- At the end of Session 139, I was quite stumped as to what to do and whether I even cared about Jasper Lin. And of course that was the problem - Ethan had little reason for wanting to pursue this. So what if there was a black sphere with an escape pod inside it? He couldn’t go inside without being unnaturally aged, and he couldn’t send droids in to do the work. So …. why not leave?
- In hindsight, I think there were two things that weren’t quite right. Firstly, there wasn’t a reason to care. Even if David had said Jasper Lin was a cool guy, there would be a reason. That was missing. It’s not David’s fault - he was trying to remember an adventure that he had first written up 3 years earlier. Secondly, David and I had different recollections of what Ethan could do at this time. He expected Ethan to go in and use Eidolon and Sorcery in combination to ‘do stuff’ - but Ethan hasn’t got those powers yet. He’s a noob compared to where he was in Session 137. Hence David had to prompt me a few times to say - why isn’t Ethan doing X or Y.
- Anyway, here’s the writeup.
Major Characters
- Ethan, R2-J7
Adversaries
- An Unknown Sith Lord
Adventure Summary
- Ethan is stumped. He can’t figure out what to do. He asks R2-J7 if he can leave, and is told that there is no way that he is leaving his @#$*ing master. (potty mouthed droid). He tries to sense where this other ship might be, but he can’t sense it. It could be a few miles away hidden in the upper atmosphere or on the other side of the planet.
- Ethan is interrupted by the protocol droid telling him to vacate the landing pad. There is only one pad and another ship is coming in. As they leave, they get a glimpse of the incoming vessel. It is definitely some sort of TIE Fighter.
* Image sourced from Google Images, obviously sourced from one of the LucasArts Star Wars games
- They spend an hour going around the planet and find that the TIE ship is no longer on the landing pad. It is not clear where it is. Returning to the station, they wait. Strangely, Ethan feels that the necklace is relatively close even though he can’t see it. At last there is an energy burst, and the cloaking field around a huge, bulbous cargo ship collapses. This is the ship that Jasper Lin boarded.
- Ethan takes the Morning Star and docks in the cargo hold. He dons a breather and heads off with R2-J7 to find Jasper Lin.
- As they explore the ship, they find evidence that it is some sort of cargo ship carrying live animals. They find evidence of conflict - some destroyed droids. Some of the animals are also loose. They make their way to the bridge and find Jasper Lin lying next to another fellow who is slumped on the floor. The fat fellow is over nine feet tall. R2-J7 swears mightily as he sees his master and he trundles over excitedly.
- The necklace is pulsing with energy. It is definitely a strong power source. Jasper is pleased to see Ethan, but he is almost delirious. He apologises for abandoning Ethan and explains that this necklace was the only chance that he had to save his sister who has been trapped here for an inordinate length of time. Jasper found this ship with some companions, discovered the exotic creatures but when they docked, he had no idea that they would get into trouble. Unfortunately when they did get into trouble, the Morning Star was no longer there (because Ethan had taken it). There have been multiple fights with the ship’s security droids over the last few weeks.
- As Ethan uses Eidolon to heal Jasper and his companion, the computers on the bridge report that a second vessel has docked with the bulk carrier. Ethan senses another powerful mind (no doubt the Sith Lord), and he seals the bridge then focusses on repairing the unstable energy crystals in the necklace. Once this is done, he watches the intruder in black armour and wielding a red lightsaber cut his way through the remaining droids and make a beeline for the bridge.
- Ethan seals the doors to the animal enclosures, and explosively depressurises the section outside the bridge as the Sith Lord is cutting through the door to the bridge. The result is that the Sith Lord is sucked out of the nearest hatch and drifts out into space. Ethan then decides to repair the bulk carrier’s cloaking device and he jettisons the Imperial TIE so that the Sith Lord can board it and retreat.
- Ethan uses the power of the necklace to nullify the black sphere and retrieve the escape pod. Jasper is overjoyed to be reunited with his sister. She has not aged a day. She was aware of time passing but could do nothing. The suspended animation was imperfect. Jasper is overjoyed and offers to take Ethan anywhere he wants.
- On the route back to Cepharus 7 and the Door, Ethan looks carefully at the necklace crystals and decides that these are worth studying.
- Returning to the Stair, Ethan heads off exploring again. He does not go very far before he meets a blackbird who sings to him about a fabulous place with wonders to behold. Curious, he follows the bird. (GM’s note - this is an alternate version of the red robin which was sent to meet Grant and welcome him to Marindar. Obviously, it is not the same Marindar that Grant and Ethan are used to)
Other Impacts
- Next session we return to Grant in Ninjaworld, however I will also reveal some of the ‘off-camera’ stuff that happened to Ethan in Marindar. (David doesn’t actually know all of this stuff yet because Grant hasn’t asked Ethan - which has led to much amusement for me which will only be revealed when Grant puts two and two together. David is an experienced player and he’ll laugh at this and won’t use out of character knowledge)
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