Menace of the Slave Lords, Part 9

General Summary

Atunda, 10 Telona 12731

12731:04:10 T

1008:04:10 RR

Echoes of Rebellion

"We have heard. We are coming."

The cryptic response plays over the communication feed. Amid her elation of success, Vanya Ysadora feels a small disturbance through the Force. Like the ripples in a pond when a sleeping giant stirs.

Cheers echo through the enormous cavern housing the Undercity. The blaster fire has stopped. The rumble from Bloodsmith hover-transports growls then recedes. A runner from one of the local rebels calls out that the Bloodsmiths are pulling back!

The sounds of victory echo in the smoky air as Felnir Jax, one of the younger hunters for Ragnar Syndicate, walks into the small clearing. Boba Fett turns to face Vanya and the disguised Danar announcing it's time to go.

Meanwhile in the orbit of Chalcedon's innermost gas giant fire lights the void.

The first volley from the Medusas' x-wings hammered the Bloodsmith tie fighters. Ships blossomed into hot, bright novas of light. The Medusa squadron fired on the transports the second they passed the Bloodsmith outer patrols.

Slower transports, filled with now free prisoners, jolted and rocked before their engines flared out one at a time. Power flickers, making a desperate struggle to keep shields, point defense blasters and even life support online. . . .

Intra-Party Chatter:

Note from me to me:
I have the frequency to communicate with the Ancient One droids and I want to communicate with them briefly :

The location marked for you has been evacuated and sealed with Quikcrete in order to keep it from being muddled.

The settlements of organic beings in the vicinity wish to support you in your efforts to track down and resolve the thieves. They do not have a cultural history that includes the long-ago wars.

There is a visiting vessel of Bene Gesserits. Please do not start a conflict. They are still young.

— VNY's notes

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Vance/Danar: Hey, Vanya's being taken to Nar Shaddaa by Boba Fett voluntarily. Putting together a team to rescue her from Grakkus The Hutt. When will you guys be back?

Aerena Kolene: Depends on when the stupid Jedi is finished saving the universe!

Vance/Danar: Ok. Just meet us there when you can.

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To: local_space_midsystem_chalcedon
From: vy_pi
Subj: I have like 3 minutes

1) Everyone healthy and functional out there?
2) What was the thing with the asteroids?

Thanks!
VNY

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To: vy_pi
From:A_Kolene
Subj: Re: I have like 3 minutes

1. Depends on your definition of each of those words.
2. Hell if I know.

Relentless again

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From: A_Kolene
To: vy_pi
Subject: Hell Walrus??

So I might have gotten us deeper into trouble than we were already. One of the bad guys is under the impression that I am Madam Secretary of House Formeseti (Sp?). Davish said I should ask you about that house and hell walruses?

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To: A_Kolene
From: vy_pi
Subject: Re: Hell Walrus??

So this one time in the Mecetti Province -- this would be during the period after the Long Night but before the big finale for the War -- we went to Tor Ceti. That's a planet in the Estaph System that nobody talks about.
Tor Ceti has some info but not a lot.

Anyway.

House Vormecetti is two things.
1) The big "umbrella group" of families, aligned by political means, who own a province of space in Tapani and tend to vote as a block. Noble families in that group officially owe fealty to . . .
2) A specific noble family called House Vormecetti, led by High Lord Bodé Leobund Vormecetti (I have lost track if he's still The Dude). Think of them as sort of the Official Opposition Party in the Tapani government.

I could tell you more, but holy wompshit you do NOT want to know. Maybe later when you're tipsy. It'll be a drinking game.

So one of the Weird Things that Vor Do, is that they have a specific planet where important people's remains are deposited after death. These are called, of course, "Death Planets".
One does NOT discuss them in polite society.

(Which is why you're asking me, right?)

So some stuff went down on the Mecetti Death Planet, Tor Ceti, that led to us having to go check on the local research stations, and there were all these vicious critters there. Including this one sort of Giant Fucking Caterpillar Thing that cropped up and tried to eat us all, using the Dark Side.

We called it a "hell-walrus". It needed a label for battle strategy purposes, and it specifically needed a slightly scornful label because we needed to NOT take it any more seriously than we had to. It was approximately the size of a 5 story building.

