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UBOUNTY HUNTERS

WE

DON T

NEED THAT

scum

Disinto9rations

Difficulty Range

3-5

6-10

11-15

16-20

21-30

31

Task

Very Easy

Easy

Moderate

Difficult

Very Difficult

Heroic

ADVENTURE

mAnR1ALS

en d

of a difficulty s range. A large group

or one

with highly skilled characters will only be chal

lenged

if

you pick difficulty

numbers

from

the

u pp er e nd

of

each

difficulty s range. You may

also

adjust

th e

number

of opponents an d their

capabilities to

provide

a suitable challenge.

DlFF1CULTY

NUmBER SCALE

Here is

what

is

needed

to play

o

Disintegra-

t ons

Th e

ta r ars

Rulebook. This supplement

uses th e Star

Wars

Second Edition

roleplaying

game

rules.

Player Handouts.

This

supplement

contains

several player handouts an d maps. You should

make extra

copies

for th e players before begin

ning play.

Dice, pencils

an d

paper. Each player needs

several six-sided dice for skill rolls.

Paper

and

pencils ar e useful for taking

notes

or sketching

maps.

Th e

following products are not necessary for

play, bu t

you

may find

them

useful:

Galaxy Guide : Bounty Hunters provides

b ou nt y h un te r c ha ra ct er templates , plenty of

useful gadgets, an d tips an d suggestions for play

ing a bounty hunter

character.

Fantastic Technology

ha s

dozens

of items of

equipment that characters may want.

DlFF1CULTY

NUmBERS

AND

GAmE

BALANCE

But there ar e some who do need th e services

of th e galaxy s guns for hire. Ruthless an d tena

cious,

bounty

hunters make a living by solving

other

people s problems. From th e Core to the

most

remote worlds of

th e Outer

Rim criminals,

cheats and thieves

ar e

on th e ru n from th e law

an d

from

those they ve

betrayed.

Often,

th e

only

way to bring

these

scoundrels to their just re

ward is

by

hiring a professional

bounty hunter

to

track an d

capture

them. Justice ha s a price ...

an d it s often an

exorbitant

one.

Do your player characters have

what

it takes

to compete with th e likes of Boba Fett an d Bossk

o r a re t hey d esti ned t o end

up like

poor

Greedo?

This collection of short adventures for bounty

hunter

characters

separates

th e

best

from th e

careless, th e legends from th e soon-to-be-dead.

See

if your

hunters

ar e

good enough to claim

these

rich bounties.

Note:

These adventures

ar e

designed for a

team

of two to five bounty hunter characters.

Th e

time frame is before

th e

Battle of Endor: th e

Empire is still in power

an d

the Rebel Alliance

is

an outlaw band ... an d its

leaders

have impres

sive

bounties on

their heads, by th e way. While

e ac h a dv en tu re u se s a specific world, most of

these situations

an d ch ar act ers ca n be refitted

for th e NewRepublic time period an d se t on an y

number of

other

worlds. These adventures

ar e

open-ended enough

to allow you to insert

sub

plots and encounters customized for

your

cam

paign.

As gamemaster it s your job to modify

these

adventures to

suit

th e

abilities of

your

players

characters. The Difficulty Number Scale pre

s en te d h er e

lets

y ou adj ust

th e

adventure

ac

cording t o t he skill level of th e player characters.

the characters

have

a low level of skill, it s

better

to pick difficulty numbers from th e lower

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Star

rs

Gamemaster Screen Revised

The

screen

and booklet compiles

important

informa

tion and summarizes game

statistics

for charac

ters, ships, and vehicles.

Imp ERI l BOUNTY R EGUl TlONS

Bounty postings

use

the standard

lOCI

(impe

rial Office of Criminal Investigations) format.

Bounty notifications

distributed

by secondary

sources - guild offices or posting agencies

may be abbreviated.

Name: Nameof

targeted

individual, otherwise

known as the

bounty

or acquisition.

Species: The species of the acquisition.

Sex: Sex of the individual.

Age: Age in standard years.

Homeworld: The individual s homeworld.

KnownAssociates: Known business partners,

companions

or

friends.

Bounty: Amount of

bounty

(in credits), or

specifics

of

non-credit payment.

Classification: All bounties fall under one of

the recognized Imperial classifications: Most

Wanted, Locate and Detain, Galactic, Regional,

Sector, System, Local,

or

Corporate.

MostWanted, Locate and Detain,

and

Galactic

postings are good anywhere within the bounds

of the Empire:

if

the

target

is spotted anywhere,

the bounty

huntercan

apprehend

that

individual.

Regional bounties are only legally binding in

the galactic region in which the bounty is issued;

for example,

the

Corporate

Sector,

the

Outer

Rim

Territories, or the Core Worlds. lf the target is

spotted outside the

stated region,

the hunte r

cannot

legally apprehend that individual - the

hunter must

trick the target into enteringan

area

where

he

or she is wanted. Some hunters try to

capture

targets and

then

sneak them to an area

where they are wanted.

The consequences

of

getting caught, however,

are severe since

kid

napping is a

serious crime

in

most

systems.

The same conditions apply to sector, system

and local bounties,

except the

bounties are, by

definition, limited to a much smallerarea. (Local

bounties may apply

to

an entire planet,

or

only a

local principality

or

city.)

Corporate postings are offered by companies.

While theymay be posted beyond the company s

territory, they

are

legally binding only

on

com

pany property.

Application Conditions: Conditions for pay

ment, such as alive, dead or alive, or

other

speci

fications

dictated

by

the

institution issuing

the

bounty. For example, Alive, lacking serious in

jury

Bonus: lf any, amount of

bonus

(expressed in

credits,

goods

or

services)

and

conditions

under

which said bonus may be applied.

Determent:

Unusual restrictions

and

penal

ties which may be applied. For example, unwar

ranted

loss of life

or damage to

private

property

in pursuit of

subject

shall resul t in up

to

30

reduction

in

stipulated

bounty.

Crimes: Charge(s) warranting issuance of the

bounty.

Originator: Source authorizing the issuance

of the bounty.

Receiver Person corporation or location to

whom

the

acquisition may be delivered. Any

acquisition may

be

delivered

to any

local Impe

rial office,

but

deliveryfees will be deducted from

the

bounty

if the Empire must then transport the

acquisition

to the

receiver.

Corporate

classifica

tion bounties

must

be delivered directly

to

the

company

in question.

Brief:Asummaryaccountof

the

circumstances

surrounding

the issuance of the

bounty and

con

ditions regarding its fulfillment.

NOn

PRUIAn POSTINGS

While the galaxy s hunters makea pretense of

being skilled,

dedicated

and, above all else, law

abiding,

there s

a bustling market in illegal pri

vate

bounty

postings.

They re

offered in

secret

by any individual who s willing to pay cold, hard

credits

for

the

capture of a specific target.

While no self-respecting hunter would

ever

admit

to accepting

one of these bounties, no

smarthunterwould

ever

turn down a mountain of

credits

for a simple

snatch and

carry mission.

Many ofthese postings ar e sponsored bythor

oughly evil gangsters, but jus t as many are of

. fered by

otherwise

moral citizens with no re

course. Agreat many despicable things are quite

legal in the Empire;

sometimes

the only way

to

get just ice is by taking the law into your own

hands.

PP EHDlX

In addition to further missions hinted at in

each

adventure s

epilogue,

the appendix

con

tains four bounty postings which may be devel

oped

into adventures.

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The sun h ad nearly risen above

th e

plateau as

a lone figure carried a large bundle into th e ten

He

checked

his breath mask and exp osur e sui t

seals, an d then placed the bundle at th e leet of

Ort Hoogra-O En, th e Ho Din who sa t working

intently

at

a table. Hoogra-D En looked relieved,

o r a t

least

as

relieved

as

a Ho Din could look to a

human.

This is th e last of them, Tergeth sighed,

exhausted

alter

long hours 1 harvesting tamack

pods. He itched from

th e

bites

of

several bugs

that

had been trapped inside his suit. Sometimes

he

wondered

why

humans

bothered to colonize

every world imaginable - th e only lasting result

seemed to be the discovery of ye t another spe

cies 1 biting insect.

We have

to

finish

processing

this

harvest

to y

uzze

on

to

round

Hoogra-O En, in that affected

t on e h e

used with

outsiders.

