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1 ABY
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This story picks up E-noid's story where the game 'to kill a conman' left off. E-noid, still in the hospital on Cordoraan, has received several visits from the reptilian dark jedi he fought at club nova. Each time she tries to befriend him, attempting to lure him further into the dark side.
Meanwhile, Zamer Duktrofna, forced to work as an Inquisitor of the Empire, is sent to the planet Cordoraan. The Empire has felt that numerous force users have come to this planet (in 'to kill a conman', no less than nine force sensitives have been to Cordoraan), and sends Zamer on his first mission to find out why all those force-users are gathering there.
Halfway across the galaxy, a dark figure sends out a Corellian Corvette, with Ssijass on board. The Slither dark jedi is also ordered to go to Cordoraan to investigate recent events there. His purpose is to recruit the force sensitives there for his own organisation.
Finally, Charlie and Lucas have come to Cordoraan because they have felt Charlie's son, Darth Chroma (who is the main antagonist in 'to kill a conman' on Cordoraan. They're on a mission to either bring him back to the light, or, failing that, stop him from doing any more harm.
E-noid, who finally recovers from his wounds after spending a few days in a bacta-tank, is once again visited by the reptilian dark jedi. She takes him away from the hospital, and outside, she tells him what she has felt through the force. She has felt an overwhelming dark presence in orbit above them, and fears that the inquisitors are upon them. She suggests they put their personal conflicts aside and flee the planet together, before they are caught. E-noid tells her he has some stuff he needs to do on the planet, and they agree to meet again later.
Meanwhile, in orbit, it becomes evident that the reptilian dark jedi was right. The super star destroyer Executor drops out of hyperspace, carrying the recently instated inquisitor Zamer on board. Zamer is then brought before Darth Vader himself, and receives final instructions from the Sith lord. He is to investigate, not engage, the force users on Cordoraan, and is ordered to report his findings to his new master. They then travel to the victory star destroyer "Queen Victoria II", which ha beens assigned to orbital defense of the planet for some time now. Darth Vader introduces Zamer to the captain of the ship, a middle aged woman named Dolza. Dolza is ordered to provide Zamer with any assistance he needs, and to not ask any unnessecary questions.
While all this is happening, Ssijass is also getting intsructions from his black-robed, hooded master. He is informed that some strange occurences took place on Cordoraan, and that he is to investigate those occurences. He is given a Corellian Corvette, and then leaves for Cordoraan.
When Ssijass arrives, Zamer has already ordered a planetary blockade, allowing no ships to leave or go to the planet's surface. Zamer himslf has taken a Lambda-class shuttle to go down to the planet, in search of any signs of force users. Ssijass, however, sabotages his own ship's nav computer. He then receives permission to land on the planet, since keeping him in orbit would be dangerous to the other ships there. Through the force, both Zamer and Ssijass locate E-noid, who is in a hotel appartement repairing his damaged lightsaber. They easily track him down, and arrive at the appartement at the exact same time. Though both the dark jedi and the Sith feel how dangerous the other is, they decide, after a suggestion by Zamer, to not fight each other but simply go to meet E-noid together. They then enter the appartement.
Neither of the three force users make a secret of their abilities, but Zamer and Ssijass sit down to talkwith E-noid. Zamer tells a bogus story of how the Empire is after E-noid, and that as a fellow force user, he has come to rescue him. Ssijass then accuses Zamer of working for the empire himself, having seen that Zamer arrived in an imperial shuttle. Zamer quickly explains that he is indeed enlisted by the Empire, but against his will. He now uses his unique position to help other force users escape, so that they do not suffer the same fate as he did. E-noid is still quite sceptical about Zamer, but then Zamer states that he only came to warn E-noid; if he doesn't take the warning, then Zamer will just walk away and abandon E-noid to certain death. E-noid argues that not following Zamer's advice doesn't mean he'll die, but Zamer immediately tells him it will; the planet is under blackade, and that if Zamer fails other inquisitors will come to hunt him down. Because of this, he gains E-noids trust.
Ssijass then states that he is simply there to investigate what's going on. Both E-noid and Zamer don't trust this one bit, but the Slither refuses to tell them any more. At that point their conversation is interrupted as Lucas comes in the room. Lucas quietly states that he needs to talk to E-noid, privately, but E-noid tells him to come back later. With that, Lucas leaves again.
