STÅR WÅRS

[storworscampaign]

Episode III: All or Nothing

This is the first adventure for Står Wårs that I wrote myself. A short one to use as a buffer while I thought out what to do next. And what to do next turned out to be to introduce a new player to the bunch. This doesn’t happen until episode IV though, so you’ll have to hold on for a bit longer. For All or Nothing, a simple fence-the-goods type story played out with some chaos and betrayal. Enjoy.

All or Nothing

 Well back on the ship, the crew of the newly dubbed Coy Dragon discuss what to do next. They are in space above Geonosis, with three large crates of Ryll Spice in the cargo hold. Bogg Sall and Nen both question why they took it, but Koy insists on the fact that there is a lot of credits in spice smuggling. “You just need to know the right people, and I think I know exactly who to call.” Nen raises an eyebrow, and asks “You’re not setting us up with another Hutt, are you?” Bogg Sall nods quietly in consent. Koy, on the way to the comms, stops and turns. “No, but we’re close to Rodia, you know? I happen to have an old contact there.”

Upon contacting said old contact, Koy gets a few coordinates to set a course by. They are told to travel to Rodia, to a place called Outpost 16, and look up one of her crewmembers for further instructions. Outpost 16 is a hideout and landing zone for smugglers who wish to meet away from the prying eyes of the authorities, out in the murky swamps of Rodia.

After a short jump to Rodia, the crew enter the planet’s atmosphere and manage to land without much issue at Outpost 16. On the platforms beside them are two other ships, a green Skipray Blastboat and a Firespray that seems pretty banged up. By the side of the Firespray, a Devaronian woman and a human argues about something. They stop as Koy, Nen and Bogg Sall disembark, and watches them for a while. The human disappears into the ship while the Devaronian watches the group silently. The awkwardness is broken when a young Rodian appears around a corner. “Hello! Am I talking to the crew of the Coy Dragon? My name is Karsin, and I was told that you had some wares for Reesto.” Koy looks him up and down. “Yes I- we do. Where do you want it? And where is Reesto?” Karsin turns and bids the group to follow.

Karsin leads them through the short streets of the outpost, to a small office beside a merchant’s stall. He sits down behind desk and starts working a computer terminal. “Okay, so. Ryll Spice was it? Three crates? As soon as I’ve put these things into the computer, I can get you the coordinates to the drop-off place and you can go meet Reesto.” He starts putting in numbers on the computer, before getting interrupted by Bogg Sall. The Mandalorian speaks softly for a person so large. “Why are you here and not your boss? And why would you send us alone out into the swamps? This smells like a trap to me, Alor.” The last sentence is spoken to Koy, who shakes her head. “I trust Reesto… mostly, but yes, I guess it sounds a bit like a trap. Karsin. I think that when we go, you better come with us. Nothing personal, so we’re sure there will be no funny business.”

Karsin looks up, worried. “What? Why? I assure you there-“ He glances at Bogg Sall, who looms over him, menacingly. “Fine, ok. Ok. I’ll come with you, I promise you there’ll be no funny business. I’m done here anyway, so lets go.” He stands up and beckons the group with him out towards the landing bays. “We’ll bring the crates with us on our speeders. Help me load them up, would you?”

After some loading of the speeders, the group are on their way. Koy and Nen travel together on one speeder, and Karsin and Bogg Sall on one. On the way there, Bogg Sall tells Karsin of all the bad things that will happen to him if they are betrayed and put in a bad situation. Karsin promises that nothing bad will happen, but Bogg Sall insists that they do not trust either Karsin or Reesto.

A couple of hours’ ride out in the swamps of Rodia takes the group to a large bunker on a small island in the middle of nowhere. Darkness has started to fall, and Karsin comments that they might not be able to leave the outpost until tomorrow if the meeting takes too long.

Outside of the bunker are a couple of parked speeders, and a some smugglers who seem to patrol around the building. They park their speeders outside as well, and enter the bunker, meeting Reesto. The female Rodian walks up to Koy and gives her a hug. “Koy! How good of you to come out here! And… Karsin? What are you doing here? You were supposed to- No bother, you’re all here now anyway. Karsin, would you go up to my office and fetch me a data pad? Koy, dear, how have you been? Haven’t seen you in forever.” Koy wriggles out of the hug and dusts herself off. “I’m good, Reesto, just fine. I’d rather just get payed and go back to the ship to be honest. Let’s get this over with.” Reesto tuts and shakes her head. “So stressed Koy, why don’t you relax a little? I have some potential buyers here already, and I think they would want to have a word with you.”

