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

"What is it Xeth?" Densk asked not realizing what Xeth just had.

Where the tracks ended (i roll an observation roll) Densk particulary looks for anything dropped. Or anything else.

Droids ? A dozen droids ? Wow...these must be some well equipped pirates..

yup
Can we tell what kinda droids or just droids?

Nah, nothing you can see, Densk.

Nothing you recognise from the tracks, Roan. And Xeth- from what you can tell, not a type you have ever seen before.

But there is almost certainly no way pirates are legally using droids, Xeth...

Pirates dont use leagal anything!
But this would explain lack of concern about casualtys, they are all using droids!

No-one mentioned any droids before.

And it is difficult to simply pick up combat models on the street. It is approaching alarming levels of coincidence for Xeth, anyway.

Xeth shudders. "Droids, lots of them...too much coincidence."

"The Taloraan government was my employers to find out what happened to a missing droid shipment...now a man who studied on Taloraan has been taken away by droids...alarmingly odd..."

That's pretty much the nub of it, Xeth, yes!

"Well, either the pirates were sold droids by Shareth, not that I could do anything about that, or they were Shareth's pirates! But I do not recognize the droid tracks, they aren't like the battle droids that the Trade Federation used..."

Nah, you are WAY away from Hutt space, Xeth. And Shareth was grasping onto those things pretty hard- Faylar paid through the nose to get them from her. If these pirates were that rich they would retire.

(Well, it was worth the guess...)

"So who could front enough money to get dozens of droids and then want an electronics expert to boot?"

(okay, I can bloody hell play like normal now)

Ush, do you want me to finish the Obi Wan conversation and arrive fashionably late at the hotel or just be there now ?

"Knowing pirates, they might have stolen the droids..." Xeth says. "I wonder if there is a want to find out what kind of droids they are by their footprints, just to know what we are dealing with..."

"I'm sure all six of us can take quite good care of you, honorable Viceroy," Jelena says, with a bow. "You are in good hands, no matter who comes in here with the intent of killing you."

Jelena steps back a bit to Sohio. "What about the hearing? How shall that be operating?"

Whatever suits you best, Gundy! Carry on with Obi-Wan if you want.

"The hearing starts at 10am tomorrow morning. The Viceroy will be taken under heavy escort to the central court complex. The hearing will last as long as it takes- if needed, we'll have to go into a second day. Court closes at 6.

The judge, Xian-Tai-Tek, is pretty solid. He's handled a lot of corruption cases and he'll be on the look out for any tricks being played by the Viceroy's legal team. There will also be two senators overseeing the proceedings- this is big business. And before you ask- no, neither Senator has even the remotest connection with the Trade Federation.

In short, the set-up is extremely impartial. The journey to the courthouse is not long. There is no reason to think that things will not go smoothly. All the hearing has to do is establish that a case has been made that is strong enough for the Viceroy to stand trial. That is all that is needed. There is no question of witnesses, and cross-examination. This is not the trial itself. It is simply the presentation of the case as made by Kenobi, and as we all know, that evidence is irrefutable. So the whole thing is just a matter of sitting the Viceroy in the courthouse long enough for him to be arragined!"

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You'd need an expert in that kind of thing, Xeth. But you do know- it;s not easy to steal combat model droids. The manufacturers have that down pretty tight. That is why the Taloranians hired a Jedi like you to look into it when it DID happen- it was quite a big deal.

I'll need options, actions- a plan, in fact- from the Anzat team now. You have two broad things to be thinking about- the Corsairs, and the droid/kidnapping.

"then if someone wants to assasinate him they'd need to do it before the judge reaches a verdict, is there any way of guessing how long these hearings will take?"

As he said, they'll try and get it done ASAP, if necessary into a second day.

"Whilst I am very much aware of how committed Qui Gon was to his beliefs and his principles, I do appreciate you sharing your thoughts, Obi Wan," Kellan told him warmly. "I miss him very much. Your dedication to continuing Anakin's training is admirable and very much an honor to Qui Gon's memory."

"Honouring his memory is all we can do for him now, of course," says Kenobi.

"Anyway, I must reutrn to my duties. May the Force be with you, Master Gundark."