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(I had to work this past Sunday to cover a co-worker's shift, so we played this session on Wednesday).

The Farseeker came out of hyperspace in orbit around the placid world of Alderaan. Capt. Paladine requested landing coordinates, and indicated that he had a medical emergency on board and needed medical crews on standby.

Once safely on the landing pad in Aldera, Paladine requested the payment Maya Zenn had promised. To his irritation, she indicated that she had to "requisition" the funds, but assured him that payment would be forthcoming within a day thanks to the wheels of bureaucracy turning quickly on Alderaan. He, in turn, refused to release the carbonite-frozen agent to her, citing that until he gets paid, he would not clear his manifest of the 75 kilos of frozen meat in his cargo bay.

True to her word, Maya Zenn returned the following day with the promised payment for everyone. She also gave Capt. Paladine a data pad with hyperspace coordinates on it. Syvan was able to guess that the coordinates didn't seem to point to any known space lane or star port. Maya would only indicate that there was a great opportunity for the crew of the Farseeker, and was resistant to revealing anything further. Zayne used a Jedi mind trick to force her to reveal far more than she wanted to -- the hyperspace coordinates were the current location of a frigate called the Resurgence. The only other thing she would say was that it was an excellent opportunity for them, and that the coordinates would only be good for another week. Apparently the secret she was trying to keep was so important to her than even Zayne's mental coersion could make her say no more. After a quick search on the starport computer, Zax discovered that the Resurgence was a Nebulon-B escort frigate listed missing with a loss of all hands due to a hyperspace accident over 8 months ago.

The crew set out for the coordinates with visions of salvage claims on a capital ship dancing in the heads. They came out of hyperspace and were greeted by the still-functional Resurgence, and were directed to dock at the forward docking collar. They were met in the airlock entry corridor by Captain Verana, Lieutenant Ruden, and a small security detail. Verana greeted them warmly and welcomed them to his ship. He thanked them for their assistance on Sel Zonn station, and told them that he had a proposition for them.

He took them to a briefing room, and explained that he and the crew of the Resurgence had mutinied 8 months ago, having decided that they did not agree with the new government. They were remaining loyal to the Republic and opposed to Palpatine's new Empire. However, their status as a rogue military vessel limited their abilities somewhat. They couldn't exactly jump a capital ship into a system with an Imperial presence. Thus, explained Capt. Verana, the senior officers of the Resurgence had decided that it would occasionally become necessary to hire outside assistance. This is where the Farseeker comes in.

They had a mission lined up for a small craft and crew, and were interested in knowing if the Farseeker could be that ship. Verana indicated that they do have some financial backers -- who wished to remain anonymous, of course -- and that they had a secure line of credits and could pay the crew for their assistance. Due to the tenuous nature of their existance, however, Verana couldn't tell them much more than that without some sort of agreement on their part. If they decided not to take the mission, they could go on their way with no strings attached.

Capt. Paladine asked for a moment to discuss matters with his crew, and Capt. Verana and Lt. Ruden left the conference room. Paladine was intrigued by the offer, has he had no love for the new government either. After some discussion, the crew and passengers of the Farseeker agreed as well. Paladine said that he'd want to notify his employer, Prello the Hutt, that there'd be a further delay in their return. Other than that, they were willing to accept Verana's offer.

