Imperial Press Corp Field Report......
Suspected Anti-Republic Group Activity: R-90 and Roger, Tizzit and Bob, L, and Xol Dul (Kel Dor Scout),
Not Sighted: Khorrahg'ga, Padawan Talia, and Padawan Wrabbler.
As the months had past the small community that Master Nu had gathered of the former Jedi grew in size.
As mentioned Khorragh'a managed to get a job and a ship, transporting cargo for the Bothan contacts that Master Nu had established. Over the course of the months Master Nu also had visitors to the community, one was General Khota who took some members of the community to try and attack the Sith problem within the Republic head on. Master Jocasta Nu had other plans as she knew who exactly was at the heart of the matter. Already many of the Jedi had found at that former Master Anakin Skywalker was the one who attacked the Jedi Temple, he was one of the figure who betrayed them all. In addition to all this, a youngling by the name of Bob was now part of Tizzit's nest. She inducted to youngling to her nest as she missed Ana's insight into humanity. During her stay with Master Nu's community she let Bob run about as usual. Have after after a few weeks, Bob was no longer a candidate for the Jedi order and simple put with the auxiliary staff.
Master Nu had suspected that Tizzit was a result of Bob's new carefree attitude as her emotions opened up.
Sometime Later.....
Master Nu summoned R-90, Tizzit, and L to her chamber beneath the community. As the months had passed she managed to rebuild what she could of the archives, and an information center in which she could keep tabs on what was going on within the republic. Her Bothan contact were most helpful, especially since she had information that was valuable and profitable to them as well.
She let the group know that there was a rogue jedi named Kento Marek who somehow survived the clone wars. She had found out that he was hiding, fleeing from planet to planet and that he had something she wanted, information. She tasked them to go and find Kento and bring him back, it would be dangerous and she would compensate them. She alsom let them know that Wrabbler and Talia were tasked on another mission and would be unavailable, while Khorrahg'ga was busy working. She also let Master Snark know that L would be on a mission, his Padawan would be given a mission he could handle. Seemingly satisfied they agreed. R-90 though did want to follow up and ask if she had found anymore information on the "nano-droid" piece he had found. As far as she knew it was something unknown, probably some new prototype.
It was useless now, it stopped working entirely.
They decided to gather what supplies they would need and headed to the transport station to get to one of the orbital starports, as there they would find a pilot with a ship to take them to Trandosha. Fortunately these spaceports are full of star traders, many of them working independently. They had no trouble finding a pilot with a ship to take them to Trandosha, a Kel Dor pilot by the name of Xol Dul would be taking them after they introduced themselves and made an arrangement. They would be leaving within the hour as Xol Dul dealt with the usual paperwork before disembarking from the spaceport. Within a few hours they would be in Tradosha.
The Verdant Grasslands of Trandosha
Within a few hours they arrived in the Kashyyyk systems and approached Trandosha. As expected they were hailed by the ground control as they were detected entering their orbit. Xol Dul notified them that they were simply visiting and was immediately directed to a port to dock his ship. The planet Trandosha was a humid planet full of grassland, harsh desert, and thick rain forests. They were directed to a spaceport in the equatorial jungle expanse to dock. When they landed, the dockmaster along with a detail of guards for routine inspection. The dockmaster seemed to find everything in order, as L used his influence to just let them be. They did not want the dockmaster to discover R-90 militarized Battledroid on board. L also had told Xol Dul to bribe the dockmaster to ensure that their ship would be safe. When Xol Dul attempted this, the Trandoshan was offended that his honor was besmirched, he ran a reputable place well within the parameters of the government mandate. It seems that outsiders were still wrong about the Trandoshans.
As they left the dock, the surrounding area was full of local vendors offering various cooked and uncooked foods. All of it was meat based of course, the stalls also had place for armor and primitive weapons.
The clothing here was mostly leather and furs, and it could be seen that many of the offerings came from creatures that were hunted. As R-90 and L decided to look for someone to sneak them to Kashyyyk, Tizzit seemed very out of place. Bob decided it would be a good idea to say she was her mount. No one really noticed the little human riding the giant insect about.
