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SPEAKER_06 1:22

May the force be with you.

SPEAKER_09 1:29

The war between the Republic and Separatists 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. Jedi Knight Dalen Galt, with the help of his friend Kanari, must assemble an unorthodox team in order to find his lost Padawan. Nightfall is Rob Hunter as Dalen Galt, Peyton Castle as Gruul, Justin Chapman as Credo, Richard Capucil as Kanari, and myself as Aksam as the Galaxy Master.

SPEAKER_10 2:10

Hayden! Hit us with a question of the day. You have to build a Star Wars CS GO team. So that's six players, right? Five players. So choose five Star Wars characters for your CS GO team.

SPEAKER_09 2:25

Oh.

SPEAKER_10 2:26

Haven't done that one before.

SPEAKER_09 2:27

I don't know what CSGO is. Um I think we're building the ultimate Pokemon team, but with Star Wars characters.

SPEAKER_10 2:37

I like Zach's question. Yeah, basically you can look at it like that.

SPEAKER_09 2:41

Okay.

SPEAKER_10 2:41

Um, I would have to choose uh child Anakin because he's an obvious gamer.

SPEAKER_08 2:48

And only adult Anakin could kill him.

SPEAKER_04 2:55

Can you have two Anakin on the same team?

SPEAKER_08 2:57

Oh, you might have five. I I'll allow it.

SPEAKER_09 3:00

I'll allow it. Stage of his life. Are we doing just movies or are we doing expanded universes?

SPEAKER_10 3:04

We can do expanded. So I guess it'd be like five of who you think the best gamers in Star Wars would be. To broaden the question up. I guess the limited from five. Let me go first because you guys won't be able to beat it.

SPEAKER_08 3:19

Who's Blue Boy? Suzy. Nellos. I'm doing the whole roster. Yeah, those are that's the team I'm picking. I fought with those guys. Well, except for Nellos, but I wish I could have. I think the only one that doesn't make the cut is Nini. I mean Nini support.

SPEAKER_05 3:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 3:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 3:35

Why can't I remember his name? He's literally in this season. I'm doing Child Boba.

SPEAKER_09 3:40

Spoiler. Because Child Boba's actually a gamer. Yeah, yeah. I'm doing Empire of the Strikes Back, uh Darth Vader, where he's in his pod. You know he's gaming in there. Oh.

SPEAKER_08 3:49

That's so true.

SPEAKER_09 3:50

Uh who else do I have? Who else do I have? I don't know. Five's a lot.

SPEAKER_10 3:55

Yeah, let's limit it to three. Five is too many. CSGO teams are too big. They need to change their game. And I'm just gonna switch my answer to three Dr. Nima fits in a pax harper. I like that. He'd have a sick computer. Chewbacca. Chewbacca's on my roster. He's an obvious gamer. He's a gunner, right?

SPEAKER_08 4:12

Yeah, yeah. Yep. So communication would be a mess.

SPEAKER_04 4:16

Yeah. Imagine Chewie on the mic.

SPEAKER_05 4:20

I'm trying to shoot him. Easy Apex Legends team. That's what we're going with now. Three man team.

SPEAKER_08 4:27

This is the ever-evolving question.

SPEAKER_05 4:28

Yeah, no, no.

SPEAKER_08 4:29

Who would you rather rock, paper, scissors? Padme or Princess Land. Princess Land, obviously.

SPEAKER_05 4:36

Boba Fett. Rex and Cody. Teamwork out the ass.

SPEAKER_04 4:44

I think I would want new New Hope Luke on my team. Because he likes to look at the lightsaber.

SPEAKER_08 4:51

Right down the barrel.

SPEAKER_04 4:52

Right down the barrel, yeah. I feel like he'd do wonders. Maybe I'd I think I'd have Chewie 2 on my team. I like, I just love him. And maybe Palpatine. Oh, dark horse. Yeah, I think he's.

SPEAKER_10 5:10

He games people.

SPEAKER_04 5:11

Yeah, he's he's a manipulator. Any any like force lightning?

SPEAKER_05 5:24

Did we all lose? You lost for sure. I said abuse first. Oh, you said abuse.

SPEAKER_08 5:30

I didn't hear it. I didn't hear it because I was saying that's right.

SPEAKER_05 5:39

Flatline, everyone. I got your mics.

SPEAKER_08 5:44

That's amazing. Great power, great responsibility. So my gosh, this is intense. Is anyone else? Is this just me, isn't it? Feeling this excitedly nervous. I've got that.

SPEAKER_10 5:57

I have the new video game feel. Like I just pulled off the wrap box, right?

SPEAKER_08 6:01

Yeah, but we're also like the programmers and shit. So if it sucks, it's on us. I want to think of that.

SPEAKER_09 6:07

I just want a game. This is gonna be great. That's how you feel. Have you ever opened up a Word document and it's just that cursor blinking at you, and there's nothing that's what's going through my head right now.

SPEAKER_08 6:15

I think it's contagious, and I'm feeling that. I think that's what I'm shutting off.

SPEAKER_09 6:18

So to set the scene, it is Coruscant. The Echinanopol Echinopolis? I think it's an Echinopolis. The city covered planet.

SPEAKER_08 6:28

Yeah. Is that a term? That's cool.

SPEAKER_09 6:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 6:30

Make it one.

SPEAKER_09 6:32

No, it's an actual term.

SPEAKER_08 6:33

Sweet.

SPEAKER_09 6:33

I just don't know if I'm pronouncing it right.

SPEAKER_08 6:35

He just made a word.

SPEAKER_05 6:36

What a fucking genius, man.

SPEAKER_09 6:38

I keep trying to throw it into mid-journey and I keep getting bullshit. I get like two skyscrapers. So we start on Coruscant, mid-afternoon. Sky lanes are relatively filled, peeking out several layers above, you know, that skyline is the famous Jedi Temple, this pyramid with the five spires reaching out the top of it. As we head inside, we find Jedi Padawans, Jedi Knights training, learning, studying. It is seemingly a normal day. And we focus in a little further on one particular Jedi knight. Rich, would you like to introduce your character?