Verana was pleased to hear their decision, and turned the briefing room holoprojector over to his tactical officer, Lt. Ruden. Ruden called up an image of the planet Felucia. He told them that the carbonite-frozen agent they'd rescued from Sel Zonn station had provided information that an Imperial Admiral, Gilder Varth, had been arrested for treason and sentenced to a secret prison on Felucia. Since the Resurgence was looking for like-minded men and women to join their cause, and Adm. Varth may have critical information to provide them, it was important that he be rescued. This was the mission Verana wanted the heroes to take on: break into the small, secret prison, free Adm. Varth, and return to the Resurgence. He provided them with tactical information on the base; it was a garrison of probably 20 men, with two officers and a commander, with some vehicular support, perhaps in the form of speeder bikes or walkers. Ruden's plan involved having the Farseeker come out of hyperspace near Felucia's southern pole and enter the atmosphere from there. This would avoid any vessels in equatorial or latitudinal orbit, decreasing the likelihood of being detected. They would then fly to within 20km of the facility and land in the fungus jungle -- much closer than that, and they risked being picked up by the prison's sensor web. Once they got close to the prison, they were to destroy the communications array to buy them some time and prevent the facility from contacting help. They would be provided with a missile launcher to complete that part of the raid. He also warned them to avoid the native Felucians, as they were primitive, territorial, and extremely dangerous. Finally, the crew of the Farseeker would be allowed to requisition weapons and gear from the Resurgence's stores to aid them.

Soon, the Farseeker was coming out of hyperspace at Felucia. Following Ruden's plan, Paladine immediately headed for the south pole of the planet. On the tactical scanners, Zax reported that there was a vessel in equatorial orbit around the planet -- an Imperial-class star destroyer! Paladine quickly dove into the atmosphere, wrenching the Farseeker into a power dive to the planet's surface. Hopefully, they hadn't been detected.

On the planet's surface, Paladine told the heroes that he would remain with the ship in a ready state. As soon as they had Admiral Varth, they were to contact him and he'd come pick them up and get out of the system as quickly as possible.

The heroes made their way across the fungus-draped surface of Felucia, wending their way through fields of massive spore-sacs, tree-sized mushrooms, and other growths. On a few occasions, Golyadkin, who had taken the lead thanks to his knowledge of jungle environments and life science, led them around pools of natural acid and carnivorous plants.

After only a few hours of travel, they found themselves walking through an ankle-deep swamp that was getting progressively deeper. Most of the heroes caught movement ahead of them in the water, and soon four native Felucians erupted from the swamp. Golyadkin and Zax opened fire as the Felucians moved in. One of them ensnared Goly in a net as the rest of the party moved to attack.

Suddenly, a human charged out of the jungle nearby, calling for a cease fire. The Felucians held back, as did the heroes, and a tense moment arose as the shabbily-dressed human apprached them. He introduced himself as Vasus Mandrake, a smuggler who'd crash-landed on Felucia some time ago. The heroes took note that under his jacket he wore the torn remnants of a flight suit bearing the insignia of the Separatist military. They said nothing about this.

Mandrake went on to explain to the heroes that their arrival was timely, as a vicioius disease had been moving through the Felucian population, and he had hoped that they had the supplies to be able to help. They did, as they had requisitioned advanced medical supplies from the Resurgence before they left, and Syvan was a skilled medical technician. Goly also revealed that they were here to take down the Imperial prison not far away, and Mandrake smiled at the revelation. The Felucians had no love for the Empire either. The party had hoped to gain the trust of the Felucians despite Lt. Ruden's warning of their hostility, and it seemed now that they would have that chance.

They follwed Mandrake and the Felucians to a nearby village, built in the crystalized remains of ancient mushroom trees. Hanging outside the village was a dead stormtrooper, rotting in his armor, that the Felucians placed there as a primitive warning. Mandrake introduced the party to the village chieftain-shaman, and the elderly creature examined each hero closely, pausing briefly before those strong in the Force, and scowling at the darkness he saw within Zax. (Zax had gained a dark side point for executing Ganga-Lor on Sel Zonn station)

With Mandrake translating -- he somehow knew the Felucian's odd gurgling language -- the party explained to the chieftain their purpose for being on Felucia, and agreed to help their sick and wounded. Mandrake led Syvan to a hut where several Felucian children lay in misery and pain. Their flesh was grey and cold, and they could barely move. Mandrake told Syvan that the disease, whatever it was, did not affect him -- only the Felucians were susceptible. Mandrake went on to tell the heroes that the "white ones" had taken many members of their tribe. The Felucians knew of the prison facility, and called it the "House of Pain." That's where the captured Felucians were taken, and where something terrible happens to them. All Felucians are "interconnected," as Mandrake explained (i.e. they are all Force Sensitive), and can feel if another Felucian is suffering intense pain. Because of the suffering going on inside the House of Pain, none of the Felucian could get close to it. The agony was too much.

