SITHMAS 2011 - DARK SIDE - Presents from Starguard

You will have to find a way past the patrols in order to reach the surface.

Can they be contacted? We could claim to be experts on the chemical crisis.

Yes, they can be contacted.

If action is not taken, events will overtake you all.

Azarl will call the patrol ships and ask for clearance to land.

Rand will be ready to chime in.

"Clearance denied," says the port authority. "We are experiencing a crisis event on the surface. No ships are allowed to land at this time."

I'll join this.

"A chemical attack, correct?" Relle asks.

Rand awaits the response.

"Yes," says port authority. "Further information is classified. I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait."

"We're here to assist with the crisis," Rand says. "You called for assistance in handling the situation here from the emergency unit, did you not?"

Rand will try to pass that lie off.

Four successes should do it.

"About time you arrived," the port authority says, gruffly. "Things are a mess down here. Let me transmit the clearance codes or you'll be shot down if you try to land."

"We appreciate that," says Azarl before flipping off the comm. He waits for the clearance codes and then starts the landing procedures to get Dak's ship to the surface.

You receive them and are on your way down!

Upon arriving at the surface, the port authority directs you to a secure landing pad near its central tower. The port authority's control tower is a massive structure jutting out of a city dedicated almost entirely to shipping- docking bays and landing pads as far as the eye can see. Some of you notice crackling blue lines criss-crossing the city. These are shifting hover tracks for freight trains, transporting goods around the surface.

The landing pad you land at is empty but for your ship. No-one comes to meet you.

Rand is suspicious about the lack of a welcoming party. He would have at least expected some security personnel to verify who they are, if not a representative to escort them. He will grab his lightsaber and make to leave the ship, keeping his senses open.

Can we see any sort of automated guns at the landing bay?

Relle makes sure she has her weapons ready before stepping out after Rand. She lets Rand go first.

Azarl gathers his lightsaber and his wits. Senses open and reaching out to the area around them. This is after he shuts off the ship.

Rianna will keep her lightsaber in her hand, and use her Senses before leaving the ship.

You all sense something elusive here. Not even Rand is totally certain.

No automated guns in plain sight, Rand.

The landing platform is very wide and nondescript, made of metal and not particularly in mint condition. There are other landing pads nearby, but they are empty, as expected. Your landing pad leads into the side of a large, blockish grey building with no openings in its rust-stained walls but for the doors in from the landing pads.

Yours is closed.

Hmmm. Well something is going on.

Rianna votes we check out the building and see if anyone's in there that can explain wtf is going on.