In which we meet Squiggy

We see a brand new star. Apparently, we did blow up the Interdictor and all the crew and now we have a new star. I can see the asteroid field start a rotation and I know that we have to get out of here. We are flying in Morticia and Vader back to the Banana Republic with the Westlake in tow. Dizzy has a crazy plan to rescue her troopers. Once we break free of the asteroid field, we see all of the pirates arrayed before us. The Captain hails us and I arrange for us to get aboard our ship and settle down before we contact her again. She has crumpets!
 
We dock and debark, the droids assemble to begin fixing the shuttles. We go to the machine shop and begin suiting up. I bring up the pirates and they remind me that the pirates will go with us and concentrate on the treasure while we get the bodies. Doc Rushlight starts getting weapons on his suit and then goes to the medlab for doctor stuff. I contact the pirates and put off the meeting until after the boarding. I let her know that we will be ready to go in 20 minutes. I communicate the results of the communication with the rest of the crew and include my feeling that she was lying to me.
 
We discuss the best approach based on energy readings. The ship appears dead which we know is impossible. The doc talks to his wee beastie and finds out that others on the ship are being denied access to the medlab and they really want those bodies. We talk and think that maybe we could get the pirates to create bodies for them to inhabit. They reject the offer.
 
We suit up and load up Vader with what we think we will need. Shree fixes me a backpack shield. I contact the pirates and let her know that we aren’t going in through the hole and that she should make sure to NOT take her real bodies, but only copies. I also suggest a flame-thrower and give her a hint about the parasites. I fly Vader and lag politely behind the pirate shuttle. We see her go amidships to probably go in through one of the other airlocks. We continue on to the airlock on top and enter slowly through a machine shop. I guard the door with my shield extended while the others investigate. Rushlight finds a bloody crowbar and splatters which indicate something happened. He keeps the crowbar and we continue the investigation of the ship until we come to closed blast doors.
 
Doc gets them open to see a horde of mynocks approaching. He jumps back into the bubble and I slowly step forward to block the door. Greedo gets off one of his incendiary arrows and the corridor EXPLODES. I see mynocks blossom and die and the walls buckle. We hear the metallic groans of the ship in distress from the explosion. I see seven small droids with spider legs apparently chasing the mynocks and they stop, scan us, and then run away. Whether from us or the explosion I can’t tell.
 
We continue on towards the engineering section and find a secondary route down to Med Bay. It doesn’t appear to be damaged – how has it escaped? We can see repairs that look recent. We have no choice but to keep going. We enter the medical administration level and have nice wide open corridors. Ten minutes later we enter a research lab. Loose data chips on the floor that Dizzy grabs to look at later. As we get to the other end of the room, we see a bit of purple ooze coming out under the two doors on the left. The two doors on the right have broken bacta tanks beside them. Exploring finds a data pad and uniforms for a lieutenant colonel and a captain. It is apparent from some past enemy of my current traveling companions.
 
We go through the door on the left – without the purple ooze!. We go through a clean room that has none of the normal equipment. We continue on and enter a room that has the cryo tubes with a holocron for each one. The droids I saw earlier enter from air vents and gather around the cryo pods. Dizzy says “General” and everything starts to blink and activate. One of the droids comes closer to try and communicate. Greedo tells it to sync with the datapad and communication begins. Turns out that the troopers don’t really know what has happened to them, they just know that they are not complete. Doc Fuzzy does his thing. While he is doing that, I see a hand in the ooze. I point it out to Dizzy and Greedo. They get ready for battle. I check the cryo set up to see if I can detach the holocron crystals. They are embedded in their skulls. I can move the crystals to be on top of the tubes for easier transport.
 
Dizzy and Greedo run to the operating theater to find functional gurneys. Doc starts checking out the “patients”. I keep watch. There are more and more hands on the walls and then faces start appearing. They appear to be dead military men. Dizzy re-enters and we get the tubes loaded up. Two on each of the complete gurneys and one on the droid enabled one. Rushlight does his shaman thing and all the tubes flow with him. Dizzy leads the way with Greedo behind. I put up the shield from the center and cover all the tubes and Doc. We rush back re-tracing our steps and get to the ladder. Rushlight and Dizzy rush up and Doc floats the tubes up one at a time. Greedo and I guard the rear. Suddenly there is a thing/monster/queen coming up behind us. Greedo fires an acid arrow that hits a bullseye literally. A second arrow is let loose, but it explodes instead. The Westlake is on fire. The last of the tubes rise and we follow them up. We rush up to Vader and get the cryo tubes up one at a time again. And then Dizzy enters carrying Chakarr. I am the last to enter and I get the last clamp. Suddenly there are tentacles grabbing the hatch and even re-growing before my eyes. I shoot with my bowcaster at the same time as Greedo shoots an arrow. It is killed and I release the clamp, get inside, and we retreat from the Westlake. We count noses to make sure that we only have the number we are supposed to have and that they are the right ones.
 
Looking back at the Westlake, we see it implode. The pirate shuttle is also fleeing from the destruction and we see a cat flying through space. The Westlake continues to implode and a rancor with tentacles and other things a rancor should NOT have. All of the debris is being pulled toward our proto-star. Squiggy confirms that none of the pirates have been taken over by his cousins.
 
We land on the Banana Republic. Dizzy contacts the employer and insists I be present. It is requested we meet at Allendor and the crew fights to give the best teaser to entice him to come. He agrees and we make arrangements to meet. The pirates contact us before they leave and are thrilled about the experience. She will contact us at some point in the future.
 
We take the time spent in hyperspace checking out the information we discovered on the Westlake. It was terrifying. I can’t wait till we land and turn over the information to the Jedi. We get to Allendor and are contacted by the Jedi at once. We load up Morticia and head down with the cryo tubes. We land and a Jedi meets us. Squiggy is transferred to the Jedi. Rushlight and the Jedi work with the ARC Troopers to finalize their healing.
 
Eli is waiting with a bodyguard for us to finish with the Jedi and the rest of us grab our “proof” and move over to meet with him. He checks over all we have done and we earned our very own turbolaser. One down and 19 to go.