Tergeth sa t a t th e table

an d

t ried to

keep himself awake. He

admired

Hoogra-O En s

persever nce nd envied his st min

As th e

su n

crawled over

th e

edge of th e pla

teau

an d

th e log melted away,

Tergeth

finally

broke

th e

silence.

[

still think

th e

Rebellion

can

help us, he offered.

How ca n they? Hoogra-D En hissed. Their

resources

are spread

to o

thinly. Theywin on

on e

front while losing ground

on

a dozen others an d

consider i t a victory. It

does

not

take

a mighty

a rmy a nd a wealth of technology to win a war.

Hoogra-O En r os e a nd

paced

a bo ut th e room.

Haven t I

shown

you otherwise? Single spies go

where

battalions fear

to

tread. And

if

my spies

aren t entirely

aware that

they re working to

ward

my purpose so be il.

Tergeth had lost thi s argument many times,

ye t he still

dared

to press

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the issue. Imperial

targets

are hard

to

track.

The

Rebels could provide useful intelligence ...

Tergeth s voice trailed off as Hoogra-D'En

stared at him, his snake-like hair waving menac

ingly. Tergeth waited nervously for a reply, para

lyzed by the hair 's hypnotic motions. Hoogra

D'En finally settled into his chair and said, This

time

the

Empire will know

what

it means

to

feel

fear. Dinegia take them For Anemcoro and every

other world

they

touch, Dinegia take them

alI

Sub-Commander Brojtal, Lieutenant Reiss

said, crisply raisinghis arm in salute. JaredBrojtal

looked

up from his

reports. The

day

had

gone

well, starting with a tip that led to the capture of

seven Rebels and a

ship

full of stolen medical

supplies. Brojtal's career needed a boost;

there

wasn t much action ou t

here

on the Rim, making

promotions rarer than corusca stones.

What is it, Lieutenant? Brojtal replied as he

returned

the

salute.

Lieutenant Reiss wore a

sympathetic

expres

sion. It 's a message from the Syndaar Military

Academy, Sir . .. i t's about your son, he stam

mered.

Don't tellmemyonly

sonhas

failed

aclass. He

knows he has to

do

his best to get into the

ImperialAcademy ... Brojtal sawno

mirthon the

Lieutenant's face; something serious had hap

pened.

There was another attack this morning, Sir.

Your

son

was near the blast.

The

Lieutenant

faltered, caught himself

and

then continued, It

was Hoogra-D'En. Forty-five fatalities in all.

Moff

Ghundrak

postedthe

bountyupgrade personally

... 50,000 credits. The Moff wants him alive.

Lieutenant Reiss continued, but Brojtal

wasn t

listening. He wanted to sink into numbness, but

his heart

demanded

something more. Brojtal

wasn t going to let Hoogra-D'En get

off

so

easily

-

but he wasn t

high

enough

in

the

Imperial

command structure to openly engage in a per

sonal vendetta. His hands were tied, unless ...

The lieutenant waited for a few anxious mo

ments and turned to leave, saying, ''I'm sorry, Sir.

Brojtal stopped him.

I

think it's time Iperson

allywenton patrol.

All

of these Rebels and terror

ists frightening the citizens. Somethingmust be

done. Brojtal began.

Sir?

Understanding came into

th e

Lieutenant's eyes.

I want a l ist of all

ships

in-system.

Now

EP SOn E OH E: HOOGRA

n EH

STR K ES

This

adventure

involves

the

capture of Ort

Hoogra-D'En, an elusive

terrorist whose

bombs

roun

have claimed

the

lives of hundreds of Imperial

citizens. Hoogra-D'En attacks with spore bombs,

biochemicalweapons of his own design. Hoogra

D'En has

repeatedly

proven his

uncanny

ability

to bypass

security

measures; he eludes Imperial

forces at every

turn

and is considered extremely

dangerous.

This

adventure

takes

place in

the

Outer

Rim

Territories, although the adventure may take

place in any cluster of systems where there isn't

a lot of Rebel activity. Citizens in these systems

have

heard

of the Rebellion, bu t for themost part

their

lives have not

been

affected by the Galactic

Civil War.

Celanon. The

adventure

begins on the planet

Celanon, in the Outer Rim Territories. The planet

is in a sector adjacent to Thrasybule sector,

where many of Hoogra-D'En's attacks have oc

curred. Celanon is

an

imperial-allied agriworld

and

trading center ruled by

the

Nalroni, the

native species.Celanon City, with a population of

over

50 million, is

the

only

true

city complex

on

the planet, everything else being lush forest or

fertile farmland. The Nalroni regulate all trade

through the Celanon Starport, deriving tremen

dous profit from tariffs (and bribes) . For

more

information on Celanon, see he

Star

Wars lan-

t

ollection pages 35-40.

GHTlHG START ED

The

characters visit the Imperial Office of

Criminal Investigations (lOCI) inCelanonStarport

to look for bounty prospects when they

come

across the posting on Hoogra-D'En.

Note: This beginning

encounter assumes the

characters

have followed a

bounty

here, but the

hunt

ended unsuccessfully. By now,

the

charac

ters should be running low on credits. You

can

se t up

a prelude adventure to lead into this

situation or revise the read aloud as needed to

suit

the

current circumstances of your charac-

ters. This part of the adventure

can

be

set

on

any

world, butthe lOCI office must

be near

astarport.

Read aloud:

You

thought that

coming ou t to the Rim

would

solve

some of your financial problems

and make life

just

a little

bi t sweeter.

Your

last

jo b

involved tracking

down

an

embezzler

from

Ribba the Hutt s legitimate textile operation.

With

the

promise of steady,

rewarding

work if

you

broughtthe target back,

you

followed him

to the Celanou

system and werejust closing in

when he got

himself

killed in a

bar

fight. Ribba s

terms

were

simple: the

target was

to

be

cap

tured live no ex eptions

Now, virtually

broke

andoutofwork, youare

checking

postings

at th e

lOCI

when

you notice

a bounty upgrade on a terroristnamed Hoogra

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D En.

Th e

50,000

credit reward is tempting

bu t

what

really piques your

interestis

th e

Imperial

HoloVision report

suggesting

that Hoogra-D En

w s l st seen in this se tor of sp ce

Th ed esk serg ean t w h o gives yo u

th e

posting

is

clearly bored

an d

more

interested in chatting

about hi s

early

d ay s i n l aw e nf or ce m en t

than

helpingyou

out. Maybe

h e h a s

some interesting

stories, but

your

minds

are

light-years away,

dreaming

of what

yo u

might

do

with

al l those

credits. P er ha p s t he easy life is

within

your

grasp

after a ll . ..

Show th e

players the b oun ty posting

for

Hoogra-D En on

page

6

Sergeant Mulvek

Gra.

All

stats ar e

2D except:

blaster

3D

grenade

3D

dodge 2D+ I, bureaucracy

4D law enforcement: Empire 4D investigation 3D.

computer programming repair3D Move: 8 Char

acter

Points: 2 Blaster pistol (4D), comlink.

Mulvek Gra is far from being a

doddering

old

man;

he served

with System

Sub-Commander

Jared Brojtal for many

years

and the tw o

ar e

good friends. Mulvekwas like

an

uncle

to

Brojtal s

so n and was quite shaken

by

th e news

of his

death.

Mulvek is

to o

old for field duty,

bu t

hewants to

help

Brojtal get revenge

and promised

to keep

an

ey e ou t for

an y

useful information. After th e

characters

leave

th e

lOCI he informs Brojtal of

their interest

in th e Hoogra-D En posting. Brojtal

asks Mulvek

to have the characters

followed,

an d

t o c on ta ct

him immediately if they

manage to

track

Hoogra-D En down.

Celanon

has tightened

its

security

following a

private announcement

by Imperial officials to

be

on th e

lookout for

more

attacks.

Planetary

an d

Imperial

security

forces make

their

presence

known

to

all travellers.

Th e characters are probablyconsidering their

next

step w he n a la rms sound

an d

emergency

vehicles

deploy

to

th e starport

landing field.

R SH U KOK

BabelSenjorg, a Bith

merchant

and suspected

associate

ofHoogra-D En,

booked passageaboard

t he f re ig hte r Chalcedony

outbound

from

Pallaxides. A fellow

passenger

- a self-styled

Rodian private

detective

seeking

e vi de nc e t o

connect

Babel

with

a smuggling

operation

accidentally se t off

t he s po re

bomb Babel

wa s

carrying.

