Star Wars: Age of Rebellion III

***STAR WARS: Age of Rebellion III*** is an ongoing Star Wars: Age of Rebellion campaigned using the Fantasy Flight Games and Edge Studio STAR WARS Role-Playing line set immediately following the events of *Star Wars* Episode IV: A New Hope. This campaign details the missions and combat experiences of elite Rebel Alliance Special Forces soldiers as they begin their own stories and embrace their destinies as heroes of the galaxy.

## **Synopsis**

### **Session Zero:**

On the jungle moon of Yavin 4, hidden behind thousands of years of ancient ruins and secrecy, the Rebel Alliance finalizes its last stretch of Special Forces Drop Camp. After months of grueling training and physical torment, the remaining candidates are rounded up by their instructors, and given their final mission.

Bex Kolus, a human male with experience that qualifies him as the mission's team leader, takes charge of the situation. Leading two other candidates he is familiar with, that being the large and imposing Trandoshan Vessk, and the quieter by observant Togruta Sorin Diram, they are to traverse the jungle, rendezvous with roleplayers posing as local guerrilla fighters, and convince them to join their mission to ambush an Imperial officer who's shuttle has recently "crashed".

Taking charge of his team, Bex had Vessk, whom advised that he had the best tracking and navigational skills, lead the way. They trudged for a couple of hours, eventually encountering a wide river bisecting their path to their rendezvous point with the "guerrillas". As Sorin searched the area for a suitable route, Vessk began crossing a slick log over a short little waterfall. Slipping and falling, the Trandoshan rebel managed to grab onto it at the last moment before he was swept away, and with Sorian's climbing gear of strong tensile, fiber rope, Bex secured a knot, as Sorin tied it around himself and went to assist Vessk.

Once at his friend's position, Sorin tied the line around Vessk and crossed the log carefully, making it to the opposite side of the river. Vessk let go of the log and began floating downstream, but was caught securely by the rope and swimmed his way to the shore, where Bex helped him untie the harness, and together they crossed the log safely. Continuing their journey now wet and tired, they eventually arrived at the outskirts of the guerrilla camp, meeting with their allies and beginning negotiations. They passed their test, and the roleplayers decided to join the rebel soldiers after hearing Bex give an impassioned speech about their lives under the Empire's heel. This, he explained, was now the time to fight back.

As daylight approached, the rebel fireteam set out with their reinforcements, travelling to the "crash site", where they indeed found an old Lambda-class shuttle wrecked in the woodline of a clearing. Carefully spreading out, the rebels advanced on the position, finding nothing of value except for some old tracks. It was Vessk, smelling a path made by the "Imperials" into the jungle on their left, that gave them any indication of where to go along with the tracks. However, before they could move, Sorin and Bex were suddenly attacked by a very real and dangerous enemy: a pack of wild choku. These quadrupedal canine foes attacked without mercy, but were swiftly dispatched via stun beams from Sorin, Bex, and Vessk. The roleplayers acting as their guerrilla reinforcements enquired about any injuries, and once discovering that they were fine, the entire squad set out on their mission into the jungle.

It took several more hours, but eventually Vessk, the point man, saw the outline of gray and black Imperial uniforms trudging down a ravine near a small creek. Bex immediately took control of the situation, having the squad take a knee and set a perimeter as he led a leader's recon with Sorin up the ridgeline to confirm it was indeed their target. Once they were settled behind some felled logs and brush, Sorin confirmed through his blaster rifle's scope that it was an "Imperial officer" and his entourage of "Imperial Army troopers", and they seemed exhausted and not fully paying attention to their surroundings.

Bex took advantage of this, having his squad set up along the ridgeline. Giving the signal to open fire, the rebels swiftly dispatched the "Imperial" roleplayers, with the criss-crossing of stun bolts flying throughout the air, troops running to cover, and calls for sectors of fire made. Maneuvering and bounding ahead, the rebel fighters took advantage of their higher elevation, stunning all of the "Imperials" and performing a search of the bodies. Once they found the intelligence in the "Imperial officer's" uniform in the shape and style of a datacard, they cleared the area, and began a quick alternate hasty march back to the drop camp.

After returning for their debriefing, they were ordered to line up inside the main tent with the other squads who had returned, and one by one, Bex, Vessk, Sorin, and a few others were called outside by the instructors, and lined up in formation. Fearing the worst, they were delightfully surprised when they were awarded their Alliance Special Forces badges, saluted by the instructors, and congratulated for their graduation of Alliance Special Forces Drop Camp and Selection.