Twilight of the Order, Episode 1.
Unraveling, war rages unchecked across countless systems,
shattering alliances and drowning entire worlds in fire.
The Republic, once a beacon of stability, fractures under the weight of conflict and emerging corruption.
The Jedi Order, spread thin, struggles to maintain peace in a galaxy spiraling into chaos.
An impassable war zone known as the Dead Meridian divides the galaxy.
Here the front lines have dissolved into lawless territories ruled by warlords, deserters,
and shadowy powers beyond the Republic's reach.
Passage through the region is perilous, with entire fleets vanishing without a trace.
Yet, even in the shadow of galactic collapse, fate steers the lives of unlikely individuals.
Clyde Zetterborn, a seeker of lost knowledge, driven by curiosity as much as purpose.
Kitaz Tortenato, a protector with a heart as large as his fist, loyal but dangerously naive.
Uli Lenara, a sentinel haunted by the weight of past decisions, navigating the line between duty and defiance.
Their paths will soon converge, drawn into events far greater than themselves,
where the choices of a few may shape the destiny of many.
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Welcome to Jedi Party, Twilight of the Order.
I am going to start this off doing something we should never, ever do, and that is immediately split the party.
So, who wants to go first?
I'll go first.
Okay.
Matt, I'll keep you on, but I am going to deafen Bridget and Boo.
Fuck you.
We can still hear you.
Yeah, those guys suck.
Brandon, can you hear me?
No.
Okay.
Wait, what?
I'm so confused now.
All right.
So, Taz, is that how you want your name pronounced, Taz?
Taz, yeah.
Travis is watching.
Oh, maybe I should also mute.
I was so excited when you told me.
Is he almost done?
He just started season one.
Oh, yeah.
I guess I'm going to.
Yeah.
Okay, they're muted.
All right.
So, where?
Oh, yeah.
You want to be called Taz, right?
Taz, yeah.
All right.
Well, it's not that I want to be called Taz.
It's kind of like the Mithran Yerodo.
Yeah.
It's hard to pronounce in basic.
Okay.
Yeah, I could say that.
Or you could say that.
I had a hard time pronouncing it in the opening.
All right.
So, where would you be spending maybe your everyday, a day in the life of Taz?
It's typically in the stables of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.
Okay.
That was kind of the job I was assigned to after I didn't really fit in to expand in my force powers as much as they wanted me to.
Okay.
So, basically, the stables.
And, oh, shoot.
I didn't get you over here.
Are you in the room you can see the stables?
Yeah.
Okay.
So, what would you be doing in the stables?
Like, let's say it's a Monday.
On a Monday is typically the feeding and cleaning.
Well, every day is feeding, obviously, but to clean certain animals.
Okay.
You're cleaning one of the stables, and off in the distance, you hear a weird rustling and, like, a whistling.
And I look, just try to kind of pinpoint it.
And I go, I think I know a pen that's coming from.
So, I start walking towards that pen.
Okay.
Roll a perception.
Difficulty?
Uh, make it hard.
So, three difficulty.
Purple.
That is not good.
Four failures?
Jesus.
Um, but you have one advantage.
Um, since you don't know what it is, I'll just say that, uh, you hear something come closer as you come there.
You turn around and you see, um, a man standing there.
Uh, a big man.
Um, yeah, you just have to zoom in.
And he conks you on the head and throws a sheet over you.
Um.
Oh.
Yeah.
And he's starting to drag you away.
Do I, am I passed out or?
You're not passed out.
Um, but you are completely enveloped in a black cloth.
And being pulled away.
So, I'm going to start wrangling or rolling around and yelling and be like, what is going on?
Quiet, quiet.
No, tell me what's going on.
No.
Can't just sneak up and hit someone in the head.
And.
And I just start kicking wildly.
Try a.
Um.
Let's see.
I guess.
I don't know.
I'm trying to think of what you would do to struggle against it.
It'd be some kind of strength.
For all.
Yeah.
Just, just, just roll, just roll a hard brawl.
Oh, wow.
That's cool.
The dice.
Yeah.
They're all dirty.
All right.
Uh.
Oh, this is your old.
Roll.
I was like, you rolled the exact same thing.
Uh.
Threat.
You take one strain.
Um.
And he drags you outside.
And you can tell he drags you into a speeder.
All right.
You're going.
You're going mute and deaf.
Bridget.
Ah.
Okay.
You are now on mute and on deaf.
Um.
But.
Uh.
Uli.
Yeah.
Let's say it's a Monday.
Not necessarily morning or night, but it's the start of her day.
I don't know when her day starts.
Um.
Because I'm thinking maybe she might be a night owl.
Yeah.
Early afternoon is, uh.
When we get up.
Okay.
Uh.
So what would she be doing?
What would she be doing?
Yeah.
Like.
All right.
Get ready with me.
Uli.
Lenara edition.
Uh.
She has a pretty like shitty kind of apartment.
Uh.
Where are.
Are we just in like space right now?
You are in Coruscant.
Okay.
Perfect.
Uh.
She has a really kind of just like dingy apartment she has in Coruscant.
It's a.
It's a one bedroom.
Pretty much in the slums.
Not quite in the part of town where it's like, oh.
This is super dangerous.
But it's not nice.
It's a pretty shitty apartment in a pretty shitty area of town.
Um.
She starts her evening.
Or her day rather.
Uh.
By getting up.
She.
Uh.
Doesn't necessarily work for like a particular.
She has her own essentially private eye agency.
And by that I mean.
She does odd jobs and services.
For those who need it.
Um.
Not necessarily like.
She's not an assassin by any means.
But if people get killed in what she does.
You know.
That sucks.
Okay.
Not the end of her day.
So she probably starts by kind of going through.
And checking her messages.
Any sort of like correspondence that she got.
If there's any new jobs that she's been offered.
Or if she's.
Uh.
You know.
Something that she started.
Has kind of.
You know.
Got any leads on.
Um.
And then from there.
It's kind of hitting the pavement.
And following up on leads.
Following up on things that she's.
Uh.
Tasks that she's.
Kind of given herself.
So like.
If there's someone she needs to talk to.
Or a shop.
She needs to check out.
Or a bar.
She needs to do some.
Uh.
Covert.
Uh.
That's where she will head off to.
Uh.
In the beginning of the night.
Okay.
You've.
The night before.
Um.
You got this.
Um.
Message.
That.
Um.
Somebody that wants to give you a job.
They were a little secretive about it.
They did give you a place to meet.
Um.
The next day.
It's.
A little bit unusual.
But not super unusual.
Given your line of work.
Yeah.
I think Uli's used to.
People maybe not being so forthcoming.
Of what they need from her.
Um.
So she's not used to the.
She's used to the idea.
That there's kind of like.
No name behind.
Behind it.
Um.
But she takes it.
Kind of.
With her normal sense of skepticism.
As she normally does.
Obviously she's going to come into it.
Kind of ready and prepared.
For anything to happen.
But.
Uh.
She's not like.
Oh.
This is clearly a trap.
Or anything.
Um.
And.
As you.
Uh.
You start to walk to this meetup.
Um.
Roll.
Uh.
A.
Roll a perception.
A perception.
Okay.
And.
Where is this.
Does the.
Thing I got.
Give any indication.
Of where the.
Uh.
Meetup is.
Happening.
It's.
In.
It's.
Not far off.
Of the beaten path.
But it is a little bit.
Off of the beaten path.
It's an.
An alley.
Similar to the one.
That.
Uh.
I did.
Throw up here.
Uh.
But it's not exactly.
That one.
Okay.
But it's kind of just like.
In the middle of a busy street.
Yes.
Except.
He did.
Ask you to come into an alley.
Off of the busy street.
I see.
Okay.
So.
But it's not like.
In like a maze.
It's just a little bit.