Babel did

no t

recognize

th e symptoms

of

spore

exposure

until it wa s

to o

late. He wa s trying

to

erase

his datapad

when

he

a nd mo st

of th e

other

passengers

succumbed to t he b om b s effects.

The pilot

b ar el y m an ag ed t o

get th e

ship to

Celanon space

an d

broadcast a

distress

signal.

Clearance

was granted

for

an emergency

landing,

ont to round

an d

Imperial

security dispatched

tw o

system

p at ro l c ra ft

to

bring th e Chalcedony in. If th e

characters a re n ot

in

th e immediate

vicinity of

th e star po rt , t hey ma y

overhear

messages on

police comlinks

or scanners

regarding

th e

in

coming freighter.

If

th e characters

ignore

th e a la rm s a nd d o n ot

investigate,

cu t

to Another Day

at

th e

Office.

If th e

characters

ru sh t o th e

scene,

read

aloud:

Two system

patrol

craft escort an erratically

flying YT-1300 freighter

as i t a pp ro ac he s t he

landing

field.

Suddenly th e freighter lurches as

struck

by an invisible blast. It rolls

over several

times an d

veers away

from the starport. You ca n

o nl y w at ch as

th e

s hi p p lu ng es i nt o

a ro w

of

warehouses

adjacent

to

th e docking

bay. A spec

tacular explosion

follows

seconds later .. .

TH

CRASH

SI H

Twisted,

burning debris an d sparking power

conduits litter

the crash

site.

Th e

Chalcedony

lies

partly buried

in

rubble at

th e

en d

of a 300-meter

long

swath

of

destruction.

Due to th e extensive

ground

damage,

an

Imperial officer is organizing

crews of

rescue

volunteers. Nalroni

an d

Imperial

crews work

to

remove debris and reach th e

hatches

of th e Chalcedony.

Characters

joining

th e effort

are issued

sealing, fire-retardant

suits

and dispatched to

a

ro w

of

warehouses

right

next

to

th e wrecked ship.

When crews

open

th e Chalcedony s main ramp,

a

security

team

rushes

aboard

t o s ca n

th e ship,

while

emergency teams transfer th e wounded to

th e medical facility. With a good background

story

Moderate

con

or

good steafth

(Difficult

sneak totals) the characters should be able

to

ge t

aboard

th e s hi p t o snoop around.

Th e

Chalcedony is a modified YT-1300 freighter

converted for passenger transport; five of th e si x

people aboard

ar e

dead. Th e pilot, a human, is in

a

coma

an d clearly suffering from

an

aggressive

disease:

rescue

workers pull him from th e

ship

as

quickly

as

possible

an d

loadhim

aboard aspeeder

ambulance. He s taken

to

th e Celanon Merchant

Guild Medical Facility for

treatment.

See Quar

antine for more

information

Characters searching through

th e

ship s

pas

senger

manifest

or

checking through th e luggage

find

th e

name

Babel Senjorg, known

to be

on e

ofHoogra-D En s frequent

contacts.

Babel, a Bith

merchant, is among th e dead.

The characters ma y

access

th e

ship s

logs an d

copythem onto their datapads,

bu t

they must be

careful

or

else t he y a re s po tt ed

by suspicious

rescue team members

If

th e

characterscheck

Babel s

passenger

com

p art me nt , a n

Easy search roll

uncovers

Babel s

datapad - it was

hidden

under his mattress -


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bu t

a Difficult hide roll is needed

to

palm th e

datapad without t he resc ue teams noticing.

(Modify

this

difficulty

if

th e players come upwith

a good plan to sneak t he da t apa d

past

the rescue

workers.)

Next to

th e

Rodian s body,

an

Easy search roll

uncovers

w ha t a pp ea rs t o be a universal power

adaptor.

the characters

makea Moderatedemo-

litions or Technical roll, they find

that

th e adaptor

is a fake; inside it is

an empt y

spore bomb canis

ter. T he c ha ra ct er s m us t make a Very Difficult

hide roll o r t he rescue teams

spot

th e b omb and

confiscate it

as

part of

th e

crash investigation.

While th e investigation is winding down, th e

characters

overhear

workers

discussing th e pos

sibility

that th e

Chalcedony s

crash

was

caused

by

a

spore

bomb. Every rescue worker who was

aboard

th e sh ip must r epo rt t o

decontamination

ch amb er s set up immediately outside th e Chal-

cedony ; d ue t o t he possibility ofcontamination,

anyone

whose skin was exposed

to the spores

is

transported via a sealed medical speeder to th e

CelanonMerchant GuildMedical Facilityforbacta

treatment.

Th e

workers

also mention

that

t he o ne survi

vor aboard

t he shi p h as been transported to th e

Medical Center,

as

well. Finally, t he ch ar act ers

h ea r t ha t

all evidence relating to t he

crash

ha s

been taken directly t o t he lOCI office.

If

an y

of

th e

characters require bacta

treat

ments, cut to Quarantine. they tr y to read

Babel s datapad o r s e e t h e Chalcedony s logs, cu t

to What s on

th e

Datapad?

n

t hey h ead t o th e

lOCI office, c ut t o Another Day at t he Office.

QU R HTlH E

Characters

brought t o t he Celanon Merchant

GuildMedical Facilityface a full 48 hours of bacta

treatment.

the characters inquire a bo ut t he c ra sh vic

tims

at

th e medical facility, a Difficult persuasion

or con gains

th e

knowledge that they died of

spore infection. Th e

bodies

of the deceased were

disintegrated t o p re ve nt spore contamination.

Th e pilot is in a bacta tank, b ut h e s n ot expected

to surviv

If

th e characters

go

t o t h e lOCI

cutto

Another

Day at th e Office. they plan to leave th e space

port, cu t to Lockdown.

WH T S OH TH E

D T P m

It is plain to anyone studying

th e

datapad that

someone was trying to erase its files, bu t enough

data remains to reconstruct Babel s

trade

runs

for th e

past

three

months.

Th e Bith ventured to

over three

dozen worlds, b ut h e only stopped on

one planet - Pallaxides - more than once.

Th e ship s logs showthatthe Chalcedonymade

a special

sto p a t

Pallaxides

at

Babel s request

just prior to its arrival on Celanon.

Th e

logs also

c o nt a in c o or di n at e s

for a

landing

site

on

Pallaxides.

NOTHERD Y AT TH E OFF CE

the characters did

n ot v en tu re t o

t he crash

site, Imperial HoloVision reports

that

Imperial

officials

suspect

that a

spore bomb

led to the

Chalcedony s crash.

All

evidence is being held by

th e lOCI

If

the charactersgo tothe

lOCI

SergeantMulvek

HOW THE SPORES WORK

Hoogra-D En s

spore

bombs

contain in-

fectious tamack

spores.

Symptoms of th e

spore disease - shortness of

breath,

high

temperature

- ar e s ub tl e b ut a pp ea r al

most immediately; d eat h o ccur s within a

few hours.

Only full bacta immersion

ca n

savesome-

one who s been infected, an d even

then

there s no

guarantee of survival. (An Easy

A medicine total is needed in th e first hour

of infection;ad d

on e

difficulty level foreach

additional hour th e target has been in

fected.)

Th e s po re s a re active for t hr ee h ou rs

without

a living host.

Th e

spores

ca n

infect

someone by contact with th e skin or by

being inhaled. Someone infected by the

spores is contagious - anyone within a

dozen

meters

ma y

possibly be infected: in

an

environmentwhere local

health

officials

ar e unaware

or unprepared for an outbreak,

th e

spore disease

may spread like wildfire

through th e population.

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Gra is still on duty. Pr ior to

th e

characters ar

rival, Mulvek transmitted information

about

th e

situation to Brojtal.

During normal

business

hours, an Imperial

investigation team is plowing through

th e

evi

dence in

search

of clues. Sergeant Gra

won t

let

the characters into th e room, although he sug

gests

that

if

they

come

back

at

night - with 500

credits - they might be able to get inside.

th e

characters

take Gra up on his offer an d

pay the 500

credit

bribe,

he

allows them into

th e

evidence room. Babel s

d atap ad an d

t he s po re

bomb casing

ar e

in plain sight.

The Chalcedony s logs and th e data fromBabel s

datapad

have been uploaded

onto th e room s

computer: any character making an Easy com-

puterprogr mming rep ir

roll learns

th e

informa

tion in What s

on th e

Datapad?

While the characters

ar e

searching

th e

room,

Mulvekmonitors them.

