To Ilum You Must Go - Game Night 5/25

This is the first Game Day entry into the Blog. Probably too many words for what happened, but atleast I wont lose it, or accidentaly delete it from my PC.
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The party started the day with a request to Manga for information, which brought a Mr Vega from Station Traffic Control offices to the ship with a data chip. After Bar Bar rudely snatched it from his hand with his tongue, the recording was reviewed by the party. It showed the shuttle that brought them to the White Star (Manga's ship), and moments later the Ion Bomb exploding. The explosion was centered in the shuttle landing bay, and radiated out through the ship. Less than a minute after that, a small black craft approached the White Star, and attached itself to the "floor" of Manga's audience chamber. After about 30 seconds, it departed, and made a jump into hyperspace.

Mr. Vega was then asked to provide security camera info on the two shuttles from the past 48 hours, he agreed but needed a few hours to collect the data. "It's not my department - so will take some time" he told the party. In the meantime, Bar Bar tried using the Force to locate McQueen. The only useful information came from using Farseeing:

"Meesa see McQueen...heesa lying in a gray metal roomma. Black Troopers...muyey muyey bombad troopers. Meesa also see pretty Human female - sheesa have red hair likesa Mater Dee say. The force issa dark hear, muyey bombad darkness"

Based on this the party determined that McQueen had been taken by agents of Black Hole.

This prompted the party to pay another call on Manga, who was enjoying his lunch in the stations more upscale restaurant while his ship is being repaired.

Manga didn't have any pertinent information to add, except his obvious dismay that it was agents of Black Hole that had a part, if not the whole part in the attack on his ship. He did offer the party all he knew about Black Hole, which is that he is a paranoid force using head of the Emperors intelligence service. He also monitors the Hyperspace channels, travels in his own black Star Destroyer, and his troopers are prone to wear black armor. Manga did not seem anxious to mess with Black Hole, and you overheard his preparations to leave the area when you left the restaurant.

On the way back to the ship, Mr. Vega appeared, and promptly handed the security data over to Bar Bar (to avoid unwanted tongue action), and after some discussion the party parted ways with the station heading for the Ithorian Herdship and its rag tag fleet (but not before leaving a false trail for any persuers).

The party was greeted as heroes for completing the transaction with Manga, and General Adama asked that you be the ones to pickup the cargo. The loss of McQueen was treated as grave news, but a long lost comrade Grarwarr(sp) appeared, having tracked the party to the Ithorian fleet. After giving the coordinates for the pickup to the General, just incase they don’t come back (come on, what could happen), the party took off to track the ship that kidnapped McQueen.

Many jumps and no conclusive results later, the party returned to the fleet, and made the rendezvous with the shipment of weapons and armor for the Rebellion. There, they sold the Glenfidditch (their old ship) to Manga, docked the Y-wing in one of the two shuttle bays of their new ship, and returned the armor and weapons to the Rebellion, before heading to what became their final destination - Ilum. The party was delayed for a short time as they searched the ship for bugs or problams, and discussed decorationg alternatives for the various cabins.

All the time while they were pursuing the craft that took McQueen and traveling to pickup weapons, the force sensitive members of the party were plagued by dreams of a snow covered, storm ridden planet. Joruss received the most detailed visions of tall white spires (now destroyed), attached to some natural formation, and a cave with a light inside. However, the visions have now turned to darkness as if something is blocking them. The last piece of information was a voice, like the voice from the holocron, saying, "to Ilum you must go."

So now the party finds itself in orbit around the planet Ilum with their new ship. Your sensor sweep has picked up an uninhabited city, and you are making preparations to take the shuttle and the Y-wing down to the surface.

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