SPEAKER_05 7:19

You will find Kinari, uh, who is a Nautilin of green skin. Um stalkier than um, like an average Nautilin, someone who's very much trained their muscles, um, because Kinari relies on his reflexes and musculature to win most of the battles he's in. He's an expert in lightsaber combat. He's very aggressive and very quick to action.

SPEAKER_09 7:54

It is the third year of the Clone Wars. Things have been hectic. You know, Jedi have been in and out of the temple. A lot of them are now battle weary. You see a lot of them resting, healing. Rich. What is your character doing?

SPEAKER_05 8:11

Uh Kinari is probably in the temple training his lightsaber skills um on a I don't know, a dummy. What did they train on? They got training dummies. Yeah, so smacking the way of me.

SPEAKER_09 8:30

So as you're doing this, you are probably about an hour into your session when Dalen enters the room.

SPEAKER_07 8:36

Kanari! Dalen! Kanari! There is no time to to waste training. I need your help. What what it's Malia?

SPEAKER_05 8:45

She Calm down. Hey, take a breather. What happened?

SPEAKER_08 8:52

I've just returned from Castell. We were placed there, the whole battalion. The separatists were it doesn't matter. In the middle of the night I was awoken, startled of the force it it called to me from. I knew I heard I heard Malia's voice, but by the time I made it to her tent. She Not not Malia. She no, she's gone. I would know if she was I'd have to know if she was dead.

SPEAKER_05 9:18

Have you talked to the council yet? I'm going, but I'm going with you. There's no no choice. I'm going with you.

SPEAKER_07 9:24

Thank you.

SPEAKER_08 9:24

I I know you hold Soy as as much as I do, and we need to find her.

SPEAKER_05 9:30

Do you think there's anyone else that could help us?

SPEAKER_08 9:32

At the very least, if they could give us permission to take our clones.

SPEAKER_05 9:36

I hope. The war's not looking too great, though. Yes, but we need every Jedi we have. I only hope they'll grant it.

SPEAKER_08 9:46

So, with that, I think impatiently, uh, Dalen is going to kind of turn, giving you a minute to grab your shit, I imagine you're scattered about in training. Um, but head to the Jedi Council. I guess would I know is it like what is the decorum of speaking to the council? Do I request an audience or do I depends on how you're feeling? Oh no.

SPEAKER_09 10:06

Under normal circumstances, yes, you would request, but this is not a normal circumstance.

SPEAKER_08 10:11

Alright. I'm gonna head to the council chamber. Okay.

SPEAKER_09 10:15

So, you guys are going to head up the stairs several levels into one of the spires. And as you approach the council room, you will see a younger, a teenage um kiffar man, green striped over one eye, will be exiting the council room alongside Jedi Master Plokoon.

SPEAKER_08 10:36

So, uh, keeping up pace and briskly heading towards the chamber doors, although I would say maybe as Kanari's slightly more calm of mind, I look as though I'm not stopping at all. The only shuffle I make in my stride is to pause for a second, kind of get a respectful nod to Master Plocoon. Um, and then I am going to continue past them to the doors, assuming that they don't try to intervene.

SPEAKER_09 11:02

No, they are not. Um, they will they will they will nod at you on the way by, and as you burst through the door, you see the Jedi Masters are beginning to stand up and get ready to leave. And uh Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi will turn to you.

SPEAKER_08 11:19

Masters! Please, if you just a moment of your time.

SPEAKER_09 11:23

Well, Dalen, this is unexpected.

SPEAKER_08 11:26

So, again, kind of realizing probably for the first time since leaving the training room that I just barged into the Jedi Council, kind of like a quick look around, and I'm gonna snap my arms down to my side and bomb my head before Master Kenobi and kind of do a quick shift around, trying to assume a position of respect and regain whatever composure I've almost certainly lost, at least try, uh, before all the masters. And uh say, I Master, I am a s I'm sorry, but this is urgent. It's life or death. It is my Padawan.

SPEAKER_07 12:02

Please let me let me speak, hear me out.

SPEAKER_09 12:06

So the Jedi Masters all take their seat except Obi-Wan, who will stay standing um for a few moments, take a beat, and he will extend his arm to you. What do you have to say? And then he will take his own seat.

SPEAKER_08 12:19

So, trying to collect myself as best that I can, I am going to just kind of straighten my robes and stare out at the masters and Again, I am sorry for my intrusions, but I were just returned from the war efforts on Castell, and I am afraid my Padawan has been kidnapped. I came to request that me and my battalion be relieved of our position there, or possibly replaced, so that I may seek out her abductor. I know she's alive, Master. Masters. I cannot abandon her.

SPEAKER_10 14:37

So Kit Fisto, he leans back in his seat for a second and he thinks, and then he sits forward. So you wish to take a your battalion on to rescue your Padawan? Am I understanding this correctly? I yes, please. And I turn to Mace and I look around at the rest of the council and I go, I don't know if we have the supplies to afford this. We need troops. What battle's going on right now? What's an important I mean Castell is an important, yeah. Okay. Uh, we need your battalion on Castell fighting the front lines. To take them off to figure out where your Padawan went would severely would leave our other troops uh in an awful predicament.

SPEAKER_04 15:19

Yeah, I don't know if that's a smart decision, Dalen.

SPEAKER_09 15:26

Kanari, do you have something to add to this conversation?

SPEAKER_05 15:31

I understand that the needs of the war are great and many, but are the needs of our own not just as great?

SPEAKER_10 15:41

The needs of our own are important as well. But you don't see Anakin busting in here demanding troops to go on his private mission, do you?

SPEAKER_09 15:50

Dalen, we as Jedi are protectors of the Republic. We must put the Republic first, even if that means sacrificing our own. I'm sorry, we just cannot afford to lose Castell at this point.

SPEAKER_08 16:02

Master! Malia is to be a Jedi. I have compassion for my clones, I promise you, but are we not worth a hundred, maybe a thousand of them? How can you abandon a Jedi?

SPEAKER_10 16:17

To count one life over others is not the Jedi way. I stand with Kenobi.

SPEAKER_04 16:23

I do too. What you're asking for is unreasonable.

SPEAKER_05 16:27

I respect the decisions of you, my masters, but I must also respectfully say that I cannot stand by the war effort if I can't even save Malia.

SPEAKER_09 16:43

You would disregard your duty?