From another room enters a reptilian humanoid, accompanied by a Gand and two human thugs. They can hear a sound from behind them as two speeders halt outside the door and the Devaronian and the human from the outpost enter. Reesto shrugs apologetically to Koy as she starts to head towards the door. “Sorry Koy, they really wanted your head. Seems there’s a bounty on it, and they gave me a real good cut of it in exchange for you. Gotta run!” She and her guards start to leave the bunker, and the door starts to close. Trex raises a pistol towards Koy, starting to say something to her. Koy though, ever quick on the trigger, pulls her blaster on him and fires before he can utter a word. Bogg Sall rushes the shorter Gand and starts laying down blows on the creature. Nen pulls his blaster rifle while he takes cover behind some crates, and starts firing on the Devaronian, who does the same.

For a short while, there is chaos and a cacophony of blaster shots and screams. And then silence. Bogg Sall, covered in blood, has put the Gand and some of the humans down. Koy managed to get of a perfect shot through Trex’s chest, and Nen won the duel with the Devaronian woman. Koy runs to the doors, managing to get them open, but it’s too late. Darkness has truly started to fall, and Reesto and her gang has left on what speeders were left and scuttled the others. Bogg Sall starts throwing the bodies on a pile without really looking over them any further. And when they turn around, they can see Karsin walking out of the office inside the bunker. His eyes go wide as he sees the destruction and he runs back into the office, closing the door after him.

Bogg Sall follows and manages to break in the door. “Karsin, I told you what would happen if you betrayed us.” Karsin hides behind the desk, crying. “But I didn’t know, alright! I was just gonna send you out to meet up and sell the kriffing crates, nothing else! She didn’t tell me anything!” Bogg Sall looks at Karsin, and then they smack the poor Rodian unconscious with the butt of their vibro-ax.

When they return out to Nen and Koy, Koy looks up form the pile of bodies. “Strange, I thought I got him on Ryloth. Oh well, if we leave them here I don’t think they’ll get back. I called R5 to come get us. We can’t travel through the swamps in the dark, and without speeders. I think that is the best thing we can do. What do we do with Karsin?” Bogg Sall drops the unconscious youth on the floor. “I say we leave him. His problem. He betrayed us. I would kill him, but I guess if it’s true that he didn’t know, he doesn’t deserve it.” Nen shrugs. “Let’s leave it at that. The boy had a rough day. It’s gonna be tough enough to get back to the outpost from here.”

An hour later, the Coy Dragon arrives. They pile into the ship, dragging two damaged speeders along with them. Nen insisted that they take something with them, so they don’t lose everything on the deal…

[storworscampaign]

Står Wårs: Season 2

Season 2 starts with Episode III: All or Nothing, a short adventure to get the team going. From here, there’s been a lot going on. I started writing more of my own adventures again, as well as using pre-written ones to fill out where inspiration or imagination failed me, or where they just fit into the narrative.

Season 2 is also the main meat of Står Wårs, as in, much of the characters’ growth happen during this part of the campaign. They get to be their own. One of the characters who change pretty much is Nen, who I play as a to-the-side GM-PC while I GM (which is 90% of the time). As he is quite anti-social, he works fine as a side-character and can be a support for the team in his role as a mechanic. There was a plan for him during character creation, but that was slowly thrown out the window and worked up again from the bottom up.

We also see the addition of two new players during season 2. Ran Thane came to us in a storm of angst and confusion during Episode IV: Horrors on Hoth, and Jartris Dardas joined the crew during the season finale, Episode IX: COMIC-Con.

 I’ll upload the recap of Episode III as soon as I can. I know I started writing this as if people read, knowing that most probably, no one would. And I must say I’m really glad that some of you actually do read/reblog my ramblings. 😊 We’ll see, maybe we’ll get some more artwork up here too some day. Here’s hoping!

[storworscampaign]

Episode II: Turnabout on Tatooine – Part Two

This part is a bit shorter than the one before, mostly because my own notes on it are a bit lackluster. We played this episode about two or so years ago, so it is not easy to remember all details without good notes I am sad to say.

Our third player left the party prior to this part, since he felt that he did not have the time to invest in a game of this kind, so from this point on, Betsy is mostly used as a security guard for the ship whenever the crew goes off on other adventures.

I apologize for the format of this recap, and I promise to do better in the rest of the summaries following this one.

Spoilers below for Long Arm of the Hutt!

Turnabout on Tatooine - Part two

B’ura B’an finds the group partying in one end of the small shanty town. Rather, Koy is partying while Nen tries to rest out his injuries, and Bogg Sall sulks in a corner.

“Friends! I thank you once again for your aid in these trying times.” He looks at them all and shakes his head. “I am sorry for not being able to give you any more as a reward-“ Koy interrupts him with a shake of her glass, and shrugs. “No, no problem. Or well, yes. A bigger reward would have been nice, but some repairs and a new identity of the ship we... borrowed will have to do. We also found a few crates of spice that I believe we can sell for a fine pile of credits.” B’ura B’an gives a small smile and tells her that he might have something else for them to do, a way of getting back at Teemo. In a way, it’s a further help to the Twi’leks of New Meen, but also a way of revenge for the group. They agree to hearing out the plan, but will hear more details back in Nabat, in the hideout.

