Do You Want To Buy Some Artifacts?

General Summary

Aha! I knew you'd want the cliffhanger! And let me assure you, the followup is satisfying...

• The group quickly wins over the remaining enemies, especially when their commander surrenders.
• The commander is quite concerned about Asha, who capitalizes on his fears.
• There is a bidding war going on for the ruins located in the mine. This group hoped to steal it and sell the goods.
• The prisoners are loaded onto the ship, and the group decides the best option is to take the very dangerous items from the mine in a way that makes it clear no one can buy them anymore. If they can convince people a Sith already has them, more to the better.
• After some repairs and resting, the group manages to harpoon and tractor beam the tank.
• They get into the air, comm Master Alize, and give a group report.
• They return to the mine, and convince the miners they should go first into the ruins due to the hazards.
• The ruins are really Rakatan ruins. Getting in is easy, and much of it is useless.
• However, the group discovers a door! With a stasis field! Tor'vir thinks mean thoughts and powers up the computer next to the stasis field. Amur and Niwadi hack it, with Asha translating.
• They manage to get most of the data from the computer and get the door open!
• Inside is a room full of robotic control and a large transparasteel wall and a very large angry tentacle trying to get free of restraints. It seems to have some sort of crystal flower and a lightsaber beam?
• Gridtok, Tor'vir, and Asha go into the second room to investigate the tentacle. They investigate, and Asha tries to control it and gets all bloody for her efforts, and eventually everyone agrees turning off the power source is the right move, and they have Niwadi turn it off, which kills the tentacle.
• Everyone gathers stuff and heads out of the mine. The miners are waiting and want the stuff. Negotiations ensue.
• Asha comms Petrarch to tell him "Darth Almalga" has the stuff now. The group agrees to leave the captives at another city at the Bumani Exchange office.
• Back to home base they head.

Now how is that for a plot? Am I right? Look, I can sell you the whole set, 10,000 credits. Makes a great story, sets up your whole shabang, gets everyone wondering what will happen next? Yes? Yes?

Quotes

Tor'vir: Oops, dammit, I killed another one.

Report Date

28 Oct 2022

Primary Location

Shimmerstone Mine

Secondary Location

Shimmerstone

Related Characters

• Alize
• Ashala Vem
• Gridtok the Jawa
• Nials Petrarch
• Niwadi Qiju
• Tor'vir

Things We Learned

• The "bandit"/mercenary officer recognized Asha, and connected her to the Sith
• The Exchange tried to take the mine to sell the ruins during a bidding war of sorts of people who were trying to get the mine.
• The previous owner had known about the ruins and was trying to sell them without letting the other miners know.
• Asha can read Rakatan.

Data From the Rakatan Computers

#1: a star chart that shows other facilities for Project Endurance. This chart is ancient and badly damaged, much research will be needed to translate it to modern locations.
#2: Data on how This facility was built using an Azure Transport system (human hyperdrive tech)
#4: A general notice that the enemy has successfully attained information on species #8472. Recommended precautions include {data corruption}
#5: A report indicating progress on finding the {data corruption} homeworld, and the belief that the enemy is working to hide it's location.
#6: A report indicating that the enemy remains active, and is believed to be operating independently. This is a response to a recomendation that the facility has served its purpose and can be deactivated.
#7: Instruction that the facility should monitor the movement {distortion} spacefaring organics of class {data corruption} or larger.
#8: A celebration of a great victory, and a commemoration of those who died in a recent decisive battle with the great enemy. This includes over 1,000 Rakatan names, home planet, birth caste, job title, and noteworthy accomplishments; this list would be of great interest to pre-republic scholars. The state of the file indicates that less than .1% of the complete file is intact.
#9: A grim notification that due to the crisis, there are no working transports to resupply outpost Delanek7235. Officers are instructed to destroy all slave labor, lock down the facility, and then suicide for the glory of The Empire.