USH'S ORIGINAL TRILOGY GAME EPISODE I 'LANZAR'- Rebel Alliance Thread

Scarlet slouches.

"Oh. Goody." Scarlet lets out a long sigh. "So, what you're saying is...we are going to have to get them back, since we put ourselves and you in this mess."

Kyle just stares at Drakkon and his face twitches. "I see..." is all he can get out. He stares at the floor, brooding.

(Well, not that my ideas have been brilliant in this game, but I think that it's time to actually start messing with the Imperials. We could try finding and restealing those weapons. Or something...)

I think the big worry here is that the other Lodge captains have them, not the stormtroopers. We need to convince them to return the weapons, or steal them back. Preferably convince.

"I have heard many stories of the activities of your 'rebellion'," says Drakkon. "Unprofessional, unplanned, ill-directed unco-ordinated, even inept, all the stories seem to agree. Yet somehow many such stories are twinned with the Imperials becoming confounded. I look forward to seeing your reputation for triumph in adversity for myself. Yes indeed, it would be well if you could talk to the hostile Lodge Masters. Just one, to be precise; the other one who took some would sooner kill you than talk. This one, Vormax, is completely hostile to me and I could not talk with him, but he is not so stupid as to close his ears to all things. Not that it will be easy. As for the others, I can deal with them.

"Oh, I am led to understand that the Imperial raid found some communications tapping equipment. They are not happy about that."

"Damn. That would be Cass's," Scarlet says. "We're going to have to try again with that..."

"What political pressures are the Imperials giving you, Drakkon? Or should we just be considered with Captain Vormax?"

"I have no doubt we shall hear of any pressures in the morning. Andran seems certain they will use the seizures to justify their blockade. If you wish to contend with that, I have no objection, but for some of you at least, talking with Vormax should be a priority."

"Yes, of course."

"How much weapons did the Imperials take, exactly? More than half?"

"No, they got far less than that."

"That is indeed good. There is very little chance we can get those back."

"And Vormax, how much did he take?"

Okay, Ush, you have a real knack for causing dilemmas, you know that? Combat is good, but... why did it have to be OSOKANS?!

*bad neurowhip memories... shudder*

"Well, we can deal with this Vormax. What can you tell us about him? His desires, dislikes, favorite drink? Anything that might give us an extra bargaining chip."

"Well, he took one warehouse worth. I don't know how evenly you divided them."

(It was evenly divided)

"Vormax was on Matadan's side, but I understand he found Matadan's deals with the Imperials distasteful. He likes ruling things and killing things, and he cannot get enough of either."

"Sounds like a good time," Scarlet says. "Should we take care of this immediately, or would the Captain be sleeping at this time?"

"Most likely. Do it in the morning."

While he was brooding, Kyle was turning events over in his mind. He couldn't believe that they got the weapons and the comm gear, too. He should never have let the assassin out of his sight. The freighter should have been someone else's problem. Maybe then they wouldn't be in this mess. Suddenly it hit him. Rylis. He had managed to forget all about her. She must have been the one to find the weapons and stuff, while he was having a drink with the assassin and sending freighters to their doom. Well, he knew what to do about THAT.

Kyle suddenly looked up and walked to Galahad. "I can't remember if I've told you this or not, but an old thorn in my side, a bounty hunter named Rylis Tavel, is on planet. She's travelling with an assassin, Arvus Something. We tried screwing with their minds last night, but got..." he sighs, "...sidetracked. I'm willing to bet my ship that they were the ones who found our stuff. If you don't need me, I'm going to go and find her. More likely, she'll find me." he turns and begins walking towards the door. He stops and turn. "Eerin, Rhys, you're welcome to come along if you'd like to take another stab at causing trouble for the Imps. I plan on doing it right this time."

"[I disagree on the wisdom of that action, Kyle...]" Eerin says, clicking and jabbering in Geonosian. "[We're needed here. Starting a firefight with an agent of the Empire would probably expose us and start something big...]"

"Well, I'd say we're pretty exposed already, so what difference would it make. We're going to need our stuff back, and Drakkon's, if we're going to fight the Imps. And I'm betting we have very little time before they come after us. After last night's events, they shouldn't need many more reasons to come after us. But, if you have any better ideas, I'm all for it. Smartest thing I've done lately was have a drink with that assassin, so I'm open for suggestions."

"Fighting Rylis wouldn't get back those weapons, and it certainly would help start the battle," Eerin says. "We're not even prepared for it, yet."

"Yeah, well..." He looks over to Galahad. "What do you want to do?"

There is the tactical conference to be held.

Tactical as in 'How are we going to fight the battle when it comes?'