Suddenly, the whirring and thumping of heavy mechanical footsteps outside the village caught the heroes' attention. A scout trooper mounted on an AT-RT walker was not 100 meters away! The scout trooper turned his walker and began moving away from the village at high speed. Zax kicked his jetpack into action, rocketing skyward and blasting the trooper from his saddle. (Cool Star Wars moment! ) From his high vantage point, he saw two more AT-RTs moving away from the village. Mandrake saw that the heroes were armed with blasters, and told them to wait -- the Felucians had something that could catch the walkers. He returned several seconds later leading 5 kybucks by the reins. In this environment, the kybucks could quickly outpace the AT-RTs. If the scout troopers reported back to the base, the location of the Felucian village would be revealed!

The heroes mounted up, with Zax commandeering the now riderless AT-RT, and the chase was on!

The chase led them through Felucia's fungal forest. What the heavy AT-RT's crashed though, the nimble kybucks leapt over with speed and grace. Bounding after the fleeing scout troopers were Zax, Golyadkin, Osa, Aja, and Zayne -- Syvan had stayed behind to help the sick Felucians.

At a few points in the chase, Zax and Goly got close enough to the scout troopers to blast at them, Goly with his rifle and Zax with the laser cannon mounted on the nose of the AT-RT. They bounded throughs swamps, over fallen mushrooms, and through hollowed out trunks of giant fungal trees. Ahead of them, they heard the scouts open fire with the lasers on their walkers, and the heroes were shocked to discover that they had done so to anger a Felucian bull rancor! Fortunately, the creature was slow to respond, and they were able to make their way around it without incident.

Suddenly, the walkers burst into a clearing, at the far end of which was located a temporary long-range communications array. Zax blasted the antenna while the others brought down the two AT-RTs. Zayne and Aja leapt from their kybucks to walkers, and turned them on the stormtroopers manning the communications array. The troopers returned fire, but were no match for the combined firepower of the heroes.

The Felucian village was safe, for now. The troopers were not able to get a message to the prison about its location.

I can't run a published adventure without tweaking things to suit a bit. So far the departures from the published version haven't been monumental, but just in case, PMs might be best.

As of the start of the last session, the dramatis personae are:

Zax Ordo, a Human Soldier 2

Osa Sokho, a Kel Dor Jedi 2

Aja Phoenix, a Force-Sensitive Miraluka Scout 1/Soldier 1
Note: Aja also owns a droid, M2-S1 (Emtoo), a Tiny spherical droid with magnetic wheels

Zayne Shan, a Human Jedi 1/Noble 1

Syvan Qualinest, a Cerean Noble 2

Golyadkin, a Force-Sensitive Ithorian Scout 1/Soldier 1

STAR WARS: THE FELL STAR

It is a time of adventure. Heroes and villains alike seek their fortunes across the galaxy. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Mos Eisley spaceport, a wretched hive of scum and villainy situated on the desert planet of Tatooine.

The Hutts command a strong presence in Mos Eisley, but the are not the only criminals. Rival syndicates and cabals prowl the dusty streets, making profits at the expense of one another, as well as society at large. Inevitably these disparate groups collide, their conflicting interests leading to open strife.

As unrest grips Mos Eisley's underworld, Prello the Hutt contacts a group of heroes, requesting their aid in locating one of her most valued retainers. Can they find her before her enemies do?