Sure.
Where.
Yeah.
Uh.
One proficiency.
One ability.
Pretty normal.
Um.
Well.
The.
That.
That part would be.
Based on your character sheet.
Oh yeah.
Sorry.
The difficulty would just be too purple.
Sorry.
Yeah.
Too difficulty.
Cool.
Yeah.
Okay.
You.
You fail to.
Uh.
To see anything out of place.
Mm-hmm.
Um.
And you go into the alley.
It's a bit empty.
And.
All of a sudden.
You hear.
A speeder.
Zoom by.
And screech to a halt.
Would they.
Screech a speeder.
Uh.
But.
Whatever.
It screeches to a halt.
Um.
At the T.
Where the intersection is.
And you see.
Um.
Someone jump out.
It looks.
He looks kind of like this.
And.
He's got.
He's armed with a big bag.
Um.
That he's attempting to.
To throw over you.
Oh.
So he's trying to get me in the bag.
Yes.
Okay.
Uh.
I think her first reaction is just to like.
Engage him into like.
A brawl.
Like.
To fight him.
Okay.
All right.
So she's going to raise her fist.
And try to like.
Kind of grapple with him.
And push him out of the.
Out of the way.
Okay.
Um.
Roll.
The.
A brawl.
Uh.
Against three.
Purples.
Cool.
A failure with a triumph.
Okay.
I guess that just kind of washes out.
Yeah.
Um.
Can I get.
How would you like to spend?
I would like to triumph by getting one good punch in.
But still ultimately failing and getting in the bag.
When you say that way.
It sounds like you punched him.
And then you like got into the bag.
Yeah.
All right.
You got me.
You start climbing into the bag.
All right.
I got you.
I got it.
No.
I.
I don't know.
Maybe he's just.
You know.
I'm going to get one good punch in.
But you know.
He's stronger.
Or whatever.
More dexterous.
And it's still.
He has a partner.
That.
Sneaks up.
Yeah.
From behind him.
And does get the best of you.
Um.
And they.
Throw you.
Into a speeder.
And.
Um.
Speed away.
All right.
You're mute.
You're going to go on mute.
And deaf.
All right.
Clyde.
Are you there?
One second.
Who is this?
This is Juggles.
I mean Clyde.
Okay.
Clyde.
Clyde Ketterborn.
Zetterborn.
Oh.
Zetterborn.
Oh.
Z.
You want to avoid the two K's.
No.
I want to avoid the.
The mispronunciation of my name.
Okay.
Sorry.
Uh.
It's okay.
Clyde.
Let's say it's the start of your work week.
Um.
What might you be doing?
I'm in the library of the Jedi.
Uh.
The Jedi Temple.
Uh.
You know.
Sorting things.
Cleaning things.
Making sure everything's spruced up.
And looking nice for the new day.
Okay.
So.
You would say it's.
Like in the morning.
Uh.
Sure.
Why not?
Okay.
Yeah.
It doesn't matter.
None of this matters.
Nihilism.
Exhausting.
Yeah.
Okay.
Let's say.
You are in the library.
Um.
You're starting to spiffy up a little bit.
Um.
What might be your task for today?
Um.
My task is to look busy.
Uh.
Make sure my boss doesn't see me.
Uh.
Futzing around my favorite sections of the library.
And uh.
You know.
Just trying to.
You know.
Just trying to get through the day.
Really man.
It's just.
You know.
Life.
You see a.
A book that's.
Out of place.
It's sticking out of the shelf.
Um.
And it's a very bright red color.
Which everything else in here is brown.
But this book is red.
What the hell is this doing here?
How did you just have a red book?
Uh.
Who could have known?
You.
You pick it up.
And um.
You open it up.
And.
Sure.
All the pages are blank.
Fuck.
All of them?
Yeah.
What about the index?
Uh.
The index is also blank.
Table of contents?
Which.
Yes.
The table of contents is blank.
Suggesting that the rest of the book is also blank.
This is a mystery.
Also out of character.
It's great.
Because it's a Sherlock Holmes mystery.
Oh.
I see.
I see what you did there.
It's a pun.
No.
Not everything I do.
Okay.
Everything's a pun.
All right.
Um.
Roll a.
I guess it could be a perception or a study or something.
I guess.
I have to remember what our skills here are.
Yeah.
What is.
I don't see study.
I guess.
Knowledge.
Lore.
Maybe.
The hell is it?
Uh.
If you click on skills.
There's.
Towards the bottom.
There's like knowledge skills.
Oh.
There's a line.
Hold on.
Give me a second.
Weird.
That's.
That's new.
Okay.
Uh.
Knowledge.
Uh.
Okay.
Lore.
You said?
Yeah.
You said lore.
Yes.
Anything.
Uh.
Anything.
Any.
Uh.
Modifiers.
No.
Just roll two purple die.
Okay.
Wow.
I didn't learn anything.
Well.
It's empty.
So.
Yeah.
The check.
The check failed.
Um.
Yeah.
It.
It's empty.
Um.
And.
All of a sudden.
Your world is in darkness.
You.
Have.
Had a.
Drape.
You.
You're covered in some kind of cloth.
Ah.
What's going on?
Be quiet.
Make this easy.
Hey.
Come on.
I'm just trying to read a book here.
How are you trying to read a book?
It's got no letters in it.
How do you know?
Interesting.
Um.
I ask good questions.
And they start dragging you off.
What?
What's going on?
Hey.
Let me go.
Hey.
Quiet.
This is a library.
Hey.
Let me go.
Hey.
You're not Juggles.
I don't have to be.
Okay.
Who knows?
I haven't figured myself out yet.
All right.
Well.
You are then put into a speeder.
Um.
They drag you out of the library.
Into a speeder.
And.
Am I.
Am I like in a sack?
Or do they just have a head.
Like a thing over my head?
No.
It's a sack.
Oh my god.
It's like an old.
Yeah.
Like.
They just like.
Like.
Just throw me over their shoulders?
Yes.
Like a.
Like a continental soldier.
Oh my god.
These guys are.
Pretty well built.
I have to give them that.
Um.
And yes.
You're thrown.
In the back of a speeder.
Oh my god.
All right.
I'm going to undefin everyone now.
Oh great.
For my humiliation.
Let's make something.
Not a ton.
Oh.
She's watching porn.
No.
Never.
I never would.
That's too much talking for pornography.
But.
I don't know.
I don't know what kind of pornography women watch.
I don't watch.
Andy.
Are you back?
Yes.
Oh.
You can hear.
All right.
Yeah.
I can hear.
All right.
Um.
All right.
Let's.
All right.
You guys have been.
All.
Kidnapped at various times.
And.
You guys were sacked too?
I got sacked.
Wait.
Hold on.
You got sacked?
I got.
Wait.
So don't talk about this just yet.
Hold on.
And you guys.
You guys are taken to a place.
And your sacks are removed.
And.
Um.
You're.
Yeah.
You're in this tiny waiting room.
What the.
What the hell is this?
Who are you?
I'm Taz.
Nice to meet you.
Taz.
You?
Taz.
Taz Tortinato.
No.
Definitely not.
All right.
Tortinato.
And you?
No.
Not Tortinato.
Are we?
Tortinato.
What'd you say?
Taz Tortinato.
Not you.
The other one.
Where are we?
I don't know.
Where were you taken?
You're in.
You're in a small.
You're in a small room.
Uh.
It's.
You know.
A little bit bigger than your standard prison cell.
Um.
But it is.
A little bit nicer.
Than.
A prison cell.
Um.
And.
Uh.
Yeah.
Uh.
I'm going to stand up.
And try the door.
Okay.
Uh.
The door is locked.
Okay.
I.
Oh.
You didn't even let it roll for it.
I.
It would have been locked regardless.
You're surprised.
You say that.
