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SPEAKER_05 1:22

May the force be with you.

SPEAKER_09 1:29

The war between the Republic and the Separatist rages on. With no end in sight, both sides look to desperate measures to end the conflict. In the heat of battle, Jedi Padawan Malia, trained in the lost art of battle meditation, has gone missing. After the Emerald Stars party, Jedi Knight Dalen Galt and his companions must now track Syrian Senator Aegis Valnero. You're listening to chapter 5 of the Book of Dalen Galt. The Book of Dalen Galt is Rob Hunter as Dalen Galt, Richard Capucill as Kanari, Justin Chapman as Credo, Hayden Castle as Gruul, and myself Zack Sam as the Galaxy Master. Hayden. Alright. Question of the day. Question of the day.

SPEAKER_11 2:24

If you guys were a non-human Star Wars species, what would you want to be? I'd be a rank or not. I want to destroy that.

SPEAKER_12 2:57

If you entered lesson, no one would have thought nothing humanoid race. I guess they're not a humanoid, it's just a BGO. It's a cool word. I've never heard BCO before.

SPEAKER_09 3:08

Really? It's a D term. Yeah. I must have forgotten that one.

SPEAKER_12 3:18

Reading? I'll just Google the monster. This is so hard, right? The ones that are cool are like, I don't know if I want horns, but is the rocker cool?

SPEAKER_06 3:30

Yeah. I think I would want to be a Twilight. It's one I'm leaning towards too, just because why? Because they're so smooth.

SPEAKER_12 3:39

They're so sexy though. I don't know why.

SPEAKER_06 3:41

I just imagine their little things being really smooth and you can.

SPEAKER_12 3:44

Although the males, have you seen Bit42? The males get that big ass forehead. Justin's.

SPEAKER_05 3:48

I don't know if that's everybody, but I think that's like a Justin really wants to be pegged with the hair. That's all I have to say.

SPEAKER_09 3:56

So what did you pick, Rob?

SPEAKER_12 3:57

I think I'm going Zabric or Zabrok, whatever it says.

SPEAKER_09 4:00

Dathomir or Iridonian.

SPEAKER_12 4:02

Surprisingly, as much as I want to say Dath Amir, it'd be Eridonian. Just because those tattoos are on point two.

SPEAKER_09 4:08

Okay. So last time we played.

SPEAKER_12 4:14

I'm a Zabrok with a wig.

SPEAKER_09 4:16

But forever you can make the horny joke.

SPEAKER_12 4:19

Yeah, that's I just lock it in. I'd like to lock it in Regis.

SPEAKER_06 4:22

You could be one of those.

SPEAKER_12 4:23

Locking in the answer.

SPEAKER_06 4:24

Um didn't the Sith race from the video game have hair? Yes.

SPEAKER_09 4:31

The purebred Sith from uh the old Republic had hair. Sith started out as a race. Yeah. And then became an organization over time.

SPEAKER_12 4:42

In the original candidate, so did Mandalorians. Okay, they were not human. They were a culture, right? They were an actual species. Oh, it looked almost kind of like the Calash and Grievous' race. They looked more like that than humans for sure. And they ended up like taking in honestly the way Mandalorian would reference foundlings. And eventually they just became all humans.

SPEAKER_09 5:06

So last time we played, you guys actually had the dinner part of the dinner party. And you ate dinner with Aegis Vulnero, the banking clan, Dorath Portard. And Aegis Vulnero took possession of a creature known as the Yelsamiri that could create a bubble in the force. You also had a little bit of a confrontation with him ending up leaving and going and joining Count Dooku in a back room. You guys followed Dorath Portard to a luxury yacht up in the starport on the top level of this headquarters. Had a small confrontation with the Keldor that didn't really lead anywhere, and then you guys regrouped outside.

SPEAKER_10 5:46

That led somewhere we know what ship.

SPEAKER_09 5:48

That's true.

SPEAKER_10 5:50

And I made a friend.

SPEAKER_09 5:51

Andy made a friend.

unknown 5:55

Okay.

SPEAKER_12 5:59

What guys we do? What it what is it? What it do? What have?

SPEAKER_09 6:03

What it do?

SPEAKER_12 6:04

What it did how? I believe you have a contact for trackers.

SPEAKER_11 6:10

I believe I do. Um, so if uh someone wants to come with me to meet up with uh a contract, and then afterwards we could wrangle up the ship.

SPEAKER_05 6:19

And does the other group want to seeing as your uh contacts don't seem to be the most friendly of people, I think I can go and protect you per se.

SPEAKER_11 6:31

What do you mean? They're plenty friendly in the moment.

SPEAKER_12 6:33

In the in the moment. So uh Karido and I will cover the perimeter, look for possible entrance ways.

SPEAKER_05 6:43

I think that's our best plan of action.

SPEAKER_06 6:45

Sure, let's do that.

SPEAKER_12 6:47

Alright, um.

SPEAKER_05 6:48

May the force be with you, Dalen.

SPEAKER_12 6:50

And with you, Kanari.

SPEAKER_11 6:52

Any of you guys have uh long-range comlink? Is that what they're called? Transponder?

SPEAKER_09 6:57

Yeah, there's a short range one and a long range one.

SPEAKER_11 6:59

So I have a long-range one. I don't know how inventory even works at character basion because I'm not gonna lie. You were supposed to buy all your stuff before session one, right? With your starting cache? Yep. I did it right!

SPEAKER_12 7:10

So proud of me. No. Right, bro, Kanari, look after him. And Gruul, look after him. You guys need some spending money while we're gone?

SPEAKER_11 7:19

No? Alright, let's go. Let's get moon.

SPEAKER_09 7:23

Okay, so first we will go with um Kanari and Gruel.

SPEAKER_11 7:27

So there's a spot just on the uh edge of town here, uh, in uh one of the trenches just outside of town. He wants us to meet there to uh to do this deal. Sounds good to me. And um, as we start walking, I'm gonna strike up a conversation, because that's that's Gruel. Uh so uh Jedi being righteous and you know the best guy around. It's it's gotta be a little wearing, isn't it?

SPEAKER_05 7:51

It can be, but helping those in need and protecting the galaxy is all the reward I need.

SPEAKER_11 7:58

Well, you sure you don't want credits? Because credits feel pretty good too.

SPEAKER_05 8:02

Uh credits have no meaning other than utility to me.

SPEAKER_11 8:07

Um, and so Gruul is gonna start like flashing his gun around and just like, but look at this! Isn't this magnificent? I didn't get this as any reward. I had to work for this beautiful piece of metal.

SPEAKER_05 8:18

How populated is the area we're in?

SPEAKER_09 8:20

It's getting more sparsely populated.

