Ghosts of the Outer Rim

*Blaine Hansom and Bota Zi are looking for jobs when they come in contact with a ghost ship, floating in space with only minimal power on, however they are tractor beamed onboard and then are throttled through hyperspace.*

*When they reach their destination, the two explore the planet the ship brought them to, finding only pirates who tracked them there. Evading and fighting them, they then explore the ship and find that the rest of the pirates have taken up residence in the old vessel as well.*

*Letting the pirates keep the ancient ship, Blaine and Bota steal the pirates' ship and attempt to flush out the onboard crew. Not entirely successful, they return the ship - just before it explodes - back to the planet in which the Jinxed Starhawk and the ghost ship is on.*

*Destroying the old ship and marooning the pirates, the two leave the planet.*

## **Recap**

### **A Sensor Anomaly Appears**

Down on their luck again, Blaine Hansom and Bota Zi are onboard *The Jinxed Starhawk* when its sensors start blaring.

Nearby, there's a large ship running on minimal power. Moving to intercept, the two come across an ancient, derelict vessel floating in space. As they get close, a powerful tractor beam pulls them into its hangar bay, landing claws attach to *The Jinxed Starhawk*, and the old ship immediately begins powering up its hyperdive.

Before Blaine and Bota can regain their bearings, or free their craft, the ancient ship takes off.

### **The Lonesome Lava Canyons of Sebaddon**

Arriving above the red planet of Sebaddon, the ship enters orbit and lands at an old docking bay. Outside, there are pirates waiting and *The Jinxed Starhawk* is still lbeing and then sneak past the pirates. Stealing an airspeeder, Blaine and Bota successfully draw the attention of the pirates who give chase on speeder bikes.

The two navigate through the lava-filled canyons of Sebaddon, the pursuant pirates aren't able to out-race the heroes and as they are led through more difficult terrain, several crash and explode. At the end of one such canyon, they come to a dead end. Landing, Blaine and Bota fight several pirates, and both defeat and maroon them there.

With their numbers dwindled, Bota and Blaine head back to the pirates' base in their stolen airspeeder however, they see *The Jinxed Starhawk* being transferred to a Rendili StarDrive Light Corvette.

Using the airspeeder to mow down some pirates on the ground, Blaine and Bota exit the craft just in time to climb up the ramp of the corvette and onto the pirate's craft.

### **Barthewell, the Roonan Pirate Lord**

With it now clear that the entire expedition was a trap by pirates to bring ships, captives, and cargo to them, Blaine and Bota - now onboard the pirate's cruiser - meet the leader of this operation, Barthewell, the Roonan Pirate Lord of Sebaddon.

Small, but stocky, Barthewell initially congratulates the two for getting this far but this is as far as they'll get, he claims. After failing to intimidate the two, Barthewell pulls out a blaster rifle from underneath his robes and they fight two against one.

The pirate lord initially has the advantage but the two overpower him and knock him to the ground with a few well-placed blaster bolts.

Begging for his life, Blaine and Bota spare him but are immediately rocked as the ship collides into something. Taking Barthewell with them, they head to the cockpit only to see that the crew has left the ship.

Blaine takes over the controls while Bota ties up Barthewell and runs to a gunwell. Unable to fly particularly well, with only one pilot, Blaine manages to steer clear of the asteroid belt and the two catch their breath for a minute until their sensors pick up enemy vessels.

### **An Explosive Ending**

Out of nowhere, 2 TIE Interceptors begin firing on the ship. As the Blaine and Bota figure out how to deal with this new threat, Barthewell as managed to escape - as warning klaxons blare that the self-destruct mechanism has been activated. Rather than attempt to shut it down and deal with the TIE Interceptors (and the assumed larger Imperial vessel nearby), Blaine and Bota head to The Jinxed Starhawk and are able to board it and escape.

From the asteroid belt, the two look back and see the Light Corvette explode, taking the TIEs with it. On their sensors, there are a few lifepods but they decide to let the Imperials deal with Barthewell and his crew.

## **Featured Characters**

### **Our Heroes**

* Blaine Hansom
* Bota Zi

### **NPCs**

* Barthewell, the Pirate Lord of Sebaddon
* Pirates

## **Special Edition Notes**

* The notes say they are transported to a 'desolate... mountainous lava planet' which was 'lost to hyperoute charts' and that the planet 'doesn't have a name on any of their records' so I've made that planet Sebaddon
* The original notes say that the pirates 'break your ship' but at the end, it's able to fly again with no consequence, so I've adapted it so that the ship is 'stuck' or 'locked' on to the other ship
* In our notes, it is never stated how old the ship is and why it brings them where it brings them - I've added the *why*
* After re-reading this mission, it's clear that when I originally wrote this I was remaking *The Pirates of Prexiar* adventure in the *Star Wars Core Rulebook Second Edition, Revised and Expanded*
* Barthewell was listed as a "Reon pirate lord." Not remembering what that is, I changed his species to Roonan which is now an actual Star Wars race
* In my notes it says 'let them ransack the ship for 250,000 credits to split' - that definitely did not happen