Ambassadors on Denon 1 - Gold Pants and Grand Parties

Tek Krodak met his biggest fan - Cantle Spiros

*Our heroes are invited to a hoity-toity high-brow hunting party of highfalutinity. Tek meets Superman Goldpants and discovers that two important families are aboard the train heading to the party, Katira is crushed by Goldpants’ rejection and spirals down into a tailspin of insecurity. Blaine and Katira agree to compete in a hunt for innocent animals (winning pot = 100,000 credits). Tek finds out his hypnotic state force skill can’t be used as a weapon and Droo uncovers a nervous butler that pickpockets Katira. Katira gets her stolen items back and talks to the Butler only to find out there is treachery afoot, she then decides to rig the competition in their favor and takes the hint given to her by the Butler to try to access the security room up the stairs.*

*A very detailed distraction where Droo falls down the stairs allows Tek to splice into the security system, delete his tracks, locate the endangered animals and splice a loop of surveillance footage so that our heroes can free animals. Blaine also secures some investment for the team’s mining operations and he and Elayne gain an ally*

## **Previously**

*Finding themselves outmaneuvered by Grand Admiral Thrawn, the Heroes of Ibis were forced to agree to terms that cost them the intelligence they had worked so hard to gain in their previous Imperial encounters. Unbeknownst to the New Republic, all intercepted Imperial messages were handed over in exchange for the lives of the group and the rights to Imperial Doonium mining operations on the planet Lok. Then proceeding to a meeting with the New Republic, Nago the Calculating - frozen in carbonate - was turned over as a prisoner and the entrance of Ibis to the New Republic was brokered in a joint effort by Bota Zi and Elayne Kuat. In closing, Bota Zi is given a position as New Republic Ambassador with Droo, Katira, and Tek posted as his official aides.*

*For the first time in a long time, no matters are demanding the attention of the group. Everyone finally comes together to unwind on Cloud City and find their place in the shifting galaxy.*

## **Recap**

### **Surprise Invitation**

Meeting back up with Blaine at the Holiday Towers, Bota receives a call over the holonet inviting himself and his company to a gala on the planet Denon. Surprised and suspicious at the invitation to a place that none of the group has ever been, but interested in the party none the less, the group agrees to go. They then decide to take the *Diversity* to the planet, with the *Jinxed Starhawk*, Tek's Modified TIE Interceptor, and *Sand Leader* in the cargo hold.

Arriving on Denon in accordance with the timeline laid out in the invitation, no greeting party is to be found. Instead while Katira looks for someone to pickpocket - and fails - the group simply finds directions to a nearby train station and which train to board.

> "*Time to go home, I don’t suffer any insults!*"
> ― Blaine finding no welcoming party
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### **Tek's Biggest Fan**

Boarding the train pointed out to them, the group finds themselves alone in a private car. Opting to explore the train while they await arrival at their destination, they find their way to the bar car in search of a scomplink for Tek to access. As Tek notices a connection point behind the bar and attempts to surreptitiously gain entry, Katira attempts to distract the lone customer by starting some small talk.

> "*Hey, I like your outfit. Are you heading over to the gala at Valhalla?*"
> ― Katira
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> "*No, I have no clue about any gala. This is just my daily commute and the only thing I can do to get through my day is to have a drink at the bar on the way*"
> ― gold pants
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> "*Whoa… this guys unloading a lot right now. If I’ve learned anything, you should just cut bait and run here.*"
> ― Droo
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Approaching the man she notes his extravagant choice of clothing - gold pants, tight fitting black leather top - and decides to flirt with him. Everything backfires when the man catches a glimpse of Tek, stating that he’s a huge fan of the Zabrak’s music. He blows off Katira and approaches Krodak with a huge grin on his face.

> "*Holy… is that Tek Krodak?! Sweaty Janitor, Tased and Confused, Birthday Space Suit!*"
> ― Cantle Spiros
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> "*This is the most embarrassing moment of my life*"
> ― Katira under her breath
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> "*Have you heard my new stuff? Slave Mom and…*"
> ― Tek
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> "*Oh yeah, Walk Like a Trandoshan! I listen to that every day on my way to work. You’re a legend man, I love you!*"
> ― Cantle Spiros
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Annoyed, Katira calls the bar droid over and orders a drink while Tek relishes the attention directed at him. Eventually, Tek finds that the man’s name is Cantle Spiros. An accountant, Tek’s desire for continued adoration prompts him to offer an invitation to join *Slicers Synonymous* despite the lack of any related skills, and ignoring the fact that he is an admitted drunk who regularly steals credits from the bar onboard the train. As Tek begins to move behind the bar, Spiros attempts to steal Katira’s credits lying on top of the bar during the conversation and is just a moment slower than the now incensed Zeltron.

