the Rebellion and the Empire have both moved on from the planet, it should be deserted, right?*

## **Recap**

### Return to Yavin 4

Blaine and Bota had visited the jungle moon a few times before the Rebels fully evacuated, and in the between then and now, it looks like they missed some action.

Around the great temple, the foliage and trees are knocked over or burnt, there is evidence of destroyed walkers, and all signs point to some kind of battle or struggle here - but neither Blaine, Bota, or their new friend Shira, have any immediate idea on what happened.

Cautiously scanning their surroundings, they realize the Rebel Alliance left traps for the Empire and created false sensor readings. Heading inside, the group disables several booby-trapped doors while seeing more evidence of explosions and Imperial destruction - blaster bolt-streaked walls, discarded stormtrooper helmets, and doors completely dislodged from their durasteel frames.

With Shira's help, the group accesses the remote Imperial Dataprocessor left behind and overrides its signal - now, regardless of what happens on the planet, the Imperials monitoring these transmissions will only know that everything seems quiet on Yavin 4.

### Imperial Salvage

Surprised that there's no Imperial presence left behind on Yavin 4, Shira and Bota Zi begin clean up work while Blaine Hansom begins repairs on his ship in case they need to make an emergency exit.

Taking a fallen stormtrooper's datapad, Bota Zi realizes there's more left behind on this planet by the Empire than initially thought. Using the dead trooper's data, he heads into the jungle. The humidity, heat, and terrain becomes more and more difficult as Bota continues to travel into the jungle but he eventually reaches what he came for: an AT-ST in salvageable condition.

As he approaches, he is attached by two survivors of the Imperial assault on the planet: An AT-ST pilot and a TIE pilot. After exchanging blaster fire, Bota Zi eventually downs both enemies and emerges from the forest in a relatively unscathed Imperial Scout Walker.

### Setting Down Roots

Blaine Hansom and Bota Zi purchase and return with 5,000 years of wire fence and a fusion generator and tie it to the feet of the AT-ST. Then Bota drives the craft around an area just outside of the temple - creating a perimeter for their new base of operations - and uses the fusion generator to power it with electricity.

The two spend a few weeks fixing up their ships, improving the base, and recovering from the nonstop adventuring the Rebels had sent them on across the galaxy. Taking a few more trips into the forest, the group recovers even more Imperial wreckage, including a TIE Vanguard that Bota Zi starts working on.

At nights, the group would often sit outside with cold drinks and listen to the animals getting zapped in their electric fence.

## **Featured Characters**

### **Our Heroes**

* Blaine Hansom
* Bota Zi

## **Special Edition Notes**

* In the original mission, there was nothing left behind by the Imperials in terms of monitoring the planet. This didn't make sense, so I added the boobytraps and the dataprocessor to explain why the Imperials left and didn't continue to occupy the base
* The remnants of Imperial survivors were definitely in the original mission
* Proto wasn't listed as being there or in my notes and memories of this session
* In the original Inventory guide, Bota has an AT-ST and a TIE Vanguard listed in his possessions and then marked 'blown up' as they were on Yavin 4 when we lose the base