But it's surprising how many number of people forget to lock the door.
And how often you can just like walk out of things.
I forget to lock the doors all the time.
That's why the animals always get out.
All right.
I'm going to shelve that one for later.
Okay.
Uh.
Is there any like distinguishing markings in the room?
Can I like look around?
Do I need to roll a perception?
Um.
Somebody can roll a perception or maybe a streetwise.
I don't know if anyone's particularly good at streetwise.
I got one streetwise.
No.
Yeah.
I got nothing in streetwise.
Or perception.
Basically blind.
I'm dumb as hell.
We're not saying that anymore.
Uh.
You got any problem with me rolling streetwise?
I don't.
Anyone?
Okay.
Uh.
Too difficulty?
Uh.
Yeah.
Okay.
Oh.
She's still rolling privately.
Oh.
No.
Bridget.
You got to roll publicly.
I don't know how to do that.
Um.
There should be a drop down.
Okay.
Like the bottom right hand corner.
Like where you type in stuff.
Oh.
I see.
Public roll.
There's.
Yeah.
Change that to public.
All right.
Do you guys see that?
I failed.
I'm telling myself.
Can I make this?
Okay.
Yeah.
You failed.
I'm glad we.
I'm glad we cleared that up.
But you do have one advantage.
Um.
God.
I don't know.
Um.
Can I.
Can I tell that it's like.
Not.
Look.
I take a look around and I kind of realize.
I don't know where I am.
But I can tell.
I'm not in like a prison cell.
And this is like a pretty clean room.
So I'm a little less nervous.
Yeah.
Than I was before.
It doesn't look like a drug den or anything.
You know.
It just looks like a kind of a small waiting room.
Taz pulls over the table to where he's sitting down.
Can I move my character.
No.
It's not meant to be.
Um.
Like an actual scene.
But.
Okay.
Um.
I'm trying this out.
We might not use it.
All right.
To where I'm sitting down.
I just put my feet up on the table.
Does that.
That's a classic.
Uh.
Taz turbo maneuver.
Taz Tortonato.
You uh.
You kick over a magazine.
Um.
And it sparks.
And.
It being a book.
Uh.
Gets the attention of Clyde.
Don't it.
It's a magazine.
I did the books.
Well.
I'm glad.
I'm just assuming.
I've been like.
While you guys have been talking.
I've been perusing through these magazines.
You know.
Like.
I kind of like.
Just kind of like.
Yeah.
Uh.
Roll.
Let's see.
I don't know what you have.
Um.
I have Batman 89.
That doesn't help.
Roll.
Education.
Sorry.
They.
It's got an update.
Now it's got a bar.
That I can't.
Like.
Oh.
There it is.
Yeah.
The.
It did update.
All right.
Uh.
Yeah.
You succeed in.
In.
Perusing.
Or having knowledge of these.
Uh.
Pamphlets.
And.
Magazines.
Um.
They.
Strike you as being.
Political.
Um.
That.
It would be the sort of thing.
That.
Uh.
Say.
A politician.
Had.
In their.
Office.
A politician.
Yeah.
Like.
Um.
I don't know.
Galaxy Weekly.
Yeah.
Galaxy Weekly.
Who's hot.
Who's not.
Vote up.
And vote down.
It's like the worst dentist office I've ever seen.
People.
Uh.
Galaxy People's magazine.
Yeah.
I started looking around for like the highlights magazine one.
No.
These are my magazines.
The one that has like puzzles and.
And stuff I could do.
You can have the children's ones.
That's.
Why are there children's ones in there?
Uh.
There's not.
There's not children's ones.
But there are some that do have um.
Uh.
Puzzles in the back.
Um.
Sort of like the New York Times.
Or something like that.
Like.
Like the children's ones.
Exactly like the children's ones.
But they are.
Um.
Not children's magazines.
Just for board senators.
Yes.
For board senators.
And or their children.
Who cussed.
Are there any mazes.
That I can try to complete?
Uh.
Yes.
You see a maze at the back.
But someone's already done it.
Bitch.
I'm sitting over there with my pen.
Yes.
I would have chose two.
While you guys were looking at a door.
I did a map.
Okay.
Well.
Uh.
This is getting us.
Absolutely nowhere.
Uh.
Is there a panel on the wall?
I like that this session.
Uh.
This iteration.
We're all well read.
Right.
We're all what?
Well read.
Well.
At least literate.
Yes.
Okay.
We'll see.
New guys got to understand.
We battled illiteracy in our last season.
So.
Yes.
Which my character could not read.
Maps nor words.
Yes.
And.
Also.
Sometimes pictures you had trouble with.
Yeah.
There's a panel on the wall.
Can I poke it?
You can poke it.
I poke the panel on the wall.
Um.
Not really knowing what I'm doing.
Is it like a.
Like a.
Computer comms panel.
Is that what it is?
Uh.
It's just a panel with buttons.
It's a panel with buttons.
Uh.
There's.
Yeah.
It's a panel with buttons.
Excellent.
This gets us nowhere.
Hey.
There's a panel over here.
Guys.
Wait.
I told you my name.
You guys never told me your names.
Yeah.
We didn't ask.
You yelled your name.
You said who are you people.
Yeah.
I told you I'm.
I'm Taz Tortinato.
All right.
We.
Taz.
Taz Tortilla.
And you.
She points to.
That's not.
That's not my name though.
Presumably the one doing the mazes in the magazine.
You.
Your name.
Oh.
I'm sorry.
I'm eating a.
My character is eating a panini.
He has a pocket.
Um.
My name is Clyde.
I'm a librarian.
And uh.
What.
You got gargled there.
I didn't hear what you said.
What.
Am.
I.
Doing.
Here.
But imagine that louder.
And madder.
And kind of.
I don't know.
What did you do?
Who did you piss off?
I didn't piss off anybody.
I finally.
I got it.
How did you.
How did you get here?
You already pissed me off.
How did you get here?
I was hooded.
Someone sacked me.
Hooded.
What were you doing.
Before you were hooded?
I was.
Working.
Okay.
No.
Hey.
What about you lady?
Yeah.
Lady.
You keep asking all these questions.
Yeah.
Lady.
And I go back to.
Why should I answer you?
I didn't ask you any questions.
You asked me who I am.
And you answered.
I'm asking him questions now.
Yeah.
But you're asking a lot of questions.
Yeah.
I want to get out of here.
Okay.
What's your name?
I love People Magazine.
Uli.
Got it.
Yeah.
Uli Lenarin.
Ali Lagarda.
Got it.
Yeah.
That doesn't feel so good.
Does it?
And you see one of the buttons on the panel goes from a neutral white to a green.
I push it.
And you hear a voice.
One minute please.
Why did you turn the button green if it was going to be a minute?
That's the one minute warning.
One minute to what?
Until he's ready to see you.
Until they are ready to see you.
Who is they?
Is the voice on the radio male or female?
Or on the comms?
Is it like a male or a female voice?
It's a female voice.
Secretary.
It is the 70s.
Sometime in the space 70s.
Yes.
They are about ready to see you.
I mean.
You think you kind of timed it better.
What were you doing?
Before you got bagged.
Me?
I was feeding the animals and then I got sacked.
As we are going to call it, I guess.
Cool.
Animals?
Yeah.
You work at a zoo?
What were you doing?
No.
Kind of like a zoo.
Yeah.
But it was the pens.
The pens.
The Jedi temple.
So you work at the Jedi temple.
I does.
Yeah.
You do.
I work at the Jedi temple.
You work at the Jedi temple.
Yeah.
Where do you work, Uli?
Not at the Jedi temple.
Well.
Okay.
That answers like part of the question.
Look.
I am a self-employed entrepreneur.
And I was going about my business.
I was.
I got offered a job.
So you live with your parents.
Got it.
No.
