The Last Command 6 - Honor Squadron

Touring the Imperial Interdictor Charybdis, the focus of the mission was suddenly turned to a mysterious Namana-Class Light Cruiser discovered by Bota Zi

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*Our heroes rendezvous with the new republic and totally replace all of the Scylla's crew with new republic personnel. After much deliberation and another Bothan that complicates things, a plan is set to board Charydis and steal information. While aboard, an Imperial plot to infiltrate Rogue Squadron is discovered. How will Nordauqs Oroccos react?*

## **Previously**

*Arriving onboard the Imperial Raider-Class Corvette Scylla, the team manages to work within their respective roles to subvert the existing command structure. Tek accesses personnel files to determine the most likely sympathetic crew onboard, and pull strings behind the scenes. Meanwhile, Katira convinces the second in command to assist the New Republic commandoes in assigning shift rotations and calling a meeting that allows the team to neutralize Imperial loyalists. In the brig, Droo determines it may be best to keep the prisoners in their cells rather than create more mayhem than needed. As Bota and Tek arm up in preparation for a fight, the plan goes off without a hitch, and control of the vessel is balanced in our heroes favor.*

*With a small window of time before the appointed fleet rendezvous, how will the team finish their preparations to infiltrate the heart of the Empire?*

## **Recap**

### **Change of Command**

With control of the Scylla balanced in their favor, Bota, Katira, and Tek gather to discuss the best course of action to take from here. Though they have overtaken the ship, the ultimate mission goal of intelligence gathering still looms on the horizon. They discuss the percentage of information to provide to the Bothans, and agree that the first step is likely to replace the crew of the *Scylla* with New Republic personnel. From there, they anticipate docking with the Imperial Interdictor *Charybdis* and plan to forge Imperial records for each of them to more easily move among the Empire for the time being.

> "*We already have enough real facts to get a resume started: we were part of Socorro Squadron, we helped blow up a bunch of New Republic ships…*"
> ― Tek
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> "*Socorro Squadron?! One: we were branded traitors. Two: whenever we ask anyone, they haven’t heard about us!*"
> ― Katira
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A wide spectrum of solutions are put forward with regards to the the manning of the *Scylla*. They quickly come to the realization that they have several issues due to the large amount of Imperials onboard: many of whom are locked in escape pods and other locations throughout the ship, and a large amount not realizing that the ship has been taken over. They discuss offloading a portion of the crew, staging a fake battle with the New Republic to exchange the crew, turning the ship and mission over to the New Republic, and much more, but finally settle on a rendezvous with the New Republic to replace the *Scylla* personnel with New Republic operatives completely.

> "*You guys acknowledge that by calling in the New Republic you will lose all claim to this ship, right?*"
> ― Jordan
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> "*That’s what they think.*"
> ― Bota
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Tek manages to encode a message for transmittal to the New Republic, establishing a location to meet up. The transfer takes place with no issues, and all Imperials are replaced. As the ship is making final preparations for departure, one last transfer is made onto the ship. New Republic operative - and Bothan - Prark enters the bridge and informs the team that she will be taking command of the operation. In response, Bota digs into his bureaucratic knowledge and attempts to pull rank but fails to affect any change. With Prark feeling smug after shutting down General Zi, Katira takes a shot at dissuading the Bothan but fails as well.

> "*You taking over the mission that we’ve already taken well beyond what the Empire expected is unacceptable!*"
> ― Katira
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> "*What the Empire expected?*"
> ― Jordan
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> "*Or the New Republic, I forget who I work for sometimes.*"
> ― Katira
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With the argument dragging on and jeopardizing the timeline of the mission, the team decides to allow Prark to take command. Tek sets to work establishing forged dossiers for the team.

* Tek Krodak:
	+ Imperial Captain Cac Cardoc
	+ Commanding Officer of *The Departed*: A Luxury Liner turned Battleship
	+ Background: Classified, currently on sabbatical

> "*Give me your background in one sentence.*"
> ― Jordan
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> "*It’s complicated.*"
> ― Ilya
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> "*Alright, I’ll just say it’s classified*"
> ― Jordan
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* Bota Zi:
	+ T.R. Chenault
	+ Background: Hailing from former private sector board member of a mining industry, he has transitioned to Imperial operations to set up mining operations as a resource liaison.

* Katira Eve:
	+ ISB Commander Stevie Nicks
	+ Background: Hailing from Zeltros, she rose through the ranks of the Zeltros Peace Brigade under the Empire before joining the Imperial Security Bureau. She has been operating undercover for the Empire since 1 BBY.

### **Codename: Honor Squadron**

Entering the appointed location from hyperspace, the *Charybdis* is visible, currently docking with the Imperial Star Destroyer *Chimera*. The pilot of the *Scylla* expresses extreme concern that this is not what they thought the group was getting into. As docking procedures begin, the crew notes that the *Charybdis*’ gravity wells are not engaged, asking if they can just exit to hyperspace and escape now.

