D6 Star Wars Private Game

[Casmar]

"DAMN this blasted droid! why wont they just die!" Gumbrai fires another shot at the functioning fighter.


//5+6+5+4+2(wild) +1 = 23; 4+4+1(wild) = 9 Dmg//


"It's true that I think we all need answers, me least of all, I think J and Zal are owed an apology at the very least. But first we need to get through this blockade. Open the comms, I'll send a message through to the republic fleet command"


"whatever coordinates they give us Giz, don't follow them straight away, watch the CIS ships, if they move to block us we stop sending messages right away as they might be listening to us."


Gumbrai waits for Giz to open the comms before beginning to speak.


"Republic Command, this is Corporal Gumbrai Ottral from the 197th engineer corp, We are attempting to break through the CIS blockade in order to escape, I have civilian casualties aboard, please advise on safest co-ordinates to make out break. I repeat This is Gumbrai Ottral..." Gumbrai repeats the message till he gets a response"

 

[DaveTheGamesMaster]

Your shot is directly on target but the ship's armour soaks up the damage, the armour plate flying off the ship leaving an exposed section to the control systems.


Zal enters the cockpit. "Did someone say my name, what's going on?" Giz looks back and releases a display from the ceiling (resembling a periscope) "Take over controls for the turret Zal, Gum I'm going to need you on the forward guns, we have incoming." You can see a group of four droid fighters have broken away from the blockade and are coming to intercept you.


"I'll try my best but if I don't get this jump plotted we're going to be stuck in the middle of this battle for longer than I'd like." Giz mentions as he looks for an opening to aim for in the blockade. He sets his sights on two Republic Venator Destroyers driving a wedge led by fighter craft in the middle of the blockade. They start to force a gap in the blockade dealing heavy damage to Separatist Cruisers that were securing that area, taken by surprise when the Republic jumped in at close range.


You receive a comm reply, "Corporal Oral, this is General Windu. You have an opening provided to you, can you handle the fighters heading your way?" A purple starfighter is at the front of the fighter contingent that then breaks off to engage the separatists forces in their vicinity.


"I see it, replies Giz." He looks to you hurriedly. "Can you take them? And I know, J and I do owe you an explanation, we thought we knew what we were getting into but we never planned on this happening. The terraform device wasn't our mission but we got caught up in this. We were just meant to watch you, we didn't realise the Separatists would come in force to take you."


Zal looks shocked. "What's this about? Actually...why were those droids wanting to take alive Gum? And Giz what do you mean you were watching Gum? And why has your voice changed?"


Giz sighs, "Look can we deal with this once we're out of here and in hyperspace, my friend is hurt and I'm trying to fly this thing and plot a jump while we're under fire so I need to focus."

 

[Casmar]

"Whilst I don't like being lied to; he is right, lets get out of this alive." Gumbrai sighs.


Opening the comms briefly Gumbrai replies to General Windu "I see it, thank you General."


Gumbrai fires at the closes of the droid fighter with both guns.


//Shot 1: 5+6+4(wild) +1 = 16; 5+2++3+2(wild) = 12Dmg


Shot 2: 3+3+3(wild) +1 = 10; 1+5+2+6(wild)+5(wild) = 19Dmg//

 

[DaveTheGamesMaster]

Your first shot hits but glances off the armour of the droid fighter and the second shot misses. "Keep it up Gum, they're not at optimal firing range yet so to get a hit you're doing well." Encourages Giz as he accelerates into space leaving the planet behind aiming straight for the fighters.


Zal lines up with the fighter still giving chase and opens fire. He's obviously not used to operating weaponry and misses the fighter entirely and impacts the shields of the Ithorian's vessel.


"Woah watch it!" comes over the comm channel. In response the Ithorian's shots go wide with one just clipping the armour on a wing of the fighter. Zal tries to hide his embarrassment and collects himself to make sure he doesn't make the same mistake again.


A spray of lasers comes your way as all 4 oncoming ships open fire in response to your bold early shot actually hitting. Giz weaves through the staggered shots, expertly dodging the first foray but misjudges the second, dodging one shot and spinning into the path of another.


Out of the eight shots fired, despite Giz's piloting, 2 lasers out of the 8 connect and impact the hull dealing enough damage to ionize the controls, maneuverability controls are seized and you've lost all fire control capabilities temporarily, blue lightning streaks across the controls infront of you.


"Dammit!" Giz frustratingly yelps as he tries to reboot the systems, "Their's no major damage but we'll be easier to hit now. I wish this ship had shields."