They travel back the following day, with a speeder they stole from the thugs’ compound. Well back in Nabat, they get to meet a short and stout Bothan, who greets them curtly. B’ura B’an excuses himself, and leave them alone with the Bothan, who introduces himself as Ota. “Nyn has told me a good deal about you, and I have a project underway that could make use of a group as resourceful as yourselves. However, before we get down to negotiations, I feel I ought to make you aware of this.”

Ota pulls out a small holographic projector and switches it on. “This communication is keyed to an encrypted frequency used by some of the bounty hunters who work the Outer Rim.” He switches the projector on and it displays a series of scrolling images. Koy, Nen and Bogg Sall can make out the streets of Mos Shuuta, the Krayt Fang and their own faces. An accompanying text scrolls by, giving the following message in Gand, Rodian, Trandoshan, and Basic:

“Wanted: 50,000 credits reward. If you have information, contact Teemo in Mos Shuuta, Tatooine.”

They all look at each other and at Ota. This isn’t good. Ota speaks up again: “I have a proposition. The job I have in mind for you will bring you into contact with those who are currently engaged in a deal with Teemo. If you negotiate well with them, they could provide you with an opportunity to strike at the Hutt from the heart of his own palace. I won’t lie to you, there is some risk, but you will have a better chance following my plans than you’ll have once these bounty hunters catch up with you.”

They all not in agreement, there’s not much to do here, and with a chance to ruin Teemo’s operations and his reputation is quite a sweet deal. Ota nods, seeming content with their answers. “I have been invited to a private function to be hosted by a Geonosian duke, Duke Piddock. I am not expected to turn up myself, of course, but the duke will expect a few guests to appear as representative of my interests. This duke recently planned to do some deals with Teemo, then changed his mind. As it happens, this duke has a rival, Duke Dimmock, who is due to deliver some goods to Teemo in a few days. If Dimmock knew what made Piddock change his mind, he might agree to help us.”

Ota looks around at the group. “Is that understood? I realize it is a little complex. We are to find out from one Geonosian what caused him to turn from Teemo to convince another Geonosian currently working with Teemo to help us instead.”

The plan is explained to them that they will pose as being interested in buying a shipment of new weapons, and they get some funds to do so by B’ura B’an as they leave. They are led back to the landing pad where they last left the ship, and are met by a sight to behold.

B’ura B’an smiles warmly at the group as he shows them around the ship. “It’s gotten a new paint job, good repairs and refuel. You also have a choice of new credentials. The only thing lacking is a name. Any thoughts?”

Koy looks up at the ship. “The Coy Dragon I think will do. What do you think, boys?” Bogg Sall and Nen nods. “It’s decided then. Let’s go!”

They make the jump to Geonosis, and after a few hours in hyperspace, they end up in realspace above the red desert planet. They land at the duke’s base of operations and makes ready to join the party. As they go in, they leave their weapons at a checkpoint.

GM’s note:

From here things get quite sketchy as to what happens, since the notes on this part are sparse. This will probably not happen in any of the subsequent episodes, but I think it is best to continue this adventure as a play-by-play commentary.

The group manages to infiltrate the party, they strike up contact with the duke and makes him believe that they are out for buying weapons for Ota. They cannot get into any more of his good graces though, so negotiations teeter out. They manage to strike up a conversation with a woman named Maru Jakkar, who tells them an interesting tale of parts and schematics of old B1 battle droids being stolen, with all this tracing to Tatooine. Very interesting.

They talk to a Toydarian named Anatta who is, amongst other things, an infochant, who after taking some payment, tells them a bit about Teemo and his relationship to, amongst other things, Jabba the Hutt. It seems that Teemo comes from a minor branch of Jabba’s clan, and that young Teemo probably has ambitions on the control of Tatooine. He says that he could help them send information to Jabba if they find any dirt on Teemo.

They also manage to strike up conversation with a pair of twins named Orpa and Wex Vio. Koy manages to charm the pair into telling her about their dealings with Teemo and that they are headed to Tatooine after this party is over. They will be bringing a shipment to Mos Shuuta.

As the group are unsure of what to do next, they decide to bribe their way with the twins to Tatooine and make a strike at Teemo’s palace. They manage to leave with the twins, and while in hyperspace going to Tatooine, they investigate the twins’ cargo. They find a whole bunch of crates full of defunct battle droids and puts together that Teemo for whatever reason want to build himself a droid army, probably to gain more power and influence on Tatooine. This could be interesting information to send over to, for example, Jabba the Hutt.

