The Mystery of the False Jedi

[Squall]

It is the Golden age of the Republic
despite minor interplanetarry conflicts
and some outer ring systems, the galaxy
is at peace. But as with all governments,
The Republic is not perfect.

A hidden Organization has begun to spread a new
performance altering drug, even though the effects
are Jedi-like powers and enhanced strength, the
after effects are lethargy, listlessness and in some cases, death.

Even though several Jedi have been
Dispatched across the galaxy
none have returned with useful
information or have even returned at all.

Meanwhile beyond a black hole cluster lies a lonely
potato-shaped planet that has been inhabited by a
lone black cloaked humanoid a mass of human slaves
and a small well trained militia.

Cloaked Man: Are you sure the next shipment is going to be on time commander Krin??

Commander Krin: I can assure the shipment as far as the Maw Lord, but beyond that we have no form of deep-space travel. the last shipment was besieged by space pirates... Lord...

Cloaked Man: Commander .. Maybe it is time that we seek the help of ... more reliable help. Perhapes a bounty hunter, if you and your men can not garuntee my shipments?

You will send out a message. We need to start some recruiting, at... 10,000 cerdits per shipment...

Commander Krin: Lord... I, I mean, my men and I can...

*The cloaked man raises his hand*

Cloaked Man: Are you questioning me Commander?

*Commander Krin swallows hard as the memories of the last commanders death plague his mind.*

Commander Krin: No my lord. the message shall be sent at once.

*Krin walkes out of the conference office, fear and determination in his eyes.

The Cloaked "Lord" turns and stares out at his planet as the atmosphere slowly escapes the low gravity of the tiny planet and towards the spectacle of the mighty Black Hole formation that he has dubbed "The Maw "*

[Mara]

On the backwater planet of Resillia, Sulah Hypydro sits in a catina sipping a strong drink while going over a list of her ship's cargo. A smuggler's life was sure hard, well, not to her, but many thought so. She grinned a bit thinking about her latest adventure where she beat out Hung D'uly for that shipment of fine wines. Ahh, good times... Finishing her drink, she grabbed her list, and dropped a few coins on the bar, and headed out the door.

Arriving at her ship, the beautiful Syphia, she got in and headed aft to recheck the hold. Satisfied, Sulah went to her cabin to rest a bit.

[SWFDM the bored]

Odysseaus Horn sat at his desk in the headquarters of Corellian Security in Cornet City, browsing over a report of a new drug on the market. He sighed and he put the data pad down on the desk. He ran his hand through his brown hair as he thought of what lied ahead of him.
He headed towards the docking bay were his emerald and black Corellian frieghter The Ashes of Corell
He powered up the engine and set off for the other side of the planet to investigate a drug dealing ring that may have some clue as to the source of this new drug

[MikeyJ]

Daedin sat back, examining the fact sheet on his latest bounty. He wasn't a bounty hunter, and he resented being used as such, but the pay was good. Why they would pay to have her brought in, he wouldn't know. His slicers had found nothing major on her, no outstanding warrants, no convictions of anything, just some minor suspicions of smuggling in some of the fringe worlds.

Oh well. It didn't really matter. She would be caught, and she wouldn't even see it coming.

Besides, it certainly beat covert ops in Deep Space.

He looked over the case file again, annoyed at the simplicity of it all. He figured two, maybe three days of hunt time, and he'd have his mark. Then he'd be looking for more work.

[SWFDM the bored]

Landing on the other side of the planet Odysseus pulled a nerf leather jacket over his street cloths and flips th collar up over his neck.
He walks over to a dust cantina and steps inside. He spots his Devorian contact and goes to sit by him.
Orderung a lomin ale he turns to the horned male.
"What do you got for me Brum?" He asks
The Devorian looks around and the he smiles
"I've got only a little. All I know is that the last shipment came from a group of pirates outta Nal Hutta. Now the money Horn."
"Thanks Brum." He slaps a 500 cred down on the table and walks back to the Ashes

[Mara]

Awaking, Sulah headed to the coc.kpit to set in coordinates for her next destination, the drop-off point. She grimaced, why did it always have to be so far from the pick-up point? Sighing heavily she keyed the numbers into the nav computer anyway. Turning on the Syphia, she fired the repulsorlifts and headed out of Resillia's atmosphere. Minutes later she disappeared, entering the realm of hyperspace, headed towards Weryt, a small planet near Tatooine.

[SWFDM the bored]

Seeing that the name of the pirate gang was not one that worked out of Nal Hutta Odysseus sent his request back to HQ and recieved conermation to head to Tatooine where he would dig some durt up about these so called "Mos Eisly Raiders"

[MikeyJ]

Daedin sat back in his cockpit chair, relaxing. He would be arriving at Tatooine shortly, with his mark arriving shortly after. It would be a good day, and likely relatively easy. He preferred it that way.

[Squall]

Commander Krin: Terias, put this message through the typical channels.

Sick of standard fares?
Tired of hunting down "criminals"?

This is a once in a lifetime chace. Shipping fare.

Follow the attached co-ordinates for more details.

Total purse: 10,000.

Future employ: Possible.

Send.

Terias finished typing up the message and sent it, then looked up at Commander Krin with a puzzled look on his face.

Terias: Sir? Do we not have sufficient troops to deliver our shipments to the underground?

Commander Krin: Yes but this is what Lord Strider has requested, and i do not make it a habit to question Lord Strider. I suggest you do not either.

Terias: Yes sir.

[Mara]

She landed in the small spaceport of Weryt, well, if you could even say a spaceport. More like a block of permacrete with a little building off to the side. Sulah stood there beside her ship, tapping her booted foot on the ground. He's late... I'll have to charge a few extra creds...

[SWFDM the bored]

Odysseus land at the well kept space port that was Mos Eisly and paid the port fee to the clerk for what ever mining corperation was running the planet this week.
He then wandered the street until he came across a Cantina looking for anything suspicious, his blaster close at his side

[Mara]

Frustrated, Sulah took out her blaster and started fiddling with it. Why was the pick-up going down so kriffin' late?! she fumed to herself. She looked up at the clear skies, no sign of any ship anywhere. This planet was making her uneasy, which did not happen often. Sulah just wanted her job done and over with so she could leave and go back to her home base until the next job.

[SWFDM the bored]

While Odysseus sat he must have dosed off because when he awoke he was starring down the barrel of a blaster rifle. Putting his hands up he say, "I'll go, I'll go." He is then hit in the back of the head and knocked unconsiouse.
He woke up tied to a chair in a cool room, who knows where.
He tugged at the rope at it came loose. He looked for the source of the air and then ran up to a vent in the wall. He took it off and began to climb through the shaft towards the light at teh end of the tunnel. He stops as he hears voices and realized that he hadn't closed the vent behind him. So he crawled as fast as he could until he stumbled out into the street. It wasn't a street on Tatooine though. He saw a sign that read "Weryt Spaceport" He ran in that direction until he came to a women next to her ship.
He flashed his bage.
"I'm commendeering this ship, in the name of the Corellian Security Force on behalf of the Republic." He began to move towards the landing ramp

[Mara]

"Woah, buddy..." Sulah pointed her blaster at him and got in front of the ramp. "Not so fast."

[SWFDM the bored]

"Put the blaster down ma'am. Shooting an officer of the law is a capital offence on Corellia, and I'll be happy to compensate you for what ever you miss when you drop me back at Tatooine. Now step aside.." He tries to step forward again