The battle is going on across your horizon with Separatist ships maneuvering to protect their more important vessels. A big capital ship is being protected by two Cruisers where a shuttle is coming into dock. More landing craft with fighter escorts are returning from the planet's atmosphere also. A smaller ship, of a different configuration from the others launches from a nearby droid control ship and is moving towards your position.

 

[Casmar]

"Damnit, Controls are completely out; Ill go out back and see if I can get them fixed"


Gumbrai rises from his seat and rushes to the back of the ship looking for his tools before trying to find a way to regain the ship controls.


"On the way past Zal he pats his shoulder; Don't worry Zal We'll get you out of this, whatever is going on here, You were never meant to be caught up in this."

 

[DaveTheGamesMaster]

Giz, unable to do anything to evade jumps over to co-pilot chair and opens fire on the approaching ships in desperation focussing all his attention. He makes four shots split between two ships, one of which being the one you'd already hit.


The first takes two hits dealing light damage but enough to disable it's systems and send it into a spin nudging another fighter off course and unable to fire on you this round. The second fighter fired on takes two heavy hits causing the ship to explode.


The remaining fighter bearing down on you opens fire but misses with both fire linked shots and four lasers miss your ship despite it flying on a straight trajectory.


Zal follows you to help with repairs, that being something he knows he can do well. "We'll be back Giz, woo nice shooting, where'd you learn to do that?...Ah, yes, repairs first, keep up the good work." He scurries away as Giz throws a glare back, "We need the flight systems back up or we're going nowhere! Go, help Gum!"


Behind, the fighter gets a target lock on your ship. Warning sirens start to sound and flash. Zal stops in his tracks behind you. "Well that's not good!" He points to the floor grate to open and flies over to fetch the tools for you. "Get that open Gum, we've got to work fast!"


A torrent of fire comes from the Ithorian vessel. You can feel something happen, like a ripple inside of you that can't be explained.


The fighter explodes and the alarms stop and over the comm Dobool shouting. "You're clear, that fighter nearly had you then. That Jedi, Andro Pallor got on the turret just in time."


Giz calls back, "Get us back online now, these two fighters will be at point blank range in moments and we're sitting ducks."


The Ithorian's ship is accelerating to help cover you but the two fighters ahead of you are out of their range for the moment.


//Make a technical check as you don't have Starship repair to see if you can figure out what needs doing, if you want to then fix it as well make a second check to repair and make both of those checks at -1D or you can let Zal focus on fixing if you find the problem?//

 

[Casmar]

"Good that's given us some time, though I'm not sure how long. Now let's see what we have here"


//Check to find the problem 4+6 (wild)+5(wild) +2 = 17//


"I think I know what the problem is Zal"


//Check to fix the problem 3+5(wild) + 2 =10//

 

[DaveTheGamesMaster]

Zal sees what you're trying to do and lends a hand recoupling the capacitors and by-pass the energy gate so the systems can reboot and recover from the energy overload caused by the ionisation.


"That should do it, we'll spotted Gum!"


Giz gets back into the pilot chair and puts the ship into evasive maneuvers looping back to join the Ithorian's vessel.


The remaining two fighters split up. One trying to follow you and the other bearing down on your friends. Four lasers miss your vessel but all four shots hit the Ghtroc Freighter, blowing it's shields and ionising and freezing their controls.


Giz calls back, "Get up here now, I need you both on guns, your friends are in trouble." The Barloz Freighter is coming into range from the right hand side.


Your ships are now parallel with the blockade, intermixed with Republic vessels. The battle rages on, and the Separatists seem to be making a fighting retreat.


Giz starts resuming plotting the navicomp, and Zal flies up out of the maintenance hatch and lends his hand to help you out. He looks at you, not sure what must be going on in your head at this time. "How did we get into this mess, what even is going on? And why were they after you?"

 

[Casmar]

"Thanks Zal, maybe I should spend more time studying starships. I can't tell you whats going for I do not know. now why are they after me, I wonder? I have my suspicions but I fear that if they are true this is far from over. But neither of us is stupid enough to believe that we were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time"


"Lets go Zal, If you need a reason to keep fighting, do it for J. the republic have some of the best doctors this galaxy has seen and I intend to use all my influence if it saves both of your lives."


Gumbrai starts jogging to the cockpit and lowers himself back into his seat before lining his guns up to the nearest separatist fighter.