Don't live with my parents.
Definitely live in an apartment in Lower Coruscant.
And my neighbors cook really smelly foods.
Oh.
So that level.
Yeah.
That level.
Gotcha.
Like.
Is it raining?
Or is something just dripping level?
Probably dripping.
Could be both.
That's.
Is it underneath the.
The.
The pens.
Because if it's underneath the pens.
At the Jedi temple.
Then.
It's not rain.
Good to keep in mind.
The.
The long minute.
The light turns.
Turns.
Turns blue.
Not poke it.
They are ready to see you now.
Well.
That's great.
But.
The door's locked.
The door.
The door opens.
Oh.
Make a fucking liar out of me.
Huh?
Yes.
Exactly.
All right.
And.
You guys walk in.
Well.
I don't know.
What do you guys do?
If the door opens.
It just opens.
Nobody's coming out at you.
You don't see anything.
Like.
Immediately in the door.
Is it just leading to like.
A hallway?
I.
Leads up into a room.
Okay.
I casually stroll out.
Okay.
Um.
Hands in my pockets.
Okay.
I leave as well.
I'm just following along.
Quietly.
Okay.
You guys.
Walk.
Walk into this room.
And.
It seems to be.
Some type of like.
Business lounge.
Or something.
Um.
It's.
Clearly a fancy office.
There's some art on the walls.
Um.
There's some like.
Status symbol type thing.
Like.
Decorations on the walls.
Uh.
There are.
Uh.
There's a business table.
And.
Um.
Leather couches.
And there are.
Three figures.
Um.
In the.
In the room.
And.
Um.
There are.
Two humans.
A female woman.
That she's about.
She's middle age.
She's got.
Uh.
Blonde hair.
Um.
She's in.
Formal.
Um.
Attire.
Not formal.
Like.
Black tie.
But like.
Um.
Just like business clothes.
Um.
There's another man in.
Not quite a uniform.
But.
It's.
Um.
He has a military background.
And.
Um.
There is.
Uh.
One person.
A Keldor.
Um.
Standing up.
In the room.
I start walking along the walls.
To look at the art.
Pretending to know what art.
What good art is.
Like a true chiss.
Yes.
Uh.
I'm gonna kind of.
Walk.
Uh.
In.
And.
You know.
Take a.
Take a quick glance around.
Is there a bar.
Or anything.
Or is this like a.
Yes.
There's a little.
There's a little drink cart.
Cool.
Because it is the 70s.
Nice.
Love it.
The space 70s.
Star Wars.
Mad Men.
Yes.
Yeah.
And.
Sorry.
Go ahead.
I'm just trying to think.
What comes next.
Uh.
The.
The military man.
Uh.
Or.
Let's see.
The.
The woman.
Pipes up.
And says.
Well.
Welcome.
Um.
It seems our guests have arrived.
Who are they?
Oh.
Your guests.
Are.
Are they the ones that you.
You threw in a sack.
And.
Kidnapped.
Yes.
Was that.
That's it.
That happened to me.
Yes.
It did in fact.
Yes.
It happened to you.
It happened to me.
And it happened to.
I'm sorry.
What was your name again?
Clyde.
It happened to Clyde.
Yes.
We.
We bagged.
We bagged and tagged all of you.
Um.
I.
Really.
This is a serious.
Serious situation.
Sorry about all of the theatrics.
But.
I don't think we could have gotten you guys here.
Any other way.
Wait.
You.
Tagged.
Tagged me?
Tagged.
Well.
I know we got off on the wrong.
Like I do with the.
The animals?
No.
I just meant tag.
Like.
Hit you.
Or.
You know.
Put you into a bag.
It rhymes with bag.
That is a.
Tagged.
Bagged.
Yep.
Checks out.
Yes.
The.
The finest.
And.
The man in the robe.
Or.
Not the man.
The Keldor in the robe.
Steps forward and says.
Yes.
Sorry about the theatrics.
This is a very special operation.
That.
We need your help for.
My name is Master Plo Koon.
Wait.
My head snaps around.
To look at him.
I go.
The Plo Koon.
Of the Jedi Council.
Yes.
So.
You may understand.
The gravity.
Of the Jedi Council.
Yes.
The Jedi Council.
That grabs my attention.
And I go.
And I sit down.
One of the leather.
Recliners.
But I pull the table over.
So I can put my feet on it.
Yes.
It's a.
Very uncouth.
Of you.
Mr. Taz.
Well.
You didn't let me change out of my barn clothes.
True.
So.
This is on you.
Uh.
Mr.
Plo Koon.
Of the Jedi.
Of the Jedi Council.
Yes.
Uh.
Uli is a little bit more.
Or I.
I guess.
I am a little bit more comfortable.
Now that I know that it's like a job.
And I'm not just been randomly kidnapped.
I think she's a little bit more comfortable.
So.
Uh.
Can she go to the bar cart.
And pour herself a small drink?
Uh.
Yes.
She can.
She can do that.
All right.
Awesome.
And I'm very uncomfortable.
And can I use the bathroom.
And get out of here.
Is.
This.
Uh.
In character.
Or out of character.
This is in character.
Okay.
I'm just sitting quietly in the back of the room.
Looking for the exit.
Oh no.
Please.
I think you're going to want to hear what we have to say.
Is.
I don't think so.
The man.
The.
The man says.
I've never been sacked before.
And I don't want to be sacked again.
I keep getting sacked.
Well.
If everything goes well.
You won't.
You won't be.
We won't sack you again.
So you want to hire us for something.
A job.
Yes.
Is it in the library?
It's not in the library.
No.
It is not in the library.
Because.
That's where I work.
In the library.
Yes.
We know.
We know all about you.
Clyde Zetterborn.
Oh.
Uli Lenara.
And.
Taz Tornado.
Tornado.
You are not just random.
Bag and tags.
This is all being said by the man.
Um.
Yes.
We.
We got you very specifically for this.
This mission.
What is the mission exactly?
Do I have to agree?
Uh.
Yes.
Um.
Otherwise I guess yes.
We would.
Retag and re-bag you.
But.
No.
This is.
No.
This is a.
Um.
This is a mission.
Um.
And.
The.
And.
Plo Koon cuts him off and says.
Um.
This is highly.
Confidential.
So.
We trust.
That.
This information never leaves.
This room.
Um.
And.
You do not want to make enemies with.
Uh.
The Jedi Order.
No.
I respect the Jedi Order.
I work for them.
In a way.
I took.
I took classes.
Yes.
Uh.
Yeah.
All of you have that in common.
We all took classes?
You.
Are.
What they.
This is back to the man.
You are.
What they.
Uh.
Might call.
Um.
Dropouts.
Um.
I don't think any of you have.
Completed your training.
Or.
None of you have really completed your training.
Um.
Which makes you perfect candidates for this mission.
Uh.
You are.
Will not be bound.
By the same biases that.
The.
Jedi.
Sending a Jedi into this.
Would be.
Um.
But.
Yet.
You are all force sensitive.
Which.
Surely.
Will come in.
In handy.
So.
We're.
Force sensitive.
And expendable.
Yes.
Oh.
Nice.
We're.
Force spendable.
Yes.
Okay.
And.
And the.
Uh.
The woman says.
Listen.
You guys watch.
Listen.
You guys watch the.
All of the holotapes.
You.
You know what's going on out there.
This war has been long.
And hard.
And we're starting to lose.
Starting to lose here.
And.
We need to turn.
The tide of this.
This war.
I think we just have to trust in the force.
A little bit more.
That should turn the tide.
Uh.
Afraid.
That.
It's going to take a little more than that.
Um.
Let me.
Show you.
What we're.
A little bit of what we're talking about here.
And.
They hand you a.
Um.
A holopad.
Um.
And.
Uh.
A character.
Or a man.
