STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- City in the Clouds

"Well...the person responsible did this to set a trap for me, more or less," Rianna says, somewhat uncomfortably. "And...I don't know Bespin. I don't remember my family at all."

"I see," Zaltus says. "You shall have to fill me in on this. Please, come with me."

Captain Zaltus and his men escort you from the landing pad and into the pristine halls of Cloud City! It is currently mid-day, so the sky outside is a creamy blue and speckled with voluptuous marshmallow clouds. People passing you in the halls seem generally cheerful, and you catch views of the upper city through great windows that line the hallways.

Zaltus offers small talk in the way of talking about the mining operation and the quality of life in Cloud City.

Eventually, the guards peel off and Captain Zaltus leads you into an administrative building in which his office is contained. The lobby is wide and spacious, with a strange statue in the center composed of interconnected half-circles that form some jumbled shape. You take a lift up to the office and are granted a view of the entire city through a circular window behind Captain Zaltus' desk.

"Now," Zaltus says, seating himself behind his desk. "I believe you have some explaining to do, Miss Xi."

"What is there to explain? I've told you what I know," Rianna responds.

Does she still have the comm unit from Borm's lightsaber with the message on it? If so, she'll show that.

It was a one-off communicator. It was programmed to burn out after you got the message.

"You've told me that someone has set a trap for you and that you do not know your family," Zaltus says. "That is... troubling, to say the least."

Ahh, okay.

Rianna sighs, this is becoming more complicated that she'd like. "Of course I don't know my family - I was trained as a Jedi. I was brought to Coruscant when I was barely two years old, I really don't remember anything before that," she says. She pauses for a moment.

"And yes. It's far too long and complex a story to really explain, but I think that the person responsible took them as bait for me. I know who did it, and I know that this isn't going to be easy. They're Dark Jedi, and they have no qualms about killing to prove a point."

"You're a Jedi?" Zaltus says. "Oh my. My apologies, Miss Xi. You don't exactly look the part.

"As far as this conspiracy against you... do you have any proof? I know little of such matters. My domain is Cloud City. It doesn't go much further."

"Proof...no, I don't have any physical proof on me. And I wouldn't so much say it's a conspiracy and more the actions of one very determined and twisted being."

"Who might that be?" Zaltus asks.

"A former Jedi Master named Nume Rand. He has a few followers, and one of them, Vash Bloodcarver, is the one that sent me the message saying they had taken my family."

"Can you describe them?"

Zaltus produces a vocal recorder from his desk.

Rianna will do that then!

(as I'm too lazy to actually type all of that out 😛)

She'll also mention Gallador and Tanic, though she doubts they're here at all. Better safe than sorry, after all.

Zaltus takes record of each description, opening a criminal file for each in turn.

"Rand, Vash, Tanic, Gallador..." Zaltus says. "Looks like you have quite a few friends, Miss Xi."

"Rand is the most dangerous. Vash is simply violent, but Rand is...manipulative. And strong with the Force, far more than I am," she says. "And 'friends' are about the last thing I'd call them..."

"I will put out a city-wide search for their whereabouts," Captain Zalt says. "If they are in the upper city, they will be in our custody in no time. If they are in the lower city, however, it may take some effort to locate and arrest them. That is... if it can be proven that it was indeed they who committed the act.

"Do they have a ship?"

"Yes, they do," Rianna says, and she'll describe Arneth's ship that she had tracked down on Ord Coridari.

"I will put out a search for a ship that matches that description," Zaltus says. "Until then, how would you like to proceed?"

For starters, what do Rianna's senses tell her?

"I think I want to see where they were taken from...also, if there's any investigation that you've done so far, I'd like to see that information."

Depends, what are you sensing for?

"Of course," Zaltus says. "I'll arrange for you to have access to the crime scene- the Xis' apartment. I will need some time to give you security clearance for the investigation."

Zaltus pauses.

"Are you on official business from Coruscant?"

Anything that seems wrong. Rand's presence. That sort of thing.

Rianna hesitates at that question, before responding.

"No, I'm not. I doubt they know I'm here."

Hard to say. Nothing seems amiss. Then again, the Dark Side is good at that sort of thing.

"Ah, I see," Zaltus says. "Personal business then. Would you prefer that this stayed between us, as it were?"