Rutrow the Wookie Jedi found himself on the planet Ryusion. Captain Koran let him out of his cargo crate, and explained that he had intended to drop him off on Yauslag along with his companions. He said that an Empire cruiser had showed up, and he had been forced to take off. Using a combination of sign language and Jedi telepathy, Rutrow was able to ask if he could stick around with the captain until he made the trip back to Yauslag. He also demonstrated his technical prowess by fixing a loose plasma coupling on the port side of the Koran's ship.
After a few hours, Koran invited Rutrow for food at a nearby kebab kiosk. Later on, Rutrow found himself alone and worried for his friends.
Luckily, his companions Krussk and Odo-Kor were only a few hours behind him on Phyll's ship. After they landed on Ryusion, Phyll looked up the docking registry and saw Koran's ship in berth 92. The two Jedi made their way to Koran's ship, and using the Force, determined that Rutrow was inside. A happy reunion took place.
Koran joined the group in a conversation and learned about the fate of the secret base on Yauslag. Realizing that everyone was now at risk, he went off to make arrangements for himself and for the party. Krussk took the opportunity to rent a covered cargo bin, and transport his illicit clone trooper armor to Koran's ship. He also spent some time tinkering with the electronics in the helmet, and managed to disable the commlink.
Koran returned and said that he would have to split off from the party, but that he had contacted a smuggler who could get them off-planet before the Empire arrived. He explained that the locals have a religious taboo against visiting the lava pits without a priest, and that this smuggler has already been banned from trading on this world for violating that taboo. His ship is parked many kilometers out of town near a geothermal conduit in the lava fields. These conduits are floating energy pipelines that transmit energy back from the lava pools. And because sentients are not allowed to view the pools directly, they use large maintenance droids that travel along the top of the conduits. Koran said that a guy would show up in an hour, and show them where to get on board one of the maintenance droids.
An hour passed, and the party spotted their contact. He led them discretely to a maintenance hatch, and activated the droid. It was the size of a car, but only had running boards on the sides. The party clung to it's sides as the guy activated it, and it started out along the top of the conduit.
After several minutes of travel out in the open, the party noticed an open-topped speeder approaching from behind. Three people were in it, and as it got closer, they saw that the one in the rear seat was aiming a carbine in their direction. When he fired, they knew something was up. Odo-Kor ignited his lightsaber and went into a defensive stance. Krussk stayed low, and tried not to be noticed. The gunner with a carbine fired at Odo-Kor, and rolled a 20, but Odo-Kor rolled a 20 also, and deflected the shot with his lightsaber.
Rutrow jumped over to the side of the droid closer to the incoming speeder, and the gunner took a shot at Rutrow. Krussk decided to stop hiding and popped up to take a shot at the gunner. He missed. The gunner then decided to switch targets and aimed at Krussk. He rolled a 20 on his shot. It was destined to hit krussk in the head, but Odo-Kor spent a Force point to deflect it with his lightsaber, and he also rolled a 20! The shot impacted the lightsaber and ricocheted to the ground.
The speeder moved closer, and when it was close enough Rutrow blasted it with a Force Slam. This knocked over the gunner in the back seat, and caused the driver to swerve to the side. When the driver regained control, he sped ahead a short distance. The passenger opened fire with a pistol, but missed.
Krussk took aim with his blaster rifle. His shot took the gunner full in the torso, killing him instantly. The passenger returned fire again, but missed again. Krussk aimed carefully and shot the driver. The speeder started to slow and veer away from the conduit as the driver expired. Seeing that this entire chase was taking place at just over running speed, Rutrow leapt from the maintenance droid and started pursuing the speeder, his lightsaber in hand. He was not able to reach the speeder before Krussk's final shot found the passenger and killed him. Rutrow was able to jump aboard the slowing speeder and steer it alongside the maintenance droid as it continued on its way.
Krussk and Odo-Kor jumped from the maintenance droid and Rutrow brought the speeder to a halt. The party stripped the bodies of weapons, and then dumped them into a nearby lava pool. They then continued to follow the conduit in the speeder. After a while, they spotted the transport ship about half a kilometer from the conduit, and veered off to meet it.
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