SPEAKER_05 8:22

Okay. And then I'm just gonna like slyly pull my lightsaber out, but look at this. Look at all the good it can do.

SPEAKER_11 8:32

I'm trying, but all I see is a whole lot of credits to Ching.

SPEAKER_05 8:36

Flourishes it back into its holster.

SPEAKER_12 8:40

Oh, can that be a thing? Like, it's not clipped on your belt, it's a fucking holster. That's so much cooler.

SPEAKER_05 8:45

Oh, yeah, I'm done for that. I kind of just figured that's what it was, but makes more sense that it would be a clip.

SPEAKER_12 8:51

No, holster it, please. That's so much cooler.

SPEAKER_05 8:53

No, no, I'm fine with it being a holster. It's gonna be like a thingy sheath.

SPEAKER_11 8:58

Oh, that'd be so cool, like a little sheath. You like raise your hand like this and it's tilt to hand. Um, and so to conclude our conversation, as we get closer to the trench, well, all I gotta say is I I admire your heart. It could not be me.

SPEAKER_05 9:12

Thank you. I admire your resourcefulness. Why well, thank you. You seem to know quite a few people.

SPEAKER_09 9:20

One or two. So as you get towards the trench, you will spot your contact, and it is the man from the bar at the party. He's wearing his, you know, kind of dilapidated blue captain's coat, yellow pants, blue boots. Um, he does have a drink in his hand.

SPEAKER_12 9:39

Is it like the same cup for the party?

SPEAKER_09 9:40

Yes. Kanari. It's a it's like a souvenir cup.

SPEAKER_05 9:45

Kanari kind of just whispers to um uh to Gruul, and he's he just says, Um, do you only have one contact? It's just no Donald.

SPEAKER_11 9:59

I have many a contacts. This is just a very convenient one.

SPEAKER_05 10:03

Okay, I feel like we keep running into it. Is it faux pas to ask his name?

SPEAKER_11 10:08

Um, I wouldn't say, I mean, I feel it's rude. I haven't introduced you, quite honestly. And so as we hop down, I'm gonna be like, Yotan, good buddy, good friend. Let me introduce you to my pal Kanari. You guys kind of met a little bit beforehand.

SPEAKER_05 10:24

Hey. It's nice to meet you, sir. Okay.

SPEAKER_11 10:28

Okay. So, we're here to talk trackers. You have what I came for?

SPEAKER_08 10:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_11 10:36

That's perfect. And now, uh, I don't think we agreed upon a price. How much did you want for it again?

SPEAKER_08 10:41

Well, this is a special tracker. I think it's gonna run 90,000 credits. 90,000?

SPEAKER_05 10:52

My friend, that is a little steep. It's a little illegal.

SPEAKER_11 10:56

Well, plenty of things are illegal, but certainly you would agree some things are more illegal than others, right? This is a bit on the lower end.

SPEAKER_07 11:03

I think it's a bit on the higher end.

SPEAKER_11 11:05

Why is that?

SPEAKER_07 11:07

Violating someone's constitutional freedoms.

SPEAKER_11 11:15

Shit. Fuck, he took the high road. I was not ready for him to hit me with that.

SPEAKER_12 11:20

The thing about Yotan Nexus, you never understand what he's doing.

SPEAKER_11 11:25

Okay. I agree. That's pretty hard to argue with. But because we're friends, we're pals, we're good buddies, you might be able to lower that just a hair. 89,999 credits. That's a hilarious joke, Yotan. Come on, for real now. Uh, can I roll? Persuasion persuasion. Oh, five. So that's 19.

SPEAKER_07 11:50

Do you have anything to trade?

SPEAKER_11 11:52

So I would know that Yotan likes to smuggle things, right?

SPEAKER_07 11:57

Yeah.

SPEAKER_11 11:58

Okay. So, maybe not physical items, let's say, but I do have some information that would be quite interesting to you.

SPEAKER_03 12:07

Okay.

SPEAKER_11 12:08

So, I recently met two wonderful gentlemen that uh they told me about how they like to move things across the uh galaxy if you're catching my drift here.

SPEAKER_07 12:18

Was one of them an asshole and the other one looked like a piece of shit?

SPEAKER_11 12:21

Well, more or less. But what's important is that I have their information, but they could have some great work for you, and I've got a great standing with them. They just invested in my business.

SPEAKER_09 12:32

Oh god, thank God.

SPEAKER_11 12:35

I could give you their information, and you could try your hand in business with them, and I'll put in a good word for you.

SPEAKER_07 12:41

How about 80,000?

SPEAKER_11 12:43

I mean, I do have a lot of money. I shouldn't be this stingy.

SPEAKER_05 12:46

No, you should. You're gruel.

SPEAKER_09 12:49

You would yeah, you're a used car salesman. I'm trying really hard. You gotta like steal from him and make him think it's a deal.

SPEAKER_05 12:56

What about services? Is there any help with anything you might need? A trade of flavor.

SPEAKER_08 13:02

I do need some repairs on my ship.

SPEAKER_11 13:05

Oh, you need repairs on your ship? Yeah. Why didn't you just say so? I'm the perfect guy for that. So, what kind of damages are we looking at?

SPEAKER_08 13:14

I screwed up the hyperdrive.

SPEAKER_11 13:16

You screwed such an easy fix. Alright, I can give you full instructions on how to do this easy at-home repair.

SPEAKER_05 13:25

Canari start sweating profusely.

SPEAKER_12 13:32

It's easy. It's like changing a tire.

SPEAKER_08 13:35

And uh what do you value this service at?

SPEAKER_11 13:39

What do I value the service at? I think it is priceless. When I found out this trick, it saved me countless dollars. I can't even rack it up myself.

SPEAKER_09 13:49

Alright. And he's gonna shake your hand.

unknown 13:52

God damn it.

SPEAKER_11 13:53

And so I uh I write down just sort of like I make it take it to a shop. Yeah. Burn to content for sure. Yeah, 100%. Um, but the instructions, it's like for uh it's like some dumb IT repair. It's like, oh, you just go into the CMD and you put this in, it'll fix everything, but it'll just kind of loop him around and give him just a really hard time and then leave it. And so I write all this information down of this BS circle uh repair, and then I hand him the uh the data file.

SPEAKER_09 14:23

All right, and he's gonna hand you the tracker.

SPEAKER_11 14:25

Well, I think it's a pleasure doing business as always. Kanari, and we have other things to attend to. It was nice seeing you.

SPEAKER_08 14:30

Good to see you.

SPEAKER_05 14:31

Nice meeting you. Yeah. Oh, uh sorry, I sli I slipped into your voice. I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_04 14:37

Why do you sound like me all of a sudden?