With the rest of the team concerned, Prark establishes her commanding presence. Rather than being concerned, she seems excited that the flagship of Grand Admiral Thrawn is here. Tek reaches out in the force to see if any dark force users are present but gets nothing. Katira points out that if they flee now, not only will the *Scylla* be exposed, but the state of the *Redcrest* will be known as well. The crew goes ahead with the docking procedure, and all three ships are linked in space.

> "*You need to get out there. Get the data, and then explore the Chimera.*"
> ― Prark
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> "*Yeh… okay… when I want to die I’ll take my chances in my own hands. I don’t need an invitation from you.*"
> ― Bota Zi
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Tek accesses the crew records for the *Charybdis*, but there are no signs of any crew that may be sympathetic to the New Republic. Transferring over to the Charybdis, no stormtroopers or crew seem to show any signs of suspicion indicating that there are no problems with the dossiers that Tek created. The group proceeds to the hangar bay, where Bota sees a Namana-Class Light Cruiser. He inquires of a nearby droid as to whether the ship has its full compliment of star fighters onboard, to which the droid replies that 12 X-Wings are loaded aboard.

Concerned as to why a ship that he hasn’t seen since the Battle of Bakura is sitting in an Imperial hangar, Bota asks Tek to have a look into the matter. Slicing in with ease, Tek finds record that this is a prototype ship that was obtained from Bakura by the Empire. Bota decides to appraise Prark of the discovery, and receives a snarky response with an unreasonable mission request.

> "*First: why haven’t you obtained the intel? Second: You need to steal those X-Wings.*"
> ― Prark
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> "*You want to steal a bunch of ships that are loaded into a ship that is docked inside another ship that you’re also docked with?!*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Well you’re the expert ship thieves.*"
> ― Prark
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With the concept of stealing the X-Wings or the Namana-Class light cruiser seeming impractical, the group suggests instead destroying the ships, and possibly cripple or destroy the *Charybdis* in the process.

As everyone discusses the idea, Prark asks if there is any other intel on the purpose of the fighters. Tek is easily able to find the mission for the ships. Codename: Honor Squadron, the X-Wings are intended to be manned with Imperial saboteurs who will masquerade as Rogue Squadron to undermine the New Republic. The ships are scheduled to depart in 48 hours - 3 hours before the *Scylla*.

As the rest of the group discusses the potential missions with Prark, Katira uses her access as an ISB Officer to engage a private stomp link and pull the data. With the primary mission parameter completed, Bota is given the data and the team decides to plan the next 51 hours that they will pass while docked with the Imperial fleet.

## **Featured Characters**

### **Our Heroes**

* Bota Zi
* Katira Eve
* Tek Krodak

### **Mentioned**

* Grand Admiral Thrawn
* Sensor Officer Girk
* Gunner Leader Blinto
* Third Pilot Gorfa
* Lsa Nym
* Droo Vos

## **Inventory**

* +Imperial Intelligence (group)
* +Imperial Raider-Class Corvette *Scylla* (New Republic)
* +forged Imperial identity files (group)

## **Notes**

* Lsa Nym was kept onboard the Scylla to avoid potential issues with a transfer and allow the group to free her later
* Tek managed to barely roll at the necessary level for all forged dossiers
* The flagship of Thrawn’s 9th Fleet, the *Charybdis* is commanded by Admiral Vey Xucphra
* Each player rolled 1D6 for random mission impacts:
	+ Katira - 1: No New Republic sympathizers onboard Imperial ships
	+ Bota - 6: Excellent condition Namana-Class light cruiser sitting in *Charybdis* docking bay
	+ Tek - 4: Still to be discovered

## **Quotations**

> "*Why **don’t** we want the New Republic to see all this data? Because we can profit off of it?*"
> ― Tek
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> "*Because we don’t trust Bothans after they put us in prison that one time.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*For that **one time** that I lied to you and got punished for it.*"
> ― Tek
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> "*That one time I hit on you and you said I don’t find your species attractive.*"
> ― Jordan
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> "*That’s a really silly grudge, Katira.*"
> ― Tek
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> "*We’re gonna make a small detour to this slave colony.*"
> ― Jordan
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> "*Please sign this contract.*"
> ― Tek
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> "*I feel really ambivalent about this mission. On the one hand, the Empire paid me a lot of money. On the other hand… they’re the Empire.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Could we get rid of 60 personnel and say that we had to quarantine them on some planet?*"
> ― Katira
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> "*You mean maroon them?*"
> ― Tek
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> "*I will be responsible for all New Republic soldiers on this mission.*"
> ― Prark
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> "*You’re just gonna take over and screw this up for us? We screw up plenty of things on our own, we don’t need your help.*"
> ― Katira
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