USH'S STAR WARS GAME- CAMPAIGN II, EPISODE I (LIGHT SIDE)- Conspiracy

Well, it is a hotel suite- a large and lavish one. There are a number of Sohio's men discretely standing watch from the walls, the other occupants of the room are a number of flunkies of the Viceroy, attending the man himself, sitting on a comfy throne-like arrangement in the centre of the room. He addresses a flunky thusly.

"Tell that idiot that he has to shift things by the end of the Carenoid solar cycle. Our cultural predictions in that area are absolute. And he is to hire as many mercenaries as needed to clear those commerce raiders. And don't tell the guilds!"

He turns to you, guys.

"Now... ahhh, at last. The Jedi are here. Late, of course, while my life has been at risk. This has been intolerable!"

"Please forgive our late arrival but Capt. Sohio wanted to brief us before our arrival"

"I trust this hotel suits your accomodations?"

"It is adequate, I suppose. Now, I will expect..." The Viceroy trails to a halt as you all file in.

"What is this? This is outrageous! You have assigned a child to my protection! Is this some sort of joke?"

*I assume he means Vilpa
"Vilpa is my Padawan Learner, a very gifted child who will one day make a great jedi, as you can see we have more than enough jedi here to protect you as it is. A Jedi Master never goes on a mission with his Padawan learner, I think Vilpa is honoured to meet the legendary Viceroy in person"

"And so he should be! But this is not an appropriate mission for an apprentice! My life is too important. He should be sent for other duties."

"If he goes I go, and If you send Jeb away I am pretty sure Master Gundark leaves as well."*waits for a minute*

"Now if you want to be left under the defence of these two jedi knights I can arrange that, the council has quite a few other matters to attend to as well. However I fear your life is indeed in danger and the council agreed to provide protection. So why don't we both agree that this mission would be best of with Two Jedi Masters, 2 padawans and 2 knights, instead of just two knights."

"How dare you threaten to withdraw my protection! The Republic itself has ordered this! I will speak to the Council about this matter if I have to."

"I didn't threaten about withdrawing your protection, I merely said that if the Padawan's have to go the masters will follow"

"Then special arrangements should be made! How am I meant to concentrate on this hearing with children running around in front of me all hours of the day?"

"I am not actually here for your protection, Viceroy," says Vilpa. "I am just here to learn from my Master. You will not be dependant on me for your safety at any point."

"You had better remember that!" says the Viceroy. "This has been a very trying day for me..."

"Vilpa is right, The padawans will only do what we tell them to do. Master Gundark and myself will personaly be guarding your safety."
*Smiles at Vilpa*
"Now how many people can say they had two Jedi Masters to protect them."

Rusky steps out of the ship..
"Perhaps they are trying to draw attention to themsleves.."

'Damn' Densk thought. He hadn't thought of religous reasons. Then to Rusky he asked, "Why would they want to draw attention to themselves."

Vlad stands there not saying nothing but smiling a little and thinking

What a fool!! We could leave him here unprotected to die and he treats us like this??

"I don't know."

"Can you take us to the site of the attack?"

"Hmm, the very least I can expect..." says the Viceroy. "Well, as it is, I am only at risk because of this ridiculous hearing nonsense. I hope this can all be dealt with as fast as possible! For as long as this hearing goes on, my life is in danger!"

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Yes, Marios can take you guys there. But these people are NOT religious zealots, that is the thing. Standard pirates from what you can tell.

The attack site is a rather nice South Pacific-style island- balmy palm trees and the like. It is a small village on a beach, with huts. Probably not more than a few dozen people lived here, all now dead. Nearly all, anyway.

"What interest could they possibly have had in this place ?"
"I'm thinking they've been payed or otherwise to get the attention of the republic...perhaps as a diversion on a greater scale... other than this their attacks seem pretty random and without obvious reason"

They are not literally random, there is just no pre-planned pattern to them. There is opportunistic reason behind each attack. In fact, any pirate clan would use this pattern- the difference is how vicious they are being, and how heedless of their own safety. They are attacking planetary sites because they don't seem to mind the casualties.

Though as Marios says, this attack in particular has no motive they can see.

Most of the huts are still burning.

"The man they took lived in the hut on the far side," says Marios. "He's not a native."

"we will do whatever we can to keep you alive Viceroy"

*btw does this look like a 1 or 2 room kinda hotel room, or like (PROBABLY) a bloody suit with like 9 rooms and stuff*

"Where does he yield from, then?"

"We're not entirely sure," says Marios.

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A dozen people could live comfortably in this suite, Marcus.