"Giz see if you can't get us under a republic capital ship, it will give us some cover as we cross the fighting line"


Gumbrai fires into the fray trying to help the republic. //More covering fire than aiming at anything, but ill roll all the same


Shot 1: 6+4+1(wild) +1 = 12 to hit; 5+5+5+3(wild) = 18Dmg


Shot 2: 2+6+4(wild) +1 = 13 to hit; 2+3+4+1(wild) = 10Dmg//

 

[DaveTheGamesMaster]

Zal looks at you with newfound respect, seeing a new depth to you he'd not known before. Zal gets back on the controls to the turret, reaiming at the pursuing fighter. Zal fires twice but misses both times.


Your shots don't hit anything but draw the attention of more droid fighters which make an attack run on the nearest Republic capital ship. "Good thinking, at close range we can draw off the fighters too." Gum takes the ship into a spin and accelerates towards the nearest capital ship on your right. On the way the Barloz Freighter crosses your path but doesn't open fire, instead as it passes infront of you a torrent of small refuse trails behind the Freighter and collides with your ship. Clangs and thuds sound across the ship but don't appear to do any damage.


"What the sleymo was that all about?" Zal says, puzzled.


"I don't like it, but we'll worry about it later. We need to get out of here." Gum takes the ship along the edge of the Republic vessel close to gun placements and then spins out and under trying to lose the fighter.


The tactic works and a turret catches the droid in its sights blowing it to space dust. 4 more fighters are making a strafing run on the capital ship and drop under the ship to come after you. Some Republic fighters seem to be coming to your aid, a pair of ARC fighters are moving to intercept.


The Ithorian's are struggling to evade their fighter and have no rear guns. They take several hits and their shields are still down and unable to maneuver to follow your course. They take damage but you're not sure as to what extent.


"Gum! Take over flight controls, I need to focus on plotting the navicomp if we're going to make it out of here alive."


Zal looks over his shoulder.


"But Giz, Gum's friends are in trouble back there. We can't just leave them!"


"Look, we need to get J to a medical bay right? This is a warzone, we can't stay here. They can look after themselves."


The Ithorian's come over the comm. "We've taken damage to our Hyperdrive. We can't follow you, we've contacted the fleet, we can dock for repairs but we need to get clear of this fighter on our tail."


Giz weighs the odds, turning back now would risk taking fire from the new fighter group closing on you. "It's up to you Gum, but once I've plotted this course we're out of here."

 

[Casmar]

"Screw the course! I never betrayed or left a friend behind." With that Gum looks pointedly at Giz. "And I,m not starting now!" With this last sentence Gum drops his voice to a growl; Making it clear that this is not up for debate. "Now hold on this is going to get patchy."


Gumbrai takes the ship back towards the Ithorians vessel, trying to get between them and the fighter on their tail to block some shots. Hoping that Zal doesn't miss this next shot.


// Piloting: 5+4(wild)+2 +1 = 12 (if this counts as a star transport (add +2 +1; total of: 15 Including Force Point: 5+4+3+6. Total after force: 33//

 

[DaveTheGamesMaster]

With all your focus and determination you bring the ship about, weaving amongst gun emplacements keeping distance between you and the fighters giving chase to you. To you you're just doing what needs to be done. But to all around the Rigger flies like an ace pilot has the controls. Slight spins and flying the most direct path you can to your destination.


Your ship shoots out towards the Ithorian's vessel, being chased by the droid fighter. Then just as it opens fire, you bring your ship between them. Making a hard bank to the right to put you in the line of fire.


Giz takes a moment to look up from what he's doing, "Where'd you learn to fly like that?" Before remembering what he's meant to be doing to get you all out of here. "Ok, we'll hold her steady now so I can hit something!" comes Zal's reply.


Zal makes a lucky shot, almost missing but hits a crucial point, the fighter's generator overloads and starts a small chain reaction. //The fighter will explode in one round//


The droid programming keeps it on target, if a little alarmed at the new target in the way and opens fire one last time.


The shot triggers the explosion early but both lasers hit your vessel. The turret takes damage and the controls fry and are now non operational. "Agghhh, I've lost fire control!" cries Zal. A loud whine and roaring whimper comes from the crew quarters. Zal looks between his tools and the thought of fixing the turret quickly fades.


Giz is looking over readings, "The hull integrity has weakened, we can't soak up much more damage like this."


"Whew, you saved our hides then" comes Dobool over the comm. "Shields and flight control are back online but Hyperdrive is still down, get out of here, we'll cover you."


They pull off to engage the oncoming fighters, the Republic ARC starfighter close and take out two of the four droids ships. The droids are trying to get a target lock for missiles on you and are ignoring the Ithorian's.