The Farseeker dropped out of hyperspace over Tatooine, and Capt. Paladine brought her in over the desert planet to the small spaceport of Mos Dehner. He landed in one of the three poorly maintained docking bays, and led the heroes through the grubby streets of the spaceport. He took them to the villa of Prello the Hutt, and to the heroes' surprise, she answered the door herself. The reputation of the Hutts had led the heroes to expect a dim, smoky, den of iniquity, so Prello's sunny, well-lit home was unexpected to say the least. Most large rooms were decorated with tasteful works of art, sculpture, paintings, tapestries, and holo-displays. The atrium boasted a fine fountain -- quite a luxury of water for Tatooine!

Prello was as approachable and personable as Capt. Paladine had made her out to be. She was open to buying the AT-RT's from the heroes, implying that she most likely had a buyer already in mind (she did mention that her "cousin" might be interested in them). Once that business was concluded, Prello made an overture of her own. She told the heroes that her best acquisitions agent, a female Balosar named Bara Trevina, had gone missing a week ago while searching for an artifact called the Fell Star. The 'Star was a necklace with a pendant in the shape of a 7-pointed star, set with beautiful blue gems in a raidant sunburst. It was purported to have mysterious powers, but Prello dismissed that as nerfwash. She offered the heroes 1,500 credits for the safe return of Bara Trevina, and another 1,500 if they completed what she set out to do: find and bring back the Fell Star. Some of the heroes agreed to help her, while others remained uncertain about casting their lot in with a Hutt. Prello directed them to seek out Bara's cousin, Olev, in Mos Eisley. If anyone could give them a good lead on Bara, it would be him.

*****

Here's a little backstory on Prello the Hutt:

Prello the Hutt engages in very embarrassing and entirely un-Hutt-like behavior: she is friendly, personable, approachable, and actually cares for the beings in her employment. In other words, she is considered to be completely insane by other Hutts.

This lunatic of a Hutt, however, has the benefit of being a member of the Desilijic Hutt clan. Being a Desilijic Hutt puts her under the authority of the mighty Jabba, and makes her his responsibility. Being the wholly perfect beings that they are, a Hutt, not even Jabba, would kill another Hutt of the same clan (without good reason), so he is more or less stuck with her.

To get her out of the way and keep her from being too much of a thorn in the side of the Desilijics, he threw her a bone by setting her up as a (very) minor underboss on Tatooine in the trashy little spaceport called Mos Dehner. In that out of the way place, Prello can pretty much do as she pleases without causing too much embarrassment to her clan.

Prello has about 15 employees in Mos Dehner, including freighter captiain Romo Paladine and Bara Trevina.

Aja Phoenix the Miraluka now has a picture. The first was done by the player in HeroMachine, and the second is one I did using HeroFactory using the original as a guide.

(We had a somewhat short session last night, but a fun one.)

As of the start of this last session, the dramatis personae are:

A new player joined us, and she rolled up...

Gra'a, a female Zabrak Scout 1/Soldier 1


The heroes changed their minds about talking to Prello about Point Nadir. When she learned that they were going there, she warned them to be on their guard at all times. It was one of the most wretched of all the wretched hives of scum and villain in the galaxy. She was not welcome there, since the shadow port was operated by a rival Hutt clan, the Anjiliacs. Point Nadir was built in the hollowed out shell of a rocky comet in the Outer Rim. Just about anything could be bought and sold there, including life and death. There was no legal recourse there, except at the whims of the Anjiliacs. She also told them that if any organization on Point Nadir could be considered trustworthy, it would be the Epsis. Of course, on Point Nadir, "trustworthy" was a relative term. Epsis were no less dangerous than any other group.

The heroes decided to pose as slavers, as that would give them a cover for being at Point Nadir. They recruited Capt. Paladine to take them to Point Nadir, and he introduced them to his new co-pilot, Gra'a. Once they arrived at the cometary port, Paladine was maneuvering the Farseeker to land on one of the cheaper moorings, but Zayne volunteered to pay the extra cost for docking at the expensive but more secure Slips district.

