In the Dark of the Night 10 - End of the Eriadu Authority Part 3

*With the hangar bay secured and time running out before watch rotation begins, the group splits up. As Jowkazza and Genos quietly handle placing explosives below, the rest of the team discovers a new friend and an old enemy awaiting rescue in the brig.*

## **Previously**

*Our heroes have wreaked havoc every step of their way toward their goal of removing the Eriadu Authority from Kampe. Destroying the main communications tower, leaving bloody stormtrooper corpses in their wake, and arriving at the main base, they demolished the vehicle bay before discovering that there is a prisoner held in the brig on the main floor. Splitting up, one team will depart for the squid milking facility below as the rest make their move to rescue the prisoner and meet up for an escape.*

## **Recap**

### **Bring Your Kid to Work Day**

Genos and Jowkazza team up and head down to the sub-level of the facility with the explosives in hand as the rest of the group spends some time deciding on the best tactics for heading up to rescue the prisoner on the command level. Eventually, they decide to have Rusty and Zuda disguise as regular stormtroopers, Jawa Jimmy tagging along in poor fitting armor for “bring your kid to work day”, Katira acting as a representative of Special Director Baül, and Bota in unlocked binders as a prisoner. Though they spend some time forcing a bloodied set of trooper armor onto Sparky as well, they ultimately decide to send him downstairs where he can sate his bloodlust without any restrictions.

Arriving at the upper level, Katira immediately starts talking, stating that the group found their “prisoners” attempting to sneak into the base onboard a juggernaut tank, then produces the gambling token that she stole from the vehicle bay commander below. The group is surprised that the Imperials are *not* surprised at their arrival, with the officer that greets them upon arrival merely stating that their plan seems to be moving along just fine before directing them to bring the prisoner to the brig.

> "*The rest of you lot. Relieve the troopers here and continue with rotation. Except for you. Who are you?! It looks like some sort of Uggnaught is wearing a uniform!*"
> ― Imperial Officer gestering at Jawa Jimmy
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> "*Be easy on the guy. He’s my sister’s kid. Got a lot of heart, real warrior that one.*"
> ― Rusty
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As the officer bends down to remove Jimmy’s ill fitting helmet, Zuda Zorbo trips over himself during “watch relief” and distracts them. Looking to get the motley crew out of sight before the Special Director arrives, he tells them all to follow him to the brig. En route, Katira attempts to use one of her remaining vials of glitterstim to gain additional information, but only succeeds in gleaning how much the officer hates the “yellow trooper”.

### **Impatience and Interrogations**

Finally arriving at the brig, the officer initially indicates that they can leave Bota in a cell to await Special Director Baül, but when Katira states she wants to question the prisoner first the Imperial decides to jump at the opportunity. Posting guards outside, they step into the interrogation room and begin the questioning.

> "*What’s your name?*"
> ― Imperial Officer
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> "*I know you’re looking for a way out of this mess. I was just coming to give you a warning.*"
> ― Bota Zi
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> "*That’s a long name.*"
> ― Imperial Officer
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Bota tries to plant a seed of distrust for the new leadership on Kampe throughout the questioning, and the officer seems predisposed to dislike them. As the banter continues, it appears that Bota – thought to be Boba Fett – was expected to be an ally of Admiral Daala and this “new regime”. Content with the brief exchange, the imperial turns the interrogation over to Katira, who steals their communicator before letting them depart.

As the officer leaves the brig, returning to the main turbolift, Zuda and Rusty stare blankly at each other in the passageway. A few more minutes pass, with Katira and Bota seemingly debating what the group should do next, before the duo finally can’t stand the boredom any longer. Signaling to one another, they perform a coordinated take down of the two *actual* stormtroopers standing guard just as the interrogation room door opens again. Now very much on a running clock before they are discovered the group starts to prepare for their exit, with Jimmy attempting to shut down alarms as Zuda and Rusty high five and begin to drag the unconscious Imperials into the open cells in the brig.

> "*They get to sit, sad and alone, before the explosion goes off and they are trapped in here to starve to death.*"
> ― Zuda
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### **Friends, Old and New**

Katira heads into the brig, a bit surprised to see Zardra in one of the cells as the disgraced bounty hunter lunges into the barrier with no regard for the shock she received in return. After realizing that Zardra seems to have currently lost the ability to speak (and wouldn’t have many kind words if she could), Katira turns her attention to the other denizen of the brig.