"Just a little more time..." relays Giz. Zal abandons the turret and goes to check on Jowpirr. "I'll check J is OK, get us out of here in one piece." You clear the blockade and Separatist ships start to jump out of the system. What seems to have been the main capital ships escapes first, you guess along with whatever they came for.

 

[Casmar]

"Flying is the easy part, its the not crashing that's the hard bit, Sailing underwater on Mon Calamar is not much different from space."


"Great Shot Zal! we don't need the guns anymore."


"Wait Giz, I think the Separtists are pulling back, there's no need to jump, I think we might be able to get some answers here, and the republic pay well those who serve loyally, as do I. Don't forget it."


As the missile lock blares Gumbrai opens up the throttle trying to make space between him and those pursuing him waiting till the missiles are fired to attempt a risky move that might just save their lives.

 

[DaveTheGamesMaster]

Giz plots in the final calculations in the Navicomp. "I've plotted a jump to Ryloth, their should be a medical frigate there. It was a staging area for the fleet attacking Geonosis. It's risky, but it's the closest system to us with those facilities. We can wait for answers and hope there is a medical ship available here or we can go find help for ourselves."


Zal calls back through, "J isn't doing so well, those hits we took have reopened his wounds in the impact. I'll try to redress them as best I can."


The fighters have locked on and are about to fire. //Make a transport piloting roll, travelling at higher speed your check will be more difficult, if you do a dodge etc or fire all checks will be -1D for each additional action with movement. Your dodge would be another pilot check which replaces difficulty to hit you.//

 

[Casmar]

"How long can he last? If the seperatists are retreating; the republic might have Bacta Tanks on one of their ships? Do you know Giz? Hold ON!"


//Piloting Check: 6+5+3(wild) +2 wild) =16; Dodge Roll: 1+5+6(wild) +2 = 14//

 

[DaveTheGamesMaster]

With a burst of speed you manage to buy yourself time as the droid fighters launch their missiles which streak past the Ithorian's ship and would have hit you had you not done so. Your evasive maneuvers also throw off two of the missiles, their guidance systems losing the lock and veering off course. However the remaining two are closing in and you can't outrun them any longer.


The Ghtroc Freighter belonging to the Ithorian's goes head on with the fighters opening fire on both. Deflecting off the armour of one and damaging the weapons systems of another. This is followed up by the Republic fighters giving chase who take the opportunity to take them out in a barrage of laser fire. Both droid fighters are obliterated.


Republic battleships all around jump to hyperspace leaving a handful behind, but the remainder maneuver to a position to jump as well bar the nearby ship you used as cover.


The Barloz Freighter you had a close altercation with has also gone to hyperspace after getting some distance from the battle.


"No, no time to explain and I know I haven't given you much reason to trust me so far but trust me in this. The others are safe for now but we're still in danger. If we don't jump now we'll all be worse off than J!"


"I'll tell you everything once we've made the jump..." continues Giz. Warning sirens and flashing lights signal the missiles closing in on you.


The Ghtroc has come about along with the ARC Fighters but they won't reach you in time.

 

[Casmar]

"Damn it alright! JUMP!"


Gumbrai braces for the hyperdrive to kick in.

 

[DaveTheGamesMaster]

The starfield shoots towards you in streaks of light. Gum gives a sigh of relief and turns his chair round.


"We'll be at Ryloth in about 6 hours, this ship isn't the fastest but J should make it, he's tough. Particularly for a Wookie. Now I suppose I owe you an explanation of sorts..."

 

[Casmar]

gumbrai relaxes slightly and turns around before tensing up. This was going to be unpleasant.


"All I need is an explanation. Your friends? I think they need more than that. So get talking" Gumbrai tries his hardest to look furious.

 

[DaveTheGamesMaster]

"You're right, Zal in particular. J knew what he was getting into, and this might be breaking protocol, but we've come to trust you. J and I work for the Strategic Information Service. We're agents of the Republic. Right now Separatist forces are cutting off hyperspace supply routes and carrying out hit and run skirmishes around the galaxy. Their is a major operation currently happening at Christophsis and if not for information supplied to us by a group calling themselves the Agents Of Days, we wouldn't have been assigned to watch you or known about the attack on the Chi. We lost this battle though, and the Separatists now have another weapon they can use. But that's not our mission. We're assigned to you because information fed to us links to your father's organisation double dealing in this war. Selling to the Republic and using the profit to fund the Separatists movement. Funding an ongoing war, which if left unchecked, could lengthen the war and maximise his profits. We have no proof of this, but we hoped your connections would lead us to answers. From what we've seen so far, you're not connected at all and innocent in all of this. However I think your father may have wanted to remove you from this situation if the Separatists were after you and singling you out. But they also came close to killing you. You may not trust me Gum, but you were quick enough to trust the authority of Taynor. And look where that got you. I stick by J and Zal, we're assigned to you but more than that you had our backs. If you want to look into your dad's business, start a swoop team, join the war. My resources are at your disposal." Giz finishes what he's obviously been running over in his head this whole time and waits for you to respond.

