Then a communication officer barked out, “My Lord, we have… yes… a Republic vessel just translated from hyperspace.”
The Captain responded, “Battle stations, this is an ambush!”
Darth Baras frowned but said nothing as sensors started picking up more and more hits from the dark side of the planet and closing fast. A swarm of fighters, they were attacking both the Empire and Republic… a bold if crazy strategy surely these pirates…
“Hyperdrive offline… sustaining damage…” another crewman responded.
The Captain said, “Impossible!”
Lightning arced out from Darth Baras and the Captain was now a burnt wreck of meat and bones. He said calmly, “XO, you now have command, delaying action. Do your duty unto Death, begin evacuations.”
The new Captain nodded and said, “Get my firing resolutions, no one leaves their post!”
Another voice, “I am getting an Imperial distress beacon from the surface.”
Darth Baras said, “That is our target, either it is a trap or it isn’t but it is better than here. Captain, continue.”
The Sith Lord departed as the Captain frowned and said, “Target the command ship, all engines to full if we must die for the Empress we do so on our terms. For the EMPIRE!”
Event Type: Main
Participants: Imperial and Unaligned
Timeslots: Early Morning
Description: The ship is being boarded and although the pirates are not better trained they are tenacious and backed by powerful droids that are proving difficult to deal with. Alarm klaxons are blaring and all hands if they can need to find their way to the emergency pods or to their ships and make for the surface while interceptors attempt a delaying action.
The ship is lost, but with luck the mission can continue on the ground. There is an emergency beacon to follow but also a blizzard in that region of Hoth, so any travel by vehicle or foot will be perilous and dangerous.
Rules: Getting to the surface can be done via life pods or via a personal ship.
Escape via Life Pod: The player can make one of two rolls they can try and use their knowledge of terrain and the minor directional thruster to navigate towards the beacon and land on target through the storm or brace for impact; they cannot do both.
- Navigate: They can make an Astrogation or Survival check at Hard difficulty with two setback due to the blizzard conditions (3 purple dice and 2 black dice) and land at Echo Base in the next time slot, otherwise they land in the Icy Wastes and suffer 5 wounds, not soakable, and a critical injury for the hard landing.
- Brace for Impact: Make an Average Resilience or Coordination check (2 purple dice), but they are lost in the Icy Wastes. If they fail the roll they suffer 5 wounds, can be soaked, and a Critical Injury if the damage is not soaked.
Rewards/Outcome: The players either land in the Icy Wastes or Echo Base.