I saw, with my own eyes, a Bene Gesserit Abbess (semi-retired) get control of the damned thing by climbing up on top of it and PUNCHING IT IN THE BRAIN.

I generally advise never getting into melee range of an Orange Catholic.

Make sense so far?

V

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To: oldfolkshome.allandor.gov
From: vy_pi
Subj: Slavers, go fig

Hi!

Some Hutts have gotten mad because of what all is happening on Chalcedon.

So they put open bounty on all Jedi and declared a "shadow war" whatever that is.

I can't stay here. Going to Nar Somethinga (not Hutta) to meet some dude named Grakkus or something.

The people who don't live around here any more (Officially) who got robbed by Bloodsmiths, are coming to a mountain on Chalcedon that has been used by the BSers.

Al Saba is also not here. He's elsewhere in system.

Master K is also not here. He went to go do a thing.

Sabine is definitely here last I knew. But I have been busy today and did not get to check before departure.

Maybe somebody could jump on this?

MtFBWAY,
V

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From: So'Zen Al Saba

Vanya, please advice. Large ship entered the system to challenge the World ship Archeron...this is the second appearance of a ship of it's type. The first made no contact and easily obliterated everything in its path. This I was about to open a communication with very shortly.They said she called we came and we wnt the taker of souls. they fought with the Acheron and we left it was just too much as they also fired topedoes at us that turned in to tiny robots that began to assimilate an asteroid. We jumped soon after.

I look forward to your Guidance,

So'zen Al Sabba

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From: vy_pi
Subject: Re: Advice

What in particular are you wanting advice on?

Because if it's just general advice:

1) Trust in the Force
and
2) Take No Shit.

Though that sometimes makes more trouble than it resolves.

So how about, instead:
1) Look at your situation.
2) Help one person to save themselves.
3) When that's done: look at your situation.
4) Help one person to save themselves.
5) Remember that it's the primary responsibility of others to choose to save themselves; you can't make that decision for them.
6) Outside of that:
6a) Use your environment / situation
6b) People tend to live up to what you tell them you believe of them. So tell them you know they're compassionate, responsible, fountains of good that create ripples around them. Tell them that other people look to them for an example, for a guide, without even realizing that they're doing it.

Works fifteen times out of twenty.

And, you know, learn to pick locks.

Love,
Vanya Ysadora
Jedi Knight
General-Purpose Shit-Kicker

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That is truly advice and I thank you. It doesn't help me any with what is going on with the giant ships that seem to be popping up, but perhaps you have nothing to offer towards that effect. I'll just have to wing it I while we look for Davish. He rescued of of his own and then disappeared we are tracking my droid now as he was with Davish the last time we saw him.

Warmest regards,

So'zen Al Sabba

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From: vy_pi
Subj: Re: Re: Re: Advice

Can you tell me anything more about the giant ships? Maybe I got something. Who knows? I can always ask Boba Fett.

Love,
Vanya Ysadora
Jedi Knight
General-Purpose Shit-Kicker

Character(s) interacted with

• assorted locals to Undercity
• assorted locals to Port Greymouth
• assorted former miners and transport crewmembers, no longer enslaved
• assorted Nightsister raiders
• hive queen for the mysterious mexalite crystal-making insects on Monorik VI
• Crimson Knight Sir Saphor Kronn, Knight Errant, ace pilot, recent slave of the Bloodsmith Raiders
• Mine administrator Dack Dontin at Port Greymouth on Monorik VI
• legendary bounty hunter and all around angry person Boba Fett
• Felnir Jax, one of the younger hunters in the Ragnar Syndicate
• professional slicer Sapik
• Deceased but persistently bodysnatching former Sith Lord Darth Errol Vondromas
• Aerena Kolene
• N8-4C0
• Jedi Knight So'Zen Al Saba of the Jedi Order
• Spukamas
• Knight Errant Sir Davish Tam of the Crimson Knights
• Lord Danar Vorpadaran a.k.a. Vance Kerplocken
• Jedi Knight VN Ysadora of the Jedi Order

Related Reports

Report Date

18 Aug 2018

Primary Location

Chalcedon system