SPEAKER_05 14:39

I'm Batman.

unknown 14:41

No, I'm Batman.

SPEAKER_11 14:44

And so um, I look over Kanari and I go, Kanari, take a little bit of note. That's called business.

SPEAKER_09 14:51

Would you say that's the art of the deal?

SPEAKER_11 14:53

That's the art of the deal.

SPEAKER_05 14:55

Well done. But that almost had us paying 90,000.

SPEAKER_11 15:02

And so I guess we're off to go look for a ship next.

SPEAKER_09 15:04

Okay, we'll cut to you guys.

SPEAKER_12 15:06

Alright. Alright, so we are casing the place.

SPEAKER_06 15:10

Yes, we are.

SPEAKER_12 15:12

Um, Credo, you've hunted people before. I imagine you faced strongholds like this in the past. Uh yes, I have. I've I've been around a little bit. Looking up, can I see how tall this is? I know there was the turbolift that they took, but I don't know how long they were on it.

SPEAKER_09 15:30

The building is roughly 30 stories tall.

SPEAKER_12 15:32

Okay. So I am I'm capable of scaling some distances, but this is You're gonna climb that? I could possibly, but not that far. Not safely, and I would be alone. How would you get into a place like this if your mark was inside?

SPEAKER_06 15:50

First off, I'd probably try to sneak inside and then find a way up through there.

SPEAKER_12 15:57

So we're looking for access on the ground floor?

SPEAKER_06 16:00

Uh yes. Because there's no way I'm gonna climb up this building unless I had the proper equipment. Alright then.

SPEAKER_00 16:10

Stay with us. We'll be right back.

SPEAKER_11 16:19

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SPEAKER_12 17:56

Let's head around and see what we can find. So I guess let's start walking and see. I guess we're looking for windows, doors, any possible points of entrance aside from the front entrance.

SPEAKER_09 18:10

So as you head around back, you're gonna find kind of a makeshift fire escape.

SPEAKER_10 18:15

Okay.

SPEAKER_09 18:16

That goes about halfway up. Halfway up. Is there any like windows? There's windows starting at the fourth level, and they go all the way up. Um, this fire escape goes about halfway up, and then basically like two levels are broken. If you could find a way to skip those two levels, you could take the fire escape the rest of the way up.

SPEAKER_12 18:38

Huh. Does that count as climbing? Pointing up to the fire escape with the busted floors.

SPEAKER_06 18:45

Yeah, I think we could make our way up there.

SPEAKER_12 18:48

I say we keep circling around. See if there's any other options. Yeah, we could do that. We're not going in. His dice just in his end. We're not like, so to everyone listening, Justin was holding a dice like he was about to make an athletics check, which I want to interpret as the equivalent is like Credo, like, was bending his knees and about ready to jump. What are you doing? We're just the two of us.

SPEAKER_11 19:09

Yes, my friend. You're like, what we could go up there? He's like, okay, and starts walking toward there. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wanted to check.

SPEAKER_06 19:17

There could be other options. There could be other options.

SPEAKER_09 19:19

As you continue to circle, you'll find a ramp that descends down into a garage. And it seems to be guarded by about three different Emerald Star soldiers.

SPEAKER_12 19:28

Path of most resistance, it seems.

SPEAKER_06 19:32

Yes, there's uh there's some resistance down there.

SPEAKER_12 19:36

How far? How much of the building have we probably circled by now?

SPEAKER_06 19:39

Not half of it.

SPEAKER_12 19:39

Half of it, so I mean we should do a full lap first, right?

SPEAKER_06 19:44

Yeah, let's go all the way around.

SPEAKER_12 19:46

As as we walk, I'm gonna turn to you, uh Credo. I must admit when me and Kanari first engaged with Agus Vulnara, we saw you and Cre and sorry, Gruul at the bar speaking with an individual who seemed distressed. And he seemed as if he knew you. Well Yeah, you could say that. Past partner, past Mark Family Member. He was your family.

SPEAKER_06 20:22

Mm-hmm. I don't really speak to them. And I don't know if he qu remembers me because he uh drinks a lot, and he probably doesn't remember anything. So but yes, we know we know each other. I choose not to speak to him though. I know nothing of your family. Where where are you from? I'm from the the planet of Alderon.

SPEAKER_12 20:53

Ah yes, beautiful world. It's okay. Not a fan.

SPEAKER_06 20:58

I've grew tired of it. You prefer these trenches of war. It's a little bit more exciting. Fair enough. Get some more credits. Is that what dragged you out here? Fortune, glory? Fortune, glory, notoriety. And many other things, I'd say.

SPEAKER_12 23:02

Can't say we have much in common, but I understand. I've never known my family and never had much of a calling for it outside of what I have with Kanari.

SPEAKER_06 23:13

It's overrated.

SPEAKER_12 23:16

Well, we should continue looking. And I guess we'll keep walking and see if there's anything aside from the fire escape or the uh garage entrance.

SPEAKER_09 23:25

You will find a back door that has um like chain link fence going around it. It doesn't seem to be guarded though.

SPEAKER_12 23:32

This is on the ground floor?

SPEAKER_09 23:33

Yes. It's not guarded. It's not guarded, but it is surrounded by chain link fence and barbare.

SPEAKER_12 23:39

Could make quick work of this. At my lightsaber.

SPEAKER_06 23:42

That's true. We could cut through there. Or we could go up the fire escape and climb a couple more levels. What do you recommend? Hmm. What do I recommend?

SPEAKER_12 23:57

You're the one that's trained in in tracking and hunting.

SPEAKER_06 24:01

I think the fire escape is our best bet. Because if we go through a door, there could be someone on the other side. But also, if you go through a window, the same thing could happen. But we'd be higher up, closer to our goal. So why not choose the better? The options. Plus, we can see through the windows, give us advantage. Very true. Nice observation.

SPEAKER_12 24:28

Yes. I have a great understanding of windows and doors. How they operate. How they function. It's a gold. So continuing to walk around, we might as well close the gap up. I imagine we're probably getting close to that front entrance again. I hope Gruel and Kanari are successful. Not certain that in my heart I trust Gruul's contacts, but he has delivered every time so far.

SPEAKER_06 24:59

He seems to know what he's doing.

SPEAKER_12 25:01

Yes. And I'm not disappointed in your advice either. But still I wonder if your capabilities of finding people in infiltration. What drew you to this? What tell me what your first bounty was. How?

SPEAKER_06 25:19

My first bounty? Well, I didn't always want to track down people and look for them. I was mostly in it for the excitement. But my first bounty was actually to find somebody.

SPEAKER_12 25:37

Just sounds exactly what all bounties would be.

