Kampe Campaign 9 - Diversion Tactic

Luke only put this here to slow us down, it's a diversion tactic!

*It’s the return of the Jedi to the team as Droo and Tek both pull through. With their moral compass back and their concentrating slicer ready to go, our heroes take on their greatest challenge yet: Diversions! There are droids to be talked to (and offered work as entertainers), insults to be thrown back and forth, prisoners to unnecessarily break out of prison, and at some point they find the time to get to the mission as well. Finally getting access to intel, the group discovers that things are about to go from bad to MUCH worse.*

## **Previously**

*After sneaking their way into the Eriadu Authority outpost on the planet of Kampe, the team was successful in nearly every mission parameter set forth by the New Republic. Not satisfied with a job unfinished, they waded through the sometimes drunk, sometimes stunned, sometimes comatose, and sometimes dead bodies of their enemies to gain access to a mysterious laboratory. Everything was going well, until it wasn’t. Ambushed by a full squad of death troopers, Blaine, Callen, Jawa Jimmy, Sparky, and Katira fought for their lives. They managed to eliminate the threat, but their favorite astromech was on the brink of destruction. Lead by Blaine, the group managed to salvage Sparky’s core for later repairs, leaving the team with one goal: finish the mission… for Sparky.*

## **Recap**

### **Droid Diversion**

Coming back into the room after failing to prevent the giant squid-spider from escaping, Tek is horrified to discover that Sparky has been decimated. Try as he might, he is unable to repair the burning wreckage that was the body of the droid. While everyone is brought up to date, the Zabrak chides the team for failing to sacrifice their own bodies for that of the murderous little astromech.

> "*You guys couldn’t just thrown one human shield in front of him?! AKA Katira…*"
> ― Tek
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> "*Callen was actually standing right in front of him when it happened.*"
> ― Luke
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> "*I blame Callen, then.*"
> ― Tek
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With the blame for Sparky’s current state squarely leveled against Callen, the team settles on a plan to continue deeper into the outpost in hopes of obtaining the last bit of intel required for the mission. With Blaine and Katira acting as an escort, Droo, Jawa Jimmy, and Tek will be brought in as prisoners. They take a quick look at the base schematics before heading out and plan what appears to be the best route in.

Immediately entering the base, a protocol droid approaches the group and asks if they have any testing results that he needs to process. Not wanting to be held up, Katira takes on the role of death trooper whole heartedly and aggressively opposes the notion that they would have anything to provide. The droid backs away, leaving the path forward clear, but the ever kind prisoner that is Droo can’t help but attempt to cheer him up.

> "*I just wanted you to know you have a lovely voice. If you ever consider a career in droid show business I know a Hutt.*"
> ― Droo
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> "*Are you a droid talent manager now?*"
> ― Blaine
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> "*I’m assembling an animatronic band (like Chuck-E-Cheese) for Droorassic Park.*"
> ― Droo
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The droid introduces himself as C-1PR, human cyborg relations. Though he is confused as to why the “prisoners” are allowed to ask so many questions, he answers them readily enough. Tek inquires into his purpose (to serve the scientists), and the droid informs the group that they have been refining fuel here for over 3 years now. In addition, he notes that will be a VIP arrival today by Supreme General Sander Delvardus to inspect the site - an abnormal occurrence as he spends most of his time in his fortress on the far side of the canyons.

Satisfied with their time spent chatting, the group leaves the droid behind and heads on toward a console.

### **Pilot Diversion**

From the courtyard, the party passes into the locker room space where they run into two Eriadu Authority pilots. Confused as to why the death troopers are transporting prisoners through the space, they question them but are satisfied soon enough that they’re just bad at their job.

> "*Hey Jarheads… what are you doing?*"
> ― Pilot
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> "*Just transporting these weirdos for some science experiments.*"
> ― Death Trooper Blaine
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> "*Why the hell did you bring them into the locker room?*"
> ― Pilot
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> "*We’re too lazy to walk all the way around.*"
> ― Death Trooper Blaine
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Unable to accept the insults of the pilots - that are technically directed at death troopers and not the actual group - Katira’s ego that holds the group up a bit longer. Discovering that they are assigned to transport Dalverius, she mentions problems in the lab and says that the Supreme General likely won’t be happy when the pilots pick him up. Obviously surprised that Dalverius’ arrival is an open secret, the pilots say they knew they shouldn’t have come in today.