A balding man.
Uh.
Older.
Uh.
Shows up on.
On the page.
And he starts to speak.
Um.
But.
I'm going to.
Take a break there.
Okay.
Fresh.
So.
You guys are handed this data pad.
And.
Um.
This man.
Comes up on it.
And.
Kind of looks like Uncle Russ.
And.
Uh.
The man in.
The collar.
Um.
Says.
Actually.
Roll a.
Somebody.
Not.
Underground.
Is there something else?
Skulldungary.
No.
Not that.
Maybe.
Like.
Either perception.
Or.
I don't know.
Lore.
Or education.
Or something like that.
A knowledge skill.
That is definitely not.
Baz's.
Uh.
No.
I.
I don't have any.
Uh.
Really good knowledge skills.
So the lore.
I got street wise.
That's about it.
Yeah.
Lore.
Lore would be good.
I failed.
Okay.
Um.
Okay.
Yeah.
You fail.
But you have advantages.
In that.
Uh.
You know that.
This.
The man.
Is dressed in.
Um.
In military attire.
Uh.
You recognize that.
It's military attire.
Specific to.
The intelligence service.
Um.
You recognize.
That.
The woman.
Is wearing.
Um.
A pin.
That suggests.
She's a senator.
And.
Obviously.
You already know.
Plo Koon.
Because he introduced himself.
Um.
Oh.
I.
I know all about.
And I know all about pins.
You know a lot about pins.
Oh.
You're a pin collector.
You're a pin guy.
I'm a fashionista.
And.
The.
Uh.
The.
The man says.
This.
This is.
Oh.
I gotta check his name.
It's gonna be burned in my mind soon.
But.
It's not yet.
Uh.
This man is.
Is.
Tiber Solvar.
Uh.
He will be the target.
And.
He is a former.
Well.
Maybe technically.
Still.
A.
Uh.
A.
Republic officer.
That has gone.
Absolutely insane.
Gone.
Off the reservation.
So.
Target.
Meaning.
Target.
Meaning.
He's.
More useful to the.
The Republic.
To be dead.
Than alive.
At this point.
Oh my.
I.
I work in the library.
Um.
Why am I being.
Chosen for an assassination.
I take care of animals.
I mean.
This seems kind of up my alley.
So.
I mean.
I get it.
But.
I'm glad someone's on board.
No.
This seems like real run of the mill stuff.
I mean.
Honestly.
And.
Uh.
Plo Koon steps forward.
And he says.
Yes.
You are all.
Former.
Jedi students.
So.
You do have some training.
That will be useful to you.
In this operation.
But.
I think also.
You know.
How important it is.
That the Republic stays.
On the winning side.
Of this war.
Also.
I don't.
I think that.
Perhaps.
You would like to be.
Back in.
The fold.
Of.
The Jedi.
Order.
And I think this is.
This is.
Your opportunity.
To.
Get back in.
To murder.
The murder.
One man.
To save millions.
What if we.
Bring him in alive.
If I politely.
Refused.
And went back.
To my.
My job.
I was going to have.
A panini day.
On lunch.
You may.
You just.
Ate a panini.
You pulled it.
Out of your pocket.
I had a second.
How many paninis.
You got.
It was a.
It was a big day.
In the library.
When you say.
He's gone crazy.
Like.
What do you.
What do you mean.
He's gone crazy.
Crazy.
Oh.
Okay.
Here.
I will just.
Play the video.
He plays the video.
And.
The man's in there.
He says.
I fought for the republic once.
I believed in it.
The rules.
The order.
Order is a lie.
Peace is a leash.
Is a leash.
The republic isn't crumbling.
Because of war.
It's crumbling.
Because it was always hollow.
I saw what lay beneath.
The shining surface.
The corruption.
The weakness.
The endless cycle.
Of betrayal.
Failure.
And I realize.
It is the republic.
That is the illusion.
Not the war.
Not the darkness.
The war is the truth.
The republic is a rotting husk.
A bloated corpse.
Pretending to be alive.
Okay.
And the Jedi.
They're no better.
Puppets of a broken system.
Bound by ancient lies.
They dare call wisdom.
They failed us.
But I have found a way forward.
I have freed my soldiers.
I have freed their minds.
They are no longer pawns of politicians or the force.
They are loyal because they choose to be.
Together we will build something stronger.
Something pure.
A galaxy where order reigns.
And strength is rewarded.
I have freed my soldier.
Not from chains.
But from obedience.
They follow me because they choose to.
Not because they were bred to.
I hear the whispers.
I see the truth.
Do you?
Have you felt the chains slipping from your wrists?
Or are you still blind like the rest of them?
Clinging to the lies of a republic that doesn't deserve your loyalty.
You will see it soon enough.
The republic is already dead.
I am not its destroyer.
I am its reckoning.
Join me or be swept away by the tide.
It makes no difference for me.
To me.
I am the future.
So he's got people under him that follow him?
Yes.
He's crazy, man.
So it's not just one murder to save many.
It's many murders to save many.
We only care about this man.
And we need to get him off of the board.
Tiger, you were so used to the outlaw stuff that you were not expecting us to be like,
I was not.
Morally, this is wrong.
If you can bring him in, then fine.
We will take care of him in whatever way the judicial council sees fit.
But we need him off of the board.
And the woman pipes up and says, we don't need to tell you how corrosive it can be to have someone like this so high up in the republic.
If this got out, this is bad news for all of us and all of our positions.
So how much are you paying?
We, is it money that you want?
Is that what you're offering?
Well, I was offering, we were offering you a step back into the good graces of the Jedi, the Jedi Order.
But if it's simply money you want, we can give you money.
Tough one.
100,000 credits.
Done.
Sold.
I'm in.
Yeah, each.
Sold.
And don't need to explain anymore.
That sounds like a lot.
It is a lot.
Give me the who's.
Give me the who's, the what's, the where's.
Give me those H's.
W's.
I'm good.
Mr. Zetterborn?
I don't.
Where is this going to be again?
Oh yeah.
Good.
Good question.
The man, the man pipes up again.
We need you to get to the dead Meridian.
And then.
What?
The dead Meridian?
The dead Meridian.
He's on the, he's on the other side of the dead Meridian.
The other side.
I'm in.
Yes.
You're in?
Yes.
Cool.
What's the dead Meridian?
You understood what.
Yep.
I'm in.
Oh, the dead Meridian is the front of this war right now.
Dead Meridian.
Yep.
The front of the war.
Yep.
The no man's land.
Yep.
Dead Meridian.
Definitely.
Yes.
Yes, it is.
Zetterborn, we get it.
You're in.
Dead Meridian.
No man's land.
Yes.
It's a no man's land.
We have, we have a good commander up there.
He can get you through, right through the dead Meridian.
And then you will have to ride your way through a couple of planets and into the jungle.
And you will come upon his, his compound.
Is this planet he, he's on like well researched?
Do we have maps?
We know his approximate whereabouts.
Look, I'm not, I'm not trying to like spit too many details.
You're, you, you totally got me in.
But like, it sounds like the guy gave one crazy speech and now you want him dead.
Is he like, is he doing stuff?
Robbs?
We're, we're talking about a man so high, a high Republic official that has now commanded
a rogue army.
And we need to dip this in the bud before this, uh, this rogue group becomes an army.
Okay.
So he's doing stuff.
Not to mention it's very embarrassing in the, the woman pipes.
Not to mention this is very embarrassing for the Republic itself.
Yeah.
No, I get that.
I get that.
It's embarrassing.
But like, he's gotta be doing something pretty shady.
I think.
Right.
Like, to be honest, we're not sure what he's doing out there.
Gotcha.
Highly volatile element.
Out of your control.
You need us.
Go in there.
Figure it out.
Yes.
If you bring him alive.
Great.
