Agents of the Outer Rim 3 - Prime City of Khloris

*After dodging past Imperials en route to rescue their New Republic comrades, our heroes reach the city of Khloris, where they bravely stop off at the police station, heroically search a library for business records, gallantly compete for glory in the Khloris games, and… is this right? Did we work on our actual mission at all?*

## **Previously**

*After landing the Haulin’ Oats on the surface of the planet Illsauvis, our heroes bravely piloted their squadron of snow speeders en route to the nearby city of Khloris in search of Cal Omas’ missing commandos. Causing a partial cave collapse, avoiding a mysterious monster, and discovering a genocidal droid that Katira and Bota have brought along with them, they now approach the gates of the city of Khloris.*

## **Recap**

### **Trade Languages and Trick Names**

With the Imperial pursuit broken off, the group is able to pull in and off board their snow speeders safely outside the gates of the Illsauvin city of Khloris. They approach the city gates on foot, passing by a menagerie of sentient and non-sentient alien life forms, transportation, and equipment that appears to be made up in large part from Wild Space. As Katira asks Cold Steele a few questions about the planet since he was last free, the droid coughs up an oily substance onto the city walls and comments that these habitable portions of the planet are its true beauty - excepting of course that eye sore of a city.

The line outside the gates meanders forward for some time, and Jowkazza approaches a pair of Illsauvin awaiting entry to ask if they speak basic, but whether it is because they don’t understand or don’t care to talk the pair ignores the Wookiee. Up ahead, an alien with 4 arms, 4 legs, and 2 tiny little eyes approaches the guard. Switching to another language, he talks with the sentry, then gives Jowkazza a stink eye before heading inside.

The line continues to progress forward, and as a large avian creature approaches the guard, Bota finally manages to overhear and recognize the language being used as Sy Bisti - a common trade language used in wild space. When the bounty hunter turned ambassador mentions this to the group, they all recall that they were given a dossier on the planet by Cal Omas before they departed, but nobody seems to have done more than use it for light reading and a coaster in the interim. Jowkazza searches through his newly acquired medical backpack to see if he can find his copy and Katira asks Cold Steele if he knows the language as Bota hurriedly builds a backstory as slavers offering services aboard the Haulin' Oats for the group.

At last, the heroes find themselves at the front of the line, and grateful that the guards have some comprehension of Galactic Basic as they are asked to identify themselves and who they come to represent. Unfortunately, their basic seems more phonetic, and introductions are a bit convoluted.

> "*Name?*"
> ― Sentry
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> "*Just Steve.*"
> ― Jawa Jimmy
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> "*Justeve…*"
> ― Sentry
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> "*Oh my gosh… Justeve… from Tatooine*"
> ― Jawa Jimmy
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After a bit of comical back and forth - in which Bota notes that mention of the republic elicits what can only be described as a secretive, knowing smile - the group turns over their blaster weapons and is allowed entry into the city. In addition they are each given a biometric trigger for retrieving their goods upon departure, and then they are scanned and provided with a tag to identify who they represent if they plan to compete in the games currently taking place inside.

### **Exploring Khloris**

Inside Khloris, the group is immediately bombarded by a broad array of sounds, smells and sights as they discover the variety of peoples that Wild Space has to offer. A small number of Barabel and Bimm are recognized, but the majority of the crowds appear to be natives of the planet, with everyone moving slowly toward the town center and the games that the sentry mentioned outside.

Before they join the flow of the masses, the team attempts to find some access link so that Jawa Jimmy can scratch his slicing itch. The first scoop link they find appears to be in a police station, and the team heads in without bothering to look for another. As Katira waits outside with Cold Steele, the rest of the team walks right inside and is approached by an Illsauvin officer asking if they need any assistance. Despite their difficulties communicating outside, Jimmy, Bota, and Jowkazza all seem to have a perfect comprehension of Sy Bisti this time around. Jimmy realizes that without a blank knowledge cartridge he will be unable to upload a language file, but Jowkazza manages to obtain for a translation upload for his droid, then asks a bit about the games going on in town - a mixture of events similar to the traditional olympics, though the creatures, weapons, drinks, etc. used are unfamiliar.