He

deduces- eitherfrom

the character s discussion or Irom personal

study

of the evidence -

that

th e

planet Pallaxides is an

important link

in

the search for Hoogra-D En.

After informing Brojtal of his suspicions,

Mulvek assigns an agent to discreetly follow th e

characters

an d make frequent

reports

o n t he ir

whereabouts. This agent

ca n

showup

at an y

time

during

th e

rest of

th e

adventure; all of he r s t at s

ar e D

except

blaster4D, dodge

4D and

search

S

She carries a blaster pistol (4D).

Sub-Commander Brojtal

orders

his fleet to

h ea d t o Pallaxides.

LOCKDOWH

When Nalroni Merchant Council Executive

Sykar learns from

th e

preliminary

re port t hat

a

spore bombwas

th e

cause of

th e

crash, he

orders

the starport closed. Nalroni security guards, de

contamination teams, an d Imperial troops begin

making exhaustive

sweeps

of th e

starport;

no

ships may land or depart without agreeing to a

search.

When the

characters

tryto leave for Pallaxides,

theycannot avoid

th e

search, although aDifficult

o

or a hefty bribe resolves an y misunder

standings about illegal items t ha t t he y may be

carrying. If their bounty hunting licenses ar e in

order, t hey are allowed to depart.

EP SOD E TWO: JOURNEY

TO

PALLAXlDES

Pallaxides is a corporateworld, whollyowned

by the TaggeCompany (TaggeCo.). Considered a

private system, ships

a re not s uppos ed

t o come

here without an express invitation, although se

curityis tight only around th e TaggeCo. starport.

Th e

planet is

approximately

hours from

Celanon at hyperdrivexl).

on to roun

PALlAX D ES

Th e Tagge Company

operates

Pallaxides as a

resort

world. The

corporate

starport is in th e

highlands of on e of the northern continents. Th e

base

includes formidable defenses

to ward off

pirates;TaggeCo. takes its privacyseriously, even

to th e extent of ignoring distress calls.

Babel s coordinates ar e for an area in th e

highlands. This area has loftyplateaus

separated

by deep, narrow, red rock canyons. Icy rivers

flow through th e canyons and their green waters

teem

with gigantic fish. Lush bluish-green veg

etation c ar pe ts t he

plateaus

an d lines th e

riverbanks. Fog wells

up

in

th e

canyons at night,

creating th e illusion that

th e

plateaus ar e islands

adrift at sea.

By

mid-morning th e

fog

lifts, re

placed by intermittent rains

that

create delicate

waterfalls along th e cliffs. The pink sky, com

bined with these other features, makes for an

area

of startling beauty.

Th e

lowlands contrastsharplywith

th e

higher

elevations. Rivers wind their way down through

hills to luxurious, fertile floodplains and deltas

that spill into th e seas. These soils support abun

dant

plant an d animal species. Coniferous rain

forests sweep

across

th e lowland hills, conceal

mg lakes and shallow, swamp-like ponds.

An Imperial

research

facility

an d

starport is in

a lowland area

near

th e equator. Three Imperial

system patrol craft keep all civilian ships at least

500 kilometers from th e lab s perimeter, escort

ing off-course

ships

north to th e TaggeCo.

starport.

While th e planet ha s a number of large preda

tors, none of

th e

indigenous life-forms catalogued

by preliminary surveys ar e considered a

threat

to

travelers. However, certain

dangerous off-

world animals, such as

shredder

bats an d zuxu

se e pages 64-65 an d 93-94 of

Creatures of the

Galaxy , h av e b ee n i mp or te d for th e sporting

interests

of

th e

Tagge Company execs.

Th e

long

term

ecological effects of th e new introductions

have no t yet been determined.

The largest animal native

to

Pallaxides is

th e

rormaroo, a doci le giant that flies above th e

plateaus.

lIAllAXID ES

Type: Terrestrial

Temperature: Temperate

Atmosphere: Type I breathable, but high oxygen con-

tent

Hydrosphere: Moderate

Gravity:

Standard

errain

Scenic canyon vistas highlands , temperaterain

forests lowlands

Length of Day: 25 hours

Length

of

Year: 380 local days

Sapient Species: Human, others

Starport: 1 limited services restricted to Imperial ves-

sels , 1 standard class restricted to corporate

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Population: Less than 10,000

Planet Function: Research. recreation corporate , zoo-

logical/botanical research Imperial

Govemment:

Imperial military, corporate managed

Tech Level: Space near starports

Major

Exports: None

Major

Imports: Foodstuffs, finished goods, high tech

RRll L

Upon arriving in-system, th e

characters

se e an

Imperial Carrack light c ru ise r th e Marduk

Brojtal s ship) hanging in low or bit n ea r th e

equator.

Brojtal s scan for Hoogra-D En s

camp

ha s so

far

proven

fruitless, bu t

he

believes it is

here somewhere. Hoogra-D En s base will be

quite

difficult to find: he does not permit

many

high

tech items on his base - and th us no power

signatures for Imperial

sensors to

pick up

on

an d his us e ofa specially

bred sensor-dampening

water

plant

called fahla allows him t o h id e his

sh ip s and his power generator in a nearby lake.

These

sensor-dampening

plants would be of

great

us e to

th e

Rebellion.)

Th e Marduk ignores the characters ship,

bu t

monitors it in case th e characters stumble upon

th e hidden base.

Th e

characters ma y

hail

th e

TaggeCo. starport

control tower, which rudely demands to know

exactly w ha t t he y a re doing in a private system.

I

th e

characters land

a t t he

TaggeCo. starport,

c ut t o AQuick Vacation.

Babel s landing coordinates

ar e

over 2,600

kilometers west of th e

corporate

starport, atop

on e of th e plateaus. [f t he ch ar act er s d ecid e to

check o ut t he landing site, continue with Eye in

th e Sky.

I

they do not

visit

th e

Tagge

star

port

or th e

l an di ng s it e, proceed with E pi so de T h re e,

Brojtal s Revenge.

AQU CK l C TlOH

Th e TaggeCo. starport is a bus tl ing

vacation

center,

with dozens of landing pads

most

of

them filled

by

luxury space yachts), as well as a

hotel,

several restaurants, and

countless

recre

ation an d

sporting facilities.

Th e starport offers uninvited shi ps and t heir

crews limited access t o essential services. Ships

ar e required

to

pa y a docking fee of 100 credits

pe r day; standard

maintenance

an d restocking

base

fees

ar e

a hefty40

credits.

(See

GalaxyGuide

6: Tramp Freighters pp. 30-31 for information on

restocking

fees.) Ships ca n get

repairs

at 20

abo ve t he

standard cost.

Unless the characters have

ties

to TaggeCo. or

know an executive w ho h ap pe ns t o b e vacation

ing

there, they

ar e told that they

cannot

leave

Spacers Town, which consists of a

cheap hotel

and restaurant and not

much

else. Th e only

people here are freighter crews on layover while

waiting for t heir car go es t o

be

unloaded.

th e

characters sneak

into th e resort area,

t hey can learn a

great

deal of information from

th e Imperial officers an d TaggeCo.

execs

vaca

tioning here. Several Navy officers,

on

a brief

leave from

th e Marduk

ca n b e o verh eard dis

cussing

th e

so-far fruitless

search

for Hoogra

D En s terrorist camp.

th e characters interact with an y of th e ser

vants

or

huntingexpedition

group

leaders, they ll

overhearrumors aboutasmall para-military

camp

ou t in t he w estern plateaus. (This is t he c am p

described in Eye in th e Sky. ) Theycan learn this

information without leaving Spacers Town.

Cut to Eye in

th e

Sky they investigate these

rumors or h ea d t o Babel s landing

coordinates.

they

stay

at th e s ta rp or t, c ut to Episode

Three, Brojtal s Revenge.

EY E H TH E

SKY

As

t he character s ap pr o ach

a two-kilometer

long plateau, a

small

green tent

becomes

discernable

nearone

cliff. Ascan of thesubstrata

indicates t ha t t he

plateau

is sturdy enough to

support their ship s weight.

Charactersstepping

outonto the plateau with

o ut b re at h masks notice a strong

sweetness

of

th e air. Even at this

great

altitude, th e atmo

sphere is easy t o b reat he.

The plateau tee ms with

dense,

waist-high

bushes; some ar e t op ped with three-lobed flow

e rs th at exude

a rich fragrance reminiscent of

mulled jaffa cider.