SPEAKER_05 16:46

I I would consider this the opposite of going against my duty.

SPEAKER_08 16:51

Ma Masters, I I'm sorry, this news is. I've just brought it to Kanari, and it is difficult to handle. I will calm, calm myself, collect myself, and in the end of the day, I do trust in the council's orders. You need my clones on Castell. And they will remain there. I apologize for my intrusion. I'm going to kind of quietly bow again, take a few steps back, and then pause to see if they have any words. Or if they want me to just get the fuck out. And I'm going to also like do like a nod to Kanari, like, let's go.

SPEAKER_05 17:29

Kanari's essentially like, fuck, hold me back! Hold me back.

SPEAKER_08 17:33

Take my earrings, take them. Hold my earrings.

SPEAKER_10 17:37

And so as you take a step back and I go, thank you for entrusting in the way of the Jedi. I promise she'll come back to us in time.

SPEAKER_08 17:47

So turning to leave, over my shoulder, I will just final quip as the door opens and I go to leave. And if you receive any word of where she is, please let me know.

SPEAKER_09 17:59

You are dismissed.

SPEAKER_08 18:00

And I will leave the council chambers.

SPEAKER_09 18:02

I will bow as I leave. So you guys exit the chambers, the doors close behind you.

SPEAKER_05 18:09

Are we are we really going with what the council has decided? We can't leave Malia.

SPEAKER_08 18:17

I did not tell the council I would. I promised them my clones. And my clones they will have.

SPEAKER_05 18:24

Oh, you sneaky bastard.

SPEAKER_08 18:26

You have your lightsaber, friend. I have my mind. I will I will send word to Captain Cyro Tilk to inform the rest of the men. They are to take orders from General Minado. And see that the end of the war is in our favor on Castell. As for me and you, I'm not sure where we are to begin.

SPEAKER_05 18:53

I think. Well, we're looking for someone, right? I don't know where to start. First step, I think, is a bounty hunter. Much as I don't want to deal with a bounty hunter. I think that's our easiest way in.

SPEAKER_00 19:16

Stay with us. We'll be right back.

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SPEAKER_08 21:02

Alright. Guess down we go. Do you remember that uh trip we took back in our Padawan days?

SPEAKER_05 21:14

Uh I remember how nervous I was the entire time.

SPEAKER_08 21:17

You never wore one for sneaking out. Although you may not have favored those lower levels, I'm certain that we can find someone down there that can help us.

SPEAKER_05 21:26

Well, we're not Padawans anymore.

SPEAKER_08 21:30

No. On that note, we should probably not advertise ourselves as Jedi.

SPEAKER_05 21:35

Keep it tucked.

SPEAKER_08 21:36

All I do is put my hood up.

SPEAKER_05 21:37

Yeah. Just like Superman.

SPEAKER_08 21:40

Yeah. And then Kanari's like, Where did where did you go? Steven!

SPEAKER_09 21:45

Oh. So, I presume you're gonna head down several levels in order to find yourself a bounty hunter.

SPEAKER_08 21:51

Yeah, um, and Kanari has made this trip with me once in my youth. But uh, I know plenty of pews. Did you do it again?

SPEAKER_05 22:00

I I didn't. I I said yellow. Oh, okay. I said red, but I burned.

SPEAKER_08 22:05

Justin got it this time. Yeah, I'm proud of you, buddy. I know that was hard.

SPEAKER_04 22:09

Thank you, thank you.

SPEAKER_08 22:10

So Kanari has made this journey uh before with uh Dalen, but Dalen has done it several times, so I don't know if there's a particular place that I might know. Not that I really would have had any interaction with.

SPEAKER_09 22:22

Make a first roll of the campaign. Give me a gather information check.

SPEAKER_08 22:28

Ooh.

SPEAKER_09 22:29

That I am better at. 24. 24. You know that there is a seedy underbelly to Coruscant, much further down than the levels you were accustomed to. Down on level 1313, things become lawless. Run by mafias and gangs, criminals, cut purses. So, you guys are gonna head down to 1313.

SPEAKER_08 22:54

I've never been this far before.

SPEAKER_09 22:58

Definitely haven't, so you have to take several different turbolifts to get that far down. How fast are they? It's gonna take a while. I mean, Coruscant is a very tall planet. The door opens, and you're greeted with almost exclusively darkness. There are streetlights throughout, most of them burnt. Trash litters through the walkways and skyways. Not a person in sight.

SPEAKER_08 23:29

Instinctively met with the darkness, Dalen's hand reaches down to his lightsaber. But having pulled his cloak close, it he realizes that, although it's so instinctive that he shouldn't be brandishing.

SPEAKER_09 23:41

You have your hood up. Who would recognize you?

SPEAKER_08 23:43

Well, I'm probably gonna use it as a torch, and I think he'd just be like, hey, look at me. So he reaches down, his hand brushes into his cloak, and he's just like, shit. Uh it's very dark down here. I'm not sure where we are going. Head out and explore.

SPEAKER_05 25:29

Yeah, we're gonna have to look around for a bar, maybe, of some sort.

SPEAKER_08 25:34

I don't assume perchance that Nautilans have any advantage in darkness.

SPEAKER_05 25:39

I have low light vision as a Nautilin. Okay, so what are you guys up to?

SPEAKER_08 25:43

So, long relationship with Kanari. Obviously, we go back to children. Um, I'm gonna kind of like put my hand on his shoulder. Not that I can't see at all, I think because it's like really low to darkness. But I know he has better eyesight than me. So uh guide the way that you kind of guide through us, guide us through. So I'm being blind man guided through level 1313.

SPEAKER_09 26:07

Make a perception check, Kanari.

SPEAKER_08 26:09

I have a plus eleven to this.

SPEAKER_09 26:11

What? Dance? Oh, you guys are higher level. I trained in it. 15? My favorite is how heavy that D20 is. It just didn't roll. You threw it and you just with a 15, you're gonna spend maybe 15, 20, 25 minutes, you're not really keeping track of the time, searching around, and you will come across an old tavern. It's run down. The windows are already broken, you can peek inside. What's the name? Cloak and stagger. You've been holding on to that one, haven't you? Yes. Inside the cloak and stagger. Are you guys going in or are you just gonna peek inside? Walk in. As you go inside. There are lights in here. There are some dim lights on the walls, almost like sconces. There's only three or four people in here. There's a a human woman bartending. There are two alien races that you don't even recognize sitting at the bar, and there is a third man sitting at a table. Justin, would you like to introduce your character?