Katira attempts to press the pilots to let her take the transport duty, but they refuse. Just to add salt to the wound, they insinuate that death troopers are just wash outs from the Imperial Navy. Words are exchanged - with Blaine acting as hype man - and Katira is eventually pushed to the point of leveling a threat against the pilots, but stops just short of carrying it out when she remembers that they have an actual mission to carry out.

> "*If I screw up he’ll have me killed. Not you. I mean… he might have you killed after but… if I screw up bad enough he’ll die anyhow.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*And then you could be a General. That’s how it works… right?*"
> ― Tek
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Continuing on, the team comes to the command center without further problems. Jimmy manages to unlock the door, then pulls up a seat at the main console. He finds all sorts of schematics for the facility, controls for air purification equipment, a personnel manifest and list of visitors to and from the base, but doesn’t see anything tying Governor Parnot to the operation. Looking closer Jimmy says that there are more files, but they require a joint bypass from this room and the mainframe elsewhere in the base in order to access.

Blaine and Tek opt to head out to the mainframe while the rest of the group stays in the command center. Just as they are leaving, Katira tells Skids to follow along.

> "*I don’t want Skids. Skids… no… go back. We don’t want you with us.*"
> ― Blaine
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### **Prison Diverion**

Heading out toward the mainframe, Tek and Blaine manage to turn a single corner before they become distracted. Seeing the holding cells, Blaine can’t help but see who is being held there. They find two Ugnaughts - being held in the cells when not working down in the laboratory facility - and a human male in the cells. The human is listed as a technician, but not for the fuel experiments.

> "*You look like a scientist. What kind of science do you like…? Scientist.*"
> ― Death Trooper Blaine
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> "*Are you here to kill me finally?*"
> ― Andruss Kane
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> "*Not yet. Should I? Let’s talk about your science.*"
> ― Death Trooper Blaine
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> "*Why would a death trooper be interested in science?*"
> ― Andruss Kane
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> "*Tell me what **you** think your science is about.*"
> ― Death Trooper Blaine
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With little else to do, and no apparent reason not to talk, the man says that his name is Andruss Kane, and his focus of study was in hypnotherapy and cranial repair. He was brought to Kampe by Supreme General Dalverius to research how to bring someone out of a coma. Concerned at what that might mean, Blaine decides that it would be best to let the man out and bring him along.

### **Now... the Mission**

Heading toward the mainframe at last, Blaine and Tek are stopped as they approach a heavily armored death trooper guarding the entrance. He immediately asks what a Zabrak in Mandalorian armor is doing here, to which Blaine replies that it’s Space Halloween/Casual Friday. Handing over the code cylinders they retrieved in the lab, they are told that they don’t have access to the area.

Having concentrates, Tek leans into the force to push the trooper while Blaine states that the Supreme General will be very unhappy if they aren’t allowed to pass.

> "*Whoa… what was?! Was that a tremor?*"
> ― Death Trooper
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> "*No, that was Sander Delvardus’ anger!*"
> ― Blaine
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Tek continues to use the force to push the guard repeatedly, and Blaine attempts to convince the trooper that he is having a stroke. The gaslighting tactic works, and the trooper calls for a watch relief so that he can report to medical. Another death trooper comes in as relief, and the duo repeat their game with Blaine claiming a gas leak this time. The trooper departs, leaving a “dizzy” Blaine and Tek behind, and the pair finally have access to the mainframe.

> "*I’ve got concentrate for days. Can I get a concentration cartridge to help out?*"
> ― Tek
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Back in the control room, Andruss Kane walks in, confused as to what is going on. Katira - having no idea who the man is - continues to play her disgruntled death trooper role. She complains about having to deal with yet *another* scientist, then states that Jimmy and Droo are simply contractors. Finding that the man was let free from the holding cell, and not wanting him to wander further into the base, Katira has Jimmy lock down the control center while she holds him at gunpoint.