There ar e tamack plants scattered across the

plateau,

bu t

there

is

no

danger

of

spore

contami

nation until th e next harvest cycle in 30 days.

Swarms of harmless

bu t

irritating biting insects

rise

up

ou t

of

th e

bushes when disturbed.

Th e

tent

is empty. Its door flaps sway in

th e

gentle breeze

an d

a n ea rb y s ol ar p ow er con

verter is folded up for

storage.

Boot

tracks

ar e

d is ce ma bl e a ro un d t he tent, an d th e imprints

from a freighter s landing gear

ca n

still beseen in

th e rapidly regenerating

plant

cover.

There is no on e at th e landing site when th e

characters arrive, although on e

squad

of eight

Aqualish mercenaries

e mp lo ye d b y

Hoogra

D En) is watching this

area

from hiding.

They

ar e

riding a young

rormaroo

Strength

D

walker

scale) that a pp ea rs to b e feeding with others of

its kind several kilometers away_

Th e squad s mission is to

watch

ove r the

tamack

plants until Hoogra-D En arrives to har

vest

t he s po re

p od s. The Aqualish ar e alarmed

by

th e

appearance

of a ship,

as

they did not

expect anyone; vacationing corporate parties

never venture out this far.

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If

t he ch ar act er s land in an Imperial ship,

scout the area on foot without giving Hoogra

D En s prearranged signal there s no way they

would know ab ou t t he signal),

or otherwise

lin

ger in th e area, the squad assumes

that

Imperial

agents or

bounty

hunters have stumbled onto

Hoogra-D En s hiding spot.

Th e

squ ad r ep or ts

via a

boosted

comlink

to

Hoogra-D En, who orders

them

to attack. Mean

while, Hoogra-D En o rd ers t he evacuation of his

main base, which is

several

hundred kilometers

away (in th e lowlands).

When th e mercenariescali, Brojtal sship picks

up th e signal an d pinpoints th e receiving station

(Hoogra-D En s main base). Brojtal orders an

immediate

attack, triggering Episode Three,

Brojtal s Revenge. Characters monitoring for

transmissions pick up th e comlink transmission

with a Moderate

sensors

roli; a Very Difficult total

is needed

to

locate th e receiving station (Hoogra

D En s main base).

Aqualish (Quara) Mercenaries.

Ali

s ta ts a re

2D

except:

Dexterity 3D blaster 5D dodge 4D

running

3D 2

survival: forest 3D beast ri in 4D

repulsorlift operation

3D 2

Perception 3D con

3D 2

persuasion 4D / search 3D /.

Move:

1

Biasterrilie (5D), blastvest 1energy, 1D physi

cal), comlink,

datapad,

macrobinoculars, breath

Gone

to Ground

mask,

sealed protective

suil.

For complete informationon theAqualish, se e

pages 13-14 of

Galaxy Guide

4:

Alien

Races

Sec-

on Edition.

RORmAROO

Type: Gentle grazer

DEXTERITY 3D

Dodge

4

PERCEPTION 3D

Search

STRENGTH 2D 8

Special

Abilities:

amouflage

Rormaroo

carry

abundant living vegetation

on their backs If next to a plateau. such as

when

drinking

from a waterfall. they are indistinguishable from the pla

teau surface until they away.

rmored head Their heads are heavily armored 30

physical

20

energy

and

do

STR

ID ramming damage.

Move:

18

Size: Adults Z00-300 meters long: 60-100 meter wide

heads: 40 80

meter wingspan.

when

completely unfurled.

Scale: Walker

Orneriness: 1D

Capsule: The rormaroo are large dorsoventrally

flattened animals. Their armored heads are split by

wide mouths. Chambered gas-filled wings run the

length of their limbless bodies which taper from

head to tail. Two relatively small eyes sit

on

the

sides of their heads.

Viewed from below rormaroo resemble tan

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leathery snakes but soil and vegetation accumu-

late on their backs as they grow giving them the

appearanceof flying islands from above.

Theyspend

their days grazing on airborne pollen and insects

drinking from cliffsidewaterfalls and lazilydrifting

about. Rormaroo feed

in

herds

but

otherwise spend

their time

alone.

They

are powerful creatures able to carry many

tons on

their

backs.

The

build-up of plants and soil

helps protect them in their youth during winter

mating battles. In old age the decades of soil accu

mulation prevent them from climbing high enough

to graze and

t y

slowly starve to death sinking

into the canyons

far

below

Except for the occasional corporate hunting

party the docile rormaroo have no known preda

tors. Theymake excellent ridingbeasts they are

loyal and affectionate; some vacationing families

have spent weeks camped on their backs simply

allowing themselves to

be

carried along for the

ride. Rormarooare

immune

to the effects of tamack

spores.

B TTl E

T CTlCS

Th e

Aqualish mercenaries

steer the rormaroo

towards th e characters. They open

fire when in

range, an d

t he n t ry

to get th e

beast

to sweep in

low an d force th e characters off th e cliff edge.

th e

characters

incapacitate or kill

an y

mercenar-

ies,

on e

falls from th e back of th e rormaroo onto

th e plateau and m ay be s earched. An

Easy

search

roll uncovers a datapad

containing

coordinates

for a training

camp

in

th e

lowlands. This is, in

actuality, Hoogra-O'En's main base. .

th e rormaroo

is seriously injured, or if four

or

more

mercenaries

ar e

incapacitated or killed,

thes quad

disengages and flies away.

They do no t

r et ur n t o th e

main

base,

bu t

i n st e ad t ra ve l

to

their field h ea dq u ar te rs a c av e

12 kilometers

away)

and tend totheirwounds.

Overtaking

them

by

ship

is quite

easy,

an d in

their

condition they

will

surrender

if faced with

starship

weapons. A

Moderate intimidation

gets

them

to reveal

th e

coordinates

of

th e base or

an Easy

search

of

their

equipment

allows t he c ha ra ct er s to find a

flimsiplast

sheet

with

th e base coordinates.

By

th e

time

th e characters

arrive

a t t he

main

base

to

search

for Hoogra-O'En, Brojtal's assault

ha s

already begun; se e Episode Three, Brojtal's

Revenge.

EP SOD E THR E E: BROJT L S

R ElI EHG E

th e characters

captured

an y of th e

merce-

naries,

they

know th e location of Hoogra-O'En's

main

base and presum ably head

there.

If th e

char acters do

no t visit Babel's landing

site -

meaning

that

Brojtal hasn t

picked

u p t he

mercenaries comlink call

an d

he

doesn t

know

where Hoogra-O'En's base s Hoogra-O'Eneven

tually

becomes

nervous

underthe

scrutiny of

th e

orbiting Imperial ship

an d

starts his evacuation.

Brotjal's

ship detects

this activity an d

th e

Impe

rial attack begins.

If

the char acters ar e at th e

TaggeCo. starport,

they hear

reports

that

an Imperial ship is attack

ing a large

paramilitary terr or is t base located

deep

in

th e

lowland rain forests.

the char acters

are

in their starship, they

ma y

spot th e Marduk

Brojtal's Carrack cruiser

- firing upon

th e

planet, blasting

th e

rain forest

into bits.

A sensor

scan

of

t he are a

reveals no power

sou rc es, b ut t he c ha rac te rs

ma y

intercept

a

comlink call from on e of Hoogra-O'En's merce

naries which

names th e

Ho'Oin

terrorist.

Th e

Marduk

Capital-scale, capital ship gun-

nery

4D 2

capital ship piloting4D capital ship

shields 4D. Maneuverability 20,

space

8 hull

50 ,

shields 20+2. Weapons:

1

heavy turbolasers

(fire control 10, d am ag e 7 0) , 20 laser cannons

(fire c ont ro l 3 0, d am ag e 5 0) , 5

tractor

beam

projectors

(fire c on tr ol 2 0, d am ag e 4 0) .

For

complete

information on Carrack light

cruisers,

se e

pages 57-58 of ImperialSourcebook,

Second Edition.

Th e Marduk s ships include a drop-ship, a T l

rc recon starfighter and

two

TIE/In

starfighters

on its external docking racks; all of

these

ships

ar e

involved in

th e

assault.

Drop-ship. Starfighter-scale,

space transports

4D 2

starshipgunnery4D 1, starshipshields3D 2.