SPEAKER_04 27:12

Well, my name's Credo. I'm a bounty hunter. I'm trying to decide, would I have my helmet on in a bar? No, I probably have it off. You're just trying to take a drink and running into your own helmet. Yeah, because I wanna I wanna have a helmet on normally when I'm fighting and doing cool stuff. But yeah, I probably have like I'm just a human. I have jet black hair, kinda young, kinda cocky, and I'm here to make some money. So you guys walk inside, that's that's what you see.

SPEAKER_09 27:47

Alright. Woman at the bar. What can I get ya? I'll have a hot tea. She gives you this scowl.

SPEAKER_05 27:57

And you? I'll have an ale of some sort. Right away. Dalen. What you've been you've been you've explored Coruscant more than me. What are the typical markers of like a bounty hunter or something? What can we look for to spot one out? You want me to roll for any sort of knowledge?

SPEAKER_09 28:18

Yes. Uh galactic lore.

SPEAKER_08 28:21

Yeah, that makes sense. Let's get the rest of them. Bing.

SPEAKER_09 28:24

Um, well. Just add your intelligence.

SPEAKER_08 28:27

So 18.

SPEAKER_09 28:28

So it's very common what um bounty hunters who belong to the Mandalorian clans look like. They have very distinctive armor. Beyond that, um, most bounty hunters are at least carrying some sort of identification that you might have to ask for that would um signify them as being a member of the bounty hunters' guild.

SPEAKER_08 28:49

Well, bounty hunters are typically always out to make coin and always on the clock, so perhaps I gesture my head over towards the the armored man in the corner. Perhaps we start with the ones who look the most battle-ready. Can I do a perception roll to see the state of his armor?

SPEAKER_04 29:07

Yes.

SPEAKER_08 29:08

To see if he's just like a pompous polished dude or if he's actually been in some shit.

SPEAKER_04 29:12

That's very flashy, by the way, my armor. So, uh, 31. I noticed shit.

SPEAKER_08 29:17

Holy shit.

SPEAKER_09 29:20

What is the condition of your armor?

SPEAKER_04 29:21

I'd say Ryan's banking new. Ooh.

SPEAKER_09 29:25

He's a shiny.

SPEAKER_08 29:28

Real shiny. So, as we're kind of walking over that direction, I'm gonna kind of like lean back to Kanari and like putting my head up, hand up casually below my nose as if like scratching my lip, but I'm actually hiding my mouth, and as I whisper to him, there's not a scratch on his armor. Not sure this one's ever seen a fight, but he probably knows more than we do. Our options are Did we wait for our drinks, or did I just get excited and walk away?

SPEAKER_05 29:53

You got excited and walked away.

SPEAKER_08 29:54

Sweet. She'll find fine.

SPEAKER_05 29:56

Yeah. Not a lot of people here. I mean, our options are a bit limited right now, so at least we can get some information out of him. Places to start looking, stuff to look for.

SPEAKER_00 30:11

Stay with us. We'll be right back.

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SPEAKER_08 31:47

And by then, we are at the table. And I am going to pull out a chair, assuming there's a spare chair at the table.

SPEAKER_05 31:53

Yep.

SPEAKER_08 31:53

Is there two?

SPEAKER_05 31:54

There's two.

SPEAKER_08 31:54

There's three. I'm gonna pull out my chair. I am going to stare at him. And kind of get myself settled in, straighten my robes, and see if how he takes this interaction.

SPEAKER_09 32:08

And the bartender will come by and give you a tea. No lemon. Not hot. And you will have swater. Tell me it's a Corelliaweiser. It is not a Corellia Weiser.

SPEAKER_05 32:20

What the fuck is it?

SPEAKER_09 32:21

The fuck is it? It's a Corelliolite.

SPEAKER_06 32:25

No! I fucking throw it on the Corelli. Initiative, guys. First initiative.

SPEAKER_09 32:30

On the uh bottle is some sort of political advertisement.

SPEAKER_08 32:37

It should have ad space for him.

SPEAKER_09 32:39

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. That's great. Fucking good. So on the bottom.

SPEAKER_08 32:43

Advertising in a bottle of Coralion. Hell yeah.

SPEAKER_09 32:46

What is your name and what is the name of your shop?

SPEAKER_10 32:48

So I am Gruel Sale of the Sky Segor, and the name of my shop is Dandy Dianoga's Space Finds.

SPEAKER_09 32:57

Trash Monster. I'm sorry, I need you to write that down.

SPEAKER_08 33:00

The Dianoga's the trash monster.

SPEAKER_09 33:01

The Dandy Dianogus. I know, but I just I can't remember those words. I need you to write it down. I need something to write on. So the bartender will bring out your drinks. Um she will place a glass of tea in front of you. No lemon, not hot, and place an ale in front of you. It is a Corellia Weiser with an ad on it for Dandy Dianoga Space Finds.

SPEAKER_06 33:22

Just blows right past it.

SPEAKER_04 33:24

I'm gonna take a big sip out of this bottle of a teal-colored liquid, and then I'm gonna gesture my hand at both of you. Yes?

SPEAKER_08 33:36

So letting the awkwardness kind of phase for a second, and you finally come out and ask what we can do for you. Uh we are looking for someone. And not sure if you're in the work of bounty hunting, but couldn't help but notice an armored man in a bar.

SPEAKER_04 33:59

I do some bounty hunting from there to here. Sometimes. And well would that would now be one of those times? It depends. How much are you willing to give me? Two thousand Republic credits after the job is done. For a missing person?

SPEAKER_08 34:20

Yes.

SPEAKER_04 34:22

Hmm. And more than a lot of people. That's a little it's a little bit low.

SPEAKER_08 34:27

Because we will be accompanying you and assuming the danger. We simply need your tracking skills.

SPEAKER_04 34:32

I can track. I can track very well. And we can fight very well.

SPEAKER_08 34:40

But I'm gonna need more. Then what is your standard fee?

SPEAKER_04 34:44

50,000 credits.