As Jimmy locks down the control center, Blaine and Tek manage to con a final guard in the main frame. With both consoles in their control, Jimmy and Tek succeed in slicing in. They gain all the intelligence that they needed and more:

* Profile on Sander Delvardus
* Arrival details for Admiral Natasi Daala
* Location of another spider-squid harvesting lab
* Location of mining operation - different planet
* Schematics for Super Star Destroyer *Night Hammer*
* Intel tying Parnot to Delvardus and detailing his part in the Clawdite Conspiracy

With all intelligence required for mission success gained and more, the team is left speechless. A far larger plot appears to be underway, and they find themselves in the middle of everything as the new major player in the Imperial Remnant is arriving not just on the planet, but at their precise location before heading to a fortress nearby - with the most likely goal being to turn Delvardus’ second in command, Colonel Cronus, to her side.

## **Featured Characters**

### **Our Heroes**

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

### **NPCs**

* Skids McDougal
* Taz Solana
* Pilot DS-612
* Pilot DS-621
* Andruss Kane

### **Mentioned**

* Sander Delvardus
* Natasi Daala
* Ivan Cronus

## **Quotations**

> "*With great power comes great emotability.*"
> ― Tek
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> "*If we wanted to get everyone out of this place, we could destroy the air recycling plant and they would have to evacuate.*"
> ― Tek
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> "*It would kill the squid too…*"
> ― Droo
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> "*The squid is already dead inside.*"
> ― Tek
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> "*Well the droid kind of steps into the corner, he doesn’t know what else to say.*"
> ― Luke
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> "*Well now I feel bad…*"
> ― Blaine
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> "*Hey, droid… what’s your name, buddy?*"
> ― Droo
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> "*Yeh, that’s right. We let the prisoners talk for some reason.*"
> ― Blaine
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> "*Why are we even talking to this droid? Let’s just go.*"
> ― Jordan
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> "*He’s important. If Luke put him there…*"
> ― Ilya
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> "*Nooo… this is why we’ve been on Kampe for 8 missions!*"
> ― David
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> "*He only put this here to slow us down, it’s a diversion tactic!*"
> ― Jordan
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> "*I am C-1PR, human cyborg relations.*"
> ― C-1PR
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> "*I can see it in lights now!*"
> ― Droo
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> "*We’re like big fans. Big Dalverius heads. We have a blog about him. Do you know like… whereabout he’s going to be?*"
> ― Droo
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> "*He spends most of his time in his…*"
> ― C-1PR
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> "*…bathroom*"
> ― Tek
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> "*…in his fortress on the other side of the canyons.*"
> ― C-1PR
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> "*Wait. Where does he spend his time?*"
> ― Tek
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> "*In the bathroom.*"
> ― Droo
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> "*We’re extroverts, Katira! We need to interact with people… and droids!*"
> ― Droo
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> "*Unlike you and your brooding introvert self, whispering dark side thoughts to yourself.*"
> ― Tek
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> "*To myself?! I whisper them to you at night, Tek. While you’re sleeping.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*How did you know the Supreme General was coming today?*"
> ― DS-621
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> "*Look, just because everyone I’m walking around with has no idea what’s going on doesn’t mean that I’m an idiot too.*"
> ― Katira
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> "*DS-621. That’s the pilot I was arguing with?*"
> ― David
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> "*I don’t know if you’re writing these numbers down for notes, or for your private kill list.*"
> ― Jordan
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> "*So I take this guy out of prison with us, then I say to the Ugnaughts “We’ll be back for you”*"
> ― Jordan
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> "*It sounds like you’re threatening the Ugnaughts.*"
> ― David
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> "*When we’re done with him… we’ll be back for you.*"
> ― Ilya
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> "*Goodness gracious, how many scientists do I have to deal with in one day? I just got back from that dog gone lab, talked to some stupid droid that wanted results, and now I have to talk to you too?!*"
> ― Katira
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