Space

1

during drop);

2

on return

flight), atmo

sphere 415; 1,200 kmh

during drop);

225; 650

kmh on return flight), hull 40, shields D.Weap

ons: I light l a se r c an no n no t available

during

drop, fire control D, damage D).

TIE/rc Recan Starfighter. Starfighter-scale,

starfighter piloting

4D

1 starship gunnery

4D.

Maneuverability 20,

space

8

atmosphere

365;

1,050kmh, hull 10.Weapons: I

laser cannon

(fire

control 20, damage 40).

TIE/ln

Starfighter. Starfighter-scale,

starfighter

piioting4D 1, starshipgunnery4D. Maneuverabil

ity20,

space 1

atmosphere

415; 1,200 kmh, hull

20 . Weapons: 2 laser cannons (fire-linked, fire

control

20,

damage

50).

TH E BATTL E

Th e climactic

scene

uses th e Roleplaying

Battles rules

on

pages 130-135 of

Star Wars

Revised

and

Expanded. Show th e players th e

diagram ofHoogra-O'En

s base

when

they

arrive.

Th e base, laid

ou t

in a rough triangle 400 meters

on

a side, consists of large camouflaged survival

on

to

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tents which serve as barracks), greenhouses

an d bomb

assembly

an d training areas. Th e only

signs of high technology

ar e

three normally cam

ouflaged heavy laser

cannons.

heSet-Up: Hoogra-D En o rd er s a n evacua

tion. There are 200 Aqualish mercenaries in hi s

camp. Several things

ar e

happening as

th e

char

acters arrive

Th e

TIE fighters head in t o att ack th e camp s

defenses, while th e drop-ship

comes

in

to

land

a nd unloa d its troops.

Hoogra-D E n begins

heading

for his escape

s hi p, a f re ig ht er hidden in a

shielded

under

ground hangar

just

north of th e camp.

He

ha s

mercenaries carry

tamack

plants and processed

spore packets to th e ship.

Tergeth

begins placing spore

b omb s ar ou nd

th e ba se a s b oo by -t ra ps e ve ry Difficult search

roll t o d et ec t without tripping them acciden

tally).

Tergeth plans

to

join Hoogra-D En

on

his

ship after th e

booby-traps

h av e b een se t up.

Fifty of th e

mercenaries

scramble for hidden

tunnels which lead to th e freighters hidden in th e

lake near th e camp.

The

rem ining mercen ries keep w tch t

the

base s

perimeter

an d

power-up th e heavy laser

c nnons

o q

to

roun

Sub-Commander Brojtal directs th e battlefrom

th e

bridge

of th e arduk

EH OUHT ERS

Depending upon how th e

characters

proceed

there

ar e

an y number of encounters which

they

ca n

participate

in.

HE \GHTl RTT K

Th e three TIE

fighters

s we ep a he ad t o neu

tralize

th e defense

lasers.

The h eavy laser

cannons destr oy the TIE/rc recon

starfighter

bu t

all

three heavy

l ase r c an no ns a re taken

out. Th e TIE/Ins make three passes

strafing

g ro u nd t ar ge ts t o

soften th e

resistance

before

th e drop-ship lands.

T he c ha ra ct er s m ay

approach

th e

TIE

fight

ers;

th e

TIEs d o n ot

attack unless

fired upon by

th e characters. However, th e

characters

ar e or

dered

away

from

th e battle site

an d warned that

they face arrest.

th e characters attack either th e TIEs

or

th e

mercenary camp from the ir. s hip, th e TIE/Ins

engage them and fight until

destroyed. th e

characters destroy

an y TIE fighters, th e

arduk

opens

fire o n t heir ship.

the characters

identify

themselvesas

bounty

hunters Sub-Commander Brojtal o rd er s t he m


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away from

th e

scene,

stating

t hat t he ya re

inter

fering in

an

Imperial military matter.

DROp SHIP L NDING

The

drop-ship lands 200 meters

ou t in th e

forest, disgorges t he d ro p company, and biasts

off for orbit. Th e Imperial

troops

advance on

th e

camp and engage the mercenaries

th e

characters land a good distance from

th e

battle

an d

a pp ro ac h t he b as e

on foot,

t he y a re

engaged by either two

squads

of Hoogra-O En s

Aqualish mercenaries (16

mercenaries), or

two

squads of Imperial troops (16 troops), depend-

ing

upon

th e

route

of

their approach: check their

route against

th e

diagram of Hoogra-O En s base

an d

th e

planned drop company advance during

th e

attack. Note

that

th e

characters

may

come

under

fire from b ot h s id es if they wind up be

tween th e drop troops

an d

th e mercenaries.

Th e Imperial drop company

ha s

been briefed

on

Hoogra-O En s

spore bombs.

Th e

t roops a re

wearingsealed exposure

suits

an d breath masks.

Unless

th e

characters identify themselves

immediately

an d

follow

th e

troops orders to

surrender

and laydown their

arms,

th e

Imperials

assume they ar e

Hoogra-O En s mercenar ies

an d

open

fire on them.

the characters do bother

to identify them

selves,

th e

Imperial

troops

comlink in to

th e

Marduk;

the troops

ar e told to

order

th e charac

ters away from th e battIe scene an d arrest them

if they

resist.

Imperial rop Troops

All

st at s a re 20

I ex

cept: Dexterity

3D

blaster

4D

dodge

4D

grenade3D 2 vehicle blasters3D 2. survivaI3D 2

repulsorliftoperation 3D 2 Perception

3D

Strength

3D J brawling4D J.

Move:

1

Blaster rifle

(50),

field

armor

an d

helmet

ID physical,

2

energy),

3 grenades

50), helmet

comIink, survival gear,

breath

mask, sealed exposure suit, utility belt,

Imperial

medpac.

ffi ERC EN RY TT CK

The mercenaries fall back, attempting to lure

th e

Imperial forces into tamack

spore

booby

traps.

encountered,

th e

mercenaries attack

without warning an d a re unwilling to negotiate;

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their orders

ar e

simply

to

eliminate all opposi

tion

If the characters land nearthe lake shore, they

may encounter groups of mercenaries falling

back t o t he e sc ap e tunnels.

f the characters

capture a mercenary s

comlink, t h ey c an listen in an d find that Hoogra

D En is loading

up

his

hidden

escape

ship. If

th e

characters decide t o p ur su e t he terrorist, c ut t o

Capturing Hoogra-D En.

Aqualish

Mercenaries.

All

stats are 2D except:

Dexterity D blaster 5D dodge 4D running 3D 2

survival: forest

D

beast riding

4D

repulsorlift

operation 3D 2 Perception 3D con 3D 2 persua-

sion 4D 1 search 3D l Move: 10. Blaster rifle

5D , blast

vest

I energy,

1D physical), comlink,

datapad, macrobinoculars, breath mask, sealed

protective suit

T ERG ETH S

BOOBY TRAPS

Troops

investigating

t he s tr uc tu re s s et

off

several

spore bomb booby-traps,

infecting any

on e within 40 meters who doesn t

have

complete

protection, such as a sealed suit and

breath

mask: an y of Hoogra-D En s

mercenaries

... an d

possibly th e player characters.

Th e

characters may also se t off a spore

bomb

if they re no t carefuL

Spore

Bomb. Hoogra-D En s

spore

bombs

are

built in a smooth cylinder,

25

centimeters in

diameter and eight

centimeters

high, with three

access

panels. A

timer may

delay

release up

to 48

hours, or t he b om b

ma y

be se t to go off if dis

turb ed or a trip wire is triggered. A Difficult

demolitions roll is

needed

to

deactivate th e bomb.

Th e spore bomb is named after th e micro

scopic spores ofa fungi called tamack. This fungi

is quite rare, having previously grown only on

th e

colonyworld ofAnemcoro; Hoogra-D En trans

ported this fungi to Pallaxides. Its spores infect

through

inhalation or absorption through

th e

skin,

an d ar e

often lethaL

Th e

spore

bombhas

a

blast

radius of40meters,

doing 6D damage.

Th e

b la st rad iu s represents

th e

maximum

outdoor dispersion

if

th e

bomb

goes off in

a n o pe n a re a.

Beings

without

breath

masks andsealed suits ar e affected by

th e

spores

for up t o t hr ee h ou rs after t he b om b s detona

tion. Anyone sufferinga wound orworse from th e

spores is infected

an d

dies in

2D hours

unless

bacta treatment is initiated.