SPEAKER_06 25:41

Yeah, but it was a certain somebody. I was looking for somebody's wife. And a problem that her husband had with her. An infidelity problem.

SPEAKER_12 25:57

I see Jedi are not troubled with such earthly desires.

SPEAKER_06 26:03

Yes, it was it was quite a journey. I had to take pictures and sneak around. It was very exciting, I must say, but I would rather not do that sort of thing anymore.

SPEAKER_12 26:18

I lean in and put my hand on your shoulder and say, Credo, I want you to understand that I do not want to hear anymore. Thank you for sharing. We get back to the front entrance. Yep. And how many guards are at the front entrance?

SPEAKER_06 26:34

Seven.

SPEAKER_12 26:36

There are seven guards. Let's You have a communicator?

SPEAKER_06 26:41

No.

SPEAKER_12 26:42

Wonderful. Then Do you? No. This mission was not sanctioned by the Republic. I could not take any more equipment than is required.

SPEAKER_11 27:02

You got a phone? No. Do you have a phone? No. Well shit, how do we call the boys?

SPEAKER_12 27:08

Alright, well. Just to make this fucked for you guys, I'm going to write down in a piece of paper where we're going to hide and hand it to Justin, and you guys are gonna have to find us. Oh boy. So we're gonna go. I think I know where they they will come to find us.

SPEAKER_09 27:27

Okay, so we cut back to um Gruel and Kanari.

SPEAKER_11 27:31

So we're going to uh to look for a spaceship.

SPEAKER_09 27:34

Yes.

SPEAKER_11 27:34

Alright. And so as we get to like uh like the public spaceport, right? Yep, uh, I'm immediately gonna seek out someone that has something close to resembling uh the uh uh dandy Dianoga's uh special finds. Um just yeah space finds my bad. Uh but just the shadiest, shitty looking uh spaceship shop possible.

SPEAKER_09 27:57

Okay, you find such a shop and it is manned by a single Toydarian.

SPEAKER_11 28:02

Greetings, friend! Boy, do we have business for you? We are in need of a ship and stat.

SPEAKER_09 28:08

Yeah, I love business. What do you got for me? What are you interested in? I've got shuttles and some lower end starfighters.

SPEAKER_11 28:18

Starfighter, and Gru like like leans back in an imaginary like leather chair that doesn't exist, like with his body, and he sits for it for a second. A starfighter would be absolutely perfect. Can it fit four people? Potentially five.

SPEAKER_07 28:31

Uh, at most a starfighter can hold two.

SPEAKER_11 28:34

I think you're misunderstanding what a starfighter. Alright, what's the biggest ship with the biggest guns?

SPEAKER_12 28:41

You shift gears so fast. Broke the engine.

SPEAKER_09 28:47

I got a decommissioned cruiser, but you're gonna need a, you know, a crew of like 2,000. Little smaller. Okay, so you're thinking like a transport style. Yeah, but I I want guns. Right. That's essential. Uh-huh. I'm following. I'm following. You know what? Come with me. I think I got the deal for you.

SPEAKER_11 29:04

Perfect. My kind of guy. Thanks. As we're following him, I'm gonna look over at Kanari and just act like I'm gonna. So when you're looking for spaceships out in the world, what you want to do is you want to find somebody, somebody like this guy here, who's got nice ships for a low price.

SPEAKER_09 29:22

He's absolutely right. I've got the slowest, I got the lowest prices this side of the Heidian way.

SPEAKER_11 29:27

Guru's just like nodding along with him as he as he like uh gives his uh speech to him.

SPEAKER_05 29:34

Kanari just sighs and he's just like he's gonna tap Kanari on the shoulder.

SPEAKER_09 29:40

I bet you could use a nice Y-wing. I think you'd look good in a Y-wing. Oh, wouldn't he? It's got bombs. Bombs?

SPEAKER_05 29:47

Oh. I think you'd be better to not make too many assumptions.

SPEAKER_09 29:51

I'm just gonna make a perception check.

SPEAKER_05 29:53

Yeah. Not very perceptive. He didn't see shit.

SPEAKER_09 29:59

He's not gonna offer you a Jedi Starfighter.

SPEAKER_05 30:01

Um he's sh in his head. Just what have I got myself into?

SPEAKER_09 31:36

Alright, let me show you this one. And he's gonna. These are you know, basically a big ship, and it's got a white tarp over it, and he's gonna like spend 10 minutes trying to get the tarp because he's alone.

SPEAKER_11 31:46

So Wings just Oh yeah, Groel's not helping. He's just like standing there, just very like happily waiting. Ha ha!

SPEAKER_09 31:53

So he reveals a YT 1100 freighter.

SPEAKER_11 31:57

Wow. What a beautiful piece of work you have here.

SPEAKER_09 32:00

Mind showing us around the interior. She's state of the art. She's only 50 years old, only has 11 million miles on it.

SPEAKER_11 32:07

That is astounding. I would love to see the inside.

SPEAKER_09 32:10

Let's take a look, alright?

SPEAKER_12 32:11

What's that in kilometers? Yes. What is what is someone do the math? Justin, do that.

SPEAKER_09 32:17

Okay. It's like 16.2 million kilometers. Oh, you're so smart.

SPEAKER_12 32:23

You're so smart.

SPEAKER_11 32:25

It's amazing. So he's showing us around the inside.

SPEAKER_09 32:27

So he's gonna bring you inside. Nah, be look here. This is this upholstery. Completely custom. You're not gonna find anything else like this.

SPEAKER_11 32:35

I have I sure as haven't seen anything like this. How about you, Kenar? Have you seen something like this before? No, I have not.

SPEAKER_09 32:41

And then he's gonna slap the floor and open up a cabinet. You could smuggle so much spice in here.

SPEAKER_11 32:47

So at that, Gruel's gonna let out like a very loud gasp of like Astoncha, like, oh my god, you should have led with that. My goodness, that is amazing. I thought you're gonna pretend like you were on the level.

SPEAKER_09 33:00

We will not be doing such things, Gru. No. Let me let me let me take you into the back. I want to show you the engine compartment. There's a real treat back there. I'd love to see it. This completely cost him. So he's gonna take you back there. He's gonna open up the door, and you're gonna see that attached to the hyperdrive motivator is a gonk droid.

SPEAKER_12 33:19

We should call it bang bang. Bang bang.

SPEAKER_11 33:27

And so I'm like, this is like a tear starts to well up in Rule's eye. This is beautiful.

SPEAKER_09 33:32

You see this droid. This completely bypasses your starter. You don't need to start it. They got a droid to start the engine for you.

