STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- Chains

"That was... disturbing," Wentar says, he glances at Altar and Vlad to see if they also felt what he had felt.

"You made the right choice Loj'oon, as you said 'the Srum with a mobile space station would be horrific.'"

Altar and Vlad are shaken.

"What was..." Vlad starts to ask.

"The Dark Side," Altar says, curtly. "The Overseer of the Kylugo Srum is a Dark Jedi?"

"I've never met him," Loj'oon snaps. "I don't know!"

"An issue for another time," Altar sighs. "Right now, we must defend this station. As my student says, you chose wisely. There will be casualties in this fight... but none so great as if the Srum had this mobile station."

Loj'oon nods quietly to himself.

"Prepare the fighters," he says to his aides. "They'll need to launch as soon as the Srum arrive. And ready my ship."

He turns to you.

"Wentar, will you fly out with me?" he asks.

"Of course," Wentar replies with a nod. "I'll throw everything I have into defending this station. The Free Flier will be ready before the Srum arrive."

Is there time for Wentar to have a meeting with Vlad and Altar?

And is Emso still asleep?

There is time, yes.

Emso is still out; Loj'oon has another medical droid looking after him. It has been instructed to notify you when Emso comes to.

Alrighty!

Wentar will pull Altar and Vlad aside.

"I should have talked to you both sooner because I've suddenly realized just how much is at stake here," Wentar says to his comrades.

"I need your opinions, what do you two think about this situation we've found ourselves in?"

"Considering I was detained with no hope of escape," Altar says, "this has been a reversal of fortune. I intend to vanquish whomever the Srum sends to un-Seat us."

Altar gives a wink.

"I'm all for it," Vlad says. "These slaves are being given a chance to fight for their freedom when they hadn't one before. It's our duty to protect and aid them."

Vlad is more grim. He seems distracted.

Wentar's gaze lingers on Vlad, something still seems off but he just can't put his finger on it.

"You both have good points," Wentar says with a smile, feeling more confident with Vlad and Altar's backing.

"What are your opinions on the unit placement I arranged? There may not be time to reverse it now but I would still like to hear what you would have done in my position."

Vlad has no opinion on it.

Altar feels you should have put your strongest fighters- the pirates- in position to hold the hangar first, and reinforced them with slaves as necessary.

"What you arranged will work," Altar says. "Our leadership and contribution to the fighting will be important regardless of who gets deployed where."

Altar also reminds you that his starfighter is on-board the Seat! He is not quite the pilot you are, having taken the Jack-of-all-trades approach to the Ronin, but it is one more wing to send against the pirates.

Vlad, of course, volunteers to man the Free Flier's turret.

(Remind me, does it only have the one turret?)

As far as I know yes. I'm unsure about the rules behind turret amounts on ships. I've always just kept it at one.

Wentar wont say no to reinforcements. He'll need to talk to Loj'oon, find out how we can get back to the station after we decide to fall back from the space battle.

"I have a private bay that is connected to the Bridge via secret corridor," Loj'oon says. "One of the perks of being me."

"Fair enough," Wentar says. "So long as they can't invade from that way I have no complaints."

"Few know of it," Loj'oon assures you. "And it won't suit their needs."

"Very well," Wentar says. "What else needs to be done?"

"Nothing," Loj'oon says. "We wait."

"Very well," Wentar says.

He will go and make sure the Free Flier is ready to defend this station.

The Free Flier is as you left it- refueling and waiting for your return. Obviously your original plans of returning to the ship with a load of slaves and high-tailing it out of here did not happen and the hangar is empty save for yourself and Vlad.

"Do you think we have a chance?" Vlad asks you as you walk up the ramp of your ship together. "Are we going to be able to win this?"

Wentar sighs.

"That's hard to say. The outcome of this battle relies on too many things we don't have control of," he says.

"What the committee's answer will be, how long it will take to get the engines online, how many men the Srum will throw at us. We know none of these, it makes deciding our chances tricky...

"I say that as long as we keep a clear head during the fighting and plan our defenses carefully we have a definite chance of succeeding here. This will be a very hard fought and costly battle though.. for both sides."

"I was afraid you would say that," Vlad says. "The Force will be with us, at least..."

He lumbers off to get the turret ready for battle while you prepare the rest of the ship for the same thing. And so it is where you are when the alarms begin to sound.

The pirates have arrived!

"Looks like it's time," Wentar says.

He turns on his com, tuned into Loj'oon's frequency. "Seems like they're here, Loj'oon. What's the plan?"

"I'm launching fighters," Loj'oon says. "They've sent the Overseer's personal flagship and deploying their fighters now. Do not engage until my order or unless engaged first. Staying near the station is in our best interest."