STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- Holocron

"We're Jedi, yes..." Dak says as he drops out of the tree, re-sheathing his sabers.

"It's true," Galder says.

With these affirmations behind him, Rand easily passes the Lying roll to convince the Captain and the Lieutenant that you are Jedi.

"We are Knights sent to investigate the fleeing of a criminal," Rand says. "Sael, whom you came into contact with, is wanted by the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order. We have come to collect him."

"Or his body," Galder adds. "Sorry about your men. They were good shots."

The Captain sighs.

"There's more where they came from," the Captain says. "Does this mean you'll not be helping me with the hunt?"

"I've had bad experiences in jungles, I'd rather be out of here as quickly as possible, myself..." Rianna mutters.

She's going to look about for what she sensed was watching them earlier. And she's keeping her lightsabers out and lit, just in case.

Rand notices this.

"You sensed it too?" Rand asks.

"Yes, but I couldn't quite stop and look while fighting..." Rianna says. Does she still sense anything?

The feeling is gone now.

"Of course," Rand says.

"What are you talking about?" the Captain asks.

"Keep your eyes peeled, Captain," Rand says. "We are being watched."

"And whatever could be watching us out here, I doubt it's friendly..."

The Captain shrugs.

"Nothing here is," he says.

"We need to move," the Lieutenant says. "You can continue with our hunt and make use of our knowledge of the area, or you can go your separate way."

Xavier walks over to his 'friends'.

"We think it would be wise for us to stay with them. We still have use of their knowledge." Xavier whispers in a calm voice.

Dak folds his hands into the sleeves of his robes, assuming a generically 'Jedi' pose befitting a Knight from Coruscant. "We will continue with you for now, Captain. Your knowledge will be valuable in this wilderness. And I assure you that you will be compensated for your losses and time..."

"So, now that that's taken care of, let's move on," Rianna says. She shuts off her lightsabers but keeps the purple one in her hand, just in case.

The seven of you leave behind the bodies of the hunters. The Lieutenant says the forest will claim them soon enough, and you're better off not having to drag them back to the city. The screeching of the mooks fades into the distance as you press deeper into the jungle. And the deeper you go, the darker it gets as the canopy closes and conceals the sky.

Eventually, you come to a tremendous clearing. The light that comes down through the break in the canopy almost hurts. There are no trees in this clearing. Just stumps.

"Picking up lifeforms," the Lieutenant says, reading a scanner. "LARGE lifeforms."

"They're here," the Captain says. "I'm sure this is the place."

Do we sense any of these large lifeforms?

Dak stands ready, looking around warily. Both sensing with the Force and Observation checks. Giant armored bears shouldn't be too terribly difficult to see coming...

Yes... yes you do! Since Dak decides to check, he is the first to spot the shardik cubs at the far end of the clearing! There are three of them there, romping around in the grass and playing with each other.

These cubs are each about the size of an armored van. Their plated, scaly pelts glisten in the sunlight and, when they hit each other, there is a resonating clank.

"THERE they are," the Captain says. "Alright, let's do this quick."

The Captain says he will use his bola launcher to incapacitate the shardik cubs. The Lieutenant is going to perch himself in a tree and take shots.

You can all sense Useld's displeasure with this.

"...if those are the cubs, I'm not sure I want to know how large a full-grown one is..." Rianna comments.

Dak nods grimly. "How do we get ourselves into these situations again?"

"The idea is that we do NOT see a full-grown one," the Captain says, loading his bola launcher.

The shardik cubs have stopped wrestling and are looking over in your direction.

"So then what do you suggest we do?" Rianna asks, gesturing to herself and her fellow 'Jedi'.

"Cut off their heads," the Captain says.

The shardik cubs have started growling.