The place was something the group did not expect, the Trandoshans though somewhat gruff were approachable. Matter of fact, them seemed to welcome the outsiders as tourist were rare do to the wookie problem. They managed to find a person to direct them to some individuals who could get them into Edean, the port had a lodge of hunters who frequented the planet for sport and raiding parties. When they went into the lodge they were surprised to see outsiders, and laughed when they asked to charter a hunt on Edean.
These soft pink skins wouldn't last a moment. They pointed out the various trophies collected from their journeys, from the stuffed wookies to the terrible arachnid above them. L insisted it would be know trouble at all since he was a great hunter too. A Trandoshan hunter stepped up to challenge his claim, they would test his mettle. They began to fight in single combat, the Trandoshans cheering on their friend, but it soon escalated to a quick bar fight as the lust for battle took over. It quickly stopped when one of them grabbed Bob. The Trandoshans immediately stopped as they realized it gotten out of control and they all settled down. There was no honor if fighting such as squishy one. L bought everyone a round of drinks and they soon began to bond. Over the next few hours the Trandoshans hunters shared their exploits of Edean and of the wookies. One of the hunter even offered to take them on a hunt, his name was Susssix and he had a friend who need a new wookie fur mat anyway. Although the group was leery of all the "wookie hunting", since Khorrahg'ga was a friend.....they agreed. It was the best way to get to Kashyyyk. The hunter said he would meet the next morning and leave.
Everyone went to a local in and stayed the night and leaving the next day to Kashyyyk which was just a few hours away.
The Green Planet of Kashyyyk
As they approached Kashyyyk they found that the planet and moons were being patrolled by several republic naval ships. Various Republic transport and smaller patrol ships could be seen on the radar. The group was worried that it would be impossible to pass the blockade, but the Trandoshan hunter's assured them that it would be no bother. Susssix told Xol Dul it would be easy, the Republic left the Trandoshan's to their own affairs and they would have no worry. Plus Sussix pointed out that humans are rather stupid.... they often blockade a planet around a single plane, they never seem to grasp the concept that space has multiple direction. The two Trandoshans found they amusing and gave a hearty laff. The tension increased as they got closer to their destination and were hailed by a large Republic Ship that had them on their radar.
They notified the ship that they were entering a restricted area, G5-623 was off limits and was now part of Republic concessions as a former militarized zone, and the ship was told to turn away. For a moment the group looked at each other fearing the worst. R-90 was trying to come up with a plan, but before anyone could do anything Renfelk took the com and responded "We are a Trandoshan hunting parting going for a hunt on Edean. Leave us be." and simply hung up. He told Xol to continue flying without any concern, the Republic ships knew to let the Trandoshans be. Sure enough they were right and had no problems getting into Kashyyyk's orbit. L, R-90 and Tizzit began to discuss on what they were to do about finding Marek.
L decided it would be best to reach out with force and find him. When he reached out the only thing he could see was a coast by a beach, and it seems it was on the opposite side of the planet. The Trandoshans were making preparation and giving Xol the coordinate on where to go, there was a good challenge in their usual hunting ground and a small village of wookies they could hunt. L had asked that they had a location in mind instead, it would be a good change and we could see what was around as a surprise. The Trandoshans advised against it as Edean was a dangerous place full of deadly beasts, but if that is what they wanted they gave in. They soon made preparations to land, but the foliage was to thick as the great trees made it impassible for the ship to safely get through. However there was a coastal peninsula some 100 miles away that was grasslands that they could easily land and then travel to the destination. As Xol flew in, Susssix began to use the ships sensors to map out possible areas for a hunt and wookie villages.
