Blind Sided!

 Chardonnay with Death Star Ice Cube

Our little group got together finally after what seemed like an eternity.  After some nice social banter to catch up with real world lives, we got down to business – Part II of “THE WHEEL”.

This being our 3rd session with new comer Griff the mechanics of the game seemed almost second nature.  This really sped up the game and really made the story line flow.

Here’s what happened.

The trio’s main mission was to fly to a jungle planet to try and find a crashed ship of deserters.  On board was to be some cybernetic research for the group to acquire and bring back to the station to be sold on the black market.   Anything else was for the taking.

However when the team landed – all that was found was the remains of a crashed ship.  A metal skeletal carcass – picked clean of any useful entrails.

The group had a droid in tow who was to help with the mission.  The droid turned out to be the property of Captain Harsel.  The pilot of the crashed ship.   Captain Harsel was now the leader of the remaining survivors.

The entire story then just took off as the Captain and the Droid re-unite.  The group is brought to a fortified village and meet the other survivors including Crutella – a humanoid with cyborg implants.

The captain is afraid to leave the planet in fear he be discovered by the Imperial.  Crutella wants off.  Since there was some disagreement on which of the 2 the group should focus their efforts – they decide to split and take on both in separate side plots.   Griiff attempted to ally Crutella while the Dr and Cardhu tried to hard line Captain Harsel.

THE BLIND SIDE

This is when it got crazy.  Griff’s wrist band (a disguised communicator) goes off and it’s Kal.  Kal was the security officer on board ‘The Wheel’ who helped the trio recover the IT-3PO droid before embarking to the planet.

HE WORKS FOR THE IMPERIAL!!!!  Kal had sweet talked Griif and gave her a bracelet which was a homing beacon and communicator.  It was a trap to help the Imperial track down the deserter ship.  The group unknowingly betrayed the deserters by leading the Imperial right to their doorstep!

Stay and Fight or escape?
There was room for 2 extra passengers on board the shuttle.  The group urges Captain Harsel and Crutella to join them.  Crutella flees with the group as the Captain stays to fight off the Imperial landing party.

Among-st  a hail of blaster fire the group escaped back to the shuttle and avoid capture and ‘fair trial’ of the Imperial variety.

They make their way to rendezvous with Rone to hand over the cybernetic research – which happens to be Crutella.   When the two lay eyes on each other they ran into each other’s arms.

The End.

The group couldn't stop talking about the blind side and all thoroughly enjoyed the twist the GM had incorporated into the story line.  It was like when Luke finds out Vader is his father!  No one saw the Kal angel coming.

This entry wouldn't be complete without a huge shout out to our GM.  It was a well thought out and very enjoyable adventure to experience!