SPEAKER_08 34:47

Fifty thousand credits.

SPEAKER_04 34:49

For a missing person? Yes.

SPEAKER_09 34:51

Will you be paying your dues this time? Shouts one of the aliens from the bar. He will turn around, stand up, and walk towards your table. What dues are you talking about? You know, the guild requires a certain percentage of all bounties.

SPEAKER_04 35:09

You haven't been paying. I'm sure I paid it last month. No, we know who you are. Hmm. Well, you'll get it eventually.

SPEAKER_08 35:23

I am going to kind of my hand started to reach into my robes to see for a second to see if this was gonna turn violent. But upon better judgment and a moment of contemplation, I'm going to raise my hand and say, he already paid his dues. And I'm going to try mine trick. Okay. Ooh. So I'll believe that as he used the force rule. Kinari. Against his will defense.

SPEAKER_05 35:47

Kinari definitely has one hand on his lightsaber. And that is a 35. Yes, that will pass his will defense.

SPEAKER_08 35:56

So you already pay he already paid his dues.

SPEAKER_09 35:59

And he turns to his body.

SPEAKER_04 36:10

What is happening? Yes, what is happening? What did you do this there?

SPEAKER_08 36:15

I simply telling him the truth. You did pay them. You were just telling us how you are up to date on your dues.

SPEAKER_09 36:22

He's telling me the truth. He is telling me that you are up to date on your dues. That is correct. I am very up to date. Reginald, you fucking wank. What is happening? Get over here! And he's gonna turn around and go back to the bar.

SPEAKER_05 36:36

See what chaos that got. Seemed like a good idea at the time.

SPEAKER_04 36:39

As you can see, we're very persuasive. It seems that way. Who's this person you're missing?

SPEAKER_08 36:48

Her name is Malia. And she is a young 13, 14. She was last known on the planet Castell, and we don't know her whereabouts anymore.

SPEAKER_04 37:01

Castell, you say?

SPEAKER_08 37:03

Yes.

SPEAKER_04 37:04

Isn't that a planet that's under fire?

SPEAKER_08 37:07

Yes, it is under siege by the Separatists.

SPEAKER_04 37:09

Severely under fire?

SPEAKER_08 37:13

It more. Very dangerous. Yes, but you simply need to find her. We can do the heavy lifting.

SPEAKER_05 37:22

I uh flash him a quick look at my lightsaber. Yeah, I wasn't far from it. I'm sure he already figured it out.

SPEAKER_04 37:28

Oh, you have one of those, eh?

SPEAKER_05 37:30

Uh yes. Look at all of these keep it.

SPEAKER_06 37:33

Kareebus arms come out.

SPEAKER_04 37:35

I we would prefer if you kept it a little quiet. Oh, now it's gonna cost extra. Now that you showed me that, I know what you are. Both of you. But you say you have 2,000 credits. 2,000 credits. Hmm. I could take that as a down payment, but you're gonna owe me.

SPEAKER_08 37:59

If I even have 2,000 credits. I offered it when the job was done, thinking I could just get it by then. So 2,000 credits. Down payment. And another 48 when the job is done.

SPEAKER_04 38:15

I'd say another 58. Since you are both a Jedi.

SPEAKER_08 38:22

All the more reason to not put a price on someone I cherish.

SPEAKER_05 38:29

Oh, you have feelings, eh? There's a reason the temple isn't supporting this mission.

SPEAKER_04 38:36

Well, I'll take your money, but I'm gonna need some more information.

SPEAKER_08 38:40

I expect as much. What do you need to know?

SPEAKER_04 38:43

Well, we said. You guys don't have a ship, do you? Either of you?

SPEAKER_05 38:49

Not at the moment. That was the next step of the plan. I take it you don't either.

SPEAKER_04 38:55

It's it's got some repairs. A lot of repairs to do.

SPEAKER_05 39:00

And I pick up my ale and take a drink. And I look at the bottle, and I see I s I see the ad for Dandy Dianoga's Space Finds, and I point it towards the other two, and I say, Well, this seems like a good place to look for a ship.

SPEAKER_08 39:21

You show it to uh Dalen, who's taking a sip of his tea. He looks at it for a second and then just pours the tea back out of his mouth into the cup because it is repulsive. He sets it down. Yes, I think that could be as good of a lead as any.

SPEAKER_04 39:37

Huh. Well, we're gonna need that ship. And we're gonna need it fast. Because when a person is missing, they can travel. And we're gonna need to move some fast, fast movements. You got the payment. Kanari, is this the best idea? No.

SPEAKER_08 40:01

But none of this is. So I'm gonna push the chip down on the table, keeping my finger on top of it, pressing down so if he tries to take it, it's like held in place. Not that he probably couldn't grab it. Cross us, and you will answer to the Jedi Council. I promise you.

SPEAKER_04 40:18

Oh, well, I don't think I'll have to worry about those guys soon enough. But I will take that.

SPEAKER_08 40:25

I will slide it over to him and pick it up. Or slide so he can pick it up, rather. I slide it over and then I pick it back up.

SPEAKER_05 40:31

Why? Why won't you have to worry about them?

SPEAKER_08 40:35

Oh, he knows about Order 66. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 40:39

He's in on it. Doesn't seem like they're doing well.

SPEAKER_06 40:42

I think it was membership's been down. Jedi's aren't paying their dues.

SPEAKER_04 40:53

Oh, I'll I'll take the credit, chip, and I'll say. Looks like I have a job.

SPEAKER_05 41:00

Let's get moving. Yes. To dandy Dianogas, I guess. Say what level it's on. I look at the can again. Um it says here it's in the industrial district. So let's get moving.

SPEAKER_08 41:16

I'm gonna settle our tab with the barkeep. And as I'm doing, I want to eavesdrop of the two guys that were giving a shit. See how that's going.

SPEAKER_09 41:23

Uh, make a perception. Uh 26. You hear the one you didn't mind, Rick, whispering.

SPEAKER_08 41:32

We should follow them. It sounds like they've got a bit of money.

SPEAKER_09 41:35

We were pretty loud about that.

SPEAKER_08 41:37

I'll say nothing and head outside. I believe we may have a tale. Two gentlemen that were harassing are the force I never got your name.