With Tek snuck behind the bar, Cantle Spiros turns to Katira. She tells the man to get lost after he blew her off **and** tried to steal her credits. Having seen Krodak enter with her, the accountant hopes to extend his contact information to Tek. He insults Katira and gives her his business card, which Katira then tears up in front of his face and lets the pieces fall into her drink. Spiros states that he has “never seen such a disrespectful female” and walks away, disheartened.

> "*I can’t wait to talk to gold pants some more*"
> ― Tek
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> "*Oh… he’s gone*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Like… did he die?*"
> ― Tek
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> "*I wish*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Did I at least exchange contact info with him?*"
> ― Tek
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> "*He tried*"
> ― Droo
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With Tek distraught after he notices his groupie gone without a trace, Blaine opts to slice into the bar scomplink. Two of the other cars are titled “Illustra” and “Kyn”, but nobody has any real clue what these could be referencing. Another pair of cars are labelled “Juoni” and “Praji”. These two names are recognized by the group as references to the two families that, in conjunction with the Vahali family that extended the invitation that has brought the group to Denon, form a group known as the *Triad*. While the younger members of the group know little of these families, Blaine and Bota recognize this group as one which held significant sway over politics on Coruscant prior to the rise of the Galactic Empire.

### **Welcome to Vahali**

Finally arriving at the Vahali compound, the passengers of the recent train ride all appear to be milling about, chatting about nothing in particular. In search of a scomplink, Tek finds his way to a topographical map of the compound. He is joined shortly by Blaine and his wife, Elayne who are reaching out to a pair of aristocrats standing nearby. Learning that they are the representatives of the House Juoni, they cordially discuss Blaine’s position as Baron Administrator of Cloud City and the financial operations of the House Juoni.

> "*Me and Elayne, aka Ms. Argentina 2006*"
> ― Blaine
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> "*This is my trophy with legs*"
> ― Tek
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> "*Woah… she’s… well… I don’t know how to answer that*"
> ― Blaine
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As Blaine discovers that the Juoni are involved in mining operations on several planets and had previously opposed the Imperial occupation of their interests, he casually mentions the groups mining operations and offers an invitation to have the Juoni consider investing in Bespin Motors. Continuing the conversation, Blaine uncovers tension between the families of the Triad: The Juoni view the Praji with disdain, openly claiming that they have spent money bribing Hutts while their own family supported legitimate business. In addition, there is a sense of envy toward what the Vahali have accomplished in establishing themselves on Denon - a feat that obviously cost an exorbitant amount.

As Katira and Droo make their way toward the Praji delegates, Katira asks Droo what sort of a sense she gets as to their emotional state. Droo reaches out, but accidentally senses the state of a nearby footman rather than the delegates, noting that they seem nervous and tense while they move past. Glancing at the servant, Katira notices that her identification and credstick are missing from her person. She hurries to the doorman and grabs his arm before he can exit the room. As the host of the gala descends the stairs into the area, Katira manages to pickpocket the footman, retrieving her own goods and some of his as well.

The Vahali host enters the room, extending an invitation to Katira and Blaine to participate in a droid and game hunt the following day alongside delegates from the Praji, Juoni, Kyn, and Illustra families. Taken aback momentarily by the invitation, Blaine graciously accepts as the party continues. Assuming that the newcomers were rookies, the delegate from House Praji approaches Katira with the proposition to bet on the competition. Initially setting the contest at 2,000cr, Katira responds that such a paltry sum is embarrassing from the noble family. Approaching Blaine, the groups agree on a bet of 100,000cr.

### **Peeking Behind the Curtain**

Taking a look at the identification she lifted, Katira calls the footman, Rybor Nansant over to her. Not showing much concern after having been robbed, she instead steers the conversation toward gaining intelligence about the upcoming competition and the host family. Rybor states that he is just a poor servant, and was hoping to make some easy money off someone that wouldn’t miss it. So far as information is concerned, he states that he is opposed to the treatment of the animals held on the compound - many that will be hunted tomorrow. Though Katira isn’t overly concerned with the life of non-sentient creatures, she asks Nansant to sabotage the Praji speeder for tomorrow with the added benefit of saving their potential targets tomorrow.

