Episode I - What’s all this then?

Olstra the Hutt earns a fair bit of money from her arms
smuggling operation. Bargos wants to disrupt this income
stream and has figured out a way to do so. He does not have
the manpower to simply destroy all the different operations
and doing it piece by piece would be too time and resource
consuming. He thinks that by sabotaging a few cargo ship-
ments, her buyers will notice the decrease in quality and her
reputation will plummet. The PCs are instructed to perform
one of these operations.
Equipment: Blaster Pistol (Range [Light], Damage 6; Critical
3; Range [Medium]), Armored Flight Vest (+1 Soak)
ZENKA TORVE [RIVAL]
A Sullustan female, she works mostly as the mechanic for the
group. She is thoughtful but cocky and cool under fire. She
has saved the group more than once with a quick fix of the
hyperdrive or a fast repair of the shields.

INTRODUCTION
The PCs receive a comm transmission on their private chan-
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nel. Read aloud or paraphrase:

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“Greetings my friends! After your last Skills: Mechanic 2, Cool 1, Vigilance 1, Ranged (Light) 1
success, I have another task for you. Our Equipment:
competitor earns a good amount from her Blaster Pistol (Range [Light], Damage 6; Critical 3; Range
arms sales. I wish to put a stop to that. [Medium]), Armored Flight Vest (+1 Soak)
Unfortunately we have neither the time nor
the resources to put her completely out
of business, so we will have to try a more Grond [RIVAL]
subtle tactic. We have managed to get the Known only as Grond, this Trandoshan Male is big and quiet.
location of the smugglers responsible for He likes violence but can sometimes see that there are other
fulfilling her latest contract. I want you to ways to reach a goal. He serves mainly as muscle and gunner
intercept them, dispose of them and deliver on the ship.
the shipment yourselves. However, before
you deliver the goods, make sure the weap-
ons are useless. How you accomplish that
is up to you. The smugglers are currently 3 3 2 2 1 1
waiting on their shipment in docking bay
136a in Coronet City, grid 44. You need to
hurry to get there before they take off.”
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Skills: Gunnery 1, Brawl 3, Cool 1, Ranged (Heavy) 2

THE SMUGGLERS Equipment:
Blaster Rifle (Range [Heavy], Damage 9; Critical 3; Range
A small ragtag group of four people who make weapon runs [Long]), Armored Flight Vest (+1 Soak)
for Olstra. They are not exceptional but have so far managed
to evade capture. They have done other smuggling in the past Serrassu “Kid” Marron [RIVAL]
but never struck big, and the gang is currently not very hope-
ful about the future. The gang will probably break up soon. Only 16 years old, the “kid” has only been with the group for
a couple of months. He is a human male who is good with
Tova Zettarian [RIVAL] computers and likes to fly, so Tova thinks he will make a good
addition in a couple of years.
A human female from Corellia. Like all Corellians, likes speed,
flying and danger. She grew up on the fringes of a smuggling
ring and got her own ship when she was 22, borrowing most
of the money from a Twi’lek loan shark tied to Olstra. She has 1 3 3 2 2 2
been working for her ever since.

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Skills: Computers 2, Vigilance 1, Perception 1
Equipment:
Blaster Pistol (Range [Light], Damage 6; Critical 3; Range
3 12 [Medium]), Armored Flight Vest (+1 Soak)

