Episode 1: A New Hutt

Gwekk eyeballs the situation for a little while longer before saying: "Look Genko. I know a thing or two about how Gamorreans do their mating rituals. And this looks far too friendly as far as Gamorrean mating rituals go. What's really going on here?"

Why don’t we avoid unnecessary combat, especially if things are going on we don’t understand. If you have some steam to vent let’s go someplace quiet, set our weapons to stun and let rip.

OOC We could have a mock fight against each other to test dice rather than antagonise amarous Gamorreans :-)

Genko sighs, "alright alright. We're having some "troubles" paying some of the guard's salaries... It costs A LOT of money to run Bargos' local operation, you know?"

At this stage most of the Gamorreans that are loyal to Bargos have been knocked out cold. Some of the non-loyal guards push past you and approach Bargos, complaining in loud squeals about their problems and Bargos then doing his best to ignore them and send them away. Some of the other non-loyal Gamorreans are just walking around looking happy with themselves, flexing their muscles in a show of strength.

Genko steps in closer and says quietly "you better make sure you deliver on these 100,000 credits, eh? Best be going now."

You take off toward Gavos but during the flight you hit a few problems. Firstly Dud knows that the Empire is patrolling some of the space in the general area between Bargos' palace and Gavos, you manage to make the journey without major troubles with the Empire by taking a longer route than normal, though during the extended journey you experience some very weird power fluctuations and discover a lone Mynock has made its way into the ship and is feasting on power from some critical systems. You manage to "fix" this little problem and enjoy some Mynock Cloud City at the same time.

I don't think Gwekk has strong thoughts on the quality of the ship's quarters. He's more focused on the mission and is rather excited to finally be underway. During the flight, he'll likely take up co-piloting tasks (I think that was a slot?) and reading up the latest issue of Bounty Hunter's Life magazine. Oh and he might spend some time practicing that gun spinning trick. Spinning is a good trick here, right?

Jack wonders around the spaceship barely paying attention to the people on board, it's been years since he's been on board one after spending a few happy months working his way around the outer rime on a freighter. He takes the bunk nearest the engines, the low and incessant hum of the engines is soothing to Jack. He casually inspects the vessel nodding appreciatively at the more obvious modifications in the design. Finally, he makes his way to the cockpit and nodding a greeting to Dudd and Gwekk asks Dud to tell him a little bit about the ship.

OOC- Jack appears quite distant and aloof in most instances like social interaction makes him feel awkward, but his eyes light up with a genuine passion when talking about machinery or ships.

As you approach the planet of Gavos you immediately get a sense of how small and inhospitable this planet is. Even from your approaching distance you see no oceans or green and the planet appears to be covered in thick swirling storms

Swiveling around in his chair to get a better look, Gwekk "Yeesh. Gavos look as friendly as those Gamorrean "girls" back at Bargos's. Hey Dud, take the Hood a bit closer, I think I can work the ship's sensors while you land this thing" Turning back to the rough looking console, Gwekk plays around with the ship sensors to scan the planet surface for anything of note.

As he attempts to tune the ship sensors, he asks aloud, "Shouldn't someone on the mining facility contact us? Seems odd that we just arrived and no one down there has said a peep about us showing up."

Jack stares at the sensor screen looking for built-up areas or landing beacons with ID's to match the Mining facility.

Erek has heard of the planet Gavos before and knows it as a toxic and lifeless planet. The really weird thing about Gavos is how little you know beyond this information, and you start to realise that normally if a mine is productive and well run its also fairly well known, so you start to wonder how or why Gavos slipped under the radar and what this means for your mission.

After a few tries with the scanner between Gwekk and Jack you start receiving data back. Firstly, it appears that the mining facility is the only artificial structure on the whole planet, which makes sense given what Erek knows and since the readouts confirm the entire planet is covered in toxic air and strong winds that are so strong they would throw most starships around like a Hutt throws a Klatooine Paddy Frog. The atmosphere is so strong and toxic it may even be interfering with the mining facility communications systems.

You also discover that the mining facility is surrounded by something that protects it from the storms though your scans don't really tell you what it is exactly.

Lastly, you get some very faint readings of life and operational electronic systems within the mining facility. Based on your scans you work out that you should have no trouble landing, despite the lack of response on the comms.

After landing, quickly presses his face against the nearest viewport. From his vantage point he could see the red dust swirl against whatever shielding protected the mining facility. He was slightly relieved he didn't have to go wandering into the storm itself, though staring at the wind crash against the shielding slightly unnerved him.

Turning his attention to the mining facility itself, it seemed a rather nondescript standard facility. It loomed in the whatever light from Gavos's sun that managed to shine through the thick red cloud cover. Conspicuously, Gwekk noticed that no one was on the pad to greet them. "Maybe we should get out and knock." he murmured to himself.