Goly, Gra'a, Syvan, and Osa spent some time watching the slave auction. Their plan was to catch the attention of the Rodian auctioneer to ask if he'd seen or knew of any attractive female Balosars. Gra'a noticed a wealthy Kubaz who seemed to be buying more of the "luxury" slaves than others, and suggested that they follow him to see if he had any leads.

Meanwhile, Zayne, Zax, and Aja went to investigate the Mad Line, the YT-1300 that presumably took Bara Trevina to Point Nadir. They found it in Slip 53 -- for sale. They talked with a technician at the Slips, and he told them that the ship was taken by the Hutts for "non-payment of debts," and was up for sale. The heroes took a tour of the ship, and discovered that the hyperdrive motivator had been removed and the sublight engines deactivated. The ship's logs had also been recently erased. The tech they were talking too seemed to be holding back on some information, or outright lying, so Zayne used Mind Trick to convince the tech to let him speak to someone who knew more about the history of the ship. The tech activated his commlink and told someone on the other end that the prospective buyers were wanting to talk to "Puzell." He started leading them out of the ship, and into the sights of several armed men taking cover behind various cargo crates.

The men demanded that they drop their weapons, and promised that if they did so they would not be harmed. There was a tense standoff for a short time before Zayne disarmed. The armed mens' attention then turned to Zax, who after several more tense moments finally laid his guns down on the deck. Whent he heroes asked why they were being subject to this hostility, the men answered that they worked for Puzell, and wanted to know why they wanted to see him. The tech who was trying to sell the ship explained that Puzell was the Epsis Underboss, and was the only one who really knew much of the history of the Mad Line. Mind Trick does sometimes have unexpected consequences...

Meanwhile, the slave auction had switched from "luxury slaves" to "labor slaves," and the Kubaz that Gra'a had been watching left with this Human bodyguards. The heroes followed him for a short distance, but were suddenly staring down the barrels of two of the Kubaz's bodyguard's blasters. Goly explained that they were interested in female Balosars for their client, and wanted to talk to the Kubaz since he seemed to have an interest in attractive females. The men kept their guns trained on the heroes, but at least agreed to let their employer know of their interest. Goly thanked them, then turned and moved away. Gra'a, however, stared the men down as she backed away, refusing to turn her back on them until they were lost from sight in the crowd.

Back at Slip 53, Zayne had surreptitiously switched on his commlink so the others could hear what was going on. One of the Epsis agents found Zayne's stun baton and lightsaber after frisking him, but a quick Mind Trick convinced the man that they were merely leg braces. The armed men gathered up the weapons and marched them into the Ministry District, so a finely-appointed (for Point Nadir, that is) building marked PORT AUTHORITY. Puzell was a stern Duros who demanded to know who they were and why they were so interested in the history of the Mad Line. The heroes tried to bluff him, but the shrewd Puzell saw through their ruses and quickly cut to the heart of the matter -- something had happened on the Mad Line and he wanted to know what, if anything, these nosy outworlders knew about it.

He showed them a series of video clips, one of which showed a female Balosar (Bara Trevina) leaving the ship, and another which showed a small group of brown-cloaked men (Sable Dawn thugs) enter the ship and leave a few moments later. Puzell went on to tell them that Captain Phellip was found dead by a droid sent to collect his bill for docking at the Slips. The heroes denied any knowledge of why Phellip might have been killed, but did admit that they had been sent to Point Nadir to find that Balosar. Zayne once more resorted to Mind Trick, "convincing" Puzell that he wanted to help them. He told them that if someone comes to Point Nadir and wants to remain hidden, they'd most likely seek out the safe houses at Evad Court. The problem with that plan is that Evad Court is under the control of the Sable Dawn -- the very group that had killed Phellip. Another lead he gave them was Fetwin Porlo, a Toydarian information broker in the Trade District. If anyone knew anything or could find out anything about this Balosar, it was Porlo.