The manage to get to Mos Shuuta, where they infiltrate Teemo’s palace by hiding in the droid crates. They wander around the palace, trying to find some incriminating information, which they find. Amongst other things, they find notes on how Teemo is trying to reverse engineer battle droids, that he is withholding payment to Jabba for his spice trading and conversations between Teemo and a spy he employs in Jabba’s court. They send this to the infochant, and go to confront Teemo.

After a lengthy combat sequence, they manage to take the hutt down. They quickly flee, and board the twins’ ship and leave for Ryloth, Nabat, and The Coy Dragon.

[storworscampaign]

Episode II – Turnabout on Tattooine: Part One

Episode II is made up of the pdf-adventure Long Arm of the Hutt and starts directly after the end of Escape from Mos Shuuta. It felt like a natural continuation of the first adventure, to round things up before we knew what to go on with and if things felt worth playing. I will endeavor to split it in at least two parts to make it a bit shorter and easier to read.

Spoilers below for Long arm of the Hutt!

Turnabout on Tattooine – Part one

Well away from the clutches of Teemo and his Imperial allies, hyperspace is calm and safe, while the ship is all but. Warning claxons sound, the ship’s system is all in Trandoshan, and some horrible noise is emanating from the speaker system. Adding to the problem is a rank stench that no one in the group can pin-point exactly where it is coming from.

As Bogg Sall and Betsy wander through the ship, Nen and Koy start going over the systems and displays of the ship and manages to reset the system language to basic. As the language resets, he notices that one of the displays seems to be sending or receiving some sort of message.

“Transponder operational. Receiving signal: Teemo, Mos Shuuta, Tatooine. Emitting coded response.”A series of numbers then follows, to the effect that the response signal is being updated and emitted every five seconds.

He quickly surmises that this might be something bad and starts working the computer furiously. It seems that they are being tracked. Though he cannot find the tracking transponder, he manages to delay the signal, hopefully making it harder for Teemo or Trex the track them and follow. He also finds that the horrible noise coming from the speakers is a Gamorrean opera on a holodisk, which he ejects and destroys. As he does all this, Koy looks over the displays and scrutinizes the several flashing icons on the board.

“Nen? Can you look through the navigation computer and see if there are any destinations close to us that we can make it to? Amongst other problems, the fuel level is critical.” Nen nods and starts working the computer. While he is doing his computer magic, Koy taps another icon, in the shape of a cage. When she does, some text appear, now translated from Trandoshan script.

The text reads: “Delivery notice: Cargo destined for client TEEMO still on board. Cargo type: WOOKIEE SKINS. Cargo location: MAIN CARGO BAY.”

Following this, another text appears.

“ATTENTION! ATTENTION! Captive militant B’URA B’AN still on board. RECOMMENDED RESPONSE: Return to Mos Shuuta and collect bounty immediately. LAST FED: 6 hours ago. LAST REFRESHED: 8 hours ago.”

She calls Bogg Sall over the internal comm system. “Hey, big guy? Would you look in the cargo hold? I think there might be something there.”

Bogg Sall nods to Betsy to keep on going, and they soon make their way to the cargo hold, finding, amongst other things. Piles and piles of stinking wookie pelts. They also find several cages, though only one of them seem occupied. Inside is an older Twi’Lek, looking quite emaciated and tired. He is also missing his left lekku. He looks up as Bogg Sall approaches, first in alarm, and then with curiosity. “Who are you? Where is the bounty hunter? Is he dead? Can you take me back to Ryloth?”

Nen finds out that Trex haven’t been keeping a good record of coordinates in his navigation computer. The closest planet seems to be Ryloth, something he relays to Koy. “Ryloth? Oh no. No, no no. Not going back there. Anything else?” Nen shakes his head and points out that the only other planet they possibly could go to would be Tattooine. “Okay fine. I guess if I keep out of the way, it should be okay.” The comm crackles to life, and Bogg Sall’s steady voice carries through. “Alor, would you come down here?”

Koy looks at Nen, who shrugs. “Okay. You keep doing what you do, and I will check on the others.”

As she enters the cargo hold, Bogg Sall is helping the older Twi’Lek out of the cage. The Twi’Lek looks up and seems to calm down as he sees another of his kind. Koy looks him up and down and asks, “Who are you? Why were you in the cage?” He straightens up and nods a thank you to Bogg Sall and starts to tell his story.

“Well, I’ll try to keep my long story short. My name, as I told your armored friend here, is B’ura B’an. For some time, the rulers of Ryloth have been, in my opinion, remiss about who they allow in on the planet’s Ryll mining industry, which you must understand is only barely legitimate in these days of Imperial dominance. For some time, bands of Aqualish thugs terrorized mining communities, forcing Twi’leks to work for scant reward and extorting all sorts of favors and resources from mines that might otherwise have prospered. I banded together with some associates to protect New Meen, our most profitable mine, from the thugs. For a while we held them off.

