First Encounters on Tatooine

*Blaine Hansom and Bota Zi are joined by Proto, an experimental droid that's being evaluated for mass production in the Rebel Alliance. Wanting to see how well the droid would do in a fight, they head to Tatooine.*

*They fight battles inside and outside the cantina and quickly learn that the local Jawa and Tusken Raider groups have grown exceedingly bold in recent months with skirmishes happening between our heroes and both groups.*

*Proto gets droid-napped, a rescue and race through Beggar's Canyon is performed, and the crew hastily make their escape from Tatooine - the start of a recurring theme for them!*

## **Recap**

### **A New Ally**

After returning to the makeshift rebel asteroid belt base, Asteroid Outpost, to repair *The Jinxed Starhawk*, Blaine Hansom and Bota Zi are approached by Commander Lyons who has a droid in tow.

Explaining that the treaded, armored droid is a prototype security droid that the Rebellion is evaluating to create en masse, he wants the duo to take the droid, named Proto, alongside them and to evaluate its performance.

Looking at each other, Blaine and Bota decide to visit Tatooine - specifically the rough and tumble town of Mos Eisley.

### **Trouble Comes Knocking**

Heading to the Cantina, the trio are immediately separated as Proto is forced to wait outside. While Blaine and Bota head inside, Proto is surprised by 6 Jawas - all with their ion guns drawn. Presumably drawn to Proto as he looks expensive - with a brand new chrome plate and unworn tank treads - Proto is able to defend himself against the attackers until he's sniped by Dathcha, a Jawa with a history of finding droids and bold thievery (once, Dathcha stole Wuher's droid detector from the cantina while it was open).

Blaine and Bota rush out to see the remains of a scuffle against Jawas in front of the bar and a Sandcrawler in the distance, leaving Mos Eisley.

### **Jawas versus Tusken Raiders versus Proto, Blaine, and Bota**

Proto awakens onboard the Sandcrawler to find himself laying amongst other captured droids and scrap. Getting up, he notices that the Jawas have fitted him with a restraining bolt - however, the Jawas don't know that a primitive restraining bolt won't work on him.

Wasting no time, Proto begins an all-out assault against the Jawas from inside the Sandcrawler. Taking on packs of 2 or 3 at a time, he works his way to the top of the vehicle.

Just outside, as Bota and Blaine approach the Sandcrawler in their swoop and speeder, they run into a large group of Tusken Raiders who, from nearby bluffs, seem to be planning an assault on the Sandcrawler themselves. Led by URoRRuR'R'R, the capable and notorious Tusken Raider, the two assume that the assault will brutal.

Biding their time, the duo decide to attack from the opposite side of the Tusken assault and use the fracas to sneak onboard and rescue Proto.

As the Tuskens attack, and Blaine and Bota begin their own approach, they see Proto's brand new chrome glistening in the sun atop the Sandcrawler. Taking a leap of faith, Proto jumps off the vehicle and lands on Bota's swoop. The group then exits the battle during the confusion, however, there are two cobbled-together repulsorlift vehicles that activate and chase them - exploding out from the Sandcrawler.

Dodging fire from the Jawas on the Sandcrawler and sniper shots from the attacking Tusken Raiders, they look towards the bluffs for a way to lose their pursuers.

Heading into Beggar's Canyon, Blaine and Bota swerve through tight turns and falling rock to avoid their pursuers. The two, both racing at their vehicles' top speed, dart around rock and sand formations, eventually lose the two Jawas and head back to Mos Eisley, then the *Jinxed Starhawk*, and back to the Rebel Base.

## **Featured Characters**

### **Our Heroes**

* Blaine Hansom
* Bota Zi
* Proto

### **NPCs**

* Dathcha
* Wuher
* Ponda Baba
* Jawas
* URoRRuR'R'R
* Tusken Raiders
* Commander Lyons

## **Locations Visited**

* Tatooine
	+ Beggar's Canyon
	+ Mos Eisley
		- Mos Eisley Cantina

## **Special Edition Notes**

* In my original notes, there's no reason for the group to to Tatooine aside from 'brawls, brawls, brawls!'
* It is specifically called out in the notes that Proto is with the group, so this is possibly DJ's first Star Wars mission. If this was played in 1997, he would've been 12
* Proto was distinctly assigned to the players to 'test out' - I have made the person doing that Commander Lyons and at this time, this cell of the rebels that Blaine and Bota chat with are on an asteroid base, so I've worked that in
* It's said that restraining bolds don't work on Proto, but that might not be universally true
* My notes don't mention how Proto leaves the Sandcrawler and how many Jawas and Tuskens fight the group after Proto's escape, so I have kept those to minimum
* I've also had Proto land on Bota's swoop as I was the GM so it would make sense to have Luke as Bota do the action (but I don't have this recorded in my notes)
* In my original notes, I have "2 swoops chase them on their rented speeder" but I mention the two having their speeder and swoop earlier. Additionally, I don't have who was piloting these swoops. It can't be Tusken Raiders - so maybe Jawas? Or potentially people Blaine and Bota aggravated at the bar? For the sake of this write-up, I've kept the story simple and had them be a pair of angry Jawas, looking to reclaim Proto
* Somehow, the group is paid 1,000 credits each after this adventure - perhaps it's due to getting test data accumulated for Proto?