Skills: Astrogation 1, Piloting (Space) 1, Ranged (Light) 1,

Negotiation 1
THE hornet [YT-1300 FREIGHTER]
“The Hornet” is the group’s (really Tova’s) ship. It is not modi-
fied in any major way, the group does not have the resources
and is fully focused on keeping the ship operational.
4 3 -1 1 - - 1 3 produced a pretty loud screech since the bay doors are not in
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Hull Type/Class: Freighter YT-1300
Manufacturer: Corellian Engineering Corporation
Hyperdrive: Primary: Class 2, Backup: Class 12
Navicomputer: Yes
Sensor Range: Short
Ship’s Compliment: One pilot, one co-pilot/engineer.
Encumberance Capacity: 165
Passenger Capacity: 6
Consumables: 2 months
Cost/Rarity: 100 000 credits/4
Customization Hard Points: 6
Weapons: One Dorsal and one Ventral Turret Mounted
Medium Laser Cannon (Fire Arc All; Damage 6; Critical 3;
Range [Close]).
WHAT IF...?
The rest of the scenario assumes that the
characters take over the shipment, either
by subduing the smugglers or by stealing
their ship. Resourceful PCs might actually
manage to get on board, sabotage the
shipment and then let the smugglers carry
out the delivery. The GM should probably
point out to the players that this plan is a
bit risky since the smugglers might actually
check the weapons before handing them
over. To make sure the faulty weapons are
actually the ones delivered the PCs need
to be the ones making the drop.
Docking Bay 136a
The docking bay is a standard non-descript bay on the
outskirts of Coronet City. The weapons have already been
received and stored on board the ship (classified as agricultur-
al equipment). Departure inspections have been made by the
(bribed) customs officials and departure clearance has been
approved. The smugglers are currently killing time to time the
delivery right (they prefer to wait in the open air instead of in
their ship at the destination). Zenka is performing some light
maintenance, Tova is checking the flight computer and Grond
and Kid are resting in their quarters. The docking bay has
some empty fuel cans, loading crates and empty boxes laying
about.
APPROACHING THE
SMUGGLERS
The docking bay doors are unlocked but closed. The normal
way to open them is just to push a button, this will however
the best condition (this is noticed on an Average Perception
(11) check). A side door is possible to use if found (Simple
Perception (-) check) or a PC can override the doors to only
open a fraction (Easy Computer (1) check ) which will pre-
vent the doors from making too much noise.
Zenka is outside the ship, performing some light maintenance
via an access panel on the underbelly of the ship and will be
alerted on anyone entering the docking bay without using
stealth. Sneaking up on her is an opposed check vs her Vigi-
lance. Since she is currently working, anyone sneaking up on
her receives 3 to compensate for her lack of attention.
Tova is in the cockpit and will also have a chance to spot
anyone sneaking about on the ground. Any sound or sudden
movements will let her make an Easy Vigilance (1) check
to notice something is amiss. If she succeeds and cannot see
Zenka working, she will try to raise her on her comlink. Failing
that, she will get the others and cautiously disembark the ship
(with weapons at the ready).
THE SMUGGLERS’ RESPONSE
If the PCs charge in with guns blazing, the smugglers will get
their guns out and attempt to respond in kind. Zenka tries
to take cover by the landing struts and use her blaster in the
first couple of turns, but if the fight is going badly she will try
to get back on board if she can. If she manages to get back
on board, the smugglers lift off and escape with the goods,
unless the PCs can ambush them in space with their own ship.
If the GM need to hint the PCs, any character with a military
background knows that the direct approach against a superior
defensive position (like a small scale assault against a ship in a
docking bay) has a very low chance of success.
If the PCs try some other approach the smugglers are much
easier to get close to. Zenka (which is the first one they meet)
will ask them what they are doing here, but any plausible
explanation (Easy Deception / Charm check (1)) will prompt
her to go get Tova.
If alerted by Zenka, Tova will get the group together and meet
the PCs outside the ship. The smugglers will be suspicious and
Tova is much harder to fool than Zenka. It will take a Daunting
Deception (1111) check to allow the PCs on board. The
smugglers will attempt to verify any credentials the PCs offer
by checking the official computer systems at the spaceport,
and do some slicing of the non-official systems (have “Kid”
make Hard Computer (111) check to discover any faulty
information the PCs offer, with added or subtracted difficulty
depending the PCs explanations/earlier deception checks).
OTHER MEANS
If the smugglers are clearly outgunned (a well armed PC party If it is clear they are losing (they lose Grond or half their num-
with Light Repeating Blasters and Grenade Launchers) they ber), the smugglers will give up and attempt to bargain with
can be persuaded to give up (Daunting (1111) Leader- the PCs. If it becomes clear that the PCs want the location and
ship check, with 3 added for each heavy weapon the PCs contact details of their delivery, they will use that information
brandish). The PCs might have some difficulty walking around as a bargaining chip to try to get out alive. If the PCs wants
with a lot of heavy weapons in Coronet City though. to steal their ship, an opposed Leadership or Charm check
against the most senior smuggler left will convince the smug-
If the smugglers feel the characters are few and/or lightly glers to hand them over.
armed, they will first try to intimidate the PCs into leaving. If
they feel they have a numerical or situational advantage and
the PCs refuse to leave, they will start a fight. The smugglers
use stun settings (except Grond) but will switch to lethal set-
tings if the PCs use normal settings.