When they landed the Trandoshans were excited and made a quick job at setting up a base camp. They had loaded all the essential gear, including to hoover scooters. They were surprised at the lack of gear that the other seemed to have missed. Fortunately that had extra tents, they assumed Tizzit being a mount for Bob would stable herself and R-90 needed no other comforts since it was just a droid. They had a quick meal and Renfelk let them now there was an easy target of some coastal wookies he spotted. They could make some quick work of them, as most of the males would probably be out fishing. It would be a good start and easy prey for the rest. Tizzit and L seemed very uncomfortable and asked if there was anything else, the Trandoshan hunters shrugged their should and said that there would be some grassland felines around the area. L asked about heading out to the forested area where they wanted to go. Susssix warned them again that the forest were very dangerous, and only the most experienced hunters should go. It would be their death, but they could work there way up to it by hunting something small to test their skills. L and Xol went up a head to scout and see if they were safe, Xol seemed to blend in completely with the grass and disappeared. L stuck out like a sore thumb clearing leading point, the Trandoshans rolled their eyes.
Xol was the first to detect movement, it was fast and quick and it seemed several large creature were making their way toward them. Before he could get off a shot a large creature similar to Tizzit ran past him. It was a very large greenish-brown mantid type creature. Immediately Tizzit told Bob to close the door and hide on the ship. However, Bob was too scared and simply hid as she witnessed the attack from the cockpit. The Trandoshans began to scramble hoping to circle around on their hover bikes. The mantis began to attack the group, Tizzit did her best to fire at the creatures who seemed to be hold their own well. Xol began snipping at the group as he was behind the combat zone. L concentrated and used his power with force to intimidate and attack these creatures, but it seemed to slip over them like water. He was literally grasping at nothing. He dodged their attacks, while Xol managed to take down one. It immediately began release some toxic odor from it chitin, but thanks to his respirator filtration system he was unaffected. One of the large Mantids began to attack go for ships front opening and trying to get in. R-90 noticed from the mantids patterns that they were going for the ship, they were just in the way. Fortunately for him, "Roger" was holding his own providing suppression fire. L, frustrated that his force power seemed not to affect these creature threw a stun grenade and knocked threw of them out. Tizzit immediately went for them and began to welcome them to her nest. As she bit them, she began to get insight into what they wanted. R-90 though did his best to try and stop the mantids, one already made it's way into the ship and a second was going in. Before R-90 could do anything it turned and attacked the ships door, sealing the mantids in. R-90 began to try and hack through the system, but this was a mechanical issue. It would take more than a moments to bypass the ships door. Meanwhile the Trandoshans were attacking more incoming mantids from the opposite side. Xol managed to kill another one along with L.
As Tizzit converted the last mantid suddenly her perspective changed, the mantids heard the most beautiful humming calling to them. It was the ship, the ship was calling to them all, the hum as all that mattered. In the distance through the pheramone trail she could sense a higher authority to whom the mantids served. She could sense Bob was intrigued by the hum and began to go toward the ship engine room. Tizzit was bought out of the trance when she knew Bob was in danger, she forgot that she could become overwhelmed but another mind if she converted to many. The mantids, not a hive-mind though, thought with a single and complimentary purpose that the three of them momentarily influence her. She began making her way toward the ship as R-90 began tom open the door. When R-90 entered the ship, the mantids had wrecked the control panel and were already trashing the ships interior. Bob was no where to be seen, but Tizzit got there just in time as the second mantid attacked them. They could see that the first mantid was already at the engine room and had access the power core. It was attacking it trying to get at it. R-90 and Tizzit managed to put the second mantid down, but were to late as the core was breached. R-90 quickly grabbed Bob who was just standing there mesmerized by the core's hum and light. They ran as fast as they could.
L and Xol already outside could hear the sounds of the ship's power building up and likewise began to run away. The other three mantids that Tizzit had just converted began to head towards the ship. The Trandoshans who had slain 15 other mantids were heading back to see what the commotion was when the ship blew up. It was a huge explosion that tore the ships to pieces. The shockwave sent Tizzit and R-90 flying, with R-90 shielding much of Bob. Tizzit and R-90 were badly burned from the radiation and concussive force of the blast. The remaining mantids and the Trandoshans perished in the explosion.
Tizzit was still able to move as Bob came running to here, her skin peeling but okay. However, R-90 was non-functional and his backside was completely fried.
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