If you bring him dead.
That's also great.
The man says.
But do we have to bring him in dead or can we just kill him?
Yeah.
Like what proof are we talking here?
You need a video or.
Should I cut off his ear?
If you're going to cut off anything, why not just cut off his head?
Yes.
I mean, that's a little graphic.
You can bring in his head.
But an ear?
And Plo Koon steps in and says, okay, we need to be doing the right and just thing.
You will need to listen to yourselves when you're on this journey and figure out how you want to handle this.
We just need him off of the board.
So you will need to figure out how to do that and how to prove this to us.
Yes, bringing his body back would be proof.
Bringing his head back would also be proof.
Bringing him back would also be proof.
It is entirely up to you how you accomplish this mission.
But for the good of the Republic, for the good of the Jedi, this man needs to be stopped.
I mean, it's a long way.
It's a long way to that Meridian.
We can iron out the details, I'm sure.
Yes.
And one thing that I must...
This is the woman talking.
And one thing that you just need to be acutely aware of is that this mission does not exist.
You do not have official cover from the Senate.
Do we have cover from the Jedi Council?
You do not have cover, Plo Koon.
Unfortunately, you will not have cover from the Jedi Council.
We will help you where we can covertly.
But if you end up getting, say, arrested by the Republic, this is not something we're willing to bail you out of.
Is someone going to cover my shift at the library?
That is an excellent question.
That's a good question.
Who's going to take care of the animals while I'm gone?
What animals?
The ones in the pen.
You keep talking about animals.
You keep talking about a library.
That's where I work.
I work in the pens.
I work in the animals.
Yeah.
We...
No, I work in the animals.
Ah!
You work in the library.
Whatever the hell that is.
that the library gets taken care of.
What about the animals?
The animals?
You can't be the only one.
I better not lose any of my PTO over this.
You...
You have to use all of your PTO.
No!
You don't work.
You don't get paid.
I work...
I...
No.
All right.
100,000 credits is a lot of money.
You could...
Maybe not retire, but you could take a nice vacation.
Yeah, what's...
That doesn't help me if I get fired.
Do I know my yearly salary?
The Jedi's already don't like me.
I know.
You're just giving a stipend.
So, here's the thing.
You...
You're going to need a ship to get to the Dead Meridian and get to...
Hold on.
Let me check this out.
Wait.
I thought you said you had...
To Commander Gorbeck.
You had a ship to get us through the Dead Meridian.
That's not what I said, but if I did, that's not what I meant.
We have a spot...
We have a way to get you across the Dead Meridian.
You have to get to the front.
Meet with Commander...
With Commander Gorbeck, who will help you get across the...
The front.
Well, if that's the case, can we get half the money up front?
I can't afford to buy a ship to get...
Here comes...
Here comes the haggling.
Get working, Andy.
Out of character.
Well, you can't just ride something across the...
The Blood Meridian?
Dead Meridian?
You will need...
You will need to get...
If you buy a...
We're not giving you money to buy a ship.
You will need to covertly procure a ship.
Get a ship.
Got it.
Easy peasy.
Ship...
Ship's come and go.
Will this...
That's what they do.
Grovac give us the ship?
It's literally what they're designed to do.
Commander Gorbeck is at the front.
He is fighting the war.
He does not have time to come back and give you a ship.
Oh, we just got to make it to him.
You need to make it to him, and he will escort you across the Dead Meridian.
Commander Gorbeck.
Okay, okay, okay.
Got it.
Commander Gorbeck.
Got it.
Commander Gorbeck.
No, not Gorbeck.
That's a different commander.
You want to stay clear of him.
We want him dead next.
Mr. Gorbeck, tear down this wall.
Before we go, I would like to go to Plo Koon.
Give him the flush test?
No, I want to ask him to autograph my Force Pike.
I don't think you didn't...
You haven't bought your Force Pike yet.
I did buy it.
From where?
I had the money.
I don't...
Do we have our weapons on us?
Because that would have made this a lot easier.
I have a gun?
All right, I want him to sign something then.
Yeah, I thought that you guys...
I didn't think that you guys got your equipment yet.
I thought you were so...
Well, they were about to tell you to head down to the Space Casey's and gear up.
Gear up.
All right, well then, can you sign my shirt?
All right.
This is quite an unusual request.
I've never been asked that before.
Okay.
Is that a yes or a no?
Do you have a pen?
Do I?
A roll for pen?
No.
Yeah.
Sure, you have a pen.
There's got to be a pen sitting on the meeting table.
I just walk over and grab a random pen, probably out of the Senator's pocket.
Yes.
Yeah, you grab the pen out of the Senator's pocket and you hand it to Plo Koon.
And he says, well, okay, would you like me to sign?
Right on your shirt here, like this?
Who would I make this out to?
It would be cool.
And you just want me to write...
How do you spell that?
Your name?
Kataz?
No, no, your name.
Oh, okay.
I want you to sign your name.
I know my name.
All right.
Most of the time.
All right.
Well, I thought you wanted me to write it to you, like a dear Kataz.
No, no, no.
Just write your name.
All right.
Do I, you're on the council?
He signs his name.
Thank you.
I take the pen.
I still have the pen.
I don't give it back to the Senator.
Okay.
Well, if I were you, you know, go down to the Space Casey's, get geared up, and, you know,
find a ship.
All right.
Cool.
All right.
Well, by the way, that's some decent art you got there.
Thank you.
It's important.
I like the color of it.
The woman thanks you and says, you are free to go.
Please keep in contact with us.
I thought she was going to say, please go.
Also, please go.
Also, please get moving on the story.
All right.
As we walk out.
As we walk out, I go, hey, guys, you want to read any more magazines?
I took the lot.
Hey.
No.
Did you fill in all the mazes?
They were already filled in when I got them.
I don't believe you.
I don't care if you believe me.
Oh, we are not going to get along.
Because you talk to me like you're, talk to me like an animal.
That's how I know how to deal with things.
Talk to me like an animal.
Ooh.
Are you saying talk to you like an animal?
Rawr.
Okay.
All right.
Cool.
Where are you guys going?
Are you going down to Space Casey's?
Is it just like down the street?
Yeah.
Like nearby?
Yeah.
You guys know where it is.
You guys are in downtown Coruscant, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
whole lot of sense.
But anyway.
The whole town is downtown.
Yeah.
The whole town is downtown.
And actually, I can just hear Space Casey's.
You walk into the Space Casey's.
I don't know if you guys want to.
I guess we have to.
You need your stuff.
I don't need anything.
You don't want anything?
No.
I'm just being fussy.
All right.
I mean, I've got my loadout pretty much figured out.
Okay.
Andy, did you want to look?
Or I guess you could buy your Force Pike.
I guess you already have your Force Pike.
I think I bought it beforehand.
Okay.
So we could just say that, you know, I went in there and bought it.
Okay.
You've had it on layaway for some time.
Yes.
My stipend does not cover Force Plakes.
Okay.
If you...
Is that guy from Archer?
Yeah, it is.
If you double click on him, he's got all of the items and prices in him.
That's Space Casey's.
Nothing's coming up.
Oh, maybe you guys don't have.
Let me give you...
Not owner.
Observer.
Okay.
You should be able to get in there now.
Okay.
Ah!
Cool.
All right.
I don't know what this NARGLATCH is, but I want it.
I don't know how much money you have.
We have 1,500...
Well, I have 1,500 credits, Brandon.
I think you and I get the same, right?
Did you take more money, Andy?
I took more money.
Okay.
And you already bought your Force Pike.
Yeah.
Force Pike?
Are you sure that's what it's called?
Pretty sure.
Is that what it...
There's no lightsabers in here.
They don't just sell lightsabers at the Space Casey's.
What the hell did they put this here for?
I don't want any of these things.
Snacks.
Okay.
