The Perlemian Haul - Part 2

One of the strange metal tubes

Session Two: Our last session ended after the characters made contact with Governess Prule, the ruler of Martle Station. Tobias and Kerr convinced her to provide them with information in exchange for getting rid of Commander Santiago, an Imperial Commander that Prule suspected of seeking to overthrow her. Meanwhile, Zef, Hannya and Dah-Rell remained in the lower levels of station where they were trying to find out more about the strange cargo being prepared for the convoy.

Zef began by taking a closer look at the strange cargo that was being loaded up. The odd metal objects made little sense to her, and yet she did find that they are rather dangerous. After getting a little too close she caused one to spark, only just moving out of the way in time to avoid having her hand burn up.

Dah-Rell began by speaking to Commander Santiago, explaining why the party were on the station.
However, when put under pressure to explain just who sent them to the station and why, Dah-Rell slipped up and claimed to have been tasked with overtaking command by Lord Vader. Santiago was naturally suspicious of this, and proceeded to contact Imperial High Command in order to verify Dah-Rell's claim.

However, thanks to a quick bit of splicing work by Hanya and Zef, the communications were relayed to within the station. Commander Kerr was then able to speak to Santiago, convincing him that he really had been replaced. The group planned to have Commander Kerr arrive in an Imperial uniform, and take over the dock area, thus allowing them to approach the convoy without difficulty.

Commander Santiago

With the help of the station plans, obtained by Hanya from the mainframe, Kerr located Commander Santiago's quarters, and set about stealing a uniform. However, things took a turn for the worse when Santiago turned up while Kerr was still getting prepared. Enraged and being replaced and confused as to why the stranger was in his quarters, Santiago drew his blaster and shot before asking questions. His aim was true, and Commander Kerr took a savage blow to his shoulder. However, Kerr was able to fire back. He missed Santiago, instead hitting the blast-door controls. This caused the doors to slam shut, crushing Santiago between them. Kerr quickly finished Santiago off. 

The blaster fire drew a team of guards who promptly arrested Commander Kerr. However, quick intervention from Dah-Rell, supported by Governess Prule lead to Kerr's release. The group then gathered together to discuss what to do next. They decided to see if they could find help from some of the dock-workers in order to get close to the convoy once it arrived. They also felt the need to pretend to leave the station, and so set to work freeing a number of prisoners the Imperials had taken, and loading them aboard their shuttle. The pilot droid, ZB44 flew the prisoners away from the station, ensuring that Imperial scanners would detect the correct number of lifeforms aboard the vessel.

While this was happening, Kerr and Zef made their way to the canteena, where they looked for a way of contacting the dock workers. Kerr managed to get himself into trouble with a drunk dock-worker but some deft work on the part of Zef calmed the situation down before things got out of hand. The pair were then introduced to Rak, the leader of the Dark Sun dock-workers gang who, after grilling the pair for some time, agreed to offer them work. 

Finally, the party made preparations ready for when the ship was docking. Zef spend a little more time studying the odd objects in the cargo boxes. While still unable to tell exactly what they were, she came to suspect that they might be some form of fuel source. Meanwhile, Dah-Rell and Kerr stashed the groups weapons and equipment in a cargo box so as to be able to recover it once aboard the convoy craft. With that, the session came to an end.