A huge bribe is another way to get the smugglers to part with

the cargo. A bribe of at least 10 000 credits and a Hard
Negotiation check (111) will get the PCs the cargo. If the
PCs want to borrow the ship and want the contact details as
well, the bribe needs to be at least 20 000 credits. For each
5 000 credits over this limit, downgrade the difficulty of the
Negotiation check once.

The encounter will probably turn into a fight, since the

smugglers are no pushovers and they know their papers are in
order. Except for Grond, they are not that battle savvy though
and will probably succumb to the PCs. They will try to take
cover and use aim maneuvers, but they do not have much
combat experience and will not work as a team.
Episode II: Probably a glitch,
try this one
THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS
The freedom fighters are a small group of about 40 individu-
als who have started an active resistance against the Empire.
The core group has broad support in the society and it is
easy for them to get supplies and general equipment, but for
military style weapons they have had to reach out. They found
an intermediary for Olstra the Hutt and have bought a couple
of times from her earlier. The latest shipment is already paid
for and expected to arrive soon.
The group has a hideout in a remote part of the planet, about
20 kilometers away from the capital. They have hollowed out
some caves using mining equipment and is using that as a
temporary base. The base has one main entrance and one
secret back entrance. See Episode III for more information
about the base.
The freedom fighters are quite a new group, but the mood is
good and most of the members like each other. Eventually,
they might join the Rebellion if they hear about it, but current-
ly they are operating on their own and are only focused on
their own city and planet.
members
Many of the members are miners and other friends or family
members. The group has only been together for about a year
and they still have a lot to learn about creating a well func-
tioning resistance movement. Therefore operational security
has been lacking and the Empire has found out about the
little terrorist cell (as the ISB calls it) and will soon make an
example out of it. Most of the freedom fighters are humans
(about a quarter of them are other species) but many differ-
ent occupations are represented. They have little in the way
of military training but most are determined and hardy, and
could make good candidates for rebel training in the future.
RAWA OLSEN [NEMESIS]
The leader of the freedom fighters. A human male who
previously worked as a mining chief. He got fed up when the
Empire nationalised the mine and the work got too danger-
ous, so he recruited the first members from his crew. He is
charismatic, hard working and dedicated.
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Skills: Leadership 1, Vigilance 1, Negotiation 1, Ranged
(Heavy) 1, Piloting (Planetary) 1
Equipment:
Blaster Carbine (Range [Heavy], Damage 9; Critical 3; Range
[Medium]), Padded Armor (+2 Soak)
FREEDOM FIGHTER [MINION]
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Skills (Group only): Brawl, Ranged (Light)
Equipment:
Blaster Pistol (Ranged [Light]; Damage 6; Critical 3; Range
[Medium])
THE BASE
Since many of the fighters are miners, they easily converted a
large cave to serve as their main base of operations. They hol-
lowed out a few rooms and enlarged the entrance cave. Most
of the fighters live in the cave, since they do not want to travel
too much back and forth, but since some have families in the
nearby capital, security sometimes has to take a back seat.
Delivery instructions
Unless the characters got the delivery information from the
smugglers, they need to slice into the ship’s computer to
