Chapter 1: Welcome to the Jungle

You step out of the humid, insect-ridden jungle and into the relative cool of the garage. For the first time since your ship delivered you to Onderon and departed, the hum of machinery drowns out the sounds of the jungle. The smell of machine oil hangs in the air all around the garage. You see a number of speeder bikes, as well as a pair of AT-ST walkers, and their hatches locked. There are several crates in the room, as well as a number of fuel tanks. A large metal door on the other side of the bay, sealed by a complex lock, leads into the base itself.

Your first task, entry, went smoothly enough. The codes worked like a charm. Who uses 1-2-3-4-5 as a code? Next step: cut the comm line, preventing the main base from contacting any distant reinforcements. That won't be all though. The snoops in Intelligence mentioned a shuttle we'll need to disable to prevent escape. Once that's done, we should be all clear to take the Command and Control room and claim the base as our own!

You find the comm line you've been told to cut and slice through it, severing Whisper Base from the outside world with a hiss and a spray of sparks. You have only moments before a patrol comes to look into the disturbance.

What do you do?

While Tendaar hacks into the system, I will check the contents of the crates and examine the area. While doing this, I will be constantly watching the large metal door to see if anyone comes through and making sure that if the door does start to open, I am close to an object I can take cover behind.

Tendaar had his pad ready, and seamlessly sliced in a clean signal on the line. But all he could do was send a "null" or "no-op" signal. He can't simulate a working signal when someone actually tries to use the line. They likely only have a few minutes before someone would come looking.

Imen is able to keep his eyes on the door and where he could dash to hide if anyone came through, but doing so is a distraction. He's only able to check the first, bigger crate. It's locked, and the keypad isn't responding.

Black scans the jungle near the garage door. He detects no movement, beyond wind and small animals.

Zal goes to work cataloguing the speeders on this side of the garage. The bikes seem to be almost all in working order. In fact most don't seem to be used very often. She confirms the four closest to the northeast door are fueled and ready to go.

Zal can hardly contain her excitement, mixed with a good deal of nervousness as she realizes just how long they've been in an imperial base without any sign of imperials.

Black double checks their external exit, but all seems quiet.

Imen is less than thrilled with the distraction, and takes up a firing position on the door.

Tendaar tries to get the latch open, but the lock and rust prevent him from making much progress. And as he does, the light he setup on the line goes off. Everyone turns to see it and immediately knows they'll have company soon.

As you slide into your hidden positions, you hear the sounds of hard boots on a pourstone floor and the idle chatter of Imperial soldiers coming from behind the door into the base. "It's probably just a cannok chewing on the—wait, what's that on top of the AT-ST?" You see four common foot soldiers staring up at Tendaar, with blasters drawn. They don't seem to have noticed anyone else. "Hey fish-head! Hands up!" the lead guard yells, taking aim at Tendaar.