Then they simply disappeared. We were relieved at first, but soon learned that they had been killed in the process of some underworld take-over. Shortly after that, bands of outsiders began to purchase land near the mines. They claimed they were developing it, though we could tell they were there merely to spy on us and make life difficult. A short while later, during a journey to Nabat, I was attacked by a band of rogues, including the Trandoshan who maimed and branded me before sealing me up in this cell.”

He also asks them of their business and how they came about commanding the ship, and as Koy and Bogg Sall tells him about their run-ins with both Teemo and Trex, B’ura B’an perks up.

“I have been giving a lot of thought to the Hutts recently. To my knowledge, they have had little interest in ryll production before. They will distribute it, of course, but until now they haven’t been linked to any of the operations to mine it. I wonder if, seeing as the Trandoshan who captured me worked for this Hutt you mention, that is set to change.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could drop me off at the city of Nabat. I have friends there who would be willing to offer us a safe place. There are a number of good mechanics in the city, and we could see to it that your ship is repaired and refueled for your trouble.”

Koy, who hasn’t really listened to all the exposition, looks at Bogg Sall, and nod slowly. “Okay, I believe we were headed for Ryloth anyway, so I guess we could go and see what we can gain from this. Also, please jettison these pelts, they stink the place up to no end.”

A couple of hours later, the ship leaves hyperspace above Ryloth. Koy manages to pilot the hunk of junk that is the Krayt Dragon down to the spaceport Nabat, and they land safely. As they leave, B’ura B’an leads them from the surface to deep under the ground. The narrow corridors are packed with various beings going about their business. Hundreds of Twi’leks throng the walkways and passages, but they are not the only citizens of Nabat.

Swaggering Aqualish shoulder their way past the group while beeping droids scurry between shops and tunnel ways. Human traders hawk their wares from stalls set within niches to the side of the walls. They decide to tarry a bit and try to stock up on some supplies. B’ura B’an leads them to some trusted merchants, and they manage to get some stimpacks and other things they need. After this short stop, B’ura B’an leads them away from the busier thoroughfares and knocks on a large metal door. Twi’lekan code words are exchanged and after a moment everyone is shown into a spacious room filled with relaxing blue light and comfortable chairs. B’ura B’an turns to the group and whispers, “This room is occupied by a cell of the organization dedicated to protecting the interests of common Twi’leks on Ryloth. We will be safe here.”

After a longer conversation where B’ura B’an talks to another Twi’lek who introduces herself at Nyn, it is obvious that they want help in dealing with what seems to be Teemo the Hutt’s thugs who harasses a small mining camp called New Meen. They are willing to offer repairs, refuel and other things as a reward, and might also be able to give the crew another job opportunity after they have helped with the situation in New Meen. Koy manages to charm Nyn into helping them with some new paperwork for the ship as well as a name change, so that they can fly somewhat safe after the mission.

They are offered beds for the night, and in the morning, B’ura B’an will show them the way to New Meen, but as night starts falling, there is a knock on the door, followed by a distressed R2-unit coming in, beeping and whooping at Nyn. When it leaves, she walks over to the group. “The droid came to tell us that two hours ago a craft arrived from Tatooine. He saw a couple of humans, a Trandoshan and a Gand disembark and negotiate with spaceport staff about the keep of the craft before he was called away to perform a scheduled maintenance job. I’m afraid that’s all the information he was able to gather, but you may want to keep your eyes open." After these news, the group falls asleep, trying to gain some needed energy for the coming day’s journey.

They all get a hold of an old speeder and starts the journey through the hot deserts of Ryloth toward New Meen. On the way they try to navigate the dry landscape that is littered with rocks and sharp cliffs. As Bogg Sall manages to narrowly miss a large boulder, Koy can see something to their right, up by an opening into a smaller canyon. A head sticking up. There is a shark crack from a blaster shot, and the speeder lurches and comes to a quick stop seep in a sand dune. They all try to take cover as blaster shots starts raining down on them. Nen and Betsy lays down covering fire with their blaster rifles as Koy and Bogg Sall tries to close with their targets, having only close quarters weapons.

As they come closer, Koy recognizes one of the people firing at them. Trex. “Didn’t I shoot him? Bogg Sall, I shot him, didn’t I?” The Mandalorian doesn’t seem to hear, or care, as they advance further. Koy stops as she is in range to fire and fires off a couple of shots at the Trandoshan, who drops from sight behinds some rock. Meanwhile, Nen and Betsy manage to drop the rest of the bounty hunters just as Bogg Sall climbs to the top of the incline previously held by them.