If the characters

move quickly, they may

have

a chance to encounter Tergeth while he s selling

up

th e l ast of th e

spore

bombs or while he s

running for Hoogra-D En s escape ship. See th e

sidebar, The Opposition for information

an d

game s ta ts o n Tergeth.

onr

to

round

CAPTURING HOOGRA U l:N

t he ch ar act er s

head

north of th e

camp

or

overhear about Hoogra-D En s movements, they

may have a c ha nc e t o confront him before he

reaches

his escape ship.

Hoogra-D En

is

ladenwithseveralspore bombs.

He s willing

to se t

on e

off,

s in ce h e s

immune

to

t he s po re s b ut t he y re fatal to th e characters.

Hoogra-D En ha s

10

mercenaries with him.

They ar e also carrying spore bombs and tamack

plants, b ut t he y ca n d ro p t he m an d pull their

blasters quite

quickly. Hoogra-D En either tries

to distract th e characters, or

he orders his mer

cenaries

to

attack

s o h e

ha s

a chanceto get to this

escape ship. Hoogra-D En ma y also use the

comlink to summon more mercenaries to defend

him.

Depending

upon how

you

want

tostage things,

Tergeth may already be in th e group, may show

u p a t

a pivotal

moment

perhapscreating

enough

of a

distraction

to

allow Hoogra-D En

to

escape),

or he may n ot sho w

up at

aiL

You may also want to h av e a n fmperial squad

or two show

u p d ur ing

the commotion. Th e

fmperials o rd er s a re simple: capture Hoogra

D En alive

an d

don t let

anything

stop them.

However, Brojtal is willing to negotiate with th e

characters

For Hoogra-D En s

stats,

se e th e sidebar, The

Opposition.

ElJ ELOpm EH TS

Part of Hoogra-D En s escape plan is t o u se two

fleeing freighters

as

decoys. Two freighters lift

offou t of th e lake, drawing fire from th e TIE/Ins (if

they re still flying),

an d

from

th e

Marduk.

Th e

characters have to decide what to do about th e

fleeing

ships, as on e

may be carrying Hoogra

D En assuming t he y d on t know about his es

cape plan).

Th e lift-offof th e freighters creates huge clouds

ofscalding

steam

an d largewaves.Anyonewithin

150

meters

of th e lake s shore takes 4D damage

from exp osur e t o

th e s up er-he at ed w at e r a nd

steam. However, th e

steam

clears th e air of

spores,

so no

more

infections occur in this area unless

another spore

bomb

trap is triggered.

Th e area is no w Difficult terrain because the

spongy ground

becomes slick

an d

soft.

Th e

wa

te r p ut s o ut a ny fires burning inside th e camp.

If th eMarduk

hasn t already

engaged in battle,

it no w opens fire on all enemy vessels.

According

to th e

escape

plan, Hoogra-D En s

ship, the

Batattis

a m od if ie d C or el li sp ac e

Gymsnor-3 freighter),

blasts

off from its

hidden

hangar north

of th e c am p a nd makes a

ru n

for

freedom, using

th e

other two freighters

as

de

coys. Hoogra-D En flies along th e t re e t op s for

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HL PLANTS

several

dozen

kilometers before trying

to

climb

up ou t of the atmosphere.

The Marduk

fires

upon th e Batattis

if not other-

wise engaged. Unless th e

characters

intervene,

th e

Marduk destroys the Batattis

atattis

Starfighter-scale, space transports

SD

starshipgunnery D

Maneuverability20,

space

8

atmosphere

450; 1,300 kmh, hull 60, shields 20.

Weapons: 2 heavy blaster cannons (fire-linked,

fire control 20, damage

60 ,

2 laser cannon (fire

linked, fire

control

30, damage 40).

However, Hoogra-O En, Tergeth,

an d th e

tamack

plants slip away in an escape

pod

under

cover of th e explosion; th e po d

drops

into th e

middleof th e rain forest. A

search

of theBatattis s

wreckage reveals that an escape pod is missing.

Th e

characters

can try to force th e Batattis

down or somehow

disable th e

ship and

board it.

In

addition to Hoogra-O En and Tergeth, there ar e

1 other mercenaries aboard.

f

th e

characters succeed

in

capturing

Hoogra

O En, Brojtal wiil negotiate, offering th e charac

ters the full b ou nty p ay ment if t he y t ur n th e

Ho Din terr or ist o ver to him. Broj tal s offer is

legitimate.

th e

characters

don t

capture

Hoogra-O En

an d Tergeth within a few hours, they disappear

into th e forest. They make their way t o t he Tagge

Company starport and secretly buy passage off-

planet from an independent freighter captain.

ADUENTURE REWARDS

In

add itio n to any b ou nty

reward, th e charac

ters should receive th ree to five

Character

Points

for successfully completing th e adventure;

they

ORT HOOGRA-n E1

Twenty years ago, th e Ho Oin colony

world

of

Anemcoro was

caught

up in a

vicious civil

war between

neighboring sys

tems. Even though Anemcoro remained

neutral in th e conflict, it was th e unfortu

nate site of many battles.

In

what was offi-

cially termed an accident, several cities

were hit by an Imperial barrage. The result

ing wildfires

swept through

th e colonies,

destroying th e layered forest-cities of th e

Ho Oin.

Th e

Ho Din

wh o escaped

th e

firestorm will long r emember th e sight of

their beautiful garden terraces going up in

flames.

Hoogra-O En s

pe t

project on Anemcoro

h ad b ee n th e

cultivation of extremely

rare

plants in

th e h op es

of reintroducing

them

into th e wild on their nativeworlds. He had

carefully s pr ea d o ut t he farm plots to pre

vent

natural

disasters from ruining th e

project, b ut h e did not foresee th e destruc-

tion caused

by

th e Imperial

bombardment.

Many of th e plants he had

been

trying to

savewere lost to extinction in th e firestorm.

Hoogra-O En collected th e pitiful handful of

plants

that

survived th e fire an d fled th e

colony.

He

found Pallaxides

atmosphere

an d cl imate to be

suitable

for his renewed

work.

For a time, Hoogra-O En was content to

grow his plants,

b ut h e

was

haunted by th e

fires in his dreams. Hoogra-O En held th e

Empire

responsible

for th e extinction

of

uncounted plant species. When he discov

ered that

tamack spores were

lethal, he

d ecid ed th e time to take revenge had ar

rived. In their natural state, th e s p or es

ar e

infectious for only

thirty

minutes while air

borne.

they d o not find an organic source

by that

time,

they

die. Hoogra-O En devel

oped a process to keep th e

spores

lethal for

three hours

after their release into th e air.

Hoogra-O En was a bl e t o b ar te r his me

dicinal knowledge for

s hips and

supplies,

eventually assembling a small

army

of

spies

an d

mercenaries

to ass is t in his plans.

Ba-

bel Senjorg, a prominent

merchant

with

connections in low places, had been suffer

ing from a fatal

disease

when Hoogra-O En

developed

a treatment for him. He was for

ever

grateful

to

th e Ho Oin miracle worker

an d was a courier for several of Hoogra

O En s bombs.

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to

round


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~ l H T E G R A T l O H S

T OPPOS1TlOH

ORT HOOGRAD EH

Type: Ho Din Terrorist

DEXTERITY 2D

Blaster 50, brawling parry 50+

1

dodge 40+2, melee parry 40

KNOWLEDGE

Alien species 50+2, intimidation 50+1, scholar: botany 90

streetwise 7Dd, survival: rain forest 8 value 60 2 will-

power

6

MECHANICAL 2D

Beast riding 60+2, repulsorlift operation 30 I sensors 40+2,

space transports

50,

starship gunnery 40

PERCEPTION 4D

Bargain 70 command 80 con 50+1, forgery 50 hide 60+2,

persuasion 80+1, search 60+1, sneak 100

STRENGTH 2D+2

Brawling 60+1, climbing/jumping 40+1, stamina 70+1

TECHNICAL

Armor repair 50, blaster repair 40+2, computer program

ming/repair 60+2, demolition: mine 80 1 droid repair 40 1

first aid 50 first aid: Ho Din herbal medicines 60 repulsorlift

repair 30+2, security 80

Special Skills:

Knowledge

skills:

Ecology:

Mollok Time to use: at least one hour. The ability to

recognize and identify the countless plants on Moltok.

