STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- Life Debt

Sounds like you need to concoct a story for getting a private meeting with the Wookiee leaders, then. You need to give a reason that they should talk to you instead of the dozens of others trying to get their opinions heard and a favorable choice made.

The meeting continues, now that the options of 'Kill, Capture, or Ignore' have been established. Now each faction is going to pitch their reasons. The Wookiees abstain from offering their stance, being the hosts and the ultimate decision-makers.

So who is going to speak then? Vera-Kin will watch and see what the next party has to say.

Then the Trandoshan representative takes the floor. Unlike most of the Trandoshans in his party, he is not wearing mercenary-esque garb. Instead, he wears simple robes.

Any and all Wookiees in the gathering hall immediately start to growl when he stands.

"May I have the floor?" the Trandoshan rep asks.

The Wookiee leader only gives a nod of acknowledgement. He says nothing.

"My thankssss to the Wookieesss," says the Trandoshan representative. "Senator Yarua doesss thisss sssyssstem proud."

The Wookiee leader snarls quietly then resumes silence.

"I am Reshtar of Dosha," continues the Trandoshan. "We have already essstablished that Dosha believesss the Raptorsss should go free. Long hasss our rivalry with the Wookieesss gone on, and we know how dangerousss they are. Thisss should be as nothing to the Wookieesss, based how the threatsss they already face from the jungles below. Larger beastsss stalk Kashyyyk than thesssssse."

There are nods here and there among the delegations.

Vera-Kin will try to Scan Reshtar, though it is probably hard in a hall this packed with people. She is curious as to his motives, though it is pretty obvious what the Trandoshans hope to gain from this.

Does she know anything about him?

Indeed, you are not going to be able to get an accurate read on Reshtar.

You know nothing about him other than what has already been presented.

She just continues to listen then.

"My proposssal is to let the raptorsss of Lanzar run free in the junglesss of Kashyyyk," Reshtar states. "In time the ecosyssstem of this world will adapt, as it hassss before. The Wookieessss need not do anything at all, nor the Senate, nor the Osokansss, nor anyone at all.

"Thossse who brought the raptors have been punished already. Leave it there."

The meeting hall is full of murmuring after Reshtar's brief monologue. The Wookiees look displeased.

Are members of the audience allowed to contribute?

If they so choose. No-one else has spoken up.

Vera-Kin is unsure if she should speak up or not. She feels that she should be she is not sure how to phrase her thoughts as not to offend any of the attending parties.

She is also most curious about how those shipping the raptors were dealt with, and how the raptors got out.

(By the way, are the Osokans present?)

Not that you can see.

That decision is yours entirely.

Vera-Kin will not speak up. She is only a Knight now but she is a wise one; she wants to investigate everything in quiet, and act when the time is right. She is more curious about how the raptors were let out right now than any political policies being thrown about regarding their demise or capture or whatever.

She stays seated and quiet.

Then the meeting will continue. Reshtar is the only person to make a speech to this committee. The Wookiees loudly proclaim their distaste for the Trandoshan standpoint but say little else.

You are trying to catch some of the murmuring about the chamber when a familiar presence sidles up nearby.

"I thought I might find you here," says Kor Valter, seating himself beside you. "Come to watch the show?"

Vera-Kin is not surprised to see Kor Valter there, she supposed this was part of his reason for coming even if he didn't say so.

"I want to see where things go," Vera-Kin says simply. "I'm not sure what to make of all this. The Trandoshan stance is too obvious."

"Obvious in a suspicious manner?" Kor Valter asks. "Or simply stereotypical?"

"Equal parts of both," Vera-Kin says. "They are staunchly against anything being done with the raptors."

"What reasons have they given?"

"That the raptors are semi-sentient reptiles and should be protected, that the Wookiees can adapt, that they're not as dangerous as they seem," Vera-Kin says. "All thin reasons to me. The raptors are clearly dangerous or they wouldn't have called this. And their sentience is debatable."

"They were smart enough to escape their confinement," Kor Valter points out. "Unless you think that their escape was deliberate..."

"That would need closer examination," Vera-Kin says. "Not an accusation I'm ready to make. I still don't know anything about who brought the raptors and how."