The Asilay Encounter 1 - Introductions and an Offer

*An encounter with a hired gun brings the group to an unknown planet that is preparing for a war against whomever stands in their way. Will the group join this mysterious alien race or will they choose another path?*

## **Previously**

Blaine Hansom, Bota Zi, and Genos Ia'danian all helped with the liberation of Kashyyyk. Now, a few months later, each has used their time differently.

Blaine Hansom had split his time between volunteering to rebuild Kashyyyk and assisting the rebuild of Caladon’s navy.

Bota Zi had spent the time working with Zuckuss, recruiting bounty hunters and establishing contacts in preparation for the New Republic Bounty Hunters' Guild.

Genos Ia’danian, on the other hand, has spent the last few months training and meditating, wandering the jungles of Yavin IV. He’s been exploring a decidedly darker path.

Both receive a message from Blaine Hansom to meet at their favorite bar - Gulrag's.

## **Recap**

### **Regrouping at Gulrag's**

At Gulrag's Bar on Ord Mantell, Blaine Hansom explains that the location of The Garrison had been comprimised. Using favors, he was able to move it and wanted to give Genos and Bota the new coordinates.

*“Here are the new coordinates,” Blaine said, sliding two datapads across the bar. Bota Zi looked the same as ever in his Mandalorian armor, but Genos really looked worn. His replacement arm’s mechanics were showing and he had let his hair grow shaggy – far from the uptight conservative military pilot he had been when they had met. Blaine motioned to Garm, the bartender droid, signaling he needed another lum.*

*Behind them, the three men heard a voice booming, “Hansom, Ia’danian, and Zi… the information I was given was perfect.” Turning around, it looked like everyone in the bar had a blaster drawn on them.*

*“They’ve just made the last mistake of their lives,” Bota Zi growled, grabbing his blaster.*

### **Barroom Brawl**

A group of mercenaries led by a blue-skinned gambler and gangster. Using the large credits funded to him, he was able to hire a dozen men. From that same source he was sent an unknown gas that disabled Genos’ lightsaber crystals.

Once the leader, Jack Cronn, saw his side was losing, the exited the bar through a closing door - using his species' unique triple-jointedness - and left to his ship, *The Idiot's Array*. Confronted by the team, they decide to pay him off and to take them to his rendezvous point so they could find out who their true enemy is.

### **An Offer**

Jack Cronn, flying his YT-2000 freighter, *The Idiot's Array*, takes them to a remote sector and to a planet named Asilay.

Orbiting the planet is large capitol-class starship. Docking with the ship, the group meets the supreme military leader of Asilay, Grand Don Louancett the 97th and his agent, Ronia Del Vath - the younger sister of the group's deadly enemy, Axur.

However, in a twist, Louancett the 97th doesn’t want Blaine, Bota, and Genos as enemies… he wants to recruit them as allies. Grand Don Louancett the 97th is preparing for war against the rest of the galaxy.

Stunned, the group doesn't immediately respond...

## **Featured Characters**

### **Our Heroes**

* Blaine Hansom
* Bota Zi
* Genos Ia'danian

### **NPCs**

* Kaimitscoborro
* Jack Cronn
	+ Monnok
* Grand Don Louancett

## **Inventory**

* - Lightsaber crystals temporarily disabled

## **Notes**

* Jack Cronn uses a gas that temporarily disables lightsaber crystals. This was developed by the Asilay using information recovered through Axur and Ronia Del Vath. Genos initially believed they were cracked until later the lightsabers worked again.
* It is revealed that Axur, Dask's nemesis and killer, was from Asilay. He had undergone ancestral recall and been transformed into his Sith ancestor and left the Asilay to hunt down Dask when he felt his presence re-emerge in the Galaxy. His younger sister, Ronia, underwent the same process but received less genetic knowledge from her ancestors and augmented her abilities with cybernetics.