SPEAKER_04 41:51

Oh. I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_08 41:53

You can I'm asking for it now. You can call me Credo. Credo, I am Dalen Gold, and this is my compatriot, Kanari.

SPEAKER_05 42:02

I suggest we move quickly and with eyes behind our beds. Your friends, I believe, are tailing us. Are they a threat?

SPEAKER_04 42:09

Oh, don't worry about those guys. If they try anything, they're dead meat.

SPEAKER_08 42:15

I certainly hope your arrogance measures up to your might.

SPEAKER_09 42:19

And as you guys begin to walk back towards the turbolifts, you will hear a banging behind you. And as you turn around, the one that you mind-trick trips over a trash can. You dumb fuck, they fucking spotted us. What are you doing? Well, we're leaving now, but we were gonna rob you. Get the fuck out of here. Make an intimidation.

SPEAKER_10 42:40

Okay. Some polite criminals. They're straight up honest about their intentions. Gee golly, sir!

SPEAKER_08 42:47

We were gonna empty your pockets and slit your throat.

SPEAKER_05 42:49

Persuasion? Yeah. That is a fucking That is a 19. That's a nightmare of a die. What? Persuasion is five, so!

SPEAKER_09 43:00

Yeah, they're gonna they're gonna leave. Just bolt.

SPEAKER_08 43:05

Let's keep moving. Thank you. And we will head to the the turbo lift and get up to the industrial district. I imagine there's a trek there.

SPEAKER_09 43:14

Yes, you'll spend several hours on this trail.

SPEAKER_08 43:20

Kind of, my mind starts to wander to like thoughts of of uh Malia. And uh I've actually been afraid to do this. Not that I wasn't thinking clearly, but it was moment to moment. I've been very reactionary. And even on the drive down here, I was still my thoughts focused on finding help. So now at least, not that he's really putting those stresses to ease, but at least I don't have to worry as much about tracking her. And I'm able to clear my mind and fall into a meditative stance. Um stance, dance. And I would state, I think is what you're doing. I think that's what I was going. A meditative state. And I would like to reach out with a force power of mine called far seeing. Okay. Tell me about far seeing. So far seeing is like a meditation where I can gain if I'm successful, I am able to gain a momentary impression of events happening around a particular being in some distant place. Um, so it's a use the force check against their will defense. If I fail, I get no information, even if they're alive or dead.

SPEAKER_09 44:25

Okay.

SPEAKER_08 44:26

Um, but I'm able to sense their immediate surroundings or what they're doing, maybe even just a small feeling. Um, if the target is dead, they have a defense will of 30 against my use the force. Well, it's still good, but it's a 27. That's crazy.

SPEAKER_09 44:44

They are alive. They seem to be surrounded by darkness, and they seem to be in turmoil. They seem to be in pain.

SPEAKER_08 44:54

So deep into meditation. My hand slams against the side of the turbo lift. I think she's being tortured. I could sense her.

SPEAKER_04 45:08

Well, that's not good.

SPEAKER_08 45:09

I ignore the commands of the count of the thing, and I like put both hands up, like trying to find a button to make the damn thing go faster, which I don't imagine is there.

SPEAKER_04 45:19

Oh, you're not gonna make this thing go any faster. You gotta wait. I don't have time. Be patient, Jedi.

SPEAKER_05 45:27

We must be hasty with our actions, but we must not be hasty to anger.

SPEAKER_08 45:33

Alright. So trying to collect myself, I I saw her. I I mean, I felt her. It was just darkness and pain. Terrible pain.

SPEAKER_05 45:47

She may be in pain, but we know she's alive, and that's the most valuable information we can have right now. Yes.

SPEAKER_08 45:58

I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I didn't. Don't be sorry, friend. We need to get a ship, and we need to get off this place. Alright. You said you.

SPEAKER_04 46:10

Oh, it's it's bad. We're gonna need something else. Okay. I see. I suggest we go to that shop that was on that can. I've been there a couple times, but uh. It's alright. It might be our best shot, though.

SPEAKER_08 46:34

Credits.

SPEAKER_04 46:35

Oh.

unknown 46:36

Hmm.

SPEAKER_05 46:42

He says after he swindled most of our money.

SPEAKER_09 46:46

Yup. So, you guys will arrive at this shop, and there's nobody in sight except for one lone character. Peyton, would you like to introduce yourself?

SPEAKER_10 46:59

Could you also give us a layout and like description of the place? Yes, please. So, as you guys arrive outside the shop, it's clearly a hangar, but it has been very sloppily painted, almost like childlike to make it look friendly with very stereotypical things like trees and the like equivalent of like a bird on Coruscant. Um, just sort of like trying to make it look nice and appealing. And you can see written in this like childish handwriting, you can see dandy Dianoga space finds, and of course, some of the letters are backwards. Uh, and as you guys enter into the shop, you can see that it's got numerous different parts for spaceships all over, uh sort of awkwardly placed onto shelves or on the floor, and different tags, even with some prices crossed out and lower or higher ones put back on. Um, and as you guys uh enter the shop, you can hear some commotion going on in the back. Lots of uh you can hear someone working on something and also yelling and sort of back and forth banter and swearing at each other. And sitting behind the counter is this older, um, slightly rotund um oh my god, uh Corrin uh with purple skin. And one of the most distinct things about him is two of his tentacles have been replaced with holograms that project the rest of the tentacles from where they were severed. Um and as you guys walk in, he immediately Welcome to my shop! What can I help you guys with? You all look like you're in need of, well, something. Spaceship. A spaceship? Well, you came to the right place. My name is Gruel Sail of the Sky Segor, and I will sell you something to get you up in that sky.

SPEAKER_08 48:33

Alright, alright. I we need anything with a hyperdrive.

SPEAKER_10 48:40

I don't know what you have available, but Oh yes, I have a hyperdrive. Do you have the rest of a ship? Credo?

SPEAKER_04 48:49

I mean. He doesn't have a ship, Kanari. I I do, but it's not on this planet.

SPEAKER_05 48:58

Then you don't have a ship, I would I would say that's not useful to us.

SPEAKER_04 49:03

Well, well, well, we're here to get one, right?