SPEAKER_11 33:39

And what's this adorable little guy's name? This is Boom Boom. Boom boom? That's beautiful. What a great name. Could have thought of a better one myself. Now, I got one last thing I gotta ask of you. If you could stand outside the spaceship and just tell me if it looks like it fits us, that would be perfect. Alright.

SPEAKER_09 33:58

So he's gonna he's gonna step outside and he's gonna, you know, pull out his phone essentially, and he's gonna take a picture.

SPEAKER_11 34:05

And I'm gonna hit the bay door button to close it.

SPEAKER_09 34:07

Yeah, I figured.

SPEAKER_11 34:09

Cool. What well you see, as the door's going up and I can hear him yelling, I'm gonna look at Kanari and start strolling towards the pilot scene. Be like, there is no better price than the price of zero dollars.

SPEAKER_05 34:20

I I don't agree with this. We this man is going to he's going to attack us. We can't Well you have a lightsaber. We cannot rely simply on violence.

SPEAKER_11 34:34

Why?

SPEAKER_12 34:35

Um you convinced me. Dark side point.

SPEAKER_05 34:45

Killing is not the answer to every solution. We can't kill everyone we come across.

SPEAKER_11 34:51

That's why we're just stealing.

SPEAKER_05 34:52

Murder doesn't have to be involved this time. It might be if we end up having a confrontation with this man.

SPEAKER_11 34:58

Then let's leave. We're in the ship. He's not.

SPEAKER_05 35:02

You hear a pounding on the bay door. I guess we don't have much better options at the moment.

SPEAKER_12 35:10

Pay for it.

SPEAKER_11 35:11

I don't have the money. It's very true, yeah. Gotta convince Gruel to have a heart. So you guys leave?

SPEAKER_09 35:19

I mean, yeah. I don't. So you go to fire up the engine, gonk, gonk, and it starts up.

SPEAKER_11 35:27

Alright. I'm gonna take us up and try to find somewhere else to land.

SPEAKER_09 35:31

Okay, so you're gonna get up, and then about 10 seconds later, you're gonna be followed by a fire spray class starship.

unknown 35:39

I can't remember that.

SPEAKER_09 35:41

Basically, what Boba Fett flies in.

SPEAKER_11 35:43

Yeah. Yeah. Um, and so I'm gonna have to do a pilot check to avoid him shooting at me. Oh yeah. Okay. Can I give him the help action?

SPEAKER_05 35:52

Yes.

SPEAKER_11 35:53

Okay. You want to fly together too?

SPEAKER_05 35:56

I I would rather us live.

SPEAKER_11 35:58

Oh, let's go.

SPEAKER_05 36:00

It's a 14 on the die.

SPEAKER_11 36:03

And I don't have a minus 10 this time, do I?

SPEAKER_05 36:04

So you get to add five to his.

SPEAKER_11 36:05

Yeah, that's what I thought. Do I have a minus 10 still? No. Alright, so trained and focused is five and five, right? Yep. Uh, what's 18 plus 18?

SPEAKER_09 36:19

36. Cool. That's what I got. So yeah, the blast that comes at you from the fire spray class is going to completely miss you.

SPEAKER_00 36:28

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SPEAKER_05 38:11

I I would rather us go back and pay for this ship. You really think he's gonna want to talk now? I don't know, but I would rather have not done this in the first place.

SPEAKER_11 38:25

Alright. We'll take it back. We'll see if we can get ourselves out of this one, but I want you to know that uh I don't think he's gonna want to talk.

SPEAKER_12 38:33

We we'll see if we can get ourselves out of this one. In his mind, you're just as responsible.

SPEAKER_09 38:41

So are you heading back? Or are you gonna shoot him out of the sky?

SPEAKER_11 38:45

Well, I need somebody to man the guns if we're gonna shoot him out of the sky. If not, then I guess we're gonna go back. And uh I I gotta I got a plan. It'll be okay.

SPEAKER_05 38:55

Okay. I shouldn't have sung your praises so early.

SPEAKER_09 39:03

So you guys turn around and you take the ship back to the starport, and you're gonna land, and the fire spray is gonna land right next to you.

SPEAKER_11 39:10

Okay. And as I step out, I'm assuming he's gonna get out like immediately yelling and pissing me. Yes, absolutely. As I walk out, I was like, an amazing test drive! It flies like a dream. And can I just say, what an amazing test drive. You firing at us to really simulate uh being chased by someone? Wow, amazing performance.

SPEAKER_09 39:28

Make a persuasion.

SPEAKER_05 39:29

Yeah, I think can I pull out my lightsaber as a help?

SPEAKER_11 39:33

What kind of persuasion are you doing? I don't know.

SPEAKER_09 39:36

You can make an intimidation. Uh, never mind.

SPEAKER_11 39:40

Oh, let's see. Kanari wouldn't want this to happen. 13 killing.

SPEAKER_09 39:46

Nat 20. Damn it! What is the matter with you? You can't just take the ship. You gotta file. I need your driver's license.

SPEAKER_11 39:55

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Just calm down. Just calm down. Alright, my friend said it'd be a lovely idea, and I was just obliging to take him for a little test drive.

SPEAKER_09 40:04

He's gonna look at you.

SPEAKER_05 40:06

Listen here, this was his idea from the start.

SPEAKER_09 40:10

Now, something smells like a quarrene up in here.

SPEAKER_12 40:15

What? What? Um. It is a very specific smell. We didn't want to say anything, but it's a little official. All of us are aware. At no point do we forget your quarter, just so you know. Smells like wet octopus all the time. That's the grossest series of words I think I've ever heard.

SPEAKER_09 40:35

What uh smells like a mon calamari in here.

SPEAKER_12 40:38

I think wet octopus is a good one. I don't know what to do.

SPEAKER_09 40:41

Smells like a wet octopus in here.

SPEAKER_12 40:43

Shouldn't add anything to the red octopus. It's an octopus. I've never seen a dry one. I don't know what the fuck to do. I don't know what the fuck to do. It's really simple. Save the day. That's what I would do if I was there. I would save the day.

SPEAKER_05 40:58

No, and it's not a problem. I'm glad you were able to find an entrance.

SPEAKER_11 41:01

You're welcome. You have to you have to find a way to reason about this guy after I pissed him off thoroughly.

SPEAKER_05 41:06

Listen, I I I am sorry for the actions of my friend. I truly am. If we could just pay for the ship and be on our way. Are you interested in financing? Financing? We are interested in paying it outright, aren't we, Gruel?

SPEAKER_11 41:27

It's like almost hard for him to say this. Yes. Yes, we are. Good.

SPEAKER_09 41:35

Thank you. Well, this baby lists at 125,000 credits now. We've made some customization, so the price is gonna go up. Out the door, I can get you out of here for 165.