E-noid walks up to Zamer and tells him he needs to settle some business on the planet before they leave, and that he needs to borrow Zamer's lightsaber since he won't be able to use his own for this. Zamer doesn't mind, mainly because he doesn't care what E-noid's up to. He does ask him if he can then borrow E-noid's saber, if he's not using it himself anyway, and they agree to trade their weapons. Zamer then warns E-noid that his lightsaber is much more powerful, that it allows it's wielder to draw power from the dark side more efficiently, IF the wielder accepts that power. E-noid accepts, and Zamer is pleased how easily he could lure E-noid further down the path of the dark side, all the while giving E-noid something that will allow Zamer to sense him anywhere he goes.
E-noid then goes on his way, and Zamer, confident that E-noid would neither escape the planet nor be able to hide on the planet itself, goes for a drink at the hotel's bar. Ssijass, however, secretly follows E-noid. The latter senses the Slither following him, however, and after scolding him for a while, Ssijass leaves. E-noid's trust in Ssijass is now completely gone. Something Zamer senses and is indeed very happy about. E-noid goes to meet the reptilian dark jedi. Knowing that this dark jedi is the apprentice of the powerful Darth Chroma, E-noid lures her into a trap and kills her; he wishes to become Darth Chroma's apprentice himself. He gives her his second lightsaber, a weapon possessed by the spirit of an ancient Sith lord. As soon as she touches it, she goes into a trance induced by the spirit in the blade. E-noid takes this oppurtunity to cut off the dark jedi's head. He then returns to the hotel room, where only Ssijass waits for him.
Due to illness I missed one session since the last one, in which a few important things happened. Ssijass and E-noid confronted each other, and in the ensuing fight, Ssijass stunned E-noid and brough him to his ship. However, once they got there, they found that the ship was swarming with imperial personnel. Ssijass decides to kill them off one by one, but fails when E-noid screams to alert the stormtroopers. Ssijass uses the dark side to become invisible, while E-noid pretends to be dead. They're in a stalemate right now.
That's when Zamer arrives in his shuttle, and he immediately senses what is going on. Before he can do anything, though, E-noid uses the force to activate the lightsabers Ssijass had put in his backpack. None of the blades hit Ssijass, but he's now visible to the stormtroopers. Immediately he draws one of the lightsabers and starts killing off the stormtroopers.
Zamer then acts. He gets out, and orders his shuttle crew to open fire on Ssijass. He himself creates a force static, which weakens other people's connection the force. Ssijass'abilities are nearly crippled by the effect. Zamer then informs the imperial officer to eliminate Ssijass and to leave E-noid alone. The shuttle fires but misses, and Zamer then uses the force to attack Ssijass directly, causing blood to well up through the Slither's pores and drip from his eyes, mouth and ears.
Ssijass then orders his corvette to take out the shuttle, and in the ensuing explosion, Zamer loses his concentration and has to drop his control over the force. Ssijass immeidately uses the force to paralyze Zamer and runs at the helpless Twi'lek Sith with his lightsaber raised to strike.
At the last moment, however, the blade is caught by Lucas, who had been quietly watching the battle from a distance. His mother, Charlie, is threathening E-noid with her lightsaber to keep him subdued. Zamer then tells Ssijass that if he kills him, there will be no one left to lift the blockade of the system. Ssijass then releases Zamer, and tells him to call of the blockade. Zamer tells him he will do so once they get into orbit.
At that point, Lucas contacts a friend to pick them up, and moments later the Slave I arrives. The friend appeared to be Boba Fett himself, who urges all five force users to get on his ship so they can leave. Ssijass returns to his corvette, but bids the others to follow him to the planet Dathomir. The others agree. Zamer, seeing an oppurtunity to follow five force sensitives up close, asks Fett if he can take him with them as well, since the Empire would probably kill him for letting them go. Afte some thinking Fett agrees, and when the PC's reach orbit, Zamer tells Dolza to let both ships pass.
Underway, Zamer overhears E-noid, who is squabbeling with the two jedi, mention Shianna Duktrofna (who was a major character and acquiaintance of E-noid in 'to kill a conman'). He believes this to be his long-lost daughter, and offers E-noid training in the ways of the force if he tells her where to find her. E-noid agrees.
Aboard his corvette, Ssijass contacts his master to discuss what to do with the jedi, dark jedi and Sith. His master tells him to keep a close eye on them, and to try and recrute them. He will join his apprentice soon.