SPEAKER_10 49:06

Yeah, that's all I'm hearing, is we found our place to start. Let's start with a ship. Alright? I can't even. It's fantastic. This is gonna be a constant. I love it. Let's go in the back. And so he sort of gets up, and with a thud, he steps to the floor, and you can see some like bits of food and stuff like roll off his stomach and clothes and fall down onto the floor. And he brushes himself off a little bit. And as he leads you into the back room, you can see there's two two beat-up uh Omega class space shuttles are in there. One of them is missing almost all of its parts, it's mostly just a skeleton, and then the other one is very uh clearly uh a junker that's been thrown together of other omega class shuttle parts. And two uh Keldors are sort of working on uh one of the uh thrusters, and as they're going about working on it, they're constantly bickering back and forth. And as we enter into the room, uh uh Gruel goes, Gear, sprocket, cut it out, we have guests. Sorry about those two, you know, siblings. And as we get closer to the spaceship, uh I slap my hand on it real hard and a bolt just falls straight to the floor. And I pay no attention. I go, this guy will get you anywhere you need. I can take you anywhere in this space uh in this space in this solar system. You just gotta give it a little bit of a cooldown in between uh hyperdrive jumps. Uh, you gotta let it cool off, and don't expect to get clear communications. Solar system.

SPEAKER_08 50:29

I think we need to go a little farther than that.

SPEAKER_09 50:32

As you're speaking, one of the keldors is gonna come up real quick and bolt it back on.

SPEAKER_08 50:38

Thank you, Gear. This is your selection. Indeed. This one has no hope. Well, that one doesn't. This one, it does. I see. We are going to die, Kanari. Credo.

SPEAKER_04 50:57

Care if we test drive it?

SPEAKER_10 50:59

Well, uh, I wouldn't mind, but me and the boys would of course have to come along. This is your best one, right? It is our best. I mean, the other one's not in great condition. There are literally two, and one of them doesn't have a hull.

SPEAKER_04 51:11

Mm-hmm. Well, I think that's fine. You can come with us.

SPEAKER_10 51:14

And so, uh, Gears Brockett, and Gruel, we drop down the uh the door and everyone climbs aboard. And inside, there's this weird rotten smell that's like not able to be placed anywhere in particular on the on the shuttle. Excuse me. Is there a dead body on the ship? Uh, not that we found. And as we go to the cockpit here, and we found and so we go into the cockpit, and it's just a complete like jigsaw puzzle of the interior spaceship. You can tell comms from a non-Omega class have been sort of like jammed and cut in there. Uh the steering wheel is cut right down the middle. Who knows what happened to the other half of either side of the steering wheel? And I go completely state of the art.

SPEAKER_04 51:58

Hmm. Needs a little bit of dusting, I'd say.

SPEAKER_05 52:01

It needs a little bit more than a dusting, I would say, Kredo. Probably. Probably a lot. How much have you flown this thing? Well, we've flown it twice. That's it?

SPEAKER_10 52:15

In this condition.

SPEAKER_08 52:17

Claim to have had a ship. You can pilot what's left of this one.

SPEAKER_10 52:23

I could attempt to pilot, but how easily could we get to your ship? Well, hold on, guys. I'm hearing another deal that can be struck right here. It sounds like you guys need a pilot, right? And you could also use a little bit of a discount. That's why you came here, right?

SPEAKER_05 52:41

I would say that's correct.

SPEAKER_10 52:43

Well, I would love to get out and see the galaxy. I want to see it all, see the planets and everything. These two boys can run the shop here, and I think uh we could work out a little uh deal. I'll be your tour guide on this lovely space adventure.

SPEAKER_05 52:57

You'd be re You might need to do more than just touring us.

SPEAKER_10 53:04

Well, what does that entail? I mean, if I'm gonna give the tour, there's different uh premium features of tour guides. Uh so there's different plans. Yeah, there's different uh payment plans we could go with here. So what are we thinking?

SPEAKER_09 53:17

You want the special select package or the gold package?

SPEAKER_08 53:22

Dalen. Let me be blunt. I look at this ship and a man who wants to see the stars. And I wonder why you haven't left already. I can only assume this ship is not in working order, and you need our credits to get it there.

SPEAKER_10 53:38

Well, let's just say my name does not carry the nicest weight everywhere we go, and friends can sort of help me along the way, right? That's what friends do when we encounter less friendly people.

SPEAKER_05 53:52

You make a point.

SPEAKER_08 53:54

Is your complications legal?

SPEAKER_05 53:58

Define legal. Dalen, I don't think we have the luxury of picking from legal and non-legal people.

SPEAKER_08 54:05

His eyes are just fixed on Credo right now.

SPEAKER_10 54:08

I could put it like this. Who doesn't want a little bit of gruel? You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_05 54:14

Dalin. How honest do we want to be with this man? I think we need to be quite honest. That's what I was thinking.

SPEAKER_08 54:21

All those years when I would sneak down to those lower levels, Kanari, it was because it haunted me in the Jedi Order that the people we were meant to protect lived beneath our very feet in squalor. Forgotten. These are people of the Republic. I've always felt at home outside of those halls. And maybe I was meant to.

SPEAKER_05 54:44

I may not find the same solace and home that you do, but I will follow you to the ends of the galaxy.

SPEAKER_08 54:50

So I throw back my hood and you're like, oh my god, I'm just kidding. No, I am going to kind of like pull open my robe, and there's a lightsaber hanging at it, and you already heard what I said. Credo, Ungruul, in truth, we are looking for a Jedi Youngling, a Padawan. And she was taken from the battlefield on Castell. So we are headed into danger. If you wish to accompany us, you have our oath that we will do what we can to protect you. There will be adventure, Groul. And I'm sure there will be coin, credo.

SPEAKER_05 55:26

There's no guarantees of your safety, though.

SPEAKER_10 55:29

This this I can do, but we'll have to rework the deal. Uh, I'm not so concerned about the credits anymore, but now that I know that you guys are Jedi, you can totally clear my name with the council, right? And with the Republic? We could put in a word.

SPEAKER_08 55:43

Well, what are we waiting for? The council is always willing to at least hear us out. He shrugs one eye peeking over to uh Kanari. They do listen to me, they just don't agree with the things that I'm saying. Yeah, on that note, can you also clear our name with the Jedi Council when we get back? Yeah, we'll have each other out.

