USH'S STAR WARS GAME- CAMPAIGN II EPISODE V (DARK SIDE)- The Prisoner of Datura

Originally posted by Edna Witch
"Galder's right. I was at Avalar where there were many tablets. Unfortunately I never really got much chance to look at them before those pesky Jedi turned up and caused mayhem as usual. The portion of them Kuylen recovered disappeared and I have no idea where to."

"Yes, I heard about this before.... pity we cannot find a trace of the tablets." He puts his head on his palm, thinking.

"Edana, you left Kuylen right? So you were disappointed in his leadership, I understand? Galder here worships his former Master, but I wonder, if Kuylen is alive, why he is not in touch with his former followers".

"Oh no not at all. I owe Kuylen a lot. Pretty much my life really. I learnt most of what I know from him. I left to go and follow my own path and it had nothing to do Kuylen or anyone else. It was just something I had to do - I had answers of my own to find." Edna looks thoughful.

"I have no idea if Kuylen is still alive or not. I wouldn't be surprised if he is. He always did have a way of exceeding people's expectations. I must admit I was rather pleasantly surprised to find Galder still alive though." Edna slaps Galder on the back. "It's been far too long old friend!"

If Xavier is already healed he will be with Galder since Galder has the blood we need and he would like to see what is on the crystal.

"Yes Con you are really good at being unfunny in the funniest times."

Originally posted by Edna Witch
"Oh no not at all. I owe Kuylen a lot. Pretty much my life really. I learnt most of what I know from him. I left to go and follow my own path and it had nothing to do Kuylen or anyone else. It was just something I had to do - I had answers of my own to find." Edna looks thoughful.

"I have no idea if Kuylen is still alive or not. I wouldn't be surprised if he is. He always did have a way of exceeding people's expectations. I must admit I was rather pleasantly surprised to find Galder still alive though." Edna slaps Galder on the back. "It's been far too long old friend!"

"Force works in mysterious ways, isn`t it? It is hard to kill the likes of us". Gallador grins. "So, did you find the answers you were looking for?"

Originally posted by Newjak
If Xavier is already healed he will be with Galder since Galder has the blood we need and he would like to see what is on the crystal.

"Yes Con you are really good at being unfunny in the funniest times."

"Why do you have to be so mean, Xav! Don't you know how you hurt me!"

"Some but not all. It seems some questions are simply meant to remain unanswered!"

Originally posted by Edna Witch
"Some but not all. It seems some questions are simply meant to remain unanswered!"

"Oh I think you are not supposed to give up, we can always learn more through understanding of the Force, the living Force that connects us to the present and cosmic Force that connects us to the future. I believe that with sufficient understanding of them almost everything can be achieved and comprehended. The worst thing for a Force user is to become stagnant and stop striving for something more.... I am curious, what is that you want from life, Edana?"

"Far too long, Edana," Galder says, squeezing her shoulder in return. "Yes, I am curious, what have you learned in your time abroad?"

Is there any chance Rah, given he was wroking as mercenary prior to meeting up with the 'old gang', that he may have had some contacts that could supply him with some blasters or something?

IF not, he'll use his time at Epirius recuperating.

If you have a Guns skill, you can always have your Gun!

So, we are gathering up a bunch of allies and what-not, all of which I will put into action when the time comes, but we do need to get a coherent plan together.

I like Edana's plan of positioning herself close to our lightsabers ahead of time, while we ready our attack from above the dome. We need to have ships or speeders at exit points, possibly with pilot Allies at the ready.

Depending on what allies and forces we can muster (hoping for Arnian commandos or something myself, Ush!), it might be helpful to coordinate an attack from multiple entries. The name of the game here is chaos, we need to surprise and overwhelm Rivas' forces before they can fall back and come up with a defense. Our allies will hold off the initial defense while Edana shatters the trophy case and we group there to get our lightsabers (and whatever else we might want to take). Once we've acquired those, we converge on Rivas to punish him fatally. We should have enough people that even if our allies falter, several of us can form a defensive circle while the others wail on him. Then, once he's dead, we move as a group for the nearest exit. From there, we either meet with Ally-piloted ships there, or speeders to the spaceport.

Everyone, thoughts?

The biggest problem will be getting in past Rivas's security.

Also, what sort of chaos do we want to cause - a quick, fast strike, or sneaking people in for simultaneous attacks from both inside and out?

Those who can sneak should get themselves into the throne room before the attack, I think.

Also, if Rogan and S'Nar show up (which I think is very possible), I image certain of us will want to kill them... If we have the situation well in hand it might be worth it, but let's not forget the last time we tried that.

Of course, if we do that, we need to make sure that Rogan and S'Nar aren't still around, else they'll be able to identify us and give up the game...

Bahahaha, our mindlink. Anyway, if they are there...they're not a priority. Killing them would be nice, but Rivas is our primary target here.

I agree with this. If those of us with Intrusion can somehow sneak our way into the Palace while the rest talk their way in, we can get into position at multiple points to launch our attack. We don't want to divide the group too much.

I believe the throne room was described as having a glass dome. I would not be against shattering this and jumping down into the throne room when the move is made on our sabers.

We should be careful not to be separated too much before we get to the Palace.

We do not want to be noticed be security BEFORE reaching the Palace. Ideas of using stealth at the beginning are good.

Ush, I asked if it is plausible to land ships close to the Palace, or is only starport plausible in this respect?

Also, we need to be sure Rivas is in Palace when we strike - we should choose a date of one of his broadcasts.

It's not plausible to land them closely if you are being at all subtle.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
It's not plausible to land them closely if you are being at all subtle.

And if we are not subtle? We can land directly there?

I understand that if we attack quickly, we will face Rivas's guard, but he does not keep thousands of his soldiers in the palace.

Rand supports Gallador's idea of doing this during his broadcast, in order to make sure we don't hit the Palace and find him missing.