While Trex seems to have disappeared, the rest lies dead at the top of the rocks. The others in the group manage to catch up to Bogg Sall, and they see the bodies, and signs of a speeder leaving. B’ura B’an sighs. “Well, it seems the speeder is broken. But luckily, I know a way to the camp through these canyons. We just have to be very careful as not to wake any of its inhabitants... Uh, what are you doing?” The sentence is directed at Koy, who is stripping one of the humans, taking his armor. “Well, I need some protection, and this guy won’t be using his, so. You know?” The older Twi’lek shakes his head and starts walking through the canyon.

Walking through the closed quarters of the canyon feels strange, quiet and claustrophobic. As they make their way forwards, suddenly they can make out what sounds like thunderous snoring from some great creature. Betsy, who has taken point, starts walking toward the sound to see what it is. The droid’s circuits have always been a bit off, leading to some strange decision-making in the past, and even though the others coax it to not go further, they enter a cave containing one of the largest beasts the droid has ever encountered. A voice not very often used issues from its voice box, quite broken and alarmed: “Thrrreat detected! Engaging target, master!”

The whole ordeal goes quite as expected. Koy, Nen and Bogg Sall screams as the droid’s heavy blaster rifle starts heating up, spewing blaster shots all around the cave, scoring some minor hits.

The big beast, a lylek, roars and starts emerging from the cave. Covered in a thick chitinous exoskeleton, walking on several spearfooted legs and waving strange arm-tentacles about, it towers over Betsy as the droid backs out of the cave, still firing its rifle.

Koy, ever vigilant manages to pull a shot off on a loose rock high above the beast, but before the rock can fall on top of it, the lylek manages a last swing and decapitates the droid. The rock lands with a crunch on top of the beast, and all is calm again, apart from the dead buzzing and whirring of the droid’s carcass. “Seems like I will have to fix it up again.” Nen notes, and Koy comes up to tap him supportively on the shoulder. “Please don’t.”

About an hour later, the weary travelers reach New Meen. They are tentatively welcomed to the shanty town by the Twi’leks there, and they seem happy that B’ura B’an is back. The crew gets to relax a bit and are treated to what little supplies and food that the town can spare.

They are told of Angu Drombb, a man who has been trying to strongarm the Twi’leks of New Meen away from their spice mine. The town has been beset by smaller attacks, thefts and dissppearances for a time, and all signs point to Drombb. They ask that the crew help them, and promise to give what they can as reward. Koy, Nen and Bogg Sall settle down for the day to try and make up a plan.

It seems Angu Drombb has an encampment out in the desert, that should be easy enough to get to, but it is full of thugs, making a frontal assault hard. Luckily, during the night, everyone is woken up by some awful noise. It seems that a couple of Drombb’s thugs has gotten a bit tipsy, and decided to play around with one of the camp’s large gravdozers, and drove it all the way to New Meen to have some fun on the Twi’leks’ expense. They are quickly dispatched by the crew.

A plan suddenly strikes Koy – If they would be able to rig the gravdozer to explode, they could use that as a diversion when attacking the camp. She orders Nen to get on it while she and Bogg Sall goes to scout Drombb’s camp during the dark hours of the night. They manage to get a good view of the camp – a small walled compound containing two buildings, a guard tower and a landing pad for spacecraft - and make their plan before getting back. Well back, they decide to attack in the next couple of hours, to surprise the camp. Nen has set up the gravdozer to blow, and they will try to have it mow down a guard tower and see if it can blow up the side of a building. Meanwhile Bogg Sall will ride in on a speeder to try to cut down as many thugs as he can, and Nen and Koy will follow.

The plan seems to have been laid well, and as the guard tower of the camp goes down, taking a couple of thugs with it, Bogg Sall rides quickly into the camp, cutting thugs down right and left while Koy and Nen lay down covering fire. They quickly enter the larger of the buildings, where everyone seems to hang out.

Well inside it seems like they wouldn’t have had to worry, since most of the people inside seem to be drunk and missed most of the noise outside. As the group enter, a fat man in an expensive suit looks up and demands to know what they are doing there. Koy, not one for extensive diplomatic discussion, identifies him as the leader and shoots him in the face. Chaos erupts, and the group manages to dispatch the rest of Drombb’s thugs, but not without injury. Nen is hurt quite bad, and Bogg Sall is mostly saved by their armor.

They manage to get back to New Mean, battered and bruised, but victorious. The Twi’leks hold a feast for them, thankful for the group’s help. The heroes party through the day, and as the day turns to night, B’ura B’an comes to them with an offer…

[storworscampaign]

Fail with honor rather than succeed with fraud.

Sorry about the mess. Trying my best at getting a hang of this tumblr-thing with themes and stuff. Most links in here work as far as getting to different pages of the blog.