SPEAKER_04 56:04

Well, can we can we see this thing go up?

SPEAKER_10 56:09

Let's make it fly. Well, hold on. And I look over. Gear Sprocket, you guys should have to keep this place uh uh held down while I'm gone. Don't think that I won't be checking in on you guys. You guys can handle it. And they both sort of look at each other and then look back at Gruul, and they both just nod eagerly. Gruul's like, alright, go back to the shop.

SPEAKER_05 56:28

I love to I love to think that Gruul has like cameras set up that he can view from his like transponder.com link.

SPEAKER_10 56:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 56:38

Get back to work just ring doorbells. Just like CCTV, just attached ring doorbells.

SPEAKER_09 56:49

That would be Gruul style. Not mounted anywhere, just duct tape.

SPEAKER_08 56:54

Alright, so well Creed O do we return to the scene of the crime Essentially, yes.

SPEAKER_04 57:05

Go back to where it started. And that seems like it must be the planet of Castell.

SPEAKER_09 57:12

Payton, how dilapidated is this ship actually?

SPEAKER_10 57:16

Uh it's not in great condition. The damage is vestigial.

SPEAKER_09 57:20

Just so all checks with this ship will be at a minus 10.

SPEAKER_10 57:25

Okay. Oh boy. What's your pilot looking at, bud? Uh, I'm trained and focused in it. Nice. So that's a goal.

SPEAKER_04 57:36

Me too. Me too. Plus decks.

SPEAKER_10 57:38

Yeah. Okay, so if you're trained and skill focused in it, then it's half your level, right? So that's just plus eight, then.

unknown 57:46

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 57:47

Woo! This guy over here.

SPEAKER_09 57:49

So you go to crank the key, and it doesn't really turn over. So you try again, it doesn't really turn over, and then you hit it a third time and it starts up. And you take off into the air and it's kind of rattling around a little bit, but you guys make it out into space. Yeah, that same bolt falls out.

unknown 58:04

One other thing.

SPEAKER_10 58:05

The uh Space Cantina theme song comes on and uh all the jizz. Yeah, all the jizz. And I go, This is the only song it plays, and no, you can't turn it off.

SPEAKER_08 58:15

Oh, fuck you.

SPEAKER_09 58:17

That's it.

SPEAKER_08 58:18

Yeah, that's episode one in the bag, guys.

SPEAKER_09 58:20

That is episode zero in the bag.

SPEAKER_08 58:21

Oh, yeah, episode zero. The first episode, I think.

SPEAKER_09 58:24

We all met each other.

SPEAKER_08 58:25

Yeah. I think we got a good dynamic thing. Yeah.

SPEAKER_09 58:32

You have just finished chapter one of the book of Dalen Galt. Nightfall is Rob Hunter as Dalen Galt, Peyton Castle as Gruel, Justin Chapman as Credo, Richard Capucil as Ganari, and Zach Zom as the Galaxy Master. We'll be back in just two weeks with chapter two.

SPEAKER_04 58:59

Good morning, Galaxy.

SPEAKER_02 59:02

You're listening to Galactic Pulse on HollowNet News, your trusted source for the latest news from the core worlds to the outer rim. I'm Daro Box, broadcasting live from Coruscant's bustling Hollow Net Station.

SPEAKER_10 59:20

And I'm Lena Sularis. Strap into your seat, sentients, because we've got a starship full of stories to cover today. From Senate debates to hut cartel escapades, we've got it all.

SPEAKER_04 59:32

First up, breaking news from the Midrim. The Endonian Enclave has officially signed a non-aggressive pact with the Republic. This comes after months of tense negotiations and a reported skirmish over the phobium mining rights of Gargon.

SPEAKER_10 59:52

That's right, Darrow. Enclave Minister Keith Varan made a rare public appearance to seal the deal. Rumor has it that the pact includes a provision allowing the Enclave to maintain their fleets independently. Critics in the Senate are calling it a dangerous precedent.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:09

Dangerous or not, it's a big win for diplomacy and for endonians, who've been rebuilding ever since the stark hyperspace war. Speaking of rebuilding, over to the outer rim, where Tatooine is undergoing a surprising transformation. Moisture Farms are being replaced by Get This Solar Energy Arrays.

SPEAKER_10 1:00:37

Solar power on Tantoine? Now that's using your twin sons. Local entrepreneur Grita the Jawa says the project is part of a larger push to modernize infrastructure. Not everyone's happy. Sand people elders claim the expansions are disrupting Sacred Dune territories. A delegation has reportedly reached out to the Republic for mediation.

SPEAKER_02 1:00:59

If the Republic steps in, they'll have their hands full. Let's not forget, they're still reeling from recent protests on Alderon over military spending. Alina, you covered this last week, didn't you?

SPEAKER_10 1:01:14

I did, Daro. It's a tale as old as the force. Core worlds feel safe enough to disarm, while outer rim systems are demanding more fleet patrols to fend off pirates and warlords. Senator Bale Organa has called for strategic compromises, but that hasn't calmed the more hawkish senators.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:31

Speaking of hawks, it seems House Organa has more to worry about than just protest on Alderan. As other noble houses have begun to call for changes in leadership, the movement is led by House Nexus, Patriarch, Talon Nexus.

SPEAKER_02 1:01:49

Nexus says that he's worried about the welfare of all Alderanians and wishes to arm the populace in order to protect themselves against the separatist invasion.

SPEAKER_10 1:02:01

Before we sign off, a quick look at our lighter segment. The Bounta Eve classic on Tantoine is just around the corner, and pod racing fans are already placing their bets. Rising Star Tika Bralics is favored to win, but veterans like Gasgano might give her a run for her credits.

SPEAKER_04 1:02:18

Still waiting for pod racing to come to the core worlds. I'd love to see some high-speed action over the cityscapes of Coruscant.

SPEAKER_10 1:02:27

Ha! Dream big, Daro. That's all the time we have today, folks. Thanks for tuning in to Galactic Pulse, where the hollow net connects us all.

SPEAKER_02 1:02:36

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A handful of shows for your viewing pleasure, and take home goodies for your own TTRPG adventures. All of this for just $3.

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