check their logs from earlier deliveries. The files are not very
hard to find or slice and requires only an Average computer
(11) check. If they cannot get it done themselves, any slicer
on the street will only take about 200 credits and ten minutes
to fix it.
The location is up to the GM, but should be a planet with
significant Imperial presence and an active underground. The
time of the delivery should be set so that the PCs can cover
the distance pretty easily in that time, unless the GM feels a
few astrogation checks needs to be made to keep the pace.
The instructions are to meet at a desolate plain about 20 km
from the capital city. An airspeeder will meet them there and
escort them back to the final drop off point. All terms and
payments have already been made and the only thing for the
PCs to do is drop of the weapons at the destination.
SHIP AND CARGO
If the PCs choose to use the smugglers ship for the delivery
(this will probably arouse the least suspicion) they need to
break into the computer and get the codes to operate the
ship, unless they got the codes from the smugglers. This will
require a Hard Computers (111) check. Failing that, the
PCs will have to transfer the cargo (and the manifest) to their
own ship.
The cargo consists of 20 Blaster Carbines stored in 4 crates
and 2 crates of Frag Grenades (30 grenades in total). To sab-
otage these, anyone can make a Average Mechanics (11)
check to remove vital parts and make the weapon useless
until replaced. The GM can assign difficulties for any more
advanced sabotage as he sees fit (making the weapons blow
up on first use etc). The PCs should be clear about how severe
their sabotage is (i.e. something that will be easy to fix by
flipping a switch, or something that will require new parts and
time to replace). It will be important in Episode III.
MEETING UP
When the PCs arrive at the coordinates given, they are met
by two freedom fighter members (Haf and Khan) who are
anxious to get the delivery going. They ask the PCs where the
usual fellows are, but will accept any reasonable explanation
without becoming suspicious. Their speeder cannot handle
the heavy crates, so the PCs have to follow them back to their
base to deliver the weapons.
His men begin unloading the crates and moving them to the
storage caves while Rawa ushers the PCs into a small side
cave. If the GM wishes he can make Rawa or someone else
open a crate and try a random Blaster Carbine to make the
PCs sweat. An average Charm or Deception (11) check will
make them put it down again.
Rawas cave contains a small desk with a battered data pad
and a few folding chairs. He sits down and start to discuss
their trip, if they had any problems or other incidents. He also
quizzes them a bit about the empire in other sectors, if they
are as oppressive there as here etc. Since Rawa still think
they are working for Olstra, he then begins discussing larger
purchases. They are ok with small arms for the moment, but
lack bigger weapons for anti speeder and anti walker use. He
is really passionate about acquiring such units. If the PCs play
it right, they can probably score a new customer for Bargos
here.
If at any point Rawa discovers the weapons are useless, he
becomes enraged. The PCs can shift the blame on to their
supplier with a Hard Charm (111) check, if they think of
it. Otherwise he launches into a tirade about how he needs
to get his money back and they will never work on this planet
again and so on. He then threatens them with bodily harm
and lets them know they will never leave this planet if they do
not get out of his sight right now.
When the PCs are just about to leave (or when Rawa finally
decides they need a lesson and gets ready) one of his aides
run in screaming “Sir, sir, we’re under attack! It’s the Empire!”