Not all episodes are up yet, so those are mostly placeholders for what is about to come. :)

[storworscampaign]

Episode I: Tentative Start

Season 1 overview

As GM I started rounding up the different plots into seasons and arcs because it felt like a fun way to work. I’ve mostly worked on very open-ended campaigns, very few that were contained and had a planned ending. One of my other longer-running campaigns has been going on since 2008 and is still going strong. I like being able to add storylines and fetch details from the player’s backstories to come back to haunt them as we play.

Season 1 of Står Wårs was mostly a sort of pilot-run, because we wanted to try out a new RPG system and see if it would stick. Oh my how it stuck. Four people started. One dropped out after the first season, and two more took his place as we went along. Two years and counting and this is one of the more intense TTRPG-campaigns I’ve ever been part of. It is an exciting ship to steer.

As the first session, we chose to run the beginner game adventure, Escape from Mos Shuuta, just to try and get an understanding of the rules.That was followed up on with the adventure The Long Arm of the Hutt, which rounds up the first season of Står Wårs.

Some of the dialog I pull from memory, and some things are a bit embellished for story purposes. I also don’t go exactly by the written adventures as well, as things change as we go along. The fact that this is an RPG and not literature shines through more than once, but hey, that’s the fun part, right?

Spoilers below for Escape from Mos Shuuta!

Tentative Start

As the adventure starts, three people are running along the winding streets of Mos Shuuta. The Mandalorian warrior Bogg Sall, an ex-gladiator who used to fight in the pits at Teemo the Hutt’s palace. Nen, a Chiss mechanic who has been working for Teemo for the last two years, and Betsy, an old B-2 Battledroid who Nen has been tinkering with for some time. They run from the Hutt’s palace chased by some of his guard, a bunch of noisy, brawny Gammoreans.

They know that a ship has landed at one of the landing pads in the town, and that is where they are headed, to try and get off the planet to be rid of Teemo’s influence. If they could only get rid of their pursuers…

They notice a cantina around a corner, and sprints down the stairs into the interior. They are met by a mostly empty room, a bartender behind the bar, and a red Twi’lek lazily going through the motions of a dance on an upraised dais.

They all look at each other and, with seconds to spare, decide to try to blend in among the patrons. Nen assumes a position at the bar and orders a drink. Bogg Sall tries to hide by sitting down in one of the booths, and Betsy folds up by the entrance.

Moments later, three hulking Gamorreans step into the cantina. It seems the ploy worked, for they do not notice the blue man sitting at the bar, trying to hold his cool, and neither do they the giant in blue armor in one if the booths. They turn around to leave, and that is when the gang strikes.

Betsy unfolds and opens fire on the one closest to it. Nen turns around and fires a shot towards the other. Bogg Sall, with vibro-ax drawn proceeds to cut down the third.

After the action, with the three guards laying at their feet, Nen turns to Bogg Sall. “It’s time to try to get to that kriffing ship, there’s no time to waste.” The cantina is quiet, except for some spread, lazy applause.

The bartender turns from the dead guards to the group and mutters. “You do know that that ship is scrap, right? It’s got a broken hypermatter reactor igniter. If you really want to get off this rock, try going past Vorn over at his junk shop. He might have one. Now get out, don’t want more trouble with Teemo than I need.”

As they turn to leave, they hear another voice behind them, heavily accented basic. “You boys wouldn’t need a captain, would you? I’m growing tired of this line of work anyway.” As they turn around, the dancing Twi’lek has jumped down from the dais and is approaching them. “We need someone to fly, that is true.’” Bogg Sall says. “You’re in.”

The Twi’lek woman starts putting on some clothes that has been lying to the side of the dais and straps on a blaster holster to her hip as she introduces herself. “Names Koy, by the way. Shall we?”

They manage to find their way over to Vorn’s junkshop without trouble, and as they walk in see him kicking and swearing at an old and rusty R5-unit that is trundling about the shop. As it leaves, they walk up to the counter and ask about the hypermatter reactor igniter. “I only have the one, but and it’s promised to Captain Trex of the Krayt Fang.” He replies gruffly and waves a them with a wrench.

Koy decides to lay it on thick and bats her eyelashes at Vorn. “Well, as it turns out, we’re here to pick it up for him, so why don’t you just hand it over and we’ll bring it to him?” He sputters but looks at her and tells her that he’ll at least want to see half the credits he was owed up front, which they manage to give him. As they leave the junk store it seems Nen managed to release the litte R5-unit from its master’s restraining bolt, and it decided to follow them without Vorn noticing during the talk.

Outside, moving away from the shop, Nen turns to the others. “I can probably get that rustbucket fixed with this thing, though we need to get a take-off permit before we go. Does anyone have a plan for that?” Koy looks at him and grins. “I think we can fake something up.”

As they draw up to the control center, they notice the two security droids standing guards outside. They manage to fake their way past by posing Nen as a technician who is coming in to check on some of the systems.