The footman is unconvinced, claiming he doesn’t care about the competition but would be willing to assist in the rescue of the creatures. In exchange for 1,000cr, he agrees to lead the way to security with the hope that Katira can attempt to rescue the creatures in return.

> "*Look, we’ll just kill our animals and pretend we don’t know about the rest. We can buy lots of animals with 100,000cr and keep them safe*"
> ― Blaine
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As Katira brings the creature situation to the groups attention, she finds - to her dismay - that everyone desires to save whatever animals they can, in particular any that are sentient beings.

Heading toward the security room, a single technician is visible standing guard. While Blaine stands watch, Tek and Droo briefly consider placing the guard in a hibernation trance before realizing that such a tactic requires consent of the person being put under. Instead, Droo throws herself down the stairs a moment before Katira rushes into the control room. The technician initiates a medical alert and dispatches medical response but does not leave her post. Frantically requesting help, Katira practically drags the guard out of the room as Tek sneaks his way to the control console

> "*I just talked to your footman, I know you’re not well paid. Do you want to be poor **and** have death on your conscience?!*"
> ― Katira
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Tek gets right to work with the already unlocked console. Quickly canceling the medical alert, he then pulls up a layout of the building, locates the creature storage, and brings up the cameras of the area. Pulling up the local security access that has taken place, Tek copies all the compound security codes onto a separate card to provide access to all areas to the group. Running a scan to find a time where no persons were touring the animal storage area, Tek then created a loop to feed to the security console so that the cameras were effectively blind until the loop was recognized.

Now having a way to move forward, the group gathers back at the dinner party to discuss a plan moving forward.

## **Featured Characters**

### **Our Heroes**

* Blaine Hansom
* Droo Vos
* Katira Eve
* Tek Krodak

### **NPCs**

* Cantle Spiros
* Baylor Juoni
* Juoni Delegate
* Praji Delegate
* Rybor Nansant
* Unnamed Vahali security technician

### **Mentioned**

* Bota Zi
* House Kyn
* House Illustra
* House Vahali

## **Notes**

* Tek began the mission by paying off his outstanding 38,000cr debt to Cloud City for his Borg Construct and associated procedure

## **Quotations**

> "*Tek… can you name the two slicers that work for you?*"
> ― Blaine
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> "*Ummm…*"
> ― Tek
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> "*How do I know **Slicers Synonymous** better than Tek?!*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Behind the bartender you see a scomplink that he uses to…*"
> ― Luke
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> "*To watch porn while he’s working*"
> ― Jordan
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> "*What?! NO! It’s just the manifest of all the passengers.*"
> ― Luke
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> "*Would you like to join my slicing group?*"
> ― Tek
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> "*I don’t know anything about slicing, I’ve been on the straight and narrow ever since I got cracked down on by the Imperial Revenue Service when I was trying to skirt some accounting financial statements*"
> ― Cantle Spiros
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> "*Yeh, but we could use a man of your talents*"
> ― Tek
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> "*You don’t even know what his talents are!*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Did you just to try to take my money? Get lost*"
> ― Katira
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> "*I thought you guys were a bunch of mucky mucks heading to a fancy gala. You can’t spare a couple credits for an accountant who’s down on his luck?*"
> ― Cantle Spiros
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> "*Not somebody so obsessed with Tek Krodak*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Hey! Don’t call into **account** the things I admire. Fine… just give Tek my card*"
> ― Cantle Spiros
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> "*Katira tears the card up right in front of his face*"
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> "*I’ve never seen such a disrespectful female*"
> ― Cantle Spiros as he storms off
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> "*Why are the girls sticking together?*"
> ― Tek
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> "*Because we’re all mad at your friend, Mr. Goldpants now*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Teamwork makes the dreamwork*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Your just using her for her light side powers*"
> ― Tek
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> "*One team one dream*"
> ― Katira
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> "*You can brand it any way you want*"
> ― Tek
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> "*I just want to appear panicked so that they run out to help.*"
> ― David
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> "*Wait… Aren’t they sitting at security cameras? Can’t they see this isn’t happening?*"
> ― Laurel
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> "*Yeh*"
> ― Luke
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> "*Well then why did you tell me to say this?!*"
> ― David
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> "*I’m pretty sure this is not what Luke planned for this mission - that we would be saving all the animals - there are probably grand designs for this.*"
> ― Ilya
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> "*Look, I’m really sorry, but he knew I was gonna be here.*"
> ― Laurel
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