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 CHAPTER 40: WEAK RISTS Previously posted:JOLUNE MOL'NEUX has secured the support of ASTAR VOX and his mercenary army for HOUSE TERAL, in order that the marriage of FASHA TERAL and LEW ORGANA may proceed, to ensure that an alliance between HOUSE ORGANA and HOUSE TERAL be secured, so that LORD TERAL can approve JOLUNE as his delegate to the ALDERAAN PEACE CONFERENCE, where MASTER SIDONIE GAREN may need to be stopped from doing SOMETHING EVIL that we haven't found about yet...   : The good news is, everyone's heard how you impressed Astar Vox and broke the siege-- including Organa. They've agreed to the marriage-alliance. : I just did that five minutes ago. How do you propose marriage in five minutes?: By signing the appropriate documents in the presence of a notary. Takes thirty seconds. : And they say romance is dead.: Now, the bad news: Lew Organa has been kidnapped!: Then we have to get him back.  : An Organa-Teral alliance would be disastrous to Ulgo. They must have ordered Rist to kidnap Lew Organa to stop the alliance.: Surely Organa has planned a reprisal. I mean, people on this planet have started wars for passing the port the wrong way, never mind abducting an heir.: House Organa is planning to attack House Ulgo, and if they do, casualties will be great and peace impossible. The entire peace summit will collapse and with it, our hopes of an alliance. : I will do my utmost.: I have come to expect nothing less. Rist's assassins are uncanny, and you'll be going right into their nest. : Understood. What's the fastest route to House Rist?: The roads are a battlefield now, and the Rist defence systems would shoot down a shuttle in seconds. Fortunately, there are other ways to travel. Older ways.: ?AND SO...   : Mmmeeeehh! :   : This thranta will take you to Wardpost Landa. From there you may travel by speeder to Rist territory. :   :   :   :    : Enjoy thranta ride?: It was possibly the greatest thing that has ever happened to me in my entire life. I would put up with all the bugs and inbred aristos on this planet forever, if I could have my own lizard bat fish.  : I can't tell if that's a military bunker or a holiday home. Probably both, knowing Alderaan.   : Many statues here. Rist base more ornate than expected.: Assassination is a pretty high-stress job. I guess the artwork helps maintain a relaxing work environment. : Hey, there's our guy! [VIDEO: Lewser]   : House Teral sent you, didn't they? They called about an alliance--I was riding to meet them and--well, thank goodness you're here.: I'm glad I was able to make it in time.: Thank you-- ouch-- I'm still a little sore, but I'll live thanks to you. : I woke up here. But were they trying to prevent the alliance? Who would want to do that?: Without the marriage-alliance, I can't get to the summit. Maybe someone doesn't want me to go.: It's not all about you, you know.: The Force says otherwise. Unfortunately. : As I lost consciousness, they were talking about Master Sidonie.: That famed Rist discretion.: But how could she be involved? It has to be a frame job. It must be.: I believe Master Sidonie is very ill, but if I can get to the summit, I hope to help her. : I can't leave here until I know if Master Sidonie was involved.  There is a short escort sequence here, as you and Lew walk to the next room and get attacked by Rist assassins along the way. It is boring and stupid and there's no tension as Lew is invulnerable. It's just there to force you into several dull fights.  : That looks like a comm panel.: Let's try last number redial...  : But I am extremely busy right now. I can't afford interruptions.: You hired the assassins who kidnapped Lew Organa. Why?: I would be careful about making such outrageous accusations against a Jedi Master.: That's not actually a denial. *bzzt* : Wait-- Master Sidonie! I don't understand. What was her frequency doing here?: I assure you-- Master Sidonie's not herself.: Should she be leading the summit, then? She could do something terrible!: Of course she could! That's what I've been saying since I got here! Haven't you been paying attention!?: No, not really. But in my defence, I am very rich. : I'll see that the Organa-Teral alliance is finalized and that you get to the summit.: OK, let's go.: The Rist have thranta stables outside. They should get us back to House Teral.:  :   : Wheeee!MUCH GIGGLING LATER...  It's a nice touch that on your return to House Teral a lot of the battle damage to the buildings has been repaired, and there's scaffolding up around the broken statues.    : Lord Teral, without risk, there can be no glory. The only way to avoid risk is to avoid war, but that's not very effective or fun, is it? : No, I suppose it isn't.: Then Operation: Naked Maniac is greenlit? : We haven't stood this proud since our house was young and building its first alliance with House Panteer. Thank you, Jedi.: It was your plan, I merely executed.: But we couldn't have done any of it without you. Lew Organa and my daughter Fasha are getting acquainted as we speak. : Now I need to get to the summit and find Master Sidonie. : I have the packet the last delegate was supposed to use, but I don't understand its contents-- some coordinates and a data spike. It appears that you need to go to those coordinates and do something with the data spike? : Just one moment, Jedi. If I may... we would like to ask one last thing. There will never be peace for House Teral as long as House Ulgo exists. : I don't want to do anything that will destabilize the peace. : Please, Jedi. House Teral has security now, but we still required justice. NEXT TIME: We find Master Sidonie well and it all goes smoothly. Ha ha, fat chance. BONUS CODEX CONTENT: Thranta posted:Thrantas are a species of flying animals indigenous to Alderaan. Their powerful wing muscles and internal air sacs allow them to stay aloft while carrying large amounts of weight, making them perfect aerial mounts. Early Alderaanian colonists made extensive use of thrantas, using them for personal and military transport. Their popularity on Alderaan generated an enormous demand for the animals on Coruscant; thousands of thrantas were transplanted, but they were unable to survive the city-world’s heavy air pollution. Since that debacle, the Alderaanians have refused to export the thrantas offworld and hunting them on Alderaan is strictly forbidden. This has only made thranta smuggling and thranta poaching more appealing in certain circles. Inferior fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Jan 14, 2014 |
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