USH'S STAR WARS GAME- CAMPAIGN II EPISODE IV (JEDI)- Purity

A-ha! Good question. But you didn't ask him. I suspect there will be time though.

"Well now, that's an interesting question," says Korth. "Quite why a peaceful world of comfortable nobles like this needs a dedicated cadre of bodyguards... well. Never mind, we shal see. Now," he says, as the lidft doors open, revealing a luxurious apartment where your sister was, "we have no body on this scene and no witnesses. So, what should we look for?"

"... to be honest, I'm not quite sure either," Gallagher says. "Perhaps Thespia was not always so quiet and this tradition has carried on? I'll ask Zaland later, maybe..."

Gallagher pauses to look at the scene when Korth asks what they should look for. "Signs of a struggle, of how the kidnappers got in."

"You've come far, young one."

You take a look around... and see no signs of either.

"No struggle confirms what we thought before of the victim being taken by surprise," says Korth. "But no sign of forced entry is worrying. People like this normally have many attendant droids around the household; I shall see if we can gain any records from them. You see if there is anything else to find aorund here."

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Okidokey, everyone going then?

(Yes, but it will be an interesting test for Andro!)
When out of earshot of any Basillica personnel:
Andro can't beleive his ears when he hears the Jedi will be given an audience with the Abbot. "That monster is so confident, he'll even let me speak with him? What does he think I'll do if I see Gallagher?" He thinks on this a moment. "Ah, Gallagher won't be there. There's no way Seinar will let us see him." Andro is not really speaking to the other Jedi, he's just speaking, "Well, I guess Seinar knows I can't attack him in his chambers after just setting down on the planet. That would be seen , well, very poorly on behalf od the Jedi." He slams his fist into his hip in frustration. "He's a tricky one alright, that old psycho." He goes on mumbling for a few minutes, then falls silent as they approach the Bascillica.

"Yes, Master," Gallagher says.

Gallagher will take a walk around the luxurious room, reaching out with his senses and looking for anything out of the ordinary.

Hmm. Nothing that you can see wrong, Gallagher... but something feels wrong about the whole thing.

"Your Jedi senses telling you everything we all need to know?" comes a voice. It seems Zaland has come in whilst you were concentrating. Never quite enough on the here and now, that's what Yoda always chided you for...

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Within the Basilica you Jedi are led not to Sienar's personal quarters, but to his administrative offices as Abbot, which are also large and impressive. A receptionist behind a desk is waiting for you, and says that the Abbot will be out in just one moment.

"Not everything," Gallagher says, glancing at Zaland for a moment before resuming his investigation of the room. "Something feels... just wrong about this. There are no signs of a struggle, which confirms that Zolos and Kellan were taken by surprise. But no signs of forced entry... the villains did not break in."

Zaland moves over and looks out of the window, down towards the ground below.

"No-one could take Zolos by surprise," he says. "Never."

Gallagher studies the bodyguard for a moment, temporarily forgetting the scene.

"Who do you protect in my family?" Gallagher asks.

Zaland snaps back to the present.

"Your Uncle," he says, "but he died of natural causes earlier this year; I am between assignments now. Thgat leaves me free to be looking after general security."

"I had an uncle?" Gallagher says, oblivious of his family tree beyond his sister and his parents. "What was his name? What was he like?"

"Galheiron? He did a lot of good for the world. Brought in a lot of money. many of our investments were under threat in recent decades; he ended all those worries."

"Oh," Gallagher says. He looks about, awkwardly, as Master Korth's question of why comfortably seated nobles would need bodyguards so skilled as Zaland and Zolos was reinforced by Uncle Galheiron's contributions to the family. "I was wondering... why does the Klinge-Faust family have Protectors? They seem... safe."

"It's a large Galaxy," he says, "there is much that can happen. Still, you are mostly right. Only the family nobles get protectors and on Thespia almost nothung ever happens. Zolos will be.. shamed in the family. His entire purprose to prevenrt exactly this type of thing happening; he was given privileges and authority but now all he will be remembered for is failing in his ancestral duty."

"Perhaps this was something beyond him," Gallagher says. "As you said, nothing ever surprised him... perhaps this is something bigger than we imagined."

Zaland doesn't believe it. He doesn't understand any of this.

"You seem curious about your family," he says. "I thought Jedi were told to avoid such thoughts."

Neither does Gallagher, other than that something just feels wrong.

"Many Jedi never come into contact with their family," Gallagher says. "I guess... given the rare opportunity, I am just curious."

"Well. Your father asked specifically for Jedi as he thought... he felt help was needed. But he allso wanted it kept inside the family."

"I see," Gallagher says. "Well, here I am, then."

Gallagher continues to look about for signs of anything at all, how someone could have entered without forcing their way in.

Before the Abbot enters, Andro moves to face Roan, shielding his actions from the attendant. He surreptitiously pulls out his lightsaber and holds it between them. "Roan, I'm no fool, or crazy, but the last time I laid eyes on this man he was kidnapping Gallagher and burying me in a pile of rubble. Will you hold this for me?"