Diplomatic Entanglements 5 - What Bota Woulda Wanted

*What would a trip to a random bar be if it didn’t result in a brawl, general theft, and leaving the establishment in ruins to be looted?.*

## **Previously**

*Sitting down for a meeting with the enigmatic Ameral Breed, the group attempted to put themselves into the best position moving forward. With Jowkazza acting as enforcer, Blaine convinced the man to pass on what information he had as Jawa Jimmy snuck off with his tools. Some crafty use of the force by Tek and Droo had Ameral none the wiser to the missing tool box, and a suspicious Katira tried to avoid conflict by getting a group of suspicious patrons across the room drunk while she slipped a few bottles away for personal use. With Breed tentatively on board with the group, will our heroes pull of a first and leave the bar in one piece?*

## **Recap**

### **Unexpected Interruption**

Continuing on with their previous conversation, Blaine asks what information Ameral Breed might have pertaining to Lannik Rakto and Merrick Kleiner. Ameral states that he doesn’t know much of anything about Kleiner, but the name Rakto does ring a bell as someone who has been arrested a few times recently. While Lannik tends to make himself scarce fairly quickly, he did have an office in the area last Ameral had heard. In response, Blaine says that they’re going to need Ameral to show them this office in addition to providing access to what he has from the surveillance system at their leased space.

As the group is talking, one of the drunk patrons from the table across the bar approaches, shouting out that he heard someone make mention of Cloud City. When he sees Blaine, the man becomes even more irate, claiming that he was scammed out of 100,000cr at The Holiday Towers when the casino used skifters to improve their odds. Drawing a pistol, he points it at Blaine’s head and asks why he cheated him.

> "*You walk over here to a huge group of people. I mean, there’s a Wookiee right here. What do you want, anyways?*"
> ― Blaine
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> "*I want my 100,000cr back!*"
> ― Drunk Guy
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> "*Alright, sure… I’ll give you 100,000 fake credits.*"
> ― Blaine
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> "*Give him some Teemo Bucks!*"
> ― Tek
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Blaine attempts to pass off some Teemo Bucks to the man, but he insists on actual credits. When Blaine says that he just needs to write out a check, the man gets frustrated and pulls the trigger. The hammer drops and a cloud of stun gas emerges from the barrel right in Blaine’s face, but the drunk’s bad luck continues when the gas dissipates without any effect. From across the room, the man’s friend drunkenly rises from his table and heads in the direction of the commotion.

### **Chaos Crew**

Droo immediately reaches out with the force to pull the gun out of the man’s hand. While she does manage to disarm him, the gun doesn’t quite reach Droo but clatters to the ground just out of his reach (6 vs. 6 on the roll). Waving the stun gas out of his face, Blaine draws his heavy blaster and fires on stun at the two men. The closer man is dropped by the stun, but the second shrugs the blast off and begins to move with more purpose toward the conflict.

At the bar, Katira rolls her eyes as she sees the group somehow get themselves into yet another bar fight. She casually walks over to the last ruffian as he drunkenly looks about the room, and bashes him over the head with her bottle of *Vader’s Bane*. Tossing the broken bottle to the ground, she slides into the bench seat next to the man and drawing her pistol she reaches around the man. Trying to make it look as though he was firing the weapon, she takes aim at CS-X9 behind the bar and fires. In a terrific show the head of the bartender droid explodes, and Katira exclaims that the man just killed the only thing keeping everyone from free drinks as she pickpockets the unconscious man.

At the table, Tek joins Droo in the force antics, and pushes the pistol toward Jawa Jimmy and tells him to grab it.

> "*Hey Jimmy, want some junk?*"
> ― Tek
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With the bar unmanned, Rusty jumps over the counter and looks for any controls for the area. Finding exactly what he was looking for, he initiates the lock down for the bar before turning to look at what alcohol is available. Meanwhile, Jimmy tosses the pistol into his new toolbox before taking a look at the transmitter again. Deciding that it appears to be used for simple status updates, he transmits a message off that he believes should indicate that everything is fine.

In the booth with the majority of the group, Ameral turns to Jowkazza and says that he thinks they need to get out quick since normally when a bar in the area goes into lockdown like this it is followed shortly by knock out gas. The Wookiee climbs up from the booth, and looks about the room in case there are any patrons that look like they might be in need of an accountant, spotting the unconscious man adjacent to Katira and suspecting that he will need medical deductions in his next filing. He takes a moment to slip a business card in the man’s pocket before moving to the entry door and looking at Rusty expectantly.

> "*Just as you slip your business card in this guy’s pocket, Katira pulls it out and says she’s surprised that he knows you.*"
> ― Luke
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> "*Jowkazza, you know this guy! What a coincidence.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Should have told me that I wouldn’t have hit him over the head.*"
> ― Luke
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> "*I mean, I still would have hit him over the head, but it’s a better story now, isn’t it?*"
> ― Katira
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Overhead, the ventilation system goes quiet for a moment before a gas begins to pour from the ducting as Ameral shouts for everyone to get down to the ground. Droo seizes on the opportunity, drawing her lightsaber and cuts a Wookiee sized hole into one of the windows. Exit through the window will require scaling the side of the building, but the act succeeds in dispersing the knock out gas. Looking to open the door from the outside, Blaine jets out the window and scans his Coruscant Police officer badge at the entry door to try to bypass the lockdown.