> "*Take it you’re here for Boba Fett?*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Here for Boba Fett? No… Boba Fett is here for **me**.*"
> ― Ailyn Vel
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> "*I mean… he might get here in the next 3 minutes, but that’s about all you’ve got.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Boba Fett is not coming here.*"
> ― Ailyn Vel
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> "*Who are you?*"
> ― Katira
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> "*I’m a prisoner in an Imperial base. Who are **you**?*"
> ― Ailyn Vel
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> "*Alright, I think we just leave them here guys.*"
> ― Katira
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Though Katira tries her best to negotiate, she can’t seem to move past her own ego in the process. Eventually she gives up on convincing Ailyn that they should work together, letting Zuda take over the negotiations. Zuda offers to pay the bounty for Zardra and assist with Ailyn’s escape, managing to get an agreement on the terms.

Emerging from her cell, Ailyn’s disposition changes substantially when she sees Bota Zi. She quickly becomes more cooperative, agreeing to take full responsibility for Zardra’s escape and any complications arising from it as she picks up a blaster from one of the deposed stormtroopers and stuns her bounty. The team, having accomplished their goal to rescue the prisoner, returns to the turbolift without incident – the officer of the guard being too busy watching a holo to notice their passage – and transits to the hangar bay to make their escape.

> "*I think we’ll end this on the next mission. Unless you do something crazy.*"
> ― Jordan
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## **Featured Characters**

### **Our Heroes**

* Bota Zi
* Katira Eve
* Roostan “Rusty” Steele
* Jawa Jimmy
	+ Sparky
* Zuda Zorbo

### **NPCs**

* Ailyn Vel
* Zardra
* Imperial Officer

### **Mentioned**

* Genos Ia'danian
* Jowkazza
* Special Director Baül

## **Inventory**

* -1 vial of glitterstim (Katira)
* +imperial communicator (Katira)
* +Ailyn’s improvised device (Katira)

## **Notes**

* Ailyn commented that the device she gave Katira would create a discharge that disables nearby electronics
	+ Zuda Zorbo succeeded in improvising Ailyn’s device for Katira, giving it a short (1 round) timer

## **Quotations**

> "*I trust Genos with the explosives. I **do not** trust him with the remote detonator. He gets to stay near the explosives, I keep this with me.*"
> ― Zuda
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> "*Stormtroopers are dumber than droids, right? That’s what Rem always says.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Sparky could hide, or… go somewhere. I guess you could **try** to put stormtrooper armor on him.*"
> ― Jordan
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> "*Yes! Absolutely. He’s got arms and legs, doesn’t he?*"
> ― Jawa Jimmy
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> "*I don’t know if this is a great idea. I mean… how are we supposed to get the helmet on him? He doesn’t even have a head, or a neck.*"
> ― Zuda
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> "*We only have a couple minutes before watch rotation. So, when they get here, do we kill the guards? Or… do we set the alarm downstairs and let Genos fight them?*"
> ― Katira
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> "*He does have a lightsaber.*"
> ― Zuda
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> "*He’s got like seven of them. I think he has a problem.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Okay, so Bota is the prisoner and we’ll just pretend that it’s take your kid to work day with Jimmy.*"
> ― Rusty
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> "*Zardra. Look. We’ve had some rough times. Mostly just the one rough time. For you.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*It played out in Katira’s head a bunch of times though.*"
> ― Bota
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> "*Boba Fett. Always subcontracting. Just like his dad.*"
> ― Zuda
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> "*Look. I like your tenacity, but if you lie to me again we’re just going to put to the test whether you can get yourself out of here.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Oh, I can get out of here.*"
> ― Ailyn Vel
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> "*Then **why** did I come here?*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Why **did** you? Who **are** you?*"
> ― Ailyn Vel
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> "*I like you less every time you open your mouth.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Why are your stormtrooper friends throwing other stormtroopers in jail?*"
> ― Ailyn Vel
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> "*They partied way too hard.*"
> ― Zuda
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> "*Some of my best friends are Rodians, but I don’t have many friends.*"
> ― Ailyn Vel
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> "*I can see why.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*Zardra’s your bounty, your responsibility to get out of here. You okay with that?*"
> ― Bota
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> "*Yeah, she’s been a real b\*\*\* this whole trip.*"
> ― Ailyn Vel
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> "*This is Katira’s kind of co-pilot here.*"
> ― Bota
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> "*Especially because they seem to hate each other, which is also Katira’s kind of people.*"
> ― Jordan
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