Boy With Apple

We continue off from our last RPG session where the group is still on Cloud City where upon walking the promenade a squid like figure is being chased by Storm Troopers.  Barreling though the crowd he collides with Cardhu. As they both tumble to the ground, the 'Squid' manages to slip a data card into Cardhu's pocket before the Storm Troopers apprehend him.  Being hauled off he yells out 'Viva the Revolution!"

The group now realize they too are under suspicion and escape the scene.  They split up as they evade blaster fire.

Grpyh now on her own has an encounter with an old friend from the Art Dealer World and the possibility of payment of 5000 credits owed her.  She learns that her husband has been arrested and sent to the Ryloth mines for her Art Fraud Scheme.   For his freedom Gryph must repossess one the paintings she sold off as her own and return to its rightful owners.  The catch – she has to bid on it in the upcoming auction with the 5000 credits.

Jorbis and Cardhu meet up with Gryph at the auction and help distract prospective bidders. All is going smoothly until Grpyph is recognized as an impostor  upon accepting the “Boy With Apple” painting.   A commotion erupts and our desperate group makes a break for it shooting out the lights and escape the large chamber with the precious painting in their possession.

The group make their way through the lower levels of Cloud City to their ship. They notice a cloaked figure inspecting the outside of the haul.  He turns in the direction of the group – his red eyes glaring through his steel mask and shouts “Jorbis Kane! – you are the bug squat on the back end of a Bantha! You are also to be – removed!”

For a split second Jorbis is beside himself – it is was phrase his deceased wife used to say to him.  Shock quickly is replaced by rage - Jorbis  whips out his blaster and starts firing upon the masked man.   The cloaked figure makes a daring escape leaping off the landing platform onto his awaiting speeder.

Realizing they must escape themselves, the group run for the ship’s entrance hatch only to trip a booby trap – a rigged thermal detonator.   Split second reactions save the group and they blast off away from Cloud City.

Trail Runs Cold

It was too long, but we finally got the gang together for another RPG session.  Recapping the last episode was easy - this blog.  For those of you just tuning in - we ended a pretty epic two part mission involving the rescue of a bionic woman named Cratala.  

We were rewarded with payment of a promise of information pertaining to Dr. Jorbis Kane's murder mystery.  But before we could obtain the data - we were pursued by yet another Star Destroyer and its Tie-Fighters.  A lot of die rolling and some ACE galactic warfare, we managed to escape and claim the doctor's precious prize.

Cloud City bound - we were on the trail of a possible killer.  His name - Skarr.  The long voyage allowed us to heal our wounds and devise a game plan.  Upon arrival - we were directed to a lower landing bay dock.  This made getting up to the apartment levels very difficult and very expensive.  

The group decided to break into Skarr's pad after their attempts to contact him fell on deaf ears.  Griff kept look out as the Doctor and Cardhu investigated.  A grizzly discovery - Skarr's lifeless body lie in a pool of blood in a all too familiar scene.   The Doctor revealed his wife's body was found in a similar fashion - results of her murder investigation confirmed an execution.

Outside the apartment, Cloud City Guards along with Stormtroopers detained Griff who wasn't able to talk her way out of a bad situation.  To keep her allies safe - she reluctantly was led to the detention center.  Some timely rolls of the die got her out of trouble - but just barely.

This bought the others time to rummage through the apartment for clues.  The only hard find was Skarr's datapad.  Decrypting it and learning its secrets  revealed that Skarr briefly knew the Doctor's father-in-law.  Information about a rare and life threatening disease which the Doctor's wife contracted as well as vague coordinates to the planet Mrlsst were also learned.  Mrlsst according to Skarr's accounts - was visited frequently by the father.