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[Mercenary_Leader]

Between the stars in the blackness of space, the Nebulon-B frigate Resurgence floats silently away from the prying eyes of the Empire. Meanwhile, the galaxy continues to sink further into darkness. Each day, remnants of the Old Republic are crushed and a New Order is more firmly established. Former Imperial Admiral Gilder Varth has provided Alderaanian agents with vital information on secret projects, and even now events are in motion to reveal the Empire’s misdeeds to the galaxy.

You arrived onboard two weeks ago and have been resting ever since. Jackson got worse after you left the planet almost like the jedi's healing was wearing off after his death. He didn't die but it was close. Upon his arrival he was transferred to medical and was only released a few days ago. He has however been ordered to take a mandatory week of rest and will not be joining you on your next mission. Enestar on the other hand was transferred back to his original post of fighter pilot since they had spare fighters on board the Resurgence.

You've been de-briefed but haven't really heard any news of what the return of admiral Varth meant. You did however receive rooms fit for officers and a sum of 6000 credits along with instructions to rest and enjoy yourself while you could.

A few moments ago you received a call to go to the conference room on B deck, seems the vacation is already over. You head over there and soon inside the conference room is Maya, Sandoval, Ryleth, Alytha And Gilder Varth who motions for all of you to take a seat.

The briefing room aboard the Resurgence is clean and white, with several benches wrapping smoothly around a holographic projector seated on a raised dais in the center of the room. The projector springs to life, and the blue-tinted hologram of a Hutt appears to hover a few inches away from the projector’s three curved prongs. With a brusque clearing of his throat, former Imperial officer Gilder Varth begins to speak, wasting little time on pleasantries. "As you can see I have been made an officer in the rebel alliance" he says motioning to his new Alderaanian military uniform. "You've been given a new mission and I'l be the one briefing you." whitout wasting any time he begins to explain.

"Before the Empire decided my conscience was a liability" he says "I was involved in a top-secret plan known as the Sarlacc Project. While the details of the project are unknown to me, I was involved in the transfer of large sums of credits and resources to the project. Whatever the project entails, it is taking up a lot of the Empire’s time and effort. Moreover, I believe that this Sarlacc Project is destroying the lives of thousands of sentient beings, casualty reports crossed my desk on a regular basis detailing "expired" units. Unfortunately, I don’t know much more than that. However, during my brief brushes with the project, I discovered that the Imperial Navy was hiding the program’s existence from the Senate by transferring resources through secondary sources. Resources were routed through the Corporate Sector, through fake contractors, and through the criminal underworld to keep a trail from leading back to the project. One such secondary source was a Hutt crime lord named Darga. Like all Hutts, Darga is a slimy gangster whose love of credits is exceeded only by his love of power. Part of my job involved transferring resources to Darga, and in turn arranging for Imperial agents to take control of other resources from the Hutt’s organization. These were not simply transfers of credits. The items being traded were not specified, but physical resources were definitely being exchanged. Though it’s not much, this is the only lead we have. Captain Verana has charged me with helping to uncover more about the Sarlacc Project, and he has authorized me to use you as my agents. We need you to travel to the planet of Cato Neimoidia and find Darga the Hutt. See if you can learn what he is trading in and how it relates to the Sarlacc Project. That is all you required to do. Any Questions?"

Edited by Mercenary_Leader, 30 April 2010 - 10:25 PM.

[arrowfodder]

Alytha sat through the briefing, not wanting to believe what she was hearing? How many people had died for this project? If the Hutts were involved, this was going to be anything but easy. "Sir, the inhabitants of Cato Neimoidia aren't going to be happy to have humans walking around on their planet. What kind of reception are we likely to receive?"

[Mercenary_Leader]

Gilder shakes his head "The city of Zarra were you are going was heavily damaged during the Clone Wars, and half of the city is still in ruins. The few residents that have chosen to remain inhabit a cluster of settlements on one end of the city and hardly care who comes and goes at this point. While the planet is controlled by the imperials you can expect little to no patrols ,no visible sign of government, no emergency services and no law enforcement. Since the war the people of Cato Neimoidia have been abandoned to fend for themselves. You can expect most to ignore you, others to beg for help and other to try and rob you." he answers

[arrowfodder]

"So, business as usual then?" Alytha hadn't run into a blue milk run mission yet, but this time she felt she would really be needed. There would probably be many sick people that would need her help, and she'd have to help them. That was her job above everything else. She'd have to remember to pack extra supplies, and ensure no one in command found out.