SPEAKER_11 41:45

Cruel looks like physically pained. The Gonk Droids included. Looks over at Kanari. Could we lower it to 150?

SPEAKER_09 41:53

Make a persuasion.

SPEAKER_12 41:54

And his disposition is so light and fluffy towards you.

SPEAKER_09 41:59

19? I'll meet you down at 160.

SPEAKER_05 42:07

165. Okay. Given the circumstances, I'd say that's a deal. He's gonna shake your hand.

SPEAKER_12 42:13

Shatter the light. I hope that made a sound, because they just. It was a good handle. It looked like a great handshake. It was. Yeah.

SPEAKER_09 42:20

Now here's your Republic title. I'll overnight you an official plate. Um, just let me know what address you want it. Now you need to uh notify your insurance. Uh I'll take care of that. Alright, well we're gonna need a copy of it before we can take this over to the uh DMV.

SPEAKER_11 42:37

Wow, this is strangely bureaucratic. Um I'll I'll have the insurance. Uh and as he's pulling out like the credit chip, he like through like a very clenched grasp and through teeth goes, Here you go. Oh, thank you.

SPEAKER_09 42:53

These credits look lovely.

SPEAKER_11 42:55

Yes, they are. Now let's get the paperwork out of the way.

SPEAKER_09 43:00

And then you're gonna spend two hours doing paperwork. Okay.

SPEAKER_12 43:05

We're just sitting on like the the ground talking. Picking grass.

SPEAKER_05 43:10

So like just leaning up against the day door, just waiting.

SPEAKER_09 43:15

And as always, thanks for coming to Yules.

SPEAKER_05 43:17

It was wonderful.

SPEAKER_09 43:18

Have a great day. Thank you.

SPEAKER_12 43:20

Wait, so you guys don't even have the ship until the permits come in. Two hours. Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_09 43:25

I thought you got like a you got a sticker in the back window.

SPEAKER_12 43:28

Oh no, we have a temporary. Okay, cool.

SPEAKER_11 43:30

Alright. Um, and I guess we'll park it and then find these guys. Okay. Perception checks? You have to just literally look for each other. Yeah, yep.

SPEAKER_12 43:41

Come on, guys, we're waiting for you. We didn't establish a place to be Nat 20. Okay, you know where they're at.

SPEAKER_05 43:47

Fucking I got an 18. They're right there.

SPEAKER_12 43:49

Which you should know where we are because we went back to that dumpster where you met your first contact.

SPEAKER_11 43:53

Oh, really? Oh, where would we hide? This is perfect. Alright, so uh hey, if I know these guys, they're in the best place in town. And so we go to the dumpster.

SPEAKER_12 44:06

We're playing catch with a banana peel. Like, we just did we're so bored. So the four of you meet up. Did you get the tracker? Yes, and we got a ship. We all know. This is what took so long, I assume.

SPEAKER_11 44:21

Good, good. And I taught your buddy here a little thing about business.

SPEAKER_05 44:25

He also forced me to bring the ship back after he tried to steal it.

SPEAKER_12 44:30

It's all business. You we do own the ship, right? We do. Okay. Any enemies I need to be worried about?

SPEAKER_05 44:38

No, I smoothed things over.

SPEAKER_12 44:40

I'm certainly glad you were there. As am I.

SPEAKER_05 44:44

I can't imagine what these two would have gotten up to.

SPEAKER_12 44:46

It kind of fucks with me because when you're playing Gruel, your eyes look dead. Like, does anyone see it? Like, I look over and talk to him and he's just giving me these like dead bedroom eyes all the time.

SPEAKER_05 44:56

Like, Jesus! It's the salesman eyes. It is. It's the shark in the water.

SPEAKER_12 45:00

I really, really like Grid.

SPEAKER_05 45:02

You're nailing it. Gruel is so much fun.

SPEAKER_12 45:05

Credo and I circled the building. We found a couple entrances. There's a garage that seems to go underneath to a sublevel, heavily guarded. The front entrance, even more heavily guarded. There is an entrance, kind of a back door, with a easily s uh sidesteppable fence, but more promising than that is a escape, a fire escape aside the building. Could get us up possibly halfway, though it looks as though it's damaged in the middle. I think I can help get us past that. So I I think I agree with Credo that we take the escape. Get us off halfway. By that point I imagine security will be thinned out, and then we get up to the roof.

SPEAKER_05 45:51

And given your abilities, you might be able to make it easier.

SPEAKER_12 45:54

I think I can get us up the rest of the way the fire escape, and if security is thinned out, I may be able to passively get past one, maybe two.

SPEAKER_05 46:04

If all else fails, that fenced in area seems like a solid backup plan.

SPEAKER_12 46:09

I do think then when we're going through if we find a computer terminal or any way of accessing the information, there could be files as to where the ship was from or where it's going in case the tracker fails. Do either of you have any experience in splicing?

SPEAKER_05 46:27

Well, I do. Oh, you definitely do.

SPEAKER_12 46:32

Like I do it for fun. Mm-hmm. Well then keep your eyes open for a terminal, whatever you need. We'll do that and try to make our way through to the spaceport on the on the surface.

SPEAKER_11 46:43

Well the top. Furthermore, I can download any records onto my data pad so we can take them with us.

SPEAKER_06 46:49

That's a good idea. The more information, the better.

SPEAKER_12 46:53

That's what I'm saying. Last question is when?

SPEAKER_06 46:56

When? Let's do it now.

SPEAKER_12 46:58

The longer we wait. Maybe a madman, but he has a point, Canari.

SPEAKER_05 47:02

I agree. I we we go now where we don't have the opportunity.

SPEAKER_06 47:06

Yes, the longer we wait, the more time that ship has to go away.

SPEAKER_12 47:11

So walking over to the ladder, looking up at it, may the force be with us all.

SPEAKER_06 47:21

Who's going first?

SPEAKER_09 47:23

I'll go.

SPEAKER_05 47:25

Acrobatics check?

SPEAKER_09 47:27

Make an acrobatics or an athletics. I should be the last one. Or climb check, you mean? Yeah, give me a climb.

SPEAKER_05 47:33

Oh fuck you, bitch.

SPEAKER_11 47:35

What's a what's a c is that a thing? Yep. Oh my god, it is a thing. Alright, fine. Give me a one. It's the one.

SPEAKER_09 47:42

It's the one skill no one's ever trained in.

SPEAKER_12 47:44

Yeah. Oh fuck. An acrobatics?

SPEAKER_09 47:46

No, climb.

SPEAKER_12 47:47

Oh, I'm like, I'm trained in acrobatics. Uh because you assume it's acrobatics.