Above Dathomir, Ssijass asks the passengers of Slave I to come aboard his ship. Once they are all gathered in a conference room, he explains his true purpose; he works for an organisation that attempts to lift the illegal status of sensitives by force. They are gathering promising force users, and as such, he offers them all an audience with his master. However, all those present reply that they are currently busy handling their personal matters. Ssijass understands and asks them to consider the proposal again, once those matters are solved. For now, he offers to help the others solve their problems.
At that point, Darth Chroma takes possession of Lucas. He and Charlie start arguing, and Charlie begs him to return to the light side. Chroma isn't planning on complying, and leaves again after scolding the ones present. Charlie and Lucas then explain the situation to the others. Zamer is quite interested to learn of all this, seeing yet another oppurtunity to turn in Chroma, who is wanted by the Empire. Charlie, Lucas and Boba Fett then leave for Darknon, the space station from 'to kill a conman' They know Shienna, who E-noid says killed the life transferring Chroma once, is there, and Chroma will be near. The other three decide to go shopping on a nearby planet, first.
This planet lies in the Tapani sector, and once the PCs land, they find that the planet's nobles hold fencing contests using lightsfoils; weapons resembling very weak versions of their lightsabers. Zamer comes up with yet another plan. He tells E-noid that his lightsaber can be traced, and they'll need to lose it. Zamer asks if he can have the saber back so he can sell it. E-noid agrees, and after Zamer sweet-talks to the locals and enters a friendly lightfoil duel (which he wins without breaking a sweat), he finds a noble willing to buy the weapon. From his share of the money Zamer buys his own starship, and when the others leave the planet, Zamer remains behind to send a very special message to lord Vader...
Since the last session I practically missed two games. The first one I missed because Zamer was busy sending his message to Vader back in the Tapani sector. Though I myself was present at the session, I simply got no gaming in that time, because so much happened in so little time, it would be impossible to get back to the others at Darknon. The second one I missed, again, due to illness. I'll give a brief overview of what happened in the meantime;
This is when Zamer arrived to the scene. Through the force, he felt what had transpired. He felt Ssijass and Charlie going to the cloning facility, and contacted them to offer his aid. In reality, he was going to hold them up until the reinforcements he had requested showed up. Even then no one suspected his treachery. Suddenly Zamer felt an overwhelmingly dark surg in the force; Vader was near. He went with him, and together they traveled to the cloning facility. Zamer quickly informed Vader of his opponent's strengths, weaknesses and other facts that could prove useful. When they reached the central cloning chamber, they found the battle had already started without them. Mattheus and Lucas were already fighting their brother, Darth Chroma. At the same time Vader and Zamer entered, Ssijass' master also entered from the other side of the room. Only then did he reveal his identity.
Darth Maul.
Seconds later, Chroma was confronted by his mother, who finally broke through to him. Darth Chroma doubted his ways, but still had the conviction to scold everyone in the room. Then, his cloned body started falling apart; he slowly degenerated into a puddle of green ooze.
At this point, Zamer used the force to take Chroma's lightsaber away from him and give it to Vader. This enraged the others present, and soon all those present, except for Darth Maul, stood in front of Vader and Zamer, lightsabers ignited.
Vader then decided that Maul was his most important target and left Zamer to fight the other six jedi; Ssijass, Charlie, Kel, Mattheus, Lucas and a girl named Starr, who was also trained in the force. Charlie and Starr immediately went for Darth Maul as well, with whom they had a long standing feud. Ssijass went to protect his master from the two jedi. And finally, Zamer was left to combat the two brothers and Kel.
The final battle began.
I never played that final battle. At this point, tensions that had been building for a few weeks between me and the other players reached their height, and I no longer saw a reason to continue this game with them. Putting those issues aside for a moment, I had become bored with the game itself. It all revolved around the three NPCs; Kel, Lucas and Mattheus, with us PCs just standing there doing nothing interesting. Also, killing off E-noid like that, adding Vader and Maul to the game, and of course setting me up against all those jedi just turned me off. I mean, it's Vader; he'd have taken one or two turns to finish the six jedi in front of us off before fighting Maul. Or we just could have returned to the ship and blasted the facility from orbit. But no. That would have been unfair to the other players. Well, this wasn't just unfair for Zamer, it was also beyond the acceptable lack of realism. So, unfortunately, I couldn't finish this last battle. But I didn't care. I could have won it. But I don't think the GM would have let me. Because that wouldn't be fun for the other players.
This is, effectively, the unrewarding end for a campaign we began playing almost a year earlier.