Of Jawas and Dragons - Part 2

Imperial Raider-Class Corvette: The Steadfast

*Our heroes score a Kuat Drive Yards Raider-Class Corvette, find some disntegrator rifles and death trooper armor, then kill 4 Jawas. Katira takes command at the helm and becomes master and commander. Tek concentrates a lot while Bota and Blaine fly and defend the corvette double handedly.*

## **Previously**

*By request of the New Republic, Ambassador Bota Zi and his team have been sent to the New Republic Anoat Decommissioning Station to investigate further into the schemes of the Eriadu Governor and potential involvement with recent appearances of Clawdites impersonating government officials.*

*Having cleared the area of known hostiles, the group discovered an Imperial Raider docked with a Jawa Starcrawler that appeared to be scavenging for parts. Landing on the Starcrawler, the group was given an audience with the “Chief King” of the Jawa, an overweight, white eyed Jawa reigning from a heap of scrap. The King informed the group that they would be allowed to search the Raider for any persons of interest, but claimed the vessel belonged to the Jawas who had unleashed a monster onboard.*

*With the musical talents of Jawa Jimmy and the tender love of Droo the group was able to calm the monster, a Juvenile Krayt Dragon, and began searching the ship for intel. As Katira found her way to the commander’s quarters, the rest of the team discovered a droid that claims “It’s going to plan… 13 infiltrated, 10 subdued”.*

## **Recap**

### **Loot Galore**

The party takes stock of their situation onboard the Imperial Raider, now knowing that something is afoot onboard the NRADS. Rather than jumping right onboard the station, the team, lead by Both Zi decides to meet at the ships armory.

In the armory, a wealth of valuable equipment is found. 6 complete sets of deathtrooper armor and 2 Amban Sniper Rifles. Just as Katira and Bota grab a rifle each to take a look, the familiar sound of an amplified stormtrooper comm is heard behind them, asking them what they think they’re doing, and to put their hands up. Bota Zi, not skipping a beat, states that the group is simply performing a routine weapons inspection, thereby taking the edge off. Katira then steps forward and informs the troopers that the group has neutralized the Juvenile Krayt Dragon in the hangar bay and needed equipment to finish the job. Relieved, the storm troopers readily accept the argument and rush out on Katira’s orders to take up positions in the hangar bay to finish the job and begin repelling the Jawas with the “inside information” provided by Jawa Jimmy.

> "*Thank goodness. We don’t actually know how to use these things.*"
> ― unnamed trooper as they drop their disruptor rifles
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### **Divide and Conquer**

The group decides to split up. Katira heads to the bridge of the ship alone, planning to place the hangar bay in the vacuum of space and remove the threat posed by the Krayt Dragon and the troopers simultaneously. Bota Zi heads to the brig in search of potential aid while Tek meditates. Jimmy begins to head back to the Starcrawler in order to convey a status to the Jawa King.

Arriving on the bridge of the ship, Katira brings up the ships status: 4 escape pods jettisoned, carrying with them the most cowardly stormtroopers in all of Eriadu.

> "*4 escape pods have been jettisoned? Thooose bastards…*"
> ― Katira realizing that the stormtroopers have run away in terror
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The ship, showing as The Steadfast shows operated by the Eriadu Authority and has recently arrived from the planet of Kampe with an excess of requisite personnel. A short dock with NRADS followed by boarding by the Jawa Starcrawler registers on most recent operations.

Upon hailing NRADS under guise of Steadfast personage, Katira deduces that the platform has been overrun by Imperial sympathizers and is beginning to power up weapons to repel the Jawa Starcrawler. Katira requests Tek’s presence on the command level to bring the Steadfast to bear on the platform and Jimmy changes his course to assist.

Down in the brig, Bota finds a single Imperial imprisoned within the last hour. Upon release, the prisoner claims to be the munitions officer of the Steadfast, having been thrown in the brig for pushing to kill all the New Republic persons onboard NRADS rather than imprison them. Bota lets the officer go to fight the Jawas alone but refuses to give him a weapon, telling him he can get one in the hangar bay. The munitions officer runs off in a rage, planning to repel all 486 Jawas and a Krayt Dragon alone if need be.

> "*Thank you, Boba Fett!*"
> ― munitions officer running into battle
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Blaine calls in to the group a moment later, telling them he just watched a random Imperial try to fist fight a bunch of Jawas (and lost gloriously) and asking what the heck is going on.

### **Combat with NRADS**

A hasty plan is put together to open fire on NRADS using the Steadfast’s ion cannon batteries while Blaine brings up shields and Bota Zi maneuvers the ship into better position. As the group converges on the bridge, Tek locks down the hangar bay, neutralizing the Krayt Dragon.

> "*Katira, what did you want me to do? I was just so focused on saying no that I didn’t actually listen to what you said…*"
> ― Tek Krodak arriving on the bridge
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Jimmy mans the guns as Tek concentrates on his gunnery skills. An ion burst is fired to no effect on the station. In response NRADS asks what in the world is going on over there. Katira again impersonates an Imperial and claims they need immediate assistance as she fires off some shots at the deck.

Tek fires another salvo at NRADS while Blaine brings up the Steadfast’s shields. NRADS, now having weapons online, opens fire at the Starcrawler while Bota Zi pilots the Steadfast away on sublight engines, breaking lock with the Starcrawler and sucking 4 Jawas into the cold grip of space. Jimmy then scores a final hit on NRADS, shutting down all systems with the exception of life support. Artificial gravity and magnetic locks release, and the docked starfighter scale ships begin to list freely in space.

### **The Problem with Jawas - Escaping to Bespin**

Katira holds back and forth communications with Jawa King. Tensions center around the Jawas wanting all the ships and their Krayt Dragon back while Katira refuses to allow them to dock. In the end the groups agree:

1. Jawas can keep the Y-Wings, and “can’t be stopped” from taking the NRADS star fighters now drifting in space
2. Katira will arrange for the delivery of the Krayt Dragon to a provided location at a later time
3. The group will retain control of the Steadfast

> "*Is she telling the big true true? The same as the small true true?*"
> ― King Jawa asking J’mi for assessment of Katira’s honesty
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Meanwhile Katira calls in to the New Republic asking for assistance with the insurgents aboard NRADS. Reinforcements will arrive shortly.

With the Starcrawler tractoring in ships, NRADS offline, and reinforcements incoming, the group decides to make themselves (and their new Imperial Raider) scarce. Tek masterfully plots astrogation, and with little time remaining before New Republic arrival the group departs for Cloud City where they will decide on what to do with the Steadfast.

## **Featured Characters**

### **Our Heroes**

* Blaine Hansom
* Bota Zi
* Jawa Jimmy
* Katira Eve
* Tek Krodak

### **NPCs**

* Chief King A'kun
* Eriadu Authority Munitions Officer
* Cal Omas
* Unnamed Eriadu Authority Stormtroopers

## **Inventory**

* +6 sets of Deathtrooper Armor (group)
* +6 Amban Disruptor Rifles (group)
* +1 Imperial Raider “The Steadfast” - with no escape pods (group)
* +1 Juvenile Krayt Dragon (group)

## **Notes**

* Droo Vos was present with the group for the mission, but Laurel was unable to make the session
* Countdown continues for the archaic droids sent out on Coruscant by Tek: 1 mission remaining for unidentified FOB, 14 missions remaining for Blaine's Ghtroc Freighter