The heroes launch from the dusty surface of Dotera and return to orbit with the computer core and the missing Jawas. Etchup'eh, leader of the Jawa clan, Tompesh, sends the heroes a warm greeting. After the Jawas dock with the heroes' shuttle, they hurry their rescued kin to the space trawler's medbay. It's only after their people are safely being treated that they complete the trade. One Separatist computer core for the derelict light freighter, Kylos Star. Etchup'eh had assured the heroes that the Jawas hadn't been able to enter the Kylos Star because it wasn't worth the risk. He displays sensor scans to explain why, which Davish confirms as accurate. The Jawas hadn't been able to find a way inside.
The message about the Eborrean invasion reached Procopia as the TAPANI IMPERIUM medical frigate, TRINITY, prepared for the jump to hyperspace. Her course was for the CHALCEDON system with a supply of vaccines against Tor Ceti mutagens. However, her departure was cut short as the new message was relayed to GRAND ADMIRAL ANGELO VORD'ARCY of the ALLIANCE OF WORLDS...
Blaster fire rained hot across the amphitheater aboard the Kotera. Ivan Vorpatril raced for the nearest doorway, carrying the man he blamed for his abduction: his disguised cousin, Danar Vorpadaran. Stunned from a nerve strike, Danar could only watch as a cadre of Nar Shaddaa's finest - bounty hunters, cutthroats, and gladiators - were gaining on them. Doorway after hatch, Ivan runs, stopping only once to stun Danar twice more before running out onto the nearest landing platform with a waiting shuttle. A blaster shot to the back ends his race for freedom.... Read More: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/star-wars3A-shards-jarissa/a/episode-3073A-chapter-93A-between-hope-and-a-hard-place-article
The heroes rocketed away from Faultline in a stolen Bloodsmith Raider ship. There were no cheers of victory. No smiles. The rogue mentat had been ready for them, again. While the heroes had won the battle in the second warehouse, the victory was bittersweet... https://www.worldanvil.com/w/star-wars3A-shards-jarissa/a/episode-3073A-chapter-83A-choices-of-heroes2C-duel-of-the-fates-article
Episode 3.07: Chapter 7: Chaos, Normal, and a Certain Point of View
The Blue Spider vanished and power returned to the estate. Security, lights, all systems were restored. As the power returned, Grakor's security collected the incapacitated mercenary, taking him prisoner and taking him to Coldwater Detention in Ole Town. Meanwhile, Hadru Ganan - the Shistavanen outlaw tech and gladiator - finished the last of the new security measures on the generators and the estate settled in for the night. All save for Davish, Hicks, Andan, and Grakor who worked late into the night to piece together any theory about Almon D'Joy's plans...
The aircars streaked through the airspace and skirted the edge of Old Duras Sector before settling down in Ole Town. As the aircars settled to the landing zone, a Duros doctor with a medical team rushes out to meet them...
With bargains struck, the heroes must find Vanya on the Smuggler's Moon to help her deal with the grip of the Slave Lords!
Aerena Kolene, Vance Kerplocken, and Catysus Phymen hole up aboard the Triune Paladin ship _Muinmos_ while Davish Tam confronts a Dark Side-carrying "maintenance person" of the Sideribus Volunt in the Hangar Bay and So'Zen al Saba walks the halls of the Osiris Branch Library headed for an "Eborrean" (which may be a corruption of an ancient term, "Aberration"). Whew! That's a lot. And does not get into the faded Force Ghost of a dead Crimson Knight Errant named Sir Boris "The Bold" Gebhardt. Or the roughly twelve hundred Library staff members in some kind of stasis in the lower level. Or the beacon which the priests of Triune (Vesskhe, Nyssa, and Baymax) and the paladin Muinmos were sent to reach. Or finding the portal which will allow the party to return to their native space. Or recovering that drawing of the Kwi Gate which two Librarians walked off to research. Or the squadron of Sideribus Volunt Interceptors which are surely wanting back into the hangar bay by now....
It's April, which means it's time to (belatedly) celebrate two birthdays via one shenanigan-fest