Blue Spider down

by Aerena 'Relentless' Kolene

We arrive at a palace with medical care and I get fixed up so that I can handle the next battle since we apparently have to go back into the arena. The doctor was Cantol Stom and he managed to get me all patched up and better. I take a lovely shower and get into my pilot's suit to better handle what comes next.

Vanya introduces us to a young man, Ranger Juric who is a sector ranger. He tells us about his attempts to protect the young boy because he has seen something horrific and he needs to get him to a safe space in order to testify about what happened that killed his entire family. Also has something to do with Blood Smith pirates. Then I attempt to discover why Vanya feels like she has to keep doing matches in the arena. Tne ranger was injured when Vanya "found" him and she is taking the heat in the arena until he can make a run for it in better health. She is also staying her to assist one of her troopers who volunteered to work for a Hutt. He is also the one who initially rescued the boy who saw what the Blood Smith pirates were transporting - slides, samples, bodies, etc.

I get a message from Spook who informs me that the Kilo Star is missing. It is not in the docking bay and he can't find it, nor can he contact R2 or Omatron. I suggest he hightail it to my coordinates so we can talk privately and share information with the team. I check with Grakkor to see if he knows anything about the missing ship. He doesn't but thinks he can find the footage from the docking bay. When we see it, we discover that the Crimson Nova took it. The same group that now has a 250,000 credit bounty on me. When Spook arrives in the X-wing, he has a hitchhiker - Danar. Vanya and I go check on the ship and Danar.

The power dies!

Vanya orders us into the building since shields are down. I follow Spook and ask her for light. She attempts to turn on the lights, but nothing happens. I call her silly and remind her that she has a light source and to please turn it on since it is dark and there is no power. She grumbles a bit but pulls out a spotlight and we find So'Zen. He turns around and heads towards med bay. We follow and find the med bay destroyed and a mask on the floor. A mask of the doctor's face. Next to it is a vent cover. I ask Spook to shine her light around the room, I see a smudge on the floor that looks like boot heels. The path leads to a storage closet. Spook and I coordinate opening the closet and find the body of Cantol Stom. This means that the doctor has been replaced recently and I remember the doctor being very interested in the story Vanya's stormtrooper was telling. Suddenly, Vanya races off. I tell Spook to keep track of Vanya while I check the doctor. He is alive so I pull him out of the closet and set him on a bed. Spook is at the door chirping in her quiet voice. I go over to her and we start out to find Vanya but see yet another Doctor Stom. We follow and I holler out for the doctor's attention. I explain about a wounded person in the med bay. The doctor heads that way and when he gets to the bed and remarks on the oddness of the situation, I hit him in the back of the head. I hit a helmet. Suddenly there is a woman that is in full armor standing in front of me. I turn my shield on and fire at her center mass while yelling at Spook to find help. She has some gloves that enable her to re-direct my blaster fire away. She then vaults behind the bed and pitches a canister of smoke that renders blaster fire ineffective. I take the opportunity of the smoke to turn tail and run for it. I follow Spook and suddenly I hear So'Zen shout at me to hit the floor. I fall flat just as a directed blaster shot goes over me. I see So'Zen and hear laughter as the name Blue Spider floats on the air. I need weapons. I ask Spook to check for the closest weapons stash and she takes me to a picture in the hallway. I am sure it is a hidden door so I search and find the seam. I remember the guy out on the tarmac telling us how to open the door and go over three panels and down two and find the manual switch. The door pops open and I swivel it.

I grab a belt of grenades and a canister gun that turns out to be a flame rifle. CR24. I ask Spook to lead me to Vanya. Spook lets me know she has a tracking device on Vanya and we head towards the kitchen. Find Vanya and after some deep thought, we decide to search the kitchen. I check the freezer, but no issues. I hear Vanya yell for me and I head out to the loading bay. There is a repulsor vehicle that is running. I have Spook to check for explosives, but she doesn't find any. Then Vanya tells her the vehicle is hers. Bribery!!

I get Spook to leave the vehicle, but Vanya has her park it at the door to block it and re-key it to her ignition sequence. We go into the pantry and grab a watermelon to stuff in the vent to keep it blocked. Behind us, we hear a door close. We hear nothing, but Vanya asks me to trust her and holds out her hand. We clasp hands and I can hear her inside my head and can get a sense of what Davish is thinking, feeling, and seeing. We also link in and check on Danar and So'Zen. Then we start moving towards So'zen to help him, but Vanya gets into a battle with one of the Blue Spiders. They fight to a stalemate and I shoot the Blue Spider. She spins and falls to the ground, then gets up and starts limping very quickly away. Vanya starts talking to her and trying to convert her, help her, threaten her, whatever and then we find out that she and her twin sister are wanted by The Corellian Intelligence Agency. What in the universe is my aunt up to now?

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