Well, you don't have to buy any of the things.
I'm glad I made this store.
You want to buy a Tauntaun?
I've made it perfectly clear what I've wanted the entire time.
You're going to have to earn it.
I'm going to have to earn it.
There's a vest.
And a cloak.
You want a cloak?
I don't wear a vest or a buster or cloak.
Okay.
Yeah, we're moving on.
I wear a robe.
Okay.
Sorry.
This is...
I'm trying to find my...
What the hell was it called?
Thor spike.
It might not be in here.
Because these are random items.
Okay.
So...
But I can look for it.
Weapons, I guess.
Yeah.
I think I added everything to it.
There is a force spike.
It's a price of $500.
So I'm going to put it in the...
Well, I guess I can give it to this token.
Let's see if that works.
Does it show up at the bottom?
Yeah, it's at the bottom.
How do we tell how much money we have again?
It should be in your character sheet.
I'm looking.
I can't find it.
Where is it at?
It's on the second tab.
The one that looks like a briefcase.
Oh, okay.
I see it now.
So you have $1,500 credits.
I spent all my credits.
Oh, what a surprise.
On a force spike.
Not that.
I love your scarf, by the way.
Oh, and you wrote it in all caps.
This gas station has a lot of guns.
Yeah, it's great with this base.
It's in a bad part of town.
It's in downtown Coruscant.
Where's that?
It's the whole planet.
God.
Yeah, the whole planet.
The whole planet's a city.
Yeah.
The whole planet's downtown.
There's only one area where you can see the actual planet.
Oh, I remember that from the Clone Wars.
Oh, no.
It was Knights of the Old Republic.
Video game.
Yeah, but they referenced it in one of the new shows.
I think maybe Boba Fett.
Boba Fett didn't go to Coruscant.
Or maybe it was.
Yeah, that doesn't sound right either.
Maybe Mandalorian.
I don't know why the Mandalorian.
Well, anyway.
Is there a way to sort?
No, unfortunately, there's no way to sort.
I was trying to figure that out.
All right.
Well, I don't have any money to buy a way to see General Gorvac.
Okay.
Yeah.
You will need a ship to get to Gorvac.
Gorvac will escort you across the dead meridian, and then you will need the ship on the other
side of the dead meridian.
Make sure to deduct credits from your sheet.
All right.
That was pretty cool.
It sent me a message.
Sent us all a message.
Who did it?
I bought a fiver.
A pistol.
And also...
I'm going to buy a stabber.
Is that what it's called?
No.
It's called a blade breaker.
All right.
So that was what?
450 credits.
This is insane.
Hollow goggles?
Goggles?
For 6,000?
Yeah, but a character selects one non-combat skill.
That skill now counts as a career skill.
As long as the character owns the goggles.
It's insane.
It makes you more proficient.
We're going to be able to buy everything when we get our 100,000 credits.
Yeah.
I'm starting to think maybe I shouldn't have given you each 100,000 credits, but who cares?
That'll be three years from now.
Yeah.
All right.
Authentication tools.
Yeah.
From space cases.
Yeah, I'm thinking...
Thinking ahead.
All right.
We'll call that good for now.
And you deducted your credits?
I did not deduct my credits.
Hold on.
I'm going to buy a tauntaun.
Okay.
So 1,500.
Tauntauns are like really rare.
But you can buy them at Space Casey's.
That's the great thing about Space Casey's.
You know?
You can just buy anything you want here.
Tauntauns are a Hoth commodity.
Yeah.
Ha ha!
Ha ha ha ha!
Strain.
Oh.
Okay.
Wait.
Hold on.
Nine, five.
Well, I erased the number of credits I have, but now I cannot put in the number of credits I have.
There we go.
Okay.
All right.
Cool.
You buying anything, Clyde?
Clyde's apparently mad he had to leave the library.
He's irate.
You know, Clyde, there's a lot of books on tape.
I don't see them here.
This seems to be the...
On holotape.
This seems to be the tauntaun and weapon dial.
But, you know, maybe.
There's a whole holotape.
On holotape.
Awesome.
There's a shock whip.
Whip.
It has been a mainstain of the Zagarian slave empire for thousands of years.
Oh, God.
A nano dagger?
I wish I would have known this before I bought my force pike.
Token of resistance.
Oh.
Crap.
This fetish axe?
What does that mean?
There's a fetish axe?
Often worn on a necklace as a starburst of metallic shards, this fetish axe acts to dampen the force poppers.
Oh.
I see.
That's in the beaded section with, like, the crazy red lights in it, you know?
The 18 or older section.
Yeah.
You gotta go through a beaded walkway.
Or beaded doorway.
I'm going to buy a flash stick.
A flash stick?
Is that a flashlight?
No.
It looks like it's just a, um...
Oh, it looks like a blackjack.
Yeah.
A police baton.
Exactly.
How do I buy this?
Uh, I think you just drag it in.
Where's the buy button?
Yeah, onto your...
If you scroll over, there's, like, a dollar sign that...
Hidden.
Yeah.
It's all the way at the end.
Yeah, there you go.
Oh, that's what that is.
It looks like a trash can.
Yeah.
And then you have to deduct those credits.
It doesn't look like a trash can.
It does on my computer.
Oh, it looks like a blackjack.
No, the...
The buy item button.
Oh.
Okay.
Um, and...
Let's see.
Oh, you did?
You did it.
You subtracted it.
Okay.
All right.
Are we done with space cases?
I guess so.
All right.
Uh, after...
I get the tauntauns on the nut.
On the...
Just snoot.
Before we go.
Each and every one.
What are you doing to them?
I pat them on their snoot.
Aw.
I poke them with a flash stick.
They like that.
I poke you with a force spike.
I like that.
Gross.
You guys walk down from the space cases.
And by down, I don't mean like across the street or down the street.
I mean down vertically.
Uh, a couple of steps.
Um, to a place.
You guys just started following, um, Uli.
Um, she just kind of walked away when she was done buying.
Uh, she got the weapon she needed.
And started walking away.
And you, you guys all followed her.
And, um, you, uh, this guy's not here.
You go to this little, she walks into this little bar, um, and sits at the bar.
And you guys sit next to her and start talking about where you're going to get a ship.
So, uh, Clyde, may I call you Clyde?
Uh, yeah.
You, you seem to know, uh, a lot about this, uh, dead Meridian.
You know where it's at?
No.
Oh.
Okay.
I just, I assumed from your excitement earlier that you, uh, you, you, you,
had heard of it.
No.
I mean, I've always wanted to visit, you know.
You've always wanted to visit an active war zone?
You know, there's, you know, it's not always active.
That doesn't seem like something who works in a, someone who works in a library wants to do.
You don't know me.
None of us know each other.
Yeah.
Who are you?
That's kind of, all right.
Well, look, we got to get a ship.
How many credits do you have left over?
Me?
Zero.
Okay.
You're useless.
How many credits do you have left over?
Wow.
You don't have to just say it like that.
I don't need to know my wallet.
All right.
If we pull our funds, we may be able to buy some tickets.
I don't know.
To the next hub world or something.
I mean, we just, we got to get to, I don't know where dead Meridian is.
I don't really know what direction to head off to.
Or I guess I should find General Corvac.
Okay.
Fair enough.
Do you know where he was?
Close to the dead Meridian.
I think.
You guys look like, you know, some seedy characters.
Why don't we find a, like a smuggler or something, you know, pay them.
I could buy the smuggler, but I don't know where we're going.
Where are they going to smuggle us to?
The droid.
The bar droid comes by.
You guys.
And would you guys like a drink?
Yeah.
Absolutely.
I would.
Do you do, do you do a space French 75?
Yes.
Fresh from space France.
Thanks.
And he pours you a double.
You do have money, right?
Yeah.
I got money.
Okay.
