dnemiller wrote:
ok if you give bonus xp's I get some then too for when I questioned my 2 jedi contacts...... they just could not keep up.
That was great fun.... it is a shame e did not think of this sooner is the only downside. Whether it was the game or james screaming out his window it was hilarious.
dnemiller wrote:
ok if you give bonus xp's I get some then too for when I questioned my 2 jedi contacts...... they just could not keep up.
That was great fun.... it is a shame e did not think of this sooner is the only downside. Whether it was the game or james screaming out his window it was hilarious.
Yeah I had fun, too. My favorite moment was when you said to Mike, "Is there something you want to tell me right now?" as you were questioning him about the murder.
My second favorite was, "Sorry James, in the time it took you to explain that to me, the NPC has already left the scene."
LOL.
Okay, here is the promised recap:
The PCs start the game aboard the Golden Manor, a luxury resort ship as big as any standard Republic cruiser. Dean's character (Janx) is the security chief. While on routine patrol of the crew quarters, he hears a commotion in the captain's cabin, and goes to investigate. As he enters the room, he hears what sounds like a person moving through the ventilation shaft. The captain and his 2 personal guards are on the floor dead. He radioes in the incident, and the first officer (who is now in command) immediately executes emergency protocols, which include dropping the ship out of hyperspace, contacting the Republic, and shutting down the casino tables. Everyone is asked to report to their rooms, and told that the delay is due to a mechanical problem with the engine.
Meanwhile, the Jedi on board sense the use of the Force and a disturbance in the Force as this occurs. However, they determine as they search their feelings they are in no immediate danger. Bill's character uses Jedi Mind Trick to try to learn the truth about what's happening, but the guards don't really know enough. Mike's character tries to hack his way through the terminal (twice, even once from the security chief's office).
Eventually, Dean decides to question the Jedi, and goes through the passenger manifest. When he sees the name "Orco Lonestar, he figures that has to be a jedi using a fake name - no way anyone would ever have a name like "Orco Lonestar" - so he begins the questioning with him. Afterward, he questions Orco's roomate on the trip, but learns nothing about the murder, except it was caused by the use of the Force (probably Force Grip), and oh yeah someone cut a man-sized hole in the ceiling with a lightsaber, which Orco and Payne are both carrying.
As Dean gets closer to the truth, the Republic cruisers arrive and the first officer bungles the investigation when he decides to send all of the people who have been cleared through survelliance and other means off the ship in transports to the Republic cruiser. At the same time, he tells the passengers the ship cannot be repaired quickly.
About 25 passengers, including all of the PCs, remain. Bodemaw's gungan minion panicks and begins insisting he didn't kill the captain, which alarms the other passengers - all of whom are corraled in the casino area. In the midst of the panick, two Sith Assassins try to take hostages to get off the ship, but are quickly spotted by the PCs and they decide, screw it, let's fight. This follows the resignation of Janx as security chief, and the Gungan throws a Cesta at one of the security guards, killing him.
As the PCs are about to fight the guards, a Dark Jedi Master ignites his lightsaber and tries to help defend the Sith Assassins for reasons that aren't really clear. The PCs, with the help of the security forces, overwhelm the three villains and the DJM, nicknamed "Skippy," is briefly interrogated. He says he was here to pay the captain for his access codes to the storage compartments - which only the captain has - in order to retrieve a data pad containing the itinerary of a Senate candidate. The data would allow him the opportunity to assassinate him. Janx kills the Sith and takes 3 other data pads with similar information off his corpse. He says someone killed the captain before they could complete the transaction, though, and doesn't know whom.
Orco then stumbles into the airlock by accident and in trying to help him get back into the main part of the ship, the Gungan mistakenly hits the "depressurization" button, which causes Orco to get shot into space. Oh wait, that didn't happen. Just kidding.
At the end of the adventure, the murder remained unsolved, and the PCs were surrounded by the first officer and about 15 security guards.