STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- Gunrunner

You are not as nimble as you were in your youth (or maybe you never were). You make the jump and, like the figure, manage to catch on to the ledge. You are still pulling yourself up when the metallic figure has ascended, and he levels his blaster at you.

"Good effort, poor execution," he says. "I have you cold, Jedi."

Rand frowns at him.

"I see that," Rand says. "So shoot me, then."

In the light of day, does Rand recognize him or his suit at all? And what are Rand's options for getting up to him without getting shot dead?

Lacking any technical skills you do not know much about the suit itself. You do not know its make; it's nothing like you've seen before, as far as design. The general idea of it being body armor you understand.

This will be a purely reflexive things on your part. The first pitch you give will be your action.

Rand is just going to let go and drop down into the cave.

That certainly takes you out of his firing line! You land heavily in the cave, saved by your Jedi reflexes.

Can Rand sense the bounty hunter? He ignites his lightsaber as he lands and uses Coordination in case fired upon.

You sense him move away.

Then Rand will jump back up!

You emerge from the cave, again just catching your hand hold before hoisting yourself up. There is no-one about.

Rand curses and turns off his lightsaber. He will try to see if the figure left footprints. He probably isn't very light in that suit.

Observation roll says... you are not very good at tracking people with your eyes alone. You have a general idea of which way he may have gone.

Rand will move in that direction! He wants to know who this joker is so he can shut down the operation. He may have butchered some of the Huhks that were being manipulated into this, but they may not be everything to this.

He has a lead on you. Without knowing the exact way he went, you will not catch him.

And Rand's sense are not picking up anything, despite his strength in the Force?

A Force roll says... your attention is brought to a sound, rather than a sight. There is a strong whirring noise nearby.

Can Rand see the source? He'll head toward the noise.

Moving toward the noise will do. You run out into an open field nearby, where the tall grass is being pressed down by what is unmistakably the heated backwash from a ship's thrusters.

The air at the center of the backwash shimmers; you see nothing else.

Can Rand sense anything there?

No need to try sensing what you can now see. A rounded starship flickers into view as the cloaking device is powered down. Its fashion matches the armor its pilot is wearing. It is taking off.

Run toward!