Great.
Yeah.
And you too.
Do you guys want anything?
This will be on me.
No, I don't drink.
Oh, it's on you.
I'll have a water.
Yes.
One water coming up and one.
Nothing.
A double French space France and nothing.
Okay.
You sure you don't hide?
Nothing.
Nothing you're interested in.
Would you like a non-alcoholic drink?
No, I'm trying to quit.
Would you like a salad?
No.
Um, a milkshake?
A salad?
I want to be left alone.
All right.
And he, uh, leaves you alone.
That is not the way I expect librarians to act.
You know, I wasn't upset.
You don't look like the type of person to walk into a library to begin with.
So what do you know?
Well, nothing because I don't even know what a library is.
Good.
It's a type of animal that you don't know about.
I see.
I find that hard to believe.
I know about a lot of animals.
Yeah.
Why don't you start naming them?
Well, you got the panther.
And you got the little cat.
And you got...
I pull out a panini and start eating it.
A man is, like, sitting next to you.
And he says, what are you guys talking about?
Nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
Are you guys trying to get to the dead meridian?
Yeah.
Yes.
Maybe.
No.
Yeah.
No.
I heard it's...
I don't know.
Why?
Why you ask?
Oh, it's just...
It's an active war zone.
You guys don't look much like soldiers.
Right.
We definitely just look like a random assortment out for a drink on an evening.
Tuesday evening?
Wednesday evening?
What day is it today?
That's a good question.
We don't have...
It's...
Every day is Monday.
We don't have days in Star Wars.
Yeah.
Oh.
You know, just a regular Monday...
Monday evening.
Having drinks with my...
Two best friends.
She says...
You guys don't seem...
Don't seem to like each other very much.
I don't know you.
You got tauntauns.
Okay.
Are you...
You got the acclaim.
Do you have a ship?
Are you guys looking to get smuggled?
Yes.
We're looking to get smuggled.
No.
We're not looking to get smuggled.
We're looking to travel in a legitimate ship on legitimate business.
But if we have to, we can do it illegitimately.
You can't forget the birds.
So, okay.
You don't have enough to buy a ship, huh?
You guys stay here.
And I just go walk over to where the other guy is and be like, all right, look, we don't
have money for a ship.
You're absolutely right.
I...
Okay.
Well, who...
I'm Dren.
Who are you?
Hi, Dren.
My name's Uli.
And you may not realize this, but I got real important business.
And unfortunately, I have to escort these two elderly gentlemen.
Actually, how old, out of character, how old is that?
I'm judging from the picture that Clyde is a little bit older.
Is that right?
Yeah.
Okay.
What about Taz?
Taz is like 22.
Okay.
But with his white hair, he looks a little bit older.
Yes.
That just happens.
Yeah.
From your natural species.
Chits.
Yeah.
Look, I got to drag these two old folks.
You know, they got some business.
I got some business.
We all got business.
Okay.
Yeah.
You got a ship?
Oh, I don't have a ship.
I guess if you're trying to get...
I was going to suggest you steal a ship, but it sounds like you're trying to stay on the
right side of the law.
That's not necessarily true.
There are places to steal ships.
Really?
Maybe you could get hired as a courier.
That is probably a way to get a legitimate ship.
That probably is.
But I mean, if we were to steal a ship, Mike, you know, just to pick one up, where would you recommend?
Oh, there's plenty of places to steal ships.
There's a van outside the library.
I always see, you know, running books.
There's another van outside the zoo that's always, you know, carting animals.
You know, that would be a place you could go steal.
Boy, it's too bad no one's listening to this.
Yeah.
Got the EOBs.
Got the Fambas.
Keep going.
Got the Fathirs.
Those are really cool.
Yeah.
They race those.
People have lost a lot of money.
All the everyone's just.
I'm sitting in the corner reading a magazine.
It's like Bubba from Forrest Gump.
She's listing off all the shrimp dishes.
Yeah.
If you wanted to steal, those are some places that I know about.
But again, there's probably other ways to get a ship.
But those are the ideas that I got anyway.
And I'm sorry.
What was your name again?
Oh, I'm Dren.
Dren.
You've been incredibly helpful.
Dren.
Can you buy me a drink?
Yeah.
I can buy you a drink.
Well, I just.
I just thought it would be.
It'd be nice.
No, no.
You're absolutely right.
You know what?
And I like make a motion to the barkeeper.
I was like his drink, too.
Yes.
Yes, ma'am.
And he slides him.
That's a big old space beer.
Nice.
Uli's going to go back to where Clyde and Taz are.
Is her drink there?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
The double.
The space.
Yeah.
You got the Cadu.
Cadu.
Yeah.
Cadu.
They kind of look funky.
Oh, they keep getting bigger and bigger.
Listen.
I don't mean to interrupt, but actually, I do.
I don't want to talk about this anymore.
What's ship wise?
What are you guys thinking?
Oh, you know, I was thinking about hitchhiking.
Hitchhiking.
Okay.
Yeah.
Just go stand out in front of this bar here with my thumb out.
I mean, that's an option.
They got a bunch of ships down by the zoo used to transport animals every once in a while.
Uh-huh.
In and out.
They could go ask to borrow one.
We could borrow one.
What are you feeling, Clyde?
I'll go borrow a ship.
All right.
So.
You want me to go talk to my bosses?
I mean, do you think it'd be helpful if we all win or if this is a solo endeavor?
I only ask because I have.
Well, I have doubts.
And I got very important things to do.
I'm thumbing through this magazine.
You don't have anything to do.
The mazes are already figured out.
Yeah.
There's absolutely nothing in those magazines.
There's nothing else to do in those magazines.
But the articles haven't been read.
You.
I don't know if you know that or not.
All right.
I'll go talk to my bosses.
See.
See what they say.
All right.
And, yeah.
I mean, we'll join you, right?
Because, you know, we're all in this, I guess, together.
Although I don't really know why.
Yeah.
But.
Yeah.
Uli, I think you're going to pull this team together because.
See, I sense some friction between me and the animal guy.
Yeah.
Well, you clearly know something about this Sted Meridian place.
You were really jumped on that.
I don't know anything about that.
I just want to go there.
My name is Taz.
And Taz.
Taz.
I'm right here.
I'm not the animal guy.
Taz.
I mean, I am the animal guy.
But, like, I got a name.
Taz is the.
You can get us a ship.
All right.
Well, I'll try.
I believe in you, Taz.
I have the utmost space in you.
I thought you were coming with.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
We're coming with you.
Yeah.
All right.
Clyde.
Yeah, I'm coming.
Are you finished with your magazine?
No, but it's already in my pocket.
Did you do all the word scrambles?
There's already done.
Somebody did them all.
There's word scrambles, too?
They were already done.
They were boring.
They were pre-scrambled.
Good.
They were pre-scrambled.
Good.
I can never figure those out.
All right.
Let's go talk to my boss.
You sound so excited to talk to your boss.
I think that's just how he sounds.
That's just me.
Oh.
Are we going to the space zoo?
It's not a zoo.
The car zoo.
It's the pens underneath the Jedi temple.
That's where I work.
How is that different than a zoo?
Because we can take these on.
Jedi have taken these on missions.
Outside of character, do the Jedis have a zoo?
Outside of character, I have no clue.
Also, I lost my character card, so this is just a piece of paper with Clyde drawn.
That is a big head.
He looks way happier than he's been acting.
Yeah, he's been acting like a real crumb.
That was pre-sac.
The End of the Dead.
At your local Space Casey's, stop by for some popcorn chicken.
And also a Tauntaun.
Beware of the Tauntauns.
Yeah.
You got to pat them on their snoots.
You can buy a Vibrasword.
And books on Holotage.
We got everything down here at Space Casey's.
All we need left is you.
Oh!
It writes itself!