Tatooine Inquest (Thread by Raine)

[Matthias]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

EXTERIOR: SPACECRAFT IN SPACE. The Imperial Star Destroyer Relentless docks with Kwenn Space Station.
INTERIOR: IMPERIAL STAR DESTROYER - AUDIENCE CHAMBER. Twin blast doors slide open, revealing the dark interior of a massive chamber. An Imperial captain stands upon a high platform, flanked by lower officers. Two stormtroopers march in. They drop a manacled prisoner at the feet of Captain Parian, commander of the warship.

"The charge," demands Parian.
"Piracy, sir," snaps a trooper.
"Kill the scum," Parian replies coldly.
"Wait!" screams the prisoner, "I have something to bargain with. Information important to the Emperor ... in exchange for my life."
Parian's dead eyes gleam triumphantly. "Go ahead. I'm all ears."
"Tallon ... it concerns Adar Tallon ..."
Parian listens intently to the pirate's tale, then issues orders. Quietly, Ensign Dana pockets a data storage pad and slips away.
The commander issues one final order "Lieutenant Voor, send for the bounty hunters."​

Fade to ...
INTERIOR: KWENN SPACE STATION.

 

[Matthias]

SYNOPSIS

The Star Destroyer Relentless has discovered that Tallon is alive. Captain Parian, commander of the ship, has hired Jodo Kast and his team to go to Tatooine and secure Tallon while the Relentless undergoes repairs. But to add to his chances, Parian has sent out a system-wide reward notice for Tallon. Now dozens of hunters are on their way to the desert world, including the pirate Quist who betrayed the aged hero.

Our adventurers go to Tatooine to find Tallon for the Alliance as his worth as a rallying point and tactician are beyond question. But on Tatooine, someone is killing anyone who might have been in Mos Eisley when Tallon first arrived. The characters must get ahead of the bounty hunters, brave the dangers of the Tatooine Wastes, find Tallon, and convince him that they are on his side before the Relentless arrives.


EPISODE I: THE MISSION BEGINS

You are aboard a space station orbiting the planet Kwenn, a world on the edge of a major space lane. The station serves as the last fuel and supply point before the Outer Rim Territories. The PCs have responded to an emergency call from Alliance agent Dana who, until recently, was undercover on the Imperial Star Destroyer Relentless gathering information. She discovered something that required immediate attention and decided to jump ship with the data. The characters reach Dana too late. Imperial bounty hunters found her first. Now the group must fight their way past the hunters, discover what Dana found out, and escape on their ship - all without alerting the Relentless to their presence.


EPISODE II: ARRIVAL ON TATOOINE

Tatooine, a desolate planet in the Outer Rim Territories, waits to be explored. Here the Heroes begin to hunt for clues that will lead them to the elusive Tallon. The desert world's largest city, Mos Eisley Spaceport, seems the best place to start. They find out some things that could aid in their mission, meet strange and interesting characters, and finally get a firm lead on Tallon.


EPISODE III: BLOOD AND SAND

The heroes agree to meet Labria at First Twilight. Labria leads them to Tower Ridge to meet Slag Flats. But he doesn't stick around long, leaving the heroes to make their own introductions. Inside an old water storage silo, in the shadow of an old subspace transmission tower, is Slag's secret headquarters. But when the group finds Slag, things are not as expected. An unforeseen greeting creates a desperate situation and our heroes discover that you can drown on a desert planet.


EPISODE IV: CANTINA AMBUSH!

By the evening of Day Two, the heroes have found out a number of facts. There are lots of bounty hunters on Tatooine searching for Adar Tallon. One of these hunters uses poisoned darts to dispatch his victims. Two oldsters, both of whom may have known of Tallon, were found dead with darts jutting from their necks. The next apparent victim, Old Arno the scout, is also someone whose services have been recommended to the heroes if they hope to survive out in the desert wastes. Now, as darkness spreads through the crowded Mos Eisley streets, the group receives a message from Old Arno to meet him at the Mos Eisley Cantina. But what's waiting for them isn't a cagey old scout — it's a squadron of deadly bounty hunters!


EPISODE V: EXPLORING THE WASTELANDS

Second Dawn of Day Three brings a whole slew of new problems to challenge our intrepid heroes. They discover that most of the bounty hunters have set off into the desert with Jodo Kast, just a few hours prior to their own departure. But with Old Arno to lead them, the group has a slight advantage over Kast and his cronies. Plus, Arno has narrowed down Tallon's hiding place to three sites. All they have to do is reach the right one first.


EPISODE VI: THE DESERT BATTLE!

The second day out into the Wastes finally brings the heroes very close to their goal, but not before they get to battle a young girl defending what's left of her home and meet up with Tatooine's fearsome Sand People. Then, if all goes well, they reach the last site on Old Arno's list — the Tusken Fort.