Outside, Katira tries to make some small talk with Cold Steele in hopes of getting some idea of what the droid’s ultimate purpose is and how she can assist, but only manages to learn that he will be competing in the games and “she will know the time to act”. Not quite satisfied with the answer, she shrugs and heads into the crowd to steal a badge from one of the Illsauvin in the area before standing by to wait for the rest of the team.

Shortly thereafter, the group exits the police station with Jowkazza taking the lead as he growls out instructions to his translator droid about finding some business documents. With everyone following, Jowkazza barges into what appears to be a library as he points and growls out questions. Realizing that his translator can comprehend Illsauvin but he cannot, Jowkazza gestures about randomly until his droid directs him to the business section. Jowkazza pulls a massive tome from the shelf, and a look of frustration crosses his face as he sees that any documents he had hoped to forge are written in a completely foreign text to him as well. Slamming the book closed, he marches outside just in time to hear a resounding gong sound in the center of the city, announcing the commencement of the Khloris games.

### **Let the Games Begin!**

Heading toward the registration area, Rusty and Jawa Jimmy peal off from the team and enter a nearby bar to watch the competition leisurely and place a few bets. Bota decides not to compete either, instead opting to rove the area in search of any clues as to the location of the missing New Republic operatives (because nobody else is the least bit worried about the actual mission).

In the queue to register, Katira and Cold Steele talk more about the latter’s plans for world domination as Jowkazza puts his translator droid to work once again asking one of the Illsauvin a few questions about the games themselves. They mention a few different types of games, and share a laugh at the thought of Cold Steele trying to dance before moving their separate ways.

> "*Hey, you guys enjoy the games!*"
> ― Jowkazza
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> "*You too, Mr. Chest Robot.*"
> ― Illsauvin
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With the conversations and registrations complete, the games then begin in earnest.

***Jowkazza***

* **Arm Wrestling:**
	+ Going up against the lovingly named “Mr. Mosquito”, the Wookiee growls menacingly and opts to search for no advantage. While the opponent has a tactical edge, in the end Jowkazza squashes him… like a bug

* **Archery:**
	+ Handed a crossbow, Jowkazza shoots *around* the target. Not so great, but not terrible

> "*Now in theory, the crossbow they give you doesn’t look too different from a bowcaster, but you’ve never been very good with a bowcaster either.*"
> ― Jordan
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* **Arm Wrestling 2.0:**
	+ Though he struggles at the start, Jowkazza recovers for a resounding victory

*Given a ticket to compete in the final round of the games!*

***Katira***

* **Woodchopping:**
	+ After taking a moment to find a weak spot in the trunk of the tree, Katira shamelessly strips down “to better handle the shaft of this axe” and manages to distract 7/20 of her competitors. She then blows through 2cp to pass on to the next event.

* **Beast Handling:**
	+ Turning her stun belt up to max, Katira imitates a matador well on the first pass but is thrown off. In the following charge, she takes the full force of the charging wooly rhino-esque creature but in doing so manages to knock it unconscious as well. As the crowd gives a *moderate* applause, she stands atop the creature and fires her flamethrower into the sky

* **Arm Wrestling 3.0:**
	+ Katira gains the upper edge mentally when she slams a knife into the table and stares into his cold, dead fish eyes as a distraction to turn her stun belt on again. The dolphin man shouts out in pain and surprise as he watches his arm slam down to the table.

> "*You get matched up with this aquatic looking creature. He kind of talks like a dolphin, and has this freakishly muscular arms.*"
> ― Jordan
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*Given a ticket to compete in the final round of the games!*

### **Underworld Introductions**

The enthusiasm for the games being held in Khloris is nearly palpable as Bota makes his way around the city to find a good lead in the search for the missing operatives. He makes his way around where he feels that his presence won’t be out of place, eventually finding a map of the city that he can overlay with the information that the group obtained on their way in, marking District 7 as the likely location of Imperials based on prior observation. Not wanting to move to far abroad without the rest of the team, he eventually returns to the center of town and finds a group of Illsauvin playing cards with a few aliens.