SPEAKER_09 47:50

Yeah. 16? You make it into the fire escape. Okay. Eleven. You barely make it into the fire escape.

SPEAKER_11 47:58

Woo! That's not the broken part that might be.

SPEAKER_09 48:04

I got a seven. So you jump up and you like slap the ladder and then just land back on your feet.

SPEAKER_06 48:12

Just testing the schematics.

SPEAKER_11 48:14

Are we able to lower it for him at all?

SPEAKER_09 48:15

Yes.

SPEAKER_11 48:16

Okay, I would like to lower it for him.

SPEAKER_12 48:17

I'm also gonna stand there with my fingers interlocked, like a foothold for you.

SPEAKER_09 48:21

Okay, make another climb check with a plus five. Okay.

SPEAKER_06 48:25

Ooh. That is a 16 plus five. So 21. You successfully get into the fire escape. Excellent.

SPEAKER_12 48:37

Are you already up? Yeah. Yeah. Okay, then I am actually going to stand not under the fire escape, but just to the side of it. And I am going to hold out my hands, close my eyes, and use levitate on myself.

SPEAKER_06 48:51

Oh, fancy.

SPEAKER_12 48:53

That ass. And so that beats the 25. That beats the 25 threshold. So I have a fly speed of six squares, but I can only use this to go vertically. I can you move up to my fly speed as part of an action used to activate levitate, and then I can step onto a square as a free action. I can also maintain this round to round with a move action.

SPEAKER_09 49:16

So you just fly to the top of the boat.

SPEAKER_12 49:18

I am just floating up. I am gonna pace myself with them at like each time I get to like a railing that they're at, I'm gonna stop because potentially I could um because I have a standard action now and I could catch one of them if they fall. Okay. Because I know we're going up. Well, you guys can go upstairs now, right? Yeah. So I'll I guess I'll float up to where the break in the fire escape is. Yeah. But I was just saying there's a there is a broken part.

SPEAKER_09 49:40

Yes, you only guys will need to make another climb check at that point.

SPEAKER_05 49:43

And that is where I'm going to save my move object for. What if I make it cool sounding?

SPEAKER_09 49:48

Make a cool description.

SPEAKER_05 49:49

Okay. So I wanna paint me a picture. I want um Kanari to be able to um vault up onto the railing of the fire escape, stand on it, and try to Jedi flip up to the next.

SPEAKER_09 50:07

Okay, mega acrobatics.

SPEAKER_12 50:09

I love how he has not realized yet that he just made one side of his dice like a neck injury.

SPEAKER_11 50:14

What? It's a five. Okay, then you're good. Well, I mean I'd be good.

SPEAKER_09 50:20

15 succeeds.

SPEAKER_11 50:22

Yeah. Alright. It's worth it. So as Gruul comes right up behind him, Gruul's gonna go, Well, you guys can wish me luck. And Gruul's gonna like grunting and sweating and just like being a whole mess of the show. He's gonna try to like heave himself up. You smell extra corn right now, is what you're saying. Oh yeah. Extra wet octopus.

SPEAKER_09 50:45

That's a 10. It will not succeed.

SPEAKER_03 50:48

Yep.

SPEAKER_09 50:49

Please make an acrobatics check to make sure you don't fall off of the fire escape. Okay. Better at this.

SPEAKER_11 50:58

We'll never know. Six. Uh gonna be a 14. Okay, so you don't fall any further. Okay, cool.

SPEAKER_09 51:12

Am I allowed to give it another climb? You can try again. The railing does make a bunch of noise and rattles.

SPEAKER_05 51:18

You wanna go first? Yes, the one who failed first.

SPEAKER_09 51:23

Allow me to do this.

SPEAKER_06 51:25

Are you doing a climb? Or in acrobatics? I'm gonna jump and try to hold on to it. And climb my way up.

unknown 51:32

Okay.

SPEAKER_06 51:33

Oh, would that be acrobatic? I'm gonna go with climb. Climb? Unless you can paint me a cool picture. So it's broken, right? Yes.

SPEAKER_11 51:41

When you ask clarifying questions, it scares me, Justin.

SPEAKER_06 51:46

I'm gonna run up the stairs. Take a leap. And try to climb uh climb my way up the broken half. Okay, give me an acrobatics.

SPEAKER_09 52:00

That's a 15. 15 will succeed. So that you guys can all wait no, you you fell. You have to yeah.

SPEAKER_12 52:08

How far up are we?

SPEAKER_09 52:09

15 stories.

SPEAKER_11 52:11

Which is probably like 150 feet. Yeah. I'm gonna go for another sweaty heave.

unknown 52:17

Okay.

SPEAKER_11 52:18

Sweaty heave. Oh, that's a little better. That's gonna be 12.

SPEAKER_09 52:23

It will not succeed. Please make an acrobatic check to see if you don't fall.

SPEAKER_05 52:27

Okay, 12. Wait.

SPEAKER_09 52:29

You will not fall.

SPEAKER_05 52:31

Can Dalen give him the help?

SPEAKER_12 52:34

He's the force that'll boost me up. After watching him fail, I probably can from here on out, but I definitely was I I was more focused on maintaining, I was ready to use like a move object if someone does fall, so I could catch them. So I can just keep showing.

SPEAKER_06 52:49

Can I hold my arm out the cut? Oh yeah. Yes, you would reduce the DC by five. Okay.

SPEAKER_12 52:55

Because otherwise I'm climbing up with you guys after this.

SPEAKER_11 52:57

You got it, Gro. Wow, of course now I roll good. That's gonna be a 22 without help.

SPEAKER_09 53:02

So you leap into his arms. You leap. And then an arm just reaches out and grabs you. Predator handshake style. Yeah, predator handshake style.

SPEAKER_11 53:15

God was photo on the water. Yeah.

SPEAKER_09 53:19

Okay, so you guys are up. I'm a big dude. You guys are able to make all the way up the um fire escape, and you can get into the starport.

SPEAKER_12 53:28

It goes to the top?

SPEAKER_09 53:29

Yep. It goes all the way up to the top.

SPEAKER_12 53:31

I thought it went halfway. Oh, the brake was halfway. That's where the brake was.

SPEAKER_05 53:34

Oh, I missed 200 pounds and six foot. Into some of the windows, maybe and see if like we stirred anybody to start looking out here.

SPEAKER_09 53:40

It's kind of like a parking garage.

SPEAKER_05 53:42

Okay. Okay.

SPEAKER_12 53:43

So getting to the top, I will take the one step forward onto like the the um surface and end levitate on myself. Then just straighten my ropes a little bit. Always the show-off. Gruel is panting and out of breath. Wait till we cross swords, then it's your turn to shine. Greedo, Gruul, you saw the ship before. Yes. We need to find it. Keep an eye out for any terminals that we can access. Okay.