Scholar Botany

Time to use: at least one hour. Hoogra-

O En can work wonders in botanical science. creating new

medicines from common plants, savingplants on the verge

of extinction and cross-breeding plant species to

achieve

new

and fantastic characteristics often

within

one or two

generations. Unknown plant species

may

be

quickly

iden

tified

as to their qualities and

research

value.

Gone

roun

Technical

skills:

First Aid Ho Din HerbalMedicines Time to use:at leastonehour.

The ability to use Moltok svarious medicinal plants for healing

and disease control.

Force Points: 1

Character Points:

8

Move:

13

Equipment: Heavy blaster pistol 50), sword STR+10), utility

belt with botanical sampling and scanning devices, comlink,

three customized spore bombs, camouflage jumpsuit.

T ERGHH D1l RR

Tergeth

Dilorr

was an

Imperial military

conscript

wh o became disenchanted with life in the Navy and

eventually

jumped

ship, driftingfrom

planetto

planet.

Alter

years

of mov in g from place

to

place,

Tergeth

signed

on

with Hoogra-D En s

group

for t he pay and

soon

came around

to the

Ho Din s

point

of view con

cerning the Empire.

Tergeth

believes

that

he should

be

working

with

the Rebellion though he doubts he can convince the

Ho Din

to use

his

talents to

aid the Alliance.

Tergeth Dilorr. All stats

are

2D except: blaster4D

streetwise 4D survival 3D 2 space transports 6D 2

starship gunnery 4D bargain 3D Technical4D capital

ship rep ir 7D 2 demolitions: mine 7D roi program-

mingSD roi rep ir 6D security SD space trans-

port repair 7D 2 starshipweapon rep ir 7D. Move:

1

Heavy blaster pistol 5D), tool kit, comlink.

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should

only receive one

or

two

Character

Points

if they didn t

capture

Hoogra-O En.

The

characters

may be

able

to sell the sensor-

deflecting lahla

plants to

the Rebellion

or

a pri

vate

company. This could be worth almost

as

much as the bounty on Hoogra-O En, although

if

the Empire learnsofthis, it confiscates the plants,

offering a minimal finders fee of about 5,000

credits.

PlLOGU

Sub-CommanderBrojtal receives a promotion

he

captures

Hoogra-O En

and

his meres. Later,

news reports indicate that the infamous terror

ist Ort Hoogra-O En died while in Imperial cus

tody,

apparently due to

injuries suffered during

his

capture.

Hoogra-O En escaped during the battle, the

bounty is still good on him

and

he s more deter

mined than ever to put a

stop

to the Empire s

actions. e continues his

attacks

throughout the

Outer Rim

Territories,

Perhaps

someone e lse learns of the tamack

spores

and

starts

using

these

bombs. The char

acters may be called

to capture

this new

terrorist

because of their experience with

these

danger

ous devi es

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ABREGADO RAEIHTR GUE

The characters have c om e t o

Le

Yer, a small

resort town on th e planet Abregado-rae. There,

they

ar e

hired t o r es cu e Brinaloy N Vaari,

th e

fiancee of Provincial Governor A jidre Skrigatov

betterknown

as

Skrig ). Brinaloy ha s gone into

hiding because she is facing threats and attacks

froma Rodian

gangster named

Malkoi, whowants

to unseat Skrig in upcoming locai elections. How

ever, it soon

becomes clear t hat t her e s

much,

much

more

to Skrig than meets th e

ey e

...

Abregado-rae.Ashabbymanufacturingworld

in th e Core, Abregado-rae is lightly populated (40

million residents) an d fairly unremarkable; it

seems more like a remote

Outer

Rim planet. It s

known for an active smuggler community, bu t in

outlying places like

Le

Yer, t he re s n ot

much

Abr.90do-ro. lntri9u.

profit in th e business. For more information on

Abregado-rae,

se e

The Thrown Trilogy ourcebook

page 1 8

EP1S D E OM E: M TROUBL E

ALR EA DY

StagingTips: Th e

characters

ar e in

th e

resort

town of

Le

Yer,

presumabiy

tracking down some

o th er b ou nt y ... perhaps an errant smuggler

wanted for dumping a cargo of spice . It s up to

you whether or no t this preliminary

bounty

hunt

is successful.

Le

Yer is a beautifully

manicured

coastal re

sort town.

Th e

vegetation is

vibrant and

the pace

of life is slow:

people

ar e given to mid-afternoon


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naps

and

leisurely walks along the old board

walk. People calmly

wander

around town, re

laxed and

apparently unarmed. At the center

of

town is a very large plaza with a few vendors and

plenty of

benches scattered

about

the

beautiful

gardens.

While going about

their

business,

the

charac

ters are interrupted by an earnest young police

officer; they

are

in a

very

public spot, with

plenty

of onlookers.

Excuse me,

the

officer begins,

but

Ihave an

outstanding warrant for your arrest. I

suggest

you

come

along quietly. The characters may

protest,

but

a quick look

around

reveals

that

there

are

several

other

armed officers within

earshot.

asked

what

the charges

are,

the

officer

notes, Several violations of

Le

Yer s

ordinances,

including Sections 40251A and 40257C: opera

tionofan illegallymodified starship and posses-

sion of illegal

or unregistered weaponry and

equipment. Because of the

severity

of

these

offenses, the

combined penalty

is

seven years

indentured servitude in a mining colony.

Police

Officers.

All stats are 2D

except:

r wl-

ing p rry

4D

melee com t

3D

melee p rry

3D

r wling 4D

Move:

10.

Stun baton (5D

st un o r

STR+ID), stun blaster (0-5/10/20, 4D stun),

comlink,

padded

vest

1D

physical, +1 energy).

the characters choose to resist, the guards

open up with their

blasters (set

on stun), prob

ably downing the

characters

in a matter of sec

onds.

The

characters

are

escorted

to

the local con

stabulary, where their weapons are confiscated.

Rather than being

tossed

in a cell,

they are

left

alone in a small office.

Eventually, a rather robustDevaronian,draped

in the f inest a tt ire, calmly walks in

and

seats

himself. Self-assured and confident, he begins.

Read aloud:

Gentlebeings,

I

have

a proposition

for

you.

1

have

a

problem

and

I

believe you may be

part

of

the

solution.

My name is

A jidre

Skrigatov. I m a person

of some

import nce

w t m ny onne tions

in

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th e community. I am running for

reelection

as

Provincial

Governor

of LeYer and th e election

is only a few weeks away. I had

arranged

a

marriage between myself and the granddaugh

ter

of

th e previous

Governor. She

is

the last of

a well-respected and popular family; I felt cer

tain

t ha t the marr iage would guarantee me

victory in

th e

election.

Yesterday,my

bride-to-be

disappeared. The

wedding is in five days. The local police

have

been unable to find her. My own associates,

while

skilled in many areas, a re not

well-suited

to trackingdown missing

persons.

Isuspect foul

play

on

th e part ofmy rivals

and

Iworry

about

my beloved s

salety.

Fortuitously, you are here

.. . bu t

you have

your own dire predicament. Coincidentally, I

can help. I am willing to

pay

you 6,000 credits

to return

my

bride-to-be- intact and heal thy

within

five days.

you

are interested

in my

offer, I m

certain

I

can

arrange fo r

your current

situation to fade away.

I

do

sincerely hope

you

find this acceptable,

otherwise

I

might

have to

use my inf luence with the

local officials

to

speed you towards a short, efficient trial

and

a

lengthy

sentence.

It is up to the characters to either accept the

deal or plan their own jailbreak and escape.

The characters may t ry to bargain th e bounty

payment higher. Because t ime is short, Skrig is

willing to increase

the

payment; have the charac

ters make an opposed rg in roll. If they beat

Skrigbyone to

three

points,

he

offers 6,500 credits.

If they beat Skrig by four to six points, he ups the

total to 7,000credits, while beatinghim

by

seven or

more points means he offers 8,500 credits.

If th e

characters refuseSkrig s offer,

he

simply

shrugs and

has

th e police throw

them

ina cell. As

he departs, he offers, Should you change your

minds, let

one

of th e guards know

and

we shall

speak again.

Particularly stubborn characters may flatly

refuse the offer and plan a jailbreak. At your

discretion,

th e

characters may

be able to pull

this off . .. or,

more

likely, Skrig allows them to

escape as part of a set-up. While

the characters

are

incarcerated,

the pol ice dra in

th e

power

packs

on thei r weapons and affix homing bea

cons to their equipment. Their

ship

(if docked at

thespaceport) is

impounded

and heavilyguarded.

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