Their weapons were returned to them, and they were released without further interruption.

They talked to Porlo, who charged them 1500 credits to look into things, but didn't give them a time frame as to when he might get back to them. They then followed the lead to Evad Court in the destitute Fissures District. Aja and the Jedi were able to see beyond the walls of the facility, and saw 9 armed security guards and a female Balosar stretched out on a bed watching the holovid.

As they stood there, "pinging" the building with the Force, they noticed that they were being watched. A young female Rodian, roughly equivalent to a tween, was watching them curiosly. She approached them, speaking in Huttese, and wanted to know why "they felt so funny" in her head. Aja determined that she was Force Sensitive. They questioned her about her situation, and found out that she was homeless and had no family. Her name was Zeeata. Aja managed to gain her trust, and decided to take her in. Point Nadir, and the Fissures District in particular, was no place for a child. He took her back to the Farseeker, and convinced Capt. Paladine to keep an eye on her until they returned.

Back at Evad Court, the heroes had fabricated a story to get them into Evad Court to see Bara Trevina. Goly would go in under the pretense of someone looking for shelter, and Aja would sneak in after him, using his bizarre to be unseen.

Zayne tried to convince Bara via limited telepathy that they were friends, but the odd series of mental images she recieved only seemed to unnerve her. She quickly leapt out of bed and armed herself.

Goly finagled his way into the safe house, securing a very expensive room for himself as a means of allowing Aja to find Bara. He was detected, but got the guard to leave him alone with a well-worded Mind Trick. He got Bara's attention, and had a little difficulty convining her that he really was working for Prello. She asked him what was depicted on the tapestry in Prello's main hall -- there was no tapestry. Aja answered correctly and she let him in. The guards detected her door opening, which set off alarms. Goly was told to lay low as a guard was dispatched to his door. The other guards started converging on Bara's room. Aja quickly insisted to Bara that she get on the bed with him. She was taken aback by his demand, but his insistence convicned her that he had some sort of plan in mind.

She reluctantly followed his lead, and he used his Fold Space ability to warp the entire bed out into the street.

The other heroes joined them, and they quickly ran back to the Farseeker to relative safety.

Meanwhile, Goly was still under guard at Evad Court, in a "safe house" run by the Sable Dawn, a "safe house" which had a security breach only moments after he checked in.

Things suddenly looked very grim for the Ithorian...

The rest of the party made it back to the Farseeker, and Capt. Paladine was less than pleased about being left to babysit a juvenile Rodian street waif. Aja allayed his irritation, and agreed to pay her passage.

Meanwhile, Goly had a visitor in his room at the Evad Court safe house. It was one of the safehouse guards, who was grilling him about his possible participation in the recent security breach. Goly disavowed any knowledge of what had happened, and questioned the guard about the apparent lack of security in the safehouse. The guard wasn't impressed, and didn't seem to believe the Ithorian's bluff. "You're going to make this difficult, aren't you?" he asked. As the guard turned to leave, Goly surreptitiously lifted his code cylinder form his uniform with a quick, deft application of telekinesis. The guard didn't seem to notice.

Goly waited several seconds, and decided it was time to make his break. He crept into the hall and saw four more guards coming towards his room accompanied by a man clad in black robes and a shiny, black, intimidating interrogation droid. A few of them squeezed off blaster shots at him, and he a mental plea for help to the Farseeker. The black-robed man ignited a red lightsaber, and Goly knew it was time to leave! He made his way to the rear of the safe house, the thugs and robed man in pursuit. He managed to elude them, meeting up with his comrades who'd flown to the scene on Syvan's speeder bike and a cargo skiff that Zayne and Zax had commandeered. The Evad Court guards had not pursued Goly beyond the cave in which the safehouse stood, and the black-robed man backed away, disappearing once again into the darkness.

