20230923 Crimson Rescue, Part Deux

The Ravenguard found a number of Crimson Knights with light sabers who wished them gone.
 
The Knights (and local Abyssi Cyclopses) put them somewhere they could not cause more mischief.
 
We learned that Sgt. Vomlab Bim (a tall thin Abyssi) hid the Key in a certain area known as the Necropolis.
 
So, off we went, To-Go cups of local Caf in hand, and a Key detector made by my good Outlaw Tech buddy, Heath Toffee.
 
Oh, and I whipped up a small belt-clipped box to detect the Ravenguard in the Necropolis (looking for the same thing or not) and jamming their transmissions when we encounter them. The equipment I had to use was rather beaten and worn. Now I know what an actual Outlaw Tech must feel like.
 
Four of us set out, (plus our B-21 droid walking with us), into the Necropolis, using an aircar acquired by Davish. We found the tombs and mausoleums did not always use galactic standard time, which did not help. Also, many livable buildings had been annexed into the graveyard as the war going on above them claimed more and more natives. Near the last known location of Sgt. Bim were 15 square tombs, 4 round ones, perhaps a tomb or two carved into the hillside. The round tombs seemed more optimistic about the whole death thing.
 
Vanya muttered after a moment's reflection, "If I were here to shelter a person, I'd use the round tombs. Especially if I were the one injured and at the end of my rope. But to hide a thing, I'd probably go through those heavy doors -- and continue several turns past any direct line of sight. Let's glance in the nearby tombs for evidence that someone took a rest break here, or left a hint?"
 
I thought I detected Ravenguard behind one round double-doored tomb. I alerted the others, then Heath and I pulled the doors open. At least two hologram characters popped up immediately, perhaps telling in the local native language about the occupants of this tomb. Abyssi footprints around the circumference of the room led me to believe Bim searched for good hiding places here. Heath's detector said the sword was not nearby. The door's security sensors had obviously been removed, perhaps to put back together as an early warning system to trap a door against intruders.
 
Jedi Vanya managed to conjure something of a greenish hologrammatic museum docent and found that the last visitor to the tomb was looking for the Lost Heroes who searched for a common ancestor who could end the great war between the Abyssi and the Yondidi. They were eight Jedi, if I understand correctly, or the precursors to Jedi. It said the Sun Spear kills everyone onboard as well as the target of the weapon, which (it said) was powered by a (bleeding crystal?) creature of some sort, a malevolent spirit(?). The Eight hid the bleeding crystal in the heart of a star, allowing the local natives to live free without it's corrupting influence.
 
Vanya inexplicably conjured up a hologram communication with So'Zen who said he had succeeded at his task (and found another infinity gate at Yavin IV, like the one on Chalcedon). Vanya invited him to join us, with info on how to steal an entirely unknown starship. We may have figured out that the symbol Vanya needs to find may be a circle. So'Zen managed to get a green data crystal to pop out of the projector. I found it contained many stories of the indigenous people's history and legends. Strangely, there was an entry made a few seconds earlier, only saying, "Knowledge is the Key."
 
I tried to read the electromagnetic signature of the electronic parts the Seargeant had taken from this tomb. Vanya and Davish found that the sensitivity of the holograms had been cranked up to maximum, turning them into an early warning system for any one squatting in any of the tombs. Maybe Sgt. Bim spent some time hiding here. Eight days ago, Vanya learned.
 
I found a safety escape at the back of one, with Abyssi footprints running off toward the 4th tomb in this grouping. Heath confirmed that his readings showed the sword was likely moving... often, every time we move to a different crypt. We deduced that Sgt. Bim may have had a device making him invisible to us. I tried to endear myself to him by dropping a few names and giving him the coordinates of the underground 10 Ravenguard soldiers searching for him under the bottom of this hill in the Necropolis.
 
Although I did not illicit his trust, Vanya found a completely different artifact of interest for us to investigate. An ancient book when held by a Jedi was heavier when held with one cover up than the other. Davish and I found that not to be the case, except I did notice it felt heavier if I held it spine down. Heath (Almon d'Joy) who is nearly the opposite of a Jedi, found it to be the opposite side as the heavier one. We said nothing of this, but we all got it. At Vanya's insistence, I attempted to summarize the book's contents. I found it to be hollow, containing no words, just two half pommels for a sword. Two different alloys of beskar.
 
B-21 handed us a repaired drone controller he had found somewhere around here. I activated it and (long story short) we found (presumably Sgt. Bim set this up) that two local bipedal messenger drones (not droids, mind you, just mindless drones, modified to leave Abyssi footprints) were programmed to run to a new location whenever someone moved near their current location. And they had the most excellent military-grade camouflage. With our attempts to intercept them ludicrously not up to the task, I resorted to "using The Force", as Vanya would say. I pictured the code that would send all the drones to my location, and pictured the code in the controller, and activated the controller.
 
They slammed into my hips and knees at full speed. I kept from crying with Mentat mind tricks.
 
Vanya and Davish captured the two small practically invisible walker drones while they were motionless and pulled pieces of the sword, (which is the controller and key to the dreadful Sun Spear starship), out of the military-issue backpacks on the backs of the drones. Sgt. Bim had gone to great lengths to keep these out of anyone's hands.
 
So first, Davish cued the auto to fly away noticably, resulting in the Ravenguard soldiers abandoning their dungeon crawl, shooting at it, and running after it. After it left them in its dust, it circled around and picked us up from our (hopefully still secret) location.
 
Now, what shall we do with that sword?