The PCs follow the speeder to a small mountain range. On the

way, some remnants of previous mining operations are visible,
but clearly no one has worked in these mines for a few years
(the PCs might wish to make a detour but the freedom fighters
advise against it, the mines are dry and there is not much
equipment left).

When they arrive at the base, the miners insist that the
PCs park their ship inside to hide it from prying eyes. The
commander of the base meets them at the ramp when they
disembark.

“Welcome! Glad to see you could make it!

We really need this stuff. Step into my of-
fice so we can handle the formalities. What
happened to the usual guys?”
Episode III: UNsatisfied customers
The ISB has managed to get a lead on the freedom fighters by
using spies and informants in town. They have even managed
to find the location of their main base, and are currently
assembling a strike force to take it out. When imperial scouts
spot the PCs ship coming in, they assume the freedom fight-
ers are preparing to evacuate, and decide to attack with the
force they have currently assembled.
THE IMPERIAL FORCES
The strike teams consists of one platoon of army troopers,
led by an officer, two speeder trucks for transport (will not
be involved in the assault) and two AT-ST as support units.
The freedom fighters will not stand a chance by themselves
and everyone of them will be captured if the PCs do not help
them.
IMPERIAL ARMY TROOPER [MINION]
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Skills (Group only): Discipline, Ranged (Heavy), Ranged
(Light).
Equipment:
Blaster rifle (Ranged [Heavy]; Damage 9; Critical 3; Range
[Long]; Stun setting), two frag grenades (Ranged [Light); Dam-
age 8; Critical 4; Range [Short]; Blast 6, Limited Ammo 1),
trooper uniform and helmet (+1 soak)
IMPERIAL ARMY officer [rival]
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Skills: Discipline 3, Knowledge (Warfare) 2, Ranged
(Light) 2, Vigilance 2
Talents: Adversary 1 (upgrade difficulty of all combat checks
against this target once).
Abilities: Tactical Direction (may perform a maneuver to
direct one Imperial Army minion group within medium range;
the group may perform an immediate free maneuver or add
3 to its next check], Overwhelming Fire (may perform a
maneuver to direct one Imperial Army minion group within
medium range; the group may perform an immediate free
combat check action).
Equipment:
Blaster pistol (Ranged [Light]; Damage 6; Critical 3; Range
[Medium]; Stun setting), officer uniform (+ 1 soak], long range
comlink.
Battle tactics
The Imperial commander is pretty new and not a tactical
ace. He will try to assault the caves with a full frontal assault
under cover fire from the AT-STs and count on the fact that his
troops are much better trained. Since the freedom fighters are
also inexperienced, they will try to meet the imperials head
on. If the PCs contain any military type characters, they can
organize the freedom fighters with an Average Leadership
(11) check (becomes a Daunting (1111) Leadership
check if the fighters have already discovered the faulty rifles).
If the freedom fighters can stay in the caves and take cover as
much as possible, they can manage to decimate the incoming
frontal attack so the Imperial commander is forced to retreat.
That is, if they have some functioning weapons.
The faulty cargo
If the PCs have sabotaged the weapons beyond repair, and
the freedom fighters discover this, they will treat the PCs as
enemies during the assault (since they naturally think the PCs
led the imperials to their location after giving them broken
weapons). All bets are of and the freedom fighters shoot to
kill. Most still have their blaster pistols to use. The freedom
fighters will begin opening the crates when the Imperials at-
tack and attempt to arm themselves using the contents.
What to choose?
The PCs have a couple of options here. They can try to escape
by themselves or they can help the freedom fighters fight of
the attack. If they decide to help out, their best course of
action is probably to try to take out the two AT-ST, since the
freedom fighters have no heavy weaponry and the PC’s ship
cannon is the only weapon in the vicinity that can hurt the
walkers.
EScape
If the PCs chooses to escape, they will have to fight their way
to the main cave entrance where their ship is located. After
running back to the entrance and turning the corner, they
come upon a chaotic scene where blaster fire is coming from
all directions. They will need to defeat a squad of Imperial
Army Troopers (see core rulebook for stats) to get to their
ship. If they manage to lift off and fight of any stragglers that
try to board their ship to tag along, they need to either dodge
the two AT-STs at the entrance or destroy them. The walkers
will have time for one or two parting shots before the PCs can
lift off and escape.
If they try to rescue the freedom fighters as well, they will
have to hold of the army troopers while they get the fighters
on board. Most of the fighters will want to stay and fight but
a Hard Leadership (111) check forces them on board. The
PCs will have to hold off two squads of Army troopers for 10
rounds while the fighters get on board.
Fight REWARDS
If the PCs chooses to try to save the freedom fighters, they Give the PCs 20 XP for completing this scenario. If they
will probably either need to organise the freedom fighters as manage to save the base camp and help the freedom fighters
mentioned above via Leadership, or they need to defeat three survive, they receive another 10 XP. Plus additional motivation
squads of Army Troopers by themselves (one squad at a time) rewards as per the core rulebook.
to get to the AT-STs, and them finally find a way to destroy
the walkers. Using their ship is probably the best option, but
a kind GM can find some other ways for them to succeed (for
example, have the walkers stand much too close to a rock face
so that a blast of concentrated fire can cause a rock slide or
similar results). The GM should try to make the battle seem
chaotic and alive like all battles, and not simply an exercise in
die rolling.

If the PCs help fight of the Imperial force, Rawa (if he survived)
thanks them profoundly and promises to be more careful for
now on. Even if he discovered the weapons were useless, he
realizes that the PCs are obviously pawns in this double cross
and promises to buy from somebody else in the future. The
PCs might have a suggestion?

aftermath
No matter how the last assault ends, the freedom fighters
discredit their supplier. Captured fighters spread the word
from prison (“and we would have gotten away with it too, if
it weren’t for those useless blaster carbines…”) or if the PCs
saved the camp, Rawa mentions it to all his contacts. Bargos
is pleased with the PCs and even more so if he manages to
pick up an arms contract in the process.