> "*Don’t worry guys, I’m a police officer. Bye.*"
> ― Blaine jumping out the window
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Swiping his badge from outside, Blaine inputs an access code for the door based of the badge code, eventually succeeding in overriding the lockdown.

### **It's What Bota Woulda Wanted**

As the entry door opens, the two patrons that weren’t involved in the fight are stunned to see Blaine standing there. Believing that he was, in fact, a Coruscant Police Officer, they thank him for the assistance and head out. Looking at the wreckage they have created from the otherwise upstanding establishment, the group begins to head out, leaving the three men that did - or might have - attacked them to clean up the mess. On the way out, Katira and Rusty each grab a few bottles of top shelf liquor from the empty bar.

> "*When we finally rescue Bota we can explain that we had to buy the bar so that we had a gift for him.*"
> ― Jimmy
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> "*What **is** the name of this bar? NowAt this point I really want to buy it and name it the Bota Woulda Wanna.*"
> ― Blaine
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> "*I’m pretty sure you can buy it. It’s been devalued recently.*"
> ― Tek
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To increase the chaos and cover their own tracks at the establishment, Katira shouts out into the crowded streets that the bar is open for free drinks to everyone as the group heads into the streets. Meanwhile, Jowkazza enters into a conversation with Ameral Breed as to the contents of his tool box and the internal transmitter equipment. He vaguely discusses the network of other technicians that he is associated with, and stresses again that he has no interest in further dealings with Governor Parnot.

The group agrees to contract Ameral and his surveillance equipment to locate Bota Zi, Lannik Rakto, and Merrick Kleiner - with the mysterious Gamorrean that attacked the group following Life Day added on as an afterthought. Before releasing Ameral to freedom, they hires Kenneth to follow the technician wherever he goes until they meet again.

Walking into the illuminated night, Blaine receives a call from Cal Omas with an update from the New Republic:

* Having swept the office space again after the group leased the space, it was confirmed that the area was used as a prison to detain the group previously, and it’s primary purpose was to augment Clawdite mutation experimentation
* A Mandalorian contacted the New Republic after receiving a message from Katira, and is seeking an audience with the group
* Access codes have been secured to access the Eriadu Authority supply depot if the group opts for that route

## **Featured Characters**

### **Our Heroes**

* Blaine Hansom
* Droo Vos
* Jawa Jimmy
	+ Sparky
* Jowkazza
* Katira Eve
* Roostan Steele
* Tek Krodak

### **NPCs**

* Ameral Breed
* droid bartender - CS-X9 aka “Sexy 9”
* angry drunk bar patrons
* Kenneth
* Cal Omas

### **Mentioned**

* Merrick Kleiner
* Lannik Rakto
* Gold Armored Mandalorian Female

## **Inventory**

* -1 bottle of Vader’s Bane (Katira)
* +drunken man’s belongings (Katira)
* +several bottles of top shelf liquor (Rusty, Katira)

## **Notes**

* The secondary park that will be built across from Drooassic Park has tentatively been named Droomanji
* The actual name of the bar that the group devastated was *The People’s Republic*
* Contract cost for locating various individuals - Jowkazza paid 10,000cr up front:

* Lannik Rakto: 2,500cr
* Mysterious Basic Speaking Gammorean: ???
* Bota Zi: ???
* Merrick Kleiner: ???

## **Quotations**

> "*Alright guys, I guess we’re raiding another office. Jowkazza do you need another office for your accounting firm?*"
> ― Blaine
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> "*Alright, this guy is gonna draw a pistol and point it at you, Blaine.*"
> ― Luke
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> "*Does he draw it on a piece of paper?*"
> ― Ilya
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> "*Rusty? Are you there?*"
> ― Luke
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> "*I was in the bathroom, what’d I miss? They got two-ply guys!*"
> ― Rusty
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> "*What do you have to say for yourself? Are you using skifters or not?*"
> ― Drunk Guy
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> "*Wait… am I using skifters, or is my hotel? I need you to be more specific.*"
> ― Blaine
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> "*We’ll let the local authorities settle this*"
> ― Drunk Guy
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> "*You mean me?*"
> ― Blaine flashing his stolen badge
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> "*I can’t believe they would Marshall someone off planet to handle crime here on Coruscant. Didn’t I just finish calling you a liar?!*"
> ― Drunk Guy
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> "*Tek and I are geniuses, and the Jedi Academy just hasn’t caught up to us yet.*"
> ― Droo
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> "*In the next mission, Tek and Droo help a pregnant woman deliver a baby. You push, I’ll pull!*"
> ― Tek
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> "*I can see the two of you in the operating room. Get out of my way, I know what I’m doing!*"
> ― Luke
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> "*Can we just take over this bar now?*"
> ― Blaine
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> "*I’m sorry Bota, we meant to save you sooner, but we own a bar now.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*It’s what Bota woulda wanted.*"
> ― Rusty
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> "*That’s the name of the bar! The Botawouldawanna!*"
> ― Blaine
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