SPEAKER_11 54:11

What do we see it just getting up there?

SPEAKER_09 54:14

Uh, you would spot this yacht.

SPEAKER_11 54:18

It's the uh yacht right there.

SPEAKER_09 54:20

Perfect.

SPEAKER_11 54:22

And the tracker? Got it. Alright, pull it out. I'm gonna wave my hand to like go ahead. I feel like someone of your abilities might have a better chance placing it. Ah.

SPEAKER_12 54:35

So I think Or at least one of Yeah. So yep, I guess I would reach over and float the tracker out of your hands. How far away is the ship?

SPEAKER_09 54:47

So as you go to move it out of Gruul's hands, it falls to the floor. Goddamn monkey. I am going to die here.

SPEAKER_05 54:57

And so Gruul picks up the tracker and goes, What's wrong? Do we feel a lack of force? You don't feel a lot. Yeah. Oh. I have a feeling.

SPEAKER_12 55:11

I am going to be useless if this turns into a fight.

SPEAKER_05 55:15

I'll have to make up for the both of us then.

SPEAKER_06 55:17

We gotta do this quickly.

SPEAKER_05 55:19

Um what kind of check would I be making to try and get there quickly and just slap it on and then try to run out?

SPEAKER_11 55:27

Well, it doesn't look like they're about to leave, does it? But we are a conspicuous group of individuals. Well, one of the already. I mean, like, we're shady, but we fit in kind of shady.

SPEAKER_05 55:38

I mean, I feel like you don't. It's like fancy shady.

SPEAKER_10 55:43

Uh, okay. That's no one, then none of us do.

SPEAKER_05 55:46

Yeah. That's why I want to be quick.

SPEAKER_11 55:49

Everybody ready? I think someone who's not you should go with him. Either me or Credo should go with and join the fight here, so you're not thrown out to dry so much. Because if they have backup, you're gonna want an extra hand.

SPEAKER_12 56:00

Then perhaps you should help him start the conversation.

SPEAKER_11 56:04

I would love and Gruul gets a giant grin when you say that I would love to, and he tosses you the tracker and then whips his gun around. I'm ready.

SPEAKER_12 56:12

Ready? Credo. Me and you. We track the ship. They distract.

SPEAKER_06 56:19

Sounds like a plan.

SPEAKER_05 56:20

And so who is approaching the ship? Me and Gruul. Um, before that any of that happens, I look over to Dalen and I extend my hand for like a knight's handshake. May the force be with you. I'm with you.

SPEAKER_11 56:36

Also, if only it was. Since Gruel's a shady character, he pulls up his hood and it's really long and it's got two eye holes cut in it.

SPEAKER_05 56:44

You have an executioner's hood? This is for flare.

SPEAKER_09 56:49

So, as the two of you start to approach the yacht, um, you're gonna get about ten feet away from you, and then all of the lights in the garage are gonna go out. Behind you, you hear the snap hiss of a lightsaber, and a red blade emerges, and that's where we'll end it.

SPEAKER_03 57:06

Oh.

SPEAKER_09 57:13

You have just finished chapter 5 of the Book of Dalen Galt. The Book of Dalen Galt is Rob Hunter as Dalen Galt, Richard Capasil as Kanari, Justin Chapman as Credo, Peyton Castle as Gruul, and myself Zack Som as the Galaxy Master. We'll be back in just two weeks with chapter 6. If you look in the show notes on every episode, you can find the link to our Discord server. It's a small but growing community of Star Wars fans, and we invite you to join us. Inside you can chat with the cast and ask questions to be featured on our Patreon exclusive bonus show, the Rancor's Pit.

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Broadcasting live from Corason. I'm Jorantel, here to bring you the latest updates from the front line of the Clone Wars and beyond.

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And I'm Sarah Vana from the Outer Rim Sieges to Senate politics, warrior eyes and ears across the galaxy. Let's dive right in, shall we?

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Breaking news from the midrim offensive! Republic forces have successfully liberated the planet of Cammyon from separatist control. Jedi General Jaina Carey led the assault, supported by the 241st Airborne Corps. Reports suggest the operation was swift but costly. With heavy casualties on both sides.

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Cammian is a strategic victory for the Republic, but the planet's dense jungle terrain and toxic flora made it a nightmare for the troops on the ground. Hollow vids from the battle show clone troopers fighting off not just droid armies but aggressive native fauna.

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War is messy, Sarah. And Battle Procamion is just one piece of a larger mid-rim campaign. Speaking of campaigns, the Siege of Dalaret continues to drag on. General Crex has taken command now. And let's just say his leadership style has sparked some heat into breaks within the ranks.

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That's putting it lightly, Jordan. Moving on to the ongoing conflict on Alderon. Lord Talon Nexus is pressing what appears to be an ancestral claim to Alderon's throne. Queen Breha Organa has pledged to end the conflict diplomatically and without bloodshed.

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Meanwhile, in the political arena, the Lactic Senate is locked in another seated session over war appropriations. Senator Padme Amedala of Nabu has called for an increased humanitarian aid to war torn systems. While others, like Senator Ta of Ryroth, demand more funding for fleet production.

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It's a delicate balance. The war machine needs fuel, but the civilian toll is mounting. Just this week, reports came in from Solust where refugees are flooding into makeshift camps. The Jedi are doing their best to mediate, but resources are stretched thin.

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And let's not forget the shadowy side of the war. Intelligence from the outer rings suggests that Coke Dooku himself was recently cited on Castell. Reports indicate that an unknown Republic in Rebecca. And Kok Duku brokered a temporary ceasefire.

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Supplies there are running thin. Speaking of supply chains, we're getting reports of pirate activity increasing near the Hydean Way. The Republic Navy is deploying additional patrols, but with so much focus on the war, lawlessness is spread across like wildfire.

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In light of air, the Galactic Opera House here on Corusant has premiered its latest production, Heavy, to Rave Remuse. If you can spare a few credits, it's worth seeing, assuming you can snag attack it.

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Ah! Subcultured midst the chaos. And speaking of bright spots, the Kaminoans have announced the deployment of a new phase of advanced clone armor. The phase two armor offers greater protection and dare I say, style. Report suggests already being distributed to elite units like the 212th Attack Battalion.

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A morale boost for the troops, no doubt. Before we sign off, a quick weather update for those tuning in from Coruscant. We've smacked scattered showers over the works district tomorrow.

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Keep those skylines clear. And remember, citizens, the galaxy may be at war, but hope and resilience shine through. Thanks for joining us on the Cornet Chronicle.

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Stay vigilant, stay informed, and may you of course meet with you. Good night, Galaxy.

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