 

[Casmar]

"Your a damned spy! This is why I built damn AT-TEs no backstabbing or rumor mongering. I haven't spoken to my father in over 5 years and things like this are the reason i refused to take over the business. Funding my swoop team, now that would be my dream handed to me on a platter; I couldnt accept it, Its something I ahve to work for..." Gumbrai falls silent for a moment musing over a half hatched plan.


"Wait you work in the intelligence service? You know when and how they are going to strike? I wont forgive them for hurting J; And you will have to earn my trust again; But I think I know how..." Gumbrai leans backward, rubs his forhead then leans forward sharply so as to look directly into Giz's eyes.


"How about we do reform the Swoop Barons, I'll manage and race at the start till we find a better racer. But we could use it as a front to travel through the galaxy where we might be able to stop separatist plans. If we get a few republic engineers to maintain our ship and racer it gives us some boots on the ground if it gets ugly. We'll have the funds, The information and we'll be damned near invisible. With so many jumped up swoop teams a disgruntled swoop veteran will be worth only a short announcement if any. What do you think?"

 

[DaveTheGamesMaster]

Giz ponders for a moment, stroking his facial folds. "That would be a good cover, I'll definitely consider it and pitch it to my superiors. I think J actually has some experience with swoop bikes as well. But what about this business with your father? The Separatists knew exactly where to find you, will they keep coming after you? And will you help us dig up more dirt on him?"


Giz leans forward resting his elbows on his knees. "Considering your father's connections, this would be very dangerous. And we'd have to plan it all out carefully. We can start by gathering Intel on his investments elsewhere first and go after him when we actually have evidence. But we need to take him before the courts."


"His war mongering, and profiteering, can't go unpunished. And just from observing you in this past day, I can tell you're nothing like your father. You're a good man, Gum. Unless there's anything else you want to discuss, we should try to get some rest."

 

[Casmar]

"Rest sounds like a good idea. in terms of catching my father, the easiest way to make him show his colours is to hit his investments, if we start taking out any parts of his operation which has ties to the separatists he'll either cut ties with them or show force and knowing my father, Once we have him riled up the next mark we find will have a battalion of those droids guarding it; mark my words."


"Now lets get some rest." with that Gumbrai rises from his seat and heads to his cabin to try catch a few hours sleep, The exhaustion was fast catching up to him.

 

[DaveTheGamesMaster]

"That's a sound plan, I'll try to get in touch with some of my contacts and look at what areas we could target. You did well today Gum, rest well."


Giz nods and turns to the holovid and communication panel, beginning to compile messages. Zal keeps watch over Jowpirr, who was in this state because of the blasted life debt he'd honoured Zal with. Jowpirr is asleep, and looking dishevelled.


Once you get to sleep you slip into vivid dreams, events happen in an order you can't make sense of. Some are recent events you remember, others you don't recall ever happening. But ones that stand out revolve around the Jedi in grey robes.


His face when he unrobed himself to come to your aid seeming more familiar than it should have done. Standing over you in your bunk on the ship waving his hand over your eyes, whispering, "You will remember nothing of what has just transpired..." Before leaving your room and you closing your eyes. The dream becomes more vivid, memories of your father, of your childhood, painful memories. Your eyes open but you are still asleep. This is another moment of lucidity, the grey robes is over you, his hands on your temples. "Show me all you know of your father, every memory." another flash of the Jedi being dissatisfied, he presses deeper. Again a flash but accompanied by pain. Then again, a presence and an ache in your mind. "...linked, through you, I will see..."


You wake up in a sweat, Zal is snoring away. Giz must be with Jowpirr in the other bunk. The ache is still there in your head, it feels like it's been there this whole time. But you weren't aware of it previously.

 

[Casmar]

"Well I guess that's as much rest as I can hope for" Gumbrai mutters to himself before rising and heading to the canteen looking for something to drink before heading to the bridge and the comms panel, there wouldn't be any harm in confirming that the messages Giz sent were what they had agreed upon.


"I wonder what those dreams were about, its been a long time since I experienced anything like that." After reading the messages Gumbrai sinks into the pilots seat and looks out through the cockpit.