The crew returned to the Farseeker, now in a much greater hurry to find the mysterious Fell Star. Bara Trevina insisted that she knew where it was, and the map was all in her head, but the party had her transcribe as good a map as she could in case they got separated. They pressed her for more information about the Fell Star, where it might be, how she found out about it, how that person found out about it, how trustworthy that person's information was, why, if that person knew about it, didn't he take it with him, etc. etc. etc. (This group is very thorough in their grilling of NPCs and always have been. Sometimes I have to invent an entire backstory where one never existed in the published adventure just to answer their barrage of questions and hope the don't ask any more so we can get on with it! ) She told them that she'd heard of the Fell Star from an old pirate named Ghorus Mel on Tatooine. He had been part of a pirate band that stumbled across part of the fabled Fische's Legacy, the pirate hoard of Salovan Fische, the founder of Point Nadir. His crewmates fell into fighting over the Fell Star, and he fled, never to return. She also warned them that the mines were deemed off-limits by the Anjiliac Hutt clan that owned Point Nadir. They'd have to be cautious and stealthy.

Her memories did prove to be a bit rough, and her map proved to be of little use. More than once, the party found themselves standing at a cross-path in the mines or back-tracking when Bara took a wrong turn. Bara also often had them look for the pirates' symbol, a design that resembled a burning eye.

They soon came upon a region of the mines that was being actively worked by ten 11-17 mining droids. Aja sent M2 in to distract them, insulting the mining droids in binary ("Your mother was a trash-compactor!") and soon the little droid was all but swarmed by them. The rest of the party moved up to help him out, and they ended up destroying all 10 of them.

A bit further along, Bara had them stop again to find the pirate symbol. Aja located it, and secretly send M2 to scout ahead. The little droid soon reported back, "Master, I seem to have been grabbed by a my--" and his transmission suddenly cut to static. Aja called to the others, and they slowly crept into the dark tunnel where M2 had vanished. They saw his glowing photoreceptor high up along the cave wall, but it soon went dark. The mynock that had grabbed him had drained his entire power supply. The party snapped on glowrods to distract the mynocks and give them enough light by which to locate the fallen M2, and found themselves on a narrow stone bridge that arched over a 6-meter deep pit. Goly was swarmed by mynocks, having dropped a glowrod at his feet. The creatures were little threat to the organics, but one did manage to latch onto Goly's blaster rifle and begin to chew a hole in the casing. Soon, Aja had retrieved his droid telekinetically and was relieved to find out that M2 was reparable.

During the battle, the heroes had seen what appeared to be two slender cables lying across the bridge ahead of them. Goly got a good look at them, and with his Ithorian knack for biology, realized that they were organic in nature rather than power lines. The party cautiously moved up, and Aja leapt across them. As soon as he drew near to them, however, two large Nadir spiders leapt from under the bridge to attack. Zax blasted one, killing it in a single shot. The other spider took a few blaster shots and fled back under the bridge.

The party was finally free to move on, and soon, Bara's persistence paid off. They had rediscovered the portion of Fische's Legacy that was initially located by Ghorus Mel's pirate band. It consisted of a secure cargo crate before which lay two corpses, apparently locked in the last grasp they had on each other when they died. There was no sign of the Fell Star. Goly helped Bara open the crate, and found it to contain several gold and silver ingots, gold credit coins from the Old Republic Era, and a case of very fine aged Corellian whiskey.

Bara was disheartened to not find the Fell Star. It was there however, concealed under one of the corpses. Aja's Force Sight had revealed it to him, and he'd used his Fold Space ability to quietly take it while Bara wasn't looking. Zayne felt a disturbance in the Force when Aja had the amulet in hand, and felt the Dark Side upon him. He quietly took Aja aside and the two discussed what should be done with the Fell Star. A complete decision on that matter would have to wait, however. They had to make it back to the ship, and off of Point Nadir before their new enemies knew they had the treasure.