As they stroll in, Nen goes to work by the side. They can hear the voice of the overseer suddenly boom out over radio. “Imperial shuttle Lambda-11238, this is Overseer Brynn with spaceport control. You are cleared for landing. Welcome to Mos Shuuta.” The others look out through the transparisteel window and can see the shuttle settling down on one of the other landing pads. Time to leave, and quick.

They manage to leave without any problems, but as they make their way along the streets toward the landing pad and the ship, they notice a squad of stormtroopers moving through the rush of people on the streets. With a sinking feeling, they see the sergeant of the troopers point at them. They turn around to go the other way but see several troopers moving towards them from behind. Trapped.

As they take cover, the troopers open fire. They manage to make short work of the troopers coming in from behind, with Bogg Sall tearing them apart limb from limb with their vibro-ax. Betsy, Koy and Nen manage to take care of the other troopers, and they quickly make their way towards the ship.

As they come in to the landing pad, they see a rusty old VCX-100 standing steadily and quietly amongst the debris of the busy port. They move towards the ship just as the gangway slowly lowers and Trex walks out. He starts to open his mouth to say something, but, quick as greased lightning, Koy draws and shoots him in the chest. He slumps down without a word as the others run up the gangway and into the ship.

Nen runs down to the engine bay to install the hypermatter reactor igniter and Koy runs to the cockpit and starts pushing buttons. As the ship starts flying towards the freedom of open space, Nen works furiously to get the new component installed, and warning sirens starts to blare. They are being followed. A trio of Imperial Tie fighters has appeared behind them.

Betsy and Bogg Sall hops into the front and dorsal turrets to fend the fighters off, and as they come into firing distance, Nen reports to Koy that the igniter is finally installed. Koy pulls the ship into hyperspace, and they all breathe out as the stars elongate and they are finally free.

[storworscampaign]

A plan is only as good as those who see it through.

The plan here is to try and make the main summaries of the story arcs first, and try to catch up to where we are as players in real time. After that is done, there will probably be a weekly recap of the episodes we run each Monday, with some artwork or other things sprinkled in between.

I am not sure if anyone will ever read this, but I am doing this anyway, mostly to get some writing done as it is a way for me to remember what has been going on.

Well then. Lets begin....

[storworscampaign]

A failure in planning is a plan for failure.

Ok. So what is Står Wårs?

Står Wårs is an Edge of the Empire campaign. Edge of the Empire is a Star Wars roleplaying system made by Fantasy Flight Games. It carries influences from the films, series, various books, and the wonderful @campaignpodcast

We do not shy away from adding sprinkles of the EU as well as we go along, so it’s a great mishmash of additions both from the GM and the players.

The story has been divided into arcs, and has been going on since early 2016. Most of what is played is planned by the GM. But when there’s no time for planning, or when they fit into the story, the written adventures, such as the Beginner’s Game and Beyond the Rim are incorporated into the narrative. When the summaries of those episodes are put up, spoiler warnings for those adventures will be issued.

The players are a bunch of Swedish nerds who are divided over most of the country (and planet) who play via Roll20.

[storworscampaign]

Heroes are made by the times.

So who are the heroes of Står Wårs? Mainly, it is this band of fine folks.

The helmet in the corner is Bogg Sall, a Mandalorian Warrior™ and poetic soul that has never shown their face the the rest of the crew. They are one of the cornerstones of the original crew.

Joining the ranks of originals is Koyibond’ara. Koy is the captain of the crew of the Coy Dragon and resident gunslinger/charmer.

Tlista’Nen’Gerte, or Nen for short, is a Chiss mechanic, and a Clone Wars veteran.

As Står Wårs begins, these three and a battledroid named Betsy (whose player left due to scheduling reasons at the start of the campaign) is the starting lineup.

After the first few episodes, Bogg Sall, Koy, and Nen were joined by Ran Thane, a Corellian ace pilot, who is struggling with an old debt and the loss of a loved one.

The latest addition to the crew is the handsome Jartris Dardas, a mysterious Mirialan who claims to have seen Bogg Sall in a vision.

Credit where credit is due: The lineart for this and probably the rest of the images you will see here is made by @momecat. The coloring is by @lawnegnome who is trying to learn how colors and copic marker pens work.

[storworscampaign]

Courage makes heroes, but trust builds friendship.

This is the official tumblr-blog for the on-going Edge of the Empire campaign Står Wårs. Join the crew of the Coy Dragon as they try to make sense of the galaxy, their feelings for each other, and waffles.

This blog will be a collection of different things surrounding the campaign, such as artwork, text crawls used by the GM, and story summaries, both for people that would want to follow our campaign, and for the players to catch up on what’s been going on.

Welcome.... To Står Wårs!