[Mercenary_Leader]

''Maybe, your going to have to find Darga's base of operation hidden somewhere in the city and from there infiltrate his organization. If you can get him to trust you, it will be a lot easier to find out what we need to know. You can expect Darga to know of you soon after you hit ground, he most likely keeps track of strangers coming to his city and to have his spies watching you to find out why your there so be careful what you say or do." says Gilder Varh

[MaidensRage]

"Does Darga import his entertainment? We could go in undercover as dancers, or maybe slaves. Then we would have access to his base of operations and escape with whatever information we find." Ryleth didn't like the idea, but if they had a better chance of succeeding than running around having spies and informants following them.

[Mercenary_Leader]

"That I cant say we know very little about his operations. We dont even know were in the city his base is. From what we know about Darga it's probably an abandoned palace or something of the sorts. if you find someone who can contact Darya's people you might be able to find work as dancers. You better be confident in your dancing skills if you try that, I wouldn't put it past him to kill a dancer who performs poorly." he answers

[Mercenary_Leader]

You've been silent for a while now so the admiral speaks up "Well wasting time here wont gets thing done, I've told you all I can so get your things ready and get going as soon as you can. You can decided on a course of action after you've arrived on the planet." he says

OOC

New player will be joining when you hit planetside.

[arrowfodder]

Alytha stood and saluted the admiral, leaving quickly to gather her supplies. She made sure to stop in the medical facilities to stock up on extra antibiotics and first aid supplies before she left. She headed for the docking bay after that, waiting for the others to arrive. She spent her time waiting by sending a message to Jackson promising to check in on him when they got back from their mission.

Edited by Mercenary_Leader, 10 May 2010 - 01:30 PM.
The new player isn't a member of the rebelion he is already on the planet

[MaidensRage]

[OOC: Soda AF!]

Ryleth got up and left as well, heading for her quarters and gathering her equipment before making her way to meet with Alytha at the docking bay. When she arrived she saw the human woman sending a message, which perked her interest. "Sending a message to your mate?"

[arrowfodder]

Alytha looked up when Ryleth talked, a bit of red coming to her cheeks. "No, more like mate-in-progress. He just doesn't know what he's missing yet." Ending her message, she picked up all of her equipment and double-checked that everything was secure. "Alright, ready to go?"

[Mercenary_Leader]

Sandoval and Maya come along their things ready. ''Well lets go, I'l pilot" says Sandoval

''This mission is more my style than that jungle trek we had last time. I already infiltrated an imperial base for weeks before I was discovered, how hard can it be to infiltrate a gangster's operation right?" says Maya as she gets onboard and soon after you leave.

After a few days in hyperspace you arrive at the planet and land at what seems to be an abandoned landing pad. No landing authority contacted you during the decent at all. You land whitout any trouble and now gather in the cockpit to talk about your next move. You've talked about a few possibilities on the trip but haven't really reached a decision yet.
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Amarylis Thul'den was out for a morning stroll when he heard a whine of engines and spotted a ship coming down. A ship! Finally! Unfortunately your not the only one that spotted it. You see a group of vipers (a local swoop gang) heading that way already. Their gonna try to shake down these strangers for as many credits as they can unless someone scares them off.

[Rune Phoenix]

Swearing aloud in in Hutt, Amarylis heads in that direction blaster ready and and charged. "Hope these guys aren't pack'n heat else this'll get ugly..." mumbles Amar under his breath. Then starts jogg'n at a good clip to intercept the bangers.

[arrowfodder]

Alytha thought it was strange that there was no communications from the ground as they landed. Usually port authorities were all over the comm channels guiding in ships so there was no pileups. And no one had greeted them on the ground to collect any docking fees or ask them about the purpose of their visit. "This is strange. Beyond strange. How badly damaged was this planet during the war? There should be someone in charge down here."

[Mercenary_Leader]

''Looks pretty bad, look at the city most of the building are falling apart and I don't see any people around at all...No wait there's a group coming but they don't seem friendly." says Sandoval looking out into the city.

''Well I'm gonna go say hello then, Sandoval stay here and get ready to take control of the ships turret if thing go nasty. A couple shots from that thing should send them running." says Maya.