Approaching the table, Bota manages to persuade the dealer to let him in on the action and intimates that he is looking for some under the table gambling on the games themselves. Though he is initially suspect of the newcomer - and his desire to bet on the complete unknowns of Katira and Jowkazza to win it all - his tone changes completely when Bota offers one of the coins taken from Cold Steele’s cave in payment for the bet. The Illsauvin introduces himself as Krinzod, and is unable to conceal his interest at where Bota came across the coinage and how much more he has.

Though he is unable to convince Krinzod that he was given a single coin as payment for a debt, Bota does manage to pull a location for underworld dealings in the city from him. Knowing that whatever they took from that cave is of high value, and being directed to District 4, Bota walks away from the table satisfied. As Bota leaves it looks as if Krinzod was moving to ask another question, but when the bounty hunter turns for one last glance at the table the dealer decides against it.

Hearing cheers and seeing flames shooting from the arena Katira was last entering for competition, Bota heads out to see what is going on. A nearby holoprojection showing the now familiar figure of Cold Steele preparing for a log rolling competition, but he hurries past worried that Katira might have gotten herself into trouble yet again - and hoping that this new droid won’t be doing the same thing soon.

## **Featured Characters**

### **Our Heroes**

* Bota Zi
* Jawa Jimmy
* Jowkazza
* Katira Eve

### **NPCs**

* Cold Steele
* Krinzod the Illsauvin Gambler

## **Inventory**

* +Sy Bisti translation upload (Jowkazza)
* +Illsauvian translation upload (Jowkazza)
* +Illsauvian competition badge (Katira)
* +ticket to compete in the final round of the Khloris Games (Jowkazza, Katira)

## **Notes**

* Names of the party that have been introduced at Khloris:
	+ Bota: Troydak from Mall’ordian, representing “The Republic”
	+ Jowkazza: Cheboohoo from Kashyyyk, representing “The Republic”
	+ Jimmy: Justeve from Tatooine, representing himself
	+ Katira: Cantle Spiros from Justdenon, representing “Eriadu Authority”
	+ Cold Steele the Destroyer: from the once and future planet he stands upon, representing himself

* Jowkazza updated the languages stored on his translator droid to Shriiwook, Basic, Jawaese, Sy Bisti, and Illsauvian
* -2cp for woodchopping (Katira)

## **Quotations**

> "*Do you know anything about this city or this Sy Biscuit language?*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Yes. I know all.*"
> ― Cold Steele
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> "*Well that should come in handy.*"
> ― Jawa Jimmy
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> "*I tell her that I am Cheboohoo, and she’s gonna say that I don’t have to cry about it.*"
> ― Jowkazza on his alter ego
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> "*Hey, Cold Steele, I mean… your lordship? Who should I say that I represent here?*"
> ― Katira
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> "*You are an acolyte of the Dark Council, serving Cold Steele the Destroyer.*"
> ― Cold Steele
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> "*Yeah… maybe we save that one for a more opportune moment to announce rather than right here at the gates before we’re inside.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*I’m Cantle Spiros, from Denon. Like the jeans.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Denon like the jeans…*"
> ― Sentry
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> "*No… just Denon. Forget the second part.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Ah. Justdenon, like Justeve.*"
> ― Sentry
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> "*I am Cold Steele the Destroyer, origin from the once and future planet that I am standing on, alliance to myself.*"
> ― Cold Steele
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> "*You and me together forever.*"
> ― Jawa Jimmy
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> "*Keep this up and you might earn a ring of your own.*"
> ― Jordan
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> "*Free junk? Count me in.*"
> ― Jawa Jimmy
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